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“Snap, clap, tap and turn” . . . students in the Humanities program experience the flow, the range and possibility of both / and together as one during the fall guest artist visit by professional dancer and mime, Karen Montenaro. These movement classes were but a small part of the fall’s work for the course, yet in these exercises was a unique opportunity for interaction, collaboration, self-awareness and positive reinforcement as students shared a unique and formative experience together.
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With a focus on experiential learning, innovative courses in the sciences and arts tap into creativity, problem solving, design and engineering. Conceptual Physics, 3-D Studio Art and Audio Recording and Production are courses which highlight new departmental thinking about how to integrate collaboration, critical thinking, analysis and real-world opportunities into exciting learning experiences.
Lumberthon
A perfect fall afternoon provided unique opportunities for sharing on the water and on the trails.
Making It
Alumni artisans Thomas Lie-Nielsen ’73 and Ayumi Horie ’87 combine relentless dedication with creativity and consummate quality in work unmatched in Maine.
cover photo: cup being dumped in slip by potter ayumi horie. photo credit: michael d. wilson
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spring 2018 GUEST EDITOR Dave Stonebraker PHOTOGRAPHY Brewster Burns Photography Colleen Chassie Dennis and Diana Griggs, Tannery Hill Studios John McKeith Photography Lie-Nielsen Dave Stonebraker Michael D. Wilson Sara Wilmot CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Pat Layman Courtney Marchetti Dan Marchetti Dave Stonebraker ADVANCEMENT OFFICE Pat Layman James LeBlanc ‘02 Pat Hutter Max Middleton ‘12 Judy Roy COMMUNICATIONS Joe Hemmings Colleen Chassie DESIGN Dianne Lewis Design Please send address, email changes, and class notes to Pat Layman at playman@hebronacademy.org
HEBRON is published by the Hebron Academy Communications and Advancement Offices. Letters and corrections are welcome from alumni, parents and friends of the Academy. Please send your feedback to Pat Layman, at playman@hebronacademy.org Hebron Academy affirms its longstanding policy of nondiscriminatory admission of students on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, age, ancestry, national origin, physical or mental disability, or sexual orientation. We do not discriminate in the administration of our educational policies, admissions practices, scholarship programs and athletic or other school-administered programs. Hebron Academy is an equal opportunity employer. © Copyright 2018 by Hebron Academy www.hebronacademy.org
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Renewal
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hen each new school year begins, we feel a great sense of “newness” as the Hebron community recreates itself for another year, as students and faculty alike feel the energy of ‘beginning,’ of doing things ‘for the first time.’ And for most students the feeling is absolutely genuine, for some new to the school are indeed ‘beginning’ and those who continue set new goals and anticipate new challenges in the year ahead. As Hebron’s archivist, ‘new’ becomes a relative term as my subject expands beyond two centuries and my personal purview surpasses four decades. What is absolutely true is that each year the people of the school bring energy, creativity and innovation to build upon the present a vision of the future. More particularly, faculty shape the school’s program to incorporate ideas and vision, and students work collaboratively with their teachers to make the most of their opportunities. This generative process is quite striking at Hebron now, and this issue
of HEBRON highlights engaging examples of renewed focus on the sciences and fine arts, on activities and sport, and on the particular ways in which the energies of the school from past years are renewed and refocused on the present. The figure of speech that comes to mind is of water flowing over the rocky bed of a stream. The current of time may continually flow away into the past, but, as the stream of water flows over a rock, the resulting wave turns backward on itself, curling up for a moment against the current, sending light and airy foam upward and against the current. That motion can be likened to the creative energy of the ‘now’ building upon the stream of past experience, bringing with it force and focus to renew itself in the present moment. Such is the energy of renewal I observe in the school today and am proud to share in the magazine you hold. In the Hebron spirit, Dave Stonebraker, Guest Editor
Hebron Academy inspires and guides students to reach their highest potential in mind, body and spirit.
FROM THE HEAD OF SCHOOL
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s I write today, it is mid-winter in Maine, a time when many would complain of the weather, the snow and ice, the early dark and cold; but on campus now winter is a time of intense activity. We embrace the vagaries of weather, pack our days with energy and thrive on adaptability and perseverance to the life of our community. Currently, watching the Winter Olympic Games provides the community with wonderful instances of pride in accomplishment, resilience in failure, persistence and dedication as well as support and community. In short, the values and experiences of many Olympic athletes parallel the pride, values, growth and commitment so omnipresent in our lives at school. And we have a great deal to be proud of and excited about at Hebron this winter as we are in the midst of an accelerated period of program renewal and facilities enhancement. When the snow melts, we will begin construction of the Kaneb Center for Science and Engineering. We have worked closely with the architectural firm SMRT on the design of the new facility and have recently selected Hebert Construction as our construction managers. Construction on the project is estimated to span the spring, summer and fall, and we anticipate the completion of the new versatile laboratory spaces in December of 2018. Faculty, students, and all stakeholders have been actively engaged in designing the programming and imagining the possibilities that the Kaneb Center will bring to the sciences and technology at Hebron. We are excited and tremendously grateful to all who have supported this initiative and will report more on the progress as it continues. I am also thrilled to report that former Trustee and Hebron alumnus Dave Williams ‘60 has committed a transformative gift to Hebron to dedicate the Williams Family Athletic Center. Dave’s gift is a wonderful and generous tribute to his uncle, S. Barnitz Williams, one of Hebron’s most revered members of the faculty and administration in the years following the reopening of the Acad-
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emy after World War II. We look forward to seeing new signage on the Williams Center and to a dedication ceremony at Homecoming in the fall. The dedication of the Williams Center and the major gift of Jill and Paul Kaneb ’60 to fund construction of the Kaneb Center for Science and Engineering are among the most recent accomplishments in a long list of financial and facilities successes during the past two years which also include a successful endowment campaign, significant upgrades to Robinson Arena, and initial planning for the creation of the Lepage Center for Diversity. The current Strategic Planning process begun in the spring at a retreat of trustees and key leaders of the school continues through this year as faculty committees work through the winter in collaborative groups focusing on curriculum refinement and the development of new programs, partnerships, and critical opportunities to further implement and enhance creative and innovative programming for Hebron. In the many conversations we’ve had during this engaging planning process, the importance of ‘hands on’ student experiences
has emerged often as a valued strength of our program. We are committed to providing students the opportunity to try new things at Hebron, to experiment and grow through their experiences. Inherent in this core value is the idea that we expect our students to fail as a part of the learning process; but by providing the scaffolding of caring adults, students know that they can challenge themselves with new experiences, fail at times, and yet try again as a valued part of their experiences. This concept is nothing new for Hebron, but we are rededicated to our commitment to provide hands on experiences in intentional ways to support the well rounded education of Hebron graduates and to ensure that we are preparing our students to be resilient and engaged citizens of the world when they graduate. It may be winter now, but I would offer an open invitation to all our family to return to campus at any time, to reconnect with the vibrant life of the school and to see the outcomes of our thinking and planning.
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RETHINKING SCIENCE: COLLABORATION & EXPERIMENTATION
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s Daniella Swenton, Chair of Hebron’s Science Department begins to describe curriculum, the voice and the verbs are active. “Science is often thought of as ‘fact-based,’” she says, “and in a traditional view, students listen to teachers as they strive to understand principles and store up more and more knowledge. I want students to work differently,” Swenton says, “to collaborate together, to discover together, to connect learning to the real world and real world problems; and then have a suite of skills and knowledge to design and communicate their solutions.” The department is presently engaged in a five year plan to transform instruction, beginning by asking the question of what a Hebron graduate should be able to do, and then working collegially to grow the department’s program from the bottom up with a philosophy of flow and interconnectedness across vital areas of knowledge and process.
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As the Science Department works with architects on the design of a new science center, the focus of the building will be on easily adaptable spaces in support of design, robotics, engineering and technology as well as spaces devoted to the living world, ecology, molecular work and environmental monitoring.
The entry to science at Hebron is Conceptual Physics, a course for freshmen emphasizing science as a collaborative process in design and experimentation as students learn and apply the scientific method to actual situations, work independently and together to design and engineer potential solutions, test their theories through experimentation, refine their method by discussion and critique, and ultimately publish and share results through scientific reporting. This very skills based approach, Swenton feels, provides students with the language and conceptual understanding to then approach more traditional chemistry, physics and biology courses as each of these areas build upon the underlying skills of the freshman course. Yet, even within and building upon the core sciences are the connected subjects and foci derived from the concepts: engineering and design being supported by program-
ming, coding and robotics, for example, or emphasis on scientific method and experimental design flowing naturally to advanced studies in genetics, environmental science, ecology or physiology. Such an approach emphasizes the interconnectedness of the sciences in the study of the world, and as students continue in their studies, the experiences and discoveries in the sciences may link with study in other areas such as history, social science, economics and the arts as students come to appreciate, engage and manage larger systems in the world. As the program continues to be refined, the department seeks to interconnect content across disciplines, to align core knowledge and skills in all classes, and to open opportunities for students to follow particular strengths and interests in more specialized areas of study. The new Kaneb Center will become vital to the department’s plans as it represents an opportunity to design a facility from the ground up with the programmatic vision of the present department at the heart. Flexibility and connections are key. Rather than individual classroom and laboratory spaces, the new center will feature two centers of learning for physical and natural science, easily adaptable spaces in support of design, robotics, engineering and technology on one
“We will be breaking down walls, the individualized ‘silo’ approach to science subjects, in order to create flexible physical spaces that promote interdisciplinary approaches and the connectivity in inquiry.”
side of a central lobby and a space devoted to the living world, ecology, molecular work and environmental monitoring on the other. “I want there to be unlimited potential to support inquiry,” Swenton says. “We will be breaking down walls, the individualized ‘silo’ approach to science subjects, in order to create flexible physical spaces that promote interdisciplinary approaches and connectivity in inquiry.” This design is in keeping with modern academic lab design of a pod structure – a mix of central lab space with smaller ancillary spaces to support a student-centered and inquiry driven approach to learning. “In planning, we want to maximize every inch and make sure all space is utilized and thoughtfully designed to promote independent thought and collaboration.” As the department works to prepare students for college and beyond, it is important that they realize how the connections of many disciplines will be necessary to understand and effectively tackle the really big problems of the future. Students will need to be equipped not only with the content and processes of many disciplines but also with skills of communication and collaboration, creativity and empathy. The Kaneb Center will be the great catalyst for that preparation for the future. hebronacademy.org • 5
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MAKING IT: CONCEPTUAL PHYSICS
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ecently we asked Andrew Crofton, Technology Integration Specialist, to describe the thinking underlying a class project such as the Race Car Project recently completed by students in the Conceptual Physics Class. Why is ‘making stuff’ important? “I have three concepts in mind,” Andrew began. “Each project should be a professional process. For the race cars, I wanted students doing the things that an engineer or designer at BMW would be doing, going through a design cycle from concept and sketching of the idea, to the sculpting and refining of the idea, and finally to the creation and engineering of a prototype. That is where the aspect of 3-D printing comes in, to turn the concept into a physical form that can be tested, critiqued and refined.” This sort of planning and execution becomes a part of curriculum integration in which particular skills, concepts and programs from the world of technology are applied directly to the content of Hebron courses. The second concept at work in the Race Car project is to acquire and integrate technology skills into subject learning. “In this case,” Andrew says, “the students in Conceptual Physics were following an actual design cycle, doing what a real world automotive engineer does and by doing the task, experiencing the technical skills and integration that will apply to their learning, not just here at Hebron but on into college and the world of work.” The final aspect of the process is to free creativity. “This is not about doing something just because we’re in school, but because it is important yet fun. On some level, I want to generate excitement in the process, in the experience of just doing it. I see myself more as a facilitator than a conventional teacher; the learning is in the process of doing,” he concludes. And the results can be pretty spectacular as one by one the prototype cars were set on the test ramp and their attained velocity measured, one way to differentiate the most successful designs. And while the free-wheeling engineering of these first concept cars could be measured and ranked, the collaboration behind the designs and the pride evidenced in being able to say, “That’s my car!,” was immeasurable.
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Connect . . . Collaborate . . . Communicate . . . Discover . . . Design . . . Solve
While the free-wheeling engineering of these first concept cars could be measured and ranked, the collabaration behind the designs and the pride evidenced in being able to say, “That’s my car!” was immeasurable.
