The Archon - Fall 2015 by The Governor's Academy

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Fall 2015

Abby Caron ’16

Our Byfield Days

Ray Long ’96

ADMISSION, COACH, DORM PARENT Growing up in Lynn, Massachusetts, I planned to attend the local public high school like all of my friends. Then, in an afterschool tutoring program, I met Isaac Suggs whose brother, Ike, attended Governor Dummer and received a great education. I had never thought about going to private school, but Isaac suggested I look into GDA. I spoke to my mom about it and decided to apply. I was accepted, but was reluctant to go. Lucky for me, my mom convinced me to give it a year. I got lost on the first day finding my way to science class and sat in the wrong classroom for five minutes! Thankfully, the teacher helped me get where I needed to go. I was away from home and miles from my comfort zone, but right away felt like a member of the GDA family. Every teacher genuinely cared about my well-being, whether I was in their class or dorm, or on their team. At the end of the second week, I couldn’t imagine myself anywhere else.

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By graduation, my dream was to be a teacher at the Academy one day. I wanted to help young people learn and grow the way the Suggs’, Mr. Nelson, Doc Bradley, Mr. Rybicki, Mr. Colgate, and countless others had done for me. For 10 years I have been living that dream. Being on this side of the curtain has taught me how tough it is to give of yourself so that other people’s children can become the best they can be. But it has been worth every minute.

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THE ARCHON FALL 2015 TRUSTEES OF THE GOVERNOR’S ACADEMY James M. Pierce ’72, P’08 President James L. Rudolph ’68, P’05, ’12 Vice President Francesca DeMeo ’02 Secretary Steven G. Shapiro ’74, P’09 Treasurer William L. Alfond ’67 Byung Soo Baik P’18 Rev. Adrienne Berry-Burton P’96, ’04 William Brine ’80, P’09, ’14 Kathryn A. Burns P’15 Jonathan J. Doyle P’08, ’09 William Dwyer P ’15 Gretchen Scharfe Forsyth ’95 Alumni Council, President Daniel Guyton ’03 Alumni Trustee Stephen G. Kasnet ’62, P’95 Dr. Karen Ruth McAlmon P’13 Paul McKeon P’10 Meredith Lazo McPherron ’85 Thomas M. Mercer Jr. ’61 Felix Motta ’91 Spencer Purinton ’75, P’13, ’14 Dr. Peter H. Quimby ’85, P’14 ex officio Aaron M. Sells ’96 David Splaine P’05, ’08 Jurrien Timmer P’15, ’18 Caroline K. Warren ’99 Mark B. Whiston ALUMNI COUNCIL Gretchen Scharfe Forsyth ’95, President Julie O’Shaughnessy ’05, Vice-President Daniel Guyton ’03, Vice-President Angela Rappoli ’03, Secretary Victoria Allen ’05 Christopher Barrand ’08 Emily Block ’03 Kelly Callahan ’13 James Cavanaugh ’94 Tyler Collins ’03 Nicole Costello ’95 Rob Delena ’87 Daniel DiPietro ’96 Brendan Forrest ’94 Carol Ann Goldberg ’76 David Hanlon ’88 Anthony Hawthorne ’56 Andrew Linn ’79 Emilie MacDonald ’14 Maya Martignetti ’12 Jacqueline Meinhardt ’04 Jennifer Migliore ’10 Jeff Ogden ’76 Jason Rivera ’96 Archie Seale ’93 Moira Talbot ’04 Nicholas Tomaino ’04 Daniel Yeh ’15 Kavy Yesair ’96 Christen D’Orio ’88, Ex-officio

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Message from the Head of School......................... 2 Byfield and Beyond................................................ 3 Philanthropy News............................................... 14 On Campus ........................................................ 20 10 Questions ...................................................... 30 World War II at Governor Dummer Academy ....... 32 Obituaries ........................................................... 36 Class Notes ......................................................... 45 Annual Report .................................................... 78

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Dr. Peter H. Quimby ’85, P’14, Head of School EDITORS

Caley S. Lynch, Assistant Director of Communications Dr. Peter L. Mason, Director of Marketing & Communications DESIGN

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Sharon Slater P’16 PHOTOGRAPHY

David Oxton | William Tangora DIRECTOR OF ADVANCEMENT

William Deptula P’17, ’19 DIRECTOR OF PARENT PROGRAMS

Jane C. Piatelli DIRECTOR OF ALUMNI RELATIONS

Amy R. Swiniarski P’17, ’19 The Archon is published two times a year by The Governor’s Academy Byfield, Massachusetts 01922 | 978.465.1763 Letters are welcome from alumni, parents, and friends of the Academy.

HEAD OF SCHOOL MESSAGE THE ARCHON FALL 2015

As I sit in my office

in early January and look forward to the return of our students to campus after a winter holiday break, I am reminded yet again of why I am so excited to be leading this great Academy. The four enduring qualities that have been the hallmark of our school for generations—a family like atmosphere, academic excellence, dedicated faculty, and balance in the lives of our students—remain strong and continue to guide our work with students. But just as importantly, I see the impact of these qualities on the lives of our graduates as I listen to the stories they tell of their time in Byfield. Whether I am meeting with parents and alumni on the North Shore of Boston, or across the globe at regional alumni events, I hear people talk about the role that teachers and friends played in shaping their lives after Governor’s. It is energizing to hear that people value their Byfield days so highly. It is also inspiring to see that these ties continue to bind our alumni and their parents to the Academy—and to each other—long after graduation. What I see, in short, is an increased level of engagement of our alumni, parents, and friends. And this engagement is essential to the future of our school—so essential, in fact, that we made engagement one of the pillars of our strategic plan. We recognize that we as a school must keep members of our larger community actively engaged in the life of the Academy if we are to remain a vital institution for generations to come. I am pleased to say that I see concrete evidence that we are making progress toward realizing this goal. We continue to host events in our region, of course, and those represent wonderful opportunities for alumni to reconnect with faculty members and with each other, and

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to reminisce about their time at the Academy and their adventures since leaving Byfield. But there are so many more ways for alumni to engage with the school. We have graduates hosting students in the summer as part of our highly successful Catalyst internship program. And we have alumni reconnecting with the school and thinking about how to support and mentor current students through our Alumni of Color Network. We are also expanding our reach further to tap into alumni and parent energy around the world. In November we hosted an event in Tokyo for the first time in years, and continued to build a sense of community among Governor’s graduates and parents in Seoul and Beijing as well. We recognize that not everyone can make it back to campus or to Boston for events, so we are striving to create opportunities like this in cities wherever we have concentrations of parents and alumni. In addition to the events we have already hosted this year in Boston, Chicago, Washington DC, Tokyo, Seoul, and Beijing, and we will be visiting New York, San Francisco, and Fort Myers, Florida in early 2016. The Office of Advancement has also taken the important step of establishing informal alumni networks in a number of cities to facilitate gatherings of alumni even when the Academy is not in town hosting formal events. I often say that the health of the Academy is measured in part by the connections of our alumni, parents, and friends to each other, and to the work we are doing on campus with students every day. Those connections come in many forms, but the active participation of all members of the school family influences the life of the Academy in measurable and tangible ways, whether it be through volunteering, attending receptions or Reunion, or financial support. I have noted in past letters that our strategic plan provides the foundation from which a comprehensive capital campaign will grow. This work is already underway and our success will hinge on engaging our alumni and parents as partners in realizing this vision for the future. Working together we can ensure the long-term health of the Academy and provide the best possible experience for Governor’s students for generations to come. I hope you continue to be proud of the Academy and the work being done in Byfield and I look forward to seeing as many of you as possible in the coming months.

BYFIELD & BEYOND DEAR MEMBERS OF THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION, Having just wrapped up my 20th Reunion in June, and as I begin my last year as President of the Alumni Council, I cannot help but reflect on how rewarding my Academy experience continues to be. Over Reunion Weekend, my twin sister, Molly, and I had the opportunity to bring our girls to the Academy to celebrate our 1995 ISL Women’s Lacrosse Championship. Watching the next generation run around the Sager Bowl, where we played for Govs, and play a little one on one on the turf, where we coached for Govs, I can’t help but wish they are as lucky as I have been. No doubt, there is something special here in Byfield. When you are on campus, you cannot help but feel it. It is that same warmth I felt on my revisit day in 9th grade. A warmth and affection that continues to draw me in and keep me connected to our old school. As grateful as I am for my days as a student, with every passing year, I am even more grateful for all the Academy has given me as an alumna, especially through amazing connections with my fellow alumni. I would like to take this opportunity to thank all those wonderful friends I have made on the Alumni Council. Not only is this a group of individuals committed to the school, but they are also committed to the future growth of the Academy. The leadership and passion that they demonstrate continues to inspire me and adds to my own affection for our school. We come from different generations and different parts of the country, but we are all united in our commitment to Governor’s. In this edition of the Archon, you will read about some of our outstanding graduates. It has been such a privilege to know and work with these individuals as alumni. As I’ve said many times over the last five years, the relationships that have developed since I jumped the wall continue to be as meaningful as those I experienced 20 years ago. As always, I must encourage you to get involved and to visit campus. I promise you will not be sorry! Sincerely, Gretchen S. Forsyth ’95 President of the Alumni Council

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ALUMNI ASSOCIATION WELCOME DINNER FOR THE CLASS OF 2015

In the week prior to Commencement the Alumni Council formally welcomed the Class of 2015 into the Alumni Association with a celebratory dinner. President of the Alumni Council, Gretchen Forsyth ’95, and guest speaker Jason Rivera ’96, encouraged the new alumni to remain connected to each other and the Academy as they venture beyond Byfield.

2015 BOSTON BUSINESS LEADERS LUNCHEON

This year’s luncheon was held at the beautiful Boston Harbor Hotel on April 30, 2015. The program, titled Cultivating Entrepreneurs for an Innovation Economy, featured a panel of experts in the field of entrepreneurship and innovation including: Meredith Lazo McPherron ’85, former Director of the Rock Center for Entrepreneurship at Harvard Business School; Diane Hassan, CEO of the Startup Institute and Chairman of Communispace; and Akhim Naghil, founder and former President of MassChallenge. Over 150 alumni, parents, and friends of the Academy gathered for this dynamic and engaging program.

1) Jeff Kelly ’85, P’17, P’19, Dr. Peter Quimby ’85, P’14, Amy Block ’06, Ray Long ’96, Emily Block ’03, Jen Migliore ’10, Gretchen Forsyth ’95, Jason Rivera ’96, Emily MacDonald ’14, Kelly Callahan ’13, Brendan Forrest ’94

4) Paul Nardone ’86, P’19, Joe DiNanno ’84, Anthony Fusco ’85, Michael Moonves P’82, Faculty Emeritus, Jim Pierce ’72, P’08, President of the Board of Trustees

2) Members of the Class of 2015 are formally welcomed into the Alumni Association by members of the Alumni Council and alumni guests

5) Meredith McPherron ’85, Trustee, Akhil Nigam, Diane Hessan, Jim Rudolph ’68, P’05, ’12 Trustee and Luncheon Committee Chair

3) Raquel Nassor ’15, Spencer Campbell ’15, Gretchen Forsyth ’95, Wallace Douglas ’15, Hansika Iyer ’15

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On Friday, April 24, the Academy hosted nearly 200 grandparents and special friends for this favorite annual event. Grandfriends attended classes with their respective students, enjoyed lunch in the Alfond Dining Hall, and a special presentation by Head of School, Dr. Peter Quimby ’85, P’14. The day concluded with an afternoon tea and tours of the Little Red Schoolhouse.

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1) Peter Kelly ’62, P’85, GP’17, ’19, Shea Kelly ’17, Jeff Kelly ’85, P’17, ’19 2) Jason Park ’18, Nancy Park GP ’18 3) Tyler Harrington ’15, Jane Denahey GP ’15, ’16, Molly Harrington ’16 4) Dianna Appleton GP ’16, Annie Fitzpatrick ’16

5) Isa Berzansky ’15, Darlene Berzansky GP’15, ’17, ’19, Stephen Berzansky GP ’15, ’17, ’19, Alex Berzansky ’17 6) Susan MacDonald GP ’14, ’16, Sydney MacDonald ’16, Ed MacDonald GP ’14, ’16 7) Daniel Healey ’15, Sidney Alexander GP ’10, ’12, ’15, ’17, Caroline Healey ’17, Susan Alexander GP ’10, ’12, ’15, ’17

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This year boasted the largest attendance to date for Reunion with over 460 alumni and guests joining us on campus for all or part of the weekend. Alumni enjoyed a weekend filled with festivities, programming, alumni games, and opportunities to connect with each other. Over 50 current and former faculty joined our alumni on campus throughout the weekend.

1) Members of the Class of 1980 gather for the “Parade of Classes” Saturday morning 2) Peter Scott ’55, Bowen Tucker ’55, Pat Stull, Jack Pallotta ’55, Director of Advancement, Bill Deptula P ’17, ’19 3) Members of the Class of 1990 gather for their class dinner on Saturday night

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4) Laura Andrews ’10, Jillian Cardarelli ’10, Michael DiFrancesco ’10, Mary Morrissey ’10, Rem Pope ’10, Kelly Lavallee ’10, Katie Wolfe ’10, Maggie Morrissey ’10, Alice Tonry ’10, Kate Healey ’10, Michael Morrissey ’10, Kaitlyn Barnett ’10

5) Members of the Class of 1960 gather for their 55th Reunion class dinner on Saturday night 6) Tim Brierley ’05, Lindsey Hery ’05, Ariel Lily ’05, Alex Whitney ’05, Associate Director of Athletics/Head Athletic Trainer, Jeff Wotton, Brendan Giblin ’05, Jon Holt ’05, Daisy Martinez ’05

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1) Annual Reunion Weekend Pie Race 2) 3D printer demonstration given by Arjun Bhatnagar ’14 3) Members of the Class of 1975 gather for their class dinner on Saturday night

4) Members of the Class of 1965 gather to celebrate their 50th Reunion. 5) Class of 1970 class dinner Saturday night 6) Members of the Class of 1995 gather for their class dinner on Saturday night 7) Chris Goddard ’85 and Bob Goddard ’50, P’85

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ALUMNI GOLF OUTING On Friday, June 5 all alumni were invited to join golf legends Mike Moonves and Dottie Bragdon for nine holes of golf at Ould Newbury. The festivities included a buffet lunch and bragging rights!

1) Christian Colarusso ’05, Dottie Bragdon, former faculty Mary Leary, and Brendan Giblin ’05

3) Brendan Forrest ’94, Damian Prescott ’94, Peter Prescott P’94, and Mike Foster ’94

2) Deb Barry ’95, Gretchen Forsyth ’95, and Elizabeth Corcoran-Hunt ’95

4) Faculty Emeritus, Mike Moonves P’82, Dick McCoy ’50, and Archie Seale ’93

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ALUMNAE SOFTBALL GAME

Softball alumnae gathered on the new softball diamond located behind Kaiser for the inaugural Alumnae Softball Game during Reunion Weekend.

ALUMNUS OF THE YEAR — SPENCER PURINTON ’75, P’13, ’14 The Alumnus/a of the Year Award is awarded annually during Reunion Weekend to an alumnus/a who has been steadfast in his or her loyalty to the school and has shown an unwavering commitment to the place that meant so much to him or her. The inscription on the award itself reads: “For Loyalty, Dedication, and Service to The Governor’s Academy.” The recipient of the 2014-15 Alumnus of Year Award is Spencer Purinton ’75, P’13, ’14,Trustee. Spencer’s loyalty and commitment to the Academy is remarkable. Over the years Spencer has continued to give back to the Academy in a number of capacities, including: Class Agent, Reunion Committee Member, Parent Fund Caller and Chairperson, 250th Anniversary Committee Member, Trustee of the Academy, and champion of the GovsPLUS program.

1) Coach Danielle Kingsbury, Emilie Arthur ’06, Lizzy Guyton ’06, Paige Valchuis ’08, Kelsey Melanson ’11, Meredith Baker ’05, Laura Sullivan ’07, Coach Scott Kingsbury, Paola Otero ’13, Erica Merullo ’14, Ashley Thon ’13, Brooke Duchaney ’08, Carli Citrano ’15, Laura Luchini ’13, Ariana Merullo ’13, Christina Merullo ’14

2) President of the Alumni Council, Gretchen Forsyth ’95, Alumnus of the Year, Spencer Purinton ’75, P’13, ’14, and Head of School, Dr. Peter Quimby ’85, P’14

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NON SIBI SED ALIIS AWARD Herbert H. Hodos ’56, the 2015 recipient of the Alumni Council’s Non Sibi Sed Aliis Award.

The Alumni Council was pleased to present the 2015 Non Sibi Sed Aliis Award to Herb Hodos ’56. Presented annually at the Alumni Association Annual Meeting which takes place during Reunion Weekend, the Non Sibi Sed Aliis Award is bestowed upon an alumnus/a who has brought pride to the Academy by embodying the spirit of the school motto, “Not for self, but for others.” President of the Alumni Council, Gretchen Forsyth ’95, presented the award to John Wilson ’56 who accepted the award in Herb’s absence. Herb Hodos exemplifies the school motto “Not for self but for others.” As his GDA classmate, and fellow Alumni Council member, Tony Hawthorne noted, “Everyone who knows him considers Herb first and foremost a listener, preferring to hear about others’ lives ahead of talking about his own.” Throughout his life, Herb has been a dedicated leader and volunteer for countless organizations. In his own words, “the one thing that has been constant in my life since GDA is my involvement in, and support of, the communities in which I have walked.”

Herb was the 1956 Morse Flag recipient. He went on to Yale University, where he was the MVP of the baseball team, and then continued onto Boston College Law School. A long and distinguished legal career followed and in 1993 he was appointed to a judgeship in the Massachusetts District Court where he served as the First Justice of the Greenfield District Court. While he was an attorney Herb was an elected member of the Greenfield School Committee. Additionally, he served as a board member and secretary of the United Way of Franklin County, President of the Franklin County Bar association, President of the local chapter of the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, was a member of the board of delegates and executive committee of the Massachusetts Bar Association, Chair of the local advisory for the Salvation Army, a Board Member and Vice President of the Mohawk Trail Concerts, a Board Member and President of the Temple of Israel of Greenfield, and an incorporator of the Franklin Medical Center. Once appointed a judgeship in 1993, Herb’s availability to volunteer became more constrained, but that didn’t stop his drive for community involvement. Judge Hodos helped to lead a pilot project authorized by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts in 1993 called “Reinventing Justice.” His county of Franklin was chosen as a laboratory to invent programs to help envision what justice Continued on next page > 1) Herbert H. Hodos ’56

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2) Classmate John Wilson ’56 accepts the Non Sibi Sed Aliis Award from President of the Alumni Council Gretchen Forsyth ’95, on Herb’s behalf

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could and should look like in the year 2022. Three programs of particular significance that were started with this initiative are still in existence today: Restorative Justice, The Drug Court, and the Judicial Administration Team. He presided over the Drug Court for 12 years and chaired the Judicial Administration Team for 14 years. Upon his retirement in 2008, Herb was awarded the “Award of Judicial Excellence” for small courts in Massachusetts. Since retiring from the courts, Herb has been appointed by the Governor of Massachusetts to the state medical board, has volunteered for the Project Reviewer for the Community Foundation of Western

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Massachusetts, and served on the boards of the Restorative Justice Program, the Performance Project, and Community Legal Aid. Herb and his wife of 52 years, Janet, reside in Florence, Massachusetts. The Non Sibi Sed Aliis Award was established in 2014 to honor the spirit of our school motto Non Sibi Sed Aliis. Nominations are accepted on a rolling basis and are reviewed by and voted on annually by the Alumni Council. If you would like to nominate a classmate or friend for this award, please contact Director of Alumni Relations, Amy Swiniarski.

The first Alumni of Color Gathering was held in the Pescosolido Library on Friday, June 5. Head of School, Peter Quimby, welcomed special guest and former faculty member Ike Suggs ’78 to share his reflections on diversity and inclusion at Governor’s over the past three decades. Assistant Dean of Faculty and Director of Multicultural Education, Trina Gary P’12, shared an overview of the many Academy initiatives focused on developing and implementing policies, procedures and programs that sustain an inclusive, equitable, and just school community.

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1) Peter Quimby, Antonio Thomas ’80, Doris Thomas, Trina Gary P’12, Jack Norton ’17, Leonelys Oloughlin ’18 2) Foreign Language faculty, Kathy Guy P’05 and Zenovia Wright ’00

3) Jalina Suggs ’13, Jenny Mejia Draffen ’05, Corey Draffen, Paola Otero ’13

4) Senior Associate Director of College Counseling, Janet Adams-Wall P’08, Associate Director of Admission and Assistant Director of Financial Aid, Ray Long ’96, Ike Suggs ’78, and Archie Seale ’93

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REGIONAL ALUMNI GATHERINGS SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA ALUMNI NETWORK GATHERING

On June 7, 2015 the Bay Area Alumni Network held its first gathering at a popular outdoor venue, Off the Grid at the Presidio. Bay Area alumni enjoyed an afternoon of good food and family fun! Regional alumni networks in New York City and the San Francisco Bay Area have been forming over the past year. The objective of these groups is to provide ongoing opportunities for regional alumni to network and connect with each other through more frequent informal gatherings. These networks are led by committees of six to eight alumni in each regional area. If you are interested in learning more about these regional networks, or would like to join a committee, please contact Director of Alumni Relations, Amy Swiniarski.

TIA’S ON THE WATERFRONT Young alumni gathered in the city for this third annual summer event in Boston. Over 80 alumni joined in the fun!

1) Karen Tobey, wife of photographer Tom Tobey ’62, with Courtney Wade ’01 in San Francisco 2) Jeff Muscatello ’08, Mike Shakespeare ’08, Brooke Duchaney ’08, Whitney Ocko ’08, Decia Splaine ’08, and Paige Valchuis ’08

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3) Lizzy Guyton ’06, Molly Owen ’06, Lesley Clunie ’04, Paige Valchuis ’08 4) Chris Menard ’09, Derek McCarthy ’09, Jimmy King ’09

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CHICAGO AREA GATHERING OF ALUMNI AND FRIENDS On October 6, the Academy headed to the Midwest to gather with alumni, parents, and friends in the Chicago Area. Special guests included President of the Board of Trustees, Jim Pierce ’72 P’08, and Head of School, Dr. Peter Quimby ’85, P’14. Twenty alumni, parents, and friends joined us for the evening and took in the breathtaking views of the city from the Metropolitan Club in the Willis Tower.

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LAWYERS NETWORKING EVENT

Alumni law professionals in Massachusetts gathered this past June for the inaugural meeting of The Governor’s Academy/ GDA Alumni Lawyers Network. The objective of this network is threefold: to establish legal internships for students and graduates; to encourage referrals among alumni; and to identify potential jobs for alumni in the legal field.

1) Jim Pierce ’72, P’08, Jim Quigley P’17, Todd Cromheecke P’17, Jennifer Quigley P’17 2) Jim Pierce ’72, P’08, Artie Moher ’71, Peter Conway ’72 3) Tyler Burns ’98, Missy Walny ’98, Evan Trent ’98

4) Alice and Walter Trent P’98 5) Colin Cross ’72, Jim Pierce ’72, P’08 6) Harvey Towvim ’53, David Connaughton ’03, Bobby Rudolph ’05, Tom Driscoll ’78, Jay Worthen ’68, Marc Tucker ’68, Ali Hadden ’04, Jim Rudolph ’68, Jack Lu ’77, Jenna Binelli Petrillo ’02, and Herb Hodos ’56

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PARENTS WEEKEND & CARDINAL AND WHITE DAY Parents enjoyed two days on campus visiting with their children, attending parent/teacher conferences, and spending time with one another. On Friday evening, the Quimby’s hosted the traditional Wine and Cheese Gathering at Mansion house, and all senior parents were invited to attend the annual Senior Parent Dinner in the Whiston • Bragdon Arena. Evening activities culminated with the Fall Performing Arts Concert that featured the fall dance company, orchestra, jazz band, the Academy Singers, and The First. On Saturday, parent/teacher conferences continued punctuated with college counseling seminars for sophomore, junior, and senior parents. Saturday afternoon kicked off Cardinal and White Day festivities where parents and alumni enjoyed a full slate of home games, our chili and chowder tent, and fantastic face painter. Close to 100 alumni joined parents, past parents, and faculty to cheer on Governor’s!

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A Plymouth area gathering of alumni, family, and friends was hosted by Nathan ’58, Trustee Emeritus and June Whithington P’97 at Rye Tavern in Plymouth on September 27, 2015. Guests heard the latest Academy updates from Head of School, Dr. Peter Quimby ’85, P’14 while enjoying drinks and farm-to-table hors d’oeuvres on the patio overlooking the Chef’s gardens.

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Catalyst, The Governor’s Academy Summer Internship Program, offers students an incredible opportunity to work alongside scientists, doctors, and other professionals. Students immerse themselves in a field, which helps provide context for what a student learns in the classroom setting. Students get a real sense of what the work entails and have stimulating, intellectual, and personal experiences. They learn research techniques, use current technology and cutting edge equipment, gain technical, analytical, and interpersonal skills, and become better informed about a particular career. Fifteen Govs students took part in Catalyst in summer 2015. To learn more about this program or to volunteer to host a summer intern, please visit our website or contact Director of Alumni Relations, Amy Swiniarski. 5

1) David Bullock ’51, June Withington P’97, and Donald Bullock ’53

4) Student participants in the 2015 Catalyst Summer Internship Program

2) Nathan “Nuff” ’58 and Ellis ’71 Withington

5) Govs students work alongside MIT undergraduates to upgrade educational software. Will Campbell ’16, Govs program coordinator and faculty member, Dr. Hal Scheintaub, P’00, ’02, ’05, Jeff Ding ’16, and MIT Project Director, Daniel Wendell

3) Deborah and Jim ’83 Aimone

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Athletic Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony On October 24 the Academy welcomed six new members to the Athletic Hall of Fame: David Abusamra P’93, Faculty Emeritus, Stevenson Bucknall ’85, Lisa Sweeney Ryan ’88, Shannon Clifford Davenport ’90, Damian Prescott ’94, and J.J. Morrissey ’02. The inductees gathered for a formal luncheon and induction ceremony in the Whiston • Bragdon Arena where they were joined by family, friends, faculty, and former coaches. Immediately following the ceremony, the inductees and their guests made their way to the Athletic Hall of Fame located on the second floor of the Pescosolido Field House for an unveiling of their Hall of Fame plaques. The inductees were then introduced on the Sager Bowl by Head of School, Dr. Peter Quimby ’85, P’14, before the crowds of alumni and parents who had gathered to cheer on our Governor’s teams as we celebrated Cardinal and White Day.

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Soccer, Track

Shannon Davenport earned four varsity letters in soccer, and four in track and field. As a soccer player, she was a four year starter and central defender. Three times she was named the team’s MVP. She was named All-ISL three times. As a senior captain she led her team to a New England Championship. As a track athlete, she was a four year letter winner. She set records in the javelin and 4 x 100 relay. Her track and field teams won three New England Championships and two ISL Championships. She was a cocaptain and team MVP as a senior, and was named All-ISL and All-New England. At Commencement, she was awarded the Morse Flag. At the University of North Carolina, she threw the javelin for four seasons and was named All-ACC. She was also a member of the ACC and NCAA Championship women’s soccer team for two seasons. She was regularly recognized for her achievements as a scholar-athlete.

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Football, Hockey, Lacrosse

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J.J. Morrissey earned four varsity letters in football, four in hockey, and four in lacrosse. He was elected captain in his junior and senior seasons in each sport. A cornerback and running back in football, he was named All-ISL twice and team MVP his senior season when his team won a New England Championship. As a forward on the hockey team, he was named All-ISL honorable mention. As a lacrosse midfielder, he was named MVP three times, All-ISL twice, and received All-America and co-ISL MVP honors as a senior when his team won the ISL Championship. At Commencement he received the Academy Prize and the Goodwin Award. At the University of Virginia he set a record for games played by a midfielder, and was a member of two NCAA Championship teams. As a senior, he captained the undefeated 2006 NCAA championship team and was awarded the Henry Graf Leadership Award. He played Major League Lacrosse for five seasons, was named League All Star and won the MLL Championship in 2011.

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Hockey, Lacrosse

Damian Prescott won four varsity letters in both hockey and lacrosse. A talented hockey forward and prolific scorer, he was named All-ISL in 1993 and 1994. He was named team captain in his senior season and was named team MVP in both his junior and senior years. As a lacrosse player, he earned All-ISL honors three times and was also named team MVP three times. He led the ISL in scoring his sophomore, junior, and senior seasons while serving as team captain in his junior and senior seasons. As a senior, he was named ISL player of the year, and All-American. At Brown University, he played hockey and was a first team All-Ivy and All-ECAC selection as a senior, and was team captain while leading the Ivy League in scoring. He was twice named Brown’s team MVP. As a senior he was among the nation’s leaders in goals per game. He also played varsity lacrosse at Brown for one season. Damian went on to play three years of professional hockey in the East Coast and American Hockey leagues in 1999, 2000, and 2001. In 2001 he captained a team that won the East Coast League championship.

LISA SWEENEY RYAN ’88. ......................................................... . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Field Hockey, Track

Lisa Sweeney Ryan came to GDA in grade 11 and quickly made an impact. In field hockey, she was a two year starter and twice named team MVP. She was elected team captain and was All-ISL both years. As a senior, she was selected as an All-American. As a track athlete, she was named team MVP both years, was named All-ISL and set a school record in the 100 meter hurdles. She was the first female to be elected president of the student body and received the Anne Marie Murphy Award at Commencement. Playing field hockey at the University of Iowa, she was a four year letter-winner and helped lead her team to three NCAA Final Four appearances. She was a three time All-Conference selection, and holds the Iowa record for assists in a game. As a senior she was first team All-Conference and second team All-America. Lisa continued to compete in track after college, setting two age group World Records - in the 2K Steeplechase and in the 4 x 800 meter relay.

STEVENSON BUCKNALL ’85. .................................................... . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Soccer, Basketball

Steve Bucknall came to GDA from England as a sophomore. He quickly established himself as an outstanding soccer player earning All-ISL honors and twice being named team MVP. A gifted basketball player, he was named All-ISL for each of his three seasons. He was named team captain and MVP. As a senior, he led the team to a 24-1 record and a New England Championship while being named team and ISL MVP. He set school records for points in a season, points in a game, scoring average, and rebounds. For his accomplishments he was selected as a McDonald’s All-American. He was awarded the Goodwin Prize at Commencement. At the University of North Carolina, he was a starter, was elected captain as a senior and was named All-ACC. He played in the NBA for the Los Angeles Lakers before playing professionally in Europe until 2006. He has made a significant impact as a player and coach in his home country.

DAVID ABUSAMRA. .................................................................. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Teacher, Coach

David Abusamra, a member of the faculty from 1972 until 2011, taught in the foreign language department, and coached cross-country and track. His dedication to his student-athletes and to his school is legendary. He coached the boy’s cross-country team from 1980 until his retirement. During that time his team won two New England championships. He coached the girl’s cross-country team from 1982 until his retirement winning eight New England championships and three ISL Championships. David coached dozens of ALL-ISL and All-New England runners as well as several All-Americans and had three undefeated teams. David was an unusually dedicated and innovative coach, but what endeared him to his charges and to his peers was his devotion to each of his runners, from the champions to the last place finishers. David had a special way of recognizing every single athlete’s accomplishments no matter how small they may have been.

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PHILANTHROPY B YFIE L D & B E Y ON D

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THEODORE G. BERGMANN ’37 THEATER DEDICATION On Saturday, October 17, 2015 members of the campus community, along with the family of Theodore “Ted” G. Bergmann ’37 gathered together in the Wilkie Center for the Performing Arts to celebrate the extraordinary life of “Ted” and his philanthropic commitment to the Academy by officially naming the theater in his honor. Bergmann was celebrated by those who knew him well with touching remarks from Dr. Quimby ’85, P14, Headmaster Emeritus, Peter Bragdon, his son J. Derek Bergmann ’76, and wife Beverly Bergmann. Born in Brooklyn, New York on September 12, 1920, Ted would graduate cum laude from Governor Dummer Academy and go on to study at Amherst. Aspiring to a career in the then burgeoning medium of broadcast radio, he joined the page staff at NBC in 1941 and advanced rapidly, becoming an announcer in NBC’s international division. Enlisting in the Army soon after Pearl Harbor, he completed Officer Candidate School at Fort Benning, GA, was commissioned an Infantry Second Lieutenant and was assigned to duty in Europe as a correspondent for “The Army Hour”, a weekly radio program broadcast over NBC to stateside audiences. In late 1944 he flew in the lead airship with paratroopers of the 82nd Airborne Division on the first Allied drop into Germany, describing the events for the “Army Hour” audience and capturing interviews with the mission commander and jumpmaster aboard the C-47 transporting them over enemy lines – an exploit for which Bergmann would be awarded the Bronze Star. On May 6, 1945, as a radio public relations officer on General Eisenhower’s staff at SHAEF (Supreme Headquarters Allied 18

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Expeditionary Force), the 24 year-old Captain took a recording crew to a Reims schoolhouse to preserve the German surrender to the Allies for radio and posterity. In 1995, the French Ministry of Culture invited Bergmann to return to the War Room site, which had since become a museum, to commemorate that historic event with other notables including American Ambassador Pamela Harriman. In 2013 French president Francois Hollande bestowed on Bergmann the Legion of Honor, France’s highest award, for his “contribution to the United States’ decisive role in the liberation of our country during World War II.” Bergmann rejoined NBC briefly on his return to civilian life in 1946 before moving into the emergent medium of television a year later as a time salesman for WABD, the New York flagship station of the young Du Mont Television Network. Early success and an instinctive grasp of how best to marry advertisers and innovative programming led to his promotion to Director of

Sales in 1951 and then to network president in 1954, at the age of 34. Under Bergmann’s leadership Du Mont was the first network to televise live boxing, major league baseball and professional football and basketball. He was responsible for introducing television audiences to such charismatic figures as Jackie Gleason and Bishop Fulton J. Sheen. With television’s rapid growth in that era came intense competition from CBS and NBC, as well as regulatory scrutiny by Congress and the FCC, and Bergmann found himself frequently representing both the medium and his network before Congressional committees and even in the Oval Office with his former boss General – now President – Eisenhower. When, by late 1955, Du Mont found itself unable to compete economically in an adverse competitive and regulatory environment, the network was forced to sell off its stations and close down.

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Accepting an offer from ad agency McCann Erickson to head its television department, Bergmann segued in 1956 to the advertising business, managing TV sponsorship involvements of such high profile McCann accounts as Coca-Cola, Chrysler, and Esso. Two years later he became president and chief executive officer of the Parkson Advertising Agency, responsible for such programs as Person to Person, Twenty-One, and Tightrope. He left Parkson in 1960 to become vice president of advertising for Revlon under its legendary and demanding founder, cosmetics tycoon Charles Revson. Leaving Revlon to break out on his own, Bergmann formed Charter Producers Corporation in 1962 to create and produce network television programming. When he was approached that year by the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences (NARAS) to find a way to get their annual Grammy Awards on television to raise their profile, Bergmann created The Best On Record, a post-Awards re-creation of the winning performances. Premiering on NBC in 1963, the inaugural program starred Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, and Peter, Paul and Mary, among others. He continued to produce the awards show annually through 1969. The 1970s found situation comedies once again in great demand by the broadcast networks for primetime, especially comedies with socially relevant themes – although sometimes these sitcoms strayed into controversial territory. Love Thy Neighbor, which Bergmann developed and produced for ABC in 1973 about a black couple moving into in a previously all-white neighborhood proved too edgy for sponsors Sears and Procter & Gamble, which pulled their advertising from the show. Miss Winslow and Son, which Bergmann produced for CBS in 1979 was a less controversial comedic take on single motherhood. Bergmann is perhaps best known for developing and producing the long-running hit comedy Three’s Company, which made a star of John Ritter and remained one of the highest-rated primetime series throughout its 7-1/2 season run for ABC. The success of Three’s Company begat two spinoffs, The Ropers and Three’s A Crowd, also produced by Bergmann for ABC.

