Portsmouth Abbey School Winter 2022 Alumni Bulletin

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SPRING FAMILY DAY 2022 Saturday, April 30 – 12:00 to 5:00 p.m.

Parents, Grandparents, Siblings and Friends All are welcome to come and share the day with our Abbey community.

Cheer on the Ravens at the fields, watch play rehearsal, and enjoy the BBQ with family and friends!

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For more information on the event or how to get involved, please contact Meghan Fonts, director of parent relations, at mfonts@portsmouthabbey.org or 401-643-1246

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P ORTS MO U TH ABBE Y MISSION S TATEMENT

Portsmouth Abbey School helps young men and women grow in knowledge and grace.

As a Benedictine boarding and day school committed to excellence, we embrace the Catholic faith while nurturing reverence for God and the human person, love of learning, and commitment to community life.

BO ARD OF REGENTS Abbot Michael G. Brunner O.S.B. Prior-Administrator Portsmouth, RI Mr. W. Christopher Behnke ’81 P’12 ’15 ’19 Chairman Chicago, IL Mr. Christopher Abbate ’88 P’20 ’23 Newport, RI Ms. Abby Benson ’92 Newport, RI Mr. John Bohan P ’20 ’22 Newport, RI Dom Joseph Byron O.S.B. Portsmouth, RI Mr. Creighton O. Condon ’74 P ’07 ’10 Jamestown, RI Mrs. Kathleen Cunningham P’08 ’09 ’11 ’14 Dedham, MA Mr. Gang (Jason) Ding P’18 Qingdao, China Dr. Debra Falvey P’18 ’20 Plaistow, NH Mrs. Frances Fisher P’15 San Francisco, CA Dr. Timothy P. Flanigan ’75 P ’06 ’09 ’11 ’19 Tiverton, RI

Mr. Patrick Gallagher ’81 P’15 Providence, RI Mrs. Meg S. Healey P’91 GP’19 ’21 ’24 New Vernon, NJ Mr. Thomas Hopkins ’85 New York, NY Mrs. Cara Gontarz Hume ’99 Hingham, MA Mr. Peter M. Kennedy III ’64 P’07 ’08 ’15 Big Horn, WY

Mr. Philip V. Moyles, Jr. ’82 P ’22 Annual Fund Chair Rye, NY Mr. Emmett O’Connell P ’16 ’17 Stowe, VT Brother Sixtus Roslevich O.S.B. Portsmouth, RI Mr. Felipe Vicini ’79 P ’09 ’12 ’19 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic Mr. William Winterer ’87 Boston, MA

Mr. William M. Keogh ’78 P ’13 Jamestown, RI

EMERITUS

Dr. Mary Beth Klee P’04 Hanover, NH

Mr. Peter M. Flanigan g ’41 P ’75 ’83 GP ’06 ’09 ’09 ’11 ’11 ’19 ’19 ’21 Purchase, NY

Mr. James Knight ’87 Greenwich, CT

Mr. Thomas J. Healey ’60 P’91 GP’19 ’21 ’24 New Vernon, NJ

Ms. Anne-Marie Law P’19 ’21 ’24 Duxbury, MA

Mr. William K. Howenstein g ’52 P ’87 GP’10 ’17 ’21 ’22 Grosse Pointe Farms, MI

Father Edward Mazuski O.S.B. Portsmouth, RI

Mr. Barnet Phillips IV ’66 Greenwich, CT

Ms. Devin McShane P’09 ’11 Providence, RI Abbott Gregory Mohrman O.S.B. St. Louis, MO g Deceased

Cover: Monique Roeder Singer ’95 was one of the first female students to attend Portsmouth Abbey for four years. She has lived in London wih her husband, Roland (pictured here), and their son, Greydon, since 2017.

For all the pieces that fit together Portsmouth Abbey School is so grateful for all the pieces that fit together to make our community one. Our students, faculty and staff, parents, alumni, monastic community, and friends are all essential to making the Abbey so unique and special.

Whether in the classroom, on the rink or court, in the dorm, by the bay, or in church, our people and programs have the greatest impact on the experience of each and every Raven.

Join us in support of our mission by making your Annual Fund gift today at w w w.por tsmouthabbey.org/ makeagift.

in this issue Stay Connected To keep up with general news and information about Portsmouth Abbey School, we encourage you to bookmark the Portsmouth Abbey School

The Witness of Solemn Profession by Blake Billings ’77, Ph.D.

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Reunion Wrap-up by Carla Kenahan

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Scholarship Golf Tournament Save the Date

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Planned Giving

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Development & Alumni Affairs.

Our New Faculty

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If you would like to receive our e-newsletter,

The Italian Renaissance by Reverend Dom Paschal Scotti O.S.B.

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Catholic Social Ethics by Dr. Marc Lavallee

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Monster in the Closet

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website. Check our listing of upcoming alumni events here on campus and around the country. And please remember to share news with our Office of

Musings, please make sure we have your email address (send to: info@portsmouthabbey.org).

To submit class notes and photos (1-5 MB), please email: classnotes@portsmouthabbey.org or mail to Portsmouth Abbey Office of Development and Alumni Affairs, 285 Cory’s Lane, Portsmouth, Rhode Island 02871.

by Director of College Counseling Corie McDermott-Fazzino Alumna Profile: Monique Roeder Singer ’95

by Interim Director of Advancement Patty Gibbons

Portsmouth Abbey’s Alumni Bulletin is published bi-annually for alumni, parents and friends by Portsmouth Abbey School, a Catholic Benedictine preparatory school for young men and women in Forms III-VI (grades 9-12) in Portsmouth, RI. If you have opinions or comments on the articles contained in our Bulletin, please email: communications @ portsmouthabbey.org or write to the Office of Communications, Portsmouth Abbey School, 285 Cory’s Lane, Portsmouth, RI 02871 Please include your name and phone number.

The editors reserve the right to edit articles for content, length, grammar, magazine style, and suitabilty to the mission of Portsmouth Abbey School.

Acting Headmaster: Matthew Walter Interim Director of Advancement: Patty Gibbons Editor/Art Director: Kathy Heydt

Alumni Profile: Joseph ’13 and Jennifer ’16 Yates by Megan Tady

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The Dedication of the Kennedy Classroom Building

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by Acting Headmaster Matthew Walter The Portsmouth Institute 2022 Summer Symposium Save the Date

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James Charles Roy ’63 and The Elizabethan Conquest of Ireland

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The Corvus Society

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The Crimmins Fund

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Abbot’s Reception 2021

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Fall 2021 Athletics

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Reunion 2022 Save the Date

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Milestones: Births, Weddings, Necrology

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In Memoriam

Class Notes Editor: Nora O’Hara Photography: Louis Walker, Marianne Lee, Andrea Hansen, David Hansen, Katie Blais, Kathy Heydt Individual photos seen in alumni profiles have been supplied courtesy of the respective alumni.

Alvin Lucier, Jr. ’50 Carlos Guevara Aviado ’75

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Class Notes

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Abbot’s Reception 2022 Save the Date

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The Witness of Solemn Profession Blake Billings ’77, Ph.D.

Our liturgical experience was enhanced recently with the liturgy of Solemn Profession for Brother Benedict Maria Sagaya.

We explore some of the distinctive elements of this liturgical celebration. … If after due reflection he promises to observe everything and to obey every command given him, let him then be received into the community. But he must be well aware that, as the law of the rule establishes, from this day he is no longer free to leave the monastery, nor to shake from his neck the yoke of the rule which, in the course of so prolonged a period of reflection, he was free either to reject or to accept.” (Rule of Saint Benedict, chapter 58) Our liturgical experience was enhanced recently with the liturgy of Solemn Profession for Brother Benedict Maria Sagaya. This liturgy carries fundamental significance for the monastic community, adding to it a new member and providing a profound expression of faith, a witness to the monastic and extended communities of Portsmouth Abbey. We will explore in this article some of the elements that compromise this distinctive liturgy, highlighting some of their theological significance.

Sacred Space We should not overlook the sacred space in which liturgy occurs, the “first impression” for those joining the liturgical celebration. We are blessed with the beauty of our oratory, the Abbey’s Church of St. Gregory the Great.

Its appearance was enhanced by the illumination of the array of candles surrounding the statue of Our Lady in the sanctuary. This has been the practice for the Solemnity of All Saints, emblematic of Our Lady, full of the grace of sanctity, as well patroness as Queen of Peace of the community to which Brother Benedict Maria was soon to commit himself. Preparation for his profession was visibly indicated in the sanctuary, before the altar, where a space had been opened, chairs for visiting brethren were set up, and a carpet laid marking the space where he was to lie prostrate, as those gathered lifted him in a litany eliciting the prayers of Our Lady and of all saints.

Illuminating Our Lady

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The Procession

The Procession

The importance of the procession in liturgy is often overlooked, yet it remains the deeply symbolic first action of the liturgy. The processional leads us into the heart of preparation for prayer, and expresses the theme of living, of “walking in faith.” It reminds us that the journey of our lives is a journey of faith, a pilgrimage, heading to a destination that is holy. The Portsmouth monastic community used to also process in and out of the Divine Office, as one can see in the archive photo on display this month in the winter garden, where monks stand in “Statio,” preparing inwardly for the procession into Vespers. The procession into Mass is typically accompanied by a hymn.

The Liturgy of the Word

The Liturgy of the Word This liturgy of Solemn Profession was woven into Mass. It is situated within the Liturgy of Word, the portion of the eucharistic liturgy dedicated to preaching, teaching, witness, and creed. The proclamation of the Gospel for this liturgy leads to the homily, and from there to the rites of profession, culminating in the Profession Rite – a seamless web of witness. While Prior (now Abbot) Michael’s homily maintained a focus on Brother Benedict and his preparedness for professing his commitment to his community, its message was tailored to all the community. It gave articulation to the witness of his profession of vows, the same vows already taken by members of the monastic community he joins. Brother Benedict remained seated in the sanctuary during the Liturgy of the Word, witness to his brethren and to the entire congregation gathered.

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Brother Benedict reads the Document of Profession

Profession of Vows and the Reading of the Document of Profession Extending from the homily is the examination by the superior, which expresses clearly the step the monk is about to freely take. The new brother then professes his vows, promising, “in the presence of God and all his saints: Stability, Conversatio Morum, and Obedience.” Following this crucial moment is a distinctive element in the liturgy in which the new brother reads aloud his document of profession. Carrying profound spiritual import, the document also carries the weight within canon law. The statement is read aloud, signed, and left in the privileged resting place of the altar itself for the duration of the Mass. The Profession Rite thus transpires before the altar, leading in the eucharistic celebration into the Offertory, in which the congregation echoes this complete offering made by the newly professed.

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“Suscipe” and Litany Being sustained in the consecrated life demands and requires much prayer. The newly professed pleads with God, in a psalm verse emblematic of the need for God, expressing the desire for acceptance into the community.

Uphold me, Lord, according to your promise, and I shall live, and do not bring to nothing all my hope.

Brother Benedict beneath Pall for the Litany

The “Suscipe” verse is emblematic of forgiveness itself. It is sung as a three-fold, ascending plea, mirroring the threefold unveiling of the cross on Good Friday, the three-fold heralding of the Paschal Candle, and the three-fold exclamation of “Alleluia” at the completion of the Easter Vigil.

“Uphold me, Lord… do not bring to nothing all my hope.”

And as the Liturgy of God’s Word is extended and given a deeper meaning in the context of the profession, the petitions are then similarly transformed into a litany of prayer for the newly professed. With the pall covering the newly professed entirely, symbolic of death and new life, the community is gathered into the prayer of the universal church.

The extended litany, including patrons associated with the monastery and its members, added a powerful significance on the Solemnity of All Saints.

Welcome into the Community With the completion of the litany and the removal of the pall, the superior announces that the admission of the professed is complete. The monastic community welcomes him one by one, each extending a personal sign of peace.

It is also a witness of peace for the entire congregation, accompanied by the singing of the verse, “Ecce quam bonum” (“How good and pleasant it is when brothers live together in unity.”) The new member of the chapter is then shown to his place in the choir, as the community and congregation proceed to the altar for the celebration of the Liturgy of the Eucharist.

Abbot Matthew Stark welcomes Brother Benedict

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Pat Gallagher ’81, Phil Yazbak ’81 and John Canning ’81 kick off Reunion Weekend with a round of golf

by Director of Special Events Carla Kenahan

If we have learned anything in the last year it is that we need each other. We are social in nature and our need to connect is strong. The reality of this truth was evident throughout Reunion Weekend 2021.

Alumni received a warm welcome back to campus to celebrate the first ever double reunion. Special congratulations to the classes of 1970 and 1971 and classes of 1995 and 1996. It was wonderful to finally host their 50th and 25th class reunions.

Lobster and Clam Bake, athletics contests, Requiem Mass and Vespers, and Class Photos during the Reunion Cocktail Party and Dinner held under the Reunion Tent. The weekend concluded with a community Mass on Sunday and Alumni Brunch.

Thank you again for your patience as we remained committed to hosting Reunion Weekend in-person and on campus. We are grateful and humbled by your steady support.

We have begun planning for Reunion 2022, with a tentative date of September 23-25. Classes ending in 2s and 7s and members of the Diman Club please stay tuned for confirmation on Reunion 2022 dates!

The weekend schedule was filled with events designed to not only bring everyone together to reminisce but to also meet Ravens across different generations; all of whom contributed an important part of the history of Portsmouth Abbey.

