Trinity-Pawling Magazine Fall 2014

MAGAZINE

FALL 2014 A YEAR OF

CELEBRATION SCULLY SCHOLARS PROGRAM OPENS DOORS TO TRINITY-PAWLING THE

AHRENSFELD CHALLENGE

Ready to

Deliver FIVE ALUMNI TALK ABOUT LIFE, WORK AND THE LESSONS OF TRINITY-PAWLING

From the Headmaster

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eople often inquire what kept me at Trinity-Pawling for so many years, and the answer is easy: I enjoy helping others grow. One of the greatest privileges of my career has been watching the evolution of the boys, faculty and families. Witnessing an awkward freshman mature into a confident senior. Guiding a young teacher to become a trusted faculty member. Counseling families as they experience the challenges of raising their teenage sons.

How one leaves a place can be as meaningful as how one entered it.

As many of you know, I start each day walking my dog. These campus perambulations allow me to clear my head and focus on the myriad tasks ahead. Yet the walks also keep me

We’ve added new faculty homes and the Scully Dining Hall, improved dorms, restructured the athletic facilities, and constructed new teaching spaces for the arts and sciences. But as my predecessors knew, ultimately a school is not about bricks and mortar; it’s about the boys and helping people grow. I feel confident that Bill Taylor, who will assume the mantle of leadership as the School’s seventh headmaster, shares this belief.

Gay and I look forward to seeing and hearing from you during the coming year. We celebrate not only our own time at Trinity-Pawling, but all of you as well. The pride of our campus community and the accomplishments of our alumni have reached new heights.

In this re-designed magazine, you will discover just a fraction of these stories.

THE PRIDE OF OUR CAMPUS COMMUNITY AND THE “ ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF OUR ALUMNI HAVE REACHED

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NEW HEIGHTS…WE WANT TO HEAR YOUR NEWS. connected. I stop in Cluett and chat with various members of the building staff who have been hard at work since dawn. Sundays offer more time, so we enjoy a leisurely stroll across the upper soccer fields, around the faculty homes and maintenance barn, along the crosscountry trail, through the corn fields and by the back ponds, and then circle the athletic complex.

This year as I stroll the campus, I am especially aware of how significantly the School has progressed, thanks to the foresight and generosity of so many.

We will be sharing many more—this year, and in the years ahead—through the pages of this magazine and in our new monthly eNews, The Quad, as well as on social media. I encourage you to join the conversation: send a class note or post in the Trinity-Pawling ShoutOut (see page 32). We want to hear your news. Most of all, Gay and I hope to greet you in person—whether at a Trinity-Pawling event or here in Pawling where you can see how your campus has evolved over the years.

Contents

Fall 2014 DEPARTMENTS

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2 THE SCROLL Thank you Arch…Coach Casson gets muddy…Alumni remember Earl Scott Carlin ’11

8 A VIEW FROM THE HILL Mike Waller ’11 with the Carolina Panthers…Alexander Tweed ’15 makes electric music…Jonathan Kalin ’10 takes Party With Consent national In the Classroom: Study skills for college and beyond Faculty Minute: Science Instructor Dutch Keel The Big Picture: All Saints’ Chapel

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26 PRIDE ATHLETICS Winter sports pre-caps…New weight room…Scully Scholar Athletes Pride Spotlight: Chris Hattar ’14 at Williams College

FEATURE

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33 CONNECTIONS Celebration events across U.S.…the Ahrensfeld Challenge…Ken Weeman ’59 lends leadership to the Pawling Circle

Alumni talk about life, work, and the lessons of Trinity-Pawling

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A year of celebration

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Scully Scholars program opens doors to T-P

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The Ahrensfeld Challenge

Alumni profiles: Christopher Wren ’53, David Peck ’86, Bruce Knickerbocker ’02 Events Giving Back Class Notes In Memoriam

Trinity-Pawling School is committed to conserving our world’s natural resources.

This magazine is printed by a FSC and SFI certified printer on FSC and SFI certified, and 30% post-consumer waste paper.

50 END NOTE 30%

Stephen “Papa Bear” Harrington ’68

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The Scroll POPULAR POST

HEADMASTER ARCH SMITH ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT

“Arch, we will remember you fondly for your years of service to the boys of T-P. Haec olim meminisse iuvabit.”

Dear Polar Vortex, Thanks! Love, Trinity-Pawling

– CHRIS MARSH ’82

“Right on Arch, thank you for accepting me all those years ago…

I remember my interview with you like it was yesterday.”

– CHRISTOPHER P. BELL ’84

“Certainly sad news for the T-P Community, but well deserved retirement for Mr. Smith. What a legacy!”

“I used to love having that in my back yard. Starr 2 Forever haha.”

– CHRISTOPHER CARR ANDREA ’07

– CAROLE BUDDENHAGEN GELINAS P’15

“I’ve heard him say that before. See you in 2020, Arch! Seriously, many congratulations to you. Your service to the school and thousands of students is unparalleled.”

TODAY, I LOOK INTO THE MIRROR AND SEE THE REFLECTIONS OF “ THOSE WHO HAVE COME BEFORE ME AT TRINITY-PAWLING. THE

FACES OF PROFESSIONAL ATHLETES, IVY LEAGUE STUDENTS,

– ANTHONY J. MCHUGH ’95

COMMUNITY LEADERS, SUCCESSFUL BUSINESSMEN, HUSBANDS AND

FATHERS LOOK BACK AT ME AND CONFIDENTLY REAFFIRM THAT

T-P, AS IT HAS DONE FOR THEM, HAS ALSO DONE WELL FOR ME.

ON CAMPUS

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– TYLER KELLOGG ‘14, SENIOR PREFECT, IN HIS CHAPEL TALK

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LOSS OF A BROTHER On July 20, 2014, the Trinity-Pawling community lost Earl Scott Carlin ’11 in a tragic car accident.

Friends and classmates shared their thoughts and memories.

(See obituary on page 48.)

What did you do today Mr. Bell? “I got married.”

BROTHERHOOD [PRIDE LAX 2014]

[NIC BELL AND ANNE LECLERC ON AUGUST 9, 2014]

“Earl adopted us all as brothers and family no matter what, giving us all that sense of home and support without asking anything in return…

I speak personally, and for the community, when I say I hope the Carlin family knows that they have a whole band of brothers behind them every step of the way.”

– CHRISTIAN WERLAU ’13

“I was only with you boys for one year but I consider it to be one of the best years of my life and have never felt more at home anywhere away from home than I did when I was at T-P. Much love for everyone especially Big Earl’s family right now.”

– GEORGE BUTEAU ’11

What are you up to this summer, Coach Casson?

Celebrating 25 years of progress “I got muddy in the Merrell and leadership.

Down and Dirty Obstacle [DRONE SHOT FROM ABOVE THE QUAD] Race. (So did Mrs. Kellogg.)

And I finished fourth in my age group.”

[COACH BILL CASSON WITH RACHEL KELLOGG P’10, P’15]

“He was the heart and soul of JV Lax when I was at T-P. One of the greatest leaders I’ve had the chance to meet.”

– GABRIEL CROMP ’10

“I don’t know all of you on here but just remember we are all brothers.

Keep your heads up and know you always have family here. If you just graduated this year or 50 years ago, we can all connect with T-P. All you guys be safe. Love ya like family.”

– PATRICK HOUST ’08

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WE POSTED

“God’s Country. I love it.”

– DEAN EDWARD BENNETT ’84

WE POSTED

“Trinity-Pawling Alumni support their School and every student and teacher here knows it. We just received an incredible 50 gifts in 50 hours. A huge thanks to those of you who have supported the Trinity-Pawling Fund this year.”

– FOLLOWING THE HUGE SUCCESS OF T-P’S 50 FOR 50 CHALLENGE

ON CAMPUS

LEADERSHIP IS ABOUT ACTION—DOING SOMETHING IN A MOMENT OF UNCERTAINTY. “ ALL OF YOU WILL BECOME LEADERS IN YOUR OWN RIGHT, ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.

I CHALLENGE YOU TO USE THIS YEAR TO THINK ABOUT WHAT KIND OF LEADER

YOU WILL BE.

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– HEADMASTER ARCH SMITH IN HIS OPENING CHAPEL TALK

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NEWS : IN THE CLASSROOM : FACULTY MINUTE : THE BIG PICTURE

A View From The Hill Trinity-Pawling Welcomes (Back) Two Members of the Pride WILLIAM W. TAYLOR TO BECOME SEVENTH HEADMASTER After an ambitious national search, the Trinity-Pawling Board of Trustees announced in September that William W. Taylor will become the seventh Headmaster of Trinity-Pawling effective July 1, 2015.

A nationally known and highly regarded educational leader, Taylor is no stranger to TrinityPawling School. He and his wife, Jennifer, began their careers at T-P in 1988; Bill as a teacher, coach and dorm master; Jennifer as editor of this magazine and later as director of parent and alumni relations. In 1992, after a brief time in the Trinity-Pawling admissions office, Taylor was appointed Associate Headmaster.

In this capacity, he worked closely with Arch Smith in overseeing much of the day-to-day life of the school.

Since 2001, Taylor has served St. George’s Independent School in Memphis, TN, first as Associate Head, then Head of School, and finally, beginning in 2006, as President. During his tenure with St. George’s, he was responsible for expanding upon a thriving lower school to create a comprehensive pre-K through high school program that today serves 1,200 students on three campuses. Jennifer Taylor has also served St. George’s, primarily as admission director for the lower school grades, and for the past four years as director of admission for the entire K-12 program.

“While we may have left Trinity-Pawling, in many ways it never left us,” says Taylor. “Jennifer and I have wonderful memories of our years in East Dormitory and the boys who lived there. I always felt so fortunate to have started my career in a community of educators

Bill and Jennifer Taylor

who place the students and their growth at the forefront of their attention.”

The Taylors will make several trips to Pawling to become reacquainted with the town and the School before July 1. Meanwhile, they remain focused on their duties at St. George’s and excited for the future.

“I feel blessed to have the support of two exceptional communities,” says Taylor. “It is gratifying to see the two schools learn more about one another through this process, since they share many educational and spiritual values. I’m also grateful to the T-P graduates who have reached out to me since the announcement was made. Jennifer and I are looking forward to connecting with old and new friends.” After almost 14 years away from northeastern winters, Taylor is also preparing a few wardrobe adjustments. “I own way too many pairs of Bermuda shorts and far too few wool sweaters!” he quips.

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A YEAR OF

CELEBRATION THANKS TO THE LEADERSHIP OF HEADMASTER ARCH SMITH AND HIS WIFE, GAY, OUR TRINITY-PAWLING COMMUNITY HAS 25 YEARS OF EXTRAORDINARY PROGRESS AND PRIDE TO SHARE WITH THE LARGER WORLD. HERE ARE JUST SOME OF THE REASONS TO CELEBRATE:

3,700 alumni in 1,572 cities and 41 countries around the world.

Over

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$500,000 TOTAL IN REUNION GIFTS MATCHED

BY THE AHRENSFELD CHALLENGE ISSUED BY TOM AHRENSFELD ’73.

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new or renovated facilities have thoroughly transformed our campus since 1990.

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athletic championships football, cross country, basketball, baseball, and lacrosse.

since 1990 covering wrestling, hockey, track and field,

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DIFFERENT ACADEMIC COURSES

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ADVANCED PLACEMENT CLASSES

bronze emblem of our Pride

122%

INCREASE IN ALUMNI PARTICIPATION IN THE TRINITY-PAWLING FUND OVER THE PAST

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STUDENTS NAMED AP SCHOLARS

BY THE COLLEGE BOARD IN 2014.

24 MONTHS.

100%

of the junior class participates in our hallmark leadership program.

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million Value of the endowment in 2014, up from $5 million when Headmaster Arch Smith began his tenure in 1990.

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Number of years our unique Effort System has been in place, opening students’ eyes to their full potential.

