Academy World Fall 2013

The LaBrecque Years

REFLECTIONS

By Head of School Rodney LaBrecque

I am extremely honored and humbled that much of this magazine is devoted to the “LaBrecque Years.” Shirley and I have enjoyed every minute of our time here. What I want to write about in this reflection is a topic less institutional and more personal, though as I proceed, you will see that in fact everything about which I am writing has bearing on the past 12 years of successes and progress of the Academy.

In 1971, after earning a master’s degree in chemical physics from Clark University, I convinced my wife that I should teach for a year or so before returning to finish my Ph.D. I accepted a position at the all-girls’ MacDuffie School teaching physics, chemistry, eighth grade science, running a dorm of 11 girls, and coaching when needed.

Shirley thought I was crazy, but her attitude was “anyone can do anything for only a year.”

Needless to say, we both fell in love with the prep lifestyle and we began our prep career in earnest from that time onward.

I had her full support as we moved through the ranks at Westminster, St. Paul’s School, Milton and Choate. Shirley encouraged me to follow my dream to work in California, knowing it meant she would give up a great position as the Director of Development for Hamden Hall in Hamden, Conn.

I founded the upper school at The Harker School in San Jose, Calif. while Shirley continued her career as its Development Director. A year later I worked as the founding head of the start-up Episcopal School of the Peninsula in Foster City.

As the Development Director of an elementary Episcopal school, her success was unparalleled as she raised more than $1 million from a parent body of under 100. Five years later, our California experiment completed, we returned to New England and I took the reins of this

fine school. Shirley rolled up her sleeves, so to speak, and proceeded to blaze a path to establish Morrow House as the official hospitality center of the Academy.

Throughout 43 years of peripatetic striving, Shirley was my strongest support. Many a day was bleak as often I was charged with making change happen where no one wanted it and often in places where funding was thin to non-existent. She never wavered in being understanding and committed to the cause of the school, whatever that might be at the school of that time.

As I reflect on what she has accomplished in our time at the Academy, I think it is fair to say that she has been an unsung heroine. Her duties, which were all offered voluntarily, were many. Her first task was to head the production of the bicentennial celebratory book Visions that Endure. She coordinated all the events that took place in Morrow House (which were numerous), meaning she was involved in something every week as we made it our business to entertain and develop the Academy’s reputation as one of the better schools in the Pioneer Valley. Often there were circumstances when the weather took a turn for the

worse and we suddenly had house guests for a night or even two. During Board of Trustee meetings we would host members of the Trustees for the duration. We even housed a Thai student for a week when he was “suspended.” Shirley worked with our dining services to plan each dinner or reception at Morrow House, including the setting for the event. No detail was small enough to be lost on her. She followed up with thank you notes to guests as well as staff. She accompanied me on many development related travel assignments all over the world and the country. Contrary to popular perception, these trips were nothing like tourist travel. One trip had us making nine different flights in 13 days, covering six Asian countries. Sleep is an unknown quantity in the algebraic equation of development work.

Shirley has been an enthusiastic supporter of the Academy and has brought outside groups to the Academy for flower shows, house tours, garden events, fund raisers and lectures. She, along with Betsy Davison P ’13, was the driving force behind the eminently successful Town of Wilbraham’s 250th gala evening last May, which has led to the return of the senior prom to the WMA campus. That event sparked one letter writer to call the gala “the party of the century.”

But more than any of those considerable accomplishments, she has been my most honest critic, telling me the things no one else would. Her sage advice has kept me from making some terrible blunders. She has been a willing foil to my conjectures and crazy ideas. I know the Academy would not be as successful as it has been during the last 12 years had she not been a presence. I am so proud to be her spouse and in leaving WMA it is fitting to give praise where praise is due. Thank you, Shirley, for all you have done, for all you have given, and for all you have achieved.

Fall 2013 Assistant Editor Deanna Roux

James E. LaCrosse ’50W Vice Chair

Advisory Board Brian Easler Rodney LaBrecque Richard Rodgers Meghan Rothschild Chris Sparks ’95

Mark R. Shenkman ’61M Vice Chair Michael J. Flynn Secretary Donald J. Stuart ’73 Treasurer

Contributing Writers Michael Dziura Emily Gaylord Allen Hsiao Sherri Krassin Meghan Rothschild Deanna Roux Jessica Smith ’14 Jeff Vartabedian Bill Wells

David J. Callahan K. Ivan F. Gothner Linda B. Griffin Krista Hanson Hyun Chong Kim ’77 Judith A. Knapp Barry M. Maloney ‘85 Timothy J. Marini Susan C. McKenna Kent W. Pecoy David A. Reeves Steven D. Spence ’76

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Trustees Emeriti Eric W. Anderson Richard S. Fuld ’64W Alan N. Hall William E. James ’64W Nitya Pibulsonggram ’58W Frederic A. Rothery

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A Note from the Editor I don’t know that Academy World (AW) has ever featured a Note from the Editor.

I’ll admit it feels awkward breaking this silent rule. However, as I am following someone who held this position for 20 years (Mrs. Rita Carey), I felt it was my duty to formally introduce myself to you. My name is Emily Gaylord, I am the Assistant Director of Marketing & Communications for Internal Affairs, and I edit, write for and design AW with the assistance of the wonderful Marketing & Communications department. I live with my husband and two greyhounds in Easthampton, Mass.

I felt it was particularly important to address the readers of this magazine now, because we are saying goodbye to someone who has been a global citizen and leader for the WMA community. His leadership has contributed to WMA graduates attending exceptional colleges and universities, joining the workforce, and becoming innovators in their fields. Rodney LaBrecque has served the Academy for 12 years and we are thankful.

This issue of AW is dedicated to Mr. LaBrecque.

We thank you for being forward thinking, flexible and your branding of The Global School®.

Finally, alumni, we genuinely care about what you do once you leave the grounds of WMA. Did you land a dream job? Did you get married or welcome a child? Have you taken up a new passion: cooking, cycling or under-water-basketweaving? We want to hear from you! Please email Alumni@WMA.us or EGaylord@WMA.us with your updates.

Yours globally, Emily Gaylord

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Board of Trustees Scott B. Jacobs ’75 Chair

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IN THIS ISSUE: 2 News from the Hill 4 Titans Victorious 6 THE LABRECQUE YEARS 9 A Cambodian Adventure 10 Hubbard Travelers 12 WMA PAYS TRIBUTE to Rodney LaBrecque 14 20 Years After Graduation: Andrea Stanley & Dominic Scavone 16 WMA Was Here: Haiti 18 GEM: World of Water Conference 19 WMAtlas 20 Admission News: Global Faces of WMA 21 IMPROVEMENTS at WMA 22 Department Spotlight: Math 23 Russell Dinkins ’09: Racing Toward Success 24 Prize Day & Commencement 26 Reunion Weekend 28 Class Notes 32 Alumni Events Calendar

NEWS FROM THE HILL Pre-Pre-Med

Aparna Sivakumar ’14 attended Johns Hopkins Lead America Program, where she spent 10 days studying pre-medicine in a classroom setting. She also visited various hospitals, including the University of Maryland and Johns Hopkins Medical School. She experienced patient simulations and reviewed case studies.

“Going to this program was eye-opening for me because it gave me an in-depth look at what it would be like to go into the medical field.”

Historic Walking Tour

Wilbraham & Monson Academy literally opened its doors to the town Sept. 8, allowing a group of 80 visitors to view or tour 11 buildings on campus as part of the Historic Walking Tour along Wilbraham’s Main Street.

“It was great to have the 250th historic house tour to include many of the Academy buildings because our place in the town is central,” Head of School Rodney LaBrecque said.

Aparna Sivakumar ’14 (left)

Academic Medals

The Academy will now reward all students who achieve honor roll designation for an entire academic calendar year with a distinguished WMA Academic Excellence Medal.

Teachers in the Classroom

Math teachers Donna Barone and John Lombard attended the Math, Science and Technology Conference at Philips Exeter Academy in Exeter, N.H. this summer.

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The next Head of School at Wilbraham & Monson Academy is coming from within the WMA family.

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Brian Easler Named New Head of School

To a standing ovation at school meeting in Alumni Memorial Chapel Sept.

12, Dean of Students and Associate Head of School Brian Easler was named the future Head of School at the Academy.

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“Being here as the Head of School is what I wanted,” said Mr. Easler, who has worked at WMA since 1998. “I plan to stay here for a very long time. I have great aspirations for the school.”

Mr. Easler will take over at the conclusion of the 2013-14 academic calendar year for Head of School Rodney LaBrecque, who announced his retirement in December of 2012. Mr. Easler’s vision for WMA will be featured in an upcoming issue of AW.

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CorPorate CitizensHiP

Assistant Director of Marketing & Communications and WMAction Coach Emily Gaylord and Director of Marketing & Communications Meghan Rothschild attended the Boston Business Journal’s Corporate Citizenship Summit. They learned about inventive ways to encourage philanthropy among large groups of people.

Kathryn Schmidt ’14 was one of 625 students in the United States selected to participate in the NSLI-Y scholarship program, which provides academic-based exchanges to such countries as China, Korea, Russia and Turkey.

“I chose Turkey because they have an important relationship with the U.S., and it serves as a bridge between the east and west,” Kathryn said.

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Talented Faculty

Kathryn Schmidt ’14 (right)

WMA’s very own Sue Dziura (second from right) performed in “Company” with The Opera House Players in September. Her performance stole the show!

Maria Slater ’14 spent a day during the summer attending a youth conference at the United Nations in New York City.

Maria was representing the Women’s Health and Education Center, a nonprofit organization in Springfield.

ExcePtional Women

Five of WMA’s female senior students were selected to attend the Magic 106.7 Exceptional Women Entrepreneurship series in Boston, Mass. Xin (Tammy) Qiu,Yuying (Helen) Jing,Yuan (Irene) Gao,Valeria Surkovaite and Jessica Smith were able to hear from several inspiring female entrepreneurs who have gained international success. Speakers included the Pie Ladies (as seen on The Oprah Winfrey Show) and retail mogul Sarah Campbell among others.

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Since picking up the sport of drag racing seven years ago, twins Julia and Mary Sparago ’17 have become two of the best competitors in New England. Julia topped a field of 40 drivers to win the 8-18 age group at the New England Dragway in Epping, N.H., in 2012, and Mary placed second this season.

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Racing Not a Drag

TITANS

Matt Naumec ’15

Matt Naumec ‘15 shot a 2-over par 72 to win the Kingswood Invitational Tournament in May, which serves as the championship for New England prep schools. Matt, who topped a field of 120 golfers, became the first golfer in school history to win a New England title.

Titans win 3 gold medals at New Englands

Marissa Small-Towns ’14, Anna McCartney ’15 and Shae Clarke ’16 all won gold medals in May at the New England Prep Schools Track Association Division III Track & Field Championship. Marissa easily won the 400-meter race, Anna posted the winning leap in the triple jump, and Shae was the fastest person in the 100-meter field.

Anna McCartney ’15, Shae Clark ’16 and Marissa Small-Towns ’14

John Tierney ’15 sets lax marks

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WMA made a massive turnaround in the spring, qualifying for the WNESSLA Tournament after going 1-13 in 2012. Coach Phil Roland’s Titans fell to Gunnery in a Division II semifinal to cap its historic season 9-5.

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John Tierney ’15

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Boys’ Lax enjoys turnaround season

John Tierney ’15 set single-season records for goals (68), assists (56) and total points (124) for the Boys’ Lacrosse team in the spring.

“Having great teammates around me helped me become better,” said John, who has verbally committed to the University of Massachusetts. “I think that helped me a lot this year.”

“Simply put, in 27 years of coaching youth, high school and prep lacrosse, I’ve never had as fine of a lacrosse player as John Tierney,” Coach Phil Roland said. “In every facet – offense, defense, face-offs, scoring ability, teamwork, passing – John is clearly head and shoulders above anyone else I’ve ever had.”

Mustapha Heron ’16 selected to national U16 basketball team

Wilbraham & Monson Academy’s Mustapha Heron ‘16 earned a spot on the USA Men’s Basketball U16 National team in June.

Mustapha was among 30 of the top players in the country at a tryout in Colorado Springs, Colo., which serves as headquarters for USA Basketball.

Mustapha Heron ’16

Matt Naumec ’15 wins New England golf title

“We’re thrilled Mustapha was selected as one of the top players in the camp,” WMA Coach Chris Sparks ‘95 said. “It was an amazing opportunity for him. Against his peers he performed very well. To go into that situation, against 30 kids who are so talented, and to have no connection with a travel team or shoe company, he went in there and made himself stand out. I was really proud of him.”

Unfortunately, Mustapha suffered an injury at a practice and will be unable to accompany the team for its trip to the FIBA Americas U16 Championships in Uruguay June.

VICTORIOUS Matan Shmerling ’14 won a silver medal for the USA U19 soccer team at the 19th Maccabiah Games, which were held in Israel in July.

“Overall I played pretty well,” P.J. added.

“I could have done better at the plate but behind the plate I felt I was close to my best.”

P.J.’s best game came in the team’s opener, going 2 for 3 and scoring three runs in the West’s 10-4 victory over Central. The West beat Southeast 6-0 in the final to claim the gold.

More importantly for P.J., he drew some interest from college coaches at the Bay State Games, which serves as a premier college showcase.

“There were a ton of college coaches there, and from all over the place,” P.J. said. “It’s a very popular event for college coaches. It’s a great place to be seen.You never know who’s watching you.”

“We’re proud of the guys and we’re happy they’ve stayed in the game and we look forward to them having great final years and staying a part of our tradition,” WMA Coach Gary Cook said. “When I look back on these guys, they’re seniors in college and impact players on their teams. To see how well they’ve done as young men and student athletes . . . the connection that started here and they’re doing that in college. They remain an important piece of our program.”

Bean-Lindo ’16 earns spot on U16 national soccer team for Bermuda

“Playing on an international stage was huge,” Matan explained. “Brazil brought guys who played for club teams, and Canada had some guys with decent speed and skill. Argentina had guys playing semipro. It was a good experience, and playing against guys who will obviously play at the next level was good for us.”

3 players from 2009 Boys’ Soccer team serve as college captains

The start of the 2013 collegiate men’s soccer schedule found three players from the great 2009 Boys’ Soccer team at WMA serving as captain for their respective college teams. Casey Marini ’10

Jomei Bean-Lindo ’16 said there is no better experience than playing for his country. Jomei was able to enjoy that experience for the third summer in a row, making the U15 Bermuda National team for boys’ soccer.

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“Winning the gold medal is definitely something I take pride in,” P.J. said.

“Usually Western Massachusetts isn’t as highly regarded as some of the other parts of the state in terms of how sports go. But we showed everyone we can play, too.

Matan made the cut for the team and spent nearly two weeks training in Israel before the games began. USA swept pool play, beating Israel, Brazil, Canada and Sweden to earn a trip to the medal round.

USA beat Argentina 2-1 in a semifinal before falling to Israel by the same score in the final.

Matan Shmerling ’14

P.J. Jasak ’14

“It was a great experience and I’m looking forward to going back,” Matan said.

was chosen as captain at Connecticut College for the second year in a row, while Trevor Moran ’10 (University of Rhode Island) and Drew Pehoviak ’10 (Colby-Sawyer College) were also elected as team captains.

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A year after claiming a silver medal, P.J. Jasak ’14 helped the West team to the gold medal at the 2013 Bay State Games, held in July at Bentley University in Waltham.

Matan Shmerling ’14 competes in Maccabiah Games

Jomei Bean-Lindo ’16

P.J. Jasak ’14 wins gold medal at Bay State Games

The LaBrecque Years

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By Scott Jacobs ’75, Chair of the Board

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In 2002, Rodney and Shirley LaBrecque arrived on the Wilbraham & Monson Academy campus with a vision: they wanted to turn a traditional boarding school into something that would reference the traditional prep program while also looking toward the future of prep education, and they immediately set about to do so.

things differently. Rather than trying to play by the rules of other prestigious boarding schools, Rodney wanted to change the game. He recognized that fighting to climb the ladder of boarding school status would result in an Academy defined as a derivative of others. Instead, Rodney stepped off that ladder and set about charting a new and unique path for Wilbraham & Monson Academy.

In the years leading up to the LaBrecques’ arrival, Wilbraham & Monson Academy endured the same national recession and economic challenges faced by other boarding schools. The skilled leadership of Rodney’s predecessor, Dick Malley, guided the Academy through those difficult times and helped make WMA the stable, nurturing school Rodney inherited in 2002. However, the outside world knew little about the Academy, and the world of traditional New England boarding schools was undergoing transition, making it a more competitive and challenging market with each passing day. Now that the Academy stood on solid footing, Rodney was faced with the question: where should we go?

Rodney often lamented how traditional curricula failed to cover the important influence of economics and finance on world events, and well before Thomas L. Friedman’s The World is Flat, Rodney understood the importance of gaining a global perspective. He understood how little exposure students had to the type of creative thinking embodied by the American entrepreneur. In many ways, American schools avoided or discouraged entrepreneurial thinking, despite its role in America’s very creation. Rodney believed these topics were crucial for successful leadership and citizenship in the modern world, and he wanted Wilbraham & Monson Academy to be defined by excellence in each. Supported by the advice and funding of a small group of trustees, alumni, university and business leaders, his vision resulted in the Center for Entrepreneurial and Global Studies, now a hallmark of a WMA education. A first for American high schools, CEGS

As Rodney often discussed with his faculty and Board, Wilbraham & Monson Academy needed to do

not only gives students the expanded education Rodney envisioned, but also created a new ranking for WMA among schools. WMA was quickly becoming a category of one.

The results of these progressive programs, along with Rodney’s relentless focus on all aspects of school quality, are remarkable. Some of these results are measurable - SAT scores, admissions interest, and powerful college matriculation have all increased significantly - and WMA’s student body has grown from 315 to nearly 430 during the worst global recession in 80 years. Even more important than the nominal change in our student body is the change in its nature. Veteran faculty member and Dean of Faculty Don Kelly recently commented that this year’s student body is “the most remarkable collection of students I’ve seen during my time at the Academy.”

With academic, athletic, artistic and creative talents that certainly rival the best years in the Academy’s long history, today’s students are a credit to the faculty members who have done so much to provide this unique experience.

Beyond the student body, Rodney cares as much about supporting the adults on WMA’s campus. He has a tremendous talent for developing exceptional educational leaders.

Unless you’re a student, parent or recent alumnus, you might not have had the privilege of witnessing this remarkable transformation. From the growth in rigor, the unique classes offered within CEGS, the AP program, or merely the chance to interact with peers from 32 other countries, today’s students have opportunities many of us alumni can only envy. The Global Scholars program, the international travel opportunities, and the plethora of speakers and resources brought to campus are examples of initiatives that have simply transformed what it means to be a WMA scholar.

outside world knows little about WMA, and for that, I and every member of the Board of Trustees would like to express an enormous amount of gratitude to the LaBrecques.

It has been an unbelievable privilege to work with Rodney who, along with Shirley’s wise counsel, has taught the entire Board of Trustees much about what it takes to lead a preeminent institution. What’s more, they are great friends and exceptional people whose frequent company will be sorely missed. Next July, the LaBrecques will head off to a busy retirement at their home in Rhode Island, but their impact on campus will be seen and felt every hour of every day for generations to come.

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Finally, Rodney’s stewardship has resulted in many intangibles, like strong Titan pride on the athletic fields and courts and the looks of respect from visiting teams and guests on campus.

Among the many things Rodney has brought to the WMA community, pride and respect may be the most significant. That respect has come from the remarkable transformation of the physical campus, from a faculty

that rivals any school in New England, from distinguished programming and curricula, and from the talented group of students drawn to the globally attuned school. Rodney’s leadership in each of these areas has been transformational.

Rodney would be the first to say that much remains to be done on campus, but his vision and leadership have brought together the many alumni, parents, and friends of WMA to provide the resources needed to affect these changes. It is now each of our responsibility to carry forward this momentum, and I can assure you he’ll be watching to see how we do.

No longer is it fair to say that the

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Rodney & Shirley LaBrecque in earlier years

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WMA has also seen many physical changes under Rodney’s leadership. If you haven’t seen the campus recently, you’ve missed a lot. Building a new athletic center, the introduction of the Mark R. Shenkman Trading Center and Shenkman Admission House, upgrades to all athletic fields but Winchester, construction of a multipurpose artificial turf field, a regulation track, nine new tennis courts, a new student center, a modern dining hall, four additional faculty homes, and maintenance facilities (unglamorous but incredibly important), and a general sprucing up of the entire campus have created a beautiful place for students to call home. Just recently we used for the first time in the matriculation ceremony the LaBrecque Academic Gate: an impressive new entrance on Main Street. Many in the Town of Wilbraham have commented on how these improvements have added to the beauty and pride of the entire community.

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The LaBrecque Years by the Numbers...

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Reflections on a Cambodian Adventure Photo by Sarah Goolishian ’13

One of my favorite stops was PSE (Pour Un Sourire D’Enfant), a French NGO designed to educate impoverished children through English classes and vocational training. Upon arrival at PSE, we were assigned to tables of elementary students. Many did not know English, so communication between Americans and the Cambodian children was difficult. At my table an 11 yearold girl named Karoana spoke French and was able to introduce me to the surrounding children as well as teach me a few traditional Cambodian children’s games (which I lost!).

Nora Harrington ’13 Blog Entry, Cambodia 2013 Our time in Cambodia so far has been packed; our days have been filled, and we’ve barely had a moment to rest. One of the most exciting and memorable parts of our trip, for me, was our cyclo tour through the streets of Phnom Penh, where the drivers expertly maneuvered around oncoming cars, buses, and motorcycles. It was on this tour that I realized the beauty of the city and the kindness of its people; the driver offered me his hat to wear to protect me from the sun.

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The kids at A New Hope for Cambodian Children were some of the happiest children I have ever seen.

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understand why we were watching her or the story Kathy was retelling, instead she smiled at us and kissed Kathy goodbye saying “I love you Mama.” The kids at A New Hope for Cambodian Children were some of the happiest children I have ever seen. The work they do for children in Cambodia is some of the most inspiring and needed I have ever seen.

Yesterday, the group took a wet and choppy ride to Rabbit Island in the Gulf of Thailand. We donned orange ponchos and braved rough waters to access the island’s beach. Though at times I worried about capsizing, the ride was enjoyable and the ocean spray refreshing!

take orphans infected with the disease. I was heartbroken when Kathy (the founder of the orphanage) introduced us to a girl who they found with a broken leg; her family beat her. The girl did not understand English, so she did not

On the fourth day of our trip, we visited A New Hope, an orphanage for children with HIV/​AIDS. The amount of good the founders, Kathy and John, have brought to thousands of children is astounding. The children were thrilled to see us and greeted us with hugs and smiles.

The children were cheerful, warm, and clearly loved. Near the end of our visit, we broke up into stations and played games with the kids.

Two other girls and I were helping at the freeze dance station, which, despite my losing every single round, was incredibly fun for me and the kids. From the temples to the cities, to the rice paddies, Cambodia is the most beautiful country I have been to so far.

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Cambodia has been a whirlwind, from exploring ancient temples and palaces, to respectfully avoiding unearthed skulls and clothing scraps in the Choung Ek killing fields, where the Khmer Rouge massacred over 9,000 Cambodians.

We also visited an orphanage run by an American couple for children afflicted with AIDS. No other Cambodian orphanages will

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Emma Bourgeois ’13 Blog Entry, Cambodia 2013

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Hubbard FRANCE Michael Dziura, CEGS

CHINA

Allen Hsiao, Mathematics, Science I grew up in a home that combined the American way of life with the old culture of my parents. Their emigration from China in 1948 was not planned but circumstances at home changed as they travelled on business; they were forced to assimilate into a new culture and make decisions that would affect our family and those they left behind.

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Nearly 100 years ago, as a young boy, my father left his ‘permanent home’ to go to Shanghai to begin his formal education. He held in his heart the belief that ‘home’ would remain where he spent his childhood. My father wrote in his autobiography we should reconnect with our roots, stating several times that, “the leaves always fall to the foot of the tree.”

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“I am Hsiao. I am your cousin! We have been waiting for your return!” With those words I was reunited with my family. The moment of the reunion was as emotional as it was dramatic. For 33 years, my cousins have been waiting for our return to our ‘true’ home in China. Each moment we spent together this summer seemed to melt away years of absence, and the comfort of family togetherness made our visit meaningful and fulfilling.

As fate foretells our life’s mission, I now teach young Chinese students leaving their homes just as my father did. Together, my students and I will learn to integrate America’s culture into our own as we learn to integrate our ‘Chinese roots’ into the American culture.