1) Charles Bergmann, J. Derek Bergmann ’75, P16, Elise Bergmann ’16, Staci Bergmann P’16, Peter Bragdon, Dottie Bragdon, Beverly Bergmann, Doug Bergmann ’65, Jerry Smithey, Lisa Bergmann-Smithey, Donald Bergmann, Dr. Peter Quimby ’85, P14

2) School community and friends attend the naming dedication for the Theodore G. Bergmann Theater 3) Large scale portrait of Theodore “Ted” G. Bergmann ’37 painted by his granddaughter Elise Bergmann ’16 in the Wilkie Center for the Performing Arts

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ANNUAL GOLF TOURNAMENT RAISES $55,000 FOR SCHOLARSHIP FUND 1

The Governor’s Academy - Michael A. Moonves Golf Tournament took place on Monday, September 28 at Turner Hill Golf Club in Ipswich, Massachusetts. The tournament was filled to capacity with players who enjoyed a beautiful day of golf and an enjoyable evening that included a cocktail reception, silent and live auctions, and dinner. The event raised more than $55,000 this year, bringing the endowed scholarship fund to over a half-million dollars. The fund was founded in 2009 after the retirement of Michael Moonves as a way to honor Mike’s passion and commitment to providing students with demonstrated financial needs access to a Governor’s Academy education. Many thanks to our sponsors, players, and supporters who make this event such a great time and support an even greater cause!

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1) Left to right: Gregg Haynes, Josephine Lamprey, Brendan Giblin ’05, Beverly Giblin P’04, ’05 2) Babe Ceglarski P’02, ’04, ’11, History, Jeff Wotton P’14, ’17, Associate Director of Athletics and Head Athletic Trainer, Mike Delay, Associate Dean of Students, and George Scharfe P’95, ’95

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3) Turner Hill Golf Club in Ipswich 4) Brent Mohr, Marty Doggett, P 04, ’07, ’08, ’08, History, Headmaster Emeritus, Mark Connors, Mike Moonves P’82, Faculty Emeritus

5) Left to right: Spencer Purinton ’75, P’13, ’14, TR, Dick Purinton P’75, GP ’13, ’14, Henry Eaton ’70 P’03,’08 , Peter Mason, Director of Marketing & Communications 6) Frank Cieri P’09, ’13 and Mike Moonves P’82, Faculty Emeritus get the live auction started

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PHILANTHROPY BEFORE

DURING AFTER

ALUMNI GYM RENOVATIONS COMPLETED FOR THE 2015–2016 SCHOOL YEAR! The Alumni Gym has been at the center of school spirt and athletic excellence at The Governor’s Academy for almost 60 years. Legendary basketball and volleyball teams and their coaches have made memories that have endured through the decades. The floor at the center of Alumni Gym has served as home court for countless student athletes, and its intimate setting has provided an enviable advantage for our teams. Years of normal wear and tear had caught up with the Alumni Gym and during this past summer a comprehensive renovation took place that included a new floor, new bleachers, new scoreboard, and other enhancements. This immediate impact project was made possible by a generous donor who presented a lead gift as

well as a challenge that brought additional donor participation to the project and insured that the gym renovation was completed in time for the 2015-2016 volleyball and basketball seasons. A brief dedication ceremony will take place on Friday, January 29, 2016 at 6:45 p.m. before the Boys Varsity basketball game. Alumni, friends, and family are encouraged to attend! The success of this project is viewed as a critical first step in a broader plan for campus enhancements that will serve our students and match our aspirations as an institution for generations to come. To lean about opportunities to support future projects on campus, please contact Director of Advancement, Bill Deptula, P’17, ’19 at bdeptula@govsacademy.org.

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ALUMNI GYM RENOVATION PROJECT

• New flooring • New bleachers • Updated electrical • New scoreboards • Backboard mounted shot clocks

• Aesthetic updates

Own a Piece of School History ALUMNI GYM RENOVATION PROJECT NAME__________________________________________________ CLASS YEAR_____________________________________________ MAILING ADDRESS_______________________________________ ________________________________________________________ EMAIL__________________________________________________ With your gift of $1,763.00, you will receive a 1’x1’ piece of the orginal Alumni Gym floor, framed and identified with a small commemorative plaque.

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PAYMENT OPTIONS 1. PAY ONLINE – Please visit www.thegovernorsacademy.org/GymRenovation 2. PAY BY CHECK – Fill out form above and mail back with a check for $1,763.00 3. PAY BY CREDIT CARD – Please fill out from and provide the following information:  Master Card

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First team All-American Sky Caron â&#x20AC;&#x2122;18 of the 2015 ISL Champion Field Hockey Team

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CAMPUS

CONGRATULATIONS CLASS OF 2015! On Sunday, May 24, the 252nd Commencement Exercises were held at The Governor’s Academy. 105 seniors graduated with family and friends gathered on the lawn of Mansion House to watch their graduate walk across the stage and receive their diploma. Governor Charlie Baker of Massachusetts P’15 delivered the Commencement Address. Governor Baker was elected the 72nd Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts on January 8, 2015. He became the first sitting governor to deliver the address at the Academy. Governor Baker urged graduates to “become comfortable being uncomfortable,” and touched on his campaign for governor. Dr. John Duff, former owner of Oak Marsh and longtime friend of the Academy, was presented a diploma as an honorary member of the senior class.

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The Thorndike Hilton Cup, awarded to the highest ranking scholar, was presented to All-American Mackenzie Gray ’15 (pictured above in white). Gray also received the Morse Flag award on Saturday night, awarded to a senior “whose record in all respects meets the highest approval of the faculty.” The Academy Prize winner, “awarded to a senior whose unselfishness and sportsmanship have best exemplified the spirit of the school,” was Nora Bradford ’15. The Peter W. Bragdon Headmaster’s Cup, presented to “that senior, who in the judgment of the Headmaster, serves the mission of the school,” was presented to Stephen Damianos ’15.

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CLASS OF 2015 MATRICULATION Kate Anderson-Song American University Caroline Baker Miami University Isabel Berzansky Colby College Edward Bettencourt University of Michigan Namita Bhattacharya Colby College Larsen Bidstrup Harvard University Colin Binnie Washington and Lee University Adam Blais Villanova University Nora Bradford University of Chicago Khyli Brown Art Center College of Design McKenzie Burton Colby College Saule Bussin Northeastern University Ryan Caley Colgate University Spencer Campbell Cornell University Christopher Carder Miami University Chen Chen University of Connecticut Yong Jin Cho Cornell University Carli Citrano The Catholic University of America Matthew Cole Kenyon College Theresa Costello Trinity College Dublin Colby College Christopher Coughlan Stanislaw Cronberg Gap Year Bates College Nicholas Damianos Stephen Damianos Hamilton College Patrick Davis Connecticut College Connor DeSantis Bates College College of the Holy Cross Marco DiBlasi Brown University Wallace Douglas Elena Driscoll Union College Elias Dubus Belmont University Boston College William Dwyer Gap Year Elijah Earley Michael Eberle Johns Hopkins University Amir Entekhabi University of Massachusetts, Lowell Randle Ervwin Old Dominion University Abigail Fuller Northeastern University Bates College Katharine Gaillard Lucas Glancy Tulane University John Gould Middlebury College Philippe Goulet-Martel Union College Harvard University Mackenzie Gray Mikayla Greeley Hamilton College Boston University Kerin Grewal Sung Min Han New York University Kathryn Hanlon Northeastern University Bates College Tyler Harrington Daniel Healey Colgate University Champlain College Audrey Hemlepp Hansika Iyer Cornell University Brian Kang Carnegie Mellon University Emir Karaoglu Union College Abby Katz University of North Carolina at Wilmington University of Southern California Solomon Kim Carter King Hamilton College Mary Lenox Bucknell University

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Brown University Robert Leyman Brandon Lopez Bowdoin College Michael Luchini University of Notre Dame Katherine Maina University of Southern California Louis Markos Bentley University Boston College Tucker Marr Michael McDonough Union College Devyn McHugh College of the Holy Cross Scott Miller Colby College Jacob Mullin College of the Holy Cross Racquel Nassor The George Washington University Jie-Ling Ngo Babson College Tyler Niven Connecticut College Zoe Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Conor University of Michigan Heather Ogden University of Vermont Sydney Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Neil Colby College American University Akosua Opong-Wiredu Clark University Kellan Page Maryland Institute College of Art Jimin Park Matthew Peart University of Connecticut Samantha Pike University of New Hampshire College of the Holy Cross Ashley Portorreal Middlebury College Mattea Preece University of Connecticut School of Nursing Hannah Quin College of the Holy Cross Anne Ripp Connecticut College Melissa Robie Hamilton College Garth Robinson Alysha Robitaille Springfield College Babson College John Rokous McLean Sherrin McGill University Columbia University Dogni Shi Gettysburg College Corbin Simas Brandon Smith Alfred University Colorado College Benjamin Sommers Katelyn Sommers Fordham University Olivia Stafford University of Vermont Boston University Li-Chung Su Yinuo Su University of California, Irvine Pajaree Suriyaprapadilok Boston University University of Wisconsin, Madison Songwong Tasneeyapant Thea Louise Thomaseth Bugge Connecticut College University of Colorado at Boulder Cody Thurston Jessica Timmer Saint Anselm College Gunnar Tornberg Worcester Polytechnic Institute Hannah Tymochko Southern Methodist University Zong-rui Wee Georgia Institute of Technology Justine Wilk Elon University Derek Yan Carnegie Mellon University Daniel Yeh Southern Methodist University

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SENIOR SPRING TERM PROJECT SYMPOSIUM The annual Senior Spring Term Project Symposium was held in May. 24 seniors displayed projects they worked on for six weeks. The students set up their booths in Phillips and chatted with guests, explaining their projects and experiences while answering questions. Senior Spring Term Projects allow motivated seniors to substitute a project that they design in place of the traditional academic or afternoon program during the fourth quarter. They work with an advisor and plan for the symposium at the conclusion of the quarter where they display their final work.

Hansika Iyer ’15 pursued her interest in fashion by designing and sewing two dresses and completing a photo shoot to produce a marketing brochure of her designs. Abby Katz ’15 developed a gender and sexuality curriculum unit for the Life Skills course required of all sophomores at Govs.

Students’ projects this year displayed a wide variety of interests. Examples of projects included: Saule Bussing ’15 and Tucker Marr ’15, who both took online college courses, Mackenzie Burton ’15 and Chris Coughlan ’15, who worked together to create a sketch comedy series, and Spencer Campbell ’15, who built a PVC pipe organ.

Jimin Park ’15 painted a giant mural in the Schumann MathScience Center, while Ben Sommers ’15 developed his artistic talents and painted a lion’s head on a large canvas. Z Wee ’15 built a remote control airplane, and McLean Sherrin ’15 devised a method of printmaking using gel electrophorese.

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GOVSPLUS Our annual summer program, GovsPLUS was a great success. GovsPLUS (Powerful Learners Unlocking Success) is a tuitionfree academic enrichment program that partners The Governorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Academy with motivated middle school students from Lawrence, MA with the goal of helping all students reach their potential in and outside of the classroom. Approximately 40 students attended GovsPLUS this year. Students attended two core morning courses (math and humanities) and four elective courses daily. Each student also wrote a research paper on the civil rights movement. Field trips during the course of the program included trips to the Boston Museum of Science, canoeing on the Charles River, the Museum of Fine Arts, and Project Adventure. Afternoons were filled with sports, activities, and enrichment programs like Art, Hip Hop 101 class, learning to play lacrosse, and student instructor led courses Fiction Shorts and Social Equality: Then and Now. On Fridayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, students watched a documentary followed by a class discussion.

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Alicia Iannucci — Mathematics Ms. Iannucci graduated from Adlephi University with a major in Mathematics and a minor in Secondary Education. She also earned her Master’s degree in Mathematics Secondary Education from Adlephi. Previously, she had been teaching for six years at Quest to Learn in New York City, the nation’s first public school based on the principles of game design and project based learning. Ms. Iannucci is teaching Algebra I and Honors Algebra II, and coaching Girls’ JV Volleyball and Basketball.

NEW FACULTY MEMBERS

Michelle de la Guardia — Spanish Mrs. de la Guardia joined us from Tos Alta, Puerto Rico. She earned her B.A. from Boston College in Secondary Education and Spanish, and her Master’s Degree from Boston College in Spanish Literature and Culture. She has taught Spanish, English, and Drama at several secondary schools as well as at Suffield University and Boston College. Most recently, she had been teaching 11th and 12th grade Spanish, and Latin American language and literature at Tasis Dorado in Puerto Rico. Mrs. de la Guardia has extensive international travel experience with student and adult groups.

Currie Huntington — Choral Music Director Mr. Huntington is not new to the Govs community, but he is new to being a full time faculty member. Mr. Huntington completed his fourth year as an Information Systems Specialist and a part time teacher in the music program at the end of last academic year. He assumed a full-time teaching position as our Choral Music Director this summer. Mr. Huntington earned his B.A. from Connecticut College with a major in Music (concentration in Musicology) and a minor in Technology. This summer, he attended the Kodaly Music Institute, a graduate track music education program accredited by Anna Maria College for three weeks in preparation for this new role.

Mrs. de la Guardia is teaching upper level Spanish courses and supervising the publication of the Milestone yearbook.

Mr. Huntington will work with the winter musical as well as coach thirds Boys’ Lacrosse.

The Governor’s Academy welcomed five new faculty members to our community for the school year.

Marcus Soule — Physics Mr. Soule joined us from St. John’s Preparatory School where he taught Physics, Engineering, and served as the moderator for the Maker’s Club since 2008. He also works at the Konjoian Education Center in Andover as a tutor in Physics, Chemistry, Calculus, and Biology. He earned his B.S in Engineering from the University of Maine and his M. Ed in Science Curriculum and Instruction from the University of Massachusetts. Prior to teaching, he worked as an engineer at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard and at Zajac L.L.C. in Saco, ME. Mr. Soule supervises Robotics and Winter Recycling, and is an associate in the Student Center. Sunny Lin — Chinese - Adjunct Ms. Lin will be teaching one section of Chinese at the Academy. She lives in Waltham, MA and works at the International School of Boston in the after school program teaching Chinese and serving as an extracurricular activities manager.

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NEW ENGINEERING COURSE & ROBOTICS TEAM The Academy has introduced an engineering course for the 2015 –2016 academic year. Robotics was also added as a new afternoon activity. Taught by Marcus Soule, the engineering course is projectbased. In this model, students are able to gain engineeringspecific skills which aid them in a series of design challenges. Learning is guided by Mr. Soule, but is often self-directed as the students have the flexibility to dig deeply into their own areas of interest for inspiration. The course is ultimately about taking an idea from paper to reality, thus problem-solving, creativity, and determination are all valued highly. Projects include design challenges such as building a better cell phone holder, to designing, building, testing, and evaluating their own task-specific backpack. Students are challenged in common engineering fields including, but not limited to: structures and materials, electronics, fluids, hydraulics, and computers. The class will investigate buildings and

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green technology in the context of the Governor’s campus and attempt to design the building of the future! They will continue to build on their core engineering skill sets by exploring various prototyping methods including 3-D printing. In the Robotics afternoon program, students have the opportunity to apply their math, science, engineering, and programming skills to build a high-tech and versatile robot. The program offers the opportunity for students to work with the VEX EDR Robotics platform to design and build a completely unique robot. The students then learn and work with the RobotC programming language to control the robot via joystick and also to automate the robot’s behavior—all within the context of a yearly VEX EDR challenge game. During the competition, there is a set arena with competition rules in which a robot must perform several tasks, usually involving the gathering and throwing of balls. Regional high school teams compete against one another in the game arena and attempt to score the most points.

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GOVS FOR A CURE

BEST BEES

In October, 19 Governor’s students participated in the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) fundraiser and 5k walk in Boston. This is an annual tradition for Govs students, who have been walking in the annual “JDRF One Walk” for many years.

Sophia Duplin ’16 learned of Best Bees Company, a full-service beekeeping operation whose profits fund research to improve bee health. Sophia researched colony collapse disorder (when worker bees in a colony disappear, leaving behind the queen) in the fall of 2014 and wanted to help the company research honey bees to improve their health.

Annicka Ekvall ’16 and Kyle Rochford ’18 helped organize the event at Govs this year, selling colorful paper sneakers and t-shirts in the dining hall to raise money for the cause. Ekvall and Rochford reached their fundraising goal this year, raising over $1,000 for JDRF. The goal of the JDRF One Walk is to create a world without type 1 diabetes. JDRF holds nearly 200 walks in the United States each year.

Sophia fundraised for Govs to have its own beehive, and in the spring of 2015, the beehive and the bees were installed on campus. Three separate installations took place, with 10,000 bees installed each time. There were about 30,000 worker bees and one queen bee. The bees thrived over the summer, producing a much larger amount of honey than anticipated. 18 pounds of honey was harvested in August.

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GO GOVS!

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2015 SPRING ATHLETIC WRAP UP BASEBALL Record: 11-7 Most Valuable Player Award: Brandon Lopez ’15, Robert Leyman ’15 Senior Trophy: Michael Eberle ’15

GOLF Record: 2-13 Most Valuable Player Award: Tao Ishizuka ’18 Louis Quinzio Coaches Award: Zong-rui Wee ’15

BOYS LACROSSE

ISL CO-CHAMPIONS

Record: 14-2 Most Valuable Player Award: Larsen Bidstrup ’15, John Gould ’15 Coaches Award: Ryan Caley ’15, Benjamin Sommers ’15 Senior Lacrosse Trophy: John Rokous ’15

GIRLS LACROSSE Record: 10-5 Charles L. Scharfe Most Valuable Player Award: Julia Keith ’16 Coaches Award: Sydney O’Neil ’15

BOYS TENNIS Record: 0-15 Most Valuable Player: Mark Gimbel ’16

GIRLS TENNIS Record: 6-10 Most Valuable Player: Lily Everett ’17 Coaches Award: Gwenyth Everett ’16

BOYS TRACK Record: 10-6 Most Valuable Player: Tyler Harrington ’15 Coaches Award: McLean Sherrin ’15 Gilbert Distance Running: Liam McDonough ’16

GIRLS TRACK Record: 13-2 Most Valuable Player: Mackenzie Gray ’15 Coaches Award: Wallace Douglas ’15 Gilbert Distance Running: Kathryn Hanlon ’15

SOFTBALL

ISL CHAMPIONS Record: 15-0 Most Valuable Player: Courtney Cashman ’16 Coaches Award: Carli Citrano ’15

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10 questions

WITH WILL CAMPBELL ’16 Will sat down to chat with me in the midst of finishing his college essays. Thoughtful, ambitious, and intelligent, he reflected on his time at Govs, and looked ahead to his future.

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Where are you from? Do you have any siblings that have gone to the Academy?

What is your favorite movie? My favorite is “Being There,” directed by Hal Ashby. I won’t spoil it, but the movie is all about one’s perspective on a situation. This man somehow becomes this celebrity and important figure despite his cluelessness and ineptitude.

That’s really hard for me to say, because I value all of my teachers so much. I value them in different ways. Mr. Metz has been my advisor, and he has also been my teacher. He’s always been there for me. I have liked every single teacher I’ve had here. I’ve always had conversations with my teachers after class about the material, and they’re all so passionate. I can’t really say one has been my favorite!

What was one of your favorite classes at the Academy?

What do you think makes this school special, or unique?

What advice would you give your freshman self as a senior now?

Which faculty member/ teacher/ coach do you look up to most and why?

What activities/ programs or sports are you involved in at school? I proctor at the PAC (Wilkie Center for the Performing Arts). I’m there a lot, patrolling the hallways, talking to kids. There are so many cool people there- they all have such awesome talents, it’s incredible to talk to them. I also run two other clubs- the math club and the productions club. Productions club – we build things with the resources we have available. We’re in the film room of Kaiser and right outside is a 3-D printer, and we have computers accessible. We try to build apps, phone cases with the 3-D printers. We want to turn our abstract ideas into actual things. Once you go through that process, it’s a neat thing to do.

Do you have any idea of what you might study in college? It’s probably going to be Computer Science. I’ve been programming since I was about 12. I’m in the midst of the college process right now. I’m really ambitious, so I’m going to apply to a lot of schools. Location doesn’t really matter for me.

I live in Rowley, and I go (to Govs) with my twin sister Rebecca. I originally lived in Providence, RI (where I was born) for two years, then I moved to Marblehead, MA, and then to Rowley. That was all within five years.

I would tell my freshman self (I came to Govs as a sophomore) to not be afraid to succeed. I had a talk with my father some weeks back about this, but I purposely chose the wrong option on many occasions (in school and out) because I knew failing would not change my life and expose me to something I’d be potentially unprepared for. I think not being afraid of succeeding has allowed me to try overly-ambitious things (like applying to software engineering positions as a 16 year old kid!)

I took Honors Algebra II, taught by Mr. Leavitt. That class was very hard for me at the beginning of the year because I had no idea how to tackle math. I might have been good at it, but his class required a lot of higher level thinking that I had not previously been exposed to. Mr. Leavitt was so passionate about it, and you could see that he really enjoyed what he was doing, and he really wanted his students to feel that vibe.

It’s a really small community, but we tackle the bigger societal issues- like last year we talked about gender identity. As a small community, applying ourselves to big ideas, it allows you to make the connection between applying yourself as an individual to worldly things. We constantly see how we can tackle real world problems.

Tell me about the job offer you received over the summer. I released a piece of software that managed third party software for other developers. I open sourced it- meaning I distributed it for free online. The code was accessible to anyone so they can modify it. That got a lot of attention and I actually got a job offer from it, which was really cool! It was at a start-up company in London- they wanted a designer for front end software. I told my mom and she said I had to finish school!

Tell me about your internship at MIT this past summer. Mrs. Rokous sent out an application for Catalyst internships, and I found one for programming at MIT. I wanted to have experience working as a programmer. I tried really hard to get the internship- I submitted all of this code I had open sourced. I worked on the front end part of the website. A good majority of my time was making this huge segment of the website more responsive and adaptive to different resolutions and types of computers. The media lab at MIT is gorgeous- there is a new segment of the building that is completely white, like you’re walking into heaven! It was the coolest thing ever. It was a really awesome spot for creativity.

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By Academy Archivist: Sharon Slater

WORLD WAR II at Governor Dummer Academy During the 20th century, few events influenced campus life the way World War II did. From curriculum to student jobs to alumni relations to general campus life, the war shaped the lives of Governor Dummer students. Many have followed Tom Brokaw’s lead and refer to the young men and women of this time as “The Greatest Generation,” a term celebrating service and self-sacrifice embodied by this group. The notion of service to others permeated campus life during this era and helped the men of Governor Dummer Academy survive the challenges of wartime life. 36

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It is, I believe, the greatest generation any society has ever produced. — Tom Brokaw SERVICE TO SCHOOL World War II changed life on the homefront for many Americans who rationed food and supplies while facing the absence of fathers and husbands. These sacrifices were part of life at Governor Dummer as well. In the early years of the war, students offered their labor for many different wartime causes, most significant of which was an organized firefighting team which served campus along with the parish of Byfield. Run by Art Sager and trained by experienced local firefighters, the team used an old water pumper purchased by Ted Eames known as the Red Wing. By the time the town of Newbury requested firefighting assistance from Governor Dummer Academy, students and faculty were already trained and ready to serve the community. Routines in the dining hall changed as well; students no longer found the sugar bowls available at mealtimes due to rationing and a shortage of workers led students to wait tables, clean the dining area, and wash dishes more frequently than had been previously expected. Increased duties spread to other aspects of student life also, as both the maintenance and housekeeping departments found themselves shorthanded. For students living in dorms, the labor shortage meant cleaning their own rooms as well as bathrooms, hallways, and the areas surrounding each dorm’s exterior. Day students performed similar tasks in

and around classroom buildings and other common areas. These new responsibilities were built into a new school schedule, adapted for wartime, which included a forty minute period in the morning for students to complete their jobs. In addition to these housekeeping tasks, students worked on projects previously done by the maintenance staff, most of whom had left for military service. Students maintained the athletic fields by cutting the grass, lining the fields, and digging drainage ditches as necessary. They cleared brush, chopped firewood, built a wooden track and a hockey rink, and even picked apples. In the winter, students shoveled snow and lay down boardwalks to provide better footing around campus. Each athletic team gave up one afternoon practice per week so that the team could complete these duties. Beyond manual labor, students took on the work of the school’s secretaries who were called away to assist in war industries and service. Headmaster Eames hand selected students to assist in typing, organizing paperwork, and copying. Unlike other jobs, these jobs were not rotated; the chosen students were often required to work on weekends in order to keep the school running.

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Eames realized the likelihood that students would serve and he wanted to train the best soldiers possible. CURRICULAR CHANGES Students faced changes beyond altered schedules and duties when they arrived on campus in September, 1942. The course catalogue included several new options which would prepare students for future military service. Courses in navigation, meteorology, mechanics, aviation mathematics, and radio communications were designed to introduce some of the skills that would be useful in the army, navy, and air force. The purpose of these courses was clear in the letter sent by Headmaster Eames to students and families in the fall of 1942. When discussing a possible lowering of the draft age to eighteen, he explained, â&#x20AC;&#x153;In this event the need for officers- that is, for educated, able-bodied young men- will only be increased. These boys who sincerely wish to contribute as much as they possibly can towards winning the war ought, not only to continue with their education as long as they possibly can, but also to intensify their training.â&#x20AC;? Eames realized the likelihood that students would serve and he wanted to train the best soldiers possible.

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SERVICE BEYOND GOVERNOR DUMMER The prediction that many students would move on to serve in the military came to fruition. Records show that approximately 673 Governor Dummer men served during WWII. Their connections to Governor Dummer did not end with graduation or the commencement of their duties overseas. Many of these young men formed some of their closest friendships with those they met at Governor Dummer. Because of this, Headmaster Eames began to receive numerous letters from servicemen who wanted to pass on news and hear updates about the school and their friends. Wanting to do his part to support those young men, Eames began a tradition in December 1942. He sent monthly letters to all alumni in service for the duration of the war. He encouraged all of these men to write to him and promised to share any news that they would like to pass on to others. Alumni did write, and their experiences were sometimes chilling. Arthur Ross wrote of being shot down over occupied France and captured by German troops. He narrowly escaped after successfully convincing soldiers that he was French while hiding his dog tags in his sock. Richard Schanzle wrote about his experiences as part of the initial forces invading Guadalcanal, which had been a planned site of a Japanese air base and became an important victory for the Allies in the Pacific theatre. One young man even sent Ted and Eleanor Eames a photograph of his naval ship, displaying the flags of all the Japanese military and merchant ships they had defeated. Mr. Eames shared these bits of good news along with other information about the many achievements of alumni in the military. News from the front was not always good. Headmaster Eames regularly had to share news of casualties. His letters often concluded with a list of those who had been killed or who were missing in action. These lists were a stark reminder of the ultimate sacrifice made by so many at this time. Following the war, Governor Dummer made efforts to honor and remember all of those, both living and dead, who had been willing to shoulder these wartime responsibilities. The newly constructed gymnasium was built in honor of these men; it contained a trophy room with plaques declaring the purpose of the building as a tribute to all those who fought. It was fitting that US Admiral William Halsey, hero of the Pacific theatre, was the guest speaker at the building’s dedication. Halsey reminded his audience “The leadership they gave might not have been available if your school and similar schools, had not been founded and maintained by public spirited citizens.” William Dummer’s sense of the greater good and the public spirit carried through the Governor Dummer students who were part of Tom Brokaw’s “Greatest Generation.”

from the Archives! The Governor’s Academy Archives has just made public its new virtual museum, featuring exhibits on World War II at Governor Dummer, and the experiments in early coeducation in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The online museum contains images and descriptions of objects from our collection and is designed to give visitors a bit of Gov’s history with which they might not be familiar. If you want to read more about life during World War II or if you want to learn about early coeducation, check out the museum at govsarchives.omeka.net.

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Elizabeth Cates Baratelli Elizabeth Cates Baratelli, former GDA English teacher, member of the GDA community for 30 years (1967-1997), and wife of retired faculty member Pierre Baratelli, died on January 22, 2014. Born in 1931 to sharecroppers in the Texas Dust Bowl, Elizabeth worked in the cotton fields from an early age. Her ambition led her at age sixteen to enroll at NTSU in Denton, Texas. An early marriage interrupted her studies, but following a divorce, she returned to Denton with her children and graduated in 1963 with a duel degree in drama and English. Her first teaching position was at a middle school in Corpus Christi, Texas, where her mostly Hispanic eighth graders became the school’s first-ever participants in the State Drama Contest, placing second overall in the competition. Following her marriage to Pierre Baratelli, Elizabeth taught for three years in Colorado at Ft. Collins High School, and in 1968, she joined the English Department at Governor Dummer Academy (GDA), where she taught English and ESL classes. She was a

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housemother to the first girl day students in Boyton House, and she led a girls-only summer trip to England. She assisted in drama productions and was active in the humanities program. After resigning from GDA, she taught in the GTfE Foreign Student Program before starting a successful shop in Newburyport, specializing in twentieth-century artifacts, furniture, and jewelry. She was president of the Theater of Newburyport, active in chamber of commerce programs, and a founding member of the Firehouse Alive Committee, which renovated the historic Newburyport firehouse into a vibrant arts center. During retirement in Florida, she remained active in all the arts and was a docent at the Salvador Dali Museum. Elizabeth died in Denver, Colorado, on January 22, 2014. She is survived by her husband, Pierre; four children, La Donna, Norman, La Tonda, and Ben; one grandchild; and two great grandchildren.

Dudley B. Follansbee ’36 Dudley Boggs Follansbee, 96, a longtime Brunswick resident, died July 8, 2015. He was born Jan. 28, 1919, to Everett and Laura Todd Follansbee in Somerville, Massachusetts. In 1936, Dudley graduated from Governor Dummer Academy in Byfield, Massachusetts, and earned a degree from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1940. Follansbee worked briefly for Kroger Grocery & Baking in Ohio, and in 1942 served with the War Production Board in Detroit. He

then joined the U.S. Navy as a supply corps ensign, assigned to the 39th Construction Battalion. Eventually he was named an aide to the Navy’s admiral for provisions, responsible for provisioning the Atlantic Fleet. As naval operations of World War II shifted to the Far East, Follansbee’s work focused on that area, supplying 40 million pounds of food and other provisions each month. After he left the Navy in 1946 as a lieutenant commander, Follansbee established the McCordi Corp., which manufactured plastics in New York and Indiana. The company also worked with NASA to create metallic film used in the first lunar landing. In addition, Follansbee worked with the U.S. Department of State to build a Russian automobile factory and train its engineers. Follansbee retired and moved to Brunswick in 1980. There, he participated in many local activities and organizations, including as a board member of the Bowdoin International Music Festival. He was a communicant of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, and served on its vestry. An ardent sportsman, Follansbee played on the MIT golf team and won local club championships. He also won the Maine state championship in tennis, was an active skier, and enjoyed sailing the Maine coast with his family in their yawl, Sea Folly. Follansbee was predeceased by his son, Todd Jackson Follansbee. He is survived by his wife of 73 years, Margery Bailey; their children, Laurie and her husband, Richard Mobilio, Sallie and her husband, Russell Dunning, and

Helen and her husband, William Nicita; and many grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces, nephews, cousins and in-laws from New England to California.

Harold Audet ’38 Dr. Harold H. Audet, 96, Cary, died April 20, 2015.

William Ramsay Ferris, Sr. ’38 Retired surveyor/civil engineer; decorated P-40 pilot who served in the 7th Squadron of the 49th Fighter Group, Pacific Theater, during WWII; and beloved husband and patriarch, died Friday, July 3, 2015, in Annapolis, MD, two months before his 95th birthday. Born in Greenwood Lake, NY in 1920, he lived most of his life in California. He graduated from Governor Dummer Academy, MA, and attended both The Citadel and Stanford University. An avid storyteller, woodworker, sailor and reader, he was very active in the lives of his children, grandchildren and great grandchildren, as well as his church and community. He is survived by his loving wife of 71 years, Mary Robb Ferris of Annapolis, and his four children-Bill Jr. and wife Donna of San Jose, CA; Caroline Hall of Arlington, VA; Robert and wife Carlene of Eugene, OR; Mary Siebert and husband Rob of Davidsonville, MD-7 grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren as well as his sister Anne Starace of Putnam Valley, NY, and his brother Pat Ferris and wife Vikky of Georgetown, SC.

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Arthur C. Jameson ’38 Arthur C. Jameson, 94, formerly of Exeter, New Hampshire, and York Harbor, Maine, died Friday, September 12, 2014, at Sea View Retreat in Rowley, Massachusetts. He was born November 14, 1919, in Boston, the son of the late Charles F. and Lucretia D. (Chesterton) Jameson. After graduating from Governor Dummer Academy in 1938, he attended Tufts University. Arthur was CEO of C.F. Jameson & Co., Inc. of Bradford, Massachusetts, until his retirement in 1977, but remained actively involved in the business. Known familiarly as The Old Salt, he was a lifelong sailor and a skilled boatsman with a deep and abiding love for the sea. His beloved wife of 50 years, Mary (Loddy) Jameson, predeceased him in 1993. He carried on courageously for more than 20 years, serving as an inspiration to his family. He is survived by his brother, John N. Jameson, of Plaistow, New Hampshire; his three children, Benjamin J. Jameson and his wife, Ellen, of Newburyport, Massachusetts, Mary J. (Sissy) Willis and her husband, William H. (Tuck), of Chelsea, Massachusetts, and Susan J. Cormier, of Newburyport. He was also a devoted grandfather to four beloved grandchildren, Matthew C. Simpson, Christian B. Cormier, Sarah L. J. Aceves, and Heather S. Jameson-Lyons.

Roy Edward Coombs, Jr. of Hampden Township died April 13, 2015. He was born September 11, 1925, in Cambridge, MA, to Roy and Isabel Coombs, and grew up in Belmont, MA. He graduated from Governor Dummer Academy and went on to earn undergraduate and graduate degrees from Harvard. During World War II, he served in the U.S. Navy. In 1950, he married Frances Tenney Coombs to whom he was married for 58 years. For the majority of his career he worked as a civil engineer and project manager for Western Electric and AT&T. He began his career with the Bell System in North Andover, MA, and was later transferred to New York City. He was an elder in the Presbyterian Church, and he took an active role in church life wherever he lived. He was a 32nd Degree Mason, most recently a member of Lowther Manor Lodge in Camp Hill, PA. He served on the Board of Directors of Camp Spears-Eljabar, a YMCA camp located in Dingman’s Ferry, PA, and the Reeves-Reed Arboretum in Summit, NJ, where he facilitated the restoration of several buildings on the site. He enjoyed spending winters in Venice, FL, and making trips to New England. Rockport, MA, was a favorite place to gather with his extended family. As a transplanted New Englander, he maintained a lifelong devotion to the Boston Red Sox. In 1997, he moved to Pennsylvania where he nurtured two new fans, his granddaughters, who were the lights of his life. He is survived by his daughters, Martha C. Parvis and her husband, Paul, of Newtown, CT, and Cynthia C. Harbert of Hampden Township; two beloved granddaughters, Megan E. Harbert and Rebecca

A. Harbert, also of Hampden Township; and his sisters, Elizabeth Coombs Corke Myers of Upper St. Clair, PA, and Ruth Coombs Henry of Sharon, MA. His wife and his son-in-law, Thomas M. Harbert, preceded him in death.

