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The Magazine of Lake Forest Academy and Ferry Hall

summer 2015

It was a very good year!

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Letter from the Head of School .................. 3

Alumni Events .......................... . . . . . . . . . 14

Ringing the Bell . ................................. 4

Academy Awards ....................... . . . . . . . . . 24

Ferry Tales ........................................ 22

Beans, Colorful Beans ................. . . . . . . . . . 40

LFA Arts . . . . . . . . . ................................ 34 LFA Athletics . . . . ........................... ..... 36 Class Notes . . . . . . ................................ 42 From the Archives .......................... ..... 56 table of contents

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Board of Trustees 2014–15 Mr. J. Michael Schell ’65 Chair Ms. Gloria W. Harper Vice Chair Mrs. Sandra F. Boles Secretary Mr. Christopher E. Freeburg ’90 Treasurer Mr. Zaid I. S. Abdul-Aleem ’90 Dr. Makola M. Abdullah ’86 Mrs. Sylvia Barros ’90 Dr. Kenny Bozorgi Mr. Jim C. Cowart ’69 Dr. Rachel E. Goshgarian ’93 Mr. William J. Hayes Mr. Maurice L. Holmes ’83 Mrs. Michele Marsh Ihlanfeldt ’89 Mr. Ned Jessen Mr. Gregory K. Jones Mr. Jeffrey B. Keller ’87 Mr. Rumi Kuli ’93 Mr. Michael P. Leonard ’66 Mr. Ben Malek ’91 Mr. John S. Marlatt ’65 Ms. Katherine G. Pollock ’70 Mrs. Anne N. Reyes Mr. Mark S. Simonian ’77 Dr. Regina E. Spellers Sims ’85 Mr. John A. Walton Mr. Richard L. Zhao ’04

Board Portrait, Spring 2015 Front row (l-r): Richard Zhao ’04, Mike Schell ’65, Gloria Harper P’93, Kathy Gray Pollock ’70. Second row (l-r): Regina Spellers Sims ’85, Sandy Boles P’14, P’15, Kenny Bozorgi P’14, P’15, Mark Simonian ’77.

Third row (l-r): Bill Hayes P’07, P’12, P’18, John Walton P’12, Michele Marsh Ihlanfeldt ’89, Rumi Kuli ’93, P’17, Jim Cowart ’69, John Marlatt ’65. Back row (l-r): Ned Jessen P’01, P’05, Jeff Keller ’87,P’18, Chris Freeburg ’90, Greg Jones P’12, P’14, Ben Malek ’91.

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Mission Statement Lake Forest Academy strives to embody in its practices and to cultivate in its students excellence of character, scholarship, citizenship, and responsibility.

LFA Alumni Selfie Contest Winner Thanks to all alumni who submitted a selfie for this issue of the Review. Featured here (l to r): Dr. Hussein Musa ’01, Officer J. Diamond Weathersby ’02, Dr. Shamsideen Musa ’01, and Johnnie Johnson ’01, who were in Manhattan for the birth of Hussein’s first-born son in February 2015!

To see the runners-up, check page 21.

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Excerpted from Dr. Struwick’s remarks at Graduation on May 30, 2015 The theme of my words today is the meaning of life. Well, perhaps not quite that grandiose, but certainly about how you can each think about your life ahead.

As many of you are aware, I always include some lyrics from a rock song in my graduation speech to help me convey the theme and message for the year and to help the graduates remember them. This year I have chosen a song lyric from Jon Bon Jovi’s It’s My Life, which includes a shout out to Frank Sinatra!

I just want to live while I’m alive My heart is like an open highway Like Frankie said I did it my way Until now, the majority of your waking hours have been dictated by your parents, your teachers, your coaches, and even your friends. As you move on from LFA, your life is now your own to direct. Which classes will you take? What will you do with the enormous amount of time you will have every day and night?

Across the country, your generation is facing the challenge of this newfound independence, freedom, and responsibility. How will you make decisions, solve problems, find your voice, and find your way?

Board Chair Mike Schell ’65 and Head of School John Strudwick P’13, P’15, P’18 make their way to the tent for Graduation 2015.

Photo: George Pfoertner

The solution, I believe, may be as simple as having clear goals and answering the following questions: What do you envision your life will look like in 2025?

What will it take for you to be happy and healthy? What kind of values do you want to have? What kind of people do you want to be surrounded by? What do you envision American and global society to look like to make your happy and healthy vision a reality?

Having this vision, being able to imagine this “future you,” will help you make better decisions along the way and set you up for inevitable success. And, the beauty of this process is that, as you travel along this journey, your vision can and will evolve. Like your first choice for a college major, you can and probably will change your mind along the way. You should do it your way, but you should also do so within a consideration of the world and others around you. We live in a day and age in which, more than ever before, one person can make a difference. The power you will have in your lifetime to affect and influence the course of events will dwarf that of previous generations. And, considering the fact that you will have been given a tremendous gift—the gift of a great education—you have an obligation to do what you can to forge a future that will make you proud of the world in 2025 and beyond.

Choose your goals and, once you have your vision, you really have a simple task every day—stay focused. Think about your vision for yourself and the world around you. Give it texture and depth. Focus on how awesome you will feel in ten short years when your dreams and desires have been realised . . . and it’s time to create new ones. Enjoy the progress you make every day, however incremental it might be, in moving toward the realisation of your individual and global vision. The future truly is in your hands.

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Reyes Family Science Center Named

Photo: Cathy Morrison

In Fall 2013 the Science Center opened, and in Fall 2014 it was formally named the Reyes Family Science Center. The LFA community is grateful to Anne and Chris Reyes and their family for transforming the way science is taught at LFA. The 30,000 square-foot building houses seven labclassrooms, several student project and prep rooms as well as math and robotics labs. A centralized department office promotes collegiality and availability to students and faculty alike.

The Reyes Family Science Center has provided LFA students and faculty with the equipment and space necessary to complete long-term projects and research. One result of the new space is that LFA has begun a collaborative research with Kraft Foods to offer Science is the future, and the Reyes Family project biochemistry research during which has definitely paved the way for our students’ our students use chromatographic methods to collect and analyze data present and future scientific successes. garnered from experiments in high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), gas chromatography (GC), and thin layer chromatography (TLC).

(See the full story on page 40.)

Our students can now take a class in the principles of engineering, which focuses on the relevant application of science, math, engineering, and technology (STEM) concepts in electrical, mechanical, environmental, and biomedical engineering. Students discover how modern engineers combine their ingenuity and the principles of math and science to design and build new technologies.

LFA offers 15 science courses each semester, and each of our 435 students takes an average of 1.2 science courses per year—about 55 course sections annually. Science is the future, and the Reyes Family has definitely paved the way for our students’ present and future scientific successes.

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Bird Chair

Appointed In March 2015 Head of School John Strudwick announced that Dr. Patrick Finnessy is the first appointee to the Dr. Ray Bird Master Chair in English. In addition, Dr. Finnessy will serve as the Chair of the English Department.

The Dr. James R. Bird, Jr. Master Chair in English was established to honor the distinguished career, legacy, and excellence in teaching of Ray Bird, as well as to enhance the quality of instruction and the educational program at LFA. Ray served as Chair of LFA’s English Department from 1995 to 2007. The Bird Chair, an endowed fund, is the first Master Chair in LFA’s history. The Bird Chair was funded by generous donors in the most recent Campaign for LFA—a comprehensive campaign, which concluded in June 2014.

With a B.A. in English from the University of Northern Iowa, a M.Ed. in English Education from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and a Ph.D. in Curriculum Studies from the University of Illinois at Chicago, Dr. Finnessy is well qualified for this position.

In addition, he brings a wealth of teaching experience, having taught English at two high schools in Iowa and at

A thoughtful person who understands schools and is devoted to the growth and well being of students and colleagues, he is an exciting addition to our faculty and an ideal recipient of the Bird Chair.

Stevenson High School in nearby Lincolnshire, Ill. He was a lecturer at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and an Assistant Professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago, Brock University, and, since 2009, the University of Toronto.

Dr. Finnessy is also a successful administrator, serving as Dean of Students at Stevenson High School, Director of the Gender and Sexuality Center at the University of Illinois at Chicago, and founder and executive director of Teaching Out, a consulting and research organization devoted to understanding gender and sexuality in education and the workplace.

A thoughtful person who understands schools and is devoted to the growth and well being of students and colleagues, he is an exciting addition to our faculty and an ideal recipient of the Bird Chair.

We are grateful for the vision and generosity that led to the creation and the funding of the Bird Chair, making it possible for LFA to attract a candidate of Dr. Finnessy’s qualifications, experience, and ability.

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Spring Break Trips Provide Opportunity for Experiential Learning Students in the AP Environmental Science class spent the first week of spring break in Yosemite National Park to learn about nature protection and preservation. The thirty students were split into three separate groups and met with park educators from 8 a.m. to 4:30p.m. daily. Each day was dedicated to different topics, ranging from sustainable environmental practices to the history and geology of the park. Kathy Barton, Science Teacher, states that the students found the experience worthwhile. “They did a lot of hiking and got to learn astronomy during night lectures. They also stayed in four-person tent-cabins so it was fairly rustic. The kids loved it.”

Yosemite National Park

“Culture, Commerce, and Conflict Resolution” served as the theme for the Head of School Symposium trip to Cambodia and Laos. Students and faculty visited cultural centers, local schools, organic farms, and the UNESCO World Heritage sites of the Temple of Angkor Wat and the Bayon Temple at Angkor Thom over eleven days.

The group also swam near a three-tier waterfall and rode elephants at a park dedicated to preserving Asian elephants. Sam Wold, History Teacher, sums up the trip as “a good overview of the American impact in the region. It was an eye-opening experience for the students to be somewhere very different from their hometowns.”

Cambodia and Laos

On March 15, three faculty members rented large SUVS and embarked on a weeklong road trip with eighteen students along the west coast of California. The group started in San Francisco and eventually made their way down to San Diego with stops in Big Basin National Park and Big Sur. Paul Makovec, Math Teacher, says the trip was informal and students had free time to explore their surroundings. “We wanted to do things that aren’t as touristy. We cooked all of our dinners over campfires, slept in tents, and hiked almost every day.” Students also went whale watching in Santa Barbara and were greeted by pods of dolphins. Based on the positive feedback, Paul is hopeful that similar trips will take place in the future.

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Five students from the Le Monde Francophone class and Kristine Von Ogden, Assistant Dean of Curriculum and French Teacher, traveled to Marie-Galante, Guadeloupe. Kristine explains that the class, which is open to AP French Language students, focuses on the cultural identities of different French-speaking regions. “The visit to Marie-Galante was a curricular trip that we prepared for throughout the year. Each student had a homestay with a local family and we visited schools and artisans to immerse ourselves in the Guadeloupe culture.” India Shelley ’16 adds that using French was the key to learning about the local residents. “We got truthful, raw responses from the students, especially children, about their identities and opinions about America. It was a learning experience.” n

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Joshua A. Rothstein ’05 Memorial Lecture

Aaron Elster: Holocaust Survivor

Mr. Elster speaks with a student (Above) Aaron Elster shares his story Photos: George Pfoertner

Nancy Rothstein P’05 introduced Holocaust survivor Aaron Elster to the LFA community on April 16, 2015, on what would have been her son Josh’s 28th birthday. Josh was tragically killed in an accident during his sophomore year at LFA, and the Rothstein family has partnered with LFA to honor his memory through The Joshua A. Rothstein ’05 Memorial Lecture.

Aaron Elster addressed over 300 LFA students, parents, faculty, and staff, many of whom had never met a Holocaust survivor. The audience was riveted by Aaron’s account of living in a ghetto in Sokolov, Poland, from age 8, and being rounded up with other villagers in 1942 at age 10 to be transferred to concentration camps. He escaped the liquidation of the ghetto by himself, and survived by hiding in various farms and in the attic of a Polish family for two years. The audience was breathless as he told of being hidden by a somewhat reluctant Polish family who brought him what little food they could spare. He slept in a burlap bag lined with straw, suffered from starvation, lice, and extreme cold and heat. He never saw his parents or his younger sister, Sara, again.

Author of I Still See Her Haunting Eyes, Aaron Elster is currently the Co-Chairman of the Speakers’ Bureau and Vice President of the Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center. Aaron says, “Why do I tell my story? We are the last of the survivors and we have an obligation to tell the younger generations of the atrocities that humans are able to inflict on others.” n ringing the bell

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Legend and Lore: The Hundred Year House Rebecca Makkai ’95 describes the research behind The Hundred Year House (Right) l-r: Nancy Bateman P’08; Karen Wolff P’15, P’17; Cindy Annibali P’17; Mardah Weinfield P’17; Mary Brennan GP’17; Kristine Petroshius; Sylvie Turcotte P’16, P’18; Amyanne Cope P’13, P’15 Photos: Cathy Morrison

Author and LFA alumna Rebbeca Makkai ’95 felt right at home in The Little Theater in Reid Hall at this year’s Parent and Parent of Alumni Spring Luncheon on April 23, 2015, where she spoke to over 90 current parents and parents of alumni. Rebecca was a day student at LFA from 1991 until her graduation in 1995. She is married to Jon Freeman, LFA’s Assistant Dean of Students, Director of Residential Life and English Instructor; she now lives on campus with Jon and their two daughters.

Rebecca spoke about The Hundred Year House, her most recent novel about a haunted house which was once an artists’ colony, and the eccentric family members (past and present) who live there. Part book discussion and part history lesson, Rebecca described how the events that occurred in Chicago and the suburbs during the 19th and 20th centuries, from robber barons to the Haymarket Square riots, influenced the novel. She also showed photographs and shared anecdotes from artists’ colonies she researched while writing The Hundred Year House.

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The Flute Player —Arn Chorn Pond Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos: Culture, Conflict, and Commerce was the theme of this year’s Head of School Symposium. Cambodian refugee Arn Chorn Pond came to campus on April 29, speaking to students in the afternoon, and screening the PBS Documentary inspired by his story, The Flute Player, for the larger LFA community in the evening.

In her introduction, Assistant Dean of Faculty Kristine Von Ogden explained to the students, “The name ‘Khmer Rouge’ was given to a communist Cambodian faction in the1950s.

Led by Pol Pot, it gained control of Cambodia in 1975.

Then began yet another of the century’s greatest massacres, which took the lives of more than two million Cambodians, often referred to as ‘The Killing Fields.’ April 17 marked the 40th anniversary of the liberation of Cambodia from the Khmer Rouge.”

“Though this happened before you were born, the stories and repercussions of past events need to be shared and understood.

“Our final speaker in the Head of School Symposium series this year has received many awards for his humanitarian work, including the first Reebok Human Rights Award and the Anne Frank Memorial Award.

“Arn Chorn Pond is here to share his story with you. From a child soldier, to a refugee. From a Cambodian to an American.

From America to Cambodia. From mayhem to music. From war to peace.

From atrocity, hope can grow.” n Photo: George Pfoertner

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to raise more than $540,000 in funds to provide cutting-edge audio, projection, and lighting systems for The Cressey Center for the Arts, creating a contemporary environment to match LFA’s hallmark educational experience and bring it to parity with the other academic spaces at LFA.

Lake Forest Academy trustee and alumnus Mike Leonard ’66 captivated 243 parents, alumni, faculty, and fellow trustees at the Spring Gala on May 2, 2015. Mike told a moving personal story of being an LFA student who was hesitant to stand in the spotlight and afraid to speak publicly. Mike went on to become an Emmy-award winning correspondent for NBC’s Today Show and host of the PBS show inCommon.