My family and I chose Paris, France for many reasons. First, I have done a considerable amount of traveling over the last few years and my wife has graciously stayed home with the children, which has enabled me to have experiences I never could have had otherwise. It was time to give back to her and take her somewhere we have always talked about visiting. Second, neither she nor my children have ever traveled out of the country before, and Paris seemed a perfect first destination for international travel. It is one of the world’s great cities, and its culture is just different enough from our own to make it a solid learning experience. Last, but certainly not least, I have spent time in both Vietnam and Cambodia, two countries that were once under French rule.

Having seen the crumbling, but beautiful, colonial architecture in these countries, I felt as though it was time to see the source.

Although it was a very difficult trip (as any trip with three small children is apt to be), it was also immensely rewarding.

The entire family got to practice French language skills, learn the ins-and-outs of the Paris Metro system (my son became a pro), and interact with not only French people, but also people from all over Europe.

In my nine years at WMA, I have discovered what I think is the purpose of travel: to create within ourselves a sense of awe and humility. This trip has definitely done this for every member of my family (perhaps even in our one-year-old), but more importantly, it has made each of us hungry for the next opportunity to go out and experience the world.

Travelers

The Hubbard Grant was established by Lev & Catee Hubbard to give faculty the opportunity to travel in hopes that global experience would contribute to innovative ideas in the classroom.

As someone who has always loved the ocean, along with being inspired by Fabien Cousteau’s lecture at the Academy’s World of Water Conference last spring, I was very interested in taking my trip to a country where my family and I could expose our three children to the beauty and importance of the ocean and its incredible sea life. We found that the Atlantis Resort in the Bahamas would allow us to explore the ocean, view and learn more about the incredible sea life in the world’s largest aquarium, spend time being active in the water park, and learn more about the people of the Bahamas.

We were all awestruck with the amazing sea life we saw in the many giant aquariums on the resort, which included an 11-foot manta ray, moray eels, sea turtles and various sharks. Highlights of the trip for me were snorkeling with my two daughters and a glass bottom boat trip to a nearby reef. After the tour, we were happy to make a contribution to “The Blue Project,” which was founded to help rescue the Bahamas’ endangered reefs.

The Bahamian people we encountered were very happy and kind-hearted. We learned about the Junkanoo tradition, which is a festive street parade with African dance, loud music and bright costumes. We were lucky enough to see a Junkanoo parade our first night in the Bahamas.

I came away from the Bahamas with an even greater appreciation for the oceans and our relationship with nature.

In my Freshmen Foundations class, I plan to emphasize the importance and responsibility we have to live in a way that will sustain our environment for generations to come, and include Cousteau’s message that our children are the ones who will make these positive changes happen. I have a better understanding and appreciation of Bahamian people and their culture as well, which will help me relate to our Bahamian students at WMA. I even learned a Bahamian game to play in Physical Education class called Rounders.

COSTA RICA

Sherri Krassin, Middle School Humanities

Costa Rica is a nation without an army, yet it ranks number one out of 151 nations in the Happy Planet Index and the life expectancy average is higher than in the U.S. I was curious what such a place looked like. What I discovered was a place that spoke to my senses through a vast array of natural life and beauty.

The country’s geography is magnificent with mangroves, rain forests, oceans and volcanoes. My family and I stayed mainly on the Pacific side.

Although dangerous due to strong under currents, the beaches are truly beautiful and visibly unspoiled. Among a variety of birds, bright blue herons, old and young, populate the waters.

Howler monkeys climbed above us.

We also traveled inland to see Arenal, one of the many active volcanoes rising above the rain forest. One way to see the rain forest is to see it from above or in the canopy. Suspended over 100 feet above the rain forest floor, we “zipped” over and through the rain forest, affording amazing views of the terrain while being close to exotic birds, butterflies and plants.

Being in Costa Rica is like being in a world of butterflies.

The giant spiders and their proportionate webs at our hotel were left intact by staff and visitors, which was a small demonstration of respect for nature and life. In this small example, things seem to coexist without major conflict. “Pura Vida” translates as pure life, or “full of life,” which seems to capture the essence of my experience in Costa Rica.

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Jeff Vartabedian, Middle School Science, Physical Education

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THE BAHAMAS

The WMA Community Pays Tribute to Rodney LaBrecque

Don Nicholson ’79 Director of Athletics Steven Ragnauth ’12 Syracuse University

“Mr. LaBrecque has done a great job at the Academy, always connecting with students and faculty at a personal level.

He will be missed, but never forgotten. Hope he enjoys every minute of his retirement!”

“We will all certainly miss Rodney LaBrecque as our Head of School. His ability to balance his support of the development of academic achievement, athletic success and the spotlighting of the arts was a hallmark of his leadership. He did all of this while skillfully advancing the image and mission of our school, spearheading fundraising efforts and increasing our involvement in the local, regional, national and global community. It has been a great era for our school.”

Brian Easler Dean of Students/ Associate Head of School

Kaylee Grabowski ’15

“Thank you Mr. LaBrecque for all your hard work and the services you have contributed to the Academy. Congratulations for all of the success you have achieved here at WMA, I wish you further luck in whatever you pursue next.”

“You have been such an inspiration for WMA and for those you have led. I will always be grateful to you, personally, for the encouragement you have provided for me to seek challenges and self-development opportunities.You have taught me to consider possibilities . . . so now I wish you the very best as you consider the possibilities awaiting you on your next adventure.”

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Rodney LaBrecque’s Retirement Speech

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Dear Family and Friends of Wilbraham & Monson Academy,

Head of School, I will continue to serve until June of 2014.

After working in independent schools for the last 42 years, half of them as a school administrator and 12 of them as the Head of this great Academy, I, along with Shirley, have decided that it is time to pass the torch of leadership to another. I have loved every minute of my time at the school and have often thought my entire career was spent in preparation for this headship. I know that there is never a perfect time at which to make a change in leadership. In order to ensure a smooth transition to the new

This decision was particularly difficult because I feel the Academy is entering into a great period of renaissance, making exciting progress in many areas of school life.

The maturing of the Center for Entrepreneurial and Global Studies and the integration of our school mission into all facets of our program have brought the Academy national and global recognition. We are gaining a strong reputation in areas such as academic rigor, athletic prowess, residential life quality, and study-travel

variety and uniqueness. In fact, we are at one of the strongest junctures in our entire 208year history. Our enrollment is the largest in recent memory.

Our endowment has grown 200% during the last 10 years.

Admission to the nation’s select colleges is now a given at WMA. Our facilities and fields are the match of almost any school. Most importantly, there is an irrepressible pride of place that permeates every facet of the school. Everyone who works here understands they are making history and the education they provide is excellent and forward thinking.

Don Kelly Dean of Faculty

Kathy Gorski Science

School is often overlooked and her many contributions go unsung, but I could have achieved nothing without her counsel and support.

Mark Shenkman. In fact, my work here would have fallen flat without the support of so many dedicated members of the Board.

In addition, it has been my personal pleasure to work closely with two of the best Board Chairs I have known.

Peter Lincoln ‘55 and Scott Jacobs ‘75 have worked tirelessly, enthusiastically and dedicatedly to lead the Board to ever greater accomplishments.

They both served as inspirations to me. Few people know how much I also have counted upon the excellent and supportive counsel of 44 year Trustee,

There are not enough words to express my thanks to my administrative team. I have a quote from Mother Teresa taped to my mirror. I read it each morning to remind myself of its power. She wrote “You can do great things in the world, but you cannot do them alone.” How true. If I have found success here, it is only because so many talented administrators and faculty members aided me.

I am going to miss my daily

interaction with them.

I will always be grateful to the hardworking, driven-to-succeed students (and their parents) whom I have come to know and love. Shirley and I want you to know how we have enjoyed watching you grow and reach for your dreams.

Meg Hutcheson Dean of Curriculum

“The school improved so much under your leadership and guidance, and it was an honor working with you these last 12 years. Thank you for all that you’ve done to make WMA such a wonderful school.”

Thanks for everything!”

Yet, there are so many new challenges outside of the Academy I would like to tackle in the final portion of my life.

My editors have waited long, but patiently, for the second edition of my book on department leadership. I have longed to return to the seminar circuit.

There are books to savor and places to explore. While stepping down now is very difficult, it is the correct decision.

There are numerous people to thank for all they have done to further the success of the school, but no one more so than my wife, Shirley. Her work as the spouse of the Head of

“Richard Feynman wrote: ‘... in learning science you learn to handle by trial and error, to develop a spirit of invention and of free inquiry which is of tremendous value far beyond science. One learns to ask oneself: ‘Is there a better way to do it?’ You have asked WMA to always seek the better way.

Through your vision, we have met that challenge.We will miss you!”

So for now, I look forward to a strong finish to my career as the Head of School of Wilbraham & Monson Academy and I remain dedicated to our mission as The Global School®.

Sincerely, Rodney LaBrecque Head of School

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‘Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit.’ - Someday it will be a joy to remember these things!

“Mr. LaBrecque has had a tremendous influence on my life, as well as many others. In the seven years that I’ve been here, the dining hall has been revamped, the campus center has been transformed, a trading center has been added into the curriculum, and the athletic complex has been redone. His vision for the Academy, turning it into The Global School®, has been successful. Mr. LaBrecque, we will miss you at all of the sporting events and I hope to see around campus next year!”

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“As the years pass and you reflect on the challenges you faced at WMA and your many accomplishments here, you should feel proud and remember the famous line from Vergil’s Aeneid (1. 203) spoken by the mythical hero Aeneas, who also was successful in his mission:

Brian Popovich ’15

20 Years after Graduation: Andrea Stanley ’93

Emily Gaylord, Assistant Director of Marketing & Communications

Andrea Stanley ’93 & her husband Christian

“Get used to hard work,” stated Andrea Stanley ’93 when asked what advice she would give aspiring entrepreneurs at WMA. “Learn new things and don’t fear failure or making mistakes.” This advice comes first hand. Andrea owns Valley Malt in Hadley, Mass. with her husband Christian. The maltery (where grain is turned into malt for beer) opened in 2010 and has seen great success.

“We wanted to make a brewery using natural, local ingredients and discovered there weren’t any. It’s become a commodity people get from thousands of miles away. Our priority shifted, we saw a niche and we filled it,” she explained.

“WMA taught me to be a learner, which is so valuable. I was never intimidated to learn an entirely new set of skills. The teachers made learning fun.”

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After WMA Andrea attended Emerson College for two years before landing at Westfield State where she studied education and psychology. Her first career was social work, and she worked at the Shriners Hospital for five years, where she developed a vocational rehabilitation program.

The program assisted handicapped children in understanding and discovering educational and career paths that were accessible to them. “I began to think like an entrepreneur there, understanding the big picture and the breadth of tasks involved in a business.”

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Valley Malt is situated amidst farmland. Though a small business, it is highly in demand. “I like that we’re small, that we’re artisanal.” Andrea also noted that the business helps farmers in that it gives them a product to produce, and breweries in that it gives them an exceptional, local ingredient.

The hardest part was very practical. The kind of equipment they needed didn’t exist so they had to make it themselves. “We made a lot of expensive mistakes but we learned from them.”

“I feel good about where we are now,” Andrea mentioned. “We are more established than a startup and I feel good about our survival.”

Learn more about Valley Malt online at www.ValleyMalt.com.

Andrea Stanley & Dominic Scavone Dominic Scavone ’94 Bill Wells, Assistant Director of Marketing & Communications

Dominic, who played baseball for Coach Joe Mazeika ’73 at WMA, was hired as an Assistant General Manager for the Los Angeles Dodgers in early-September.

“For me it’s a dream come true,” Dominic said. “And for what it’s worth, and I told Mr. Mazeika this the other day, as crazy as it sounds, I owe it to people at the Academy.

I really do. My college experience was OK, but if I could go back to the Academy I would in a heartbeat. I took a lot of things for granted while I was there, but now I look back on it and it was the best thing that ever happened to me.”

Dominic worked as a scout for the San Francisco Giants 2006-2013, with the team winning World Series titles in 2010 and 2012. One of his friends was involved in the new ownership that bought the Dodgers in May of 2012, which included NBA great Magic Johnson. Dominic was hired during the summer of 2013 when the Dodgers were on their way to one of the

“They have me doing a lot of pro stuff, such as future acquisitions and trades.

It’s outstanding from the sense that my say-so has a lot of impact. I get to make decisions now and see how they play out on TV. The decisions on the amateur side take longer to play out, but on the pro side a player can be with the Red Sox one day and the next day that player can be playing for the Dodgers.

That’s a very good situation.”

Dominic was in a bad situation entering high school. The school he planned to attend didn’t offer the support for his learning disability. However, his cousin, Christopher, was attending WMA. Dominic came for a tour, felt comfortable, and he was accepted into the Academy. He played football, hockey and baseball. He’s stayed in contact with Mr. Mazeika since graduating from WMA.

“For me, playing for Coach Mazeika was like playing for Vince Lombardi,” said Dominic, who played three seasons of baseball while majoring in economics and engineering at Hofstra University following WMA. “I owe so much to Coach Mazeika, not only from a baseball standpoint but also for understanding growing up and how to handle myself. He had dignity. I see so many coaches while scouting that just aren’t good role models for kids. But regardless of the situation, Coach Mazeika was always a dignified human being first. He was always the bigger person.

“The Academy, for me, was a great place. I matured there late but I had enough role models around. Mr. Mazeika, Mr. (Don) Kelly, Mr. (Phil) Cardone: all taught me what men were supposed to be like. Having those people as role models, as much of a pain as I was when I was there, helps me now. When I’m in certain situations I think of how would Mr. Kelly handle it or how would Mr. Mazeika handle it.”

Dominic is married and has a daughter.

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However, the values he learned at the Academy and the people who served as his role models have led Dominic to what he calls “a dream come true.”

best records in Major League Baseball.

“The Dodgers provided a grand opportunity for me, my family and growing in the game – having more authority, more responsibility and more say on the day-today operations,” he said.

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WMA Was Here: Haiti

Seeing poverty THROUGH the eyes of the grateful Deanna Roux, Assistant Director of Marketing & Communications

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f the adage “Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth” holds any truth, the Wilbraham & Monson Academy community is paying its room and board far in advance.

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Case in point, Haiti, a Caribbean country that shares an island with the Dominican Republic. It’s about a three-hour plane ride for our WMA community members who traveled there; about the same amount of time a Haitian child will walk to access water for his or her family.

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On March 7, 2013, 10 WMA students and four chaperones traveled to Haiti’s capital, Port Au Prince. “When we emerged from the airport it was industrial, with lots of people and businesses,” explained Carlee D’Amato, WMA Associate Director of Admission and first-time Haiti trip chaperone.

“On the way to the house we saw small villages and homes that were made out of tarps, with trash everywhere. We started to get an idea of what was real for these people.”

The group traveled by bus to the village of Montrouis, where it would stay for the next seven days in a Christian mission house run

by Life Connection Mission. The gated residence where the travelers would spend nights, and free time, impressed Ashley Imbriano ’14. “We stayed in a beautiful complex on the beach and enjoyed a lot of Haiti’s natural beauty,” Ashley shared.

“Electricity and water only worked when it was turned on as needed.

We had our own living quarters.

It was a mansion compared to what people were living in,” added Ms. D’Amato. “We were very happy.”

Director of Admission and chaperone Chris Sparks ’95 has been going to Haiti for several years.

“It’s amazing to see people who don’t have anything be so joyful. I think that’s what attracts me, and anyone who goes there to help, because they are so appreciative of the smallest things.

“The biggest challenge coming back my first time was how to relate that culture

with our culture, where nothing is good enough and we’re always trying to get the newest cars and biggest house. But that doesn’t drive them; it’s family and culture.”

The first time Mr. Sparks traveled to Haiti was before the historic earthquake of 2010. He felt people were content with their situation: 80% unemployment, living in the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere, relying on family in the states for money, and realizing nothing was going to change.

“I think the earthquake was such a devastating thing. There are still 300,000 people living in tents.

But also there has been a lot of good that’s come out of it,” said Mr. Sparks. “There’s more funding going into the country. I saw a ton of construction going on there. Education is becoming more of a priority. Because of that people have more hope for change.”

Kristin Reeves ’14 and Peter Nagle ’14 took the service adage one step further and literally paid a family’s rent for a year. Kristin’s family and Peter’s family also sponsor two children.

The many servicerelated tasks the group completed include: moved cinderblocks and painted part of a school building that is also the church on Sundays; portioned, packed and delivered rice, beans, oil and water to the poor; assisted doctors in the medical center by filling prescriptions and suturing wounds; visited an orphanage to spend time with the children; and did a beach cleanup.

Aside from the service portion of the trip, there are other ways in which help is provided through donations.

Ashley, who has studied one of Haiti’s official languages, French, since seventh grade, would like to return to Haiti some day. “When my parents ask where I want to go on vacation, I say ‘Haiti!’ I loved it there so much,” she said. “I would even spend a summer there or maybe do a gap year there.”

“We took on this motto of ‘all in.’ Everything we did, we did as a group,” said Ms. D’Amato. “At the end of the trip we shared our ‘defining experiences.’ People were crying and sharing their personal stories of we pay them how the trip impacted them. It was really $20 per week, that’s eight times special.” their regular You can learn more about Life Connection salary for the week, so it really Mission at www.lifeconnectionmission.org. helps them.”

Photos clockwise from top left, Haitian Also, goats help mountain views • The Haitian Coast • Andres provide for families by using Feng ’13 working at the school • Students Yutong Zou’15, Sophie Gourley ’15, Aparna the milk to make sellable goods like Sivakumar ’15, Ashley Imbriano ’14, Kristin soap and cheese.

Reeves ’14 and Bailey Giese ’15 • Ms. Carlee D’Amato and a Haitian child • Bailey Giese The experience made a lasting ’15 and Heather Little ’13 with some of the impression on the students and school children chaperones alike.

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Aparna Sivakumar ’14 enjoyed spending time with the children. “I really liked the people in general; just the way they were accepting and loving,” said Aparna.

“They were so quick to accept us and really appreciated every little thing we did. It was really rewarding.”

Mr. Sparks explained that at the end of the school year, when boarders are moving out, WMA collects unwanted clothing. Any given year WMA brings 30-35 bags of clothing to Haiti along with toiletries. “When we get there, we always try to buy goats, paint, rice and oil,” Mr. Sparks said. “If we paint we’ll hire 10 or so workers to help put money back into their economy. If

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“They were living in the ruins of an abandoned, secluded building,” Kristin explained. “Eight kids, their mother and their aunt were living there with a blue tarp covering them as a roof. We helped them move their one truckload of belongings to a new home where they have better living conditions and neighbors.”

Kristin, who wants to go into international relations and eventually work for the United Nations, would like to incorporate service in her future. “I’ve been tossing around the idea of entering the Peace Corps after college and before grad school.

I’d like to be able to travel and help people at the same time.”

BY: Jessica Smith ’14

World of Water Conference

Global Education Month

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On April 5, 2013 WMA students and staff donned their Academy blazers and flooded the Greenhalgh gymnasium to hear Fabien Cousteau, ocean explorer and grandson of famed oceanographer Jacques Cousteau, speak.

Jacques Cousteau was the co-inventor of the regulator, or “Aqualung,” the first open circuit, self-contained underwater breathing apparatus (SCUBA). Jacques Cousteau’s life as an oceanographer was a learning process; when he was a scuba diver there were no wetsuits and he did not have the same technological advances scuba divers have now.

Fabien Cousteau’s speech emphasized the effects humans are having on the planet. “The best thing we do as humans is eat things” pointed out Cousteau. He said humans have already consumed 60% of the total fish numbers.

He went on to impress upon the audience that the plastic bottles people use daily for an average of 30 minutes will last for 500 years in a landfill, and the oil from the spill in the Gulf of Mexico is likely to remain for 30 years.

Mr. Cousteau has already started his work to restore the planet with his foundation Plant A Fish, based on the idea that you can plant trees but actively restoring the fish population is just as important. He also continued that everyone, even people at Wilbraham & Monson Academy, can get involved through advocacy, conservation and restoration.

When asked why he came to speak with WMA, Mr. Cousteau first replied with his bright humor “because they are awesome.”

But joking aside, he answered, “This audience already has the tools to address the issue: education. It’s a rare and valuable privilege and it gives them opportunity. The students here are much better equipped to be stewards of our Jessica climate than we have been. It is Smith ’14 about the young people making things happen, change, creating a revolution. The students embody future. They are the ones that make better decisions.”

Steven Ragnauth ’12 wrote to the Academy about his adventure in Jordan last summer: This was the second year that I’ve gone to Jordan for the Summer Enrichment Program (SEP) at King’s Academy in Madaba (the first year I went with WMA). I taught technology classes to 6th, 7th and 8th grade Jordanian students in the program again this year and it was another rewarding experience. For the first two weeks, the teachers and counselors taught classes in the morning to the kids, and then had sports and activities in the afternoon. All of our meals were sit-down meals and the environment reminded me much of WMA. I celebrated my birthday, July 3, in Jordan with another WMA Alumna, Jeanette Viens. The kids sang Happy Birthday to us from the moment we stepped foot into the dining hall for breakfast until we went to bed that night.

To top it all off, the teachers and counselors got us cake on our post SEP retreat at dinner the next day. The group of teachers and counselors this year all became very close friends and that made this trip absolutely unbelievable. I was able to see friends I met last year in the program again and I met several new friends that I will have for a lifetime.

Teresa Kennedy ’12 studies Quechua in Peru Traveling abroad was common for Teresa Kennedy ’12 while she attended Wilbraham & Monson Academy. She traveled to India, Thailand, Cambodia,Vietnam, Haiti and the Amazon River in Brazil as a student at the Academy.

“I took Quechua at Notre Dame for a class,” said Teresa, who graduated from WMA with highest honors. “I really liked it and wanted to learn more.”

After enrolling in the Quechua Summer Language Fellowship Program, she moved in with a host family in Cusco, Peru. She attended classes five days a week for four hours, where she learned about the Quechua language and Peruvian culture.

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As part of a scholarship program at the University of Notre Dame, Teresa spent seven weeks studying Quechua, an indigenous language dating back to the Inca Empire and spoken by people living in and around the Andes.

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When an opportunity presented itself to study and live in Peru for the summer, Teresa jumped at the chance.

ADMISSION•NEWS Faces of the Global School® “... I wanted to attend a school that fostered excellence and provided great opportunities for my future.Wilbraham & Monson Academy has given me those opportunities.”

Santiago OlalquiagaCalcano ’14 Venezuela

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“... of the academic and holistic education coupled with a unique focus on global perspectives and community service, having a wide and diverse community of international students, all of which I espouse and am keen to be an integral part of.”

Rachella Ferst ’15 Singapore

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“... of the academic challenges, the passionate and dedicated teachers, and the opportunity to interact with an international community. I also enjoy the access it has given me to organize and participate in community service.”

Valeria Surkovaite ’14 Lithuania

The Admission Office is proud to announce they have increased enrollment from 11 countries in 2010 to 32 countries in 2013. WMA boasts students from: Angola, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Bermuda, Canada, China, Costa Rica, England, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Korea, Lithuania, Mexico, Nigeria, Russia, Serbia, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, USA, Ukraine,Venezuela,Vietnam, U.S.Virgin Islands

IMPROVEMENTS at WMA The LaBrecque Academic Gate was finished in time for the 2013 Commencement Ceremonies. The gate, donated by an anonymous member of the Monson Class of 1961, was erected in honor of Head of School Rodney LaBrecque and his service to the school. New students enter through the gate during matriculation and seniors leave through it as part of the commencement exercises.

Long-time supporter of the Springfield Public Forum, WMA will move forward in 2013 as its presenting sponsor. Free to the public and with world class speakers accessible to all, the Springfield Public Forum provides an experience and service that few other cities can match.

The greenhouse that was donated by Joseph and Katherine Hickson, parents of Veronica “Nika” Hickson ’12, will be the home of an exciting program this winter. The environmental club will be creating and nurturing a winter garden in the greenhouse to serve as a respite from the cold New England winter and as an educational tool.

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Prom returns to the dining hall. For the first time in years the prom was hosted in a completely transformed dining hall in 2013. Students were able to have a safe prom in a beautiful venue right on campus, something many alumni will remember fondly.

Sync the All-School Calendar with your phone! Simply go to www.WMA.us on your mobile device, select all school calendar, touch calendar feeds and choose the calendars to which you would like to subscribe. Information will be updated straight to your device.

