Fall 2010 PALLIUM

PALLIUM THE MAGAZINE OF

CANTERBURY SCHOOL FALL 2010 VOL. 27, NO. 1

Stephen N. Hume ’43 Remembered 1925 - 2010

PALLIUM Vol. 27, No. 1

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FALL 2010

Letter from the Headmaster In praise of Steve Hume ’43.

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Stephen N. Hume ’43, an Ideal Cantuarian

By Bryan Kiefer From Canterbury’s infancy through its maturation, Steve Hume was there for it all – and, in many cases, helped shape his father’s school.

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The Measure of a Life Family and friends gathered September 18 in the School’s Chapel of Our Lady to celebrate the life of a man who cared deeply about Canterbury.

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Ski Trip with a Brand New Heart Less than seven weeks after a transplant, Peter Sinnott ’59 hits the slopes.

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Where in the World?

Graduation Day May 31

Carrying on a Family Tradition

Campus Life Return to Lebanon Joe Najm ’12 visits his dad’s homeland.

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Helping Hands, Glad Hearts Canterbury makes its 17th annual pilgrimage to Lourdes, France.

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Mother Nature as Teacher Guests of John ’59 and Dana Donovan, 12 students spend a week in the Montana wilderness.

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Canterbury School, founded in 1915 by Roman Catholic laymen, is a coeducational, boarding and day school of approximately 350 students, grades 9-12. The Roman Catholic commitment of the School remains central.

Canterbury School is a non-profit institution that seeks and admits students of any race, color, national and ethnic origin, and does not discriminate in the administration of its programs and policies.

The Canterbury Observer is a regular feature of the Pallium. It is a forum for any and all alumni, faculty, and friends of Canterbury to share their thoughts and interests. Views do not necessarily express the philosophy of Canterbury School.

Homecoming A celebration of family, friends, and faculty brings graduates back to campus for an afternoon of fall fun.

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Reunion Weekend 2011 June 10-12

His Global Vision

News and photos.

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Grandparents’ Day May 4

Two Graduates Join Board of Trustees

Edmund Cheng ’70 guides Wing Tai Holdings through the challenges of Asian markets.

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Fay Vincent Lecture Series Tom Murray ’70 presents his documentary “Dad’s in Heaven with Nixon” February 10

Parents’ Weekend May 6-7

By Noah Blake Castellini sisters, Beth ’85 and Trish ’91, reinvest in scholarship fund.

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Annual Charles R. Huntington Alumni Hockey Game January 22

Ted Morgan ’85, founder of Skyhook, takes aim at improving location technology.

Meet José B. Carrion ’88 and Thomas P. Morris ’85.

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Mark Your Calendar

Class Notes News, photos, and more …

Editor, Photographer, Designer: Marc Vanasse ’73 On the cover: The Chapel of Our Lady on an October afternoon.

Cover photo: Marc Vanasse ’73

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PALLIUM: A circular band about two inches wide, a pallium is made of white wool and worn over the chasuble around the neck, breast, and shoulders. With its two pendants draping down in the back and front, respectively, a pallium is also marked by six black crosses of silk. The wearing of the pallium dates to the fourth century. It was first given to St. Augustine by Pope Gregory the Great, and each successive archbishop has worn one. A representation of the pallium appears in the center of the School seal, as well as in the School’s logotype.

MARC VANASSE ’73

Letter from the Headmaster To the Canterbury Family:

Tom Sheehy

I am proud that Canterbury continues to produce graduates like Steve Hume each year – “moral leaders in a complex, secular world.”

Canterbury’s special and enduring quality is its Catholic heritage – it sets us apart from other New England independent schools and is the foundation of our program of student character development. No one personified Canterbury’s Catholic tradition more than Steve Hume ’43, who died in August 2010, and who we remember on pages 2-9 of this issue.

I met Steve shortly after arriving on campus in 1990 as Canterbury’s fifth headmaster. Steve’s father, Nelson Hume, was Canterbury’s founding headmaster, serving from 1915-1948. Born in 1925 when Canterbury was a very small school for Catholic boys, Steve was raised on campus and, in his heart, never left. As trustee, benefactor, and wise advisor, he was a wonderful friend and counselor to me and played a key role in developing the Canterbury we are proud of today.

Steve served as an officer in the U.S. Navy, graduated from Yale College and Columbia Law School, practiced law for more than 40 years, played a leading role in New Milford civic life, and served Canterbury as a trustee for many years. He established the Hume Music Fund in Canterbury’s endowment to provide perpetual support for Canterbury’s music program, funded the construction of the Stephen ’43 and Lacey Hume Music Center in the Old Gym, donated the Chapel of Our Lady’s new organ, renovated one of the two stained glass windows in the Chapel’s sanctuary, and never missed his gift to the Annual Fund.

I am proud that Canterbury continues to produce graduates like Steve Hume each year – “moral leaders in a complex, secular world” in the words of our Mission Statement. Through our Five Values (Honesty, Respect, Compassion, Spirituality, and Self-Reliance), our challenging program, and our rigorous and humane approach to students, Canterbury’s educational community continues to prepare young men and women for success in college and in life.

Sincerely,

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Stephen N. Hume ’43, an Ideal Cantuarian From Canterbury’s infancy through its maturation, Steve Hume was there for it all – and, in many cases, helped shape his father’s school.

By Bryan Kiefer

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n his 20th birthday in late 1945, Ensign Steve Hume was serving as deck officer on the USS Mattabesset. World War II had ended four months before, and the Mattabesset had the dangerous job of ferrying highoctane gasoline between Japan and Korea.

Not yet voting age, Steve stood the night watch, responsible for the lives of more than 100 men.

This was a long way from Canterbury School, where Steve was born and raised, the second of the four children of Canterbury’s founding headmaster, Nelson Hume (with Michael ’41, David ’45, and Rozanne). Founded in 1915, Canterbury was still in its infancy when Steve was born in December 1925.

Canterbury was a much smaller school then, consisting of only four buildings and 41 students. Just ten days before Steve’s birth, the Bungalow had burned to the ground, to be replaced with South House (now Carter House), built on the same foundation. The Old Gym had just been completed in 1924. Steve and his family lived first in the Main House (which burned to the ground in 1936 and was replaced by Middle House, now Sheehan House), then moved to more spacious quarters in North House (now Duffy House) after its construction in 1927.

A man of firm views on education, Nelson Hume eschewed New Milford’s public schools, preferring to educate his children on campus. Steve was home schooled by his parents and by Mrs. Maloney, wife of longtime faculty member Joe Maloney. He entered Canterbury as a First Former (seventh grade) in the fall of 1937.

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“He was a true renaissance man: literate and well-read, a lover of music and art, a world traveler and sportsman, and a community leader and philanthropist.”

–Headmaster Tom Sheehy

Canterbury legacy with his wisdom, hard work, and generosity and had a momentous impact on the history of the School. In Steve’s lifetime, Canterbury grew from 41 to 360 students, added land and buildings, transitioned to coeducation, and dramatically expanded the academic program, all the while sustaining the School’s Catholic heritage and historic mission.

Current students benefit every day from Steve’s generosity. In 1997, Steve and Lacey established the Stephen N. ’43 and Lacey Hume Music Fund in Canterbury’s permanent endowment to provide perpetual support to Canterbury’s music program. In 2000, the Humes

MARC VANASSE ’73

Graduating from Canterbury in June 1943, Steve, like his 18 classmates, immediately enlisted.

He matriculated in the V-12 Navy College Training Program at the College of the Holy Cross, where he received his Bachelor of Naval Science degree and was commissioned as a U.S. Navy Ensign. After his military service in the Pacific, Steve returned to Connecticut, graduated from Yale (AB), earned his law degree at Columbia Law School, married Lacey Hall, and practiced law in New York City.

New Milford and Canterbury School exerted a strong pull and, in 1957, Steve returned to New Milford with Lacey and their three children, Peter ’71, Greg ’72, and Martha. Steve began practicing law with his Canterbury roommate and lifelong friend, Bob FitzGerald ’43.

Law partners for almost 40 years, they worked together until Steve’s retirement in 1997.

“What can I say about Steve Hume?” says Bob FitzGerald. “I loved the boy I met in 1941, and I loved the man he became for the next 69 years. He was my Canterbury classmate, my law partner and, most of all, my dear friend. We shared a common love for Canterbury, the glorious game of golf, and our Catholic faith. If anyone has a friend like Steve Hume in his lifetime, he has enjoyed the true meaning of the term. He is indeed blessed, and that is exactly how I feel.”

Steve immediately began to make his mark in New Milford. He served on New Milford’s Board of Education (eight years as chairman) and New Milford Hospital’s Board of Directors (ten years as chairman). An enthusiastic golfer, he was a member of Lake Waramaug Country Club for more than 50 years, several as president.

He became Canterbury’s legal counsel and in 1981 was elected to Canterbury’s Board of Trustees, which he served as an active and emeritus trustee until his death.

At Canterbury, Steve was much more than simply the son of Nelson Hume. He forged his own

In 2008, Steve visited Dave Overthrow, Director of Music, in the Hume Music Center. They discussed new recording equipment purchased for the Center.

Opposite page, top to bottom: Steve Hume and his brother Mike ’41 on the Midget Football Team; Steve and Mike help their father break ground for North (Duffy) House; Steve in his Navy uniform; the Hume children, Mike (standing), David ’45 (kneeling), Steve (sitting), Rozanne. (Photos courtesy of Rozanne Hume Edmondson.)

funded the construction of the Stephen N. ’43 and Lacey Hume Music Center in the Old Gym, together with a computer music classroom and a recording studio.

In 2002, Steve donated a new organ to the Chapel of Our Lady and, in 1999, he renovated one of the two stained glass windows in the Chapel’s sanctuary. Steve established Canterbury’s first Charitable Remainder Trust and remembered the School generously in his estate plan.

Dave Overthrow, Director of Music at Canterbury, says, “Steve had a deep appreciation of Canterbury’s musical heritage. His father was an excellent musician and enthusiastic singer, and Steve felt that instrumental and choral music was a key ingredient in a complete education. Steve’s generosity assures that our students – and our School – will continue to make music.”

Lacey Hume died in 1998 and, in 2001, Steve married Nancy Ludington, a Smith classmate of Lacey’s, whom Steve had known since they attended a Canterbury dance together in the early 1940s. They made their home in Hilton Head, SC, where each spring they hosted Tom Sheehy and me for golf, lowcountry food, and great conversation.

“Steve embodied the Canterbury ideal” says Headmaster Tom Sheehy. “He was a true renaissance man: literate and well-read, a lover of music and art, a world traveler and sportsman, and a community leader and philanthropist. Strongwilled yet charming, Steve could discuss intelligently and sensitively virtually any topic. He was truly the ‘Catholic gentleman’ that Canterbury has always aimed to produce.”

Canterbury awarded Steve the Canterbury Medal in 1997, recognizing his extraordinary commitment to the School and its mission. A distinguished Cantuarian, Steve was a great leader throughout his life – in the Navy, in the Town of New Milford, and at Canterbury School. Canterbury has lost a great friend.

