Spring Athletic Accolades

Spring Athletic Accolades, Boston Globe Scholarship Honors for Mark Henshon

Mark Henshon, Class of 2022, was honored in June at a ceremony at Fenway Park, celebrating his selection as a Boston Globe Foundation / Richard J. Phelps ScholarAthlete. In its 36th year, this selective scholarship program honors some of Massachusetts’ finest high school scholarathletes and student leaders.

Supported by the Globe Foundation and Mr. Richard Phelps, 18 high school seniors earned scholarships valued at $3,000, awarded based on excellence in academics, athletics, and extracurricular activities. As described by the scholarship materials, the ideal candidate plays three sports and, ideally, captains those sports. He or she has earned league honors; is well respected as a leader by both teammates and coaches; maintains strong academic standing; and is highly involved in extracurricular activities both in and out of school, committed to serving their school and outside community.

In addition to receiving the Globe/Phelps scholarship, Mark earned league honors this spring—being named ISL All-League in baseball and earning the ISL’s Silver Slugger Award, which goes each year to the league’s top

hitter. Mark also earned several Roxbury Latin school prizes, recognizing his athletic commitment and skill, his dedication to academic excellence, and his character as a classmate, teammate, student, and friend.

During the school’s Prize Day ceremony on June 3, Mark was honored as a 15-season athlete (starting at RL in the eighth grade) and he received the school’s Best Athlete award, given to a member of the graduating class. During RL’s graduation ceremony on June 4, Mark was awarded the prestigious Class of 1913 Award—one of three awards conferred during Closing Exercises—given annually to a member of the class who has made significant contributions to the life of the school.

Headmaster Kerry Brennan said of Mark, during the awarding of those honors:

“A superb scholar, Mark marries sheer determination with considerable talent, earning high honors grades across his time in the school and one of the coveted spots in the Cum Laude Society. A dominant force in three seasons, he not only performs brilliantly, but, thanks to his example and his leadership, he was elected a captain of each of those sports. His precocious excellence earned him distinction as a 15-season varsity performer (earning a berth on the varsity cross country team, varsity basketball team, and the varsity baseball team—all as an eighth grader). Mark was the winner of the ISL individual championship in cross country; winner of the New England individual championship; led the team to an undefeated season; and in two different seasons earned both ISL and New England team championships. Mark held a 19-point per game average in basketball, with nine rebounds and six assists per game, and a 48% field goal percentage. In baseball he had a .479 batting average (tied for the league lead); achieved the remarkable feat of 11 RBI’s even from the leadoff position; and executed impeccable defensive play, including instigating the first triple play in modern RL history. He was elected to all-ISL and New England teams in all three sports, embodying the old-fashioned athlete who offers his best efforts in season and only occasionally beyond. He loves to play, and his commitment and joy in competing prove infectious. Mark is an exceptional person—caring, kind, intense, disciplined, honest, friendly, responsible, and catalytic. He earns the respect and affection of all who know him. To me, this young man’s most sterling credentials are personal and about attitude and resolve. His teammates know that they can count on him—for grit, for consistency, for leadership. He never asks more of others than he does of himself. And he does all that he does with understated class and generosity.”

Many of Mark’s classmates and teammates—as well as several talented underclassmen—earned Independent School League (and, for Kofi Fordjour in Track and Field, All-New England) honors this spring across all sports:

Baseball

James Birch (I) – ISL All-League Mark Henshon (I) – ISL All-League; ISL Silver Slugger award (league’s top hitter) Antonio Morales (II) – ISL All-League James Henshon (III), Patrick Schultz (II), and Thomas Pender (IV) – Honorable Mention All-League

Lacrosse

Hayden Cody (III) – ISL All-League

David Sullivan (II), Chris Weitzel (I), Nolan Walsh (I),

Will Anderson (II), and Johnny Price (IV) – Honorable Mention All-League

Tennis

John Fazli (I) – ISL All-League Cole Oberg (IV) – ISL All-League

Track and Field

Kofi Fordjour (II)– All-New England Zak Bashir (I), Carter Crowley (II), Kofi Fordjour (II), and Jedidiah Nelson (I) – Honorable Mention All-League //