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Department Spotlight Deserving of an Apple: Math at WMA By: Emily Gaylord, Asst. Director of Marketing & Communications

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here is something special about the Mathematics Department at WMA. The students love the teachers, the teachers are respected by fellow faculty, and the test scores deliver. While the department follows a traditional model for math coursework, Department Head Mark Fischer explains that this model works because the department members understand how fluid the subject is.

make sure they get that, but if they need to be challenged at the highest level, we can guarantee that too.” The math department offers courses from

Mr. Fischer enjoys the fact that math provides a window into the international vibe of a classroom.

“Once a student is in the right level class, cultural stereotypes breakdown and the students really begin to challenge each other. They build success together.”

“I’m proud of the math department. There is a certain amount of review of other math subjects in each course.

We understand that a geometry course has to include some algebra so that students are prepared the following year.”

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Mr. Fischer also noted that the department is exceptional at recognizing student needs. “If a student comes to us needing a practical base for mathematics we

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“Students also get a lot of practice for the college setting,” explained Mr. Fischer. “They understand that office hours are a good thing and take advantage of them. It sets them up to be successful in college.”

Equations and Functions that provide a base for mathematical knowledge, to post-AP Calculus courses that are taught at the sophomore and junior year college level.

Learning isn’t just for the students. The teachers in the mathematics department are encouraged to take advantage of professional development opportunities.

“This past year alone we had two teachers (John Lombard and Donna Barone) attend the Philips Exeter Math, Science and Technology Conference, Nunzio Bruno attended an AP Statistics Workshop, and I, for the third year, graded AP Calculus exams in Kansas City. We also had the entire department take a three-day workshop on the TI-Nspire calculators.” Mr. Fischer explained that grading AP Calculus exams gives him enormous insight into the exam, the curriculum and allows him to collaborate with faculty across the country. “It’s nerd central,” he joked.

But on a serious note, something about the math department just clicks.

Nerd-central or not, the students leave challenged and prepared for college, and that deserves an apple.

From left to right: Nunzio Bruno, Mark Fischer, John Lombard, Donna Barone, Jeff Headman, Allen Hsiao and Joseph Mazeika ’73

RUSSELL DINKINS ’09 Racing Toward Success

Along with his three Ivy League track & field records and an NCAA title, Russell graduated in May from Princeton University as a recipient of the prestigious Spirit of Princeton Award.

“Winning the Spirit of Princeton Award was a tremendous honor, especially given the award’s prestige,” Russell said.

“To have your contributions to campus, however grandiose or insignificant they may seem, recognized and appreciated by a committee of extremely accomplished peers and faculty meant a lot to me. I was truly humbled by the honor.”

Russell majored in Sociology and minored in Urban Studies and Environmental Studies. As great as he was in the classroom and on campus, Russell was at his best on the track. The three-time collegiate All-American won five Ivy League titles and set five records at Princeton. His highlight came in indoor track his senior year when he ran on the NCAA Division I championship distance medley relay team.

“It was a privilege and a pleasure representing Princeton and the Ivy League as a whole as a track and field athlete,” Russell said. “I was fortunate to have enjoyed one of the most successful track &

“However, my journey was not without its shortcomings. There were many moments where success seemed improbable, whether it was due to injury or a string of poor performances.

Overcoming many of the mental and physical challenges I faced over the years really made the eventual victory that much more special. I cannot, soley though, take the credit for the victories that have been won as everyone from my coaches to my mom to my physical therapist had a hand in making victory possible.”

Russell, a native of Philadelphia, said the base and support he received during his four years at the Academy were instrumental in his successes at Princeton.

“Wilbraham & Monson definitely prepared me for Princeton, especially in terms of writing standards,” said Russell, who also performed in plays and mosaic harmony during his WMA days. “The instruction I received, from learning the Billy Bunker Essay in ninth grade all the way to AP English my senior year, when we were critically analyzing literary works. All those different skills helped me write at the collegiate level and prepared me to move to the next step.

“I can’t say how grateful I am for having the experience to attend Wilbraham & Monson Academy.”

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Four years later, it was really no surprise he did the same at one of the most elite colleges in the world.

field careers not only at Princeton but in Ivy League history.

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Russell Dinkins ’09 graduated from Wilbraham & Monson Academy as a highlyhonored and well-respected member of the Academy.

By: Bill Wells, Asst. Director Marketing & Communications

PRIZE DAY 2013

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RS E N ATULA TIONS PRIZE WIN Class of 2013 Cum Laude Society Philip Antonacci Emma Bourgeois Heather Little Caroline Manghan Zuyun (Levy) Wang Maria Waslick Qianru (Vicky) Wu Gelan (Lana) Ying

Special Prizes

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Photos counter clockwise from top left: Heather Little ’13, Jackson FrenchRobitaille ’14, Caroline Manghan ’13, Nick Glifor ’14, Joseph Thibault ’13

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Diandra Vaal Neto of Angola, and her fellow students from the Class of 2013 were the first to walk through the LaBrecque Academic Gate upon graduating.

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Mrs. Deb Finley Retires

From the Commencement tribute: ‘‘Deb came to the Academy in 1986 with a very impressive resume that included previous teaching stints at the Masters School in Dobbs Ferry, N.Y., St. Mark’s School and Hotchkiss.

At the Academy Deb has been a dormitory parent in Smith Hall. She has coached Water Polo and Instructional Tennis, and she has been the Head Coach of the Varsity Rifle Team since guns were invented. She has been the chair of the Science Department and has taught Biology, AP Biology, Environmental Science and AP Environmental Science. In fact, it was Deb who introduced Environmental Science into the WMA curriculum.’’

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Mr. LaBrecque with guest speaker Dr. David Angel, Clark University President

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Mia Konstantakos, the 2013 student speaker, standing with Kevin Lambert

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REUNION Saunders Brown ’63W and H. Fletcher Swanson ’63W

Phil Holt ’56W toasts The Academy with Spiro Klitsas’95 Bob Faulkner ’53W, Bill Marot ’53W and his wife Evelyn, Paul Cronin ’53W and Bob’s wife Diane

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Mike Balise ’83 (pictured left) and his family received the Service to the Community Award. Of all the classes at the Academy, the Class of 1983 is one of our most connected, and that is because of alumni such as Mike Balise. Mike prides himself on treating people fairly and with respect. His family business, Balise Automotive, generously supports nonprofits and educational institutions around the region that serve their customers.

Members of the 35th, 40th and 50th reunion classes pose with their classmates.

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Francine Ryan ’78 and Cherylann Henry ’78 (left), Paul Curtis ’88 and his wife (right)

Fall 2013

Members from Monson Academy ring the Monson Bell.

CLASS NOTES 1948 WILBRAHAM The North East Ice Skating Managers Association 2013 Frank Zamboni Hall of Fame Award was presented to Eddie “Ted” Shore Jr.

1952 Monson

Captain Jack Woodhead III is recovering well from post-subdural hematoma brain surgery. He is enjoying genealogical research and now resides on a private lake.

1957 WILBRAHAM

Jonathan Sperling spent the summer working for the U.S. State Department in Macedonia. He is looking forward to the Class of 1957’s 57th Reunion this coming summer.

1959 Monson

Steven J. Schwartz was selected by his peers for inclusion in the 2013 Best Lawyers in America® list.

1961 WILBRAHAM

Fall 2013

Bill Pinney can be heard singing with the Hartford Chorale. Bill is still singing more than 50 years after he was a member of the Wilbraham Graynotes. In college, Bill was a member of the legendary a cappella group The Yale Whiffenpoofs.

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1962 WILBRAHAM Charles Kellogg married Gena Watson on March 16, 2013 in Olympia, Washington.

1963 WILBRAHAM

Dr. Edwin T. Swarbrick retired from full-time medical practice as a gastroenterologist three years ago and currently works part-time as an endoscopist (mostly). He resides in the United Kingdom.

John Best has been living and working in the Philippines for the last 20 years with his partner John Silva. He has been writing books and articles, and editing and working for a historical photo archive in Manila. He looks forward to retiring soon and more travel around South and Southeast Asia.

1968 WILBRAHAM

After surviving five major corporate merges over 36 years, Robert R. Humberston retired from what had become U.S. Trust/ Bank of America Private Wealth Management. Currently he works for Morgan Stanley Wealth Management in Springfield, Mass., where he loves his reincarnation as a Financial Advisor benefitting from his long banking career as a Portfolio Manager Excelsior.

1969 MONSON

Robert T. O’Neill retired as a partner from the accounting firm of KPMG LLP last year, and Governor Jerry Brown appointed him as the Director of the California State Lottery to give him something to do instead of golfing and gardening.

1970 WILBRAHAM Doug Harwood was inducted into the 2013 Virginia Communications Hall of Fame.

1971 MONSON

Robert T. Wentworth donates to and volunteers with a local Hospice Attic in Gainesville, Fla., which he finds very rewarding. He is hoping to find his Monson roommate Robin Borkowski.

1973 WMA

Charles S. Feinstein USN Ret. is now a permanent resident of Canada and lives in the Edmonton, Alberta area.

1969 WILBRAHAM

After teaching and coaching for seven years, Robert T. Goodman went to law school and has been practicing personal injury law and doing some individual math tutoring in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

Doug Harwood ’70, photo credit wlu.edu

1973 WMA

Joseph W. Mazeika III’s son, Patrick, was among 109 total players named to the 2013 Freshman All-America Team. Patrick, who was named the A-Sun Freshman of the Year in addition to being a First Team AllConference selection at first base, was one of just three first basemen named to the team. He finished his first season at Stetson with a .382 average to go with three homers, 11 doubles and 33 RBI.

1974 WMA

David Lyman will be a guest coach during the WMA Riflery Team tryouts this year. Dave owns Blue Trail Rifle Range in Wallingford, CT where the WMA Riflery Team will compete a few times. Dave is the 1980 and 1981 National Civilian Rifle Champion and has over 36 years of competitive coaching experience. He welcomes any of the old WMA shooters to stop by the range and say hi.

1975 WMA

The Pixies, buzzfeed.com

2000 WMA

John N. Sampson has passed the Funeral Director exam and is now in great shape to take over the family business.

Peter Miller works in London as a lawyer in litigation and dispute resolution.

1983 WMA

Joey Santiago's legendary band "The Pixies" ranked #8 on BuzzFeeds Top 29 Reasons to Love Boston.

2001 WMA

Robert Edmunds visited China in September 2013.

1987 WMA 1984 WMA

Marilyn Clark received the California State Technology Award. Marilyn, Data Processing Manager II at the California Public Employees’ Retirement System, was among those recognized for their outstanding contributions.

1987 WMA

1998 WMA

Stacy Jagodowski started a new job as the Director of Communications at Cheshire Academy in Cheshire, Conn.

1989 WMA

Bill Guerin was elected to the Class of 2013 United States Hockey Hall of Fame.

Austin Heenan of Melfa,Va., son of the late Matthew Heenan, has signed with Virginia Military Institute to pitch for the Keydets.

1995 WMA

Kara Thayer was recently inducted to the national leadership and honors society Sigma Alpha Lambda at Northeastern University, where she is currently working on her MBA.

1999 WMA

Jonathan Stolpinski is one of Business West's 40 Under Forty Class of 2013 winners.

1999 WMA

Former WMA Swimming MVP Nick Unaphum has been busy competing in Ironman events in support of Team in Training.

2003 WMA

Angelique Viamari (Kelley), MPA married her college sweetheart Jeff Viamari in October, 2011. They have a baby boy, Joseph Robert.

Angelique is a Senior Paralegal at The Cape Code Five Cents Savings Bank.

2004 WMA

Elizabeth J. Petcu is completing her dissertation, Orders of Elaboration: Wendel Dietterlin and the Architectura, as a Samuel H. Kress Institutional Fellow at the Zentralinstitut für Kunstgeschichte in Munich.

Jonathan Stolpinski ’99 Fall 2013

Neil Bascome lost everything in Hurricane Sandy last year. He ended up staying through the storm and saving the life of a neighbor, a woman from Africa. He is grateful to FEMA and is now rebuilding.

Jeffrey I. Fialky Esq. was named Chairman of the Springfield Chamber of Commerce.

Rob Edmunds ’01

Marilyn Clark ’84 received the California State Technology Award.

Nick Unaphum ’99

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2004 WMA

RED SOX FANS Dave Callahan sent along these photos from the World Series. Pictured: Bridget Callahan ’09, Gillian Callahan ’12, Mary Callahan ’15, their uncle, Pat Landers ’77 (pictured left with WMA hat on).

San Francisco Gathering We enjoyed a terrific WMA gathering at Perry’s on Union Street in San Francisco!

We had fun posing in front of the “Campus Confessions” poster in the back dining room after dinner. (L-R) Chris Cronin, Dorothy Hart, Bob Hart ‘44, Fran Eastman, Edward Goodstein, Loran Kary ‘67, Keith McAllister ‘65, Nick Unaphum ‘99, Kevin Lee ‘99 and Rita Kary.

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Judson Smith works for the Golf Channel in Orlando, Fla. and has recently been promoted to Manager of Golf Media Sales Planning. Judd helps manage the national commercial advertising spots that viewers see on the Golf Channel and the ads that air during PGA golf tournament coverage on NBC TV. He works at Rockefeller Plaza for NBC Universal and NBC Sports. Judd, his wife Liz and their three year old daughter live in the Township of Washington in northern New Jersey. Judd and Liz are expecting twins.

2005 WMA

Mark Robbins has been working as a geochemistry research associate with Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory at a research site in Rifle, Colo. He will begin a Ph.D. program in geochemistry in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences at the University of Michigan in the fall.

Since 2010, Stephanie Smith has been working in Center City, Philadelphia at The American College of Radiology. This past year Stephanie was promoted to the Research Associate position and now oversees data and research for five international medical studies related to the heart, lung cancer, gynecological cancer and lymphoma.

Stephanie is an active member of the 151-year-old Union League of Philadelphia and has been elected to the Leadership Councils for the Philadelphia Chapter of the American Red Cross and also the Liberty USO. She was married in September to fellow University of New Hampshire graduate Garret Desjardins.

2006 WMA

Samuel Bulfinch Greene received a B.A from Wheaton College and certification in Graphic & Web Design from Boston University’s Center for Digital Imaging Arts. In 2011, Sam founded 1751 Web Design in Cambridge, Mass. From that point on he has been collaborating with professors and graduates from B.U., Harvard and other Boston-based institutions.

Jeff Nowak works for the Department of State in the Bureau of Western Hemisphere affairs. He works with foreign aid and public diplomacy throughout the region. He was married in October in Alexandria,Va. to Caitlin Schettino, whom he met in college.

2007 WMA

Sarah Richard is working for CTIA The Wireless Association, in its Regulatory Affairs Department. Celebrating three years of being cancer-free in 2013, Sarah participated in the Washington, D.C. Marine Corps 10K in partnership with The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society’s (LLS) Team In Training on Oct. 27.

Alexander Williamson is currently a Configuration Analyst at L-3 Communications - National Security Solutions - STRATIS, located in Reston, Va. If any students or alumni are looking to learn about the government contracting space (specifically in acquisition, technology, or IT), they are welcome to connect with Alexander on LinkedIn or reach out via email and he would be happy to provide any help that he can.

2008 WMA

Marc Bourgeois is in a Ph.D. program at the University of Arizona for Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics. He graduated from Northwestern in June with honors and a triple major: Integrated Science, Physics and Math.

Nickolas Dalton is finishing his Sports and Exercise Science Degree at the University of Central Florida in Orlando. He was recently hired to the University High School coaching staff under Don Stark as a varsity tight end and JV football coach. University High School is coming off a 2012 Class 8A Florida State District Championship for Central Florida. Along with school and coaching, Nick is also playing his third season as wide receiver for the Orlando, Rattlers, a semi-pro team in the SEFL. Their combined record during his three years for the Rattlers is 27-9 with two division crowns.

Jermaine Ubert Duval Boswell is a student at Oakwood University who will be graduating in the spring of 2014 with a degree in Accounting. He is the son of Ubert Boswell, a dedicated employee at the Academy, and Paulette Boswell. Jermaine has a passion for music and entrepreneurship. When he is not in class he spends his time playing at local churches and working on his company, LifeTriage. LifeTriage is a new social-media outlet that offers a one-of-a-kind experience where people help one another attain knowledge and the necessary skills to reach their maximum professional potential. It does so by providing an avenue for communication between professionals and like-minded individuals in similar occupational focuses; individuals seeking to be a part of a productive, supportive and healthy environment while pursuing their passion.

2009 WMA

Caitlin Mitchell started working at Neathawk, Dubuque & Packett, an advertising agency, the Monday after her graduation from Roanoke College. After graduating with a degree in English & Education she was hired as a Creative Coordinator, but was quickly promoted to Assistant Account Executive.

2010 WMA

Victoria C. Mordasky has been chosen to participate in Roger Williams University’s “Student Academic Showcase and Honors 2013,” sharing the research she did in Brazil.

Steff Robbins, a junior at Boston College, spent a semester studying international relations in Geneva, Switzerland. On a ski trip to Verbier in the Swiss Alps, Steff cavorted in the snow with Frida, a local celebrity.

Jermaine Ubert Duval Boswell ’09 founded LifeTriage (photo from Facebook)

WMA FRIENDS

Head of School Rodney LaBrecque visited with Lev and Catee Hubbard in Lebanon New Hampshire. The Hubbards support a faculty travel fund and an exchange between WMA and Plymouth College in England.

NECROLOGy we remember...

Mr. Norman W. Blomfield ’33 Mr. Robert S. Fay ’41 Mr. Spencer C. Gowrie Jr. ’41 Mr. Raymond C. Avery Jr. ’42 Mr. Thomas C. Brown ’44 Mr. Horace S. Nichols ’44 Mr. Francis W. Smith ’44 Mr. Alan Hale ’46 Mr. A. C. Johnson ’46 Mr. Benjamin M. Brewer ’49

Mr. Peter E. Griswold ’50 Mr. Edward J. McMahon ’51 Mr. James H. Davies ’52 Mr. W. Robert Lappin ’53 Mr. Gregory A. Osgood ’59 Mr. Robert L. Lord ’60 Mr. Edgar Groener Jr. ’63 Mr. Mark S. Perlmutter ’66 Mr. David B. White ’67 Mr. Christopher Bonavita ’76 Mr. John P. Giblin ’77

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2009 WMA

Kayla Cain started her nursing career at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia in September.

Stephanie Pajak was admitted to Penn’s Graduate School of Education as part of the Teach for America Middle School Program.

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WMAlumni Events

Calendar Celebrate WMA Dec. 4, 2013 Log Cabin, Holyoke Mass.

6:00-9:00 p.m.

Young Alumni Gathering Jan. 9, 2014 WMA Campus 6:30-9:30 p.m.

Alumni & Friends Reception Jan. 23, 2014 Marriott Scottsdale Camelback Inn Resort & Spa Scottsdale, Ariz.

Alumni & Friends Reception April 17, 2014 Fall 2013

Old Ebbitt Grill Washington, D.C.

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Reunion June 6 & 7, 2014

Alumni Challenge Games

This calendar is subject to change. Go to www.WMA.us/Alumni for updates!

ANNUaL REPOrT OF GIVINg 2012-2013

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Unrestricted Annual Fund Mr. S. Peter Manchester ’58W Dr. Charles A. McCallum Jr. ’43W Mr. Jonathan L. Sperling ’57W Mr. & Mrs. Philip C. Steiger Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Michael P. Stolpinski Texas Instruments Mr. & Mrs. Osvaldo J. Van-Dúnem* WGBY Public Television Mr. Stacey H. Widdicombe III ’70W WMA Parents Association Mr. & Mrs. Richard M. Zielinski

Dr. Udo Jung & Dipl.-Kffr.

Dagmar A. Jung* Mr. Kent L. Karosen ’84 Mr. David I. Kent ’69W Century Club Mr. Kenneth J. Kessaris ’50W $25,000 + Dr. Jordan L. Kramer ’73 Mr. & Mrs. Frank G. Antonacci Dr. Aaron D. Kugelmass & Mr. & Mrs. Gerald Antonacci Mrs. Karen E. Ambrose Mrs. Marianne Antonacci Mr. Daniel B. Kunhardt Jr. ’72 Mr. Michael J. Flynn Mr. Yong D. Kwon ’88 Mr. Scott B. Jacobs ’75 Mr. Won Hee Lee & Dr. Jamieson D. Kennedy ’51W Mrs. Kye-hwa Kang* Mr. James E. LaCrosse ’50W olden ircle Mr. Jubei Li & Mrs. Yahong Chen Mr. Donald J. Stuart ’73 Donors who make gifts of Mr. & Mrs. Robert F. Little Wesleyan Society $1,000 or more are eligible for Mr. Wenrong Lu & Mrs. Linger Gan $20,000 - $24,999 several benefits each year. Some Dr. Wei Luo & Dr. Yongyu Mei* benefits include: an invitation Mr. David B. Lyman ’74M Leadership Circle to the Springfield Public Forum Mr. William L. Lyons III ’63W $15,000 - $19,999 lecture and dinner, invitations Mr. Josef E. Martin CPCU ’82 Mr. Peter C. Lincoln ’55W to on-campus lectures and Mr. Richard F. McBride ’47W 10% off of items Mrs. Lenita C. McCallum 1804 Founders’ Club performances, in the WMA book store and Witherspoon $10,000 - $14,999 more.

