Andover Alumni Award of Distinction continued from page 3
CURRENTLY SERVING IN THE ACTIVE AND RESERVE FORCES Mackenzie Lucas ’20
Gen. Barry R. McCaffrey, U.S. Army, ’60
Christine Balling ’86
issues. Upon leaving government service, he joined West Point as the Bradley Distinguished Professor of International Security Studies (2001–2005) and an adjunct professor of International Security Studies (2006–2010). He previously served as an associate professor in the Department of Social Sciences at West Point, teaching American government and comparative politics. McCaffrey was inducted into the U.S. Army Ranger Hall of Fame in 2007, honored as a Distinguished Graduate of West Point in 2010, and was selected for the Doughboy Award in 2015, the highest honor the chief of infantry can bestow. Currently, McCaffrey is president of his own consulting firm based in Seattle. He also serves as a national security analyst for NBC News. McCaffrey and his wife, Jill Ann, have three children. Their son, Col. Sean McCaffrey, retired from the U.S. Army after a career as an infantry officer.
partnered with the U.S. Army Civil Affairs teams downrange in Columbia. In 2015, she was pinned by the Colombian Minister of Defense with the Colombian Armed Forces’ “Medal of Distinguished Service.” Upon her return to Washington, D.C., she earned an executive MA in national security affairs at the Institute of World Politics. In 2016 and 2017, Balling organized and led two solo expeditions to Iraqi Kurdistan to deliver humanitarian aid and embed with female Yazidi Peshmerga soldiers who survived the 2014 genocide by ISIS. From 2015 to 2020, Balling was the senior fellow for Latin American Affairs at American Foreign Policy Council. In 2019, she testified as an expert witness at a Senate Foreign Relations hearing on U.S.-Colombian relations. Balling currently serves as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Universidad El Bosque in Bogotá and is the director of Federal Programs for RStor, Inc. and its subsidiary, Sylabs, Inc.
Joseph Kacergis ’19 Jack O’Neil ’19 Neil Thorley ’19 Nicholas Isenhower ’18 Joseph Simourian ’18 Larson Tolo ’18 David Tsai ’18 Annette Bell ’16 Benjamin Bolduc ’16 AnnaMaria Dear ’16 Anirudh Murali ’16 Nicholas Forti ’15 Eden Livingston ’15 Renee LaMarche ’14 Thomas Mullen ’14 Alexandra Bell ’13 William O’Donnell ’13 Taylor Perkins ’12 Christopher Kent ’11 Lyra Silverwolf ’11 Adrian Lehnen ’10 Ansley White ’10 Jake Bean ’08 Hanson Causbie ’08 Jess Choi ’08 Lauren Johnson ’07 Helal Syed ’07 Brendan de Brun ’06 Connor Flynn ’06 Jenn Bales ’04 Livy Coe ’04
A Belated Farewell to Capt. Angus Deming ’44 Andover and the Military was saddened to learn of the passing of Capt. Angus Deming on February 12, 2020. Two days after the D-Day landings in France on June 6, 1944, Deming graduated from Andover and immediately went on active duty in the Navy. At the end of his two-year hitch during WWII, Deming attended Yale, graduating in 1948 with a BA degree and a commission as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve. In 1950, Deming was deployed to Korea as an infantry officer in the 1st Marine Division and served as a platoon leader in the 5th Marine Regiment. He was awarded the Silver Star for “conspicuous gallantry” in his rifle company’s assault on a strongly defended enemy position in June 1951. Deming returned to civilian life in 1952 and began a distinguished career as a journalist with the Wall Street Journal and UPI, followed by 40 years with Newsweek magazine, retiring in 2000. He spoke at AATM’s Veterans Day program in 2017.
Steve Draheim ’04 Matt Fram ’04 Nick Ksiazek ’03 Cat Reppert ’02 Eric Chase ’01 Gil Barndollar ’00 Jarreau Jones ’00 Matthew Sullivan ’00 Hunter Washburn ’00 Grancis Santana ’99 Ali Ghaffari ’98 Luis Gonzalez ’97 Michelle Kalas ’97 Jesse Ehrenfeld ’96 Rush Taylor ’96 Kenny Weiner ’96 Randy Allen ’95 Rebecca Calder ‘94 Matthew Macarah ’93 Ryan Shann ’93 Craig Der Ananian ’91 Kenneth Jambor ’91 Eric Hawn ’89 Graeme Henderson ’83, P’14
THE BLUE GUIDON
The Newsletter of Andover and the Military Vol. 9, No. 1 Published biannually by the Office of Academy Resources, Phillips Academy
4
EDITOR
Robert Tuller ’82, P’22, ’23
ASSOCIATE EDITOR
George Rider ’51, P’86, GP’22
HISTORIAN
David Chase, Faculty Emeritus
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE James Donnelly ’82, Chair Christine Balling ’86 Tom Beaton ’73 Livy Coe ’04 Laurie Coffey ’95 Karl Novick ’07
Kazimierz Kotlow ’83 Robert Patrick ’88 George Rider ’51, P’86, GP’22 Rush Taylor ’96 Robert Tuller ’82, P’22, ’23 Don Way ’63 Kenny Weiner ’96
Douglas Creedon ’79
This list, based on data we receive from alumni, may be incomplete. If you know of someone who should be added, please email Mary Corcoran at mcorcoran@andover.edu.