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Steve’s children, Greg ’72, Peter ’71, Martha, and wife Nancy at the memorial Mass.

The Measure of a Life Family and friends gathered September 18 in the School’s Chapel of Our Lady to celebrate the life of a man who cared deeply about Canterbury, supported many of its programs and, as a trustee for many years, guided the School he loved so much.

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COURTESY ZONNIE HUME EDMONDSON

Stephen N. Hume ’43

“Aside from family and the many civic organizations in which he was involved or schools which he attended, Steve’s true love was this School, the school his father founded 95 years ago. Steve was more proud of his diploma from Canterbury than he was of the degrees he received from Holy Cross, Yale, and Columbia Law School. Were his father here today, he would boast that his son had carried on the traditional Hume educational excellence of a devoted Catholic layman and Christian gentleman.”

– Bob FitzGerald ’43, Steve’s Canterbury classmate and

lifelong friend

Family members, l-r: Peter ’71, Greg ’72, Hailey Gilmore ’11, Katie Gilmore, Adam Hume ’74, Tony Hume ’71, Nick Edmondson, Emmett Hume ’72, Chris Hume ’72.

Former trustee Brock Saxe ’58, Kit Carmody ’57, and Headmaster Tom Sheehy.

Janice Olshesky ’73 chats with David Hume ’45, Steve’s brother.

Former Board presidents Bill O’Connor ’57 and Hope Carter with Fr. Sebastian Leonard, O.S.B.

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Sally and Duey Adams exchange greetings with Greg Hume ’72.

Headmaster Tom Sheehy greets David Hume ’45, Steve’s brother.

Walter Crump ’51 speaks with Zonni Hume Edmondson, Steve’s sister.

Walter’s sister was married to Steve’s brother, Michael Hume ’41.

John Kiernan ’72 and wife Lisa, Steve’s niece.

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David Hume ’45.

“Husband, father, grandfather, civic leader, golf junkie, world traveler, friend, lover of history, man of faith, and most loyal Cantuarian – Steve was a true renaissance man. He loved life and lived it to the fullest, always mindful of his family, his friends, his faith, and his school. Following his service as trustee, which ended in 1995, the Board elected Steve Trustee Emeritus, and in the intervening years he rarely missed our annual meeting in May. Well deserved, Steve received the School’s highest recognition, the Canterbury Medal, in September 1997.” – Headmaster Tom Sheehy

Bryan Kiefer, Director of Finance and Development, delivers a reading.

Zonni Hume Edmondson, Steve’s sister, reads the intercessions.

JP Mandler, Dean of the School, reads the responsorial psalm.

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The Canterbury Chorale, directed by John Shackelford, performs at the Mass.

Bryan Kiefer helps Greg Hume ’72 with his bowtie, which had been worn by his dad.

Ally LaVigne ’14, a member of the Canterbury Chorale.

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Betsy Sheehy and Zonni Hume Edmondson, Steve’s sister.

“Stephen Hume lived a great life. … He was a Canterbury student for eight years. That has to be a record. … For 39 years, Dad was a law partner at Cramer & Anderson with his classmate and lifelong friend Bob FitzGerald. … He loved golf and played 342 different courses in his life. …

My father was partly a little kid with a big smile, partly a deeply caring and generous man. He lived his life with a sense of humor and a sense of purpose.” – Greg Hume ’72

Fr. Sebastian Leonard, O.S.B., Canterbury’s chaplain, celebrates Mass.

“Steve was generous with his time and advice, and especially his financial support of the School and Chapel. Whenever he was on campus, he and Nancy always came to Mass. He restored one of the large stained glass windows in the sanctuary, gave the new organ, and established the Stephen ’43 and Lacey Hume Music Center, to list but a few of the things we cherish today.”

– Fr. Sebastian Leonard, O.S.B.

ALL PHOTOS BY MARC VANASSE ’73, UNLESS OTHERWISE CREDITED

Bob FitzGerald ’43 and Bill Morrison ’45 catch up with each other during the reception in the David C. Copley ’70 Library.

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his past March 9 dawned warm and clear, and Peter Sinnott III, 69, knew what he had to do.

Four feet of fresh snow had fallen in Vermont, so he and his wife, Rosemary, called their son, Peter Sinnott IV, and said, “Take the day off.” They all drove from the elder Sinnotts’ Rye home to Vermont’s Stratton Mountain and enjoyed five hours of superb late-season skiing.

Not bad for a man who’d had a heart transplant just six weeks before—someone who had been close to dying. Sinnott went skiing without his physician’s consent.

“I was both angry at him and proud of him,” says Alan L. Gass, M.D., Director of Heart Failure, Mechanical Circulatory Support and Heart Transplant at Westchester Medical Center. “Angry because sometimes patients don’t know what they are getting into, but proud because it showed exactly the attitude you want to see in a transplant patient: the will to get more out of life.”

That will helped Sinnott overcome an obstacle in getting his new heart: his age. Many medical centers won’t do a heart transplant on someone over 65. Others put such patients on “alternative” lists for less-than-perfect hearts. Sinnott was on such a list at another New York metro area hospital when he learned that Westchester’s transplant team is one of the few willing to put a strong donor heart into an older patient if that patient is in otherwise excellent health.

And that describes Sinnott – who owns a real estate management company – to a T. An athlete all his life, he was a marathon runner and skier who kept his weight down and never smoked or drank to excess. He did everything he could to stay fit, but couldn’t overcome his genetic predisposition for heart disease. His father and two of his uncles died of heart attacks in their 50s. “They were overweight and smoked and drank too much, so I didn’t worry about it,” he says.

That changed in 2002, when he suddenly started suffering fainting spells.

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Peter Sinnott ’59 leaving the hospital 12 days after his heart transplant with his wife Rosemary and son Peter ’85.

Ski Trip with a Brand New Heart Less than seven weeks after a transplant, Peter Sinnott ’59 hits the slopes.

After visiting seven specialists at six regional hospitals – “When it comes to your heart, you want to be sure,” he says – he was diagnosed with a condition called arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia (ARVD). ARVD is a rare genetic disease that disrupts electrical impulses and causes the heart to go into arrhythmia. It can lead to heart attack and heart failure and is often fatal.

In December 2002, Sinnott had a pacemaker and defibrillator implanted at a New York City hospital, and in the next six years the hospital had to restart his heart three times. “Bottom line: It saved my life,” he says. But by 2008 he was having more trouble walking and exercising, and when he passed out again, his cardiologists determined his heart was failing.

He entered the heart transplant program at the city facility, whose

protocol is to put patients over 65 on an “alternative” list for imperfect hearts.

“I understood their philosophy, and they did keep me alive for more than a year, but I was growing sicker and getting impatient,” Sinnott says. In September 2009, he was at a party when someone asked him about the “purse” he was carrying—an infusion pump that constantly fed him intravenous medication to help regulate his heart. Sinnott told the man his story. “You should meet my son,” the man said. “He’s a heart surgeon at Westchester.” The surgeon, Paul Saunders, Jr., M.D., helped get Sinnott an appointment with Dr. Gass.

“When I met him he was blue in the extremities, markedly short of breath, barely able to get out of a chair to walk across the room,” Dr. Gass says. “But we found that

his only health problem was his heart, and our transplant team has published data showing that our patients over 65 had a survival rate equal to, or better than, that of younger folk. We believe age is not the only factor. In many ways a healthy 66-year-old is a better candidate than a sick 50-year-old.

We transplanted a man who was 72; he’s now 84 and still running a lumberyard.”

“Dr. Gass told me right off the bat, ‘We will not give you a “secondary” heart,’” Sinnott says.

He was listed 1-A and put directly into the hospital on December 3, 2009. For several weeks he waited, growing ever sicker. His doctors knew he was on borrowed time.

But the Sinnotts had a good feeling. “I was sure I’d get a heart on my birthday, January 20,” he says. He was off by just a little.

The surgery took place just after midnight on the 22nd. David Spielvogel, M.D., Program Director of Heart Transplantation; Ramin Malekan, M.D., cardiothoracic surgeon; and Dr. Saunders did the procedure. Afterward, they told Rosemary it had been done “just in time.” His heart was even more damaged than they’d thought. He’d had, at best, three days left. “I was dumbstruck, speechless,” Rosemary says.

“Someone was looking out for him,” Dr. Gass says. “I strongly believe in these things, and his family’s spiritual nature probably helped keep him alive. I told him he could be here up to six months, and he was here just two. Some things are beyond our understanding.”

PHOTOS COURTESY THE SINNOTTS

After visiting seven specialists at six regional hospitals – “When it comes to your heart, you want to be sure,” he says – he was diagnosed with a condition called arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia (ARVD), a rare genetic disease.

“I had a lot of people praying for me,” says Sinnott. “A few days later, my sister brought me a page from her desk calendar. The cartoon on the day of my surgery showed a guy sleeping in a field with a big heart over him and the caption, ‘Today something great will happen.’”

“Someone was looking out for him,” Dr. Gass says. “I strongly believe in these things, and his family’s spiritual nature probably helped keep him alive. I told him he could be here up to six months, and he was here just two. Some things are beyond our understanding.”

Sinnott recovered quickly and decided to take his grandson, Michael, 7, on a test ski trip to Mohawk Mountain on March 7, just six weeks after his operation.

“I didn’t try to talk him out of it – it wouldn’t have done any good,” Rosemary says with a laugh. When that went well, he made plans to ski Vermont.

Dr. Gass says that when he saw the photos of that trip, “I beamed like a proud papa.” Now he jokes that he wants to ski with Sinnott in Colorado next year. That would be fine with Rosemary.

“He saved my husband’s life,” she says.

Peter Sinnott ’59, six weeks and four days after his heart transplant.

Reprinted by permission of Wainscot Media © 2010.

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Where in the World?

Ted Morgan ’85, founder of Skyhook, takes aim at improving location technology.

Ted Morgan is a modern-day Magellan. Morgan, 43, founded and runs Skyhook Wireless, a Boston company mapping the physical landscape so you can use your mobile phone to navigate the unknown--or find the nearest French bistro.

“Our stuff works inside and gets a fix in a second. It’s basically solved a 40-year challenge to GPS,” boasts Morgan, explaining that global positioning systems don’t work well in buildings.

Skyhook’s software loads on to mobile phones and portable devices like netbook computers and in most cities can identify where you are within 60 feet. It is part of a thriving market for location-based services. These include the mobile social networks Foursquare and Gowalla, which enable “checking in” and broadcasting to your friends, say, that you have arrived at the corner bar. Marketers and technologists are salivating at the possibility of one day offering someone walking by a Starbucks a coupon for a discounted latte.

Skyhook has amassed a database of 50 billion scanned records of Wi12

Fi, cellular tower and GPS signals–a “map” of locations that captures 80% of the U.S. population. To collect the data, Skyhook has 500 drivers on any given day cruising around with laptops and wireless antennas that read the Wi-Fi and other signals and correlate them with locations. The goal is to lay down baseline scans of roads and cities across the globe.

