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MESSAGE FROM THE

HEADMASTER ‘Those Things that Make for Manliness’

INCE THE very beginning, our mission

ness is being neglected or ignored or put aside in

has always been to prepare young men

favor of a gender-neutral quality.”

for life.

Recent studies discussing the possible

The School’s 1903 catalogue, in fact,

over-diagnosis of ADHD attribute some of the

as cited in Dr. John Van Atta’s A Place for Boys:

phenomenon as being related to the desire by

Brunswick School and The Building of Young

some teachers to have less-active boys in their

Men, reads as follows:

classrooms in favor of more “gender-neutral” and

We want to teach your boy to regard his school work as one of the greatest responsibilities of his

more docile students. In later stages of the educational cycle, probably one of the most

life; to teach him how to do his work and how to use his brains; to be respectful of his superiors and obedient to those in authority; to teach him, whenever and wherever he comes into contact with his school, those things that make for manliness; and thus to make him of value to himself, his friends, and his country. From its earliest days, according to Van Atta,

“WE AT BRUNSWICK WILL ALWAYS RESPECT AND TREAT OUR BOYS AS THE UNIQUE INDIVIDUALS AND THE GROWING, CURIOUS, AND EMERGING YOUNG MEN WHO THEY ARE.”

Brunswick emphasized those

threatening aspects of this trend is the current anti-male culture of college campuses. In a 2013 article entitled “The Secret War on Men?” professor Walter Russell Mead writes:

Brunswick, in 1903, responded to concerns

“Dr. Helen Smith highlights an

about the effect of the new metropolitan world, in

explosive topic that few want to

comparison to the more rural experience of earlier

talk about openly: discrimination

generations, with a special emphasis on the full

against male students on college

complement of ideals of manhood and manliness.

campuses. As Dr. Smith notes,

More than 100 years later, once again

university policies on sexual

mindful of new and complex transformations

misconduct, as well as societal

in 21st-century society, our educational leaders

“manly” qualities of responsibility, hard work,

bias, are putting many college men in the hot seat.”

competence, discipline, obedience, toughness,

I’m not sure where we’re headed here, but I do

will strive to do the same. We at Brunswick will always respect and treat

patriotism, and improvement of self for the sake

worry about how vulnerable our boys are in what

our boys as the unique individuals — and the

of serving others.

seems to be an increasingly anti-male society.

growing, curious, and emerging young men —

The formula worked then — and it works now. But today, “manliness,” once a concept to

Clearly, no one is suggesting that misogy-

which boys and young men aspired, has come to

However, many do seem to be of the view that

border on a derogatory term.

otherwise normal male behavior is putting young

As Harvard professor Harvey Mansfield has said: “I think boys are being raised in such a way as not to cultivate their manliness. Their manli-

who they are.

nistic behavior should be tolerated at any time.

men at a disadvantage. If there is ever a time to look back on history, I’d argue it is now.

Thomas W. Philip

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Headmaster Thomas W. Philip Executive Director of Development Thomas G. Murray Associate Director of Development Meghan McCarthy Director of Institutional Communications Daniel J. Griffin dgriffin@brunswickschool.org Associate Directors of Communications Mike Kennedy ’99 mkennedy@brunswickschool.org Wayne Lin wlin@brunswickschool.org Class Notes Editor Libby Edwards ledwards@brunswickschool.org Contributing Writers Daniel J. Griffin Mike Kennedy ’99 Katherine Ogden Thomas W. Philip Santi Riera ’17

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04 FEATURES 04 From Digging Deep to Out of This World & Beyond 16 New Java Brew on the RISE! 30 ‘When It’s Wick, It Will Grow!’ 36 Stephen Duennebier: A Truly Great 38 41 Mild Weather, Steaming-Hot Competition: Time and Again, Bruins Made Their Mark

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FLEX TIME 14 ‘Lead by Parties of One’ 28 ’Wick Tradition: High Style, Big Smiles on a Star-Studded Runway 40 Occasional Mulligan on a Breezy Day in May 49 Sportsmanlike ‘Finishers’ All Cross the Line

DEPARTMENTS 01 Message from the Headmaster 50 Beyond the Books – Alum Guides ’Wick Senior in Making Documentary – Essay Contest Winners Celebrate National Park Service Centennial – A Day Dedicated to Serving Others – A Deeper Appreciation for Freedom & Education – In the Dominican Republic: Learning & Leadership – ’Wick Students Shine at Science & Engineering Fair 56 Class Notes

60 In Memoriam 62 Alumni Events 64 Last Look

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DEEP WORLD BEYOND TO

OUT OF THIS

BY KATHERINE OGDEN

FROM

DIGGING &

During Mini Term, Lower Schoolers Venture in Every Direction

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Whit Armstrong ’25, Joshua Katz ’26, Ryan Baxter ’26, and Jack O’Connor ’25 show off their grit and curiosity in “Problem Solving with Coding,” a class full of hands-on challenges and team-building exercises.

A Brittle Serpent Star was a main attraction in “Diving Deep,” a class exploring creatures living in the darkest depths of our oceans.

For nearly 25 years, in the dark and chilly days of winter, Lower School Mini Term has encouraged students and faculty alike to break free of their routines, to adventure and explore, and to ignite brightening sparks of curiosity and learning in new and alluring dimensions. For more photos, visit bwick.org/tob_spring2017

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Fourth-grader Emil Damji was “all-in” and all smiles during “Diving Deep,” here getting a feel for a Brittle Serpent Star.

AS A COMMUNITY, THE SCHOOL STEPS BACK TO COLLABORATE, TAKE RISKS, AND GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER ACROSS GRADE LEVELS. Which is exactly the point. Mini Term has long served as a chance for students and teachers at the Lower School to take a break from the routine of reading and

IT COULD WELL HAVE BEEN A CREATURE FROM OUTER SPACE. Black and almost spiderlike, it had five legs — long, slender, and spikey. Extraterrestrial as it looked,

at topics of their choice. As a

chance to hold the creature was

community, the School steps back

fourth-grader Emil Damji.

to collaborate, take risks, and get to

“It tickles when he moves,” Damji said, making a face. “I’ve never seen anything like

know each other across grade levels. This year, the boys gathered around the theme “Dig Deep.”

it,” exclaimed Lower School Head

Students chose from a wide range

ocean, a scavenger that normally

Katie Signer.

of courses, including everything

Indo Pacific.

Known in some circles as a

from Coding to Camels & Caravans

Brittle Serpent Star, the creature is

of the Silk Road, from rapping with

an animal related to the friendlier

Hamilton in “The Room Where

ocean ambassador of sorts for an

looking ordinary starfish. It is clas-

It Happens” to out-of-this-world

eager group of third- and fourth-

sified in the family of Ophiuroidea,

experiences in the deepest ocean.

grade boys gathered for a Brunswick

which Upper School classics

tradition now approaching its 25th

teacher Nicholas Salazar confirms

was to literally ‘dig deep’ into a

year, Mini Term.

to be a Latin word derived from the

variety of different themes,” Signer

ancient Greek word for serpent.

said. “Scheduled intentionally

On this day, it was serving as an

“Who wants to touch it?” our guide for the day, assistant

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winter, and look with fresh eyes

went up. One of the first to get the

it was instead a creature of the inhabits the reefs of Tonga and the

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math in the dead of Connecticut Every single hand in the room

The creature is definitely not the

“The goal of the Mini Term

to give us an energizing boost,

manager of Greenwich’s House of

kind of thing one normally encoun-

this multiday, multi-grade-level

Fins Pete Izzo, asked.

ters in a New England winter.

experience allowed students to

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Fourth-grader Eric Lorenz, also a participant in “Diving Deep,” learned about the creatures living in Brunswick’s very own fish tanks.

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Second-grader Owen Oliva found the courage to cook and eat as he never had before in “Dig and Dive Deep into Delicious Delights.”

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build new friendships with boys in

February, a handful of Lower

other grades, teachers to work with

School boys bundled up against

different colleagues and students,

the cold to make the trek across

and everyone to enjoy a deeper

campus to Brunswick’s natatorium.

exploration of a variety of topics.

There, Director of Aquatics Dawn

“We reworked the schedule

Berrocal offered a lesson in how

to give us longer blocks of time

to catch your breath and visit the

and utilized different spaces on

world of fish.

campus. In turn, students enjoyed project-based learning, explored

After indicating their preferences, the boys had landed in the

different cultures,

Diving Deep course organized

and engaged in

by Signer and fourth-grade head

collaborative

teacher Jennifer Spaulding. They

exercises.

spent the morning learning to

“The feedback

snorkel, and by afternoon were

from the boys, our

ready to take a fresh look at a

teachers, and the

sometimes overlooked part of their

parents was ‘Mini

day-to-day life.

Term was the BEST!’”

Challenger Deep IF YOU ARE GOING to dive deep, you’d better know how to snorkel. And so, on an icy day in

Entering the Lower School has always been an aquatic adventure of sorts: Two aquariums flank the entryway immediately inside the front door. The tanks might well become part of the background in the busy

TOP Second-graders Marco Leao, Troy Murray, and Ryder Juneja all went under the surface to uncover the past in “Dig Deep into Archaeology.” ABOVE Third-grader Charlie Hausmann learned to give life to puppets and create his own music for a puppet show in “Dig Deep into Puppetry.” LEFT A Strawberry Crab was another attraction of the “Diving Deep” class.

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Fourth-grader Michael Contino created and designed his own wooden shield in “Ceremonial Shields.”

lives of Lower School boys. Mini Term

show to the tomato clownfish that all

served as an opportunity to pause and

start off as male but can metamor-

really ask the question: Who is that

phose into females.

living among us? On hand to help answer that

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the shy but seemingly quite healthy

question was that same Mr. Izzo from

large hermit crab, who finally climbed

House of Fins.

out of hiding to make an appearance.

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Another celebrity in the tank was

STUDENTS ENJOYED PROJECT-BASED LEARNING, EXPLORED DIFFERENT CULTURES, AND ENGAGED IN COLLABORATIVE EXERCISES.

A collection of exotic fish ferried in

identify each creature in the tanks,

from House of Fins provided further

from the carnivorous volitan lionfish

lessons for the boys. The sea star

that seemed to be the star of the

proved to be one of the stars of the

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LEFT Fourth-grader Bruno Ayre presented his own puppet show in “Dig Deep into Puppetry.” BELOW First-grader John Popescu learned about different cultures and their values while exploring “Arts and Crafts from Around the World.”

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BRAIN SCIENCE GOES TO THE

MOVIES

the “train of thought” along nerve centers like long-term memory, dreams, and even the subconscious. Middle School Head Sarah Burdett said the boys were also invited to bring their

A CHANGE IN THE calendar

own “kernel of curiosity” to independent research projects

School to also practice Mini

that ranged from a PowerPoint

Term, and this year adminis-

presentation on bird migration

trators carved out a week’s

to a marble run that ran from

worth of time to pull back the

the second-floor library to the

normal parameters of school

first floor.

imagination.

Younger boys got to choose from their own set of mini

Middle School kicked off

electives, including the popular

Mini Term by watching the

“home economics” course that

movie Inside Out through the

focused on how to iron a shirt

lens of scientists who have

and sew on a button.

described the film’s depiction of brain function as “accurate.” The film provided a shared

“It’s interesting what they learn when we give them that freedom,” she said, adding:

experience for the commu-

“We give them just enough

nity to discuss at every grade

guidelines to find their way

level, leading to all kinds of

to success.”

show-and-tell, but also popular

Marianas Trench, which at

was an angler fish that has fins

35,462 feet deep is more than

that double as feet to help him

7,000 feet deeper than Mount

walk on the bottom of ocean;

Everest is tall.

two tiny strawberry crabs; and a teeny tiny, remarkably agile horseshoe crab that made the boys giggle.

ELECTIVES FOR

in the calendar has enabled the

MINI TERM

Middle School to implement

Young Entrepreneur’s Shark Tank ●● The Science of Music ●● Mindfulness ●● Poli-psych: “We, the People” ●● What is the Best Car (most fun) for the Money? ●● Vietnam at 50: America’s Pointless War?

a risk and scrap the safety of

Make a Bilingual Children’s Book ●● Song as a Form of Protest in American History ●● Tyvek: A Dynamic Material ●● Music and Language: Using Brain Science to Improve Your Performance in Language ●● Science Behind the Movies! ●● Leadership Challenge

leadership and team building,

●●

as well, sees educators take routine in favor of independent learning of students’ choice. This year, the Lower School theme of “Dig Deep” was explored in 15 different course offerings: Boys got the chance to play the role of paleontologist, dive into delicious delights in the dining room, act out and engineer some solutions for astronauts to safely move from space to Earth. Overall, Mini Term provides a chance to push and challenge kids in new ways. “I think the boys get fired up about it,” Foyle said. Architecture provided the spark of imagination in one

First-grader Andrew Lee was a chefextraordinaire in “Delicious Delights.”