Alumni enjoyed attending traditional favorites starting on Friday with golf at The Aquidneck Club and class gatherings in the evening held off campus around Aquidneck Island. Saturday followed with a full day of events including a delicious New England Above: Friends and football make a perfect Saturday afternoon get-together

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Above: Special moments of sharing Abbey stories happen throughout Reunion Weekend

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The classes of 1985 and 1986 celebrate dinner together at the beautiful Aquidneck Club on Friday evening

A well-deserved standing ovation for our most senior Reunion attendee, Henry Robinson ’50

Beloved teacher and coach Bill Crimmins ’48 was honored during a reception to announce the establishment of the William A. Crimmins ’48 Scholarship Fund in Art s, Athletics and Civiliz ation

mbake is always a

ster and Cla The New England Lob favorite event

Members of the class of 1976 gather outside of the Church of St. Gregory the Great following the Requiem Mass

Members of the Class of 2010 enjoy Saturda y’s dinner under the tent

Members of the 1969 football team were recognized on the occasion of the 50th anniversary win over St. George’s

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CLASS PHOTOS

DIMAN CLUB 1950-1971

CLASS OF 1950

Back Row, from left: Peter von Meister ’65, Joseph Wagner ’65, Matthew Flynn ’65, Walter Cotter ’66, Eric Sandeen ’66, Dean Tully ’67, William Chase ’65; Front Row: Michael Collart ’60, Henry Robinson ’50, Hayes Hanley ’66, Jon Gilloon ’66, Barnet Phillips ’66, James Danaher ’66

Henry Robinson ’50

CLASS OF 1965

CLASS OF 1966

From left, Joseph Wagner, William Chase, Matthew Flynn, Peter von Meister, James Sturdevant

Back Row: Hayes Hanley, Barnet Phillips, Juan Kellogg, Walter Cotter

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Front Row: Jon Gilloon, Eric Sandeen, James Danaher

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CLASS OF 1970

CLASS OF 1971

Back Row: Sky Schrode, James Fitzgerald, Denis Hector, James MacGuire, John McGillian, David Kernan, John Hooley Front Row: Amory Cummings, John Melia, Thomas Danaher, Byron Grant, Mark Lvoff

Back Row: Mark McKenna, Brian Burke, Todd Stanton, Thomas Fitzgerald; Front Row: Greg Tobin, Steve Griffith, David Black, Thomas Lonergan

CLASS OF 1975

CLASS OF 1976

Back Row: Mark Anderson, John Connolly, Peter Ferry Front Row: Stephen Krauss, Jack Romano, Rick Childs

Back Row: Mark Dietrich, Bob Rodgers, Thomas Keogh, Shea Farrell, Tim Garvey; Front Row: Henry Schmitt, Chris Ferrone, Jeffery Calnan, Christopher Harty, Christopher Tovar

CLASS OF 1980

CLASS OF 1981

From left, Rainero Reyes, John Rappaport, Richard Seeley, John Power

Back Row: Michael McCauley, Patrick Gallagher, John Canning, Jim Holland, Bryan McGuirk, Ed Groff, Chris Keller, Michael Egan; Front Row: Peter Loos, Nicholas Moran, Douglas Peale, Philip Yazbak, Christopher Behnke

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CLASS OF 1985

CLASS OF 1986

Back Row: Joe Moore, Ted English, Patzi Elizade, John McCormick, Peter Krenicky, Ted McHugh, George Carter, Matt Cunningham’s cousin, Brendan Canning, Manny Rionda, Thomas Hopkins, Matt Cunningham; Front Row: Mike Nannini, Ed Lyons, David Groff, Sean Driscoll, Eric Tassell, Olivier Sartor

Chris Furtado (left) and Robert Rionda

CLASS OF 1990

CLASS OF 1991

Back Row: Peter Healey, Kevin McDermott, Kevin MacMillan, Nick Thornton, Kevin MacMillan, Charlie Baisley, Chris Galloway; Front Row: Jose Juan Cebrian, Robert Poirier, Ross Murray, Justin Hauser, Luke Hoyne

From left, Jeremy Healey, Robert Capone, Daryl Barnes, Gordon Carrolton

CLASS OF 1995

CLASS OF 2006

Thomas Paull

Abigail Rich Smith, Alexander Harvey, Lisa Betz

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CLASS OF 2010

CLASS OF 2011

Back Row: Amelia Tracy, Henry Harries, Shayne Coleman, Jhonathan Guerra, Pierce MacGuire, Daniel Caplin; Front Row: Frank Pagliaro, Grace Hobbes, Robert Savoie, Laura Medeiros, Catherine Caplin

Timothy McGuirk, Kara Lessels, Luke Adams, Julia Lloyd, Henry Mullen

CLASS OF 2015

CLASS OF 2016

Back Row: Wade Bredin, Gerrard Hanley, Ashton Lowney, Luca Christian, Max Marsden, Alex Savoie, Ben Vergara, Mary Cate Whelan, Nick Bauer, Taylor Lough, Harry Wall, Maggie Stark, Will Behnke; Front Row: Ryan Conroy, Lauren Cotta, Andrew Sheerin, Grace Jannotta, Bobby Cloughen, Fiona Conway, Ryan Gallagher

Back Row: Kevin Ellicks, Joe Jannotta, Jacob Mercier; Front Row: Sid D’Silva, Sara Bertuccio, Paulina Power, Jenny Yates

21st Annual Scholarship Golf Tournament Friday – June 3, 2022 Aquidneck Club REGISTRATION NOW OPEN!

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Empower students for come by including Portsmouth Abbey School in your estate plans. To learn & Alumni more, contact the at (401) 643-1280 or alumni@portsmouthabbey.org.

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Our New Faculty KELSEY BUCKLEY - SCIENCE DEPARTMENT

Kelsey graduated from Wheaton College in 2018 majoring in environmental science, with minors in animal behavior and journalism. While at Wheaton Kelsey was a four-year starter on the women’s field hockey team, captained the team and earned academic and league honors. She also played club ice hockey, acting as president her senior season. Highlights from Wheaton include studying abroad in Townsville, Australia, and traveling to Costa Rica and Belize for a tropical field biology course.

After college, Kelsey completed an AmeriCorps year with New England Science and Sailing in New London, Connecticut. During her service year she had her first classroom experience, assisting in local classrooms and providing STEM after school programming that focused on getting underserved student groups out on the water. Her favorite moments from her service year included teaching students to sail and providing swim lessons to middle school students. While in New London she began taking classes to earn an M.A.T. degree. After AmeriCorps she went on to complete school placements as an intern and student teacher in southern Connecticut.

At Portsmouth Abbey, Kelsey is teaching marine biology and biology. She is also coaching Varsity Field Hockey and JV Ice Hockey. Kelsey is an assistant Houseparent in St. Benet’s House.

PETER CAHILL - CLASSICS DEPARTMENT

Peter comes to the Abbey from his hometown of Dorchester, MA. The son of two Boston Public School teachers, Peter has been surrounded by teachers and coaches his entire life; he has always appreciated the diligence and commitment that goes into the profession. Having just graduated from Williams College in the spring of ‘21 with a degree in classics, Peter joined the Classics Department at Portsmouth Abbey, teaching Latin 1 as well as an introductory English course.

Prior to attending Williams College, Peter was a Roxbury Latin student, an all-boys prep school in Boston where he played football, hockey and baseball. He graduated in 2015 and spent the following year as a post-graduate at Phillips Exeter Academy in Exeter, NH. There he also played football, hockey and baseball for the Big Red. He then went on to play quarterback and safety for the football team at Williams.

Peter’s year at Exeter gave him a unique perspective into House life here at the Abbey, where he is an assistant Houseparent in St. Aelred’s House. He is also an assistant on the Varsity Football coaching staff as well as head coach of our JV Boys’ Ice Hockey team.

Outside of school, Peter is passionate about community service and started his own non-profit charity foundation in Boston with two of his best friends, called the “Dot Pot Foundation.” For the past six years, he has organized a charity street hockey tournament called the “Dot Pot” that raises money for local causes and has created a scholarship fund for young student-athletes in his hometown of Dorchester, MA. Peter is excited to be working with motivated young adults both in the classroom and on the playing fields here at Portsmouth Abbey.

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GERSENDE CHANFRAU - MODERN LANGUAGE DEPARTMENT

Gersende grew up in Paris, France. She graduated from Universite Paris-IX Dauphine and received a Master’s degree in management and education. She then started her career as head of school of Mod’Spe, a business school specialized in fashion and textiles. In 2007 Gersende moved to Rhode Island where she started teaching French at the Alliance Francaise de Providence, then at University of Rhode Island. She taught French at Providence College and Rhode Island College where she also was the director of the study abroad program.

Gersende loves teaching all aspects of the French language and especially cultural differences in the francophone world. She enjoys playing tennis in her spare time, and racquet sports in general. “I like to laugh and make fun of myself, and I like to explore and go on hikes with my two daughters and my two energetic dogs!” she says.

JESSICA DE GREE - ENGLISH DEPARTMENT

Jessica teaches literature at Portsmouth Abbey. Previously, she taught high school Spanish at a charter school in Boston and high school Spanish in Phoenix, where she also taught fifth-grade ELA and history. A double major in English and Spanish from Hillsdale College in Michigan, Jessica grew up in Southern California with her loving parents and six siblings. Upon graduating from Hillsdale, where she also played D2 basketball, Jessica worked as an RA and assisted President Larry P. Arnn as a ghost writer. Jessica moved to Spain to play semi-professionally for a basketball team in Tarragona, where she also taught ESL to children in grades 1-10. After an ACL tear took her out of professional sports, she started teaching and coaching stateside. In her free time, Jessica enjoys playing doubles beach volleyball, running or exploring in quaint towns.

JULIA DELLARUSSO - ATHLETICS DEPARTMENT

Julia grew up in Darien, CT before graduating from Canterbury School in 2017. While at Canterbury School, she helped the field hockey team to the Western New England Championship in both 2014 and 2015, as well as winning the New England Championship in 2016. In addition to field hockey, she also played lacrosse and ice hockey. Julia then went on to earn a B.A. in Communications with a Minor in Exercise Science from St. Lawrence University where she was a member of the Field Hockey team. Julia spent her summers interning alongside top trainers at Prentiss Hockey Performance in Stamford, CT and coached FC United Field Hockey Club in Greenwich, CT. In addition to being Assistant Athletic Director, Julia coaches Varsity Field Hockey, Girls’ Varsity Ice Hockey, and Girls’ Varsity Lacrosse. She is also an assistant Houseparent in Manor House.

STEPHANIE EARP ’02 - OFFICE OF DEVELOPMENT & ALUMNI AFFAIRS

Stephanie is a ‘02 graduate of Portsmouth Abbey. After graduation she went on to receive a BA from Bates College and an MBA from the University of Rhode Island. During an internship in business school she found herself drawn to the world of nonprofits. After receiving her degree, Stephanie volunteered with local organizations addressing issues ranging from truancy reduction to ovarian cancer awareness. These experiences ultimately led her to pursue a career in the advancement profession. Having attended and benefitted from independent schools in her own life, Stephanie recognizes their importance. She has also come to learn that the health of independent schools relies heavily on the vital need for philanthropy. As the senior development officer, Stephanie enjoys witnessing firsthand how the results of successful fundraising can positively impact Portsmouth Abbey’s students, faculty, and programs. When Stephanie is not working she enjoys spending time with her husband, Thomas ‘97, their identical twin boys, Max and Leo, and a three-year-old daughter, Paloma.

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THOMAS FOOTE - DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS

Thomas lived the first 10 years of his life on boarding school campuses, as his parents taught at the Peddie School and the Garrison Forest School. Their example, and the experience of helping his four younger siblings with their schoolwork, encouraged Thomas to teach.

Thomas graduated from Amherst College in 2009 with a degree in economics. While at Amherst, he played lacrosse, was a Newman Club officer, and worked with the UMass football team. Thomas completed Columbia University’s Klingenstein Summer Program in 2012 and earned a Master of Arts in Liberal Studies with a concentration in mathematics from Wesleyan University in 2018. Before coming to Portsmouth Abbey, Thomas worked at Boston Collegiate Charter School, Suffield Academy, and Thayer Academy. He taught math, history and English, and he wrote for the Suffield alumni magazine and website.

In addition to teaching mathematics and history, Thomas is an assistant Boys’ Lacrosse and Football coach. He was named the Western New England Lacrosse Division II Head Coach of the Year in 2018 when his Suffield team won the WNESSLA DII Championship, and the team was honored with the League Sportsmanship Award in both 2017 and 2019. In nine years as an assistant football coach, he helped Suffield to eight bowl appearances and four New England titles. Thomas lives on campus with his wife, Katie, and their son, Robbie, and he is an affiliate in St. Aelred’s House.

KIMBERLY KALKUS - MODERN LANGUAGE DEPARTMENT

Kim Kalkus comes back to teach at Portsmouth Abbey after more than three decades guiding students in their journey to proficiency in Spanish, mainly in independent high schools.

She has also taught, coached and guided students in Colorado, New Jersey, Miami and the Czech Republic.

She holds a bachelor’s degree in Spanish Language and Literature from U.N.H. Plymouth and a master’s from S.U.N.Y Binghamton. She has studied in Madrid and Salamanca, Spain.

Kim has an affinity for cooking, reading, Spanish art and music, paddleboarding, snowshoeing, hiking, swimming, gardening, community outreach and choral singing. She loves to see and hear the excitement of students acquiring another language, from the first steps to those getting excited about short stories in Spanish and exploring through improvisational theater.

Kim is married to Olen, who heads Carrollton School of the Sacred Heart in Miami. They have three children and two grandchildren.

DEANNA LLOYD - OFFICE OF COLLEGE COUNSELING

Deanna, our College Counseling Office Coordinator, is originally from Western Massachusetts but fell in love with the state of Rhode Island while earning her B.A. in communications and media studies at Roger Williams University, in Bristol, RI. While at Roger Williams, Deanna was a member of the Rotaract club where she volunteered her time to fulfill a variety of community service projects around town. Deanna also worked in the undergraduate admissions office and served briefly as a tour guide for the university. She now resides in Bristol, RI, where she enjoys watching the sunsets at Colt State Park. One of her favorite hobbies includes cooking, and she hopes to enjoy a meal prepared by Guy Fieri and Gordon Ramsey at least once in her life.

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DARE ODEYINGBO - OFFICE OF STUDY SKILLS

Hailing from Dallas, Texas, Dare graduated from Vanderbilt University in 2019 majoring in Medicine, Health, and Society with a concentration in Health in Human Services. While at Vanderbilt he played four years on the Vanderbilt football team and captained the team his senior year.

After College and spending a short time in the NFL, Dare transitioned into the workforce and started his career in health insurance, but with the coming of the pandemic decided to begin a career in Decentralized Clinical trials and Clinical Trial Regulations. He views this industry as the gateway to expanded medical care to underserved populations as it will reduce the cost of Clinical trials and thus allow medications for more rare diseases to make it past the clinical trials stage.

At Portsmouth Abbey, Dare is working with students on study-skills improvement and coaching Varsity Football, Conditioning, and Track and Field.

CAROLINE VILLAREAL ’17 - OFFICE OF ADMISSION

Caroline grew up in Portsmouth, RI where she attended Portsmouth Abbey School, graduating in 2017. She received her undergraduate degree from Saint Anselm College in Manchester, NH, in 2021, having majored in business and marketing. Caroline was recruited and played on the Varsity Women’s Lacrosse team all four years at St. A’s.

Caroline is excited to be back at Portsmouth Abbey as an assistant director of admission. She lives in Manor House as an affiliate to the dorm and is the assistant coach for the Varsity Girls’ Lacrosse team.

