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ANDOVERBULLETIN Spring 2006 Volume 99 Number 3 PUBLISHER
Michael Strysick Director of Communication INTERIM EDITOR
Paula Trespas ART DIRECTOR
Ellen Hardy Director of Design Services ASSISTANT EDITORS
Jill Clerkin Sharon Magnuson CLASS NOTES COORDINATOR
Maggie Carbone CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Stephen Porter Director of Public Information DESIGN AND PUBLICATIONS ASSISTANT
Jennifer Barcza PRODUCTION COORDINATOR
Linda Capodilupo Photography: Lionel Delevingne, Ellen Hardy, John Hurley, Michael Lutch, J.D. Sloan © 2006 Phillips Academy, Andover, MA. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. Printed on recycled paper. The ANDOVER BULLETIN is published four times a year, fall, winter, spring, and summer, by the Office of Communication at Phillips Academy, 180 Main Street, Andover MA 01810-4161. Main PA Phone 978-749-4000 Changes of address and death notices: 978-749-4269 alumni-records@andover.edu Phillips Academy Web site: http://www.andover.edu Bulletin Phone 978-749-4040 Bulletin Fax 978-749-4272 e-mail: communications@andover.edu Periodical postage paid at Andover MA and at additional mailing offices. Postmasters: Send address changes to: Andover Bulletin, Phillips Academy 180 Main Street, Andover MA 01810–4161 ISSN-0735-5718 Cover: Winslow Homer, The West Wind, 1891, Oil on canvas, 30 x 44 in. Courtesy of the Addison Gallery of American Art
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RETIREMENTS 2006
11. A LOVE OF THE BEAUTIFUL The Addison Gallery of American Art celebrates its 75th Anniversary by Brian Allen Since founder Thomas Cochran’s time, the “best of its kind” defines almost every aspect of the Addison collection.
19. EDUCATIONNEWS.ORG INTERVIEWS VICTOR HENNINGSEN ’69 Interview by Michael Shaughnessy Henningsen got excited about history when he was a PA student in the sixties. He now passes on that excitement to his students and hopes it takes.
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23. LYNN HERBST: Making Hearts Beat Faster in the French Classroom by Hale Sturges
25. SALLY HERBST: A Love of the French Language Informs a Life by Natalie Gillingham Schorr ’62 & Teruyo Shimazu
27. CAROLE BRAVERMAN: Writing a Life; a Life in Writing by Paula Trespas
29. PAUL KALKSTEIN: High Standards and a Compassion for Students by Michael Strysick
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WORKING INSIDE AFGHANISTAN AFTER THE TALIBAN
YUAN HAN: The Han Dynasty at Andover by Hale Sturges
by Stephen Porter Sarah Chayes ’80, a journalist who stayed in Afghanistan to help the people of Kandahar, is recognized with the 24th Claude Moore Fuess Award.
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DEPARTMENTS Exchange Dateline Andover Sports Talk Time & Treasure Connection Andover Bookshelf Class Notes & Alumni Profiles In Memoriam
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THOMAS MENDENHALL ’28: THE MAN WHO PRESERVED A WOMEN’S COLLEGE by Eliza Hartrich ’06 This year’s Thorndike Internship in Historical Biography essayist tells of a champion for women’s education.