Through the Arch - Summer 2014

156th Commencement A Lasting Nature Preserve Return to Vietnam Food Frenzy

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It’s not about doing one thing with passion.

Late nights, early mornings, hours of dedication, the pursuit of your passion.

At Shattuck-St. Mary’s, we know what it takes to be the best.

That’s why we give you our best – from facilities and technology to the finest teachers, mentors, and coaches.

We support all journeys and nurture all faith traditions.

We welcome all talents, all dreams, all the way.

IT’S ABOUT DOING EVERYTHING WITH PASSION.

We are all in.

(This is our brand statement. To see these words brought to life by pictures and video, watch a short clip on our homepage at s-sm.org)

Shattuck-St. Mary’s is unique. We are not like the hometown schools of our students. In fact, we are not like other boarding schools. Our Centers of Excellence, weCreate Center, and blended learning model are revolutionizing SSM and capturing the attention of the independent school world. We are not easily defined – and that’s OK. In fact, we are proud that we are different.

Yet, here is our dilemma. How do we define our uniqueness when we have seconds to make an impression – at a school fair, through social media, in a brochure or an ad? How do we share our Shattuck-St. Mary’s story – in a compelling and impactful way with prospective families and our alumni?

commented that SSM seemed more like a small college than a middle/ high school. Through intensive listening, campus visits, and digesting piles of information, the “All In” campaign was developed.

We loved it.

It seemed to capture our heart and soul as a school and it made us smile with pride. We wanted to make sure we were on track, so we shared their work with hundreds of parents, alumni, and our entire school community seeking feedback. The response was overwhelmingly positive, allowing us to forge ahead to implementing the branding campaign.

This was our challenge to Mindpower, Inc., a strategic marketing firm based in Atlanta. They specialize in working with schools, especially at the collegiate level. A year ago we partnered with them to help us create a brand statement that captures our promise to our students, to our alumni, and to each other.

This issue of Through the Arch is one of our first steps in working with the brand toolkit we received from Mindpower. We have begun the process of redesigning our website and will be incorporating the new look and feel of “All In” throughout our marketing and communications efforts during the next three to five years. We hope you will agree that “All In” effectively captures our School’s unique character. We hope you will want to share it and smile with pride along with us.

The Mindpower team was highly impressed by what they experienced at SSM – the dedicated faculty, coaches, and staff, and tireless students pursuing their dreams with determination and drive. In fact, they

Let us know what you think. Send your thoughts to Amy.Wolf@s-sm.org.

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Editor: Amy Wolf • Amy.Wolf@s-sm.org • 507.333.1585 Design: Kari Tobin Contributing Writers: Bill Graves ’51, Clay Paciorek, Ben Sippola ’07, Baylee Wellhausen ’14, Amy Wolf, Photography: Steve Jones ’73,Clay Paciorek, Paul Swenson Photography, Kari Tobin, Johnnie Walker, Amy Wolf, Class Notes: Kim Bakken, Fr. Henry Doyle Cover Photo: Director of Boys Soccer, Tim Carter pictured with one of his players, Israel “Izzy” Evans ’14. Pride and satisfaction captured on Commencement Day by Paul Swenson

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Our Mission We are a global learning community that honors tradition while embracing innovation. By cultivating creative, independent thinking, we foster the transformation of our students to become citizens of integrity for an ever-changing world.

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Shattuck-St. Mary’s School community, with its strong commitment to protecting human rights and dignity, does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, sexual orientation, religion, national or ethnic origin in its admissions and scholarship programs, the administration of its educational, athletic, or other school programs, or its employment practices.

Shattuck-St. Mary’s School P.O. Box 218 • 1000 Shumway Avenue Faribault, MN 55021 • 888.729.4946 www.s-sm.org

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Find your friends in the photos from Reunion Weekend 2014.

10 Alums Come “Home” Again

As part of her senior leadership project, Baylee Wellhausen ’14 interviewed many of the SSM alumni who have “returned home” to work at their alma mater. It is a particularly satisfying turn of events for the School to welcome back its own – to the classroom, the pitch, the ice, and the offices.

14 Return to Vietnam

Following the story in the January Arch about Charles Newhall ’63 and his Vietnam experience, we heard from Bill Graves ’51.

For the first time since he left the country in 1966, Bill returned to Vietnam last November with his adult son, Chris.

17 Food Frenzy

Shattuck-St. Mary’s Alums are making a name for themselves in the food industry. Ideas that have come to life are their “bread & butter”. Check out what your fellow classmates have been up to. Maybe you’ve even heard of or consumed some of their products!

24 A Lasting Nature Preserve

Another great conservation story to share with you. It features Ann and Marc Davis ’66. Their labor of love is the Woods Without Gile in New Hampshire.

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Shattuck-St. Mary’s Class of 2014 graduates 114 seniors.

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Catch up on what’s going on with your classmates!

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2014-15 TRUSTEES, ADMINISTRATION, AND ALUMNI ASSOCIATION Officers The Rt. Rev. Brian Prior, Honorary Chair

Claire Wittich ’05 Santa Barbara, California

Linda Stone Dasher ’56 Iowa City, Iowa

Alumni Association Board Maggie Osterbauer ’03, President

Abby Carlstrom Humphrey ’62, Chair

Audra Watson ’87 Bronx, New York

Jack Fuller ’40 West Grove, Pennsylvania

Marc Helgeson ’66, Vice President

Dan Gislason ’62, Vice Chair Kristin Dahl, Secretary Trustees 2015 Term Expiration Jack Dane ’75 Bettendorf, Iowa Marc Davis ’66 Wilmot, New Hampshire Dan Gislason ’62 Minnetonka, Minnesota Abby Carlstrom Humphrey ’62* Denver, Colorado 2016 Term Expiration Steve Barrager ’59 San Francisco, California Bill Brewster ’85 Denver, Colorado Dale Fuller ’51 Dallas, Texas Bruce Mannes ’49 Mesa, Arizona Craig McKinley ’70 Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida Katherine Porter ’04 Denver, Colorado John Thomas ’74 Bethesda, Maryland Steve Wendfeldt ’65 La Jolla, California

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2017 Term Expiration Brant Barr ’73 Faribault, Minnesota

Hugh Wooldridge ’55 Edina, Minnesota

Tim Church ’68 St. Paul, Minnesota

Administration Don MacMillan Head of School

Kristin Dahl St. Paul, Minnesota

The Rev. Eva Cavaleri Chaplain

Mike Daley ’68* Holland, Michigan

Courtney Cavellier Associate Head of School for Academics

Rich Nicoll ’70* Lincoln, Nebraska

Matt Cavellier Upper School Director

*not eligible for another term

Mark Olson Director of Technology Integration

Ex Officio The Rt. Rev. Brian Prior Minneapolis, Minnesota Nick Stoneman, President Faribault, Minnesota Maggie Osterbauer ’03, Alumni Association President Denver, Colorado Angel de Mey, Parents’ Association President Los Angeles, California Co-opted Kim Bakken, Administrative Assistant Trustee Emeriti Sharon Hoffman Avent ’64 Hastings, Minnesota

Dave Rott Director of Finance Lonnie Schroeder Director of Institutional Advancement Charlotte Smith Acting Director of Admissions Patty Travers Chief Operating Officer Beth Trout Middle School Director Amy Wolf Director of Marketing and Communications

Anne Silge Merz ’75, Secretary Committee Chairs and Members of the Executive Committee David McClendon ’74, Fundraising Sara Benedict ’97, Class Agents Nicole Willis-Grimes ’93, Communications Kristen Wright ’04, Community Service Marc Helgeson ’66, Nominating & Recognition Ruth Wiegand ’97, Regional Clubs Alumni Board Members: Elinor Arnott Agustsson ’50, Mark Alpert ’60, John Baird ’62, Ruth Wiegand ’97, Sara Whelan Benedict ’97, Claire Benton ’95, Jeff Collins ’72, John DeHoff ’95, Lisa Boyle Girouard ’88, Marc Helgeson ’66, Bill Humleker ’69, Cynthia Leslie Johnson ’72, Tracey KloecklJimenez ’83, Tazio Lombardo ’99, Ken Malvey ’58, David McClendon ’74, Anne Silge Merz ’75, Christian Miller ’95, Michael Noel ’99, Stephen Olson ’79, Maggie Osterbauer ’03, William Pitte ’76, Emily Snell-Jordan ’97, Jessica TychsenTownsend ’00, John Van Dyke ’63, Ann Albertson Wenger ’73, Donovan Wiedmann ’97, Zach Wiegand ’00, Nicole Willis-Grimes ’93, Kristen Van Slyke Wright ’04

Letters to the EDITOR

We heard from Harry Young ’60 who called to let us know that Bob Wilkinson ’64 (mentioned in “A Soccer History Lesson” by Walter Hinchman) was the nephew, not the son of Bud Wilkinson. Bud Wilkinson had two sons – Pat and Jay – neither of whom attended Shattuck School – Harry should know. He grew up in Norman, OK where his father was a friend of Bud Wilkinson. It was Bud who recommended Shattuck School as a good place for young Harry who was then a misbehaving “preacher’s boy.”

From Peter Tomaras ’51 The Sochi Olympic insert inspired some reminiscing from Peter…

In our day, Dale Fuller ’51 and I had rooms in Breck with windows looking south…over the flooded tennis courts, our hockey “facility” then. The hardy ice guys played in the cold, as necessary. I remember Ralph Thrall and “Body Man” Evans (now both gone, sadly) playing tough defense. Thrall would pick up the puck, looking up through his glasses, and start down the ice. Different world. Little chance of advancing to the NHL in those years, but we had some tough Canadians, not to mention the Minnesota guys.

From Bill Higbee ’64 I have just read a great article in the recent Arch edition about the genesis of soccer at Shattuck in the early 1960s. I played goalie for the 1963 team…I want to see Walter Hinchman and tell him how much I enjoyed his article. I have very fond memories of Walter.