RYAN WALKER - DEPARTMENT OF VISUAL ARTS

Ryan Walker graduated from College of Charleston in 2013 with a degree in studio art. He took the award for ‘Best Painting’ at the Young Contemporaries Student Show his graduating year. To further his education, he then enrolled in the Schuler School of Fine Arts in Baltimore, MD. There he was taught the techniques of the old Flemish and Italian Masters in sculpture, watercolor, oil painting and charcoal. Ryan has enjoyed a successful career as a professional artist for the past six years with representation in multiple fine art galleries.

In high school Ryan was an accomplished athlete who played football, basketball, baseball and golf. He helped lead his baseball team to a state championship in 2008. He then continued with collegiate baseball in Charleston.

“I come from a family of educators and I’m passionate about sharing my love for art with others. I believe anyone can develop an appreciation for art, and my goal is to help our students connect with techniques and media that will inspire and motivate them.”

SUSAN WATHEN - INFIRMARY

Susan Wathen is a registered nurse and educational counselor with more than thirty years of experience; her work in nursing and counseling has always focused on children and education.

Before joining the Abbey, Susan worked in Mexico City for three years as a guidance counselor.

Susan has received degrees from Northeastern University, Salem State College, and University of New Hampshire.

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The Italian Renaissance

By Reverend Dom Paschal Scotti O.S.B. “You know what the fellow said – in Italy for 30 years under the Borgias they had warfare, terror, murder, and bloodshed, but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, and the Renaissance. In Switzerland they had brotherly love they had 500 years of democracy and peace, and what did that produce? The cuckoo clock.”

-The Third Man 1949 While this quotation from that classic of film noir overplays the violence of the Italian Renaissance (and the pacifism of the Swiss), it does show the significance and fascination that the Italian Renaissance has played in the West. For many people (and far too many texts), the view of the Swiss historian Jacob Burckhardt (18181897) in his The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy (1860) that it was the birth of modernity, secularity and individualism, still holds true. When I went to Columbia University in 1979, the home of the great Renaissance scholars Paul Oskar Kristeller (1905 -1999) and Eugene Rice (1924 -2008), I learned that Burckhardt was wrong, profoundly wrong. It is for that reason that I am very pleased – for the first time – to introduce a class on the Italian Renaissance at Portsmouth Abbey School. The Italian Renaissance brought many things to the West, including the modern boarding school, which, to a great extent was inspired by the humanist educator Vittorino da Feltre (1378 -1446).

His La Giocosa (“the pleasant house”) at the court of the Gonzaga lords in Mantua (1423 -1446) was known for its training of the whole person (mind and body), for its fundamentally humanistic and Christian worldview, for its profound kindness and respect for the individual, and for its attentiveness and mentorship. To a great extent its success was all due to Vittorino who saw himself as a father to these young men and approached teaching as a sacred task and vocation. Like another great Italian educator Don Bosco (18151888), he believed that involvement and kindness went a long way in the molding of his students into Christian gentlemen, models of classical learning and Christian virtue. Two of the most famous products of his school were Frederico da Montefeltro (1422-1482),

the erudite scholar, superb soldier and diligent prince of Urbino (which Castiglione made famous in his Book of the Courtier) the greatest condottiere (mercenary captain) of the Italian Renaissance, and Lorenzo Valla (1407-1457) one of the most significant of its humanists.

While we will certainly study education (both secondary and university) and humanism (the revival of classical literature, Greek and Latin), we will also study political and social history, economics and war, religion, art and literature. Between 1300 and 1650 Italy was the place to be, the center of culture and learning, the center of most things in Europe, the focus of its attention. By its end the students will not only know why Burckhardt was wrong, but why the Italian Renaissance was still a special period in history, in its highs and lows, with its Borgias (an infamous family which included Pope Alexander VI) as well as its Borromeo (the holy reforming bishop of Milan in the 16th century). It would be an appropriate companion to my book on Galileo (Galileo Revisited) and an interesting ride.  Reverend Dom Paschal Scotti O.S.B. graduated from Columbia University in 1983 with a degree in history and joined the monastery that summer. He also holds a M.Div. from the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C., and a J.C.L. degree in canon law from the Catholic University of America.

In 2006, the Catholic University of America Press published his study of the English Catholic man of letters Wilfrid Ward, Out of Due Time: Wilfrid Ward and the Dublin Review. He has also published in the Catholic Historical Review, the Downside Review, the revised New Catholic Encyclopedia (and its online version), and the Encyclopedia of Catholic Social Thought.

His book about Galileo, Galileo Revisited: The Galileo Affair in Context, was published by Ignatius Press in the fall of 2017.

Fr. Paschal has taught in the Christian Doctrine Department (where he was chairman for many years) and currently continues to teach in the History Department. He was an assistant houseparent for five years in St. Benet’s and for one year in St. Leonard’s, and he continues to say Mass in the residential Houses.

Portrait of Vittorino da Feltre, Pedro Berruguete and Giusto di Gand, c.1474.

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YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT:

CONSUMPTION AND CATHOLIC ETHICS

by Dr. Marc Lavallee

When I was growing up, there was a “Time for

around the world. It is inescapable – we must

Timer” PSA during Saturday morning cartoons

consume to live, and we thereby depend on

that sang, “You are what you eat.” I thought the

people sometimes half a world away whom we

depiction of the body as a processing factory

likely will never meet or know anything about.

for building muscle and tissue was the clever-

For the Catholic tradition, matter is good, mate-

est idea: what you put into your body makes up

rial things are good; they are created by God

who you are. For Roman Catholics this concept

for the well-being and flourishing of human

has a special significance, for every time we

persons. But while we have become more and

attend Mass we consume the Holy Eucharist,

more dependent on material goods not only

Christ’s precious body and blood. If we are

for our physical needs but also – perhaps more

what we eat, then the Eucharist brings us into

so – for the development of our personal identi-

the life of God and the life of the community of

ties and sense of self often in an almost spiri-

disciples, Christ’s body the church. The idea

tual sense, we have simultaneously become

that we are what we eat – that persons become

distanced from the actual, physical nature of

what they consume – also has social signifi-

material goods, their production, their produc-

cance, particularly among consumer cultures,

ers, and the Earth itself. The great Jesuit poet,

and so each term my Sixth Form Catholic Social

Gerard Manley Hopkins, recognized this when

Ethics classes analyze their own practices of

he wrote: “the soil / Is bare now, nor can foot

consumption.

feel, being shod.”

Each term in Catholic Social Ethics, we engage

Students’ experiences of this class activity

in an activity that comes from my experience as

and subsequent discussion varies, but most

a Benedictine monk. At the beginning of Lent,

students tend to find it at least a little eye-

each monk would provide his abbot with a list

opening. Most students note that it is difficult

of the things he personally owned as a way of

to take stock of everything they own (“I never

thinking about his relationship with material

realized I had so much stuff!”). Some find that

goods. For our class activity, we make a list of

it motivates them to think about what things

everything we own, categorized and counted,

are most important to them (“I’m going back

as well as try to figure out where some of those

to my room and donating/selling anything I

items were made. The purpose of the activity

haven’t worn in four months”). Many students

is not to feel bad (or proud) about the things

have difficulty simply finding out where their

we own, but rather to try to get a sense of how

products are made, or are surprised when they

many things we have, our relationship with

found out where they were made (“it took me

those things, and our consequent relationship

forever to find out where my Forever 21 dress

with the people who make those things. Our

was made,” or “I can’t believe the American

consumption puts us into relationship with

flag in my room was made in China”). Finally,

persons, societies, and structural forces all

students begin to ask the difficult ethical ques-

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“... students begin to ask the difficult ethical questions regarding how well – or not well – the human beings who make our products are treated (we simply don’t know). We always also discuss what things are the most meaningful for us, because created things are good, useful, and beautiful.”

tions regarding how well – or not well – the hu-

written: “One cannot love the universal and su-

man beings who make our products are treated

pernatural if one cannot love the particular and

(we simply don’t know). We always also discuss

natural.” And the activity develops students’

what things are the most meaningful for us,

sense of the implicit social ethic of sacramental

because created things are good, useful, and

imagination: that humans are interconnected

beautiful. Personally, this is my favorite part

and responsible to each other, that we depend

of the activity, because I get to learn about my

on each other, and that the authentic flourish-

students’ treasured items that hold sentimental

ing of human persons, as well as our shared

value (old stuffed animals, family heirlooms,

planet, should be at the center of consumer

letters, cards, etc.) or things that reveal how

economics.

they spend their time and money most (a book,

a

sports equipment, their phone – an important device for communicating easily with friends

Dr. Lavallee is head of the Department of Theology at

and family).

Portsmouth Abbey School. His teaching focuses on Christian theology, spiritual practices, social ethics, ser-

Ultimately, the activity develops on an affective

vice learning, and the intersection of religion and culture

level students’ knowledge of two significant

covering historical and contemporary practices of lived

elements of Catholic theology: sacramen-

faith across the globe. He is head of Community Ser-

tal imagination and social ethic. The activity

vice and lives on campus as an assistant houseparent

develops students’ sense of Catholic sacramental imagination, that matter has meaning, as Catholic theologian Roberto Goizueta has

in St. Martin’s with his wife, Katie Blais, and sons Henry and Augustin (Gus). Read more about Dr. Lavallee on the Portsmouth Abbey School website.

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Wyatt, my three-year-old son, is one hundred percent certain that monsters lurk

in the world. We spend hours stalking our yard, armed with water guns, to dispatch with these beasts. “C’mon, Mommy. A Purple Volcano Monster! Get it!”

Sometimes I’m not entirely sure what we are shooting at—but Wyatt is, as we hide behind trees and give chase to unsuspecting bunnies.

Bedtime routine is a breeze…until the monsters emerge at lights-out. Usually, as

I leave Wyatt’s room, he whimpers an inaudible concern into the dark and then drags every blanket he owns up over his head, no matter the room temperature.

The scene always reminds me of that Calvin and Hobbes cartoon strip where

Calvin leans over the bed to ask: “Any monsters?” Only to hear an alarming response: “No, go to bed.”

Sometimes Wyatt’s fear is less about the imaged and more about the unknown.

Thanks to the pandemic, Wyatt is a little light on the rules of life: playdates, museum etiquette, shopping. One day, when I took him to buy a new coat, he

panicked: “But I like my coat. I want my coat!” On a sales floor stuffed with new merchandise, it seemed like I was replacing his favorite coat with some randomly selected garment.

Helping Wyatt manage his fears turns out to be an odd chicken/egg exercise exploring the interplay between experience and expression. “I’m a little serious,” he once informed me when asked why he was afraid to use the potty. My face

wrinkled in confusion. “Then I’m lonely?” he guessed again. We need a clear

vocabulary to help pinpoint the particulars of each feeling before we decipher between the rational and irrational—and quite honestly, that entire system is influx.

Ultimately, the goal is to help Wyatt distinguish real fear (on-coming traffic!) from

fantastical fear (dragons!). A process that makes the world less awesomelyimprobably-magical and more predictably-manageably-dull. It’s a trade-off—but worth it (I think).

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Just as Wyatt is absolutely certain that monsters lurk in the world, so too are some

of our college counselees absolutely certain that the college process is a drooling,

fanged fiend. More than one student ostriches under the covers in avoidance. If I stay under here, maybe the essay prompts will go away?

I can appreciate this fear. The college process asks students to lay it all out there

and be judged, then accepted or rejected. That does seem monstrous. But at the end of the day, no one is literally gobbled up by an exercise meant to plan for the next stage in life.

Part of defanging the college beast includes teaching the students about the high-

er education marketplace. While applying to college presents as a purely academic evaluation, it is just as much a business decision serving many masters.

The student is both customer and product in an unfathomably expensive sale.

Part of it is about helping them navigate the unknown: Should I apply there? Will I get in? Will I get a job? Someone please tell me what will happen!

If only we had a crystal ball.

But most of it is about being present, spending countless hours with students who are eyeball deep in self-reflection and choices. We encourage them as they con-

front questions about identity, background, and interests. We provide honest feedback about admission chances and possible outcomes. We help them distinguish between irrational (rejection is death!) and rational (college is expensive—do the

Net Price Calculator) fears. Sometimes the college journey feels like all detours, like wandering around the yard hunting for something that may or may not exist.

A few weeks back, Wyatt awoke to a loud crash in the early twilight hours. As I entered his bedroom to console him, he wondered aloud, “Do you think that was a truck, Mommy?” He was scared, but he had a hunch that he shouldn’t be.

“Garbage truck,” I replied pointing out the window towards the campus maintenance shed.

Another monster exterminated. Another fear assuaged.

With that, Wyatt scrubbed his face in the pillow and settled in for a few more hours of rest before he had to start his day.

Visit the College Counseling News page on the School website to read more from our counselors, including “What is College Worth?” by Corie McDermott Fazzino and “The Do’s and Dont’s of College Counseling” by Dr. Michael Bonin.

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Monique Roeder Singer ’95

By Interim Director of Advancement Patty Gibbons

AS A MEMBER OF THE FIRST CLASS OF YOUNG WOMEN

the road with her teams as well as the trips to Yale University

to experience the full four years of coeducation at Portsmouth

for Model UN and the thrill of competition on Narragansett

Abbey, Monique Singer was keenly aware of her unique cir-

Bay. “Sailing is still a huge part of my life, even here in Eng-

cumstances. With an all-school enrollment of 21 women and

land. Some of my most valued friendships that endure today

229 men for the 1991-92 academic year, the sea change had

were formed during sailing practice at the Abbey. I still take

just begun, and Monique was ready for the challenge.

lessons from cross country, too. I remember running laps

“We were all learning from it at the time, including the teachers and monks. It was a fantastic four years! To be able to go to an institution that so many male members of my family

around the campus, hearing Mr. McDonough yelling at me to run faster and to persevere to the end – running has remained an integral part of my lifestyle.”

attended, and as the first female, that was something really

Monique loved Biology class with Mr. Sahms, and she even

special.”

considered a career in sports therapy because of Mr. Perreira,

Once settled at the Abbey, Monique took full advantage of the opportunities laid out before her, participating in Model UN, Debate Club, Field Hockey, Basketball, Sailing and Cross Country. She fondly remembers the camaraderie of being on

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who was influential to her and dedicated to his students.

She says she found Mr. Hobbins to be funny, passionate and inspiring, and she credits Mrs. Moffett, her houseparent, math teacher and field hockey coach for teaching her how to be confident enough to speak out in a roomful of boys.

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As she reflects on her time at the Abbey, Monique attests to the rewards and dividends of an Abbey education: having an exceptionally strong foundation – academically, morally, and spiritually – and the confidence to venture out into the unknown. “Because of my time there, I developed a strong sense of security in the world and had a sense of self and confidence.

I graduated feeling like I could do anything.”

