The Harvey School Magazine Winter 2015

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TRADITIONS: Binding the past with the present

Daily visit to the Tuck Shop

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Board of Trustees Eileen Walker, Chair Philip Bowers ’70, Vice Chair Maury Leone, Vice Chair Barry Fenstermacher, President Charles Krasne, Treasurer Daniel K. Chapman ’73, President, Alumni Association

Thomas E. Dodd Debbie Finkel, President, Parents Association Edward W. Kelly Raymond G. Kuntz Jeffrey Lasdon Edward Maluf

Jane Petty Joseph Plummer William B. Roberts ’51 Dawn H. Robertson Elizabeth Schwartz Wallace Schwartz David Silk Andrea Tessler

Karen Walant J. Eric Wise Mike Drude, Secretary of the Corporation Frank A. Weil ’44, Honorary Alice DeSomma, Emerita

Features 4 A Legacy of Tradition at The Harvey School 10 42 Years of Dedication: Gonçalo Pinheiro

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departments 2 Letter from the Editor 3 Message from the Headmaster 13 Cavalier Clippings

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22 Sports Roundup 25 Student Insight

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26 Faculty Focus

26 Upper School Perspective

27 Middle School Perspective

28 Q&A with Faculty/Staff

30 Parent View

30 Perspective from the Middle School PA Director

31 Perspective from the PA President

32 HarveySpeaks 2014: Bubbles and Balloons

36 Centennial Celebration!

38 Alumni News

42 Alumni Executive Council Daniel K. Chapman ’73 President, Alumni Association Nanette Baratta ’82 Diana Bondy ’05 Pieter Catlow ’73 Thomas E. Dodd Harvey teacher 1965–75 Philip A. Eifert ’73

Alexander P. McKown ’57 Ward Meehan ’98 Seth Morton ’57 Teresa Neri ’06 Brian Ryerson ’05 Sally Breckenridge Director of Alumni Relations

40 Recent Events

43 Upcoming Events

44 Class Notes

62 In Memoriam

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Letter from the Editor Happy New Year to all! As the calendar turns to 2015, so does our attention to our centennial and the planning for what we believe will be a marvelous yearlong celebration.

We thought a perfect way to kick off the centennial year focus would be to use this issue to celebrate the rich history of Harvey’s traditions, those that many from the Hawthorne days so fondly recall, those that began in the early years of Harvey’s Upper School and those that have more recently become an integral part of our campus life. We think some of our older alums might also appreciate learning how certain traditions they once knew continue today, some that look the same, some that echo the past and some that have completely morphed into something entirely unfamiliar.

We think you will enjoy hearing from former classmates and faculty who share their memories of the traditions of their days at Harvey. We also use this issue as an opportunity to recognize and honor recently retired Director of Buildings and Grounds Gonçalo Pinheiro, whose 42-year career spanned a time of extraordinary growth for Harvey.

When the centennial officially begins this fall, Harvey will celebrate its 100th birthday with a calendar full of special events in a fashion fitting this once-in-a-lifetime milestone. We hope you will set aside some time to join us for any of the special centennial events we have planned for our 2015–16 school year. I, for one, cannot wait for next fall’s Homecoming and our centennial kickoff event, which should be a truly magnificent day featuring extraordinary events like no other homecoming before. If there’s one thing I’ve learned in my 23 years affiliated with the school, Harvey knows how to throw a party!

In keeping with our centennial theme, we invite you to send us your recollections of Harvey to share with our readers in our spring issue. Go to the Harvey website, select Centennial Celebration, and then provide your memories. We also encourage you to tell us what you like about our magazine, to give us some feedback on the articles within or to offer suggestions for features or future focuses.

We would like to publish your comments in the Letters to the Editor column. Please send them to Harvey Magazine, The Harvey School, 260 Jay Street, Katonah, NY, 10536 or email us at harveymagazine@harveyschool.org.

Also, please email us (if you have not done so already) to say whether you would rather receive the online version of the magazine.

Sincerely,

Chris Del Campo, Editor-in-Chief

The Harvey School 260 Jay Street Katonah, NY 10536 914-232-3161 harveyschool.org harveymagazine@harveyschool.org Headmaster

Barry W. Fenstermacher Editor-in-Chief

Chris Del Campo Alumni Editor

Sally Breckenridge Feature Writer

Abby Luby Contributors

Mark Brandon, Christian Camargo ’89, Susan Daily, George Dallas ’64, Dennis Dilmaghani ’62, Peter Duncan ’65, Thomas Dunne ’94, Julia Gooding, Marcie Hajem, Brandon Harmer ’11, Susan Harris, Bert Lachmann ’47, Jason Hill, Burrett McBee, Ted Millar ’93, Susan Moore ’87, David Newton ’53, Ray Sender ’48, David Schwartz ’75, Timothy Stark, Denise Smith, Kirk Waldron ’56, Evan and Jackie Walker ’03, Lindsay Walker ’05, Frank Weil ’44, Laura Wilson ’89 Chief Photographer

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Lesley Boltz, John Brooks, Tim Cornell, Kyra Daly, John DePalma ’01, Debbie Finkel, Robert Hard ’66, Susan Harris, Greg Janos ’98, Luigi Loiola, Pat Normandeau, Laura Prichard, Jeanne Puchir, Nancy Rigger Designer

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traditions Guide us and Bind us Great institutions write their histories, it seems to me, in three forms: their buildings, their endowment and their people. To me, the “people” history is the most interesting and, certainly, the most important. Surrounding the people of Harvey are wonderful traditions. In some ways, traditions are guideposts or stage directions for us to follow in our appointed Harvey roles. So often when alumni return they ask if a certain tradition is still here. Traditions help us feel good about our present and future view of Harvey.

While I have been at Harvey, I have unwittingly created some predictable events that now have earned “tradition” status—things to be comfortably repeated in the years ahead. I have two favorite events that fall into this category: Headmaster’s List Dinners and the all-school Monday morning headmaster’s talks.

By the end of my tenure in June 2016, Rowena and I will have hosted 150 dinners for our top scholars. Every marking period I start by shaking hands with recognized Headmaster’s List students at a Monday school meeting and then host most of them at a Weil House dinner—five each year. The first four alternate between the Middle and Upper Schools and are buffet-style dinners in Weil House.

Our last celebration each year is a backyard cookout for the Middle and Upper Schools together, complete with toasted marshmallows. Students have told me that they learned how to handle a buffet-style dinner at our home. No doubt a valuable life lesson. Who would have thought 29 years ago that our students would covet an invitation to the Head’s house?

Yet students seem to love the chance to socialize and talk about whatever is on their minds with us over a fine meal— cooked for many years by our wonderful chef, Lee Robinson.

The morning meeting tradition stems from my desire to have the whole school together once a week. The agenda may change: we might share happy or sad news together, we might

honor a team or a faculty member’s new degree, we might hear a special presentation from visiting students from Japan.

It is simply community time where we share things together as a school. Most weeks I tell a short story or speak on a variety of topics that may be relevant to our school. Over the years I’ve spoken about the importance of hydrogen, how lying gets you into trouble, the Internet and why poor postings are there forever, and recently the nutritional value of eating insects. I am always pleased when an alumnus/a tells me he or she remembers a talk from way back when. We never know where our influence stops, do we?

Harvey has rich traditions in every part of our lives here at school: speech and poetry contests, our Middle School Prize Night, Senior Banquet, our elegant Commencement with its awards, choral concerts, Model UN conferences, drama productions and sports programs with their own traditions, just to name a few.

Strong trustee leadership has also been a tradition at Harvey. We should never take this for granted. Many schools could greatly benefit if they had our tradition of long-serving board chairs and remarkably dedicated board members.

Strong leadership preserves traditions and creates an environment for new ones. I can see traditions developing in our robotics curriculum or Makerspace. I can imagine drones and other, as of yet uninvented forms of technology bursting onto our campus, and adding new life to wonderful and lasting traditions at Harvey.

Best wishes to all,

Barry W. Fenstermacher, Headmaster The Harvey School 3

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By Abby Luby

Traditions at Harvey are time-honored threads

weaving the rich fabric of the school’s community. Some are the filaments of Harvey’s heritage that are still with us; some have evolved, adapting to 21st-century students; others are the long-gone traditions that still resonate with the essence of school spirit. Since its first years at the Hawthorne campus, Harvey instilled traditions that ultimately shaped young scholars and nurtured a special fellowship between students and teachers, families and friends.

Snapshots capturing older traditions are found in Harvey’s vast collection of archival photographs: the sepia shot of Hawthorne campus students in study hall, reading in wicker chairs by a blazing fire, or a 1931 image of a rough-and-tumble football team squatting at the goal posts. A 1949 black and white picture shows astute young boys in suits and ties, pledging a solemn oath to either the Neperan or Pocantico club. One of Harvey’s oldest traditions, these clubs taught leadership and good-natured competition from sports to academics, debates to yard play.

The “Neps and Pocs” tradition resurfaced a few years ago, allowing middle school students to glean a historical connection to Harvey and experience friendly competition and camaraderie. Harvey alumni can attest to the importance of donning blue for Pocantico or red for Neperan. “The tradition that the Nep and Poc division fostered in me was partisanship, and, honestly, to this day I remember who was a Nep and a Poc,” recalls David Schwartz ’75. “I, to this day, associate Nep with Democrats and Pocs with conservatives—Neps were more caring and altruistic and Pocs were more aggressive and selfish. Yes, I was a Nep.” Harvey was modeled on the traditional English prep school for boys, fourth through eighth grades. But that tradition changed over the years with the addition of upper grades and the opening of enrollment to female students. By 1979, 63 years after Dr. Herbert Carter opened Harvey, there was a sophomore class and the school was coed. For boys enrolled before girls were admitted, everything changed. “I was here when the girls first came and that made it very different,” says Herb Sloan ’84.

“It was a very big change. There they were, sitting right next to you. A new code of conduct was reinforced and we had to watch our step. And seeing girls play sports— well, we’d never seen a girl play basketball.” By 1982, the school had its first senior class. Harvey graduate and competitive figure skater Susan Moore ’87 arrived on campus in 1985 and made the best of being outnumbered: “We girls were trailblazers.

It was 95 percent boys and you had to have a thick skin. But it was great—you had a lot of really nice male friends, and it wasn’t romantic.”

But not everyone thought changing the prep school tradition was for the best.

Peter Duncan, who was a student from 1963 to 1965 and who returned as a math teacher in 1973 to 1977, says the English boarding school model was unique.

“Harvey was one of the few remaining prep schools in the area with a 100-acre campus only 45 minutes from New York City. It was accessible and there was nothing around like it.” Duncan says the old-style prep school worked exceedingly well because there was clear and direct communication from faculty to student. “When you were a student, everybody was expected to toe the line. If you did something wrong, you were punished and there was no doubt why you were being punished.

Everything you did had to be aboveboard,” he says.

For decades, disciplinary actions were dealt with by the Walk List, the infamous tradition of working off demerits. If you mention the Walk List to Harvey alumni who graduated anywhere from the 1930s to the 1970s, twinkling eyes would accompany a ready recall of how racking up demerits would mean walking a designated route to work off bad behavior.

“Depending on how severe the demerits were determined how many times you did the walk list,” says Tim Stark, Latin teacher and chair of the languages department. Stark recalls the Walk List from his early teaching days in 1977.“If you talked out of turn or were sassy to the teacher, that could be 8 to 10 demerits. There was hacking, which was pushing or shoving someone. That was a grievous offense worth 4 to 8 demerits.” Points could add

Harvey Eras Mark Stability in Leadership

By Chris Del Campo

Any great nation, successful company or school, for that matter, has a historical timeline in which eras mark the years of extraordinary accomplishments and institutional growth.

In Harvey’s case, having a long history highlighted by eras of exceptional leadership reflects the valued tradition of stability.

The Carter Years (1916–38) Harvey’s history begins during World War I at a difficult time at home and profound strife in the world. Dr. Herbert Swift Carter and his wife, Mabel, founded the school in 1916 soon after their son, Herbert, Jr., was afflicted with scarlet fever, leaving him with a weakened heart. Moving to the country (Hawthorne) and attending school in its fresh air environment was prescribed as a means to allow the young man to thrive. The era of the Carter Years thus began as the founders chose their summer home as the site for a

residential school for boys through the secondary grades.

With John L. Miner as Harvey’s first headmaster, Herbert and three other boys enjoyed a country environment at a school that prepared them for college. Herbert, Jr., who graduated in 1919, would go on to Princeton University and later Oxford before returning to Harvey as an English teacher. In 1926, he would succeed Headmaster Miner who, after guiding Harvey for 10 years through its formative years, left to start The Harvey School of Greenwich, which later became known as Greenwich Country Day School.

During his 13 years as headmaster, the founder’s son changed Harvey’s focus from preparing young men for college to instructing boys in grades four to eight. They would then move on to top boarding schools in the East.

Under Headmaster Carter’s guidance, The Harvey School earned a reputation for providing a strong, traditional education modeled after the English prep school. The Carter estate

up quickly, says David Newton ’53.“The walk was up on the hill, where it could easily be seen from the traffic pattern…. You were walking alone and in view of everyone.”

As the school changed, the Walk List changed to Call Back, a detention system that called back students to make up work they had missed. “It was more like an academic disciplinary routine,” says Jason Hill, chair of the science department and O’Malley Dorm director. “But that’s not around anymore.” Hill says disciplinary action today is handled by the dean of students, who might deprive students of free periods or driving privileges. Laura Wilson ’89 remembers a stern talking-to

by Headmaster Barry Fenstermacher after she was seen in Katonah wearing her Harvey jacket and kissing her boyfriend: “Somehow it got back to the headmaster, and he called me in. He told me the Harvey jacket represented the school and making a public display of emotion was not acceptable.”

Building confidence through performance has long been a staple at Harvey. The tradition has seen talented youngsters strut their stuff from the stage in the Harvey gym at Hawthorne Circle to Wyndham Theater in the middle school basement, to a darkened room created for cabaret, to today’s state-of-the-art Lasdon Theater in The Walker Center for the Arts. An old black and white photograph shows co-founder Mabel Carter, wife of Dr. Herbert Carter, playing the piano surrounded by nine grandchildren. Fast forward to Kirk Waldron ’56, who recalls playing Caesar to Brutus’ soliloquy and unable to keep a straight face: “I was laughing and wiggling while I was supposed to be dead under a sheet. It turned a serious play into a comedy in a heartbeat. All decorum was soon lost, and the whole place was reduced into hysterics.”

expanded its campus facilities by adding on to the original farm house and barns.

The Carter Years saw the initial vision of the founders come to fruition as the school grew in size and stature and became firmly rooted in the notion that young boys would thrive at a school in a small residential setting.

The Leverett Smith Years (1938–63) The first few years of the tenure of Headmaster Leverett Smith came while the world was in turmoil again. He saw faculty leave to do their part in World War II, welcomed to the school boys from war-torn Europe, and consoled the school community when news would come of faculty or alumni becoming casualties of war. Later in the Smith era, Harvey would undergo significant change: in 1946, the Carters sold the school and established a board of trustees serving as the governing body of a not-for-profit private and independent school.

Perhaps the greatest challenge facing Headmaster Smith came in 1958 when New York State, under its Right of Eminent Domain, forced Harvey to leave its Hawthorne

home and relocate. Only the stability of leadership allowed the move to the 100-acre Sylvan Weil Estate to go as seamlessly as it did, as Headmaster Smith had school staff ready to welcome their students to their new campus just two months after departing their old, familiar Hawthorne home. Soon after Harvey moved to Katonah, Headmaster Smith oversaw an increase in the admission of day students.

Headmaster Smith’s long career as leader of the school ended sadly with his death in a car accident. When we look back on his era, we recall with much gratitude his extraordinary leadership through all of the challenges he faced. Frank A. Weil ’44 reflects fondly on Headmaster Smith’s steady hand at the helm: “Lev Smith could have been the proto type of Mr. Chips. He was a calm, wise and gentle man with a wry sense of humor, all in addition to being a gifted teacher and judge and mentor of teachers.”

It was indeed Leverett Smith’s guiding hand in a long and illustrious tenure that helped perpetuate Harvey’s tradition of stability as an institution.

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Live performance traditions would evolve with nuanced changes. Burrett McBee, who taught theater at Harvey from 1982 to 1996, recalls breaking with tradition and introducing cross-gender parts with an all-boy cast: “We produced the ‘Fantasticks’ where there were two fathers and two mothers. It mixed things up a bit.” Working with McBee on theater production was English and theater arts teacher Dianne Mahony, now dean of academics. “We extended the cross-gendering when we performed ‘Merry Wives of Windsor’,” says Mahony. “It was a way to empower our students.” A relatively new theater tradition that Mahony recalls was “Husha.” “The actors stood in a line on one foot and said, ‘Husha! Husha, husha!’ and then shouted, ‘Break many metaphysical legs!’” Well-known stage and film actor Christian Camargo ’89 says he and fellow classmate Darren Rigger ’87 started the tradition of cabaret; in a darkened space, students could come and do whatever they wanted to do onstage. “We would MC, and kids would have five minutes to rap, dance, joke around. Some of us were terrible on purpose and got pie in the face. It was amazing. We were together, like a community. Everyone let their hair down.

It taught us that performance could be fun and be serious,” Camargo says.

The Harry A. Dawe Years (1969–84) Harry Dawe presided over significant changes during his 16 years as headmaster, some planned and some as a result of two campus calamities. Taking over as the turbulent 1960s were coming to a close, Headmaster Dawe oversaw the rise of the upper school. It would begin in 1971 with the addition of a ninth grade.

The addition of a 10th grade would not come until eight years later, as the expansion plan was delayed as a result of three fires— the barn at the headmaster’s residence in 1976, followed by the more catastrophic fire in Sylvan Hall the next day. Headmaster Dawe was called upon to help lead the effort to rebuild what was once the Weil family’s residence and oversee the construction of a new Sylvan Hall, which was delayed by yet another fire during the renovation of the building that today houses the offices of the headmaster, business, admissions, development, alumni and communications. After the fires, Patrick Peterkin ’78 recalls Headmaster Dawe pacing the front of the study hall, declaring, “Harvey is not the buildings. Harvey is the people.”

Alice DeSomma, who was a major force in fundraising for the new building and a trustee and parent of vincent ’77 and Chris ’87, credits Headmaster Dawe with leading Harvey past the crisis. “Looking back on it,” DeSomma says, “Harvey

had been through a lot, but thanks in large measure to Harry Dawe, it emerged every bit as strong as before.”

In 1979, Harvey began the process of expanding its program to include grades 10, 11 and 12, one year at a time. In June 1982, the first senior class of boys and girls celebrated Harvey’s first upper school commencement.

The Barry Fenstermacher Years (1986–2016) With the news this fall that Barry W. Fenstermacher will be retiring June 30, 2016, we can officially declare his tenure as a 30-year era in Harvey history. No headmaster has served Harvey longer. His is a truly remarkable achievement and one that serves to underscore Harvey’s extraordinary tradition of institutional stability.

