spotlight on
Our Alumni Colleagues
In our cover story, “It’s the People Who Matter,” David Cutler ’02 shares his experience as an educator working alongside his former teachers (see pages 4-13). And he isn’t the only one to return to his alma mater to work. Meet the additional Brimmer alums who have made our community home.
Frances Fremont-Smith ’75
Middle & Upper School Mandarin, Co-Director of International Students Latin to my schedule in Middle School,
New England Tennis Hall of Fame). I joined the
in addition to French, and I found I loved
Varsity Tennis Team alongside classmate Leslie
languages. I would take Latin with Mrs.
(Stimmel) Guggiari ’73. Our coaches, Mrs. Jean
Stewart for the rest of my years at Brimmer. I
Buzzi and Miss Linda Moulton, encouraged us
took an independent study in Greek with Miss
to be the best that we could be, both on and off
Ives, but the language that I really wanted to
the court, and our slumber parties in the gym
study was Chinese. I would have to wait until
were always the highlight of the season. Both
I got to Connecticut College to begin what
sports and Glee Club were our lives in high
would become my passion.
school. I can remember playing the guitar on the subway, singing “Charlie on the MTA” with
What are some of your favorite memories from your time as a Brimmer student? I went to Brimmer and May from grades 5-12 (1966-1975), and because I am still close friends with so many of my classmates, we often reminisce about that period in our lives. I loved my 6th grade teacher Miss Almy; she made me feel like Brimmer was family. My friends Amy and Durrie Durant ’75, Betsy Fitzgerald ’75, and I used to dance on the lawn behind McCoy (now the Lower School playground) to the tune of “Tiptoe Through the Tulips” by Tiny Tim. Not sure what we were thinking, but we had a blast! I added
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I was also an avid tennis player, taking after my
the Durant twins to our conductor, whose name
mother in a small way (she was inducted into the
was Charlie!