But it was also the day-to-day little things, Monique says, “walking back from the dining hall, watching the sunset on the way back to Manor House, letting loose a little in Tuck Shop, that add up to the overall experience. I was a day student initially and then became a boarding student in my FourthForm year. It was the complete fulfillment of my experience; you lived and breathed the Abbey life full-on. As a boarding student at Portsmouth Abbey, I felt I was never alone. It gave me such a foundation for the future that I was never fearful.

This is why I would strongly consider boarding for my own son, Greydon, when the time comes for him.”

... it was also the day-to-day little things, walking back from the dining hall, watching the sunset on the way back to Manor House, letting loose a little in Tuck Shop, that add up to the overall experience.

in achieving a level of comfort in New York and working in a male-dominated real estate industry. The Abbey had provided me the continual opportunity to learn how to communicate and defend my views, and I emerged a stronger individual. In my career path, I have stood out as being both young for my professional positions and female, and the Abbey prepared me to navigate that.”

Monique’s path has since taken her around the world, finally

Upon graduating from the Abbey, Monique attended the

settling in London, England. For more than 15 years, she has

University of Vermont for her undergraduate degree. She

been an entrepreneurial branding and marketing professional,

then traveled to New Zealand to work in the America’s Cup

crafting elevated user experiences and increasing brand equity

Yacht Race, before returning to the States for graduate school

for clients within the luxury real estate development and hos-

at New York University. With her Abbey foundation, her

pitality sectors. At the start of her career she lived in New York

strong work ethic and her appreciation for structure in her

City while pursuing her master’s degree at New York Univer-

tool chest, Monique found herself fully equipped to compete

sity. Upon graduation, she worked at a real estate firm in the

in the fast-paced milieu of the New York business world.

City developing luxury environmentally conscious buildings.

“You emerge from your time at the Abbey being a confident

She went on to become a senior director at The Seventh Art

person. Women were the minority in every class and every

Group, a premier branding agency before forming her current

coed sport in which I was involved. This served me so well

Brand Agency, Williams New York, with her business partner.

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Williams New York creates value around the world in

freak and had a hard time relinquishing control – allow-

the real estate, retail and hospitality sectors through

ing the person to do his or her job without my constant

holistically communicated photography, film, art exhibi-

input. All my employees tend to be quite young and

tions, 3D rendering visualizations, print, websites and

from varied fields – architects, graphic designers, creative

sales galleries. Monique also serves as executive vice

content developers. I found my experience allowed me to

president at BrandMark Collective, a brand licensing

figure out how to manage this varied group much faster.

company based in Europe.

Their ways of thinking are different from my own, but I

For Monique the role of Director in the early days initially held a few surprises, suddenly finding herself on the other side of the ask when it came to company employees and decision making. “As the person in charge,

have so much respect for their experiences. That said, if things don’t work out, my clients will not be coming to them about their dissatisfaction, but to me. It is a delicate balance, but I love that aspect of the work.”

and when you are at the top of your game, you are work-

As a managing director in New York City, the job was

ing harder,” she says. “You have greater responsibility

24/7 full on. In a typical day, Monique would arrive at the

and are taking on more and more. It also took me some

office before everyone else in the company, catch up on

time to learn how to delegate. I discovered I am a control

work, and then once the doors opened, she would handle both the client and operations sides of the business. “I would go to the gym during lunch to reset and mentally prepare for the second half of the day, which would wrap up around 10 pm and then I would often go out socially for the night until all hours, as everyone does who lives in New York.”

Monique found when she and her husband, Roland, moved to London in 2017, and had their son, Greydon, later that year, the business and her routine had to adapt.

“I would travel around the world doing projects for the company – Europe, the Middle East and Asia. This was a great precursor to COVID-19 because of all the time zone differences and working with teams globally. I was able to project-manage my life in basic buckets of time: Start the day working UAE hours, shift to European hours, then break and manage home life and bed time with my son, finally ending the day working New York hours. My personal pride comes from getting things done in my day.

Being efficient feels like success to me, and I love being

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challenged all the time thankfully, so the move to London suited me.”

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When faced with difficult circumstances, Monique reflects on

As an ex-pat, other adjustments have had to be made as

how she finds inner peace and fulfillment. “I do carry a sense

well: “In New York City you never made a reservation in ad-

of faith, a sense of comfort, a sense of home. In every major

vance,” she says wistfully. “Here you have to do everything

city I have lived in, I have lived across the street from a church.

in advance, and it is always booked out. I miss brunch and

If I find I am in a place of needing comfort, I find myself in a

a great Bloody Mary and good ranch dressing!”

church. There is something about that that makes me feel safe and at home. The subtle nurturing of the Abbey, the sense of community, the intellectual curiosity and the sense of hospitality that is a part of the Benedictine tradition has stayed with me throughout my life. Additionally, volunteerism and the sense of ‘helping out’ is so second nature at the Abbey, and it has remained with me to this day. Wherever we have lived, my family and I have sought to find a charity or nonprofit where we can be helpful. We have always asked, ‘What can we do? And can we do more?’ That question is a call to action for me, and it is a remnant of my time at the Abbey.”

The subtle nurturing of the Abbey, the sense of community, the intellectual curiosity and the sense of hospitality that is a part of the Benedictine tradition has stayed with me throughout my life.

In addition to her career in international marketing, Monique sits on the board of directors at Hudson River Community Sailing and has served as a Young Patron at the Wildlife Conservation Society. In London, she is involved with the Two Chicks Empowerment Fund which helps young women achieve their potential through empowerment. Monique sees herself in five years still learning, enjoying new adventures, raising her family, and having a good work-life balance. “Since COVID-19 struck,” she explains, “there has been so much self-reflection that I appreciate more and more the ability to be flexible. Happiness to me now is being in the moment and being present. I have had to

Monique stays in contact with her fellow Abbey alumni through the events the Abbey hosts on the road. “I am able to stay connected and even meet new Ravens in my new hometown. We found each other in New York right after college and have stayed connected through our many travels and moves. Even if time and distance has put you out of touch, the Abbey brings us back together.”

learn to relinquish a little and figure out how to live in the dayto-day more.”

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Two Siblings, Two Coasts, Two Dream Jobs Joseph ’13 and Jennifer ’16 Yates

Jen and Joe hiking in Waimea Canyon State Park on Kauai while on vacation in Hawaii, fall 2021

Siblings Joseph ’13 and Jennifer ’16 Yates grew up in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, but attending the Abbey as day students wasn’t automatically a given. Their parents prioritized a rigorous education, and they urged both Joe and Jen to explore all options to find the best fit. It turns out, the Abbey was the best fit—for both of them.

Three years older than Jen, Joe enrolled as a Third-Form student in 2009; he ran cross country and was elected team captain his Sixth-Form year. He also tried something entirely out of his comfort zone: musical theater. “I still have really good friends from that time,” he says.

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Joe looked forward to his science and math classes with all the zeal of someone who’d been dreaming about space since he was a kid. He was particularly fond of his chemistry classes with Janice Brady, his favorite teacher. “She had a really big impact on me,” he says. “She instilled the curiosity that goes along with the scientific process. She was very invested in seeing her students succeed.”

Observing Joe’s time at the Abbey, Jen was thrilled to become a Raven. She ran track and played soccer, serving as captain of both varsity teams her Sixth-Form year.

Jen fondly recalls her humanities teacher and advisor, Ms.

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Smith. “She would blow me away with her interpretation of the various texts we read in class,” she recalls. “Her class opened my eyes and offered such a unique perspective.

She was also my advisor. Ms. Smith genuinely cared about each of the students in her advisory and made the Abbey feel small in the best possible way.”

Although Joe and Jen didn’t overlap for long, they both participated in the Appalachia Service Project during different years. The one-week trip every spring break allowed student volunteers to repair and renovate the homes of the underserved in the Appalachian region. Joe and Jen were student leaders during their respective Sixth-Form years.

Their father also volunteered as a chaperone during the two years Jen went to Appalachia. “The Abbey fosters a sense of community and giving back,” Jen says. “I love that Joe and I both had that experience.”

The siblings also share another experience: they’re now working in their dream fields in two of the nation’s most influential cities. Joe is an aerospace engineer in San Francisco, and Jen is an investment banking analyst in New York City.

They’re on opposite coasts, yet both trace their paths back to the Abbey.

Joe’s Journey When Joe was in the fifth grade, his parents took him and Jen to the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C., and he was mesmerized. The family jokes that Joe read every plaque in the museum, much to Jen’s dismay. But one thing was clear: Joe was hooked on all things space, and he’s manifested his childhood vision to work in the industry.

After graduating from the Abbey, he attended Princeton University, earning his Bachelor of Science in Engineering (BSE) in mechanical and aerospace engineering. He then obtained his Master of Science in Engineering (MSE) in aerospace engineering from the University of Michigan, focusing on spacecraft flight dynamics and controls. While at Michigan, Joe pursued his interest in spaceflight directly.

For both years of his degree program, he worked as a research assistant at the Michigan eXploration Laboratory - a lab in his department focused on the development of novel

Joe in the lab holding a partially-assembled CubeSat satellite, “MARIO,” on which he led development while at University of Michigan’s Michigan eXploration Laboratory, winter 2019

small spacecraft - eventually leading the development of a CubeSat spacecraft in a lab collaboration with NASA’s Langley Research Center and Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

“In college, I became fascinated with small satellites,” he recalls. With them, “I saw that as an individual engineer, I could have a larger impact” in their design and use. “And I became interested in working with smaller companies and startups,” he adds. Fast forward to today, and Joe has used his experience and interest to join Astranis, a San Francisco startup that builds and operates communication satellites to provide Internet connectivity to customers around the world, including Alaska and Peru.

At Astranis, Joe is a guidance, navigation, and control or “GNC” - engineer, and designs the systems Astranis’s satellites use to know where they are in space, and then move through it to achieve their missions. “How does the satellite know which way it’s pointing?” he names as one

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Joe rock climbing outside in Mt. Tamalpais State Park, California, summer 2021

vice to millions of Peruvians, and Joe says it “feels like I’m coming full circle. I’ve stayed true to those ideals of wanting to help people, which started back at the Abbey.”

He continues, “The Internet isn’t perfect, but I think maybe we take for granted the amount of opportunity we get from it—everything from job applications to food and other supplies, access to financial and medical services. Getting your basic needs met is all so intrinsically linked to the Internet at this point, so providing that access to people who don’t have it right now is really important.”

When he’s not working, Joe skis, hikes, camps, rock climbs, and soaks up the California coastline. “I’ve been here for two-and-a-half years, and even with a demanding job, it still feels like I’m on vacation,” he says. “It’s an incredible feeling.”

And while it looks like Joe has it all figured out, he says it’s important for Abbey students to know that it hasn’t been simple. He’s had plenty of job and school applications rejected, and his courses at Michigan and particularly Princeton were often grueling. While surrounded by accomplished peers, it could seem that it was smooth sailing for everyone else, but he discovered that many of those same peers shared in his challenges. He learned that “effortless perfection is a myth.” As final words of advice, he offered, “don’t get discouraged,” since those obstacles are inevitable. “And don’t be afraid to ask for help, because people want to help you and see you succeed.”

task his team must tackle. Like many other San Francisco startup engineers, his work involves a lot of coding, but focused around spaceflight: “it’s a lot of math and science,” he explains.

While at the Abbey, Joe was the recipient of a Haney Fellowship, for which he installed a wind turbine and solar array for a village in Addo, South Africa — the community’s first source of electrical power, and a life-changing piece of infrastructure. Astranis’s mission for Peru, in collaboration with South American telecommunications provider Grupo Andesat, will provide critical infrastructure to bring Internet ser-

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Jen’s Journey Jen graduated cum laude from Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business, completing a double major in finance and management and a minor in psychology.

She was scooped up by a Swiss investment bank, UBS, to work at their U.S. headquarters in New York City. Only she couldn’t immediately move there — it was July 2020, and the COVID-19 pandemic had shuttered the city and the world.

Instead, Jen began her job working remotely from Portsmouth, Rhode Island. “It was definitely an interesting way to start my career,” she says. “That being said, I loved the unexpected extra time in my hometown with my parents.”

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Jen in front of Healy Hall on Georgetown University's campus after graduating in 2020

Since then, she’s been able to relocate to the Big Apple, where she works as an investment banking analyst in the UBS Financial Sponsors and Leveraged Finance Group.

“I’m very lucky to be able to work alongside brilliant, accomplished people every day,” she says. “There’s a strong culture and sense of camaraderie in the group. It’s been great to finally experience that firsthand after so many months of working from home.”

Jen’s team focuses on raising debt capital on behalf of corporations and private equity firms to be used in leveraged buyouts, mergers and acquisitions, and recapitalizations.

Jen spends much of her time determining company valuation, a process she explains “includes a lot of financial modeling, which requires attention to detail and a strong background in finance and accounting.” She also relies on her soft skills to succeed in her role. “Every day is a group project,” she explains. “It’s so important to be able to communicate effectively and act as a team player.”

Jen says she often harkens back to the Abbey’s Benedictine principal of community, which guided her time at Georgetown and now at UBS. During her four years at Georgetown, Jen was involved with McDonough Women, a student-run organization dedicated to supporting the professional development of the women in the business school.

“From the start of my time at Georgetown, I was involved with McDonough Women. Finance is a male-dominated industry, so I wanted to be a part of a strong female network from the get-go,” she said. From junior year until graduation, Jen served as Co-President. “Once I became more senior, I wanted to give back to the organization that helped prepare me for the professional world in so many ways. It was one of my best experiences at Georgetown, so I wanted to ensure students younger than me would be able to benefit from the same, or even better, opportunities.”

Now that Jen is finally in New York, she spends her downtime discovering the city with her two roommates, also Georgetown graduates. “I missed out on a year of exploring because the whole world was on pause,” she says. “Now that things are starting to return to normal, I’m finally able to take a step back and think about my long-term goals.”

As for advice for Abbey students, Jen is philosophical. “Use your time at the Abbey to be curious,” she says. “Try a new sport or club. Good grades and test scores are important, but developing yourself and enjoying the journey are just as key. Try not to stress. Everything is going to work out, and it may work out even better than expected.”

– Megan Tady

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KENNEDY CLASSROOM BUILDING DEDICATION

THE DEDICATION OF THE KENNEDY CL ASSROOM BUILDING The following remarks were made by Acting Headmaster Matthew Walter (bottom photo) at the dedication of the Kennedy Classroom building on October 30, 2021.

Portsmouth Abbey School helps young men and women grown in knowledge and grace. And so too do Peter and Paul Kennedy.