From former faculty member, Rod Doran Please send my email and name to Walt Hinchman, who wrote a fine article on soccer at Shattuck some 50 years ago. I was the Physics teacher in the lab across the hall from his chemistry lab. After we both left Shattuck, I did visit him at Pomfret School, but have lost touch. I would love to re-connect with Walt.

The first graduating class when I was at Shattuck (Class of ’64) will soon be celebrating their 50th year Anniversary. I would love to be at some of the events of the Graduation/Reunion weekend. Please send me dates for this event. (Rod made it to Reunion!)

So nice to keep in touch with Shattuck via The Arch. After Harry O’Connor and Bob Neslund died, I am afraid there is no one left there from my years. So many wonderful memories.

From former parent, Deborah Hickey, mother of Stephen ’09 Deborah is a photographer and a supporter of Sabre hockey and figure skating The quality and content of the winter edition is most impressive- from

content to the layout to the fabulous photo collection. So many stories are told…. what a wonderful way to keep us all connected. The school has grown so much with many initiatives since Stephen graduated in 2009. Time is flying by…

From The Rev. John M. Beebe ’46 I was blown away by the winter 2014 edition of Through the Arch. I had no idea that Shattuck-St. Mary’s had started to duplicate itself all over the world. And, as if that were not enough, there was the hockey insert about the eight Sabres (4 men and 4 women) in Sochi for the Winter Olympics. I was also taken by the coverage of Charles Newhall III. His grandfather, Charles Watson Newhall and his wife were the very first people we met as we drove onto the campus in 1934 and stopped in front of their house.

Obviously, the view through the Arch is very much the same as it was when I attended school there (Class of 46), but nothing else is even remotely similar.

Back then, the emphasis was on military discipline, but with my Dad as a Japanese POW, what I needed was TLC which was sadly wanting then, so I chose to quit Shattuck after my sophomore year (1943) and attend school in Faribault. After all, that’s where the girls were, not a mile away on a separate campus.

I have always valued the education I got during my three years at Shattuck and can still quote most of the Shakespeare and Tennyson that I learned back then. My grasp of English was good enough to enable me to skip most of the first year of college English and to get an “A” on the rest. That excellent grounding put me in the 98th percentile for the use of English during my time in the Army and it has been my most useful tool ever since.

My feelings about Shattuck have always been very complicated. I lived there as a child, when my Dad was Commandant of Cadets. I loved it.

Then, later, I hated it - a feeling that is difficult to get over, but there is much about it that I still love. I was an acolyte in that chapel and I was confirmed there. I am sure that played a large part in my later decision to enter into holy orders when I retired from the Army. As a child I lived in the stucco house on the hill, ate in the dining hall with the cadets, skied on the golf course, and much more. I think that the time has come to put away the negative feelings I have harbored for so long and to see Shattuck for what it truly is - a wonderful school.

Congratulations for all you have accomplished. Keep it up. You may yet change the world.

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Reunion 2014 1. Class of 1964 Old Shads, left-right, front row: George Sawyer, Jim McAvoy, Tim Schubert, John Nelson, Bill Hemphill, row 2: Jim Miller, Rich Williams, S. Judd Tooke, Bob Banta, row 3: John Strong, Jim Landes, Tom Bell, Steve Perrin, row 4: Mark Schiffmacher, Bill Higbee, Mike Britton, Daryl Beam, row 5: Craig DeRemer, Larry Sommers, Denny Holloway, row 6: Dyer Jones, Marvin Levy 2. Class of 1964 Saints, left-right, front row: Robin Theel Berenberg, Anne Wirtz Tydings, Nina Olsen Dufrane, Sharon Hoffman Avent, row 2: Linda Sturley Ritchie, Frances Moore Nutt, row 3: Vail Kobbe, Lynn Schwarz Davis, Keltysue Cardy Harris, Sarah Hiltabrand Sporrer, Lorrie Roshek, row 4: Wendy Blackmarr Mount, Pam Bedford Whittaker, Elizabeth Jacobs Jones, Dolly Danser, row 5: Sue Robinson, Honorary Member Carol Beam 3. Class of 2009: Paul Barral, John Cocco, Victoria “Pippi” Haase Cocco, Crystal Burns, Billy Bruggeman 4. Class of 2004, left-right, front row: David Dutrieuille, Megan Trout, Jordan Mowbray, row 2: Brian Cashin, Carly Aimi, Emily Petraglia, Kat Porter, row 3: Dan Cashin, Jake Allison, John Murray 5. Elsa Wennberg Hester ‘60 and husband, Freddy Hester (both past faculty) 6. Class of 1994 left-right, front row: Rachel Bixler, Kumi Nakagawa, Amy Horstman Cox, row 2: Melanie Bortolon Flaherty, David Svengalis, Dani Fillipi Thomas, row 3: Sam Carroll, row 4: Stephanie Bremer Campbell, Nils Saterstrom, Dan Kuhn, Sara FrenchKomorek, row 5: Kristen Treadway Koch, Kerri Kommer, Sara Huntley, Nicole Glover Stroud, row 6: Aaron Priore, Matt Jonland, John Acosta, Scott Reese, Tryg Jensen, John Hudson 7. Jack Mitchell ’44 and John Dane ’43 8. Hope “Buzz” Anderson ’59 and Tom Fillenworth ’59 9. Jane Clapp Towne ’43, President Nick Stoneman, Sue Robinson ’64 10. Class of 1974, left-right, front row: Kathleen Walch Grieci, Susan Cheney Ralston, Cassandra Anderson Holmstrom, Andrea Athey, row 2: Stephen Voight, Scott Fenn, David McClendon, row 3: Hugh Hadlund, Brian Flackne, David Sun, row 4: Jed Gillin, Robin Roberts, Bob Monahan, Chuck Pitte

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1. Jack Mitchell ’44 and Jane Clapp Towne ’44 2. Left-right: Former faculty member Walter Hinchman, Daryl Beam ’64, Dyer Jones ’64 and Dennis Holloway ’64 3. David Dutrieulle ’04, his wife, Angela and son, Daniel.

4. Left-right: Jim Miller ’64, Heather Strong, John Strong ’64, John Nelson ’64, Daryl Beam ’64, Robin Theel Berenberg ’64, Carol Beam, Dolly Danser ’64

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9. Stephan O’Rourke ’69 and his wife, Carol.

10. Bob Gutwein ’95 and Shannon Bauer Swanson ’95 11. Tazio Lombardo ’99, Beth Trout and Phil Trout ’73 12. Alumni Hockey Game, left to right: Mario Mjelli ’05, Bryan Jones (spouse of Kristin Sumner Jones ’96), Mike Acosta ’94, Bob Gutwein ’95, Matt Jonland ’94,Tom Breuer ’93, and Mark Carpentier ’03 13. Current SSM parents, Amy Horstman Cox ’94 and her husband, Tim 14. Left-right: Melanie Bortolon Flaherty ’94, Stephanie Bremer Campbell ’94, and Dani Fillipi Thomas ’94 15. John Murray ’04 and Jake Allison ’04 16. Class of 1954, left-right, front row: Karl Goss, Chuck Teeter, row 2: John Newlin, Sam Olson, row 3: Bill Scheel

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5. Dr. Brian Libby conducts a lecture in Newhall Auditorium titled “Summer of Disaster: June to August, 1914.”

6. John Dane ’43, his new spouse Kathy, and Bob Dane 7. The Old Shads’ Drill was moved to the Johnson Armory building due to inclement weather.

8. David Sun ’74 and Scott Fenn ’74 9. Mike Britton ‘64 led the Old Shads Drill. He is the Battalion Commander from his senior year and is the nephew of former Headmaster and Rector The Rev. Sidney Goldsmith, Jr. 10. Andie Hines Mobley and her mother, Anne Albertson Wenger ’73

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11. John Dane ’43 visits with Dr. Brant Barr ’73 12. Heather Higbee and Bill Higbee ’64 13. Ayrlahn Johnson ’74 and John Sumner 14. Bev Pottle Wiper ’55 and Brenda Parkinson Hauschild ’55 15. Class of 1994, left-right: Sam Carroll, Kumi Nakagawa, Keri Kommer, Nicole Glover Stroud, Sara Huntley, Rachel Bixler, Kristen Treadway Koch 16. Lynn Schwarz Davis ’64 and Jane Clapp Towne ’44

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17. Slade Schuster ’81 and Mark Comcowich ’79 18. Former faculty members, Rod Doran and Walter Hinchman, enjoyed catching up with their former students.

19. Frances Moore Nutt ’64 and Rhoda Glad Pavek ’50 (niece and aunt) 20. Victoria “Pippi” Haase Cocco ’09 and Crystal Burns ’09

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COME HOME AGAIN

by Baylee Wellhausen ’14

As part of her senior leadership project, Baylee Wellhausen ’14 interviewed many of the SSM alumni who have “returned home” to work at their alma mater. It is a particularly satisfying turn of events for the School to welcome back its own – to the classroom, the pitch, the ice, and the offices. These SSM employees bring a unique perspective to their work and Baylee was interested in sharing some of their perspectives with our readers. Baylee attended Shattuck-St. Mary’s for four years. She is from Williams Bay, Wisconsin and will be attending and playing hockey at the University of Wisconsin-Madison next year.

Amy Gragg ’88, Facilities Assistant and Admissions Data Manager

Heather Hyslop ’84, Assistant Director of Institutional Advancement.

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The wave of emotions you experience when entering through that stone Arch, as your gaze falls upon the castle-like structure you cannot believe you are lucky enough to call “home,” is a feeling indescribable to all who have felt it. It’s one of the abundance of memories which connects the Shattuck-St. Mary’s community—an everlasting and profound impact that has instilled itself into our hearts.