Let’s put Headmaster Fenstermacher’s achievements into sharper focus. When he arrived, he greeted 150 students in grades 6 through 12. The middle school had only 16 students, one of whom was a girl. Harvey’s total enrollment stands today at 360, with nearly 90 middle schoolers, half boys and half girls. Two years into our International Student Program (ISP), Harvey’s campus life has been enriched by the enrollment each year of six young

Traditional morning routines at Harvey have seen several iterations, but have always served to bring the entire school together before the day begins. In the past there was a morning prayer followed by announcements (including disciplinary actions) and then a meeting of students assigned to a table with a faculty member. “I welcomed the morning assembly hall,” says Susan Moore ’87. “It was a great tradition and you had to be there at 8:20. It was like a family, and many kids don’t have that. It put a positive spin on your day. Everybody was there, and it connected us all.” Breakfast today is more relaxed, and sitting next to faculty members is optional; they are there and accessible to students if needed. “It’s a nice beginning for students arriving from all different locations,” says Jason Hill. “It’s also a meeting place to address issues that may have occurred the day before.”

In its 100-year history, the numerous and diverse Harvey School traditions have made the school highly unique and special. Perhaps Bert Lachmann ’47 sums it up best: “Harvey is blessed with a fantastic faculty and some amazing traditions. Traditions kind of bind the past to the future. Traditions make a wonderful segue between different eras, different people, different concepts. Soak up the traditions!” H

people from countries including China, South Korea, Taiwan and Germany. In keeping with Fenstermacher’s design to provide Harvey students with a unique learning environment, the ISP students living on campus and with host families on weekends and holidays are every bit a part of the student body as they plan to graduate with their respective classes at a Harvey commencement.

If alumni from the years 1986–2000 were to return today to the campus of their alma mater for the first time since their commencement, they might need a map to guide them around the grounds. With Fenstermacher’s vision and leadership, it is now a 125-acre campus with a beautiful middle school addition (2001), a magnificent Walker Center for the Arts (2005) and a state-of-the-art, 22,000-squarefoot athletic center (2012), featuring a twin-court gym with bleachers, a fitness center and a trainer’s room. The New York Knicks were impressed enough with our newest campus jewel that they helped celebrate its first year by sponsoring two youth basketball clinics and a summer camp.

Business Manager Mike Drude, who recently celebrated his 20th year at Harvey, credits the Headmaster with putting the school in a very strong financial position. “Under his leadership over the course of 30 years,” Drude says, “Barry has helped raise more than $23 million in charitable gifts for annual

funds, faculty endowments and capital projects.”

Under Fenstermacher’s guidance, Harvey’s reputation as a school offering a high-quality education has grown by leaps and bounds. The school continues its tradition of being a small school that provides extraordinary opportunities for students to succeed. A faculty endowment of almost $3 million, a recent “Accreditation with High Marks” from the New York State Association of Independent Schools, and a vibrant, highly engaged parents association all reveal the high caliber of Harvey’s academic program under the guiding hand of Fenstermacher.

Development Director Laura Prichard calls it a “privilege” to have worked with the Headmaster for the past 15 years.

“Barry has been an exceptional mentor and counselor to so many of us, and because of his stable leadership, we are a stronger and closer community,” said Prichard.

As we prepare for our centennial celebration which kicks into high gear the fall of 2015, we must recognize and appreciate the fact that 100 years does indeed indicate stability. We must also acknowledge something more. Stability is not defined solely by a long timeline but by the quality of those leaders who guided Harvey through some difficult and challenging times and who dedicated themselves to ensuring extraordinary educational opportunities for young people. H

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By Abby Luby

if there’s anyone who knows every remote nook and hidden cranny at the harvey school, it’s Gonçalo Pinheiro. For the past 42 years he kept the campus in tip-top shape, and for 35 of those years he was the superintendent of buildings and grounds. Pinheiro, who retired in June, leaves a legacy of an extraordinary work ethic along with a close community of friends and colleagues. His is a story well worth telling.

If Pinheiro has a mantra, it is “can do.” Born and raised in Portugal, Pinheiro served in the military as a young man in the Portuguese Colonial War in Africa during the 1960s. When he came home, he married his longtime sweetheart, Maria da Graca (which means Maria of Grace). The young couple wanted to move to America, but travel restrictions on pregnant women prevented Maria from accompanying her husband. Pinheiro went ahead to get settled before his wife joined him. When he got to America he called his uncle, who lived in Katonah.

“I arrived here May 17, 1972,” Pinheiro recalls. “Five days later my uncle told me about a small school on top of the hill that was hiring workers. That’s when I started at Harvey.”

He worked as a porter in the evenings cleaning the buildings.

“But during the day, I came back to learn about the electric system and the plumbing,” he says.

Pinheiro was ambitious and eager to fully assimilate into American culture. He bought an English pocket dictionary and enrolled in courses at BOCES, John Jay and Fox Lane high schools. Once he mastered English he earned his high school diploma, and in 1978 he became an American citizen.

He also took courses in electricity and engineering.

The Harvey community fully embraced the Pinheiros. The young family was given an apartment adjacent to the headmaster’s house where they lived for 10 years, raising their two children, Gonçalo, Jr., and Alice. Maria ran a laundry service for the then-all-boys school. In 1976, Pinheiro was appointed assistant superintendent of buildings and grounds. Three years later he was promoted to superintendent of buildings and grounds.

Pinheiro made sure the campus ran smoothly—from monitoring the invisible maze of electrical lines and plumbing pipes to removing waist-high snow drifts from roads and walkways. In fact, many attest to Pinheiro’s dogged perseverance for plowing snow at the crack of dawn before students and teachers arrived.

Rich Ryerson, who worked for Pinheiro since 1983 and is the newly appointed superintendent, says, “He was like a bat out of hell in the snow. And he really enjoyed it.”

At a recent Harvey dinner honoring Pinheiro, Headmaster Barry Fenstermacher praised the retiring superintendent for his exceptional years of service. “I know there were many early mornings when Graca would watch Gonçalo at 4:30 in the morning walk through pounding storms and blizzards,” he said.

The headmaster went on to thank Pinheiro’s family, including his grandchildren: “Your grandfather is very special to this school and what you all did was allow us to share Gonçalo, and I know there were times you wished he was home. Behind every successful person is a caring family.” The headmaster also recalled the special relationship with the Pinheiros: “My friends, we have the wedding pictures of your children in our kitchen.”

“Your grandfather is very special to this school and what you all did was allow us to share Gonçalo, and I know there were times you wished he was home.

Behind every successful person is a caring family.”

–headmaster barry fenstermacher

Life at Harvey had daily challenges, and Pinheiro was adept at changing gears at the drop of a hat. As the school expanded, new buildings were built with updated technology and maintenance systems that had to be learned to run the campus efficiently, and Pinheiro would settle for nothing less. One nightmarish experience was a terrible fire in the family’s apartment. Pinheiro’s son, Gonçalo, remembers being rushed out of the house at night. “They took us out and ran past the skating rink and into the football fields. It was scary. But it also made it clear that we needed to find a new home.” The Pinheiros moved into a corner house in the hamlet of Katonah, but it was perhaps that fire and a second fire at Harvey around the same time that prompted Pinheiro to become a volunteer The Harvey School 11

firefighter in Katonah. His son remembers that when the fire alarm sounded in town, his father would say, “I have to go and see what’s going on.” Katonah Fire Department Commissioner Henry Bergson worked with Pinheiro and marveled at his dependability. “He was an extremely conscientious guy. He was fairly quiet around the fire station and always willing to help out. When we were working at the fire scene, he respected the fire officers. He was a great asset,” Bergson says.

Two young Harvey students and fire department recruits who worked with Pinheiro are now Harvey faculty. Latin teacher Mike Barefield ’05 and soccer and baseball coach Will Diano recollect how steadfast and quiet Pinheiro was. “His energy was the same at work as at the fire house,” says Barefield.

Diano remembers that “Gonçalo would always let you ride on the truck. He’d give up his place so we could go out.”

Giving young people a chance was important to Pinheiro.

“He had a dream for us,” says his daughter, Alice Fontana.

“He wanted us to have a better chance.” Fontana and her brother both graduated from Harvey—Gonçalo in 1991 and Alice, who was class president, in 1995. As youngsters, their parents insisted they remain in touch with their Portuguese roots, so every Saturday they were taken to the Portuguese school in Ossining to keep fluent in the language. “But when we visited family in Portugal every other summer, we had to write and speak both English and Portuguese so we wouldn’t lose either,” says Gonçalo, Jr. Pinheiro has seen generations of students and teachers work for him. When Tim Stark, chair of languages, started teaching at Harvey in 1977 and needed extra work during school breaks, he did odd jobs for Pinheiro. “He was quite a task master.

He worked hard and expected everyone around him to work hard, too,” Stark says. Stark raised his four sons on the Harvey campus and three of them also worked for Pinheiro. “Working for Gonçalo became a rite of passage,” Stark says. “My kids did pretty much what I did—mow the lawn, pick up garbage.

They had the same impression that I had: when you worked for Gonçalo, you always put in a full day’s work.” But Pinheiro wasn’t all work and no play: he was a first-rate soccer player. “For the teacher-student soccer games, Gonçalo was our ace in the hole,” says Stark. “We would sneak him on our team and he often made the difference in the final score. He knew soccer backward and forward, and he put together some great passes.”

Business Manager Mike Drude describes Pinheiro as consistent and committed: “He was on call 24/7. I would always feel uncomfortable calling in the middle of the night, but he would

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say, ‘That’s why I’m here. It’s my job.’ He had a deep connection to the school. It was more than just a job for him.”

Chris Del Campo, director of communications and the Cavalier summer programs, developed a keen fondness for Pinheiro over the years: “I recall Gonçalo coming to our rescue whenever a severe late afternoon thunderstorm hit the campus, knocking out power and scaring us half to death with torrential downpours and violent wind gusts. What a great relief it was to see him appear, often soaking wet, to make sure we were safe and to check the campus for any potential threats to the 300 children and staff under my charge. It was like having a guardian angel watching over us in times of trouble.”

Pinheiro’s children see his retirement as bittersweet. “He struggled and accomplished a lot, always against the odds,” says Fontana. “He’s a tough cookie. He’s my hero.” At Pinheiro’s retirement dinner, his son gave him a poignant farewell. “For 42 years he worked here, he bled here, he sweated here. He always took great pride in doing his job. To you, Dad, for being our dad, for working so hard at Harvey, and to you, Mom, for taking care of Dad. Tonight is goodbye to Harvey, and although you can finally relax, you will miss Harvey, too.” Eileen Walker, chair of the board of trustees, echoed the feelings of many when she said, “We will so miss your leadership, guidance and excellent dedication. You will always be in our hearts.”

On one of his last days at work in June, Pinheiro, a man of few words, stood in front of the water tower and noted that old structure would soon be taken down. He reminisced about the people he worked with. “I had a very good crew all these years.

We had great teamwork. We were like a family.” H

“I had a very good crew all these years.

We had great team work.

We were like a family.”

–gonçalo pinheiro

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news from the harvey campus & community

Full Steam Ahead for New Makerspace Harvey’s brand new Makerspace is right on track, literally and figuratively, for a very productive first year. Both upper and middle school classes are using the lab, and STEAM students—those interested in science, technology, engineering, art and math—are finding the space a playground for their imaginations.

A class of sixth, seventh and eighthgraders, under the guidance of math teacher Dave Ketner and science teacher Marcie Hajem, is working on an ambitious first-year project—a model train that will chug along tracks through the Harvey campus. Ketner, with his experience in designing train models and building to scale, is in charge of guiding the class in creating the appropriate size of the models.

Hajem works with the students on designing the buildings that will appear along the train track route through the campus. Using the photographs they took of the particular buildings, the students then created their 3-D designs using a website called Tinkercad.com.

“It is our hope that the train set will be on display this spring somewhere on campus for all to see and maybe even put it up for auction at the Parents Association Benefit in April,” said Hajem. With the school year at the mid point, Hajem said it has become clear that this elective class is comprised of a group of “very enthusiastic individuals.”

The 3-D printer is only one of many high- and low-tech possibilities for students’ creative problem-solving and product development. The Space also features Arduinos, Raspberry Pi’s, traditional woodworking and crafting materials and countless electronic components.

Susan Harris, the director of educational technology who was instrumental in establishing the Makerspace, says, “Making is about asking the question ‘What would happen if...?’ and then following it to its conclusion.”

When three students in Harris’s Diglit class found a 3-D model for a dragon’s head online, they envisioned making a dragon head with light and sound. With the help of Technology Director John Wahlers and a student with knowledge of basic circuitry and coding, the three are adding working LED lights and a mini speaker to the dragon’s head.

Other students are modeling out of clay or using fabric to create dolls.

The middle school model train project will also involve use of many different materials to create the Harvey campus.

Harris says the Makerspace will provide students with many creative opportunities thanks to the financial contributions from the Krasne Project.

“We are indebted to the generosity of Mr. Krasne, who provided the necessary funding for the vast array of technology

in the Makerspace, from 3-D printers to robotics components to basic electronic circuit boards.”

When the year concludes in June, the Makerspace will have produced a model train set; robots; a fire-breathing, mouth-roaring dragon head, and many other projects first envisioned and then created by a group of students who were eager to answer, “What would happen if…?”

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Harvey Homecoming

Different Eras, Same Spirit There was a bit of fall in the air, but summer seemed to give us one last gasp, as Homecoming Day 2014 celebrated the Cavalier spirit in full spectacle with mild temperatures and partly sunny skies. It was a day filled with events to more than satisfy the current students and their families as well as delight the many alumni who returned to visit their alma mater.

Maybe it was the mild weather, or maybe there was just a sense of anticipation in the air as we move one year closer to our school’s 100th birthday, but this year’s Homecoming Day saw a much greater turnout than years past.

The parking lots below and above were full and the Harvey campus was abuzz with activity.

For Camilla Skalski ’10, it was her first time back. “I was excited to see the changes on the campus and to meet up with Mrs. Mahony,” she said.

Brandon Harmer ’11 said, “Coming back to see old friends and former teachers is great.” Asked about his impressions after three years away, he said, “Some faces have changed but the spirit’s the same.”

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Ross Wallberg ’02 said he was surprised to see so many people. He added, “I was also astonished when I saw all the new buildings.”

For members of the class of 1984, it was a chance to celebrate a 30-year reunion. Gathered on the hill overlooking the football field were Steve Walsh, Frank Baratta, Herbert Sloan, Pamela Henderson and Chris Coogan. “It is good to see everyone,” said Walsh. “It feels nice to be back and see so many positive changes,” said Baratta. Asked about his impressions after 30 years, he said, “The campus is amazing. The place looks great!”

Maybe it was the early date of Sept.

20 that made the day ripe for outdoor ceremonies and celebrations, including the day’s first event, the mid-morning 5K Fun Run. With temperatures in the upper 50s, participants, many in shorts and T-shirts, took off from the lower field to traverse the wide reaches of the campus with a chance to try the terrain of the new Ledes Trail. With a crowd of onlookers cheering at the finish line, junior Charlie Albert was the first to cross with a time of 27.07, followed

close at his heels by senior Marshall Euchner at 27.09 and freshman Julia Mallon at 27.15.

“I was watching Julia behind me and didn’t know whether she’d catch up,” said Charlie. “I had a little energy left to stay out in front.” The Ledes Trail added a new wrinkle to this year’s race.

“It has a tough hill, but it makes for a good workout,” said Charlie. Julia, who beat Charlie last year, said she tried to keep her energy up at the end but didn’t have enough to pass Charlie.

The first faculty member to finish was Middle School Head Brendan Byrne, who finished sixth overall with a time of 27.56. “My only motivation was to beat Mark Brandon,” said Byrne. Brandon, the athletic director, finished eighth overall with a time of 28.28. He said, “I beat Mr. Byrne last year, so this year I just let him pull away.”

Following the race, members of graduating classes from the past gathered behind the headmaster’s house for the annual Alumni Luncheon and Hall of Fame induction. Inducted this year were Marc Ruppenstein ’94 and Christian Camargo ’89.

Ruppenstein, who starred for Harvey in hockey and basketball, was inducted for his athletic accomplishments, while Camargo was recognized for his achievements in theater and film.

In accepting his honor, Ruppenstein said, “This award would not have been possible without having great teammates and coaches.” He added, “We were never the most talented team, but we had great heart and were lucky to go to a school that cared so much for our well-being.”

Camargo, who has carved out a successful career in acting and filmmaking, thanked the Alumni Association for his award and gave credit to the school for guiding him to his career path. “Harvey opened my eyes to what it is we’re supposed to do in the world,” he said. “I wasn’t formed in college. I was formed in high school here at Harvey.”

The Alumni Association also made two posthumous awards, recognizing Plato Skouras ’43 and May McTeigue, a beloved housekeeper.

In addition to watching Harvey’s dedicated athletes participate in the homecoming games of football, boys and girls soccer and volleyball, the

adults patronized a 10-vendor farmers market, children bounced on a blowup jousting station and an obstacle course and old and young alike sampled apple cider and doughnuts, munched on home-baked treats and enjoyed a superb luncheon prepared by Chef Lee Robinson and his staff.

Yes, there was spirit in the air, but Cavalier spirit lies deeper than the success of sports or the spectacle of a campus alive with activities and decked out in blue and maroon. It is rooted in the feelings of those who return to their alma mater to share their appreciation for the way their school shaped them.

The spirit lives in those who return and offer the greatest testimony to the quality of their school experience. Perhaps it was summed up best by Darren Rigger ’87 in his remarks at the induction of his friend and fellow alumnus, Christian Camargo, into the Alumni Hall of Fame: “Sometimes high school

sets into motion your dreams. Harvey did that for us.”

Next year marks 100 years of Harvey’s extraordinary history of making a difference in the lives of young people.

It will be a homecoming like no other.

We hope you’ll join us and share the Cavalier spirit.

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Days of services, the big one Harvey Builds, Oct. 7 and the little one, Oct. 25. (Below) Senior Caroline Danielle and freshman international student Yulanda (Juewei) Huang.

Seventh-graders ready for first day of school.

Harvey students in a project workshop at Katonah Museum of Art following a tour of the Lethal Beauty: Samurai and Armor exhibit in October.

Harvey hosted Grammy Awardwinning trumpeteer Lew Soloff and an all-star band of jazz musicians at a Harvey Presents on Dec. 13.

Visual artist Jaanika Peerna shares her work and inspirations with Harvey students in October as part of the Fine Arts Department’s Visiting Artist Lecture Series.

Mike Lupica, nationally syndicated New York Daily News sports writer, ESPN Radio talk show host and popular author of youth literature, was the first guest in this year’s Harvey Presents series Nov. 16.

