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Please send class notes, obituaries, and changes of address to the Alumni atThe Williston Northampton Sch 19 Payson Avenue, Easthampton, Telephone: Or, 13) 529-3301 .E-mail:alumni@williston.coni • Send letters to the editor and other correspondence to the Communications Office at the address above,or se e-mail to info@willisto CHIEF ADVANCEME Christopher M.Bie DIRECTOR AND MAR Andrew Shel o ASSISTANT DIRECT COMMUNICATION Kathleen Unruh COMMUNICATIONS Burns Maxey COMMUNICATION Maria Williams-Russell
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e Williston Northampton School community would like I to extend congratulations to Spenser Allaway'08, who received two impressive honors to cap off her Williston soccer career. First, she was named to the 2007 NSCAA/adidas Girls High School All-American Team by the National Soccer
Nationwide, only 32 high school girls are named All-American, and Allaway is the only prep school girl to have earned the distinction this year. She is only the second Williston girl to receive this honor, following Katie Coffey'04. Allaway is a two-time team M.V.P., two-time Boston All-Scholastic winner,
Coaches Association of America(NSCAA); then she was named Massachusetts Player of the Year by the same group.
three-time Women's Western New England Prep School Soccer Association All-League recipient, and a three-time
Each year, the NSCAA selects students from across the country at the youth, high school, and college levels to honor excellence in sports and academics.
Massachusetts All-State selectee. Next year she plans to attend Fairfield University on a full Division I Scholarship.
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Spreading the Word and Staying Connected Glenn Jones '95 finds the time to keep in touch with fellow Williston alumni, even as press secretary to the Bermudan Premier. by Maria Williams-Russell
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Unscripted Connections The story of how Charles "Chic" Eglee '70 and Sherrie Gordon '00 became friends reads like a Hollywood movie. by Andrew Shelffo
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Building Awareness by Deconstructing John Grossman '87 helps the planet one homeowner at a time.
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Fostering Creativity For Merry Ross '82, acting is more than a way to entertain—it's a way to heal. by Maria Williams-Russell
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Going to Hampshire College—the Long Way Mim Shafer '06 reflects on her year traveling the globe.
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Be Ambitious, Boys William Clark graduated from Williston Seminary, married the founder's daughter, presided over Massachusetts'first state college, and became a legend in Japan. by Richard Teller '70
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Building on Our Asian Ties In their annual trip to Asia, Headmaster and Mrs.Brian Wright,Jeff Pilgrim '81, and Chris Biehn visited more than 100 alumni, parents, and friends of the school in six countries this fall.
COVER: Charles "Chic"Eglee '70 and Sherrie-Ann Gordon '00 Photo by Edward Judice
HEADMASTER'S COLUMN
Community on the Go by Dr. Brian R.Wright
n traveling to Asia this past winter, I was continually struck by the inspiring and palpable pride our hosts had in their native countries and hometowns. This pride went beyond their zeal to make us feel welcome and comfortable and speaks more to the deep connections people make with their surroundings. If love is a universal language,I'm sure that pride in our neighborhood is a close second.The fact is, we like to show off where we live.
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Here at Williston we enjoy showing off our campus whenever people come to visit, whether it be for a play or a concert, an admission visit, an athletic event,or a special event for parents. We enjoy living and learning here, and we want our students, parents, and faculty to be served well here. But we are keenly aware that our community doesn't end at the school's gates, or even at Easthampton's borders. Our community includes the academically and culturally rich Pioneer Valley and the Five Colleges that call the valley home.At Williston we understand and appreciate how these institutions contribute to an
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intellectual and artistic cultural vitality that is virtually unparalleled anywhere else in the country. But our community also extends to the wider world, where our alumni have traveled and worked and helped others.They then bring those experiences back with them when they visit to enrich the lives ofstudents, parents,and faculty. None of us can be everywhere at once, but many times it feels as if the Williston Northampton name is recognized everywhere,from Africa to Asia,from California to Bermuda,and in neighborhoods close to home,While it is satisfying to see how widely the Williston Northampton name is recognized, the more rewarding element is how it serves to emphasize the continued willingness ofour students to go out into the world and,in the unforgettable words ofRobert Ward,"Do good well." Similarly rewarding is their desire to share experiences with fellow alumni and current students,thereby enriching their educational experience in ways that books or computers cannot. Once you have a true sense of place, of community, which is something we want our students to gain in the time they
spend here,then the future is truly wide open.This issue ofthe Bulletin highlights alumni who've taken pieces ofWilliston and the Pioneer Valley with them as they have moved near and far and "done good well." John Grossman '87 has chosen to stay close to Williston in more ways than one; his work is focused on homeowners and "do-it-yourself-ers"in and around Springfield. Merry Ross '82 helps others help themselves in a unique way that ties directly to her experience as a student here at Williston. Glenn Jones '95 has taken a bit ofWilliston with him as he works for the Bermudan Premier, and Sherrie Gordon '00 has traveled across the country to help, through a bit of serendipity, bring a Williston Academy alumnus back home. If it's true that you can't go home again, then it's also true that you can never go anywhere without taking a piece of your home with you.
campus news Green Space, Green Technology A Winning Combination ver the past few months,the only thing steadier than the snow,ice, and cold of an old-fashioned New England winter has been the progress of the construction on the new dormitory at 194 Main Street.The project began in November and work has been going on steadily ever since.The dorm should be complete and ready for its first residents by the opening of school in September. The dormitory will have 14 double rooms and four single rooms,enough A new residential quad behind the dorm and a geothermal heating and cooling system will support Williston's commitment both to space for 24 ninth grade boys.The the environment and to the residential experience building will also have three faculty apartments.With the demolition ofthe the process of creating a residential quad that will eliminate house at 198 Main Street, which had been faculty housing, the need for residential students to have to cross Main current Birthplace from its pending move of the and the Street on their way to classes. continuing location to one 50 feet to the north,Williston is In addition to keeping our students safer, the new dorm's geothermal heating and cooling system will mean that the building will be environmentally friendly.The geothermal wells, A CORE OF SUPPORT which rely on the fact that the temperature a few feet below the ground new ninth grade he opening of the does not fluctuate greatly, represent boys dormitory in September will the latest example ofWilliston's comcoincide with the launch of a more mitment to being more "green!' formal and comprehensive program This initiative comes on the heels for Williston's ninth grade students. ofa renewed focus on campus recyThe main goals of the program are to cling and the participation of our provide better academic and social students in the Green Cup Challenge, support for ninth graders, to ease the transition from eighth to ninth a competition in which students at grade. to build better relationships between ninth grade boarding and different schools work to see who can day students, and to lay the foundation for a successful Williston experibring about the greatest reduction in electricity usage on their campuses. ence in the Upper School. Everyone on campus is excited about the first new dormitory at To achieve these goals. Williston has tapped two faculty members— Williston in 45 years. In fact, almost Allison Marsland and Matt Sawyer—to coordinate the program. In addi100 people have logged on to view tion. the advising system has been revamped and an overnight orientation the webcam to monitor the project's trip has been added. A new ninth grade theme—CORE.(Curiosity. progress from afar.View the Organization. Reflection, and Empathy)—will be incorporated into the proconstruction as it progresses at gram and used to support students in the classroom, in the dormitories, www.williston.cominewdorm. and in the Williston community and beyond.
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3 FOCUSING ON CULTURE ulture is the theme shared by the four distinguished photographers participating in this year's Photographers' Lecture Series. The series features internationally acclaimed photographers who present their work in a public lecture and discussion.Advanced photography students participate in a class taught by the photographer preceding the public lecture. Past photographers have included Steve McCurry,known for his National Geographic magazine cover of the Afghan girl, and documentary photographer Nina Berman, who gave voice to the wounded U.S. soldiers of Iraq through her dramatic portraits.
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A CAPPELLA FOR A CAUSE Vhe historic Academy of Music in Northampton, Massachusetts, was abuzz this fall as excited parents and friends waiting for the area's best high school, college, and adult singers to take the stage.This was the scene at the LocalVocal Chord Bowl,an a cappella concert produced by the Green Street Brew that brought together the spirited harmonies and slapstick humor of the area's most well-known a cappella singing groups to benefit two non-profit community organizations. Proceeds from ticket sales went to Cancer Connection, a local organization offering support to individuals undergoing cancer treatment,and Military Families Connect,a program of the Veteran's Education Project.Williston Northampton's Widdigers and Caterwaulers joined the UMass Dynamics,Amherst College
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Zumbyes,and several other high school and adult groups in presenting lively performances that continually brought the audience to its feet. Choral directors Ben Demerath and Catherine Kay worked hard to prepare Williston's singers for this performance. While the concert occurred earlier in the year than the singing groups are used to performing, the experience for the students was enriching in a number of ways. Kay says,"Ben and I looked at this as a triple win for our groups. First of all, it was a great opportunity to share the hidden talents of our students with the wider community.
ED KASHI Award-winning multimedia journalist Ed Kashi documents social and political issues using cutting-edge media. Known for his comprehensive approach to his subjects' histories, he has pioneered new ways of storytelling by using still photographs in a moving image format with audio, creating a captivating and innovative approach to photography. Since 1991, National Geographic has published 11 major stories by him, including "Curse of the Black Gold, Hope and Betrayal in the Niger Delta," which recounts the lives of the impoverished people in the Niger Delta and the consequences of the oil industry's presence on that community. Kashi's images have appeared in National Geographic, Aperture, The New York Times Magazine, Time, Newsweek, MSNBC.COM, MediaStorm, and many other publications and online locations. His book, Aging in America: The Years Ahead, was named one of the best photo books of 2003 by American Photo Magazine.
Beyond that, our students had a chance to perform in a historic theater, and they learn so much by watching the other groups in the show What our singers observed in that concert will be reflected in future performances." The Local Vocal Chord Bowl and similar opportunities that abound in the culturally rich Five College area of western Massachusetts provide "the kind oflearning that can only happen outside the classroom," says Kay.
LORI GRINKER
JOHN WILLIS
SEAN KERNAN
John Willis' black and white photographs are a mix of documentary images and portraits that address the human condition. "I am not so interested in offering the viewers an easy perspective with formulated solutions. Instead, I attempt to rattle the viewers' existence, raising emotional issues and questions so they may connect with their own feelings and beliefs," says Willis about his work. His photographs have been widely exhibited and are included in many permanent collections including the Whitney Museum of American Art and the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Since 1991, Willis has taught photography at Marlboro College in Vermont. He is also co-founder and director of InSight, an organization that offers free photography classes to teens in southern Vermont.
A top photographer for the past 20 years, Sean Keman approaches his work with an artistic sensibility, whether it is for commercial work or personal projects. He works with clients on a range of projects, from small still life photographs to largescale sets and productions that involve costumes and casting. His client list boasts an impressive array of names including the American Stock Exchange, Pratt & Whitney, Harvard University, Konica, Polaroid, and The Boston Globe. The Secret Books, a monograph published in 1999, is a dialogue between Kernan's images and the text of Jorge Luis Borges. He has exhibited internationally and published in numerous periodicals such Communication Arts, Graphis, The New York Times Magazine, and View Camera. When he is not in his studio, Kernan teaches workshops at the Maine and Santa Fe Photographic Workshops.
Lori Grinker began her photographic career while a student at Parsons School of Design when she met the 13-year-old future heavyweight championship boxer Mike Tyson, whose life she documented for the following decade. Since then, in addition to covering the destruction of the World Trade Center, she has completed a number of book projects, including Afterwar Veterans from a World in Conflict a 16-year-long project on veterans of the last century. Her work has been exhibited internationally and included in collections at The San Francisco Museum of Modem Art and The Jewish Museum of New York City. Widely published, Grinker has also received a World Press Photo Foundation Prize, a W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund fellowship, and the Ernst Haas Grant. She is currently on the faculty of the International Center of Photography in New York City.
-MN BUDDING FILMMAKERS n recent years,Williston students have been taking it upon themselves to learn and practice the art offilmmaking in their free time. It's no wonder: video is rapidly becoming the most sought-after and accessible artistic medium for artists and audiences alike. Budding filmmaker Rafael "Raffy" Cortina '09 has been leading the way by winning several area student filmmaking competitions this year. His movie Saw GT was chosen as one of eight films to be showcased for the first annual Youth Film Showcase: Cultures of Peace juried film screening, an event organized by Anne Cieko, an assistant professor of film at UMass.The same film was chosen to be screened as part of the Northampton Arts Council's YouthFilm Series at the Academy of Music in Northampton, Massachusetts.With so much interest in film, Williston will be offering a filmmaking class next spring taught by Photography Instructor Edward Hing '77 and Technology Director Joseph Lorenzatti.
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Faculty Sabbaticals: Teachers in the Wild WINTER REFLECTIONS ongtime French and Spanish teacher Claire Frierson headed to the mountains of Quebec during her sabbatical last winter for a four-week stay in the village of Saint-Ferreol-les-Neiges, which abuts the Mont-Saint-Ann cross country ski area. Once an avid cross-country racer, she quickly jumped back into the sport and while on the trails had the opportunity to reflect on her deep connection to the cold northern landscape, as well as her life as a mother and teacher.
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The trip still fresh in her mind, Claire presented C'est l'Hiver (It's Winter) this fall at the annual conference of the Massachusetts Foreign Language Association (MaFLA). The talk to 40 French teachers featured a 13-minute PhotoStory project about her sabbatical and a tutorial on how to use PhotoStory as a presentation tool. Claire also wrote a personal account about her experience in Saint-Ferreol-les-Neiges for Hampshire Life magazine; a reprint is available on the Williston website.
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TENTH WRITERS' WORKSHOP SERIES THRILLS AUDIENCES
Augusten Burroughs
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The he Writers'Workshop Series celebrated a in 2007 and showed no signs ofslowing down in doing so.When nationally known local author Augusten Burrought spoke to members of the Williston community and the general public in the Williston Theatre, it marked the conclusion to the tenth year of the series, which started in 1998. Before Burroughs took the stage, founding authors and Williston parents Elinor Lipman P'00, Madeleine Blais P'00, '04,and Anita Shreve P'06,'07 were honored for their commitment to the school and the creation of a program that brings acclaimed authors to campus for a public
reading and then to meet with students.The authors then meet with students enrolled in the Writers'Workshop class that focuses on the writing process. Over the years, the workshop has brought such prominent, award-winning writers to campus as Richard Russo,Tracy Kidder,Tom Perrotta, and Meg Wolitzer.This past year, in addition to Burroughs,Williston was fortunate to have Robert Meeropol (We Are Your Sons:The Legacy of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg),Joseph Ellis (Founding Brothers:The Revolutionary Generation), Curtis Sittenfeld (Prep), and Chic Eglee '70 (The Shield; St. Elsewhere) participate in the series.The series will continue in the fall with another strong lineup of writers.
A DISNEY SABBATICAL ere is more to Walt Disney World than the lines to see Mickey and Goofy—it's constant production. David Nields found this out when he spent the fall semester in Orlando, Florida, under the study of Disney Theatrical Productions at Walt Disney World.Working on site, he experienced new aspects of stagecraft and technologies, and became an official Disney cast member (all of Disney employees are cast members) as a Kilimanjaro Safari driver in the Animal Kingdom. He also took classes through Disney University on the history and concepts that make up the Magic Kingdom and interviewed Disney experts,such as creative director Reed Jones, about the inner workings ofWalt Disney World. Upon his return, Nields applied his new production expertise to this semester's theater productions, The Rain King and City ofAngels.
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CUM LAUDE INDUCTION: ONE STUDENT'S VIEW
welve seniors were inducted into the Cum Laude Society this winter, in recognition of their academic excellence and strong character. One of the newly inducted members. Cooper Findley, shared his thoughts on receiving this honor. The other inductees are:
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Spenser Allaway, Katherine France, Rosa Goldman, Samuel Grant, Samuel Hathaway, Matthew Kahane, Edmund -T.J.� Keyes, Dan Bi Kim, Anthony Prinzivalli, Allison Rosenblatt, and Rachael Volpe. The guest speaker for the induction was Chic Eglee '70, who reflected on his experiences at Williston Academy and on how learning affects one's consciousness and place within history. He was introduced by Sherrie Gordon '00. (See article, page 14.) The Cum Laude Society recognizes academic achievement by students in secondary schools for the purpose of promoting excellence (arete). justice (dike), and honor (time). Members are selected from the top ten percent of their class. Founded in 1906. the Society is modeled after Phi Beta Kappa, and in the years since its founding, Cum Laude has grown to 350 chapters around the world.
can remember peering over the balcony railing in the Phillips Stevens Chapel four years ago, looking over the assembled Williston community at the front row of seniors. My freshman self, of course, did not comprehend exactly what sort of assembly was being held that morning. but I could tell something important was going on. Between the fancy dress of those front row occupants and the ceremonial garb of Dr. Lipp and Mr. Blanchette, it was clear that this was not the usual assembly. I recall leaning over to my friend. Tony Prinzivalli. and commenting on just how old all those suit-wearing seniors looked.
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This past Tuesday I found myself playing a much more direct role in the Cum Laude induction ceremony. I don't think that any of our inductee group. particularly tilose who have seen three or four years of Cum Laude assemblies, ever expected to one day find ourselves at the front of the Chapel. Though almost all of us had the opportunity to enjoy his exciting and engaging classes, we hadn't predicted that we would one day hear Dr. Lipp extolling the virtues of arete, dike, and time to us. We all agreed that it felt great to have our work over the last four years. both in and out of the classroom, recognized beyond the ink of grade sheets. What all of the Cum Laude assemblies and the Cum Laude reception at Dr. Wright's house have brought home most of all is that we are joining a distinguished group. Along with that distinction comes great expectation. We can only hope to. through contributions made to the world in our future lives, prove ourselves worthy of the honor.
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FIVE COLLEGE SCHOLAR LECTURES ON AFRICAN MUSIC AND CULTURE rid Civilizations classes in December enjoyed a visit with guest speaker Dr.Imani Sanga,a composer and ethnomusicologist from Tanzania. Dr. Sanga spoke about the role of popular music in Tanzania and shared some of his personal experiences.A lecturer in music in the Department of Fine and Performing Arts at the University of Dar es Salaam,Tanzania,Sanga spent the fall 2007 semester as a Research Scholar at UMass,Amherst,and Mount Holyoke College through the Five College African Scholars Program.In addition to his visit to Williston, Dr. Sanga lectured at the Five Colleges and atYale University during his stay in the United States. He is currently working on a new book entitled Music and Postcolonial Space in Tanzania.
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Dr. Sanga's visit, arranged by history teacher Peter Valine, was part of a Saturday event during which all ninth- and tenthgrade World Civilizations students presented projects on Africa to a group of more than 100 students, parents, and faculty. Each section ofWorld Civilizations focused on different issues within Africa's past and present,including European contact, the environment, health and healthcare, conflict, culture, and poverty Students worked in groups oftwo or three to explore more specific aspects of a theme. For instance,students studying health and healthcare focused on AIDS,malaria,and river blindness (among other topics), and the causes and consequences of each disease.They then presented a brief overview of their displays and answered questions in a format named The Africa Museum. The History and Social Sciences Department hopes to hold a similar event next year.
PARENTS AND ALUMNI EXHIBIT ON CAMPUS Erns year Marcia Reed,director ofthe •Grubbs Gallery organized a schedule of diverse exhibitions that included the works of parents, alumni,and outside artists. In October, Rick Dec '73 exhibited his collage-like pencil drawings created in a grid format."The drawings pleased me and I developed them further by drawing grids and rectangles over them. I then began to incorporate plants, animals, street signs, and more. I also added abstract elements that weave in and out of the realistic drawings," says Dec, who earned a B.FA.in printmaking from UMass and attended Pratt Institute in Brooklyn. In January,the work of Dwight and Connie Pogue, parents ofVanessa Pogue '05, was on view. His vibrant lithographs offloral imagery and her floral watercolors and intricate graphite pencil renderings of still life scenes are meticulously made without relinquishing their freshness. Some of the lithographs use as many as 20 colors or printings per print. Connie earned her B.FA. and M.A.from Pittsburgh State University and taught painting and drawing at Kansas State University. More recently, she taught drawing and design at Smith College. Dwight Pogue is a printmaker and professor at Smith College where he teaches printmaking and drawing. He is director of the Smith College Print Workshop—a program he founded that brings together noted artists and master printers to
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produce limited edition prints and expose students to new techniques and creative processes. Information about past and upcoming shows in the Grubbs Gallery can be found at www.williston.com. DEDICATED TO DIVERSITY In late June,faculty members Jeffrey Ketcham,Libby Anderson,and Matt KaneLong attended the Georgetown Day School Equity Collaborative, a week-long leadership program for public and independent school educators interested in designing a road map toward a multicultural environment and curriculum in their schools. Participants
worked together to discuss and design initiatives for change, build alliances, and create cross-cultural connections. Part of the ongoing strategy of the conference is to enable educators from different schools to stay in contact with one another throughout the year so that they can share ideas and experiences."One good thing that we learned," says Assistant Head of School Jeffrey Ketcham,"is that Williston is actually doing fairly well in terms of diversity.We're not perfect, but we're on the right track."The three have formed the Diversity Committee, which meets regularly to continue their commitment to multicultural education.
Ult HISTORY AND SOCIAL SCIENCES -- it BEYOND BOUNDARIES istory and Social Sciences teacher Peter Gunn went beyond the call of duty this fall when he hosted a mock We The People:The Citizen L and the Constitution congressional hearing for a group of local high school students as a practice run for the state and national competitions. Students were given the chance to demonstrate their knowledge of the history and principles of the U.S. Constitution by evaluating and defending positions on relevant historical and contemporary issues in the United -. States. Over the years, students at Williston have done well in the competition, but the added experience of, working with their local peers helped them to get a better feel
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'Becalm- of his work on behalf of the students, Peter Gunn Was later nominated 4 Pe-ec by the Center for Civic Education to attend the "John Marshall Seminar:A Man and His Judicial Philosophy" in Richmand,Virginia,Which-brings together teachers involved in the We The People .,• program for a weekend of in-depth study and ,a lively exchange of ideas that can,be used to enhance the program in the future
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WI COMMUNITY ON CAMPUS Mattis year,The Williston Northampton School's Community Life Program offered a variety of speakers and discussion forums that addressed the theme "Choice and Consequence.So that's how I got here. (Is that how I could get there too?)" The programs included parent forums that focused on the same important topics presented at student assemblies: substance abuse, poverty, and nutrition. Assistant Dean ofStudents for Community Life Susanna White says,"It's a chance to enrich people's lives and bring the community together.The forums allow faculty, students, and parents to have a common dialogue about pertinent issues and everyone always comes away knowing more." This year's series began with Debbie Schille P'05 who gave a moving talk to parents about substance abuse and the loss of one of her children to a drug overdose in 2002.The discussion for parents was held in conjunction with a student assembly where educator, juggler, and entertainer Bill Ross talked about the dangers of alcohol abuse.
Students at several all-school assemblies heard about issues ranging from substance abuse to homelessness as part of the Community Life Program.
In February,a panel discussion from the National Coalition for the Homeless comprised of people who are or have been homeless shared their stories with parents about their experiences with poverty.They also discussed solutions to homelessness.The same panel addressed students at an all-school assembly the following day. Paula Mirk from the Institute of Global Ethics finished the semester's forums by teaching parents and students about how people develop an ethical framework. During the semester,students also had the opportunity to engage in discussions about movies that focus on relevant social issues in the "Reel Movies" program. Groups watched such films as MTV's True life:I'm Graduating High School and HBO's Alive Day Memories: Homefrom Iraq. "Afterwards, we talked about the films. Sometimes the students were so into the discussions that they kept talking and didn't leave after the program was through," says Am Brown,assistant dean ofstudents for activities.
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illiston is now extending its campus V beyond the Easthampton border by bringing you live webcasting of some of our speakers, assemblies, and events. In January. the school launched its firstever webcast with speaker Dr. Richard Ginsburg, a former Williston faculty member and co-author of Whose Game Is It, Anyway? Ginsburg spoke to parents about their children in sports in his presentation. "Managing the Pressure to Perform: Helping Your Child Perform Well On and Off the Field." Later in the month, the 2008 Cum Laude Induction Assembly was webcast. allowing families from as far away as Korea who couldn't make it to campus for the event to see their children receive this special honor. In fact, 66 people in total logged on to the webcast including seven from Korea. one from Thailand, and viewers in New Hampshire, Connecticut, and Virginia. in addition to Massachusetts. Other programs webcast this winter included The National Coalition for the Homeless panel discussion for parents and a presentation by contemporary artist Cat Chow. who gave a lecture and workshop on deconstructing and reconstructing clothing as art. We will continue to webcast events in the future. If you missed any of the past webcasts, you can find archival footage at www.williston.com. in the Campus Life section.
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RINK MAKEOVER: HOME ICE EDITION 'Things are looking a lot brighter at William J. Lossone Rink these days. The major renovation project at the rink that began in 2007 was completed in March with the installation of the heated bleachers.The project, which cost over $200,000,saw the rink fitted with new glass, new boards, new rubberized flooring throughout the building, and, of course,the new heated bleachers. In addition, a new ventilation system was installed in the warming room,and the exterior of the building was painted, as were the walls at both ends of the ice. Interestingly, the project, which was undertaken by Williston's Physical Plant, did not include one element that seems to be getting a lot of positive attention."Everyone says that the ceiling looks so much better," remarks Chuck McCullagh, Williston's chieffinancial officer,"but we didn't do anything to the ceiling. It must just be because everything else looks so great that everyone thinks we did." Lossone Rink officially opened on January 6, 1965.The construction included 1,200,000 pounds ofcement and 10 miles of pipe.The distinctive ceiling was constructed with 14 laminated wooden arches that weigh 4,450 pounds each,They were delivered to the construction site by railroad via what is now the Marihan Rail Trail. In total, the ceiling contains 140,000 board feet of Oregon white pine. Boys'hockey head coach Derek Cunha is thrilled with the renovations, declaring that it's"100 percent better than it used to be."And that's better for everyone: players, coaches,and even students who don't play hockey. The new boards have a lot more give to them than the old ones did, which makes it safer for the players. New netting above the glass means that the game's flow doesn't get interrupted by errant pucks leaving the 10
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From left: participants in the Hunger Banquet find seats at their assigned tables; students get a lesson in African drumming; Darrell Harrison, ; I class of *resented workshops; a live ey Baptista, ce works Students, faculty, alumni, and outside presenters facilitated a variety of workshops with titles such as, The Failure of Democracy in Russia," "Keepin' It Real: Race. Gender, and the Hip Hop Generation," and "The Impact of Video Games on the People Who Play Them." The ten alumni presenters who returned to Williston were: Ezzie Barnehama '03. Felicia Marie Wilson '05. Amelia Ekus '07, Jamie Beckford '05, Dianet Lopez '06. Sidney Baptista '05. Darrell Harrison '05, Eleanor Gantt '07, and Betsy Assoumou '05. The following
ice,and spectators can see more of the action because the new boards are shorter than the old ones.With this renovation, Cunha says that Williston has "caught up" to its competitors when it comes to attracting students who want to play Division I prep school hockey"We can be proud to show it to prospective students and their families," says Cunha, who is also assistant director of admissions. These most recent renovations come three years after the locker rooms at the rink were upgraded and new locker rooms for the girls' hockey team were added. Future plans include expanding the parking lot to provide easier access to the many teams and their fans that call Lossone Rink home;in addition to Williston's boys'and girls' varsity and jv squad, Easthampton High School,Smith College,and the Nonotuck Valley Hockey Association use the rink.Also,the rink often hosts open skate times for the community The new renovations should certainly help Williston's hockey teams remain competitive.This past season the boys'team had its best year ever in Division I, finishing with a school-record 15 wins.The girls' team, which celebrated its twenty-fifth year of existence—making it one of the oldest prep school girls' hockey teams in the region—finished 15-8-1, marking another strong year under head coach Christa Talbot '98. Ofthe rink,Talbot says,"The hockey rink looks terrific! We have received many compliments on the facility from opposing teams and visitors to the campus. I am sure it will help the hockey programs attract strong student athletes looking to play high-level prep school hockey" But amidst all of the renovation and excitement about the future, the teams have not lost their sense of the past.The boys'team,for instance, sings"Sammy"in the locker room after every victory With all the changes, Coach Cunha says that the one thing he still likes best about Lossone is its traditional feel; it's like"Old school prep school hockey" he says of the rink. It's got a charm and atmosphere that most other schools just can't match."
parents also taught workshops: Robert Yochim of Kevin Yochim '10 and Kathryn Yochim '12, Donna Brown of Megan Koch '09, Rob Davis of Stefanie Davis '08, and Michael Payne of Tyler Payne '08 The presenters, participants, and organizers made the sixth annual Diversity Day a great success for everyone.
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ll of Williston's fall athletic teams traveled to Suffield Academy to compete for something beyond the usual athletic contests. Even though they were competing in different sports, each win or loss would count toward a larger contest—the one for the Francis-Kinne Cup. For the past four years, Williston and Suffield Academy have competed for this cup, named in honor of longtime friends and fellow athletic directors Rick Francis of Williston and Dennis Kinne of Suffield. The Francis-Kinne Cup is awarded annually to the school that wins the most contests during the competition, held this year at Suffield during Parents' Weekend. This year, Williston won a close contest.
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According to Athletic Director Mark Conroy, the purpose of inaugurating the cup competition was not only to honor the service of these longtime athletic directors but also to formalize the friendly rivalry that has existed between the two schools for many years. In that spirit, Conroy told students preparing for the competition, "Rivalries exist in sports as opportunities intended to bring out the best in competitors. I urge all of you...to play together, to play your hearts out, and to represent Williston with the kind of sportsmanship that is our great tradition here." Williston's athletes rose to the challenge, winning seven, losing five, and tying two of their 14 contests to win the cup. This marks the first year that Williston has won the cup. In 2004, the contest ended in a dead tie as both schools won seven games each and tied one. In 2005 and 2006, Williston narrowly lost the cup, making this year's victory even more rewarding. Congratulations to all the Williston athletes and coaches on their success. Go Wildcats!
