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An Evening with Edward Albee FALL 2003

Bicentennial Moments • Campus Master Plan

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departments The H Club dialogue, events, the sports pages and more

Class Notes notes, new arrivals, weddings, obituaries

Hebroniana the harmon cup

The scene at Sargent Memorial Gymnasium before the Homecoming 2003 reunion dinner.

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Bicentennial Moments where we’ve been, and where we’re going

A Visit from Edward Albee a day with the playwright

Annual Report of Giving the year in philanthropy

Campus Master Plan looking toward the future

dialogue Editor’s Note

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ecently I spent some time going through old family photographs. Mixed in among my own embarrassing childhood photos were wonderful pictures of my parents and grandparents, and even a great-great or two. One of my favorites is shown below.

My grandfather was born in 1888 and graduated from Hebron Academy in 1906.

He went on to Carnegie Mellon and Bowdoin, and served briefly in the army (see the photo) during the last months of World War I. He married my grandmother in 1929, fathered six children and died in 1941, 21 years before I was born. His name was Hebron Adams. That’s right. Hebron.

My family has no connection to Hebron Academy other than my grandfather’s attendance a century ago.

Although I never knew him, I often imagine him walking the same halls our students walk today. I think he would be pleased to see how much his school has grown, and how much remains familiar. Through him, I feel connected to Hebron Academy’s past.

I hope that you feel connected to Hebron Academy’s past as well, and that you will join us in celebrating our past, present and future during our bicentennial year.

Jennifer F. Adams, Editor jadams@hebronacademy.org

The Edward E. Ford Foundation recently awarded Hebron Academy a matching grant providing seed money to improve faculty compensation. The grant is an important milestone in the Academy’s efforts to attract, retain and reward outstanding faculty.

“By securing this grant, we hope to increase awareness among parents and alumni/ae about our ongoing endeavor to attract and retain first-rate faculty and about

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our need for financial support in this area,” said Head of School John King. “We are proud to be among the very select schools that received E.E. Ford Foundation grants this year.”

Hebron Academy’s remarkable faculty are the school’s most valuable resource. Recognizing the faculty’s critical role in the school’s future and the importance of providing fair compensation and opportunities for professional growth and education, Hebron’s Board of Trustees established the improvement of faculty compensation as a priority for the Academy.

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Playwright Edward Albee. Photo by Jerry Speier.

The Semester is published twice each year by Hebron Academy, PO Box 309, Hebron ME 04238.

Issue No. 192 MISSION

The Semester magazine’s mission is to continue the Hebron family’s intellectual and emotional engagement with the Academy by conveying news, preserving the heritage and memories of the school and chronicling the accomplishments of its alumni/ae, faculty and students.

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Jennifer F. Adams E D I T O R I A L A S S I S TA N C E

stop the presses Hebron Academy Awarded E. E. Ford Foundation Grant

ON THE COVER

The grant must be matched by gifts from Hebron’s alumni/ae, parents and friends before it is distributed. The foundation will provide 50 cents for every dollar that represents an increased gift to the Hebron Annual Fund, any new gift to the Hebron Annual Fund, or any gift designated to faculty support or to the school’s Faculty Well-Being Program. To meet the Foundation’s challenge, Hebron’s immediate goal is to raise $100,000. The grant and matching gifts will be used to supplement faculty salaries over the next two years.

Kristin L. Aldred Cheek

Hebron E. Adams Robert M. Caldwell Leslie A. Guenther Beverly J. Roy PHOTOGRAPHY

Jennifer F. Adams William B. Chase Skip Churchill, Churchill Photography Dennis and Diana Griggs, Tannery Hill Studios, Inc. and friends Hebron Academy reaffirms 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 policies, scholarship programs and athletic or other school-administered programs. Hebron Academy is an equal opportunity employer. © 2003 by Hebron Academy.

around the bowl helped at each of the stations.

Thanks also to the Maintenance guys who set up the gym and who rearranged it for the PSAT’s the next day!”

Violence Workshop

“Boning” Up On October 2 several members of Hebron’s Jazz Band and Orchestra participated in a jazz workshop taught by Dr. Chris Oberholtzer, Director of Jazz Studies at the University of Southern Maine.

Seen here are Jason Staats ’04 (bass), Charlie Cummings ’07 (trombone), Randall Gienko ’05 (trumpet) and Mike Turk ’06 (trombone). Seth Hedstrom ’05 (percussion), also participated.

Mind Your πs and qs On October 1 Hebron Academy hosted a Pi Cone North high school math meet. The meet consisted of five individual rounds of three questions worth three, four or five points. Each participant had 12 minutes to solve the problem. Round six was a team round consisting of nine questions. On Hebron’s team of 10 plus one alternate, all participants scored, although as a team they finished seventh out of 11 participating schools. Jason Staats ’04 was the high scorer for Hebron.