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Soccer

Kieran McCabe

Lacrosse

Chris Weitzel

Hockey

Connor Berg

Tennis

John Fazli

Football

Luke DeVito

Basketball

Mark Henshon

Track & Field Jedidiah Nelson

Cross Country George Madison

Wrestling

George Humphrey

Baseball

James Birch

"May Madness" winner Liam Walsh and runners-up Oliver Colbert and Simon Albrechtskirchinger

Lessons in Civic Responsibility, From A Range of Engaged Citizens

Each spring, Class V students convene several times a week for a crash course in civic engagement and responsibility. Led by Mr. Thomsen and Mr. Heaton of the history department, and by Headmaster Brennan, the mini-course includes a series of lessons and guest speakers focused on various elements of what it means to be informed, responsible, participating citizens of the United States. This course, conceived of by Mr. Brennan, has been a hallmark of the Class V program since 2011. It provides students early in their RL tenure with lessons on the inner workings of the United States government, their own civil rights and responsibilities, and the many forms that service to country and commonwealth can take.

For several weeks, students delve into topics such as the American election process, our branches of government, the roles of elected and appointed officials, immigration, and naturalization. After introductions into what the course would entail, students had a taste of the experience that individuals seeking United States citizenship face, as they attempted to answer questions posed in the American citizenship test. In this “May Madness” competition, as it’s called, fifthie Liam Walsh emerged victorious, while his classmates Oliver Colbert and Simon Albrechtskirchinger finished as close runners-up.

In the following meeting, during a class on the judicial system and the important role of jurors, Mrs. Dromgoole, Mr. Lieb, and Mrs. Berg spoke about their experiences serving as jurors on both civil and criminal trials. Continuing the focus on a healthy judicial system, The Honorable Thomas Finigan, First Justice of Massachusetts’ Wrentham District Court, spoke with students about his role and responsibilities as a judge; the path that led him there; and some of the myths that people believe about the roles of judge, jury, lawyer, and the judicial process that are often depicted on television or in film. Judge Finigan is the father to three Roxbury Latin alumni—Cavan ’12, Duncan ’14, and Will ’16.

In a class session dedicated to military service, Chase Gilmore,

Class of 2012, spoke to students about his service in the Army as an Armor Officer assigned to the 4th Infantry Division at Fort Carson, Colorado. Chase served as a Tank Platoon Leader at Fort Carson and in Europe and later deployed to the Middle East as an Aide-De-Camp. He offered an overview of the structure of the U.S. Military; the extensive training that is required to join; the reality of active duty; and the many paths that veterans take after service.

Since a central element of democracy is being informed, the boys learned about the important role of the media, and how they can be discerning news consumers avoiding “fake news,” from Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Gareth Cook, whose work has appeared in The New York Times Magazine among other reputable news journals. Gareth is father to two RL boys, Aidan ’20 and Oliver ’25.

Two other accomplished individuals who have dedicated years of their career to government service and diplomacy were Peter Martin, Class of 1985 and father to Nicholas ’23 and Xavier ’25, and John Tobin, father of Danny ’26. Peter served as an ambassador and member of the U.S. Foreign Service for more than 20 years. His diplomatic career featured work as a team leader and policy advisor at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., and in various foreign posts. Peter now serves as Special Assistant to the President of Boston College. John committed to civil service at the local level, as he was elected District 6 representative to the Boston City Council in 2001, and was re-elected four times. He now works at Northeastern University as Vice President of City & Community Affairs. Both men spoke to the students about their work as ambassadors, officials, and diplomatic leaders of their country and city.