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Spreading the Word and Staying Connected mm his office as the press secretary for work as a senior reporter. Shortly after that, the radio station Bermuda's Premier Dr.Ewart Brown, Glenn HOTT 107.5 FM asked him to be a contributing news reporter. He worked both jobs simultaneously. For someone Jones '95 checks his Yahoo! Groups to see who was seeking a little free timejones was quite busy. what's happening with his friends from After several months at The Royal Gazette, where he Williston."Not a month goes by" he says,"that one of us doesn't post some news." reported regularly on Bermuda's political scene,including stories about Premier Brown,Bermuda's top elected official, A native ofBermuda,Jones first arrived in the United Jones was summoned one day to meet with the premier. States to attend Williston for his postgraduate year in 1995. The request struck Jones as odd because the premier was During that year, he remembers being impressed with the not known to invite the press to his office.Jones worried diversity ofthe student body."Having people there from all multiple languages was so exciting that he had inadvertently reported something incorrectly over the world who spoke and that the premier was going to reprimand him. Instead, to me,and you build a reservoir of contacts that are so valuthe premier asked him to join his team as press able. I've had regular contact with my friends from Williston secretary."I was so surprised," says Jones. socially and for business purposes since I graduated." "I chose Glenn Jones as my press secretary for two Life after graduation led the young Bermudian to reasons," says Premier Ewart Brown,"One,I had met him Emerson College in Boston, Massachusetts, where he more than a year earlier and had formed a first impression received his bachelor's degree in broadcast journalism. In that I had not forgotten. He was articulate without being 1999, he landed his first job as a part-time reporter for WGGB-TV in Springfield, Massachusetts. Later that year, he verbose and he was obviously intelligent without being a accepted another position in Fort Myers, Florida, at WBBH- snob. Secondly, he had worked briefly for the daily newspaTV where he worked for four years—as a morning reporter, per. Despite the fact that his editors didn't support me or an education reporter, an environmental reporter, and finally my government,Jones was able to handle his professional work with class." as a weekend anchor. In 2003,Jones returned to Boston to general assignment reporter. He In May 2007,Jones accepted the position of press secrework for WFXT-TV as a tary. Coincidentally,in that same week, he was notified of earned an Emmy for his feature news reporting while at his Emmy win. "On the week I decided to leave the jourWFXT,though he didn't learn ofthe honor for a few nalism industry, I got one ofits highest honors....Anyone months.When he finished his contract with WFXT he decided he wanted to do something else. He returned home who is in this field strives toward an Emmy,so it was incredible to be given one," says Jones. to Bermuda for what he thought would be a "pit stop" Like many Bermudiansjones believes the main issues while he decided what to do next. But Bermuda became more of a homecoming than a pit stop.Within weeks of his Bermuda faces are education reform and affordable housing. In the past, Bermuda earned a reputation for return, the editor at Bermuda's Royal Gazette asked Jones to
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"It's usually the seemingly small stuff that is the most rewarding."
GLENN JONES producing students who could compete with the world's best. Recently though,that has not been the case. Now there is a concerted effort underway to return the educational system to its past glory As for housing,Bermuda is a "victim of its own success," according to Jones. Because of Bermuda's important role in the financial services industry, many high-wage earning foreigners have settled in Bermuda.This influx of people has made housing in Bermuda both limited and very expensive. Native Bermudians increasingly cannot afford their own homes. As press secretary Jones hopes to do his part to address these issues. Facing page, Parliament convenes Below: Glenn Jones greets Premier Brown (Photographs courtesy of the Bermuda Government)
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When asked what the most rewarding part of his job is, Jones is quick to answer,"Helping people. Sounds cliched, doesn't it? It's an honest answer though. For example,I've been able to use the weight of my position to start a book club for middle-schoolers that is already ten times more popular than I ever could have imagined. I've helped a grade school choir raise money to travel to a singing competition in Florida. I've been able to help small business owners navigate the maze of government and launch their ideas—those are just a couple of things. It's usually the seemingly small stuff that is the most rewarding." Jones admits the switch from journalist to press secretary has been a learning experience, but says because "truth is the goal"in each, he feels comfortable in his new role. "The most difficult part of the job is what I call the fishbowl factor.There aren't many jobs where what you say and what you do is eyeballed every minute of every day. There's very little separation between me as a private person and the public post I hold. Every misstep is magnified, especially in a country this size." It seems, however,that Premier Brown has full confidence in Jones.When asked how it was working with Jones, he replied,"I truly enjoy working with Glenn. He doesn't run from hard work and he pays his debts on the golf course!" As for his pals from Williston on Yahoo! Groups, they help Glenn stay grounded and connected to the United States. "Yahoo! Groups came alive the other day" he says,"The Pats were in the Super Bowl and lost and my good friend Cris Amanti '95 became an uncle for the first time.That's why our Internet group is so great—it chronicles all the big moments."
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t has all the elements of a good movie,and it goes something like this: The two main characters are people who don't seem to have a lot in common. One is black, the other white; one is afew years out ofcollege, the other is getting ready to send his own children to college; one works on the east coast, the other on the west coast. But when these two people meet in an unlikely place, they discover that they share something that has been important in both of their lives. And after they meet, they becomefriends and work together to ensure that others hear their story and that the one thing that was so important to both of them continues to thrive and benefit others. Roll the credits. Fade to black.
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While this story may have begun near Hollywood,it is not the work of Hollywood. It is, instead, the true story of Sherrie Gordon '00 and Chic Egjee '70 and their meeting at an alumni reception in Los Angeles in 2007. Since graduating from Williston, where she was senior class president and president of the Student Council, Gordon has kept close ties to the school.After she graduated from Trinity College, Gordon went on to work at AAR.P,the organization that advocates and provides social services for people who are age 50 and older, and their families. Even while working full time, she has continued her passion for youth development by volunteering as the assistant director for Lahairoi (pronounced Lah-HIGHRoy),an urban faith-based youth enrichment program in Hartford, CT. She has also maintained her relationship with Williston: She often comes back to participate in diversity days and TRIBE Reunions,and she joined the Alumni Council in 2007.
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It was in this role of active alumna that she caught the attention of Egjee. Eglee, a television writer and producer for shows such as St. Elsewhere, Moonlighting, and The Shield, had virtually no contact with Williston after he graduated. Largely on a whim,and because it was so close to his house, he decided to attend an alumni
reception in Los Angeles, where he saw Sherrie Gordon."There was this young African-American woman there, with dreadlocks, talking about Williston. And I remember thinking,'Wow.Things must really be different there now"He was excited about what he saw as a change for the better.
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When Eglee graduated in 1970,it seemed as if the whole world was, depending on your point of view, either on the brink of calamity or on the verge of a bold new era of equality and peace.The United States was mired in an unpopular war in Vietnam,and just a few years earlier, Martin Luther King,Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy had been assassinated. At the same time, young people had found their voice and exerted their newfound power at huge demonstrations that helped end the war and led to the voting age being lowered to 18. But none ofthe tumult and tantali7ing possibility of that era had seemed to reach Williston Academy,where students were still required to wear ties, keep their hair short, and attend chapel.There was certainly a sense of unease on campus that reflected the feelings of young people throughout the country, but an air of enforced insularity on campus kept demonstrations from happening. The administration also repeatedly denied student requests to attend demonstrations being held at local colleges.The shootings at Kent State University that left four people dead in 1970 did prompt students to stage a walkout with the goal of
By the end he knew about the Williston I graduated from in 2000, where a black female could not only be the head of the class but be nurtured and have a positive experience.
joining a protest at Smith.When Headmaster Stevens saw what was happening, he jumped in his car and escorted the students, to ensure their safety This was the Williston Eglee remembered and one that he did not care to visit after he graduated.While he values the education he received at Williston—after
Williston,"I was extremely well-prepared He said,"When we experience a poem, for Yale," he says—and he has a great appre- play, painting, a composer's melody, we have ciation for his teachers, he felt stifled as a no choice but to see ourselves in the larger student,stuck in a place that didn't seem to context.We exist in community,in a world have much sympathy for, or understanding culture, not just now at this particular of, the world beyond the school's gates moment in time. We begin to understand where too often in this country people had that each of us is a unique player in a histo struggle to survive. torical narrative tens of thousands of years Almost 40 years later, Eglee approached in the making.There is nothing'academic' Gordon at the L.A. alumni reception with or irrelevant about the simple truth that what Gordon describes as a "dazzled" look knowledge redeems us from lack of awareon his face because he couldn't believe ness, unconsciousness." what he heard from and saw in Gordon. In a slight break from tradition, another "He said,'You were the Head of School,' sign, perhaps, that institutions can grow and which to him meant School President," become more flexible over time, this year's Gordon says."I told him,'Yes, I was.And I Cum Laude speaker was not introduced loved Williston.'We both left the event [at directly by Headmaster Wright. Instead, that point] and for the next three or so Eglee insisted on his own special guest to hours sat at one of his friend's houses, do the honor: Sherrie Gordon. sipped sun-brewed iced tea, and talked.We In the end,this is a story about making talked about our upbringings, our social connections.As anyone in Hollywood can justice involvements, and our experiences at tell you,it's not always what you know but Williston. By the end he knew about the who you know that can make a big differWilliston I graduated from in 2000, where ence in life. Sometimes the most difficult a black female could not only be the head part is figuring out how to make those of the class but be nurtured and have a pos- connections. For those people, Gordon itive experience." offers some simple advice:"Go to an alumSince that meeting,Eglee has twice been ni event in your area. Reconnect or engage back to visit Williston.The first time,in some friends from Williston to come back December, he came as part of the Writers' to the campus together. Contact your Workshop Series. He spoke to a packed favorite teacher that's still there or engaged room full ofstudents,faculty, and commuwith the school. Find out what's going on nity members about his career as a screenwith the clubs you used to be part of. For writer and producer in Hollywood and me the reticence was about not knowing shared some anecdotes about Hollywood where I fit in after so many years.The truth stars that enthralled the audience. During is that there are tons of ways to get his visit he also worked with students on involved that gets alums really involved or writing and discussed the process of writing just slightly involved.The people that went scripts."They're bright kids," he says of the to Williston with you are probably having students he worked with."Confident,com- the same hesitation, so come back to mitted, and definitely on par with kids I Reunion in clusters. If you're relatively work with at Yale." close,just come see the campus. I was In January,Eglee spoke at the Cum surprised to see how nostalgic it felt—I Laude Induction Ceremony. He told those think other alums will be too." The conassembled about the importance of a tradinections you make might not result in a tional education and how no knowledge can Hollywood ending, but hey, you never really be considered trivial or"academic." know until you try. SPRING 2008 BULLETIN
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Building Awareness by Andrew SheIffo
ohn Grossman prefers to travel by motor scooter. Once the weather warms up, you'll see him riding that scooter on his daily commute from Holyoke to the ReStore in Springfield, Massachusetts, where he works as store manager.And the fact that he doesn't ride the scooter to work year-round does not signal a lack of hardiness on his part; instead, it points to his practicality:"the ice on the roads, and the amount of salt and sand, make riding in the winter a bit more challenging," he says. In other words, you have to know where to pick your battles. Grossman brings this same sensibility to his work as store manager at the ReStore,a non-profit home improvement store located in Springfield, Massachusetts.The ReStore's primary mission is to divert valuable building material from the waste stream for re-use. Begun by the Center for Ecological Technology (CET),a non-profit organization that works to promote practical solutions to environmental challenges, the ReStore receives its inventory from people in the local area who are involved in a range of home improvement projects, from a new bathroom to an entire home renovation. Instead of simply throwing the old materials away, homeowners and builders can donate
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by Deconstructing to see how improvement on a block affects the street, which affects the neighborhood and eventually has an effect on the city," says Grossman. This is the same gradual approach that Grossman used to become involved with the ReStore. He first came as a customer."I bought a house and was renovating," he explains."The prices were irresistible. I also enjoyed the 'treasure hunt' experience offinding what new things were hidden in this unusual store. As I looked into working here, the environmental misAs is so often the case, the biggest sion became very attractive. CET and changes begin with the smallest steps. the ReStore promote sustainable pracGetting people to think about the ReStore when they begin a home tice through practical solutions:' Now, as the store manager for the past three improvement project, or even when yearsjohn has seen the store's deconthey're just looking for that one item struction business—in which the store's that their house needs, doesn't just employees will carefully take apart help keep the items out of our landfills. Since items at the ReStore sell for houses, all the way down to the foundation, in order to harvest a larger below-retail, homeowners and other amount of reusable material—become people doing projects can stretch their dollars further.With the savings, home- a huge part of the ReStore's business. "The homeowner or contractor has a owners can do more to their homes pretty simple choice: they can demolthan they might have originally ish the cabinets as they rip them off thought.This could then lead to a the wall and then pay to have them domino effect: when one homeowner of hauled away in a dumpster,or they can fixes up their house it affects the rest the block and then more people might pay us what they would pay a demo crew to carefully remove them for fix up their houses. Soon,the whole reuse and they get a tax deduction for block can see improvement."It's easy
old fixtures, doors, radiators, trim, windows—pretty much any kind of building material—to the ReStore. The ReStore then sells the items at below-retail prices to other people who are working on their own home improvement projects."We don't preach to people that they shouldn't renovate their kitchens; we just want them to handle their waste differently and consider a used or surplus market," Grossman says.
the recovered material.This is our biggest area of opportunity to grow and take control of our inventory," says Grossman. In addition to his work at the ReStore,John spends time volunteering for Williston as the Alumni Council president. In this role he helps alumni stay connected to Williston and encourages them to find ways to support the school."More support means the school can meet its lofty financial aid goals and the pool of people who can attend the school broadens.That's what motivates me.I want Admission to be able to admit the best candidates possible and help the ones who need aid so that ability to pay is not a barrier?' In his work at the ReStore and with the Alumni Council,John carries on the lessons he learned as a student at Williston."Applying myself,including my interests, my skills and my values was among the many things Dick Gregory taught me.He compelled me to work hard at the things I enjoyed and that had meaning for me.I will always carry with me his passion and verve." And he's proving that every day, in ways great and small.
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Drama therapist Merry Ross combines traditional talk therapy with dramatic exercises designed to allow patients an active role in their therapy.
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ome may remember Merry Ross '82 as Gwendolyn in the fall 1980 Williston production of The Importance of Being Earnest, and Ross would have been comfortable with that recognition, since her grand plan when she graduated was to eventually be an actor.After Williston, her plan was going quite well: Ross earned her bachelor's degree in dramatic arts with a minor in psychology from George Washington University and then went on to earn her post-graduate degree from the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art in London.Well-trained and ready for the stage, Ross moved to the west coast and began looking for work as an actor. For three years she performed in Bay Area theater productions, taught and had her own onewoman show. But she realized life as a full-time actor did not suit her personality."The lifestyle wasn't for me," she says."But,I knew I wanted to do something with theater and drama in my life." Luckily, while an undergraduate, Ross had become aware of a field of psychology called "drama therapy,"
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"I feel really lucky that theater was such a gift in my life. I am blessed to be able to use that gift to help other people."
people "achieve catharsis, which uses drama as a tool to improve interpersonal skills promote health.The field and relationships, and strengthen seemed a perfect match for her the ability to perform personal interests, so she enrolled in the life roles" through drama therapy. California Institute of Integral Ross is now a licensed Studies and earned her master's marriage and family therapist degree in drama therapy. who uses drama therapy with a Drama therapy combines number of populations in her traditional talk therapy with private practice, including indidramatic exercises designed to • viduals, couples, families, and allow patients an active role in adolescents. She is also a teacher their therapy. Practitioners use ofimprovisation at Laney drama therapy to help their College in Oakland, California, clients achieve therapeutic goals, and teaches drama therapy for such as symptom relief and adolescents at JFK University. personal growth, because it ability to The notion of drama providsupports their clients' ing a positive emotional outlet tell their story creatively, solve for people was never far from problems within the story, and Ross's own experience. Having express feelings appropriately. grown up in a conservative Techniques like role reversal and family in a suburb outside of using props as symbolic objects Philadelphia, Ross, who describes activate people's imaginations herself as"not conservative at and help them to understand all," often felt like a square peg in what it's like to be in someone a round hole. For instance, prior else's shoes and to reach parts of themselves that would take much to attending Williston,she had a brief stay at an all-girls prep longer to access through more school, which she describes as traditional forms of therapy. having less emphasis on the According to The National Association for Drama Therapy, student than on grades.There she
felt stifled by the intense focus on traditional standards ofsuccess. Her concern, even at that young age, was in the processes of learning rather than in "making the grade." This interest fed directly into her love of acting— an art form where process helps define an actor's transformation into another character. Ross left the all-girl prep school and chose to attend Williston because she knew it had a great theater department, headed by Ellis Baker '51. "When I got there, I was so happy to discover that the school seemed to have a keen focus on fostering creativity, and not just in the theater department. People were reading Sartre and Camus in Mr. Seybolt's class and Barry Moser was there and he was amazing. I was blown away! The emphasis seemed to be about active learning, which was really exciting to me.I really came into myself at Williston. I was so lucky" Now,in addition to her other roles, Ross is a long-time mem-
ber ofThe Living Arts Playback Theater Ensemble in Oakland, an improvisational group that asks the audience to tell a story that the players then act out. While the ensemble performs for entertainment purposes,it also has a unique mission—to perform the stories of people in conflict by taking on the personae,for instance, of children of Holocaust survivors,Palestinian refugees, or others.The group also visits schools to perform educational pieces dealing with issues such as bullying."Having the issues come out in a creative and engaging way really puts things into perspective for people," says Ross. While Ross's life is not exactly as she imagined it when she was at Williston playing Gwendolyn,she hasn't strayed too far from the mark."I feel really lucky that theater was such a gift in my life. I am blessed to be able to use that gift to help other people," she says.
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Connecting WITH, A GLOBAL Commum AN INTERVIEVV WITH MIRIAM "MIM" SHAFER '06 One of a growing number of students who choose to take time off to travel before enrolling in college, Mim Shafer had a year-long adventure traveling in East Africa and India. She explored her own cultural understanding through photography and work for non-governmental organizations. Upon her return to the Pioneer Valley and her enrollment at Hampshire College, she agreed to answer questions about her experiences and share her images with the Bulletin.
How did you decide to take a year off before attending Hampshire? On some level I always knew that I'd take some time off before going to college.Travel has always been alluring to me; however, I really had only been able to travel during the summer.The idea of taking some time to work and travel and be by myself was both a scary reality of"someday" coming true and a potentially exciting possibility for time in between academic adventures.
areas in the north and western parts of the country. I spent February and part of March in Rwanda working for the non-governmental organization Children Affected by HIV/AIDS(CHABHA) as a photographer. I also distributed food, collected data, and did health insurance filing. After Rwanda I traveled in Kenya, where I ended up living and traveling with the Maasai in the Rift Valley. I then traveled down the Tanzanian Coast and hopped on a cargo ferry that took me to Zanzibar. I returned to the States in late April.
Did any Williston faculty influence that decision? Throughout my time at Williston there were many faculty and staff members who helped me to believe in the genuine necessity of cultural relativism, cross-cultural understanding, and the expression of self through art, writing, and other such focused studies. I have immense respect for the teachers who encouraged personal growth through independent work. Ed Hing '77, Marcia Reed,Linda Seligman, Harris Thompson, Sarah Sawyer, Beth Sarwar, Heather Johnson, Libby Anderson, and David Nields stand out as people who really pushed me and respected my need to follow my instincts.
What motivated you to work while traveling? I love people and I love to be a part of a community,so it was a very natural decision for me to seek out work. In India, I worked at Mother Theresa's Home for the Destitute and Dying, where I worked in a huge psych ward and did everything from bathing and feeding patients, to cleaning wards, taking out stitches, and working in the garden. I also had a lot of luck volunteering at schools and day care centers. In Rwanda,I would have been completely lost and lonely if it weren't for the people running the NGO there. I was the only non-Rwandan working there, aside from a friend I was traveling with.That was a truly awakening experience.
Where did you go? I traveled and worked in India from the very beginning of September through mid-December. I worked primarily in New Delhi and then in Dharamsala, with additional travel throughout
Were you ever afraid? I certainly went through many scary ordeals: a dengue epidemic, swimming in the Ganges, many car accidents, some terrifying plane rides, border crossing perils, a nasty bout of giardia, small-scale robbery, the rainy season, tent collapse, monkey attacks, and frequent food poisoning. But it was entirely worthwhile. Not having any access to water was a very humbling experience. I drank cow's blood
Left: Rwandan children visiting a CHABHA-supported village agency, where they have access to food, health insurance, and counseling. Facing page: Many children in Rwanda are the head of their household at a young age. Clockwise from left: a girl cares for her younger brother; children at play; Mim with a friend; a boy learns to work on a car.
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on many occasions in Kenya, which was quite a change from ten years of being a vegetarian.What is most scary now is coming to terms with the current violence in Kenya,now that I know many people who are being directly affected by it. How did your experience influence your views? The importance of agriculture became very clear.The truth is simply that if there are no farms,there is no food. I wish there was a way for that truth to be better understood in our very privileged society Coming back,I felt a real disconnect from nature, even in rural Vermont and Pennsylvania. I was also very much involved with medical care for women and children—both in the context of HIV/AIDS and of a safe and often very young birth experience. It is a very strange experience to be considered too old (at the age of 18) to not have children, and to be in communities where female circumcision is still widely practiced. I guess overall, the year taught me to respect the fact that human survival happens,and happens in a very different context from what I know to be the norm.
What role did photography play during your travels? With the liquid bans on ffights I was unable to bring film to India, so two days before leaving I got a digital SLR for my travels, which was quite a change. I took 36 photographs for every day I traveled, and as always found my camera to be a constant conversation starter and a means of communication. Respect and boundaries were something I had to be very aware of. I believe it is impossible to take a strong photo ofsomeone whom I haven't communicated with, and it is wonderful to look back at my photos and remember the interaction that preceded each picture. What's more,I just had a calendar come out from my Rwanda photos for fimdraising for CHABHA,and I have a show of India photos scheduled in June. I've had a few other opportunities to show and sell photographs from my travels as well. To see additional photographs and read more ofour interview with Mim Shafer, visit the archives in the Alumni section ofour website at www.williston.com.
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citem p i-it from Japanese alumni who i. had • t discoveyd that William Smith Clark,founder ofthe University of Hokkaido,had a Williston connection. Clark,born in Ashfield, Massachusetts, in 1826, moved to Easthampton in the 1830s and was among the first group ofstudents to enroll in Samuel Williston's new educational venture,Williston Seminary. William would have known Samuel and Emily Williston's family from an early age. His father,Atherton Clark, was the Williston's family physician, and the Willistons and Clarks were active in the Easthampton Congregational Church.At some point William became captivated by Harriet Williston, one of Samuel and Emily's adopted daughters. Harriet Keopuolani Richards Williston, named for a Hawaiian queen, was the daughter of missionary William Richards, who had founded a school and church on Maui in 1831. In 1838 Richards took a leave of absence and returned to New England,seeking educational opportunities for his children. Harriet and her brother Lyman Richards were taken in by the Willistons, who brought them up as their own children.Although there was no legal adoption, both Harriet and Lyman took the Williston name.
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William and Harriet Williston Clark with their children (Photo courtesy Barbara Takagi)
William Smith Clark, class of 1844, is a revered figure in Japan... and much more. by Richard Teller '70, archivist and librarian
William Clark graduated Williston in 1844 and, with several of his classmates, enrolled at Amherst College. He was already interested in the sciences, and while at Amherst fell under the spell of two of the great figures in American science teaching: the geologist and pioneering paleontologist Edward Hitchcock,and mineralogist Charles Upham Shepard. It was an exciting time to be entering the sciences. Hitchcock had made his reputation by being the first to identify dinosaur fossils.The rapid industrialization
and western expansion of the United States created all kinds of opportunities for creative innovation in engineering and applied science fields. Following his Amherst graduation, Clark returned to Williston Seminary, where he taught science from 1848 to 1850. Harriet, by this time, had enrolled in Samuel and Emily's friend Mary Lyon's Mount Holyoke Female Seminary in South Hadley, but she and William managed
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Gottingen, Germany in 1850,they considered themselves engaged,although they kept their "understanding" to themselves.William returned,Ph.D.in chemistry and botany in hand,in 1852.The first Amherst graduate to have earned a doctorate, he was appointed to a professorship at his alma mater. He and Harriet were married the following year. At Amherst Clark taught botany,zoology, and chemistry,soon devoting the bulk of his classroom energy to the last. He also took on the task ofimproving the college library and, following a calamitous fire in 1857, guided the fundraising for and construction of both a new dormitory and state-of-the-art laboratory and assembly building, the latter, not coincidentally, donated by his father-in-law. (Williston Hall still stands.) With the outbreak of the Civil War in 1861, Clark was commissioned major in the 21st Mass.Volunteers.Action at Roanoke Island and at Newbern, where on his own initiative he led a charge against enemy artillery, led to his promotion to colonel.The loss of several close friends and a horrific experience at Chantilly, where he was the only member of his unit to survive and avoid capture, gave him a needed dose of reality. Having lived to read his own obituary, he resigned his commission in 1863 and returned to Amherst a hero. Amherst was at the heart of an agricultural district.Though no farmer, Clark's interest in botany had brought him close involvement with local agriculture, particularly as new concepts of scientific farming were gaining currency. Before the War,William had served on the Massachusetts Board of Agriculture and as President ofthe local Agricultural Society. In 1862 Congress passed the Morrill Act, creating the means for each state to establish land-grant public colleges. Home in Amherst, Clark soon found himselflobbying to have the new Massachusetts Agricultural College—now the University of Massachusetts—situated in Amherst. In 1867 he was granted the new college's first professorship. However, he
Clark's legacy endures at Williston: This fall, school arborist Jay Girard (above) traveled to Japan to study traditional landscape design and pruning techniques with Dr. Shoichiro Asakawa, professor emeritus at Hokkaido University and head of parks for the city of Sapporo. never served in that capacity,for a few weeks later he was elected president of the college. While two predecessors had held the title, Clark was at the helm when the new institution began receiving students in October. In 1875 Clark received an irresistible invitation: to lead in the creation of an institution, modeled on Massachusetts Agricultural College,in Japan.Japan was undergoing a renaissance in the mid-19th century. Generations of isolation had begun to crumble through the diplomatic efforts of Commodore Matthew Perry in 1853-54.The Meiji Restoration of 1868 brought an end to feudalism and a new outlook that embraced modern Western institutions and influences.Japanese visitors had seen Massachusetts Agricultural College and had been impressed not only with the educational program,but with Clark's incorporation of military training into the curriculum. He was the logical choice to head the new Sapporo Agricultural College, rising in the capital of what at the time was the predominantly rural island of Hokkaido. Sapporo requested Clark's services for two years. He replied that he could not be away from Amherst for so long, but that he could do the work of two years in one. He and two assistants sailed from San Francisco in June, 1876, using the enforced idleness of a long voyage for intensive Japanese language study.Typically, upon his arrival he threw himself into the work: designing a curriculum, planning the development of a campus,
examining and enrolling the first class of students. Sufficient fluency in English,the language ofinstruction, was essential for the students. Ofequal significance is that Clark, charged with the moral instruction of his students, converted many ofthem to Christianity, despite strenuous reservations from the government,which held that Christianity was forbidden under Japanese law. By the time he departed Sapporo in April, 1876,Sapporo Agricultural College was thriving.Today it is the University of Hokkaido. Clark's departing words to his assembled students were,"Boys,be ambitious like this old man." He is remembered in Japan as an indefatigable and inspirational teacher, as well as the individual who introduced Western educational standards and methods.
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Clark resigned from Massachusetts Agricultural College in 1879 to pursue an innovative project: creating a "floating college" that would travel the world pursuing scientific study. It never set sail. He later returned to his early interest in mineralogy, investing heavily in an unsuccessful mining venture. He died in 1886. His legacy of two world-class universities lives after him. Note: Much of the information for this article is drawn from John M.Maid, William Smith Clark: a Yankee in Hokkaido (Sapporo: Hokkaido University Press, 1996).
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Asian Travel: Meeting, Greeting, and Blogging Last November, Headmaster and Mrs. Wright, Chief Advancement Officer Chris Biehn, and Associate Director of Admission Jeff Pilgrim 81 traveled to Asia to visit with alumni, parents. parents of alumni, and prospective students and their families. These trips to Asia have become a regular occurrence since 2003 and reflect the strong international presence here at Williston. In 2007-08. we were home to 70 students from 24 countries.
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One of the best long views [of Mt. Fuji] We felt very special and extremely can been seen on the Shinkansen (Bullet honored to be feted in the same place that Train) about three-quarters ofan hour after our current and former Bush Presidents leaving Tokyo Station.Junko Kiuchi '96 have been welcomed. Si [Shen]'s parents climbed Mt. Fuji two years ago. It took her made us feel like visiting dignitaries! twelve hours to ascend but only eight * SHANGHAI, DECEMBER 4 hours to descend. HONG KONG, NOVEMBER 19 We always feel so fortunate to be welcomed to this lovely city, not only by our fabulous alumni but also by parents of current and former Williston students.
On this year's trip, Dr. Wright and Mr. Biehn maintained a blog that allowed students, faculty, and staff back home to keep up on their travels. History classes also used the blog to give more depth to their study of world geography. Here are some excerpts from the blog. A link to the entire blog, as well as reception photos, can be found in the Alumni section of Williston's website.
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In Shanghai we had the good fortune to be hosted by Leo's parents,Jie Zheng and Ping Zu.Between their kindness and that of Ciero's parents,Jian Kang Wang and Tong Chen,we were treated to some wonderful meals of typical Shanghai cuisine, including the famous "Hairy Crab," which is in season in November. Have you ever eaten sea cucumber? It's not a vegetable.
I returned to Taipei in time for Thanksgiving dinner. Seafood complements the majority of meals here and for •BANGKOK. DECEMBER 7 Thanksgiving dinner,I celebrated by We arrived in the "Land of Smiles" and enjoying a Szechuan meal of pan-fried were greeted by 80 degree weather and a whole fish in hot peppers, garlic, and green sea of golden-yellow shirts worn by the onion accompanied by rice and garlic people of this country to honor their green beans! King's 80th birthday celebration! Once again we are grateful to our '* SEOUL, NOVEMBER 28 hosts and their wonderful generosity and Our visit to Seoul overall was a true hospitality.We are indeed fortunate to have delight; it was so touching to meet with all many wonderful friends who always make of the people who went out of their way us feel so welcome. to meet us and to honor and support Williston.