Mike’s touching description of his life journey inspired the LFA community

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This year’s Gala chairs, Vanessa Clarke P’13, P’16 and Cindy Kuchman P’16, themed the 2015 Spring Gala “The Heartbeat of LFA” to express the Cressey Center’s importance as the single gathering place where the entire student body and faculty comes together. Built in 2001, the Cressey Center is home to our ever-expanding arts program, and the location for many student performances and presentations, and the stage from which visiting speakers and artists communicate.

Improvements to the Cressey Center will be completed during the summer and will be ready for students to step back into the spotlight in August 2015. n

Clockwise from top left Gala guests enjoy dinner following the Dutch Auction Dave Bunning P’15, John and Loring Strudwick P’13, P’15, P’18; Denise Bunning P’15 Mike Leonard ’66 shares his LFA story l-r: Anne Mahon P’18; Natalie Rempala P’17; Patrice Wetzel P’17; Judith Reid-Anderson P’13, P’16, P’18; Susan Svoboda P’18; Vanessa Clarke P’13, P’16; Sondra Adam P’16; Maureen Mullarkey P’16, P’17; Christina Corsiglia P’15, P’17; Cindy Annibali P’17; Julie Kennedy P’08, P’11, P’13, P’15 Roger and Marion Christoph P’10, P’18; Dave MacKenzie ’50, Molly and Jeff Keller ’87, P’18 Photos: George Pfoertner

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Five Trustees Retire from LFA Board Lake Forest Academy hereby extends its heartfelt thanks and grateful appreciation to these individuals for their loyalty, commitment, dedication, service, and support to LFA Sandy Boles P’14, P’15 In Sandy’s three years on the Board, she made significant contributions to Lake Forest Academy through conscientious and dedicated service, including serving as Secretary 2014-15, and through her membership on the Executive Committee, the Advancement Committee, and the Committee on Trustees, as well as the ad hoc Parents Campaign Committee, and the Bylaws Review Subcommittee. Sandy provided guidance in the pursuit of long-term governance, stability, and fiscal sustainability for the school.

RIght to left, top to bottom: Sandy Boles P’14, P’15, Jeff Keller ’87, P’18, Anne N. Reyes P’03, P’06, P’07, P’10 Regina E. Spellers Sims ’85, and John A. Walton P’12

Jeff Keller ’87, P’18 Jeff’s contributions to Lake Forest Academy through his twelve years on the Board include his service as Board Chair (2010-14) and Alumni Council Chair (2005-07), his membership on the Executive Committee, the Advancement Committee (Chair 2007-09, Co-Chair 2014-15), and the Education Committee, as well as the ad hoc Campaign Resources Committee, the ad hoc Campaign Resources Committee Core Group, the ad hoc Academic Space Planning Committee, the ad hoc Financial Sustainability Committee (Chair 2009-10), and the ad hoc Property Steering Committee. With a focus on long-term planning and renewed stewardship of the school’s fundraising efforts, Jeff provided personal expertise and financial support for the betterment of the Academy and to support its growth.

Anne N. Reyes P’03, P’06, P’07, P’10 Anne served on the LFA Board of Trustees from July 1, 2012, through June 30, 2015. In that time, she was a member of the Committee on Trustees and the Property Committee, as well as the Bylaws Review Subcommittee, and generously supported the school, most notably via the Reyes Family Science Center (look for more details on page 4).

Regina E. Spellers Sims ’85 Since 2006, Regina has worked on the areas of long-term governance, educational program stability, and expanding multicultural understanding both on the Board and in the larger LFA community. In her nine years of service, she was a dedicated and conscientious member of the Executive Committee, the Committee on Trustees, the Education Committee, and the Committee on Diversity and Global Pluralism (Chair 2013-15), as well as the ad hoc Financial Sustainability Committee and the ad hoc Alumni, International, and Diversity Subcommittees.

John A. Walton P’12 One of the original members of the Committee on Diversity & Global Pluralism, John served the LFA Board of Trustees throughout a five-year term of service, July 2010–June 2015, which also included his work and guidance on the Committee on Trustees, and the Education Committee. n

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Networking Night Debuts at LFA 14 young alumni share thoughts, advice about college and careers with today’s students

BY RUTH KEYSO

LFA celebrated its inaugural Networking Night on April 23, 2015, in the Little Theater in Reid Hall. A partnership between the offices of the Dean of Students and Alumni Relations, the event provided an opportunity for today’s students to interact with young alumni and to learn about careers in a variety of industries.

“ This event was amazing. It was cool to think that this could be us in 5 to 10 years. Connecting with LFA alumni shows how much opportunity we have as students here.” —Rebecca Rhee ’15 Fourteen young alumni representing fields such as engineering, medicine, finance, and communications, returned to campus to hold round-table discussions with students of all grade levels. For 90 minutes, more than 60 LFA students interacted with alumni, asking questions about college majors, internships, and a typical day-in-the-life of our young professionals.

“ This was a great experience, because I got to know people working in the area I am interested in: engineering. We talked a lot about college and about life in college, about self-management.” —Alex Xia ’16

Senior Jordan Wolff ’15 talks finance with alumnus Henry Cowie ’08.

Dr. Natalie Yapo ’02 (left) shares her knowledge of the field of medicine with Darlene Ineza ’15.

Our 14 young alumni networking volunteers. (l to r): Tanya Pramatarova ’05, Blair Gordon ’07, KC Chilamkurti ’11, Patrick Yapo ’07, Dr. Natalie Yapo ’02, Duane Jackson ’01, Emily Morrison ’08, Nancy Wang ’13, Megan Gallagher Gosselin ’07, Aaron Beck ’10, David Allen ’96, Petra Bakosova ’06, Tunan Chen ’12. (Not pictured: Henry Cowie ’08) All photos: Grace Kim

The event was an enormous success and something the Academy plans to continue in the years to come. It also hopes to offer a larger networking night for all alumni next spring in Chicago.

“ It was a very interesting experience to learn about [industries] I had no understanding of. I was able to learn more about communications and to get a general understanding of consulting.” —Cece Boles ’15 For more information or to volunteer to serve as an alumni representative next year, please contact Director of Alumni Relations Ruth Keyso at rkeyso@lfanet.org.

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2015 Hall of Fame/Women of Distinction Honorees Announced The Academy is pleased to announce the following honorees for the Hall of Fame and Women of Distinction awards for 2015. These alumni will be celebrated and formally inducted during Homecoming & Reunion Weekend in September.

hall of fame The LFA-FH Hall of Fame was founded in 1980 to honor those individuals who earned distinction in one of three categories: Outstanding Achievement and Service to Society, Service to the School, and Achievement in Athletics.

Thomas B. Kelley ’65 Service to Society

J. Michael Schell ’65 Service to the School

Lyle C. “Mike” Sitterly Jr. ’65, P’95 Service to the School

One of the top First Amendment lawyers in the country, Tom has helped shape media law through the depth and breadth of his industry knowledge.

Chairman of the LFA Board of Trustees and a leader in the Campaign for LFA, Mike has guided the school with passion and determination.

Loyal alumnus, successful businessman, and faithful supporter of the Academy, Mike has served his alma mater in word and deed.

women of distinction The Ferry Hall Women of Distinction Award, which was introduced in 2005, recognizes outstanding achievements by graduates of Ferry Hall.

Beth Petit Shaw ’75 A steadfast and stalwart supporter of both Ferry Hall and LFA, Beth has championed the legacy of her alma mater, keeping the spirit and traditions of Ferry Hall alive at LFA today.

Our Hall of Fame and Women of Distinction honorees will be recognized in a special ceremony at 7 p.m. on Sat., Sept. 26, 2015, in The Cressey Center for the Arts. To register for reunion, visit www.lfanet.org/reunion ringing the bell

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Robert Hershenhorn P’87, P’88, P’17 (left) with Phil Collins ’69

LFA and Ferry Hall alumni gather at Amalie Arena in Tampa to enjoy a reception and a Tampa Bay Lightning hockey game on March 3, 2015. Pictured are (l to r): Penny Deutsch Pagenkopf ’56 and Frank Pagenkopf ’53, Morrison Torrey ’68, Milo Zonka ’89, Susan Duff Edson ’67, George Nestorovich ’88, trustee and event host Ben Malek ’91, Head of School John Strudwick P’13, P’15, P’18, Rhys Butler ’98, and Todd Perrigo ’84

(l to r): Genny Adsit with Bob Klaus ’53 and his daughter, Debi Klaus Meils

NAPLES, FLORIDA Alumni in Florida joined event host and life trustee Tom Dyke and his wife, Laurie, for dinner and drinks at the Royal Poinciana Golf Club in Naples on March 4, 2015.

(l to r): Bill Hoffman, Ann Reaney Hoffman ’66, Head of School John Strudwick P’13, P’15, P’18, and Scott Meloun ’77 Left (l to r): Tora and Bob Hellyer ’77, with life trustee and event host Tom Dyke, and Corky Hellyer ’52, P’76, P’77

Alumni Events on the Road Jay Hellyer P’76, P’77 and Lucinda Kasperson G’16

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The best part of being on the road for work is reconnecting with so many LFA and Ferry Hall alumni. The school enjoyed robust turnouts at events in Florida, throughout the Northeast, and in the Midwest during the spring. Nearly 200 alumni and their guests carved out time in their schedules to join LFA in celebration of its past and present. Thanks, alumni, for your enthusiasm for the Academy and your support of its people and programs. Here’s to another great year in 2015–16!

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New york city HARVARD CLUB

Fifty alumni and friends of LFA and Ferry Hall gathered in New York City for the annual reception at the Harvard Club on April 9, 2015. Our youngest alumni continued the celebration afterward at Bookmarks Lounge in the Library Hotel.

The Class of 2009 has a great showing in NYC. (l to r): Chelsea Stevenson ’09, Claire Yingling ’09, Katherine Eisenberg ’09, Tori Gordon ’09, Kevin Mun ’09, Megan Kozak ‘09

Head of School John Strudwick P’13, P’15, P’18 with Toby Davis ’08

(l to r): LFA Board Chair Mike Schell ’65, Jordan Grossman ’97, trustee Mark Simonian ’77, Bill Murphy ‘65

(l to r): Jessica Xu ’10, Cindy Yang ’10, Henry Qu ’09, Andrew Lan ’10, Megan Kozak ‘09

(l to r): Rob Campbell (husband of Molly Pearson Campbell ’04), Gloria Chou ’06, Alex Fields ’02, Molly Pearson Campbell ’04, Dari Brooks ‘06 Upper Left (l to r): Rachel Maguire ’85, trustee Maurice Holmes ’83, Nancy Notaro ‘87 Left Former LFA English Department Chair Dr. Ray Bird (left) with his wife, Anita, with alumnus Austin Fragomen ’61

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college dinner series notre dame • boston • Yale

notre dame At Rocco’s South Bend on March 19, 2015, with Caxys (and Domers!) (clockwise, from left): Director of Alumni Relations Ruth Keyso, Allison Stankowicz ’12, Pierce Witmer ’14, Tommy Clarke ’14

boston (l to r): Ayo Ifatunji ’14, Calin Cave ’13, Maia Sklarov ‘13

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boston Alumni gather at Bertucci’s in Kenmore Square on April 6, 2015, for the first College Dinner Series: Boston.

Pictured are (clockwise from left): Director of Alumni Relations Ruth Keyso, Jamie Balkin ’12, Jessie Rosso ’14, David Lin ’11, Andrew Halvorson ’14, Director of Academy Fund Christine Ryder P’15, P’17, Justin Kim ’11, Michael Meng ’13, Ayo Ifatunji ’14, Calin Cave ‘13

yale LFA alumni at Yale join up at Kitchen Zinc for dinner on April 7, 2015: (l to r): Jenna Selati ’14, Zunaira Arshad ’13, Georgiana Wagemann ’11

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LFA college-age alumni in NYC connect at Bareburger on April 8, 2015.

Pictured are (l to r): Ann Kong ’14, Stella Zhang ’12, Angel Zhang ’13, Chinara Hill ’14, Kevin Mun ’09, Director of Alumni Relations Ruth Keyso, Nancy Chen ’14, Bailey Ayers ’13

(l to r): Ann Kong ’14, Stella Zhang ’12, Angel Zhang ‘13

(l to r): Nancy Chen ’14, Matti Franks ’14, Chinara Hill ’14, Bailey Ayers ’13

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INDIANAPOLIS

LFA and Ferry Hall alumni get together for dinner in Indianapolis at Woody’s Library Restaurant (Carmel, Ind.), on May 7, 2015. Here, Head of School John Strudwick P’13, P’15, P’18 poses with young alumni from the past six years. (l to r): Lauren Werckenthien ’06, Britany Winston ’06 and Kristin Roundtree, Nicole Makris ’08, John Strudwick P’13, P’15, P’18, Brian Berry ’12 and Meagan Sill, and Sandy Meers ’09.

M.E. Dennis ’95 with Hayes O’Brien ’61 (l to r): Carl Waiters ’93, Ken Anderson ’49, Head of School John Strudwick P’13, P’15, P’18, Director of Alumni Relations Ruth Keyso, and Sandy Meers ’09.

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chicago ’70s, ’80s, ’90s HAPPY HOUR

Alumni from the ’70s, ’80s, and ’90s gathered at Fado Irish Pub in Chicago to network and socialize on May 14, 2015. Pictured are (l to r): Ann Ridge ’71, life trustee Bruce Anderson ’70, P’97, Director of Alumni Relations Ruth Keyso, Michael Springer ’71, Bill Schnur ’71, Sameer Sait ’93 and his wife, Nahida, April Cooper ’79, P’13, Director of Academy Fund Christine Ryder P’15, P’17, Kathy Schnur.

(seated, l to r): April Cooper ’79, P’13 and Mark Karstrom ’80, P’18; (standing, l to r): Associate Head of School Bill Dolbee P’04, P’10, trustee Chris Freeburg ’90, LFA history Department Chair Chris Dozois ’84, P’17 Right: Bruce Anderson ’70, P’97 (l) and Michael Springer ’71

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chicago young alumni happy hour

(l to r): Olesya Salnikova Gilmore ’04, Mario Cruz ’04, Dina Khodorkovskaya ’04, and science teacher Kerry Cedergren P’13, P’17 More than 50 young alumni and their guests joined LFA for the 2nd annual summer Happy Hour at Kirkwood Bar + Grill in Lakeview on June 18, 2015.

Below (l to r): Associate Dean of Admission and Director of Global Outreach Adam Gerber, Rob Klein ’06, Rick Lindstrom ’06, and History Department Chair Chris Dozois ’84, P’17

(l to r): Julian Haines ’05, Justin Haines ’07, Todd Zafirovski ’09, Jaron Eanes ’06 and Blair Gordon ’07 (front).

(front row, l to r): Rachel Rich ’11 and Sachi Patel ’11; (back row, l to r): Michelle Moon ’11, Jenna Madeley ’11, Catalina Todd ’11, Matt Payne ’11, Julian Rutkowski ’11, Dwight Bibbs ’10, and Myron Ford ‘11

(l to r): Molly Champagne ’07, Eliza Walters Johnson ’07, Phil Preiss ’06, Will Hayes ’07, Meghan Cox, Patricia Stacey ’06, and Jaime Hermosillo ‘07 All photos: Ruth Keyso

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LFA high school reunion in San Francisco, March 2015: (standing, l to r): Sean Ren ’07 and Chih-Hao Yang ’07; seated (l to r): Ray Yang ’08 and Niki Yu ‘07

Edna Togba ’98 and Roz Hongsaranagon ’98

Alumni Selfie Contest

Runners-Up

LFA alumni share their selfies. Check out the winner for this issue on page 2, and be sure to submit your LFA selfie to rkeyso@lfanet.org.

