The Archon: Fall 2018

A MA GAZINE PUB LISH E D BY T HE GOVE RNOR’ S ACAD E MY

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TRUSTEES 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 William H. Brine, III ’80, P’09, ’14 Kathryn A. Burns P’15 Byung Soo Baik P’18 Colin Cross ’74 Rob DeLena ’87, P’21, Alumni Council President Jonathan J. Doyle P’08, ’09, ’19 Milan Gary ’12 Alumna Trustee Bruce Ginsberg P’18 Stephanie Ginsberg ’85, P’20 Stephen G. Kasnet ’62, P’95 Mitzi Lawlor P’19, ’21 Karen Ruth McAlmon, MD, FAAP P’13 Meredith Lazo McPherron ’85 Thomas M. Mercer, Jr. ’61 Jen Migliore ’10, Alumna Trustee Felix Motta ’91 Paul Nardone ’86, P’19 Spencer L. Purinton ’75, P’13, ’14, ’20 Peter H. Quimby ’85, P’14, Ex officio Archie Seale ’93 Aaron M. Sells ’96 David Splaine P’05, ’08 Peter Starosta ’81, P’18 Mark B. Whiston P’21

ALUMNI COUNCIL Rob DeLena ’87, P’21, President Morgan Steir ’03, 1st Vice President Laura Sullivan ’07, Secretary Carol Ann Goldberg ’76 Kavy Yesair ’96, P’20 Moira Talbot ’04 Emily Block ’03 Andy Ramirez ’98 Naomi Fink ’99 Daria Grayer ’00 Zenovia Wright ’00 Nicole Costello ’95 Tony Hawthorne ’56 Torie Allen ’05 Chris Barrand ’08 Jason Rivera ’96 Archie Seale ’93 Jen Migliore ’10 Jackson Wotton ’17, Collegiate Representative Kyle Rochford ’18, Collegiate Representative Angela Rappoli ’03, Ex-officio

Kaitlyn O’Connell ’21

CONTENTS Message from the Head of School ....................................... 2 GovsSELF—A Strategic Plan for Student Life

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Relay for Life ................................................................................ 8 With True Courage, The Campaign for Governor’s ......... 10

CAMPAIGN PROGRESS . . ...................................................... 11 .

STUDENT CENTER RENOVATION . . .................................. 12

REGIONAL CAMPAIGN LAUNCH EVENTS ....................... 14

MESSAGE FROM THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES PRESIDENT ....................................................... 15

The Archives ............................................................................... 16 Back in Byfield ........................................................................... 19

ON CAMPUS ......................................................................... 19

ACADEMICS, ATHLETICS, AND ARTS . . ............................. 26

CHAT ..................................................................................... 34

Alumni in Action ...................................................................... 36 EVENTS ................................................................................. 36

CLASS NOTES ....................................................................... 41

In Memoriam ............................................................................. 68 Faculty Profile ............................................................................ 69

3 A STRATEGIC PLAN FOR STUDENT LIFE PUBLISHER Peter H. Quimby, Ph.D. ’85, P’14 Head of School EDITOR Lindsay McPherson Batastini Director of Marketing & Communications Caley Lynch Assistant Director of Communications DESIGN Graphic Details, Inc. ACADEMY ARCHIVIST Sharon Slater P’16, ’20 PHOTOGRAPHY Charlotte Collins ’18, Alison Ebacher, Maeve Forbes ’19, Ken Minamoto ’18, David Oxton, Paul Rutherford, Haodi Shi ’20, Becky Stratton, William Tangorra, Charlotte Whittier ’19 WRITING Bridget M. Burns, Lori L. Ferguson DIRECTOR OF ADVANCEMENT William Deptula P’17, ’19

A MAGAZINE PUBLISHED BY THE GOVERNOR’S ACADEMY

DIRECTOR OF ALUMNI & PARENT ENGAGEMENT Amy R. Swiniarski P’17, ’19

FALL 2018

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Message from the Head of School

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overnor’s is a school where relationships matter. Our mission statement declares that students at the Academy “flourish in a diverse community distinguished by enduring relationships with teachers.” It goes on to describe Governor’s graduates as “life-long learners who embrace their civic duty and global responsibility.” Making declarations is easy; delivering on them can be far more challenging. In this issue of The Archon I hope you will develop a clearer sense of why relationships are so central to who we are as a community, and how those relationships help us deliver on the promise of our mission statement.

The Academy is, first and foremost, an academic institution, and many of the lessons that are central to a first-rate secondary education are taught in the classroom. That is why we hire teachers who are experts in their subject areas. But teachers at Governor’s are so much more than classroom teachers.

They are coaches and mentors who work with students in all areas of their lives to help them develop the skills that will allow them to succeed in the world as thoughtful and engaged citizens.

At Governor’s we help our students discover who they are, and who they have the potential to become, and we do this by focusing on the importance of relationships—relationships between students and faculty members who are fully invested in their success, and relationships among students who come to our campus offering a variety of perspectives, experiences, and worldviews that mirror our larger global community. Much of this learning happens outside the classroom. In conversations with teachers and friends in the dining hall, with classmates working on a theatrical production or a community service project, and with coaches on the playing field, students learn about who they are and make decisions about how they want to relate to the world around them.

Alumni for generations might have described their experiences at the Academy in much the same way. The difference today might be that we are far more intentional in thinking about how we can help all of our students thrive. In reading about our strategic plan for student life, called GovsSELF, you will see how we create opportunities for students to reflect on who they are, what it means to live in

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community with others, and what contributions they want to make in their community; and also how we work to provide students with the skills required to make those contributions. Beginning in the ninth grade and continuing through senior year, the program builds on the foundation of the Academy’s 7 Essential Skills, particularly on the seventh skill, which focuses on students’ understanding of themselves within the larger community.

In this issue of The Archon, you will learn more about the development of grade-specific programming to support GovsSELF. You will also read about three members of the Class of 2018 who brought the American Cancer Society Relay for Life to the Governor’s campus.

Their awareness of themselves as part of a larger community that has been touched by cancer demonstrates the development of the seventh essential skill.

This is just one example of our students making a difference in the world around them, and using the skills that they have developed at the Academy to support their community.

Peter H. Quimby, Ph.D. ’85, P’14

The Class of 2019 continued the tradition of the senior class spending Unity Days at the Brantwood Camp and hiking North Pack Monadnock.

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eflecting on school days, one realizes that as many lessons are learned outside the classroom walls as within them. Indeed, Mark Twain famously observed, “I never let schooling interfere with my education.” At The Governor’s Academy, the learning that takes place in the classroom is critically important, but like Twain, faculty understand that a great deal of students’ growth, development, and learning takes place beyond the classroom as well, in the myriad interactions that comprise the student experience. This realization is the genesis behind GovsSELF, the Academy’s new strategic plan for student life.

The mission of GovsSELF is wide-reaching, but clear: “to create opportunities for students to reflect on who they are; with whom they share their community, and what contribution they want to make in their community; and to provide the skills required to make that contribution.” The program builds on the foundation

of Governor’s 7 Essential Skills, and perhaps most deeply on the seventh, which focuses on students’ understanding of themselves within the larger community. “It’s critical that students gain a greater appreciation of their role within the larger community, and GovsSELF reflects our commitment to making these lessons a central part of the overall educational enterprise,” says Dean of Students Jed Wartman.

Although this plan is new to the school—administrators spent the 2016–2017 academic year developing the official framework—the roots of GovsSELF stretch back to the early 2000s and the launch of the Academy’s Affective Education program. The Affective Education program is a four-year, comprehensive curriculum conceived to inform the social and emotional education of Governor’s students, and today it plays an important role in the more comprehensive GovsSELF plan. “At the time, our students were doing well academically, but we felt we were witnessing

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Christopher Ogden ’19 and Lea Cohen ’19 chat in the Peter Marshall French Student Center.

an increasing attitude shift toward individual interests rather than those of the group,” explains Program Director Danielle Kingsbury P’20. “We wanted to help students gain an understanding of themselves within the framework of a larger community, while also imbuing them with the leadership skills needed to make positive contributions to society after leaving Governor’s, so we decided to establish an Affective Education program.”

The program focuses on real-life problems and how to move through them, and touches students during each of their four years at the Academy, says Kingsbury.

Ninth graders participate in a weekly morals and ethics symposium as part of Public Presentation Skills, sophomores take a semester-long Life Skills class, juniors do a weekly Mindfulness and Leadership seminar during the fall semester, and seniors engage in a spring ‘Transition to College’ program in conjunction with their Capstone projects. “We take a thematic approach each year to develop consistent programming across the institution,” Kingsbury explains. “Our 2016–2017 theme was character development, our 2017–2018 theme was gender equity, and this year we’re focusing on health and wellness.”

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Dean of Students Jed Wartman and his advisees meet during advisory on Friday morning. From left to right: Zadoc White ’19, Quan Nguyen ’19, Samuel Winneg ’19, and Joseph Bradley ’19.

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Discussions on last year’s topic got underway at the first convocation with guest speaker Dr. Jackson Katz’s presentation, “Taking it Personally: Why Gender Violence is An Issue for Men.” At the second convocation, students tackled the perception of women in the media, watching twenty-minute clips from two films—The Mask You Live In, which examines hypermasculinity in America, and Miss Representation, which addresses hyperfemininity—and then dividing into smaller groups to discuss the content.

Later in the year, the Academy welcomed the group ‘Speak About It’ to campus to do a presentation about sexual decisions, consent, and sexual assault awareness.

Kingsbury credits Assistant Head of School and Academic Dean Elaine White P’16, ’21 with recognizing the value of the Affective Education program in its nascent stages. “Elaine was an invaluable asset and served as the executive level push to make Affective Education a full-time offering,” asserts Kingsbury, “and when Dean Wartman arrived at Governor’s, he embraced the program and worked to incorporate the curriculum into the broader strategic initiative that is now GovsSELF.” “For me, the motivating factor for supporting the Affective Education program was the increasing need that I witnessed across the board—in both public and private schools—to teach students the skills of mindfulness, character, and leadership,” observes White. “For some reason, these abilities aren’t as apparent in the educational experience as they once were, and I believe that’s a great loss.” Governor’s has always stressed these qualities, White continues, but the Affective Education program, together with the implementation of GovsSELF, makes the importance placed on them at the Academy much more overt. “Leadership, mindfulness, and character are all

GovsSELF is organized around a strategic

set of developmental goals that are intended to guide Academy students in becoming curious and compassionate individuals with the skills and experience to make meaningful contributions to their communities.

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Year One of the program is designed to increase students’ selfawareness. Ninth graders will be introduced to campus resources that will allow them to optimize their Govs experience, practice the art of curiosity and gain a sense of what is expected of them as citizens within the Governor’s community. They will also begin to practice using their voices.

NVIRONMENT Year Two of the program builds on the first year’s lessons, while also encouraging students to expand their understanding of others and step outside their comfort zone. Students will also be encouraged to practice compassionate action and advocacy with respect to issues that matter to them.

EADERSHIP Year Three of the program solidifies the teachings of the first two years, while at the same time helping students to understand the learning cycle as one of preparation, action, and reflection. Students will be pressed to take greater responsibility for their own experiences and for shaping the community in which they live. And finally, they will be guided in developing and practicing leadership skills that will position them for lives of ‘active citizenship.’

OCUS Year Four of the program prepares seniors to make the transition to a successful life after Governor’s. Students will be encouraged to develop and practice leadership grounded in self-awareness and community and become comfortable with impending changes and the need for personal responsibility.

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buzzwords in education at the moment. Many people are using the terms and some schools are quite intentional in developing programming with respect to these concepts,” says White, “but here at Governor’s, we wanted to address those concepts in a way that was different from other schools. Through GovsSELF, we’ve articulated our philosophy and have encouraged our faculty to become very intentional in developing these traits within our students.”

The goals of GovsSELF underpin the fabric and ethos of the Academy and are implemented within the community multiple times each day, says Wartman. Faculty and administrators routinely refer to the GovsSELF framework to develop programs that impact student life; take, for example, the Museum Day that Director of Student Activities and Dean of First-Year Students Faith Kagwa organizes for all Academy students. “It’s a wonderful experience for students and falls squarely within the GovsSELF sophomore year strategic goals of trying new things and increasing comfort with discomfort,” Wartman notes. He cites the Big Brother-Big Sister mentor program as another excellent vehicle for promoting GovsSELF goals. “The program offers juniors an awesome opportunity to practice their leadership

skills and take greater responsibility for shaping the community in which they live and learn, while simultaneously acquainting ninth graders with the resources available to them and allowing them to find and use their voice.”

Embracing the strategic goals of GovsSELF has also led administrators to alter the Academy’s orientation schedule.

“Historically, our students have come back to campus in two different groups: pre-season students returned on Wednesday and remaining students on Friday,” Wartman explains. “But last year, reflecting on the goals of GovsSELF and the needs of incoming students, we altered the schedule so that all new students come on Wednesday.” Wartman believes this change will have important, long-term ramifications for students’ valued learning outcomes. “From the outset, all new students will feel part of a cohesive group, understand that the adults in the community care about them, and gain a comprehensive overview of the resources available to optimize their Govs experience.”

“The purpose of GovsSELF is simply to provide strategic direction for the awesome goodwill and life skill teaching that’s always been a part of the fabric of Governor’s: engaged adult

LEFT: Lemy L'Oiseau '21 performs a solo during the Spring Concert.

RIGHT: Captains Jenna Tivnan '18 and Sarah Moore '18 lead the girls soccer huddle.

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Abigail DeLena '21, Olivia Griffin '21, Angelica Negron '21, Talia Livia Jachimowicz '21, and Daphne Cuevas '21 enjoy the beautiful fall weather during a free block.

For me, the motivatin g factor for supporting the Affectiv e Education program was the increa sing need that I witnessed across the bo ard—in both public and private scho ols—to teach students the skills of m indfulness, character, and leadersh ip.”

—Assistant Head of Sc hool and Academic Dea n Elaine White P’16, ’21

interaction with our students in every facet of their lives,” observes Wartman. “GovsSELF offers a strategic framework for making the student life experience an integral part of the educational enterprise—a stance we believe is unique to Governor’s—and we’re very excited about what it means for our students and their development.”

At present, chances are good that Academy students wouldn’t know how to respond if queried about GovsSELF or even the 7 Essential Skills, admits White. “But,” she continues, “if students

are asked, ‘Are you using your voice? Are you pushing your comfort zone?’ they would immediately recognize these questions and the language being used.” Among ninth graders for example, whose strategic challenge for the year is to grow in self-awareness, these questions would likely lead to self-reflective exercises: Who are they, and what do they care about? For juniors, on the other hand, who are much further along in their learning cycle of reflecting and acting, these questions would prompt discussions of instances in which the students have taken responsibility for their own experiences and worked to impact their community in a positive way.

It doesn’t really matter if students can articulate exactly what GovsSELF is, Wartman concludes. They get to experience the teaching that is working towards the program’s goals. “This initiative was created to support the adults here in best serving our kids,” he says simply. “Robust learning opportunities exist here at Govs inside and outside the classroom, on the field and stage, and in the dorm. GovsSELF is a tool we can use to capitalize on these opportunities and engage students in a way that’s unique, distinct, and value-adding.”

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Inaugural Relay for Life raises over $13,000 for American Cancer Society

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hen Gaele Henry ’18 approached Academic Dean and Assistant Head of School Elaine White P’16, ’20 with the idea of hosting an American Cancer Society Relay for Life on campus at Governor’s, White was immediately supportive.

“Gaele had participated in a Relay for Life in her home state and she really believed that it captured our school motto,” White says—“Not for self but for others.”

Henry had also recently lost a childhood mentor to cancer, and understood the cause was one to which the entire Governor’s community might feel a connection. Henry and White talked about the long-running success of the fall Special Olympics event on campus, and wondered if Relay for Life could serve a similar role.

“She and I both thought that trying to put together a Relay for Life in the spring would provide our community with a complementary opportunity for oncampus volunteering during the second semester,” White says. “And so I really encouraged her to petition the school to ask permission to do this.”

Henry set to work on her proposal and received approval by end of summer 2017.

She then recruited fellow seniors Charlotte Collins ’18 and Thara Lawal ’18 to join her as heads of the planning committee.

“Gaele has a good mind about these things,” Collins reflects. “I was the analytical, behind the scenes kind of person.

And Thara was more analytical as well.

Gaele is really good at talking in front of people and organizing her ideas into words. I think she asked us because we complemented each other.”

Director of Student Activities and Ninth Grade Dean Faith Kagwa also worked with

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Students gather during the relay.

the students. Still, while offering their support, White and Kagwa made a conscious effort to allow the three senior girls to take the lead.

“Our job was to keep them on task and just triple check all the work they were doing,” Kagwa explains. “But we put the onus on them to really think about how this event was going to be taken in by the rest of the student body.”

By the time classes resumed in the fall, work had begun. To help inform their fellow students, the planning committee presented at Morning Meeting six times over the course of the year. Each time, they updated the community on preparations, while also utilizing educational materials, such as videos, available through the Relay for Life website.

Charlotte Collins ’18 and Gaele Henry ’18 kick off the relay.

While some Relay for Life events last a full 24 hours, the Governor’s event went for 12 hours, starting at 8:00 p.m. on Saturday, April 28, and ending at 8:00 a.m., Sunday, April 29. The organizers chose an overnight event to emphasize the challenges faced by those fighting cancer, and their caregivers. They hoped that struggling to stay awake the entire night would provide some introspection and understanding.

The event was open to the campus community, with potential to invite the larger community to participate in future years. It kicked off with Opening Ceremonies that included speeches by students and faculty members who had been affected by cancer.

Karen Gold P’11, ’17, a breast cancer survivor, and head of the English Department at Governor’s, walked the opening lap to cheers from those in attendance.

After Gold completed her lap, anyone who had ever been a caregiver did a lap. Then, the teams, made up of four to ten students, began walking. Supplementary activities throughout the night included a volleyball tournament, a fire pit with s’mores, and a Guild performance.

Once donations were totaled, the Governor’s Relay for Life raised over $13,000 for the American Cancer Society.

The success has already spurred plans for a follow-up event next spring.

Students gather for a photo during the relay.

“The event could not have gone off more spectacularly,” White says. “In many ways I think we had some angels on our shoulders to help it all work.”

Community members walk on the Bennett H. Beach ’67 Track.

Prim Prasitanond ’18, Karen Gold P’11, ’17, and Justin Reed ’18 carry the banner to begin the relay.

Around 10:00 p.m., there was a luminaria event, where the track was lined with paper bag lanterns. The Governor’s luminaria event was dedicated to Kathy Guy, a long-serving Governor’s faculty member who passed away in November 2017 after her own battle with cancer. The organizers all remember the luminaria event as the most impactful part of the evening.

“We shut down the lights and all walked the track together in complete silence, lit by the candles,” White remembers. “It was stunning. It took people’s breath away.”

Over 100 kids stayed overnight for the full Relay. Every team had an adult chaperone with them throughout the night, which required an elaborate rotation system of parent and faculty volunteers. There were tents for students to sleep if they wanted, but many chose not to, instead enjoying the various forms of entertainment provided between their turns walking.

“We didn’t anticipate the way in which this became a lovely community event,” White says.

“We ended up with lots of parents who participated and made this experience a connecting point between their children and themselves.”

The night ended with Closing Ceremonies, where the organizers thanked everyone for their time, energy, and donations.

“At the end of the night, our heads said, I know everyone is exhausted, I know our feet are tired, and we are drained. But we have experienced just barely twelve hours of what someone going through treatment goes through for over a year sometimes,” Kagwa remembers. “It put it in perspective. You’re exhausted, you’re tired, and all you want to do is stop, but you just keep fighting.”

For Collins, being in a position of leadership set her Relay for Life work apart from her previous community service.

White says the students also learned flexibility, creative problem solving, empathy, and resilience.

“I think the kids also realized that when you are genuinely committed to something, you can use that passion to give yourself energy and refocus even when you don't think you have it left in you,” she says.

In the end, the Relay for Life event served as a concrete example of Governor’s students achieving the seventh essential skill— understanding themselves as members of a larger community, and acting within a moral and ethical framework.

“We as faculty didn’t come up with it, saying this is something we think the Academy should do. This was all student lead,” Kagwa says. “These kids, they looked for something they could do. This was not for self, but to give back, to not just Govs, and not just Byfield or Newburyport, but to a larger organization that fights cancer on a global scale.”

Photos by Charlotte Whittier ’19, Haodi Shi ’20, Ken Minamoto ’18, Charlotte Collins ’18

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With True Courage IS THE LARGEST AND MOST AMBITIOUS COMPREHENSIVE FUNDRAISING CAMPAIGN IN OUR SCHOOL'S LONG HISTORY. THIS IS AN UNPRECEDENTED OPPORTUNITY TO:

1. GROW THE ENDOWMENT

2. RAISE ANNUAL SUPPORT

3. FUND CAPITAL PROJECTS

All gifts made to The Governor’s Fund since With True Courage, The Campaign for Governor’s commenced in 2014 are counted in the current campaign total. Please call 978.499.3283 for more information.

The With True Courage campaign has three focus areas: endowment, annual fund, and capital projects. Growing the endowment will allow the Academy to fund additional student financial aid and continue offering robust professional development support for our faculty. The Governor’s Fund, the Academy’s annual fund program, is needed every year to supplement tuition dollars and sustain the school’s programs, curriculum, and campus. Finally, there are four exciting capital projects planned: a new environmental research and classroom building along the banks of the Parker River, a renovated and expanded student center, a renovated foreign language classroom building, and new faculty housing.

Since the public launch of With True Courage, The Campaign for Governor’s in October 2017, the Academy continues to see significant progress towards the campaign goal of $75 million.

With True Courage continues to inspire and set new standards of philanthropy for the Academy with over $42 million committed

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Head of School Peter H. Quimby, Ph.D. '85, P'14 speaks during the campaign launch event in October 2017.

to date towards the $75 million goal. In fiscal year 2018 alone, The Governor’s Academy raised over $15.3 million, setting a single-year fundraising record for the school.

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Renovation and Expansion of the Peter Marshall French Student Center

An artist's rendering of the renovated and expanded Peter Marshall French Student Center

An exciting plan is unfolding to renovate and expand the Peter Marshall French Student Center. Dedicated in 1978 by Trustee Emeritus Shirley French and her family in memory of their son Peter Marshall French, the center has long served the Governor’s community with just minor modifications and limited expansion throughout the years. However, our campus community has significantly outgrown the building as it stands now and a reimagined, renovated, and expanded student center is a key funding priority within the fundraising campaign With True Courage, The Campaign for Governor’s.

“The project is motivated by two primary opportunities: first, to create a place that is a hub of campus activity

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and engagement for the community.