Mr. Martin D. McNamara Mr. Dagang Chen & Mrs. Chun Q.Wei Mr. & Mrs. Andrew P. Mele Mrs. Linda B. Griffin Headmaster's Circle Dr. John W. Miller ’49W Mrs. Judith B. Hale $1,000 - $2,999 Morgan Stanley Smith Barney Ambassador Hyun Chong Kim ’77 Mr. Dana T. Aftab ’81 Global Impact Funding Trust, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Timothy J. Marini Mr. & Mrs. David D. Agahigian Mr. Ki Joon Na & Mr. Richard F. Morgan ’59W Mr. Richard Altman Ms. Nam Kyung Hwang* Mr. Craig A. Rubin ’63W* Mrs. Sylvia F. Altman Mr. & Mrs. David L. Nagle* Mr. Afeng Zhao & Ms. Chaofen Lu* Mr. Francis M. Austin Jr. ’46W New York Life Foundation Col. Richard W. Bailey USMC Mr. Robert K. Nichols ’63W Atlas & Bell Circle Lt. Ret. ’55M Mr. Abdurasul Nozirov* $5,000 - $9,999 Mr. Young Eum Ban & Mrs. Mr. Douglas W. Osmond ’75 U. S. Trust Thea E. Katsounakis, Young Sook Im Dr. In Joo Park & Ms. Sook Hee Yae Vice President Mr. David P. Benziger ’61M Peabody Energy Matching Mr. Brent G. Todd ’81 Mr. & Mrs. Richard D. Bourgeois Gifts Program Mrs. Leonia S. Todd Mr. & Mrs. Matthew M. Burke Mr. Richard B. Phillips ’63W Mrs. Judith A. Knapp Ms. Mi Kyung Byun* Mr. Peter S. Plumb Esq. ’61W Mr. & Mrs. Peter A. Picknelly Jr. Mr. John F. Chapple III ’60W Mr. Robert S. Putnam ’48W Mr. Thad Wheeler* Mr. & Mrs. Seung J. Chyun ’75 Mr. Ralph A. Quackenbush ’51W Mr. & Mrs. Steven P. Marcus Mr. & Mrs. Carl A. Conlon Mr. Dean F. Redfern ’72 Mr. Kent W. Pecoy Mr. Yingzhi Cui & Mrs. Wei Zhao Mr. & Mrs. David A. Reeves Mr. William A. Tychsen ’59W Mr. Albert W. Dodge Sr. ’32W Ms. Carol F. Relihan ’73 Brian F. Randall ’60W Mr. Robert S. Edmunds ’01 Mr. Jeffrey A. Reynolds ’83 Mr. Hongbin Wang & Mrs. Chunyan Mr. Robert B. Enemark ’42W Mr. & Mrs. Murray J. Ross Huang Mr. William R. Faulkner Jr. ’57W Mr. & Mrs. Frederic Rothery Mr. Michael Clarke ’58W Mr. Bruce S. Ferguson ’67W Mr. Edward J. Sack ’47W Mr. Van Gothner & Ms. Elizabeth A. Mr. Evan H. Gallivan ’96 Mr. Lee H. Schilling ’59W Davison Mr. & Mrs. Richard M. Gallivan Dr. Kevin E. Schmidt & Mr. Donald M. Joffray ’46W Mr. Dwight W. Gammons ’52W Dr. Mary E. King Mr. & Mrs. Richard G. Dooley Mrs. Helen Gammons Mr. Jaehyeong Seo & Mr. Floyd F. Foster Jr. ’42W Gionis Insurance Services Mrs. Jong Sook Park Mr. Si Il Jang & Mrs. Sun Young Mr. & Mrs. Michael W. Glabicky Mr. & Mrs. Lokman Sever* Hwang* Mr. Gunter M. Glass ’63W Mr. James J. Shea Jr. ’44W Mr. Horace S. Nichols ’44W Mr. & Mrs. Amaro Goncalves Mr. Jae Hong Park & Ms. Mi Jung Kim Mr. Arthur W. Gregory III ’59W Mr. & Mrs. Yang Shen Mr. & Mrs. Garrett P. Smith Mr. Steven D. Spence ’76 Mr. Alan Hale ’46W Mr. Shujun Song & Mr. Richard C. Upton ’60M Mr. Franklin Hall ’31W Mrs. Xinzhu Peng* Mr. & Mrs. Gary E. Wendlandt Ms. Ellen M. Hancock* Mr. Dennis C. Sowers ’59W Mr. Jae Jun Yang & Ms. Eun Kyung Min* Mr. & Mrs. Glenn R. Hanson Dr. Jay S. Steingrub & Mr. Bo Zhao & Ms. Lijuan Hu* Mr. J. Lawrie Hibbard ’52W Dr. Milagros C. Rosal* Mr. Parker E. Hodgman ’55M Theater Guild of Hampden Old Academy Club Mr. David E. Hoxeng ’68W Mr. Xin Tian & Mrs. Ling Li $3,000 - $4,999 Mrs. Virginia L. Hoyt Verisk Matching Gifts Program Mr. Paul B. Cronin ’53W Mr. & Mrs. Steven Imbriano* Attorney Michael P. Walsh & Mr. James S. Downey ’73 Dr. Hampton W. Irwin M.D. ’48W Ms. Mary Elizabeth McLaughlin Dr. & Mrs. Kobchai Jitsakula Mr. Sang Jin Jang & Ms. Yoo Jung Won* Mr. & Mrs. Yoshio Watanabe Mr. Rodney J. LaBrecque Mr. Frederick D. Watts Mr. Keon Soo Lee & Mrs. Insuk Han Mr. Yu-Lai Jin & Mrs. Min Yang Mr. Jun Jing & Ms. Chunlian Wang*

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Mr. Joseph W. Merritt Jr. ’57W Microsoft Matching Gifts Program Mr. & Mrs. Peter J. Moran Mrs. Marjorie Murray Mr. & Mrs. Richard J. O'Donnell ’80 Mr. Alan A. Orquiola ’89* Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. Osmond Dr. Michael A. Pangan ’86 Mrs. Courtney T. Paterna ’96 Hill Society Mr. Daniel F. Pawling Sr. $500 - $999 Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth G. Penfield Jr.* Mr. Ronald W. Alley Sr. ’57W Mr. Jeffrey M. Polep ’72 Alpha Oil Company Mr. & Mrs. Gregory A. Popovich Mr. Eric W. Anderson Dr. & Mrs. Thomas F. Race Mr. Ronald H. Anderson ’53W Mr. Arthur S. Robbins ’50W Andrew Associates Mr. Richard F. Rodgers Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence E. Bater Mr. James A. Russell ’55M Archie D. & Bertha H. Mrs. Molly H. Russo ’84 Walker Foundation His Excellency Arsa P. Sarasin ’55W Mr. Michael D. Balise ’83 Mr. John M. Sawyer Jr. ’59W Mr. John S. Banas III ’80 Mr. J. Gerald Schnell ’63W Dr. David L. Brown ’64M Mr. Philip H. Shaw Jr. ’57W Mr. Bruce E. Buxton Mr. Edward W. Shore Jr. ’48W Mr. & Mrs. Sakchai Chirathivat Mr. & Mrs. Douglas L. Soder Mr. Donald J. Collins ’60M Mr. Donald J. Southwick ’64M ConocoPhillips Company Cornerstone Real Estate Advisers LLC Mr. & Mrs. James Stellato Jr.* Mr. Gustavus F. Swift IV ’66W Mr. John L. Crowell ’61M Mr. Richard P. Taylor ’62W Mr. William L. Danforth ’56W Mr. C. Stetson Thomas ’50W Mr. Ronald E. Dean ’50W Mr. Donald T. Tull ’55W Dick Polastry Painting Mr. Qiang Ding & Mrs. Wujun Yi* Mr. Mack Walker ’46W Dr. William H. Warren ’42W Mr. & Mrs. Jack S. Dromgold Dr. Bruce D. Waslick & Mr. Brian P. Easler Dr. Terri M. Griffin* Mr. David W. Eldridge ’77 Mr. & Mrs. David C. Weeks Ms. Julie Evert* Dr. David F. Wender ’69W ExxonMobil Foundation, Inc. Mr. Robert G. Faulkner Sr. ’53W Dr. Brett R. Zalkan ’83 Mr. Kevin Zhang & Ms. Ling Zhao* FloDesign Inc. ubicon Societ Christine Galavotti Ph.D. ’73* Mr. Joseph J. Garstka ’69M Rubicon Society Mr. Richard R. Garstka ’73 AAA Pioneer Valley Mrs. Barbara W. German Mr. & Mrs. Benjamin C. Abrams* Mr. Reginald Gibson* Mr. Joel E. Ackerman ’89* Mr. Richard P. Goldman Mr. Charles A. Adams ’41M Mr. Charles G. Greenhalgh Jr. ’42W Aetna Foundation, Inc. Mr. George T. Greenhalgh ’45W Mr. Patrick T. Agahigian ’09 Mr. David H. Griffith ’59W Mr. Michael G. Albano & Mrs. Ligia P. Guerin Ms. Nancy B. Alisberg Dr. Leigh Harrington ’59W Mr. Charles M. Albrecht ’60M Mr. William D. Howerton ’49W Ms. Renee A. Alexander* Mr. & Mrs. Leverett M. Hubbard Jr. Mr. Stephen M. Allen '57W Illinois Tool Works Foundation Mr. Neil Amato Mr. Eric W. Jacobs ’74 Mrs. Patricia H. Ambrose* Mr. Matthew C. Jarvinen ’96 American International Group, Inc. Mr. Howard T. Jensen Jr. ’59W Dr. Loriston K. Amsden ’56W Mr. Robert A. Johnson ’54W Mr. Byung Keun An & Mrs. Yeon Mr. Douglas H. Jones ’70W Ok Kim Mr. M. Loran Kary ’67W * Indicates new donors Mr. Donald E. Kelly Donors in italic notes those we have lost Dr. Mark A. Keroack ’72 this year.

Mahsa Khanbabai Esq. ’89 Mr. Olli Timi P. Kokkonen ’55W Discrepancies: We have tried our best to ensure the Mr. Heung S. Lee ’58W accuracy of the information contained Mr. Richard LeStage ’61W within these pages. If you come across Dr. Ronald L. Majka ’68M an error or omission, please accept our Marcus Bordeaux Printing apologies and let us know of the error so Mr. John C. Marsh ’58W that we may take the appropriate actions to correct it. To make a correction, call Mr. K. Keith McAllister ’65W Mr. & Mrs. William E. Wells* Mr. Benjamin F. Wilson ’69W Mr. & Mrs. Martin R. Wright Mr. & Mrs. Hirokazu Yamanashi* Dr. Sang Jin Yoon & Mrs. Hyosun Lim Mr. Zuo J. Yu & Mrs. Hong Ai Mr. Bill Zou & Mrs. Lijie Xu

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ENGAGED

Highlights from the 2012-2013 year include:

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Thank you to all of our wonderful volunteers at Wilbraham & Monson Academy. Our tremendous success is largely due to your hard work and dedication throughout the year.

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Things to note while looking through the Annual Report: New donors are now noted within the lists with an asterisk. I look forward to adding their names to the consecutive giving list in the next few years.

Last year, we received close to 1,000 gifts totaling $878,649 in voluntary support of the Annual Fund. Thank you for showing your pride in Wilbraham & Monson Academy by making a contribution.

The consecutive giving list is always an interesting mix of alumni, parents, friends, former faculty and staff with five or more years of consecutive giving to Wilbraham & Monson Academy. You’ll see it also has the number of years each has been giving. A nice group has been contributing to the Academy for 27 years!

Gifts of all sizes have an immediate and direct impact on the lives of both faculty and students, providing the resources necessary to maintain the highest standards of educating our students, tomorrow’s innovators, in an expanding global community.

Alumni Current Parents Alumni Parents Grandparents & Alumni Grandparents Spouses of Alumni Faculty & Staff Corporations, Foundations & Matching Gifts Friends Other Total

Over 140 new donors were added to the roster Over 300 constituents make up our core donors and have been making contributions to WMA consistently for five or more years Over $90,000 was raised from 81 donors for the Annual Fund from Reunion giving The current parents raised close to $200,000 for the Annual Fund

Sarah Wakelin, Director of Annual Giving

$469,482 $192,561 $104,118 $12,025 $24,932 $14,898 $23,709 $15,240 $21,684 $878,649

ANNUAL GIVING BY CONSTITUANT AND KIND

Capital Programs & Endowment Major Gifts Gifts Inkind Grand Total

Moving Forward

The signs of alumni, student and parent pride are increasingly easy to see on campus in the renewal of facilities, the energy and drive of the faculty, and the achievements of students. The images and stories you see in the pages of this issue of Academy World provide a glimpse of the results of the dedicated efforts of so many of you. I offer my sincerest thanks to the more than 850 donors and volunteers who brought us to a new level with $4,622,167 in total voluntary support for the 2012-2013 academic year.

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I note with great enthusiasm faculty giving doubled this year. When faculty commit so heavily to WMA it is a strong message about the health of this great school.

Sincerely,

Other highlights include: • Revived Parents Association Auction exceeding $75,000 in net proceeds – the highest amount raised by any auction previously held by WMA. • Dining Hall Phase II created additional elegant improvements to our most important common space.

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$ 673,758.00 $ 412,458.00 $ 7,992.00 $ 1,972,857.00

The LaBrecque Academic Gate began a new tradition for incoming and graduating students.

Jim LaCrosse ’50W made a $2.7 million unrestricted investment in WMA’s bright future.

It is with the utmost respect and gratitude that we all express our thanks to the alumni, parents and friends listed in this annual report. Thanks to you, WMA maintains and enhances its excellence.

Richard Rodgers Director of Development

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Mr. William L. Archer Sr. ’61M Mr. Robert J. Ardison III ’55W Mr. David W. Armstrong Jr. ’40W Mr. & Mrs. William M. Awad III Mr. Stephen J. Balicki Mr. Arthur W. Balikuddembe & Ms. Rose N. Kiggundu* Mr. Stephen L. Balser ’63W* Mr. & Mrs. Paulo C. Baltazar Mr. & Mrs. Donald G. Bamford Bank of America Mr. Robert D. Bardwell III ’70W Mr. Ronald W. Barend ’66M Mr. James A. Barkhuff ’67W Ms. Donna L. Barone Mr. Henry D. Bartlett ’56W Mr. W. Scott Bartlett III ’63W Ms. Martha Beale* Dr. S. J. Beale ’33W Mr. Gary R. Beauchamp ’78 Mr. & Mrs. William J. Beauregard Jr. Mr. John G. Becker Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Darryl M. Beech Mr. Donald C. Beers Jr. ’48W Mr. Peter Bemben & Ms. Jacqueline M. Zuzgo* Mr. & Mrs. Enrico Bendinelli* Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Arnoff LLP Ms. Linda R. Berube Mr. Ruggero Besana & Mrs. Patrizia Boggian* Mr. & Mrs. William J. Best Mr. Lewis W. Birmingham ’60W Mr. Frederick L. Blackwell ’72 Mr. Douglas H. Blampied ’56W Mr. David F. Blanchard ’72 Lt. Col. Robert W. Bliss USAF Ret. ’39W Mr. Paul E. Bloomfield & Ms. Sherri L. Krassin Mr. Frederick M. Bodington Jr. ’55M Mr. Nathaniel Bond ’52W Mr. Jeffrey F. Bonk ’78 Mr. & Mrs. Ernest T. Booth Mr. John F. Boozang Dr. Leonard R. Borsari ’61W Dr. & Mrs. Glen M. Bouchard* Mr. William C. Brackett Mr. & Mrs. William E. Braunlich Mr. Lawrence W. Bray ’61M Mr. & Mrs. Stephen A. Briggs II* Mr. Richard B. Brigham ’52W Mr. John A. Brockway ’61M Mr. Kenneth W. Brooks ’42M Ms. Denise M. Broussal* Dr. Townsend Brown Jr. ’69W Ms. Nora M. Bruno* Mr. Harold C. Burdon Jr. ’51W Mr. John C. Burns ’66M Mr. & Mrs. Brian N. Caine* Cmdr. John S. Calhoun USCG ’61W Mr. Colin C. Capp ’63W* Mr. Phillip J. Cardone Mr. & Mrs. Anthony Carey Mr. Edward J. Carey ’50M Dr. & Mrs. Philip R. Caropreso Mr. Robert W. Carpenter ’50M Mr. & Mrs. Charles P. Carson* Mrs. Priscilla Carter

Christopher W. Cary M.D. ’73* Mr. Francis J. Cataldo ’57W Ms. Mary Eileen Cebula Mr. & Mrs. David M. Cerpovicz* Mr. David B. Chamberlain ’71W Mr. Critz Chan and Mrs. Peak See Chew Mr. Ming F. Chang ’89 Dr. Symin J. Charpentier ’07 Mr. Alton W. Cheney ’38W Mr. William B. Cheney ’57W Mr. & Mrs. Phillip Chesky Mr. Phillip B. Chesky ’02 & Mrs. Maureen A. Kelly Chesky ’02 Ms. Rosalyn C. Chesky ’08 Ms. Gail Chesworth-Taylor Mr. Hon To Cheung & Mrs. Shuk Kan Lo Mr. & Mrs. Gregory J. Clewes Mr. & Mrs. John A. Cochran Mr. Bruce P. Coffin Jr. ’63W* Mr. & Mrs. Philmore H. Colburn II Ms. Sara T. Colburn ’10 Ms. Susan A. Cole Mr. Russell S. Cook ’57W Mr. & Mrs. Edward J. Corcoran* Mr. & Mrs. Gary Cove* Mr. Richard F. Cram Jr. ’66W Mr. Frederik O. Crawford ’60W Ms. Christina J. Cronin CFRE Mr. & Mrs. Thomas E. Cronin Mr. Robert C. Crowell ’56M D.A. Sullivan & Sons, Inc. Mr. Charles D. D'Avanzo Rev. Richard A. Davis ’44W Mr. John C. Davis ’45W Mr. & Mrs. Bert Davison Mr. Harry A. Day ’57W Mr. Charles P. Day ’48W Ms. Wendy L. Decker Mr. & Mrs. Alan G. DeLand Mr. Qinglin Deng & Ms. Zhaohui Hao* Mr. Alex Dezieck Mr. Albert W. Dodge Jr. ’58W Mr. Michael J. Dolaher ’90* Mr. & Mrs. Donn M. Dominique Mr. & Mrs. Victor J. Donatelli Mr. Xianwu Dong & Mrs. Wenhua Zhang* Dr. Melissa A. Donohue Mr. Henry M. Downey ’70W Mr. & Mrs. Verner Drohan Dufault Vann & Carella Mr. John C. Duncan III ’56W Ms. Francesca Eastman & Mr. Edward C. Goodstein Mr. Robert L. Eddy Jr. ’62W Mr. Gunnar A. Edelstein ’68M Mr. & Mrs. Howard Edelstein* Mr. & Mrs. Laurence D. Ely Mr. Mountfort A. Euston ’62W Mr. & Mrs. Thomas G. Fallon* Dr. Timothy W. Farrell Mr. Scott A. Faulkner CPA ’88 Mr. Phillip L. Faulstich & Mrs. Carol LaLiberte Mrs. JoAnne W. Felchner* Mr. Donald N. Femia ’54W Mrs. Maria F. Filardi ’87 Mr. Douglas Findlay ’61W Mr. & Mrs. David Fineman* Mr. Mark A. Fischer

Mr. & Mrs. David C. Fitchet Col. Frederic J. Flemings ’52W Ms. Caitlin S. Flynn ’06 Mrs. Loretta Fograshy Dr. Harold B. Fohlin Jr. ’45W Mr. & Mrs. Eric A. Forstmann* Mrs. Barbara M. Foster Mr. & Mrs. Earl R. Franklin* Dr. James H. Freeman ’49W Mr. John B. Freese Jr. ’45W Mr. Peter O. Frisch Mr. Frank Fritts Mr. & Mrs. Frederic W. Fuller III Mr. Frank W. Fulreader Jr. ’62W Mr. Joseph A. Furgal ’57M Mr. Anthony L. Gagliardi Jr. ’67W Mr. Joseph T. Gagnon ’77 * Dr. C. Farrell Gallaway ’44M Mr. Duccio Galletti & Mrs. Anna Carabelli* Dr. & Mrs. Gregory J. Gallivan* Ms. Whitney E. Gallivan ’00 Mr. Frederick C. Gao Ms. Stacey C. Gardner* Mr. & Mrs. Andrew G. Garvey* Mr. & Mrs. L. Michael Gatzkiewicz Mr. Thomas M. Gavin ’66W Mrs. Kate A. Gaw Mr. Kevin C. Genther ’46W Mr. Garry J. Germain* Dr. & Mrs. Michael J. Germain Mr. Sean M. Germain ’02 Mr. John R. Germaine Mr. & Mrs. Isaiah L. Gillett* Mr. Jonathan W. Giokas ’95 Mr. & Mrs. William J. Giokas Mrs. Theresa M. Girhiny* Mrs. Tina L. Girhiny Mr. Chris Glabicky ’11* Mr. & Mrs. Arthur L. Goneau Dr. Arlene M. Goodman ’96 Dr. & Mrs. Lawrence H. Goodman Mr. Robert J. Googins ’53W Dr. Barbara J. Gordon & Mr. David J. Gordon Dr. Kathleen M. Gorski Mr. & Mrs. Samuel J. Gourley* Mr. John E. Gow ’50W Mr. Harold O. Graves ’42W Mr. Steven M. Gray ’70W Dr. & Mrs. Richard A. Greene Mr. Samuel B. Greene ’06 Mr. Kennard G. Gregory ’62W Mr. & Mrs. Laurent R. Grenier Mrs. Robert W. Griffin Mr. Edgar Groener Jr. ’63W* Mr. John J. Guerin ’96 & Mrs. Kristina S. Guerin ’98 Mr. Hongqi Guo & Mrs. Ruihua Chen Haire-Bohmer Wealth Management Group, LLC Mr. Alan N. Hall Mr. Brinley M. Hall Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Dean D. Halloran Sr.* Mr.Yuancheng Han & Mrs. Hongyun Shi* Mr. Robert D. Handel ’71W Mr. & Mrs. Scott Hannah* Mr. Robert J. Harlan Jr. ’62M* Mr. & Mrs. Timothy P. Harrington Mrs. Veronica D. Harrington* Mr. Robert A. Hart Jr. ’44W

Ms. Jane Hathaway* Dr. Harrison B. Hawley ’61W Mr. William A. Hawthorne ’61W Ms. Margaret E. Hayes ’90 Mr. Richard P. Hayes ’55M Mr. E. Morris Hayn Jr. ’49W Mr. Robert L. Hayward ’46M Mr. & Mrs. Dale Henry Ms. Jeanne F. Henry ’04 Mr. James H. Herzog Jr. ’70W Mr. & Mrs. Paul Hetzel* Mrs. Ashley Heye Watson Mr. Thory Heye ’66W Attorney Lloyd H. Hill ’47W Mr. John R. Hine ’71W Mr. William C. Hine II ’67W Mr. & Mrs. John B. Hollister* Mr. & Mrs. Richard Holohan Ms. Jacqueline Hooper* Mr. Lloyd N. Hoover ’43W Mr. & Mrs. Allen Hsiao Mr. & Mrs. John P. Hulten Mr. Robert R. Humberston ’68W Mr. William O. Humes ’59M Mr. Doug S. Hutcheson & Ms. Margaret Lenihan Hutcheson Mr. Warren B. Hutchinson ’61M Independence Bank ING Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Frederick M. Insler Mr. Jonathan T. Insler ’99 Mr. Michael A. Insler ’01 Intel Foundation It's All About Me Mr. & Mrs. Peter B. Izyk Mr. & Mrs. Peter J. Jackson Ms. Stacy E. Jagodowski ’98 Mr. & Mrs. Christopher J. Jalbert Mr. Nicholas C. Jalbert ’12* Mrs. Mary Ellen Jamroz Mr. Skip Jarocki Mr. Christopher F. Jasinski ’00 Mr. & Mrs. Andrew T. Jessup Jimmy's Pizza Mr. Arthur S. Johnson III ’40W Mr. Frank D. Johnson ’42W Mr. Douglas T. Jones ’67W Mr. & Mrs. Mark A. Jorgensen* Mr. Michael H. Joseph ’67M Dr. Kirby Juengst & Dr. Karen Ferroni Ms. Brigid M. Jurgens ’08 Mr. & Mrs. James S. Jurgens Mr. Peter J. Jurgens ’06 Mr. & Mrs. Carroll F. Kane Mr. Theodore W. Kappler Jr. ’61W Ulmer & Berne Mr. Joshua S. Kelly ’85 Mr. & Mrs. Thomas J. Kennedy III Mr. David B. Kenney ’53W Dr. Richard H. Kimball ’41W* Mr. & Mrs. Erik M. Kindblom Mr. Richard J. King ’75 Dr. Paul I. Kingsbury ’53W Mr. Galway M. Kinnell ’44W Mr. Spyridon D. Klitsas ’95* Mr. Jeremy R. Korytoski ’06 Mr. & Mrs. Thomas P. Kubacki* La Cucina di Hampden House Mrs. Bertha P. Lak Mr. Geoffrey A. LaMarche ’00

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Mr. Richard H. Lamb ’69W Mr. William R. Lane Jr. ’83 Mr. Thomas J. Langer ’73 Mr. Jesadang Laohaprasit ’94 Mrs. Mercedese E. Large* Mr. James S. Law ’68W Mrs. Ann-Marie Lawlor ’84 Mr. & Mrs. William J. Lawrence Mr. William M. Lax ’45W Mr. & Mrs. Jik Lee* Mr. Ralph F. Leonard ’61W Ms. Jillian R. Levy ’05 Lexington Group, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Crawford Lincoln* Mr. Timothy N. Lincoln ’68W Drs. Michael & Nancy Lindberg Mr. M. John Lippman ’53W Mr. John C. Lombard Mr. Andres S. Lopez ’80 Mr. Chi-Lung Lu & Ms. Hsiu-Ying Chen* Mr. Gordon Lukwago & Dr. Alex V. Sempa Ms. Bethany A. Lyon ’11 Mr. Mark S. Lyon & Mrs. Anne S. Redman-Lyon Ms. Sarah E. Lyon ’09 Monson Savings Bank M. Santos Excavation Mr. Ian S. Macdonald ’94 Mr. Patrick J. Macdonald ’89 Mr. James S. Macgregor III ’60M Dr. Robert K. MacLauchlin ’50W Dr. Thomas G. Magill ’55W Mr. & Mrs. William E. Mahoney Mr. Richard A. Malin ’51M Mr. Barry M. Maloney ’85 Mr. & Mrs. Frank S. Mancuso Jr. Mr. Michael C. Mannix Mr. Robert T. Marchant ’51W Rev. Ronald D. Marcy ’54W Mr. Timothy D. Marsano ’78 Marsh & McLennan Companies Mr. Todd R. Masnicki ’89 MassMutual Financial Group Mr. & Mrs. Thomas F. Matteo Mr. James G. Matzen ’60W Mr. John W. Maynard ’41W Mr. & Mrs. Joseph W. Mazeika III ’73 Mr. G. Robert McAllister ’79 Mr. Thomas H. McCallum Jr. ’56W Mr. Richard T. McCarthy ’51W Mr. Frederick L. McCauley* Mr. David P. McDowell ’73 Mr. Robert A. McElaney ’85 Mr. Sean P. McGrath ’07 Mr. David McKay ’65M* Mrs. Ruby McKay* Mrs. Eleanor McNamara Mr. Craig E. Meadows ’64W Mr. John H. Meissner ’66W Mr. Irwin G. Michelman ’75 Mr. Steven K. Miller ’65W Mr. Carl F. Mitchell ’53W Mr. M. Scott Mitchell ’57W Mr. & Mrs. James F. Monahan Mr. Kevin J. Monahan ’73 Mr. & Mrs. Robert M. Mooney* Ms. Maria-Rallou T. Moore Ms. Tresara G. Moore ’11* Mr. & Mrs. Thomas F. Moran*

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Talya Sever '13, Turkey, adds her stone to the alumni wall.