Edna Togba ’98 and Steve Gray ’97

Ferry Hall Class of 1970 alumnae get together in Florida in March 2015: Connie Rakowsky, Carla Kappmeyer Sherwin, Debbie Brickman Stone, Maggie Gerth Lisy, Kate Warner Miller, and Lori Rewick Simon

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Ferry Tales Ferry Hall Prepared Me for Life Intelligent, independent, intrepid. Nancy “DeeDee” Schmidt Bradley ’43 possesses these traits in abundance, and as she reminisces about her senior year at Ferry Hall, it’s clear she’s always had a sense of adventure.

By Cathy Morrison Though she’s written and published two novels, Nancy Bradley’s own story makes a compelling tale.

She came to Ferry Hall in 11th grade, having been home-schooled by her father, a Presbyterian minister, who also held a teaching license. Nancy recalls, “I’ve lived by his words all of my life:

Nancy and her classmates as juniors. Nancy is pictured fourth from left in the first row.

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Go find out what you need to know.”

She says he would assign five-page papers on different subjects, and give her a due-date.

Calling Ferry Hall a “civilizing experience,” she adds, “Those years at Ferry Hall were really good for me; it gave me discipline, I learned to get work

done, to be in my room on time. It was a fun experience, I’m so glad for it.”

One fun experience, however, did not find her in her room on time.

Nancy’s recollection: “Mary Ann Kennedy and I, escaping through the back door of the Chapel, attended a dance at the College, meeting boys from there who had been recruited to have a canteen in the kitchen after school three days a week.

Family Footsteps Nancy’s grandmother, Letta Mercer, was in the class of 1875, one of the first Ferry Hall graduating classes.

Nancy remembers her grandmother’s stories of taking the train from Goshen, Ind., to Chicago, and another train to Lake Forest.

She then walked to Ferry Hall from the Lake Forest train station in the snow, lugging her suitcase.

“After returning…and changing back into our pj’s in the basement, I arrived at my room to discover Miss Ellinwood at my door, the bed torn open, revealing the pillows I had stuffed it with. Thankfully, the next morning Miss Tremain accused us of being the girls who had been smoking in the basement—a far lesser crime—which we accepted cheerfully. Smoking did not involve going home before graduation. I did not receive the $10 prize I had earned by having the highest grade point average.”

Although they weren’t supposed to be unescorted off campus, in the event they were, and were running late, the short cut was through the College; yet if caught on the Lake Forest College campus, they’d really be in trouble.

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Fond Memories

Was it worse to be late, or found on the College campus?

For an unauthorized excursion, they exited through the back door of the Chapel, leaving it unlocked—Nancy remembers they would “stuff something in the lock, so that when checked from the inside, it would seem locked,” but they’d still be able to get back in from the outside.

“ Those years at Ferry Hall were really good for me ... It was a fun experience, I’m so glad for it.”

Clockwise from top: As Art Editor for the 1943 yearbook “Ferry Tales”, Nancy’s own drawing illustrates the conundrum “Is it worse to be late, or caught on the College campus?”

Nancy “Dee Dee” Schmidt, senior portrait Yearbook staff at work on the 1943 Ferry Tales Ferry Hall campus

“In my valedictory speech, I commented on how the beautiful Chapel had offered us an escape from the trials of everyday life,” a reference that surely drew knowing smiles.

A strong student, Nancy earned admission (and a scholarship) to Smith College, deferring entrance for a year, to allow her father time to gather the remaining funds for tuition. In the meantime, she met and became engaged to her older brother’s best friend, then a junior in medical school. They married in September 1944. It was wartime, and her college deferral became permanent. She went to work as an illustrator to help put her new husband

• Miss Tremain “The very impressive headmistress. Everyone should have someone like her.”

through school. Living in Virginia, she had and raised two children, a son and a daughter. Nancy says, “Ferry Hall, alone then, had almost single-handedly prepared me for life.”

She refers to her two books as “lighthearted novels.” One was titled “Indiana,” featuring a main character whose adventures were based on her own experiences growing up in Cromwell.

“Connemara Connection,” the second novel, was inspired by another one of Nancy’s real-life exploits, a trip on horseback through the west coast of Ireland. Describing the journey, she says, “I would go again.”

• Miss Barbour (FH class of 1911) “Her chief duty seemed to be getting us back into our rooms after lights out, besides teaching us Spanish.”

• Mrs. Wisher “Our wartime gym teacher, whose handsome husband, stationed at Great Lakes, gave us swimming lessons, as we died of embarrassment wearing our awful tank suits.”

• Miss Swanson “Miss Swanson was the previous year gym teacher.

If you could survive Miss Swanson, you could survive life.”

At 90, Nancy is still riding horses.

As we said goodbye, she was getting ready to go look at a horse she planned to lease—the horse she has is now lame, and after she recently fell off and broke two vertebrae, she’s not going to ride him any longer.

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Academy Awards Graduation Day may have dawned cold (48 degrees!) and rainy, but spirits were warm as the Class of 2015 made their way to the tent, across the stage, and on to the next chapter in their lives.

To see more photos from Graduation, go to:

http://lakeforestacademy.smugmug.com/ Graduation To see more photos from Move-Up Day, go to:

http://lakeforestacademy.smugmug.com/ LFA-Events/2015-Move-Up-Day/ l-r: Calum Bishop, Justine Felitto, Stephen Payne (Above) Class of 2015 Selfie Photos: George Pfoertner

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Faculty Awards and Announcements Faculty Anniversaries Congratulations to these faculty who are celebrating milestone years of service to the Lake Forest Academy community.

5 Years of Service

10 Years of Service

Susan Armstrong Assistant Manager of Campaign & Events

Noëlle Balson Spanish Teacher

Gathia Dunn Athletic Office Manager Carolyn Gorowski Dean of Admission and College Counselor

Jeff Bateman P’08 Mathematics Department Chair Nancy Bateman P’08 Donor Records Manager Darrin Madeley P’11, P’14 Athletic Director

Lauren Kelly English Teacher

30 Years of Service

Judée Koppenhoefer P’16 Accounts Receivable Accountant

Steve Ryder P’15, P’17 Modern & Classical Languages Chair and French Teacher

Kristine Petroshius Assistant Director of Academy Fund Nat Small English Teacher

Alumni Award for Teaching Excellence This award was instituted in 2008. Established by an LFA alumnus from the class of 1948, it honors one or more faculty members who have demonstrated excellence in classroom teaching and provides a grant for enhanced professional development. The 2015 recipients are Science teacher Mike Rogan and Mathematics teacher Lynn Lazzeretti. Photos: George Pfoertner

Nick Smith Arts Teacher

Departing Faculty The following faculty members left the school at the end of the 2014–15 academic year. We thank them for their service and wish them success in their future endeavors.

Emily Asher ’05 English Teacher Kathy Barton P’12 Science Teacher

Kate Jones Assistant Dean of Students, History Teacher, Science Teacher, Seminar Teacher

Stefanie Bator History Teacher

Lauren Kelly English Teacher

Ann Frkovich English Department Chair, English Teacher

Julie Kennedy P’08, P’11, P’13, P’15 Manager of Campaign and Events

Justin Jones History Teacher

Garrett Morrison English Teacher Tayler Oswald Athletics Trainer

Laima Salcius Faculty Award The Faculty Award was established in 1980 by then-Headmaster Edward J. Paquette as an annual award recognizing “a member of the faculty who contributes significantly and extraordinarily to the life of our school.” It was re-named the Laima Salcius Faculty Award in 1998 to acknowledge the contribution to LFA by alumni parent Laima Salcius through her service in the Parents Association.

Mathematics teacher Jeff Bateman P’08 is the 2015 recipient. Photo: George Pfoertner

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Andy Kerr Chief Administrative Officer Andy Kerr took over management of the LFA Business Office in May 2006, coming in as the Campaign for LFA was beginning to ramp up with the start of a building phase that has lasted nine years. In addition to supervising all Business Office functions, coordinating outside contractors, and acting as administrative liaison to several committees of the Board of Trustees, Andy oversaw the successful completion of the extensive new construction and renovation projects that have transformed our campus, the annual refurbishment of classroom buildings, athletic facilities, and faculty housing, and the improvements to the athletic fields and outdoor spaces.

We thank Andy for his dedication to the Academy and wish him and Pam well as they relocate to Arizona.

Retiring Faculty We recognize the contributions of these educators and administrators, celebrate their dedication and hard work, and bid them “hail and farewell.”

(Above) l-r: 2015 LFA Retirees Andy Kerr, Mary Stewart Lewis, Jack Lewis Photo: George Pfoertner

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Jack Lewis Assistant Head of School, College Counselor, former Dean of College Counseling, History Teacher Jack Lewis came to LFA as Dean of College Counseling in 2007, as John Strudwick said, “Saving the best school for last in his illustrious 46-year career in education as both teacher, and administrator, and head of school.” At LFA, Jack taught history for eight years, and led the College Counseling Department as Dean for seven years. Jack also assumed the role of Assistant Head of School in 2012, formalizing his existing responsibilities in fundraising, alumni relations, recruiting, and other administrative areas. He has been one of LFA’s international ambassadors, travelling worldwide for one-onone contacts with students, families, alumni, and prospective students. He worked in the Writing Center and Library, was an advisor, and coached the JV Golf team for eight years. After what he computes to be about 100 semesters of teaching, it’s time to say, “school’s out” and listen for that first “fore!”

Mary Stewart Lewis Learning Resources Coordinator Mary Stewart Lewis also came to LFA in 2007. The Dean of Students Office was able to take advantage of her skill-set, experience, patience, and attention to detail when she became their Office Manager for two years. The following six years found her in an office marked “Learning Resources Coordinator,” where she used her calm strength and gentle sense of humor—and more than a few cups of tea—to guide hundreds of students through the labyrinth of time management, study and test-taking skills, and self-responsibility required to navigate the LFA experience and everything beyond. Mary Stewart has worked in Structured Study Hall, Study Table, and the Media Commons, and proven to be a crackerjack timer, whose talents have benefitted a wide range of teams over the years. And, more than 30 babies born to LFA faculty and staff families have received her hand-crocheted blankets. Jack and Mary Stewart will be greatly missed, and we wish them the best as they retire to Florida.

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Class of 2015 members inducted into LFA’s Cum Laude Society

Cum Laude On May 20, 2015, 26 members of the class of 2015 were inducted into the Cum Laude Society, and 7 students from the class of 2016 were named candidates.

Members of the class of 2016 nominated for next year’s induction.

Photos: Cathy Morrison

Senior Members Karisma Chhabria* Romaer Chopra Luke Corsiglia* Warunyou Boom Dej-Udom* Sydney Doerge* Sofya Freyman* Darlene Ineza Grace Kasten Vincent Kerestes Han Le Marina Lentskevich Barrett Medvec* Vicente Nagel* Junhao John Pan Joshua Postadan Sjjad Sainsi Liana Shallenberg Peter Wallace

Evan Walters* Kexin Wang Caroline Widjaja Jiaming Wu Yiyin Xia Julia Yerger Kristine Zengeler Zichen Cecilia Zhao *Nominated as Juniors

Junior Candidates Youwei Chen Yujie Chen Lilian Chung Tony Fu Julia Gillette Julia Mills Katherine Zhou

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Class portrait in progress

back row l-r: Ryan Clamage, Alec Mesrobian, Dejon Brissett, Isaiah Foust, Diago Quinn, Dominic Rowley. Kneeling, l-r: Quinn Foley, Nick Frystak, Daniel Bunning, Wes Annan, Malcolm Chaka

Sophie Hanson and Jiaming Wu

Class President Richard Melville at the podium

The procession begins.

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Karisma Chhabria, Natasha Chandel, Kristen Van Tine, Liana Shallenberg, Caroline Widjaja

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Academy Awards: 2014–2015 The following students received awards at the all-school awards ceremony on May 22, as well as at the annual Move-Up-Day celebration on may 29. Congratulations to all!

Harvest Hope Award John Pan ’15, Sophia Platcow ’16, and India Shelley ’16 Spectator Award Romaer Chopra ’15 and Jordan Wolff ’15 Media Technology Leadership Award Sydney Brundige ’15

Dana W. Niswender Prize Carolina Borjas ’16 Sophomore Narrative Prize Bella Shin ’17 English as a Second Language Award Ailey Fang ’18 Ainsworth Award John Pan ’15

Nelson Award Evan Walters ’15

Mathematics Department Award Tony Fu ’16 and Tiger Luo ’17

Overdorf History Prize Catherine Kvam ’16

Louch Award Karisma Chhabria ’15, Marina Lentskevich ’15, and Barrett Medvec ’15

Raymond Delaplaine Burnet Prize in Economics Luke Corsiglia ’15 and Vicente Nagel ’15 English Award Vicente Nagel ’15

E.J. Barry Language Award Grace Kasten ’15 and Evan Walters ’15

Kulieke Award for Spanish Karisma Chhabria ’15 and Barrett Medvec ’15 DAR (Daughters of the American Revolution) Award Madeleine Pye ’15

Horace S. Vaile Award Romaer Chopra ’15 Wetzel Award Darlene Ineza ’15 Virginia Phillips Speidel Award Karisma Chhabria ’15

American Legion Award Alec Mesrobian ’15

Jonathan Fremd Award Dieter Villegas ’18

Service above Self Award Jennifer Ma ‘15

McLaughlin Prize Eli Kuli ’17

Alexander Award Romaer Chopra ’15

Jewell J. Jackson Award Ella Ekstrom ’16

Mary Freeland Award Madeleine Pye ’15

Benjamin D. Waldie, Sr. Award Wes Annan ’15

Butler Award Brett Hannebrink ’15

2015 Winner of House Cup Lewis House

Hixon Award Cece Boles ’15

Lewis House captains Currie Smith and Malcolm Chaka hoist the House Cup. Monty the Bear is sporting a new orange bow tie in honor of Lewis House. Photo: George Pfoertner feature

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Class of 2015 College Matriculation 123 students completed 1056 college applications Resulting in their matriculation at

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American University Washington DC

Colgate University Hamilton, New York

Hobart and William Smith Colleges (3) Geneva, New York

Babson College (2) Wellesley, Massachusetts

Cornell University (2) Ithaca, New York

Indiana University at Bloomington Bloomington, Indiana

Ball State University Muncie, Indiana

Creighton University Omaha, Nebraska

Johns Hopkins University (4) Baltimore, Maryland

Bates College Lewiston, Maine

DePauw University (2) Greencastle, Indiana

Kenyon College (2) Gambier, Ohio

Boston College (2) Boston, Massachusetts

Dickinson College Carlisle, Pennsylvania

Knox College Galesburg, Illinois

Bowdoin College (3) Brunswick, Maine

Elmira College Elmira, New York

Lehigh University Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

Bradley University Peoria, Illinois

Elon University (2) Elon, North Carolina

Louisiana State University Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Brandeis University Waltham, Massachusetts

Franklin & Marshall College Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Loyola University, New Orleans New Orleans, Louisiana

Brigham Young University Provo, Utah

Furman University Greenville, South Carolina

Miami University, Oxford (2) Oxford, Ohio

Brown University Providence, Rhode Island

Gettysburg College Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

Michigan State University (2) East Lansing, Michigan

Claremont McKenna College Claremont, California

Hamline University St. Paul, Minnesota

Middlebury College (2) Middlebury, Vermont

Colby College Waterville, Maine

Haverford College Haverford, Pennsylvania

Monmouth University Long Branch, New Jersey

3 students will take a Gap Year to play Junior Hockey; all applied to and have received college acceptances.