The deepest part of the Challenger Deep.

Superhero Strength

conference room transformed

MINI TERM was first brought

for boys considering just how

to the Lower School by fourth-

deep the ocean really is. Charts

grade head teacher Susie Foyle,

lined the walls illustrating the

who discovered the concept

sunlight zone, the twilight zone,

while working for her previous

and the abyss of the midnight

employer in Manhattan at

zone. The vast darkness of this

Trevor Day School.

zone includes the forbidding

MIDDLESCHOOL

trench?

also saw the Lower School

The Diving Deep lesson

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has allowed Brunswick Middle

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interesting discussions about

Mini Term, which a change

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OVERALL, MINI TERM PROVIDES A CHANCE TO PUSH AND CHALLENGE KIDS IN NEW WAYS.

Third-grader Nolan McCutcheon strove to be the best Bruin he could be in “Teambuilding and Leadership.”

In the dining hall, Delicious

course taught by Lower School

who with his partner was

skills in a runway of sorts in a

assistant teachers Janine Lalli

working to make a tiny replica

Lower School hallway, investing

Delights provided the chance

and Dana Egan.

of the span.

all their energy into making it

to make pretzels, starting with

move according to plan.

the inexplicably pleasing task

“Mark Your Spot, Build It

“An 8.5 earthquake, just so you know, is like the Death

research, create, design, and

Star,” he exclaimed to a visitor.

pleaded. “Go forward!” “It will

goopy,” said second-grader Luke

construct their own versions of

“It’s enough to destroy a planet.”

work!” said third-grader Charlie

Velasco. “I like the texture.”

famous structures around the

and links the city of Kobe to

Hip-Hop, the American Revolution, Coding: Pick Your Passion

Awaji Island.

ELSEWHERE in the building,

globe. Stirring some excitement for one of the boys was the Akashi-Kaikyo bridge, which spans the Akashi Strait in Japan

“Turn! Turn!” the boys

of kneading the dough. “It’s

to the Top” invited boys to

Sulkowski. “Yay!” In another classroom, quiet was the rule as boys got to enjoy some chamomile tea on their

“It kind of makes your hands feel good,” noted Jack Konzerowksy, a second-grader. And in the Atrium, Times

way to visit Jerash, a stopover

of Brunswick got to consider

on the Silk Road.

a different era completely, as

Another room was opposite

boys tested out their para-

boys were digging deep into

again — loud and modern as

chute systems for landing pods

withstand ferocious conditions

fascinating details of the world

boys dug deep into American

re-entering Earth’s atmos-

in the region, including savage

around us, getting colorful as

history and modern hip-hop

phere. They dropped their

winds and earthquakes up to

they made ceremonial shields

storytelling at the same time.

creations off an interior balcony,

8.5 on the Richter scale.

linked to their own ancestry

Playing loudly in this room was

giving the budding engineers

or using computer coding to

the soundtrack to the mega-hit

a chance to make note of any

caught the imagination of

make a Sphero ball do what it

musical Hamilton, including

failures that might have injured

fourth-grader Jackson Singsen,

was told. They tested out their

“The Story of Tonight.”

the “astronauts.”

The bridge was built to

Such superhero strength

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FLEX TIME 8 7 T H A N N UA L FAT H E R – S O N D I N N E R

Buddy Teevens led Dartmouth football to back-to-back Ivy League titles in 1990 and 1991, his most recent championship coming in 2015.

Ali Hindy ’21 and his father, Ayman

‘Lead by Parties of One’

UGENE FRANCIS “Buddy”

to compile quite the collegiate head

Teevens always wanted to be

coaching resume — with stops

a football player.

at University of Maine, Tulane

As a boy, in fact, he stuffed

and Dartmouth, where he’s now in

sized gym shorts and cautiously

his second stint on the sidelines of

tiptoed onto the scale — so

the gridiron at his alma mater.

desperate to crack the 100-pound

The Pembroke, Mass., native,

threshold required to play for his

who also worked on Steve

first Pop Warner gridiron squad.

Spurrier’s staff at University of

He made weight that day — and never looked back. Teevens starred at Silver Lake Regional High School in Kingston, Mass., and Deerfield Academy

Florida from 1999–2001, was the keynote speaker at the 87th Annual Father-Son Dinner, on Thursday, March 9. Teevens has long championed

before quarterbacking the

leadership and accountability

Dartmouth College football team to

among all of his players — and he

the Ivy League title in 1978.

did the same to the crowd of nearly

He was named the Ivy League and ECAC Player of the Year and played in the Blue-Gray Classic 03

University, Stanford University,

a five-pound plate into his over-

800 fathers, sons, and faculty on hand at Burke Field House. “Be true to yourself — that’s

that year — also lettering in hockey

the sincerest form of leadership,”

and helping to lead the Big Green

Teevens said. “We all have chances

01 Evan Lee ’21 and his father, David

to a third-place finish at the 1979

to lead, but we first have to see

02 Steve Evans P ’21, ’22, ’26, ’28

NCAA championship.

ourselves as leaders and lead by

03 Ed Forst P ’17 and Jeff Powers P ’17, ’17

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parties of one.

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04 Andrew Edwardson ’20 and his father, Scott

Student speaker John Fox ’17

05 Jeffrey Matthews ’21 06 Matthew Hein ’19 and his father, Richard 07 Shane Simmons ’17 and his father, Bob 08 Bryan Bolanos ’18, James Sassi ’18 and his father, Thomas

“Don’t be the guy who goes along with the crowd — be special. Be the guy who works harder and

“These are the real things that make our teams great.” Fox — a two-sport, two-year

sacrifices more than the guy who is

captain of the football and lacrosse

content to be average.”

teams and an honors student —

Teevens took the podium

reflected on the overall significance

following traditional remarks from

of his time wearing the Brown &

Brunswick’s Athletic Director,

Gold.

Ron VanBelle, and second annual student-athlete speaker John Fox ’17. VanBelle relived the past

“As I see it, athletic competition is one of the most important aspects of a Brunswick education,”

calendar year of ’Wick athletics,

the University of Virginia-bound

which saw the Bruins amass a

senior said.

varsity record of 209 wins and 62 losses. “While it’s great to win games and hang banners, at the end of the day the real success is not in

“Learning to work together, to win together, and to lose together are experiences every young man should have. “At Brunswick, we are able to

the results, but in the process,”

persevere against such strong

VanBelle said.

competition because we play

“So, boys, enjoy the full scope of

together and have such high

your experience. Savor the bus rides,

expectations of ourselves and each

the locker room banter, the pre-game

other.”

meals, and, most important, the relationships you develop with your teammates and coaches.

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JUST CALL THEM THE COLD BREW COWBOYS. Brunswick graduates Grant Gyesky ’98, Justin Weinstein ’99, and Jarrett McGovern ’99 resemble a three-man band with dreams of playing on the world’s biggest stage — Gyesky on drums, Weinstein on guitar, and McGovern on vocals (or some combination of the three). They’ll say yes to any gig — any time, any place — and even drive all night on their own dime to get there. They’ll perform in backyards or bars, for their most loyal fans or for anyone who will stop to listen. But, in reality, these entrepreneurial up-andcomers aren’t aspiring musicians. They’re the co-founders and owners of RISE Brewing Company — intent on making a caffeinated splash into the coffee business and beyond.

BY MIKE KENNEDY ’99

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Lifelong friends and ’Wick alumni Grant Gyesky ’98, Jarrett McGovern ’99, and Justin Weinstein ’99 have teamed up to start RISE, a brewing company with a foothold in the cold-brew coffee world — pictured here with all hands on deck at their brewery in Stamford.

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OFFEE, WATER, AND MAGIC — they say — are the key ingredients to their signature and founding beverage, Nitro Cold Brew Coffee, now canned and distributed in New York City, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and in 25 states across the nation. It’s also served on tap — out of a keg, just like every Irishman’s favorite Guinness — at their very

coffee taste clean and refreshing — and also brings out the natural sweetness of the coffee bean.”

own pop-up café in New York, and in coffee bars,

The critics agree.

restaurants, and offices up and down the East and

“With almost a limitless number of cold brew

West Coasts. Infusing nitrogen creates a smooth and creamy

coffee options on the market today, new entries have to offer something different — and better —

finish, almost like a latte with no cream, sugar,

than what’s already out there. Otherwise, what

or extra calories added, and also acts as a natural

an upstart offers is probably going to end up a

preservative to keep the product fresh for months.

commodity player, at best,” stated a review on

Why cold brew — you or any other uninformed, habitual coffee guzzler might ask? McGovern can explain. “Chemistry aside, it’s less acidic than normal hot

BevNET.com, a nationally recognized authority on the beverage industry. “Using sustainably sourced Peruvian coffee beans, the product has a bold but super smooth flavor.

brew coffee and it has one-and-a-half times more

There’s also a natural sweetness and creaminess,

caffeine than your standard cup of joe,” he said. “Our

which is a pretty neat trick for a product that is just

state-of-the-art filtered water process makes our

black coffee without anything added but gas. “And the way that they’ve infused nitrogen into this product is perfect. It doesn’t have that ‘prickly’ flavor that

New Way to Start a New Day WHAT’S IN A NAME? Gyesky, Weinstein, and McGovern concede they went back and forth for more than 100 hours before deciding on RISE as the brand name for their new product. The cold brew, in fact, was first served at Colonie in Brooklyn without a name — anonymously, if you will. Cos Cob Cold Brew and Cosby Cold Brew were in the running among the founders and its most loyal customers until RISE “rose” to the top. They knew they had a winner when a sampler asked if she should “wait for it to rise” before sipping on the refreshing beverage. “There’s something energetic, natural, and organic about

LEFT You could be pouring RISE out of a tap, too! The team installs kegerators at offices or wherever people are looking for a cold-brew pick-me-up. OPPOSITE PAGE Weinstein mans the window at RISE’s pop-up café on Stanton Street in New York City, where all team members take shifts to serve the product and tell the story of the growing brand.

seeing the coffee poured into a glass and watching it rise into that creamy cascade at the top,” McGovern said. “It also symbolizes the start of a new day and getting up and on the go.”

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Gyesky is the Head of Production for RISE and ensures that the company can meet ever-growing demand — a task that includes lining up suppliers, continually increasing the brewery’s production capacity, testing new products, and hiring talented coffee lovers to help.

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“ R ISE HAS THE TYPE OF FLAVOR THAT WILL SEPARATE THE BRAND FROM THE PACK.” you’ll find in some of the products. Instead, it gives the product a soft and layered mouthfeel that’s extremely enjoyable. “Putting all of this together, RISE has the type of flavor that will, at least in our opinion, separate the brand from the pack.” Bottoms-up to that high praise — necessary validation for these three ’Wick alumni who took a risk to team up after 15-plus years of forging their own individual careers.

cup of coffee at the insistence of the Australian before FTER GRADUATING in 1998, Gyesky,

heading out onto the water.

a ’Wick lifer, headed to the University

“Each night, my neighbor would open a coconut,

of Colorado to study finance — seem-

drink the water, add back in pounded coffee beans,

ingly destined for a trading desk on

and let it sit overnight,” Gyesky said.

Wall Street in four years’ time. He found himself at a crossroads, however, at the end of his freshman year, looking to break away from the normal student surroundings of high school and

“While I didn’t realize it for 15 years, this was my introduction to cold brew coffee. It quickly became part of my daily routine.” Gyesky returned to school and continued to study

college — and to experience a new and entirely unfa-

finance, immediately taking a job at UBS upon

miliar environment.

earning his degree in 2002. He lasted only two

He took a semester off and traveled to San Jose,

years in the banking world before leaving to work

Costa Rica, where he ultimately settled in on the

alongside his father and brother, Graham ’00, at a

Pacific coast, immersed himself in the culture of a

real-estate-development company specializing in

Spanish-speaking country, and learned to speak the

residential homes in Greenwich.

language fluently. To this point in Gyesky’s life, ironically, he’d yet to drink a single cup of coffee. Gyesky soon befriended his Australian “surf ’s up, mate” neighbor, who was religious about hitting the waves for the final two hours of the incoming tide

RISE’s special sauce — AKA nitrogen gas — is added to the cold brew during the canning process at the company’s brewery in Stamford.

