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CHRISTOPHER HAMPTON ’79 IN MEMORIAM: LOUISE B. ADAMS & CAPT. VICTOR DELANO USN (RET.) THE 2013-14 ANNUAL REPORT

Established 1927 Headmaster Kenneth H. LaRocque

Associate Headmaster John T. Gardner

Editor Morgan C. Cugell

Director of Development Christopher Hampton ’79

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FROM THE EDITOR…

12 The Road Less Traveled: Avon Beyond the Classroom

by Morgan C. Cugell

Dear Readers,

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Athletic Spotlight: Collin Rissolo ’15

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20 Student Spotlight: Christian Di Antonio ’15

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28 Alumni Spotlight: Chris Hampton ’79

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2 Headmaster 4 Village Green 8 Athletics 26 The Elephant Remembers 62 Class Notes

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Avon Old Farms School is known for many things: our rigorous curriculum, our superior athletics, our myriad art and music programs, and our stunning campus. But lately, it’s what’s happening outside our Cotswold village that’s making news. Because our students are no longer just learning in their classrooms; they are traveling the world, and so are our faculty and alumni.

In this issue, you’ll meet many Avonians who have taken the “road less traveled” through their educations and professions. Get to know Bryan Zaros, director of choral activities, who has journeyed both with his students and on his own to expand his musical horizons. Read about the many service and learning trips our students take— from building homes, to backpacking through the wilderness, to skiing the Alps. And be sure to catch up with Christopher Hampton ’79, whose network extends around the globe, as he settles back into life on the Farm as our new director of development.

We remember two extraordinary members of the Avon family who passed away this year: Louise Barnes Adams and Captain Victor Delano USN (ret.). We honor their contributions to the school with stories of their lives and legacies.

Finally, you’ll also find the 2013-14 Annual Report. Thank you all for your tremendous support of Avon Old Farms School!

As always, I welcome your feedback.

Aspirando et perseverando,

Morgan C. Cugell

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From the Headmaster

by Kenneth H. LaRocque

Greetings,

This issue of The Avonian explores the importance of travel in the lives of our students, alumni, and faculty. In an ever increasingly connected world, learning from other cultures, experiencing new approaches to life, and looking at humankind through different lenses helps us to grow and to develop. Travel opens our minds, broadens our perspectives, and explodes shallow stereotypes. Mark Twain once said, “Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one’s lifetime.”

As I look back at my own life and remember my travel experiences, especially when traveling alone, I recognize the power of travel to enlighten and to connect. Whenever Avonians return to campus after spending a week of their spring break on service trips, or they recount their experiences

on a chorale trip to Argentina or Greece, or they send an email talking about their adventure as an English-Speaking Union scholar at a school in England or Wales, their stories always validate the enormous opportunities present in leaving one’s village and bravely journeying to a distant shore. Separation has always been a theme for development, especially for boys, and examples abound in literature. Epic poems like Beowulf, or Homer’s Odyssey, which is read by our ninth graders, are classic works whose heroes ultimately return from their travels triumphant and transformed.

Since our spring issue of The Avonian, two important, popular, and honorary members of our Board of Directors have passed away. Louise Adams and Victor Delano were serving as active members of our Board of Directors when I joined our community in 1981, and had been faithfully doing so for many years. We will miss both of them dearly.

“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one’s lifetime.”

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FRO M THE HE A DMA S TE R

Louise Adams was 96 when she died on Sunday, July 13, in Lake Wales, Fla. Louise was an icon at Avon Old Farms and an active member of our Board of Directors from 1967 to 2005, and an honorary board member since then. She and her late husband, Paul, had two sons, Tom and Ed, graduate from AOF in the 1960s, and her grandson, Thomas, graduated in 2001. The Adams Theater and the Adams Medal are named in honor of Paul and Louise and their long and dedicated service to our school. Those of us who were fortunate enough to have known Louise will never forget her abundance of energy, spirit, humanity, and generosity. Louise was the eternal optimist and fearlessly traveled the world on her own even while in her late 80s. She shared with me her secret, which was simply to “smile at everyone you meet and good things will happen wherever you are!”

Captain Victor Delano was 94 when he died on August 25 in Rockville, Md. Following his graduation from the United States Naval Academy, Captain Delano was assigned as a gunnery officer on the USS West Virginia, which was docked at the Pearl Harbor naval base in Hawaii when Japanese aircraft attacked on December 7, 1941. As the West Virginia sank in the harbor, Captain Delano swam to safety. He later served aboard ships in the Pacific and, after the war, commanded a minesweeper in Japan.

During the Korean War, he was the commanding officer of the destroyer, USS Eversole. At the time of his Navy retirement in 1969, he served on the staff of Admiral Thomas Moorer, the chief of naval operations. Captain Delano’s decorations included two awards of the Legion of Merit, the Bronze Star, and the Purple Heart.

Victor served actively on our Board of Directors from 1980 to 2001, and had been an honorary board member until his passing.

His son, Harvey, is an AOF alumnus from the Class of 1975.

Our Annual Report for the past fiscal year, July 1, 2013, through June 30, 2014, is included in this issue, and I thank each and every individual who supported Avon Old Farms last year through our Annual Fund, a capital gift, a bequest, a gift-inkind, a restricted gift, or in some other way. Our growing culture of giving speaks to the loyalty and generosity we enjoy from our school family, and to the increasing recognition of the important role each of us plays in helping Avon Old Farms to effectively serve our students and to successfully meet the ever increasing educational challenges we face in the 21st century.

We have high expectations for the 2014-15 school year and hope that you make every effort to visit campus and witness the exciting things that are taking place on a daily basis in the Village of Old Farms.

Aspirando et Perseverando!

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Village Green The David C. Bigelow ’44 Learning Center A Surprise Dedication On Wednesday, September 10, we helped pull off a huge surprise!

The Bigelow family and the Bigelow Tea company donated a very generous unrestricted gift to Avon Old Farms in honor of David Bigelow ’44, a past recipient of the prestigious Distinguished Alumnus Award and the co-chairman of Bigelow Tea. The only catch? David had no idea! His daughter, Cindi Bigelow, and executive team, along with Headmaster LaRocque and many members of the school community, surprised David with the naming of the David C. Bigelow ’44 Learning Center. It was a fitting tribute to a remarkable man who is deeply committed to the school’s mission and who has lived his entire life as a true man of Avon.

The surprise began when Headmaster LaRocque escorted an unknowing Mr. and Mrs. Bigelow into the Learning Center, where a crowd consisting of David’s daughters, Cindi (president and CEO of Bigelow Tea) and Lori, were waiting, along with members of Bigelow Tea’s executive team: Don Janezic, Bob Kelly, John McCraw, Bruce Ennis, Bob Hendrick, Andy Gunniss, David Godfrey, and Linda DiStefano. Mr. LaRocque addressed the group and discussed David’s legacy, and his importance to Avon Old Farms School—and all the reasons he was previously honored with the Distinguished Alumnus Award—and explained that his family feels exactly the same way, which is why they honored him with an extraordinary and generous surprise gift. Mr. LaRocque noted the beautiful signage from Whitey Jenkins, and the artful displays in the room created by Avon’s master craftsman, Bob Allen.

Cindi Bigelow spoke next, recalling her father’s long history of embracing Avon’s core values in both his professional and personal life. She cited David’s 1944 yearbook inscription, which recalled his “energy and capacity for always doing things

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well,” then unveiled the official sign for the David C. Bigelow ’44 Learning Center, which was so named as an expression of gratitude for the unrestricted gift.

Finally, David spoke, thanking those in attendance, and sharing his remembrances of his days on campus, specifically his admiration of Theodate Pope Riddle, and his mentor, Verne Priest, who instilled in him his famous work ethic.

The group adjourned to the new Nimrod Pavilion where they enjoyed a reception and lunch, and celebrated all of David Bigelow’s contributions to Avon Old Farms School!

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Village Green Chris Davis ’15 Meet the Warden

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four-year student from nearby Burlington, Connecticut, Chris Davis ’15 has been a day student for the last three years—but made the decision to become a boarder for his fourth and final year as an

he feels has invested in him. “Avon has privileged me with four amazing years filled with invaluable experiences,” says Chris. “I work for the Student Council, to improve this already great school community, as a way of trying to repay a portion of what Avon has given me.

“My experience at Avon has been outstanding,” he continues. “I’ve grown in every aspect imaginable from my freshman year until now. Avon creates an

year. And as a baseball player, he has aspired and persevered to overcome what he claims to be the challenge of his shorter stature, training hard in the off-season and keeping his eye on the ball—literally and in the broader sense—as he has committed to play baseball for Princeton University next year.

Chris’s work ethic, leadership skills, and myriad talents will serve him well at Princeton, but he has not forgotten the

“My experience at Avon has been outstanding. I’ve grown in every aspect imaginable from my freshman year until now. Avon creates an excellent environment for young men to learn and to grow, and to discover their identities and exceed their limits.”

Avonian, a choice that will surely serve him well as he leads the student body as this year’s Warden.

In addition to this leadership role, Chris is now the head dormitory monitor in Elephant 2, an admissions ambassador, an instrumentalist in the Super G jazz band, and a star on the varsity baseball team. His breadth of involvement on campus reflects the investment he’s made in Avon—a school

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excellent environment for young men to learn and to grow, and to discover their identities and exceed their limits.” That growth has been reflected in both the classroom and on the athletic fields. As a student, he has been on either the Dean’s List or Headmaster’s List every semester so far, and has received book awards for ancient history, western civilization, English 1, English 2, and English 3. He also received the Yale Book Award last

task at hand for this year. “Our goal as a council is to create a positive presence on campus that addresses student life and the overall advancement of the Avon community,” explains Chris. “We strive to optimize student life by creating an efficient link between students and administration, and acting on student ideas and needs.”

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his fall, Avon introduced three exciting innovations for students to continue to diversify their educational experiences here.

The Music Department is using a new guitar course, called Guitar Now Online. GNO was developed by Hartt School of Music alum Jeremiah Crowley, and is a course designed to cater to all levels of guitar instruction, from the basics of holding the instrument to advanced riffs and solo techniques. Each student is able to access an online curriculum that is specifically designed for his abilities.

With hundreds of recorded video lessons, complete with downloadable resources such as chord diagrams, guitar tablature, and recording tracks, students are able to learn at a pace that is comfortable for them. Chairman of the Performing Arts Robert Volo and new Avon faculty member Dan Liparini monitor the class as they answer questions, critique performances and recordings, and give individual lessons to each student in the class to supplement their GNO experience.

Thanks to a generous donation from Ms. Leeann Varasconi and Mr. Keith Ziegler P’17, the new music lab consists of eight desks, each equipped with an analog to digital interface and a set of stereo headphones. Students come to class with their own laptops and guitars, plug into the interface, put on the headphones, and continue their learning along GNO’s Learning Maps, where they watch video lessons, take online quizzes, and can complete recordings of themselves while practicing and playing along to prerecorded rhythm tracks. This lab allows all eight students to be learning guitar at eight different levels, and as GNO’s collection of video lessons grows every year, AOF students will be able to take guitar class for as many semesters as they please.

“The course is off to a great start, and the music lab hopes soon to be equipped with dedicated computers for the stations,” notes Mr. Volo. “With all these pieces in place, plans for starting a keyboard class

or music technology course can be realized.”

In the Mathematics Department, two semester courses have started on a limited, volunteer basis in conjunction with Miss Porter’s School for upper level math students. The course meets half online and half in person. “There was a need for options for students who have completed classes through A.P. BC Calculus,” explains faculty member Jim Detora, who is teaching the class this semester. “We decided to offer a differential equations course.”

Matthew Poage, from Miss Porter’s, will be teaching multivariable calculus during the second semester. The class meets once per week on Thursday evenings, to go over any problems and introduce the topic for the week, and then the students take a test on the material. The students also watch videos during the week to learn the material, and they are required to complete a weekly problem set.

Mr. Detora is also at the helm of a new robotics program, which received a generous donation from a trust fund that was directed to Avon Old Farms through Honorary Director John Drew P’85, ’87 and Chris Drew ’85 P’17, ’18.

This summer, the group was able to get up and running the purchase of six new kits. Mr. Detora, along with Mr. Deckers and Mr. Whitty, were able to complete training this summer and hope to bring the club to competitions in the future. As the club continues to grow, the students already involved have been hard at work, including building a robot that manipulates a Rubik’s Cube in under three minutes.

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Athletics Dylan Lightbourn ’15 A Summer with the Bahamian National Soccer Team This year, Dylan Lightbourn ’15 led the varsity soccer team as one of its captains and top goal scorers. Tall, quick, and with a powerful shot, Dylan was one of the Winged Beaver’s most dangerous offensive weapons. Dylan’s success on the field this year likely was a result of time spent honing his game with some of the best in the business: his teammates on the Bahamian national soccer team.

Dylan, who hails from Nassau, Bahamas, was invited by a close childhood friend to join the team for practice one day. His first touches on the ball made quite an impression and he continued training with the team, enduring double sessions every day during the week and conditioning workouts on the weekends. A short time later, as the Bahamian national squad prepared to meet the United States U-23 national team, Dylan learned he had

made the first team. He got some valuable minutes in the game, and though the U.S. bested the Bahamians, Dylan got valuable experience on the pitch—and, at only 17 years old, made memories to last a lifetime.

“The first time I looked at my jersey, I couldn’t believe that I actually was representing my country, and to say I did it with one of my childhood best friends was an even better feeling. I hope I can continue my international play and represent my country for as long as I can play.”

Dylan is an Honor Roll student, the head monitor in Elephant 3 dormitory,

and a member of the Entrepreneur Club, the SIMI Club, and the Network Club.

Though he is well integrated into student life, he recalls that the cultural differences were a bit challenging when he first arrived. He’s also worked hard to learn from his mistakes, to appreciate both his successes and his failures, and to make the most of the time he has with his biggest influences: varsity soccer coaches Roger Cantello and Brian Cugell. “Both coaches saw my potential to become a great player,” he notes.

“They helped renew my belief in myself, and encouraged me to push harder to become the best.”

Chris Clark ’15 2015 Under Armour All-American This fall, the American Family Insurance Selection Tour visited Avon Old Farms to present Chris Clark ’15 with his honorary game jersey, as our Winged Beavers celebrated Chris’s selection to the Under Armour All-America High School football game. At Morning Meeting, in front of his family and the entire Avon community—including football coaches Bill Mella and Kevin Driscoll ’72 —Chris accepted his jersey, thanked his teammates, coaches, and family for their support, and expressed his excitement and gratitude for this impressive honor.

Chris is currently committed to play football at the University of Michigan next year. ESPN ranked him as the number three tight end college recruit in the nation, and he had his pick from more than 43 offers representing every major collegiate football conference in the country!

Congratulations, Chris—and be sure to catch the game on January 2, live on ESPN2!

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Collin Rissolo ’15 Collin Rissolo ’15 is a star on both the varsity football and varsity lacrosse teams, leading his teammates with his talent and his positive attitude. Now captain of the football team, he made his way from thirds football his freshman year, when he earned the top offensive award, to JV football sophomore year, when he earned the most valuable player award, and finally to the varsity team last year.

His perseverance paid off.

“Collin is an excellent young man,” notes head varsity football coach Bill Mella. “He has worked hard to be where he is today. Starter, leader, captain! I think the turning point for him was last season when he saw what he was capable of doing on the football field. He is a true threat to opposing defenses and special teams units with his sure hands and great speed.”

While he has enjoyed his successful football career as a Winged Beaver, with many highlights along the way, it seems that the wins aren’t what mean the most to Collin, but rather the lessons he has learned in some of the harder moments.

He recalls a JV football game on the road in 2012, when, down by a score of 36-6, Avon’s quarterback got tackled hard and went down with a broken ankle.

“At perhaps our lowest moment of the season, down 30 points with no back-up quarterback, Coach Spearman gave an amazing inspirational halftime pep talk to the team,” Collin remembers.

“At the end of the talk, he looked at me and said, ‘Riz, do you want the ball?’

Two quarters and five touchdowns later, we lost the game 42-41.

“On that day, Coach Spearman put his complete faith—and the fate of the team—on my shoulders. Together, riding a wave of inspiration, we rallied back to almost win. But that didn’t matter. Win or lose, we all learned that day to face adversity. To think positively, especially when times get rough, and never lose focus of the big picture.”

A four-year student from Fairfield, Ct., Collin is not only a standout athlete; he’s also heavily involved in many areas of student life. He is an admissions ambassador, a member of the Spirit Club, and participates in the Big Brother mentoring program. He is also a strong student, appearing on the Honor Roll, Dean’s List, or Headmaster’s List every semester of school so far.

Collin plans to play both football and lacrosse in college. No matter where he ends up, he has Avon to thank for helping him to get there.

“I feel so lucky to have been able to attend such a special place,” says Collin.

“It is clear to me that Avon is held in the highest esteem for both athletics and academics. But what’s behind the scenes at Avon is what makes it so special to me. Ultimately, it’s the passion and care our faculty and coaches have for the students here.

“I will always remember the bad, good and amazing times I have had over the course of my four years here and will never forget the amazing people who helped sculpt me into the man I am today.”

We wish Collin well as he takes his many talents to Amherst College next year.

Saturday, February 21, 2015 1:00 p.m.

43RD ANNUAL

ALUMNI HOCKEY GAME

Varsity hockey takes on Salisbury School at 3:00 p.m.

Reception to follow the game in the Brown Student Center RSVP to Henry Coons ’71 coonsh@avonoldfarms.com 860-404-4226

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Alexander Martin ’04 in the Tavan Bogd Range in Mongolia

avon old farms school is a dynamic community of learning with a rigorous curriculum anchored in the liberal arts.

Our goal is to be the best school for boys, and from the start, we have successfully given young men the tools they need to excel both personally and professionally.

Recently, we’ve added to our growing list of ways we offer boys opportunities to grow, learn, and achieve: by allowing them to do it outside of the classroom. Our students are traveling all over the country and the globe, meeting new people, seeing new places, immersing themselves in new cultures, and taking in the world, beyond the Farm. We believe that travel can broaden perspective—in all senses—and so, off they go: to serve their communities, to ski the Alps, to uncover Pompeii. With handson experience, our students are learning to apply what they learn in the classroom, or on the playing field, or up on stage, and to go one step further. And it’s not just our students who are seeing the world; our faculty and our alumni are on the move, too, bringing Avon Old Farms on the road as they continue on their quests for personal and professional progression.

So take a look at what our Avonians are up to, beyond the classroom…

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he Riddlers, Avon’s elite student singing group, have embarked upon some pretty incredible concert tours in recent years: the northeast United States in 2010; Sweden, Finland, and Estonia in 2011; Canada in 2012; and in 2013, Argentina. This past summer, the Riddlers visited Greece and Turkey, where they performed at the Acropolis, as well as the ancient amphitheaters of Ephesus and Epidaurus, and became the first choir in recorded history to perform at the Tomb of Agamemnon. They enjoyed a combined concert with two choirs in Delphi, Greece, overlooking the Ionian Sea, as well as spontaneous concerts sung on the streets, plazas, and ferries they took throughout Greece, always attracting large crowds. Bryan Zaros, director of the Riddlers, notes that in addition to the impressive venues around the world, those impromptu performances rank high on his list of memories. “I cherish the moments when I see the boys break out in song as they are inspired by the places we visit,” he explains.

Bryan notes that the group’s travels have been lifechanging for many of them, who are experiencing their first overseas travels. “These have become annual events that The Riddlers really look forward to; they take pride in being ambassadors for the school throughout the world,” he says. “These trips have also proven to be great opportunities to publicize our school and make Avon more visible in the international community.”

The Riddlers are currently working toward next summer’s trip to Ireland, and in some ways, their summer adventures are the reward after a year of hard work on stage. “Through these experiences, I’m teaching these boys about being global citizens and how music can connect people from diverse backgrounds,” Bryan observes. “With the many international collaborations we have taken part in over the years, the music we share together creates deep and lasting bonds between our students and those of the various countries we’ve visited. I’m also trying to engage them in a way they’re not engaged in the classroom by giving them the opportunity to use and connect what they’ve learned in their language, history, and art classes to what we find in the countries we visit. As performers, they learn to appreciate how very special it is to be a Riddler.”

Each year, spring break holds numerous opportunities for our student athletes to travel to work on their game, from baseball in Florida, to golf in Panama, to lacrosse in Virginia. One trip last year took our skiers to new heights! Last March, Jon, Kim, and Ben Crocker ’11, and a group of eight students and a few parents, traveled to

a remote ski resort in in the Montafon Valley of Austria.

Home base was in Tschagguns, where their authentic chalet inn was surrounded by a cluster of five ski resorts, including Silvretta Nova, Hochjoch, Golm, Silbertahl, and Gargellen. The snow was meters deep atop the Alps and the skiing was spectacular.

Highlights included a day trip to Weisser Ring at Zürs/ Lech, and a day at the World Cup GS & Slalom Finals at Lenzerheide in Switzerland, where they saw the likes of Marcel Hirscher of Austria, Felix Neureuther of Germany, and Americans Ted Ligety, Bode Miller, and Mikaela Shiffrin fly down the mountain at breakneck speeds.

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the classics The springs of both 2013 and 2014 saw several students traveling to Italy with history and Latin teacher Jake Spearman. All students are welcome to join the Italy trip, though many are students of the classics and those who are interested in the history of the era. The trip is diverse in its offerings, covering several parts of the country and exposing students to a multitude of sights.

Highlights from the last two years have included excursions to Pompeii, Mt. Vesuvius, and Ostia Antica, attending Gladiator School, and spending several days anchored in Rome, where the group explored the Colosseum, the Roman Forum, the Pantheon, and the Vatican, in addition to many museums and piazzas. In 2013, the group was in Italy when Pope Francis was chosen. Last spring, they were able to catch a soccer match between Napoli and Roma.

“Travel to other countries exposes students to cultural differences (and similarities) as nothing else can,” explains Jake. “Seeing the ruins of ancient Roman civilization makes history come alive for students. It shows, in dramatic fashion, that people of 2,000 years ago were much more sophisticated than students thought. The massive scale of the buildings and cities is one aspect they find striking. The students also see that the people of that time were much more artistically cultured than they thought. Simply put, the people of 2,000 years ago surrounded themselves with art we still find beautiful today. On a more basic level, students see that people today have some of the same fundamental needs and desires as the inhabitants of the Roman Empire.”

The Woodwell Leadership Award is given annually to a rising junior who demonstrates leadership potential and a desire to give back to the Avon community, enabling him to attend an Outward Bound course of his choosing. In the fall of 2001, the Woodwell Award was established by Al O’Connor ’75 in memory of his fellow classmate, Richard “Woody” Woodwell ’75. Since then, it has been awarded to more than a dozen Avonians who have made the most of this life-changing travel opportunity.

This year’s recipient was Tucker Symes ’16, who traveled to Asheville, N.C., to attend the North Carolina Outward Bound School. The mountain backpacking and canoeing course took Tucker and his fellow participants through the Pisgah and Nantahala National Forests, tackling some of the nation’s finest whitewater river rapids in one of the oldest mountains ranges in the world.

The course teaches participants to read the water and develop the collaboration and communication skills required to traverse churning river rapids, in addition to building teamwork skills as they are challenged with long hikes, setting up camp, navigating the terrain, and cooking their own meals.

“What I found most rewarding was my ability to persevere through difficult terrain, bad weather, and lack of sleep,” notes Tucker, who also recalled developing great friendships and lifelong skills.

“This was an opportunity of a lifetime, and one that I will cherish forever. Thank you to Mr. O’Connor for the opportunity.”

the community servants Avon Outreach has long been a partner with Habitat for Humanity, and each spring, many of our students head for community service projects. Last year, Avon administrators Bob Orenstein and Jen Hill took a group of eight boys to Key West, where they worked on refurbishing a home and spent a day cleaning the Habitat for Humanity warehouse.

They will return again in March 2015. Past trips have included Nashville, Tennessee; Franklin, West Virginia; and an annual trip to a developing village in Ecuador with Travis Merritt ’93 and Perspective International.

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a summer “shakesperience”

”…14 plays and countless pubs, but the highlight, for sure, was actually acting on the Globe stage itself.”

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Bradford Carpenter, chairman of the English Department, spent four weeks this summer in London doing professional development, which included a threeweek-long intensive study at the Globe Theater. During his time there, he worked with directors, actors, and scholars from the Globe to learn how to better teach Shakespeare through performance. The course culminated with Carpenter finding himself “on the boards” of the Globe Theater performing as Cassius from Julius Caesar for a small audience of about 40 people. During his stay he managed to get himself “to 14 plays and countless pubs, but the highlight, for sure, was actually acting on the Globe stage itself.”

Another faculty member in the English Department, Gayle Robinson, who also directs Avon’s theater productions, participated in the same Shakespeare program several years ago, and found the experience to be invaluable in helping her not only as a teacher but also as an instructor of performance. The course, sponsored by Globe Education in association with the EnglishSpeaking Union of the United States, provides teachers with practical and play-filled approaches to teaching Shakespeare in the classroom.

Participants gain experience by attending productions, working with practitioners, and meeting members of the company responsible for design, direction, movement, music, text, and voice, offering insight on the relationships between the plays and the stage.

the college tour Kate Barzun, in her first year as assistant director of college counseling, spent her summer attending conferences and amassing valuable experience. She began her travels in June in Manchester, N.H., at St. Anselm College, for NEACAC’s annual meeting (New England branch of the Association of College Admission Counselors). “The conference sessions are designed to inform, educate, and inspire professionals on both sides of the college process: college counselors and college admission counselors,” explains Kate.

“I had a great time at NEACAC meeting colleagues, networking, and watching Jonathan Quick ’05 and the Los Angeles Kings in the playoffs from a bar in Manchester with [Director of College Counseling] Jon Crocker.”

In July, Kate was at Dean College in Franklin, Mass., for the NEACAC Summer Institute, “also known as Rookie Camp,” which is designed for professionals in the industry for less than one year. “Again, the conference was made up of sessions, but this time they were all geared for novices,” Kate explains. “The information ranged from how to write a reference to how to handle difficult conversations. I was able to not only talk to many of these people about our school, but also I could see what they go through on their side of the desk, which ultimately informs my ability to advise and counsel my boys. It was an intensive few days, but incredibly worthwhile. While at Dean, I was able to see Wheaton College and Stonehill College.”

Finally, in September, Kate traveled to NACAC’s annual conference in Indianapolis. “This conference is an enormous

“This conference is an enormous undertaking, with around 8,000 people attending who are either counselors, admission folks, or independent agents involved in the college process.”

–KATE BARZUN, A SSISTANT DIRECTOR OF COLLEGE COUNSELING

undertaking, with around 8000 people attending who are either counselors, admission folks, or independent agents involved in the college process,” says Kate. “Networking and education are the primary goals of this conference. I also took the time to visit a number of institutions: Butler University, Purdue University, DePauw University, Indiana University.”

the ibsc Each year, a group of several faculty members travels to the annual conference of the International Boys School Coalition (IBSC). Founded in 1995, the IBSC is a not-forprofit organization of schools dedicated to the education and development of boys worldwide, the professional growth of those who work with them, and the advocacy and the advancement of institutions–primarily schools for boys–that serve them. Past visits have included London, Toronto, and Philadelphia. This summer’s conference, entitled “Building Boys into Good Men,” was held in Nashville, Tenn., at Montgomery Bell School. A total of 11 faculty members attended.

“I don’t think I will ever be at a point in my teaching career where I know everything, and going to the IBSC meeting certainly proved that,” observes Ryan Davey. “For me, it was great to be in the same room with so many bright minds. I very much enjoyed

being around educators who knew the issues we all deal with at Avon. Being at the conference also reinforced how important a single-sex education can be for some students.”

Participants were able to attend workshops and seminars that helped focus an exploration of the best practices for teaching boys. Much of the conference program was organized under the common theme of the Hero’s Journey, inspired by Joseph Campbell’s concept: challenge sessions, mentoring sessions, journey sessions, and reward sessions. Each session name refers to a stage in the journey of the hero as he prepares to leave the ordinary world and travels through the special world.

Additionally, underlying the entire social aspect of the event was a focus on the many types of music for which Nashville is famous.

Special events included an evening at the Country Music Hall of Fame and a songwriters’ night on the MBA campus.

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ALUMNI BEYOND AVON

John Spencer ’71 This summer, John Spencer ’71 returned from another four weeks working in Brazil, mostly in the northern state of Pará.

John has been working with Dr. Claudio Salgado and his team since 2010, on grant support to do research on leprosy through a French non-profit organization, The Order of Malta for Leprosy Research (MALTALEP). The team has been performing surveys in cities in this state since 2009, and diagnoses about 4,000 new cases of leprosy per year. The group has visited at least 12 cities in the state, some up to four times, usually diagnosing between 4 and 10 percent of the people examined with leprosy.

With a population of over 7.5 million, the state historically has had some of the highest annual new case detection rates in the country—rates that are considered hyperendemic by Brazil’s Ministry of Health. Recent surveys estimate that 40,000 cases will develop in the next decade in Pará alone.

The team’s targeted approach to identifying leprosy includes clinical and serological examinations of schoolchildren and household contacts of people affected by leprosy. Months before the team visits for a survey, they contact schools to ensure permission and secure consent, in addition to contacting local community healthcare agents who know of people with symptoms. During the survey trips, the team visits schoolchildren and household contacts, working up to 14 hours a day or longer, to visit as many children as possible. For some children, it is the first time they will have seen a doctor in their lives.

John and his group are working hard to identify as many children as possible, as fast as possible, as this disease continues to progress. As Dr. Salgado notes, “Populations living in remote areas in the Amazon region often completely lack medical care, and these are the people who need to be reached, diagnosed, and treated.”

A typical trip, with 20 other members of a surveillance team of doctors, nurses, physiotherapists, field technicians, and IT people, is spent examining and diagnosing cases, often times in remote cities with limited access to modern technology, such as Senador Jose Porfirio on the Xingu River. “Besides traveling for 15 hours, going to this town is like going back in time 100 years. There is no Internet, very little phone access (mine did not work), no cash machine, and they did not have the ability to take credit cards for anything since they lack card readers and Internet access. I did not have enough cash for the week, and had to borrow from my friend to pay for a few meals. The power went off every day, sometimes for hours, despite the fact that they are only about 100 miles from the second largest 18

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“In the four days we worked there, we diagnosed 94 new cases of leprosy in 700 people, about half in children.”

–JOHN SPENCER ’71

hydroelectric dam in Brazil, Belo Monte, that supplies power to many large cities in Brazil,” John recounts.

“In the four days we worked there, we diagnosed 94 new cases of leprosy in 700 people, about half in children, so the health of the people who live here is very poor. Most families do not make enough for the minimum income, which is only around $300 per month. Most people do not have access to health care, so we saw numerous cases of grade 1 (moderate) and grade 2 (severe) disability, even in one seven-year-old boy who had many large lesions and nerve damage to his feet causing drop foot paralysis. It is a crazy, terrible place. I processed almost 700 samples of blood using an antiquated centrifuge; at least it worked, although we had to position a piece of a tongue depressor stick to keep the switch in the on position.

“We perform these surveys for leprosy in schoolchildren mainly to get young kids diagnosed early, so that they do not have to be diagnosed after skin and nerve damage and disability have occurred,” explains John. “When we diagnose a case in a young child, we then go to their house and examine all of the family members and other occupants (these are called household contacts), and often find one or more index cases with leprosy.

An index case is the person in the household who likely has had the infection for a number of years, and this is usually how the child gets it. We feel that if we can diagnose and treat children and their infected contacts early, we may be able to lower the high rates of transmission over time.”

Alexander Martin ’04 Since graduating from college, Alexander Martin ’04 has pursued parallel careers of freelance writing, teaching, and exploration. Last spring, he wrapped up a 458-day, 24-country, human-powered expedition around the planet, an adventure that has changed his course, both geographically and philosophically. He has not had a permanent mailing address in six years—instead, he dedicates his time to the gathering and telling of stories and experiences.

Alexander did extended expeditions in the summers between his years at Avon, and then led expeditions as a student at Bates College, working closely with the Outing Club. This experience allowed him to apply for a National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS) Instructor Course at age 22, and he began work shortly thereafter, and remains today, teaching and writing curriculum. His first book, a NOLS textbook, Canoeing, is up for the National Outdoor Book Award. In between semesters, Alexander has been traveling and running personal

expeditions, culminating in his 25,000-kilometer canoe, bike, ski, and hiking journey around the world.

That trip, spanning more than a year, saw Alexander circling the globe on a journey that changed him profoundly. He has walked across Iceland; canoed from Portland, Ore., to Portland, Maine; hiked and biked through New Zealand through hurricane-force winds; and skied along the Potanin Glacier in the Tavan Bogd Range in Mongolia, avalanches crumbling around him. He has bicycled from Istanbul to Kazakhstan; taken a trans-Europa canoe expedition; and traversed the Altai Mountains throughout Asia.

This “human-powered expedition” has earned him a Polartec Challenge Grant, as well as sponsorship by Black Diamond, Werner, and Icebreaker, among others. In 2011, Alexander was named Outside magazine’s Adventurer of the Year. His work, dreams, and vacations all look fairly similar: fresh air, wild country, and good food.

The next step is a different kind of adventure: graduate school for an Ed.M.

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Student Spotlight

Christian Di Antonio ’15

By Morgan C. Cugell

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rt Mehos, his advisor, describes Christian Di Antonio ’15 as one of the stars of the Class of 2015.

“Christian is a selfless individual who rarely draws attention to himself,” explains Art. “Instead, his contributions are notable because he becomes immersed at Avon to help the school, his peers, and those less fortunate. In short, Christian does what he does for the right reason, and his humble demeanor has earned him the respect of his Avon Old Farms brothers.”

Indeed, Christian’s myriad involvements have allowed him to become a dynamic part of the Avon community, and he has taken on leadership positions in nearly all of his many extracurricular activities.

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Christian serves as the editor-in-chief of the Avon Record, the corresponding secretary of the Student Council, a president of the Avon Outreach community service program, and the vice president of the Nimrod Club. He is also a tri-varsity captain of the cross country, swimming, and track teams, as well as the head monitor in Jamerson dormitory. His dedication to his school and community serves him well in his role as an admissions ambassador.

Christian balances his many commitments and his demanding academic schedule with ease; at the end of the day, he says, the effort is all worth it, especially when it comes to Avon Outreach. “I’ve always loved community service,” he says. “Working hands-on with other people on projects and activities gives me a feeling of accomplishment.” Last year, he spearheaded the Relay for Life fundraiser

“Working hands-on with other people on projects and activities gives me a feeling of accomplishment.”

on campus, and recalls with pride the opening moments of the event, when he spoke to the community to kick off such an important project he had worked so hard to bring to life.

Unsurprisingly, Christian’s hard work in the classroom and in the community has been recognized often during his time at Avon. Last year, he received the prestigious Louise B. Adams Award, as well as the University of Pennsylvania Book Prize. He has also been honored with the Barnes Community Service Award and the Latin 2H Book Prize.

Currently undecided about where he will attend college, Christian plans to continue his classical studies of Latin and Greek, and perhaps one day become a teacher—undoubtedly the result of the experiences he’s had at Avon.

“I will miss it all,” he says. “Everything from the snowball fights to the jazz concerts to the late night movies on Saturday night. Long talks at Dr. Malchoff’s enrichment (even when I wasn’t in her class), and hours spent in the hockey rink training room (even when I wasn’t hurt). And of course, the early morning film sessions with Mr. Mehos right before a trip to Dunkin’ Donuts.

“I am really going to miss this place. It will always hold a special place in my heart.”

“Christian is a selfless individual who rarely draws attention to himself.