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New York University (2) New York, New York

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Northwestern University (5) Evanston, Illinois

The University of Arizona Tucson, Arizona

Oberlin College Oberlin, Ohio

The University of Tampa Tampa, Florida

Ohio University Athens, Ohio

Tufts University Boston, Massachusetts

Purdue University (2) West Lafayette, Indiana

United States Coast Guard Academy New London, Connecticut

Santa Clara University Santa Clara, California

University of California, Los Angeles (2) Los Angeles, California

Savannah College of Art and Design Savannah, Georgia

University of Colorado at Boulder Boulder, Colorado

School of Visual Arts New York, New York

University of Illinois at Chicago Chicago, Illinois

Southern Methodist University Dallas, Texas

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (10) Urbana, Illinois

St. Lawrence University Canton, New York St. Olaf College Northfield, Minnesota Stanford University (3) Stanford, California Syracuse University Syracuse, New York Texas Christian University Fort Worth, Texas The Catholic University of America Washington DC The George Washington University (3) Washington DC

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Vassar College Poughkeepsie, New York Wake Forest University Winston-Salem, North Carolina Washington and Lee University Lexington, Virginia Worcester Polytechnic Institute Worcester, Massachusetts Yale University New Haven, Connecticut

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Legacy Graduates Alex Bournakis—son of Peter Bournakis ’80

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Ayo Odebiyi—daughter of Tolu Odebiyi ’82

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Warunyou Boom Dej-Udom— son of Termboon Dej-Udom ’87

Sydney Doerge—great granddaughter of Robin Bell class of 1921

Paul Johnson—grandson of Charles Johnson ’54, great-nephew of Paul Johnson ’57

Maddie Olivieri—daughter of Tom Olivieri ’83 All photos: George Pfoertner

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Boom Dej-Udom University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign

Sophie Emery University of Vermont

Boom Dej-Udom ’15 and Tony Fu ’16 on stage at the annual Gala, May 3, 2015. Listen to a sample of Boom Dej-Udom’s music here: www.soundcloud.com/boomdej

Sophie Emery ’15 with one of her ceramic pieces on display in the Little Theater.

Photo: George Pfoertner

Daniel Bunning Northwestern University Daniel Bunning ’15 performs for his Senior concert, May 22, 2015.

Making Art­— A Lifelong Pursuit These seniors have a passion and gift for the arts that will stay with them through college and beyond.

Sydney Brundige Ball State University Sydney Brundige ’15 with one of her paintings. On the wall is the story board for an animation project she worked on with Natasha Chandel ’15. The completed project appears on the screen at the right.

Natasha Chandel Savannah College of Art and Design Natasha Chandel ’15 displayed several of her graphic designs and paintings in the Little Theater this spring.

Ayo Odebiyi Colgate University Ayo Odebiyi ’15 in the studio with one of the 3D pieces she created this semester.

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LFA Arts Fine and Performing Arts 2014–15 Department Awards Presented May 22, 2015 McCormick Fine Arts Prizes Drama—Gillian Smith ’15 Music—Tony Fu ’16 Visual Arts—Sophie Emery ’15 Everett E. Grace Music Prize Stanton Cope ’15 Pridmore Award Madeleine Pye ’15 Sydney Brundige ’15 Taylor Award Natasha Chandel ’15 Liana Shallenberg ’15 Ayo Odebiyi ’15 Tech Award Giovanni Harold ’15 Fine Arts Department Award Boom Dej-Udom ’15

Giovanni Harold ’15 receives the Tech Award from Jason Koenig (Top left) Tony Fu ’16 receives the McCormick Fine Arts Prize in Music from Tim Plambeck.

(Top right) Jason Koenig gives the Yearbook Award to Junhao Pan ’15.

Yearbook Award Sofya Freyman ’15 John Pan ’15

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2014–15 Caxy Sports Wrap 3 seasons, 24 sports, 38 teams.

Here’s a look at the year in Caxy Athletics.

SPRING Boys Varsity Lacrosse 10-4: This was our best varsity season ever. We were the highest scoring offense in our conference and finished in second place. Three players were named to the All Conference team: defenseman Barrett Medvec ’15, and attackmen Ford Johnstone ’16, and Thomas Pinel ’17. Pinel led the team with 45 goals. On five occasions this year we had the games so well in hand by halftime, we were able to clear our bench in the second half and give our newer players significant game time. ­—Coach Bill Murphy Girls Varsity Soccer 11-4-3: Season highlights include beating Grant High School 1-0 on an amazing goal from Alondra Arreola ’18, scoring three goals in six minutes to beat Willows 3-0, and beating Regina 2-1 after coming from behind— especially Carly Levin’s 35-yard goal! —Coach Paul Makovec

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Softball 7-4: Highlight: three-game winning streak. Fun memory: We got in a “pickle” on defense and tagged the runner out. —Coach Lynn Lazzertti Track: We broke six school records this year. New track athlete Tessy Onwuka ’16 in the Long Jump; Triple Jump, and 200m Dash; Dejon Brissett ’15 in the Triple Jump and High Jump, and Nick Frystak ’15 earned his second school record in the 400m Dash (he also holds the LFA record in the 200m Dash). We had two relay teams place in the top six at the Lake County Meet. We had great performances at the Boys and Girls County Meet, with the best finishes we have had since I began coaching at LFA. —Coach Joe Ward Baseball 9-9: Captain Jake Stevens ’15 led a squad of underclassmen. Even though our record was just .500, we played well against many bigger schools, often coming out on top.

Young players like Joe Alexander ’17, Alex Gamache ’17, Tyler Grumhaus ’17, Matthew Rozsypal ’18, Andrew Ryder ’17, and Logan Shaughnessy ’17 all proved themselves quite capable. I look for good things from this team next year as they mature into a strong varsity team.

—Coach David Wick P’12, P’14, P’16 Girls Lacrosse: In early April, Lexi Silver ’16 was chosen as an athletic “Star of the Week” by the Lake Forest Leader. She scored half of LFA’s goals in the girls lacrosse game against Evanston on April 1. This marked the first win on the season

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LFA Athletics for the Caxys, who scored the first goal for LFA in the first quarter and continued scoring throughout the game, ending with a solid 6-2 win.

Boys Varsity Volleyball 9-7: We were very young this year, but had an outstanding season. We jumped out to a 9-4 record and ended the season with three straight losses to big programs. We really have great chemistry and excellent talent coming up in our underclassmen. An outstanding win against Antioch High School was a highlight for our season. We only graduated three seniors this year, so we are looking for a strong returning team. —Coach Jeff Bateman P’08 Boys Varsity Tennis: on April 9, 2015, the Caxys conducted a clean sweep of three singles, 3rd and 4th doubles of Joseph Kim ’16, Sammy Zeng ’17, Alex Xia ’16, and Daniel Chia ’18, came from behind to win their breaks and post a win for LFA.

winter Girls Varsity Hockey 18-9: The team had big shoes to fill this year as we defended our title of Founders Cup Champions for the Girls’ Metro Hockey League. The first half of the season was stronger than years past, but that second half after Christmas is where we became unstoppable. The Caxys became a force to be reckoned with and we decisively took the title of Champion for the second year in a row. This year we have seven seniors graduating; it will definitely be a different dynamic next year, but with the same goal in mind.

—Coach Gia Puch Boys Swimming: The season featured tri-meets, dual meets and multi-team meets, with an overall winning record. One of the highlights for the boys is pushing the coaches into the pool after beating Wayland, they get a kick out of that. For me, watching their development as swimmers is the most exciting thing. So many swimmers improved their times dramatically this year, it was impressive just watching them drop times throughout the season. —Coach Brian Sheu Girls Basketball 21-3: The LFA girls had one of their most successful seasons in a long time. Two of their three losses came to teams who made their sectionals and the other finished 2nd in the state of Indiana, Class 2A. The team was led

by Tessy Onwuka ’16, who averaged 17.5 points per game, and also earned all-area honors. It was truly a fantastic season with many highlights, but three that the girls identified were defeating Latin twice, winning the Fenton Invitational, and finishing second in the Vernon Hills Invite.

—Coach Chris Tennyson

Boys Varsity Basketball 18-6: Our season could be described in one word: traveling. Not the kind that results in a turnover on the basketball court, but the action of traveling from place to place, as the team logged several thousand miles as their schedule featured many games played in different states and another country. Tournaments in far away locales such as New Jersey, Canada, Indiana, and one in nearby Mundelein, kept the boys busy; despite all the travel, they had a highly successful season. It was a senior-dominated team that played together and provided the home fans, as well as fans from other teams, many jaw-dropping highlight reel plays thanks to their tremendous athleticism and talent. Highlights include two highly competitive games against East Coast prep powers at the New Jersey tournament, a runner-up finish in the strong Mundelein Thanksgiving Tournament, a march to a tournament title in Canada, and revenge wins over teams that had beaten us the season before. We will have a difficult time replacing the many seniors on this year’s team, but are happy that so many of them will continue to play basketball at the colleges they are attending next fall. —Coach Matt Vaughn Squash 5-8-1

FALL and WINTER Prep Hockey 34-13-5: Playing a ’96-’97 age group schedule with the majority of the team being ’98-’99 birthdays, watching an alumnus become the OHL rookie of the year, another drafted by the Winnipeg Jets, and another signing with UMass Lowell were highlights this year. I will always remember this season as the one where they came together through the most adversity. At no time did we have a healthy starting lineup. At one stretch, we had six of our best players watching due to injury and still they fought through!

—Coach Darrin Madeley P’11, P’14

FALL Boys Cross-Country: We won our first two home meets, both against six other schools. We placed in the middle of some really large meets against much larger schools. Kyle Shannahan ’15 became one of the top runners for LFA in the past five years. This year the XC team started what I hope to be a new tradition: we went away together for a weekend to camp. We bonded as a team, did trust falls, high ropes courses, made fires, and roasted marshmallows. —Coach Joe Ward Varsity Football 4-5 (3-1 in Catholic Red Division, Div CoChamps): Highlight: We were down 20 at half-time vs. De La Salle on their homecoming night. We made our correc-

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tions and we ended up coming back. QB Dom Haubner ’16 found WR Dejon Brissett ’15 for a game-winning six-yard TD with 30 seconds left for a final score of 43-37. The 2014 LFA Football team was a team that never rang the bell! We always want to ring the bell after the game as has been LFA tradition for a win, but in keeping the tradition with the Navy Seals, ringing the bell at BUDS signifies that you are quitting.

We took on the saying or mantra that we would never ring the bell during the game and always wanted to ring it after.

This team never quit on their brothers and played every play for each other. This group of young men was very special and has shown the younger players what it means to be part of the LFA Football TEAM! —Coach Robin Bowkett Golf 7-3: “This Is The Year!” was the golf team’s motto this season, with eight returning letter winners determined to make this a season to remember—and quite a year it was indeed. The team finished 2nd/22 at the Genoa-Kingston Invite, and notched its first dual match win against LFHS in almost a decade. Katie Kim ’15 concluded her brilliant career with a second straight MVP season, finishing 3rd out of 122 at the Genoa-Kingston Invite and 6th out of 115 at the Zion-Benton Invitational, becoming the first female player to finish in the top 15 in the history of that event. —Coach Jon Freeman Girls’ Swimming 7-1-0: Highlight: Winning the James Garcia Invite in Wisconsin against strong public-school competition.

Setting school records in the 200- and 400-Yard Freestyle Relays. These swimmers are not only dedicated to their sport and their team’s competitive success, but also eager to support each other and ready at all times to have fun. It’s a delight to be around them. —Coach Garrett Morrison Field Hockey 13-4-1: We finished 3rd in state this year, beating Oak Park River Forest in a thriller overtime shootout game, 2-1. We were down 1-0 with 8 seconds left, we got to take one last corner with time expired. Lexi Silver ’16 had a direct shot from the top of the circle and Maggie Stoll ’17 tapped it in. Overtime was a battle and no one scored. During the shootout, Lexi (committed to play at Maryland) airdribbled 20 yards and popped it over the OPRF goal keeper (a first in Illinois field hockey history). Goalie Caroline Miller ’15 (committed to American), and Izzy Moody ’18 and Maggie Stoll ’18 scored impressive goals to bring the game home. The girls had very high expectations of themselves this year, after finishing third in 2013—they wanted to feel the same success, and all season long the seniors pushed the team to maintain their competitive edge. —Coach Diane Cooper

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Seniors with nine or more varsity seasons, l-r: Jeffrey Xue, Alec Mesrobian, Carly Thomas, Christian Tchamitian, Jasmine Sawyer, Nick Frystak, Allison Hechtman, CeCe Boles, Currie Smith, Jake Stevens, Hannah Sklarov

Girls Cross-Country: The program saw larger numbers of participants than ever before, and the girls all saw their personal performances improve. Highlights included the Libertyville Invitational and Prep Classic, which feature strong competition. We enjoyed seeing several of our top runners running with the best runners in the area. We were lucky to have strong returning runners and exciting new runners combine to help our success in the fall. At the Lisle Invitational, nearly all our runners were able to achieve a personal record, and we enjoyed the chance to compete as one large team, which is unique to the invitational format.

—Coach Chris Dozois ’84, P’17 Boys Varsity Soccer 12-7: Season Highlights: Beating LFHS and Stevenson in front of large crowds at home. Favorite Memory: Stephen Payne ’15 taking over the North Shore Country Day game and recording his hat trick, scoring the last goal in the last two minutes, to win 3-2.

—Coach Paul Makovec Girls Varsity Tennis: 11-3 Girls Varsity Volleyball 6-8: A favorite highlight from the season was a big win on our Senior Night against the University School of Milwaukee. We didn’t know what to expect from this visiting team, or even from ourselves. Our LFA team had been pulled in so many different directions throughout the season, so it had been difficult to gel. But on this night, the girls came together in a spectacular way. They rallied around each other, and unified to lift up our seniors and defeat USM! —Coach Becky Arrowwood P’18

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2014–2015 Athletic Awards Athletes of the Year Freshman Boy Andrej Hromic ’18 Freshman Girl Alondra Arreola ’18 Sophomore Boy Jake Upshall ’17 Sophomore Girl Aleeya Sawyer ’17

Stuart Award Will Lavezzorio ’15 Boys Varsity Swimming Kevin Lu ’15 Girls Squash Julia Gillette ’16 Boys Squash Ford Johnstone ’16 Spring MVPs

Junior Boy Jarrett Galigher ’16

Girls Varsity Softball Liza Tarr ’15

Junior Girl Tessy Onwuka ’16

Boys Varsity Tennis Mason Schilling ’18

Senior Boy Dejon Brissett ’15

Girls Varsity Soccer Carly Levin ’16

Senior Girl Kristen Chivers ’15

Boys Varsity Track Nick Frystak ’15

Fall MVPs

Girls Varsity Track Julia Yerger ’15

Girls Varsity Volleyball Carly Thomas ’15 Boys Varsity Soccer Stephen Payne ’15 Varsity Cheerleading Monde Gila ’15 Varsity Golf Katie Kim ’15 Girls Varsity Cross Country Julia Yerger ’15 Boys Varsity Cross Country Kyle Shannahan ’15 Girls Varsity Swimming Currie Smith ’15 Boys Varsity Football Dejon Brissett ’15 Dohr Award Deji Akere ’15 Girls Varsity Field Hockey Amanda Bozorgi ’15 Girls Varsity Tennis Sydney Doerge ’15 Winter MVPs Boys Varsity Basketball Ryan Clamage ’15 Girls Varsity Basketball Tessy Onwuka ’16 Boys Varsity Hockey Aidan Doyal ’16 Girls Varsity Hockey Carly Thomas ’15 Prep Hockey Jake Stevens ’15

Boys Senior Track Vicente Nagel ’15 Girls Senior Track Cece Boles ’15 Boys Varsity Volleyball Alex Mesrobian ’15 Boys Varsity Baseball Jake Stevens ’15 Boys Varsity Lacrosse Barrett Medvec ’15 Girls Varsity Lacrosse Currie Smith ’15 Sandra Bolz Memorial Fan Award Mark and Kirsten Stevens 9 or More Varsity Seasons 9 Seasons Cece Boles ’15 Nick Frystak ’15 Allison Hechtman ’15 Jeffery Xue ’15 Christian Tchamitian ’15 11 Seasons Alec Mesrobian ’15 Currie Smith ’15 12 Seasons Jasmine Sawyer ’15 Jake Stevens ’15 Hannah Sklarov ’15 Carly Thomas ’15

Standing, lower level, l-r: Kristin Chivers, Carly Thomas, Justine Felitto, Eliza Tarr, Amanda Bozorgi, Nick Frystak, Katie Kim, Andrew Strudwick, Ryan Clamage, Katy Shadek, Jacob Rooth, Kristine Zengeler. Standing on steps l-r: Dejon Brissett, Calum Bishop, Brandon Amoroso, Wes Annan, Isaiah Foust, Dominic Rowley, Christian Tchamitchian.

