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Mary Anastos, grandmother of Mikey Anastos ’17, died in August 2014.
Pete Rapelye writes, “The summer before last, Janet and I had a delightful lunch with Sonia and Bill Valentine at our home in Duxbury, MA. Great to reconnect! We also attended the recent memorial service for Ted Gleason at Nobles where we reunited with Weezie and Rob Lawrence, Bill Chamberlin, and Duane Claussen. I retired two years ago as the headmaster of the Princeton Junior School after 40 years in independent schools, including six great years at DCD before we moved to Princeton, where Janet is in her 12th year as Dean of Admission at the university. I recently joined the board of the Green Mountain Valley School (VT), where my focus is strategic planning and professional development. At present, I am teaching a course on WWI at the Princeton Adult School and auditing history courses at Princeton University. Please give our best to everyone at DCD.”
Deaths Shawn Bragdon, the father of Laurel Bragdon ’17 and
Connor Bragdon ’19, died on October
Jeremy Pirtle Burnett and Deb White
Deb White had the opportunity to visit with Jeremy Pirtile Burnett (1987–1991) in August 2014. “It was so much fun to reconnect after at least 20 years!”
Gretchen Larkin (2003–2006) was named Head of School at Charles River School as of July 1, 2014.
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2, 2014. Shawn was an employee and partner at Cantor-Fitzgerald, MA, for two decades and an exemplary father to his children and husband to his wife, Kathleen. Kitsey Breen, mother of Don Breen Jr.
’68, died in June 2014. Robert Douglas Hunter, husband of Liz Ives-Valsam Hunter ’57 and father of Dee Dee Hunter ’01, died in August 2014. Dan Pierce died peacefully on July 4, 2014, in Maine. He was a trustee at DCD from 1965–1973 and Board President from 1969– 1972. He is survived by his wife Polly and his children Sara ’69, Daniel Jr. ’71,
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Matt ’75, and Sam ’82. In 1970 under
Left to right, front row, Eloise Cheever (Pre-K), Eric Parker (Pre-K), Susannah Ward (2), Jessie Ward (2), Avery Peterson (1), Maisie Gronemeyer (1), and Charlie O’Connell (Pre-K); middle row, Carly Ward (4), Lily O’Connell (2), Teddy Epker (2), Summer Perry (3), Molly Epker (5), and Lizzie Cochran (4); back row, Gunner Peterson (5), Charlotte Epker (7), Calvin Cochran (7), Sophia Perry (7), and Molly Moir (8). 44
Dan’s leadership, the “new school” was built, which included the Lower School building and the gymnasium/Kindergarten building. A plaque hangs on the wall today where the old school joined with the new school, which was known as “the bridge.” On March 14, 1972, the bridge was dedicated to Dan, whose leadership and generosity assured the ongoing development of DCD.
Rosamond Thomas ’31 died on March 7, 2014.