The Middlers took their turn on November 20, when they partici-

pated in a Pine Tree League math meet at Jordan Small Middle School. Seventh graders Sara Kerney, Brianna Bisesti and Elijah Hughes finished 1, 2, 3 respectively. Eighth grader Rosa Van Wie took home an individual second place. The seventh and eighth grade teams both finished first in the meet, making Hebron the overall math meet winner.

Annual Blood Drive a Success Blood drive coordinator Jack Leyden was delighted with the turnout at this year’s drive, held October 20. “Our goal was 40 pints,” Mr. Leyden said. “Sixtythree folks showed up to give and we collected 46 pints. A special thanks to Pat Hutter who worked at the welcoming table and who

On November 10, a group of students took part in The Student Leaders Project, a workshop run by the Center for the Prevention of Hate Violence at the University of Southern Maine that addresses school-based bias, prejudice, harassment and violence by focusing on the use of degrading language and slurs. A group of 30–40 students, chosen for their leadership abilities, are selected from various formal and informal groups within their school, including athletics, student government, arts, racial, ethnic, and so forth.

The curriculum designed by CPHV involves a full-day workshop for these students focusing on the impact of degrading language, the existence of diversity within the school, and, most importantly, building skills through role-playing and other exercises for low-key

Events Calendar M I D - F E B R U A RY Receptions in Washington, DC, and London, England.

F E B R U A RY 2 7 & 2 8 The musical celebration of the Fifties: Grease.

APRIL 25 Board of Trustees meeting.

M AY 2 2 Commencement.

A P R I L 2 6 – M AY 1 Festival of the Arts.

JUNE 11–12 Board of Trustees meeting.

APRIL 30 Cum Laude Induction.

JUNE 12 Hebron European Council meeting in Hamburg, Germany.

MARCH 16 Reception at the Big Shoulders Cafe, Chicago Historical Society, Chicago.

A P R I L 3 0 – M AY 1 Spring Parents’ Weekend.

MARCH 18 Reception in Denver.

M AY 1 Parents’ Association Spring Auction.

APRIL 15 Reception at the Dedham Country and Polo Club, Massachusetts.

M AY 1 3 Reception at the Portland Country Club, Falmouth.

APRIL 23 Board of Visitors meeting.

M AY 2 1 Baccalaureate.

JUNE 15 Reception at the New York Yacht Club, New York City.

OCTOBER 8–9 Bicentennial Celebration and Homecoming 2004.

For more information, check our web site at www.hebronacademy.org, or call or e-mail Beverly Roy. 207-9662100 ext. 266. broy@hebronacademy.org.

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around the bowl interventions when degrading language is used.

Funding for this workshop was provided by the Parents’ Association at the request of Head of School John King who feels that this type of experience is a valuable educational opportunity and is part of Hebron Academy’s commitment to teach values, life skills and community living. Mr. King, along with Heads of School from all the northern New England independent schools, took part in a similar workshop, as did Hebron faculty earlier this year.

Island Life The Middle School took its annual field trip to Swan Island on Tuesday, September 30. Swan Island is located in the Kennebec River between the towns of Richmond and Dresden and is known for its abundant and often quite visible wildlife (especially nesting bald eagles, white-tailed deer and wild turkey). Swan Island is actually an abandoned eighteenth and nineteenth century town called Perkins Township, and has long been recognized for its varied and interesting history. It

Always Remember. On Thursday, September 11, 2003, the entire Hebron Academy community gathered to mark the second anniversary of the terrorist attacks in New York, Washington and Pennsylvania. Students, faculty and staff assembled at the flag pole in front of Sturtevant School Building and joined hands to form a large circle.

Advancement Director and piper Robert Caldwell played “Amazing Grace”, Assistant Head of School Jack Leyden lowered the flag to half-mast and trumpeter Randall Gienko ’05 played Taps. After a moment of silence, the community dispersed to begin their day of classes, each remembering and honoring the victims of the attacks.

was used by Native American tribes, early explorers, and settlers, and was reportedly visited

by American historical figures such as Aaron Burr and Benedict Arnold.

Trip activities included animal tracking, watercolor painting of river landscapes, tree identification, storytelling, and the culinary expertise of making fry bread. The eighth grade class stayed overnight and took part in a leadership program spearheaded by Outdoor Skills faculty Gordon Gillies ’62 and Paul Brouwer.

Family fun at Robinson Arena Dig out your skates and get the blades sharpened: public skating began at Robinson Arena on Sunday, November 30! The Arena will be open to the public every Sunday from 2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. through March 7, 2004. The fee for adults is $2.00, children 12 and under are $1.00; Hebron Academy students may skate for free. Interested in renting the rink for a birthday part, family reunion or anniversary? Call or e-mail Athletic Director Leslie Guenther for more information: 207-9662100 ext. 222 or lguenther@hebronacademy.org.