Alexander D. Smith ’43 Mystic – Alexander D. Smith, 90, of Mystic, CT, died Wednesday, March 18, 2015, at his home. He is survived by loving wife Sondra (Levitt) Smith.

Andrew L. Brillhart ’44 Andrew L. Brillhart, age 88, loving husband of Sandra (nee Gayneau), devoted step-father of Barbara Taylor (Daniel) and the late Richard Gaw and Eva Gaw. Dear grandfather of Calley, Gabrielle, and Jacob Taylor.

John D. deGozzaldi ’44 John Devereux “Dev” deGozzaldi, 89, died Tuesday, August 18, 2015, at home after an extended illness. He is survived by his children, Lucy deGozzaldi of Northfield, Mary deGozzaldi of Westmoreland, NH, John deGozzaldi, Jr. of Fall River, Samuel deGozzaldi of Little Deer Isle, ME., and by one grandchild, Lydia deGozzaldi of Westmoreland, N.H. He was predeceased by his wife of nearly fifty years, Susan Merriam deGozzaldi. The son of Alfred James and Mary Schuyler deGozzaldi of Framingham, Dev attended Framingham public schools and Governor Dummer Academy, served in the Navy during World War II, and graduated from Harvard University in 1949. He was a capable businessman with a 30-year career as an advertising sales manager for Newsweek Magazine. After his retirement in the mid-1980s, he applied his business acumen to restoring,

buying, and selling antique cars, old car literature and other collectibles at flea markets and other venues, well into his senior years. He also secured parttime employment as a member of the Board of Directors of Charter Bank (later Chart Bank of Waltham and Newton). An accomplished sailor, Dev belonged to the Bucks Harbor Yacht Club in Brooksville, ME, serving a term as Commodore during his membership. He was an active member of the Speckled Band of Boston (a club devoted to the study of Sherlock Holmes), the Boston Harvard Club, Fox Club of Cambridge, and the LLL Club of Framingham. He served his hometown of Hopkinton on the Zoning Board of Appeals for many years. Dev was an easygoing and personable individual of sharp wit and keen intelligence, well-respected and liked by those who knew him.

Francis Woodward “Nick” Martin ’44 Nick, 89, died peacefully Sunday, May 24, 2015 at the Episcopal Church Home in Louisville, KY. He was born in Clinton, MA on January 16, 1926. Nick was married to Anne Short Hart Martin for 47 years. He was preceded in death by his parents, Spencer Ferrin Martin and Clara Marlitta Martin and his first wife, Margaret Harrison Miller Martin. Nick attended Governor Dummer Academy and Yale University and graduated with an engineering degree. His military career included the U.S. Army and Navy. He began his career at Corhart Refractory in Louisville and started his own company, Martco Inc, in 1961 which grew to be one of the nation’s largest security dealers. Nick was a member of Second Presbyterian Church and the

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Louisville Boat Club. His love of tennis and his competitive nature led to years of involvement in senior tennis tournaments throughout Kentucky. Nick and Anne travelled extensively to Central and South America on birding expeditions. Nick is survived by his wife, Anne; his children, Woody (Joan) Martin; Rob (Lauri) Martin; Spencer (Libbie) Martin; Holly (Michael) Rickert; Shep (Tanya) Hart; and grandchildren, Amanda Martin, Jace Martin, Brock Martin, Abby Rickert, Maggie Rickert, Gabriella Hart, Harrison Hart, Spencer Martin, Kenny Martin, and Matt Martin.

Charles Gould Ward, Jr. ’44 Charles Gould Ward, Jr., known to all as Charlie, passed away peacefully on Father’s Day as a result of injuries caused by a fall. Charlie was a native of Hingham. He attended Hingham High School, Governor Dummer Academy, and Babson College. He served as a tail gunner in China in World War II, after which he married his high school sweetheart, Jane Downing, also of Hingham. They were a devoted couple for 62 years. Charlie spent his career with Scott Paper Company, for whom he served in various sales and marketing capacities for 37 years, including serving as Division Vice President of Consumer Products Marketing. At 89, Charlie was still an avid and accomplished golfer and bridge player. He is survived by his three sons: Charles Gould Ward III, David D. Ward, and Matthew L. Ward; their wives Donna, Sharon and Mary, respectively; and 10 grandchildren.

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Frank H. Hinkley ’45 A 12th generation Cape Codder, Frank H. Hinckley Jr., of Barnstable, MA, died peacefully at home on July 2, 2015. The son of the late Howard F. Hinckley and Eunice M. Hinckley, he is survived by his wife of 64 years, Helen Pouch Hinckley. He was predeceased by his son, Stephen M. Hinckley in 2011. Frank is survived by his daughters, Sarah Hinckley of New York City and Elizabeth H. Stefano of Carnation Washington and their husbands John Milich and Douglas Stefano, and his three grandchildren; Alexis Connell, Emily Sutton Hinckley, Ethan Hinckley, and his great grandson Elijah. He attended Barnstable High School and graduated from Governor Dummer Academy in Byfield, MA, where he excelled at football and hockey. He attended Brown University and was proud to serve in the Marines. Frank was the Vice President of John Hinckley and Son Company which was founded by his great grandfather in 1872. He served on the Board of Directors of the Cape Cod Co-operative Bank, the vestry of St. Mary’s Episcopal Church and was a town meeting representative for the Village of Barnstable where he was instrumental in developing property zoning requirements both residential and commercial. In his early years he participated in the Barnstable Comedy Club and was a summer life guard at local beaches. He later refereed hockey for the Youth Hockey Program at the Hyannis Rink and was a longtime volunteer for the Barnstable Fire Department. He also was a member of the Barnstable Yacht Club. His real passion was golf and he played many golf courses throughout the United States and Scotland. He started playing in his back yard at the Cummaquid

Golf Course and later became a member of the Hyannisport Club and the Oyster Harbors Club.

Archibald Kingsley ’45 Archibald Johnston Kingsley died March 17, 2015. Archibald “Arch” Kingsley was born in Bethlehem Pennsylvania on July 11, 1927 to parents George and Elizabeth Kingsley. At 7, Arch was enrolled at The Haverford School in Haverford Pennsylvania; the youngest boarding student in its history. Every year during the summer Arch went to camp at Culver Academy on Lake Maxinkuckee, Illinois, becoming a golden gloves boxer. Arch went on to graduate high school at Governor Dummer Academy in Byfield, Massachusetts. Arch enlisted in the US Navy at age 17. After completing his Navy commitment Arch followed the footsteps of both his father and grandfather by joining Kappa Alpha Society at Hobart College in Geneva New York, graduating with the class of 1950. A 34-year career as a commercial airline pilot started with Arch flying DC-3s with Capital Airlines. Soon after Arch joined United Airlines and finished his career flying DC-10s on the Chicago to Maui route. Beginning as a child in Pennsylvania, and later after settling in Middleburg, Virginia, Arch owned, rode, and enjoyed horses. Arch rode throughout the 1960s and 1970s both as an amateur steeplechase jockey and as a Joint MFH for Middleburg Hunt. Arch retired to White Stone Virginia with Louise “Weezie,” his wife of 35 years. Continuing his love of the water, Arch acquired a trawler, which he took up the Hudson River into Canada and back. In his eighties, Arch received his commercial Captain’s certification, allowing him to pilot

vessels over 100 tons. Arch rode motorcycles all through his life. In order to accommodate his best friend and canine companion, Linus, Arch had a sidecar installed on his last motorcycle, a replica Royal Enfield. More recently Arch planned a return to riding to hounds and purchased a vintage airplane in order to commute from White Stone to Middleburg. Archibald Johnston Kingsley is survived by his wife, Louise; brother George “Skipper” Kingsley; six children – James “Jim” Kingsley of Richmond Virginia, Margaret “Peggy” Kuniansky of Atlanta Georgia, George Kingsley of Lincoln Virginia, Arch Kingsley Jr of Camden South Carolina, Josephine Kingsley of White Stone, Virginia, and Charles Kingsley of Richmond; five grandchildren; and one great grandchild.

Bennet “Bots” Young ’45 Bennet “Bots” Botsford Young, Jr. passed away, peacefully, in his sleep at his home in Lake Forest, Illinois, on Thursday, March 19, 2015. Bots was the adoring husband of 65 years to his “bride” Ann Young nee Treadway, proud father to Kent (Raina) Young, Terry (Roger) Vandewater and the late Tripp (Daphne) Young; loving older brother to the late Monty Young and caring brother-in-law to Chick Treadway. Bots relished his role as grandfather to Anthony, Kegan and Cooper Young, Sam and Ben Vandewater, and Courtney Young. Born in Chicago, Illinois on November 18, 1926 to Ruth Lasley Young and Bennet Botsford Young, Sr., Bots lived the majority of his life in Lake Forest, Illinois. He graduated from The Governor’s Academy (’45) where he was a three sport letterman in football, hockey and

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baseball. His leadership on the field and his natural athleticism resulted in Bots being inducted into Governor’s first Athletic Hall of Fame class, as well as a try-out with New York Yankees. After a brief stint in the USMC, Bots attended Dartmouth College, before beginning his successful 30-years sales career at Owens-Corning Fiberglass. He spent countless volunteer hours co-founding the Lake Forest Vikings ice hockey program, providing youth hockey for six age-levels of play from Mites to Juveniles. In addition, Bots was an active member and director of the Western Golf Association, and spent tireless efforts supporting the Evans Scholars Foundation. Most of all, Bots will be remembered for his disarming manner and infectious giggle. He loved people and enjoyed making them laugh. Whether one knew Bots for 30 minutes or 30 years, he had a way of making everyone who crossed his path feel special. And it was 100 percent genuine. Bots was the real deal.

Homer Ambrose ’47 At midnight August 24, 2015, Homer “sailed into eternity.” He was born into a Navy family on September 3, 1930, but the Army was his destiny. Duty stations included Ft. Leonard Wood, Ft. Belvoir, Langdon, ND, Germany, France, Thailand, Vietnam, and Korea. The Corps of Engineers

provided him the opportunity to command and lead, solve complex scenarios, and fill in side stints as a basketball coach and lawyer. At his 20-year retirement, he was awarded the Legion of Merit. Homer Ambrose Jr. Graduated from Virginia Military Institute (VMI) with a Professional Engineer’s license in 1951. His heart never left VMI. He was active in several clubs at VMI, but his passion was lacrosse. His interest in lacrosse was born at Governor Dummer Academy when Coach Mac Murphy put him in his first game. Homer was instrumental in organizing lacrosse as a club sport at VMI and was named Honorable Mention All Dixie. When he attended games, no one ever missed hearing Homer when he shouted, “Shoooot” or “Set it up,” or “Pick ‘em up!” In 199698, he volunteered as assistant lacrosse coach at Jefferson School of Science and Technology. Just shy of his 21st birthday, he entered the Army with the rank of 2nd lieutenant. He participated in the Korean War, the Vietnam War, and the Cold War. He was presented the Korean Presidential Unit Citation and the Army Meritorious Unit Citation. He earned the Army Commendation Medal, National Defense Services Medal, US Vietnam Service Medal, Korean Service Medal, United Nations Korean Service, ROK Korean War Service Medal, and the prestigious Legion of Merit. Homer never doubted that he was destined to be a soldier. Number one rule: Feed the Troops. Homer earned his Master’ s at Iowa State, graduated the Command and General Staff College, and at the age of 72 earned his doctorate in engineering management from California Coast University. Homer was born at Bellefonte,

Pennsylvania, where his father, Homer Ambrose Sr., earned his masters at Pennsylvania State College. As a Navy brat, Homer’s early impressions were WWII sailors, submarines, and the scuttlebutt of a Navy environment. At a young and impressionable age, he gained first-hand knowledge of a world at war. In 1960, Homer married Katherine Thornbury, a beauty from California. The marriage did not survive due to catastrophic medical issues Homer suffered, but their daughter, Anna, was always a joy to both. Lucky Homer married a second time to Marcia Mills of Connecticut. The Vietnam War was instrumental in this marriage failure, but their son, John, brought them comfort and happiness. Homer remained on good terms with his ex-wives, and always had a special reserved love for them. Homer embraced his stepchildren, Angela, Byron and Donna Suzanne and treated them as his own. Homer had three grandsons: Zachary, Liam, and Jack. A life-changing event occurred on September 7, 1973 when Homer attended his first Alcoholics Anonymous meeting. Being a realist, Homer had no hesitation in admitting he had a drinking problem and readily embraced the 12 Steps and Traditions. Within two years, he met his third wife, Elizabeth Marie. They met in church and that was the true foundation in preserving their marriage. They were members of The Falls Church Anglican Church.

Houghton Carr ’48 With Jib and Jigger raised, Houghton Carr, Jr., sailed away to the ports of heaven on Tuesday, March 17, 2015, after a hard fought battle with Parkinson’s Disease. His family and friends will truly miss his zest for life,

sense of adventure, and his quick wit. Born in Boston, MA, on May 8, 1930, he was raised in Hingham, Massachusetts along with his siblings Nancy and Alan. He started sailing at the age of nine, which became his lifelong passion. Houghton attended Derby Academy, Governor Dummer Academy, and graduated from the University of New Hampshire with a degree in mechanical engineering. During the Korean War, he served as a sound range artillery infantryman with the United States Army. Houghton was predeceased by his first wife, Mary Davis of Hingham. They moved to Cazenovia, NY, where they restored a two hundred year old farmhouse and raised their four children. Until his retirement, he was employed at Carrier Corporation in Syracuse, NY, for nearly 30 years. He was an active member of St. Peter Episcopal Church and the Willow Bank Yacht Club. He and Mary retired to West Bath, Maine in 1989. Houghton maintained an active retirement. He continued to sail, and volunteered as a member of the Maine Maritime Museum as well as the Portland Museum of Art. Later, he married Jennifer Ertner of Orr’s Island, his wife of the last 17 years. They lived in Yarmouth and loved antiquing, traveling, entertaining, and good food. Houghton is survived by his beloved wife, Jennifer; his four children, Edward Carr, Molly Jones, David Carr, Marjorie Murray, and Jennifer’s daughter, Gail Lillard, and their spouses, as well as his five grandsons, Jameson Carr, Bryce Tetreault, Davis Jones, Nicholas Carr, and Eric Murray.

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William L. Chamberlin, Sr. ’49 William L. Chamberlin Sr. of Lebanon NH, died on Monday, March 16, 2015. Bill was born in Lynn, Massachusetts but spent most of his life in New Hampshire. He was very proud of his education, including graduating from Governor Dummer Academy (now The Governor’s Academy) and Dartmouth College. He was especially proud of being a member of the Dartmouth Class of 1953. His work life took him from working for the family garage door business, Hudson Door Co. to co-owning and operating Granddad’s Toy Shop (both in Franklin, NH) to fundraising for nonprofit hospitals, including Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon New Hampshire. He so enjoyed fishing, golfing, and playing cribbage. He appreciated the support of his church, Our Savior Lutheran Church, in Hanover NH. He is survived by his dear Peggy, his four children, Chip, Jeff, Suzanne, and Steve; his daughter in-law, Heather; his five grandchildren, Craig, Heather, Kasey, Chase, and Jessica; and one great grandchild, Jordan.

David Robert Hershey, Sr. ’50 David Robert Hershey, Sr., 83, of Savannah, Georgia, passed on Saturday, May 23, 2015, at The Oaks on Skidaway Island. Mr. Hershey was born on June 18, 1931, in Buffalo, NY to the late Frank Stone Hershey and Marjorie Long Hershey. He attended Nichols School of Buffalo, The Governor’s Academy of Byfield, Massachusetts, and Cornell University (where he got the nickname, “Moose”). He joined the Army and served in Colorado

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Springs where he was joined by his late wife and companion Barbara Hitchcock Hershey before settling in Buffalo, NY. Mr. Hershey worked for Marine Midland Bank and NY Life Insurance before becoming co-owner of IDSI Products. In 1977 he moved his company and family to Savannah. Mr. Hershey was an avid yachtsman and tennis player. He was a past member of the Kennels Yacht Club, the Buffalo Canoe Club, The Buffalo Yacht Club, The Savannah Golf Club, The Savannah First City Club, The Rotary Club of Savannah, the Chamber of Commerce, the YMCA, and The Savannah Yacht Club. He is survived by his two sons, Peter M. Hershey, Sr., and wife Margarette of Savannah; David (Skip) R. Hershey, Jr. and wife Sharon of Spring Hill, FL; daughter, Susan H. Smith and husband Leo of Brentwood, TN; our grandchildren, Peter (Cord) M. Hershey, Jr., Bridget Heiterer Hershey, Theodore Knox Hershey and Meghan O’Connell Smith; two step children, Matthew Robert Gunn and wife Jessica of Cleveland, OH; Heyward Gunn Kreutzer and husband Justin of Coram, NY; three step grandchildren, Ava Natalie Kreutzer, Avery Gunn Kreutzer, and Preston Matthew Gunn. Mr. Hershey was preceded in death by his brother, Donald Long Hershey, and wife, Brenda Heyward Gunn Hershey.

Ralph Rigby, 83, of Riverside, Connecticut, died Saturday, July 18, at Greenwich Hospital, with his family by his side, after a brief illness. Born February 7, 1932, in Fairhaven, Massachusetts, he was the son of the late Edmund and Gertrude Rigby. Mr. Rigby attended Fairhaven High School; The Governor’s Academy (formerly Governor Dummer Academy), and graduated from College of William & Mary in 1954. He lived in New York City before moving to the Greenwich area in 1968. He had a successful 40 year sales career in the textile business, which included Berkshire Hathaway and Texfi. During this time he also served in the Korean War as a Lieutenant in Naval Intelligence. Upon retirement, he thrived as a volunteer at Greenwich Hospital. Mr. Rigby was predeceased by his wife of 38 years, Carol Rigby. He is survived by his daughter Christina Rigby-McCotter and husband Dan of Milwaukee, WI; son Nicholas Rigby of Monroe, CT; and grandchildren Ella, Jack, and Cole.

Frederick Smith ’52 Frederick Smith, 82, died in Dallas from complications of Lewy body dementia, his family said. Smith was born in 1933 in Portland, Maine. He attended Governor Dummer Academy in Byfield, Massachusetts, where he was named most outstanding graduate. He received a scholarship to Amherst College, where he received a bachelor’s degree in history. In 1957, he married Jerrie Marcus, daughter of Neiman Marcus president Stanley Marcus, in Dallas. After completing his service in the Air Force, Smith worked briefly at his father-in-law’s luxury store before launching a career in real

estate development in 1959 with Great Southwest Cos. In 1963, he became a partner with HexterFair Title Co., where his projects included more than 2,000 apartments for lower-income families in Dallas and Houston. In 1966, he created Surveyor Cos., which developed Christopher Place, one of Dallas’s first townhouse projects. The development near Turtle Creek Boulevard was named after Smith’s son. Smith also co-developed The Quadrangle in Uptown, the first project in Dallas that combined residential and retail space. In the 1980s, he joined an East Texas wildcat prospect, which led to the development of Republic Royalty, Spinnaker Oil & Gas and Smith Allen Oil & Gas. His family said that besides his business accomplishments, Smith “had a great love of the ocean, sailing, the land, all animals and especially his big family.” He split his time between Dallas and a home he built in Rockport, Maine, where he planted a tree farm with more than 10,000 seedlings. Smith is survived by his wife, Jerrie Marcus Smith; his son, Hans Christopher Smith of London; four daughters, Jennie Smith Wilson of Ridgewood, NJ, Juliette Smith Aston of Dallas, Courtnay Smith Perevalova of Moscow, and Allison V. Smith of Dallas; and 12 grandchildren.

John Andrews Cattell ’54 John Andrews Cattell died on Wednesday, July 22, 2015, in Duxbury, Massachusetts, at the age of 80 after a long illness. Born in Boston, educated in the Newton public schools and later at Governor Dummer Academy, John studied at the University of Rhode Island before leaving to form his own company, Bayberry Gardens. As the youngest son of a world famous surgeon, he

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grew up in a home on Highland Street, West Newton, not far from the First Congregational Church where he and his sister lead the youth choir. He spent his summers in Duxbury at his family’s seaside home that looked out at Eagles Nest and Gurnet lighthouse. He sailed at Duxbury Yacht Club and was a talented golfer before clubs were made for left-handed players. John served our country in the Army and was honorably discharged in June of 1963. He delighted in dancing and enjoyed acting in local plays in his youth. John spent a lifetime helping several of his siblings with their homes. He had a great talent for designing gardens and maintained many properties in the Duxbury and Kingston area. John leaves his devoted wife, Carolyn Jason Cattell, whom he married at Fort Independence Hull, Massachusetts, in 2002. Together they enjoyed a large extended family. He leaves his son Richard Andrews Cattell and wife Joanne from St. Petersburg, FL and their two sons John and Michael and granddaughter Emma; and a daughter Catherine Hadad, her husband Christopher and children Megan and Andrew from New Bern, North Carolina. John also leaves his twin sister, Jeanne Cattell Rhinelander from Gloucester, MA, his eldest brother, Dr. Richard B. Cattell and wife Judith from Manhattan, KS, a brother-in-law Bill Dunmore from Duxbury, MA, and numerous nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by his parents Agnes and Richard B. Cattell, MD, his brother William Channing Cattell and his sister, Mary Virginia Dunmore. His wife’s family was a very important part of his life and his loss will be profound for Edward and Lynne Vickery, children Eryn, Brett and granddaughters;

Sharon Foster and her daughter Molly; Susan Denison and her partner Melanie; John Vickery and wife Teresa and their sons Jason and Sean; and Shiela and Charles Baker and their son Broghden.

Frank M. Bond ’62 Frank Bond, 70, a fourth generation New Mexican, attorney by profession, falconer by passion, died at his home in Santa Fe on December 25 of cancer. Mr. Bond is survived by his daughter Sara Easterson-Bond and husband, Tom, of Santa Fe; son, Franklin H. Bond and wife Amy of Santa Fe; sisters Amy Lynge of San Francisco, CA, and MaryAnn Bunten and husband Dan of Albuquerque.

John Tarbell ’62 John Weatherbee Tarbell, Jr., 67, a former Wall Street financial advisor and investment banker who helped build the field of structured finance, passed away peacefully at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in Manhattan on May 1, after battling cancer. Born in Boston in 1943, the youngest of five children, he graduated from The Governor’s Academy in 1962 and Bowdoin College in 1966, and was a three-sport varsity athlete at both schools. He attended the Harvard Business School’s Executive Education General Management Program in 1985. John began his career at First National City Bank in New York, and held positions at Chemical Bank, AIG, and other firms during his 30-year career in finance before launching a second career in executive search at DHR International, Inc., where he was Executive Vice President. During his tenure at Chemical Bank, he built and led the bank’s first designated

Leveraged Buyout Group, and was a founder of its Mergers and Acquisitions Department, where he served as a Managing Director. During this time, he oversaw a number of important transactions, including financings for Revlon, Inc., Hanson Industries PLC, and Wang Industries. In addition to these responsibilities, he also served as a director of the Allis Chalmers Corporation and Secretary to Chemical Bank’s Midtown Advisory Board of Directors. It was also at Chemical Bank where he met his wife, Anne Adler Tarbell. They were married in 1990. In addition to his professional accomplishments, John was a life-long athlete. He was an avid runner and could often be found logging miles in Central Park. His daily running habit remained an unbroken streak for more than 26 years. John also played for the Old Blue Rugby Football Club (RFC) in his early years in New York and later coached and captained the Columbia Business School RFC. He earned a Black Belt in Tae Kwon Do at age 59. For all these successes, John was happiest in his private family life. He was a devoted husband to Anne, and a loving father to his daughter, Elizabeth Weatherbee Tarbell. In addition to his wife and daughter, he is survived by three sisters, Mary Ann MacLennan of Edina, MN, his twin sister Merideth DeLamarter of Concord, MA, and Joyce Morgan of Darien, CT, as well as a close circle of relatives including a brother-in-law, Douglas Adler of Washington, DC, and his family, and a sisterin-law, Mary Malhotra of New York City, and her family, and 17 nieces and nephews.

Jeffrey Leverett DeVeber ’63 Jeffrey Levertt DeVeber, age 70, of Acton, died Wednesday, August 12, 2015, at Spaulding Hospital in Cambridge. He was the devoted husband of Marjorie (Cox) DeVeber. Born in Newburyport, June 11, 1945, he was the son of the late Leverett H. and Ann (Kolomitsky) DeVeber. He was a 1963 graduate of Governor Dummer Academy. He received a B.S. Degree in mathematics from Tufts University in 1967 and was an engineer at Raytheon for forty years. He enjoyed being home and spending time with family along with his special feline companions, “Growl,” “Purr,” and grandkitten “Bellatrix.” In addition to his wife of 33 years, he is survived by two children, Lesley A. DeVeber of Somerville, and Laura E. DeVeber of Oakland, CA; a sister, Janet DeVeber Marlan and her husband, Stanton of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; a nephew, Brandon I. Marlan of Los Angeles, California; and two nieces, Dawn A. Marlan-Librett of Eugene, Oregon, and Tori S. Marlan of Montreal.

Gary Whitford ’63 Gary Alden Whitford, 53, a Moon Township resident, died Sunday, July 4, 1999, in his residence. Born September 3, 1945, in Lewiston, Maine, a son of the late Stanley Milton and Muriel Blodgett Whitford, he was a mechanical engineer for Voest-Alpine Industries, and was previously employed by Stone and Webster Engineering Corporation, Boston, Massachusetts. He was a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh; a member of the House of Prayer Lutheran Church, and the Porsche Car Club of America. He was survived by his beloved wife,

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Linda Treatafellow Whitford (U.S. Navy), and his brother and sister-in-law, Alan and Linda Whitford, Byfield, Maine.

Richard L. MacLeod ’66 Richard MacLeod died at his home in Boulder, Colorado. MacLeod was a former manager for the historic Boulder Theater, and he wrote under the name Dark Cloud for the Colorado Daily and other publications. He used the same moniker in offering weekly Wednesday commentaries at KGNU radio, dating as far back as 1981. MacLeod also maintained the Dark Endeavors website, where his past writings were archived and he still held forth regularly under the heading “The Boulder Lout.” “He was an institution at KGNU and very much a part of our community culture, and he will be sorely missed,” said Nikki Kayser, the station’s membership director. MacLeod was born in New Bedford, Massachusetts, the youngest of four boys. He attended The Governor’s Academy in Massachusetts, followed by Rollins College, in Winter Park, Florida. MacLeod is survived, in addition to his brother Bill, by two other brothers, Joseph MacLeod and his wife, Carolyn, of Westborough, Massachusetts, and Robert MacLeod and his wife, Carol, of Cape Porpoise, Maine, as well as many nieces and nephews.

Charles D. Estes ’66 Born in Frankfurt, Germany and raised on Air Force bases around the US, Charles Dickson Estes lived in Washington, DC, for the last 50 years of his life. He died at home of a heart attack on January 31, 2015. Dear husband to Deborah; father of Catherine, Christine and Peter; stepdaughter

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Alison and son-in-law Jonathan; doting grandfather of Aidan and Annah. He is survived, as well, by his two elder brothers, Mike and Howell. He had a long career in the Senate, working as an Appropriations Subcommittee Staff Chair under Senator Byrd during the 1980s. After leaving the Senate, he worked as an energy consultant and cofounded his own companies, APLNG and Estes and Associates. An avid kayaker and passionate oenophile, he was never without a witticism or a pun. Philip Finn ’67 (as written by Ben Beach ’67) Philip Theiler Finn ’67 died July 28 at his home in New Castle, NH, apparently after suffering a heart attack. He was 65. Phil arrived at GDA in 1963 and shared the third floor of Mason Cottage with Andrew Nichols. “Phil was the best roommate anyone could have asked for,” said Andrew. “He became my best friend in the fall of 1963 and remained my best friend throughout the years that followed. He was beloved by my wife and children. We all cherish the moments we shared with him.” Phil was part of pony football’s “Elephant Backfield,” composed of four freshmen whose total weight was under 400 pounds. He soon discovered that his primary athletic talent was running, and “Flash Finn” became a valuable member of the cross country, winter track, and spring track teams. During his first autumn as a harrier, Phil played a major role in helping the team become GDA’s first cross country squad to compile a winning record. As a senior, Phil anchored a strong winter relay team, and at the B.A. A. Games in Boston he made what Coach Bill Sperry described as a “valiant” though unsuccessful effort to reel in Cheshire’s anchor in a race for third place. Phil co-captained

the spring track team with Rich Crawford and was a standout in the 880 and 1000. That fall he headed off to Coach Sperry’s alma mater, Gettysburg. After college, Phil landed in the Virgin Islands and worked on a charter yacht. Returning home, he began to work in retail inventory management. More important, in 1974 he married Jane Dalrymple, whom he had met at Gettysburg. His retail career began with Montgomery Ward, and he later worked for Casual Corner, Bradlees, and Martignetti Companies, the leading distributor of wine and spirits in New England. “My brother Carmine and I were always so proud to be represented by him,” Carl Martignetti said at Phil’s funeral. “So often he was the voice of reason in the company.” Phil had always hoped to find his way back to the Portsmouth area, and he steadily moved north from Crofton, MD, to Ridgewood, NJ, to Simsbury, CT, to Hingham, MA, and eventually to New Castle, NH. He and Jane bought and restored the Finn family home. “Phil worked tirelessly inside and out to care for and improve our home,” Jane said. But he was happiest on the water and especially loved sailing on the Piscataqua River and traveling to the Isles of Shoals. Phil is survived by Jane and their sons, Philip and Richard, and one granddaughter.

William “Bill” Widgery Thomas ’71 William ‘Bill’ Widgery Thomas, of Orofino, Idaho, passed away suddenly at his home on September 11, 2013. Bill was born on July 23, 1951, in Portland, the son of Widgery and Joanne Thomas. Bill enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1978 as a firefighter and later transitioned to become

a calibrations technician. He retired from the Army in 1994. Bill and his wife Bonnie drove long haul trucks for two years together and fell in love with each other, and then settled in Orofino where they have resided for seven years. Bill’s greatest joys were his HO model train collection and his gun collection. He was very excited for his first year of elk hunting. Bill was a very loving husband and father. He was very proud of his family and loved them all very much. He also came to love his Orofino family. Bill served as Vice Quartermaster at the local VFW Post #3296 as a lifetime member. In all ventures of life he served as a proud and true American. Bill was predeceased by his mother in 2008; and his brother Charles in 1983. Bill is survived by his wife of 14 years, Bonnie Thomas of Orofino, Idaho; his father Widgery Thomas of Scarborough; his children, Joshua Thomas of Spokane, Wash., Erin Holcome of Centennial, Colo., and SSgt. Nathan and his wife Jessica Thomas currently serving in the U.S. Air Force stationed in Washington, D.C.; his brothers, Peter and his wife Roxanne Thomas of Yarmouth, Jack and his wife Susan Thomas of Cumberland, and a sister Gay and her husband Nick Sampson of Yarmouth. Bill was also a proud grandfather of three grandchildren, Shannon, Hailey, Jace and a fourth, Abigail due January 2014. He will be greatly missed and by his family and many friends.

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Robert M. Murphy ’72 Robert M. (Bob) Murphy, of North Andover, MA, died at Brigham & Women’s Hospital in Boston, MA surrounded by family and friends on Wednesday, May 6, 2015, from complications related to his treatments for cancer. Born on May 1, 1953, Bob was the youngest son of the late Edwin C. and Elizabeth G. (Garvey) Murphy of North Andover, MA. He is survived by his wife, Anne Pollard Murphy; his two children, Jilian Murphy of Boston, MA, and Gregory Murphy of Medford, MA; as well as his siblings, Edwin C. Murphy, Jr. of Port Angeles, WA; J. Richard Murphy and his wife, Karen Dunnett of Boston, MA; Susan M. Brown and her husband, Harold M. Brown of Warrenton, OR; and Stephen B. Murphy and his wife, Noël Murphy of Reston, VA. His sister, Ann Marie Murphy of North Andover, MA preceded him in death in 1973. A lifelong resident of North Andover, Bob graduated from Governor Dummer Academy in South Byfield, MA, and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Eisenhower College in New York. Bob continued the family banking tradition first at the family’s institution, Arlington Trust Company of Lawrence, MA, followed by senior positions at Enterprise Bank and Trust Company headquartered in Lowell, MA, the Merrimack Valley Credit Union headquartered in Lawrence, MA, and most recently the Salem Cooperative Bank headquartered in Salem, NH. Bob was known by many as a kind and generous man always ready with a smile and a joke. He loved life and especially the

many days spent with family and friends at his favorite location, the family beach house at Rye Beach, NH.

Elwood “Woody” Johnston ’75 Ellwood Milton Johnston, Jr., more fondly known by friends and family as “Woody,” passed away on Wednesday June 24, 2015 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was 59. Born in Philadelphia, on October 27, 1955 to Betty Jean Mauney and Ellwood Milton Johnston, Woody attended Governor’s Academy in Byfield, Massachusetts as a young man before returning home to complete his studies at Germantown High School where he graduated in 1974. He returned to Massachusetts in the fall of that year to begin course work at Northeastern University in Boston. There his personality and spirit quickly blossomed as he took to the radio air beginning his career in the music industry as a “Disc jockey” at WRBB “Soul’s Place.” While in Boston, Woody met a Harvard University graduate student named Al Haymon, who shared a similar passion in entertainment management. Several years would pass before the two began working together. Woody’s big break in the music industry started back in Philadelphia where he was completing a short stint at KYW-TV. The musical group Sister Sledge called upon

him to assist with one of their upcoming tours and Woody jumped at the opportunity. After living in Philadelphia for many years, Woody made the transition to Los Angeles, CA to continue his love and passion for the music industry. In the years that followed Woody went on to work with some of the top artists in the country as production and tour manager for Patti Labelle, The O’Jays, Maze featuring Frankie Beverly, Atlantic Star, New Edition, Eddie Murphy, El Debarge, Freddie Jackson, TLC, Babyface, Gerald Levert, Anita Baker, En Vogue, MC Hammer, The Isley Brothers, Mary J Blige, and Teena Marie to name a few. Woody was a dedicated individual who loved music and who was passionate about the entertainment industry. He was an active, dedicated, and life member of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. where he pledged the Mighty Tau Tau chapter in Compton, CA., and he continued to work locally for the Nu Omega chapter. Woody is lovingly remembered by his mother Betty Mauney of Charlotte, NC, Stepmother Olivia Johnston of Belchertown, MA, four siblings, Cathy, Kenneth, Haile, and Keir Johnston; four nieces, Machere, Jihan, Cecilia and Isabella Johnston; three nephews, Davon Smith, Jr., Alejandro and Nicolas Johnston; Sister-in-law, Tatiana Granados; three aunts, Patricia Mudd, Barbara Conway and Esther Johnston; Woody also leaves behind a host of beloved family and friends.

mother Katherine Stirling Dow; his brother Michael S. Dow; his uncle Thomas Luke Stirling; his cousins Peter Freeman, Rachel Dow, Courtney Dow LaBonte, and Laura Stirling; and by a multitude of friends. Born October 16, 1964 at Lawrence General Hospital, David grew up in Andover, attending Bancroft Elementary and East Junior High, and Governor Dummer Academy before earning a BA in history at Bradford College. Professionally, he worked for Knight Tuition Payment Plans from 1988 to 1995 and then for Putnam Investments from 1996 to 2009. Over the past few years, he divided his time between caring for his ailing parents and learning to paint, which he did with increasing skill and grace. David was a quiet, reserved person, who listened attentively, spoke carefully, and thought deeply. He was kind and generous whenever possible, and profoundly appreciated the many friends he made at work and through his support for the arts. David was a member of the Andover Artists Guild, the Museum Of Fine Arts, the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, the Boston Atheneum, and the American Civil Liberties Union, as well a donor to many liberal causes and an avid fan of the Professional Left and Stephanie Miller. Along with his brother, he was part of owner of Modern Myths Comics & Games in Northampton, MA and Mamaroneck, NY.