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CREATING IT: VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS
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n any given day, the Lepage Center for the Arts hums with activity. In the visual arts studios, students are compiling portfolios for college applications, creating double exposure photography in Photoshop or learning to throw ceramics on the pottery wheel. Upstairs, members of the Audio Production class compose original music and student actors learn script analysis and practice monologue performance. After school hours, Upper School music students mentor middle school band members and the production crew research costume design for an upcoming show. The Visual and Performing Arts Department has grown greatly in recent years. Current curriculum includes multiple classes in visual arts, music and theatre. In addition, all 9th graders take an arts integration course focused on developing creative expression while exploring topics of social justice. All of the arts faculty have backgrounds as working artists. They bring a balance of professional and pedagogical experience to the classroom and after school activities. During time spent in the studios, classrooms and rehearsal rooms, students are discovering how to express their own unique perspective while learning skills that apply to the 21st century professional world. Inspired by the National Core Arts Standards, the department expects students to conceive and develop artistic work, perform, present and produce artwork, understand and evaluate how the arts convey meaning, and connect artistic ideas and work with personal meaning. In addition, the department continues to find new ways for students to interact with the community of artists around Hebron and provide students with more opportunities to perform, present and share their artistic work with the school and larger community. “Our building and classrooms are safe spaces for artistic endeavors where students are taught foundation art skills, encouraged to discover their artistic vision, and are given structure, support and space to explore and create. We see art as an essential part of our school culture for each individual student’s development and as a way to come together as a community to share in experiences of joy, beauty and discovery,” explains Sarah Coleman, the Chair of the department. As the department moves forward it seeks to have all students take at least one arts class in their time at Hebron. “We want every student to leave Hebron as an artist in some form - be that a musician, a performer, a playwright, a painter, an actor, a potter, a singer - whatever it is that inspires them.” 8 • hebron • SPRING 2018
Scholastic Arts Gold medal artists Hina Koharazawa ’19 and Alaina Bonis ’21 We see art as an essential part of our school culture for each student’s development and as a way to come together as a community to share in experiences of joy, beauty and discovery.
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PRODUCTION MUSIC: COMPOSING AND COLLABORATING “
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his has to be my favorite class,” music teacher Bekah Willey begins, “because it is just so full of experimentation and collaboration. Everyone has a chance to grow though all that they do together, from composing and collaborating to then experimenting and building on all of their experiences.” The class is Audio Recording and Production, the space a nook on the upper levels of Lepage Center for the Arts, the equipment sophisticated computers equipped with DAW (Digital Audio Workstations) and the product dramatically sophisticated experimentation in musical form and style. “This is a very feedback driven experience,” Ms. Willey continues. “Through project-based learning, the students not only are developing their own compositions, but they are also being stimulated and challenged by the work of others in the group. They feed off each other, experimenting and pushing new techniques and styles.” At each session, members of the class play their current compositions, often multiple times, receiving feedback from classmates who occasionally challenge the composer to consider changes or variations. “The process is always building; it is amazing how creative things can get as one idea builds on another for variations in instrumentation, tempo, voice or balancing. The students are always discovering something new in the programs, and that leads them further in their ideas and skills.” Junior Gavin Tanis is working on composition for his second year, and as he shares his current composition with the class, one might easily imagine the swelling themes underscoring a film, a feeling not at all far from one of the group’s current projects - to compose themes for use as background to the Academy’s winter drama production and to design and produce all of the sound effects that the show will require. “Working in sound design, creating an impression from their imaginations that will enhance an audience’s experience is a really ‘hands on’ experience,” Bekah explains. “As they work in sound design and engineering, they are doing the real thing and have a stake in the overall impression of the production. That isn’t something to be taught; it is a real feeling of accomplishment they get by doing.” That feeling of accomplishment grows naturally through the projects. The cliché of the solitary artist is broken as the group builds and shares with each other. “One of our best projects is serial-based. We create a ‘telephone sequence’ as each student creates a new composition which is then shared sequentially with the
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other members of the group. Each collaborating composer then has the responsibility to build on the artistic impression established in the original, being true to the original artist’s composition but at the same time pushing the composition outward to themes and variations, voicings and tempos, modifying and building to an even more fully realized piece. The results can be incredible.”
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have been teaching for more than twenty years, but only a few of those have been in a typical classroom. I want art to be rooted in real life; it is the closest I can get to experiential education.” Mike Tholen talks as his students in 3-Dimensional Studio engage in designing and executing props for the winter drama production, the current task to recreate an ‘Egyptian Sarcophagus’ to fit a petite cast member. “This application taps into ‘spatial intelligence,’ the ability to conceive in three dimensions. As students explore, they gain confidence, apply practical skills and integrate different knowledge sets to complete their projects. Our work is not theoretical but applied.” Mike brings to his classes a deep appreciation for the environment and its inspiration for art. “We had such a fantastic fall. I wanted the kids to be outside, so the natural application was to create ‘environmental installations,’ following the model of Andy Goldsworthy’s works in nature. I was interested in breaking preconceived notions of 3-dimensional art, that sculpture is reductive, that the subject emerges from within the piece. I wanted students to explore constructive art, to make installations by adding material to their chosen contexts in nature. The results were pretty special.” As Tholen’s 3-D students work on the current project, it is apparent that they must collaborate and talk through the design and process of construction, assign tasks to their group and then assist each other as the various steps in the process happen. Mike watches the process evolve, prompting the group to figure things out on their own rather than direct, but he also offers nuggets of the practical, the tips that a career as an artist and maker can bring to the moment.
“I have been teaching for more than 20 years, but only a few of those have been in a typical classroom. I want art to be rooted in life; it is the closest I can get to experiential education.”
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SNAP, CLAP, TAP AND TURN HUMANITIES WITH GUEST ARTIST KAREN MONTENARO
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he immediate impression is hip: soft jazz in syncopated rhythm, strong beat yet flowing, music to move to: Students cluster free-form around their focus, a trim woman in a bright green and white striped jersey, sandy hair pulled back but barely contained with an ornate clasp. With a clap of her hands, the students spread out, and the music sequence begins: Snap, clap, tap and turn - a seemingly simple routine of fingers, hands, toes and body combine into the briefest routine as students follow the beat, concluding each repetition with a quarter turn and an outstretched hand to the person next. Snap, clap, tap and turn. Karen Montenaro’s own movements have the accentuated crispness of a professional life of dance and mime. Snap, clap, tap and turn, repetitively the students struggle to step in time, to make the quarter turn on beat and face the person next, to match each finger snap and toe tap into a single sound. Snap, clap, turn and touch. As the routine continues, sounds combine and rhythms come together and they begin to sound and move as one. And just as quickly, Karen breaks the moment, telling all to sit and then to focus on themselves as she recounts a story about the power of joining in, of becoming one. The freshmen are rapt. Karen Montenaro’s guest sessions are a part of Hebron’s first year humanities program that combines English, social studies and the arts into a shared experience. These exercises offer a unique opportunity for interaction, collaboration, self-awareness and positive reinforcement. The teaching moment is about the self and the connection of one to another. Karen speaks about the challenge of the arts in education, how hard it can be “to drag students kicking and screaming into their own freedom.” Young people can become tightly bound by the expectations and judgments of the world. “Today’s world is binary,” Karen continues, defined by “winning and losing, right and wrong, positive and negative, acceptance and rejection. I want to focus on the middle - the flow, the range and possibility of both/and together as one.” Her sessions with the students become moments when the binary fades as students attempt the movements and connections with varying degrees of success in the context of their own selfawareness and connections to those around. The binary world is replaced by the experience of becoming, joining and collaborating, concepts that Karen suggests will be vital for active members of the world community. Snap, clap, tap and turn - together as one. 12 • hebron • SPRING 2018
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For many years I have supported Hebron Academy through the Annual Fund. In addition I have a scholarship fund which helps to defray the cost of attending this fine school. My estate plan contains a provision to add funds to the scholarship. By doing so I will continue providing a student with the “Hebron Experience.” — Dean Ridlon ‘53
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Including Hebron Academy in your charitable estate planning is one of the most personal ways to express your philanthropy. We honor those who remember the Academy in this way by recognizing them as members of The Franklin Society. The society celebrates Dr. Benjamin Franklin’s estimable qualities of foresight, prudent financial management, and intellectual achievement. Dr. Franklin serves as a symbol of building up the past for the benefit of the future. For more information about how you can become a member, contact: Pat Layman Director of Advancement & External Affairs (207)966-5236 • playman@hebronacademy.org hebronacademy.org • 13
ATHLETICS
Football retained the ‘Headmaster’s Chair’ by defeating Kents Hill School 8 – 0 in the 109th meeting of the two traditional rivals, Hebron’s 5th consecutive win over the Huskies and tying the Lumberjacks’ longest winning streak in this classic rivalry.
Coach “Moose” Curtis has been inducted into the New England Prep School Football Coaches’ Hall of Fame. In coming years, one of the divisional championship games for NEPSAC football will be named in his honor, a tribute to his 41 years of Hebron football and his stewardship of the Evergreen Football League of New England teams. One can only wonder what the logo for the “Moose” Bowl will look like. Suggestions for artwork welcome!
Ben English ’18
Cynthia Rose, Class of 2021, sparked the Hebron girls to their best cross country team results in recent years. Rose won four invitational events in the regular season, was 5th in the MAISAD Championship and 14th at the NEPSAC Championship. Senior Anthony Carella anchored the boys with consistent top-ten finishes at MAISAD events.
Avery Jurek ’18
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Soccer Simply Spectacular! Both girls’ and boys’ teams won MAISAD Championships and both were selected for the NEPSAC playoffs for a second year; the Hebron boys repeated as New England Champions as they defeated Pingree School, Beaver Country Day and the Millbrook School of New York enroute to a second championship; Eliza Beaudin, Class of 2018, established a girls’ scoring record of 52 goals in her 56 games played.
MAISAD & New England Champions
Rachel Brouwer ’18
Senior teammates Avery Jurek and Rachel Brouwer played together in 137 games, and with their sisters Rachel and Sarah, Class of 2015, these girls were instrumental in the success of Hebron soccer for a decade from 2008 – 2017.
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The boys are undefeated on the Allen Field since 2015 and undefeated overall in 36 consecutive games leading to back-to-back NEPSAC Championships. Michael Tahiru ’18, (holding the championship trophy), was named NEPSAC Soccer’s ‘Player of the Year,’ and with senior teammates Tyler Swanbeck, Christian Quinones, Justin Bell and Freddie Hohmann formed the backbone of a team that outscored its opponents 112 to 19.
Eliza Beaudin ’18 Repeat!
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The Ice Man, Chuck Hall ’80
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s the new season began for the Hebron Hockey teams, we checked in with Chuck Hall, Robinson Arena’s current ‘Ice Man’ between rounds on the Olympia to ask about making ice and effect of the recent improvements to the rink. Chuck follows in some big shoes as Hebron’s ‘Ice Man’ - Charlie Dwyer who maintained the ice for the early Stanley Arenas, then Bob Gardner and later Nat Harris, who maintained the outside rink and who liked to brag about his ‘fast ice.’ Fast ice then might have had more to do with the temperature and the wind blowing from Mt. Washington! Today’s routine for maintaining the Robinson ice is far more technical, and Chuck, a life-long skater, devotes himself to the science and the art of making the ice. Following is the give and take of a recent conversation: Back in the day when you played for Coach Nat Harris and with Nat Jr., it was always said that Hebron had “fast ice.” What did that mean? CH In those days it did because you were right outdoors. You think of it on a day like today when the temperature is dropping and the wind is coming from the northwest, right
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from Mt. Washington. The ice is cold and hard, and back then you couldn’t regulate the ice temperature. The compressors would keep it frozen when it warmed up, but the system didn’t really work when it got very cold, so the ice just became really hard. You had dry air and hard ice and all the snow would blow into the far end of the rink . . . of course it was fast when you skated downwind! How long have you been tending the ice, and how did you learn? CH I have been doing the ice for nine years now, and the learning curve early on was steep, but a great deal of it is simply ‘seat time;’ you learn and feel the ice by all the repetitions. The more time you spend on the seat of that machine, the more you sense the surface you are making. There is also a series of classes that I have taken to be certified through the United States Ice Rink Association. One was Ice-Making and Painting Technology; another Maintenance and Equipment Operation, and the last for certification was Basic Arena Refrigeration, working with the mechanics of compressors, brine and de-humidifiers. There was a recent interview on our local television with the man who will be in charge of the ice for the upcoming Olympics. He was talking about creating different ice for different events. What did he mean? CH That was Cory Portner. I had one class with him, a really cool guy who is one of the
big wheels with the U. S. Ice Rink Assocociation. What he is talking about is really just temperature. The figure skaters like the ice softer and wetter so that they can really get a good pick when they jump and spin. Hockey is pretty much the standard of hardness, 21 to 23 degrees of ice temperature, and the speed skaters want the ice just as hard as possible to minimize friction on their blades. Maintaining the ice really starts with how you make it. We start by cooling the floor for several days and sealing the joint between the concrete and the boards with tape. When we start, we spray by hand and then work with a hand rig that flows water slowly from one end to the other. Once we have a base layer, we add the whitewash and all the colored lines and logos in sequence, sealing each with water. All that color is in the first quarter inch of the sheet. After the color is down, we add coat after coat to build the surface, each coat being roughly 80 gallons sprayed by a soft-tired golf cart applicator. It takes days to build up to nearly 100 applications, but that patience helps the ice to ‘bond.’ Once you have built the ice, how thick is it ‘in season?’ CH Because we are not a really busy facility, our sheet doesn’t have to be particularly thick. The thicker the ice, the less the control you have over temperature. NHL rinks are around an inch and a quarter; public arenas are typically one and a half inches or more.