It was more than a decade later when the idea of RISE began to take shape, Gyesky having earned his fair share of success in the family business venture and contemplating his next move (or whether or not there should be one at all). He remembers sitting in his truck at Home Depot

each day — no matter if that came at 4:30 a.m. or

one morning, waiting for the doors to open for

p.m. The two would often enjoy the sunrise with a

business and watching as a sea of workers marched

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toward the front doors a few minutes before 7 a.m. Gyesky admits that what follows is “a little out there.” “I noticed so much diversity — so many people of different ethnicities, ages, and professions. They were all so energetic,” he said. “Through all the differences, they all had one thing in common: Just about everyone was walking behind an outreached hand holding a cup of coffee. “It occurred to me that if each of those cups was a Kegging, canning, and doing anything else that needs to be done, McGovern and the rest of the team wear many hats (and smiles) for RISE as the company gets off the ground.

glowing gold ball, it would look like our civilization had been taken over by some higher being leading all of us around.” It was a come-to-Jesus moment. Gyesky jumped ship and is now the Head of Production at RISE.

EINSTEIN ATTENDED Dartmouth College after a three-year Upper School career at Brunswick that followed his early educational days

at Greenwich Country Day School. In Hanover, Weinstein lettered in lacrosse and captained the team as a senior — a season that saw the Big Green win the Ivy League Championship and qualify for the NCAA Tournament for the first time in school history. He graduated in 2003 with a major in sociology and a minor in economics — and headed to the Big Apple to begin work in cash equity trading at Lehman Brothers. Like Gyesky, Weinstein wasn’t much of a coffee drinker at that time. But as a rookie analyst on the desk, he’d often be the guinea pig for morning and afternoon runs to fuel (and refuel, and refuel) his fellow employees. “I was certainly amazed by the amount of coffee that people drank in the office environment,” said Weinstein, a preferred cold-coffee drinker himself. “As I walked to work every morning from my apartment — amid the hustle and bustle that defines Manhattan — it was hard to miss all the coffee carts

on every corner with lines of people waiting for their first cup of the day. It was clear this was part of everyone’s daily routine.” Weinstein ultimately landed at Jeffries & Company with a budding gig in FX Hedge Fund Sales, where he worked for more than four years prior to giving it up and getting on board at RISE. “After being in finance for 13 years, I was looking for a change,” he said. “I needed something more than

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Weinstein, the Head of Distribution, says one of his most rewarding experiences at RISE thus far occurred when walking into an office with a keg of RISE and being greeted with a standing ovation. The employees were running on empty and couldn't wait to get their refill.

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McGovern, the Head of Sales, spends the majority of each day reciting the RISE story and sampling RISE at offices, cafés, or grocery stores in the growing territories of the brand.

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being in an office all day long trading currencies. “I was lucky to work with a lot of great people, but I knew it was time to move on to something new, more innovative, and exciting.” Weinstein had long been interested in the food and beverage industry — himself an investor in the start-up Aspen Brewing Company — so this next step appeared to be the perfect fit. He’s been leading up distribution for RISE in the early going.

CGOVERN STUDIED in the Arts C and Sciences School at Cornell University after his days at ’Wick, with a focus in American studies,

marketing, and management. He also played lacrosse for the Big Red, taking to the field against Weinstein on a number of occasions throughout his collegiate athletic career. He, too, rarely drank coffee for the first 20 years of his life. But on a trip to Costa Rica while a student at Cornell, McGovern and fellow Bruin Conor Flynn ’99 sampled the local flavor before a morning on the surf. Sounds familiar, doesn’t it? “I felt a rush of energy, alertness, and excitement,”

our water filters — and the process of ‘cold

McGovern recalled. “And I became so interested

brewing’ coffee was just taking off — it was a great

in coffee that I brought back a bunch of Costa Rican

match,” he said.

beans to brew at home.” The true lightbulb, he admits, didn’t go off until many years later. He left Ithaca upon graduation in 2003 and traveled across the country to Los Angeles, where he worked for a production company called Media Ventures Productions. South Beach — namely Miami and the Miami

The brainchild of RISE, where McGovern now heads up sales, had been born.

CGOVERN’S C APARTMENT in New York City soon transformed into a homemade brewery, as he began

buying coffee beans from all over the world

Marketing Group — was his next stop before coming

at local coffee roasters in the East Village and

back to New York City for a job with The Water

embarked on a journey to make the best cold

Initiative in 2008.

brew coffee possible. He was blown away by the

As creative director, McGovern worked along-

results (or the taste, really) — and roped in his long-

side a team of leading global business executives

time friends from ’Wick, Weinstein and Gyesky, to

and renowned scientists who develop and deploy

join the elementary stages of the process.

“Point-of-Drinking” (“POD”) water systems to fit local conditions. Coffee soon became a hot topic of discussion, as

They did run into an early glitch while trying to get things off the ground in the winter of 2014. “Our cold-brewed coffee tasted better than anything on the

engineers at the Initiative constantly talked about

market, but it took us about 24 hours to brew four

how filtered water made coffee taste better than

cups of coffee, so our business plan was going to need

using tap water.

some work,” McGovern explained.

McGovern was an engaged listener and learner —

“We also noticed that our coffee would get oxidized

soon-to-be experimenter and coffee connoisseur.

quickly and lose its fresh taste within a few hours.”

“Since we could only pass cold water through

Cue Rory Douthit ’03 — a Brunswick graduate

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Gyesky, who once ran production out of his garage in Cos Cob, now has the luxury of a full-fledged brewery in Stamford, where nitrogen tanks are at his service.

and co-founder and brewer at the Aspen Brewing

was on. “We just followed the product,” Weinstein

Company — who didn’t blink when asked if their

recalls. “Wherever people wanted our coffee — in

coffee could be infused with nitrogen.

their homes or offices, on the go, wherever — we

“That’s like asking a carpenter if he can cut wood,” Douthit responded. They had solved the riddle and began buying home beer brewing equipment to expedite the process — now doing so out of Gyesky’s garage in Greenwich. Hundreds of iterations, months of further exper-

There was no other way. RISE became a 24-hour-a-day operation, with the team brewing, distributing, and selling around the clock to satisfy any interested (or thirsty) customer. Next to follow, in December 2015, was a pop-up

kegging of sample batches followed until the RISE

café on Stanton Street in New York City, where RISE

team had a product they believed could change the

sold Nitro Cold Brew, engaged their customers, and

face of cold brew coffee.

spread the story of their product.

impressed they put the cold brew on tap in early 2015.

“I think this was extremely important for us when we were starting out and trying to build the brand,”

Customers began calling for office deliveries (“of

Weinstein said. “We were able to create strong

course we do office deliveries,” the team would say

personal relationships with our customers and

with a wink), and demand soon skyrocketed.

provide them with incredible personal service.

For Gyesky, Weinstein, and McGovern, the race

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imentation (beans, roasts, grinds, and ratios), and

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“ S TARTING A COMPANY FROM SCRATCH IS NO EASY TASK. NO ONE CAN REALLY PREPARE YOU FOR THE NUMBER OF MAN HOURS AND SLEEPLESS NIGHTS.” they were able to meet the people who were behind it.” The café is now open seven-days-a-week — and RISE is presently on tap in financial firms, Fortune 500 companies, Facebook, and ESPN, among many more offices and locations. In Greenwich, you can find it at Green and Tonic, Aux Delices, Mill Street Bar and Table, Old Greenwich Social Club, and the Granola Bar. RISE sold its product in kegs-only until September 2016 before launching cans to stock shelves in homes, offices, and markets throughout the region (and now semi-nationally, as of press time). Production has moved to a full-scale brewery in Stamford. Goodbye, apartments and garages!

T’S BEEN a heckuva ride thus far for Gyesky, Weinstein, and McGovern — all of whom point to the Brunswick bond and experience as keys to their early success. Six fellow

Bruins, in fact, stepped up during the early investment phase. “Not only did they write checks when we had little more than a sample keg and an idea, but they did so on a handshake,” Gyesky said. “To me this embodies

all that Brunswick could hope for in its graduates.” McGovern was quick to reference the impact of the late Robert L. Cosby on his approach to business. “He embodied the Brunswick experience and still gives me the courage and energy to attack each day with full force,” he said. “Whether I’m trying to close a sale or working with a fellow RISE team member, I strive to make each person feel important, respected, and happy — the same way Mr. Cosby made me feel every day.” No doubt, working alongside best friends has helped RISE overcome early trials and tribulations. “Starting a company from scratch is no easy task. No one can really prepare you for the number of man

hours and sleepless nights,” Weinstein said. “It’s been incredible to work with two of my best friends and start a company together. There is that level of automatic trust that is so crucial in running a business.” As for real-world advice for the next generation of

Coffee in a keg: RISE can't help but remind you of Guinness, as it settles and surges when tapped and poured into a cold glass.

Brunswick graduates, the RISE team warns that it’s not a race to the finish line. “When you’re 18, you think everything is linear and has to move onward and upward,” Gyesky said. “As you get older, though, you realize that the dots of your life form a zig-zag and will ultimately lead you to where you’re supposed to go. “It doesn’t have to happen overnight.”

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’ Wick Tradition High Style, Big Smiles on a Star-Studded Runway

HE STARS shined bright for Fashion Week. Presented by the Brunswick Parents’ Association, Olivine

Co-chairs Jill Ciporin P ’15, ’19 and Amy Lewis P ’20 deserve special recognition for their grace and leadership in orchestrating the event,

Gabbro at Richards, and vineyard

which relied on the efforts of nearly

vines, the biennial Spring Fashion

100 volunteers and raised funds to

Show & Luncheon celebrated the

support the newly established BPA

women in the Brunswick commu-

Classroom Expansion Project.

nity who raise boys to be

“We are so thankful to all

men of Courage, Honor,

who shared their time,

and Truth.

talent, and wisdom

The Show, a

to help create such a

mother-son tradition

spectacular event and

dating back to 1943,

day for Brunswick,”

took center stage on

they said.

Thursday, April 20. All who strutted the runway, including many

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The Project will clear and open Upper School space now hidden away and

members of the student body, faculty,

dedicated to maintenance and storage

01 Eileen and Paul Grasso ’17

and administration, supported the

— and pave the way for new academic

02 Kyna Shine P ’27, ’30

theme: “Behind Every Brunswick Boy

space and resources for teaching

03 Liza Green and her sons, Liam ’26, Cian ’30, and Rory ’28

Lies a Courageous Woman.”

and learning.

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04 Manuela and Adriel Resendiz ’23 05 Co-chairs Jill Ciporin P ’15, ’19 and Amy Lewis P ’20, along with designer Grace Kang 06 Maureen Blum and her son, Nick ’17 07 Lauren Saunders and her sons, Johnny ’24 and Harry ’27 08 Christa Hartch and her son, Christian ’19 09 Tina Salame and her son Peter ’28 10 The capacity crowd was entertained throughout the afternoon.

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‘When It’s

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It Will row ’ Young Cast Delights in Musical Adaptation of ‘The Secret Garden’

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Nicky Winegardner ’20 and Christian Larkin ’23 played father and son Archibald and Colin Craven, respectively.

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Ghost Dancers dancing in Archibald Craven’s maze of memories (from left to right): Adam Morris ’20 and Katie McClymont ’18; John DeLucia ’18 and Molly Kalb ’17; Connor Tyler ’18 and Tia Thevenin ’19

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Christian Larkin ’23 and Lucy Burke (GA ’17), who starred as Mary Lennox

It’s no secret!

When the cast

Colin MacFaddin ’17, who played Dr. Neville Craven, alongside Nicky Winegardner ’20

and crew of Brunswick’s spring musical united for the finale and took their bows on Baker Theater’s stage, delighted audiences cheered and showered the burgeoning talent with a cascading stream of well-deserved applause. And no wonder: A musical odyssey that began with the bleak and ominous tumult of a child’s sadness and loss had culminated joyously in the color of a once-hidden and now-welcoming garden — a cherished place no longer locked away. In that place of possibility and song, the hearty chorus of “Come To My Garden” was an especially fitting and natural anthem of conclusion, resounding with cast, crew, and audience members alike. As an especially appropriate song in the

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Zach Russell ’20 took the stage as Dickon.

Youth was served on Baker Stage, as many Middle and even Lower School Brunswick and Greenwich Academy students joined the cast and crew.

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01 Theater teacher and director Seth Potter gives instructions backstage.

Behind the Scenes

02 Max Kilberg ’17 and Christian Larkin ’23 03 Light board operator Emmett Bell ’17

04 Max Kilberg ’17 and castmates enjoy time backstage. 05 Spotlight operator Lachlan Rosato ’18 06 Campbell Officer ’23, Ryan McMurchy ’19, Jack Kulesh ’17, and Keshav Raghavan ’17

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“The ’Wick theater program is always a garden. We’re now at a point where incredible new life, energy, and talent are coming together on the Baker stage.” show so aptly notes: “You give a

reserve of Middle School talent,

living thing a little chance to grow;

having worked on the Middle

that’s when you will know if it is

School musical last year.