Instead, his contributions are notable because he becomes immersed at Avon to help the school, his peers, and those less fortunate. In short, Christian does what he does for the right reason, and his humble demeanor has earned him the respect of his Avon Old Farms brothers.”

–Art Mehos

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Bryan Zaros

By Morgan C. Cugell

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he Performing Arts department at Avon Old Farms School has been growing steadily over the last decade. With our exceptional facilities, skilled faculty and students, and multitude of courses and extracurricular offerings, it is no surprise that our individual musicians and groups have continued to earn regional and national recognition in recent years. And for our singers, much of this attention is likely due to the passion, drive, and talent of its leader, Bryan Zaros, Avon’s director of choral activities.

Bryan, a native New Yorker, received a bachelor of music in sacred music from Westminster Choir College and a master of music in conducting from the University of Michigan. Bryan got an early start on the stage, as a member of the Metropolitan Opera Children’s Chorus for six years, and a frequent performer at the Metropolitan Opera House throughout his childhood. Performing annually with singers such as Luciano Pavarotti, Placido Domingo, Sylvia McNair, Cecilia Bartoli, and conductor James Levine, among many others, Bryan performed in more than 20 opera productions with more than 100 Metropolitan Opera performances to his credit. Featured

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as a soloist on national and international television and radio, including Live from Lincoln Center and the Chevron Texaco Metropolitan Opera radio broadcasts, Bryan has also been a guest artist on the NBC Today Show and has appeared in PBS concert specials with Denyce Graves and conductor Marin Alsop. As a singer, he has performed on several occasions at Carnegie Hall, Avery Fisher Hall, New Jersey Performing Arts Center, Hill Auditorium, Temple Emanu-El (New York City), and the Trenton War Memorial. They are experiences Bryan claims to be priceless, and tremendously influential to him: “This opportunity put me on the world’s greatest stage, learning music in several languages for up to 100 performances a year, appearing regularly on TV and radio broadcasts, all by the time I was 10 years old. My time at the Met connected me with some of the day’s leading musicians, allowing me the opportunity to create friendships with some of the greats.

This early exposure inspired my future work, as it set me up to appreciate music at a very high level, where nothing less than the absolute best was expected.”

Following his time at the Metropolitan Opera, Bryan grew

“My time at the Met connected me with some of the day’s leading musicians, allowing me the opportunity to create friendships with some of the greats. This early exposure inspired my future work, as it set me up to appreciate music at a very high level, where nothing less than the absolute best was expected.”

quickly into the role of head boy chorister at the Church of the Transfiguration in New York City. At 16, he was appointed the assistant choirmaster and became a regular conductor of the Choir of Men and Boys, the oldest choir of its kind in the United States. “This was my first exposure to conducting and my real first step towards teaching,” he recalls, “as I had the task to train and lead the musicians, mostly older than me, in rehearsal and performance. This is also where I fell in love with choral music, as I discovered the beautiful connection between text, melody, and harmony.”

Having amassed a résumé of varied and impressive achievements, Bryan nevertheless cites specific experiences in helping shape the conductor he has become today. “One pivotal moment in my formation was performing the Brahm’s German Requiem, under Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos of the Dresden Philharmonic. It was a life-changing moment, maybe even a religious experience,” he explains. “I remember the moment clearly, as the maestro, with a massive wave of his arms, commanded the powers of 300 musicians in a great climactic moment that seemed almost Herculean. It was one of those perfect moments: he commanded the ensemble without words,

using only gestures of hands. That moment sealed the deal for me, and I knew from that point onwards that I was to pursue conducting as my life’s work.”

Bryan’s more recent conducting engagements have included invitations with choirs in England, Italy, Switzerland, Canada, Sweden, and Slovenia. In February of 2009, Bryan was a guest conductor with the Vancouver Chamber Choir, Canada’s premier choral ensemble, in a concert featuring songs of nature and romance. In the same year, Bryan was the only American conductor invited to compete at the 5th International Competition for Young Choral Conductors and, as such, was the official United States representative at the international event held in Ljubljana, Slovenia. He has conducted a variety of established orchestras including the Mannes Orchestra, the Philadelphia Chamber Orchestra, the Oregon Bach Festival Orchestra, the Michigan Sinfonietta Orchestra, and the Charpentier Sextet. He is a recipient of awards, grants, and fellowships from Westminster Choir College, the University of Michigan, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and a semi-finalist award in choral conducting from the American Prize.

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“Ever since my first international trip at 15, studying overseas at Cambridge University, I have had a real love of travel. I’ve brought this same passion for travel to my work with the Riddlers; the opportunity for these boys to see the world with one another while sharing in song has been life-changing for many of them. We travel, performing in landmark venues, learning about new cultures, collaborating with other ensembles, and bonding over great times shared together.”

At Avon Old Farms School, Bryan conducts the chorale, honors chorale, and the Riddlers. He also advises the student-run singing group the Sing-ed Beavers, and provides choral direction for the winter musical. The Riddlers are in demand as a male chorus throughout the region, with collaborations including concerts with the American Boychoir, Pete Seeger, and the Manchester Symphony Orchestra. Under Bryan’s direction, the Riddlers have toured nationally and internationally, and in the fall of 2010, they released their second recording to date, Brothers, Sing On! Bryan’s work with the Riddlers has allowed him to combine two of his passions: music and travel. Recent concert tours with the Riddlers include the northeast United States in 2010, a Scandinavia concert tour, performing concerts in Sweden, Finland, and Estonia in 2011, and a concert tour throughout Canada in 2012. In 2013 they traveled to Argentina, and this past summer, they visited Greece and Turkey. Bryan counts certain achievements made over the last two years at Avon as huge professional highlights: conducting the Riddlers at Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center in May of 2013, and being invited to represent the state of Connecticut at the American Choral Directors Association Conference in Baltimore during the 2014 school year.

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While Bryan has certainly enjoyed his adventures with the Riddlers, they are only some of the many journeys he has made in recent years, for both personal and professional experiences. He has traveled to 50 countries, conducting choirs in Switzerland, Canada, Italy, Sweden, Slovenia, and England, among others.

And a few of his personal favorite trips include a road trip through the Middle East, driving through Egypt, Israel, and Jordan; exploring northern India; and visiting Inca ruins in Peru.

“I have always enjoyed opportunities to travel, experiencing cultures and different people,” explains Bryan. “Ever since my first international trip at 15, studying overseas at Cambridge University, I have had a real love of travel. I’ve brought this same passion for travel to my work with the Riddlers; the opportunity for these boys to see the world with one another while sharing in song has been life-changing for many of them.

We travel, performing in landmark venues, learning about new cultures, collaborating with other ensembles, and bonding over great times shared together.”

While his passion for travel has always been inherent, Bryan notes that his time studying at the conducting program at the University of Michigan, under two-time Grammy awardwinning conductor Jerry Blackstone, equipped him with

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many of the rehearsal and performance techniques he uses in the classroom today, much of it focused on the physicality of the music experience.

“My classes are rehearsals, so I teach as I would in a conservatory setting,” he explains. “The class is very active with a lot of physical activity. Every class is a real workout, as I try to engage body, mind, and soul in creating the music.”

Bryan prepares many students for the several performances that take place each year: two sections of chorale, totaling around 50 students, one section of honors chorale, with approximately 20 students, and the 29 singers in this year’s Riddlers group. He also conducts two ensembles at the Hartt School of Music at the University of Hartford, during which

he regularly includes some members of the Riddlers, giving them experiences in a university setting. In addition, Bryan has professional engagements elsewhere in the region and with his own ensemble, the Soli Deo Gloria Choir and Orchestra, performing at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City.

Bryan feels strongly about forging bonds with students through the music they make together, and this dedication will surely continue to lead Avon’s vocalists to greatness. “I think the Performing Arts Department has a promising future,” he observes. “We’re attracting students every year with strong musical talent and there is a real interest among the students to perform well. For me, the one constant goal is to make the best music possible. I hope to continue to set the bar higher every year, and challenge our students to be the best they can be.

“The act of singing is a deeply spiritual act, and I really enjoy seeing students transform and connect to their deeper selves as they give themselves to the music,” he observes. “It is really very rewarding, as I know the experience of this music is changing these students’ lives...there is definitely something greater at work in these boys when we are all performing together; the music makes this possible.”

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Remembers…

A Dream School for Boys From Newsweek, March 15, 1948

Following its wartime years as Old Farms Convalescent Hospital, the school re-opened in the fall of 1947 under the leadership of Provost Donald Pierpont.

An article in Newsweek the following spring stated, “A month ago Avon announced that it was accepting students for September 1948.” The tuition was $1,800.

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here are those who think that Theodate Pope Riddle was a little eccentric…yet the forceful Ohio woman poured wealth and affection on the schools she designed for girls [Westover] and boys. Riddle bought some 3,000 acres of old farms near Avon, Conn. From 1918 to 1927 she sketched and erased, gathered materials of native sandstone and solid oak, and bossed every detail of putting them together in her dream school for boys.”

“One in spirit with those who labor”: working on the farm.

“So the boys did chores on the farm and in the stables or in the garage. Between lowly tasks the pupils might play polo or fish the trout-stocked brooks. In the evenings they dressed in bow ties, black coats, and striped trousers.”

“Sagging eaves and slate roofs” on the Dean’s House and the Provost’s House

“Her idea was that of a centuries-old English school with sagging eaves, slate roofs, and stone walls 3 feet thick. The provost’s house comprised fourteen rooms and six baths. It opened in 1927 for blueblooded students. But the doughty founder felt that true gentlemen should ‘acquaint themselves with homely tasks that they may be one in spirit with those who labor’.”

“Bow ties, black coats, and striped trousers”: dinner in Riddle Refectory

“Pierpont, a Navy veteran, hopes to break down gradually the idea that Avon is snobbish and social-register. The new catalogue no longer calls for bankers’ pants at dinner, but a simple blue suit.”

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Alumni Spotlight

Chris Hampton ’79

By Morgan C. Cugell

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hris Hampton ’79 may be the “new guy” on campus—he joined the Avon Old Farms administrative team this August as the school’s new director of development—but this Avonian has roots that run deep, and he couldn’t be happier or more excited about returning to the Farm.

Not just an alumnus— Chris graduated as valedictorian of the Class of 1979—he is also a proud past parent of Christopher ’09, Patrick ’10, and Gerard ’11 (daughter Bridget graduated from Miss Porter’s School in 2013). For the past two years, Chris has served as the chair of Avon’s National Council, and prior to that, he and his wife, René, were co-presidents of Avon’s Parents Association.

Chris comes to Avon after serving the Miss Porter’s School community for the past 20 years as a teacher, admission associate, advisor, mentor, and class dean. With both a master of education degree and doctor of education degree in educational leadership from the University of Hartford under his belt, Chris has devoted much of his professional life to single-gender education—but uncovering his passion for education took some time.

After Avon, Chris matriculated to Johns Hopkins University, where he earned a bachelor of arts degree in international studies. “At that point, I thought I wanted a career in international business or banking,” he recalls. After graduating, he spent two years in the corporate world, but knew that something was off: “I always thought I wanted to

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do something more meaningful with a direct impact on others,” he says. “I was raised in a strong Irish Catholic household, and faith and service were always fundamental aspects of my upbringing.” Chris turned to priesthood; the Diocese of Hartford sponsored him, and he headed to the North American College, the major seminary in Rome. After two years in Rome—and after a summer internship in India where he worked with Mother Teresa and her sisters—he felt that the priesthood was not his calling, and returned to the United States unsure of his next steps, but with valuable experience under his belt: “the internship had a profound impact on my life and motivated me more to be of service to others,” says Chris.

Chris started over once again, this time in the restaurant business in Hartford. “I found that the hospitality industry was a unique service that fit my personality and, to some degree, my goal of helping others,” he notes. He left Hartford for New York City, where he interviewed with Ivana Trump, who hired him to run the Oyster Bar restaurant at the Plaza. “I always think it’s a wonderfully weird juxtaposition to have gone from working for Mother Teresa to Ivana Trump in a two-year period!” he comments. “The hotel business was 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and exhilarating but hard, especially since at that time I

“Avon does not end when you graduate. We are connected by our common history, and are obliged to pay it forward to make sure this next generation has an even more profound experience, and that boys who do not have such an opportunity are given the chance to become men of Avon.”

The Hampton men: Chris ’09, Chris ’79, Gerard ’11, and Patrick ’10.

had gotten married and we had our first son.”

After four years in the industry, Chris was getting burnt out, and still feeling that he was not doing what he was meant to do—so he came home to Connecticut and found Miss Porter’s School, which was looking for house parents to monitor dorm life. Chris accepted the job, which allowed him to be a stay-at-home dad—to four children in four years!—while René worked in business. Chris simultaneously began his master’s program in education.

“The house parenting job expanded into a career,” he explains, noting the many different roles he took on at Miss Porter’s. “I began to work in admissions, coordinated open houses and programs, participated in alumni and development events, ran summer programs, coached the ski team, and ultimately, created and taught the ethics curriculum that has become a mainstay at Miss Porter’s. My master’s in education with a concentration in counseling helped me in dorm life (and parenting!) and I began to continue on at the University of Hartford, matriculating to its doctoral program. I defended my dissertation last spring and have now earned my doctorate.”

After so many years at Miss Porter’s—and having experienced his own education, and the educations of his four children, in single-sex settings—Chris is deeply passionate about the advantages of single-sex education.

“I have seen it first hand at Porter’s as well as at Avon,” he observes. “Single-sex education equalizes the playing fields.

For the girls at Porter’s, they are able to find their voices and gain the confidence necessary to be successful in life.

There is equal access to all academics, sports, and arts.

These girls are in charge of their own destinies. For the boys at Avon, they can focus their attention on the job at hand: their academic and their personal growth. With a solid foundation, without distractions, they can become the men that we want them to be: respectful to all, kind, and civicminded. With this launching point, they can go out to be fair and equitable to all people, male and female.

“My three sons benefited from such an education at Avon and have gone on to co-ed institutions where they are flourishing,” he continues. “And my daughter was so

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incredibly well prepared to voice her viewpoint and not defer to anyone else.”

As one of seven children, and having four of his own, Chris is a reflection of the profound impact of family in a person’s life—and the extended Avon family he has spent the last several decades building has been no exception.

“When my three sons began their Avon careers, I jumped right in to various opportunities on campus,” he notes.

“Through the years, I have sat on panels for Admission, have

and genetic engineering to equity and pay, from affirmative action to the ethics of war.

“My goal is to give the students the facts of every issue before engaging in personal perspectives. Without a solid foundation and true understanding of all sides of an issue, one cannot discuss in a clear and grounded manner. I am hoping to keep this class going—it has become a tradition in its own right!”

Chris may be at the forefront of progressive education, but he still finds tremendous value in the traditions that have been

“My three sons benefited from [a single-sex] education at Avon and have gone on to co-ed institutions where they are flourishing.”

hosted receptions for alumni, have assisted in the AOF ski races, have hosted team dinners, and the list goes on and on. I was even a Sunday night Vespers speaker a few years ago!”

One of Chris’s more recent involvements at Avon is the co-ed global ethics seminar he created and implemented five years ago, which pairs students from Miss Porter’s and Avon Old Farms together in one distinctive class. “I am so proud of this unique and necessary course,” Chris says. “About eight years ago, I began to think how cool it would be to hear the male perspective. As these boys and girls get ready for co-ed higher educational settings, the idea was that this class would be a great way to transition and to share intellectual thought and debate. I got approval from both campuses to create a seminar intended for senior boys and girls only. The students have to apply and have to be committed to giving up their Sunday nights for their spring semester senior year. Each year, the students get better and better, and last year I had seven Avonians and six Porter’s girls. Topics range from euthanasia

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preserved at Avon—like the Boar’s Head Festival. “At the end, the entire community rings the refectory holding hands singing “Auld Lang Syne”; that speaks volumes to the richness of the bonds on this campus.

“I am equally glad for things that have changed,” he continues. “I love the fact that you can be a good athlete, and a good musician, and a good singer, and a good painter, and that there are opportunities for everyone to do this. The new facilities are all incredible and necessary additions to this school, allowing for broader opportunities for the boys.”

Chris has served Avon as a student, an alumnus, a parent, and as its biggest fan and loudest supporter, and as he returns to campus in this new role, he hopes to continue building upon the many relationships he’s created over the years.

“I am excited to connect with the alumni network— to expand the ways we connect—from receptions and events all over the globe, to updates on campus happenings, to more invitations to return to campus for games, shows, concerts, and more. I

“Avon is our corner of the world, a community in which we can transform ourselves, and be a catalyst for others to go out and change the world.”

have had the privilege of knowing Avonians from a multitude of generations; my goal is to maintain the connections among the alumni worldwide and to reconnect with alumni who have not been back. I want to pass on all the wonderful things that are happening at AOF, and to keep alumni engaged and wanting to do their part for its future.

“Avon does not end when you graduate. We are connected by our common history and are obliged to pay it forward to make sure this next generation has an even more profound experience, and that boys who do not have such an opportunity are given the chance to become men of Avon.”

Chris is up for the challenge, and feels that Avon’s ties that bind will work to his advantage. “I think Avon brothers stay connected for the rest of their lives because of the foundation they get here,” he explains. “There are core values that we follow as a school community and a family. Many schools talk about values; AOF talks about them, teaches them, models them, and lives them each and every day. These core values are instilled so early on—the day students set foot on campus. The boys know they have an obligation to each other: to support each other, to celebrate their victories, and to console in time of need.

Through the years that I have been connected with the school, I have been a part of that and witnessed that in my sons. When a brother is on a team or in a play, the boys band together to cheer him on, whether near or far. When someone has a sorrow or loses a loved one, the brothers all cry with him and are there for him. The foundation of human kindness and empathy for all is instilled here. And in a world where such values are underappreciated and underestimated, it is sorely needed.”

Chris’s sense of loyalty to a place he calls home extends beyond just Avon Old Farms School: his four children have all attended his alma mater, Johns Hopkins University, and are

also following in his footsteps in their desires to serve others.

Chris ’09 graduated last spring from Johns Hopkins with his B.A. and M.S. in neuroscience, and this year started his first year at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine.

Patrick ’10 also graduated last year, with his B.A. in public health; he was last in Nicaragua working for an organization called Global Brigades, which creates and coordinates public health and medical service trips throughout the world for university students in the United States. Gerard ’11, a senior at Johns Hopkins, is also majoring in public health; he spent his summer at an internship working with the AIDS population in the city of Baltimore, and was recently accepted to the master’s program at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. And Bridget, who graduated from Miss Porter’s School in 2013, is currently a sophomore at Johns Hopkins, where she plays varsity field hockey and is another public health major!

It is no surprise that Chris’s children have chosen to spend their lives helping others. Though he may have taken the long way to get here, Chris’s journey back to Avon Old Farms, and the years he has spent advocating for the people around him, are a reflection of the message he has always hoped to spread, both to his children and throughout his career.

“To me, life is all about connecting with others and having an impact on another’s life on a daily basis. Avon embodies this philosophy to its very core. Avon is a true community. True communities can be seen as idealistic. And, as we all know, ideals can be seen as too lofty to achieve. But my personal mantra has always been ‘we can make the ideal be real’ by doing our part in creating relationships and never stop supporting one another. I learned that at Avon.

“Avon is our corner of the world, a community in which we can transform ourselves, and be a catalyst for others to go out and change the world.”

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Letter from the Director of Development

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Board of Directors

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National Council Members

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Endowments & Special Purpose Funds

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Capital Giving

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Why the Annual Fund?

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Total Annual Giving

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Annual Giving—Leadership Giving Societies

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Annual Giving—Alumni Giving

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Winged Beaver Leadership Circle

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Parents of Avon Executive Committee

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Annual Giving—Current Parent Giving

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Annual Giving—Parents of Alumni Giving

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Annual Fund—In-Kind Gifts

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Annual Fund—Current Faculty

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Annual Fund—Friends Giving

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Admissions & Alumni Reception Hosts

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Annual Fund—Grandparents Giving

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A5 Scholarship Fund

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Pedro L. Vega ’12 Scholarship

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& Golf Tournament

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A Note to Our Readers

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Memorial & Honorary Gifts

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Matching Gift Companies & Foundations

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The Riddle Society

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Annual Giving 2 O13 –2 O14

P = PARENT

GP = GRANDPARENT

W = WIDOW

e = ELEPHANT Longevity (five or more consecutive years of giving)

d = DECEASED

D E A R AV O N I A N S , What a thrill to see the results of this past year’s efforts on behalf of our beloved school! I am so grateful for the support and dedication of so many of our constituents!

Through the tremendous outreach of our school community—our alumni, parents, grandparents, teachers, and friends—we have achieved much on behalf of Avon Old Farms School. Donor participation is up, and our collective gifts are sustaining Avon’s important mission. Your generosity ensures that our men of Avon will fulfill their destinies. These gifts allow our Avonians to flourish as scholars, athletes, and artists.

Also important are the connections to Avon. It is gratifying that so many of you visit campus and join us for a multitude of different events. From Parents Weekend, to Grandparents Day, Reunion, and some nail-biting sporting events (with Avon often victorious, I might add!), you have made Avon a priority. For those not able to join us here, I am pleased that you made the effort to be with us as Avon “hit the road” and enjoyed connecting with each other at regional receptions as close as Boston or as far away as Denver, Chicago, and Florida.

Staying connected is significant as you are also our greatest ambassadors in your own communities. Sharing positive impressions with others is certainly helping to ensure our enrollment remains strong!

I would also like to thank the team that is in place in the Alumni and Development Office. Even in my short time with them, their passion and dedication to Avon Old Farms are obvious. They know and understand their field, to be sure. But it is their love of and loyalty to Avon Old Farms that set them apart. I know how fortunate I am to have them as colleagues.

The passion of our team, and the motivation and commitment of all of you, strengthen our conviction that we will continue to achieve our ambitious fundraising goals. Make no mistake; there is much to be done. However, looking back on the philanthropy of our Avon family, donations large and small, it is evident that much will be achieved.

I thank you for your ongoing generosity, and look forward to seeing you in person on campus or on the road.

Aspirando et Perseverando!

Christopher Kennedy Hampton ’79, Ed.D. P’09, ’10, ’11 Director of Development

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2013-2014 BOARD OF DIRECTORS

HONORARY DIRECTORS

Brian B. Conroy ’82, ’13H, Chairman

Louise B. Adams P’64, ’68, GP’01 d

Martin I. Cole P’04, Vice Chairman

Spencer E. Beal Sr. ’65, P’95

Brendan L. McKernan ’89, Vice Chairman

Joseph R. Biondo P’92

Jerold T. Garvey ’82, Secretary

Campbell P. Brown ’86

Sara Arnell P’10

Leslie S. Cutler P’91

Michael C. Conroy ’85, Secretary

David D. MacKinnon ’79

William P. Austin ’92

Victor Delano P’75 d

Sam L. Rubenstein ’85,

Brian R. Maitland ’80

Andrew E. Caputo P’16, ’17

John E. Drew P’85, ’87

Jorge E. Consuegra Jr. ’77, P’11

George F. Getz Jr. ’80

Derrick Barker ’06

John M. McCormick Jr. ’82

James W. Corrigan ’67, P’98

Timothy M. Jones P’05

Spencer E. Beal Jr. ’95

Daniel J. McNamara ’01

J. Stratford R. Dennis ’00

Stephen S. Lash ’58

Perry Benson Jr. ’65

Seth F. Mendell ’52

Vincent J. Dowling Jr. P’12

Paul R. Matalon ’70, P’01

Elisa Brady P’11

Donald R. Monaco ’55

John H. Edwards

Allan J. O’Connor ’75

Thomas B. Byrne, III ’75

Matthew H. Moran ’04

Matthew H. Gates ’65

Rolf H. Olson ’59

Robert D. Casey Jr. ’82

Robert H. Moran Jr. ’73, P’04

Dee Gordon P’90

Richard W. Pendleton Jr. ’96H

Lance A. Cashion ’93

Michael M. Mullin IV ’91

Richard H. Gordon P’90

George M. Trautman ’98H, P’75, ’81, GP’03

Michael S. Cercone ’75

Lee B. Ogden ’82

Adam K. Cline ’93

Jason K. Parker ’91

Dean C. Graham ’84

NATIONAL COUNCIL MEMBERS Christopher K. Hampton ’79, P’09, ’10, ’11,

George F. Henschel Jr. ’61, P’00 F. Reid Hipp ’87

Chairman Christopher S. Drew ’85, P’17, ’18,

Kai-Cheng Ho ’06 William W. Lyon ’63

Vice-Chairman

Head of Nominating Committee

John W. Maxwell ’86

Clayton D. Johnson ’82

EX-OFFICIO MEMBER

Terri Cole P’04

James Patten ’88

Wade L. McDevitt ’82

Kenneth H. LaRocque, P’01, ’10,

Richard T. Connell ’74

Randolph H. Pike ’78

John A. Costello ’85

W. Steele Pollard ’92

John A. Nolan ’80

Thomas S. Cousins IV ’06

Peter D. Reed ’88

Kathryn A. Ordway P’04

Thomas K. Curtis ’63

David E. Rothschild ’05

Patrick T. Ryan P’09, ’12

John F. Davenport ’59

Michael E. Sorvillo ’00

Janice Kulynych Story P’10

Patrick W. Dowling ’00

Edward P. Thompson ’74, P’03, ’08

Fern Wachter P’08

Nathan D. Edwards

Jonathan D. Usich ’89

Norbert M. Williamson P’14, ’16

David J. Farrell ’98

Louis N. Usich III ’85, P’15, ’18

Linda P. Woodwell W’75, P’08

Michael A. Fish ’95

Lincoln C. Young ’77, P’10

Armour N. Mellon ’84, P’13

Headmaster

Andrew H. Fisher ’91 Michael R. Gibbons ’81, P’11

HONORARY MEMBER

Scott M. Goodwyn ’92

Robert A. Dowling Jr. ’91,H

David D. Gordon ’90 Drew S. Graham ’85

P = PARENT

GP = GRANDPARENT

W = WIDOW

e = ELEPHANT Longevity (five or more consecutive years of giving)

d = DECEASED

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endowments, funds functioning as endowments, or special-purpose funds SCHOLARSHIP FUNDS A5 Scholarship*—for academically talented African American students with financial need

Kathy M. & William W. Lyon ’62 Scholarship Fund

FACULTY FUNDS AND AWARDS

George C. Lyon Scholarship Fund

Cashion Distinguished Teaching Prize—to recognize outstanding dedication and service through leadership, commitment, and excellence

Lyons Brothers Scholarship

Alumni Scholarship Fund*—for sons of Avon Old Farms School alumni

William O’Donnell Family Scholarship Fund

Jane B. Aron Scholarship Fund

Donald W. Pierpont Memorial Fund

D. Arthur Bartholomew Scholarship Fund—for a quiet leader who is also a football player

Dr. William G. Ryan Scholarship

Blakeley Outreach Program Brooks Scholarship Fund Class of 1960 Golden Anniversary Scholarship Fund* Class of 1985 Juan Comella Scholarship Fund* The Sidney C. Clark Scholarship Fund—for postgraduate students Colatrella Family Scholarship Cole Family Scholarship Conroy Scholarship Fund* Terry Cutler Fund for Minority Students* —to support day-to-day expenses of deserving minority students

Jack A. Sebastian Scholarship Fund Warren W. Smith Scholarship Fund Alex Story Fund—to provide an annual allowance for multiple scholarship students Suisman Scholarship Fund Trautman Scholars Fund The George M. Trautman Scholarship Fund* Pedro L. Vega ’12 Scholarship Fund* Roger G. Wing ’71 Scholarship Fund Richard H. Woodwell ’75 Scholarship Fund*

LIBRARY FUNDS David S. Bowen Memorial Fund

Coach Frank D.B. DiCocco ’02 Scholarship Fund*—for an academically motivated athlete with financial need

Sidney C. Clark Book Fund

DiFiglia Family Scholarship Fund

FUNDED STUDENT AWARDS

Diogenes Scholarship Fund* —for day students from the Farmington Valley The Francis S. & Mary A. Driscoll Scholarship Fund* Peter M. Evans Scholarship Fund* —support of academically qualified student-athletes Flanagan Lacrosse Scholarship* —to assist those with financial need who are active in Avon’s lacrosse program General Scholarship Fund* Richard and Dee Gordon Scholarship Fund Charles Hayden Foundation Endowment Fund—for students in the New York City or Boston area Hoffman Foundation Scholars Fund Gregg Richard Linburg ’87 Scholarship Fund—preference given to a rising sophomore

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Library Fund* Hansi Smith Endowed Library Fund

Adam ’93 and Luke ’95 Cline Prize— to two students for earnest and persistent effort David Kinsley Florian ’75 Memorial Fund—to a senior for achievement in art Linburg Memorial Fund— to a senior for sportsmanship, endurance, grit, and hard work Schiller Memorial Fund—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

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 The Buchanan Family Foundation Endowment for Choral Music—to support, without restriction, Avon’s choral music program T.K. Curtis Jr. Endowment for Music—to support the music program Drew Family History Fund—to support the Drew History Initiative, which is a seminar program primarily for senior history scholars

Nimrod Endowment* 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

Fairchild Language Lab Fund—to maintain the language lab and support the teaching of foreign language

Rothschild Endowment Fund for Academic and Athletic Excellence—to underwrite special projects in the academic and/or athletic areas

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

Leading Edge Endowment Fund—to support bricks-and-mortar projects

Gail A. Laferriere Endowment for the Visual Arts

STUDENT ENRICHMENT FUND

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

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.

McKernan Life Science Fund—to develop and support a unit on genomics within the biology curriculum

Avon, through the generosity of its many loyal supporters, has under management funds totaling over $47.1 million as of June 30, 2014. Gifts to supplement funds marked with an asterisk (*) are most welcome. (Specific qualifications are indicated.)

P = PARENT

GP = GRANDPARENT

W = WIDOW

e = ELEPHANT Longevity (five or more consecutive years of giving)

d = DECEASED

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CA PITA L GI V I NG Anonymous (4) Mr. & Mrs. Paul B. Ahern P’86, GP’12 Dr. & Mrs. George Amilo P’12 Mr. Jonathan P. Amour ’12 Mr. & Mrs. Peter F. Amour P’12 Mr. & Mrs. Brendan J. Andrews ’90 Mr. & Mrs. Anthony Antoville ’52 Mr. & Mrs. Shawn E. Atkinson ’88 Mr. Jeffrey Aurigemma Mr. & Mrs. William P. Austin ’92 Avon African American Alumni Association Mr. & Mrs. Tommy L. Bambrick P’07 Mr. David A. Barros ’11 Mr. & Mrs. David M. Barros P’11, ’11 Mr. Michael J. Barros ’11 Mr. William D. Batesole ’74 & Ms. Anne Nordstrom Mr. & Mrs. Spencer E. Beal Sr. ’65, P’95 Mr. & Mrs. Randal A. Becker, CMPE ’75 Mr. & Mrs. Timothy R. Beeble ’71 Mr. John-Oliver Beirne ’03 Mr. & Mrs. James E. Bell III ’74, P’14 Mr. & Mrs. Brian Beloin Ms. Cynthia Bigelow & Mr. Tom O’Hara Mr. & Mrs. David C. Bigelow ’44

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Mr. James E. Biggart ’14 Mr. & Mrs. James H. Biggart P’02, ’06, ’08, ’14 Mr. Matthew E. Bill ’93 Mr. & Mrs. Joseph R. Biondo P’92 Mr. & Mrs. John G. Birle ’85 Mr. & Mrs. Douglas H. Birnie P’14 Mr. & Mrs. Rodman R. Black Jr. P’99 Dr. & Mrs. Theodore A. Blaine ’84 Mr. Gerald W. Blakeley III ’62 & Ms. Yunie Doran Mr. & Mrs. Godfrey C. Bloch ’63 Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Bogino ’60 Mr. Jose F. Böhmer & Ms. Diane Eder P’12 Mr. & Mrs. Erin R. Borger, FA ’99 Mr. & Mrs. B. Tucker Bradshaw ’77 Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Brady P’11 Mr. Stephen C. Brengle ’01 Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence S. Brick ’64 Mr. G. Christopher Brink & Mrs. Jill Rundle P’14 Dr. Dante A. Brittis & Ms. Tracey Brittis P’14 Mr. & Mrs. Brett C. Browchuk P’15 Mr. G. Garvin Brown IV ’87

Mr. Joshua L. Bruff ’01 Mr. John E. Butterworth ’85 Mr. & Mrs. Thomas B. Byrne III ’75 Ms. Patricia J. Cain Mr. Alfonso L. Carney & Dr. Cassandra Henderson Dr. & Mrs. Jeffrey B. Carter P’99 Mr. Gustavo A. Carvajal & Mrs. Juana Cabal P’12 Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence P. Casella P’09, ’12 Ms. Colleen Casey-Nelson Mr. & Mrs. James H. Cashion P’93 Mr. Michael S. Cercone ’75 Mrs. Ellen M. Charles P’79, ’83, GP’10 Ms. Allison M. Cheffer P’13 Mr. Daniel G. Ciaburri Jr. ’03 Mr. Gavin S. Clark ’12 Mr. & Mrs. Dale K. Cline P’93, ’95, GP’14 Mr. & Mrs. Erich L. Cluxton ’61 Mr. & Mrs. Timothy Cohane P’02 Mr. & Mrs. Anthony S. Colatrella P’09 Mr. & Mrs. Martin I. Cole P’04 Mr. Kyle Coleman ’03 Mr. & Mrs. Brian B. Conroy ’82, ’13H Mr. & Mrs. Kevin K. Cooke P’13

Mr. Casey R. Coons ’07 Mr. & Mrs. Henry R. Coons ’71, P’07 Mr. & Mrs. Andrew J. Cordova ’89 Mr. & Mrs. James W. Corrigan ’67, P’98 Mr. & Mrs. Craig T. Cottrell Sr. P’09, ’11, ’13 Ms. Christine M. Coz P’09, ’10 Mr. & Mrs. J. Eddy G. Craig Jr. Mr. Benjamin A. Crocker ’11 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 Ms. Laurie Delaney-Humphrey & Mr. Peter Humphrey P’98, ’02 Mr. Gregory DeLeo Mr. Francis X. Dennen Mr. & Mrs. J. Stratford R. Dennis ’00 Mr. Matthew J. Detora ’12 Mr. & Mrs. Stephen R. Deyette ’78 Mr. & Mrs. Albert A. Di Antonio Jr. P’12, ’15 Mr. & Mrs. Lou DiCocco P’02 Mr. & Mrs. Michael Dillon Ms. Christy Dittrick P’10, ’12