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A VIEW FROM THE HILL I NEWS

MY GOAL IS TO HELP MY T-P BOYS REACH THEIR “ POTENTIAL. WHEN I FINISHED MY SERVICE,

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I KNEW T-P WAS STILL THE PLACE I WANTED TO BE. – Ralph Fedele ’04

Purple Heart recipient returns to the classroom and Trinity-Pawling Ralph Fedele ’04 arrived on campus as a new sophomore in the fall of 2001, with classes scheduled to begin just a few days later on September 11. The events of that day, and the response of the school community, shaped Fedele in ways he could barely imagine at the time.

“The day itself was shocking and emotional,” says Fedele, “as it was everywhere. Then, as the year progressed, it was eye-opening to deal with these events as part of a diverse school community made of people from across the country and around the world. My world-view opened up.”

His global perspective continued to grow at Trinity College, where Fedele earned a B.A. in history with a focus on the Middle East. Upon graduation, he returned to Trinity-Pawling as a coach and English teacher, where he wasn’t much older than his post-graduate students in Barstow. “It was a great year,” he recalls, “and the experience of serving as a mentor and role model really stuck with me.”

At the same time, Fedele also felt a powerful desire to serve his country. In the fall of 2009, with the war in Iraq winding down and the conflict in Afghanistan heating up, Fedele enlisted in the Marines. In key ways, the transition

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felt seamless. “Trinity-Pawling values the team over the individual,” explains Fedele. “We share an esprit de corps, the idea of brotherhood. This is huge in the military.”

Fedele served two combat deployments in Afghanistan—in Nowzad and Sangin—with the 1st Battalion, 8th Marines. Older than most of his fellow enlisted men, Fedele describes the experience as another opportunity to teach and mentor. On his last deployment, his platoon was tasked with locating and destroying IED-making facilities, as well as Taliban strongholds and black market bazaars. In June 2012, an 80-lb. IED hit Fedele’s armored vehicle, and for injuries sustained in that explosion, Fedele was awarded a Purple Heart.

This fall, Fedele returned to the Trinity-Pawling classroom where he is teaching both history and English.

Drawing on his skills as a three-sport varsity athlete, he also assists with coaching football, wrestling and baseball.

He is thrilled to be back. “Having gone through the military and done what I’ve done, I fully understand the importance of a good solid role model for young boys,” he says. “My goal is to help my T-P boys reach their potential.

When I finished my service, I knew T-P was still the place I wanted to be.”

Professional development keeps faculty at the top of their game A leading achievement of Headmaster Arch Smith’s tenure has been a deep investment by the School in teacher development.

The summer of 2014 proved no exception, with numerous faculty expanding their intellectual horizons.

Mike Waller ‘11 (middle) at the Panthers’ training camp

Participants and projects included: • Incoming Dean of Students Josh

Mike Waller ’11 tends to Panthers in pre-season Mike Waller ’11 considered himself a soccer player first, though he was a multisport athlete and solid student. So when he injured his ankle during his junior year soccer season at Trinity-Pawling, he gained a new perspective that started him on a career path toward healthcare. Struck by the expertise and demeanor of T-P athletic trainer Emily Tucci, Waller became inspired by the profession. Since graduating, he has pursued that dream at Catawba College in North Carolina. This past summer, Waller gained a coveted paid internship with the NFL’s Carolina Panthers in their pre-season training camps.

Waller describes the internship as a game-changer, where he learned from the elite in his field. “The athletic trainers were patient and generous,” he says, “very willing to take time to teach me in the midst of their hectic schedules. They demonstrated the utmost professionalism at all times.”

When asked about the keys to being a good athletic trainer, Waller stresses the importance of adaptability and patience. “If the athletic trainer panics, the players are going to panic. You’re a healthcare professional, someone athletes go to before they see a doctor. They expect the best from you.”

Waller will graduate from Catawba—where he is currently playing his fourth season of varsity soccer—this coming May, with a degree in athletic training and a minor in Spanish. He is considering graduate school to increase his options within the profession. Meanwhile, he’s grateful for his Trinity-Pawling roots, and especially to his father, Michael Sr., class of 1975, for bringing him to campus for so many reunions as a child.

“T-P likes to say it makes boys into men. Well, that’s what it did for me.”

He adds, “And I had the best time of my life.”

Collins ’95 and Jason Parker, French instructor and faculty dorm resident, gathered best practices at the Residential Life Academy sponsored

by The Association for Boarding Schools in Boston, MA. • Six faculty members immersed themselves in week-long, subjectspecific seminars at the Taft Educational Center, including sessions on world history and AP physics.

• History Department Chair Jim McDougal, Librarian Amy Foster and Study Skills Instructor Toni Mullen explored innovation tools and education content built just for the classroom at Google Education Summits in Connecticut, New Jersey and New Hampshire.

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A VIEW FROM THE HILL I NEWS

Congratulations, Class of 2014!

TO GRADUATE IS NOT NECESSARILY TO MARK A CHANGE IN “ ONE’S LIFE, BUT TO MAKE PROGRESS, WHICH IS WHAT WE ARE

Students, families,

ALREADY DOING IN OUR DAILY LIVES. WHILE YOU KEEP

celebrated Trinity-Pawling’s

PROGRESSING AND KEEP PURSUING YOUR DREAMS, I ASK YOU

107th Commencement on

TO NOT FORGET THE SMILES, THE SWEAT, AND THE TEARS

May 25, 2014 with the

YOU LEFT AT TRINITY-PAWLING. NO MATTER WHERE YOU

graduation of 89 students.

WILL BE IN THE FUTURE, REMEMBER THAT WE WERE ONCE

To see slideshows of both

TOGETHER, ON THIS CAMPUS.

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– Chia Ming Lee ’14, from his valedictorian speech

faculty, staff and friends

Commencement and the Stepping Up ceremony, visit our Flickr galleries. flickr.com/photos/trinity-pawling_school/sets

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McDougal and Miller attend International Boys’ Schools Coalition conference Last June, as many Trinity-Pawling boys were settling into their hometowns and families, Thomas Miller ’15 found himself on a flight to Nashville, site of the 21st annual conference of the International Boys’ Schools Coalition (IBSC). Accompanying him were six members of the Trinity-Pawling faculty, including History Chair Jim McDougal, Miller’s mentor for the experience.

Because Headmaster Arch Smith has been involved with IBSC almost since its inception and currently serves as the organization’s Treasurer, Trinity-Pawling has sent a strong contingent to the conference annually since 1993. This year’s event drew teacher and student participants from as far away as South Africa and India, as well as from across the U.S. While teachers attended day-time lectures and interactive workshops, 30 students participated in group projects built around the theme of “service.”

Miller, a prefect and member of T-P’s Key Club and Alumni Ambassadors program, says attending the IBSC conference has him thinking differently about philanthropy and volunteerism. “I now know that actually meeting and interacting with the people you are helping is substantially more rewarding than just donating money to a cause,” he reflects. To prove his point, Miller is now exploring volunteer options with local community service groups as a way of bringing the vitality of the IBSC conference back to Trinity-Pawling.

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Jonathan Kalin ’10: Keeping the party positive Jonathan Kalin ’10 is on a serious mission: to raise awareness and reduce sexual violence at colleges across the country. When it comes to his message and his promotional tools, however, he prefers an unconventional—and decidedly positive—approach.

While a sophomore at Colby College, Kalin launched Party with Consent, a movement to affirm healthy sexual behavior at Colby parties. Now in his first year post-college, Kalin is living in New York City and working to take the movement national.

Along the way, he’s become something of a spokesperson for ending sexual assault on college campuses. He’s traveled widely as a speaker and written extensively on the subject—for TIME magazine and on numerous blogs, online magazines and social media sites. Brightly-colored Party With Consent gear is showing up at Williams, Cornell, Dartmouth and other campuses as students respond to a message that is less about lectures and warnings and more about celebrating relationships and peer-to-peer culture change. “For change to be truly successful,” says Kalin, “we need to re-envision consent, not as a line to be crossed, or as something to be given or gotten, but as something that is created amongst all parties involved.”

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All Music Is Electrical ALEXANDER TWEED ’15 EXPLORES REAL-WORLD ENGINEERING AT THE ROSE-HULMAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY Alexander Tweed ’15 has known since middle school that he wanted to pursue a career in engineering. Engineering, however, is a broad field, and growing broader by the year.

From scientists creating nano-particles that could fight cancer cells, to builders who raise gigantic dams, bridges or towers off the ground, engineers help to drive some of the world’s most dazzling innovation. So how does a soon-tobe college engineering student choose the right career path?

This past summer, Tweed joined over 100 rising high school seniors from around the world to participate in “Operation Catapult” at the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in Terre Haute, IN. Offering one of the premier engineering programs in the U.S., Rose-Hulman introduces Catapult students to a wide range of engineering disciplines and equips them to design and present a hands-on engineering project over the course of four weeks.

“I went in thinking I wanted to do a mechanical engineering project,” reports Tweed, “but surprised myself by choosing electrical engineering.” Catapult students

work in design groups—as they will in the real world— and with his partners from Wisconsin and Missouri, Tweed decided to design a spectrum analyzer that would measure the amplitude and frequency of music.

“The music drew me in,” explains Tweed, “the idea that all music is electrical, and so you can measure it.” In the end, Tweed’s project made music visible as well, with towers of LEDs measuring both how loud and how high the notes could go.

Tweed may have surprised himself with the scope of his project, but back home at Trinity-Pawling, the senior from New Canaan, CT not only participates avidly in the robotics and engineering club, but also sings bass in the choir. He’s applying to a broad range of engineering schools from Syracuse to RPI to Rose-Hulman itself. Plus, he’s already engaged in his next big project, a wind turbine he hopes to install on campus. “After all,” he says, “every watt of electricity helps.”

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IN THE CLASSROOM

New course preps students for the demands of Trinity-Pawling and college Toni Mullen has taught study skills to students in some of the most far-flung places imaginable—including Bangkok, Thailand; Jakarta, Indonesia; and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. So when she and her husband (Rob Mullen, Trinity-Pawling’s school psychologist) arrived on campus in the fall of 2013, it wasn’t long before Mullen began tutoring some of the T-P boys and sitting in on classes to observe how students accessed information and managed their time.

“When I was in high school, I don’t even remember having a planner,” she says, laughing. “But over the last several decades, strategies for organizing your day, month and life have become much more essential.”

This fall, with Mullen at the helm, Trinity-Pawling launched a comprehensive study skills course designed to prepare all freshmen for success at T-P, as well as for the rigors of college.

Dean of Faculty and History Instructor Todd Hoffman established Trinity-Pawling’s first study skills program in 2005, in an effort to give all new students a common foundation. “Public school teachers are facing such large numbers in their classes that they aren’t always able to

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inculcate these precise skills to enough kids,” explains Hoffman. “This was our way of correcting for that—for better preparing our boys for the work ahead.”

Where the previous program ran for four weeks in the evenings, Mullen’s new course is embedded in the daily schedule and will run for the entire term. This will allow students not only to focus on skills in isolation but also to apply them to actual class content. The course will be mandatory for all incoming freshmen (and for other new students during winter term), covering such topics as time management, note-taking, reading comprehension, test taking and preparation, motivation, prioritization, metacognition and nutrition.

Eager to create synergies with other instructors, Mullen (who also serves as Trinity-Pawling’s new international student coordinator) has taken into account the particular demands and nuances of various content areas. “The overarching goal,” she says, “is to help our students to be more efficient and effective in their approach to studying. We want to ensure that our students have strong tools for the next adventure and for life.”

Were it not for harsh Upstate New York winters, Dutch Keel might never have become a teacher. Originally from Morgantown, West Virginia, he went off to Colgate University thinking he would become a doctor or environmentalist.

Yet during a particularly brutal cold spell, a poster for the Semester at Sea program caught his eye. “It showed sailboats on the ocean and kids swimming in the Caribbean,” recalls Dutch, who soon thereafter applied for and was accepted to the program. That initial taste of maritime life led to a stint as a deckhand, followed by seven years teaching aboard a schooner with the Sea Education Association (SEA). Dutch and his wife, Annie, came to Trinity-Pawling in 2010; they live in Starr Hall with their two daughters.