’Wick,’ it will grow!” Theater teacher Seth Potter, who

“It was incredible to have so many young actors to work

directed the production, has long

with,” he said, noting that the

been yearning to stage The Secret

entire cast included more than

Garden at Brunswick.

50 students. “The presence of

“It’s one of my favorite musicals,”

younger students was an infusion

Potter observed. “Considering

of energy and joy for everyone in

the arc of shows Brunswick has

the company, raising the bar for

done over the last decade, it adds

everyone involved.”

the emotional gravity that can

Potter likened the challenge and

sometimes be missing. Really, I’ve

reward of directing Brunswick’s

been imagining the challenge of

spring musical to cultivating and

staging this musical for more than

reaping the harvest from the very

20 years.”

best of gardens.

The Secret Garden is based on

always a garden,” he said. “We’re

Frances Hodgson Burnett, first

now at a point where incredible

serialized in an American maga-

new life, energy, and talent are

zine in 1910 and published as a

coming together on the Baker

book in England in 1911.

stage. It’s so gratifying to see.” By opening night, Potter

and lyrics by famed playwright

was exceptionally pleased with

Marsha Norman, and music by

Brunswick’s musical “Garden.”

composer Lucy Simon, The Secret

“This was a very special produc-

Garden opened on Broadway in

tion,” he said. “Live theater lives

1991 — earning seven Tony Award

in the moment and then is gone

nominations and playing to packed

— but the memory of this garden

houses for nearly two years.

will last for a long time in the

At Brunswick, the production

Brunswick community.”

set a record of its own — bringing

For everyone involved, culti-

more young actors into the Upper

vating the theatrical garden really

School spring theatrical tradition

became a kind of communal labor

than ever before, including not only

of love — and that labor continues

ninth graders, but many Middle

long after the harvest.

School boys as well. Potter was familiar with the

Matty Goodman ’20 sings as the ghost of Lieutenant Shaw.

“The ’Wick theater program is

the classic children’s novel by

With a star-studded cast, book,

Sean Redahan ’18 played Ben Weatherstaff, a gardener on the grounds of Misselthwaite Manor.

“The company is the garden,” he said. “The secret is out.”

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A TRULY GREAT

For Nearly Four Decades, ‘Knowing Where They Are’ Mattered Most STEPHEN DUENNEBIER ,

a passionate and multitalented educator whose wisdom, vision, and drive have strengthened ’Wick in countless ways, now plans a shutterbug’s return to his childhood hometown.

BY MIKE KENNEDY ’99

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BREAK OUT ALL the bells and

lengthy list of quotations from

whistles.

the world’s famous, Duennebier

This had the makings of a history

class for the ages.

Seventh-grade students would be

moved to edge of their rigid metal seats, mesmerized by the masterful

hyperactive. In reality, though, he was petrified. He’d agonized about this very moment since being hired just a few

twenty-something with a graduate

weeks prior, in late August 1979. He’d prepared far less for midterms at Trinity College,

subject in the same drearily dull

for presentations at Yale, or for

light. The opening day lesson

student-teaching assignments at

— “Why do we study history?” —

Hamden High School.

would put this up-and-comer (with

And there he was, after 40

a hard-to-spell last name) on the

minutes of ranting and raving,

Brunswick map.

left standing in front of his young

That’s how Mr. Stephen Duennebier envisioned it, anyway. Armed with fancy-colored chalk, a detailed seating chart, and a

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— bug-eyed, balding, beyond

beard-faced, pipe-smoking

They’d never again look at the

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sweat-stifled room ready for action

words of their new teacher — a

degree in anthropology from Yale.

Teacher, director, and “lounger,” Duennebier found multiple ways to connect with students during his tenure at Brunswick.

charged into the box-shaped,

charges wondering if they had any questions. Total silence ensued — until a hand shot in the air from the front

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row. Duennebier nearly accosted the boy in his excitement. “Yes, Mr. Schwartz!” he spewed. “What can I answer for you?” “Ah, Mr. Duennebier,” the boy began, “does your tie pin go all the way through your tie and into your shirt?” It’s a moment that Duennebier, who retired in June after 38 years of longstanding and loyal service to Brunswick, has never forgotten. “It was a humbling and valuable experience,” he said. “I learned that you have to have a good sense

Guitar player and Freud impersonator, Duennebier gave the keynote address at May’s Commencement Exercises. To learn more about his parting words, be sure to check out this fall’s issue of Times of Brunswick.

Head, History

They’re funny, vulnerable,

Department Chairman,

candid, thoroughly engaging

and Peer Program

and enjoyable. I’ve really

Director. He’s directed

enjoyed working to keep the

more than 30 theatrical produc-

personal touch through all the

of where your students are before

tions and coached hundreds of

‘complexification’ and growth

trying to take them on a journey.”

’Wick athletes on the soccer field.

of the School.”

And what a journey it has been,

In his mind, able to wear so

Duennebier walks away

for teacher and Brunswick

many different hats along the way,

satisfied to leave a health

boys alike.

he never got stale.

course as an integral part of

an archaeological dig, might get

the curriculum, as well as the

involved with community theater,

Duennebier has taught classes in

“A few things kept me coming

behavioral sciences, anthropology,

back all of these years,” Duennebier

Peer Program, which gives boys

and will perhaps teach an evening

sociology, psychology, literature,

said. “The trust placed in me by

opportunities for meaningful

course at a community college.

acting, and music theory, among

three headmasters — to be profes-

communication and leadership.

many other subjects during his

sional and to do my job — and the

nearly four-decade-long career.

freedom and latitude to redefine

hometown of Niantic, Conn.,

model trains, a trail bike, and

that job in some way each year.

where he has joined the local

a very nice camera to suffice for

historical society, will work on

a bit.”

He’s served as Dean of Student Services, Assistant Upper School

“And, of course, there are the kids.

He’ll head back to his childhood

“We’ll see how it unfolds,” he said. “I have a basement full of

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Occasional Mulligan on a Breezy Day in May

TORIED WINGED Foot Golf Club played host to the 5th Biennial Brunswick Golf Outing on Monday, May 8. More than 100 players — low, middle, and

high handicappers alike — turned out for 18 holes of golf, friendly competition, and enjoyable conversation and camaraderie on the sunny and slightly brisk spring day. Plenty of birdies (and occasional mulligans) — and even a near car-winning ace — highlighted the play on the plush and impeccably manicured East Course. Following golf, all participants gathered in the 19th hole for cocktails, dinner, awards, and the 04

silent auction. Proceeds from the Outing will benefit the BPA

Classroom Expansion Project, clearing and opening Upper School space now hidden away and dedicated to maintenance and storage — and paving the way for new academic space and resources for teaching and learning. Co-chairs Lou Belcastro P ’19 and Tammy Kiratsous P ’23 deserve special recognition for devoting countless hours to planning and organization — certainly a job well done!

01 The beautiful Winged Foot clubhouse provided the picturesque backdrop for a number of shots during the afternoon. 02 Geoff Raker P ’20, ’24, Jim Henderson P ’20, Sanjeev Mehra P ’10, ’12, ’13, ’20, and Jon Fouts P ’20

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03 Jane Sprung P ’20, ’20

04 Chris Mulshine P ’19, ’21 and Eric Wise P ’18 05 Co-chairs Lou Belcastro P ’19 and Tammy Kiratsous P ’23 06 Dominic Napolitano P ’17 07 Athletic Director Ron VanBelle P ’17, ’18

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Time and Again, Bruins Made Their Mark

BY MIKE KENNEDY ’99

URING a mild New England

the Bruins made their mark on all of the

winter, ’Wick varsity athletes

season’s competitive arenas, most often

turned up the heat to record

leaving valiant effort, gut-wrenching sweat,

highs. In fact, Mother Nature’s

and spirited pride behind in their wake.

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They did so whether the underdog or the

cidentally postponed until winter teams

favorite; both in victory and defeat; with

hung up their gear for the final time.

sportsmanship and grace — joining forces

The Bruins built on long-standing tradition, won championships, and earned their opponents’ respect by following that time-tested sports adage: They left it out there. Whether on the mats, on the courts, or on the ice — on the hardwood, on the slopes, on the strip, or [in] the pool —

to author another storybook season of athletics for the Brown & Gold. CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT Will Marvin ’17, Will Powers ’17, David Schroeder ’18, Nick Blum ’17, Strauss Mann ’17, Lachlan Rosato ’18, and Max Finkelstein ’18

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SWIMMING They Beat Their Own Challenge

S THEY returned from the 2016 New England Championships, having finished in a respectable

seventh place, Brunswick swimmers promptly set a goal to break into the top six at the meet in one year’s time. It was a lofty ambition for such a young team, one diving off the starting blocks against schools with decades of championship experi-

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ence as compared to ’Wick’s four seasons of competitive history in the pool. But the all-business Bruins believed their goal to be very much in sight. In fact, they stepped it up two

days, aerobic days, anaerobic days,

more notches and dared them-

heart rate work, and morning prac-

selves to place in the top four as

tices — didn’t sound fun, not even

practice began in November.

to me,” Montgomery said.

Ultimately, the Brown & Gold

“But the boys surpassed my

rose even higher than that.

expectations every day in practice.

Senior co-captains Will Powers

They learned to love the work and

and James Simone, both five-year

endure the pain and the monotony

starters who will swim collegiately

of swimming up to 45,000 yards a

at Georgetown University, spurred

week — week in and week out.

their team (10–1) to a third-place

“It all paid off.”

finish at the season’s culminating

most prestigious and competitive

meet — behind only Andover and

high school meets in the country.

Suffield and ahead of the likes of

’Wick swimmers also touched

Further challenges and increased expectations await the Bruins next winter, when rising seniors

Choate, Deerfield, Exeter, and

the wall in school-record time in 10

Charles Ariyibi, Caleb Osemobor,

Loomis-Chaffee.

events throughout the course of the

and Thacher Scannell will assume

winter at Mehra Natatorium.

leadership responsibilities as

Twenty-two Brunswick swimmers qualified to race in the regional field at Hotchkiss. Other notable team achievements included a seventh-place finish at the 117th Annual Eastern

Head coach Aaron Montgomery discipline of his team as reasons for its staggering success. “From all accounts, our volume

Interscholastic Championships,

of training and our training

widely recognized as one of the

schedule — including distance

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co-captains.

pointed to the dedication and TOP

Thacher Scannell ’18

MIDDLE

Will Powers ’17

BOTTOM Co-captains and New England medalists James Simone ’17 and Will Powers ’17

200 FREESTYLE 5th: Keegan Drew ’19 6th: Will Powers ’17 7th: James Simone ’17 200 INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY 2nd: Christian Farricker ’19 3rd: Cole Pierce ’19 50 FREESTYLE 3rd: Marcus Hodgson ’20 100 BUTTERFLY 4th: Christian Farricker ’19 12th: Thacher Scannell ’18 100 FREESTYLE 4th: Marcus Hodgson ’20 7th: Keegan Drew ’19 500 FREESTYLE 1st: Will Powers ’17 Two-time NEPSAC Champion 2nd: James Simone ’17 5th: Thacher Scannell ’18 100 BREASTSTROKE 3rd: Cole Pierce ’19

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BASKETBALL Six Seniors, Gigantic Heart

Ultimately, though, the season came to a heartbreaking end in

the FAA quarterfinals against

an on-paper mismatch in size and

“Without a doubt, the heart of

talent in the face when compared

this team was its core group of six

to its opponent.

seniors,” Taylor said. “They have all

HE BRUNSWICK basket-

Masters School, where the Bruins

ball team often stepped

lost a one-point game in over-

onto the court this season

time after a furious second-half

as the underdog — staring

comeback.

The Bruins, though, didn’t give

been great leaders — not only this

up an inch of the floor in the way of

season but since the moment each

physical toughness or sheer heart

put on a varsity uniform for the

and desire when a game or loose

first time.”

ball was at stake.

Rising seniors Muna Nwana and

Head coach Robert Taylor, in

Graham Pierce — both regulars

fact, cannot recall a more focused

in the starting five — and a solid

and intense team in his six years

core of talented freshmen and

pacing the sideline in Dann

sophomores will return to lay the

Gymnasium on Edwards Campus.

foundation for another exciting

“This group’s unity, competitive

season next winter.

edge, and positive attitude went unsurpassed by any other in recent history,” Taylor said. Led by senior co-captains Cam Kelly, Will Marvin, and Charlie Sealy, along with fellow classmates Angus Binnie, Shane Simmons, and Peter Wise, the Bruins survived their difficult FAA and non-league schedule by employing a scrappy, no-fear style of basketball — yielding some memorable results. In the season’s second game, ’Wick erased an eightpoint second-half deficit to outlast Millbrook, 76–75, before battling an undefeated St. Luke’s to a narrow defeat on “White Out Night” in January. The Brown & Gold played its best all-around game of the winter at Hotchkiss in February, knocking down 15 of 31 three-point field goals en route to a 77–73 upset victory over the Bearcats.

