An artist’s edition
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Furniture Designer Eric Ritter ’95
Barrett Allen ’08 - Portrait of an Artist page 9 Senior Point Projects Across the Globe page 10 Gould’s Artist-in-Residence page 12
is a Futurist Obsessed with the Past page 4
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FEATURE ITEMS HEAD OF SCHOOL Dan Kunkle
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EDITOR
Furniture Designer Eric Ritter ’95 is a Futurist Obsessed with the Past
Tucker Kimball
CLASS NOTES COORDINATOR Becky Cummings
PHOTOGRAPHY M. Dirk MacKnight
BOARD OF TRUSTEES Deborah F. Hammond ’61, President John F. Kelley ’61, Vice President Philip H. Grantham, Treasurer Wendy E. Penley, Secretary John J. Riley III, Member at Large Richard H. Packard ’66, President Elect Sven-Olof S. Bödenfors Theodore W. Brown II ’85 Lee F. Carroll ’55 Dr. Donald M. Christie, Jr. ’60 Régis A. de Ramel ’93 C. Conway Felton III Betsey B. Fitzgerald Dr. Ralph H. Janicki William H. Kieffer III Suzanne W. Lanigan Paul F. Mickey, Jr. Stephanie W. Montgomery Leslie B. Otten Marsha G. Planting Richard H. Ramage ’61 Margaret M. Schubert Kimberly A. Siebert ’73 Jan L. Skelton ’84 Christine S. Teague ’66 S. Quincy O. Van Winkle ’86 Stephen M. Wilkins Elizabeth W. Winder Edward J. Yasko III
The Gazette is published twice a year by the Communications Office at Gould Academy. We welcome your letters, story ideas and photos. TO CONTACT THE EDITOR: Tucker Kimball | Director of Communications 39 Church Street | P.O. Box 860 | Bethel, ME 04217 kimballt@gouldacademy.org | (207) 824-7778
ON THE COVER: Eric Ritter ’95 relaxes in the Morphology occasional chair, one piece in a series of furniture he has been refining over the past nine years. © 2008 Gould Academy | www.gouldacademy.org
Eric Ritter ’95 blends practicality, artistry and environmental awareness in his new furniture line, Morphology.
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The Language of Color Gould’s Artist-in-Residence, Louise Bourne, is teaching her students a new way to talk about the Maine landscape.
Senior Point Projects Across the Globe . . 10 Alumni Weekend ’08 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
REGULAR ITEMS Letters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 The Annual Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Alumni Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Class Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16-24 In Memoriam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
LETTERS In the GAzette last winter, we asked whether or not Gould’s wooden basketball court from the 1950s originally belonged to the Boston Celtics. Below are the answers and some other thoughts on our magazine. Thank you for your letters and feedback. Paul Pierce ’66
Photo of the old basketball court courtesy of Mr. Pierce’s Gould brochure circa 1964.
Ed Swain ’48 Congratulations on your outstanding issue of the GAzette. It was a great issue and I enjoyed it. There certainly are a lot of good things happening at Gould. I remember watching them build Farnsworth. They would toss red hot rivets up to a man at the top of the structure and he would catch them in a bucket, then drive them home to hold the girders together.
John Todd ’60
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I picked up a copy of the latest GAzette in the admissions office today and took it home to digest properly. Finally, the school has put out a first class MAGAZINE. The photography coupled with the fine writing that each piece contained really carries the day. The alumni pages are a true step-up in quality that alumni will surely pay attention to, and the overall message of positive growth that the school imbues each page. Well done! As to the old floor in the cage, it was in fact an old floor salvaged out of Boston Garden in the early ’50s. It was laid down east to west as opposed to north to south as it is now. Former Gould English teacher C. Gary Hill ’62 who died in 1991 had some of the floor in his new house in Hollis (before he came to Gould to teach in 1981) and had all the colored lines sanded out. He was one of my best friends, and I saw the floor in his home during construction. Now, did I see the bill of sale from Boston Garden? No, but if I couldn’t take the word of then Director of Physical Education Joe Roderick, whose could I rely on?!
Whether the story about the floor being from the Boston Garden is truth or rumor, I would like to add to the urban legend. I picked up the story somewhere when I attended during the 60’s – even passed on the story to my children when we visited this January. I can recall the dirt floor being prepped and hundreds of pieces of wood 4 x 4s and larger, being lined up and leveled. Then the sections of the floor would be brought in and screwed to this lattice work on the dirt. As you can imagine, the floor was very bouncy along the edges of the panels over the supports, and a little dead in the middle. Took quite a lot of getting used to. Since we had gym every day, we got the chance to see the floor being built and torn down every season. I have a copy of the Gould information brochure and admissions application from around this time, probably ’64 – lists the newest building Bingham Hall with Mr. Vachon presiding over an assembly. In that publication it lists the floor as being a “portable hardwood floor for basketball” and shows a very good picture of it from the balcony at one end. Can’t see the individual sections, but shows how everything was set up with nets on the side.
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“I’ve always wanted to be my own boss and have had a knack for entrepreneurship. I was the kid in elementary school that sold gum on the bus. I’m looking at a number of schools where I can pursue business management and play lacrosse. My top choice is Western New England College. I visited there over Parents’ Weekend and it just felt like a great fit. They have an excellent lacrosse program and a top business program. If not WNEC, I’d love to go to Guilford College, Endicott, or the College of Wooster. I did a recruiting combine at Endicott. They’ve got strong academics and a good business program too. The College Counseling Office has helped me find the schools that are the right fit for me. They also let me know what I need to do in the classroom or for the NCAA Clearinghouse. Everytime I walk into their office I’m either on the phone with my mom or a college lacrosse coach, and everyone there is ready to help. They are all resources.”
“Mr. McLaughlin and I had a good relationship from band last year. I asked him to be my advisor this year because he’s into music like me. He’s going to help me find summer music programs and colleges and universities with good music programs. He’s very talented, fun loving and easy going. We had an advisory meeting at his house instead of formal dinner a few weeks ago. It’s like a big log cabin. We had hamburgers and corn. It was really fun. When I leave Gould I think I’ll remember having lots of fun with Mr. McLaughlin, but I know I’ll also remember that he helped me find new opportunities and grow as a person.”
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Furniture Designer Eric Ritter ’95 is a Futurist Obsessed with the Past A furniture maker focused on recycling and the cycle of life PROFILE – ERIC RITTER ’95 Written by Joshua Bodwell – Photography by Irvin Serrano Reprinted with permission of Maine Home+Design Magazine
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We are all floating down life’s river, but each of us must choose which shores to explore and how far upstream we dare venture. Some of us, however, might as well put the maps and compasses away—our journey has already been plotted. Take furniture artisan Eric Ritter, a young designer and craftsman who is every bit as old-fashioned as he is modern. Ritter’s paternal grandfather was, not only a woodworker, but the kind of man who used a tool chest that had been handed down through his family since the 1870s. Ritter’s maternal grandfather was, not only an engineer, but the kind of man who, in retirement, handcrafted a full-sized and fully functional replica of a World War II-era German Stuka fighter plane from raw materials.
Ritter admires the fruits of his compost heap: a bountiful garden that is lovingly tended by his wife, the painter Johanna Flath.
