The Avonian, Fall 2015 by Avon Old Farms School

FALL 2015

Indestructible School Boys

Inside: THE 2014-15 ANNUAL REPORT

Established 1927 Headmaster Kenneth H. LaRocque

Associate Headmaster John T. Gardner

Editor Morgan C. Cugell

Designer 2k Design www.2kDesign.com

Alumni Notes Lizabeth Abramson

Photographers Seshu Badrinath CJ Calcinari â&#x20AC;&#x2122;18 John LaPerch Kurt Linke â&#x20AC;&#x2122;16

Printer Benchemark Printing, Inc., Schenectady, NY.

Contributors Thanks to everyone who contributed to this magazine. Special thanks to Liz Abramson, Seshu Badrinath, Cheryl Benoit, Robin Delnicki, Jim Detora, Sue Evans, Nan Flanagan, Carol Ketcham, Steve Kraft, John LaPerch, Kate McSpadden and Ken LaRocque. The Avonian is published for the alumni, parents, and friends of Avon Old Farms School. It is distributed to approximately 8,000 readers. All rights reserved.

Avon Old Farms School 500 Old Farms Road Avon, CT 06001 www.avonoldfarms.com (860) 404-4100

Admissions (800) 464-2866 admissions@avonoldfarms.com

Alumni We enjoy hearing from you! Please send us your latest news and notes: Email: abramsonl@avonoldfarms.com Phone: (860) 404-4268 Fax: (860) 675-7135

Email Members of the administration and faculty can be emailed by using the following formula: last name + first initial @avonoldfarms.com. The directory on the school website also includes email links. Avon Old Farms School admits students of any race, color, national and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national or ethnic origin, disabilities, or sexual orientation in the administration of its educational policies, admissions policies, scholarship and loan programs, and athletic and other school-administered programs.

Students sketching architectural detail as part of the architecture course. See story on page 20.

p14

FEATURES

FROM THE EDITOR…

14 An Indestructible School for Boys: Architecture at Avon Old Farms School by Morgan C. Cugell

Dear Readers,

32 Martin I. Cole: The Ninth Chairman of the Board of Directors by Morgan C. Cugell

School is steeped in history—particularly

34 The 2014-15 Annual Report

female architect. Our picturesque

84 The Last Word: from Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania by Erik Larson

p26

that of our founder, Theodate Pope Riddle, Connecticut’s first licensed Cotswold village is a tribute to her hard work and thorough, thoughtful design. This issue, Mrs. Riddle’s architecture is the star. Take a look back at our beautiful

SPOTLIGHTS

beginnings, and check out what’s

changed—and what’s stayed the same—

Featured Artist: Kofi Kelvin Agyenim-Boateng ’16 By Morgan C. Cugell

since the days of our fearless founder. I also invite you to get to know

11 Athletic Spotlight: Tucker Symes ’16 by Morgan C. Cugell

the ninth Chairman of the Board

24 Student Spotlight: Matthew Horton ’16 by Morgan C. Cugell

unanimously elected in April of this year.

26 Faculty Focus: Steve Kraft by Morgan C. Cugell 30 Alumni Spotlight: Rich Connell ’74 by Morgan C. Cugell

of Directors, Marty Cole, who was Marty and his wife, Terri, are longtime passionate supporters of Avon Old Farms and we look forward to Marty’s tenure. Be sure to read about the great additions to our campus this year: a newly renovated fitness center, a brand

DEPARTMENTS

The campus of Avon Old Farms

2 Headmaster 4 Village Green 10 Athletics 28 The Elephant Remembers 30 Alumni 68 Class Notes

new digital arts lab, and a modern upgrade to the original Forge, which now houses our engineering, programming, and robotics programs. We’ve even added our own apiary and hope to see honey in Riddle Refectory next year! Finally, inside this issue you’ll also find the 2014-15 Annual Report. Thank you all for your tremendous support of

p84

Avon Old Farms School! As always, I welcome your feedback.

Find past issues of The Avonian online at www.avonoldfarms.com/avonian

Are you following us? /AvonOldFarms @AvonOldFarms

Aspirando et perseverando,

Morgan C. Cugell cugellm@avonoldfarms.com 860-404-4239

/AvonOldFarmsSchool Search Group: Avon Old Farms School Alumni Association

Cert no. SW-COC-002935

From the Headmaster by Kenneth H. LaRocque

Greetings,

As we forge ahead in our 89th year, Avon Old Farms remains a relatively young independent school. However, walking around our historic campus, one is transported back in time, hundreds of years into the 1500s, because of our distinctive Tudor-Cotswold architecture. Mrs. Riddle, our founder and the first female architect to be licensed in both New York and Connecticut, survived the sinking of the Lusitania in 1915, and is one of the important characters on whom Eric Larson focuses in his award-winning historical narrative, Dead Wake, published in this centennial year of the infamous sinking of the prized ocean liner by a German U-boat. Not a day goes by that I do not thank my good fortune in being honored to live and work on this magical campus which blends inspiring natural vistas with giant oak, maple, and pine trees, all of which are complemented by Mrs. Riddle’s creative genius. Her buildings, constructed with sandstone and oak harvested on site, by English craftsmen using traditional

Cotswold building methods and tools, are icons in American architecture and were featured by Robert Stern in his book and PBS series, Pride of Place: Building the American Dream. Over the years, many people in Avon’s history have stewarded our campus buildings, taking great pains to care for the unique and wonderful gift given to all Avonians by Mrs. Riddle. Wibur Durfey and Sid Riendeau are two men who spent most of their adult lives in this endeavor. At the end of the 2015 calendar year, another individual of this ilk, Steve Kraft, will retire, and we will lose an important source of institutional memory and a soul with a true appreciation for the rare craftsmanship present in so many of the details within each of our historic buildings. As we have enhanced our campus in recent times with new buildings, Avon Old Farms has called upon particular alumni to help preserve our strong sense of place and village texture. Rich Connell, AOF Class of 1974 and a principal of the S/L/A/M

“There should be some oases in this country where the love of tradition is fostered. Avon shall be one of these oases where, when Avonians return, they will find at least a semblance of permanence.” —THEODATE POPE RIDDLE

Fall 2015 The Avonian

FRO M THE HE A DMA S TE R

Collaborative, is a distant relative of Mrs. Riddle, and has designed the Ordway Science and Technology Center, as well as the Brown Student Center and the other connecting facilities in our newest complex of buildings. Rich used Mrs. Riddle’s original campus schematics to guide his work in designing the eastern edge of our campus. To appreciate how well he has blended the old with the new, one needs only to stand on our Village Green and enjoy the panoramic perspective that exists. I am sure that Mrs. Riddle would approve! It has been a distinct pleasure working with Marty Cole, the new chairman of our Board of Directors, who was elected at the spring Board meeting to lead Avon’s governance team. Since his election, Marty has spent a great deal of time communicating with every director, and has been leading the work to create a comprehensive plan to address the various institutional needs that were identified in our last strategic plan. A strong relationship between a headmaster and the chairman of the board of directors is crucial to the effectiveness of a school and prospects for accomplishing its mission. I respect Marty’s leadership skills, his commitment to excellence, and his personal integrity. We are fortunate to have an individual of his quality and character who is so committed to Avon Old Farms. As I consider some of the new programs we are offering at Avon this year, such as our engineering and digital arts courses and the newly renovated and specially equipped classrooms in which they are taught, I am thankful for the tremendous support we enjoyed last year in our development efforts. The

culture of giving at Avon Old Farms continues to grow and expand as our alumni base burgeons. When I first stepped foot on the Old Farms campus in the fall of 1981, we did not enjoy the benefit of an endowment. Today, our endowment easily surpasses the $40 million mark, and our annual giving has also grown exponentially. While we continue to honor our traditional roots in so many aspects of our curricular and co-curricular life, we also recognize the need to forge ahead in strategic areas such as STEM—science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. It is only because of the generosity of our school family that we enjoy the ability to enhance our program offerings for our young men. In closing, I thank you for your past support and I urge you to continue to support our efforts “to cultivate young men of integrity who honor wisdom, justice, inclusion, service, and the pursuit of truth.” Aspirando et Perseverando!

We’d like to hear from you! Do you have any special Avon anecdotes? Memories of your time at the Farm? Please send in any thoughts on your Avon experience for possible inclusion in future publications.

The Avonian Fall 2015

Village Green

Village Green ARTIST SPOTLIGHT

Kofi Kelvin Agyenim-Boateng ’16

ost people on campus know Kelvin Boateng ’16. As a monitor in Brown House dorm, a member of the varsity soccer and varsity track and field teams, co-head of the SIMI Club, and an Admission Ambassador, he can be seen all over campus, hard at work. And if they don’t know his face, then they certainly know his voice. A member of Avon’s elite singing group, the Riddlers, Kelvin is also the head of the student-run small singing group, the Sing-ed Beavers. A four-year student from Westerville, Ohio, Kelvin grew up surrounded by song, and he is happy to dedicate most of his time on campus to his art. “I am most passionate about my music,” explains Kelvin. “It has been part of me for such a long time growing up, and I can attribute most of my success to it. I give a lot of my time and effort to the Riddlers and the Sing-ed Beavers because they are the greatest platforms for me to do what I love most.” While Kelvin has certainly secured

his position as one of the top student musicians on campus, he was initially hesitant to get involved. “When I first came to Avon, I did not want to sing because I thought an all-boys community would not find me cool,” he recalls. “It did not take long for me to realize that being a singer on campus was actually a great way to make friends and gain respect from the community.” Luckily for Kelvin—and the entire Avon community—he got involved, and has spent the last four years accruing memorable moments, like singing a solo

“I am most passionate about my music. It has been part of me for such a long time growing up, and I can attribute most of my success to it. I give a lot of my time and effort to the Riddlers and the Sing-ed Beavers because they are the greatest platforms for me to do what I love most.”

Spring Fall 2015 2010 TheThe Avonian Avonian

on stage at Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center with a combined chorus of the Riddlers and the University of Michigan Men’s Glee Club.

“Music at Avon has been both challenging and rewarding,” Kelvin observes. “I feel that the music program has made me a better musician by allowing me to use my prior experience to help other Avon musicians grow as musicians. “What sets Avon apart is the importance music plays in the daily lives of many students,” he continues. “There are many students on campus for whom music comes first, and that allows for a true music community on campus where budding musicians can grow.” Kelvin notes his trips with the Riddlers—including to Greece, Ireland, and Argentina—as life-changing musical and cultural experiences, and just some of what has made his Avon career so special. “My experience at Avon has been amazing,” he says. “I cannot think of anywhere else I would’ve rather spent this time in my life. Avon is an accepting, diverse, and close-knit community that is led by a faculty that truly cares for its students.” Kelvin hopes to enroll in music school next fall, and to one day become a professional singer.

Village Green Village Green

The Avon Apiary

his summer, Avon welcomed an exciting new addition to our campus: an apiary consisting of three populated beehives. Spearheaded by Director of Sustainability Wendy Burki and students John Park ’15 and Michael Hu ’16, the project has many goals, most notably to increase students’ understanding and appreciation of sustainability and the role that bees play in our environment. Faculty member Holly Mathews, who is also helping out with the care and maintenance of the hives, explains, “We want students to understand the importance of pollination, and bees’ roles in that. Bees are major players in the pollination of fruits and vegetables.” Michael Hu’s awareness of the vital role the bees play encouraged him to join the project. “If the bees disappeared off the face of the earth, man would only have four years left to live,” he states. “Three hives are the least we can do to help them. What most people don’t understand is that if everyone was given a chance to interact with bees, we all would become beekeepers. These magical creatures are just mesmerizing, and you can watch them all day.” John Park, in his scholarly studies, discovered some additional impetus for bringing the hives to campus: “With my

interest in computer programming, I was immersed in the technological side of the world,” notes John. “I read that certain uses of technology, such as using our standard mobile phones, was found to decrease the population of bees, and I was unaware of the natural side of the world. This, in the end, motivated me to raise concerns about the threat to bees worldwide, and closer to home in Avon. I hope to expand on the idea of protecting our small Avon environment to developing protections for agriculture worldwide.” The hives are under the watchful care of local private beekeeper Richard Moore. So far this fall, two tours have been given to interested students and faculty. There are an estimated 90,000

bees per hive. “When they arrived, there were only 20,000 bees, so they’ve done wonderfully,” comments Holly Mathews. “They are thriving in their protected spot on campus.” This winter’s Intersession beekeeping course will give students the opportunity to help construct four more hives as Avon looks to expand the apiary. Students will study pollination and learn to harvest honey. There are also plans for learning to cook with honey, hosting a honey-tasting session, and visiting a local restaurant, The Bee’s Knees, which serves organic food pollinated by bees. While no honey has been harvested from our hives yet—the bees need it to sustain them through the winter—it should be ready for harvesting next summer, and the group hopes to introduce fresh honey in Riddle Refectory. Sweet!

TheThe Avonian Avonian Spring Fall 2015 2010

Village Green

Studio Upgrade Digital Arts Lab This summer, Avon’s thriving visual arts program got another boost when the basement of the Estabrook Fine Arts Center was transformed into a new digital arts lab. The lab houses a host of new and advanced equipment, and is designed to complement many of our arts course offerings. Two iMac computers are fully outfitted with the most up-to-date version of the Adobe suite, along with a projector for demonstrating tools and controls in software, as well as showing sample images and videos for classes. A Wacom Pro tablet will be utilized for photo manipulation in several classes, including AP Photography, AP Drawing and Design, and intro to digital photo. The studio also offers students the use of a Nikon 3300 camera, and a high-end Epson 3880, which prints up to 13-19 inches so students can create richly colored high res images. Chairman of the Visual Arts Department Cristina Pinton is thrilled with the new space, and anticipates beautiful results from the boys as they utilize the lab. “The boys are yearning to become

Fall 2015 The Avonian

proficient in what is quickly becoming as common as pen and paper in drawing class: pen on tablet, mimicking the subtleties of charcoal, ink, and watercolor,” explains Cristina. “They want to learn the tricks of photo manipulation, apply digital illustration to graphic design, and be versed in the world of digital arts just as much as they are in the traditional means and methods of darkroom and figure drawing. “I am hoping we continue to grow and develop, expanding our lab by purchasing more drawing tablets and a scanner, and more computers so that boys can see their work come alive on a big screen. There are already requests for a more advanced digital photo class and I see us offering a digital illustration and design class that is essential for students going into graphic arts and web design, as well as business and art students. Our lab will also be an optimal place for our architecture class to collaborate with engineering, using CAD software and other design software to render their visions three-dimensionally.” “The digital photography curriculum, which includes state-of-the-art digital editing suites, offers an opportunity for great creative growth, as well as the chance to understand and harness complex technological equipment and software,” explains intro to digital photo teacher Greg Calibey. “Thus far, students appear to enjoy the challenge, rapidly assimilating information while producing increasingly refined images.” Cristina spent the summer transforming the space into much more than a studio; it’s now a place for

The Visiting Author Program

Village Green

Daniel James Brown

n Friday, September 25, Avon Old Farms welcomed Daniel James Brown for the 13th installment of our annual Visiting Author Program, supported by the Parents of Avon. Brown, the best-selling author of nonfiction narrative The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, required summer reading for all Avon students, spent the day on campus and spoke to the community about his character-driven telling of the dramatic and emotional tale. He also answered questions from students, attended classes and lunch, and signed copies of his book in Baxter Library.

students to relax and learn, with comfortable seating, full Wi-Fi, displays for college and summer arts programs, and dozens of art and reference books and contemporary photo and art magazines, all at students’ disposal. “Ultimately I wanted it to become a space that would welcome the boys,” she notes. Her hard work has paid off, as students are enthusiastic about the changes. “Offering digital photo provides a whole new opportunity for students at AOF,” says Ran Tao ’15. “Digital photography is the trend in our modern world. And by teaching students to wield powerful tools like Photoshop, Avon’s art department is another step closer to the apex of secondary school art education.” Sinthorn Xie ’15 agrees. “I think digital photography is one of the most useful and forward-thinking classes on campus. Digital photography is increasingly a big part of our lives as people spend more time on Facebook, and YouTube, not only to be entertained but also to learn, and to feel things that words simply cannot describe. Everyone knows how to take a picture, but not everyone knows how to take a good picture. Being able to take a good picture is being able to present yourself well.”

“The Boys in the Boat celebrates the 1936 U.S. men’s Olympic eight-oar rowing team—nine working-class boys who stormed the rowing world, transformed the sport, and galvanized the attention of millions of Americans. The sons of loggers, shipyard workers, and farmers from the American West, the boys took on and defeated successive echelons of privilege and power. Against the grim backdrop of the Great Depression, they reaffirmed the American notion that merit, in the end, outweighs birthright. They reminded the country of what can be done when everyone quite literally pulls together. And they provided hope that in the titanic struggle that lay just ahead, the ruthless might of the Nazis would not prevail over American grit, determination, and optimism.” Adapted from www.danieljamesbrown.com

The Avonian Fall 2015

Village Green

Academic Spotlight: Focus on STEM: Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Several buildings on the part of the Avon Old Farms School campus known as the Farm Group—including the Forge, the Chapel, the Water Tower, and the Gate House—are beautiful and original icons from the Founder’s Era that still stand today. The Forge, during the school’s construction, served as a production area, where all metal items such as hinges, door latches, stair rails, and lanterns were manufactured. Today, it still serves as a place of production, but it’s been renovated and upgraded to meet more modernized needs: it’s home to Avon’s growing robotics team and club, as well as the classroom space for our our engineering and computer programming courses, as Avon continues to emphasize STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) as an integral part of the academic curriculum. Avon’s robotics program has made huge strides since kicking off at the start of the last school year. Now, the program includes a club that meets once a week during the club period—for beginning students pursuing a hobby—as well as a team of 16 students that meets every afternoon. During the fall, students on the robotics team—supervised by coaches Jim Detora, Beth McCubbin, and Kim Finn—are designing and building a robot to compete in their inaugural competition: the FIRST Tech Challenge. After learning the details of the challenge in early September, students have several months to perfect their machine before competition begins. They must design, build, and program a robot that they will drive during a refereed arena game with three other teams, completing tasks and scoring points. There are specific rules for the design

Spring Fall 2015 2010 TheThe Avonian Avonian

and build phase, including what materials are to be used, and sportsmanship is emphasized during each game to ensure that the robots are not damaged in the heat of competition. Awards are given for the competition as well as for community outreach, design, and other real-world accomplishments. “The students really enjoy it,” Mr. Detora observes of the robotics experience. “There’s definitely a creativity part to it. We wanted to be able to give the kids the experience of continuing to learn in an environment where they also have to learn about how to work in teams, and be a teammate, and collaborate, because that’s what they’re probably going to be doing in the real world.” Also finding a home in the Forge are four academic courses: introduction to computer programming and AP Computer Programming, taught by Mr. Detora; and introduction to engineering design (IED) and principles of engineering, taught by Ms. McCubbin and Ms. Finn. The introductory programming courses expose students to different types of variables, basic mathematical expressions, and input/output statements. Once these concepts are mastered, students will learn how to use conditional statements, loops, recursion, and other programming techniques to write more involved programs. The class will use the Python programming language. During the second semester, students will be introduced to object-oriented programming and the Java programming language. Students in Advanced Placement Computer Programming—a new course this year—will follow the advanced curriculum provided by the College Board. IED and principles of engineering are foundation courses in

the Project Lead The Way (PLTW) Engineering Program. In IED, students work both individually and in teams to design solutions to a variety of problems using a 3D modeling software and following the standards of an engineering design process. Utilizing the activity-project-problem-based teaching and learning pedagogy, students progress from completing structured activities to solving open-ended projects and problems that require them to develop planning, documentation, communication and other professional skills. The principles of engineering course surveys some of the major concepts of postsecondary engineering. Through exploring problems that engage and challenge, students encounter a broad range of engineering topics, including mechanisms, the strength of materials and structures, automation, and kinematics. The course applies and concurrently develops secondary level knowledge and skills in mathematics, science, and technology. “We want to give kids exposure to what engineering is all about,” explains Mr. Detora. “There are so many opportunities out there now with engineering and technology and especially computer programming. To not offer it to them would be doing them an injustice.” All teachers instructing in the space underwent intensive

Field Day!

Village Green

Opening Days 2015

n keeping with annual tradition, the first full weekend of the school year featured an exciting all-day field day event of bonding and competition. Grouped by dormitory and sporting t-shirts emblazoned with Avon’s core values of brotherhood, integrity, scholarship, and sportsmanship, the boys took to the fields to compete in events such as soccer, volleyball, stickball, a tire flip, the tug-of-war, and the fastest boy race. At the end of the day, students headed back to their dormitories for pizza parties, study hall, and a good night’s sleep—ready to spend another year on the Farm with their brothers!

training, Mr. Detora for the AP curriculum and Ms. McCubbin and Ms. Finn to become certified to teach the engineering program. And though they’re certainly impressive leaders in the classroom, they are quick to note that students are driving the courses—which is why they’ve been so well received. “These are hands-on classes; they’re ’doing’ the entire class period—they’re not just watching and listening,” Mr. Detora comments. “It’s very much a student-centered environment. They enjoy that.” The Forge is fully equipped with the technology necessary to support the robotics program as well as the programming and engineering courses, including a wide array of tools, a drill press, a professional grade printer and even a 3D printer. The space was fully upgraded in large part by master carpenter Bob Allen, who, with help from Mark Higgins, custom-built beautiful wooden tables, cabinets, closets, and a teacher’s station. “The space is awesome,” enthuses Mr. Detora. “I love teaching down here. It’s great to have our own dedicated space. We get freedom to play, and to leave things out and set up, and to really give the kids an opportunity to create and explore in a space that they feel is their own, which is great.” Our students—residents of a 21st-century classroom—are thrilled to enjoy an updated space, outfitted with the latest technology, set against the stunning backdrop of original campus architecture.

The Avonian Spring 2010 The Avonian Fall 2015

Athletics was introduced to weight training at a young age, and throughout his high school and collegiate football playing and coaching center also welcomed experiences a new Concept 2 has grown to rowing machine. be passionate “This renovation about the value puts our fitness facility of strength and among the top in New conditioning. He England,” comments has held previous Athletic Director certification as a Geoff Barlow. Level-One Sports “The upgrade to Performance our facility benefits Coach through our entire community USAW (USA in a multitude of Weightlifting). ways,” agrees Pierce He currently Brennan, who will holds credentials supervise the strength as a Certified and conditioning –Strength and Conditioning Functional Strength program. “Students Coach Pierce Brennan Coach (CFSC) now have access to top and has a Starting of the line equipment Strength Seminar that one would Certificate of Attendance. see in major college athletics and even “Our goal for the strength and professional sports. The new equipment conditioning program is to implement allows our students to train properly and a school-wide training regimen for all safely at all times. students who are willing to participate,” “With these changes, we are able to Brennan comments. “The program train 64 students each afternoon, and this will have both inand out-of-season is just in the area of the new platforms,” components for our athletic teams and he notes. “While our strength and eventually a curriculum for students conditioning group is training, there is still during their free time. ample room for students, faculty, and staff “We still want to encourage students to to get in a workout, in either the cardio participate in as many sports as possible,” area or with the machines and dumbbells. he continues. “Because of this, I supervise We now have enough space to safely groups in the fitness center on Tuesday and accommodate large groups.” Thursday evenings after study hall. We do Brennan, an accomplished athlete,

The Gordon Family Fitness Center and the Strength and Conditioning Program New Doors Open Fall 2015

he Gordon Family Fitness Center has long served as an important resource for our student athletes and entire school community. It opened in 2007, when Richard and Dee Gordon—past parents, longtime friends, board members, and steadfast supporters of Avon Old Farms School—named the center in honor of their son, David ’90. Joining them at the time were Bill and Jane Austin, who donated much of the equipment. Their son, Bill ’92, is also now a board member. The Gordon and Austin families—and their initial visions and contributions— brought this world-class facility to life. In recent years, student and faculty use of the fitness center has expanded significantly. Teams use the facility to supplement their practices, and students to stay in shape in the off-season. Additionally, the school introduced an official strength and conditioning program. The decision was made to upgrade what has become one of the most populated facilities on campus. During the summer months, walls were knocked down, equipment was relocated, and close to 1,000 square feet of space were added, along with new flooring beneath the cardio equipment. Eight custom half rack and platform stations from Samson Equipment were installed, each boasting new Olympic bars and 500 pounds of custom bumper plates from Again Faster Equipment. Each station also has its own roll-in bench, dip, and pull-up bar. The

Fall 2015 The Avonian

“Students now have access to top of the line equipment that one would see in major college athletics and even professional sports. The new equipment allows our students to train properly and safely at all times.”

Tucker Symes ’16 By Morgan C. Cugell

not want students to think that are missing out on what we are offering with the strength and conditioning program if they play a sport.” The focus of the program is to help make our students stronger. “By getting them stronger we will help reduce the chance of injury, lower the risk of injury recurrence, and improve sportspecific ability and movement patterns,” says Brennan, who explains that the program is based on Mark Rippetoe’s ’Starting Strength’ method. “During the program we will help our students develop movement patterns that will increase their mobility, flexibility, and stability. Our program takes advantage of having young athletes who have the ability to apply a stress, recover, and make a physical adaptation to the training. This is known as the novice effect. With enough rest and proper stress application, our athletes will get stronger and make improvements from one training session to the next. “There is nothing flashy or complicated about our program,” Brennan states. “We do basic movements that are performed correctly and efficiently to improve performance.” With Brennan at the helm, and the newly upgraded Gordon Family Fitness Center opening its doors this fall, the strength and conditioning program is sure to grow and thrive—and the entire Avon community will stay healthy and active!

Tucker Symes ’16 is a busy kid. He’s the vice warden of the student body, a day student monitor, and an Admission Ambassador. He’s also a member of the Red Cross Club and the Nimrod Club, the president of the Big Brother Little Brother program, and a tri-varsity athlete on the football, lacrosse, and VB hockey teams. With all those commitments, he’s a tough guy to pin down—but if you wake up early enough, you can often find him, hard at work, in the Gordon Family Fitness Center at 5:45 a.m. Tucker is the head of the 5:45 a.m. workout club, a group of students and faculty members that regularly meets before the sun rises to get in a good sweat to start the day. In addition to the exercise, Tucker finds that the groups helps to center him; the day starts early and stays productive, and gives him extra energy and time to fit in additional schoolwork. The newly renovated Gordon Family Fitness Center, notes Tucker, has made the club even better, with new equipment

and a bigger space for the club members to spread out and work out. With so many extracurriculars keeping him busy—and tired!—Tucker sometimes finds it difficult to wake up so early, but is always glad he did. “The 5:45 a.m. club is my favorite activity at Avon,” says Tucker. “It is also the one I dread the most. I call it my ’unwelcome alarm.’ I love to go because you feel so great after working out, and there is no better way to start the day. If you can get past dragging yourself out of bed, it is definitely worth it. “And believe me—at 5:45 a.m., you need to want to be there,” he states. “No one gets up just so they can check the box. I think it is about building a lifelong habit.” Tucker, the 2013-14 recipient of the Woodwell Leadership Award, is building habits that will serve him well in the future: just like his dad, Assistant Dean of Students Mike Symes ’81, Tucker hopes to join the Army after college. With his early wake-ups, focus on fitness, leadership skills, and dedication to the community, he’s already got a great start.

The Avonian Fall 2015

Highlights

Fall 2015 The Avonian

F a l l 2015

The Avonian Fall 2015

“ I will build an indestructible school for boys… ” —THEODATE POPE RIDDLE

The Avonian Fall 2015

starting this work all trades were advised that, inasmuch as “ Before the effectiveness of these buildings would depend to a very great

THE

FA R M G R O U P : A HISTORY

“ Work on the main campus began with

what was known as ‘The Farm Group’: the carpenter shop, the forge, the wheelwright shop, and the water tower. “This original Farm Group was the working unit that facilitated the construction of the rest of the campus. The carpenter shop handled all the woodworking needs, including the oak paneling used extensively throughout the campus. The forge provided the needed metal items: hinges, doorknobs, stair rails, and lanterns.

extent upon the way the various surfaces were finished, it was most important that the workmen dispense with all mechanical methods and wherever possible, use old tools and processes in carrying out the work. They were instructed to work by rule of thumb and to gauge all verticals by eye; as a natural variation in line and surface was far more desirable in this work than accuracy. “Except in the case of the Water Tower, where care was taken to obtain the proper entasis, all workmen were especially cautioned against using methods or doing anything at all merely to achieve effects of surface and all work done was based on the logical need for same and carried out so that the actual construction was always expressed in the surface. “The foundations for the Forge, Carpenter Shop and Wheelwright Shop are of Field Stone, taken from old walls and fields of the property; and laid in the usual manner. “The foundation of the Water Tower was built of concrete in accordance with the best modern methods. The walls are of stone and brick. The stone being the local red sandstone, procured and roughly split on the site. The brick measures 2” x 9.5” x 4” and is dark red in color. Local red sand was used in the pointing mortar and the points were brushed with a whisk broom. The interior of the Tower is roughly covered with mortar. The outer walls of the Carpenter and Wheelwright Shops are of brick and timber. The Timber frames were erected first and the panels later filled in with a single thickness of brick. This brick was backed up in the Carpenter Shop by split oak saplings, which were in turn rough plastered so that the general surface of the plastering is the same as that of the inside face of the timbers. The walls of the Wheelwright Shop are hollow; the exterior of over-size brick and the interior of local clinker brick, plastered. “The roofs of the Forge, Carpenter Shop and Wheelwright Shop were framed in accordance with methods in use in England during the early 16th Century. All roofs were framed

”

—AVON OLD FARMS SCHOOL , ARCHIVE S

The Wood Shop

Construction of the Farm Group

with principals and rafters, without ridge timbers, and all the members pinned together with oak pins. The oak used throughout the entire group was cut in the forests of the School property and axed at the site of the buildings. Over the roof members were laid split oak saplings to receive the actual roof covering. The Forge roof is of rough red slate, laid in cement mortar. Hand-made flat tiles with molded hips ad ridges laid in hair mortar make the roofs of the Carpenter and Wheelwright Shops most effective. The under sides of the roofs of all three of these buildings were torched with hair mortar. “The Water Tower is circular in plan, with a masonry core at its center. This core is of reinforced concrete surrounded by a spiral flight of stone steps leading up to the second floor. This floor of hand planed oak planks is pinned to the supporting timbers with hand-made oak pins. “The brick panels of the exterior of the Carpenter Shop were waterproofed by the hot paraffine method. The joints between the oak timbers and the brick walls were caulked with oakum after the surfaces of the sides of the caulked space had been protected by a heavy coat of paraffine. After caulking, the joints were pointed up with cement mortar. Exterior joints between timbers were also carefully caulked. “The framing of the Wheelwright Shop follows the old cruck construction very closely, the roof principals extending from the ground to the ridge. Each one is cut from a large curved tree and these members are set with the convex side out. The eaves of the roof are carried by the side walls of the shop, and the rafters rest on a plate on the side walls and purlines carried by the crucks. “The window sash used in the group of white oak is handmade and glazed with convex glass. This glass is set in bee’s wax which provides a level bed for the glass stops to rest against, thus preventing a strain on the curved edge of the glass. The doors of hand dressed planks are pinned and mortised together; and the hardware was made by the blacksmith on the site.

THE

Q UA D RA N G L E a beehive the spring of 1925 the quadrangle was “ Inof activ and ity. One hundred and twenty quarrymen

”

—THEODATE POPE RIDDLE, CONSTRUCTION NOTES NOVEMBER 7, 1923

stone. After the stonecutters were cutting and dressing stone masons stone had been hauled from the quarry, four quadrangle were building the arches and walls of the timbers to buildings; and carpenters were setting the were hewing the support the floors and the roof…They with adz and broad great beams for the ceilings and rafters 550 men were ax, right in the quadrangle. Altogether, With the rafters in employed during the summer of 1925. to hold the slate place, split saplings were nailed across them and set in ings sapl for the roofs. The slate was wired to the were put s ding buil cement…The roofs on the quadrangle a group from art the on by local workmen who had learned land Eng from ght of Cockney workers Mrs. Riddle had brou . 1922 in on to put the slate roof on the railroad stati of brick like the be to were s ding buil the ally “Origin used only for the water tower and the chapel, with stone and sills. When the archways, doorways and window lintels of stone so close to quarrymen found such a great quantity stone entirely. the school, Mrs. Riddle decided to use ol everyday, “Mrs. Riddle was in evidence at the scho activity The rs. staying…anywhere from two to eight hou le with rang quad must have been fascinating to watch; the horse by in n draw g its piles of sand, great tree trunks bein ing work ons mas e and oxen to be hewn into beams, ston ing stick ms boo t up on the scaffoldings and grea into rs rafte the up above the tree tops hoisting s. The place and lifting up the slate for the roof of d soun the ring of the stonecutters chisel, k of crea the , the carpenter’s adz and hammer early the of ter the winch and boom, the sput ts of the combustion engine, the grunts and snor men all work the of draft animals and the shouts ds. woo must have echoed through the

”

YEARS & ORDER CONSTRUCTION

1921-1923 Railroad Station Water Tower Farm Group: Carpenter Shop, Forge Dormitories: Pelican, Eagle, Elephant, Diogenes

Power House Kitchen Science buildings Dean’s House Provost’s House

1924-1925

1926-1929

Post Office Guest House

Bank Refectory Estate Manager’s House Garage

The Avonian Fall 2015

Avon has long kept its promise to be caring stewards of Mrs. Riddle’s campus, and her magnificent legacy. In November 2010, that promise included a return to bluestone, with the dedication of the Pope Quadrangle Walkways after 14,000 square feet of walkways were laid over the summer. This historic project was funded by private gifts, including the lead gift of $250,000 from an alumnus of the Class of 1955, and a $150,000 grant from the State of Connecticut through the Connecticut Commission on Culture & Tourism, which brings together tourism, historic preservation, and the arts. Its mission is to preserve and promote Connecticut’s cultural and tourism assets in order to enhance the quality of life and economic vitality of the state. At the dedication, Karen Senich, then executive director of the Connecticut Commission on Culture & Tourism, spoke of tradition: “The beauty and magnificence of the Avon Old Farms campus is part of the tradition that passes from one generation of young men to another. The restoration of the historic bluestone paving in the Pope Quadrangle honors the tradition of this beautiful and historic campus. Architecture can do that—a building or a place can convey history, tradition, and that sense Pope Quadrangle Bluestone Walkways of place. This is why historic preservation is essential. Historic preservation—in this case, returning the Pope Quadrangle to its original design—made that connection to place, to history, and to traditions that define our lives. Walking through the Quad today, one can sense the young men who came before and who went on to great things. In this Quad, one can sense Theodate’s vision of creating this school for boys.”

HIGHLIGHTS: ARCHITECTURAL UPDATES

1960S

1970S

1980S

Pierpont Gym & Pool

Hawk’s Nest—Log Cabin Kegley Service Center Aron Academic Center: Adams Theater & Baxter Library Jennings Dormitory

Estabrook Fine Arts Center Ferrier Pavilion Brooks Guest House Main Quad Dormitory Ordway Art Gallery Renovations Jamerson House Diogenes Tower Flag Pole Ice Rink

Fall 2015 The Avonian

1990S

S T I L L S TA N D I N G : THE

FA R M G R O U P

The campus of Avon Old Farms School is one of the most beautiful of its kind, and Theodate Pope Riddle, its founder and Connecticut’s first licensed female architect, intended to keep it that way when she promised, “I will build an indestructible school for boys.” Avon has honored Mrs. Riddle’s dedication with continued restoration and preservation of its iconic Cotswold campus—listed on the State Register of Historic Places—and the state of Connecticut selected Avon The Farm Group

Old Farms as a recipient of its annual Connecticut Preservation Awards in 2014. The awards recognize outstanding preservation projects and people who have made significant contributions to the preservation of Connecticut’s historic buildings and places, and Avon was chosen for its restoration of the Farm Group. The buildings of the Farm Group were among the first built on campus, including a forge, smithy, and carpentry shop, where materials for later buildings at the school were produced, plus a water tower. In 2011, the school was awarded a grant of just over $99,000 toward work on the Forge, and in 2014, a grant of just over $185,000, toward the exterior restoration of the Chapel, Smithy, and Water Tower. In every case, Avon Old Farms was required to match the grant amount with its own funds. The school approached preservation of these buildings carefully, developing a master plan, drawing up modern specifications to restore 16th-century craftsmanship, and testing methods on small projects. The revived skills and techniques for repairing timber framing, re-setting slate roof stones, and using traditional oakum to seal joints between wood and masonry will serve the school as it continues to maintain and restore its other historic buildings. The restoration work of the Farm Group was carried out in two phases. The first phase, completed in the spring of 2012, was restoration of the campus Forge and parts of the Smithy. The second phase, completed in the fall of 2013, included restoration of the exterior walls of the Chapel, remaining areas of the Smithy, and the exterior walls and roof of the Water Tower. The Avon Old Farms School received support for these projects from the State Historic Preservation Office of the Department of Economic and Community Development through Connecticut’s Historic Restoration Fund and the Community Investment Act of the State of Connecticut.

2000S

2010S

Brown Student Center & Field House Ordway Science & Technology Center Brown House Reconstruction Beatson Performing Arts Center Student Woodworking & Digital Arts Studio Susan Casey Brown Auditorium Solar Array on Jennings Fairchild Rink

Pope Quadrangle & Campus Walkways New Pavilion at Nimrod Cabin Farm Group Restoration

The Avonian Fall 2015

“A s this school

was designed, built, and maintained by a visionary architect, it is no wonder that architecture has been a mainstay in our curriculum for decades since the school’s founding,” comments the instructor of the course, Kate McSpadden. “Theodate built this campus to be a living laboratory for KAT E MCS PAD DEN architecture students—for all ARC HITE CTU RE students, in fact—and it is only INST RUC TOR fitting that our architecture classes are consistently robust.” Indeed, the popular architecture course serves not only as an introduction to basic drafting techniques, principles of 3D design, and architectural history, but also as a study of the beautiful, historical buildings on campus, including those still standing from the

Fall 2015 The Avonian

Founder’s Era. Students learn how to measure and draw accurate freehand sketches, floor plans, and elevation drawings, and proceed to design and build scale models of buildings for various purposes. Bigger projects in the course include elevation drawings and model building. The elevation drawing project puts their drafting skills to the test but involves more creative input. “We’ll meet in front of the Headmaster’s office—conveniently a Greek temple of the Doric order—and talk about Greek architecture,” explains McSpadden. “The boys learn all the various components of a temple and how Greek architecture evolved, and then we return to the studio where the boys come up with temples dedicated to a thing, idea, or deity of their choosing. All the various stylistic elements of their building must in some way relate—for example, if they build a temple dedicated to Poseidon, then their columns could be tritons, and their frieze sculpture could include seashells and other ocean imagery.” The second quarter of the course is largely dedicated to building scale models of the boys’ own designs. First, they pick a shape and then design a building that in some way reflects it. Then they move on to design a building with a specific use on

“ The buildings we inhabit can and do mold our behavior, and I can’t help but think that the magical architectural marvel that is our campus contributes directly to the extraordinary atmosphere and community that we have at Avon.

