the academy J. Reeve Bright ’66, Chair Delray Beach, Florida Paul S. Goodof ’67, Vice Chair Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts Stephen B. Jeffries ’79, Vice Chair Boston, Massachusetts Debra Beacham Bloomingdale ’83, Secretary Rockport, Massachusetts Scott E. Wilson ’71, Treasurer Waban, Massachusetts Richard A. Bennett Oxford, Maine Meredith Strang Burgess Portland, Maine Catherine Thoman Crowley ’87 Boston, Massachusetts Clement S. Dwyer, Jr. ’66 Portsmouth, New Hampshire Susan A. Gendron Raymond, Maine
Philanthropy Financier Williams joins board W e are pleased to welcome Dave Williams ’60 of East Haddam, Connecticut, to the Board of Trustees. Dave earned his BA from Yale University and later went on to receive his MBA from Harvard Business School. He is celebrating his recent retirement from Columbia Value and Restructuring Fund where he was a leading mutual fund manager and an authority on Wall Street. Prior to his career with Columbia Value, Dave served as managing director and head of value investing at U.S. Trust Corporation—now owned by Charles Schwab—where he managed $6.5 billion in assets.
Lauded for his investing savvy, Dave was deemed a “Market Wizard” by Barron’s in 2003 and named to Fortune’s “50 Great Investors” list that same year. He has also been featured on CNBC’s Wall Street with Louis Rukeyser and is a member of the Chartered Financial Analysts Association and the Association for Investment Management and Research. He and his wife Stephanie enjoy spending time at their homes in Connecticut and Bonita Springs, Florida. They have four children: Samuel, Dakin, John and Nicholas. Dave is excited to reconnect with his high school alma mater and help
steer the Academy towards continued success. Liza Tarr
William B. Golden ’66 Waquoit, Massachusetts
Class Agent Profile
Edward A. Gottlieb ’64 Waban, Massachusetts
Dean Ridlon ’53
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Class Agent For as long as he can remember Trustee 1978–1988; 1991–1995 Chair of Board 1981–1988 Loyalty personified Annual Fund donor for more than 50 consecutive years
James B. Hill, II ’90 Chicago, Illinois Thomas N. Hull, III ’64 Grantham, New Hampshire Matthew W. Johnson ’93 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Kimball L. Kenway ’70 Portland, Maine Scott R. Nelson ’91 Laguna Niguel, California Judah Sommer Bethesda, Maryland Heather Fremont-Smith Stephens ’88 Weston, Massachusetts David J. Williams ’60 East Haddam, Connecticut
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cross the road from the Stanley Building is a small, tidy garden that flowers from spring until fall. A plaque in the center of the garden bears the name Dean Ridlon ’53. The garden marks Dean Ridlon’s many decades of extraordinary contributions and dedicated service to Hebron.
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Dean has volunteered for Hebron for as long as he and many others can remember. He recalls that he started out as a class agent sometime in the early ‘60s. He had been hosting dinners for the Hebron Club of Boston when Ned Willard and Bill Brightman ’52 urged him to become more involved. Becoming class agent
was just the beginning, as he went on to serve Hebron in many other capacities, including multiple terms on the Board of Trustees. Over the years, writing to his class became part of his life—a way to give back and a way to stay connected. Dean knows the funds raised through his letters go to a great cause and he, better than most, knows the need that those dollars fill. We are grateful for Dean’s loyalty and his commitment to his work as agent for his class. We know that he will be cheering for Hebron, supporting our students and writing to his classmates for many years to come.
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