A welcoming place where students feel comfortable, either as a group or alone, knowing that they will find others to connect with or a comfortable spot where they can relax and recharge. Either way, it will be a central location where students from all corners of the campus can come to connect, debate, laugh, play, meet, and relax” said Jed Wartman, Dean of Students. Wartman has been working in collaboration with the Academy’s Director of Student Activities, student and school leadership, and TMS Architects to help develop a renovation and expansion design that provides the maximum flexibility for students and cocurricular student programming.

The renovation will expand and improve functional space with multiple common areas that are defined by movable walls.

On any given evening the space could host three separate events and then be reconfigured the next evening to accommodate one large event for the entire community. A new café and grill will feature an additional gathering place and offer a variety of hot food options for students as well.

Wartman pointed out that the second motivation for the renovation and expansion is to “directly meet the needs of our day student community, to create a home base on campus that is accessible and comfortable. A place where students can easily access lockers, be dropped off

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and picked up, and will also accommodate multiple needs throughout their long day, In this renovated space, day students can easily transition from the academic day to afternoon athletics and programs, and into evening activities, rehearsals, club meetings, and study groups.”

The plan also calls for improved accessibility, shower and changing facilities for day students, and a large outside terrace spanning the northern side of the building.

Faculty housing and classroom space will remain an important component of the overall building, ensuring consistent student and faculty interaction in a variety of ways throughout the day.

An aerial view of the building, including the large outside terrace

The French Family $1 Million Dollar Challenge A LEGACY OF PHILANTHROPY CONTINUES Continuing their tradition of support for the Academy, the French Family has committed $1 million to the renovation and expansion of the Peter Marshall French Student Center if the Academy can raise an additional $2 million in leadership gifts of $25,000 or more by December 31, 2018.

Once met, the challenge will provide a total of $3 million in funding, bringing this transformational project closer to construction.

PLANS FOR THE RENOVATION AND EXPANSION OF THE PETER MARSHALL FRENCH STUDENT CENTER INCLUDE:

• DAY STUDENT LOCKER FACILITIES

• FULL SERVICE CAFÉ & GRILL

• LARGE OUTDOOR TERRACE

• HEALTH & WELLNESS PROGRAM SPACE

• FLEXIBLE INDOOR RECREATION AREA

• IMPROVED ACCESSIBILITY

For information on the renovation and expansion project or to support the project please contact Director of Advancement Bill Deptula at 978.499.3174.

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REGIONAL CAMPAIGN LAUNCH EVENTS Fresh on the heels of celebrating the public launch of With True Courage: the Campaign for Governor’s in Byfield last October, the Academy took its campaign message on the road during the 2017–2018 year. Traveling across the country and around the world, the campaign stops included Washington, D.C., New York, Boston, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Seoul, Shanghai, Naples, FL, and Boca Raton, FL. At each event, Head of School Peter H. Quimby, Ph.D. ’85, P’14, led a short presentation, introduced the With True Courage campaign video, and fielded questions from alumni, parents, and friends. Board president Jim Pierce ’72, P’08 also joined most of the campaign events, and together with Dr. Quimby, shared progress and offered his perspective on the campaign. Other special guests at some gatherings included teachers Paul Wann and Assistant Head of School and Academic Dean Elaine White P’16, ’21, and campaign co-chairs Bill Alfond ’67, Bill Dwyer P’15, and Meredith Lazo McPherron ’85.

With True Courage: the Campaign for Governor’s continues through June, 2021 with more events to come. In the 2018– 2019 year, the Academy has campaign launch events planned in Chicago, Philadelphia, and Portland, ME. We hope you will join us at an event near you!

Cities visited in 2018

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TOP: (L to R) Courtney Marino ’00, Tasneem Nanji ’96, Head of School Peter H. Quimby, Ph.D. ’85, P’14, Kelly Barry ’98, and Seth Hale ‘99; MIDDLE: (L-R) Michelle DeLa Garza ’03, English Teacher and Theater Director Paul Wann P’94, Kate Shanahan ’04, Alex Moran ’07, and Jen O’Leary ‘05; BOTTOM: Alumni, students, and parents in Seoul, South Korea

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Message from the Board of Trustees President

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s we move into the second half of our capital campaign, I wanted to take this opportunity to update you on what we have achieved and what remains to be accomplished.

The quiet phase of the campaign began in July of 2014. We kicked off the public phase of the campaign in October 2017 with an event for over 400 alumni, parents, faculty, and friends in the field house, and the campaign will continue until June 2021. Our campaign’s overall financial target is $75,000,000, which is 50% higher than any campaign in our school’s history.

We are ahead of plan. To date we have raised $42.3 million, with a record amount of $15 million having been committed in FY 2017–2018. We have made progress on each of our three focus areas: the annual fund, endowment, and capital projects. To date we are proud to have received five gifts of $2.5 million or more, seven additional gifts of $1 million or more, as well as another thirty-five gifts greater than $100,000. I am deeply grateful for these leadership gifts. We have also been very pleased to see alumni and friends of all circumstances come forward—so far we have received 3,925 gifts of less than $100,000 to the campaign. Of this cohort of 3,925 donors, 2,474 are alumni, and the balance are parents, grandparents, faculty, and friends. It is both great and important that so many people are participating in With True Courage, The Campaign for Governor’s.

2,474 (50%) NUMBER OF ALUMNI CONTRIBUTING TO THE GOVERNOR’S FUND IN AT LEAST ONE YEAR (2014–2018)

1,192

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NUMBER OF ALUMNI CONTRIBUTING TO THE GOVERNOR’S FUND IN 2017–18

It is both great and important because the Achilles heel of the Academy has long been that our alumni donor base is narrower than those of most of the schools we compete against. We are now making progress and have the opportunity to cement this progress as we look to the future. Two statistics point out our opportunity:

My most fervent long term goal—other than raising $75 million—is that we, as an alumni body, close this gap so that our school regularly sees 35% of its alumni contribute to the Academy’s future each year. To accomplish this goal, we need to commit ourselves to providing consistent support to the school we all love. As you can see from the stats, the firepower is there. Now we just have to get it done!

This is why we designed our campaign as a comprehensive one— that is, that all gifts and commitments to The Governor’s Fund would count, along with capital gifts to our campaign success.

Therefore I ask that each of you consider a five-year pledge to The Governor’s Fund as part of your commitment to the campaign.

Consistent commitment and execution are the hallmark of great organizations. Consistent commitment and execution can change Governor’s trajectory permanently.

I read a quotation many years ago that has stayed with me and guided me ever since. It is about commitment, and I believe that commitment is what this campaign is all about.

Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness. Conceding all acts of initiative (and creation), there is one elementary truth, the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one commits oneself, the Providence moves too. All sorts of things occur to help one that would never otherwise have occurred. A whole stream of events issues from the decision, raising in one’s favor all manner of unforeseen incidents and meetings and material assistance which no one could have dreamed would have come their way. I learned a deep respect for one of Goethe’s couplets: “Whatever you can do, or dream you can do, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it. Begin it now.”

—William Hutchinson Murray (1913–1996) The Scottish Himalayan Expedition Thank you for all you have done and continue to do for our school.

—James M. Pierce ’72, P’08 President, Board of Trustees

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THE ARCHIVES Memories of Campus Hangout Spots Most faculty, alumni, and students have grown so accustomed to the present day student center that few stop to consider what, if anything, came before. Prior to the construction of the Peter Marshall French Student Center, student spaces were somewhat haphazard and ever changing. Pre-1930s, students would gather in their individual dormitories to socialize, as there was no other space. By the WWII era, the Academy began its attempts to fill this gap by creating spaces for informal gathering, whether it was the basement of Phillips, with its bookstore and student lounge, various incarnations of tobacco smoking in “the Butt Club,” which seemed to move from basement to basement, dormitory game rooms, or the snack bar in the former Thompson Auditorium. Here are some photos and recollections of these favorite spots.

P HIL L I P S B A SEMEN T As far back as 1943, students were enjoying the Phillips bookstore/lounge, despite its basement location.

I remember [the bookstore after study time] as kind of a party atmosphere with music coming from somewhere.

I have a distinct memory of Timmy Maier, one of the coolest guys I had ever encountered in my sheltered life, playing air-guitar and jumping around singing ‘I fought the law, and the law won’ at the top of his voice.

Innocent times.

In an earlier era, the bookstore vending machines sold not only soda and snacks, but also cigarettes, as shown in this 1960s photo.

Reading newspapers, eating ice cream, and picking up packages were all part of the experience in the Phillips basement, which included the mailroom, bookstore, and the day student locker room.

“When we arrived as freshmen in 1963 there were really no places for us to gather except the Cobb Room and the bookstore, both in Philips…In that era, there were only about five day students per class, and they had a room to hang out near the basement mailroom.”

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“I can remember Swifty, Ross, Kevin and Forte, a very tight-knit group of dedicated and responsible young men who were trying to make a difference one Marlboro at a time. [The Butt Club] was in kind of a storage area that was dirty, dingy, and smelly. The school made sure it was a very unattractive place. George (Swift) was the president and personally responsible for some ‘odd’ smells that the rest of us could not easily identify.”

—Gardner Sisk ’67

BUTT CLUB

These students were among those who had received permission from their parents to smoke, which they could do in the “Butt Club,” a space that was established in the 1940s and lasted until the 1970s.

THOMPSON SNACK BAR

In 1964 the Thompson Arts Center made its dramatic debut.

It included a snack bar called ‘The Grill,’ where Zelda dished up greasy hamburgers and sold Twinkies and other delicacies. It became the place to go, though its hours were limited.

The ‘Butt Club’ in the basement of Ingham … was where the smokers gathered. Smoking in those days, of course, was associated with coolness, so I suppose it was inevitable that I would eventually take it up, and, in fact, my self-confidence level rose quite a bit after I began to frequent the Butt Club.

—Peter Boynton ’61

The Thompson snack bar menu advertised the following selections: hamburgers, cheeseburgers, hot dogs, “grill cheese,” toast, English muffins, eggs, frappes, ice cream, milkshakes, Pop-Tarts, juice, “tonic,” coffee and tea.

With its modern, 1960s decor, Thompson grill provided a hangout space along with fast food for hungry students.

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“Boynton and the Main building were the only places with female restrooms so we had to time everything perfectly to get to Boynton and then to one’s next class. (It was a little like the scene in Hidden Figures.) I think after the first year they ‘found’ a locker room, but many changed at Boynton—me included.”

—Lisa Johnson ’75

[Boynton] was a refuge for us that we needed.

—Anne MacKay-Smith ’75

BOYNTON GIRLS’ LOU N G E

With few facilities available to female students, Boynton served as their day student lounge/ locker room in the early 1970s.

DO R M I T O RY B A SE MEN TS LEFT: This dorm basement may have been unfinished, but it was still a gathering place for a game of pingpong. RIGHT: Students enjoy a little evening foosball in one of several basement lounges.

In the basement of Cottage, we played ping-pong and table hockey and watched roller derby on TV. —Tom Taylor ’67

The construction of the Peter Marshall French Student Center in 1979 marked the first time the Academy created a building whose primary purpose was to establish a space for students to gather informally.

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Grandparents & Grandfriends Day On April 20, 2018, over 150 Grandparents, Grandfriends, and family joined their students for our annual Grandparents & Grandfriends Day held each spring on campus. Guests spent the day attending classes, enjoying lunch in the Alfond Dining Hall, and listening to the Head of School’s presentation over tea.

TOP LEFT: Caileigh Cormier ’18 and Yvon Cormier GP ’14, ’17, ’18; TOP RIGHT: Alek Davis ’19 and Ida Davis GP’19; MIDDLE LEFT: Sherri Reed P’18 and Justin Reed ’18; MIDDLE RIGHT: Isabella Nadeau ’21, Rosemary and Bob Young GP ’21, ’21, and Bailey Nadeau ‘21; BOTTOM LEFT: Wes D'Alelio '19 and Patricia D'Alelio GP'19, '19, '21

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New Members of The Governor’s Academy Board of Trustees ROBERT “ROB” C. DELENA ’87, P’21

STEPHANIE GINSBERG ’85, P’20

Rob is owner and CEO of Legal Staffing Solutions, a search firm focused on placing associate- and partner-level attorney candidates in major law firms and corporations.

Rob founded Legal Staffing Solutions in 1998. As one of the most successful legal placement consultants in the country, Rob became a placement consultant after practicing law for several years with Testa, Hurwitz & Thibeault, LLP and Peabody & Arnold. He is a graduate of Northeastern University School of Law and Trinity College. Rob lives in Sudbury, MA, with his wife Mary Beth, son Ryan, and daughter Abigail, who is a member of the Governor’s Class of 2021.

Stephanie is a seasoned physical therapist, clinic manager, and hospital board member. She received her B.S. in Physical Therapy from Boston University’s Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, 1989. Stephanie worked at the renowned Rusk Institute of Rehabilitative Medicine at NYU. She then brought her skills back home to practice at the Northeast Rehabilitation Hospital Network (NHRN) based in Salem, NH, treating patients who, as a result of their injuries or illnesses, required multidisciplinary rehabilitation programs. Stephanie advanced both her clinical and leadership skills, resulting in her appointment as Clinic Manager for NRHN’s sizeable outpatient rehab clinic in North Andover. She has been practicing with NRHN for nearly two decades and continues to maintain her professional skills with ongoing training, reflecting her commitment to her profession.

Stephanie currently serves on the Board of Trustees of NRHN, where she works to continue the vision of her father, Howard M. Gardner, M.D., who founded NRHN in 1984. Through her work, Stephanie actively supports the mission of NRHN, which is embodied in their motto, Bridging the Gap between Disability and Ability. Stephanie’s interests include inner city education and youth development.

MILAN GARY ’12 Milan is a research assistant and graphic/web designer at the Center of New York City Affairs, where she has been since 2017. She has served as a design startup fellow for both Verizon NYC Media Lab, and the Ms. Foundation for Women. Further, Milan has been a freelance designer for many nonprofits, and spent a year living abroad in Vietnam teaching English and developing a STEAM curriculum at the American Education Group. Milan speaks English, Spanish, and basic Vietnamese, and has an interest in international travel, interactive technology, and impact design. She has a BA from The George Washington University, and is currently pursuing an MFA in Design and Technology at the Parsons School of Design in New York, NY.

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Stephanie’s husband, Scott, is president of the Northern Craft Casket Company. They live in Andover and Gloucester with son, Drew, and daughter, Chloe—a member of the Governor’s Class of 2020.

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JENNIFER MIGLIORE ‘10

PETER STAROSTA ’81, P’18

Jen is a political consultant for the Liberty Square Group, a strategic communications and government affairs firm located in Boston, MA. In her role, she manages the Blue Lab, a political incubator, which aims to lower the barrier of entry for first-time, female, and minority candidates.

Prior to her current role, Jen ran for State Representative and was an aide to Congressman Seth Moulton. Jen has served the Academy as a class agent, Alumni Council member, and guest speaker for classrooms and class dinners.

A 2014 graduate of Wellesley College, Jen resides in Brighton, MA.

Peter is founder, president, and CEO of Star Asia International, Inc., a firm that specializes in transportation to and from the Far East, offering ocean and air freight, customs brokerage, inland trucking and warehousing, cargo insurance, supply chain IT solutions, and supply chain consulting. Peter founded the company in Atlanta in1997, and it now has offices throughout the U.S. and Asia. Peter and his wife, Cynthia, live in Falmouth, MA, with their sons, Henry—a member of the Governor’s Class of 2018—and Theodore. Peter is a member of the Governor’s Class of 1981, and currently sits on the Academy’s With True Courage Campaign Steering Committee. He is passionate about the critical role that secondary schools play in the intellectual, social, and physical development of young people.

Head of School Elected Vice President of Phi Beta Kappa Society Head of School Peter H. Quimby, Ph.D. ’85, P’14 was elected Vice President of the Phi Beta Kappa Society at the Society’s 45th Triennial Council in Boston on Friday, August 3. The position is for a three-year term from 2018–2021.

The Phi Beta Kappa Society is the nation’s most prestigious academic honor society, founded in 1776. It has chapters at 286 colleges and universities in the United States, nearly fifty alumni associations, and more than half a million members worldwide. The mission of the Phi Beta Kappa Society is to champion education in the liberal arts and sciences, foster freedom of thought, and recognize academic excellence.

Of his new leadership responsibilities, Dr. Quimby said, “Serving the mission of the Phi Beta Kappa Society has been

a privilege and I am honored to be assuming new leadership responsibilities as vice president. The Society's efforts to promote academic excellence and advocate for the liberal arts and sciences are vital to the future of our democracy, and I look forward to working with Secretary Lawrence, President Pasquerella, and the Society’s staff and Senate to advance these efforts in the coming years.”

“It is a singular honor to have our Head of School elected to the leadership of our country’s most prestigious academic honor society. This election demonstrates Dr. Quimby’s dedication to academic excellence and scholarship, and is reflected at Governor’s in how Peter inspires students and teachers alike,” said Jim Pierce ’72, P’08, President, Board of Trustees.

(L-R) Frederick M. Lawrence, Secretary & CEO, Lynn Pasquerella, President, and Peter H. Quimby, Ph.D. '85, P'14, Vice President

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Campus Milestone Undergoes Preservation Carved in 1708 by John Hartshorn, the milestone has been an important campus landmark throughout the Academy’s history. John Dummer commissioned this milestone to be carved and, breaking with Puritan tradition, chose to publicize his role in the installation of the carved stone. This caused a rivalry with another local family, the Sewalls, who commissioned their own milestone in response to the Dummer stone. By installing these stones on their property, families like the Dummers and the Sewalls were able to solidify their importance within the community. Today, while some milestones have disappeared, Newbury is still home to several original stones, including one two miles from the Dummer stone on Middle Road, several along Route 1, and another on the Newbury Upper Green. The letters on each stone indicate the name and the direction of a nearby town, while the numbers mark the distance to the town in miles.

A team of experts in stone monument preservation helped return the milestone on our campus to its former glory. The stone had been subject to different forms of environmental damage including sap droppings, lichen accumulation, and runoff from the road in the form of dirt, sand, and salt that caused part of the carving to be buried in the front. The stone had begun to lean back over the past sixty years, exacerbating some of these problems. One of the biggest concerns was cracking that occurred in part due to lichen and roots that penetrated the stone.

In order to address these concerns, the Academy selected Fannin-Lehrer Conservators to examine the stone, propose a course of action, and complete the

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necessary work. As an experienced, awardwinning stone preservation firm, they were the perfect choice for the job.

Says Academy Archivist Sharon Slater, “While some might ask why we would not just go to the stone with scrub brushes and clean it off, as may have been done in the past, we chose not to take this route.

Concern about existing damage and the possibility of actually causing further damage was the main reason conservators were employed. Another reason was that in order to expose the triangles carved at the bottom of the stone, the stone needed to be raised and supported underneath.”

The conservators spent a week working on the milestone, beginning with removing the loose material using toothbrushes, water, and a non-corrosive biological solution known as D/2. This solution is the standard in monument preservation, used at many national treasures including the Washington Monument and Arlington National

TOP LEFT: Fannin-Lehrer Conservators take great care in cleaning the stone with fine brushes and a non-corrosive biological solution known as D/2. TOP RIGHT: Fannin-Lehrer Conservators prepare the milestone to be lifted by crane into its new location several feet back from its previous location to protect it from snow plows and subsequent salt damage. BOTTOM LEFT: Bob Tirone of the Academy’s Buildings and Grounds team helps to set the stone in place in its new location. BOTTOM RIGHT: The newly preserved milestone sits in its new setting.

Cemetery. This time-consuming process of removing all of the biological material took many days and many toothbrushes!

The repositioning of the stone involved returning it to a more upright position, which will also minimize future damage from droppings on the stone. Additionally, the stone was moved back several feet from the road, to protect it from snow plows. The stone now sits atop a buried cement platform to keep it from sinking into the ground and obscuring the double triangle that served as the Dummer family symbol on the stone.

The last step in this preservation project involved using lime mortar in the side crack to prevent any further cracking along this fissure. We encourage a visit to campus to see this important artifact in person!

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Capstone Each year, in the week leading up to Commencement, Governor’s seniors take part in “Capstone,” two days of volunteering at local schools, parks, or other volunteer-based organizations.

Capstone gives seniors a chance to “cap off” their time at Governor’s by living out our mission statement, “non sibi sed aliis”—not for self but for others.

TOP LEFT: Matthew Farrell ’18, Andrew Brown ’18, Theodore Nikolopoulos ’18, Dylan King ’18, and Henry Starosta ’18 at Mass Audubon’s Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary in Ipswich, MA; BOTTOM LEFT: Sorieba Fofanah ’18, Jeremiah MackinAlonzi ’18, Eli Anderson-Song ’18, Lily Nishan ’18, Isabella Kochakian ’18, Kaitlyn Alimenti ’18, Savannah Lafata ’18, Annette Shin ’18 (kneeling), Isabella Rossi ’18, and Elise Chigier ’18 at Cashman Park in Newburyport, MA

Massachusetts volunteer locations this year included a local animal shelter, Mass Audubon’s Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary in Ipswich, The REAL Program in Lynn, Community Giving Tree in Boxford, Esperanza Academy in Lawrence, Newbury Elementary School, and Maudslay State Park.

TOP RIGHT: Finn Caron ’18, Sky Caron ’18, Lauren Kramer ’18, Rebecca Schwartz ’18, Rebecca Willis ’18, Julia Barresi ’18, and Hayden Valas ’18 at Mass Audubon’s Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary in Ipswich, MA; BOTTOM RIGHT: Mrs. Hemphill, Jinwei Zhu ’18, Skylar Magee ’18, Nastasya Woodcock ’18, Cordelia Gerry ’18, Alondra Caceres ’18, and Danielle Page ’18 at Community Giving Tree

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Class of 2018 Celebrates Commencement On May 27, The Governor’s Academy held its 255th Commencement exercises, celebrating the graduation of 120 seniors.

After receiving their diplomas in front of family and friends, graduates spent a few minutes celebrating with faculty and classmates on the lawn in front of the historic Little Red Schoolhouse, then friends joined hands and took a metaphoric leap into the next chapter of their lives. The jumping of the wall, when graduates literally jump over the stone wall behind the Mansion House, has been a tradition since the 1950s, and continues to be a treasured and significant ritual for each graduating class.

Delivering the Commencement address this year was Secretary John Kerry. Secretary Kerry served as the 68th United States Secretary of State from 2013 to 2017. As America’s top diplomat, he guided the Department’s strategy on nuclear nonproliferation, combating radical extremism, and the threat of climate change.

His tenure was marked by the successful negotiation of the Iran nuclear deal and the Paris Climate Agreement.

An independent secondary school graduate and long-time public servant, Secretary Kerry urged Governor’s graduates to be confident about the future and challenged them to make the choice to make a difference in the world.

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The Thorndike Hilton Cup, awarded to the highest-ranking scholar of the graduating class, was presented to Holly Zheng of Beijing, China. Zheng was also awarded the Morse Flag, which is presented each year to a senior whose record in all respects meets the highest approval of the faculty.