BANGKOK Chira Sirisamphan '76 BEIJING Junfeng Wang, parent of Yuchen (Stella) Wang '08 HONG KONG Matthew Green '01
SEOUL Mr. and Mrs. Sung Woo Roh, parents of Kwang-Ho (Peter) Roh '09
SHANGHAI Jie Zheng, parent of Ling Xiong (Leo)Zheng '10 TAIPEI Judy Chow and Henry Lee, parents of Thurston Lee '09 TOKYO Tomoe Ishizumi '01 Young Alumni Reception Go Hone '93 and Junko Kiuchi '96
Janet Wright, Chris Biehn, Jeff Pilgrim '81, and Brian Wright at the Great Wall
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1,932 Mary Kimball Holland Equinox Terrace 324 Equinox Terrace Road Manchester Center,VT 05255-9253 (802) 362-7213
7,Aleunion Ethel Ham Palmer 25 Neelen Drive Wyckoff,NJ 07481-2407 (201) 891-1595 Donald Cook 16779 Timmons Road Spring Run,PA 17262-9704 (717) 349-7879
1,934 Paul Halstead c/o Paul Halsteadjr. 29 Maple Street Blue Point, NY 11715-1209 n80hap@juno.com (631) 589-9203
1,935 Frank Conant 314 Bassett Brook Drive Easthampton,MA 01027-1077 (413) 529-0809
1939 John Williams 2423 East NewYork Avenue Deland,FL 32724 (386) 736-6050 snarvisl@juno.com
1,940 Irving Callman 239 N.Charlotte Street Lancaster,PA 17603-3403 (717) 299-2289 ibccc97@verizon.net Sarah Showalter Hubbard 120 Sourhlake Drive,#303C Orange City, FL 32763 stuart492@juno.com (386) 775-2292
To the women of Class of 1940: The Annual Fund for July '06June '07 was the largest and most successful fund year ever! Congratulations. And don't forget Reunion weekend,June 6-8, 2008.Do send me news of you. We number 19 devoted and active alumnae! —Sarah Rebecca Grafton Sparks recently moved to a small assisted living facility in Aspen and is very pleased with her decision. Her
son lives nearby and her daughter recently retired as an Ob/Gyn in Portland, ME.Rebecca will visit there this summer.
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1,942 Mary Whiting Dodd 58 Waterside Lane West Hartford,CT 06107-3522 (860) 521-2039
John Newton '42 writes that "coming from a public high school to Williston in the '40s was for me a wonderful awakening. Here I found teachers who had a life beyond the classroom.We ate with them, met their families and shared their interests.They directed the glee club,the drama club,and many more.They were people.But for me,two ofthe group were most influential—Chuck Rouse and Frank Belle.They kicked my butt when I needed it.They gave me a smile and a hand when I needed that.I only wish now that I had said'thank you'for both acts of grace while they were still with us."
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Mary Ann Thomas Cash 2201 S. Lenny,#211 Fort Collins, CO 80525 (970) 207-9373 Richard Pickett 431 Oriental Poppy Drive Venice, FL 34293 pickri4@aol.com Harding Reernsnyder 460 Saw Mill Road Guilford,CT 06437 hardings@sbcglobal.net (203) 453-9488
Okay,classmates, here is another reminder to save June 6th to 8th for our 65th Reunion!And, while doing so, I would like to invite any Northampton School for Girls alumna from that class to help us enjoy the event. Another thought,I hope other year's graduates who might hesitate to come because it is not"a reunion year divisible by five"feel free to join us.We do not want anyone to feel lonesome because their classmates did not make it. See you in June! —Hardy
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1,945 William Williams 56 Birchwood Lane Lincoln, MA 01773-4908 (781) 259-8079
1946' In the fall 2007 Bulletin the Reunion class of'47 image was misidentified. Left photo: Lew Fischer, John Ring, Walter Clemens, and Dick Howland; right photo: Lew Fischer, Neal Van Rees, John Ring, and Ed Shuttleworth
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as a Guardian'ad litem'.This means he works for a judge who hen A Richard Malkin '49 assigns him as guardian oftwo or three young children who have moved to Topsham, Glinipse been mistreated at home.He visits Maine, the dwindling their homes once in an announced Into inic Posi opportunities for outdoor activities visit and then has unannounced due to the cold winter months visits to monitor their conditions solicited a suggestion from his wife, and make sure they are being Kenneth Barratt treated correctly. I had a very nice 2059W Placita De Enero Marjorie, to reflect on his past and talk with Howard Hetzler in OreGreenValley,AZ 85614-5433 write his memoirs. After serving as gon. It brought back a lot of sibk3@aol.com a contracting officer in the military, pleasant memories. Unfortunately, (520) 625-3568 he worked as an IBM executive for Howard's health is not that great 33 years which led him to many and he feels he can't make it back Caroline Gavin Arnold for the Reunion. However,he 172 State Street travels throughout Europe and Asia. says he will be thinking of all the Amherst,MA 01002 A. Richard ' When Dick completed his last guys and the happy memories cgarnold@compuserve.com pages on those chilly days in the those thoughts evoke.I talked to (413) 549-0412 Bowdoin College Library, he wanted to share his stories with Jack Hoyt down in South Carolina. friends and family. Through Xlibris, Dick self-published his Everything is going well for Jack. Interestingly enough,he was book, A Glimpse Into The Past. His positive experiences with driving to Hilton Head to see the growing self publishing industry were covered by The Lois Hicks Coerper Dick Wonsik, our classmate,in Times Record and the Boothbay Register in August of 2007. 7315 Brookville Road mid January.Jack is also very "The hardest part is writing the book," Dick tells The Times Chevy Chase,MD 20815-4057 excited about the Reunion and is wmcoerp@erols.com Record. He offers his advice to anyone interested in publishplanning to be there with bells (301)652-8635 on. David "Ducky"Beach is ing their story. Contact him at dickmalkin@suscommaine.net. doing fine up in New Hampshire. Stanley Gedney I don't know what he had to do 27 Gatto Lane with this big conglomeration of Pearl River, NY 10965 politicians but I'm sure that he's Bertolet Fehr toured the Buffalo (845) 920-8131 happy that they've all gone to Bill Museum,near Golden, sydcats@optonline.net either South Carolina or MichiWilliam Bushnell CO.Last year,she learned that gan. I received a call from Bob Right from the top,I want to tell Buffalo Bill (William Cody) had P.O.Box 483 Dewhurst who is in Tucson,AZ everybody that this June will visited Reading,PA fourteen Epsom,NH 03234 returned my for the winter. He commemorate 60 years since our times between 1873 and bush@totalnetnh.net call and said he was anxious to graduation from Sammy's school. 1912. Her interest in Buffalo Bill's 463-7882 come to Reunion. He's also got a (603) I want to urge all ofyou,starting life initiated research, culminating for the archivist at happy surprise now,to plan to be here in June. It in her article for the local historical Emily McFadon Vincent Williston. He found a couple of will be great to see everyone, society.She also reported that her Classic Residence going to bring and items that he's reminisce and share stories ofthe oldest granddaughter married in 7501 E.Thompson Peak Parkway,#403 turn over to the school.I spoke past, as well as what's been hapMarch 2007—wonderful husband Scottsdale,AZ 85255 doing a lot Carter who is to Al pening lately. I'm about to tell and an exciting occasion! Boots is bvince514@yahoo.com loss of recovering from the better you about a few ofthe fellows still living on the farm (near Read(480) 659-7815 his wife.As for me,last October, I've heard from,but I would ing) and still riding! And as for us, Jeanne Garrett Miller has been Fern and I traveled to Europe to appreciate it very much hearing our 2007 activities were included travelling this year. She spent ten Seine River, cruise up the from ALL of you for the next days in Tuscany with her "Scottish in our Christmas letter sent to column.Whether you realize it or through Normandy to the World three wonderful contingent." She visited Florence, classmates.We had beaches (Omaha, Pt. War II not, we all are very interested in year: attended the trips last We Sienna,and some of the smaller DuHoc,etc).Visiting the cemetery what all our classmates and Utah Opera Festival in Logan. towns in Tuscany. She commented was the most at Omaha Beach friends are doing and what's Afterwards, we drove through on the beauty ofthe country. In touching experience.We finished going on in their lives. Bruce parts of Colorado:Boulder and early September, she flew to few days in Paris our trip with a Yarber is still doing a lot of Nederland,before heading for Split to join friends on their boat which has become my favorite volunteer work in Holyoke. He's home.Even in the mountains,we to cruise down the Croatian York.Tomorrow, city after New also studying writing and has 500 could not escape the heat!The Fern and I are heading down to Ft. coast. Dubrovnik was one of the pages completed toward his first second trip took us by car to fabulous highlights.The trip was visit our daughter, Lauderdale to book,and is really looking to deposit family and the scenery great.The voyage Quincy,IL Patty,who is the Vice President of forward to our 60th Reunion. memorabilia at the Quincy Corfu, where she prestigious terminated at Development at the Another Holyoke guy,Jim Museum. Quincy is charming! spent three days before flying Pine Crest School of Ft. LaudUbertalli, is feeling a lot better We saw family homes and met enjoyed home from Athens. Jeanne Raton.We're erdale and Boca with his two new knees. His wife, interesting people.The return Thanksgiving in Sarasota visiting hoping to see some of our Barbara,a very fine oil painter route took us to Springfield,IL to Williston friends while in Florida. her son and his two children.She and knitter, has encouraged Jim learn about Abraham Lincoln—a just returned from Scotland and a news this time That's all the to take up painting too.Soon fabulous museum and most visit with her daughter,husband around. Let me hear from all of they will be driving south to take informative! This was followed by children, ages 12, and their four you. a Caribbean cruise. Fern and I Tulsa and Oklahoma City.We were —Stan 15, 18,and 20.Jeanne still plays had a lovely meeting in New moved by the memorial ofthe "a tennis. Also, she is learning golf, York City with Donna Lee Spencer Warnick reminisced "the bombing ofthe federal building in game!" And she is frustrating Ubertalli (Rube's daughter), who '47 —'48 basketball team lost the last Oklahoma City. Our third trip was volunteering at her church.In is a very successful advertising game to lose out on an undefeated to Tacoma,WA where we spent February,she is flying to Denver executive in the Big Apple.Jim is team! And'Boardy'confiscated my Thanksgiving week visiting dear youngest ones.We to see her hoping to see the whole gang in radio after hours,listening to the friends.Don't forget Reunion in see her in Arizona,too. June. George Liss, who resides in Yankees'World Series game. How hope tovisiting June! Hope 2008 will bring happiher son over While Port St. Lucie, FL,is doing a lot did he know I had a radio?" ness to you all! Thanksgiving, Beulah "Boots" ofgood things,including acting —Emily Flinbeth Ockenden Loweth 76 Powell Street Richmond Hill ON L4C4S4, Canada meol@sympatico.ca (905) 883-8197
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Susan Cross Hunter Amsterdam where Al Shuttleever witnessed in anyone our age 93 Glengarry Road worth grew up and after college (or for that matter any age). YesStrathani, NH 03885-2152 Priscilla Ruder Lucier worked as an executive at the terday, I received an email from (603) 778-7600 30 Thyme Lane Mohawk Carpet Company Waldo "Wally"Sweet who was Osterville, MA 02655 which Al's grandfather founded. one ofthe most well-known, In a note from Ray Jeness,"On prlucier@comcast.net Ron moved to Ford Hall and well-liked,and accomplished September 11 Irving H."Herb" (508) 428-0145 formed lasting friendships with members of our class. Many in Pomeroy '49 and jazz trumpeter Paul Marko,Bob Lunn,and Ed our class had become aware that extraordinaire, passed away in his Robert Sunter O'Brien who are now deceased. after graduating from Yale,and a hometown of Gloucester, MA. 11066 French Creek Road Ron's academic career led to his two-year hitch in the army, he Glowing eulogies to his person Palo Cedro,CA 96073-9527 earning a Ph.D.and teaching joined his family's very successful and his musical accomplishments sunter@frontiemetnet positions at several medical construction business in the New were offered in locations as (530) 549-3371 schools. He is presently Professor England and NewYork area. He diverse as The Gloucester Daily & Chair of the Department of retired in 1980 after selling his Times, The Boston Phoenix and The This is my first submission as our business.Wally and I agreed that we NewYork Times. I was privileged class rep replacement for my "Pal Pharmacology & Toxicology at the State University of NewYork are both experiencing the fact (or many years ago to play varsity Al"Shuttleworth who you no at Buffalo School of Medicine. at least perception) that we have soccer and to sing in the double doubt know died of cancer comAn interesting note that Ron much more to do now than we did quartet with Herb.I caught up plications last August. I assume includes in his letter is that before retiring!The reason for with him shortly before he died, that all of my classmates on the Wally's phone call was to let me and he shared a host offond list that I obtained from the school Phillips Stevens,(Yes,the son of Williston's Headmaster) is a faculty know and to pass on to our Williston memories with me. He office received and suffered member at the Department of classmates that his beloved wife, also could still make great sounds through my very lengthy letter that I mailed to you in December. Anthropology at Buffalo University. Alice, of53 years had passed away with the horn." Ron's wife ofover 50 years still in January.Alice was also very You probably recall in that letter works as an attorney.Their three involved with Williston affairs, but the other answer to the question children and their families live in did not go to Northampton "Who the heck is Bob Sunter" James Wailes three separate east coast states.Jim School for Girls.While at was to encourage feedback from 473 Lake View Drive Monroe comments that he looks Williston,Wally was an outstandyou and information about your Fort Mill,SC 29715 back with much appreciation for ing athlete and over the years life since Williston that would be jamesawalles@hotmail.com what his three years at Williston did since, he and Alice had become ofkeen interest to me and to our (803) 396-8088 very enthusiastic and substantial other classmates. Currently,I have for him—especially the guidance and influence of boarrlingjim supporters of our alma mater. received responses from seven of graduated from Tufts University Wally's son,Bryant,is staying you! A lengthy phone call from with a degree in psychology. After with him to help him with his Joe Dicier who along with wife of devastating loss. I also received a over fifty years,Priscilla, was at both college he had a wide variety of Thanks to Don Miller for rallying work experiences. First wasjoining short email from another classthe 2000 and 2005 class Reunions. the troops and getting another his dad's masonry business.After his mate Bob Huntley and I am I had mistakenly assumed thatJoe, great turnout for the 55th in dad's death he decided to pursue a waiting to receive his "life hislike our classmate Bob Couch,was June. long held "interest" in law enforcetory." still on staffin some capacity at the ment and took the necessary train—Bob school.He straightened me out ing to become a civil defense cop. by relating that he is retired and Alan Lazarus lives with Priscilla in a small town After a time he attended Northwestern University to obtain two 31 Carpenterl9s Ridge R.Douglas Ramsdell on Cape Cod.They both volunmore graduate degrees which led Cincinnati, OH 45241-3273 825 Haverhill Avenue teer as hospice care providers and to a position as Assistant Professor ahzarus@cinci-rr.com Sebastian,FL 32958-4477 Joe has for years volunteered his at the University ofIllinois (513) 891-1730 doug555@comcast.net time and efforts as a fund raiser training police officers. His (772) 539-9055 for Williston. I read in the fall Francoise Dearden Bartlett Bulletin that Bob and Janet Couch academic background and more 5Timberland Pass Sally Poole Farnham-Jaferian are now actually former faculty as experience led to a job as police chiefin a Chicago suburb. He Chappaqua,NY 10514-1812 308 S. Santa Anita Avenue well. Dave Lowe's call revealed held this job for ten years before fdbartlett@optonline.net Pasadena,CA 91107-5275 that he is still involved in his very retiring. He and his wife then (914) 861-2065 sfarnha@earthlink.net successful architecture practice in moved to Hawaii where he took (626) 795-5890 Los Angeles.Dave and I discova job as director ofsecurity for ered that without realizing it at Hilton Hotels for about ten years. the time we were both at U.S.C. (Wonder if he had any contact in 1956.1 was in dental school with Paris Hilton?) Returning to ,USIZUR while Dave was teaching an Indiana,Jim and his oldest son advanced architecture class.A Gli.""N to th o nline started a masonry construction note from Clay Hardon—he still business .(:)mmunity" at specializing in chimneys www.williston.com runs his Clay Hardon Company, and fireplaces. His email hints of and post class notes online or plays golf,frequently enjoys a glass his sense of humor— send your notes and digital ofquality red wine,and looks forc's ashwipers@sbcglobal.net.Jim and hotos to your class representative or to ward to coming to our 60th Rehis wife raised three kids and have union in 2010. Tom Camp's short alumni@williston.com by July 15, 2008 for the eleven grandchildren. I received a note states that he is still active in fall Bulletin. phone call from Bob Alden. He his specialty food business in Paattended both the 2000 and 2005 cific Beach,WA.Ron Rubin's letIf you have questions, or would like to Reunions during which time we ter comments that his first year at volunteer as a class representative, had a number of opportunities Williston was at Payson Hall for some very interesting convercontact Director of Alumni Relations where he encountered Al Shutsations. This conversation lasted John Anz '82 at 413/529-3301 or tleworth and Chuck Doolittle more than two hours! While I am janz@williston.com. who were roommates at Payson. aware that my memory is graduRon regarded Chuck as"the ally fading, I find that Bob still smartest guy in our class." Ron maintains the most remarkable grew up in a small New York and detailed memory that I have community about 20 miles from
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Unfortunately, I have some sad news to report this time around. former basketball captain, glee club member,and all-around great guy Walter Brown passed away in February of'07.Joan Patterson Brown '53, his wife of 50 years,informed me ofthat by returning the questionnaire I sent to all of you.She wrote re: the 55th Reunion: "Please raise a toast to a life well lived and loved by all who came in contact with him." Here here! I think most also knew thatJim French passed away recently after a series ofillnesses. Remember how hyper he was at the 50th... how he ran out to fly somewhere to repair an aircraft? God speed to a good man! Bill Childs says that he still plays Platform Tennis (at senior levels) so he must still be in good shape. Someone encourage him to come back for the 55th. He is resisting. Jim Dowd informed me that he lost his wife of49 years back in July of'07. He is fully retired, living in Enfield, CT,and only suffering from routine ailments. He loved the 50th and will contact some of you no-shows for 2009. Don Duncan has not lost his sense of humor:He wrote in answer to my question: Describe recent medical procedures you have experienced?"30 each 12hour shift as an emergency room doctor:'Bill Ferguson writes that he had a heart attack four years ago at the top of his Bermuda church tower. Now has two stents. He is a piper in the Bermuda Island Pipe Band. Need someone for an upcoming event? Call or write him. By the way,he has been married for 49 years.Jack McGrail reports he had a stroke back in June of'98.In his words,"But still smiling." I do not remember ever seeing Jack without that smile ofhis. He lives in Key Largo,FL in a special needs house he built.Write him at: cbmcgrail@gmail.com. His wife Carole will respond. His email is "filterless" and he likes to receive mail. Now,once more. Those who have not responded to my questionnaire...please do so. Or,you can email me at active@one.net.I need your news. Special things are happening and we want everyone included.For example:Jod Schiavone has contacted the alumni office about putting together a"memorabilia" presentation(CD or the like) for the June '09 event. We need your pictures or whatever you can share of your years at that not-sobad place. C'mon... we are working hard at this already and it will only be good if you help us. Most of us are retired,fully or mostly,so make this a project. Keep fighting the fight!
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Four classmates responded to my request for news to publish in the Bulletin and I was so happy that I wrote up a terrific summary on my computer and saved it until the last minute,in case more came in.Then today, when I went to forward it to the school,I found that my hard-drive had DIED.Most ofthe emails I had saved on my laptop,so I had access to the information. However, the rest ofthe "terrific summary" is lost forever. Does that sound like"my dog ate my homework?" I hope not.Anyway,it sounds as though everyone is happy to be 70.Debbie Hatch Jackson is. In fact she says she loves it. She had a great birthday party, made trips to Europe,and unfortunately,I can't remember where she went.(That was on the dead hard drive). She also said that her granddaughter was thrilled when she saw that she was mentioned in the last Bulletin notes. I received the following from May Nutting Bigelow:"Last February I celebrated my 70th birthday with my clan of children and grandchildren at MountTremblant...Frigid weather did not prevent us from skiing,dog sledding,etc.The four siblings offered me a unique present...each one gave me undivided time for an adventure. So far, Williamsburg with Hope,South of France with Seth and Jonathan and still to be planned with David. My brother,Harry,who now lives in Landgrove,and I spent a glorious few days with Sandi Mesics and her husband, Joe,in New Hampshire on Newfound Lake.This is the second winter that my 14-year-old grandson will spend with me so he can attend Stratton Mountain XC Ski program.There is never a dull moment on this mountain. Summer finds all 13 grandchildren here to visit with cousins and to enjoy the simple pleasures of biking,hiking,canoeing,building tree houses and stacking wood. Leslie Nichols Kremer sent the following news:"As I said in my Christmas letter I am so grateful that you do thisjob of trying to collect news from our classmates that I have turned over a new leaf and am writing to you. Not that I have much to say, but maybe I'll
just make up stuff. It was a banner events.In April,Earleen and I are year in that I had two trips to going to spend a month in AusItaly.The first was in June when tralia. I'll be swimming in the John and I went to Foligno to see World Masters Swim Meet,and two of my daughters,Jessica and then we'll enjoy the rest ofthe Hilary,and then on to northern trip in celebration ofour 50th Italy where we met our walking wedding anniversary" In a note group.We spent a week walking from Charles Krohn"My new around Lakes Orta,Maggiore,and book, The Lost Battalion ofTet: Como.There are no words to Breakout ofthe 2/12th Cavalry at describe the beauty of that part of Hue,hasjust been released by the Italy,so I won't even try.The Naval Institute Press. It's an second trip was late October into updated version ofa similar title November when John sent me published by Praeger in 1993. and my other daughter,Kristen, I've been thinking about how I've to Foligno to celebrate my 70th used the lessons from Williston,as and Jessica's 45th birthdays.We reflected in The Lost Battalwere there for two weeks and had ion. With the possible exception a wonderful time with Jessica and ofthe dark side oflife depicted her husband and my twin grandby Joseph Conrad,what I absorbed daughters. It was just the BEST most at Williston are the antifamily get together. Now we are lessons.Truth and beauty inspire, home,freezing with 45 inches of but I've had to deal with treachery, beautiful snow in December and violence and destruction. It's been another 10 inches the 1st of quite an education." To my late January.And today it reached 60 inquiry for class notes,John degreesjust to make all the politi- Greenwood wrote "I'll chalk it up cians happy who are next door in to old age, although I don't feel it New Hampshire for the (yet). I went snow skiing today at primary." I heard from Harriet a local mountain (Mt. "Tat"Field today. It sounds as Wachusett). They just had a foot though she has taken on quite a of new snow Sunday night."A job."After returning from our note from Richard Lockshin, summer home up north I have "OK,finally I'll say something. I again taken up my work in the have two grown daughters, Miriam and Nora,who have both archives of the Grand Rapids public library. My currentjob is developed successful careers in to go through scrapbooks ofthe the fine arts. My lovely wife, library from the 1950s.The scrap- Zahra Zakeri, has been pushing me to show myself now and then, books are falling apart;items no longer attached to pages, etc. and with the results I attach (a note I I have to study glue patterns and sent in conjunction with a recommendation for a student to get a try to match the items with the pages they were originally on.Then green card):Dr. Lockshin's docmy assignment is to reproduce the toral thesis,Programmed Cell Death in an Insect,(Harvard,1963) defined pages on the photocopier as originally set up. This involves all kinds a field that has now expanded to ofcontortions as I try to hold three over 200,000 publications and or four items onto the page with continues to grow with over two only two hands,while also turning publications per hour. Since it is the whole conglomeration face now known that most cells that die down on the copier (new glue is in disease undergo a controlled, NOT in the archivist's vocabuprogrammed death, usually in the lary).The loose items are then form ofapoptosis,the field was filed separately. But I really love honored as a component ofthe 2002 Nobel Prize in Physiology or that old stuff,so it's fun." Ginny Medicine.The field was selected as Robinson Harris says she has no news to report,but is well and one ofthree chosen for symposia busy as usual. My news is that I'm for the ceremonies honoring the 100th anniversary ofthe Nobel not so sure that I'm happy about Prizes in 2001,and Dr.Lockshin being 70. My joints are wearing out and I may have to stop skiing. chaired a session ofthat sympoBut I guess it's better than the sium. Apoptosis is now considered alternative. Have a happy summer, to be a major component ofdisand I hope to hear from all of eases ofcell loss,including AIDS, neurodegenerative diseases such as you before the next Bulletin. —Joanna Alzheimer's,and even heart attack To those classmates who have not and stroke, and diseases in which heard from me by email,l/we, failure of cells to die on schedyour fellow classmates,really want ule lead to complications such as to know what you have been up inflammatory autoimmune disto for the last 53 years. Mail me at eases. Most prenatal abnormali2170 Quail Run,Cottonwood, ties can be traced to irregularities AZ 86326,email to in cell death,and most cancers sam@morey.us,and call at 928expand not because ofincreased 649-9515. From Marty Mennen:
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On the Road ince 1988, Clement Salvadori '58 has been writing a popular column in Rider magazine about his tales of traveling by motorcycle. Now these stories have been compiled in 101 Road Tales, published in January 2008 by Whitehorse Press. Bikers and non-bikers alike will enjoy many journeys with an author who has a zest for life. "The longest journey begins with a single revolution of your wheel. It does not matter where you are going, it only matters that you are on the road," he says. "You're off to have a small adventure. Or a big one, maybe. The world is really a very nice place..." Salvadori is also the author of Motorcycle Journeys through California and Baja and Honda VF and VFR Interceptor. Order copies of his books through whitehorsepress.com.