FACULTY MINUTE

Science Instructor Dutch Keel On how boys learn best: We came to T-P from a small girls’ school in New Jersey. A lot of research suggests that boys and girls learn differently—that boys are more active learners who excel by doing and seeing, for example. I have found this to be true. Moreover, I find that the boys’ curiosity is piqued if they feel concepts are directly applicable to them. A common question I hear is, “How does this relate to me?” If they are interested and engaged in a topic, they will devour information and even have a hard time waiting to ask questions.

On the demands of teaching at a boarding school and staying innovative: The work I do I absolutely love, but it is a gigantic time commitment. I am on the go from the time I wake up through evening tutoring and then some. This leaves little time to refine my teaching and curricula, so that’s what I focus on in the summer. Recently, I have been experimenting with the “flipped classroom” model with my Honors Biology students. This means that I ask the boys to watch lectures outside of class, which frees up in-class time to master the concepts.

On his favorite thing about the Trinity-Pawling community: I am always amazed at how the entire community here rallies around folks when they need to be picked up. This really is a community that looks out for its own. People will go out of their way to help in any way they can.

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THE BIG PICTURE

All Saints’ Chapel Since 1926, many hands have touched the two angels that serve as newel posts on the All Saints’ chancel rail. No one knows who originally carved these delicate guardians, but they have watched countless boys give Chapel Talks, take communion, make campus announcements, and even sing the School fight song over generations.

Sometime in the late 1950s, one of the chancel angels broke beyond repair.

The woodcarver enlisted to create a duplicate was none other than “Swede” Harrington, instructor in mechanical drawing and father of today’s dean of students, Steve “Papa Bear” Harrington.

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Ready to

DELIVER Five alumni talk about work, life, and the lessons of Trinity-Pawling

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Joe Cerra ’01 : Boston, MA

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ERIC DRATH ’88

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ome twenty years ago, Eric Drath ’88 was on his way to a college lacrosse meeting at Columbia when he wandered accidentally into the campus radio station. “It was literally a wrong turn that turned out to be a right turn,” he says now, recalling the moment he discovered what he wanted to do with his life.

“Three weeks later, I had my FCC broadcaster’s license and was covering the New York City primary elections,” he says, laughing. “I had no idea I’d be interested in radio or media!”

He quickly turned that interest into a thriving career in television, starting at ABC News, then moving on to CNN, where he rose to producer at CNN International.

Then in 1996, the Fox News Channel launched and Drath joined up. “They sent me everywhere—Princess Diana, Mother Teresa, the Pentagon. I covered the 1996 World Series and the bombing in Atlanta. Every day was a different assignment, and I couldn’t get enough.”

But just when it seemed like his path was set, chance intervened again. A friend invited him to a boxing match,

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a sport in which he had absolutely no interest. “For whatever reason, I said yes,” he says now. “That’s one of the important things in life—to say yes, to go, especially out of your comfort zone.” Mesmerized by the scene, he approached the promoter after the fight and asked to work with him, leaving the news business behind to become a boxing publicist. Despite the lack of glamour—“I didn’t realize being a publicist meant driving a van, picking the guys up from the airport and taking them to their motel!”—he loved it. He then became an agent, traveling the world with the fighters he represented. When he was approached by a promoter who wanted to make a boxing production, he remembers, “I thought, ‘I can do that!’”

In 1999, he founded a production company in Manhattan called Live Star Entertainment, which handles everything from sports events to live concerts and award shows. Before long, he rekindled his own love of telling stories. “My journalistic instincts kicked in,” he says now of his fascination with the legal aftermath of a legendary 1983 boxing match between Louis Resto and Billy Collins,

Jr. His film about that fight, Assault in the Ring, aired on HBO in 2009 and won the Emmy for Outstanding Sports Documentary. Since then, Drath has won another Emmy, for No Mas, and made many more sports films with ESPN, Marvel and others, as well as a feature-length documentary about Yiddish theater and culture for PBS. He’s married and the father of two little girls.

Drath approaches all of this with enthusiasm and energy, two qualities he remembers discovering in high school. “The way you find your passion is by being open

to the world, and open-mindedness is something I learned at Trinity-Pawling,” he says. “Who wants to show up at 5:30 in the morning for hockey practice? Nobody. Who wants to show up to turn your paper in on time? Nobody.

But we did, and it’s so important because even when you think you’ll hate something, you never know what you’ll find. At T-P, I learned how to participate where I felt comfortable, but also where I didn’t feel comfortable, and that’s produced some of the greatest growth I’ve had.”

MIKE AYERS ’99 Invest in your team

For Mike Ayers, getting hired as the assistant coach for Boston College’s hockey team in 2013 was a kind of homecoming. To begin with, he grew up in Hingham, MA and is thrilled to be back. “Boston is my home; I bought a house in my hometown near all my family and friends,” he says. “It’s kind of surreal, but also a lot of fun.” After four years at the University of New Hampshire, during which he won 2003 USA College Hockey Player of the Year honors, and a professional hockey career which saw him traveling the country and the world, those sentiments make perfect sense.

The BC job also represents another kind of return, in that it’s giving Ayers the chance to nurture young players in the same way he was nurtured at Trinity-Pawling.

“Everyone I was with at T-P is successful, and we all took different avenues,” he reflects. “I think it’s a testament to what the school does. The development on a personal level is exceptional.” In his current position, he makes the extra effort to know and support each player individually.

“I was one of those kids who got a lot of extra help,” he says, “and I know it takes effort to shell out an extra hour or two each week. It’s a lot of sacrifice, but you want to be

able to do exactly what you had done for you when you were younger.”

Ayers’ post at BC comes after two years spent as the national goaltending coach for USA Hockey, where he worked with two medal-winning U-18 teams and served as a scout. His job at BC also involves recruiting, and here again he builds on his experiences at Trinity-Pawling.

“Recruiting can get chaotic, and relationships are very important, especially with amateur coaches and family advisors, which are such a big part of youth sports now.

With so much going on at T-P, whether it was studies or sports, you learned to build lasting relationships.”

This past spring Ayers was chosen to be an assistant coach for the 2015 U.S. National Junior Hockey Team. He spent part of this past summer in Lake Placid getting to know his new group of players, who are the top twentyfour under 20 in the country and will play teams all over the world. Ayers remembers doing the same and gaining not just the thrill of travel, but a new understanding of the pleasures of strong bonds. “When I was playing professionally I’d have kids from Trinity-Pawling call me and come to games,” he remembers. “Even when I was in Denmark, Kevin Emore [classmate and Head Prefect] was in the Army stationed in Germany, and he showed up.”

Those tried and true T-P relationships will continue to sustain him as he coaches and mentors a new generation of players. “I never made it to the NHL, but I want the kids I work with to make it to the NHL,” he says with certainty.

“I want to help make kids successful.”

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T.C. ROMAIN ’96 Keep the whole picture, and person, in mind As the assistant public defender in the Charlotte, NC Public Defender’s office, T. C. Romain has one very basic principle for how he approaches his work. “I always remember the quote from the first headmaster of Trinity-Pawling, Dr. Gamage: ‘Over time, effort inevitably yields achievement.’ What that’s taught me is that no matter what I’m dealing with, as long as I keep putting my best foot forward, I’ll eventually get there.” It is advice that he passes on to his clients and also to undergraduates at UNC-Charlotte, where he teaches a highly sought-after class on constitutional law.

He shares with his students something else he learned at Trinity-Pawling: the lifelong effect of deeply invested faculty. “My teachers at T-P were central in terms of cultivating students in all areas,” he says. “They were great role models for me, and it’s that kind of spirit that I teach in now. I try to help students really develop their potential for the future and whatever it is they want to become.”

Many of his students serve as interns at the public defender’s office, following Romain as he works in court and gaining real-life experience in the process.

Romain’s own experience has taught him that his job, while critical, is not the only way he can positively impact the lives of others.

“When I first started six and a half years ago, I thought I could come in and change the system and save the world,” he remembers.

“And then I learned I couldn’t, and it was a sense of disappointment. Something goes wrong in the community that a person gets arrested for, he comes to see me, I have him for a window of time, and then he goes back to the same community. So I realized more effort could be made in the community.”

To that end, he has been heavily involved in bringing a variety of programs to Charlotte, including an afterschool center that gives teenagers a chance and a place to learn hightech skills; a partnership with Opera Carolina that provides free tickets to the community; and the Charlotte chapter of Collegiate 100, which works with local business leaders to set up mentorships for young black men.

All of this (which Romain manages to fit in to a busy life that also includes a wife and three young children) is in service of his experience at Trinity-Pawling, which changed his view of himself and of what he could do for others. “The teachers and everyone at T-P valued me and my presence, and I felt that,” he explains. “So I look at my clients and value them and let them know I value them, and I think it makes a real big difference in their lives.”

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ARIEL QUIROS ’75 Plan big, follow through

Ariel Quiros remembers his days at Trinity-Pawling as very full and significant ones. “I’d never had so many activities to do before T-P,” he says, “plus my schooling, plus my sports. The combination of all three helped me to understand many things that became the basis of my career and the discipline that helped make me a successful entrepreneur.”

Though he was accepted at Norwich Military Academy and the Citadel, Quiros instead chose to join the Army directly after graduation. He was posted to South Korea and spent the next 22 years there before moving back to Miami, where he still lives today. Along the way he met his wife of 38 years, Okcha, who is Korean, and had two children: a son, Ary, and a daughter, Nicole, now in their 30s. When his time in the Army ended, Quiros started his career in South Korea’s import-export market. “Koreans would hire American soldiers who knew Korean society to do their deals around the world,” he remembers. “Korea had no raw material—no plastic, no leather to make

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uppers for sneakers. I shipped cows to South Korea!”

All the while, though, part of his mind stayed in the U.S., specifically in the rural region of Vermont called the Northeast Kingdom, where his father bought land and took the family for the summers (raised in New York City, Quiros is one of six children). He followed suit: “Every time I had money, I would go to the Northeast Kingdom and purchase land,” he says, now the owner of thousands of acres. His holdings include Jay Peak, a ski area he has completely redeveloped since purchasing it in 2006. In 2011, he began a $100 million facelift of Burke Mountain (now called Q Burke), where an aqua center, tennis courts, and two luxury hotels are currently under construction, with another two hotels in the works. Ultimately, Quiros intends to improve and expand the airport between Jay and Q Burke, and to launch a number of other businesses in and around Newport, VT, as part of the $600 million Northeast Kingdom Economic Development Initiative, which aims to bring new industries and attractions to this economically-challenged part of the state.

If it seems like a big collection of projects for a man who has already tried—and failed—to retire once, it’s nevertheless a classic Quiros idea: something entirely new that, with leadership and discipline, can be made a reality.

He first learned how rigor can foster freedom at TrinityPawling. “I was the renegade of the family,” he says of himself before he arrived at T-P. “I was adventurous and the school allowed me to be adventurous, but also taught me how to think and plan my moves. The thing was to do what you set out to do.” Regardless of his many adventures at home and abroad, though—and no doubt there are many more still to come—Quiros considers his time at T-P invaluable. “The school gave me my first guidelines and gave me the discipline that broadened my vision,” he says.

“For me, it was the greatest thing I did in my life.”

JOE CERRA ’01 Value delight

“I was one of those kids with a very wide group of friends,” Joe Cerra says of his life as a Trinity-Pawling day student starting in middle school. “And I was interested by that: how do people from different walks of life come together?”

It makes perfect sense, then, that Cerra has gone on to be a developer of technology that allows people to connect in ever newer, better ways. He studied computer engineering at Tufts, continuing on to get a master’s degree in computer science as well. In 2005, one of his professors introduced him to a software developer named Mike Phillips who, as Cerra remembers it now, “had this vision that we should be able to command and control our phones with voice.” In 2006, Phillips and another developer from MIT launched Vlingo, “a tech company to build the future of speech recognition.” Cerra joined as their first designer. “I got to make up my title,” he remembers, ‘‘User experience architect.’ I was responsible for all the elements that the user encountered, everything from the app layout to how it should work—things like, Should users have to tap and release or press and hold the Talk button?”