As a recently graduated senior and a new alumna of ShattuckSt. Mary’s, writing this piece has never been so meaningful to me. Reminiscing with the faculty and staff about their memories as students, I could only help but feel an overwhelming sense of community and pride. My own memories filled my mind while reading theirs and it was in that moment I truly realized the remarkably special impact Shattuck-St. Mary’s leaves on those who stand on its grounds. Shattuck-St. Mary’s is not only a school or an ice rink or a soccer field. It is a home away from the hundreds of places we leave behind. It’s the home that will forever be in our hearts—the memories that will never fade away. Entering through that Arch is like stepping through a gateway to those memories, reliving them once again. It is because of this, I can only assume, the faculty and staff alumni felt the need to return to the place they never stopped calling their home.

For this feature story, I interviewed Samuel Asante ’08, Christine Dickinson ’05, Mike Carpentier ’00, Andrew Garlinski ’98, Amy Gragg ’88, Heather Hyslop ’84, Jason Horstman ’07, and Ben Umhoefer ’05. Other SSM alumni who are still affiliated with the School are part-time math teacher Bob Irby ’60, boys U16 assistant hockey coach Brad Cohen ’84, and Jan Gould Martin ’75 who is teaching at the Shattuck-St. Mary’s-Beijing Bayi School.

Since you were a student in these very classrooms and playing on these very fields and rinks, what has changed at SSM? Is there anything you miss that no longer occurs here (i.e. traditions, etc.)?

Heather Hyslop ’84: So much has changed in the time between my being a student here and coming to work here. When I attended we had a football team, one (maybe two) hockey teams but only one rink, cross-country and track and field teams, no Centers of Excellence.

Our study hall room was where the upper level of weCreate was, there was still a swimming pool where the StuLo is, and there was a “smoking room” (yuck!!) next to the Bookstore. Students of a certain age could get permission from their parents to smoke, but only there.

It’s unbelievable to think about that now.

Every Wednesday night, the girls had dinner and chapel at St. Mary’s Hall and the boys had an evening chapel, following study hall, that night also. On Sundays we all came together for chapel and then brunch or chapel and then dinner, depending on the time of year I guess. We had lots of St. Mary’s Hall traditions that happened on those Wednesday nights and also other times throughout the year.

Mike Carpentier ’00: The thing that has changed is the physical space itself. The only arena we had was the Old Rink (the Barn), and the locker room space was much different. I remember when they first built what are now locker rooms 1 and 2 in the Old Rink. My first year was the first year of our Bantam program and we dressed in a trailer for the first part of the year that was connected to what was the Boys Prep locker room at the time and was located where the Girls Prep locker room is now. It was awesome.

Andrew Garlinski ’98, Director of ESL and Global Education

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Samuel Asante ’08: A lot has changed. There was no Fayfield Hall while I was here. That is a great addition to the school. The dress code has also changed. Students couldn’t wear running or boat shoes while I was here. Mr. Curwin was always on my case when it came to the shoes I wore to class. In addition the guys had to wear a dress shirt and tie for Wednesday chapel and the girls had to dress up. That no longer happens.

What is it like working among faculty who used to be your own teachers and coaches?

What is the role shift like, going from a student to a teacher, coach, or staff member at ShattuckSt. Mary’s?

Amy Gragg ’88: I was away from SSM for 18 years before I returned here to work. There are only a few people who still work here from when I was a student, so I don’t feel there has been a big adjustment for me. That said, I still can’t call Dr. Libby or Mr. Irby by their first names!

Samuel Asante ’08: Coming back as a coach for me feels very weird.

The weird part about the job is when I am on Rover duty monitoring students. Just a few years ago I was a student and now I have to assume the responsibility of ensuring that the students behave. I still think as a student sometimes. I also feel very uncomfortable when the teachers who taught me while I was here have to call me Coach Asante instead of Asante. And no matter how much you let them know that you prefer Asante, whenever Father Doyle sees you, he gives you that warm smile and says, “How are you Coach?”

Jason Horstman ’07: The role shift going from a student to a coach is a lot different, but very much just as rewarding at the same time. It is great to be back at SSM and be able to play a part in the career of the kids in the hockey program as a coach. It will be exciting to see where they all are in the next five to 10 years down the road.

Andrew Garlinski ’98: Jon Freeman, John Sumner, Bob Irby, Bob Neslund, Brian Libby, Merry Mendoza, Mike Frankenfield, Dick Kettering, Fr. Doyle were all important teachers or adults at SSM when I was a kid. It was (and still is) a great honor to work with them, too.

What is the best part about working at your former high school?

Ben Umhoefer ’05: Pride. I feel an incredible sense of pride being a part of a community that has so much passion. I am amazed at how invested our students and faculty are. The level of care and commitment is so impressive. I tell every prospective family to ask anyone who has had an association with our school about their experience. Unanimously, the response is that they could not stop talking about how great of a place this is and how lucky they feel to be a part of it. I can go on and on... You cannot describe the SSM experience until you have lived it. To have the opportunity to come back to such a great place is truly special.

Amy Gragg ’88: I already knew where everything was!

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Christine Dickinson ’05: I think being able to relate to the kids is a big thing. I think it helps me be a better dorm parent because I have been through what the kids are going through now and to share my experiences with them and for them to be interested in how things used to be is really cool.

the girls at another. The boys would sing, and then the girls would sing back. Then we would do it louder and louder. I only remember this happening during my 9th grade year. The event ended up in a food fight. That was the last time the “song off” took place. That is a pretty good memory.

Share your favorite memory from your SSM experience, either as an employee or a student.

Ben Umhoefer ’05: Wow. This might be impossible. I have always said my favorite part about my SSM experience was living in the dorms. It is like living with your best friends every day. I have two sisters and after my time at SSM I have lost track of how many brothers I have. There are so many great memories. I love talking about SSM. It is hard to talk about one memory without it leading to another and another and another. It would take a couple hours for me to feel satisfied that I have shared everything I wanted to share.

Heather Hyslop ’84: In my senior year Mr. Irby was my teacher for Pre-calculus. I went to Carleton College in Northfield after graduating from Shattuck-St. Mary’s, and in my freshman year I took Calculus which ended up challenging me greatly. I came home to Faribault to study for my final exams, very stressed about my upcoming Calculus final. On a Sunday afternoon, in my freshman year at college, Mr. Irby sat with me for hours to prepare me for my college final exam. This, of course, speaks volumes about the person he is - a blessing for me in my time at Shattuck-St. Mary’s.

Mike Carpentier ’00: There are so many things that could be considered my “favorite memory.” Every time I get to see Fr. Doyle’s face light up in a smile makes each day a little better though, that is for certain. I remember it was true as a 13 year-old and it is still true as a 32 year-old. Every time I drive through the Arch it is still exciting. There are many memories that you recall and are just little things that bring a smile to your face at random moments. I remember we used to have an Old Shad song and there was an Old Saints song. I do not remember the words and I do not know if they can be found somewhere, but I guess each year the boys would gather at one end of the dining hall and

Baylee Wellhausen ’14: “I have always felt that SSM was the greatest gift my parents have ever given me. I will never forget walking through the Arch with my dad at sunset the night before the start of my 9th grade year. As we were two feet through the Arch he stopped, turned to me and said, ‘Whoa. Did you feel that?’

I did.

It felt like this is where I was meant to be.” s

Jason Horstman ’07, Mathematics Instructor, Physical Education, and Assistant Coach Bantam Tier I Hockey

Samuel Asante ’08, Assistant Boys U18 Soccer Coach, 2013

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MY RETURN

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by Bill Graves ’51, Captain USN (ret)

Editor’s note: Following the story in the January Arch about Charles Newhall ’63 and his Vietnam experience, we heard from Bill Graves ’51.

For the first time since he left the country in 1966, Bill returned to Vietnam last November with his adult son, Chris. Bill is a communicator at heart—writing a monthly column for Trailer Life magazine—and offered to share his impressions of today’s Vietnam with our readers.

Just before we boarded the midnight flight in Los Angeles, my son Chris posted on Facebook: “Forty-eight years after my dad’s tour of duty in Saigon, he’s going back. He returned home on leave the day before I was born. We will celebrate his 81st birthday in Vietnam. This is clearly not the typical vacation. I feel very fortunate to be able to take this trip with him.”

I spent much of 1965 and 1966 in Saigon. As a Navy public affairs lieutenant, I was there to work with the growing number of reporters.

I represented the U.S. Seventh Fleet, which was operating off the coast.

It was the Army’s war and they ran all things military in Saigon, including the release of information. I played by their rules, but I ran my own operation. My office was in my briefcase.

My life then was centered within a square mile of the Rex Hotel. Press briefings were held on the ground floor every afternoon at five. Because it was a “war-covered-by-taxi,” a reporter would show up at briefings in muddy, sweaty clothes and argue with the Army briefer on his interpretation of a battle that the reporter had witnessed. Eventually, the briefings became known as the “five o’clock follies.”

The roof of the Rex was a piece of home, like an officers’ club used by both military and U.S. civilians. In the evening we would see guys in combat gear who we knew were just hours away from a skirmish in a jungle or rice paddy. Helicopters made it that kind of a war. The Rex Hotel has had a significant makeover. Its ground-floor shops include Burberry, Chanel, Cartier and Rolex. The roof is still a bar and restaurant. We ate there. A hamburger was served with a fried egg on top.

Our tour included stops in Hanoi, Danang, the Mekong Delta, and finally to Saigon. It’s called Ho Chi Minh City now, but the name Saigon will last, I think, as long as my generation is living.

During the war, Hanoi was the capital of communist North Vietnam, the enemy of the South, whose war the U.S. was aggressively fighting.

Hanoi remains the capital of Vietnam but seems decades behind Saigon in economic progress and new infrastructure. The people of Hanoi are getting on with their lives, after fighting wars on their home soil for a hundred years. I get the feeling, however, that having fun is not high on their to-do list. In California, where I live, the biggest public attractions are theme parks and golf courses. Here, by far the biggest draw is the mausoleum displaying the body of Ho Chi Minh, the country’s leader during the “American War.”