”

campus—“something we don’t currently have and something each boy thinks we need,” says McSpadden—that reflects or responds to Mrs. Riddle’s architecture. Students peruse all Theodate’s designs for buildings on campus, even the ones that were never constructed. “Their buildings should contribute to the idea of campus as architectural classroom,” notes Kate. “In the past, boys have designed Georgian libraries, Egyptian greenhouses, Arts and Crafts dormitories, and Etruscan ice rinks, to name a few. “They also need to consider what part of campus they would build their buildings on, and have the site factor into their design,” she continues. “For example, if it’s on a hill, their model should incorporate the slope. I’m excited to see what they will come up with this year.” In addition to teaching the architecture course, McSpadden is in the process of planning a presentation for later in the school year, to be delivered to the entire student body, about the design and construction of the architecture of Avon Old Farms. McSpadden intends to focus the presentation around Mrs. Riddle’s belief in

the educational and inspirational role that architecture can play in shaping people’s lives. “Winston Churchill once said, ‘First we shape our buildings, and afterwards, they shape us,’” recalls McSpadden. “Theodate was a big proponent of this idea, long before he uttered the statement. She wanted to create a very particular kind of community at Avon Old Farms, one in which the students would have the opportunity to essentially apprentice themselves in various occupations, and her design and the charter she laid out reflect that desire. “Even though the day-to-day operation has since deviated to an extent from what she originally envisioned, I do still firmly believe that her architecture has a direct bearing on how we conduct ourselves on a daily basis here, and what we all learn from one another. The buildings we inhabit can and do mold our behavior, and I can’t help but think that the magical architectural marvel that is our campus contributes directly to the extraordinary atmosphere and community that we have at Avon. It truly is a village in the best sense, and in the sense that Theodate wanted it to possess; everyone, be they students, faculty, or staff, finds his or her role to play in this small village and is granted the opportunity to exercise that citizenship daily, which, one hopes, ultimately trains the boys for a well-lived, purposeful life.” The architecture course provides McSpadden with an outlet to help instill in students newfound appreciation for architecture as art—and the campus as a masterpiece. “In an age when all they’ve ever known is the digital environment and, for the most part, minimalistic design, I think it’s an incredible educational tool to have the boys living on a campus that was constructed entirely by the hands of men, so much so that you can see it in every last hewn beam and stone,” she observes. “Getting them to slow down, focus on the details, and use their hands are all incredibly important to me as a teacher,” explains McSpadden. “Our boys learn by doing and making things, not by just absorbing information.” The Avonian Fall 2015

THEODATE COLLECTED ARCHITECTURAL NOTES IN ENVELOPES SHE LABELED BY HAND.

THEODATE

POPE RIDDLE FEBRUARY 2, 1867–AUGUST 30, 1946

“Pope’s stone and oak architecture is still recognized as a work of genius.” In a field long dominated by men, self-taught Theodate Pope Riddle emerged as an important and influential architect whose designs included the Hill-Stead Museum in Farmington and the college preparatory school Avon Old Farms. Riddle’s architectural designs reflected her progressive philosophy and her legacy as an important architect of the early 20th century. Theodate Pope was a strongwilled young woman born into privilege and wealth in Salem, Ohio. She refused to answer to her given name, Effie, and wanted to be an architect, not a debutante. After graduating from Miss Porter’s School in Farmington, Conn., founded in 1847 by Sarah Porter, she spent two years on the Grand Tour of Europe with her parents. Charmed and intrigued by the architectural styles of England, Theodate Pope returned to Connecticut where she restored an 18th-century cottage, which she named “The O’Rourkery,” and attached a small house to it. Her experience with the restoration of the house marked the beginning of her career as a practicing architect. Pope’s next project was a retirement home for her parents on a 250-acre tract of land near “The O’Rourkery.” The large clapboard home, now known as the Hill-Stead Museum, was sited on the crest of a

Fall 2015 The Avonian

hill and featured up-to-date, modern conveniences. The firm of McKim, Mead and White prepared working drawings from her designs, effectively providing her with an apprenticeship in architecture. A practicing architect for the next 30 years, Pope’s projects included designing adequate housing for her own employees, several country estates and the reconstruction of Theodore Roosevelt’s birthplace in Manhattan. A relationship established at Miss Porter’s with her former teacher Mary Hillard led to the design of one of her most extensive projects, the Westover School in Middlebury, Conn. The school’s architecture, with its gabled central entrance pavilion, continues to receive high praise. In 1916, she designed the Hop Brook School in Naugatuck, and in 1920 she bought the land on which she would found and build a school for boys, Avon Old Farms, the project which occupied the rest of her professional life. Pope’s unusual design for Avon was intended to reflect a progressive and highly individualistic philosophy of education. In addition to the buildings at the school, which opened in 1927, she helped develop curriculum and hire staff. During World War II, Pope, a friend of President Roosevelt, closed the school and converted it into the Old Farms Convalescent Hospital for blinded

“ This place means peace to my soul. ” —THEODATE POPE RIDDLE

Army veterans. The school re-opened in 1947. Pope’s stone and oak architecture is still recognized as a work of genius. Theodate Pope became a member of the American Institute of Architects in 1918. She was also a major figure in the American Society for Psychical Research, along with her friend William James. In addition, she was an active member of the National Society of Colonial Dames of America in the State of Connecticut. In May 1915, Pope traveled to England aboard the HMS Lusitania and was one of the few survivors when a German U-boat torpedoed the ship off the coast of Ireland. The following year, she married John Riddle, a 52-year-old

diplomat who had served in Russia. She and her husband traveled extensively, and she accompanied him to Argentina after his appointment as ambassador. Theodate Pope Riddle died in 1946, leaving instructions that Hill-Stead was to be preserved as a public museum and stipulating that the house and its contents be kept intact and unchanged. The Hill-Stead Museum now houses a significant art collection and is a stop on the Connecticut Women’s Heritage Trail. From the Connecticut Women’s Hall of Fame. Theodate, Connecticut’s first licensed female architect, was inducted posthumously in 1994.

The Avonian Fall 2015

Student Spotlight

Matthew Horton ’16 By Morgan C. Cugell

rriving as a sophomore from Guilford, Conn., Matty Horton ’16 may not have spent all four of his high school years at Avon Old Farms School, but he wasted no time integrating himself seamlessly into the community—and quickly distinguished himself as one of its truest leaders. The head dormitory monitor in Elephant 3, Matty is also a member of the varsity hockey team and on the track and field team, and participates in the Connecticut Chasers program, an ice hockey team for children with learning disabilities. Each week, he and several of his peers lace up and take the ice to help coach the group, teaching them basics such as skating, shooting, and passing. He’s also an accomplished scholar, finishing last year as a Headmaster’s List student and earning both the nonfiction and fictional narrative book prizes, with an honorable mention for the Spanish 4 book prize. This year, Matty’s added still another impressive title:

24 24

Spring 2010 The Avonian Fall 2015 The Avonian

Warden of the student body, a position to which he was elected after announcing his candidacy only the night before the vote. “I was surprised, honored, and proud,” says Matty of the election results. “As for the surprised part, I never expected to actually run for the position, let alone win it. I thought about it long and hard until the night before the election when I decided to go for it. Also, the students who I was competing against all have just as much, if not more, potential than I did. As for the honored aspect, I am honored that the community here at Avon had faith that I would be a representative to all of Avon. Lastly, I am so proud of being able to attend a school like Avon Old Farms and be a part of this unique community.” Though Matty has forged his own path as a student at Avon, he is quick to credit his older brother, K.C., as one of his greatest sources of inspiration, and a role model Matty strives to emulate every day. After two consecutive season-ending injuries in football and lacrosse, K.C. aspired and persevered,

“This school provides students with the resources, knowledge, and growth to be whatever it is they aspire to be. Avon has already given me more than I could have ever imagined...Avon has been the transition from boyhood to manhood for me.”

rehabbing and getting stronger and eventually securing a spot on the Bentley University football team. “It would have been easy for him to call it quits,” says Matty, “but he didn’t. K.C.’s experiences showed me how life will throw obstacles your way that seem impossible to recover from. However, his attitude and determination taught me to never give up on something you are passionate about, because no matter how bad it seems, it will always work itself out.” It’s a lesson uniquely suited to life at Old Farms, comments Matty. “I believe Avon has a unique way of stretching each student, however; it allows us to learn how to overcome adversity, which is essential to success,” he explains.

Matty hopes to attend college in the Boston area and study business management. Whatever his future may hold, he knows Avon was the place that gave him his start. “Avon Old Farms is defined by four core words: brotherhood, integrity, sportsmanship, and scholarship,” he notes. “This school provides students with the resources, knowledge, and growth to be whatever it is they aspire to be. Avon has already given me more than I could have ever imagined, and I am confident that one day I will be able to repay the school for all that it has, and will continue to do for me. “Avon has been the transition from boyhood to manhood for me.”

The Avonian Spring 2010 The Avonian Fall 2015

25 25

Faculty Focus

Stephen Kraft By Morgan C. Cugell

hen Steve Kraft retires this December, Avon Old Farms School won’t just lose the assistant director of the physical plant. We’ll be bidding farewell to a tireless professional and an Avon icon who has spent close to 40 years on campus, helping to build the campus into the beautiful place it is today. Steve joined the Avon Old Farms community professionally in 1976, but his ties to the campus run deep. A lifelong resident of Avon, Conn., he got his start in the Avon public school system. During summer vacations as a teenager, he worked for his family’s carpentry and home building business, George E. Kraft & Sons, which was enlisted to do construction work on Avon’s campus. He helped his family construct the original language lab in Elephant dormitory. After graduating from the University of Connecticut, Steve again joined the family business, but returned to Avon Old Farms in 1976 as a general trades carpenter for the maintenance department. Although he left the staff from 1978 to 1980 to pursue self-employment at Stephen K. Kraft Carpentry, Steve stayed connected to Old Farms during that time, doing construction on his own on the roof and porch of one of the school’s off-campus houses. In 1980, Avon’s lead carpenter position became available, when Sid Riendeau took on the role of director of the physical plant. Steve got the job.

Fall 2015 2014 The The Avonian Avonian

“I had been Sid’s understudy in the shop from 1976 to 1978,” he recalls, “and learned many of the nuances of the Old Farms buildings, so Sid and the school were happy to have me back aboard with experience, and I was able to step into the position without missing a beat. “And as it said, the rest is history.” Indeed, Steve has stayed on campus ever since he returned in 1980, next serving as head of trades before being promoted in 1998 to assistant director of the physical plant, where he remains today. Over the span of nearly four decades, he’s been an instrumental part of much of the intensive work that has been done on campus. “Major and minor projects at Avon Old Farms require extensive input from facilities in order to fit the pieces of the old and new together, so that the original campus is not compromised but enhanced,” explains Steve. “To that end, I have spent my career being very attentive to the work as the school grew, because as construction is completed, the facilities group must maintain the new using knowledge of the existing, so that the two can meld together smoothly.” Steve describes a list of major projects since he’s been at Avon as “endless.” Just a few he’s had a hand in: the Kegley Science Center of the ’70s; Ferrier Pavilion; the Estabrook Fine Arts Center; the Aron Academic Center, including Baxter Library

and the Adams Theater; Brown House dormitory, both the original building and the post-April 2007 fire renovation; the Ordway Gallery; the Pope Quadrangle Walkways; the solar array on the Jennings Fairchild Rink; the Ordway Science and Technology Center; the Brown Student Center; the Field House; and the Beatson Performing Arts Center. Along the way, Steve has also helped to renovate classrooms and dormitories along with numerous iterations of faculty housing. He was the original architect of the major quadrangle dormitory update in the mid-’90s —rooms that had remained the same since the school opened. “They were small and dark and not functional to the new technology of computers, especially the second floor rooms,” he notes. “The room had a bunk with storage and a hamper underneath it, a small closet, and small desk and chair. I remembered having to dismantle an assembly a student had created—the spring and mattress were propped up on some boards, like an upper bunk, and he used his chair to jump up into the bunk. “From this I was able to design a system using that theory: a loft bed with a 3’ by 4’ desk underneath, and a stairway of drawers for storage to get up to the bed, doubling the use of the same space.” The renovation was completed with lighter walls, new electric power and lighting, and phone and data ports. “The ‘new’ rooms were modern and functional for the era of technology,” he comments. “Mission accomplished.” Steve’s attention to detail lends itself well to what he describes as the touchstone of the community: what remains of the original campus. “Mrs. Riddle’s campus was built as indestructible,” he says, “but it needs constant care to maintain the integrity and beauty of the structures.” To that end, typical days, in addition to both new and ongoing projects, are also spent managing regularly scheduled maintenance to the original architecture, such as roof repairs and replacements, and repointing the brownstone walls. However, he adds, “Typical—a word like normal, usual, regular, or average—is not a word in the vocabulary of a facilities department that operates a residential community! “Expect the unexpected every day,” he states, “and fit the responses in with the planned work loads, always moving toward goals of completion.” Steve starts his day early, before most of the crew arrives, to review and monitor some of the school’s major mechanical functions, such as heat, air conditioning, and hot water, determining if any need servicing. He then checks email to see if anything came up overnight, and puts in place any

preventative maintenance items that are scheduled. At 7 a.m., he’s ready to greet the crew, then takes a golf cart tour of campus—“the best way to assess overall conditions,” he explains—before the students and residents begin the day. As the day builds, so does the to-do list: match work completed with work requested; respond to vendors and contractors; review and file fuel reports; assist with payroll; and research information for projects that are going on or projected. “We are always looking at what we have in the ground already as we prepare for the additions that are forthcoming,” he notes. “We continue to grow at an amazing pace.” Steve also mentions that despite his part-time schedule this year that allows him to end his day around lunch time, “New England has way of tossing a curveball,” such as winter snow and ice storms, springtime flooding, and summer thunderstorms. “But with a solid and devoted crew and with ample equipment, we manage to keep the plant running and the campus open for operation as expected,” he states. “Even when the utility power was out for 11 days, we never skipped a beat; after all, we have a school and a community to maintain!” Steve’s dedication to his work and the community is similarly reflective of what—or rather, who—he says has kept him at Avon Old Farms School for so long: the people. “The people that make up the unusual and special community we call Avon Old Farms— from administrators and faculty to staff and crew—combine experience and professionalism to get the job done. That job is making Avon Old Farms the best school for boys, ever. “This team, working together as a group, accomplishes many amazing things and that makes Avon the special place it is.” An integral part of that team, Steve has been recognized throughout his career for his hard work. He counts last year’s recognition with the Student Council Award and an honorary Avon Old Farms diploma, both from the Class of 2015, as among his most special memories. He’ll certainly be missed by faculty, staff, and students alike when retirement day arrives in December, though his wife of 41 years, Debra, as well as his two children and three grandchildren, are eagerly anticipating his coming home. And although Steve is looking forward to a “cooling down” period of rest and relaxation, the transition will be bittersweet. “I will miss this community atmosphere as I move into retirement, but mostly the people I’ve worked with, past and present, who have made lasting memories for me,” he says. “It’s not the stones or the lumber of the complex, but the people who maintain Mrs. Riddle’s ’oasis’ that I will miss the most.”

“This team, working together as a group, accomplishes many amazing things and that makes Avon the special place it is.”

The The Avonian Avonian Fall 2015 2014

Elephant The

Remembers…

“Theodate Pope spent several months at Princeton in the early 1890s working with tutors in the Department of Architecture and auditing some classes as well. Adding to her education were books on architecture and frequent trips to Europe. By 1910 (at the age of 42) Theodate became an architect in Connecticut and New York and by 1918 was elected to membership in the American Institute of Architects.” .... Theodate Pope Riddle and the Founding of Avon Old Farms by Brooks Emeny

Fall 2015 The Avonian

From the Archives Compiled by Carol Ketcham

The Avonian Fall 2015

Alumni Spotlight

Rich Connell ’74 By Morgan C. Cugell

“A

von Old Farms has had a profound impact on my life,” observes Rich Connell ’74. “I can’t even begin to think where I would be today without that experience!” Beginning at Avon in the fall of 1971 as a boarding sophomore—with Sid Clark as his advisor—Rich notes, “It was a new experience, but one where I felt that I really grew and prospered. I was positively impacted by virtually every faculty member with whom I came in contact. From Cliff Carlson to Seth Mendell to Sid Clark to Jorge Consuegra, they all enhanced my Avon experience in so many ways. “Of course, the person who had the most influence was Gail Laferriere,” he continues of the former chair of the Art Department. “I didn’t consider myself to be an artist when I came to Avon, and she opened my eyes to a world that would become my future.” Distantly related to Avon’s legendary founder and designer, Theodate Pope Riddle—Connecticut’s first licensed female architect—Rich followed in the family footsteps, matriculating to the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) to pursue a career in architecture, despite having focused much of his college search on a degree program that would prepare him to teach. “At some point late in that process, Gail Laferriere instilled in me the idea of becoming an architect, and that the only college that I should consider was Rhode Island School of Design,” he says. “So I decided to apply to RISD and luckily I was accepted, as it was the only architectural school to which I had applied, and by the end of my senior year, I was fully committed to becoming an architect. At the time, Avon allowed students to do senior projects and I spent the spring term working for an architectural

Fall 2015 The Avonian

firm, which helped gel my decision. My faith was so strong that I arrived at RISD the next fall for the first time, having never seen it during the college search process.” When he graduated from RISD with a B.Arch. in 1979, Rich was faced with a challenging job market for young architects—but Gail Laferriere was looking for a photography instructor, and he applied for the job, drawing on photo experience he had acquired at RISD. “George Trautman hired me and felt that my afternoons might better be served working at a local architectural firm, so he introduced me to David LaBau, who had just completed the Baxter Library at Avon and was beginning to work on the Adams Theater,” explains Rich. “So I began that year teaching at Avon, driving into Hartford for the afternoons, and then returning to Avon for evening and weekend duties.” At the end of that academic year, Rich joined David full time nearby in Glastonbury; 35 years later, the firm is now known as The S/L/A/M Collaborative, Connecticut’s largest multidisciplinary architectural and engineering firm, for which Rich serves as a principal. For nine years, he also continued to work at Avon, teaching courses in photography and architecture. Rich specializes in master planning and building design for independent schools, including our own: S/L/A/M completed Avon’s most recent campus plan. “Having been a student and teacher at Avon gave me a strong foundation on which to build this expertise,” he notes. “I’ve worked at over 35 schools across the country. I currently have independent school assignments in New York, Kentucky, Florida, and Arkansas. Of course, some of my favorite projects have been those that I have been involved with on Avon’s campus, including the Ordway Science

“George Trautman hired me and felt that my afternoons might better be served working at a local architectural firm, so he introduced me to David LaBau, who had just completed the Baxter Library at Avon and was beginning to work on the Adams Theater. So I began that year teaching at Avon, driving into Hartford for the afternoons, and then returning to Avon for evening and weekend duties.” –Rich Connell ’74

and Technology Center, the Beatson Performing Arts Center, of my success in life to the foundation that was laid at Avon.” the Brown House reconstruction, and the recently completed Outside of the office, Rich is an active contributor to master campus plan. the architectural profession through many different roles: “Working on the campus is clearly a very challenging for over a decade as the CT Intern Development Program architectural assignment,” he continues. “We approached these state coordinator for architectural interns; as a member of projects with utmost respect for Mrs. Riddle, and a desire to the board of directors of The Connecticut Architecture create buildings that complement her work, providing state-ofFoundation, an organization that grants scholarships to the-art facilities for the students pursuing students of today while careers in architecture; still keeping an eye out as a member of the for what will be needed board of directors of the in the future. Connecticut Chapter of “The original the American Institute Avon Old Farms is an of Architects, for which architectural tour-dehe served as president in force. I marvel at Mrs. 2012; and currently as Riddle’s vision, creativity, one of two New England and determination. representatives to the I believe that her American Institute of architecture had an Architects Strategic Rich ’74 and Nancy Connell impact on me and helped Council, a national advisory board serving with sons Chris and Ben to inspire my career choice.” the Institute’s members worldwide. Rich’s passion for Avon is abundantly In 2013, the Associated General clear—beyond the fact that Gail Laferriere and her husband are his Contractors of Connecticut honored Rich as Designer son’s godparents! He has served on the National Council in recent of the Year in recognition of his contributions to the years, a role that he comments has allowed him to give back to design and construction industry. Avon in a number of ways, and also given him an understanding Rich is also on the board of trustees at Oxford Academy, of and appreciation for how the school has evolved. is an assistant scoutmaster for Boy Scout Troop 540 in “I’m a strong advocate for the value of an Avon Old Farms Glastonbury, and is active within his church. Rich has education,” he notes. “As evidenced by my experience, it really been married to his wife, Nancy, for 25 years; she is also an made all the difference at a critical point in my life. In many architect, whom he met at S/L/A/M, and who specializes in ways, it was a new and challenging world, but one where I was healthcare architecture. They have two sons: Ben, who is 24, supported and encouraged to succeed. I can certainly credit a lot and Chris, who is 16.

The Avonian Fall 2015

The 9th Chairman of the Board of Directors:

Martin I. Cole P’04 By Morgan C. Cugell

his spring’s annual gathering of the Board of Directors was a busy one, highlighted by the election of the ninth chairman of Avon’s Board of Directors: Martin I. Cole P’04. Marty was elected unanimously and enthusiastically accepted the position. “I was honored,” he notes. “We have a strong Board of Directors with many great leaders, so the Board choosing me is quite an honor.” Marty and his wife, Terri, began their official relationship with Avon Old Farms as parents, in the fall of 1999, when their son Sam ’04 enrolled at school. Marty recalls a wonderful experience touring the campus and meeting with staff and students in the Office of Admission. They were excited with the exceptional work being done by the faculty and Headmaster LaRocque. “We knew then that Avon was a special place,” Marty recalls. “Certainly it had physical beauty, with Mrs. Riddle’s campus. We further learned how special it was, through its community and family-friendly environment, the caring and nurturing faculty, the great staff, and really, the brotherhood, which I’d say exemplifies Avon.” Marty and Terri continued to grow more involved throughout Sam’s time on campus, and were thrilled with the experience he had. “Avon, with its single-sex education model, helped our son mature through adolescence from a great boy to a fine young man,” he comments. “He developed poise and presence in the Avon environment. He developed strong study skills, which certainly served him well as he went on to college and beyond into the business world. He made use of the enrichment environment, he grew as a three-sport athlete, and overall, he matured into a fine team player and team leader.” Marty joined Avon’s Board of Directors in 2005 and has been an impact person there ever since, having served over the years as the chair of the finance, audit, and development committees, and as the treasurer of the Board. Most recently, he was a vice chairman of the Board of Directors, and a member of the executive committee. He had been serving as the acting chairman of the Board since last October.

Fall 2015 2014 The The Avonian Avonian

An experienced business leader, Marty was born and raised in Chicago, a product of the public school system there, and then went on to Dartmouth College to earn a B.A. followed by an M.A. from the University of Texas at Austin. At the end of last August, he retired from Accenture, where he enjoyed a 34-plus year career, during which he served, at various times, as the chief executive of the communications, media, and technology group, the chief executive of the public service group, and as the global managing director of Accenture’s outsourcing and infrastructure delivery group. In 2006, Marty co-authored a guide to understanding how public service organizations can measure, analyze, and improve public value over time, called Unlocking Public Value: A New Model for Achieving High Performance in Public Service Organizations. At the time of his retirement, Marty was the chief executive of Accenture’s technology group and as such, was responsible for the full range of Accenture’s technology consulting and outsourcing solutions and delivery capabilities around the world, amounting to more than two-thirds of Accenture’s then nearly $30 billion business. His impressive business acumen will undoubtedly serve Avon well. And though he is keeping his focus on the financial future of the school, Marty is also quick to note another equally significant goal. “Of course as a private school, a not-for-profit entity, we will always be looking to raise more money,” he explains, “but probably even more important than the dollars raised in the short term is the degree to which our community is connected. We want everyone to be part of what we’re doing here at Avon—to be part of this special environment, creating the future for Avon, working to make this a better place.” Marty notes that his relationship with Avon Old Farms has given him great insight into the school’s operations. “I’ve been impressed with the many things we do well, particularly operating within a very tight financial envelope with a tight budget and a frugal mindset, which I really admire. At the same time, there’s more that we need to do, and there’s more that we can do.

“We must think bigger,” he continues. “Our endowment is as strong as it’s ever been, but still not enough to do all the things that we want to accomplish, so we need to dramatically increase it to provide more financial flexibility for the future.” To do so, Marty plans to work tirelessly to connect with various members of the Avon Old Farms community and lay the foundation for the tough work ahead. “It is my intent to lead from the front, with energy and passion, to enable Avon to be the best, getting greater engagement from the Board, the National Council, alumni, and parents, both past and current,” he says. “Looking forward as a Board, we’ll most certainly be dealing with strategic issues, including but not limited to maintaining, enhancing and building new facilities; our relationship with the town of Avon regarding land use and roads; the size and diversity of the student population; the costs of delivering a quality education; working to ensure we have the best faculty and staff for our young men; and succession planning for some of our top school leaders. We have a full agenda over the next three to five years and I’m excited about the opportunity. “I am fortunate to start with a very solid foundation, built by the great chairmen who preceded me and the wonderful work of Mr. LaRocque, so we will go from great to greater,” he says. “We’ll go from an environment where we’re doing many things well, with some challenges ahead, to get even better—to really become, and sustain our position as, the best college preparatory school for boys in the nation.” Whatever positive changes Marty and the Board may impart, he feels strongly that it is also their job to maintain the culture of Avon. “Avon is a special place, challenging boys to do things they might not do in a coeducational environment, and teaching important life lessons as they grow

into men,” he observes. “As we’ve been associated with Avon for the past 15 years, we’ve seen the school grow, with a larger and more diverse student population, significantly improved facilities, more academic offerings, an exceptional arts program, and very competitive athletics teams. These represent important accomplishments; we’re not done yet. “We must continue to get better,” he asserts. “That is, ‘what can we do to improve the experience for our boys while staying true to our core values of brotherhood, integrity, scholarship, and sportsmanship?’ Avon is unique. We are a school for boys. Our faculty and staff engage with our young men and teach them, coach them, and mentor them. “This is very special, and as the chairman of the Board, I plan to keep Avon special.” The Coles have been extremely generous to and supportive of Avon Old Farms, and Cole Court is so named to honor their service and contributions to Avon, as is the Cole Family Scholarship. Terri has volunteered extensively at school throughout the years, and served for two years as the vice president of the Parents Association and for two years as its president. She also worked in Avon’s Alumni and Development office, and led our Parents Annual Fund. She is presently finishing her term as a member of Avon’s National Council. In 2004, Avon honored Terri with the Paul and Louise Adams Medal, for extraordinary contributions to Avon Old Farms School by a parent. Marty and Terri reside in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. They have three children: Jack and Liz, who are graduates of Westminster School, and Sam, a 2004 graduate of Avon Old Farms; two daughters-in-law, Victoria (Jack) and Heather (Sam); and two grandchildren, Grace (Jack and Victoria) and Wyatt (Sam and Heather).

“I am fortunate to start with a very solid foundation, built by the great chairmen who preceded me and the wonderful work of Mr. LaRocque, so we will go from great to greater. We’ll go from an environment where we’re doing many things well, with some challenges ahead, to get even better—to really become, and sustain our position as, the best college preparatory school for boys in the nation.”

The The Avonian Avonian Fall 2015 2014

Avon Old Farms school

Letter of Gratitude

School Leadership

Annual Fund Leadership Societies

Alumni Giving

Winged Beaver Leadership Circle

Current Parent Giving

Parents of Alumni Giving

Current Faculty & Staff

Friends 54 In-Kind Gifts

Grandparents of Avon Giving

â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Rise to the Occasionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Initiative

Memorial & Honorary Giving

Matching Gift Companies & Foundations

Endowments, Funds Functioning as Endowments, or Special Purpose Funds

The Riddle Society

Capital Giving

Admission & Alumni Reception Hosts

Statement of Financial Position

2015-16 opening day celebration. 34

Avon Old Farms School

201 4-15

Annual Report of Giving Si

th a nk you.

Chris Davis ’15 and Derek Kasperzyk ’15 leading the alumni parade, Reunion 2015

LE T T ER OF GR AT I T U DE Dear Avonians, We are very pleased to present you this report on 2014-15 Annual Giving that highlights the support of our alumni, parents, grandparents, and faculty. Yet again, your generosity has enabled Avon Old Farms School to continue to fulfill its mission to be the best college preparatory school for boys. At Avon, cultivating young men of integrity is a calling. It is a shared commitment of the faculty and administration as well as our extended Avon family. We work together to nurture wisdom, justice, inclusion, service, and the pursuit of truth within every boy at Avon Old Farms. It is an expensive but worthwhile endeavor that is only 70 percent funded by tuition alone. The difference is funded by our endowment and contributions from donors like you who make gifts to support our Annual Fund. Over 2,000 donors made Annual Fund gifts last year, reminding us that you place substantial priority and value on the key strengths of the Avon experience: single-sex education, vibrant academic, athletic, and artistic programs; exceptional college matriculation; high-caliber faculty; unique and leading-edge facilities; and a small student body. Collectively, your contributions made it possible to invest in the people and programs that maintain and nurture these strengths. We sincerely hope we can count on your continued support. Thank you so very much. Warmly,

Glenn A. Sieber P’17 Interim Director of Development

Avon Old Farms School

Annual Giving Annual fundraising represents the lifeblood of an independent school, supporting every aspect of its mission and operation. At Avon, it supports the essential investments we make in our curriculum and faculty as well as other important operating expenses. Tuition does not cover the cost of each boy’s education entirely. To bridge the gap, we use investment earnings from our endowment as well as our Annual Fund to balance the operating budget each year. Gifts made annually to support Avon have a profound impact on our school, creating a source of strength in our ability to bring the Avon mission to life. Thank you to this very special group of donors and believers for investing in Avon’s most important fundraising priority: the Annual Fund.

SCHOOL LE A DERSHIP

Avon’s Board of Directors and National Council set the standard for giving resources and time to advance Avon’s mission. It is with gratitude and enthusiasm that we honor our school’s leadership and thank them for supporting the Annual Fund. BOARD OF DIRECTORS

HONORARY DIRECTORS

NATIONAL COUNCIL MEMBERS

Martin I. Cole P’04, Chairman William P. Austin ’92, Co-Vice Chairman Brendan L. McKernan ’89, Co-Vice Chairman & Treasurer Clayton D. Johnson ’82, Secretary Brett C. Browchuk P’15 Andrew E. Caputo P’16, ’17 Brian B. Conroy ’82, ’13H James W. Corrigan ’67, P’98 Stratford R. Dennis ’00 John H. Edwards Jerold T. Garvey ’82 Matthew H. Gates ’65 Dee Gordon P’90 Richard H. Gordon P’90 Dean C. Graham ’84 Wade L. McDevitt ’82 Andre A. Napoli P’16 John A. Nolan ’80 Kathryn A. Ordway P’04 Patrick T. Ryan P’09, ’12 Henry B. DuPont Smith, Sr. P’17 Janice Kulynych Story P’10 Norbert M. Williamson P’14, ’16 Kenneth J. Winemaster ’83, P’17 Linda P. Woodwell W’75, P’08

Louise B. Adams P’64, ’68, GP’01 d

Michael C. Conroy ’85, Chairman

Jordan Jayson ’94

Christopher S. Drew ’85, P’17, ’18,

Scott B. Linke ’79, P’16

Spencer E. Beal, Sr. ’65, P’95 Joseph R. Biondo P’92 Campbell P. Brown ’86 Leslie S. Cutler P’91 Victor Delano P’75 d John E. Drew P’85, ’87, GP’17, ’18 George F. Getz, Jr. ’80 Timothy M. Jones P’05, ’18 Stephen S. Lash ’58 Paul R. Matalon ’70, P’01 Allan J. O’Connor ’75 Rolf H. Olson ’59 Richard W. Pendleton Jr. ’96H George M. Trautman ’98H, P’75, ’81, GP’03

Vice-Chairman

William W. Lyon ’63

Thomas K. Curtis ’63, Secretary

David D. MacKinnon ’79

Sam L. Rubenstein ’85, Head of

Brian R. Maitland ’80

Nominating Committee

Stewart M. Mather ’97

Derrick Barker ’06

John W. Maxwell ’86

Spencer E. Beal, Jr. ’95

Edwin J. McCarthy ’74

John-Oliver Beirne ’03

John M. McCormick, Jr. ’82

Perry Benson, Jr. ’65

Patricia O. McLaughlin P’15

Elisa Brady P’11

Daniel J. McNamara ’01

Thomas B. Byrne, III ’75

Seth F. Mendell ’52

Michael S. Cercone ’75

Donald R. Monaco ’55

Adam K. Cline ’93

Robert H. Moran, Jr. ’73, P’04

EX-OFFICIO MEMBER

Richard T. Connell ’74

John C. Mori ’05

Kenneth H. LaRocque P’01, ’10, Headmaster

John A. Costello ’85

Michael M. Mullin, IV ’91

Thomas S. Cousins, IV ’06

Lee B. Ogden ’82

John F. Davenport ’59

Jason K. Parker ’91

Chase F. Donaldson ’68

James Patten ’88

Nathan D. Edwards

Randolph H. Pike ’78

David J. Farrell ’98

W. Steele Pollard ’92

Michael A. Fish ’95

Peter D. Reed ’88

Andrew H. Fisher ’91

Michael E. Sorvillo ’00

Michael R. Gibbons ’81, P’11

Edward P. Thompson ’74, P’03, ’08

THANK YOU FOR YOUR YEARS OF SERVICE

David D. Gordon ’90

Jonathan D. Usich ’89

Drew S. Graham ’85

Louis N. Usich, III ’85, P’15, ’18

Jorge E. Consuegra, Jr. ’77, P’11

Charles N. Hamilton ’03

Lincoln C. Young ’77, P’10

Christopher K. Hampton ’79, P’09, ’10, ’11 George F. Henschel, Jr. ’61, P’11

HONORARY MEMBER

F. Reid Hipp ’87

Robert A. Dowling Jr. ’91,H

Kai-Cheng Ho ’06

P = PARENT

GP = GRANDPARENT

d = DECEASED

2014–2015 Annual Report of Giving

A NNUAL FU ND LE A DERSHIP SOCIETIES

FOUNDER’S GUILD $25,000+ Mrs. Louise B. Adams P’64, ’68, GP’01 d Mr. Ruben Aganbegyan & Mrs. Veronica Misiutina P’16 Mr. & Mrs. William P. Austin ’92 Mr. & Mrs. J. Leo Barry GP’06, ’07, ’11, ’15 Mr. Gerald W. Blakeley, III ’62 & Ms. Yunie Doran Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey P. Brighenti P’16 Mr. & Mrs. Brett C. Browchuk P’15 Mr. G. Garvin Brown, IV ’87 & Mrs. Steffanie Diamond-Brown Mrs. Ellen M. Charles P’79, ’83, GP’10 Mr. & Mrs. Martin I. Cole P’04 Connecticut Commission on Culture & Tourism Mr. & Mrs. Brian B. Conroy ’82, ’13H Mr. & Mrs. Alberto De La Cruz P’18 Mr. & Mrs. Mark H. DeBlois ’74 Mr. & Mrs. J. Stratford R. Dennis ’00 Mr. & Mrs. Huntington Eldridge, Jr. ’69 Mr. Daniel J. Fegan ’81 Mr. & Mrs. Dean C. Graham ’84 Mr. & Mrs. Thomas K. Healy, Jr. P’16 Mr. & Mrs. A. Russ Heinke P’90, GP’18 Mr. & Mrs. Brett R. Jefferson ’84 Mr. & Mrs. Clayton D. Johnson ’82 Mr. Craig H. Keyston ’65 d Mr. & Mrs. Northrup R. Knox, Jr. P’15 Mr. Kevin A. Ludwig ’99 Mr. & Mrs. James J. Lyons P’06, ’07, ’11 Mr. & Mrs. John W. Maxwell ’86 Mr. & Mrs. Wade L. McDevitt ’82 Mr. Donald R. Monaco ’55 Mr. & Mrs. Andre A. Napoli P’16 Mr. & Mrs. John A. Nolan ’80 Mr. & Mrs. Gilman W. Ordway ’44, GP’04, ’10 Mr. & Mrs. Matthew T. Pancavage P’17 Ms. Drucilla A. Richards P’18 Mr. & Mrs. Patrick T. Ryan P’09, ’12 Mr. & Mrs. Thomas E. Story, III P’10 Mr. & Mrs. William G. Sweedler P’16 Mr. W. Scott Tiernan ’70, P’99, ’05, ’08 Walks Foundation, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth J. Winemaster ’83, P’17 Mrs. Linda P. Woodwell W’75, P’08 Anonymous (3)

PELICAN $15,000 - $24,999 Mr. Andrew Djiounas GP’17 Mr. & Mrs. John E. Drew P’85, ’87, GP’17, ’18 Mr. & Mrs. Russel Duryea, Jr. GP’14, ’19 Mr. & Mrs. Robert F. Gaffney P’16, ’17 Mr. & Mrs. Richard H. Gordon P’90 Mr. & Mrs. George D. Iverson, VI ’79, P’10 Mr. David R. Korus & Mrs. Barbara A. Mignogna-Korus P’15 Mr. & Mrs. William W. Lyon ’63 Mr. & Mrs. Stewart M. Mather ’97 Mr. Brendan L. McKernan ’89 Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan D. Quick ’05

Avon Old Farms School

Mr. & Mrs. Glenn A. Sieber P’17 Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Smalley P’05 Mr. & Mrs. Henry B. DuPont Smith, Sr. P’17 Mr. & Mrs. Pedro L. Vega, Sr. P’12, ’17 Mr. & Mrs. Norbert M. Williamson P’14, ’16

EAGLE $10,000 - $14,999 Mr. & Mrs. Spencer E. Beal, Sr. ’65, P’95 Mr. & Mrs. James H. Biggart P’02, ’06, ’08, ’14 Mrs. Roxanna M. Cain P’92, ’00 Dr. & Mrs. Andrew E. Caputo P’16, ’17 Dr. & Mrs. Jeffrey B. Carter P’99 Mr. & Mrs. James W. Corrigan ’67, P’98 Mr. Thomas K. Curtis ’63 & Ms. Lynn Armstrong Mr. & Mrs. William L. R. Davis P’15 Mr. & Mrs. Lou DiCocco P’02 Mr. Sheng Du & Mrs. Bei Zhnag P’19 Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Fiondella P’12 Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. Fiondella GP’12 Mr. & Mrs. Jerold T. Garvey ’82 Mr. & Mrs. Matthew H. Gates ’65 Mr. John W. Hawie ’82

Mr. & Mrs. Alan L. Weiner ’89 Mr. William U. Weiss ’90 Mr. & Mrs. Albert Winslow P’16 Woodard Family Foundation

DIOGENES $5,000 - $9,999 Ms. Mary Allen P’15 Mr. & Mrs. David M. Barros P’11, ’11 Mr. & Mrs. Charles E. Batchelder P’18 Mr. Perry Benson, Jr. ’65 Mr. Lance C. Berry ’14 Mr. & Mrs. David C. Bigelow ’44 Mr. & Mrs. H. L. Brown, III ’93 Mr. & Mrs. Christopher J. Calcinari P’18 Mr. Jeffrey N. Carp & Ms. Patricia Berenson P’17 Mr. Hing Lun Chung & Mrs. Yee Mei Kong P’10 Mr. & Mrs. Charles Cicchetti, Jr. ’86 Dr. Donna M. Cipolla P’18 Mr. Adam K. Cline ’93 Mr. & Mrs. Dale K. Cline P’93, ’95, GP’14 Mr. & Mrs. Luke K. Cline ’95 Mr. & Mrs. Timothy Cohane P’02

“Every time I visit Avon, it seems to have become an even more incredible place. I give to help Avon continue thriving, and to support the dedicated faculty and administration who have had such an impact on so many lives like mine.” —Andrew Corrigan ’98 Mr. Timothy M. Jones & Ms. Annie M. Cardelus P’05, ’18 Dr. & Mrs. Richard M. Linburg P’87, GP’17 Ms. Candyce Martin P’17 Mr. & Mrs. John W. Maxwell ’86 Mr. Liam E. McGee d & Mrs. Liam E. McGee Mr. & Mrs. Richard B. McKernan P’17, ’19 Mr. & Mrs. Armour N. Mellon ’84, P’13 Mr. Joseph H. Moglia P’96 Mr. & Mrs. Robert H. Moran, Jr. ’73, P’04 Mr. & Mrs. Bradley R. Morris ’84 Mr. Allan J. O’Connor ’75 & Ms. Anne Studebaker Ms. Kathryn A. Ordway & Mr. James Sadler P’04 Mr. & Mrs. Thomas A. Rettaliata P’16 Mr. & Mrs. Daniel J. Ryan, Jr. P’13, ’15, ’18 Mr. & Mrs. John A. Sebastian ’84 Mr. & Mrs. Don W. Torey P’09 Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan D. Usich ’89 Mr. & Mrs. Richard W. Walker ’52