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Because we are only running about five hours a day, we can be a little on the thin side, so typically our ice is less than an inch and a half. I keep a depth chart so that we can see how we’re doing. I know we have two ‘thin’ spots out there because the floor underneath is a little high. I want to keep a level sheet, so I have to shave a little more in those spots, which are running just over an inch. I take the depths weekly by drilling small holes in 34 spots around the rink: on the goal lines, blue lines and center line as well as in each of the faceoff circles and in the goal creases. I chart each point for the thickness of the sheet so that I can adjust my shaving and water to keep the sheet as uniform as possible week in and week out. What is the impact of the recent rink improvements? CH The two biggest ones are the dehumidifier and the new ceiling. The ceiling covers the beams overhead where moisture used to collect and drip down on the surface, and the dehumidifier now takes that moisture away so that nothing collects overhead. The result is that the inside of the arena stays cool and dry, no matter what the weather may be doing outside - no more days of inside damp and foggy glass. Does the dehumidifier make a difference for the athletes? CH I’m not sure how that is affecting them, but there’s no doubt it has made a difference in the building. We were told it would add warmth to the building; but that hasn’t happened. . . cold is still cold on the hilltop here. But it does keep the building consistent. The dehumidifier has sensors with a 35 degree setting. This afternoon, the reading was 28 with the ice temperature at 21, so the heating part of the dehumidifier would not turn on at all. The building just feels consistently cool and dry. So . . . constant temperatures, constant moisture level, consistency . . . seems like a formula for ‘fast ice?’ Does the water have anything to do with it? CH Some would say so. Hall’s Pond water is pretty good. There are some rinks that have to treat their water before it is used for ice to take out minerals and chlorine. Some even use an osmosis system to purify the water before they make ice. We think that our water is very good to begin with, and when it is first built,
Robinson upgrades - clean & good looking. the ice sheet is so clear you can see down a full inch, a thing of beauty. What about the appearance of our upgrades? CH The way that things came together with the boards and the glass, together with the ceiling and the mechanical systems; it all has made a huge difference. Robinson is just like a college rink, only without the advertising simple and good looking - Hebron green and white. I got a great compliment the other day for the way things are. A visiting coach came into the penalty box while I was making the rounds and signaled to me. I was completing what I usually do on a game day: ‘washing’ the ice by wetting and squeegeeing everything to clean the surface and fill the cracks before I put down new water to make the day’s surface. It all looked good, and when I met the coach, he asked jokingly if I would come to his home rink and do the ice; for the ice sheet he was looking at was so clear. I like it when the surface is really clear and you can see right down into it. When we are first building the ice by hand, before the Olympia goes on with its studded tires, the ice is so clear that you can see down into it for a full inch. All the colored lines and logos are in the bottom layers, so before we start skating and maintaining, everything above is incredibly clear - really pretty to see. When I was a kid, I skated on Marshall Pond all the time. I liked it early in the season when the new ice was so clear that you could
Robinson Upgrades Gone will be the cold feet and frosty breath of watching Hebron hockey. Avid supporters of Lumberjack Hockey, John McGonagle ’61 and Bob McCoy ’58 plan to make further improvements to the Robinson Arena. In the spring, the arena will receive upgrades to add a new entrance, Varsity team rooms, a heated viewing area and reception room. The viewing area will be a glass-enclosed second level pavilion overlooking the east end of the rink. The space will offer a much improved viewing experience for fans and friends of Hebron Hockey as well as a place to exhibit hockey history and hold small gatherings.
see down to the rocks and bottom underneath. My dad and I would skate on the pond from end to end, and a slapshot could go more than a mile! In my senior year, I think I skated every day of the entire season, November to March, and loved every minute of it. I loved the ice. . . and still do! So it just may be, Chuck, that you have some ice in your veins. . . as well as Hebron green! And your special attention to Robinson Arena insures a first-rate experience for all the athletes who compete here. Thank you!
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Williams Family Athletic Center
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s this issue of HEBRON went to press, we received news of a transformational gift made by Stephanie and David J. Williams ’60. The Williams Family Athletic Center will honor S. Barnitz “Barney” Williams, Assistant Headmaster and English Department Chairman from 1946-1959, William T. Williams ’58 and Trustee Emeritus Dave Williams ’60. Stay tuned for a dedication celebration to take place during Homecoming Weekend (October 26/27, 2018).
Williams Family Athletic Center in honor of
S. Barnitz “Barney” Williams Assistant Headmaster and English Department Chairman 1946-1959
William T. Williams ‘58 Gift of Stephanie and David J. Williams ‘60
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Lumberjacks take inaugural “Rangeley Regatta Prep Cup”
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arly in the fall, Athletic Director Leslie Guenther organized a team to travel to Rangeley to compete with other Maine schools in a “prep” division of the Rangeley Regatta, a day-long festival of traditional skills organized by the Outdoor Sporting Heritage Museum. Bill Pierce, Director of the Museum, has built a day for Middle School students in the Rangeley area to experience traditional sporting activities on the water and in the woods. This year, Pierce invited prep teams to join in for some friendly competition in the morning and to become organizers and mentors in the afternoon for the younger students competing in their own competitions. Senior Class President Ben Bryce and classmates Trevor Bell-Rogers and Masa Mita were joined by the Skelton sisters, junior Emma and first years Grace and Molly to form a co-ed Lumberjack team. Bryce recounted a day of great fun “with really amazing friends” that was a wonderful way to start the year. “It was impressive to be there (in Rangeley) with such amazing volunteers helping with the day. The service part for us was really good. I love being around kids, and it was great to see them in that environment.” The Hebron students coached the youngsters from the Phillips Regatta Lumberjacks Middle School to a third place finish in the day’s events that included canoeing, fly-casting, art, public speaking, running and the grand finale - team rowing races in centuryold Rangeley boats. Bryce summarized helping the Phillips team this way, “the middle schoolers looked up to us, and it seemed a neat way to give back.” Neat indeed, but not so bad to win either, as the Hebron teammates swept the prep rowing events. The Lumberjacks rowed the Herbie Welch, a handbuilt boat, circa 1902. The ‘boys in the boat’ – Trevor Bell-Rogers at ‘stroke’ with bow Bryce and cox Masa won handily, and on the girls’ side, Molly and Grace coxed by big sister Emma - left open water behind to the rest of the prep boats. hebronacademy.org • 19
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Lumberthon
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cenes from Hebron’s first “Lumberthon,” an opportunity generated by Head of School Dan Marchetti, to take the entire Hebron community out to enjoy the out of doors in the Academy’s ‘Wilderness Tract,’ which extends for over a mile to the shores of Marshall Pond. Divided into teams organized by the Senior Proctors, students engaged in fun and exploratory activities including relay canoe and running races and the creation of natural sculptures with ‘found’ materials from the vicinity of Barrows Barn. Impressive to consider the numbers engaged in the out of doors on a gloriously sunny October afternoon: • Over 300 students and faculty paddling, running and creating together; • Half of the student body paddling on Marshall Pond in the relay heats; • More than 70 kilometers run by teammates roving the trails from Eastern Prom to Ridge Run; • 14 creative and interpretive sculptures completed with the ‘found’ materials; In the end a narrow victory by Christian Quinones’s team over Eliza Beaudin’s, the margin being the aesthetic composition and balance of the team’s original sculpture.
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Girls on the Run
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his fall, Hebron Academy welcomed to campus a group of enthusiastic young girls from Hebron and surrounding towns as a Girls on the Run (GOTR) program site. GOTR is an international nonprofit physical activity-based positive youth development (PA-PYD) program for girls in 3rd through 5th grades that is designed to assist in the development of essential skills to help the girls navigate their worlds and establish a lifetime appreciation for health and fitness. The Mission of GOTR is “to inspire girls to be joyful, healthy, and confident using a fun, experience-based curriculum that creatively integrates running.” Courtney Marchetti brought the program to Hebron and recruited faculty members Jenny Ridley and Janet Littlefield to establish the community based program. “I had first learned about Girls on the Run several years ago when Dan, Lila, Oliver and I attended a GOTR fundraising fun run in Brattleboro, a run which supported the Vermont branch of the organization. When we came to Maine, I was thrilled
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to learn that GOTR had a Maine branch and immediately wanted to bring this impactful program to the greater Hebron community.” The coaches dedicated dozens of hours to the 10-week program, and female athletes from Hebron’s Field Hockey, Soccer and Cross Country teams were recruited, as well, and contributed not only their time and talents, but, most importantly, their enthusiasm and positive energy in support of the girls during their 5k Fun Run on the Hebron trails in late October. “The goal of the 5k fun run was to prepare the girls for their culminating GOTR experience, the Celebratory 5k Run at
Pineland Farms in New Gloucester, Maine,” Courtney said. “For most of our girls, the 5k Fun Run at Hebron would be the farthest that any of them had ever run”. With the support of the Hebron student athletes, not only did all the GOTR girls complete the run, held on challenging terrain and in challenging cold weather conditions, but they did so having a tremendous amount of fun. The running trails were decorated with signs personalized for each GOTR girl and decked out in glitter and words of inspiration and encouragement. Hebron Field Hockey and Cross Country team members were paired with GOTR girls as running buddies, charged with the task of coaching and encouraging each girl throughout the course. Serving as additional supports to the girls were other Hebron student and faculty volunteers who manned water stations, handed out beaded necklaces and flowered leis, and rang cowbells throughout the course in support of the GOTR girls. “There was so much positive energy. I really credit the success of the event to the support of the Hebron athletes who served as mentors, role models, and cheerleaders to our girls. Without exception, each GOTR girl was motivated and encouraged by their running buddies and by the encouragement they received on the trails. The success of the event and of each girl’s 5k running experience was really a testament to the power of community, as well as to the significant impact that each of us can have on others. I was so very proud of our GOTR girls that day, but equally proud of our Hebron girls for so generously donating their time, care, and positive energy. We are so fortunate to be part of such a wonderfully supportive and caring community here.”
