operating and capital budgets, personnel and payroll functions, student billing, financial aid, and insurance maintenance for the college and its staff.
1979
Mary Collins is one of the creators of a history project concerning Connecticut in the American Revolution. For information, see the website www. CTAmericanRevolution.com. Her organization sponsored a Revolutionary Connecticut Breakfast at the Connecticut Historical Society last October, offering the opportunity to meet professionals from the 162 historic sites featured in the project’s nine Connecticut American Revolution-themed tours.
1989
Suzanna Henshon received the Wesleyan University Service Award on May 25, 2013, during Reunion Weekend. A daughter, Caroline Lilly Jaworowicz, was born June 6, 2013, to Sara Rosenberg Jaworowicz and her husband, Warren. Paula Daqui Pitcher writes: “I am enjoying life on the West Coast, and frequently see alumni in San Francisco. My sister Heather Daqui Thanos ’94 recently moved to the nearby suburbs, and I currently serve on the board of trustees for my children’s preschool with Libby Macartney Mitchell ’91. Please email me at paula_daqui@ yahoo.com if you would like to connect.”
1990
The Boston Blades hosted Gretchen Ulion Silverman, longtime Loomis coach Chuck “Bruno” Vernon, and several others for a ceremonial puck drop on opening night, November 2, 2013. “The Boston Blades is proud to honor these ‘legends’ to acknowledge everything they have done for decades to further the growth and development of women’s hockey as role models of the overall mission of the
CWHL (Canadian Women’s Hockey League),” Aronda Kirby, general manager of the Boston Blades, said.
1992
Last summer, Adam Larrabee served on the faculty of the Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) Izmir International Jazz Camp, an intensive music program for instrumentalists and vocalists held in the Soyer Culture and Art Center, Izmir, Turkey. Fretted string player Adam has performed with many jazz greats, including Dave Holland, Jimmy Heath, Larry Goldings, Barry Harris, and Hilton Ruiz as well as mandolin virtuoso Evan Marshall and banjo icon Béla Fleck. He has recorded pop music with Bruce Hornsby, and in the eclectic, award-winning quartet Andromeda, he plays Eastern European and tangoinfluenced chamber-jazz on guitar, banjo, and mandolin. In 2003 the group was chosen to play for the American Repertory Theater’s adaptation of the traditional Chinese opera Snow in June, featuring the music of Paul Dresser. In the Enigmata classical mandolin septet, he plays the mandocello and arranges works of Bach and Shostakovich as well as traditional Brazilian choro pieces. Adam has been commissioned to write works for the New England Conservatory’s Contemporary Music Festival, the Milton Academy Chamber Orchestra, and the Virginia Commonwealth Classical Guitar Ensemble. His music has been performed at Juilliard, Arizona State University, Oberlin College, Roger Williams College, and the Notre Dame Jazz Festival. Adam tours nationally as the banjoist in the neo-bluegrass group Joy Kills Sorrow, which won first place in the Podunk Bluegrass Festival band competition in 2007. Currently, Adam teaches jazz and classical guitar at VCU. During the summer, he teaches at the American Guitar and Mandolin Summer School and Eastern Washington University’s Jazz Dialogue Camp.
JOHN METCALF TAYLOR SOCIETY
Alumnus Leaves Estate to Benefit Faculty Salaries
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HEN Jim Pilkington ’60 passed away on June 7, 2013, after a battle with cancer, his longtime friend and executor of his estate Tom Witmer called to inform Director of Development Tim Struthers ’85 that Jim had left the entirety of his estate to Loomis Chaffee. A year earlier, Jim had shared with Tim’s former colleague Marc Cicciarella his strong desire to benefit faculty salaries with his planned gift. Thanks to Jim’s thoughtful and generous bequest, Loomis has established the James F. Pilkington ’60 Fund for Faculty Salaries, an endowed fund that will support teacher salaries at Loomis in perpetuity. Jim personified the school’s mission statement, dedicating himself to the “best self and the common good.” Upon graduating with distinction from Loomis, he went on to earn his bachelor’s degree at the University of Pennsylvania, followed by a master’s degree at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Immediately thereafter he completed his doctorate in French literature at the University of Virginia. After devoting much of his work life to the field of banking, he finished up his career at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation as the community affairs officer for the southeastern United States, encouraging banks to meet the credit needs of under-served communities in the region. Known for his enthusiasm and optimism, Jim was a friend and trusted advisor to many. Loomis Chaffee is grateful for Jim’s belief in the importance of compensating our dedicated faculty as generously as possible. Thanks to gifts such as Jim’s, the school is able to attract and retain the very best faculty. To learn more about how you, too, can benefit the faculty and students of the school by becoming a member of the John Metcalf Taylor Society, please contact Tim Struthers ’85, Director of Development, at 860.687.6221 or tim_struthers@loomis.org. loomischaffee.org | 49