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lished over 170 papers and several books on the subject. He is or has been on the editorial boards of severaljournals,including the prestigious Journal ofBiological Chemistry and Cell Death and Differentiation. He has frequently been a keynote speaker, most recently at La Journee de Claude Bernard,at the Universite de Paris, and at the first Keystone meeting on Autophagic Cell Death. He has received many awards,including a Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Cell Death Society, and fellowships ofthe Gerontological Society ofAmerica and the NewYork Academy of Sciences. Most recently a Festschrift was held in his honor at Rockefeller University,attracting speakers and guests from 12 countries,and two journals dedicated issues in honor of his 70th birthday'I also just published The Joy ofScience, a book of'science for non-scientists! It addresses how science works (that would have been the title, but it was taken) and how scientific questions are asked and answered. It uses evolution as a paradigm,because the topic is the most important idea ofthe 19th and perhaps 20th centuries; because it is "hot";and because it does not require complex or technical prior understanding. It ranges over a lot of history and geography.Zahra chose the title. One thought in respect ofWilliston and other education:What successes in
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sciences that I have achieved can be attributed to a liberal education—I got started on my research career by noting something that was fairly obvious,but defining it in a catchy and colorful way so that people could recognize it, and I got noticed in Europe (where I still have many friends) because I could speak some French & German?'Michael Lockshin wrote: "The signature below tells you about my activities: Michael D.Lockshin,M.D., editor-in-chiefArthritis & Rheumatism,professor of medicine/Obstetrics and Gynecology, Attending Physician, Hospital for Special Surgery,Joan and Sanford Weill College of Medicine of Cornell University,Director, Barbara Volcker Center for Women and Rheumatic Disease, Co-director, Mary Kirkland Center for Lupus Research.The editorjob goes to the middle of 2010. My wife tells me that I cannot retire,so who knows what after that. I have a book coming out in about a year (for the public). More later when it is closer to press." Finally, Guy Cambria wrote"Nothing much going on up here in Connecticut except lots ofsnow although I finished the leaves just yesterday. Everyone healthy, questionably wealthy and not so wise!" —Sam
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Fifty years.Time does fly.The class of 1957 descended on campus on a Thursday last June 7, to gain a head start on our 50th Reunion activities.The Reunion Committee was led by Nat Bickford and Bob Birch, with the assistance ofPrentiss deJesus, Dave Montague and yours truly, Bill Harmon.Deb Cauchon, Chris Biehn,and the ever-present John Anz '82 provided greatly needed support from the Williston community,and after many mailings and conference calls we were lined up at the starting gate. We began to assemble in the lounge ofthe John Wright house, our weekend headquarters,and after an informal social hour John appeared with the school bus to take the group to the Tavern on the Hill,a restaurant atop Mt. Tom giving us a panoramic view ofEasthampton and reminding us ofthe "mountain days" of old when we had to hoofit to the top of Mt.Tom to avoid a day of classes.After an enjoyable meal, we took turns getting up and condensing 50 years into three or four minutes telling one another about ourselves, our families and careers. Unfortunately,the entire group could not all be present at the same time. Rod Jaros could only make the first night, and John Chigounis,looking exceedingly dapper, bailed out early. Ron "Boodie"Pervere was there the first night,played golfthe next day and then was AWOL until he returned for the farewell breakfast. Other attendees included Steve David, Larry Greene,Joe Hine,John Houghton,Tom Mickle, Nestor Nicholas,Jack Nickerson,Dean Patenaude, Forbes Warren,and Curt Wright. One would be remiss not to include our wives who all got right into the program and who seemed to be having just as much Sin as the rest ofthe crew Saturday saw the group reunited for our class picture. Bob Birch sat
with his dog on his lap in the dining commons,but who was going to tell him that dogs were not allowed in the "Birch Dining Commons?'Yes,he could have saved money by paying for a dog sitter rather than buying the building, but his generous gift is sincerely appreciated.After lunch we held a class meeting in our tent and had a chance to talk to Headmaster Brian Wright and let him know how much the campus had changed for the better and how proud we were to return to such a thriving school. He left us to ponder over the choice ofa class gift, but first Prentice was asked to talk about the necrology page he had been preparing.We all had a chance to talk about ourselves, but several ofour classmates were present only in our memories. We lost Paul Elkins in our senior year,and Bob Redmond had passed away within the last month.We traded stories about Peter Revson, Don Bliss, Pres Peters,Peter Odell, Dick Clammer, Warren Hinchcliffe, and Fred Markella, both during their school years and in their later lives. By combining previously unrestricted gifts with an appeal from the reunion committee,the class selected an instructorship in our name to be our reunion gift to the school. Proceeds from the endowment will provide a stipend for an outstanding teacher and help supplement other faculty salaries. Brian had talked about the school's endowment and where our average faculty salaries fell within our peer group, and it was an easy decision.By evening the additional finds to complete the gift had been pledged,and our gift was announced at the banquet.The banquet on Saturday night found us at the center of the action and was an unforgettable experience. Awards were presented to Nat Bickford,our retiring trustee as well as our correspondent.We then adjourned to the Dodge Room in the Reed Campus Center to hear John Houghton play the piano and entertain us. John plays regularly in the San Francisco area, and has recorded a CD or two.Sunday morning's brunch gave all the survivors one last chance to compare notes, swap addresses and make promises to see one another before the next 50 years elapse.As a class, we are extremely appreciative of the hospitality of the school and the staff, and I hope that we can all return for number 55. —Bill
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Sorry that there was no report in the last issue, but I was a little under the weather and didn't get my report done on time:it was almost like being back in school and missing one of Mr.Teller's tests. I got a note from Don Barnard saying that he and wife Joanne had enjoyed an Alaskan cruise in addition to their traditional vacation in Maine.The only problem with the cruise, according to Don,was that the cruise line didn't allow enough time to tour the country as the cruise went to so many places.Don is enjoying his retirement,but is having serious problems with his garden. He's"looking forward to the big 50th Williston in June of 2008." Steve Heider has promised to try to make it to Reunion in June.The last time he remembers attending Reunion was some time in the 50s and recalls Jamie Irvine had brought an old banner from another class (Steve thinks it was around 1908) and wonders if Jamie will bring it this year.Pete Hewes reports that he had a conversation with Felix Godwin and Felix told him that he would try to make it back to the Reunion from his home in Huntsville,AL. On December 20,the quiet village ofEssex,CT was overrun by seven of our illustrious classmates under the pretense of celebrating an early Christmas lunch.We heard that Dick Brady, Peter Hewes,Jamie Irvine, Peter Knight,Dick Morrison,John Moss and George Ryan were warned several times that the management ofthe Griswold Inn would be forced to call the local constabulary if the festivities got any further out of hand.Rumor has it that Irvine picked up the check and left for home.So much for decorum! For those of you in attendance at our Reunion in June,you can expect to be hustled to buy a copy ofthe following book. Here is a portion ofthe promo supplied by the humble author."Moto-journalist (and pseudo-politician) Clement Salvadori has been sharing his stories from the road with the readers ofRider magazine since 1988. He lives in southern California, with his wife and several
cats." I understand that Clem will accept credit cards.In answering queries ofthe whereabouts of en Franklin Bill Priestley,I recently found once said, Bill, which was not an easy task. "Early to bed The phone company has changed and early to rise makes the area codes in the Chicago area several times and the records a man healthy, wealthy, showed a phone number that was and wise."With his curat least ten-years-old.You might rent busy schedule, remember that Bill chose to leave one wonders if Chris Williston and he went home to Lowell '60 is able to graduate from Lake Forest High School in his old hometown.After heed these words that high school,Bill entered the he often utters himself. Lowell's current full-time job is Marine Corps (1958-1961) where performing as Ben Franklin, making one of the founding he trained with Special Forces in fathers come to life in front of appreciative audiences. Okinawa and was slated to go into Recently, Lowell returned from France where he preLaos.Fortunately the war ended before entering that theater. Leavsented five performances in French to prestigious audiing the Marines,he amended Westences such as the U.S. Ambassador and French officials ern Reserve University in at the Château de Vincennes in honor of Lafayette's Cleveland and then went to work birthday. He was briefly seen in a CNN news clip greetfor the local welfare office in Cleveland working with people ing people at the celebration. "Great fun and great who had various addiction probresponse, as Ben had, himself, lived in Paris for almost lems. After a few years,Bill went nine years and was a real Francophile," says Lowell in back to get a master's at the Uniresponse to his trip. Last summer, he was interviewed as versity ofMichigan.Somewhere Ben Franklin by Denver, Colorado's Channel Nine News along the line he met and married his wife Gena.The two ofthem in conjunction with an exhibit of more than 250 Benjamin worked for many years with the Franklin artifacts at the Denver Museum of Nature and Illinois state welfare system with Science. Lowell's presentations of Benjamin Franklin's Bill continuing to specialize in life and background through acting and teaching create working with people with addiction problems and Gem a realistic and educational portrayal of the great worked with families with inventor and statesman. To learn more see his website "special needs."The two ofthem www.benfranklinlive.org. retired in 1992 and live in Rolling Meadows,IL. Bill is looking forward to returning to Williston in June to attend with increasing anticipation to Reunion and looks forward to our 50th Reunion in June of seeing his friends from the Mary Beth Adams Dorsey 2009—just a year and a half away. football team. He did mention 31 Shipyard Point Road I hope all us will be there at an something about going back to PO.Box 82 event ofsuch significant imporDeerfield until I explained that Franklin,ME 04634 tance. Plan on it! their headmaster was no longer marybethdorsey@yahoo.com —Andy around. Finally, on a more (207) 565-3575 Richard WhiteJr. writes that he serious note,in this Bulletin you went to Wildcat Weekend in will find the obituary for Kirke Andrew Solomon Mystic,CT and had a great time. Eddy Vernon,one of our most 5223 Braesheather He also inquires where are Peter popular classmates. Kirke had Houston,TX 77096-4107 Savage, Doug Gould, and Bart been actively serving on our class (713) 721-3000 Perini '60? Gil Knier writes:"We reunion committee and was andy@houstonjewelry.com happily celebrated five years of putting together some ideas to try As I have not received marriage and Signal Mountain any notes, to get the largest fiftieth year country life on July 6,2007. Gil I am forced to fill the space turnout in the history ofthe continues as communication myselfto relate how over the school.We've had an excellent director for First Presbyterian holidays I went to visit my response thus far. I'm serving on Church of Chattanooga and younger son,Keith,in Los Angeles the committee along with Reed where we all had a great time. One executive director ofits Fitkin,Pete Hewes,Jamie Hey TV/radio/Internet ministry, Faith day,Keith arranged for a sunrise Guy, Charlie Lyons,Dick MorriFor Living. Norma's in her third shot atVasquez Rocks—a locason and Al Slawsby. Please make year of"retirement"from 25 years tion about one-and-a-half hours every effort to be there on June in elementary school music town.We had a great time out of 6-8,as it will mean that Kirke's shooting the landscape there with teaching and counseling—and has efforts were not in vain. It is great results. Recently Dana and I yet to sit down long enough to going to be a great time and joined theYMCA—a new facility really relax. She is busy with our everyone is looking forward to close to us with first-class exercise wonderful flower gardens and seeing you.The school has a ponds,seasonal house decor, facilities and fitness classes—and tremendous program planned and teaching piano (on her new now go there five days a week the committee will have a few grand piano)—and now she's and have never felt better! We special extracurricular activities enjoying a new business called have attended family weddings in that you won't want to miss. Just Jewelry (see the product line both Dallas and San Antonio. It We're expecting the entire class at seems as ifthe younger generaat www.itsjustjewelry.com) and Reunion in June. was featured in a story about it in are moving on in life at an —Hutz tions a recent edition of the Chataccelerated pace. I look forward
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I am Ahab: A review by Lilly Cram Rossi Carlberg '60 hose of us who were NSFG students between 1958 and 1969 were fortunate to have had the inimitable Helene Cantarella for French, Italian, and/or English IV classes. We can now enjoy a history of this extraordinary woman in Ann Blaisdell Tracy's biography I Am Ahab. Did any of us know that "Mrs. C" was brought up in a convent DAYS OF ruE woRks school, trained for an CANTAIF:11.1% 111ELFINF: PAQI operatic career, and AN,'Dun reviewed books for major periodicals including The New York Times(one of which made the front cover?) Were we aware of her involvement with World War II propaganda with the OWI? How many of us had any idea about our teacher's Anti-Fascist involvement in the U.S.? Or that she and her friends used to sing "May all our enemies go to hell, Noel, Noel, Noel?" At Northampton School for Girls we were totally absorbed in our assignments and fear of not living up to her standards.("Dahling, you're not worth your parents' money to send you here.") We all recall returning from Christmas break of our senior year to face a test on our vacation assignment of reading Moby Dick. There was just one question on that test: "What was the name of the ship at the end of the book that met the Pequod?" The answer was the Rachel. No one went unscathed by her. Now author Ann Blaisdell Tracy, who taught with "Mrs. C" at NSFG in 1964-65, has penned a candid and revealing biography of our most memorable teacher. Ann reconnected with her years later when "Mrs. C" was close to 90 and visited her many times at the small Cantarella retirement farm in Leeds, Massachusetts. After "Mrs. C"'s death she had access to her letters, photos, clippings from old newspapers, a parish history, shared family stories, innumerable oral interviews, and more. The passages on "Mrs. C" at NSFG will bring back the schooldays with a rush. Passages brought me back to the smell of floor polish in the corridor of Scott Hall. I saw the sun coming through the classroom window lay across our desks, I felt something in the pit of my stomach that might have been terror and might have been love as we expected her arrival. She scared the bejesus out of us and got positive results. I guess for us "Mrs. C" will always be waiting somewhere in the present tense. I think you will find as I did that once you start reading the book, you will be too curious and intrigued to put it down. The author has witticism down to a "t." It forced me to rean-
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pleased to receive the President's Lindy, Maribeth,Patti, Margie, Award from the Jewish Commuand me—A few days ago,Pat nity Center of Greater MonCoon wrote:"I am enjoying my mouth County (NJ)for fourth year ofbeing retired after "outstanding leadership on the 38 years ofteaching. It is so nice JCC Executive Committee of to have time for friends,skiing, Board of Governors over a number gardening,and oil painting. I had to have knee surgery last year,and ofyears...(and) his involvement it was especially gratifying that! through the JCC Maccabi Games had my old ski form back when I and JCC Maccabi Artsfest...(and) his efforts this year in started out again this season.The Easthampton/Northampton area re-launching the membership committee."Arnie is Executive is a great place to be retired for Director ofPlanning,Assessment me.It is close to skiing for day trips, and a great place to be for and Research at Brookdale Community College (15,000 art, culture,and restaurants withenrollment) in Lincroft, NJ. He out traffic jams. Our last class Reunion was a great time. I hope and wife Margo have a college we have even more attending our age son.In response to my short deadline request,Dick Adelmann 50th:' Jim Hamilton emailed in rushed me a copy of his and November about several classLucille's Christmas letter.They mates. Dan Prigmore is restoring continue to give their time, a vintage '78 GMC RV behind talents and treasure to a number which he'll tow a Smart Car ofprojects and community activiwhen they become available in ties.They are rebuilding the home the US later this year. Sandy ofa"widow neighbor lady",conCampbell continues to "tractor on"in Eliot,ME where he has an tinuing to help the boys atThe Children'sVillage (an orphanage) interest in restoring barns. Jim and"grand-parenting our two DeAngelis saw The Bucket List Columbian girls... Mariana (five) with Beatrice and some friends and Sofia (three)." For Janet and recently and all agreed life has Dave Shaw,"our sons (Mark-31, been good. Jim lost his 97-yearTodd-29 and Bret-27) are in old "famous" dad (see www.nytimes/2007/12/28/sports/ncaafo Brooklyn,Stamford and Monterey. No wives yet,but we have otball/28deangelis.html) late last hope!Two years ago, we moved year and reminisced about having him as a father and how much he from our home of21 years in Shelburne to a condo in Essex had meant to him,especially in later years.Their adopted daughter, Junction,VT. I continue my work as a financial planning investment Francesca,has recently discovered broker for about 100 families her birth mother and is planning to meet her early in 2008.Jim has with Wachovia/AG Edwards and plan to continue for another five retired and Beatrice will follow years. I do get my first SS check this June.They plan to split their this month! In my free time,I time between homes in Pittsburgh help run the Vermont Bridge and Paulhan,France. Good,emotional and wry interesting times for Association and play in eight or nine bridge tournaments around them right now.Stu Passer is the U.S.each year." retired and living on Cape Cod —Barbara & Dave after an engineering career at GE.He travels to Lake George to visit son Eric (36),Portland,OR where Tracy (39) and Nathan (31) Charles Vernon live,Taiwan,home country 218 Preston Street of wife May Jean and Florida to Windsor,CT 06095-3001 see his 94-year-old Mom.John chuck_vernon@loomis.org Konheim is contemplating retire- (860)688-0408 ment but keeps his hand in his insurance practice. He and Jane, Linda Stanton Maynard his wife oftwo years, are headed 154 N. Main Street to Rio for Carnaval.They are West Lebanon,NH 03784-1114 moving to a new home seven frank.c.maynard@valley.net miles from their current one. (603) 298-8418 that "with Jane, John comments I acquired children and grandchildren—a new experience for me." Bob Peterson and Norah are Richard Curtis retired 10 years and living in 95 Bog Pond Road New Hampshire where they are avid cyclists and skiers."I led bike Brewster, MA 02631 tours for Bike Vermont for several rwcdmc@aol.com years and have been a ski instruc- (508) 896-9102 tor with the New England HandEva D'Addario Franklin icapped Sports Assoc at Mt. 59 Larkspur Drive Sunapee."A son lives in Seattle Amherst,MA 01002 and a daughter is nearby.Arnie (413) 253-3453 Gelfman was surprised and
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In a note accompanying a photo from David Tatlock,he reminisced and proposed"How much we benefited from our Williston Academy experience,gaining in life what we could not have known then:irony and humor, erudition and style." And Charlie Fairbrother reminds everyone that this June is our 45th Reunion— see you all there!
Peter Miceli P.O.Box 2141 West Hempstead,NY 11552-2141 (516) 565-1701 petertmiceli@hotmail.com Louis Pellissier 977 Medinah Terrace Columbus,OH 43235-5028 dee.pellissier@jimreimford.com (614) 459-1599
It has been years since the NSFG '66 has had anything to write about. Good thing is that now we do. Charlotte Beadel Yehle told us that in 2006 she got married (for the third and final time) in an Elvis Chapel in Las Vegas to Dick Yehle who runs a hospital William Northway in Watertown, NY.They live on 1352 Chimney Ridge an Island in the St. Lawrence Traverse City, MI 49684-9215 River. Since she left NSFG,she northway@umich.edu has lived in Colorado,California (231) 223-7993 (had two boys there), Miami and NewYork.She lost her one son Lydia Allen ICitfield to a bad accident when he was 98 Cross Point Road 18. Her other son Ryan lives in Edgecomb,ME 04556 Sarasota, FL. Since they visit lkitfield@peoplepc.com Philadelphia every year (Dick's (207)882-9880 daughter lives there),I hope to In response to a letter he received hear from her. Kirsty Pollard from Glenn Swanson ("Swatwe"), Lieberman writes to let us know Zack Gould wrote "It's been a that she is still in Princeton, NJ really long time and I thought I and is a securities attorney at would write to say'hi'and catch up. Merrill Lynch. Her two oldest I am a great lover ofhistory now, live in Colorado. One is still in and if! had it all to do over again,! school,the other looking to make would really love to teach it.! it in Character Modeling and started to spend a lot oftime in Computer Animation. Her France in the late '80s and itjump- youngest is a senior at Sarah started my interest in how we all Lawrence College.Liz Miller got to be the way we are. I have Grasty is the ultimate alumnae. been living in Santa Fe,NM for the Living now in Virginia,she gets last eight years.! guess you could home (Southampton,MA)often call it retirement,but I'm busier to visit family. She has worked than ever before.! have been rescu- with credit unions for 36 years. ing horses for the past few years. Kind ofa long story,but it is a great thing to do and it really keeps me on my toes.It is quite beautiful out here and I have been extremely happy to leave greater Boston for some real breathing room.I have just recently embarked on another career and have been picking up acting and modeling work.Be well and I hope to hear from you...Zack"
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David Tatlock '63, with younger brother. We were visiting our older brother Richard who roomed with Clement Salvadori at Ford Hall. Year is 1957, and it is spring. Truck growing out of head roamed the campus for many years. Odd, I can remember the occasion. My mother took the photograph. I tried hard for the correct pose for a nascent Preppie. You can see the results. SPRING 2008 BULLETIN
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Pages of Portraits ot off the press is Faces—The Faces - The reflection of humanity reflection of humanity, a journey of portraits throughout the world by Bill Hough '65. Through this 80-page 8" x 10' color plate hard cover book, the reader follows Hough's journeys to Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Chile, China, Cuba, Greece, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Thailand, Turkey, and the United States and experiences the countries through the faces he encountered. Hough recently embraced digital photography after practicing the craft with a 35mm camera for decades. His portfolio includes diverse subject matter and styles. Faces—The reflection of humanity can be previewed and purchased at www.blurb.com/user/wdhough or through his website www.bonitaphotos.com. Two Williston graduates appear in Faces—Bill's brother David Hough '63 and Harvey Kaltsas '65. Currently, Bill is working on his third book with his brother David who is also a photographer, featuring a combination of their best images.
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Most recently (2005) New Horihave three boys:Jim (31),Devin zons(Where Liz was CEO) (28) and Matthew (22). As for merged with Northwest Federal me,I have been class agent since CU She manages the largest ofall my son,Addison, was a freshman the branches.She and her husband, at Amherst College (1997).! Warren,took a cruise to Alaska in hope someone else might take 2006.There they flew to Fairbanks the job over someday soon—any to experience 20 hours ofday light, volunteers? I have also played on rode a helicopter to the Denali Merion Golf Club's first Golf National Park and kayaked on a Team for 30-plus-years and am glacier lake around the islands off still managing to keep my handiJuneau.When she isn't working cap around an "eight?'Although a 18-hour days and traveling the realtor for more than 30 years world,she makes heirloom chris- (married into the business), I still tening gowns for twins born to find time to teach beginning her niece (also a NSFG graduate). bridge as well.Addison lives in Lousie Wellborn Spindler let me NYC and works in mutual funds, know that Texas is"OK."She has and my daughter,Sarah,hasjust three daughters who are all moved to San Francisco to start a grown and gone. So,she spends a new adventure. Fun places to lot oftime visiting them.Leslie visit. Black Moss writes from England —Vinny where she is trying to become a citizen. She and her husband, David,took a trip to Peru for James Hitchings Leslie's birthday.While on the 49 Draper Road trail, David fell off a ledge and if Dover,MA 02030 it weren't filled with cacti and Jhitchings@fdic.gov scrub, he may have plunged 3000 (508) 785-2230 feet into the UruBamBa River. Her son,Christopher, was marSuzanne Wellborn Daage ried in August in the Chatham 530 Highland Trace Drive Bandstand on Cape Cod. Baton Rouge,LA 70810 Suzanne Permesly Gernandt and (225) 765-7134
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Louisa Miller Hoar 2916 Bluff Point Lane Silver Spring,MD 20906-3043 Louis2914@ao1.com (301) 871-2954 Rockwell Keeney 282 Ames Road Hampden,MA 01036-9110 carkeeney@charternet (413) 566-8122
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From Bo Frazer:"I won a local music award,shockingly.I conDon Klock wrote in,"I am plantinue to work mostly with my ning on coming to the 40th in June,and looking forward to seeing cowboy group,the Rodeo Rhythm Kings.Right now we many classmates and friends then. have been posing as pirates and The old Clarkhouse gang did saying `Augg...!'a lot at Disney's meet again in St.Augustine, FL last fall.We,as a group have a per- Magic Kingdom during'Mickey's Not-so-scary Halloween?We will sonal commitment to get together begin work on a new CD as soon at least once a year somewhere in as we have the time. Our next the US.Chris Palmieri and his project is to make a video of us in wife Emile organized this year's full cowboy regalia doing our event over the long Columbus ridiculous version of`Purple Day weekend.Je.and Walburga Haze:a song I first heard at Roberts,Emil and Lisa George, Williston.I'm also still teaching Doug and Pam Fuller and yours fiddle, mandolin,banjo,etc. to truly (with Diane) all bunked in a bluegrassers and beginning guitar beach house in St.Augustine. It to pre-teen wannabees at local was like being back at Clark music stores:' From Jim Hustace: House—except with girls! We "I took my younger son Kip to ended the weekend at the house Stanford University for the start with everyone cooking and had of his freshman year. He is already dinner at a "great"long table.We in the swing ofthings there— spent most ofthe evening telling old stories that seem to grow over from swimming to participating in the Discoverer's Day festivities the years. It was a fantastic weekwhere he joined other native end. Many thanks to Chris and Hawaiians in doing a `Flaka'or Emile for pulling it together. See Hawaiian war chant/dance,to everyone in June. Best regards, even being cast as the second Don."John Kirkpatrick writes,"I male lead in the upcoming am planning to be on campus for Gilbert & Sullivan musical `Pirates Reunion in June. It has been too many years since a visit and I really ofPenzance:He is studying musical theory and pre-law. His do look forward to seeing a lot of brother James is in his final two people.I live in Byron,IL (20 semesters at Lawrence University miles SW ofRockford and 90 (WI),finishing up his degree in miles NW ofChicago).I am sinEnvironmental Studies. He gle and a sales representative in returned as the captain of the the water treatment industry speswim team and as the Treasurer of cializing in non-electric Kinetic° the Beta Theta N fraternity" equipment for both home and From David McGowan and his commercial applications. Prior to that,I spent many years as a certi- wife,Jude:"Daughter Kate and her husband Thomas are expectfied alcohol and drug counselor.I ing their first baby on or about have served on the Byron Board ofEducation for several years, and November 1st. Emma Rose will be our first grandchild and we are enjoyed many seasons of particilooking forward to spoiling her. pation on the stages offour difKate and Thomas live four miles ferent community theatres and from us in Southampton so we one professional theatre in will have ample opportunity to Northwest lllinois. I sing in one spend time with her.We didn't choir now and I have continued want our house to be a constructo do my art (mostly mixed tion zone when Emma is learning media sculpture).Also,I still write to walk next year,so we are push(two children's books are in need ing to finish this project by of publishers and my two plays Christmas—adding a 16x16 addiare "in progress"). I lost my golf tion to the back of our modest game sometime about three or home,We have always wanted four years ago and just can't find more space for family gatherings it anywhere:I think it's with a five iron I left in a water hazard in and the time seemed right so we jumped right in. Other than this Wisconsin. It will be great to see project and Etnma's arrival we so many of you in June!" have had a quiet year. I learned to
golf this year so that David and I could enjoy more time together. Now when we travel and we see a great course, we can both enjoy it! That's all there is for now.I know this probably isn't gripping news,but sometimes it's the ordinary things that make up our lives! Although Emma will not be ordinary,she will be the light of our lives." From Matt Peck:"My niece,Eleanor Peck '07,just graduated from Williston last June and is attending the new School for Social Research in NewYork.My daughter,Rosemary Peck '04 is attending school at St.Louis University at their Madrid campus in Spain.She is ajunior.I'm still selling printing as a broker.I have my own firm with a partner now 20 years and we are selling all kinds of printing and trying to keep up with all the technological changes. My son just graduated from Westfield State College and has a degree in movement science. He is taking the test to get certified as an athletic trainer. He is currently working for the Springfield Falcons as their assistant trainer.The Falcons are the local American Hockey League team. He hopes to get to the NHL someday" From David Reichenbacher: "Horace Thorner would fit right in at the museum where I now work.The Rosenbach Museum & Library in Philadelphia is one ofthe top five repositories in the USA for rare books and manuscripts. We represent the collection of the Rosenbach brothers, which includes James Joyce's Ulysses manuscript, as well as Bram Stoker's notes and handwritten drafts of Dracula,Shakespeare portfolios,and first editions and letters by Keats—Mr. Thorner's favorite. I remember sitting in English class, the desks in semi-circle formation,and Mr. Thorner would rise from his desk up front and pull from his overstuffed leather briefcase old rare first editions he had collected. He would reverently open them and walk around the classroom, pausing in front of each of us, talking quietly as he walked. I can remember some students rolling their eyes as he passed them. Others responded with neutrality. What impressed me most were not so much the musty endpapers or leather covers and yellowed pages,but Mr.Thorner's passion for what he was sharing with us. I'm sure much of what he said fell on the deaf ears ofadolescents thinking or fantasizing about what adolescent boys fantasize about twenty-four-seven.But what I took with me from that class was his focused passion. I've never forgotten Horace Thorner.
I visited him once, made a pilgrimage, to his humble retirement house in the woods in Currunington, MA—his own personal Walden—where he served me liverwurst and crackers with tea as we discussed literature. Thinking about him tonight at work,surrounded by Blake,Shelley,and Lewis Carroll, I googjed his name and found out that he had written and published several articles on the romantics and others, as well as published a new version ofthe Omar Khayyam.Thank you,Horace,for shining the light for me." From Bill Morrison:"Life is pretty good. Haven't been as busy as I would like with retirement so I am doing some'consulting'as well as some pro-bono work with non-profits (advising them on marketing,strategic planning and partner agreements)—helps keep the mind going full-time. Other than that, not much is different. Living in Newport Beach; still have my Delaware beach house, but most of my time is spent in California or'traveling' to Europe." From Graham Faiella: "I've most recently been Managing Editor for the production of educational books for Bermuda and also for Turks & Caicos Islands, working with Macmillan Caribbean(UK publisher) on freelance basis.The new Bermuda Atlas is just coming out now,for use in Bermuda schools and for retail sale.We also are doing Social Studies books for primary schools,for both Bermuda and Turks & Caicos, as well as a history ofTurks and Caicos for the government there. I generally am engaged on books ofthis nature for Bermuda and the Caribbean islands, always working with Macmillan Caribbean.I've lived in Wimbledon (suburb of London) since 1979,so almost 30 years now,although I get back to Bermuda pretty regularly for one thing or another (quite often involving going fishing!). From Lansing Pugh:"The Lansing Pugh family is all together again in our home in beautiful Austin, TX now that our oldest son Logan has graduated from Texas A&M and our middle son Alex has moved back in and reclaimed his room while he works on his associates' degree from the local community college. Our youngest,David,has shot up in height this year to tower over me now.Basketball is his new passion and he's become the expert in the sport in the backyard,on the )(Box,and in commentary on the games on TV.Liz appreciates their help around the home while I'm at work since her multiple sclerosis
Class of'68 get together with Jeff and Walburga Roberts, Emil and Lisa George, Doug and Pam Fuller and Don and Diane Klock—all bunked in a beach house in St. Augustine. has advanced significantly. My work with DC CADD is more exciting than ever as we move more and more architects and engineers from 2D computer drafting to 3D model based design. I'm keeping up on my own continuing education so I can maintain my status as a registered architect. Cycling is still the sport of choice for me,and I completed 95 miles ofan MS 150 ride from San Antonio to Corpus Christi recently. Many thanks to my overnight hosts Genie and Gary Mysorski who treated me so well that I abandoned plans to complete the bike ride on the second day in favor of a classic lazy Sunday at their home on the Gulfcoast complete with a delicious shrimp boil." And as for Gary, he says"Inspired by Graham's note,
I have come to realin that my class rep task is really a fishing expedition—I toss out the invitation to send news,and most ofthe time,I get lucky—someone takes the bait and ends up in the Bulletin. It's a treat to get first glance at the news that appears under our banner and I am amazed how varied our paths turned out as folks share things that are important to them—tales ofthe children or grandchildren,projects they've embarked on,travels and other adventures.These events highlight what is important in life right now.I commented to David Reichenbacher that his recollection about Mr.Thorner was a very touching and honest one and it might well be read with a reaction similar to the one he cited from our time at Williston. I
Genie Mysorski, Lansing Pugh '69, Gary Mysorski '69 in Rockport, TX. Lansing visited on his bike ride from San Antonio to Corpus Christi, raising money for research on a cure for multiple sclerosis.
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Group from the Class of '70—Rick Teller, Chic Eglee, Bill Czelusniak, Brian Conway, and Terry Johnson—at Headmaster Wright's house after the Cum Laude ceremony
A special alumni event was held this winter in Steamboat Springs, CO, featuring an evening reception, a behind the scenes tour of the resort, and a day of incredible skiing on a fresh foot of "champagne" powder. In attendance the night before at the slopeside Ptarmigan Inn, enjoying a _ happy-hour hosted by Regional Council member Sal Pace '95, are (l-r) John Pomeroy '71, Mark Rohrer '71, Barbara Macfarlane, Sal, Peter Marczyk '84, Jon Feiges '88, Chris Diamond '64 and Seth Kassels '97. Great thanks to all who came out and joined in on the fun, but an extra special "thank you" to our Colorado host Sal, and to our Steamboat Springs host Chris Diamond.
Addison Kingsberg in the bathtub, four year-old daughter of Nancy Kingsberg '73 wonder if Mr.Thorner had the same thought as he wandered the aisles of his classroom—most students will wander,some will
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ponder,one or two will take it to heart and make it their own.A good number of our teachers probably had a similar outlook, gazing out into the classroom at us young folk,decked out in coats and ties, a curious mixture of students with nary a clue as to what life was really all about. But thank goodness they never gave up trying to get those ideas across.And,like Lansing,ifsomeone happens to be in the area, please come on by for a visit. Genie and I cannot guarantee shrimp every time (he arrived during the right season!), but we are always ready to set another place at the table for a guest to enjoy the variety ofSouth Texas cuisine we can find here. Read the current news,send along your'today' tales, and I promise to keep passing them on to the editors.'And Gary R.Baumer wrote online,"I spent 2005-07 living with my wife Gillian in Hong Kong and on July 31,2007 retired after 34
Curt Barratt '73, Lou Arp '73, and Jeff DeCaro '73 at Lou's home years ofservice from JPMorganChase & Co.For the time being we have decided to spend our winters in Hawaii (near my 86year-old father who moved here two years ago) and the rest of our year in the greater New York area and traveling. I am planning to connect with Hustace on the Big Island soon but ifany of you plan on coming to Hawaii make sure you send me an email so I can do some hosting."