Left: James Geismar ’09 works on a watercolor during the Middle School’s annual trip to Swan Island.

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Middlers on the Road Recent and upcoming Middle School field trips include a hike for the sixth grade and a trip to DeLorme in Freeport for the seventh graders as they finish up a unit on mapping. The eighth graders headed to Old Fort Western in Augusta to see a reenactment of Benedict Arnold’s visit on his march to Quebec. This is a program they designed for the Middle School a few years ago.

The eighth grade boys will also attend the Boys Conference in Portland with their advisor, Paul Brouwer.

philanthropy Androscoggin Theater Dedicated

Academy has developed plans for a new athletic center—plans which also call for the conversion of Sargent Gymnasium into a fine arts center.

Future plans for the new arts center call for the construction of a 450-seat theater in the upper gymnasium space, with seats rising to the balcony level. In addition, classrooms, practice rooms, dressing rooms and studios will be created to provide ample space for Hebron’s visual arts, music and theater programs.

Thanks to Mr. Lepage, the majority of the stage renovations are now complete and useful, awaiting the further development of the theater when the necessary funds for the project have been raised.

Androscoggin County students, past and present. Left to right: James Geismar ’09, DJ Hoyt ’07, Chris Nadeau ’04, Sara Powers ’07, Caroline Bauer ’04, Derek Miller ’04, Randy Morin ’04, Jeff Scammon ’04, Ashley Sterling ’04, Mike Sedgewick ’04, Albert Lepage ’65, John Slattery ’04, Lisa Lundstrom ’04, Jeff Sloat ’04, Taylor Lalemand ’04, Brittany Crush ’04, Daniella Lyons ’06, Laura Fleck ’04, Molly Curtis ’06, Deane Napoli ’06, Allison Coombs ’06, Connor Rasmussen ’04 and Nick Low ’06.

On October 23, 2003, the new Androscoggin Theater at Sargent Gymnasium was officially dedicated in honor of all Hebron students—past, present and future—from Androscoggin County.

Renovations to the theater space were made possible through the generosity of alumnus Albert Lepage ’65. In his remarks at the dedication, Mr. Lepage remembered working as assistant stage manager for a production of Billy Budd, as

joined Mr. Lepage and his family at the dedication ceremony.

Completed in 1929, Sargent Gymnasium was “state-of-theart” in its time, incorporating spacious locker rooms, an indoor “dirt cage,” a beautiful basketball court which also served as the Academy’s auditorium, and the state’s first indoor swimming pool. Recently, the well as taking twice-monthly trips to Portland for symphony orchestra concerts. Mr. Lepage chose to name the theater in honor of students from Androscoggin County. Current Androscoggin County students, Head of School John King, and members of the Board of Trustees Top: Mr. Lepage and Mr. King cut the ribbon.

Left: Connor Rasmussen ’04 presented a first edition of Mr. Albee’s play “The Zoo Story” to Mr. Lepage as a thankyou from students and parents.

Middle Schoolers from Androscoggin County. First row: Brianna Bisesti ’09, Kelly Phillips ’09, Emma Roy ’09, Rachel Rogers ’10. Second row: James Geismar ’09, Emily Minigell ’09, Brett Bisesti ’09. Third row: Amy Miller ’08, Alex Snowe ’08, Bess Curtis ’10, Michael Simms ’08.

New Face Join us in welcoming Brian Cheek, who joined the Advancement staff as Annual Fund director in November. Mr. Cheek is a graduate of St. George’s School in Newport, Rhode Island. He received his B.A. in international politics from Wesleyan University and his M.B.A. from Oregon State University. He is an avid hockey and lacrosse player. Mr. Cheek comes to us from IBM, where he was a troubleshooter for commercial and internal customers. His technological expertise is a welcome addition to the department. Energetic and enthusiastic, Mr. Cheek is wasting no time getting to know Hebron. He is living in the Red Lion with his wife, Kristin, and their children, Valentino and Liliana.

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fall athletics Monét Brazier ’06 moves the ball effectively down the field against a tough Brewster opponent.

9/27 9/29 10/2 10/4 10/11 10/15 10/17 10/18 10/23 10/29 11/5

Kents Hill NYA Bridgton Brewster Hyde Tilton Berwick Gould Kents Hill Hyde MAISAD semis (OT)

1 2 0 0 3 2 0 5 3 2 1

4 4 8 12 0 7 2 0 3 3 2

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t was a tough fall season for most of Hebron’s teams. High hopes were tempered by illness and torrential rainstorms that forced cancellation of several late-season games. The junior varsity soccer teams, however, each captured the MAISAD title.