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TOP

Charlie Sealy ’17 MIDDLE

Muna Nwana ’18 BOTTOM LEFT

Will Marvin ’17 BOTTOM RIGHT

Cam Kelly ’17

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HOCKEY Deep Care for School, Sport, Each Other

TOP LEFT

Grey Owens ’17 TOP RIGHT

Ryan Carmichael ’18 MIDDLE

Nick Boardman ’18. BOTTOM

Strauss Mann ’17

Led by top scorers and co-captains

Nick VanBelle ’17 and Christian LeSueur ’18, Brunswick repeat-

UESTION MARKS

edly rose to the occasion when

loomed at the outset of the

it mattered most, knocking off

Brunswick hockey season.

ranked opponents from Kent,

Following last winter’s

Loomis-Chaffee, Salisbury,

first-ever trip to the Elite 8

Gunnery, and Albany Academy

Tournament, the Brown & Gold

(twice) at key times throughout the

said goodbye to nine mainstays

ultra-competitive season.

in the lineup — veterans like Jack

In addition, the team won

the No. 2 seed in the Large School

Stephenson, Max Fuld, Brian

four games in overtime (losing

Tournament — trouncing Milton

Ketchabaw, and Colin Bernard,

none) against formidable foes

Academy, 6–1, on neutral ice at

emotional faces in the locker room

to name only a few of the team’s

from Trinity-Pawling, Hotchkiss,

Choate to win the School’s first-ever

said it all — revealing that this

dependable core of leaders on the

Berkshire, and the aforementioned

playoff game at the Division I level.

team of 21 players cared deeply

ice at Hartong Rink.

Cadets from Albany Academy.

The Bruins, in fact, were coming

Senior netminder Strauss Mann

In the semifinals, the Bruins bowed out to perennial power

Beavers took control. After the final buzzer, the

about each other, their school, and their sport.

off two consecutive 20-win

backstopped the Bruins in each of

Avon Old Farms for the second-

campaigns and two straight

these clutch victories — including

straight year — this time in front

further the growing stronghold of

appearances in the New England

a third-straight Empire Cup

of the faithful, “sea-of-gold”

Brunswick hockey.

playoffs — not everyday accom-

Tournament championship against

student section at Hartong Rink,

plishments for hockey teams in one

Millbrook — on his way to a First

in a game that could have swung

and fellow classmate Ryan

of the country’s most competitive

Team All-New England selection in

either way before the Winged

Carmichael.

leagues.

between the pipes.

It just didn’t seem possible for

also earned the Williams College-

run to the postseason with so many

bound centerman a spot on the

unproven players (at so many posi-

Second Team.

But the Bruins, yet again, found a way to get the job done.

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Next year’s captains are LeSueur

VanBelle’s 25 goals and 22 assists

this year’s squad to go on another

tions) on the roster.

They worked together to fortify

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League officials say Blum is the

first-ever skier to achieve such a victorious feat.

T WAS a breakout winter for the Brunswick ski team. In only their second season of

racing and first as a recognized

Sophomore Ian Murray and junior Ethan Hynes raced to a tie for seventh place, while senior Tucker Calcano came across the

varsity sport, the Bruins doubled in

line in 11th-place to round out the

size from nine to 18 alpine racers —

top performers for the Bruins.

and they enjoyed some legitimate

At the NEPSAC B Ski

success for such a young and

Championship — held at Okemo

emerging group of competitors.

Mountain Resort in Ludlow,

’Wick took to the slopes against

Vermont — Brunswick combined

27 public and private schools from

for 72 team points to claim second

across the state as a member of

place behind the champions from

the Connecticut Interscholastic

Milton Academy.

Ski League (CISL) — ultimately

MIDDLE

Matt Gasparro ’18

The Bruins were, once again,

compiling a record of 22–5 and

bolstered by the efforts of Blum,

qualifying for the Connecticut State

Murray, and Calcano — each of

Open Championship at Mount

whom earned top-10 finishes in the

Southington in early March.

Giant Slalom competition.

The Bruins finished second at the

TOP

Nick Blum ’17

BOTTOM

Ian Murray ’19

After such an outstanding

season-ending event, trailing only

and somewhat surprising season,

Fairfield Prep in the sprint for the

the Brunswick ski team will

title. Senior Nick Blum led the way

look to ride this momentum (of

by finishing first among individual

the downhill variety) into their

Matt Gasparro will set the pace

racers and completing an impres-

third winter of alpine racing in

from the starting gates as team

sive season-sweep of CISL races.

2017–18.

leaders.

Murray, Hynes, and rising senior

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WRESTLING New Faces, Champions Once Again

HALK UP another record-

two-time All-American Jon Errico

breaking season for the

and two-time New England finalist

Brunswick wrestling team.

and heavyweight Joe Fervil left the

The Bruins welcomed an

all-time high 39 grapplers into the Ostrye Wrestling Room this

Bruins with a glaring absence of star power in their lineup. Incredibly, though, the Brown &

winter — each with big shoes (and

Gold didn’t miss a beat on its way

Andrew Hennessy, along with

Championships, the Bruins showed

singlets) to fill after last year’s

to another banner season on the

fellow co-captain and junior

off their top-to-bottom depth by

undefeated dual-meet record,

mats — relying on the contribu-

Lachlan Rosato, the Bruins won

placing fourth at the meet held at

WNEISWA title, and school-best

tions of many young athletes to

their fourth-straight WNEISWA

Hyde School in Maine — the only

amass an impressive array of acco-

championship at Salisbury School

team to finish in the Top 8 without

the New England

lades and awards. Thirty different

in February — smashing their own

any finalists on the podium.

Championships.

wrestlers, in fact, registered victo-

scoring record in the process with

third-place finish at

In addition,

ries at the varsity

the gradua-

level during

tions of

the season. Led by senior

TOP RIGHT

Andrew Hennessy ’17 MIDDLE

Aiden Reynolds ’17 BOTTOM

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graduate having left an indelible mark on the program. “These eight young men carried our team through this season,

Individual titles were earned by

when we may not have expected to

Brooks

the Hennessy brothers, Rosato, and

have so much success at the outset,”

senior Aiden Reynolds.

head coach Tim Ostrye said.

The team also added on to

“They should be proud of their

winning streaks at the BIT (7),

efforts and know that they’ll be

the FAA Tournament (20) and the

missed.”

Town Crown versus Greenwich High School (3).

Jack Ocken ’18

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It was the 13th overall title for the Bruins, who now lay claim

The senior class, which compiled a four-year record of 75–3, will

co-captains and

TOP LEFT

John DeLucia ’18

293.5 points.

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N THE world of high school TOP

squash, it’s simply becoming

Max Finkelstein ’18

harder and harder to win.

MIDDLE

Teams have more depth.

Patrick Feeley ’18

Players have more skill. And the

BOTTOM

level of competition from match to

Tyler Carney ’17

match has risen to an all-time high. It’s not like the old days when only a handful of schools would vie for New England and National Championships — with Brunswick in the heat of the battle for both distinguished crowns, year in and year out. And yet, despite the ultra-uptick across the evermore international

and pressure-packed moments for

field of play, the Bruins have

the Bruins and their formidable

remained at the top of the heap —

opponents.

a credit to the superior coaching of

Junior Max Finkelstein played

Jim Stephens and Ryan Abraham

the hero at regionals with a come-

and the dedication and commit-

from-behind, five-set triumph at

ment (on and off the court) of the

No. 2 to clinch a narrow three-

players on the varsity ladder.

point win over Avon Old Farms.

In 2016–17, it was no different.

Freshmen Nick Spizzirri (No. 5)

’Wick finished the season with

and Brian Leonard (No. 7) also

a 12–1 match record and won its

won individual New England titles,

sixth consecutive New England

while fellow classmate Dana Santry

title, the 15th in program history.

lost in the finals at No. 6.

The Bruins did fall short,

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At the Nationals, the Bruins

however, in their bid for a third

gutted out closely contested wins

straight U.S. High School National

against Noble and Greenough

— and juniors Will Holey and

Stephens said. “Our guys could

Championship, losing to Haverford

School (4–3) and Avon Old Farms

Patrick Feeley — when looking

have gotten discouraged and

School, 5–2, in the finals — a

(5–2) before bowing out to a

back on the scope of this

packed it in, but they didn’t. They

setback that snapped Brunswick’s

fresher and healthier Haverford

successful season.

played their hearts out.”

41-match win streak.

squad in the championship.

Both tournaments came down to

“This team showed a lot of

The future looks bright, indeed,

Stephens noted the worthy

heart to come back and win the

for the Bruins, who lose only

the wire — chock-full of superior

contributions of senior captains

New England Tournament after

Carney and Huffman to graduation

shotmaking, marathon matches,

Tyler Carney and Tate Huffman

finishing second at Nationals,”

this spring.

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FENCING

TOP

Paul Grasso ’17 (left) MIDDLE

Ben Pasteelnick ’18 BOTTOM

Marc Baghadjian ’17

Courage to Face the Slash & Jab

RUNSWICK FENCERS

Home meets and remaining

experienced a season of

practices were held at the familiar

change in 2016–17.

Ramsing Gymnasium on the

The team bid adieu to

former head coach Jose Samora,

campus of Greenwich Academy. The Bruins did return a solid

a member of

contingent of athletes, though,

the Dominican

to form a balanced squad of

Republic National

fencers at epee, foil, and sabre

Foil Team who had led the Bruins through a lengthy period of improvement

— led by senior veterans Marc Baghadjian, Paul Grasso, and team captain Thomas Burke. Additional depth was

and success during his

provided by juniors

four years at the helm.

Ben Pasteelnick and

New coaches Alex

cally coming at the Connecticut

off against one another in the

Individual State Championships

Round of 16.

held at Hopkins School in early March. Baghadjian and Larsen advanced

The older brother prevailed and ultimately claimed fifth place in the state.

Max Larsen, along with

through the first round in the epee,

Shender, Alex Fotiyev,

newcomers like freshman

while Pasteelnick won a bout in the

applauded his team for its improve-

and Oleg Tretyak —

Cary Dornier.

foil competition before bowing out

ment and attitude throughout the

of the bracket.

winter. “Willingly stepping onto

based at the Stamford Fencing Center — took

As a team — and purely

Faculty advisor Doug Carr

from a standpoint of wins

Most notably, ’Wick’s sabre

command of the winter’s

and losses — the Bruins saw

squad showed real strength and

slash a metal blade at you can

practices, allowing ’Wick

scant success, finishing with

depth.

be unnerving,” he said. “But the

fencers to make full use of the

a record of 1–7.

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Many individual performances, however, deserve recognition, specifi-

The Burke brothers — Thomas

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the strip to have someone jab and

boys didn’t hesitate and remained

and George ’19 — and Grasso all

committed to learning and

survived into the round of 32, with

becoming more technically sound

both Burkes advancing to square

fencers all season long.”

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Sportsmanlike ‘Finishers’ All Cross the Line

HUNDEROUS SKIES rolled back

Special kudos also go out to Mr.

a beautiful and sunny spring day for

Strileckis, Mr. Aylward, and Mr. Redahan

the ’Wick, Walk, Run on April 29.

for their work in making this annual

Nearly 200 runners took to the

1.3-mile course on Edwards Campus —

school tradition a huge success. “Every great event has a team of

just the perfect distance for the youthful

enthusiasts behind it,” co-chairs

and spritely contingent participating in

Maireed Finn P ’28 and

the race.

Stephanie Wu P ’27 said. “They

The Lower School Bruins launched

all worked tirelessly to ensure the

the event with a rousing rendition of the

greatest experience for our youngest

National Anthem; Mr. O helped to loosen

runners and their families.

up everyone’s muscles with a “pre-game”

“For us, it was so worthwhile to see

stretch; and emcee Mr. Coupe sent all

and hear the sportsmanship of brothers

off from the starting line and handed out

and sisters shouting words of encourage-

“finisher” patches at the completion of the

ment to help everyone cross the line and

short trek around campus.

be a ‘finisher.’”