Not pictured: Malcolm Chaka, Stephen Payne, Diago Quinn, Ellie Snyder, Julia Yerger All Photos: Scott Wallem

From Caxy Athletes to College Athletes 24 members of the class of 2015 have committed to play at the next level this fall.

Brandon Amoroso DePauw University—Basketball Wesley Annan Stanford University—Football Calum Bishop Lehigh University—Soccer Amanda Bozorgi Middlebury College—Field Hockey Dejon Brissett University of Richmond—Football Malcolm Chaka Cornell University—Football Kristin Chivers Elmira College—Hockey Ryan Clamage University of Rochester— Basketball Justine Felitto Hobart and William Smith Colleges—Soccer Isaiah Foust The Catholic University of America—Basketball Nicholas Frystak United States Coast Guard Academy—Track Katie Kim Boston College—Golf

Stephen Payne University of California, Los Angeles—Soccer Diago Quinn Monmouth University—Basketball Jacob Rooth Creighton University—Soccer Dominic Rowley Kenyon College—Football Kathryn Shadek St. Olaf College—Hockey Eleanor Snyder Hobart and William Smith Colleges—Swimming Andrew Strudwick Dickinson College—Squash Elizabeth Tarr Middlebury College—Softball Christian Tchamitchian Claremont McKenna College— Football Carly Thomas Colby College—Hockey Julia Yerger Washington and Lee University— Track Kristine Zengeler Bates College—Track

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Stanton Cope ’15 demonstrates the hands-on lab process involved in high-performance liquid chromatography. Photo: George Pfoertner

Kraft Foods Group, Inc. and LFA have partnered to develop a unique student research experience.

It turns out there is much to learn about the role beans play in natural food coloring.

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In 2013, Leslie George West, a chemist at Kraft Foods, donated lab equipment to LFA for student use in the Reyes Family Science Center. Mr. West, parent of LFA alumna Holly West ’11, anticipated the equipment would enhance students’ lab experience. The perfect opportunity for its extensive use arrived in the spring of 2014.

Megan West, scientist at Kraft (and Holly’s older sister), e-mailed LFA Science Teacher Dr. Kerry Cedergren about a research project to build a database for color pigments in beans. One hour later, Stanton Cope ’15 approached Dr. C asking to pursue an independent course with her for the coming school year. Stanton was finishing off his junior year in AP Chemistry and was keen to immerse himself in chemistry further.

Dr. C exclaims it was just meant to be.

“I get this e-mail and exactly an hour later, Stanton comes to me looking for an independent study. Stanton is so enthusiastic and curious that he had trouble narrowing down what he wanted to do for his senior year. Then here is this focused project and I thought that this was it.”

began using the lab equipment to conduct high-performance liquid chromatography, an analytical technique that separates chemicals from each other.

Stanton tested eleven different types of beans over the course of the fall semester and continued to build the database for Kraft with Dr. C’s supervision. She notes that the class challenged Stanton to “own his learning” and think critically about solving problems, an academic tradition historically emphasized at LFA. In December, Stanton visited Kraft with Dr. C and presented his findings to industry executives and researchers. He describes the trip as “surreal and phenomenal;” Dr. C agrees that Stanton’s excitement was “through the roof.” She calls the visit a great and unique opportunity for Stanton to see what a research scientist does in the real-world. “It gives him a little bit of corporate experience.

Very few high school seniors can meet with professional food analysts on such an intimate basis.”

Stanton jumped at the idea of working with Kraft. He explains, “I have been a huge Kraft fan for years. I am a food addict and I love Kraft’s products! This was perfect.”

Returning from the winter break, Stanton continued to build the bean database by using thin layer chromatography, a more traditional approach to separating mixtures. Stanton returned to Kraft on May 27 for a second visit and gave another presentation about his results.

Throughout the summer of 2014, Stanton devoured his reading assignments about the project with gusto. “I love chemistry and it is so fascinating to me.

I remembered studying certain principles in AP Chem and then saw those same principles applied in the project.”

As the new school year started, Stanton

Megan offers insight on these sessions, saying, “These visits to Kraft let Stanton see the career potential for his passion in science. We really want to get students who love science to think about their futures. We love seeing young people act on their enthusiasm for learning. This independent study allowed

Stanton to use a hands-on approach for using sophisticated equipment in a safe environment. We prioritize safety, and under the guidance of Kerry, Stanton has done amazing work.”

Stanton’s independent study course opened the door for more LFA students to work with Kraft. This fall, the course will include eleven students working on their own projects. Dr. C is positive that the class will offer students a great opportunity to cultivate their creativity and develop their reasoning skills. She adds, “Honestly, I learned a lot with Stanton. Next year’s class will be another growing process for me alongside my students.”

Since his May 30 LFA graduation, Stanton plans to make the most of his summer before matriculating at Tufts University in the fall. He gives his utmost gratitude to the LFA faculty, “aka my favorite part of school,” for getting him excited about learning in class.

He claims that the independent study course was the cherry on top of four successful school years.

“This was a gift to be able to do this. I honestly still can’t believe that it’s happening. I put this course on my college applications. When I went into college interviews and told people about my work with Kraft, they would stop what they were doing and look at me. They would always ask follow-up questions.

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1947 Litta “Willie” Williams Sanderson writes, “I recently attended my grandson’s junior recital at UC Irvine, where he is a music major, specializing in voice (with opera a specialty) and was thrilled with his performance. He, Jamie, is the eldest grandchild, Anna is at UC Santa Barbara, and the youngest, Maria, is still in high school.

She is a dancer and also sings in the school chorus, so I enjoy attending her frequent performances. They are the three main reasons I moved to California. Well worth it!”

1948 After retiring from his last mutual fund trustee position, DeWitt “Dee” Bowman says, “I can truly call myself ‘retired’ at the age of 83. The trusteeships have kept me active, which was particularly important after my dear wife Mary Jo died in 2011. Fortunately I have a number of children throughout the country who keep me involved, as I prepare to attend the wedding of a granddaughter. I have also discovered “emeritus” classes at our local community college, which most recently revealed that what I learned about Geology, my major subject in college, is now all wrong. This proves that banking and investment management after my stint in the Air Force was the better choice, certainly more lucrative if not as exciting. I did get back to LFA for a reunion several years ago, but was the only member of ’48 to attend. The rest of you few should make the effort. The campus is certainly in dramatic contrast to the cinder block structures following the Reid Hall fire and the staff is dedicated and attractive.”

1950 65th Reunion September 25 & 26 Howard Dubin was recently elected to the board of trustees of WTTW/WFMT. Also, he is new to the board of the Music Institute of Chicago, chairman of the Operations Committee, and serves on the Executive Committee. He recently visited the Music Institute’s Lake Forest campus located in the Grove Cultural center.

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years and have seven grandchildren. He says, “Some golf, some hunting, some travel left in the old body. I see Mickey Poole ’49 in Pebble Beach from time to time for golf and socializing.”

1952 Stanley Diengott writes, “My best to all of the Class of ’52 from San Diego, where I’ve lived with my wife Bernita, for the last 34 years.

Some kids and grandkids also live here, and some are scattered around the country. Retired from Real Estate Management, at 80, I’m fortunate to be in good health and continue to stay fit. You’re always welcome to contact me by email at stanleydiengott@att.net.”

Carl Weston sends greetings from Madison, Wis., “Home of the Badgers. As many of you know, sadly I lost my wonderful wife this past year to cancer. I have moved to Capitol Lakes retirement center in downtown Madison with workout facilities including a pool and spa, so am in reasonable shape. I see Peter Stebbins and wife Anna regularly, and continue to be a big Badger and Packer fan. I retired from Medical Director position at local Agrace hospice. I have nine grandchildren: one graduating from college, one at the Naval Academy, one at Kenyon, one heading to Denison, two in prep school, two in grade school. I try to follow the Caxymen. Peter Stebbins and I are still waiting for them to equal our Basketball team record.

My best to all.”

1955 60th Reunion September 25 & 26 Martha “Marty” Eikenmeyer Owens notes, “A few months ago I received a copy of names and addresses for my fellow ’55ers. I took a chance and called Ellan “Copper” Parrish Wagner, who now lives only a few hours from me in Mesa, Ariz. We had a grand time talking about old times and catching up on current times. Our planned get together this spring got canceled: I had hip replacement surgery in late April (doing great now, thank you) and her husband also had some surgery, so our plans are put on hold for a while. Still trying to be at the reunion this fall. Final note: Helen James Long, Ferry Hall ’33, who lives in the same complex as I

do, celebrated her 100th birthday this spring.

She is still active—a great card player and a sharp wit!

1957 Chuck Erickson reports, “My lady friend and partner Rona Wood and I have moved to Southport, N.C. The community we’re in is Boiling Spring Lake (no post office, so Southport mailing address). We bought a foreclosure and renovated it. The house is located on 1/3 acre across the street from a 2.5 mile-long lake. I read with regret the passing of my classmate Elliott Donnelley. My prime recollection of him was when one day after school we engaged in a drag race on Kennedy Road. I had my dad’s 1952 Cadillac with Hydramatic and Elliott was driving a 1953 Packard Clipper convertible with a 3-speed column shift. We competed down to what at that time was the end of the 4-lane stretch. He won and we both survived. Elliott and I, although we didn’t keep in touch, obviously continued our interest in self-propelled vehicles. A few of you will recall that as a Day-Boy my first commuter was a 1953 MG-TD. I now have a 2007 Lotus Elise.

The automobile and Rona are both British. The two of us are enjoying life, especially our annual trips to England to visit Ro’s family. Cheers!”

1958 Jeff Blumenthal shared these updates, writing, “I’ve been busy since the last class reunion. I gave up my teaching job at the City of Chicago that had occupied a good portion of my time since formally retiring and decided to become a bicycle mechanic for a 501(c)3 organization that fixes/restores old bicycles and ships them to countries where having a bicycle often means the ability to commute to a job. I still can ride my own well-maintained bicycle along the Chicago Lakefront and area trails, usually putting in three days at 20+ miles per day each week. Gone are the times when I routinely did 60+ miles in a day. I also gave up my motorcycle due to a problem in my neck that was aggravated by a heavy helmet and a growing concern over safety. When I started riding, the only thing I had to worry about on Chicago streets were taxis looking for fares, nowadays

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everyone is distracted with cellphones. Decided that it was better to quit while still ahead of the game.

With retirement Joan and I do a bit more traveling. We recently did a 14-day repositioning cruise from Fort Lauderdale to Southampton UK, with a couple of stops in Ireland and Scotland. Instead of a leisurely time sitting on the balcony we were buffeted by gale force winds, unusually cold weather, and having to watch a friend airlifted off the ship to the Azores due to an attack of appendicitis. We spent a few extra days in London before flying home, to see a bit of the countryside. I’d like to go back to Scotland to hone my malt whisky skills. By the time reunion rolls around this fall we’ll be back from a Prague to Budapest trip.

Yes, I am going to reunion this year. I try to make it every year since I live in Chicago and have few, if any, excuses not to go. Each month I have lunch with a group of fellow graduates from around our class year. We’re the ROMEOs: Retired Old Men Eating Out. Based on this I can easily attest that there are no “off years” for classmates our age. Plan on coming this year as 1958 will be sandwiched between the classes of 1955 and 1960 as well as all the other “off year” attendees.

1960 55th Reunion September 25 & 26 According to Pete Richardson, “My anthropological/historical/philological book about a high-mountain museum archive in Switzerland is now out, but I doubt it’ll be jumping off the shelves in this country, since it’s in German. Title: Unser Wohnort ist ein wilder Berg: Sapüner Schriftstimmen [note: German doesn’t capitalize everything in a title, as we tend to]. It includes transliterations of and cultural commentary on public and private documents from the early 1700s to the late 1800s.

The work was long overdue, because the documents are housed in a wooden building in a small village of wooden buildings huddled together (hint: fire danger) in an avalanche zone (hint: snow danger). It was all a great challenge, and enormous good fun, and now I have more material to work on far into retirement— should I ever retire. Footnote: the hiking’s not bad there, either.”

1961 Dan Dykhuizen tells us, “I have now been retired (this means that I am still working, but no longer getting paid) for nearly a year. This summer my laboratory at Stony Brook University will be closed and all the stuff I have accumulated from over forty years will be recycled to others.

My wife, Margaret, and I welcomed our ninth grandchild this spring and are expecting grand twins this fall. Now that I am winding down my scientific career, we expect to move to Boston sometime soon to be near at least some family. Other children live in St. Paul, Minn., West Lafayette, Ind., and Atlanta, Ga. Maddie Woods Gieselman sent this photo with a note: “In March, the class of 1961 gathered for its annual trip. This year we went to Duck, N.C. We rented a large home that would accommodate all of us, including three husbands.

We had lots of fun visiting the area including Kitty Hawk, the Lost Colony of Roanoke, and some unique shops, but, mostly, just enjoying our time together. We had not seen several of our classmates until the 50th reunion at LFA. They have turned out to be the most ‘gung ho’ of all of us. We spent each evening phoning classmates who weren’t able to attend and shared a lot of laughs. We are all looking forward to our 55th in 2016.”

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1964 Carla “Tina” Huiskamp married David Gray in Show Low, Ariz., on Saturday, May 30, 2015. They were attended by children and grandchildren.

Keith Owen writes, “What do you do as a follow-up to your 50th LFA reunion? Well, several members of the LFA Class of 1964 decided to get together for a second mini reunion in Louisiana. Lynda and Peter Truitt, with the assistance of Sheila and Keith Owen, put together an April tour of New Orleans and Louisiana plantation country. While in New Orleans, the group toured the French Quarter and visited the National World War II museum. Following two great eve-

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nings at some of the finest New Orleans restaurants, the group took off north to plantation country. Class of ’64 participants toured three plantation homes, had a chance to sample Louisiana crawfish, and concluded the four-day tour with a dinner at Peter and Lynda’s own Rosale Plantation home in St. Francisville. Plans are already underway to reconvene the group in the next 18 to 24 months.

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Louisiana Rosedown Plantation (l to r): Ray Skelton ’64, Katie Skelton, Peter Truitt ’64, Lonnie Borrett ’64, Ann Borrett, Sheila Owen, Keith Owen ’64, Morgan Hickenlooper ’64, Mary Hickenlooper, Yumi Shigematsu, Bob Firring ’64, Nancy Spickelmier and Bob Spickelmier ’64.