Mr. Andrew Djiounas GP’17 Mr. James J. Dol & Mrs. Cynthia Damon-Dol P’15 Mr. & Mrs. Christopher Donahoe P’12 Mr. & Mrs. Bryan R. Donahue ’94 Mr. Thomas J. Dougherty ’11 Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Dowling Jr. ’91 Mr. Vincent J. Dowling Jr. P’12 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. Robert W. Dudley Jr. ’66 Mr. & Mrs. Huntington Eldridge Jr. ’69 Mr. & Mrs. R. Todd Elliott ’82 Mr. & Mrs. David M. Emmes P’07 Mr. Charles F. Emmons ’63 & Ms. Anna Ferri Mr. Daniel J. Entwistle ’89 Mr. & Mrs. Peter M. Evans P’98 Mr. John P. Even ’12 Mr. & Mrs. Bradley A. Evens ’85 Mr. Mark A. Fantasia ’88 Mr. Jeffrey Farragher Mr. & Mrs. David J. Farrell ’98 Dr. & Mrs. Frederick C. Feibel ’74, P’12 Dr. Robert P. Feldman & Dr. Virginia E. Feldman P’14 Mr. John R. Finch Jr. ’63 Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Fiondella P’12 Mr. & Mrs. Michael A. Fish ’95 Dr. & Mrs. Henry E. Flanagan GP’16 Mr. & Mrs. Michael B. Fogarty Sr. P’09 Mr. Pierce H. Ford ’09 Mr. & Mrs. Damian J. Fox ’91 Ms. Darby B. Fox P’12 Mr. Rodman R. Fox P’12 Mr. & Mrs. Persifor Frazer V ’63 Mr. Mark W. Freeman ’02 Mr. & Mrs. David L. Gagnon P’12 Mr. Andrew Galano Mr. & Mrs. Chris Garavente Mr. & Mrs. Enrique Garces ’61, P’87 Dr. Philippine Gonzalez-Camino & Mr. Joaquin Garcia-Quiros P’14 Dr. & Mrs. Jeffery S. Garland P’09, ’14 Mr. Anthony Garrett Mr. & Mrs. Gregory S. Garvey P’14 Mr. & Mrs. John M. Garvey ’78 Mr. & Mrs. William J. Goebelbecker Mr. & Mrs. Robert B. Goldfarb ’60 Mr. Dennett W. Goodrich ’59 Ms. Alexandra Gordon Mr. Michael Gormley Mr. & Mrs. Dean C. Graham ’84 Mr. & Mrs. Thomas T. Gresh ’90 Mr. & Mrs. Rufus K. Griscom ’62 Dr. & Mrs. Phillip B. Haber Mr. Gerard D. Hampton ’11 Mr. & Mrs. Leland S. Hanson ’50 Ms. Anne Harney Hartford Police Department The Hartwell Foundation Mr. John W. Hawie ’82 Mr. John R. Hebberd ’67 Mr. & Mrs. A. Russ Heinke P’90, GP’18

P = PARENT

GP = GRANDPARENT

Mr. & Mrs. John G. Hennessey P’77, ’77, ’78, ’84 Mr. & Mrs. George F. Henschel Jr. ’61, P’00 Mr. Emmet P. Hibson Mr. & Mrs. David Hicks Mr. & Mrs. Robert Higgins P’01, ’03, ’13 Mr. W. Barrett Holby Jr. ’74 Mr. & Mrs. Rodrigo Holguin ’61, P’84, ’89, GP’12 Ms. Natalie Holland Mr. & Mrs. David M. Homeier ’52 Dr. Norman M. Howe ’54 Mr. & Mrs. Joe Huber P’10 Mr. & Mrs. Richard Hynson Jr. ’63 Mr. & Mrs. Andrew P. Iverson ’83 Mr. & Mrs. George D. Iverson VI ’79, P’10 Mr. & Mrs. Brett R. Jefferson ’84 Mr. Alex J. Johnson ’12 Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan E. Johnson P’12 Ms. Marcia R. Joyce Mr. William Kadel Mr. & Mrs. Arthur R. Keim ’50 Mr. & Mrs. Mark K. Kelly P’11, ’14 Mrs. Warner W. Kent Jr. W’40 Mr. & Mrs. John D. Kettlewell ’85 Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Kincade P’10, ’15 Mr. David R. Korus & Mrs. Barbara A. Mignogna-Korus P’15 Dr. & Mrs. Jonathan A. Kost P’12 Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth H. LaRocque P’01, ’10 Mr. Connor W. Latz ’12 Mrs. Dolores A. Lawler P’82 Mrs. Carmen L. Leahy P’00, ’04 Mr. & Mrs. Michael P. Lech ’88 Ms. Heidi K. Leeds P’12, ’15 Mr. & Mrs. Michael S. Levin P’14 Mr. & Mrs. Shane N. Lieberman ’97 Dr. & Mrs. Richard M. Linburg P’87, GP’17 Mr. & Mrs. James D. Lindemuth Jr. ’82 Mr. & Mrs. Joshua R. Lipman ’67 Mr. & Mrs. Edward J. Ludwig Mr. Kevin A. Ludwig ’99 Mr. Mark Luecke Mr. & Mrs. Brendan B. Lynch ’88, P’17 Mr. & Mrs. Gerard T. Lynch P’88, ’91, GP’17 Mr. & Mrs. William W. Lyon ’63 Dr. & Mrs. Scott B. MacDonald ’74, P’11 Mr. Tak Ming Mak & Ms. Mei Wai Poon P’14 Mr. & Mrs. Francis A. Martin IV ’88 Mr. & Mrs. Charles D. Marx P’80, ’83, GP’09 Mr. Paul R. Matalon ’70, P’01 Mr. & Mrs. John W. Maxwell ’86 Mr. Kerry A. Mayer ’54 & Mrs. Eleni Hatzidakis Mr. & Mrs. Paul McArthur P’12 Mrs. Sheila M. McDougall P’12 Mr. & Mrs. Albert J. McHenry ’56 Mr. & Mrs. Richard T. McKernan P’89, ’91, GP’17 Dr. Timothy P. McLaughlin & Dr. Marian Kellner P’04 Mr. & Mrs. Nigel H. Mendez ’91 Mr. Steven L. Merrill ’60

W = WIDOW

Mr. Frederick M. Michel ’77 Ms. Stephane Michel Dr. Geoffrey B. Monsour ’74 & Ms. Audrey Swank Ms. Leslie Moraller Clark & Mr. Jonathan Clark P’08, ’12 Mr. & Mrs. Bradley R. Morris ’84 Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. Moser ’66 Mr. & Mrs. Jordan L. Mott VI ’58 Mr. & Mrs. Patrick J. Murray ’63 Mr. & Mrs. Andre A. Napoli P’16 Mr. & Mrs. Antonio Nicolia P’04, ’12 Mr. Michael D. Nouri ’64 Mrs. Catharine H. Oeser Mr. & Mrs. Gilman W. Ordway ’44, GP’04 Mr. & Mrs. Matthew T. Pancavage P’17 Mr. & Mrs. John Papadopoulos P’10, ’12, ’15 Ms. Beth Paul Ms. Maria Pedraza Mr. & Mrs. Nelson Peltz P’09, ’12 Mr. & Mrs. Scott Percival Mr. & Mrs. Dwight S. Platt ’64 Mr. & Mrs. Richard R. Previdi P’12 Mr. & Mrs. Eugene T. Price P’10, ’11 Mrs. Mark H. Quattro P’12 Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan D. Quick ’05 Mr. Michael Reardon Mr. & Mrs. Peter D. Reed ’88 Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. Reilly Jr. P’99, ’03, ’05 Mr. B. Franklin Reinauer III ’59 Mr. Jacob A. Reiner ’13 Mrs. Carol Reller ’13H & Mr. Edward A. Reller P’09 Mr. & Mrs. Gregory J. Riley P’12 Mr. Myles C. Riley ’12 Ms. Gayle N. Robinson & Mr. James Budinetz Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Rosati P’11 Mr. Richard Rosati Mr. Jeremy D. Ross ’12 Mrs. Nancy P. Ross P’12 Mr. Sam L. Rubenstein ’85 Mr. & Mrs. Stephen M. Rubicam ’64 Mr. & Mrs. Barry Rubinfeld P’10 Mrs. Pamela C. Ruez Christensen W’63 & Mr. Scott Christensen Dr. Aimee Kimball & Mr. Blake L. Ruttenberg ’89 Mr. Corey F. Salvatelli ’00 Mr. Thomas Saxton Mr. & Mrs. Arsalan M. Sayyah ’82, P’18 Mr. & Mrs. Federico A. Schad ’88 Mr. Brady M. Schofield ’85 & Mrs. Sarah Bullock Mr. James Schulte Mr. & Mrs. Bruce A. Seeber P’14 Mr. & Mrs. Daniel J. Seiden ’00 Mr. & Mrs. Ellis L. Shamburger III P’12 Mr. & Mrs. Edwin S. Shirley III Mr. Alexander Siegel Mr. & Mrs. Ron Siegel Mr. & Mrs. Kevin A. Sjodin P’10, ’11, ’14 Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Smalley P’05 Dr. & Mrs. Brian G. Smith P’14 Mr. Kevin J. Smith ’14 Mr. & Mrs. Nathaniel A. Smith ’88

e = ELEPHANT Longevity (five or more consecutive years of giving)

d = DECEASED

Dr. Eun Seop Song & Dr. Sung Min Kim P’10, ’13 Mr. & Mrs. John J. Spearman IV P’14, ’15, ’18 Mr. & Mrs. John E. Spencer Jr. P’09 Mr. & Mrs. Steve Spessard Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey W. Spolarich P’12 Mr. & Mrs. Michael C. Stanley P’12 Mr. & Mrs. David A. Stichter ’88 Mr. Jack R. Stokvis ’63 & Mrs. Evelyn Noether Mr. Christopher H. Stone ’88 & Mr. David Fox Mr. & Mrs. Thomas E. Story III P’10 Mr. & Mrs. Peter Striano GP’14 Mrs. Terry B. Strong Mr. Peter R. Sulick ’81 Mr. & Mrs. William W. Sweedler P’16 Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth E. Swerdlick P’16 Mr. John Swift Mr. & Mrs. David P. Szewczul P’13 Mr. & Mrs. Keith A. Tanny ’84 Mr. & Mrs. Sylvain Thibault P’16 Mr. W. Scott Tiernan ’70, P’99, ’05, ’08 Ms. Rosemary Jo Tongish Mr. Anthony Traina Mr. George M. Trautman ’98H, P’75, ’81, GP’03 & Mrs. George M. Trautman P’82 Mr. Matthew T. Trautman ’03 Mr. Benjamin H. Travers ’88 Ms. Lori Tritel P’13 Mr. Lloyd Trotter Mr. & Mrs. Alfred A. Turco Mr. & Mrs. Louis N. Usich Sr. ’62, P’85, ’89, GP’15, ’18 Mr. & Mrs. Frank Usowski P’13 Mr. & Mrs. Carl A. Valimont ’84, P’13 Mr. Warren S. Van Deventer ’63 Mr. Ron Vecchio Mr. & Mrs. Pedro L. Vega Sr. P’12, ’17 Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Victor P’06 Mr. & Mrs. Matthew C. Wagner ’88 Mr. Robert Waldele Mr. & Mrs. Willard T. Walker GP’15 Mr. & Mrs. Edwin L. Wallace P’08, ’09, ’12 Mr. Patrick Wallace ’12 Mr. Demetrius Washington Mr. & Mrs. Damian Wasserbauer P’09, ’12 Mr. Harrison J. Wasserbauer ’12 Mr. & Mrs. Alan L. Weiner ’89 Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Weisenburger 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. Brian T. Wilhelm ’92 Mr. & Mrs. John W. Williams 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 Mrs. John H. Wise Jr. GP’09 Mrs. Linda P. Woodwell W’75, P’08 Ms. Allison Wright Mr. & Mrs. Robert G. Wuelfing P’06 Ms. Courtney Yadouga Mr. & Mrs. Richard Yen P’12 Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Zuzolo P’14

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Below please find some helpful information about the Annual Fund that we hope will illustrate the vital nature of the program and the distinction between annual and capital support.

Why are Annual Fund dollars essential?

Like other independent schools, Avon is a not-forprofit organization that does not rely upon public sources of funds for its annual operating costs.

Tuition dollars provide 72 percent of the cost of educating an Avon student.

Draw on endowment and other sources of revenue provide an additional 21 percent. The Annual Fund makes up the last critical 7 percent of the cost to operate Avon each year.

In 2014-2015 there exists a tuition gap in excess of $16,200 per student. The Annual Fund helps to eliminate this gap.

What is the Annual Fund?

The Annual Fund begins July 1st and ends June 30th. It is an opportunity for alumni, parents, and friends of the school to help Avon meet annual operating expenses by donating tax-deductible gifts.

All of the money raised in the Annual Fund goes directly into the operating budget for that particular year. These unrestricted gifts allow Avon the flexibility to address the school’s most pressing needs.

All facets of Avon life— academic programs, meals, campus maintenance, library books, technology, faculty salaries, arts and athletic program supplies, and everything else that makes up the Avon experience— are sup-ported by a robust Annual Fund.

What is the difference between “annual” and “capital” giving?

ANNUAL GIVING

• Happens every year • Reflects the collective generosity of alumni, parents, and friends of Avon • Sustains and enhances daily operations • Has an immediate impact on the current school year CAPITAL GIVING

• The endowment • Scholarships • Initiatives focused on specific interests • “Bricks and Mortar” building projects • Is an investment in the school’s future

How can I best help Avon Old Farms and the Annual Fund?

Participate today! If you have never given to the Annual Fund, make this your first time. To our steadfast annual donors, THANK YOU. We hope that we can count on your support again this year.

Avon’s 2014-2015 Annual Fund Goal is $1,749,600. Every gift makes a difference!

CONTACT

Henry R. Coons ’71, P’07 Director of Alumni Giving 860-404-4226 coonsh@avonoldfarms.com Kimberley H. Crocker P’11 Director of Parent Giving 860-404-4279 crockerk@avonoldfarms.com

YOUR GENEROSITY MADE THE 2013-2014 ANNUAL FUND A SUCCESS. The leadership and strong dedication shown by Avon alumni, parents, and friends reflect the commitment we share for providing our students with an exceptional learning environment at Avon.

ANNUAL GIVING FIGURES

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Unrestricted Gifts Restricted Gifts Directors $ 356,352 $ 34,896 $ 510,532 $ 113,017 Alumni Current Parents $ 482,792 $ 113,410 Parents of Alumni $ 146,548 $ 74,670 Grandparents $ 68,913 $ 8,100 Friends $ 7,161 $ 12,013 Corporations/Foundations $ 5,350 $ 55,000 Parents Dinner $ 104,151 Pedro Vega Golf Tournament $ 23,768 Gifts-In-Kind $ 30,628

Totals $ 391,248 $ 623,549 $ 596,202 $ 221,218 $ 77,013 $ 19,175 $ 60,350 $ 104,151 $ 23,768 $ 30,628

Total Annual Giving $1,577,648 $ 569,653 Total Capital Giving

$ 2,147,302 $ 2,399,272

Total Annual & Capital Giving

$ 4,546,573

A NNUAL FU ND LE A DERSHIP GIV ING SOCIETIES FOUNDER’S GUILD $25,000+

Mr. & Mrs. John A. Sebastian ’84 Mr. & Mrs. Henry B. Smith Sr. P’17 Mr. & Mrs. Don W. Torey P’09 Mr. Pedro J. Trebbau Lopez ’01 Mrs. Fern Wachter & Mr. George Wachter P’08 Mr. & Mrs. Richard W. Walker ’52 Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth J. Winemaster ’83, P’17

Ms. Sara Arnell P’10 Mr. & Mrs. Brett C. Browchuk P’15 Ms. Rosie E. Carlino P’14 Mr. & Mrs. Daniel E. Carpenter ’72 Mr. & Mrs. Martin I. Cole P’04 Mr. & Mrs. Brian B. Conroy ’82, ’13H Dr. Edward B. DiDonato & Dr. Denise A. DiDonato P’14 Mr. Vincent J. Dowling Jr. P’12 Mr. Daniel J. Fegan ’81 Mr. & Mrs. Clayton D. Johnson ’82 Mr. Timothy M. Jones & Ms. Annie M. Cardelus P’05, ’18 Mr. Gi-Beom Kwon & Mrs. Eun-Keun Yu P’14 Mr. & Mrs. John A. Nolan ’80 Mrs. Linda P. Woodwell W’75, P’08 Vranos Family Foundation

DIOGENES $5,000-$9,999

PELICAN $15,000–$24,999

Anonymous (2) Mr. Ruben Aganbegyan & Mrs. Veronica Misiutina P’16 Mr. & Mrs. William P. Austin ’92 Dr. & Mrs. Andrew E. Caputo P’16, ’17 Mr. Daniel K. Des Marais ’69 H. L. Brown Jr. Family Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Charles N. Hamilton ’03 Mr. Brendan L. McKernan ’89 Mr. & Mrs. Andre A. Napoli P’16 Ms. Kathryn A. Ordway P’04 Mr. & Mrs. Glenn A. Sieber P’17 Mr. & Mrs. Thomas E. Story III P’10 Mr. & Mrs. Norbert M. Williamson P’14, ’16 Walks Foundation, Inc. Woodard Family Foundation

EAGLE $10,000-$14,999

Mr. & Mrs. Spencer E. Beal Sr. ’65, P’95 Mr. & Mrs. David C. Bigelow ’44 Mr. & Mrs. James H. Biggart P’02, ’06, ’08, ’14 Mr. & Mrs. Dale K. Cline P’93, ’95, GP’14 Mr. Eric P. Consolazio P’15 Mr. & Mrs. Jacques De Saint Phalle P’16 Mr. & Mrs. J. Stratford R. Dennis ’00 Mr. & Mrs. Robert F. Gaffney P’16, ’17 Mr. & Mrs. Jerold T. Garvey ’82 Mr. & Mrs. Matthew H. Gates ’65 Mr. & Mrs. Dean C. Graham ’84 Mr. & Mrs. Edward J. Hawie ’55, P’82 Mr. & Mrs. Mark K. Kelly P’11, ’14 Mr. David R. Korus & Mrs. Barbara A. Mignogna-Korus P’15 Mr. & Mrs. John W. Maxwell ’86 Mr. & Mrs. Wade L. McDevitt ’82 Mr. & Mrs. Armour N. Mellon ’84, P’13 Mr. & Mrs. Joseph H. Moglia P’96 Mr. & Mrs. Robert H. Moran Jr. ’73, P’04 Mr. & Mrs. Gerrit J. Nicholas P’16 Mr. & Mrs. Richard Reese P’96, GP’14

P = PARENT

GP = GRANDPARENT

Anonymous (2) Ms. Mary Allen P’15 Mr. & Mrs. David M. Barros P’11, ’11 Mr. & Mrs. Christopher Y. Berry P’14 Mr. & Mrs. Kevin Callahan P’14, ’17 Mr. & Mrs. David J. Castellani P’13 Mr. Jung Hoon Cho & Mrs. Young Min Lee P’14 Mr. Adam K. Cline ’93 Mr. & Mrs. Luke K. Cline ’95 Mr. & Mrs. Andrew J. Cordova ’89 Mr. & Mrs. William L. R. Davis P’15 Captain Victor Delano P’75 d Mr. & Mrs. Lou DiCocco P’02 Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Donahue ’82 Mr. Daniel J. Entwistle ’89 Mr. & Mrs. Andrew H. Fisher ’91 Ms. Emily H. Fisher & Mr. John Alexander P’89 Ms. Jill Garrett P’17 Mr. & Mrs. Gregory S. Garvey P’14 Mr. & Mrs. John N. Giamalis P’07, ’10, ’16 Mr. David C. Gilliam ’78 Mr. Thomas J. Harrop ’91 Mr. & Mrs. Mark J. Hawley ’61 Mr. & Mrs. Frank G. Hood ’71 Mr. Hongxin Hu & Ms. Shihong Su P’17 Mr. & Mrs. David R. Jarvis P’17 Mr. & Mrs. Brett R. Jefferson ’84 Mr. Sung Hoon Kim & Mrs. Suk Baik P’16 Mr. Young Cheon Kim & Mrs. Yu Kyung Lee P’14 Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Kincade P’10, ’15 Mr. & Mrs. Justin M. King P’15 Mr. & Mrs. Northrup R. Knox Jr. P’15 Mr. & Mrs. Scott B. Linke ’79, P’16 Mrs. Richard K. Loveland W’59H Dr. Richard K. Loveland ’59H d Mr. Mingmin Luo & Ms. Meili Jiang P’17 Mr. & Mrs. Gerard T. Lynch P’88, ’91, GP’17 Mr. & Mrs. David D. MacKinnon ’79 The Mary Hillman Jennings Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Christopher G. McCormack ’87 Mr. & Mrs. Richard B. McKernan P’17 Mr. & Mrs. John S. Miller P’16 Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey B. Minnick ’64 Mr. Michael J. Murphy P’12, ’14 Mr. Rolf H. Olson ’59 & Mrs. Sioux Stacy-Olson Mr. & Mrs. George D. O’Neill P’81 Mr. & Mrs. Daniel J. Ryan Jr. P’13, ’15, ’18 Mr. Michael E. Scavone & Mrs. Nancy L. Tenenbaum P’15 Mr. & Mrs. John Sebastian ’84

W = WIDOW

Dr. Sung Sik Shin & Mrs. Young Mi Choi P’14 Mr. & Mrs. John B. Solberg P’12, ’17 Mr. & Mrs. William W. Sweedler P’16 Mr. Clark G. Travers P’88 Mr. & Mrs. Frank Usowski P’13 Mr. & Mrs. Albert Winslow P’16 Mr. Keith T. Ziegler & Ms. Leeann Varasconi P’17

1927 SOCIETY $1,927–$4,999 Anonymous Mr. & Mrs. Roger P. Abate P’88, GP’16 Mr. & Mrs. J. Leo Barry GP’06, ’07, ’11, ’15 Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Barry P’15 Captain & Mrs. Matthew H. Bazarian, USMCR ’94 Mr. & Mrs. Spencer E. Beal Jr. ’95 Mr. & Mrs. Hugh R. Beath P’76, ’77, GP’06, ’07, ’09, ’15 Mr. & Mrs. James E. Bell III ’74, P’14 Mr. & Mrs. Rodman R. Black Jr. P’99 Mr. & Mrs. Mark G. Bothwell ’88

e = ELEPHANT Longevity (five or more consecutive years of giving)

d = DECEASED

Mr. G. Christopher Brink & Mrs. Jill Rundle P’14 Mr. G. Garvin Brown IV ’87 Mr. & Mrs. Scott S. Brown P’05, ’06 Mr. & Mrs. David Cadenhead P’10 Ms. Marissa Campise P’16 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. Jonathan S. Chester, Esquire ’80 Mr. & Mrs. Charles Cicchetti Jr. ’86 Mr. & Mrs. James W. Corrigan ’67, P’98 Mr. Richard G. Croft Jr. ’59, P’83 Mr. Thomas K. Curtis ’63 & Ms. Lynn Armstrong Mr. & Mrs. Huntley G. Davenport ’56 Mr. & Mrs. Thomas J. DelVecchio ’91 Mr. Stephen D. F. Dewey & Mrs. Patty A. Chow Dewey P’14 Mr. & Mrs. Frederick S. Dieterich III P’17 Mr. James J. Dol and Mrs. Cynthia Damon-Dol P’15 Mr. & Mrs. Chase F. Donaldson ’68

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ANNUAL FU ND LEADERSHIP G I V I N G S O C I E T I E S (continued) Mr. & Mrs. Patrick J. Donovan P’14 Ms. Kimberly Dreier P’15 Mr. & Mrs. John E. Drew P’85, ’87, GP’17, ’18 Mr. & Mrs. Mark W. Drinkwater ’86 Mr. & Mrs. George M. Economos P’15 Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan Fairbanks P’16 Dr. & Mrs. Henry E. Flanagan GP’16 Mr. & Mrs. Joseph S. Freeman P’11 Mr. & Mrs. Heberton E. Fricke III P’14 Mrs. Gloria Gallo GP’16 Mr. & Mrs. Michael A. Giannamore ’85 Mr. & Mrs. Michael R. Gibbons ’81, P’11 Mr. James M. Gilmore ’76 Mrs. Maria C. Gimenez P’00, ’17 Mr. & Mrs. Arthur R. Godbout Jr. P’17 Mr. & Mrs. Robert B. Goldfarb ’60 Mr. Dennett W. Goodrich ’59 Mr. & Mrs. Jonathon F. Hartnett ’95 Mr. & Mrs. Guy T. Hatch P’11 Mr. & Mrs. William S. Hayes P’06 Mr. William H. Heyman & Ms. Katherine E. Dietze P’11 Mr. Robert P. Higginbotham ’99 Mr. & Mrs. F. Reid Hipp ’87 Mr. & Mrs. William D. Horne P’16 Mr. Timothy D. Huizenga ’96 Mr. & Mrs. Arthur E. Imperatore Jr. P’15 Mr. & Mrs. George D. Iverson VI ’79, P’10 Dr. Seok Min Kang & Mrs. Yeon Ki Lee P’16 Mr. & Mrs. Fred A. Kenvin ’84 Mr. & Mrs. Wade H. O. Kirby P’17, ’17 Mr. & Mrs. George P. Kooluris P’92 Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth H. LaRocque P’01, ’10 Mr. & Mrs. Stephen S. Lash ’58 Mr. Frank G. Leavitt ’52, P’76, GP’15 Mr. & Mrs. Allan F. Lehrer P’14 Mr. Steve C. Lin & Mrs. May H. Yu P’10, ’14 Mr. & Mrs. James S. Mackechnie P’17 Mr. & Mrs. Bruce S. MacMillian III P’14, ’15 Mr. & Mrs. Robert B. Magnus III P’17 Mr. Tak Ming Mak & Ms. Mei Wai Poon P’14 Mr. & Mrs. Peter J. Malafronte ’90 Mr. & Mrs. Edward J. Malley III P’14 Mr. & Mrs. Thomas J. Maule P’06 Mr. & Mrs. Edwin J. McCarthy ’74 Mr. Thomas O. McCarthy ’78 Mr. & Mrs. Daniel J. McCormack P’14 Mr. & Mrs. John M. McCormick Jr. ’82 Ms. Mary B. McKernan & Mr. Paul Tortorella P’17 Mr. & Mrs. Richard T. McKernan P’89, ’91, GP’17 Mr. & Mrs. Robert B. McLaughlin P’15 Mr. & Mrs. Todd R. Meyer P’13 Mr. Donald R. Monaco ’55 Mr. Peter J. Morgan & Ms. Maureen E. Morgan P’15 Mr. & Mrs. Bradley R. Morris ’84 Mr. & Mrs. Peter C. Obre P’96 Mr. Peter M. O’Neill ’81 Mr. & Mrs. Timothy D. Orr ’86 Mr. & Mrs. Matthew T. Pancavage P’17 Mr. & Mrs. John Papadopoulos P’10, ’12, ’15 Mr. Richard W. Pendleton Jr. ’96H Mr. John W. Plumb Mr. & Mrs. Steven C. Preston P’16 Mr. Andres E. Rapela & Mrs. Geraldine Arceri Rapela P’14 Mr. B. Franklin Reinauer III ’59

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Dr. Tad T. M. Renvyle ’87 & Dr. Rachel Jordan Mr. & Mrs. Thomas A. Rettaliata P’16 Mr. Daniel L. Rick P’15 Mr. & Mrs. William T. Rieser Jr. P’16 Mr. & Mrs. Mark Robinson P’12 Mr. & Mrs. Sheldon R. Roth ’54 Mr. & Mrs. Douglas W. Rothmann P’11, ’14 Mr. & Mrs. John Ruan IV ’92 Mr. Sam L. Rubenstein ’85 Mr. & Mrs. Edward M. Siegel Jr. ’61 Mr. William J. Sigward & Ms. Cherie G. Sigward P’16 Mr. Larry H. Smead P’96 Mr. & Mrs. David F. Smith P’14 Mr. & Mrs. Andrew P. Smoller P’16 Mr. & Mrs. Mark D. Solomon P’08, ’10 Dr. Byeong Ho Song & Dr. Sun Ju Chung P’16 Mr. & Mrs. Craig Soucy P’17 Dr. & Mrs. John S. Spencer, Ph.D. ’71 Mrs. Cynthia F. Steer P’12 Mr. & Mrs. S. Garrett Stonehouse Jr. P’16 Dr. Hiroyoshi Takata P’15 Mrs. Julie M. Takata P’15 Mr. & Mrs. John W. Tharpe ’92 Mr. & Mrs. Richard K. Thorndike III ’57, P’84 Mr. & Mrs. Glenn A. Thurlow P’16 Mr. & Mrs. James Toes P’15 Mr. & Mrs. George G. Touponse III P’14, ’14 Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan D. Usich ’89 Mr. Lionel Viret ’89 Mr. James R. Wardrop ’60 Dr. & Mrs. Victor A. Wowk P’14, ’15 Mr. Weifeng Zheng & Mrs. Alice Sun P’15 Mr. Wenquan Zhi & Ms. Jun Xu P’15 Mr. & Mrs. Jon S. Zieky P’08, ’15

WINGED BEAVER $250–$1,926

Exclusively young alumni within 10 years of graduation Mr. & Mrs. Michael R. Arciero ’04 Mr. & Mrs. Evan A. Bowen ’04 Mr. Riggs T. Brackett ’10 Mr. Troy R. Cole ’06 Mr. Joseph D. D’Amelio ’08 Mr. & Mrs. John W. Ducci ’05 Mr. Will H. Hendricks ’08 Mr. & Mrs. Jackson O. Howard ’05 Mr. Adam S. Johnson ’05 Mr. Brian E. Kincade ’10 Mr. Neil N. Kozikowski ’13 Mr. Brett H. Kreter ’04 Mr. Andrew B. Lawrence ’05 Mr. Yong Bok Lee ’08 Mr. Benjamin J. Lyons ’06 Mr. Douglas S. Margison II ’09 Mr. Edward J. Mazur III ’04 Mr. Kade C. McCoy ’15 Mr. Patrick Percella ’04 Mr. Evan M. Piercey ’08 Mr. Matthew R. Reilly ’06 Mr. Michael J. Reilly ’08 Mr. Jeremy D. Ross ’12 Mr. David E. Rothschild ’05 Mr. Thomas M. Shumway ’06 Mr. Kevin S. Sisti ’08 Mr. & Mrs. Andrew S. Valentine ’05 Mr. Edwin L. Wallace ’08 Mr. Richard H. Woodwell ’08 Mr. Aaron H. Zaleznik ’09

ALUMNI A NNUAL FU ND GIF TS

CLASS OF ’34 Mr. Francis K.C. Madeira e

CLASS OF ’38 Mr. & Mrs. Donald M. Davidson e Dr. & Mrs. John B. Liebler

CLASS OF ’42 Mr. & Mrs. Clifford W. Hankin e Mr. & Mrs. Russell Hunter, Head Class Agent e Mr. & Mrs. John J. McManus e Mr. Tedrowe Watkins e d & Mrs. Tedrow Watkins

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

CLASS OF ’44 Mr. & Mrs. David C. Bigelow e

CLASS OF ’45 Mr. & Mrs. Spencer Y. Grey e

CLASS OF ’46 Mr. C. J. Stuart Allan e Mr. & Mrs. Calvert Magruder e

CLASS OF ’48 Mr. James P. Wysong

CLASS OF ’49 Mr. Richard I. Hall e

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

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

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

CLASS OF ’53 Mr. & Mrs. Henry R. Burt e Mr. Wallace Frampton Mr. & Mrs. Harvey Moyses Mr. Joel I. Roskin e Dr. Philip Rotondo e

CLASS OF ’54 Mr. Joseph P. Blair III Dr. Norman M. Howe Mr. & Mrs. Douglas H. Macpherson, Class Agent Mr. Kerry A. Mayer & Mrs. Eleni Hatzidakis Mr. & Mrs. Sheldon R. Roth e Mr. & Mrs. Ronald A. Stolich Mr. & Mrs. Nicholas A. Zessoules

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

CLASS OF ’56 Mr. & Mrs. Huntley G. Davenport e Mr. P. Patrick Greeven Mr. Stephen L. Kadish e Mr. & Mrs. Adams C. McHenry Jr. e Mr. John H. Murphy e Mr. & Mrs. Richard G. Stahlman e Mr. & Mrs. Paul R. Wiesner

CLASS OF ’57 Mr. & Mrs. Guy O. Dove III e Mr. & Mrs. James C. Flippin e Mr. Edward L. Greenblatt d & Mrs. Edward L. Greenblatt Dr. & Mrs. Robert A. Gryboski e Mr. Guy Gundaker III e Mr. & Mrs. David E. Koskoff e Mr. & Mrs. Peter C. Louridas Mr. B. William Mayer e Mr. & Mrs. Merrill C. Roth e Mr. & Mrs. Richard K. Thorndike III e Mr. & Mrs. Elliott J. Tuckel e

CLASS OF ’58 Mr. & Mrs. Edward J. Barry IV Mr. & Mrs. Austin Chambers, Co-Head Class Agent e Mr. & Mrs. Grafflin Cook e Mr. & Mrs. John E. Dooley e Mr. & Mrs. Robert G. Ferrier

Mr. & Mrs. Alexander B. Martin Mr. & Mrs. John R. Nissley e Mr. & Mrs. G. Keating Pepper, Reunion Committee e Mr. & Mrs. Charles L. Ruifrok e Mr. & Mrs. Walter T. Ryan e Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. Stokvis e Mr. & Mrs. Hance C. Throckmorton

CLASS OF ’66

Mr. & Mrs. Stephen R. Holt, Co-Head Class Agent e Mr. & Mrs. Lucius J. Kellam III Mr. & Mrs. Stephen S. Lash e Dr. & Mrs. R. Peter Mogielnicki e Mr. & Mrs. Jordan L. Mott VI Mr. & Mrs. Edward G. Nugent e Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey G. Schlein e Mr. & Mrs. Stanley I. Strouch Mr. & Mrs. Richard S. Taylor e Mr. & Mrs. Joseph R. Thompson e

CLASS OF ’60

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

P = PARENT

GP = GRANDPARENT

Mr. & Mrs. Alexander R. Alves Mr. & Mrs. Bruce E. Baker Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Bogino e Mr. & Mrs. Frank D. Costello Mr. & Mrs. Robert B. Goldfarb e Dr. Bradford Lewis e Mr. & Mrs. Gerald F. Pope e Mr. & Mrs. William F. Powers Jr. e Mr. C. Ford Reese Jr. & Ms. Lorraine Perry e Mr. Eric J. T. Skemp Mr. & Mrs. Nicholas Street e Mr. James R. Wardrop e Mr. & Mrs. Joseph M. Wells III e Mr. & Mrs. Richard L. Williams, Head Class Agent e

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

CLASS OF ’62 Mr. E. Paul Herbert e Mr. & Mrs. Arthur B. Lawrence III e Mr. & Mrs. John M. Luders Mr. & Mrs. Richard T. Prezzano e Mr. & Mrs. Joseph G. Robinson e Mr. & Mrs. Alan D. Rozinsky, Head Class Agent e Mr. & Mrs. George R. Seifert e Mr. Byron G. Tosi Jr. d & Mrs. Byron G. Tosi Jr.