Skyhook targets as its customers the makers of mobile phones and other consumer devices. Its software is loaded in tens of millions of consumer gadgets, including some netbook computers, cameras and, until recently, every iPhone, iPad and iPod that Apple shipped. (Apple began using its own location data on its iPhones in April.) In July, Skyhook inked a deal with Samsung for its smartphones and has agreements with Motorola and Dell.

When a Skyhook-enabled phone checks its location, it scans for nearby cellular towers, Wi-Fi hot spots and GPS satellites. The phone sends that information to a Skyhook server and within a split second gets a read on where in the world it is. The three-legged approach is

superior to relying on GPS information alone, which can take minutes to get a location fix. But the company has to continually update its database as people move and new Wi-Fi hot spots emerge.

“The biggest challenge here isn’t getting the data, it’s managing this chaos,” says Morgan.

Licensing Skyhook’s software costs “more than pennies, less than dollars,” says Morgan, and can run as high as $2 per device. (He won’t disclose further details.) FORBES estimates that revenues could hit $25 million this year. The 35-person company, founded in 2003, has raised $17 million from venturesome investors.

In addition to Apple, Skyhook is going up against giants Google and Nokia, which have developed and acquired similar services that use multiple inputs, like Wi-Fi hot spots. But Morgan points out that Motorola chose in April to pay Skyhook instead of using Google’s free location software.

“Our big competitor is Google,” says Morgan. “And our system is better.”

Reprinted by permission of Forbes Media LLC © 2010. Photo by James Duncan Davidson.

Two Graduates Join Board of Trustees José B. Carrion ’88 has joined Canterbury’s Board of Trustees.

Since 2001, he has been a principal and president of Carrion, Laffitte & Casellas, Inc. in San Juan , Puerto Rico. The firm is the largest locallyowned insurance broker in Puerto Rico. He has been in the insurance brokerage field for more than 15 years.

José’s résumé includes serving as president of the local office of AON Risk Services of Puerto Rico from 1995-2001. Prior to that he served as the firm’s senior vice president/ client services/customer service representative for five years. From 1994-1995, José worked for Alexander & Alexander Insurance Broker, in New York.

José earned a BA in Non-Western History from the University of Pennsylvania in 1992. He then went on to earn a D.R.I. (Diploma in Risk Management) in 1994 and an M.B.A in 1995 from St. John’s University, Tobin School of Risk Management.

“I am honored to be a member of the Board of Trustees of Canterbury School,” said José. “The School played a very large part in making me the person that I am today, and I welcome the opportunity to contribute to the School, to collaborate with my fellow trustees and faculty, and to continue learning as well. I am very happy to have been asked to serve, and I hope to be an asset to the School.”

Thomas P. Morris ’85, Assistant Head of School at St. George’s Independent School in Collierville, TN, has joined Canterbury’s Board of Trustees.

A Providence College graduate (BA History ’89, MA European History ’93), Tom worked at Canterbury from 1994-2000. His responsibilities included Director of the Annual Fund, history teacher, dorm head, and coach. He then taught and coached at Thayer Academy in Braintree, MA, from 2000-2003. In 2004, he joined the faculty of St. George’s.

“During the past twenty years, Tom Sheehy and the Board have done a tremendous job strengthening Canterbury, and the School is very well positioned as it anticipates its second century,” said Tom. “Canterbury is a very unique and special community that has played an important role in my life, thus I am very grateful to serve the School as a member of its Board.”

In addition to his school duties, Tom is a member of SAIS (Southern Association of Independent Schools) and has presented at TAIS (Tennessee Association of Independent Schools).

Tom is married to Katherine Veazey Morris, and they have two children, Grace and Thomas.

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Carrying on a Family Tradition

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Beth Castellini Fesperman ’85 and sister Trish Castellini Headley ’91.

Castellini sisters, Beth ’85 and Trish ’91, reinvest in scholarship fund.

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By Noah Blake

hroughout its history, Canterbury has been blessed with families who, generation after generation, have made giving back to the School a priority. Supported by such families, Canterbury has thrived. This is the tale of one such family.

Cincinnati natives Robert and Susan Castellini sent their daughters Elizabeth ’85 and Patricia ’91 to Canterbury, because they believed in the Five Values that Canterbury imparts to its students: Respect, Compassion, Honesty, Spirituality, and Self-Reliance. In 1998, having seen the lasting impact Canterbury made on Beth and Trish, Mr. and Mrs. Castellini, in conjunction with the Saxe family (Brock ’58 and Kevin ’96), donated substantial funds to build the squash pavilion that now bears their names.

In 2006, Mr. and Mrs. Castellini made another generous commitment to help underwrite the full scholarships of our City Squash students. These students come to Canterbury from public schools in New York City, play squash while they attend, and reap the benefits of a Canterbury education. “My parents have always believed in the importance of giving back,” Beth said, “and they love seeing the impact of their gifts on kids like Freddy Hernandez ’10.” In his Sixth Form year, Freddy was a Lead Ambassador for Admissions, a member of True Blue, and won the Best Sportsmanship athletic award.

“Our scholarship fund will be part of the permanent endowment, with the income it generates used to support financial aid for academically strong and financially deserving students. Giving back to Canterbury just feels like the right thing to do.” –Trish Castellini Headley ’91

JEN LEE CHANDLER ’84

He currently attends Franklin and Marshall College.

Mr. and Mrs. Castellini believe in the importance of philanthropy and instilled that belief in their children.

“Mom and Dad always told us that to whom much is given, much is expected,” said Trish. It came as no surprise in 2003 that Trish made a commitment to establish the Patricia Castellini Headley ’91 Scholarship Fund, which supports need-based financial aid. “I had a wonderful experience at Canterbury,” Trish said, “and I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to help others benefit from all that the School has to offer.”

Both sisters have been amazed by Canterbury’s recent facilities improvements and the corresponding impact of those improvements upon the School.

“Like most graduates,” Beth said, “I love receiving my copy of PALLIUM, and the recent issues have really highlighted that Canterbury is a school on the move. I couldn’t be prouder of my alma mater.” Beth showed her Canterbury pride this past spring by joining Trish in a joint pledge to greatly expand what will be known going forward as the Patricia Castellini Headley ’91 and Elizabeth Castellini Fesperman ’85 Scholarship Fund. “Beth and I know that endowment is Canterbury’s biggest need,” said Trish. “Our scholarship fund will be part of the permanent endowment, with the income it generates used to support financial aid for academically strong and financially deserving students. Giving back to Canterbury just feels like the right thing to do.”

Both women have children (Trish three, Beth two), and their potential attendance at Canterbury has definitely crossed their mothers’ minds. “If it’s a choice they want to make, I would be totally supportive,” Trish said. “My parents let Beth and me decide for ourselves, and we’re pretty happy about how things turned out.”

Freddy Hernandez ’10, a recipient of the generosity of the Castellini family, is now a freshman at Franklin and Marshall College.

“Canterbury is a phenomenal place for young people to develop, and I would surely entrust the School with my children,” Beth added. “They’re definitely teaching the same values at Canterbury that we teach in our homes.”

Nowadays, there are charitable giving options to meet every conceivable interest or affinity. At times, the requests for funds can be

overwhelming. But more and more people are making the choice to invest in Canterbury, recognizing not only how far the School has come, but also the positive impact it continues to have on students who will in turn make a positive impact on our future society. In some families, like the Castellinis, giving back has become a family tradition.

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Edmund Cheng ’70 guides Wing Tai Holdings through the challenges of Asian markets.

His Global Vision Think globally!

That’s the motto of Singaporean business people. Understandably so, as the 710.3-square kilometer city-state with a population of five million cannot depend solely on its internal resources. That is also the viewpoint of Edmund Cheng, deputy chairman of Wing Tai Holdings Ltd., which is listed on the Singapore stock exchange. “Ours is a global market,” he said while introducing the company’s latest property product, Belle Vue Residences, on September 3, 2010.

Indonesia is an important market for companies in Singapore, including Wing Tai. Out of the 29 percent foreign market, one fifth is Indonesia, while other potential countries are China, India, and Malaysia. “Asia is a challenging market,” said Cheng.

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Belle Vue Residences is a freehold five-floor condominium designed

by Toyo Ito & Associates from Japan. The exclusive and luxurious residences, consisting of 176 apartments harmoniously combining modern architecture and natural elements, are strategically located in District 9, Orchard-Oxley.

Belle Vue Residences stand on an area of 250,000 square feet, and its architectural design flows freely like a poem with its expressive geometrical curves, courtesy of renowned Japanese architect Toyo Ito. Belle Vue’s design is inspired by nature to blend our relationship with natural elements and the environment. “It is more than a bond between humans and nature; it also brings the serenity of nature into one’s life,” explained Ito, about his very first project outside Japan.

Edmund Cheng is quite confident about Belle Vue’s salability, which is priced about S$2,400 – 2,800 per square foot. “Investors are always attracted to our products because they are strategically located, are of high quality and a timeless design,” said Cheng, who is Managing Director of Wing Tai Land Pte Ltd. and executive director of DNP Holdings Berhad, which is registered on the Kuala Lumpur stock exchange.

As the spearhead of Wing Tai’s successful diversification from the garment business, Cheng oversaw a promising expansion of property business in Asia since the mid1980s. Under his leadership, Wing Tai is famous for its high quality and innovative design reflected in all of its projects in Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Hong Kong, China, and North America. Wing Tai was established in 1955 in Hong Kong and began its operations in Singapore in 1963. Wing Tai Holdings Ltd. has now become a leading property developer in Singapore.

Wing Tai, which has been registered at the Singapore Stock Exchange since 1989, is the parent or holding company that focuses its business in developing markets in Asia. The main business of Wing Tai Asia Group, which consists of

Wing Tai Properties Ltd. in Hong Kong and DNP Holdings Berhad in Malaysia, includes developing of properties and investments, hotels, and lifestyle retail. Wing Tai owns assets totaling more than S$3 billion and numerous strategically located plots.

According to Cheng, during the ups and downs of business, Wing Tai has strictly adhered to its basic principle: creating a mutually beneficial relationship with all stakeholders, including partners, customers, and employees.

“Our commitment is to build trust and a mutually beneficial relationship, and this has created a positive track record and portfolio so that Wing Tai has been able to combine quality skills and human resources to create the most innovative projects in Asia,” said Cheng, who holds a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from Northwestern University and a master’s degree in architecture from Carnegie Mellon University.

“With the Pan-Asia focus,” continued Cheng, “the public listed company and the subsidiaries of Wing Tai Group in Singapore, Malaysia, China, and Hong Kong have numerous superior features as they have a deep knowledge of the related market and an expansive business network.

“We keep focusing on the market trend and latest demand and opportunities in order to expand our business strategically in Asia.

With full dedication innovative to our design and craftsmanship, we have built a strong and successful image in our quality projects,” said Cheng, who is also Chairman of National Arts Council and Design of Singapore International Advisory Panel, Singapore Airport Terminal Services Ltd. and Mapletree Investments Pte Ltd., as well as President of the Real Estate Developers’ Association of Singapore.