Another interesting tidbit to note — today, Shattuck-St. Mary’s has more students attending the School from Vietnam than ever in its history.

Our admissions staff makes regular trips to Vietnam, as do many U.S. boarding schools. During the 2013-14 school year, one student from Hanoi and seven students from what is now called Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Saigon) attended Shattuck-St. Mary’s.

My son Chris had this impression of Hanoi: “It appears to have a vibrant, free-market economy. I was surprised at how distorted the war history was portrayed. In what’s left of the ‘Hanoi Hilton,’ where our POWs were held—some for seven years—they show pictures of our guys playing volleyball and being well treated. They used phrases like, ‘such is life at the camp from the first shoot-down to the last.’”

As we concluded our Vietnam trip in Ho Chi Minh City, Chris wanted to buy Vietnam soccer outfits for his two boys. He knew where to get them. “The store is a few blocks down from the Rex,” he said. To hear him speak of the Rex Hotel as a landmark, which we now had in common, reminded me how I had hoped, when I was in Saigon 49 years ago, that I would someday be here with him. And here I was.

When we returned to Los Angeles, two days later, I gave my passport and customs declaration form to the lady at the immigration booth. She glanced at the form and said, “Vietnam?” I said, “Yes.” She looked me in the eye for the longest time. I thought I was in trouble. Then she smiled, and said, “Welcome home.” s 16

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FRENZY Who would have guessed that we have SSM parents and alumni involved in making everything from ketchup to maple syrup? Our initial queries brought us an interesting array of people and stories that we are sharing in this issue. Our hope is that this is just the tip of the iceberg (lettuce!) and we will have more to share. Let’s hear about others in the SSM food family – write to Amy.Wolf@s-sm.org.

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Aaron’s Answer In the fall of 1990, Aaron Wagner ’93 was one of 22 hockey players who came to Shattuck-St. Mary’s under Coach Norwich in an effort to rebuild the hockey program. It’s safe to say Aaron knows a thing or two about building from the ground up. Aaron, who lives in Denver, started Elevation Organic Ketchup while ironically watching hockey.

Over a homemade breakfast with some fellow SSM alumni, they ran out of his family’s special ketchup, so he called his brother for another bottle who ended up sending him the recipe instead. The ketchup’s origin traces all the way back to the late 1800s when it was developed

by Aaron’s great-great-grandmother. “From that first batch, I gave some of the ketchup to a friend who works for one of the biggest chefs in Colorado,” Aaron explained. “He tried the ketchup and loved it and wanted it for both of his restaurants.”

Aaron has always had the entrepreneurial spirit. Only two years after graduating from Shattuck-St. Mary’s, he mortgaged his parents house so he could buy and flip four more houses. He’s dabbled in everything from nightclubs, to smoothie shops, even hair salons, all with his SSM buddies by his side.

Aaron’s latest venture, organic ketchup, seems to be his biggest hit yet.

Alongside Ian Tyson ’94, who had experience in the food industry, Aaron whipped up the first batch in his kitchen. “We ordered some pots and supplies and started making it. Our first batch took nine hours to make 16 gallons, which was not ideal.”

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Photo of Aaron as seen in CompanyWeek, media voice of the Rocky Mountain manufacturing economy

in two hours and looking to expand even further. Elevation Ketchup is on the shelves in about 130 grocery stores all the way from Idaho and Wyoming down to Arizona and New Mexico. Aaron’s ketchup is also served in restaurants around Denver, acting as a great sampling table and advertising venue to reach consumers. “One restaurant that uses our ketchup is two blocks from my great-great-grandma’s old house so it was weird delivering it there right where she lived. It took a hundred years to go two blocks, which is kind of funny.” It’s so funny Aaron is laughing all the way to the bank.

Ian Tyson ’94 (left) Aaron Wagner ’93 and Nils Satterstrom ’94

Corky’s Clemmy’s “If it wasn’t for SSM, I might not exist.” Corky Douglass ’66 is well aware of the impact Shattuck-St. Mary’s has had on his life, starting years before he was born when his grandfather and uncles attended the School. Corky came to Shattuck School in 1963, and before he graduated, he was the only member of his class to be nominated for all four class officer positions.

The greatest challenge Corky faces is validating Clemmy’s as not only a healthy product but a delicious product as well. Competing with the likes of Nestle, Uni Lever, and Mars is even more difficult when those companies control 85% of the doors in the grocery aisle. Corky’s hard work is starting to pay off, as Clemmy’s can now be found in over 3,500 stores throughout 30 states.

After graduating, Corky did just about everything in the food industry over the next 35 years. He was a busboy, waiter, dishwasher, general manager, and in 1970, he became an owner. Corky opened Tante Louise, a French cuisine restaurant that would become a beloved Denver landmark restaurant over the next three decades. Finally, after 33 successful years, Corky decided it was time to close Tante Louise’s doors and try something new.

For Corky, it’s all about creating something that pleases people.

“Service and taking care of people is in my blood,” Corky said.

“It has to come back to Shattuck. Without any question in my mind, it was defining.”

That’s when a friend offered him the opportunity to stay in the food business, but with a bit of a different approach. Jon Gordon created an all-natural, sugar-free, lactose-free ice cream and asked Corky to come aboard as a partner and assist with marketing. “I’m eating the ice cream (Clemmy’s) and saying, ‘Wow. This is where I’m supposed to be, this is what I’m supposed to do,’” Corky recalls. “Not only did I see this as a great product but a continuation of the family business. My mother’s brother, Anker Henningsen ’21, was not only an Old Shad but an entrepreneur who established an ice cream business in Brazil which still exists today.”

With 22 million Americans diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes, and another 50 million people who are borderline Type 2, the market for a sugar-free dessert has never been bigger.

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Silkey’s Surprises If you’ve graduated from Shattuck-St. Mary’s in the past three years, or have even been back to campus for a weekend during that time, chances are you’ve tasted SSM’s famous peanut butter and homemade bagels. The two men behind the tasty creations are brothers Tom and Jim Silkey. Tom was 14 and Jim was 15 when they started working in the kitchen at SSM. Between the two of them, they rack up sixty years of experience in the Dining Hall. While they were the creators of the bagels and peanut butter, the inspiration behind the idea goes all the way to the top.

“Nick Stoneman came in one day and asked if we could figure out how to make really good peanut butter. So I started looking at all sorts of different recipes and tried all different kinds, and finally I threw those all away and came up with my own,” Tom said.

Silkey’s peanut butter took him about a month to perfect and uses only four ingredients. Tom was happy with his crunchy and smooth butter, but knew he wouldn’t have a hit until the students gave their approval. “Just seeing the way the kids line up by the peanut butter in the morning, I knew they liked it,” Silkey said. “People started calling and asking for cases of it.” And boy do people like it. Tom said he goes through about 25 gallons of peanut butter a week.

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Tom’s brother, Jim Silkey, is the mastermind behind the bagels, although the story is not much different from the peanut butter.

“Nick Stoneman was somewhere where they made their own bagels (his hometown of New York) and he came in and kind of had that look in his eye. He asked if we could make our own.”

Jim did some investigating and even made a research trip to a local shop to see how the bagels were made and how the machine operated.

After some tinkering with a few different recipes, Jim settled on one he liked, but continues to modify it. “I try and feed off what the students like. Some people like them a bit crustier, but the students like them real soft,” Jim said. “If I brown them up too much, those are the ones that are left over.”

During a typical week, over 2,000 bagels leave the kitchen. The Silkeys know they have a hit with the peanut butter and bagels, and aren’t ruling out any future recipes.

“You never know from day to day here.

You have to keep it fresh, keep the new ideas coming,” Jim said. “You’ve got to keep your eyes open because Nick never shuts down and he’s always thinking of something.”

Tom (left) and Jim Silkey at home in the SSM Kitchen for more than 60 years.

Nick’s Nourishment

Nick Schmuck ’99 came to Shattuck-St. Mary’s in 1996 as a 10th grader. Although he didn’t know it at the time, that experience of living in the dorm and being self-reliant would come in handy in April of 2011, when he opened his own restaurant. “When you operate your own business, you’re responsible for everything,” Nick said. “At the age of 15 to have to be responsible at SSM for your own life is good training for owning a business.”

Although he had aspirations to become a brain surgeon, Nick’s interest in food was growing and he finally mustered up the courage to change what he was doing. “One day on my way home from work, I stopped at one of my favorite restaurants and talked myself into a job,” he recalls.

Nick finally landed in Chicago at the world renowned Charlie Trotter’s and had a very steep learning curve. “They would push pretty hard, there was never any excuse for not getting something done and getting it done the right way,” he said. In retrospect, this was excellent training for Nick as he worked as a saucier at Trotter’s and handled arranging the plates before they were served.

Looking for a new challenge, as well as daytime hours, Nick opened Real Kitchen on Chicago’s North side in 2011. With one main location, and a second opening in the Lakeview neighborhood this July, Real Kitchen is a bit different than a normal full-service restaurant.

Nick and his staff sell gourmet locally sourced, homemade meals for customers to take home and heat at their own convenience. “A lot of people who work in Chicago don’t get home until six or seven at night, so the convenience of being able to hop off the bus and grab a real meal as opposed to a frozen dinner is perfect.”

If the new expansion location goes well, Nick has his sights set on a larger kitchen and even more restaurants in Chicago’s many neighborhoods. “It’s thrilling when you believe in the way something should be done and it comes to fruition,” Nick observes. If the first three years are any indication of Real Kitchen’s future, there is a good chance Nick will be cooking real food for the foreseeable future.

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Gainey’s Grapes Daniel J. Gainey ’43 had always dreamed about making his own wine. Now that the Gainey Vineyard has been in operation for 30 years and supported four generations of the Gainey family, he’s done a lot more than just make his own wine.