W = WIDOW

Mr. Henry H. Villard e Mr. & Mrs. William D. Weiss Mr. & Mrs. Seth K. Wesson

CLASS OF ’63 Dr. & Mrs. Richard R. Bennett e Mr. Thomas K. Curtis, Head Class Agent & Ms. Lynn Armstrong e Mr. Charles F. Emmons & Ms. Anna Ferri e Mr. & Mrs. Richard Hynson Jr. e Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan A. Lester e Mr. & Mrs. Poulson C. Reed e Mr. Jack R. Stokvis & Mrs. Evelyn Noether e

CLASS OF ’64 Mr. Thomas A. Anderson e Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence S. Brick e Mr. & Mrs. John H. Dick e Mr. & Mrs. Shepherd M. Holcombe Jr. e Mr. & Mrs. Roger L. Larsen e Mr. & Mrs. Anthony K. McCague e Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey B. Minnick e Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan Mitnick e Mr. & Mrs. Edmund T. Mudge IV e Mr. & Mrs. P. P. Prudden e Mr. & Mrs. Stephen M. Rubicam e Mr. Jon R. Salony & Mrs. Mary E. Galea Mr. & Mrs. John K. Shaw III e Mr. Peter L. Shinbach e Mr. Richard S. Valentine e Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Weeks Sr. e Dr. & Mrs. Anthony Zinsser

CLASS OF ’65 Mr. & Mrs. Robert B. Alling II, Reunion Committee e Mr. Barton G. Barrett e Mr. & Mrs. Spencer E. Beal Sr. Mr. Perry Benson Jr., Head Class Agent e Mr. & Mrs. Randolph P. Eddy Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Matthew H. Gates, Reunion Committee Mr. & Mrs. Stuart Grant e Mr. Terry Hess e

e = ELEPHANT Longevity (five or more consecutive years of giving)

d = DECEASED

Mr. & Mrs. Michael D. Barker, Head Class Agent e Mr. & Mrs. Winthrop B. Bissell Mr. & Mrs. Christopher R. B. Cargen e Mr. & Mrs. Berton K. Frank e Colonel Donald F. Gabreski & Colonel Terry L. Gabreski e Mr. & Mrs. Vere W. Gaynor e Mr. & Mrs. David M. Hallam e Mr. & Mrs. Peter Hausberg e Mr. Daniel I. Krentzman & Ms. Patti Sheinman e Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. Moser e Mr. & Mrs. Samuel W. Off Jr. e Mr. & Mrs. R. Douglas Parker e Mr. & Mrs. David S. Pinkham e Mr. & Mrs. Jesse D. Saunders e

CLASS OF ’67 Mr. & Mrs. John H. Asiel e Mr. & Mrs. Emmett M. Avery III e Mr. & Mrs. Marshall V. Baker Mr. Richard P. Behr e Mr. & Mrs. David F. Berkey Mr. & Mrs. Scott L. Caldwell e Mr. & Mrs. James W. Corrigan, Co-Head Class Agent e Mr. & Mrs. Quentin F. Feitner Mr. & Mrs. Thomas S. Greenwood Mr. & Mrs. Malcolm M. Hirsch Jr., Class Agent e Mr. & Mrs. Harry A. Keely Mr. & Mrs. William A. Kirkland II Mr. & Mrs. Joshua R. Lipman e Mr. William F. Roberts Jr., Co-Head Class Agent e Mr. & Mrs. Andrew J. Schorr Mr. & Mrs. William T. Whitney e

CLASS OF ’68 Dr. Richard B. Boebel e Mr. Miguel E. Carpio Delfino & Mrs. Rosario De Los Reyes De Carpio e Mr. & Mrs. Chase F. Donaldson, Class Agent e Mr. & Mrs. Geoffrey H. Doughty e Mr. Jeffrey P. Kent Mr. & Mrs. Lewis B. Pollard e Mr. Robert S. Scott Jr. e Mr. & Mrs. Mark S. Sharman e Mr. & Mrs. Michael M. Stewart Mr. & Mrs. John D. Wendler e

CLASS OF ’69 Mr. & Mrs. George W. Allen Mr. & Mrs. L. Larus Avery e Mr. Garrett R. Bowden Mr. & Mrs. David F. Coleman, Class Agent e Mr. Daniel K. Des Marais e Mr. Robert J. K. Hart Jr. e Mr. & Mrs. James L. Levin e

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A L U M N I A N N U A L F U N D G I F T S (continued) Mr. & Mrs. John C. L. Ross Mr. & Mrs. William T. Sargent Mr. & Mrs. G. Van Upjohn e

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

CLASS OF ’71 Mr. & Mrs. Timothy R. Beeble e Mr. Joseph M. Bonola Mr. & Mrs. William P. Child e Mr. & Mrs. Henry R. Coons, Class Agent e Mr. & Mrs. S. Lawrence Hammerman II Mr. & Mrs. Frank G. Hood e Mr. & Mrs. Andrew H. Shepard e Dr. & Mrs. John S. Spencer, Ph.D. e Dr. Joseph C. Vecchiarino III, Head Class Agent e

CLASS OF ’72 Mr. & Mrs. Richard L. Angel e Mr. Alexander F. Bonacarti e Mr. & Mrs. Daniel E. Carpenter, Head Class Agent e Mr. & Mrs. Joseph V. Driscoll e Mr. & Mrs. Kevin J. Driscoll e Dr. Rebecca Firth & Mr. Douglas L. Firth Mr. Kenneth N. Greenberg e Mr. Peter D. Hynson e Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Karn e Mr. & Mrs. Michael D. Sargent e

CLASS OF ’73 Mr. & Mrs. Stephen D. Ades e Mr. Christopher L. Atkins, Head Class Agent & Ms. Lauren Letellier e Mr. & Mrs. John R. Bourget, Class Agent e Mr. & Mrs. Duncan S. Broatch e Mr. & Mrs. Christopher J. DiCorpo e Mr. & Mrs. Robert H. Moran Jr., Class Agent e Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Schwartzman

CLASS OF ’74 Mr. & Mrs. Bruce R. Anschutz, Class Agent e Mr. William D. Batesole & Ms. Anne Nordstrom e Mr. & Mrs. James E. Bell III e Mr. & Mrs. Harry Caston Mr. Kenneth L. Christian e Mr. & Mrs. Richard T. Connell, Class Agent e Mr. & Mrs. Mark H. DeBlois e Mr. & Mrs. John F. Dobek Mr. David P. Evans & Ms. Mary King e Dr. & Mrs. Frederick C. Feibel e Mr. & Mrs. Neal R. Garvin Mr. & Mrs. George J. Giannoni, Co-Head Class Agent e Mr. & Mrs. Morris D. Goldstein e Mr. Mathew Granger Mr. W. Barrett Holby Jr., Class Agent Mr. & Mrs. Edwin J. McCarthy e Mr. & Mrs. Edward P. Molloy, Co-Head Class Agent e Dr. Geoffrey B. Monsour & Ms. Audrey Swank e Mr. & Mrs. Alan R. Spencer

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CLASS OF ’75 Mr. & Mrs. Robert R. Applegate e Mr. Douglas E. Beeghly e Mr. Francis K. Brennan Mr. & Mrs. Thomas B. Byrne III, Head Class Agent e Mr. Michael S. Cercone e Mr. & Mrs. Wayne C. Cummings e Mr. & Mrs. Frederick L. Haack III e Mr. & Mrs. Gordon F. Linke, Class Agent Mr. Timothy A. Straus e Mr. Timothy L. Trautman e Mr. & Mrs. John F. Van Sant Jr. e

CLASS OF ’76 Mr. Steven M. Berson Mr. Edward D. Brown & Ms. Yael van Hulst Mr. & Mrs. Harold A. Davis e Mr. James M. Gilmore Mr. & Mrs. David E. Herbster Mr. & Mrs. David F. Jacobs e Mr. & Mrs. Kirk F. Maassen e Mr. & Mrs. Edward J. Magee Jr. e Mr. & Mrs. Peter M. Rice e Mr. & Mrs. Lance B. Rothstein e Mr. & Mrs. John J. Santaniello Mr. Philip R. Tripp e

CLASS OF ’77 Mr. & Mrs. Stuart D. Beath, Class Agent e Mr. & Mrs. Thomas E. Bissell e Mr. Scott N. Burton e Mr. & Mrs. Jorge E. Consuegra Jr., Head Class Agent e Mr. & Mrs. Robert S. Farrell III Mr. & Mrs. Peter A. Hinrichs e Mr. David D. Hunter & Mrs. Tanja Kluit-Hunter e Mr. Frederick M. Michel, Class Agent Mr. & Mrs. Dean A. Petow Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Edmund E. Sanford e Mr. & Mrs. Geoffrey H. Sherrill Mr. & Mrs. Frank J. Szilagyi, Esquire Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey F. Thompson e Mr. Dalzell W. Williams e Mr. Lincoln C. Young e

CLASS OF ’78 Mr. & Mrs. Duncan M. Alexander e Dr. Adrienne L. Maraist & Mr. Kenneth G. Cloud III Mr. & Mrs. Stephen R. Deyette, Class Agent Mr. & Mrs. John M. Garvey, Head Class Agent e Mr. David C. Gilliam e Mr. & Mrs. Allan W. Linke e Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Martino e Mr. Thomas O. McCarthy e Mr. Clayton S. Parsons III e Mr. Randolph H. Pike, Class Agent e Mr. Aron W. Steck

CLASS OF ’79 Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Affelder e Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey P. Brand Mr. & Mrs. James P. Garvey, Class Agent e Mr. & Mrs. Anthony M. Gray, Co-Head Class Agent Dr. & Mrs. Christopher K. Hampton e

Mr. & Mrs. George D. Iverson VI e Dr. & Mrs. Allen N. Lepore, Ph.D. e Mr. & Mrs. Scott B. Linke, Co-Head Class Agent e Mr. & Mrs. David D. MacKinnon e Mr. & Mrs. Mark R. Rainville

CLASS OF ’80 Mr. & Mrs. Michael M. Baker e Mr. Kenneth H. Blanchard e Major & Mrs. John M. Bourgault, USMC (Ret.) e Mr. & Mrs. James B. Carpenter e Mr. & Mrs. Michael Cashel e Mr. & Mrs. William C. Cherry e Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan S. Chester, Esq. Mr. Andres A. Consuegra & Ms. Maria M. Velasco e Mr. & Mrs. Thomas E. Davey Jr., Head Class Agent e Mr. & Mrs. Mark Doherty e Mr. Jeff S. Goldman & Ms. Sharon Sevransky Mr. & Mrs. John V. Harker Jr. e Mr. & Mrs. Loring E. Hinds Mr. & Mrs. Eric E. Johnson e Mr. Gordon B. Little & Ms. Elizabeth McLarney e Mr. & Mrs. Brian R. Maitland, Class Agent e Mr. & Mrs. Peter E. Matalon Mr. & Mrs. John A. Nolan e Mr. & Mrs. Kurt F. Reardon e Mr. & Mrs. James C. Rhoades e Mr. & Mrs. George H. Stafford Mr. & Mrs. Henry H. White e Mr. & Mrs. Scott L. Woelfel e

CLASS OF ’81 Mr. & Mrs. Brien Biondi e Mr. Daniel J. Fegan Mr. & Mrs. John P. Franzosa e Mr. & Mrs. Stephen J. Giatrelis Mr. & Mrs. Michael R. Gibbons e Mr. & Mrs. John C. Johnson Mr. Timothy E. Kelley Mr. H. Preston Ladds III Mr. & Mrs. William B. Maag, Class Agent e Mr. & Mrs. Vincent J. Mancuso Jr. e Mr. Christopher R. Morrissey e Mr. Peter M. O’Neill e Mr. Craig J. Rubinstein e

Mr. & Mrs. James A. Simpson Mr. Peter R. Sulick Mr. & Mrs. Michael T. Symes, Class Agent e

CLASS OF ’82 Mr. Douglas H. Candler e Mr. & Mrs. Robert D. Casey Jr. e Mr. & Mrs. Charles S. Cheston e Mr. & Mrs. Brian B. Conroy e Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Donahue Mr. & Mrs. Gregory T. Fish, Head Class Agent e Mr. & Mrs. Jerold T. Garvey, Class Agent e Mr. & Mrs. John H. Hauser Mr. John W. Hawie Mr. & Mrs. Clayton D. Johnson Mr. & Mrs. Frank C. Jones Jr. e Mr. Henry B. Kells e Mr. & Mrs. Mark L. Masinter Mr. & Mrs. John M. McCormick Jr. e Mr. & Mrs. Wade L. McDevitt e Mr. Daniel J. O’Connor III e Mr. & Mrs. Lee B. Ogden e Mr. Philip S. Wellman & Ms. Leslie Smith e Mr. & Mrs. John A. Zappone e

CLASS OF ’83 Mr. & Mrs. Brad A. Benson e Mr. & Mrs. Brett C. Duffy, Class Agent e Mr. & Mrs. William E. Eschert, Co-Head Class Agent e Mr. Robert V. Fish II e Mr. & Mrs. James A. Freiberg e Mr. & Mrs. Willard B. Green III e Mr. & Mrs. Richard C. Gregory, Co-Head Class Agent e Mr. & Mrs. Andrew P. Iverson e Mr. & Mrs. Christopher P. Nichols Mr. & Mrs. Franklyn D. Owen III e Mr. & Mrs. Donald J. Pegg e Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth J. Winemaster

CLASS OF ’84 Mr. & Mrs. Thomas W. Adams e Mr. Leland A. Alper e Mr. Kyle M. Appell Mr. Scott M. Benavent Mr. & Mrs. Bharat R. Chatani Mr. & Mrs. Preston M. Cherouny e Mr. & Mrs. Scott W. Fanning

Mr. & Mrs. Peter C. Fish Mr. & Mrs. Joseph S. Giannamore e Mr. & Mrs. Keith W. Gnazzo e Mr. & Mrs. John S. Gordon, Head Class Agent e Mr. & Mrs. Dean C. Graham e Mr. & Mrs. Christopher J. Hennessey e Mr. Barry R. Herr Ambassador & Mrs. Stuart W. Holliday Mr. & Mrs. Andrew J. Horning Mr. & Mrs. Brett R. Jefferson e Mr. & Mrs. Fred A. Kenvin e Mr. & Mrs. David J. Maikowski e Mr. & Mrs. Armour N. Mellon e Mr. & Mrs. Bradley R. Morris e Mr. & Mrs. John A. Sebastian e Capt. & Mrs. Andrew F. Smith, USN e Mr. & Mrs. Edmund S. Twining IV Mr. & Mrs. Carl A. Valimont, Class Agent e Mr. & Mrs. Matthew T. Weir e

CLASS OF ’85 Mr. & Mrs. Hugh S. Asher Mr. & Mrs. Jeremy T. Banks e Mr. & Mrs. John G. Birle Mr. James J. Boyle Mr. & Mrs. Francisco V. Carrera-Justiz e Mr. & Mrs. William R. Collins e Mr. & Mrs. Michael C. Conroy, Reunion Chair e Mr. & Mrs. John A. Costello e Mr. Christopher S. Drew & Mrs. Katie Martin e Mr. & Mrs. Paul B. Duwan Mr. & Mrs. Bradley A. Evens Mr. & Mrs. Michael A. Giannamore e Mr. & Mrs. Drew S. Graham e Mr. & Mrs. Scott W. Lowe e Mr. Timothy C. Orr e Dr. Zoe Watson & Mr. Stuart C. Palmer Mr. Sam L. Rubenstein, Head Class Agent e Mr. & Mrs. Louis N. Usich III, Reunion Chair e

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

CLASS OF ’87 Mr. G. Garvin Brown IV e Mr. & Mrs. William P. Burks Jr., Class Agent e Mr. John A. Cooper III Mr. & Mrs. Joseph F. Croughwell III Mr. & Mrs. Eric A. Delnicki e Mr. & Mrs. David E. Drew Mr. & Mrs. Garrett T. Fish e Mr. & Mrs. Brendan P. Flynn Mr. & Mrs. Scott L. Gwilliam e Mr. & Mrs. David M. Hession e Mr. & Mrs. F. Reid Hipp e Mr. & Mrs. Warner T. James Jr. e Mr. & Mrs. Craig A. Mapstone P = PARENT

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Mr. & Mrs. Andrew H. McCalla Mr. & Mrs. Christopher G. McCormack e Mr. James W. McCormick e Mr. & Mrs. David M. Murray Dr. Tad T. M. Renvyle & Dr. Rachel Jordan e Mr. & Mrs. Tatsuya Takaku e Mr. & Mrs. Brett A. Taylor Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Whitty

CLASS OF ’88 Mr. & Mrs. Shawn E. Atkinson, Co-Head Class Agent e Mr. & Mrs. Mark G. Bothwell e Mr. & Mrs. David E. Cooper e Mr. & Mrs. James H. Daine e Mr. & Mrs. James M. Dowden Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Gryboski Jr. e Mr. & Mrs. David A. Jaacks Mr. & Mrs. Michael P. Lech e Mr. & Mrs. Francis A. Martin IV e Mr. & Mrs. Ryan T. Martin Mr. & Mrs. Rob R. Morrell Mr. Marc D. Northern Mr. & Mrs. James Patten Mr. & Mrs. Peter D. Reed, Co-Head Class Agent e Mr. & Mrs. Brian M. Regan Mr. & Mrs. Nathaniel A. Smith e Mr. Christopher H. Stone & Mr. David Fox e Mr. Benjamin H. Travers e

CLASS OF ’89 Mr. & Mrs. James H. Cheek IV e Mr. & Mrs. Michael R. Christofer Mr. & Mrs. Andrew J. Cordova e Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey A. Davis e Mr. Daniel J. Entwistle e Mr. & Mrs. William F. Farrington III e Mr. Brendan L. McKernan e Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan D. Usich e Mr. Lionel Viret Mr. & Mrs. Eric E. Voegtle Mr. & Mrs. Robert M. Wileman, Head Class Agent e

CLASS OF ’90 Anonymous Mr. & Mrs. Brendan J. Andrews e Mr. & Mrs. Matthew C. Beardwood Mr. & Mrs. Peter J. Deckers, Head Class Agent e Mr. & Mrs. Thomas L. Fleetwood Mr. & Mrs. Graham Gallagher Mr. & Mrs. David D. Gordon e Mr. & Mrs. Brian K. Gregory e Mr. & Mrs. Thomas T. Gresh e Dr. & Mrs. James L. Livermore e Mr. & Mrs. Peter J. Malafronte, Class Agent e Mr. & Mrs. Matthew S. Martin Mr. & Mrs. Huger G. Sinkler e Mr. & Mrs. Todd M. Spector e Mr. & Mrs. Mark E. Trentmann Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Travis A. Tucker e Mr. & Mrs. Todd F. Weaver e

CLASS OF ’91 Mr. Patrick T. Ashe & Mrs. Ashley L. Farrar Mr. Richard C. Christofer Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Thomas J. DelVecchio Mr. & Mrs. John M. Denery Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Dowling Jr., Class Agent e Mr. & Mrs. Adam H. Earle W = WIDOW

Mr. & Mrs. Andrew H. Fisher, Class Agent e Mr. & Mrs. Damian J. Fox Lt. Col. & Mrs. Sean M. Hankard, USMC Mr. Thomas J. Harrop e Mr. & Mrs. Donald R. Hornish e Mr. & Mrs. Coley M. Lynch Mr. & Mrs. Todd A. Miller Mr. & Mrs. Carlos A. Motta e Mr. & Mrs. Scott P. Paolella Mr. John B. Pinkham Jr. e Mr. & Mrs. Alexander J. Povalski Mr. Michael S. Riva & Ms. Sarah C. Merrill Mr. & Mrs. Brian E. Rozinsky e Mr. & Mrs. Elliot A. Wagner e Mr. Brendon A. Welker, Class Agent e Mr. & Mrs. Crayke P. Windsor

CLASS OF ’92 Mr. & Mrs. William P. Austin, Class Agent e Mr. & Mrs. Taj Y. Lewis Dr. & Mrs. Benn L. Lieberman e Mr. & Mrs. Alec J. MacArthur e Mr. & Mrs. Bryan J. Matthews e Mr. & Mrs. W. Steele Pollard e Mr. Jesse D. Rappaport e Mr. & Mrs. Andrew P. Rotondo e Mr. & Mrs. John Ruan IV e Mr. & Mrs. John W. Tharpe, Class Agent e Mr. Rick Tremble & Mrs. Suzanne Nixon

CLASS OF ’93 Anonymous Mr. Andrew B. Arcand e Mr. Matthew E. Bill e Mr. Adam K. Cline, Class Agent e Mr. Paul T. Economou Mr. & Mrs. Chia H. Hua e Mr. & Mrs. Neil J. Leary Mr. Jonathan D. Lyon Mr. & Mrs. Richard H. Martha Mr. & Mrs. Thomas M. Nolan Mr. Edward J. Rapacky Mr. & Mrs. Lee N. Schmertzler e Mr. & Mrs. Travis B. Weisleder e

CLASS OF ’94 Captain & Mrs. Matthew H. Bazarian, USMCR e Mr. & Mrs. Kevin T. Bilsky Mr. & Mrs. Kevin A. Bos Mr. & Mrs. Patrick J. Carey Mr. & Mrs. Peter A. Chelala Mr. & Mrs. Peter A. Conlin Mr. George W. Crook Mr. Peter B. Davidson e Mr. & Mrs. Bryan R. Donahue Mr. & Mrs. Graham C. Fuller, Co-Head Class Agent Mr. Thomas V. Funk Mr. Robert M. Gagnon Mr. & Mrs. Paul M. Gozzo, Co-Head Class Agent e Mr. Eric Z. Grey Mr. & Mrs. Mark A. Hodgson Mr. & Mrs. Jordan Jayson Mr. Edward B. Johns Mr. & Mrs. Adam Josef e Mr. Brian M. Keller Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Gordon P. Kelley III Mr. Francois R. Leon Pauly Mr. & Mrs. Eric D. Levine Mr. Timothy K. Lewis Maj. & Mrs. John A. Mailman Jr.

e = ELEPHANT Longevity (five or more consecutive years of giving)

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Mr. & Mrs. Paul B. Matthews Mr. & Mrs. Whitney H. Matthews Mr. & Mrs. Christopher T. Moeller e Mr. Michael S. Rozinsky & Ms. Leah Bokencamp Mr. Eric E. Soderburg Mr. & Mrs. Ronald E. Stephens II Mr. & Mrs. William M. Tornow Mr. Keith V. Trantolo Mr. & Mrs. Timothy L. Waterman e Mr. Orion Z. White

CLASS OF ’95 Mr. & Mrs. Matthew E. Aptman, Class Agent e Mr. Erik Y. Assadourian & Ms. Aynabat Yaylymova Mr. & Mrs. Spencer E. Beal Jr. e Mr. Michael P. Brennan Mr. & Mrs. Graham R. Callaghan e Mr. & Mrs. Luke K. Cline e Mr. & Mrs. Lance B. Derrickson e Mr. & Mrs. Michael A. Fish e Mr. & Mrs. Daniel P. Fitzpatrick, Class Agent e Mr. & Mrs. Jonathon F. Hartnett, Class Agent e Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Hoak e Mr. & Mrs. Marc R. Holtman e Mr. Anthony Iskandar Mr. Kenjiro Kitade Mr. Paul M. Kravitz Jr. Mr. Timothy J. McAndrew, Class Agent e Mr. & Mrs. John P. McAuliffe, Class Agent e Lieutenant & Mrs. Jason R. Miller, USN Mr. Eduardo A. Najri-Molini & Mrs. Claudia Najri Handal Mr. Darin T. Reale Mr. & Mrs. Peter K. Sheffield III, Class Agent e Mr. & Mrs. Anthony D. Silvestro, Head Class Agent e Mr. & Mrs. George N. Stewart III Mr. & Mrs. Jeremy D. Tevald e

CLASS OF ’96 Anonymous (2) Mr. & Mrs. William F. Bonk e Mr. & Mrs. Graeme K. Brown Mr. and Mrs. Mark A. Caruso, Head Class Agent e Mr. Brent R. P. Drake e Mr. & Mrs. Brian R. Emerson e Mr. Timothy D. Huizenga Mr. & Mrs. Christopher L. Iacampo Mr. Kevin J. Moglia e Mr. & Mrs. Charles F. Monaco Jr. Mr. Brian J. O’Neill, Class Agent Mr. Richard W. Pendleton Jr.,H e Mr. & Mrs. Kelvin Roldan Mr. & Mrs. Austin B. Sperry Mr. Daniel J. Stay

CLASS OF ’97 Mr. Nicholas A. Cardoza Mr. & Mrs. Brock E. Doran Mr. & Mrs. Jared P. Febbroriello e Mr. Jordan M. Feiner Mr. & Mrs. Charles M. Franklin Mr. & Mrs. Shane N. Lieberman e Mr. Jonathan K. Luiz Mr. Jermaine A. Matheson e Mr. Douglas W. McCarthy Mr. P. Alexander Rosenzweig Mr. & Mrs. Anthony J. Salerno Jr. e

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CLASS OF ’98 Mr. Tauseef A. Ansari Mr. Geoffrey R. Barlow, Co-Head Class Agent e Mr. J. Andrew Corrigan, Co-Head Class Agent e Mr. & Mrs. Anthony N. D’Arpino Mr. P. Kayser Dixon Mr. & Mrs. Craig P. Evans e Mr. & Mrs. David J. Farrell Mr. Michael A. Holtman Dr. Gregory M. Kraczkowsky II, Class Agent e Mr. Kevin J. Lawrence Mr. & Mrs. Brian M. Lemek e Mr. Daniel J. O’Connor & Ms. Teresa Collins Mr. & Mrs. James F. Reinhardt Mr. & Mrs. David G. Ries Jr. e Mr. Nicholas D. Stead Mr. Nicholas J. Torretti e Mr. & Mrs. George M. Trautman,H Mr. & Mrs. Drew T. Widger e

CLASS OF ’99 Mr. Coulson C. Barbiche Mr. Rodman R. Black III Mr. & Mrs. Crager J. Boardman III e Mr. & Mrs. Erin R. Borger, FA, Class Agent e Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey B. Carter Jr., Class Agent Mr. Austin W. Dienst e Mr. & Mrs. Jaymes B. Dorr, Class Agent e Mr. & Mrs. Christopher J. Gateman, Class Agent e Mr. David R. Gryboski, Co-Head Class Agent e Capt. & Mrs. John B. Haberland e Mr. Robert P. Higginbotham e Mr. & Mrs. Barry C. Joyce e Mr. Daniel J. Knecht Mr. J. Matthew Kowalchick, Class Agent e Mr. Adam C. LaVorgna Mr. & Mrs. Todd L. Marr e Mr. & Mrs. Thatcher W. Martin e Mr. Casey P. McCanta

Mr. & Mrs. Joseph M. Montineri Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan H. Pintoff Mr. John Rakolta III Mr. & Mrs. Scott M. Reznick Mr. & Mrs. Eamon S. Sheehan e Mr. & Mrs. Bradford S. Stewart Mr. & Mrs. C. Adam Stifel e Mr. Benjamin P. von Mayrhauser

CLASS OF ’00 Mr. & Mrs. John D. Beck, Class Agent Mr. & Mrs. Ryan S. Breakey e Mr. & Mrs. Christopher A. Caulfield e Mr. & Mrs. J. Stratford R. Dennis e Mr. & Mrs. Patrick W. Dowling, Class Agent e Mr. Geoffrey K. Henschel Mr. & Mrs. Eric S. Hill, Class Agent Mr. Matthew W. Journalist e Mr. Brendan N. Julian Mr. Nicholas P. Malinosky e Mr. & Mrs. Vincent P. Montalbano, Class Agent Mr. Chandler R. Mount e Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. O’Neill, Co-Head Class Agent e Mr. & Mrs. Zachary P. Prenoveau Mr. Saud Ahmad Mr. & Mrs. Daniel J. Seiden, Co-Head Class Agent e Mr. Erron J. Smith Mr. Michael E. Sorvillo e Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth C. Tenukas, Class Agent e Mr. Scott M. Trahan Mr. & Mrs. Thomas R. Villecco e Mr. & Mrs. Andrew G. Weisman e

CLASS OF ’01 Mr. & Mrs. William H. Broomall Mr. Joshua L. Bruff e Mr. Daniel J. Cappello e Mr. Craig P. Chester, Class Agent e Mr. Christopher D. Coleman, Co-Head Class Agent e Capt. & Mrs. Alexander R. Dean e Mr. William T. Dean IV Mr. Matthew J. Haddad, Class Agent e

Mr. Peter T. Harrison Mr. & Mrs. Nicholas H. LaRocque, Co-Head Class Agent e Mr. & Mrs. Daniel J. McNamara e Mr. Brandon B. Morrocco e Mr. Eric D. Souza Mr. Pedro J. Trebbau Lopez Mr. Stephen C. Wagner, Class Agent e Mr. Thomas A. Wurz

CLASS OF ’02 Mr. & Mrs. Matthew J. Biggart e Mr. Richard M. Boudria Jr. Mr. Travis H. Carter Mr. Matthew D. Foley Mr. Mark W. Freeman Mr. Richard A. Gilday e Mr. & Mrs. Patrick G. Hornbrook Mr. Michael F. Karoly e Mr. John P. Moeller e Mr. William N. Palmer, Head Class Agent e Mr. Alexander W. Quebec Mr. Bryant A. Rich e Mr. Thomas J. Soyster Mr. & Mrs. Richard P. Stevens e Mr. & Mrs. Adam T. Swain Mr. & Mrs. Thomas L. Wenstrom

CLASS OF ’03 Mr. John-Oliver Beirne Mr. George F. Boudria Mr. Brian P. Brown e Mr. Daniel G. Ciaburri Jr. e Mr. Kyle Coleman e Mr. Peter M. Ford, Class Agent Mr. & Mrs. Charles N. Hamilton Mr. Mark A. Harrison e Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan D. Hoak e Mr. & Mrs. Craig P. Irwin Mr. & Mrs. Joseph S. Karoly, Class Agent e Mr. & Mrs. Marek J. Krowka e Mr. Ryan G. Malfitano e Mr. Julian S. McKinley Mr. & Mrs. William Mullen Mr. James P. Philbin IV e Mr. James T. Tang, Head Class Agent e Mr. Matthew T. Trautman

CLASS OF ’04 Mr. & Mrs. Michael R. Arciero Mr. & Mrs. Morgan T. Barrieau e Mr. Andrew H. B. Bennett e Mr. & Mrs. Evan A. Bowen e Mr. & Mrs. Gilman A. Callsen e Mr. Matthew S. D’Annolfo e Mr. Adam C. Fine Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Finnegan Mr. Jonathan P. Fugge Mr. Scott A. Hannah Mr. Tyler E. Kelley e Mr. Nicholas R. Kirschner Mr. Graham T. Klehr-Keyes e Mr. Brett H. Kreter Mr. Jason B. LaVorgna Mr. & Mrs. Griffin Leahy e Mr. Edward J. Mazur III Mr. Albert R. McDonald III e Mr. Matthew H. Moran, Head Class Agent e Mr. & Mrs. Robert S. Olson Mr. & Mrs. Brian J. Orr Mr. Gabriel K. Park e Mr. Patrick Percella Mr. & Mrs. Justin R. Pool e Mr. Alexander M. Rothaus Mr. Salvatore A. Szwed Mr. Brandon W. Thiess e Mr. Raymond J. Yozwiak e

CLASS OF ’05 Mr. John M. Benoit e Mr. & Mrs. Hwi-Yoon Cheong e Mr. Timothy D. Custer e Mr. & Mrs. John W. Ducci, Class Agent e Mr. David P. Harrison e Mr. & Mrs. Jackson O. Howard, Class Agent e Mr. Patrick A. Irwin, Class Agent Mr. Robert Jaramillo Mr. Adam S. Johnson Mr. Matthew L. Jones Mr. Andrew B. Lawrence, Class Agent e Mr. Dane G. Lemeris, Head Class Agent e Mr. John C. Mori, Class Agent e Mr. Eric R. Quinlan e Mr. Flint O. Reilly e Mr. Robert L. Rosenhaus Mr. David E. Rothschild, Class Agent e Mr. Porter M. H. Sargent Mr. Jarrad M. Seiden e Mr. Jeffery S. Soyster e Mr. Bryan M. Sweeney e Mr. & Mrs. Andrew S. Valentine e Mr. Maurice A. Weeks

CLASS OF ’06 Mr. & Mrs. Ralph R. Allen Mr. Trevor D. Biggart e Mr. Trevor L. Bradley e Mr. Steven A. Capraro e Mr. Daniel J. Cardon Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Cesaro Mr. Troy R. Cole Mr. Thomas S. Cousins IV e Mr. Mitchell R. Daigle Mr. Kevin T. Driscoll, Co-Head Class Agent Mr. Stephen P. Driscoll, Class Agent e Mr. Robert S. Hayes e Mr. Eugene E. Hutchinson e Mr. Benjamin J. Kimmerle Mr. Erik J. Lanza e Mr. Bradley V. Lipkvich e Mr. Benjamin J. Lyons e

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Mr. Sung Jin Jeong e Mr. Jack D. Knobloch Mr. Ian J. Lapin Mr. Michael C. Mangan, Class Agent e Mr. Douglas S. Margison II e Mr. Gregory M. Miller Jr. e Mr. K. Conor Price Mr. Thomas J. Reller Mr. John P. Rotchford, Class Agent Mr. Christopher B. Ruhlig Mr. Perry C. Wasserbauer, Class Agent e Mr. Aaron H. Zaleznik e

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Mr. J. Taylor Malfitano e Mr. James T. Maule e Mr. Henry L. Murray III, Class Agent e Mr. Joshua P. Pavano, Co-Head Class Agent Mr. Matthew R. Reilly e Mr. Robert H. Rogers III Mr. David T. Sharp Mr. Thomas M. Shumway e Mr. R. Peter Theis, Class Agent e Mr. Christopher R. Victor e Mr. Frank E. Yozwiak e

CLASS OF ’07 Mr. Randall N. Angel e Mr. Christopher Berg Mr. Christopher P. Canning, Class Agent Mr. Michael S. Cooke Mr. Casey R. Coons, Co-Head Class Agent e Mr. Aaron J. Gittleman Mr. Jordan W. Glaze e Mr. Jonathan B. Gurry e Mr. Tyler C. Haddad, Co-Head Class Agent e Mr. Jonathan C. Higginbotham Mr. Brady B. Kain Mr. Matthew C. Keller e Mr. & Mrs. William G. Kron,H e Mr. Andrew J. Lyons e Mr. Brian C. Malchoff, Class Agent e Mr. Thomas E. Mapes Mr. Patrick J. Miller e Mr. Juan C. Parra Mr. Ryan C. Petersen Mr. Dempsey J. Quinn Mr. Michael J. Recchia e Mr. Michael Rubin Mr. Tyler J. Schultz Mr. Luke F. Seymour e Lance Cpl. Michael X. Shaw Mr. Kenneth Trentowski Mr. W. Cameron West e Mr. Armand W. Wilson, Class Agent e Mr. Henri F. Youlden e

CLASS OF ’08 Mr. Alexander D. Beir Mr. Douglas J. Beyer Mr. Erik J. Biggart

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Mr. Alexandre R. Boulos Mr. James P. Chamness Mr. Joseph D. D’Amelio e Mr. Andrew J. Dillon Mr. Blaise F. Driscoll Mr. Michael Driscoll Mr. Ryan J. Endorf Mr. Paul T. W. Foote e Mr. John W. Froman II Mr. Will H. Hendricks, Co-Head Class Agent Mr. John W. Hodgkinson Mr. David R. Hollady, Class Agent Mr. Peter J. Holst-Grubbe, Class Agent e Mr. Ryan W. Jennings Mr. Chane F. Keller Mr. R. Marshall Kock-Redmond Jr. Mr. Yong Bok Lee Mr. Kyle P. Lipkvich e Mr. Richard V. Longobardi Mr. Eric J. Meyers Mr. Brandon J. Moore e Mr. Evan M. Piercey e Mr. Evan S. Quick Mr. Michael J. Reilly e Mr. Nicholas A. Sica Mr. Kevin S. Sisti, Co-Head Class Agent e Mr. Matthew R. Solomon e Mr. Preston L. Thompson Mr. Edwin L. Wallace Mr. Daniel A. Witkiewicz Mr. Christopher J. Wolfel e Mr. Richard H. Woodwell e Mr. Jacob A. Zieky e

CLASS OF ’09 Mr. Jake R. Bourgault, Class Agent e Mr. Colin R. Bradley e Mr. Jared P. Ciejek Mr. M. Timothy Clark Mr. Ryan A. Colatrella Mr. Craig T. Cottrell Jr. e Mr. Conor R. Cummings, Class Agent e Mr. Anthony Cusano, Class Agent Mr. Michael B. Fogarty Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Blake C. Forkey Mr. Graham C. Garland e Mr. Daniel P. Jandreau

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Mr. Thomas N. Arnell Mr. Riggs T. Brackett Mr. Matthew R. Coz, Head Class Agent Mr. Donal M. Flaherty Mr. Patrick D. Hampton, Class Agent Mr. Chad M. Hollenshade Mr. Jordan A. B. Ide e Mr. Brian E. Kincade Mr. Benjamin B. LaRocque, Class Agent e Mr. Sam R. Marvin e Mr. Patrick R. Miller e Mr. Connor J. Mooney Mr. Jonas R. Nissley Mr. Demetrios J. Papadopoulos Mr. John E. Runkel e Mr. Curtis A. Sjodin e Mr. David V. N. Smith III e Mr. Michael A. Solomon e Mr. Minkyo Sur Mr. Benjamin T. Williams, Class Agent Mr. Max C. Wopperer e

CLASS OF ’11 Mr. Dominick O. Andre, Class Agent Mr. David A. Barros Mr. Michael J. Barros Mr. Andreas Biekert Mr. H. Jackson Brady Mr. Durst A. Breneiser Mr. Connor J. Cottrell Mr. John S. Courage Mr. Benjamin A. Crocker, Class Agent Mr. Michael S. Flynn Jr., Class Agent Mr. Edwin A. Foster Mr. Kyle J. Foster Mr. Daniel M. Gauvin Mr. Michael R. Gibbons Jr. Mr. Benjamin Hamer Mr. John B. Jackson Mr. Bronson L. Kelly Mr. Jeffrey A. Kimm Mr. Robert G. MacDonald Mr. Kieran P. Morris Mr. Justin T. Niemeier Mr. Conor M. Shanahan Mr. Eric J. Sjodin

CLASS OF ’12 Mr. Paul C. Alberti Mr. J. Andrew Benson Jr. Mr. Connor P. Doyle, Class Agent e Mr. Michael D. Gagnon Mr. Elliot A. Howe Mr. Landon S. Kost Mr. Ian R. Lindahl Mr. Eric N. Mack Mr. Kristofer B. Molinaro Mr. Christopher D. Paddock Mr. Nicholas J. Papadopoulos Mr. Evan C. Phillips

e = ELEPHANT Longevity (five or more consecutive years of giving)

d = DECEASED

Mr. Jeremy D. Ross, Class Agent Mr. William G. Ryan Mr. John D. Shamburger, Head Class Agent Mr. Joseph R. Sylvia Mr. Patrick Wallace Mr. Ryan K. Yen, Class Agent

CLASS OF ’13 Mr. Jordan W. Blackington Mr. Benjamin M. Charette Mr. Brenden C. Clark Mr. & Mrs. Brian B. Conroy,H e Mr. Duncan M. Cooke Mr. Christian A. Cottrell Mr. Joseph A. Creen III Mr. Eric S. Depner Mr. Patrick J. Dunk Mr. Blake R. Feagles Mr. Neil N. Kozikowski Mr. Chandler L. Kurtz Mrs. Gailanne Laferriere,H & Mr. Andre Laferriere e Mr. Wilson P. Meyer, Head Class Agent Mr. Seamus N. O’Brien, Class Agent Mr. Thomas H. W. Owen Mrs. Carol Reller,H & Mr. Edward A. Reller e Mr. David L. Szewczul Mr. William M. White, Class Agent

CLASS OF ‘14 Mr. Christian F. Awe, Class Agent

Mr. Jamie E. Bell IV Mr. Lance C. Berry, Class Agent

Mr. Austin S. Brawley Mr. Carty N. G. Caruso Mr. Luis V. Consuegra Mr. Edward B. DiDonato II Mr. Patrick B. Fricke Mr. Liam P. Gilbert, Class Agent

Mr. James A. Levere Mr. Daniel J. McCormack III Mr. William M. Rinaldi

CLASS OF ’15 Mr. Charles J. Carpenter Mr. Christian E. Di Antonio Mr. Michael P. Dietrick Mr. Jason P. Filipe Mr. Northrup R. Knox III Mr. Austin B. Liptrot Mr. Kade C. McCoy Mr. Devin P. McKenna Mr. Matthew A. Rice Mr. Henry J. Scavone

CLASS OF ’16 Mr. Darren Campise Mr. Arden D. Coleman Mr. Jaewook Kwak Mr. Peter J. Moeckel Mr. Luke W. O’Connor Mr. Chude Qian Mr. Tucker J. Symes Mr. Andrew J. Waltzer Mr. Jacob J. Whitty

CLASS OF ’17 Mr. Evan A. Deckers Mr. Douglas M. Dorr Jr. Mr. Carson B. Drew

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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 A new tradition called the Winged Beaver Leadership Circle began in the 2013-14 school year to honor the parents of current students who contributed at a leadership level of $1,927 or more. 104 families made gifts ranging from $1,927 to $68,200. We are most grateful to the following members of the 2013-14 Winged Beaver Leadership Circle for their exceptional support of the School.