(Photo, left) Harvey students Jacob Sklar (left) and Alex Ogg have Mike Lupica sign their copies of his book, “Fantasy League”.

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credit: Diane Hutchinson

(Left and below) The cast of Upper School fall production of David Mamet’s “Duck Variations.”

Images from December’s Instrumental Concert

Images from November’s Dance Show

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History of the Candlelight Tradition…

As I recall By Susan Daily

When I assumed the position of dean of students and director of the Residential Program at The Harvey School in June 1990, I brought to the position a considerable background in student counseling and advisement in higher education, but my formal education led to Bachelor of Music and Master of Music degrees.

During my eight years as a member of The Harvey School administrative team, I saw many positive changes in our growing student population.

In particular, the Harvey female student population grew rapidly.

Although there were no music

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performance classes, a small, talented group of Harvey boys and girls (singers and instrumentalists) asked me to help them find repertoire and coach them in my spare time. A dean of students doesn’t have an abundance of spare time, but I admired their spirit and determination and we began to work together.

While I was first and foremost the dean of students, over the next seven years, during late afternoons at least two seasons each year, I provided musical direction for theater productions directed by the amazing stage and production director, Dianne Mahony.

In the process of mounting major musical theater productions and the annual Harvey Cabaret, we discovered an astounding wealth of musical talent.

And only twice in those seven years was I called away from the keyboard to mediate a dispute!

Student and parental enthusiasm for more opportunities in music led me to relinquish my post as dean of students and build an academic and performance music program in the fall of 1998.

THe firsT cAnDleligHT

The first upper school Harvey Chorus Concert, titled “Winter Songs,” was presented Dec. 17, 1998, in the old Carter Hall study hall. The ensemble, numbering just 13 eager singers, sang six selections (“The Hanukkah Song,” “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas,” “Shalom,” “Carol of the Bells,” “Silent Night” and “El Aguinaldo”), and led the enthusiastic

audience in several seasonal songs and Christmas carols.

By fall of the next year, the Harvey chorus had grown to a membership of 30 singers! They presented their second winter concert, “A Celebration of Light,” on Dec. 16, 1999. Although the greater portion of the program was sung by the entire chorus, this concert marked the debut of the Chamber Singers, a select group of 10 singers who rehearsed an additional hour each week with me and sang a very challenging repertoire. I believe it was at this concert where a performance was first enhanced by the use of an acoustical shell, for which the chorus remains grateful to Headmaster Fenstermacher, who authorized the purchase.

The first winter concert to be called “Candlelight” was presented on Thursday, Dec. 7, 2000. The chorus had grown to an impressive 39 members and there were two

Chamber Singers ensembles, one of 12 women’s voices and the other a mixed group of 15. At that concert we began to add instrumentalists to our concerts (handbells, cello, trumpet, drums), and we proudly began the annual tradition of inviting baritone Headmaster Fenstermacher to be a featured soloist with the chorus. In 2000, Mr. Fenstermacher sang Irving Berlin’s “White Christmas.”

By 2001, the Candlelight Concert had grown to a combined effort of the Harvey Chorus of 37, the Chamber Singers and the Harvey Instrumental Ensemble numbering 16 (violins, clarinets, flutes, saxophone, trumpets, French horn, trombone, viol, cello and percussion), and the newly formed Early Music Collegium (soprano, tenor and bass recorders, bass viol, Baroque guitar and Renaissance percussion).

cAnDleligHT

The gradual progression to the use of the term “Candlelight” may be of interest.

When both Mr. Fenstermacher and I were on the staff of the Masters School in the 1980s, the annual holiday service of lessons and carols, titled “Candlelight,” was (and still is) a long-standing tradition.

It was very beautiful and I “produced” eight Candlelight programs in the years I was director of music there. However, it bore little resemblance to our Harvey chorus winter concerts of sacred and secular music of many faiths and in many languages, and I was reticent to use the name. My memory is that a month or so before that December 2000 concert I mentioned to Mr. Fenstermacher how much I would like to use the name “Candlelight” for our concert. I recall he said something to the effect, “It is a beautiful name and a perfect title for our winter concert.” Thus, it has been called “Candlelight” ever since.

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ISP Now in Its Second Year This year’s International Student Program welcomed seven new members to the Harvey community, four from China, and one each from Taiwan, South Korea and Germany.

Read about our newest friends from abroad.

Jason Shi is from Shenzhen, China, and is a new 10th-grade student. Jason most enjoys basketball and tries to get in as much court time in the gym or in front of the dorm as possible. Jason has really enjoyed learning Spanish this fall since English is apparently not enough!

Jason loves to travel and has been to many countries throughout Europe and Southeast Asia with his family.

He misses his dogs in China, but enjoys spending time with Zeus, his host family’s dog. Pictured above: Jason

Sabrina Huang is a ninth-grade student and is the most recent addition to Harvey’s international student body.

She arrived from her hometown of Beijing, China, in late September. We all applaud her ability to quickly adapt to her new surroundings. Sabrina credits the students who helped her get around to find her classes and her teachers offering extra help as the keys to adapting quickly to life at Harvey. Sabrina, whose favorite food in the U.S. is pizza, can often be found in the dance studio as well as playing the piano. She lives with fellow freshman Selma Tabakovic and her family.

Judy Ye is an 11th-grade student from Zhongshan, China. While she studied in the U.S. last year in Pennsylvania, she has very much enjoyed her time at Harvey thus far with the opportunity to make more friends and participate in more extra-curricular activities. Judy played volleyball this fall for the first time. Her favorite course is Mr. Price’s Portfolio Design class, as she loves to draw and aspires to attend an arts-focused college. Judy enjoys listening to pop music and watching movies, including “The Hobbit.”

Shi and his hosts, the Tabakovic family— (mother) Emina, Selma (Harvey freshman), (father) Mustafa, and their son, Ben. (Daughter Layla took the photo.) Note: Sabrina Huang

Pictured above: Judy Ye with the Pavia family—(daughter)

is not pictured, but also lives with them.

Xiu Xiu, (father) Paul, (mother) Marybeth and Judy Ye.

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Yulanda Huang, a ninth-grade student from the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen, is an outgoing young woman who has made many friends in various parts of the Harvey community. Yulanda played volleyball this fall. She loves chatting with friends in the dining hall.

She is studying Spanish, and has developed a taste for Mexican food and guacamole since arriving. Yulanda’s favorite book is “The Fault in Our Stars,” and she reports being amazed by how nice and helpful both the teachers and students at Harvey are. Yulanda lives with 11th-grader Claudia Smith’s family on the weekends.

Paul Nachtewey, from Dusseldorf, Germany, was a 10th-grade student who joined us at Harvey for the first half of the year. Paul is a friendly young man who has made many friends here in his short time in New York.

He especially enjoyed his classes in the Arts Department including Newspaper, Video Production and Studio Art. Paul could be seen skateboarding around campus. Paul came to Harvey in the fall to take advantage of the opportunity to learn more about American culture, and share German culture with his new friends. We all wish he would have stayed longer! Pictured above: Paul Nachtwey with host family, Lonnie (left) and Monique Schlein.

Pictured above: Yulanda (second from right) with her mother to her right, and host family, Brian (left), Claudia and her mother, Leslie (far right).

Jewel Li is a new 10th-grade student from Taipei, Taiwan.

Jewel ran cross-country track this fall, which helped her finish among the leaders in the 5K Homecoming Fun Run. Jewel hoped to either join the equestrian team in the second term or participate in the winter musical. Jewel plays the piano quite well and was a featured musician welcoming prospective families during Harvey’s annual fall Open House. Jewel lives with her host family in the Bronx and enjoys being close to New York City and traveling to visit the city on the weekends. Pictured above: Jewel Li with the Welsh family; Donna, mother, daughter Jourdan, student at RCDS not pictured.

Eliot Choe, a new 11th-grade student from Seoul, South Korea, attended John Jay High School last year and transferred to Harvey after his parents returned to their university teaching positions in Seoul. Eliot is especially fascinated by architecture and aspires to become an architect when he is older. Eliot is already a well-practiced diplomat and has been a senior counselor at a Fulbright camp in South Korea during the past few summers. Pictured above: Young Koh (far right) and Sandra Lee (first row, left) and their two children and the family dog.

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The fall ended with another bowl game appearance by the football team, the varsity volleyball team coming close to an HvAL championship game, the boys and girls varsity soccer teams competing in quarterfinal games in the HvALs, and some fine individual performances at the HvAL crosscountry championship meet.

The Cavaliers suffered a tough 20–12 loss to DwightEnglewood in the Hudson valley Football Bowl. The game was a rematch from Harvey’s homecoming game, which saw the Cavaliers lose 21–20 when they failed on a two-point conversion attempt in the final seconds. Meanwhile, the volleyball team finished with a winning record, losing to league-leader Chase Collegiate in a semifinal match while both the boys and girls soccer teams, who struggled on offense all season long, stayed

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close in games with relentless defense and dogged determination.

The cross-country team had three runners finish in the top 10, one in the boys race and two in the girls competition.

At season’s end, the following athletes earned special league and team honors:

UPPER SCHOOL varsity Football (2–5) (HvFL All-League) Michael DePass, Theodore Little and Thomas Smith, (HvFL Honorable Mention) Jared Finkel and Javen Stepp-Davis, « (Offense) Thomas Smith, « (Defense) Jared Finkel, (Iron Man) Javen Stepp-Davis, l Dillon Singleton, (Rookie of the Year) Theodore Little, (Cavalier Award) Brad Fennell

Boys Varsity Soccer (2–12–2) (WNEPSSA All-Star) Tyler Levy, (HVAL Honorable Mention) Adam Penino, Tyler Levy and Zachary Goligoski, « Tyler Levy, « (Defense) Zach Goligoski, t Brian Benjamin, n Jack Mather Boys JV Soccer: (2–5) Girls Varsity Soccer (3–10–1) (WWNEPSSA All-Stars) Jasmine Brouwer and Hannah Morris, (HVAL Honorable Mention) Jasmine Brouwer, Sydney Lunder and Hannah Morris, (NEPSAC All-Star) Angelique Santiago « Angelique Santiago, t Nikkita Johnson, l Julia Frisch, n Hannah Morris, (Future Star) Sydney Lunder Varsity Volleyball (8–7) (NEPSEC All-Stars) Anna Ketner and Ariana Weaver, (WNEPSVA All-Stars) Anna Ketner and Ariana Weaver, (HVAL All League Team) Anna Ketner and Ariana Weaver, (HVAL All-League Honorable Mention) Lindsay Cardaci, « (Defense) Lindsay Cardaci, « (Offense) Ariana Weaver, t Rebecca Tuteur, l Carly Kaplan, n Danni Qu JV Volleyball (7–6) « Emily Walsh, t Hannah Paul, n Elizabeth Kavounas Varsity Cross-Country n Samuel Mackiewicz, Julia Mallon and Justin Tebbutt

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MIDDLE SCHOOL Middle School Boys Soccer Maroon (6–4–1) t Max Kesicki, n Lucas Cohen, l Colin Glascott Middle School Boys Soccer Navy (0–6) t Max Edelman, n Patrick Murphy, l Zi Glucksman Middle School Girls Soccer (3–6) t Jeannie Fink (6th), « (Offense) Brooke Dodderidge (8th), « (Defense) Sara Hoffman (8th) and Zoe Lewis (8th), n Katie Ketner (8th) Middle School Cross-Country « Aidan Cammisa, Keegan Glucksman and Hudson Insolia, t Alex Breitenbach, Joseph DiGrandi, l Isabel Bandon, Olivia Durkin and Henry Oliver

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students’ view from harvey

Brendan Kneitz Class of 2015, President of the Student Council

When I first came to Harvey, I hadn’t the slightest idea of what to expect. But within a week of being a part of this amazing place, I realized what Harvey had to offer.

Between the champion sports teams, outstanding art programs and incredible academics, I knew I was lucky to be here. The school spirit here was obviously more intense than any place I had been before. I knew this when I saw a student dressed as a Cavalier as we cheered on our sports teams. One thing I never thought would happen to me was being a part of a state champion rugby team. Being able to perform in plays and musicals with fantastic sets or amazing friends is another thing I never pictured. Most of all I never thought I would have seen my grades go up and stay up so quickly, and I owe all of these things to the nurturing environment Harvey and its staff offer.

What I also appreciate about Harvey are the school’s countless traditions that are always growing and evolving. A few have made a significant difference in my personal Harvey experience. In the arts we have traditions like the student-written and -directed plays, the One Acts. Each December, the chorus performs a candlelight concert that truly captures the overall holiday spirit. The poetry and speech contests are two Harvey traditions that encourage healthy competition in an academic way. Our older alumni will appreciate knowing we are working on ways to extend the Neperan-Pocantico tradition from the Middle School to the Upper School.

Emily Sirota Class of 2016, Vice President of the Student Council

I have been a member of the Harvey community since the sixth grade.

Since the early days of middle school, I quickly became accustomed to the friendly community. Having grown up with Harvey for almost six years now, I have become aware of various Harvey traditions. In middle school, the entire student body was separated into two school clubs: the Neperans and the Pocanticos. It has always been a tradition in the Middle School to have exciting, friendly competitions.

A major goal for the student government in the Upper School this year is to work on an event that will incorporate these two spirit clubs into the Upper School as well as the Middle School.

Another Harvey tradition (my personal favorite) is Spirit Week. Imagine a full week when each day is filled with fun themes—to name a few; Crazy Hat Day, Twin Day, and Harvey Spirit Day on Friday, when students dress in our school colors of maroon and navy. Spirit Week concludes with the fall pep rally on Friday and the Homecoming football game on Saturday, when students crowd the Harvey hills overlooking the football field.

This is always an exciting event.

The newest school tradition is Harvey Builds: A Day of Service. Both Upper School students and faculty members bond while helping out the community. Next year, Harvey will celebrate its fourth annual day of service.

I am so proud to be a part of Harvey’s graduating class of 2016, and I am looking forward to many more traditions next year, our Centennial Celebration, which ought to be a year that is truly bittersweet.

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thoughts thoughts about about harvey harvey from from our our faculty faculty

Upper School Perspective By Phil Lazzaro The fall term was an exciting time on The Harvey School campus. Students and faculty came into the new academic year with great enthusiasm and energy. Our Upper School welcomed Virginia HolmesDwyer (English), Carolyn Bean (English), Sumana Shankar (Library) and alumnus Greg Janos ’98 (Science), who have hit the ground running and made great connections with our students thus far.

This academic year we have been able to expand and vary our course offerings for Upper School students. Five new English electives, three new computer science courses, two new science electives, robotics, documentary production and 3-D printing instruction highlight our curricular additions. Julia Gooding has been generous with her time and ability, enabling the Upper School to offer Mandarin I to interested students. The Makerspace is also new this year, and with the help of Susan Harris, the faculty are beginning to fully utilize the space with our student body. We look forward to the creative, collaborative innovations that our Makerspace will support.

As we look to build new traditions, we have carried on several others. This fall marked the third annual Harvey Builds: A Day of Service. The entire Upper School community worked at the Ward Pound Ridge Reservation in nearby Cross River on a variety of projects, including clearing and widening hiking trails, painting the front porch of the park

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office, and installing water bars and dam stops on some of the trails to combat erosion from heavy storms. Seeing students, faculty and administrators work hand in hand on the many important projects was phenomenal.

We also have several academic, athletic and artisticbased traditions that make our school such a remarkable institution. Our Model United Nations program, started a number of years ago by Theodore O’Connor, is now directed by Amy Gignesi and Jeff Seymour. I had the privilege of coaching Model UN from 1994 until 2012. The program pushes the students to explore their surroundings while learning the nuances of debate. I had a terrific time during my time as coach and now I love seeing that the program is in great hands.

School traditions help create moments. Alumni remember certain faculty and events that helped form strong bonds.

Harvey traditions help link our past to the present. Creating new traditions serves a great purpose, too! Perhaps our new robotics program will begin to create memories as students engage in academic competitions. Maybe the girls rugby program will begin collecting victories in Europe? Who knows, as what is remarkable about our student body is their imagination, which runs extremely deep, and they always push the envelope. Most worthy traditions are created by those young at heart and I am so proud of those traditions we have kept and for the work and efforts of those who have begun new traditions during my tenure here.

Middle School Perspective By Brendan Byrne The Harvey Middle School year has been highlighted by exciting academic pursuits in the classroom, new elective offerings and success on the athletic fields. A wonderful collaboration among teachers in the Middle School has led to interdisciplinary units centered around topics such as the Hudson River, the Civil War and the Renaissance.

Students across multiple subject areas in sixth grade studied the Hudson River throughout the fall term, including a field trip to West Point and Cold Spring. Eighth-grade English classes have read and responded to historical fiction related to the Civil War, which they studied at the beginning of the year in history class. The math classes analyzed data related to the war’s impact on population growth during the Civil War period. One of the teachers noted, “When students move from class to class studying the same topics and themes, learning becomes more meaningful.”

As always, the arts center has been a hub of activity, including a new West African drumming elective and ukulele instruction in music classes with Ms. Cooper, who notes, “Putting an instrument in every student’s hands really takes music instruction to another level.”

Another initiative to the Middle School this year has been the addition of new clubs and elective offerings. In

addition to chorus and band, middle schoolers have been able to enroll in an advanced art class taught by Mrs. Alexander and Makerspace/robotics instructed

by Mr. Ketner and Mrs. Hajem. The advanced art class attracts students who are passionate about exploring art, and the Makerspace elective encourages students to embrace problem solving and creativity using robotic technology and 3-D printing.

On the athletic fields, the soccer and cross-country teams have successfully competed against other independent schools in the Fairchester League. Both the boys and girls soccer teams have enjoyed more success this year than in recent years, including victories over Brunswick, Rye Country Day, Hackley and Rippowam. The cross-country team has seen standout performances from sixth-grader Keegan Glucksman, seventh-grader Aidan Cammisa and eighthgraders Hudson Insolia and Alex Breitenbach. The highlight of the year occurred Oct. 22, when Harvey hosted a meet that featured more than 100 runners from 10 schools.

In addition to grade receptions, back-to-school night and parent-teacher conferences, each grade has organized coffees, providing opportunities for parents to connect with each other. The spirit and camaraderie among students, faculty and parents has been remarkable and has helped to ensure a wonderful first half of the school year.

Some of our Harvey builds workers take a break from their labor to pose.

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Q&A with Faculty/Staff To gain some perspective from faculty on our traditions, we asked two teachers with nearly 40 years of combined service to share their favorites, past and present.

Middle School history teacher Doug Plaskett and Upper School math and science teacher Chris Kelly, two faculty immersed in the fabric of the school community as long-time coaches and advisers, offer some interesting insights and fond recollections of Harvey traditions, including a few that no longer exist.

What value do you see traditions having in a school community?

Chris Kelly: The definition of tradition is “a belief or custom passed down through generations.” In our school community, each incoming class is a new generation bringing with them their own diversity, skills and challenges.