Jack Viens '13 carries his stone through the rain to place on the alumni wall.

YuanNing (Nina) Lu '13 proudly carries her stone with fellow student Jingwen (Daisy) Li '15.

Dr. & Mrs. David M. Mordasky Ms. Victoria C. Mordasky ’10 Mrs. Janet L. Murphy Mr. Peter L. Murray Esq. ’61W Mr. & Mrs. Larry J. Musselman Mr. Bruce Mutch ’97* Ms. Nancy W. Naftulin Mr. & Mrs. Michael A. Nallen Dr. N. Richard Namay ’66W* Mr. Donald J. Nicholson ’79 Mrs. Ruth Nicholson Mr. David L. Nickerson ’49W Mr. Karl G. Nonemaker ’64M Ms. Tiffany E. Norman & Mr. Hasan Alrefae Mr. William M. Northrop ’51W Mr. & Mrs. Emmanuel Ntagkounakis* Mr. Daniel M. O'Brien ’79 Mr. & Mrs. Alan E. O'Dell Mr. William T. Olmstead ’41W Mr. David Olsen ’52W Ms. Sara O'Martian* Mr. & Mrs. Vennat Omigie* Mr. John R. O'Reilly & Ms. Ann Rick Mr. Edward W. Osmond ’79 Dr. David N. Ostrom CAPT Bertrand A. Page ’58W Mrs. Debra J. Pageau ’76 Mr. & Mrs. John J. Pajak Mrs. Jerilyn J. Paolino ’83 Mr. Andrew M. Paul ’69W

Mr. Steven L. Paul ’66W Mr. & Ms. Carlo Pavesi* Ms. Hallie E. Payne* Mr. John R. Payne Jr. ’62W Mr. Andrew J. Pehoviak ’10 Mr. & Mrs. John D. Pehoviak Mr. & Mrs. Roger Pell* Mr. & Mrs. Luke R. Pelletier Mrs. Marxan E. Pescetta Peter Pan Trailways Mr. Frederick V. Peterson Jr. ’66W Mr. Mallory L. Pettengill ’53W His Excellency Nitya Pibulsonggram ’58W Mr. Roger H. Pierson ’63W* Ms. Linda Pietras Mrs. Christine L. Pilch Mancini ’83 Mr. & Mrs. William L. Pinkston III Mr. Willard F. Pinney Jr. ’61W Mr. Pasquale H. Pio III ’06 PJC Organic Products & Programs Ms. Kathleen M. Plante* Ms. Evelyn K. Pool* Mrs. Sandra A. Poole Mr. Gary A. Popovich ’08 Mr. Bud Porter ’44W Mr. Robert S. Porter ’59W Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey R. Power Mr. Nicholas A. Powlovich ’69M Mr. Benjamin D. Premo ’05

Mr. & Mrs. David A. Premo Mr. Thomas G. Prior ’88 Mr. Gary L. Provost Mr. G. Eric Pucher ’47W Mr. Jianfang Qiu & Mrs.Yuanping Liu* Quest Diagnostics Incorporated Mr. Richard M. Raia ’49W Mr. Maurice Raizin ’59M Mr. Philip S. Rand ’58W Mrs. Elizabeth E. Reeves Mr. & Mrs. Brian L. Regnier* Ms. Katherine A. Reilly Mr. Robert H. Reul ’65M* Dr. Paul Reynolds ’69W Mr. Winston S. Rice ’50W Mr. Frederic D. Riley ’56W Mr. Edgar C. Riozzi ’62W Mr. Wallace M. Ripley Jr. ’36W Mrs. Doris H. Roberson Mr. A. Seth Roberts ’70W Mr. & Mrs. Steven C. Robinson* Mr. & Mrs. Donald B. Robitaille Ms. Jennifer A. Rogalski Mr. James E. Ross ’53W Mr. & Mrs. George Roth* Ms. Meghan L. Rothschild* Mrs. Geraldine E. Roy Mr. & Mrs. John M. Roy* Mr. Jack Rubin & Ms. Patricia Yuzawa-Rubin Ms. Barbara Rumph*

Lt. Col. Stephen M. Rusiecki ’80 Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Russell* Ms. Dorothy Angell Rutherford Mr. Stanley H. Rutstein Mr. Stephen H. Sack Jr. ’90 Mr. Theodore G. Sarant ’73 Mr. Jonathan M. Sargent ’71W Mr. & Mrs. John N. Sarno Mr. William P. Scanlon ’61W Mr. Eric T. Schoonover ’54W Mr. Steven J. Schwartz ’59M Mr. Edward S. Schwerdtle II ’52W Mr. Richard A. Serafino Jr. ’77 Ms. Bonnie M. Serino ’87 Cmdr. John G. Shaw ’64W Mr. James J. Shea Jr. ’44W Mr. & Mrs. John Shea Mr. Robert P. Shea & Ms. Anne M. Pellan-Shea Mr. & Mrs. David K. Sherman Mr. Edwin Shivell ’50M Ms. Cynthia L. Shults Mr. Rand K. Silver ’88* Mr. Oleg Skvortsova* Mr. Richard C. Slosek ’60W Ms. Caroline T. Smith Mr. & Mrs. Donald R. Smith Mr. Richard R. Smith Ms. Stephanie M. Smith ’05 Mr. Michael Sokolov ’56M Mrs. Carol J. Sorensen

Mr. & Mrs. Michael Sparago* Mr. Christopher G. Sparks ’95 Dr. & Mrs. Anthony G. Spartos Mr. Kenneth S. Sperber ’64M Springfield Garden Club Mr. Thomas S. Starodoj II ’51W Mr. Michael F. Stone ’67W Dr. Mont E. Stong ’78 Mr. & Mrs. Charles A. Suglia Mr. John W. Sullivan Jr. ’72 Mr. H. Fletcher Swanson ’63W Mr. Walter G. Swanson Mr. James W. Symmonds ’64M Mr. Douglas J. Taber ’74 Target Tarnow Nursery, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Joshua Taylor Jr. Mr. Edward H. Thaxter ’65W Ms. Kara Thayer ’95 Mr. & Mrs. Scott T. Theriault* Mr. & Mrs. Sylvain P. Thibault* Mr. & Mrs. John M. Tierney* Mr. Thomas R. Toman Mr. Thomas L. Troy ’87 Mr. Robert W. Tull ’50W Winston M. Turner Ph.D. ’62W Mr. David M. Tyson ’51W Mr. Jeffrey D. Ubersax ’73 Ulmer & Berne United Technologies Mr. Paulo A. Vaal Neto*

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Mr. & Mrs. Adam P. VanVoorhis* Mr. Jeffrey R. Vartabedian Mr. & Mrs. Victor Vazquez* Mr. Andrew G. Veitch ’65W Mr. Jose L. Velasco* Mr. & Mrs. Richard L. Voltz Jr. Mr. Richard P. von Hoorn ’52W Mr. Thomas C. Vose ’66W Wilbraham Music Ms. S. Elisabeth Wagoner ’01 Mrs. Sarah E. Wakelin Mr. Benjamin H. Walcott ’50W Mr. & Mrs. Joseph M. Walker Mr. William D. Walsh ’58M Mr. R. Wallace Watson ’70W Dr. David G. Watterson ’63W Mr. Kyle E. Webb ’77 Mr. Christopher R.Weinmann ’67W* Mr. Steven I. Weiss ’67M Mr. William S. Welles ’64W Ms. Erika M. Whipple Mr. Stuart F. Whitcomb Mr. David B. White ’67M* Mr. David R. Whitehouse ’56W Ms. Kathryn G. Whitford* Mr. Harry T. Whitin III ’63W Mr. Herbert W. Wilkinson III ’61M Dr. Edward B. Williams ’29M Mr. & Mrs. Kenrick E. Williams Mr. Andrew R. Willis ’00 Mr. & Mrs. Scott H. Willson ’55W Mr. Bruce A. Wilson ’60W Mr. Craig M. Wilson ’60W Mr. Herbert R. Wilson ’62W Dr. James S. Wilson ’61M Mr. & Mrs. Craig R. Wojcik* Mr. M. Scott Wood ’68W Mr. Paul G. Woodhouse ’55W Mr. Sheldon M. Woolf ’50W World Affairs Council of Western Mass.

Mrs. Ursula S. Wright Mr. Xianhong Wu & Mrs. Jianhong Jin* Ms. June-Marie Zaccariello Dr. Fred M. Ziter Jr. ’54W Ms. Marianne G. Zurn

Trustees Emeriti

Mrs. Patricia M. Altman Mr. Eric W. Anderson Mr. Edward J. Carey ’50M Mr. Alan N. Hall His Excellency Nitya Pibulsonggram ’58W Mr. Frederic Rothery

Former Trustees

Mr. Francis M. Austin Jr. ’46W Mr. Donald J. Collins ’60M Mr. Richard G. Dooley Mr. William R. Faulkner Jr. ’57W Mr. Bruce S. Ferguson ’67W Mr. Richard P. Goldman Mr. Harold O. Graves ’42W Mr. David H. Griffith ’59W Mr. Kent L. Karosen ’84 Ms. Mahsa Khanbabai Esq. ’89 Mr. Richard LeStage ’61W Mr. Peter C. Lincoln ’55W Mr. Todd R. Masnicki ’89 Mrs. Lenita C. McCallum Witherspoon Mr. Craig E. Meadows ’64W Mr. Richard F. Morgan ’59W Mr. George H. Murray ’42W Mr. Horace S. Nichols ’44W Mr. Richard B. Phillips ’63W Mr. Peter S. Plumb Esq. ’61W Ms. Carol F. Relihan ’73 Mr. Edward J. Sack ’47W Mr. James J. Shea Jr. ’44W Mr. Jonathan L. Sperling ’57W Mr. Richard P. Taylor ’62W Mr. William A. Tychsen ’59W Mr. Gary E. Wendlandt Mr. Benjamin F. Wilson ’69W

Monson Alumni

1929 Dr. Edward B. Williams 1941 Mr. Charles A. Adams 1942 Mr. Kenneth W. Brooks 1944 Dr. C. Farrell Gallaway 1946 Mr. Robert L. Hayward Annual Report lists by 1950 constituency Mr. Edward J. Carey Mr. Robert W. Carpenter Trustees Mr. Edwin Shivell Mrs. Susan Y. Awad 1951 Mr. Bruce E. Buxton Mr. Richard A. Malin Mr. Van Gothner 1955 Mr. Michael J. Flynn Mr. Frederick M. Bodington Jr. Mrs. Linda B. Griffin Mr. Richard P. Hayes Mrs. Krista Hanson Mr. Parker E. Hodgman Mr. Scott B. Jacobs ’75 Ambassador Hyun Chong Kim ’77 Lt. Col. Richard W. Bailey USMC Ret. Mr. James A. Russell Mr. James E. LaCrosse ’50W 1956 Mr. Barry M. Maloney ’85 Mr. Robert C. Crowell Mr. Steven P. Marcus Mr. Michael Sokolov Mr. Timothy J. Marini 1957 Mr. Kent W. Pecoy Mr. Joseph A. Furgal Mr. David A. Reeves 1958 Mr. Steven D. Spence ’76 Mr. William D. Walsh Mr. Donald J. Stuart ’73 1959 Todd Masnicki's gift was listed as Mr. William O. Humes Rubicon Society last year instead of Hill Society. Thank you and apologies.

Giving By Groups

Mr. Maurice Raizin Mr. Steven J. Schwartz 1960 Mr. Charles M. Albrecht Mr. Donald J. Collins Mr. James S. Macgregor III Mr. Richard C. Upton 1961 Mr. William L. Archer Sr. Mr. David P. Benziger Mr. Lawrence W. Bray Mr. John A. Brockway Mr. John L. Crowell Mr. Warren B. Hutchinson Mr. Herbert W. Wilkinson III Dr. James S. Wilson 1962 Mr. Robert J. Harlan Jr.* 1964 Dr. David L. Brown Mr. Karl G. Nonemaker Mr. Donald J. Southwick Mr. Kenneth S. Sperber Mr. James W. Symmonds 1965 Mr. David McKay* Mr. Robert H. Reul* 1966 Mr. Ronald W. Barend Mr. John C. Burns 1967 Mr. Michael H. Joseph Mr. Steven I. Weiss Mr. David B. White* 1968 Mr. Gunnar A. Edelstein Dr. Ronald L. Majka 1969 Mr. Joseph J. Garstka Mr. Nicholas A. Powlovich

Sarah Goolishian'14 gets her diploma from her stepfather, Trustee Van Gothner

Nora Harrington '14 receives her diploma from her father, teacher Tim Harrington '73

Wilbraham Alumni

1931 Mr. Franklin Hall 1932 Mr. Albert W. Dodge Sr. 1933 Dr. S. J. Beale 1936 Mr. Wallace M. Ripley Jr. 1938 Mr. Alton W. Cheney 1939 Lt. Col. Robert W. Bliss USAF Ret. 1940 Mr. David W. Armstrong Jr. Mr. Arthur S. Johnson III 1941 Dr. Richard H. Kimball* Mr. John W. Maynard Mr. William T. Olmstead 1942 Mr. Robert B. Enemark Mr. Floyd F. Foster Jr. Mr. Harold O. Graves Mr. Charles G. Greenhalgh Jr. Mr. Frank D. Johnson Mr. George H. Murray Dr. William H. Warren 1943 Mr. Lloyd N. Hoover Dr.Charles A. McCallum Jr.

1944 Rev. Richard A. Davis Mr. Robert A. Hart Jr. Mr. Galway M. Kinnell Mr. Horace S. Nichols Mr. Bud Porter Mr. James J. Shea Jr. 1945 Mr. John C. Davis Dr. Harold B. Fohlin Jr. Mr. John B. Freese Jr. Mr. George T. Greenhalgh Mr. William M. Lax 1946 Mr. Francis M. Austin Jr. Mr. Kevin C. Genther Mr. Alan Hale Mr. Donald M. Joffray Mr. James J. Shea Jr. Mr. Mack Walker 1947 Attorney Lloyd H. Hill Mr. Richard F. McBride Mr. G. Eric Pucher Mr. Edward J. Sack 1948 Mr. Donald C. Beers Jr. Mr. Charles P. Day Hampton W. Irwin M.D.

Mr. Robert S. Putnam Mr. Edward W. Shore Jr. 1949 Dr. James H. Freeman Mr. E. Morris Hayn Jr. Mr. William D. Howerton Dr. John W. Miller Mr. David L. Nickerson Mr. Richard M. Raia 1950 Mr. Ronald E. Dean Mr. John E. Gow Mr. Kenneth J. Kessaris Mr. James E. LaCrosse Dr. Robert K. MacLauchlin Mr. Winston S. Rice Mr. Arthur S. Robbins Mr. C. Stetson Thomas Mr. Robert W. Tull Mr. Benjamin H. Walcott Mr. Sheldon M. Woolf 1951 Mr. Harold C. Burdon Jr. Dr. Jamieson D. Kennedy Mr. Robert T. Marchant Mr. Richard T. McCarthy Mr. William M. Northrop Mr. Ralph A. Quackenbush Mr. Thomas S. Starodoj II

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Calling all WMA items!

Yearbooks? Memorabilia? Trophies? Photos? WMA is happy to consider donations that will enhance our archival collection.

Objects of historical significance are especially welcome.

Because so much was lost during the Monson Academy fires in the 1950s, we are in need of memorabilia from Monson Academy from the early days through 1947, including yearbooks. Our library is also lacking the Monson Academy 1952 yearbook.

If you have items you would like to donate, please contact Christina Cronin, Director of Capital and Planned Giving at 413.596.9189 or ccronin@WMA.us. Please do not drop off or mail objects without first contacting the Academy; we want to make sure your gift is identified and cared for properly.

Thank you for considering a gift to the archives!

Mr. David M. Tyson 1952 Mr. Nathaniel Bond Mr. Richard B. Brigham Col. Frederic J. Flemings Mr. Dwight W. Gammons Mr. J. Lawrie Hibbard Mr. David Olsen Mr. Edward S. Schwerdtle II Mr. Richard P. von Hoorn 1953 Mr. Ronald H. Anderson Mr. Paul B. Cronin Mr. Robert G. Faulkner Sr. Mr. Robert J. Googins Mr. David B. Kenney Dr. Paul I. Kingsbury Mr. M. John Lippman Mr. Carl F. Mitchell Mr. Mallory L. Pettengill Mr. James E. Ross 1954 Mr. Donald N. Femia Mr. Robert A. Johnson Rev. Ronald D. Marcy Mr. Eric T. Schoonover Dr. Fred M. Ziter Jr.

1955 Mr. Robert J. Ardison III Mr. Robert T. Hale Mr. Olli Timi P. Kokkonen Mr. Peter C. Lincoln Dr. Thomas G. Magill His Excellency Arsa P. Sarasin Mr. Donald T. Tull Mr. Scott H. Willson Mr. Paul G. Woodhouse 1956 Dr. Loriston K. Amsden Mr. Henry D. Bartlett Mr. Douglas H. Blampied Mr. William L. Danforth Mr. John C. Duncan III Mr. Thomas H. McCallum Jr. Mr. Frederic D. Riley Mr. David R. Whitehouse 1957 Mr. Stephen M. Allen Mr. Ronald W. Alley Sr. Mr. Francis J. Cataldo Mr. William B. Cheney Mr. Russell S. Cook Mr. Harry A. Day Mr. William R. Faulkner Jr. Mr. Joseph W. Merritt Jr.

Mr. M. Scott Mitchell Mr. Philip H. Shaw Jr. Mr. Jonathan L. Sperling 1958 Mr. Michael Clarke Mr. Albert W. Dodge Jr. Mr. Heung S. Lee Mr. S. Peter Manchester Mr. John C. Marsh CAPT Bertrand A. Page His Excellency Nitya Pibulsonggram Mr. Philip S. Rand 1959 Mr. Arthur W. Gregory III Mr. David H. Griffith Dr. Leigh Harrington Mr. Howard T. Jensen Jr. Mr. Richard F. Morgan Mr. Robert S. Porter Mr. John M. Sawyer Jr. Mr. Lee H. Schilling Mr. Dennis C. Sowers Mr. William A. Tychsen 1960 Mr. Lewis W. Birmingham Mr. John F. Chapple III Mr. Frederik O. Crawford

Mr. James G. Matzen Mr. Brian F. Randall Mr. Richard C. Slosek Mr. Bruce A. Wilson Mr. Craig M. Wilson 1961 Dr. Leonard R. Borsari Cmdr. John S. Calhoun USCG Mr. Douglas Findlay Dr. Harrison B. Hawley Mr. William A. Hawthorne Mr. Theodore W. Kappler Jr. Mr. Ralph F. Leonard Mr. Richard LeStage Mr. Peter L. Murray Esq. Mr. Willard F. Pinney Jr. Mr. Peter S. Plumb Esq. Mr. William P. Scanlon 1962 Mr. Robert L. Eddy Jr. Mr. Mountfort A. Euston Mr. Frank W. Fulreader Jr. Mr. Kennard G. Gregory Mr. John R. Payne Jr. Mr. Edgar C. Riozzi Winston M. Turner Ph.D. Mr. Herbert R. Wilson 1963 Mr. Stephen L. Balser* Mr. W. Scott Bartlett III Mr. Colin C. Capp* Mr. Bruce P. Coffin Jr.* Mr. Gunter M. Glass Mr. Edgar Groener Jr.* Mr. William L. Lyons III Mr. Robert K. Nichols Mr. Richard B. Phillips Mr. Roger H. Pierson* Mr. Craig A. Rubin* Mr. J. Gerald Schnell Mr. H. Fletcher Swanson Dr. David G. Watterson Mr. Harry T. Whitin III 1964 Mr. Craig E. Meadows Cmdr. John G. Shaw Mr. William S. Welles 1965 Mr. K. Keith McAllister Mr. Steven K. Miller Mr. Edward H. Thaxter Mr. Andrew G. Veitch 1966 Mr. Richard F. Cram Jr. Mr. Thomas M. Gavin Mr. Thory Heye Mr. John H. Meissner Dr. N. Richard Namay* Mr. Steven L. Paul Mr. Frederick V. Peterson Jr. Mr. Gustavus F. Swift IV Mr. Thomas C. Vose 1967 Mr. James A. Barkhuff Mr. Bruce S. Ferguson Mr. Anthony L. Gagliardi Jr. Mr. William C. Hine II Mr. Douglas T. Jones Mr. M. Loran Kary Mr. Michael F. Stone Mr. Christopher R. Weinmann*

1968 Mr. David E. Hoxeng Mr. Robert R. Humberston Mr. James S. Law Mr. Timothy N. Lincoln Mr. M. Scott Wood 1969 Dr. Townsend Brown Jr. Mr. David I. Kent Mr. Richard H. Lamb Mr. Andrew M. Paul Dr. Paul Reynolds Dr. David F. Wender Mr. Benjamin F. Wilson 1970 Mr. Robert D. Bardwell III Mr. Henry M. Downey Mr. Steven M. Gray Mr. James H. Herzog Jr. Mr. Douglas H. Jones Mr. A. Seth Roberts Mr. R. Wallace Watson Mr. Stacey H. Widdicombe III 1971 Mr. David B. Chamberlain Mr. Robert D. Handel Mr. John R. Hine Mr. Jonathan M. Sargent

WMA Alumni

1972 Mr. Frederick L. Blackwell Mr. David F. Blanchard Dr. Mark A. Keroack Mr. Daniel B. Kunhardt Jr. Mr. Jeffrey M. Polep Mr. Dean F. Redfern Mr. John W. Sullivan Jr. 1973 Christopher W. Cary M.D.* Mr. James S. Downey Christine Galavotti Ph.D.* Mr. Richard R. Garstka Mr. Timothy P. Harrington Dr. Jordan L. Kramer Mr. Thomas J. Langer Mr. Joseph W. Mazeika III Mr. David P. McDowell Mr. Kevin J. Monahan Ms. Carol F. Relihan Mr. Theodore G. Sarant Mr. Donald J. Stuart Mr. Jeffrey D. Ubersax 1974 Mr. Eric W. Jacobs Mr. David B. Lyman Mr. Douglas J. Taber 1975 Mr. Scott B. Jacobs Mr. Richard J. King Seung Jae Chyun Mr. Irwin G. Michelman Mr. Douglas W. Osmond 1976 Mrs. Debra J. Pageau Mr. Steven D. Spence 1977 Mr. David W. Eldridge Mr. Joseph T. Gagnon* Ambassador Hyun Chong Kim Mr. Peter A. Picknelly Jr. Mr. Richard A. Serafino Jr.