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Bryce Richmond ‘12, Alex Mills ’12 with Ben Clegg ’10 and friend
Steve Gates ‘72 and Dave Jacobs ’72
New trustee Bob Greaves ’82 with his wife Ronda and Director of Advancement Pat Layman
Scott Wilson ’71 and Rick Rigazio ’71 chat with Mark Savran ’72
Chris Roy ’07
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Bob Ryan ‘77 with Brett Mitchell ’02 and his wife, Sarah
Dan Marchetti with Chris Blackstone ’57 and Dieter Nottebohm ’57 who traveled the furthest to attend Reunion
50th Reunion Class Luncheon at Allen House
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Spectators at the Alumni Lacrosse game
Craig Clark ’70 referees inaugural Alumni Lacrosse game
Rob Thompson’87
Members of the class of 1987 at the Maine Craft Beer Tasting
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Jay L. Woolsey Distinguished Service Award
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stablished in 1984, the Distinguished Service Award is the Academy’s highest award, given each year to honor a person whose contributions to the Academy and/or society in general are felt to be exemplary. In 2006, the award was renamed to honor Jay L. Woolsey. This year’s recipient was Scott Wilson ’71. Scott attended Hebron for his Junior and Senior years and graduated in 1971. He was President of his Senior Class. Following Hebron, Scott went on to attend Bowdoin College, graduating in 1975. He received his MBA from the Amos Tuck School of Business Administration at Dartmouth in 1980. For twenty years, Scott had a very successful career in the finance and venture capital industry. At the time he hit his early 40’s, he considered switching careers so that he could work with young people and spend more time with his children. Then a friend, who had children about the same age as Scott’s, died of a heart aneurysm, instantly and without warning. That tragedy was one of the factors that ultimately motivated Scott to make a transition in his career. He taught math at Worcester Academy for four years before joining the faculty at Noble & Greenough School in 2003 where he continues to teach math, economics and entrepreneurship. Scott serves as an informal mentor to countless students who are interested in economics. Students love that he brings years of experience as an investment banker and venture capitalist into the classroom and brings the subject to life on a personal level. At Hebron, Scott is a loyal and generous supporter and served tirelessly on the Board of Trustees from 2004-2017. His service has been
on the Finance, Audit, and Faculty Well-Being Committees. Scott’s expertise in finance proved to be invaluable during his time on the Finance Committee and particularly as Treasurer of the Board. Scott was also a hugely helpful member of the Head of School Search Committee. Hebron greatly appreciates all that Scott has done for the Academy.
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he Volunteer of the Year Award was established in 1987 to recognize the outstanding efforts of an often unsung hero – the volunteer. This year’s recipient was current trustee Robert J. Ryan. Bob graduated from Hebron in 1977. He went on to graduate from Colby College in 1981 and from Pepperdine School of Law in 1985. At Pepperdine, Bob was a member of the Law Review as well as an award-winning member of their moot court. He currently works as Deputy General Counsel for Stallion Oilfield Services, a Houston, TX based company that has operations from the North Slope of Alaska to Trinidad and West Africa. Bob has served on the Board of Trustees at Hebron since 2013. He has served very wisely and helpfully on the Buildings and Grounds, Investment, Development and Finance Committees and is currently Chair of the Development Committee. He has been a loyal donor since his graduation. Beginning in 2012 and every year since, he has sponsored the Career Connection Seminars, a focused program of networking and discussion with alumni and parents for Hebron seniors and post-graduates. Students partake of seminars on topics of their choosing, ranging from resumé boosters to advice on starting a small business or attending medical or law school - all led by veterans in the field. The day ends with a delicious lobster dinner. Seniors look forward to this day each year and start thinking about which sessions they want to attend when they are underclassmen. Bob is always willing to lend a hand in support of Hebron. Thank you for your dedicated service.
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Athletic Hall of Fame
Dieter Nottebohm, Jack Dewar, Ed Barry, Peter Schiot
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o celebrate the 10th induction ceremony, Hebron’s First Soccer Team (Fall, 1956) was inducted into Hebron Academy’s Athletic Hall of Fame. Captain Dieter Nottebohm ’57 accepted the honorary plaque on behalf of the team. He then called up fellow Class of ‘57 teammates who attended their 60th Reunion to join him on stage as he spoke fondly of their experiences together. Hebron’s first team laid the groundwork for what has proved to be a long and successful tradition of soccer at the Academy.
Elmer Rising inducted into Maine Baseball Hall of Fame Elmer Rising, Class of 1927, has been inducted into the Maine Baseball Hall of Fame. He was born in Rockland, Maine in 1906 and attended Hebron Academy to prepare for Dartmouth College. Rising and Danny MacFayden, ’27 led Hebron Academy to an outstanding 1926 season state championship. Rising made his career at Harvard University’s Peabody Museum as a technical artist. Following his retirement in 1972, he began devoting himself to his art, creating detailed pen and ink renderings of scenes of his beloved state of Maine. “Ethereal,” a Rising original, is displayed on the main floor of Hupper Library.
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Events
Montreal reception held in November
Cory Fleischer ’00, Colin Taylor ’10 and Simon Parent ’05 at the Montreal reception
Goalies L-R : Alex Bitsakis, George Dycio, Samir Poundja Bertrand. Behind goalies L-R: Mike Kelly, James LeBlanc, Brian Turgeon. Back row L-R: Rob Kinasewich, Pier-Michel Lapointe, Matt Bouchard, Alex Guay, John Salttery, Raph Blouin, Cam Moniz, Bryan Felice, Paul Jacques, Scott Grainger, Tiffany Bichrest, Clem Gingras, Meg Irving
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Beijing reception
Friends of Hebron Hockey reception in December. Brendan Kimura, Doug Kimura, Michele Charron, and Avery Jurek ’18
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2018 Reunions & Homecoming Friday, October 26 Saturday, October 27 Reunions for 1958 • 1963 • 1968 • 1973 1978 • 1983 • 1988 • 1993 1998 • 2003 • 2008 • 2013 campus tours rainbow reunion road race and fun run convocation athletic competitions
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up with classmates and old friends
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on Hebron’s teams
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part in activities for the whole family
For more information, please call or email Pat Layman at 207-966-5236 playman@hebronacademy.org
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Roy L. Byrnes, MD - The Academy enjoyed a visit from Roy’s children last October while they were visiting Maine. They took plenty of photos of campus to share with Roy who has recently retired as a pathologist in California. Robert Pretti writes: “Still kicking, but not very high! Nine great grands.”
1943 John Lawry writes: I have given up tennis and golf at 92 years old. I have just sold my home in Melrose after 60 years!
1949 Class Agent: Robert Rich rprich@erlanger-inc.com Richard Levinson writes: Am still in the active practice of law with Levinson Axelrod. Spend most of my time in either my Edison or Flemington office. My wife Susan and I have the good fortune to be in excellent health as I approach 86. I regularly play tennis and move pretty well for an aged one.
1950 Bert Fisher writes: My first wife passed away in 2004 after 50 years of marriage. I remarried her first cousin a year later. Our family status is as follows: I had four sons and she had two sons and a daughter. After 60 years of working in New York City as an Insurance Broker I am now mostly retired but work at home in Greenwich, Connecticut on a computer and telephone. During the past 10 years we moved to Phoenix, Arizona for the warmer weather but have recently sold our property out there and hang 30 • hebron • SPRING 2018
our hat full time in Greenwich. My sons have a total of eight children who have all graduated from various colleges both east and west. There are two Great Grand Children who reside in Montana.
1951 Class Agent: Ted Ruegg rueggnh@gamil.com Saul B. Cohen writes: Retirement done! Winter in Sarasota. Fred Stavis writes: Still playing tennis, enjoying retirement. Three children and eight grandchildren. Good luck to the new Head.
1952 Class Agent: Rev. Ken Boyle revken60@aol.com Alan Booth was inducted into the Dartmouth Athletic Hall of Fame. His sport was Rowing/Crew.
1953 Class Agent: Dean Ridlon sdridlon@yahoo.com Bernard (Billy) Miller writes: Still hanging around. Aging well. 10 grandchildren (2 graduated college) Gloria and I are traveling a lot. Still playing in symphony and band. Retired from Pharmacy.
1954 Class Agent: Michael Maher stormhawk1936@gmail.com Henry J. Curtis, Jr. writes: Practicing law with my son Geoff, married over 59 years, appreciate Hebron’s influence on my life. Demas (Dick) Jasper is still writing professionally and at www. hubpages.com. He continues serving as a volunteer with the Senior Companion Program, and is the
Family History and Temple Consultant for his church in Lindon, Utah. He and his wife Manolie have five children and 17 grandchildren scattered from Utah to New Hampshire to Iowa to Alaska, and to California with a family home still in Eliot, Maine. His most recently published book is 458 pages Haiku American Style: 210 Poems A to Z About Human Nature with photos and commentary. Seven more books are forthcoming in 2018. John Merz writes: Regards to all classmates. Hanging in there. Keep up the good work.
Hody White in the news: From New England Masters Swimming Newsletter: I learned to swim in the ocean doing the Breaststroke, and I liked doing it underwater, where I felt released from the surface tension and could get a full arm stroke. I swam for Brunswick High School, Hebron Academy and Bowdoin College, always swimming the Breaststroke. At Bowdoin in a meet against Amherst in 1957, I swam against Bill Jones in the 200 yard Breaststroke. We swam most of the race underwater, which was legal back then (I once swam 95 yards underwater). The winning time was 2:33, not good by today’s standards, but good enough for the college record. My time now is 3:56. Age takes a toll. After college I served in the infantry as a First Lieutenant at Ft. Benning, Georgia. Then I went to medical school and after that I practiced Pediatrics in my hometown of Brunswick. For many years I competed in squash and running while Bill kept on swimming, setting many records in the Masters age groups. A few years ago, he came to me recalling our old rivalry. He encouraged me to join the Maine Masters. This year we
both turned 80 (our birthdays are six days apart) and being at the bottom of the Masters age group (80-84), it seemed like the right time to join. Also, my knees were giving me trouble. My first meet took place in Belfast, 60 years after Bill and I swam at Bowdoin. After an emotional reunion, it was deja-vu all over again. We both swam faster than the state and New England record in the 100, and I swam faster than the record in the 50. Since then we have been the only 80 year olds competing in Maine! I hope to continue with Masters swimming for many years. It keeps me fit and I meet new friends in the swimming community.
David L. Wilson II writes: Enjoying ten grandchildren.
1955 Class Agent: Richard Parker sparker72@comcast.net Samuel A. Dibbins, Jr. writes: All is well, I’m continuing to teach tennis full time. It makes me happy and keeps me engaged and learning. I think fondly of my Hebron days and specifically of teachers who tried to keep me on the straight and narrow: Messrs. Allen, Williams, Macmillan, Mott, Freiday, Helwig and others. I still hear your voices! Jim Gillies writes: I finally have given in to age 82…have come out of the woods, sold the lumber business, and retired to the bank of the Kennebec River with twelve doting grandkids. Age, however, brought the need for a We love hearing from you! Please send news or contact updates to your class agent or to alumni@hebronacademy.org.
ALUMNI ET ALUMNAE back fusion and a new knee this year. Recovering nicely, minding my small Christmas Tree farm, cutting firewood and volunteering in my hometown of Bath.
1956 Class Agent: Kenneth Mortimer kmortimer5@gmail.com
1957 Class Agents: Mike Mentuck mikem@salvor.com Brownie Swartwood cbswartwood@comcast.com
1960 Class Agent: Dave Williams Djwill1942@yahoo.com David Barbour writes: I was pleased to receive a ‘request to meet’ while James LeBlanc ’02 was visiting Philadelphia. James is Leadership Gift Officer now, graduated in ‘02. He told me he was from Montreal where Marge and I had recently cruised from on our 30th anniversary on the way to Boston. We talked about Hebron in the “old days’ and the advances that have been made in the last 57 years. I enjoyed his visit.
1961 Zandy Gray writes: Got 9” of snow last week, almost felt like
Maine! I am kept busy supporting my older brother who moved over a year ago to an assisted living facility. Daughter Claudia (‘92) and family are thriving in Malawi where she is in charge of development operations. Son Alex is occupied designing computer health programs. All is well!
1962 Class Agent: Bill Allen gwmallen@gmail.com Jim Austin writes: My wife Tudor and I now spend six months of the year in Marathon, Florida, and six months in Kittery Point, Maine. We have retired from our import business but still stay active in real estate with rentals in Florida and Maine. Five of our six children are Hebron graduates: Mike Britt and his wife are in Atlanta with his two daughters; Chris Britt and his wife are in Chadds Ford, Pa., with his two sons. Amanda Walther is in Dallas with her husband and son. Sto Austin is in Kittery Point, with his wife and seven month old boy, and Parker Austin is in Eliot, Maine and is still single. Our other son, James, lives in South Berwick, Maine, and has a son and daughter. If any Hebronians find themselves in the Florida Keys and want to go fishing, send me an email: jimaustin3@gmail.com
Fred Friedman, Bill Allen and Dick Forte all Class of 1962 canoeing the Green River in Utah, October 2017.