Having a standard belief in our philosophy of education and in our own value of community spirit and services gives us a starting point with each new group of students.

A belief system and customs that are carried on year-toyear provide a consistency and standardization amongst all the differences.

Doug Plaskett: School community traditions are extremely important. Alumni rely on these traditions to connect themselves with the school today. Traditions also create a connection to the past for our current students, allowing them to feel pride in the greater Harvey community. In my case, when visiting both my high school and college recently, what struck me the most were the school colors of both and what a dominating presence they have on campus. I had never realized the power of the colors, banners and trophies around the entire campus. It caused me to recall old memories, feelings and friends from my time as a student with fondness. The essence of traditions for me are school colors, mascots and cheers that connect to the overall school community.

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What tradition or traditions, past or present, have you found to be truly reflective of Harvey’s vitality as a school community?

CK: First off, I think our strongest tradition is the willingness to try new things, take some risks, challenge our students. Here at Harvey, we have a tradition of thinking outside the box when it comes to what will work for each individual student.

What also comes to mind is Harvey Builds, where the staff and students get the opportunity to work with people they may not get to know otherwise. Whether it’s building homes, clearing lots or planting gardens, the work that the groups do together creates a bond through common experience.

The Senior Gift is also a great tradition that helps to make the campus a place they can take increasing pride in.

Lastly, I’ll just briefly mention our sports teams traveling domestically and abroad (rugby trips to Ireland and Italy) for preseason training and the language department traveling abroad during the summer. I have been on several of these excursions, and they are amazing experiences for our students, coaches and faculty.

DP: Some traditions reflective of Harvey’s vitality as a school community include, beginning Mr. Fenstermacher’s morning meetings with the gavel, the poetry and speech contests, school dances, Middle School Prize Night and the ringing of the bell to signal the start of a Middle School Hallway Meeting.

is there a harvey tradition that once was and is now gone that you wish would be resurrected?

CK: Well, we used to throw Mr. Fenstermacher into the pond behind his house when a sports team went undefeated.

I would be interested in a discussion about perhaps tossing in the Head of the Upper School.

Back to academics. For many years we had an academic “Call Back.” If students had missed an assignment, they would have to attend Call Back on a Thursday. They would have to go to a proctored study hall and complete the work they owed their teachers. This meant missing sports, theater rehearsal, choral practice, etc. Call Back served several purposes: it forced students to get missing work completed, and in many cases it caused students to be penalized in some way by the coach or director (e.g., reduction in playing time).

This was often a great motivator.

DP: Years ago, if a team went undefeated, the players were allowed to (delicately) throw Mr. Fenstermacher into the pond behind his house. There also used to be a Middle School hockey tournament for all of the local school teams, and I remember playing in this tournament myself as a local hockey player. can you share an anecdote from your experience as a harvey faculty member that says something about why we should foster school traditions?

CK: I am going to go strictly academic on this one because it goes to the heart of my educational philosophy.

A Harvey grad, who is now out of college and is a close friend of mine and my family, was entering his senior year and was unsure of what he wanted to do in college.

This young man was an exceptional artist and athlete. He was also very passionate about cars. He began thinking about mechanical engineering as a career. At the time he was getting C’s in math and science. In most schools he would not have qualified for recommendation into AP math and science courses. However, at Harvey, we have a tradition of truly embracing the philosophy that any student who wants to be exposed to college-level work should be afforded the opportunity. We placed this young

Headmaster Fenstermacher gets tossed into the pond in a tradition that has since dried up.

man into my AP Physics and AP Calculus classes where, despite putting forth strong efforts, he struggled.

His experience in these classes did two very significant things: 1) it made it clear to him that a college engineering program was not what he wanted; and 2) it set him on a path where he would be able to utilize his artistic and design skills along with his technical dreams. He pursued architecture at a university with a highly respected program and graduated with honors and a handful of design awards. He recently worked on the design of the Freedom Tower at One World Trade Center. By the way, there are a lot of great Harvey stories like this one.

DP: As a former athletic director, while cleaning out the back storage area in the old locker room, I came across very old athletic jerseys and, because of their poor condition and our limited storage space, I decided to throw them out. Mr. Wyland happened to be passing by and convinced me to hold on to them for posterity. Luckily, we did. Today, these jerseys are now safely preserved.

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Middle School Has Its Share of Fun Traditions, Old and New

By Tracey Davies, Director of Middle School Parents Association

In the dictionary, “tradition” is defined as:

tra•di•tion (noun)

1. The handing down of statements, beliefs, legends, customs, information, etc., from generation to generation, especially by word-of-mouth or by practice

At Harvey Middle School, the Parents Association has a wonderful tradition of bringing the school community together and having FUN. A now well-established tradition is the Halloween Dance, an exciting event for all the children, allowing them to showcase their personalities through the costumes they wear, through their dancing and through sharing other fun Halloween activities together as a school.

The parents hope the Middle School Quiz Night, held for the first time last year, will become a new tradition. It proved to be a great opportunity for teams of parents to do battle against each other and set their wits against a feisty faculty team. Facilitated by an outside company, the event was a great success, bringing all the grades together for an evening of laughter and banter.

The Quiz Night is now set to become a schoolwide tradition with the Upper School parents joining the event this year on March 6.

We hope you’ll join us for a night of fun and community-building!

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The PA Has Its Traditions, Too

By Debbie Finkel, President, Harvey Parents Association

We live in a world of traditions, and at The Harvey School there are many. As my second year as PA president unfolds, I’m able to look back and see what wonderful events the Parents Association has planned, and I look forward to the remaining ones before my time at Harvey ends in June.

Here is a sampling of some Parents Association traditions: • The PA holds monthly meetings when parents catch up on important school information. We feature a variety of faculty, staff and student guest speakers. Sometimes we are even treated to spectacular student performances! For those unable to attend, the meetings are live-streamed and a recorded version is available on the Harvey website.

Also available for review are the minutes from each meeting. All parents receive the minutes via email. You can also find them on the website under the Parent Portal.

• Homecoming was a huge success. The parking lots overflowed as people enjoyed the 5K run, alumni luncheon, sporting events, farmers market, carnival and wonderful cuisine from our own Chef Lee. The Harvey campus truly came alive when everyone joined together to enjoy a great day.

• In early December each year, the Parents Association presents an educational program at the school. This year, the Headmaster requested a science theme for Harvey Speaks. Our incredibly creative and talented parents came up with the idea “Bubbles and Balloons: The Science of Air.” The bubble show in the Black Box Theater and the inflation of a hot air balloon in the Athletic Center were truly amazing! (see next page) • Tasty food is always provided for our tireless faculty and staff at the Holiday Luncheon as well as our monthly Teacher Appreciation Breakfasts. It’s a small way for us to thank them for all they do for our children each and every day.

Save the Date!

Harvey Benefit Saturday, April 25 • A new Upper School tradition will take place March 6.

The PA is sponsoring a Quiz Night for parents. Come test your knowledge and go up against the Harvey faculty and staff with an official Quizmaster hosting the evening.

• The final PA event of the school year is the Spring Benefit on April 25. For those who attended last year, I think you’ll agree with me when I say it was a spectacular evening with food, drink, entertainment and dancing.

The Benefit Committee is busy planning another unforgettable night.

One of the best PA traditions, in my humble opinion, is the continued loyal support from all of the Harvey parents.

We have so many wonderful and enthusiastic volunteers, and we wouldn’t be able to accomplish what we do without them.

The PA is always looking for additional hands, so please feel free to contact me at any time if you would like to volunteer.

Come join the fun. I look forward to seeing you on campus!

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HarveySpeaks 2014:

BUBBLES & BALLOONS

By Ingrid Wittmann

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n the morning of Dec. 4, Harvey parents, students, faculty and staff were greeted by a waving blue “Tube Man,” our 20-foot smiling sky dancer bending and twisting in the air. This signaled the start of HarveySpeaks 2014, Bubbles and Balloons: The Science of Air. Later in the day, a giant bouquet of air-filled reusable balloons in Harvey colors joined him to spend the day on the quad. It was an exciting start to an event designed for the whole Harvey community to come together to rediscover the excitement of the science of the air around us.

While Upper Schoolers participated in their regular afterschool activities, the Middle School participated in a variety of community service activities in the afternoon. Sophomores Ally Silk and Will Shaffer led a program in the library, where sixth graders were busy writing letters to our troops and packaging boxes for Students Serving Soldiers, an Upper School community service club. Art teacher Cris Alexander assembled birdhouse centerpieces for My Sister’s Place, a day program for seniors with dementia in Mount Kisco. Seventh graders left campus to help remove invasive species from the trails in Ward Pound Ridge Reservation, while eighth graders interacted with the residents of Somers Manor Nursing Home, which is now an annual tradition.

PA President Debbie Finkel ( Jared, 12th grade) and seniors Baily Hersh and John Colangelo greeted people as they arrived for dinner. Says Finkel, “The Harvey community was treated to much more than ‘hot air’ at this year’s HarveySpeaks.” She noted that the turnout “was one of Harvey’s best, proving that science and fun do mix.” Parent Lisa Spung (Laura, 12th grade) agreed, saying, “I loved the topic—very interesting, entertaining and educational!” Finkel added, “Harvey parents pulled out all the stops for another spectacular event. We are lucky to have so many enthusiastic volunteers.”

Chef Lee Robinson served up his usual delicious food— with an aerated twist. Chicken a la king on puff pastry and whipped sweet potatoes with marshmallows were among the favorite dishes. In the Upper School commons, parent The Harvey School 33

Suzanne Pennella (Alex ’14) and senior Brendan Kneitz served up bubble tea to those who patiently waited in line.

“It was great to be back at Harvey,” said Pennella.

Freshman Jared Peraglia and sophomore Joseph Bakas, with their “bubbly” personalities and good-humored antics, helped to set the mood during dinner and kept the crowds moving in the right direction. Parent Felice Silk (Allison, 10th grade) supervised as students participated in “Guess How Many Bubbles” and bubble gum-blowing contests in the commons.

While waiting for the entertainment to begin, people enjoyed student artwork and the science fair in the gallery of The Walker Center for the Arts. Exhibits included bubble photography by sophomore Ryan Hurst and junior Lily MacDonald, “lighter than air” human sculptures by Rick Price’s art students and Cris Alexander’s students’ hot air balloons. There was also an interactive science fair for scientists of all ages. Senior lab assistant Taylor Grodin was in charge of one of the more popular demonstrations, turning bars of Ivory Soap into soap soufflé. “Although my job was microwaving bars of soap for about an hour, I had a wonderful time displaying the station to students and parents,” Grodin said. “Their reactions were absolutely priceless, and they were stunned beyond belief. They came to HarveySpeaks and witnessed something 34 Harvey Magazine Winter 2015

incredible in their minds. No matter where they went, they were mesmerized by the incredible displays. They also got to take the microwaved soap home, so it was put to good use!” At the Bernoulli windbag station, students were able to try their hand at blowing up 8-foot air bags with just one breath and even try blowing in them to levitate a table! (Yes, it worked!)

Parent Tricia McKeogh (Isabel, sixth grade) who worked at the science fair, noted that “the students were so curious and enthusiastic and couldn’t wait to try out everything. My daughter jumped right in and wanted to share what she had learned.” Isabel enthusiastically added, “The Bubble Man was really cool, and so was the experiment where the water flowed back up the straw making a fountain—I really liked that!”

Mr. Fenstermacher opened the evening and introduced Casey Carle of BubbleMania, who then delighted the crowds with his quick wit and feats of wonder with his bubble-making skills. Of course, he made sure that everyone who attended received a lesson about the science of bubbles. The grand finale included a fire bubble! Director of the Middle School PA Tracey Davies (Oliver, eighth grade) remarked, “It was a wonderful evening and my son thoroughly enjoyed himself, as did his friends. The BubbleMania man was hilarious!”

After Carle’s show, the audience exited the Arts Center to the sounds of “Up, Up and Away” and moved to the quad, where Lee Teitsworth of Liberty Balloon Co. was waiting to give a hot air balloon basket demonstration. It was a dramatic sight to see as first one, then both, fuel jets fired into the night sky. The presentation continued inside the Athletic Center and included a live balloon inflation. Everyone was able to walk inside the inflated balloon and ask questions, walk around or just talk with friends, lie down and relax.

Parent volunteer Debra Alexander (Courtney, ninth grade) assisted in the balloon inflation. Reflecting upon the evening, she said, “We all stood in amazement when the balloon was

inflated. Everyone was so excited! I mean, how many times do you get to be inside of one?” McKeogh added, “I couldn’t get over how many people fit inside the hot air balloon. Sign me up for a ride!”

The evening concluded with coffee, conversation and desserts back in the commons. Nancy Euchner (Marshall, 12th grade) complimented Chef Lee “for his sensational on-theme menu and his ability to pull off two completely different meals on the same day.” She was there when his desserts went out, and “his s’mores and Cocoa Rice Krispie treats drew rave reviews from the kids.” Other airy offerings included homemade meringues and cream puffs. What could be a sweeter way to end the evening? H The Harvey School 35

Message from the Centennial Committee:

Centennial Celebration!

In October 1916, Dr. Herbert Carter and his wife, Mabel, opened the doors of a small residential boys school to four boys in Hawthorne, New York. One hundred years later, The Harvey School is a thriving middle and college preparatory school with an exemplary faculty serving a vibrant student community.

We are excited that the school year 2015–16 commences the 100th anniversary of The Harvey School. While milestones should be recognized, Centennials must be celebrated.

That is why we’re going to throw a big party that you are all invited to—the Harvey Centennial Celebration!

Completing a century is more than a milestone marking the culmination of 100 years. It is the capstone on an era: a testament to persistence, adaptability and fortitude. To appreciate what Harvey is achieving, consider what 100 years represents.

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100 years: Time to grow deep roots…and flourish over time.

In 1916, the Carters opened The Harvey School with an enrollment of only four boys. From this seed, an oak slowly grew.

Today, Harvey has more than 360 students. It expanded from being a fourth- to eighth-grade school for boys to a coed student body of grades 6 through 12. The original boarding environment gave way to mostly day students. In 2013, Harvey started accepting students from overseas.

100 years: A sign of stability.

Over its 100 years, Harvey has maintained a steadfast excellence in education, reinventing along the way and advancing to meet the needs of its students.

100 years: Adaptability and strength in the face of adversity.

A 100th birthday allows us to reflect on the many twists and turns in the road Harvey has traveled. In 1959, Harvey was forced to relocate campuses when the government appropriated the school’s land as part of the (then new) Interstate Highway System. In 1977, the school suffered massive fires that destroyed the main building and many records. With every challenge and under excellent guidance from its leaders, Harvey has rebuilt itself stronger for the future.

Next year, Harvey will celebrate its 100-year history with a yearlong series of events, but none more important than the kickoff event—the Centennial Celebration—which will take place during Homecoming weekend Sept. 26.

This party will be a wonderful opportunity to see faces of today and days past. It will include teachers from yesteryears, alumni old and young, and the current community of faculty and parents that make Harvey the thriving institution it is today.

Whatever your relationship to Harvey—student, alum, faculty, staff, parent or friend—yOU are an important part of what made Harvey the success it is today. Please join us for the Centennial Celebration to make it the success Harvey deserves.

For older alumni, many of whom have not been to Harvey in a long time, please come back. See how Harvey has flourished these past decades. Nothing means more in a 100-year journey than to see those who were part of it.

Younger alumni, come back to Katonah and see a school that has grown remarkably in the past 10 to 20 years. Catch up with old friends, visit with Headmaster Fenstermacher before he retires, reconnect with teachers who made an impression on you and reminisce about your high school years.

Current parents, come celebrate the school that you believe in, learn about where it has been and be part of the discussion as we look toward the next 100 years.

If you love Harvey as so many do, you can help the small but ambitious Centennial Committee by dedicating some of your assistance, connections and talent. You can contact us at centennial@harveyschool.org or through the Centennial Celebration section of the Harvey website.

In the coming months, your class agent may contact you.

Please do not ignore, breathe fire or be curt. They are not fundraising. They just want you to visit Harvey again and reconnect with a community that was once a large and important part of your life.

We are going to have an incredible party. But without you, it’s not going to be as great as it could be, both for yourself and those who are looking forward to seeing you. Please visit harveyschool.org and click on Centennial Celebration to stay up to date on Centennial events. Also, be sure to log on to the alumni portal to update your contact information.

In October 1916, when Dr. Herbert Carter and his wife, Mabel, opened the doors of Harvey, they had little time to dream of their school 100 years in the future. In September, we will all have the honor of kicking off yearlong festivities celebrating Harvey’s first century of accomplishments and looking ahead to Harvey’s next 100 years of excellence in education.

We look forward to seeing you September 26!

Sincerely, Dennis Dilmaghani ’62, Jackie Walker ’03 and Evan Walker ’03 The Harvey School Centennial Co-Chairs (photos from graduation yearbooks)

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Letter From Our Alumni President This edition of Harvey Magazine is focused on traditions.

The Harvey School is full of traditions, some of which date back to the early Hawthorne era. For example, the annual speech contest continues to challenge, entertain and enthrall the Harvey community, year after year. The NeperanPocantico rivalry is alive and well in the middle school, with sporting events commemorating this age-old competition. Another tradition is Founders Day, still celebrated in February with a school birthday cake. And some traditions have happily fallen by the wayside, like the Nep-Poc initiations and the demerit track (aka “the walk list”).

Reading the “Hawthorne Memoirs,” I learned that during World War II, Harvey opened its doors to a number of French and British boys who lived with Harvey host families.

Today, Harvey families are hosting students from China, Taiwan, South Korea and Germany for weekend homestays.

The theme of cross-cultural exchange continues to resonate on the Harvey campus, then and now.

Beginning this fall, Harvey will recognize 100 years of tradition by celebrating its Centennial. This is a rare chance for Harvey alumni (all decades, both campuses) to celebrate the school’s history and success. On Saturday, Sept. 26, all Harvey constituents will gather at Homecoming to cheer

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for the home team and celebrate Harvey’s 100-year tradition of educating students. I encourage alumni to attend, to reconnect with classmates and former faculty, and to begin the yearlong celebration of all that is Harvey.

Best regards,

Dan Chapman ’73, Alumni Association President

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recenteVenTs Jason o’Brien ’09, Anna Hawley ’09, Jared weinstein ’09, gaby Bertone ’10, regina salice ’09, Devin mccrossan ’10 and sean o’Brien ’09

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Alumni reunion

For the second year, we celebrated the alumni reunions on Homecoming Weekend held in late September. We are exploring ways to combine alumni activities with school events, which provide much more interaction with our faculty and students. The reunion lunch and program took place in the Headmaster’s backyard on Harvey’s homecoming day. All who attended felt that this was a perfect venue. Classes ending in “4” and “9” were recognized, with special recognition to Jack Hoyt ’44, who celebrated his 70th reunion. The buffet spread served by Harvey’s own Chef Lee Robinson included lobster rolls and other delicious foods.