Vlingo partnered with Yahoo! to build the first voice-operated websearch app, which it licensed to various companies before deciding to create its own consumer brand. The technology it came up with was integrated into Siri (it was later replaced when Siri itself was bought by Apple), and to this day remains the virtual assistant software on Samsung Android phones. When Vlingo was sold in 2012, Cerra moved on to co-found two other ventures, both of which have continued to refine and reimagine what he calls “the future of how we’ll communicate.” At HeyNow, his current company, the focus is on helping people have more meaningful conversations by allowing them to capture and share the

highlights from their digital lives.

“I think in the app world today, it’s not about technology as much as it’s about psychology and about people,” Cerra says. “It’s about crafting experiences, letting people express themselves, and using technology as a tool to connect people. So the more real-life experience you have, the more opportunity you have later on to bring those experiences, no matter how big or small, into the digital realm.” For Cerra, those real-life moments of connection now dovetail perfectly with his love of technology, which began at Trinity-Pawling where he was, as he puts it in tech terms, “a super-connector of people.”

“Those were formative years, and they were really playful in terms of learning and engaging with my classmates,” he recalls. “I had a great experience at T-P and so much joy came out of it,” he says now, “So I want to know: how can we better connect with each other? How can we make the simple experiences we have more delightful?” These are questions that Cerra and his fellow alumni are answering every day in different ways, regardless of profession, as they carry forth and expand on what they learned at Trinity-Pawling.

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WINTER SPORTS PRE-CAPS : NEW WEIGHT ROOM : PRIDE SPOTLIGHT

Pride Athletics TEAMS PREPARE FOR WINTER SPORTS HOCKEY The 2014-15 Trinity-Pawling varsity ice hockey season is expected to be an exciting one.

Coming off a 12-win campaign, and narrowly missing a bid to the Large School tournament,

BASKETBALL

the Pride are primed to

Trinity-Pawling varsity basketball enjoyed a successful 2013-14 year and finished as Tri-State League Champions for the second consecutive season. Additionally, the team made it to the semi-finals of the NEPSAC Class A Tournament for the second year in a row and enjoyed a #2 ranking throughout the regular season. Harrison Dunne-Polite ’15 has been named captain and will be joined Austrian Robinson ’15.

Also returning are forwards Alex Tweed ’15 and Hergy Mayala ’15. They will be joined

by Peter Kokalov ’16 and Spencer Strauber ’15. Newcomers include post-graduates Courtney Clyburn from Rochester, NY and Raiquan Clark from Hillhouse High School in New Haven, CT. A point guard was found overseas in Stephen O’Hanlon from Ireland. Chicago Hope Academy sends another quality, versatile player in Rickey Calvin. Pride basketball will receive help from the football program with post-graduate DJ Stewart and Ricky Norris ’16 who have impressive basketball resumes to go with their outstanding football talent.

Founders League ladder.

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continue their climb up the With several senior leaders lost to graduation, the Pride look to a mix of several key returners and fresh faces to shoulder much of the load. A hard-nosed group of senior forwards including captain Stein La Fontaine ’15, Austin Aksoy ’15, Tyler Gwyn ’16, and Connor McNamara ’15 will provide the much-needed experience and leadership up front. Forwards Johnny Ruggiero ’16, Justin Scott ’16, and Samuel Vidgren ’15 return for their second varsity campaigns and look

commit, Johnny Coughlin. The

to add depth to the offensive

defensive duo will be looking

front. Newcomers Cole Stewart

to build off successful rookie

’16, Reed Nichols ’16, and Jon

campaigns and will lead a

Litscher ’16 will look to make

talented young defensive corps

immediate impacts in their first

that includes the Winn brothers,

season in the ultra-competitive

Casey ’16 and Ryan ’17, and

Founders League.

Jeremy Wilson ’17. The Pride

On the blue-line, Dan Kuter

defense will be rounded out

’15 and Chris Nolan ‘15 will

by goaltender Felix “The Cat”

look to fill the void left by 2014

Marcotte-Hetu ’15.

graduate and Holy Cross

SKIING The Trinity-Pawling ski team will return seven of its top eight racers, as the team looks to improve upon last year’s finish in the Bob Bringham Ski League. The team will be led by three returning four-year seniors: Thomas Miller, Ben London and Justin Yip. Tom and Ben consistently finished in the top 15 in last season’s races.

Tom is the team’s slalom specialist

SQUASH

while Ben leads in giant slalom.

Justin, who began skiing his freshman year, has grown into a top-25 Slalom racer. Returning senior Remberto Uzcategui, new to ski racing last season, scored points for the team and finished above his six seed racing spot. Underclassmen Justin Brownell and Tom Poulin will also be key contributors.

WRESTLING

The Pride squash team will look to rebound from a challenging 2013-14 season in which the team posted a 1-11 record and a 2nd place finish in the 3rd division at NEISA New England Championships. Key returners include captain Ziad Elmandouh ’15 and Miguel Betances ’15. Respectively playing #1 and #2, both will look to find success at the top of the ladder to help a younger

The 2014-15 varsity wrestling team features co-captains Andrew DeMaria ’15 and Yohann Assouramou ’15, along with sophomore returner Jeffrey Thompson ’17, all of whom placed in both the Western New Englands and the New Englands last season. These three wrestlers make up the foundation of what should be a strong squad. The experience gained by many of the wrestlers last year will pay dividends throughout the upcoming season. Returners Conrad Adams ’18, Avery Johnson ’17, Nikolai Degenhardt ’17, Alex Gombos ’15, Ben Eller ’16, Troy Lois ’17, and Matt McFarland ’15 will combine with rising JV wrestlers and several experienced newcomers to create a team that should be competitive in both the Western New England and New England leagues. The team has several wrestlers who will compete for championships, and the squad will strive to improve upon last season’s success.

lineup compete in close matches. Peter Bi ’15 will add depth to the team and will most likely play #4 behind newcomer Brooks Doll ’17. Taylor Seitz ’15 and Ty Gundrum ’17 will return and look to find a spot on the playing roster as well. Coach Will Dore is optimistic that the senior leadership and some younger talent will help solidify a team that should perform well this season.

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Sometimes it’s nice to be in an environment that is not the classroom and not the playing fields.

– Michael O’Connell ’15

NEW WEIGHT ROOM ENABLES ADVANCED TRAINING Michael O’Connell, a 6’3” senior

building systems. Director of

from Kent, CT, joined the Trinity-

Athletics Brian Foster ’79 concurs,

Pawling community six years ago.

adding that increased demand

Attracted by T-P’s robust athletics

from younger coaches hoping to

and himself a talented athlete, he

strengthen players, coupled with a

has been playing varsity baseball

shortage of weights and machines,

since 7th grade. O’Connell, who

was creating a logjam of athletes

became team captain in his junior

just “watching and waiting.”

year, will serve in that capacity

Made possible by senior class

The new space will enable

again this spring and hopes to play

parent gifts from the classes of

students like O’Connell to

collegiate ball in the coming years.

2011 and 2012, combined with a

undertake training that is

A big part of his practice regimen

lead gift from Anne Marie and Nick

indispensible to improved athletic

includes daily weight training, which

Shreiber, parents of Rod and Mark

performance. Just as important,

is why he was delighted to return to

(both 2001), the renovation included

says O’Connell, is the stress relief

school this fall to find a completely

the addition of an air conditioning

that lifting can provide to students

renovated and upgraded weight

system, and the installation of more

who are busy from dawn until

room in the Carleton Athletic

free weights and new Hammer

dusk. “Sometimes it’s nice to be

Center.

Strength conditioning machines.

in an environment that is not the

According to Director of

Says Baker, “Hammer Strength is

classroom and not the playing

Facilities Andy Baker ’00, the

a great product used by NFL and

fields. Weight training is personal

previous weight room had begun to

NCAA Division I teams, so we now

and social at the same time, so

look “Hoosier-esque,” with “old-

are exposing our students to the

it can help clear your mind, while

school” equipment that was starting

same equipment they’ll be using

simultaneously building team spirit.”

to deteriorate and inadequate

at the next level.”

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from the Pride to Williams’ Eph Ask anyone in the Trinity-Pawling

who is “thinking about majoring in

community if they are surprised that

economics with a concentration in

Chris Hattar ’14 is now a freshman

Mandarin or Arabic.”

at one of the nation’s finest liberal

Of Williams, Hattar says, “Being a

arts colleges, and the answer, surely,

student-athlete here is a phenomenal

would be a resounding “no.” A kind of

experience. Just like at T-P, my

über-student, Hattar, who attended

Williams coaches are persistent in

T-P from 7th through 12th grades,

making sure we are doing our best

captained the varsity football and

in the classroom before we even

wrestling teams, participated in track

step foot on the field.” As humble

and field and Model U.N., served as

as he is charismatic, Hattar credits

full of the spirit that made him

head editor for The Phoenix, proctored

Trinity-Pawling’s caring teachers

a great leader for the Pride.

in his dorm, and was elected a prefect

and administrators, as well as the

“This is not the first bout I

for his senior year. By his final fall at

student “brotherhood,” for the growth

T-P, his triple prowess—academic,

and success that have led him to

athletic and extracurricular—had

Williamstown and the Ephs. “I am

garnered the attention of not one,

blessed for these opportunities,” he

but two varsity coaches at Williams

says, “and so grateful for everything

College, where he is now a freshman

that’s come my way.”

After two games with the Ephs, Hattar has been sidelined for the season with a broken leg. He remains undaunted, however,

have had with adversity,” he explains, “and I plan to come back bigger, faster and stronger than before the injury.”

CASSON AND CORATTI HONORED WITH COACHING AWARDS Esteemed coaches David Coratti and Bill Casson recently received top coaching awards from their professional organizations and peers. Casson was named the 2013-14 Class A Boys Basketball Coach of the Year by the New England Prep School Athletic Conference. Fellow conference coaches elect the winner.

The Founders League honored Coratti with the Nadal Award last spring. The award, created in 1969, is presented annually to a coach who has “demonstrated sportsmanship as defined in the statement ‘Play by the rules, accept victory or defeat graciously, respect all who assemble and participate.’” Congratulations, coaches!

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PRIDE SPOTLIGHT

CHRIS HATTAR ’14:

THE BRIDGE TO EVERYWHERE Scully Scholars program opens doors for talented scholar-athletes Gheorghe “Gyuri” Dragomir ’13 and Johnny Coughlin ’14 share several things in common. Each young man captained the Trinity-Pawling ice hockey team in his respective senior year. Each served as an elected member of Trinity-Pawling’s Honor Council and also as a senior prefect, and each (rather serendipitously) spent some of his growing-up years in New Jersey. Perhaps most importantly, each young man could not have afforded to attend Trinity-Pawling without an endowed scholarship established five years ago by Bill Scully ‘57 and his wife, Marlynn.

Coughlin, who hails from Fairport, NY, is embarking on two seasons of Junior Hockey with the Vernon Vipers of British Columbia before heading to the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, MA. In Fairport, where his high school class was comprised of more than 500 students, Coughlin says he “wasn’t that kid who was always volunteering and eager to speak.”

Trinity-Pawling’s size made all the difference in obtaining a solid education because, as Coughlin explains, “Smaller classes led to more discussion.” The school’s camaraderie also boosted his development. “The way they include people at Trinity-Pawling is amazing,” he explains. “A huge part of this comes from the faculty, but it starts with the senior prefects. The friends I made in two years are ones I’ll keep forever.” As for next steps, Coughlin, who will play defense for the Vipers and hopes eventually to study finance, says he “feels like [T-P] really set me up well for Holy Cross.”

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Johnny Coughlin ’14 at graduation; on the mound and on the ice; with fellow senior prefects

Like his fellow Scully Scholar Johnny Coughlin, Gyuri Dragomir ’13 captained the T-P hockey team; he also excelled in soccer

Trinity-Pawling was equally transformative for

one that he was eager to make possible for other

Dragomir, a native of Hungary whose parents fled Cold

deserving students. “Marlynn and I really feel that sports

War Romania in the 1990s. “I never knew what a real

help round out and prepare a youngster for what’s

community was until I went to T-P,” he says. “Not many

ahead,” he says. “Through competition, we learn how to

people can say they have 300 brothers and 50 parents.”

deal with life.”

These “parents,” he explains (referring to his dorm faculty,

The couple is delighted with the character and

coaches and advisors), were “there for me not just for the

accomplishments of Scully Scholars like Coughlin and

pretty parts of my life, but for the rough patches, too.”