The boys were seeded #1 and defeated Kents Hill in the semi-final before facing #2 Gould in the final. The game was deadlocked at two goals each through regulation play and two overtime periods before penalty kicks had to be used to determine the winner. Ha Seok Song ’06, Seung Ho Yang ’06 and Tae Yoon Kim ’04 each scored unanswered PKs for the win. The girls were seeded #2 and roared to victory over #3 Hyde in the semi-final before going on to a decisive 4–1 win over #1 Gould in the final. Daniella Lyons ’06, Taylor Fey ’07 and Miriam Scarpino ’07 all found the net; goalkeeper Amy Shackford ’06 recorded five saves.

Note: Hebron Academy scores are listed first.

Field Hockey 9/13 9/20 9/24 9/26 9/27 10/8 10/11 10/16 10/18 10/22 10/23 10/31

Brewster Jamboree Brewster Gould Kents Hill New Hampton Gould (OT) Kents Hill Waynflete Holderness Tilton Kents Hill (OT) MAISAD semis

0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 0

3 1 5 5 2 3 6 7 2 2 2

Football 9/13 9/20 9/27 10/4 10/11 10/18 10/25 11/1 11/8

Hyde Scrimmage Vermont Academy KUA Proctor Tilton Holderness Hyde Kents Hill League Playoff

16 15 27 14 0 7 6 33

7 27 7 23 40 12 7 6

Brewster Jamboree Gould 6 Winchendon 0

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Boys’ Varsity Soccer 9/13 9/20 9/24

The football team looked mighty fine in their brand-new uniforms.

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9/13 9/17 9/20 9/24 9/27 10/6 10/11 10/18 10/23 10/25 11/5

Tilton Jamboree Hyde CVA Gould Kents Hill Bates “B” Hyde Gould Kents Hill Carrabassett Valley MAISAD semis

Cross Country 3 3 1 0 1 2 1 4 5 1

1 2 1 6 6 0 3 4 1 3

Jason Staats ’04 (above) was Hebron’s top runner at New Englands, finishing 43rd out of 143 boys. Chelsea Lipham ’04 led the girls, finishing 32nd.

10/18 10/22 10/23 10/29 10/31

Gould Thirds Team Gould Thirds Team Kents Hill MAISAD semis MAISAD finals (PK)

0 0 2 3 3

2 2 1 2 2

7 2 0 0 0 7 0 6 4

0 2 0 3 3 0 1 0 1

Girls’ JV Soccer Boys’ JV Soccer 9/17 9/20 9/24 9/27 10/1 10/6 10/11 10/18

Hyde CVA Gould Kents Hill CVA Pine Tree Hyde Gould

4 3 1 2 3 3

0 2 1 1 4 0

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9/17 9/20 9/24 10/1 10/8 10/11 10/18 10/29 10/31

Hyde Buckfield Gould Waynflete Waynflete Hyde Gould MAISAD semis MAISAD finals

winter athletics Boys’ Basketball 11/19 12/3 12/6 12/10 12/13 12/17 12/18 12/19 1/6 1/9 1/10 1/14 1/19 1/21 1/28 1/30 1/31 2/2 2/4 2/6 2/14 2/18 2/20 2/21 2/25 2/28 3/3 3/5 3/6

Tilton 3:30 MAISAD Playdate 2:00 Nbls & Grnough 4:00 Pingree 3:00 Hyde 3:30 Loomis Tourney TBA Loomis Tourney TBA Loomis Tourney TBA Elan 5:30 St. Mark’s 4:45 Kents Hill 2:00 New Hampton 4:00 Elan 5:30 Brewster 3:30 Kents Hill 4:00 Berwick 4:30 Exeter 4:00 Gould 4:45 Brewster 3:30 Tilton 4:00 KUA @ Brewster 7:00 Gould 3:00 BBN 5:00 Middlesex 2:15 Hyde 3:30 St. Paul’s 6:15 NEPSAC Quarterfinals NEPSAC Semifinals NEPSAC Finals

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Boys’ JV Basketball 12/2 1/6 1/8 1/19 1/22 1/24 1/28 2/4 2/11 2/13

Eastgate scrim.

Elan Pine Tree Elan Pine Tree Hyde Kents Hill Berwick Kents Hill Hyde

5:30 7:00 4:30 7:00 4:30 4:30 2:30 5:00 3:00 5:30

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Eastgate scrim.