Alexander Gurfeyn ’09 No details available.

David S. Dow ’83 Age 50, died on Monday, August 17, 2015 in his home on Hidden Road in Andover, MA, following a long battle with stomach cancer. Mr. Dow is survived by his

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The

Schoolhouse Society Creating a better tomorrow by planning today.

The Governorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Academy was founded by the generous bequest of Governor William Dummer. Today, alumni, parents, and friends who share a deep commitment to the Academyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s future can continue this tradition by creating a planned gift. Planned gifts can make an immediate difference in the lives of our students by providing additional support and resources for the Academy. Planned gifts can be unrestricted or support specific areas or programing

For information and assistance on estate planning and becoming a Schoolhouse Society member, please contact Peter Bidstrup, Leadership and Planned Gifts Officer, at 978.465.1763.

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report from the chief financial officer The year ended June 30, 2015 finished with an operating surplus of $204,939, or 1.0% on a $19.8 million operating budget. On the revenue side, the majority of our income was from net tuition; however, increasingly important components of our revenues are endowment income and annual giving, which together account for 20% of that budget. Therefore, a significant amount of our operations budget is made possible by generous donor support, both past and present. The remainder of our revenues comes from miscellaneous income and auxiliary enterprises, especially summer programs. On the expense side, the majority, or 63%, is made of the salaries and benefits of our faculty and staff, with the remaining 37% being comprised of department budgets, dining, facilities operations, energy, and our facility use charge. The record 2014â&#x20AC;&#x201C;15 winter had a real impact on labor and energy consumption which exceeded our budgets for the year; fortunately, department heads did fine work to manage under their budgets to offset this. In capital spending, we expended over $1.3 million in the renewal of Academy facilities, equipment, and technology. Our endowment at June 30, 2014 was $69.6 million, and our market return was 1.95% in a challenging year for investments and endowments. The board also allocated quasi-endowment or unrestricted funds to purchase real estate adjacent to the campus. Overall, we had a good finish to the 2014 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 15 year and are off to a promising start for fiscal year 2016. Christopher V. Wejchert Chief Financial Officer

REVENUES

EXPENSES

n Net Tuition $14,483,951

n Annual Fund $1,902,937

10%

n Endowment Draw $1,957,861

72%

n Other Revenue $ 1,679,272

TOTAL $20,024,021

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n Other Operating $5,076,429 n Benefits $2,933,326

15%

10%

n Salaries $ 9,548,372

48% 26%

n Facilities Use Charge $1,175,000 n Energy 1,085,955

TOTAL $19,819,082

2014 – 15 FISCAL YEAR

Thank you to our alumni, families, and friends for their generous financial support during our 2015 fiscal year. This year’s annual report can be viewed by visiting: www.thegovernorsacademy.org/FY15annualreport Access code: ThankYou If you would like a hard copy of the report mailed to you, please contact Meredith O’Donnell in the Office of Advancement at 978.499.3283 or modonnell@govsacademy.org.

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L L A ! S G R N E I T L S L CA W PO O H S The main stage theater of the Wilkie Center for the Performing Arts was recently named the Theodore G. Bergmann Theater in memory of one of our esteemed graduates. As part of this dedication, faculty member and Technical Theater Director, Joe Repczynski, collected and framed over 120 concert and show posters for an exhibit in the Remis Lobby. These posters represent the myriad of performances given in the Wilkie since it opened in December of 2001. As we now plan for a new gallery exhibit, the posters are being displayed throughout the building as a historic celebration of the creativity, hard work, and artistic vision of our student body and alumni. All new shows will be framed and added to the collection.

How can you help? We are still missing dance show posters from the early 2000’s, and also looking for concert/play/show/dance/guild/recital/ candlelight service posters for any and all performances throughout the Academy’s history. If you have one that you can’t part with, we would love to create a reproduction for the collection. With your additional poster art, this permanent display will better represent the schools’ vast performing arts history including the Thompson Theater years and beyond. Dig through the back of your closet, open that dusty old box, throw open your Governors steamer trunk and send your show posters (whatever the condition) to: Joe Repczynski The Governors Academy Wilkie Center for the Performing Arts 1 Elm Street Byfield, MA 01922 or email at: jrepczynski@govsacademy.org.

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CLASS NOTES 1943 BEN BREWSTER 88 Warren Avenue Plymouth, MA 02360-2428 (508) 746-1306 benbbrew@comcast.net Ben Brewster writes: The Brewster clan is well and, probably like some of you, celebrating a 90th. Be well and think kindly of the olde school.

1944 STEVE KAUFFMAN 3004 Larkspur Run Williamsburg, VA 23185-3765 steve1926@me.com Homer L. Gibbs writes: “Life is, has been, good! At 89 years of age, I report no stints, no new joints, a blood pressure of 130/60. Still out riding- no tickets or accidents in more than 20 years! I live on the coast of Maine in the Boothbay Harbor area. I retired in 1981; my wife passed away in 1991. I still enjoy eating, drinking, parties, and boating! Steve Kauffman writes: The other day I said to my young wife (87), “We’re getting old.” She said, “No, we are old.” But, unlike some, we are still looking down on the grass. I started an autobiography a few years ago and called it Seventy Something. Then it became Eighty Something. Next year it may become Ninety Something. I need to spend time on it to update it. I also have to finish my book, Some Fundamentals of Management. Trouble is I have too many other projects. Maybe in anticipation of an untimely death, I’ll focus on the two books. Not planning on dying soon, though. I’m healthy and shooting for 100. Who knows? I came close to dying five years ago with a dissected aorta. After an MRI and the doctor telling me I had a life threatening condition, they treated me to a helicopter ride to the hospital for a six-hour operation. After hospitalcaused double pneumonia and 100 days recovering, I’m healthy. I keep thinking the Lord is keeping me alive for some reason. So, I just keep thinking. I think that helps me stay alive and hanging in there. “Hang by your thumbs and write, when you get work.” Remember Bob and Ray signing off on the radio? Jim Waugh writes: “Last year I had the honor of being inducted into the Groton School Athletic Hall

of Fame. I would like to take this occasion to thank Mike Moonves, somewhat belatedly, in as much as the baseball games I won against my alma mater while he was my opposing coach may well have put me over the top with the election committee.” Malcolm von Saltza shares this news: “Here am I, last of a family generation still standing after record snows, swarms of disease-bearing ticks, and apple-stealing porcupine. Reading groups in American history and Shakespeare help keep the mind churning. A born optimist, I am resisting a slide into pessimism. Four children, five grandchildren, and one great granddaughter, all in the middle class except for one who has climbed above. Having lived this long and still healthy, my budget is tight, but spirits good. Best wishes to classmates.” Nathaniel Dummer writes: “Last April 7, 2015, I had a total knee replacement on my left knee. 20 years ago the right knee was replaced. A matched pair! A month later, in May, I had my 90th birthday. Millie and I celebrated our 67th wedding anniversary June 4, 2015.” And finally, Court Cross shares: “Steve, your perseverance knows no bounds! My wife, Midge, of 63 years and I live on the shore of Lake Sunapee, in New London, New Hampshire, in the house we built 35 years ago. Our eight grandchildren—seven of these boys—have all earned college degrees and are gainfully employed. Only three are married and have produced four great grandchildren. My attraction for antique cars is still alive, but at a reduced rate, and our long tours are fond memories. Midge and I are both Breakaway by Ed Tarbell

ambulatory and live independently. We are grateful for our blessings. Ed Tarbell’s J/36 sailboat Breakaway recently won the 64th edition of the Maine Retired Skippers Race. Ed recently gave the sailboat to the Maine Maritime Academy in memory of his son, a 1982 graduate of MMA. Ed skippered the sailboat during this race.

1945 Bill Hale returned to South Byfield to celebrate the Class of 1945’s 70th Reunion!

1946 BILL SILVER 10 Edgewater Drive, 5G Coral Gables, FL 33133 305.665.5124 Home 786.423.1122 Cell billsilver@comcast.net I have been busy with our great granddaughter, Violet, and there is another one on the way. I have just added Monroe County (Florida Keys) to my forensic dental venues, in addition to Miami/ Broward and Palm Beach, which should keep me busy. Tennis, anyone? I’m ready. Don’t forget our 70th Reunion coming up in June 2016!

SAVE THE DATE FOR

Reunion Weekend JUNE 10–12, 2016

1947 We would love to hear from you! Please contact Meredith O’Donnell in the Alumni Office: classnotes@govsacademy.org with news and events.

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1948 BOB SKEELE 111 Fenwood Drive Old Saybrook, CT 06475-3030 rbskeele@aol.com In June, the Academy welcomed George Bender, Bill Lindquist, Dunc McCallum and Bob Skeele for our 67th Reunion. Dunc came from far-away Detroit, beating Bill’s drive from Rangely, Maine, for the long-distance medal. We all met in the French Student Center and proceeded to the Phillips Building lawn for cocktails. At the buffet dinner we were joined by Pete Dunning ’51, son of Old Guard member Ed Dunning. Next day, we joined the march to the Wilkie Center for talks by Head of School Peter Quimby ’85 and key staff members of the Alumni Office, followed by lunch in the large reception area of the Whiston • Bragdon hockey rink. The Academy grounds looked magnificent in the lovely spring weather. An email from Fred Beaudry recommends “a good page turner: The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown, a true story about nine boys crewing at U. Washington, aiming for gold at the 1936 Olympics in Germany. Not to give too much away, but much of the focus is on the hardship endured, the difficulty in affording tuition during the depression, and character building. Enjoy!” My last plea for news evidently sounded so pathetic that Dick Palais began his response saying “OK, OK!” Actually, I think Dick is so faithful a reporter to these columns that he really deserves all these fabulous vacations. He writes, “In June, my wife, Chuu-lian Terng, retired as Professor of Math at UC Irvine and, to celebrate, we decided to spend July traveling in Europe. As such things go, our plans kept expanding, so that after a 12 day Mediterranean cruise (Barcelona, Monte Carlo, Florence, Rome, Pompei, Mykonos, Istanbul, Athens, Venice) we passed a week in Paris in a rented apartment in the Marais with old friends from Bonn, and then after a few days in Amsterdam we spent a week in England at a math conference. It was a fun month, but as exhausting as it sounds and we were glad to get home. Let me make one recommendation for anyone planning a trip to Amsterdam. As usual we spent a lot of time in art museums on this trip, but our visit to the newly refurbished Rijksmuseum was so outstanding that I would rate it right up there with my old favorite, the Musée D’Orsay in Paris.” Bill Elliot wrote from California that in late April he visited Ken Bruce and they had a nice day together at Ken’s place in Naples, FL. Bill has completed his practice of orthopedic surgery and enjoys living and playing in the Sierra Nevada foothills. Your scribe has recently finished the tenth and last of David McCullough’s excellent books—The Wright Brothers. It is shorter and possibly less historically compelling than his bigger works such as John Adams and Truman. However, it remains a wonderful story of a simpler era—of two modest mechanics wearing coats and ties in their Dayton bicycle shop. Despite the inevitable 50

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setbacks, Orville and Wilbur remained steady in pursuing their mission of flight. They studied the airfoil properties of birds’ wings, constructed a small wind tunnel, built many different versions of their “Flyer,” and stuck to the job until they achieved success in the air, eventually receiving recognition, world fame, and finally great financial success. I continue to recommend In Byfield Days. The Academy’s 200-page 250th anniversary book, appearing in 2013, is a superb collection of excellent photos and well-written historical narrative about GDA starting more than a century before 1763 and continuing right up to now, including chapters on how Dr. Ingham (Head, 1907 to 1930) rescued the school from life support, and how Ted Eames invigorated and grew the school, gaining financial support despite the Depression and notably recruiting faculty such as Sager, Navins, Stone, Mercer, Murphy, and Dunning. The book is well worth its $35 cost.

1949 MANSON HALL PO Box 328 349 Whidah Road North Chatham, MA 02650-0328 kenneyhall@hotmail.com Charley Arnold called recently. My own—and perhaps your—memories of him include his piano playing before evening meetings and as an accompanist for the glee club. Charley lives in Boulder, Colorado now, but after GDA he attended Colgate University and majored in music with a keen interest in choral directing. I am not sure of the timing, but Charlie at some point earned a master’s degree at New York University again in choral directing. He spent time in the U. S. Army, in the Transportation Corps at Newport News, Virginia, with his wife, Kathy. She was an art major in college and taught English for many years. Charley spent his career teaching and directing choral groups at the secondary and college level. He and Kathy are Reunion 2015 photo of members of the Class of 1950 at the Governors Feast. Seated, from right to left: Charlie Bowen, Dick McCoy, Judy McCoy, Calvine Bowen, Claudie Minnott, Art Withington, and Tim Green. Standing, from right to left: Karen Goddard, Bob Goddard, Marc am Rein, and Annette Withington

about to celebrate their 61st wedding anniversary. As we spoke, Charley mentioned that he was about to have a close reunion with one of his very special former students: Billy Joel. It was very clear to me that music has been the central and the most satisfying focus of his life, after that of his marriage. He remembers GDA as providing “good teaching” and time to mature. Your secretary, and his wife Ann, have just returned from a week at The Chautauqua Institute in New York. Chautauqua used to be a retreat for Methodists in the 1880’s and 1890’s. It has morphed into a cultural community sponsoring a symphony, theater company and outstanding lectures, this year focused on the Middle East with speakers from various Middle Eastern countries, former U.S. ambassadors, and journalists. We get our minds stimulated each year with the discussions that follow the lectures. I received two notes from my effort to dig up news from classmates. Kim Page writes, “After two months of increased loss of energy, less breath, I was hauled off by ambulance to Brunswick. Emergency found that I was very low -about 38 on my pulse. After two days there, I received a pacemaker. What a difference it has made! Sleep well and taking part in local activities again! Yeah!” (I suspect that other classmates who have pacemakers fully understand Kim’s sense of relief.) And Bud Frame writes, “Big family wedding on the West Coast for Ryan Frame (grandson) and Polina, an attorney for Apple. Big summer at Canandaigua Lake (fourth largest of the New York Finger lakes) with an incredible new Hobbie Kyak operated by your feet, not rowing! Really neat. A granddaughter has a new farm in Maine—very exciting—with her husband and Linud our first great grandson!” (Are we really that old that we have great grand kids? Not me!). Bud actually sent two cards back to me, one written some months ago but mislaid. In one of the cards he mentions: a grandson off to a National Outdoor Leadership School for two weeks in Idaho; Bud Frame off to Santiago, Chile, for a week of daily golf; Peggy and I just home from a week-long JAZZ cruise in the Gulf of Mexico and a few days in Vero Beach, where the temp never was over 68 degrees; walked the beach in sunny but windy weather, but never considered swimming! Lost my brother and sister-in-law within five days of each other—this has been a tough season for losing close friends! ‘Thinning the herd!’ Warmest regards.” Once again I must report the passing of one of our classmates, William L. “Bill” Chamberlin. Bill died March 16, 2015. I remember Bill on both the football and lacrosse field. He was a stalwart athlete. (He was obviously a good student, too, in order to gain entrance to Dartmouth.) Bill played four years of football at Dartmouth and graduated in 1953. More importantly Bill was the winner of the Morse Flag as the outstanding member of our graduating class. After Dartmouth, Bill worked for the family’s garage door business, Hudson Door Co., and later as co-owner and operator of Granddad’s Toy Shop both in Franklin, New Hampshire. He spent time fundraising for Dartmouth’s Hitchcock Hospital as well as for our class at GDA. He is survived by his dear Peggy, four children, and five grandchildren.

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1950 BOB GODDARD 330 Short Beach Road, #F3 East Haven, CT 06512-3539 bob.goddard2012@gmail.com Bob Cushman joined us at Ruth Yesair’s beautiful home tucked in the woods at an ideal setting a couple of miles from campus. Recently I have talked to Art Withington, Tim Greene, Bob Squire, and Al Flynn, who says that Bill Rex is doing well. All are doing well, except for old-age aches and pains. Charlie Bowen of course is off on another cruise. The following classmates joined us for Reunion Weekend: Marc am Rhein, Bob Cushman, Bob Goddard, Charlie Bowen, Tim Greene, Dick McCoy, and Art Withington.

1951 TED BARROWS 6 Steeplechase Way Southern Pines, NC 28387-2941 401.254.1909 Ted and Jackie Barrows thor oughly enjoyed the early Reunion in June. The entire weekend was magical. A very special thank you to David and Woodie Pope for their kind hospitality. It is always a pleasure to join the class at the Pope’s home for a traditional “finger-lick” lobster feast. If anyone is a golf nut and visiting the Southern Pines, N.C., area, please give us a call at 910.246.0991. Best wishes to the class of 1951.

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1952 We are actively seeking someone to fill the class secretary role for your class. This role involves collecting class news to share with the Archon editor twice a year, and serving as a liaison between your classmates and the Alumni Office to assist in sharing alumni event information and Academy news with all of you. This is a great way to stay connected to your classmates, and to give back to the Academy. Contact Amy Swiniarski at alumni@govsacademy.org if you are interested in filling this role. In the meantime, please keep your class news coming! Email celebrations and news to classnotes@govsacademy.org for inclusion in the Spring 2016 Archon. We would love to hear from you! Please contact Meredith O’Donnell in the Alumni Office: classnotes@govsacademy.org with news and events.

1953 FRANK DOW 33 Erie Avenue Newburyport, MA 01950-1703 fbdow1935@yahoo.com DICK MARR 28 Union Field Road PO Box 823 Truro, MA 02666-0832 rmarr2748@aol.com Don Tracy’s words are thoughtful and close to home for all of us. “Most of us have attained a milestone by reaching age 80. Not as easy as life at age 50; however, we have an advantage. Often, when meeting someone of our age, I like to ask the question, ‘If you could choose any decade in which to

On campus at The Governor’s Academy. Back row: Woodie Pope and Jackie Barrows. Front row: David Pope ’51, Ted Barrows ’51, and Ken Bistany ’51. Ted Barrows writes: “What a handsome group of young men!” Photograph taken by Yolanda Bistany

John Perrigo ’54 visited campus this past spring.

again be a teenager into your early twenties, which would you choose?’ I think I have heard at least one hundred responses, all immediately saying ‘The 50’s’. Isn’t that true? My wife and I are enjoying life on the Maine coast in Rockport. Most of our family lives locally, all married. One daughter and her husband built an apartment as an addition to our home. We feel well cared for with plenty of help on chores around the house. They added a nice fire pit for gatherings on summer evenings. We have another daughter with our seven-yearold grandson; both of them join us for dinner almost every night. How nice to have a table usually set with four place settings! We seem to be having more fresh-caught fish for dinner, as our grandson has a big interest in fishing. We enjoyed fresh squid one evening and a taste of eel another night. All this proves we can still have fun at 80. Our youngest son and his wife live in Arizona, but we’re hoping the summer heat will eventually bring them back to Maine. Visiting there is fun except for the red-eye flights from Boston to Phoenix! Remember the comfort of commercial flights a few decades ago? Remember when everyone’s phone was left at home because it was attached to a cord to the wall and a very polite lady responded to your calling? However, I do greatly appreciate my tablet and Google that answers all my questions about this life in the year of 2015.” Aside from the squid and eel, Don, I’d say you have found the Holy Grail. Newt Hyslop writes that he is looking forward to celebrating his 80th birthday on October 14. He will be with his granddaughter, Catherine Olivia Hyslop. What a great way to celebrate the big day, Newt!!! Windy Gale writes that “this past year Nancy and I enjoyed a wonderful cruise to the Scandinavian countries. Such happy people! We are enjoying our three kids, six grandkids, and 2 ½(?) great grandkids, all of whom bring great joy. I have many great memories of helpful faculty, the undefeated mile run, the butt club, the glee club, the dances, and I thank all of you for these wonderful experiences. As for the Marrs, we have spent a pleasant summer on Cape Cod with over a month of family members visiting Truro (14 of a potential 15 in the clan). Beautiful weather, softball, tennis, aqua classes, walking with or without the dog, reading on the beach, and rehab have kept us busy. We are in the process of heading back to North Carolina where we will be looking forward to a big Christmas week family celebration in St. Lucia for all 17 Marrs. Tucker Marr ’15 has settled into his freshman year at B.C. Two granddaughters are at Williams, one at Hamilton, a grandson in the University of Washington system, two granddaughters in grade 12, and the youngest of the pack in grade 11. We are truly blessed! If not for Windy and Don, my first three ’53 Archon notes would be barren. I hope more of you folks will take a few minutes to email me at any time, while it is fresh, what’s going on in your world (rmarr2748@ aol.com) For some, that might be easier than those tiny little postcards that get misplaced! As my wife kindly said to me on 3/12/15, I hope you enjoy the first day of your 80th year! Dick Marr The Archon | Fall 2015

1954 We are actively seeking someone to fill the class secretary role for your class. This role involves collecting class news to share with the Archon editor twice a year, and serving as a liaison between your classmates and the Alumni Office to assist in sharing alumni event information and Academy news with all of you. This is a great way to stay connected to your classmates, and to give back to the Academy. Contact Amy Swiniarski at alumni@govsacademy.org if you are interested in filling this role. In the meantime, please keep your class news coming! Email celebrations and news to classnotes@govsacademy.org for inclusion in the Spring 2016 Archon.

1955 GEORGE GARDNER 10 Winnatuxett Beach Road PO Box 32 Mattapoisett, MA 02739-2127 george.gardner3@gmail.com Phil Angell, Chris Beebe, Bill Friend, George Gardner, Jack Pallotta, Peter Scott, Fred Scribner, Rick Sears, Bill Stone, Roger Tompkins, Bowen Tucker, and Fred Young, along with wives and companions, had an enjoyable lunch on the Saturday of our 60th Reunion. We all reminisced about our time at GDA and talked about our current lives. We wish more of you could have attended. Phil Angell reports that he and his wife Rosie last winter moved to a townhouse on the next street in Venice, Florida. Peter Littlefield and his wife Phyllis celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on September 3. They just moved to a retirement facility in Mystic, CT. In January 2015, Peter Scott moved to “Falcon Landing,” a continuing care facility for retired military officers in Potomac Falls, Virginia. In the fall he will take a canal trip in Burgundy, France, followed by a trip on the Orient Express from Paris to Venice. The Alumni office has the details of the new addressees of our peripatetic classmates.

1956 JAMES DEAN 140 Pepperell Road Kittery Point, Maine 03905 Herb Hodos shares this news: Herb was named the 2015 recipient of the Alumni Council’s Non Sibi Sed Aliis Award. This award was established in 2014 and is bestowed upon an alumnus who has brought pride to the Academy by embodying the spirit of the school motto, Non Sibi Sed Aliis, not for self but for others. He was a fine judge in Greenfield, MA, and has done mountains of charitable work in the area. Tony Hawthorne had success with his first novel published in 2014, Silent Suspect. He received fine reviews for its intriguing story. Tony is currently serving on the Alumni Council and is the Chair of the Bay Area Alumni Network. Tony Miller had heart surgery one year ago and is doing well. He has a granddaughter at the University of Kansas doing work in American Studies. Finally, Chuck Duncan has changed residences. He can now be found at Edgewood Retirement Community, Unit 3111, 575 Osgood Street, North Andover, MA 01845; 978.984.7175. SAVE THE DATE FOR

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1958 We would love to hear from you! Please contact Meredith O’Donnell in the Alumni Office: classnotes@govsacademy.org with news and events.

We are actively seeking someone to fill the class secretary role for your class. This role involves collecting class news to share with the Archon editor twice a year, and serving as a liaison between your classmates and the Alumni Office to assist in sharing alumni event information and Academy news with all of you. This is a great way to stay connected to your classmates, and to give back to the Academy. Contact Amy Swiniarski at alumni@govsacademy.org if you are interested in filling this role. In the meantime, please keep your class news coming! Email celebrations and news to classnotes@govsacademy.org for inclusion in the Spring 2016 Archon.

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LYMAN COUSENS 4 Goodhue Road Boscawen, NH 03303-2500 lymancousens@comcast.net

RANDY LIGHT 13 Willow Place Cazenovia, NY 13035-1210 clight@twcny.rr.com

Lyman Cousens writes: “I had a nice lunch with Ned Beebe ’57 recently, in recognition of his service as a board member for the Lakes Region Boys and Girls Club and New England College. Doris and I had the pleasure of a very nice visit with

Thanks to Brian Marsh for igniting, to put it mildly, the 1959 Class Notes for this issue of the Archon. His response of “What are Red Sox?” to my emailed solicitation to classmates for news for this

1956 Jim Dean, George Widge Needham, Hunt Blatchford

Jeff Fitts ’57 and his wife, Sandy, at their lovely home in Wolfeboro. Jeff and I played a round of golf earlier in the summer and I am sure he could still give Charlie Volpone ’55 a run for his money. Other than that, not much news from fellow ’57 classmates, which, given our Old Guard status, may be a good thing.

Geoff ’57 and Sandy Fitts with Lyman ’57 and Doris Cousens after lunch in Wolfeboro, N. H. Note: Geoff paid

CLASS NOTES issue of the Archon led to a multitude of replies. Some were in answer to his question, and some related to other subjects. The exchange of emails among classmates at times rivaled Comedy Central. If you are not on the Class of 1959 email list, I would again encourage you to get on the list by sending me or the school your email address. The future exchange of emails for the 1959 Class Notes for the 2016 Spring/Summer issue of The Archon should be interesting to say the least. Because of space constraints and because most of you have been a part of the exchange of emails for these Class Notes, I have abbreviated, consolidated or summarized many of the submitted responses. I apologize for my editorializing to all and particularly to those who are not on our class email list and consequently have missed the full exchange of emails. My editorializing admittedly does not do justice to the emails exchanged among classmates. My attempt nevertheless follows: In response to Brian’s (innocent?) inquiry about a Red Sox, Ferg Jansen asked: “What is Henley?” Charlie Eddy gave an answer, saying: “Thank you for mentioning Henley. Believe it or not, I rowed there a few years ago. In 1962 the Eastern Sprint Championship crew from the University of Pennsylvania with some tall blonde guy rowing at bow went to England to row at the Royal Henley Regatta in ‘The Grand Challenge Cup’ for championship eight-man crews…Unfortunately, we lost in the semi-finals to the prior year’s European champions. It was a wonderful experience for a country boy like me who was raised on the marshes of Duxbury, MA, and one that I will always remember. In 2012, FIFTY years later, my wife Susan and I were in England for the graduation of our younger daughter Jill from the Royal School of Speech and Drama with a masters in Musical Theater, and we were able to secure tickets in the ‘Enclosure’ at Henley. Those are seats for the Upper Class types like Brian. I don’t know how they let me in. Anyways, gentlemen must wear ties and jackets. Ladies must wear skirts below their knees and a hat. Unfortunately, my old Penn rowing blazer was no longer available to me, but I finally found a jacket large enough to cover my present expanse, so they let us in. The English are big on tradition, so it was like going back 50 years to see the grounds, the stands, the people and races just like it was 50 years before. The only difference is that the crowds are Charlie ’59 and Susan Eddy standing, Henley Regatta, Thames River

huge comparatively. My wife was stunned by the profusion of rowing blazers worn by oarsmen (men and women) of all ages in colors and styles that boggle the mind…This year we were back again for the graduation of our older daughter Elesse with an MBA from Cambridge University. It should be noted that Elesse rowed in the Downing College crew at Cambridge. Rowing genes run deep, I guess. Brian…should note that I have apparently raised a family of Anglophiles, and I am proud of them… Susan and I have lived for the past 30 years in… [Ferg’s] old home town of Hingham. I think it is quieter now than when…[Ferg was] living there.” Intertwined among the defense of the Red Sox offered by Courtney Bird and his mysterious “video enphrabulator” and by other classmates, the good-natured ribbing between Fred Huntress and Ferg Jansen, and the comments on the plight of Britain’s former American colonies, Peter Sherin raised the subject of retirement and the question as to who was Gabby Hayes. I will not get into the emailed comments about the identity of Gabby Hayes and those persons of a similar appearance. As to the issue of retirement, Howie Medwed responded: “I resonate with Pete Sherin’s retirement comment. I like what I do, practicing law…Still, I think of retirement as cutting back on hours and restricting much of my practice to elder statesman stuff…Retirement means leaving the office at 3 or 4 and staying away on Fridays and Mondays. Retirement also means spending more time with the grandkids, but we should remember that we have at least 20 years ahead of us if we take care of ourselves. This means not neglecting the life of the mind. Retirement is an opportunity to participate in politics without having an agenda other than the public good. I’m going to the Mass State Democratic Convention in two weeks as a delegate from the People’s Republic of Cambridge, and I expect to support a BidenWarren ticket. Adult education and online courses are another option. Travel combines entertainment, exercise and learning. Exercise is a necessary activity. Those of us who are coordinated enough to play golf (not me A Good Walk Spoiled) or tennis (also not me) can enjoy a more social exercise. As for me, it’s the gym and the machines. Family accomplishments also contribute. I have come to know many authors as a result of my wife Mameve’s published novels, essays and book reviews. My law professor son has given me insight into The Innocence Project, not to mention many of the legal issues of the day as a result of his position as the legal commentator for WGBH. We do not need to live in the past.” Alan Stone said: “I am not retired, nor do I intend to retire. Art dealers should get better as they get older. I remember you all, but after Roy Ohrn was let go and my offer of an endowed prize for excellence in European Studies was rather casually dismissed, I lost interest in The Governor’s Academy. I am sure that I may have been too abrupt, but so be it. My life with my wife revolves around the examination of the history of European Art; parochial, I know. But my distaste for so much of contemporary, popular and

so-called high culture makes it difficult to engage with the present except for family and friends. This may sound sniffy and…but I promise that I am not in the least angry or regretful. I think that from the tones of your notes we could have a bit to say to each other. Not… about politics, as I have become deeply pessimistic about the possibilities from American politics in the near run at least. Oddly enough, culturally, even if the so-called elite have only fitfully communicated its ideas and tastes to those it considers unenlightened, museums are full. It is just possible that the artifacts of past ‘high’ and ‘popular’ culture may have some relevance for the future. One of the problems of Democracy in the United States, (is that) the traditionally respected elites have abrogated too much leadership, confusing leadership for condescension. Walt Cannon said: “I am now well settled into the life of a retired surgeon. My wife Irene and I spent a month at our farm in Franklin, New Hampshire, with our four kids, three of their spouses and now 12 grandkids, ages six months to 14 years. The farm has a lot of tradition since my grandfather bought it about 104 years ago. We had a weekend get-together during our stay and over 60 relatives gathered for the event. The oldest relative is 104 years and the youngest was 6 months. It was lots of fun and fulfilling to see that many close relatives together reminiscing about the past and living in the present. I continue to restore and fly airplanes and gliders. There were two regional glider meets last summer. I actually won one day and was second on two other days.” Fred Huntress offered: “I thought this would be an easy assignment (retired HS teacher) but there is so much flying ‘stuff ’ in the air from some of my classmates!! We retired to Meredith, New Hampshire, in 1998 and are located at the north end of Lake Winnipesaukee. The four seasons keep us busy; water sports, skiing, golf, relaxation and a getaway last February to the Panhandle in Florida with our 28’ trailer and dog! My latest gig is now an official Tour Captain on Squam Lake in Holderness. We meet all sorts of people, watch the loons, and talk about the movie On Golden Pond! I want everyone to watch this movie (class assignment) and you will be quizzed on the details. First question…Who is Walter?…I hope we all are enjoying semi-retirement or full retirement and are in good health for the years ahead.” Topper Terhune kicked in: “As for me, I am not retired yet, but will probably be asked to leave the firm since I have done nothing this afternoon but read personal e-mails and ‘unblock’ Howard [Medwed] et. al, thus updating my address book so as not to miss any future missives from classmates. Other than that, playing a lot of golf (increasingly badly) and trout and bass fishing as often as possible.” Jonathan Wise said: “Refusing to retire from my Endocrine and Research Practice—I guess somewhat of a denial of aging plus I still love it. In my last book, The Decline and Fall of American Medicine, I did get a little personal and one can read it. Been very lucky with my most recent marriage (celebrated our 15th anniversary).” Tad Akin replied: “I am retired, and have been The Archon | Fall 2015

pursuing my passions at will. In the last year, I have been automating my home. I really enjoy learning about new technologies.” During the preparation of these class notes, the 14th anniversary of 9/11 occurred. The anniversary generated a number of observations from classmates. Among these observations, Howie Medwed touched upon the experience of his son and daughter-in-law who lived in Battery Park City next to the World Trade Center at the time of the attacks; Fred Huntress mentioned the loss of two of his students; Peter Bostwick from his “desert sanctuary” presented some cautionary thoughts about the future after the attacks; and Bob Pouch stated that on the anniversary he would join other “first responders” with whom he had worked on 9/11. Another anniversary that occurred was the tenth anniversary of the Katrina Hurricane. Jonathan Wise said: “did okay with Katrina in New Orleans, but lost my five bedroom house on the water at Bay St. Louis— about where Katrina made landfall. Nothing left but the foundation. All out to sea—amazing. But Katrina was a blessing for me. My daughter moved back to help; met a great guy and got married and now I have three great grandchildren in my hometown. A lot of luck!” The exchange of emails for these class notes resulted in responses from Bill Capel (on the class “repartee”); from Roy Nash and others on a proposed Class of 1959 fantasy football league; from Tad Adkin (“Glad all of you are well.”), Bob Pouch (“What a terrific outburst of voices from the Class of 1959. The soul of our class has arisen! Great to hear from everyone.”) Ray Ferris (classmates are still “going strong”); and from Peter Bostwick who said: “Wow! This rather eclectic exchange is as interesting as the class notes! I haven’t contributed anything for many moons just because life in the High Desert hasn’t been exciting enough to put pen to paper (or fingers to keyboard). Of course, if anyone thinks living with quail, rabbits, roadrunners and coyotes is newsworthy, I could make something up… just kidding.” Steve Volpone saw in the exchange of emails the “unleashing of a monster… most class participation since graduation.” At one point during the exchange, Steve counted more than 100 emails. Some members of the class, however, may have found favor in Charlie Langmaid’s cry for “Help” in the face of so many emails. (Charlie also said that he had been “kiting the summer away” in Hood River.) Roy Nash, Bob Pouch, and I, along with our wives, met for an enjoyable evening and dinner in Naples, Florida, last April. Unfortunately, none of us could make the Academy’s earlier function at a March Red Sox exhibition game in Fort Myers. We hope to meet again for dinner in April, 2016, and I will reiterate Roy’s invitation that we “would love to see any of you (and spouses) who might be in southern Florida that time of the year and can join us for dinner.” Roy further offered: “And Brian, if you attend, I’ll buy you a pair of Red Sox red socks.” Finally, as Topper Terhune said: “It IS good to hear from so many classmates and know that everyone’s just as sharp as ever.” [Now, Fred and Ferg, be kind to one another as to the last part of Topper’s statement.] 54

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1960 JOHN ELWELL 266 High Street Newburyport, MA 01950-3838 johnelwell@verizon.net John Slater writes: “Retirement life is still going well after 16 years! Off to the U.S. Tennis Open tomorrow for two days of sweltering heat and watching tennis players who actually know how to play the game that I’ve grown to love over the past 20 years. Then to Maine for a short biking trip and sightseeing the next week. A quick trip to NYC follows later in September. I just hope my health stays on the positive side and that all of you fellow 60’s graduates are able to enjoy the fruits of life as well.” John signed the mail: “Slats” and noted he hadn’t used or thought of that ‘name’ for a long time! Don Alexander writes that he and his wife, Barbara, are getting ready to head out to Montana to visit their daughter and her family. Unlike yours truly and a convoy, they are going the oldfashioned way: by plane. Don shared that he would love to drive. It’s a beautiful drive once you get by Chicago, if you are willing to go on some side roads. But not enough time. He has to be back to Maine mid-September. Heard from Rick Benner via an email and then a phone call! It was great to chat with Rick and share our different life experiences. Rick stated: “I am living (and have been for 35 years) in Charlottesville, VA. My wife and I moved to Virginia from Marblehead in 1980 where I accepted a position at University of Virginia in the office of Career Planning and Placement. That has been my career field for most of the time here in Charlottesville. I had a career odyssey prior to our move to Virginia, teaching at a prep school, sports writer, public relations, teacher/coach at an international school in France, business manager, political consultant. Unknowingly, this was all great preparation for career counseling! I have three children: Holly (38) is living in DC with family, my beautiful granddaughter Sage is 3, son Tom (32) is in San Francisco in computer field, Jack (24) is in Ann Arbor MI., in restaurant business. I’ve had two lovely wives, Pam and Ann. Ages withheld by request. I feel blessed in my life. My only wish is that Tom and Jack were not quite so far away.” In his email Rick also mentioned a dream he recently had about a soccer game our senior year at GDA. We’ll save that flashback for another Class Notes. That is all the notes this time, in part maybe because I had to get them in early as I am going on another convoy. I will be on the road until the end of October. This time the convoy goes from D.C. to San Diego via the Bankhead Highway, which rambles through many southern states. Slated to leave D.C. on September 19 and arrive in San Diego on October 17. The organization sponsoring and organizing the convoy is the MVPA…Military Vehicle Preservation Association. This is the same organization that ran the convoy to Alaska that I went on three years ago. Last time I had a civilian

truck and they allowed me to be in the military part of the convoy with my buddies. But this time they have a set rule that only military vehicles allowed in the military part of the convoy. Thus, a year and half ago I purchased a 1998 Chevrolet one-ton diesel military box van. Buying the truck on line is a story unto itself! I am in the process of outfitting the rig with a futon, sink, gas stove, refrigerator, and toilet. This weekend we finished spray painting the outside a military-like color blue. The truck on the convoy will be dedicated to Robert F. Rock, who died in the sinking of the USS Sims in the Battle of the Coral Sea during WWII. He is my uncle and died exactly one month after I was born. I just wanted you to know this mainly because my access to emails may be somewhat limited, but not as bad as the Alaska trip. I have purchased an IPad for the trip and also because I should have had one much sooner! I will try to take some pictures along the way and send them to you if you are interested. In the meantime the porch light may be on at 266 High Street, but I probably will not be there until November!