Mr. & Mrs. Gerard M. de Gunzburg ’65 Mr. & Mrs. Jacques de Saint Phalle P’16 Dr. & Mrs. Thomas DeBerardino P’17, ’18 Dr. & Mrs. Peter J. Deckers P’87, ’90, GP’17 Mr. James J. Dol & Mrs. Cynthia Damon-Dol P’15 Mr. Vincent J. Dowling, Jr. P’12 Ms. Kimberly Dreier P’15 Mr. & Mrs. Mark W. Drinkwater ’86 Mr. & Mrs. Thomas P. Driscoll ’79, P’06, ’08, ’09, ’11 Elbert Weinberg Trust Mr. Daniel J. Entwistle ’89 Mr. Moises Esquenazi ’89 Mr. & Mrs. Andrew H. Fisher ’91 Ms. Emily H. Fisher & Mr. John Alexander P’89 Mr. & Mrs. Vere W. Gaynor ’66 Mr. David C. Gilliam ’78 Mr. Dennett W. Goodrich ’59 Mr. Thomas J. Harrop ’91 Mr. Stephen G. Haskin P’18

Mr. & Mrs. Mark J. Hawley ’61 Mr. Robert P. Higginbotham ’99 Mr. & Mrs. Frank G. Hood ’71 Mr. Hongxin Hu & Ms. Shihong Su P’17 Mr. & Mrs. David R. Jarvis P’17 Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey H. Katz P’18 Mr. Chane F. Keller ’08 Mr. & Mrs. John D. Kettlewell ’85 Mr. Sung Hoon Kim & Mrs. Suk Baik P’16 Mr. Nam Koh & Mrs. Romi G. Haan P’17 Mr. & Mrs. Lowell Kronowitz P’16 Mr. & Mrs. Stephen S. Lash ’58 Mr. & Mrs. Scott B. Linke ’79, P’16 Mr. & Mrs. Gerard T. Lynch P’88, ’91, GP’17 Mary Hillman Jennings Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Mark L. Masinter ’82, P’12 Mr. & Mrs. Edwin J. McCarthy ’74 Mr. & Mrs. Christopher G. McCormack ’87 Ms. Mary B. McKernan & Mr. Paul Tortorella P’17, ’19 Dr. & Mrs. Jeffrey S. Morrow ’61 Mr. Rolf H. Olson ’59 & Mrs. Sioux Stacy-Olson Mrs. George D. O’Neill P’81 Mr. & Mrs. John Papadopoulos P’10, ’12, ’15 Mr. & Mrs. Richard R. Previdi P’12 Mr. Sam L. Rubenstein ’85 Mr. Bernard G. Smyth & Ms. Margaret M. Smyth P’18 Mr. & Mrs. John B. Solberg P’12, ’17 Mr. & Mrs. S. Garrett Stonehouse, Jr. P’16 Mr. & Mrs. Walter B. Suski, III P’17 Ms. Helen H. Thomas P’13 Mr. George M. Trautman ’98H, P’75, ’81, GP’03 & Mrs. George M. Trautman P’82 Mr. Lionel Viret ’89 Mr. Weifeng Zheng & Mrs. Alice Sun P’15 Mr. Keith T. Ziegler & Ms. Leeann Varasconi P’17 Anonymous

1927 SOCIETY $1,927 - $4,999 Mr. & Mrs. Roger P. Abate P’88, GP’16 Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Baio P’18 Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Barry P’15 Captain & Mrs. Matthew H. Bazarian, USMCR ’94 Mr. & Mrs. Hugh R. Beath P’76, ’77, GP’06, ’07, ’09, ’15 Mr. & Mrs. James E. Bell, III ’74, P’14 Mr. & Mrs. Sergey L. Belyaev P’18 Mr. & Mrs. David F. Berkey ’67 Mr. & Mrs. Rodman R. Black, Jr. P’99 Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Bogino ’60 Mr. & Mrs. Andrew W. Brown ’88 Ms. Marissa Campise P’16 Mr. Douglas H. Candler ’82 Mr. & Mrs. Christopher R. B. Cargen ’66 Mr. Miguel E. Carpio Delfino ’68 & Mrs. Rosario De Los Reyes De Carpio P’00, ’08 Mr. & Mrs. James H. Cashion P’93 Mr. David J. Castellani P’13 Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan S. Chester, Esquire ’80

David Jack ’75 in the Forge, Reunion 2015

Mr. & Mrs. Douglas R. Conant P’03 Mr. & Mrs. Neal S. Cooper ’85 Mr. & Mrs. Andrew J. Cordova ’89 Mr. & Mrs. Frank D. Costello ’60 Mr. & Mrs. Colin M. Cowherd P’17 Mr. Richard G. Croft, Jr. ’59, P’83 Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey T. Dallas P’16 Mr. John M. Danielson P’18 Mr. & Mrs. Huntley G. Davenport ’56 Mr. & Mrs. James C. Dennis P’00 Mr. & Mrs. Albert A. Di Antonio, Jr. P’12, ’15 Mr. Danny Di Perna & Mrs. Molly Pietrantonio P’15 Mr. & Mrs. Chase F. Donaldson ’68 Mr. & Mrs. George M. Economos P’15 Mr. & Mrs. Timothy S. Eden P’15 Mr. & Mrs. R. Todd Elliott ’82 Captain & Mrs. Jason J. Fanstone P’18 Mr. & Mrs. Matthew Ferry P’16 Mr. Keith E. Festa ’88 & Mrs. Nancy Ghabai-Festa Dr. & Mrs. Henry E. Flanagan GP’16 Mr. & Mrs. Joseph S. Freeman P’11 Mrs. Gloria Gallo GP’16 Dr. & Mrs. Laurence B. Gardner ’59 Dr. & Mrs. Jeffery S. Garland P’09, ’14 Mr. & Mrs. John M. Garvey ’78 Mr. & Mrs. George F. Getz, Jr. ’80 Mr. & Mrs. John N. Giamalis P’07, ’10, ’16 Mr. & Mrs. Michael R. Gibbons ’81, P’11 Mr. James M. Gilmore ’76 Mrs. Maria C. Gimenez P’00, ’17 Mr. & Mrs. Philip C. Glover P’16 Mr. & Mrs. Arthur R. Godbout, Jr. P’17, ’19 Mr. & Mrs. Robert B. Goldfarb ’60 Mr. Maocai Gong & Ms. Bei Ren P’18 Mr. & Mrs. John S. Gordon ’84 Mr. & Mrs. Guy T. Hatch P’11 Mr. & Mrs. David M. Hession ’87 Mr. & Mrs. Shepherd M. Holcombe, Jr. ’64 Mr. & Mrs. Rodrigo Holguin ’61, P’84, ’89, GP’12 Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth J. Horton P’16 Mr. & Mrs. Joe Huber P’10 Mr. Timothy D. Huizenga ’96 Mr. & Mrs. Arthur E. Imperatore, Jr. P’15 Dr. Kevin D. Inwood P’15, ’19 Mr. & Mrs. Brion S. Johnson P’18 Dr. Seok Min Kang & Mrs. Yeon Ki Lee P’16 Mr. & Mrs. Justin M. King P’15

P = PARENT

GP = GRANDPARENT

Mr. & Mrs. Wade H. O. Kirby P’17, ’17 Mr. & Mrs. George P. Kooluris P’92 Mr. Petro Kulynych GP’93, ’95, ’10, ’14 d Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth H. LaRocque P’01, ’10 Mrs. Dolores A. Lawler P’82 Ms. Laura M. Lee Ms. Heidi K. Leeds P’12, ’15 Mr. & Mrs. Allan F. Lehrer P’14 Mr. & Mrs. Edward Ludwig P’99 Mr. Danny Lui & Ms. Shirley Wong P’17 Mr. & Mrs. James S. Mackechnie P’17 Mr. & Mrs. David D. MacKinnon ’79 Mr. & Mrs. Robert B. Magnus, III P’17 Mr. & Mrs. G. Kelly Martin P’13 Mr. & Mrs. Thomas J. Maule P’06 Mr. Thomas O. McCarthy ’78 Mr. & Mrs. John J. McElroy P’17 Mr. & Mrs. Richard T. McKernan P’89, ’91, GP’17 Mr. & Mrs. Robert B. McLaughlin P’15 Dr. Nathaniel J. Merrell & Dr. Jennifer E. Merrell P’18 Mr. Steven L. Merrill ’60 Mr. & Mrs. Todd R. Meyer P’13 Mr. & Mrs. Paul A. Moore P’01 Ms. Leslie Moraller Clark & Mr. Jonathan Clark P’08, ’12 Mr. Peter J. Morgan & Ms. Maureen E. Morgan P’15 Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. Moser ’66 Mr. Brian T. Mullins ’68, P’04 Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Nagy GP’18 Mr. & Mrs. Christopher P. Nichols ’83 Mr. & Mrs. Peter C. Obre P’96 Mr. & Mrs. Lee B. Ogden ’82 Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. O’Neill ’00

Mr. & Mrs. Timothy D. Orr ’86 Mr. Chanik Park & Ms. Eunjoo Ryu P’16 Mr. & Mrs. Jason K. Parker ’91 Mr. Richard W. Pendleton Jr. ’96H Mr. & Mrs. Anthony Perrone, Jr. P’17 Mr. & Mrs. Steven C. Preston P’16 Mr. Weizhong Qian & Mrs. Kefei Chen P’16 Mr. B. Franklin Reinauer, III ’59 Dr. Tad T. M. Renvyle ’87 & Dr. Rachel Jordan Mr. & Mrs. John C. Richter P’18 Mr. & Mrs. William T. Rieser, Jr. P’16 Dr. & Mrs. Alan Rissolo P’15 Mr. Michael S. Riva ’91 & Ms. Sarah C. Merrill Mr. William F. Roberts, Jr. ’67 Mr. & Mrs. Sheldon R. Roth ’54 Mr. & Mrs. Denis G. Roy P’16 Mr. & Mrs. Carl E. Ruspini P’16 Ms. Wendy Safe P’18 Mr. & Mrs. Jeff Schaetzel P’18 Mr. & Mrs. Edward M. Siegel, Jr. ’61 Mr. William J. Sigward & Ms. Cherie G. Sigward P’16 Dr. Byeong Ho Song & Dr. Sun Ju Chung P’16 Mr. Huaqi Song P’17 Mr. & Mrs. Craig Soucy P’17 Mrs. Cynthia F. Steer P’12 Mr. & Mrs. Robert Steltjes GP’13 Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. Stokvis ’65 Mr. Christopher H. Stone ’88 & Mr. David Fox Mr. Yun Sun & Mrs. Weicheng Xu P’18 Mr. & Mrs. Bryce C. Suydam ’65 Dr. Hiroyoshi Takata P’15 Mrs. Julie M. Takata P’15 Mr. & Mrs. William G. Thames, Jr. ’79, P’13

Mr. & Mrs. John W. Tharpe ’92 Mr. & Mrs. Richard K. Thorndike, III ’57, P’84 Mr. & Mrs. Glenn A. Thurlow P’16 Mr. & Mrs. George G. Touponse, III P’14, ’14 Mr. & Mrs. Frank Usowski P’13 Mr. & Mrs. Carl A. Valimont ’84, P’13 Mr. & Mrs. Christopher R. Von Jako ’86 Mr. & Mrs. Willard T. Walker GP’15 Mr. & Mrs. Michael R. Walsh P’17 Dr. Hualin Wang & Mrs. Zhuoqun Qian P’18 Mr. & Mrs. Todd F. Weaver ’90 Mr. & Mrs. Michael Weiner P’11 Dr. & Mrs. James D. Whalen P’12, ’17 Dr. & Mrs. Victor A. Wowk P’14, ’15 Mr. Wenquan Zhi P’15 Mr. & Mrs. Jon S. Zieky P’08, ’15 Anonymous

WINGED BEAVER $250 - $1,926 Exclusively young alumni within 10 years of graduation Mr. & Mrs. Nicholas L. Bonino ’07 Mr. Paul J. Cadenhead ’10 Mr. Joseph A. Creen, III ’13 Mr. & Mrs. John W. Ducci ’05 Mr. Paul T. W. Foote ’08 Mr. Bradley H. Glennon ’11 Mr. Peter J. Holst-Grubbe ’08 Mr. Charles H. Hyde, IV ’05 Mr. & Mrs. Matthew P. Lauro ’09 Mr. Andrew B. Lawrence ’05 Mr. Yong Bok Lee ’08 Mr. Benjamin J. Lyons ’06 Mr. Douglas S. Margison, II ’09 Second Lieutenant Brandon J. Moore ’08 Mr. Henry L. Murray, III ’06 Mr. Daniel J. Nobile ’14 Mr. Evan M. Piercey ’08 Mr. & Mrs. Eric R. Quinlan ’05 Mr. Michael J. Reilly ’08 Mr. Jeremy D. Ross ’12 Mr. David E. Rothschild ’05 Mr. Thomas M. Shumway ’06 Mr. & Mrs. Andrew S. Valentine ’05 Mr. Edwin L. Wallace ’08 Mr. Jonathan S. West ’07 Cadet William M. White ’13 Mr. Patrick L. Williams ’06 Mr. Richard H. Woodwell ’08

“Avon Old Farms has and continues to play a vital role within the Driscoll family. I was fortunate to have received a scholarship when I was a student. This launched a lifetime of opportunities for me and I am so grateful. Now that I’m in a position to do so, I am proud to return the gift that was given to me by making contributions to the annual fund each year.”

d = DECEASED

—Tom Driscoll ’79 2014–2015 Annual Report of Giving

ALUMNI GIV ING

Avon is grateful for the growing support of its Alumni. These contributions send a strong message about an ongoing belief from our alumni in Avon, an example that inspires generosity across our community. CLASS OF ’34

CLASS OF ’45

Mr. Francis K.C. Madeira X

Colonel & Mrs. Arthur H. Blair, USA (Ret.) Mr. & Mrs. Spencer Y. Grey X

CLASS OF ’36 Mr. Edward B. Wickes, Sr. d

CLASS OF ’46

CLASS OF ’38

Mr. C. J. Stuart Allan X Mr. & Mrs. Calvert Magruder X

Mr. Donald M. Davidson X Mr. Ernest S. Hildebrand

CLASS OF ’42 Mr. & Mrs. Russell Hunter, Head Class Agent X Mr. & Mrs. John J. McManus X

CLASS OF ’43 Mr. Richard E. Doremus X Mr. & Mrs. Erwin W. Westphal X

CLASS OF ’44 Mr. & Mrs. David C. Bigelow X Mr. & Mrs. Gilman W. Ordway X

CLASS OF ’49 Mr. Richard I. Hall X Mr. & Mrs. John M. McVey

CLASS OF ’50 Mr. Paul R. Alasso X Mr. & Mrs. Lorrimer Armstrong, Jr. X Lt. Col. & Mrs. Somerville E. Dillon, USAF (Ret.) X Mr. & Mrs. Leland S. Hanson X Mr. & Mrs. Arthur R. Keim Mr. Richard B. Riley X Mr. & Mrs. Harvey S. Rubin, Head Class Agent X

Riddlers and alumni perform together at the Pierpont Celebration.

Avon Old Farms School

CLASS OF ’51 Mr. & Mrs. Warren T. Ford, Sr., Co-Head Class Agent X Dr. Michael A. Ganz X Mr. Randolph Harrison X Mr. Clinton B. Mullen X Mr. Robert F. Voytershark X

CLASS OF ’52 Mr. & Mrs. Anthony Antoville Mr. & Mrs. George H. Black, Jr. X Mr. & Mrs. David M. Homeier X Mr. Frank G. Leavitt X Mr. & Mrs. Seth F. Mendell, Head Class Agent X Honorable & Mrs. John F. Mulcahy, Jr. X Mr. John F. Nichols & Mrs. Charito Antonio-Nichols X Mr. William M. Strumlauf X Mr. & Mrs. Richard W. Walker X

CLASS OF ’53 Mr. & Mrs. Henry R. Burt X

CLASS OF ’54 Mr. Joseph P. Blair, III Mr. Kerry A. Mayer d & Mrs. Eleni Hatzidakis Mr. & Mrs. Sheldon R. Roth X

Mr. & Mrs. Gerald B. Sherry Mr. & Mrs. Ronald A. Stolich Mr. & Mrs. Nicholas A. Zessoules X

CLASS OF ’55 Mr. Jonathan V. Dugan Mr. & Mrs. Samuel W. Franklin, III X Mr. Alfred A. Funai X Mr. & Mrs. Edward J. Hawie, Co-Head Class Agent X Mr. & Mrs. David A. Hutzler X Mr. & Mrs. John E. Kimberly X Mr. Donald R. Monaco X Mr. & Mrs. Donald G. Rosenfeld X Mr. Gerald L. Schroeder & Ms. Barbara Sofer X Mr. & Mrs. Cleon M. Shutt, Co-Head Class Agent X Mr. William C. Tost X Mr. & Mrs. Andrew T. Treadway X Dr. & Mrs. Andreas A. Zavitsas X

CLASS OF ’56 Mr. & Mrs. Huntley G. Davenport X Mr. & Mrs. Harold H. Donegan Mr. P. Patrick Greeven X Mr. Stephen L. Kadish X Mr. & Mrs. Adams C. McHenry, Jr. X

Mr. John H. Murphy X Mr. & Mrs. Richard G. Stahlman X

CLASS OF ’57 Mr. & Mrs. Jerome I. Baskin Mr. & Mrs. Guy O. Dove, III X Mr. & Mrs. James C. Flippin X Dr. & Mrs. Robert A. Gryboski X Mr. Guy Gundaker, III X Mr. & Mrs. David E. Koskoff X Mr. & Mrs. Peter C. Louridas Mr. B. William Mayer X Mr. & Mrs. Merrill C. Roth X Mr. & Mrs. Andrew E. Stern X Mr. & Mrs. Richard K. Thorndike, III X Mr. & Mrs. Elliott J. Tuckel X

CLASS OF ’58 Mr. & Mrs. Edward J. Barry, IV Mr. & Mrs. Austin Chambers, Co-Head Class Agent X Mr. & Mrs. Grafflin Cook X Dr. C. Braxton Dew & Ms. Roberta Austring Mr. & Mrs. John E. Dooley X Mr. & Mrs. Robert G. Ferrier X Mr. & Mrs. Stephen R. Holt, Co-Head Class Agent X Mr. & Mrs. Lucius J. Kellam, III Mr. & Mrs. Stephen S. Lash X Dr. & Mrs. R. Peter Mogielnicki X Mr. & Mrs. Jordan L. Mott, VI Mr. & Mrs. Edward G. Nugent X Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey G. Schlein X Mr. & Mrs. Richard S. Taylor X Mr. & Mrs. Joseph R. Thompson X

CLASS OF ’59 Mr. Richard G. Croft, Jr. X Mr. John F. Davenport & Ms. Batya Miller X Mr. Charles W. Davis, Co-Head Class Agent X Dr. & Mrs. Laurence B. Gardner X Mr. Dennett W. Goodrich X Mr. & Mrs. Hollis J. Griffin X Capt. & Mrs. Douglas B. Marshall, Co-Head Class Agent X Mr. & Mrs. George F. Motter, IV Mr. Rolf H. Olson & Mrs. Sioux Stacy-Olson, Class Agent X LTC & Mrs. Albert R. Pettingill, USA (Ret.) X Reverend & Mrs. Wendell R. Phillips X Mr. & Mrs. Peter M. Ramsey X Mr. B. Franklin Reinauer, III X Mr. & Mrs. Edward M. Rickard X Mr. & Mrs. Joel B. Rockwell X Mr. & Mrs. Edward A. Seagroatt X Mr. Stephen C. Sumner & Mrs. Pamela M. Finnegan Mr. & Mrs. W. George Viering X Mr. & Mrs. Thomas S. Whitman, Jr. X

CLASS OF ’60 Mr. & Mrs. Alexander R. Alves Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Bogino X Mr. & Mrs. Frank D. Costello X Mr. & Mrs. Robert B. Goldfarb X Mr. Samuel Jackson, III Dr. Bradford Lewis X

d = DECEASED

= LONGEVITY

Mr. & Mrs. Charles W. McLaughlin Mr. Steven L. Merrill X Mr. & Mrs. Gerald F. Pope X Mr. & Mrs. William F. Powers, Jr. X Mr. Jeffrey D. Proctor Mr. C. Ford Reese, Jr. & Ms. Lorraine Perry X Mr. Eric J. T. Skemp Mr. & Mrs. Charles B. Spaulding Mr. & Mrs. Peter K. Van Winkle Mr. James R. Wardrop X Mr. & Mrs. Joseph M. Wells, III X

CLASS OF ’61 Mr. & Mrs. Erich L. Cluxton X Mr. William S. David X Mr. & Mrs. Mark J. Hawley X Mr. & Mrs. George F. Henschel, Jr., Head Class Agent X Mr. & Mrs. Rodrigo Holguin X Mr. & Mrs. George W. Macon, III X Dr. & Mrs. Jeffrey S. Morrow Mr. William D. A. Palmer Mr. & Mrs. Edward M. Siegel, Jr. X Captain & Mrs. James S. Spalding Mr. & Mrs. Richard I. Steinberg X Mr. Lawrence B. Tweedy & Mr. Ric S. Markle X Mr. Edward S. Van Winkle

Mr. John K. Shaw, III X Mr. Peter L. Shinbach X Mr. Richard S. Valentine X Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Weeks, Sr. X Dr. & Mrs. Anthony Zinsser X

Mr. & Mrs. Joseph G. Robinson X Mr. & Mrs. Alan D. Rozinsky, Head Class Agent X Mr. & Mrs. George R. Seifert X Mr. Henry H. Villard X Mr. & Mrs. William D. Weiss Mr. & Mrs. Seth K. Wesson

CLASS OF ’65

Mr. Thomas D. Adams d & Mrs. Thomas D. Adams Dr. & Mrs. Richard R. Bennett X Mr. Thomas K. Curtis, Head Class Agent & Ms. Lynn Armstrong X Mr. Charles F. Emmons & Ms. Anna Ferri X Mr. John R. Finch, Jr. Mr. Preston Haskell Mr. & Mrs. Richard Hynson, Jr. X Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan A. Lester X Mr. & Mrs. William W. Lyon X Mr. & Mrs. Poulson C. Reed X Mr. Jack R. Stokvis & Ms. Evelyn Noether X Mr. Warren S. Van Deventer X

Mr. & Mrs. Robert B. Alling, II X Mr. Barton G. Barrett X Mr. & Mrs. Spencer E. Beal, Sr. X Mr. Perry Benson, Jr., Head Class Agent X Mr. & Mrs. Gerard M. de Gunzburg Mr. & Mrs. Randolph P. Eddy, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Matthew H. Gates Mr. & Mrs. Stuart Grant X Mr. Craig H. Keyston d Mr. & Mrs. Alexander B. Martin Mr. & Mrs. John R. Nissley X Mr. & Mrs. G. Keating Pepper X Mr. & Mrs. Charles L. Ruifrok X Mr. & Mrs. Walter T. Ryan X Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. Stokvis X Mr. & Mrs. Bryce C. Suydam ’65 Mr. William A. Wiener

CLASS OF ’64

CLASS OF ’66

Mr. Thomas A. Anderson X Mr. James L. Brainard Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence S. Brick X

Mr. & Mrs. Michael D. Barker, Head Class Agent X Mr. & Mrs. Winthrop B. Bissell X

CLASS OF ’63

“I graduated from Avon 59 years ago, along with my identical twin brother. We loved our school and our class. We were fortunate to have loving parents who were able to provide the finances to send us to Avon for three years. I have always been grateful for that experience and I have been making a contribution to the Annual Fund for many years, even now in my retirement, to show that. I am hopeful that my financial support will help some young man attend my wonderful school. I also hope that my contribution will help to preserve the ever important all boys environment that meant so much to my brother and me.” - Adams C. McHenry, Jr. ’56

CLASS OF ’62 Mr. & Mrs. Karl L. Aschenbach X Mr. Gerald M. Blakeley, III & Ms. Yunie Doran Mr. & Mrs. Rufus K. Griscom Mr. E. Paul Herbert X Mr. & Mrs. Arthur B. Lawrence, III X Mr. & Mrs. John M. Luders X Mr. & Mrs. David S. Miles Mr. & Mrs. Richard T. Prezzano X

Mr. & Mrs. John H. Dick X Mr. & Mrs. Shepherd M. Holcombe, Jr. X Mr. Harold M. Jones X Mr. & Mrs. Roger L. Larsen X Mr. & Mrs. Anthony K. McCague X Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey B. Minnick X Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan Mitnick X Mr. & Mrs. Edmund T. Mudge, IV X Mr. & Mrs. Stephen M. Rubicam X Mr. Jon R. Salony & Mrs. Mary E. Galea

Mr. & Mrs. Christopher R. B. Cargen X Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. Dudley, Jr. X Mr. & Mrs. Berton K. Frank X Colonel Donald F. Gabreski & Lt. Gen Terry L. Gabreski X Mr. & Mrs. Vere W. Gaynor X Mr. & Mrs. David M. Hallam X Mr. & Mrs. Peter Hausberg X Mr. Daniel I. Krentzman & Ms. Patti Sheinman X

2014–2015 Annual Report of Giving

ALUMNI GIV ING continued

CLASS OF ’73

Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. Moser X Mr. & Mrs. Samuel W. Off, Jr. X Mr. & Mrs. R. Douglas Parker X Mr. & Mrs. David S. Pinkham X Mr. & Mrs. Jesse D. Saunders X Mr. & Mrs. Michael L. Straus

Mr. & Mrs. Frank G. Hood X Dr. & Mrs. Philip J. Motta Mr. & Mrs. Andrew H. Shepard X Dr. & Mrs. John S. Spencer, Ph.D. X Dr. Joseph C. Vecchiarino, III Head Class Agent X

CLASS OF ’67

CLASS OF ’72

Mr. & Mrs. John H. Asiel X Mr. & Mrs. Emmett M. Avery, III X Mr. & Mrs. Marshall V. Baker Mr. Richard P. Behr X Mr. & Mrs. David F. Berkey Mr. & Mrs. Scott L. Caldwell X Mr. & Mrs. James W. Corrigan, Co-Head Class Agent X Mr. & Mrs. Quentin F. Feitner Mr. John R. Hebberd Mr. & Mrs. Malcolm M. Hirsh, Jr., Class Agent Mr. & Mrs. Joshua R. Lipman X Mr. William F. Roberts, Jr., Co-Head Class Agent X Mr. & Mrs. William T. Whitney X

Mr. & Mrs. Richard L. Angel X Mr. Alexander F. Bonacarti X Mr. & Mrs. Joseph V. Driscoll X Mr. & Mrs. Kevin J. Driscoll, Head Class Agent X Dr. Rebecca Firth & Mr. Douglas L. Firth Mr. Kenneth N. Greenberg X Mr. Peter D. Hynson X Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Karn X Mr. & Mrs. Michael D. Sargent X

CLASS OF ’68 Dr. Richard B. Boebel X Mr. Miguel E. Carpio Delfino & Mrs. Rosario De Los Reyes De Carpio X Mr. & Mrs. Chase F. Donaldson, Class Agent X Mr. & Mrs. Geoffrey H. Doughty X Mr. Jeffrey P. Kent X Mr. Brian T. Mullins Mr. & Mrs. Lewis B. Pollard X Mr. & Mrs. Charles E. Rauch X Mr. Robert S. Scott, Jr. X Mr. & Mrs. Mark S. Sharman X Mr. & Mrs. John D. Wendler X

CLASS OF ’69 Mr. & Mrs. L. Larus Avery X Mr. & Mrs. David F. Coleman, Class Agent X Mr. & Mrs. Huntington Eldridge, Jr. X Mr. & Mrs. Scott L. Gordon Mr. Robert J. K. Hart, Jr. X Mr. & Mrs. James L. Levin X Mr. & Mrs. William T. Sargent X Mr. & Mrs. G. Van Upjohn X

CLASS OF ’70 Mr. & Mrs. Harris H. Bucklin, III, Head Class Agent X Mr. & Mrs. John L. Burr X Dr. Mary R. Harper & Mr. John A. Harper X Mr. & Mrs. Paul W. Reiss X Mr. W. Scott Tiernan X Mr. Remsen S. Vickrey & Ms. Margaret Deacy X Mr. & Mrs. Nicholas M. Wells X

CLASS OF ’71 Mr. & Mrs. Timothy R. Beeble, Reunion Committee X Mr. & Mrs. William P. Child X Mr. & Mrs. Henry R. Coons, Class Agent X Mr. & Mrs. S. Lawrence Hammerman, II, Reunion Committee X

Avon Old Farms School

Sing-ed Beavers at the winter concert

Mr. & Mrs. Stephen D. Ades X Mr. Christopher L. Atkins, Head Class Agent & Ms. Lauren Letellier X Mr. & Mrs. John R. Bourget, Class Agent X Mr. & Mrs. Duncan S. Broatch X Mr. & Mrs. James L. Bush Mr. & Mrs. Christopher J. DiCorpo X Mr. & Mrs. Robert H. Moran, Jr., Class Agent X Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Schwartzman

CLASS OF ’74 Mr. & Mrs. Bruce R. Anschutz, Class Agent X Mr. William D. Batesole & Ms. Anne Nordstrom X Mr. & Mrs. James E. Bell, III X Mr. Kenneth L. Christian X

Mr. & Mrs. Richard T. Connell, Class Agent X Mr. & Mrs. John F. Dobek Mr. David P. Evans & Ms. Mary King X Dr. & Mrs. Frederick C. Feibel X Mr. & Mrs. George J. Giannoni, Co-Head Class Agent X Mr. & Mrs. Morris D. Goldstein X Mr. Mathew Granger Mr. W. Barrett Holby, Jr., Class Agent Mr. & Mrs. Edwin J. McCarthy X Mr. & Mrs. Edward P. Molloy, Co-Head Class Agent X Dr. Geoffrey B. Monsour & Ms. Audrey Swank X Mr. & Mrs. Edward P. Thompson X Mr. & Mrs. W. J. White X Mr. & Mrs. Geoffrey N. Wiswell

CLASS OF ’75 Mr. & Mrs. Geoffrey M. Anderson Mr. & Mrs. Robert R. Applegate X Mr. Douglas E. Beeghly X Mr. & Mrs. Thomas B. Byrne, III, Head Class Agent X Mr. Michael S. Cercone X Mr. & Mrs. Frederick L. Haack, III X Mr. & Mrs. David M. Jack Mr. Allan J. O’Connor & Ms. Anne Studebaker Mr. & Mrs. James H. Osborne Mr. Timothy A. Straus Mr. Timothy L. Trautman X Mr. & Mrs. John F. Van Sant, Jr. X

CLASS OF ’76 Mr. Steven M. Berson Mr. & Mrs. Steven J. Burns

Mr. & Mrs. Harold A. Davis X Mr. James M. Gilmore X Mr. & Mrs. David E. Herbster Mr. & Mrs. Jamison M. Howard Mr. & Mrs. David F. Jacobs X Mr. Gary J. Pasternack Mr. & Mrs. Peter M. Rice X Mr. & Mrs. Lance B. Rothstein X Mr. Philip R. Tripp X Mr. & Mrs. Alexander N. Worley, Head Class Agent

CLASS OF ’77 Mr. & Mrs. Stuart D. Beath, Class Agent X Mr. & Mrs. Thomas E. Bissell X Mr. Scott N. Burton X Mr. & Mrs. Jorge E. Consuegra, Jr., Head Class Agent X Mr. & Mrs. Peter A. Hinrichs X Mr. Thomas J. Markoski Mr. Frederick M. Michel, Class Agent Mr. & Mrs. Edmund E. Sanford X Mr. & Mrs. Geoffrey H. Sherrill Mr. & Mrs. Frank J. Szilagyi, Esquire Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey F. Thompson X Mr. John H. Vallas Mr. Dalzell W. Williams X Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan R. Yale Mr. Lincoln C. Young X

CLASS OF ’78 Mr. & Mrs. Duncan M. Alexander X Mr. & Mrs. Joseph C. Buckley X Mr. & Mrs. John M. Garvey, Head Class Agent X Mr. David C. Gilliam X Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Martino X Mr. Thomas O. McCarthy X Mr. Clayton S. Parsons, III X Mr. Randolph H. Pike, Class Agent X

CLASS OF ’79 Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Affelder X Mr. James C. Bailey Mr. & Mrs. Thomas P. Driscoll X Mr. & Mrs. James P. Garvey, Class Agent X Mr. & Mrs. Anthony M. Gray, Co-Head Class Agent Dr. & Mrs. Christopher K. Hampton X Mr. & Mrs. George D. Iverson, VI X Mr. & Mrs. Philip F. Law Dr. & Mrs. Allen N. Lepore, Ph.D. X Mr. & Mrs. Scott B. Linke, Co-Head Class Agent X Mr. & Mrs. David D. MacKinnon X Mr. Charles L. Morrison Mr. & Mrs. Bradley M. Pierce Mr. & Mrs. Mark R. Rainville Mr. & Mrs. David E. Schick Mr. & Mrs. William G. Thames, Jr. X

CLASS OF ’80 Mr. & Mrs. Michael M. Baker X Mr. Kenneth H. Blanchard X Major & Mrs. John M. Bourgault, USMC (Ret.) X Mr. & Mrs. Michael Cashel

d = DECEASED

= LONGEVITY

Mr. & Mrs. William C. Cherry X Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan S. Chester, Esquire Mr. Andres A. Consuegra & Ms. Maria M. Velasco X Mr. & Mrs. Thomas E. Davey, Jr., Head Class Agent X Mr. & Mrs. Mark Doherty X Mr. & Mrs. George F. Getz, Jr. X Mr. Jeff S. Goldman & Ms. Sharon Sevransky Mr. & Mrs. Eric E. Johnson X Mr. Gordon B. Little & Ms. Elizabeth McLarney X Mr. & Mrs. Brian R. Maitland, Class Agent X Mr. & Mrs. Robert N. Mark Mr. & Mrs. Peter E. Matalon Mr. & Mrs. John A. Nolan X Mr. & Mrs. Kurt F. Reardon X Mr. & Mrs. Henry H. White X Mr. & Mrs. Scott L. Woelfel X

Mr. Jonathan T. Brand Mr. & Mrs. Brett C. Duffy, Class Agent X Mr. & Mrs. William E. Eschert, Co-Head Class Agent X Mr. Robert V. Fish, II X Mr. & Mrs. James A. Freiberg X Mr. & Mrs. Willard B. Green, III X Mr. & Mrs. Richard C. Gregory, Co-Head Class Agent X Mr. & Mrs. Andrew P. Iverson X Mr. & Mrs. Robert M. Lynn Mr. & Mrs. Christopher P. Nichols Mr. & Mrs. Franklyn D. Owen, III X Mr. & Mrs. Donald J. Pegg X Mr. & Mrs. Arnold G. Stifel Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth J. Winemaster X

CLASS OF ’84

Mr. & Mrs. Brien Biondi X Mr. & Mrs. Stephen M. Cloud X Mr. Daniel J. Fegan X Mr. & Mrs. John P. Franzosa X Mr. & Mrs. Stephen J. Giatrelis Mr. & Mrs. Michael R. Gibbons X Mr. & Mrs. Matthew G. Gray Mr. & Mrs. G. Nicholas Keller Mr. Timothy E. Kelley X Mr. Geoffrey G. Kratz & Mrs. Lisa Galiano-Kratz, Class Agent Mr. & Mrs. William B. Maag, Class Agent X Mr. & Mrs. Vincent J. Mancuso, Jr. X Mr. Christopher R. Morrissey X Mr. Peter M. O’Neill X Mr. & Mrs. Michael T. Symes, Class Agent X

Anonymous Mr. Leland A. Alper X Mr. Kyle M. Appell Dr. & Mrs. Theodore A. Blaine Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Gibbons X Mr. & Mrs. Keith W. Gnazzo X Mr. & Mrs. John S. Gordon, Head Class Agent X Mr. & Mrs. Dean C. Graham X Mr. & Mrs. Brett R. Jefferson X Mr. & Mrs. Christopher J. Hennessey X Mr. Barry R. Herr Ambassador & Mrs. Stuart W. Holliday Mr. & Mrs. Andrew J. Horning X Mr. & Mrs. Fred A. Kenvin X Mr. & Mrs. David J. Maikowski X Mr. & Mrs. Armour N. Mellon X Mr. & Mrs. Bradley R. Morris X Mr. & Mrs. John A. Sebastian X Mr. & Mrs. Carl A. Valimont, Class Agent X Mr. & Mrs. Matthew T. Weir X

CLASS OF ’82

CLASS OF ’85

Mr. Douglas H. Candler X Mr. & Mrs. Robert D. Casey, Jr. X Mr. & Mrs. Charles S. Cheston X Mr. & Mrs. Stephen A. Collins Mr. & Mrs. Brian B. Conroy X Mr. & Mrs. John A. Cutherell Mr. & Mrs. R. Todd Elliott Mr. & Mrs. Jerold T. Garvey, Class Agent X Mr. John W. Hawie X Mr. & Mrs. Clayton D. Johnson X Mr. & Mrs. Frank C. Jones, Jr. X Mr. Henry B. Kells X Mr. & Mrs. Mark L. Masinter X Mr. & Mrs. John M. McCormick, Jr. X Mr. & Mrs. Wade L. McDevitt X Mr. Daniel J. O’Connor, III X Mr. & Mrs. Lee B. Ogden X Mr. Arsalan M. Sayyah Mr. & Mrs. Gregory V.R. Stanton, Class Agent X Mr. & Mrs. John A. Zappone X

Mr. & Mrs. Hugh S. Asher X Mr. & Mrs. Jeremy T. Banks X Mr. & Mrs. John G. Birle X Mr. & Mrs. F. Steve Browning Mr. & Mrs. Francisco V. Carrera-Justiz X Mr. & Mrs. William R. Collins X Mr. & Mrs. Michael C. Conroy X Mr. & Mrs. Neal S. Cooper Mr. & Mrs. John A. Costello X Mr. & Mrs. James E. Cushman, Jr. Mr. Christopher S. Drew & Mrs. Katie Martin X Mr. & Mrs. Paul B. Duwan Mr. & Mrs. Bradley A. Evens Mr. & Mrs. Michael A. Giannamore X Mr. & Mrs. Drew S. Graham X Mr. & Mrs. John D. Kettlewell Mr. & Mrs. Shuji Kobayakawa Mr. Andrew D. LeBuhn Mr. & Mrs. Scott W. Lowe X Mr. Timothy C. Orr X Mr. Sam L. Rubenstein, Head Class Agent X Mr. & Mrs. Louis N. Usich, III X

CLASS OF ’81

CLASS OF ’83 Mr. Juan L. Arguelles Mr. & Mrs. Brad A. Benson X

2014–2015 Annual Report of Giving

ALUMNI GIV ING continued

Mr. Marc D. Northern X Mr. & Mrs. Peter D. Reed, Co-Head Class Agent X Mr. & Mrs. William F. Rose Mr. & Mrs. Nathaniel A. Smith X Mr. Christopher H. Stone & Mr. David Fox X Mr. & Mrs. Marc J. Stuzynski X Mr. Benjamin H. Travers X

Mr. & Mrs. Jason K. Parker Mr. John B. Pinkham, Jr. X Mr. & Mrs. Alexander J. Povalski Mr. Michael S. Riva & Ms. Sarah C. Merrill Mr. & Mrs. Brian E. Rozinsky X Mr. & Mrs. Elliot A. Wagner X Mr. Brendon A. Welker, Class Agent & Ms. Elizabeth Schmitt X Mr. & Mrs. Crayke P. Windsor

CLASS OF ’89

CLASS OF ’92

Mr. & Mrs. Andrew J. Cordova X Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey A. Davis X Mr. Daniel J. Entwistle X Mr. Moises Esquenazi Mr. & Mrs. William F. Farrington, III X Mr. Brendan L. McKernan X Mr. & Mrs. Brian Riva, Class Agent Mr. & Mrs. Christopher D. Sheaffer Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan D. Usich X Mr. Lionel Viret X Mr. & Mrs. Eric E. Voegtle X Mr. & Mrs. Alan L. Weiner X Mr. & Mrs. Robert M. Wileman, Head Class Agent X