1,970 Diane Eskenasy 3891 Laurel Park Highway Hendersonville, NC 28739-8921 dogsongs@pobox.com (828) 693-6196 Richard Goss 186 Jack Frost Lane P.O.Box 1018 Conway,NH 03818 (603) 447-2220 richard.goss@roadrunner.com Sara Cornwall 212 Gillies Lane Norwalk,CT 06854-1059 beequeen@optonline.net (203) 866-1945 Douglas S. Schwartz writes,"In December I relocated to The Woodlands,TX to become manager of Global Aviation Services for ConocoPhiffips—overseeing world-wide aviation activity for the oil company.Prior to joining ConocoPhillips I had been Director ofAviation for AT&T in New Jersey"
1,971 Edward Pytka 180 Ross Hill Road Charlestown,RI 02813-2604 epytka@aol.com
it972 Otha Wills 516 Greene Street Ogdensburg,NY 13669-2636 owi1s@mcsk12.org (315) 393-7880 Tony Spagnola writes,"My son Jack Spagnola '10 started Williston in the fall and loves it!" I have been keeping up with "Arli" Wagner and Rob Galbraith through email.Arli is semi-retired and living in Denver. Rob is still working,although he did retire as a Captain from the U.S. Naval Reserve not long ago."As for me, my youngest daughter is only five-years-old,so I won't be sleeping-in on a weekday for a while! I'm still the principal in a small school district in northern New York. —Mike
3Meunion Cynthia Archer 88 Columbus Avenue Holyoke,MA 01040-1811 (413) 532-0042 archercyn@aol.com The class of'73 rocks! Always has, always will! Thanks for all the news!The biggest collective news is this June we will celebrate our 35th Reunion in Easthampton! We are expecting a huge turnout as well as hoping for generosity from our classmates,Whatever you can afford would be appreciated! We'd love to win the"prize"for largest turnout,greatest percentage ofthe class contributing and the most money! How great WHEN we make that happen!! From Curt Barratt:"I am living in Greensboro,NC with my wife (25 years in February) and three children. Our oldest girl is graduating from Elon University this spring. Our middle boy is a sophomore at NC State and our youngest girl is graduating from high school on the Saturday ofReunion weekend
so I will not be able to make the trip. I am vice president of Wafer Fab Operations for RF Micro Devices here in Greensboro and got a big kick out ofseeingM Decaro and Lou Arp last fall. I intend to stay in touch with Lou since we are both here in the Tar Heel state. I really regret the timing of the Reunion,but who knew when we decided to have a third child that it would come back and bite me on my 35th Reunion. Regards to all and tell them that I'll make the 40th!"Pamela Belsky reports that all is well in NYC!She has her own real estate firm and is doing very well.As oflate January she had just come back from snow shoeing in Sun Valley,ID and had a great time.Paul Blumberh writes,"Thanks for all of the updates over these years; ready to see you all! Hugs all around!Well, we always seem to be celebrating something here in Maryland...my daughter Emily's 19th birthday and her growing independence as a college student at The University of Maryland College Park...Dean's List! We will soon celebrate my other daughter Katie's sweet 16th...hopefully a low-key affair at our house...yeah, right! What a cool challenge to be a dad with great daughters! My wife and I also celebrated our 26th anniversary and are feeling lucky, blessed and happy. It's been a great run for me and Williston set me up just fine...some of the greatest friends and memories a man can hold...so many great teachers and classmates...1 do believe we had a special experience together... come on June!"JeffDecaro writes: "I am writing from Maryland,and want to wish everyone from the Clots of'73 a hearty and healthy NewYear.After all,it is a pretty special year—as it wasjust 35 short years ago that we were all pimple-faced teenagers learning to become young adults in the little town ofEasthampton. My memories ofthat place and time, though colored by many gray hairs and a few facial wrinkles,is a mixture ofjoy and sadness—joy because of the many good times that we had,and what we learned about ourselves while we were busy making new friends from all over the world,and sadness because, well,we actually had to move out, grow up,and get a realjob.In the past 35 years,I often find myself telling stories to perfect strangers about my fondest memories oflife at Williston.And they all seem to revolve around one central theme—the freedom that we were given to experience new things, express new ideas, and try on new strategies for coping with
what we thought were stressful times (little did we know just how stress-free we really were). I make it a point to come back to the little town where I grew up every five years (I even cut one trip to Vegas short in order to make the 25th Reunion),because for me it is a time ofrenewal,and getting back to my'roots.' Although our Reunions have been terrific each and every five-year anniversary I hope to see a few new faces this year,in addition to the `old guard.'In the famous words of one of my boyhood idols—`Mikey'from the cereal commercial—just try it, you'll like it!' In the past few months,I had the good fortune to schedule business trips to Maine and North Carolina. I spent a great evening with Vinny LoBello and his wife Susie at his place in Ogunquit,ME in September, and in November I flew down to Raleigh,NC where I hooked up with Lou and Laura Arp, and Curt and Dee Barratt, and we had a terrific dinner (along with some premium cigars) at Lou's house.Both trips were too short,but wonderful just the same.I am really looking forward to our 35th Reunion this June,and hope to see many of you back in Easthampton that weekend. Until then,keep the faith, and stay well." Michael Hirsch writes that"the last few years have been both challenging and rewarding.I am still working at Northrop Grumman Space Technology leading one offour teams developing the James Webb Telescope which will replace the Hubble Observatory in 2013.In addition to my focus on the Webb Telescope, I was promoted to Director of Mission Excellence for Civil Space about a year ago.These two roles keep me running. Last fall, I had the opportunity to visit Williston and give a talk on JWST to some science classes. I was impressed by the attention paid and the questions raised. I am living in the Los Angeles area with my wife, Margaret,and my two sons. My older son,Dan,is a sophomore at UCLA.My younger son is a freshman in high school.I am looking forward to our 35th Reunion and urge our class to plan on attending.These events are a great opportunity to renew friendships:'Melissa Houston writes,"I am in the midst of my 25th year ofteaching kindergarten at St. Catherine's School,a private girls'school. I have been teaching now for 30 years and continue to love what I do—it's a major blessing. St. Catherine's is an Episcopal school and I like the opportunities
Vinny LoBello '73 and Jeff DeCaro '73 in Maine for spiritual growth that it offers its students and faculty. I have been (as of October) accepted into the Educational Specialist Degree program at UVA in reading education.The hope is that I will be able to use what I learn in my classroom now,but I would have the option later to become a Reading Specialist at St. Catherine's or another school.When I retire, I anticipate that it will be a semi-retirement and I will be able to use this degree in reading to consult and teach on a part-time basis." Anne Insley Clemson writes that she's "giving up my perfectly good day job to spend the year studying and working with horses,learning to be a `horse whisperer,'for lack of a better term.On the home front, I expect to spend lots more time chauffeuring my 13-year-old son around,Will probably miss the Reunion,but—for those that do show—good for you and have a great time!" Nancy Kingsberg has written to assure us that dreams really can come true and her four-year-old daughter is living proof.Accompanied by her sister Myra Kingsberg Efron '69, Nancy brought Addison home from China on December 29, 2006,and she has never been happier or more tired. Of course Nancy has received lots of support from Addison's "Williston Aunties"Judy Collen Fisher, Cindy Archer,Betty Chase Hyde, and Sue Reidy, and incredible encouragement and strength from her immediate family and cousins Norma Barowsky Glazer '64, Polly Eskenasy '65,and Diane Eskenasy '70. Given the excellent education she received from Williston, Nancy has high expectations of making it through elementary school
again.Wanting to work closer to home and do less traveling, Nancy decided to leave a successful career in medical advertising in New York City last year and begin a second career as a Merrill Lynch financial advisor in Darien,CT If any of Nancy's classmates find themselves in the Stamford/ Darien,CT area, please come and visit. She cooks a mean Chow Fung now.Jerry Martin writes,"I feel like I work 24 hours a day to put four kids through college all at the same time. My kids are 22, 21,20 and 19.They all turned out great and love sports like their father (unfortunately not swimming).! have run my own business for over 30 years. Safeguard Business Systems provides business forms, marketing material, promotional products, records management,computer checks and training for the popular QuickBooks accounting program.! am an avid and competitive racquetball player and love to take spinning(RPM)classes at my local Gold's Gym.Fortunately, I'm not too far off my weight from the Williston days. I also spend every weekend skiing at Mt.Snow in Vermont with my daughter and friends."(I wonder how many of us can say we're not far off our weight from our Williston days!) Betty Chase Hyde treated me to a week at Smuggler's Notch inVermont in June.We swam,golfed,canoed to a winery,sailed on Lake Champlain, learned to ride Segways and laughed the whole time. Later in the summer,I enjoyed a few days in Weekapaug,RI with Betty and her amazing 90-yearold Mom! Betty and her two brothers, Clayton and Richard Chase '71 hosted a fabulous party for their Mom's birthday in July
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at The Log Cabin in Holyoke. Then in the fall, Betty brought her leaf blower over (first time using it so it was a riot!) and helped me with the yard! Everyone should have such a wonderful friend.We met in pre-school when we were three-years-old! Betty works as a job coach for NEBA (New England Business Associates) that places disabled people with local companies.That is, when she's not skiing inVermont! Grant Randall writes, "The Randall house is getting ready for a big celebration in June.There is a big challenge in front of us for our class; I hope that everyone will respond to the challenge.All the family spent Christmas in Rincon,Puerto Rico. My son Dan spent the week surfing and had a great time on the board and dropping in on some nice size waves. My step-son Adam Zimnicki '07 is doing well at UNC Charlotte and wants his Williston friends to make a road trip to see him.My wife Ginny wants Mike '72 and Marry Wills to be sure to be to be at Williston in June." From Linda Shlosser Wood,"Hello from sunny Prescott,AZ! First time to live outside of New England and we love it. I've also taken a year offsince I got here which has been so energizing. It has been really fun being in contact with our 35th Reunion Chair—Cindy Archer.We have had some good times sharing old stories and finding out things about each other we never knew when we were students at Williston. I think many of us have more connections in life now than we realized possible 35 years ago and so it would be fun to reconnect. Hope to see lots of 1973 alumni at the June Reunion and for me,I would especially love to see my old Southampton day student buddies and any alums from Northampton School for Girls!" Craig Silber sent news which was great! What a pleasant surprise! "You did cause, me to pause and reflect that 35 years have passed since moving on from Williston. So much has happened since then; I'm not sure how to convey for news in the Bulletin. I was actually seriously thinking about attending the 35th and trying to reconnect with past classmates, however I just accepted a new position within Lockheed Martin which is requiring my family to pick up and move to Dayton,OH over the next 60-90 days.I'm not sure how it may affect ability to attend 35th.Things with the family are going well! My wife Mitzi and I have three kids: Cody (21) a senior at Rutgers,Shannon (19)
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in the middle of transferring from of the smaller islands off Hawaii). Wagner to Ohio State or Indiana, Their plan is to live "off the and Kipp (13). Myjob with LMC grid" and they are presently is to act as a corporate interface planting fruit trees on their into the Air Force's Research and property for sustenance.As for Development programs covering myself, I am slowing down and sensors, materials,IT and logistics spend considerably more time at tecluiologies.Very exciting! I have our home outside ofWoodstock, kept in contact with Dave Teece '72 VT where my wife and I ski, and just talked with him a few bike, and kayak,and stay outdoors weeks ago." Ray Solomon is planas much as possible all year round. ning on attending the 35th in It all started with Mr.Lipke's June. He writes,"Holly and I insistence that I do the Colorado built and moved into a new Outward Bound School my home last August.We have a senior year at Williston and then wonderful view of the snow hike the Appalachian Trail covered mountains to the west of through New Hampshire and Reno. Our daughter is only two Vermont.Louis Arp and I tried to months away from getting her do our own expedition one Janudriver's license. Luckily for me, ary outside ofSteamboat Springs, one of my good friends owns a CO and from there (as well as body shop,so I have put him on our frequent trips to the Manhan) retainer.We didn't travel too I've learned to feel much more much last year because the house at peace in the woods. I look took up all of our time,buying forward to seeing everyone at the lot in January and overseeing our 35th and remembering that the construction between March the older we get...the better we and August.The little traveling we were!"Jack Tatelman writes: did involved a trip to Connecticut "Since these Bulletin mailings to see family in March.I took my seem to take on a life of their daughter to see'The Lion King' own,I'm not sure exactly what on Broadway. It was a perfect day will have transpired by the time in Manhattan compared with the you read this.That being said, my weather during the rest of the fledging Salt Water Rowing Club trip. It was our first visit to continues to grow.We are closing Ground Zero,a very somber this season's membership at 24 time. The weather prevented a which is very doable considering side trip to Williston.By the time the interest in the club. Check this hits the presses I will have out our website at www.rocknmade a change in jobs.Because of row.org. I'm off to Florida with my work with accounting systems seven club members to lick-off' I have been recruited by a few my season's training (or have different companies to assist with returned depending when setting up accounting systems and you read this.) I'm still pushing a staff. It is a very exciting time so number two pencil around,sellcome June I will have some news ing beer.(Note to Reunion to share with everyone at the Committee: How many cases 35th. Looking forward to seeing should I bring this year?) Lastly,I you all then:'Sadie Somerville sold my house of 17-plus years had a great year! Somerville this past January. It is both great Manning Gallery, her business and sad news.All part oflife's pasco-owned with Victoria Manning, sages. Everyone asks'Where will celebrated its 25th anniversary in you go? What will you do?'As of 2007 with a major exhibition of this writing,I'm still local to original paintings by noted artist Marblehead but things are very and illustrator N.C.Wyeth (1882- fluid now that Debbie and I are 1945).She was featured in an the proverbial'empty nesters: article for The Hunt magazine in Cleaning out the house I found a October 2007,titled "After great picture of my dad with 'the Wyeth," detailing artists of the • ls: Not sure ofthe date but I next generation represented by ow Ginger was very impressed Somerville Manning Gallery. by the car he drove. Looking forFrom Todd Stall,"Just tonight at ward to a great Reunion turnthe gym (yes,I still try to keep out. Don't forget to bring your somewhat active!) I saw Jerry checkbook!" Rob Tullis plans to Martin and we discussed driving be back on campus for Reunion together to the Reunion.I know and looking forward to it! He I will be there for at least a day writes,"News from me is that I and I believe Jerry will as well.As am still a vice president at Elkus for news for the Bulletin, I can Manfredi Architects in Boston. I report that my wife and I spent a am working on projects in New long weekend with Brad Smith England,the D.C.area,and Caliand his wife Christine this past fornia. My most prominent projfall at their home in Maine ect at the moment is the new before they departed to their One Franklin tower on the site of new property on Molokai (one the old Filene's department store
in Boston's downtown crossing. The building is a 500-foot tall mixed use complex with retail, office, hotel, and residential uses, and includes the largest adaptive reuse of a historical building (the 1912 Filene's building by Daniel Burnham) in Boston. It's my first skyscraper!" Abby Zanger writes, "How could we have a 35th Reunion since I'm only 35 now?! I am enjoying a well-earned and much needed year off of teaching as I work on finishing two book projects.The Williston campaign linking donations to remembering wonderful teachers caused me to exchange some emails with Jon Davis, who taught English my first year at Williston, 1971-72.It was fun catching up with him. Otherwise, we are still living in Cambridge,although two years ago we moved from a condo to a house,The house overlooks the Cambridge Reservoir. It is a bit of country in the city.Although I know many of you have grown children, my son is just turning 13,so it is the bar mitzvah year. That is taking much of our attention these days. I'm looking forward to the Reunion and I think I may actually make it this time:' Unfortunately,life has gotten in the way ofcontacting all ofyou,via snail mail or telephone, since many of you haven't listed your email on Williston's website OR kept it current! Email is the way to go so please go to Williston's website (www.willston.com) and update or provide your email address so we can be in touch! It's amazing how many emails are returned since the addresses listed are no longer valid! Please, please, please help out your old class rep and update your email address today!Thank you! —Cindy Steven J. Majike posted a note: "Looking forward to heading east for our 35th Reunion this June. 35 years? Has it really been that long? After many years at Hilti in various sales and marketing positions, I left the company and joined Huttig Building Products in 2002 and have been their regional rep for Oklahoma and eastern Texas.With three boys,I WANT to travel and be on the road! I've been involved with natural bodybuilding for a few years and have won a few contests.This year, my 16-year-old son, Stevie, will be competing too. He'll be in the teen division while I'll be in the masters (old geezers over 45 years old!). He's a 6'4",220 lb sophomore who is a stud linebacker and is already being looked at by several Division I schools...including OU (G000000 Sooners!) Looking forward to seeing every-
my wife,Beverly.While raising a next Reunion warm up party son and daughter,she and I both should be at your house Layton!! commuted to Boston back in the Catherine "Buzz"Master writes late '80s to New England School in a nut shell,"my 50th year has of Law.I'm General Counsel for so far been wonderful.I am recently, happily divorced so spend- Providence Housing Authority and we have a small law practice ing a lot of time contemplating my options. Still painting and will together in Cranston,RI.Having David Leveille graduated from Brown with do some traveling with my 1514 Westmoreland Avenue highest honors,our son, Gregory, year-old daughter this spring:' Arlington,MA 02474-2713 Laura Anderson Wood writes from is in his first year of med school at dleveille@earthlink.net the University ofRochester. Our Key West,"playing here for a (781) 641-2349 daughter, Lauren,is a sophomore Sagittarian party—got to love it. Recently sold out the Fury Cata- at Providence College and desSteven Simpkin tined for med school as well. I maran Sunset cruise. Merry 10 Ross Road don't know ifit is my failing eye Christmas from the Keyes! See Holyoke,MA 01040 sight or memory,but as I've gotyou at Reunion." Stuart ten older I've developed a love Jacobson writes,"We finally and appreciation for photography ventured to the belly ofthe beast Kathleen Krohn (even made a bit ofa side business (DC). My family came to the 920 Midway Road conclusion that northern Califor- ofit). Some of my photo work Northbrook,IL 60062 can be seen at OuelletPhoto.dotnia is another country—why krohnk@comcast.net phot.com. Hope all is well with would someone build a giant (847) 509-0504 everyone else and would love to symbol ofprogeny when they Dear 1975 classmates, as I collect hear from anyone wanting to could have created a mini-mall or notes and compose them into more apropos,an organic garden?" share some memories:'Lee Ellis one section for the Bulletin I am writes,"It's been a long time Talking about the photo ofBeth compelled to feel a bit nostalgic. I and me,he says,"You have both since I've written to the class have edited a few things;for fear notes so here goes! I'm a aged like a good California that"our secrets" may be picked singer/songwriter currently living Cabernet!"Thanks Stuart— up by our children, past teachers, in Boulder,CO with my partner sometimes we feel like real or cause a stir in this adult life! I ripened grapes, almost raisin-like! Joe and our two girls—both feline! am reminded about how each of Since returning from several tours Bonnie Burnham, Cheryl Parker, my adventures,or perhaps mis-adofJapan with my music raising Lisa Yamilkoski celebrated their ventures, have had such a unique 50th birthdays with long time pal money for Cambodian orphans, impact on where I am today.So in I've been the composer for a new Bonnie Press at the Silverado Spa essence,I am grateful for having and Resort in beautiful NapaVal- musical called The Awakening of such experiences. I so enjoy the Angel DeLuna with a wonderful ley, CA during September of notes you send,and recapture the librettist. I actually got to play the 2007.Ever the serious students, energy and joy that we all shared whole show privately for Shirley serious studies were made in the a mere 32 years ago. Many of MacLaine a while back—it's kind areas of enology,botany,physiolyou—and the memories—are still ogy, social behavior and literature, of a family friendly spiritual piece—think The Fantasticks very vivid today! I celebrated my e.g. we drank,looked at gardens, 50th birthday this summer.Beth meets Cirque Du Soleil—and we had massages, gossiped and Hotoph DeLaurentis was there to finally have two NewYork proswapped books and copies of help guide me (in so many direcducers developing us for BroadMore and the AARP magazine. tions, since she had her milestone way. It's an incredibly long road, Pete Panonwan writes,"I'm glad just two weeks earlier!).It started but quite an interesting one!You to see that you and Beth are with a beach party,sort ofan can read and hear more of my well. In October,I completed my Annette Funicello-Frankie Avalon adventures and music on my 25th anniversary with Thai Airthing,and then a trip to the north ways International. George Cham- website--www.LeeEllis.cotn. Sending belt wishes to all my woods in Wisconsin.Beth had bers called and planned his family classmates. I'd love to hear from never been so far away from a vacation in Thailand during FebStarbucks, Gucci outlet,let alone you! And I promise to try and ruary 2008.For all ofWilliston's Neiman Marcus!We laughed as we keep in better contact!—Love & class of'75,before June 2008, Light,Lee."Jess Cohen writes, boated, dined on the local please drop me a note at agka "I'm answering your call to action. cuisine (cheeseburgers, brats), jit.p@tharairwaysusa .com for spe— I have a recent little announceand consumed delicious wine. cial air fares from JFK or LAX to ment that was used in connection You can take Beth out of New BIUC and the Far East. Rocky York,but you can't take New with a project I've been involved wrote,"That picture is way fuzzy, in. I think people may be interYork out ofBeth (not even in probably how you woke up that Wisconsin!). I am attaching some ested, but as well I truthfully next morning! Hope all is well. would be happy to get exposure of the pictures that I have received My oldest son Bobby is 14 and for it—www.lifeprojectafrica.org. from you,along with a snapshot stands 6'4" and weighs 225 lbs, As you'll read it's a not-for-profit ofBeth and me—a little fuzzy— and wears a men's size 16 shoe. George Chambers we sure needed Just finished football and he was which is doing AIDS treatment, you! As for other news,Layton the starting tight end on Varsity as health care and a variety ofother things in Tanzania.I have the usual Outerbridge takes time away from a freshman!" Mark Ouellet writes other personal updates,kids well, the golfcourse, marathon training, that"the photo accompanying oldest daughter working as assisand the beach to tell me that his your message confirms the adage tant to director at Fairfield Unison Sam is 19 and is at Queens that women age more gracefully University studying Law and his versity in Center for Faith in than men! Nice to hear from you daughter Ali is 16 and is at Trinity Public Life.Second daughter is a and see that life has been good to in Toronto.He hasn't had many you.After getting my degree from senior at Wesleyan University,son visitors in Bermuda from our class Columbia University,I settled in just started at Boston College,and in a long time. I think that the Providence,RI;the home town of daughter Abigail is now at home one at the Reunion this year— especially Barry 'Merle'Searle. Bring your guitar Merle and I'll bring my banjo and we can provide entertainment!"
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Kathy Krohn '75 and George Chambers '75 in Sarasota January 2008 with only parents and the dog. Didn't think I had any other
Williston news but in fact I have some. Still regularly see and talk to Gary Enright, Hal Haberman, and Jonathan Levin Epstein '76 and their families.(Gary and I exchange hundreds and hundreds of emails every year,almost none of which make sense):! have been collaborating with Cheryl Parker's husband Bill O'Grady on a few legal matters for some of his clients,too. My sister Judy Callen Fischer '73 is now retired from her years as president ofthe Williston's Alumni Council and ex-officio member ofthe Board, but she's as active as ever in promotingWilliston. Rich White and I almost got together for lunch several months ago,halfway between his office in New Jersey and mine in NewYork but it didn't quite come together as planned. Maybe next year." Finally,I am expecting to get together with George Chambers and his wife Mari-Beth in Sarasota,FL soon.They are doing well,parenting a four and six-year-old.He sends his best to all. So that's about it—all the news I have received recently.Keep the correspondences coming— krohnk@comcast.net.From the pillars of middle age... —Kathy
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handful ofemails from other classmates, too. Here's just a sample of what came my way.Dan Baldwin wrote:"Hey,everyone. Have a happy new year and a better 2008."Ilse Bodine wrote:"Just returned from a quick impromptu Rogelio Ramos '78 & family Sade, vacation cruise around the uninRogelio, Joshua, Angie, Justice, habited Bahama islands on our and Michael friend's 48' yacht. It was beautiful and I had no idea how fun it is to be in a mobile home on water for a week! I am sure the good Jennifer Carpenter Reid weather conditions may have 238 Sawmill Road helped the situation. I still work Brick, NJ 08724-1364 at DHL and just had my 20-year jcarpe1458@ao1.com anniversary with them.I am now (732) 206-0761 doing commerce consulting on Surprise! I know it's been a while the DHL shipping solutions with our largest customers and am still since I've put together a column filled with news about the class of working from the San Francisco Bay area. Never would believe I 1977.1 apologize for that. Colds and the flu hit me and my husband would stay at one company for 20-plus-years and actually be relentlessly all winter last year. Then,I had foot surgery in April.! thinking about how soon I can retire. I am considering going to recovered in time to make it to the 2008June Reunion as I was our 30th Reunion in June. I felt sure we could put those bumps in not able to make our actual recent landmark class Reunion.I would the road behind us and proceed like to show my husband around with an uneventful 2007 from the area." Dan Tishman sent me that point forward. Fat chance! this note from his new home in We found out a family member New Jersey:"I live in Highlands, was quite ill and needed surgery in NJ,an historic fishing village.We mid-July.Thankfully,everything are a 30-minute Seastreak ride to seems to have turned out well,so New York, which I catch (along we were able to enjoy what the with many Wall Street folks), right latter halfofthe summer and the fall offered us.The greatestjoy I get across from my house.I think this from being our class correspondent part of New Jersey is the best-kept secret going,especially Sandy is reconnecting with classmates Hook Beach across the bay. My who have dropped offthe radar screen for a while.In the process of daughter Lexi and my girlfriend generating interest in our Reunion, Carol love it here. Grandpa Tishman loves it here too since he hails from I caught up with Helen Perivier. Brooklyn, NY.I hope to see anyHelen is living in Brussels and has one who lives in the area or many been married to a Swedish fellow of you at the very next Reunion. named Ulffor about six years. Have a great year!" Finally,this She still works for Greenpeace cryptic note came in from though she did a stint teaching are you still a English as a second language to pickle farmer? Do you still drive junior high school students. She crazy?"I laughed when I read said she enjoyed that experience that. Now ifI could just figure and hopes she can go back to it out what it means! As you all someday. Meanwhile,she's done know,Williston closes out its some writing and editing for Greenpeace and received a special comprehensive campaign in June with a big party,and all alumni mariner's license that allowed her are invited to attend! Lise Bodine to live on board a ship for the and Dan Tishman are already better part often years. I also thinking about coming.Since made contact with Judy Anilosky many of you couldn't come to our Anderson. She and her family live own Reunion last year, perhaps in Colorado and she has a son you can make plans to come back named Aaron who's 14 now. Not this year. In the meantime,keep much has changed for her since news of your families and accomwe were in touch many moons plishments coming! All of us are ago,though the family did get to interested in finding out what spend a year in France when you're up to! Aaron was a toddler.Judy has —Jen worn many hats at the Longmont (CO) public library where she works, most recently in the volunteer department. One of the first applications she processed was submitted by a fellow alum- Abigail Clark 185 East Marion nus in the class of 1938! Talk Lake Forest,IL 60045 about a small world. One of my (847) 615-9571 recent pleas for new generated a
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Middle School English teacher and Vietnam veteran Paul Sonerson organized an emotional and eye-opening presentation for the Veterans Day all-school assembly in November. A panel comprised of Williston alumni and one other veteran spoke candidly about their experiences in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Speakers offered a bird's-eye view of the realities of battle, struggles being away from family, and the difficult choices that are made in a life of service to one's country. Panel members included Captain Michael Lynch '96, Colonel Stephen White '77, and Captain Tyler Boudreau. Also on the panel was Mrs. Gayle White who offered her perspective as a spouse and parent who faces numerous challenges when her husband is deployed overseas. The speakers received a standing ovation from all in attendance. fastest kid on the field, he's in mid-field where he can help out Wellesley, MA 02481-1216 on both ends. He enjoys baseball jennifersleeper@comcastnet and basketball as well. Both are (781) 431-7812 good students and well adjusted kids! My wife,Shawn,continues Bettina V Buehler writes,"After to do well in her economic conseveral years of correspondence sulting firm—making frequent via email, Whitney Small and I trips to DC and Frankfurt to managed to enjoy a face to face check on groups she manages reunion in Maine a few weeks ago. there. I continue the high-techWhat a treat. Notwithstanding all hop-around—now with Motorola ofthe years that passed between for almost a year building optical us,it was like time stopped over networking gear. My running the years and we were transported hobby has evolved into triathlons. back to 1978.However our taste I completed my first half-ironman in food and liquor has improved this summer.As always,there is over the years. No more cheap more family news and photos at beer! Fine Pinor Noir and great www.intorcio.org. Hope everyone food.And then we hit the pool is well!"Rogelio Ramos writes, bars for some great games ofpool. "All is well in NYC.My daughter I wish we could do it more often is interning at Lehman Bros. My but she is working over in Asia 15-year-old son Michael is a and only returns to the States sophomore in high school. My 13each year for a limited visit. Our year-old sons Joshua and Justice are reunion brought me back to the in the 8th gradejustice plays good orWilly days.We ended the trombone and drums,while visit with a review ofthe 1978 Joshua plays some piano and sings. yearbook.After exchanging stoThey have reached their rock-nries ofthe old days,I must admit roll stage.They are listening to that I was blown away to see Julie Rush,Rage Against The Machine, Chornesky Garella on the cover Van Halen,they even enjoy some of the new alumni e-newsletter. Allman Brothers. Part ofthe Three cheers for you Julie! Still reason for their enthusiasm is they looking for Tina T and other lost now play'Guitar Hero'on souls. Hope you all keep in touch. Playstation. My wife and I took It was great reviewing everyone's them to their first rock concert in online notes. Let's continue to August.We went to Projekt Revkeep in contact."John Intorcio olution, which included'My writes,"Our family is doing great. Chemical Romance'and headMy oldest,Joshua,is in 7th grade lined by `LinIcin Park'.They this year. He's forsaken other enjoyed it very much.I laugh at sports to specialize in soccer and the thought that they are enjoyactually spent a week at Williston ing music I listened to 30 years this summer for Goalkeeper ago. One of my sons told me that camp. He's the big stocky kid that I'm not rock-n-roll,because I nobody gets through. My dress the part. Funny. I recently youngest,Jacob,is in fifth grade. contacted Ariane Austin Qureshi, He plays soccer as well but, as the who practices law in NYC.She's Jennifer McLeod Sleeper 45 Falmouth Road
a mother of two.It's unbelievable the bond that we have created and still have with people we met at Williston.I recently found family, which I never knew existed in Culebra,Puerto Rico.It's a 7-milelong island offthe East Coast of Puerto Rico.It was a great experience. I started an online family tree last year to reconnect with family and so our kids can know their family members,even though they have yet to meet them.Between my wife's family and mine,I have identified 400 family members from various family branches.If anyone is interested in starting their own five family tree, go to www.tribalpages.com.Take care everyone. Keep in touch. Ifanyone is in the city, give me a call at 212-474-3405." Debbie Rubin Babbitt writes,"We are very excited to welcome our fourth child, Gabriel Bernard Babbitt to the family. Samantha 10,Arielle eight,and Jonathan six, all love their baby brother who was born February 21,2007.Though I would prefer to show up at the Reunion skinny—having had a baby at 47 is a great excuse for some extra lbs. See you guys at Reunion." Carol Dupree updates us with "I was inspired by Debbie
Rubin Babbitt to finally update you all on our warehouse in Georgia.Thanks Debbie!The renovating is slow as we are taking our time and busy with life.The front door unit, metal shutters, windows (made fiom reused doors) and the awesome decorative security gate (at the front door) were all made by my husband Randy.He used old doors for the actual doors and windows but the frames,etc. were constructed by him.The building is going to have an industrial (lots of metalwork) and Mexican courtyard theme on the inside. The inside is an empty palette right now but we have plans drawn and it's all laid out ready for construction. Hope all are well and I'm looking forward to Reunion next year!"Dana G. Corey posted a note:"I am living in Portland,OR and I have never been happier.With all the traveling I have done and the many cities that I have lived in,I can honestly say there is nowhere as great as Portland!You should all visit. My three kids are growing up so fast, my head sometimes spins. My oldest,Ethan,is a freshman at the University of Oregon. He wants to be a 6th grade teacher and teach environmental
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c6txett gj eixtnem g51€034e(1/Illi The new Partners Program is a web-based affinity program bringing together those who have goods and services with those who wish to take advantage of such goods and services at significant discounts available only to Williston Northampton alumni. Find out how to become a partner through the ALUMNI section of the school website at www.williston.com. If you have any questions about the program, please contact John Anz '82 in the alumni office. With your help we can build the Partners Program here at school, where you live, and around the world!