Jack Suitor ’62 married Beth Heller last summer. Son John Suitor, III ’84 also pictured. hebronacademy.org • 31
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1963 Class Agent: Will Harding 2ndwavewill@gmail.com Michael Bergamini writes: Harli and I are (finally) empty-nestersNicole at Union College, Jack at Lewis and Clark College and Sam working in Theater in San Jose, CA. I’m still having a blast as CSO at Nicox-we had NDAs approved this year and are planning to submit 2 INDs in 2018! Harli continues to manage operations at Deer Creek Stables -dealing with real (instead of corporate) horse manure. She’s back to 3 day eventing and I’m still cycling here and in France.
1964 Class Agent: John Giger john@cybergiger.com
1965 Class Agent: Evan Mahaney evmo321@gmail.com
1966 Class Agent: Harvey Lowd hlowd@hotmail.com Chris Buschmann writes: Looking at “Retirement” on July 1, 2018. Lois and I are hoping to travel (probably only to Rangeley, but it could be fun!) and the future is anyone’s guess. Peter A. Larsen writes: Have been living in Tucson AZ since I moved from Maine in 1992. Have been with Edward Jones as a Financial Advisor since 1994. Enjoyed attending the 50th reunion and seeing a few of the guys and sharing some of the stories of our lives. If any of you are ever traveling to the Grand Canyon state please stop by Tucson for a visit! Phil Wysor writes: Greetings to the Class of ’66 from Marblehead, Massachusetts. After 42 years practicing law on the North Shore, I have decided to hang it
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up effective December 31st of this year. My wife (also a lawyer) is retiring as well, so we intend to ski Sugarloaf, play golf and tennis, help raise our 8 grandchildren, and travel the world! We have done 2 European river cruises and have a third one planned for April, 2019. It was great to see a small, but very enthusiastic, group of fellow alumni for our 50th reunion in October of 2016. Hard to believe I am now working on the Colby 50th for 2020! Please support Hebron, as it was so formative for all of us.
1968 Class Agent: Bob Lowenthal bob.lowenthal68@gmail.com Bob Lowenthal writes: I retired from the banking industry in June 2015 to enjoy travel with family and friends. I spent nearly a month in Montevideo, Uruguay for a Spanish immersion program in May 2016. In October 2016, I spent a week in Branson, Missouri to enjoy country music, the Ozarks and scenery. We drove to Nashville to continue the country music scene. In 2017, I spent 17 days in London, England with friends for a wedding and then connected with a 13 day tour of Moscow, St. Petersburg, Tallinn, Estonia, Riga, Latvia and Frankfurt, Germany. I am looking forward to spending a week in Maine either before or after our 50th reunion in October 2018.
1969 Class Agent: Jonathan Moll jonathangmoll@gmail.com
1970 Class Agent: Craig Clark jcclark@myfairpoint.net We love hearing from you! Please send news or contact updates to your class agent or to alumni@hebronacademy.org.
Tim Braddock writes: Moved back to Maine in April 2017 to work for Binnie Media. Living in Saco and very excited to be able to attend Hebron sports and events during the year and not just at Homecoming. Sailing with Kim Kenway during the summer in his 210 sailboat and getting with my band, comprised of Kenway, Braddock and several local musicians. We played at Porchfest in September in the Deering section of Portland. What fun! Kingsley Meyer writes: Still working as the IT Director for the University of Rio Grande & R.G. Community College. 29 years. Daughter, Kristin married to Mathew Grindle 12/9/17. Balancing higher education and IT with living close to the earth, gardening & managing our 70-acre Tree Farm. Paid off-Yea!
1971 Class Agent: Harvey Lipman harveylipman@hotmail.com Doug Gordon writes: I started 2017 at a new firm, much larger than my old firm. The relocation was to the firm’s San Francisco office, so I spend most of my time there. I still have my primary residence in Portland, Oregon but now have an apartment in Berkeley. George Lesure writes: Life is good in the mountains of Vermont. I’ve unplugged from business for the winter and am currently on a personal record run for number of ski days in a winter. If anyone is in the Mad River Glen area, please search me out. Having great fun skiing with family now including four grand kids. Free the heel, free the mind! Cheers all! Arthur Pease: Here’s a classic picture that has never been seen before in any Hebron literature.
I took this picture of myself at Atwood Hall at the beginning of my freshman year and noted this information on the back of the print. Only recently did I rediscover this and of course rephotographed it for posterity. It’s certainly an oldie!
1972 Class Agent: Stephen Gates stephenrgates@msn.com Regis Lepage writes: Best wishes to everyone from ‘72. It was a blast to see so many of our class at Homecoming this year for our 45th. Seeing varsity soccer take down Gould 8-0 was a treat. These kids don’t play the same game we played back in the day! Carolyn and I continue to enjoy retirement. Still ski 70-80 days a season and we spend as much time as we can exploring the Maine coast out of Casco Bay. We both are busy with community work, especially around mental health services for the underserved in our county. If you haven’t been to campus in some time, please make an effort. The place looks terrific and the positive energy is palpable. Looking forward to seeing everyone for our 50th!
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Gerry ’68 and Bear Thompson ‘Cross the Wake’
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ith four thousand miles astern and fifteen hundred remaining, Gerry ’68 and Bear Thompson commissioned Bear Holiday in Mobile Bay, Alabama, in early April, anxious to be underway for their third summer of adventure completing the ‘Great Loop’ of North American waters. Their route would take them southeast along the coast of Florida and across the Okeechobee Waterway to the great ‘left turn’ at the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway and then northward on the final leg of the journey to their home port in Falmouth, ME, with an arrival scheduled for early July. On the chart board, much of the trip seemed routine and in familiar waters, and Gerry and Bear planned for various stops to visit with friends as well as a weeklong sojourn at the Basin Marina in Washington, DC. Their first leg from Mobile Bay led eastward toward the panhandle of Florida to Pensacola, where they had waterside seats for training flights over the Gulf by the Navy’s Blue Angels and the Air Force’s Thunderbird precision flying teams. They proceeded to the working port of Apalachicola and then to Carrabelle as they watched for a favorable weather window to make the all-important openwater passage south across the Gulf to Tarpon Springs. Gerry and Bear opted for an overnight passage, leaving in the evening and completing the passage on the
following afternoon. “It’s a little nerve-racking,” Gerry commented, “because there is always the worry of mechanical problems, weather and ship traffic.” Continuing southward to Captiva and Sanibel Islands and the Fort Meyers area, the couple encountered the most ‘traffic’ of the trip as they maneuvered through flotillas of local vessels in the waters of Pine Island Sound and into the Caloosahatchee River, the entrance to the Okeechobee Waterway. Traversing the Waterway, Lake Okeechobee and the St. Lucie River was the most interesting time of the trip. Gerry reported that “with low water in the lake due to drought, alligators were everywhere, stacked like cordwood along the banks. We couldn’t let the dogs (faithful Portuguese waterdogs Lisbon and Azore) off the boat to walk or swim, and in the hot weather, they really wanted to.” At Stewart, FL, the mouth of the St. Lucie River, Bear Holiday entered the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway, turned left, and began the homeward leg of ‘The Great Loop.’ A lengthy delay for repairs in Titusville, FL, delayed the journey by nearly three weeks, and they pushed to clear Florida waters by July 1st. Moving north in familiar waters, Gerry and Bear motored daily, trying to recover lost time in their schedule, as they passed familiar landmarks of Hilton Head and Pawley’s Island in South Carolina, Beaufort and Morehead
City, North Carolina, and then the Hampton Roads and Chesapeake Bay in Virginia. Chesapeake waters led to Washington, Annapolis and Baltimore, and then to the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal and the Delaware River. At Cape May, they waited for a second favorable weather window for the open water passage northward along the New Jersey shore, but plans were foiled by a second major breakdown which forced a three week layup in Atlantic City for further repairs. With the spirit of adventure waning in familiar waters, Gerry and Bear were anxious to be back in Maine. Repairs complete, they piloted northward again, passing through New York City on the East River and on to Long Island Sound. They had one idyllic evening amid the eastern islands before heading for the Cape Cod Canal and home. Officially, Bear Holiday crossed its wake, signifying the return of a circle voyage, at Falmouth, ME, in the first week of August, fifteen weeks after departure from Alabama and with fifteen hundred miles in its wake. For Gerry and Bear, it was the end of a special passage in life, an accomplishment for their ‘bucket list’ of adventures. Reflecting on the whole of the trip, Gerry said that year three was not as exciting as years one and two, in part because much of the trip was in waters they had explored before, and the two breakdowns destroyed their schedule and took
away some of the pleasure and excitement. Still, they saw some special places in Florida and, as always, were conscious of being a part of a special culture of rural America, seen whole and at a very different pace. Intentionally, they traveled ‘solo,’ so that each night’s port was a fresh opportunity to engage new people and places, and always, boatdogs Lisbon and Azore were natural greeters and friend-makers. Of the highlights of their three year adventure, Gerry pointed to the first summer’s travels along Ontario’s Trent-Severn Waterway and the time spent in Georgian Bay, “where it’s always high tide and there are no alligators!” Year two brought the marvel of seeing the water-borne commerce of America up close on the watersheds of the Mississippi, Ohio, Cumberland and Tennessee Rivers. When asked what was next on the horizon, Gerry chuckled and said, “a smaller boat, one with sleeping accommodations but also trailerable. I would like to make the longer passages by asphalt and then enjoy time in particular places.” On the list are the Bra D’Or Lakes of Cape Breton Island, a trip to the Champlain – Montreal Waterway, and a return to Georgian Bay. But in the meantime, there will be a 50th Hebron Reunion in October for Gerry’s Class of 1968.
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1973 Class Agent: James Moulton jrmoulton@gmail.com Gregg Burns writes: 2017 was a wonderful year. My youngest daughter Alison was married in June and I received my second grandchild Rosemary in April. I hope to stay in communication with classmates who can email me at gregmburns@aol.com or perhaps meet sometime at Night Shift Brewing in Everett, MA, a craft brewery founded by my son and two partners. CDR Robert L. Thompson USN (ret.) writes: I am still flying for Delta Airlines, mostly to Europe and occasionally to South America. Three years to go until mandatory retirement. Melbourne, FL is our home port. Best wishes to all my classmates! See you at our 50th reunion!
1974 Class Agent: Roger Clark rclark@lcpgroup.com David Snider writes: Moved from Seattle to Palo Alto to work for LinkedIn a few years ago. Love everything about California (except the house prices)! Hoping to (semi-) retire in the next few months and do some travelling, including spending time in Maine visiting friends, relatives and of course Hebron. Would love to hear from any Hebronians in the Bay Area - connect with me on LinkedIn (of course)! We extend condolences to Bud Willey on the loss of his father.
1975 Class Agent: Ellen Augusta eaugusta@msn.com We extend condolences to Ellen on the recent loss of her mother, Elisabeth.
1976 Class Agent: Reed Chapman creedclark@yahoo.com Rebecca Webber writes: Reunion was fun, but now a while ago.
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Looking forward to more. Still an attorney in Auburn, Maine. If anyone has kids who want to talk about being a lawyer, they should feel free to call. Did my second year of coaching middle school cross country-OMG is all I can say. In the news: Rebecca appears on the 2017 New England Lawyers List. Congratulations!
1977 Class Agent: Robert Hernon robert_hernon@yahoo.com Coreen Plachy writes: I live in Los Angeles raising my daughter who is about to turn 13 years old, and work from home doing marketing support for mostly small companies. When not driving my daughter to auditions or doing errands, I go to yoga class or for a hike/run in the hills. I used to act, but have turned my creative drive toward writing...when I find the time. My husband teaches acting and directing at USC and runs an independent offering for directors and writer-directors called The Directors Workshop. I’d love to hear from anyone I knew in the brief time I was at Hebron.
1978 Class Agent: George Dycio gcldycio@roadrunner.com Nancy Marshall writes: My sons are actively engaged in ski racing. Craig as director of the World Pro Ski Tour and Jamie as a senior, racing out of Colby-Sawyer College. I continue to operate my PR firm and still love it! Representing Maine Tourism and The Orvis Company is a joy! We extend condolences to David Leonard on the loss of his mother.