Secretary John Kerry delivers the Commencement address.

From 1985 to 2013, he served as a U.S. Senator representing Massachusetts, and was Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee from 2009 to 2013. He served in the U.S. Navy, completing two combat tours of duty in Vietnam, for which he received a Silver Star, a Bronze Star with Combat V, and three Purple Hearts. He received his undergraduate degree from Yale University and his law degree from Boston College Law School.

He currently serves as the Distinguished Fellow for Global Affairs at Yale University and the Visiting Distinguished Statesman for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

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Secretary Kerry addressed the graduates, saying “leave here today with genuine confidence about the future. Each of you will leave this place with a different path in mind. The world is moving so fast that I guarantee you that many of you will ultimately embark on a career in a company that is not yet founded today, using devices not yet developed today, based on ideas not yet expressed today. But no matter where you end up, please never underestimate the power of each of you to make a choice to choose to make a difference.”

Morse Flag winner Holly Zheng '18 with her parents Xueli Liu P'18 and Cong Zheng P'18 and Head of School Peter H. Quimby, Ph.D. ’85, P’14

The Academy Prize was presented to Eni Owoeye of Baltimore, Maryland. This prize is awarded to a senior whose unselfishness and sportsmanship have best exemplified the spirit of the school.

Kyle Rochford of North Hampton, New Hampshire was the recipient of the Peter W. Bragdon Head of School Cup, which is given to the senior, who in the judgment of the Head of School, serves the mission of the school.

Congratulations to the Class of 2018!

COLLEGE DESTINATIONS FOR THE CLASS OF 2018 Babson College

Dartmouth College

Middlebury College

Temple University

Bates College

Denison University

Muhlenberg College

The Ohio State University

University of New Hampshire at Durham

Boston College

Drexel University

New York University

Trinity College

University of Pittsburgh

Boston University

Emerson College

Tufts University

University of San Diego

Bowdoin College

Fordham University

Northeastern University

The George Washington University

Pennsylvania State University

Union College

Brigham Young UniversityHawaii

Post University

University of California, Los Angeles

University of Southern California

Brown University

Hamilton College-NY

Carleton College

Hobart and William Smith Colleges

Case Western Reserve University

College of the Holy Cross

Providence College Royal Holloway, University of London Sacred Heart University

Colby College

Johns Hopkins University

Salem State University

Colgate University

Kenyon College

Salve Regina University

College of Charleston

Lafayette College

Santa Clara University

Colorado College

Lehigh University

Connecticut College

Loomis Chaffee (Post Graduate)

Cornell University

Loyola University Maryland

University of California, Santa Barbara University of Connecticut at Hartford

University of Toronto University of Vermont University of Wisconsin, Madison Villanova University

University of Massachusetts, Boston

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Wake Forest University

Skidmore College

University of Massachusetts, Lowell

St. Lawrence University

University of Miami

Wheaton College

Syracuse University

University of Michigan

Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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Anderson-Song ’18 Wins Prestigious Cum Laude Paper Award Eli Anderson-Song ’18 had his paper selected as The Cum Laude Paper – 2017.

One winner is selected annually for the national award, which comes with a $5,000 prize. He is the first Governor’s student to win the prestigious award.

Annually, each of the 382 secondary schools that have a chapter of the Cum Laude Society is invited to submit its best example of original work, either creative or research based, to be considered for recognition as The Cum Laude Paper. Each of the eight Cum Laude district committees do a blind judging and select one winner from each district in the United States. Of those eight winners, the national Cum Laude committee then chooses the best paper for the national award. The purpose is to recognize and celebrate outstanding academic achievement and original thought.

Anderson-Song’s original paper, “A Question of Life and Money: Chinese Prostitutes in San Francisco and American Immigration Policy,” describes how a small group of Chinese prostitutes became the most influential demographic on immigration law in the United States. It focused on how the intersection of these women’s identities—race, gender, immigrant status, and occupation—made them seem particularly threatening to the American public in the nineteenth century.

“When Eli first approached me and mentioned that he wanted to write a paper about the role of prostitution in the American West, I was intrigued,” said his AP U.S. History teacher Sharon Slater P’16, ’20. “His interest in the topic stemmed from a family vacation to Seattle, at which time a museum tour guide mentioned the significance of prostitution in Seattle’s early economic development. Eli decided to explore whether there

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might be an even larger role played by nineteenth century prostitution in the West.”

Slater remembers a specific conversation with Anderson-Song during the process: “Eli told me that he wanted to write on something completely original that not even historians had directly addressed. I knew then that his paper was likely to be extraordinary. His final paper was the best student paper that I have ever read.”

The Cum Laude Society established The Cum Laude Society Paper contest in 2003 as a representation and celebration of outstanding scholarship at Cum Laude Society schools. The Society currently comprises 382 schools arranged in eight district groupings. The Governor’s Academy joined the competition in its second year, 2004. Anderson-Song is the first Governor’s student to win the national award and the seventh Governor’s student to win the award for District I. In the Chinese prostitute, disparate groups of the white community found a common enemy and were able to present a unified political front for exclusion. Around the Page Act, a coalition of unprecedented proportion was formed, bringing together the working class with corporate leaders, puritanical New Englanders with rough and tumble San Francisco pioneers. Each group had a unique interest in deporting the Chinese prostitute. To the working class San Franciscan, her Chinese ethnicity represented a glutted job market filled with unworthy foreign competitors; to the corporate leaders of San Francisco, she could lead to Chinese workers demanding higher wages to support their families. To the puritanical East, the prostitute represented the decay of Protestant morality, and to white supremacists, north and south, she was a seductress of white men and therefore a threat to white racial purity. The intersection of their race, ethnicity, immigrant status, gender, and profession made Chinese prostitutes the single most influential demographic in the history of American immigration policy.

—Excerpt from Anderson-Song’s ’18 award-winning paper, “A Question of Life and Money: Chinese Prostitutes in San Francisco and American Immigration Policy”

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Fofanah ’18 Wins Esteemed Best-in-Grade Award Sorieba Fofanah ’18 received a very prestigious national Best-inGrade award for his photograph submitted to the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards competition this year. Just two writers and two artists per grade in grades 7–12 are selected each year as the Bestin-Grade. The awards are chosen by a special panel of national jurors. Fofanah’s photograph, Half Empty, is a self-portrait.

Fofanah was honored at Carnegie Hall in New York City in June.

His photography teacher, David Oxton, was in the audience to see

him receive his medal. Oxton said,“It was such a thrill to watch Sorieba stand at center stage in Carnegie Hall to be honored for his outstanding artwork. He looked so proud as the audience cheered for him and the other students on stage who had earned the highest awards. It was very moving—a grand celebration of student artists.”

Fofanah’s ’18 award-winning photograph, Half Empty

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Museum Day On March 5, our annual schoolwide Museum Day took place. On Museum Day, students and faculty break into groups and take a field trip to a local museum or a similar destination. Museum Day began years ago in order to dedicate a full academic day for students to get off campus, explore, imagine, and celebrate the arts.

Museum Day exposes students to different types of museums, with the hope that it will create a lifelong appreciation for the arts.

The day also offers students the opportunity to enhance their understanding of curricular material in their everyday classes.

This year destinations included the New England Aquarium, the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, Chinatown in Boston, the Harvard Art Museum, the Harvard Museum of Natural History and Peabody Museum of Archaeology and

TOP LEFT: Students in Boston’s Chinatown; TOP RIGHT: Students at JEOL in Peabody, MA; BOTTOM LEFT: The ninth grade class in the Massachusetts State House with MA House Representative James Kelcourse; BOTTOM RIGHT: Students have their portrait taken at Bill Truslow’s Photography Studio in Portsmouth, NH.

Ethnology, the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, JEOL in Peabody, and Center Street Studio. In addition, Massachusetts House Representative James Kelcourse,

who was a guest lecturer in Gary Satow’s AP Government class this past school year, hosted the ninth grade class at the Massachusetts State House.

Boston-Based Janie E. Howland’s Set Designs Exhibited This Spring The Academy was pleased to feature the works of Janie E. Howland on campus this spring. “Abstract Thinking In Theatre Design” was on display in the Remis Lobby of the Wilkie Center for the Performing Arts throughout the month of April.

Howland visited the Academy in March and presented her works to students in the Remis Lobby. She spoke about the process of designing sets for the theater, her design process, and the many plays she has designed for.

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designs. Howland describes her work and design process: “Designing scenery is creating a sculptural, evocative world in which a production can take place. The set immediately influences the mood for the audience. I believe in the emotional and evocative power of a set in the context [of ] the whole experience of engaging with a theatrical production. I begin my design process with an ‘emotional response,’ a creative regurgitation of any form that expresses my emotional reaction to the script, music, movement, etc. From there I compile research, sketches, lists, more sketches, drafting, model building, three-dimensional renderings and more lists in collaboration with the director and other designers.”

Howland’s scenic design for “Gypsy” with the Lyric Stage Company

Howland is a Boston-based scenic designer and teaches at Emerson College and Wellesley College.

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Recent Faculty Emerita Inductee Wins Smithsonian Craft Show Award On June 8, by a unanimous vote of the Board of Trustees, ceramics teacher Irina Okula was conferred emerita status.

Okula, a world-renowned artist, joined the Academy in 1987 and retired in June 2018.

Okula’s retirement and faculty emerita induction comes on the heels of her winning the 2018 Excellence in Ceramics award at the prestigious Smithsonian Craft Show in Washington, D.C. in May. The award is Okula’s second from the esteemed craft show, having won an award in 2015 as well.

Okula was one of just thirteen artists chosen from Massachusetts and one of twenty-four ceramics artists at this year’s 36th annual show.

Considered one of the most prestigious craft shows in the country, the Smithsonian show displays work in the media of basketry, ceramics, decorative fiber, furniture, glass, jewelry, leather, metal, mixed media, paper, wearable art, and wood by 120 artists chosen from 1,000 applicants.

Irina has been a relentless student of her craft. She brings a world of perspective and expertise to her classroom, and ignites a spark in her students while challenging them to create works that achieve the highest level of excellence.

Her students dominate the Boston Globe Scholastic Art Awards every year with their meticulously crafted pieces, and during her tenure at the Academy, her students have won nine National Medals in the Scholastic Art Awards.

Since 2009, she has worked with twenty-six AP Ceramics students, who have earned an average score of 4.6, which is an incredible accomplishment for a teacher. The Alliance for Young Artists and Writers recognized Irina as an outstanding educator in 2012, noting that her students’ work is routinely selected for multiple national honors.

Irina Okula is the envy of her fellow teachers. Her classes were so popular, they had running wait lists, and her ceramics students stacked up awards in quick succession. All this while her own career as an artist soared. Irina Okula—steady, modest, wildly talented—earned rock star status among her colleagues, and in the world of ceramics, she is a very big deal.

Irina’s own work is world-renowned. She won the Excellence in Ceramics Award in 2015 at the Smithsonian Craft Show—the highest honor given to a sculptural ceramics artist, and in 2014 she won the Juror’s Choice Award at the Fuller Craft Museum.

She spent many summers working at the Haystack Mountain School of Craft Summer Workshops in Maine, and her work has also been accepted at the Philadelphia Museum Craft Show, and continues to be exhibited at the Smithsonian, as well as the best fine arts galleries in New England and abroad.

Having earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in Ceramics in 1966 from Fontbonne University, and her Master of Fine Arts degree in Ceramics from Southern Illinois University in 1971, Irina felt called to teaching. A lifelong learner and an internationally known potter from Ipswich, Massachusetts, Irina has traveled the world in pursuit of the art of ceramics for more than forty years. From Japanese teapots to Mayan ruins; from Chinese workshops to Native American wood firings,

Yet as accomplished as she is as an artist, teaching ceramics to her students has been her abiding passion. She has inspired her colleagues and students to be their most creative selves for over three decades. Irina's dedication and commitment to her students have resulted in three kiln donations in her honor, and her students come back time and again, just to experience a little bit more of her magic. Teacher, artist, mentor, tennis coach, friend—she leaves us with an incredible legacy.

Head of School Peter H. Quimby, Ph.D. ’85, P’14 said of Okula during her induction ceremony:

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Babe Ceglarski P’02, ’04, ’11 Stepping Down as Head Ice Hockey Coach coached the boys varsity ice hockey team for five years.

Ceglarski’s girls varsity team won New England’s Division II in 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2011. This year, the Independent School League’s girls ice hockey coaches voted unanimously to name the ISL Sportsmanship Trophy after Ceglarski. The Leonard Babe Ceglarski sportsmanship trophy will be awarded annually to the ISL team who displays the best sportsmanship in the league.

Former players at the reception in Babe Ceglarski's P’02, ’04, ’11 honor on June 8

Babe Ceglarski P’02, ’04, ’11, Academy history teacher, announced this past spring that he would be stepping down from the girls varsity ice hockey head coach position. He will assume the position of

assistant coach to the team. Ceglarski coached the girls varsity ice hockey team for nineteen years, ending his run with a record of 226/184/21. Prior to becoming the girls varsity ice hockey coach, he

A reception was held on June 8 to celebrate Ceglarski in the Whiston • Bragdon Arena.

Alumni and Ceglarski’s former teammates, past parents, and friends reunited in Byfield to honor their coach.

Athletic Director Claudia Barcomb describes Ceglarski as “a world class coach, teacher, advisor, dorm parent, and friend.”

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ATHLETIC HALL OF FAME Do you know someone who you think should be in the Athletic Hall of Fame?

Please visit our online nomination form:

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Girls Lacrosse Travels to Costa Rica for Service Trip

will possess: understanding themselves as members of a larger community and acting within a moral and ethical framework.

Coach McLain stresses that the service aspect of the trip is invaluable life experience for her players. She says, “Our strong female athletes are great role models for the local girls. When we practice or play at night, the locals, all ages and genders, like to come and watch. Some of our players have formed great bonds with the kids.”

In addition to training for their upcoming season, the team coached lacrosse clinics for local girls, helped elementary school-aged girls with arts and crafts, and restored desks at a local elementary school. The team also had some fun; they surfed, zip-lined, hiked, kayaked, and snorkeled!

The 2018 girls lacrosse team poses for a team photo in Playa Samara, Costa Rica.

During March break, the Governor’s varsity girls lacrosse team traveled to Playa Samara in Costa Rica for their biennial preseason service trip. This trip has become a tradition for the team, who have made the trip every other year since 2014.

The trip is made in conjunction with Student Cultural Exchange, whose mission “seeks to provide immersion-based travel opportunities that help transition eager young minds into caring, socially conscious global citizens. Our varied program options are designed to give our American and international student travelers the

opportunity to develop deep, lifetime connections with previously unknown people and places.”

While many independent school coaches take their teams to Florida for preseason practice, Coach Roberta McLain P’07, ’09 calls the decision to travel instead to Costa Rica “culturally valuable” for her players.

The trip offers her Governor’s athletes the opportunity to partake in a meaningful preseason trip that blends the school motto, “non sibi sed aliis”—not for self but for others—with the seventh of the 7 Essential Skills that all Governor’s graduates

Coach McLain adds that one of her former team members, Courtney Pierre ’17, who is now a sophomore at Hamilton College, just recently completed an internship with Student Cultural Exchange in Playa Samara.

The trip to Playa Samara continues to have a profound effect on Coach McLain’s players. Recent graduates Quinn Greer ’18 and Sarah Moore ’18 decided to learn how to string lacrosse sticks for their senior spring term project so that they could send the sticks with Pierre to bring to the local girls during her internship this summer.

BOTTOM LEFT: Members of the girls lacrosse team do arts and crafts with local school children in Playa Samara.

Front to back: Lauren Hayes ’18, Quinn Greer ’18, Victoria Sununu ’19, Caroline James ’19, Danielle Aftandilian ’20, Smyth Lefebvre ’19, and Emily Simas ‘18; BOTTOM RIGHT: Members of the girls lacrosse team pose with school children during a lacrosse clinic. Back row from left to right: Charlotte White ’20, Caroline James ’19, Victoria Sununu ’19, Danielle Aftandilian ’20, Quinn Greer ’18, Lauren Hayes ’18. Front row from left to right: Sarah Moore ’18, Jolie Preece ’19, and Stephanie Tamasi ’19.

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Winter 2017–2018 Athletics BOYS ALPINE SKI: 23-13 GIRLS ALPINE SKI: 5-21 Most Valuable Skier: Hollen Knoell ’21 Most Valuable Skier: Christopher Baroni ’19 Coaches Award: William Luff ’18

BOYS BASKETBALL: 17-8-0 Most Valuable Player: Daniel Frechette ’18 and Joseph Pridgen ’19 Coaches Award: Shane Smith ’18

GIRLS BASKETBALL: 10-12-0 Most Valuable Player: Kathryn White ’19 Coaches Award: Sarah Moore ’18

BOYS ICE HOCKEY: 2-21-4 Most Valuable Player: Tao Ishizuka ’18 Paul Wasson Award: Antoine Dufour ’18

GIRLS ICE HOCKEY: 3-18-2 Most Valuable Player: Hannah Walsh ’18 Players Award: Olivia Petito ’18

BOYS INDOOR TRACK: 6-6-0 Most Valuable Player: Otto Laakkonen ’18 Coaches Award: Kyle Rochford ’18

GIRLS INDOOR TRACK: 7-4-0 Most Valuable Player: Rebecca Willis ’18 Coaches Award: Olivia Haouchine ’18

WRESTLING: 15-5-0 Most Valuable Player: Jun Kwon ’19 Heb Evans Award: Bejunior Fallon ’21

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Spring 2018 Athletics BASEBALL: 9-7-0 Most Valuable Player Award: John Doyle ’18 and Shane Smith ’18 Coaches: Jared Dupere ’18 Senior Trophy: Kevin Lucey ’18

GOLF: 9-14-1 Most Valuable Player Award: Tao Ishizuka ’18 Louis Quinzio Coaches Award: Christopher Ogden ’19

BOYS LACROSSE: 14-2 Most Valuable Player Award: Zachary Ludd ’18 Coaches Award: Andrew Brown ’18 and Benjamin Murtagh ’18 Senior Lacrosse Trophy: Brendan Jordan ’18

GIRLS LACROSSE: 5-11-1 Charles L. Scharfe Most Valuable Player Award: Sarah Moore ’18 Coaches Award: Claudia Solano ’18

BOYS TENNIS: 4-12-0 Most Valuable Player: Christian DiVincenzo ’19

GIRLS TENNIS: 1-13-0 Most Valuable Player: McKenzie Perkins ’18 Coaches Award: Melissa Abbott ’20

BOYS TRACK: 10-6-0 Most Valuable Player: Daniel Frechette ’18 Coaches Award: Otto Laakkonen ’18 Gilbert Distance Running: Albert Cha ’19

GIRLS TRACK: 11-4-0 Most Valuable Player: Rebecca Willis ’18 Coaches Award: Olivia Haouchine ’18 Gilbert Distance Running: Emily Simas ’18

SOFTBALL: 8-5-0 Most Valuable Player: Caroline Gow ’19 Coaches Award: Hadley Vareschi-Woelfel ’20

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Senior class president and track aficionado Julia Russolillo talks about her plans for the future, what she’ll miss most when she graduates this spring, and what advice she has for ninth graders. Hint: use those free blocks wisely!

Where are you from? How did you learn about Governor’s?

I am from Georgetown, MA. I learned about Govs through my brother, who went here and graduated in 2013. My sisters and I would always come here to watch him play baseball and eat in the dining hall but I never thought I would also attend school here. I’m definitely glad I did.

Is there something that you will really miss about Governor’s when you graduate next spring?

I will miss “Govs Spring” the most. After March break, as the weather starts to change, everyone’s mood brightens and we start to spend time outside a lot more.

When the snow melts, activities such as Twilight Softball and tennis tournaments begin and the whole atmosphere changes.

Even if it is just doing homework with friends, it is definitely my favorite time of year and one of the things I’ll miss the most.

What advice would you give to your ninth grade self as a senior?

Academically, I would tell my ninth grade self and anyone having a hard time adjusting to the school work to spend your free time during the school day in the library. Coming from a public school it was a huge surprise that we have an hour or two in the middle of the day for lunch and PA block. For a while I used it for socializing, but I quickly realized how helpful it is to get at least half of your homework done or perhaps get ahead on homework so you can get to bed on time each night. Overall though, as cliché as it sounds, I would tell my ninth grade self to enjoy my time here because it goes by way too fast.

Can you describe a faculty member or coach who you look up to?

I don’t think I have ever told him this and hadn’t planned on it until now but I look up to Mr. Suomi. He is my track coach for two seasons (indoor and outdoor) and is going to be my senior English teacher.

His serious demeanor and subtle sarcasm has reminded me a lot of myself and I also look up to his leadership. Similarly, Barb (Mrs. Hemphill), my advisor, has been a kind mentor during my time here and I look up to and appreciate everything she does for the school and more specifically, me and my fellow advisees.

What do you think you want to study in college?

Right now I am interested in medicine and plan to study something in college that will help pursue those goals, such as biology or chemistry. After that I hope to go to medical school, but who knows what will happen!

What activities/programs/sports are you involved in at Governor’s?

For the fall, I am a co-head of The Special Olympics Soccer Tournament that Govs hosts every year. For the winter and spring, I participate in track and field and will be captain for my last two seasons.

What was a favorite class you took at Governor’s?

My favorite class so far has been AP Biology with Dr. Alex. It was the first time I have gotten to choose something I thought I might be interested in for the

future and it has definitely furthered my interest in the subject. My class was also very fun despite consisting of only seven kids. My peers and Dr. Alex made the hard material and challenging tests worth it and I plan to continue my interest in science, specifically biology.

Where do you hope to go? How many colleges will you apply to?

Right now I do not know where I am going and am still in the process of researching and visiting schools I am interested in. I hope to stay pretty close to home and find a small- to medium-sized school. I will probably apply to about nine to ten schools, ranging from my home city of Boston all the way down south to North Carolina and Florida.

What are you most excited about for college?

I am most excited (and nervous) to live independently. I have lived in the same house in the same town for my whole life, so being thrown into a new environment without my family will be scary, but will teach me a lot. I am also excited to begin the path towards the career I have always dreamed of.

What was a moment of courage you had during your time at Governor’s?

One moment of courage I had during my time at Govs was when I accepted my nomination for Academy President and made a speech in front of the entire school.

Not only was it extremely intimidating to stand up in front of 400-plus people, but to speak about my past, specifically being taken off the waitlist at Govs, was even more nerve-wracking. Although I did not win that position, I learned so much from the experience, and it gave me the courage to run for Senior Class President and become elected.