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not sure what he's thinking, but someone needs to do it, and he's the person for the job. Gnora,(she changed the spelling when she was seven and learned how to spell gnome),is a sophomore in high school and is the perpetual over-achiever—international Baccalaureate A student, swim team (two teams),lifeguard and swim instructor,violin and viola player,student council, world traveler (travels to Mexico every year on her own money for a music intensive)—my head spins just hanging out with her.Thank God she's funny and sweet and silly too. Caleb is an 11-year-old dork. Sweet,smart,and completely absent-minded.A math whiz and a writer, he's adorable still. He still hugs me a few times a day and walks down the street holding my hand—makes me smile. I've been married for six years to my best friend,a guy I met online! Professionally, I am a sex-educator and do romance workshops at people's homes and am starting to do workshops at the local colleges. My business has been rocking; there really is a need for more empowerment and knowledge about intimacy,sex, and anatomy! Check out my website at www.SpicySinsations.com. If you come to Portland,look me up.I probably won't be at the Reunion in June,but I'll be thinking of you all."
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1,980 Thomas Pieragostini 2944 Nichols Avenue Trumbull,CT 06611 (203) 378-8566 tom.pieragostini@sbcglobal.net Holly Steuart Richardson 27280 Ridge Lake Court P.O.Box 2849 Bonita Springs, FL 34133 (239) 949-0900 hollysteuart1980@aol.com
From Holly Steuart Richardson, "I've been amazed to hear how many ofour classmates have been touring colleges with their children this past year. My oldest,Steuart, heads to Kindergarten this fall with my youngest,Conner,entering pre-K.I'm all teary-eyed about that
big milestone.I cannot even think about how I'm going to react to college.Over the past two years when not working on the alphabet or numbers,I've been assisting young woman that have aged out offoster care. Sadly our foster system is in need ofsome serious TLC.Too many foster parents are in it for the money,so once these kids turn 18,many are literally put out on the door step with a few bags of clothes (since the state no longer provides financial support).I've been assisting with furniture collection and household goods...while others concentrate on findingjobs for them,affordable housing and keeping them in school.It's a huge job and though some ofthe girls have stumbled along the way,the majority are amazing with what they have accomplished and overcome at such a young troubled age. In addition to the foster work,I've also been assisting one of the abused women's shelters in our area.This is another dark part of our society,though again,I have been overwhelmed by the strength of the women that have been able to overcome and stand back up for themselves.The need is immense and ifthose two organizations are not enough,we have a huge population of migrant workers here in SW Florida that are in need of everything and I'm still caring for many of my Jamaican friends in Montego Bay as well—we hosted one young man last year and will be hosting a young woman this summer. I love what I'm doing,especially how it has affected our boys—If you were to ask our boys what Mommy does—they will tell you that I deliver things to girls with no mommies and daddies and that I drive a truck (26 footer).Wishing you and your family well." Katherine Arms Smerdon writes,"Hi everyone. Little did I think I would be back in Kenya and watching a crisis unfold.We all knew—those of us who know this place—that we would have a tight election and that neither side would be happy with the outcome—but no one expected this.The level of distrust here after so much violence is amazing and sends this place back decades. It shows what a thin layer offabric we have all been living on.I still report for CBS News—I'm the old lady now. And we have been back here for three and half years after having been in Hong Kong for four years. I have my own production company and work on all kinds of television programs. Most recently, I have been putting together a series for National
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Daughter Charlotte Rose DeGraff, and son JT of John DeGraff '81
The children of Steve Newman '81, Paige, Anna, and Travis Geographic—but this may change with our new chaos here. My husband is Peter Smerdon with the UN's World Food Programme.We met in 1988!That was a world away.We have a very sharp five-year-old who I think is destined to be a reporter. He has been incredibly patient during this crisis and understanding of the needs of other people. Hello to all and please say a little prayer of peace for the people ofthis very good nation who are caught in a terrible situation. Happy NewYear,Katherine." From Debbie Direcktor:"Hi All,Wow, when I saw Tom Pieragostini's name in my mailbox,it rang a bunch ofold high school bells, I did a double-take. Hi Tom and everyone else. I am doing well. Busy with my growing Power Chocolate business. Check out my site powerchocolates.com to see my product line (and even order!). My oldest is 17,got her braces offand her driver's license in one week.She is starting a high school newspaper and she is really into it. It got printed out and folded today and she is throwing a little premier issue party at her school tomorrow. It is called The Lion's Pride Press. If anyone has access to a school newspaper they would like to share with her please send one to: Eliza Duggan 82 Church Street, Belfast, ME 04915.1 was impressed with the first issue. She worked very hard and stuck to her deadline, which was a challenge with getting all info in from other classmates (she is not the procrastinator I used to be). My middle child is a great actor and singer and is starting wrestling this year for the first time. He just turned 13 a few days ago. He is a true 42
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comedian. My six-year-old is an amazing and natural tap and ballet dancer and also a thespian like the rest of us.We all act and perform in local theater and have done a few professional things as well. (Check out the Academy Award winning movie'In the Bedroom'. That's me as the nurse. My character's name is Janelle and I have the whole screen to myselffor a few seconds and even some lines! I think my last residual check was for $3.00—probably for something on cable during late night. I got to work with Sissy Spacek and Tom Williamson which was awesome!)Anyway,I would love to come to the next Reunion. Anyone know when that will be? Does our class have any more? I so regretted having to miss the last one.I hope you are all doing wonderfully and would love to hear from anyone in the group. Anyone ever come to Maine? All the best,Deb." From Thomas Pieragostini:"Everyone here in my small world is doing well. Ofcourse that's because my daughter Jessica, now 18, has her own car and has become very independent,this makes her VERY happy.We weren't like that when we were her age-were we? Later,Tom."Stacey Marien writes,"I'm still living and working in Washington,DC.I'm the business and economics librarian at American University. Since I have tenure, I am now planning my first sabbatical for May 2008. My daughter Emma is 10 and my son Brian is eight. They keep me busy especially now that I am a single parent. My husband and I separated one-and-a-half-years ago so now I'm free forJoe Lytle to finally call me! I get back to New England every year to visit my mother who has retired to Maine.Anyone who comes to DC is welcome to give me a call—I love visitors, Stacey" From Sam Levin,"Check out my site www.samlevin.com. I've been in contact with Tommy P, Marty and 'Trucker'for many years. I just started a new job with a tech start- up based in London.I live with my poochjoaquin in Northern California and spend time cooking,running in the local hills and traveling.All the best,Sam.From Helen Gaillard, "My daughter Amanda has really kept me hopping—at the end of her sophomore year she won the French and the AP Chemistry awards.This past fall she was inducted into the National Honor Society and was 1 of30 girls to win an award from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in NY. She is busy researching colleges in New England and we are preparing for a college tour of MA,VT,
and NY.I have recovered fully from my total knee replacement Katherine Mattison Moeker over a year ago and I finish up 5935 South Logan Court with my studies at the Little Technical College where I will Littleton,CO 80121 kmoeco@yahoo.com receive my A.A.in Early Childhood Education.Then onto some- (303) 797-3007 where else for the bachelor's. Kevin S. Collins writes,"Don't Wishing you all well,Helen.Alma quite know where to start after a Samos writes"Saint! I'm happy as 25-plus year hiatus! Still seems can be and moving from France to like yesterday though.I'm sorry I Panama in a few months with my couldn't make Reunion last year. five kids & husband (Miguel). I live in Los Angeles with my After working for many wife Sara, my daughter Samantha years with an NGO (18 years) I (nine) and son Nicholas (four). I decided to go to Panama and I have stayed in touch with Joe have a project that I hope will Scott and Kyle Bergman from work:create a foundation for time to time.Joe called from a abused children. I think it can restaurant in DC a week or two work,and this kind of organizaago with Dave Cochran and tion is needed everywhere,don't Leslie—reminded me ofthe good you think? Keep safe and best to times! Drop me a line if you're all of you.P.S. My organization ever in the L.A. area, or even if here (I amVP now) is the same as you're not John T DeGraff always,taking care of gravely ill writes"Kimberly and I just welchildren www.petitsprinces.com." comed a baby girl, Charlotte From Hollis Phillips,"Work is Rose DeGraff,into our family. crazy, but good.I am now the She was born on November 1st lead geologist for the PG&E at 2:14 a.m.in our home.JT's run "Erin Brokovich" site.Whitney as an only child has come to an and I did get away for a five-day end,but he loves having a baby whirlwind New England Tour sister,We have been back in over Christmas and look forward Boulder,CO for a year now,after to more of the same." Curt a two-year stint in North Dakota. McLeod writes,"Holly Steuart Mother and child are both did a greatjob ofkicking off healthy and we could not be hapsome e-chatter among the class of pier, although perhaps better 1980 a few weeks ago and I rested:'Steve Newman says"I am promised I would get you an living in central New Hampshire update.The only problem is, not with my wife Ellen Brownson much has changed since our 25th. and our three kids: Paige(13), The kids are just a few years Travis(11) and Anna(seven).I will older...with my oldest driving! extend the skiing invitation for Now I can relate to what my this winter. I live about 10 minparents went through. My closest utes from the Mt.Sunapee ski "Williston" neighbor, aside from area. Ifanyone is up skiing,please my sister Liz who also lives in get in touch and we could catch Hingham,is Paul Harrington in up. I have only been skiing for Scituate, MA.I have not seen about five years and I admit that Paul in awhile,but it's my undermy kids kick my butt down the standing that he was promoted to mountain,but it's still a blast!" CEO at Reebok when Fireman Richard S. Moskowitz posted, stepped down.I still see Andy "Just a quick update from WillisIvey in Boston pretty often. He's ton West—my wife Stacy and I doing great and hasn't changed are pleased to announce that we much since graduation,no less are expecting the birth of our Reunion.Don Baker, who first child. Stacy's doctors have moved to the Burlington,VT area confirmed that it's a girl, and that with his family, was in Boston she's healthy,growing right on recently wrote,"Donny,Andy,and schedule,and expected to arrive I got together for a few hours sometime in May 2008.Dad and over a dart board and caught up mom-to-be are still living in L.A., on lost time. I'm also in touch doing fine, and eager to compare with Wendy Logan off and on. notes with other parents in the She's also doing great and has a ever-growing Williston '81 family. son that may be attending WillisAnd of course,ifanyone happens ton next year. I would love to to be in the neighborhood,or just hear from some of the crew that wants to say'hi: we'd love to hear has disappeared from the face of from you." Noelle Hogan Gray the earth...David Stern, Neal writes,"I was sorry to miss the Prendergast("Dr.P"Who would last Reunion—maybe next nine. have thought we could take that I've been living in Minneapolis literally?) etc.Throw me an email, since 1993. I 'retired'from a cmcleod@capitalforest.com." career in public health to run a leather shop with my husband Dave (he kept his engineeringjob to supply us with health insur-
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ance and a steady income) and my little dog Rudy.Ifanyone lives or visits Minneapolis and has the inclination,look me up. Minneapolis is a fantastic city!"And Jim Shaler writes,"The Shalers and the Francises held a family Reunion on the Cape recently. I flew up from Tampa for the week. It was great to see Jeffand Todd.I have been playing phone tag with Dave Cochran.I talked to Chris Hardon today. His nephew is at Gunnery. Like Chris and Clay, this footballer plays in the NE Championships this weekend.I see some goin lf- my future in the spring with Hardboy and/or Bob Hazen.I have dialed down the lacrosse a little bit. I explained to my wife that I only played 25 games in 2007.1 promised not to exceed that in 2008." In a note to Kathy Mattision Moeker, Virginia Barrett writes,"Hi Kathy. I'm living in Mexico for the year,San Cristobal de las &Ras to be exact,in Chiapas.I'm on the last third ofa travel memoir I am writing about my time in Zimbabwe a few years back (right—go to Mexico to write a book about Africa).The project is going well and I'm excited to finish it in the next few months I hope! San Cristobal is in the heart ofMayan country with many indigenous villages surrounding the small city and,once you descend from the misty mountains here, you are in the heat of the jungle and all its lush beauty. Recently a friend visited and we traveled to see the ancient Mayan ruins ofPalenque.Then we spent a day swimming and soaking up the sun at a gorgeous waterfall, Misol Ha.All the best to you, your family and all the Willys. Peace,Virginia."And,excerpted from the Potasky Family holiday card,"Ali ('08) is a senior at Williston this year, and will be presenting her art portfolio as her senior project in the Grubbs Gallery in the spring. Taylor is enjoying her last year at the Smith College Campus School in 6th grade, and is hoping to follow in the family tradition by attending Williston in the Fall. Kris' Two Acre Farm'continues to be her hobby and joy. Our Yorkie puppy,Pippa,is our newest addition to the menagerie.Todd enjoys riding our ATVs,shooting at the Holyoke Revolver Club,fishing and spending time on the Connecticut River, and listening to Jimmy Buffet on our boat named It's five o'clock somewhere. And our business,Valley Kitchens, has seen its third year of growth.Be sure to check out our new web site at www.vkitchens.com."
1,982 Margaret Espy Spurrier 1300 Champions Drive Rocicwall,TX 75087-2301 nupurrier13@charter.net Thomas Rouillard 1 Old Alewive Road Kennebunk,ME 04043 trouillard@hannaford.com (207) 885-3927
Bill Koski writes,"I will be heading to Iraq next month where I am a captain in an army civil affairs unit. Not sure what I'll be doing exactly but it will be along the lines of assisting the Iraqis to develop and maintain their infrastructure. I expect to be meeting with Iraqis on a regular basis while implementing and supervising existing civil affairs projects.As things progress,! may be able to answer questions and offer insight to my mission. I can best be reached by using william.koski@us.army.mil. Hope all is well, Bill." Kaitlin Hopkins writes,"On August 25th,after six wonderful years together,Jim Price and I were married in Hillsdale, MI on his parents'farm surrounded by family.Jim's folks threw us a fantastic barbeque with all the fixins and lots of homemade pie—what more could you ask for? Jim has spent the past three years transitioning from actor to playwright.In addition to being asked to be part ofthe Playwright/Directors Workshop at the Actors'Studio,he was recently asked to be one of the five Lark Playwright Workshop Fellows for 2007-08.Every year a handful of writers are picked to develop new plays in the Lark's Playwright's Workshop program,led by Arthur Kopit. For more information on the Lark and their playwrights visit www.larktheatre.org. It is a pretty amazing organization. One ofthe things Jim will be working on is his new play "Collision Course" which is the first play in a trilogy ofscience-based plays he is writing. He has also written a new musical titled "Cold Feet" with collaborator James Hindman.In family news,my mom is being honored at The Rome Film Festival and will spend a week there with my sister Sophie (who also got married this summer). Over the course of the festival they will screen three of her films,Sweet Bird OfYouth, Dutchman and The Rain People. How cool is that! As for me,! am continuing to teach master classes all over the country and loving it. I had a blast this summer—first at Williamstown doing Daniel Goldfarb and David Kirshenbaum's Party Come Here directed by Christo-
pher Ashley and then doing a workshop of Bye, Bye Birdie for the Roundabout Theatre directed by Robert Longbottom. Most recently I joined theYork Theatre as part oftheir MUFTI series doing a wonderful musical by Joe Stein and Stan Daniels called Enter Laughing (looks like we will begin rehearsals on a full production and cast album soon, which is exciting). I am currently working on a new musical by David Shire and Lee ICalcheim called My History ofMarriage which is wonderful. I am also working with composer Steven Lutvak and writer Robert Freedman as a director on their musical campaign of the century and will continue to direct the readings/workshops ofJim's play and musical. It's great to be back in touch." —Kaidin
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Ken-Sue Baker 1315 Appleby Avenue Baltimore, MD 21209 bakerk@rpcs.org (410) 207-3495 Mark Berman 4030 Jebb Island Circle E Jacksonville,FL 32224-7916 berm@comcast.net (904) 992-4984
Deborah E Boone wrote online, "Greetings from Charlotte. It just dawned on me that I haven't sent any notes to any ofthe class reps in a l000000ng time.Let's see, what's new?Well,I'm still a stay-athome-mom to two wonderful little girls,Emma (four in October) and Lily (two in December),and my husband Ryan is still doing technical consulting for North Highland here in Charlotte. I've also started an online discussion forum for moms in the Carolinas to discuss current events, politics, religion, controversial stuff mostly. You can check it out at backporchchatter.com. If you or anyone you know is a mom in the Carolinas,tell them about it! We have over 250 members and have only been live for a little over a month. Other than that, nothing much is new.We just got back from a vacation in Blowing Rock which was fantastic. If you're ever in the area,look us up! See ya soon..." Robert A.Toye wrote,"I still live in Vietnam as a coffee trader/coffee factory director. Have a six-year-old girl and a four-year-old boy.Vietnam is an interesting country and I welcome all visitors. I have a few more stories but they can only be told in person. Hope to see you all next year."
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Matt Roberts '87 & his eight-weekold son, Dylan Matthew Roberts
1984 Jody Gutman Golden 288 King Street Cohasset,MA 02025-1620 (781) 383-2685 Rex Solomon Houston Jewelry 9521 Westheimer Houston,TX 77063-3369 (713) 784-1000
1,985 Angele Hebert Myers 135 Heritage Avenue Ashland,MA 01721 angeleh@comcast.net (508) 881-8537
Phil Barreda writes in"My wife, son,and I are all doing well.Victor Nicholas-Manuel Barreda is now thirteen months old and is attending `school' at the Palmetto Presbyterian Day Care. He just graduated from the baby room to the one-year-old room and is having a great time. My wife and I anticipate being in the western Massachusetts area sometime in October of2008 to visit my other Alma Mater,The Bement School,in Old Deerfield,MA,and also to visit my cousin in Boston as well as to see the wonderful fall foliage and many friends.Perhaps a visit to Williston will be in the cards."
1986 Mijanou Malise Spurdle 140 Meridian Avenue Apt.336 Miami Beach,FL 33139-7094 mijanou@bellsoudi.net (305) 695-9483 Geordie Dunnington 170 Centre Street Milton, MA 02186 George_Dunnington@milton.edu Ellen Rosenberg Livingston 215 Hickory Road Weston,MA 02493 ebubu@aol.com (781) 416-7323
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factory was September 28,2007. Effective October 1st,I started a new gig as vice president ofcontent for GetBack Media,the latest shout! factory brand. It will be a broadband destination for 35-55year-olds to rediscover their favorite popular entertainment from their past,socialize,and learn what their favorite artists are doing today. GetBack will create and host broad pop culture content but this new business unit also allows shout! factory to leverage its own artists and catalogues across a growing number ofplatforms it now controls, including our blaze television unit,brick & mortar retail, and online retail businesses.In addition to my new role,I will continue overseeing A&R for Herb Alpert, Solomon Burke,Matthew Sweet & Susanna Hoffi,the Johnny "guitar"Watson estate, and other select artists and titles on our roster. I'll also continue to produce and host shout! factory's weekly 'shout! popcasts'. Keep the faith, Shawn?'
1987 Matthew Roberts 26 Devon Road Darien,CT 06820 matthewjroberts22@msn.com (203) 353-3321 Stephanie Naess Kennedy 16373 Kelsey Lane Eden Prairie, MN 55347 thekennedy5@mac.com (952) 217-4407
Happy New Year!This is my first entry as a class representative and I only hope that I can fill the shoes ofthose that have come before me. It's not easy getting comments from classmates as I knew going into this... Early attempts were made with my immediate circle, but resulted in little respect. Dave Van Cott was one that ignored my plea for help and mocked me by sending an Officemax.com "You Got Elfed" video of himself', Jon Dann,Steve Weiner and Shannon Sakaske as dancing elves. If you missed this promotion this season I can tell you that it's one of the funnier things I've received in my inbox.Some did reply, but in various forms.Kevin Walsh and Jon Cutler both wished me seasons greetings. Mike Liebl wrote something that can't be printed in this update, but now helps me to understand why he drives fast cars for a living...I'm thrilled to report that Steve Weiner and his wife Lauran are expecting their first child in May and have purchased their first home in Seattle.The city of Seattle has recently become the home ofa number of our class-
mates. Steve moved to town last year as did Bissell Hazen.As many ofyou know,Leah Stahlsmith has been in Seattle for some time. Leah writes,"I'm now the Pac NW Alunmi Council rep,that means all you west coast Willys need to come to all the great events I organize, and I'm going to the June Reunion.Six month update: I bought my house (again) and a box truck (first time) and rented warehouse space (also a first), paid myselffor the first time in two years (hopefully that will last) and our company bought out two other staging businesses (we will never do that again).That pretty much sums up what I've been doing for the last several months.It's finally the slow season,so I've got time to write you in front ofSouth Park and Reno 911 reruns(now syndicated!).John Grossman was another who answered my initial call. For those of you who don't know,John is very involved and committed to the success of our alma mater. He was our 20th Reunion Gift Chair and serves as Alumni Council President and on the Board ofTrustees.John writes, "All is well here in Holyoke as we dig out from the first storm of the season. My four year old, Leon,helped me with the'snow scratcher' while my one year old, Lucy,rode her rocking horse with vigor in the kitchen.We are going to have a sleep over at Gus Perkins house on Saturday. He is just finishing a 2,000 square foot addition to his 500 square foot house. Now maybe we'll visit more often. I want to congratulate Leah Stahlsmith on joining the council as a regional member.I am still enjoying the memories ofour Reunion and am excited that this year Reunion will be another'all years'event to close out the campaign.Come on back and let's do it again!"Dave Beck was a surprising star in my responses and this is vintage Beck. We are very excited to have him back in the mix after joining those of us who attended our 20th in June. He writes,"Carin Nelson-Yates '89 came down for a visit while she was in Austin on business and gave me a call. I picked her up and drove her down to the ranch in Blanco. My car stalled right under the'Welcome to Blanco'sign and her husband just happened to call right then.She proceeded to tell him that my car broke down.It sounded like some lame old line. Anyway, we made it to the ranch and had fun. I didn't know Carin followed the Dead for two years. How cool. Liebl says he is coming down for New Years.So
there may be a colorful story soon to come involving tequila and a Juarezjail. I bought a bunch of wine and am hunting for a special bottle of tequila that they don't sell to gringos. I am also going to see Van Halen in January.I am afraid to see how old those guys look though. I'll take two Geritol and paint flames on the side of my Rascal (scooter for the elderly) for that evening. It's getting cold down here.I had to wear a sweater the other day" (Reps editorial note: I've since learned the Liebl New Year's was called off much to the joy ofTexas law enforcement). My class rep mentor Peter Kostos writes,"The only news I'd care to share with the family (class) is that I finished my M.B.A.at Drexel University's LeBow College ofBusiness this month and am very happy to be finished."As for my news,there is not much to report. Nicole and I are hunkered down for a long winter as Dylan is now eight weeks and Holden three. It's a joyful time,but comes with its sacrifices as many of you know."I'm no math major as Shannon Sakaske can attest, but I'm learning quickly that two is more than one! I really enjoyed attending our 20th last June and connecting with old friends. Let's hope more come back for our 25th.Well,I'm pretty happy with my first class notes entry and hope you will enjoy reading the updates. I'd like to thank all of you who contributed. I encourage more of you to write and tell me what you are doing. —Matt In an online remembrance, Stephanie Naess Kennedy wrote the following of classmate Pete Sitzman who passed away suddenly. "I heard from his dear brother Michael that he had come home from work on July 19th to find that his dogs were chasing a deer in the woods behind his house in northern New Jersey. Pete and a neighbor ran out to help break up the chaos,and somewhere in the fray, Pete disturbed a nest of yellowjackets who had a large hive in the ground. He was stung multiple times. Unfortunately,he had a skin condition that rendered him very allergic to bee stings. He ran back to his house and called 911,injected himself with an epi pen,but had stopped breathing by the time the paramedics arrived. His brother says he is grateful that Pete passed quickly and painlessly. But as you can imagine this is a huge shock for his family,friends and all who loved him.I,for one, remember him as a happy-golucky guy who was especially kind,funny,and friendly. He was
a wonderful addition to the Caterwaulers with a fantastic voice, and really a great part of our school,especially in that he was kind and accepting ofeveryone in every group.After college, his passions were animals (he had at least four dogs!), photography, and the graphic arts. Many of us remember his sense of humor and his zest for life. He left behind a very close-knit and loving family, including his beloved brother and parents. Sorry to pass on such sad tidings, but as Pete Kostos wrote to some of us so eloquently upon receiving the news,'I know we all take life for granted in some way and take risks sometimes that maybe we shouldn't,but we should never stop living, we should just be more grateful for what we have. It never hurts to stop and look at the clouds for a few minutes or watch a hummingbird float in the air as it collects pollen from a flower. So today,hug your kids a little harder, pet your dog a little longer,and kiss your soul mate a little deeper—it never hurts to do a little more? So here we are, we have lost one more wonderful classmate. I hope we can all remember him with warmth,affection and a big Pete Sitzman sized smile. I hope he and RyBall are having a nice cold beer together?'
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Jennifer Hatch Gubbins P.O.Box 176 1709 Wild Apple Road South Poinfret,VT 05067 jtgubbins@wildblue.net (802) 457-5834 Amy Hampson writes,"Our Reunion committee is having a great time catching up with each other-20-year-Reunion? WOW!Where has the time gone? I am married (Tim) and live in Amherst,MA.We have three children (Carter six, Quinn four and Liza 10 months).I have a degree as a Nurse Practitioner but right now I am home taking care ofour kids.We moved to this area a few years ago and are loving it! I look forward to hearing about what everyone is doing as we prepare for the Reunion." Krista A. Czelusniak writes,"I'm now living in Fort Lauderdale, FL with my husband Ed and our two-yearold son William.Prior to William's arrival I was directing the Corporate Language Training Department at a company in south Florida,but now I'm Head of Infant and Toddler Development at the Czelusniak-Carey Institute (aka full-time mom)and enjoying it more than I imagined I ever would! I saw Liz Freedman in
October and spoke with Buck Shank and Josh Mervis as well. If anyone out there knows how to get in touch with Lucy Moore please let me know.I look forward to hearing more from others in our class as well!"Susan Colina Neumon writes,"I moved to Reno/Tahoe with my husband Craig in January,2004.We love it here. Lake Tahoe is 45 minutes up the hill and! spend a lot of time there—it's an epic place—altitude ofthe Lake itselfis 6,600 ft, mountains around are 9,000+. The lake is 10 miles wide and 22 miles long.Big mountain skiing here is phenomenal—Squaw Valley, Kirkwood,Mammoth Mountain—all close by.! get to ski over 100 days a year—right through July 4th.Reno is in the valley at 4,500 ft above sea level. There's lots ofyear-long recreation here—hiking,mountain biking, etc.The weather is fabulous—it's high desert,so only snows in the mountains. Never have to shovel at my house. My parents retired and just bought a house here and it's nice to have family in Nevada now.We're two hours from Sacramento, three and a halffrom San Francisco/Napa.A lot of people don't realize that Reno is actually north ofSan Francisco and an eight hour drive from Vegas. I'm a Recruiting Manager for an Accounting/Finance staffing company and my husband Craig is an Actuarial Consultant for St. Mary's Health Plans (similar to what he did in CT). No kids... just our four legged baby—a boxer/pit-bull named Jade.We plan to come back East next June for Reunion. Can't wait to see familiar faces and catch up on everyone's lives!" Lee Chichester wrote in,"The nostalgia of working with the reunion committee has been far beyond my wildest dreams.So many wonderful memories are rushing back to us all. There's no excuse like the 20th Reunion to get your butts to Willy for some fun.A quick (if you can call it that after 20 years) catch up... I've been living in the Washington, DC area for the last 12 years after about two years in Atlanta following college at Hobart. My wife Krista and I have two boys, Carson,three,and Brody,two.I've been working as the Department ofDefense sales manager for a software company where I've been for the last eight-plus years. My wife is wonderful enough to stay home with the boys and is sure that the returns will be abundant when they start school five days a week! Looking very forward to seeing lots of you at the 20th!" Kristin Prigmore Brassel writes,"I am now living in NYC with my husband after
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Daughter of Amy Hampson '88, Liza Hampson is 10 months old Madeleine K. Crowther '88 & her daughter Charlotte
Krista Czelusniak '88 with her son William six years in Europe—he is a chef and we opened a restaurant, Knife + Fork in the city in May of 2006.1 recently left my Real Estate developmentjob of 10 years. I saw Heather O'Leary Pooley in London shortly before leaving there and recently saw Liz McCleod on a visit to New York. I can't wait to catch up with everyone else in June." Madeleine Crowther's online post: "Really looking forward to our 20th! I am hoping to be there along with my husband Mathew and our two daughters Charlotte (four-and-a-half-years-old)and Phoebe (21-months-old). Spoke to Krista not too long ago and we had a good chat! Hope to see everyone there!" Melissa Boyle writes,"I am in Easthampton with my brothers running our
Carson and Brody, sons of Lee Chichester '88 real estate development company. I am engaged to a wonderful man (Ron) who has two beautiful daughters. Family life comes at you quick with teenagers! I look forward to Reunion.Anyone in town early perhaps we could meet at Treydon's Bar & Grill in town.It is owned by Mindy GawleJenkins '87 and her husband Landon Jenkins and has become a Williston hot-spot." Jennifer Hatch Gubbins wraps it up by saying,"It has been great to be a part ofour Reunion committee and has brought back so many memories! I really hope that a lot of you can make it to Reunion.It would be great to see everyone and catch up. I met my
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Daughter of David McKinley '89, Elizabeth Ann Varick McKinley,
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husband Tom almost 20 years ago our 1st day at UVM.We both quit our corporate jobs in northwestern Connecticut and moved to Vermont where we are living on a beeffarm with almost 700 acres.We are loving the life change,the job and the area! My husband does most ofthe work since I am always chasing or driving our kids around.We have Andrew (five), Lily (three),and Hannah (18 months).The two older ones are now skiing and starting to play hockey,which is a lot offun. I am really looking forward to seeing a lot of you at Reunion."