On behalf of the monastery, faculty and staff of Portsmouth Abbey School, thank you for joining us today to mark the dedication of this venerable building in memory of Peter and Marie Kennedy, who shared with us their sons Peter, Paul, and John, true sons of the Priory, and by extension their wonderful families to include a subsequent generation of Portsmouth alumni in Matthew, Catherine and Mary.

It is our distinct pleasure to honor Peter and Paul and their families today for their generosity of time, talent and treasure in support of Portsmouth Abbey School and specifically for their contributions toward the Science Building campaign and the renovation of this building which served Portsmouth as its second-generation science building for the past 50 years.

Thus, let it be known that from this day forward this building shall bear the name of the Kennedy Classroom Building where all future generations of Portsmouth students will, like the benefactors for whom this edifice is named, grow in knowledge and grace.

Top photo: Paul ‘66 (left) and Peter ’64 Kennedy with the dedication plaque

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Experience the humanities at the Portsmouth Institute's

Humanitas Summer Symposium on

THE BLESSINGS OF LIBERTY JUNE 10-11, 2022 PORTSMOUTH ABBEY PORTSMOUTH, RHODE ISLAND FEATURING KEYNOTE SPEAKER BISHOP JAMES D. CONLEY, DIOCESE OF LINCOLN, NE

The Portsmouth Institute invites parents, alumni, and friends to experience the humanities at beautiful Portsmouth Abbey as we explore “The Blessings of Liberty.” In addition to keynote lectures and panels featuring leading Catholic voices, participants will examine important texts in the Catholic tradition during small-group seminars with expert teachers and scholars from Portsmouth Abbey School and Providence College. The Summer Symposium will offer a chance to discuss animating ideas pertaining to contemporary culture, and participate in Benedictine community life through hospitality, liturgy, and prayer. No academic expertise is required, simply a “love of learning and desire for God.” Gather with like-minded friends for a memorable weekend of leisure, learning, and community life.

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JAMES CHARLES ROY ’63 James Charles Roy ’63 has written innumerable articles on Irish history and seven distinguished books, including The

Fields of Athenry and Islands of Storm, a Book-of-the-Month and History Book Club selection. A prolific author of books and articles on history and travel, he has been published by leading imprints in the U.S., Ireland and Germany. His most recent publication, The Elizabethan Conquest of Ireland, has received high praise by noted scholars such as

Nicholas Canny of the National University of Ireland, David Fitzpatrick and Dr. Laurie Kaplan (www.jamescharlesroy.

com). Renowned Irish history scholar Roy Foster, author of Modern Ireland, 1600-1972, describes Jim’s book as “a richlytextured, impressively researched and powerfully involving story, written with a full realization of its tragic and haunting relevance for future times.” The following is Jim’s description of the evolution of The Elizabethan Conquest of Ireland.

THERE WAS NEVER A PRECISE MOMENT WHEN I BEGAN THIS BOOK. It

is, in fact, an evolution from my previous work on Irish subject matter, both books and articles, but it did not attain real focus until 2010 when I stumbled across one or two references to a minor functionary in the English administration at Dublin Castle, Lodowick Bryskett, and the luncheon party he gave at his rural retreat outside the city in 1582. His guest list included Edmund Spenser, one of the most famous and influential poets in the English canon, but no longer widely read today (regarding The Faerie Queene, Virginia Woolf once wrote that no one ever wished it a single word longer). The manuscript was completed in 2016, whereupon the frustrating search for a publisher ensued, a process from which I am battle-scarred veteran many times over.

More often than comforting, I felt kinship with those many nameless pilgrims described so beautifully by Chaucer:

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From every shire end of England they wend, The holy blissful martyr for to seek.

That’s the problem: Middle to end-of-list writers are generally ignored in today’s publishing industry, always on the search for hot authors and trends. The kind of writing I do, narrative non-fiction, is considered déclassé and outdated in today’s marketplace. Historians I have spent my entire working life admiring – Barbara Tuchman, Robert Massie, Alan Moorhead, David Howarth – would all probably have problems getting in print today. What a mess. I think I received over fifty pink slips for this book alone... and I even have an agent (getting an agent, by the way, is tougher than getting a publisher). The only advice I can offer aspiring authors (not that any have asked), is perseverance.

Without it, you won’t get far.

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In any event, this magnum opus of mine is finally in print, an English publisher doing the honors who did a magnificent production job. I urge all my friends and classmates to at least admire the beautiful illustrations!

PRAISE FOR THE ELIZABETHAN

And what a story it tells, a fifty-year catalogue of war, treachery, genocide, and unrelieved misery, whereby this fertile but essentially ungovernable island was finally subdued by its substantially more powerful and resourceful neighbor. It is a tale superficially centered on power, religion and storied individuals (the Tudor kings and queens, the Great O’Neill, the tragically flawed Robert Devereux, earl of Essex), but fundamentally it is story of property.

By the time the Elizabethans were finished securing their military triumph, Catholic-Irish ownership of land began an irreversible slide, reaching near a conclusion in the mid 1650s, when a mere 22% of landed wealth remained in Catholic hands (down to 14% by 1700). The reverberations of the Elizabethan Conquest remain largely unresolved even today.

fast-moving, breath-taking tale.

Kilcolman Castle in County Cork, in front of which I was photographed by my incomparable wife, Jan, was Spenser’s home for about ten years. Spenser was the prototypical Elizabethan adventurer. He had no scruples occupying a tower house that he did not build or inherit, nor farming the 4,000 acres that was expropriated from its previous Catholic owner; nor did he hesitate to quarrel with his neighbors when they objected to further losses of rights and properties. Yet it was here that he composed most of The Faerie Queene. I can only say, with less eloquence than Virginia Woolf, that if you enjoy puzzles, read the poem.

During the great Irish rebellion of 1598, Kilcolman was sacked and burned by marauders. It is said that Spenser lost a child during the tumult there. He and his wife fled to Cork City, from whence the poet volunteered to undertake a hazardous journey to Elizabeth’s court in London to report on the rising. There he became ill, lingered on for a few days, and then died. Poets rarely enrich themselves from their writing (nor writers of narrative non-fiction!); as Spencer lay on his death bed, a patron offered him a bag of gold coins, which Spenser refused, saying he had not the time to spend them. Ireland has broken more hearts than any place I know.

CONQUEST OF IRELAND Roy’s book The Elizabethan Conquest of Ireland is a marvellous thing. It is amazing to see how he keeps a hold of hundreds of names and personages and how he weaves together events to provide a coherent, – Josephine Fenton, The Irish Examiner James Charles Roy invariably takes an original, challenging and creatively oblique view of Irish history, and his study of the Elizabethan regime’s attempts to subdue the country is no exception. Bryskett’s Cottage surveys and explores not only the catalogue of war, conquest and attempted settlement, and the campaign of Elizabethan soldiers and statesmen to create (or suborn) a local aristocracy; the book also focuses on the intellectual efforts of Englishmen to come to terms with a country which they variously depicted as exotic, seductive, savage, irreconcilable and religiously subversive. The manner in which Irish themes infuse the poet Edmund Spenser’s work, and the reflections of his Irish experience through his complex analysis of statecraft and monarchical authority, forms a central thread - teased out through the recurring focus on a kind of symposium in the eponymous ‘Cottage’, where Spenser played an important part. Overall, Roy’s book both delineates the tortuous and often brutal story of English rule in Ireland during this transformative era; it also traces out themes (religious, intellectual and psychological) which would characterise the tangled relationship between the two countries for the ensuing centuries. It is a richly-textured, impressively researched and powerfully involving story, written with a full realization of its tragic and haunting relevance for future times.”

– Roy Foster, author of Modern Ireland, 1600-1972 … I have long been an admirer of Roy’s work and had the honour of commissioning his magnificent edition of Henry Stratford Persse’s Letters from Galway to America, 1821-1832 for the series Irish Narratives.

Jim Roy is remarkable for his wide intellectual range, erudition, penetrating analysis, capacity for sustained research, and deep familiarity with sources relating to Elizabethan Ireland.

– David Fitzpatrick, Trinity College, Dublin. Author of The Two Irelands I thought the book was particularly interesting because it focused on the people—the main players in the Tudors’ transactions with the Irish—rather than on the policies. The narrative exposes not only the ineptitude of the people behind the negotiating and treaty-making, but also a Queen unable to focus her mind on answering letters and wresting results from her courtiers’ long years of what appeared to be exile to Ireland and away from court.

– Professor Laurie Kaplan, Academic Director of George Washington University’s England Center

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DONOR PROFILE

JOHN ‘MAC’ REGAN III ’68 P’07 For Mac Regan, philanthropy in the name of education is an inherited trait. “My parents were very focused on education, and they passed that interest on to my siblings and me,” he explains. And while Regan and his wife, Tracy, have long supported several educational institutions, none are dearer than Portsmouth Abbey.

The Corvus Society is a recognition and appreciation society that is comprised of individuals who, because of their belief in our mission of helping young men and women grow in knowledge and grace, have created a legacy at Portsmouth Abbey School through a lifetime of giving of their resources of time, talent, and treasure. Their gifts have totaled at least $1M and have positively impacted Portsmouth Abbey School and its ability to remain the world’s premier Catholic, Benedictine, coeducational boarding and day school.

The society’s title holds special meaning for the Portsmouth Abbey community as Corvus is the Latin word for Raven.

To offer some perspective on how he became one of the many members of this society, we have asked John “Mac” Regan ’68 P’07 to share his deep history with the School.

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Portsmouth, says Regan, is an intrinsic part of the family’s story. His father, John M. Regan, Jr., attended Yale University with Thomas Van Winkle, who later became Father Leo and served as the Abbey’s headmaster in the late 1950s and again in the late 1980s. John, Jr. sent his namesake to the School in 1965. “My parents had six kids at home and my dad decided they needed a break,” says Regan with a chuckle. “I was the first to attend the Abbey, and my brothers Peter ’71 and Chris ’73 followed.” The tradition continued with Mac’s daughter Caroline who graduated from the Abbey in 2007.

The Regans were drawn to Portsmouth by the School’s stellar academic reputation, notes Mac, and the School did not disappoint. “The Abbey was a hard adjustment for all three Regan boys,” he confesses. “It was much more rigorous than our public school had been. We were scheduled every minute of the day, and the monks ran the School like a monastery – we received a basic, traditional education.”

Although the experience was challenging, it gave Regan a solid foundation on which to build; after graduating from the Abbey, he earned his B.A. at Boston College, his M.B.A. at Babson College and his M.A. in international business from The Fletcher School at Tuft’s University.

And as he continued his academic pursuits, Regan also maintained his connection to the Abbey. “Initially, I stayed involved with the School through the Annual

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them to students,” he asserts.

“The institution is very much focused on developing the whole person—socially, emotionally, athletically and academically.

There’s an emphasis on traditional values and a commitment to community over oneself that I believe is so important.”

Fund, then that connection evolved into board work, including two terms as chair.”

Regan says his role on the board was rewarding, as it gave him an opportunity to help shape the future of an institution he holds dear.

“I’m very proud of the work the board did during my time as chair. We worked hard to ensure a continuing monastic presence at the Abbey and improve the School’s physical plant, which needed a lot of work.” Among the highlights of his tenure: two new residential projects, the renovation of the church, the construction of the new academic facility and the turf field.

Respect and reverence for one another and for the community at large are critical to the overall health of a society, Regan maintains, and that’s something the Abbey understands.

By the time his daughter entered Portsmouth, Regan says, the landscape was markedly different. “When Caroline arrived, there were fewer monks, more international students and a much more luxurious physical plant than in my day, but the institution remains true to its core values: reverence, respect and responsibility.”

Reverence and respect for one another and for the community at large are critical to the overall health of a society, Regan maintains, and that’s something the Abbey understands. “Members of the Portsmouth community do a good job of living those values and communicating

Regan personifies that commitment to the health of the whole.

In addition to giving generously of his time, he and his wife also regularly participate in annual giving, capital and special projects and endowment giving. “We’re particularly interested in scholarships, providing kids with opportunities they wouldn’t otherwise have,” he observes.

The couple believes deeply in the importance of philanthropic giving. “It’s incumbent on those who can contribute to do so,” Regan asserts. “Charitable giving is an important social responsibility for every citizen.”

Regan is confident that any alumnus would be delighted with the Abbey of today, in its familiarity as well as its newness. Unfortunately, he says, many alumni from his generation aren’t aware of the institution’s growth and continuing success. He hopes that will change. “Students are performing at a very high level, the physical plant is remarkable, and Annual Fund giving is increasing exponentially, which reflects a lot of hard work on the part of the development team.

“People need to take a fresh look at Portsmouth – I encourage everyone to visit the campus and engage with faculty and students,” he concludes. “The more you learn about today’s Abbey, the more you’ll want to help.”

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You touched us all with your enthusiasm, warmth, gregarious energy. Our enduring time at Portsmouth was something akin the bleak Middle Ages: dark, constrained,

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a prelude to greater things, a time of hope and expectation for future happiness and relevance. You represented the bright future we sought: an exotic figure who knew happiness and achievement. Someone who had produced a movie shown at the Cannes Film Festival, who drove Camaros, who eschewed ties, who tousled with his towheaded children!

You may but have departed from the School, you have not left our collective memory of a person much loved. You represent the epitome of a Portsmouth graduate of highest integrity: compassionate, generous, tolerant, learned. Bless you, – Gregory Hornig ’68 • Even the most naive third formers, and I was certainly one of those, knew within days of our arrival that there was a gruff, warm-hearted angel floating around the campus who was always at the ready to lift up the downhearted, advise the confused, cheer on the enthusiasts and teach the uninitiated the glories and troubles of the ancient and medieval worlds. Bill Crimmins was at once thoroughly modern in his

On September 18, 2021, Acting Headmaster Matthew Walter announced the establishment of the William A. Crimmins ’48 Scholarship Fund for Arts, Athletics and Civilization in honor of one of Portsmouth’s most beloved teachers and coaches, and the last living link to the School’s founder, Dom Hugh Diman.

Speaking to an overflow crowd in the hospitality tent above the Varsity football field just prior to the scrimmage against St. George’s, Mr. Walter said, “This Scholarship Fund has been established to honor Bill for his many contributions to Portsmouth as a student, teacher, coach, parent and benefactor.”

Skirling bagpipes and several standing ovations from adoring former students greeted the announcement. “Uncle Billy” Crimmins, now 93, was on hand with members of his family to enjoy the proceedings, which included a video created by Peter Tovar ’72 showing Bill and key colleagues at various stages of his Portsmouth career – scholar, teacher, coach, mentor and friend.