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It seems that the 31-year-old Ritter was predestined from youth to weld together the passions of these two monumental figures in his life. That he has used their examples of craftsmanship and design to create Morphology, a line of outdoor furniture that gracefully joins stainless steel and wood, is a testament to Ritter’s own gifts as artist. And while some of his talents may be innate, he has worked hard to refine them. A child of South Freeport, Ritter attended Gould Academy and took full advantage of the school’s well-equipped woodshop. Before he graduated in 1995, he had not only turned out metal and wood sculpture but had also built tables and cabinets. Ritter went on to study in the furniture department at the Rhode Island School of Design. “I’d always been interested in architecture and art, and how they work together in a physical space,” explains Ritter, “so furniture felt like a perfect blend between architecture and fine art.” At RISD, Ritter’s courses often explored the purely sculptural aspects of furniture. His artistic urges, however, never wholly overwhelmed his practical mind, and he focused on designing chairs that were as utilitarian and they were gorgeous to behold. “I love chairs because they are really something you engage with, something your body forms to,” says Ritter. Ritter graduated from design school in 2000 and settled in a decrepit circa-1790 New Gloucester farmhouse with his wife, Johanna Flath, a painter and art instructor. By this time, Ritter was already building
prototypes for his Morphology line. With a patience he likely gleaned from his grandfathers, Ritter settled into his home, made major repairs, created a workshop in the attached barn, and made his living crafting custom cabinetry and furniture. For nine years, Ritter continued to distill his own designs and gently tweak them before finally launching Morphology last October. The Morphology series feels at once modern and organic; it is an elegant and well-considered balance of stainless-steel frames coupled to wooden seats and backs. There are now four types of chairs, four tables, and three sizes of gently swirling plant stands.
“I’d always been interested in architecture and art, and how they work together in a physical space,” explains Ritter, “so furniture felt like a perfect blend between architecture and fine art.” At the heart of Ritter’s work is his belief in ecological design. During the evolution of the Morphology series, Ritter read Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things by William McDonough and Michael Braungart. The book—which explores, among other things, waste-free production techniques—validated Ritter’s production ideals. “I chose the stainless steel for several reasons,” explains Ritter. “First, it doesn’t require a toxic finish that would one day flake and damage the environment. Second, it is a 60 to 80 percent recycled material.” But Ritter has gone one step farther. While most materials, such as plastic or paper, decrease in quality as they are recycled, Ritter believes in the practice of upcycling—
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easy to see that if he weren’t weaving steel and wood together into stylish, comfortable furniture, Ritter could be a farmer happily following the seasonal cycle of life. “My work is always referring to circles, loops, and continuous lines. I love that philosophy,” he says with a smile. He is a futurist obsessed with the past. Ritter’s New Gloucester home is fertile land for furniture makers. Thomas Moser got started in this neck of the woods, and C. H. Becksvoort, the master of Shaker furniture, still works just down the road. But Ritter has thrown away the maps and is charting his own course. And if he needs inspiration, he has plenty of it close to home: there is his paternal grandfather’s tool chest at one end of the shop, and a tassel from a World War I German officer’s uniform, which once belonged to his maternal grandfather, hangs on a nail at the other end. SEE THE MORPHOLOGY SERIES: Addo Novo, 490 Congress Street, Portland, addonovo.com Eli Phant, 253 Congress Street, Portland, eli-phant.com
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transforming a disposable or recycled material into something that is more valuable, useful, and long lasting. For the slats and seats of his chairs, Ritter slices hardwoods and laminates them back together into sumptuous curves using a process that requires no milling and creates very little waste. The finished wood is coated with only natural oils or stains. Ritter’s shop—where he hand-bends each stainless-steel component and handles all the welding himself—is run by locally derived, emission-free electricity purchased through Maine Renewable Energy. Some of Ritter’s new work is taking a more traditional approach to recycling by mixing stainless steel with reclaimed pine and fir. His newest dining table is topped with 200-year-old pine from a barn that was being torn down. “Look at this tight grain,” enthuses Ritter as he runs his hand along the top. “This is a beautiful relic from the past.” When guests visit his shop and home, Ritter often leads them out the back door, saying mysteriously, “I’d like to show you my latest project…I’m really proud of it.” He wanders through the lush gardens, past half a dozen varieties of garlic and twice as many lettuces, but not all the way to his stacks of beehives, where he extracts beeswax to rub on stainless steel and wood. When he reaches a ramshackle construction of old pallets, he stops. “This is my compost bin,” says Ritter proudly. “This pretty much says it all about what I’m trying to do.” It’s
ERIC RITTER: rfurn.com
Ritter walks the line.
ALUMNI PROFILE
Portrait of an Artist
An interview
Barrett Allen ’08 talks about Gould’s visual arts program and how it prepared her for the Rhode Island School of Design. Q: Did you know you’d focus on art when you came to Gould? A: Yes. Both my parents are full-time artists. I grew up in studios; I grew up in that world. Because I always wanted to go to RISD, I didn’t want to go to school around Providence. But Gould’s art department wasn’t the deciding factor to go there. A lot of the schools I looked at were focused mainly on what college you’d get into and not about what you’d be doing while there. There were a lot of opportunities at Gould which I liked. Q: What art classes did you take and what were some of your favorites?
Q: What are you doing in your first year at RISD? A: As a freshman, I’m in the foundation program. This consists of two liberal arts classes and three studio classes, 3D, 2D, and drawing. Each studio class meets once a week for eight hours straight. This intensive program will help me decide my major. Currently, I am interested in industrial design. Q: How did Gould prepare you? A: Gould’s art department is not high school level. It’s beyond that and I really tried to take advantage of it and all the options it offered. Again, the design class – it teaches you perspective, color, line quality, placement on paper, everything you’ll use in another class. I don’t
Barrett Allen ’08
“Gould’s art department is not high school level. It’s beyond that and I really tried to take advantage of it and all the options it offered.” think I would have been as successful in my other classes without it. I even considered taking it again the spring of my senior year so it would be fresh going into college. The faculty too; teachers in the art department really embrace the individual and want you to succeed. They work with you on a collaborative level.
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A: The design class was exceptional. While you are in it, it is hard work and you may not like it but it is so important. I’m more of a 3-D person so I loved sculpture which got me into wire. I also took silversmithing which was great because I took a summer silversmithing course at RISD after my sophomore year. I never took pottery but all my friends did and loved it.
For their final Four Point project, some seniors stay near while others travel the globe. In the end their journey is one of self-discovery, knowledge, and risk which knows no boundaries. Here are just a few adventures of recent seniors...
The Language of Color Louise Bourne speaks in color, and for a landscape artist where better to immerse yourself in that language than Bethel, ME in the fall. >
As with any language, Bourne begins with the building blocks but instead of letters and words, her students learn oil – her favorite medium.
Teaching the Language Bourne will tell you that making a picture is not a static endeavor. There is no formula; there are no rules, however there are preparation and discipline. Like with any language, Bourne begins with the building blocks but instead of letters and words, her students learn oil – her favorite medium. “I love how versatile it is,” she says. “You can use it thin, you can use it thick. You can scrape it. I love that aspect of oil. I give the students exercises in mixing paint. They get used to it physically, experience its qualities and see how the colors interact with each other.” After the foundation, students learn how to find a subject in which they can see colors interacting and how they might transcribe that interaction onto canvas. This gets complicated in Bethel. If color is language, then the hardwood and evergreen landscapes of fall in western
Bourne knows Gould having worked with students during sophomore Four Point the last five years.
Maine can be a dizzying array of words. Where to begin? It’s easy to be overwhelmed. To simplify things Bourne chooses specific subjects where her students can easily focus and dissect what is in front of them. The view at nearby Davis Park provides a nice lesson. Mountains maintain the background; a layer of trees hold the middle while the Androscoggin River reflects both in the foreground. Each of these three clearly perceptible layers of geography can be represented through two shades of color, she says and students learn to mix those colors. They can then represent a breathtaking landscape by pulling a simple sentence out of the complexity in front of them. Next, they work on technique – physically getting the paint from the palette and onto canvas, where and how they want it – in order to convey what it is they see. The practice helps their paintings grow more complex as the students become more comfortable with the language. They describe their landscape through bright participles, deeply hued clauses, and earthy prepositions. Lastly, they work on expression – the voice in their piece. For Bourne, expression cannot be dictated but comes with the process. It’s a very Gould notion. “If you are paying attention to your honest response to this process, your individual expression will come through.”