For its properties, Wing Tai consistently collaborates with renowned architects and designers such as French architect and Pritzker Prize winner Jean Nouvel (for Le Nouvel Ardmore, Singapore and Le Nouvel KLCC, Malaysia); Japanese architect Toyo Ito (for Belle Vue Residences, Singapore); Pritzker Prize winner I.M. Pei of Pei Cobb Freed & Partners from the United States (for The Tomlinson, Singapore); Arquitectonica International which is headquartered in Miami (for W Square, Hong Kong); and architectural company Foster + Partners in London (for Tai Po project, Hong Kong); lighting consultant L’Observatoire International in New York; and the famous interior designer Atelier Ikebuchi.

Belle Vue Residences, Wing Tai’s most recent property.

As the spearhead of Wing Tai’s successful diversification from the garment business, Cheng oversaw a promising expansion of property business in Asia since the mid-1980s.

It is not surprising, therefore, that Wing Tai often receives awards for its highly innovative designs and architecture that reflect the company’s commitment to preserving the environment. Based on its conservation, preservation, and cultural identity concepts in restoring an historical house called Tan Yeok Nee, for example, Wing Tai won a Special mention from FIABCI Prix d’Excellence for the most excellent property, the equivalent of an Oscar in the field of architecture.

Meanwhile, Draycott 8 also received an award from Singapore Urban Redevelopment Authority’s Architectural Heritage for restoring an old, historic bungalow that existed in the colonial days and turning it into an exclusive clubhouse in a luxurious residential area. Also, The Tomlinson received an Honorable Mention in the Singapore Institute of Architects Façade Design Excellence Award.

Wing Tai has also received awards for its commitment to conserving the environment from Singapore Building and Construction Authority, namely, Green Mark Gold for Helios Residences and L’VIV. “All these awards confirm our vision and commitment to keep developing projects that can integrate and combine innovative designs with good environment,” concluded Cheng.

This article appeared in the Jakarta Post on September 15, 2010. Burhanuddin Abe, Contributor.

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Honor Society Inducts New Members

The Canterbury Honor Society inducted new members in a ceremony in the Chapel of Our Lady on October 30. Front row, l-r: Yoo Jin Choi ’11, Shenchi Tian ’11, Youn Jue Bae ’11, Jung Min Lee ’12. Back row, l-r: Abe Ahn ’11, Vincent Vartabedian ’11, Chan Young Lee ’11, Hae Won Sohn ’11. (Unable to attend: Siobhan Manrique ’11)

All-School Photo: Big Production

While waiting for the all-school photo to be taken, Tom Kearney ’11 gives math teacher Tim O’Keeffe a high five.

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The Office of Communications organized the third annual all-school photo September 21. A major undertaking that employs the efforts of the Maintenance, Development, and Technology Offices, Sheehan House personnel and, of course, students and faculty, the photo took 90 minutes to set up and execute, from placing benches at 9:00 a.m. to taking the last of eight frames at 10:30. The photoshoot took place during school meeting time, and the final results appeared in the 2009-2010 Annual Report.

Heidi Johnson served as photographer.

Speaker Warns of Social Networking Dangers

Katie Koestner

Katie Koestner, founder of Campus Outreach Services, is tuned into teenagers and their online habits. She came to Canterbury armed with stories of Internet-related incidents that concluded with catastrophic results for all parties involved. She spoke Friday, October 8, during school meeting to a rapt audience for 45 minutes.

Katie’s résumé includes appearances on Oprah, CNN, NBC, and Entertainment Tonight, plus a long list of prominent news programs over the past 20 years. She was on the cover of Time magazine's June 3, 1991, Date Rape issue, and was chosen as the subject of HBO's Lifestories Docudrama No Visible Bruises: The Katie Koestner Story. Katie has also worked with MTV and Top Hat Productions on other film projects. Katie earned degrees in Public Policy and Women’s Studies from the College of William and Mary, and she is the co-author of two books.

Her talk at Canterbury, titled “Building Your Digital Dossier: a CyberTechnology Update for High School and College Students,” spoke to the students on their own terms. Katie used examples that included illustrations from online social media outlets Facebook, Myspace, and Twitter. She also spoke about the dangers of texting and cell phone use in today’s instantaneous digital world. While her approach was humorous at times, there was nothing funny about her message. “There are no redos online,” she warned. She added, “Pause and think before you hit the send button, because once you do, there is no taking it back.”

“Her talk gave me pause, and my first thought was to delete my Facebook profile,” said Samantha Pucci ’11. “After consideration, I realized I need to use discretion. Facebook is how we keep in touch, so if I am going to use it, I need to be careful with each and every posting.”

Canterbury’s Language Department, chaired by Julio Omaña, arranged for six students from Colegio San Cayetano, a K-12 Catholic school in Mallorca, Spain, to spend six weeks on campus attending classes and living with host families, who greeted the students when they arrived at J.F.K. Airport September 2.

Students Lindsey Marra ’12, Mason Page ’12, Thomas Harrison ’12, Sam Haddy ’13, Felipe Siebrecht ’12, and Joe Najm ’12 hosted the visitors.

To complete the exchange, the six Canterbury hosts will take classes at Colegio San Cayetano for six weeks in February and March 2011.

The exchange students returned to Spain October 22.

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Exchange Students from Spain Enhance Campus

Exchange students from Colegio San Cayetano in Mallorca, Spain. L-r: Carlos Remartinez, Pablo Casanovas, Antonio Mora, Carmen Planas, Lydia Molina, Ignacio Fornaris.

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Forming a Sense of Purpose

Josh Rodriguez ’00 participates in the 12th Annual Run for Joe October 17. A large crowd of alums, students, faculty, and friends of the School turned out.

Third Formers built bonds of friendship during their retreat October 13 at Lovers Leap State Park in New Milford. The event offered students a chance to get acquainted and reflect on their start at Canterbury. Front row, l-r: Spanish teacher Julio Omaña, Mac Stephens, Olivia Steiner, Casey Fuller, Bradley Whitton. Back row, l-r: sacristans Sean Sullivan and Maggie Wiatr, Margaux Janowicz, Fallon Oeser, Margot Davis, Jack Elsas, Sarah McFarland.

The run supports the Giuseppe “Joe” Leto Scholarship at Canterbury. Joe was a 1997 Canterbury graduate and United States Marine who died during a conditioning exercise at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina in July 1999.

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Run for Joe

For their retreat September 26, Fourth Formers participated in “Walk a Mile for a Meal” by shopping at the Big Y for food to fill the shelves of the New Milford Social Services food pantry. L-r: Pierre DuBois, Amy Bortey, Maggie Wiatr ’11, Brooke McGrath, Lisa Parrino, Alara Erisen.

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School Observes Global Environmental Day

Caitlyn Everett ’13 was one of 12 students who went apple picking at Averill Farm.

Steep Rock hikers included Jen Lee Chandler ’84, DooA Kim ’12, Doo Young Kim ’11, Nuttapon Pombubpa ’11.

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COURTESY JEN CHANDLER ’84

Cammy Roffe, who teaches Environmental Issues, organized Canterbury’s participation in “Global Work Party,” October 10. People in 188 countries at 7,347 events did something to celebrate the Earth or work on climate change. Students cleaned up the campus, hiked at Steep Rock Park, picked apples at Averill Farm, and watched “An Inconvenient Truth.” L-r: Green Kim ’14, Stephanie Hester ’13, Daidria Harris ’11, Caitlin Shetterley ’11, Joe Hughes ’13, Christian Procaccino ’13.

Morgan Peterson ’13 and Samantha Ostreicher ’14 enjoy apple picking.

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Canterbury Presents The Tempest

L-r: Alice Bouchard ’14 as a spirit, Stacie DeGrazia ’12 as Juno, YooJin Choi ’11 as a spirit, Brieanna Brown ’11 as Iris, Dan Sbriglio ’12 as Ariel, Fallon Oeser ’14 as Ceres.

Cory Salatino ’12 as Sebastian, left.

Forrest Inness ’12 as Antonio.

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Siobhan Manrique ’11 as Gonzalo.

Alex Horan ’11 as Alonso.

Kacey Marra ’13 as Miranda. Thomas Harrison ’12 as Ferdinand.

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Andres Duran-Ballen ’11 as Francisco.

Directed by Madeline Dreeke Production Managed by Robin Dreeke

November 18, 19 Maguire Auditorium

Sean Finan ’11 as Stephano, left.

Peter Bergner ’14 as Trinculo.

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K.J. Ebner ’13 as Caliban.

Chidimma Onwuegbule ’11 as Bosun.

Logan Pettinato ’12 as Prospero.

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Music Fills the Fall Air

The Canterbury Chorale and Octet performed an ambitious program in the Chapel of Our Lady on October 30. Front row, l-r: Monica Cabrera ’11, Brieanna Brown ’11, Hayley Pettinato ’14. Back row, l-r: K.J. Ebner ’13, Henry McDowell ’13, Renke Deng ’11.

Jae Seung Lee ’13 plays with the Concert Jazz Band on October 29.

Jessica Troilo ’11 plays double bass with the Jazz Combo.

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Jeff Starr ’11performs on trumpet with the Jazz Combo October 29.

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Oliver Martinez ’12 sings lead vocals for the Jazz Combo. He also plays guitar.

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hird Former Alice Bouchard epitomizes the “can” in Canterbury.

This New Milford resident can speak fluent French, can play violin and oboe, can play ice hockey, and she can lead, something she recently learned about herself.

After being accepted into the Johns Hopkins Talented Youth Program, Alice chose to study volcanology for three weeks in Hawaii. Based on Oahu, she learned about plate tectonics, the local ecosystem, and the formation of the Hawaiian islands. “To be honest, I chose Hawaii because I liked the location,” says Alice. “I learned that when I am with a group of people who are all new to each other, I can be a leader. For example, my group was given an assignment to construct a timeline of the history of the Earth, and 30 minutes into the project, we hadn’t accomplished much, so I stepped in and assigned a specific task to each person.” Two years ago, Alice participated in the Choate Summer Program, taking courses in math and science (her favorite subjects), and economics.

Alice’s journey to Canterbury began when, as a little girl, she came

to campus to skate at Canterbury’s hockey rink. “I remember seeing all the students dressed up so nicely, and I always thought that it would be a great place to attend when I got old enough,” says Alice, “and now I’m glad I’m here!” Alice’s interest in playing hockey developed when, after watching her younger brother play, she decided to trade her figure skates for hockey skates. “I played on a New Milford hockey team called Northwestern Ice Hawks,” says Alice, “and Mr. LaVigne [Canterbury’s Dean of Students] was our coach. Getting to know him cemented my decision to come to Canterbury.”

An advertisement, spotted by Alice’s mom in a local newspaper, also added to the Bouchard family’s decision to apply to Canterbury.

The ad for Canterbury’s Town Scholarship Program invited applications from interested day students (entering the Third or Fourth Form) from New Milford and Sherman with superior academic records, competitive standardized test results, and exemplary personal qualities measured by extracurricular participation, community service, and character references. Alice applied for and received a merit scholarship.

“The Canterbury Admission Initiative has increased interest from the very best day students in the area,”

“I played on a New Milford hockey team called Northwestern Ice Hawks,” says Alice, “and Mr. LaVigne [Canterbury’s Dean of Students] was our coach. Getting to know him cemented my decision to come to Canterbury.”