Dragomir, and before them, young men like Shayne

In the nurturing environment that he found at Trinity-

Skov ’09, a former head prefect who went on to captain

Pawling, Dragomir thrived, and his newfound community

Stanford’s football team before signing with the San

took note, electing him prefect, head of the Student Life

Francisco 49ers. Eager to strengthen the endowment and

Committee, and student pro tempore of the Student

help ease Trinity-Pawling’s dependence on tuition, Bill and

Senate. Now a sophomore at Hobart College in Geneva,

Marlynn hope to expand their scholarship in the not-too-

NY, he says he feels that T-P couldn’t have prepared him

distant future. “If I can give a kid an opportunity to share in

better for what lay ahead: “I left with dreams and desires

the experience of Trinity-Pawling,” says Bill,

and the tools to achieve them.”

“then I am happy to do that.”

Dreams like these are just what Bill and Marlynn Scully hoped to inspire when they established their scholarship fund. Like Dragomir and Coughlin, Scully was a three-sport athlete who attended Trinity-Pawling on a full scholarship. He ran track and played soccer and basketball; with nine other star basketball classmates, he recently earned a place in Trinity-Pawling’s Athletic Hall of Fame. Scully explains that athletics, coupled with engaging academics, formed an “outstanding and transformational opportunity,”

Bill Scully ’57 with his wife, Marlynn

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Where in the world are you today?

Join the Trinity-Pawling ShoutOut.

WE’RE ON A MISSION TO CONNECT AND CELEBRATE THE ENTIRE TRINITY-PAWLING FAMILY. WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU! 1

Take a picture at home, work or play.

2

Jump on Twitter, Instagram, or Facebook and tag your photo #tpshoutout.

3

Include a message to Trinity-Pawling classmates, teammates, favorite teachers or any other member of the Pride.

4

See who else is shouting out: www.trinitypawling.org/tpshoutout Questions? Contact Allison Baker at allisonbaker@trinitypawling.org or 845-855-4881.

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EVENTS : GIVING BACK : CLASS NOTES : IN MEMORIAM

Connections TAKE PRIDE AND TAKE PART A MESSAGE FROM GEOFF FITZGERALD ’02, YOUNG ALUMNI TRUSTEE

Like most alumni, I can say that Trinity-Pawling changed my life. I came to T-P as a hopeful but frustrated middle school student. I sensed that I was capable of better work and more ambitious goals, but I had no idea how to get there.

What I found was a community of faculty who invested deeply in my success and a brotherhood of classmates, dormmates and teammates that inspired me on a daily basis. I left Trinity-Pawling not only with the academic skills to flourish in college, but with fundamental values that still shape my life today.

Geoff Fitzgerald ‘02 with his wife, Mary Margaret

If this story sounds familiar, you are not alone. There are thousands of us across the country and around the world who understand how Trinity-Pawling can galvanize a young man’s potential and alter the trajectory of his life. Some of us graduated last year; some of us, 50 years ago or more. But we all have the Trinity-Pawling brotherhood in common.

Now our brotherhood is on the move. Trinity-Pawling is on a mission to build greater connection within our global family of alumni, parents and friends. We are working to fortify and expand the reputation of our School so that more boys and their families know that Trinity-Pawling is the best place—bar none—for a young man to discover his full promise.

I invite you to take pride and take part in this effort. Trinity-Pawling has much to offer us today—and even more to offer the boys of the future. There are many ways to become involved, from the simple act of submitting a class note to helping organize your reunion or a regional event. Through the Trinity-Pawling Fund, more and more of us are giving back to the School: alumni participation has grown 122% in the last 24 months. This year especially, I invite you to join celebration events in major cities around the country as we say farewell to Headmaster Arch Smith and Gay Smith, whose leadership has truly changed the face of Trinity-Pawling in the last 25 years. And finally, regardless of your geographic location, I encourage you to join the Trinity-Pawling conversation on Facebook, Twitter and other social media.

As we look to the future, it’s important to remember that we are the stewards of Trinity-Pawling. This is our moment to strengthen our bonds and to help launch our School into the next great phase of its mission. On behalf of all the boys who will be inspired by T-P in coming years, let’s keep the Pride strong.

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EVENTS

TRINITY-PAWLING THANKS SUPPORTERS

Joy Cerny P’17 and Terry Stewart P’05, P’07

On Friday, May 2, 100 Trinity-Pawling supporters joined the Board of Trustees and Gay and Arch Smith for the annual leadership giving societies dinner. Guests enjoyed a beautiful evening held in the Gardiner Library. Speakers included Headmaster Arch Smith, Board President Liz Allen and Dean of Faculty Todd Hoffman, along with Chris DeMaria ’14. Trustee Erik Olstein ’86 (P’11, P’14, P’17) closed the evening by announcing the establishment of the Joan and Elliot M. Olstein Endowment Fund in honor of his parents and their dedication to Trinity-Pawling.

ALUMNI GATHER IN KOREA On Thursday, April 17, Nam Kang ’97, Yoon Ane ’05, and Joon Kim ’04 hosted the first Seoul, Korea alumni event.

More than 30 alumni ranging from the class of 1993 to 2010 attended the gathering, which was held in the Coex Intercontinental Hotel. Kang gave brief remarks, which were followed by a lively discussion about the recent success of Trinity-Pawling.

Wooseob Oh ’99 (left), Junsung Kim ’04, Jongkoo Lee ’93, Sangyoon Kim ’02 and Jinmo Jung ’00

ALUMNI LACE UP THE CLEATS ONCE AGAIN Alumni, current players, coaches,

goaltending and defense, the sharp-

up and to make new connections.

friends and families gathered at

shooting offensive really needed

Following the tailgate, the varsity

Coratti Field on Saturday, May 17 to

to hone in on picking the corners

lacrosse team faced-off against Kent

partake in the annual alumni lacrosse

to rip twine. Following the alumni

for a game under the lights. Unfortu-

game. Coach Nic Bell drafted two

game, Jay and Rachel Kellogg P’10,

nately, the end result was not what

teams, which led to a competitive

P’15 hosted a tailgate at their home,

the Pride had hoped for, but it was a

back-and-forth game. With stellar

giving old friends a chance to catch

great day with great friends.

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UPCOMING EVENTS A YEAR OF CELEBRATION TRINITY-PAWLING HONORS ARCH AND GAY SMITH AND MARKS EXTRAORDINARY PROGRESS OF THE PAST 25 YEARS

Throughout the coming year, the Pride will join together for events across the country to say “farewell” to Headmaster Arch Smith and Gay Smith. We celebrate their leadership, along with a talented student body, remarkable teachers, a transformed campus and closer bonds throughout the entire Trinity-Pawling family.

See page 6 for a glimpse of all we have achieved together.

Watch your mail and inbox for details, or visit www.trinitypawling.org/celebrate. If you would like to receive an invitation to an event outside your local area, please contact Beth Bryant at bbryant@trinitypawling.org or 845-855-4833.

REGIONAL EVENTS FEBRUARY 3 Philadelphia FEBRUARY 23 Atlanta FEBRUARY 24 Dallas FEBRUARY 26 San Francisco MARCH 11 Miami MARCH 12 Jupiter, Florida MARCH 31 New Jersey APRIL 14 Chicago MAY 1 Farewell dinner on campus

SAVE THE DATE FOR A CAMPUS GOODBYE! The Board of Trustees will recognize Arch and Gay with a special fête on

May 1st on the Trinity-Pawling campus.

Make plans now to join us as we honor Arch and Gay for their service on this memorable evening. Watch your mail and inbox for further details.

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GIVING BACK

The Ahrensfeld family (l to r): Clay, Mattie, Molly, Becca and Tom

A GAME-CHANGING GIFT TOM AHRENSFELD ’73 HOPES TO PROVE THAT “PHILANTHROPY IS CONTAGIOUS” Tom Ahrensfeld’s story of visiting preparatory schools in the late 1960s and coming to favor Trinity-Pawling above all others sounds like something out of Hollywood.

“My father and I had visited a bunch of schools in the Housatonic League,” recalls Ahrensfeld, who grew up in Pleasantville, New York. “We were driving south on Route 22 on a Saturday night and saw this glow in the sky as we approached Pawling. It turns out T-P was having a hockey game, so we stopped and climbed up on the bleachers to watch, and I just fell in love with it.” He enrolled in the fall of 1969, eventually becoming a four-year letterman in tennis and serving as a prefect in his senior year.

Forty-one years later, Ahrensfeld, a Trinity-Pawling trustee since 2011, is more engaged than ever with the school that he says “developed his core”—something he attributes to strong friendships and to the influence of Dave Erdmann, his history instructor and assistant tennis coach. When Ahrensfeld’s best friend, a graduate of Taft and Brown, was killed by a drunk driver during Tom’s senior spring, it was Dave who delivered the news to him and told him he didn’t have to play in a tennis match later that afternoon. “I remember telling him that I had to play,” he says, “and Dave understood. Not a day passes that I don’t think of Dave and his wife, Sue.”

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In 2013, to commemorate the Class of 1973’s 40th reunion (and looking ahead toward T-P’s 110th anniversary in 2017), Ahrensfeld issued a challenge to his alma mater. He would commit $500,000 to be used as matching funds for any class celebrating a reunion.

Known appropriately as the “Ahrensfeld Challenge,” the effort, according to Director of Advancement Grayson Bryant, has been enormously successful, helping to fuel the School’s best-ever Trinity-Pawling Fund results ($1.6 million for fiscal year 2014) and establishing, for the first time in the School’s history, a reunion giving program.

For his part, Ahrensfeld, a retired financial advisor who splits time between Cape Cod and Key West and whose father, Tom Sr., also served as a Trinity-Pawling trustee, is delighted to support the school he has “always loved” and hopes his gift will inspire others to do the same. “I was recently talking with a fellow board member,” he says, “and expressed to him that I feel Trinity-Pawling is timeless in the sense that the best parts of it never change. It’s really special that way, and it’s up to the alumni to ensure its survival. I really believe that philanthropy is contagious, and that if you can give back, you oughta do it.”

How to Win at Reunion RULES FOR SUCCESS FROM THE GREAT CLASS OF 1988 When David Tyree ’88 sat down to breakfast one morning in the fall of 2011 at Karen’s Diner in Pawling, NY, he never dreamed he would walk out as 25th reunion chair for the class of 1988. “I ran into Liz Allen, and the rest is history,” he laughs. “No one says ‘no’ to Liz.” Trustee President Liz Allen had just exercised the first rule of successful reunion planning: Recruit a great leader to champion your effort. Tyree quickly multiplied his leadership prowess by recruiting Co-Chairs Mike Schell and David Smith.

Over the next two years, the class of 1988 produced a textbook case for organization and recruitment, ultimately setting an all-time school record for reunion attendance.

Hoping to inspire future reunion classes, the three cochairs offer these guidelines for success: START EARLY. “We started this about two years in advance,” says Schell. “Our goal was to get 100% of the class. We knew if we were going to come anywhere close, we had to start planning right away.”

DIVIDE AND CONQUER. “You cannot do a job like this alone,” says Tyree. “I immediately enlisted two of the most spectacular and relentless individuals in our class, Mike and David. From there, we recruited 10 or so other ‘leaders’ who represented different groups of classmates— team captains, prefects, club leaders and, yes, even ‘deadheads.’ We assigned each leader five or six classmates each; it was their singular mission to reconnect and get their guys committed.”

GET SERIOUS, AND STAY ON IT. “We held scheduled conference calls once a week,” explains Smith. “There was never any question that we were going to make this happen.”

EMBRACE TECHNOLOGY. “Our first move was to set up the T-P 1988 Facebook page,” says Schell. “In the beginning, we used it just to galvanize common interests and connection. We didn’t start promoting reunion until about six months later.” The team also used the Voxer app to send walkie-talkie voice messages at any time of day. “It made communication so much easier across time zones and in the midst of our busy family and work lives,” explains Smith.

FIND LOCAL HOUSING. “Our class was fortunate to have two family homes in Pawling,” says Smith, “but with VRBO, Air B&B and other creative options out there, the possibility does exist to get everyone together and close to campus. This is a huge selling point.”