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Twice a week she and her students explore the small New England village, the Gould campus, and surrounding mountains and valleys quilted with vibrant reds, burnt oranges and lemony yellows. Their task? – To take in the scenery and write their reactions in thick oils. “I want the students to experience looking at the world and painting a compelling response,” says Bourne with an easy smile. “It’s one thing to make something recognizable but it is a different thing to get across the joy of looking at the world.” Bourne is Gould’s Artist-in-Residence. She has moved from her coastal home of Sedgwick, ME to Gould for the fall semester, where she teaches a class in oil painting while creating her own body of work in response to the area. This January she will present her collection in Gould’s Owen Art Gallery. Her students will exhibit their work in February. “In the past we’ve had one-day workshops where artists come in but these were always just a snapshot,” says Jan Baker, head of the school’s visual arts department. “Louise’s class is one we wouldn’t normally be able to offer. It’s also another, different teaching style. This is something our students need to get used to because it’s what they’ll find in college.” For Baker, Bourne is a perfect fit for Gould. Not only does she have a wealth of teaching experience ranging from primary school to post-secondary, but she knows Gould, having worked on campus with sophomore Four Point projects over the last five years.
Since arriving she’s driven down logging roads, hiked up mountain trails, wandered town fairs, and strolled campus and Bethel, constantly searching for the spot where colors tell a story. I want to see everything first. I’ve been getting a lay of the land.” What she is finding is a bounty – a treasure of inspiration. At home, surrounded by her own familiar landscape, she typically produces pieces in the 30” x 40” range. But here, she finds herself working quickly on many small pieces, turning out six 12” x 12” pieces at one spot, moving to the next and producing six more. “There’s so much to see here. The little pieces show what it’s like to be in a new place. I didn’t want to close my doors,” she says. The Artist-in-Residence concept this year will hopefully become a framework for future programs, says Baker. The fresh eyes, advice and information are healthy for the program but finding the right person takes careful consideration. “Louise is terrific because she knows Gould. There’s a level of trust which gives her real freedom to teach. Who’s the next artist in residence? I don’t know, but we’d love to do it again!” This January in the Owen Art Gallery, Bourne will present her own body of work in response to the area.
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Bourne’s connection with Maine and its scenic landscapes began as a young girl. Growing up in Connecticut and Washington, D.C., she looked forward to summers and the two weeks she’d spend at her grandmother’s house in Castine. It was there she was first inspired by the beauty and clarity of the Maine coast and Penobscot Bay where she makes her home today. For Bourne, the process that her students go through is no different from her own. Each day as she works on her own collection she surveys the landscape, finding those areas that inspire her and then describing them in her language. It’s a process she knows quite well and is comfortable with, especially in the Penobscot Bay area. But, new landscapes pose new challenges. “I sympathize with my students,” she muses. “I’m going through the same process that I’m teaching because it’s a new landscape for me. If I’m struggling with some colors, I know the students are as well.” Since arriving she’s driven down logging roads, hiked up mountain trails, wandered town fairs, and strolled campus and Bethel, constantly searching for the spot where colors tell a story. “I love geography – the valleys, the rivers and the mountains and hills.
WHERE TO SEE LOUISE’S WORK: www.louisebourne.com Anne Irwin Fine Art Atlanta, Georgia www.anneirwinfineart.com Court House Gallery Fine Art Ellsworth, Maine www.courthousegallery.com gWatson Gallery Stonington, Maine www.gwatsongallery.com The Leighton Gallery Blue Hill, Maine www.leightongallery.com Smith Killian Fine Art Charleston, South Carolina www.smithkillian.com
alumni weekend ’08 The damp weather was no match for the warm spirit at Alumni Weekend, September 26-28, 2008. Over 400 people from around the world came to reconnect with teachers and old friends and to reminisce on their days at Gould.
(above) Members of the Class of 1973 (below) From left to right: Ian Siekman ’07 and Kian Merchant-Borna ’03 (left) From left to right: Ashley Oliver ’03 and Robin Chace ’03
(above) From left to right: Paul Louis ’83 and Bob Fiske ’83 (below) Steve and Suzanne Lazure Washburn ’41
(above, clockwise) Christine McCarthy ’88, Cleveland Gardner ’75, Leigh Woodbury ’98 and Charles Hurd (right) Jay Davis ’86 and Matt Bevin ’85 (left) From left to right: Meredith Otten ’93, Mary Joe “MJ” Reed ’95
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CLASS NOTES 1944 Class Agent: Carol LeClair gilcarlec@cox.net Hi Class of 1944 from sunny Arizona. I want you all to keep late September 2009 in mind for our 65th class reunion. Can you believe that number?? We look forward to a fantastic turn-out like we have always had in the past. We learned in an article from The Saratogian paper in New York dated 08/20/2008 that Tom Jacobs was inducted in the National Ski Hall of Fame in September. Betty Burton Reid phones occasionally from Bend, Oregon. She and Duncan love their area and the views from their home sound spectacular. Hi and Mary Lou Berry ’45 are enjoying their summer house and it’s beautiful setting. I call it the “Berry Compound” with all of their children and grand children living around them. Mava Jones Miller is living in Huntsville, Alabama now. Sadly, John died last October, but I am happy to report that Mava is doing great. Jeanne Marshall Sawyer lives in Jacksonville, Florida near her family and she reports enjoying her grandkids. Roger Gould recently moved down the road to Palm Desert, California. He is very active in his new area but also does a great deal of traveling visiting many friends as well as his children and their families. Sadly I report that his sweet wife Mae died in October 2006. Mae always attended our class reunions with Rog and we all enjoyed her friendliness.
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I had great phone visits with Barbara Coolidge Crocker, Debbie Farwell Eldredge, Arlene Davis Lowell, Margaret Chaffee and Joanne Libby Hayes-Glover. Joannne belongs to several active groups and swims twice a week, she also works at the Deertrees Theater in Harrison, Maine.
Gil and I are fine. Gil was a “household engineer” for several months during my knee replacement surgery that kept us pretty confined to Green Valley. He managed this without missing out on his golf schedule. We will travel again in 2009. Stay well, Stay positive, Stay busy.
1947 Class Agent Needed Betty Wilcox writes in to say: “What a great reunion in 2007! We missed everyone who couldn’t come, but all of us there had a great time. Gould has changed considerably but somehow it is still the same (at least in our memory). It was fun to walk around town and see the new stores and the restored houses. Bethel has come into its own...it’s a lovely, interesting town and Gould is a large part. A good time was had by all!! Our sad news is that Betsy Norton Dow passed away December 20, 2007. We stopped with Betsy and Walter in November on our way to Florida and had a nice visit. Though we knew Betsy wasn’t well, this was very unexpected. Our condolences and prayers to Walter and the family. I am correcting the class list. Please - any move, address change, phone, e-mail - let me or the Alumni Office know immediately. We can’t lose anyone now - keep in touch with each other and Gould.”
the parade and lunch, and in the evening at Mike Brown’s. He has moved to a new place near the Sudbury Inn. Interestingly, a part of this house was moved there in the 1930’s to make room for the Gould field house. Ed and Ruth Judkins Bailey came from their Florida home. Dick and Peg Bayles came from Old Orchard Beach, ME. Dick Melville has been on the local school board for twelve years, and is thinking of retiring. Ed Swain, whose summer camp is an hour and a half north of Bethel, had gone back to South Carolina, but came north for this event. We spent a fair amount of time playing the “Whatever happened to ...?” game, and finally decided to try to keep in touch on a more formal basis. For that reason, I am asking class members to keep in touch. I’ll send out reminder notes later, after I recover from getting a new knee the end of this month.”
1955 Class Agent Needed Mr. David B. Biggins writes “We still seem to have some missing in action classmates. Anybody have any clues as to Larry Spinney or Ruth Mordecai, for example? My family and I are still in Riner, VA. All is well here. The address, e-mail and phone number are the same. Some day, I really would like to get back to Gould to see all of you!”