Finally, boys heard from three members of the RL community who were born outside of the United States and became U.S. citizens by way of three very different paths. Ousmane Diop, chair of the modern language department, has been a member of the RL faculty since 1994. Born in Senegal, West Africa, Mr. Diop came to the U.S. originally as a student at Phillips Andover. Emose Piou—mother of RL alumni Hansenard ’14 and Noah ’16—grew up in Haiti with 12 brothers and sisters, and came to America as a young adult to pursue higher education, enrolling at New York Technical College to study engineering. Finally, senior José Flores was born in Guatemala City, where he was adopted at age three by his mother and father, who were born in the U.S. Virgin Islands and in El Salvador, respectively. José gained full U.S. citizenship in 2011 but had to wait several years before he received his official documents and citizenship ceremony. These three individuals shared not only their personal stories, but also similar challenges, such as overcoming language barriers, facing discrimination, and maintaining their own cultures while also trying to acclimate to America.

It is fitting that the Class V Civics course relies on so many teachers. To rely on the collective efforts of many individuals is in itself a lesson on the American government and civic responsibility. //

Since a central element of democracy is being informed, the boys learned about the important role of the media, and how they can be discerning news consumers avoiding “fake news,” from Pulitzer Prizewinning journalist Gareth Cook.

Western Civ Projects

May looms large on the Class IV calendar: It is when students turn in and present their Western Civ projects, long a component of the freshman curriculum in which students research, produce, and orally defend a model or reproduction of an artifact, building, or historical scene that is linked to their study of Western Civilization.

Parameters dictate that the student must make his project with his own hands (no kits). Making use of technologies offered in the IDEA Lab is allowed, but plugging in a prefabricated design for something in a 3-D printer and presenting this as one’s project is not allowed. All work is done in school. In addition to being graded on the oral defense, each student is graded on his accuracy in representing the original, his workmanship, and the project’s degree of difficulty. Projects were on display in the Admission Suite during the final weeks of the school year. //

class notes

1954

Charles Halsted writes: “When my father took a job at UCLA, my family moved to Los Angeles in 1950, hence depriving me of the last four years of an RLS education. After public high school, I attended Stanford, where I majored in European history. Upon my graduation, I obtained my post-graduate education at the University of Rochester, MD 1958, then fulfilled my military obligation at the U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit in Cairo, Egypt. Then on to my specialty training at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. I moved to Davis, California, where I spent the next 42 years as a physician at the UC Davis School of Medicine. Upon retirement in 2015, I initiated my new career as a poet. My most memorable RLS moment was playing midget football and being mowed over by the quarterback kid from Nobles!”

1961

Richard Lewis, MD, MS, was recently awarded the Lawrence Family Achievement Award in Genetics at the Department of Molecular and Human Genetics at Baylor College of Medicine, where he has continued his clinical and research work in disorders of the human visual system.

1962

Gerald Clarke reports: “After 56 years of commitments and obligations to military, academic institutions (MIT and BU), municipal and state government, as expert witness for many financial service industry clients, and consultant in public health, I finally have retired (almost) with the expiration of various appointments.”

1967

Jon Dandridge retired from Interactive Data Corporation in December 2019, where he had served as a Senior Software Developer since 2003. He is now living full-time in his former summer home in Lubec, Maine. His son, Chris, married in May 2019 and is expecting a child in December. Jon has been busy fixing up his house and is active in the local Catholic church and volunteers for the food pantry. He also volunteers at Seashore Trolley Museum in Kennebunkport, where he is on the operating crew for a fleet of antique streetcars. The museum has a number of pieces of equipment originally from the MBTA, and sometimes Jon wonders “if that history map that I still owe Mr. Rehder could be in one of those vehicles, maybe slipped down behind the seats?”

Martin Koughan is happily retired after making a career in television as a writer, producer, and director.

William J. O’Reilly published a second novelic trilogy and completed the autobiography Vexations, anticipated for release this summer.

Stephen Rand “failed retirement” and is still the virtual supervisor of four grad students at University of Michigan on three active grants. Stephen and Paula moved back to Canada during the COVID pandemic.