CLASS OF ’90

Christian Di Antonio ’15 at a track meet

CLASS OF ’86 Mr. & Mrs. John G. Ashe X Mr. & Mrs. Charles Cicchetti, Jr. X Mr. & Mrs. Mike Coburn Mr. & Mrs. Mark W. Drinkwater X Mr. Ian J. Gaisford & Ms. Louise McCarthy X Dr. & Mrs. James S. Harrop, Jr. X Mr. & Mrs. Neil H. Kristian X Mr. & Mrs. Henry D. Krupnikoff, Class Agent X Mr. & Mrs. John W. Maxwell X Mr. & Mrs. Timothy D. Orr X Mr. & Mrs. Robert B. Reger Mr. & Mrs. Jason E. Taylor X Mr. & Mrs. Christopher R. Von Jako

CLASS OF ’87 Mr. G. Garvin Brown, IV & Mrs. Steffanie Diamond-Brown X Mr. & Mrs. William P. Burks, Jr., Class Agent X Mr. John A. Cooper, III Mr. & Mrs. Joseph F. Croughwell, III Mr. & Mrs. Eric A. Delnicki X Mr. & Mrs. David E. Drew Mr. & Mrs. Garrett T. Fish X Mr. & Mrs. Brendan P. Flynn Mr. & Mrs. Scott L. Gwilliam X

Avon Old Farms School

Mr. & Mrs. David M. Hession X Mr. & Mrs. F. Reid Hipp X Mr. & Mrs. Craig A. Mapstone Mr. & Mrs. Andrew H. McCalla X Mr. & Mrs. Christopher G. McCormack X Mr. James W. McCormick X Mr. & Mrs. James C. Menges Mr. & Mrs. Carter C. Redd Dr. Tad T. M. Renvyle & Dr. Rachel Jordan X Mr. & Mrs. Eric J. Richard Mr. & Mrs. Tatsuya Takaku X Mr. & Mrs. Brett A. Taylor X Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Whitty X

CLASS OF ’88 Mr. & Mrs. Mark G. Bothwell X Mr. & Mrs. Andrew W. Brown Mr. & Mrs. David E. Cooper X Mr. & Mrs. James H. Daine X Mr. & Mrs. James M. Dowden Mr. Keith E. Festa & Mrs. Nancy Ghabai-Festa X Col. & Mrs. James E. Hayes, III, USA Mr. & Mrs. Michael P. Lech X Mr. & Mrs. Brendan B. Lynch Mr. & Mrs. Francis A. Martin, IV X Mr. & Mrs. Ryan T. Martin X Mr. & Mrs. Michael G. Mason

Anonymous Mr. & Mrs. Brendan J. Andrews X Mr. & Mrs. Matthew C. Beardwood X Mr. & Mrs. Peter J. Deckers, Head Class Agent X Mr. John C. Detweiler Mr. & Mrs. Thomas L. Fleetwood Mr. & Mrs. David D. Gordon X Mr. & Mrs. Brian K. Gregory X Mr. & Mrs. Thomas T. Gresh X Dr. & Mrs. James L. Livermore X Mr. Thomas B. Lloyd Mr. & Mrs. Peter J. Malafronte, Class Agent X Mr. & Mrs. Thomas W. Reilly Mr. & Mrs. Huger G. Sinkler X Mr. & Mrs. Mark E. Trentmann, Jr. X Mr. & Mrs. Todd F. Weaver X Mr. William U. Weiss

CLASS OF ’91 Mr. & Mrs. Thomas J. DelVecchio Mr. & Mrs. John M. Denery X Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Dowling, Jr., Class Agent X Mr. & Mrs. Adam H. Earle Mr. & Mrs. Todd W. Ferrier Mr. & Mrs. Andrew H. Fisher, Class Agent X Mr. & Mrs. Damian J. Fox Lt. Col. & Mrs. Sean M. Hankard, USMC Mr. Thomas J. Harrop X Mr. & Mrs. Donald R. Hornish X Mr. & Mrs. Robert D. Hornish Mr. & Mrs. Kevin J. McKernan Mr. & Mrs. Todd A. Miller X Mr. & Mrs. Michael M. Mullin, IV, Head Class Agent Mr. & Mrs. Scott P. Paolella

Mr. & Mrs. Thomas D. Ashe Mr. & Mrs. William P. Austin , Class Agent X Dr. & Mrs. Benn L. Lieberman X Mr. & Mrs. Bryan J. Matthews X Mr. & Mrs. W. Steele Pollard X Mr. Jesse D. Rappaport X Mr. & Mrs. John Ruan, IV X Mr. & Mrs. John W. Tharpe, Class Agent X Mr. Rick Tremble & Mrs. Suzanne Nixon

CLASS OF ’93 Anonymous Mr. Matthew E. Bill X Mr. Adam K. Cline, Class Agent X Mr. Paul T. Economou Mr. & Mrs. Chia H. Hua X Mr. Jonathan D. Lyon Mr. & Mrs. Richard H. Martha Mr. Edward J. Rapacky Mr. & Mrs. Lee N. Schmertzler X Mr. & Mrs. John J. Torpy, II Mr. & Mrs. Travis B. Weisleder X

CLASS OF ’94 Captain & Mrs. Matthew H. Bazarian, USMCR X Mr. Michael J. Correia Mr. George W. Crook X Mr. & Mrs. Peter B. Davidson X Mr. Thomas V. Funk Mr. Robert M. Gagnon Mr. & Mrs. Paul M. Gozzo, Co-Head Class Agent X Mr. Eric Z. Grey Mr. Jordan Jayson & Mrs. Jillian Chiarantona X Mr. & Mrs. Adam Josef X Mr. & Mrs. Christopher T. Moeller X Mr. & Mrs. Timothy L. Waterman X

CLASS OF ’95 Mr. & Mrs. Matthew E. Aptman, Class Agent X Mr. Erik Y. Assadourian & Ms. Aynabat Yaylymova X Mr. & Mrs. Spencer E. Beal, Jr. X Mr. & Mrs. Graham R. Callaghan X Mr. & Mrs. Luke K. Cline X Mr. & Mrs. Lance B. Derrickson X Mr. & Mrs. Michael A. Fish X Mr. & Mrs. Daniel P. Fitzpatrick, Class Agent X Mr. & Mrs. Jonathon F. Hartnett, Class Agent X Mr. Patrick J. Hickey X

Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Hoak X Mr. & Mrs. Marc R. Holtman X Mr. Timothy J. McAndrew, Class Agent X Mr. & Mrs. John P. McAuliffe , Class Agent X Mr. & Mrs. Peter K. Sheffield, III, Class Agent X Mr. & Mrs. Anthony D. Silvestro, Head Class Agent X Mr. & Mrs. Jeremy D. Tevald X

CLASS OF ’96 Anonymous (2) Mr. & Mrs. William F. Bonk X Mr. & Mrs. Kendall K. C. Cheatham X Mr. Brent R. P. Drake X Mr. Timothy D. Huizenga Mr. & Mrs. Charles F. Monaco, Jr. Mr. Richard W. Pendleton Jr., Hon. X

CLASS OF ’97 Mr. Nicholas A. Cardoza Mr. & Mrs. Brock E. Doran Mr. Daniel A. Doucette X Mr. Jordan M. Feiner Mr. & Mrs. Shane N. Lieberman X Mr. & Mrs. Stewart M. Mather Mr. Douglas W. McCarthy Mr. Reginald Miller, III

Mr. & Mrs. Anthony J. Salerno, Jr. X Mr. Frederic C. Schlegel Mr. Timothy B. Stay, Co-Head Class Agent X

CLASS OF ’98 Mr. Geoffrey R. Barlow, Co-Head Class Agent X Mr. Jesse Carlton Mr. J. Andrew Corrigan & Ms. Amanda Slaughter, Co-Head Class Agent X Mr. P. Kayser Dixon X Mr. & Mrs. Craig P. Evans X Dr. Gregory M. Kraczkowsky, II, Class Agent X Mr. & Mrs. Daniel J. O’Connor Mr. George E. Psaras, Class Agent Mr. & Mrs. David G. Ries, Jr. X Mr. Nicholas D. Stead Mr. & Mrs. Mark P. Tarnuzzer Mr. Nicholas J. Torretti X Mr. & Mrs. George M. Trautman, Hon. X Mr. & Mrs. Drew T. Widger X

CLASS OF ’99 Mr. Rodman R. Black, III Mr. & Mrs. Crager J. Boardman, III X Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey B. Carter, Jr., Class Agent X

Mr. & Mrs. James W. Chesson X Mr. Austin W. Dienst & Ms. Meghan Graves X Mr. & Mrs. Christopher J. Gateman, Class Agent X Mr. & Mrs. Christopher P. Grosch CPT & Mrs. John B. Haberland X Mr. Robert P. Higginbotham X Mr. & Mrs. Barry C. Joyce X Mr. Daniel J. Knecht Mr. J. Matthew Kowalchick, Class Agent X Mr. Kevin A. Ludwig Mr. & Mrs. Todd L. Marr X

CLASS OF ’00 Mr. & Mrs. Ryan S. Breakey X Mr. & Mrs. Christopher A. Caulfield X Mr. & Mrs. J. Stratford R. Dennis X Mr. & Mrs. Patrick W. Dowling, Class Agent X Mr. Matthew W. Journalist X Mr. Brendan N. Julian Mr. Christopher G. Lundberg X Mr. Nicholas P. Malinosky X Mr. & Mrs. Vincent P. Montalbano, Class Agent Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. O’Neill , Co-Head Class Agent X

Mr. & Mrs. Daniel J. Seiden, Co-Head Class Agent X Mr. Erron J. Smith Mr. Michael E. Sorvillo X Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth C. Tenukas, Class Agent X Mr. & Mrs. James W. Thibadeau X Mr. & Mrs. Thomas R. Villecco X Mr. & Mrs. Andrew G. Weisman X

CLASS OF ’01 Mr. Stephen C. Brengle Mr. Joshua L. Bruff X Mr. Craig P. Chester, Class Agent X Mr. Alexander C. Coates X Mr. & Mrs. Christopher D. Coleman, Co-Head Class Agent X Capt. & Mrs. Alexander R. Dean X Mr. William T. Dean, IV Mr. Matthew J. Haddad, Class Agent X Mr. & Mrs. Nicholas H. LaRocque, Co-Head Class Agent X Mr. & Mrs. Daniel J. McNamara X

CLASS OF ’02 Mr. & Mrs. Gerard P. Barrieau, III X Mr. Kevin M. Berardinelli Mr. & Mrs. Matthew J. Biggart X Mr. Richard A. Gilday X

Harvest time at the community garden

d = DECEASED

= LONGEVITY

2014–2015 Annual Report of Giving

ALUMNI GIV ING continued

Mr. Michael F. Karoly X Mr. John P. Moeller X Mr. William N. Palmer, Head Class Agent X Mr. Bryant A. Rich X Mr. Thomas J. Soyster X Mr. & Mrs. Adam T. Swain X Mr. & Mrs. Thomas L. Wenstrom X

CLASS OF ’03 Mr. Brian P. Brown X Mr. Daniel G. Ciaburri, Jr. X Mr. Kyle Coleman & Ms. Michelle Savary Mr. Mark A. Harrison X Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan D. Hoak X Mr. & Mrs. Joseph S. Karoly, Class Agent X Mr. Andrew J. Sercombe Mr. James T. Tang, Head Class Agent X Mr. Matthew T. Trautman X

CLASS OF ’04 Mr. & Mrs. Michael R. Arciero Mr. & Mrs. Evan A. Bowen X Mr. & Mrs. Gilman A. Callsen X Mr. & Mrs. Samuel J. Cole X Mr. Matthew S. D’Annolfo X Mr. Jonathan P. Fugge Mr. Christopher J. Griffin Mr. & Mrs. Tyler E. Kelley X Mr. Nicholas R. Kirschner Mr. Jason B. LaVorgna X Mr. & Mrs. Griffin Leahy X Mr. Edward J. Mazur, III Mr. Albert R. McDonald, III X Mr. Patrick Percella Mr. Alexander M. Rothaus Mr. Brandon W. Thiess X Mr. Raymond J. Yozwiak X

CLASS OF ’05 Mr. John M. Benoit X Mr. & Mrs. Hwi-Yoon Cheong X Mr. Timothy D. Custer X Mr. & Mrs. Richard J. Doane, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. John W. Ducci, Class Agent X Mr. David P. Harrison X Mr. Charles H. Hyde, IV Mr. Andrew B. Lawrence, Class Agent X Mr. Dane G. Lemeris, Head Class Agent X Mr. John C. Mori, Class Agent X Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan D. Quick X Mr. & Mrs. Eric R. Quinlan X Mr. Robert L. Rosenhaus Mr. David E. Rothschild, Class Agent X Mr. Jarrad M. Seiden X Mr. Jeffery S. Soyster X Mr. Bryan M. Sweeney X Mr. & Mrs. Andrew S. Valentine X Mr. Connor F. Wells

Mr. J. Taylor Malfitano X Mr. James T. Maule X Mr. Henry L. Murray, III, Class Agent X Mr. Robert H. Rogers, III X Mr. Thomas M. Shumway X Mr. R. Peter Theis, Class Agent X Mr. Christopher R. Victor X Mr. Patrick L. Williams Mr. Frank E. Yozwiak X

CLASS OF ’07 Mr. Randall N. Angel X Mr. & Mrs. Nicholas L. Bonino Mr. Christopher P. Canning, Class Agent X Mr. Casey R. Coons, Co-Head Class Agent X Mr. Tyler F. CreedMr. Jonathan B. Gurry X Mr. Tyler C. Haddad, Co-Head Class Agent X Mr. Matthew C. Keller X Mr. & Mrs. William G. Kron, Hon. X Mr. Craig M. Kubasek Mr. Andrew J. Lyons X Mr. Brian C. Malchoff, Class Agent X Mr. Patrick J. Miller X Mr. Nicholas Penfold Mr. Luke F. Seymour X Lcpl Michael X. Shaw Mr. Jonathan S. West Mr. Henri F. Youlden X

CLASS OF ’08 Mr. Paul T. W. Foote X Mr. John W. Froman, II X Mr. David R. Hollady, Class Agent X Mr. Peter J. Holst-Grubbe, Class Agent X Mr. Chane F. Keller X Mr. Yong Bok Lee Mr. Eric J. Meyers X econd Lieutenant Brandon J. Moore X Mr. Evan M. Piercey X Mr. Michael J. Reilly X Mr. Preston L. Thompson Mr. Edwin L. Wallace

Mr. Richard H. Woodwell X

CLASS OF ’09 Mr. Colin R. Bradley X Mr. Jared P. Ciejek X Mr. M. Timothy Clark Mr. Ryan A. Colatrella Mr. Craig T. Cottrell, Jr. X Mr. Conor R. Cummings, Class Agent X Mr. & Mrs. Blake C. Forkey X Mr. Graham C. Garland X Mr. Sung Jin Jeong X Mr. Robert M. Konferowicz Mr. Ian J. Lapin Mr. & Mrs. Matthew P. Lauro X Mr. Michael C. Mangan, Class Agent X Mr. Douglas S. Margison, II X Mr. Gregory M. Miller, Jr. X Mr. John P. Rotchford, Class Agent X Mr. Christopher B. Ruhlig X Mr. Jason A. Torey X Mr. Aaron H. Zaleznik X

CLASS OF ’10 Mr. Alexander S. Ball Mr. Paul J. Cadenhead Mr. Blake S. Clinton X Mr. Matthew R. Coz, Head Class Agent Mr. Chad M. Hollenshade Mr. Benjamin B. LaRocque, Class Agent X Mr. Sam R. Marvin X Mr. Patrick R. Miller X Mr. Demetrios J. Papadopoulos Mr. Curtis A. Sjodin X Mr. David V. N. Smith, III X Mr. Hayden C. Smith Mr. Benjamin T. Williams, Class Agent X Mr. Lincoln C. Young

CLASS OF ’11 Mr. David A. Barros X Mr. Michael J. Barros X Mr. Andreas Biekert Mr. H. Jackson Brady

Avon Old Farms School

CLASS OF ’12 Mr. Gavin S. Clark Mr. Connor P. Doyle, Class Agent X Mr. Robert J. Fiondella Mr. Michael D. Gagnon Mr. Landon S. Kost Mr. John P. Kristian Mr. Mitchell L. Leeds Mr. Ian R. Lindahl Mr. Eric N. Mack Mr. Michael A. Nicolia, Class Agent Mr. Nicholas J. Papadopoulos Mr. Grayson L. Pollock Mr. Jeremy D. Ross, Class Agent X

CLASS OF ’13 Mr. Jordan W. Blackington Mr. Benjamin M. Charette Mr. Alexander G. Cheffer Mr. & Mrs. Brian B. Conroy, Hon. X Mr. Christian A. Cottrell Mr. Joseph A. Creen, III Mr. Eric S. Depner Mrs. Gailanne Laferriere, Hon. & Mr. Andre Laferriere X Mr. Ugonna Njeze Mr. Thomas H. W. Owen Mrs. Carol Reller, Hon. & Mr. Edward A. Reller X Mr. David L. Szewczul Cadet William M. White, Class Agent

CLASS OF ’14

CLASS OF ’06 Mr. Brendan K. Avery Mr. Trevor L. Bradley X Mr. Alexander P. W. Cherry Mr. Thomas S. Cousins, IV X Mr. Stephen P. Driscoll, Class Agent X Mr. Robert S. Hayes X Mr. Benjamin J. Lyons X

Mr. Connor J. Cottrell X Mr. John S. Courage X Mr. Thomas J. Dougherty X Mr. Daniel M. Gauvin Mr. Michael R. Gibbons, Jr. Mr. Bradley H. Glennon Mr. Benjamin Hamer X Mr. John B. Jackson Mr. Jeffrey A. Kimm X Mr. Alistair J. S. MacDonald X Mr. Justin T. Niemeier Mr. Oliver K. Rothmann, Head Class Agent X Mr. Eric J. Sjodin X

Colonel James E. Hayes III ’88 celebrating Avon with former Headmaster George M. Trautman

Mr. Patrick H. Albanesi Mr. Lance C. Berry, Class Agent Mr. James E. Biggart Mr. Ian J. Bomely Mr. Keith R. J. Burwood Mr. Trevor I. Cooper Mr. Rocco J. Davino Mr. Cody R. Doyle, Class Agent Mr. Patrick B. Fricke Mr. Tristan R. Garland Mr. Owen M. Grey Mr. James A. Levere Mr. Zachary M. MacMillian Mr. Obumneme B. Njeze Mr. Daniel J. Nobile Mr. Sawyer T. Rothmann Mr. William D. Sjodin Mr. Kevin J. Smith

Jim Kirschner and the waiters for the Blue Blazer Ball 2015

Mr. Nicholas P. Tarchis Mr. Bradley M. Touponse Mr. Gavin C. Touponse

CLASS OF ’15 Mr. Henry T. Allen Mr. David S. Alpert Mr. Justin H. Anarella Mr. Alexander Arango Mr. Brendan E. Ashe Mr. Edward A. Barnes Mr. Brant B. Battiston Mr. Tyson T. G. Bomberry Mr. Benjamin Brigham Mr. Dahnique L. Brown-Jones Mr. Christopher R. Buenaventura Mr. William H. Burke Mr. Michael D. Camilleri Mr. Rexford B. Carr Mr. Jiuhua Chen Mr. Kehan Chen Mr. Christopher B. Clark Mr. Samuel R. Corman Mr. Matous Cvikl Mr. Matthew R. Cyr

d = DECEASED

= LONGEVITY

Mr. William C. Davis, Class Agent Mr. Christopher E. de Morais Mr. Christian E. Di Antonio, Class Agent Mr. Jonathan Di Perna Mr. Leo V. Diana Mr. Michael P. Dietrick, Class Agent Mr. Theo J. Dol Mr. Terence A. Durrant, II Mr. Ahmad Faraj Mr. Jason P. Filipe Mr. Luke Finneran Mr. David A. Forsberg Mr. Cole T. Gibson Mr. Tucker K. Gillman Mr. Andrew J. Gnazzo Mr. Brandon W. Grover Mr. Stephen R. Guglielmo, Jr. Mr. Matthew D. Hahn, Class Agent Mr. Karim T. Hussein Mr. Kevin Hutchings Mr. Justin S. Imperatore Mr. Brandon J. Inwood Mr. Austin E. Jadovich Mr. Curtis M. Joseph Mr. Derek C. Kasperzyk

Mr. Christopher J. Kincade Mr. Andrew C. King Mr. Cameron G. Klein Mr. Northrup R. Knox, III Mr. Jacob H. Korus Mr. Trevor G. Kratz Mr. Jason A. Leeds Mr. Austin B. Liptrot Mr. Yeshaya J. Lomax Mr. Alexander M. Lusins Mr. Jack Macnee Mr. Hayden T. Manning Mr. Kade C. McCoy Mr. Kevin H. McLaughlin Mr. Mohammed Meraay Mr. McKinley F. Merrill Mr. Corey P. Morgan Mr. Jack F. Nedorostek Mr. Brent A. Noseworthy Mr. Brandon D. O’Connor Mr. Wesley A. Orred Mr. Alexander Papadopoulos Mr. Charles S. Pfeifer Mr. Jonathan T. Plourde Mr. McClain F. Raith

Mr. Charles T. Ralbovsky Mr. Matthew A. Rice Mr. John D. Rick Mr. Colin T. Ridley Mr. Collin Rissolo Mr. Tyler S. Robinson Mr. Robert P. Root Mr. Nathan S. Rosemond Mr. Matthew G. Ruhlig Mr. Patrick J. Ryan Mr. William S. J. Sanford Mr. Xiangmin Shen Mr. Benjamin F. Sisokin Mr. Jiwoo Suh Mr. Edmund T. Takata, Class Agent Mr. Nathaniel N. Usich Mr. Tianjun Wang Mr. Tucker N. Weppner Mr. John Witkowski Mr. Adrian M. Wowk Mr. Zhijie Zheng Mr. Tong Zhi Mr. Chase M. Zieky

2014–2015 Annual Report of Giving

W I N G E D B E AV E R L E A D E R S H I P C I R C L E

The Winged Beaver Leadership Circle began in 2013 and was established to honor the parents of current students who contributed at a leadership level. A total of 243 families made gifts ranging from $1,927 to $60,000. We are most grateful to the following members of the 2014-15 Winged Beaver Leadership Circle for their exceptional support of the school. WINGED BEAVER LEADERSHIP CIRCLE Mr. David R. Korus & Mrs. Barbara A. Mignogna-Korus P’15, Co-Chairmen Mr. James M. Liptrot & Ms. Nancy M. Liptrot P’11, ’12, ’15, ’18, Co-Chairmen Mr. & Mrs. Thomas A. Rettaliata P’16, Co-Chairmen Anonymous Mr. Ruben Aganbegyan & Mrs. Veronica Misiutina P’16 Ms. Mary Allen P’15 Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Baio P’18 Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Barry P’15 Mr. & Mrs. Charles E. Batchelder P’18 Mr. & Mrs. Sergey L. Belyaev P’18 Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey P. Brighenti P’16 Mr. & Mrs. Brett C. Browchuk P’15 Mr. & Mrs. Christopher J. Calcinari P’18 Ms. Marissa Campise P’16

Varsity hockey versus Kent School, winter 2015

Avon Old Farms School

Dr. & Mrs. Andrew E. Caputo P’16, ’17 Mr. Jeffrey N. Carp & Ms. Patricia Berenson P’17 Dr. Donna M. Cipolla P’18 Mr. & Mrs. Colin M. Cowherd P’17 Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey T. Dallas P’16 Mr. John M. Danielson P’18 Mr. & Mrs. William L. R. Davis P’15 Mr. & Mrs. Alberto De La Cruz P’18 Mr. & Mrs. Jacques de Saint Phalle P’16 Dr. & Mrs. Thomas DeBerardino P’17, ’18 Mr. & Mrs. Albert A. Di Antonio, Jr. P’12, ’15 Mr. Danny Di Perna & Mrs. Molly Pietrantonio P’15 Mr. James J. Dol & Mrs. Cynthia Damon-Dol P’15 Ms. Kimberly Dreier P’15 Mr. & Mrs. George M. Economos P’15 Mr. & Mrs. Timothy S. Eden P’15 Captain & Mrs. Jason J. Fanstone P’18

Mr. & Mrs. Matthew Ferry P’16 Mr. & Mrs. Robert F. Gaffney P’16, ’17 Mr. & Mrs. John N. Giamalis P’07, ’10, ’16 Mrs. Maria C. Gimenez P’00, ’17 Mr. & Mrs. Philip C. Glover P’16 Mr. & Mrs. Arthur R. Godbout, Jr. P’17, ’19 Mr. Maocai Gong & Ms. Bei Ren P’18 Mr. Stephen G. Haskin P’18 Mr. & Mrs. Thomas K. Healy, Jr. P’16 Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth J. Horton P’16 Mr. Hongxin Hu & Ms. Shihong Su P’17 Mr. & Mrs. Arthur E. Imperatore, Jr. P’15 Dr. Kevin D. Inwood P’15, ’19 Mr. & Mrs. David R. Jarvis P’17 Mr. & Mrs. Brion S. Johnson P’18 Mr. Timothy M. Jones & Ms. Annie M. Cardelus P’05, ’18 Dr. Seok Min Kang & Mrs. Yeon Ki Lee P’16 Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey H. Katz P’18 Mr. Sung Hoon Kim & Mrs. Suk Baik P’16

Mr. & Mrs. Justin M. King P’15 Mr. & Mrs. Wade H. O. Kirby P’17, ’17 Mr. & Mrs. Northrup R. Knox, Jr. P’15 Mr. Nam Koh & Mrs. Romi G. Haan P’17 Mr. & Mrs. Lowell Kronowitz P’16 Ms. Heidi K. Leeds P’12, ’15 Mr. & Mrs. Scott B. Linke ’79, P’16 Mr. Danny Lui & Ms. Shirley Wong P’17 Mr. & Mrs. James S. Mackechnie P’17 Mr. & Mrs. Robert B. Magnus, III P’17 Ms. Candyce Martin P’17 Mr. & Mrs. John J. McElroy P’17 Ms. Mary B. McKernan & Mr. Paul Tortorella P’17, ’19 Mr. & Mrs. Richard B. McKernan P’17, ’19 Mr. & Mrs. Robert B. McLaughlin P’15 Dr. Nathaniel J. Merrell & Dr. Jennifer E. Merrell P’18 Mr. Peter J. Morgan & Ms. Maureen E. Morgan P’15 Mr. & Mrs. Andre A. Napoli P’16 Mr. & Mrs. Matthew T. Pancavage P’17 Mr. & Mrs. John Papadopoulos P’10, ’12, ’15 Mr. Chanik Park & Ms. Eunjoo Ryu P’16 Mr. & Mrs. Anthony Perrone, Jr. P’17 Mr. & Mrs. Steven C. Preston P’16 Mr. Weizhong Qian & Mrs. Kefei Chen P’16 Ms. Drucilla A. Richards P’18 Mr. & Mrs. John C. Richter P’18 Mr. & Mrs. William T. Rieser, Jr. P’16 Dr. & Mrs. Alan Rissolo P’15 Mr. & Mrs. Denis G. Roy P’16 Mr. & Mrs. Carl E. Ruspini P’16 Mr. & Mrs. Daniel J. Ryan, Jr. P’13, ’15, ’18 Ms. Wendy Safe P’18 Mr. & Mrs. Edmund E. Sanford ’77, P’15 Mr. & Mrs. Jeff Schaetzel P’18 Mr. & Mrs. Glenn A. Sieber P’17 Mr. William J. Sigward & Ms. Cherie G. Sigward P’16 Mr. & Mrs. Henry B. DuPont Smith, Sr. P’17 Mr. Bernard G. Smyth & Ms. Margaret M. Smyth P’18 Mr. & Mrs. John B. Solberg P’12, ’17 Dr. Byeong Ho Song & Dr. Sun Ju Chung P’16 Mr. Huaqi Song P’17 Mr. & Mrs. Craig Soucy P’17 Mr. & Mrs. S. Garrett Stonehouse, Jr. P’16 Mr. Yun Sun & Mrs. Weicheng Xu P’18 Mr. & Mrs. Walter B. Suski, III P’17 Mr. & Mrs. William W. Sweedler P’16 Dr. Hiroyoshi Takata P’15 Mrs. Julie M. Takata P’15 Mr. & Mrs. Glenn A. Thurlow P’16 Mr. & Mrs. Pedro L. Vega, Sr. P’12, ’17 Mr. & Mrs. Michael R. Walsh P’17 Dr. Hualin Wang & Mrs. Zhuoqun Qian P’18 Dr. & Mrs. James D. Whalen P’12, ’17 Mr. & Mrs. Norbert M. Williamson P’14, ’16 Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth J. Winemaster ’83, P’17 Mr. & Mrs. Albert Winslow P’16 Dr. & Mrs. Victor A. Wowk P’14, ’15, Mr. Weifeng Zheng & Mrs. Alice Sun P’15 Mr. Wenquan Zhi P’15 Mr. Keith T. Ziegler & Ms. Leeann Varasconi P’17 Mr. & Mrs. Jon S. Zieky P’08, ’15

C U R R E N T PA R E N T G I V I N G

Parents who support Avon cast a special vote of confidence. Led by a team of Annual Fund chairs, 84 percent of Avon’s parent community participated in annual giving. This sends a strong message about the value our parents place on the Avon experience. Thank you to each of our families for contributing to the Annual Fund last year. Ms. Wendy E. Aarons-Corman Mr. & Mrs. Glenn Abate Mr. Ruben Aganbegyan & Mrs. Veronica Misiutina Ms. Krista N. Aldrich Ms. Mary Allen Mr. & Mrs. Miles N. Allen, III Dr. & Mrs. Lance I. Alpert Ms. Tracey C. Anarella Mr. & Mrs. Bryan Anderson Mr. & Mrs. Gene F. Arnold Dr. & Mrs. Michael Aron Mr. & Mrs. John G. Ashe ’86 X Mr. & Mrs. Donald T. Awe Mr. & Mrs. Michael C. Backman Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Baio Mr. & Mrs. Dominic J. S. Baker Mr. & Mrs. David A. Barnes Ms. Erin D. Barnes Mr. Todd D. Barnes Mr. David G. Barnet & Ms. Julia G. Richards Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Barry

Mr. Michael F. Burke & Mrs. Sally Beath-Burke Mr. & Mrs. Keith R. Burwood Mr. & Mrs. Christopher J. Calcinari Mr. & Mrs. Kevin Callahan Mrs. Donna M. Cameron Mr. & Mrs. David A. Camilleri Ms. Marissa Campise Mr. & Mrs. Roger D. Cantello Dr. & Mrs. Andrew E. Caputo Mr. Jeffrey N. Carp & Ms. Patricia Berenson Mr. Bradford C. Carpenter X Mr. Paul B. Carr Mr. & Mrs. Thomas W. Carroll General & Mrs. Carrol H. Chandler Mr. & Mrs. Jingyang Chen Mr. Xuewen Chen & Mrs. Baoshuang Fu Dr. Donna M. Cipolla Mr. Robert B. Clark & Mrs. Maryon J. Van Tassel-Clark Mr. & Mrs. John Coleman Mr. & Mrs. Graham Conklin

Mr. & Mrs. Raymond A. Diana Mr. Donald F. Dietrick X Mr. & Mrs. Kevin N. DiNicola Mr. James J. Dol & Mrs. Cynthia Damon-Dol Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Doody Mr. & Mrs. Charles R. Doyle Mr. & Mrs. Richard M. Doyle, Jr. Ms. Kimberly Dreier Mr. Christopher S. Drew & Mrs. Katie Martin ’85 X Mr. Sheng Du & Mrs. Bei Zhnag P’19 Mr. & Mrs. Terence A. Durrant Mr. & Mrs. Paul B. Duwan ’85 Mr. & Mrs. George M. Economos Mr. & Mrs. Timothy S. Eden Captain & Mrs. Jason J. Fanstone Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. Farnam Mr. & Mrs. Jeff Feagles Dr. & Mrs. Roman Fedorciw Mr. Qi Feng & Ms. Yanxiao Zhao Mr. & Mrs. Matthew Ferry Mr. & Mrs. Anibal A. Filipe

Mr. Jonathan Gladstone Mr. & Mrs. Justin C. Glenn Mr. & Mrs. Philip C. Glover Mr. & Mrs. Keith W. Gnazzo ’84 X Mr. & Mrs. Arthur R. Godbout, Jr. Mr. Maocai Gong & Ms. Bei Ren Mr. & Mrs. Ruben Gonzalez Ms. Lynn M. Graff X Mr. & Mrs. Willard B. Green, III ’83 X Mr. & Mrs. Thomas T. Gresh ’90 X Mr. & Mrs. Brian A. Grey X Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey G. Grey Mr. Andre Griffith & Ms. Lisa B. Thompson Mr. & Mrs. Roger F. Grover Ms. Maxine E. Grubbs Mr. & Mrs. Stephen R. Guglielmo, Sr. Mr. & Mrs. Richard J. Hahn X Mr. Travis Hanks Mr. Stephen G. Haskin Mr. & Mrs. Thomas K. Healy, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Herring, Sr. Mr. & Mrs. William D. Horne Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth J. Horton Mr. Hongxin Hu & Ms. Shihong Su Mr. Tarek A. Hussein & Mrs. Munira H. Seif Mr. & Mrs. Kiehl Hutchings Mr. & Mrs. Steven M. Huveldt Mr. & Mrs. Arthur E. Imperatore, Jr. Dr. Kevin D. Inwood

“One expects strong academics and sports at Avon Old Farms, but Avon has something more, something intangible, something very special. The faculty and administration at Avon know how to educate boys and have been doing it for a long time. They offer a great diversity of programs and opportunities geared specifically to boys. They create an environment where boys can find themselves, grow and mature. The decision of whether or not to give to the school is a personal one. In our case it has been an easy decision. We are very grateful to Avon. —Jim and Joyce Biggart PP’02, ’06, ’08, ’14 Mr. & Mrs. Drew C. Bartkiewicz Mr. & Mrs. Charles E. Batchelder Mr. Jeffrey Battiston Mr. Michael H. Bednarz & Mrs. Julie G. Zyla Mr. & Mrs. Sergey L. Belyaev Mr. Michael J. Bergin & Ms. Jeanne Higgins Bergin Mr. & Mrs. David Boland Mr. & Mrs. Timothy S. Bomberry Mr. & Mrs. Robert R. Bouvier X Mr. & Mrs. Edward J. Brennan, Jr. X Mr. & Mrs. Christopher L. Brigham Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey P. Brighenti Dr. Richard Brooks & Dr. Heidi Brooks Mr. & Mrs. Brett C. Browchuk Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Buenaventura X

P = PARENT

GP = GRANDPARENT

Mr. & Mrs. Colin M. Cowherd Mr. & Mrs. William E. Cross, III Mr. Tomas Cvikl & Mrs. Blanka Cviklova Mr. & Mrs. Dave Cyr Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey T. Dallas Mr. John M. Danielson Mr. & Mrs. William L. R. Davis Dr. & Mrs. John H. De Jong Mr. & Mrs. Alberto De La Cruz Mr. & Mrs. Jacques de Saint Phalle Dr. & Mrs. Thomas DeBerardino Mr. Franco M. DeBlasio X Mr. & Mrs. Peter J. Deckers ’90 X Mr. Bradford A. Deflin Mr. & Mrs. Albert A. Di Antonio, Jr. X Mr. Danny Di Perna & Mrs. Molly Pietrantonio

d = DECEASED

= LONGEVITY

Mr. & Mrs. Michael N. Findlay Mr. & Mrs. Brian Finneran Mr. & Mrs. Richard E. Fischer Dr. & Mrs. Michael F. Foley Mr. & Mrs. Robert R. Forsberg, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Mark D. Gabriel Mr. & Mrs. Robert F. Gaffney Mr. & Mrs. Mark R. George Mr. & Mrs. John N. Giamalis X Mr. & Mrs. Francis J. Gianci Mr. & Mrs. Stephen J. Giatrelis ’81 Mr. & Mrs. Theodore Gibson Mr. & Mrs. Christopher M. Gill Mr. & Mrs. Kyle E. Gillman Mrs. Maria C. Gimenez Mr. & Mrs. Joseph R. Girard

Mr. & Mrs. Andrew J. Jadovich Mr. & Mrs. Ernesto Jaramillo Mr. & Mrs. David R. Jarvis Mr. & Mrs. Steve Jensen Mr. & Mrs. Brion S. Johnson Mr. John S. Johnston & Ms. Susan E. Marshall Mr. James M. Jones & Mrs. Sarah L. Wild-Jones Mr. Timothy M. Jones & Ms. Annie M. Cardelus X Ms. Melanie A. Joseph Ms. Susan M. Kammler Dr. Seok Min Kang & Mrs. Yeon Ki Lee Mr. & Mrs. Justen G. Kasperzyk Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey H. Katz

2014–2015 Annual Report of Giving

C U R R E N T PA R E N T G I V I N G continued

Mr. & Mrs. David C. Kennedy Mr. & Mrs. James Killoy Mr. Changhan Kim & Mrs. Hwayeon Im Mr. Sung Hoon Kim & Mrs. Suk Baik Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Kincade Mr. & Mrs. Justin M. King Mr. & Mrs. Wade H. O. Kirby Mr. & Mrs. John Klein Mr. & Mrs. Paul R. Knight Ms. Ellen T. Knowlton Mr. & Mrs. Northrup R. Knox, Jr. Mr. Nam Koh & Mrs. Romi G. Haan Mr. David R. Korus & Mrs. Barbara A. Mignogna-Korus Mr. & Mrs. William B. Krag, Jr. Mr. Geoffrey G. Kratz & Mrs. Lisa Galiano-Kratz ’81 Mr. & Mrs. Lowell Kronowitz Dr. & Mrs. Seung-Jun Kwak Mr. & Mrs. Dennis J. Lanchbury Dr. & Mrs. Gary L. Last Ms. Vickie Lawrence Dr. & Mrs. Lawrence Z. Lazor Ms. Heidi K. Leeds X Mr. Mark P. Leeds X Mr. Frederick A. Leone & Ms. Patricia H. Leone Mrs. Michelle D. Lightbourn Mr. Richard H. Lightbourn Mr. & Mrs. Scott B. Linke ’79 X Mr. James M. Liptrot & Ms. Nancy M. Liptrot X Mr. & Mrs. Scott W. Lockwood Mr. Douglas W. Lomax & Ms. Pamela E. Lomax Mr. & Mrs. Andrew P. Long Mr. Danny Lui & Ms. Shirley Wong Mr. Mingmin Luo & Ms. Meili Jiang Mr. Carl B. Lusins Mrs. Jennifer L. Lusins Mr. & Mrs. Brendan B. Lynch ’88 Mrs. Lory I. C. D. Lyon & Mr. Adrian D. Small Ms. Victoria Lyon-Martin Mr. & Mrs. James S. Mackechnie Mr. Peter G. Macnee Mr. & Mrs. John J. Madden Mr. & Mrs. Robert B. Magnus, III Mr. & Mrs. Thomas H. Manning, III Dr. & Mrs. Mohamed R. Mansoor Mr. John Marcogliese & Mrs. Kelly A. Woodford Mr. & Mrs. Gregory E. Marshall Ms. Candyce Martin Mr. & Mrs. John J. McElroy Ms. Ashley D. McIntosh Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. McKenna Ms. Mary B. McKernan & Mr. Paul Tortorella Mr. & Mrs. Richard B. McKernan Mr. & Mrs. Robert B. McLaughlin Dr. & Mrs. Lucien T. Megna Mrs. Maha Meraay Dr. Nathaniel J. Merrell & Dr. Jennifer E. Merrell Mr. & Mrs. William C. Merrill, Sr.