Mr. & Mrs. James H. Biggart P’02, ’06, ’08, ’14, Co-Chairmen 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 Anonymous Mr. Ruben Aganbegyan & Mrs. Veronica Misiutina P’16 Ms. Mary Allen P’15 Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Barry P’15 Mr. & Mrs. James E. Bell III ’74, P’14 Mr. & Mrs. Christopher Y. Berry P’14 Mr. & Mrs. Douglas H. Birnie P’14 Mr. G. Christopher Brink & Mrs. Jill Rundle P’14 Dr. Dante A. Brittis & Ms. Tracey Brittis P’14 Mr. & Mrs. Brett C. Browchuk P’15 Mr. & Mrs. Kevin Callahan P’14, ’17 Ms. Marissa Campise P’16 Dr. & Mrs. Andrew E. Caputo P’16, ’17 Ms. Rosie E. Carlino P’14 Mr. Jung Hoon Cho & Mrs. Young Min Lee P’14 Mr. Eric P. Consolazio P’15 Mr. & Mrs. William L. R. Davis P’15 Mr. & Mrs. Jacques De Saint Phalle P’16 Mr. Stephen D. F. Dewey & Mrs. Patty A. Chow Dewey P’14 Mr. & Mrs. Albert A. Di Antonio Jr. P’12, ’15 Dr. Edward B. DiDonato & Dr. Denise A. DiDonato P’14

PA R E N T S O F AV O N EXECUTIVE COMMIT TEE Bruce S. MacMillian III P’14, ’15, Co-President Tamara Papadopoulos P’10, ’12, ’15, Co-President Amy Brennan P’17, Acquisitions & Sponsorships Co-President George G. & Susan Touponse III P’14, ’14, Acquisitions & Sponsorships Co-President Nicole M. Gresh P’16, Treasurer Julie M. Takata P’15, Secretary

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Mr. & Mrs. Frederick S. Dieterich III P’17 Mr. James J. Dol & Mrs. Cynthia Damon-Dol P’15 Mr. & Mrs. Patrick J. Donovan P’14 Ms. Kimberly Dreier P’15 Mr. & Mrs. George M. Economos P’15 Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan Fairbanks P’16 Dr. Robert P. Feldman & Dr. Virginia E. Feldman P’14 Mr. & Mrs. Heberton E. Fricke III P’14 Mr. & Mrs. Robert F. Gaffney P’16, ’17 Dr. Philippine Gonzalez-Camino & Mr. Joaquin Garcia-Quiros P’14 Ms. Jill Garrett P’17 Mr. & Mrs. Gregory S. Garvey P’14 Mr. & Mrs. John N. Giamalis P’07, ’10, ’16 Mrs. Maria C. Gimenez P’00, ’17 Mr. & Mrs. Arthur R. Godbout Jr. P’17 Mr. & Mrs. William D. Horne P’16 Mr. Hongxin Hu & Ms. Shihong Su P’17 Mr. & Mrs. Arthur E. Imperatore Jr. P’15 Mr. & Mrs. David R. Jarvis P’17 Dr. Seok Min Kang & Mrs. Yeon Ki Lee P’16 Mr. & Mrs. Mark K. Kelly P’11, ’14 Mr. Sung Hoon Kim & Mrs. Suk Baik P’16 Mr. Young Cheon Kim & Mrs. Yu Kyung Lee P’14 Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Kincade P’10, ’15 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. Gi-Beom Kwon & Mrs. Eun-Keun Yu P’14

Ms. Heidi K. Leeds P’12, ’15 Mr. & Mrs. Allan F. Lehrer P’14 Mr. Steve C. Lin & Mrs. May H. Yu P’10, ’14 Mr. & Mrs. Scott B. Linke ’79, P’16 Mr. Mingmin Luo & Ms. Meili Jiang P’17 Mr. & Mrs. James S. Mackechnie P’17 Mr. & Mrs. Bruce S. MacMillian III P’14, ’15 Mr. & Mrs. Robert B. Magnus III P’17 Mr. Tak Ming Mak & Ms. Mei Wai Poon P’14 Mr. & Mrs. Edward J. Malley III P’14 Mr. & Mrs. Daniel J. McCormack P’14 Ms. Mary B. McKernan & Mr. Paul Tortorella P’17 Mr. & Mrs. Richard B. McKernan P’17 Mr. & Mrs. Robert B. McLaughlin P’15 Mr. & Mrs. John S. Miller P’16 Mr. Peter J. Morgan & Ms. Maureen E. Morgan P’15 Mr. Michael J. Murphy P’12, ’14 Mr. & Mrs. Andre A. Napoli P’16 Mr. & Mrs. Gerrit J. Nicholas P’16 Mr. & Mrs. Matthew T. Pancavage P’17 Mr. & Mrs. John Papadopoulos P’10, ’12, ’15 Mr. & Mrs. Steven C. Preston P’16 Mr. Andres E. Rapela & Mrs. Geraldine Arceri Rapela P’14 Mr. & Mrs. Thomas A. Rettaliata P’16 Mr. Daniel L. Rick P’15 Mr. & Mrs. William T. Rieser Jr. P’16 Mr. & Mrs. Douglas W. Rothmann P’11, ’14 Mr. & Mrs. Daniel J. Ryan Jr. P’13, ’15, ’18

Mr. Michael E. Scavone & Mrs. Nancy L. Tenenbaum P’15 Dr. Sung Sik Shin & Mrs. Young Mi Choi P’14 Mr. & Mrs. Glenn A. Sieber P’17 Mr. William J. Sigward & Ms. Cherie G. Sigward P’16 Mr. & Mrs. Kevin A. Sjodin P’10, ’11, ’14 Dr. & Mrs. Brian G. Smith P’14 Mr. & Mrs. David F. Smith P’14 Mr. & Mrs. Henry B. Smith Sr. P’17 Mr. & Mrs. Andrew P. Smoller P’16 Mr. & Mrs. John B. Solberg P’12, ’17 Dr. Byeong Ho Song & Dr. Sun Ju Chung P’16 Mr. & Mrs. Craig Soucy P’17 Mr. & Mrs. S. Garrett Stonehouse Jr. P’16 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. James Toes P’15 Mr. & Mrs. George G. Touponse III P’14, ’14 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 & Ms. Jun Xu P’15 Mr. Keith T. Ziegler & Ms. Leeann Varasconi P’17 Mr. & Mrs. Jon S. Zieky P’08, ’15

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Anonymous (2) Ms. Wendy E. Aarons-Corman Mr. & Mrs. Glenn Abate Mr. Ruben Aganbegyan & Mrs. Veronica Misiutina Mr. Winston O. Akoto & Ms. Tamara C. Sampson Mr. & Mrs. David Albanesi Ms. Krista N. Aldrich Mr. & Mrs. Thomas A. Aldrich Ms. Mary Allen Mr. & Mrs. Miles N. Allen III Dr. & Mrs. Lance I. Alpert Dr. James J. Anarella Ms. Tracey C. Anarella Mr. & Mrs. Gene F. Arnold Dr. & Mrs. Michael Aron Mr. Samuel Aryee & Mrs. Edith Martin Mr. & Mrs. John G. Ashe e Mr. & Mrs. Donald T. Awe Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Ballou Jr. Ms. Erin D. Barnes Mr. Todd D. Barnes Mr. & Mrs. Kevin P. Barrett Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Barry Mr. & Mrs. Drew Bartkiewicz Ms. Danielle N. Beckett Mr. & Mrs. James E. Bell III e Mr. Michael J. Bergin & Ms. Jeanne Higgins Bergin Ms. Kathleen Bernard Mr. & Mrs. Christopher Y. Berry Mr. Wayne Berry Mr. & Mrs. James H. Biggart e

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Mr. & Mrs. Douglas H. Birnie Mr. & Mrs. David Boland Mr. & Mrs. Timothy S. Bomberry Mr. & Mrs. David A. Bomely Mr. & Mrs. Robert R. Bouvier Mr. & Mrs. Bruce S. Brawley Mr. & Mrs. Edward J. Brennan Jr. e Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey P. Brighenti Mr. G. Christopher Brink & Mrs. Jill Rundle Dr. Dante A. Brittis & Ms. Tracey Brittis Mr. & Mrs. Brett C. Browchuk Ms. Jenniffer Buanno Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Buenaventura Mr. Michael F. Burke & Mrs. Sally Beath-Burke Mr. & Mrs. Keith R. Burwood 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 Ms. Rosie E. Carlino Mr. & Mrs. T. Peter Carnes e Mr. Bradford C. Carpenter & Ms. Katherine L. McSpadden e Mrs. Susan B. Carr Mr. & Mrs. Thomas W. Carroll Mr. Gregory Caruso & Ms. Karen Blood General & Mrs. Carrol H. Chandler Mr. Jeff Charles & Mrs. Marisa Striano-Charles Mr. & Mrs. Jingyang Chen Mr. Xuewen Chen & Mrs. Baoshuang Fu

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Mr. Jung Hoon Cho & Mrs. Young Min Lee Ms. Sally L. Clement Mr. & Mrs. John Coleman Mr. & Mrs. Graham Conklin Mr. Andres A. Consuegra & Ms. Maria M. Velasco e Mr. & Mrs. Harold B. Cooper III Mr. & Mrs. Tim W. Corrigan Mr. Thomas A. Cowles Mr. Alder H. Crocker & Ms. Erin Peterson Crocker Mr. & Mrs. Jose A. Cruz Mr. Tomas Cvikl & Mrs. Blanka Cviklova Mr. & Mrs. Dave Cyr Dr. & Mrs. Adrian M. Danchenko Mr. & Mrs. Jason M. Davino Mr. & Mrs. William L. R. Davis Mr. & Mrs. Jacques De Saint Phalle Mr. Franco M. DeBlasio e Mr. & Mrs. Peter J. Deckers e Mr. Bradford A. Deflin Mr. Stephen D. F. Dewey & Mrs. Patty A. Chow Dewey Mr. & Mrs. Albert A. Di Antonio Jr. e Mr. & Mrs. Raymond A. Diana Dr. Edward B. DiDonato & Dr. Denise A. DiDonato Mr. & Mrs. Frederick S. Dieterich III Mr. Donald F. Dietrick Mr. & Mrs. Babacar Diouf Mr. & Mrs. Thomas C. Dockery Mr. James J. Dol & Mrs. Cynthia Damon-Dol Mr. & Mrs. Patrick J. Donovan Mr. & Mrs. Douglas M. Dorr Mr. & Mrs. David Dougherty Mr. & Mrs. Brian P. Doyle e Mr. & Mrs. Charles R. Doyle Ms. Kimberly Dreier Mr. Christopher S. Drew & Mrs. Katie Martin e Mr. & Mrs. Terence A. Durrant Mr. & Mrs. Daniel R. Dzis II Mr. & Mrs. George M. Economos Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan Fairbanks Mr. Zhifeng Fang & Ms. Qiuying Wu Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Fay Dr. & Mrs. Roman Fedorciw Dr. Robert P. Feldman & Dr. Virginia E. Feldman Mr. Peter Ferguson & Ms. Laura Agnew Stanley and Ana Fidanque & Family Mr. Michael N. Findlay Mr. & Mrs. Richard E. Fischer Dr. & Mrs. Michael F. Foley Mr. & Mrs. Robert R. Forsberg Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Heberton E. Fricke III Mr. & Mrs. Edward P. Friedman Mr. & Mrs. Mark D. Gabriel Mr. & Mrs. Robert F. Gaffney Mr. Joaquin Gallastegui Sr. & Mrs. Martha P. Rodriguez Dr. Philippine Gonzalez-Camino & Mr. Joaquin Garcia-Quiros Dr. & Mrs. Jeffery S. Garland e

e = ELEPHANT Longevity (five or more consecutive years of giving)

d = DECEASED

Ms. Jill Garrett Mr. & Mrs. Gregory S. Garvey Mr. & Mrs. Mark R. George Mr. & Mrs. John N. Giamalis e Mr. & Mrs. Christopher M. Gill Mrs. Maria C. Gimenez Mr. & Mrs. Joseph R. Girard Mr. & Mrs. Anthony A. Giudice Mr. & Mrs. Philip C. Glover Mr. & Mrs. Keith W. Gnazzo e Mr. & Mrs. Arthur R. Godbout Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Brian K. Gould Ms. Lynn M. Graff Mr. & Mrs. Anthony M. Gray Mr. & Mrs. Willard B. Green III e Mr. & Mrs. Thomas T. Gresh e Mr. & Mrs. Brian A. Grey Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey G. Grey Mr. & Mrs. Stephen R. Guglielmo Sr. Mr. & Mrs. Richard J. Hahn Ms. Kimberly A. Hall Mr. & Mrs. Kurt H. Hallenbeck Mr. & Mrs. Dywane K. Harris Mr. Maxwell Harvey-Goodwin & Mrs. Victoria J. Goodwin Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Hayes Mr. Michael E. Haylon & Mrs. Carol Dupuis Mr. & Mrs. Anthony G. Horn Mr. & Mrs. William D. Horne Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth J. Horton Mr. Hongxin Hu & Ms. Shihong Su Mr. & Mrs. Arthur E. Imperatore Jr. Dr. Kevin D. Inwood Mr. & Mrs. Ernesto Jaramillo Mr. & Mrs. David R. Jarvis Mr. & Mrs. Ernst Jean Jacques Mr. John S. Johnston & Ms. Susan E. Marshall Ms. Melanie A. Joseph Dr. Seok Min Kang & Mrs. Yeon Ki Lee Mr. & Mrs. Justen G. Kasperzyk Mr. Kevin W. Kelly & Mrs. Nancy Walsh Mr. & Mrs. Mark K. Kelly e Mr. & Mrs. David C. Kennedy Mr. Changhan Kim & Mrs. Hwayeon Im Mr. Sung Hoon Kim & Mrs. Suk Baik Mr. Young Cheon Kim & Mrs. Yu Kyung Lee Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Kincade Mr. George Kindel Mr. & Mrs. Justin M. King Mr. & Mrs. Wade H. O. Kirby Mr. & Mrs. Northrup R. Knox Jr. Mr. David R. Korus & Mrs. Barbara A. Mignogna-Korus Dr. & Mrs. Eric M. Kosofsky Mr. & Mrs. Todd Kozak Mr. & Mrs. William B. Krag Jr. Mr. Jeff V. Kral & Ms. Denise M. DeMarco Dr. & Mrs. Seung-Jun Kwak Mr. Gi-Beom Kwon & Mrs. Eun-Keun Yu Mr. & Mrs. Dennis J. Lanchbury Mr. Jeffrey M. Laviana & Ms. Susan A. Skene Mr. Erik Lawrence Ms. Vickie Lawrence

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C U R R E N T P A R E N T S A N N U A L F U N D G I F T S (continued)

Mr. & Mrs. Todd S. Leckie Ms. Laura M. Lee Mr. Mark P. Leeds e Mr. & Mrs. Allan F. Lehrer Mr. Markus M. J. Lehto & Mrs. Virve M. Noiva-Lehto Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence J. Levere Mr. & Mrs. Michael S. Levin Mr. & Mrs. Derond Lewis Mr. & Mrs. Oren R. Lewis III Mr. & Mrs. Taj Y. Lewis Mr. Steve C. Lin & Mrs. May H. Yu Mr. & Mrs. Scott B. Linke e Mr. James M. Liptrot & Ms. Nancy M. Liptrot e Mr. & Mrs. Thomas K. Loizeaux Mr. Douglas W. Lomax & Ms. Pamela E. Lomax Mr. & Mrs. Andrew P. Long Mr. Mingmin Luo & Ms. Meili Jiang Mrs. Jennifer L. Lusins Mrs. Lory I. C. D. Lyon & Mr. Adrian D. Small Mr. & Mrs. David N. MacInnis Jr. Mr. & Mrs. James S. Mackechnie Mr. & Mrs. Bruce S. MacMillian III Mrs. Lynne A. Macnee Mr. Peter G. Macnee Mr. & Mrs. Robert B. Magnus III Mr. Tak Ming Mak & Ms. Mei Wai Poon Mr. & Mrs. Edward J. Malley III Dr. & Mrs. Mohamed R. Mansoor Dr. Megan M. Marco Dr. Joyce J. Martin e Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Massa Mr. & Mrs. Frederick J. Maudsley IV Mr. & Mrs. Daniel J. McCormack Mr. & Mrs. Kevin F. McCullough Ms. Ashley D. McIntosh Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. McKenna

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Ms. Mary B. McKernan & Mr. Paul Tortorella Mr. & Mrs. Richard B. McKernan Mr. & Mrs. Robert B. McLaughlin Mr. & Mrs. Thomas R. McLaughlin Dr. Sarah McMillan & Mr. Donald McMillan Mr. & Mrs. Timothy A. McNeill Mr. & Mrs. Charles J. McQueeney Mrs. Maha Meraay Mr. Mohammed Meraay Dr. & Mrs. Jeffrey A. Miller Mr. & Mrs. John S. Miller Mr. & Mrs. Leonard T. Miller Jr. Drs. Bruce H. & Carol S. Moeckel Mr. & Mrs. Craig D. Moore Mr. Peter J. Morgan & Ms. Maureen E. Morgan Mr. & Mrs. Kevin P. Mulligan Mr. Michael J. Murphy Mr. Wesley D. Musumano Mr. & Mrs. Andre A. Napoli Mr. & Mrs. Dana P. Narlee Mr. & Mrs. Gary F. Nedorostek Mr. Brian Nelson & Mrs. Colleen Casey-Nelson Mr. & Mrs. Matthew D. Newman Mr. & Mrs. Leroy A. Nichol Mr. & Mrs. Gerrit J. Nicholas Mr. & Mrs. Robert S. Nielsen Mr. & Mrs. Chibuzo Njeze e Mr. & Mrs. Michael F. Nobile Mr. & Mrs. D. Michael O’Connor Mr. & Mrs. Enrique J. Olivares Ms. Jane Oppong Mr. & Mrs. Mark K. Ostrowski Mr. & Mrs. David A. Palmer Mr. & Mrs. Matthew T. Pancavage Mr. & Mrs. John Papadopoulos e Mr. Chanik Park & Ms. Eunjoo Ryu Mr. & Mrs. David Paul Mr. & Mrs. Anthony Perrone Jr.

Mr. William A. Pfeifer & Ms. Marcy M. Pfeifer Mr. Stephen M. Phillips Ms. Sherri D. Phillips Kramer Dr. Ellen Preen & Mr. Clifford Preen Mr. & Mrs. Steven C. Preston Mr. Bohdan E. Prybyla Mr. Weizhong Qian & Mrs. Kefei Chen Mr. Christopher G. Raith Ms. Whitney M. Raith Dr. Anitha Elango & Mr. Balasubramanian Ramasamy Mr. Andres E. Rapela & Mrs. Geraldine Arceri Rapela Mr. Brian T. Reilly Mr. & Mrs. Thomas A. Rettaliata Mr. & Mrs. Johnathan L. Rhyne Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Peter M. Rice e Mr. Daniel L. Rick Mr. & Mrs. Scott Ridley Mr. & Mrs. William T. Rieser Jr. Mr. John Rinaldi Jr. Dr. & Mrs. Alan Rissolo Mr. Paul Rochford & Ms. Jodi Markley Mr. Todd D. Root Mr. & Mrs. Solomon Q. Rosemond Mr. & Mrs. Douglas W. Rothmann e Mr. & Mrs. Denis G. Roy Mr. & Mrs. Anthony B. Ruffine Mr. & Mrs. Bernhard Ruhlig Mr. & Mrs. Richard D. Runkel Mr. & Mrs. Daniel J. Ryan Jr. e Mr. & Mrs. Howard Saffan Mr. & Mrs. Anthony Salerno Mr. & Mrs. Edmund E. Sanford e Mr. & Mrs. Robert P. Sanford Mr. & Mrs. Joseph A. Savino Mr. Michael E. Scavone & Mrs. Nancy L. Tenenbaum Captain John J. Schneider & Ms. Cynthia A. Kroger

Mr. & Mrs. Edward V. Schopp Mr. & Mrs. Andrew J. Schorr Mr. & Mrs. Bruce A. Seeber e Mr. Robert E. Shemo & Mrs. Stephanie L. Musso-Shemo Dr. Sung Sik Shin & Mrs. Young Mi Choi Mr. Gregg R. Sibert & Mrs. Diane Koester Sibert Mr. & Mrs. Glenn A. Sieber e Mr. Paul Siegel Mr. William J. Sigward & Ms. Cherie G. Sigward Rev. Walter & Linda Silva Thompson Jr. Dr. & Mrs. Sanjay K. Sinha Mr. & Mrs. Kevin A. Sjodin e Dr. & Mrs. Brian G. Smith e Mr. & Mrs. David F. Smith Mr. & Mrs. Henry B. Smith Sr. Mr. & Mrs. Andrew P. Smoller Mr. & Mrs. John B. Solberg e Dr. Byeong Ho Song & Dr. Sun Ju Chung Mr. & Mrs. Craig Soucy Ms. Carol Z. Spanbock Mr. & Mrs. John J. Spearman IV Mr. & Mrs. S. Garrett Stonehouse Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Walter B. Suski III Mr. & Mrs. William W. Sweedler Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth E. Swerdlick Mr. & Mrs. Michael T. Symes e Dr. Hiroyoshi Takata Mrs. Julie M. Takata Mr. James V. Tarchis & Mrs. Cynthia A. Redus-Tarchis Mr. & Mrs. Kabraul M. Tasha Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. Taylor Mr. & Mrs. Sylvain Thibault Mr. & Mrs. Milby B. Thorington Mr. & Mrs. Glenn A. Thurlow Mr. & Mrs. James Toes Mr. & Mrs. Craig L. Tommila Mr. & Mrs. George G. Touponse III Ms. Sheila M. Trauernicht Mr. & Mrs. Larry D. Tucker Mr. & Mrs. Louis N. Usich III e Ms. Lyne Vieira Mr. & Mrs. Eric E. Voegtle Mr. & Mrs. Curtis N. Wallace Mr. & Mrs. Brendan M. Walsh Mr. & Mrs. Michael R. Walsh Dr. & Mrs. David C. Waltzer Mr. & Mrs. Andrew P. Welter Mrs. Jeanne N. Weppner Mr. & Mrs. Philip J. Wertheim Mr. & Mrs. Henry H. White e Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Whitty Mr. Manuel Williamson Mr. & Mrs. Norbert M. Williamson Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth J. Winemaster Mr. & Mrs. Albert Winslow Ms. Jennifer A. Winter Mr. & Mrs. Jan Witkowski Mr. Chi Kwan Wong & Mrs. Siu To Tam Dr. Diane Whitaker-Worth & Mr. John W. Worth Dr. & Mrs. Victor A. Wowk Mr. Ying Xie & Mrs. Guangming Song Ms. Jennifer H. Young Mr. & Mrs. John R. Zaorski Mr. Weifeng Zheng & Mrs. Alice Sun Mr. Wenquan Zhi & Ms. Jun Xu Mr. Keith T. Ziegler & Ms. Leeann Varasconi Mr. & Mrs. Jon S. Zieky e

P A R E N T S of A L U M N I A NNUAL FU ND GIF TS Anonymous Mr. & Mrs. Roger P. Abate Mr. & Mrs. Lewis C. Affelder e Mr. & Mrs. David Albanesi Mr. & Mrs. Edward N. Allen e Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Allred e Mr. & Mrs. Rolf Andersen e Mr. & Mrs. Stephen J. Anderson e Mr. & Mrs. Richard L. Angel e Dr. Julie Armada e Ms. Sara Arnell e Mr. & Mrs. William Asensio Mr. & Mrs. Joseph R. Atterbury e Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan S. Avery Mr. & Mrs. Richard Barlow e Mr. & Mrs. David M. Barros e Mr. & Mrs. Spencer E. Beal Sr. Mr. & Mrs. Hugh R. Beath e Mr. & Mrs. Stuart D. Beath e Mr. John A. Beirne Jr. Dr. & Mrs. Richard R. Bennett e Mr. & Mrs. John Benoit e Mr. Jeffrey S. Berry e Mr. & Mrs. James H. Biggart e Mr. & Mrs. Rodman R. Black Jr. e Mr. & Mrs. Alan S. Blanchard e Mrs. Dorothy Blanchard e Mr. Alexander K. Bochain Mr. & Mrs. Peter Bolan e Mr. & Mrs. Richard Boudria e

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Major & Mrs. John M. Bourgault, USMC (Ret.) e Ms. Sally Bourgault Mr. & Mrs. Robert R. Bouvier Mr. & Mrs. J. Hallam Boyd Jr. e Mr. & Mrs. G. Rohan Bradley e Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Brady e Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey G. Breneiser e Dr. & Mrs. Heinz H. Brennwald e Mr. & Mrs. Duncan S. Broatch e Mr. & Mrs. Bradford Brown e Mr. & Mrs. David Brown Mr. & Mrs. Scott S. Brown Mr. & Mrs. Leroy L. Bruff e Ms. Jenniffer Buanno Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Buenaventura Mr. & Mrs. J. William Burns e Drs. Ivan & Francine C. Butler e Mr. & Mrs. David Cadenhead e Mr. & Mrs. T. Peter Carnes e Mr. Miguel E. Carpio Delfino & Mrs. Rosario De Los Reyes De Carpio e Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence P. Casella e Mr. & Mrs. David J. Castellani e Mr. & Mrs. Floyd Chandler e Mr. John A. Charette & Mrs. Lynn Mather Charette e Mr. & Mrs. Stephen E. Chase e Mr. & Mrs. William C. Cherry e Mr. & Mrs. Samual J. Civiletto e

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Mr. & Mrs. Mark J. Clark e Mr. & Mrs. Mark S. Clark Mr. & Mrs. John P. Clifford Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Dale K. Cline e Mrs. Kenneth G. Cloud Jr. e Mr. & Mrs. Martin I. Cole e Mr. & Mrs. David F. Coleman e Mr. Ulysses L. Coleman Mr. & Mrs. Douglas R. Conant e Mr. & Mrs. Brendan T. Conry Sr. e Mr. Eric P. Consolazio Mr. & Mrs. Jorge E. Consuegra Jr. e Mr. & Mrs. Henry R. Coons e Mr. & Mrs. Gordon N. Cooper e Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Corey Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. Corradi e Mr. & Mrs. James W. Corrigan e Mr. & Mrs. Craig T. Cottrell Sr. e Mr. & Mrs. Thomas S. Cousins e Ms. Christine M. Coz e Dr. Lucy E. Creevey e Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan A. Crocker e Mr. Richard G. Croft Jr. e Mrs. Joseph F. Croughwell Jr. e Mr. & Mrs. Anthony Cuccia e Mr. & Mrs. Arthur B. Custer e Mr. & Mrs. Frank J. D’Annolfo e Mr. & Mrs. Rodney M. Davis Dr. & Mrs. William Dean III Mr. Franco M. DeBlasio e

e = ELEPHANT Longevity (five or more consecutive years of giving)

d = DECEASED

Captain Victor Delano e d Mr. & Mrs. Tony Delnicki e Mr. Steven C. Depner e Mr. & Mrs. James M. Detora e Mr. & Mrs. Albert A. Di Antonio Jr. e Mr. & Mrs. Raymond A. Diana Mr. & Mrs. Lou DiCocco Mr. Donald F. Dietrick Mr. & Mrs. Ralph F. Dietz e Mr. & Mrs. John A. Dillon e Mr. & Mrs. Babacar Diouf Ms. Ngoc K. Doan & Mr. Wayne King e Mr. & Mrs. Richard J. Doane Mr. & Mrs. Christopher Donahoe e Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Dowling e Mr. Vincent J. Dowling Jr. e Mr. & Mrs. Brian P. Doyle e Mr. & Mrs. Bruce M. Dresner e Mr. & Mrs. John E. Drew e Mr. & Mrs. Joseph V. Driscoll e Mr. & Mrs. Kevin J. Driscoll e Mr. & Mrs. Winston Emmons e Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Endorf e Mr. & Mrs. Peter M. Evans e Mr. Robert J. Falaguerra Dr. & Mrs. Frederick C. Feibel e Ms. Emily H. Fisher & Mr. John Alexander e Mr. & Mrs. Michael S. Flynn e Mr. & Mrs. Michael B. Fogarty Sr.

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P A R E N T S of A L U M N I A N N U A L F U N D G I F T S (continued) Mr. Thomas Foote & Ms. Constance Williams e Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Fox e Mr. & Mrs. Joseph S. Freeman e Drs. Daniel M. & Elizabeth A. Friedlander Mr. Frederick Fritz Jr. e Mr. & Mrs. David L. Gagnon e Mr. & Mrs. Vincent E. Gallagher Mr. & Mrs. Richard F. Garber Jr. e Dr. & Mrs. Jeffery S. Garland e Mr. & Mrs. James P. Garvey e Mr. & Mrs. John M. Gateman Mrs. David L. Geyer e Mr. & Mrs. John N. Giamalis e Mr. & Mrs. Thomas H. Gianakos e Mr. & Mrs. Michael R. Gibbons e Mr. & Mrs. Ronald L. Gibbons e Mrs. Maria C. Gimenez Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Gnazzo Mr. & Mrs. H. Kent Goetjen e Mrs. Susan Goldsmith e Mr. & Mrs. Richard H. Gordon e Mr. & Mrs. Gregory Gozzo Ms. Lynn M. Graff Mr. & Mrs. Paul E. Graff Mr. & Mrs. George R. Graham e Mr. & Mrs. Gerald R. Graham Mr. Mathew Granger Mr. & Mrs. Shawn R. Grant e Mr. & Mrs. Willard B. Green Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Herbert T. Gresh e Dr. & Mrs. Robert A. Gryboski e Mr. & Mrs. Christopher Gurry e Mr. & Mrs. Jay Haberland e Mr. & Mrs. Richard J. Hahn Mr. & Mrs. Walter V. Hall e Mr. & Mrs. Charles D. Hamburg Mr. & Mrs. Tim Hamer Mr. & Mrs. G. Douglas Hamilton e Dr. & Mrs. Michael E. Hamilton e Dr. & Mrs. Christopher K. Hampton e Dr. & Mrs. Walter R. Hampton Ms. Diana F. Harrison e Dr. & Mrs. James S. Harrop e Mr. & Mrs. Guy T. Hatch e Mr. & Mrs. Edward J. Hawie e Mr. & Mrs. William S. Hayes Mr. & Mrs. Robert S. Helberg Mr. & Mrs. George F. Henschel Jr. e Mr. William H. Heyman & Ms. Katherine E. Dietze e Mr. & Mrs. Malcolm M. Hirsh Jr. e Mr. & Mrs. Jon C. Hofer e Ms. Teresa Holland e Mr. & Mrs. Timothy Hollenshade Sr. Mr. & Mrs. Raymond Holtman e Mr. & Mrs. Steven Homscheid Mrs. Charles E. Hopson e Mr. & Mrs. Roger M. Howard e Ms. Tracy B. Huntington e Mr. & Mrs. George D. Iverson VI e Mr. & Mrs. Sergio Jaramillo e Ms. Sandra Jarrett e Mr. & Mrs. Bruce A. Jayne Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan E. Johnson e Mr. Timothy M. Jones & Ms. Annie M. Cardelus e Mr. & Mrs. Peter B. Josef Dr. & Mrs. Richard L. Judd e Mr. & Mrs. Robert Kagan e Mr. & Mrs. Alex Karoly e Mr. & Mrs. James W. Kassel e Mr. & Mrs. Michael E. Keady Sr.