1961 TOM MERCER 5311 Edlen Drive Dallas, TX 75220-2101 tmercer@cerescap.net STEVE SAWYER 202 South Fileys Road Dillsburg, PA 17019-9563 stevesaw@comcast.net We would love to hear from you! Please contact Meredith O’Donnell in the Alumni Office: classnotes@govsacademy.org with news and events.

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1962 TOM TOBEY 1124 Marcussen Drive Menlo Park, CA 94022 ttobey@me.com The 50th Reunion for the Class of 1962 has since long passed, but life goes on for many in a variety of forums. Now that so many of us are truly retired and have faced the reality that the rest of your life is truly yours to do with as you wish, “What’s up?” From my perspective for most of you this doesn’t

CLASS NOTES mean a thing. You have your compass set and you are running downhill with little variation in your bearing. So many have reported that you now have more time for the grandchildren, more time to travel to some destinations that you have long had on your “bucket list,” or like me, who has completely lost my mind as we are building a house! Not remodeling, building from the dirt up. Are we nuts, news at 11. I doubt that many are sitting around twiddling your thumbs. But what are you doing? Hamilton Agnew seems to be his usual, peripatetic self, not skipping a beat. At one moment I hear from him that he is going to be in the San Francisco area and before I know it I have heard from him retelling his recent adventure visiting Darrell Hamric in Austin, TX. There surely is nothing more important today than staying in touch with friends whom you barely had time to get to know 50 years ago. There is no time like the present to pick up the phone, text a note to someone you haven’t communicated with or perhaps just email them to ask them how they are. The reality for many is that it is a blessing to have spare time because you have worked hard and deserve a break. Charlie Pyne and his wife, Betsy, have a new avocation in dog training. They are working with other couples, pairing up with a dog that they will eventually pass on to become a seeingeye or companion dog. It is very satisfying work and in most cases the dog doesn’t write a bad review. Great friends are hard to come by. Such was the case with Frank Bond. Just when we both began to have more time on our hands, some nasty disease crops up and puts an end the good time you were having. This was surely the case with the passing of Frank Bond and John Tarbell. Hardly a day goes by when thoughts of one of them runs through my mind when I see something or hear about something that tweaks a pleasant memory. God bless them. It has been pure pleasure to have become fast friends with Peter Butler and his wife, Marie, in the years since we graduated. They truly must be the most traveled among us. They live in a classic Marblehead cottage, and when they are home relaxing they surely are starting to re-pack for their next voyage. In a recent “check-in” I believe they were outlining a trip to South America. As for the one among us who may never retire I nominate Tim “Trees” McNally. The fact is that Tim and his life partner, Maureen Nicholsen, practically run the town double-handedly. I believe Tim is the Democratic Town Committee Chairman and Maureen is the Secretary. They run a tight ship. Here’s to them!! Just heard from Cyrus Hoover. Cy was in the US Army during the Vietnam era and continues to live in the Tulsa, Oklahoma area. He reported to me that he has been diagnosed with inoperable prostate cancer but is supported by family and by his faith. He is undergoing an experimental procedure to try to fight the cancer. It is hard to believe but something tweaked my brain a few days ago that I heard from Peter Buck a year ago, and we talked, but that was it. The thought just resurfaced. He said, “Lynda and I are headed up to Peaks Island, Maine, tomorrow for a two-week vacation. We have been to Bailey’s Island, Maine, the last two summers but decided to try Peaks, as some close friends

also vacation there. Sorry to say I will not have any opportunities to contact classmates this trip. I should have thought of it sooner. Recent events have been somewhat predictable. As you may know, I have a video business, Waterford Productions. Our oldest son, Jamie, was between jobs and agreed to leave Denver to help build the business. It has been spotty at best. However, we did spend 16 days in Togo, Africa, shooting, editing and authoring a two-hour DVD movie for a team associated with a missionary hospital there. The story was written by the Togolese team and was shot completely in French. I did not understand too many words but was able to shout, “arete!” (“cut!”). We worked very hard. Did 90 percent of the shooting the first two days we were there and spent the rest of the time editing, adding music and special effects, etc. We did leave a completed movie on DVDs behind when we left. We are now starting to put in the English subtitles. We are now trying to break into shooting video of standard bred yearlings that are going to the sales. It is quite exciting standing in the middle of a paddock with a wild horse running around. At one time I thought I might be slowing down and settling into a routine at this point in my life. I am so glad that is not the case.” Now that is a voice from the past for many of us. It made me think back to the day when we (Class of 1962) had our own celebrities in our midst with Andy Whittemore, Steve Blair and Peter Buck, better known in those days as “The Three Fifths.” I do get a photo or two here and there from Bob Snyder, the last one when he had a grandchild on his knee at a preschool event in Maine. Otherwise, Bob and his wife, Ellen, are tripping the life fantastic in Villa Sapphire at Pelican Key in the Bahamas. This is one way to spend some of your leisure time! While twiddling my thumbs a few minutes ago, I heard from an old college buddy who has lived the majority of his adult life in York, Maine. “Hey,” he said, “do you know Nick Strater?” As it happens, Nick and his family were the first family to invite me to come home with them for the weekend to their home in York at the beginning of my first year at GDA (1958!). And about things that harken back to 1958: I have been in some rather regular communication in recent days with A.C. “Pebble” Rock. “Peb” and I both were together at GDA and subsequently were fraternity brothers at Colgate University. We are in the midst of, as many of you are, working on our 50th college reunion. Can you imagine? I have been writing the class notes for GDA since 1977 (I think?), and the class notes for Colgate for more years than that! I am glad to say that the task of writing this column has largely been a labor of love; something that I actually look forward to doing. It also takes me back to a “comment card” I received from Mr. “Pops” Mercer in my sophomore year at GDA that described my writing as follows, “You are the most complete Mr. Malaprops I have ever encountered.” That comment has haunted me for all these years. I can now let it go. I have enjoyed the ride; unless there in one among you who would like a crack at it, let me know. Cheers.

1963 We are actively seeking someone to fill the class secretary role for your class. This role involves collecting class news to share with the Archon editor twice a year, and serving as a liaison between your classmates and the Alumni Office to assist in sharing alumni event information and Academy news with all of you. This is a great way to stay connected to your classmates, and to give back to the Academy. Contact Amy Swiniarski at alumni@ govsacademy.org if you are interested in filling this role. In the meantime, please keep your class news coming! Email celebrations and news to classnotes@govsacademy.org for inclusion in the Spring 2016 Archon. We would love to hear from you! Please contact Meredith O’Donnell in the Alumni Office: classnotes@govsacademy.org with news and events.

1964 DON BALSER 12 Hawkes Street Marblehead, MA 01945-3138 dsb-co@comcast.net From Reverend J. Lee Potter: “I am still 6’6’’, but greyer and heavier than when you saw me 51 years ago. You would recognize me by my height. Last year GDA (I still can’t call it that) sent a questionnaire for the Class of ’64 Reunion, which I completed. Someone from GDA rang to thank me for posting it. That was the last I have heard. Is it being made into a booklet? I have not received an Archon this year. I am still Rector of Christ Church and am a branch and national officer Prayer Book Society, of which I am the senior Canadian member. I head research for the British Commonwealth Alliance in the Dominion of Canada (BCA for short), a think tank based in Ottawa, and am Dominion Executive Officer. Thanks to maternal grandparents born in Lanceshire, I have had free entry to this country since May 1974 and have lived over here since September 1978. My wife, Elizabeth Victoria, is a dual national: U.S. by birth and British by naturalization. She was naturalized on a fast track in May 1999, because she was a member of an international organization (Inmarsat, now an international company) prior to 29 March 1999. FATCA has caught up with both of us. My Canadian passport is the only one I have ever held, and I ceased to be a U.S. citizen when I took the oath of allegiance to the queen of Canada. Our bank requires notification of country of birth, country of citizenship, and country of residence. FATCA is an extreme case of Uncle Sam’s extra-territoriality. My wife retired from Inmarsat in April 2014. She had been commuting to London, 40 miles away, since February 1983. We are 10 minutes from Leigh-on-Sea Station, which is on the London Fenchurch Street line. We are next to The Archon | Fall 2015

a bus stop and have free travel within England with our bus passes (for those 60 and over). If you cannot find Leigh-on-Sea on a map, it is near Southend on the Thames Estuary. According to The Times, Leighon-Sea is the fourth best place to live in the U.K. I was disappointed that my obituary of my father, J. Russell Potter ’37 (1918–2011) did not appear in the Archon. Perhaps mention of his pro-life activities did not go well with the politically correct. I have not been across the Atlantic since his last days.

1965 KEN LINBERG 6766B Del Playa Drive Isla Vista, CA 93117-4910 ken.linberg@gmail.com Well, short of wishing that even more of our class attended, I can’t really picture how our amazing 50th Reunion could have been any better, more enjoyable, or more special. The weather was perfect, the mosquitos were mercifully minimal, the Academy itself looked great, and the staff, students, and officials were simply terrific. But above all, the weekend proved magical because of how many of us showed up and took part. A precious assembly! Credit for this wonderful turnout goes directly to the efforts and powers of persuasion of the Reunion Committee consisting of Jeff Kane, Scott Magrane, Charles Dunton, Chester Parasco, Eric Shepard, Al Chase, Mark Starr, Peter Imber, and Ken Linberg. This group was bolstered by the efforts, ideas, and enthusiasm of Carol Dunton and The Governor’s Academy liason (officially, Director of Planned Giving and Stewardship) Martha Delay. This group has our collective thanks and gratitude for the outstanding attendance that itself served to amplify the magic of the event. Class VP Scott Magrane deserves special mention for his impressive success in twisting many arms in his exhorting this return to Byfield. Special acknowledgement is also due to our class chronicler Jeff Kane and Academy liaison Martha Delay for ably and artfully assembling the Class of ’65 50th Reunion Booklet that was ultimately included in each Registration Packet. Those two were working tirelessly on that document until the final day! Kudos also for all of you who submitted material for that project. In the end, what fun it all was! For me, it was wonderful seeing everyone reconnecting and witnessing how much everybody genuinely enjoyed being with one another again after all these years! I flew in from Santa Barbara nine days before the Reunion itself. I stayed with my sister-in-law and visited with my three nephews and their respective families. During this time I also was in periodic contact with Martha, Jeff, Charles and Chester. As it turned out, Chester had invited Class VP Russell Thomas to stay at his Jamaica Plain home for a few days before and after the Reunion, and Russ arrived from Austin on Wednesday to start things off, for us at least! On Friday the three of us left Boston in the early afternoon and headed north on Route 95, turning off on Route 1 to enjoy the memorable scenery on that 56

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stretch of road. We opted to have a late lunch at the iconic Agawam Diner in Rowley. A yummy plate of fried Ipswich clams complete with tummies (you can’t get these sweet, thin-shelled puppies in California!) for yours truly! Afterwards we made the short trek to Byfield and registered at the French Student Center on Middle Road across from the Frost Building. Several classmates had already picked up their packets. That was exciting to see! Most ’65ers staying on campus were assigned to the new and well-appointed Doggett dormitory, a women’s dorm behind Evans Cottage where the tennis courts used to be in our day. We drove there, transported our things to our rooms, gathered our wits, and then walked up to the tented area between the Phillips building and the Mansion house where the Governor’s Feast for all returning Classes was to be held. Many folks were already enjoying cocktails and greeting one another. Classmates already present included Jeff Kane, Eric Shepard, Phil Kan (who had flown in from London!), Tony Knapp, Al Chase, Scott Magrane, Peter and Jo Imber, Craig Johnson, and Dick Henry. Other classmates soon appeared including Peter Sargent, Dudley Glover and Jeri Jarsen, Mark and Karen Starr, Jim and Ellen McGuire, and finally Charles and Carol Dunton, their daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth Dunton Levine, and her vivacious and engaging 10 year old daughter Sydney Levine who hopes to attend the Academy a few years from now! We all had great fun reconnecting and sampling the savory and ample buffet along with the myriad libations provided by the Academy. After a very relaxed Feast, most classmates opted to reconvene in the common room on the 2nd floor of the Doggett Dorm where we hung for hours and enjoyed each other’s company, various forbidden fluids, and countless stories and recollections! Ultimately, the need for bed and rest forced an end to a really delightful get together. Reunion breakfasts start early! The morning found us breakfasting in the Alfond Dining Hall in the Phillips Building. To my knowledge, none of us participated in the Annual Pie race, but as a class we did gather near the Milestone mid-morning for the Parade of Classes. Who should join us at that hour and place but Richard Jack and John Mackenzie! After the requisite class photo, we paraded down to the Wilkie Center for the Performing Arts (which has replaced the old Thompson Arts Center—“House of Zelda”— pictured lovingly in both the front and back of our yearbook) for the Annual Meeting of the Alumni Association. Fittingly, there was a memorial tribute to our late Headmaster Val Wilkie who had passed away last year just before Christmas. At some point later in the meeting, our Class was applauded for having the greatest percent turnout and for having the alumnus coming the greatest distance—thanks Phil! Soon thereafter it was lunchtime and by then several additional classmates had arrived just in time for a second group photo; these included John Hill, Arnie Morton, Brad Dorsey, Brock Callen, and Steve Rolfe who had red-eyed from California after attending his son’s high school graduation that previous evening (what a trooper!). The Academy treated us to a champagne luncheon in the

handsome Duncan Phillips Library off the Cobb Room in the Phillips Building. Headmaster Peter Quimby ’85 and his wife Laurie joined us for that occasion, as well as, Director of Advancement, Bill Deptula. After this tasty, genteel and leisurely lunch, classmates scattered to attend various activities, tours, and presentations scheduled for the afternoon. In late afternoon we reconvened for more libations under the tent when yet another most welcome classmate arrived, Chris Pope and his wife, Norma Shaw. Also under the tent then were Dick Henry’s son, daughter-in-law and infant granddaughter whom I had enjoyed meeting earlier while meandering back on Middle Road from visiting the Parker River. Saturday evenings at these quinquennial gatherings are reserved for the individual class dinners that this year began at 7:00 p.m. following “cocktail hour” for all attendees under the abovementioned tents. Our sizable group was assigned the pleasing, window-rich Bragdon Reading Room in the Pescosolido library, a room facing out on the playing fields and track complex. Again, more great food and just a vibrant evening, not only with spontaneous and delightful outbursts and reenactments, but also with a third group photo, and memories galore. Per usual, the patient wait staff, no doubt drumming their collective fingers, had to endure the slow and reluctant leave-taking by our team, always the last to depart. Some, like Eric Shepard had a flight out of Logan at an ungodly hour for the return to his and Diane’s home and parishes in South Carolina. Several others had flights the next morning at the screech of dawn. Nonetheless, a stalwart bunch of ’65ers wended their way back to Doggett 2 for a festive if smaller group with several of the newly arrived classmates in the mix. Peter Sargent treated the throng to several fine bottles of wine that were savored along with all the reminiscing during our last late evening together. Knowing that morning would erupt soon enough, we ultimately bade each other goodnight, straightened up the common room we had animated, and retired. On Sunday a “Farewell Brunch” for all Reunioners still present was held back in the Alfond Dining Hall commencing at 8:00 a.m. This proved a sweet opportunity for remaining classmates to chat about the weekend and to promise to get together again. Afterwards Chester, Russell and I packed our things into Chester’s car, said heartfelt farewells, particularly to the Dunton entourage, and sped off towards Beantown and destinations in Jamaica Plain, Austin, and Santa Barbara. We all felt enriched by this solid Reunion. It truly mattered and meant so much. Finally, we cannot celebrate our GDA class of ’65 without honoring, remembering, and embracing the spirits of our classmates who have passed away. At the Saturday luncheon, Mark Starr rose to celebrate and recall these teammates, and read their names aloud. They included classmates who did not graduate with us—first of them, of course, being the beloved Timmy Whittemore, but including as well Page Bohaker, Sherby Carter, Greg Robinson, Chris Leary, Ben Vaughan, and Johnny Koutsos. We also salute our fallen fellow graduates, Class President Tim Browne, Borden Anderson, Bill Gromko,

CLASS NOTES John McNally, Art Cameron, Doug Hannon, and Dave Sullivan. Too many of our lads are gone. Let’s hope for a hiatus in this loss of classmates! And as Craig and others have asserted, we shouldn’t wait for another five years before assembling again.

1966 JIM CONNOLLY 47 Green Street Newburyport, MA 01950-2646 jc.connolly@verizon.net As some of you know, we lost two of our classmates this year. Many of you commented on their passing. In that regard, Roy Hope writes: “Sorry to hear about Charles Estes and Dick McCloud. You don’t think about your classmates for years. Then they’re gone. You remember them well. After all, we all spent quite a bit of time together. Those were good years. I finally retired from my General Surgery practice this past June. We sent our youngest, Edward, off to American University in Washington, DC. in August. We have done much traveling to Germany, Switzerland and the East Coast. We are finally back in Minnesota. We are looking forward to enjoying the routine of home.” Manly Applegate wrote to express his sorrow at the loss of his classmates and said he would probably be at our 50th Reunion. David Stevens wrote: “Very sorry to read about Dick McCleod, whom I remember so well for his utter devotion to the Kingston Trio.” Bob Vaughan reports from Lenox that he and his wife Kate have four children spread around in Brooklyn, Arlington, Minneapolis, and Northampton; have their first grandchild, Ada, born in January, 2015, and living in Brooklyn; and that in addition to raising a few chickens (those that the hawks and bobcats don’t get first), he consults part-time for the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, working with level 3 schools. Additionally, he serves as chairman of the Lenox School Committee. Jim Keeler sent the following note: “Glad to hear from you. My wife Regina and I spent a week in Eastern Mass and Portsmouth, New Hampshire, for our August vacation last month. It was time for our annual Keeler family clambake (41st and counting). A great time was had by all. Regina and I are so looking forward to attending the 50th Reunion next June. Tim Keeney sent me earlier the photo of Tim and his family at Corolla, North Carolina (Outer Banks), which I am belatedly publishing due to technical difficulties on my part. In the picture are his son, Clint, Clint’s wife, Sara, Tim’s daughter, Lucy, Tim’s wife, Mary, and two other daughters, Grace and Emily. The grandchildren are Jack and Claire. His son, Tim Jr. and his spouse Ashley could not be there because Ashley was about to deliver his third grandchild. Larry Hilliard writes: In Baton Rouge. My youngest daughter Angela getting married tomorrow night. Sad to hear about Dick MacLeod. Dick had a room right above me in Eames our senior year. At Reunion we need to have moment of silence for

all our classmates no longer with us. Noticed that Kenny Newman is not on your email list. What do you know about Limey? Does anyone know where Kenny Newman is? Thanks to those of you who kindly volunteered to help with our 50th. I will be in touch shortly. SAVE THE DATE FOR

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1967 BEN BEACH 7202 Denton Road Bethesda, MD 20814-2335 benbeach@gmail.com Alan Rothfeld spent much of the summer traveling the USA. “When I hit New England,” he reported, “I stopped by the old school. They were friendly enough, but when I announced that I was a member of the Class of ’67, I suddenly got a private guide and the run of the house. I also went to Harvard’s Widener Library to look up Fred Burchsted, but all I was able to do was leave a phone message. Hi, Fred! On the way to the Maritimes, I stopped by Mt. Desert to see John Butler, with whom I had a delightful dinner.” Joe Schwarzer had his right hip replaced, learned to walk again, and was told to stop taking PT to extremes. Attendance at his museums is increasing, and Joe said that his team plans new approaches, displays, and programs. Like a number of classmates, he remarked on recent departures: “Thinking of Kevin, Jim, now Phil, and all the classmates we have lost over the years, attrition seems to be the headline. The memories are clear and therein may be the problem; they do not age. When I think of us all, it is as we were in ’67—all the more surprising when another one of us is gone. I hope to be up for the 50th.” Andrew Nichols’s daughter Marden, a classics professor at Georgetown, married Samuel Charap on August 1, at Peabody Library in

Baltimore. Marden was Phil Finn’s Goddaughter. More news from the Pine Tree State: In May, Bill Alfond was inducted into the Maine Sports Hall of Fame at a ceremony that was attended by Bill’s immediate and extended family and our own Dan Morgan. Bill was honored for his work through the Bill and Joan Alfond Foundation, which has contributed philanthropy dollars to provide scholarships and build athletic fields and facilities for communities around the state. Speaking of smart daughters, Ward Westhafer reports that his, Elizabeth, has been admitted to Mensa. Membership is open to those who have attained a score within the upper two percent of the general population on an approved intelligence test. Dick Boucher returned to the Lehigh Valley from Florida to help his parents in their final years. Now that they have passed away, Dick is looking for a way to get back to the ocean and is leaning toward Texas. Bob Bass contributed this: “We’re up to eight grandchildren. Six girls and two boys are keeping us busy.” Don Gay officiated field hockey during the fall. “Just like the lacrosse, it keeps me in shape,” he said. “I am still singing with Rackham Choir and just finished a summer singing with the men’s Schola of St. Joseph’s Catholic Church. Seems like I can’t let it get away. Our granddaughter is growing, and by the printing of this issue of the Archon will be seven months.” Mardi and Rich Brayton backpacked the John Muir Trail in the High Sierra, making it halfway before being turned back by forest fires. “What a spectacular place!” he wrote. Chuck Davis contributed this news: “When I graduated from the University of Vermont in my home town, I went ‘down country’ thinking I would return in a few years. Well, 40+ years later, we are finally building a house in Vermont. If it ever gets finished, we sincerely hope some GDA-ers will come and visit! I hope to keep working in Greenwich for a long time, but spending more time in Vermont with my extended family is in the plan, as well. Our class and our time together remain so special. Those were such formative years—wonderful memories created, lessons learned, and life-long friendships formed. I thoroughly enjoy reading about classmates and look forward to our 50th!” Roger Block and Amy Jordan have finished their five-year

Tim Keeney ’66 and family in Corolla, North Carolina

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circumnavigation and are back home in Newburyport. Immediate plans are to reconnect with family and friends, give their home some much deserved TLC after its rental experience, and try to reacquaint their bodies with some land-based exercise. “As is the case with so many people who complete a circumnavigation,” Roger said, “it’s going to be very hard for us to decide what’s next. For the moment we’re just enjoying the pleasures of not having to worry about the weather, our anchor dragging, or how to get parts for the latest piece of failed gear.” In September Karen and Larry Miller made a round of visits to family and friends in Washington, D.C., Delaware, and New York City. They did not run into the Pope. Once they returned home to South Florida, the weather was cooler. As always, the Canadian elections this fall kept AnneMarie Laverty in motion. She also is involved in the provincial by-election, coming up in early 2016. Between those two showdowns, she flew to Vienna for a beyond-romantic traditional Austrian Christmas, including a sleigh ride to midnight mass under a full moon. Gene Romero reported, “We’re mostly living vicariously through Kate, who is extremely happy and very busy at WPI. The President, Laurie Leshin, formerly of NASA, is a true visionary.” Despite too little water and too much fire in his region of the Golden State much of the year, Web Pearce is holding up well. He continues to do software development engineering testing (SDET) for LG Electronics. If you need a rescued German shepherd, let him know. Mansion House visitors should be sleeping even more comfortably these days; three guest bedrooms now feature Gardner mattresses. “I hope we can soon do some of the dorms!” said Gardner Sisk. “Guys, help me lobby for more Gardner bedding at the Academy.” Fred Burchsted plans to retire from

Harvard in about three years. “The big news,” he said in September, “is that my son and I have a bee hive in the back yard and harvested five pounds of honey yesterday.” Our Florida population hit seven this year, as Tommie and Jay Marsh shifted their domicile to Indigo, a resort on Perdido Key, near Pensacola, where they spend half their time. “We’re not fully retired yet,” said Jay, “but headed there.” The rest of the time they live in Arkansas, where Jay has been for almost 40 years. Mike Rogers has a similar story. “After 40 years in Los Angeles, Deirdre, our two dogs Whimsy & Reilly, and I hitched up the wagon and traveled to Prescott, Arizona, where we have a second home and are pursuing new adventures,” Mike reported. They took up official residence in October. “I am still fighting the good fight to restore our country to greatness through the Civil War, escorting wayward Reb nurses of the battlefields in my role as Union Provost Marshal. I am also involved in Team Rubicon, a veteran-oriented disaster management organization.” Back in 1915, Ohio State’s football coach asked Bill Dougherty’s father, a sophomore and pianist, to write a “fight” song for the team. That October “Across the Field” debuted before the Illinois game, and it remains in use today. On September 12 Bill and his extended family (22) traveled to Columbus to join Ohio State’s marching band on the field at halftime and pay tribute to his father and the song. Grateful that the “creaks and pains are relatively minor,” Edwin Beatty recommends Dr. Atul Gwande’s book Being Mortal. “It’s a personal and very insightful look into the shortcomings of medicine in dealing with the realities of aging and end-of-life issues,” he e-mailed. The Olympic Range’s glaciers have challenges, too, Edwin reported in September after flying over Mt. Olympus in a friend’s light plane. “We wanted to check out the glaciations, and the decline is pretty

Alan Rothfeld ’67 and John Butler ’67 on Mt. Desert Island

Dan Morgan ’67 and Jay Ryder ’67 in Marion, Massachusetts

Bill Alfond ’67 (left) at the 2015 Maine Sports Hall of Fame induction ceremony

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dramatic. A few more years like this and there will be no more glaciers in the Olympics.” Jeff Wood’s talented parrot Winston wished dog Remy a happy birthday one day this fall by saying, “Happy birthday, doggie.” “Trouble is,” Jeff noted, “that if anyone comes into the house not of the household, the bird clams up.” His daughter Cristine, her husband, and Jeff ’s two grandchildren have come back from Okinawa and are living in Virginia. “Barbara and I keep thinking of where to go in retirement, although I’m not retired, yet. I keep putting it off because it seems the easier course of action. Anyone else have the same issue? “Who knew retirement could be sooooo busy?” said Bill Barnes. “I’ve been spending a lot of time on the water having fun: swimming, fishing, and sailing. I raced with my brother in the 44th annual Fagawi race in May, and we placed third place in our division.” Bill Haggerty and Lynn Byard were married September 4 in Summerfield, Florida, where they now live. She is a retired Army network engineer with three master’s degrees. Not long after the wedding, Bill’s second grandchild was born. Another native Bay Stater now living in the Sunshine State, Mike Miles, plans to attend the 50th as long as his health allows. Lew Rumford went to Chile and Patagonia with his daughter Julia in November, feeling lucky to fit into her schedule. Julia is married and lives in Raleigh, where she works for IBM. Lew took similar trips with his other two children. Paul Hemmerich set out for Alaska last summer, and he and Bart joined a small group on an REI tour up the Dalton Highway from Fairbanks to Deadhorse, following the Alaska pipeline. “We talked to the son of the Iditarod founder, some old sourdoughs, and some of the meanest-looking oil-rig roughnecks on the planet. Who could blame them?” he wrote. “We saw herds of musk ox, caribou, and a grizzly feeding on grubs 30 yards from our van.” Down in Maryland, an expectant Mick Doolittle reported, “I’m still working, still enjoying it, still waiting for our second son-in-law, still waiting for our first grandchild, and still waiting for the first Buffalo Bills Super Bowl win. Anthony Gerard wrote: “Had the good fortune to spend quite a bit of time with sons Rupert and John last summer. Also went out to a ranch at the north end of Yellowstone. Had to take a horsedrawn carriage in, which took three hours. No cars, no ambient light, no street noise; it reminded me of the way things were when we all grew up!” Looking back 50 years, Reid Pugh wrote, “I remember distinctly the fall of junior year after injuring my knee playing football and being in a cast for several weeks, I lost interest in studying and starting goofing off a lot on Ingham II (the famous J.V.’s). At some point I borrowed an old beat-up guitar from somebody (Wayne Barbaro?) and started learning some chords from Wil Poon. When I was finally able to change from E to D to A fast enough to play ‘Gloria,’ I felt like my life had changed forever—and indeed it had.” Harper Follansbee reported that his son Harper is a freshman at Loomis-Chaffee. “It’s hard to believe,” he said, “and fortunately, my tutoring business is booming!” Harper’s poetry book, In the Aftermath of Grief, is available on Amazon and at

CLASS NOTES www.antrimhousebooks.com/follansbee.html. “Since Amazon takes a 55 percent cut, please get it from the publisher,” our leading class poet requested. Check out Harper’s author’s website. “Life is busy! Oh, and we just got a puppy who goes by the name of Silas Deane. He already has a highway in Connecticut named after him!” Speaking of highways, over the summer Ray Huard took his third cross-country road trip in five years, traveling with his bother Rick. They saw major league games in San Diego and Anaheim. Out in La Jolla for his granddaughter’s first birthday in September, Scott Cameron emailed, “I’m just looking after my kids.” Having won the over-65 NH State Racquetball Championship and the NE Regional Championship, Sid Bird went to Denver so he could compete in the nationals, realizing a 36-year dream. “I choked,” Sid wrote, “but it was very exciting, and at least losing gave Mary and me four days to sightsee and visit a ‘best’ friend I hadn’t seen in over 20 years.” Son Michael has been deployed to Qatar for four months. Last we heard from Win Burt, back in February, he had just canceled plans to take a container ship to southern Spain because he was defending his western Massachusetts home from Old Man Winter. Having installed a new (metal) roof, Win anticipates re-booking passage aboard that freighter and heading for some exotic (and warm) locale after the first of the year. “I’m still alive and healthy enough that I haven’t needed to take advantage of Colorado’s marijuana laws,” Phil Congdon reported. Doug Curtis had a scare in mid-summer when breathing difficulties proved a sign of pneumonia and atrial fibrillation. He landed in the cardiac ICU for four days, followed by six days in rehab. Doug recovered enough to take a six-day vacation trip to Avon, on the Outer Banks, in early September. With both sons off in college and WOOFing (organic farming) in Europe, Stanley Greenberg and Julie are selling their house in Falmouth next spring and moving to Winthrop in Central Maine. “Watch for our listings on Craigslist,” he said. Our Oklahoman, Rick Jensen, reported: “Lots of earthquakes, so many in fact they have been casually accepted. We feel rattles and shakes, but the big one? Not yet.” 50 years ago, as the Class of ’67 showed up for junior year, there were 15 “new boys,” including Ted Dix, Bob Bass, Don Congdon, and Jim Millett. Eames, Red Key, and Spire debuted.

1968 TED NAHIL 320 SW Panther Trace Port St. Lucie, FL 34953-8201 tednahil@gmail.com Depending on exact birthdays, the end of 2015 will find the entire Class of 1968 proud new members of Club Medicare. Take a moment to reflect on that…OK, done. Our spirit, drive and conviction are undeterred, and as you’ll see below, we remain fully active, alive and kicking, with no end in sight!