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Boston Business Leaders Luncheon Boston Harbor Hotel, Boston, MA The Academy hosted its tenth annual Boston Business Leaders Luncheon on Tuesday, April 10 at the Boston Harbor Hotel. This year’s keynote speaker was Eric Rosengren, President and Chief Executive Officer at Federal Bank of Boston. More than 200 business leaders and alumni gathered to hear Rosengren provide insight into the economic importance of revitalizing New England’s cities. He discussed the Boston Fed’s community development initiative, the Working Cities Challenge, highlighting the competition's success to date in Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island. Academy President Kyle Rochford ’18 introduced Rosengren. This event continues to be a great way to connect and network with fellow classmates, alumni, and members of the school community.

LEFT: President of the Board of Trustees Jim Pierce ’72, P’08, Head of School Peter H. Quimby, Ph.D. ’85, P’14, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Eric Rosengren, Vice President of the Board of Trustees Jim Rudolph ’68, P’05, ’12, Trustee Bill Alfond ’67; RIGHT: Andy Janfaza, Trustee Meredith McPherson ’85, Trustee Bruce Ginsberg P’18

Collegiate Career Workshop College-aged Governor’s alumni were welcomed back to campus on Thursday, May 31 to meet and network with professional alumni. The alumni panel included; Rob Delena ’87, P’21, Courtney Church ’85, Morgan Steir ’03, Abby Matses ’11, Keara Thomas ’07, Joe Brown ’04, Laura Sullivan ’07, Kip Brown ’87, Dan Connaughton ’03, and Herb Kent ’08.

TOP RIGHT: Leah Cormier’17, Abby Matses ’11, Taylor O’Connor ’17, Caroline Healy ’17; BOTTOM LEFT: Mike Gallagher ’13, Joe Brown ’04, Samara Gallagher ’16, Ali Griffin ’16; BOTTOM RIGHT: Tobey Eveleth ’16, Herb Kent ’08

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Alumni Association Welcome Dinner Alumni guests joined members of the Alumni Council to host the annual Alumni Association Welcome Dinner for the graduating senior class. President-elect of the Alumni Council, Rob DeLena ’87, P’21, welcomed the Class of 2018 and alumni in attendance, and Jon Bird ’10 gave the keynote address. Both speakers focused on the importance of staying connected to the Academy and each other after graduation. The evening concluded with a formal handshake and welcome into the Alumni Association for our seniors, given by alumni in attendance.

Alumni formally welcome the Class of 2018 into the Alumni Association with handshakes.

LEFT (L-R): Jen Migliore '10, Morgan Steir '03, Jon Bird '10, Greg Waldman ’87 P’20, 22, Emilie MacDonald '14, Jeff Kelly '85, P'17, Eloise Willemsen '11, Alice Tonry '10, Peter Quimby '85, P.14, Kavy Yesair '96, P'20, Ryan Gill '13, Emily Bottomley '00, Brandon Bates '03, Rob DeLena '87, P'21, and Amy Northup '87, P'22; TOP RIGHT: Zach Glendon ’18, David Wilson ’18, Eric Miller ’18, Otto Sendelbach ’18, Ryan Begin ‘18; BOTTOM RIGHT: Margaret Harrison ’18, Alexandra Sterchele ’18, McKenzie Perkins ’18, Nora Fitzmaurice ’18, Emily Simas ’18, Charlotte Collins ‘18

Boston-Area Young Alumni Gathering In late July, over sixty Boston-area young alumni gathered after work to reconnect, network, and enjoy the view of Boston Harbor. The annual gathering at Tia’s Waterfront is a favorite of Governor’s young alumni.

LEFT (L-R): Geoff Sullivan ’13, Andrew Kulig ’13, Connor Black ‘13; MIDDLE: Taylor Wailes ’08, Whitney Ocko ’08, Laura Sullivan ‘07; RIGHT: Ryan Scarfo ’13, Geoff Sullivan ’13, Laura Luchini ’13, Ashley Thon ’13, Haley Newhall ’13, Abbie Clavin ’13, Kayla O’Connor ’13, Cam Laughlin ‘13

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2018 Reunion Weekend The Academy welcomed back over 460 alumni and guests to this year’s Reunion Weekend in June. Classes ending in 3s and 8s celebrated with classmates, faculty, and staff. This year featured special new events such as Irina Okula’s Ceramics Master Class, Tales from Master Moody’s Schoolhouse, and a Parker River project presentation.

TOP RIGHT: Archivist Sharon Slater P’16, P’20 presents “Tales from Master Moody’s Schoolhouse.” TOP LEFT: Widge Thomas ’43, Ben Brewster ’43, P’68; MIDDLE RIGHT: Class of 1968 celebrates their 50th Reunion with a class dinner in the Whiston • Bragdon Arena; BOTTOM LEFT: Class of 2003 celebrates their 15th Reunion; BOTTOM RIGHT: The Class of 1988 gathers on Saturday night to celebrate their 30th Reunion.

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TOP ROW: Members of the Class of 1973; Parade of classes—alumni process to the Annual Meeting of the Alumni Association held on Saturday morning in the Bergmann Theater

THIRD ROW (L-R): Members of the class of 1998 gather with Headmaster Emeritus Peter Bragdon for cocktails on Saturday night; Alumnae join Irina Okula in a master ceramics class over Reunion weekend.

SECOND ROW: Alumni baseball game; Members of the Class of 2003

BOTTOM ROW: Alumnae softball game; Members of the Class of 2013

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2017–2018 Alumnus of the Year Award:

Isaiah Suggs, Jr. ’78, P’97, ’02 The Alumnus of the Year award is presented annually to a graduate who has been steadfast in his or her loyalty to Governor’s, and who has shown an unwavering commitment to the school. The inscription on the award itself reads: For Loyalty, Dedication and Service to The Governor’s Academy. This year’s recipient is Isaiah Suggs, Jr. ’78, P’97, ’02. Ike is a connector for those in his class and surrounding classes, and from the day he jumped the wall, he has been a steadfast champion of the Academy, its alumni, and students. He is also a member of the Academy’s Athletic Hall of Fame.

Shortly after graduating, Ike returned to campus to serve as an advisor to the

(L-R) Isaiah Suggs Jr. '73, P'97, '02 and Head of School Peter H. Quimby, Ph.D. ’85, P’14

Academy’s multicultural students group.

In 1993, he joined the faculty full-time and served as a math teacher for three years before assuming the role of Associate

Director of Admission. As an Admission Officer, he strengthened relationships with programs such as A Better Chance that help to place children from urban communities in private schools. Ike endeavored to provide support to our students of color and offered them a safe environment in which to share their diverse experiences. He recognized their particular challenges, and offered heartfelt words of encouragement when they needed it most. He played a pivotal role in coordinating the Inter-cultural Orientation program, which assists new students of color and international students when they first arrive on campus. Ike opened his home to our students of color and continues to serve as a mentor and connector for these graduates well after they have jumped the wall. Most recently, he has played an invaluable role in assisting with the development of our Alumni of Color Network.

2018 Non Sibi Sed Aliis Award:

Sean M. Corbett ’03 Introduced in 2014, the Non Sibi Sed Alliis Award is presented annually to a graduate who has brought pride to the Academy by embodying the spirit of the school motto, “Not for self, but for others.” This year’s recipient is Sean M. Corbett ’03.

In his relatively short time away from Byfield, Sean has made us all proud with his leadership and heroism. After jumping the wall, this year’s recipient began a highly decorated fourteenyear career in the U.S. Army, giving of himself to serve his country. He attended The United States Military Academy at West Point, where he studied electrical

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engineering and military history. During his career with the Army, Sean served as an officer of the U.S. Army Special Forces, as Headquarters and Headquarters Company Commander, and as Operations Manager. During his active duty, Sean was deployed to Afghanistan multiple times to coordinate military ground operations. As Commander of a twelve-man Operational Detachment Alpa (ODA), he managed the planning and execution of forty-eight large-scale operations, including three directed by the President of Afghanistan.

Sean directed training and development of Kandahar’s Afghan Commando Battalion, and led twenty Americans and fifty Afghans as a Ground Force Commander

(L-R) Head of School Peter H. Quimby, Ph.D. ’85, P’14, Sean Corbett '03, and Morgan Steir '03

to combat Taliban, Al Qaeda, and Islamic State fighters. Sean’s leadership ensured the evacuation of five wounded soldiers under intense enemy fire. For his outstanding accomplishments, Sean was awarded three Bronze Star Medals for service and success as a leader in combat in a position of great responsibility, and the Army Commendation Medal of Valor for valorous actions under enemy fire.

CLASS NOTES

CLASS NOTES CLASS OF 1943

CLASS OF 1946

Ben Brewster 88 Warren Avenue Plymouth, MA 02360-2428 benbbrew@comcast.net

Bill Silver 10 Edgewater Drive Apt 5g Coral Gables, FL 33133-6963 billsilver@comcast.net

We would love to hear from you!

Email celebrations and news to classnotes@govsacademy.org.

Bill Silver writes: “It has been a great year in spite of the fact that I went through chemotherapy and radiation for non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, with interludes of pneumonia and meningitis. Now I am back on the tennis court again, three days a week, and walking the mall. The best news was the addition of a second great granddaughter, Brielle Jade, in April and right here in Miami. I can’t ask for anything more than that. Just five members of our class left; we are still alive, in spite of our dedicated attendance in the ‘Butt Room’.”

CLASS OF 1944 Steve Kauffman 3004 Larkspur Run Williamsburg, VA 23185-3765 steve1926@me.com Save the date for your 75th Reunion!

Join us June 7–9, 2019 on campus in Byfield. Keep an eye on the Academy’s website for a full schedule of events and information about online registration. Families are welcome and lodging is available on campus. Please contact us if you are interested in helping us plan for this gathering.

Homer Gibbs writes: “No stents or new joints! Hope to see some of the class next year at the 75th!”

CLASS OF 1945 CORRECTION: The class note submitted for ’45 in the spring 2018 edition of The Archon was from Warren Furth, not William Furth.

We would love to hear from you!

Email celebrations and news to classnotes@govsacademy.org.

CLASS OF 1947 We would love to hear from you!

Email celebrations and news to classnotes@govsacademy.org.

CLASS OF 1948 Bob Skeele 400 Seabury Drive, Apt. 5189 Bloomfield, CT 06002 rbskeele@aol.com We would love to hear from you!

Email celebrations and news to classnotes@govsacademy.org.

CLASS OF 1949 Manson Hall PO Box 328 349 Whidah Road North Chatham, MA 02650-0328 kenneyhall@hotmail.com

Save the date for your 70th Reunion!

Join us June 7–9, 2019 on campus in Byfield. Keep an eye on the Academy’s website for a full schedule of events and information about online registration. Families are welcome and lodging is available on campus. Please contact us if you are interested in helping us plan for this gathering.

Classmates may recall that your secretary did not write any notes for the last Winter 2018 Archon because he had spent a few weeks in hospital and various rehab facilities. I therefore did not inform you that Allen Hollis passed away on July 9, 2017. Allen grew up in New Hampshire and attended Harvard University and Harvard Divinity School after graduating from GDA. He became the pastor of the First Congregational Church in Miller’s Falls and a number of other churches in Massachusetts before his last church, the Union Congregational church in West Palm Beach, FL. He spent seventeen years there eventually becoming pastor emeritus upon his retirement.

He was very active in the community serving on many ministerial boards and he co-hosted a radio show called The God Squad and later a television program called Perspectives in Faith. Allen was an avid bridge player earning a Life Master title and enjoyed many games of badminton. He is survived by his wife of forty-two years, Joanna (Phillips) Hollis; his children Deborah Hollis, Harrison Hollis, Deborah Shell-Casalengo, Cynthia (Shell) Silver and four grandchildren. A few years ago I had occasion to call Allen and in that conversation I suggested that perhaps Allen did not look back at GDA as a fully positive experience. He quickly agreed and I suspect we were both remembering the constant ribbing he took each evening meeting when we all had

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our names called for attendance. Things went on from there. What many of us may have felt was good natured fun was to Hollis a kind of abuse. As class president, I did not have the leadership and therefore the maturity to speak up though I believe I knew deep down that Allen was not enjoying the supposed humor. I assume classmates will recall what I am writing about and I am confident that, as I write, the school culture now would not allow what Allen experienced. To Allen’s credit he endured it all and moved on to make a very positive impact on the various communities he served.

Your secretary tried for the first time to reach out through e-mail to those classmates who have provided e-mail addresses. One of the first to respond was Rick Tyler calling from his second home in Maine. He and wife Ann journey east each year from May to September back to Maine where Rick grew up. They still live primarily in the Salt Lake City area where they, among many activities, still ski and play tennis. Though this year, says Rick, not much skiing after limited snow kept them off the slopes. Rick described a Russian river cruise from which they had only recently returned. He was impressed about the large lakes and mountains and the bike excursions they made along the way including walks in the streets of Moscow and St. Petersburg. I asked how Russians were managing and Rick mentioned that they seemed cautious in their responses but that the young seemed supportive of Putin because he has kept them out of war. Meanwhile two of their sons were caring for their dogs back in Maine. I asked if they were thinking of settling in Maine and Rick was quick to say “No way.” Maine’s cold humid winters could not compare with Salt Lake’s dry cold winters. Kim Page writes ever so promptly “Good morning Manson, if I were to have a theme song it would probably be Old Rocking Chair Got Me only my chair is an electric lounger! Things have been busy here at On The Rocks. In spite of practically no rain, the gardens look great all due to the care and knowledge John has for pruning which this year has featured Swiss chard and broccoli. Good stuff. My days consist of reading two newspapers, a magazine or two and keeping count of the chipmunks

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and squirrels caught by our have-a-heart trap.

This has been a record year with twenty-five squirrels and five chipmunks. John takes them to the parking lot at the end of Bailey Island and releases them. They are not likely to return due to the 600-foot bridge and the strange terrain they would encounter. Having passed my 89th birthday, I am working on my 90th. Later this fall I will become a great-great grandfather for the first time. One granddaughter is off to the Paris fashion world while another has begun a new job in the Big Apple. So, I manage two martinis during the nightly news (which I enjoy... The martinis that is... certainly not the news). Recently, I (Manson) tripped down to my basement where I discovered a copy of our June 4, 1949 graduation program with the words of a few of the songs we used to sing on a Sunday evening. “We gather together to ask the Lord’s blessing,” “Once to every man and nation, Comes the moment to decide,” and “Strangers once, we came to dwell together, sons of the Governor, tried and true.” Do you remember the songs if not the evenings?? I also found a copy of “A Bulletin for the Alumni” (very similar to The Archon) printed in 1951 while many of us were scattered in various colleges. It had tidbits like the following: “Richard M. Tyler is a member of Lambda Chi Alpha and on the varsity hockey team at Colby” and “Charles L. Arnold, Jr. is playing with the Campus Serenaders, the dance band at Colgate.” But the longest was “Kimball M. Page has transferred from Illinois College to Northwestern University. He is on the advertising board of the Syllabus, the Northwestern yearbook and is secretary-treasurer of his pledge class in Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity.” Bill Judson writes me back on e-mail, “The group seems to be getting smaller which is too bad. I’m getting two new grandchildren to the two I presently have; still working in NYC, US, UK and Australia.”

And then Kim Page wrote back, “I have gone over what I sent you. I have never seen such a disjointed piece as this. Had this been submitted to Tom Mercer I know that he, holding class in “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” with that beautiful long table, would have returned it to me saying…

‘Kimball, three F’s to you… fumbled, f… and failed.’ I heard him say this only once in my

GDA days. It was not for me, but could have been had I submitted those class notes.” Gordon Price writes in: “Still functioning with some health issues. Moving ahead, we decided to sell our boat located in Portland, Maine. Other activity to take its place is playing with my construction equipment on the farm—which includes an excavator, bulldozer, BobCat, etc.

(Jim Campion, deceased Class of 1949 would be envious.) Still take an occasional trip and also visit children and grandchildren. Life has been good and the important thing is to keep moving.” And finally, your humble secretary and his good wife Ann have returned to Chatham on the Cape having sold their Naples condo and are awaiting a chance to move into a retirement community there called Moorings Park. With no address in Naples, we will be here on the Cape, maybe until well into next year. Instead of any trips, we have surprisingly acquired a rescued dog, age five years called Bela. After a new knee (whenever I mention this, I hear folks say, oh, well I had that years ago) I am nevertheless back on the tennis court trying to look and play like I was only eighty. Best regards to all!!

CLASS OF 1950 Bob Goddard 330 Short Beach Road, #F3 East Haven, CT 06512-3539 bob.goddard2012@gmail.com We would love to hear from you!

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CLASS OF 1951 Ted Barrows reports that he and “Jackie spent a relaxing two weeks on Bald Head Island off the coast of North Carolina to celebrate Ted’s birthday (yes, fellow classmates, we are having a significant birthday this year) and their twentyfourth wedding anniversary. Ted is the proud great-grandfather to two great-grandsons and one great-granddaughter now. Our golf is on hold while Jackie has knee replacement surgery this summer, but we expect her handicap to come down with new hardware on the course!

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We are both fortunate for good health and wish the same for our fellow classmates.”

David Pope writes: “Woodie” (Suzanne) and I spent five weeks on Seabourn Sojourn, leaving Singapore and touring the islands of Indonesia and the Philippines with a brief stop in Darwin, Australia. Indonesia has 17,500 islands of which 6,000 are occupied. Combined, these islands are a huge land mass, with most of the 250,000 million population living on the island of Java. The Philippines was much the same with the largest population in Manila.

Lots of new buildings, lots of poverty, very hot 106 degrees at times, calm seas, great trip.

Didn’t see any classmates at the Friday night gathering (during Reunion Weekend).” George McGregor wonders who among us remembers going to church on Sunday mornings? The events we probably do not recall are the hymns, sermons or ministers. Attending church was mandatory for all and required an up-and-back walk of 4.6 miles to The Byfield Parish Church.

The seats were wooden in a cubicle that seated four with a small waist high door. Much to our surprise, it was a learning experience—you do not play cards in church while waiting for the service to begin! It was probably someone in the choir loft at the back of church who objected to our behavior and also called Ted Eames who also thought we were not representative of “his boys.” Who were the other three confreres (thanks Tom Mercer) in the cubicle and who had the foresight to bring a deck of cards? Do you recall the punishment for violating a school rule? Are there any other fringers out there who would like to share their adventure? Looking forward to the next issue of The Archon.

asymmetrically distributed among eighteen states: twenty-five in New England, four in Mid Atlantic, seven in the Midwest, five on the West Coast, two in the South East, and three in the South West. To encourage attendance, many classmates received personal calls, especially those within driving distance.

These conversations sparked reminisces with, among others, Eddie Dodge, Bob Iafolla, Bill Pinkham, Bill Plumer, Bob Rex, Alan Staley and Don Tracy. In the end, five hardy specimens, three with spouses, returned to carry the flag and enjoy themselves. Tom Whitney with Alison, Mark Lowell with Marita, and Henry Rogers with Rosa joined Henry Moore and Newt Hyslop on Saturday. They attended seminars, remembered departed classmates at the Memorial Service, enjoyed wine tasting, and dodged “no-see-ums” during the evening cocktail hour before moving indoors to the beautiful Pescosolido Library for dinner among other “Old Guard” classes. Tales of childhoods in Byfield, Gloucester, Newbury, and Newburyport enlivened the repartee. We marveled at stories of dories rowed on the Parker River to Byfield from Gloucester and back by harnessing incoming and outgoing tides. We laughed at the persistence of enmity

originating in an 18th century dispute between two brothers of the boat building Lowell family which lasted generations beyond remembrance of the offending cause. We revisited childhood thrills of courting danger with resident bulls on dairy farms and the demands of tending and feeding wartime flocks of 10,000 chickens.

The stories went on and on until the lights were turned off. A well organized and most successful 65th Reunion!

Don Tracy reports in: Don and Linda Tracy are still enjoying life on the coast in Rockport, Maine. Many of our children, grandchildren, and now a great-grandchild live nearby. One daughter and her husband elected to build a large apartment into our attic area with a nice kitchen and large bathroom along with plenty of windows and skylights. They truly assist us a lot with snow removal in winter and yard work in summer. Both are skillful in all aspects of home upkeep. This has really allowed Linda and I not to worry about help into the future.

Often we have our family here for dinners, maintaining a close family (six children). Only two of our children live a distance away, one with his wife in medical work in Arizona. They will soon escape that heat to live a while in Spain on the coast of the Mediterranean (oh, to

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CLASS OF 1953 Newt Hyslop reports: The Class of 1953, numbering seventy-two at graduation, by the 65th Reunion had dwindled to forty-six members. Those still standing are

Don ‘53 and Linda Tracy enjoying dinner at local Rockport, ME restaurant

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be young). One other enjoys life in a country setting west of Chicago. As Linda and I both look back on decades of our life, we agree that we have lived it the right way!

Karrie Szatek, professor at Curry College. I can be reached: tudor518@comcast.net. We live in Fairhaven, MA.”

Bill Pinkham writes in: Hard to believe sixtyfive years have passed since we celebrated our graduation and went forth to greet our future with enthusiasm and optimism. How fortunate we were to go forth with inquisitive minds to pursue college, careers and families and adapt to a rapidly changing world. At eighty-three, I’m blessed to be in good health, have a happy marriage and a bunch of kids and grandkids, live in a spectacular place, and play an active role in community organizations and events. My thanks to GDA for setting a farm boy from a small Massachusetts town on the path for a long and fulfilling life. I hope you are equally blessed. My best to all...Bill Pinkham.

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Dick Michelson writes: I briefly visited the campus this past spring and was reminded once again of how fortunate I was to have attended GDA/TGA. The great northwest/Seattle continues to be my home base. Matt Tudor writes: “From my thirty-five years as an executive chef, then teaching English for a dozen years, I developed playwriting skills, focusing mainly on my life in the kitchen. So I’ve written five chefprotagonist restaurant farces, the latest, “The Puma and The Dumbwaiter” will be produced at the Manhattan Repertory Theater near Times Square this winter/spring. More information can be found on my Facebook page: www. facebook.com/matt.tudor.963. I’m married to

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George Gardner 10 Winnatuxett Beach Road PO Box 32 Mattapoisett, MA 02739-2127 george.gardner3@gmail.com “Peter Scott reports he is still in good health and enjoying living at Falcon’s Landing in Potomac Falls, VA. He is looking forward to a two week luxury train trip in South Africa this fall. Bill Friend and Bill Stone attended Dan Leary’s funeral and extended the class’s sympathy to the family. I received a note from Jim Allen’s wife that he passed away on April 30, 2018. She said “GDA” had been a big part of his life.”

CLASS OF 1956 Jim Dean 140 Pepperrell Road Kittery Point, ME 03905 covecottage10@gmail.com We would love to hear from you!

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LEFT: Matt Tudor ‘54; RIGHT: The Class of 1958 celebrates their 60th Reunion. Gaylene Cox, David Cox ‘58, Nuff Withington ‘58, Harvey Hayden ‘58, Pattie Hayden, and June Withington.