A 1943 graduate from Shattuck School, Dan was described as the best and most dependable driller on the Crack Squad. While he was born and raised in Minnesota, Dan headed west for California with his father in 1962. Together, they purchased 1,800 acres of land in Santa Ynez Valley, California. Nestled between the Santa Ynez Mountains and the San Rafael Mountains two hours north of Los Angeles, the valley features beautiful rolling hills as well as gorgeous southern California weather.

The father and son team raised cattle and horses on the ranch, and cultivated vegetables, fruit, flowers, and hay. Not long after his father’s death, Dan planted 60 acres of grapevines in 1984, producing five different types of wine. Gainey Vineyard became one of the first vineyards to plant vines and build a winery in the Santa Barbara area. Life came full circle for Dan when he was able to hand off operations to his son Daniel H. Gainey, who grew up on the farm and shares his father’s passion for viniculture. This leadership transition also marks three Gainey generations to farm the Santa Ynez land.

That small dream of making wine has grown into three ranches with 230 acres of grapevines.

Today, Gainey Vineyard produces thirteen wines including Chardonnay, Riesling, Sauvignon Blanc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, and Pinot Noir.

As it is often said that wine gets better with age, Old Shad Dan Gainey’s lasting legacy keeps getting better and better.

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Ryan Little ’15, age 13, helping during the 2010 sugaring season

Very Vermont

Connor Little, age 12

Students come to Shattuck-St. Mary’s from all over the United States and the world, but not many of them have had a childhood quite like Ryan Little ’15.

There is engineering and experimentation at work as they test different diameter sizes on their feeder lines and figure out each year how to run the operation more efficiently and profitably.

Ryan grew up on a 194-acre maple syrup farm in Vermont run by her dad, Gordon, along with the help of a neighbor. Ryan’s family bought the farm in 2002 and at the time, knew very little about farming, much less maple syrup. “Our neighbor, Ted Butterfield, was raised on a farm and produced maple syrup since he was a little boy,” Gordon described.

“He put the bug in my ear, and finally in 2010, we built our sugar house.”

Ryan and Connor have learned alongside their dad, pitching in on the farm “We wanted to raise our kids in an outdoor environment and help them understand that part of the deal is helping out and doing that can be fun,” Gordon said. “We wanted them to be part of a rural environment where there is more to life than the computer and the TV.”

The Little’s - Gordon and his wife Elizabeth (who also has a busy medical practice), along with their two children, Ryan and Connor, operate the farm, complete with 70 acres of hayfields, a dozen ewes, and a grove of maple trees. They also have help from neighbor Ted whose enthusiasm hasn’t waned and whose expertise has built the Littles’ education in maple syrup production, learning the different ways to extract the sap, as well as how to boil it down to get the sweet syrup. This past season, they expanded the number of taps on their pipeline system and produced 190 gallons of syrup despite a late spring.

Although Ryan is very busy at SSM as part of the Girl’s Hockey Center of Excellence, when she gets the chance to head home during the syruping season, you’ll be sure to find her out in the sugar bush collecting sap. And, her dad would observe that the creation of maple syrup is “Mother Nature at her best.”

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A Lasting

NATURE PRESERVE

Editor’s Note: In the last issue of Through the Arch magazine, our readers were introduced to Harry Hagey ’59, who along with his wife, Shirley, undertook a major land conservation effort in the central valley of Idaho which they named Heart Rock Ranch. In this issue, we have another great conservation story to share with you. It features Ann and Marc Davis ’66. Their labor of love is the Woods Without Gile in New Hampshire.

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Woods Without Gile LLC at a glance s 470 acres s eastern edge of Gile State Forest s certified tree farm s conservation easement donated to Ausbon Sargent Land Preservation Trust s open to the public for hiking, snowshoeing, cross-country skiing, hunting, and fishing s wildlife: known for moose population, deer, bear, coyote, many bird species s part of the Fowlertown settlement that was established in the late 1700s. It’s now abandoned

back and thank the Marc Davis ’66 must have germinating seeds of world for our good his great-grandfather in his soul. He likes to create things that last. So did his great-grandfather, Dr. fortune and luck by James Dobbin – Shattuck School’s legendary preserving a piece of Headmaster and Rector from 1867 to 1914. It land and offering the was Dr. Dobbin’s vision and tenacity that made public access to it.” possible the magnificent architecture of the School that continues to inspire today. Even with the Dobbin DNA in his veins, Marc would likely attribute his desire to create a lasting nature preserve to his wife, Ann, who has drawn him closer to the natural world throughout their marriage.

With retirement looming, they decided that they wanted to live in a beautiful place.

Perhaps, more important, Marc envisioned a lasting legacy. “We wanted to give back and thank the world for our good fortune and luck by preserving a piece of land and offering the public access to it.”

While they considered several beautiful places in which to live, the East Coast appealed to Marc and Ann for several reasons. Ann grew up in Maryland. They had become enamored with New Hampshire during a series of Thanksgiving visits to friends in New Hampshire. Plus, after living west of Chicago for 22 years, they sought an area with undulating topography. Once they had a vision of owning a large parcel of land out east, they sent Ann to scout for property. She befriended foresters and spent four months considering nearly 50 properties. Her eureka moment came on June 20, 2002, when she viewed the Morrill Meadow Marsh, which was situated in a 470-acre parcel on the eastern border of the John F. Gile Memorial State Forest.

That place captured Ann’s imagination and prompted the couple to move from prospective buyers to owners.

They named their new acquisition the Woods Without Gile. The double entendre is a literal reference to being near but not actually in Gile State Forest while also having the “guileless” ambition to place the land in a conservation easement.

Far left: Marc Davis ’66, his wife, Ann, and their dogs Skidder and Jif enjoy a day in late spring at the Woods Without Gile in Springfield, N.H. - Photo by Mary Gutgsell used with permission from SooNipi Magazine

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The natural space that the Davises now own and manage is certified as a tree farm by the American Tree Farm System. Marc and Ann placed a conservation easement on the property by donating the development rights to Ausbon Sargent Land Preservation Trust. This means the land is protected from development in perpetuity. Marc and Ann’s vision to make the land accessible to the public includes creating trails and building bridges for hiking, snowshoeing, and cross-country skiing. They want other people to enjoy the scenery just as much as they do.

Their approach is appreciated and noted by people like Betsy Forsham, chairperson of a local conservation commission, who said, “I am always very impressed with the work that Ann and Marc Davis have done, and continue to do, creating open areas for wildlife, offering access to roads and trails, managing forest stands, planting tree seedlings, etc. The time and effort that goes into this thoughtful, long-range land management really pays off in wildlife habitat enhancement, strong forest products, and wonderful low-impact recreational opportunities for the public.�

Determined to be good stewards of the property, Marc and Ann attend many workshops about managing timberland offered by the New Hampshire Cooperative Extension and the New Hampshire Timberland Owners Association.

Ann and Marc live in Wilmot about ten miles from the Woods Without Gile.

They have become involved in the fabric of the town by volunteering and serving on committees and commissions. Marc has been president of the Wilmot Historical Society since 2006. They do much of the work on the property themselves while hiring professionals to complete the more complicated tasks. While they might love to live there (and have created a space where they can park their Airstream camper), they are content to come and go, always mindful of the beauty they see and the beauty they share at the Woods Without Gile. s

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ARCH EXPERIENCE

SSM-Bayi successfully completed its inaugural school year on July 10th. Two days later, the students were beginning the long journey to Faribault from Beijing where their official “Arch experience” awaited them and the personal interweaving of the two schools would begin.

As this issue was heading to the press, we were able to capture the initial images of what will be a very full, but memorable five weeks at Shattuck-St. Mary’s.

The 62 SSM-Bayi students are spending their mornings in SAT and TOEFL (Test of English as a Second Language) prep classes, their afternoons immersed in engineering, weCreate, and a World Cultures class, and their evenings in a variety of activities designed to introduce them to Minnesota and campus life at Shattuck-St. Mary’s. They are working with a group of experienced SSM faculty members and are assisted by a group of young alumni counselors from the School. On July 17, Roy Bergeson, Head of School at SSM-Bayi visited campus and was able to observe how the SSM-Bayi students have naturally assimilated to life at SSM-Faribault.

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The founding year for SSM-Bayi was very successful. Perhaps the greatest validation SSM-Bayi’s innovative educational model is the admissions story for 2014-15. Last year, 180 students attended the SSMBayi interview day. This year, the total number of applicants for 60 new 10th grade openings was in excess of 300. The applying students also had higher test scores than last year. In addition, the SSM-Bayi students and their parents were eager to participate in the admissions process with the prospective families so that they could relate their enthusiasm for the SSM-Bayi model.

There is an incredible “buzz” around the new school known as SSMBayi. When the doors open in September, there will be more than 120 students in grades 10 and 11 along with 13 faculty and staff. While the expectations are high, SSM-Bayi’s first year performance would suggest a very bright future in Beijing.

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College Matriculation

Arkansas State University Babson College (MA) Binghamton University (NY) Boston College (MA) Boston University (MA) Bowdoin College (ME) Brandeis University (MA)

Brown University (RI) Chicago State University (IL) Columbia University (NY) Cornell University (NY) Creighton University (NE) Dartmouth College (NH) Earlham College (IN)

Fordham University (NY) Hartwick College (NY) High Point University (NC) Houston Baptist University (TX) Ibero-American University Illinois Wesleyan University Indiana University Jacksonville University (FL) James Madison University (VA) Macalester College (MN) The Master’s College (CA) McGill University (PQ) Menlo College (CA) Memorial University of Newfoundland Methodist University (NC) Michigan State University

Mt. Holyoke College (MA) New York University North Carolina State University Northeastern University (MA) Pennsylvania State University Pratt Institute (NY) Providence College (RI) Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (NY) Rhode Island School of Design St. Cloud State University (MN) St. John’s University (MN) St. Leo College (FL) St. Louis University (MO) St. Norbert College (WI) Stetson University (FL) Stony Brook University (NY)

Temple University (PA) United States Air Force Academy (CO) University of Alaska-Anchorage University at Buffalo (NY) University of California-San Diego University of Delaware University of Denver (CO) University of Dubuque (IA) University of Illinois-Springfield University of Illinois-Urbana/Champaign University of Massachusetts-Amherst University of Memphis (TN) University of Minnesota-Twin Cities University of New Brunswick University of New Hampshire University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill

University of North Dakota University of Notre Dame (IN) University of Rochester (NY) University of Tulsa (OK) University of Vermont University of Washington University of Winnipeg (MB) University of Wisconsin-Madison Utah Valley University Villanova University (PA) Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University Washington State University Winthrop University (SC)

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f 2014 Somewhat bittersweetly, we give to you this week The gift of your own splendid individual adult lives.