4:00 MAISAD Playdate 2:00

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Girls’ Basketball 12/2 12/3

Check our web site for updated schedules and game reports.

www.hebronacademy.org

12/6 12/10 12/13 1/6 1/9 1/12 1/15 1/17 1/19 1/20 1/27 1/28 2/2 2/3 2/10 2/13 2/14

Gould 4:00 Kents Hill 3:00 Hyde 2:00 Elan 4:00 Kents Hill 3:00 Pine Tree 6:30 Hyde 4:30 Proctor 3:15 Elan 4:00 Seacoast 4:00 Eastgate 4:00 Pine Tree 5:30 Gould 3:15 Seacoast 4:00 MPA Preliminary Rounds MPA Semifinals MPA Regional Finals

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Boys’ JV Hockey 12/3 12/5 12/10 12/11 1/9 1/14 1/17 1/19 1/23 1/26 1/27 1/29 1/31 2/3 2/4 2/12 2/18

Cheverus NYA Kents Hill St. Dom’s Patriotic Knights Oxford Hills Proctor St. Dom’s Brewster NYA Lewiston Patriotic Knights Brewster Cheverus Berlin Berlin Kents Hill

4:00 4:00 3:00 4:00 4:00 5:00 3:00 4:00 5:30 4:15 4:00 4:00 2:30 4:00 3:15 4:15 3:00

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Boys’ Hockey 11/16 11/19 12/5 12/6 12/12 12/13 12/19 12/20 1/3 1/4 1/7 1/10 1/12 1/14 1/17 1/19 1/21 1/24 1/28 1/31 2/2 2/5 2/11 2/15 2/18 2/20 2/21 2/25 2/28 3/3 3/5 3/6

Prtlnd Jr. Pirates 3:20 Exeter 4:00 Proctor 4:30 Worcester 6:00 Bridgton 7:00 Tilton 1:30 St. Mark’s Tourney TBA St. Mark’s Tourney TBA BBN Tourney TBA BBN Tourney TBA Berwick 4:30 Prtlnd Jr. Pirates 1:00 Cheverus 4:00 Middlesex 4:45 Brewster 2:30 Kents Hill 4:00 Pingree 4:30 New Hampton 4:00 Hoosac @ Proctor 4:30 Brewster 5:15 NYA 4:00 Kents Hill 6:00 New Hampton 4:00 Stanstead 12:00 KUA TBA Hoosac 6:00 Proctor 4:00 Bridgton 4:00 Pingree 3:00 NEPSAC Quarterfinals NEPSAC Semifinals NEPSAC Finals

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Girls’ Hockey 11/16 11/19 12/3 12/6 12/7 12/13 12/19 12/20 1/10 1/11 1/14 1/17 1/21 1/24 1/28 1/31 2/4 2/5 2/14 2/17 2/18 2/21 2/25 3/3 3/5 3/6

Kents Hill scrim.

12:20 Tilton 3:30 Exeter 3:30 Gunnery 8:00 Gunnery 10:15 ME Select Wmn 1:00 St. George’s Trn. TBA St. George’s Trn. TBA KUA @Holderness 3:30 NAHA 12:00 Kents Hill 3:00 Brewster 5:15 Tilton 3:30 Proctor 6:00 New Hampton 3:30 Proctor 3:00 Holderness 3:30 Middlesex 5:00 Brewster 3:30 NYA 4:00 Kents Hill 3:00 ME Selects <16 1:30 Exeter 3:30 NEPSAC Quarterfinals NEPSAC Semifinals NEPSAC Finals

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Alpine Skiing 1/9 1/14 1/21 1/28 2/4

GS @ Sunday Riv. SL @ Shawnee GS @ Shawnee GS @ Sugarloaf SL @ Kents Hill

2:00 2:30 2:30 2:00 2:30

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SL @ Sunday Riv. C’ship @Sun. Riv. New Englands @ Butternut Basin

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Snowboarding 1/9 1/14 1/21 1/28 2/6 2/13

HP @ Sunday Riv. SS @ Sunday Riv. SS @ Sunday Riv. BA @ Kents Hill HP @ Sugarloaf TBA @ Sunday Riv.

Swimming 1/10 1/16 1/23 1/28 2/16 2/17

NYA 1:00 NYA 7:00 Lewiston 7:00 TBA @Lewiston Y 7:00 Girls’ MPA State Meet @ Bowdoin Boys’ MPA State Meet @ Bowdoin

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Middle School Alpine Skiing 1/14 1/16 1/23 1/28 2/2 2/10 2/12

GS @ Sunday Riv. GS @ Black Mt. SL @ Lost Valley GS @ Sunday Riv. SL @ Lost Valley TBA @ Shawnee State C’ship @ Shawnee Peak

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Hebron Academy: 1804–1885

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s we look ahead to our bicentennial celebration in 2004–2005, we pause for a moment to look back. Presented below is the first installment of a timeline of Hebron Academy history. The timeline begins in 1791, when the Baptist Society was formed, and goes through 1885, when the evolution of the school made a distinct change. The preceptors, principals and headmasters are listed below the timeline. It is interesting to note how many there were, and how often each term was directed by a different person. This information was taken from History of Hebron Academy by Harold E. Hall.