Here’s to us! In no particular order, here’s what’s been going on over the past few months. Dan Look, on the move, checked in at the last minute with this report: “Sorry for the late/last minute reply. Mach II summer. We sold our house in Atlanta, bought a new home in Cary, North Carolina. We are moving to Cary on 9/23. Our son Sean got married Labor Day Weekend in Watkins Glen, New York. Beautiful area, lovely weekend. Fun with all family and friends. Oh yeah, I am continuing to work in DC for another year or so (does retirement planning seem weird to anyone else?), commuting every other week from Cary. Cary is beautiful and in a fun area, Raleigh/ Durham/Chapel Hill. Rowing on Jordan Lake, I am told by the locals that Cary stands for Containment Area for Relocating Yankees. Grandchildren will be 40 minutes away in Chapel Hill. So, if you head to the area, two guest rooms, no waiting. Off to finish packing. I hope this finds all the Red Dogs well.” Don Hayes reports: “Thanks for your efforts for the Class of ’68, in spite of our class conspiracy to make it difficult for you. (You’re welcome!) All is well in our sector. My wife and I are still working and enjoy the new challenges put on our plates in healthcare and IT. Our stepson is out of harm’s way in Iraq, Afghanistan, and other places untold. Dog is still chasing squirrels and cats, but licking UPS and whomever. Someone is still looking back at me in the morning mirror. L.A. traffic still sucks. Periodic visits to friends and relatives in New England, Belgium, and Europe may soon be extended to more worldly places in retirement. Then you can be favored with pictures of old farts smiling in front of old stuff.” We can’t wait, Don, although we’ve seen some of that already! Elliott O’Reilly sent this update along with a picture of him and his new friend: “It has mostly been a quiet year. Last summer after having to euthanize my beloved Papillon of 14 years, Valentine, I discovered a Papillon breeder living just over a mile from us. We hit it off well and soon I was the owner of a 1½ year old Papillon show dog, Austin (AKC registered show name is Danvers Racing the Wind). The next thing I knew, the breeder and my wife drafted me as the owner/ handler of my new friend and companion. As of this writing he is just short of winning his champion status, which we should obtain before I start my Christmas Caroling season. At no time during my first 65 years did I ever envision myself as a dog handler, but I guess a dog can teach the old man new tricks!” William Black commented on the spring edition’s tribute to Val Wilkie: “I felt the tribute to him in the spring/summer Archon 2015 was well done and well deserved.” Charles S. Johnson says: “Not a lot to report. We’ve completed college visits and trimmed the list to University of the South/Sewanee, Elon University, and Murray State University. Laura and I think, currently, that Elon is barely ahead of University of the South with MSU held in the fallback position. The crops look great, so tuition won’t be a major concern coupled with his 529 account. Laura and I are getting an early start on travel plans once he’s out of the house and in college—maybe even in an

RV if fuel prices hold.” Wil Sullivan says hello and reports that, like others have done, he’s disconnected his land line and now has only a cell phone. On social media and through traditional email, many of us enjoyed various birthday wishes from each other including CF Spang, Bubba, Rob Lord, Tuck, Veas, Jay Worthen, myself, and Chris Page. But the BIG birthday event was Jim Rudolph’s 65th as he reports here: “It was great having CF, Veas, Marc, and Jay sail with me a few weeks ago [late August] on Forever Young. I really was delighted that they and Steve Robinson came to my birthday party and especially that they all behaved! At 65, unlike some of our classmates, I have no real retirement or exit strategy and don’t expect to have one. I am very passionate about my skiing, golf and sailing, but equally passionate about what I do professionally; I get much pleasure settling a big case, landing a new client or big deal or marketing my law firm. I am still managing partner of Rudolph Friedmann LLP, which has over 20 attorneys (including 3 other alums—Jay Worthen ’68, Kara McCloy ’88, and my son, Bobby ’05), and I am on several— probably too many, boards—although I enjoy my involvement in all of them.” Art Veasey, providing photos as well, had this take on the birthday sail, dinner and celebration: “On a nice sunny August afternoon, Jim Rudolph invited brothers Spang, Tucker, Veasey, and Worthen for a sail out of Marblehead Harbor followed by elegant dining at the BYC afterward. We had a swell time catching up and exaggerating stories from our GDA years. As if not enough, a week later, Jim’s family threw a fabulous birthday party for his 65th at his lovely Marblehead home, replete with a live and statuesque mermaid and the usual GDA suspects in attendance. Robbie (Steve) tried to get [the mermaid’s] phone number. The photo with the mermaid is great!” Tuck added to this, saying, “Steve Robinson swears the mermaid visited Ingham several times his junior year.” Dave Mitchell reports that all is well: “Still having a ball in Columbus, Georgia, at CSU. Our city now has the longest urban whitewater rapids course in the world. I’ve been down it twice and can wholeheartedly recommend it if you happen to be into rafting Elliot O’Reilly ’68 and Austin

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and are in the area. College life, at our advancing age, continues to wear very well. The kids seem to get younger, but haven’t really changed much since we were their age. Still pushing the envelope. Hope you all are well and prospering.” And Chris Page says: “I’m counting the days to 12/31 when I’ll retire. I love my work but do too much sitting and it’s affecting my health. I’m looking forward to being much more active in retirement—skiing, hiking, biking, traveling, spending time with granddaughters, volunteering, etc. I’m sure a bunch of us are turning 66 this year—the wonderful FRA, as Social Security deems it. I’d love to hear from other classmates who intend to retire soon and what they plan to do.” Harry Kangis, echoing some of Chris’s thoughts, but still unable to completely retire, says: “I can’t believe how fast the year is flying by. Maybe that is connected in some way to becoming a member of Club Med-i-care in March! In honor of that, I finally yielded to Julia’s protestations and started working out with a trainer twice a week. I am now in year 14 of working part-time as a strategic planning facilitator (shameless plug- see www.ogsp. org), and the expanding base of past clients keeps threatening the ‘part-time’ designation via steady referrals. This also provides a convenient excuse

for why my handicap index keeps trending upwards. I continue my volunteer work for both the Ohio Nature Conservancy and Episcopal Retirement Homes boards, and I have been doing pro-bono strategic planning for Cincinnati’s new City Manager. Julia and I are stalled at 56 out of 58 scenic national parks visited and photographed, but know we better get on with it while the body parts still work. By the time everyone reads this, we will have completed a two week self-drive circumnavigation of Iceland, which has been on our bucket list for some time. To exercise our brains, we attended a weeklong Shakespeare seminar at Washington and Lee University in July, which finally filled a gaping hole in my liberal arts education. I attended the Aspen Ideas Festival in July for the first time, which featured fascinating presentations on the Greek debt crisis, growing income inequality, climate change, the recent Supreme Court rulings, Pope Francis as a change leader, and my favorite, Dave Brooks talking about the important difference in Resume Virtues versus Eulogy Virtues. For those of you already tired of the 2016 Campaign, Brooks reminded us that ‘politics is the competition between partial truths.’ I always enjoy reading about the amazing variety of life experiences represented by the members of our class.”

Jay and Tuck in front of Red Dog WWII P-51 Mustang at Oshkosh Air Show, in July

Jay, Tuck, Billy D, Steve and Bubba and Michael’s Harborside in June

Class of 1968—Legal Networking Dinner, Davio’s, Lynnfield, Massachusetts

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Marc Tucker, seemingly ubiquitous, provides recaps of two other happenings this past summer, and some thoughts on turning 65: “Last week [on June 23] Jim arranged a networking event for a group of nearby GDA/GA graduates who are in the legal profession. The gathering was held at Davio’s in Lynnfield. The goal is to expand regionally, and then nationally, providing job and social referral opportunities for GDA graduates. In the group picture (located earlier in the magazine), you’ll notice that the class of 1968 is well represented with Jim, Jay Worthen, and me in attendance.” Earlier in the summer, Jay Worthen, Veas, Tuck, Bubba, Steve Robinson, and Bill Degen grabbed a bite at Michael’s Harborside in Newburyport. Finally, Tuck and Jay Worthen got in a plane you can open the windows on (really??) and flew with a friend to Oshkosh, Wisconsin, for an airshow in late July: “You can see Jay and me standing in front of a completely restored, still flying, WWII vintage P-51 Mustang fighter/bomber aptly named Red Dog during this year’s [July] Oshkosh, Wisconsin, air show which is the largest in the country. We also had the opportunity to sit in the pilot’s seat but alas not fly it. Still, Dan Ogg should be proud! Jay and a friend of his flew the three of us out and back in a

Jay Worthen ’68, John Emerson ’68, and Tuck (Marc Tucker) ’68 at Al’s in Oshkosh, in July

CLASS NOTES ‘4-seater’ Cessna Skyhawk for the four-day sojourn. It was a great time! And we even caught up with John Emerson for one of the days.” And Tuck commented on his 65th, finding a bright side we can appreciate: “So tomorrow [in April] is my 65th, Ted. I had thought that I’d be a ‘senior’ by any definition. And was kinda dreading it. But CF came to my rescue. Apparently there are some ski resorts that won’t sell senior passes until age 70! Hooray! I’ve been given a five-year lease on middle age. Never thought it’d sound so good.” As always, it’s wonderful to hear from everyone with your updates. Life is good here in Florida…the Patriots are 2-0 as I write this, we’ve dodged a lot of potentially bad weather this hurricane season (so far) thanks to El Nino, and Terry and I are so fortunate to have our two terrific children, and their children, in our lives. We’ve been here for 13 years, the longest we’ve lived in any one place or home ever. I still enjoy working in the broadcast industry, traveling around the country, and like Jim, I haven’t even thought about retiring yet. I’m an official member of Club Medicare, Part A for now, and the process of signing up makes you reflect on life in general. My joints are a little tired but still do what they’re supposed to do, but in March, I had a bout with a torn and detached retina in my left eye. I wear glasses all the time now (ugh) but otherwise I am thankful for my health, my family and my friends. You all fall in that last category, and although we don’t see each other often, if at all, it’s an honor to know you and to have been part of the Class of ’68. Please keep the updates coming throughout the year—texts, emails, posts on Facebook, however you find it easiest to stay in touch. If you don’t get the regular email blasts it’s because I don’t have a valid email address for you, so please do keep me posted when you change the way in which we can stay connected. Take care, best to all!

1969 JEFF GORDON Slocum, Gordon and Co. 39 Mill Street Newport, RI 02840-3016 jgordon@slocumgordon.com We would love to hear from you! Please contact Meredith O’Donnell in the Alumni Office: classnotes@govsacademy.org with news and events.

1970 TERRY NOLAN 2211 Brownlee Road Jackson, GA 30233 nolan_t_@hotmail.com The Archon article is always interesting to put together. Seems as though, thankfully, there is always someone popping in to update the rest of us. The last six months has been particularly fruitful as I have heard from a few more of our classmates, just to let me know they were still kicking. And there was a lot of effort this year in trying to get a greater participation in the 45th Class Reunion. Thanks to Henry Eaton, Randy Whitney, William Tobey, Jay James, Mike O’Leary and others who reached out to all the classmates we could contact to get their attendance or at least participation in the June event. We had some success, with a few augmenters, showing up to buttress the

Steve Robinson ’68, Jim Rudolph ’68, Mermaid, Jay Worthen ’68, Marc Tucker ’68, and Art Veasey ’68 at Jim’s birthday party

regulars. From the picture you can see most of us are in good shape hair-wise. Representing our class in attendance: Jeb Bradley, Mike O’Leary, John Newman, Henry Eaton, Chris Wyle, Jack Cutler, Randy Whitney, William Tobey. Randy Whitney writes via email: Our 45th Class Reunion turnout, while modest, was a great deal of fun nonetheless. Chris Wyle and Bill Tobey were houseguests at my new condo in West Newbury. Henry and Cathy Eaton, Jay and Jamie James came for cocktails as well. Son Alex ’05, was also spotted for his 10th. An early plea (by five years!) to those “irregulars” in our class to think about our 50th. We know who the “regulars” are and fully expect their attendance. The rest of you, start planning now, it’ll be terrific to have more of you join in. Like so many of us, the “R” word looms in my life; just get me through the next two to three years! I am still in the paper manufacturing business (38 years!), now representing a company in Europe. I am working harder than ever as too many competitors chase dwindling demand. Is this the way it’s supposed to be? That hard work is amply offset by the joy of becoming a grandfather last year, courtesy of daughter Catherine ’01 and her husband, Ben. Baby Alex, now 17 months old, can make you forget about a lot of things. What a delight he is. Pictured are my father, John ’44, holding his great grandson, and my son, Alex. A very special moment for all of us. Dad, by the way, will be 91 next week on 9/1. He is doing quite well, living in Walpole, MA with his wife of 35 years, Kay. We’ve heard from Mark Lineham, Bob Jaffee, (check out Bob’s performances in various New York venues), and James Worth. Peter Blakney expresses “regrets for not attending this Reunion. I’ll try to make one in the future. Also, my condolences to those in the area who endured the incredible Boston winter. After 24 years in the Army and 14 with IBM, I’m adjusting to answering only to my wife, Kathy, of 35 years,

Jay Worthen ’68, Jim Rudolph ’68, C.F. Spang ’68, Art Veasey ’68, and Marc Tucker ’68 aboard Jim’s yacht Forever Young, in August

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and myself. We have a beach house on the coast of North Carolina near Emerald Isle. A lot of my time is spent raising Sheamus Lu, a 17 month old Irish Wolfhound. Please give my best to everyone, I wish them all well.” Several classmates have joined the GDA Class of 70 Facebook page and have become regular contributors to the group. Please check it out. Gleaned from Facebook posts: Mark Linehan is a member of the Westchester Cycle Club and busy as co-chair of the Yorktown Trail Town Committee. William Tobey was active at the Reunion has been posting his activities to GDA classmates. See photo of him Mudwhumping, Cape Cod style!! According to one Facebook post, Tom Turner and Christopher Morse regularly post on their travels and life events. Check out their Face Book posts. From the west coast, we’ve heard from Bill Murray in San Diego who always has some poignant and thoughtful FB comments and Tom Turner in Oregon. Catch up with another constant contributor to Facebook posting many of his photographs: Barkley Simpson. Check out Steven Worth’s posts as president of Plexus Consulting Group. Morocco Flowers is also a constant commenter on Facebook, keeping us all updated on his travels and photography/art endeavors. Mike Franchot remains busy remodeling his home on the river in Atlanta, Georgia. Mike and Terry Nolan were able to get together for a brief lunch and discussion in May. Mike and Marty are doing well traveling and enjoying La Douceur de Vivre. Unfortunately neither was able to travel to the 45th Reunion. Meanwhile, Terry is STILL remodeling his home in Jackson…still. Terry’s oldest son increased his son’s tax deductions and had their third baby in September, their second daughter and third child. Makes Terry a Granddad four times over now. To all the grandads out there…this is a special time for us.

your classmates catch up. There are so few of us (89 classmates originally). Our teachers and mentors are moving on. Remember: Time waits for no one. See further posts at your favorite FB page so become a member of “GDA Class of 1970” Facebook page.

1971 JAMES FLEMING 9 Red Coat Lane Redding, CT 06896-1623 jamesfleming817@gmail.com DAVE LAMPERT 4479 Timber Falls Court #2006 Vail, Colorado 81657 dljr11@gmail.com Richard Guenther says: “I can’t claim any exciting achievements since we last talked, other than making it to 62. Ward and I are in transition this year as we have decided to put Bagheera (his motor yacht) up for sale. John Clayman is our broker. We always said it was a three- to five-year fling, totally irrational

from a financial perspective, and now five years out we are moving on. There are many reasons. After five years travelling between Canada and the Bahamas, the thought of doing the Intercostal Waterway again is less than enthralling. It is not being maintained. There is a spot near the Isle of Palms approaching Charleston from the north that is impossible except at HIGH tide, and we only draw five feet! We haven’t been through that stretch in two years. The positive is we have become very confident offshore. Another reason is my mom is 94 this month and Ward’s is 96. We thought of going further south through the Caribbean but it is not easy or simple to get back. It was a fabulous adventure but it is time. I think you know my mom and oldest sis live in Sarasota. While visiting last Christmas we put an order in for a Subaru to be delivered the end of March at which point Bagheera would be in Sarasota. My surgery was performed, celebrated Easter with family and did my two months of PT. I think we spent almost three months in Sarasota and looking at real estate found a condo which is ours now. Presently we are in Lakeside, MI, at the camp we have owned for almost 30 years. After five years away, the house was in surprisingly good

Pete Conway’s ’70 first grandchild, Madeleine Grace Conway, with parents, Andrew and Danielle Conway

Mark Linehan’70

Sorry if I’ve missed any inputs for this edition of the Archon, if you have posted to me on Facebook or email I will endeavor harder to include your updates in the next edition. THERE ARE NO MORE MAILERS or POST CARD REQUESTS FOR INPUTS …so all you curmudgeons and technology deniers start posting to Facebook or emailing us. Let

Alums from the Class of 1970 Jeb Bradley, Mike O’Leary, John Newman, Henry Eaton, Chris Wyle, Jack Cutler, Randy Whitney, William Tobey

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Peter Blakney ’70 with Sheamus

Morocco Flowers ’70

CLASS NOTES shape, but the yard was a wild jungle of vines. It feels great playing with dirt again. Summers in Michigan and winters in Sarasota is the plan. Wish I had more exciting news, but the last five years have been the best, and I am looking forward to tomorrow.” Dave Shove writes: “I don’t know when I wrote last but I will tell you that I “retired” in 2013, had three grandsons born in 2014, remarried (the third time is a charm . . .) in 2015. I live in Bangor, Maine; 45 minutes from Acadia National Park (hiking), one hour from Penobscot Bay (sailing), and two hours from Sugarloaf and Sunday River (skiing). When I’m not doing those things I do development work for the local Habitat for Humanity (euphemism for asking for money). There are traces of ’71 Govies all around here: Jim Page is the boss of the University of Maine; I have touches with Ed Catlin; and of course Peter Alfond is, in the words of The Great and Powerful Oz, a “phila...a phila,..er...a good deed doer” up here. I feel privileged to be part of such a great group of guys. So that’s my story, and I’m stickin’ to it. Cheers! Will Phippen reports this news: “James. Thanks for getting in touch. To help you with your job, I offer these answers. New grandchild? Why yes, Louis LaCroix Phippen was born in July. Climb Mount Everest? No. Living the good life in Barcelona? No. Sail around the world? Definitely not. Win the lottery? No. Wake up in jail? No, but I just had a dream I was in jail. Otherwise all is the same more or less. I hope this is a reasonable number of words for your column, and I hope all is all is well with you. Your friend, Will. Jeff Molitor sent a photo along with the following note: “Learning the hard way that there are deep bunkers on the Old Course at St. Andrews. Luckily, my ball rolled back from the wall.” Nice shot . . . I mean, nice photo, Jeff. Dave Lampert writes: “Have enjoyed a great summer on the East Coast with an extended visit

for all of us to my wife’s family in Norway. Once she is finished leading VBT Bike tours on the Vineyard this fall we will return to Colorado. We biked up to the Academy on a few occasions this summer. The campus looks more fantastic with each passing year. We welcome any classmates to come skiing with James and I again this winter at our Class Secretaries summit meeting.” Andrew Nelson checked in to say that during one of his frequent trips to London on business, he met up with our former French professor, dorm master, honorary class member and friend Michael Reid, who is doing well and who said how much he enjoyed our 40th Reunion, which was almost five years ago.

SAVE THE DATE FOR

Reunion Weekend JUNE 10–12, 2016

1972 JAMES V. IRVING 4707 Little Falls Road Arlington, Virginia 22207 703-525-4000 jirving@beankinney.com Greetings from Arlington, Virginia, where politics is lively and the Washington Nationals appear to be dead. You’ll know for sure by the time you read this. First, some very sad news. In April, I spoke to Bob Murphy, who told me he’d have to miss a group dinner several classmates had scheduled for

May. He’d had a setback in his battle with leukemia. Nonetheless, Murph remained in regular touch via email, always cheerful, always optimistic, until the end of that month when the emails stopped. He died less than two weeks later, courageous and good-humored to the very end. Many of us retain the image of Murph, on the court of Alumni Gym, long hair flapping beneath his white headband, taking that familiar baseline jump shot. I hope we’ll all cherish that picture. So long, Murph, we are all diminished without you. Charlie Bouchard was a friend of Murph’s even before they found themselves together on Perkins III in the fall of ’68. I spoke to him over the summer, when he related some of his personal journey since June of ’72. After graduating from Bowdoin in the same class as Jim Pierce, Charlie was a teacher at Groton and then at the Hill School in Pennsylvania, before finding himself teaching auto science at Brighton Junior High. While anyone who has seen Charlie drive would agree that this was the perfect position for him, he burned that professional bridge in order to obtain an MA in physiology at Boston University before studying medicine for two years in France and then finishing his medical degree at Northwestern. Charlie married Anne in 1985 and since 1990 has been chairman of the department of ophthalmology at Loyola University in Chicago. I think we can all agree that auto science lost a gifted instructor when Charlie moved on to medicine. Jim Pierce had lunch this summer in Maine with Tunk Hosmer, who owns and operates Hosmer Wineries in the Finger Lake region of New York. Our old friend now goes by Cameron. “Tunk,” it seems, has a piquancy and nutty aftertaste that makes it unsuitable for a vintner of distinction. Courier Corporation has been the Conway family business since John Quincy Adams was

Baby Alex with Grandfather Randy Whitney ’70, Great Grandfather John Whitney ’44, and Uncle Alex Whitney ’05

Tom Turner ’70 and Friend

William Tobey ’70

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president. In August, Pete Conway reported the great news that the company had been acquired by RR Donnelley. This may push Pete into an early retirement, giving him plenty of time to spend with his first grandchild, Madeleine Grace Conway, born August 11, 2015. Congratulations, Goon! Harrison Smith wonders how he got so old so fast. His three kids are out of the nest and he and his wife Joanne and I are trying to find ways to nudge them into starting the next generation. The guy we knew as Oakie has been working as a clinical psychologist for 33 years and is now contemplating joining his old buddy Conway in retirement. Following GDA, Bill Struby earned a BA from Southern Methodist and spent the next 20 years in the television industry, living in both Houston and Los Angeles during that period. Upon returning to Oklahoma, he earned his MBA and continued in freelance video while also operating a handful of “stripper” oil wells. He comments that he “learned the value of a good pumper and the capricious nature of oil prices.” Bill’s also found time to volunteer with a crisis hotline and taught himself to paint well enough that his work has been featured in several exhibitions. Currently he is the Public Information Officer for the Oklahoma Department of Libraries. Bill has lived quite a full life. He and Harrison Smith, friends since pre-school, see each other frequently. Another classmate with a long, strange trip to his current pinnacle of success is real estate magnate Paul Commito. Most of us remember his non-speaking role as a dancer in the disco scenes of Saturday Night Fever (for those wishing to refresh their recollecting, he was billed under the name Antonio Balzarini, but you will recognize him as the guy in the fur-lined cape). Despite his great friendship with John Travolta, his acting career quickly petered out. He followed this with a period as a men’s clothing designer, until it dawned on him that velour, ultra-suede and polyester had become unfashionable. Most recently,

he has found a way to combine his avocations as clothes horse and king of swing by opening a line of dance studios in the Philadelphia area. Paul personally instructs in salsa, rumba and tango. Reservations are strongly suggested and unaccompanied women are welcome. No word yet on whether his buddy Travolta will make the scene. Clarissa Dane Hughes writes: “Hope everyone is doing well. Trying to make it to the 35th. Kids are great (third and seventh grades); Greg and family are well; and work is busy. So great to see Lisa and Kasey over the summer. Hope to see everyone soon!

1973 DR. GLEN WINKEL 250 Saddlemountain Road Colorado Springs, CO 80919-2108 drwink@me.com With record snowfall in Boston last winter, I think perhaps my Massachusetts classmates got buried in the snow. Why do I say that? Cause when I sent out a request for class notes for the spring Archon, I received one report, and only one report, from Geoff Peters and his wife Deb, celebrating the New Year in Mexico! Geoff, you win the prize for quickest response to my class notes requests. I thought I’d see tons of pictures of homes and cars buried in snow. Not a single picture of the record snowfall? Instead it seems the flow is to go to places warmer on the planet than the Northeast. Roberto Arguello writes in from Buenos Aires, “What’s the deadline?” Roberto, I’m afraid to say, you missed it! But I’ll happily take a late report for the fall Archon. Larry Coles writes in from “not-so-warm” Atlanta, saying, “All is well. Like most, I’m sick of winter and ready for spring. Great news: in touch

Jeff Molitor ’71 at St. Andrews, Scotland

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with Ron Cole. He’s still in Chicago, working and doing well. Hoping to see him later this spring when I’m in Chicago.” Ian Chisholm writes that “We’re going back to Italy and Ireland in late August/ September.” Once again making us all envious! But definitely send pictures! He sent a wonderful picture of his two-year-old granddaughter, Harper. Andrew McClellan explains about his young family, “I married at a later age than many in the class of ’73 and, although I should have foreseen it, I find myself, along with my wife Dawn, sharing our house with (our) three teenage boys, Louis, Ian and Nicholas. This at an age common to you, my classmates, who may be enjoying grandchildren and retirement already. I enjoyed seeing you all at the 40th.” Craig Dowley must still be on an out of town adventure, cause he hasn’t received his Archon yet. So I sent him an electronic version of the notes, where I highlighted his adventure sailing across the Atlantic Ocean. Isn’t email wonderful? Finally, I am working hard at my new sport, short track speedskating, making trips to LA to train with Dutch speedskating coach Wilma Boomstra. After several trips and hours of time on the ice, I think I am finally getting the knack of it. It’s always good to have goals to keep you young, healthy and moving forward. Which reminds me that our 50th GDA Reunion is only eight short years away. If you are reading this, make your plans now to be somewhere near Byfield in 2023 so we can have a fantastic Reunion! Now, Summer has come and gone (at least here in Colorado) and I know many had noteworthy events happen this summer. While not everyone of our classmates reported on them (besides Facebook, Instagram and Pinterest) several did get back to me on my bi-annual request for class notes. If you are reading these notes and reminiscing about your youth, drop me a quick email (drwink@me.com) and fill in your classmates on what’s happening in your life. And if you are not receiving my requests for class notes via email, then I am sure I don’t have your email address. Send it to me via the email

Jim Pierce ’72 and Tunk Hosmer ’72 meet for a summer lunch in Maine

CLASS NOTES above so you don’t get left out. Just seven years until our 50th high school Reunion… Mike Balf gets it and writes in from his Kibbutz in Israel: “The image of you waiting expectantly, hoping against hope for a “you have mail announcement on your computer” and wondering if this biannual test of optimism is really worth it, hit home for me and so I decided to write. We are still living on Kibbutz Maagan Michael. While there are not ongoing polls “best place to vacation,” “best city to live in,” etc., I have a lot of reason to believe that the majority of people who live on kibbutz in Israel or know about them here, will tell you that there is none better than Maagan Michael. I am including a few summer photos to give a little bit of the feel. Rachel and I have been here since 1980 when we got married so this year we celebrated 35 years here, 35 years together and like the rest of you 60 years on the face of the earth. There is much to celebrate together and as part of this community. When this letter is published, we will be grandparents for the second time. Our oldest daughter Timna with her husband Yochai and their two and a half year old son Natan will be blessed with an additional son/brother/ grandson within the next week or two. They live here on the kibbutz, a 3-4 minute bike ride away and that is really cool. Our second daughter Noa is well into her PhD at Univ. of Maryland. Our son Alon is a soldier in an elite ranger unit of the Israeli army. Rachel is a social worker. I have been the Director of our Kibbutz Educational Programs which includes about 500 kids, all children of the kibbutz. It is very interesting and I expect to be re-elected for an additional term soon. You asked for summer experiences so I am sending a picture of the beach. It is very peaceful here, but August is brutally hot and humid and so far September has not been any better. This is a good opportunity to wish a wonderful Rosh HaShanah (the Jewish New Year) to all of you. I am still waiting for Parky, Adolf, Bake and Paco to visit here—the hummus is excellent, the beer is cold, and the Mediterranean is beckoning

five minutes away as the picture from the dining room shows. All the best to you 60 year olds from your Israel alumni rep.” Thanks Michael. While we may have all attended high school together in tiny South Byfield, MA, some of our international classmates are requesting visits. Israel is on my bucket list. Perhaps approaching our 50th, we can have a pre or post 50th reunion in Israel. Any takers? (Parky, Adolf, Bake and Paco?) Also from the international front, Ian Chisholm was enjoying lunch when he received my email and sent a photo from his phone and a quick note (to make us all jealous) “This was my wife, Joanne Aja, enjoying lunch in Lucca, Italy. We have 12 days in Florence and then a week in Lisbon. Hope that all is well with our classmates.” I know you all have cell phones with cameras… pictures tell a thousand words. Send pictures! Roberto Arguello writes in from Buenos Aires:”I am in Buenos Aires until Thursday. Alexandra, 31 and Roberto III (28) work with me at CEO Advisors. They both reside in Miami. I reside in Miami and travel every week, having reached 5,000,000 flown miles on American Airlines. My cell is 786.255.1325 and work number is

305.371.8560. Please print them as I would love to hear from any GDA grad. I am the Chairman of CEO Advisors, a leading Latin American investment banking and management consulting firm and of Vida y Exito, Central America’s best known business magazines with a monthly circulation of 50,000 issues. In our January issue we had in the cover Sam Zell. CEO’ web is www.ceoadvisors.us Vida y Exito is www.vidayexito.net. Mark Hoffman writes, “I’ve been working the last few years for BD Medical R&D as a lead systems engineer and just finished designing and developing an insulin pump that will improve the quality of life for diabetics. I now have a new job as a principal systems engineer, working at Heartware International developing their next generation heart pump (Ventricular Assist Device) that will keep people with heart failure alive until they can get a donor heart. It’s a good thing I paid attention in math class! In my spare time I sail Buzzard’s Bay and Newport, also hike a lot as well.” Thanks, Mark! I love it when our classmates are doing medical stuff that saves lives (it’s the scientist/doctor in me) and particularly important as we all get over the 60-year

Steve Sperry, ’80 and Glen Winkel, ’73 from Masters National Track Championships in Rock Hill, SC

Glen Winkle ’73 with Dutch speed skating coach Wilma Boomstra

Larry Coles ’73 after a 5K community run

Geoff ’73 and Deb Peters celebrating the New Year in Mexico

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old hump! Daniel Wise aka “Parky” writes: “Not a whole lot happened this summer except for a good garden we are spending a lot of time canning. It has been hotter than hell here this yeargood for the tomatoes and I don’t have to mow the brown lawn very often. After going back to school about ten years ago I obtained a journalism degree. Unfortunately I found my timing was off by about 20 years. If only I had done that in the 70’s—what a lot of fun that would have been. Newspaper jobs are getting fewer and I was not sure I was ready to be a cub reporter for very little money. Instead I decided to go to work in an independent camera store. OK, once again my timing was off. I love photography and really liked helping folks with their photographic interests. Unfortunately the recession combined with the internet and big box scores doomed the store. To avoid sitting on the street corner and singing for my supper (I would have of course starved) I decided to start my own business. For the last two or so years I have run a custom printing business in downtown Corvallis, Oregon specializing in high end photo printing as well as a number of other related services. While I don’t get out as often as I would like to take pictures, I really enjoy turning other’s creations into something tangible. In a few days I’ll have been married for 36 years. I have a daughter living with her boyfriend in San Diego running the youth hostel on Point Loma, another daughter living with her long-time boyfriend in Portland, Or. and a third daughter who got married two years ago in October and is living a few houses down from us. She had a beautiful baby boy (aptly named Parker) last fall. I enclose a picture of them as well as some

Andrew ’73, Dawn, Louis, Ian and Nicholas McClellan

of my photography. Since I take most of the pictures in the family there are not many of me and none I really wanted to pass along. Suffice it to say I seem to be spreading and turning progressively gray.” And in the mentorship department Walter Rivera writes: “This summer I had the pleasure of meeting and mentoring Alfred “AJ” Enchill, Governors Class of 2012. AJ is a rising senior at Tufts and will be applying to law school in the fall. He played Lacrosse on Governors championship team and plays at Tufts. Tufts has won back-toback championships in their division. AJ is a champion in many respects. AJ observed court proceedings this past Friday, which is when the attached photo was taken” Thanks to everyone who sent in pictures and notes from this summer. I would have to say one of the high points of my summer was competing at the Masters National Track Championships in Rock Hill, SC where I won 4 national championships in the 60–65 year age group. But the true highlight was watching Steve Sperry ’80 win his first national championship, defeating some of the best track cyclists in the US by lapping the field in the scratch race! On my way home I had the pleasure of staying with Steve and we reminisced of the days of old back at GDA. And for those of you who don’t remember, Steve was the 11-year old son of Eames dorm master Bill Sperry who I am sure was tormented by the seniors in Eames hall. The lessons learned here are: 1) be nice to the faculty children and 2) you never know how our lives back at GDA will intersect in our future. Steve is now working with one of the top pro cycling team Hincapie Racing team! Keep those pictures and notes coming.

The beach from Kibbutz Maagan Michael

One of Parky’s (Daniel Wise ’73) awesome photographs!

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1974 PAM TONER 206 River Run Greenwich, CT 02831 ptoner@optonline.net Your scribe, Pam McElroy Toner, continues to live in Greenwich, CT, selling real estate. Her oldest has graduated from college and is pursuing a theater career in both acting and costume design. Her youngest is a senior at the University of Richmond, planning on a career in fashion. Jim Shaw writes, “Alright, I’m long overdue. I’m still working in software development. Commuting from Lynnfield to downtown Boston, but trying to cut back. One son just moved to Santa Barbara after graduation from Wheaton, the other just entered senior year at Bowdoin. Run into Bill Rudow occasionally, but that’s about it. Been doing quite a bit of travel and quite a bit of fishing; I just returned from Scotland. On a somber note, Frau Mulligan passed a couple weeks ago.” Steve Epstein: I am busy practicing law and leading Bay State Repeal, a ballot question committee seeking to place an initiative petition legalizing marijuana for persons over the age of 21 in Massachusetts. Mark Hughes continues to thrive in England where he and his wife, Wendy, are still living in a village outside Stratford-uponAvon. He is now CFO of a Stem Cell Biotech company expecting to IPO, possibly in the USA, in 2016.