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Mrs. Daniel Kelly e Mr. & Mrs. Mark K. Kelly e Mr. & Mrs. Barry M. Kent Ms. Mary Ann Kern e Dr. & Mrs. Donald H. Ketcham e Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Kincade Mr. & Mrs. David L. King Mr. & Mrs. James Kirschner e Mr. & Mrs. Steven T. Klemenz e Mr. & Mrs. Peter T. Knobloch e Mr. & Mrs. George P. Kooluris e Dr. & Mrs. Jonathan A. Kost e Mr. & Mrs. Gregory M. Kraczkowsky Sr. e Mr. & Mrs. Christopher R. Kristian Mr. & Mrs. William G. Kron e Mrs. Gretchen W. LaBau e Mr. & Mrs. Robert Lally Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth R. Langmeier e Ms. Kathleen C. LaRocque e Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth H. LaRocque e Mr. & Mrs. Philip H. Lauro e Mrs. Dolores A. Lawler Mrs. Carmen L. Leahy e Mr. Frank G. Leavitt e Mr. Mark P. Leeds e Honorable & Mrs. Paul D. Lewis Mr. Steve C. Lin & Mrs. May H. Yu Mr. & Mrs. Paul R. Lindahl e Mr. & Mrs. Wayne P. Lipkvich e Mr. James M. Liptrot & Ms. Nancy M. Liptrot e Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Lloyd e Mr. Bradford W. Lowe e Mr. & Mrs. Edward Ludwig e Mr. & Mrs. Gerard T. Lynch e Dr. & Mrs. Richard Lynch Mr. & Mrs. James J. Lyons e Mr. & Mrs. James Y. MacArthur e Mr. & Mrs. David E. MacDonald Mr. & Mrs. Marc Magnoli Ms. Marta Mahoney e Dr. & Mrs. Carl D. Malchoff e Mrs. Christine Malone e Mr. & Mrs. John A. Marr e Capt. & Mrs. Douglas B. Marshall e Dr. Joyce J. Martin e Mr. & Mrs. Michael Marvin e Mr. & Mrs. Mark L. Masinter Mr. & Mrs. Thomas J. Maule e Mr. & Mrs. David L. McAndrew e Mr. & Mrs. Dudley D. McCalla e Mr. & Mrs. Thomas A. McEachin e Mr. Edward F. McGinley III Mr. & Mrs. Richard T. McKernan e Dr. Sarah McMillan & Mr. Donald McMillan Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth J. McNealy e Mr. & Mrs. Armour N. Mellon e Mr. & Mrs. James V. Memmott e Mr. & Mrs. John M. Mendez e Mr. & Mrs. Todd R. Meyer Mr. & Mrs. Gregory M. Miller e Mr. & Mrs. Leonard T. Miller Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Michael Miller e Mr. & Mrs. Gary J. Moeller e Mr. & Mrs. Joseph H. Moglia e Dr. & Mrs. Stephen M. Molinaro Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Montineri Mr. & Mrs. Russell C. Mooney e Mr. & Mrs. Timothy Mooney Mr. & Mrs. Bruce J. Moore e Mr. & Mrs. Robert H. Moran Jr. e Mr. & Mrs. Paul M. Morris e Mr. & Mrs. Stanley A. Motta e

Mr. & Mrs. John P. Mulligan e Mr. Michael J. Murphy Mr. H. J. Nelson III e Mr. William R. Nelson & Ms. Shelly Perron e Mr. & Mrs. John R. Nissley e Mr. & Mrs. Chibuzo Njeze e Mr. & Mrs. Douglas G. Oberg e Mr. & Mrs. Franc Oberhammer e Mr. & Mrs. Peter C. Obre e Mr. & Mrs. Robert Occhialini e Mr. & Mrs. Ronald D. Officer Mr. & Mrs. George D. O’Neill e Ms. Kathryn A. Ordway e Mr. & Mrs. Albert F. Orr e Mrs. Michele Gaug Pacquee e Mr. Steven Palmer e Mr. & Mrs. John Papadopoulos e Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey T. Peltier Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Petrie e Mrs. Susan Piercey e Mr. & Mrs. John B. Pinkham e Dr. Henry J. Pollack & Dr. Suzanne Rosenfeld e Mr. Philip G. Pratt e Mrs. Elin Pye Mr. & Mrs. Peter M. Ramsey e Mr. & Mrs. Gene Ranaldi e Mr. Gerald J. Randall e Mrs. Diane J. Ravech e Mr. Karl D. Ravech e Mrs. Carol Reed e Mr. & Mrs. David H. Reed e Mr. & Mrs. Richard Reese Mr. Charles Regan e Mr. & Mrs. Brian P. Reilly e Mr. & Mrs. Douglas M. Reimer e Mr. & Mrs. Edward A. Reller e Atty. Tracy Rich & Hon. Vanessa Bryant e Mr. & Mrs. David Ries Sr. e Mr. & Mrs. Alan J. Righi e Mr. & Mrs. Ernest P. Riva Jr. e Mr. & Mrs. Mark Robinson Mr. William J. Roland e Mrs. Nancy P. Ross e Mr. & Mrs. Douglas W. Rothmann e Mr. & Mrs. Richard B. Rothschild e Mr. & Mrs. Alan D. Rozinsky e Mr. & Mrs. Barry Rubinfeld e Mr. & Mrs. Bernhard Ruhlig Mr. & Mrs. Richard D. Runkel Mr. William J. Rusch & Ms. Mary Anne Creto e Mr. & Mrs. Daniel J. Ryan Jr. e Dr. & Mrs. Lawrence J. Ryan e Mr. & Mrs. Patrick T. Ryan e Mr. & Mrs. William P. Ryan e Mrs. Robert W. Sanford e Mr. & Mrs. Michael D. Sargent e Mrs. Rachael C. Schlegel e Mr. & Mrs. William Seiden e Mr. & Mrs. George R. Seifert e Mr. & Mrs. William Severni e Mr. & Mrs. Ellis L. Shamburger III e Mr. & Mrs. Ronald M. Shapiro e Mr. Michael T. Shaw Mrs. Gail Sheflott Mr. & Mrs. Ken Sherbacow Mr. & Mrs. Albert L. Sica e Mr. & Mrs. John R. Sieber Jr. Mrs. Kandace Simon & Mr. Andre Simon Mr. & Mrs. Gerard F. Sirois e Mr. & Mrs. Kevin A. Sjodin e Mr. & Mrs. Joseph I. Sjogren e

Mr. & Mrs. Price A. Sloan Sr. Mr. Larry H. Smead e Mr. Brian W. Smith & Ms. Madonna A. Sacco e Mr. & Mrs. D. Van Smith Jr. e The Reverend & Mrs. Larry W. Smith Mr. Paul J. Smyth & Ms. Penny Ward Smyth e Mr. & Mrs. David M. Snetro Mr. & Mrs. John B. Solberg e Mr. & Mrs. Mark D. Solomon Mr. G. Brooks Sperry Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey W. Spolarich e Mr. & Mrs. Barry R. Stacy e Mr. & Mrs. Richard G. Stahlman e Mr. & Mrs. Douglas R. Stay e Mr. & Mrs. Donald Stead Mr. & Mrs. Henry J. Steck e Mrs. Cynthia F. Steer Mr. & Mrs. Richard P. Stifel e Mr. & Mrs. Martin B. Stocklan e Mr. & Mrs. Thomas E. Story III e Mrs. Michael W. Stradley e Ms. Lisa Sweeney Mrs. John C. Swett e Mr. & Mrs. Douglas W. Sylvia e Mr. & Mrs. David P. Szewczul e Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Theis e Mr. & Mrs. Patrick D. Thibadeau Mr. & Mrs. Delroy Thomas Mr. & Mrs. Edward P. Thompson e Mrs. LeRoy Thompson e Mr. & Mrs. Milby B. Thorington Mr. & Mrs. Richard K. Thorndike III e Mr. & Mrs. Don W. Torey e Mr. & Mrs. George M. Trautman Mr. Timothy L. Trautman e Mr. Clark G. Travers Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. Treat e Mr. & Mrs. Frank Usowski e Mr. & Mrs. William S. Valentine e Mr. & Mrs. Carl A. Valimont e Mr. & Mrs. Robert Villecco e Mr. & Mrs. Robert Davies Volk e Mrs. Fern Wachter & Mr. George Wachter e Mr. & Mrs. E. Paul Warner e Mr. & Mrs. Damian Wasserbauer e Mr. & Mrs. William F. Waters e Mr. Tedrowe Watkins d & Mrs. Tedrowe Watkins e Mr. & Mrs. Charles R. Watson e Mr. & Mrs. William D. Weiss Mr. & Mrs. Otto F. Welker e Mr. & Mrs. Karl W. Weller Dr. & Mrs. Lynn W. Whelchel Jr. e Mr. & Mrs. Charlton S. White e Mr. & Mrs. Pendleton P. White e Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Widger e Mrs. Leslie Meek Wileman e Mr. & Mrs. Bradford C. Williams e Mr. Clarence G. Williams Jr. Mr. & Mrs. George Williamson e Mr. & Mrs. William Winemaster Mr. & Mrs. Scott L. Woelfel e Mr. Chi Kwan Wong & Mrs. Siu To Tam Mrs. Linda P. Woodwell Mr. & Mrs. William W. Wylie Jr. e Mr. & Mrs. Richard Yen e Mrs. Gayle Youlden e Mr. Lincoln C. Young e Mrs. Mary Jean C. Young e Dr. & Mrs. Raymond A. Yozwiak e Mr. & Mrs. Jon S. Zieky e

in-kind gifts Mr. & Mrs. Anthony Antoville ’52 Mr. & Mrs. Rodman R. Black Jr. P’99 Mr. & Mrs. Andrew J. Cordova ’89 Mr. & Mrs. Peter J. Deckers ’90, P’17 Mr. & Mrs. Geoffrey H. Doughty ’68 Mrs. David L. Geyer P’71, ’78 Mr. & Mrs. Edmond Girard GP’17 Mr. & Mrs. Richard H. Gordon P’90 Mr. Charles P. Henderson Mr. & Mrs. James W. Kassel P’06, ’08 Mrs. Dolores A. Lawler P’82 Mr. Jonathan K. Luiz ’97 Mr. Kerry A. Mayer ’54 & Mrs. Eleni Hatzidakis Mintz + Hoke Mr. Arthur Nassau Mr. Richard O’Donnell Mr. & Mrs. Gregory D. Orred P’15 Mr. Darrell G. Pataska Mr. & Mrs. Mark D. Solomon P’08, ’10 Mr. Jack R. Stokvis ’63 & Mrs. Evelyn Noether Mr. & Mrs. S. Garrett Stonehouse Jr. P’16 Mr. Randy E. Swinford P’09 Mr. George M. Trautman ’98H, P’75, ’81, GP’03 & Mrs. George M. Trautman P’82 Mr. Christopher Ware Mr. & Mrs. Philip J. Wertheim P’16

current faculty & staff Mr. & Mrs. Ralph R. Allen ’06 Mr. Seshu Badrinath & Dr. Sangeetha Raghavendra 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. Michael J. Buenaventura (Suzanne) Mr. & Mrs. Graham R. Callaghan ’95 Mr. & Mrs. Roger D. Cantello Mr. Bradford C. Carpenter & Ms. Katherine L. McSpadden Mr. & Mrs. Paul Case (Deb) Mr. & Mrs. Henry R. Coons ’71 Mr. & Mrs. Daniel A. Cooper Ms. Christine M. Coz Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan A. Crocker Mr. & Mrs. Brian E. Cugell 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. Dave Erickson & Ms. Darcy Corson Mr. & Mrs. Peter M. Evans

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GP = GRANDPARENT

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. Ryan Gemmel Mr. & Mrs. John N. Giamalis (Kelly) Mr. & Mrs. Christopher M. Gill Ms. Canissa Grant Mr. & Mrs. Brian A. Grey Mr. & Mrs. Timothy W. Hill (Jen) Mr. & Mrs. James W. Kassel Dr. & Mrs. Donald H. Ketcham (Carol) Mr. & Mrs. James Kirschner Mr. Nicholas R. Kirschner ’04 Mr. & Mrs. Steve K. Kraft Mr. & Mrs. Joseph M. Lampe Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth H. LaRocque Mr. 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. Joseph Martinez Mr. & Mrs. James Mathews (Holly) Mr. & Mrs. David McElheny Mr. & Mrs. Dan Mehleisen (Kaity) Mr. Arthur C. Mehos Mr. William Mella Mr. Patrick J. Miller ’07 Mr. & Mrs. Andre A. Napoli (Robin) Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Nentwig (Susan) Mr. & Mrs. Robert Orenstein Mr. & Mrs. David A. Palmer

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Mrs. Cristina Pinton Dr. Ellen Preen & Mr. Clifford Preen Ms. Anne Raftery Mr. & Mrs. James G. Reece Mrs. Carol Reller ’13H & Mr. Edward A. Reller Mr. & Mrs. Peter M. Rice ’76 Mr. & Mrs. J. Andrew Riemer Ms. Gayle N. Robinson & Mr. James Budinetz Mr. & Mrs. Timothy Roller Mr. Evan Rosenstein Mr. Mike Saxton Mrs. Sue Saxton Mr. & Mrs. Benjamin Schloat Mr. & Mrs. Bruce A. Seeber (Carol) Mr. & Mrs. Daniel J. Seiden ’00 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. & Mrs. George M. Trautman ’98H Mr. Rene Twarkins Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Volo Mr. Brendon A. Welker ’91 Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Whitty ’87 Mr. Tyler Wuthmann Mr. & Mrs. Richard Yen Mr. Bryan L. Zaros

e = ELEPHANT Longevity (five or more consecutive years of giving)

d = DECEASED

friends Anonymous Mr. & Mrs. Courtney F. Bird Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Roy F. Coppedge Mr. & Mrs. J. Eddy G. Craig Jr. Ms. Sally Dengenis Ms. M. Brooke Donnelly Mr. F. Charles Froelicher Mr. & Mrs. Thomas J. Giella Mrs. Edward L. Greenblatt W’57 Mr. & Mrs. John H. Haile Mr. & Mrs. William Hart Mr. Charles P. Henderson Ms. Rebecca J. Kohlberg-Davis Mrs. Gregory E. H. Lindin W’40 Mrs. Richard K. Loveland W’59H d Mr. Ed Macri Mr. Arthur Nassau Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Noble Mr. Richard O’Donnell Mr. Darrell G. Pataska Mr. John W. Plumb Mr. Randy E. Swinford Mrs. Thomas Tongue Mrs. Byron G. Tosi Jr. W’62 Mr. Christopher Ware Mrs. Rennie Randrup Washburn W’80 Mrs. Tedrowe Watkins W’42 Mr. & Mrs. John W. Williams Mrs. Linda P. Woodwell W’75

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gr andparents annual fund gifts Mr. & Mrs. Roger P. Abate Mr. & Mrs. Terry Agnew Mr. & Mrs. John Akers e Mr. & Mrs. Robert Albanesi Ms. Eve Alpert Mr. & Mrs. Robert Andrews Mr. & Mrs. Charles Ball e Mr. & Mrs. J. Leo Barry Mr. & Mrs. Alfred Bartkiewicz Mr. & Mrs. Hugh R. Beath e Mr. & Mrs. Thomas J. Bergin Jr. Mrs. Dorothy Blanchard e Mr. & Mrs. John H. Bloodgood Ms. Sally Bourgault Mrs. Rita Brown e Mr. & Mrs. Frank Calitri Mr. & Mrs. Sonny A. Caputo Mrs. Anne Caruso Mr. & Mrs. Dale K. Cline e Mr. & Mrs. Gene Corrigan Mrs. Lucille Coz e Dr. Julie S. Crocker e Mr. & Mrs. Rocco Davino Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Pasquael DeBlasio e Mrs. Sally Dockery Mr. & Mrs. John E. Drew e Mrs. Rose English Dr. Joseph Farraye Mr. David A. Fay Mr. Paul Fay e Mr. Eric N. Ferguson e Mr. & Mrs. Peter Ferguson

Mr. & Mrs. David B. Findlay Jr. Dr. & Mrs. Henry E. Flanagan e Mr. & Mrs. Robert R. Forsberg Mrs. Gloria Gallo Mrs. Jeanne Gianakos Mr. & Mrs. Ronald L. Gibbons e Mr. & Mrs. Edmond Girard Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Gnazzo Mr. & Mrs. Paul E. Graff Mr. & Mrs. Willard B. Green Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Herbert T. Gresh e Mrs. Terry F. Hallock Mrs. Lillian Hammer e d Dr. & Mrs. Walter R. Hampton Dr. Howard Harrison & Dr. Elizabeth Burns Harrison Honorable & Mrs. Paul Heffernan Mr. & Mrs. Louis S. Horn Mr. & Mrs. Earl Horton Sr. Mr. & Mrs. Theodore Howe Mr. & Mrs. John Jacoby Mr. & Mrs. James Jiantonio e Mr. & Mrs. Clark Johnson Mr. Craig Johnson Mr. & Mrs. James E. Kassel e Mr. & Mrs. James Keeley Mr. & Mrs. John L. Kelsey Mr. & Mrs. Joe E. Ketner Mrs. Verne-Marie Kozak Mr. & Mrs. William B. Krag Mr. & Mrs. David Kravet Mr. & Mrs. William Langley

THE A5 SCHOL A R SHIP It is with gratitude that we thank the inaugural donors to the A5 Scholarship. The scholarship is the manifestation of the vision of the Avon African American Alumni Association to assist Avon Old Farms in attracting academically gifted, African American young men to the school. The A5 Scholarship was established with initial funding of $25,000. It is the goal of the A5 group to ensure that Avon will have, over time and with additional contributions, the ability to provide substantial merit-based financial assistance to exceptional African American students. We welcome additional contributions at any time and in any increment.

Avon African American Alumni Association Mr. Derrick Barker Mr. Alfonso L. Carney Jr. & Dr. Cassandra Henderson Mr. & Mrs. J. Stratford R. Dennis

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Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth H. LaRocque Mr. & Mrs. Daniel J. Seiden Mr. & Mrs. Edwin S. Shirley III Mr. Lloyd Trotter Mr. Demetrius Washington Mr. Lopez Williams

Mr. Frank G. Leavitt e Mrs. Devorah Lehrer Mr. Stephen W. Livanavage Mr. & Mrs. Gerard T. Lynch e Mrs. John E. Lynch e Mr. Robertson Mackay e Mr. Richard A. Maitland e Mrs. Mary Maloney Mr. & Mrs. Frank Marco Mr. & Mrs. Robert Marshall Mr. & Mrs. Walter J. Marvin e Dr. Thomas A. McCarthy Mr. & Mrs. Henry P. McIntosh IV Mr. & Mrs. Richard T. McKernan e Mr. & Mrs. Richard W. McLaughlin Mr. & Mrs. Edward McMillan Mr. & Mrs. Charles J. McQueeney Mr. & Mrs. Michael Messina e Mrs. Dolores Mignogna Mr. & Mrs. Martin Millea Mr. & Mrs. Leonard T. Miller Sr. Mr. & Mrs. Frederic Mosher Mr. & Mrs. L. William Musso Mr. & Mrs. Craig Nation Sr. e Mrs. Phyllis Nedorostek Mr. & Mrs. Donald V. C. Nelson Mr. & Mrs. G. Patrick Nerbonne e Mr. Frederick S. Nicholas Mr. John A. O’Connell Mr. & Mrs. George Peterson III Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Plompen Mr. Russell Pons e

Mr. & Mrs. Gary Rauch e Mr. & Mrs. Barry Ravech e Mr. & Mrs. Richard Reese Rev. John J. Rogers Mr. Warren Rothmann & Ms. Ilze Willison Mrs. Patti Runkel e Mrs. Robert W. Sanford e Mr. Fred Sherbacow e Mrs. Ann Sica e Mrs. Carol I. Silva Mrs. Rita Simmons Mr. & Mrs. Maurice Spanbock Mr. & Mrs. Charles Steidel Mr. & Mrs. Robert Steltjes e Mr. Patti Sullivan Mr. & Mrs. Peter Telfer Mrs. Lynn Tenenbaum Mrs. LeRoy Thompson e Mr. & Mrs. George Touponse Jr. Mr. & Mrs. George M. Trautman Ms. Irene Tritel Mr. & Mrs. Willard T. Walker Mr. & Mrs. John Wardell e Mr. & Mrs. Raymond Watroba Mrs. Norma Weisenburger e Mr. & Mrs. Pendleton P. White e Mr. & Mrs. Wayland Wilcox Mrs. Patricia Williamson Mr. & Mrs. William Winemaster Mrs. John H. Wise Jr. e Mrs. Dorothy Zaorski Mrs. Helen Zingale

admissions & alumni reception hosts Mr. & Mrs. Kevin Callahan P’14, ’17 Deerfield Beach, FL Mr. & Mrs. Scott W. Fanning ’84 Avon, CT Mr. & Mrs. John N. Giamalis P’07, ’10, ’16 Avon, CT Mr. & Mrs. Gregory Gozzo P’11, ’12 Jupiter, FL Mr. & Mrs. Dean C. Graham ’84 Chevy Chase, MD Mr. & Mrs. Jonathon F. Hartnett ’95 Boston, MA Mr. & Mrs. Robert G. MacDonald P’11, ’16 Fairfield, CT Mr. & Mrs. Mark L. Masinter ’82, P’12 Dallas, TX

Mr. & Mrs. Edwin J. McCarthy ’74 Avon, CT Mr. & Mrs. Wade L. McDevitt ’82 Devon, PA Mr. Sam L. Rubenstein ’85 Tinley Park, IL Mr. & Mrs. Don W. Torey P’09 Nantucket, MA Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth J. Winemaster ’83, P’17 Lake Forest, IL Mr. & Mrs. Geoffrey N. Wiswell ’74 Avon, CT Dr. & Mrs. Victor A. Wowk P’14, ’15 Potomac, MD

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& MEMOR I A L GOLF TOU R NA MEN T On December 10, 2013, a shining light was extinguished with the death of Pedro L. Vega Jr. ’12. His family, many friends, and Avon Old Farms School suffered a devastating loss. However, out of the grief came the resolve that his life have meaning well beyond his short 20 years. The Previdi family, whose son, RJ ’12, was a close friend of Pedro’s, sought to honor his legacy by starting a scholarship in his name. It would ensure that Pedro’s spirit would be celebrated every time a young man with financial need was given the opportunity to attend Avon Old Farms School in Pedro’s name. Additionally, the Fiondella family, whose son, R.J. ’12, was also a dear friend, determined that they would organize a memorial golf tournament, the proceeds from which would be directed to the scholarship.

We extend our deepest gratitude to the Previdi and Fiondella families for their immediate outreach, and to ensuring, through a fundraising challenge and golf outing, that the Pedro L. Vega ’12 Scholarship was initially funded at $42,193. We also extend our most sincere thanks to all those who made outright gifts to the scholarship and/or who participated in the first annual Pedro L. Vega Jr. ’12 Golf Tournament. Avon Old Farms is indebted to each of you. Additional contributions to the scholarship are encouraged, and may be made at any time and in any increment.

Mr. & Mrs. Matthew Agnes Mr. Jonathan P. Amour ’12 Mr. & Mrs. Peter F. Amour P’12 Mr. N. J. Andersen Mr. & Mrs. David M. Barros P’11, ’11 Mr. & Mrs. Brian Beloin Mr. & Mrs. James H. Biggart P’02, ’06, ’08, ’14 Mr. James E. Biggart ’14 Mr. & Mrs. Rodman R. Black Jr. P’99 Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Brady P’11 Mr. G. Christopher Brink & Mrs. Jill Rundle P’14 Ms. Patricia J. Cain Mr. Anthony Carter Mr. & Mrs. Wayne H. Carter III P’12 Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence P. Casella P’09, ’12 Ms. Allison M. Cheffer P’13 Mr. Gavin S. Clark ’12 Ms. Sally L. Clement P’14 Mr. & Mrs. Henry R. Coons ’71, P’07 Ms. Elisha Council Ms. Christine M. Coz P’09, ’10 Mr. Benjamin A. Crocker ’11 Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan A. Crocker P’11 Jacqueline DeJesus Mr. Matthew J. Detora ’12 Mr. & Mrs. Albert A. Di Antonio Jr. P’12, ’15 Mr. Rafael Diaz Mr. & Mrs. Lou DiCocco P’02 Ms. Christy Dittrick P’10, ’12 Mr. & Mrs. Christopher Donahoe P’12 Mr. & Mrs. Thomas J. Dougherty P’11 Mr. Thomas J. Dougherty ’11 Mr. Vincent J. Dowling Jr. P’12 Dr. Deborah Downes Mr. Connor P. Doyle ’12 Mr. & Mrs. Kevin J. Driscoll ’72, P’08 Mr. & Mrs. Peter M. Evans P’98 Mr. John P. Even ’12 Mr. Jeffrey Farragher Dr. & Mrs. Frederick C. Feibel ’74, P’12 Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Fiondella P’12 Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. Fiondella GP’12 Mr. Pierce H. Ford ’09 Mr. & Mrs. David L. Gagnon P’12

Ms. Sandra Gallagher Mr. Anthony Garrett Ms. Theresa Gaudet Ms. Deborah Gordon Mr. Jordan E. Grice ’11 Mr. Eugene Griffin Mr. Gerard D. Hampton ’11 Ms. Anne Harney Hartford Police Hartford Police Department Hartford Police Emerald Society Hartford Police Union Ms. Natalie Holland International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers J Restaurant/Bar Mr. & Mrs. Richard Jalbert Mr. Alex J. Johnson ’12 Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan E. Johnson P’12 Mr. & Mrs. Erik Jones Ms. McCall Kelley Mr. & Mrs. James Kirschner P’04 Mr. Timothy D. Kosa Dr. & Mrs. Jonathan A. Kost P’12 Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth H. LaRocque P’01, ’10 Ms. Amy LaTeano Mr. Connor W. Latz ’12 Ms. Elizabeth Lazowski Mr. & Mrs. Roland Legere Mr. & Mrs. Michael S. Levin P’14 Mr. & Mrs. Rodney Madore Mr. & Mrs. Edward J. Malley III P’14 Mr. & Mrs. Paul McArthur P’12 Mrs. Sheila M. McDougall P’12 McKenna Orthodontics, P.C. Mr. Jose Mercado Ms. Diana M. Mesnil Mr. & Mrs. Robert M. Metz P’12 Mr. Cullen Mezerewski Mr. Raymond Michaud & Ms. Lucy Kiermaier Ms. Stephane Michel Ms. Leslie Moraller Clark & Mr. Jonathan Clark P’08, ’12 Ms. Amy Nericcio Numitor, LLC Mr. & Mrs. Jeremiah J. O’Brien P’06, ’10, ’12 Mrs. Catharine H. Oeser Mr. & Mrs. John Papadopoulos P’10, ’12, ’15 PAR Electrical Contractors, Inc.

Ms. Beth Paul Mr. Silvana G. Payne Mr. A. Vincent Pitaro Mr. & Mrs. Richard R. Previdi P’12 Mrs. Mark H. Quattro P’12 Lt. & Mrs. Luis A. Quinones Mr. Jacob A. Reiner ’13 Mrs. Carol Reller ’13H & Mr. Edward A. Reller P’09 Retina Consultants, P.C. Mr. & Mrs. Gregory J. Riley P’12 Mr. Myles C. Riley ’12 Mr. Jeremy D. Ross ’12 Mrs. Nancy P. Ross P’12 Mr. & Mrs. Barry Rubinfeld P’10 Mr. Navjot K. Sandhu & Ms. Parminder S. Sandhu Mr. & Mrs. Daniel J. Seiden ’00 Mr. & Mrs. Ellis L. Shamburger III P’12 Mr. Kevin J. Smith ’14 Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey W. Spolarich P’12 Mr. James H. Stallmeyer ’08 Mr. & Mrs. Michael C. Stanley P’12 Mr. & Mrs. John F. Stone P’13 Mr. & Mrs. Anthony J. Sullo Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth E. Swerdlick P’16 Mr. David L. Szewczul ’13 Mr. & Mrs. Sylvain Thibault P’16 Mr. Matthew T. Trautman ’03 Ms. Lori Tritel P’13 Mr. & Mrs. Alfred A. Turco Mr. & Mrs. Martin Vega GP’12, ’17 Mr. & Mrs. Pedro L. Vega Sr. P’12, ’17 Ms. Yolanda Vega Mr. Eric Velez Mr. Patrick Wallace ’12 Ms. Janice Ward Mr. William L. Ward Mr. & Mrs. Damian Wasserbauer P’09, ’12 Mr. Harrison J. Wasserbauer ’12 Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Weisenburger P’13 Ms. Eliabeth Wos Mr. & Mrs. Richard Yen P’12 Mr. Ryan K. Yen ’12 Mr. Ryan Zannotti & Ms. Lindsey Zannotti Mr. & Mrs. Edward Zavarella Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Zuzolo P’14

P = Parent P = PARENT GP = Grandparent GP = GRANDPARENT W = Widow W = WIDOW e = ELEPHANT e = ELEPHANTLongevity Longevity (five (fiveorormore more consecutive consecutive years years of giving) of giving) d = DECEASED d = Deceased

a note to our readers The Annual Report for the fiscal year 2013-14, ending on June 30, 2014, 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 all of our donors. This year, as always, we are blessed with the bonds of community bolstered by your great generosity.

If your name is not listed, or if there is some other error, please accept our sincere apologies, and contact Chris Hampton at the Alumni and Development Office with your concerns at 800-336-8195.

Thank you for your support!

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MEMORI AL & HONOR ARY GIF TS In honor of Patrick H. Albanesi ’14 Mr. & Mrs. Robert Albanesi

In honor of Jason R. Lally ’11 Mr. & Mrs. Robert Lally

In honor of Lance C. Berry ’14 Mr. & Mrs. Dale K. Cline & Kulynynch Family Foundation I

In honor of Tyler A. Pancavage ’17 Mr. Andrew Djiounas & Djiounas Family Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Matthew T. Pancavage

In honor of David C. Bigelow ’44 The entire Bigelow Family & Bigelow Tea Company In honor of John Bourgault’s 10 years of service & Coach Driscoll’s tenure as head football coach Ms. Anne Raftery In honor of Joshua A. Dionne ’10 Mr. & Mrs. John W. Williams In honor of Kevin Driscoll’s years of service to AOF Mr. James H. Daine ’88 In honor of Michael A. Holtman ’99 as a teammate of Embrace Home Loans Embrace Home Loans, Inc.

In memory of Sidney C. Clark ’65H Dr. Richard B. Boebel ’68 Mr. Rufus K. Griscom ’62 In memory of David L. Geyer Jr. ’71 Mrs. David L. Geyer

In memory of Francesca M. Carriuolo Mr. & Mrs. Peter M. Evans

In memory of Christopher Hall ’62 Mr. Francis X. Dennen Dr. & Mrs. Phillip B. Haber Mr. Grange Haberman Mr. & Mrs. David Hicks Ms. Marcia R. Joyce Mr. John C. Rutan Mr. James Schulte Mr. & Mrs. Ron Siegel Mr. & Mrs. Steve Spessard Mrs. Terry B. Strong Ms. Rosemary Jo Tongish Ms. Allison Wright

In memory of Peter M. Carriuolo ’77 Mr. & Mrs. Peter M. Evans

In memory of Warren W. Kent Jr. ’40 Mrs. Warner W. Kent Jr.