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Mr. Kyle E. Webb '77 1978 Mr. Gary R. Beauchamp Mr. Jeffrey F. Bonk Mr. Timothy D. Marsano Dr. Mont E. Stong 1979 Mr. G. Robert McAllister Mr. Donald J. Nicholson Mr. Daniel M. O'Brien Mr. Edward W. Osmond 1980 Mr. John S. Banas III Mr. Andres S. Lopez Mr. Richard J. O'Donnell Lt. Col. Stephen M. Rusiecki 1981 Mr. Dana T. Aftab Mr. Josef E. Martin CPCU 1983 Mr. Michael D. Balise Mr. William R. Lane Jr. Mrs. Jerilyn J. Paolino Mrs. Christine L. Pilch Mancini Mr. Jeffrey A. Reynolds Dr. Brett R. Zalkan 1984 Mr. Kent L. Karosen Mrs. Ann-Marie Lawlor Mrs. Molly H. Russo 1985 Mr. Joshua S. Kelly Mr. Barry M. Maloney Mr. Robert A. McElaney 1986 Dr. Michael A. Pangan 1987 Mrs. Maria F. Filardi Ms. Bonnie M. Serino Mr. Thomas L. Troy 1988 Mr. Scott A. Faulkner CPA Mr. Yong D. Kwon Mr. Thomas G. Prior Mr. Rand K. Silver* 1989 Mr. Joel E. Ackerman* Mr. Ming F. Chang Mahsa Khanbabai Esq. Mr. Patrick J. Macdonald Mr. Todd R. Masnicki Mr. Alan A. Orquiola* 1990 Mr. Michael J. Dolaher* Ms. Margaret E. Hayes Mr. Stephen H. Sack Jr. 1994 Mr. Jesadang Laohaprasit Mr. Ian S. Macdonald Mr. Adam P. VanVoorhis* 1995 Mr. Jonathan W. Giokas Mr. Spyridon D. Klitsas* Mr. Christopher G. Sparks Ms. Kara Thayer 1996 Mr. Evan H. Gallivan Dr. Arlene M. Goodman Mr. John J. Guerin Mr. Matthew C. Jarvinen Mrs. Courtney T. Paterna 1997 Mr. Bruce Mutch* 1998

Ms. Stacy E. Jagodowski Mrs. Kristina S. Guerin 1999 Mr. Jonathan T. Insler 2000 Ms. Whitney E. Gallivan Mr. Christopher F. Jasinski Mr. Geoffrey A. LaMarche Mr. Andrew R. Willis 2001 Mr. Robert S. Edmunds Mr. Michael A. Insler Ms. S. Elisabeth Wagoner Mrs. Ashley Heye Watson 2002 Mr. Phillip B. Chesky Mr. Sean M. Germain Mrs. Maureen A. Kelly Chesky 2004 Ms. Jeanne F. Henry 2005 Ms. Jillian R. Levy Mr. Benjamin D. Premo Ms. Stephanie M. Smith 2006 Ms. Caitlin S. Flynn Mr. Samuel B. Greene Mr. Peter J. Jurgens Mr. Jeremy R. Korytoski Mr. Pasquale H. Pio III 2007 Mr. Symin J. Charpentier Mr. Sean P. McGrath 2008 Ms. Rosalyn C. Chesky Ms. Brigid M. Jurgens Mr. Gary A. Popovich 2009 Mr. Patrick T. Agahigian Ms. Sarah E. Lyon 2010 Ms. Sara T. Colburn Ms. Victoria C. Mordasky Mr. Andrew J. Pehoviak 2011 Mr. Chris Glabicky* Ms. Bethany A. Lyon Ms. Tresara G. Moore* 2012 Mr. Nicholas C. Jalbert*

Ms. Denise M. Broussal* Mr. & Mrs. David M. Cerpovicz* Mr. Critz Chan & Mrs. Peak See Chew Mr. Dagang Chen & Mrs. Chun Q. Wei Mr. Hon To Cheung & Mrs. Shuk Kan Lo Mr. Sang Hoon Cho & Mrs. Eunsook Lee Mr. & Mrs. Edward J. Corcoran* Mr. & Mrs. Thomas E. Cronin Mr. Van Gothner & Ms. Elizabeth A. Davison Mr. Qinglin Deng & Ms. Zhaohui Hao* Mr. Xianwu Dong & Mrs. Wenhua Zhang* Mr. Duccio Galletti & Mrs. Anna Carabelli* Mr. & Mrs. Andrew G. Garvey* Mr. Hongqi Guo & Mrs. Ruihua Chen Mr. Yuancheng Han & Mrs. Hongyun Shi* Mr. & Mrs. Timothy P. Harrington ’73 Dr. & Mrs. Kobchai Jitsakula Mr. & Mrs. Jik Lee* Mr. & Mrs. Robert F. Little Mr. Chi-Lung Lu & Ms. HsiuYing Chen* Mr. & Mrs. Timothy J. Marini Mr. & Mrs. Matthew J. Martinelli Mr. & Mrs. Peter J. Moran Dr. & Mrs. David M. Mordasky Mr. Abdurasul Nozirov*

Mr. & Mrs. Richard J. O'Donnell ’80

Mr. & Mrs. Vennat Omigie* Mr. and Ms. Carlo Pavesi* Mr. Jianfang Qiu & Mrs. Yuanping Liu* Mr. & Mrs. Steven C. Robinson* Mr. Jaehyeong Seo & Mrs. Jong Sook Park Mr. & Mrs. Lokman Sever* Mr. Robert P. Shea & Ms. Anne M. Pellan-Shea Mr. Oleg Skvortsova* Mr. Shujun Song and Mrs. Xinzhu Peng* Mr. & Mrs. Sylvain P. Thibault* Current Parents Mr. Xin Tian and Mrs. Ling Li 2013 Mr. Paulo A. Vaal Neto* Mr. & Mrs. Yerken Aimurzayev Mr. & Mrs. Osvaldo J. VanMr. Michael G. Albano & Ms. Dúnem* Nancy B. Alisberg Mr. & Mrs. Victor Vazquez* Mr. Byung Keun An & Mrs. Yeon Mr. Jose L. Velasco* Ok Kim Mr. Hongbin Wang & Mrs. Mr. & Mrs. Frank G. Antonacci Chunyan Huang Mr. & Mrs. Gerald Antonacci Dr. Bruce D. Waslick & Dr. Mr. Arthur W. Balikuddembe & Terri M. Griffin* Ms. Rose N. Kiggundu* Mr. & Mrs. Kenrick E. Williams Mr. & Mrs. Paulo C. Baltazar Mr. & Mrs. Craig R. Wojcik* Mr. Young Eum Ban & Mrs. Mr. Xianhong Wu & Mrs. Young Sook Im Jianhong Jin* Ms. Donna L. Barone Mr. Shunbao Ying & Mrs. Mr. & Mrs. Darryl M. Beech Mingmei Zhou Mr. Peter Bemben & Ms. Mr. Kevin Zhang and Ms. Ling Jacqueline M. Zuzgo* Zhao* Mr. & Mrs. Enrico Bendinelli* Mr. Ruggero Besana & Mrs. 2014 Patrizia Boggian* Ms. Mi Kyung Byun* Dr. & Mrs. Glen M. Bouchard* Mr. & Mrs. Brian N. Caine* Mr. & Mrs. Richard D. Bourgeois Mr. Qiang Ding & Mrs. Wujun Yi*

Mr. & Mrs. Isaiah L. Gillett* Mr. & Mrs. Steven Imbriano* Mr. Jun Jing & Ms. Chunlian Wang* Dr. Wei Luo & Dr. Yongyu Mei* Mr. & Mrs. David L. Nagle* Mr. & Mrs. John D. Pehoviak Mr. & Mrs. Peter A. Picknelly Jr. ’77 Ms. Kathleen M. Plante* Mr. & Mrs. David A. Reeves Dr. Kevin E. Schmidt & Dr. Mary E. King Mr. & Mrs. Yang Shen Ms. Caroline T. Smith Mr. & Mrs. Donald R. Smith Dr. Sang Jin Yoon & Mrs. Hyosun Lim Mr. Zuo J. Yu & Mrs. Hong Ai Mr. & Mrs. Richard M. Zielinski 2015 Mr. & Mrs. Paulo C. Baltazar Mr. & Mrs. Charles P. Carson* Mr. & Mrs. Gregory J. Clewes Mr. Yingzhi Cui and Mrs. Wei Zhao Mr. & Mrs. Donn M. Dominique Ms. Julie Evert* Mr. Phillip L. Faulstich & Mrs. Carol LaLiberte Mr. & Mrs. Amaro Goncalves Mr. & Mrs. Samuel J. Gourley* Ms. Ellen M. Hancock* Mr. & Mrs. Timothy P. Harrington ’73 Mr. Si Il Jang & Mrs. Sun Young Hwang* Mr. & Mrs. Thomas J. Kennedy III

Mrs. Mercedese E. Large* Mr. Keon Soo Lee & Mrs. Insuk Han Mr. Won Hee Lee & Mrs. Kyehwa Kang* Mr. Jubei Li & Mrs. Yahong Chen Mr. Wenrong Lu & Mrs. Linger Gan Mr. & Mrs. Andrew P. Mele Mr. & Mrs. Peter J. Moran Mr. & Mrs. Michael A. Nallen Dr. In Joo Park & Ms. Sook Hee Yae Mr. & Mrs. Luke R. Pelletier Mr. & Mrs. Gregory A. Popovich Mr. & Mrs. John M. Roy* Mr. & Mrs. Douglas L. Soder Mr. & Mrs. Scott T. Theriault* Mr. & Mrs. John M. Tierney* Mr. Bill Zou & Mrs. Lijie Xu 2016 Ms. Renee A. Alexander* Ms. Nora M. Bruno* Mr. & Mrs. Brian N. Caine* Mrs. JoAnne W. Felchner*

Mr. & Mrs. Brian L. Regnier* Dr. Kevin E. Schmidt & Dr. Mary E. King Mr. & Mrs. James Stellato Jr.* Mr. & Mrs. Charles A. Suglia Mr. & Mrs. Adam P. VanVoorhis ’94* Mr. & Mrs. William E. Wells* Mr. & Mrs. Hirokazu Yamanashi* Mr. Jae Jun Yang & Ms. Eun Kyung Min* Mr. Afeng Zhao & Ms. Chaofen Lu* Mr. Bo Zhao & Ms. Lijuan Hu* 2017 Mr. & Mrs. William M. Awad III Mr. & Mrs. Jack S. Dromgold Mr. & Mrs. Erik M. Kindblom Mr. & Mrs. Emmanuel Ntagkounakis* Mr. & Mrs. Michael Sparago* Attorney Michael P. Walsh & Ms. Mary Elizabeth McLaughlin 2018 Mr. Paul E. Bloomfield & Ms. Sherri L. Krassin Mr. & Mrs. Charles P. Carson* Mr. & Mrs. Gary Cove* Ms. Stacey C. Gardner* Mr. Garry J. Germain* Mr. & Mrs. Samuel J. Gourley* Mr. & Mrs. Timothy P. Harrington ’73 Mr. & Mrs. David L. Nagle* Ms. Mi Kyung Byun* Mr. & Mrs. Peter A. Picknelly Jr. '77 Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Russell* Dr. Jay S. Steingrub & Dr. Milagros C. Rosal* 2019 Mr. & Mrs. Stephen A. Briggs II* Mr. Doug S. Hutcheson & Ms. Margaret Lenihan Hutcheson Dr. Aaron D. Kugelmass & Mrs. Karen E. Ambrose

Alumni Parents

Mr. & Mrs. David D. Agahigian Mr. Ronald W. Alley Sr. ’57W Mr. Richard Altman Mr. Eric W. Anderson Mr. & Mrs. Frank G. Antonacci Mr. & Mrs. Gerald Antonacci Mr. & Mrs. William M. Awad III Ms. Donna L. Barone Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence E. Bater Mr. & Mrs. William J. Beauregard Jr. Mr. & Mrs. William J. Best Mr. & Mrs. Richard D. Bourgeois Mr. William C. Brackett Ms. Mary Eileen Cebula Mr. & Mrs. Phillip Chesky Mr. & Mrs. Dean D. Halloran Sr.* Mr. Hon To Cheung & Mrs. Shuk Mr. Sang Jin Jang and Ms. Yoo Jung Kan Lo Won* Mr. & Mrs. Seung J. Chyun ’75 Mr. & Mrs. Thomas P. Kubacki* Mr. & Mrs. Philmore H. Colburn II Dr. Aaron D. Kugelmass & Mrs. Ms. Susan A. Cole Karen E. Ambrose Mr. & Mrs. Donald J. Collins ’60M Mr. & Mrs. Robert F. Little Mr. & Mrs. Carl A. Conlon Mr. Frederick L. McCauley* Mr. Richard F. Cram Jr. ’66W Mr. Ki Joon Na & Ms. Nam Kyung Mr. & Mrs. Charles D. D'Avanzo Hwang* Mr. & Mrs. Richard J. O'Donnell ’80 Mr. & Mrs. Alan G. DeLand Mr. Albert W. Dodge Sr. ’32W Ms. Hallie E. Payne*

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Congratulations to the Class of 2013 Dr. Melissa A. Donohue Mr. Richard G. Dooley Mr. Henry M. Downey ’70W Mr. & Mrs. Laurence D. Ely Mr. & Mrs. Robert G. Faulkner Sr. ’53W Mr. & Mrs. David C. Fitchet Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Flynn Mr. & Mrs. Eric A. Forstmann* Mr. & Mrs. Frederic W. Fuller III Mr. & Mrs. Richard M. Gallivan Mrs. Kate A. Gaw Dr. & Mrs. Michael J. Germain Mr. & Mrs. William J. Giokas Mr. & Mrs. Michael W. Glabicky Mr. & Mrs. Amaro Goncalves Mr. & Mrs. Arthur L. Goneau Dr. & Mrs. Lawrence H. Goodman Dr. Barbara J. Gordon & Mr. David J. Gordon Dr. & Mrs. Richard A. Greene Mr. George T. Greenhalgh ’45W Mr. & Mrs. Laurent R. Grenier Mrs. Robert W. Griffin Mrs. Ligia P. Guerin Mr. Hongqi Guo & Mrs. Ruihua Chen Mr. Alan Hale ’46W Mr. & Mrs. Glenn R. Hanson Mrs. Veronica D. Harrington* Mr. & Mrs. Richard Holohan Mr. & Mrs. Allen Hsiao Mr. & Mrs. John P. Hulten Mr. & Mrs. Frederick M. Insler Mr. & Mrs. Peter B. Izyk Mr. & Mrs. Peter J. Jackson Mr. & Mrs. Christopher J. Jalbert Mr. & Mrs. Andrew T. Jessup Mr. Yu-Lai Jin and Mrs. Min Yang Dr. Kirby Juengst & Dr. Karen Ferroni Dr. Udo Jung & Dipl.-Kffr. Dagmar A. Jung* Mr. & Mrs. James S. Jurgens Mr. Donald E. Kelly Mr. & Mrs. Thomas J. Kennedy III Ambassador Hyun Chong Kim ’77

Mrs. Judith A. Knapp Mr. & Mrs. William J. Lawrence Drs. Michael & Nancy Lindberg Mr. & Mrs. Robert F. Little Mr. Mark S. Lyon & Mrs. Anne S. Redman-Lyon Mr. & Mrs. William E. Mahoney Mr. & Mrs. Frank S. Mancuso Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Steven P. Marcus Mr. & Mrs. Timothy J. Marini Mr. & Mrs. Thomas F. Matteo Mr. & Mrs. Joseph W. Mazeika III Mr. Craig E. Meadows ’64W Mr. & Mrs. Andrew P. Mele Mr. & Mrs. James F. Monahan Ms. Maria-Rallou T. Moore Mr. & Mrs. Peter J. Moran Dr. & Mrs. David M. Mordasky Mr. & Mrs. Michael A. Nallen Mr. & Mrs. Donald J. Nicholson ’79 Mrs. Ruth Nicholson Mr. Daniel M. O'Brien ’79 Mr. John R. O'Reilly & Ms. Ann Rick Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. Osmond Dr. David N. Ostrom Mr. Jae Hong Park & Ms. Mi Jung Kim Mr. Daniel F. Pawling Sr. Mr. & Mrs. John D. Pehoviak Mr. & Mrs. Roger Pell* Mr. & Mrs. Peter A. Picknelly Jr. Mr. & Mrs. William L. Pinkston III Mr. & Mrs. Gregory A. Popovich Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey R. Power Mr. & Mrs. David A. Premo Dr. & Mrs. Thomas F. Race Mr. & Mrs. David A. Reeves Mrs. Elizabeth E. Reeves Ms. Jennifer A. Rogalski Mr. & Mrs. Murray J. Ross Mr. & Mrs. Frederic Rothery Mr. Jack Rubin & Ms. Patricia Yuzawa-Rubin Lt. Col. Stephen M. Rusiecki ’80 Mr. Stanley H. Rutstein Mr. & Mrs. John N. Sarno Dr. Kevin E. Schmidt & Dr. Mary E. King

Mr. James J. Shea Jr. ’44W Mr. Robert P. Shea & Ms. Anne M. Pellan-Shea Mr. & Mrs. David K. Sherman Ms. Caroline T. Smith Mr. & Mrs. Donald R. Smith Mr. & Mrs. Garrett P. Smith Mrs. Carol J. Sorensen Dr. & Mrs. Anthony G. Spartos Mr. & Mrs. Michael P. Stolpinski Mr. & Mrs. Joshua Taylor Jr. Mr. Thomas R. Toman Mr. & Mrs. Joseph M. Walker Mr. & Mrs. Yoshio Watanabe Mr. & Mrs. David C. Weeks Mr. & Mrs. Martin R. Wright Ms. Marianne G. Zurn

Current Grandparents, Alumni Grandparents

Mrs. Sylvia F. Altman Mrs. Patricia H. Ambrose* Mrs. Marianne Antonacci Mr. & Mrs. Donald G. Bamford Mr. & Mrs. Ernest T. Booth Mr. & Mrs. William E. Braunlich Mr. & Mrs. Victor J. Donatelli Mr. & Mrs. Richard G. Dooley Mr. & Mrs. Verner Drohan Mr. & Mrs. Thomas G. Fallon* Mr. & Mrs. L. Michael Gatzkiewicz Dr. & Mrs. Michael J. Germain Mrs. Barbara W. German Mrs. Theresa M. Girhiny* Mrs. Veronica D. Harrington* Mr. & Mrs. Donald M. Joffray ’46W Mr. & Mrs. Carroll F. Kane Mr. Gordon Lukwago & Dr. Alex V. Sempa Mr. & Mrs. Thomas F. Matteo Mrs. Ruby McKay* Mrs. Eleanor McNamara Mr. & Mrs. Larry J. Musselman Mrs. Ruth Nicholson Mr. & Mrs. Alan E. O'Dell

Ms. Sara O'Martian* Mr. & Mrs. John J. Pajak Mr. John R. Payne Jr. ’62W Mrs. Sandra A. Poole Ms. Katherine A. Reilly Mr. & Mrs. Donald B. Robitaille Mrs. Geraldine E. Roy Ms. Dorothy Angell Rutherford Mr. & Mrs. John Shea Mr. & Mrs. Gary E. Wendlandt Mr. & Mrs. Scott H. Willson ’55W

Alumni Spouses

Mrs. Barbara M. Foster Mrs. Helen Gammons Mrs. Linda B. Griffin Mrs. Judith B. Hale Mrs. Virginia L. Hoyt Mrs. Doris H. Roberson Mrs. Ursula S. Wright

Mr. Michael C. Mannix Mr. Joseph W. Mazeika III ’73 Mr. Sean P. McGrath ’07 Mr. Martin D. McNamara Mrs. Janet L. Murphy Mr. Donald J. Nicholson ’79 Ms. Tiffany E. Norman Mr. Luke R. Pelletier Mrs. Marxan E. Pescetta Mrs. Rose B. Power Mr. Richard F. Rodgers Ms. Meghan L. Rothschild* Mr. Christopher G. Sparks ’95 Mr. Walter G. Swanson Mr. Jeffrey R. Vartabedian Mrs. Sarah E. Wakelin Mr. William E. Wells* Mr. Thad Wheeler* Ms. Erika M. Whipple Mr. Stuart F. Whitcomb

Staff Mr. Phillip J. Cardone Mrs. Sarah C. Barnes Ms. Gail Chesworth-Taylor Ms. Donna L. Barone Mrs. Barbara A. Conlon Mr. Paul E. Bloomfield & Mrs. Carol A. DeLand Ms. Sherri L. Krassin Mrs. Loretta Fograshy Mr. John F. Boozang Mrs. Kate A. Gaw Mrs. Lori Chesky Mrs. Tina L. Girhiny Mrs. Maureen A. Kelly Chesky ’02 Mr. Doug S. Hutcheson Ms. Christina J. Cronin CFRE Mrs. Lisa C. Jalbert Mr. Charles D. D'Avanzo Mrs. Jeanine M. Little Ms. Wendy L. Decker Mr. Hasan Alrefae Mr. Alex Dezieck Ms. Linda Pietras Mr. Brian P. Easler Ms. Cynthia L. Shults Mr. Mark A. Fischer Ms. Caroline T. Smith Mr. Frederick C. Gao Mr. David C. Weeks Mrs. Virginia C. Giokas Dr. Kathleen M. Gorski Former Faculty & Mr. Steven M. Gray ’70W S taff Mr. Timothy P. Harrington ’73 Mr. John G. Becker Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Allen Hsiao Ms. Margaret Lenihan Hutcheson Mr. Phillip J. Cardone Mr. & Mrs. Anthony Carey Mr. Donald E. Kelly Mrs. Priscilla Carter Mr. & Mrs. Erik M. Kindblom Ms. Mary Eileen Cebula Mr. Rodney J. LaBrecque Ms. Susan A. Cole Mr. John C. Lombard Faculty

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Dr. Melissa A. Donohue Dr. Timothy W. Farrell Mr. Peter O. Frisch Mr. Frank Fritts Mr. Richard P. Goldman Mrs. Linda B. Griffin Mr. Brinley M. Hall Jr. Mr. Parker E. Hodgman ’55M Mrs. Mary Ellen Jamroz Mr. Skip Jarocki Mrs. Bertha P. Lak Mrs. Bonnie R. Mannix Mr. David McKay ’65M* Ms. Nancy W. Naftulin Mr. Edward W. Osmond ’79 Mrs. Jerilyn J. Paolino ’83 Mr. Bud Porter ’44W Mr. Gary L. Provost Mrs. Kathleen A. Sherman Mr. Richard R. Smith Mr. Frederick D. Watts Mrs. Marjorie Weeks

Mr. Herbert W. Wilkinson III ’61M Friends Mr. & Mrs. Benjamin C. Abrams* Mr. Neil Amato Ms. Martha Beale* Ms. Linda R. Berube Mr. & Mrs. Matthew M. Burke Mr. Bruce E. Buxton Dr. & Mrs. Philip R. Caropreso Mr. & Mrs. John A. Cochran Mr. & Mrs. Bert Davison Ms. Francesca Eastman & Mr. Edward C. Goodstein Mr. & Mrs. Howard Edelstein* Mr. & Mrs. David Fineman* Mr. John Flynn Mr. & Mrs. Earl R. Franklin* Dr. & Mrs. Gregory J. Gallivan* Mr. John R. Germaine Mr. Reginald Gibson* Mr. Alan N. Hall Mr. & Mrs. Scott Hannah*

Constituents with Consecutive Years of Giving to Wilbraham & Monson Academy

We recognize those with a giving history to WMA of five or more consecutive years. We thank these loyal donors for their dedication and commitment to Wilbraham & Monson Academy as their generosity has provided invaluable support to our institution.