01 The race is on! 02 Kindergartner Charlie Mac Jackman and his dad, Patrick 03 Second-graders Tucker Eddy and Jack Wendell 04 Caeden Cannan ’27, Declan Litchfield-Cunningham ’27, Cole Bessent-Freeman ’28, Nathan Lee ’26, and Neel Behringer ’26

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BEYOND THE BOOKS

NEWS AND NOTEWORTHY EVENTS

Alum Guides ’Wick Senior in Making Documentary

OVICE, MEET expert. Self-taught filmmaker Jack

Stefanou ’17 began experimenting with a camera during the early

stages of his Upper School experience,

midnight. He never even took a film class. He watched YouTube videos for simple instructional advice, also tuning into the

team and documenting its every move on

HBO series “24/7: The Road to the Winter

and off the ice.

Classic” in search of ideas to enhance his

Stefanou modestly brushed his work no credit (or attention) in school for long

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editing footage in his room at home after

ultimately latching onto the varsity hockey

aside, labeling it a mere hobby, and sought

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hours logged in rinks, on bus rides, or

product on the big screen. Longtime HBO Sports producer and ’Wick graduate Tom Odelfelt ’88 was one

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BEYOND the BOOKS

of many to see this initial result,

documentary even better — to send

the team would be interested in.”

“Brunswick Hockey: 2015–16”, after

Stefanou, a senior, out in style after

In the eyes of Odelfelt, mission

it came across his desk last winter.

his final year shadowing the team.

He liked what he saw.

Odelfelt taught his filmmaking

“It was a very impressive effort

accomplished. “Jack poured his entire soul into

protégé about pacing, shot compo-

this project. Those who will ulti-

based solely on the fact that he did

sition, and how to use music to

mately see his film may not notice

it on his own,” said Odelfelt, whose

evoke emotion. They strategized

all the details he worked so hard to

own work at HBO includes features

about a way to start the film, to

finesse and how hard he worked to

covering the NFL, Wimbledon,

construct the body, and to create

create such a compelling narrative,”

professional boxing, and that very

an ending.

he said.

same 24/7 NHL series.

Stefanou soaked up every word.

He’d also consulted with fellow

“Storytelling and creativity are

“Tom impressed upon me to

skillsets that you develop over time

’Wick graduates Luke Esposito ’12

have a vision — to move beyond

by making yourself vulnerable and

and Curt Townshend ’12 on a

the basic timeline of the season,”

committing yourself to whatever it

similar in-house hockey documen-

Stefanou said.

is that you’re working on.

tary in 2012.

“He encouraged me to take more

“Jack may never touch a camera

It was now Stefanou’s turn to

creative license as a producer and

or edit station again in his whole

learn from the professional, as the

to push the film in a direction that

life, but he will benefit from this

two connected last fall to imple-

allowed me to tell an engaging

experience as he moves on to

ment a plan to make this season’s

story — one that a person not on

college and beyond.”

ESSAY CONTEST WINNERS CELEBRATE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE CENTENNIAL

“ Tom impressed upon me to have a vision — to move beyond the basic timeline of the season.”

Eighth-grade students (left to right) Max Meissner, Charlie Garland, Max Charney, Andy Aube, and Graham Lodge earned distinction in a national essay-writing contest sponsored by the Daughters of the American Revolution to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the founding of the National Parks Service.

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A Day Dedicated to Serving Others

EAMS OF Upper School students fanned out across Westchester and Fairfield counties — with the largest

contingent of boys helping to construct homes for Habitat for Humanity in Yonkers, N.Y. — to contribute their strengths and talents to charities and nonprofit organizations of all sorts on Community Service Day: Friday, April 28. All participants returned to King Street following a hard day’s work for the annual Trivia Bowl.

Boys dedicated their service to organizations such as Person to Person, Habitat for Humanity, and the Stamford Nature Center.

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In addition, advisories visited the Audubon, Greenwich Boys and Girls Club, Waterside School, and the Brunswick Outdoor Classroom.

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EXC H A N G E ST UDE N T ’S V I E W

A Deeper Appreciation for Freedom, Education By Santiago Riera ’17

Y EYES were burning

I was part of what seemed like

classes is just one of the failures

from the tear gas.

the majority, marching against

of the Venezuelan educational

the injustice in my home

system, making it very hard

country of Venezuela.

for us to gain the knowledge

I was having trouble breathing

under my white bandana, but I

From a very young age, all I

necessary to fight for change.

was determined to keep going.

can remember is hearing about

This is why it is up to us — the

I was not going to let them stop

the old Venezuela. It was one

students — to do everything

me — stop us from peacefully

of the richest countries in the

in our power to fight for our

world — one where its citizens

education and a better future.

marching for our freedom.

lived happily, peacefully, and

My classmates and I partic-

prosperously. Unfortunately,

ipated in peaceful protests

I never experienced the old

before, but this time was

Venezuela. The Venezuela I

different. For reasons I still

grew up in is strikingly different.

do not understand, the police

I was lucky. It could have been me. I could have spent a week in jail for participating in a nonviolent protest. As soon as I was old enough,

threw tear gas bombs and shot

I eagerly joined my classmates

rubber bullets at us, a crowd of

and thousands of other citizens

nonviolent protestors.

in peaceful protests, marching for a better Venezuela. The youth is the future of the

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was inches away from losing his

country, but with government

left eye. While this was going

cancelling classes for weeks at a

on, another one of my friends

time for insignificant reasons, too

was apprehended for aiding our

many of us have been deprived

other friend. He was jailed for

of a proper education, rendering

a week before his parents could

the future even more at risk.

finally find someone to help

The constant canceling of

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My friend was shot in the head with a rubber bullet, and

facilitate his release.

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I was lucky. It could have been me. I could have spent a week in jail for participating in a nonviolent protest. I have been given an amazing opportunity to spend my senior year at Brunswick School. While it is very hard to be away from my family, the opportunity to gain a strong education is so important to me. In my short time here, I am able to see the large difference in educational systems. Unlike in Venezuela, students here are provided the tools necessary to be successful learners and

In the Dominican Republic: Learning & Leadership

ultimately achieve their goals. The teachers in the United States are more willing to help students. The courses are far more challenging.

UPPER SCHOOL STUDENTS (left to right: Nico Apostolides ’19, Bryan Bolanos ’18, Charles Ariyibi ’18, P. K. Keller ’19, and Will Gregory ’19), along with faculty member Jon Kaptcianos, traveled to the Dominican Republic in March to participate in the American Council for International Studies Young Men’s Leadership Program by way of the Brunswick Trust. Throughout the trip, the boys made cultural connections through experiential education — pictured here just prior to their hike of Mt. Isabel de Torres.

Teachers push you to apply what you are learning as opposed to just asking you to recite memorized facts. I am encouraged to think

’Wick Students Shine at Science & Engineering Fair

freely, express my own opinions, and not worry about getting reprimanded. In Venezuela, the government dictates what is taught and discourages independent thinking. There are also many distractions that limit a student’s ability to succeed. For example, students constantly are distracted with the political situation and often times live in fear. This wonderful opportunity is not something I take lightly. Although I feel guilty leaving my friends and family behind in these difficult times, I know they will continue marching for our cause. And, in my own way, by learning all that I can while a student in the United States, I am continuing the march, too. Someday, I hope I can use all I

RUNSWICK UPPER School students returned to Greenwich as award winners after the Connecticut Science and Engineering Fair, held at Quinnipiac University in Hamden from March 14-18. “These students did such a great job,” Science Department Chair Dana Montanez said. “They demon-

have learned to change Venezuela’s

strated incredible dedication and innovation as they

current path and restore it to the

developed and worked on their concepts. The results were

old Venezuela that I have heard so

wonderfully put on display at the state fair.”

TOP Jack Driscoll ’18, Thacher Scannell ’18, Matthew Jacobson ’18, Wesley Peisch ’18, Nick Saah ’18, Chris Burdick ’18, Avi Mukherjee ’18, Ned Camel ’18, Matthew Restieri ’18, Greyson Wolfram ’18, and Dana Montanez BOTTOM Ryan Mulshine ’19, Matthew Pillari ’19, Timmy Saunders ’19, AJ Delgado ’19, Harry Barringer ’19, Tommy Foley ’19, Will George ’19, Tommy Kimberlin ’19, and Asher Porphy ’19

much about.

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’Wick’s ‘Core Values Haven’t Changed’

T’S A relationship that

began nearly 50 years

ago. Bill Durkin first set foot on Brunswick School’s campus in the

GEORGE E. CARMICHAEL SOCIETY

fall of 1969, graduating

Established in 1995 to honor Brunswick’s founder and first headmaster, The George E. Carmichael Society recognizes those members of the Brunswick community who have planned contributions to the School through bequests and/or deferred gifts.

in 1972 and soon after establishing himself as a dedicated and distinguished alumnus. He joined the Alumni

Such gifts might include a bequest and/ or charitable income gifts, such as charitable gift annuities, charitable remainder unitrusts, charitable remainder annuity trusts, or gifts of life insurance. For more information, call or write to Ross Smith (203-625-5864; rsmith@brunswickschool.org).

Council at the request of Headmaster Norman Pedersen (1969–1987) and later served on the Board of Trustees for 17 years and as Chairman of the Board, from 2009 to 2012. He and his wife, Martha, are the proud parents of three Brunswick graduates: Will ’04, Ian ’06, and Alec ’13. Their daughter, Lizzie, is an alumna of Greenwich Academy. Bill has watched Brunswick evolve exponentially in number and in name during the last two decades.

Brunswick has played a central role in his family

student,” he said.

and his life.

“‘Courage, Honor, Truth’ and the emphasis on

He’s seen ’Wick expand to Edwards Campus and earn unprecedented academic, athletic, and artistic accolades as it has risen in reputation among the nation’s independent schools. While the landscape of Brunswick has transformed, Bill believes the School’s founding ideology has remained constant. “In spite of all the growth and success — and the prestige that has followed — Brunswick’s

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core values have not changed since my days as a

As his way of paying tribute to what he calls a

character and personal integrity were guiding prin-

“wonderful place,” Bill and Martha have made a

ciples back then, and they remain so today.

planned gift to the School.

“Without its uncompromising commitment to

“In addition to annual funds and capital

these guiding principles, Brunswick still would be

campaigns, a planned gift is a gracious way of

a leading independent school today — but it would

saying ‘thank you’ to an institution that gives more

not be Brunswick School.”

than it takes, leaving a mark on not just its boys

For Bill — whose father, too, served as Chairman of the Board and whose four brothers, Patrick ’75, Tim ’75, Tom ’78, and Dan ’83 are fellow Bruins —

but on their families as well,” he said. “Martha and I are grateful to have an opportunity to include Brunswick School in our estate plan.”

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1955

Little, Brown in Boston in 1970, and spent 20 years there, beginning as economics editor before moving

Gulf in Philadelphia and then handled Western

Many members of the Class of 1955 sent in salu-

back into sales. The highlight of my working career

Hemisphere real estate for American Express

tations and other life updates to the Brunswick

was as national sales manager, with responsibility

in New York. Howard Johnson’s brought me to

community.

for four regions and 40 sales reps, including women

Massachusetts in 1968 for their real estate depart-

and minorities.

ment. They wanted me to go back to New York in

Henry Alker writes:

Although we weren’t quite ready for early retire-

From there, I did corporate real estate for

1972 and I just quit — too many promotions and

I graduated Oberlin College 1959, did two years

ment, Judy, my wife of nearly 50 years, eased the

of graduate study at Magdalen College, Oxford,

transition. Together, we ran a small bed-and-break-

I opened a one-man ad agency in Boston in

England, and returned to get my Ph.D. in person-

fast on Cape Cod. I also worked as a tour guide and

1973 that grew to over 15 people, and I sold out in

ality psychology at UC Berkeley. Following postdoc

served as president of the local historical society. I

1980. My wife and I ran a business out of our house

at Education Testing and Princeton, I got a job

have had Parkinson’s disease for the last five or six

in Hingham, Mass. We used to go to B&Bs and

teaching at Cornell eventually in psychology,

years, and Judy has taken very good care of me.

thought someday we would like to run one. Suzy

sociology, and government.

Now, we are living in the seacoast region of New

moves.

died in 1987, and I came down to Cape Cod in 1988,

Hampshire to be close to our two children and their

found a 200-year-old house, and turned it into

families.

Simmons Homestead Inn.

teaching positions in the Bay Area and developed

I later settled my folks’ estate and in a four-

entrepreneurial investments in oil and gas leases,

Richard Penney writes:

year period bought some 45 English sports cars

covering working and royalty interests in small

Upon graduating from Syracuse University School

(1951–1991). I built a garage called Toad Hall Classic

holdings across 29 different states.

of Industrial Design in 1959, I undertook a graduate

Sports Cars, which is open to the public. I have a

business program at Columbia University. I began

son, William III, who is married here on the Cape,

real estate business in California, which derived

my professional work life in 1960. In 1961–63, I

running a sealcoat business. He has two sons.

from early mining ventures and included the first

worked in Milan, Paris, and Copenhagen, with

deep gold mine at Sutter’s Creek and silver mine in

several renowned designers and architects.