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Class Agent Needed Class Correspondent: Lyn Vinton Beliveau lvinton@aol.com Lyn Vinton Beliveau writes in: “Reunion was attended by a small but cheerful group. We mourned the loss during the past year of two members – Erland Scribner and Dick Aldrich. We met at
Class Agent: Ann Hastings Morton damorton@megalink.net Norman E. Hill writes in to say “having reflected on the last five years of travel, adventure, and precious time with my family and friends, I have made the decision to take at least a year off, attend to some important things,
1961 Class Agent Needed Notes from the field. Hilda Nafarrate reports that Debby Hammand was married to Owen Garfield this past September. Debby said that she looks forward to our meeting him at our 50th reunion, if not before. Please join me in congratulating Debby on her awesome news.
1962 Class Agent Needed Ira Hubbard reports “I’m OK, doing fine so far as a professional vagabond after having left the banana business in 1988 because of the heavy guerilla pressure at the time. What a difference a good president (the current one), makes! Below is a picture of me and my wife Flor taken on my last cruise to a jewel that Nicaragua is claiming as theirs: it’s called the Serrana Bank-just gorgeous.”
Sandra Myers Paap is now retired. She has two daughters and four grandchildren all of whom live in New York-one daughter in New York City and one in the Utica area. Sandy is having a great time playing grandmother!
1959 Class Agent: DJ Bigos LaVoie bobndj@comcast.net At Alumni Weekend Kirk Newson, Ruth Stevens Chase, John Vinton, Eric Wight, Judy Ingram and I gathered to enjoy the Alumni Luncheon on Saturaday. After catching up on the past five years and news of other classmates, we were joined by Tim Carter, LeeAnn Pippenger and Ellie Jodrey to start plans for our own 50th Reunion. It was fast paced and very productive. We will be contacting everyone very soon with our very exciting plans. Remember to save the date for next year.
Ira and Flor Hubbard
1963 Class Agent: Stephen Dock docks@ecu.edu The class of 1963 meeting at the Jordan Bowl on Saturday evening during Alumni Weekend was attended by about 20 people. We had a wonderful time talking, catching up and eating some of the best home-made food of the reunion. Jane Allen Smith has been in the clothing retail business for nearly 40 years, managing a women’s clothing store
in Kennebunkport and traveling to NYC to buy. Her son Andrew ’95 is managing the Habitat for Humanity Store in Portland, Maine and son Chris is living in Northern California building houses. Her husband David is still working for the Baker Company in Sanford, Maine. They are both thinking about retirement in 2 1⁄2 years. Julia Brown Bennett has retired from banking for nearly 30 years, and her husband Jim ’61, retired after 41 years of teaching at Norwich University. They have moved to 122 High Street in West Paris to be nearer to family and their camp on South Pond. They spend time with their children and grandchildren in Fort Kent, Maine and in Olney, Maryland. Judi and Bud Carver report that Bud retired a year ago, had a hip replacement, and is “back to 100%.” Judi is still working in the Emergency Department at Mid Coast Hospital. They have three grandchildren, one in Georgetown, ME and the other two in Florida. They are looking forward to seeing everyone at the 45th. Tom Chadbourne has three grown children and one grandchild. He lives in downtown Portland and has his own land development business. The downturn in the economy is helping Tom to “practice retirement” and enjoy life in the meantime. Like most of us, Tom is wondering what’s next! Freda Davis is still taking courses at the University of Maine at Augusta and working as Head Teacher at West Bethel Children’s Center. They celebrated their 39th wedding anniversary in June. Steve Dock and Dr. Carolyn Wilson have had a long-distance relationship since the fall of 2004 when Carolyn closed her private practice in internal medicine in Greenville, NC and started working for the VA clinic in Bangor, Maine. Steve has been at East Carolina U for 21-22 years now, and he plans to retire from there in 2011. He has been studying cabinetmaking with Paul Gianino in Greenville for many years now, and he hopes to have a small business fixing
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and be ready to hit the road again with a new 5 year plan…During my travels I have met many wonderful people, traveled 43 states and put 38,000 miles on my house. I have been able to live in and enjoy three of the most beautiful and diverse parts of the country and be up close to those I love. Many people I have met have envied my lifestyle and made me realize how lucky I am to be able to live my dream. It would not have been possible to live this dream without the loving support and help from many of you when I needed it. Each trip included at least one unanticipated challenge and your help was so appreciate. I have noticed some new goals on my list, which I have added as I achieved others. I am looking to do things which I have never done before! I will let you know about that when I have a new adventure set up. I’m sure that you know by now to expect anything. My goal is still to live life “full out” until I assume room temperature… Have a great fall and come on down when the weather gets cold!!”
antiques and building new furniture working out of their home in Port Clyde. Carolyn works long hours at the VA and hopes to find a part-time position in the near future. Frank Emery, his wife, three adopted children, one grandchild and 92-year-old father have moved from Buxton to Raymond, a good location for skiing, where they have been for 6 years. The children participate in lessons at Maine Handicapped Skiing and Frank will be in his 26th year as a team captain at the Ski-A-Thon next March. Charles Haines, Sr. has worked in construction in the northeastern US for the last 20 years and is now semi-retired from Ethan Allen operations as a maintenance person. He has more time now for his hobby of wildlife photography (see homepages.roadrunner.com/chas63/) and outdoor activities. He and his wife Mary Lee do not plan to attend the reunion, but we wish they would. Clifton Jackson, Jr. and wife Kathleen have been back in Maine for several years. They currently reside in West Paris, where they raise Percheron draft horses and where they have a (lovely!) barn and orchard on Abbott Hill Road.
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Charlene Rice Kimball remembers the days when she and I lived on Intervale Road and says “What we wouldn’t give to go back and start all over again.” Steve “Mac” McLain displays his usual wit: “Nothing’s changed!” Brian and Betsy McCrodden are closing on a new house in Bedford, VA, near the Blue Ridge Parkway, halfway between Roanoke and Lynchburg. They are escaping Raleigh, NC to pursue hiking, cycling, gardening, dogs and bonsai. At this point, he is semi-retired, returning to Raleigh to work for Hydrologics, a water resources consulting firm. Linda NickersonMacDormand has been enjoying the leisure time of 3 years’ retirement, but is working to have her nursing license re-instated for part-time employment. The “loves of her life” are her three grandchildren, Tyler 8, and Colby 4, her son’s boys, and her daughter’s girl
Madalynn 18 months. She is active in the Portsmouth Garden Club. Delma and Marcia McMillin report from Leesburg, Fl where he moved three years ago and where handy “shopping malls and restaurants abound.” As an Air Force retiree, Delma has lived everywhere. We recall that he even returned to Bethel and worked at Gould and did police and security work in Bethel, Oxford County & Brunswick Naval Air Station. He has returned to college with a major in economics and business management. He & Marcia married in June 2007, and he will be at Gould for the 50th. Norma Kimball Salway enjoyed seeing everyone at the 40th and will be there for the 45th. Like many of us, she remembers DeeDee Kellogg’s wonderful spirit. She is still adjusting to new duties which came her way after David’s death. During his illness, she started writing poetry and hopes to continue that upon retiring from teaching at the end of the current school year. She has also taken up kayaking. She is seeing an old friend, Terry, from childhood days on the farm. In April, they visited Terry’s son on the island of Kauai, in Hawaii. “This summer, after a year of planning, Freda Bennett Davis, her niece Gabriella, and I visited Nancy Brown Vargiu in Italy. Nancy and her husband Quinto were exceptionally gracious hosts. Nancy met us in Rome and accompanied us to Venice, Florence, Pisa, and then to her lovely inn on the island of Sardinia.” Bruce A. Moulton has moved out of the metropolis of Austin, TX to Dripping Springs where he has “roughly two acres” and where their greatest challenge is keeping Bambi out of the flower beds. They enjoy social settings with the Harley Owners Group and taking group rides and attending Rallies. He was able to “return-to-work” as a Policy Advisor for the commission on environmental matters related to the state’s water resources and the overall health of the Gulf of Mexico. In the words of Denny Crain, Bruce will fully retire “When the Mad Cow disease finally takes over!”