Avon Old Farms School

Mr. & Mrs. Gregory A. Mickelson Mr. & Mrs. Christopher W. Millea Dr. & Mrs. Jeffrey A. Miller Mr. & Mrs. James Mirageas Drs. Bruce H. & Carol S. Moeckel Mr. & Mrs. Christopher E. Moore Mr. & Mrs. John J. Moore, Jr. Mr. Peter J. Morgan & Ms. Maureen E. Morgan Mr. & Mrs. Andre A. Napoli Mr. & Mrs. James L. Nastri Mr. & Mrs. Gary F. Nedorostek Mr. & Mrs. Matthew D. Newman Mr. Roger Noseworthy Mrs. Theresa Noseworthy Mr. & Mrs. Sean D. O’Brien Mr. & Mrs. D. Michael O’Connor Mr. & Mrs. Enrique J. Olivares Ms. Jane Oppong Mrs. Julie O’Rourke Ms. Shirley E. Pagan Mr. & Mrs. Paul L. Palandjian Mr. & Mrs. David A. Palmer Mr. & Mrs. Matthew T. Pancavage Mr. & Mrs. John Papadopoulos X Mr. Chanik Park & Ms. Eunjoo Ryu Mr. & Mrs. David Paul Mr. & Mrs. Thayer Pendleton Mr. & Mrs. Albert T. Pepe, II Mr. & Mrs. Anthony Perrone, Jr. Mr. William A. Pfeifer & Ms. Marcy M. Pfeifer Dr. Ellen Preen & Mr. Clifford Preen Mr. & Mrs. Steven C. Preston Mr. Weizhong Qian & Mrs. Kefei Chen Mr. Christopher G. Raith Ms. Whitney M. Raith Dr. Anitha Elango & Mr. Balasubramanian Ramasamy Mr. Carlos E. Ramirez & Mrs. Olga Kalandova-Ramirez Mrs. Diane J. Ravech Mr. Karl D. Ravech X Mr. Brian T. Reilly Mr. & Mrs. William A. Reller Mr. & Mrs. Thomas A. Rettaliata Mr. & Mrs. Peter M. Rice ’76 X Ms. Drucilla A. Richards Mr. & Mrs. John C. Richter Mr. & Mrs. Scott Ridley Mr. & Mrs. William T. Rieser, Jr. Dr. & Mrs. Alan Rissolo Mr. & Mrs. Peter M. Roberge Reverend & Mrs. Graham S. Robinson Mr. Paul Rochford & Ms. Jodi Markley Mr. & Mrs. Daniel R. Rodriguez Mr. Todd D. Root Mr. & Mrs. Solomon Q. Rosemond Mr. & Mrs. Denis G. Roy Mr. & Mrs. Anthony B. Ruffine Mr. & Mrs. Bernhard Ruhlig X Mr. & Mrs. Carl E. Ruspini Mr. & Mrs. Daniel J. Ryan, Jr. X Ms. Wendy Safe Mr. & Mrs. Howard Saffan

Andy and Robin Napoli with their son, Cooper ’16

Mr. & Mrs. Edmund E. Sanford ’77 X Mr. Arsalan M. Sayyah ’82 Mr. & Mrs. Jeff Schaetzel Mr. & Mrs. Darrin T. Schellin Captain John J. Schneider & Ms. Cynthia A. Kroger Mr. & Mrs. Thomas W. Shaw Mr. Robert E. Shemo & Mrs. Stephanie L. Musso-Shemo Mr. & Mrs. Glenn A. Sieber X Mr. William J. Sigward & Ms. Cherie G. Sigward Rev. Walter & Linda Silva Thompson, Jr. Mr. Stephen Sisokin Mr. & Mrs. Donald K. Sloane Mr. & Mrs. Henry B. DuPont Smith, Sr. Mr. Bernard G. Smyth & Ms. Margaret M. Smyth Mr. & Mrs. John B. Solberg X Dr. Byeong Ho Song & Dr. Sun Ju Chung Mr. Huaqi Song Mr. & Mrs. Craig Soucy Mr. & Mrs. John J. Spearman, IV Mr. & Mrs. S. Garrett Stonehouse, Jr. Mr. Young Ho Suh & Mrs. Soo Jin Kim Mr. Christopher R. Summers Ms. Kimberly A. Summers Mr. Yun Sun & Mrs. Weicheng Xu Mr. & Mrs. Walter B. Suski, III Mr. & Mrs. William G. Sweedler Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth E. Swerdlick Mr. & Mrs. Michael T. Symes ’81 X Dr. Hiroyoshi Takata X Mrs. Julie M. Takata

Mr. & Mrs. Kabraul M. Tasha Mr. & Mrs. Sylvain Thibault Mr. & Mrs. Glenn A. Thurlow Mr. & Mrs. Gregory D. Timmons Ms. Sheila M. Trauernicht Mr. & Mrs. Louis N. Usich, III ’85 X Mr. & Mrs. Pedro L. Vega, Sr. Mr. & Mrs. Barry Vertentes Mr. & Mrs. Eric E. Voegtle ’89 X Mr. & Mrs. Michael R. Walsh Dr. & Mrs. David C. Waltzer Dr. Hualin Wang & Mrs. Zhuoqun Qian Mrs. Jeanne N. Weppner Mr. & Mrs. Philip J. Wertheim Dr. & Mrs. James D. Whalen Ms. Haynie L. Wheeler Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Whitty ’87 X Mr. David F. Williams & Ms. Tracy M. Collins Mr. & Mrs. Norbert M. Williamson X Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth J. Winemaster ’83 X Mr. & Mrs. Albert Winslow Mr. & Mrs. Jan Witkowski Dr. Diane Whitaker-Worth & Mr. John W. Worth Dr. & Mrs. Victor A. Wowk Mr. & Mrs. Jorge Yoguez Ms. Jennifer H. Young Mr. & Mrs. John R. Zaorski Mr. Weifeng Zheng & Mrs. Alice Sun Mr. Wenquan Zhi Mr. Keith T. Ziegler & Ms. Leeann Varasconi Mr. & Mrs. Jon S. Zieky X Anonymous (2)

PA R E N T S o f A L U M N I G I V I N G

Once a member of the Avon family, always a member. Parents of alumni continue to support Avon long after their children graduate. The dedication and commitment of these families help to ensure Avon’s continued excellence. Thank you. Mr. & Mrs. Roger P. Abate Mr. & Mrs. Edward N. Allen X Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Allred X Mr. & Mrs. Rolf Andersen X Mr. & Mrs. Stephen J. Anderson X Mr. & Mrs. Richard L. Angel X Dr. Julie Armada X Mr. & Mrs. William H. Austin Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan S. Avery X Mr. & Mrs. Donald T. Awe Mr. & Mrs. Michael C. Backman Mr. & Mrs. Richard Barlow X Mr. & Mrs. David M. Barros X Mr. & Mrs. Spencer E. Beal, Sr. X Mr. & Mrs. Hugh R. Beath X Mr. & Mrs. Stuart D. Beath X Mr. John A. Beirne, Jr. X Mrs. Lori B. Beirne X Mr. & Mrs. James E. Bell, III X Dr. & Mrs. Richard R. Bennett X Mr. & Mrs. John Benoit X Mr. Jeffrey S. Berry X Mr. & Mrs. W. Christopher Berry Mr. & Mrs. James H. Biggart X Mr. & Mrs. Joseph R. Biondo X Mr. James R. Birle & Mrs. James R. Birle d Dr. Judson G. Black Mr. & Mrs. Rodman R. Black, Jr. X Mr. & Mrs. Alan S. Blanchard X Mrs. Dorothy Blanchard X Mr. Alexander K. Bochain Mr. & Mrs. Peter Bolan X Mr. & Mrs. Richard Boudria X Major & Mrs. John M. Bourgault, USMC (Ret.) X Ms. Sally Bourgault Mr. & Mrs. Robert R. Bouvier X Mr. & Mrs. J. Hallam Boyd, Jr. X Mr. & Mrs. G. Rohan Bradley X Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Brady X Mr. & Mrs. Bruce S. Brawley Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey G. Breneiser X Dr. & Mrs. Heinz H. Brennwald X Mr. & Mrs. Duncan S. Broatch X Mr. & Mrs. Bradford Brown X Mrs. Susan C. Brown X Mr. & Mrs. Leroy L. Bruff X Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Buenaventura X Mr. & Mrs. J. William Burns X Mr. & Mrs. Keith R. Burwood Drs. Ivan & Francine C. Butler X Mr. & Mrs. David Cadenhead X Mrs. Roxanna M. Cain Mr. & Mrs. Kevin Callahan Mr. & Mrs. Thomas A. Campbell Ms. Rosie E. Carlino X Mr. & Mrs. T. Peter Carnes X

P = PARENT

GP = GRANDPARENT

Mr. Miguel E. Carpio Delfino & Mrs. Rosario De Los Reyes De Carpio X Dr. John T. Carroll & Mrs. Doe A. Le Blanc-Carroll X Dr. & Mrs. Culley C. Carson, III Dr. & Mrs. Jeffrey B. Carter X Mr. & Mrs. Wayne H. Carter, III Mr. & Mrs. Richard E. Cartland Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence P. Casella X Mr. & Mrs. James H. Cashion X Mr. David J. Castellani X Mr. & Mrs. Dennis M. Caulfield, Sr. Mr. & Mrs. Floyd Chandler X Mrs. Ellen M. Charles X Mr. & Mrs. Stephen E. Chase X Mrs. Enid Cheatham Ms. Allison M. Cheffer Mr. & Mrs. William C. Cherry X Mr. Hing Lun Chung & Mrs. Yee Mei Kong Dr. & Mrs. Daniel G. Ciaburri Mr. & Mrs. Samual J. Civiletto X Mr. & Mrs. Mark J. Clark X

Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Dowling X Mr. Vincent J. Dowling, Jr. X Mr. & Mrs. Brian P. Doyle X Mr. & Mrs. Charles R. Doyle Mr. & Mrs. Richard M. Doyle, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Bruce M. Dresner X Mr. & Mrs. John E. Drew X Mr. & Mrs. Joseph V. Driscoll X Mr. & Mrs. Kevin J. Driscoll X Mr. & Mrs. Thomas P. Driscoll X Mr. & Mrs. Winston Emmons X Mr. & Mrs. Peter M. Evans X Mr. Robert J. Falaguerra X Mr. & Mrs. Jeff Feagles Dr. & Mrs. Frederick C. Feibel X Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Fiondella Ms. Emily H. Fisher & Mr. John Alexander X Mr. & Mrs. Michael S. Flynn X Mr. Thomas Foote & Ms. Constance Williams X Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Fox X Mr. & Mrs. Joseph S. Freeman X Drs. Daniel M. & Elizabeth A. Friedlander Mr. Frederick Fritz, Jr. X Mr. & Mrs. David L. Gagnon X Mr. & Mrs. Vincent E. Gallagher Mr. & Mrs. Richard F. Garber, Jr. X

Mr. & Mrs. Henry R. Coons X Mr. & Mrs. Gordon N. Cooper X Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Corey Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. Corradi X Mr. & Mrs. James W. Corrigan X Mr. & Mrs. Tim W. Corrigan Mr. & Mrs. Craig T. Cottrell, Sr. X Mr. & Mrs. Thomas S. Cousins X Dr. Lucy E. Creevey X Mr. & Mrs. Herbert L. Crocker X Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan A. Crocker X Mr. Richard G. Croft, Jr. X Mrs. Joseph F. Croughwell, Jr. X Mr. & Mrs. Anthony Cuccia X Mrs. Mary Jean Cummiskey X Mr. & Mrs. Arthur B. Custer X Dr. & Mrs. Leslie S. Cutler X Mr. & Mrs. Frank J. D’Annolfo X Mr. & Mrs. Jason M. Davino X Mr. & Mrs. Joseph J. Davis X Dr. & Mrs. William Dean, III X Mr. Franco M. DeBlasio X

Mary and I support the Annual Fund for a couple of reasons. First, we believe in the mission of the school and the dedication that the faculty and staff have to carry out that mission. Second, AOF was extremely important in helping mold the character of our boys and help them develop into men. We feel that the values at AOF were and still are consistent with the values that are important in our family, and we always felt the school was a full partner in stressing the importance of those values. Our continued support of the Annual Fund is our way of thanking Avon Old Farms. —David Barros P’11, ’11 Mr. & Mrs. John P. Clifford, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Dale K. Cline X Mr. & Mrs. John B. Clinton Mrs. Kenneth G. Cloud, Jr. X Mr. & Mrs. Timothy Cohane X Mr. & Mrs. Martin I. Cole X Mr. & Mrs. David F. Coleman X Ms. Katherine Compton Mr. & Mrs. Douglas R. Conant X Mr. & Mrs. Brendan T. Conry, Sr. X Mr. Andres A. Consuegra & Ms. Maria M. Velasco X Mr. & Mrs. Jorge E. Consuegra, Jr. X

d = DECEASED

= LONGEVITY

Dr. & Mrs. Peter J. Deckers Mr. & Mrs. Tony Delnicki X Mr. & Mrs. James C. Dennis Mr. Steven C. Depner X Mr. & Mrs. James M. Detora X Mr. & Mrs. Albert A. Di Antonio, Jr. X Mr. & Mrs. Raymond A. Diana Mr. & Mrs. Lou DiCocco Mr. Donald F. Dietrick X Mr. & Mrs. John A. Dillon X Ms. Ngoc K. Doan & Mr. Wayne King X Mr. & Mrs. David Dougherty Mr. & Mrs. Thomas J. Dougherty

Dr. & Mrs. Jeffery S. Garland X Mr. & Mrs. James P. Garvey X Mrs. David L. Geyer X Mr. & Mrs. John N. Giamalis X Mr. & Mrs. Thomas H. Gianakos X Mr. & Mrs. Michael R. Gibbons X Mr. & Mrs. Ronald L. Gibbons X Mrs. Maria C. Gimenez Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Gnazzo X Mr. & Mrs. H. Kent Goetjen X Mrs. Susan Goldsmith X Mr. & Mrs. Richard H. Gordon X Mr. & Mrs. Gregory Gozzo

2014–2015 Annual Report of Giving

PA R E N T S o f A L U M N I G I V I N G continued

Ms. Lynn M. Graff X Mr. & Mrs. Paul E. Graff X Mr. & Mrs. George R. Graham X Mr. & Mrs. Gerald R. Graham Mr. Mathew Granger Mr. & Mrs. Shawn R. Grant X Mr. & Mrs. Anthony M. Gray Mr. & Mrs. Marc A. Green Mr. & Mrs. Willard B. Green, Jr. X Mr. & Mrs. Herbert T. Gresh X Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey G. Grey Dr. & Mrs. Robert A. Gryboski X Mr. & Mrs. Christopher Gurry X Mr. & Mrs. Jay Haberland X Mr. & Mrs. Richard J. Hahn X Mr. & Mrs. Walter V. Hall X Mr. & Mrs. Charles D. Hamburg Mr. & Mrs. G. Douglas Hamilton X Dr. & Mrs. Michael E. Hamilton X Dr. & Mrs. Christopher K. Hampton X Dr. & Mrs. Walter R. Hampton Ms. Diana F. Harrison X Dr. & Mrs. James S. Harrop X Mr. & Mrs. Guy T. Hatch X Mr. & Mrs. Edward J. Hawie X Mr. & Mrs. William S. Hayes Mr. & Mrs. A. Russ Heinke X Mr. & Mrs. Robert S. Helberg Mr. & Mrs. George F. Henschel, Jr. X Mr. William H. Heyman & Ms. Katherine E. Dietze X Mr. & Mrs. Malcolm M. Hirsh, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Jon C. Hofer X Mr. & Mrs. Rodrigo Holguin X Ms. Teresa Holland X Mr. & Mrs. Timothy Hollenshade, Sr. Mr. & Mrs. Raymond Holtman X Mr. & Mrs. Steven Homscheid Mrs. Charles E. Hopson X Mr. & Mrs. Roger M. Howard X Mr. & Mrs. Joe Huber X Ms. Tracy B. Huntington X Mr. & Mrs. George D. Iverson, VI X Mr. & Mrs. Sergio Jaramillo X Mr. Timothy M. Jones & Ms. Annie M. Cardelus X Mr. & Mrs. Peter B. Josef Dr. & Mrs. Richard L. Judd X Mr. & Mrs. Robert Kagan X Mr. & Mrs. Alex Karoly X Mr. & Mrs. James W. Kassel X Mr. & Mrs. Michael E. Keady, Sr. X Mr. & Mrs. Charles F. Keller Mr. & Mrs. Peter Keller Mrs. Daniel Kelly X Mr. & Mrs. Mark K. Kelly X Mr. & Mrs. Barry M. Kent X Ms. Anita Kershner Dr. Donald Herbert Ketcham d & Mrs. Donald H. Ketcham X Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Kincade Mr. & Mrs. David L. King Mr. & Mrs. James Kirschner X Mr. & Mrs. Koichiro Kitade Mr. & Mrs. Steven T. Klemenz X

Avon Old Farms School

Ms. Judith A. Knapp Mr. & Mrs. Peter T. Knobloch X Mr. & Mrs. George P. Kooluris X Dr. & Mrs. Jonathan A. Kost X Mr. & Mrs. Gregory M. Kraczkowsky, Sr. X Mr. & Mrs. Christopher R. Kristian X Mr. & Mrs. William G. Kron X Ms. Kathleen C. LaRocque X Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth H. LaRocque X Mr. & Mrs. Philip H. Lauro X Mrs. Dolores A. Lawler X Mrs. Carmen L. Leahy X Mr. Frank G. Leavitt X Mr. & Mrs. Todd S. Leckie X Ms. Laura M. Lee Ms. Heidi K. Leeds X Mr. Mark P. Leeds X Mr. & Mrs. Allan F. Lehrer X Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence J. Levere X Honorable & Mrs. Paul D. Lewis X Dr. & Mrs. Richard M. Linburg Mr. & Mrs. Paul R. Lindahl X Ms. Sara Linsley Mr. & Mrs. Wayne P. Lipkvich X Mr. James M. Liptrot & Ms. Nancy M. Liptrot X Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Lloyd X Dr. & Mrs. Robert G. Loewy X Mr. & Mrs. Thomas K. Loizeaux X Mr. Bradford W. Lowe X Mr. & Mrs. Edward Ludwig X Mr. & Mrs. Gerard T. Lynch X Dr. & Mrs. Richard D. Lynch Mr. & Mrs. James J. Lyons X Mr. & Mrs. James Y. MacArthur X Mr. & Mrs. David E. MacDonald Ms. Carolyn H. Mackenzie Ms. Marta Mahoney X Dr. Carl D. Malchoff & Dr. Diana M. Malchoff X Mrs. Christine Malone X Mr. & Mrs. John A. Marr X Capt. & Mrs. Douglas B. Marshall X Mr. & Mrs. G. Kelly Martin X Mr. & Mrs. Michael Marvin X Mr. & Mrs. Mark L. Masinter X Mr. & Mrs. Thomas J. Maule X Mr. & Mrs. David L. McAndrew X Mr. & Mrs. Dudley D. McCalla X Mr. & Mrs. Daniel J. McCormack Mrs. Sheila M. McDougall Mr. & Mrs. Thomas A. McEachin X Mr. & Mrs. Kevin P. McGuire Mr. & Mrs. Paul S. McInnis X Mr. & Mrs. Richard T. McKernan X Mr. & Mrs. Thomas R. McLaughlin Dr. Sarah McMillan & Mr. Donald McMillan X Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth J. McNealy X Mr. & Mrs. Armour N. Mellon X Mr. & Mrs. James V. Memmott X Mr. & Mrs. John M. Mendez X Mr. & Mrs. Todd R. Meyer X Mr. & Mrs. Gregory M. Miller X Mr. & Mrs. John S. Miller

Mr. & Mrs. Michael Miller X Mr. & Mrs. Gary J. Moeller X Mr. Joseph H. Moglia X Mr. & Mrs. Russell C. Mooney X Mr. & Mrs. Paul A. Moore Ms. Leslie Moraller Clark & Mr. Jonathan Clark X Mrs. Robert H. Moran, Sr. Mr. & Mrs. Robert H. Moran, Jr. X Mr. & Mrs. Paul M. Morris X Mr. & Mrs. John P. Mulligan X Mr. Brian T. Mullins Mr. H. J. Nelson, III X Mr. William R. Nelson & Ms. Shelly Perron X Mr. & Mrs. James New Mr. & Mrs. Antonio Nicolia Mr. & Mrs. John R. Nissley X Mr. & Mrs. Chibuzo Njeze X Mr. Charles E. Noell & Ms. Barbara Voss Mr. & Mrs. H. Clifton Northern, Jr. X Mr. & Mrs. Carl Nowiszewski X Mr. & Mrs. Douglas G. Oberg X Mr. Franc P. Oberhammer X Mr. & Mrs. Peter C. Obre X Mr. & Mrs. Jeremiah J. O’Brien Mr. & Mrs. Robert Occhialini X Mr. & Mrs. George D. O’Neill X Ms. Kathryn A. Ordway & Mr. James Sadler X Mr. & Mrs. Albert F. Orr X Mrs. Michele Gaug Pacquee X Mrs. Robin S. Paganafanador Mr. Steven Palmer X Mr. & Mrs. John Papadopoulos X Mr. & Mrs. Paul Pavano Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Petrie X Mr. Stephen M. Phillips Mr. & Mrs. John B. Pinkham X Ms. Linda C. Pollock Mr. Philip G. Pratt X Mr. & Mrs. Richard R. Previdi X Mrs. Elin Pye Mr. & Mrs. John J. Quinn, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Peter M. Ramsey X Mr. & Mrs. Gene Ranaldi X Mr. Gerald J. Randall X Mr. Andres E. Rapela & Mrs. Geraldine Arceri Rapela Mrs. Diane J. Ravech X Mr. Karl D. Ravech X Mrs. Carol Reed X Mr. & Mrs. David H. Reed X Mr. & Mrs. Brian P. Reilly X Mr. & Mrs. Douglas M. Reimer X Mr. & Mrs. Edward A. Reller X Atty. Tracy Rich & Hon. Vanessa Bryant X Mr. & Mrs. David Ries, Sr. X Mr. William J. Roland X Mrs. Nancy P. Ross X Dr. Kenneth O. Rothaus & Dr. Paula Rothaus Mr. & Mrs. Alan D. Rozinsky X Mr. & Mrs. Barry Rubinfeld X Mr. & Mrs. Bernhard Ruhlig X Mr. & Mrs. Daniel J. Ryan, Jr. X

Dr. & Mrs. Lawrence J. Ryan X Mr. & Mrs. Patrick T. Ryan X Mrs. Robert W. Sanford X Mr. & Mrs. Robert P. Sanford Mr. & Mrs. Michael D. Sargent X Mr. & Mrs. Philip K. Schenck Mr. & Mrs. Joseph A. Schwartz Mr. & Mrs. William Seiden X Mr. & Mrs. George R. Seifert X Mr. & Mrs. William Severni X Mr. & Mrs. Ellis L. Shamburger, III X Mr. & Mrs. Ronald M. Shapiro X Mrs. Gail Sheflott Dr. & Mrs. Richard Shumway Mr. & Mrs. John R. Sieber, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Gerard F. Sirois X Mr. & Mrs. Kevin A. Sjodin X Mr. & Mrs. Joseph I. Sjogren X Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Smalley X Mr. Larry H. Smead X Mr. Brian W. Smith & Ms. Madonna A. Sacco X Dr. & Mrs. Brian G. Smith X Mr. & Mrs. D. Van Smith, Jr. X The Reverend & Mrs. Larry W. Smith Mr. & Mrs. Phillip R. Smith Mr. Paul J. Smyth & Ms. Penny Ward Smyth X Mr. & Mrs. John B. Solberg X Mr. & Mrs. John J. Spearman, IV Mr. & Mrs. John E. Spencer, Jr. Mr. G. Brooks Sperry Mr. & Mrs. Richard G. Stahlman X Mr. & Mrs. Douglas R. Stay X Mr. & Mrs. Henry J. Steck X Mrs. Cynthia F. Steer X Mr. & Mrs. Richard P. Stifel X Mr. & Mrs. Martin B. Stocklan X Mr. & Mrs. Thomas E. Story, III X Mrs. Michael W. Stradley X Ms. Lisa Sweeney X Mrs. John C. Swett X Mr. & Mrs. Douglas W. Sylvia X Mr. & Mrs. Dennis M. Symes Mr. & Mrs. David P. Szewczul X Mr. James V. Tarchis & Mrs. Cynthia A. Redus-Tarchis X Mr. & Mrs. William G. Thames, Jr. X Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Theis X Mr. & Mrs. Patrick D. Thibadeau X Ms. Helen H. Thomas X Mr. & Mrs. Edward P. Thompson X Mr. & Mrs. Richard K. Thorndike, III X Mrs. Kimberly Tiernan Mr. Lee K. Tiernan X Mr. W. Scott Tiernan X Mr. & Mrs. Don W. Torey X Mr. & Mrs. George G. Touponse, III X Mr. & Mrs. George M. Trautman X Mr. Timothy L. Trautman X Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. Treat X Mr. & Mrs. Frank Usowski X Mr. & Mrs. William S. Valentine X Mr. & Mrs. Carl A. Valimont X Mr. & Mrs. Pedro L. Vega, Sr.

C U R R E N T FAC U LT Y & S TA F F

100 percent of Avon’s faculty supported the Annual Fund in 2014-15. We are grateful for the talents and commitment of this exceptional group of believers in Avon and our boys.

Cooling off at Beaver Pond

Mr. & Mrs. Jay Abramson (Liz) Mr. Geoffrey R. Barlow ’98 Ms. Kathleen Barzun & Mr. Brian E. Tamms Mr. & Mrs. Brian Beloin (Ann) Mr. & Mrs. John Benoit (Cheryl) Mr. & Mrs. Matthew J. Biggart ’02 Mr. & Mrs. Rodman R. Black, Jr. (Anne) Major & Mrs. John M. Bourgault, USMC (Ret.) ’80 Mr. & Mrs. Edward J. Brennan, Jr. Mr.& Mrs. Pierce Brennan Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Buenaventura (Suzanne) Mr. David Burnham Mr. & Mrs. Graham R. Callaghan ’95 Mr. & Mrs. Roger D. Cantello Mr. Bradford C. Carpenter Mr. & Mrs. Paul Case (Deb) Mr. & Mrs. Henry R. Coons ’71 Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan A. Crocker Mr. & Mrs. Brian E. Cugell

Mr. & Mrs. Robert Villecco X Mr. & Mrs. Robert Davies Volk X Mr. & Mrs. E. Paul Warner X The Reverend Dr. & Mrs. Richard W. Warner, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. William F. Waters X Mr. & Mrs. Charles R. Watson X Mr. & Mrs. Michael Weiner X Mr. & Mrs. William D. Weiss Mr. & Mrs. Otto F. Welker X Dr. & Mrs. James D. Whalen Dr. & Mrs. Lynn W. Whelchel, Jr. X Mr. & Mrs. Charlton S. White X Mr. & Mrs. Henry H. White X Mr. & Mrs. Pendleton P. White X Mr. Edward B. Wickes, Sr. d

P = PARENT

GP = GRANDPARENT

Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Widger X Mrs. Leslie Meek Wileman X Mr. Clarence G. Williams, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. George Williamson X Mr. & Mrs. Norbert M. Williamson X Mr. & Mrs. William Winemaster Mr. & Mrs. Scott L. Woelfel X Mrs. Linda P. Woodwell X Dr. & Mrs. Victor A. Wowk Mr. & Mrs. William W. Wylie, Jr. X Mr. & Mrs. Richard Yen X Mrs. Gayle Youlden X Mr. Lincoln C. Young X Dr. & Mrs. Raymond A. Yozwiak X Dr. Dori Zaleznik X Mr. & Mrs. Jon S. Zieky X

d = DECEASED

= LONGEVITY

Mr. & Mrs. Arthur B. Custer Mr. & Mrs. Ryan Davey Mr. & Mrs. Peter J. Deckers ’90 Mr. & Mrs. Tony Delnicki (Marie) Mr. & Mrs. Michael Dembicer Mr. Steven C. Depner Mr. & Mrs. James M. Detora Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Dowling, Jr. ’91 Mr. & Mrs. Brian P. Doyle Mr. & Mrs. Kevin J. Driscoll ’72 Mr. & Mrs. Paul B. Duwan ’85 Mr. & Mrs. Peter M. Evans Mrs. Mercedes Featherston & Dr. Ezequiel Menendez Dr. & Mrs. Henry E. Flanagan Mr. & Mrs. Blake C. Forkey ’09 Mr. Chris French Mr. & Mrs. Richard F. Garber, Jr. (Deb) Mr. & Mrs. John Gardner Mr. & Mrs. John N. Giamalis (Kelly) Mr. & Mrs. Christopher M. Gill

Avon is truly a special place! We have a caring and dedicated faculty that work incredibly hard to support our students. I witnessed this firsthand through my own son’s experience at Avon. I watched in wonder how Matt, like so many before him, developed into a young man of character. To me, Avon is not just the best school for boys in the country—it is the place that boys like Matt call home. I contribute to the Annual Fund to help Avon continue to provide a top-notch education for our young men. I give because I truly believe in Avon and its mission. We do great things and I want to see that continue. —Jim Detora P’12, Provost

2014–2015 Annual Report of Giving

CURRENT FAC U LT Y & S TA F F

IN-KIND GIF TS

continued

Ms. Canissa Grant Mr. & Mrs. Brian A. Grey Dr. & Mrs. Christopher K. Hampton ’79 Mr. & Mrs. Leon Hayward Mr. & Mrs. Timothy W. Hill (Jen) Mr. & Mrs. Steve Jensen (Samantha) Mr. & Mrs. James W. Kassel Dr. Donald Herbert Ketcham d & Mrs. Carol Ketcham Mr. & Mrs. James Kirschner Mr. Nicholas R. Kirschner ’04 Mr. J. Matthew Kowalchick ’99 Mr. & Mrs. Steve K. Kraft Mr. Akeem Labitue Mr. & Mrs. Joseph M. Lampe Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth H. LaRocque Mr. & Mrs. Keith Lee Mr. & Mrs. Donald Leis (Kathy) Mr. & Mrs. Shelton Magee Mr. Brian C. Malchoff ’07 Dr. & Mrs. Carl D. Malchoff (Diana) Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Maraia (Lisa) Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Martinez Mr. & Mrs. James Mathews (Holly) Mr. & Mrs. David McElheny Ms. Katherine L. McSpadden Mr. & Mrs. Dan Mehleisen (Kaity) Mr. Arthur C. Mehos Mr. William Mella Mr. Patrick J. Miller ’07 Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Morr (Jackie) Mr. & Mrs. Andre A. Napoli (Robin) Mr. Alfred Navarrete Mr. & Mrs. Robert Orenstein Mr. Raymond Orio

Mr. & Mrs. David A. Palmer Mrs. Cristina Pinton & Mr. Klajz Drogu Ms. Anne Raftery Mr. & Mrs. James G. Reece Mrs. Carol Reller ’13H & Mr. Edward A. Reller Mr. & Mrs. William A. Reller Mr. & Mrs. Peter M. Rice ’76 Ms. Gayle N. Robinson & Mr. James Budinetz Mr. & Mrs. Timothy Roller Mr. Evan Rosenstein Mr. & Mrs. Benjamin Schloat Mr. & Mrs. William Severni (Lenore) Mr. & Mrs. Glenn A. Sieber Dr. & Mrs. Brian G. Smith (Holly) Mr. Som Sonenarong Mr. Caleb Sonneland Mr. & Mrs. John J. Spearman, IV Mr. Trevor Stern Mr. & Mrs. Raymond D. Sweetland Mr. & Mrs. Michael T. Symes ’81 Ms. Katie Thorner Mr. Darell Tibbles & Ms. Kathryn Gonnerman Mr. Alex Tougas Mr. & Mrs. Douglas R. Townsend, Jr. (Anne) Mr. & Mrs. George M. Trautman ’98H Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Volo Mrs. Sarah Wallace Mr. Brendon A. Welker ’91 & Ms. Elizabeth Schmitt Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Whitty ’87 Mr. & Mrs. Richard Yen Mr. Bryan L. Zaros Anonymous

Gifts of products, time, and services further the work we do. We are appreciative of these special donations to Avon. Mr. Ruben Aganbegyan & Mrs. Veronica Misiutina P’16 Mr. & Mrs. Drew C. Bartkiewicz P’16, ’18 Colonel & Mrs. Arthur H. Blair, USA (Ret.) ’45 Mr. & Mrs. John A. Costello ’85 Mr. John F. Davenport ’59 & Ms. Batya Miller Mr. Christopher E. de Morais ’15 Mr. & Mrs. Geoffrey H. Doughty ’68 Mr. & Mrs. Russel Duryea, Jr. GP’14, ’19 Elbert Weinberg Trust Mrs. David L. Geyer P’71, ’78 Mr. & Mrs. Richard H. Gordon P’90

Mr. John Karrer Ms. Marcia Lysak Mr. & Mrs. Robert N. Mark ’80 Ms. Kathryn A. Ordway & Mr. James Sadler Mr. Jon R. Salony ’64 & Mrs. Mary E. Galea Mr. & Mrs. Edmund E. Sanford ’77, P’15 Mr. & Mrs. S. Garrett Stonehouse, Jr. P’16 Mr. George M. Trautman ’98H, P’75, ’81, GP’03 Mr. & Mrs. George M. Trautman P’75, 81, ’82 Mr. & Mrs. Frank Usowski P’13 Anonymous

FRIENDS

We are grateful for the vision and support of our Friends of Avon. Thank you for believing, as we do, in our mission to educate boys. Mr. Jeffrey Aurigemma Mr. & Mrs. Courtney F. Bird, Jr. Mr. Monte Blaustein Ms. Christina M. Coons Ms. Sally Dengenis Mr. Sheng Du & Mrs. Bei Zhnag Mr. & Mrs. John H. Edwards Mr. & Mrs. Nathan D. Edwards Mr. & Mrs. Thomas J. Giella Mr. Stephen G. Grygiel Mr. & Mrs. John H. Haile Mr. & Mrs. William Hart

Mrs. Eleni Hatzidakis W'54 Mr. John Karrer Mrs. Gregory E. H. Lindin W'40 Ms. Marcia Lysak Mr. Ed Macri Mr. Liam E. McGee d & Mrs. Liam E. McGee Mr. James Thompson Mrs. Thomas Tongue Mrs. Byron G. Tosi, Jr. W’62 Mr. James Wilson Mrs. Linda P. Woodwell W'75 Anonymous

Nimrod Club decking the chapel for holiday Vespers 54

Avon Old Farms School

G R A N D PA R E N T S o f AV O N G I V I N G

Grandparents are more invested than ever in the success of Avon. We would like to take a moment to thank our grandparents for believing in Avon and for making such meaningful contributions to the Annual Fund. Mr. & Mrs. Willard T. Walker, Chairmen Mr. & Mrs. Roger P. Abate Mr. John Akers d & Mrs. John Akers X Mr. & Mrs. Normand F. Allen Ms. Eve Alpert Mr. & Mrs. Robert Andrews Mr. & Mrs. Charles Ball X Mr. & Mrs. J. Leo Barry Mr. & Mrs. Alfred Bartkiewicz Mr. & Mrs. Hugh R. Beath X Mr. & Mrs. Thomas J. Bergin, Jr. Mrs. Dorothy Blanchard X

Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. Fiondella X Dr. & Mrs. Henry E. Flanagan X Mr. & Mrs. Robert R. Forsberg Mrs. Gloria Gallo Mr. & Mrs. Ronald L. Gibbons X Mr. & Mrs. Edmond Girard Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Gnazzo X Mr. & Mrs. Paul E. Graff X Mr. & Mrs. Willard B. Green, Jr. X Mr. & Mrs. Herbert T. Gresh X Ms. Madeline Griego Mr. & Mrs. Richard Guimond Mrs. Terry F. Hallock

Mrs. John E. Lynch X Mr. Richard A. Maitland X Mr. & Mrs. Frank Marco Mr. & Mrs. Robert Marshall Mrs. Nedra Martz X Mr. & Mrs. Walter J. Marvin X Mr. & Mrs. Thomas A. McCarthy Mr. & Mrs. Henry P. McIntosh, IV Mr. & Mrs. Richard T. McKernan X Mr. & Mrs. Richard W. McLaughlin Mr. & Mrs. Michael Messina X Mrs. Dolores Mignogna Mr. & Mrs. Howard Miller

“When our grandson enrolled at Avon as a freshman, small and uncertain, none of us could have envisioned the tall, self-assured scholar, championship cross country runner, and accomplished musician that he would become. This was a crucial period in his development, and what happened at Avon had a decisive role in shaping the man he became. Let us invest in our grandsons’ future and in this unique community. Let us all pool our resources and support the Annual Fund as generously as we can.” —John & Margaret Wise GP ’09 Ms. Sally Bourgault Mr. & Mrs. Robert Bouvier Mrs. Rita Brown X Mr. & Mrs. Frank Calitri Mr. & Mrs. Sonny A. Caputo Mrs. Ellen M. Charles X Mrs. Anne Clarke Mr. & Mrs. Dale K. Cline X Mrs. Lucille Coz X Mr. & Mrs. Rocco Davino, Jr. X Dr. & Mrs. Peter J. Deckers Mr. & Mrs. E. Andrew Deeds Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Delessio Mr. Andrew Djiounas Mrs. Barbara Dombek X Mr. & Mrs. John E. Drew X Mr. & Mrs. Russel Duryea, Jr. X Drs. Eldon & Ellie Epp Mrs. Valerie Erikson Mr. Walter Farnam Dr. Joseph Farraye Mr. Paul Fay X Mr. & Mrs. Matthew Filler Mr. & Mrs. David B. Findlay, Jr.

P = PARENT

GP = GRANDPARENT

Dr. & Mrs. Walter R. Hampton Honorable & Mrs. Paul Heffernan Mr. & Mrs. A. Russ Heinke X Mr. & Mrs. Rodrigo Holguin X Mr. & Mrs. Louis S. Horn Mr. & Mrs. Earl Horton, Sr. Mr. Arthur E. Imperatore Mr. & Mrs. John Jacoby Mr. & Mrs. James Jiantonio X Mr. & Mrs. Clark Johnson Mr. Craig Johnson Mrs. Olga A. Kalandova Mr. & Mrs. James E. Kassel X Mr. & Mrs. James Keeley Mr. & Mrs. John L. Kelsey Mrs. Verne-Marie Kozak Mr. David S. Kravet Mr. Petro Kulynych d Mr. & Mrs. William Langley Mr. & Mrs. Raymond Lavendier X Mr. Frank G. Leavitt X Dr. & Mrs. Richard M. Linburg Mr. Stephen W. Livanavage Mr. & Mrs. Gerard T. Lynch X

d = DECEASED

= LONGEVITY

Mrs. Robert H. Moran, Sr. Mr. & Mrs. L. William Musso Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Nagy Mr. & Mrs. Pat Nastri Mr. & Mrs. Craig Nation, Sr. X Mr. & Mrs. Donald V. C. Nelson Mr. Frederick S. Nicholas Mr. & Mrs. Gilman W. Ordway X Mr. & Mrs. Dale Orred Mrs. Sheila Palandjian Mr. & Mrs. George Peterson, III Mr. & Mrs. Barry Ravech X Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Reilly Mr. & Mrs. Donald Rettaliata Mrs. Catherine Richards Dr. Eckart H.W. Richter Mrs. Lawrence Riegel Mr. & Mrs. William T. Rieser Mrs. Patti Runkel X Mrs. Robert W. Sanford X Mr. & Mrs. Ed Shemo Mrs. Ann Sica X Mrs. Carol I. Silva Mrs. Rita Simmons Mr. & Mrs. Philip W. Smith, Jr. X Mr. & Mrs. Charles Steidel X Mr. & Mrs. Robert Steltjes X Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Stowe Mrs. Margaret Summers-Crosby Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Sweedler Mr. & Mrs. Dennis M. Symes Mr. & Mrs. Peter Telfer Mr. & Mrs. George Touponse, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. George M. Trautman X Dr. Leo M. Veleas Mr. & Mrs. Willard T. Walker Mr. & Mrs. Raymond Watroba Mrs. Norma Weisenburger X Mr. & Mrs. Pendleton P. White X Mrs. Sally M. Williams Mr. & Mrs. William Winemaster Mrs. John H. Wise, Jr. X Mr. & Mrs. Mark Witek Mrs. Barbara J. Zyla

Nearly 250 grandparents joined us on campus last May for Grandparents Day.