1972

Walter Berry retired from the Environmental Protection Agency in December, after working there in one capacity or another since 1979. Nonetheless, he remains busy as ever, but “at least I get to take a nap if I have to get up early.”

1977

David Mix Barrington reports that his first grandchild, Graham Heron Porter, was born in March. David’s daughter teaches at Tabor Academy.

Jonathan Slater, known as the “MBA Agent,” has been named one of Greater Boston’s top real estate producers for 2022 by Boston Magazine in its June issue. Jonathan is also the recipient of Keller Williams’s Platinum Sales Award for 2020 and 2021 and currently ranks in the top one percent of all Zillow Premier Agents as rated by clients and other metrics, earning him distinguished “Best of Zillow” honors.

Ambassador Mark Storella (ret.) finished a teaching gig at Boston University’s study abroad program in Geneva (Global Governance, Economic Development, and Human Rights) and has spent part of the summer in France. He recently delivered a TEDx talk on U.S. diplomacy and human rights, the video of which is available online. In it, Mark seeks to use a different medium to reach a wider audience about what American diplomats do, as he recounts a risky approach the U.S. took in Cambodia to keep the democratic opposition leader from jail and possibly worse. As the fall approaches, Mark looks forward to returning to BU to teach.

1982

1 Charles Pinck’s award-winning short documentary Operation Overlord: OSS and the Battle for France was shown on May 6 at NATO Special Operations Forces Headquarters in Mons, Belgium. There the OSS Society also presented a replica of the OSS Congressional Gold Medal to its commander, Lt. Gen. Antonio Fletcher. The film was also shown at the Utah Beach Museum in Sainte-Marie-du-Mont, France, on June 4 to commemorate the 78th anniversary of D-Day, and at Washington’s Metropolitan Club on June 14 as part of a dinner commemorating the 80th anniversary of the Office of Strategic Services’ founding.

1990

Frantz Alphonse is co-founder and Senior Managing Director of Project Black at Ariel Alternatives, LLC. He is a 2022 Executive Fellow at Harvard Business School and is working with Senior Lecturers Henry McGee, Jeffrey Bussgang, and Archie Jones on the MBA EC course Scaling Minority Businesses. He is collaborating with the MBA program on creating new models for supply chain diversity and equal economic development.

2002

2 On May 31, Jamie Kirchick appeared on Good Morning America to discuss his new book Secret City: The Hidden History of Gay Washington, which was also reviewed in The New York Times on May 23.

2003

Chris Bird and his wife, Meagan Doyle, welcomed their first son, Henry, on April 17, 2022.

2004

3 Billy Quirk and his wife, Mary, are excited to announce the arrival of Winifred (Winnie) Frances Quirk, born on June 29. Billy says, “We are cherishing these special early days as a family of five and feel overwhelming gratitude for the good health and happiness we’ve been fortunate to enjoy.”

2005

4 Brendan Powers and his wife, Sarah, welcomed their second daughter, Savannah Kiyoko Powers, on May 5. Savannah joins big sister Eliza, who turned two in March.

5 Dan Rea III and his wife, Lindsay, welcomed their patriotic son, Benjamin Lawrence Rea, on July 4. Dan says they look forward to introducing him to the RL community and “giving” him fireworks for his birthday every year!

2013

JB Gough and his business partner own and operate The Pinebrook Group, a private equity investment firm, which recently acquired The Thoreau Club. Pinebrook is partnering with longtime club General Manager and COO Keith Callahan. Prior to co-founding The Pinebrook Group, JB worked at Juniper Square, a real estate SaaS company providing investment management software, as well as at Jefferies.

2016

6 Chris Rota celebrated his delayed 2020 graduation ceremonies at Harvard College this spring. The day was particularly memorable, as his father, John Rota, graduated this year from Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government with an MPA.

2017

Joe Lomuscio is now a Pac12 champion. He and his teammates on Stanford’s varsity baseball team won the league championship game on May 29, entering the NCAA tournament this spring as a #2 seed.