The new scholarship fund has already raised more than $500,000 towards its $1 million goal. Those interested in learn-

tastes in art and his commitment to social

ing more about, or contributing to the William A. Crimmins ’48

and racial justice, and man who resisted

Scholarship Fund are encouraged to contact Interim Director of

the corrosive acids of contemporary life

Advancement Patty Gibbons (pgibbons@portsmouthabbey.org) or Acting Headmaster Matt Walter (mwalter@portsmouthabbey. org) for complete details.

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in his reverence for tradition and the past. He was a gentleman in a world skeptical of the very concept. But you could never mistake his old-fashioned virtues for any sort of crankiness about the changes he lived through — and the change he thought our country needed to make to be worthy of its calling to justice and equality.

He lived his creed without ever calling attention to his many acts of generosity At Clark Cooke House, the table is set to celebrate the lifelong contributions of Bill Crimmins ’48.

and kindness. In this and in so many other ways, he was a Christian who paid heed to the call to act rightly while heeding Jesus’s warnings against doing so to puff oneself up or win the acclaim of others. So many of his good deeds, personal and philanthropic, were done privately with an eye toward intentionally concealing the man and the force behind the works he undertook.

We knew him as Uncle Billy, and that very fact explains why he might think

Bill Crimmins ’48 enjoys the beauty of harp songs, which harken back to his Irish history.

my words are too pious. He hates pretension. He simply loves life and wants to invite everyone to enjoy its possibilities. He wants those around him to have room to think and to laugh, to excel and to look out for others, to expand their minds and nurture their hearts.

Yes, he was a teacher all the way down, to young students at Portsmouth but also to his community and, well, to everyone he encountered.

– E.J. Dionne ’69

Guests celebrate the life and contribution of Bill Crimmins ’48 to Portsmouth Abbey School.

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Abbot ’s Reception 2021 Thursday, December 2, 2021 welcomed more than 200 friends and members of the Portsmouth Abbey community in person to the historic New York Yacht Club to celebrate the annual Abbot’s Reception. Guests greeted the Christmas season with fine food and warm spirits in the stunning Model Room of the 44th Street Clubhouse. After a welcome to all from co-host Daphne Nebergall Robbins ’04, a Christmas blessing was offered from Prior Administrator The Very Reverend Michael Brunner, O.S.B. Fr. Michael updated our guests on the successful transfer of the vow of stability for himself, as well as Fr. Edward Mazuski and Br. Sixtus Roslevich. He also shared the joyful news of Br. Benedict Maria Sagaya and the profession of his solemn vows on November 1. Each of these acts signal the invigoration and revitalization of our Monastery.

Finally, Acting Headmaster Matthew Walter offered updates on the School to the attentive and eager crowd.

Ravens reconnected throughout the evening while also enjoying a special slideshow featuring so many familiar Abbot Michael G. Brunner O.S.B. offers the blessing at the Abbot’s Reception 2021

campus traditions under the backdrop of a bustling and beautifully lit city.

A very special thank you to each of our

Save the Date!

hosts, patrons and attendees who

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warmth of the evening!

We hope to see you there!

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Tim Flanigan ’75 P’06 ’09 ’11 ’19, Michael Garvin, and Br. Sixtus Roslevich

Stephanie Earp ’02, Ron Lagman ’99 and wife Helen, Tom Earp ’99

Amber Heikens, Bobbie Savoie ’10, and faculty members Clarence Chenoweth and Elliott Moffie

Brandt Matthews ’16, Anjli Patel ’16, and Maddie O’Shea ’16

Cliff Hobbins P’09 ‘16 holds master class with (left to right), Erin Behnke P’12 ’15 ’19, Chris Abbate ’88 P’20 ’23, Jeremy Healey ’91 P’21 ’24, Meg Healey P’91 GP’19 ’21 ‘24, Tom Healey ’60 P’91 GP’19 ’21 ’24 and guest

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FALL 2021 ATHLETICS FALL 2021 ATHLETICS AWARDS The Portsmouth Abbey Raven Award is given to a member of each varsity and JV team who best demonstrates the

spirit of Abbey Athletics. The award recipient demonstrates a positive attitude, leadership, respect, commitment, and makes the experience of their teammates a positive one.

Varsity Field Hockey Gontarz Girls’ Field Hockey Trophy: Brynna Courneen ’22 MIP: Mila Smith ’24 EIL All-League: Jacque Martin ’22, Sara DeSousa ’23, Lucy Verderber ’24

EIL Honorable Mention: Brynna Courneen ’22,

Boys’ Varsity Cross-Country Coach’s Award: Payton Foley ’22

Sofia Cebrero ’23

MIP: Nate Gonzalez ’22

All-New England Honorable Mention: Sara DeSousa ’23

EIL All-League: Sean Brennan ’24, Payton Foley ’22

Captains-Elect: Sara DeSousa ’23, Bella DiReda ’23

EIL Honorable Mention: Gage Polgar ’25, Blake Rossiter ’22

Overall Record: 9-7 EIL Record:5-3, 4th Place,

Captains-Elect: Quinn Brighton ’23, Jack Kelly ’23 Overall Record: 8-4 EIL Record: 4-3, 4th Place EIL

Qualified for the EIL Tournament Varsity Football

John M. Hogan Football Trophy: Toby Oliveira ’22

Girls’ Varsity Cross Country Coach’s Award: Charlotte Hudson ’22 MIP: Avery Holz ’24 EIL Honorable Mention: Charlotte Hudson ’23 Captains-Elect: Charlotte Hudson ’23, Mary Powell ’23 Overall Record: 7-7 EIL Record: 5-5, 7th Place EIL

Coen MIP Award: Rassel Mate-Kole ’24 Evergreen League - All-New England: Toby Oliveira ’22 All-New England Honorable Mention: Jermaine Anson ’23 Captains-Elect: Jermaine Anson ’23, Mike Abbate ’23, Muhammed Bajinka ’23, Fletcher Reilly ’23 Evergreen Record: 1-7

SARA DESOUSA ’23

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TOBY OLIVEIRA ’22

SOFIA RIOJAS ’23

CHARLOTTE HUDSON ’22

Boys’ Varsity Soccer Williams Franklin Sands Memorial Soccer Trophy: Mason Holling ’22 MIP: Sean Oh ’24 EIL All-League: Jacob Ierfino ’22, Pedro Vales ’23 EIL Honorable Mention: Brogan Murphy ’22, Peter Scartozzi ’22 NEPSAC Senior All-Star: Lucas Pagliarulo ’22 Captains-Elect: Pedro Vales ’23, Joe Verderber ’23 Overall Record: 7-12-1 EIL Record: 5-8-1 Girls’ Varsity Soccer Hannaford Girls Soccer Trophy: Martha Wilson ’22 MIP: Maggie Abruzzi ’22 EIL All-League: Martha Wilson ’22 EIL Honorable Mention: Lisie O’Hara ’22 NEPSAC Junior All-Star: Ryon Black ’23

MASON HOLLING ’22

Captains-Elect: Ryon Black ’23, Lily Atwell ’24, Abby Lawler ’24 Overall Record: 6-13 EIL Record: 3-9

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Boys’ Golf

JERMAINE ANSON ’23

Coach’s Award: Charlie Baughan ’22 MIP: Owen Smith ’22 EIL All-League: Charlie Baughan ’22, Jack Lucey ’23 Captains-Elect: Jack Lucey ’23, Chris Waldorf ’23 EIL Record: 3rd Place EIL Girls’ Varsity Volleyball Coach’s Award: Gwen Bragan ’22 MIP: Grace Stencel ’22 EIL Player of the Year: Marissa Scartozzi ’22 EIL All-League: Alex Bordelon ’22, Gwen Bragan ’22, Marissa Scartozzi ’22

EIL Honorable Mention: Bailey Howell ’24, Grace Stencel ’22 All-New England: Alex Bordelon ’22 All-New England Honorable Mention: Gwen Bragan ’22, Marissa Scartozzi ’22

Captains-Elect: Merritt Coward ’23, Sarah Edwards ’23

Overall Record 17-3 EIL Record: EIL Champions NEPSAC Class C Tournament semi-finalist Equestrian

Katie Sachs ’23, who was part of our equestrian program

was awarded a Certificate of Distinction by US Equestrian.

BRYNNA COURNEEN ’22

MARTHA WILSON ’22 PHOTOGRAPHY BY LOUIS WALKER III (www.louiswalkerphotography.com/Sports)

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Junior Varsity Awards

The Portsmouth Abbey Junior Varsity Award is given to the athlete who best demonstrates the spirit of Abbey

Athletics. The award recognizes hard work, individual improvement, sportsmanship, and a willingness to do what is best for the team.

Boys’ JV Cross Country: Aidan Sainte ’25 Girls’ JV Cross Country: Nessa McDermott ’24 Field Hockey: Mary Davidson ’24 Football: Brayden Gittus ’24 Boys’ JV Soccer: Manuel Gavito ’24 Boys’ JV B Soccer: Bo Howenstein ’24 Girls’ JV Soccer: Alessandra Cristiani ’24 Volleyball: Daniella Gasso ’23

MARISSA SCARTOZZI ’22 GWEN BRAGAN ’22 ALEX BORDELON ’22

CHARLIE BAUGHAN ’22

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September 23-25, 2022 are our tentative dates Classing Ending in 2s and 7s

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BIRTHS 1993

A boy, Evan Michael Gonzalez, to Lindsay Winters and Kristian Gonzalez November 25, 2021 2004

A girl, Alexandra Grace Reid, to Sarah and Michael Reid August 17, 2021

A girl, Abigail Ann Zins, to current faculty members Stephen Zins and Katie Guida Zins October 31, 2021 2005

A girl, Abigail Ann Zins, to current faculty members Stephen Zins and Katie Guida Zins ’04 October 31, 2021

A boy, Porter Jones, to Wes Jones and Caitlin Fraser Jones October 8, 2021 2007

A boy, Monti Eisenman, to Michael and Elizabeth Monti Eisenman May 18, 2021 A boy, Peter Maximus Kennedy, to Erin and Matthew Kennedy December 29, 2021 2008 A girl, Charlotte Libutti, to Kate and James Libutti August 7, 2021 2011

A girl, Cecilia Frances Waterman, to Marlene and Christopher Waterman October 6, 2021

Charlotte Libutti, daughter of Kate and James Libutti ’08

Cecilia Frances Waterman, daughter of Marlene and Christopher Waterman ’11

Faculty/Staff

A boy, Patrick Joseph McQuillan, to current faculty members Emily and Daniel McQuillan October 27, 2021

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WEDDINGS 1999

Noah Duffey to Victoria Lee Hill October 9, 2021

Portsmouth Abbey alumni who attended the wedding of Noah Duffey ’99 and Victoria Lee Hill included, from left, Georgia Markell ’07, Jeffrey Marano ’06, Alexandra Hogan Melberg ’05, Milton Little’99, Ronald Lagman ‘99, Sean Flynn ’01, Peter Morton ’99, Griffin Flynn ’98, Noah, Brandon Respress ’98, Konah Duche ’99, Thomas Earp ‘99, Matthew Cullen, Michael de Pinho ’P19, Stephanie Garcia Earp’02, Colleen Kennedy ’08 and Peter Walsh ‘66

2001 Katherine Erstling to Timothy Frazier August 6, 2021 2007

Zachary Bazarsky to Kelsey Napolione August 29, 2021 2008

Michael Behan to Meg DeGregorio September 5, 2021 2009

Genevieve Gralton to Robin Volk October 2021 Kristin Harper to Patrick Lambdin September 5, 2021

The wedding of Luke Gleason ’10 to Kate Gallagher took place at the Aquidneck Club in Portsmouth, RI. Alumni in attendance were, from left, Thomas Gleason ’05, Gus Gleason ’07, Cameron Shirley ’10, Nick Hunt ’10, Cornelia Vaillancourt ’07, Catherine (Stern) Silva ’10, Ryan Silva ’10, Spencer Lambrecht ’10, Luke, Matthew Rosenthal ’10, Shayne Coleman ’10 and Cameron Hadfield ‘10

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Left: Caitlin Villareal ’12 married Trevor Kenahan’12 in September 2021

Ethan DaPonte ’10 married Kimberley Hermann in September of 2021.

Alumni guests included: front row, from left, Ellie Deutermann ’16, Kimberley and Ethan, Cat (Malkemus) Caplin ’10, Grace (Popham) Hobbes ‘10; back row: Laura Medeiros ’10, Amelia (Bradley) Tracy ‘10, Ryan DaPonte ‘07, Daniel Caplin ’10, Nick Caron ‘10, Bobbie Savoie ’10, Christopher Larson ‘10

2010

Ethan DaPonte to Kimberley Hermann September 25, 2021 Luke Gleason to Kate Gallagher August 6, 2021 J. Paolo Soriano to Shea Craig July 24, 2021 Catherine Stern to Ryan Silva September 2, 2021 2012

Caitlin Villareal to Trevor Kenahan September 10, 2021

J. Hadley Matthews ’13 with her brother Brandt ’16, husband James Mitchem, mother Tara and father Charlie Matthews ’84

Taryn Murphy to Liam O’Connor September 18, 2021 2013

J. Hadley Matthews to James Mitchem July 2, 2021

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NECROLOGY Jose R. Aragonés Father of Joseph J. Aragonés ’80 and grandfather of Peter A. Vergara ’14, Benedict X. Vergara ’15, Alice C. Vergara ’17, and Sofia A. Aragonés ’23 January 2022

Linda P. Donahue Wife of J. Barry Donahue ’68, sister-in-law of Theodore P. Donahue, Jr. ’67, and aunt of Lillian C. Donahue ’09 October 9, 2021

Carlos G. Aviado ’75 September 28, 2021

Gregory W. Doyle ’69 Brother of George P. Doyle ’68 and Lawrence M. Doyle ’71 November 15, 2020

Thomas P. Behan Grandfather of Christopher J. Hahn ’25 September 6, 2021 Thomas E. Burke Father of Patrick J. Burke ’86, uncle of Peter O. Burke ’92 July 2, 2021 Mona S. Cavanagh Wife of the late Carroll J. Cavanagh, Sr. ’32, mother of the late Carroll J. Cavanagh, Jr. ’60, aunt of the late John L. Cavanagh ’58, Lawrence D. Cavanagh, Jr. ’61, and the late Michael G. Cavanagh ’64, and grandmother of Jose Juan C. Cebrian ’90 and C. Brady Cebrian ’94 October 12, 2021 Anne S. Close Mother-in-law of Christopher T. Buckley ’70 August 20, 2021 Brian T. Connolly Father of former Portsmouth Abbey faculty member Justin P. Connolly July 28, 2021 Jeffrey M. Courneen Uncle of Brynna P. Courneen ’22 and Riley E. Courneen ’23 October 4, 2021 Elene de Saint Phalle Mother of Marc de Saint Phalle ’84 and stepmother of the late Fal de Saint Phalle ’64 and Pierre de Saint Phalle ’66 July 21, 2021