Ileen Powers Roberts says it seems as if our graduation picnic and formal dance were yesterday! She will retire when her house in Virginia sells. She and Ed purchased a retirement home in Clover, SC and go there to relax and, eventually, to have a garden. She knits and crochets and does well selling at craft fairs. She may set up a business teaching those dying skills. This fall she completes 27 years with the Federal Aviation Administration as an administrative officer. Her daughter and three granddaughters live in Billings, MT, and the oldest will graduate from high school in two years. She welcomes messages at Ileen.M.Roberts@FAA.GOV. In 2002, Dr. Mary Ann Chase Vinton and her husband Dr. John Vinton ’59, settled on the Maine coast in Phippsburg on the Kennebec River, one river west of where she grew up. She and John just had their 44th anniversary! She left work in 2004 with a bad leg fracture and never went back. Their boys Nate (30) and Andrew (27), after years overseas, are back in the east in NYC and Boston. Nate is a journalist and Andrew a law student. Kathleen and Cliff Jackson, Steve Dock and Carolyn Wilson, and Bud and Judi Carver are either retiring or retired nearby, and they visit frequently. Diana Weatherby is upset with those in Congress who refused to really increase vehicle fuel efficiency and who voted to continue large subsidies to big oil and gas rather than to renewable energy. Warren Welch has posted many of the 40th reunion pictures on his web site at www.warrenwelch.us, and they’re still there! Last year, he finished a four year project of writing a book based on the life of his great aunt who was born in 1883 (see his web site). Mary Eaton Brothers and her husband are semi-retired in Ft. Myers, FL in the winter and at their home in Vermont in the summers. She continues doing interior design in Vermont where she also works on HGTV for the local access station. They have five children and five fabulous grandchildren from ages 8-18. Darlene Morrill Baker retired from Northeast
1965 Class Agent: James Clifton elifton@weeg.com Martha J. Stowell ’65 and Edward “Ted” White ’60 were married on December 22, 2007. After a friendship of over 40 years they decided to tie the knot. Congratulations to Martha and Ted. While attending a Christmas service at their church in Copeland Plantation, Maine, Ted and Martha bumped into Anne Scribner Curren ’65. Anne was in Maine from Oregon visiting her family for the holidays. Anne and Martha had a great time catching up on all that has happened since they last saw each other.
1966 Class Agent: Maryvonne Wolfe Wheeler mwheeler@communityconcepts.org Rev. John C. Lombard wrote in this summer: “These dreary August days have found me trying out for the first time the Gould Academy website, especially the Alumni Portal. 46 six years ago and for the subsequent years at Gould, I always delighted in getting to August because, by then, summertime, while wonderful in its own ways along the Maine coast, was beginning to feel “long” and I was eagerly anticipating returning to Bethel for fall, the beginning of a new school year in an exquisitely beautiful setting, and the prospect of seeing dear friends who would become the Class of ’66. This is the time of year when I would begin my running in preparation for a new year with the cross-country team and start thinking about (occasionally dreading and frequently delighting in) the courses I would have and the faculty teaching those classes. The educational mission of GA incarnated in the faculty, administration, staff, and friends was wonderful (even if all my grades were not!), and I
have discovered with the passing years a deepening of my appreciation of all that Gould offered, the priceless opportunities and friendships it provided, and the memories which continue to add so much to the meaning of a lifetime of purposeful living. I hope that any classmates visiting this site will take from it my very best wishes, hoping that you are well and thriving and looking forward to our 45th reunion.
1968 Class Agent Needed Dr. Ned Robertson reports: “During the first week in December (2007), I spent three days (and two nights) on maneuvers in the Pacific aboard the U.S.S. Nevada, a Trident Missile submarine. This was the first time since 9-11 the Navy had allowed civilians on board one of these “boomer” subs for more than a couple of hours. What an experience!! I assume they invited me because they found out I had graduated from Gould Academy.
1970 Class Agent Needed Class Correspondent: Jamie Ogg jamieogg@gmail.com Ted St. Pierre lives in Bethel, still creates and records music and – he says – spends a lot of time mowing. He’s happy to hear from Gould friends any time they want to pay a visit when they’re in town.
1972 Class Agent: Thomas Hunt sales@huntgraphic.com Dr. Steve Maclin is back in his hometown of Cleveland, OH after living around the country and also overseas, teaching public administration. He is currently the Executive Director of USA Cell Search, a company that created the Reverse Lookup Phonebook blog that assists in conducting background checks. Steve is married to Asteria, a health care professional, who is originally from Panama. They are loving life in Cincinnati, bonding with his family, and back on Steve’s home turf. Beth
Gallie is an animal rights activist and lawyer for the Maine Center on Deafness. Beth, husband Scott – an architect – and faithful canine companion, Grace, will soon be moving from Portland to a beach community in South Portland. Victoria Lohnes Chong and husband Randall have lived in the same place since 1999. They have always wanted to live in a rural area and are now residing on a “small” 60 acre ranch. Vicky and Lorraine Lohman ’72 are still the best of friends and hope to make it to their 40th in 2012.
1973 Class Agent: Charles Ault chasault@adelphia.net Despite hurricane Kyle – and thanks to Pattie and Jeff Parsons of Bethel Outdoor Adventure who accommodated us indoors (instead of under a tent on their campground) – the reopening of Timbo’s Bar and Grill and All 70’s Reunion Party on Alumni Weekend was a huge success and filled to capacity. In attendance from the class of 1973 were: Brock Allen, Richard Bedell and fiancée Linda Myers, Michael Brennan and wife Sarah Speare, Debbie Butler, Keith Davis, Joan Samuels, Hayden Homes, Rick Jackman, Tim Jewett, John McArdle and wife Meredith, Anne Moystad and husband Tore Bjoerland, Alex Pakulski, Dean Pakulski, Chris Pratt, Kim Siebert, Steph Bailey Sluder and husband Kevin, Andy White, and Kristin Wiese-Adelman. Jamie Ogg ’70 was there, too, and you can check out his photos of the weekend on his Gould reunion website http://www.orgone.org/yy-reuniongould/00-gould-reunion2008.html. Also in attendance were Wendy Ault ’72, Kim Wallingford Homes ’72, Tom Hunt ’72, Thayer Hutchinson ’74, Marek Pakulski ’74, Josh Friedman ’75, Cleve Gardner ’75, Martha Leffel Yules ’75, Melissa Arnson ’76 and fiancé Michael Kelly, and members of the class of 1978 celebrating their 30th: Glenn Dwyer, Karen Eisenberg, Amy Vogt Downing, and Gina Teator DeJoy.
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Bank in Bethel in April 2007. She spent the last two summers working in Boothbay Harbor at Line Kin Bay Resort which has allowed her to spend the summer with her two wonderful grandkids.
Faculty guests included Mac Davis and wife Nancy, Jim and Lucia (Baker) Owen, and Bonnie Pooley as well as cameo appearances from the Advancement Office and members of several 80’s classes. Other 70’s alumni spotted during the weekend were Robert Casella ’75, Sue Hatch ’70, and Dan Vogt ’71. Robert and Sue are both parents of students who are presently attending Gould. Various photo albums of the weekend can be viewed on Kim Siebert’s Facebook page – you must join Facebook to be able to see them – and by going to www.mygould.org. Once there click on “Flickr”, then choose “Alumni Weekend 2008.” Charles Ewing ’73 lives in Crown Point, Indiana and works for Sekerez and Associates, managing their surveying operations in Illinois. He has two fine children: a son, David who was married in October 2007 and a daughter, Kamilah, who started college this fall. Charlie has exchanged emails over the years with Wendy Ault, Sandra Thomas, and Brock Allen and would love to hear from Gould friends. He says it seems like 35 minutes ago that we were all at Gould – not 35 years. Bill Hawk ’73 was thinking about coming to reunion but a sailing accident resulted in the need for reconstructive hand surgery. He sends his best to everyone and hopes for better luck to be able to attend the 40th. Nancy Wagner ’73 couldn’t make it to reunion this year because daughter Chloe Caras was married to Justin Constantino on the very same weekend. Nancy is a painter, living in Portland, Me.