2014–2015 Annual Report of Giving

‘R ISE to the OCC A SION ’ I N I T I AT I V E

To commemorate the 100th anniversary of our founder Theodate Pope Riddle’s rescue following the sinking of the Lusitania, 183 alumni, parents, grandparents, and friends of the school made donations to our Annual Fund and honored former and current faculty members, relatives, coaches, mentors and others whom they wished to remember. In honor of Mr. Skip Adams Mr. & Mrs. Henry R. Coons ’71 The Alpert Family Mr. David S. Alpert ’15 In honor of the AOF Faculty Mr. Henry T. Allen ’15 Mr. Justin H. Anarella ’15 Mr. Alexander Arango ’15 Mr. Brendan E. Ashe ’15 Mr. & Mrs. John G. Ashe ’86 Mr. & Mrs. Michael D. Barker ’66 Mr. Edward A. Barnes ’15 Mr. Brant B. Battiston ’15 Mr. Tyson T. G. Bomberry ’15 Mr. Christopher R. Buenaventura ’15 Mr. William H. Burke ’15 Mr. & Mrs. Kevin Callahan Mr. Michael D. Camilleri ’15 Mr. & Mrs. Paul Case Mr. Kehan Chen ’15 Mr. & Mrs. Charles S. Cheston ’82 Mr. Christopher B. Clark ’15 Mr. Robert B. Clark & Mrs. Maryon J. Van Tassel-Clark Mr. Samuel R. Corman ’15 Mr. William C. Davis ’15 Mr. Christian E. Di Antonio ’15 Mr. Leo V. Diana ’15 Mr. Luke Finneran ’15 Dr. & Mrs. Michael F. Foley Mr. David A. Forsberg ’15 Mr. Cole T. Gibson ’15 Mr. Tucker K. Gillman ’15 Mr. Stephen R. Guglielmo, Jr. ’15 Mr. & Mrs. Mark J. Hawley ’61 Mr. & Mrs. George f. Henschel, Jr. ’61 Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Herring, Sr. Ambassador & Mrs. Stuart W. Holiday ’84 Mr. & Mrs. David M. Homeier ’52 Mr. Justin S. Imperatore ’15 Mr. Curtis M. Joseph ’15 Mr. Derek C. Kasperzyk ’15 Mr. Christopher J. Kincade ’15 Mr. Andrew C. King ’15 Mr. Jacob H. Korus ’15 Mr. & Mrs. Shane N. Lieberman ’97 Mr. Austin B. Liptrot ’15 Mr. Yeshaya J. Lomax ’15 Mr. Alexander M. Lusins ’15 Mr. Jack Macnee ’15 Mr. Kade C. McCoy ’15 Mr. Mohammed Meraay ’15 Mr. Wesley A. Orred ’15 Mr. & Mrs. James H. Osborne ’75 Mr. & Mrs. Paul L. Palandjian Mr. Charles S. Pfeifer ’15

Avon Old Farms School

Mr. Charles T. Ralbovsky ’15 Mr. John D. Rick ’15 Mr. Colin T. Ridley ’15 Mr. Michael S. Riva ’91 & Ms. Sarah C. Merrill Mr. Tyler S. Robinson ’15 Mr. Robert P. Root ’15 Mr. Nathan S. Rosemond ’15 Mr. Patrick J. Ryan ’15 Mr. & Mrs. Howard Saffan Mr. William S. J. Sanford ’15 Mr. & Mrs. Lee N. Schmertzler ’93 Mr. Xiangmin Shen ’15 Mr. Jiwoo Suh ’15 Mrs. Margaret Summers-Crosby Mr. Edmund T. Takata ’15 Dr. Hiroyoshi Takata Mrs. Julie M. Takata Ms. Helen H. Thomas Mr. & Mrs. Richard W. Walker ’52 Mr. & Mrs. Michael R. Walsh Mr. Tucker N. Weppner ’15 Mr. & Mrs. Thomas S. Whitman, Jr. ’59 Mr. John Witkowski ’15 Dr. Diane Whitaker-Worth & Mr. John W. Worth Mr. Adrian M. Wowk ’15 Mr. Zhijie Zheng ’15 Mr. Tong Zhi ’15 In honor of Mr. Timothy J. Baker ’15 Mr. & Mrs. Dominic J. S. Baker In honor of Mr. Geoffrey R. Barlow ’98 Mr. Matous Cvikl ’15 In honor of Mr. Jason T. Barnes ’16 Ms. Erin D. Barnes In honor of Mr. Timothy M. Beneski Mr. Nicholas R. Kirschner ’04 In honor of Mr. Matthew J. Biggart ’02 Mr. Matous Cvikl ’15 Mr. Edward J. Mazur, III ’04 In honor of Mr. Bruce E. Billings Mr. & Mrs. Henry R. Coons ’71 In honor of Mr. Somprasong Boonroong Mr. Chase M. Zieky’ 15 In honor of Major John M. Bourgault, USMS (Ret.) ’80 Mr. & Mrs. Ruben Gonzalez Mr. Cameron G. Klein ’15 In honor of Mr. Durst Breneiser ’11 Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey G. Breneiser In honor of Mr. Pierce Brennan Mr. Travis Hanks Mr. Cameron G. Klein ’15 In honor of Mr. Ian C. Browchuk ’15 Mr. Matthew D. Hahn ’15 In honor of Mr. J. Kevin Buechler Mr. Nicholas R. Kirschner ’04

In honor of Mrs. Suzanne Buenaventura Mr. Qi Feng & Ms. Yanxiao Zhao In honor of Mrs. Wendy Burki Mr. Chanik Park & Ms. Eunjoo Ryu In honor of Mr. David Burnham Mr. Brandon W. Grover ’15 Mrs. Julie O’Rourke Mr. Chanik Park & Ms. Eunjoo Ryu In honor of Mr. Graham Callaghan Mr. Northrup R. Knox, III ’15 In honor of Mr. Roger Cantello Mr. Benjamin Brigham ’15 Mr. Matous Cvikl ’15 Mr. Matthew G. Ruhlig ’15 In honor of Mr. Tyler A. Carangelo ’16 Ms. Madeline Griego In honor of Mr. Josh Cardwell Mr. Karim T. Hussein ’15 In honor of Mr. Bradford Carpenter Mr. Jonathan T. Plourde ’15 In honor of Mrs. Susan B. Carr Mr. Rexford B. Carr ’15 In honor of Mr. Jacques G. Cassat ’85 Mr. & Mrs. Francisco V. Carrera-Justiz ’85 In honor of Mr. Sidney C. Clark ’65H Dr. & Mrs. Richard R. Bennett ’63 Mr. & Mrs. Neil H. Kristian ’86 Mr. Frederick M. Michel ’77 Mr. William F. Roberts, Jr. ’67 Mr. & Mrs. Edward P. Thompson ’74 In appreciation of The Class of 1963, who were Charter Members of the ’Differ Fund’: Knick Curtis, Richard Bennett, Godfrey Bloch, Charles Emmons, John Finch, Pokey Frazer, Richard Hynson, Robert Jones, William Lyon, Finlay Matheson, Patrick Murray, Jack Stokvis, Robin Taliaferro, Warren Van Deventer. Mr. Jack R. Stokvis ’63 & Ms. Evelyn Noether In honor of The Class of 1977 Mr. Thomas J. Markoski ’77 In honor of Mr. Hank B. Cohen ’13 Mr. & Mrs. Robert Steltjes In honor of Mr. Casey R. Coons ’07 Ms. Christina M. Coons Mr. & Mrs. Henry R. Coons ’71 In honor of Mr. Henry Coons ’71 Mr. Casey R. Coons ’07 Ms. Christina M. Coons Mr. & Mrs. R. Todd Elliott ’82 Mr. Frederick M. Michel ’77 In honor of Mrs. Marie Coons Mr. Casey R. Coons ’07 Mr. Henry R. Coons ’71 In honor of Mr. Robert Coons Mr. & Mrs. Henry R. Coons ’71

In honor of Samuel R. Corman ’15 Ms. Wendy E. Aarons-Corman In honor of Ms. Christine M. Coz Mr. Michael A. Nicolia ’12 In honor of Mr. Jonathan Crocker Ms. Mary Allen Mr. Jiuhua Chen ’15 Mr. Michael P. Dietrick ’15 Mr. Andrew J. Gnazzo ’15 Mr. Edward J. Mazur, III ’04 Mr. Douglas W. McCarthy ’97 Mrs. Julie O’Rourke Dr. & Mrs. David C. Waltzer In honor of Mrs. Kimberley Crocker Ms. Mary Allen Mrs. Anne Clarke Mr. Michael P. Dietrick ’15 Mrs. Julie O’Rourke Dr. & Mrs. David C. Waltzer In honor of Mr. Brian Cugell Mr. Ahmad Faraj ’15 Mr. Northrup R. Knox, III ’15 Mr. Matthew G. Ruhlig ’15 Ms. Sheila M. Trauernicht In honor of Mr. Arthur Custer Mr. Benjamin Brigham ’15 Mr. Casey R. Coons ’07 Mr. Jason P. Filipe ’15 Mr. Edward J. Mazur, III ’04 In honor of Mrs. Michelle Custer Ms. Mary Allen Mr. Casey R. Coons ’07 Mr. Edward J. Mazur, III ’04 Mr. Kevin H. McLaughlin ’15 Mr. Matthew G. Ruhlig ’15 In honor of Mrs. Terry Cutler Mr. Douglas W. McCarthy ’97 In honor of Mr. Ryan Davey Mr. Matthew D. Hahn ’15 In honor of Mr. ’Big Mel’ Davis Mr. Kevin Hutchings ’15 Mr. McKinley F. Merrill ’15 In honor of Mr. Peter J. Deckers ’90 Mr. Jason P. Filipe ’15 Mr. Edward J. Mazur, III ’04 Mr. & Mrs. Edward P. Thompson ’74 In honor of Mr. James Detora Mr. James R. Barnet ’16 Mr. Terence A. Durrant, II ’15 Ms. Vickie Lawrence Mr. Douglas W. McCarthy ’97 In honor of Mr. Danny Di Perna & Mrs. Molly Pietrantonio Mr. Jonathan Di Perna ’15 In honor of Mr. Donald Dietrick Mr. Michael P. Dietrick ’15 In honor of Mrs. Martha Dillon Lt. Col. Somerville E. Dillon, USAF (Ret.) ’50 In honor of Mr. Patrick W. Dowling ’00 Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Dowling, Jr. ’91 In honor of Mr. Robert A. Dowling Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Dowling, Jr. ’91 In honor of Mr. Robert A. Dowling, Jr. ’91 Mr. Brandon W. Grover ’15

In honor of Mr. Brian P. Doyle Mr. Matthew R. Cyr ’15 Mr. Edward J. Mazur, III ’04 Mr. & Mrs. Enrique J. Olivares Ms. Helen H. Thomas Mr. Chase M. Zieky’ 15 In honor of Mr. Kevin J. Driscoll ’72 Mr. Dahnique L. Brown-Jones ’15 Mr. & Mrs. R. Todd Elliott ’82 Mr. & Mrs. Neil H. Kristian ’86 Mr. Edward J. Mazur, III ’04 Mr. Frederick M. Michel ’77 Mr. Collin Rissolo ’15 Ms. Jennifer H. Young In honor of Mr. R. Reed Estabrook ’36 Mr. & Mrs. Henry R. Coons ’71 In honor of Mr. Peter M. Evans Mr. & Mrs. Rodman R. Black, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. R. Todd Elliott ’82 Mr. Edward J. Mazur, III ’04 Mr. Frederick M. Michel ’77 Mr. & Mrs. Edward P. Thompson ’74 Mr. Tianjun Wang ’15 In honor of Dr. ’Skip’ Flanagan Mr. Dahnique L. Brown-Jones ’15 Mr. Theo J. Dol ’15 Mr. Matthew D. Hahn ’15 Mr. Frederick M. Michel ’77

Mr. Collin Rissolo ’15 Mr. & Mrs. Edward P. Thompson ’74 Mr. & Mrs. Jorge Yoguez In honor of Mr. Chris French Mr. Brandon J. Inwood ’15 Mr. Trevor G. Kratz ’15 Mr. Chanik Park & Ms. Eunjoo Ryu In honor of Mr. Corey Gammill Mr. Casey R. Coons ’07 In honor of Mr. Ted Garber Mr. Casey R. Coons ’07 Mr. & Mrs. Edward P. Thompson ’74 In honor of Mr. John Gardner Mr. Cameron G. Klein ’15 Mr. Edward J. Mazur, III ’04 Mr. & Mrs. Edward P. Thompson ’74 Mr. Nathaniel N. Usich ’15 Mr. Chase M. Zieky ’15 In honor of Mr. Liam P. Gilbert ’14 Ms. Rosie E. Carlino In honor of Mr. Tucker K. Gillman ’15 Mr. Kevin Hutchings ’15 In honor of Mr. Yunfan Gong ’18 Mr. Maocai Gong & Ms. Bei Ren In honor of Ms. Lynn M. Graff Mr. Michael P. Dietrick ’15 In honor of Mr. Paul E. Graff Mr. Michael P. Dietrick ’15

Headmaster Kenneth H. LaRocque and Warden Chris Davis ’15 celebrate in the quad after graduation.

P = PARENT

GP = GRANDPARENT

d = DECEASED

= LONGEVITY

In honor of Mr. & Mrs. Roger F. Grover Mr. Brandon W. Grover ’15 In honor of Mr. Stephen R. Guglielmo, Jr. ’15 Mr. & Mrs. Stephen R. Guglielmo, Sr. In honor of Mrs. Barbara Hahn Mr. Matthew D. Hahn ’15 In honor of Mr. & Mrs. Richard J. Hahn Mr. Matthew D. Hahn ’15 In honor of Mr. Taylor C. Hahn ’13 Mr. Matthew D. Hahn ’15 In honor of Dr. Christopher K. Hampton ’79 Mr. Benjamin F. Sisokin ’15 In honor of Mrs. Regina Haviland Mr. Casey R. Coons ’07 In honor of Mr. Leon Hayward Mr. Cameron G. Klein ’15 Mr. Chase M. Zieky ’15 In honor of Mr. Kevin Hutchings ’15 Mr. Brent A. Noseworthy ’15 In honor of Mr. Elijah Ibitokun-Hanks ’15 Mr. Travis Hanks In honor of Mrs. Samantha Jensen Mr. James R. Barnet ’16 In honor of Mr. & Mrs. Winston R. Johnson Mr. & Mrs. Anthony Antoville ’52 In honor of Mr. James Kassel Mr. Matous Cvikl ’15

In honor of Mr. Jacob H. Korus ’15 Mr. Matthew D. Hahn ’15 In honor of Mr. David C. Kratz Mr. Trevor G. Kratz ’15 In honor of Mr. Geoffrey G. Kratz & Mrs. Lisa Galiano-Kratz Mr. Trevor G. Kratz ’15 In honor of Mr. & Mrs. Robert C. Kristian Mr. & Mrs. Neil H. Kristian ’86 In honor of Mr. William G. Kron ’07H Mr. Frederick M. Michel ’77 Mr. & Mrs. Edward P. Thompson ’74 In honor of Mr. & Mrs. Gerald I. Krupnikoff Mr. & Mrs. Henry D. Krupnikoff ’86 In honor of Mr. Akeem Labitue Mr. Terence A. Durrant, II ’15 Mr. Travis Hanks In honor of Mrs. Gailanne Laferriere ’13H Mr. & Mrs. Edward P. Thompson ’74 In honor of Headmaster Kenneth H. LaRocque Mr. & Mrs. Rodman R. Black, Jr. Mr. Edward J. Mazur, III ’04 In honor of Mr. Frank G. Leavitt ’52 Mr. & Mrs. Henry R. Coons ’71 Mr. Frederick M. Michel ’77 In honor of Mr. Keith Lee Mr. McKinley F. Merrill ’15 In honor of The Leeds Family (Heidi, Mark, Maddie & Mitchell ’12) Mr. Jason A. Leeds ’15 In honor of Mrs. Kathryn Leis Mr. Terence A. Durrant, II ’15 Mr. Edward J. Mazur, III ’04 In honor of The Lusins Family Mr. Carl B. Lusins In honor of Mr. William W. Lyon ’63 Mr. Terence A. Durrant, II ’15 In honor of Mrs. Alison Magee Mr. & Mrs. Ruben Gonzalez In honor of Mr. Brian C. Malchoff ’07 Dr. Carl D. Malchoff & Dr. Diana M. Malchoff In honor of Dr. Diana M. Malchoff Mr. Jonathan T. Plourde ’15 In honor of Mr. & Mrs. Thomas H. Manning, III Mr. Hayden T. Manning ’15 In honor of Mr. Bradford Mason ’83H Mr. Frederick M. Michel ’77 In honor of Mr. David McElheny Mr. Jiuhua Chen ’15 Mr. Matthew R. Cyr ’15 Mr. & Mrs. Chia H. Hua ’93 Mr. & Mrs. Henry D. Krupnikoff ’86 Mr. Jonathan T. Plourde ’15 Mr. Matthew G. Ruhlig ’15 Mr. Nathaniel N. Usich ’15 In honor of Ms. Kate McSpadden Mr. Jason P. Filipe ’15 In honor of Mr. Arthur C. Mehos Ms. Mary Allen Mr. McClain F. Raith ’15 Ms. Whitney M. Raith Ms. Haynie L. Wheeler Ms. Jennifer H. Young

2014–2015 Annual Report of Giving

‘R ISE to the OCC A SION ’ I N I T I AT I V E continued

In honor of Mr. Seth F. Mendell ’52 Mr. Frederick M. Michel ’77 In honor of Mr. McKinley F. Merrill ’15 Mr. Kevin Hutchings ’15 In honor of Mr. & Mrs. William C. Merrill, Sr. Mr. McKinley F. Merrill ’15 In honor of Mrs. Vera Moran Mr. William F. Roberts, Jr. ’67 In honor of Mr. Peter J. Morgan & Ms. Maureen E. Morgan Mr. Corey P. Morgan ’15 In honor of Mr. Kieran P. Morris ’11 Mrs. Julie O’Rourke In honor of The Nedorostek Family (Marsha, Gary, Kelly & Kate) Mr. Jack F. Nedorostek ’15 In honor of Mrs. Susan Nentwig Mr. Conor R. Cummings ’09 In honor of Mr. Alfred Navarrete Ms. Vickie Lawrence Mr. Chanik Park & Ms. Eunjoo Ryu In honor of Mr. Brent A. Noseworthy ’15 Mr. Kevin Hutchings ’15 In honor of Mr. Roger Noseworthy Mr. Brent A. Noseworthy ’15 In honor of Mrs. Theresa Noseworthy Mr. Brent A. Noseworthy ’15 In honor of Mr. Daniel T. O’Brien ’15 Mr. Kevin Hutchings ’15 In honor of Mr. Desmond H. O’Rourke ’18 Mrs. Julie O’Rourke In honor of Mr. Gilman W. Ordway ’44 Mr. & Mrs. Gilman A. Callsen ’04 In honor of Mr. & Mrs. John Papadopoulos Mr. Alexander Papadopoulos ’15 In honor of Capt. Andrew M. Pedersen-Keel ’02 Mr. Matthew A. Rice ’15 In honor of Mr. Henry B. Pennell Mr. Frederick M. Michel ’77 In honor of Mr. Donald Pierpont Capt. & Mrs. James S. Spalding ’61 In honor of Mrs. Cristina Pinton Mr. Jiuhua Chen ’15 Mr. Jason P. Filipe ’15 Ms. Jennifer H. Young In honor of Mr. & Mrs. John H. Plourde Mr. Jonathan T. Plourde ’15 In honor of Mrs. Ursula ’Oma’ Preston Mr. & Mrs. Steven C. Preston In honor of Mr. Will Prior Mr. & Mrs. Henry R. Coons ’71 In honor of The Raith Family (Steve, Whitney & Christopher) Mr. McClain F. Raith ’15 In honor of Mr. Harold L. Rice Mr. & Mrs. Henry R. Coons ’71 In honor of Mr. Peter Rice ’76 Ms. Mary Allen Mr. Rexford B. Carr ’15 Mr. Matous Cvikl ’15 Mr. Edward J. Mazur, III ’04 Mr. & Mrs. Edward P. Thompson ’74 In honor of Mr. Seth Rigoletti Mr. Douglas W. McCarthy ’97

Avon Old Farms School

In honor of Ms. Gayle Robinson Mr. & Mrs. Sergey L. Belyaev Mr. Michael A. Nicolia ’12 In honor of Mr. Timothy Roller Mr. Dahnique L. Brown-Jones ’15 Mr. Terence A. Durrant, II ’15 Mr. Chanik Park & Ms. Eunjoo Ryu In honor of Mr. Nathan S. Rosemond ’15 Mr. & Mrs. Solomon Q. Rosemond In honor of Mr. Matthew G. Ruhlig ’15 Mr. Jason A. Leeds ’15 In honor of Mr. & Mrs. William Ryan Mr. Dahnique L. Brown-Jones ’15 In honor of Mr. Benjamin Schloat Mr. Terence A. Durrant, II ’15 Mr. & Mrs. Ernesto Jaramillo In honor of Mr. Brendon K. Schneider ’17 Capt. John J. Schneider & Ms. Cynthia A. Kroger In honor of Mr. Glenn Sieber Ms. Mary Allen Mr. Kevin H. McLaughlin ’15 Mr. Brandon D. O’Connor ’15 Mr. Chanik Park & Ms. Eunjoo Ryu Mr. Nathaniel N. Usich ’15 In honor of Mr. Caleb Sonneland Mr. Dahnique L. Brown-Jones ’15 In honor of Mr. John J. Spearman Mr. Northrup R. Knox, III ’15 In honor of Mr. Mike Stradley Mr. Casey R. Coons ’07

In honor of Mr. Trevor Stern Mr. & Mrs. Bryan Anderson Mr. Matthew D. Hahn ’15 Mr. McKinley F. Merrill ’15 Mr. Brandon D. O’Connor ’15 Mr. McClain F. Raith ’15 Ms. Whitney M. Raith In honor of Mr. Michael Symes ’81 Mr. Jiuhua Chen ’15 Mr. Brandon W. Grover ’15 Mr. Cameron G. Klein ’15 Mr. Northrup R. Knox, III ’15 In honor of Mr. Darrell Tibbles Mr. Nathaniel N. Usich ’15 In honor of Mr. Alex Tougas Mr. Jonathan Di Perna ’15 Mr. & Mrs. Mark R. George Mr. Brandon J. Inwood ’15 Mr. Northrup R. Knox, III ’15 Mr. & Mrs. David C. Kennedy In honor of Mrs. Barbara Trautman Mr. & Mrs. R. Todd Elliott ’82 In honor of Mr. George M. Trautman ’98H Mr. & Mrs. Rodman R. Black, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Mike Coburn ’86 Mr. & Mrs. R. Todd Elliott ’82 Mr. & Mrs. Edward P. Thompson ’74 In honor of Mr. Scott Tumperi Mr. Jonathan Di Perna ’15 Ms. Jennifer H. Young

In honor of Mr. Matthew Valenti Mr. Chanik Park & Ms. Eunjoo Ryu In honor of Mr. Brendon A. Welker ’91 Mr. Matthew D. Hahn ’15 In honor of Mrs. Joyce Weller Mr. & Mrs. Eric E. Voegtle ’89 In honor of Mr. Robert J. Whitty ’87 Mr. & Mrs. Ruben Gonzalez Mr. & Mrs. Gregory E. Marshall Mr. Brandon D. O’Connor ’15 In honor of Donald C. Wick Mr. & Mrs. Rodman R. Black, Jr. Mr. Casey R. Coons ’07 In honor of Mr. Robert M. Wileman ’89 Mrs. Leslie Meek Wileman & Mr. Tony Fitch In honor of Mr. Sean P. Williams ’17 Mr. David F. Williams & Ms. Tracy M. Collins In honor of Mema Woodason Mr. Rexford B. Carr ’15 In honor of Mr. William Woodason Mr. Rexford B. Carr ’15 In honor of Mr. Tyler Wuthmann Mr. Brandon D. O’Connor ’15 In honor of Mr. Bryan Zaros Mr. & Mrs. Sergey L. Belyaev Mr. Matthew R. Cyr ’15 Mr. Michael A. Nicolia ’12

Parents enjoying the Blue Blazer Ball 2015

Rick Valentine ’64 and Jack Stokvis ’65 at the Nimrod breakfast, Reunion 2015

MEMORI AL & HONOR ARY GIV ING

Avon recognizes memorial gifts honoring individuals in the Avon family with a special place in our school’s community. Gifts to Avon were made in honor and memory of the following individuals. Thank you.

P = PARENT

GP = GRANDPARENT

In memory of all my former teachers at AOF who were instrumental in the formative years of my life and channeled my interest in science, particularly Bill Kron. Dr. & Mrs. John S. Spencer, Ph.D. ’71 In memory of Coach C. Herbert Cochrane Mr. E. Paul Herbert ’62 In memory of David L. Geyer, Jr. ’71 Mrs. David L. Geyer In memory of Warner W. Kent, Jr. ’40 Mrs. Warner W. Kent, Jr. In memory of Kevin P. McLaughlin ’04 Dr. Timothy P. McLaughlin & Dr. Marian Kellner In memory of Andrew M. Pedersen-Keel ’02 Mr. Christopher D. Coleman ’01 Mr. Thomas J. Dougherty ’11 Mr. Erron J. Smith ’00 In memory of R. Allan Ruez ’63 Mrs. Pamela C. Ruez Christensen & Mr. Scott Christensen

d = DECEASED

= LONGEVITY

In memory of Jonathan ’Alex’ Story ’10 Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan A. Crocker Mr. & Mrs. Daniel J. Seiden ’00 Mr. & Mrs. Thomas E. Story, III & Kulynych Family Foundation, II In memory of Michael W. Stradley Mrs. Janet Stradley In memory of Pedro L. Vega ’12 Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan A. Crocker In memory of H. Mitchell White ’73 Mr. Ronald White & Ms. Sue Casher In memory of Richard Zahner Mr. Frank G. Leavitt ’52 In honor of Lance C. Berry ’14 Mr. & Mrs. Dale K. Cline & Kulynych Family Foundation, I In honor of John G. Birle ’85 Mr. James R. Birle In honor of Adam K. Cline ’93 & Luke K. Cline ’95 Mr. & Mrs. Dale K. Cline & Kulynych Family Foundation, I

In honor of Martin I. Cole’s Retirement from Accenture Mrs. Pamela J. Craig In honor of Arden D. Coleman’16, his Mentors & Teachers Mr. & Mrs. John Coleman & Morgan Stanley CSA In honor of Coach John Gardner’s 700th Win! Mr. & Mrs. Christopher J. Gateman ’99 In honor of Thomas E. Girard ’17 Mr. David S. Kravet In honor of Lt. Col. Sean M. Hankard, USMC ’91 Mrs. Sean M. Hankard In honor of Tyler A. Pancavage ’17 Mr. Andrew Djiounas & Djiounas Family Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Matthew T. Pancavage In honor of Jonathan D. Quick ’05, his shutout record setting night last night! Ms. Anne Raftery

2014–2015 Annual Report of Giving

M AT C H I N G G I F T C O M PA N I E S & F O U N DAT IO N S

The generosity of companies and foundations makes the difference at Avon. Thank you to our families for advocating for these special gifts and to these companies and foundations for supporting our commitment to brotherhood.

Past faculty member Jeff Hicks reconnects with alumni at Reunion.

Abby and George Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Neill Trust Aetna Foundation, Inc. AIG Matching Gifts Program Alliance Bernstein Allied World Assurance Company, Inc. Ambassador Foundation Amber & William Sweedler Family Foundation, Inc. American Tower Corporation Anchor Capital Advisors, LLC. Apple Inc. Matching Gift Program Arthur & Elizabeth Godbout Family Foundation Inc. Atkinson Family Foundation Bank of America Matching Gifts Program Bank of America United Way Campaign BNY Mellon Community Partnership Program Bostini Corporation Bristol-Meyers Squibb Foundation, Inc. Buchanan Family Foundation Bundy Family Foundation Caputo Family Trust Cascade Investment/BGI Group Catherine Jefferson Foundation Cigna Foundation Community Foundation of Jackson Hole Community Foundation of Louisville Depository, Inc.

Avon Old Farms School

Connecticut Commission on Culture & Tourism Constance H. Bishop Foundation Cookie Jar Foundation Covidien Matching Gift Program Deane A. & John D. Gilliam Foundation Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation Djiounas Family Foundation Elbert Weinberg Trust Elizabeth Ferry Speer Foundation Energizer Corporate Human Resources Dept. Fidelity Foundation Findlay Family Foundation Franklin Templeton Investments G. Garvin Brown IV Fund at The Community Foundation of Louisville Gaynor Family Foundation GE Foundation General Re Corporation GenNx 360 Foundation, Inc. Globe Foundation Goldman Sachs & Co. Goldman Sachs Gives Charitable Fund Google Gift Matching Program Gordon F. Linke and Jocelyn B. Linke Foundation H. L. Brown, Jr. Family Foundation Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co Hartwell Foundation

Harvey Hubbell Foundation Helen Trane Hood Charitable Trust Hipp Foundation Hope Foundation for a Better Tomorrow, Inc. Houston Endowment Inc. Howard J. & Eleanor W. Miller Philanthropic Fund of the Jewish Federation & Endowment Fund Hyde Family Foundation Ingersoll-Rand Co. J. M. Huber Corporation James E. & Constance L. Bell Foundation Jeff Goldman Charitable Trust of Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Jeffrey and Jennifer Allred Family Foundation Kelsey Family Foundation Kenneth J and Margaret F. McNealy 2007 Charitable Lead Trust Kulynych Family Foundation I, Inc. Kulynych Family Foundation II, Inc. Ludwig Family Foundation Marie G. Dennett Foundation Marjorie Merriweather Post Foundation Mary Hillman Jennings Foundation MassMutual Matching Gift Center McCarthy-Bjorklund Foundation Menges Family Foundation MFS Matching Gift Program

Microsoft Corporation Matching Gifts Program Moglia Family Foundation Morgan Stanley Morgan Stanley Annual Appeal Campaign Morgan Stanley Charitable Spending Accounts Mutual of Amercia Noblis, Inc. Nolan Family Foundation Pedro L. Vega Jr. Foundation Peter Berkey Foundation Petro Kulynych Community Fund at The Winston-Salem Foundation Pfizer Foundation Matching Gifts Program Proctor Foundation, Inc. R. K. Mellon Foundation RBS Citizens Redding Family Foundation Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Ross Foundation Fund of the Delaware Community Foundation Rothschild Family Foundation, Inc. Russell Matching Gifts Schlein Foundation, Inc. Schwab Charitable Fund Sebago Philanthropic Fund of the Jewish Community Federation & Endowment Fund Sheldon R. Roth Family Philanthropic Fund-of the American Society for Technion-Israel Institute of Technology Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. State Street Corporation Matching Gift Program Straus Family Charitable Foundation, Inc. Susquehanna International Group, LLP T. R. Paul Family Foundation T. Rowe Price Associates Foundation, Inc. Takeda Employee Giving Programs Teelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Marsh Foundation Tharpe Family Fund Thornedge Foundation Timothy D. Huizenga Trust Travelers Foundation U.S. Energy Development Corporation UBS Matching Gift Program UniCredit Group United Technologies United Technologies Charity Trust Account United Way of Central & Northeastern Connecticut United Way of Rhode Island United Way of the Midlands USA Hauling & Recycling, INC Vincent Dowling Family Foundation, Inc. Voya Foundation Walks Foundation, Inc. Walt Disney Company Foundation Wells Fargo Educational Matching Gift Program William E. Weiss Foundation Woodard Family Foundation Anonymous (3)

EN DOW M EN T S, F U N DS F U NC T ION I NG a s EN DOW M EN T S, or SPECI A L PU R POSE F U N DS

Avon, through the generosity of its many loyal supporters, has under management funds totaling over $47.8 million as of June 30, 2015. Gifts to supplement funds marked with an asterisk (*) are most welcome. (Specific qualifications are indicated.) SCHOLARSHIP FUNDS

The Edward E. Ford Foundation Scholarship

A5 Scholarship* — for academically talented African American students with financial need

John T. Gardner Scholarship Fund*

Alumni Scholarship Fund* — for sons of Avon Old Farms School alumni Jane B. Aron Scholarship Fund D. Arthur Bartholomew Scholarship Fund — for a quiet leader who is also a football player Brooks Scholarship Fund

General Scholarship Fund* Richard and Dee Gordon Scholarship Fund —to provide merit-based scholarships to attract day or boarding students with impressive talents in leadership, community service, and/or creativity Charles Hayden Foundation Endowment Fund —for students in the New York City or Boston area Hoffman Foundation Scholars Fund

The Sidney C. Clark Scholarship Fund —for postgraduate students

Gregg Richard Linburg ’87 Scholarship Fund —preference given to a rising sophomore

Class of 1960 Golden Anniversary* Scholarship Fund Class of 1963 Differ Fund* —established by the Class of 1963 to support actions that celebrate, preserve, and expand Avon’s proud heritage, unique architecture, campus design, and educational philosophy

Kathy M. & William W. Lyon ’63 Scholarship Fund George C. Lyon Scholarship Fund Lyons Brothers Scholarship William O’Donnell Family Scholarship Fund Donald W. Pierpont Memorial Fund

Class of 1965 Scholarship Fund*

Dr. William G. Ryan Scholarship

Class of 1985 Juan Comella Scholarship Fund*

Jack A. Sebastian Scholarship Fund Warren W. Smith Scholarship Fund

Colatrella Family Scholarship

Alex Story Fund —to provide an annual allowance for multiple scholarship students

Cole Family Scholarship Conroy Scholarship Fund* Miriam L. and Jorge H. Consuegra ’51 Scholarship Fund

Suisman Scholarship Fund

Terry Cutler Fund for Minority Students —to support day-to-day expenses of deserving minority students Coach Frank D.B. DiCocco ’02 Scholarship Fund* —for an academically motivated athlete with financial need

The George M. Trautman Scholarship Fund*

DiFiglia Family Scholarship Fund

David S. Bowen Memorial Fund

Djiounas-Pancavage Scholarship Fund —to support those with significant financial need

Sidney C. Clark Book Fund

Trautman Scholars Fund Pedro L. Vega ’12 Scholarship Fund* Roger G. Wing ’71 Scholarship Fund Richard H. Woodwell ’75 Scholarship Fund*

LIBRARY FUNDS

Library Fund* Hansi Smith Endowed Library Fund

Diogenes Scholarship Fund* —for day students from the Farmington Valley

FUNDED STUDENT AWARDS

The Francis S. & Mary A. Driscoll* Scholarship Fund

Adam ’93 and Luke ’95 Cline Prize —to two students for earnest and persistent effort

Peter M. Evans Scholarship Fund* —support of academically qualified student-athletes

David Kinsley Florian ’75 Memorial Fund —to a senior for achievement in art

Flanagan Lacrosse Scholarship* —to assist those with financial need who are active in Avon’s lacrosse program

P = PARENT

GP = GRANDPARENT

Linburg Memorial Fund —to a senior for sportsmanship, endurance, grit, and hard work Schiller Memorial Fund

d = DECEASED

= LONGEVITY

—to a junior who demonstrates compassion, persistence and versatility leading to contributions to the school community Woodwell Leadership Award —an Outward Bound experience to a rising junior who demonstrates potential for community service and leadership

FACULTY FUNDS & AWARDS Cashion Distinguished Teaching Prize —to recognize outstanding dedication and service through leadership, commitment, and excellence Sidney C. Clark Chair of English Literature Fund* —to reward annually excellence in the teaching of English Finest Faculty Fund* Jennings Faculty Fund —to provide educational equipment and faculty support Ludwig Junior Faculty Chair —to support a talented young teacher Seth Mendell Chair in History* —to reward excellence in the teaching of history Pierpont Headmaster’s Chair* —to underwrite the expenses associated with the position of Headmaster and the office of the Headmaster

INTERDISCIPLINARY FUNDS Blakeley Outreach Program —up to two weeks during March break to provide Avon’s students the ability to provide volunteer home building/ renovation services in the US in impoverished areas or to provide relief in disaster areas The Buchanan Family Foundation Endowment for Choral Music —to support, without restriction, Avon’s choral music program

Drew Family History Fund —to support the Drew History Initiative, which is a seminar program primarily for senior history scholars Fairchild Language Lab Fund —to maintain the language lab and support the teaching of foreign language

Gail A. Laferriere Endowment for the Visual Arts, Visiting Artists Fund

Nimrod Endowment* —support of Avon’s oldest club Ordway Environmental Studies Fund —to support environmental science programs Ordway Music Endowment —to establish and support music appreciation courses

PHYSICAL PLANT Jack R. Aron Centennial Fund Pope Brooks Reserve Fund —to meet unexpected plant emergencies Deferred Maintenance Fund* —for equipment and maintenance of existing buildings and grounds Riddle Trust Capital Renewal Fund —to support deferred maintenance costs

GENERAL ENDOWMENT FUNDS Biondo Fund —to provide unrestricted support Barbara Frederick Emmons Endowed Fund —to provide unrestricted support for any priority identified by the school Estabrook Fund —to support scholarship aid, faculty chairs and compensation, and improvement to the physical campus Harper Memorial Fund McShane Endowment for Off-Campus Charitable Activities Memorial Fund* —to support Avon through the accumulation of memorial gifts Rothschild Endowment Fund for Academic and Athletic Excellence —to underwrite special projects in the academic and/or athletic areas

T. K. Curtis Jr. Endowment for Music —to support the music program

William G. Kron Fund for Science* —to support the science program

Christopher Lawler ’82 Theatre Award and Performing Arts Fund —to provide a theatre prize annually with any excess income used to support the budget of the performing arts program McKernan Life Science Fund —to develop and support a unit on genomics within the biology curriculum

Leading Edge Endowment Fund —to support bricks and mortar projects

STUDENT ENRICHMENT FUND Established by the Parents Association to fund special projects, in consultation with the Headmaster, which support enhancements in academics, sports, and extra-curricular activities for the benefit of Avon students.

2014–2015 Annual Report of Giving

Avon honors benefactors who have created trusts, bequests, and other planned gifts for Avon Old Farms by recognizing them as members of the Riddle Society.