1965 50th Reunion September 25 & 26

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John Burton reports, “Since I plan to come to our 50th this fall, I should probably stir the memory pot for those of my classmates who might have a slight glimmer of recognition. I talked to Linn Walker once about 10 years ago, and sometime in April 2015, I got a delightful call from Gerry Spalding, who filled me in on several old mates, including Bill Murphy. I now ride road and mountain bikes, play golf as much as possible (hoping to get out with John Marlatt and any other mates who want to play at reunion), and since September, have gotten totally immersed in CrossFit. Mike Schell writes, “My wife, Kathy, and I have three great kids (Jenny, 37; Jamie, 35; and Blake, 30), one son-in-law, Jonathan, and one granddaughter, Sudney, 3. Kathy and I are migrating from New York City, where we have lived since 1976, to Cape Cod (Chatham--right at the elbow), where we have gathered for summer vacations since 1979. I hope my classmates coming back for our 50th will appreciate and enjoy how much the school has achieved when they see it in September. As the song of our era crooned, I do hope to “See You in September.”

Art Stoffel reports, “I had a nice exchange of emails with Mike Schell. Regrettably, I will not be able to attend the upcoming 50-year reunion for the class of 1965 as I will be in Denver for the wedding of my middle son. I have three adult boys and have been married for 40 years.” He adds, “I spent almost 40 years with

Grant Thornton until I retired in 2010. I live on Longboat Key, Fla., in the winter and Rochester Hills, Mich. in the summer. My time is spent playing golf and duplicate bridge as long as my honey-do list is complete. Best regards to all at LFA.”

1966 Last summer, Mimi Griffiths included a photo in the Class Notes of this magazine. She writes, “Another classmate saw the picture and decided to try to find me. I came home one day in March to find a message on my answering machine.

Barbara Hediger von der Heydt had found me.

When I called her back, she told me she and her husband Phil von der Heydt ’65 were coming to Phoenix the following week. We ended up meeting for dinner and enjoyed a wonderful time catching up. We decided we hadn’t seen each other since 1985! They gave me contact info for another classmate, but before I could contact her, Betty Neukomm Warren ran into a college sorority sister of mine in a bookstore in Osage Beach, Mo. Together they called me. It was great to catch up with Betty too! The Review brings people together in the nicest ways!”

1967 In May, David Andreas completed his 10th annual Kyle Petty Charity Ride Across America, a motorcycle ride that supports the Victory Junction Camp in Randleman, N.C. He adds, “I encourage any alumni who like to ride motorcycles to join next year’s Ride in May.” Jill Fruchtman Lane and several Ferry Hall classmates are planning to meet in Chataqua, N.Y., August 17–21, 2015. The group will include Melinda Roberts Seager, Lea Gorman Prober, Jodi McDonald Wilson, Margaret Messenger Kerekes, Carrie Calkins Lambert, Martha Record McKinstry, Marcia Steinberg Fitzsimmons, and Terry Hall.

1968 Chuck Gregory and his wife Nancy visited classmate Chris Penn and his wife Diane in Alameda, Calif., while on a spring road trip from their home in Plainwell, Mich. Chuck notes, “Alam-

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eda is situated on the east side of San Francisco Bay. The picture shows the Gregorys flanked by the Penns on Angel Island State Park, situated two miles east of the Golden Gate Bridge where the foursome hiked the five-mile-long Perimeter Trail.”

Pictured from left, Diane Penn, Chuck Gregory, Nancy Gregory, Chris Penn.

1970 45th Reunion September 25 & 26 Kathy Gray Pollock writes, “The last year has been an exciting one for me. I have just completed my first year as an LFA trustee. The last decade has seen lots of change, improvements and growth at the Academy, and this past year has shown me the commitment that the school has to providing the best education and environment for its students. I continue to be an active member of the Founders Board of The Ann & Robert Lurie Childrens Hospital of Chicago. It is hard to believe that our new hospital has been open for almost 3 years...and even more so that I have been been involved with this for more than 25 years. My partner, Lesley Spencer, and I have enjoyed travel and most recently spent some time in Paris. But perhaps the most joy these past few years has been being a grandparent. Our 1st grandchild was two in March and the second is due mid-June. I unfortunately will not be able to attend our 45th reunion this fall but I am sure it will be wonderful event. I have such fond memories of our 40th! I will be there in spirit!”

Lesley Spencer and Kathy Gray Pollock ‘70 in Paris.

Kathy’s children, Oren, Claire, and Bob Matteson with Oren’s wife, Sarah, (holding daughter Eleanor), and Kathy’s father, former trustee Oren T. Pollock.

1971 Carole Dolezal shares, “These last few years have been a roller coaster ride. In November 2011, I spent Christmas with my parents in Scottsdale, Ariz. Unfortunately, in February of 2012, I lost my Dad to a stroke, and five weeks later I was diagnosed with cancer but am now a three-year survivor. Although my mom was in her 90s, she was still vibrant and strong but her energy was diminishing. I decided that it would be wise not to leave her alone after the loss of

my dad. My parents had retired in the Southwest and had lived in Arizona for 35 years. The rest of the family had settled on the East Coast.

After a family discussion, we decided to sell my parents’ house in Scottsdale and move to Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., where the rest of the family resided. Mom got to re-acquaint herself with her grandchildren and meet the six greatgrandchildren she had never seen. After moving to Florida in February of 2014, my mom’s health and spirits took a turn and on February 12, 2015, we said goodbye to Mom, who has become one of God’s brightest Angels. In July I plan to take my parents ashes back and have them interred in Scottsdale, Ariz. I have settled in Palm Beach Gardens for the moment, but feel as though something else is waiting for me down the road. I am planning some trips this summer, otherwise, you can find me under the palms, sipping my margaritas and loving those tropical sunsets! Cheers!”

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1973 Stefan Lopata writes, “Still living in Inverness.

Still at Kelso-Burnett (20 years). Peggy will be teaching 1st Grade one more year in Elmwood Park. Caitlin got her Master’s and is a 4th grade teacher in Bensenville. She is getting married on October 3, 2015, to Nick Laga at our place on Martha’s Vineyard. Colleen graduated from Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine and passed her boards in April 2015. She is a Doctor of Physical Therapy, and looking for a job.”

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1974 William “Bill” Evans and his wife, Beth, are proud grandparents for the second time. Their daughter, Kate, son-in-law, Chris, and older sister Vera Humphreys welcomed Parker William on March 15, 2015 (The Ides of March). He weighed 10 lbs., 3 ounces and was 22” long.

He is also welcomed by an uncle Tom Evans ’80 and his aunts Margaret “Meg” Evans Johnson ’76, Sally Evans Vorbrich ’83, and Jamie Evans Miller. Faye Iten Evans ’45 (deceased in 2012) is Bill’s, Tom’s, Meg’s, Sally’s, and Jamie’s mother. She would have been the paternal great-grandmother of Vera and Parker William Humphreys.

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1978 With his attendance at the Major League Baseball All-Star game in Cincinnati on July 14, Mark Childers will have attended a Major League Baseball All-Star game in every National League Central Division Team city.

1985 30th Reunion September 25 & 26

Making a

Planned Gift to Lake Forest Academy

Legacy gifts are a great way to show your appreciation to your alma mater and to ensure the school’s financial security for years to come.

It’s simple to make a legacy gift to LFA. You can include a charitable bequest to LFA in your will (gifts of assets include cash, stock, real estate, etc.), list the school as a beneficiary of a life insurance policy or retirement account, or arrange for a life income gift, such as a charitable remainder trust.

For more information about making a gift to the Academy in your will, visit the planned giving page of the LFA website at: http:// lfanet.giftplans.org/ or contact Director of Alumni Relations Ruth Keyso at: rkeyso@ lfanet.org or (847) 615-3268.

If you have already made arrangements to leave a legacy gift to the Academy, please contact us so that we can recognize you in the Richards & Tremain Society, the planned giving society at LFA. Thank you so much for remembering the Academy in your estate plans!

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Erik Kimble recently graduated from Executive MBA program at University of Wisconsin Madison. He describes the program, saying, “A very good team-based lock-step program for working people looking to get their MBA.”

1987 Robert Drake was awarded an Art Works Grant by the National Endowment for the Arts to create a new play about HIV and older people. The show will tour in the winter and spring of 2016, and will be produced through the Academy Theatre, where Robert is Artistic Director.

1988 Geoff Diehl writes, “Having just won a third term to the Massachusetts legislature, I was fortunate enough to get a visit from Director of Academy Fund Christine Ryder in April and could give her the chance to sit in the Speaker’s chair in the House chamber. Also won a big state referendum on gas tax indexing in November and then won the national award for the best ballot question in the country for the 2014 election cycle. My wife, KathyJo, is coming up on the first anniversary of the new building for her performing arts studio, which she started back in 2002. It survived the record-setting blizzard of 2015, so we’re thankful! Christine and I talked about having an alumni event on Beacon Hill sometime next year, so I hope that LFA grads in the Northeast will think about

making a night or weekend in and around Boston, once that’s planned. Daughters Kaylee, age 13, and Emily, age 9, are growing up fast and it’s all I can do to keep up with them. Hope all is well with you and your family! Keep in touch... geoff@geoffdiehl.com” Geoff with Christine Ryder P’15, P’17, in the House chamber of the Massachusetts legislature.

1990 25th Reunion September 25 & 26 Laurie Cooper Cleveland said, “I’m looking forward to seeing everyone at our reunion in September!”

1995 20th Reunion September 25 & 26 Christian Anderson is currently working on his Masters of Divinity at Virginia Theological Seminary. He is doing an internship at Trinity Wall Street Episcopal Church this summer, focusing on video production and social media. He will then be off to Quito, Ecuador, to continue his degree under the Episcopal Diocese of Central Ecuador in September. He returns to the DC area in January of 2016 to complete his degree.

If you may be in either area, drop him an email at canderson1@vts.edu. He would love to hear your latest and is sad that he will be out of the country for the 20th Reunion. He recently saw Tom Willis, Mike Corwin, and Elizabeth Sammon Haskell when he was in Chicago for the holidays.

Rebecca Makkai tells us, “My third book, the story collection Music for Wartime, came out from Viking/Penguin in June. My previous books are the novels The Borrower and The HundredYear House, both available in Penguin paperback. It’s been great to reconnect with far-flung LFA friends as I’ve toured in the past few years.

A speaking engagement is keeping me from attending Homecoming (ironic, since I live on campus at LFA, where my husband, Jon Freeman, teaches), but I’ll be thinking of you all.

In the fall, I’ll be teaching at the Iowa Writers Workshop (as seen on Girls, but hopefully with less whining).”

Rebecca Makkai ’95 reads from her novel The HundredYear House after being awarded the Chicago Writers Association’s Book of the Year award last winter.

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After her exchange year at LFA, Raluca Stancescu-Cojocar studied law in Romania and France and has worked mainly with human rights issues. She now works as a lawyer at the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, France.

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2006 Dari Brooks has been living in New York City for the past five years. She is a Senior Associate Producer at an online travel-search company called Fly.com. Darí is newly engaged to her college sweetheart and is in the midst of wedding planning.

Eric Brown relocated to Austin, Tex., to join the law firm Jackson Walker L.L.P. He recently had dinner and caught up on LFA news with Justin Schwartz and his wife, Lindsay, who shared advice on living in Austin. Eric would love to connect with fellow Caxys down in Texas!

Rachel Rein says, “‘I just celebrated my one year anniversary working as a Development Assistant for United Way of King County in Seattle, Wash. I moved to Seattle in September 2013.”

Rachel is looking forward to any west coast reunions.

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Anita Bhardwaj writes, “I’ve been a practicing family medicine primary care doc with Vista Health Systems since I graduated from residency with Rush University in 2010. I recently started doing advanced wound care there as well, so that has been an exciting change from the primary world. My husband, Aashish, and I have two young boys aged 3 and 4.5 years. I hope to connect one day soon if I ever have time at one of our young alumni reunions.”

Valerie Gordon Sizelove graduated with her associate’s degree in Social Science from Miami University this spring. She will continue for her bachelor’s degree in Integrative Studies from Miami (intending to graduate in spring 2016).

2002 Daly Stevens Andersson reports, “Magnus and I welcomed our little boy, Eric Magnus Andersson, into the family on January 14, 2015. We are doing great and enjoying watching our little boy grow over these past few months. I am a financial advisor at Busey Wealth Management and received the Chartered Financial Analyst® designation this past September. We live in Champaign and are always happy to connect with other LFA alums in the area!”

2003 Jon Hu moved to Shanghai this year to work.

He’d love to hear how everyone is doing. Email Jon at: ciccio19982002@yahoo.com.tw

William Hayes and Meghan Cox are happy to announce their engagement. Will graduated from Penn in 2011 and now works for Legacy. com, a top-50 visited website. Meghan taught math at LFA from 2010-2013 and is currently a Performance Analyst for Nuveen Investments.

The couple met at Will’s 5-year LFA reunion in 2012, and are planning a September 2016 wedding at beautiful Letchworth State Park in upstate New York, near Meghan’s home town.

Caroline Kim writes, “‘I am proud to be an alumna of an exceptional school like Lake Forest Academy. I am grateful for all that I learned at LFA and look forward to seeing the Academy continue to grow and advance. I completed my fellowship with the Illinois Department of Veterans’ Affairs and graduated from my Master’s program in Public Policy and Administration at Northwestern University In June. In May 2015, I worked with Illinois Joining Forces and the American Bar Association (ABA) to hold the first Veteran Treatment Court (VTC) Inaugural Summit in Chicago at Duane Morris, LLP. A veteran community of 100 registered personnel gathered that day in order to discuss the importance of VTCs and address key issues on military culture, treatment methods and mental health dis-

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orders in order to better serve those who served our country. My role heading the coordination and communications for this event has further reinforced my passion for working in government to better serve the critical issues and needs of the public. Upon completing my 6-month term, I have committed to a summer term in Seoul working under Vice Chairman Kwak Jin-Young at the Anti-Corruption Civil Rights Commission; this rotation also involves working with the Korean Institute of Criminology.”

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Brad Stewart gave us this update, saying, “Earlier this spring I moved jobs. I now work for U.S. Congressman Robert Dold, who represents Illinois 10th District (including Lake Forest), as his press secretary.”

2012 Leo Rudberg writes, “I recently finished my junior year of undergrad at UW-Madison, where I’m working on degrees in both Computer Sciences and Mathematics. This summer, I’m living in San Jose, Calif., and working at Intuit (Mountain View, Calif.). I’m helping with the French version of the QuickBooks Online user interface.” Editor’s Note: Leo took French all four years at LFA; his teachers were Steve Ryder and Kristine Von Ogden.

Reggie White signed a letter of intent to play Division II football on a scholarship at a small liberal arts school called Kentucky Wesleyan College.

Reggie White ’12 signs his letter of intent to Kentucky Wesleyan College.

Reggie White ’12 wears his KWC jersey proudly.

2010 5th Reunion September 25 & 26

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Tom Gallagher graduated from Babson College in May 2015 with a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, with a double concentration in Economics and Finance. He recently accepted a full-time position as a Client Consultant with SunGard Financial Systems in Boston.

Catalina Todd graduated in the spring 2015 from the University of California, Irvine, with a double major in Art History and Drama. This fall she will move to Florence, Italy, where she will be working for a travel company.

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2013 Nadeem Bandealy and Rashad Bandealy ’19 at LFA’s New Student Day on May 16, 2015.

2014 Andrew Halvorson writes, “During my short time away from LFA, I have worked at a racetrack, started my own business, begun my pursuit of a degree in entrepreneurship at Babson College, and am looking forward to an internship this summer. Interestingly, I find myself constantly applying my experiences from LFA– namely in starting my own business.

It all began last summer helping my mom (an audiologist) cultivate a groundbreaking hearing safety and protection program at national racetracks, including Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wis. Inspired by her passion for hearing safety, as part of a class at Babson, I invented a silicone sleeve to fit over Apple earbuds. It is designed to fit in the ear canal much like higher-end in-ear monitors. My product holds the earphone in place especially during activity, increases comfort, reduces background noise, delivers the sound closer to the eardrum for improved clarity, and provides a hygienic way to share earphones. I brought this idea to Babson, and after a rocket pitch, market surveys, feasibility presentation, detailed launch Continued on page 51

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Fulfilling a Caxy Prophecy Scott Stone ’94 in front of the class

By Christine Ryder

Back in 1994, Scott Stone was voted “Most likely to be an LFA teacher” by his fellow seniors. In February 2015, the prediction proved accurate.

