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PA’s Longtime German Connection Retires Otto Vehrenkamp, second from right, is retiring after more than three decades as PA’s admission representative in Germany. He interviewed German applicants to the Kemper Scholars program, which has brought hundreds of international students to Andover since its inception under Headmaster Ted Sizer. Vehrenkamp also came to PA as a German teacher and housemaster, in 1962 and again in 1969, to fill temporary vacancies. In August 2009, Kemper Scholars old and new gathered for a reunion hosted by Vehrenkamp at his home in Goettingen, Germany. From left are Jonas Allerbeck ’07, PA International Student Coordinator Susanne Torabi, Carl Koeckert ’09, Pia Aehnlich ’10, Anne Köehler ’03, Laura Moreno Morales ’10, Anna Ulrichs ’00, and Vehrenkamp and his granddaughter Svenja ’09. His daughter Dunja ’77 also attended Andover. Susanne Torabi
Moore Honored with McKeen Award Diane Moore, the founding director of the Brace Center for Gender Studies and a former PA instructor in philosophy and religious studies, was this year’s McKeen Award recipient. The award—which honors outstanding individuals who help make the school community a more successful and equitable coeducational environment—was presented by Kathleen Dalton and Tony Rotundo, Brace Center codirectors, at a February gathering of Moore’s friends, former students, and past colleagues. Moore created several Brace Center programs, including the Brace Student Fellow Program, the Brace Faculty Fellow Program, and the Hearsey Community Fellow Program. She also began the Hearsey Resource Room, which contains hundreds of books and numerous other resource materials about gender. “Diane was at the heart of discussions of gender issues and policy on campus, bringing candor, warmth, insight, and commitment to those conversations,” says Rotundo. “She also worked tirelessly to keep alive the memory and traditions of Abbot Academy.” Moore is currently a professor of the practice in religious studies and education and director of the Program in Religious Studies and Education at Harvard Divinity School.
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R ead Vehrenkamp’s reflections on his years of service to Andover, posted at www.andover.edu/magazine.