Riddl Society

The

Anonymous (25) Mr. Geoffrey M. Anderson ’75 Mr. Anthony Antoville ’52 Ms. Sara Arnell P’10 Mr. John H. Asiel ’67 IC Mr. William P. Austin ’92 IC Mr. Emmett M. Avery III ’67 Mr. L. Larus Avery ’69 Mr. Michael D. Barker ’66 Mr. Spencer E. Beal Sr. ’65, P’95 Mr. Timothy R. Beeble ’71 IC Mr. Richard P. Behr ’67 IC Mr. David C. Bigelow ’44 Mr. Joseph R. Biondo P’92 IC Mr. James R. Birle P’85 IC Mr. Thomas E. Bissell ’77 IC Mr. & Mrs. Rodman R. Black Jr. P’99 IC Mr. Godfrey C. Bloch ’63 Mr. Edward D. Brown ’76 Mr. Harris H. Bucklin III ’70 Mr. James L. Bush ’73 Mr. Jeffrey A. Carlson ’73 Mr. Daniel E. Carpenter ’72 Mr. Austin Chambers ’58 IC Mr. & Mrs. Martin I. Cole P’04 IC Mr. Brian B. Conroy ’82, ’13H Mr. Michael C. Conroy ’85 Mr. Henry R. Coons ’71, P’07 IC Mr. James W. Corrigan ’67, P’98 Mr. Frank D. Costello ’60 Mr. Courtenay Crocker ’68 IC Mr. Thomas K. Curtis ’63 IC Mr. Huntley G. Davenport ’56 IC Mr. John F. Davenport ’59 IC Mr. William S. David ’61 Mr. Harold A. Davis ’76 Mr. J. Stratford R. Dennis ’00 IC Mr. Chase F. Donaldson ’68 Mr. James T. Donkel ’69 Mr. John E. Drew P’85, ’87, GP’17, ’18 IC Mr. Steven D. Dyson ’82 Mr. David M. Emmes P’07 Mr. Charles F. Emmons ’63 IC Mr. Daniel J. Entwistle ’89 Mr. & Mrs. Peter M. Evans P’98, CF IC Mr. Andrew H. Fisher ’91 IC Dr. & Mrs. Henry E. Flanagan GP’16, CF Mr. Thomas Foote & Ms. Constance Williams P’08 Mr. Graham C. Garland ’09 IC Mr. Matthew H. Gates ’65 Mr. Vere W. Gaynor ’66 Mrs. David L. Geyer P’71, ’78 Mr. Scott M. Goodwyn ’92 Mr. Dean C. Graham ’84 Mr. Rufus K. Griscom ’62 Dr. Robert A. Gryboski ’57, P’88 Mr. David M. Hallam ’66 IC

IC = Inner Circle

6262

P = Parent

Avon Avon Old Old Farms Farms School School

Mr. S. Lawrence Hammerman II ’71 Dr. Christopher K. Hampton ’79, P’09, ’10, ’11, CF IC Mr. Christopher K. Hampton ’09 IC Mr. Gerard D. Hampton ’11 IC Mr. Norman F. Hampton ’59 Mr. Patrick D. Hampton ’10 IC Mr. Wayne R. Hartigan ’59 Mr. Edward J. Hawie ’55, P’82 IC Mr. John W. Hawie ’82 Mr. John R. Hebberd ’67 Mr. E. Paul Herbert ’62 Mr. Malcolm M. Hirsh Jr. ’67, P’03 Ms. Lucy A. Hurston P’03 Mr. Jordan Jayson ’94 IC Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. Kumming P’98 Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth H. LaRocque P’01, ’10, CF Mr. Frank G. Leavitt ’52, P’76, GP’15, PF IC Mr. William M. Lipton ’70 Mr. William W. Lyon ’63 IC Mr. Francis K.C. Madeira ’34 IC Mr. Calvert Magruder ’46 IC Mr. Brian R. Maitland ’80 IC Mr. & Mrs. H. Stanley Mansfield Jr. P’97 IC Capt. Douglas B. Marshall ’59, P’95 Mr. Roan A. McClure ’68 Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth J. McNealy P’86 IC Mr. David R. McShane ’59 IC Mr. Seth F. Mendell ’52, PF Mr. Frederick M. Michel ’77 IC Mr. Jeffrey B. Minnick ’64 Mr. Joseph H. Moglia P’96 IC Mr. Donald R. Monaco ’55 IC Mr. George F. Motter IV ’59 Mr. & Mrs. Peter J. Murgio P’94, ’99 IC Mr. Henry L. Murray III ’06 IC Ms. Geraldine T. Nesbitt FR Mr. Allan J. O’Connor ’75 Mr. Peter M. O’Neill ’81 Mr. Samuel W. Off Jr. ’66 Mr. Rolf H. Olson ’59 IC Ms. Kathryn A. Ordway P’04 IC Mr. Clayton S. Parsons III ’78 IC Mr. Richard W. Pendleton Jr. ’96H IC Mr. G. Keating Pepper ’65 Mr. C. Ford Reese Jr. ’60 IC Mr. Henry S. Rosenbaum ’72 Mr. Sheldon R. Roth ’54 IC Mr. Richard B. Rothschild P’05 Mr. Jon R. Salony ’64 IC Mr. Roger P. Salz ’68 Mr. Daniel J. Seiden ’00, PF IC Mr. & Mrs. Glenn A. Sieber P’17, CF IC Mr. Eric J. T. Skemp ’60 Mr. Gregory K. Snow ’79 IC Mr. Spencer K. Sokale ’64

GP = Grandparent

CF/PF = Current/Past Faculty

Last updated October 13, 2015 Mr. Michael L. Straus ’66 Mr. William M. Strumlauf ’52 IC Mr. Stephen C. Sumner ’59 Mr. Richard S. Taylor ’58 Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Theis P’06 Miss Blair S. Thompson Mr. Charles P. Thompson II ’03 Mr. & Mrs. Edward P. Thompson ’74, P’03, ’08 IC Mr. Preston L. Thompson ’08 Mr. Richard K. Thorndike III ’57, P’84 IC Mr. William C. Tost ’55 Mr. George M. Trautman ’98H, P’75, ’81, GP’03, CF Mr. Warren S. Van Deventer ’63 Mr. Peter K. Van Winkle ’60 Dr. Joseph C. Vecchiarino III ’71 IC Mr. Richard W. Walker ’52 Mr. James R. Wardrop ’60 Mr. Philip S. Wellman ’82 IC Mr. Joseph M. Wells III ’60 Mr. Richard L. Williams ’60 Mr. Sigmund Windsberg ’53 IC Mrs. John H. Wise Jr. GP’09 IC Mr. Geoffrey N. Wiswell ’74 Mr. James P. Wysong ’48 IC Mr. William E. Young ’85

RIDDLE SOCIETY LEGACY GIFTS RECEIVED Mrs. Louise B. Adams P’64, ’68, GP’01 Mr. Donald Carson FR Mr. Lewis S. Catlin ’38 Mr. Sidney C. Clark ’65H, PF Mrs. Jean M. Coons P’71, GP’07 Captain Victor Delano P’75 Mr. John P. Downing ’36 Mr. Robert S. Edwards ’42 Mr. F. Reed Estabrook Jr. ’36, P’63 Mr. John N. Estabrook ’32 Mr. Edgar W. B. Fairchild P’60 Mr. John A. Feist ’51 Mr. Edward L. Greenblatt ’57 Mr. Spencer S. Keyes ’67 Mr. Craig H. Keyston ’65 Mr. & Mrs. Oliver A. Kimberly Jr. ’52 Mr. Petro Kulynych GP’93, ’95, ’10, ’14 Dr. Richard K. Loveland ’59H, PF Mr. George C. Lyon ’34 Mr. Edmund S. McCawley Jr. ’40 Mr. William M. McCawley ’37, P’69 Mr. John C. Merritt ’34 Mr. Daniel F. North ’37 Mr. Christopher H. Phillips ’39 Mrs. Mary L. Purdey P’56 Mr. Gordon C. Ramsey ’80H Mr. Anthony M. Small ’56

FR = Friend

H = Honorary

We are proud to recognize the following individuals who have made plans in their estates to make a difference for Avon Old Farms School over the long term. These deferred gifts to Avon Old Farms include bequests, gift annuities, charitable remainder trusts, life insurance, real estate and collectibles. By building our endowment through planned gifts, we can offer more financial aid to deserving students, provide better compensation to our faculty, maintain the beauty of Mrs. Riddle’s magnificent campus, and enhance the academic, athletic, and arts programs. Currently there are over 175 alumni, parents, and friends of the school who have, either openly or anonymously, made their planned gift intentions known to the school. We welcome you to follow their lead and join the Riddle Society. By planning ahead, not only have they become part of the pipeline for the future advancement of Avon, but they have also provided for their loved ones by reducing their exposure to local, state, and federal taxes. If you are about to construct your first estate plan, or plan to update your estate when the circumstances of your life change, please think about Avon Old Farms School, where graduates, sons, and grandsons become men and make friends for life. To find out more information about planned gifts for Avon Old Farms School, please contact Robin Delnicki, Associate Director of Development, at 860-404-4156, delnickir@avonoldfarms.com, or visit our planned giving website online: www.avonoldfarms.com. gift-planning.org/

Meg and Jon Salony ’64

“Avon did more than just educate me. My experience there molded my character in a most positive way, and that alone is a substantial gift from the school, affecting my life every day. It is only fitting that I return a gift to the school by memorializing Avon in my will.” –Jon Salony, Class of 1964

For more information about planned gifts for Avon Old Farms School, please contact Robin Delnicki, Associate Director of Development, at 860-404-4156, delnickir@avonoldfarms.com, or visit our planned giving website online: www.avonoldfarms.gift-planning.org/

CA PITA L GI V I NG

Thank you to this special group of donors for designating additional support to essential Avon initiatives. These ambitious gifts are critical to the care and maintenance of our beautiful campus. Mrs. Louise B. Adams P’64, ’68, GP’01 d Ms. Mary Allen P’15 Dr. & Mrs. George Amilo P’12 Mr. & Mrs. Brendan J. Andrews ’90 Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Ashe P’86, ’91, ’92, GP’15, ’17 Mr. & Mrs. Shawn E. Atkinson ’88 Mr. Jeffrey Aurigemma Mr. & Mrs. William P. Austin ’92 Mr. & Mrs. Peter F. Bannigan ’65

Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence S. Brick ’64 Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey P. Brighenti P’16 Mr. & Mrs. Brett C. Browchuk P’15 Mr. & Mrs. Andrew W. Brown ’88 Mr. G. Garvin Brown, IV ’87 & Mrs. Steffanie Diamond-Brown Mr. & Mrs. Thomas B. Byrne, III ’75 Mrs. Roxanna M. Cain P’92, ’00 Mr. Douglas H. Candler ’82 Mr. & Mrs. Thomas W. Carroll P’16

Mr. & Mrs. Kevin K. Cooke P’13 Mr. & Mrs. Neal S. Cooper ’85 Mr. & Mrs. Andrew J. Cordova ’89 Mr. & Mrs. James W. Corrigan ’67, P’98 Mr. & Mrs. Frank D. Costello ’60 Mr. & Mrs. Craig T. Cottrell, Sr. P’09, 11, ’13 Ms. Christine M. Coz P’09, ’10 Mr. & Mrs. J. Eddy G. Craig, Jr. Mrs. Pamela J. Craig Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan A. Crocker P’11 Ms. Elizabeth B. Currier Mr. Thomas K. Curtis ’63 & Ms. Lynn Armstrong Mr. & Mrs. Arthur B. Custer P’04, ’05, ’10 Mr. & Mrs. James H. Daine ’88 Mr. John M. Daly ’11

Getting pumped for the 4 x 400 relay against Suffield

Mr. Derrick Barker ’06 Mr. Barton G. Barrett ’65 Mr. & Mrs. J. Leo Barry GP’06, ’07, ’11, ’15 Mr. William D. Batesole ’74 & Ms. Anne Nordstrom Mr. & Mrs. Spencer E. Beal, Sr. ’65, P’95 Mr. & Mrs. James E. Bell, III ’74, P’14 Mr. & Mrs. Brian Beloin Mr. Christapher Benson Mr. Perry Benson, Jr. ’65 Mr. & Mrs. David F. Berkey ’67 Mr. Gerald W. Blakeley, III ’62 & Ms. Yunie Doran Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Bogino ’60 Mr. Jose F. Böhmer & Ms. Diane Eder P’12

Avon Old Farms School

Dr. & Mrs. Jeffrey B. Carter P’99 Mr. Gustavo A. Carvajal & Mrs. Juana Cabal P’12 Mr. Colin M. Cashel ’90 Mr. & Mrs. James H. Cashion P’93 Mr. Michael S. Cercone ’75 Mrs. Ellen M. Charles P’79, ’83, GP’10 Mr. & Mrs. James H. Cheek, IV ’89 Mr. Hing Lun Chung & Mrs. Yee Mei Kong P’10 Mr. & Mrs. Erich L. Cluxton ’61 Mr. & Mrs. Timothy Cohane P’02 Mr. & Mrs. Martin I. Cole P’04 Connecticut Commission on Culture & Tourism Mr. & Mrs. Brian B. Conroy ’82, ’13H

Mr. & Mrs. William L. R. Davis P’15 Mr. & Mrs. Gerard M. de Gunzburg ’65 Mr. & Mrs. Mark H. DeBlois ’74 Dr. & Mrs. Peter J. Deckers P’87, ’90, GP’17 Mr. & Mrs. Peter J. Deckers ’90, P’17 Mr. Gregory DeLeo Mr. & Mrs. James C. Dennis P’00 Mr. & Mrs. J. Stratford R. Dennis ’00 Mr. Brian E. DePodesta ’90 Mr. & Mrs. Albert A. Di Antonio, Jr. P’12, ’15 Mr. & Mrs. Lou DiCocco P’02 Mr. Andrew Djiounas GP’17 Mr. James J. Dol & Mrs. Cynthia Damon-Dol P’15 Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Dowling, Jr. ’91

Dr. Deborah Downes Ms. Kimberly Dreier P’15 Mr. Christopher S. Drew ’85 & Mrs. Katie Martin P’17, ’18 Mr. & Mrs. Mark W. Drinkwater ’86 Mr. & Mrs. Thomas P. Driscoll ’79, P’06, ’08, ’09, ’11 Mr. & Mrs. George M. Economos P’15 Mr. & Mrs. Huntington Eldridge, Jr. ’69 Mr. & Mrs. R. Todd Elliott ’82 Mr. & Mrs. Jay Fagan Mr. Mark A. Fantasia ’88 Dr. Robert P. Feldman & Dr. Virginia E. Feldman P’14 Mr. Keith E. Festa ’91 & Mrs. Nancy Ghabai-Festa Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Fiondella P’12 Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. Fiondella GP’12 Dr. & Mrs. Henry E. Flanagan GP’16 Mr. & Mrs. Damian J. Fox ’91 Dr. & Mrs. Jeffery S. Garland P’09, ’14 Mr. & Mrs. Jerold T. Garvey ’82 Mr. & Mrs. John M. Garvey ’78 Mr. & Mrs. Matthew H. Gates ’65 Mr. & Mrs. William J. Goebelbecker Mr. & Mrs. Robert B. Goldfarb ’60 Mr. Dennett W. Goodrich ’59 Mr. Michael Gormley Mr. & Mrs. Paul M. Gozzo ’94 Mr. & Mrs. Dean C. Graham ’84 Mr. & Mrs. Thomas T. Gresh ’90, P’16 The Hartwell Foundation Mr. Dana H. Havron P’10 Mrs. Vicky Massey Havron P’10 Mr. John W. Hawie ’82 Mr. & Mrs. Thomas K. Healy, Jr. P’16 Ms. Mary Beth Heffernan P’12 Mr. & Mrs. John G. Hennessey P’77, ’77, ’78, ’84 HFD Hispanic Officer Association Mr. & Mrs. Robert Higgins P’01, ’03, ’13 Mr. & Mrs. Shepherd M. Holcombe, Jr. ’64 Mr. & Mrs. Rodrigo Holguin ’61, P’84, ’89, GP’12 Mr. & Mrs. David M. Homeier ’52 Mr. & Mrs. Joe Huber P’10 Mr. & Mrs. Andrew P. Iverson ’83 Mr. & Mrs. George D. Iverson, VI ’79, P’10 Mr. & Mrs. Brett R. Jefferson ’84 Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan E. Johnson P’12 Mr. William Kadel Mrs. Warner W. Kent, Jr. W’40 Mr. Dennis M. Keogh P’01, ’07 Mr. Craig H. Keyston ’65 d Mr. & Mrs. Justin M. King P’15 Mr. & Mrs. Northrup R. Knox, Jr. P’15 Mr. David R. Korus & Mrs. Barbara A. Mignogna-Korus P’15 Mr. Petro Kulynych GP’93, ’95, ’10, ’14 d Mr. & Mrs. Dennis J. Lanchbury P’17 Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth H. LaRocque P’01, ’10 Mr. Connor W. Latz ’12 Mrs. Dolores A. Lawler P’82 Mr. & Mrs. Robert R. Levinson ’65 Mr. & Mrs. Shane N. Lieberman ’97

admissions & alumni reception hosts

Dr. & Mrs. Richard M. Linburg P’87, GP’17 Dr. & Mrs. James L. Livermore ’90 Mr. Thomas B. Lloyd ’90 Mr. Kevin A. Ludwig ’99 Mr. & Mrs. Brendan B. Lynch ’88, P’17 Mr. & Mrs. Brian C. Lynch ’81 Mrs. Ellen H. Lynch P’01, ’07 Mr. & Mrs. William W. Lyon ’63 Mr. & Mrs. James J. Lyons P’06, ’07, ’11 Dr. & Mrs. Scott B. MacDonald ’74, P’11 Mr. & Mrs. Rodney Madore Mr. Tak Ming Mak & Ms. Mei Wai Poon P’14 Dr. Carl D. Malchoff & Dr. Diana M. Malchoff P’07 Mr. & Mrs. Francis A. Martin, IV ’88 Mr. & Mrs. Mark L. Masinter ’82, P’12 Mr. & Mrs. John W. Maxwell ’86 Mr. Gerald H. McGinley d & Mrs. Gerald H. McGinley P’84 Mr. & Mrs. Albert J. McHenry ’56 Mr. & Mrs. Robert B. McLaughlin P’15 Mr. & Mrs. Thomas R. McLaughlin Dr. Timothy P. McLaughlin & Dr. Marian Kellner P’04 Mr. Westley McLaughlin Mr. & Mrs. Armour N. Mellon ’84, P’13 Mr. & Mrs. Todd R. Meyer P’13 Mr. & Mrs. Christopher W. Millea P’15 Mr. & Mrs. Edward P. Molloy ’74 Mr. Donald R. Monaco ’55 Mr. & Mrs. Russell C. Mooney P’10 Mr. Matthew H. Moran ’04 Mr. & Mrs. Bradley R. Morris ’84 Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Nagy GP’18 Mr. & Mrs. Andre A. Napoli P’16 Mr. & Mrs. Dana P. Narlee P’14 Mr. Henry P. Narlee ’14 Mr. Michael A. Nicolia ’12 Mr. & Mrs. John R. Nissley ’65, P10 Mr. Michael D. Nouri ’64 Mr. Sean O’Neill Mr. & Mrs. Gilman W. Ordway ’44, GP’04 Mr. & Mrs. Matthew T. Pancavage P’17 Mr. & Mrs. John Papadopoulos P’10, ’12, ’15 Mr. & Mrs. G. Keating Pepper ’65 Mr. & Mrs. Gerald F. Pope ’60 Mr. & Mrs. Richard R. Previdi P’12 Mr. & Mrs. Eugene T. Price P’10, ’11 Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan D. Quick ’05 Dr. Marshall E. Redding Mr. & Mrs. Peter D. Reed ’88 Mr. C. Ford Reese, Jr. ’60 & Ms. Lorraine Perry Ms. Drucilla A. Richards P’18 Dr. & Mrs. Alan Rissolo P’15 Ms. Gayle N. Robinson & Mr. James Budinetz Mr. & Mrs. Kelvin Roldan ’96 Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Rosati P’11 Mr. Richard Rosati Mr. Sam L. Rubenstein ’85 Mr. & Mrs. Jared C. Rucci ’91 Mrs. Pamela C. Ruez Christensen W’63 & Mr. Scott Christensen

P = PARENT

GP = GRANDPARENT

Mr. & Mrs. Charles L. Ruifrok ’65 Mr. & Mrs. Patrick T. Ryan P’09, ’12 Mr. & Mrs. Walter T. Ryan ’65 Mr. Jon R. Salony ’64 & Mrs. Mary E. Galea Mr. Navjot K. Sandhu & Ms. Parminder S. Sandhu Mr. Thomas Saxton Mr. Arsalan M. Sayyah ’82, P’18 Mr. & Mrs. Federico A. Schad ’88 Mr. Brady M. Schofield ’85 & Mrs. Sarah Bullock Mr. & Mrs. Bruce A. Seeber P’14 Mr. & Mrs. Daniel J. Seiden ’00 Mr. & Mrs. Steven Shapiro Rev. Walter & Linda Silva Thompson, Jr. P’16 Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Smalley P’05 Mr. Larry H. Smead P’96 Dr. & Mrs. Brian G. Smith P’14 Mr. & Mrs. John J. Spearman, IV P’14, ’15, ’18 Mr. & Mrs. Douglas R. Stay P’96, ’97 Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. Stokvis ’65 Mr. Christopher H. Stone ’88 & Mr. David Fox Mr. & Mrs. Thomas E. Story, III P’10 Mr. & Mrs. Bryce C. Suydam ’65 Mr. & Mrs. William W. Sweedler P’16 Mr. & Mrs. William G. Thames, Jr. ’79, P’13 Mr. W. Scott Tiernan ’70, P’99, ’05, ’08 Mr. & Mrs. George G. Touponse, III P’14, ’14 Mr. Anthony Traina Mr. George M. Trautman ’98H, P’75, ’81, GP’03 & Mrs. George M. Trautman P’82 Mr. & Mrs. Louis N. Usich, Sr. ’62, P’85, ’89, GP’15, ’18 Mr. & Mrs. Carl A. Valimont ’84, P’13 Dr. & Mrs. Kenneth A. Valyo ’79 Mr. & Mrs. Pedro L. Vega, Sr. P’12, ’17 Ms. Yolanda Vega Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Victor P’06 Mr. & Mrs. Matthew C. Wagner ’88 Mr. & Mrs. J. Balfour Walker ’65 Mr. & Mrs. Willard T. Walker GP’15 Mr. & Mrs. Todd F. Weaver ’90 Mr. & Mrs. Alan L. Weiner ’89 Mr. & Mrs. Michael Weiner P’11 Mr. William U. Weiss ’90 Mr. Brendon A. Welker ’91 & Ms. Elizabeth Schmitt Mr. & Mrs. Karl W. Weller P’13 Mr. Philip S. Wellman ’82 & Ms. Leslie Smith Mr. & Mrs. Joseph M. Wells, III ’60 Mr. Ronald White & Ms. Sue Casher P’73 Mr. & Mrs. Robert M. Wileman ’89 Mr. Lopez Williams ’99 Mr. & Mrs. Richard L. Williams ’60 Mr. & Mrs. Norbert M. Williamson P’14, ’16 Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth J. Winemaster ’83, P’17 Mr. Wayman C. Wing P’71 Woodard Family Foundation Mrs. Linda P. Woodwell W’75, P’08 Dr. & Mrs. Victor A. Wowk P’14, ’15 Mr. & Mrs. Robert G. Wuelfing P’06 Dr. & Mrs. Anthony Zinsser ’64

d = DECEASED

We appreciate our hosts! As Avon travels around the country, special families open their doors to the Avon community. Thank you. Mr. Andres A. Consuegra ’80 & Ms. Maria M. Velasco P’14 Miami, FL Mr. & Mrs. Thomas S. Cousins P’06 Broomfield, CO

Mr. Chane F. Keller ’08 Los Angeles, CA Mr. & Mrs. Charles F. Keller P’08 Chicago, IL Mr. & Mrs. Wade L. McDevitt ’82 Wayne, PA

Mr. & Mrs. Paul B. Duwan ’85, P’18 Avon, CT

Mr. & Mrs. Richard B. McKernan P’17, ’19 Boston, MA

Mr. & Mrs. George F. Getz, Jr. ’80 Phoenix, AZ Mr. & Mrs. John N. Giamalis P’07, ’10, ’16 Avon, CT Mr. & Mrs. John S. Gordon ’84 Atlanta, GA

Mr. Brian T. Mullins ’68, P’04 San Francisco, CA Mr. & Mrs. George R. Seifert ’62, P’13 Lake Worth, FL Mr. Michael E. Sorvillo ’00 Chicago, IL

Mr. & Mrs. Gregory Gozzo P’11, ’12 Jupiter, FL

Mr. & Mrs. S. Garrett Stonehouse, Jr. P’16 Westport, CT

Mr. & Mrs. Dean C. Graham ’84 Chevy Chase, MD Mr. & Mrs. Malcolm M. Hirsh, Jr. ’67, P’03 Denver, CO

Mr. & Mrs. Don W. Torey P’09 Nantucket, MA

a note to our readers The Annual Report for the fiscal year 2014-15, ending on June 30, 2015, has been assembled with great care and attention to detail. The purpose of this report is to acknowledge, and in this small way, publicly thank our donors. If your name is not listed, or there is some other error, please accept our sincere apologies and contact Glenn Sieber at the Alumni & Development Office with your concerns (800) 336-8195. Thank you for your support.

2014–2015 Annual Report of Giving

statement

financial position

D E A R AV O N I A N S , Our fiscal year ending June 2015 was a year of great accomplishment for Avon Old Farms School, marked by many important steps to position Avon for the future and solid financial results. Since becoming the Board chair in April, my fellow directors and I have focused considerable energy on positioning Avon for further success while overseeing a conservative budgeting process that supports a healthy and balanced budget for the school. We are happy to report, and share with you, the positive operating financial results that played their part in doing what is so necessary for a special school like Avon: bring the mission to life. We are pleased that we can support the right initiatives for today and tomorrow. Like every independent school across the nation, Avon must balance the investment it makes in curriculum and faculty, as well as other customary school expenses with income principally generated from tuition, annual fundraising, and the endowment. Once again, our 2014-15 budget balanced, thanks to the outstanding efforts of our Admission Office, prudent management of the school’s investments, and the exceptional support of our donor community who made essential gifts to the Annual Fund to support our boys. As Avon’s governing body, we are committed to the fiscal strength of the school today as well as the long-term financial health of Avon for generations to come. Our sound financial practices allowed for important investments to be made in programs and people in the last year, investments that enhance the exceptional learning experience expected at Avon. But our strategic priorities also call on the Board to work closely with the school administration to develop the Annual Fund program, build significant endowment, and support key campus improvements over the next decade. We will look for your partnership in bringing these priorities to fruition. On behalf of our boys, the school’s administration and faculty, and our Board of Directors, we thank you for your belief and your trust in Avon. Sincerely,

Marty Cole P’04 Chairman Avon Old Farms School Board of Directors

66 66

Avon Old Farms School Avon Old Farms School

Orientation, Field Day 2015

avon old farms school AUDITED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF ACTIVITIES JULY 1, 2014 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; JUNE 30, 2015 R E V E N U E S A N D O T H E R S U P P O RT

Tuition and fees, net of financial aid

$ 16,603,088

Contributions

3,383,651

Investment return utilized for operations

1,563,300

Auxiliary services and activities

1,666,762

Total Revenues

23,216,801

EXPENSES

Programs REVENUES

Instructional support

7,547,004

Student support

1,884,706

Supporting services Operations and maintenance

3,995,215

Institutional support

Net Tuition and Fees: 74% Fundraising Gifts: 18% Other Income: 8%

387,437

Administration

3,143,918

Fundraising

1,864,429

Interest and fees

1,016,471

Auxiliary services and activities

909,402

Total Expenses EXPENSES

20,748,582

Change in net assets, operations

2,468,219

OTHER CHANGES

Contributions and grants

Compensation and Benefits: 59% Student and Program Expenses: 14% Physical Plant Expenses: 13% Debt Service: 8% Administrative Expenses: 6%

552,856

Provision for uncollectible pledges

(29,002)

Investment return, net of fees

322,534

Investment return utilized for operations

(1,563,300)

Depreciation and amortization

(2,112,461)

Proceeds from insurance settlements

78,500

Gain on disposal of equipment

3,500

Change in value of swap agreement

(163,039)

Total other changes

(2,910,412)

Change in net assets

(442,193)

Net assets, beginning of year Net assets, end of year

78,100,845 $

77,658,652

2014â&#x20AC;&#x201C;2015 Annual Report of Giving

Please send us your personal notes! Class Notes can be submitted to Liz Abramson at: Abramsonl@avonoldfarms.com The deadlines for Class Notes submission are: Spring issue: March 1, 2016 Fall issue: September 1, 2016

Class Notes

n s, Donald Davidso Two young Avonian et me , ’74 i on nn ’38 and George Gia in the day.” and discuss “back

RUSSELL HUNTER, Head Class Agent

WARREN FORD, Head Class Agent

DOUGLAS H. MACPHERSON, Class Agent

PO Box 22, Farmington, CT 06034-0022

115 Center St., Wolcott, CT 06716 jodir@aol.com

5405 Dranes Tavern Dr., Fairfax, VA 22030-4603 dhmacpherson@verizon.net

Save the date! The 65th Reunion for the Class of 1951 is May 13-15, 2016.

DOUG MACPHERSON emailed, “Mary

DONALD DAVIDSON is a healthy and spry

94-year-old. He shared some great stories of Avon “back in the day” with GEORGE GIANNONI ’74. George first met Don when he worked with his wife for some years. He currently lives in Bloomfield, Conn., near George’s physical therapy office.

52 SETH F. MENDELL, Head Class Agent

230 Tellidora Ct., Ft. Myers, FL 33908-1618 sethalicemendell@gmail.com

ARTHUR BLAIR emailed last March, “I’m very

SETH MENDELL and his wife, Alice, visited with

sorry, but I will have to miss the reunion. And I truly mean ’very.’ I went to 13 schools in 12 years, as my father was a Naval officer, and Avon was the most influential on my adult life. My English teacher, I believe his name was Mr. Thayer, even influenced my chosen career.”

FRANK LEAVITT in Cape Elizabeth, Maine, in July. After a walk along the cliffs overlooking the Atlantic, they enjoyed a cookout. Julie Rice, Frank’s stepdaughter, joined them and the evening was filled with much talk and reminiscing. Following the visit the Mendells drove to Mattapoisett, Mass., where they will stay until October before returning to Fort Myers. Earlier in the spring Seth and Alice attended Reunion Weekend at AOF where they visited with classmate JIM HAYES. It was the 50th Reunion for the Class of ’65, many of whom Seth had taught so many years ago! In September, Seth and Alice visited Nantucket to see the Asian art collection of DAVID BILLINGS ’66.

50 HARVEY RUBIN, Head Class Agent

102 Barbour Cir., Newport News, VA 23606-2201 harvo2516@verizon.net

Fall 2015 The Avonian

and I continue our peripatetic ways, this time to Central America looking for Mayas in El Salvador, Guatemala, Belize, and Honduras. Our guide was a Nicaraguan lawyer and former child soldier who gave us an intro to the area’s modern history, which was not nice. Now we’re looking at traveling to southeast Asia and maybe I’ll have something to share next spring. Anybody have tips for that part of the world?”

55 EDWARD J. HAWIE, Co-Head Class Agent 138 Hampton Point Dr., St. Simons Island, GA 31522-5426, ehawie@bellsouth.net CLEON M. SHUTT JR., Co-Head Class Agent 511 Garrison Forest Rd., Owings Mills, MD 21117 chipsamerica@hotmail.com

Alumni Weekend golfers back for their 50th Reunion, from left to right: Keating Pepper ’65, George Arthur ’65, Bryce Suydam ’65, Bob Levinson ’65, and Chip Gates ’65. it transcribed to a CD. One copy is now in the AOF archives. Sid introduced the readings in his usual fashion, pacing back and forth in front of the microphone. That accounts for the variable audio at the beginning of the tape. Everyone else read their published works into the microphone. If other classmates would like a copy of this CD, I would be happy to send them a copy. They can reach me via email at erichcluxton510@gmail. com.” Erich and his wife, Linda, live in the mountains of North Carolina nearby their two grown children and five grandchildren. They still enjoy their place in Maine for summer vacations.

Balfour Walker ’65 enjoyed his 50th Reunion in May. It was the first visit to campus for his wife, Leslie Galloway.

Keating Pepper ’65 and his wife, Kim; daughter, Elly; and grandson, Jack, visited Beaver Pond over Alumni Weekend.

62 ALAN D. ROZINSKY, Head Class Agent

3620-B Via Flora, Delray Beach, FL 33484 alroz@lycos.com

63 THOMAS K. CURTIS, Head Class Agent

4306 Pomona Rd., Dallas, TX 75209-2822 knickc@fastmail.fm

64 W. B. HARWOOD III, Head Class Agent

CHARLES R. SCAGLIONE, Head Class Agent

GEORGE F. HENSCHEL JR., Head Class Agent

3328 Eagle Nest Point, Virginia Beach, VA 23452 scag12@verizon.net

101 Seminary Rd., Bedford, NY 10506 gfhjr@aol.com

Save the date! The 60th Reunion for the Class of 1956 is May 13-15, 2016.

Save the date! The 55th Reunion for the Class of 1961 is May 13-15, 2016.

MARK HAWLEY emailed, “I just finished reading

AUSTIN CHAMBERS, Co-Head Class Agent

317 Flanders Rd., Stonington, CT 06378-2109 Hilltop12@aol.com STEPHEN HOLT, Co-Head Class Agent

75 Bridge St., Manchester-by-the-Sea, MA 01944 stephenholt@comcast.net

59 CHARLES W. DAVIS, Co-Head Class Agent 6905 West 99th St., Overland Park, KS 66212 cwdavis@waretec.com DOUGLAS B. MARSHALL, Co-Head Class Agent 2 Berkshire Rd., Bloomfield, CT 06002 douglas.marshall@raveis.com

60 RICHARD L. WILLIAMS, Head Class Agent PO Box 218, South Orleans, MA 02662-0218 Rclumberclan@aol.com

Erik Larson’s recently published book Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania. Along with a fascinating story, the book is replete with references to and some history of Theodate Pope Riddle. Given Mr. Larson’s excellent reputation for research (I have also read three of his other bestsellers), I believe much of the history he includes about her to be correct and interesting. The book is excellent and if you think you know the story of the sinking of the Lusitania you will be surprised about how little you really know.” ERICH CLUXTON wrote JEFF HENSCHEL,

“Back in 1961, Sid Clark’s English classes selected some of the better writings of the class during the school year and published a small book, The Vintage Year. Later, the student authors read their works at an assembly in the Refectory. I taped the readings on magnetic tape on a reel-to-reel recorder. When we moved into our new home last June, I discovered the original recording and had

24 Overhill Ave., New Britain, CT 06053 wbhtcc@aol.com

65 PERRY BENSON, Head Class Agent

2135 Naudain St., Philadelphia, PA 19146-1218 pb2@jacobswyper.com KEATING PEPPER wrote, “The Class of ’65

went out as a six-person group with the addition of Arthur’s wife, Gay. We had a ton of fun being together and the golf wasn’t all bad. George had a couple of sandies (an up and down from a trap) and the group had two birdies. Chip was closest to the pin on a par three and buried his two-footer and Keating closed his eyes and buried a 40-footer on number 18 for a birdie. It was a great day and we promised to be back for another round for our 55th.” RANDY EDDY emailed, “It is impossible for me to think about Avon Old Farms and not get a lump in my throat. It was at Avon that Don Pierpont gave me the confidence to believe in myself, and the selfconfidence to accomplish unimaginable goals. It was Coach Cochran who taught me the game of life on the football field. It was Sid Clark who taught me to write, express myself, and develop my imagination. It was SETH MENDELL ’52 who taught me grace and kindness. The Chapel instilled in me an everlasting faith.

The Avonian Fall 2015

Class Notes Perry Benson ’65 participated in this year’s Philadelphia Bike-a-thon, a fundraiser for the American Cancer Society. Perry emailed, “I rode 76.25 miles on my Litespeed from door to door.”

Josh Lipman ’67 holds his first grandchild, Justin Thomas Wenzel. Per ry Benson ’65 rode in his 10th RAGBRAI, the (Des Moines) Registe r’s Annual Great Bike Ride across Iowa, in July. Following the weeklong, 502-mile bicycle ride, Per ry stopped in Des Moines to visit with ’65 classmate Hance Throck morton.

and friend and teammate of EAMON SHEEHAN ’99. They live and work in NYC as does Josh’s

younger daughter. “It was the boys at Avon who taught me that we all have the same problems and we are not alone. Avon Old Farms was the turning point in my life—the cornerstone of my foundation. I became a Man of Avon. It is one of my proudest accomplishments.” PERRY BENSON went to Europe in September,

spending two days in Paris, five in Burgundy (in Cravant near Chablis), seven days on a bicycle and barge trip in Germany on the Main and Rhine Rivers from Miltenburg to Koblenz, and finally, four days in Berlin: just 145 miles of riding on the ’tour.’ “On the last day of the trip I rented another clunker from the hotel and did 15 miles in Berlin, riding by what’s left of the wall (a tourist attraction); on Karl Marx Strasse (deep into what was East Berlin); and through the Brandenburg Gate and Check Point Charlie, thinking along the way of Seth’s contemporary European history course in senior year. How amazing that the wall has been down for almost as long as it was up.”

Save the date! The 50th Reunion for the Class of 1966 is May 13-15, 2016.

wrote, “My first grandchild, Amelia Hirsh, was born here in Denver on July 22, 2015. The proud father is my son, Thayer Hirsh, and all three generations are enjoying life in Colorado. GRAHAM HIRSH ’03 also lives in Colorado. I look forward to hosting another AOF alumni event here in Denver!”

JAMES W. CORRIGAN, Co-Head Class Agent

GEORGE L. PURNELL, Head Class Agent 4822 Brighton Lakes Blvd., Boynton Beach, FL 33436 glpluvssports@gmail.com

MICHAEL D. BARKER, Head Class Agent

139 Kirkwood Rd., West Hartford, CT 06117-2835 barkermike@aol.com

826 Gould Hill Rd., Contoocook, NH 03229 jwc915@gmail.com WILLIAM F. ROBERTS, Co-Head Class Agent

786 Brownsville Rd., Sinking Spring, PA 19608 wfroberts@fast.net

DAVID BERKEY works part–time at D. Berkey

35 Adelaide Ave., Barrington, RI 02806 dfc@colemanrealtors.com

Group in visual communications. After living in Denver, Minnesota, Chicago, and Mexico City, David moved to Washington state over 30 years ago and loves living in Edmund, Wash.. JOSH LIPMAN is thrilled to announce the birth

of his first grandchild, Justin Thomas Wenzel, born August 25, 2015, to his older daughter, Brooke, and her husband, Eric. Eric is a Yale grad,

Fall 2015 The Avonian

MALCOLM HIRSH also became a grandfather. He

DAVID F. COLEMAN, Class Agent

DAVE COLEMAN and his wife were blessed with their first grandchild, Barrett Elizabeth Coleman, born to son CHRISTOPHER ’01 and his wife, Megan on April 15, 2015. Dave said, “I’ve shown her picture to more people than I ever did with our three boys. It is great to have a grandchild and even better to watch your children be parents!”

Malcolm Hirsh ’67 with his first grandchild, Amelia, and his son, Thayer.

John Bourget ’73 aboard Illusion at Fisher’s Island

the show, The Fiery Sword of Justice, at the New York International Fringe Festival last summer. It was a sell-out and got great reviews. She’s performing at the Rochester Fringe Festival September 21-23. Her website is www.thefieryswordofjustice.com. To fill in the gaps, we both volunteer at the local library, where I just got drafted to chair the annual fundraising gala next summer—no good deed, as they say. And in the meantime, we both completed training with a voiceover coach and have set up a recording studio in the house and we’re auditioning for commercials and audiobooks. I stay in touch with several classmates, like WINDLE DAVIS, through Facebook, as well as several members of the Class of ’71 (BILL CHILD, MALCOLM MACDONALD, TIM BEEBLE). ”

74 Mike Cercone’s Annual Marblehead Meat Fest happened in August. Back row: Mike Symes ’81, Kevin Driscoll ’72, Mike Cercone ’75, George Iverson ’79, and Jim Kirschner. Front row: John Bourgault ’80 and his wife, Anna.

GEORGE J. GIANNONI, Co-Head Class Agent

36 Twilight Dr., Granby, CT 06035-1212 GGiannoni@cox.net EDWARD P. MOLLOY, Co-Head Class Agent

6 Winhart Dr., Granby, CT 06035 E.molloy@cox.net BILL BATESOLE emailed last spring, “Life in

HARRIS H. BUCKLIN III, Head Class Agent

KEVIN DRISCOLL, Class Agent 500 Old Farms Rd., Avon, CT 06001 driscollk@avonoldfarms.com

3004 Margaret Jones Ln., Williamsburg, VA 23185 hbucklin3@aol.com KURT KNOWLES attended Florida International

University, where he majored in hospitality. Kurt works in the restaurant business in New Jersey where he lives with his wife, Leslie, and children, Bennett (13) and Morgan (13). SCOTT TIERNAN returned to Avon for his

45th Reunion and received the Alumni Order of Old Farms during the Saturday evening banquet in the Refectory. Scott toured the campus with Peter and Sue Evans and several classmates. He is working on welding a metal sculpture of a dragon. Scott’s daughter, Carey, has given Scott his two grandchildren, Ava (6) and Cruse (3), who live in Bermuda.

71 JOSEPH C. VECCHIARINO III, Head Class Agent

P.O. Box 2103, Westport, CT 06880 drvvv@sbcglobal.net Save the date! The 45th Reunion for the Class of 1971 is May 13-15, 2016.