Mr. Michael Clarke ’58W 27 Mr. Richard P. Goldman 27 27 Mrs. Robert W. Griffin Mr. Peter C. Lincoln ’55W 27 27 Mr. Richard B. Phillips ’63W 27 Ms. Carol F. Relihan ’73 Mr. Jonathan L. Sperling ’57W 27 Mr. William R. Faulkner Jr. ’57W 26 Mr. David H. Griffith ’59W 26 Mr. William A. Tychsen ’59W 23 Mr. Mark R. Shenkman ’61M 22 Mr. & Mrs. Gary E. Wendlandt 19 Mr. Frederick M. Bodington Jr. ’55M 18 Dr. David L. Brown ’64M 18 Mr. Paul B. Cronin ’53W 18 Mr. & Mrs. Richard G. Dooley 18 Mr. Kenneth J. Kessaris ’50W 18 Mr. Olli Timi P. Kokkonen ’55 18 Mr. James S. Law ’68W 18 Mr. S. Peter Manchester ’58W 18 Mr. Andrew M. Paul ’69W 18 Mr. Robert S. Putnam ’48W 18 Mr. James J. Shea Jr. ’46W 18 Mr. Edwin Shivell ’50M 18 Mr. Thomas S. Starodoj II ’51W 18 Dr. Brett R. Zalkan ’83 18 Mr. Stephen M. Allen ’57W 17 Mr. David W. Armstrong Jr. ’40W 17 Mr. & Mrs. William J. Best 17 Mr. Frederick L. Blackwell ’72 17 Mr. Lawrence W. Bray ’61M 17 Mr. Robert W. Carpenter ’50M 17

Ms. Jane Hathaway* Mr. & Mrs. Paul Hetzel* Mr. & Mrs. John B. Hollister* Ms. Jacqueline Hooper* Mr. & Mrs. Leverett M. Hubbard Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Mark A. Jorgensen* Ulmer & Berne SK3 Realty LLC Mr. & Mrs. Crawford Lincoln* Mrs. Lenita C. McCallum Witherspoon Mr. & Mrs. Robert M. Mooney* Mr. & Mrs. Thomas F. Moran* Mr. Kent W. Pecoy Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth G. Penfield Jr.* Ms. Evelyn K. Pool* Mr. & Mrs. George Roth* Ms. Barbara Rumph* Mr. & Mrs. Philip C. Steiger Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Gary E. Wendlandt Ms. Kathryn G. Whitford* Ms. June-Marie Zaccariello*

Mr. William L. Danforth ’56W 17 Mr. Robert B. Enemark ’42W 17 Mr. Bruce S. Ferguson ’67W 17 17 Dr. James H. Freeman ’49W Dr. Barbara J. Gordon 17 & Mr. David J. Gordon Mr. Harold O. Graves ’42W 17 Mr. George T. Greenhalgh ’45W 17 17 Mr. E. Morris Hayn Jr. ’49W Mr. James H. Herzog Jr. ’70W 17 Mr. William C. Hine II ’67W 17 Mr. & Mrs. Frederick M. Insler 17 Mr. Frank D. Johnson ’42W 17 17 Mr. Richard LeStage ’61W Dr. Robert K. MacLauchlin ’50W 17 Dr. Thomas G. Magill ’55W 17 17 Dr. Ronald L. Majka ’68M Mr. John C. Marsh ’58W 17 17 Mr. Todd R. Masnicki ’89 Mr. M. Scott Mitchell ’57W 17 Mr. Peter L. Murray Esq. ’61W 17 17 Mr. Robert K. Nichols ’63W Mr. Steven L. Paul ’66W 17 17 Mr. Daniel F. Pawling Sr. Mr. Robert S. Porter ’59W 17 Dr. Paul Reynolds ’69W 17 17 Mr. & Mrs. Frederic Rothery Mr. & Mrs. David K. Sherman 17 Mr. Dennis C. Sowers ’59W 17 Mr. Donald J. Stuart ’73 17 Mr. Frederick D. Watts 17 Dr. David F. Wender ’69W 17 Mr. Harry T. Whitin III ’63W 17 Mr. Stacey H. Widdicombe III ’70W 17 Mr. Ming F. Chang ’89 16 Mr. Kevin C. Genther ’46W 16 Mr. Charles G. Greenhalgh Jr. ’42W 16 Mr. Timothy D. Marsano ’78 16 Mr. Josef E. Martin CPCU ’82 16 Mr. Richard T. McCarthy ’51W 16 Mr. Carl F. Mitchell ’53W 16 Lt. Col. Richard W. Bailey USMC Ret. ’55M 16 Mr. James W. Symmonds ’64M 16 Dr. Fred M. Ziter Jr. ’54W 16 Mr. John G. Becker Jr. 15 Mr. Harold C. Burdon Jr. ’51W 15 Mr. Joseph J. Garstka ’69M 15 Mr. Alan Hale ’46W 15

Foundations/ Corporations

AAA Pioneer Valley Alpha Oil Company Andrew Associates Antonacci Family Foundation Balise Motor Sales Co. Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Arnoff LLP Circle of Service Foundation The Columbus Foundation Comcast Corporation Community Foundation of New Jersey Community Foundation of Western Mass.

D.A. Sullivan & Sons, Inc. Dick Polastry Painting Dufault Vann & Carella Ellen Rice Rest Home, Inc.

Mr. Thory Heye ’66W 15 15 Mr. Eric W. Jacobs ’74 Mr. Theodore W. Kappler Jr. ’61W 15 15 Mr. Daniel B. Kunhardt Jr. ’72 Mr. Richard A. Serafino Jr. ’77 15 Mr. H. Fletcher Swanson ’63W 15 15 Mr. David M. Tyson ’51W Ms. Erika M. Whipple 15 Mr. Herbert W. Wilkinson III ’61M 15 Ms. Mary Eileen Cebula 14 Mr. & Mrs. Charles D. D'Avanzo 14 14 Dr. Timothy W. Farrell Mr. Robert G. Faulkner Sr. ’53W 14 14 Mr. Steven M. Gray ’70W Mr. Richard J. Harrington Sr. ’60M 14 Mr. Parker E. Hodgman ’55M 14 Mr. William D. Howerton ’49W 14 Mr. & Mrs. Leverett M. Hubbard Jr 14 14 Mr. James E. LaCrosse ’50W 14 Mr. Heung S. Lee ’58W Drs. Michael and Nancy Lindberg 14 14 Mr. & Mrs. James F. Monahan Mrs. Debra J. Pageau ’76 14 14 Mr. Camille F. Sarrouf ’51W Mr. Andrew G. Veitch ’65W 14 Mr. John F. Boozang 13 Mr. Richard B. Brigham ’52W 13 Mr. & Mrs. Bert Davison 13 Mr. Ronald E. Dean ’50W 13 Mr. Gunter M. Glass ’63W 13 Mr. Arthur W. Gregory III ’59W 13 Mr. Michael J. Flynn 13 Mr. & Mrs. Dale Henry 13 Dr. Jordan L. Kramer ’73 13 Mr. Richard F. Morgan ’59W 13 Mrs. Jerilyn J. Paolino ’83 13 Mr. Willard F. Pinney Jr. ’61W 13 Dr. & Mrs. Thomas F. Race 13 Mrs. Elizabeth E. Reeves 13 Lt. Col. Robert W. Bliss USAF Ret. ’39W 13 Mr. Edward S. Schwerdtle II ’52W 13 Mr. & Mrs. Michael P. Stolpinski 13 Mr. Edward H. Thaxter ’65W 13 Mrs. Sarah E. Wakelin 13 Dr. William H. Warren ’42W 13 Mrs. Ashley Heye Watson ’01 13 Mr. & Mrs. David D. Agahigian 12 Mr. & Mrs. Frank G. Antonacci 12

Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund FieldEddy Insurance Network FloDesign, Inc. Gallivan & Company Gionis Insurance Services H. A. Wilson Company Haire-Bohmer Wealth Management Group, LLC Independence Bank It's All About Me Jack & Sylvia Altman Foundation Jimmy's Pizza John J. Mullen, Sr. Family Charitable Foundation La Cucina di Hampden House Lexington Group, Inc. M. Santos Excavation Maple Hill Rest Home Marcus Bordeaux Printing Monson Savings Bank Morgan Stanley Smith Barney

Mr. Henry D. Bartlett ’56W 12 Mr. Brian P. Easler 12 Mr. & Mrs. William J. Giokas 12 12 Ms. Mahsa Khanbabai Esq. ’89 Mr. & Mrs. Erik M. Kindblom 12 Mr. & Mrs. Richard J. O'Donnell ’80 12 12 Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey R. Power Mr. & Mrs. David A. Premo 12 Mr. Edward W. Shore Jr. ’48W 12 Mr. & Mrs. Martin R. Wright 12 Mr. Robert J. Ardison III ’55W 11 11 Mr. Ronald W. Barend ’66M Mr. Gary R. Beauchamp 78 11 Mr. & Mrs. Richard D. Bourgeois 11 11 Mr. John A. Brockway ’61M Dr. Townsend Brown Jr. ’69W 11 11 Mr. & Mrs. Alan G. DeLand Mr. James S. Downey ’73 11 11 Mr. & Mrs. David C. Fitchet Mr. Frank Fritts 11 Mr. Evan H. Gallivan ’96 11 11 Mrs. Ligia P. Guerin Mr. Warren B. Hutchinson ’61M 11 11 Mr. Jonathan T. Insler ’99 Mr. Michael A. Insler ’01 11 Mr. & Mrs. Peter B. Izyk 11 Ms. Stacy E. Jagodowski ’98 11 Mr. Howard T. Jensen Jr. ’59W 11 Mr. Donald M. Joffray ’46W 11 Mr. M. Loran Kary ’67W 11 Mr. Rodney J. LaBrecque 11 Mr. Timothy N. Lincoln ’68W 11 Mr. & Mrs. Joseph W. Mazeika III ’73 11 Mr. & Mrs. Donald J. Nicholson ’79 11 Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. Osmond 11 Mr. & Mrs. John J. Pajak 11 Mr. Brian F. Randall ’60W 11 Mr. James E. Ross ’53W 11 Ms. Cynthia L. Shults 11 Ms. S. Elisabeth Wagoner ’01 11 Mr. Andrew R. Willis ’00 11 Mr. Benjamin F. Wilson ’69W 11 Mr. Robert D. Bardwell III ’70W 10 Mr. David P. Benziger ’61M 10 Mr. David B. Chamberlain ’71W 10 Ms. Gail Chesworth-Taylor 10 Mr. Donald J. Collins ’60M 10 Mr. Harry A. Day '57W 10

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Global Impact Funding Trust, Inc Peabody Energy Matching Gifts Program Kent Pecoy and Sons Construction Company Peter Pan Trailways PJC Organic Products & Programs The Sack Foundation, Inc. Schwab Charitable Fund Springfield Garden Club Target Tarnow Nursery, Inc. Texas Instruments Ulmer & Berne Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program West Central Family & Counseling, Ltd. WGBY Public Television Wilbraham Music

Mr. Scott A. Faulkner CPA ’88 10 Mr. Peter O. Frisch 10 Mr. & Mrs. Frederic W. Fuller III 10 10 Dr. C. Farrell Gallaway ’44M Mrs. Tina L. Girhiny 10 Dr. & Mrs. Richard A. Greene 10 Mr. Kennard G. Gregory ’62W 10 Mr. & Mrs. Glenn R. Hanson 10 10 Mr. Doug S. Hutcheson & Ms. Margaret Lenihan Hutcheson Mr. Robert A. Johnson ’54W 10 10 Mr. & Mrs. James S. Jurgens Mr. William R. Lane Jr. ’83 10 10 Mr. Richard A. Malin ’51M Mr. Robert T. Marchant ’51W 10 Mr. Bud Porter ’44W 10 10 Mr. G. Eric Pucher ’47W Ms. Bonnie M. Serino ’87 10 10 Mr. Richard R. Smith Mr. John W. Sullivan Jr. ’72 10 Mr. C. Stetson Thomas ’50W 10 10 Mr. & Mrs. Yoshio Watanabe Mrs. Lenita C. McCallum Witherspoon 10 Ms. Christina J. Cronin CFRE 9 Mr. Henry M. Downey ’70W 9 Mrs. Barbara M. Foster 9 Ms. Barbara Godard 9 Mrs. Judith B. Hale 9 Mr. J. Lawrie Hibbard ’52W 9 Mr. William O. Humes ’59M 9 Mr. M. John Lippman ’53W 9 Mr. James G. Matzen ’60W 9 Mrs. Courtney T. Paterna ’96 9 Mr. Nicholas A. Powlovich ’69M 9 Mr. Ralph A. Quackenbush ’51W 9 Mr. Jonathan M. Sargent ’71W 9 Ms. Kara Thayer ’95 9 Mr. Robert W. Tull ’50W 9 Winston M. Turner Ph.D. ’62W 9 Mr. Sheldon M. Woolf ’50W 9 Mr. Douglas H. Blampied ’56W 8 Mr. Bruce E. Buxton 8 Mr. Robert C. Crowell ’56M 8 Mr. Albert W. Dodge Sr. ’32W 8 Mr. Donald N. Femia ’54W 8 Ms. Caitlin S. Flynn ’06 8 Mr. & Mrs. Timothy P. Harrington’73 8 Mr. Peter J. Jurgens ’06 8

Matching Gift Companies

Aetna Foundation, Inc. American International Group, Inc. Archie D. & Bertha H. Walker Foundation Bank of America ConocoPhillips Company Cornerstone Real Estate Advisers LLC ExxonMobil Foundation, Inc. Illinois Tool Works Foundation ING Foundation Intel Foundation Marsh & McLennan Companies MassMutual Financial Group Microsoft Matching Gifts Program New York Life Foundation Novartis Foundation Quest Diagnostics Incorporated Time Warner, Inc. UBS Employee Giving Programs United Technologies Verisk Matching Gifts Program Mr. Yong D. Kwon ’88 8 Mr. William M. Lax ’45W 8 Mr. Seung Jae Chyun ’75 8 8 Mr. Mark S. Lyon & Mrs. Anne S. Redman-Lyon Mr. Ian S. Macdonald ’94 8 8 Mr. Irwin G. Michelman ’75 Cmdr. John G. Shaw ’64W 8 8 Mr. & Mrs. Joshua Taylor Jr. Mr. Donald T. Tull ’55W 8 Ms. Donna L. Barone 8 Mr. & Mrs. Richard L. Voltz Jr. 8 Mr. Bruce A. Wilson ’60W 8 7 Mr. Dana T. Aftab ’81 Mr. Eric W. Anderson 7 Mr. James A. Barkhuff ’67W 7 7 Mr. Symin J. Charpentier ’07 Mr. & Mrs. Philmore H. Colburn II 7 7 Mrs. Jill F. Dangleis Mr. Mark A. Fischer 7 Mr. Alan N. Hall 7 7 Mrs. Mary Ellen Jamroz Dr. Mark A. Keroack ’72 7 7 Dr. Paul I. Kingsbury ’53W Mr. David P. McDowell ’73 7 Mr. David L. Nickerson ’49W 7 7 Mr. Douglas W. Osmond ’75 Mr. & Mrs. John D. Pehoviak 7 His Excellency Nitya Pibulsonggram ’58W 7 Mr. Maurice Raizin ’59M 7 Mr. & Mrs. David A. Reeves 7 Mr. & Mrs. Donald B. Robitaille 7 Lt. Col. Stephen M. Rusiecki ’80 7 Mrs. Carol J. Sorensen 7 Mr. Donald J. Southwick ’64M 7 Mr. Benjamin H. Walcott ’50W 7 Mr. Paul G. Woodhouse ’55W 7 Mr. Arthur H. Zalkan 7 Mr. Francis M. Austin Jr. ’46W 6 Mr. & Mrs. William M. Awad III 6 Mr. Jeffrey F. Bonk ’78 6 Mr. & Mrs. Ernest T. Booth 6 Mr. John C. Burns ’66M 6 Mr. Frederik O. Crawford ’60W 6 Mr. Mountfort A. Euston ’62W 6 Mr. Frederick C. Gao 6 Mr. John J. Guerin ’96

6

Sophie Albano-Alisberg '13 adds her stone to the alumni wall.

& Mrs. Kristina S. Guerin ’98 Mr. Robert L. Hayward ’46M 6 Ms. Brigid M. Jurgens ’08 6 6 Mr. Donald E. Kelly Mr. Joshua S. Kelly ’85 6 Mrs. Bertha P. Lak 6 6 Mr. & Mrs. Robert F. Little Rev. Ronald D. Marcy ’54W 6 6 Dr. John W. Miller ’49W Ms. Maria-Rallou T. Moore 6 Ms. Nancy W. Naftulin 6 6 Dr. David N. Ostrom Mr. Mallory L. Pettengill ’53W 6 6 Ms. Linda Pietras 6 Ms. Katherine A. Reilly Mr. James J. Shea Jr. ’44W 6 Mr. Richard P. Taylor ’62W 6 6 Mr. Steven I. Weiss ’67M Mr. & Mrs. Scott H. Willson ’55W 6 6 Mr. M. Scott Wood ’68W Mr. Patrick T. Agahigian ’09 5 Mr. & Mrs. Allen S. Bicknell 5 5 Mr. Nathaniel Bond ’52W Ms. Susan A. Cole 5 5 Mr. & Mrs. Carl A. Conlon Dr. Arlene M. Goodman ’96 5 Dr. Kathleen M. Gorski 5 5 Mr. Richard P. Hayes ’55M Ms. Jeanne F. Henry ’04 5 Mr. & Mrs. Christopher J. Jalbert 5 Mr. Kent L. Karosen ’84 5 Ambassador Hyun Chong Kim ’77 5 Mr. John C. Lombard 5 Mr. David B. Lyman ’74 5 Mr. & Mrs. Timothy J. Marini 5 Mr. Karl G. Nonemaker ’64M 5 Mr. Daniel M. O'Brien ’79 5 Mr. William T. Olmstead ’41W 5 Mr. David Olsen '52W 5 Mr. John M. Sawyer Jr. ’59W 5 Mr. Lee H. Schilling ’59W 5 Mr. Kenneth S. Sperber ’64M 5 Dr. Edward B. Williams ’29M 5 Dr. James S. Wilson ’61M 5

Capital Giving

Parents Association Auction

On Saturday, April 20, the PA hosted an auction and gala at the Colony Club in Springfield. Thanks to the generosity of the many parents, alumni and friends of the Academy, $75,000 was raised in support of the Dining Hall renovations.

24/7 Fitness AAA Pioneer Valley Adamas Fine Jewelry Agawam Crossing Dental Ms. Renee A. Alexander Alpha Oil Company Anonymous Mr. Stetson Arnold Art from Ashes Mr. Aaron Awad Mr. & Mrs. William M. Awad III Mr. & Mrs. Timothy Bannon Ms. Donna L. Barone Ms. Dana Barrows Baystate Medical Center Berkshire East Ski Resort Mr. & Mrs. Allen S. Bicknell Big Mouth Beads Big Y's Louis & Clark Drug Store Blandford Ski Area Mr. Paul E. Bloomfield & Ms. Sherri L. Krassin Mr. John F. Boozang Mr. & Mrs. Richard D. Bourgeois Bousquet Water Park Mr. & Mrs. Stephen A. Briggs II Mr. Jonathan W. Brook & Mrs. Marvina Lowry-Brook Mr. & Mrs. Bernard L. Brown Brown's Home Town Pet and Garden Store Brunelle's Marina Brush It Off LLC The Bushnell Mr. and Ms. Robert H. Caldwell Mr. & Mrs. David J. Callahan Cal's Wood Fired Grill Mr. & Mrs. Charles P. Carson

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Capital Giving & Endowed Funds 2012 – 2013 Chairman of the Board Attorney & Mrs. Jeffrey T. Chanin Cigar Room II Conca Sport and Fitness Mr. & Mrs. Carl A. Conlon Country Club of Wilbraham Mr. & Mrs. Gary Cove Ms. Christina J. Cronin CFRE The Cutting Edge Salon & Day Spa Ms. Carlee M. D'Amato Mrs. Jill F. Dangleis Mr. Charles D. D'Avanzo Ms. Wendy L. Decker Mr. & Mrs. Eric D. Demers Mr. & Mrs. Kevin L. Derose Mr. Christopher Descalzo Jr. ’93 Details Full Service Interiors Dion L. Berte, LMT Double A Arabians Double J Western Store Douzo Modern Japanese Restaurant Mr. & Mrs. Jack S. Dromgold E & R Laundry and Dry Cleaning Inc. Eddie's Liquors and Fine Wines Edible Arrangements Elmcrest Country Club Elyse Ryan F.C. Taplin F.L. Roberts & Co. Falcetti's Music Fathers & Sons Mr. Mark A. Fischer Florence Savings Bank Hampden Engineering Corp.

Fresh Acres Friendly Ice Cream Corp.

Frigos Foods Mr. Russell C. Garrison & Dr. Natasha M. McKay Mrs. Sherrie E. Gilfor Hampton Inn Ms. Ellen M. Hancock Hannoush Jewelers The Hanover Theater Mr. Richard J. Harrington Sr. ’60M Hilton Garden Inn Mr. Doug S. Hutcheson & Ms. Margaret Lenihan Hutcheson I.B.S. Electronics & Security Ms. Ashley J. Imbriano ’14 Iron Chef It's All About Me Jacob's Pillow Dance Mr. & Mrs. Christopher J. Jalbert Jansport Johnny Mac Liquors Kaoud Oriental Rugs Kappy's Fine Wines & Spirits Mr. Donald E. Kelly Mr. & Mrs. Timothy P. Kenny Mr. & Mrs. John M. Kirwan Kripaulu Center for Yoga & Health Dr. Aaron D. Kugelmass & Mrs. Karen E. Ambrose Mr. & Mrs. James Kumiega Mr. & Mrs. Rodney J. LaBrecque

Lattitude Restaurant Ledges Golf Club Lighthouse Liquors Link to Libraries Lisa Scheff Designs Mr. & Mrs. Robert F. Little Live Nation Network Longhorn Steak House Longmeadow Cleaners Mr. & Mrs. Christopher Magiera Majestic Theater Mr. & Mrs. Steven P. Marcus Mr. & Mrs. Timothy J. Marini Mary Kay Cosmetics China Ltd. Mass Appeal Mr. & Mrs. Daniel L. McCreary Ms. Diane M. Merrick Michael Epaul Photography Michael Szwed Jewelers Mr. & Mrs. Frederick Miller Dr. & Mrs. Philip Moraitis Mount Snow Mystic Aquarium Mystic Seaport Mr. & Mrs. David L. Nagle Ms. Emily J. Nagle ’18 Ms. Jeannette Negron Neutral Ground New England Air Museum Mr. Donald J. Nicholson '79 Norman Rockwell Museum Obsessions Salon Mr. Howard Odentz & Mr. David Gilfor Okemo Mountain On the Border Mr. Zachary R. Osborne & Mrs. Maura Murphy Osborne Palmer Paving Corporation Paper City Brewery Peachwave Frozen Yogurt Peavey Electronics Peter Pan Trailways Pioneer Valley Hobbies Peter S. Plumb Esq. ’61W Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey R. Power Powerhouse Training Mr. & Mrs. James Quinn R. Scott Smith, DMD Dr. & Mrs. Thomas F. Race Rave Motion Pictures Red Lion Inn Mr. & Mrs. David A. Reeves Ms. Kristin H. Reeves ’14 Mr. & Mrs. Paul J. Robbins Mr. & Mrs. Frank Robinson Mr. & Mrs. Frederic Rothery Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Russell Salon Karma Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Salvador Mrs. Shirley Schmerling Mr. Roy Scott Sheraton Springfield Monarch Place Mr. & Mrs. David B. Shirley Shoenique Mr. Edward W. Shore Jr. ’48W Mr. & Mrs. Jacob Socha Mr. & Mrs. Douglas L. Soder

Spa on the Green Sports Stuff The Springfield Country Club Springfield Marriott Hotel Springfield Museums St. Clair Landscaping & Nursery Stacy's Cleaners, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Ned Steiger Stellato Bros. Inc. Mr. & Mrs. James Stellato Jr. Mr. Donald J. Stuart ’73 Summit Educational Group Sustainable Wellness Mr. Walter G. Swanson Mr. & Mrs. John G. Taylor Texas Roadhouse Theory Skate & Snow Mr. Michael J. Thompson The Tobacco Shop Mr. & Mrs. Anthony F. Troiano Mr. & Mrs. John P. Venditti Wadsworth Atheneum Museum Mrs. Sarah E. Wakelin Dr. & Mrs. Charles B. Warden Jr. Weed Man Westfield Flight Academy WGBY Public Television What's Cooking Ms. Erika M. Whipple Wilbraham & Monson Academy WMA Parents Association Mr. & Mrs. Michael D. Woloshchuk Mr. & Mrs. Richard M. Zielinski Mrs. Jan R. Ziter The Zoo in Forest Park & Education Center

Restricted and Capital Funds The Bequest Fund

The Estate of Mr. N. F. Maldonado ’55W The Estate of Mr. Craig Shea ’48W The Estate of Mr. James J. Shea Jr. ’44W The Estate of Mr. Sergay Zarynoff ’57W

The WMA Dining Hall Renovation Fund

Mr. & Mrs. William M. Awad III Mr. Young Eum Ban & Mrs. Young Sook Im Ms. Madolyn Brittingham Mr. & Mrs. Bernard L. Brown Dr. Michael D. Caban Mr. Dagang Chen & Mrs. Chun Q. Wei Mr. Yingzhi Cui & Mrs. Wei Zhao Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Flynn Mr. & Mrs. Amaro Goncalves Ms. Ellen M. Hancock Mr. & Mrs. Glenn R. Hanson Mr. & Mrs. Scott B. Jacobs '75 Dr. & Mrs. Jamieson D. Kennedy ’51W Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth J. Kessaris ’50W Mrs. Judith A. Knapp Mr. & Mrs. Rodney J. LaBrecque

Mr. Earl LaFlamme Mr. Keon Soo Lee & Mrs. Insuk Han Mr. Jubei Li and Mrs. Yahong Chen Mr. Wenrong Lu & Mrs. Linger Gan Mr. & Mrs. Steven P. Marcus Mr. & Mrs. Timothy Marini Attorney Michael P. Walsh & Ms. Mary Elizabeth McLaughlin Dr. Bruce D. Waslick & Dr. Terri M. Griffin Dr. Sang Jin Yoon & Mrs. Hyosun Lim Mr. & Mrs. Gregory A. Popovich Mr. & Mrs. Michael A. Nallen Mr. David Olsen ’52 Mr. & Mrs. Yang Shen Mr. Xin Tian & Mrs. Ling Li Mr. Stacey H. Widdicombe III '70 WMA Parents Association Mr. & Mrs. Michael D. Woloshchuk Mr. Zuo J. Yu & Mrs. Hong Ai Mr. Bill Zou & Mrs. Lijie Xu The Give-A-Book Fund Ms. Tiffany E. Norman & Mr. Hasan Alrefae Mr. & Mrs. Gerald Antonacci Mr. & Mrs. Richard D. Bourgeois Ms. Christina J. Cronin & Mr. Mark Langevin Mrs. JoAnne W. Felchner Ms. Stacey C. Gardner Mr. & Mrs. Samuel J. Gourley Mr. & Mrs. Dean D. Halloran Sr. Mr. & Mrs. Christopher J. Jalbert Mrs. Mercedese E. Large Mr. Martin D. McNamara Mr. & Mrs. Emmanuel Ntagkounakis Mr. & Mrs. Kenrick E. Williams

