FROM THE EDITOR FALL 2015 Volume 109 Number 1 PUBLISHER Tracy M. Sweet Director of Academy Communications INTERIM EDITOR Jill Clerkin Director of Publications DESIGNER Ken Puleo Art Director MANAGING EDITOR & CLASS NOTES EDITOR Jane Dornbusch CLASS NOTES DESIGNER Sally Abugov CLASS NOTES COORDINATOR Laura MacHugh CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Audrey Doyle, Emma Kelley ’17, Joe Lemire ’01, Corrie Martin, Debra Samuels, Paula Trespas, Sarah Zobel PHOTOGRAPHERS Richard Amster, Julia Beckwith ’17, Wayne Boardman, Janet Century, Skye Chalmers, Jill Clerkin, Gabriel Amadeus Cooney, Kristin Dillon, Peter Drench, Bill Eichner, Neil Evans, David Flash, Rich Graessle, Debbie Hannam, Icon Sportswire, Historic New England, John Hurley, Lawrence History Center, Chris Messinger, Alan Brian Nilsen, Perkins School for the Blind, Stephen Porter, School of Visual Arts, Tammy Skwierczynski, Gil Talbot, Bethany Versoy, Claudia Wessner, Dave White © 2015 Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass. 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.
I am delighted to introduce the new editor of Andover magazine, Allyson Irish. Allyson succeeds Kristin Bair O’Keeffe, who stepped down in May as she and her husband and daughter prepared to travel to China to adopt 2-year-old Yao. Kristin and family are happily back home in Andover and, as you can imagine, keeping very busy. Allyson joins us from Simmons College, where she served for 16 years in a variety of positions, including editor of Simmons magazine and senior director of marketing communications. In addition to embracing a multimedia approach to her work, she has overseen two magazine redesign efforts. Also active in several professional organizations, including CASE (Council for Advancement and Support of Education) and the Council of Independent Colleges (CIC), Allyson recently moderated a CIC social media panel and looks forward to sharing her expertise as we define Andover’s multimedia presence. She holds a BA degree from Assumption College and an MS degree from Simmons. Class notes editor Jane Dornbusch’s name will be familiar to our more than 150 class secretaries and numerous alumni authors whose new works have been featured in Andover Bookshelf. Jane was recently promoted to managing editor of the magazine. Along with continuing to serve as class notes and bookshelf editor (please do keep sending her your books!), Jane will take on day-to-day management of the magazine. She holds a BA degree from Brown University and has extensive writing and editing experience. Her work has appeared frequently in Andover as well as in publications such as the Boston Globe, Yankee, and Cooking Light.
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