2018

Will Connaughton graduated from Harvard in May and was awarded the John H. Williams Prize, given to the best economics student in the graduating class.

2019

7 Will Greer and Joey Ryan ’20 faced off for a Cape Cod Baseball League game on June 24—Will playing for the Brewster Whitecaps and Joey playing for the Falmouth Commodores. Will plays varsity baseball at Bucknell, and Joey is on the varsity team at Boston College.

2021

Nolan McKenna finished his freshman season on the Trinity College Track & Field team, during which he lowered his personal best in the 400m to a stellar 48.92 at the Division III New England Championships. This time ranked him first among all 400m runners in the Division III Mideast Region! (Nolan is #3 all-time at RL in the 400m, running a 51.62.)

Bobby O’Grady was named Big East “Rookie of the Year” and earned All-Big East honors in his first year playing on Marquette’s varsity lacrosse team.

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2022

8 Nolan Walsh and John Paul Buckley graduated from New Student Indoctrination on June 27, in preparation for ROTC at University of Southern California and Vanderbilt, respectively.

9 They’ve still got it! Alumni of RL’s tennis team, from across several decades, returned to campus during Spring Family Day/Reunion Weekend to take to the courts. Pictured are Derek Ho ’92, Andrew

Lee ’92, Dan Botwinik ’98, Dylan

Zhou ’18, Peter Martin ’85, head tennis coach Ousmane Diop, Eric

Diop ’24, Daniel Stepanyan ’25, Ricky Ghoshroy ’06, and Alex Jacobs ’08.

Boston Investors Group

10 A meeting of the Boston Alumni Investors Networking Group took place on May 25 at Hogan Lovells, generously hosted by Greg Noonan ’94. The evening included a presentation on the investment of RL’s endowment and the school's finances by trustees Mike Giarla ’76 and Chris Mitchell ’89, Roxbury Latin’s CFO Mike Stanton, and Christoph O'Donnell of Cambridge Associates. //

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Former faculty member Kai Bynum selected to lead Seattle’s Lakeside School as the 11th head of school

Dr. Kai Bynum—who served as Roxbury Latin’s Director of Studies and Strategic Initiatives from 2012 to 2016—became the 11th head of Lakeside School in Seattle this summer. Kai has just completed his headship at Connecticut’s Hopkins School, the third oldest independent school in the nation, where he has served since 2016. In his years as an educator—including his time as a teacher, leader, coach, and advisor at Roxbury Latin—Kai’s focus on students’ experiences has encompassed every aspect of their education; he understands that students need to know they are seen and cared for as part of their educational experience. In his roles at Hopkins, at RL, and at Belmont Hill, where he was the director of community and diversity, Kai proved himself to be an energetic leader—one who has studied and published on teenagers’ spirituality and emotional intelligence. At the independent schools where he has served, Kai has led initiatives focused on academic excellence, innovation and global education, access and affordability, diversity and inclusion, faculty hiring, student wellness, and community engagement.

Kai holds a doctorate in educational and organizational leadership from The University of Pennsylvania, where he since served as an adjunct professor, beginning in 2015. At Columbia University, where he earned a master’s in education, he focused on independent school leadership and financial sustainability. Kai’s training as a teacher is grounded in his studies at Harvard, where he earned a master of liberal arts, and the University of Washington, Seattle, where he earned his bachelor’s degree. //

Annual Fund Sets New Record

As the 2021–2022 Annual Fund closed on May 31, Annual Fund donations totaled $4,812,364, setting another record.

Annual Fund Chairman Bryan Anderson, Alumni Leadership Giving Committee Co-Chairs Jay Mitchell and Andy McElaney, along with Parent Fund Co-Chairs Janet and James Nahirny and Vice Co-Chairs Krista and Ian Lane did an outstanding job leading a team of dedicated volunteers. As a result, parent participation was 100 percent this year. Parents raised a record $1,842,721. Our alumni volunteers also worked diligently to ensure that the 2021–2022 Annual Fund was a banner year for them—alumni raised a record $1,946,739, with 55 percent participation.