SHARE WHO’S COMING. “This tipped the scales for a lot of guys who had never come back, ever, to a reunion,” says Smith. The team also managed to recruit several guys who attended but ultimately didn’t graduate from T-P. This inclusivity was another selling point for those wanting to reconnect with former classmates with whom they had lost touch.

GET INVOLVED: IT’S YOUR WEEKEND. “We were 18 all over again,” admits Schell. “We even painted the Quad ‘88’ at 3 a.m., and David gave a Chapel Talk for the student body and alumni. We had amazing, deep conversations too—about our lives and our history; where we experienced success and even failure. It was a weekend of old memories rehashed and new ones born.”

As Tyree noted, “We were extremely lucky back then for the opportunity to attend T-P and also for the chance to rekindle those experiences last fall—albeit with a bit more wisdom under our belts!”

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GIVING BACK

FOR THE AGES WITH A GENEROUS BEQUEST, KENNETH B. WEEMAN JR. ’59; P’91 HELPS SECURE TRINITY-PAWLING’S FUTURE

Kenneth B. Weeman Jr. ’59 and his wife Kathryn

Carter Weeman ’91

Ken Weeman’s family legacy at Trinity-Pawling can be traced all the way back to the Roaring Twenties. In fact, Ken’s father, Kenneth B. Weeman Sr., graduated in 1929, exactly 30 years before his son. Following on Ken Jr.’s heels were his brother, Fritz ’63, and son Carter ’91. From his home in St. Helena, California, Ken ponders whether his grandson and namesake (currently 5 years old) may one day follow in the family footsteps. “If not him, then perhaps his new little cousin,” he quips.

Prior to enrolling at Trinity-Pawling, Ken attended public schools in Cranford, New Jersey. Throughout his childhood, Ken’s parents kept in touch with Matt Dann, Trinity-Pawling’s long-time, iconic head of school. “At some point,” recalls Ken, “the three of them thought it would be good for me to enroll.” Starting his career as a sophomore, Ken, a gifted athlete, went on to play varsity football, ice hockey and track and field, and to sing with the Glee Club. He recalls with fondness a nurturing school community: “It was a warm environment because the faculty and faculty wives made it so.”

Despite a highly distinguished career in the financial services industry (his last position was as vice chairman of one of the largest investment management firms on the

West Coast), Ken has always remained engaged with his alma mater, serving twice as a trustee. Recently, to honor his family’s numerous and deep ties to Trinity-Pawling, Ken and his wife, Kathryn, made a provision in their estate plans for a bequest to the school. “Let’s face it,” he says, “it costs a lot more to educate students than tuitions cover, so there’s always a need. Yet Trinity-Pawling must remain competitive—to be in a financial position to construct the best facilities, and, more importantly, to attract and retain the finest faculty.”

The Weemans’ gift makes them members of the Pawling Circle, a growing group of T-P supporters who have chosen to uphold the School through “planned gifts” such as bequests, annuities and trusts. Ken and Kathryn intend to direct their future bequest toward the TrinityPawling endowment. “As we looked at making a gift, we quickly determined that supporting the endowment with an unrestricted bequest was the way to go,” explains Ken. “It empowers the school administration and board to one day direct these monies to the areas of greatest need.”

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OPPORTUNITY. PASS IT ON.

Theo Kelly ’13 HEAD PREFECT; VARSITY FOOTBALL AND WRESTLING; SOPHOMORE AT FRANKLIN & MARSHALL COLLEGE

Theo Kelly ‘13 directed his Trinity-Pawling Fund gift to student financial aid because, in his words, “I want to make sure that any kid who belongs in the Pride can come to Trinity-Pawling.”

Through the Fund, our community is coming together in record numbers to affirm the value of a Trinity-Pawling education and to pass that experience on to others. Every gift has impact.

You can direct your gift to the area of Trinity-Pawling that matters most to you. Find your giving options at www.trinitypawling.org/give. Show your Pride and make a gift today. Thank you.

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Class Notes | ’39 | EDWARD ESSERTIER

| ’53 | JEFF LOCKE

Shirley and I have downsized to a small house in Culpeper VA, just one story and no basement. The Homeowners Association cuts our grass and removes our snow, so we have more time to enjoy life and friends. We have no serious health problems but continue to support the medical and drug industries for less urgent causes. I had a pacemaker installed in August so I can continue to outpace the undertaker.

Shirley keeps busy with her painting - oils and watercolors - and has produced some fine pieces of art. We celebrated our eighth wedding anniversary on December 2. We plan to spend Christmas in Lithia, Florida, with Shirley’s daughter Tina and family.

Absolutely retired, with no activities beyond self and family. Health OK but only as result of constant vigilance and (so far) catching nasty critters before they go too far. Spending most Northern summers (June through August) in Salzburg, Austria, where we have an apartment in the Altstadt (old center) and Southern summers (December through March) in Patagonian Chile, where we have a house and lovely piece of land overlooking Lake Llanquihue and the Osorno Volcano. Anyone in the neighborhood should look us up.

| ’42 | WILLIAM FLAGG Had a delightful phone call with Hal Enstice. Learned about his successful football career at Union College.

With the passing of Sonny Lewis and Charlie Alexander, there are only three ‘42s left.

| ’49 | MICHAEL JOHNSON Still on the job 7:00 AM ’til 5:00 PM, five days a week plus many hours on weekends, and still love the nursery business. Just returned from 3 weeks in Southwest!

| ’52 | JOHN MCDERMOTT Semi-retired and no longer teaching but recently participated in a law conference in Singapore sponsored

by LAWASIA (the Law Association of Asia and the Western Pacific): presented a paper at the conference and “coached” our moot court team to a 3rd place finish. Also, “coaching” two other moot court teams for competitions in Houston and San Francisco in the spring.

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| ’53 | QUINCY HUNSICKER Not much to report from here. Our Minnesota grandchildren are growing up. The oldest two (twins) are attending university, one at Middlebury and one at Colby. The third (granddaughter) was just accepted at Harvard Class of 2017 (Hooray)! The grandchildren in Zurich continue to do well and are now thinking about university. We (Carolyn and I) are spending most of our time in Zurich with trips back and forth to Southern Switzerland. It has been over a year since we were last in the US.

| ’53 | JEFF NUGENT I am in my 50th year of teaching Development Economics at USC. Ideas for interesting research proliferate and teaching gets more pleasurable. My wife Patti also amazes me in writing shows for the local choruses that she sings in. I benefit vicariously from this. There are some downsides: (1) that I have lost track of most of you, not even getting back to T-P reunions, (2) that our two daughters and five grandchildren are all far away (Germany and Hawaii) so that we cannot enjoy them anywhere near as

much as we would like to, (3) that traffic gets worse and worse in the Los Angeles-Santa Monica area, (4) and this year at least all of my teams (USC football, SF Giants, NY Giants) are all bad. In any case, I wish all you classmates and your families all the best of health and enjoyment.

| ’53 | TUCK NOBLE This past year, we became great grandparents, twice. Partly thanks that we married so young, otherwise this would not be possible. This year, one of our grandsons graduated from Ozark Christian College in Joplin, MO. Another graduated from Gonzaga University in Spokane, WA. A third grandson is a junior at Baylor University in Waco, TX. One of our grandsons was married in July (2013), and another in October (2013). A third grandson, just out of the Marines, was married in November (2013).

| ’54 | HUGH ST. LEGER Cindy and I are living in Bloomington, Indiana – home of the “Hoosiers”. We have a son and a daughter, and five grandchildren. Would love to hear from any or all of you. Go “Fighting Gentleman” Speedy Ledge.

| ’58 | CHARLES K. RUDOLPH, JR. Quit full time R.V.ing in June of 2013 and bought a nice home in a 55+ retirement complex. I have sold my R.V. equipment and finally settled down. I am still very active within the AA community and celebrated 27 years of continuous sobriety last July 4th. I keep in touch with Dirk Schulze, Jim Fox, Bruce Boyd, Wally Miller, and Web Russell. We are considering attending our 60th Reunion in 2018 if we live that long! All is well in southern New Mexico.

| ’60 | PETE COWMAN

ALUMNI PROFILE

Christopher Wren ’53

Two grown children, four grandkids, Dickinson College, Army ‘64-’69, real estate broker 40 years, rancher, Steamboat Springs, Colorado Springs, S.E. Wisconsin. Various community service groups, Rotarian, USSA Alpine Ski Referee & TD, avid skier, life-long horseman & team roper.

| ’61 | CARL STURCKE

Retirement and settling down are concepts not easily embraced by

Bill Cutler has almost retired and moved to Osprey, Florida. Bob Stroud has been fully retired and had knee surgery this past year. Bill Cartier continues as a wine distributor. I continue with my tax practice.

Chris Wren ’53. After nearly three decades at the New York Times as

| ’62 | CHRISTOPHER SEARS Ginny and I moved into a new house we built on farmland on which I grew up in Woodstock, CT.

| ’62 | KEVIN KELLEY Enjoying retirement. Looking for a time to return to T-P to see graduates of ’62.

| ’62 | WILLIAM WINK Retired and living a very comfortable life in Florida. I am looking forward to chatting with old classmates and keeping in touch.

| ’63 | FORREST MURRAY

reporter, assistant foreign editor, and bureau chief in Beijing, Ottawa, Moscow, Cairo and Johannesburg, his peripatetic approach to life appears almost unchanged.

Since leaving the Times in June 2011, Wren has trained Russian journalists as a Knight International Press Fellow; done the same for journalists in Kazakhstan for the Organization of Security and Cooperation in Europe; joined the teaching faculty of the liberal studies program at Dartmouth; and published his fifth book, Walking to Vermont, in which he chronicles a journey from his Times desk in Manhattan to his home in the Green Mountains, crossing five different states in the process.

Wren traces much of his success back to Trinity-Pawling and the School’s generous offer of financial aid. “The whole secret of being a good journalist is not being afraid to ask dumb questions,” says Wren. “At a large school, I would not have had the confidence to ask such questions.” Wren’s Trinity-Pawling teachers, he recalls, were “interested in moving us along and seeing that we got to where we wanted to go.” Chris Wren has been globe-trotting ever since.

Still making movies, and television.

Plane Crash on Discovery Channel.

Plane Crash 2 coming up. Kids

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Class Notes thriving: Jacob, older, is counseling teen addicts; younger Eric, in third year at West Point. Not following in their father’s footsteps.

ALUMNI PROFILE

| ’64 | CLAY SMITH

David Peck ’86

Macular degeneration affects more Americans than cataracts and glaucoma combined, and it is projected to become “epidemic” as baby boomers age across the United States. At Case Western Reserve University, David Peck ’86 manages a team of over 30 researchers and a $3 million annual budget at the Krzysztof Palczewski Laboratory, which is focused on improving treatment for macular degeneration. Their research also aims to help children and young adults who suffer from Stargardt Disease, an umbrella term for various forms of early-onset macular degeneration, all of which have a strong genetic component.

The work is both painstaking and exhilarating, and requires an innovative disposition. “The goal in science and research is not necessary to get that answer, but rather to ask more questions,” explains Peck. After eight years with the lab, he finds the skills he developed at Trinity-Pawling to be more influential than his college

On June 4 a group of seven bicycle riders and I left Malibu, California on an excursion across the United States in which we would cover 3,050 miles in 35 days, including four rest days.

My main job was to support the team with such things as periodic rest stops and mechanical issues like flat tires. I also rode over 800 miles myself. Our trip took us through Flagstaff, AZ and the Grand Canyon, then north to Durango, CO and over Wolf Creek Pass, over the Rockies to Colorado Springs and the Air Force Academy.

From there we headed southeast, through Kansas, Missouri, Arkansas, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia and then Florida on July 8 on Amelia Island near Jacksonville.

The average age of the riders was 50.8 years. They climbed over 107,000 feet in elevation. The ride was in support of Hope For The Warriors, and thus far we have raised over $18,000 in contributions with the help of people like Doug Ebert ‘64 and Dave Jollin ‘64. It was a great adventure for me both physically and emotionally. We met some great people along the way.

It definitely renewed my thoughts on just how great a country we live in.