CLASS OF 1957 Lyman Cousens 4 Goodhue Road Boscawen, NH 03303-2500 lymancousens@comcast.net Ned Stone writes: Lydia and I will spend this summer uneventfully. We will spend the usual two weeks at the family beach house in Falmouth. We will continue to teach ESL two nights a week. I will keep on working with the Friends of Dyke Marsh and doing volunteer work in the National Park. We watch with dismay the rollback in environmental protection by the current federal administration. Last month I got to visit with my sisters Nancy and Helen (remember them?) for the first time in fifteen years, at the wedding of Helen’s granddaughter in Missoula, Montana. Probably the biggest item is plans to move to a retirement community, sometime next year, after half a lifetime in Virginia. This will likely be a Quaker institution in Sandy Spring, Maryland called Friends House. We are both in reasonably good health, hanging on to see you all at our 65th Reunion in ’22.

CLASS OF 1958 Charles “Chick” Carroll writes: “I’ve had a few years of serious health issues, mostly heart related, but for some reason I feel confident that I am at an end for a while. Am still quite active.

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to our house, and enjoy that as we meet great people. I am also still involved in a shelter for folks who are very poor or homeless. And, as deacon in the Episcopal Church. And, as I have seven grandkids, most of them sports active, and our kids are as well, I see a lot of games and races.

It’s great for an old guy to watch, as the essence of these games hasn’t changed much in the last sixty years. Striking out with runners on base still hurts as it did then. Russ Tornrose and I still hang out together occasionally, as we are only a couple of hours apart. Our talk would be boring to anyone else as it is often about old times—or, yuk about the state of the nation. The Academy is still a source of remembered pleasure.”

CLASS OF 1959 Randy Light 13 Willow Place Cazenovia, NY 13035-1210 clight@twcny.rr.com

Walt Cannon ‘59 and his Discus 2B glider

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Steve Volpone sent in an email, in which he said: “In June I attended my 55th year Reunion at Yale. While it is always gratifying to catch up with classmates and share past years’ experiences, the class discussion groups are always of particular interest. In one of this Reunion’s discussion groups we got to hear about the role of analytics in running a major league baseball team from classmate Bill Dewitt, the owner and CEO of the St. Louis Cardinals. As an avid baseball fan [Red Sox], I found this discussion eye-opening in that the human element of evaluating talent is gradually giving way to a vast array of analytical statistics. But as intriguing as

this discussion was, it was not nearly as startling and revealing as the discussion group entitled “Single Payer Health System.” As I consider myself a fiscal conservative, I was prepared to dismiss any government-run health care program as both inefficient and costly. After hearing about the nuts and bolts of a single payer system [not socialized medicine] and reading The Healing of America by T.R. Reid, I am re-evaluating my previous biases...is it possible that a single payer health plan could be designed that is less costly, more efficient and provides universal coverage?

Strongly recommend reading T.R. Reid’s book, an easy read and surprisingly entertaining...” Ferg Jansen, has informed me (Randy Light) that Ray Ferris, who is his cousin and also a member of the Class of 1959, passed away on June 31 after a long battle with cancer. Ray lived in the Los Angeles area. I have, in addition, received word through the Harvard Alumni Association that Richard (Dick) Hendrix passed away on July 8, 2015. Dick was apparently living at the time in the Bend, Oregon area. Brian Marsh reported in from England, saying: “I am still working four days a week for BPMarsh & Partners PLC (a company quoted on the London Stock Exchange in which at least two Governors’ alumni are shareholders) and also for the Marsh Christian Trust (a grantmaking body) and also that I have finally retired as President of The British-American Alumni.” Alan Stone extended an invitation to meet with classmates. He said: “While I do not feel like a hermit, I have not had any contact with any of my classmates recently. I would gladly offer to all who feel that a visit [to South Dartmouth, MA] might be interesting, to welcome for some food and drink. I have, I suppose, hung back from meetings after all these years because we have all gone in such different directions. The years at GDA often come back to me, but they are shrouded in an imprecise glaze...” Alan wondered whether or not others have had similar life experiences to his since the GDA years where “[e]verything before seems very separated and unconnected to the present.” Sounds like a good topic for discussion if you visit Alan. Walt Cannon offered: “just completed ten days of a very exciting National

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Glider Championship. It was exciting because of the weather in Nephi, Utah. We had ten days of spectacular soaring conditions. We flew many multi-turn point tasks from about 200 to 400 miles, up to six hours in duration. We could complete such tasks because the thermal lift under cumulus clouds was strong, up to 1,200 feet per minute and up to 17,000 feet above sea level...For me it was a great challenge especially at my age.” Walt provided a photograph taken in Nephi, Utah of his Discus 2B glider with its fifteen-meter wingspan. He stated that the “glider is a very sophisticated aircraft built of carbon fiber and fiberglass in very precise molds by a German company. The airfoil of the wing is critical and has to be within a few millimeters of the design to perform properly. As a result the performance of the glider is spectacular. It has a forty-to-one glide ratio which means that if it is a mile high it will glide forty miles in still air. That is a very flat glide...The change in performance from the time that I was at GDA years ago is hard to comprehend.”

Finally, I (Randy Light) am happy to report that since the last issue of The Archon, my wife and I found Walt’s faith in California sanity, which he offered in the prior class notes, to be true. My wife and I survived the San Diego traffic and had an enjoyable time there in the spring. Keep time open on your calendars for the 60th Reunion in June, 2019.

CLASS OF 1960 John Elwell 266 High Street Newburyport, MA 01950-3838 johnelwell@verizon.net Greetings to the Class of ’60! It was great to hear from those who shared things… Carl Youngman reports “All is well with the Youngmans. We continue to summer in Harwich, MA, and our children and grandchildren join us almost every weekend. The weather has been spectacular this year (I am sure your strawberries are doing well by it) and our time includes Cape Cod league baseball games, miniature golf, parasailing, go-carts, DQ, golf, and all the swimming four

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grandchildren can take. If you are on the Cape, come on by. The big news is that Joan and I have just returned from a trip to St. Petersburg and the Baltic countries. We started in Copenhagen (the new food capital of Europe) and finished in Stockholm. However, our visit to St. Petersburg exceeded all of our expectations. We were there for the Argentina-Nigeria World Cup match, and we were able to meet and talk with many young Russians. It was wonderful to hear them talk about how positive they were about their future and how proud they were about their city and their education opportunities. The city was clean and the subway system puts the MTA to shame (et tu, Charlie?). Joan and I would recommend a minimum of a three-day visit be put on everyone’s bucket list… history, culture, art, architecture, society. Best, Carl and Joan.”

Congratulations to Carl and Joan for staying so active, upbeat, and involved. I underscore his impressions of the young Russians. Almost thirty years ago I accompanied forty high school students on a trip to St. Petersburg (called Leningrad then) and we were impressed with the spirit of the Russian folks we met!

Don Alexander writes... Thanks for your work to keep us informed about what the Class of ’60 is doing. Just think, in about twenty-four years the next Class of ’60 will be born. My wife Barbara and I are still active, working full time. Right now Barbara is on her way to San Francisco to participate in a hearing where she will advocate for consumer protections for electric utility ratepayers. I continue to enjoy my work on the Maine Supreme Judicial Court, recently published an updated edition of my book Maine Appellate Practice, and anticipate an update of my book the Maine Jury Instruction Manual later this year. Best wishes to all of our classmates. In April I received from our classmate Larry Martin an article that was on the front page of the Friday, April 13th, Bangor Daily News titled “Maine Senate asks court to prevent ‘electoral crisis.’” Included in the article was a picture of our own Don Alexander looking very proper and judicial. I bet if you Google it you can find the article and see Donald’s picture. And a special thank you to Larry for sharing the article!

Peter Stonebraker sends his greetings to all and reports “I have taken a sabbatical this summer, my first since 1988, when I went to Russia. Eva and I have started those “bucket-list” trips that we have always wanted to do. Initially, a trip to Washington, D.C., where we visited various memorials on and near the Mall, followed by trip to Iceland and Stratford, Canada. Iceland was important to us because, after our marriage in Denmark, we flew Icelandair back to Reykjavik, then to Boston. However, a serious storm developed over Labrador, and the pilots did not want to fly the Keflavik–Boston leg in a propeller plane at 20,000 feet. We were treated all-expenses-paid to two nights at the then best hotel in Reykjavik until the weather was better.

We felt that we needed to go back. Iceland is absolutely phenomenal—as long as the weather at two degrees latitude south of the Arctic Circle behaves. We trekked across glaciers and lava flows for a week, and the weather was great (sunshine and warmth)—though we wore fleeces and windbreakers every day. Our third trip was to Stratford, Ontario to the Shakespeare Festival.

(Music Man, Kill a Mockingbird, Comedy of Errors, An Ideal Husband, The Tempest, etc.)

This is the eighth summer that we have made the trip. It is always a relaxing trip to make and it was good to get away from Chicago. At the end of July, we will be going west for our annual jaunt to the states of Utah, Colorado, and Wyoming.

Mountains to climb and family to visit! The 60th Reunion for June, 2020 is now on my calendar; looking forward to seeing everyone then, if not sooner.—Peter… I am impressed with your “bucket list” and the fact that you are working on it so well. Wow… these are some exciting and meaningful adventures. Good for you and Eva! Jim Deveney writes…Sharon and I attended Reunion Weekend on Saturday to dine with the Haydens and Withingtons from ’58. The three of us were teammates on the ’58 hockey team, such as it was then and when the rink in front of Ingram froze! We have remained close and have several ties including Harvey “Gump” Hayden giving me a ride on the Zamboni between periods of a Florida Everblades hockey game just north of Naples, FL. Hard to believe our 60th

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is only two years away! My best, Jim—And best to you Jim. You are always welcome to come by Newburyport and Maple Crest Farm. Are you still playing golf ?

Greg “Stretch” Myer sends the following update… “My news is not that good. My Reunion days are over as the arthritis in my left knee and leg is not improving. Presently I am confined to a wheelchair to get around. I have developed wounds on the left ankle due to venous deficiency in the left leg. A vascular doctor back in 1996 told me I had cellulite which is common for people my height. Now arthritis is in the left knee causing me to lose the use of this leg. Such is life. Recently I’ve been watching the Fox Network government news, which has been highlighting Trump’s many achievements since becoming President in 2016.

My guess is that you voted for Hillary and like her you cannot understand how she goofed up!

The Democrats are self-destructing! Now Trump is making America great again as he’s shouting about in the many alleys. But, you have to admit that Trump’s passing of the tax cut bill greatly improved the economy, stock market, thousands of new jobs, setting records with blacks, Hispanics, and women, also brought many businesses back to America making our country great again. Best of all was the thousands of extra money in people’s checkbooks. You can see that I am a lifelong Republican! JOY, JOY, JOY! Hope you and your classmates are well! Happy 4th!”— Sorry about your medical condition Greg. You have been so active up to this point. Keep up the good fight… we are rooting for you! I struggled much with whether to include the political comments in Greg’s write-up, but decided that whether I agree with Greg’s comments or not, freedom of the press is a fundamental right and value in our country… or at least I hope it still is.

Dick Henry said that he would wave as they speed past me ( John) on their way to Logan to drop off their daughter and granddaughter after three-plus weeks in Maine! Hope all is well on High Street!—Great to hear from you Dick… hope sometime soon you will be able to stop by 266 High Street… would love to see you! Dick Henry, 30 Spring Island Drive, Callawassie Island, SC 29909.

Charles Stewart and his wife Mary send us greetings from Burgundy. They started going there in 1972 and go each year to taste the new wines. Now that Charles is almost retired, they can come for a month. His one regret is being tracked into Spanish with Barriskill rather than French with Rao. Charles would love to hear from any other wine geek classmate, especially a classmate whose focus is on Burgundy or the Mosel.—Great to hear from you Charles! Any time you are in the area feel free to stop by 266 High Street especially if you have some wines from Burgundy. Maybe I should explore growing grapes for wine on Maple Crest Farm.

Yours Truly (John Elwell) has been busy with farm projects. Strawberry season was not as good as we had hoped but that is what farming is about. In contrast our blueberry season seems never ending…it is in its fifth week of berries. I am hoping to get to our camps in Norway, Maine real soon. Have only been up there spring and summer three nights to date! No Military Vehicle Preservation Association convoy this year, but next year there will be a MVPA convoy from D.C. to San Francisco on the Lincoln Highway.

If any of my classmates live near that route hope we can connect. I have given up most of the educational consulting/training workshops after having worked in a number of school districts in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Maine, Rhode Island, and New York. The Elwell family is doing well… Carol and I now have nine grandchildren which keeps us involved. In any case remember the porch light is always on for you at 266 High Street and we have plenty of room.

I took the liberty of saving this note form Nate Greene for last as I found it to be very moving and special! Nate Greene shared the following that is very impressive and moving. “My wife and I are working with a family from Africa seeking asylum in this country. It is a very difficult and complex struggle especially at this time, but we are committed to the process.

They are exceptional people who have been through hell escaping and traveling to get here.

All of our GDA class was privileged to have a great education and support. These people have arrived here with nothing. You don’t have to be a bleeding heart liberal like me to help the

needy.” I fully agree with Nate… and KUDOS to Nate and his wife for caring about folks in need… to me that is what it means to be American. Nate Greene, 1147 Sawyer Road, Cape Elizabeth, ME 04107, 207-799-1410, NathanaelGreene@gmail.com.

CLASS OF 1961 Tom Mercer 5311 Elden Drive Dallas, TX 75220-2101 tmercer@cerescap.net Steve Sawyer 202 South Fileys Road Dillsburg, PA 17019-9563 stevesaw@comcast.net Peter Boynton writes: “I just returned from Princeton, NJ, where I had the prideful pleasure of watching and hearing my oldest grandson, Scott Koven, conduct the Westminster Kantorei in a recital featuring a personal selection of sacred choral works presented to meet a requirement for the Master of Music in Choral Conducting from Westminster Choir College. The Kantorei is an auditioned chamber choir specializing in early and contemporary music. Its most recent recording, Lumina, was a first round 2017 Grammy nominee. In May, Scott will be performing with the Westminster Choir at the Spoleto Festival USA in Charleston and voicing the role of Count Robinson in an unusual production of the comic opera Il Matrimonio Segreto, where the characters will be portrayed by handcrafted puppets from Milan’s Carlo Colla and Sons Marionette Company. Scott is applying for conducting and teaching positions in secondary or higher education starting the fall semester of 2018. (hint, hint!)

CLASS OF 1962 Tom Tobey 1120 Woodside Road Berkeley, CA 94708 ttobey13@gmail.com We would love to hear from you!

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CLASS OF 1963 Randolph “Ran” Langenbach keeps very busy as a public speaker, international conservation consultant, documentary photographer (building conservation and restoration consultancy); he shares his work on conservationtech.com. “The past five years have been filled with my continuing engagement with the issues of historic preservation and natural disasters. Of special value to me has been the re-emergence of Nepal into my life in a significant way, beginning with the Gorkha earthquake of 2015. Perhaps the most unexpected assignment I have had recently was being invited to appear on PBS NOVA in connection with Nepal. It was in the show ‘Himalayan Megaquake’ about the 2015 Gorkha earthquake in Nepal. I was contacted by the filmmakers for WGBH Boston, the producers of NOVA, and they invited me to return to Nepal to demonstrate a technology I had proposed, which I have named ‘Gabion Bands’. This technology was designed for the safe reconstruction of rural houses made of rubble stone with mud mortar—a type of construction which is notoriously vulnerable to the kinds of collapses seen over a wide area in the mountainous rural areas of Nepal. A description of this and a link to the film can be found at www.traditional-is-modern.net/nepal. html. I have continued to write papers and chapters for books on the subject of traditional construction in earthquake areas. These can be seen at www.conservationtech.com. I have also produced a forty-three-minute film named Rome Was! Ruins Eternal. This film won “Best Animation” at a London Film Festival. I have also produced an art print exhibition of photographic collage prints from the show in San Francisco at the Joel Randolph Langenbach ’63 Garzoli Gallery

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of Fine Art. All of this work, including a fourminute trailer of the film, can be seen at www. piranesian.com.” Ran can be contacted at RL@ conservationtech.com; 510-428-2252.

CLASS OF 1964 Don Balser 12 Hawkes Street Marblehead, MA 01945-3138 dsb-co@comcast.net We would love to hear from you!

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CLASS OF 1965 Ken Linberg 6766B Del Playa Drive Isla Vista, CA 93117-4910 KEN.LINBERG@GMAIL.COM Greetings to all classmates and their families.

This has been a sad season of loss for members of our class. As many of you know by now, Dudley Glover and Chester Parasco, two iconic members of the Class of ’65, passed away within six weeks of each other. I can only say that the loss of these two gentlemen leaves big holes in my heart and I want to express my appreciation for the lovely notes of condolence many of you have sent. But I’m not the only classmate dealing with heartache. It was also very sad to learn that both Scott Magrane and Al Chase recently lost younger brothers. Condolences to all.

In my case, this sad season had been preceded by my getting a personal three week tour of

both the North and South islands of New Zealand with my sister-in-law who lived there for about a decade in the ’80s and spends two to three months there each year. It was an amazing odyssey and it was utterly delightful meeting her many friends there in addition to seeing all the sights we could squeeze in. I flew back to California a week before she returned to Boston in time for Easter. Chester (Parasco) joined the family for dinner as he usually does as an honorary Uncle. He was in fine spirits and gave no hint of anything amiss that would have prepared anyone there present for his passing peacefully in his sleep five days later. Since Chet had no immediate family left, those closest to him rushed to Boston. His cousins arranged the funeral events. Charles and Carol Dunton joined me, the cousins and my family members in making necessary preparations. It was very special that Mark Starr and Jeff Kane came to the wake and for Al Chase, who had just buried his brother in Virginia, to drive all that way back to Jamaica Plain to make the Funeral Mass the next morning. That occasion was a very beautiful and truly moving ceremony, followed by his interment next to his parents in East Walpole. Afterwards family and friends drove back to Chester’s favorite Doyle’s in South Boston for a private luncheon and socializing full of recollections and stories. I returned to California a few days later, and about a month later came the word from Melvin Glover that his brother Dudley had passed away a day after his 71st birthday. Of course I sent condolences from our class to Dudley’s lovely wife Jerie.

Wow, what a time... Amid the many kind words of remembrance for these fallen comrades, I include the following messages.

From Eric Shepard: “I retired from active ministry in June 2017. We moved to Abbeville, SC and joined a nearby YMCA to use their pool for exercise. The morning lifeguard recruited me to be Red Cross certified. I am back in a career I had as a teenager, lifeguarding three or four days a week. I am looking forward to 2020 for our 55th Reunion. I deeply miss all our friends who have passed, but especially Chester and Dudley.”

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From Eric Mingledorff: “Don’t know whether you’re aware of this, but our good friend and classmate, Doug Hannon, passed away in March, 2013, from complications after neck surgery. My wife and I visited him in August, 2012, and he was still in great physical shape, having continued running daily throughout his life. His life story is of great success as a bass fisherman, guide and spinning reel manufacturer. For years he appeared on Saturday mornings as Professor Bass on the nationally televised ESPN show, American Sportsman. I fondly remember Master McDonald Murphy telling our senior class that we should treasure the best friends we made at GDA: we would never experience closer ones. He was right. I also send my condolences on Chet Parasco. All around good guy!” Thanks Eric, for sending in this remembrance of Doug—his passing was noted at the time, but your note underscores how his passing also was unexpected.

From Craig Johnson: “I didn’t know Chester very well while attending what was in our time “GDA”. (What, “GA” now?) However, from a great intellectual distance, I recognized and was somewhat envious of the fact that in contrast to me, Chester was a true student, excited by and enthusiastic to pursue the academic opportunities that GDA offered, while I was just trying to achieve low honor roll status to avoid Saturday AM study hall at the old gym. On the other hand, Dudley, Greg Horn and I hung out a lot. The bond was humor, innocent, goofy and somewhat exclusive. Greg was a rare spirit, who got me smiling just by showing up, his eyes wide in anticipation of mirth but made small by the reverse binocular effect of his Moxie bottle lenses. Dudley would arrive laughing at just seeing the two of us.

There was this silly trap that Dudley would set for Greg. They had somehow come to an agreement that in order for Greg’s month to be a success, he would have to say “Rabbit, Rabbit!” on his first encounter with us on the first day of every month. Greg would either forget that the month had turned, or Dudley would distract him with aimless, purposeless talk, until Greg blundered into responding with something other than the phrase that

he believed was requisite to his having any success over the course of the ensuing month.

He blundered, and we pounced, shouting “Rabbit, Rabbit,” folded over in laughter, while Greg sputtered excuses to us and the fates that would stand in the way of his best efforts over the next thirty days. There was a phrase in circulation among our class, “playing the role.” I don’t recall if Richard, Jack, or Arnie ever leveled the phrase at me, but it certainly applied. As a middling student and athlete (I never earned a varsity letter), I chose to work on my “cool.” By contrast, Dudley was a brilliant guy and an engaged and diligent student who lettered in three sports. His character was free from pretense. He was the rare teenager who seemed entirely comfortable with who he was. And, it was my very good fortune that he chose to share himself with me.

Giggles, chuckles, chortles and full on guffaws (had to get that last word in, to demonstrate that I did some studying for the SAT).

Guileless, heart spoken, and truly good as a boy and as a man.

Every time that I am alerted that one of our classmates has died, I suffer a shock of adrenalin followed by hollowing emptiness. Each of you occupied a place in my childhood. When one of you dies, it is almost as if a page or a chapter of my biography has disappeared. Dudley was a chapter. Greg, where are you?”

Let’s all hope that we can have a happier year ahead. We have a Reunion to plan coming right up in 2020. Those who came to our last one seemed glad they did. Why don’t a few others of you come this next time? It would be great to see you there and then!

CLASS OF 1966 Jim Connolly 47 Green Street Newburyport, MA 01950-2646 jc.connolly@verizon.net We would love to hear from you!

Email celebrations and news to classnotes@govsacademy.org.

CLASS OF 1967 Ben Beach 7207 Denton Road Bethesda, MD 20814-2335 benhbeach@gmail.com “Being a geriatric newlywed is a blast,” Alan Rothfeld reported from Asheville, NC, as he and Ruth prepared for a hike off the Blue Ridge Parkway. “This summer’s Blue Highway Tour included Omaha to Cheyenne, NYC to southern Quebec (including a wave and ‘hi’ exchange with Sen. Bernie Sanders during Montpelier’s Third of July parade), and Atlanta to Cincinnati.”

Harper Follansbee has been racking up some miles, too: “Feel like I’m a college counselor: college trips with Harriet and Harper, tutoring kids for the SAT/ACT, and coaching kids on their Common App. Essays. Glad I don’t work for anybody else!”

Don Gay welcomed his second grandchild, Hazel Grace Johnson, in June.