It started when Scott visited campus for his 20th reunion in October 2014. In talking with former teachers, Scott said he wanted to give something back to the Academy that reflected the path his career had taken since graduating from LFA. He offered to share his experiences as an international environmental lawyer with students and not long afterward a date was set for a series of guest lectures to AP science classes about environmental law and policy.

After earning a bachelor’s degree from Northwestern University and a JD from the Washington University School of Law, Scott pursued his interests in environmental law, climate change, and technology and innovation while working at a small environmental group, a “big data” technology company, and, currently, the law firm of Hunton & Williams LLP, where he is based in both Washington DC and San Francisco. For the students, Scott drew upon his experiences advising multinational corporations and foreign governments at the international climate change negotiations under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and blended real-world insights into a mock negotiation exercise for the class.

“I liked that we weren’t learning out of a textbook. Mr. Stone has actually been part of the global climate summits and so he could share his experiences and emotions with us,” says Marina Lentskevich ’15. “I especially liked when he told us how each of the countries we represented in our mock climate summit would have positioned themselves in an actual climate negotiation.”

His impact wasn’t limited to environmental issues. In talking with students, Scott encouraged them to imagine themselves beyond high school, in pursuit of their own careers and ambitions.

Reflecting on his experience as a visiting teacher, Scott says, “I could not have been more impressed with the students: smart, inquisitive, articulate, and incredibly well-informed about what’s going on in the world. I came away really energized, after seeing how they responded to the issues and ideas I deal with at work. It was inspiring, actually, and I’d be glad to come back and do it again—only maybe not in February, just after a snowstorm!” n The Academy is grateful to Scott for taking time out of his demanding schedule to bring international law to the Academy classroom.

“Having Mr. Stone come to APES class was informative, but it also was really inspirational,” says Dejon Brissett ’15. “It is motivating for me, thinking about where I have come from, to meet someone who is so successful in Washington DC.” Shortly after his visit, Scott received the Burton Award for Distinguished Legal Writing for an article he co-authored on international climate policy and advanced energy technology, published by the Atlantic Council in April 2014.

In 2008, Scott was awarded the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Climate Protection Award and Stratospheric Ozone Protection Award for his contributions to a 2007 agreement under the Montreal Protocol that implemented a new phase-out schedule for a group of ozone-depleting substances.

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Class of 2015 raises funds to purchase street sign on campus

By Ruth Keyso The senior class gift tradition continued at LFA this year, with members of the Class of 2015 raising money to fund a street sign on campus. The sign stands at the corner of East and Caxy drives, in front of the Crown Fitness & Wellness Center. This street sign is part of a campus-wide initiative to place city-approved street signs throughout school property.

Fundraising began in February 2015, at which time the senior class leadership began brainstorming on projects to support. In the end, 78 percent of the class (97 students) raised $2,396.60 for their class initiative. These funds were used to purchase the pole and sign, which includes two plaques recognizing the Class of 2015, as well as a brick paver, which was placed in Alumni Circle where the Bowditch Bell stands. Students signed the back of the paver and ceremoniously placed it in the ground on the evening of their Senior Class Dinner.

All-School President Romaer Chopra ’15 (left) and Senior Class President Richard Melville ’15 pose in front of the senior class gift: a new street sign. The sign marks the intersection of East and Caxy Drives, in front of the Crown Fitness & Wellness Center. Photo: Cathy Morrison

Senior class president Richard Melville ’15 was pleased with his class’ efforts and proud of the end result. “[The signs] look so good, and they are super helpful. We definitely left our legacy,” Melville says.

The Class of 2015 fundraising drive exceeded expectations, leaving students a surplus of $914.60, which was applied to Senior Night, a fun, casino-themed event, which followed the Senior Class Dinner.

All-School President Romaer Chopra ’15, who partnered with Melville and the Senior Student Council to rally the class, says he was proud of the way his class came together to make this gift possible.

“ In many ways it’s a miniscule representation of our immense gratitude for all that LFA has given us.”

When asked for advice for the Class of 2016, who will embark on a class gift project next year, both Melville and Chopra encourage the rising seniors to consider the practicality of the gift as well as the impact it can have on the community as a whole.

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2014 Continued plan, and a final request for funding, my idea was put into action. With a 19-person team we created FitBud, which went on sale April at shopfitbud.com. I am proud to be the CEO—an accomplishment I don’t think would have been possible without my experience at LFA. Mr. Vaughn’s economics class helped me analyze the market opportunity, Mr. Ward’s statistics class helped me construct and analyze a market survey, Mr. Freeman’s class gave me the tools to create clear and informative arguments for presentations and our detailed launch plan, and, of course, Dr. Strudwick’s emphasis on global pluralism allowed me to lead a team with members from Brazil, Switzerland, France, Turkey, Kuwait, and the United States.

This summer I am interning at a hedge fund focused on consumer equities. I look forward to sharing our stories and accomplishments during the Homecoming and Reunion on September 25 and 26.” Editor’s Note—as an anticipated part of the overall process, Babson has liquidated the company and donated all profits to charity.

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Yousuf Kadir reports, “My first year in college has been great. I started off strong, making many friendships and memories. I went to all the football games this year and I look forward to playing against the newest Stanford Cardinal Wesley Annan (LFA ’15) on Sept 5th. Probably my greatest accomplishment so far is overcoming my fear of dogs. I remember going to Mrs. Hoagland’s house (my advisor along with Mr. Small) for dinner, and we had to keep her yellow lab Bode upstairs. I am also really excited about adding Math as my second major along with Economics and a business minor (I hope Mrs. Strudwick is just as excited!). This first year at Northwestern has been great and I look forward to another three years here. Go Caxys!”

Emily Shanley-Roberts declared a Qualitative Economics major at Tufts; qualified for Team Race Nationals as the only non-senior on the A (top) sailing team after a miraculous winning streak; and will be coaching at Barnstable Yacht Club on Cape Cod this summer.

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2014–15 AAB Members Mary Anne Ameter ’61 Derek Bagley ’06 Anne Bloomberg ’59 Colin Campbell ’56 Brooke Wesley Chapman ’06 Charlie Cooper ’96 Fran Crane ’05 Toby Davis ‘08 Jessica Douglas ’96 Myron Ford ’83 Gail Gadberry ’85 Linda Parker Garard ’73 Jordan Grossman ’97 Terry Hall ’67 Mark Haupt ’97 John Ireland ’88 Nell Bruen Ireland ’88 Duane Jackson ’01 Scott Kaeser ’96 Loretta Kalnow Kaplan ’73 Mark Karstrom ’80 Darren Kelly ’00 Erik Kimble ’85 Martin Mghnon ’05 Cecily Barnett Meers ’69 Scott Meloun ’77 Arthur Preiss III ’04 Ann Ridge ’71 Emily Sammon Curtis ’91 Amish Shah ’92 Beth Petit Shaw ’75 Harriet Arpee Sherman ’54 Michael Simms ’08 Coco Nazon Yisrael ’85 Matt Zafirovski ’04

AAB Gathers on Campus for 2nd Annual Meeting 35-member Alumni Advisory Board serves as ambassadors to LFA alumni community

By Ruth Keyso Members of the Alumni Advisory Board (AAB) gathered on campus for the group’s annual meeting on April 24–25, 2015. The purpose of the meeting is to familiarize alumni with the inner workings of the school today and to strategize on ways to promote the mission and message of the Academy to its nearly 6,000-member alumni community.

The AAB, which was created in 2013, comprises 35 alumni of LFA and Ferry Hall; the board is a union of the former Alumni Council and the Ferry Hall Advisory Board.

AAB members undertook a variety of activities during the weekend, including attending classes, meeting with a panel of student representatives, enjoying a private session with deans about academics and college counseling, and exploring LFA’s 2014 Strategic Plan with Head of School John Strudwick. The weekend concluded with small-group discussions on ways to engage and reconnect alumni with the school, and how to be an ambassador for LFA. The group also formed four ad hoc committees—Communications, Fundraising, Networking, and Social—through which they will strategize on ways to keep alumni engaged, informed, active, and supportive of their high school alma mater.

The Academy is grateful for the support of these leaders and values their input and advice on alumni matters.

For more information about the AAB, contact Director of Alumni Relations Ruth Keyso at rkeyso@lfanet.org or read more online at: http://www.lfanet.org/alumni/aab. n AAB members head back to class. Here, Mary Anne Ameter ’61, Colin Campbell ’56, Charlie Cooper ’96, and Scott Kaeser ’96 learn about modeling quadratic equations in Math Department Chair Jeff Bateman ‘07’s math lab in the basement of the Reyes Family Science Center.

(Left) Members of the AAB enjoy a panel discussion with current students in the Library. The student group includes the following (l to r): Vicente Nagel ’15, Liza Tarr ’15, Maria Pereira ’16, Lilian Chung ’16, Stella Shi ’17, Adam Wisco ’17, Dominic Scheerer ’18, and Jelani Nicol ’18.

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1939 Jean Clarke Brent 93, of Tucson died October 28, 2014. Born in Camp Benning, Ga., to military parents, Jean moved around frequently in youth. She traveled with her parents to the Philippines. She had many memorable experiences including the inauguration of Franklin D. Roosevelt and visiting with Herbert Hoover. During WWII, Jean worked in the Bell Bomber plant as a riveter. After the war, Jean moved to Washington. Her first husband, Paul Carr, was killed in the war. As a widow, she adopted her daughter Jennie. She met her second husband, Kelly Brent, at a Naval function and fell madly in love.

They married December 30, 1958. Kelly and Jean lived in Texas and moved to Tucson to open a restaurant, Sir George’s Royal Buffet in 1965.

Jean retired from the restaurant business and volunteered at St. Joseph’s Auxiliary and was a decorated volunteer. Her life was full, traveling the world, being a chaplain for the Navy League and the matriarch of a five-generation family.

She is survived by her daughter, Jennie (Steve) and son, Kelly; grandchildren, Wendi, Gretchen and Dean (Angy); great-grandchildren Devin, Kobe, Jenna, Jered, Makayla, Brittany, Sydney, and Owen; and one great-great-grandchild, Izeyah. She was predeceased by her son John and grandson David.

1945 Mary Bannerman Frost 87, of Lake Forest, Ill., died April 20, 2015. Married on September 5, 1953, Mary was the loving and devoted wife of William (Dal) Dalrymple Frost for nearly 62 years. She was the proud mother of Katie Frost (David) Bibbs and William (Will) Dalrymple (JoEllen) Frost, Jr, and adoring grandmother of Mary Bibbs, Will Bibbs, and Sophie Frost. Born in Albuquerque, N.M., she grew up in Chicago and Lake Bluff, Ill., and was a resident of Lake Forest for more than 61 years. She graduated from Wellesley College in Massachusetts with a major in Political Science in 1949. Mary’s travels took her to Egypt, Africa, Asia, Russia, the Far East, the UK, Alaska, and numerous times to Europe. She loved spending time with her family in Palm Springs, Calif., and northern Wisconsin.

She loved fly fishing, canoeing, gardening, sail-

ing, and numerous bridge groups and also took great delight in her orchids. Mary leaves behind many long time friends who brought her much joy. She was preceded in death by her stepfather, her father, and her mother.

1947 Richard C. “Dick” Rost, 84, of Janesville, Wis., died Saturday, March 15, 2014. He attended the University of Iowa for two years and then transferred to the University of Colorado, where he received his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1951.

While attending Colorado, he was a “walk-on” to the golf team, and during his senior year, he played as the #2 player on the varsity team.

Upon graduation, he returned to Janesville and began working with his father at E.W. Rost and Son. Dick married E. Joann Cook on Feb. 6, 1954, in Marinette, Wis. The Rost business has been in continuous operation since 1925.

Started as sign painting, retail paint and supplies with wallpaper and draperies, Dick helped to incorporate furniture, carpeting, and home furnishings as well as bringing a commercial side to the business. He maintained clients right up until his entrance into hospice. He designed home interiors all across the country, working with his many Janesville connections. Dick was a charter member of ASID (American Society of Interior Designers), a 50-year member of the Toast and Jelly Breakfast Club, a proud 77-year member of the Janesville Country Club (where he was a two-time Club champion), a former Board member of the Janesville Chamber of Commerce and a member of First Congregational Church. Often involved in downtown redevelopment projects, Dick helped to implement a tree planting program for the downtown area. He was also an avid downhill skier for over 50 years. He is survived by his wife, Joann; three children: Stephen (Joan) Rost, Richard Rost Jr., and Kristen Rost; five grandchildren: Nicholas Price, Owen, Oliver, Isabel, and Ellis (E.W.) Rost. Dick was preceded in death by his parents; his brother, William, as well as first cousins Franklin and Allen Ludden.

1948 Marshall Silverman age 83, died November 30, 2014. He and his wife, Diane Silverman, were married for 64 years. He was known as a wonderful friend with a great sense of humor. He had the ability to look at each situation from all sides and come up with the best advice whether in business or for his friends and family. Marshall was the Founder of Contract Interiors for Business, past President of Bryn Mawr Country Club, and a member of St. Andrews Country Club in Boca Raton, Fla. He was loving father of son Gary (Louise Monger, fiancée) and daughter Lynn and her husband Marc Orlinsky; “Papala” to grandchildren Faryl (Dan) Moore, Brett (Maris) Orlinsky, Jared (Heather) Orlinsky, Amanda Orlinksy (David Langer, fiancée), Zach Silverman, Carli Silverman, Josh Silverman; great-grandchildren Kian, Ryker, Jaden, and Tristan Moore, and Sampsen and Stevie Orlinsky.

1950 Jerome Herbert Raube was a world traveler, a sailor, a master gardener, a banker, a loving father and husband. Jerry tackled life with optimism and curiosity, finding delight being in the natural world, whether on the water, in the mountains, or in his garden. He graduated from Trinity College in Hartford, Conn., in 1954, with a bachelor’s degree in English. He was a member of Theta Xi fraternity. Like many men of his generation, he served in the US Army between 1954–1956, where he was stationed in Nancy and Verdun, France. Following military service, he took courses at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, where he was the “house father” of the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity. It was at a fraternity party that he met his future wife Grace Synneva Jostad. They lived in New York, Oregon and Washington, ultimately settling in the Lucas Valley neighborhood of San Rafael, Calif., where they raised their three children, Kristi, Lynn and Eric, and lived for 46 years. Jerry spent most of his professional life in banking and finance - he retired in 1995 from Wells Fargo Bank in San Francisco, where he spent the final 18 years of his career. Soon after his retirement he became a member of the “gang of four,” which has met each Friday for nearly 20 years to sail San Fran-

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cisco Bay. He owned 14 different boats throughout his life—from a Grumman canoe given to him by his parents at age 16 to a Cal 2–29 sailboat. He combined his love of travel by sailing in over 14 seas around the world from the Whitsunday Islands in Australia, to the coast of Thailand, to the Ionian Islands in Greece.

With his wife, he traveled every continent of the world except Antarctica. In addition to his love of sailing, Jerry’s garden was his personal laboratory. After becoming a Master Gardener in 1997 through the University of California, he grew plants from seedlings, tested new varieties of tomatoes, and had garden plots at home, in his neighbor’s yard, and in a local community garden. During the summer and fall, Jerry’s vegetables were bountiful and fed many. Jerry will be remembered with great love and affection by his wife of 57 years, Grace, his daughter Kristi Raube (Steve), his daughter Lynn Raube (Jeff Behnke), and his five grandchildren Erik, Tycen, and Caleb Better, and Ella and Avery Behnke.