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Alice Bouchard ’14: Natural Born Leader

This fall, Alice organized the Walk for Kendra, a friend with Down Syndrome who died recently.

says Director of Admission Keith Holton. “The Town Scholarship has complemented our overall objective of making a Canterbury education available to some of these fine students. We are extremely excited that Alice decided to attend.”

Since arriving at Canterbury, Alice has joined the school orchestra and rowed on the club crew team. She also plans to volunteer to mentor young local public school students and to help prepare Special Olympians for the winter games.

“I’ve known Alice and her family for four years,” says Peter LaVigne.

“She is a very bright, ambitious, and engaging young woman who will bring lots of drive and charisma to the Canterbury community. She has the ability to infect those around her with intellectual curiosity and social awareness. Although just a Third Former, she is already a dynamic leader, and I suspect she will be so throughout her Canterbury career.”

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Testing the Waters

Devila Show

Students in Environmental Issues spent a day collecting and interpreting data they amassed at the East Aspetuck River. Their findings will be sent to the Connecticut DEP at the end of the year. L-r: Brandon McBreairty ’13, Claire Moisan ’13, Dan Fritz ’13, Dillon Wright ’13, Ashley Burdick ’13, Mack O’Shea ’13, Domenic Zirilli ’13, Caitlyn Everett ’13, teacher Cammy Roffe.

“Fiber Kismet,” an exhibition by Jane Devila, a fiber artist, opened September 23 in the Edward J. Duffy Family Gallery. The opening reception attracted students, faculty, and friends of the artist.

Canterbury faculty and students celebrated Teen Read Week (October 17-23) by having their picture taken with a favorite book. Above, physics teacher Bil Sanford.

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Read for Fun The Law in Action

Lawyer Kim Nolan, husband of Therese Servas, who teaches Judicial Process and Practice, participated in a mock trial on September 24. The students played the roles of defendant, plaintiff, witnesses, and jury.

Events Bring Visitors to Campus

Canterbury Today, a program for parents of new students, affords participants an opportunity to sample their children’s school experience. Above, Christine Steiner, mother of Olivia ’14, takes in a French class. The event took place October 29 and was a prelude to Parents’ Weekend.

Erin McDermott Deshaies ’86, Senior Associate Director of Admission, chats with a visitor at the Admission Open House October 16.

Chris DeNunzio ’11 responds to a question during the student panel Q & A with parents during Canterbury Today. Audrey Duquette ’13, Sarah Sokol ’11, Nick Hough ’12, and Vincent Vartabedian ’11 also served on the panel.

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Chia Chen Lee ’11 gathers materials at the fall College Night October in Copley Library. More than 40 schools were represented.

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Rallying Spirit

Vincent Field Sports New Goalposts

Sixth Formers Olivia Hoess, Ashley Bonner, Jennifer Morgan, and Jessica Troilo lead the Class of 2011 to the annual pep rally October 28. The event capped a week-long series of Form competitions designed to promote school spirit prior to Parents’ Weekend athletic games. The Third Form emerged the winners.

Powder Puff Game Good Clean Fun

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ATHLETES OF THE WEEK

New goalposts, the gift of an anonymous donor, debuted at the first home game of the season, a night contest against Wilbraham-Monson September 25. The Saints won, 35-21.

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Christopher Abner ’11 Varsity Football

Jennifer Morgan ’11 Varsity Field Hockey

Monica Cabrera ’11 Varsity Volleyball

Patrick Phalen ’11 Boys’ Varsity Soccer

Nicholas Cornell ’11 Boys’ Varsity Cross Country

Evan Pittman ’11 Varsity Football

Christopher DeNunzio ’11 Varsity Water Polo

Thomas Rullmann ’11 Boys’ J.V. Soccer

Diana Drpich ’11 Varsity Volleyball

Sabrina St. Marc ’13 J.V. Volleyball

Molly Elliot ’13 Girls’ Varsity Cross Country

Michael Simonson ’11 Boys’ Varsity Cross Country

Nicholas Hochrein ’13 Boys’ Thirds Soccer

Caitlin Shetterley ’11 Girls’ Varsity Cross Country

Kyra Koncar ’11 Varsity Field Hockey

Mac Stephens ’14 Boys’ J.V. Soccer

Kacey Marra ’13 Girls’ Varsity Cross Country

Patrick Wentz ’11 Boys’ Varsity Cross Country

Students Honored Students received the following awards at Fall Awards at the school meeting of December 3.

Students received the following awards November 16 and December 3.

VARSITY FIELD HOCKEY

GIRLS’ CLUB CREW

Coach’s Award: Kyra Koncar ’11 M.V.P.: Jennifer Morgan ’11

Coach’s Award: Sarah McFarland ’14

J.V. FIELD HOCKEY

Coach’s Award: Yoo Jin Choi ’11

Coach’s Award: Domenic Sawaia ’11 M.V.P.: Christopher Abner ’11

BOYS’ VARSITY CROSS COUNTRY

J.V. FOOTBALL

Coach’s Award: Nicholas Cornell ’11, Michael Simonson ’12 M.V.P.: Patrick Wentz ’11 BOYS’ J.V. CROSS COUNTRY

Coach’s Award: Michael Miller ’13 VARSITY VOLLEYBALL

Coach’s Award: Brittany Romagnoli ’12 M.V.P.: Diana Drpich ’11, Jessica Troilo ’11 J.V. VOLLEYBALL

Coach’s Award: Brieanna Brown ’11 THIRDS VOLLEYBALL

Coach’s Award: Samantha Ostreicher ’14 GIRLS’ VARSITY CROSS COUNTRY

Coach’s Award: Molly Elliot ’13 M.V.P.: Lindsey Marra ’12 BOYS’ CLUB CREW

VARSITY FOOTBALL

Coach’s Award: Brody Pfiefer ’13 GIRLS’ VARSITY SOCCER

Coach’s Award: Olivia Steiner ’14 M.V.P.: Ashley Bonner ’11 GIRLS’ J.V. SOCCER

Coach’s Award: Meagan Kendrick ’12 BOYS’ VARSITY SOCCER

Coach’s Award: Joshua Minor ’11 M.V.P.: Connor Chatterton ’11 BOYS’ J.V. SOCCER

Coach’s Award: Stephen Pollock ’13 BOYS’ THIRDS SOCCER

Coach’s Award:Nicholas Hochrein ’13 WATER POLO

Coach’s Award: James McCabe ’11 M.V.P.: Christopher DeNunzio ’11

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Coach’s Award: Kurt Bixby ’11

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Return to Lebanon Joe Najm ’12 visits his dad’s homeland.

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I made my first trip to visit my dad’s family in Lebanon 13 years ago, when I was three years old.

I have only a few vague memories of that visit.

One is that my father’s four uncles live in each of four consecutive houses on the same street. I remember starting breakfast in one abode and working my way through each until dinner. My second visit, in June 2010, with my sisters Nadia ’06 and Alyssa ’09 and my mom and dad would be a much more memorable journey.

Anticipating the trip, I was both excited to see family and have new adventures and fearful of what would be unfamiliar surroundings.

After a fourteen-hour flight that included a layover in London, we finally landed in Beirut. While waiting to deplane, I remember taking a couple of deep breaths to calm my nerves and prepare myself for the journey of a lifetime.

Lebanon is misunderstood by many people. To some, it’s a Middle Eastern country with terrorists and wars. To most, though, Lebanon is a land of many beauties, which include its geography, religious tolerance, and delicious food.

In Lebanese culture, family is most important. To put it in perspective, my father has 61 first cousins. Quickly, I knew I was in a place of comfort when I turned the corner of the terminal doors and saw my grandfather, who in Lebanese is jeddo, waiting to greet us. I had not seen my jeddo in 13 years, so seeing him was overwhelming. The first time we hugged and kissed, I instantly felt the love connection between a grandson and grandfather. What

The Najms visit the Soeurs Missionnaires du Très Saint Sacrement orphanage in Biet-Hebbak, Lebanon. L-r: Alyssa ’09, Ghassan, Monsignor Sammi Hayek (pastor of St. Anthony Maronite Catholic Church in Danbury, CT, in the 1970s), Joe, Betty, Nadia ’06.

a great moment it was to show my father’s father what a fine young man I have become and to receive his love and approval. After loading the luggage into the car, we journeyed from Beirut to Rmalieh, where we stayed with relatives for the next three weeks.

I knew I was in a different world as soon as I stepped outside of the terminal with my arms around both my aunts, Why? Well, I saw a huge billboard advertising “We Deliver Whopper Meals” and thought this place is like heaven. The next thing that blew me away was from where I stood I could see into the

As the first son of a first son, I was closely inspected by many of my relatives. At first, I thought the highly respected members of my family, who were eyeing me up and down…

mountains of Beirut, which were illuminated by apartment buildings.

I thought, how could a place with such beauty be seen as something evil? I caught myself asking that question often throughout my trip, but kept my thoughts to myself.

As we drove to Rmalieh, the dark of night obstructed my view of the Mediterranean Sea. I knew it was there, but the tease of being unable to see it immediately after a 13-year absence was unbearable. Although I wanted to watch the waves of the Mediterranean crash on the sandy beaches of Lebanon, I wanted to see my grandmother even more.

My tetah, grandmother in Lebanese, is a true matriarch. Standing about five feet tall, she is as strong as an ox and as smart as a fox. As soon as I stepped out of the car, I saw her and other close relatives sitting in a circle drinking Lebanese coffee as they waited for us. This, by the way, is the traditional way of meeting and talking with guests or family. My tetah ran up and gave me the biggest hug of my life – literally 13 years of hugs packed into one. Her love was so overwhelming I began to cry. From then on, family was always around,

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and I always felt at home. My fear had disappeared.

The next three weeks were filled with sight seeing, meeting new people, visiting relatives, and eating lots of great Lebanese food.

Lebanon, geographically, has the perfect climate for growing fruits and vegetables. In one day you can go to the beach, then climb a mountain to ski, and then find yourself in one of the most beautiful cities in the world.

One of the most memorable parts of the trip was my visits to Maghdouché and Harissa.

Maghdouché is well known for its tower of Our Lady of Mantara, which is a Marian shrine built above the cave that is believed to have been the resting place of the Virgin Mary as she waited for Jesus while he visited Sidon. Next to the shrine, in the cave, is a huge statue of Mary. At Harissa, a mountain named after the village at the peak, sits a 15-ton bronze (and painted white) statue of Our Lady of Lebanon with her arms outstretched, greeting pilgrims.

Inside the statue’s base is a small chapel. I learned that religion is very important to the Lebanese.

There are all types of religions, including the two most popular, Islam and Christianity. Not all Lebanese are Muslims and, in fact, many are devout and faithful Christians. Muslims and Christians get along fine because everyone respects one another.

Lebanon is known for its involvement in conflicts, but it has always bounced back. My dad told me once that Lebanon is like a boxer. It fights to rebuild itself and start anew, but then gets knocked back down by those who are not willing to move on from the past.

