Alumni Association Awards Every year, Williston Northampton celebrates alumni and friends who have distinguished themselves in service to the school. Last year, the following people were recognized during Reunion Weekend.
Linda Stanton Maynard ’62 received the Whitaker-Bement Award, which is awarded annually to an alumna whose loyalty and service to the Williston Northampton School has been outstanding.
Chuck Vernon ’62 received the Samuel & Emily Williston Award for outstanding service and devotion to the Williston Northampton School.
Since its inception in 1959, the Distinguished Service Award has been given to that person who has shown through his or her actions an exceptional measure of devotion to the school. In June, Bob Couch ’50, P’81, ’82, ’83, ’86, ’89, GP ’17 received the award for all he has done for the school as an alumnus, teacher, parent, and now grandparent.
Peter Wold ’67, P’06 was awarded the Daniel and Jane Carpenter Award, given to the volunteer who, through “effort and energy” as well as financial contributions, has had a substantial impact raising funds and participation for the school in support of its students, parents and alumni.
Please join us at Reunion 2013 on June 7-9 as we celebrate as a community once again.
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Tony Fragola ’62
Making a Commitment to the World and to Williston
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rofessor Anthony Fragola ’62 credits his one year at Williston for putting him on a path to explore his true passions: English, Italian, and the arts. “I would not have become a professor teaching writing, especially at this level, without attending Williston,” he says. “I have no doubts about that.” He’s proud to support Williston, and following his 50th Reunion last spring, he became a Charitable Gift Annuity* donor. Anthony Fragola ’62 arrived on campus in 1961 as a self-conscious post-grad student on a football schol-
arship. He had attended a technical high school in a rough Italian-American neighborhood in Syracuse, NY, which he calls “hard-fought, highly competitive, but not very forgiving.” Afraid he would be pigeonholed into a technical field, Mr. Fragola was pining to learn about arts and literature. Up to that point, he had taken only one non-business English course, and joining a singing group was unthinkable at his school. But at Williston things were different, and Mr Fragola recognized it instantly. “In terms of feeling like I could be accepted for who I was and what my real true interests were… it was almost immediate at