What gift do you hope to receive on your 70th birthday? Knowing their father’s reputation as an early adopter and avid photographer, Lew Rumford’s kids gave him a drone. Six months later, once free of the security restrictions in D.C., Lew successfully launched his craft in western Pennsylvania.

Within a day, this heroic start was followed by an ignominious encounter with a tall tree.

Luckily, the manufacturer provided crash insurance, and Lew’s drone returned to action.

He reports this new toy is like a floating tripod with enormous photographic potential.

Fran has been heard to say Lew now has a tendency to “drone” on...

Speaking of flying, Anne-Marie Laverty wrote from Hope, British Columbia, “I’ve begun to get a lot of use out of the shelf of birding books my mother left me. She spent a lifetime trying to get me interested in her hobby, with no results. But now that I have time on my hands and a big wooded yard that attracts an astonishing number and variety of colourful birds, it’s hard not to take an interest. The Steller’s Jays have mobbed our cat

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several times, so he’s now afraid to go out, and is content to watch them intently from the bow window in the dining room.”

Sid Bird (nicknamed “Zappy” by his grandson Daniel) has converted to part-time, still in Community Corrections, and will fully retire January 31, ending forty-six years in law enforcement. But the GDA pole-vaulting legend is not retiring from competition. In June he won the 70–74 age group Massachusetts Senior Olympics title in racquetball singles and qualified for the Senior Olympic Nationals next year in Albuquerque. Wife Mary is a top competitor in the bicycle 40K (60–64 age group). Son Mike has started a three-year Air Force deployment at Pease.

“We’re summering—well August-ing— in Maine,” wrote Bob Bass from Mt. Desert Island, “with many of our nine (!) grandchildren. Watching the cousins interact is a hoot, as many of you know well. In not too many years they will be looking at schools...”

Attention, candy lovers: Chuck Davis is your new chairman of The Hershey Company. “We have a terrific new, home-grown, female CEO, whom I am very excited about and supportive of. So please eat Hershey Bars or Reese’s or Kit Kat or Almond Joy or Skinny Pop or Ice Breakers or Twizzlers or Krave or Payday or our other delicious products! And please try our new Hershey Gold—scrumptious!”

Cap Purinton had four models in this year’s Newburyport Model Boat Club show, one of the largest ship model exhibits in the Northeast.

He and Jane, who love the time they get to spend with granddaughter Cordelia, now three, traveled to Scotland last year and to northern Italy this fall. Every September they head to Bethel, Maine, for a week of golf, and Cap continues doing tai chi. “Life is good,” Cap said, “and we’re thankful every day.”

“I had a terrific time on the links in Ireland in early June,” Bill Alfond wrote. “My favorite was Waterville links. I was home in time to take Ben and Ray to the Red Sox game just after our 51st Reunion. My decade-long commitment to Educare in Maine, a holistic preschool for

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Head Start kids, has deepened both as a financial commitment and in my understanding of the power of public money and the challenges of decision-making when government bureaucracy is involved.”

The Class of ’67 has replanted its flag in the Land of Enchantment, where Scott Emmons lived for many years before his death in 2017. Edwin Beatty, after thirty years in Seattle, “found a great townhouse in Albuquerque’s Sandia Foothills.”

He and his dog Dimes broke up the 2,000-mile voyage with stops at several national parks and Tamastslikt Cultural Institute, near Pendleton, Oregon. “Then my luck ran out for a bit,” he wrote. “I was hospitalized just a few weeks after arriving with an acute kidney infection and a large kidney stone.” Two surgeries, and more than a month later, Edwin had fully recovered.

“It’s a great summer to be in Boston watching Red Sox games,” said Joe Story. “Every year more time is spent at doctor appointments. Other than that it’s been pretty quiet.”

On July 11 Andrew Nichols became a grandfather for the second and third time with the birth of twin granddaughters Celia Loxley Charap and Octavia Nichols Charap in the nation’s capital.

From Hillsborough, NH, where he had just finished his latest canoe, Andy Creed reported: “Spent a week at the Wooden Boat School in Brooklin, Maine, at the feet of one of the masters of canoe building. Worth every penny. Had cataract surgery in July. Also worth every penny!”

are alive and debating which appendages to replace to enhance our journey into the nether years. Still thinking about visiting Cuba but…”

Gene Romero called the Reunion “a highlight and kickoff to a great summer. We paddled a most enjoyable trip up the Parker to Middle Street with Paul and Stan. It made us realize what we’ve been missing on scenic rivers, so we bought a new canoe and love the exploration and exercise. Kate has entered her senior year at WPI and then will work for a year to save up for med school.”

Three members of the pony football team— Mick Doolittle, Ben Beach, and Reid Pugh— huddled at a Bethesda restaurant this summer to compare lingering injuries from the 1963 mismatch on Thompson Island.

With a hand from his friend Amy, Mike Miles, another pony football stalwart, unloaded “a ton of stuff ” in the process of moving to a new place nearby. He says he plans to travel next year.

On Florida’s other coast, Larry Miller reported: “All’s well in South Florida with retirement and family.”

Rich Brayton has been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease but is staying upbeat. “I suppose if I had to get a disease, this would be better than most as it is slow to develop and one can live a long time with it in a relatively normal state,” he wrote. He is still on the move: He and Mardi visited India this fall after Dan, their youngest, got married in Palm Springs.

“I had a partial knee replacement in February,” wrote Anthony Gerard, “and recovery has been all I could have hoped for. Surgeon used the robot. Walked in in the morning and walked out in the evening. I’m so grateful to be living at a time when these kinds of life extenders are available. Sons Rupert and John are thriving.”

“After numerous years of honorable mentions,” Gardner Sisk reported, “the Gardner Mattress float in the Manchester-by-the-Sea 4th of July parade finally won. This was thanks to the creative efforts of two Governor’s 1995 alumnae: twins Molly Prinn and Gretchen Forsyth. We set a new record for koozies tossed (4,500)! Susan and I

Peter (of Peter & Gordon) and Chad (of Chad & Jeremy) compare notes with Nobody’s Special’s Reid Pugh ‘67 in Vienna, VA.

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From deep in the Heart of Texas, UT’s Ted Dix wrote, “Things here are good. I continue to enjoy the lowered stress of retirement living. I continue to work on papers with a graduate student, so I guess I’m still in transition.”

Doug Curtis wrote that his company, Guidewire Technologies, “keeps growing: new products, new technologies, new machines, breakdowns of old machines, and more orders than we can handle.

Finding good workers is very difficult up here, but it all keeps me having fun and busy. The veggie garden is down to corn and cantaloupe. The other crops just took too much time for what we actually ended up consuming. We still have the asparagus bed, now forty years old, but that takes perhaps eight hours of care per year, weeding and adding manure. I also have shifted to more than fifty percent perennial flowers; the annuals consumed too much time starting and transplanting.”

Out in Bristow, Oklahoma, Rick Jensen reported, “the Republicans around town are focused on socialism and the evils of wind energy. You probably didn’t know that Hitler was a socialist, but I heard just that the other day. Also that Obama is ‘just like Hitler.’ There is no cure for thinking like that, but of course we are number fifty-one in education funding nationwide, so it does kind of make sense.” Rick took some summer comfort from the success of the Red Sox and Braves.

Former Govie outfielder Jeff Wood has finished his tenth book, Fallen Cold and Dead, about a ballplayer from the Texas Panhandle. “I’m trying to market it to agents, but it’s a tough slog,” Jeff wrote.

Speaking of ballplayers, Ray Huard checked in from Chicago, where he was in a senior league this year. “I’m going to play in a 70-and-over Roy Hobbs Tournament in Ft. Myers in November with a Chicago all-star team coached by former Cubs catcher Randy Hundley. Each team is allowed one player under seventy, so I’m the rookie.”

“Laissez les bon temps roulez,” wrote Paul Hemmerich on the way to Montreal to enjoy the city and watch fireworks. Mrs. Sullivan’s French 3 class helped Paul avoid any international incidents

as he and wife Bart biked there from Newport, Vermont. The summer also included plenty of time with the grandkids and trips to Glacier Park and Hawaii. “Many thanks to those who helped the two of us break a highest-per-rider-average record in this year’s MDA fundraiser.”

“GDA West (Marsh & Rogers) met twice this summer,” wrote Mike Rogers from Arizona: “once in Prescott, the other time up in Sedona, where Deirdre and I, with our dogs Whimsy and Reilly, hiked with the good doctor in the hills near Casa Marsh and Coffee Pot Point. David’s artwork was on display at a local Fandomania.”

Barry Davidson retired July 1 from the Virginia Department of Health. Expect to see the doctor out sailing.

Dan Morgan reported that he was enjoying summer visits from children and grandchildren.

“I’m playing some golf and working on my latest new swing. Wondering why I don’t get any better.”

“Imagine my surprise,” said Bill Dougherty, “when my daughter Alyson told me that she would be having a third child in December.

Yes, that makes sixteen grandchildren. My plan is to put together a Sweet 16 bracket T-shirt with all their names on it and charge big $$ for the winner, second place, and Final Four slots.

Alyson bought me a shirt that says: ‘I’m not retired. I’m a professional Grandpa.’”

“I’ve made a start tracking down Dummer descendants in Weld, Maine,” Stanley Greenberg reported in August. “When I am not doing that, I’m thinking about which songs I might lip-sync at next year’s Old Guard Reunion.

I do still work part-time, but otherwise I am enjoying summer in Maine and planting some shrubbery when it’s not too hot and muggy.”

Jeff Harris’s summer included Bush, STP and the Cult at the Pavilion (“outstanding rock show”), a week in Williamsburg with most of the grandkids and his West Coast and Hawaii sisters, and a couple of weeks at York Beach.

“Then I had to spend a little more time at work to recover,” Jeff said.

Arthur Pearce would have welcomed a chance to escape the Golden State’s record-setting heat last

summer by traveling to good old Green Island, near Mt. Desert. But he said it’s too expensive to travel there with his two German Shepherds.

CLASS OF 1968 Ted Nahil 320 SW Panther Trace Port Saint Lucie, FL 34953-8201 tednahil@gmail.com Needless to say, our 50th Reunion is the dominating story this time around! There is so much to recap for those of you who were unable to attend. I’m sure I’ll leave something or someone out, so I apologize for any omissions here at the start. The attendees at the event were: Wayne Barbaro; Peter Barkin; Ted Brooks; Josh Burns; Bill Degen; John Emerson; Paul Gares; Don Hayes; Charles S Johnson; Harry Kangis; Rick Kaye-Schiess; Harold Levine; Steve Levings; Dan Look; Rob Lord; Simon McCulloch; Ted Nahil; Elliott O’Reilly; Chris Page; Bob Parsons; Ross Raymond; Jim Rudolph; Jay Shay; Hale Smith; Nat Smith; CF Spang; Wil Sullivan; Marc Tucker; Art Veasey; John Wannop; and Jay Worthen.

In addition, Steve Robinson attended the Friday evening festivities, and John Sowles was able to make it down for a few hours on Saturday afternoon, but had to go back to Maine for a wedding later in the day.

Our Reunion celebrations actually began at the end of last year with the task of producing a Memory Book in the spirit of what the Class of ’67 had done the year before. Thanks to the tireless efforts of Harry Kangis, and some exceptional detective work and hounding by others including Rob Lord, Art Veasey, and Harry, he put together an incredible book for the class that gave us the opportunity to see what many of our classmates have been up to for the last fifty years. So many of you responded to our solicitations for your stories—forty-six in all—and Harry’s work in putting it all together resulted in a masterpiece! Those of us on the Reunion committee—Marc Tucker, Art Veasey, CF Spang, Rob Lord, Harry Kangis and yours truly, Ted Nahil—thank Amy Swiniarski and her entire staff, and the rest of the folks at the

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Academy as well, who helped with old photos and archival information that was so much a part of the book. In addition, we need to acknowledge the help given to us by Ben Beach ’67, as Harry and I began work on the book.

The weekend began for Harry and me at the Hampton Inn in Amesbury where, while we were having breakfast on Friday morning, we looked up to see JBO and his friend and companion, Meda Humphreys. JBO greeted us, and the first thing he said to us as we were shaking hands was “so glad to see you guys aren’t in jail!” A great way to start of an incredible weekend! The day continued with various events, including a golf outing at Ould Newbury and a non-golf lunch at Park Lunch in Newburyport. Golfers in the first group included Jim Rudolph, Bob Parsons, Harry Kangis and Steve Ogden, JBO’s son, faculty member and golf coach. The second group included Art Veasey, Chris Page, CF and Art’s wife Susan. Jim also sponsored a golfers’ lunch at Ould Newbury after the event—much

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appreciated! Veas wanted to point out that I was supposed to be in the second group but bagged—I’m not a golfer. Nevertheless, Veas says, “Susan rounded our group because my Farmhouse roommate pooped out on me.” That would be me—Veas and I were roommates at Farmhouse our sophomore year. Sorry to bag on you, guilty as charged!

Friday evening’s event was an all-class “under the tent” dinner on the lawn in front of Phillips that included drinks and live music. We were fortunate that the weather cooperated, for the entire weekend actually, and it was a great opportunity for all of us to catch up as a group.

Steve Robinson was able to join us for this event and it was great to see him!

The non-golf lunch included Josh Burns, Dan Look, Elliott O’Reilly, Billy Degen, Don Hayes and me. We also ran into Nat and Hale Smith who were having lunch there as well.

From lunch, we proceeded to the pier in The Port for a wonderful ride on the 9th Wave, a catamaran outfitted with adult beverages and music. This event was sponsored by Marc Tucker to whom we give many thanks for his generosity. We were joined by Dick Leavitt, JBO and Meda, fine additions to the motley crew! It was a wonderful ride down the Merrimack River, past Plum Island and out beyond the mouth of the river.

Saturday began with breakfast, the annual 5K pie race, and the march from the Milestone to the Bergmann Theater in the Wilkie Center for the Performing Arts for the annual meeting of the Alumni Association. Our champagne lunch in the Frost library followed. Steve Levings arrived just in time to join us, a wonderful surprise! The afternoon held different events for different likings. Tuck took a group that included Harry, CF, Elliott, Dan and Veas to Lake Gardiner and the Powwow River in Amesbury for a kayaking trip. Tuck says: “Excellent weather conditions, smooth uncrowded waters, and an overall great opportunity to catch up with one another and

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commune with the local habitat.” There were campus tours and seminars throughout the afternoon. A group of us attended a fascinating talk on the plans and progress of the Parker River Project, an environmental studies center to be built on the river behind the Academy. There was even a croquet and wine tasting event on the Mansion House lawn.

Saturday evening was our key event: the class dinner held especially for us at the Whiston ∙ Bragdon Arena. This wonderful event featured an open bar, fine food, and great camaraderie!

John Emerson opened the festivities. Jay Worthen, Bubba, Tuck and Harold Levine introduced our special guests—JBO, Norman James and Bob Griffin—and Head of School Dr. Peter Quimby ’85, P’14 graciously welcomed us back for our 50th. Following dinner, Harry Kangis and I were presented with a wonderful book that traces the history of The Governor’s Academy from 1763 to 2013 titled In Byfield Days, as a token of appreciation for the work we did on the Memory Book.

It includes a touching hand-written (by Amy Swiniarski we’ve learned) note inside the cover. This is something I will cherish forever.

We wrapped up the dinner with Art Veasey’s introduction of our keynote speaker, Jim Rudolph, who took us down a path of fond memories of our days at Governor Dummer.

There were post-dinner events back at Philips as well as at our dorm where some of us stayed up way too late catching up with each other. The weekend concluded Sunday morning with a farewell brunch in the Alfond Dining Hall.

Here, in no particular order, is some feedback from some of us who attended. Jay Shay: “Thanks for making me feel so welcomed after all these years. I had a great time.” Jay Worthen told us all that his wife, Cindy, had a run-in with a tree and Paul Gares summed up our collective feelings: “First off… we are all so glad to hear that Cindy is fine. Those photos are sure pretty amazing...The tree survived even if the Volvo didn’t. But the good news is you get to enjoy the pleasure of shopping for a new one... and there is no doubt that she should have come with us... we are much more fun than anything she could have been involved with.

To all the rest of you wonderful knuckleheads... you are the best bunch of guys. I was amazed how easily we all connected after such a long

The Class of 1968 at the 10th Annual Boston Business Leaders Luncheon on April 10, 2018

time since we last all got together. I know I’m a lot to blame on that because I haven’t made many Reunions. Nevertheless, the connections remain after all these years. Looking forward to whatever comes next whether it’s Figawi, or a weekend at Harold’s on the Cape, or skiing at Sugarloaf, or… the possibilities are endless. You are all a bunch of good friends.” Harold: “Great weekend and thankfully Cindy is fine. Thanks to all who gave so much time and effort to organize and execute our Reunion. Hopefully, we can get together next year here if the stars are aligned.

And let us never take for granted our loved ones or even our “liked” ones.” Elliott, Chris, Tuck and Billy D shared similar feelings, summed up

by Elliott’s “Thanks to all involved for your great work. I really enjoyed seeing everyone again, even you Jay Shay. I also got a wonderfully warm reception when I returned for the first time to the 40th. Wonderful weekend!” Charles Johnson wrote: “Thanks to one and all for a great weekend, Laura and I thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. Interacting with classmates/friends of long standing only gets better with time.

We’re glad to hear that Cindy’s Volvo willingly sacrificed itself for her safety. Laura and I had to drive through some very severe rain storms on both Sunday and Monday but luck, skill and the absence of idiot drivers enabled us to return home safely. To put my two-cents worth in, I like the Red Dog Guard but by any name meeting up at GDA every year or other year is doable for me/us, plus the cost is great. Also, it was great to see our long-missed classmates and reconnect with them and hoping to see more of them in the future. Here’s to another gathering sooner rather than later. Lastly, a big thank you to those classmates who worked so hard to make it run smoothly.” Charles is referring to the fact that, like it or not, we are now considered “Old Guard.” There were some discussions, and they’ll continue I’m sure, about whether we want to accept that moniker or come up with our own. Paul summed it up: “In reply to Harry’s comment about my knuckleheads reference… for those who missed the Sunday breakfast conversation about being referred to as the Old Guard in future reunions.

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Class of ’68 be lumped in with the other classes who have passed over the 50th Reunion hump.

So someone proposed “Red” Guard instead of “Old” Guard but that has some negative connotations… But someone also suggested “Red Dog” Guard which is in keeping with the moniker that has become synonymous with the Class of ’68. I think Red Dog Guard is better than Knuckleheads which I got from some old TV show or maybe it was The Three Stooges.

Something to think about…” Rick replied: “Knuckleheads works for me…still drying out. I had three public sails on Sunday (one was South American retailers for Timberland and mi Espanol no muy bueno). On Monday two sails of smart-ass seventh graders from Laconia in the morning and twenty-six homeschoolers for a three hour sail in the PM. Thanks for all the laughs.” And of course, he signed it “Moe.” Rob Lord wrote: “Boys, boys, this email string has become way too one-sided with flowery praise for the weekend and compliments to each other. Might I point out some of the negatives that you’re all aware of but afraid to mention?

Why, for example, did the Academy did not outfit us with freshly sharpened, properly fitted hockey skates at the end of dinner so that we could all have a nice game on the ice?

Perhaps then I could have applied pine pitch

to Tucker’s blades so we could find out if he is truly the athlete we all claim him to be. And, it’s obvious to all that we missed our chance to let the tires out of Ving’s new super-duper BMW. What, are we now wimps? And really, we are way too forgiving of that comedian from Minnesota who comes to reunions only to make smart ass sarcastic put downs to make up for the grilling he received in the Grill Room fifty years ago. Suck it up Ted, you could’ve stayed in your dorm room on those Friday nights like some of us. Do I need to bring up Big Dan’s steady stream of bathroom jokes? I will let the absence of a food fight pass since the food was really very good.” To which Don Hayes replied: “Finally made it back to L.A. after a couple of days of much needed recovery in the New Hampshire woods. I must add my thanks to those that have been filling my inbox.

Not only to our classmates that hounded us for information and then organized it for mutual consumption, and to the classmates that risked attending the Reunion, but to the school staff that fed and entertained us. I really enjoyed renewing memories, creating new ones, and losing even more. Sure, Rob, there were a few unreconciled issues that dampened the event (white wine that was too cold, red wine that wasn’t properly aerated, an errant dandelion in

the grass—I could go on), but I must confess to having a good time (any other confession on Saturday night was done under duress).

Thank you all for enhancing my life experiment experience.” He also recently added: “Nothing new to report: my doctor says I have a pulse and my financial advisor says I have money, so I’m good to carouse at will.” Elliott left us and went in search of the best ‘lobstah’ roll he could find.

Indeed, the weekend brought back in touch with folks we hadn’t heard from or seen in quite some time, a sentiment expressed by many of us: Jay Shay at the top of the list; Steve Levings and Simon McCulloch right behind; and Nat and Hale Smith just to mention a few. We’ve even been back in touch with two who were unable to attend but send their best: Steve Parker and Tom Jacobs.

As a final summary and bridge to other happenings this past couple of months, here is Dan Look’s excellent summary: “First, a shout of appreciation to Ted, Art, CF, Tuck et al for organizing a phenomenal 50th Reunion. I must admit, it felt very comfortable but strange to be at the 50th. Also, a huge hug of gratitude to Harry Kangis for the 50th Reunion Memory Book. An incredible read and a work of immense affection. The Reunion was great fun.

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Amazingly comfortable with all our classmates who attended. It was wonderful to catch up with Jay and Don. Conversations felt as if they had been interrupted by moments not decades. It was great to see everybody. Tuck organized a fun kayak outing on Saturday on a local lake whose name I have forgotten (old age). Did sleep well Saturday night. I think it was a kayaking, but the rum might have helped, as well. Those of us who were not there were missed. My vote for the comment of the weekend was in Jim Rudolph’s speech at dinner that he never thought of us at our 50th and that he never thought he would be sleeping with a grandmother. Jim has enjoyed living on Forever Young. JBO was present and has really not lost a beat. It is grounding to return

to the people who and places that have been such influences on my life. Our summer has been busy yet normal. I had the opportunity to move Jim Rudolph’s Forever Young from Marblehead to South Dartmouth. A beautiful boat and a fun two days. The picture is from the West End of the Cape Cod Canal by the Maritime Academy.

I have formed a not-for-profit that is developing and implementing national programs of support for caregivers of veterans, youth caregivers and seniors. Any of you who have an interest in the work, please connect. I think retirement will have to wait a few more years. Anne and I are hoping to get connected with Paul and Pam Gares who lived just ninety minutes away from us. Paul and I are trying to get our stories straight before our

wives get together and start talking about the Academy. A reminder that we have guest rooms in North Carolina. Come visit.”

