ALUMNI
SPOTLIGHT
Scoring Ten Taft’s ability to develop and send off skilled hockey players is no secret. But the phenomenon of four alumni from one class all becoming captains of their college hockey teams is amazing. Jol Everett, former faculty member and avid hockey fan, sent the Bulletin the following letter: “Now that I am retired on the Cape and have plenty of time to read the Boston Globe and to go on to various college hockey web sites, I have been happy to discover that four members of the Class of 1999 are now captains of their men’s Division I hockey teams: Brad D’Arco at Colgate, Evan Nielsen at Notre Dame (he was captain last year as well), John Longo at the Univ. of Vermont, and Denis Nam at Yale. This is quite an accomplishment for one class of men’s hockey players. If there are other hockey captains at college from the Class of 1999, men or women, I apologize for leaving them out.” An unplanned reunion came about through competition on the ice January 31 at Yale University when Yale played against the Univ. of Vermont (UVM).
College in Hartford, Conn. but knew she didn’t want to be an actress after graduation in 1993. The closest she got to filmmaking while at Taft was as editor of her class’s video yearbook. “I was a disaster of a history student at Taft,” she laughs, “and I’ve now done a documentary on history,” working for a company that specializes in this. Dyllan serves as a trustee of Taft, is married and lives in Ossining, N.Y. with her husband Mark and one-year-old son Max. The educational outreach component for the “Freedom” series is major,
Kneeling, left to right, Ryan Trowbridge ’01 and Ben Driver ’02. Standing, left to right, Travis Russell, Jaime Sifers ’02, Christian Jensen ’01, Tim Plant ’01, John Longo ’99 (UVM captain) and Denis Nam ’99 (Yale captain). ANN RUEGG
Eight talented Taft alumni played in that game in which Yale defeated UVM 6–2. The talent of Taft’s former hockey team members is ongoing proof that Coach Mike Maher has superior skills at honing young hockey players who go on to maximize their abilities.
“I am extremely proud of all my former players who have moved on to play college hockey,” Coach Maher commented. “That so many of Taft’s players have become captains of their college teams is a credit to the School and the lessons Taft teaches about leadership.”
Dyllan notes. The series is the largest web site that PBS has, with PBS considered the largest “dot org” in the world, due to a huge amount of traffic for its plethora of information. The web site section for the series notes,
obstacles to American freedom— the ‘unfreedoms’ that have littered our national story, and in some cases have called its very integrity into question. But despite all the mistakes and all the tragic setbacks, there is an overarching positive message to this series. This is a history of the United States as the unfolding, inspiring story of human liberties aspired to and won.”
“Freedom is what has drawn to America countless human beings from around the world; it is what generations of men and women have lived and died for; it is, in a profound sense, our nation’s highest calling. This is also the story of the chief
The series’ web site can be found at www.pbs.org/wnet/freedom Taft Bulletin Spring 2003
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