In honor of George M. Trautman ’98H Mr. & Mrs. Edward J. Hawie ’55 In honor of David C.F. Williamson ’91 Mr. & Mrs. George Williamson In memory of all my teachers at Avon from 1968-1971, particularly Sid Clark, & especially Bruce Billings & Bill Kron, who taught me the scientific method I use today Dr. & Mrs. John S. Spencer, Ph.D. ’71

In memory of Kevin P. McLaughlin ’04 Mr. & Mrs. Richard T. McKernan Dr. Timothy P. McLaughlin & Dr. Marian Kellner In memory of Kareem Norman ’98 Ms. Laurie Delaney-Humphrey & Mr. Peter Humphrey In memory of Jason P. Pagni ’90 Mr. & Mrs. Brendan J. Andrews ’90 Mr. Casey R. Coons ’07 Mr. & Mrs. Bryan R. Donahue ’94 Mr. & Mrs. Damian J. Fox ’91 Ms. Alexandra Gordon Mr. & Mrs. Thomas T. Gresh ’90 Mr. Emmet P. Hibson Mr. & Mrs. Nigel H. Mendez ’91 Mr. & Mrs. Scott Percival Mr. Michael Reardon Mr. Corey F. Salvatelli ’00 Mr. John Swift Mr. Ron Vecchio

M ATCH I NG GIF T C O M PA N I E S & F O U N DAT IO N S Anonymous (4) A. J. DeBlois Family Foundation Abby and George O’Neill Trust of The Rockefeller Trust Company (Delaware) Adirondack Foundation at the request of James Rhoades ’80 Adobe Systems Inc Matching Gift Program Aetna Foundation, Inc. AIG Matching Gifts Program Alliance Bernstein American Tower Corporation Amica Companies Foundation Arthur and Elizabeth Godbout Family Foundation Inc. Bank of America Matching Gifts Program Bank of America United Way Campaign Blakeley Foundation BNY Mellon Community Partnership Program Bristol-Meyers Squibb Foundation, Inc. Bruning Foundation Buchanan Family Foundation Bundy Family Foundation CAF American Donor Fund Capital One Matching Gift Program Cardinal Brook Trust

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Cascade Investment/BGI Group Catherine Jefferson Foundation Community Foundation of Greater Memphis Community Foundation of Jackson Hole Community Foundation of Louisville Depository, Inc. Constance H. Bishop Foundation Cookie Jar Foundation Covidien Matching Gift Program David and Mary Barros Foundation, Inc. Deane A. and John D. Gilliam Foundation Djiounas Family Foundation E. Newbold & Margaret duPont Smith Foundation Embrace Home Loans, Inc. Ensign-Bickford Foundation, Inc. Eugene and Carol Atkinson Family Foundation of Merrill Lynch Trust Co. Fidelity Foundation Findlay Family Foundation Fox Family Foundation Franklin Templeton Investments G. Garvin Brown IV Fund at The Community Foundation of Louisville Gaynor Family Foundation

P = PARENT

GP = GRANDPARENT

GE Foundation General Re Corporation GenNx 360 Foundation, Inc. Gilman Ordway 2009 Charitable Lead Trust 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 Hamilton Family Foundation Hartwell Foundation Harvey Hubbell Foundation Helen Trane Hood Charitable Trust Hennessey Foundation Hipp Foundation Hope Foundation for a Better Tomorrow, Inc. Houston Endowment Inc. Humana Inc. ING Foundation Ingersoll-Rand Co. James E. & Constance L. Bell Foundation Jeff Goldman Charitable Trust of Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust

W = WIDOW

Jeffrey and Jennifer Allred Family Foundation John Ruan Foundation Trust Joseph C. Day 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 McKesson Foundation MFS Matching Gift Program Michael & Susan Dell Foundation Matching Gift Program Mintze + Hoke Moglia Family Foundation Morgan Stanley Annual Appeal Campaign Morgan Stanley Charitable Spending Accounts National Christian Foundation of Eastern Michigan

e = ELEPHANT Longevity (five or more consecutive years of giving)

d = DECEASED

In memory of Andrew M. Pedersen-Keel ’02 Mr. Stephen C. Brengle ’01 Mr. Joshua L. Bruff ’01 Mr. Daniel G. Ciaburri Jr. ’03 Mr. Kyle Coleman ’03 Mr. & Mrs. Michael A. Fish ’95 Mr. Mark W. Freeman ’02 Mr. & Mrs. Charles N. Hamilton ’03 & Hamilton Family Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Daniel J. Seiden ’00 Ms. Courtney Yadouga

In memory of Jonathan ’Alex’ Story ’10 Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan A. Crocker Mr. & Mrs. Peter M. Evans Mr. & Mrs. Daniel J. Seiden ’00 Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E. Story III & Kulynych Family Foundation II

In memory of Donald Pierpont Mr. Rufus K. Griscom ’62 Mr. Frank G. Leavitt ’52

In memory of Michael W. Stradley Mr. & Mrs. Peter M. Evans Mrs. Michael W. Stradley

In memory of Ann Morse Pritchard Mr. & Mrs. Richard T. McKernan

In memory of Barbara Swanson Ms. Colleen Casey-Nelson

In memory of Morgan B. Randrup ’80 Mrs. Rennie Randrup Washburn

In memory of H. Mitchell White ’73 Mr. Ronald White & Ms. Sue Casher

In memory of R. Allan Ruez ’63 Mrs. Pamela C. Ruez Christensen & Mr. Scott Christensen

In memory of Donald ‘Don’ C. Wick Mr. & Mrs. Erin R. Borger, FA ’99 Mr. & Mrs. Ronald D. Officer

In memory of Paul-Karl Schiller ’78 Mr. Aron W. Steck ’78

In memory of Richard ‘Woody’ H. Woodwell ’75 Mr. & Mrs. Peter M. Evans

New York Community Trust Noblis, Inc. Nolan Family Foundation Oracle Corporation Matching Gifts Program PepsiCo Foundation Matching Gifts Program Peter Berkey Foundation Pfizer Foundation Matching Gifts Program Platt Foundation, Inc. Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Ross Foundation Fund of the Delaware Community Foundation Rothschild Family Foundation, Inc. Schlein Foundation, Inc. Schwab Charitable Fund Seymour H. Knox Foundation, Inc. Sheldon R. Roth Family Philanthropic Fund-of the American Society for Technion-Israel Institute of Technology Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. Susquehanna International Group, LLP T. R. Paul Family Foundation T. Rowe Price Associates Foundation, Inc. Takeda Employee Giving Programs Teel’s Marsh Foundation Tharpe Family Fund

Travelers Foundation U.S. Bancorp Foundation U.S. Energy Development Corporation UBS Matching Gift Program UBS PAC Charity Match Program UniCredit Group United Technoligies Charity Trust Account United Technologies United Way of Central & Northeastern Connecticut United Way of Pioneer Valley, Inc. United Way of Rhode Island Verizon Foundation c/o Cybergrants, Inc. Vincent Dowling Family Foundation, Inc. Vranos Family Foundation Waldele Family Foundation WALKS Foundation, Inc. Walt Disney Company Foundation Wells Fargo Educational Matching Gift Program Whip Burks Family Fund of the Princeton Area Community Foundation Williamson Family Charitable Foundation– UBS Donor Advised Fund Woodard Family Foundation

In memory of Lewis du Pont Smith ’75 Mr. & Mrs. Peter M. Evans In memory of Diane Stocklan Drs. Daniel M. & Elizabeth A. Friedlander

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Honoring benefactors who have created trusts, Bequests, and other planned gifts for Avon Old Farms

Riddl Society

The

Last updated July 2, 2014

Riddle Society Anonymous (1) IC 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 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 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

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Dr. Robert A. Gryboski ’57, P’88 Mr. David M. Hallam ’66 IC 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. Thomas A. Jacka ’40 IC Mr. Jordan Jayson ’94 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. Kerry A. Mayer ’54 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. 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 Mr. Eric J. T. Skemp ’60 Mr. Gregory K. Snow ’79 IC

GP = Grandparent

CF/PF = Current/Past Faculty

Mr. Spencer K. Sokale ’64 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 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. James P. Wysong ’48 IC Mr. William E. Young ’85

Riddle Society Legacy Gifts Received Mr. Donald Carson FR Mr. Lewis S. Catlin ’38 Mr. Sidney C. Clark ’65H, PF Mrs. Jean M. Coons P’71, GP’07 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. & Mrs. Oliver A. Kimberly Jr. ’52 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 Christopher Kennedy Hampton ’79, Ed.D. P’09, ’10, ’11, Director of Development, at 860-404-4269, hamptonc@avonoldfarms.com, or visit our planned giving website online: www.avonoldfarms.com. gift-planning.org/

Mike Conroy ’85 and family

“To me, the whole idea behind estate planning is trying to find the best, most efficient methods of leveraging what you have against the needs of your family after you’re gone. Avon Old Farms has always been an important part of my family, so including the school was always in my plan! I want to give back to the place that has given me, and my family, so much throughout my lifetime.”

–Mike Conroy ’85

For more information about planned gifts for Avon Old Farms School, Christopher Kennedy Hampton ’79, Ed.D., P’09, ’10, ’11, Director of Development, at 860-404-4269, hamptonc@avonoldfarms.com, or visit our planned giving website online: www.avonoldfarms.gift-planning.org/

In Memoriam

Capt. Victor Delano USN (ret.)

By Susan Haile

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s a boy in the 1930s, Victor Delano organization and ‘product.’ To Dad, the product in the bulk visited Avon Old Farms School. He had of his philanthropic ventures was knowledge and looking an interview—even met founder Theodate forward. Or in Avonian terms, Aspiration and Perseverance.

Pope Riddle—and liked what he saw. His Also, he enjoyed injecting common sense.” His philosophy? parents had other plans, however; he enrolled instead at “Study that which is before you. Develop a plan to face Maryland’s Severn School and later attended the U.S. Naval the issues … Show respect to all sides of an issue. Look for Academy, his boyhood dream. a positive outcome.” That approach—and those positive The story doesn’t end there, of course. “Victor wanted outcomes—have made a tangible difference to Avon to come to Avon in the worst way, but his parents said no,” Old Farms, both then and now. recounts Delano’s good friend and former Avon Headmaster Harvey Delano relates one illustrative story: “When new George Trautman. “But when he had an opportunity, he chemistry labs were being built, [Science Department Chair] sent his son Harvey ’75.” In 1980, Delano joined the Board Mr. Kron was very adamant that lab counters not be built out of Directors and went on to build of a high-tech laminate material a legacy of quietly helping the that was in the plans. My father school, in ways large and small, made the simple observation that to become a better place. “He was in labs, acids and alkalis were such a generous and honorable being used that would destroy man,” recalls Trautman, “and so the material that was being willing to help. He stayed in the offered. My father remembered background; he wasn’t one to put that slate, an inexpensive and his name on a building. But he durable material, had been used supported a variety of projects at for over half a century in labs Avon—smaller and less glamorous around the world to resolve projects, but needed nonetheless the issue. Common sense (and –Capt. Victor Delano —things that he thought were obstinacy) won out.” important to the school.”

The son of a Navy captain After 34 years on the Board (who was a cousin of Franklin (honorary since 1992), Victor Delano Roosevelt), Delano felt Delano died on August 25, at the age of 94, after suffering a the call of the sea and the lure of travel from an early age. stroke, and Avon said farewell to a dear friend. His legacy at After graduating from the Naval Academy with distinction, Avon runs the gamut from tangible campus improvements, he went on to a distinguished naval career that included a such as skylights in the Barnes Gallery, to playing host small but celebrated moment in naval history. As a newly on numerous occasions to regional Avon gatherings at commissioned gunnery officer aboard the USS West Virginia, the Chevy Chase Club. He was also a major donor to the he helped rally fellow sailors during the early moments of 2000 Campaign for Avon. Avonians who were fortunate to the Pearl Harbor attack. know him remember a true gentleman—one whose genuine “I had breakfast,” Delano once said, recalling that enthusiasm and practical support for Avon never flagged. horrific day. “I was on my way to my room to change to go “My father looked at his donations to anything—Avon ashore … and a marine came down from topside and said, Old Farms, the Naval Academy Alumni Association, the ‘we’re being bombed.’ I believed him.” In the confusion that Kingsbury Center, Friends of the National Zoo, and the ensued, he made his way to the conning tower, where he Victor Murdock Foundation—as investments,” said his helped get two machine guns working and showed others son Harvey. “When contributing to an organization, an how to use them. “Quite unexpectedly, the steward’s mate, investor doesn’t merely donate … but works to improve an [Dorie] Miller, showed up,” Delano continued. “Lt. (j.g.)

“Study that which is before you. Develop a plan to face the issues … Show respect to all sides of an issue. Look for a positive outcome.”

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“He was such a generous and honorable man, and so willing to help. He stayed in the background; he wasn’t one to put his name on a building. But he supported a variety of projects at Avon—smaller and less glamorous projects, but needed nonetheless—things that he thought were important to the school.”

–George Trautman

White [also] arrived on the bridge. I assigned them to two machine guns which were just forward of the bridge—they shot for a while.” After the guns jammed and the West Virginia began to sink, Delano swam to safety. Miller was awarded the Navy Cross; the event would later be depicted in the 2001 film Pearl Harbor.

During the remainder of the war, Delano saw action in the Pacific Theater aboard the cruiser USS San Juan and destroyer USS Wedderburn. He later commanded the USS Shoveler and Mine Division 23 as part of the mine sweeping operations in Japan. After earning his master’s degree in physics at MIT, he was assigned to the Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory to work on atomic weapons testing. While there, he met his wife, Jacqueline.

During the Korean conflict Delano commanded the destroyer USS Eversole; in 1958 he was executive officer of the heavy cruiser USS Newport News. At the time of the Cuban Missile Crisis, he was at the Pentagon. “His assignment during the crisis,” recounted his son, “was to fly to Norfolk every day, without friends’ or family’s knowledge, and plan the invasion of Cuba.” Later, Delano commanded the USS Taconic and Amphibious Squadron Eight. His

squadron was the first to deploy with the CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter. His final Navy assignment, before his retirement in 1969, was as congressional liaison for Adm. Thomas Moorer, then chief of naval operations.

Delano’s decorations included two awards of the Legion of Merit, the Bronze Star, and the Purple Heart. In announcing his passing, the Naval Historical Foundation commented, “Victor Delano was as much a part of naval history as he was an advocate.”

A proud member of the Greatest Generation, Delano devoted himself to the Navy and to several naval organizations; he was also an active supporter of Navy sports. In addition, he served as director, officer, trustee or member of numerous other educational, civic, and charitable organizations.

Delano’s wife of 39 years, Jacqueline Stinson Delano, died in 1990. He is survived by his daughter, Katherine Delano Jahnig, and her husband, Frederick; his son, Harvey II; two grandchildren; and his dear friend and traveling companion, Julie R. Woods. Interment will take place at Arlington National Cemetery; Delano will be laid to rest beside his wife, two rows away from the graves of his parents.

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Please send us your personal notes!

Bill David ’61, George Seifert ’62, and Bill Weiss ’62 at George’s home in West Palm Beach, Fla., March 2014.

Class Notes can be submitted to Sue Evans at: EvansS@avonoldfarms.com The deadlines for Class Notes submission are: Spring issue: March 1, 2015 Fall issue: September 1, 2015

Class Notes 42 RUSSELL HUNTER, Head Class Agent

PO Box 22, Farmington, CT 06034-0022

50 HARVEY RUBIN, Head Class Agent

52 SETH F. MENDELL, Head Class Agent

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

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

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SETH and Alice MENDELL have moved to Fort

WARREN FORD, Head Class Agent

115 Center St., Wolcott, CT 06716 jodir@aol.com JORGE CONSUEGRA and his wife, Miriam, were

back on campus with family for the graduation of their grandson LUIS CONSUEGRA ’14 , son of ANDY ’80 . Also joining in the festivities was their son JORGE ’77 , who is a member of Avon’s Board of Directors, and his family including his sister, Ana, and, of course, Andy’s family. The Consuegras have such a long history at Avon, and they know many in the Avon “extended family,” so it was a great reunion as well as a celebration of Luis.

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Four Ordway generations, 194 4-2004 and beyond: Gil Ordway ’44 with his daughter Kitty Ordway (a current Avon director), and her sons Tyler (standing in back) and Gilman (“Alex”) Callsen ’04 and their respective children, Kitty’s granddaughter, Adeline, and grandson, Lucius

Myers, Fla., but spent the summer in Mattapoisett.

They returned to the Northeast in time for Avon’s reunion in May and a special graduation, where they were joined by daughter Phyllis on campus, along with longtime friends and colleagues, the Consuegras.

FRANK LEAVITT became a great-grandfather!

His step-granddaughter, Enyi Koene, married to Ludovic Sardain and living in France, blessed him this summer with James Hisseblay Sardain, who was born this 4th of July in Paris.

54 DOUGLAS H. MACPHERSON, Class Agent

5405 Dranes Tavern Dr., Fairfax, VA 22030-4603 dhmacpherson@verizon.net DOUG MACPHERSON emailed: “Two of us, JIM MONSONIS and I, made it to the Pierpont weekend last fall. We palled around and checked out the vastly expanded campus. No dorm expansion, of course, but we now have a real library instead of the second floor of the old bank, an indoor ice rink for our champion team, vastly improved playing fields and even a field house. Quite a change from the gym over the refectory. All of the sports stuff might horrify Don—he was anti inter-school competition, at least for the first few years.

residence ) with Sue Evans from the Alumni and Development team, and then had a tour of the Ordway Science & Technology Center with Peter Evans. Jordy was a three-year Avon boy and says he still loves to come back. Having five children from all over the country, including Michigan and California, Jordy gets to see a good deal of land around the nation.

The Consuegra clan gathers in front of their old Avon home (Eagle apartment) in celebration of grandson Luis’s graduation from Avon (Luis ’14 has his arm on his grandfather’s shoulder).

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 marshalldb@raveisre.com DOUG MARSHALL and Ellyn visited their son, TOBY ’95, who was on Nantucket this summer, and on the return ferry bumped into the Avon crowd returning from Avon’s Nantucket reception.

60 RICHARD L. WILLIAMS, Head Class Agent

PO Box 218, South Orleans, MA 02662-0218 Rclumberclan@aol.com

“Jim said that he’s stopped walking the protest lines, and I neglected to ask him which ones.

“We also attended our 60th Reunion this spring with DUGAN (sorry, I only recall using your last name at school). We had one dinner at the Nimrod Club pavilion, constructed by the students using very traditional pegged post and beam construction.

The Nimrod cabin was extended some years ago.

Since they no longer had Verne, they took out the cord wood cook stove and replaced it with a perfectly normal grill.

“Our years now represent ancient and mostly forgotten history so I’ve been sending emails around to ‘The Old Boys,’ to us, and those older than us to try and resurrect memories that might be best forgotten. If you have any please send them to me at Douglas.Dhubh@gmail.com, post them to me at 5405 Dranes Tavern Dr., Fairfax, VA, or call me 703-278-7431. They may be printed in the next history that is being written or at least shared with the rest of us who have email.

“Personally, I still windsurf twice a year on the Outer Banks of North Carolina and tour the world at least once a year. Last trip was India and Nepal where my baby doll and I jumped off a cliff in the

Himalayas and soared in paragliders. And I have the videos to prove it. Also rode an elephant through a game reserve looking for Bengal tigers. All we found were rhinos, crocs, and other such tame stuff. Next up is the trail of the Mayas in Central America.”

58 AUSTIN CHAMBERS, Class Agent

317 Flanders Rd., Stonington, CT 06378-2109 Hilltop12@aol.com When back on campus, the Class of ’58 is reminded to see the Distinguished Alumni Wall near the Wachter Post Office in the Brown Student Center, where classmate STEPHEN LASH is included. For more on Stephen and this award see www.avonoldfarms.com/page.cfm?p=3492.

JORDY MOTT was back to visit campus in July. After

he lost his wife, Jordy moved from the West Coast to Virginia near his youngest daughter. For this stop at Avon, Jordy was en route from Virginia to Maine to visit the summer home of his sister in Ogunquit. He had also spent a couple of days visiting GRAFFLIN COOK and wife, Lynn, in Baltimore. Jordy had seen the field house and Beatson Performing Arts Center when last back to campus. This time he peeked into the refectory and Alumni Office (the old science building) and the Admissions Office (the old dean’s

DICK WILLIAMS and his wife, Marty, continue to enjoy their home in Orleans on Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Their son, JOHN ’83, and family are close by on the Cape in Brewster. John is director of facilities at a local nursing and rehab home in Brewster, and he has two children, Andi Elizabeth, 20, a junior at Franklin Pierce University and a criminal justice major who worked for the Orleans police department this summer, and Connor, who just graduated from high school. Dick and Marty’s daughter, Elizabeth, has two children who are in high school.

61 GEORGE F. HENSCHEL JR., Head Class Agent

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

62 ALAN D. ROZINSKY, Class Agent 13620-B Via Flora, Delray Beach, FL 33484 alroz@lycos.com

Al Rozinsky and Bobbie are retired in Florida, but happened to be visiting their son, BRIAN ’91, and his wife, Caryn, in the Denver area in July, and were able to attend the Denver reception at Coors Field to visit with alumni and former students from Avon, while catching a little of the game.

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Knick Cur tis ’63 and his wife, Lynn Armstrong, in July in Ban ff National Par k in Alberta, Canada .

Jay Cefariello and Spencer Sokale ’64 on Cape Cod this past spring; they closed on a home in Sandwich this August.

Shep Holcombe ’64 and Spencer Sokale ’64 took a five-minute ride from their 50th reunion at Avon to see Don Pierpont’s grave.

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W. B. HARWOOD III, Head Class Agent

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

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

KNICK CURTIS and his wife, Lynn, took a trip to Banff, a town within Banff National Park in Alberta, Canada, in July with Knick’s sister and brother-in-law. They went on a European river cruise in September. Knick is often back to Avon as a member of the National Council.

TOM ADAMS and his wife, Julie, attended the

GODFREY C. BLOCH celebrated his 70th

birthday party on June 20 at the Players Club overlooking Gramercy Park in New York City with 120 guests. Representing the Avon community: honorary board member Dick Pendleton, ROBIN TALIAFERRO (with wife Stefani), and GARRETT BOWDEN ’69 . One can see various pictures from the party by visiting: anniewatt.com and then click: GALLERIES; then click EVENTS 2014; finally click JUNE 20 GODFREY BLOCH’S 70TH BIRTHDAY.

Avon Denver reception in July at Coors Field.

Alumni gathered for food and drinks and many stayed at the Avon ‘outpost’ while others chose to eventually go to designated seats to watch the game.

Tom met up with HUNT WALKER, whom he had not seen in 50 years, and later watched the game with RICK WARD, after visiting with other Avon alumni and faculty. Tom lost his mother, Avon icon and longtime Avon board member Louise Adams, on July 13, 2014. She was 96, and had helped guide the board and faculty since 1967.

65 PERRY BENSON, Head Class Agent

2135 Naudain St., Philadelphia, PA 19146-1218 pb2@jacobswyper.com

PERRY BENSON wrote he visited with GRANVILLE TOOGOOD ’62 this summer in Northeast Harbor, Maine. Perry also mentioned he and KEATING PEPPER are making plans for the 50th Reunion in May 2015.

Plan now to attend our 50th reunion May 15-17, 2015. It will be a great time to reconnect with fellow members of the Class of 1965!

66 MICHAEL D. BARKER, Head Class Agent 139 Kirkwood Rd., West Hartford, CT 06117-2835 barkermike@aol.com MIKE BARKER emailed, “I finished a stint in the Peace Corps in Kenya 2011-2013. My wife and I were both math and science teachers for the Peace Corps at a secondary school on Rusinga Island, western Kenya, on Lake Victoria; I have included a picture with the dog that adopted me [see photo]. As they say, if you want to be appreciated, get a dog. I was appreciated, by definition.

Our latest effort in Kenya can be seen at: www. rusingaislandchildrensfund.org.”

DAVID BILLINGS and wife, Beverly Hall, attended

the Avon Nantucket reception in August, held at Great Harbor Yacht Club. David has been collecting

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Malcolm Hirsh ’67, with John Mulligan and son Brian ’92, and Dean Peter Evans.

Mike Barker ’66 with his adopted canine friend on Rusinga Island on Lake Victoria during his time teaching children in Kenya.

er his son Andrew ’98, Pet Jim Cor rigan ’67 with for the Boston ch coa ing tch (pi ’83 Evans, Juan Nieves Houston inger ’08 (star of the Red Sox), George Spr an.

Bri son g ’91 with his Astros), and Rob Dowlin

Keating Pepper ’65 and Perry Benson ’65 in front of Keating’s real estate office, the Knowles Co., in Northeast Harbor, Maine, in late August.

Asian art for years and has a collection of museumquality art displayed in Nantucket. The couple was quite surprised that between students, alumni and their wives, parents, and faculty, there were 44 people to represent Avon on Nantucket for the reception.

David, who lived many years in New Jersey, is on Nantucket full time now and he and Beverly have been married for two years. David remembered fondly VERE GAYNOR, who back in the day was a judge at Avon with him. David and Beverly have visited Avon, and David said he was happy to see the Class of ’66 represented with a name in the new athletic center: the Gaynor Squash Pavilion.

67 JAMES W. CORRIGAN, Co-Head Class Agent

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 JIM CORRIGAN and his son ANDREW ’98 took

in a Red Sox game this summer, which happened to be the Red Sox vs. Houston Astros August 14th.

It was a great photo op for Avon, with Red Sox

pitching coach JUAN NIEVES ’83 and Astros phenom GEORGE SPRINGER ’08 happy to see their former Avon coaches, Peter Evans (for Juan Nieves) and ROB DOWLING ’91 (for George Springer), as well as other Avonians reunited at the game. Andrew’s classmate MARK HURRIE ’98 took in the game with them as well.

MALCOLM HIRSH hosted an Avon reception at

Coors Field in Denver on July 26th. Besides Malcolm and his wife, Cynthia, more than 40 alumni and their guests from Denver and surrounding areas were in attendance. Classes from the ’60s to 2007 were represented. It was a beautiful night, energy was high, and alumni and school administration thank Malcolm for organizing such a fun event. Many alumni congregated and stayed in the upper level talking and meeting new alumni, while others, after socializing for an hour or so, found their seats and enjoyed the game with their families.

68 GEORGE L. PURNELL, Head Class Agent

4822 Brighton Lakes Blvd., Boynton Beach, FL 33436 glpluvssports@gmail.com

GEOFFREY DOUGHTY published his 25th book,

which chronicles the postwar history of how the Great Northern’s legendary passenger trains came to be and the economic impact that passenger service had on the railroads of the country. This volume joins many others in Avon’s Baxter Library Sid Clark Collection. Last March Geoff took a 10-day trip to Canada where he rode from Toronto to Jasper, Alberta. He enjoyed an overnight at Jasper Park Lodge, a former Canadian National Railway resort in the Rockies, and two nights at the Royal York in Toronto, a former Canadian Pacific Railway hotel. The Canadian is the last train of its type operating in North America with the original equipment, albeit updated, when delivered in 1955.

This year marks Geoff’s 40th season as a broadcast concert radio announcer with the Portland Symphony Orchestra on Maine Public Radio.

69 DAVID F. COLEMAN, Class Agent 35 Adelaide Ave., Barrington, RI 02806 dfc@colemanrealtors.com DAVE COLEMAN’S son KYLE ’03 was married this summer in Colorado.

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Six members of the Beath family gathered last year in Vero Beach–all men of Avon! From left: Doug Beath ’76, Matt Beath ’07, Ben Beath ’09, Will Burke ’15, Stu Beath ’06, and Stuart Beath ’77.

Hank Coons ’71, Avon’s varsity tennis coach, is teaching grandson Nico Noble (AOF Class of 2030!) to play tennis.

Child ’71, and Tony Joseph Vecchiarino ’71, Bill reunion in 1981 h 10t ir the Amendola ’71, at

70 HARRIS H. BUCKLIN III, Head Class Agent

3004 Margaret Jones Ln., Williamsburg, VA 23185 hbucklin3@aol.com

71 JOSEPH C. VECCHIARINO III, Head Class Agent PO Box 2103, Westport, CT 06880 drvvv@sbcglobal.net MALCOM MACDONALD, a top guitarist from ’71, continues to share his passion for music with great postings on Facebook on historical music from jazz to big bands, about musicians like Count Basie, Duke Ellington, George Duke, Charles Earland, Sinatra, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Hank Mobley Sextet, and many more.

JIM HAZEN, a battle re-enactor, said he first

became interested in the job when he saw a Disney Film in 1962: Johnny Shiloh.

JOHN SPENCER was featured in a documentary

on leprosy commissioned by the Brazilian government. John planned to return to Brazil this September to continue his work on detecting and curing leprosy in the remote villages along the Amazon River. John attended Avon’s Denver gathering at Coors Field in July.

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BILL CHILD, our “class philosopher,” continues

JIMMY LITTLE ’06 and JOSEPH VECCHIARINO

to post on Facebook insightful thoughts on a wide range of topics, from the inventor of the telescope debunking the belief that the earth was the center of the universe, to how two bicycle makers initiated the age of flight.

attended a SoldierSocks event. Jimmy made it possible for Joseph to attend the event by helping him out of the hospital and getting him to the event, as it was Joseph’s first trip from the hospital where he was undergoing chemotherapy for cancer.

Jimmy ’06 and Joseph ’71 have been active in supporting SoldierSocks as they raise money for veteran education grants and support medical devices to help wounded veterans walk.

TIM BEEBLE, who is active with the University

of Michigan alumni association with student recruitment and alumni promotion, was proud to post that Miss America 2014 Nina Davuluri is a University of Michigan alumna. This year, Tim has been picked to be a judge for Miss Stamford, an official Miss America preliminary pageant, to be held in Stamford, Conn., the city for which Tim has been a city planner for the last 30 years.

JOSEPH VECCHIARINO wishes to thank all his

Avon friends and classmates for their support while he was in the hospital getting treatment for stage four cancer. He wants classmates to know that their thoughts and prayers have helped him to return to good health, and he is well on his way to recovery.

He added, “My hair has grown back!”

Further news from Joe: “LARRY STEIN is one of three candidates running for mayor of Oxnard, Cali., population 200,000. Good luck to our classmate.”

RALPH PALMER and his wife, Pam, continue to devote their time to supporting causes to raise money for charities.

HANK COONS, Avon’s varsity tennis coach, has started coaching his grandson, Nico, to prepare him to become a future U.S. Open tennis champion—go Nico!

TONY AMENDOLA held his fourth annual

gallery show on Chicano art. Tony has become a prominent expert in this field.

STEVE HIGGINS reminds all voters to check your local election commission website for positions and people running for office. In Steve’s area, he and his friends had never heard of or knew any of the candidates running!

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KEVIN DRISCOLL, Class Agent

TOM BYRNE, Head Class Agent

500 Old Farms Rd., Avon, CT 06001 driscollk@avonoldfarms.com

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

ALEXANDER N. WORLEY, Head Class Agent 20 Shore Grove Rd., Clinton, CT 06413 alexworley@sbcglobal.net

KEVIN DRISCOLL has been enjoying re-engaging

TOM BYRNE and TIM TRAUTMAN were happy to be on campus this past spring for Reunion Weekend to hear ALLAN O’CONNOR’S remarks as he was recognized as a Distinguished Alumnus.

Allan’s achievements and remarks made quite an impression on the student body and many Avonians seeking to get involved with and learn from his good works approached him. Al is committed to return to campus for the Class of ’75’s 40th reunion in May 2015 and hopes to see as many of his classmates as possible. Tom, Tim, and Al will also work together on gatherings around that time.

with alumni and past parents around the country in his new role as a major gifts officer at Avon.

His daughter, Margie, is working in Florida and his son, BLAISE ’08, is working in New York.

Kevin and his wife, Maria, enjoyed a vacation to St. Martin this summer.

73 CHRISTOPHER L. ATKINS, Head Class Agent

415 East 52nd St., Apt. 4HC New York, NY 10022-6482 clatkins1@gmail.com

74 GEORGE J. GIANNONI, Co-Head Class Agent 6 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 GEORGE GIANNONI says he is “still in the

‘afterglow’ of a wonderful 40th class reunion, generously hosted by ED MCCARTHY and GEOFF WISWELL. It was wonderful. It still amazes me how easy it is to pick up with classmates that you may not have seen in decades. In some ways, it’s like we never left.” On the news side: George and partners closed the business he has been connected to for 30 years this past April. He is now with the survivors of that company in a new venture called Integrative Wellness and Physical Therapy in Bloomfield, Conn., and it is going well. He is also working at Mt. Sinai Rehab Hospital in Hartford, where he is attempting to integrate traditional and alternative therapy techniques. Interestingly, George began his career 31 years ago at Mt. Sinai, and seems to have come full circle.

BILL SOBOLIK is engaged for the first time. His

fiancée is Martha (Marty) McBride and he feels blessed to be inheriting into his life, as well as a wife, a stepdaughter, Shannon, and her daughter, Lila, 3. He has been doing computer services (All American Computer Support) and likes the Denver area. Bill, Marty, and Lila attended the Avon Denver reception in July at Coors Field. Their wedding is planned for July 1, 2015.

TOM BYRNE and his wife, Ellen, vacationed in

Brewster, Mass., on Cape Cod this summer, where Tom enjoys boating. Their daughter, Kelsey, is a senior at Villanova, pursuing the nursing program.

Tom continues as president of Thomas Byrne Associates, Incorporated, in Farmington, Conn.

WOODY WOODWELL’S son RICHARD ’08 made the Dean’s List at Suffolk Law School.

Woody’s widow, Linda, continues on the board at Avon where, along with Woody’s old friends, she has created a scholarship in honor and memory of Woody. Their older daughter is at College of Charleston and their younger daughter is in high school in Ho Ho Kus, NJ. TIM TRAUTMAN has been the leading major gifts officer at Tabor Academy. His return to Tabor was like going home, as he grew up on Tabor’s campus, where his father, George, worked before becoming headmaster at Avon. Tim left Tabor during the summer and is sailing around the world on a year’s trip with friend Joan Blanchard, who he has known since they were teenagers.

JEFF GLAZE was elected council president of

the western Massachusetts council of the Boy Scouts of America, leading 7,000 scouts and 2,000 volunteers. Glaze has been active in industry and philanthropy since his youth. In 1991, he assumed the presidency of Decorated Products in Westfield, then founded ERP Center for Excellence in 2007, a software consulting company where he remains president. Glaze also serves as president of the Stanley Park of Westfield, Inc., and president of the Friends of the Pioneer Valley Performing Arts Charter School. Jeff lives in Southampton and has three grown children, Justin, Jordan, and Jocelyn.

ALEX WORLEY and his wife, Maureen, live in Clinton, close to the Connecticut shore, and they have two grown children. Their daughter Lauren, 31, is teaching first grade in Arlington, Va., at a private school, and their son Alex, 36, has two children of his own. Alex Sr.’s granddaughter turned five and he says, “She already knows how to run the world.” Grandson Tyler is 10 and plays AAU baseball for the Hartford Capitals and also came to the Avon Old Farms summer baseball camp this summer. Alex Sr. and his son own a family business, A & R Mechanical Services, Inc., in Glastonbury.

PETER RICE became a grandfather. His stepdaughter, Enyi Koene, and her husband, Ludovic Sardain, blessed them with a baby boy this summer. James Hisseblay Sardain was born on the 4th of July in Paris. James is their first-born and Peter and Tieba’s only grandchild (“So far,” says Peter). Peter continues to teach at Avon. In addition to Peter’s stepdaughter, Adjovi, now grown, he and Tieba also have a son, MATTHEW ’15.

77 JORGE E. CONSUEGRA, Head Class Agent 5 Andrews Rd., Greenwich, CT 06830 jorgeeconsuegra@yahoo.com

78 JOHN M. GARVEY, Head Class Agent

389 Haines Ave., Long Beach, CA 90814 jmgarvey@garvspace.com JOHN GARVEY was back for reunion last spring

from California. DON DOEG joined John down at the baseball field that Saturday during the reunion.

Still a rocket engineer, John and his wife, Kimberly, are kept busy by daughter Jessica, 10. John has been in contact with BOB MARTINO, Don’s legal colleague at a Hartford law firm. John also managed to briefly (“very, very briefly,” he said) say hello to JUAN NIEVES ’83 at a recent Red Sox versus Angels game in Anaheim.

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Clayton ’78, JD ’83, and Brad Parsons ’80 were together to celebrate Brad’s induction into University of Hartford’s Hall of Fame for golf.

Left to right: proud father Pat McFadden and Luke McFadden ‘92, with Rich Nelson ‘86, Mark McFadden ‘86, and Chris McFadden ‘88. Rich sent the photo, “taken at Mark’s wedding on March 15, to the lovely Katie Courcy.”

Andy Consuegra ’80 and his family were back at Avon for the graduation of Andy ’s son, Luis ’14, and visited their old home in Eagl e. Left to right: brother Jorge ’77, sister Ana, parents Miriam and Jorge, and Andy.

Brien Biondi ’81 and his family, on their last day visiting Turkey, looking over the ancient villages built into volcanic rock in Cappadocia on an early morning family balloon ride (alongside 85 other balloons!).

79 ANTHONY M. GRAY, Co-Head Class Agent

6212 Wagner Ln., Bethesda, MD 20816 tgray@tonygray.net SCOTT B. LINKE, Co-Head Class Agent 116 Eleven Levels Rd., Ridgefield, CT 06877-3011 scottblinke@comcast.net JIM GARVEY traveled to Alaska with his son, SEAN ’11, to see his daughter, Stormi, who was

sons were here. He has led Avon’s National Council as president and he has also taught a co-ed global ethics class, with Avon boys and Porter’s girls.

He will miss the classroom, but is excited to be back at Avon in a professional capacity.

80 THOMAS E. DAVEY, Head Class Agent

4816 Sandestin Dr., Dallas, TX 75287 Thomas.Davey@lighting.ge.com

working there over the summer.

In the JOE GARVEY home, sons Jay, 12, and Jaxson, 10, were gearing up for football this fall.

TONY GRAY and SCOTT LINKE both had

ANDY CONSUEGRA and his family

sons at Avon this past year. Tony’s son, DUSTIN, was a PG in the Class of ’14 and Scott’s son, KURT, is Class of ’16.

enjoyed a family reunion when his son, LUIS CONSUEGRA ’14, graduated from Avon in May. His parents, JORGE ’51 and Miriam (former language department heads at Avon); his brother, JORGE ’77, and his family; and his sister, Ana, and her family were all back on campus for the graduation, and visited their old faculty apartment in Eagle, now home to JOHN BOURGAULT ’80 .

John has a long relationship with the Consuegras: Andy Consuegra and John Bourgault were co-captains of the ’80 wrestling team; Jorge’s son, EDDY CONSUEGRA ’11 , wrestled for John in 2010 and 2011; and Luis Consuegra ’14 wrestled for John in 2013 and 2014.

GLENN ALSOPP spent some quality time with family in Bromley, Vt., this summer.

CHRIS HAMPTON earned a doctorate this summer, and in addition, made the big change from working in admissions and teaching at Miss Porter’s School to accepting the director of development position at Avon. Chris has had ample exposure to Avon, as an alumnus and as father to three men of Avon. He was also head of the Parents of Avon with his wife, René, when their

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The Consuegras also enjoyed reconnecting with former faculty member SETH MENDELL ’52 and his wife, Alice, and their daughter, Phyllis. Andy’s son Luis is studying in Aix-en-Provence, France, for the fall semester, and is loving it, and will start at Franklin & Marshall in January. His daughter, Andrea (Miss Porter’s School ’12), is doing her junior year at George Washington University abroad in Sao Paulo and then at the University of Edinburgh. In mid-September, Andy, a managing partner of World Equity Brand Builders, LLC., had just returned from an extended period of time doing business in Scotland.