The James E. LaCrosse ’50W Endowment Fund Mr. and Mrs. James E. LaCrosse ’50W

The Major Gifts Fund

Mr. Paul Baltazar Mr. Michael J. Flynn Mr. Gunter M. Glass ’63W Mr. & Mrs. Joseph M. Hickson Jr. Mr. Mark R. Shenkman ’61M

The Keith and June Martin Faculty Chair Fund Mrs. June Martin

The Shenkman Admission House Fund

Mr. & Mrs. Mark R. Shenkman ’61M

The WMA Campus Center Renovation Fund Mr. & Mrs. Richard G. Dooley Mr. & Mrs. Mark S. McKenna

The WMA Theater Curtain Fund

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Scott Bicknell, Director of Dining Services/Chef

www.WMA.us/AnnualFund

SUPPORT THE ANNUAL FUND TODAY

Dr. & Mrs. David D. Agahigian Ms. Page Best-Hardy Mr. & Mrs. Andrew P. Mele Mrs. Courtney T. Paterna ’96 Mr. & Mrs. David A. Reeves Mr. & Mrs. Douglas L. Soder

The WMA Turf Field Fund

Class of 1982 Mrs. Gayle S. Dragicevich ’82 Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Flynn Mrs. Marjorie H. Fisher

Named Endowments

The Antonacci Family Scholarship Fund

Mr. & Mrs. Gerald Antonacci Mr. & Mrs. Frank G. Antonacci Mrs. Marianne Antonacci

The Sandy Bayless ’68W Memorial Scholarship Fund

Mr. Jeffrey R. Bale Mrs. Elizabeth Bayless Mr. & Mrs. Murray E. Brasseux Mr. William W. Bryan Ms. Debra A. Clark

Mr. & Mrs. Donald H. Elliott Mr. Bruce S. Ferguson ’67W Mr. Lee Garrett Mr. & Mrs. John B. Graves Mrs. Linda B. Griffin Ms. Janice Hataway Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. Holloway Mr. Robert R. Humberston ’68W Mr. Thomas G. Jameson Mr. & Mrs. Marcus D. Jensvold Mr. Raymond Johnson Mr. Richard F. Kammerer & Mr. Tim Cagle Mr. Richard H. Lamb ’69W Ms. Amy S. Lampi Mr. James S. Law '68W Mr. & Mrs. James J. McBride Mr. & Mrs. R. Sells Neuhaus

Mr. & Mrs. John W. Payne Ms. Carol F. Relihan ’73 & Mr. John Arthur Dr. Paul Reynolds ’69W Mr. & Mrs. Gregory M. Robbins Dr. Michele J. Sabino Mr. Timothy Strickland Ms. Robin Susman Mr. & Mrs. John S. Taylor Mr. & Mrs. Robert H. Thomas Ms. Claudia B. Ward Warrenton Neighborhood Association Mr. & Mrs. Steven J. Watkins

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The Henry Wesley and Ruth Benton Scholarship Fund

Dr. David L. Brown ’64M Mr. Parker E. Hodgman ’55M

The William A. Griffin ’68W Scholarship Fund Mr. Drew Casertano

The James D. Hale ’13 Scholarship Fund Mr. and Mrs. Alan Hale ’46W

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Mr. James S. Law ’68W Mr. & Mrs. James J. McBride Mr. & Mrs. R. Sells Neuhaus Mr. & Mrs. John W. Payne Ms. Carol F. Relihan ’73 Dr. Paul Reynolds ’69W Mr. & Mrs. Gregory M. Robbins Dr. Michele J. Sabino Ms. Robin Susman Mr. & Mrs. John S. Taylor Mr. & Mrs. Robert H. Thomas Ms. Claudia B. Ward Mr. & Mrs. Steven J. Watkins

In Memory of Mr. Kenneth A. Berube ’61M Ms. Linda R. Berube

In Memory of Mr. Francis M. Casey Mr. Daniel M. O'Brien ’79

Justin Singletary '13PG adds his stone to the alumni wall.

In Honor of Mrs. Gisela F. Martin Mr. Josef E. Martin CPCU ’82

The Leverett Marsden of Mr. Ralph C. Evert IV ’15 Hubbard Family Faculty ILnawHonor Office of Julie German Evert Sebatical Travel Mrs. Barbara W. German In Honor of Mr. Donald J. Nicholson ’79 Supplemental Fund Mr. & Mrs. Leverett Marsden Hubbard Jr.

In Honor of Ms. Christina A. Felchner ’16 Mrs. JoAnne W. Felchner

The George D. Morrow Scholarship Fund

In Honor of Ms. Brianna G. Goncalves ’12 & Mr. Andrew A. Goncalves ’15 Mr. & Mrs. Amaro Goncalves

Dr. David L. Brown ’64M Mr. Parker E. Hodgman ’55M

The Sarrouf Family Scholarship Fund

In Honor of Mrs. Linda B. Griffin Morgan Stanley Smith Barney Global Impact Funding Trust, Inc.

Mr. & Mrs. Camille Sarrouf ’51W

In Honor of Mr. James C. Halloran ’16 Mr. & Mrs. Dean D. Halloran Sr.

In Honor of

In Honor of Ms. Nora P. Harrington ’13 Ms. Dorothy Angell Rutherford

In Honor of Mrs. Patricia M. Altman Mr. Richard Altman Mrs. Sylvia F. Altman

In Honor of Mr. Nicholas C. Jalbert ’12 Mr. & Mrs. Christopher J. Jalbert

In Honor of Mr. Guy G. Antonacci ’05, Ms. Sara F. Antonacci ’07 & In Honor of Mr. Donald E. Kelly Mr. Matthew A. Antonacci ’13 Mr. Nicholas C. Jalbert ’12 Mr. & Mrs. Gerald Antonacci In Honor of Mrs. Susan Y. Awad Mr. & Mrs. David Fineman In Honor of Mr. Andrew B. Buxton ’13 Mr. Bruce E. Buxton In Honor of Ms. Julia C. Beech ’13 Mr. & Mrs. Darryl M. Beech In Honor of Class of 1982 Mrs. Gayle S. Dragicevich ’82 In Honor of Mr. Charles D. D'Avanzo Mr. & Mrs. Samuel J. Gourley Mr. & Mrs. Donald R. Smith In Honor of Ms. Isabelle C. Davis ’18

Ms. Stacey C. Gardner

In Honor of Ms. Julie G. Evert Mrs. Barbara W. German

In Honor of Mr. Robert A. Kelley III ’12 Mr. & Mrs. Victor J. Donatelli

Mr. & Mrs. Thomas E. Cronin In Honor of Ms. Tiffany E. Norman Mr. & Mrs. David A. Reeves In Honor of Ms. Antigone Ntagkounakis ’17 Mr. & Mrs. Emmanuel Ntagkounakis In Honor of Mr. Sihan Shen ’14 Mr. & Mrs. Yang Shen In Honor of Ms. Gillian S. Smith ’14 Mr. & Mrs. John Shea In Honor of Mr. Peter W. Spartos ’02 Dr. & Mrs. Anthony G. Spartos In Honor of Ms. Amber C. Williams ’13 & Ms. Arnelle C. Williams ’13 Mr. & Mrs. Kenrick E. Williams

In Memory of Mr. William A. Griffin ’68W

Mrs. Linda B. Griffin

In Memory of Mr. Robert T. Hale ’55W Mrs. Judith B. Hale

In Memory of Mr. Richard W. Handel Jr. ’67W

Mr. Bruce S. Ferguson ’67W Mr. Robert D. Handel ’71W

In Memory of Mr. Hugh Harrell

In Memory of Mr. Stanley N. Bayless ’68W

In Honor of Mr. John T. Kirwan ’15 The Bale Law Firm, PLLC & Mr. William M. Kirwan ’15 Mr. & Mrs. Murray E. Brasseux Mr. & Mrs. William E. Braunlich Mr. William W. Bryan Ms. Debra A. Clark In Honor of Mr. Nicholas T. Mr. & Mrs. Donald H. Elliott Kubacki ’16 Mr. Bruce S. Ferguson ’67W Mr. & Mrs. Thomas P. Kubacki Fowler Rodriguez Valdes-Fauli Counselors At Law In Honor of Mr. Rodney J. Mr. & Mrs. John B. Graves LaBrecque Mrs. Linda B. Griffin Mr. & Mrs. Crawford Lincoln Janice Hataway, Austin Title Mr. Bruce Mutch ’97 Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. Holloway Mr. Robert R. Humberston '68W In Honor of Mr. Gregory L. Mr. Thomas G. Jameson Large ’15 Mr. & Mrs. Marcus D. Jensvold Mrs. Mercedese E. Large Mr. R aymond Johnson Mr. Richard F. K ammerer & Mr. Tim Cagle Mr. Richard H. Lamb ’69W Ms. Amy S. Lampi

In Memory of Mr. Robert L. Lord ’60M Mr. & Mrs. Benjamin C. Abrams Mr. & Mrs. Scott Hannah Ms. Jacqueline Hooper Ms. Evelyn K. Pool Ms. Barbara Rumph Ms. K athryn G. Whitford Ms. June-Marie Zaccariello

In Memory of Mr. John J. Mullen Jr. ’65M

Mr. & Mrs. Michael W. Glabicky

In Memory of Mr. George E. Rogers Dr. James S. Wilson ’61M

Mr. John S. Banas III ’80 Mr. Donald J. Collins ’60M Mr. William D. Walsh ’58M

In Memory of Mr. Philip H.

In Memory of Mr. Paul E. Harrington

In Memory of Mr. James J. Shea Jr. ’44W

Mrs. Veronica D. Harrington

In Memory of Mr. Robert C. Hess ’37W

Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth G. Penfield Jr.

In Memory of Mr. Carl D. Howard Mr. Ronald E. Dean ’50W

In Memory of Mr. Bernard Insler Mr. Jonathan T. Insler ’99

In Memory Of

A. Laven Esq. ’61W

Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Arnoff LLP Mr. & Mrs. Howard Edelstein Mr. Bruce S. Ferguson ’67W Mr. & Mrs. Earl R. Franklin Mr. William A. Hawthorne ’61W Mr. & Mrs. John B. Hollister Independence Bank Mr. & Mrs. Mark A. Jorgensen Mr. Theodore W. K appler Jr. ’61W Mr. Peter C. Lincoln ’55W Mr. & Mrs. Robert M. Mooney Mr. & Mrs. Thomas F. Moran Peter L. Murray Esq. ’61W Peter S. Plumb Esq. ’61W Mr. & Mrs. George Roth Ulmer & Berne

In Memory of Ms. Molly Jackson ’01 Mr. & Mrs. Peter J. Jackson

In Memory of Mrs. Marilyn R. Jacobs Mr. Eric W. Jacobs ’74

In Memory of Lt. Timothy D. Jessup ’87

Shaw

Dr. Paul I. Kingsbury ’53W

Mr. Robert A. Hart Jr. ’44W

In Memory of The Honorable Kent B. Smith ’44W Mr. Horace S. Nichols ’44W Mr. Bud Porter ’44W Mr. James J. Shea Jr. ’44W

Volunteers

Our fundraising success is largely due to the volunteer efforts of: reunion agents, class agents, students, parents and friends of the Academy. Thank you for all your tireless efforts throughout the year. Whether it was writing letters or making phone calls, you had a major hand in the success of the 20122013 year.

Mr. & Mrs. Andrew T. Jessup

In Memory of Mrs. Jane Kelly

Mr. John R. Germaine Mr. Martin D. McNamara

In Memory of Mrs. Lorra Laven Mr. & Mrs. Howard Edelstein Mr. & Mrs. Earl R. Franklin Mr. & Mrs. Thomas F. Moran

In Memory of Mr. Stuart

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Left, Carly Cronin '13 and Riley-Jane Marini '13 share a laugh; right, Mia Konstantakos '13 gives the student address.

Heritage Society Membership in the Heritage Society is comprised of individuals who have included Wilbraham & Monson Academy in their estate plans, have established an endowed fund or have made a planned gift to the Academy. These individuals add to our endowment. Their generosity and planning creates significant Academy resources.

Mr. & Mrs. John M. Adan Jr. ’62W Mr. Dana T. Aftab ’81 Mr. Robert A. Augusto Mr. & Mrs. Ronald W. Barend ’66M Mrs. Cynthia O. Bean Mr. Lewis W. Birmingham ’60W Mr. and Mrs. S. Prestley Blake Dr. David L. Brown '64 M & Mrs. Ruth M. Remick Mr. & Mrs. James L. Brown IV '55 M Mrs. Jeanne K. Caropreso & Dr. Philip R. Caropreso M.D. Mrs. Priscilla Carter Mr. & John F. Chapple III ’60W Mrs. Marilyn S. Clark ’84 Mrs. Anna S. Clough Ms. Christina J. Cronin CFRE & Mr. Mark Langevin Dr. Neida Q. Dimeo Mr. Robert S. Edmunds ’01 Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Enemark ’42W Mr. William R. Faulkner Jr. ’57W Mr. & Mrs. Gunter M. Glass ’63W Ms. Ashley B. Griffin

HERITAGE

Mrs. Linda B. Griffin Mr. & Mrs. David H. Griffith ’59W Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth A. Gustafson ’49W Mr. & Mrs. Alan Hale ’46W Mr. & Mrs. Richard J. Harrington Sr. ’60M Mr. Douglas J. Harwood ’70W Mr. & Mrs. Parker E. Hodgman ’55M Mr. & Mrs. Leverett M. Hubbard Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Scott B. Jacobs ’75 Mr. & Mrs. William E. James ’64W Mr. Kent L. Karosen ’84 & Mr. Brian Hauserman Dr. & Mrs. Jamieson D. Kennedy M.D. ’51W Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth J. Kessaris ’50W Dr. & Mrs. Paul I. Kingsbury ’53W Dr. Jordan L. Kramer ’73 Mr. Daniel B. Kunhardt Jr. ’72 Mr. & Mrs. Rodney J. LaBrecque Mr. & Mrs. James E. LaCrosse ’50W Mr. & Mrs. Philip C. Lawton ’54W Mr. Peter C. Lincoln ’55W Mr. Charles P. Lukasik ’74 Mr. & Mrs. James W. Lyons Dr. & Mrs. Robert K. MacLauchlin ’50W Mr. S. Peter Manchester ’58W Mr. Robert T. Marchant ’51W Mrs. Taffy L. Marron Mr. Josef E. Martin CPCU ’82 Mrs. June C. Martin Mr. Charles P. Mason Jr. ’62W Mrs. Lenita C. McCallum Witherspoon Dr. Charles A. McCallum Jr. ’43W Mr. Robert C. McCray ’43M Mr. John H. Meissner ’66W Mrs. Marcy A. Minnick ’97 Mr. M. Scott Mitchell '57 W

Dr. & Mrs. Oscar R. Nepomuceno Mrs. Diane Peters Mr. & Mrs. Peter S. Plumb Esq. ’61W Mrs. Jewell G. Prentice Mr. G. Eric Pucher ’47W Ms. Carol F. Relihan ’73 & Mr. John Arthur Mr. & Mrs. Camille F. Sarrouf ’51W Mr. & Mrs. Mark R. Shenkman ’61M Mr. & Mrs. Edwin Shivell ’50M Ms. Cynthia R. St. George CFRE ’78 Ms. Janet Sweeney Ms. Mary Sweeney Mr. & Mrs. Thomas F. Sweeney Mr. & Mrs. Edward Symes III ’64W Mr. Richard P. Taylor ’62W Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Thompson Mr. Donald T. Tull ’55W Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. Tull ’50W Mr. Frederick D. Watts Mr. & Mrs. Gary E. Wendlandt Mr. & Mrs. Washburne D. Wright ’60W Ms. Chelsey A. Zahornacky Mr. Michael J. Zahornacky Jr. Mr. Michael J. Zahornacky IV Mr. Arthur H. Zalkan Dr. & Mrs. Brett R. Zalkan ’83 Mr. Ira L. Zalkan ’89 Dr. Fred M. Ziter Jr. ’54W Mr. Michael P. Ziter ’61W Dr. William D. Ziter ’56W

The Estates of:

Mr. Garey M. Browne Jr. ’54M Mr. Charles W. Carter Mr. Kenneth R. Churilla ’61M Dr. Walter S. Clough ’45W Mr. Douglas Coon ’39W Mr. Fredrick M. Crean ’67W Mr. Leonard Cummings ’40W Mrs. Mary A. Cutler ’01M Mr. Peter G. Ellis ’37W Mr. William F. Favorite Dr. Ralph A. Goddard ’46W Edward J. Gramse D.D.S. ’39W Mr. & Mrs. William A. Griffin ’68 W Mr. Allan L. Haling ’42W Mr. John G. Hoyt ’48M Mr. H. W. King CFP ’46W Capt. Robert T. Leary USCG Ret. ’37W Mr. Ronald Lerner ’52W Mr. Richard B. Lord ’38W Mr. N. F. Maldonado ’55W Mr. Harvey A. Marron ’60M Mr. Keith Martin ’47W Mr. Caleb H. O'Connor ’30W Mr. Sherman V. Olson ’49M Mr. George I. Parker Jr. ’31W Ms. Kimberly S. Peters ’78 Mr. Frank J. Pizzitola ’43M Mr. Chester H. Prentice ’40W Mr. Craig Shea ’48W Mr. James J. Shea Jr. ’44W Mr. Francis W. Smith ’44W Mr. George L. Stephenson II ’51W Mr. Lewis A. Storrs ’21W Mr. John S. Williams ’39W Mr. Paul G. Zarynoff ’53W Mr. Sergay G. Zarynoff ’57W

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Wilbraham & Monson Academy

PROFILES IN PLANNED GIVING

RODNEY & SHIRLEY LaBreCque Preserve our Heritage… invest in our future.

A Gift of Gratitude: The LaBrecques add WMA to their Estate Plans Making a legacy gift to the Academy is a great way to show your appreciation for a great education, to say thanks for the boost you needed to get into that school of your dreams, or in the case of Head of School Rodney LaBrecque and his wife Shirley, to show your gratitude for the role the Academy has played in your careers as academic leaders.

“Now that I am retiring,” said Mr. LaBrecque, “Shirley and I felt it was time to revise our wills. At this stage of our lives, we have a better sense of what our personal needs will be during our retirement years. In addition to providing for our children and grandchildren, we want to make sure that our favorite organizations

receive support through our estate. I care deeply for the Academy and would like to see it thrive for many years to come. Our bequest to the endowment fund will help strengthen WMA’s financial position in the future.”

Join the WMA Heritage Society by adding the Academy to your estate plans. For information and assistance, contact Christina Cronin, Director of Capital and Planned Giving at CCronin@WMA.us or at 413.596.9189.

Please note that WMA does not provide tax or legal advice.

Gift calculations may be provided for illustrative purposes only, and the actual values may vary based on the timing and nature of your gift. Advice from legal and tax counsel should be sought when considering a charitable gift plan of any kind.

REFLECTIONS

By Head of School Rodney LaBrecque

I am extremely honored and humbled that much of this magazine is devoted to the “LaBrecque Years.” Shirley and I have enjoyed every minute of our time here. What I want to write about in this reflection is a topic less institutional and more personal, though as I proceed, you will see that in fact everything about which I am writing has bearing on the past 12 years of successes and progress of the Academy.

In 1971, after earning a master’s degree in chemical physics from Clark University, I convinced my wife that I should teach for a year or so before returning to finish my Ph.D. I accepted a position at the all-girls’ MacDuffie School teaching physics, chemistry, eighth grade science, running a dorm of 11 girls, and coaching when needed.

Shirley thought I was crazy, but her attitude was “anyone can do anything for only a year.”

Needless to say, we both fell in love with the prep lifestyle and we began our prep career in earnest from that time onward.

I had her full support as we moved through the ranks at Westminster, St. Paul’s School, Milton and Choate. Shirley encouraged me to follow my dream to work in California, knowing it meant she would give up a great position as the Director of Development for Hamden Hall in Hamden, Conn.

I founded the upper school at The Harker School in San Jose, Calif. while Shirley continued her career as its Development Director. A year later I worked as the founding head of the start-up Episcopal School of the Peninsula in Foster City.

As the Development Director of an elementary Episcopal school, her success was unparalleled as she raised more than $1 million from a parent body of under 100. Five years later, our California experiment completed, we returned to New England and I took the reins of this

fine school. Shirley rolled up her sleeves, so to speak, and proceeded to blaze a path to establish Morrow House as the official hospitality center of the Academy.

Throughout 43 years of peripatetic striving, Shirley was my strongest support. Many a day was bleak as often I was charged with making change happen where no one wanted it and often in places where funding was thin to non-existent. She never wavered in being understanding and committed to the cause of the school, whatever that might be at the school of that time.

As I reflect on what she has accomplished in our time at the Academy, I think it is fair to say that she has been an unsung heroine. Her duties, which were all offered voluntarily, were many. Her first task was to head the production of the bicentennial celebratory book Visions that Endure. She coordinated all the events that took place in Morrow House (which were numerous), meaning she was involved in something every week as we made it our business to entertain and develop the Academy’s reputation as one of the better schools in the Pioneer Valley. Often there were circumstances when the weather took a turn for the

worse and we suddenly had house guests for a night or even two. During Board of Trustee meetings we would host members of the Trustees for the duration. We even housed a Thai student for a week when he was “suspended.” Shirley worked with our dining services to plan each dinner or reception at Morrow House, including the setting for the event. No detail was small enough to be lost on her. She followed up with thank you notes to guests as well as staff. She accompanied me on many development related travel assignments all over the world and the country. Contrary to popular perception, these trips were nothing like tourist travel. One trip had us making nine different flights in 13 days, covering six Asian countries. Sleep is an unknown quantity in the algebraic equation of development work.

Shirley has been an enthusiastic supporter of the Academy and has brought outside groups to the Academy for flower shows, house tours, garden events, fund raisers and lectures. She, along with Betsy Davison P ’13, was the driving force behind the eminently successful Town of Wilbraham’s 250th gala evening last May, which has led to the return of the senior prom to the WMA campus. That event sparked one letter writer to call the gala “the party of the century.”

But more than any of those considerable accomplishments, she has been my most honest critic, telling me the things no one else would. Her sage advice has kept me from making some terrible blunders. She has been a willing foil to my conjectures and crazy ideas. I know the Academy would not be as successful as it has been during the last 12 years had she not been a presence. I am so proud to be her spouse and in leaving WMA it is fitting to give praise where praise is due. Thank you, Shirley, for all you have done, for all you have given, and for all you have achieved.

Ginny Knapp: The Reason You were Able to Read this Magazine

The World Ahead For nearly 20 years, alumni parent and current Trustee Ginny Knapp has been helping the Academy by donating direct mail services through her company, Andrew Associates. She has not only provided terrific service, but her generosity has enabled the Academy to increase the frequency and quality of our print communications, including Academy World magazine, postcards, appeal letters and invitations. With Mrs. Knapp’s support, we have been able to move our communication from good to great during Mr. LaBrecque’s tenure as Head of School.

Mrs. Knapp wanted to give back to the Academy for the education her four boys, Andrew ’86, Graeme ’87, Gregory ’90 and Matthew ’94NG, received while students.

“As a small business owner, giving back by donating services allowed me to make a

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gift that was much more valuable than any cash gift I could afford,” said Mrs. Knapp. “I enjoy knowing that because I am covering the cost of the Academy’s direct mail services, it is able to put more operating dollars into academics, arts and athletics.”

Ginny’s children have followed her lead.

They are also generous supporters of the Academy. Collectively, the family has provided more than $200,000 in in-kind and cash support over the past two decades. When you read the next issue of Academy World, you can thank Ginny Knapp and her family for the role they play getting it into your mailbox.

Andrew Bazarian ’86 Graeme Bazarian ’87

Gregory Bazarian ’90

Matthew Bazarian ’94NG

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