1979 Class Agent: Brian Cloherty mnclohertys@earthlink.net In the news: Mary Gammino Mae is a visual journalist and documentary photographer, and
a member of the National Press Photographers Association. She has created storytelling images and videos for organizations in New England and has worked for media companies throughout the United States. Her work has been in publications including Ozy Media (the launch issue) a global daily digital magazine, The Boston Globe, The Hollywood Reporter, International Business Times and UNESCO. She has done visuals production at Sundance Film Festival and Provincetown International Film Festival. In addition, she has documented humanitarian aid work in Indonesia for DC-based Project Hope. She was a National Press Photographer Northern Short Course Scholarship recipient, and a selectee for the Northern Short Course Workshop-The narrative art of long-form photojournalismIntermediate group with former Los Angeles Times Photojournalist and Pulitzer-Prize winner Barbara Davidson. Prior to entering the visuals field, she owned a successful manufacturing company whose primary client was the U.S. Navy. The awardwinning short, Blending into the American Dream, which she co-directed, has been juried into numerous U.S. and International film festivals. She is currently collaborating on the film Littlest Refuge, a documentary about two refugees who start NGO’s in response to their resettlement experiences in the U.S., sponsored by the International Documentary Association in Los Angeles, California. We extend condolences to Laurel Willey Thompson on the loss of her father.
1980 Class Agent: Elizabeth Siekman Graves betsy_graves@hotmail.com L. Reed Altemus writes: I have been working as an independent artist in the New England area since 1989. I did an art-
ist’s residency at Mobius Inc. in Cambridge, MA three years ago. Also a week of performances in Kaunas Lithuania funded by the U.S. government during the celebrations there for the birthday of Fluxus founder George Maciunas who was born there. I continue to concentrate my efforts on digital collage and Fluxus-influenced live performance where the actions are tied to written scores. My art is intended to catalyze change.
1981 Class Agent: Jane Hepburn Fiore fancyjane@comcast.net We extend condolences to Eileen Gillespie-Fahey on the loss of her father. Beth Lee writes: I live in NYC with my husband and two daughters- one is a high school senior and one is a college junior. I’m an LCSW and I have a private practice in Manhattan. I have also become quite passionate about making ceramics and I have a studio in Long Island City. I am sending a shout out to Annie Hanson, Flo, and the rest of the ‘81 crew!
1982 Class Agent: Tucker Cutler tandgcutler@myfairpoint.net
1983 Class Agent: Deb Bloomingdale dbbloomingdale@yahoo.com Deb Beacham Bloomingdale writes: Hello 83’s! It’s really happening, our 35th reunion. I’m not sure about you but I remember on Homecoming weekend wondering who all the old people were that showed up and that they didn’t have a clue about “our” Hebron. Let’s get as many of us back as possible... believe me, we’ve all aged, got a little thick in the middle, wrinkly skin and gray hair. Who cares? Come have fun and let’s reconnect and let the current kids wonder who the heck we are.
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homas Lie-Nielsen ’73 attended Camden area schools through the primary grades before coming to Hebron as a four-year student. He says that Hebron was the right place for him at the time because of all the opportunities that would not have been available at his local public school or a larger independent school. Hebron art teacher Audrey Gardner encouraged Thomas to get involved in the arts, and he helped to launch an organization called Phoenix that was composed of students and a few interested faculty. This very active group put on art exhibitions, openings, speakers and other cultural offerings. He was also active in student government. Thomas says he felt very comfortable at Hebron and found it to be a very stimulating college level experience. He felt very well prepared when he arrived at Hamilton College. Following college Thomas moved to New York City in 1978 and began working for Garrett Wade, one of the premier woodworking tool catalog companies. He didn’t much like living in New York; so, after three years, he moved back to Maine. But before leaving New York, Lie-Nielsen acquired the fixtures and parts that would allow him to take
up production back in Maine of a reproduction of the famous Stanley #95 Edge Plane that Garrett Wade was selling. This arrangement suited both Garrett Wade and Thomas. His idea was that he would work in his father’s boatbuilding shop in Rockland, but unfortunately his father sold the boat shop, and Thomas wound up becoming involved in the back to the land movement in the summer and working on producing the #95 Edge Plane in the winter. Thomas said that he grew up around tools in his father’s boat-building shop, and he attributes his entrepreneurial spirit to his exposure to the family business when he was a young boy. Lie-Nielsen had moved to an old farm in rural Rockport where he and his wife kept a cow, sheep, and a few ducks. On the property was a woodshed where he worked on tools. He moved into a bigger workshop on his farm a few years later, but his operation remained quite small. In time, as the business slowly grew, he bought the 8,000 square foot building he occupies today in Warren. As his website states, “Lie-Nielsen Toolworks began in 1981 as an effort to make top-quality hand tools available from a U.S. maker and to revive discontinued, but useful, designs so the average woodworker could obtain them. The company makes
over 100 types of planes, saws, spokeshaves, chisels, floats and more. The quality of machining and finishing results in a tool that looks as great as it works, and will be a pleasure to use for years to come.” When asked what he is most proud of Thomas mentions two things: the quality of his company’s workmanship and the positive impact it can have on someone’s life. He recounts the story of a Norwegian man who had been miserable spending two hours a day commuting for an unsatisfying job. He saw a catalogue for Lie-Nielsen Toolworks, bought some tools, hung out his shingle as a furniture maker and felt great. When Thomas met him in Norway, the man said to him “you’ve changed my life.” Thomas is very proud of the tools his company makes and the jobs his company provides. Over the years, the design of his tools have changed only incrementally, for it is the quality and not the marginal profit that motivates Thomas. Most employees of the company are local, and the company has taken a number of people without experience and trained them for the specialized jobs of toolmaking. Thomas sometimes cautions small business owners by saying “you have to be careful. Big ideas are seductive. I think more people should be realistic. I’ve not ever been motivated primarily by money, yet over the years I’ve reinvested, grown slowly and provided good jobs in the area. There is value in something other than in being the next Google. People need to have realistic goals. I have set a benchmark with quality
that’s hard to compete with; I’ve always considered my work to be partly art.” A progressive company that puts a high value on customer service, Lie-Nielsen’s marketing efforts focus on education as opposed to selling. The company’s goal is to teach people how to use hand tools. Lie-Nielsen Toolworks offers free hand tool events throughout the country, and its representatives go to a venue, set up a workshop and do demonstrations. They invite writers, instrument makers, chair-makers and even competitors, annually doing thirty or more of these workshops from coast to coast. Thomas says “Our customers like being treated like real people.” Thomas finds it interesting to note that in this age of technology people are becoming more interested in working with their hands. This includes people who had been woodworking with machines, as well as young technical and professional people. “I look at this as a healthy thing” he says. “The hand tool industry is growing. Perhaps this is because people have a real need to connect with something tangible in this age of technology.” LieNielsen ends the conversation by remarking, “My father always had his own business. I was exposed to that from a very young age, and I want to let others know that it can be done!” Alumni will have an opportunity to meet Lie-Nielsen during his upcoming 45th Reunion to be held during Homecoming Weekend on October 26/27, 2018.
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ALUMNI ET ALUMNAE Peter Bradshaw writes: Living in Longmeadow, MA for 25 years and teaching here for 23 yrs. My wife, Tracy teaches 7th/8th grade math. Daughter, Carter (19) is a sophomore at UVM. Son, Owen (16) a sophomore at Longmeadow HS. Tennis Pro at Longmeadow CC in summer, our camp in Quebec, lots of skiing/riding.
in Laguna Niguel, CA (south Orange County) Institutional Asset Servicing sales for State Street Bank & Trust, cover large Insurance firms across US.
Laurie Pinchbeck Whitsel writes: I am still translating science into policy for the American Heart Association on issues ranging from nutrition, obesity treatment and prevention, physical activity, tobacco control and prevention, e-cigarettes and newer tobacco products, and other priorities across our heart disease and stroke priorities. We are building a robust policy research, translation, and evaluation center at the American Heart Association. It’s very interesting work in these turbulent times. I have the privilege of interacting with the federal agencies, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, national coalition partners and funders. I also have had the opportunity to give regular lectures at Columbia University. My husband Brad is still an Associate Professor at Penn State. Our children, Amy and Christian, are at Gettysburg College and loving it. Amy is a junior majoring in psychology and Christian is in his first year intending to major in the health sciences. I was in Maine over Labor Day visiting my brother Chris and his family. It was really great to get back. Please say “hi” to everyone in the class of ‘83!
Jenna Ray Slattery writes: Moved with husband Darren from Marblehead, MA to Boulder Colorado and loving the lifestyle. Still working for Cantor Fitzgerald. Kids: Sadie, freshman at Savannah College Of Art And Design (SCAD). Will, sophomore at CU Boulder. I lost my Dad, Walter Ray back in September. He was a former Trustee of Hebron back in the 80’s. Hebron had a special place in his heart. Our first visitor was Tonja Morrison (Henderson ‘85) and husband Paul. Had drinks with Jane Monchak ‘83 and her daughter Tara recently and caught up after 35 years!! If you are out in Colorado, look me up. Would love to see some Hebronians.
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1985 We extend our condolences to Jenna Ray Slattery on the loss of her father.
1986 Class Agent: T. Scott Downs suffolkd@aol.com Peter Burke writes: I currently live in Boulder, Colorado and work for the University of Colorado Boulder Alumni Association where I run an 11-person marketing team. I visited Ned Hutchinson (’86) last summer in Jackson, Wyoming to view the total eclipse. My 17-year old daughter has decided to follow in her father’s footsteps and attend CU Boulder next fall. My 12-year-old daughter will spend the summer in Europe. I’d love to hear from any Hebronites traveling to Colorado! Ann Sullivan Cohen writes: The past couple of years were very eventful for me and my family. In May 2016 I graduated from Mercer University in Atlanta with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing, to go along with the BSBA I earned from Bucknell
University in 1990. I work as an RN in the Med Surg Intensive Care Unit at Emory St. Joseph’s Hospital in Atlanta. On January 1, 2017, I married Barry Cohen, and our family includes 4 sons and a daughter, ages 15 - 32, a grandson, age 4, and 3 dogs. In June we completed construction on our new home, and we hope that 2018 will be quiet and restful, now that we are settled into a new career, new marriage, and new home! I always love hearing from classmates, and can be reached at ann@ cohenfamilycircus.com Jon Crane writes: We 86er’s are on a search for Ned Hutchinson this winter! We extend condolences to Peter Fallon III on the loss of his mother.
1987 Class Agent: Kate Thoman Crowley thocro@comcast.net Hillary Clow writes: Anyone visiting Bozeman feel free to get in touch.
1988 Class Agent: Ann Snyder Mooradian mooradia@comcast.net We extend condolences to Jennifer (Willey) Algieri on the loss of her father. Bill Guidera writes: Life is good here in the Plains: My work
moves on, but more importantly, I skied (and raced) better than ever over this summer in Portillo! Ski past yourself!
1989 Class Agent: M. Hayes McCarthy mccarthyvideo@me.com Oliver Harlow writes: My wife Elizabeth (of 19 years) and I moved to Las Vegas, NV three years ago with Artemis, our Norwich Terrier. I’m a film producer specializing in promotional content for luxury hotels and resorts around the world, and she is VP Brand Strategy at the soon to open Park MGM. We also own a home in Sullivan County, NY (Catskills) where we can remain close to family and our NY friends. Drop me a line if anyone is headed out to Vegas for work or pleasure. Would love to catch up. Oliver.harlow@vipworldwide.tv Jonathon Spence writes: Well, since last I did this a few things have happened - this past year I was diagnosed with brain cancer and had to undergo surgery. It was successful, and I can look forward to 2018 a bit more relaxed. Still practicing law in Charlotte, NC and trying to figure out what to do with two daughters, 11 and 13, who are growing up WAY too fast for my tastes. I’ve been working on a few new compositions, one of which is inspired by Hebron and all the fond memories I have of that special place...I’ll try to post it when it’s done. Until next time.