Some other post-Reunion summer updates include Jay Worthen’s, who, “…flew his (actually, formerly his) Cessna Skyhawk to Oshkosh, Wisconsin for the huge airshow that is staged every year in conjunction with the annual meeting of the Experimental Aircraft Association. Here is a shot of Jay with his compatriots. Two full days of flying (one day out, one day home) and two days of total immersion in aircraft. Doesn’t get much better than that.” CF wrote: “Our summer since then has been taken up with various grandparenting opportunities, working on restoring our son’s farmhouse in Germantown, NY, and some work (for me) with a few startups in Maine.

Hope to connect with Art Veasy for golf this August and visit with Rick Schiess while he is crewing on a restored gundalow (an 1800’s sailing barge) out of Portsmouth, NH. For those of us near Portsmouth, a sail on a gundalow in the Piscataqua River or Great Bay is a fascinating adventure (www.gundalow.org). Fingers crossed for a good ski season this coming winter.” And Paul Gares reports that he’s cutting back a bit: “I will be starting what they call ‘phased retirement” at East Carolina University. That means I’ll be working half time for up to three years… Gonna see how I like it and determine whether to continue with it for the whole period, or simply

TOP LEFT: Jay ‘68 (4th from left) and his Flying Compatriots; BOTTOM LEFT: Jim Rudolph’s ‘68 boat, as seen from the West End of the Cape Cod Canal by the Maritime Academy; BOTTOM RIGHT: Jim Rudolph ‘68, Steve Levings ‘68, and Art Veasey ‘68

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fully retire. Busy summer… besides Reunion, we spent about two weeks in Sonoma/Napa valleys… went with a group of friends that I grew up with in France before getting to GDA. And there were family members along with us (sister Anne and cousin David Marsh, who was GDA Class of ’67)… lots of tasting wine and visiting the area of California north of San Francisco, Pt Reyes and Muir Woods.

Then spent two weeks at our summer house on Nantucket…went on this trip with Pam’s sister Martha and her husband, Rupert. Great times, eating fish, drinking wine, putting feet up on table, watching movies, going to the beach…

TOP: Class of 1968 graduation photo courtesy of Steve Cox; BOTTOM: Jon Williams ‘68 hiding from the heat in Aspen

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good food, good company, great time! School starts up again in two weeks… so girding myself for the onslaught of freshmen… need to get ready… great summer… did so much.”

Take care, stay in touch, keep the updates coming. To the best group of friends ever!

Others who were not able to join us did send in some updates. Steve Cox reports that all is well since he retired in April. He also provided the flashback photo of a group of us walking at graduation. Chuck Johnson reports: “Not much to report from Sacramento. Just sweltering in 100+ heat and teary eyed from all the wildfire smoke even though the closest fire to Sacramento is over 100 miles away. But Sacramento’s annual Scandinavian Festival in late April was a huge success and this year’s chairman is riding high on his horse.” Jon Williams checked in with this update: “Mary and I just sold our beautiful Longmont, CO, home and are moving to the big city of Denver.

It’s a tough adjustment, but our daughter and her young kids are there, so here come Mimi and Papa! We plan to keep the Boulder Gallery (Mary Williams Fine Arts) for two to four more years, and I’ll keep my structural concrete business percolating at a manageable level for the foreseeable future.” He also wanted to share this great story about an experience in Ingham involving JBO: “I’ll never forget Homer, the Pigeon. Lured into Ingham with bread scraps from Ferlita’s subs, Homer became one of us. JBO bagged Homer in a pillowcase and banished him to the great state of Maine. A few days later, there was Homer, at the East end door, proving he truly deserved his moniker.”

Wonderful! I’d like to close by saying that Reunion was an incredible event on so many levels. Seeing friends who had been absent far too long, catching up with others, seeing the changes at the Academy, and enjoying everyone’s company produced memories that will linger forever. Harry did want me to remind anyone who would like to get their information into the electronic version of the Memory Book to send him an email. He’s still willing to add pages, so take advantage of that generous offer and join the rest of us who shed light on what our lives have been like for the last fifty years.

Bill Clyde 12924 Township Road 474 Big Prairie, OH 44611-9675 coachbclyde@gmail.com

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Save the date for your 50th Reunion!

Join us June 7–9, 2019 on campus in Byfield. Keep an eye on the Academy’s website for a full schedule of events and information about online registration. Families are welcome and lodging is available on campus. Please contact us if you are interested in helping us plan for this gathering.

“It’s time we stop, hey, what’s that sound?

Everybody look what’s goin’ down.”

(Apologies to Buffalo Springfield) That sound you hear may have been a couple of your classmates getting together to begin planning for our 50th Reunion! Save the date: June 7-8-9, 2019. Josh Miner, Peter Dorsey, and Billy Clyde met with Amy Swiniarski and Ray Goodman from the Academy to start fleshing out the details for the event. The most important task right now is getting the word out to anyone and everyone! So...reserve the dates and be looking for more information in the coming weeks.

I have already received several confirmations of attendees. Peter promises deluxe accommodations in the new Doggett Dorm, complete with a bottomless bin of pistachios, healthy munchies, and libations to wash it all down! If you were fortunate enough to have been on campus for our 45th, you already know how easily folks seemed to pick up right where they left off. It was great! We hope to see many more of you in June!

I am not including individual reports this time.

The big news, of course, is making your plans to come back to this beautiful campus and reconnecting with folks who were a big part of our lives fifty (50!) years ago.

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CLASS OF 1970 Terry Nolan 2211 Brownlee Road Jackson, GA 30233 nolan_t_e@hotmail.com We would love to hear from you!

Email celebrations and news to classnotes@govsacademy.org.

CLASS OF 1971 James Fleming 9 Red Coat Lane Redding, CT 06896-1623 jamesfleming817@gmail.com Dave Lampert PO Box 325 Manchhester-by-the-Sea, MA 01944 dljr11@gmail.com Bob Veasey has recently retired following 35 years with Chicago ABC News as a journalist and news producer and has won many awards over his career, as well. Enjoy your retirement, Bob!

Mr. Witherspoon pulled some strings to allow the Ewell’s to hold a memorial service for Sarah’s dad in the Moseley Chapel). Rob and I used the occasion of trading emails on Witherspoon to trade barbs about the prospective fortunes of the lightweight crews of our alma maters, Yale and Columbia. Too bad for Rob’s Bulldogs the Lions went all the way to the top of the heap... Leading the way in renewable, sustainable environment, our own Jon, now Joth, Davis, featured on PBS NewsHour. See minutes 31:50 thru 37:10 in the link below. Yes, that’s Joth, munching on fresh, “sweet” kelp. Outstanding! www.pbs.org/ newshour/show/this-aquatic-grass-could-helpshellfish-threatened-by-ocean-acidification

Speaking of the great Northwest, Chris “Swede” Swenson writes: “My wife, Abigail, and I are leading our blessed lives in Seattle and beyond.

This last March we traveled in South Africa where our credit card got hacked and her passport disappeared, but we still had a fabulous trip! This photo is from a great hike on the wild coast at Point Roberg. I did some teaching and performing while there, and continue to around home as well. After watching him on PBS, now I’ll have to go visit and slurp some oysters with our pal, Joth Davis!”

And our own “Ace,” Jim Pierce, writes of his growing brood: “My news is that Polly and I have two kids getting married this summer. Joe married Kathryn Rouillard on June 9, and Caroline married Brad Diephuis on September 8. Happy events!! All four kids will now be married, and our daughter Anne is expecting her first child on August 8, which will be our first grandchild.”

Congratulations Jim and Polly!

Pete Conway and Kevin Kearney both supplied photos of the youngest in their clans, Kevin holding Niles like the proverbial football, both looking like nuthin’ could be bettah!

CLASS OF 1972 George Freimarck 67 Overlook Road Marblehead, MA 01945-1445 gfreimarck@gmail.com We certainly have our share of interesting, diverse news about the class this time around. Where to start? Why not with (as of this writing) Essex, MA’s newest Selectman, Peter Phippen. Driving the family down Route 133 on Mother’s Day, on the way to Woodman’s, I spied the roadside maroon signs with the name Phippen. “Hey, I went to school with that guy!” Congratulations Peter, and best wishes on that endeavor, and way to go in contributing to your community!

Speaking of giving, back in May, Govs held a giving day in remembrance of a person at the Academy who affected your life; at least four of us, Rob Martin, Pete Conway, Sarah Ewell Smith and myself, gave in memory of John Witherspoon, a truly kind man who gave us all a break and let us in the joint (tho’ Sarah has a slightly different, if more poignant reason, as

TOP LEFT: Chris Swenson’72 and wife Abigail in South Africa; BOTTOM LEFT: Kevin Kearney ’72 and Grandson Niles, age eight months; RIGHT: Pete Conway’s ’72 grandaughter Victoria Grace, age five months

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On a sad note, many of you learned this past spring of Jack Halloran’s death. Jack went to Marquette, became a Naval Aviator, then switched over to High School teaching for his second half gig. Many of you wrote in with similar sentiments about what a great, decent, guy Jack was, with that sly sense of humor. I only wish we’d been able to see more of him at the Reunions.

Stay well, and remember, Non Sibi Sed Aliis George

CLASS OF 1973 Glen Winkel 250 Saddlemountain Road Colorado Springs, CO 80919-2108 drwink@me.com We would love to hear from you!

Email celebrations and news to classnotes@govsacademy.org.

CLASS OF 1974 Pam Toner 206 River Run Greenwich, CT 02831 ptoner@optonline.net We would love to hear from you!

Email celebrations and news to classnotes@govsacademy.org.

Save the date for your 45th Reunion!

Join us June 7–9, 2019 on campus in Byfield. Keep an eye on the Academy’s website for a full schedule of events and information about online registration. Families are welcome and lodging is available on campus. Please contact us if you are interested in helping us plan for this gathering.

CLASS OF 1975 Pam Pandapas 202 Central Street Rockland, MA 02370-2470 pamrobfine@msn.com

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Pam Pandapas: I’m so sorry to once again say a farewell to another one of our beloved classmates, Gretchen Huffsmith. I will always treasure Gretchen as being among my most valued friends. She, Brit and I were a bit of partners in crime at GDA. (Sorry, the statute of limitations ran out a long time ago!) But we loved GDA and cherished our friendships we nourished there. There are so many friends; far too many to enumerate. These are some of the sentiments sent to me… I loved Gretchen as I love all my classmates. That’s why I do this secretary thing. We are pretty much formed by our high school experiences and I thank each and every one of you for helping me make me who I am…for better or worse!

Wheeler Gemmer: Oh, no. That is so sad.

She fought and fought. I so enjoyed seeing her at the Reunion a few years ago and staying in touch since then. Charlie Albert: The longest conversation I ever had with Gretchen was at the recent reunion. She spoke of having risen through the ranks in some branch of hospitality only to have circumstances block further progress, and of the challenge of starting a new career relatively late in life.

Without a trace of regret or self-pity… it was invigorating. Gretchen didn’t lose this battle...she just ran out of runway. Margaret Lampert: Beautifully put Charles. So, so sorry to hear this news. Dave Bohman: I am so glad she made it to the last reunion. And she was so open about her struggles with cancer in the last few years and she put up an inspiring fight with humor and grace. She was one of a kind and I am so honored she was one of us.

Peter Richardson: I was able to follow her battle on Facebook. At no time did she want pity, nor did she give up. I was so happy to reconnect with her at reunion. It will be sad not to see her at the next one. Lisa Stranberg: Thank you for notifying us about Gretchen. I am so sorry to hear that. (In reference to the news) Brit Babcock : Gretchen and I had just reconnected, and like it’s said, it was like no time had passed. We were just right there, talking intimately and familiar again, as if we had been living down the street from each other and were having coffee in our kitchen.

I’m currently in Maine at my Somesville house, outside Bar Harbor, and was thinking recently (Pam just also reminded me), of our fantastic sail on my gaff rigged sloop, the Whistler, the old Class A Northeast Harbor Fleet racing boat, back when we were eighteen. You, Pam and I sailed to Bar Harbor and I think maybe also to Camden, whistling “Here Comes the Sun,” to get the wind to come up when we were becalmed. And once we got on shore, the whole town just rocked for various reasons.

Living in Moody House at GDA with the clan of girls that were our best friends, first year boarding girls, kicking the ole trash can down the stairs at 3 a.m. and waking Mr. Ferberg!

Luckily, I don’t think the school wanted to kick out the whole first year boarding girls, so we got away with some things that year. I still remember vividly, driving around in a light blue VW on weekends, eating Burger King Jr Whoppers, Friendly’s mint chip ice cream sundaes, and staying at the parents’ house, watching old movies until two or three in the morning. Then there was Bar Harbor, the summer we all stayed in that huge mansion on the water, just outside town. Gretchen came out to visit me in Vermont and we had a fantastic “real” talk. Those were all such fantastic days. I wish we could have kept it all that close for these many years. I will miss you, Gretchen, going forward. With much love and sadness, goodbye, my friend, for now. I hold you in my thoughts and dreams. You will never really die with me. Stay safe, wherever you are.

We will reconnect again one day. Bear hugs to you, and many kisses, Brit.

And currently… Jack Swenson: Hi there, Classmates! On the heels of leading many wonderful photo trips with my wife, Rikki, we’re now home for the summer, and slowly dipping my toes back into the swirling torrents of social media. Other than remotely linking my Instagram posts to my very-neglected Facebook page, I haven’t been present on FB for quite a while. For those of you who may be curious about my wild travels, we’ve added new posts and photos to our blog expeditiongallery.wordpress. com, in tandem with announcing an exciting new photo safari program that we’ll be leading next

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year in Kenya and Tanzania. Peter Richardson: I wish there was something new in my life since my last report. We continue to be preoccupied by our nine-month old grandson and traveling to DC frequently to see him. I’ve recently met up with Pam Post and Wheeler Gemmer. It was great to read about Jack Swenson’s exciting and interesting life. Mike Ponce: Both Jen and I work like dogs! But we find time to garden, cook and drive our fifteen-year-old daughter, Lindsay, around!!! Lindsay will be sixteen in December and I am already teaching her to drive! She has had a great year as she is at the top of her class with a 4.15 grade average. Annie Ponce graduated two years ago and took a gap year and then another gap year as she worked for galbraithandpaul.com learning how to print textile for fabric and wallpaper. Check it out as it is fantastic stuff !! She is off to SCAD, (Savannah College of Art and Design) this fall if I can come up with the dough! We traveled to Mount Desert in June and saw that Brit was home but we didn’t stop by! Sorry Brit! Or maybe not! I am still grinding in the Municipal Bond Business (not sure why). No money in it anymore and will most likely will have to reinvent myself at sixtytwo soon! If anybody has suggestions please fire them in. Jen is staging houses and doing interior design for Tailored Transitions and Tailored Homes! She is moving the elderly from their big house into retirement communities helping

them sort through all their stuff and downsize into their final residence. All the while, designing their new place and staging their house for sale.

The only new addition to the Ponce family is Penny the black Lab who has joined the two cats, Princess Buttercup and Lilli Light Bulb Snapper Whiskers, nine chickens, and two bunnies. We did mourn the passing of Peepers the Momma Cat and the alpha member of the family. Things have been in disarray ever since. Cheers! Craig McConnell: Craig’s wife, Kristi, writes: I will answer for Craig, as I know he would like to, if he had time to do so. I retired in January and Craig went back to work?!? I’m not sure if that was panic on his part? Or his taking advantage of good money? Anyway, Craig retired for his third time in early May and while we were in Maryland assisting his mother in caring for his ailing father during most of the month of May, they called to ask him back to work in September... can you believe it? So funny. Sad part is that his adventurous, and very intelligent father, passed away at the age of ninety-four on May 18, the day before our twenty-eighth wedding anniversary.

We are grateful to have had him with us for so long. At their age, they kept telling us not to expect anyone at the funeral as all their friends had predeceased them... but the funeral home was overflowing with “younger friends”. People were standing room only during the ceremony... there were so many there. Craig’s mother is doing

well. She declares she is not ready to go yet... and at the age of nearly ninety-two! You go girl... is what I keep telling her!!! (Even if it’s driving her Dodge Charger... followed by walking assisted by a cane.) God love her!!! We are looking forward to harvest and canning season...can you tell we are country bumpkins from the Midwest/Great Lakes? Anyway, it’s been mild, followed by very hot weather this summer!???

Really weird weather. Just hoping to get a good yield from our little garden. We’re planning on several vacations before Craig’s return to work in September and one at Christmas time. Hello to all classmates. Hope all are well. Blessings to all. Mike Sapuppo: My daughter Sophia graduated from U. of Oregon in mid-June and is now looking for internships in her chosen field; marine science/environment. If anybody knows of opportunities, please get in touch. She’ll work for free! I can’t remember where I left off, but I did get scuba certified in Belize in December. I made another diving trip to Cozumel in early June. Nine dives over the course of four days!

Fantastic scenery and crystal clear water down to ninety feet. I also got a chance to drive the track at the Porsche Experience Center in Los Angeles. I drove a 718 Cayman through seven different track modules including a “kick plate”; a hydraulically activated plate on a wetted epoxy surface that ‘kicks” the car randomly left or right down a straightaway! So cool! I included a photo

LEFT: Mike Suppopo ‘75 posed with a 718 Cayman; RIGHT: Mike Suppopo ‘75 scuba diving in Cozumel, Mexico

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of my car, too. Jamie White: What goes around seems to come around. This past Spring I taught an architecture course back at Governor’s under a program called Visiting Professional Seminar Series. It was actually a workshop I put together in which we had a real client—in this case Essex County Greenbelt—and the kids were divided into two teams to compete in conceiving a design proposal to enhance Greenbelt’s mission. On top of the team proposal to our “client”, each student had to develop their own concept for their design and present it visually to a panel of Greenbelt representatives and local architects. It seemed to be a success as I am now teaching the same course again this summer to the program.

Spencer Purinton is involved with at the school—“GovsPLUS”—to kids from Lawrence.

This time our client is Ground Works of Lawrence, and the proposal will be an urban site within the city of Lawrence. Keith Esthimer: I retired from social work March 1, 2018 and seem to be adjusting to the routine of not working. I worked with children more than half my career and they taught me a lot. I look forward to new endeavors going forward though I don’t know what they might be. Keep doing good in the world! Lisa Johnson: Not much happening in Byfield these days. We continue with house projects and steadily going to work—looking at

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the retirement end line in the near future. My daughter Mei Li has moved to Santiago, Chile and is enjoying life on the other side of the planet. Life is good and we are all well. Hope the same is true for the Class of ’75!

Starr Gilmartin: First I want to applaud Pam Pandapas for making the repeated effort to keep all her classmates connected and engaged in sharing their personal anecdotes. Relationships are one of the pillars to a satisfying life. So, thank you Pam for appreciating that fact and motivating us to keep those relationships current. (Thanks, Starr!) I wish I could report multiple adventures, but alas this year was mostly taken up by paid and volunteer work and some decent winter skiing in the east. While my husband was happy to stay home and paint the house, I wasn’t as enthusiastic. With the opportunity of time, I found a group bike tour on the El Camino in Spain. There are several routes for one of the most challenging, the ‘French route’, in Spain for eleven days with a tour group. This is one of the most popular long-distance trails. It challenged me in ways I was not expecting.

For instance, the first day biking out of the Pyrenees Mountains, we encountered an entire day of rain, hail (yes stinging hail), high winds,

and lightning. I faced my two greatest fears that day, drowning and lightning strikes. But, of course, I lived through it to continue to the terminus of the trail in Santiago and then onto some additional solo sightseeing in Finisterra and Madrid. The follow up to this adventure is to walk the much shorter Portugal route that is about twelve days long, which both of us plan on for this fall. So, in another six months I hope to include that in Pam’s next appeal for class notes. To end, FDR once said, “If civilization is to survive, we must cultivate the science of human relationships—the ability of all peoples, of all kinds, to live together, in the same world at peace.” Editorial comment: Well said! Andy Woodcock: Ok, Pam, ok, ok.

Although I’d prefer to see what you’d come up with from the high school archives, I’ll surrender these few words and spare you. (I threatened my classmates with my own versions of life if they didn’t write to me!) I work part time at Joshua’s Trust, a local land trust in eastern Connecticut. As volunteer coordinator, I’m working with middle school students to retirees and in many circumstances; I put multigenerational teams together so they work side by side. We oversee 4,500 acres of land in fourteen towns so the projects never end and I spend about a third of my days in the woods.

I fill the rest of my days with cartooning. I’ve finished the first chapter of a multi-chapter comic book, or graphic novel, if you prefer, or god-awful schlock. It’s a ridiculous slapstick comedy—anger, love, swearing and a bar brawl or two. It means thousands of drawings and I can’t imagine having more fun. I celebrated with Lynne our thirty-year marriage. Lynne works on universal health care. My kids are working: 1. with ex-cons making the transition to civilian life; 2. teaching pre-school children in a rough and tumble public school; and 3. teaching behaviorally challenged students in a non-traditional high school. I guess we all shamelessly love our work. I’m recovering from my second hernia surgery, so it’s not all sunshine and bluebirds—but there are stretches where it sure feels that way. Bud Rice: I’ve been doing lots of traveling lately, hopping around between Virginia, Seattle, Boston, and Central

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America. I just returned from the Boston area, where we bought a sailboat for the mooring my sister finally got in Scituate harbor—she had been on the waiting list for over fifteen years!

So, I have had several trips to work on that boat up there, do a bit of sailing, and visiting friends and family. I have taken five trips to Seattle this year to our new house out there, and visiting kids and grandkids. Youngest son finally graduated from the University of Washington so we bought him a car and sent him on his way.

He is now off the family dole (Yay). Also had numerous trips to Central America for work.

Retirement looms close, probably in September or October, after which we will probably sell the Virginia house in the spring. I am looking forward to an end of this crazy travelling schedule. Mary Anne Polich: Sally the Grocery Store Cat is a book about the importance of rescuing, adopting, and spaying and neutering our pets. It is a true story about a little cat named Sally who found herself without a home and lost in a grocery store, and how she found her forever home. My hope is that all our lost and homeless pets have their forever homes someday. Proceeds from the sale of this book will be donated to The Rescue House, a 501c3 non-profit, volunteer-based, cat rescue and adoption organization in Encinitas, CA, as well as animal rescue organizations in Massachusetts with similar non-profit status.

Dave Bohman: Big news from my family: My oldest daughter, Adrianna, will be a freshman next year at Emerson College in Boston. My wife, Linda, and I will be visiting frequently and hope to get together with a few GDA ’75-ers in the coming four years. I’m still working as the Investigative Reporter at WNEP-TV. As long as we have corrupt elected officials, I will have a busy job for the time being. Lisa Strandberg: I hope you all are well. After many years in North Carolina, I am moving to Long Island to be near my grandchildren.

