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The Archivist’s Dilemma: Preserving the Past, Capturing the Future
Drayton’s Dream: “Everyone a Changemaker”
by Sally V. Holm
by Sally V. Holm
As Ruth Quattlebaum retires after 25 years as the Academy’s archivist, she leaves behind a robust debate that is roiling archives from Andover to the far corners of the globe. With a rich history and fertile future in need of documentation and preservation, Andover is facing hard choices in hard times. Plus: The 2009 Thorndike research paper, “Warren King Moorehead: The Peabody Museum’s First Curator, a Champion of Native American Rights,” by Anabel Bacon ’09
Former headmaster Claude Moore Fuess’s search for “a robust nonconformist with the courage of his convictions” could result in no finer candidate than Bill Drayton ’61, founder of Ashoka: Innovators for the Public. Drayton brought his dream home to his alma mater to receive the Academy’s highest award for public service. Plus: “A City Boy’s Wild West Adventure,” by Tom Pollock ’61
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Welcome to Paresky Commons
The Abbot Academy Association: 35 Years and Counting
by Jill Clerkin
by Theresa Pease
David S. Paresky ’56 and wife Linda’s lead gift has helped build a beautiful state-of-the-art dining facility with multiple missions: to honor the original landmark building, to increase healthful menu offerings and enhance sustainability to what it serves, and to bring the community together in a variety of enticing spaces.
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Amy Falls ’82: Mind Over Markets
Abraham Lincoln: A Life by Michael Burlingame ’60
by Tracy M. Sweet
Chris Jones, instructor in history and social science, in a Q&A with the author
She’s Andover’s straight-talking, no-baloney chief investment officer. Determined to protect the endowment in a bear of a market, Amy Falls brings an uncommon grace to the turmoil, thanks to her experience, acuity, and a down-to-earth communications style.
INSIDE FRONT COVER
Abbot Academy keeps on giving 35 years after its merger with Phillips Academy, making generous grants to students, faculty, and staff that inspire dreams, launch pilots, scale heights, and bridge cultures.
The Presidential Inauguration found many members of the extended Andover family in Washington, D.C., last January. Just a small sample includes, clockwise from upper right: Father and son team Robert Barber ’68 and Nicholas Barber ’03; Anne Snyder ’03 (far right); Carol and Christopher Brescia ’71; President George H.W. Bush ’42, President-elect Barack Obama, President George W. Bush ’64, President Bill Clinton, and President Jimmy Carter at the White House luncheon in January; James and Margaret Cheney ’70; Peter Nilsason ’95 with fiancée Crystal Gipe; Jesse Seegers ’05; Natasha Midgley ’05 and Alexandra Jamali ’03 with a friend; from left to right— Jugo Kapetanovic, Kanyi Maqubela ’03, Zachary Cafritz ‘03, Alexandra P. Jamali ’03, and Sarah Carden ’03; Jeff Bakkensen ’06; and Conor MacKinnon ’08. The helicopter bearing the departing president was photographed by Robert Barber.
In January, Michael Burlingame published what critics are calling the “seminal biography” of our 16th president. Faculty member Chris Jones asked him what motivated him to add yet another scholarly treatise on Lincoln to the already expansive library.
CLOSEUPS
DEPARTMENTS
Julia Tavares Alvarez ’44...................59
Dateline Andover................................3
A fighter for the rights of older people
On Course.......................................11 Sports Talk .......................................14
Louis Wiley Jr. ’63 ............................81
Time & Treasure................................44
The conscience of PBS’s Frontline
Connection ......................................47
Ashley Frechette ’98 .......................109 Showcasing the talents of Tanzanian artists
Andover Bookshelf............................50 Class Notes .....................................52 In Memoriam .................................118 Tales out of School ..........................124
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