All classes are invited to alumni reunions, which may have special emphasis on the classes at five-year intervals.

class of 1989: christian camargo, chris Abrenica, laura wilson, Jennifer Dubinski, peter Defilippo, matt Trachtenberg, and lee rohrlich

class of 1984: pamela nicholson Henderson, chris coogan, Herbert sloan, Allen rohe, frank Baratta, steve walsh, mark Dolan

meg Taylor ’09, greg Hennings ’10, Anna walant ’10, camilla skalski ’10

class 1994: marc ruppenstein, Tom Dunne, Brent martin

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headmaster fenstermacher with george Dallas ’64

class of 2002: Jack fasciana and ross wallberg

after the lobster rolls …

will shearer ’10, Ted Theurkauf ’08 and friend, Devin mccrossan ’10 and friend

Jack fasciana ’02, steve shapiro ’04, greg Jurschak ’06

Jack Hoyt ’44

class of 1964: Harding mason, John carey, george Dallas and rob Kinnaird

susan Hamilton chatzky ’87, senior Julia chatzky, peter chatzky, Darren rigger ’87

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Alumni Hall of Fame Inductions

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The Alumni Association celebrated two new Hall of Fame Inductees: Marc Ruppenstein ’94 and Christian Camargo ’89. Ruppenstein, an outstanding hockey player in his Harvey years, was inducted into the Athletic Hall of Fame. Fellow classmate Brent Martin was on hand with introductory remarks, and Ruppenstein’s tennis coach, Tom Carter, came for the occasion.

Camargo was recognized as an Outstanding Alumnus for his extensive acting career (although he also had an outstanding high school career in lacrosse and was invited to play at the college level). Introducing Camargo were former drama and English teacher Burrett McBee and classmate Darren Rigger ’87. Rigger provided some humorous remembrances of their acting experiences.

McBee brought and read aloud some of Camargo’s written audition sheets and exams from his Harvey days, highlighting the acting spark that was alive and well in Camargo even then: “For the production of

marc ruppenstein ’94 with Brent martin ’94 and Dan chapman ’73

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current teacher dianne mahony, christian camargo ’89, Burrett mcBee, current teacher tim stark, alice mcBee, rhu mcBee

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‘Oliver!,’ the question is, ‘Do you have a particular role you want to be in?’ ‘Yes, I want to be the Artful Dodger.’

‘Will you accept a minor role?’ ‘No.’ The man was focused, he knew where he was going.

“When you read this exam, written by a junior in the fall of his junior year, 1987, you read his answers to the questions about ‘Hamlet.’ And by the way, Christian has said in interviews that he learned nothing about Shakespeare in high school. Guess who taught him Shakespeare? But what he realized, writing about ‘Hamlet’: ‘In ‘Hamlet,’ isolation is centered around Hamlet himself. Haunted in the darkness of rotten Denmark, this intended darkness is extended both physically and mentally. In the beginning, we think there is a thick mist, and it is night.’ This is a junior in high school, right? ‘This alone gives the reader, audience, a feeling of isolation. Hamlet seems so isolated from everyone.’ He’s got it, he understood it. Perhaps even more than he remembers, he understood it,” McBee said.

Classmates from 1989 and 1994 were on hand to help celebrate with the inductees.

Inducted posthumously were Plato Skouras ’43 and former housekeeping matron May McTeigue.

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Friday, Feb. 27

Friday, Feb. 27

Tuesday, March 31

Harvey Centennial Celebration & Publication August 2015–June 2016

Read through the Centennial Celebration section starting on page 36 for highlights of our upcoming Centennial year. A centennial only comes once in a school’s lifetime, and we hope, with your help, to enjoy a once-in-a-lifetime celebration.

A centennial publication has been lovingly created with stories and featured events of interest to alumni from all decades. Order your own copy to renew old and create new memories from your Harvey years.

New Alumni Portal

More than a year ago, Harvey introduced a new website for its students and parents. Now the alumni portal is ready for viewing. To access the alumni portal, go to the school website at Harveyschool.org. In the upper-right corner, click on the lock icon. A dropdown box will appear and ask for your username and password. If you were registered on the previous alumni website, you will be able to sign in using lastname_firstname as your ID (upper/lowercase don’t matter), and the password Harvey1234 (note the capital ‘H’).

Anyone who was not registered previously should contact alumni@harveyschool.org and request access.

You will receive an email indicating that you have been authorized, and your username and password are the same as above.

Once you have accessed the alumni portal, you will be able to search for other alumni using the Alumni Directory, by name, class, town, etc. Or you can view your own class by selecting Class Homepages/Directory. Only those members of your class with be visible.

Please try the various tabs and links on this new alumni portal and send us any suggestions to make it a welcoming and robust site for Harvey alumni. You can send your comments to us at alumni@harveyschool.org.

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William S. Jordan: Does anyone have recent information about Mr. Jordan? The Alumni Office has lost track of him.

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robert C. Doherty: “Four traditions that I remember (the Hawthorne days) were movies every Saturday night, the Walk List where you literally walked off any disciplinary demerits you had accumulated, the Pocantico/ Neperan annual debate, and the ‘Tuck Shop,’ which was open briefly after lunch and you could buy a (one) candy bar. A fifth might be the fact that lunch was followed every day by a ‘reading hour’ in the library—no talking allowed.”

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Frank A. Weil: “As someone who knew Lev Smith as a student and as a trustee, I value continuity enormously. As a trustee, I worked with three successors to Lev Smith. He was a hard man to replicate. Well after I stepped aside from the board, Barry took over—I cannot believe that was 30 years ago. The school has grown and prospered in all ways since, and I am confident it will continue so to do. Barry will be a very hard act to follow, but change is the greatest agent of growth in life. The second 100 years will be amazing!”

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Strother B. Purdy, Jr.: Several years ago, Mr. Purdy responded to a request for memories. Some of his fit into our current theme of “traditions” so they are included here.

“I remember no cheating in class, something I was to see at Andover and Yale.

Personal integrity—Headmaster did a good job in his bearing. Leadership—the debates—excellent in that, along with responsibility. Etiquette/manners—at least we wore ties and jackets! Other: An art teacher who introduced me to painting in a way (her Tiepolo skies? her gentle encouragement?) that marked me for life, making art appreciation as important to me as the ability to read.”

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ramon “ray” Sender: “‘Interesting traditions’—what a good idea!

I recall a few: “1) Holding up the edges of the circular oil cloth tablecloth at meals to make a trough when the milk jug was spilled (intentionally or not). Of course, the only one who didn’t hold it up was the new teacher at the table, so all the milk dumped into his lap. Hilarious! Of course,

experienced teachers already had learned their lesson.

“2) The two major school clubs, the Neperans and Pocanticos, competed in sports, academics and the annual debate.

I assume these clubs have morphed into something else, inasmuch as I don’t find them mentioned on the website except on an alumni day. New boys were assigned to one or the other, and the old members would fill their heads with horror stories about ‘Initiation Night,’ such as ‘You will have to swallow a raw oyster on a string and then have it pulled up again.’ URGH! Of course nothing of the sort occurred, but in one case, a boy who was a foreigner and unable to filter fact from fiction was found hiding under his bed with a kitchen knife when the club initiation was about to start. Poor kid. The actual initiation was merely entering the gym blindfolded, swearing some sort of oath to keep club secrets to the grave, and then being welcome to the club.

“3) I supposed the annual performance of Hayden’s ‘Toy Symphony’ might qualify also.

Assorted ‘toy’ instruments such as a warbling mouthpiece (it bubbled a whistle through a little water tank), a wooden ‘cuckoo,’ triangles, etc, accompanied the piano.

“4) The arrival of the Good Humor truck with its jingling bells was always very welcome.

“My Fifth Form year the Neperans won both sports and academics, but we won the debate on the topic of just how Israel should be divided between the Palestinians and Israelis. Luckily our adviser was Mr. John Shea, who gave us a bunch of articles from ‘The Nation’ (or its equivalent) that helped us win.”

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Richard H. Sheldon: “I would like to thank the Alumni Association for keeping me up to date on events. The notices make me feel as though I were a part of the Harvey community. I came down with a case of diverticulitis and was hospitalized, but I am a good healer. ”

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Class Agent: Michael Adair, 860-535-9099, MAdair412@gmail.com

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Rossiter W. Langhorne: “Greetings to my 1952 classmates. With regret, unable to attend this year’s reunion, will be training in Crested Butte, Colo., for Huntsman Senior World Championships, held in St. George, Utah, (road bike cycling) at the beginning of October.

Then leaving for Amsterdam/Budapest river cruise. With best wishes and kindest regards to one and all.”

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Clarence B. Coane: Does anyone have information about Mr. Coane?

His mail to Florida came back as unclaimed.

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Class Agent: John Crawford, 540-247-8810, celect@comcast.net

Howard L. Baldwin published a new book in October, Slim and None: My Wild Ride from the WHA to the NHL and All the Way to Hollywood (www.thehockeynews.com/ articles/57887-Baldwin-hopes-to-sparkWhalers-nostalgia-by-writing-Slim-and-Nonebook.html) “From his start as an owner in the World Hockey Association at the age of 28 [‘slim and none’ was a Boston sports writer’s assessment of Baldwin’s chances when he was first awarded the New England Whalers franchise], to winning the Stanley Cup with the Pittsburgh Penguins and then on to Hollywood success, Howard Baldwin recounts his hugely entertaining

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life story. Baldwin has lived his life according to his belief that we should pursue our heart’s desire. He never met a challenge he couldn’t beat. From an entry-level position in the ticket office of the Philadelphia Flyers to building his own World Hockey Association franchise, Baldwin has built an impressive reputation as a maverick in the world of professional hockey. As president of the WHA, he led the merger with the NHL, and then later became a key figure in the expansion of North American hockey into Russia. He even moved successfully into the film industry, producing a number of outstanding films. Slim and None is a story of perseverance, persistence, and ultimately, personal fulfillment. Baldwin and Milton have crafted an intimate portrait of a life within hockey spanning from the rebellious 1970s to the tumultuous 1990s and beyond.”

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George V. K. Waldron: “So traditions and memories—you bet!!

• The Walk List by the maintenance barn with Mr. Howes keeping one eye on grading our papers and the other eye on us.

• Mr. Shea who took timeout of his evening to help me learn Latin—I was supposed to have learned it in class but alas…

• Arts and crafts—Hammering out those ashtrays with wooden bowls and wooden mallets.

• Plays on the stage in the gym. Playing Caesar to Brutus’ soliloquy—laughing and wiggling while I was supposed to be dead under a sheet—turned a serious play into a comedy in a heartbeat.

All decorum was soon lost and the whole place was reduced into hysterics.

Afternoons up on the Hill. Black racer snakes, sometimes copperheads, too.

• Raccoons in the garbage cans behind the kitchen, possums, too, and I found and kept one in a cage that I made in shop class. Kept it on Mr. Smith’s veranda and named it Drool.

• The gravel drives around the quadrangle—The apple trees in the front pasture. Ice skating on our pond. We played hockey there, too, and we were good.

• Fires by the side of the pond to warm up—we needed it for sure.

• Good Humor wagon in the afternoon Hope you still do that.

• The infirmary above Lower School.

Mrs. Lyons’ brutal nursing. Still had to do homework—drat!!

• Mr. Shea Mr. Stafford, Mr. Magnan, Mr. Howes and of course Mr. Smith, who was probably the best educator I’ve ever known and a very steady hand to lead Harvey.

• Watching the Yankees on Mr. Smith’s TV while we were supposed to be in class. Our only TV and he knew what was important. We would learn the other stuff on Saturday.

• Mr. Magnan’s dalmatian We loved that dog in Mr. Smith’s house in the Fifth Form. Being captain of the

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wrestling team and having to wrestle Mr. Magnan so as not to be “too big for my britches.”

Cubbyhole mailboxes and having a mandatory subscription to Time in order to keep up with current events— and we got quizzed about it too.

Running down Dick Springs in a football scrimmage when I growled at him while in pursuit and he collapsed in laughter.

One of the best athletes ever at Harvey.

The school storeroom enclosed in chicken wire where candy was sold for a nickel a bar. Sugar Daddy was my favorite—lasted the longest I thought.

Compulsory chapel in the morning and vespers in the evening. It was supposed to be nondenominational, but it was mostly Presbyterian.

The small plaque in the library that explained how Dr. Harvey was instrumental in identifying how the circulatory system actually worked.

And speaking of the library, the commander-in-chief, Rose Baldwin, a Harvey school treasure for sure. And finding that book with the racy passage that Rose didn’t know about and passing that info from boy to boy.

And all the cups and awards every year, and that’s a tradition that’s still continuing along with new ones, I’m sure.

But don’t see any reference to Neperans or Pocanticos anymore so I suppose that’s a tradition that’s gone away. I do see that the school colors reflect those blue and maroon colors—wonder if the present-day students know where they originated. My color was not maroon, I can assure you—GO POCANTICOS!!”

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Class Agent: Alex McKown, 718-392-1373, alexander.mckown@gmail.com

Richard M. Marshall III spent several months in Germany and has returned, thinking about a possible relocation to Oregon to be closer to his children.

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Class Agent: Dick Willard, 207-596-7968, twittler@msn.com

William R. Parsons: “Harvey Shield recipient. Retired three years, not yet a grandparent, never charged with a felony, two pensions, lifelong motorcycle rider, Viet Nam era vet, former Neperan, teetotaler, nonsmoker, fan of music, sick of trite cliché ‘awesome,’ first class to graduate from Katonah 1960.”

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Sandy A. Gabel, Jr. (from Pal Maleter, from firsthandfoods. com/farmers. php?Beef|21): “The beef from Little Grassy Creek Farm in Oxford, N.C., is from animals born and raised on the farm by Laura and Sandy Gabel in partnership with Andy and Jason Smith of Granville Farms Inc. Their partnership started in 2006 when Sandy retired from an insurance brokerage business on Wall Street and moved to Oxford. Soon thereafter, he met his future wife, Laura, who runs the ESL program for the Granville County Public School system. Sandy grew up in Connecticut and raised two Guernsey heifers as a kid, so he always knew he was going to get back in the cattle business. But he recognized how limited his knowledge base was (and continues to be!), hence the desire to partner with more experienced cattlemen. Their animals have an all-natural diet, from filtered well water to the hay cut on the farm and grass growing in the pastures. Sandy focuses on improving his pastures by moving the cattle every day, in a strip-grazing pattern during the winter and in a modified mob grazing scenario in the summer.”

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Stephen H. Bacon married Karen Kelleher May 17, 2014 at the old Dutch Church in Sleepy Hollow, N.Y. Afterward, they enjoyed a honeymoon in Newport, R.I. They currently reside in their Connecticut home, where Steve enjoys his many projects in his retirement.

Earl E. McEvoy: “Each morning during the winter as the boarders walked into breakfast, they had to open their shirt between two buttons and show that they were wearing an undershirt. I believe that Mrs. Lyons, the nurse, thought that an undershirt would prevent getting a chill and thus a cold. Some of the more enterprising boarders would put a handkerchief between the buttons and thus pretend that they had on an undershirt. I am not making this tradition up.”

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Duncan L. Marshall, Jr. reports that he is enjoying a “semi-retirement” and just wanted a different pace.

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In honor of the 50th Reunion this past year, George Dallas reached out to everyone he could find from the Class of 1964, and his reports of them are included below, as well as those from class members who submitted information directly to the Alumni Office.

J. Cofer Black: “To Harvey Class of 1964, I have just learned of the planned 50th class reunion to take place in a week.

Unfortunately, have a long-standing agreement with my son to attend an SEC football game in the Deep South. Otherwise I would have loved to be there to renew old friendships. The Alumni Association

letter contained a number of classmates’ names which remain remarkably vibrant in my memory, which is more a sign of your endearing personalities than my ability to recollect. Basically, after Harvey, I graduated from Canterbury School and earned B.A./M.A. in international relations from the University of Southern California, after which I pursued a 30-year U.S. government career in national security with a focus on counterterrorism. I married my wife, Suzanne, in 1976 and we have one son, Nick, who, after college/MBA and five years active duty in the Army as a Ranger Officer, including two tours in Afghanistan, became the CEO of a start-up.

“I am currently a vice president at Blackbird Technologies and during 2005–08 was vice chairman of Blackwater Worldwide and chairman of Total Intelligence Solutions. During 2002–05, at the assistant Secretary of State level, I developed, coordinated and implemented American counterterrorism policy as coordinator; served a 28-year career at CIA, reaching Senior Intelligence Service (SIS-4) level as Director, Counterterrorist Center (D/CTC) during the 9/11 period, including launching the response against al-Qaida in Afghanistan and worldwide; completed six successful operational CIA tours abroad.

Lost Alumni & Former Students The following names are from the classes ending in ‘0’ and ‘5’ for whom we have no mailing address. Please contact alumni@harveyschool.org if you have information about any of them. Year after name indicates when he left Harvey

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George D. Lawrence David E. Sanderson, 1927 Bennett E. Tousley, Jr., 1926 Charles K. Waldron, 1928 Louis F. Washburne, Jr., 1928 Edward Y. Woodward, 1926

1935

George M. Baekeland Alfred L. Gregory William M. Mansbach Joseph D. O’Sullivan

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John V. Brown, 1937 Douglas A. Dewar, 1939 Peter L. Hays, 1939 Kellogg Roth, 1937 John N. Snider, Jr.

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Julian H. A. MacKintosh, 1944 Erick G. Matthews, 1943 Alisdair Murray, 1941 Philip Pestalozzi, 1942

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Jean-Louis R. de Gunzburg, 1948 Joseph N. Fabrizio, Jr., 1949

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Carlos E. Cardenas y Janinet John C. Carney, Jr., 1954.

Clarence B. Coane Grant C. Neason, 1953 Allen W. Pierce, 1954 Thomas A. Roberts Philip D. Walker

Antonio P. Benitoa, 1959 Colin Campbell, 1954 John D. Charlesworth Edward R. Kattaneh, 1958 Robert J. Parker

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Gustavo Gomez-Ruiz, 1964 R. S. Mueller, Jr. Bradley E. Tyler John R. Wallace, Jr., 1964

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Robert B. Firestone Peter C. Hodgins Thomas M. Hughes William P. Hutchings Nicholas W. Landa William M. Richmond

Marc B. Brindisi John B. Day William R. Johnson III Wayne M. Kass Jon M. McBride, 1973 Douglas S. Petrucci, 1974 Claude R. Roland

Benjamin Khoudari, 1977 Jonathan A. W. Raven, 1978

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Roland A. Asp Adam E. Gerber Kenneth C. Hadad Sanford P. Lowengart III

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Michael C. O’Grady Daniel J. Ribera Ari B. Schenker Daryl L. Young

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James P. Palamara

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Shane L. Fierman

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“My volunteer work has included being special adviser on foreign policy to Governor Mitt Romney during his 2008 and 2012 presidential election campaigns.