I am excited for family, snow and cooler summers! I am also very excited to be closer to old friends. Sam Gilliland: All’s well with the Gilliland clan of Greenwich, CT. Our older two daughters are both out of college now and gainfully employed. Following two grueling

years in investment banking, our eldest, Anne, recently switched from investment banking in NYC to private equity here in CT while Leigh is poring over the fine print in her second year as a paralegal in midtown, NY. Fortunately, they are close enough to return home for occasional Sunday dinners with their groans. Charlotte, our youngest, is slaving away as an IB intern in NY this summer and will soon be returning for her senior year at Georgetown this fall. Following seven straight years of college visits there, Beth and I are becoming increasingly melancholy as this chapter nears its close. We do continue to travel often with recent trips to Malta, France, Sicily, and Spain and one to Portugal planned for October to celebrate our 30th. I continue to play a lot of tennis, ice hockey and paddle boarding but have finally decided this year to try giving up racing cars after forty years. Incidentally, I was very pleasantly surprised to have Kingsley Goddard and his boys come watch me race up at Lime Rock last Labor Day weekend. I think this was the first time I’d laid eyes on him since sometime in the mid-80s and I’m happy to report that he is very well preserved! Rob Kaplan: Life is sailing along for the Kaplans. Our oldest graduated from St Mikes and was recruited to take a position with a local fly-fishing subscription outfit called Post Fly. Very proud of him. Proud also of our college sophomore who’s diligently plugging away at a dual degree program at Lehigh, and loving it. Katharine was recently made a VP at her firm, and I still love being the Salesforce guru at a manufacturing firm not far away, near Portsmouth. Like all of you, I found Gretchen’s passing so very sad. Her positivity, and the unwavering support of Cheryl, and her family, was inspiring. My memories of Gretchen in Byfield, are pleasant, even hilarious.

I’m sure yours are, too. May those memories buoy us all. Spencer Purinton: You may recall I have been very active in supporting a summer program at The Governor’s Academy for middle school students from the city of Lawrence.

This summer Jamie White volunteered to teach an Architecture class which was terrific, incorporating creative thinking, collaboration, and presentation skills. I attended his last class in which the rising ninth graders made design

proposals for a distressed parcel of land along the Merrimack River in their home city. Currently, there are seven young scholars from this summer enrichment program attending our Academy and they are thriving. All of this, of course, takes resources both for the actual summer program, which is 100% paid for by contributors to The Governor’s Fund, called GovsPLUS and the cost of financial aid for the students fortunate to be attending our Alma Mater. I invite the Class of ’75 to join me in supporting this unique program. Thank you, Jamie, for living up to our motto, “Non Sibi Sed Aliis”. I may have spelled that incorrectly but in a rush to catch a plane. I would love to take on a leadership role if other classmates are interested. Peter Templeton: Well, similar to how I wrote my term papers, here I am, hopefully in the nick of time. I am happy to say that my company, Tree of Life Woodworks LLC, recently completed a library for the new Museum and Seton Memorial Library at the Philmont Scout Ranch in Cimarron, New Mexico. It will house the archival collections of Ernest Thompson Seton—one of the founders of the Boy Scouts of America. I have enjoyed summer here in Taos with some glimmer of badly needed monsoon rains. My wife, Linda, has had a few weeks off before having to go back to her fifth grade teaching job at the charter school she founded. My three children all live in Colorado at the moment. My son, James, graduated from CU Boulder with a degree in environmental design this spring. My youngest daughter will teach with the ‘Teach for America’ program in Denver as a Special Ed teacher this fall. My oldest daughter, Anna, lives and works in Steamboat Springs, CO. All in all, life continues to be good here in New Mexico. Added from Mike Ponce: Pam, maybe you should give a little promo! Like Kingsley is in the middle of his growing season so he can’t talk right now but feel free to stop by his farm stand in Madison CT. You also could harvest social media! Then you would be aware that Jamie White and Spencer Purinton are furthering their bromance on Block Island as we speak?? Just some suggestions… Cheers! An editorial comment here from this class secretary: Thanks, Mikey! I’ll take it under consideration.

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CLASS OF 1981

Carol Goldberg 185 East 85th Street Apt 32C New York, NY 10028-4718 caaydin@aol.com

Troy Dagres 7 Patriot Lane, Unit 20 Georgetown, MA 01833-2251 troydagres@aol.com

Kathryn Shilale 215 North St Medfield, MA 02052-1301 kathryn@shilale.net

We would love to hear from you!

Email celebrations and news to classnotes@govsacademy.org.

We would love to hear from you!

Email celebrations and news to classnotes@govsacademy.org.

Richard Aranosian writes: Hello classmates, All is well in SoFla. My lovely wife Shushanik arrived earlier in the year. We are now settling into our pleasant domesticated life together.

She enjoyed seeing some alligators, and our lovely beaches. We look forward to seeing you at the 2021 Reunion! Keep well and warm, ARO. Keller Laros writes: So I’m wearing my GDA Reunion shirt while my son Russell and I are eating lunch at a Mexican restaurant and a guy at the next table says “I went to that school too”. Name is Nate, Class of 2001 from Newburyport, lives in Kona. Has an oyster farm. Small world.

CLASS OF 1977 Vicki Murphy 22 Lilac Lane Haverhill, MA 01830 vmurphy@mhl.org Carrie Nissi PO Box 39 Shirley, MA 01464-0039 cnissi@me.com We would love to hear from you!

Email celebrations and news to classnotes@govsacademy.org.

CLASS OF 1978 Brad Clark 3 Jutland Way Ipswich, MA 01938 rectoramc@gmail.com

Save the date for your 40th Reunion!

Join us June 7–9, 2019 on campus in Byfield. Keep an eye on the Academy’s website for a full schedule of events and information about online registration. Families are welcome and lodging is available on campus. Please contact us if you are interested in helping us plan for this gathering.

CLASS OF 1980 Helen Mazarakis 222 North Mountain Avenue Montclair, NJ 07042-2307 hmazarakis@yahoo.com We would love to hear from you!

Email celebrations and news to classnotes@govsacademy.org.

Scott Pope Abtsdorferstrasse 22B 5020 Salzburg Austria scottpope23@yahoo.com

CLASS OF 1982 Nancy Wickwire 78 Smith Road Bedford, NH 03110-6322 anwick@comcast.net We would love to hear from you!

Email celebrations and news to classnotes@govsacademy.org.

We would love to hear from you!

Email celebrations and news to classnotes@govsacademy.org.

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CLASS OF 1986

CLASS OF 1989

Cat Eveleth 113 Hawthorne Road Fulton, NY 13069-4525 catmando_ent@msn.com

Paul Nardone 190 Summer Street Lynnfield, MA 01940-1857 paulbnardone@gmail.com

Danielle Jacobs 91 Pond Street Marblehead, MA 01945-2604 dljacobs@aol.com

We would love to hear from you!

Email celebrations and news to classnotes@govsacademy.org.

Kristin Brown 45 Georgian Road Cambridge School of Weston Weston, MA 02493-2110 kristinbrown29@yahoo.com

We would love to hear from you!

Email celebrations and news to classnotes@govsacademy.org.

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CLASS OF 1984 We would love to hear from you!

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Save the date for your 35th Reunion!

Join us June 7–9, 2019 on campus in Byfield. Keep an eye on the Academy’s website for a full schedule of events and information about online registration. Families are welcome and lodging is available on campus. Please contact us if you are interested in helping us plan for this gathering.

CLASS OF 1985 Nathalie Ames PO Box 114 Mesa, CO 81643-0114 names@nathalieames.com We would love to hear from you!

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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 We would love to hear from you!

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We would love to hear from you!

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Save the date for your 30th Reunion!

Join us June 7–9, 2019 on campus in Byfield. Keep an eye on the Academy’s website for a full schedule of events and information about online registration. Families are welcome and lodging is available on campus. Please contact us if you are interested in helping us plan for this gathering.

CLASS OF 1990

CLASS OF 1988

Nikki DelliColli

Deana Boyages 156 Aurora Street Hudson, OH 44236-2943 dboyages@msn.com

We would love to hear from you!

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We would love to hear from you!

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CLASS OF 1991 Nicole MacLaughlan 23 Webster Park Needham, MA 02492 latourdecor@verizon.net We would love to hear from you!

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ALUMNI IN ACTION

CLASS OF 1992

CLASS OF 1995

CLASS OF 1999

Cassie Firenze 44 Dean Street Belmont, MA 02478-3257 cwfirenze@gmail.com

Mike Noon 70 Harvey Street Cambridge, MA 02140 michaelcnoon@aol.com

Jessica Karlin 36 Wilshire Park Needham, MA 02492 jess.karlin@gmail.com

We would love to hear from you!

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We would love to hear from you!

Email celebrations and news to classnotes@govsacademy.org.

We would love to hear from you!

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CLASS OF 1993

CLASS OF 1996

Ingrid Cunney 11 Harry Homans Drive Essex, MA 01929 icunney@gmail.com

Janna De Risi 1 Walnut Tree Lane Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724 jannaderisi@hotmail.com

Shawn Markey 192 Kingsbury Avenue Bradford, MA 01835-8173 stmarkey58@yahoo.com

We would love to hear from you!

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We would love to hear from you!

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CLASS OF 1996

CLASS OF 1994

Jeff LaBelle 1394 Westwood Dr Birmingham, MI 48009-4834 labejef@gmail.com

Kris Hughes 5649 Colbath Avenue Van Nuys, CA 91401-4725 kris.hughes@sbcglobal.net

We would love to hear from you!

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We would love to hear from you!

Email celebrations and news to classnotes@govsacademy.org.

CLASS OF 1997

Save the date for your 25th Reunion!

Join us June 7–9, 2019 on campus in Byfield. Keep an eye on the Academy’s website for a full schedule of events and information about online registration. Families are welcome and lodging is available on campus. Please contact us if you are interested in helping us plan for this gathering.

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We would love to hear from you!

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CLASS OF 1998 Elle Escobar 888 Main Street, #611 New York, NY 10044-0216 ericksone_e@me.com We would love to hear from you!

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Save the date for your 20th Reunion!

Join us June 7–9, 2019 on campus in Byfield. Keep an eye on the Academy’s website for a full schedule of events and information about online registration. Families are welcome and lodging is available on campus. Please contact us if you are interested in helping us plan for this gathering.

CLASS OF 2000 Catherine Correia 109 Westchester Road Jamaica Plain, MA 02130 catherine.correia@gmail.com Eve Seamans 45 Rantoul Street, Unit 207 Beverly, MA 01915 eve.seamans@gmail.com Hi all, Eve here. Hope you are all having a great summer! I heard from Elizabeth Turnbull who wrote: “After a long tenure on the Adidas sustainability team, I switched jobs last year and have just passed my year anniversary as the President of the Environmental League of MA, a 120-year state environmental advocacy organization on Beacon Hill. I’m living in Jamaica Plain with my husband and daughter Iris (4.5) and son Charlie (2.5). Number three is due at the end of September.”

CLASS NOTES

CLASS OF 2001

CLASS OF 2004

CLASS OF 2007

Meg Lloyd 16 Hewlett Street, #1 Roslindale, MA 02131 lloydy505@gmail.com

Lesley Clunie 101 Neal Street Portland, ME 04102 lesley.clunie@gmail.com

Jack Lamson 173 Arrow Wood Place Malta, NY 12020 jalamson5368@gmail.com

We would love to hear from you!

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We would love to hear from you!

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CLASS OF 2002 Heather Jameson-Lyons 62 Walnut Street Lynnfield, MA 01940 jameson.heather@gmail.com We would love to hear from you!

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CLASS OF 2003 Taso Kapernekas 447 Flanders Road Coventry, CT 06238 tkap07@gmail.com We would love to hear from you!

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Save the date for your 15th Reunion!

Join us June 7–9, 2019 on campus in Byfield. Keep an eye on the Academy’s website for a full schedule of events and information about online registration. Families are welcome and lodging is available on campus. Please contact us if you are interested in helping us plan for this gathering.

CLASS OF 2005 Nicole Zografos 279 W 3rd Street Unit 1 Boston, MA 02127-1631 nicolezografos@gmail.com We would love to hear from you!

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CLASS OF 2006 Emme Hughes 47 Winship Street Apt. 8 Brighton, MA 02135 m.esther.hughes@gmail.com

Rachel Stavis 144 W Concord St # 2 Boston, MA 02118-1508 rachel.stavis@gmail.com We would love to hear from you!

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CLASS OF 2008 Perry Eaton 21 Easton Street Allston, MA 02134 Abby Shaffo 3755 Mimosa Avenue Memphis, TN 38111 aharris0719@gmail.com Many of our ’08 classmates returned to Byfield to celebrate our ten-year Reunion this past June. We had perfect weather, enjoyed tented receptions, reminisced outside Eames, cruised around Newburyport Harbor, played croquet on Mansion House quad, and enjoyed Sam Richard’s epic dance moves. It was a memorable weekend, and we hope that everyone will make the trip back to Govs in 2023! Exciting news from our friend, Decia Splaine: “In May I moved out of Boston and back to West Newbury, left my design job in Manchester by the Sea, and started my own residential interior design and interior architecture firm with a college classmate of mine, Courtney. Our firm is called Beebe Parker Interiors!”

We would love to hear from you!

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CLASS OF 2009 Amanda Correnti 75 Carolina Ave Jamaica Plain, MA 02130-3215 a.corrents@gmail.com Hannah Fitzpatrick 99 Fulton Street #5-5 Boston, MA 02109 hannah.b.fitzpatrick@gmail.com Jimmy King 6 Driftwood Drive Chelmsford, MA 01824 jamesmking41@gmail.com Save the date for your 10th Reunion!

Join us June 7–9, 2019 on campus in Byfield. Keep an eye on the Academy’s website for a full schedule of events and information about online registration. Families are welcome and lodging is available on campus. Please contact us if you are interested in helping us plan for this gathering.

Hi Class of 2009! Hope everyone had an awesome summer! Dan Hines & I, Hannah Fitzpatrick are very excited to share that we got engaged in May at Governor’s. (Where it all began!!) I thought I was going to have breakfast with my cousin on campus who was a senior at the time, and there was Dan in the middle of the Sager Bowl! We are so excited to be engaged and getting married next August, 2019 in Maine. Priscilla Somogie moved out to LA to open her own dance studio. Jenika Smith drove cross country with her to help with the big move! Bryce Johnson is a proud dog dad and is building a house in San Antonio. Anna O’Neal is in her second year as a nurse practitioner in the medical ICU at UMass hospital in Worcester.

She is also still competing in bodybuilding at a national level. Coby Newton is living in Oakland, California with his three-year-old rescue pit bull named Peaches, and is working

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in CPG Sales for SmashMallow, a gourmet marshmallow brand based in Sonoma. He can’t wait to see everyone at the Reunion! Andrew McLain reports that his film that he produced called THE KING about Elvis Presley and the state of the American dream premiered internationally at the Cannes Film Festival in France and here in the states at the Sundance Film Festival. It’s out in theaters NOW! He and Ariana Vlachos just moved in together in Brooklyn, NY! Ariana is now an Assistant Principal at a charter school network in New York City. Trevor Hines recently moved to New Hampshire and is working in Strategy at Planet Fitness World Headquarters. He and his new fiancé (engaged in February) Carter James, are planning their wedding for September 2019—congrats Trevor! Hope Fried reports

that she is loving living in the Upper West Side of Manhattan, and is pursuing her Master of Divinity at Union Theological Seminary. She is pursuing a career in hospice chaplaincy, with a focus on interreligious engagement. Hope to see everyone at the ten-year Reunion this Spring!

Julia Blanter submitted a photo from her New York Medical School graduation in May 2018 “right before I start Internal Medicine Residency at Mount Sinai Hospital in NYC. We’re all Govs graduates [in the photo] and still see each other often in NYC where we all live.”

TOP: Dan Hines ‘09 & Hannah Fitzpatrick ‘09 during their engagement on campus BOTTOM: Ariana Vlachos ‘09, Julia Blanter ‘09, Andrew McLain ‘09, and Ilana Hayes ‘20 celebrate Julia’s graduation from New York Medical School in May.

CLASS NOTES

CLASS OF 2010

CLASS OF 2012

CLASS OF 2015

Emily Harrold 5 Hopkins Avenue Unit 1 Beverly, MA 01915 EmilyCHarrold@gmail.com

Audrey Cheney 25 Pinecrest Lane Glendale, RI 02826 audreypcheney@gmail.com

Katy Maina 837 Main Street West Newbury, MA 01985-1304 katherine.n.maina@gmail.com

We would love to hear from you!

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John Damianos 8 Winterberry Lane North Hampton, NH 03862-2055 john.a.damianos.med@dartmouth.edu

CLASS OF 2011

We would love to hear from you!

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Hanskia Iyer attended the Youth Fashion Summit in Copenhagen this past May. She writes: “I had an amazing time there and I had the opportunity to speak at the summit on behalf of the 112 student participants in front of 1600 attendees and the Crown Princess of Denmark!”

This prestigious annual summit focuses on sustainable fashion and disruptive innovations.

Hansika just completed her junior year at Cornell University where she majors in Fiber Science and Apparel Design.

Nora Kline 83 Winchester Street Brookline, MA 02446 nora.k.kline@vanderbilt.edu Katie Reilly 24 Porter Street Portsmouth, NH 03801 katiemacreilly@gmail.com We would love to hear from you!

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CLASS OF 2013 Esther Tram 1006 Broadway Apt 223 Bayonne, NJ 07002-4083 esther.tram@gmail.com We would love to hear from you!

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CLASS OF 2014 Emilie MacDonald 45 Pine Street Exeter, NH 03833-2720 emiliemac95@gmail.com Lucy Purinton 61 High Street Newburyport, MA 01950 lucy.purinton@tufts.edu We would love to hear from you!

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Save the date for your 5th Reunion!

Duncan Robinson ‘12 of the Michigan Wolverines makes a slam dunk in a Spring 2018 NCAA Tournament game against Texas A&M.

Join us June 7–9, 2019 on campus in Byfield. Keep an eye on the Academy’s website for a full schedule of events and information about online registration. Families are welcome and lodging is available on campus. Please contact us if you are interested in helping us plan for this gathering.

CLASS OF 2016 Samara Gallagher 7 Wayside Farm Lane Hampton, NH 03842 samarajgallagher@gmail.com Mitzi Wiggin 38 Chapel Road North Hampton, NH 03862-2248 mitzisnow123@gmail.com We would love to hear from you!

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CLASS OF 2017 Rachel Ross 75 Friendly Crescent Stittsville, ON K2S 2B6 rachel.ross13235@gmail.com We would love to hear from you!

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IN MEMORIAM In each issue of The Archon we honor those community members who have passed since the previous publication. Beginning with the Fall 2018 issue, we will share the name, class (if applicable), and death date of those alumni, faculty, and staff who have passed in the print version of The Archon and post full obituaries on our website at thegovernorsacademy.org/inmemoriam.

If you would like to share information on the passing of a Governor’s community member, please email alumni@govsacademy.org.

Faculty & Staff

Irene Freeman Switchboard Secretary and Assistant to Head of School Died March 11, 2018

1942

1955

Humphrey Simson

Dr. Daniel Lyons Leary, Jr.

Died April 3, 2018

Died July 6, 2018

1944

G. James Allen

Buildings & Grounds Staff Died August 07, 2018

Died April 30, 2018

Carol Florendo

Died June 23, 2018

1956

Health Center Nurse

John Tucker Scott

Jeffrey Wood Walker

Died August 21, 2017

Died April 20, 2018

1947

1959

James M. Knott

Raymond W. Ferris

Died August 16, 2018

Died June 31, 2018

1948

1961

William Richter

Roys Ellis

Died November 19, 2017

Died January 30, 2018

1950

1964

Stephen J. Maddock

Mark O’Brien

Died March, 27, 2018

Died March 9, 2018

David Esty

1965

Died January 19, 2018

Chester Parasco

Courtland Josiah Cross

Paul Samboroski Died March 16, 2018

Died April 5, 2018

Dudley Glover Died May 17, 2018

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Died August 20, 2018

1972

Jack Halloran Died April 19, 2018 1973

George Brock Died July 30, 2018 1975

Gretchen Huffsmith Died April 16, 2018 1978

John J.B. Rooney Died January 16, 2016

Photo by David Oxton

FA C U LT Y P RO F I L E YEARS AT THE ACADEMY

28 EDUCATION (UNDERGRADUATE, GRADUATE)

Middlebury College, BA RESPONSIBILITIES/DUTIES (CLASSROOM, AFTERNOON PROGRAM, STUDENT LIFE, ETC.)

Teaching History, Assistant Girls Varsity Hockey Coach, JV Golf Coach, Eames Dorm Head FAVORITE BOOKS

The Greatest Generation, Two Roads to Sumter, Goodnight Moon

Babe Ceglarski

I

t came as no surprise to me that the ISL Girls Hockey Coaches voted unanimously to name the Team Sportsmanship Award after our own Leonard “Babe” Ceglarski. What a fitting tribute to a man who embodies what it means to be a good sport.

Babe and his family have graced The Governor’s Academy grounds for the past 28 years. With his wife Cathy, probably the top registrar in all of independent education, and sons Lenny, Greg, and Jack, the Ceglarskis have shown what close-knit is all about.

Babe’s work in Byfield has covered all the bases. He has been a stalwart in the classroom as a member of the History Department with his particular emphasis on American History. His passion for sports has translated into important coaching responsibilities on the ice and across Route 1 at the Ould Newbury Golf Club. For his entire time at the Academy, Babe has been a Dorm Parent and most notably the Dorm Head for Eames House.

In the vernacular of the boarding school experience, Babe Ceglarski is symbolic of the triple threat—a faculty member who is fully active in the classroom, on the athletic field, and in the dormitory. And along the way he has been a Class Advisor, an appointed committee member, a biker to class, and just a regular person. Throughout, the boys and girls of The Governor’s Academy have come first, “to serve them all my days.”

When Babe and I coached the golf team together, I was not aware of his taste in music. I introduced him to Ravi Shankar, the greatest Sitar player

FAVORITE MUSIC

Doobie Brothers, Creedence, “The Boss,” Allman Brothers ACTIVITIES AND INTERESTS

Golf, hockey, walking/riding, woodworking, gardening PASSIONS

Family, sports, watching old movies

of all time. This was after he kept “shanking.” Did he get upset? No! Did he stop shanking? Yes! All with humility, all with a love for the game (any), all with a smile, all with just being a good sport.

If I were considering working in a Governor’s Academytype school, is there someone I would look to for advice?

Is there someone I would like to emulate? Is there a perfect person who embodies love, hard work, honesty, humility, and a firm handshake? Yes, it’s Babe Ceglarski.

—Mike Moonves Faculty Emeritus and Friend

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TH E GOVER NOR’S ACADE M Y

BY FIELD, M A 01 92 2

Governor’s is hitting the road!

Join us in your city later this year.

Please check thegovernorsacademy.org/events for event dates, locations, and additional details.