Ian Chisholm’s ’73 adorable 2-year old granddaughter, Harper

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1975 PAM PANDAPAS 202 Central Street Rockland, MA 02370-2470 pamrobfine@msn.com As many of you may already know we lost one of our classmates, Ellwood “Woody” Johnston, on June 24. From what I understand, he had been ill for some time and succumbed to a heart attack. Some of you would not have known Woody as he left school in sophomore year. I had only really gotten to know him through my position as class secretary. He was a concert promoter by profession and had asked me to help him try to put a concert together to benefit The Govs. That obviously never came to fruition, but through our many phone conversations I got to know a bit more about him. We had great gossip sessions, shared lots of laughs, and we shared a love of cats…he had five when he passed! So, rest in peace, Woody. You are missed by the many, many people who knew you. On a much more upbeat note, we had a successful 40th reunion this past June. Although we had a great turnout, we missed those of you who couldn’t make it. It was just so much fun to reacquaint and catch up with everyone. In fact, we had so much fun we have tossed around the idea of getting as many of our class together in a couple of years to put on our own mini reunion. Do any of you out there have any thoughts about this? The general motivation is why wait for five more years to do this party again? In any event, I would like to take this opportunity to thank our hosts at The Govs

and especially to thank Ruth Weiner for all of her hard work in helping our class have the best turnout ever. The summer here in Rockland, MA, has been pretty much as it always is. All the damage from this past winter is a distant memory. We are enjoying all that a New England summer and fall have to offer. I did have the pleasure of spending a few days in August in Maine visiting with Brit Babcock and her friends (and my new friends), Macy and Bronia. During that time I also had the chance to spend some time with Starr Gilmartin and her husband, Gilly. We enjoyed some meals and lots of laughs. And as an added special pleasure I have connected on Facebook with MaryAnne Polich! She said she is sorry to have missed the Reunion, especially since she and her family have moved from San Diego to Boston. Things are going well for them and they love living in Boston. Maybe we can get her to the next reunion! It is so great to reconnect, MaryAnne. Additional news from classmates is as follows: Diane Entekhabi: Reunion-40 certainly humps on my memory lane—it slowed me down and made me look back at the long stretch. GDA was the choice of a road-not-taken for me in early 1970s. I am proud and happy to have taken it. (RIP Mrs. Baratelli for making me suffer through all those essays back then!) I’m in Dubai on my way to Istanbul and then back to Tehran… Randy Diggle: Hope all is well. Mom died in January. I’m finding it very difficult. I have relocated and bought a condo in Ipswich. I couldn’t have asked for a better neighborhood. The only problem is that my little dog does a better job of making friends. As do the majority of dogs, most likely. So it’s onward and forward always trying to live my life with the

Walter Rivera ’73 with mentee Alfred “AJ” Enchill ’12

example my mother set in mind. Jim O’Donnell: I have not written in a while so here goes. Attended our 40th Reunion in June on Friday night and had a great time with those who were there. Rather than name everyone or leave any out, suffice to say it was great catching up with so many “old” friends. Sorry I missed Saturday with the larger crowd, but I had my goddaughter’s wedding in NY. I think the older we get the more sentimental I get. I was also very pleased how recently classmates rallied around Leslie Abbott Haas and her son Alex. My thoughts and prayers go out to all. My world has a daughter, a BC grad who lives in Southie and works in Boston, a son who is entering his junior year at Villanova, and a lovely wife who, along with me, works at her job to make this all happen. I am still at the family business in Lowell as we enter our 131st year and opened an additional funeral home in Pelham, NH, about 20 years ago. Lastly, and probably the reason I decided to write, was last night my son informed me he had secured a turntable for his room this year and wanted to “borrow” some of my LP’s from some 40 to 50 years ago to bring back to school. I have kept many, with most in pretty good shape. He then brought out to me the Governor Dummer Jazz Band LP, circa 1974/75 with many of our classmates in a picture on the front cover. It was still in very good shape and although not a musician but a lover of music, I really got a kick out of the album. I told him I would be keeping that one for our 50th so we can play it at the Reunion, either with the album or the actual musicians. Best to all…Spencer Purinton: I caught up with Rich O’Leary and Dave Bohman in Chatham for a round of golf. What fun it was to be on the links with two great

Ian Chisholm’s ’73 better half Joanne Aja enjoying lunch in Lucca, Italy

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friends. I will also follow up with notes about the GovsPlus program many of you came forward and supported at our Reunion dinner. Cheers! Mike Sapuppo: I missed the Reunion because I spent three weeks in northern Italy at the end of May/early June. I was in Laglio on Lake Como the first week, staying with a friend and his extended family in an 8 room villa. This is best described as a week of biking, eating, drinking wine and cappuccino. I’ve attached a photo of me in my biking kit. The following two weeks I traveled with my cousin in northern Italy. We stayed in Milan, Monterrosso al Mare in the Cinque Terre, outside of Sienna, Sirmione on Lake Garda, and then back to Cernobbio on Lake Como. I failed in my summit attempt of Mt Rainier (14,400 ft) in mid-July. I felt fine getting to base camp at 10,500 feet, but ran out of gas after the first rest stop at 11,300 feet. I drew the number two spot on the rope behind the team guide, who set a relentless pace! But I have already signed up for a second attempt next summer. And I’ll be attempting Mt. Adams (12,250 ft) in late September. My daughter Sophia completed her first year at U of Oregon. I got to attend Dads’ Weekend in mid-February when I played beer pong with her and her sorority sisters! It was lots of fun. Go Ducks! Terry Williams: Hi Everyone! Sorry I missed so many people Reunion weekend. My youngest brother, Ben, had a surprise wedding that day. But we should definitely do it again in five years. I was really nice seeing people who attending on Friday. Hope you’re all well! Mike Ponce: Orchard Cottage which will be a lifestyle company that Jen and the girls are starting is in the early stages but it is an LLC and official! Orchard Cottage is going to sell interior design items, garden items and food items and reading material to complement each subject. Plus home goods! Lisa Johnson: All is well in the Johnson household. I recently was out of the country for a bit. My family is Canadian on my father’s side, so we go there every August. No cell, no internet, very little phone access =-). We had a nice getaway. I had a wonderful time at the reunion visiting, catching up, and seeing old friends. I thought for sure Dian was going to get “traveled the farthest,” but he missed it by a few miles. Hearing about people’s lives and what each has been doing for all these years reminded me how much I enjoyed my time at GDA. Here’s looking forward to seeing even more of us at the 50th! (I know we have a way to go…but still good to plan!) For those of you who didn’t make it, we out danced and out “spirited” the younger folk. I think I overheard one young man saying, “Those old timers are certainly having fun.” I know I fit in the “old timers” category—and we did show them how it was done—but still. Wheeler Gemmer: What a lucky spring and summer for me as far as seeing GDA classmates for the first time in— big gulp—over thirty years! First I was able to see Mike Zografos and his wife Nota at their wonderful house in Swampscott. It had been way too long, but after an afternoon the only thing lacking was a swim in the pool, which we are going to do by the fall. Then, of course, there was our 40th Reunion. To say it was a blast is a huge 68

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understatement. Really! (And an unexpected plus for me was meeting Mike Zografos’s son, Jim, a GDA alumnus, while we all were dancing under the tent.) Finally, Fiona Harris Lubbock, her husband Geoffrey, and Pam Blanchard Post and I met for lunch in Portland in August. Peter Richardson was supposed to join us but unfortunately had an engagement in New Jersey. So fun seeing Pam again after Reunion. Though recuperating from hip surgery, Fiona was her vivacious self, full of fun and loads of stories. Starr Cutler Gilmartin: It has been a pretty ho-hum year for the Gilmartins; we managed to get some travels in but nothing compared to our South African and South American adventures. Wanting to recapture the nostalgic moment of a family vacation, (not the Chevy Chase version), we took our adult children to Treasure Beach, Jamaica for 10 days. Love the Jamaican people, food, weather, all except the roads, (I am being generous calling them that) which are akin to a treacherous, torturous design version of a Mad Max episode. In the spring, we traveled to Greece for breathtaking scenery, gastronomical delights, and fun adventures with the most always hospitable and generous Greek people. A saying I heard, which has a definite ring of truth to it: “There are two kinds of people…people who are Greek and people who wish they were.” It’s another place to which we hope to return. Speaking of the Greeks, we so enjoyed seeing Pam Pandapas at Brit Babcock’s Maine home. Brit is always the consummate hostess, and Pam, who never comes empty handed, treated us all to epicurean delectables from her own garden. I am hoping for more good times, good memories, and good friends in the years to come. Audrey Grant: It was great to see everybody at Reunion! It was a blast. I am lucky to live close to the school, as it makes travel easier. We are moving from Skaneateles, NY, to Boxford, and we are living in the house that I grew up in. Trevor is at Masco, and on the golf team. I still teach at Syracuse University at the School of Design, VPA. I teach in the Fashion Design Program. I really enjoy teaching the Freshman Fashion Majors. So, Gary and I drive a lot. We will sell the NY house. Anyone interested in living Pam Blanchard Post ’75, Wheeler Gemmer ’75, and Fiona Harris Lubbock ’75

in beautiful Skaneateles? Hello to everyone that was at Reunion, and also to those that were not. You were missed. See you in five years!

1976 CAROL GOLDBERG 185 East 85th Street, Apt. 32C New York, NY 10028-4718 caaydin@aol.com Get ready for your 40th Reunion! Save the date: June 10–12, 2016. Check the Academy’s website for a full schedule of events. Families are welcome, and lodging is available on campus. Online registration will be available in March. We hope to see you back in Byfield next June! SAVE THE DATE FOR

Reunion Weekend JUNE 10–12, 2016

1977 VICTORIA MURPHY PO Box 235 Eaton Center, NH 03832 CARRIE NISSI 102 Haseltine Street Bradford, MA 01835-7726 cnissi@me.com Hi Everyone, Here is what your 56-year-old classmates are up to: Kate (Wise) Tewksbury reports that they are really enjoying the time their family spends in Turks and Caicos and is happy to get a lot of use out of their condo there. The island is getting popular though, so they may start Mike Sapuppo ’75

CLASS NOTES exploring more private places (Gilligan’s Island, maybe?). She was surprised to see and happy to be able to spend time with Ron Arieli (see Facebook photo on our page) and his beautiful family in July after almost 40 years. Her son Taylor graduated from West Virginia University in December and moved to Colorado this summer. Her daughter, Mackenzie, a junior at East Carolina University is a journalism major already writing for a magazine and a Turks and Caicos management company. Tracie (Ackerman) Connors just celebrated her second wedding anniversary after 13 years of being with her husband Jeff. Life is great in California, and she’s been at Yahoo recruiting and loving it for the last 8 years. Both her son and step-son have moved out west so family is close by. They spend as much time as possible at their home in Tahoe, breathing in the fresh mountain air, she’s not sure who loves it more, they or their dogs! Livermore, their home, is blessed with over 50 wineries. If anyone is heading out to SF or Tahoe, please let her know if you are in the mood to ski or taste wine! Joe Pietrafesa sends greetings from sunny Florida. He’s been traveling to Thousand Islands and Virginia, then back to “Paradise.” His son graduated recently from UNC Chapel Hill (4 down and 1 to go, but Lola won’t be graduating until 2032!). Winter Polo was a fun season and he’s happy to rely on the horses’ knees rather than his own. Our extreme camper, David Ham, had his kind of winter (also see Facebook for pictures), loving the cold and enjoying his beach chair/ snow bank back yard getaway. Recently he spent an anniversary fly fishing in Montana. Vacation looked amazing. Vicki (Papaioanou) Murphy’s last daughter has graduated from UMass and her middle daughter has moved to San Diego. They sold their lake home in NH this winter to spend more time traveling. The furthest she’s gone so far is Seabrook Beach NH, but it was an exciting (day) trip as she saw a shark for the first time in the warm waters. Hoping to leave the east coast by the time of the next newsletter. Carrie (Lyons) Nissi’s son Andrew did a great job graduating from high school (he borrowed his aide’s glasses and wore them across the stage to get his certificate, in style, and the crowd loved it). After an exciting and adventurous three week stint at camp Sno-Mo in NH, he is attending a day program in Haverhill. Daughter Sarah is in her sophomore year at Mass College of Art, loving and living in Boston where she works at the well-known Roxy’s Grilled Cheese in Boston. Carrie would like to know when she can clean out her room, but from experience I would say to wait until they are 30, as kids have a way of migrating back to the roost from time to time. She and husband Joe continue to run their distribution business from home, enjoying the benefits of that lifestyle. This may be just a rumor, but I heard Mike Tulloch was being considered for Dancing with the Stars this season….can anyone verify? Please stay in touch, enjoy your families, the changing seasons and the years leading up to our next big Reunion in 2017. Best, Vicki.

1978 BRAD CLARK 31 County Street Ascension Church Ipswich, MA 01938-2224 rectoramc@gmail.com SCOTT POPE Abtsdorferstrasse 22B Salzburg 5020 Austria scottpope23@yahoo.com Why wait for a year ending in some multiple of five to gather with classmates? We knew the Pope would be coming from Austria to visit the United States this past August, ahead of the other Pope coming from Rome. That was sufficient to occasion a minireunion of the Class of ’78. Hosted in Ipswich at the home of Brad Clark and his wife, Erica Fuller, some 20 classmates and significant others rallied to spend the afternoon sharing much reminiscing, news and the fondness enjoyed by friends who have been connected for…wait for it…some 40 years! Those able to make it to Ipswich included: Leslie Lafond, Scott and Sheila Pope, Brad Clark, Tom Driscoll, Beth Duff, Greg Rose, David Drukker, Peter and Cathy Hey, Doug Minster, Rick and Amy Neville, Jim Giampa, Pam Webb, Greg Kaknes, and Jim Goodhart. News from other classmates: Phil Ogden writes: Mini-reunion sounds like a great idea. I’m living in Dubai and I’ll be in NY in May for daughter #2 college graduation, so not planning for another trip in Aug or Sept…unlikely, but you never know. Thanks for the invitation. Coming up on my 5th summer here and I’m actually getting used to 120 degree days. Haven’t had to suffer snow in a long time ... closest I’ve come is SkiDubai in the mall haha. I was in Abu Dhabi for two years, then Qatar for two years. Now back in the UAE, Dubai this time. Much better place. Besides work, traveling a lot and playing hockey here and tournaments in various places. Just got back from one in Bangkok. Hope all is well with you. Would like to get to

Salzburg again. Been a number of years. Tom Diehl writes: “My timing is unlucky. Brenna and I zipped through Massachusetts last Sunday on our way back to Illinois after a week canoeing down the Allagash River in Maine from Eagle Lake to the town of Allagash.” Mary-Alexandra Mackay-Smith Keirstead writes: Hey folks—I won’t be able to make it from Charlotte, NC—have a fabulous time and a glass of wine/beer for me.” Geoffrey Gwynne writes: “Hey, Brad. I’m wishing to for myself one of those well-posed chairs with its spectacular view next Sunday chatting it up with you and others. But I won’t make it. And now for something entirely unsolicited: You may remember I was a Johnny-come-lately at GDA—a one year senior. An immature 17-year-old, I had a very mixed year. But it was at GDA that I found a love for learning— Mr. Harlow’s US Government class and Ms. Mullen’s Environmental Science class were instrumental. (Marshall Clunie’s Senior English was a low point in my day, which began at 8 am with Greg Kaknes and other sleepyheads!) My dad is class of ’47—that’s how I came to the school. I was an underachieving derelict in public high school, and I was only marginally ready for some of the social and academic challenges of GDA. I was pals with Osty, Leahy, Norton, Latham, Huffnagle, and a few others, but breaking into friendships circles for that one year would have been difficult even if I’d been good at relationships, which I clearly was not. I drank and smoked too much that year to get any better. I am married 25 years. Three boys. Both 18-year-old twins were heading off to college this fall in Texas on baseball scholarships (different schools). One leaves Monday. The other broke his neck in late June. He’s going to be OK—thank God, but he’ll not be heading to Concordia University in Austin this fall. I’ll share the story in an attachment. It was nightmarish for a while. However, our God is a redeeming God, and this story holds visible signs of this deep and too—often hidden yet glorious reality, that’s all I can say. Third son is a delightful boy who plays a mean game of tennis. All three Eagle Scouts. (Yes, proud dad.) I’m still an Episcopal priest. After planting two churches, one in Colorado and another in Virginia, and being interim at Christ Church, Aspen, we came to Texas open to new

Zach ’06, Tim ’77, and Sam Richards ’08, in July, at the Boston summer alumni event

Look who I ran into, after almost 40 years, in the Turks and Caicos Islands. Ron Arieli ’77 and Kate Wise Tewksbury ’77

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challenges: #1 Life in Texas; #2 Trying to bring a traditional parish into the 21st century. Plenty of challenges therein. Mostly happy, though with less than three years to go before I’ve put in 30, I’m hoping for some fresh wind to propel me. Parish ministry will not be my last undertaking in life. Can’t wait to put down some things associated. As many clergy say, “I can’t wait to get back weekends.” I used to do triathlon events, but factors conspired against continuing—so many of them moved to Sunday mornings, far fewer events here than in Virginia and Colorado, and my body’s requiring extra TLC, so I’m sitting out for a season. Still go to Cape Cod every summer to our family home in Falmouth. Brother who lives in Austin was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize for book Empire of the Summer Moon (historical non-fiction about Comanches and the settling of the American frontier).” Silvio Montealegre writes: “Hello Everyone. Life is good in Nicaragua where I have lived the last 11 years. I lived in Costa Rica for 12 years before that. I have four kids, boys all of them. One graduated from the University of Chicago, two are in college and one is a junior in high school. Dana Stetson visited us in Costa Rica and in Nicaragua.” Jule-Ann Huffnagle shares this: “Oh

Gosh—email—I can do this!! Hello Everyonethings are almost quiet here on the western front… My two boys are grown—one a geneticist who makes cancer drugs, and the other a geologist digging through Wyoming. My husband and I were “empty-nesters” for 2 seconds, but life had other ideas. We now have a daughter—who laughs a little too hard when I sing! She starts High School next year. We considered GDA, but gulp! It costs a bundle! My husband’s family has bought a house in Maine, so we may be out there this summer. If so I promise to stop by GDA for a visit. It’s great to catch up. Hope all is well with everyone. Lots of love.” Andrew W. Robinson writes: “Hi, Folks! And, thank you Scott and Brad for your continued efforts! I hope this message finds you all well and happy! Well, I’m still in Verona, New Jersey, doing the environmental thing. We’re crazy busy and growing nicely. I’ve been with my lovely lady, Kathy, for over a year now; and, she hasn’t killed me yet! That’s what I call a keeper! Matthew, my 21 year old son, is doing great in his third year at Drexel in materials engineering; and, Haley, my 18 year old daughter is winding up her first year at Hunter College in the city and doing really well. I miss all of you greatly; and, I get a great deal of mileage out of sharing my

experiences at Dummer. Yeah! I said it! If any of you find yourselves in the Essex County (can’t seem to leave that county!), the New Jersey Essex County that is, don’t hesitate to call me. I’m totally around; and, my cellphone’s never off. For real. And, if any of you ever have an environmental headache of any kind, give me a buzz. I do lots of pro bono work for the people in my life. All the best!” Jim Slater writes: “Fiona and I have lived in North Central New Jersey where I have been working as a heart surgeon for the past 16 years. Fiona is a senior executive with Unilever and has been based and living in London for the past 4 years. Our daughter, Ailsa, is a sophomore at St Andrew’s, Scotland, which puts 2/5 of the family on that side of the ocean. We rack up our fair share of frequent flyer miles. Our sons, Callum and Ewan, are currently at Loomis Chaffee and Northfield Mt Hermon. Having lived away from New England for so many years it has been a pleasure being a frequent visitor to the area to see the kids. I have been in touch with Tommy Driscoll on an almost regular basis over the years and had the opportunity to catch up with Peter Feith for the first time in 30 years when our paths crossed in London this fall. Thanks for initiating this. Fun to hear everyone’s very varied stories.” And finally,

Class of 1978 mini reunion in Ipswich, Mass., August 2015

Class of 1980, 35th Reunion, June 2015

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CLASS NOTES Jamie Purinton shares this: “Sorry that Tad and I did not make it to your gathering yesterday. We were looking forward to coming and really planning on it but turned out we had to be in the Hudson Valley yesterday! Hope you all had a great time.”

1979 TROY DAGRES 7 Patriot Lane, Unit 20 Georgetown, MA 01833-2251 troydagres@aol.com We would love to hear from you! Please contact Meredith O’Donnell in the Alumni Office: classnotes@govsacademy.org with news and events.

1980 HELEN MAZARAKIS 222 North Mountain Avenue Montclair, NJ 07042-2307 hmazarakis@yahoo.com Hello Classmates! It has been 35 years since we leaped over the wall and off to the lives we have lived since. Last June I attended our 35th Reunion and somehow came away with the job as your scribe for the foreseeable future. Thanks to Lynne Durland Moranian for doing such a great job for so long. I intend to hound you for news so we will all be well prepared for the biggest attendance ever at our 40th Reunion in five years! If you weren’t in Byfield, Mass., this past June 5&6, you missed seeing 14 classmates and a number of spouses as well. In attendance were: Jeff Bailey, Kevin Callahan, John Fain, Jim Gardner, Neda Kalhori, Lisa Devine Kenerson, Lynn Durland Moranian, Randy Pendleton, Heather Perkins, Russ Savrann, Rick Aranosian ’81 above the ancient city of Yerevan, Armenia

Chris Stafford and Antonio Thomas (“Ant,” or “Tony” as he was in the day). While Jim Gardner probably thought Ohio qualified him for the longest distance travelled, Rand Pendleton actually made it from the left coast (California) and John Fain from Houston. Lisa Devine Kenerson did an amazing job pulling people in via her Facebook posts over the past few years. Jeff Bailey graciously invited the whole crew for an afternoon cruise on the Merrimack, and we were joined at the dock by Paul LeMaitre and his wife. Chris Stafford and Kevin Callahan were able to tell us about life at “Govs” today, from the perspective of their kids. Please let me know your news! I want to know: Are you married? Kids? What do you do professionally? What are the passions in your life these days? Who have you seen? Send me photos and links! You can find me at hmazarakis@yahoo.com, or on Facebook. Looking forward to hearing from you all and telling everyone else what you said!

1981 KATHRYN SHILALE 18 Longmeadow Road Medfield, MA 02052-1017 kathryn@shilale.net Save the date for our 35th Reunion, June 10–12, 2016! Richard Aranosian writes: Parev from Yerevan! I am writing to you from Armenia, midSeptember 2015. It was a long three-flight odyssey, but I finally made it in late last night. I decided to take a second trip to the homeland to learn more about my ancestral heritage. I am exploring the culture, history, environment, food, music, arts, and it will give a chance to work on my Armenian language skills. I am sure that Mr. Abu will be proud! Next week, I am traveling to the south and visiting (Wings of) Tatev Monestary, Karahunj (Armenian Stonehenge), and Karabakh. I will have some good stories to tell at next year’s 35th Reunion weekend. I look forward to seeing my classmates and friends at that time. Shnorhakalutyun yev tstesutyun. Peter Starosta writes: “Cynthia and I are delighted to

announce our oldest son, Henry, is entering as a sophomore and of the class of 2018 at Govs. He will live at Perkins; have a room next to Suddy; Steve Queen will be his Proctor; and he will visit Red and Brownie in cottage. On the weekends he will go hang out with EOB. We are hoping he paves the way for his younger brother Theodore to enter one day for the class of 2022. Peace Kaol.”

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1982 NANCY WICKWIRE 78 Smith Road Bedford, NH 03110-6322 anwick@comcast.net Nancy Wickford writes: “Hello Friends, I dropped the ball! After a couple of decades as your class secretary, I actually missed an Archon edition and submitted ZERO notes last spring. That’s right: zilch. So I am trying to redeem myself, but unfortunately I have very little time, as my notes are due to GDA on Monday evening. Would you please indulge me, right now while I have your attention, and “reply all” with the answers to one or more of the following questions: 1. Describe a time, while at GDA, when you remember letting a deadline sneak up on you to the very last minute . . . (kind of like me letting this deadline sneak up) 2. Tell us about your experience with getting your kid or kids into college 3. Who is an empty nester for the first time? How is that going?

Eric Jones ’81, Eric Adell ’81, Terrance Talley ’81, Kathryn O’Leary ’81, Jenny Graf ’81, Tom Johnson ’81, Larry Schwartz ’81, Kristin Russell ’81, Mike Reilly ’81, Benay Todzo ’81, Jeff Bailey ’80, Peter Brandli ’81, and Chris Stafford ’80

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4. What trips or event have you been to recently that was enjoyable? I’ll start: 1. I’m sure I never let a deadline sneak up on me while at GDA! 2. Ugh. A little stressful, but we are in the home stretch, a few more visits in the next couple of months and then applications will be in, nothing to do but wait. 3. Not me. 4. Took my daughter and a handful of her friends to see the Oddball Comedy Festival (featuring Amy Schumer) last weekend. Hilarious. A little awkward with all the sex-related jokes, since I was with my 17-yearold daughter . . . but fun! AND in August we went with Martha (Lawlor) and Gary Krauch to see English Beat which was a total 80s throwback and a complete blast!! Ok, your turn. Do it now! THANKS FOR SAVING MY ARCHON NOTE REPUTATION! Trina (Chiara) Manganello: Hi Friends! I am enjoying family life with Richard; Isabella, who just started her freshman year at Ethel Walker in Connecticut; and Olivia, who entered second grade this year. Six months ago, I left work in NYC to start my own marketing communications firm and am absolutely loving it. Hope to see all at another reunion soon!! John Nye: 1. I remember a time in college when I slept through a P/F exam, told the professor my grandparent’s cows got out and was sorry to miss the test. I passed. 2. The first kid was stressful with all the social stigma that goes along with getting your kid into a “good” college. The second kid was stressful, because she wanted to be a musical theatre major, so she had to get into the school, then submit a tape, then go for the audition, then wait for results. Generally twenty-four are accepted from 1,000 applicants. She got in. 3. Not me, either. Youngest is in high school. Oldest is back and living at home. 4. Fun trips related to filming Antiques Roadshow, but the best trip was visiting Dan Nye (’84) last winter and skiing the Alps in Italy, Switzerland and

France. Gus (Henley) Cheshire: Greetings to all! Wow, a nice surprise email. I USUALLY shy away from Archon notes, but after talking with Will Friend in the ocean water of our small private beach this past July, I got renewed courage! THE QUESTIONS: 1. All was terribly daunting for me, especially reading because I was the slowest reader! But I remember struggling through the book DRACULA for Mr. Rybicki’s class, hoping that I would never be called. 2. COLLEGE…WOW… IT STARTED OUT great. Savannah applied and got into Roanoke College; she spent a semester there, but things did not work out. The southern vibe was a little hard to digest. So, she reapplied to Connecticut College, where she met the man of her dreams. This past May we had her graduation, and four months later her fairytale wedding in Beverly Farms.. so boom boom boom…she never sits still for a moment! 3. EMPTY NEST: I HATE that expression. My younger daughter keeps me busy as a new freshman in high school, with her many accomplishments of dance, tennis, Girl Scouts, swimming, and skating. 4. It has been non-stop with the engagement party, family dinners, graduation dinner parties, wedding gown fittings, bridal showers, and then the grand wedding. Aside from the wedding, with a gorgeous bride, I have to say I love the small events like squeezing in Savannah’s July birthday before all wedding madness and the two sisters just… being sisters! Barbara MackaySmith: Hi Nancy, Kudos to you for hitting 99.9% of the Archon deadlines... I’m not sure I’ve ever turned in anything without that deadline pressure spurring me on into the wee hours of the morning! This time I have an 18-hour jump on you, emailing from a Beijing layover... Anyone who’s read the business pages lately knows how my work is going at UAL... The past couple of years have made me a greater union supporter than ever. Meanwhile, on the Homefront, we’re beginning to talk about

Nathalie Ames ’85 and Ben Armstrong ’85 at The Grateful Dead Concert in San Francisco, 2015

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colleges with my sophomore daughter. Any ideas for our California girl, who plays varsity soccer, speaks fluent French and is studying Spanish, loves riding, wake-boarding, and photography, and is getting straight A’s...? These East Coast parents have a handful. Not sure where to begin! Thankfully our eighth-grade son keeps us grounded with his laidback attitude and sense of humor toward it all. He’s playing soccer, too, and getting A’s, so I’m sure we’ll be on track for several years of college-visits, SATs and application essays. We all had a lot of fun at my family’s farm down in Virginia over the summer, as well as a long-weekend back on the North Shore for my niece’s wedding at the House of Seven Gables (Does anyone remember having to read that? I think I missed that deadline). Remembering Charlie Sullivan this September; I didn’t know him well at GDA, but got to be friends with him at a distance the last few years of his life; he had a loving heart and was a faithful and caring friend to many who knew him. Bobby Low: While most of you are dropping kids off to college, I on the other hand am dropping my five- and eight-year olds off at the bus stop! Had a terrific summer working Cardigan Mt. Summer Session, where my daughter Natalie attended. Cooper (much to Daddy’s delight) loves soccer, hockey, and lacrosse, and wife Stacey’s art studio for kids in West Acton is doing well (www. colorfullexplorations.com). We just got a Black Labrador puppy (Argos)—my third lab. If anyone’s in the Groton area, please stop in. Thank you for your remembrance of Charlie, Barbara. Because he lived fifteen minutes away, I think of him often, as we used to get together for coffee/breakfast quite often. He treated everyone with kindness, was extremely loyal, and loved to have fun (as we know!). Lots of memories from Cottage and Ingham/Eames days. Martha Lawlor Krauch (as reported by Barbara Mackay-Smith): Did not send in her notes (thanks for that, roomie!) but I have insider Cassie Frank ’86

CLASS NOTES info from her. Martha is not yet an empty nester, but her oldest, Emily, is a nursing major in her junior year at UMass Dartmouth. Charlotte is a senior and looking at schools, also for nursing. And youngest Eliza is a high school sophomore. Martha’s best event this summer was 1. Having me and my family down for the day on the lake where she lives, and 2. Going with our husbands for dinner in Nashua, followed by The English Beat at Tupelo Music Hall! Total 80s throwback evening. Good times. Heather Vickers Ryan (as reported by Barbara Mackay-Smith): Also did not send in her notes. My good friends! Always have my back. But, I happen to know that her oldest is a freshman at Elon, her middle daughter is a high schooler starting to look, and her son is (I think) in middle school. Alison Montague writes that she is looking at colleges with Alex, which, she reports, “is like writing a paper: fun to keep doing the research, but who wants to sit down and do the actual work? I bet Layla has it all together, so good luck to her! Sophie just started ninth grade at Newton North, so I am fearful of the empty nest in four years. Maybe we’ll move near wherever she goes to college. She’d love that. Trips? Just to the Cape and Maine this summer; driving all over Boston for kids’ camps and work.”

1983 CATHERINE EVELETH 113 Hawthorne Road Fulton, NY 13069-4525 catmando_ent@msn.com DANIELLE JACOBS 91 Pond Street Marblehead, MA 01945-2604 dljacobs@aol.com

We would love to hear from you! Please contact Meredith O’Donnell in the Alumni Office: classnotes@govsacademy.org with news and events.

1984 HARRY TAORMINA 1706 Vinton Circle Chesapeake, VA 23323-6664 harry.taormina@cox.net We would love to hear from you! Please contact Meredith O’Donnell in the Alumni Office: classnotes@govsacademy.org with news and events.

1985 NATHALIE AMES PO Box 114 Mesa, CO 81643-0114 names@nathaliames.com Hi Class of 1985! What a great turnout for our 30th reunion! I think it was our best yet. Classmates who were able to make it include: Stephanie Ginsberg, Benjamin Armstrong, Susie Black Beck, Samuel Blatchford, Katrina M. Burks, Chris Chance, Robert Cloutier, Victoria de Lisle, Katherine Fitzpatrick, Lisa Demeri, Sean Fleming, Susan Friedburg, Anthony Fusco,

Andrew Noel, Brendan D’Orio, Sawyer Moody, and Alec D’Orio, children of Andy Noel ’88, Chris D’Orio ’88, and Alex Moody ’89. The boys are all attending Cardigan Mountain School and, of course, playing hockey.

Christopher Goddard, Anna Hill, Nolden Johnson, David Kagan, Jeff Kelly, Meredith Lazo McPherron, Sean Mahoney, Jonathan Nesbit, Quinn Pollock, Peter Quimby, Cheryl D’Souza McKenna, Jeanne Smith-Hollett, Jeff Taft, Diane Walsh and Becky Werner. One of the best parts of the weekend was seeing friends who have not been on campus since graduation. They were amazed at how beautiful the campus is and all of the new buildings built since 1985. We all had time to catch up with one another, to see photos of each other’s kids, meet spouses and significant others, hear about jobs, careers, and hobbies. It was a blast! I hope the next reunion in 2020 has a great turnout too! I heard from many people who could not make the reunion. Dinah Daley Sullivan, Raquel Ardito Barletta, Esmee Williams, Jay Karas, Melissa Huffsmith-Roth, Jon Shain, Douk Kirk, Andrew Menyhart, Jessica Gould Dabrowski, Barry Newman and Roslyn Pechet said to say hello to everyone! All is well in Mesa Colorado! I am still selling real estate, running my coffee shop (Blink coffee Company), taking photos, and traveling. In June I was able to connect with Ben and Anne Armstrong in San Francisco to see the Grateful Dead play at Levi stadium! Please keep in touch! There is always an extra guest bedroom at my house in Mesa if you ever want to visit!

1986 PAUL NARDONE 190 Summer Street Lynnfield, MA 01940-1857 paulbnardone@gmail.com Hi Class of ’86: I hope you all are well. Can you believe it’s a reunion year, again? We’re looking for volunteers for reunion planning so let me know if you’re interested. I’ve been up on campus quite a bit Class of 1990 Reunion Photo

Ilse Abusamra ’93; Dan Morrison ’88, Beatrice Morrison, Charlotte Morrison, and Laurel Abusamra P’93, Faculty Emerita

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lately, as my son, Casey, just started his freshman year at Govs. It’s pretty neat, in that some of our teachers and coaches are still on campus. Mr. Metz is actually my son’s advisor, so that’s really neat. Hope to see all of you at our 30th Reunion, June 10–12, 2016. Cassie Frank sent along an update: “It’s been a long time since I connected with the class of 1986, but since we’re coming up on the 30th I thought I’d reach out. Currently I am living in Allen, TX, just north of Dallas. I’ve been here for four years now, and I love it! Prior to that, I was in Las Vegas for eleven years and the central coast of California for nine. After I graduated from UNH I found myself in retail management, which I’ve continued with all these years. Currently, I am a District Manager for Coach Handbags. I’ve actually worked for them for more than 16 years! My family still lives in New Hampshire, the same house that they were in when I was at GDA! I try to visit at least twice a year and am planning my next trip for this fall. I’ve followed in my mother’s footsteps, she’s a very successful breeder of Australian Shepherd dogs, having won several prestigious shows including Eukanuba National Championship and the World show. I breed and show Cardigan Welsh Corgis and have even begun judging, which I hope to do more of in the future. I’m including a picture of my mother and me at the Westminster Kennel Club from 2014. Unfortunately, we were snowed in New Hampshire for the 2015 show and did not make it! I do keep in touch with a few GDA folk primarily through Facebook and it’s been great to see how everyone is doing in their careers and family. Take care, and looking forward to the 30th reunion in 2016!” Hedi Chard wrote in: “As for my news: I am still in Concord (MA) with my husband, Matthew, and three boys. Had a fun reunion this summer with Kim Carey Rochford, Kim Mooney McNulty, and Lee Hayman Podolnick and their spouses and kids. Looking forward to seeing more folks next June at our 30th reunion! I still teach at a bilingual French preschool in Lexington and am a private French tutor. My first loves are still teaching and

French, but my latest venture is my new business, which is opening a whole new world to me: I am now an independent consultant for Rodan & Fields, a dermatology-based skincare company. I’ve met some incredible people in my short six months with the company and I’m really excited to see what the future holds. Would love to hear from fellow alums. I’m now on Facebook after all these years! SAVE THE DATE FOR

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1987 CARLA ENGLISH 93 Prescott Street North Andover, MA 01845-1715 carla_english@yahoo.com DAVID MILLER 28 Hunters Village Way Manchester, NH 03103-5936 davidnowis@gmail.com Kobi (Kris Kobialka) writes that she and Arthur are still in their little river house in Beverly with their two grey, furry people. She adds, “I am becoming a digital preservation specialist, as well as being a Certified Archivist. Trying to keep life fun by taking some classes at Berklee and piano lessons. Singing whenever I can. So life is busy, but good. Pretty much dreading another New England winter, just like the rest of New England!” I’m with you 100 percent, Kobi. Taylor Twining is still living on the Jersey shore and working in New York City as a federal monitor for HSBC. He requests, “Anyone visiting the

Alexa Wriggins ’90 and Michael Sabanc

city, please look me up.” And adds, “I am currently looking at colleges with my daughter in the Boston area, and my two boys—one a freshman and one a sixth-grader—are at the local Rumson schools. I hope to see everyone at the next reunion.” Shawn Reeves is beginning his second year teaching labs at Babson College, and mentions his classes have included recent TGA graduates. He still runs an efficient charity for teachers, so please, make it rain. Amy Mack Forsthoffer writes, “We’ve had a great summer, with vacations with friends and family on Block Island and Plum Island, where we caught up with Paula McCarthy Haas and spent a few beautiful days sailing, swimming and eating lobstahs in Maine with Lucy Armstrong Henkes and her family, as well as Ben Armstrong and his wife, Anne.” She also says, “Finley is nine and starting fourth grade, and Mae is seven and starting second grade. I think we can all agree time is just flying by! I’m still working at Oracle, playing tennis and running some races when not trying to keep up with the kids. We are still enjoying the DC area, living in Clifton, VA, so look us up if you are visiting DC!” I, Carla English, was thinking recently about the song Lise Carrigg, Shawn Reeves, Chris McMorris and I sang at our graduation convocation, “You’ve Got a Friend.” Never have I felt this sentiment more than this spring as so many people from our class and the extended TGA community reached out to make a monumental difference in the lives of my niece, nephew, and sister at an urgent time of need. I feel incredibly fortunate to be part of such an amazing group of caring people. On the home front, all is well. Aiden is in sixth grade and enjoying cross country, cycling, writing code (not sure where he gets that talent), boy scouts, saxophone and just being a sweet kid. Julian is doing well, but is currently between schools (again). We are working with our school district towards finding the right special needs placement. Thank you to all who sent in a class note!