We would tell you to live them, If not always wisely, For who of us was always wise, But ferociously.

Take risks for your passions, Pursue the truth, Love and be loved.

But remember to be kind, Because we can tell you, the journey is long.

And above all, Try to make the world a little bit better place, Even if just for the guy in the next cubicle.

You are, and always have been, the affirmation of our belief in the future.

Know you travel into that undiscovered country with our best wishes and all our love.

To each of you, our sons and daughters, thank you so very much for gracing our lives, We are incredibly proud of you.

To the Class of 2014.

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“I’ve only been part of this community for two years and have never felt so at home. It’s amazing to see how everyone competes together, overcomes adversity together, and forms such strong bonds of friendship and love.

I believe this comes from the truly unique environment that exists here at ShattuckSt. Mary’s. It is fostered by the leadership and strong moral commitment that exists on this campus. It is strengthened by the coaches, teachers, administrators and support staff who pave the way for your future success. One day you will have the perspective to realize how important the Shattuck-St. Mary’s experience was to prepare you for life and to compete equally.”

- Robert Kashan, father of Matt Kashan ’14 and this year’s Commencement speaker

AWA R D S DAY AT S H AT T U C K - S T. M A RY ’ S

You Make Us Proud!

T h i s ye a r ’ s r e c i p i e n t s o f a w a rd s a n d p r i z e s . . .

Upper School Awards The Hauschild Senior Scholarship Prize.............Sei Yoon Oh ’14 & Nadezhda Braun ’14 The Most Improved Senior Award.......................................................Ryan O’Connor ’14 The Personal Achievement Award...........................................................William Flotte ’14 The Good Companion Award.....................Jessica Sherman ’14 & Baylee Wellhausen ’14 The Plugger’s Prize................................................. Hunter Breza ’14 & Tyler Rockwell ’14 The Cornelia Whipple Award................................... Nadezhda Braun ’14 & Ellen Ray ’14 The Spectator Prize....................................................................................... Scott Rahn ’14 The Joan Wait/Ellie Mae Dearborn Medal.....................................................Ellen Ray ’14 The Below English Department Prize.............................. Melissa Biel ’14 & Ellen Ray ’14 The Poehler Mathematics Medal..................................................Junyang “Alex” Chen ’14 The Mathematics Association of America Awards......................Junyang “Alex” Chen ’14 The Agerter Science Award...........................................................Junyang “Alex” Chen ’14 The Rensselaer Medal Award........................................................................Jiashu Han ’15 The Bausch and Lomb Honorary Science Award......................................... Yang Ding ’15 The Fenn Brothers Innovation Award....................................................William Flotte ’14 The Bloom Memorial History Prize........................................................William Flotte ’14 The Whitney Latin Prize..........................................................................James Warrick ’14 The Below French Prize..........................................................................Megan DuBois ’15 The Mandarin Chinese Prize........................................................ Sei Yoon “Jason” Oh ’14 The Marthena Drybread Spanish Prize.................................William “Tucker” Bender ’14 The American Sign Language Prize..................................................Baylee Wellhausen ’14 The English Mastery Award.............................Chi-Lok Un ’16 & Magdiell Antequera ’15 The Performer of the Year Award...................................................................Juna Shai ’14 The Spotlight on SSM Award..........................................................Magdiell Antequera ’15 The Newburg Silver Medal.................................................................Samuel Eisenhuth ’14 The Anna Theopold Gold Medal........................................................ Nadezhda Braun ’14 Senior Honor Students Jameleddine Benhamida ’14 William Flotte ’14 Sei Yoon Oh ’14 Nadezhda Braun ’14 Claire Katchur ’14 Ellen Ray ’14 Khalad Dhalla ’14 SangJun Lee ’14 Robert Rosen ’14 Senior BioScience Program Students Brianna Bruggeman ’14 Mason Lengyel ’14 Scott Rahn ’14 Weixuan Chen ’14 Yejun Ma ’14 Robert Rosen ’14 Wonjin Choi ’14 Guhan Qian ’14 The Cum Laude Society William Tucker Bender ’14 Claire Katchur ’14 Yang Ding ’15 Nadezhda Braun ’14 Sang Jun Lee ’14 Jiashu Han ’15 Weixuan Chen ’14 Sei Yoon Oh ’14 Megan Masterson ’15 Won Jin Choi ’14 Ellen Ray ’14 Ruijia Wang ’15 William Flotte ’14 Broydon Stufko ’14 Yingying Wang ’15 Megha Gokals ’14 Ruoyu He ’14 The Holsinger Sportsmanship Award.............. Baylee Wellhausen ’14 & Lukas Kania ’14 The Shattuck-St. Mary’s Girl’s Most Improved Athlete Award........... Katriina Kuoksa ’16 The Zulfer Plaque.....................................................................................Tyler Rockwell ’14 The Kramer Cup......................................................................Jameleddine Benhamida ’14 The Williams Cup.................................... William Tucker Bender ’14 & Brooke Ahbe ’14 The Tricker-Newman Award................................................................... Justin Edwards ’14

The School Service Award.................................................................Kourtney Menches ’14 The Elena Lizier International Student Award.......................................Megha Gokals ’14 The Charles B. “Bud” Wilkinson Award.........................................Kourtney Menches ’14 The American Red Cross Blood Services “Young Minds Change Lives” Scholarship........ ............................................Connor Koch ’14, Lyndsay Oden ’14 and Chandler Watson ’14 The Scanlon Award.......................................................................................Brette Pettet ’17 The Yale Cup.................................................................................Laine Langenbrunner ’16 The Derry Gardner Memorial Award.................................................. Chae Ryun Kim ’16 The Wellesley Book Award.........................................................................Ruijia Wang ’15 The Harvard Prize Book.........................................................................Megan DuBois ’15 The Cooley Award.......................................................................................... Yang Ding ’15 The Yale Book Award......................................................................... Megan Masterson ’15 Bowdoin Book Award.............................................................................Daniel Warner ’15 The Princeton Plaque................................................................................. Colt Conrad ’15 Bishop Kellogg Award...................................................Ellen Ray ’14 & William Flotte ’14

The Upper School Fine Arts Awards The Wagner Dramatics Award.............................. Shannon Blackmer ’14 & Ellen Ray ’14 The National School Choral Award......................................................... Yu Kai Huang ’14 The National School Orchestra Award.....................................................Richard Kahn ’14 The John Phillip Sousa Band Award............................................................ Scott Rahn ’14 The Upper School Visual Arts Award....................................................Thomas Bissett ’14 The Upper School Dance Award............................................................. Yu Kai Huang ’14 The Photography Award.............................................................................. Artemis Ma ’14 The Rosaur Award....................................................................................William Flotte ’14

Middle School Awards Charles “Bud” Wilkinson Community Service Award....................Madison Politoski ’20 The Middle School English Prize...................................................Valentina Larchenko ’17 The Janes Award.........................................................................................Abby Walker ’20 The Janes Award Honorable Mention.................................................... Regina Najera ’19, ........................................................................Victoria Moullin ’20, Nathan Hillesheim ’19 The Middle School Mathematics Prize.......................................................Sangone Lee ’17 The Middle School Science Prize...........................................................Madlynne Mills ’17 The Middle School History Prize..................................................Valentina Larchenko ’17 The Middle School World Language Prize............... Alajandra Saori Kimura Tomida ’17 The Middle School Global Language Prize.....................................................Yiyao Liu ’17 The Most Improved Student Award................................................ Nathan Hillesheim ’19 The Middle School Leadership Award (by class, 6/7, 8, 9)................................................. ..........................................................Currie Putrah ’19, Emily Walker ’18, Brette Pettet ’17 The Bishop Kellogg Scholarship Prize.............................................Andrew Stoneman ’18 The Dobbin Scholarship........................................................................Clair DeGeorge ’17 The Jenkins Cup........................................................................................ Emily Walker ’18 The Middle School Visual Arts Award............................................................Yiyao Liu ’17

The Middle School Performing Arts Awards Winds Ensemble Award.............................................................................Andrew Lane ’18 Strings Award........................................................................................Claire DeGeorge ’17 Vocal Award.............................................................................................Taylor Johnson ’17 Dance Award......................................................................................Amelia MacQueen ’18 Drama Award........................................................................................Amanda Cooper ’18 SU M M E R 2014

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NEWS NOTES Chloe Xu ’15 Selected for Leadership Forum

The power of the prompt was at work when Jesse Stoneman ’07 shared information about the ANNpower Fellowship program with SSM this past winter. Chloe Xu ’15, from Kunming, China, grabbed the prompt and expeditiously completed the application for the 2014 ANNpower Vital Voices Leadership Forum in Washington, D.C. from June 16-19. She included a short video she worked on in the weCreate Center as part of her application. Chloe was one of 50 young women selected to attend the program, which is sponsored by the parent company of Ann Taylor and the LOFT. She reports that it was a remarkable and inspiring opportunity. The three-day program included meetings with Hilary Clinton, executives and fashion designers from AnnTaylor and the LOFT, magazine editors, and senior female politicians.