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One aunt complained I couldn’t speak Arabic, so I told her not to worry, because I can sing parts of the Maronite Catholic Mass in Arabic – and I did. Another complained I was too skinny, so I told her…

in Arabic – and I did. Another complained I was too skinny, so I told her not to worry because I would personally lunch with her and show her my love for food.

My final test was to impress the most respected woman of my entire family, Aunt Hind, who worried about my not being able to communicate with my cousins.

So I told her, too, not to worry, and in Arabic said that the only words I need to know are “give me kisses and hugs.” I impressed them all and made my mom proud.

Khatam Al Ambiya Mosque in Beirut.

suffer. Being half Lebanese (I’m also half Italian) and not being able to speak much Arabic put me at a slight disadvantage, and I thought I would surely fail. Before I met them, my mom said, “Joe, I need you to use your magic and make sure these men and women never forget who you are and how good you are.”

As soon as I met these family members, they peppered me with questions about everything, but I stayed calm and was just myself.

One aunt complained I couldn’t speak Arabic, so I told her not to worry, because I can sing parts of the Maronite Catholic Mass

Much of Lebanese life revolves around food. A delicious Meza (appetizers) is always offered at mealtimes and shared by family and friends. The mid-day dinner starts around 1 p.m. and could last until 5 p.m. My Lebanese relatives fed us so much food we could barely move from the table. Baba ganoush, hommos, olives, lebon (homemade yogurt), and vegetables can comprise the Meza. Main meals may consist of rice with chicken, shish kabobs or fried fish, and they are almost always served with French fries. Meals usually end with fresh seasonal fruits of all kinds.

Many adults drink Arak, an anise-

flavored alcoholic drink, served at every meal. After much laughter and singing during the meal, we cleared the dishes and then did the dabke, a traditional Lebanese line dance, on the balcony while my cousin played the derbke.

I quickly discovered that KFC and McDonald’s deliver food. My cousins and I would get cravings at 10 p.m., and we’d order takeout.

My uncle would grill corn on his patio late in the evenings. Even at 3 a.m., anyone craving an ice cream cone can get their order filled.

Lebanon has it all. It’s just a phone call away.

Today, Lebanon is experiencing a renaissance. I was particularly impressed by Beirut, the greatest city I have ever seen, and struck by the fact that Muslims and Christians coexist peacefully. A mosque and a church sit next to each other in the center of the city, and throughout the day they are filled with devout and pious people. It is a very cosmopolitan and modern city, containing all types of cultures, fashionable restaurants, and highenergy clubs. In Beirut, new construction exists side-by-side with Roman ruins. People sometimes refer to it as “The Paris of the Middle East.”

Lebanon is misunderstood by many people. My American friends occasionally tease me about being Lebanese, and they throw words around like “terrorist.” During my trip, I got to see how beautiful and peaceful Lebanon is, not at all like some people’s impression that it is a war-torn country. I discovered and learned to appreciate my Lebanese roots, the beautiful people and sites, great food, and the love of my Lebanese relatives.

The Souk, a commercial quarter in Byblos, one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world.

Map of Lebanon.

A traditional dish of seafood in Rmaileh.

Nadia, Alyssa, and Joe visit the American University of Beirut.

The PALLIUM thanks the Najm family for their assistance with this story. All photos courtesy of the Najm family.

A castle in Deir el Qamar, a village in south-central Lebanon.

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Helping Hands, Glad Hearts Canterbury makes its 17th annual pilgrimage to Lourdes, France.

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Chidimma Onwuegbule ’11, Doo Young Kim ’11, and DooA Kim ’12 work crowd control.

Blake Buna ’11 was one of four Canterbury pilgrims chosen to assist priests at a healing Mass in the underground basilica of St. Pius X.

Geoff Bradley ’11 works at the train station.

ALL PHOTOS BY MARC VANASSE ’73

Canterbury pilgrims assist during the candlelight procession. L-r: Colleen Cook ’02, Geoff Bradley ’11, Brian Vatelle ’11, Chidimma Onwuegbule ’11, Bobby McCoey, Steve Kuss ’11.

Connor Chatterton ’11 and Doug Bergner ’10.

Viv Simonelli helps a malade find her train.

A young pilgrim helps in Lourdes.

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Mother Nature as Teacher Guests of John ’59 and Dana Donovan, 12 students spend a week in the Montana wilderness.

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On the Flathead River, Raheem Logan and Chris Fernandez prepare to shoot the rapids in their kayaks.

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Chelsea Draper and Raheem Logan learn how to use a compass.

For a community service day in Glacier Park, the group pulled noxious weeds.

Front row, l-r: Raheem Logan, Chris Fernandez, Savannah Hardwick, Josh Minor.

Back row, l-r: John Donovan ’59, Sean Sullivan, Sandy Behan, Shane Wilson, Vincent Vartabedian, Caitlin Shetterley, Olivia Hoess, Graham Henderson, Chelsea Draper, Chris Frayne, Dick Behan. All students are members of the Class of 2011.

ALL PHOTOS BY JOHN ’59 AND DANA DONOVAN

With help from professional forest firefighters, Shane Wilson takes command of a hose.

Vincent Vartabedian sets up a tent on the shore of the Flathead River.

Graham Henderson and Savannah Hardwick sing karaoke.

The group learns how to dig a trench to stop a forest fire.

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Homecoming A celebration of family, friends, and faculty brings graduates back to campus for an afternoon of fall fun.

Top, 1991 classmates Liz Carter Tamarkin, Joan Simonelli, and Alex Echevarria. Above left, Ann and Bob Fullan ’39. Above right, Mark Conklin ’82 and retired faculty member Jules Viau.

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Michelle Leonard Cuddeback ’90 and husband Brad with their children Katherine, 9, William, 8, Michael, 5, and Thomas, 3.

Kevin Duffy ’91 and wife Hilary with their chidren Charlotte and Patrick.

Joe Staley ’82 and son Harry.

Peter Eigo ’51 and granddaughter Ashley McCauley.

Kurt Garceau ’06 and cousin Chris ’01.

Dick Dillon ’51 and wife Phyllis.

Nikyda Scott ’99 and fiance Angel.

Chris Hebert ’75.

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Dom Possemato ’74.

Bud Brown ’88 and sons Hunter and Jack.

Lydia Kan ’09 and Michelle Kwon ’07.

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2010 classmates Keeshia Laus, Hillary Buzaid, Rich Straub, Sasha-Lee Vos.

Paul Coudert ’86 and son Michael.

Chris Cerbino ’09 and Jaime Bonner ’08.

Kendra Discenza Davis ’83 and husband Stephen.

Meg Maloney Williams ’93 and husband Ben with sons Hugh Juan Camilo ’03, Suhaly Bautista ’04, Dimas Mero ’03. and Thomas.

Don Nepomuceno ’01 poses with the Weber grill he won, courtesy of Powerhouse Appliances and the Buzaid family.

1995 classmates Michelle Almeida Wohlfahrt, Sarah Ullman Martorelli, Maggie Reilly Hauser and daughter Eleanor, Kara Schiebel Kacmarcik and daughter Lauren.

The Simonellis: Mike ’92, Mark ’99, David ’89, Joan ’91.

ALL PHOTOS BY MARC VANASSE ’73

2009 classmates Clare Fitzpatrick, Connor Larkin, Brooke Walgreen.

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Canterbury trustee José Carrion ’88, left, Dionisio Trigo ’53, right, and Luis Fortuño, Governor of Puerto Rico, center, recently had breakfast with Geoff Hoyt, Associate Director of Development.

IN THE NEWS

COURTESY PRINCETON UNIVERSITY CLASS OF ’61

Ken Scasserra ’57 Honored at Princeton

On November 20, 2010, Ken Scasserra ’57 was the guest of honor at the dedication of the new Friends Room at Baker Rink in recognition of his lifetime of service to Princeton University hockey. Fellow Princetonians and Canterbury classmates John O’Neill, third from right, and Bill O’Connor, second from right, joined in the festivities.

Ken has been unable to play hockey since surviving polio at age 16, but he has continued to participate in the sport he loves as a coach, manager, and co-founder and president of the Princeton University Hockey Association.

At Princeton, he managed the hockey teams all four years and was named manager emeritus his senior year.

He coached and managed several area teams, serving as treasurer of Lawrenceville School's Invitational Hockey Tournament.

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COURTESY ERIC O’NEILL ’89

GEOFF HOYT

COURTESY TOM MORRIS ’85

CLASSNOTES

Thomas Harrison Quinlan Morris (born July 24, 2010), son of Tom Morris ’85 and wife Katherine.

Eric O’Neill ’89 and wife Lindsay with Avery Jane, born November 6, 2010.

1973 Actor John Tobin recently played Humphrey Bogart in This is It, Michael Jackson’s last music video. He will be seen next year in Michael Bay’s Transformers 3: Dark of the Moon. Monica Sheehan Bennett is now employed as an underpayments analyst with Tufts Medical Center Physicians’ Organization in Boston. She reports she enjoys the work.

1974 Scott Kelly lives in Salt Lake City and works as a personal trainer. He also trains for triathlons.

1981 In May 2010, Tony Walters was appointed Director of the Office of Workforce Diversity for the New York State Unified Court System.

1984 Tom Kurtz and wife Adele recently celebrated their 10th wedding anniversary.

1986 Andy Staib, who has been married for 14 years, has three daughters: Hannah, 12, Hope, 10, and Lilly Jo, 8. He looks forward to seeing his classmates at their

25th Reunion in June 2011.

Jacob Sims, son of Melinda and Tracy Sims was born September 1, 2010. He joins siblings Joi, 15, Anthony, 11, and Mia, 7.

1989 Eric O’Neill and wife Lindsay welcomed Avery Jane November 6, 2010. Born at 11 a.m. sharp, she was 20 inches long and weighed 7 lbs. 3 oz. Says Eric, “Avery means wise, and Jane means God’s gracious gift, and she’s living up to her name already.” P.J. O’Connor put his best football moves to work last summer when he tackled a fleeing thief who was running up Eighth Avenue in New York’s West Village. P.J. is quoted in a New York Post story as saying, “It happened so fast, I had about three seconds to decide if I could handle this.” The thief had eluded police during a foot chase and ended up running straight for P.J. That’s when P.J. got into a crouch and braced himself. “He ran straight for me, so I grabbed him by the legs,” says P.J. “He turned and jacked me in the head, and the cops came and

Members of the Class of 1986 gathered at the New York Athletic Club December 2, 2010, to begin planning their reunion in June. L-r: Andy Staib, Tom Carter, Tom Shea, Jen Lobo Plamodon, Amy McKenna Omaña.

kept him down.” In 1993, P.J.’s brother was one of three passengers who brought down deranged Long Island Rail Road gunman Colin Ferguson. Seems like heroes run in the O’Connor family.

1990 John Gaffney and wife Dara announce the arrival of their third child, Oren Marshall, born July 5, 2010.

1991 Aaron Sherman is currently an account executive with Dell. He and his wife have two children, Sadie, 2, and Jack, 5. The Shermans still live on Plum Island, MA. 1993 Cathy Stone tells the PALLIUM she has a twoyear-old girl named Lauren, and she is due to have a boy, who will be named after her father, Henry Stone, during the Christmas holidays. She hopes all is well with her old friends and would love to hear from them.