1988 DEANA BOYAGES 156 Aurora Street Hudson, OH 44236-2943 dboyages@msn.com Chris D’Orio writes in to share that his sons Alec and Brendan have joined Andy Noel’s son, Andrew, and Alex Moody’s ’89 son, Sawyer, at Cardigan Mountain School this fall. “The boys have played a lot of hockey together and have been friends through our families for a long time. They are continuing the hockey legacy that began in the mid 80’s under the direction and leadership Peter Bragdon and Larry Piatelli.” All of the four boys remain close with the Piatelli sons, Chris, Steve, and Greg. David P’93, Faculty Emeritus, Laurel P’93, Faculty Emerita, and Ilse Abusamra ’93 visited with Dan Morrison and his family this summer during their stay in Paris.

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CLASS NOTES

1989 KRISTIN BROWN 45 Georgian Road Cambridge School of Weston Weston, MA 02493-2110 We would love to hear from you! Please contact Meredith O’Donnell in the Alumni Office: classnotes@govsacademy.org with news and events.

1990 NIKKI DELLICOLLI 1 Riverview Boulevard, #3-202 Methuen, MA 01844-6043 ndellicolli@aol.com The spring and summer of 2015 were bittersweet for the Class of 1990. In April, we lost one of our dear schoolmates from the Class of 1989, Carrie O’Keefe to her battle with breast cancer. Many members of various classes ranging from 1987 through 1993 were in attendance at her services to pay respect to Carrie and her family. Carrie left a wide array of fun-loving memories in the hearts of schoolmates and two beautiful, spirited daughters! I have the pleasure to teach both her daughters, Sarah and Elizabeth, dance. If anyone wants to reach out and support them in some way, feel free to contact me and I can reach out to the appropriate people. I am thinking of creating a Dance Scholarship Fund for Carrie’s girls, I would love support from the GDA community. Please contact me if interested! In June, we had Our Class of 1990’s 25th reunion at the Academy. It was a terrific turnout!! Many classmates came from near and far and celebrated fully!! Kate Fyrberg, all the way from England!

:), Mike Guilbert and his lovely girlfriend from CA, Dave Johnson, Emily Pearl, Gordon Randall, Grayson Cunningham Coale from CT, Kathryn DiNanno Barbieri from FLA, Ian Jones and his wife Amy from FLA, Pete Longo, Jason Male, Kerry Campbell Morrison, Chris Troianello, Bryan Payne and his wife, Shawn Toomey from Maryland, Kyrie Stevens, Kevin O’Handley and his family, Shannon Davenport, Kristen Morgan Mollineaux and Molly Jerabek Frey. (If I didn’t designate out of state, living locally). We had a lovely dinner in a beautiful new wing of the Phillips building with some of our invited teachers. It was fabulous catching up with old friends and learning of mutual friends and students we have! THEN, Brian Payne made an impromptu, HILARIOUS speech of memories from days at GDA. He certainly got the party started and had us all laughing pretty much until our stomachs hurt! :) Later that evening, we took to the dance floor and per the prompting and encouragement of Shaun Toomey, Ian Jones joined the band onstage! Shaun Toomey, Kyrie Stevens, Mike Guilbert and I joined as backup dancers and on tambourine. Good times were had by all! It was terrific to see our classmates and such a good time. Those who didn’t make it, as Shaun Toomey put it “missed out”! Start planning now for our next in 2020!! :) And you were missed! I know many of you had to miss for “good” reasons, such as family obligations and weddings! One special wedding announcement comes from our classmate Alexa Wriggins on the West Coast: “I’m still living on the left coast and thrilled to report that I married Michael Sebanc at San Francisco City Hall on May 8, 2015. The ceremony was followed by a pop-up reception and snacks, hosted in a vintage camper trailer on a nearby city side walk. It was a dream.” Congratulations to Alexa and Michael!! I know another dear classmate had a beautiful and joyous wedding this summer as well. However, I will keep you in suspense until the next Archon issue. Until then, love each other and let’s cherish each other and all our special friendships and bonds with each other and our teachers and mentors from GDA. Life

Dara Shain’92 and Cara Fineman ’92 gathered together their children for some summer fun!

is but brief, let’s not wait too long to reunite again for great conversation, laughs and dancing! :)

1991 NICOLE LATOUR MACLAUGHLIN 23 Webster Park Needham, MA 02492 latourdecor@verizon.net Save the date for the GDA Class of 1991’s 25th Reunion! Join us June 10–12, 2016 on campus in Byfield. Check the Academy’s website for a full schedule of events. Families are welcome and lodging is available on campus. Online registration is available in March. Let us know if you are interested in helping us plan for this milestone gathering.

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1992 CASSIE FIRENZE 44 Dean Street Belmont, MA 02478-3257 cwfirenze@gmail.com Greetings, Class of 1992! As most of us have now enjoyed some time on the other side of 40, it’s great to hear from you all from time to time and reflect on the past twenty-five years. With a big reunion coming up next summer, it will be fun to reconnect in person. Some of the notes below have been on the shelf for a while, as I missed the spring deadline, but I hope you’ll enjoy reading anyway. It’s always great to hear from you! Here goes: in the spirit of my own missed deadline, I’ll start with an unfulfilled promise of a note submission! Chris Ruggiero was my first responder back in February, saying he was way overdue with an update and would get us something by the weekend. Rugg, the class of 1992 is on the edge of our seat! What’s going on!? We’ll expect big news the next time around. Joe Kirsch and his wife, Callan, welcomed their second baby boy in July 2014. Joey (big brother) and Charlie George (more than one year now!) are doing great. Joe is still working in the world of phones, web and video conferencing and living on Long Island. Joe included some great pictures: his oldest son dolled up in a coat and tie (ready for a day at the office or prepping for a GDA interview?), and a yearbook photo of Joe with Marky Mark. Neither has aged a bit! Hoyt Morgan is busy with his company Nito (check out www.nitoApp.com), following Duke basketball, and of course, keeping up with The Archon | Fall 2015

the newest Morgan. Hunter Dodge Morgan is off the charts in height and is sure to bring in points for the Govs and the Blue Devils in years to come! Jed Murdoch reports a great adventure! He’s received tenure and is now an Associate Professor of Wildlife Biology at UVM. If that wasn’t exciting enough, he’s received a Fulbright and is on a one year study in Mongolia, studying protected area management. Jed, his wife and two-year- old son have arrived in Ulaanbaatar, bracing for a long, cold winter (could it be worse than Burlington’s winter?) and would love to hear from friends at jmurdoch@uvm.edu Best of luck, Jed. We’ll definitely want updates from the road! Jen Noon is living in Waltham and keeping busy with her two boys, who are now in first and fourth grades. Toby Harris, one of our most faithful reporters, is busy as the GM /Head Coach of the Jersey Hitman Hockey team (of the USPHL Premier League). Last spring they won their 4th Dineen Cup Championship in seven seasons and placed 16 players into D1 colleges. Amazing work, Toby! On perhaps a different note than hockey, Toby’s wife is a mindfulness practitioner and has just published her first book, Mad to Glad. Read more about Angela and her work at www.mindfularomatherapy.com. Judy Livingston Loto reports that her children are in fourth and sixth grades already. They are doing very well in school, and have particular strength in languages, whether French or Chinese; they have great ears and are natural students. Judy is focused on increasing the awareness of the importance of history and High school photo of Joe Kirsch ’92 with Marky Mark circa 1992

material culture in schools and museums, and her work as the owner of Russack & Loto books and Executive Director of the Antiques Dealers’ Association of America. She’s well-focused! The Lotos, complete with Frank in the insurance business and an Australian Shepherd, are outside, active, and enjoying it all! As we peek at the calendar and see our 25th reunion on the horizon, Amy Nicolo (who went to Ian’s class of 1990 this summer) reports that it’s worth the trip. Amy and her crew are already committed to coming and hope we can draw a big crowd. I also heard from Dara Shain (see picture of her daughter Ila with Cara Fineman’s kids) with plans to return to Byfield. It’s amazing how four years can feel like forever, and then twenty-five fly by in an instant. As I write this, I’m watching summer fade into the distance: a busy summer filled with work, travel, and stolen moments. I spent time with Saundra Watson (’93) whenever possible, and visited with Candice Denby during a brief trip back East. I’m losing track of all of Candice’s races, but she’s added some big ones to her trophy wall: Boston Marathon 2015 and Ironman Mount Tremblant 2015. It’s a level of dedication and sacrifice I can only imagine. It’s so fun to watch, if only from my computer as she ticks through the miles. I hope that each of you had a summer that let you feel like a kid again, on some level. Watching my overly cautious five-year-old leap into the deep end of a pool or ride a boogie board while our aging boxer (now almost nine) tries to cling to his inner puppy days, I’m reminded that that there is good stuff all along the way, even in the midst of the daily to-do lists and feeling like it’s never done. Thanks for checking in and revisiting moments that are both a lifetime ago… and only yesterday.

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Joey Kirsch, future GDA grad

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INGRID CUNNEY 35 Prince Street Beverly, MA 01915-2007 icunney@aol.com SHAWN MARKEY 192 Kingsbury Avenue Bradford, MA 01836-8173 stmarkey58@yahoo.com We would love to hear from you! Please contact Meredith O’Donnell in the Alumni Office: classnotes@govsacademy.org with news and events.

1994 KRIS HUGHES 5649 Colbath Avenue Van Nuys, CA 91401-4725 kris.hughes@sbcglobal.net We would love to hear from you! Please contact Meredith O’Donnell in the Alumni Office: classnotes@govsacademy.org with news and events.

MICHAEL NOON 70 Harvey Street Cambridge, MA 02140 646.245.5014

Hoyt, Elizabeth, and Hunter Dodge

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Savina Sasserath is well and happy, still living just west of Düsseldorf. Her sons, Paul and Nico, are already 12 and 10 years old. Five years ago she started a business in naturopathic medicine, specializing in anti-aging therapies “like vampire lifts and hyaluronic treatments.” She hopes everyone is fine and that she will be able to see classmates when next she visits the States, or should anyone venture to her little corner of the Rhineland. Actually, Savina, the secretary is overdue for a visit to his family in Germany, who are only about an hour away from you. And the secretary doesn’t know what a vampire lift is, but he’s pretty sure he wants one. (Though, full disclosure, he would have preferred to become a vampire 15 years ago, still in the flush of physical perfection, rather than preserve the “youth” of this dissipated

CLASS NOTES husk who types these words.) Christopher Dirk Terry apparently had a similarly truncated visit to reunion as the secretary, slaves that we are to the fortunes of our children. In his own words: “Sorry I missed everyone who made it to reunion, but I was there for the Pie Race in the morning, and was planning on sticking around the remainder of the day, until my 18-month-old got ill. We’ll be having our second in January. Until then, enjoying fall in Concord, Mass, and hopefully some skiing at Sunday River…and snowshoeing for the wife.” In other news, Amy Collins has just celebrated her fifth year as executive director of TreeUtah in Salt Lake City, Utah. To complete its mission of planting trees all over the state, TreeUtah partners with 40 companies as diverse as Walmart, AT&T, Coca Cola, and Boeing to Tom’s of Maine, Patagonia, Alta Ski Resort and the Great Salt Lake Audubon Society. Amy credits her years at GA as helping her build her career and wants to be remembered to all her GA friends and classmates. Amy can be seen on their Web site at TreeUtah.Org. As a last bit of news, there is one among our number who can be forgiven for not writing to announce the momentous news of his nuptials. Our own Tim Gould joined in the bonds of matrimony with his love, Mara Sidman (now Mara Sidman Gould). Best wishes to the happy couple. Or, as they say in the South, “congratulations!” to Tim, and “good luck!” to Mara!

1996 JANNA DE RISI 1 Walnut Tree Lane Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724 JEFF LABELLE 3546 North Reta Avenue, #25 Chicago, IL 60657 labejef@gmail.com Get ready for the Class of 1996’s 20th Reunion! Save the Date: June 10–12, 2016. Check the Academy’s website for a full schedule of events. Families are welcome, and lodging is available on campus. Online registration will be available in March. SAVE THE DATE FOR

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1997 SANDY PADILLA 4 Park Avenue, 22D New York, NY 10016 spadilla08@gmail.com We would love to hear from you! Please contact Meredith O’Donnell in the Alumni Office: classnotes@govsacademy.org with news and events.

1998 ELLE ESCOBAR 888 Main Street, #611 New York, NY 10044-0216 ericksone_e@me.com We would love to hear from you! Please contact Meredith O’Donnell in the Alumni Office: classnotes@govsacademy.org with news and events.

1999 JESSICA KARLIN 36 Wilshire Park Needham, MA 02492 jess.karlin@gmail.com We would love to hear from you! Please contact Meredith O’Donnell in the Alumni Office: classnotes@govsacademy.org with news and events.

folks this year since the 15 year reunion in June, where I saw Catherine Correia, Eve Seamans, Paige Ramsdell, Zenovia Wright, Kristen Seim Zarkades, Diana Burnell, Elizabeth Turnbull Henry, Mrs. Hamovit, Mr. Stowens, and many others. I feel like I have been seeing more of GDA folks recently, and it really feels great to rekindle and continue to develop these strong bonds. I also recently saw Jessica Watson, who visited from NY as well, and it was a blast. Besides performing music and more creative projects, I’m currently working mostly as an inpatient group therapist doing expressive therapy and psychoeducational groups with adults in the Boston area. Blessings to all!” Holly Erickson writes: “I am just getting off of the Colorado River, having spent the last three weeks rafting through the Grand Canyon with my husband, Matt, and twenty of our good friends on a non-commercial trip. We have been adventuring as much as possible this year, but are looking forward to focusing our fall on renovations of our new house in Ipswich, Massachusetts. We will continue to spend winter in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, and since we missed out on reunion this year, we would love to connect with anyone nearby Ipswich or Steamboat. Hope all is well!” Seth Dubinsky shares that he and his wife Caitlin celebrated their five-year anniversary last week and welcomed a baby girl named Talia Rose into their family on July 23. Rachel Abdulla Sayer writes: “Hope everyone is doing well! My husband Chris and I welcomed our son Mason James Sayer to the family in March. He is such a happy baby; it’s been a wonderful (and quick) 6 months. Heather Jameson-Lyons and Larry Lyons hosted a Labor Day gathering where I caught up with Sarah (Jameson) Aceves, Delia Cox, Joe Levitt, Joe Fannon, Jon Lyons, and Rachelle Dennis. So nice to see everyone! I see Kate (Muxie) Hartigan often, and had a super fun visit with Meghan Barry this summer. Life is Mason Sayer, son of Rachel Abdulla Sayer ’00

2000 CATHERINE CORREIA 26 Rosemary Street #1 Jamaica Plain, MA 02130 catherine.correia@gmail.com Hi Class of 2000! It was wonderful to see many of you at Reunion last June. Mark Lipman writes: “Hope all is well! I want to mention firstly that I successfully completed my debut album “Goodbye Copilot.” You can hear it at marklipman.bandcamp. com. Thank you to everyone who has supported me through the process! I’ve enjoyed keeping up with The Archon | Fall 2015

good!” Willow Malick writes: “I’m still teaching anatomy, biology and aquatic science down here in Richmond, Texas, looking forward to the cooler days of winter and enjoying spending free time with my sixteen-month-old son, Rowan! It’s been amusing to watch the fashion trends of my students cycle through a return to 1980’s sensibilities that was so ‘uncool’ when we were in school. Best wishes to all my GDA classmates!” Elizabeth Turnbull writes from Germany: “I am still living in Boston and working for Adidas Group in an energy/environment role. I oversee much of our sustainability work in ‘owned operations’ (our retail stores and corporate properties). This involves largely energy efficiency upgrades and green building projects. Work brings me to Germany on a pretty regular basis, and I enjoy the dimension of working in a new culture. My husband and I are expecting #2 in January. Catherine Correia lives in our neighborhood; the walk to her house is about the distance between Philips to Farmhouse. It’s a source of delight to take the short walk to her house and knock on the door.”

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3rd and 4th grade Learning Support teacher. I am also the Associate Director of Athletics, which means I am coaching 5th—8th grade sports. I am still coaching my high school hockey team, which this year and the past few seasons has been a coop of the Newton South Lions and the Brookline Warriors. I am looking forward to a great year and hoping to see many of you at Reunion!” Courtney (Craft) Wade is helping to keep GDA alums connected on the West Coast as a founding member of the Govs/GDA San Francisco Bay Area Alumni Network. Any classmates who live in the Bay Area should give her a shout and help her plan some gatherings for folks in and around San Fran. The group’s first outing was held in May at Off the Grid at The Presidio. More events coming soon!

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2002 HEATHER JAMESON-LYONS 62 Walnut Street Lynnfield, MA 01940 jameson.heather@gmail.com Hi Class of 2002! I hope you’re all doing well and have had a wonderful summer! I (Heather Jameson-Lyons) completed my doctorate degree in May and began a postdoctoral fellowship with the Cardiovascular Research Center at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School. It was a busy summer, as Larry Lyons (’01) and I moved from Arlington, VA, to Lynnfield, MA, but we were able to have some fun. Along with Rachelle Borer (’02) and Billy Lindmark (’02), we attended the wedding of Alyson Gerber (’02) to Andrew Kabala at the Nonantum Resort in Kennebunkport, ME. It was a gorgeous wedding! We were also able to catch up with some fellow GDA alumni at our housewarming party this past Labor Day: Sarah Aceves (’00),

Aanand Radia ’03 with GDA groomsmen Eric Schroeder ’03, Tim Johnson ’03, Jeff Black ’03, and Phil McInnis ’03.

MARIA COLLINS ON 120 Jefferson Street Winfield, IL 60190-1886 maria@plumandivyevents.com MEG LLOYD 16 Hewlett Street, #1 Roslindale, MA 02131 lloydy505@gmail.com Get ready for the Class of 2001’s 15th Reunion! Save the date: June 10–12, 2016. We are looking for classmates to join the Reunion committee. If you are interested in helping out and spreading the word, please contact Meg Lloyd. Meg shares this update: “I am working at Belmont Day School as a Andrew Storm ’02 and Ben Mitchell ’01 at Lincoln Center

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Rachelle Borer ’02, Alyson Gerber ’02, and Heather Jameson-Lyons ’02

The Ceglarski Family celebrates the wedding of Greg ’04 and Kerry-Kate Ceglarski in September. Pictured are Len ’02 and Kate Ceglarski, Greg ’04 and Kerry-Kate Ceglarski, Cathy and Babe Ceglarski P’02, ’04, ’11, and Jack Ceglarski ’11.

CLASS NOTES Jon Lyons (’07), Rachel Sayer (’00), Rachelle Borer (’02), Delia Cox (’02), Joe Fannon (’01), and Joe Levitt (’01). I hope you all have a great fall!

2003 TASO KAPERNEKAS 447 Flanders Road Coventry, CT 06238-3439 tkap07@gmail.com Laura (Ellison) Preble recently bought a house on Bainbridge Island, which means her commute to work now includes a beautiful ferry ride. She married this past July. Fellow Govs classmate and Seattleite Meghan (O’Malley) Thedford was there as one of her bridesmaids. Laura Laicos just recently purchased a home in Gloucester and continues to work in Newburyport. Michelle de la Garza graduated with her doctorate in Clinical Forensic Psychology in August and is now in the job search realm. She also just visited Alicia Le Blanc and Dante Demeo at Amrit Misra’s wedding at the beginning of this month. The wedding was Amazing! Amrit and his bride got married in New Jersey and had two beautiful ceremonies (one Hindu and one Christian). Dan Guyton writes that Lesley Clunie (’04) and sister Lizzy (’06) live upstairs from Dan. It’s very loud, but fun! Angela Rappoli moved into a great new apartment right around the corner. So they have been getting coffee and walking Castle Island whenever we can! Over the summer, Morgan Steir and Dan had drinks with Lynda Fitzgerald in Newburyport (Morgan’s wife also came) it was so much fun! Emily Block is moving to Dublin, Ireland, for six months for work and had a romantic, moonlight send-off dinner on the beach with Lesley Clunie, Dan and Angela. Nothing says Jason ’04 and Tanja Sport

“Goodbye, America” like Buffalo Chicken Salad and Onion Dip! Taso Kapernekas continues to enjoy the company of Jon Weiss, Chris Kelley, Morgan Steir, and Brandon Bates. Lifelong friends you can only meet at a place like GDA. Aanand Radia is living in New York, investing in education companies. He was married over Labor Day weekend, in Newport Rhode Island. Four ’03 GDA groomsmen in the group, Eric Schroeder, Tim Johnson, Jeff Black, and Phil McInnis. As part of the bridal party guys even did a choreographed Indian dance. Was a sight to be seen. Don Wieczorek (’04) and GDA lifer Coach Mike Moonves were also in attendance. It was an unforgettable weekend.

2004 LESLEY CLUNIE 137 P Street, #2 South Boston, MA 02127 lesley.clunie@gmail.com

Brad Ferry and am hoping to see Chris Campbell and Brandon Somogie at some point, too. I hope everyone is doing well!” Ben Bell writes: “I’ve moved to DC where I’m working for ABC News. Hope everyone is thriving.” Jason Sport writes: “I am not big on updates, but I did get married on June 20th at the Baltimore Zoo to Tanja North (Sport now).” Congratulations, Jason and Tanja! Greg Ceglarski was married this September in Salem, MA.

2005 KELSEY CORREIA 74 Lime Street Newburyport, MA 01950 kelsey.correia@gmail.com NICOLE ZOGRAFOS 279 W 3rd Street Unit 1 Boston, MA 02127-1631 nicolezografos@gmail.com

I hope everyone enjoyed their summer! I moved to Boston in May and am looking forward to reconnecting with the local GDA network. Great to hear from a few of you. I hope the rest of the Class of ’04 is doing well! Jackie Meinhardt writes: “Katie and I recently moved to San Francisco and are living in the Inner Sunset. I just started working for Pine Street Brewery, a small San Francisco based brewery, and will be doing everything from social media and marketing to sales. I’m very excited to get out of the world of TV News and into the craft beer industry! Before moving from Maine, I produced a web series and podcast with Knack Factory, a production company based in Portland. That’s the kind of multimedia storytelling I hope to do more of in the future. There are a lot of GDA alumni in SF! I’ve already seen

Hello Class of 2005! I hope this edition of the Archon finds you all doing well. It was wonderful to see so many of you at Reunion this past June, though it’s still hard to believe it’s already been ten years. A great time was had by all, as evidenced by the amazing photo of Sam Adams tearing up the dance floor (below), courtesy of Meredith Baker. Jim Zografos and I are still living in South Boston, with Jim starting his fifth year working at a real estate investment company that specializes in data centers, and me starting my fourth year teaching first grade in Brookline. We often drag Audrie Grigun and Barrie Stavis out to Southie for dinner at our house or to try a new restaurant. Audrie continues to enjoy living in the North End and is in her final year of graduate school at Northeastern University. She’s looking

Sam Adams ’05 tearing up the dance floor with his partner at Reunion

Kelsey Johnson ’05, Rossli (Chace) DeLorey ’06, and Britney McKenna ’06

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forward to graduating in May as a pediatric nurse practitioner. When not spending time with Jim and me, Audrie, or Bobby Rudolph, Barrie can be found living in the South End and loving her job as the Lead Buyer’s Agent at the Steven Cohen Team for Keller Williams. Danielle Carroll is enjoying her new job at Vertex Pharmaceuticals in Boston’s Seaport District. She also just recently enrolled in a graduate program at Lesley College for a Master’s Degree in Mental Health Counseling with a focus on Expressive Art Therapy. In her free time, she coaches the high school ballroom dance team in Northborough, MA. Brendan Giblin is living in downtown Boston with his girlfriend and continues to work for Marriott. He is looking forward to starting his third season as a Celtics season ticket holder and can’t wait for a big year! Rachael (Therriault) Bator reports she is enjoying her work as a Certified Financial Planner at an advisory firm in Portsmouth, NH. She and her husband, Matt, bought a house in Newton, NH where they live with their two dogs. Jon (Woody) Mahoney continues to live in Seoul, Korea, where he just began a new job at an international school teaching English. In his free time, Woody enjoys taking Korean language classes at a local university and is training for an upcoming bicycle trip around Korea. He still often sees Young Jae Lyoo and recently enjoyed a visit from Lindsey Hery! Devin Gmyrek is also teaching, working as an ESL, English, and Spanish teacher at the Tilton School. He also coaches basketball and lacrosse and is working on a novel. Christian Colarusso reports “Baby. Wife. Family. Golf. Surf. Work. #LifeIsGood.” Also, he is still displeased with Brian Morissey. This summer, Kelsey Johnson enjoyed being a bridesmaid in Rossli (Chace) DeLory’s (’06) wedding in Hampton Falls, NH, alongside Jen Robart (’07). Chris Vancisin also had a busy summer, proposing on July 4th to his longtime girlfriend (now fiancé), Abby, while on vacation at the Cape. Though they love living on the West Coast, Chris and Abby plan to marry next September on Cape Cod. Congrats, Chris and Abby! Bobby Rudolph is still very involved with the Anti-Defamation League and was recently selected to co-chair its Associate Board. He will be receiving ADL’s Krupp Leadership Award this December. Chris McKinnon writes: “Great seeing everyone at reunion! Craig and I moved back to Boston last year so I could start my dream job anchoring the Morning and Noon news on WBZ. If you’re up early, flip on Channel 4! It’s been a blast being back home with friends and family. We loved seeing Barrie, Audrie, Bobby, Nicole, and Jim at our 4th of July bash! Looking forward to bumping into more of you around town!” That’s all the updates for now. Wishing everyone a wonderful holiday season and a happy New Year!

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EMME HUGHES 29 Wilson Park #3 Brighton, MA 02135 m.esther.hughes@gmail.com

JACK LAMSON 12A N Dogwood Drive Surfside Beach, SC 29575-3751 jalamson5368@gmail.com

I hope everyone had a fabulous and fun-filled summer! It is unbelievable how quickly it flew by. And as I know the summer can get awfully busy, never hesitate to update us with your latest news anytime during the year. It is always wonderful to hear what we are all up to. Mackenzie (Pelletier) Matt wed Michael Matt on September 4. It was a beautiful ceremony held in Amherst, Massachusetts. Kathy Malleck acted as maid of honor. Cam Archibald and Morgan Bradford were bridesmaids. Other alumni in attendance were Jane Goodman, Caroline deLacvivier, and Emme Hughes. Another wedding to report! Erin Connors married Joe Pannullo in September at a beautiful ceremony in upstate New York. Don’t Forget: Our 10-year (!) reunion is coming up in June. Mark your calendar!

RACHEL STAVIS 310 Columbus Avenue Boston, MA 02116 rachel.stavis@gmail.com

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We would love to hear from you! Please contact Meredith O’Donnell in the Alumni Office: classnotes@govsacademy.org with news and events.

2008 PERRY EATON 21 Easton Street Allston, MA 02134 perry@bdcwire.com ABBY HARRIS 1 Edwards Street Bath, ME 04530-2720 Abigail.harris@ddg112.navy.mil We would love to hear from you! Please contact Meredith O’Donnell in the Alumni Office: classnotes@govsacademy.org with news and events.

Erin Connors ’06 and husband Joe Pannullo at their wedding in September.

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2009 AMANDA CORRENTI 55 Dearborn Street Salem, MA 01970-2430 a.corrents@gmail.com JIMMY KING 6 Driftwood Drive Chelmsford, MA 01824 Jamesmking41@gmail.com We would love to hear from you! Please contact Meredith O’Donnell in the Alumni Office: classnotes@govsacademy.org with news and events.

2010 EMILY HARROLD 1713 Commonwealth Ave., #10 Boston, MA 02135 emilycharrold@gmail.com ALICE TONRY 503 Main Street West Newbury, MA 01985-0701 alicetonry@comcast.net The 5th Reunion brought back 40 classmates to campus this past June. Those in attendance included: Laura Andrews, Taylor Angles, Kaitlyn Barnett, Jon Bird, Jillian Cardarelli, Eleanor Clayman, Molly Connors, Jake Cotreau, Andrew Dagres, James Dickerson, Michael DiFrancesco, Samantha Doherty, Vianca Figueroa, Katherine Healey, Luke Henneberger, Abigail Howard, Kelly Lavallee, Corey Lyons, Nicole Martin, Amanda McKeon, Polly Merck, Joseph Monteforte, Lucas Montoni, Margaret Morrissey, Mary Morrissey, Michael Morrissey, Ben Phippen, Reminton Pope, Annie Quigley, Franklin Reis, Brett Riley, Sheridan Smith, Alice Tonry, Caitlin Toomey, Alison Travers, Peter Wells, Andrew Willis, and Merrin Wolfe.

2011 NORA KLINE 90 Moulton Street Hamilton, MA 01982 Nora.k.kline@vanderbilt.edu KATIE REILLY 24 Porter Street Portsmouth, NH 03801 katiemacreilly@gmail.com

Many of the members of the Class of 2011 graduated from college in May, four short years after leaping over the Mansion House wall. Felix Emiliano will begin his job as a Software Engineer Resident at Google in New York City at the end of September. Madison Schneider just started graduate school at the University of Illinois at Chicago for a master’s degree in architecture. Skylar Frisch is beginning her third semester in the MSHS for Physician Assistants program at Weill Cornell in New York City. As for us, your class secretaries: Nora Kline has started her final year of the combined 4+1 BA/MA program at Vanderbilt. She is currently pursuing a master’s degree in psychology and is planning to apply to clinical psychology PhD programs this semester. Her masters thesis examines the stress-buffering effects of co-occurring laughter and amusement in a population of people with symptoms of high anxiety. Katie Reilly is a journalist, using everything she learned from The Governor to cover U.S. News for Reuters in New York City. Save the date for our 5th Reunion!! June 10–12, 2016! SAVE THE DATE FOR

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2012 AUDREY CHENEY 3 Elm Street Marblehead, MA 01945-3403 acheney@bryant.edu JOHN DAMIANOS 8 Winterberry Lane North Hampton, NH 03862-2055 John.a.damianos.16@dartmouth.edu We would love to hear from you! Please contact Meredith O’Donnell in the Alumni Office: classnotes@govsacademy.org with news and events.

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collecting class news to share with the Archon editor twice a year, and serving as a liaison between your classmates and the Alumni Office to assist in sharing alumni event information and Academy news with all of you. This is a great way to stay connected to your classmates, and to give back to Govs. Contact Amy Swiniarski at alumni@govsacademy.org if you are interested in filling this role. In the meantime, please keep your class news coming! Email celebrations and news to classnotes@govsacademy.org for inclusion in the Spring 2016 Archon.

2014 EMILIE MACDONALD 45 Pine Street Exeter, NH 03833-2720 emiliemac95@gmail.com LUCY PURINTON 61 High Street Newburyport, MA 01950 lucy.purinton@icloud.com James Leary made the American East All Rookie lacrosse team during his freshmen year at UVM then spent the summer interning for 3D lacrosse, a national lacrosse company. Now he is back at UVM preparing for the upcoming season. Sarah Keith is currently in Berlin for the semester, studying with a group of students from Bates College. Jenna Nee transferred to the Eastman School of Music to major in music education. Gordon Chan spent his summer interning at a fiber optics and telecommunications company, helping the energy department market clean energy solar panels for United States airports.

2015 Wanted: Class Secretary for the Class of 2015! We are looking for someone to collect class news and share it with the Archon editor twice a year. The Class Secretary also helps the Alumni Office share alumni event information and Academy news with all of you. This is a great way to stay connected to your classmates, and to give back to Govs. Contact Amy Swiniarski at alumni@govsacademy.org if you are interested in filling this role. In the meantime, please keep your class news coming! Email celebrations and news to classnotes@govsacademy.org for inclusion in the Spring 2016 Archon.

JEAN BOWER 96 High Street Newburyport, MA 01950 jmbower3@gmail.com A huge THANK YOU to Jean Bower for serving as Class Secretary for the past two years. Jean has decided to step down from this position and we are actively seeking someone to fill her shoes. This role involves The Archon | Fall 2015

PROFILE PA U L WA N N PEER PROFILE He possesses a rich, deep voice that every teacher envies. It is a voice that sounds like it belongs to a wise, kindhearted King in a faraway magical kingdom. And yet the quality that makes Paul so special to so many is not his impressive theater voice, but his ability to listen. He listens with intensity. He leans in, offers you his full attention, and carefully absorbs what you are saying. “He seems to hear the thoughts between my words,” one student remarked. Having a conversation with Paul means that you’ve been listened to at full volume. To students, he is the epitome of “legit.” His authenticity is apparent in nearly everything he says and does. Not content to stay at the surface level, he continually seeks to uncover small moments of clarity and substance within the murky confusion of school life. He repeatedly asks his students to take chances, to learn about themselves, to find out who they might be. One would imagine that after all these years of teaching, he would slow down, but instead he just keeps taking on challenges and improving his teaching. The Public Presentation classes he teaches to “freshers” (Paul’s preferred name for freshmen) gets rave reviews from his students who appreciate a dynamic symposium section he added to his course a couple of years ago. Each fall, lively and experimental drama productions fill the Bergmann Theater because Paul continues to find innovative ways for his actors to bring stories to life on stage. He supports the Debate Club tirelessly and provides gentle guidance to students giving Chapel Talks each week. He is the beloved English teacher whom students trust with all their hearts. The effect that Paul has on many of us is profound. Described by Head of School Peter Quimby as the “the conscience of the faculty,” his compassionate voice is the one we listen to most attentively when situations grow unsettled. He celebrates unconventionality, personifies authenticity, and continues to remain—after all these years of teaching, coaching, directing, and advising—genuinely and eternally curious. Photo: David Oxton

YEARS AT THE ACADEMY: 30

EDUCATION: University of Minnesota, BA, English/American Studies Tufts University, MA, English/Secondary Education

RESPONSIBILITIES/DUTIES: German Instructor, 1985 – Present; Residential: Pierce Dorm Associate;