Over the past few years of his life, I was able to link up with our classmate and my best friend at Harvey, Dan Verdery ’64.

We had such a great time and met regularly in New York City and Washington, D.C., for drinks and dinner. His sense of humor and personality had not changed one iota from Harvey days. So fun.

Unfortunate, though, that he had been relegated to being a Neperan, but … I suspect that after so many years of yearning to be a Pocantico, he had finally come to terms with it. I wish you all the very best and to see you at the 55th.”

Crossword Answers

ACROSS 2 Form 5 Shea 7 Blue 10 Cavalier 13 Clock 14 Walker 16 Miranda 17 Woolsey 20 Pulse 21 Solarpanel 22 Mennen 23 Evarts 25 Miner

DOWN 1 Avatar 3 Master 4 Weil 6 Hickrill 8 Richardson 9 Rugby 11 Hawthorne 12 Krasne 15 Mabel 18 O’Malley 19 Stafford 24 Red Puzzle on page 39

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Anthony “Tony” C. Carter (from George Dallas): “Tony Carter is retired and splits his time between Aurora, Colo., and Bradenton, Fla., and plays lots of golf. I caught up with him, and he was literally just leaving Colorado for his annual trek to Florida, where he spends about half the year.”

“I joined Harvey in the Fourth Form as a 13-year-old boy from a small town in Pennsylvania. Except for summer camp, it was the first time away from home. Quite a shock for me. I went back to Harvey for one afternoon in 1971. I was working as an intern in a small brokerage firm and living with one of my college fraternity brothers.

I ran into Mr. McMahon and we had a very nice visit at his house. I am so sorry to hear of his passing. He taught me origami after-hours in the dorm. He also knew that I was hopeless in Latin and took some small pity on me. I remember Mr. Shea being a very nice man underneath the very gruff persona. He was ruthless in Latin and knew I wasn’t going to make it through Latin II. I remember him standing in the halls yelling, ‘You boys stop that hacking down there.

That will be two marks for you, Mr. Carter!’

Out would come that little notepad, and then you would have to run two laps before you could go to your sports team. The coach would then make you run more for being late. Mr. Shattuck taught me to love math. He was tough but fair. The same rules for everybody—‘pay attention!’

“The windows were always open, even in freezing winter. And we were allowed to take our jackets off, but no loose ties! A rough, tough teacher and coach of football, Bill Magnan, was our English teacher after the middle of the Fourth Form after one of the teachers was let go. He was strict but fair. He also coached us in football and baseball. I also spent a summer at his camp in Maine, where we canoed all over northern Maine. He tried to turn little boys into young men. I have many fond memories of Harvey and a few not so fond. Overall, Harvey taught me to learn. I was also allowed to participate in organized sports

for the first time in my life, and I loved them, still do! There were a number of misfits attending, but you learned to stay away from them and make your own friends.

Some of the kids came from ‘famous’ families and others were like me, nobody from nowhere. We made it work.

“Losing Mr. Smith was very sad! He had taught my uncle at Choate earlier in his career as we found out by accident during my pre-admittance interview. Since I had come from a small town, I wasn’t aware of all the New York stuff. Some of the best times were the weekend day trips to New York to see sports: Yankee Stadium where Babe Ruth played and my father got to meet him and play golf with him! The Polo Grounds to see the Mets in their first years and seeing Warren Spahn pitch! Then to go to Shea Stadium the first year it opened. Madison Square Garden and watching the Rangers play hockey. WOW! What a thrill for me!

Mr. Doyle would drive us into the city in one of those VW buses (almost a death mobile).

In 1971, I lived in New York and learned that it wasn’t for me. I moved to Denver in 1973 and have lived here ever since. I winter in the Florida Keys. Just after moving here, I reconnected with my first roommate from Harvey, David Roumbough.”

George G. Dallas: The following excerpts are from a letter George wrote in response to eighth-grader Jared Peraglia’s letter to him: “… I went from Harvey to Berkshire, and then on to college, attending Muhlenberg, Pace University and Loretto Heights College (Denver, Colo.) . . . now Regis University. Believe it or not, my first year at Harvey was at the original campus down the Sawmill River Parkway at Hawthorne Circle—then at Katonah. Yes—since then there has been a lot of construction, but it’s nice to see that the original ‘flavor’ of the buildings has been preserved. The hockey rink didn’t exist, nor did the arts building.

Technology—nope: lots of pencils and paper back then. I do recall (I think) that the science room on the lower level had an

analog computer that was used to demonstrate how technology was progressing around us, but there weren’t any things like email or Facebook or Google. Back then, our Google was the encyclopedia and/or the dictionary.

“Here are some things I remember from my days at Harvey: • Mr. Shea—the Latin teacher—the best dressed but strictest “Master” (teachers were called Masters back then). Mr. Shea was also in charge of the Walk List which was the penalty you paid for misbehaving—measured in marks. A minor infraction was 1 mark, a medium was 4, and really bad was 10. The day’s marks were read at lunch—by name—and each mark required one lap around the Walk List course, which began outside the gym and went down and around where the hockey rink is now.

• Pocanticos and Neperans—I was a Pocantico, which was blue.

Neperans were red and therefore appeared to be ‘evil’ :-) . Our best intramural contest was the one day a year—unknown to everyone until that morning—when all classes were canceled, and there was a giant propertywide game of Capture the Flag.

As I recall, the Neperans usually won, but because Pocanticos were blue, we took the loss with ‘honor.’

• Mr. Smith—the headmaster—what a terrific person.

• Rose Baldwin—one of the best teachers to ever walk the face of the earth.

• Garry Trudeau—a student ahead of me—the creator of the cartoon Doonesbury—always getting into trouble at study hall for doodling… little did anyone know he was preparing his career!

“There are many more memories, but the most important I can pass onto you is that you are receiving the best education that money can buy: you will discover as you move on from Harvey that there are topics that you will run into at high school and

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of reunions!

Alumni Reunion & Homecoming Saturday, September 26, 2015 5K Fun Run • Varsity Games • Alumni Hall of Fame Inductions • Reception • Special Day for Classes Ending in 5 and 0

All Alumni Welcome!! college that you actually started learning at Harvey many years previous. Take advantage of that.”

The notes below are from George Dallas in his reconnecting with his classmates: Greg (Earthquake) Morton (www.dukeandthedrivers.com/index.html): Apparently Greg has been running a successful restaurant up in New Bedford, Mass., and is now working to open up a new restaurant in Chicago. That said, Greg has apparently been a rock star all these years in a band known as Duke and the Drivers (see URL above).

Bill Meller: Let see, in brief… Hotchkiss for one year, hated it. Then Horace Greeley HS for one year, loved it. Followed by two years at Lawrenceville. Columbia for one year, lots of recreational drugs and dropped out on academic and disciplinary probation.

Those campus riots were FUN. Travel, more like wandering until I washed up in Santa Barbara just after the bank burning.

I loved it. Small town, great school, lots of pretty girls. I spent the next seven years as an underperforming undergraduate, polysci, anthropology, Chinese language, etc. Finally I got the hairbrained idea at 25 to take a chemistry class and really loved it.

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Brad Brown ’14, Andy Pratt ’66, Robert Hard ’66, Chris Hard ’14

Got into medical school at Georgetown, did some disaster relief work in Thailand and then returned to Santa Barbara for my residency in internal medicine. Set up an urgent care center while was still a resident. That was 30 years ago. I now have three centers and have loved my practice every minute of the past three decades. Pretty lucky. Got married during my residency, had two wonderful kids, and divorced 10 years later. My son, now 28, is a premed at UCSB! And my daughter, now 26, is working on being a nurse midwife. Both after years of working on other plans and jobs. Strange but wonderful. I remarried six years ago and have a 5-yearold son and 3-year-old daughter. Never would have thought. Clint Eastwood lives in Carmel, 250 miles up the coast.

David Coburn is retired and living on the California central coast in San Luis Obispo after more than 30 years in Seattle.

Paul Egee splits his time between Southbury, Conn., and Martha’s Vineyard.

I spoke to him briefly when he answered the phone in Southbury. He is undergoing a major renovation, but was getting ready to head out to the Vineyard in a few days, which is why he couldn’t make the reunion.

Haven Holsapple lives in Hamilton, Mont., which is way west, up against the Idaho border, and he apparently is a “RentA-CFO” and works for 5 or 6 companies as a chief financial officer. The day I spoke to him, he was handling the numbers for the sale of a string of drug stores out there, so he keeps pretty busy.

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Davis Morton is successfully retired from a career as a homicide detective, and is now pursuing his real passion—painting (daviswmorton.com). The URL contains a full biography as well as examples of his (preferably oil) painting. Some of these paintings have so much detail I originally thought they were photos!

Frank Roland was preparing for a European business trip.

And Lance White was just in the process of finally moving BACK into his home on the Jersey shore (Mantoloking, N.J.) after getting wiped out by Hurricane Sandy and spending the past 18 months in and out of hotels and rentals while his home was rebuilt. He is a realtor down there.

Jonathon P. Hitesman “I just bought a home with five acres in Palm City, Fla. I am semi-retired and hosting an Internet radio show plus co-hosting late nights when I return to Boston, where I lived for almost 40 years.”

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Gregory A. Kriser: “Sorry, unable to attend the reunion. I will be in the south of France for the month of September! Doing great. All is well.”

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Brad Brown ’14, Andy Pratt and Robert Hard, and Chris Hard ’14, enjoyed a country weekend escape at Huntington House, in Rochester, Vt., in May. Chris and Brad will be preparing this summer for college in the fall (doing what, exactly, remains undetermined), Andy plans to spend the summer on his boat near Seattle, and Robert plans the usual home improvement chores at his home in Norwalk and the summer cottage in Guilford, Conn.

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Class Agent: David Robertson, 201-253-0240, robertson987@aol.com

Thomas A. McGraw, Jr.: “My wife has recently retired, and I am still toiling away for Dartmouth College.... We became grandparents this year to a young lady of now some 8+ months: Jude Davis Moore McGraw, so the beat goes on....”

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Class Agent: Alexander Edwards-Bourdrez, 631-327-3301, alexeb2@gmail.com

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Class Agent: Phil Eifert, 914-232-6489, peifert@yahoo.com

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David N. Schwartz, MD: “I was reminiscing about Harvey with a friend whose son attended in the ’90s. I asked if the Neperan and Pocantico division still existed and he thought not. The ‘tradition’ that the Nep and Poc division fostered in me was partisanship and, honestly, to this day I remember who was a Nep and a Poc. I to this day associate Nep with Democrats and Pocs with conservatives; Neps were more caring and altruistic, and Pocs were more aggressive and selfish. Yes, I was a Nep. Have you ever heard this before?”

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Class Agent: Larry Baschkin, 914-764-3220, offtobali@aol.com

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Class Agent: Patrick Peterkin, 203-655-9917, patrickpeterkin63@gmail.com

David T. Clutter and his company are doing work for Harvey, according to Maintenance Supervisor Rich Ryerson, and he stops by at least once a month.

Patrick O. Peterkin and Merrill Collins were married in the chapel of St. Luke’s Church in Darien, Conn., Saturday, June 28, 2014. For their honeymoon, they flew to Seattle and then returned to their Connecticut home. Merrill just completed a master’s degree in music therapy from NYU and works at Arts for Healing in New Canaan. Patrick continues as a relationship manager at Horizon Kinetics in New York City. Patrick’s son, William, is now a freshman at the Univ. of Vermont.

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Class Agents: Melinda Frey Arkin, 914-241-2134, bentleyshop@aol.com; Josh Rosenthal, 970-385-4723, weplay@bresnan.net

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Class Agent: Herbert Sloan, 203-438-0051, hjs1988@yahoo.com

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Class Agent: Thomas Jaffe, 925-200-4391, thomas.jaffe@sbcglobal.net; Kelly Wheeler Olson, kellyann829@hotmail.com

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Class Agent: Lisa Cantrell, 813-672-3642, lmc246@tampabay.rr.com

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Darren Rigger (Burrett McBee): “I’ve got one (audition sheet) for Darren, too. The handwriting is gorgeous. You can see the politician already. They did a show together, which Christian’s brother Darian ’88 directed. It was called ‘Voices from High School.’ Darren was the set designer, the lighting designer was Tom Kunz ’86, the house manager was Joe Carrilli ’89, and I seem to have somehow or another been listed as the drama club adviser. “…and I always remember the end of the show, where Darren’s line (as Sergius) was ‘That’s a Man!’ Christian is that man. They also played ‘You Can’t Take It With You.’ Christian’s brother Darian ’88 played the father.

“As a teacher, you accumulate an awful lot of pieces of paper that seem to have no significance, and yet for some reason or another you hold on to them. In the folder for ‘Can’t Take It With You,’ you find an audition sheet that Christian wrote up. He’s 6’ 2’, 260 pounds; (question posed) ‘What are the shows you’ve been in?’ He says, ‘All of them.’”

Cast members including Darren Rigger ’87 (right) and Christian Camargo ’89 (center) in a Harvey play.

Harvey Alumni Executive Council Anyone who wishes to participate in four annual meetings to help plan alumni activities, please contact Dan Chapman ’73 (dkchapman@earthlink.net) or the Alumni Office (alumni@ harveyschool.org).

Young Alumni Group Brian Ryerson ’05 (ryersonb@ gmail.com), Diana Bondy ’05

(bondydiana08@gmail.com) and Teresa Neri ’06 (teresaneri12@ gmail.com) head the Young Alumni committee. They welcome input from young alumni on events of interest.

Darren Rigger ’87 and Christian Camargo ’89

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Class Agents: Wylie Blake, 203-526-4089, wyliesmithblake@yahoo.com; Charles Collin, 860-877-4463, collin_charles@hotmail.com

Darian F. Minnick is producing a TV series that he hopes will be picked up. It is about his time as a photographer in the fashion industry in the 1980s and called “Medium Format.” He has been producing his own TV shows as well.

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Christian Camargo’s new movie “Days and Nights” opened in New York on Sept. 26.

Christian wrote, directed and acted in the movie, which stars Allison Janney, William Hurt, Katie Holmes and many others.

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Class Agent: Peter Hall, 518-369-1991, pevh1@msn.com

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Susan J. Cordes Darling reports that she has a new job at the Mayo Clinic and that they are moving after selling their house.

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Class Agents: Ian Lichtenstein, 609-895-0609, i.lichtenstein@yahoo.com; Adam B. Sharon, 914-967-8738, adam@adamsharonhealth.com

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Class Agent: Russell Stamm, 781-329-3004, rcstamm@rcstammco.com

Thomas Dunne had a feature article “The Unavoidable Trump,” about the Trump National Doral golf course in Miami, published in the October American Express magazine, Departures. Tom is a former editor for Travel + Leisure Golf.

Brent A. Martin: “Thank you and Mr. Fenstermacher for inviting me be a part of Marc [Ruppenstein]’s day. It was great being on campus and seeing all the new additions since I graduated. The other alumni from my class were Tom Dunne and Alex Carmichael.”

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Class Agents: Lara W. Casano, 347-539-7301, lcasano38@aol.com; Alice Pinheiro-Fontana, 914-263-9834, alicefontana@optonline.net

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Class Agent: Kevin Harrigan, 412-853-9392, kh1843@gmail.com; David and Jeanette Stark, 336-771-5303, jmarib@aol.com

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Class Agent: Blayre Farkas, 561-929-1802, blayre_farkas@yahoo.com

Christian Camargo ’89 movie poster

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Seth Albert '96 at Harvey with Mike Lupica.

alumniACCOLADES Harvey Magazine highlights alumni accomplishments or upcoming events for our alumni. This can be in any of the many artistic endeavors or as recognition for service or awards. Send your stories or events, or those of another alumnus, to alumni@harveyschool.org. In this issue, we feature Ted Millar, Harvey Class of 1993.

Ted Millar ’93: Living His Passion in Poetry The first poem Ted Millar ever saw published appeared in Avatar, the Harvey literary magazine. “Today,” he says, “the thought of it and subsequent poems I wrote throughout my high school and college days makes me cringe, but they, nonetheless, kindled an unabated passion for verse that literary journals are recognizing.”

Since May, the arts and culture magazine Chronogram, and literary journals Aji, Wordpool Press, Brickplight and The Artistic Muse have published seven of Ted’s poems—an accomplishment, he says, that fills him with enormous confidence.

After Harvey, Ted earned a BA in English with a literature concentration from Marist College and an MA in teaching with public school certification from Manhattanville College. In teaching with New York State certification, Ted spent a year at van Wyck Junior High School before moving on to Mahopac High School in 2002, where he has taught ever since.

Since 2005, Ted has been an adjunct instructor of English at his alma mater Marist, teaching courses ranging from freshman composition to Shakespeare and creative writing. This spring he will teach a new course there titled “The Art of Poetry.” During the summer, he returns to Harvey as a production teacher, writing and directing plays for the Cavalier Camp.

Poetry for Ted is an “indefatigable passion” for which he receives inspiration from just about everything—watching his two children, Madelyn and Patrick, blow out their birthday candles; reflecting on the simple life as a middle-class husband/father/ homeowner/teacher; contemplating current events; and the seemingly banal daily minutiae poetry has a unique ability to elevate, like in his poem (see right) “Riding My Bike to the Library,” published in Aji this fall.

“Poetry is how I try to make sense of all this mess,” Ted says. “I agonize over every word, punctuation mark and syllable. I enjoy it now more than ever. There’s nothing like the satisfaction of having worked so hard at creating something and finally seeing it recognized. It’s reassuring, and humbling, too.”

Ted was kind enough to permit us to share one of his poems here.

To read more of his poetry, visit our school website at harveyschool.org and go to the link for this magazine.

Riding My Bike to the Library

I’ve just an hour and a half before my wife returns from getting the kids’ haircuts, but I could pedal all day through this quirky farming village, down the goat trail , past the old train station, up Cardiac Hill, toward the bottling company chuggling round the clock with tractor trailers, out the North Road, orchards buzzing with their inchoate harvest.

Today, though, I’m not out for air, basking in the rare freedom from domestic stress.

I yearn this moment to be ensconc ed among the spines of the most saga cious minds, the novels that challenge, philosophies that probe, poems that hum with dactylic flow .

In a previous life I might have bee n a medieval monk pondering the judgment over a doctrinal tome, or a Tibetan youth steeped in Buddha dharma.

A room with books is all I need for nirvana. Call it heaven or Sha ngri-La. Call it anything you like.

My bike is slower on the return.

The added weight makes my thig hs burn.

I don’t think I’ve ever seen that bald old man resembling Socrates on his porch before, his eyes shut, lips curled around “Blue Moon of Kentucky” filling the hollow with radio.

I wasn’t aware there were so many wild flowers nodding to the breeze. Normally beer cans in the dirt are all I see.