1994 Meaghan McCarty Dresser was profiled in the Vineyard Vines late summer 2010 catalog. In part, the item says that Meg first learned

to tack in Darien, CT, where her father helmed the local sailing program. After college, she graduated to big boat racing on Long Island Sound.

She has since competed in a trifecta of races, from a Transatlantic to a Fastnet and just completed her fourth Newport to Bermuda Race.

Meg has turned her passion into a career in her job as a project manager at the Newport office of Harken, makers of the nuts and bolts of sailing hardware.

1996 Chris Maloney married Ann (Ehnes) Maloney August 1, 2009, at the International Peace Gardens on the U.S./ Canadian border. Chris works for Morgan Stanley Smith Barney. The Maloneys live in Riverview, FL. 1997 Stephanie Goos Johnson and Eliot Johnson welcomed their second child, Lathrop Billings, June 26, 2010. Nick Johnson and wife Margaret welcomed their first child, Hewitt Edward, October 7, 2010.

Dara and John Gaffney ’90 welcomed Oren Marshall July 6, 2010.

COURTESY KEVIN DELANEY ’88

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COURTESY JOHN GAFFNEY ’90

CLASSNOTES

Jacques Joubert ’90 holds daughter Belle over the Stanley Cup.

IN THE NEWS Morvillo Abramowitz Names Christopher J. Morvillo ’83 Principal The law firm Morvillo, Abramowitz, Grand, Iason, Anello & Bohrer, P.C., has announced that Christopher J. Morvillo ’83 has been elected a Principal of the firm, effective July 1. He was previously counsel.

“We are proud to have Chris join the firm’s partnership,” said Elkan Abramowitz of Morvillo Abramowitz. “Chris is a skilled and experienced litigator and brings great dedication to his practice. Chris is a wonderful addition to our team of immensely talented attorneys.”

Chris specializes in the representation of individual and corporate clients in federal and state white-collar criminal matters, parallel enforcement and civil proceedings, and internal investigations. His recent representations have involved investigations, prosecutions and civil claims arising from allegations of insider trading, theft of trade secrets, securities fraud, accounting fraud, healthcare fraud, and violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, the Electronic Espionage Act, the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, and the Arms Export Control Act. Prior to joining the firm, Chris served for six years as an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, where he investigated and tried a wide variety of criminal cases in the areas of fraud, money laundering, obstruction of justice, counter-terrorism, and narcotics. Chris assisted in the criminal investigation arising out of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.

In 2005, Chris received the Attorney General’s Award for Exceptional Service – the Justice Department’s highest award – for his work as one of the lead prosecutors on a major multi-defendant international terrorism investigation and prosecution that led to the convictions of all defendants on all charges following a 10-month trial. Chris is also an Adjunct Professor at Fordham University School of Law, where he teaches Legal Writing. He received his J.D. from Fordham University School of Law in 1992, where he was the Articles and Book Reviews Editor for the Fordham International Law Journal, and his B.A. from Villanova University in 1987.

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Lathrop Billings Johnson, son of Stephanie Goos Johnson ’97 and husband Eliot ’97.

Nick Johnson ’97 holds his first child, Hewitt Edward, born October 7, 2010.

1998 Molly Sheehy Reilly and husband John ’96 welcomed daughter Abigail Stevenson September 28, 2010. Abigail is the first granddaughter of Tom and Betsy Sheehy. Bill DiTullio and wife Natalie welcomed daughter Kara Juliette July 15, 2010.

1999 Mike Hume married Kristin Cummings in Washington, D.C. May 1, 2010.

2000 Patrick Devlin reports that since his reunion last summer he has switched jobs and now designs HVAC for Robert Derector Associates, a full service engineering firm with a local feel and a global reach. The firm in located in New York City. Emily Kloeblen has moved to Boston to attend Harvard Business School. She started work on her M.B.A. this fall as a member of the Class of 2012. Previously, she had worked as an Academic Accounts Manager for GE Healthcare in Connecticut, managing diagnostic imaging sales for clients such as Yale

University and Yale New Haven Health System. If you are in Boston, Emily would like to hear from you.

2001 On August 23, 2006, Rebecca Pollock, Sarah Pollock’s sister, was diagnosed with chronic myeloid leukemia.

In response to trying to raise money for leukemia research, Sarah and friend Laura Seifert ’06 participated in the Manhattan Chapter of New York City Light the Night Walk for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society October 14. Then on November 7, the sisters Pollock (Amy, Rebecca, Amanda, and Sarah) ran the New York City Marathon to raise money for cancer research. It was the first time all four sisters had run together in a full marathon.

Each finished in under 5 1/2 hours. Evan Meenan and wife Erin still live in Vermont and are enjoying everything it has to offer. Erin works as an academic counselor at the Community College of Vermont and teaches parttime at Champlain College.

Evan, after two years in a

private law practice, has moved to the criminal division of the Vermont Attorney General’s Office. If you happen to find yourself in Vermont, Evan and Erin would love to hear from you.

2002 Gerard Duffy married Kate Thomas at St. Mary’s Basilica in Covington, KY, June 5, 2010. They held their reception at the Peterloon Estate in Cincinnati.

2003 Donny Horner is working on earning an M.B.A. at Jackson University.

2004 Denis Cronin is enrolled at Fordham University School of Law and lives in Manhattan. Walter Briggs is the theater director for The Inconvenience, a Chicago-based company that “enlightens, empowers, and inspires community.” Their first production since moving to new quarters is The Earl, Brett Neveu’s dark comedy that features three brothers caught in a dangerous game.

2006 Willie Parson Patry

COURTESY GERARD DUFFY ’02

COURTESY STEPHANIE GOOS JOHNSON ’97

COURTESY STEPHANIE GOOS JOHNSON ’97

CLASSNOTES

Gerard Duffy ’02 married Kate Thomas June 5, 2010, in Covington, KY.

and husband Jonathan welcomed twins Jonathan and Mason September 2, 2010.

2007 Christa Rotolo will graduate from Bucknell University December 2011 with a B.S. in Civil/Environmental Engineering and a B.A. in Management with a minor in math. Tim Buhay plans to graduate from Merrimack College in May with a B.S. in Finance and a B.A. in Economics. Katie Heidbreder performed at the Kennedy Center’s Concert Hall in October in Verdi’s Defiant Requiem. She is currently understudying at the 2009 Tony Awardwinning Signature Theater of Arlington, VA, in a new work by Ken Ludwig called Fox on the Fairway, directed by John Rando (Tony Award, Urinetown) and starring Jeff McCarthy, Andrew Long, and Holly Twyford. Katie has been selected to be the female swing in the D.C. premiere of Sunset Boulevard at Signature Theater later this year. She will be performing

COURTESY LAURA MITCHELL

Hillary Buzaid ’10 was named one of four “Faces of Loyola” this fall.

Sarah Pollock ’01 and Laura Seifert ’06 participated in the Manhattan Chapter of the New York City Light the Night Walk for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society October 14, 2010. They walked to honor Sarah’s sister Rebecca.

Mike Hume ’99 celebrated his wedding to Kristin Cummings with classmates (l-r) Matt Martino, Greg Emmett, and Jesse Kiefer in Washington, D.C. May 1, 2010. Matt Kiefer also attended.

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with Broadway star Florence Lacey. In addition, Katie is still an active student and on schedule to graduate from Catholic University of America as a musical theater major from the Benjamin T. Rome School of Music in May 2011.

2010 Hillary Buzaid was one of four students selected by Loyola University (MD) to be featured on its Faces of Loyola posters. The citation on the poster reads: “Hillary Buzaid is constantly trying to be the best person she can be. She strives to do well in all aspects of life from schoolwork and community service to staying in shape and forming strong friendships with whomever she encounters. Her genuine and caring personality inspires others to do the right thing without seeking attention. n

Katie Heidbreder ’07 performed Verdi’s “Defiant Requiem” at the Kennedy Center’s Concert Hall this fall.

COURTESY MIKE HUME ’99

Nick and Kara DiTullio (born July 15, 2010), children of Bill ’98 and Natalie DiTullio, proudly sport their “I’m a little Saint” t-shirts.

COURTESY LAURA SEIFERT ’06

COURTESY BILL DITULLIO ’98

COURTESY MARY HEIDBREDER

CLASSNOTES

In October, Language Chair Julio Omaña brought the Spanish exchange students to the First and Last Tavern, the restaurant Pat Hennessey ’00 manages, in Hartford. The group had spent the day touring the State’s capital.

Send Class Notes and photos to pallium@cbury. org. We’d love to hear from you.

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Stay Connected to Canterbury

Two years ago, Canterbury’s Alumni Office created a Facebook page to keep graduates and friends connected to the School and each other. Noah Blake, Associate Director of Development, is the page’s administrator, and he keeps the page very up to date.

At present, the page has more than 2,100 friends. Search on “Canterbury Saints Alum” and see how many of your classmates have already joined.

Last year, Kalin Bracken ’04 recognized the need to grow our alumni professional network and started a “Canterbury School Alumni” group on Linkedin. The group now includes 170plus members. Join now at www.linkedin. com to see if a Cantuarian can help you advance professionally or if you can help other Cantuarians.

In fall 2009, Canterbury introduced its iPhone app, available exclusively at Apple’s App Store. So far, the app allows users to browse calendars, sport events, and the directory. More modules are being planned. If you download the app (search on Canterbury School – you’ll see the logo), but do not have a Podium username and password, you will need to contact Rich Portelance ’86, Director of Interactive Technologies, at rportelance@cbury.org.

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OBITUARIES In Memoriam

Jerome K. Chase ’44 Michael J. Copeland ’50 Paul A. Cauchon, retired faculty member Jerome K. Chase ’44 Jerome K. “Jerry” Chase ’44 died October 29, 2010.

He was born in New York City March 20, 1926, the son of the late Dr. Oscar J. Chase and Elaine (Klenke) Chase.

Jerry was a resident of Wayland, MA, for more than 36 years and previously resided in Scarsdale, NY, and Weston, CT. After graduating from Canterbury, Jerry went on to Columbia University, where he graduated in 1951. He served as a flight engineer with the rank of sergeant with the U.S. Air Force during World War II in the South Pacific.

He began his career at Sinclair Oil in New Jersey and with Budd Automotive and the Ford Motor Company. He was the owner and founder of Framingham Ford since 1971, which continues to operate today. He was an active and longtime communicant of St. Ann’s Parish. He enjoyed all of the New England sports teams, gardening at his home, and especially time shared with his family.

Jerry is survived by his wife of 56 years, Anne (Buckout) Chase of Wayland, several children, and his brother George Chase ’44 of Atlanta, GA. Michael J. Copeland ’50 Michael J. Copeland ’50, originally from New York City, passed away July 8, 2010, in Raleigh, NC, after a stroke.

Mike was born July 11, 1931, in New Rochelle, NY, the son of the late Abbot Joseph Copeland and Nora Kildare.