A98,9 Jeffrey Lovelace 1660 Euclid Street NW #A Washington,DC 20009-5624 jfrylove@cs.com (202) 265-2322 Carin Nelson-Yates 185 North Main Street Suffield,CT 06096 cariny@earthlink.net (860) 386-4541
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house in that direction. My daughof'89 can be found on myspace.com as well as faceter, Elizabeth,is the coolest thing book.com. After a lot ofnudges I ever. She's three and a half,and just a great little person.She's very finally joined both and am musical,and she hangs out with amazed at some of the Williston people I have found. I find myself me in my studio and jams on drums,harmonicas,didgeridoo or addicted to playing scrabulous on any ofthe 35 guitars I have kicking Facebook (online Scrabble games around at any given time.We've got hosted through Myspace played nine (yes,nine) cats.We don't have against your friends). I have many matches againstJonathan Hausner enough money to be eccentric yet, as well as Heidi Lewis.After 10 so we're just weird. On the work years ofsearching,I finally located front,I'm a web guy and have been for a while.I've worked for Lacy Wilda.She is living in the some huge companies (Motorola) pacific northwest and is doing great! Life here at Suffield Academy and some small startups. I've done is great and ifanyone is in the area a bunch of consulting, and I've generally been pretty lucky in the please get in touch and stop by! —Cane career department. I think I said something about this in a previShaun Wright writes,lust ous class note,but it bears repeatwanted to mention that I have ing—GETYOUR EYES moved to Sao Paulo,Brazil.Such CHECKED! Glaucoma snuck up an amazing place to be (especially on me and stole about 90% ofthe summer right now). I am that it is sight in my left eye and some of learning Portuguese very slowly, my right eye as well. It's under but am moving forward every control now with meds,but it's day. I will spend a few months a scary as hell to face blindness. year in the NewYork City and dmckinley@horseneckconsultVermont area working,but my ing.com is the best way to get in only residence is here. Iffolks touch."Jonathan R.Hausner head south,you can find me at writes online,"Everyone is all swrightphoto@earthlink.net." grown up.I guess I am too but I Marcella Yearwood-Stichcomb am fighting it. Don't tell my wife. wrote"Well if you didn't know I live in Boston and I am a lawyer already—I am going to be doing which kind ofsucks most ofthe another surrogacy for another time (the lawyer part,Boston is family. Barry and I are doing cool) but I make the best ofit by great,and find it hard to believe making fun of myself(and other some days that we have four lawyers) and trying very hard not incredible children.Remember to be too serious. I have a daughthat no visit to Orlando is comter Ava who is four and a stepson plete without a stop at our home Ryan who is 18 and one of my for a visit:' Ryan McGivern best friends.We have surprisingly writes,"I hope that everyone is similar interests (like I said I am happy,healthy and still young.I fighting it). I have lost touch with haven't kept up with anyone other than Carin and occasionally just about everyone,but email Steven Nereo every now and then. Taran.I am the owner ofa glass I spend a lot oftime with the business called Studio 150 with family at the beach in Maine in my husband oftwo years. Check the summer when I am not out our web page at working,or skiing and snowstudio150glass.com and see what boarding in the winter." Kristen we have made in the last year. I R.Wells wonders"Why am I an have been working as a professional glassblower in Staten Island, alumna if I was tossed out? I'm now a general surgeon in rural teaching art to kids part time and Wisconsin. I live on 80 acres with jewelry line come out in had a my husband, who's a paramedic January. Life has been great; I moved back from Santa Cruz,CA in Madison,and my two boys (18 months and four years).We have a in 1998 and received my master's donkey,goats, chickens, ducks,a degree from NYU in 2003.1 barncat,and a mastiff. Life is blow glass in Brooklyn and at the good.I only work 3.5 days a glass studio at Wheaton Arts in week and my husband works two Millville, NJ with their production team. I look forward to hear- 24 hour shifts per week so we don't need much childcare. I have ing from you guys, would like to a really broad practice...1 do get in touch with Jay Kelly but everything from c-sections to can't find him.Ifanyone visits thyroid surgery. I do a lot of NYC,give me a call at 973-255breast cancer surgery and 7785 and I will buy you a drink. colonoscopies so my classy husDavid McKinley writes,"I'm living in Dartmouth, MA in a house band says I specialize in `T&A surgery.' If anyone comes out that my wife and I built about six years ago.We've got eight acres that this way,I'd love to meet up. Have fin." abuts conservation land to the north,so we can walk about twoplus miles without hitting another
1990 Francis Purcell Swallowtail Farm 584 Clems Run Mullica Hill, NJ 08062 (856) 223-1277 fijpurcell@aol.com Dana Caruso 1695 Main Street Springfield, MA 01103 (413) 563-8970 dana5872@gmail.com
Dearest Class of 1990! I hope this finds you well.As I write these notes,it is still winter in western Massachusetts and the NewYear has just begun...as you read these notes you will be enjoying the onset ofspring and also the prospect of all things fresh and new.2007 was quite a year full of domestic traveling for me,including a handful oftrips to Texas,a wonderful long weekend in New Orleans,and an amazing summer vacation to Nantucket.I look forward to much more traveling in the year to come,and plan to be better at planning ahead so we can meet up wherever I may land (yesJerrad Bloome,I know,I know...Houston isn't that far from Austin...I'll call ahead next time—I promise!) I have been out of touch for a bit, but know now that I am back from my hiatus and better than ever! When I am not traveling,I have a whole bunch going on here.I am graduating this spring from my doctoral program,and will be starting up my post-doc work in the fall. I plan to be working under a Red Cross grant supporting and providing psycho education for crisis workers and first responders in those areas affected by Hurricane Katrina over the next years.When I am not doing work or school-related stuff(I am not always doing that!) I run half marathons,go frequently to Bikram yoga and also do a lot ofpilates classes. I recently began studying Shambhala Buddhism,and have attended retreats and trainings in Vermont as well as classes at my local Buddhism center. Next up may be a course in Indian cooking,studying advanced Bikram yoga,or embarking on a master Shambhala training...we'll see what the future brings; y'all know I can't be idle! Anyway, Ashley Choate Walker wrote that she and Deirdre Griffin have reconnected in NewYork City,and that they both had a wonderful time at the reception hosted by Susie Block last year.Ashley is living in lower Manhattan and working at a charter school in Hoboken,NJ. Quincy(Mary) Coleman has been quite busy with her singing career! In addition to numerous cds and live perform-
ances throughout Southern California, she was recently on the Carson Daly Show.Be sure to check her out at www.quincycoleman.com. Nina Crondstet Bendixen thanks Frank Purcell for a breakfast date that led to her meeting her future husband Tom. They were married in Sweden in June 1998 and have two children, Charlie (five) and Catherine (two). Nina is currently working at a bank in Michigan,yet recalls filling out the"where will you be in 10 years?" card at our Senior Dinner; she obtained a degree in teaching as she said she would! Ofcourse,I had a wonderful time with Cauri Jaye last year when he was around.I am sure you read all about his incredible film project with Williston students,but I just wanted to give him special mention here. Thanks for the visit, Cauri! Tia Liddell fray shared with me the news that in 2006 she was married in an old rural Hacienda in Mexico (wedding pics are available at elizabethmedinaphotography.com). She and her husband recently bought a house and restored it, and she is now remodeling old,historic homes in Mann County and San Francisco.She is still in touch with Lucie Scholz,Heather Carlton Hearst,Sara Fisk,PJ Winkelman, Josh Farrell,John Bailey, and Tara Subkoff'91.Tia wanted to let me know that she has wonderful memories ofrunning at Williston, though these days she mostly hikes with her puppy,Gus.Though she had a briefstint in Italy and then NewYork,Eliza Mayo Bullock is back in the Bay Area with her husband John,and their two sons Cooper (born in February,2005) and Kiefer (born in November, 2006).She is still working in the graphic design field designing hand-crafted invitations and announcements,though she reports her sons are "all boy and keep me very,very busy!"She hopes to be back in touch with her cla%mates—reach her at eliza@lushdesign.com.Frank Purcell,wife Fiona Proctor Purcell '91,and son Dermot welcomed a beautiful baby girl named Wren into their family in March,2007.All were reported to be happy and healthy. Love to the Purcell clan! And as always, I visit frequently with the Magyar(Wentorth)and Kelley (Strohman)families,and speak often with Deirdre! Renee Magyar '92 met with me for a quick breakfast at Sylvester's in Northampton last spring and it was great to reconnect with her as well. So keep the notes coming,and I promise to be in better touch this year! Until I hear from you,or even better,see you, much love. —Dana
1991 Aimee Hardy 301 SE 3rd Court Pompano Beach,FL 33060 aimeehardy@gmail.com (305) 588-4472 H.Sterrett 710 Hinesburg Road Charlotte,VT 05445-9381 reidsterrett@hotmail.com (802) 425-2777
Sabra Mitchell McEachern and her husband Robert McEachern of Hopkinton,MA had a baby girl on July 23,2007 in Boston— Briggs Andersson McEachern. Weighing 5.2 pounds,and 17 inches long.
1992 Danielle Maloney 26 Mystic Street,#3 Charlestown,MA 02129 darm_maloney@yahoo.com (617) 424-0846 Hope Nawada 103W.69th Street,Apt.4B NewYork,NY 10023 hope_nawada@yahoo.com (212)874-2241
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Kathryn Hicks Gulick 620 Williams Street Denver,CO 80218 kategulick@gmail.com (303) 282-3874 Sarah Griggs 416 Marlborough Street,Apt.302 Boston, MA 02115-1559 sarahsgriggs@hotniail.com (617) 267-0439
Hi Class of'93,I got an email from Sam Nelson who is out in California. He writes "Just wanted to say, I am here in L.A. and am an A/R producer for Capitol Records working in the world famous Tower.Ifanyone is interested,they can hit me up at sam_hio@hotmail.com." I hope everyone is doing well,and that many of you can make it back for the Reunion in June! —Sarah
1994 David Nurenberg 20 Moore Street,#3 Somerville, MA 02144 skiold@speakeasy.net (617) 625-4317 LaShandra Smith-Rayfield 7927 S.Vernon #2 Chicago,IL 60619 torrenceandshan®yahoo.com (773) 322-4527
Patricia Ferris writes'John Kane and I got married in Rockland, ME on June 30th and we were so lucky to have an amazing group of Williston friends and family there for our day.We are living in Boston which has been quite a (cold!) change for me,but it's been great to be closer to family,to reconnect with friends,and to watch the Red Sox,ofcourse.I'm just starting to uncover some Williston folks in the area (Talila!),so please get in touch if you're around—you can reach me at atriciaferris@hotmail.com."
Wren Harrington Purcell, daughter of Frank Purcell '90 and Fiona Proctor Purcell '91, was born weighing 6 lbs and 15 ozs and measuring 19.25 inches. She is adjusting very well—resting peacefully for most of the first day.
1,9,95 Stephen Hoyt 62B Hawley Street Northampton,MA 01060 shoyt1@gmail.com Salvatore Pace 124 Lincoln Street Pueblo,CO 81004 sal_pace@hotmail.com (719) 545-4505 Martha Lewis P.O.Box 322 Winter Park,FL 32790 mj201ewis@earth1ink.net (407) 310-0003
Darcie Kauffman 21 Englewood Avenue Unit #21-5 Brookline, MA 02445 darcie_kauffinan@hotmail.com
The children of Nina
Cronstedt Bendixen '90
Danielle Saint Louis 299 Flatbush Avenue,Apt.#2 Brooklyn,NY 11217 clsaindouis@yahoo.com
I saw Katie Ciejek '01 over Thanksgiving who is doing great and just started grad school at the University ofDenver for secondary mathematics education.And,over the holidays Liz Dietel '97, Carrie Callahan,Ryan Callahan '95, Tim Murphy,and I were all together for a party at my house.Everyone is doing great and Kareoke and Christmas and carols were enjoyed by all! —Darcie
19,97 Elizabeth-Anne Zieminski 157 Main Street Westfield,MA 01085 ezieminski@yahoo.com (413) 427-6858 Seth }Cassels 3077 Benton Street Wheat Ridge,CO 80214-8529 s_kassels@hotmail.com
Now that our 10th Reunion is over that doesn't mean that all the updates should stop. Here is to the NewYear,class of'97, which we hope finds all of you happy
Briggs Anderson McEachern, daughter of Sabra Michell McEachern '91
and healthy.We also hope it leads to hearing from many more of you about life, reunions,or to just say "hi." Heidi Kim is back in Seoul,Korea where she wishes everyone a big Hi!"I'm working as a marketing consultant. I thought becoming a CPA would make me enjoy my life more. Fortunately, I realized that accounting is not my field. Now I'm thinking ofgoing to a graduate school,majoring in International Management in Seoul."Last year at the end of November, Heidi was at a banquet on campus which reminded her of many good memories at Williston.She let us know that she started to play golf and is getting better every day! If anyone is visiting Seoul, Heidi has an open invitation to be in touch with her and she can be your tour guide.And,if you are lucky,she might throw in a round of golf. Amy Beresky also has
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CommunityFoundationof Western Massachusetts recently honored Al and Sally Griggs P'93, '95, at a ceremony in Holyoke, for their exemplary service to the Pioneer Valley. The couple has made volunteering for their community a part of their lives for almost three decades. "I have always made it a mission of mine to work closely with people in the region to make this a better place to live," Al told the Daily Hampshire Gazette in an article about ceremony published on November 9, 2007. He has served as the chairman of the board to many organizations including Williston and the Community Foundation. Currently, he is chairman of the Western Massachusetts Economic Development Council, a position that has led his increased interest in the development of Springfield and its ties to the Pioneer Valley. Sally, too, has spent much of her time volunteering for area boards. She is currently a trustee of Springfield College and serves as a board member for the Hampshire Regional YMCA and the Clarke School for the Deaf in Northampton. "When you volunteer, you get as much back as you put in," Sally Griggs said. "It is not a one-way street. Everyone gets a lot of enjoyment from the experience.
returned.Back in the Pioneer Valley,Amy's life has been all about school for the last four months."It was a challenging semester,and now I am enjoying some much-needed time off. I did enjoy catching up with some Willys (mostly not from our class) at the alumni sporting events in November.And I do plan to attend at least part of the Reunion this June. I hope all is well with you!"Don't forget how much fun last year's Reunion was. Remember:all years welcome
this June—that means us too! Chris Stoffel has joined the Brighton Fire Department as a volunteer firefighter and is working his way through the academy."Things are going great and I am enjoying learning all there is to know about fighting fires and saving lives. I also wanted to say hi to everyone from the class of'97 and hope to see you all this summer for our 11 year Reunion:' Well,look at that, another mention ofthis summer's Reunion.Looks like a lot offin comes out ofthese reunions!There
was a brief gathering in NewYork City this past October mixing'97 and '98.Jayne Brassington arrived all the way from Amsterdam to NYC and gathered together: Shaun Chapman '98, Niels G'ertson '98, GeoffMosher '98, Sheree Shu '98,Takesha Henderson and myself(Liz Zieminski).Jayne has been traveling in and out ofthe States on business hoping to bump into as many Willys as possible. Seth Kassels would like to say,"Hi all. Steph and I are doing really well here in Denver.Since we all got together last spring for Reunion we have stayed busy with work and a fair amount ofplay.The snow has been falling quite frequently and substantially here in Colorado which has already provided us with a lot ofgood skiing days.Besides skiing I had the opportunity to hear Tory Pace '95 speak in Denver for a fundraiser for his campaign.He is running for Colorado House ofRepresentatives. Hope all is well with everyone:'We would like to end this update with the numerous engagements and marriage announcements. Check out the Williston Online Community to see many of these announcements in detail. Alexis Greer and Mike Heidenberg,both from White Plains, NY,were engaged last February and are planning an October wedding.RobertJ. Rutkowski proposed to his girlfriend, Anne Osowski,on November 29th and will also be having a fall wedding.Time to start planning! Emily Klug Bain was married on August 25 out in Jackson Hole,WY where she and her husband reside. Emily wishes she could have been at the 10th Reunion with everyone.Another Emily,Emily Bates Cartmell was "married on September 7th in lovely New Jersey to a wonderful man named Keith. Kelly
Opdenaker Babbidge and Eden Playe '98 were there to represent the Willy crowd,and boy did they represent..."And Kirsten Asrican Amaral married George Amaral on November 17th in North Carolina. I (Liz) was lucky enough to attend this beautiful wedding which also felt a little like a mini Willy Reunion with Sheree Shu '98, BrentAsrican '95,Joanna O'Kelley, Kirsten Asrican Amaral, Christa Gregory McKegney,Jessica Asrican, and Uncle Roger Kallock '56.1 think location Reunions are in order! Congrats to all! That's all for now,but don't forget to stay in touch! And,ifWilliston does not have your most current email address please let them know —Liz & Seth Jennifer E.Sheppard wrote online, "Sorry,I couldn't make it to Reunion last year.Dustin and I got married on May 27th and were still in Nice, France during Reunion weekend. See you all in 2012—ifnot sooner!"Alexis Greer wrote online,"My fiance, Mike,grew up just a few blocks away from me in White Plains, NY (but we didn't meet until 2005).He is an Adjunct Professor ofEnglish at Fordham University working on his Ph.D.The wedding will be in October of2008.I have been working for the Planning Department ofthe City of White Plains since last September. I love working there. I have my own studio apartment in White Plains now.Sorry we missed Reunion! Hope to make it to the next one.Robert Rutkowski confirms what was written above and saying,"On November 29th,I proposed to my girlfriend,Anne Osowslci.After bending down on one knee and asking her to marry me,she said'yes:We're planning a fall wedding for 2008 and will begin to make more formal plans after the holiday season.To all those who have sent their kind words: thanks a million. It means a great deal to both of us:'
10th Reunion 1998,, Devin Koller 13 Knipfer Avenue Easthampton,MA 01027 devkoller@aol.com Christa Talbot 19 Payson Avenue Easthampton,MA 01027 ctalbot@williston.com (413) 320-3942
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After bouncing around from NYC to MA,I followed my boyfriend to Chicago (where I lived a block away from Erica Teece '01) and finally found a city that felt like'home:Right now I'm living in the DC area, working from home (and loving it) for the recruiting company that hired me in Chicago.We're hoping to move back to Chi-town for good sometime this winter,and getting married next summer! I try to get to Boston when I can to catch the Red Sox or Patriots and visit with Ceara Mahoney, Sarah Meade Wood, and Sarah's adorable kids. I recently went to Emily Bates Cartmell's '97 wedding, where I saw Kelly Opdenaker Babbidge '97. I hope everyone is planning on making it to Reunion—our 5th was a blast and I'm sure the 10th will be even better!"Jeremiah Fisher writes,"So I decided to give everyone the'Where Are They Now'information.I am currently living and working in residential real estate development as a project manager.I travel between Orlando, FL and Chicago bi-weekly, with plans to make Chicago my fulltime home in the spring.I would love to catch up with anyone who is available in either of my homes. For everyone else, I will see you at the Reunion:'Megan McLaughlin decided to get in on the Reunion fun! She writes,"I moved from Colorado and am now out in California and have been in Los Angeles for three years now.I work as a freelance editor. My current gig is for an MTV show'Rob and Big:I am recently engaged.I met my man almost as soon as I arrived in CA and we have been together ever since. I can't wait for our Reunion.I hope we have a great turnout. Let's try to plan for some fun stuffin Noho earlier that week if we can.Email me at McLaughlin.meg®gmail.com.I plan on getting married next summer in Vermont. I know a lot of you will have exciting news to report and hope you all will write in too!".14:frey Niedzwecki writes "I must say that I have to thank Erica Teece '01 for helping me out with my currentjob. It's funny how small the world can seem.I am currently living in Malden,MA with my girlfriend. She is a student loan advisor and deals with escaladed issues. On the weekends,I go fishing in Buzzards Bay on my boat.Andy Ward '98 has come out with me a few times. I'm going out again this weekend with my Uncle then going again the following weekend with Mr.Niedz and the uncle again. I have a few pictures
up on myspace about some of the things that I've been doing. I hope all is well with everyone." Katherine Murphy writes,"I'm currently living in Utah (I know...random).I finished grad school in Massachusetts last winter and moved out here and decided to take the winter offand work at Alta ski resort. I loved it and happened to meet my current boyfriend who has been an added bonus.I have become addicted to the mountains out here and all the fun outdoor activities. I even started rock climbing which I wish I had more time to do.At least it has already started snowing up the canyons so skiing is just around the corner! I got ajob working with infants and toddlers with developmental delays which is what I went to school for and I'm loving it. So,for now I'm going be staying out here and I'm just going to see where life takes me:'Samuel Tannatt says,"I have been married to my wonderful babe-wife,Beth,for dangerously close to three and a half years now.She has just been such an amazing blessing, and I thank God for her every day. No kids yet, but I have a feeling that they are in the not-so-distant future— a terrifying and wonderful feeling at the same time.Beth and I purchased a home down along the Connecticut shore just over a year ago now and have filled our time with many kayaking, hiking,and x-country skiing adventures. Additionally we have fallen in with a really great church down here in which we are both actively involved—Beth as the vocal talent in one of the churches praise teams,and me as a sound and light guy—with the opportunity for disciplining some younger'kids'in the church.I have been terrible about keeping in touch with ANYBODY from Williston,despite my father's job still residing there. I have talked to MP on occasion, but it's been a good five years since I have talked with anybody else.When I get back to beantown I try to see Ceara Mahoney,Alison Branch, and Sarah Meade.I would love to get back in touch with more. Hope to see you all at Reunion!" Devin M.Koller writes,"I tied the knot back in 2005 with my long time girlfriend Erin VincentBrunick '96.We now have a beautiful and hilarious daughter named Anna Isabella. She is 12 months and she's a total riot. I absolutely love being a dad.Erin and I settled down in the Pioneer Valley and actually live in a little bungalow about a mile from Williston (near the'Cat'). I still see all ofthe old faculty at coffee
Sheree Shu '98, Brent Asrican '95, Elizabeth-Anne Zieminski '97, Joanna O'Kelley '97, Kirsten Asrican Amaral '97, Christa Gregory McKegney '97, Jessica Asrican, Uncle Roger Kallock '56
Devin Koeller '98 with his daughter Anna Isabella Koeller Dave Michelson '98 with girlfriend, Nicole shops and super markets, etc. Life has been great since Williston. I see a few of our classmates from time to time. I tracked down Bret Kassels '99 who is living in Colorado. I hang out with Bobby Williams '96 in Northampton all the time. I will definitely be at Reunion and look forward to seeing everyone who attends. Be good everyone and hope to see you in June!" David Michelson writes,"I'm down here in Tampa doing the COP thing and loving it.Working'midnights'takes some getting used to but it's worth the sacrifice if you like playing COPS and robbers. Great schedule— four days on,four off. One thing I learned early was that the job ain't like the show.Just bought a house about 20 miles south of Tampa and currently living with my girlfriend Nicole and my two kids...Mack and Roxy. Not married yet but who knows..:' Adam Ciejek wrote online,"I can't believe it will be 10 years in June.After spending about nine years in South Florida, my partner and I moved up to Pittsburgh (yep,I said Pittsburgh) this past May.It has been an adjustment! I have been teaching some and working towards my PA teaching certificate."
Jeffrey H. Niedzwecki '98 with his girlfriend, Carrie Nead
1999 Jason Song 792 Flushing Avenue #4 Brooklyn, NY 11206-4106 willyprep99@yahoo.com Alison Carberry 148 Pakachoag Street Auburn,MA 01501-3128
acarberry03@yahoo.com The school received word that Sadie Bergeron is working on her Ph.D. at UMass Amherst and is a published scientific author ofher work.And that Andrew Headington graduated fnam the University of Connecticut with a degree in
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2000 Peter Whiteford 2 Grist Mill Road Norwalk,CT 06850 pw3481@gmail.com (845) 774-9683 ICatelyn Webber 423 Marlborough Street #4 Boston, MA 02115 katelynewebber@gmail.com
Happy 2008!! hope everyone from the class of2000 is doing well. Hopefully many people are planning on coming to the event during Reunion weekend in June.I feel like we werejust at our five year Reunion! I completed my M.A.at Boston University and am teaching 3rd grade in Chelsea,and it's great.I am living in the city and ran into some people fiom the class of2000 at the young alumni event in November. Chris Hyde lives in Cambridge and is doing well. Tim Canon,Leigh Messer Heffernan, and Heather McKay are also in Boston.Over the holidays I spent some time with Kira Canon and Jarrod "Beane?"Zwirko.Kira is in architecture school at the University of Maryland,and loving it.! played in the 1st annual Alumni Water Polo game right before Thanksgiving and it was great. I ran into Kim Ward who is saill working for Ralph Lauren,but is now living in Connecticut.She and Chris"CB"Burt '99 bought a house.Also at the Alumni games,I ran into Craig Badger and Mike Champagne.Alexia Cale wrote from Texas,"Currently I am only working as a research assistant for the Center for Safe Communities and Schools,and havejust recently been published with a national survey I am concluding my last semester ofgrad school,hoping to receive a M.A.in criminal justice with a minor in legal studies. In December I am off to Australia with my boyfriend Scott Wehrheim for a much needed vacation, with plans to stay as long as possible. Hopefully we may find work,but are torn between San Antonio,TX and the big Aussie island. Iffortune brings us to stay in Texas I have ajob lined up in an FBI office working as Internet surveillance against pedophiles. It's an emotionally stressful position and one I am not sure I am thankful for. Other then technicalities, Scott and I live in San Marcos,TX with our two pets Valentino (our cat) and Fiona (our dog).We are in the process ofselling our condo which we purchased four years ago,and are trying to not let the 50
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stress of"retail" get to us." Deirdre Miller is in Chicago and writes that she "plans on attending the Reunion and Campaign Celebrations in June!! I can't wait to see you and the rest ofthe Willy clan!!" Emily D'Amour Pardo writes"Greetings from Miami! I hope that the NewYear found you all happy,healthy and successful! I'm still living in Miami and working as the events and marketing coordinator for Books & Books,the independent bookstore down here.I married Christopher Pardo on September 8,in Somers,CT,and there were many Williston friends and alums in attendance.We had to postpone our honeymoon to Machu Picchu and the Galapagos Islands because I was quite sick leading up to the wedding,but I'm all better now and beginning to think about rescheduling.We're still living in Miami,and Chris is an associate in the Labor and Employment department ofthe law firm Morgan,Lewis & Bockius. If you find yourselfheading to South Florida to escape the frigid north, please look us up!" Keep in touch and I hope many of you will be able to come back in June! Happy New Year! —Kate
2001 Katherine Ciejek 8893 E.24th Place,#102 Denver,CO 80238-2839 katieciejek@gmail.com (720) 837-8068 Adam Branch 655 E 2nd Street, Unit 203 Boston, MA 02127-1587 adam.c.branch@,gmail.com (413) 530-3464
2002 Devon Ducharme P.O.Box 1910 Newport,RI 02840 deducharme@gmail.com (401) 848-4007 Thomas Lucey 3000 Connecticut Avenue Apartment 103 Washington,DC 01027 ducey@analysisgroup.com Oluwatosin Onafowokan 33 Glendale Street Easthampton, MA 01027-2004 oonafowokan@amherstedu (413) 529-2378
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Jason Chandler 73 Claridge Place Colonia,NJ 07067 AXRabbit376@yahoo.com (732) 574-1157
Alexandra Miller 105 Drum Hill Road Wilton,CT 06897 amiller434@aol.com (203) 762-8609
Hey everybody—the reunion committee reminds you all about the big weekend in June.Don't miss it. Check out the school's website for the latest on details and attendance,or check us out on Facebook.See ya soon...!
2004 Danielle Wieneke 2 Coastland Drive Plattsburgh, NY 12901 dwieneke38@yahoo.com (518) 561-2808 Alex Teece 25 Bayberry Lane Florence, MA 01062 ateecel@ithaca.edu (413) 527-5126
2005 Eleanor Etheredge 128 Baker Hill Road Northampton,MA 01062 etherede@dickinson.edu (413) 584-1262 Peter Higgins 49 Harbey Road West Springfield,MA 01089 HigPeter@gmail.com (413) 739-3797
20064 Lauren Noonan 325 Riverside Drive Florence,MA 01060 lauren_noonan@yahoo.com (413) 586-6258 John Scannell 321 Cross Street Bridgewater, MA 02324 jscannel@bowdoin.edu (508) 697-1865 Shawna-Kay Chambers 3055 Emerald Boulevard Long Pond,PA 18334 skay588@hotmail.com
Hello Class of2006! Here's what some of your fellow classmates have been up to these past few months: Lee Dangleis is involved with the University ofSouth Carolina's Visitor Center as a University Ambassador (tour guide) while working on her accounting and finance dual majors and psychology minor. She is also looking forward to hiking the Appalachian Trail in Tennessee and Georgia in May. Sarah Thayer took a road trip down to Arkansas to escape the cold New England weather;she's also hoping to spend a semester at SEA this summer,This past semester All Pohanka spent her
time in Washington,DC working in the photography department at the Smithsonian's Hirshhorn Museum and in the development department at the Civil War Preservation Trust.Ali is excited to resume classes at Oberlin College this spring semester. JC Wright and Andrew Sweeney '05 finished up a victorious season of water polo this past fall at GWU.George Washington University is currently ranked 3rd amongst all eastern water polo teams and 17th nationally.kr Dorman is spending his spring semester in Washington,DC taking classes and working on Capitol Hill through an abroad program offered at Hobart William Smith.In December Jeff hopped across the pond to visit Dave Borowsky at St.Andrews. Dave is busy as always working closely with the Kate Kennedy Club and singing with his a cappella group The Other Guys. Dave has a summer assistantship lined up with Centre for Dynamic Macroecnomic Analysis,a research institution based at the University of St.Andrews.While Jeff was in town he and Dave met up with Matt Wickham '05 for a little sightseeing around Scotland. Dave hopes to meet up with Kieth Urkiel and Al Lavalle who are traveling to the UK in March. We love hearing about all your exciting adventures,stories and pictures—we'll take it all. Keep up the good work and don't be strangers! —Lauren,John and Shawna-kay
2007 Kelsey Lindsey 620 Washington Street Franklin, MA 02038 kelsey.lindsey@gmail.com (508) 520-4694 Christian D'Amour 135 Ashford Road Longmeadow,MA 01106 cdamour@smcvt.edu (413) 567-3240
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For the second year in a row, Cathleen Robinson won second place in the Daily Hampshire Gazette Short Fiction Contest, this year for a funny story entitled "Blind Date."