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Cindy Bragg Joyce ’73 almost made it to reunion but the timing was off since she had just returned from her family’s annual visit to New England. Cindy and Bob’s two older children are in college but younger daughter Erin, in 9th grade, still keeps mom busy with many skating practices and competitions. Cindy lives outside of Washington in Fairfax, VA.
Jang Jallow ’73 is a teacher, living in Wisconsin, and married to Fatima, a nurse. They have two beautiful daughters. Sally Peacock ’73, who has been in touch with Jang through the years since graduation, sent photographs of Jang and his family, taken while they visited Sally’s family home last summer in Lubec, Maine. Sally now lives in Portland, ME and is an EKG technician at Maine Medical Center.
1974 Class Agent Needed Deb Hewson Merrill ’74 writes that life is busy! “I’m working four part time jobs, including teaching a semester class at the University of Southern Maine in Intro to Digital Art, four classes at Maine College of Art, freelance design for a summer camp history book, and my regular home business doing Neuromuscular Therapy on muscle injuries. There’s never enough time for my art and bicycling and family! My son Parker is applying to colleges, and we had a fun day recently looking at MIT and BU.”
1976 Class Agent Needed Tim Dolven passed along news of what he has been doing since graduating from Gould. “Personally I have not been back to Bethel since I left in the spring of ’77. My goal was to ski my way west which I successfully did. I made stops in Boulder for four years and Utah for a year after which I managed to find my way to the Napa Valley and into the wine business (imagine, a real career). I have been in Napa since the spring of ’85. I have worked for a variety of wineries in a variety of positions over the years but since the spring of ’04 I have been the Winemaker for Steltzner Vineyards in Napa making big red wines – Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot mainly. Along the way Amy Westwater found me thru her remembrances of my dad and we have become best email friends. We still haven’t gotten together even though we
only live about an hour apart. I met my wife, Mandy, during a winter off that I spent in Tahoe. We have been married for 17 years and have an 11 year old son, Alex, who is entering the 5th grade. I can never make it back to the fall reunions as they happen during the peak of the annual grape harvest which is flat out my busiest and most important time of the year. I do want to get back and ski Sunday River – which I imagine has gone thru some changes since ’77! We are all good, happy, healthy, employed (my wife does graphic design – specializing in wine label design). When I’m not working I still ski about 30 days a year and do mountain biking and golf in the summer when I get a chance.
1977 Class Agent: tish carr journeysendfarm@roadrunner.com Sam Adams reports: “I am loving life and doing well, except that I don’t get to see my Gould friends as much as I would like! My wife Kelly and I live in Weston, CT with our son Nicholas (who is nine) and a couple of happy-go-lucky Labradors. I commute to New York where I run a hedge fund I started a few years ago called the Cedar Lane Entertainment Fund. The business is doing quite well and the work is interesting, but it requires a lot of air travel, which loses its thrill after a while. I am still getting in as much skiing and fishing as I can and I spend weekends and a little vacation time at our summer house in Small Point, ME. I hope classmates and other Gould buddies will contact me at: Fireflyfarm@mac.com, Home: 203-3410304, or by mail at Firefly Farm, 10 Cedar Lane, Weston, CT 06883.
1978 Class Agent: Glenn Dwyer glenn.dwyer96@gmail.com The Class of 1978 was well represented by four members at Alumni Weekend on September 26th, 27th, and 28th; Karen Eisenberg, Teel Teator DeJoy, Amy Vogt Downie and I. Teel’s daughter, Gigi is currently a sophomore, and was the focus during the Girls Soccer game vs. Hyde.
Afterwards, we enjoyed schmoozing at the get-together tent where we saw Bonnie Pooley, Lucia and Jim Owen, and Tineke and Marv Owinga. Karen, who lives in North Conway, showed us her beautiful silver jewelry pieces, and Teel and husband Dwayne (our assistant class agent) told of life in Blue Hill, running the local gallery. Teel is also painting pictures which will astound and amaze you. Amy traveled from Halifax, where she is a nurse working with Alzheimer patients.
2008 reunion, even remotely? I do include both classes of ’83 & ’84 in that question, not just the one. E-mail me directly at sonnig_tag@gmavt.net. Cheers!”
1985 Class Agent: Theodore Brown II twbii@aol.com Taking after his great grandfather, John Jay Willard Sr. ’29, for whom he was named is Jay Willard Feeney, age 2, of South Lake Tahoe, CA. Grandmother is Ruth Willard Feeney ’59 and parents are Jim ’85 and Michelle Feeney. Jay welcomed his sister Josephine Wilkerson Feeney on October 15, 2007. Jim is now finance director at Tahoe Regional Planning Agency and enjoying life in South Lake Tahoe.
The sad occurrence was that our classmate Karen Tai Morency, who was scheduled to join us, suffered a family bereavement Saturday and was unable to. We’ll look forward to more participation at the 35th in 2013. To all whom I missed, I look forward to hearing from you on the phone by the end of the year or email at glenn.dwyer96@gmail.com.
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1986 Class Agent: Leslie Senior Martin manicmom@comcast.net The Class of ’86 has its own group on Facebook! David Fishman writes he is doing well. “I live in Guanica, Puerto Rico. Two years ago I bought this house and converted it to a guest house. We have been open for just one year and have enjoyed success that came much quicker than we anticipated. We meet people from all over the world. We live a dream life. However, life in paradise is as much work as it is anywhere. Our guest house is called Mimi’s Guest House, after my mother. www.mimisguesthouse.com.” Patty Giles has just moved from the Boston area to Syracuse, NY to begin a PhD program in Religious Studies at Syracuse University.
Jay Willard Feeney
Class Agent: Thomas Cole tomcole@colecoastalreality.com Cindy Musk-Fontanez currently works at Fresenius Medical Care Cardiovascular Resources Inc. (Damariscotta Dialysis), She and her husband have three children: Sarah - 19 in college, David - 15 and Matthew - 11.
1984 Class Agent: Jan Skelton janskelton@deloitte.com Susan Davis Douglas writes in: “Hello everyone! Holy crow...It’s been a while! Is anyone thinking about the
Ms. Larissa B. Fawkner and Allen Michael Gontz were married on a beach on Cape Cod June 10th, 2007. Her name is the same as “I waited so damn long to get married that I can’t imagine being called anything else.”
John Jay Willard Sr. ’29
Sarah Fiske Williams and her husband bought a new house in Madison and are spending all of their free time painting the inside. “Our girls (almost 3 and almost 5) are doing great – one more year of preschool and lazing about at home for Alma. Eliza gets the top bunk of a new bed I just made (unanimous decision by the girls) and has no qualms about climbing up – and down – the ladder all by herself. Jack made tenure last spring, so Madison is likely to be home for a good long time. We welcome visitors!” Mike Pearson is flying the Boeing 767300ER for Delta out of JFK, doing all international trips to Europe, South America, Africa, the Middle East and Asia. Still living in Houston, Texas with his wife of 17 years Tanya, and about-tobe 16 year old daughter Jessica. Jess was a freshman at Gould last year, but had a
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We cheered in full throat, whilst clutching the magical GA umbrellas that kept the skies from opening up. At half-time, Amy felt compelled to participate in the Frank Vogt Fun Run, which allowed our old English teacher and king of the groaners, Mac Davis, to admonish the assembled runners to note Amy’s participation, and remember the November Elections by “making every Vogt count.”
rough time being so far away from home and she made the difficult decision to go to school in Houston this year. Mike and Tanya are sad not to see her return to Gould, but love having her home! Tom Canney moved back to Maine four years ago and is working as a photo stylist for Howell Ltd, a commercial photography studio in Portland. Mark Sassi is living out west with a wife, 2 babies and lots of big fish. He still thanks Leslie profusely for the 1986 yearbook. Leslie Senior Martin is enjoying Gould from another perspective. Her son Benjamin just joined the Gould class of 2012. She wonders when he will be dunked in freshman brook and is delighted to have actually seen the second floor of Holden. (It’s much nicer than she expected). Leslie and her family anxiously await Thanksgiving break so that Benjamin can come home and hook up the DVD player and fix the cable in the family room. Bruce Clendenning writes: “Elliot was born on Nov. 30 last year (to me and my wife, Liza). We’re having a blast. I’m now the Interim Policy Director for the Northern Forest Alliance and I do a ton of work in/around Bethel coordinating the Mahoosuc Initiative. The Initiative works with local communities, non-profits, and all levels of government to help bring land conservation and community development funds and projects to the region from Bethel to Upton in Maine and Berlin to Errol in New Hampshire. In that work, I’ve given several presentations in Bethel over the last few years and have occasionally worked with Bonnie Pooley, Kirk Siegel, and others that we all remember from our GA days.”