English degree. “Looking back, T-P has been far more important to

| ’65 | E. RUSSELL DAVIS III

my growth than college ever was on multiple levels,” he says. “Above

After some college and the Army, I spent most of my life in the marine business where I advanced from painting boat bottoms to owning my own boat manufacturing company, specializing in custom power and sailboats. Tired of dealing with employees and Coast Guard red tape, I left the boat building business for

all, I credit Trinity-Pawling with training me to see through the chaff and ask the real questions. Today that means I’m able to help our investigators see things from a different angle.”

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something more enjoyable—building new furniture and repairing antique furniture, which I am still doing to this day. My wife Nancy and I live in southern MA and have a lakefront house in Maine. We have six children ranging in ages from 33 to 41 and four grandchildren.

| ’65 | MORT DUKEHART I am in my 5th year at Phoenix Country Day School as Head of the Middle School. My daughter, Jacquie, has two boys with her husband Wil and lives in Raleigh, North Carolina.

| ’68 | RICHARD HOEFER Betsy and I are doing well! Still doing surgical oncology and taken on Medical Director of the Sentara Cancer Network. Still having a great time.

| ’69 | NOEL MACCARRY Happy almost 45th graduation anniversary to the Class of ’69!

| ’69 | ALEXANDER WEBB I am now a priest in the Anglican Church in America. I have been appointed Academic Dean of Logos House of Theological Studies.

| ’75 | IAN J. HUGHES Retired April 2012 – moved to Venice, Florida to fish and sit in the sun!

serves students two years old through grade six. Things are going well and we are adjusting to life in South Texas. In addition to my responsibilities at St. John’s, I find time to play hockey at the only rink in the Rio Grande Valley. The players are a mix of locals and transplants, many coming to the area from Canada, the Midwest, and the East Coast.

I am looking forward to catching up with the class of 1975 at the alumni weekend in the fall of 2015 when we will celebrate our 40th reunion. I will be contacting classmates this summer and during the fall to encourage them to make plans to be at Trinity-Pawling for the October 2015 reunion.

| ’84 | KIRK VARTAN

| ’77 | LAWRENCE JACKSON My son Bryan graduated from St. Bonaventure University cum laude in May of 2012 and has recently returned to St. Bonaventure University for graduate school. He is studying English with the desire to teach at the college level. His undergraduate degree was from Bonaventure’s Jandoli School of Journalism. That thus far is my proudest moment!! I have been a member of the New York State Police for 28 years currently assigned to the Troop E Violent Felony Warrant Squad, which covers a 10 county area in and around the city of Rochester NY.

| ‘75, P’11 | MICHAEL WALLER | ’82 | ROBERT BROWNLEE I turned 50 in July and my son, Luke, is three-and-a-half. Loving life in Naples, come and visit.

| ’82 | WILLIAM PEDEN I am entering my third year as Head of School at St. John’s Episcopal Day School in McAllen, TX. The school

received a masters from Chestnut Hill College, while I just received my standard theology diploma from True Light Fellowship School of Biblical Studies in the beginning of 2014. Look out for my book, Child of the State.

Would love to keep in touch with fellow T-P folks. Please look me up when you come to town [San Jose, CA].

| ’84 | BOB MORRISSEY I went to see Wilson “Bill” Leech get promoted to Lieutenant Colonel in the USMC back in September 2013.

We spent a long weekend with Scott Seckel in Phoenix, AZ in May. Tim Rooney visited us at the beach in March, and we all went to the Breeders Cup with Bill Leech and spouses back in October.

| ’87 | THOMAS SKELLY Mac Skelly [father] wrote: “Tim is a copy editor of Star Magazine.”

My daughter Dominique has graduated from East Stroudsburg University. The youngest, Chantal, has graduated from Imhotep High School, and my wife just FALL 2014 43

Class Notes | ’86 | IAN CRAIG

ALUMNI PROFILE

Bruce Knickerbocker ’02

Ian is currently serving as the Head of School at Harding Academy in Nashville, TN.

| ’89 | MARC J. DANIEL

At Trinity-Pawling, Bruce Knickerbocker ‘02 was known for always looking out for his friends. “He was prepared for any situation, whether with Gatorade or index cards. If you forgot it, Bruce had it,” recalls classmate Geoff Fitzgerald. It was no surprise that Knickerbocker pursued a career in nursing, earning his RN degree in 2006 from Albany Memorial Hospital School of Nursing and establishing himself at Vassar Brothers Medical Center in Poughkeepsie.

“I entered nursing to honor Gil Menzie, a faculty child who was deeply impacted by a male nurse who cared for him,” says Knickerbocker. “That man’s nurturing gave Gil another decade of life, and Gil was studying to become a nurse when he passed away in 2012.

I can only hope to have a similar impact on one of my patients.”

Knickerbocker currently works as director of patient care services in Vassar Brothers’ nephrology unit, tending patients with kidney failure. A 2011 finalist for Nurse of the Year in the Hudson Valley, Knickerbocker humbly explains, “I credit a lot of my success to the leadership skills I developed at Trinity-Pawling and the guidance I received from faculty.”

Now he hopes to see more alums consider nursing. “The job takes courage, physical stamina and mental strength,” he says. By serving as a role model, Knickerbocker may get his wish: “Bruce leads by example, says Cam Church ’02. “He has a confidence that makes people trust and follow him.”

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My family is well. Our newest addition, Isabelle, came to us in 2012 from China. She is well and keeping us busy—a 3-year-old ball of energy!

| ’89 | CHRISTOPHER SKELLY Mac Skelly [father] wrote: “Piper is now head of the Vascular Surgery Department and Vascular Research Lab at the University of Chicago Medical Center.”

| ’91 | BRENDAN LYNCH John E. Lynch [father] wrote: “Brendan and Citra Avis-Lynch were wed in Avalon Beach, Australia, on May 13, 2011. They are residing in Avalon, a northern suburb of Sydney, with their daughter, Torin Uma Avis-Lynch, who celebrated her second birthday on February 28, 2014. All are doing well and suffering a hot Australian summer...”

| ’95 | JP BURLINGTON

JP finished his second year at Brooks School in N. Andover, MA. He is working in the admission office, coaching squash, and working as a dorm parent. JP has two kids: Joseph, 3, and Meredith, 1.

| ’01 | MISHELLE AND

JOHN COSCIA

Vista, Florida on March 8, 2014. Matt Fountaine ’07 was his best man and Chad Nikola ’03 was a groomsman.

| ’05 | MATT DRAGALIN I own a SEO company, Search Manipulator, in San Francisco. My son, Jack, is two. I am a goalie coach for travel hockey teams.

| ’96 | T.C. ROMAIN

| ’06 | HARRY FLACK

Chris and Paige welcomed Hampton Walker to the family on July 27, 2013.

Just returned from China. I am in the MBA program at Wake Forest University. Will graduate in 2015. Working for the summer as an intern doing financial analysis for Trustees of the Reservations at Martha’s Vineyard, MA.

| ’02 | GEOFF FITZGERALD

| ’09 | ETHAN KELLY

Mary Margaret and I welcomed Henry to the family on October 30, 2013.

Ethan is currently traveling the country as a professional bull rider.

| ’03 | CHAD R. NIKOLA

| ’10 | JACOB SCHAAP

Chad and Alexis welcomed a baby girl, Ava Victoria, on August 7, 2013, and are now living in Trinity, Florida.

I am currently wrapping up college and am in the process of moving to Denver and getting a job!

| ’03 | MICHAEL O’KEEFE

| ’11 | MICHAEL WALLER

The couple enjoyed a beautiful wedding in March of 2013.

| ’02 | CHRIS CHIPLEY

Old friends unite on a visit to South Carolina. Left to right - Jenny Wills, Tunisia Romain, Tia, David Wills ’96, David Wills Jr., T.C. Romain ’96, Lathan Romain, Adam Arena ’96, Crosby Romain, Simone Romain

| ’97 | JOHN WARD Married Danielle Palombini on May 31, 2013 in Hoboken, NJ.

| ’97 | JOSE H. IGARTA It was great to hear from T-P with news of the 1996-97 T-P wrestling team’s induction to the school’s Athletic Hall of Fame. Congratulations to you guys wherever you may be today.

I myself have relocated to the Northern California region after encountering a few hurdles which is no good since I am a wrestler and not a track star. But nonetheless, I hope all of you are doing well.

See article on page 9.

| ’12 | FRANCESCO MENNILLO I am a junior at Gabelli School of Business at Fordham University in the Bronx.

| ’00 | WILLIAM DENISCO Irene and William DeNisco and Emily (3 years) welcomed Trevor Harrison, born on November 3, 2013.

Michael married Kristen Jackson at Shades of Green Resort in Lake Buena

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In Memoriam

THOMAS MOORE ’36, of Old Tappan, NJ, passed away peacefully Thursday, May 8, 2014; he was 96. Born in Nutley, NJ, Tom joined the RAF as a pilot after graduation from T-P (then the Pawling School) and before the USA had entered WWII. Flying missions from the English countryside, he met his wife-to-be, the late Audrey Wilson, while on R&R in Ireland. Settling in Summit, NJ, Tom and Audrey raised Hugh, Randal, Derek, and Robin (Baird) while Tom worked in the financial printing industry for Chas. P. Young & Co. After retiring, Tom and Audrey lived by the ocean in Beverly, MA.

ARTHUR MILLER ’42, of Bronxville passed away at his home on May 4, 2014. Beloved husband of the late Nancy Van Wyck Miller, loving father of Dianne, Van (Jayne) and

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Suzanne (Thomas) Bloomer, devoted grandfather of Brittany and Ryan Miller, and Melissa, Tess and Kyle Bloomer. Art attended Trinity-Pawling School and then Duke University, where his education was interrupted by World War II. During his service as a bombardier with the Eighth Air Force 486th Wing, Art completed thirty missions over Germany. After the War, Art completed his studies at Duke. Thereafter, he was involved in commercial and residential real estate. This career brought him to Bronxville, where he started his firm Miller Real Estate. Art continued to go into his office until shortly before his death. Art served with many of the Village’s organizations including the Chamber of Commerce, The Community Fund, Siwanoy Country Club and The Rotary Club of Bronxville. While a long-standing Rotarian, he served as the Club’s President and was a distinguished Paul Harris Fellow.

Upon giving up his golf clubs, Art joined the Geezers Bridge Group, which he enjoyed immensely.

LARRY HEELY ’48, died on August 4, 2014, shortly after being diagnosed with leukemia. He was days away from his 90th birthday at that time.

He was a member of the Trinity-Pawling faculty during the 1947-48 school year, and he taught English and civics. Larry was a graduate of Williams College and prior to coming to Trinity-Pawling, he served in the U. S. Army infantry in the European Theater during World War II. Larry was an honorary member of the Class of ’48, and as a mark of their special regard for him, he was nicknamed “Coach.”

PETER BROWN ’59, Peter Bradley Brown, 73, passed away peacefully Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2014, at his home in Arizona, surrounded by his loving family. Born Aug. 22, 1940, in Glens Falls, he was the son of the late

Arthur Leigh Brown and Margaret Burt Brown.

Peter graduated from Glens Falls High School, class of 1958, where he excelled in athletics. His passion was basketball. He also was involved in many school clubs, enjoying the social aspects of them all. He graduated from TrinityPawling and from Nichols College in Worcester, Massachusetts, later becoming employed by Glens Falls Insurance Co. He and his wife, Marjorie, owned and operated King Neptune’s Lounge in Lake George for more than 20 years.

After selling the business, he was employed by Lake George Central School, working in maintenance and driving a school bus for 11 years. They retired to Green Valley, Arizona, where Peter also enjoyed golfing with his many new friends. Peter loved Lake George, especially taking his family and friends out on the lake on his boat. He also enjoyed golfing with friends. Besides his parents, he was predeceased by his brother, Charles Burt Brown. Peter is survived by his wife, Marjorie, of Green Valley, Arizona; one daughter, Deborah Kingsley and her husband, Scott, of Cleverdale; one son, David Brown and his wife, Gloree, of Boise, Idaho; one stepdaughter, Sally Greco and her husband, Charles, of Warwick; one stepson,

Jason Gottlieb and his wife, Trisha, of Montclair, New Jersey; six grandchildren, Samantha and Nicole Kingsley, Zackery Brown, Madison Nelson and Olivia and Evan Gottlieb; one sister, Nancy Roberts and her husband, Thomas; his sisterin-law, Morphia Brown Urban; two close relatives who were very important to him, sister-in-law and brother-in-law Cindy and Richard “Dick” Smith; and many nieces and nephews.