In addition, the young women were given mentors for group projects and guidance on the individual projects they will be working on in the next year that will create positive change in their communities.

Korea’s Bugil Academy Visits SSM Shattuck-St. Mary’s ongoing collaboration with Korea’s Bugil Academy was strengthened in February when a group of their educators spent several days on campus alongside SSM teachers. In addition to classroom observations, the Bugil educators learned about weCreate, BioScience, Blended Learning, and Design Thinking.

The Bugil-SSM affiliation was originally established through SSM alumnus Seung Youn Kim ’71, whose personal commitment to education was fostered during his time as a student at SSM. He continues to lead Bugil Academy, which his father founded in 1975.

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Citizen of the Year

Fr. Henry Doyle was named the Faribault Daily News 2014 Citizen of the Year on May 27 during a special luncheon in his honor. Recognized for his more than two decades of service to the Faribault community, Fr. Doyle has been a dedicated volunteer with many organizations including Meals on Wheels and the Faribault Area Food Shelf. He continues his work for SSM in the Advancement Office and as a dorm parent in the Lodge. Staying connected with people is a daily ritual for Fr. Doyle as he sends out an average of eight greeting cards a day, or nearly 3,000 cards a year. Congratulations to our very own Citizen of the Year!

Minnesota Association of Independent Schools Retreat

In June, school heads from the Minnesota Association of Independent Schools (MAIS) attended a retreat hosted at SSM. Attendees included, front row left-right: Nansee Greeley, MAIS Executive Director, Dr. Todd Flanders, Providence Academy, Edward Kim, Breck School, Kathy Layendecker, Shattuck-St. Mary’s. Back row: Kevin Breen, The Marshall School, Dr. Dawn Nichols, Convent of the Visitation School, Paulette Zoe, Lake Country School, Lili Herbert, Friends School of Minnesota, and Anne Stavney, The Blake School.

A FORCE to be RECKONED WITH

COACH OF THE YEAR!

AGAIN

Parents and alums made the trip to Indiana to support the team.

Coming off one of the most historic seasons in SSM Boys Soccer history, the success the team saw in 2012-13 would be difficult to top. This year’s team gave it their best shot. After reaching the national championship game last year, the U18 Sabres had a target on their back from day one and would not be able to sneak up on anyone.

After a grueling 10-month season, the Sabres qualified for the playoffs for the third consecutive year. If they were successful in their first two games, it would set up a pivotal match against a familiar opponent. In the first two games, the Sabres scored in the final minutes to provide dramatic wins sending the SSM fans in attendance into an uproar. That set the stage for a rematch of last year’s national championship game against the New York Red Bulls. The

Sabres exacted revenge, earning a 1-1 draw, winning the group based on a tiebreaker, and qualifying for the knockout stage for the second straight year. “It’s a good feeling,” Coach Carter said. “It would be an understatement to say this was a great team victory.”

Shattuck-St. Mary’s was one of only two teams that advanced to the final 8 in 2013 and 2014, and the only non-MLS team to do so. The Sabres’ magical season came to an end in the quarterfinals as they fell to the number two seed, Players Development Academy (NJ), 3-1. To say this year’s team eclipsed expectations would be an understatement. With three straight playoff appearances and two straight quarterfinals showings, it’s clear that Shattuck-St. Mary’s soccer will be a force to be reckoned with for years to come.

Tim Carter, Director of the Boys Soccer Center of Excellence, was named the U17/18 Central Conference Coach of the Year for the US Soccer Development Academy.

Carter won the award for the second consecutive year, as he was also named National Coach of the Year in 2013.

Under Coach Carter’s direction, the Sabres advanced to their second straight national quarterfinal appearance.

Despite losing many key members from last year’s runners-up squad, ShattuckSt. Mary’s managed to finish 4th out of 26 teams in the Central Conference.

In addition to coach of the year honors, Ricky Lopez-Espin ’14, Francisco Narbon PG, and Joseph Melong PG were named to the Central Conference Starting IX, which designates the best 11 players in the Central Conference.

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TEAM USA

In March, five Shattuck-St. Mary’s hockey players represented team USA at the U18 Women’s World Championship in Budapest, Hungary. Brooke Ahbe ’14, Patti Marshall ’16, Maddie Rolfes ’14, Melissa Samoskevich ’15, and Baylee Wellhausen ’14 brought home the silver medal for the red, white, and blue. In the first game of the tournament, Baylee Wellhausen ’14 was named player of the game with a goal and two assists. All five Sabres played a significant role helping Team USA arrive at the gold medal game before falling to Canada.

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NHL DRAFT

For the 14th year in a row, a Shattuck-St. Mary’s hockey player heard his name called at the NHL Draft. This year, the Edmonton Oilers selected Tyler Vesel ’13 as the 153rd overall draft pick. Tyler attended SSM for four years before graduating in 2013 and spent last season with the Omaha Lancers of the USHL. Tyler finished third in the league in scoring earning All-USHL Second Team honors. This coming fall, Tyler plans on attending the University of Nebraska Omaha where he will play hockey for the Mavericks.

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This year at Hockey Nationals in April, the SSM Hockey program achieved unprecedented success when the Sabres brought home three national championships in one year. The Boys Prep team defeated Team Honda 4-2 to win their third national title in four years. The Girls U16 team won their second consecutive title with a 3-0 win over Mid-Fairfield and the Boys Tier 1 Bantam squad won their first national championship with a 4-2 victory against Chicago Mission. In addition, the Girls Prep team was the national runners up reaching the championship game before losing, 2-0 to Assabet Valley. Director of Hockey, Tom Ward commented to the Faribault Daily News, “I couldn’t be more proud of our coaching staff and our kids. Everything was well done and we definitely took a step forward as an entire program this year.”

IT TAKES ALL OF US TO BE To contribute to the Annual Fund online, visit s-sm.org/support or contact Heather Hyslop ’84 at Heather.Hyslop@s-sm.org or 507.333.1636. Thank you!

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ALUMNI EVENTS Jacksonville, Florida

Venice, Florida

Costa Mesa, California

Phoenix, Arizona

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April, 2014

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Indianapolis, Indiana June, 2014

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DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI & CLASS AGENTS OF THE YEAR The Shattuck-St. Mary’s Alumni Association‘s Distinguished Alumni awards are recognition of the commitment to service to the School and to one’s community, state or country by an alumnus/a. Professional achievement in one’s career is also acknowledged. This year’s recipient was Garrett Thornburg, Class of 1964. He was honored for his contributions and support of Shattuck-St. Mary’s as well as his professional achievements. Garrett was unable to be present to receive his award, but look for a profile about him in the next Arch.

Three Honorary Alumni were named this year. Traditionally, this award has been presented to faculty and staff who have worked at the School for ten years or more or to non-alumni parents and friends whose enthusiastic support of SSM has had a positive and enduring impact.

This year, Steve “Rooster” Erickson (10 years on the staff), Evenings

Steve “Rooster” Erickson with John Sumner

and Weekends Sports Complex Operations Manager; Johnnie Walker (15 years on the faculty), Chair of the Performing and Visual Arts Department and Visual Arts instructor; and Kim Bakken (16 years on the staff), Administrative Assistant in the Institutional Advancement Office were honored for their service to Shattuck-St. Mary’s.

While their positions represent the wide variety of work done on the campus, they all share the trait of commitment to their jobs and pride in this wonderful School.

Also honored this year as Class Agents of the Year were Chuck Pitte, Susanne Reioux Blake and David McClendon from the Class of 1974.

These three individuals share class agent responsibilities and staged a great 40th reunion for their classmates.

Kim Bakken with Maggie Osterbauer ’03

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SSM REGIONAL ALUMNI C Volunteering…Networking…Recon Twin Cities

In April 2014, SSM Alumni from the Twin Cities Regional Club joined SSM students and volunteered their time at Second Harvest Heartland to package food. For more information about the Twin Cities Regional Club, contact Ruth Wiegand ’97 (alum@s-sm.org).

Alumni participating in the Second Harvest event included Tracey Kloeckl-Jiminez ’83, Sara Benedict ’97, Heather Hyslop ’84, McLean Donnelly ’03, Zach Wiegand ’00, Ruth Wiegand ’97, and Ben Eaves ’00

Coming Soon

Regional Alumni Clubs in Washington, D.C., Dallas, and Northern California

OTHER WAYS TO CONNECT Become a Class Agent – contact Heather Hyslop ’84 (Heather.Hylsop@s-sm.org) Join the Alumni Association Board – contact Maggie Osterbauer ’03 (alum@s-sm.org) Send in a Class Notes – contact Kim Bakken (Kim.Bakken@s-sm.org)

The Alumni Association is seeking nominees for the Distinguished Alumni Award and Class Agent of the Year Award to be given at Reunion 2015. If you would like to nominate a person for either award, please send supporting information in an email to Maggie Osterbauer ’03 or to Marc Helgeson ’66 (alum@s-sm.org). Nominations are welcome at any time, but must be received no later than March 15, 2015.

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CLUBS ARE ON THE MOVE nnecting…Sharing SSM Memories Denver

In April 2014, Alumni from the Denver Regional Club volunteered their time painting and fixing up a house for Brother’s Redevelopment, Inc. For more information about the Denver Regional Club contact Maggie Osterbauer ’03 (alum@s-sm.org).

Alumni and friends participating in the Brother’s Redevelopment project included from left, Cooper Lee, Alumni Association president Maggie Osterbauer ’03, trustee Bill Brewster ’85, Kristen Van Slyke Wright ’04, Walt Wright, Board of Trustees chair Abby Carlstrom Humphrey ’62, Bill Humphrey ’62, Laura Van Erp Weippert ’83, and Chuck Pitte ’74

s t n e v E g Upcomin

December 12, 2014

SSM Bantam Tier 1 hockey in Denver, followed by an alumni hockey game (details soon)

April Career Day at SSM Stay tuned for more details.