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Debbie Brown is living in the Chicago area working for Bosch as a design engineer for Dremel. Her job takes her all over the world – most recently to Germany. She has enough frequent flier miles to book a trip on the space shuttle. Debbie has been very generous
throughout the years donating tools to Gould. She would love to have visitors and has plenty of room – please call if you are in town!
1987 Class Agent: Charles Adams smadaLC@aol.com John Amadon lives in Portland Oregon with his long time girlfriend. He is very busy these days working on his PhD in neuropsychology, doing some clinical work, and bartending on weekend nights. No kids yet, but hopefully soon. He would love to make it back for a reunion at some point but was able to visit the campus last October. Unfortunately he has lost touch with nearly all his friends from Gould, though he’d love to remedy that situation. The only Gouldies he’s in touch with are Darren Greene, who is the webmaster for savethechildren.org, and does art installations for multimedia events, and Keith Swerling, who does computer work in LA. Alfred Au is now living in Hong Kong with his wife and 3 kids. He went to Michigan State University instead of Alfred U. He lived in Toronto, Canada for several years after he graduated from MSU and moved back to Hong Kong in 1997. Charlie Adams is living in Ballston Lake, NY with his wife Lisa and 2 children. He has been working as a sales rep in the medical field for the past 10 years. He had a fantastic time at the 20th class reunion last fall, and it was great to catch up with old classmates and faculty! Charlie recently took on the task of class agent, and has had fun catching up with a few classmates already. Please feel free to send him your (and anyone else you are in touch with) updated information as we are trying to stay in touch with everyone. His email address is smadalc@aol.com.
1988 Class Agent: Nikolai Markovich nikolai@elle.com Marc K. Bee writes: “I just wanted to say
hello. I haven’t participated in many Alumni activities over the years, but I hope to in the future. I have been married for eight years now to my wonderful wife Tracy and we have two great kids. (Kaitlyn 4 and Nick 2) We live in the New Orleans area, which is still recovering from the hurricane. We were lucky and didn’t sustain too much damage to our house. However, I have had some health issues. I have had cancer (melanoma), I have had two surgeries and have gone through radiation treatments and interferon treatments to prevent any spreading or growths. I have been cleared for the time being. I am feeling better and working. I hope everyone is doing well and I hope to see a lot of classmates next fall. Waynflete School earned first place at the first official Maine State Middle School Science Olympiad in many years. Several members of science teacher Lisa Todd Libby’s team – representing Grades 6 through 8 – earned first, second, or third place in each of the events and won individual honors during the March 15th tournament held on Waynflete School’s campus.
1989 Class Agent: Laura Ordway laura@winonacamps.com Greeting to all 1989 classmates! Despite a dearth of correspondence since the last Gould News I am still holding out hope to hear from several of you before next year’s big 20th reunion (fall 2009). So break your silence and email me a short note Laura@winonacamps.com. I’ll share your success in accomplishing this “get-intouch-with-old-friends” goal with other ‘89ers in the next issue of our class notes. Let’s encourage, coax and harass one another into meeting back at Gould for the weekend to relive all the fun and embarrassment of those high school years. I did hear from 1988er Cameron Larkin, who is doing great in Dallas, where he lives with his wife and son, 4-year-old Sammy. They travel to Lovell, Maine each summer for family
Brett Bloomberg – “This changes everything...talk about a peek behind the veil...our son Eamonn (pronounced AY-mun) was born on January 5th at 1:11 am with 10 fingers and toes, beautiful wondrous blue eyes, and strawberry blond hair like his papa...the birth went well and mama is recovering nicely...we are basking in the Light, pure presence of this newly formed little being and we are scrambling to grab wipes for spit up and poop clean up as well as keeping mama fed...isn’t that just like life, both sides now...we are in love with all of it. Here’s one picture of the little man, for others you can log on to the picasa photo sharing website and punch in bj&e in public albums. Let us know if this doesn’t work for you.”
Eamonn Bloomberg
Adam Wales writes, “Nearly 20 years gone... almost hard to believe. I’m alive, well, and living in Mount Desert, Maine with my wife Jen and kids Eli (4) and Sasha (1). Worked winters as an alpine ski coach (some at Gould) and summers as a sea kayak guide for about 12 years and am now managing a locally owned outdoor shop since the arrival of the kids and the decision to stop traveling so much. Built our house in Mount Desert and have happily settled in enjoying cycling and sailing in and around Acadia National Park.
Looking forward to our 20th reunion after some spurring on from Mike Baker’s e-mail’s. Hope to see you all there!”
1990 Class Agent Needed Andrew Levi would love to hear from anyone who is in his class or other classes. “I just realized we are only two years away from our 20th reunion. I can’t believe how time flies. A quick note to catch everyone up. My wife Amy and I are enjoying parenting as our son Spencer who will turn two in June. I just entered my 5th year as the owner/appraiser of my own appraisal firm Green Mountain Valuations. We currently live in Jericho, Vermont and welcome anyone who is in the Burlington, VT area to make sure and look us up.” Jesse Berger and his wife Stacey welcomed Grant Berger into their lives on April 14, 2008. All are doing well. In January of 2007, Paul Koubek led a expedition that completed a successful crossing of the Campo de Hielo Norte or Northern Patagonian Icefield. In May he left his position as Head Progrom Supervisor with the Chilean branch of the National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS) and after a short sailing vacation in the San Juan Islands began work guiding with Alpine Ascents International on Denali (Mount McKinley) which he summitted with two clients on June 24 and on Mt. Rainier which he summitted with nine clients on July 14. While doing some personal climbing in the Bugaboos (British Columbia) Paul climbed (among other routes) the Beckey-Chouinard route on South Howser Tower (Grade V 5.10+ 2,500’) and the NE Ridge of Bugaboo Spire (one of North America’s 50 Classic Climbs). He recently led a NOLS course in the Garwhal Himalaya, and then pending final medical approval anticipates deploying to McMurdo Station, Antarctica in late October to work as a Field Safety Instructor with the Raytheon Polar Services Company.
1991 Class Agent: Stephanie Morin smorin@fryeburgacademy.org Nathanael James Drake was born on December 15, 2007 to Christopher and Tiffany Drake. He weighed in at 7lbs 14.5oz 21in. He is sitting up and has his two really sharp bottom teeth. He’s babbling nonstop and loves the tub. Christopher hopes that your families are well.
1995 Class Agent Needed Jason Fraser writes in: “My wife Melissa and I are expecting our first child in July. We are still living in Bremerton, Washington and have enjoyed the area although it’s a long ways from home. Hope you all are well.” Scott W. Vaughan completed a DO rotation at the Bethel Health Center this spring. On June 7, 2008 he received his DO degree from University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine. Scott grew up in Cumberland Foreside, Maine. While attending Gould he was in Gould’s famous ski patrol program at Sunday River, which may have been his first introduction to emergency medical training. He obviously loved it. After Gould Academy he earned an EMT certificate at SMCC and volunteered with the Cumberland rescue department while he attended UNE for his undergraduate degree. He completed his BS degree in 1999 from UNE. He then attended Maine Medical Center’s School of Surgical Technology and graduated from there in 2000. Following this he worked at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, MA and spent 4 years there as a surgical assistant. He entered UNE College of Osthopathic Medicine in Sept 2004. Sasha Rearick is presiding over his first U.S. Alpine Championships as the men’s alpine coach, and while a week spent at Sugarloaf is as close as he has been to
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vacation time and happened to run into Sara Whalen Shifrin one year during a walk around the Gould campus. Come to our 20th Cameron – the more the merrier!