None of this would be possible without the energetic, persistent leadership of Tobey O’Brien, Director of Development and leader of the Annual Fund. The continued level of commitment to Roxbury Latin demonstrated through the Annual Fund is both a ringing affirmation of the difference the school makes in boys’ lives and a testimonial to the tireless devotion of the men and women who served as volunteers.

We extend our deepest gratitude to all those who invested in Roxbury Latin, allowing us to preserve the school’s unique financial model. On behalf of the boys—your beneficiaries—we thank you for your continued support. There is no better way to honor the boys and their teachers, today and always. Roxbury Latin is the school that it is because of you. //

a record number of donors

In Memoriam

The Class of 1951 (Dr. Nicholas Chester “Chet” Reynolds, Jr. highlighted)

Dr. Nicholas Chester “Chet” Reynolds,

Jr. ’51 died at the age of 88 on May 14, 2022, at his home in New London, New Hampshire. Chet was born on February 18, 1934 in Boston, the son of Florence Ash and Nicholas Chester Reynolds, Sr. He attended the McKinley School in Revere prior to gaining admission to Roxbury Latin. Later in life, Chet reflected that his fondest memory of RL was “the opportunity for new horizons” that he enjoyed as a schoolboy, which made the nearly four hours he spent commuting by public transit each day worthwhile.

Chet was an accomplished student and active participant in extracurricular life at RL. He played tennis and baseball, sang for the Glee Club, participated in Chess Club, and, as a senior, he managed wrestling, served as cheer leader, and worked on Tripod. Headmaster Weed wrote in his college letter: “Reynolds is conscientious, modest, and most likeable. He has fine character and is naturally a gentleman. His ideals are high, and he is socially concerned for others. He represents all that is cleancut and fair indeed … I can't [help] but feel that he will become a fine man and [that he] has the personality for a medical career—a career upon which he has been determined for some years.”

Chet attended Harvard College, where he competed on the crew team and earned his AB in biochemistry in 1955. He then earned his MD from Boston University in 1959. Chet’s medical cohort was the first to be trained in both general and vascular surgery. In 1958, Chet married Carolyn “Candie” Nichols, daughter of the Reverend Fessenden A. Nichols (RL 1921), whom he had met through a conference run by Trinity Church. Over the next four years Candie and Chet had one son and two daughters as the family moved between Boston and Providence for Chet’s surgical residencies at Massachusetts Memorial Hospital (now Boston Medical Center) and the Providence VA Hospital. There, Chet enjoyed ample opportunities to practice surgery and became a respected surgeon. In 1966, Chet was drafted to serve in a M.A.S.H. unit in Vietnam. His foreign service was followed by a one-year assignment at the U.S. Army Hospital Fort Meade in Maryland. In 1968, the Reynolds family returned to Massachusetts, where Chet started a surgical practice in Andover. He practiced vascular and general surgery and covered Emergency Room shifts at Lawrence General Hospital and Bon Secours Hospital in Methuen. Chet and two colleagues formed a new practice: Andover Surgical Associates. In 1986, Chet and Candie retired to New London; before long Chet was invited to join a surgical group at Dartmouth Hitchcock Concord. He accepted the invitation and enjoyed practicing surgery and teaching medical residents at Concord Hospital until he retired again in 2000.

Chet was a Fellow of the Society of Laparoscopic Surgeons; he lectured on the topic in Brazil. He was also a member of the American College of Surgeons and the International Society of Endovascular Surgeons. He was an active member of the New London Rotary Club. Chet and Candie founded the Kearsarge Ecumenical Refugee Sponsor Group, which sponsored families from Bosnia and Algeria, and they enjoyed housing Colby Sawyer College

international students from Cote D’Ivoire, Afghanistan, and Nepal in their home near campus. In addition to travel, Chet enjoyed landscaping and forestry, skiing, golfing, and tennis. He delighted in classical music, dabbled in piano, and took up the cello in retirement.