Trip to Big Sky Montana (L to R): Peter Fallon ’86, Sarah (Fallon) Devlin, Jon Crane ’86, Galen Crane ’87, Ned Hutchinson ’86, Matt Cassidy ’88, Tyler Hinrichs ’86, guide Jeff Callahan, Alex Woodruff ’86 and Tony Cox ‘86
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rtists work best within a community and can become a vital part of social change. I feel the best artists are the ones with liberal arts backgrounds because to be a good artist you need to take in the totality of what’s happening in the world.” Ayumi Horie speaks with a passion for life and issues that inspires her art. Originally from Auburn, Maine, Horie arrived at Hebron Academy because an older cousin, Alex Nishimura ’81 had attended and enjoyed a positive experience. Ayumi notes that the rigorous academics at Hebron prepared her to be an entrepreneur. Always wanting to be as independent as possible, she’s made her own path and says that “the critical thinking skills I acquired at Hebron played an important role in the person I’ve become.” Horie always saw herself as an athlete and played soccer, softball and basketball while at Hebron. She has found that the hand-eye coordination needed in sports translates perfectly into the art of making pots. As well, she believes in the notion that practice is integral to her role as a potter. In her junior year at Hebron, Horie tore her ACL, an accident that changed everything for her. She started to take photographs and worked on the yearbook, yet she never thought seriously about being a professional artist while in high school as the arts were not emphasized while Horie was a student at Hebron. However, she mentions that there were two faculty members who had a big impact on her life. The first was Birgit Suitor, her German teacher. Horie states, “Mrs. Suitor helped me to dream about my life. Her presence opened a wider world to me. She’d been to a lot of places and she allowed me to think big.” Another teacher, Mr. Willard, taught her to pay attention to details and led Horie to be as thorough as possible in all of her pursuits. After graduating from Hebron, Ayumi attended Mount Holyoke College. Through college she thought she wanted to be a professional photographer, and
after graduating, free-lanced as a photographer for a newspaper in Seattle and then attended the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University where she received a BFA in ceramics. At Alfred, she was exposed to a variety of techniques that opened her mind to what pottery could be. After finishing at Alfred, Horie left to be a resident at the Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts in Helena, Montana and later served on its board. She attended graduate school at the University of Washington in Seattle where she received an MFA in ceramics. Horie enjoys making objects that will be of service to people. “That daily experience with an object is a place in which I can shape the world in a small way.” In addition to creating fine artistic ceramics, Horie is interested in the creativity of marketing objects. She started an on-going Instagram feed called Pots in Action that features ceramic art from all over the world, and she has become increasingly interested in using
video to open up the studio in a virtual way. She was in the forefront of creating an online presence, designing a website early and selling her work on-line before others. Now she is thinking about how to sustain a practice that is both meaningful and profitable. While she is playing more with industrial processes as a way to generate work, she feels that the unique qualities of her work remain important. And as she ages, she thinks about how to introduce something special without literally breaking her back. She comments that now her studio practice subsidizes her social change work. Currently, she is working on The Democratic Cup, a fundraising campaign for progressive causes that raises money through the sale of handmade cups designed by various wellknown illustrators and potters. The mission of The Democratic Cup is to promote civic engagement, and Ayumi remarks that the coffee cup is the perfect object to act as a catalyst for social change and true
dialogue. Horie has also been involved in a collaborative public arts project called Portland Brick that has repaired sidewalks in Portland, Maine with bricks made from local clay. The bricks are stamped with histories, memories and wishes for the future. In 2015 Horie was awarded a Distinguished Fellow Grant in Craft by the United States Artists, at the time, one of only four Mainers to have received this honor. Horie uses her craft to create connections between people; and her work, in a unique way, helps to create dialogue and positive change in uncertain times. “I like to think that the best handmade pottery encourages connections between people and makes daily life better.” Horie says that she’s a potter in part because she “sees pots as having the incredible privilege of being part of people’s private, everyday lives. Through repeated use, pots can create habit and be comforting, creating memory for those who use the objects.”
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ALUMNI ET ALUMNAE Emily LaBarbera Twarog shared she has recently published a book with Oxford University Press, Politics of the Pantry. Congratulations! We extend our condolences to Christina Bournakel on the loss of her mother, Kay.
1990 Class Agent: Andy Haskell andyhaskell22@yahoo.com
1991 Class Agents: Marcus De Costa marcus.decosta@trinity schoolnyc.org Scott Nelson scott.ryan.nelson@gmail.com We extend condolences to Jonathon Buschmann on the loss of his sister Jennifer Buschmann ’87. Scott Nelson writes: We moved to Philadelphia in June, when my wife took an academic position at Villanova University’s law school. Meanwhile, I decided to join the Trump resistance back in July and began working for a candidate running for Congress in the Philly suburbs. This is my first time on a political campaign, and it’s incredibly interesting. Never a dull day for sure!
1993 Class Agent: Dr. Marko Radosavljevic mradosav@comcast.net
1994 Class Agent: Erica Litchfield ericalitchfield@yahoo.com
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Class Agent: Jessie Maher Parker jm4lfclvr@yahoo.com Bethanne Graustein writes: Enjoying life in the Mount Washington Valley with my husband (Steve) and children (Bobby 15 and Liza 12). I am working as an Administrative Manager for a General Contractor in Conway. Around our busy schedules we do get the opportunity to take in the best of the area; hiking, river activities, and some of the best local eateries and breweries. Winter weekends are spent at the local mountains.
Class Agents: Kirsten Ness kirsten_ness@hotmail.com Eli Goodwin writes: I live in Casco with my wife and two kids and invest in commercial real estate. We also are looking forward to enjoying our new camp on Keewaydin Lake in Stoneham this summer.
Class Agent: Sara Marquis Barker sara.marquis.barker@gmail.com Timothy Curtis writes: My wife, Chrystal and I welcomed our new son, Percival, into the world in October. Future Hebron class of 2035????
1999
Class Agent: John Slattery john.slattery23@gmail.com
1996 Class Agent: Devon Biondi dmbiondi@gmail.com
1997 Marc Boudreau writes: I am the Global Director of Digital Marketing & E-Commerce for a large Sports Nutrition company called ALLMAX Nutrition. I am married to Jennifer Boudreau and have a 9 1/2 month old son named Sawyer. Brittany Broady writes: After serving as an assistant Field Hockey coach at University of Louisville and Duke University for the past number of years, I became the head coach at UC Davis this past August. I also continue to serve as an assistant coach to the USA under-17 and under-19 squads. Northern California is certainly different than Maine in many ways, but the outdoor adventures are very similar! My family and I have enjoyed hiking in Yosemite, skiing in Tahoe, and visiting the ocean. I look forward to reading others’ updates soon!
Class Agent: Joe Patry joseph.patry@gmail.com Jake Leyden writes: Our family of five (Maddie-4; Ben-2.5; and Ellie-9 months) lives on campus at the Loomis Chaffee School. Liz coaches the perennially strong girls hockey team and teaches economics, and Jake is a Dean of Students. We love visiting Nana (Kathy Gerrits-Leyden) on our visits north. In the news: Ben Santos is the “lobster” in Tea & Lobster Productions, a Lewiston-Auburnbased company that is looking to bring more movie production to the area.
2000 Class Agent: Erik Yingling erikyingling@gmail.com
2002 Class Agent: Katherine Curtis katherine.curtis@gmail.com In the news: Lewiston-Community Concepts Finance Corporation (CCFC) is pleased to announce that Zachary Maher has been promoted to Vice President of Lending. Zakk’s focus will be on expanding residential lending activities and related services to coincide with the recent growth realized within business service lines. Zakk is a life-long resident of Poland where he lives with his wife and two daughters.
2004 2005 Class Agent: Bettina Voigt Herrick bettina.herrick@gmail.com
2006 Class Agent: Allison Coombs hebron2006@outlook.com
2007 Adam J.H. Shanbaum shares with Julie Middleton of Admissions: It has been many years since I graduated from Hebron in 2007. Even though ten years has passed, I still remember being a cast member of Fiddler on the Roof and The Wiz at Hebron. My experience with Hebron influenced me to take some acting courses in University and join the first ever Musical Theater club there. I’m not a professional actor but having the experience I had at Hebron with the musicals that you headed really helped me grow and develop as a person. Last year a community Theater group near my home put out an advertisement for anyone to join their production of Fiddler on the Roof. I immediately signed up to audition with enthusiasm and was surprised when my family decided to audition as well. The whole experience was magical, and they asked me and my family to return this year for Anne of Green Gables the Musical.
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2008 Class Agents: Andrea Hart andrea.hart207@gmail.com Jennifer Duguay duguayjen@gmail.com
2009 Class Agents: Ye Chen wanchen917@gmail.com Claire Cummings claireelizabethcummings@gmail. com
2010 Class Agent: Emma Leavitt emmalleavitt@gmail.com
2011
Josh Boylan helped Army secure the Commander in Chief’s Cup for their second consecutive victory over Navy, 14 – 13, in the 118th meeting of the Academies.
2014 Class Agent: Donita Sharkey
Current faculty Colin and Sarah Griggs welcomed Raleigh Donald Griggs on January 3, 2018. Congrats!
Class Agent: Rachel Jurek rjurek79@gmail.com Shannon Bailey’s mother tells us that Shannon made the Dean’s List at Wagner College in NY, New York. Congrats Shannon! Our condolences to Sarah Thompson on the loss of her grandfather.
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Class Agent: Summer SurgentGough summersurgent13@gmail.com
2013
Contact your Class Agent to let them know what’s happening, find out reunion information, and hear what’s new at Hebron. Don’t see an Agent for your class? Volunteer! Email alumni@ hebronacademy.org.
Class Agent: Kathryn Couture kcouture15@yahoo.com Joshua Hews graduated from Colby College in May 2017, receiving a bachelor of arts degree. Congrats Josh! Cameron Shirley’s mother tells us Cameron has been working as an EMT in Colorado for about a year, and also hopes to begin volunteering as a fireman in a few months. He married Kendra Gartrell on July 7th, and several of his Hebron friends made the trip to Colorado for the event: Thiago Those, Logan Muise, and Yago Novoa Diaz.
Lisa Moore spends a lot of her time freelance writing for companies and organizations, but occasionally she sets aside some time to write for herself. Moore, 61, said she started writing at a young age and hasn’t looked back. On top of working as a
freelance writer and editor, she writes poems and teaches a local poetry workshop.
2015
Class Agent: Sophia Bartolomeo
Class Agent: Maxwell Middleton mmiddleton@hebronacademy. org
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Recent graduates Ryan Sullivan ‘17 and Rivers Hinson ‘17 after the Army-Navy game this year.
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Millard Carleton Gordon 96, of Ocala, Florida, passed away, Monday, December 25, 2017. Born in East Madison, on June 30, 1921, Millard was the son of the late Berry and Nellie (Sidell) Gordon. He graduated from Skowhegan High School, Hebron Academy, Bowdoin College in 1943 and earned a Master of Education at the University of Maine in 1964. Millard “Mud” was an outstanding and dedicated history teacher in Skowhegan for 38 years. He was the History Department chairman at the Skowhegan Area High School. Millard brought American history alive for his students using humor, his gift of storytelling and engaging them in current events. In retirement, Mud and his wife, Connie became Snowbirds wintering in Ocala, Florida (golfing) and returning to Maine in the summers.
1941 Alan S. Foster Sadly, we have learned that Alan has passed. Our condolences to his family.
1943 Richard T. Fairfield With sadness, we learned that Richard has passed. (September 27th, 2016) We extend condolences to his wife and family.
1950 Charlie “Sonny” Spencer, 88, slipped away peacefully, January 15, 2018, after a brief illness
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with cancer. Charlie was born in Westbrook, moved to Texas and California during World War II with his military family, and returned to Westbrook to continue his education and raise a family. Charlie went to Westbrook High School, where he played football, ran track and was known as the Paper City Flyer. He went on to break the 440-yard dash track record at Hebron Academy and also attended Bucknell University. He entered the Marines in 1952 and served during the Korean War. Charlie worked for New England Tel & Tel for 34 years, starting in the line crew and finishing his career as the Windham area repair specialist. Charlie’s real passion was his family. He was a dedicated father and grandfather, and devoted husband to his wife of 60 years, Louise (Lemieux) Spencer. During their retirement years, Charlie and Louise spent winters in Venice, Fla., and summers on Sebago Lake Basin. He was an avid card player, bocci player, golfer, a great dancer and fisherman. He was a loyal friend and mentor to many. He always had a funny story to share about his days with his crews at the telephone company, his nickname “Maine” while in Texas and California, and packing the family, ski gear and supplies into a VW Bug for a weekend of fun with friends. Charlie is survived by his wife, Louise; their two children: son Curtis Spencer, and his wife Kimberly Johnson Spencer, of Wayne; and daughter, Allyson Spencer Cotton, and her husband Russell Learned, of Lyme, Conn.; four grandchildren, Christina Spencer, of Brooklyn N.Y.; Casey Spencer,
of Carrabasset; Melissa Cotton Hunter, and husband Patrick Hunter, of New Orleans, La.; and Elyza Learned, of Lyme, Conn.; and two great-grandchildren, Christopher Hunter and Cotton Hunter, of New Orleans. Charlie is also survived by his sister, Beverly Murray, of Scarborough. A Celebration of Life ceremony is planned for June 2, 2018, at 11 a.m. at Woodlawn Cemetery, Stroudwater St., Westbrook, with reception to follow.