BRAD PARSONS emailed Dean Peter Evans in May after stopping by campus, “Even though you all had your own agendas this weekend, you still found time to visit with me and my brothers, JD ’83 and Clayton ’78. The purpose of our trip was to attend John David’s induction into the University of Hartford Sports Hall of Fame, which was a great event, but you all made the weekend even more special. I wanted to also let you know that as I was touring the NEW and IMPROVED school (such amazing upgrades since my last visit 20 years ago), I asked a student to show me where the new gym was. He stopped walking in the direction that he was going, led me to the building, and made sure

Bucky Polk ’85 and his wife, Noelle, and their children, Quinn (6) and Shane (8), attended the Denver reception at Coors Field and met up with other alumni and faculty before taking in the game. The Polks caught up with former faculty members Bobbie and Al Rozinsky ’62, who were visiting their son, Brian ’91, in Denver. The Polks live in Castle Pines, Colorado.

’85 with their sons Jed Usich ’85 and Paul Duwan to right: Jed, Cooper Left . tion before first day registra erine Duwan, Evan Cath ’15, h Usic Nate & ’16 Napoli stopher Duwan Chri , ’90) r Pete of Deckers ’17 (son ’18. h Usic ’18, Paul Duwan ’85, and Zach

84 JOHN GORDON, Head Class Agent

246 Nacoochee Dr. N.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30305 falconatlfan@gmail.com

85 SAM L. RUBENSTEIN, Head Class Agent

2640 Endsleigh Dr., Bloomfield Hills, MI 48301 richmondsr@aol.com PAUL DUWAN recently bought a home in Avon,

Avonians from the Class of 1985 gather at a cookout at the Simsbury, Connecticut, home of Mike Conroy on July 6, 2014. From left to right: Chris Drew, Paul Duwan, Greg Ivanov, Mike Conroy, Dave Hartley, and Drew Graham.

I found what I was looking for. His name escapes me, but he is a senior wrestler from Westerly, RI., a really nice kid with class. Please let him know it’s those little things that build the AOF reputation, and it’s a very good one! (Editor’s note: the student was AUSTIN BRAWLEY ’14. ) Congratulations to all of you as you continue to build a magnificent institution and let me know when you open up the Charlotte, N.C., branch. Take care and God bless!”

Myra and CLAYTON JOHNSON were back on campus from Texas to attend the Board meeting in the spring. Clayton is also a member of Cardigan Mountain School Board of Directors.

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WILLIAM E. ESCHERT, Co-Head Class Agent

SAMUEL C. BOOKBINDER, Head Class Agent

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

JERRY GARVEY enjoyed an end-of-summer trip to Montana with his wife, Kathleen, and their triplets, Lily, Caroline, and Anna, 12.

83 24 Westlands 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

BRIEN BIONDI and family visited Turkey

JUAN NIEVES has been coaching the pitchers of

(Istanbul, Alacati, Cappadocia) in August. Brien’s wife, Amy, said, “The Aegean Sea, the food, the people, the towns, and my family...all wonderful.”

the Boston Red Sox since last year. This August after a game, he had a dinner with Dean Peter Evans (his old baseball coach at Avon) and Peter’s wife, Sue, and mutual friends from the Boston area at their home. He has been living in Wellesley during the season. His wife, Marila, and three daughters, Natalia, Alondra, and Marila, are in South Carolina and await his return during the off-season, along with sporadic visits when they follow the team. Juan enjoys seeing Avonians around the country as he travels with the Red Sox.

82 GREGORY T. FISH, Head Class Agent

56 Blue Ridge Dr., Simbury, CT 06089 gtf324@yahoo.com

and his family has moved from New Jersey, where Paul has been in the pharmaceutical business since shortly after graduation from Princeton. His dream was to someday teach at Avon and this year it has come true! Paul grew up in Avon and, in a sense, is returning to his roots, where he has many lifelong friends such as MIKE CONROY, CHRIS DREW, and JED USICH, who all also grew up in Avon.

Paul and his wife, Catherine, have two sons: Connor, attending Lawrenceville, and CHRISTOPHER, who started at Avon Old Farms this year.

CHRIS DREW’S younger son, BRIAN ’18,

joined older brother, CARSON ’17, at Avon Old Farms this year.

JED USICH’S son, NATE, is a senior at Avon and his son, ZACH, started this year at Avon in Class of 2018. Jed and his wife, Vicky, are on campus often and Jed is a member of Avon’s National Council.

86 STEPHEN R. GORMAN, Class Agent

13 Smith Ln., Burlington, CT 06013-1201 srg_2966@hotmail.com RICH NELSON emailed, “Unfortunately it is difficult for me to get over for any Avon events, as I’ve been living in England for the past 10 years. I was in the U.S. in March to attend the wedding of fellow Avonian, MARK MCFADDEN ’88. It was great to finally see him tie the knot! His wife, Katie, is wonderful and she’s made a new man out of him!

We took a ‘men of Avon’ photo as well, along with his dad, Patrick, and his brothers, Chris and Luke.”

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Peter Evans, Travis Preble ’00, Brian Mulligan ’92, Peter Glass ’74, and Rick Ward ’64.

Denver

July Reception at Coors Field Hosted by Cynthia and Malcolm Hirsh ’67

Some of the Avon crowd at the Colorado Rockies vs. Pittsburgh Pirates game

Diane Cousins P ’06, Malcolm Hirsh ’67, Harry Murray ’06, and his girlfriend Kelly Latterman, Tom Mapes ’07, Cynthia Hirsh, and Sue Evans

Tyler Schultz ’07, Kyle Coleman ’03, Tom Mapes ’07, Matt Beath ’07, and Michelle Signerello and her boyfriend Brett Kubasek ’05

Flying the Avon banner, left to right: Brian Mulligan ’92, Peter Evans, Kyle Coleman ’03, Bill Sobolik ’74, former faculty member Bobbie Rozinsky, Peter Glass ’74, Malcolm Hirsh ’67, Harry Murray ’06, John Spencer ’71, Tom Mapes ’07, Travis Preble ’00, Hunt Walker ’64, Matt Beath ’07, Brian Rozinsky ’91, Steven Chester ’03 , Scott Celentano ’90.

Missing from picture but in attendance: Cynthia Hirsh, Andy Blumenthal ’83, Bucky Polk ’85 and family, Julie and Tom Adams ’64, Rick Ward ’64, former faculty member Al Rozinsky, Tom and Diane Cousins P ’06, Amy Mulligan and father-in-law John, Michelle Coleman, and Sue Evans.

Peter Glass ’74, Steve Chester ’03, Peter Evans, Tom Mapes ’07, Matt Beath ’07, Kyle Coleman ’03, Harry Murray ’06, Sue Evans, and John Spencer ’71

Sue and Peter Evans, Scott Celentano ’90, Brian Rozinsky ’91, Peter Glass ’74, John Spencer ’71, Hunt Walker ’64, John Mulligan P ’92, Brian Mulligan ’92, Bill Sobolick ’74, Bobbie Rozinsky, and Harry Murray ’06.

Nantucket

Skip and Britt Flanagan, David and Suzy Jarvis with their son Will ’17, and Justine Mullin and her husband, Mike ’91.

David Findlay, grandfather of Will Findlay ’15, and Beverly Hall and her husband, David Billings ’66.

Britt Flanagan and Peter Evans with Jen Torey P’09

Raheem Spence ’16 with Kevin Driscoll ’72 and Jan Rissolo P’15

August 7, 2014

Hosted by Don and Jen Torey P’09

John McCormick ’82 and Stu Holliday ’84

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Chicago July Reception at Cellular Field Hosted by Chuck and Doris Keller and son Chane ’08

Mike Sorvillo ’00, Matt Beath ’07, John Froman ’08, Graham Garland ’09, Chane Keller ’08, George Springer ’08, Kevin Driscoll ’72, Stu Beath ’06, and Mike Sturman ’96

Houston Astros star George Spring ’08 (left) was in town for a game versus the Chicago White Sox. After the game, he caught up with Chane Keller ’08.

The school has learned of the deaths of the following alumni: DONALD BRINCKERHOFF ’38 EDMOND KENNEDY ’38 QUENTIN CROCKER ’39 ROBERT (ROB) F. KURTZ ’40 SHANNON MEANY JR. ’41 CLEMENT POLLACK ’42

Don Torey P’09, host and current Avon director, with his son Dylan and Peter Evans.

TEDROWE WATKINS ’42 ROBERT B. SPILLANE ’45 STEPHEN J. COVEY ’47 JAMES L. SHIRK ’50 GERHARD HORNEMANN ’51 FRANCIS B. COLE, JR. ’52 PETER P. MCCARTHY ’59

Barbara Mignogna-Korus P’15 with Taneisha Lewis and her son Raheem Spence ’16

BYRON “GEOFF” G. TOSI JR. ’62 JERD LAPHAM ’62 TIMOTHY R. REED ’66 WILLIAM SHANE DOBES ’90 PEDRO L.VEGA ’12

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Patrick Hogan ’92 married Lela Williams on July 19, 2014, in Kennebunkport, Maine.

Headmaster Kenneth LaRocque and his wife, Heidi, and Henry Coons ’71 and wife, Marie, attended the ceremony.

Dan Entwistle ’89 and Henry Coons ’71 found time for a game of tennis last summer in Osterville, Mass., at the Wianno Golf Club.

Peter Reed ’88 (right) drove up to campus on June 30, 2014, to make sure that his Annual Fund gift came in on time. Alumni Annual Fund Director Hank Coons ’71 thanks Peter for his gift.

Hal Beacham ’87 and sons Brad and George

87 HAROLD R. BEACHAM JR., Class Agent

263 Western Ave., Sherborn, MA 01770 hal.beacham44@comcast.net HAL BEACHAM emailed that he and his sons,

Bradford, 18, and George, 14, spent another summer up on the North Shore of Massachusetts in Manchester-by-the-Sea. They are fortunate enough to enjoy two oceanfront family homes, which his grandparents bought in 1953. Hal said, “We all sign up for time and pile into the houses for the summer for nonstop family fun: sailing, waterskiing, fishing, boating, and relaxing with all of the other cousins and extended family. Weekend dinners on average include at least 12 around the dining room table.

Four dishwashers save the day. It’s a hoot. By the end of the summer we are all sorry that another season has passed, but ready to get back to our own homes.”

88 SHAWN E. ATKINSON, Co-Head Class Agent 428 Ridgewood Ave., Glen Ridge, NJ 07028 shawnatki@gmail.com PETER REED, Co-Head Class Agent 91 Butternut Ln., Southport, CT 06890 preed@caldwellpartners.com

SHAWN ATKINSON emailed his family was in Nantucket for vacation for quite a bit this summer, but were in Rhode Island on the day of Avon’s Nantucket reception.

Thanks to members of the Class of ’88 who came back to campus Saturday, November 8, for football under the lights versus Salisbury, and the dedication of the Class of ’88 flagpole.

89 ROBERT WILEMAN, Head Class Agent

7425 N.E. 97th Terr., Oklahoma City, OK 73151-9121 rmw@wilemanagency.com DAN ENTWISTLE has a new home on the water

in Osterville on Cape Cod, and he invited both Sue and Peter Evans and later HANK COONS ’71 from Avon to visit over the summer. He is still busy working in New York City, but enjoys the escape to low-key Cape Cod on weekends, a place very familiar to Dan, since he summered in Cotuit as a youngster. He has joined a club and has a boat, and has had lots of company, so his first summer in his own place went well!

90 PETER J. DECKERS, Head Class Agent

500 Old Farms Rd., Avon, CT 06001 Deckersp@avonoldfarms.com

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Plan now to attend our 25th reunion May 15-17, 2015. It will be a great time to reconnect with fellow members of the Class of ’90!

PETER DECKER’S son, EVAN ’17, is starting his second year at Avon now.

SCOTT CELENTANO moved from New York City

to the Denver area and attended Avon’s Denver reception at Coors Field this summer.

91 MICHAEL M. MULLIN, Head Class Agent 8 Nickerson Ln., Darien, CT 06820 michael.mullin@db.com MIKE MULLIN and his wife, Justine, attended the Avon reception in Nantucket on August 7, and hope to host an event for Avon in Darien, Connecticut.

CHRIS HETHERINGTON and his wife, Kathryn,

announce the birth of their son, Jack, on May 5, 2014.

BRIAN ROZINSKY attended the Coors Field

Avon reception in Denver on July 26, as did his parents, former Avon faculty members Bobbie and AL ROZINSKY, who were visiting him in Colo.

This year Brian started his 12th year teaching at Peak to Peak Charter School, located in Lafayette, Colorado, and part of the Boulder Valley School District, having previously taught seven years in

An earlier photo of Travis Merritt ’93 and his children Sadie (now 3) and Sweeney (now 1).

Peter Brendon Welker ’91 and his wife, Liz, ran into ield Waitsf the at i, Christ wife, his and ’90 onte Malafr er. summ this nt Farmer’s Market in Vermo

to teach such wonderful students. I still miss my teaching days at AOF, but I always hold out hope for working with Avon students again. Although I have not been overseas with a group of students in several years, I am working closely with colleagues at my school to develop international programming and enjoy the experience. I still ‘adventure’ some in the summers. My most recent adventure was to take a two-week assignment teaching a physics lab to gifted and talented high school students at Stanford University for their pre-collegiate studies program.

It was challenging, but fun. This job occurred in the middle of our move, just to spice up the ‘adventurous’ aspect of the experience.”

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

1221 12th Ct., Jupiter, FL 33477-9041 11pgoz@gmail.com

New York. He did a mix of middle and high school when he started at Peak to Peak, but has gravitated exclusively to middle school in recent years. For the last several, he has taught two sixth-grade classes and two classes that support struggling readers and writers across grades 6-8. Another part of his assignment involves further literacy initiatives. The mix of challenge and enjoyment in teaching remains high for him, he says, as does his enjoyment of summers off, when he has done a fair amount of self-directed work and professional development in recent years. He adds, “Plenty of recreating, too: playing outside in Colorado or exploring farther afield. Life is good here, overall, and I’m glad to have made the move west.”

BRENDON WELKER, dean for enrollment and institutional advancement, married Elizabeth Schmitt on August 10, 2014, at their second home in Warren, Vt. Liz is director of enrollment management at Miss Porter’s School.

92 DAMIEN J. EGAN, Head Class Agent

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

93 TRAVIS MERRITT, Class Agent

21 Monroe Ave., Shrewsbury, NJ 07702 merritttravis@yahoo.com Unbeknownst to TRAVIS MERRITT, Avon’s new Director of Development CHRIS HAMPTON ’79 credits Travis with planting the ‘travel seed’ for his son, PATRICK ’10, who went on to major in public health at Johns Hopkins University.

While at Hopkins, Pat studied in Ghana and Tanzania, and is now working for Global Brigades, a non-government agency, in Nicaragua. Travis taught at Avon back in the late ’90s, before teaching at the Brooklyn Friends School. He has visited Avon in the past to talk about travel and how to prepare and pack for a backpacking trip. Travis recently emailed: “Sadie turned three this summer and is such a great big sister. Our son, Sweeney Beck Merritt, just turned one this August. He took his first steps today! We just moved from NYC to Shrewsbury, N.J.; we are unpacking boxes as we speak. I am still teaching at Brooklyn Friends School, and started my fifth year at the school and feel so blessed to teach there. If not for grading and writing comments, I would say that it is all play and no work. I feel rewarded every day with the privilege

JORDY JAYSON, after graduating from Johns Hopkins University with a B.A., worked in the financial industry in New York and London. He has an extensive background in portfolio management and trading, having worked for SAC Capital from 2003 to 2009. He joined U.S. Energy, a company that drills for oil and gas throughout the United States, in 2009, and is currently CEO. Jordy was back on campus in the spring, and visited and toured with Peter Evans. He has a daughter, Joie Marie, and lives with his wife, Jillian, in Buffalo, N.Y. NIK PALEOLOGOS and his wife, Lindsay, live in

Tampa, Fla., where Nik works in insurance. They were back on campus two summers ago for a brief visit before seeing Nik’s brother COCO ’91 in Boston, where they caught up for a Red Sox game.

Their son started pre-K this August. Lindsay said, “After an entire summer by my side (no camps), he didn’t even look back when he got into the room... see ya Mom!!” They are expecting an addition to the family in late January.

95 ANTHONY D. SILVESTRO, Head Class Agent

3 Beech Cir., Andover, MA 01810-2901 tony_silvestro@administaff.com

96 MARK A. CARUSO, Head Class Agent 124 Westminster Rd., Chatham, NJ 07928-1364 mcaruso@mlp.com

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The wedding of Michelle and Kyle Coleman ’03

Mark Hurrie ’98 joins Andrew Corrigan ’98, flanked by Peter Evans (left), Andrew’s father, current Avon Director Jim ’67, and Rob Dowling ’91 with his son Brian.

Craig Evans ’98 with his daughter, Camille, born April 3, 2014

AUSTIN SPERRY, a former Team USA Olympian in sailing, has been a business analyst at Florida Marine Transporters in the greater New Orleans area. In mid-September he wrote: “Today was my last day with FMT. It’s been a fantastic two years.

That being said, I’m excited to announce that I have been hired by Greenbrier (NYSE-GBX) as VP of marine development. I head to Washington, D.C., on Monday morning for meetings, but will be based in New Orleans. Greenbrier is headquartered in Portland, Ore.” Austin is a founder at Barge Capital and on the board of directors at Delta Investment Management. He and his wife, Sally, live in Mandeville, La., with son, Jack, 3, and daughter, Genevieve, 1.

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

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GEOFFREY R. BARLOW, Co-Head Class Agent

DAVID R. GRYBOSKI, Co-Head Class Agent 101 South Bay Blvd., Suite B-3, PO Box 732 Anna Maria, FL 34216-0732 dgryboski@tampabay.rr.com

500 Old Farms Rd., Avon, CT 06001 barlowg@avonoldfarms.com J.A. CORRIGAN, Co-Head Class Agent

300 North State St #3508, Chicago, IL 60654 jamesandrewcorrigan@gmail.com GEOFF BARLOW is transitioning from the

admission office at Avon to a role in the athletic office at Avon as athletic director along with JOHN BOURGAULT ’80. Geoff will keep his finger in the admission world, still serving as director of financial aid.

JUSTIN NAVE returned to campus during a trip

home to see family, and stopped by for a tour.

Justin lives in Los Angeles, where he works in the entertainment industry.

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

20 Dudley Rd., Litchfield, CT 06759 zappones@yahoo.com Among those back for their 15th reunion were: DAVID GRYBOSKI, ARTHUR HUNTINGTON, DJ KNECHT, CRAGER BOARDMAN, ADAM STIFEL, EDDIE O’HERRON, BRAD STEWART, JONATHAN PINTOFF, ROB KERN, TATUM

CRAIG and Claire EVANS are both teachers in

SMITH, WILL BLANCHARD, JAYME DORR,

Massachusetts, Claire in public school and Craig in private at Hillside in Marlborough, where they live. Craig is also an associate dean of students there. The newest addition to their family, daughter Camille, born April 3, 2014, is keeping them busy.

JOE MONTINERI, and CHRIS GROSCH. CRAGER BOARDMAN and his wife, Erin, announce the birth of their son, Crager Boardman IV, on August 31, 2013.

Steven Chester ’03 with his wife, Liz, and Michelle and Kyle Coleman ’03 at the Denver reception in July at Coors Field.

03 JAMES TANG, Head Class Agent 300 East 84th St. Apt. 2A , New York, NY 10028 jamesttang@gmail.com

In August 2009, JOHN-OLIVER BEIRNE returned from Hong Kong after having worked there for two years, to revamp his family firm that was at Merrill Lynch. He is now partner and chief strategist for Beirne Wealth Consulting, which he started with his father. Their company has grown from six to 22 people and they now have offices in Coral Gables, Fla,; Milford, Conn.; and Allentown, Pa. He is working on his MBA at Yale University.

KYLE COLEMAN and Michelle Savary got engaged

on Block Island a year ago in June at the Mohegan Bluffs on the beach. They had the wedding this summer on June 7 at Planet Bluegrass Ranch in Lyons, Colo. CHARLIE HAMILTON was in the por t one of their own Men of Avon gathered to sup tt Fuller ’05, Robbie Bre left: From . ding at his wed m Pat Healy ’05, groo ’05, y Tesar ’05, Flint Reill “Mook” Lawrence ’05. rew And and ’06, e Littl y Jimm

Not only did JAMES CHESSON earn his pro card from the USA Triathlon Association, he also welcomed a son, Ryder Scott, to the world in August, a new sibling of Macy, 2, and James “Jac,” 4. So he is a professional triathlete and a new father again. “Not a bad year,” says classmate DAVE GRYBOSKI.

00 MICHAEL J. O’NEILL, Co-Head Class Agent 2 Saltaire Dr., Old Lyme, CT 06371 michaeloneill27@yahoo.com DAN SEIDEN, Co-Head Class Agent 185 Macon Ave., Unit 7A, Asheville, NC 28804 seidend@gmail.com DAN SEIDEN is the new assistant head of school

for advancement at the Asheville School in North Carolina. We wish him, Brooke, and Stella well as they transition into this new adventure.

01 CHRISTOPHER D. COLEMAN, Co-Head Class Agent

3801 39th St. NW #E83, Washington, DC 20016 christopherdcoleman@gmail.com NICHOLAS H. LAROCQUE, Co-Head Class Agent

2151 Williams St., Palo Alto, CA 94306-1417 larocque.nicholas@gmail.com

DUSTIN LOWERY and wife, Lisa (both in the

military), have enjoyed a wonderful tour in Italy, but returned to the States for a visit and to celebrate the baptism and first birthday of their son, Ben, born March 11, 2013, at the home of Dustin’s in-laws in southern Connecticut. The family reunion included a large crowd: siblings, parents, grandparents, and more including “aunt and uncle” Sue and Peter Evans from Avon Old Farms.

NICK LAROCQUE emailed, “I’m living in Palo

Alto, California, with my wife, Karen. She is two years away from earning a Ph.D in psychology and a master’s in statistics. I’m working as the education specialist and 9th-grade level chair at KIPP: San Jose Collegiate, in east San Jose. It’s my fifth year at the school. I taught history here for a few years and now I am in my current role. I was the graduation speaker last year and am currently working on a large fundraiser to take a group of students on a service-learning trip to Peru. We love the Bay Area.”

02 WILLIAM N. PALMER, Head Class Agent

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

wedding party and AJ SERCOMBE attended as well. Kyle is the dealer service manager at Spyder Active Sports in Boulder. In July, Kyle and Michelle attended the Avon Denver reception at Coors Field and reconnected with alumni and faculty. Kyle wrote, “It was great seeing Mr. and Mrs. Evans as well as some familiar AOF faces.”

04 MATTHEW H. MORAN, Head Class Agent 4114 Manayunk Ave., Philadelphia, PA 19128 matthew.h.moran@gmail.com GILMAN (“ALEX”) CALLSEN, his wife, Katrina,

and son, Lucius, enjoyed the usual family reunion in Wilson, Wyo. (near Jackson Hole), this summer at his grandfather’s. His grandfather is GILMAN ORDWAY ’44 and his mother is Kitty Ordway, current member of Avon’s Board of Directors.

His brother, Tyler, is also a father, so the fourth generation (times two) was in attendance this summer. Alex and family also did a Disney Alaskan cruise this summer.

PATRICK FORSHNER married Jessica Chaet on

July 19, 2014. After a honeymoon in St. Thomas, the Forshners are residing in Natick, where Pat has been doing renovations to their home.

05 DANE G. LEMERIS, Head Class Agent 1763 Second Ave., Apt. 3N, New York, NY 10128 dlemeris@gmail.com

ETHAN LAVENDIER announces the birth of his daughter, Ember Birch, on May 17, 2014. Ember weighed 7 lbs. 3 oz. and was 19 inches.

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Alex Ball ’10 and Sam Marvin ’10 graduated from St. Lawrence University in May—note the AOF alumni ties!

Jim Little ’06 and Joe Vecchiarino ’71 have been active in supporting SoldierSocks as they raise money for veteran education grants and support medical devices to help wounded veterans walk.

Matthew Reilly ’06, George Springer ’08, and Mike Reilly ’08, at Fenway after an Astros vs. Red Sox game on August 15, 2014.

The Malfitano family on the new Gregory J. Malfitano Field last March during the opening ceremony of Bobby Campbell Stadium at Lynn University. From left: Taylor Malfitano ’06, Greg Malfitano, Barbara Malfitano, and Ryan Malfitano ’03.

TYLER C. HADDAD, Co-Head Class Agent

BLAISE DRISCOLL was living in Hoboken this

150 Huntington Ave. #1, Boston, MA 02115 tyler.c.haddad@gmail.com

summer doing social media for a start-up company called Game Time. He is working with his cousin,

JONATHAN R. HASPILAIRE, Class Agent

06 KEVIN T. DRISCOLL, Co-Head Class Agent

241 Marin Blvd., Jersey City, NJ 07302 kevin.t.driscoll@gmail.com JOSHUA P. PAVANO, Co-Head Class Agent

77 Fieldstone Run, Farmington, CT 06032 jpavano@gmail.com BEN KIMMERLE, CHRIS CANNING ’07,

and DAN CARDON were in MIKE CESARO’S June wedding.

BRETT KUBASEK is working in the insurance

industry in Colorado.

07 CASEY R. COONS, Co-Head Class Agent

132 West 8th St #3, South Boston, MA 02127-2536 caseycoons4@gmail.com

111 Portland Rd., Atlantic Highlands, NJ 07716 JonHaspilaire@comcast.net TYLER SCHULTZ works as a team leader at a

commercial property insurance firm called ICAT Managers, which is located in Boulder, Colo. He attended Avon’s Denver reception at Coors Field in July, and was not the only alumnus formerly from Simsbury, Connecticut, who attended, since BRETT KUBASEK ’05 was there as well.

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 BRAHM WACHTER is a manager at a business

development venture company called Axcess Worldwide.

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MICHAEL DRISCOLL ’08.

In June, GEORGE SPRINGER made the cover of Sports Illustrated. In May he had been honored as the American League Rookie of the Month as he hit a franchise rookie record 10 home runs for the Houston Astros that month. George is meeting Avonians all over the country as he plays with the Astros.

09 JOHN (BEN) BEATH, Head Class Agent 12229 Prince Towne Dr., St. Louis, MO 63141 BEN BEATH and brother STU ’06 were at the

Avon reception in Chicago.

CHRIS HAMPTON JR . started UConn Med School after graduating from Johns Hopkins with two degrees: his B.A. and M.S. in neuroscience.

SAM KIMMERLE ’09 lives in Bend, Ore., where

he enjoys skiing and working at a restaurant.

A photo taken at the St. Lawrence vs. Coast Guard football game this fall. AOF is well represented on the SLU defense: Owen Grey ’14 and Skyler Williamson ’14 are both getting playing time as freshmen, and Ugo Njeze ’13 is a regular starter.

Ryan Woelfel ’13, Joe Knowles ’13, and Dennis Caulfield ’13, Avon’s English-Speaking Union students, at the final rugby match at Twickenham Stadium in England.

although, I can assure you that I have crossed “chef” out on the possible professions list for the future!

With my extra bit of summer, I have already gone to one Red Sox game with HARRY LYONS and spent some time with STEVEN HONEYMAN on the Connecticut shore, and plan to visit some more Avonians at their current institutions. At Trinity I have discovered that I have an incredible passion for sports journalism (shocker to hear coming from a man of Avon). I have been writing for the sports section of the Trinity Tripod, our student-run weekly newspaper, since my freshman year. In fact, this past semester I earned the Murray Scholarship, which is a grant that goes to five students in the United States who have written the best essays on a given sports journalism topic. I wrote mine about our famed squash coach, Paul Assaiante. This award has helped reassure me that this form of writing is truly a passion of mine.” GERARD HAMPTON will be a senior at Johns Hopkins majoring in public health.

He has just been accepted to the master’s program at the Bloomberg School of Public Health (at Johns Hopkins). In his summer internship, he was part of a nationwide research project on HIV in Baltimore and has worked with Baltimore communities on food and nutrition issues as well.

12 10 MATTHEW R. COZ, Head Class Agent

214 Cherry Brook Rd., Canton, CT 06019 mcoz@trinity.edu PATRICK HAMPTON majored in public health at Johns Hopkins University. While at Hopkins, Pat studied in Ghana and Tanzania and last worked for Global Brigades, a non-government agency, in Nicaragua.

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JOHN D. SHAMBURGER, Head Class Agent

4345 Brookview Dr., Atlanta, GA 30339 shamburgerd@gmail.com IAN LINDAHL has transferred from Trinity College to Boston College and has been working in Boston all summer.

Faculty member RYAN DAVEY and his wife, Ryanne, welcomed Quinn Adelaide Davey to the world on Monday, August 11, 2014.

Quinn was born weighing 7 lbs. 11 oz. and was 21 inches in length.

Headmaster KEN LAROCQUE and his wife, Heidi, became first-time grandparents: granddaughter Grace Michele was born August 19th, weighing in at 7 lbs. 9 oz., to Heidi’s daughter, Lexie, and her husband, Jim Costanzo.

Dean PETER EVANS and his wife, Sue, became first-time grandparents of Camille Anne Evans April 3, 2014. She weighed in at 6 lbs. 5 oz. and was born to their son, CRAIG EVANS ’98, and his wife, Claire.

Faculty member CRISTINA PINTON and her husband, Klajd, joyfully welcome another son to their trilingual family. Xhulian Michel Drogu, named in loving memory of Cristina’s brother, was born on October 12, joining his big brother, Orion.

WILSON P. MEYER, Head Class Agent

2 Torrey Pines Ln., Newport Beach, CA 92660 wilsonpmeyer@gmail.com WILSON MEYER wrote that he and WILL

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

WHITE did well at their first year at the United States Military Academy. Wilson added, “We are both really happy. We had about two and a half weeks off this summer. The rest of the time was spent in military training.”

entering my junior year at Trinity; however, I will be studying abroad at Oxford University (Worcester College) for the 2014-15 academic year. I am proud to say that only 19 other students from the United States were accepted into this program. I will be studying English literature and international politics while I live in Oxfordshire. I leave on October 1st. During the summer I worked on Martha’s Vineyard at the Chilmark Tavern, an upscale ‘new American’ restaurant. I cooked on the line, working 13-hour days, but it was an amazing experience working next to an incredible chef—

Faculty member JAMIE REECE and his wife, Mary Ellen, welcomed Anne “Annie” Katherine to their family on June 23, 2014. Annie weighed 7 lbs.

13 oz. and was 19 inches.

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OLIVER K. ROTHMANN, Head Class Agent

OLLIE ROTHMAN wrote this summer: “I am

Faculty Notes

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

621 Allen Ct. NW, Atlanta, GA 30327-3511

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The Last Word

In Memoriam: Louise Barnes Adams

By Susan Haile

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or more than half a century, Louise Adams loved Avon Old Farms.

Over the years, she demonstrated that love in countless ways; as an Avon parent, she and her husband, Paul, sent two sons to Avon, Tom ’64 and Ed ’68.

They later sent their grandson Tom ’01. In 1967, Louise followed Paul as a member of the Board of Directors (Paul had joined the board in 1948, helping to reopen the school and usher it into the modern era). She was for many years the only woman on the board, serving for a time as vice chair. When she died on July 13, at age 96, she was still an honorary board member, having stepped away from active service in 2005 after nearly 40 years of enthusiastic, generous, hands-on, inspirational leadership.

The imprint of the Adams family on Avon is indelible. The Adams Theater, completed thanks to the generosity of the Adams family, was for many years the central gathering place for the Old Farms community. The Louise B. Adams Award, established in 1976 and presented each year at Commencement, is the school’s second highest student award. Perhaps more important, particularly from the point of view of decades of Avon students, was Louise’s

simple but inspired suggestion to then Headmaster George Trautman that Avon needed to offer weekend activities. “The weekend program was her idea,” says Trautman. “In the ’70s, nothing was offered to boys on the weekends, and she suggested we start a program and hire someone to run it.” Her vision, born of her concern for the boys, has been a major part of the Avon community ever since.

Another legacy—fittingly focused on the service of others—is the Louise and Paul Adams Parents’ Medal.

Established in 2001 in their honor, the medal has been presented in the ensuing years to Avon parents and grandparents who have been special friends of the school and who have helped support Avon in a variety of important ways.

The medal itself depicts the Avon pelican, modeled after one of the four statues for which Avon’s quadrangle dormitories are named, and symbolizes the sacrifice of self, just as the pelican plucks its own feathers to build a nest for its young.

Among the first recipients, appropriately, were Louise and Paul themselves.

“Those of us who were fortunate enough to have known Louise will never forget her abundance of energy, spirit, humanity, and generosity,” reflected

“Those of us who were fortunate enough to have known Louise will never forget her abundance of energy, spirit, humanity, and generosity. She shared with me her secret, which was simply to ‘smile at everyone you meet and good things will happen wherever you are!’”

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Headmaster Ken LaRocque. “She shared with me her secret, which was simply to ‘smile at everyone you meet and good things will happen wherever you are!’”

That smile was genuine—and legendary. “Louise was the first board member that Sue and I met when we arrived at Avon in the fall of 1971,” remembers Dean Peter Evans. “We knew instantly: ‘This is a good place.’ Her sincerely welcoming smile, her invariably positive attitude, her genuinely good spirit, and her steadfast commitment to always ‘do what’s best’ for Avon boys, made Louise a truly special person.” Behind that smile, to be sure, was a woman who immersed herself in the Avon community every time she stepped onto the campus: she knew how to connect with people, ask thoughtful questions, make wise decisions, and get things done.

At the outset, what Avon meant to Louise was that “she could be a part of her sons’ and grandson’s education,” according to her son Tom, who also served on the Board of Directors (1972-1975). “She loved the model of life at Avon, where the boys were held responsible for everything they did. It was almost a microcosm of the real world.”

A Connecticut native, Louise was a woman of many passions and interests, beyond her concern for Avon and her devotion to family. She was a longtime board member of the Connecticut-based Barnes Foundation, which over the years has supported scholarships to deserving Avon students through the WALKS Foundation. She was instrumental in the establishment of the Indian Rock Nature Preserve in Bristol, Conn., which had been her parents’ summer home. After

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moving to Lake Wales, Fla., Louise served for nearly 30 years as a board member of her beloved Bok Tower Gardens, which in 2010 dedicated the Louise Adams Garden Terrace in honor of her 93rd birthday. Many other organizations were also fortunate to benefit from her volunteer services over the years.

Louise loved life and pursued her particular passions of golf, nature, and travel with fervor. She was an exceptional golfer who won several Connecticut state women’s championships. Her sailing and travel adventures took her around the world, along with her husband of 63 years and many friends and family members.

George Trautman particularly recalls Louise’s generosity in inviting him along for a few of those sailing adventures. “We had a wonderful time,” he says.

“Louise and Paul had an enormous impact on Avon,” Trautman adds, “and Louise had an incredibly powerful attachment to the school, second in my experience only to [late Board Chair] Reed Estabrook. I think she just loved the beauty, and I know she loved the boys.” For her dedication and service, Louise received the Alumni Order of Old Farms in 1994.

“Both Louise and the family hope that what small part we have played in the last 50 years has helped Avon to survive and prosper,” added her son Tom. “And we hope that it continues to thrive and offer a diverse education and life-changing opportunities to students. Avon made me a much stronger and self-confident person,” he continued. “No matter where I went or what I did in the world, I found that I was very adaptable to almost any situation.” For Louise, words like these undoubtedly would have served as a meaningful “thank-you” for all her efforts on behalf of her sons, her grandson, and thousands of men of Avon.

In addition to her son Tom, and his wife, Julie, Louise is survived by her daughter, Sally O’Connor, and her husband, Terrence; daughter-in-law Leonora Adams; eight grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; and many nieces, nephews, cousins, and a goddaughter.

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