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Jennifer R. Howard Daughter of Edwin A. Howard, Jr. ’63 October 9, 2021 Chester M. Howe Father of Mark P. Howe ’73, M. Benjamin Howe ’79, and Peter A. Howe ’89 September 19, 2021

Riccardo Fornaro ’17 November 25, 2021

Donald P. Jestings, Sr. Father of former Portsmouth Abbey staff member D. Paul Jestings, Jr. September 5, 2021

Elizabeth M. Gallagher Mother of Patrick S. Walters ’97 July 26, 2020

Susanna J. Lawler Mother of James E. Lawler ’80 August 7, 2021

Dorothy A. Garman Wife of former Portsmouth Abbey faculty member James E. Garman and mother of James C. Garman ’83 October 23, 2021

Laurel A. Libby Grandmother of Christopher P. Libby ’07 April 22, 2021

James J. Graham, Jr. Grandfather of Ethan M. Leviss ’20 and Hunter S. Leviss ’24 February 6, 2021 Helen C. Grant Grandmother of Kyle D. Wood ’01 (Michelle A. Wood ’01), Chad M. Wood ’04, and Lesly M. Wood ’04 October 11, 2021 Richard D. Godfrey ’53 Uncle of Mark H. Godfrey ’80 and Andrew H. Godfrey, Sr. ’84 and great-uncle of Andrew H. Godfrey, Jr. ’12 October 12, 2021 Michael P. Hampton ’77 July 30, 2021 Anne L. Hedstrom Mother of John E. Hedstrom ’89, Mark D. Hedstrom ’91, and Kristian L. Hedstrom ’94 September 5, 2021

Alvin A. Lucier ’50 December 1, 2021 Joan A. Malkovich Mother of Mark D. Malkovich IV ’78, Erik S. Malkovich ’79 and the late Kent M.T. Malkovich ’85 September 3, 2021 Kent M.T. Malkovich ’85 Brother of Mark D. Malkovich IV ’78 and Erik S. Malkovich ’79 October 7, 2021 Peter Maloney ’64 April 8, 2021 Martin J. McAndrews, Jr. ’56 July 29, 2021 Patricia B. McDonald Wife of Miles F. McDonald ’56 and sister-in-law of the late John R. McDonald ’53 August 24, 2020

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Terrence McGuirk Father of Terence F. McGuirk ’69 and Bryan A. McGuirk ’81 and grandfather of Christopher Duncan ’90 and Edward G. O’Connor ’17 August 3, 2021 Mary J. McHugh Widow of Edward F. McHugh, Jr. ’49 and mother of Edward F. McHugh III ’85 October 24, 2021 Emma G. Miller Sister of the late Kennrick C. Gillespie ’52 December 6, 2021 Barbara A. Moran Daughter of the late Thomas E. Moran ’43, sister of Peter M. Moran ’69, David E. Moran ’71, and James T. Moran ’77, niece of the late Kevin P. Moran ’45, and cousin of Nicholas M. Moran ’81 August 2, 2021 Kenneth D. Murdick, Sr. Former Portsmouth Abbey School security guard July 25, 2021

Anne R. Scanlan Former Portsmouth Abbey librarian, wife of Joseph J. Scanlan ’46, and mother of Thomas J. Scanlan ’77, Vincent E. Scanlan ’79, Brian J. Scanlan ’80, Michael R. Scanlan ’82, and Daniel J. Scanlan ’89 September 8, 2021 Andrew F. Sears ’64 September 12, 2021 Dimitri J. Stancioff Father of Paul N. Stancioff ’72, brother of the late Ivan N. Stancioff ’47 and Andrew S. Stancioff ’55, and uncle of Simeon I. Stancioff ’97 February 10, 2021 Ivan N. Stancioff ’47 Brother of Andrew S. Stancioff ’55 and uncle of Paul N. Stancioff ’72 and Simeon I. Stancioff ‘97 November 24, 2021 Robert E. Tavares Father of Tara P.T. Winston ’98 November 4, 2021

Thomas W. Offutt III ’51 Brother of R. Bentley Offutt ’56 and James P. Offutt ’58 September 14, 2021

Dulce M. Valentim Mother-in-law of Portsmouth Abbey staff member Victor Pacheco September 15, 2021

Robert R. Pollock Father of Robert J. Pollock ’75 and John M. Pollock ’86 January 3, 2021

David P. Walsh ’59 April 29, 2021

Barbara A. Ripa Mother-in-law of Portsmouth Abbey staff member Robert Brett October 10, 2021

Barbara A. Yazbak Wife of Eugene P. Yazbak ’78 and sister-in-law of Philip A. Yazbak ’81 October 16, 2021

Saverio E. Russo Father of Maryellen Russo Schindler ’93 January 15, 2021

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Alvin Lucier, Jr.’50 (far left) in front of St. Benet’s House with the Portsmouth Priory post-graduates of 1950.

ALVIN LUCIER, JR. ’50

Alvin Lucier, Jr., an influential experimental composer whose works focused less on traditional musical elements like melody and harmony than on the scientific underpinnings of sound and of listeners’ perceptions, died on Wednesday at his home in Middletown, CT, where he had taught for decades at Wesleyan University.

He was 90.

Lucier was born in Nashua, NH, on May 14, 1931. His father, Alvin Sr., was a lawyer who was elected mayor of Nashua when Alvin was three years old. He was also an amateur violinist who met his future wife, Kathryn E. Lemery, when he filled in with a dance band in which she was the pianist.

The Luciers encouraged their son’s interest in music, but although he picked up the rudiments of piano playing from his mother, he refused to take lessons, preferring to play the drums. His principal interest at the time was jazz, but he became interested in contemporary classical music when he found a recording of Arnold Schoenberg’s “Serenade.”

“I bought it and it was shocking,” Mr. Lucier said in a 2005 interview with NewMusicBox. “It didn’t make any sense, but there was something about it that kept my interest. At that point I decided I was interested in challenging things.”

Lucier attended Portsmouth Priory as a post-graduate in 1950. He went on to study composition and music theory at Yale University, where his teachers included Howard Boatwright and Quincy Porter. He received his bachelor’s degree there in 1954 and his master’s in 1960 at Brandeis University, where he studied with Arthur Berger and Harold Shapero. During those years he composed in a neo-Classical style, a preference reinforced by his studies at the Tanglewood Music Festival in Massachusetts with Aaron Copland and Lukas Foss during the summers of 1958 and 1959.

In 1960 Lucier began a two-year stint in Rome as a Fulbright scholar, where he witnessed the work of composers John Cage and David Tudor and choreographer Merce Cunningham at the Teatro La Fenice in Venice – a transformative experience where he came to accept the necessity of rejecting conventional musical formats.

“Something about it was so wonderful and exhilarating, I decided that I wanted to involve myself in that,” he told The New York Times in 1997. “I was literally exhausted by the neo-Classic style, and I had a couple of teachers that were at an impasse. They were getting bitter, and they were sort of losing their enthusiasm. And I was just at that age where I was ready for something new. But I didn’t know what to do.”

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By 1965, Lucier had moved on to the Brandeis University faculty and was introduced to Edmond Dewan, a physicist who had invented a brain wave amplifier. Dr. Dewan offered the use of his invention to Mr. Lucier, who explored its possibilities in what became the breakthrough work in his new style, “Music for Solo Performer.”

The brain wave amplifier gave way to other high-tech gadgetry. Mr. Lucier created “Vespers” (1968) using echolocation devices — pulse oscillators used by the blind and others to determine distances. He had the gear operated by blindfolded performers moving through a space, the devices clicking at different speeds and intensities as they approach walls and other objects.

In 1966, Lucier formed the Sonic Arts Union with a group of likeminded avant-gardists. The group toured in the United States and Europe until 1976, with each composer performing his own music.

He joined the Wesleyan faculty in 1968 and taught composition there until his retirement in 2011. Starting in the mid-1980s, he devoted himself increasingly to instrumental and ensemble works.

The Bang on a Can All-Stars, Alter Ego, Ensemble Pamplemousse and ICE are among the groups that commissioned works from him.

Lucier is best known for his seminal masterpiece of 1970, “I Am Sitting in a Room,” first recorded over 50 years ago by Lucier himself in his living room.

“I don’t really enjoy listening to my own music,” Mr. Lucier told NewMusicBox. “But maybe it’s good because it keeps me thinking and it keeps me from getting complacent.”

The Portsmouth Abbey community extends its prayers and sincere condolences to the Lucier family.

Excerpted from an obituary written by Allan Kozinn of the New York Times, December 1, 2021.

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CARLOS GUEVARA AVIADO ’75 Carlos Guevara Aviado ’75 died September 28, 2021 after more than twelve years battling cancer. He leaves behind his devoted wife of thirty-six years, Doreen. “Portsmouth Abbey provided a solid academic base and stable grounding for his formative years,” Doreen says. “He always credited the school with providing him the type of keen instruction in mathematics and physics that set him on his path to pursue a degree in Optics Engineering (University of Rochester ‘ 79) and a long career as a contractor to NASA. More so, he had a wealth of experiences at Portsmouth that helped fuel his lifelong passions for photography (The Gregorian yearbook, 1973 – 1975) as well as sailing and bicycling.”

Over the years Carlos enjoyed reuniting with alumni friends at the annual Abbot’s Reception at the New York Yacht Club and at local gatherings in the Washington, D.C. area. Carlos came back to visit Portsmouth Abbey on September 22, 2011 and spent time with then Headmaster Dr. James De Vecchi, catching up on treasured memories. “I was so happy to at long last see the campus that my husband was so fond of,” Doreen remembers. “He led a full life, rich in spirit and generosity, and Portsmouth Abbey helped to shape the wonderful man he was. Please remember Carlos in your prayers.”

Carlos Guevara Aviado ’75 (right) with then Headmaster Dr. James De Vecchi at Portsmouth Abbey, September 22, 2011.

All of us at Portsmouth Abbey pray for the repose of the soul of Carlos Guevara Aviado and offer our deepest sympathy to his family.

An obituary and photo montage can be viewed at www.beallfuneral.com

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R. Emmet Kennedy ’59, Jr., (right) with his wife and son Robert Emmet Kennedy, III (now named Dom Maximus Marie Kennedy), who was ordained a Carthusian priest in May 2021

Priory roommates John Poreba ’64 and Charles Touhey ’64

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Bill Costigan joined Berkshire Hathaway

HomeServices as a real estate broker.

Bill has been a consistent top-producing residential real estate agent for the past 20 years and has earned membership in the President’s Circle of his previous brokerage, Douglas Elliman.

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John Tepper Marlin has finished a draft

of his biography of William H. Woodin, FDR’s first treasury secretary and has started another book on a Dutch family’s resistance to the Nazi occupation.

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Robert Emmet Kennedy, III (now named Dom Maximus Marie Kennedy), son of R. Emmet Kennedy, Jr., nephew of the late Rev. Christopher Kennedy ’48, Padraic Kennedy ’52, Rev. Malcom Kennedy ’54, and of J. Paul Kennedy ’61 was ordained a Carthusian priest at the Charterhouse of the Transfiguration in Vermont on May 22, 2021...Anthony Elson is pleased to report that his new book, The Global Currency Power of the US Dollar - Problems and Prospects, was published by

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Palgrave Macmillan Press in October 2021. This book offers a detailed analysis of why the U.S. dollar is the primary currency of the global financial system.

It is available as an eBook or in hardcover.

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Tom Healey enjoyed lunch in New York City with Chris Kinney. The pair had fun reminiscing as well as trying to make sense of today’s world.... Jim Robinson was recently elected to the board of his civic association in Falls Church, VA, after doing Neighborhood Watch for the past 23 years. He is also still licensed in DC and VA as a real estate agent and has recently completed two real estate transactions for past clients. Jim writes, “With two kids still in their 20s, I will be working for a while. Best to all.” After catching up with classmates post-60th Reunion, Jim shared that three of the 45 graduating members of their class served in the Peace Corps: John Drury, Ben Kernan, and Jim Robinson (for a 6% Peace Corps service rate). Jim also

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The Class of 1965 Cross Country team in the fall of 1964. Front row: Matt Flynn, Minor, Dray, McKeon. Back row: Mullen, Seamster, McGuckin, Connole, and Von Meister

counts about 25% of the class as military veterans, including, but not limited to, John Drury, Ricky Wilson, Chris Kinney, Jay Curley, Pete Smith, Pete Dean, Cyr Ryan, Artie Dunn, Carroll Cavanagh, and Tim Lanigan.

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Matt Flynn ’65 at his desk in the Barn, drinking cokes to stay awake

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Priory roommates John Poreba and Charles Touhey celebrated their semisesquicentennial birthdays together in September 2021 at Lake Champlain, NY.

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Matt Flynn and his wife, Mary, visited Beth and Mark Bonner in Naples, FL, in March 2021. They had much to reminisce about since their Barn year in 1961 and enjoyed reliving old memories while sharing pictures from their time at the Abbey.

Mark Bonner ’65 reading a comic book at his desk in the Barn, 1961

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Charlie Lamar ’66 and Claude Rives’ 66 at the the LSU vs Ole Miss football game in Oxford, MS in October

Shea Farrell’ 76 shared a photo of himself (left) with Matthew Ryan Carreiro ’94 working on the set together during the filming of HBO Max’s “The Flight Attendant”

Below, Jamie MacGuire’70 sent family photos of his son Pierce ’10, and his grandchildren

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Charlie Lamar and Claude Rives were able to reunite with one another before the LSU vs Ole Miss football game in Oxford, MS in October. “Charlie is an ardent LSU fan, and his grandson attends Ole Miss,” Claude reports. I have been supporting the University of Mississippi since my son, Chris, graduated from there in 1999.

Charlie and I agreed that it was unbelievable that two 1966 Portsmouth Priory classmates would find Oxford, MS, as the perfect place to get together and bring each other up to date.” Charlie suggests, “I think Claude loves the Rebels even more than I love the Tigers.”.... Juan Kellogg and his wife, Joyce, met with Dean Tully ‘67 who was visiting Sarasota, FL. Juan quips, “Guess that pioneer Floridian got lost! A good meeting, agreed.”

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and recently moved with his wife, Stephanie, to her hometown, Chicago, IL. After 47 years in California he notes that “it seems colder.”

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Jamie MacGuire enjoyed visits to his children and grandchildren this past summer. He writes, “On the writing front, when COVID stymied publishing, I selfpublished a memoir called The Marsh Decades. Somehow my longtime publisher, Jed Lyons, obtained a copy and, as The Plague receded, suggested he edit, add photos and republish it as The Homecoming Seasons: An Irish-Catholic Returns to a Changing Long Island. You’ll hear more about that as St. Patrick’s Day draws nigh.”