73 CHRISTOPHER L. ATKINS, Head Class Agent PO Box 706, Hilldale, NY 12529-0706 catkins702@gmail.com CHRIS ATKINS emailed, “Last year I left

PricewaterhouseCoopers, where I served as managing director of public relations. I decided to hang up the spurs and start ’chapter three.’ Best decision I have ever made. On a frozen December 29, we closed on the sale of our apartment in Manhattan and moved full-time to our former weekend house in Hillsdale, N.Y. I had spent the summer writing a book, An Honest Day’s Work: True Tales of a Life in PR, which chronicles all the funny stuff that happened to me in 35 years in PR. It’s available on Amazon as an eBook, paperback, and audiobook. I also maintain a blog at www.chrisatkinspr.com. Meanwhile, my wife wrote a very funny solo show about her experiences in the working world and the influence of her childhood on those experiences. She premiered

Germany has been great, but our time is getting short as we will be returning to New Hampshire in October. We are almost ready to return to the United States and our house in New Hampshire, but with mixed emotions. We have traveled as much as possible and that has been the greatest gift of living here. At last count, we have visited 17 different countries and last summer we toured in our VW Westfalia camper bus to Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. This summer we will travel to Slovenia, Croatia, and northern Italy (we can’t get enough of Italy). In the VW we travel with our bikes, dog Roscoe, and all the minor luxuries of home. I still fly for FedEx. It has been 31 years and I really love what I do. Currently, I’m flying the Boeing 757 throughout Europe, but I’ll be changing to the Boeing 777 in January and that flying will be all around the world.” En route to run a half marathon in Burlington, Vermont, last April, GEORGE GIANNONI stopped to visit JACK DOBEK, his wife, Stacie, and daughter Cassidy.

75 TOM BYRNE, Head Class Agent

31 Helena Rd., Avon, CT 06001-3433 tbyrne@thomasbyrne.com

The Avonian Fall 2015

Class Notes

, Ellen, at 5 with his wife Tom Byrne ’7 n from ey’s graduatio st May. daughter Kels g la in rs hool of Nu Villanova’s Sc

Cathy and Wayne Cummings ’75 back for Wayne’s 40th Reunion in May.

George Giannoni ’74 and Jack Dobek ’74 took a picture similar to one taken 41 years earlier in the 1974 Winged Beaver yearbook.

George Getz ’80 was with George Bush at the Cape Arundel Golf Club in Maine.

WAYNE CUMMINGS brought his wife, Kathy, back to Avon for his 40th Reunion. They caught up with classmates Friday night at the Forge. AL O’CONNOR, TOM BYRNE, and TIM TRAUTMAN hosted a catered dinner for the Classes of ’74, ’75, and ’76. Wayne worked as an investigator for 23 years in the criminal justice system and Kathy is a retired teacher.

77 JORGE E. CONSUEGRA, Head Class Agent

5 Andrews Rd., Greenwich, CT 06830 jorgeeconsuegra@yahoo.com

80 THOMAS E. DAVEY, Head Class Agent

6806 Joyce Way, Dallas, TX 75225-2718 Thomas.Davey@lighting.ge.com BILL CHERRY attended his 35th Reunion in May

with his wife, Lindsey, and daughter, Amber. Amber is a sophomore at St. Petersburg College in Florida, and son ALEC ’06 is in the Air Force and married Ashley Steffon in New Jersey on May 23, 2015.

BOB APPLEGATE has three children: Bob (21), Katherine (23), and Russell (17). The family still enjoys a Nantucket home in the town center, which has been in Bob’s family for generations. They often go off-season in June and/or October. Each fall Bob gets together with members of the Class of 1975 to harvest scallops and remember WOODY WOODWELL. Linda Woodwell and her son RICHARD ’08 joined the festivities this fall as well as DON GALLUP and JOHN VAN SANT in October this year.

with Avonians DON DOEG and BOB MARTINO, who are colleagues at a law firm in Hartford.

6212 Wagner Ln., Bethesda, MD 20816 tgray@tonygray.net

SCOTT B. LINKE, Co-Head Class Agent

Wells Fargo Advisors LLC, 30 South 17th St. Suite 2000, Philadelphia, PA 19103-2707 samuel.bookbinder@wfadvisors.com

ALEXANDER N. WORLEY, Head Class Agent

20 Shore Grove Rd., Clinton, CT 06413 alexworley@sbcglobal.net Save the date! The 40th Reunion for the Class of 1976 is May 13-15, 2016.

Fall 2015 The Avonian

JOHN M. GARVEY, Head Class Agent

389 Haines Ave., Long Beach, CA 90814 jmgarvey@garvspace.com JOHN GARVEY caught up, before Avon’s Reunion,

79 ANTHONY M. GRAY, Co-Head Class Agent

116 Eleven Levels Rd., Ridgefield, CT 06877-3011 links@attglobal.net TONY GRAY has a second son attending Avon this

year. DUSTIN ’14 is at College of Charleston and JAKE is starting in the Class of ’16.

PETER MATALON continues to work at Matalon Homes and began a new roofing business, which ANDREW MATALON ’01, son of his brother PAUL ’70, operates. Peter has three daughters; his youngest, Rebecca, is a freshman at Suffield Academy.

SAMUEL C. BOOKBINDER, Head Class Agent

Save the date! The 35th Reunion for the Class of 1981 is May 13-15, 2016.

While in the U.K. on business, Stu Beath ’77 attended Wimbledon.

Tucker Bradshaw ’77 and Jimmy Driscoll ’77 at Bridgeton Academy, where Tucker’s son, Raffaele, played football.

Don Doeg ’78, John Garvey ’78, and Bob Martino ’78 met in Hartford for dinner before Reunion Weekend last May.

Eddy Consuegra ’11 graduated from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor on May 2, 2015, at Michigan Stadium, aka The Big House. Left to right: Niki Consuegra (University of Michigan ’13), Tomas Consuegra, Eddy Consuegra ’11 (University of Michigan ’15), Claudia Consuegra (accepted to the University of Michigan Class of 2019,) Maria Consuegra, Jorge Consuegra ’77 P’11. Bill Cherry ’80 was in Bungmati, Nepal, post-earthquake to buy and export Newari doors and windows.

82 GREGORY T. FISH, Head Class Agent 56 Blue Ridge Dr., Simbury, CT 06089 gtf324@yahoo.com

83 WILLIAM E. ESCHERT, Co-Head Class Agent 24 Westland Rd., Avon, CT 06001-3197 billeschert@comcast.net RICHARD C. GREGORY, Co-Head Class Agent 30 Walnut Farms Dr., Farmington, CT 06032 rick@rcgregory.com

84 JOHN GORDON, Head Class Agent 246 Nacoochee Dr. N.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30305 falconatlfan@gmail.com JOE GIANNAMORE fully supports an orphanage

for 400 girls in Bangladesh. He continues as co-managing partner at Anacap in London. His younger son, Louis (17), an excellent drummer, is a freshman at Berklee College of Music in Boston.

The Avonian Fall 2015

Class Notes

Jeremy ’85, Marcia, Emma (5), and Andrew (3) Banks

Peter Malafronte ’90 holds his daughter, Eleanor Holly, born December 27, 2014.

Neal Cooper ’85 and his daughter

Doug Grosset ’85 and his wife, Karen, enjoyed Reunion Weekend with their children, Carter (9) and Gigi (8).

Tom Carey ’85 and his girls

his wife, Katie Chris Drew ’85 and ns, Brian Drew so ir the Martin, with ’17. ’18 and Carson Drew

85 SAM L. RUBENSTEIN, Head Class Agent

2640 Endsleigh Dr., Bloomfield Hills, MI 48301 richmondsr@aol.com AL AMORY lives in Jackson, Miss, with his wife, Heather, and three children: Holden, Steddy, and Berkley. HUGH ASHER, his wife, Kim, and their three

children, Andrew (17), Kallie (15), and Aaron (11), live in Atlanta, where Hugh has been managing director for Cedar Capital. Andrew is looking at colleges and very interested in art, especially animation. Hugh was unable to attend his 30th Reunion, but enjoys keeping up with the Class of 1985 through the Avonian.

Fall 2015 The Avonian

JEREMY BANKS brought his family back to campus for Saturday’s festivities for his 30th Reunion. He missed the Friday class dinner because of a prior gig singing in Berlin, Conn., with his group, The Score Band. Jeremy is a special education teacher at East Hartford Middle School. DOUG GROSSET lives in Yarmouth, Maine,

spending lots of time at Sugarloaf turning his two children, Carter (9) and Gigi (8), into ski bums. TOM CAREY lives in Southport, Conn., with

his wife, Amy, who works for Optium (United Healthcare), and daughters, Kathleen (12) and Bridget (7). Tom enjoys golf and spending time with his girls. Tom was back for Reunion in May and attended the ’85 gathering at the home of Catherine and PAUL DUWAN. Tom had not been back for 30 years, but did get a chance to look at campus before the gathering at Paul’s.

86 STEPHEN R. GORMAN, Class Agent

13 Smith Ln., Burlington, CT 06013-1201 srg_2966@hotmail.com Save the date! The 30th Reunion for the Class of 1986 is May 13-15, 2016.

87 HAROLD R. BEACHAM JR., Class Agent 6 Pleasant St., Dover, MA 02030 hal.beacham44@comcast.net TAD RENVYLE emailed, “My son, Charlie, is 12 going on 17. He’s a great kid—very smart, very affable, and even somewhat athletic, despite his parentage. He will probably be 6’6” and is an eager basketball player. Though I’m not sure how Avon is in basketball these days, he certainly could benefit from the demands and structure of Avon. My 9-year-old is full of bliss

Todd Weaver ’90 with his wife, Megan, and sons Will (10 months) and Joe (2), at Todd’s 25th Reunion.

Brian and Kelly McKernan, parents of Connor ’17 and the hosts of Avon’s Boston reception, with Jonathan Judd ’89.

Ted Lahey ’87, Kevin Driscoll ’72, Todd Miller ’91, Mike Lech ’88, and Chris McFadden ’88 enjoyed a day on the Connecticut River in Mike’s boat.

Headmaster Ken LaRocque, Dean Peter Evans, and Chris Hampton ’79 enjoyed a great meal at The Sapphire Grill, the top-rated bistro of owner and chef Chris Nason ’86.

s Andrew Cor rigan ’98 and Chri with ts itec arch both , Stone ’88 Stonefox Architects in NYC, with their current residential project in South Florida.

and blunder and would likely thrive at Avon. It’s too early to tell just yet, but it is a dinner conversation not infrequently had. I do not often run into other Avonians, but I do keep an eye out.”

88 SHAWN E. ATKINSON, Co-Head Class Agent

428 Ridgewood Ave., Glen Ridge, NJ 07028 shawnatki@gmail.com

PETER J. DECKERS, Head Class Agent 500 Old Farms Rd., Avon, CT 06001 Deckersp@avonoldfarms.com

PETER REED, Co-Head Class Agent

TOM REILLY returned to campus for his 25th

91 Butternut Ln., Southport, CT 06890 preed@caldwellpartners.com BRENDAN LYNCH’S son, Jack, is in the Avon

Reunion—his first time back since graduation. He and his wife, Christine, are busy raising three boys: Colin (13), Parker (12), and Quinn (8).

8 Nickerson Ln., Darien, CT 06820 michael.mullin@db.com

Class of 2017.

TODD WEAVER from Melrose, Mass., brought

his wife, Megan, and children, Joe (2) and Will (10 months), back for his 25th Reunion in May. Todd works in property management and the Weavers are building their own home, hoping to finish by the end of the summer! Although Todd and Megan both attended Bowdoin, they met after college, and have been married 11 years.

ROBERT WILEMAN, Head Class Agent 7425 N.E. 97th Terr., Oklahoma City, OK 73151-9121 rmw@wilemanagency.com

MICHAEL M. MULLIN, Head Class Agent

Save the date! The 25th Reunion for the Class of 1991 is May 13-15, 2016. DON HORNISH was promoted to vice president of foodservice sales for Kraft/Heinz. Don joined Heinz in 2010 and has had continued success within the company. He will be leading the largest foodservice business with annual sales of more than $3 billion. Don resides in Pittsburgh with his wife, Amy, daughter Blake, and son Shane. They always find time to cheer on their hometown Pittsburgh Steelers!

The Avonian Fall 2015

ove Avon M eptions on the

Alumni Rec

Los Angeles

March 21, 2015, The Staples Center Hosted by Chane Keller ’08

Alumni at the Los Angeles Kings vs. Vancouver Canucks game. Row 1: Blaise Driscoll ’08, Patrick Hornbrook ’02, Ryan Moore ’01, Chane Keller ’08, and Mike Sorvillo ’00 Row 2: Jeff Hodgkinson ’10, Alex Demopoulos ’08, Chris Hampton ’79, Matt Beath ’07, Zach Winemaster ’17, Ken Winemaster ’83 P ’17, Kevin Driscoll ’72, Kevin Sisti ’08, Stu Beath ’06, Adam LaVorgna ’99, Eamon Sheehan ’99, Lukas O’Connor ’13, and Jake deSaint Phalle ’16.

Boston

April 16, 2015, Boston College Club

Paul Foote ’08, Chris Wolfel ’08, Drew Dillon ’08, Matt Lauro ’09, and Ian Lapin ’09.

San Francisco

Chris Hennessey ’84, Coco Paleologos ’91, Courtney Ervin, and Rich Braccia ’85.

April 16, 2015, Boston College Club Hosted by Brian Mullins ’68

From left: Erik Lanza ’06, Mike Davis ’04, Mike Witkiewicz ’06, Erin Borger ’99, Jon Usich ’89, Bryan Sweeney ’05, Don Monaco ’55, Steve Collins ’82, Brian Mullins ’68, Thayer Mullins ’04, Headmaster Ken LaRocque, Kyle Appell ’84, Tim Orr ’85, and Peter Evans.

Fall 2010 The Avonian

L to R kneeling: Jon Judd ’89, Peter Evans, George Trautman, Paul Foote ’08, Demetrius Papadopoulos ’10, Greg Giamalis ’07, and incoming student Sam De Jong ’19. Row 2: Chris Hennessey ’84, Rich Braccia ’85, Todd Weaver ’90, Bill Maag ’81, Ben LaRocque ’10, Matt Lauro ’09, Tyler Haddad ’07, Kyle Sheffield ’95, and Chris Hampton ’79. Back Row: David Barros P’11, Coco Paleologos ’91, Headmaster Ken LaRocque, Rick Tremble ’92, Jamie Bush ’73, Kevin Driscoll ’72, Travis Tucker ’90, Joey Karoly ’03, Ryan Dietz ’02, Brendan McKernan ’89, Drew Dillon ’08, and Chris Wolfel ’08. Hidden in very back: Mook Lawrence ’05, Brendan Mahoney ’05, and Don McCarthy ’05.

Kyle Sheffield ’95, Tyler Haddad ’07, Dean Kevin Driscoll ’72, and Rick Tremble ’92.

Phoenix

April 28, 2015, Chase Field Hosted by George Getz ’80

Row 1: George Getz ’80, Headmaster Ken LaRocque. Row 2: Tom Cousins ’06, Kaitlyn Warner, Ryan Ward ’07, Sandra and Joe Thompson ’58, Winston McKellar ’69, Jill Mossman, Jamie ’75 and Diane Osborne, Arlene and Tom Carmody P ’91,’96, ’97, Mike Denby ’85, and Guy Gundaker ’57.

New York City

July 9, 2015, Dorrian’s Red Hand Hosted by Jamie Tang ’03

Dean Peter Evans, Jack Courage ’11, Dean Kevin Driscoll ’72, Dan McDougal ’12, Connor Doyle ’12, John Jackson ’11, TJ Dougherty ’11, Brad Glennon ’11, and Henry Coons ’71 with Mike Flynn ’11 in the foreground, comprised some of over 40 young alumni who gathered in NYC at Dorrian’s for an Avon reception.

Durst Breneiser ’11, Jason Torey ’09, Brad Cooper ’08, John Driscoll ’09, and Blaise Driscoll ’08 had a great time at Dorrian’s in July.

Armand Wilson ’07, Juan Parra ’07, Matt Keller ’07, and Devin Keogh ’07 met in NYC at Dorrian’s.

Alex Miller ’11 and Donal Flaherty ’11 came to the NYC young alumni reception in July. Dean Peter Evans and Dean Kevin Driscoll ’72 caught up with Chip Brian ’90 at Dorrian’s.

Nantucket Hosted by David and Suzy Jarvis P’17 and Don and Jennifer Torey P’09 ’11

Daniel Lynch ’06 and Art Mehos

David and Mimi Findlay GP’15, with Chris Hampton ’79 and wife Rene P’09 ’10 ’11

Dean Peter Evans, Dan Entwistle ’89, Mike Hertzenberg ’89, Vivek Daswani ’89, and Dean Kevin Driscoll ’72 enjoyed the gathering of young alumni in July at Dorrian’s in NYC. Amanda Slaughter, Andrew Corrigan ’98, and Steve Brengle ’01 enjoyed the evening together at Dorrian’s in July.

Jihad Harkeem ’12 met Coach Driscoll ’72 for an Avon gathering in New York City.

August 12, 2015, Great Harbor Yacht Club

Jennifer Torey P’09 ’11 and David Jarvis P’17

Grayson Pollock ’12, Connor Latz ’12, and Brad Glennon ’11 at the Avon reception last summer in New York City.

Skip Flanagan, Peter Evans, Dean Graham ’84, and Headmaster LaRocque

Chris Lynch P’06, with Board Chairman Marty Cole and his wife, Terri

Beverly Hall and her husband, David Billings ’66, flank Jonathan and Leslie Clark P ’08 ’12

Jermaine Spence P’16, Taneisha Lewis, Raheem Spence ’16, and Bill Maag ’81

Mike Reilly ’84, Dean Graham ’84, Sam Chambers ’84, and Tim Trautman ’75

Suzy Jarvis P’17 and Charlotte and Colin Hinrichs, children of Peter ’77

Deb and Dean Graham ’84

Class Notes John McAuliffe ’95 with his son Jack (5) and daughters Sheehan (6½) and Burke (2½)

Charley Hartnett (6) and Jack McAuliffe (5) celebrated the Avon lacrosse 14-13 victory against Salisbury in overtime on Alumni Weekend. Their fathers, Jon Hartnett ’95 and John McAuliffe ’95, were back for their 20th Reunion. Friendships were forged with the next generation as their sons enjoyed weekend activities together.

Josie, daughter of Josh Heller ’98, proudly wears her Avon Old Farms gear.

Tony Silvestro ’95, his wife, Lana, and sons Anthony (7) and Thomas (5) were back for Tony’s 20th Reunion.

Chrissie Roga n, Todd Lady ’93, Rebecca and Adam Clin Lady, e ’9 together in Ch 3, spent the 4th of July ar leston, Sout h Carolina.

DAMIEN J. EGAN, Head Class Agent

ANTHONY D. SILVESTRO, Head Class Agent

52 Brookview Ct., Groton, CT 06340-5528 degan2@hotmail.com

Haskell Rd., Andover, MA 01810 tony_silvestro@administaff.com

TIM MCANDREW graduated from Hobart

TRAVIS MERRITT, Class Agent

21 Monroe Ave., Shrewsbury, NJ 07702 merritttravis@yahoo.com

96 MARK A. CARUSO, Head Class Agent

GRAHAM C. FULLER, Co-Head Class Agent

2937 Morris Rd., Ardmore, PA 19003-1832 grahamcraigfuller@gmail.com PAUL M. GOZZO, Co-Head Class Agent

5 Country Farm Cross Rd., Dover, NH 03830 PAUL GOZZO has moved from Florida

to New Hampshire.

and is vice president at Arch Capital Group in New York City.

Fall 2015 The Avonian

124 Westminster Rd., Chatham, NJ 07928-1364 mcaruso@gmail.com Save the date! The 20th Reunion for the Class of 1996 is May 13-15, 2016. KELVIN ROLDAN and his wife, Kaitlin, are

enjoying their 13–month-old son, Kelvin Clark. Kelvin is a former member of the Connecticut House of Representatives where he served as deputy majority leader. He currently serves on the governing bodies of various organizations, including Hartford Youth Scholars Foundation,

Hartford Performs, and the Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts. He is on the executive committee of the National Alumni Association of Trinity College and was also just named to the Middlebury College Board of Overseers. He recently finished chairing a panel on bilingual education reform. Kelvin also devotes time to his hometown of Gurabo, Puerto Rico, at la Casa de la Juventud Kelvin Roldán Dávila, a youth center named in his honor.

97 TIMOTHY B. STAY, Co-Head Class Agent 2024 Upland Way #205, Philadelphia, PA 19131 timothystay@gmail.com; KYLE R. YOUNGQUIST, Co-Head Class Agent

2 14th St., Apt. 321, Hoboken, NJ 07030 bigkyleyoungquist@gmail.com JORDAN FEINER emailed, “Life in Los Angeles

is great. I got married last November and we’re looking to expand the family. Work keeps me busy. I’m the vice president of current programming

Mike Sor villo ’00, Dean Kevin Driscoll ’72, and Adam LaVorgna ’99 at the LA Kings game in California.

Sheehan McAuliffe (6), daughter of John McAuliffe ’95, enjoyed face painting during Reunion Weekend.

Burke McAuliffe (2), daughter of John McAuliffe ’95, enjoyed having her face painted by Liz Abramson of the Alumni and Development Office during Reunion Weekend.

Newest members of the future Class of 2033: Ryan, son of Drew Weisman ’00, and Owen, son of Mike O’Neill ’00

00 MICHAEL J. O’NEILL, Co-Head Class Agent

for Sony Studios, meaning I’m responsible for a handful of shows currently on the air, including The Blacklist, Justified, Masters of Sex, and The Get Down and a new Netflix show from Baz Luhrmann about the birth of hip hop. It’s a lot of fun, but can be a bit stressful when things are not going well— lots of wrangling cats and putting out fires. Not too different from being a teacher at AOF, I imagine.”

athletes. It brings me back to my happiest days at Avon when I was their age. My business partners are two good friends, whom I met as a trainer before purchasing the business, and we are working hard to grow the business. Other relevant news: I am engaged to be married to Harmony Prom at my parents’ house on September 26 of this year and NEIL SIRNI ’98 is one of my groomsmen.”

GEOFFREY R. BARLOW, Co-Head Class Agent

DAVID R. GRYBOSKI, Co-Head Class Agent

500 Old Farms Rd., Avon, CT 06001 geoffbarlow34@gmail.com

101 South Bay Blvd., Suite B-3, PO Box 732, Anna Maria, FL 34216-0732 dgryboski@tampabay.rr.com

J.A. CORRIGAN, Co-Head Class Agent

78 West 85th St., Apt.5B, New York, NY 10024 jamesandrewcorrigan@gmail.com KAYSER DIXON recently purchased Twin Town Fitness, a business in Minneapolis, which specializes in CrossFit, Boot Camp, yoga, and team training. Kayser emailed, “I love working with high school

ANDREW M. KUNISCH, Co-Head Class Agent 1431 33rd St. NW, Apt. 2, Washington, DC 20007-2851 kunisch23@yahoo.com

2 Saltaire Dr., Old Lyme, CT 06371 michaeloneill27@yahoo.com DAN SEIDEN, Co-Head Class Agent

76 Crabapple Ln., Asheville, NC 28804 seidend@gmail.com CHIP MENKE works as a Wells Fargo credit analyst in Denver. He has lived there for 15 years, where he continues to hike 14’ers (mountains 14,000 ft. and above). MIKE O’NEILL wrote, “Unfortunately I was not able to return for my 15th Reunion. My wife, MaryEllen, and I have been living in London for the last three years. We recently welcomed our second child, Owen Patrick, into the world on September 25, 2014. We spend a lot of time hanging out with DREW WEISMAN and his wife, Val, who live in London as well. They recently welcomed their first child, Ryan Joseph, born on January 18, 2015.

STEPHEN A. ZAPPONE, Co-Head Class Agent

20 Dudley Rd., Litchfield, CT 06759 zappones@yahoo.com

The Avonian Fall 2015

Class Notes

Taylor Malfitano ’06, Jamie Tang ’03, and David Rothschild ’05 at Stephen Talkhouse in Amagansett, Long Island.

Amy and Craig Irwin’03 with baby Bess.

Jeoff Jarnot ’03 and Naamah Asoulay were engaged last October and plan to marry July 9, 2016, on Nantucket Island, Massachusetts. The couple met at Colby College.

Brooke and Brian Orr ’04 welcomed son Henry Samuel Orr on June 30th.

Jamie Tang ’03 is a “Man of Avon” while Steve Brengle ’01 looks on.

Guillermo Bárcenas ’03 with his wife and son, Guille, who was born in February 2014. George Boudria ’03 married Kathryn Dahl in Sea Island, Georgia, on May 16, 2015.

CHRISTOPHER D. COLEMAN, Co-Head Class Agent

JAMES TANG, Head Class Agent

3801 39th St. NW #E83, Washington, DC 20016 christopherdcoleman@gmail.com

300 East 84th St. Apt. 2A, New York, NY 10028 jamesttang@gmail.com

NICHOLAS H. LAROCQUE, Co-Head Class Agent

2151 Williams St., Palo Alto, CA 94306-1417 larocque.nicholas@gmail.com Save the date! The 15th Reunion for the Class of 2001 is May 13-15, 2016. CHRIS COLEMAN and his wife, Megan, announce

the birth of their daughter, Barrett Elizabeth Coleman, born April 15, 2015.

02 WILLIAM N. PALMER, Head Class Agent

4736 Terr. St., Kansas City, MO 64112 wnpalmer@gmail.com

Fall 2015 The Avonian

MATTHEW H. MORAN, Head Class Agent

05 DANE G. LEMERIS, Head Class Agent

619 E 5th St., Apt. 29, New York, NY 10009 dlemeris@gmail.com Back on campus for their 10th Reunion were 25 Avonians. Included were ADAM BEEBLE, JP

605 Sansom St. #206, Philadelphia, PA 19103 matthew.h.moran@gmail.com

CLIFFORD, CHRIS DAVIS, JOHN DUCCI,

JACKSON HOWARD and his wife, Roxana,

JONES, MOOK LAWRENCE, BRENDAN

traveled to Ukraine, Austria, Czech Republic, Turkey, Israel, Palestine, and Jordan in March 2015. They have also recently traveled to El Salvador, Colombia, and Canada. They live in Washington, D.C., where Jackson works for a diplomatic NGO.

MAHONEY, DON MCCARTHY, JOHN MORI,

SAM COLE and his wife, Heather, announce the

birth of their son, Wyatt Thomas, born May 5, 2015.

JACKSON HOWARD, JEOFF JARNOT, MATT

MARK POHLMAN, JONATHAN QUICK, ERIC QUINLAN, DAN RIGHI, DAVID ROTHSCHILD, PORTER SARGENT, SAM SCHINDLER, ANDREW SCHULTZ, JOEY SIDES, MATT SMALLEY, BRYAN SWEENEY, ROBBIE TESAR, BRIAN WARNER, and TAYLOR WUENNEMANN.

Sam Cole ’04 and his wife, Heather, announce the birth of their son, Wyatt Thomas.

Eric Quinlan ’05 married Alexandra (Ally) Savoy and works as an attorney at Energi in Massachusetts.

Three generations: Chairman of the Board Marty Cole, holding his grandson, Wyatt Thomas, along with proud new dad Sam Cole ’04, Marty’s son.

Jonny Hoak ’03 with his wife, Jacque, and son Tucker (1)

The Duccis: John ’05, Amy, and Cody

Matt Smalley ’05 and his girlfriend, Brooke Barsanti, were back for his 10th Reunion and Hall of Fame induction as a member of the ’03-’04 and ’04-’05 hockey teams. Gilman Callsen ’04 with his wife Katrina and son Bennett, born May 21, 2015

Lily, daughter of Leia and Charlie Custer ’04, is ready for summer in Belfast, Maine.

wedding: Ryan Quinn Bannon’s vin Driscoll Ke 5, Offenhar tz ’0 d Quinn Bannon ’72, Lauren an Valentine ’05 ew ’05, and Andr

ROBBIE TESAR was engaged last May to Alice

Closmore. They enjoyed Robbie’s 10th Reunion and induction into the Hall of Fame as a member of the ’03-’04 and ’04-’05 hockey teams. Rob taught and coached lacrosse at Vermont Academy but has moved to Steamboat, Colo., where he teaches at Steamboat Mountain School.

forward to continuing his career after missing the majority of the 2014-15 season due to injury. Joey was inducted into Avon’s Hall of Fame during the 2015 Reunion Weekend last May, as a member of both the ’03-’04 and ’04-’05 hockey teams.

Jackson Howard ’05 with his wife, Roxana, at Blue Mosque in Istanbul. Jackson wrote, “What an amazing city. I wish I could say I put the AOF jacket on just for the photo op but honestly I haven’t come across anything that can beat it so it’s my go-to for traveling!”

PARKER TIERNAN is a charter boat captain in Delray Beach, Florida.

JOEY SIDES pursued his dreams as a professional hockey player after college, playing in the AHL, ECHL, and elite league of Holland. He is looking

The Avonian Fall 2015

Class Notes

Stephen Driscoll ’06 with his fiancée, Annie Mendez.

Blaise Driscoll ’08, Stu Beath ’06, and Matt Beath ’07 watched their Avon brothers Jonathan Quick ’05, Chris Higgins ’01, and Nick Bonino ’07 compete on the ice at the Staples Center in March.

Chris and Laura Berry, parents of Lance ’14, enjoyed lunch with Chris Hampton ’79, Headmaster Ken LaRocque, and Dean Peter Evans while they were in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Patrick MacGregor ’10 and his fiancée, Ali Krakos, with Coach Flanagan

Matt Conetta ’08 proposed to Marya Goodman at Vero in New York City on May 23, 2015— and she said yes! Chris Wieland ’08 was married on June 21, 2014, at the Breakers West Country Club located in West Palm Beach, Florida, to Laurie Bowler. His best man was Richard Woodwell ’08 and groomsmen included Sam Hebb ’08, Danny New ’08, and his brother, Tyler Wieland ’11.

06 KEVIN T. DRISCOLL, Co-Head Class Agent 700 1st St., Apt. 6Q, Hoboken, NJ 07030 kevin.t.driscoll@gmail.com JOSHUA P. PAVANO, Co-Head Class Agent

60 Forest Hills Dr., Farmington, CT 06032-3017 jpavano@gmail.com Save the date! The 10th Reunion for the Class of 2006 is May 13-15, 2016. STEPHEN DRISCOLL became engaged to Annie

Mendez (Miss Porter’s Class of 2007) on January 2, 2015. They met at salsa lessons at Miss Porter’s School in October of Stephen’s senior year. The wedding will be in February in Panama.

07 CASEY R. COONS, Co-Head Class Agent

414 West 4th St., Unit 1, South Boston, MA 02127 caseycoons4@gmail.com TYLER C. HADDAD, Co-Head Class Agent 81 Brookside Dr., Longmeadow, MA 01106-2319 tyler.c.haddad@gmail.com CHRIS CANNING worked for a third season in

Moab, Utah, as a whitewater rafting guide with Sheri Griffith River Expeditions. Chris emailed,

Fall 2015 The Avonian

“I am excited to be back in Moab, working outside every day. This past winter I lived in Brooklyn with BEN KIMMERLE ’06 and continued working at Patagonia SoHo. Hope all is well at Avon. I will send some pictures your way.”

08 Will Hendricks, Co-Head Class Agent 117 NW Trinity Place #31, Portland, OR 97209 willheatonhendricks@gmail.com KEVIN SISTI, Co-Head Class Agent

64 Pinnacle Rd., Farmington, CT 06030 ksideas@aol.com PAUL FOOTE graduated from Bentley University in 2012 with a B.S. in finance and minors in computer information systems and marketing. He currently works as a data analyst with Havas Media, after beginning his career at Liberty Mutual. Paul is a regular attendee of Avon alumni events held in the Boston area and enjoys running into Avonians from near and far. SEARS TIERNAN attended Northwest Jr. College

in Wyoming followed by Great Falls in Montana,

where he was ranked 7th in the nation as their heavyweight wrestler. He is an assistant wrestling coach at University of Great Falls in Montana as well as coach at Great Falls Junior High School.

09 JOHN (BEN) BEATH, Head Class Agent 12229 Prince Towne Dr., St. Louis, MO 63141 beathj@gmail.com

10 MATTHEW R. COZ, Head Class Agent

214 Cherry Brook Rd., Canton, CT 06019 mcoz@trinity.edu PATRICK MACGREGOR and fiancée Ali Krakos

graduated from Boston University in 2014, and were back for Reunion 2015. Patrick was captain of the B.U. hockey team. WILL ALLRED graduated from UNC with a

degree in business and is living and working in Atlanta. He has joined Healthgrades, an on-line resource that provides information about physicians, hospitals, and health care providers.

Dean Peter Evans with Aubrey Mims and Alex Demopoulos ’08 in March at an L.A. Kings game

After a varsity tennis game against The Hotchkiss School in April, Will Burke ’15, Will Findley ’15, Henry Smith ’17, Will Jarvis ’17, Sahil Sinha ’16, Will Krag ’17, Tamas Takata ’15, Jason Leeds ’15, and Coach Coons ’71 were hosted by Rob Peters ’80 for dinner at The Woodland in Lakeville, CT.

The school has learned of the deaths of the following alumni: EDWARD (NED) B. WICKES SR. ’36

RAYMOND F. BENOIT ’77

FRANK C. HART JR. ’41

NEAL WILLIAM SANSTROM ’80

JOHN JOSEPH MCMANUS ’42

DOUGLAS FRANKLIN HAY ’87

JAMES B. SLY ’50

JOEL R. CAMPBELL ’92

C. PERRY MCLAUGHLIN ’53

TYLER MICHAEL BREAULT ’02

JONAS MILLER ’53

RYAN PATRICK DONOVAN ’04

ARTHUR J. BARRY III ’54

WARREN ARMES—past faculty

CARL KLEINKNECHT JR.’62

RANDALL DAVIS—past faculty

THOMAS D. ADAMS JR. ’63

HELMI RUUS—past staff

THOMAS J. DALEY ’67

BEVERLY FELLOWS—past staff

JAMES H. WOODWARD ’75

Blaise Driscoll ’08 and his father Dean Kevin Driscoll ’72 with Connor Kelly ’14 (center) in Santa Ana, California, after Connor’s lacrosse game. Maryland, Connor’s team, played North Carolina and won.

Faculty Notes Former faculty members Ron and Sue Nentwig became grandparents! Brooke and Brian Orr ’04 welcomed son Henry in June. Pictured at Brooke’s baby shower are Brooke Orr, Ron and Sue Nentwig, and Robyn Nentwig.

Alec Cherr y ’06 ma rried Ashley Steffon in Ne w Jer sey May 23, 2015 .

14 MICKOY R. NICHOL, Co-Head Class Agent

174 Upper County Rd., Apt. # 2-3 Dennisport, MA 02639 realmickoy@gmail.com RYAN D. PHILLIPS, Co-Head Class Agent

11 OLIVER K. ROTHMANN, Head Class Agent

10 Ardsley Way, Avon, CT 06001 olliekloss@aol.com

621 Allen Ct. NW, Atlanta, GA 30327-3511 ryanphillips@utexas.edu SEAMUS DONOVAN is doing very well at Texas Christian University where he is studying mechanical engineering. He joined Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity and is loving the brotherhood.

Save the date! The 5th Reunion for the Class of 2011 is May 13-15, 2016.

WILLIAM C. DAVIS, Co-Head Class Agent 11 Parker Rd., Avon, CT 06001 cdavis7@me.com

JOHN D. SHAMBURGER, Head Class Agent 4345 Brookview Dr., Atlanta, GA 30339 shamburgerd@gmail.com

Former faculty member Henry Beaumont Pennell III passed away July 18, 2015, at the age of 94. The beloved “HBP” was a longtime AOF fixture, serving the school in many ways over the years of 1971 to 1986, including as a teacher, department chair, academic dean, and dean of faculty. Avon’s annual Reunion road race was named for him. The quintessential “school man,” Henry was utterly dedicated to his work and lived by a powerful moral compass. He served as a great example to Avon’s younger teachers.

CHRISTIAN E. DIANTONIO, Co-Head Class Agent

520 Dingleton Hill Rd., Cornish, NH 03745-4521 harleyald@msn.com

WILSON P. MEYER, Head Class Agent 2 Torrey Pines Ln., Newport Beach, CA 92660 wilsonpmeyer@gmail.com

The Avonian Fall 2015

The Last Word

Dead Wake By Eric Larson

The following excerpt is a selection from best-selling author Erik Larson’s narrative nonfiction masterpiece, Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania, which tells the story of the sinking of the luxury ocean liner Lusitania by a German U-boat in World War I on May 1, 1915. The Lusitania was a civilian ship, and on board was Theodate Pope, one member of the cast of characters featured in Larson’s gripping telling of this dramatic and tragic story. Theodate survived the disaster and went on to forge ahead—aspirando et perseverando—as a pioneer in the field of architecture and the founder of our magnificent school. Be sure to check out Dead Wake for more about Mrs. Riddle’s life and her fateful ride on the Lusitania 100 years ago.

heodate Pope struggled to come to the surface but found herself pressed against a barrier of some sort. Something made of wood. She swallowed salt water. “I opened my eyes,” she wrote, “and through the green water I could see what I was being dashed up against; it looked like the bottom and keel of one of the ship’s boats.” She was certain death was near, she wrote, and “committed myself to God’s care in thought—a prayer without words.” Then, something struck her, and she lost consciousness. She awoke floating on the surface, held up by her life jacket. For a few moments, everything she saw was gray. The limbs of frantic people jostled her. There was screaming and shouting. Color returned to her vision. A man, “insane with fright,” grabbed her around the shoulders. He had no life jacket. His bulk pushed her downward. “Oh please don’t,” she said. Then she and the man sank below the surface. She passed out again. When she regained consciousness, the man was gone and she was afloat. There was sunshine and cerulean sky. The ship was well past, and still moving. The men and women drifting in the sea around her were spaced more widely than before, and they were quieter. Some were alive, some clearly dead. Blood flowed from a gash in one man’s forehead. An oar floated near. Her life jacket kept her buoyant, but even so she reached for the oar and draped her right foot over the blade. She raised her head to see if help was coming, but saw that none was. “Then I sank back, very relieved in my mind, for I decided it was too horrible to be true and that I was dreaming, and again lost consciousness.”

I i Theodate Pope awoke to a vision of blazing fire. A small fire, in a stove. She had no recollection of the sinking. She saw a pair of legs in trousers and then heard a man say, “She’s conscious.” Despite the warmth from the stove, tremors rattled her body. She was in the captain’s cabin of a ship named Julia. Another survivor aboard, Belle Naish, later told Theodate how she came to be there. Crew members had pulled Theodate aboard using boat hooks. Presuming her to be dead, they had left her on deck among other recovered bodies. Naish and Theodate had become friends during the voyage, and when Naish saw Theodate lying there she touched her body and sensed a trace of life. Naish called for help. Two men began trying to revive Theodate. One used a carving knife from the ship’s kitchen to cut off her sodden layers of clothing. The men worked on her for two hours until confident they had revived her—though she remained unconscious. A lurid bruise surrounded her right eye.

Theodate Pope put Mrs. Naish in her will as thanks for that moment on the deck of the rescue ship Julia when Naish realized that Theodate was not in fact dead and called for help.

Adapted from Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania by Erik Larson. Copyright © 2015 by Erik Larson. Adapted by permission of Crown Publishers, an imprint of the Crown Publishing Group, a division of Penguin Random House, LLC. All rights reserved. No part of this adaptation may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher. Erik Larson photographed by Benjamin Benschneider.

Fall 2015 The TheAvonian Avonian

“Where facing stone is used, it is obtained from a quarry opened up on the Owner’s property. The ashlar is not cut to any special size—this saves a lot of stone as the cutter can take any piece of rough stone and square it up to whatever size it will make.” –THEODATE POPE, CONSTRUCTION NOTES 1924

“It was most important that the workmen dispense with all mechanical methods and whenever possible use old tools and processes in carrying out their work.” –THEODATE POPE, CONSTRUCTION NOTES 1923

TheThe Avonian FallFall 2015 Avonian 201585 85

Non-Profit Org. U.S. Postage

PAID 500 Old Farms Road Avon, Connecticut 06001 www.AvonOldFarms.com

Change Service Requested

Avon Old Farms School welcomes Marty Cole, the ninth chairman of the Board of Directors. Marty and his wife, Terri, are passionate Avon supporters. Ll

Avon, CT 06001 Permit No. 12