Chet is survived by his beloved wife of 64 years, his son, daughters, and their families, and his extended family. The family held a Celebration of Life Service on July 23 in New London, New Hampshire.

Andrew “Andy” J. Deraney ’56 of HoHo-Kus, New Jersey, died at the age of 80 on September 13, 2019. Andy was born on November 30, 1938, the son of Rose Nicholas and James Deraney. He was a West Roxbury native and attended the Beethoven School prior to gaining admission to Roxbury Latin.

In his college letter, Headmaster Weed called Andrew a “modest, quiet, hardworking boy.” Andy played football, basketball, and baseball and ran track. He performed on stage, both in dramatics and for the Glee Club. He also wrote for Tripod. He was a strong math and science student.

Andy attended MIT, where he earned his SB in Mechanical Engineering in 1960 and served in the ROTC. He then served in the United States Air Force as a First Lieutenant from 1961 to 1963 and subsequently as a Captain. In 1965, Andy earned his MBA from Harvard Business School. He married Adrienne Shaker of Brooklyn, New York, in 1967. Their family eventually moved to Ho-Ho-Kus, New Jersey, where they lived for nearly 50 years. Andy worked as a financial administrator at IBM for the majority of his career, and then worked in the same capacity at Pearson Education until his retirement. He remained a proud Red Sox fan throughout his life. Andy is survived by his beloved wife of 51 years, his three children, and their families.

Roger A. Hussey ’57 died at the age of 82 on June 13, 2022, at his home in Waterbury, Vermont. He was born on June 16, 1939, the son of Margaret Rule and G. Raymond Hussey. Roger attended the Longfellow School prior to gaining admission to Roxbury Latin.

In his college letter, Headmaster Weed noted that Roger did “very well” as a student and he noted that “he is anxious to go below the surface in intellectual matters and is intellectually curious.” Roger attended Harvard and subsequently worked as a Consulting Systems Analyst. He later worked in computers and also did extensive traveling as a merchant marine. He was active in public service in Vermont, and in his retirement he became an active member of the senior center in both Waitsfield and Waterbury.

Roger loved music and played banjo often. He had a quick wit and kept in touch with his classmates by sketching cartoons of himself fishing in Vermont and working on computer code. He is survived by a son and many friends.

Dr. Gerald “Gerry” E. Warshaver ’62 of New York died at the age of 78 on April 30, 2022. He was born on April 12, 1944, the son of Charlotte Kline and Milton Warshaver. He grew up in Waban and attended the Beethoven School prior to gaining admission to Roxbury Latin. As an RL student, Gerry participated broadly in the life of the school. He played soccer and tennis, sang in the Glee Club, led the debate team as president, and wrote and edited for Tripod. He was an exceptional student of history and maintained a keen interest in current affairs. Headmaster Weed wrote in his college letter, “[Gerry’s] interests are primarily academic writing, reading, debating, classical antiquity, politics, etc. … He is a conscientious worker, with a good head and positive interests … a good, reliable citizen, willing and cooperative.” Gerry’s peers wrote in Yearbook, “The class’s most avid and varied reader, [Gerry] has never ceased to amaze us with his never-ending fund of obscure knowledge, especially in the fields of world affairs and current events… he can discuss knowledgeably the problems facing the school and America today as well as teenage dating and the twist… far from alienating the class, his outspoken views have endeared him to it as is evinced by his popularity in the offices he has held.”

Gerry attended Columbia University, where he earned an AB in government in 1966. He conducted graduate work at Hebrew Union College in the years that followed. He earned his MA at Indiana University in 1974 and his PhD in 1979 from Indiana University. He subsequently worked in various capacities at Rutgers University. He served as Associate Dean of the Faculty and Sciences and taught English, history, urban anthropology, and urban folklore. In 1967, Gerry married Lillian Feigenblatt, with whom he had one daughter. He is survived by his wife, his daughter, and his grandchildren. //

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