If I pump a little harder maybe I’ll make it home in time to settle into my deck recliner and the first chapter.

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Class Agent: Max Weinstein, 917-515-8531, maxdanielweinstein@gmail.com

Monica works for Discovery Communications and Cal works at the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children.

They live in Washington, D.C.

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Class Agent: Amy Albert Morello, 845-621-2120, papillia@hotmail.com

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Volunteers needed For Centennial Celebration Check out the Centennial Celebration on the Harvey website. We can use your help in many areas, from decorating to reaching out to former faculty. Or contact us at centennial@harveyschool.org.

Jeremy Kosbob: “I just wanted to say thank you to Barry for everything he gave to both myself and my brother Alex while we attended Harvey. I’m sure we were not the easiest, at least I wasn’t.

I have nothing but fun memories of either throwing Barry in the ice pond behind his house (football thing) or just great conversations about Harvey, rugby and football…and theater (thanks, Ms. Mahony). It is a beautiful and rare thing these days for someone to have such a long, positive, illustrious and successful career such as this. You have touched many lives, most certainly my own and my brothers’.

We loved and love you, Barry. Congratulations!”

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Class Agent: Tiffany Franqui, 845-612-9858, travelsize84@gmail.com

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Class Agent: Jackie and Evan Walker, 914-319-1699, JaclynMarisaWalker@gmail.com

Social Networks

For those alumni using social networking websites, take a look at Facebook and LinkedIn. Both have Harvey alumni groups that you can join. These provide another way to find lost classmates and reconnect with them. Harvey is not responsible for the content on either of these sites.

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Joshua B. Linder: “I recently passed the level III CFA exam and am now a CFA (Chartered Financial Analyst). Looking forward now to getting my Memorial Day weekend back.”

Geoffrey W. Potter reports that he has moved to Seattle.

Callahan Walsh married Monica Perez on Oct. 25, 2014 at the Windsor in Vero Beach, Fla.

Class Agent: Andrew Pape, andru324@gmail.com; Mallika Raghavan, mallika.raghavan@gmail.com

Kimberly C. Fiedler-Zinaman: Kim and Roman Gervint were married on May 18, 2014 at the Green Tree Country Club in Westchester. Roman is a casting director for film and television, and Kim is an intensive care manager.

Matthew R. Fierstein reports that he is “still in California, just got back from my summer vacation so I cannot take the time or spare the dough to make a quick trip back and forth [for our 10th year reunion].

Look forward to seeing pics of everyone.”

Jaclyn Gugel and Nicholas Perricone were married Aug. 23, 2014 in Raleigh, N.C. Maria R. Neri: “I attended Western Connecticut State University, although I left two years ago when my grandmother became sick with pancreatic cancer. I am also an alum of Alpha Delta Pi Sorority. Currently I am working for Brewster Honda, which is owned by Lia Auto Group. Much like when I was in high school on the dance team, I have a passion for dance—still taking Zumba classes and line dancing over the years.”

Suze Leshin has been engaged to Matthew Joseph Downey for more than three years, but no date has been set. She works as a private cosmetologist, having finished cosmetology school and obtaining her license in 2009. She is very active as an acrylic painter and will be showing some of her work at the alumni art show in February.

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Class Agents: Diana Bondy, 203-834-0764, bondydiana08@gmail.com; Sara Fleisher, 914-584-7048, sara.fleisher@gmail.com; Laura Heumann, 914-234-2093, lheums@gmail.com; Brian Ryerson, 914-329-6863, ryersonb@gmail.com

William H. Van Steen stopped by and reports that he is living in Seattle and working as a business and software consultant. He told Kathy Cushman that he took voice lessons throughout college and still does when he can.

Lindsey J. Walker is a Teach for America instructor working in a very challenging school setting in Washington, D.C. She has written a wonderful tribute, What Did They Teach Me?, to teachers she has had, and dedicated her blog to the Harvey teachers (see excerpts below): “What did they teach me? What did I learn in school? A whole lot of useless stuff that I’ve never used a day with a kid. I’m sure it was important at the time, which is why I complied. But then when it came to the big dance? It was miraculous what I did.

They didn’t teach me how to potty train an 18-year-old. It wasn’t in the manual either, go figure, but candy bribery worked just fine. They didn’t teach me how to behavior manage a schizophrenic….

So what separates the Haves from the Have Nots? It’s simple. Love. Love of education, love of a challenge, love of the battle. Love of knowing that someone else’s life is just slightly better because you met them, taught them, led them on the right path. When it came to the big dance, it was

miraculous what they did. Because love is a miracle. Love makes a person do crazy things. Mix love and education, and you have a kid’s dream come true. This piece is dedicated to the staff of The Harvey School from 1998–2005.” (Read her entire inspiring thoughts at frommswalkersdesk.blogspot.com/ 2014/09/what-did-they-teach-me.html).

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Class Agents: Greg Jurschak, 914-260-8155, gjurschak@gmail.com; Teresa Neri, 914-462-7440, teresa.neri12@gmail.com; Allison Shuchat, 914-384-4134, ashuchat@live.com Greg Jurschak ’06 at Harvey on Sept. 11

Brooks Forsyth and wife Annie welcomed baby Wesley Brooks Forsyth on May 23, 2014, 9 lbs., 6 oz. and 21.5 inches.”

Greg Jurschak came to Harvey to help observe Sept. 11 and spoke to Mr. Kelly’s Students Serving Soldiers club.

Mr. Kelly reported that Greg spoke about how important it was to him and how good he felt—“when he received letters and care packages from groups like ours.” He said that he found comfort in the letters—they made him feel appreciated and were a pleasant diversion from the conflict in which he was engaged. The care packages were a coveted item because they often contained candy bars and other treats that were not readily available where he was deployed.

Sky Sabin was married on Oct. 18, 2014, to Molly Ruth White at South Ferry Church

Sky Sabin ’06 and Molly Ruth White

Sky Sabin ’06 and Molly Ruth White with family

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in Narragansett, R.I., with a reception following at the Towers. They have lived in Newport, R.I., for the past four years.

Sky started a video production business two years ago and “it has been going really well. Currently, I am finishing up a successful wedding season as well as working in post production on a full-length documentary about a Nutcracker ballet performed in the beautiful Rosecliff Mansion. Through the winter, I will begin to organize a project to be shot in Granada, Spain, documenting the culture of guitar building and the roots of flamenco.

“Molly has worked at the Newport Art Museum and the Redwood Library and Athenæum, both great nonprofits here in Newport. She just recently switched to part time at the Redwood so that she can work part time for my business as well as pursue her own business ventures in art. Molly is an amazing painter with a really fun style.”

Doni McKoy ’07 completes national service hours.

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Class Agents: Brandon Brooks, 203-524-5800, brandon@brooks123.com; Doni McKoy, 914-960-9375, donimckoy@yahoo.com

Doni McKoy: After successfully completing over 1,700 hours of national service with FEMA and AmeriCorps NCCC as a FEMA Corps member, Doniella McKoy was celebrated in a graduation ceremony hosted by the Southern Region Campus in Vicksburg, Miss., on Friday, Nov. 21. FEMA Corps is an innovative partnership between the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) to enhance the nation’s disaster response and recovery capacity while expanding career opportunities for young people.

McKoy pursued this opportunity after earning an MS in healthcare emergency management from Boston University’s Division of Graduate Medical Sciences in

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2013. She was excited to exemplify the principle of service by using her education assisting in disaster recovery and disaster survivor assistance all over the country during the past 10 months. McKoy not only grew as a person individually but also as a member of a tight knit, diverse team whose mission is to “Get Things Done for America.”

As part of her service, McKoy spent 10 months serving with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in the administration of emergency management.

McKoy and her team worked on a variety of assignments including training federal employees on internal systems, working on the Unaccompanied Minors Emergency and Medical Countermeasures plans. “’My FEMA Corps service has given me an outlook and experience that I could not have gained by myself. I am more driven to engage in public service and will continue my passion for emergency management in New York City because of my experiences across the country,” said McKoy.

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Class Agents: Gretel Coleman, 914-523-2498, sgccoleman@aol.com; Dylan Hackley, 914-482-5318, dhack@me.com; Scott Oltman, 904-424-6610, sdoltman@email.msmary.edu

Eupha Jeanne McCrary (from father): “After earning a BA with honors in human development and psychological services at Northwestern University in 2012, Eupha Jeanne became a Teach for America (TFA) fellow, teaching ninth-grade English at Mastery Charter Lenfest Campus in Philadelphia. While completing her two-year commitment to TFA, Eupha Jeanne earned both a teaching certificate and an MA in Urban Education from the University of Pennsylvania’s Graduate School of Education. She will remain at Lenfest while she applies to doctoral programs in clinical psychology.”

Alumni working at Harvey’s Cavalier Summer Camp

Sam Nadell ’09 on guitar and Colin Rose ’10 on drums join music teachers Cary Brown on keyboards and Mislav Forrester on trumpet in a rehearsal for a Cavalier Camp production last summer.

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Class Agents: Andy Jamieson, 203-273-3884, andrew.jamiesonct@gmail.com; Erika Osborne, osborne7937@gmail.com; Pete Sorenson, 914-438-7486, peter.sorenson@nichols.com; Megan Taylor, 914-274-0069, megan.kerrytaylor@gmail.com

Francesca M. Neri: “I have enrolled in a masters program in research anthropology concentrating in archaeology at Northern Arizona University.”

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Class Agents: Jenna Spiwack, 845-519-4367, js245043@muhlenberg.edu; Anna Walant, 203-947-4543, awalant@gmail.com; Jake Warshaw, 914-772-5793, jwarshaw@gmail.com

Andrew T. Abt: “One of the traditions was getting a bacon egg and cheese at the Wooden Nickel.”

Anna K. Walant: “I have been doing freelance work since my graduation from Pratt Institute in May. I was recently hired as the newest addition to the visual production team for the Barneys New York Holiday Project. This year, the windows (revealed Nov. 13) are designed by Baz Luhrmann and his wife, Catherine Martin. I worked seven days a week until the installation was complete, crafting, assembling and installing all of the elements for the display.

“You can read more about the project at thewindow.barneys.com/baz-dazzled.”

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Class Agents: Victoria Shaffer, 914-400-6446, victoria6839@gmail.com; Adam Slater, 914-874-7436, adamjslater@aol.com; Nicolette St. Lawrence, 914-707-0414, n.stlawrence@yahoo.com; KC Testwuide, 914-953-9006, ktestwuide@gmail.com

Carly I. Glenn: “Some other news that you might want to put in the next magazine is that I completed a film I wrote this summer! Here is the link:

From left: Ben Walant ’13, Chloe Delaitre ’10, Brittany Smith ’14, Megan Taylor ’09 and Anna Walant ’10 working at Cavalier Camp over the summer.

Nick Maluf ’12 assists in an art class of youngsters in last summer’s Little Cavs program of the Cavalier Camp.

www.kendallgoldbergfilms.com/#!spotlight/ c2414. This film was just wrapped in New York and is in post production. Bark Mitzvah is a mockumentary-style short film that follows a Jewish family as they throw an extravagant coming-of-age celebration for their dog. Naturally, doggie drama abounds,

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but the family comes out stronger in the end. After all, you can’t have a Bark Mitzvah without a little bite! With the help of Tony Award-winning dog trainer Bill Berloni, this film had 10 dogs and a cat in it.”

Daniel Goodkind (Lewisboro Ledger, May 16): Daniel made the dean’s list at Franklin & Marshall College for the fall 2013 semester.

He is the son of Peter L. Goodkind and Stephanie M. Goodkind and is a graduate of The Harvey School.

Brandon J. Harmer (Fordham Student Publishes New York Nights, by Ramona Venturanza and Meredith Summers, Arts & Culture Editor and Literary Co-Editor, Sept. 24): “There are many things that set Brandon Harmer, Fordham College at Lincoln Center (FCLC) ’15, apart from his classmates. He is a brown belt in judo, he has appeared in episodes of television shows such as Biography Channel’s ‘Celebrity Ghost Stories’ and Discovery Channel’s ‘Deadly Encounters,’ and he has his own Internet Movie Database page. But what makes Harmer stand out most from the rest of the Class of 2015 is that he is also about to be a published author.

Harmer’s first novel, New York Nights will be published in October 2014. The novel, a work of literary fiction, is the story of seven friends in New York City struggling to reconnect a year after graduating from college.

Harmer began work on the novel during his freshman year at Fordham. Two and a half years later, he felt that it was ready to be sent out to be published. ‘The plot [of the novel] did not come all at once; it came in parts. …

Once completing the major parts, it was like piecing together a puzzle,’ Harmer said of his writing process. Harmer, who is a philosophy and international political economy double major, has always had a passion for readingespecially, Russian literature.

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“‘My high school teachers were a tremendous influence when approaching this book,’ he said, ‘and yes, there are some sections of the book where I put in some of my experiences in the city.’ … Prior to writing this novel, Harmer’s only creative writing experience was writing and putting on a play in high school. He developed a love of writing dialogue and character interactions during that play and this penchant is something he is hoping will come through in New York Nights. … While writing a novel on top of a double major course load may seem daunting to some, Harmer was not fazed by this task.

Another remarkable thing about New York Nights is that Harmer had no assistance.

‘I’ve been [working on this novel] all on my own,’ he said. The only other person who has put serious input into this book is Harmer’s editor and publicist at Neptune Press, David Stern. Despite writing his first novel at such a young age, Harmer is not sure that he is going to become a writer for a living. ‘I like to keep a lot of doors open. If this novel thing takes off, that would be great and wonderful, but then again, I would also like to keep the option open to do something with international politics or philosophy. I’m still involved in theatre, and I’m taking the LSAT very soon—there are still a lot of options open.’

New York Nights was published in October and can be purchased from Neptune Press (www.neptunepress.org) for $12.”

Nicholas LeCompte is playing on the Nichols College rugby team. They made the playoffs!

Haley M. Schwartz (newyork.cbslocal.com/ 2014/07/10/college-seniors-considervalue-of-higher-education, New Rochelle, CBSNewYork): “This summer is shaping up to be full of anxiety for college students graduating next year. As CBS 2’s Lou Young reported, the prospects of finding meaningful work in their chosen fields doesn’t look so good, and this next generation is having doubts about what happens post-graduation. Haley Schwartz said she worries she’ll never be able to afford a home like the one she grew up in.

The honors student is feeling discouraged after internships in her chosen field have seemingly dried up. ‘I didn’t hear back from most of them and when I did it was an automated response. And now I’m baby-sitting for a local family and that’s not something I can put on my résumé,’ she said. Schwartz is certainly not alone. As they’re approaching the end of their expensive higher education, students and their parents are wondering about the value of the investment, Young reported. ‘Cost a lot of money, spent a lot of time. Got good grades, made dean’s list, the Greek Honor Society, but that’s not going to get me a job,’ said Schwartz, who is now questioning whether it was all worth it.”

Elizabeth Skovron (newyork.cbslocal.com/ 2014/07/10/college-seniors-consider-valueof-higher-education): “‘They need an education just to get ahead. Is it worth $60,000 a year? Do the math. Is that what they’ll be making when they get out?’ said parent Gayle Sturmer.

Sturmer’s daughter did the math and decided to transfer from an expensive out-of-state school to a public university closer to home.

‘I felt like I was burning my money,’ said Elizabeth Skovron. ‘The cost seemed too high for anything—a huge financial burden for a car, for anything. (So you changed?) So I did.’ Still, Skovron said her mother is selling their home to pay for college for her and her sister. Economists suggest there are two factors at work. They said fall-back jobs in retail and seasonal work are occupied by the underemployed displaced by the recession and technology is changing entire industries overnight, Young reported. ‘When Kodak was at the height of its power it employed about 140,000 people and was worth, say $20 billion as a company. Instagram was bought by Facebook a couple of years ago for a billion dollars and employed 13 people,’ Carey said. In such uncertain times, many students said they expect to live with their parents after graduation, unsure of what happens after that.”

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Class Agents: Brandon Hickey, 845-270-8670, bhickey93@aol.com; Brett Marks, 914-8151686, bmarks13@aol.com; Maya Sank, 203-803-5850, mayasank7@aim.com; Dan Schonning, 203-788-6811, danny.schonning@yahoo.com; Natalia St. Lawrence, 914-707-0406, natalia.stlawrence@hws.edu; Mikhyle Stein, 914-419-4615, mick909@mac.com

At brother Kieran’s graduation, Shannon A. O’Connor wrote that she is planning to study abroad.

Nicole Pugliese was admitted to the junior/senior honors program in history at the University of Michigan.

Daniel G. Schonning traveled by bus from Hobart and William Smith College to give a talk at Morning Meeting in September.

He spoke about his experiences over the summer working in Jordan with Palestinian refugees.

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Class Agents: Gaby Kahn, 914-419-5954, gabrielleevekahn@gmail.com; Karina Lambert , 914-844-9123, karinalambert13@ gmail.com; Sharif Koonce, 914-920-1074, skoonce82@hotmail.com; Ben Walant , 203-947-4541, bwalant@gmail.com; Will Walant, 203-947-4542, wwalant@gmail.com

Abigail F. Hassett: “Playing lacrosse at Endicott was the best decision I could have made. … Throughout my middle school and high school experience, I did many camp clinics and club teams to help me prepare for what I do now. Harvey helped me definitely during my senior year to have confidence playing in games. My Endicott season was great—we ended with a 14–4 record. Some of the highlights of the season included beating Bates, a nationally ranked team, and winning the conference championship. Making it to the NCCA

tournament second round was a cool experience. The whole process of the tournament was very official and even though we lost to Middlebury College (#8 nationally ranked team), we had a great season. I am looking forward to next year’s season and what it has to offer to contribute to my lacrosse experience.”

In October, Chinasa G. Nwokocha launched a promotional campaign for her clothing business, and she is hoping for strong support from our Harvey community.

camping trip in the Adirondacks with other incoming freshman just prior to the start of classes. He is adjusting very well to his classes, making good friends and getting involved in campus life.”

Andrew I. Schwartz (from mom): “Hi Team! Andrew and Corey Eisenbrand are now roommates at Endicott College.”

William G. Walant transferred to Brown University for his sophomore year.

Andrew and Corey ’14

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Class Agents: Christian Artuso, cjartuso@ aol.com; Erica Cheyne, lile8730@aim. com; Emily Silk, ejs2204@barnard.edu; Harry Solomon, hsolomon18@aol.com; Jahbari Taylor, jahbarit@gmail.com

Darcy E. Clifford (from mom): “Darcy is loving everything about college: courses, teachers, her roommate, friends and Washington, D.C.! She picked just the right place.”

Nicolette ’11 and Natalia ’12 St. Lawrence

Bryan S. Krosser (from mom): “Bryan is enjoying Muhlenberg and is playing tennis for their tennis team.”