Gould and Sunday River in awhile, he couldn’t avoid the influence his time spent in Western Maine has had on his coaching career if he tried. “What I learned there is what it takes to work hard and to enjoy the sport,” he said. “You’ve got to enjoy it, skiing in Maine every day.” Jarrod S. Crockett and Paige Pittman were wed on May 25, 2008 at the Prodigal Inn in Bethel, ME under beautiful sunny skies. In addition, Jarrod has received his Juris Doctor degree from the Appalachian School of Law. He has also been sworn in as a member of the Maine Bar Association and he is also a candidate for the Maine House of Representatives District 91. Congratulations!
1997 Class Agent Needed Min-Koo Kang called to let us know that he will be getting married at the end of August. His future wife is a school teacher. He feels his life is starting to settle down and would like to be in contact with his classmates. His cell phone number is 011-82-2-108287-5722. Matthew M. Walker moved to Portland, OR after college, working as a QA for an agency that supports DD adults in the community after a couple of years as a case manager, got married in Sept, have a house, a couple of dogs – livin’ the dream. If anyone is ever in the Northwest, drop a line. mwalker14@gmail.com.
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Class Agent Needed Rebecca Fraser Diaz wants to let everyone know that their second daughter Brenna Gail was born on April 15, 2008 at the Ballard House in Portland, Maine! She was 7 lbs 6 oz and 20 1/4 inches long. They are thrilled to have another beautiful little girl! Her big sister Estella loves her! Life is amazing!
1999 Class Agent: Allison Stevens allisonstevens56@hotmail.com Erik R. Flanagan writes “Hey there. I have been living in Thailand for the last two years, running an English Program, and then Managing the finish work for a large Villa project. I am currently in the process of moving back to New England and will be getting married in September to Molly Mcgill (a Maine girl) who is a writer and editor of Asia Pacific Tropical Homes Magazine. I will be attending Graduate School for Historic Preservation next fall in Vermont, and who knows what the future holds. My email is the same and I’m not sure where I will be living, but next month I will update. Thanks and hope all is well.”
2000 Class Agent Needed Elizabeth K. Beebe is still in LA. She reports that she has moved the heck out of Hollywood and down to downtown which is much more like a city. She is doing a dual career. During football season she is a full time assistant producing for Triple Double (mostly recognized for their commercials promoting the NFL network) then after the super bowl she gets to pursue acting. Kind of a sweet deal – nice day job that pays the bills and still pursue the creative dream. Eric Cheney and Samantha Poland were married 11/10/2007 at the top of Barker Mountain at Sunday River.
2001 Class Agent Needed Stuart Klanfer is great and headed off to grad school this summer (2008) to begin a Masters degree in Music Ed at The University of Miami, Frost School of Music. Andrea Viens Mudgett writes in: “A lot has happened. I met the love of my life, Charles Mudgett, and less then four months after our joining he was sent away to Iraq. While he was gone, I graduated from Champlain College with a bachelor
degree in Business Management with a focus in Public Relations. My search for a job had officially started! In between job interviews, I was working at the Olive Garden in Burlington (with Kristy Nichols, a one year freshman) as well as rooming with Lee Warren ’02. Chuck came home for two weeks of leave time in February of 2006, and to no one’s surprise we got engaged. He didn’t return from Iraq for good until June. My life was filled with work, worry and planning a wedding. On June 2, 2007 we were married in a small church in Colchester, Vermont. I’m officially Mrs. Mudgett... weird last name, but I’m starting to get used to it. We purchased a house in Saint Albans, Vermont where we live with our dog Jackson. I’m currently working as a personal assistant/ life coordinator for a salesman at an international company that buys and sells firearms in Georgia, Vermont. That has been my life in a nutshell for the past 4 years. I’d love to hear from people!
2003 Class Agent Needed Approximately 25 members of the graduating class of 2003 attended Alumni Weekend at Gould to celebrate their 5 year reunion. It was the largest showing for a 5 year reunion that the Academy can remember! Idin Dalpour works for JP Morgan and is holding true to his dreams of great financial success. Lee Reeve is living and working in the jungle of Hawaii. Shula Bien is teaching in an underprivileged school system in the south side of Chicago. Hadley Planting loves her job at Christy’s in NYC. Charlie Merritt has been through culinary school and is working as a chef in Maine. Jack Reynolds is excited to graduate from CU Boulder in Dec 08 after 5 1/2 years of college! Leo P. Menard III has graduated and is working for ORA Clinical Research and Development in North Andover, MA The class came together to celebrate the life of Jesse Eisenberg. He would have
been the life of the reunion but he was there in spirit. Jesse has a Make A Wish Foundation that can be accessed online. Thanks to Idin, Martha, Lee and Dan for their help with Jesse’s slideshow. Kristen Murphy is having a great time doing an internship with a winemaker in Bordeaux, France. Things are going wonderfully and she is learning a lot. She is sorry to miss reunion but sends her best to everyone! Her big news is that she has mastered learning how to drive a tractor! Now that is a feat! Ryan D. Gilbert graduated from Massachusetts Maritime Academy with a BS in Marine Safety and Environmental Protection.
2004 Class Agent Needed Conversation with Mike Bokor’s mother indicated he transferred from Renssalear to Penn State for his last year of school. He changed his major from engineering
to sociology with engineering as a minor. He’s still ski racing and won five medals last season.
G.P.A. of 3.7 or higher. Carley’s parents, Lynda and Bill of Harvest Gold Gallery are very excited for her.
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Class Agent Needed Kim Tremblay spent the summer working in the Advancement Office at Gould as their intern. She did a great job and they hope to have her back next year. Kim is currently living in Bridgton and working on her degree at the University of Southern Maine.
Class Agent Needed Tommy Storey got off wait list and into AU Cairo for this past summer – he is delighted. He had decided Beirut was not an option and he loved the program in Cairo and was not as interested in Morocco. He is enjoying college at St. Andrews in Scotland.
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Class Agent: Daniel Faron danielfaron@gmail.com Carley Rudd of Center Lovell, ME made the Dean’s List at Stetson University in Deland, Florida. She is studying Communications, Art and French with plans to study in France this fall. To be Dean’s listed you must have a
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IN MEMORIAM Bonnell T. C. Gardner
7/29/08
Vera Leighton Heckerd ’43
Stephen C. Danforth
9/16/08
Sylvia Bird Hoey ’39 John E. Holt ’37
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Arlene Bennett Lyon ’53
Virgil R. Adams ’42
Ernestine Bean McDonald ’34
Richard I. Aldrich ’48
4/30/08 1/08
Elizabeth Smith Mullin ’40
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Mary Coolidge Bean ’53
9/12/08
David F. Reilly ’61
Richard J. Bennett ’61
6/10/08
Barbara Brown Sayward ’53
5/26/08
Erland D. Scribner ’48
3/19/08
Paula Blake Bouchard-Clark ’64 Wilbur I. Bull, Jr. ’41
8/7/08 6/4/08
Lucia Smith ’50
6/8/08
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Hollister K. Cotton ’58
8/17/08
Thomas W. South III ’90
6/22/08
Leah Spinney Deegan ’45
2/27/08
Dexter M. Stowell ’46
1/14/08
Robert J. Dodge ’49
4/12/08
Arthur H. Swift ’61
7/8/08
Jesse R. Eisenberg ’03
5/4/08
Nicole M. Tarnay ’85
4/13/08
Cynthia Ferris Fricks ’54
4/9/08
Elinor L.Webster ’55
3/24/08
3/23/08
William S. Wight ’43
1/26/08
Joseph R. Frothingham ’60 Jack A. Greig ’59
7/4/08
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