Charter granted “to establish an Academy …for the purpose of promoting piety and virtue, and for the education of youth in such languages and in such of the liberal arts and sciences as the Trustees hereinafter provided shall order and direct.”

Tuiton set at $.20 weekly, reduced from original fee of $.25 per week.

Deacon Barrows’ house burns on December 14. Lost in the fire were the records of the treasurer of the trustees and the original records of the Tyrocinic Adelphi Society, formed by local schoolteachers.

Academy building burns. In December, in response to pressure to move the school to Paris Hill, Deacon Barrows makes his famous “little ewe lamb” speech.

1829 Trustee House built about where Atwood Hall is today.

It serves as the preceptor’s house and as a dormitory.

1825 • Stephen Coburn (Spring & Summer) • Simeon Perkins

William A. Lane (Fall)

New Academy building is ready for use.

Ephraim Tripp

1820

1821

Moses Emery

Israel W. Bourne (Fall)

John Eveleth

William Barrows, Jr.

• John Eveleth (1810–1811) • James Merrill

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• Stephen Emery (Spr. & Summ.)

• Michael B. Sargent

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1815

1814

1810 • Thomas Fessenden • Nathaniel Wright (Summer)

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“Agreeably to the request of the Trustees, I commenced the school in the Academy, about 25 scholars” Diary of William Barrows, Jr., first preceptor of Hebron Academy

• Bezaleel Cushman • Thomas Fessenden

September 3, 1805

Town incorporated. Although townsfolk requested the name “Columbia,” they were given the name “Hebron.”

With 60–70 volumes, the town’s secret Tyrocinic Adelphi Society forms a library.

➷ • Simeon Parmalee (Spring) • William Weeks (Summer)

1792

1808

William Barrows, Jr. Fall 1806 to 1809

1800

1807

1795

1790

Baptist Society formed; holding its religious meetings in homes and barns. William Barrows becomes deacon.

February 10, 1804

1805

1791

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Deacon Barrows dies. He served as a trustee for 33 years.

Catalog lists 55 students for the fall term and 106 for the spring. The terms were 20 weeks long, with a four-week vacation beginning the first Wednesday in July and an eight-week vacation beginning the last Wednesday in December.

Albion K. P. Small (1849–1851)

George G. Fairbanks

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1866

The Trustees raise tuition for the “classical and high English studies” to $3.50 for a term of 12 weeks. Collegebound scholars took the classical courses.

The secret Tyrocinic Adelphi Society is dropped and the Lyceum Society, open to both boys and girls, is formed.

The faculty includes Ernest Borchers, a native of Berlin, Prussia, who had studied in Paris. Principal Herrick lectures on his travels in Egypt and the Holy Land.

1883

Edwin A. Daniels

1880

The first formal commencement is held.

The first reunion of alumni/ae is held at commencement

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Sarah C. Bailey (acting principal, Spring and Summer 1866)

1865 Dudley P. Bailey, Jr. (acting principal, Spring 1865)

A horizontal wood bar, turned at the Paris Manufacturing Company, becomes the first piece of athletic equipment on campus.

1878 1875

John F. Moody

The first issue of The Semester is published.

1885

The Hamlin Library is named in honor of Hon. Hannibal Hamlin’s gift of $1000 as a library fund.

1884

William E. Sargent

Hebron becomes the western fitting school for Colby University (as it was then known), joining Waterville Classical Institute and Houlton Academy. The affiliation remains until 1956.

1880

William W. Mayo

1879

1870

1874

Alanson C. Herrick (1861–1871)

1860 Joseph F. Elder

Selden F. Neal

Charles J. Prescott

• Gowen C. Wilson (Spring) • Mark H. Dunnell

1855

1850

37 boys and 20 girls are enrolled in classical department; 35 boys and 21 girls in the English.

George M. Staples (Fall)

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Benjamin F. Parsons

1840 Ozias Millett

Josiah A. Bearce

Ebenezer Dole, Jr.

Jacob L. Mitchell

Isaac Palmer

Dudley P. Bailey

1830

Third Academy building erected. It is brick, 20' x 30', two stories with a tower and belfry rising in front.

1852

1853

Albion K. P. Small (1849–1851)

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1845

1844–45

1835

1837

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to be continued…

The next issue of The Semester will show the timeline from 1885 to the school’s closing for the war in 1943.

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Bicentennial Countdown

Hebron Turns 200

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n 1804, Thomas Jefferson was president of the United States. There were 17 states in the Union, and Maine wasn’t one of them. The primary figures of the Civil War—Robert E. Lee, Ulysses S. Grant and Abraham Lincoln—had not yet been born. But on February 10, the Massachusetts legislature granted a charter “to establish an Academy…for the purpose of promoting piety and virtue, and for the education of youth” in the town of Hebron. On September 3, 1805, the first group of scholars began their classes at Hebron Academy.