After graduating from Canterbury, Mike went to Colgate University, where he graduated with honors. A talented linguist, Mike was fluent in Russian and Spanish and gifted in other languages as well. Mike served as a captain in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean War before beginning a life-long career in the optical industry. Mike was one of the developers of the first intra-ocular lens used in the U.S. He was the originator and manufacturer of the Copeland Iris Plane Intra-ocular Lens, which revolutionized cataract surgery in 1968. His company, Copeland Intra Lenses, Inc., manufactured the lens known as the Copeland Lens for many years. He trained numerous physicians and medical students in contact lens techniques in New York City. Mike, a gifted baritone, was a life-long member of the University Glee Club of New York City with whom he frequently toured in the U.S. and abroad. He loved the camaraderie he shared with this group.

He is survived by his wife of eleven years, Betty Ruth Johnson Copeland, his four children, two step-daughters, brother Denis ’53, and numerous nephews and cousins.

The PALLIUM invites members of the Canterbury family to submit copies of obituaries, which we will edit for publication. If you wish to share memories of a deceased classmate for possible inclusion in this publication, please send them to the editor.

CANTERBURY SCHOOL ARCHIVES (2)

Paul A. Cauchon, Retired Science and Computer Teacher, Dies

Paul A. Cauchon, 82, a retired and longtime Canterbury science and computer teacher, died October 14, 2010, in St. Petersburg, FL, after a long and often arduous battle with Parkinson’s Disease.

After graduating from Providence College with a degree in chemistry, Paul joined the U.S. Marines and served in Europe during the Korean War. While in the Marines, Paul helped develop and design the computer-training center in Norfolk, VA. He attained the rank of Marine Corps Reserve Colonel.

Paul and his wife Jean moved to New Milford in 1962 with their two oldest children, Paul and Stephen. He was an extraordinarily skilled teacher of Introductory Physical Science (IPS), Chemistry, and computer courses. Early in his tenure as Science Department Chair, he convinced the School to incorporate Biology into the curriculum and in the mid-1960s helped design the Biology lab in Nelson Hume Hall. Paul recognized early the potential of computers in education, and he was an early adopter of that technology, bringing to campus in 1966 a GE computer terminal coupled to a mainframe computer located in Valley Forge, PA. After renting a computer at the cost of $3,000 per year, the School purchased a new computer system, the digital PDP8, for approximately $11,000. The PDP8 eventually gave way to a classroom full of Commodore Pets, Apple IIes, and a host of peripherals.

To promote the use of the computer, Paul inaugurated a Saturday morning class in the study of FORTRAN, a programming language.

“After the School’s librarian, Paul was the first faculty member to welcome me to the Canterbury community,” says Director of Studies Kathy Bolster. “It was also Paul who first suggested that I might want to try teaching a Computer Literacy class.”

He turned his passion for science and computers and how they could help teach students the vagaries of chemistry and computer literacy into Programs for Learning, located in New Milford. Among the titles he

wrote was Chemistry with a Computer (1980).

Recognizing Paul’s superb organizational skills, Headmaster Jack Reydel commissioned Paul to create a school work program, which required each student to complete an assigned task several times per week. Faculty and upperformers served as supervisors. No one other than Paul could so successfully have taken on that task; he ran it with military precision.

Paul also had an artistic side, serving as musical director for one of the School’s musicals. After he retired to Florida, he took up nature photography and exhibited his work in several galleries. In addition, he sang in the Blessed Trinity choir, was a greeter at the 10:30 a.m. Mass, and volunteered at the St. Petersburg Library, working with those who could not afford a computer but wanted to learn how to use one.

Twice each week, he also conducted tours at the Boyd Hill Nature Preserve in St. Petersburg.

A plaque outside the classroom in which he taught, the Chemistry lab, recognizes Paul’s distinguished teaching career and many contributions to Canterbury. He retired from the School in 1992.

“Paul was a great school man,” says retired Canterbury math teacher and friend Walter Burke. “He was bright, innovative, highly principled, and always prepared. I vividly remember attending faculty computer classes taught

by Paul and marveling at his expertise and patience with us.”

His students will remember him for his thoroughness and depth of knowledge, classroom organization, and step-by-step method of teaching.

Paul was predeceased by his wife, Jean Hennessey Cauchon, and is survived by his sons Paul ’71, Stephen ’74, and Alex ’88, daughter Christine Cauchon Summer ’87, and seven grandchildren. A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated Monday, October 18, at St. Raphael’s Catholic Church on Snell Isle in St. Petersburg. Burial with military honors took place October 19 at Bay Pines National Cemetery, St. Petersburg.

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CLASSNOTES CANTERBURY PROUD

COURTESY RICK GAMBELLA ’06

Rick Gambella ’06

Rick Gambella ’06

“The School instilled in me a strong work ethic, time management skills, a desire to learn, serve, compete, take seriously my spirituality, and be compassionate.”

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deservedly received the Holy Cross Book Prize at the end of his Fifth Form year. The award, which recognizes outstanding scholarship, concern for others, and commitment to school and community, appropriately reflected his contributions to Canterbury and eerily presaged Rick’s future.

From the first day he arrived at Canterbury, Rick knew he wanted to be involved in the School’s tight-knit community. During his four-year career, he distinguished himself by earning a host of coveted leadership positions: Form president, proctor, sacristan, and captain of Boys’ Varsity Soccer. Academically, his induction into the Canterbury Honor Society in spring 2005 acknowledged that Rick was a talented student destined to make a difference in the world. Propelled by his desire to be involved at Canterbury, he also actively volunteered for Men of Canterbury, wrote for The Tabard, and served as a peer tutor.

As fate would have it, Rick enrolled at the College of the Holy Cross, the school that sponsored the award he received the year before. “Holy Cross was a great place to spend four years, and where I continued to grow, mature, and learn every day. The culture of Holy Cross reminded me greatly of the core values taught at Canterbury.” During his undergraduate career, Rick was an economics major and chemistry minor with a pre-dental concentration. “My interest in health care and chemistry led me to do research in diagnostic imaging with a chemistry professor for two full years,” says Rick. While an undergraduate, Rick made a name for himself as an award-winning resident assistant, recipient of two chemistry fellowships, and the co-author of two publications, one in the Journal of Organometallic Chemistry and one in the European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry. With many post-college options available to him, Rick decided to pursue his dream of serving others as a dentist.

Today, Rick is a first-year student at the University of North Carolina School of Dentistry. “Preparing myself to be an excellent dentist has been a longtime goal of mine, even when I was at Canterbury,” says Rick.

Rick believes that he would not be where he is today were it not for his attending “the school on the hill.” For him, Canterbury was the ultimate experience in maturation. He adds, “In each of my actions since leaving Canterbury, I have tried to make decisions that model the core values that Mr. Sheehy always heavily stresses. The School instilled in me a strong work ethic, time management skills, a desire to learn, serve, compete, take seriously my spirituality, and be compassionate.”

Rick’s most cherished Canterbury moments include spending countless hours in Hickory Hearth’s kitchen with Dr. Marija and the late Algis Stankus-Saulaitis. He discussed with them and his friends and classmates Josh Belfiore and Casey O’Donnell everything – art, music, family, college, and Canterbury itself. Rick also remembers with clarity being in Bryan Kiefer’s Economics class. “In retrospect, his class resembled a tightknit college course, and it led me to major in economics,” says Rick.

Time will tell where life takes Rick, but in the meantime, he needs to decide if he will graduate as a general dentist or continue his education and specialize in pedodontics [dentistry for children and adolescents] or orthodontics. He will also have to decide where he wants to practice, because although North Carolina is his home, his having spent eight years in the Northeast makes settling in that part of the country attractive. He’s also contemplating the possibility of serving in the U.S. Air Force as an officer and a dentist, treating our nation’s heroes.

Canterbury’s Five Values Respect, Compassion, Honesty, Spirituality, and Self-Reliance

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Thomas Pirone at this year’s Third Form retreat.

MARC VANASSE ’73

The Annual Fund supports Canterbury programs such as the Third Form Retreat.

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New York Christmas Party • Union League Club • December 15, 2010 CLASSNOTES

Conor O’Rourke ’06, Criste Linkletter ’05, John Hennessy ’06.

2010 classmates Sasha-Lee Vos, Lauren Granchelli, Eileen Bell, Tori Morini, Sydney Putnam, and Liz Dooley.

Tom Shea ’86, Chris Mulshine ’88, Garvin Hammer ’85.

George Kershaw ’06, Jared Carusillo ’06, Cammy Roffe, Jim Briggs ’56.

Suhaly Bautista ’04, Rachel Graham ’05, Fawn Bennett ’05.

Allison Grant Sterner ’01, Natasha Mulla ’00, Linda Tes ’00.

2006 classmates Josh Belfiore and Ray Zulauf.

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Anika Smith Taylor ’90, Mary Coleman Lynn ’90, Michelle Leonard Cuddeback ’90, Chris Morgan ’88.

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New York Christmas Party • Union League Club • December 15, 2010

John O’Grady ’70, Steve Ryan ’69, John LaCava ’70.

Tom Sheehy, Tiffany French ’94, Charlie Kelly ’85, Derek DeLeo ’88.

1963 classmates Des Barry and Donn Dolce.

2000 classmates Josh Kenney, Matt Lutjen, Craig Mealmaker, Pat Devlin.

Max Bertz ’02 and sister Lilly ’03.

Ger Reilly ’89, former Canterbury English teacher Kevin Dearinger, Kathleen Hebert Price ’89.

Tom Egan ’99 and Betsy Sheehy.

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Macy Steers ’04, Kalin Bracken ’04, Kevin McLaughlin ’04, Merrell Middleton ’04, Scott Grant ’05.

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Remember the Good Times

R e u n i o n 2011 J une 10-12

Reunite with friends and faculty.

Bring the whole family.

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In Honor of Peter de la Chapelle ’52 Canterbury’s Charitable Gift Annuity provided

“Peter cared deeply

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about Canterbury

tax benefits and a

and believed in

healthy income during

death, the CGA provides direct and immediate support to Canterbury’s students and faculty.

financial support to

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his lifetime. Upon Peter’s

education.”

Peter de la Chapelle ’52

“Peter de la Chapelle cared deeply about Canterbury,” says Jim Sweeney, Canterbury Director of Gift Planning. “He also believed in financial support to education.”

Peter, a Princeton University graduate and an investment banker who subsequently lived in France for many years, found a way to support Canterbury’s educational program while receiving large tax benefits and an income for life. By donating a Canterbury Charitable Gift Annuity, Peter received an immediate tax deduction and quarterly payments, of which a portion was tax-free. Upon Peter’s death on August 2, 2010, Canterbury received the balance of the CGA and placed it in the School’s permanent endowment.

We thank and honor Peter de la Chapelle for his extraordinary generosity to Canterbury and his dedication to education.

To learn how you can benefit from including Canterbury in your estate plans, please contact: Jim Sweeney Director of Gift Planning 800-526-1710 • JSweeney@cbury.org

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Moon over Sheehan House. Taken October 10, 2010, on what would have been Walter Sheehan’s (second Headmaster of Canterbury) 100th birthday.