Dante L. Palminteri (from mom): “Dante is loving college in Boston and is working on vocal performance and songwriting at Berklee. While in college, he is continuing to act and can be seen next in season 3 of “Orange Is the New Black,” and he is starring in the much-anticipated “Sharknado 2” that premiered July 30 on the SyFy Channel. He wishes to thank Mr. Lazzaro, Ms. Mahony, Mr. Kelly and Mr. Cook for all their academic support and help during filming last winter.”

Paul A. Riverain (from mom): “Paul is off to a great start at SUNY Cortland. He participated in a weeklong

Sharif Koonce ’13

Dan Schonning ’12

Chinasa Nwokocha ’13 at the 2014 UBUNTU fashion show

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Rebekah Skovron (from mom): “Wow, it’s been quite a six years for my family and me. As I reflect on all of the changes, upsets and illnesses that have happened, my mind’s view automatically goes to all of the growth, expansion, love, support and generosity that I have from you. Both of my girls have been raised by ‘community.’ You are part of that. Without this, challenges would have seemed impossible. I am so appreciative of how you have contributed to Rebekah’s life, to her growth, to her light, which, in turn, gives me energy. This is what makes us who we are. We have been touched by you and I am so grateful for this. I am so proud to be right here where we are now with our lives. Without you by our sides, we couldn’t be. Thank you for everything you’ve done.”

Jahbari A. Taylor (from mom): “Jahbari has adjusted well to his new school, SUNY Buffalo.”

Christian Artuso ’14 in Italy with Harvey rugby players

From Luigi Loiola: “Christian Artuso ’14 is fully immersed in la vita dolce as he continues his stay in Reggio Emilia, Italy. Christian is living in a small town, Ca’ d’ Caroli, a suburb of this small northern Italian city, and is being hosted by Gianni Zambelli, a friend of Christian’s Harvey rugby coach.

“Small-town living has been a great experience for Christian as evidenced by the speed in which he has learned to speak Italian. He is improving every day, able to converse with new friends who do not, of course, speak English.

Small-town living has also meant experiencing fully the nuances of northern Italian culture: eating, dressing and living as the locals do.

“Christian has also been fully immersed on the rugby pitch, training and practicing with players his same age as well as with the professional players of the senior club. His aim was to get a look at the rigors of a professional rugby player’s life and to experience the life of a full-time athlete. Christian is partaking in what for many young international rugby players is a rite of passage: a year far away from home, honing his rugby skills before returning home to friends and family.

“Christian’s experience in Italy will surely be an important time in his life as he prepares for the next stage of his life, college. His time spent far from home in a foreign culture will help prepare him for the future. His new language skills and the valuable lessons he is learning will surely help make that future a success.”

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News from Faculty, Staff and Friends Leverett T. Smith (Harvey 1936–63) from Jim Wood ’41: “As you know, Lev Smith took over after Mr. Carter died.

While he was Headmaster, he also taught math, and as you said, he held the school together, was quite ‘low key’ and seemed to relate well with all.”

Thomas H. Carter (Harvey 1988–91) “It’s been too long since I was on campus. I treasured my time at Harvey and remain in contact with some former students. I was quite young and had some growing pains there also, and so frankly, I’m keen to reconnect with Barry—apologize for causing him headaches! My wife and I have seven children, live in Manhattan. I taught and coached at Harvey from 1988–1991, my first job. Incredible formative experience as I was still growing up at the time! I graduated from Georgetown School of Foreign Service in 1988 and Harvard Graduate School of

Milestones Weddings 1962 Stephen H. Bacon to Karen Kelleher on May 17, 2014

1978 Patrick O. Peterkin to Merrill Collins on June 28, 2014

2003 Callahan Walsh to Monica Perez on October 25, 2014

2004 Kimberly C. Fiedler-Zinaman to Ronan Gevint on May 18, 2014

Rhu, Burrett and Alice McBee

Education in 1992. Then I served at the U.S. Department of State 1994–2005 in the Office of Counterterrorism and Policy Director for the Western Hemisphere.”

Burrett E. McBee, Jr. (Harvey 1982–96): Daughter Alice surprised her father and attended the alumni reunion when Burrett introduced Christian Camargo ’89. Alice lived on campus and attended our middle school while her parents were teaching here. Burrett was head of the theater program before Dianne Mahony.

Frank Perrine (Harvey 1960–67): “Here are a few [traditions] that come to mind easily….Decemvir, Hook Night, Tuck Shop, Neperan-Pocantico Capture the Flag (not sure it was a tradition, but sure was fun!), Sunday Chapel at 5 o’clock with outside speaker, Sunday Church downtown, Friday night assemblies with Mr. Smith leading skits and singing etc….Public hanging up of grades weekly, Walk List, fish on Friday (can still taste it! ugh)…morning assemblies with prayer and hymn daily…

Toy Symphony played each year (Hayden, I think, but really good and great fun)….

Hope this helps a tad…you sure have a lot of great projects going on for this centennial…very well done….”

GonÇalo A. Pinheiro (Harvey 1972–2014): From Peter Duncan ’65: “When Peter and his cohort of teachers in the late ’70s saw Gonçalo, they would call out “Gonçalo! Gonçalo! King of the Wild Portuguese!” It had something to do with the time they had him sneak on the soccer team when playing the students.”

Edward L. Powe (Harvey 1990–92): In a note to the Headmaster: “Thirty years is a great deal of time to be in the same place without producing stagnation, and I hope that in closing the door of your long illustrious career at The Harvey School, you will now have the opportunity to open a new door to a life that will reward your genius, originality, creativity and perseverance even more.

“I greatly appreciate the opportunity you gave me to teach at The Harvey School from 1990 to 1992, as it permitted me to experience the life, joy and sorrows of a teacher in a private suburban school setting. I did not regret having had that experience, nor did I regret leaving. Indeed, the close of that chapter in my life led me to many more exciting chapters which continue to unfold. I hope that you too will find a bright sun under which you will continue to make a strong contribution to humanity.”

Jaclyn Gugel to Nicholas Perricone on Aug. 23, 2014

2006 Sky Sabin to Molly Ruth White on October 18, 2014

Births 2006 Wesley Brooks to Annie and Brooks Forsyth on May 23, 2014

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inmemoriam alumni Earle T. Holsapple, Jr. ’31 May 2012

Geoffrey R. Wiener ’32 June 6, 2014 Geoffrey was a long and enthusiastic supporter of Harvey, serving for a number of years on the Alumni Executive Council and as a class agent and attending all the alumni events. He knew the daughters of Headmaster Carter from summer vacations on Cape Cod and reached out consistently to the Harvey classmates from the early 1930s.

Geoffrey Richard Wiener, of Larchmont, N.Y., died Friday, June 6, 2014, surrounded by his children at White Plains Hospital, from complications of pneumonia. He was 95. Geoffrey is survived by his four children: Margaret (Steven Goldstein), Geoffrey Jr. (Wendy Banner), Robert (Katherine Clark) and Alison (George Bryant), and 10 grandchildren. His wife of more than 58 years, Margaret, died in 2008.

Geoffrey was born Oct. 26, 1918, in New York City, the son of Ernest Wiener

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and Claire S. Wiener. From a young age and throughout his life, he loved sailing.

Geoff was a World War II veteran, serving as an Army officer in the South Pacific.

His desire to help those less fortunate led to a career as a social worker, with master’s and doctoral degrees from Columbia University School of Social Work, and made him a fierce civil rights and antipoverty crusader. He served as executive director of Hamilton Madison House in lower Manhattan, where he spent 16 years leading the settlement house and contributed more than 50 years of service, including as a board member. He also taught at Hunter College School of Social Work and at the State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center, and served for 10 years as executive director of Abbott House, a child welfare, foster care and adoption organization.

In retirement, he volunteered with the International Executive Service Corps and with the Larchmont/Mamaroneck Local Summit, and strongly supported the Mamaroneck Hispanic Resource Center. He loved learning, traveling and his family, including the family dogs.

Geoffrey was fond of the Winnie the Pooh books and had a well-known sweet tooth (especially for ice cream). His bear hugs, even at age 95, were strong—he put all

his love into every embrace. In recent years, he loved to walk in Manor Park and made weekly visits to the Larchmont Senior Center, where he became a prolific painter. His Coolidge Street home has become a veritable art gallery. His family would like to thank his live-in aides Cutie Fraser and Auda Moncion, Karen Schwartz and her staff, and Dr. Steven Meixler and the nurses and staff at White Plains Hospital. He was well loved and will be missed by all who knew him.

—New York Times, June 13, 2014

Julian R. Sloan ’41 Feb. 10, 2014 Julian Rapallo Sloan, 86, of Jupiter, Fla., died unexpectedly Monday, Feb. 10, 2014.

Born April 1, 1927, in New York City, Julian was the son of Julian Sloan and Blanche Strebeigh. With a combination of a diploma from St. Georges School and a degree from Brown University, both in Rhode Island, Julian spent his business years in advertising. Julian worked with the American Association of Advertising Agencies, various advertising agencies, the agency trade association in New York and later his own business as a consulting advertiser.

His lifetime interests included golf, boating, bridge and shelling and he loved genealogy. Julian was a member of many

organizations including, in Florida, the Jonathans Landing Club in Jupiter, Tequesta Country Club in Tequesta and the The Old Guard card club in Palm Beach; in Massachusetts, the Stage Harbor Yacht Club and the Circulating Library bridge club in Chatham, and the Society of Colonial Wars.

Julian is survived by his wife of 57 years, Cecile Cuthbertson Kelly, known as Cele; daughters Edesse Sloan of Westport, Conn., and Margot Sloan of Eastham, Mass.; son Julian Sloan of Davie, Fla., and many grandchildren. Julian was predeceased by his half-brother Andrew Carnegie III. —floridaobits.tributes.com/obituary/ show/Julian-R.-Sloan-99800581

William M. Riegel ’42 July 15, 2014 William Murchie Riegel, 86, of Duxbury, Mass. and Scottsdale, Ariz. Born Jan. 25, 1928, in New York City to John Lawrence Riegel and Margaret Murchie Riegel, Bill was a graduate of Deerfield Academy ’46 and Williams College ’50, and he served as a Naval officer in the 6th Fleet from 1952 until 1955. Mr. Riegel began his career in the paper, packaging and forest products industry at the Riegel Paper Company in Riegelsville, Pa., which was founded by his great-grandfather, John Leidy Riegel, eventually rising to become executive vice president. He was president of Riegel Products Corp. and went on to become chairman of the board as well as executive vice president of Southwest Forest Industries Inc. in Phoenix and president of Amax Forest Products Inc. in Greenwich, Conn. He later founded Riegel Associates, a management and consulting firm based in Duxbury, and served as chairman of the board of the Bryce Corp. in Memphis.

Mr. Riegel served on various boards associated with the paper industry

and in his retirement was a director of both the Historic Winslow House in Marshfield and the Manomet Center for the Conservation Sciences in Manomet, Mass. He was a member of the Duxbury Yacht Club and Paradise Valley Country Club. Mr. Riegel was married to Susan Richards before separating in 1967. Mr. Riegel is survived by his wife of 44 years, Nancy Bailey (Nickerson) Riegel, children William Murchie Riegel, Jr., Guy Richards Riegel, Katherine McMartin Riegel Schobert, Margaret Winslow Riegel Steinbock, stepchildren Elizabeth Nickerson Seltzer and Joshua Bailey Nickerson, as well as 15 grandchildren.

—http://obits.lehighvalleylive.com/obituaries/ etpa/obituary.aspx?pid=171817664#sthash.

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John G. Davis ’50 Nov. 21, 2014.

Angier St. George “Pony” Duke ’51 Oct. 8, 2014 Pony was born in New York City on Nov. 5, 1937, at City Hospital, the only son of Angier Biddle Duke and Priscilla St. George. He went to the happy hunting grounds on Oct. 8, 2014, as the oldest living descendant of Washington Duke (endower and namesake of Duke University). He was Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s third cousin and a direct descendant of St. George, the patron saint of England.

He spent the first 18 years of his life divided equally between the shores of Long Island in spring and winter and the Flying H Ranch at the head of the Shoshone River in northwest Wyo., which his parents owned in the ’40s and ’50s. It was there on mountain pack trips and at summer square dances that he developed his love of the mountains, the West and the outdoors.

Pony had a wild and successful career on Wall Street during the big bull market of the 1960s before moving his children out to Cody, Wyoming, in 1967, so they too could grow up there. From that time until he moved to North Carolina briefly in the 1980s, he was a famous and colorful elk hunting guide on the Upper Greybull River and surrounding valleys.

In 1971, he met the love of his life, Mary Ellen Haga, who became his wife in 1973 to the present day, his soul mate and darling companion.

Upon his return to the West in Montana in 1987, he embarked on a successful business career in the sale of fine arts, aerospace design and ultimately the energy business, specifically oil and gas exploration and production.

He particularly loved bird hunting in the latter half of his life and good bird dogs. He gave up big-game hunting but loved to fish in the mountains and on his stretch of the Stillwater River. Breakfasts at the Railside Diner followed by pheasant hunts around Broadview and Lavina were mandatory on fall weekends. Once he purchased the ranch near Edgar, the action moved to the Clark’s Fork of the Yellowstone River and jolly dinners at the Edgar Bar. Pheasants feared him and trout respected him, and above all else he wanted to be remembered as a hunter, sportsman and outdoorsman.

He is survived by his loving wife, Mary Ellen; and his boys, Ben (Tatyanna) and George; brothers, Biddle Duke and Dario Duke; sisters, Katharine Selznick and Marilu Duke Cluett; as well as his grandchildren, Maud, Leo, Lucy, Nellie and Boris; and a whole lot of horses, especially Bucky and Muffin, and a rather large black labrador retriever named Fred.

—billingsgazette.com/lifestyles/announcements/obituaries/a-st-george-biddle-ponyduke/article_1fb5e342-4a5d-5447-a131af1337ccb16f.html#ixzz3HZ0E30JK

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Joseph C. Baldwin, Jr. ’69 May 25, 2011

David M. Schowalter ’85 Aug. 22, 2013 David M. Schowalter, 46, died Aug. 22, 2013.

He is survived by his parents, Peter and Jeffra; his beloved children, son Grant; daughters Peyton and Emmy; brother Christopher; sister-in-law Dawn; niece Lindsay, and many other loved ones and friends. David was raised in Manchester-by-the-Sea, Mass., and graduated from The Harvey School. He was a graduate of Washington & Jefferson College, Washington, Pa. A memorial service was held in Henrico, Va. —from legacy.com guestbook

David S. Reinisch ’94 April 4, 2014

Derek C. Schmuecker ’08 Aug. 5, 2014 Derek Clarke Schmuecker, 25, of Washington, D.C., and Bethel, Conn., died suddenly on Aug. 5, 2014, while playing lacrosse with his friends, something that he truly loved. Derek was the son of Laurie Wright of Danbury and John Schmuecker of Bethel. A child of Connecticut and a citizen of the world, Derek touched the lives of everyone who ever met him. A graduate of Immaculate High School, Danbury, and Eastern Connecticut State University, he also studied abroad at the University of Strathclyde School of Business in Scotland.

A volunteer and advocate for those less fortunate, Derek was a role model and mentor to his large group of family and friends. He had a “sixth sense” in understanding people and a deep compassion for those less fortunate. He worked two summers during college at Camp Harkness,

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He was active in many volunteer organizations including Dorothy Day Homeless Shelter and Soup Kitchen and Bike for Bread. With an energy of spirit, Derek enjoyed playing rugby and lacrosse, skiing and surfing. He loved fishing with his Uncle Bill and Uncle Jack, and his summer vacations with his large extended family at Long Beach Island in New Jersey. With endless creativity, curiosity and a sense of wanderlust, Derek drove several times across the United States vowing never to eat at any chain restaurants. Small familyrun establishments were always his choice because he enjoyed the people he met and each of their individual life stories.

Handsome and with an incandescent intellect, both were brought to bear on Derek’s first career choice at Verizon Wireless in Connecticut and Virginia, where he won several awards for outstanding customer service. Most recently, he joined the sales and marketing team at Sonatype Corp., an IT software security company, located in Fulton, Md. With a reservoir of humor and wit, Derek possessed an incredible ability to light up a room with his smile.

He infused everyone with his passion for life, his great sense of humor, and his deep love of family and friends. Derek was famous for his hugs, which will be greatly missed. We celebrate and cherish his 25 years with us. We are all better people because of Derek. Derek is survived by his mother, his father, his loving brother, best friend and wingman, Luke Schmuecker of Corona Del Mar, Cali., his stepmother, Annette Schmuecker, and a very large and loving number of family and friends.

—www.hullfuneralservice.com/obits/ obituary.php?id=613951

faculty/staff Nina C. Devine Oct. 22, 2014 (Harvey 1972–84) Nina was the English and reading teacher in the lower and middle schools at Harvey from 1972 to 1984 and took over some of Rose Baldwin’s duties when she retired. Her son, Henry, was in the Harvey Class of 1966, and her nephew Rodman Montgomery in the Harvey Class of 1969. Nina was devoted to Harvey and kept in touch with many of her colleagues from there.

Recently, Alumni Director Sally Breckenridge spent an afternoon with her, being entertained by her Harvey stories.

Nina Cave Devine passed away peacefully in her home in Litchfield on Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2014. She was predeceased by her husband of 51 years, Joseph Edward Devine, in 2012.

Nina was born in New York City on March 13, 1928, to Dr. Henry Wisdom Cave, chief of surgery at Roosevelt Hospital, and his wife, Mary Thompson Cave. Following graduation from the Chapin School in New York, she matriculated at Bryn Mawr College in 1950 with an AB in History. She went on to serve as a teacher and librarian at The Harvey School in Katonah, N.Y., while raising four children in Wilton, Conn. She was a member of the Cosmopolitan Club in New York, a trustee of the Wilton Public Library and an active parish member of St. Michael’s Church in Litchfield.

Nina is survived by her four children, Henry Cave Devine of West Roxbury, Mass., Joan Devine Morosani of Litchfield, Conn., Nancy Devine Pike of Block Island, R.I., Alison Devine Celico of Wakefield, R.I., and nine grandchildren.

—www.rowefuneralhome.net/ book-of-memories/1967605/ Devine-Nina/obituary.php

Sue G. Shugg Aug. 1, 2013 (Harvey 1966–67)

Waysto TheofHarvey Giving School Tennis, anyone?

Six new courts are planned for the Harvey campus this spring. The courts will be adjacent to the student parking lot and enjoyed by Harvey students and summer campers.

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Rose Baldwin Reading Center Celebrate Harvey’s 100 years by supporting the Rose Baldwin Reading Center. Reading was her passion, and Rose transferred this love to her students.

Continue her passion for reading excellence.

To donate, go to the Harvey website and click on “Supporting Harvey,” then “Donate Now,” and select the particular project or fund you wish to support. Or call Laura Prichard at 914-232-3161, x145. Harvey students and faculty benefit directly from your generosity. Many thanks for your support.

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