He was predeceased by his son Eric.

1951 Kenneth Maynard Miller, 81, of Cornelius, N.C. passed away on April 7, 2015. He was born in Chicago and lived in Florida for many years.

An avid sports fan, he ran a stamps and sports collectibles store there before moving to the Lake Norman area 20 years ago to be near his daughter and her family. Until November 2014, he worked at the North Carolina Employment Security Commission Jobs Link division, now the Cabarrus NC works Career Center within the Department of Commerce. For a while, he was the oldest full-time employee of the state. He is survived by son Michael (Joan); daughter Debbie Monroe (Rick); and grandchildren Audrey and Elaine Miller, and Richard and Robert Monroe.

1955 Nancy Seff Giles, 78, of Sioux City, Iowa, passed away June 17, 2015. She attended Ferry Hall (as did her mother, Marguerite Seff ’27) for her sophomore and junior years, before returning to Sioux City. Nancy then attended Mills College, Oakland, Calif., for two years, obtaining her elementary education substitute teaching creden-

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tial, and school librarian certification. Following her sophomore year at Mills, she married William Jefferson Giles, III, on May 9, 1957. A true lifelong learner, Nancy eventually resumed her education, and at the age of 41 earned a B.A. at Briar Cliff College, double-majoring in English and theatre. During their 46-year marriage, they enjoyed many adventures together, chief among them a shared love of theatre and traveling. They visited all 50 U.S. states, and 23 countries on three continents, and owned a time-share in London, England, which they used as a base of operations for their annual West End theatre junkets. However, their favorite place was their cottage on Lewis and Clark Lake, near Yankton, S.D. They had two sons, William Jefferson Giles, IV, and Gregory Gifford Giles. Throughout her life, Nancy was an extremely involved volunteer, and served on numerous local boards of directors, including those for the Mary Elizabeth Day Care Nursery, the Volunteer Bureau, the Sioux City Symphony Auxiliary, the Sioux City Community Theatre, the Sioux City Art Center Auxiliary, the St. Luke’s Hospital Auxiliary, the Sioux City Concert Course, the Friends of the Sioux City Public Library, and the Castle on the Hill Association.

Nancy also served on the statewide board of Friends of Iowa Public Broadcasting, and was on the board of directors for the Sioux City Museum and Historical Association. For her work at the museum, Nancy received the Director’s Award for Volunteer of the Year, specifically for starting, writing, and editing the SCMHA’s newsletter.

Other organizations with which she was involved include PEO (Chapter IL), Questers, Red Hat Society, Sioux City Women’s Club, the Sioux City chapter of the NAACP, and, as she was a voracious reader, numerous local book clubs. Among her many volunteer efforts, Nancy’s involvement with the Sioux City Junior League gave her significant pride, particularly since she founded in 1971 the Discovery Shop, a significant source of revenue for the SCJL. After the opening of the Discovery Shop, Nancy went on to serve as vice president in 1971–72, then president, in 1972–73, of the SCJL. For many years, she also edited the Junior League’s newsletter, Lingo, and for her post-retirement involvement, she was the recipient of the Dorothy Eaton Palmer award for Sustainer of the Year. Nancy possessed an entrepreneurial spirit, and for 10 years she owned

and operated the Unicorn Boutique in Sioux City, and the Unicorn, Too holiday gift shoppe in Crofton, Neb. Additionally, she put her editorial skills to good use for her family’s restaurants (the Green Gables, the Normandy, and the Silver Steer), writing their newspaper advertising copy for many years. In 2010 she was featured on PBS’ Antiques Roadshow, which in a highlighted segment explored the features of the 17thcentury Scandinavian ceremonial burl-wood tankard she brought to the show. Even in sickness, Nancy’s indefatigable spirit and sense of volunteerism prevailed, and in 2011, she was one of seven recipients of the Cancer Patient of the Year title at the June Nylen Cancer Center. After losing her own hair during one of her countless rounds of chemotherapy, she decided to thereafter warm the bald head of any cancer patient who needed protective coverage, and she began designing and donating knitted hats to the Cancer Center, a task she did joyfully. The most important thing to her was always family.

As she remarked one day near the end, “All I ever wanted to be, really, was a mother.” She is survived by her brother, Robert (Molly) Seff; her sons, Bill and Greg (Rande); grandchildren, Katherine (Brian) Gilman, Julianna Giles, Rebecca Giles, and William Jefferson Giles V; and her great-grandson, Liam Gilman. She was preceded in death by her parents and her husband.

1961 Virginia “Ginny” Van Saun Sherman passed away on May 9, 2015. She graduated from the University of Wisconsin Whitewater with a degree in Education. She was married to Lon Sherman of Milton, Wis.; they celebrated their 51st wedding anniversary in 2014. Ginny taught first grade in the Janesville School District. After moving to Whitewater, she served as the Director of the Whitewater Parks and Recreation Board. This led to Ginny starting and directing a monthly Recreation Night for Walworth County teens and adults with special needs.

Also in Whitewater, Ginny started a preschool named Children’s Day Out in her home. In a short while she added a partner, Donna Summers. Within a couple months, the need for a much larger space was evident. She and Donna then rented space at St. Pat’s Church in White-

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water and they stayed there teaching and loving their students until retirement. Ginny spent the summers of her youth attending many camps, where she developed a love for nature and the outdoors, which led to spend her retirement years in Northern Wisconsin. She is survived by her husband Lon, daughter Sheila, son Brian, and two granddaughters, Ashley and Audrey.

She is also survived by two sisters, Barbara Cuddeback, and Linda Schmerse, and many nephews and nieces.

1975 Peter R. Sparrow, age 58 of Glenview, Ill., was the dear husband of Charlotte Sparrow (née Pohanka); loving father of Stephanie and Emily Sparrow; devoted son of Joan Sparrow (née Russell) and the late Vincent P. Sparrow; loving brother of Vincent R. ’74 (Margaret), Jennifer (the late Richard) Snorf, Geoffrey (Tracey) and Megan Jordan; fond brother-in-law to the Pohanka Family of the East Coast area and Patricia Pohanka of Chicago; fun uncle of many; and will be missed by his beloved cat, Mandu. Classmate and friend Rick Giesen says the following about Peter: “All of us at LFA/FH who first met Peter 44 years ago have been truly lucky to have our lives blessed with the love he gave to each of us. Peter also taught us the enduring strength and happiness that come from friendship; a friendship that means more than a holiday card sent each year. His friendship conveyed an attitude that said, ‘I care about you and will do everything I can to help you.’ Our lives are immeasurably better thanks to the friendship and love Peter gave us.”

Former LFA Faculty Lillian B. Barry, beloved wife of Ernest Barry, teacher and coach at LFA for 28 years, passed away on May 17, 2015, in Florida, where she had gone to seek treatment for a cancerous tumor. She is survived by her husband and two daughters, four grandsons, and eight greatgrandchildren. While at LFA, she contributed much of her time to the Academy, benefitting projects and also helping her husband in many of his duties. McIntosh Cottage members will remember her weekend cooking efforts.

Tom Clark, age 79, passed away on April 4, 2015. His first job was as an Art teacher and coach at Lake Forest Academy, where worked for 13 years and became Assistant Headmaster. His wife Marty taught kindergarten at Lake Forest Country Day School. A talented artist, Clark held one-man shows at the University of Chicago Art Institute in pottery and photography. After his freshman year of college, he enlisted in the U.S. Army during the Korean War, and reported to basic training at Fort Leavenworth before being assigned to France and Germany, where he served missions as a para-trooper.

Upon his honorable discharge from the Army, he returned to Principia College, where he graduated with his degree in Advertising and played varsity football and baseball. He remained a member of the Army Reserves for several more years. At Principia, he met Martha (“Marty”) Moody Stout, and the two married on July 1, 1961. Their son Tim was born in 1964, Toby in 1966, and the two young boys spent every moment they could following the teams their father coached. The family then moved to Colorado Springs, where Clark was Headmaster and Founder of The Childrens’ School. Clark then moved to Wilmington, Del., where he was Director of Special Services at Tatnall School for three years. At an ISACS conference, he reconnected with John Bird, an old friend from Lake Forest, who was then the Headmaster of Holland Hall.

Clark told Bird he was looking to get back to the internal operations of education, and that he wanted to teach and coach again. Bird said he had the perfect position for him at Holland Hall in Tulsa, where Clark became Director of Admissions, as well as teaching photography, science

and coaching. After they arrived in Tulsa, Marty founded Riverfield Country Day School, which started as a pre-school and primary school in an old Post Office building. As that school continued to grow, Tom joined Marty at Riverfield as Assistant Head of School and as an early member of the Board of Directors. Clark was a devoted Rotarian since 1972, serving as the District Governor of Rotary’s District 6110, one of the largest districts in the U.S. with 76 clubs in four states. He also spear-headed numerous Rotary causes including the construction of water-wells in Nicaragua, and was a long-time member of the Rotary “Men of Note” singing group. He was active in the Tulsa community as a docent at the Tulsa Air and Space Museum and with the Westside Chamber of Commerce. Clark was a long-time member of the First Church of Christ, Scientist in downtown Tulsa. Awards include the Brewer Award and Aerospace Educator of the Year from the Oklahoma Wing/Civil Air Patrol, Friends of Day Care Top-Twenty Teacher Award, National School Public Relations Awards and being honored as a Paul Harris Fellow. He is survived by his wife, Martha Stout Clark; sons, Timothy Wallace Clark (Annie), Tobin Thomas Clark (Julie); and six grandchildren.

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From the Archives

The Armour House:

Dining Spaces and Private Quarters Mrs. Armour’s boudoir

By Rita Schulien MacAyeal ’87 Our final installment of the “walking tour” features the remaining ground floor rooms and moves upstairs to the rooms that served as the family’s private bedroom suites.

Directly northwest of the Great Hall is the formal dining room.

Measuring 38’ x 24’, today it is the Admissions Office reception area. The walls are decorated in Alabama marble and the floors are made of inlaid oak with black and colored marble borders. Mrs. Armour initially hung large tapestries on the walls, eventually removing them and hiring an Italian artist to create a faux marble effect in the empty spaces. It takes a keen eye to notice the areas that are painted to resemble marble.

Originally, the dining room opened to a loggia (porch) that measured 29’ x 30’ and overlooked the gardens. However, after Mrs. Armour installed the small “Green Room” off of the Library Reading Room, Mr. Armour converted the loggia into a breakfast room. He felt this would bring architectural symmetry to the back of the mansion. This black and gold room and had large stands for food for the Continental-style breakfast the family preferred. The room today serves as the office of the Dean of Admissions.

Northeast of the Grand Hall is an enclosed area with archways that now houses a display gallery of archival images and artifacts. Originally, this was an open porte-cochère with outside access to Mr. Armour’s private oak-paneled office.

The office, now used as a casual student gathering area, was furnished rather simply and included a private staircase leading up to Mr. Armour’s bedroom suite. The bedroom held mahogany Chippendale furniture and was decorated with deep red decor. During a visit in the early 1920s, the Prince of Wales stayed at the mansion and used Mr. Armour’s private office and bedroom suite.

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of the mansion: Mr. Armour on the northeast corner; Mrs. Armour on the southwest corner; and their daughter Lolita on the southeast corner. Additionally, Mr. Armour kept a second bedroom on the west side of the home overlooking the gardens, but it did not connect to Mrs. Armour’s suite. For some time, Mrs. Armour’s mother occupied a suite on the northwest side of the house.

Elegance and opulence prevailed. Mrs. Armour’s cream and rose colored bedroom contained French furniture and had two-shaded walnut parquet floors. Her dressing room had satin-covered walls in green, gold, and red panels. Lolita had a pink and cream colored bedroom with a Louis XVI bed and herringbone oak floors, as well as a sitting room decorated in yellow. Additionally, there were several lavishly decorated guest rooms and bathrooms off the main hallway upstairs.

One guest bedroom had a four poster canopy bed with bird-of-paradise fabric décor. In his memoir, Chicago with Love, Arthur Meeker, Jr. (son of Armour’s business partner) described playing in the mansion as a child: “running wild upstairs amid a riot of silk afghans, scented bath salts, and solid-gold toilet seats...”

Just prior to the Great Depression, J. Ogden Armour lost his entire fortune and was forced to liquidate his assets. Samuel Insull and a group of developers purchased the estate with plans to turn it into a country club, abandoning the project when the stock market crashed in 1929. The property passed into receivership and was purchased in the 1930s by Frank Lewis, who left it unoccupied until LFA bought it in 1947.

The mansion was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

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Saturday, September 26, 2015

Homecoming & Reunion Kick-Off Celebration at Miramar Half-Century Club 301 Waukegan Avenue, Highwood, Illinois 6:30 – 8:30 pm

Registration The Cressey Center for the Arts-Lillard Family Lobby 9:30 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.

The class of 1965 and preceding classes are invited for a private cocktail & dinner party.

Classes of 1966–1999 6:30 – 10 p.m.

Join your classmates at Miramar for a casual Coming Home Celebration. Mingle with friends old and new over “small bites” and cocktails (cash bar).

Young Alumni NEW! Homecoming & Reunion Kick-Off Celebration at Theory for the classes of 2000–2011 9 W. Hubbard Street Chicago, Illinois 6:00 – 10 p.m.

Calling all graduates of LFA from 2000 through 2011. Join other young alumni in the city for a casual celebration. Meet your friends for drinks and grab a bite (two drinks provided).

Campus Tours led by Caxy Keys Upon request The Cressey Center for the Arts-Lillard Family Lobby Home Athletic Events 9:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.

Master Classes For information on location, stop by the registration desk.

10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Multicultural Dialogue Crown Fitness & Wellness Center— Multi-Purpose Room 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

Ferry Hall Women of Distinction Brunch Ferry Hall—Kalnow Commons 12:00 – 1:00 p.m.

Homecoming Tailgate Party Tent next to Alumni Field 12:00 – 3:00 p.m.

LFA Varsity Football Game Alumni Field 12:00 p.m.

Ferry Hall Chapel and Lake Forest History Tour Depart from Ferry Hall—transportation provided 1:00 – 2:30 pm

NEW! Craft Beer Garden Party aka Beer Tent, located on the west side of the Crown Fitness & Wellness Center 3:00 – 5:00 p.m.

AA & Al-Anon Meeting Reid Hall – Classroom 4 4:00 p.m.

Hall of Fame & Women of Distinction Cocktail Party The Cressey Center for the Arts-Lillard Family Lobby 6:00 – 7:00 p.m.

Hall of Fame & Women of Distinction Induction Ceremony/ Alumni Celebration Address The Cressey Center for the Arts— Cressey Auditorium 7:00 – 7:45 p.m.

Homecoming & Reunion Class Dinners Reid Hall 7:45 p.m.

Half-Century Club Celebration Dinner—50th Reunion Class Reid Hall 7:45 p.m.

Dancing and Dessert Reid Hall 9:00 p.m.

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Spring…Spring Lunch, Spring Speakers, Spring Break p. 6, 8, 9

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Chair Announced

n Reminiscing

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On March 31, thanks to an anonymous, most generous donor, our first All-School Feast took place in Reid Hall. It took 80 lbs. of avocados, 260 lbs. of chicken, 60 lbs. of onions and peppers, 126 lbs. of refried beans, 50 lbs. of tomatillos, and 48 lbs. of rice to create a wonderful luncheon for more than 525 people.

Students and faculty sat in their advisory groups throughout the Great Hall, Garden Room, Library Reading Room, Little Theater and the Marble Room. The only things missing in the Harry Potter atmosphere were floating candles and owls delivering mail.

Photo: Cathy Morrison

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