I achieved tenure and promotion to associate professor. I left in 1978 to take several part-time

I gradually got seduced into running my family’s

Nevada’s Comstock Mining Play.

I returned to New York in 1963 to work with

I’m only 80 and don’t want to retire for another 10–15 years, so will keep running the Inn & Toad Hall. Come and stay here!

I increased net operating revenue of the family

premier industrial designer Henry Dreyfuss. In

company by an average of 17 percent per year over

1970, I began my own design firm, The Richard

Ralph Risley writes:

some 20 years as president or CEO. I won a small

Penney Group, as a consultant to various corpora-

I got a B.S. at Columbia in 1960 and an M.S. from

business advocate award from California Chamber

tions and institutions. I focused my work on creating

Wyoming in 1961 — both in geology. Soon, I

of Commerce.

synthesis of ideas, methods, and results. The firm’s

determined that geology was too limiting and that

work included award-winning design of ideas,

I needed to get into a large business-focused corpo-

wife of 45 years, and have three daughters and six

methods, services, products, furniture, architecture,

ration that would provide training and experience

grandchildren.

interior design, exhibitions, and visual communi-

in lieu of an M.B.A.

I’m partially retired now, with Patricia, my second

cations. At the National Endowment for the Arts,

In 1964, I joined Norton Co., selling refractories

Basil Dandison writes:

I served as an Advisory Panelist for Design. For 20

to basic industries in the Mid-Atlantic States. In

The good teachers I had at Brunswick prepared

years, I also taught Product Design at Parsons, The

1967, I joined the GE Power Generation Group.

me to attend the University of Michigan, where

New School for Design.

I initiated the parts, service, retrofit/uprating,

I majored in English. After graduating in 1959, I

Currently, I am working with The Nature

and diagnostic efforts in the utility and industrial

entered the Marine Corps as part of the PLC in

Conservancy, New York Chapter, as a board

Quantico. I completed my first tour of duty as

member and trustee, focusing on issues of climate

an artillery officer in Okinawa, although my unit

change, carbon neutrality, measures, sustain-

alternative energy company. Then I co-founded

quickly deployed as part of a large expeditionary

ability, and environmental education. I am also a

California Energy Company, which was in the

force in the South China Sea. We would likely have

board member at Hildene, Robert Todd Lincoln’s

business of developing geothermal properties

seen action in Laos had President Kennedy not

family home in Manchester Center, Vermont.

as an independent power producer. Based on

intervened. I was transferred to Parris Island, where I became a series officer in charge of training new recruits

sectors. In 1976, I become CEO of a wood fuel based

My son, John, is a successful senior executive in

a successful project, we were able to go public

the entertainment business. I live with my wife, Sue,

on the NYSE and eventually sold to Berkshire

in New York City, and East Rupert, Vermont.

Hathaway.

— with drill-sergeant help, of course. In 1962, I

From 1985 to 2000, I ran my own consulting

returned to civilian life as a “college traveler” for

William Putman writes:

practice, focusing on private company succession,

McGraw-Hill Book Company, with territories in

After graduating from Brunswick in 1955, I went

crisis management, and exit strategies.

the Midwest and later the Bay Area. In 1966, I was

to Yale and graduated with a B.S. in 1959. I joined

promoted to acquisitions editor for electrical engi-

the Marine Reserves and married Suzanne Danner

three sons and five grandchildren. My eldest son

neering in New York City.

in 1961 in Riverside. I went to work for Gulf Oil in

is an investment banker in Palo Alto. The other

marketing and earned an M.B.A. from NYU in 1963.

two are captains with the Sacramento Police

Looking for new opportunities, I took a job at

In 1962, I married Sara Foster Glos. We have

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locations and owned 12 houses. We currently live

1985

in Tucson, Ariz., and travel four months of the year

Bill Ashton won a silver medal in NASTAR’s snow-

in our Airstream trailer.

boarding championships, age 50–55 category, in

Dept. Over the past 55 years, we have lived in nine

Steamboat Springs, Colo., in March. See photo 01. Arthur Roberts writes: and benefiting from team sports and Brunswick

1987

values, I met my wife, now of 56 years, Eleanor Jane

Bill Ryckman writes:

I was born in Greenwich in 1937. After Brunswick,

Callan, and graduated from Lehigh with a major in Industrial Psychology. I was always interested

I’m still living on the Upper East Side in 02

Manhattan with my three sons. I’ve been working

in how to make designs work better for people

as a private equity investor in cyber security

and to raise a family well. After working at CBS

companies for the past four years, leveraging

Laboratories in Stamford, I enlisted in the Navy as

the computer skills I birthed on Mr. Kashatus’s

asst. engineering officer on the USS Massey.

Digital PDP-11 minicomputer and Mr. Stolar’s

Eleanor and I married in 1961 and raised three

TRS-80s. Those were the days!

children, who then raised five grandchildren.

Joe Nemec has been a big help in this depart-

After a brief job at American Can Company in

ment. I see James Bragg a lot, mostly with a

quality control, I moved onto the State of New

squash racquet in his hands. I’ve also been keeping

Jersey and became the manager of research,

in touch with a bunch of our other classmates as

studied computer programming at Rutgers,

we begin preparations for our (gulp) 30th Reunion

graduated from Rider University with a B.A.

this October. We had a pretty good showing at the

in Administration, was chairman of the User

Holiday Party at the University Club this past year,

Information System committee, TRB, NAS, and helped to advance the development and installation of better transportation information system designs with published research. We retired to Reedville, Va., where we are active in church and veteran activities.

01 Bill Ashton ’85 is still shredding the slopes — here in

Steamboat Springs, Colo., where he won a silver medal in NASTAR’s snowboarding championships. 02 Curtis Long ’93 and his wife, Megan, show off their beautiful family: Violet (3) and newborn daughter Kona, who was born on January 27.

and they arrived with no shortage (another

Bob Sonderman sent in an update from Venezuela:

miracle).

departure lounge about to board a plane for Miami. Outside one can hear the protests related

Bragg, Brian Mason, Joe Bruno, Miguel Santo Domingo, and Joe Nemec. The party has become a really fun annual tradition that keeps drawing people from farther and farther away. I’ve talked recently with Jamie Belcher and Stein Soelberg, too. They both came to town

1962 I’m happily sitting now in the Caracas Airport

including Derek Van Vliet, Chris Fiore, James

recently and got to hang out with Jim Lewis, whom

I’ll be working in the Turks and Caicos Islands for the next two months.

I see around the city from time to time as well.

1988 Clarke Rogers was promoted to Lt. Col. in the

flight is canceled. The regime is failing, and each

1972

day becomes scarier. I had my first dose of tear gas

Adriaan Schieferdecker has retired after 17 years

last week. The opposition pledges not to stop the

at Bank of America and is enjoying life in Carolina

1993

daily protests until the regime gives up, but with

Beach, N.C.

Curtis Long and his wife, Megan, welcomed their

to the national flag airline announcing that today’s

human rights bounties on their head, that is not likely. Sadly, it will get worse rather than better. Our church is providing food packages twice

Army in November.

second daughter, Kona Jamari, on January 27. Ted Walworth has retired after a 40-year career at CBS and is very active in his hometown of

See photo 02.

Greenwich.

1995

large cases of survival food from a homeless

Jack Cummiskey returned to Philadelphia after a

When longtime Brunswick teacher John Van Atta

shelter in Colorado. The men there agreed to

two-year assignment in Kuala Lumpur with Turner

and his wife, Lucy, rushed their dog, Mack,

share their emergency food rations with us in

Construction. He is heading to Africa in June,

to the Cornell Veterinary hospital in Stamford on

Venezuela. Thanks to generous donations we’ve

where his daughter recently completed her Ph.D.

the night of January 31, they soon learned that

received from the US for the food ministry, we

dissertation, examining The Virus Institute in

Mack’s whole digestive system had to be “rebuilt”

were able to transport the food packs to Caracas,

Entebbe, Uganda.

immediately in order to save his life.

a month to fully 20 percent of our congregation. Last month we got a donation of six

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The doctor then put the surgeon on the phone to explain what he would try to do, and the surgeon first asked John if he was the same

Class of 1998, Ed Hoffman. Here’s the story from Paul’s perspective: “Ed had been working in his

Dr. Van Atta who taught U.S. History

office on the second or third floor

at Brunswick.

of a building that looked out onto

John, of course, said, “Yes.”

that plaza and recognized us from

The surgeon said, “I’m Olly

the window. He said he dropped

Morgan, Dr. V.A., who was in

what he was doing and made a

your A.P. class my junior year at

run down the stairs and out of

Brunswick, and I will do everything I

the building to catch up to us. It

can to save Mack.”

was amazing to see him. Erin had

Olly did save Mack’s life. A “recog-

and we have stayed connected,

and patients took place on April 1 at

as mutual friends, our common

the hospital. See photo 03.

love for Brunswick, and the Adirondacks all seem to bring us together from time to time. “He spent the whole afternoon

Chris Delaney and his wife, Lydia

with us and even accompanied us

Fenet, added to their growing family

on a bus tour of the city. It was

(now five) with a baby girl, Eloise

a bit rainy and cool that day, but

Caldwell Adelaide, born on March 27.

what could possible dampen your

See photo 04.

spirits when something that heart-

1998

taught Ed in his sophomore year,

nition” ceremony for both doctors

1997

warming happens? “It was a magical afternoon and

2001

proves, yet again, that once you

Matt Wheeler married Bevin Stella

In one of those great moments of

are part of Brunswick, you are

at the Liberty House Restaurant in

fate and circumstance, teachers

always part of the family.”

Jersey City on February 25.

Paul and Erin Withstandley and

See photo 05.

their two sons, Jack ’19 and Luke,

2003

over spring break and decided to

2000

explore the city for the afternoon.

David Darst and his wife, Elizabeth,

Samantha, welcomed a baby girl,

On the way across a plaza, Paul

welcomed a baby boy, David Martin

Lexi Rose, on Super Bowl Sunday,

III, on April 17. See photo 06.

February 5. After watching the

were delayed in Savannah, Ga.,

felt someone run up from behind

Mike Hubbard and his wife,

game at home until just after the

and jump on his back and hug him. He thought it was one of his sons.

Brian Moran and his wife, Katie,

third quarter began, they darted to

But to his absolute surprise, it

became the proud parents of a baby

the hospital and had their little girl

was one of his (and Erin’s) former

boy, Hayden Robert, on March 1.

before the game ended.

students, now a friend, from the

See photo 07.

See photo 08.

03 At a recognition ceremony for doctors and patients at Cornell Veterinary Hospital in Stamford, surgeon Olly Morgan ’95 poses with his former U.S. history teacher Dr. John Van Atta; his wife, Lucy; and the surviving patient, dog Mack. (Photo credit: Marshall S. Boprey/ Boprey Photography) 04 E-L-O-I-S-E spells Eloise, the daughter of Chris Delaney ’97 and his wife, Lydia Fenet. 05 ’Wick teachers Erin and Paul Withstandley bookend friend and former student Ed Hoffman ’98, who gave the family a tour of Savannah, Ga., after a chance run-in during spring break in March. 06 David Martin Darst III, the son of David Darst ’00, was born on April 17. 07 Now there’s a peacefully sleeping baby boy: Hayden Robert Moran, the son of Brian Moran ’00. 08 A Super Bowl Sunday baby: Lexi Rose Hubbard, the daughter of Mike Hubbard ’03.

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2006 John Harvey married Katharine Brown (GA ’06) in front of a large contingent of Brunswick and Greenwich Academy folk at Greenwich Country Club on December 10. See photo 09. Jack Rosencrans tied the knot with Rachel McMillan in Memphis, Tenn., on April 15.

2012 Bradley Seaton was selected by the NFL’s Tennessee Titans in the seventh round of the 2017 NFL Draft. The Brunswick standout was a three-year starter on the offensive line for the Villanova Wildcats, earning all-league honors this past season. See photos 10.