In 2004 and 2005 we will celebrate the bicentennial of our Academy.

We will take an opportunity to look back at our long history and how it has shaped the school we are today. And we will look forward into our third century, just beginning and full of promise. We hope that you will join us for Homecoming 2004, the central event of our celebration. If not, please come to an event in your area—we have a full slate planned already and more to come. Send us your news, your stories, your own piece of Hebron history. We look forward to hearing from you.

2004 BICENTENNIAL

F E B R U A RY 1 4 Founders Day commemoration

M AY 2 1 Baccalaureate

M I D - F E B R U A RY Receptions in Washington, DC, and London, England.

M AY 2 2 Commencement

MARCH 16 Reception at the Big Shoulders Cafe, Chicago Historical Society, Chicago.

MARCH 18 Reception in Denver.

APRIL 15 Reception at the Dedham Country and Polo Club, Massachusetts.

JUNE 12 Hebron European Council meeting in Hamburg, Germany.

JUNE 15 Reception at the New York Yacht Club, New York City.

OCTOBER 8–9 Bicentennial Celebration and Homecoming 2004.

BICENTENNIAL COMMITTEE Kimball L. Kenway ’70, chair Jane Harris Ash ’79 Debra Beacham Bloomingdale ’83 Robert M. Caldwell Jeanine S. Eschenbach John J. King Harvey A. Lipman ’71 Forest E. Perkins ’55 Cynthia C. Reedy Beverly J. Roy Lois and Eugene J. Smith ’43 David W. Stonebraker Jay L. Woolsey

M AY 1 3 Reception at the Portland Country Club, Falmouth.

For more information, check our web site at www.hebronacademy.org, or call or e-mail Beverly Roy. 207-966-2100 ext. 266. broy@hebronacademy.org.

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dward Albee has defined modern American theater with four decades of provocative, controversial and brilliant plays. Lauded as “one of the eternal innovators” in American drama, he challenges his audiences with stories that express the bone-simple, shattering truth of the human experience.

Mr. Albee—whose most recent hit play, The Goat, won the 2002 Tony Award for Best Play—is perhaps most well-known for his debut three-act drama Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Released in 1962, “Virginia Woolf” was immediately recognized for its unabashedly honest dialogue and jarring interpretation of modern relationships. It won both the Tony and New York Drama Critics Circle awards and is widely considered a classic of contemporary theater.

In his lectures, Mr. Albee describes the power of the arts as a catalyst for change. He believes that art should be dangerous, that it should reveal all of our shortcomings and complacency, hopefully inspiring us to live our lives more fully. “The job of the arts,” says Mr. Albee, “is to hold a mirror up to us and say: ‘Look, this is how you really are. If you don’t like it, change.’”

Adopted as an infant by Reid Albee, son of Edward Franklin Albee of the powerful KeithAlbee vaudeville chain, Mr. Albee clashed early on with his parents’ attempts to make him a member of the social elite. He left home when he was 20 and worked odd jobs while becoming immersed in the avant-garde movements of New York’s Greenwich Village in the 1950s.

His first successful play—The Zoo Story, about a drifter who acts out his own murder with the unwit-

Making us think

A Visit from Edward Albee

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n Thursday, October 23, 2003, playwright Edward Albee spoke at Hebron Academy in honor of the dedication of the Androscoggin Theater at Sargent Memorial Gymnasium. In remarks that ranged from his personal history to the role of arts in a democracy, Mr. Albee urged his audience to think, to make choices, to live life as fully as possible.

Witty and self-deprecating, Mr. Albee told of his own journey through a succession of preparatory and military schools until he finally found a home at Choate, from which he graduated. His college career was cut short when he discovered that he preferred his own curriculum to that of Trinity College. He and Trinity have since reconciled; he accepted an honorary degree from the college several years ago.

Although Mr. Albee’s personal experience with formal education was rocky, it is clear that he pushed himself to explore, read and learn, and that he deplores the “dumbing down” effects of popular cul-

ture. He was unyielding in his insistence on the importance of theater and art in a democratic society.

As interesting as Mr. Albee’s prepared remarks were, it was the question-andanswer sessions following that revealed more of his wit, his experience and his thoughtfulness.

On writing plays: Mr. Albee says he has never written an autobiographical play, although Three Tall Women, a portrait of his adoptive mother, was probably the most biographical of his plays. All his plays are about the interactions between people (and sometimes animals); he believes that metaphor and symbolism should come as part of writing about real people and real situations.