71 I Class Agents Marvin George and Tom Lonergan wish to thank the fifteen members of our class who attended some part of the 50th Reunion weekend. They encourage

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classmates to start making plans to attend their 55th in 2026 and the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the founding of beloved Portsmouth Abbey School.

74 I After 40 years of combined military and federal service, Jan Schwarzenberg has finally retired. He will split his time between beach-combing in Rhode Island and Hawaii and hunting in Texas.

76 I Shea Farrell shared a photo of himself with Matthew Ryan Carreiro ’94 working on the set together during the filming of HBO Max’s, “The Flight Attendant,” starring Kaley Cuoco... Jeff Calnan writes in, “The Class of ’76 book club is coming up on its first year and continues strong going into 2022. The group includes some of the best minds from the class including Rob O’Donnell, Shea Farrell, Tom Keogh, Chris Tovar, Chris Ferrone, Tim McKenna, and Jeff Calnan. So far, we’ve had a mix of fiction and non-fiction highlighted by our first read, Zen Catholicism. Other books include In the Heart of the Sea (chosen over Moby Dick, which was a good idea at the time), Sabbath, The Island at the Center of the World, Devil in the White City, The Cocaspore Project, and one of my favorites, Dead Poets Society. It’s been virtual and it’s been a blast! Cheers!”

partment for Health and Human Services, minus the health part). Our three children, Caroline ’10, James and Alexander are all working in London. Maria is living in Newport and working at the Preservation Society of Newport County.”... George Jacobs, assistant U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Washington (Spokane, WA), was recently recognized by the U.S. Department of Justice and the National Organized Crime and Drug Task Force for his work as a federal prosecutor in fighting the opioid epidemic.

82 I Phil Moyles is the president of the board of directors of Answer the Call, a charity whose mission is to provide financial assistance and a network of support to the families of New York City Police Officers, Firefighters, Port Authority Police, and EMS Personnel who have been killed in the line of duty. This year, their 36th Annual Gala was celebrated in New York City, honoring Phil Moyles with the Rusty J. Staub Award. A group of Abbey alumni including Tom Ruggieri ’81, Tom Hopkins ’85, Chris Abbate ’88, and Daphne Robbins ’04 were present to celebrate and served as sponsors of the evening. Also in attendance were current Board of Regents member Fran Fisher and her husband, Matt. The event raised over $4.2M for the NY Police and Fire Widows’ and Children’s Benefit Fund.

Bill Keogh’78 (left) and John Reid’62 enjoy an evening at Newport International Polo

The sponsor board of the 36th Annual Gala of the Answer the CAll charitable organization, where Phil Moyles ’82 was honored with the Rusty J. Staub Award

77 I Peter D’Amario writes from the UK, “We’ve just passed our 29th year living in London.

I retired a few years ago, but boredom quickly set in and so I have become a UK civil servant, working in the Department for Work and Pensions (in the U.S. this would be somewhat like a combination of the Social Security Administration and the De-

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Mike Fedrick’83 with his family in Washington, DC

Bill Daley ’85 competing in the Ironman 70.3 World Championships in St. George, UT

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Paul Anghinetti has been named market executive for Bank of America Private Bank, responsible for Rhode Island and Southeastern Massachusetts, including Cape Cod and the Islands. Prior to assuming this executive role in wealth management, Anghinetti served as market executive with Bank of America Merrill Lynch managing the business banking team in Southeastern Massachusetts where he oversaw a team responsible for driving growth with commercial clients.

Anghinetti began his career with Fleet Bank in 1987 in the management Training program based in Providence, Rhode Island and joined Bank of America in 2004.

His 34-year banking career includes executive leadership positions in the consumer bank as well as business banking in Rhode Island, Connecticut, and Southeastern Massachusetts. Anghinetti serves on the board of directors for the South Eastern Economic Development (SEED) Corporation and the Metro South Chamber of Commerce. He earned a master’s degree in business administration at Providence College and a bachelor’s degree in finance from Bentley College.

Bank of America Private Bank is a leading

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private wealth management organization that helps meet clients’ wealth structuring, investment management, banking and credit needs.... Mike Fedrick writes from CA, “I’m still living in the Los Angeles area with my family, except for my son who started Yale this year. In two years, I’ll be an empty-nester when my daughter, Naomi, goes to college, though I hope it will be closer to home. The pandemic provided a good excuse to touch base with some classmates who I haven’t seen since soon after Abbey days, and I had a zoom call with classmates Adam Carter, Ian Sterling and Piers Murray. It would be great to see others, maybe when I visit my son on the East coast.”

Bart Fromuth ’99 and Colin O’Higgins ’97 at lunch in Naples, FL

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85 I Bill Daley unfortunately missed the 35th Reunion festivities at the Abbey in September, but had a great day competing in the Ironman 70.3 World Championships in St. George, UT.

86 I Bill Brazell recently published an essay on nj.com about the dark moods he experienced while at the Abbey and for a few years afterward and how glad he is today that he didn’t act on those moods, which are now gone. He has been surprised and gratified by the many kind responses he received, including from a number of classmates and other friends from the Abbey. The essay mentioned advice given during a Christian Doctrine class more than 35 years ago by then-Abbey teacher Tim Seeley ’77 – wisdom Bill appreciates today. You may read the essay here: https://bit.ly/3IdYSTM.

97 I Bart Fromuth ’99 and Colin O’Higgins caught up over a great lunch together in November while Bart was in Naples, FL, for Thanksgiving.

Jason Weida left the United States Attorney’s Office in Boston to join the DeSantis administration in Florida in December 2021. He has been appointed assistant deputy secretary for Medicaid Policy and Quality at the Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA).

99 I Sarah Staveley Matthews recently started a new job as deputy general counsel at the nonprofit news outlet ProPublica. She is currently based in Los Angeles with her family but will be traveling to New York City frequently for work. “I would love to see any Abbey alums in either city. Hope everyone’s well!”

05 I Matt Post recently launched UNDERRATED, a streaming and distribution platform for independent and foreign films. UNDERRATED boasts a curated library of about 100 high-quality awardwinning films from around the globe. UNDERRATED is web-based for now and will be adding all mobile and TV apps in the coming months as well as hundreds of new films. In conjunction with his already established UNDERRATED Studios, Matt is combining production and distribution to disrupt the classic Hollywood model.

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Matt Post ’05 has launched UNDERRATED, a streaming and distribution platform for independent and foreign films

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07 I Kristin Harper ’09 was married to Patrick Lambdin on September 5, 2021 in Grafton, IL, with her sister, Kelsi Harper ’13 serving as her maid of honor

Libby Monti Eisenman and her husband, Mike, welcomed their second child, a son named Monti, on May 18, 2021. Baby Monti is adored by his parents and big sister, Helen! The family lives in Medfield, MA, with their eight-year-old terrier mutt, Ellie.

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James Libutti and his wife, Kate, recently moved to Andover, MA, and welcomed their second baby girl, Charlotte, to the family, joining her older sister, Ellie, now two years old.

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11 I 12 Ligia and Daniel Vela are living in London. “For those visiting Great Britain, please call on us!”

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Rodrigo Bichara graduated with a dual MBA at The Escuela de Graduados en Administración y Dirección de Empresas

Andrew Fonts ’17 (left) with his brother Luke ’21, both competing for the Friars in NCAA Division 1 basketball at Providence College.

(EGADE) Business School and University of North Carolina-Charlotte. He also met up with David Garvey, Kwasi Amoako and Robert Skolsky in Las Vegas, NV....

Kristin Harper was married to Patrick Lambdin on September 5, 2021 in Grafton, IL, with her sister, Kelsi Harper ’13 serving as her maid of honor. Having completed her Ph.D. in 2019, Kristin has been teaching in the Modern and Classical Languages Department at Missouri State University in Springfield, MO, since fall of 2020.

Hayden Molinari has accepted a new position as a software engineer for Attentive mobile marketing company in New York City. He works remotely from his residence in Newport, RI, and can be reached at molinari.hayden@gmail.com.

Monti Eisenman with his big sister, Helen. Monti was born to Libby Monti Eisenman ’07 and her husband, Mike, in May, 2021.

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Andrew Fonts is completing his MBA at Providence College and competing in his last year of NCAA Division 1 basketball there. This is the first time he and his brother Luke Fonts ’21 have played on the same team, and both are enjoying the opportunity to play together on the collegiate level.

18 I Emma Stowe was named a dean’s scholar at Boston College, a distinction that recognizes students in the top 4-5% of their class. The Dean of the Morrissey College of Arts and Sciences selects scholars based on their overall academic performance, recommendations from faculty, co-curricular initiatives, and their sense of purpose in how they approach their future. Emma is majoring in economics and English and recently completed an internship as an investment banking summer analyst at UBS. After graduation in 2022, Emma will be working as an investment banking analyst at Goldman Sachs in New York City.

Above, Rodrigo Bichara ’09 (far right) met up with Kwasi Amoako ’09, David Garvey ’09 and Robert Skolsky ’09 in Las Vegas, NV. Left, Rodrigo graduated with a dual MBA at The Escuela de Graduados en Administración y Dirección de Empresas (EGADE) Business School and University of North Carolina-Charlotte

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After finishing a six-month internship at the International Mobile Satellite Organization in London, Mauricio Garcia-Gojon attended the COP26 UN Climate Change Summit in Glasgow, UK, as one of the youngest accredited delegates. Mauricio also chaired a committee at the Pacific Model United Nations PACMUN Conference in San Francisco, CA by the invitation of the Stevens Foundation.

Above left, Mauricio Garcia-Gojon ’20 with His Excellency Ambassador Roero Martinez at the COP26 UN Climate Change Summit in Glasgow, UK Above right, Mauricio Garcia-Gojon ’20 with Executive Secretary of the UNFCCC Patricia Espinosa at the COP26 UN Climate Change Summit in Glasgow, UK

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USMA Cadet Sean O’Hara ran into fellow Abbey alumni and current USNA Midshipman Victor Otero ’20, Ryan Wahba, and Jack Walsh at this year’s Army-Navy football game at MetLife Stadium.

From left, USNA Midshipman Victor Otero ’20, USMA Cadet Sean O’Hara ’21, Lisie O’Hara ’22 and Tommy O’Hara ’24 at this year’s Army-Navy football game at MetLife Stadium.

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P ORTS MO U TH ABBE Y MISSION S TATEMENT

Portsmouth Abbey School helps young men and women grow in knowledge and grace.

As a Benedictine boarding and day school committed to excellence, we embrace the Catholic faith while nurturing reverence for God and the human person, love of learning, and commitment to community life.

BO ARD OF REGENTS Abbot Michael G. Brunner O.S.B. Prior-Administrator Portsmouth, RI Mr. W. Christopher Behnke ’81 P’12 ’15 ’19 Chairman Chicago, IL Mr. Christopher Abbate ’88 P’20 ’23 Newport, RI Ms. Abby Benson ’92 Newport, RI Mr. John Bohan P ’20 ’22 Newport, RI Dom Joseph Byron O.S.B. Portsmouth, RI Mr. Creighton O. Condon ’74 P ’07 ’10 Jamestown, RI Mrs. Kathleen Cunningham P’08 ’09 ’11 ’14 Dedham, MA Mr. Gang (Jason) Ding P’18 Qingdao, China Dr. Debra Falvey P’18 ’20 Plaistow, NH Mrs. Frances Fisher P’15 San Francisco, CA Dr. Timothy P. Flanigan ’75 P ’06 ’09 ’11 ’19 Tiverton, RI

Mr. Patrick Gallagher ’81 P’15 Providence, RI Mrs. Meg S. Healey P’91 GP’19 ’21 ’24 New Vernon, NJ Mr. Thomas Hopkins ’85 New York, NY Mrs. Cara Gontarz Hume ’99 Hingham, MA Mr. Peter M. Kennedy III ’64 P’07 ’08 ’15 Big Horn, WY

Mr. Philip V. Moyles, Jr. ’82 P ’22 Annual Fund Chair Rye, NY Mr. Emmett O’Connell P ’16 ’17 Stowe, VT Brother Sixtus Roslevich O.S.B. Portsmouth, RI Mr. Felipe Vicini ’79 P ’09 ’12 ’19 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic Mr. William Winterer ’87 Boston, MA

Mr. William M. Keogh ’78 P ’13 Jamestown, RI

EMERITUS

Dr. Mary Beth Klee P’04 Hanover, NH

Mr. Peter M. Flanigan g ’41 P ’75 ’83 GP ’06 ’09 ’09 ’11 ’11 ’19 ’19 ’21 Purchase, NY

Mr. James Knight ’87 Greenwich, CT

Mr. Thomas J. Healey ’60 P’91 GP’19 ’21 ’24 New Vernon, NJ

Ms. Anne-Marie Law P’19 ’21 ’24 Duxbury, MA

Mr. William K. Howenstein g ’52 P ’87 GP’10 ’17 ’21 ’22 Grosse Pointe Farms, MI

Father Edward Mazuski O.S.B. Portsmouth, RI

Mr. Barnet Phillips IV ’66 Greenwich, CT

Ms. Devin McShane P’09 ’11 Providence, RI Abbott Gregory Mohrman O.S.B. St. Louis, MO g Deceased

Cover: Monique Roeder Singer ’95 was one of the first female students to attend Portsmouth Abbey for four years. She has lived in London wih her husband, Roland (pictured here), and their son, Greydon, since 2017.

For all the pieces that fit together Portsmouth Abbey School is so grateful for all the pieces that fit together to make our community one. Our students, faculty and staff, parents, alumni, monastic community, and friends are all essential to making the Abbey so unique and special.

Whether in the classroom, on the rink or court, in the dorm, by the bay, or in church, our people and programs have the greatest impact on the experience of each and every Raven.

Join us in support of our mission by making your Annual Fund gift today at w w w.por tsmouthabbey.org/ makeagift.

285 Cory’s Lane Portsmouth, Rhode Island 02871 www.portsmouthabbey.org

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THE PARENTS’ ASSOCIATION INVITES YOU TO

SPRING FAMILY DAY 2022 Saturday, April 30 – 12:00 to 5:00 p.m.

Parents, Grandparents, Siblings and Friends All are welcome to come and share the day with our Abbey community.

Cheer on the Ravens at the fields, watch play rehearsal, and enjoy the BBQ with family and friends!

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For more information on the event or how to get involved, please contact Meghan Fonts, director of parent relations, at mfonts@portsmouthabbey.org or 401-643-1246

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