2013

09 09 What a contingent of Brunswick and Greenwich Academy folk at the wedding of John Harvey ’06 and Katharine Brown (GA ’06) on December 10: FRONT James Lucey ’13, James Harvey ’13, Laura London, Stefanie Marx, Christina Fossel Kelso, the bride and groom, Margaret Brown, Kaylie Hanson Long, Melissa Auth, Hanna Snyder Mahoney, Pinky Markey BACK Bill Durkin ’72, Charlie Kirchen ’06, teacher John Booth, Tyler Wood ’07, Whitney Day Steele, Frank Verhaegen ’06, Peter Hanson ’08, Jack Rosencrans ’06, Catherine Jones, Madeleine Harvey, Elizabeth Jones, Michael Bacon ’75, Elizabeth Buffone, Olivia Harvey, Gary Oztemel ’75, Sarah Holzschuh, Alex Oztemel, Carrie Peterson, James Pinto ’69, William Jones ’10, Terence Markey ’75, Julia Jones, Carl Vorder Bruegge ’74, Jeff Long ’01, Conor McEntee ’06 MISSING Upper School faculty member Margot Beattie, Morgan Breck, Jim and Susan Breck, and Victoria Morphy Gutwillig

John Hayden scored his first NHL goal against the Maple Leafs in Toronto on March 18. Hayden played in 12 regular season games and one playoff game after signing with the Blackhawks in March. See photos 11.

IN MEMORIAM Lewis Atterbury Clarke Jr. ’59, “Pete,” of Hingham, Mass., died on May 4. Pete is survived by his wife, Diane

Clarke; his daughter, Jeanie Clarke of Ocala, Fla.; his son, Henry Clarke

of New York City; his stepson, Christopher Knight of Darien; and his sisters, Vicky Linville of Weston, Vt., and Debbie Moderow of Anchorage, Alaska. Pete was a wonderful father, husband, and friend. An accomplished fly fisherman, hunter, artist, musician, songster, and antiques and sporting art dealer, he enriched

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the lives of all who knew him. His

two-year battle with Stage IV gastric

and her five daughters, his mother,

courage and good humor during 25

(stomach) cancer.

and his sisters. “Imagine,” by John

years living with Parkinson’s disease

John is lovingly remembered by

Lennon, played in the background.

are testimony to his strength and

his wife, Susanna, and daughter,

determination to remain connected

Anne; his parents Robert and Carole

Todd Vasileff ’72, 63, of Pomfret

to the people, places, and things he

Nichols of Greenwich and Naples,

Center, Conn., died peacefully in

loved.

Fla.; sisters Beth (Blair) Crump of

the company of family and friends

Darien and Nancy (Brad) Wright

after his short battle with cancer

of Gertrude G. White and son

Born Feb. 7, 1941, Pete, grandson

of Keller, Texas; father-in-law Keith

on November 22 at The Hartford

of Doris and Lewis Clarke of

(Janet) Polk of Durham, N.H.; moth-

Hospital.

Greenwich, attended Brunswick

er-in-law Marie Polk of New Canaan;

from first through ninth grade. A

brother-in-law Eugene (Virginia)

Greenwich and spent his childhood

consummate naturalist, fish and bird

Polk of Pensacola, Fla.; and nieces

and most of his adult life living in

lover, Pete became friends with one

and nephews Katherine and Emily

“Back Country” Greenwich. Todd

teacher, Bill Downs, who accom-

Crump; Thomas and Jonathan Orr;

graduated from Brunswick and

panied him on many fishing and

and Max, Elena, and Olivia Polk.

then attended North Carolina State

camping trips to the Beaverkill and Willowemoc in the Catskills.

John was born in Evanston, Ill., on

Todd was born on June 27, 1953, in

University.

March 26, 1962. He graduated from

After college, Todd became

On one memorable occasion,

Brunswick and earned a bachelor’s

the first of the third generation

Pete brought four blacksnakes into

degree in English from Kalamazoo

to work in the family business,

the school in a large tank, which he

College, followed by an M.B.A.

Vasileff Nurseries Inc., managing

set up in the library. When two of

in finance from the University of

the garden center and feed and

the snakes got out and were hiding

Michigan.

grain, where he could be found as

somewhere behind hundreds of

John’s career in finance began at

a friend to all who walked through

books on the shelves, Pete was given

NBD Bank in Detroit, followed by

four “demerits.” When Pete later

SPP Capital and BlackRock in New

recaptured the snakes and returned

York and Fannie Mae in Washington,

Corner” of the state to the small

them to the tank, he was given four

D.C., where he served as EVP and

village of Pomfret Center, where

“merits.”

chief risk officer, and was part of the

he immersed himself in his “Little

team that turned that organization

Farm,” welcoming all of his family

in 1959 and Princeton in 1963,

around. After his retirement in

to become part of his life, where all

Pete spent four years in the Navy

2015, John served as a member of

remained until his death.

as chief engineering officer LST

the board of directors of Genworth

533 US Second Fleet. His early

Financial until recurrence of his

all who lived around him, leaving

business career was focused on

illness in July 2016.

so many saddened and in disbelief

After graduating from Hotchkiss

sales management for several

John was known especially for his

the shop’s doors. Todd later moved to the “Quiet

that he has died. All who knew Todd

sense of humor, love of literature,

knew him for his kindness, caring

nies, including Xerox, IBT, Rolm

his kindness and generosity, and

personality, and love, no matter who

Corp., ISOETEC, and Brooktrout

knowledge of trivia. Most of all, John

they were.

Technology, where he was manager

loved spending time with his family

of foreign sales.

or hosting friends at home in New

father, Nicholas L. Vasileff Jr., of

Canaan and Warren, Vt.

Roxbury, Conn., just nine months

Pete later started The Sportsman’s

We love pictures, and we like you to look good. Here are tips for providing digital photos that will look fantastic in print: • Set the photo size to 4x6 inches or larger, in 300 dpi. • If photos have been taken by a professional photographer, submit hi-resolution files obtained from the photographer. Low-res files from photographers’ websites don’t reproduce well. • Set your digital camera to the best photo setting. • Save files as JPG. • Identify everyone, left to right, and provide a caption. • E-mail photos as attachments to Libby Edwards at ledwards@ brunswickschool.org.

In short time, Todd befriended

high-tech communications compa-

Eye, specializing in Antiques,

DIGITAL PHOTOS

Todd was predeceased by his

earlier. He leaves his mother, Jean

Sporting Art, and Decoys, which

Francisco “Pancho” Jorge O’Shea ’73

Vasileff of Pomfret Center; his

he ran for ten years with his wife,

died in April after being diagnosed

brother Greg; his nephew Nicholas;

Diane. He was a member of the

with a very aggressive cancer in

his niece Bailey Strouth (Rick) of

Hingham Yacht Club.

December. Pancho enjoyed his last

Knoxville, Tenn.; his uncle Steve

Chilean summer on the beach and

Wearn (Valerie) of Canterbury, N.H.;

John Robert Nichols ’80 died at his

on the lakes to the south. He started

and his cousins, Ethan of Sapporo,

home in New Canaan on Sunday,

to deteriorate in March, but died

Japan, and Jonathan of South

February 5, at the age of 54, after a

very peacefully at home, with Loreto

Portland, Maine.

If you’d rather send a traditional print (made from a negative), we love that, too. But please send them on glossy paper. Matte prints and prints from digital photos do not scan well. We can’t reproduce photos from photocopies, magazines or newsprint. Mail prints to: Libby Edwards Brunswick School Development/Alumni Office 100 Maher Avenue Greenwich, CT 06830

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ALUMNI EVENTS WINTER/SPRING 2017

ALUMNI BUST

Hoopsters on the Hardwood T

HE BUST was back at Dann Gymnasium in February.

Alumni hoopsters took to the hard-

wood for the second annual revival of the three-on-three, double-elimination basketball tournament — teaming up to play half-court games to seven, win by two, just as they did when they were students (many) years ago. The event drew Bruins spanning the class years of 1991 to 2012 (20 players

in all) — and even drew a little blood in the heat of competition, with one participant needing to be cleaned up before returning to the action. Former ’Wick standout Tim Edwards ’05 won the title for the second straight year, this time joining forces with fellow faculty “brats” Jeff Boyd ’04 and Carter Harris ’05. Can you say home-court advantage?

01 BACK Michael Constas ’91, Curtis Long ’93, Jeff Gillis ’93, James Thorman ’06, Luis Paternina ’06, Jeff Boyd ’04, Andrew Ferrer ’04, Tim Edwards ’05, Devin Mehra ’12, Taylor Ingraham ’02, and Matt Sullivan ’02

03 04

01 FRONT Chris Kenny ’11, Conor Kenny ’09, Garrett Virtue ’09, Zach Dobbs ’06, Carter Harris ’05, Alex Lopez ’04, Jarrett Shine ’92, and Frank Verhaegen ’06 02 Andrew Ferrer ’04 looks for support from teammate Alex Lopez ’04 as Luis Paternina ’06 and James Thorman ’06 play trap defense. 03 The champs: Jeff Boyd ’04, Tim Edwards ’05, and Carter Harris ’05 04 Curtis Long ’93 goes up for an easy lay-up. INSET Tim Edwards ’05 drives the lane with Jeff Gillis ’93 in his back pocket.

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Grant Gyesky ’98

ALUMNI PADDLE PARTY

Friendly & Feisty Competitive Juices ’W

ICK ALUMNI got their blood and competitive juices

flowing on a cold winter night in

Reid Breck ’12

March at the Alumni Paddle Party at Stanwich Club. The 10th annual event, spearheaded by the Brunswick Alumni Association, saw five decades of ’Wick alumni showcase their racquet skills in friendly (and even somewhat feisty) matches — with all then stepping inside the cozy confines of the paddle hut for fireside food and drink. Everyone on hand would agree that

Jordan Sanders ’04

the night’s final match — between co-host Zac John ’05 and Larry Haertel Jr. ’04, and co-host Grant Gyesky ’98 and Chris Harris ’07 — served as the de facto championship. Kudos to Gyesky and Harris for their hard-earned victory.

BACKGROUND

Pete Heimbold ’94 GROUP PHOTO BELOW BACK Brian McKenna ’75, Reid Breck ’12,

Nick Philip ’08, Larry Haertel Jr. ’04, Justin Weinstein ’99, Ian Kuchta, Zac John ’05, Grant Gyesky ’98, Chris Wirth ’97, Max Heiden ’12, and Greg Wyman ’07 FRONT Zach Dobbs ’06, Geoff Knapp ’87, Chris Harris ’07, Corey Dobbs ’08, Jordan Sanders ’04, and Tommy O’Malley ’12

Greg Wyman ’07 and Max Heiden ’12

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LAST LOOK BY MIKE KENNEDY ’99

Pure Thrill from Every Angle Photo by Caleb Osemobor ’18

TUDENT PHOTOGRAPHER Caleb Osemobor ’18 set out with his camera to capture a timeless Brunswick athletic moment.

He wanted to memorialize the special atmosphere

on Robert L. Cosby Field when the Bruins compete in front of their home crowd under the glow of (Friday night) lights. He wanted you to feel like you were there — in between the lines of competitive battle or among the fanatics in the bleachers. He wanted to bring you into a moment in which the real facts and figures — the actual names and numbers typically found in the caption of a photo — become insignificant. You can be the judge, but he appears to have nailed it.

“WHETHER YOU GRADUATED YESTERDAY OR 10 YEARS AGO, YOU CAN BE THE FAN IN THE STANDS, THE PROUD FATHER ON THE SIDELINE, OR THE PLAYER ON THE FIELD LEAVING YOUR MARK ON THE SCHOOL.”

“Many of the young men who pass through Brunswick know what it’s like to feel this type of excitement,” Osemobor said. “The significance of this photograph is that it can be anyone’s moment. Whether you graduated yesterday or 10 years ago, you can be the fan in the stands, the proud father on the sideline, or the player on the field leaving your mark on the School.”

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BOARD OF TRUSTEES BOARD OF 2016–2017 TRUSTEES 2015–2016

Dressed in the Best for ‘Fashion Week’

SUPPORT THE 2016–2017 ’ WICK ANNUAL FUND

To make your Annual Fund gift

Online

BrunswickSchool.org/give

By email, telephone, or text Krista Bruce, Annual Fund Director 203.625.5864 kbruce@brunswickschool.org

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NONPROFIT ORG. U.S. Postage PAID 100 Maher Avenue Greenwich, CT 06830

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Permit No. 3931 Stamford, CT

NEW JAVA BREW RISES FROM ROOTS AT ’WICK

Spring 2017

WHAT OL O H C S R LOWE ERM’S MINI T TION QUES

MARK YOUR CALENDARS Annual Dinner........................ Thursday, September 14

Homecoming 2017..................................................Oct. 27-28 For more events and updates, please visit BrunswickSchool.org.

Please notify us of your son’s current address at 800.546.9425 or Alumni@BrunswickSchool.org.

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ATTENTION ALUMNI PARENTS

HIGH STYLE, FUN & CHEERS ALONG THE RUNWAY

THAT

PLUS AFTER 38 YEARS, STEPHEN DUENNEBIER HEADS HOME