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James B.Pond '34 James Pond died on December 2,2007.After Williston Academy, he earned a degree from Yale University where he was named AllAmerican Soccer Player and played on the school's undefeated team.Jim then became an instructor at the School of Engineering of Robert College in Istanbul,Turkey Here,he met his wife and married her in a double ceremony with her sister.Theirjoint honeymoon trip across the Soviet Union and China coincided with the beginning of WWII.They caught the last ship from Japan unlike his wife's sister and husband who were captured and spent three years in a Japanese POW camp.Jim's career in the textile industry began when he returned to the U.S. His work with United Elastic Corporation led him to move to Bruxelles,Belgium. In 1977,he moved to Brewster, MA,where he lived until becoming ill in October. He was predeceased by his siblings,Jeanette Pond and Dr.Sidney M.Pond.Jim is survived by his wife Jocelyn, his children Anthony,Jocelyn Dibble, Nancy Harwood,Peter B.Pond '63, and Tamsin Wallace, his ten grandchildren,and two great-grandchildren. Stanley Podolak '35 Stanley Podolak died on May 17,2007. After Williston Academy,he received his undergraduate degree from the University of Massachusetts. During WWII,he captained a B-25 in numerous missions within the European Theatre,including the Ploesti air raid on the Romanian oil fields. He was shot down over Germany during a mission and spent 18 months as a prisoner until he was released at the end of the war.In 1962,Stanley retired from the U.S.Air Force as a Lt. Colonel and resided in Taipei,Taiwan before returning to the United States. Upon his return to the United States, he obtained an M.H.A.from the University of Michigan. He then worked as a hospital administrator in Detroit, MI until his retirement. Stanley was active in the Quiet Birdman and the Daedalians. He was also a member of St. Christopher's Episcopal Church in Pensacola, FL.Survivors include his daughters Stanis Thomas and Camille Tripp, his grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. He was predeceased by his wife,Virginia.
Richard L. Dostal '37 Richard Dostal died on December 12,2007. After Williston Academy,he graduated from Columbia College in Chicago,IL,and the Massachusetts School ofRadio and Telegraphy in Boston,MA.Richard served in the U.S.Air Force during WWII.During his professional career he worked primarily under the name Stephen Holder and was involved in the productions of As the World Turns, Hollywood Music Hall, and Queenfor a Day. He is survived by his brother David,and several nieces and nephews. Dana C. Frandsen Sr.'37 Dana Frandsen died on December 6,2007. After Williston Academy,he served as an Army Infantry Lieutenant at Normandy eleven days after D-Day where he received a severe leg wound and was medically discharged.After a long rehabilitation,Dana earned his degree at the University of Nebraska. He worked with the U.S. Government's General Services Administration in Washington D.C., until his retirement in 1975. His work included time in the U.S. Embassy in London and managing the Civil Defense's stockpiles nationwide during the early 1960s.Dana is survived by his son Dana,and his grandchildren. He was predeceased by his wife of63 years, Sara "Mildred"Taylor Frandsen, his siblings, and his son Bradley Herman C.Fischer '38 Herman Fischer died on December 16,2007. After Williston Academy,he received a B.S. from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. During WWII,Herman was assigned as a Navy meteorological officer aboard the carrier Ranger. He then earned an S.M. and an Sc.D.from MIT where he was an assistant professor for six years. His principal industrial experience included work with the JohnsManville Corporation,the Union Carbide Corporation, and the Louisville Cement Company where he was director of research until his retirement. Herman is survived by his wife Betsy, his sons Philip and Stephen, his daughter Betsy,and his grandson and great-grandson.
'Wh Mary Gallagher Ayers '39 AA° Mary Ayers died on January 11,2007. Introduced to Northampton School for Girls by her mother's cousin,Dorothy Bement,she first attended the French summer school. After graduating,she was a student at Springfield Business College. For 21 years Mary worked as an assistant to the education staff at the Westminister Church of Detroit. She was devoted to civic and church activities throughout her retirement in Florida. Mary is survived by her children Carol Ayers Kavanaugh and Arthur Ayers, her grandchildren,and several nieces and nephews. Her husband Chalmers Ayers predeceased her. Edwin C. Campbell '39 Edwin Campbell died on November 7,2007. After Williston Academy,he earned a B.S.in electrical engineering from the Worcester Polytechnic Institute.After graduating, he enlisted in the Army Signal Corp.,serving as a 1st Lieutenant during WWII.For the duration of his professional career,Ed worked for Industrial Risk Insurers in Hartford,CT.After retiring, he moved to Orleans, MA,where he developed a love for birding, boating,and gardening. Later,Ed moved to New London,NH,and then Falmouth, ME.He is survived by his children Nancy Stam and Robert,and his grandchildren. He was predeceased by his wife of36 years Dorothy Stevens and his wife of 13 years Jean Warren. E. Harper Holbrook '39 Harper Holbrook died on November 9, 2007.After Williston Academy,he graduated from Bryant-Stratton College in Boston and then served in WWII.In the Coast Guard, Edwin Harper attained the rank of boatswain's mate,first class. His career with the commonwealth of Massachusetts as a municipal examiner spanned until his retirement in 1983. Harper then moved to Cape Porpoise, ME,where he served on the Kennebunkport Budget Committee. Contributing his time and energy to his community, he was a former longtime member and chairman of the Great Barrington Finance Committee and former member of the board of trustees of Fairview Hospital. Harper was a mason in the Cincinnatus Lodge in Great Barrington. He is survived
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by his children Judith Bubriski and John Holbrook,and his granddaughter. He was predeceased by his wife Elizabeth Searle. Claire Jarisch Butterfield '40 Claire Butterfield died on November 4, 2007.After Northampton School for Girls, she graduated from Tufts University where she was a member of the Omicron chapter ofSigma Kappa Sorority. Her professional career included work for United Paper Box and Jordan Marsh.She retired from Mass Mutual Life Insurance Co.where she was assistant director ofPension Trust Servicing.A lifelong resident of Holyoke,MA,Claire was a member ofthe Hospital Auxiliary Association and St. Paul's Church.She is survived by her sons Joseph and Richard,her daughter Nancy Dornenburg,and five grandsons. John L.Laurent '40 The school recently learned ofthe death of John Laurent on April 14,2005.AfterWilliston Academy,he attended the University of Syracuse for two years and served in the U.S. Navy during WWII.John completed his studies at the University ofSyracuse and earned an M.A.at Indiana University. He also studied at l'Academie de la Grande Chaumiere in Paris where he studied with the artist Walter Kuhn.In 1954 he accepted a teaching position at the University of New Hampshire where he worked for 30 years. Known as one ofMaine's great painters,John's work included a range ofstyles from abstraction to realism. He was the son ofthe noted sculptor, Robert Laurent,who helped found the summer art colony in Ogunquit,ME,where John lived during the last years of his life. For many years, he played jazz with a small group of musicians. He also was an avid fly fisherman and gardener.John is survived by his sons,Brehon and Bret and his brother Paul R.Laurent '44. Robert M.Marr '40 Robert Marr died on April 23,2007.After Williston Academy,he graduated from Massachusetts Institute ofTechnology. During WWII,he served in the U.S. Navy as an engineering officer. His professional career for over 30 years was spent working for General Electric Company. He was an avid golfer and a member of the Furman Golf Club. Robert also co-founded the Foothills Senior GolfAssociation where he served as executive secretary treasurer for 20 years. Survivors include his wife Cornelia and his daughter Deborah.
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Richard K.Douglas '41 Richard Douglas died on October 17,2007. After Williston Academy,he received his B.A. from Amherst College and earned his M.D. from Albany Medical College. He completed a surgical residency at Albany Hospital. Afterwards he received an American Cancer Fellowship,and was an instructor ofsurgery at Albany Medical College for two years. In 1950,he went on active duty in the U.S. Navy. Dick was a general surgeon at the Douglas Clinic and was on staff at Noble Hospital where he became an honorary member in 2007. He was Medical Director, Medical Director of Health Systems,and Director ofOccupational Health Clinic and the Women's Health Clinic at Noble Hospital. Throughout the years, he held many other positions at Noble Hospital,including President ofStaff and ChiefofSurgery,and he was also on the Board ofTrustees. He was a medical examiner for the 4th district of Hampden County from 1970 to 2007. Dick was also a member ofthe American College ofPhysician Executives,American Medical Association, Massachusetts Medical Society, the Hampden District Medical Society, the Massachusetts Medicolegal Society, and the Alden March Surgical Society. Further, he was a fellow of the American Society of Abdominal Surgeons and the American Geriatric Society. Dick served on many community boards and was a trustee of Westfield Bank,Westfield Academy,and the Westfield Center for Early Keyboard Music. He enjoyed spending time in Maine and was a model train enthusiast. He is survived by his wife Maryann,his brothers-in law Lewis Miller and Robert Ochs, many nieces nephews and great nieces and nephews including Louisa Hoar '68, Bruce Miller '75, Kate Carl '64, Elizabeth Grasty '66,Alfred R. Carl '67,Judith Conlin '72, Michael P Conlin '72,Jenny Kapinos '95,PlanneryJ. Wienter '95,Jared D. Conlin '98,Andre D. Carl '03. He was predeceased by his sister Jean Douglas Miller '36. Suzanne Smith Dragge '41 Suzanne Dragge died on October 17,2007. After Northampton School for Girls,she moved to Pasadena,CA,with her husband. Giving her time generously throughout her life, Sue volunteered for Mothers'Club, AIDS Service Center, Friends in Deed, Huntington Library and Gardens, Union Station, Natural History Museum ofLos Angeles,and Junior League ofPasadena. She was also a long-time member and volunteer at All Saints Episcopal Church.She was a fly
fisherwoman and she loved the outdoors and animals. Sue is survived by her children Oliver, Peter,Bruce,Suzanne Icaza,her six grandchildren, and her brothers Lloyd and Arthur. John E Killory Jr.'41 John Killory Jr. died on November 2,2007. After Williston Academy,he attended Boston College and then enlisted in the Navy where he was assigned to the Navy V12 Program at Tufts for officer training. He was commissioned as a Lieutenant and assigned to the LST833, which carried the Marines for invasion of Okinawa.After the Japanese surrender, he surveyed damage in Okinawa, Japan, and the Philippines.John graduated from Boston College and later attended graduate school there. He worked for Lechmere Corporate Offices until his retirement in 1987.John was an avid baseball player and the game was a lifelong passion. At Williston, he won a battling title with a .462 average. He also played with Taunton Lumber Team,Boston Park League,American Legion Team,and the Cape Cod League. In 1942 when Boston College played their annual game against the Red Sox, he hit a single off ofJoe Dobson.John was a lover of books and films and he possessed a large collection of both including subjects on WWII,politics, biographies, and sports. He was a member of the American Legion and a communicant of Our Lady of Lourdes Church.John is survived by his wife Adele, his daughters Mary and Ann,and his two grandsons. Joseph H. Swindells '41 Joseph Swindells died on October 15,2007. After Williston Academy,he graduated from the University of Connecticut. He served and retired from the U.S.Army as a Captain during WWII.Joseph worked for 15 years with Golf International, Inc.A volunteer for his community,he gave his time for over 30 years to the National Ski Patrol and was an E.M.T.volunteer for Simsbury CT.Joseph is survived by his wife Jeanne,his son Jonathan, his step-children Christine Amirratti,John Carter, Carolyn Alzamora,Sally Carter-Keef, and Rachel Conklin. Robert L. Onkey '43 Robert Onkey died on October 25,2007. After Williston Academy,he attended Syracuse University where he was a member ofSigma Nu fraternity. During WWII he served as a surveyor and instrument operator with the Army's 558th Field Artillery Battalion that landed on Utah Beach a month after D-Day.
After the war,Robert bought and operated McAleer Manufacturing Co.in Mississauga, Ontario,Canada.In 1979,he moved to Huntsville,AL where he was a member ofthe Good Shepherd Catholic Church.Robert enjoyed reading,gourmet cooking,and keeping up with business news.He is survived by his wife Janet,his son Robert Theodore Onkey '69, and his stepson,Jonathan Major. John A. Chapman '44 John A.Chapman died on November 23, 2007.After Williston Academy,he graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy.He served in the Navy until he retired as Commander in 1971. His last tour ofduty was spent at the Naval Air Development Center where he worked as a supply officer. In his retirement in Plumstead Township,PA he attended the theater and enjoyed restaurants and exercising at theY.M.C.A.He is survived by his son John, his daughter Elisabeth,and his grandchildren. He was predeceased by his wife Jane. Warren E. Hayes '44 Warren Hayes died on September 4,2007. After Williston Academy, he served during WWII with the Army for three years on the hospital ship USS Dogwood. Upon his return, he graduated from Boston University and earned a B.A.in accounting and business from Bentley College. For more than 35 years,Warren was an accountant. He worked for Ludlow Corp. and Van Leer Flexibles. After retiring, he continued to work as a tax preparer for H & R Block.An active member of the Community United Methodist Church in Cochituate, he served as a trustee, usher, and financial secretary.Warren was a member of the VFW of Natick, MA and he bowled for several years with the interchurch league. His hobbies included philately and researching information on railroads. He is survived by his wife Jennie, his children, Mark,Anne Hayes-Grillo,Jane Low,and his grandchildren. Thomas H.Reynolds '44 Thomas Reynolds died on September 7, 2007.After Williston Academy,he served in the Air Force during WWII in the American Theatre. He was among the 22Yale students who received USAF commissions in 1949 and achieved the rank ofsecond Lieutenant in the Air Force Reserve. He graduated from Yale University with a B.A.in economics, sociology, and psychology. For 25 years, he had a career as a group insurance underwriter working with MassMutual and retired from New England Mutual Life Insurance
Company,now MetLife,in 1970.Thomas was on the board of directors for the Troop One Cochituate Boy Scouts and volunteered as an assistant superintendent ofthe Sunday school program at Trinitarian Congregational Church. He enjoyed gardening and camping trips with his family. He was also an avid Red Sox fan. Surviving him are his wife Frances, his daughters Anne Leake,Frances Nolan,and Susan Olivo,his sons Thomas and William, 12 grandchildren,and three great-grandchildren. Daniel Doyle O'Brien Jr.'46 Daniel O'Brien Jr. died on August 27,2007. After Williston Academy,he worked for Van Norman in Springfield, MA and G & D in Greenfield,MA.Later,he worked as a general manager for Whitman and Barnes in Plymouth,MI until his retirement. Daniel was a member ofSt.James Church in South Deerfield and a member ofthe Kiwanis club. He is survived by his wife Margaret O'Brien '45,his son Daniel,his daughters Sheila Cuddy '70 and Molly,his sisters Maureen Lippincott '38 and Aileen O'Donnell '40,eight grandchildren,and his nieces and nephews.His brother John predeceased him. Howard A.Logan '47 Howard Logan died on December 11,2007. After Williston Academy,he attended the Teacher's College of Connecticut. He then served in the U.S.Air Force for four years. He worked at Hildrieth press and Crosier Business Forms,Inc. in Bristol, CT.After retiring, Hal enjoyed writing, gardening, carpentry, photography,and spending time with his family. He was a member of Gloria Dei Lutheran Church of Forestville,and the New Britain Camera Club,and a proud twenty-gallon blood donor to the American Red Cross. Survivors include his wife Jane,his sons,David and Jeffrey, and his grandchildren. He was predeceased by his brother Bruce and an infant son Todd. Helen Forkner Haskell '48 Helen Haskell died on November 2,2007. After Northampton School for Girls,she graduated from Goucher College.She taught at the Brearley School and Greenwich Academy. In addition to being a tennis and bridge player, she was an accomplished horticulturist.She worked with many varieties ofplants,but was known for her expertise in growing daffodils. In 40 years, Helen planted over 1200 varieties of daffodils,entered and judged competitions, and was a frequent lecturer on daffodils. She received many accolades for her work including the Carey E. Quinn Medal,the
Crawford Award for Horticulture,the Preview ofSpring Sweepstakes,GCA Horticulture Committee Award,the Helen B.Rhodes Trophy,and the Horticultural Committee Certificate ofMerit. Helen was a member of the Greenwich Daffodil Society,the New York Botanical Gardens, and the American Horticulture Society,among many others. She is survived by her sister Lucy Greene, her sons Tom Haskell '65,Bill Bushing,and Chris Bushing, and three grandchildren. Her husband Jack Haskell and her brother Claude E.Forkner. Jr. predeceased her. I. Herb Pomeroy '49 Herb Pomeroy died on August 11,2007. After Williston Academy,he attended Harvard for a year before becoming a full-time musician. Herb began playing trumpet as a teenager and organized his first jazz band at Williston.At the age of23, he played with Charlie Parker and later played with renowned jazz figures such as Stan Getz, Max Roach,Sonny Rollins, and Lionel Hampton.He also backed Frank Sinatra, Sarah Vaughan,and Tony Bennett.Later, he formed the Herb Pomeroy Big Band that performed often at the Stables jazz club in Boston's Copley Square.As an inspirational professor at Berklee College of Music and MIT for over four decades, Herb helped to implement the teaching ofjazz in universities. Survivors include his wife Dodie Gibbons, his children Perry and Eden,four stepchildren, 11 grandchildren,and one great-grandchild. Howard A.Dennis '50 Howard Dennis died on August 1,2007. After Williston Academy,he graduated from UMass with a degree in horticulture and then founded Sudbury Gardens in Sudbury, MA.Using his horticultural knowledge,he developed a natural non-caloric sweetener on his farms in the Caribbean and Africa. Other than loving plants and nature, Howard enjoyed his family,friends,and playing chess and bridge. He is survived by his children Rebecca Chico, Kathleen Cochrane,Sharon,and Stephen and his grandchildren He was predeceased by his wife Lois,and his grandson Brian. Jonathan L. Rosner '50 Jonathan Rosner died on January 12,2008. After Williston Academy,he graduated from Wesleyan University and NewYork University School ofLaw.He served in the U.S.Army Honor Guard until 1962.Early in his law career, he was assistant U.S.Attorney in the Southern District in New York. For the duration of his career he practiced civil SPRING 2008 BULLETIN
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litigation in New York where he handled some high profile cases. His practice concluded with Rosner and Murray From 1970 to 1983, Jon was an adjunct Professor of Law at the NYU School of Law and later at Pace University School of Law. Sharing his counsel expertise, he co-authored several books that supply advice on law practices and witness examination.Jon was a previous director of New York University Law Review Alumni Association. He was also a former associate editor of the New York University Law Review. Surviving are his wife Lydia S. Rosner, his children Beth Giokas, Marianne Klimchuk, and Joshua Rosner, and his grandchildren Aaron,Sasha, Niki, and Noah. Shiva Calvert Kogan '53 Calvert Kogan died on October 24,2007. After Williston Academy,he returned to Montreal,Canada, where he headed his father's zipper manufacturing business. He had a successful business career developing goods from his own patents that were produced worldwide. Cal was known to be an avid sportsman. He is survived by his wife Helen Kogan,his children Jennifer,Ron, Cary,and Gabriella, and his grandchildren. Walter Mahlon Brown '54 Walter Brown died on February 27,2007. After Williston Academy,he graduated from Clark University where he was class president, active in intramural council, and a member of Lambda Chi Alpha.Wally was president ofBrown Sales Associates,Inc., a manufacturing sales agency serving New England and NewYork State. He was also president ofSouthampton Buildings,Inc., a company that sold pre-engineered steel buildings through a dealer network in New England. In 1995, he retired to Florida where he enjoyed power boating, kayaking,sailing, boating,golfing,swimming in the Gulf, gardening year-round,and sporting events at Tropicana Field.Walter was president of the master board at Peridia Golf and Country Club in Bradenton, FL.He is survived by his wife Joan Brown '53, his children Jeff and Wendy,and his grandsons Andrew,Alexander, Austin,and Caleb. Frank M.Harbison Jr.'54 Frank Harbison Jr. died on November 8, 2007.After Williston Academy,he attended Penn State University and graduated from Tulane University where he was a member ofDelta Kappa Epsilon. He began his career with E.E Hutton and was a long-time successful stock broker until his retirement. In New Orleans, he helped founded Travel 54
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Advisor Inc.Known for his.softball skills, he played in the Corporate Softball League in Audubon Park of New Orleans. Frank is survived by his son Frank, his grandchildren, and a niece.His brotherJoseph R.Harbison '55 predeceased him. James Benton French '54 James French died on February 18,2007. AfterWilliston Academy,he attended Amherst College. He served in the U.S. Army for two years then became a salesman for Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Co.He then teamed up with his father in the founding of the French Mill Supply Corporation that specialized in cutting tools and maintenance supplies. He was also a member ofthe faculty at the Riverside School ofAeronautics.In 1977,Jim became an aircraft mechanic for Empire Airlines(now US Airways) and retired as Supervisor ofAvionics in 1992. He also served as an aircraft consultant to many Indonesian airlines. In his retirement, he ran a pick-your-own-blueberry-farm each August from his land on Penn Mountain in Steuben, NY He was a former Boy Scout master for Troop 13 ofSouth Utica, NY His survivors include his wife Diane,his sons David and Michael, his daughters Linda,Patricia, Leslie, and Elizabeth, 18 grandchildren,and seven nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by his first wife Lois Murphy. Kirke E.Vernon '58 Kirke Vernon died on November 19,2007. When a student at Williston Academy,he won the Williams College Book Prize for being the "best all-around student." He was a member of the All-American interscholastic swimming team,co-editor of the Willistonian,secretary of the student council, and won the Best Player for Soccer award. In 1958,Kirke spent a year studying at Repton School in Derbyshire,England,through an English Speaking Union Scholarship granted to 34 American boys. He graduated from Dartmouth College where he was a member of the Dragon Society. Kirke worked for the S.D.Warren Paper Co. He was an active member of the Black Rock Congregational Church. Kirke is survived by his wife Martha, his sons Chris and Patrick, his brother Charles D.Vernon '62, and his grandchildren. John Hurd Willett '59 John Willet died on January 20,2008.After Williston Academy,he graduated from Kenyon College.In 1966,he served with the Peace Corps and taught English in Turkey. John had a long career as a Foreign Service Officer. He began as a 1st secretary at the
American Embassy in Rome,Italy, and eventually moved to Paris where he worked as a deputy political counselor at the American Embassy.John resided in Paris for the remainder of his life. In his retirement, he translated Lulubird Euchres the Noodleheads, a linguistically creative children's book written by the French journalist Daniel Mermet. John is survived by his wife Chantal Goulan, and his sons Nicolas and Justin. Walter F. Miller '63 Walter Miller died on October 13,2007. After Williston Academy,he attended Western New England College.Walter was an accomplished painter and completed murals in the Pioneer Valley. He was a former member of the Williamsburg Grange and the Ferhill group. He is survived by his brother Stephen, his nephew David,his nieces Michele Miller and Sheryl Facto, his greatniece Abbie Miller,and his great-nephews Bradley Miller and Kyle Facto. Eric E Waller '67 Eric Waller died on June 25,2007.After Williston Academy,he graduated from the University ofWisconsin and earned his law degree from the University ofBaltimore. He practiced law with Sherbow,Shea & Doyle. He left the firm to become the counsel to the Maryland Cup Corp. Later, he returned to private practice working with Levin & Gann in Baltimore. In 1987, he stopped practicing law and managed Queen Anne Corp.,a family real estate company.Eric was active in organic gardening and known to keep his neighbors supplied with vegetables. He also enjoyed beekeeping and travel. After a visit to Tibet, Eric became active in the TibetVision project, a non-profit that trains surgeons in eliminating cataract blindness. In Mount Washington,MD where he lived, he was an active supporter of the Mount Preservation Trust and a member ofBeth Jacob Congregation. He is survived by his wife Debra,his sons Benjamin,and Saul, his daughter Annie,and his brother Marshall. Jeffrey A.Shearer '69 Jeffrey A.Shearer died on August 31,2007. After Williston Academy,he graduated from the University of Vermont where he was a member ofSigma Epsilon.Jeff worked as a general manager for Shearer Chevrolet in Burlington,VT. Later, he owned and operated Richmond Hardware. Most recently he worked as a paraeducator at Burlington High School.Known for his compassion and generosity of time and commitment to his community,Jeff volunteered as a guardian ad
litem for the Chittenden County Court Diversion Program.He also helped physically challenged youth at the Burlington Community Sailing Center and with Vermont Adaptive Ski Program at Sugarbush. Surviving are his children Christopher and Emily, his sister Laure, his brother William, his grandson Logan,and his special friend Nancy Towle. He was predeceased by his brother Douglas.
employed by General Motors at the Lake Orion assembly plant.A memorial service was held in his honor at Williston where students,faculty, and alumni shared memories of Michael. He is survived by his parents Michael White and Regina Harvey, his brothers Darrin,Sedric, and Gary, his sister Chiffon,his grandparents Nancy Perkins and Homer Harvey,and many other loving family and friends.
Kenneth Bryant Medley '73 Kenneth Bryant Medley died on August 31, 2007.AfterThe Williston Northampton School,he attended Pace University. Kenneth worked with special needs children at Bellevue Hospital Center in NewYork,NY He was known for his warm smile and easy-going nature. Survivors include his mother Cornelia Medley,his siblings Phillip and Shelley his niece Aja Rembert,his uncles John Kinsey, Raymond Gant,Ernest Medley,his aunt Doris Randolph,and his girlfriend Carol Street.
Former faculty and staff Rose Marie Goetzl Rose Goetzl died on September 24,2007.She attended the City College ofNewYork and was a secretary for National Broadcasting Company.In 1958,she relocated to the PioneerValley area where she worked as a secretary for Williston Academy Amherst College,and UMass.After retiring she moved to Wellesley,MA where she was a member of the Village Church.She is survived by her sons Edward and Robert,her grandchildren Laura, Katherine,Adam,and David,and two greatgrandchildren Gabriella and Lucas.
Timothy Cauley '76 Timothy Cauley died on August 26,2007. After The Williston Northampton School, he graduated from Providence College. He was a professional golfer and was the pro at the Inssbrook Golf Club in Tarpon Springs, FL, and the Myrtle West Country Club in Myrtle Beach,SC. He worked for the Daka Corp. in Chicopee, MA and later was employed as an independent sales representative for the Colonial Insurance Co.Tim was a member of the United States Golf Association.Tim is survived by his parents Joseph and Geraldine, his children Joseph and Kaitlyn, his sister Kathleen Davignon and his nieces and great niece. Peter Berndt '80 Peter Berndt died on September 23,2007. After The Williston Northampton School, he attended the Baystate School of Nursing and Porter and Chester Institute. He worked as an Assistant Manager at Friendly's and as a paralegal for Schwann's for his father David Berndt. Peter was known as the resident mechanic in his neighborhood. He also enjoyed working with stained glass. Surviving him are his parents David and Kendra,and his brothers David, Matthew,and John. Michael T. Harvey '04 Michael Harvey died on December 24,2007. After graduating with honors from The Williston Northampton School, he returned to Michigan where he was majoring in business administration at Oakland University at the time of his passing. Michael was
Virginia Grahame Virginia Grahame died October 8,2007. Before she taught English at Northampton School for Girls,she graduated from the University ofCalifornia at Berkeley. In Berkeley, she taught at the A-to-Zed School and then earned an M.A.in English literature from the University ofCalifornia.After moving to Amherst with her husband,she also taught in the English Department at the University of Massachusetts for 15 years and and later taught history at Northampton School for Girls from 1959-1969.WhenVirginia retired,she became a member ofthe Amherst Historical Commission for six years.She was an active member of the League ofWomen Voters and the Amherst Travelers' Club. Her hobbies included hiking, traveling, bird watching,and genealogical research.She is survived by her daughter Margaret Roberta Leo,her son John Dalcin Grahame,and four grandchildren. Frank Lucchesi Frank Lucchesi died on September 29,2007. Before Williston,he attended UMass and the Rhode Island School ofDesign.He graduated from the Roberto-Venn School of Luthiery in Arizona.In high school at Tabor Academy he excelled in lacrosse. Later,he brought his knowledge ofthe game to Williston by coaching lacrosse from 1983-84. Frank was a recognized restorer and repairer of vintage stringed instruments in Western MA. He was the owner ofLucchesi Vintage Instruments in Easthampton,MA where he worked
on the instruments of many locally and nationally known musicians.It was said that Frank had no customers,only friends.Previous to his owning his store in Easthampton,he was the proprietor ofPizzitola Music Studios and Sound Guitar Co.in Holyoke, MA.He is survived by his wife Frances Crisafulli, his brother Richard J. Lucchesi '72, his father Frank C.Lucchesi, and his nephews Richard J. LuchesiJr. '02, Michael C.Meyer,and Erik J. Meyer. John A.Williams John A.Williams died on December 28, 2007. He was the head librarian at The Williston Northampton School from 198184.John was a life-long educator and learner. After high school,he attended the NewYork State School ofApplied Agriculture at Farmingdale, Hobart and Trinity Colleges,and the Universities of Bucicnell, Glasgow,and Rhode Island earning a diploma in horticulture, a B.A.in history and an M.L.S. During WWII,Jack served in the Army and was released in 1946 as machine gun corporal. He was an educator until his retirement in 1984. He taught science, history,Asian culture,library science and horticulture.John was a member ofthe faculty at high schools other than Williston such as Pomfret School, Northfield Mt.Hermon School,Oregon Episcopal School,and Cranbrook Schools. He served as a library consultant on the Association ofIndependent Schools Library Committee, QuinebaugValley Community College Planning Committee,and the New England Association ofSchools and Colleges Evaluation Teams.When not teaching,Jack created gardens in the soils wherever he lived. He is survived by his wife Mary,his brother Mark,his daughter, Katherine Williams Hoffer,his son Peter IrisWilliams, and his grandchildren Emily Hoffer, Helon Hoffer,Robbi Iris-Williams,and Jeremy Iris-Williams. The school recently learned of the deaths of the following individuals: Ian D. Malcolm '36 Robert K.Patch '38 Joseph C.Behan II '41 John W.Prescott '43 Diana Leedy Collopy '44 Frederic Wise '47 S. Donalad Mulvaney '47 Jacqueline Blaha '50 Frederick M.Brodie '55 Richard A. Olson '55 Frederick J. Scarlatelli '56 David Wailes '57 Naomi J.Alden '58 Nathan Garner '59 SPRING 2008 BULLETIN
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Pond Hockey: A (Cold)Tradition
from the archives by Richard Teller '70
elieve it or not,21st-century students are sometimes surprised to learn that once upon a time ice hockey was actually played outdoors.In the early years ofWilliston's hockey program,attempts were made to create a rink by flooding an enclosure next to the old gym.Once Ford Hall was opened in 1916,it made more sense to clear the"new campus"pond for skating.All,ofcourse, was terribly dependent on the weather. Many a hockey season was curtailed for lack ofice. In the spirit offurthering great traditions, the archivist will neither confirm nor deny the modern-day campus legend that there is a Zamboni at the bottom ofthe pond.
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It's all important. The Archives collects school documents and memorabilia of all kinds. Were especially interested in student journals and letters, academic work, photographs, and much more. We'd also like to fill gaps in certain school publications, notably Northampton School yearbooks for 1934 and 1956, many issues of the Northampton Annual Catalogue. Pegasus and The Willistonian. Don't let these important pieces of our history be lost to future generations! If you have material you would like to share, or stories to tell, please contact Archivist Richard Teller '70, at 413/529-3288, or rteller@williston.com. 56
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