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LIFE’S FUNNY &

Sometimes it’s Very, Very Cold.

by Ben Sippola ’07

January 2014. Mid-Polar Vortex. Faribault, Minnesota. Somehow I find myself standing in front of the ShattuckSt. Mary’s student body. It’s morning assembly, the lights are bright, and I’m unprepared.

The last time I stood here, seven years ago, I was a scrawny soccer playing senior — class of 2007 — prepared to deliver the dreaded speech. Practiced one hundred times, clean-shaven, cue cards, slacks, sport coat, collar, tie — a Dead Poets Society wannabe, anything but unprepared. My goal: enlighten the student body on the wonders of fly-fishing and the integral role the sport played in my adolescent development. The speech’s first line, “In my family’s household there was no clear distinction between religion and fly fishing.” If I remember correctly, no one fell asleep.

This time though: I’m twenty-four, suit-less, unshaven, cue-card-less and have no idea what I’m about to say.

You see, the previous night — the night before I found myself on stage — I was told, “five soccer alumni would share what they’ve been up to since graduating and offer their best word (singular) of advice to current students.”

I thought that sounded pretty neat, that is, until I was the only one who showed up.

So, I’m introduced. And for the first time, everyone, including myself is told, “Ben will be giving a ten minute inspirational speech.” My goal: Say something — anything — to keep the kids awake. As for the inspirational part, we’ll see how that goes. #putonthespot So here’s what came out or something like it…

The SSM community may seem small; however, once you leave they will find you wherever you go. I repeat wherever you go.

See if you can relate.

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•L ike from 2006 – 2014, when miraculously every year, Fr. Doyle finds your address and sends you a birthday greeting, even when living in such exotic locales as Hönö, Sweden and Wellington, New Zealand.

• I n 2007 – 2010 when playing soccer for Butler University, SSM sends graduates: Julian Cardona ’09, Adam Glanzer ’10, Joel Zimmerly ’10, Adekunie Oluyedun ’10, and Brycen Howard ’11, to make sure you’re behaving in college.

• I n 2010, because three years of living together at SSM wasn’t enough, Samuel Asante ’08, Bakari Williams ’08, Ryan Sappington ’08 and you join forces to play for the Rochester Thunder and on the side run the best concrete laying business in southeastern Minnesota.

• I n 2011, when living in Reynoldsburg, Ohio playing for the Columbus Crew, SSM sends faculty members Don and Karen Scheel to covertly spy on you at your favorite coffee shop. Although, they fail miserably. Don is 6’ 8” and not easily concealed.

• I n the winters of 2011 – 2013, Lonnie Schroeder disguised as Mrs. Claus along with SSM hockey great, Ben Eaves and Counseling Prophets, Lynn and Anne Redmond are frequently caught stalking you around your hometown of Northfield, Minnesota.

• I n 2013, while living in Sweden of all places, more SSM people “crosspaths” with you over a six-month time span than the previous six years spent living just up the road in Northfield. Here’s a quick run down of all SSM detectives sent to Scandinavia.

•B oys Soccer Coach, Tim Carter, comes to Göteborg for Bluechip Study USA Soccer Showcase twice. Soccer Player, Karl Frisk ’12 visits your home on the secluded island of Hönö, which can only be reached by boat.

•G irls Soccer Coach, Mika Elovaara and players Kenzie Graybill ’14, Addie Lust ’14, and Kennedy Ulrich ’13 come to Göteborg and win the world’s largest international youth soccer tournament, Gothia Cup. •H ockey guys Tom Ward, Desmond Christopher, Larry Horstman, Philip Rahr and the entire 2013 Boys Prep team come to Sweden on tour. I play tour guide. The boys are frequently referred to as “extremely polite young gentlemen.”

•B jörn and Ulrika Aasa, parents of Jesper ’10, Petter ’13 and Lisa ’16 play host while I travel through the North Pole, i.e. Umeå, Sweden. Björn, one of Scandinavia’s leading physical therapists makes me his worldfamous man-spaghetti and admits me for a knee-saving emergency MRI. Aasa family, this is my un-official thank you!

The speech concluded something like this…

The relationships you form at SSM matter. I know because they stick with you forever. So, be kind to one another and treat each other well. You can never anticipate the day you’ll be traveling through the North Pole and it will be very, very cold, and you will need some good food, great conversation and a warm and cozy place to stay. Inspirational? Not too sure. Practical? I think so. s Ben Sippola ’07 can be found these days in Wellington and Wairarapa, New Zealand where he is a head coach at Olé Football Academy. According to his Twitter profile, he is “a freelance writing fly-fisherman, foodie and football coach and proud Minnesotan living in New Zealand.” Ben shares his writing via his blog – thegrizzlybeard.com.

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Grateful FOR THEIR

SERVICE

On June 3rd, at the conclusion of the 2013-14 academic year, faculty and staff celebrated together and recognized those individuals who were marking employment anniversaries at SSM. The dinner at The Legacy also allowed the school community to recognize several retirements as well as grateful send-offs for those colleagues moving on to new opportunities.

nne Redmond was recognized for 12 years of service to SSM upon A her retirement this year. Pictured with Anne are Director of Studies, Courtney Cavellier and Head of School, Kathy Layendecker.

ordy Voegel was recognized for 22 years of service to SSM upon his G retirement this year. Pictured with Gordy are Facilities Coordinator, Rick Stadler and Head of School, Kathy Layendecker.

Lynn Redmond, Director of College Counseling, was recognized for 30 years of service to SSM. Pictured with Lynn are Director of Studies, Courtney Cavellier and Head of School, Kathy Layendecker.

Merry Mendoza, World Languages Department Chair, was recognized for 30 years of service to SSM. Pictured with Merry are Director of Studies, Courtney Cavellier and Head of School, Kathy Layendecker.

Fr. Henry Doyle, Alumni Relations and Outreach, was recognized for 25 years of service to SSM. Pictured with Fr. Doyle are Director of Institutional Advancement, Lonnie Schroeder and Head of School, Kathy Layendecker.

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Johnnie Walker, Visual and Performing Arts Department Chair, was recognized for 15 years of service to SSM. Pictured with Johnnie are Director of Studies, Courtney Cavellier and Head of School, Kathy Layendecker.

Tom Ward, Director of Hockey, was recognized for 15 years of service to SSM. Pictured with Tom are Upper School Director/Athletic Director Don MacMillan and Head of School Kathy Layendecker.

Courtney Cavellier, Director of Studies and founding Director of the Center for Academic Achievement, was recognized for 10 years of service to SSM. Pictured with Courtney is Head of School, Kathy Layendecker.

Deb Stafford, English teacher and Spectator advisor, was recognized for 10 years of service to SSM. Pictured with Deb is Head of School, Kathy Layendecker and English Department Chair, Don Scheel.

Recognized for five years of service to SSM are from left: Danika Bender, John Groess, Eva Cavaleri, Laura Stelter, Emily Canney, and Dave Rott

With gratitude, the following individuals were thanked for their service and wished well in their new ventures. Leftright: Danika Bender, John LaFontaine, Greg Engel, Lesley Donahue ’05, and Sarah Chapman

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CAMPUS ADDITIONS Sports Complex

This fall, when students return to School, the athletic facilities will look a bit different.

A new Sports Complex addition awaits them, giving the hockey teams, soccer teams, and figure skaters some much needed space. A new hallway, complete with a trophy case, connects the Old and New Rinks, making it much easier to move around the arenas.

In addition to the hallway, the athletic training staff will enjoy having one of just a few underwater treadmills in the state of Minnesota. Featured amenities also include a team film room for game analysis, two offices for the SSM trainers, four training tables, and ample counter space for athletic treatment. Additional locker rooms and restrooms will be added as well.

Inn at Shattuck-St. Mary’s

The oldest building on campus will be getting a new identity this fall as the old Phelps Infirmary will become The Inn at Shattuck-St. Mary’s. The construction is underway to turn this historic structure into a retreat center and bed and breakfast. Receptions, dinners, meetings, and conventions will all be held at The Inn. The new building will have 12 guest rooms, three conference rooms, a lounge, and a deck that will overlook the wooded area behind SSM. For more information on The Inn at Shattuck-St. Mary’s, and to learn how to help with the project, visit SSMPhelps.org

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From

YOUR GENERATION TO THEIRS…

with a

gift to

Shattuck-St. Mary’s along the way…

THE CHARITABLE LEAD TRUST: A Wonderful Gift to Shattuck-St. Mary’s and to Your Loved Ones

If you want to put your donation to work right now and also provide an inheritance for your family, consider setting up a charitable lead trust.

Doing so will provide immediate support to benefit your alma mater. Meanwhile, you will have reduced your taxable estate and property kept by your family, often with reduced gift and estate taxes, and provided a means for your heirs to receive future financial benefits.

If you would like some more basic information on lead trusts, please contact Lonnie Schroeder, Director of Institutional Advancement lschroeder@s-sm.org s 1.888.729.4946

1000 Shumway Avenue Faribault, Minnesota 55021

Summer

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CLASS OF 1964

Left-right, front row: Linda Sturley Ritchie, Anne Wirtz Tydings, Sarah Hiltabrand Sporrer, Frances Moore Nutt, row 2: Dolly Danser, John Nelson, James McAvoy, Robert Childress, George Sawyer, Richard Williams, row 3: Lorrie Roshek, Keltysue Cardy Harris, Jim Miller, S. Judd Tooke, Lynn Schwarz Davis, Robert Banta, Pam Bedford Whitaker, Steve Perrin, row 4: Wendy Blackmarr Mount, Craig DeRemer, Honorary member Carol Beam, Mark Schiffmacher, Sue Robinson, John Strong, Jim Landes, Jim Wadhams, row 5: Dyer Jones, Larry Sommers, Bill Hemphill, Daryl Beam, Tom Bell, Denny Holloway, Bill Higbee