1972 to 1997, where he taught anthropology. Frank loved to spend time with his family and friends, and he also loved to travel and experience other places and cultures. His other interests included sports (especially the Orioles and Ravens) and collecting antique trains and toys. He was a member of the Train Collectors Association for many years and kept in touch with other collectors all over the country. In addition to his wife, Christine, he is survived by his son, David; his daughter, Elizabeth; his sister, Janet; and his niece Cory Shea.

FRANKLIN OLDS LOVELAND III ’60, of Gettysburg, PA died on June 28, 2014, at the Gettysburg Center; he was 72. He was the husband of Christine Loveland, to whom he was married for 44 years. Frank was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, on October 24, 1941, and was the son of the late Franklin Olds Loveland, Jr. and the late Jane Breese Loveland. After graduating from Trinity-Pawling School, Frank attended Dartmouth College, receiving his Bachelor’s Degree in 1964. He received his Master’s Degree from Lehigh University and his Ph.D. from Duke University.

Frank was a faculty member at Gettysburg College from

JOHN ERBECK ’64, passed away October 10, 2012. While at TrinityPawling, he was a member of Beta Theta Pi, debate society, indoor track, swimming, wrestling, orchestra.

Long Beach State University, MS; Florida State University, MS, PhD. A psychologist, he saw clients through his private practice that he started in 1979. John is survived by his wife, Carolyn, a daughter, four sisters-in-law, nieces, and nephews.

ROBERT M. MENZIES SR. ’65, president and CEO of Easton Bank and Trust Co. and a civic leader, died of multiple myeloma at his Easton, MD home.

He was 67. The son of John T. Menzies Jr. and Priscilla Fuller Menzies, he was born in Baltimore.

Mike graduated in 1965 from Trinity-Pawling School in Pawling, N.Y. He earned a bachelor’s degree in 1969 from Randolph Macon, and a certified public accountant certificate from Loyola University Maryland.

Before going to work for Easton Bank and Trust in 1998, he held executive positions with The First Bank of Frederick, The Talbot Bank of Easton, and the Maryland National Bank.

Mike was active with the Independent Community Bankers of America, where he had been chairman. He had served as chair of the Talbot Hospice Foundation and had chaired the United Fund of Talbot County. He had been a director of the Mid-Shore Community Foundation. Mike enjoyed flying planes and boating, and was a communicant of the Episcopal Church of the Holy Trinity. He is survived

by his wife of four years, Marjorie “Midge” Fuller; two sons, R. Michael S. Menzies Jr., and Wade Callender Menzies; a stepson, Wade Perry Fuller.; a brother, Scott Menzies; a sister, Priscilla Menzies Keller; and a step-granddaughter. His wife of more than 30 years, the former Marita Peck, died in 2004.

STEPHEN O’BRIEN ’81, town historian and vice chairman of the Pound Ridge Landmarks Committee, died Friday, June 13, 2013 at his home in Pound Ridge at the age of 52. Mr. O’Brien had been battling a rare form of cancer for two years. A devoted husband and father of four, his family was by his side at his death. Mr. O’Brien was born April 19, 1962, in New York City, to Gisela and Robert O’Brien.

As Mr. O’Brien was about to turn 50, he successfully trained to become a volunteer fireman in Pound Ridge. His illness cut his time in the department short, as he was diagnosed soon after joining. Mr. O’Brien graduated from Trinity College, where he was active in the Delta Phi Fraternity, and FALL 2014 47

IN MEMORIAM

began a career on Wall Street. He quickly decided to follow his passion, however, and launched a contracting business called Eclectic Builders. Mr. O’Brien was an extraordinary skier. Mr. O’Brien also was an instrument-rated private pilot and loved to fly family and friends on weekend jaunts. Mr. O’Brien went back to school in his 30s, earning a master’s degree in real estate development at MIT, and worked for several years at a major real estate development company planning, building and managing residential and mixed-use developments.

His greatest love was his family. Stephen met Lissie in 1986, they were married in 1993, and they had four children: Pearse, 12, twins Evan and Will, 10, and Elizabeth (Ellie), 8. Mr. O’Brien remained intensely close to his parents, brothers, cousins and extended family throughout his life.

In 2010, Mr. O’Brien, who lived with his family in a landmarked home, joined the landmarks and historical district commission.

In addition to Lissie and his children, Stephen is survived by his parents, and two brothers, Christopher, and Dennis, as well as three nephews and a niece.

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EARL SCOTT CARLIN ’11, 22, died Sunday, July 20, 2014.

Scott is the son of Earl and Sarah Carlin. He was born on May 20, 1992 in Lynchburg, Virginia but he spent the majority of his life in Millbrook. He graduated from Dutchess Day School in Millbrook in 2007 and then moved on to Trinity-Pawling School. He threw himself with gusto into every aspect of campus life at T-P. He loved sports and participated throughout his school career in football, wrestling, and lacrosse. He served as a proctor for three years, and was elected prefect at T-P. Scott was a friend to everyone there. He was a kind, gentle, good-hearted giant with an infectious smile that brought wrinkles around his beautiful blue eyes. Always ready with a hug, he simply cared for people. After graduating from Trinity-Pawling in 2011, Scott attended Virginia Tech, where he enjoyed the trap and skeet club. He always loved the outdoors, and for several years he was a 4H participant at the Dutchess County Fair showing steers.

There was no job too big for Scott; he was a hard

worker who didn’t quit until the job was completed. Scott leaves behind his parents; his older brother Robert Phillips “Rip” Carlin, 24; sister Hanna Shirrell Carlin, 20; grandmother Mary Joan Carlin; and many aunts, uncles, and cousins who will forever miss him.

ROBERT O’BRIEN (FORMER TRUSTEE, PP ’77, PP ’79), banker, historian, philanthropist, and yacht broker, from Bay Head, N.J., passed away at home on Dec. 4, 2013. Mr. O’Brien, a graduate of The Pingry School and Lehigh University, had a distinguished 35- year career in banking, with 18 years as chairman of Carteret Bancorp. He was chief executive officer of the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corp. and served as chairman of several organizations, such as The Neighborhood Housing Services of America and The Federal Home Loan Bank of New York, as well as other various affordable housing affiliations.

Furthermore, Mr. O’Brien was the founding president of the Community Foundation of New Jersey, trustee of the Thenan Foundation, chairman of the N.J. Historical Society and N.J. State Opera, and president of the Bay Head School Foundation. Additionally, Mr. O’Brien, a boating enthusiast, was co-founder of

the N.J. Museum of Boating, trustee of the Toms River Seaport Society, president of WoodenBoatsNJ and O’Brien Yacht Sales, and was inducted into the Barnegat Bay Sailing Hall of Fame. He proudly served as commodore of Bay Head and Delray Beach yacht clubs. He was the husband of 55 years to Sarah L. O’Brien; father of Robert B. III, William S., and Jennifer Landers, and grandfather of eight.

MARK E. BARONE, died unexpectedly on Thursday, July 31, 2014 at Vassar Brothers Medical Center in Poughkeepsie.

He was 50. He was born in the Bronx on September 15, 1963. Mark worked in the food service industry for his entire career, and was currently employed

by Culinart, Inc. as food service manager at Trinity-Pawling School. He was an avid outdoorsman and enjoyed camping & fishing. Above all else, he cherished time spent with his wife and three children, along with other family members. Mark married Mary Ann Cioppa in 1987.

Mary Ann survives at home along with their children, Michael ’11, Joseph ’14, and Julianna.

See next page for Trinity-Pawling’s tribute to Mark Barone.

MARK BARONE

Director of Dining Services from 1997 to 2014

“ WE WILL SORELY MISS MARK’S WARM SMILE,

CHEERFUL DEMEANOR, AND REASSURING “NO PROBLEM.” WELL DONE, GOOD AND FAITHFUL SERVANT. – Maria Buteux Reade

“No problem.” Those two words embodied Mark Barone’s approach to life. No matter how daunting, mundane, or tardy the myriad requests, Mark would calmly and gracefully utter those simple words.

And deliver a beautiful product or a thoughtful service.

Boyish enthusiasm permeated Mark’s professionalism. He loved a party and strove to ensure that everyone felt comfortable and welcome.

He was both maitre d’ and Santa Claus. Everywhere at once, and a friend to all. For 17 years, he orchestrated the meals that nourished our community. Mark hustled around campus, pouring as much energy into Quad and pond barbecues as he devoted to Trustee dinners, gala events, and the fancy buffets at Parents Weekend and Commencement.

Mark worked tirelessly alongside his staff, the first to arrive and the last to leave. He was that rare individual who, despite the enormous pressures of the job, managed to be polite and friendly to all. He was patient and graceful as he tended to the varied needs of his community, from kids

with food allergies and religious dietary restrictions to a Headmaster with high expectations.

While Scully Hall was under construction in 2008-09, we ate in Tirrell Rink and the newly built maintenance barn. These unusual venues required Mark and his dedicated staff to prepare the meals in the cramped old kitchen, load the food – and all the requisite dishes and flatware – into a box truck, and deliver them to the alternate location. And then reverse the process at the end of the meal, thrice daily, for nine months. Each day offered a logistical nightmare: how to keep the food hot, the drinks (and ice cream) cold, and swap out crates of dirty dishes for clean… in two facilities that lacked running water. In retrospect, that none of Mark’s team quit stands as testament to his leadership and support of his people.

Mark’s fortitude infused his crew.

Mark helped me establish the “farm to table” ethos at T-P. He

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encouraged me to create gardens and build the greenhouse. He welcomed the produce we grew and touted it with special placards at the salad bar.

He supported our “Food for Thought” program, staying the extra hour when he could have left early to be with his family. We teamed up on cooking demonstrations and taste-testings of beef, honey, and veggies. Mark relished the hands-on opportunities such as drilling logs for mushroom inoculation, pressing apples for cider, or making butter and pesto.

We will sorely miss Mark’s warm smile, cheerful demeanor, and reassuring “No problem.” Well done, good and faithful servant.

– Maria Buteux Reade

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End Note

STEPHEN “PAPA BEAR” HARRINGTON ’68 Since 1955, Dean of Students Steve Harrington ’68 has occupied just about every role one could possibly imagine: faculty child, student, alumnus, teacher, coach, dorm parent and dean.

After 21 years on the faculty and 16 in his current post, Harrington will retire in June.

Who gave you the nickname “Papa Bear”?

That was coined early on by the boys. They captured the counseling part of my personality, as well as the “look out and don’t get me mad” side of things.

What’s your favorite spot on the Trinity-Pawling campus?

I learned to skate on the back pond, and I played in the woods there all the time when I was small.

I spent endless hours on that pond during winter.

In fact, it was during pick-up hockey sessions that Trinity-Pawling coaches first took notice of me.

What drew you to teaching and coaching?

After I sustained a knee injury that cut short my professional hockey career, I became interested in coaching and ended up landing a job at The Governor’s Academy [Byfield, MA]. Then I discovered that I connected easily with students and really enjoyed the “ah-ha” moments in the classroom.

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What was the most humorous disciplinary incident of your career?

Many years ago, three freshmen boys admitted to me that each had smoked a “pipe full.” But the substance in the bag was dried lawn grass with some oregano mixed in.

Do you have any tips for aspiring coaches?

Be patient and respectful with your players. Make the hard work fun. Players will follow their coach’s wishes and expectations to the best of their ability if they respect their coach. I think there are times at all levels of athletics when coaches blame their players for poor play instead of looking at themselves and asking what the coach could do better.

What is your favorite T-P tradition and why?

Definitely the “Stepping Up” ceremony. As a school, we really know how to say goodbye.

Trinity-Pawling Magazine is published by the Office of Communication for alumni, parents and friends of the School.

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