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John R., (Pete) Deal, Jr., 75, passed away peacefully at his Barrington home on January 9, 2018 after a long and courageous fight with cancer. He was surrounded by his loving family, including his devoted wife of 55 years, Patricia (Patty) Deal. Born in Troy, NY, he was the son of the late John and Elinor Deal. Pete grew up in Wellesley, MA, and graduated from Hebron Academy in 1961 and Gettysburg College in 1965. He enjoyed a successful career in insurance working for Mass Mutual; he was vice president at Starkweather and Shepley. His friends will remember him as a talented party planner, whose remarkable spirit and contagious compassion loomed large. His special gifts were a warm and generous heart, a brilliant and unrestrained smile, optimistic outlook, and fierce passion for living. A lifelong resident of Barrington, Pete was committed to public service and was a respected leader in the community. He was also president of the Rhode Island Country Club and served on the boards of the Barrington Yacht Club, the Barrington YMCA, and the Greater Providence YMCA. Pete
Sadly, we share that Norman Rosenblum has passed. We extend condolences to his family.
1953 Dr. Robert Lawrence Shirley, 82, died peacefully November 27, 2017 in Middletown, CT surrounded by beloved family. During the course of his 35 year career in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Dr. Shirley successfully delivered over 6,500 babies and improved the health of countless women. After completing his education at Dartmouth College and Harvard Medical School, he served his country as a Lieutenant Commander in the U.S. Navy at the Naval Hospital in Annapolis, MD for two years. Dr. Shirley published many scholarly papers in peer reviewed journals. He is survived by his wife, Althea H. Shirley, his children, Thomas Shirley, Alison Perrin, John Shirley, Caroline Woodward and nine grandchildren.
William B. Thompson Sadly, we note that Bill has passed (June 27, 2017). We extend our condolences to Bill’s wife, Louise.
1959 With sadness we share the loss of Ronald D. Dockser who passed on October 26, 2016
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raised money for many organizations and charities including the Women’s Center of Providence, United Way of Rhode Island, Barrington YMCA, Blithewold Mansion and Gardens, and the Barrington High School Boosters. He also organized golf tournament fundraisers for the Providence Center, Highlander Charter School, and Dana Farber. Besides his wife, he is survived by his loving daughters, Betsy Warner of Barrington and Sharon Deal (partner Jaime) of Northampton, MA; grandchildren, Olivia, Liam, Ruby and Jack; his sister, Barbara Deal (partner Ann) of Bristol, VT; and his brother, Thomas Deal (wife Joanne) of Essex, CT. Robert Stam Sadly, we have learned from Robert’s wife, Sandy of 48 years that Robert passed last November.
1969 John Porter Holmes, Jr., 66, of Yarmouth died October 1st, 2017, with his family at his side. He was born on June 18, 1951, in Portland, ME and prepared for college at Waynflete High School and Hebron Academy. He attended Babson College, where he majored in Business Administration, preparing himself to join the family business. When that business closed, he went on to open a couple of successful businesses of his own, finally settling on the one he truly loved in Gulf of Maine Yacht Sales. This combined two of his true passions: time spent on the water and extensive boating knowledge. Another passion was exploring the many lesser-known historical or just-plain-unique Maine attractions: to experience them, speak to the people attending, and, most importantly, to photograph and photo-journal (with comment) such experiences for sending to his family and many friends. If one was fortunate enough to be on his distribution list, there would be a prime viewing for annual lobster boat races;
record Down East snowfalls; scenic harbingers of spring; endless boat shows; behind-the-scenes in boat builders’ workshops; boats for sale to include both splendid yachts and cringe-inducing crafts of questionable sea- worthiness; and, yes, many fishing trips. Mr. Holmes was a long-time member of both the Portland Yacht Club and the Cumberland Club. Additionally, his membership in the Know-Nothings, an informal weekly gathering of retired community leaders that gathered at those clubs and elsewhere, gave him great satisfaction. His cadre of close friends, warmly known as the Cousins River Ale and Bivalve Society (CRAB), sustained one another for almost four decades with all of life’s passages. He is survived by his beloved wife of 44 years, Joanne (“Jaci”) C. Holmes of Yarmouth; two children, John Porter Holmes III (Meghan) of Flowery Branch, GA and Ashley Holmes Gilbert (Jeffrey) of Saco, ME and two grandchildren.
1980 Lauriston T. Izlar We have received the sad news that Lauriston passed away in 2015 after a ten-year battle with ALS.
1987 Jennifer E. Buschmann, 48, passed away September 30, 2017, in Lewiston, Maine, after a courageous battle with cancer. Born on July 4th, 1969, she was the beloved daughter of Edmund A. and Louise M. Buschmann. She attended Hebron Academy for all four years and graduated in 1987 as a consistent honor roll student. Commended by the National Merit Scholarship Program, she earned varsity letters in tennis, track and field, and participated in the Drama Club (sets). Earning her Bachelor’s Degree in Business with a Minor in Law from the University of Maine, she became President of E.A. Buschmann, Inc., of Lewiston, in 2004 after
her father retired. She also partnered with her father in the operation of Dun Roamin Christmas Tree Farm also in Lewiston. She was a Member of the National Christmas Tree and the Maine Christmas Tree Associations, a Member and Treasurer of the Small Land Owners Association, in Lakeville, Maine, and a Board Member of Super Hero Animals Hydro Society, in Metuchen, New Jersey. She is survived by her parents of Lewiston, a brother, Jonathan (Class of 1991) his wife and their two daughters of Steamboat Springs, Colorado, and Shawn Small of Lewiston, her companion of 23 years.
2008 William “Will” Bradford Austin, 28, of Auburn passed on Wednesday, September 20, 2017 unexpectedly from a cardiac arrest at his home with his loving mother by his side. He was born in Brunswick September 17, 1989 the son of Stephen and Valerie Boltz Austin. William attended Hebron Academy, St. Peter and Sacred Heart School, and graduated from Poland Spring Academy class of 2008. He continued his education at Central Maine Community College and went on to obtain a Culinary Certificate from the Green Ladle Culinary Arts School. William had a full and wonderful life even though he was living with Asperger’s Syndrome. Will worked at Marco’s Restaurant in food preparation. Cooking was his passion. Will is survived by his mother, Valerie Boltz Austin of Auburn; his father, Stephen Austin of Auburn; his brother, Jon Austin and his companion, Hannah Shumway of Greene.
Michael Blais and Jamie (James) Anderson. He was a member of the Maine Appalachian Trail Club and the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association. He was a southbound thru-hiker, hiking the trail in only four months, 10 days. His trail family knew him by his trail name, “Quickstep.” He attended Hebron Academy, graduating in 2010. Following his thru-hike he attended SUNY and UMO, graduating with a bachelor’s degree in environmental science. Ben worked with his father as a foundryman at the Auburn Stove Foundry. He also worked as a farmer for three seasons at the Root 5 Farm in Fairlee, Vermont. Ben loved nature and being outdoors. He enjoyed hiking, kayaking, farming and gardening. He loved to cook the things he grew. Ben also loved writing and music, and was a self-taught guitarist, as well as an avid hockey player and skater. He especially enjoyed spending time with his family, friends and his cat, Marcus. He’ll be remembered as an all-around good guy who enjoyed going on adventures. We extend our condolences to Ben’s family and brother Jack Anderson, class of 2023. Please send edits or corrections to playman@hebronacademy. org. We apologize for any misinformation.
2010 Benjamin M. Blais 26, of Minot, passed away Wednesday, February 14. A beautiful soul, gone too soon. He was born in Lewiston on Dec. 31, 1991, to parents
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Past Faculty/Staff George Lewis Helwig, of Severna Park, Maryland, died peacefully August 25, 2017. He had recently celebrated his 95th birthday. Born in Montclair, NJ, in 1922, George graduated from Montclair High School and Springfield College and served in the Army during World War II, landing in Normandy on D-Day and being in Paris on V-E Day. He was awarded the Purple Heart and served in the Military Police at
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the Nuremberg Trials. After the war George received a master’s degree from Harvard’s Graduate School of Education and came to Hebron in 1948 to teach biology and become Assistant Director of Athletics to the legendary Charles Dwyer. George coached football, skiing and track; but skiing was a first love, and he was a driving force for Hebron’s ski teams that raced and jumped in the New England Prep Championships in the 1950’s. He rebuilt the ski jump on the Hebron Station Road and worked to develop the ski hill and tow that became the Earl Brown Ski Area. With his colleagues Evan West, Jack Brennan and Booth Hoddick, George sang bass in the faculty quartet active throughout the 1950’s. As the Academy’s Athletic Director, he believed in “athletics for all” and created during his tenure a full roster of sub-varsity teams. In 1955, George encouraged the creation of a soccer club which practiced on the mown pastures of Greenwood Mountain, and a year later that club became Hebron’s first soccer team, a moment celebrated at homecoming this year by their induction into Hebron’s Athletic Hall of Fame. George himself had been inducted in 2012. George returned to the campus often at Homecoming to share in the festivities and especially to watch with pride the girls’ and boys’ soccer teams competing at all levels. He also shared a variety of materials with the Bell-Lipman Archives, documenting campus life and the teams of the 1950’s, especially skiing. While Hebron Academy was but a portion of George’s career, his contributions to the Academy helped to shape the school. His was the Hebron spirit.
Galen “Spike”Veayo It is a great sadness to share the very recent passing of “Spike”after a long and courageous battle with cancer. He was born on Oct. 25, 1933, in Houlton to the late Galen and Mary Veayo and was married 57 years to the late Pauline Limoges Veayo. “Spike” is survived by his loving family: daughters Irene and Laurie; son Timothy – all graduates of the Academy; nine grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. A member of the language faculty at Hebron for 32 years, Spike taught Latin throughout his tenure and coached football, basketball and swimming for a number of years. In his later years, Spike became the Sports Information Director for the school and provided stories and notes for area newspapers. He also supported the music and theater groups at the school, and one of his favorite pastimes was singing bass with students and colleagues in various barbershop quartets. Spike retired in 1998 as the Senior Member of the Faculty.
from the archives At the Headwall, 1940
Tuckerman’s explorers, L to R: Carlo Kobe HA ’19, Iker Cue Galguera ’18, Breac Baker ’17, Delano Brown ’18, Zach Trepanier ’18, Freddy Hohmann ’18.
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his sun-drenched group may have included members from the 1940 Maine Championship Ski Team. With speculative identification made by comparing to their yearbook pictures, from left to right: Roger Williams ’41, Frank Guild ’41, Robert Kells ’40 and Robert Morse ’40. Note the square-toed leather boots secured to the skis with a leather toe-strap and cablebinding at the heel. An ‘Amstutz’ spring secured to the ankle and the rear of the ski allowed the heel of the binding to be loosened and lift for climbing in the Nordic fashion before the spring cable was locked to secure the heel for the descent, the “AT” binding of 75 years ago! Contrast to the group of adventurers who joined Head of School Dan Marchetti and Nordic coaches Max Jennings and Nick Trautz in the Ravine in 2017, renewing again the thrill and camaraderie of expeditions in the high country. The skis may have changed in shape and composition, but the spirit and love of skiing carries on.
Max Jennings leads the climb
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members of the class of 1967 at their 50th reunion luncheon at allen house.
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Come Home To Hebron! REUNION/HOMECOMING 2018 OCTOBER 26-27
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