On the musical quality of his plays: Before Mr. Albee started writing plays, he tried to be a composer. He admits that his attempts to play the piano were very avantgarde! When he writes a play, he sees and hears his characters as if the play was being

ting aid of an upper-middle-class editor—opened in 1959, effectively giving birth to American absurdist drama. He was immediately hailed as the leader of a new theatrical movement.

With daring, groundbreaking plays, Mr. Albee explores the most intimate aspects of our lives and society—from race relations (The Death of Bessie Smith) and American family life (A Delicate Balance) to our mortality (The Lady from Dubuque) and the blurred line between reality and illusion (Seascape). His other plays include The Sandbox, All Over, The American Dream, The Play About the Baby and Three Tall Women.

One of the most heralded dramatists of the twentieth century, Mr. Albee is the recipient of three Pulitzer Prizes (1966, 1975 and 1994) and two Tony Awards (1962 and 2002). He is a Kennedy Center Honoree and in 1996 President Clinton awarded him the National Medal of Arts.

The question-and-answer session with students on Friday morning in the Reading Room.

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Who’s Afraid of Edward Albee?

A Personal Reflection Larch Fidler is a member of Hebron Academy’s English department and also teaches electives in religion and ethics. He graciously agreed to be Mr. Albee’s guide for his Hebron visit, and reflects here on that experience.

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Mr. Albee on stage at the Androscoggin Theater.

peformed in front of him. Like a composer, he pays close attention to sound: the pitch, tempo, duration and volume of the words his characters say.

On keeping it simple: Mr. Albee’s plays have just the number of characters that he needs, and no more. He revealed the pragmatist behind the artist when he noted that a play with four characters and one set is much more likely to be produced than a play with 28 characters and six sets.

On limits: Mr. Albee says he is limited only by what he can’t imagine. His recent play, The Goat, or Who is Sylvia? is about much more than a man’s physical relationship with a goat. It is about what it does to him, his wife, his son, his career; it is about our knee-jerk reactions to what we think is acceptable. Mr. Albee challenges us to think afresh about how we react to situations, but notes sadly that “some people find that having to think is boring.”

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he twenty-four hours of October 23rd and 24th were extraordinary for Hebron Academy. In that short space of time, the school community celebrated the dedication of the Androscoggin Theater and the generous support of Albert Lepage ’65. It was also in this context that we welcomed to campus Edward Albee, the eminent American playwright. As the person asked to facilitate Mr. Albee’s itinerary, I had the opportunity to converse with him about a wide range of interests: his, mine, the school’s, and the depths of human relationship.

Over lunch in Portland’s Old Port, Mr. Albee’s interest in the school and its students emerged as a clear focus for his visit. His interest in education might at first seem paradoxical. Mr. Albee is quite clear that his early academic history was, shall we say, uneven. After a series of unscheduled departures from various secondary schools, he graduated from Choate. Dismissal from college ended Albee’s formal education, if not his career as educator. One must sustain the paradoxical beauty of a life that has gone forward without an earned undergraduate degree, and yet has contributed so generously to the nurture of young persons. In the classroom as a teacher and through a foundation established to sustain young writers as they practice their craft, Mr. Albee is remarkable in his concern for young persons.

It was no less the case at Hebron.

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ngaging and intimate as was the presentation in Androscoggin Theater on Thursday evening, the conversation with the audience that followed was equally significant. Fielding question after question, Mr. Albee attempted to engage the sense of each individual’s concern. What evolved was as close to a Socratic exchange as was possible in a large room.

The encounter with students on Friday morning in the Reading Room continued the previous evening’s discussion in a more intimate setting.

Our students were engaged—and Mr. Albee responded. We heard how an eminent dramatist understands the evolution of character—the way in which stage personalities acquire a life of their own. A character once brought to life is no longer “owned” by the playwright; it acquires a life of its own.

In response to Sam Chandler’s question concerning the musical dynamics of his plays (dramatic crescendo and decrescendo), Mr. Albee confirmed that Sam was on task. He always has music in mind as he writes. Andrew Price’s question concerning the commercial exploitation of books when publishers purchase shelf space elicited a passionate and discerning response…outrage, really, that our intellectual habits should be manipulated in the safe-space that ought to be a bookstore.

I think we all had a sense of a visit coming to its fulfillment in our Reading Room encounter. Mr. Albee resisted my effort to conclude the conversation in order to make a timely arrival at the airport. In the car, on the way to Portland, one of Mr. Albee’s principal concerns was to reflect on his interlocutors. Andrew and Sam were the subject of fully fifteen miles of conversation. I will share with you the insight that it was the closing fughetta of Mozart’s Don Giovanni that was in Mr. Albee’s ears as he wrote the coda of Three Tall Women (the winner of the 1994 Pulitzer prize).

In recent correspondence, Mr. Albee suggests that he is capable of engaging (albeit rarely) with faculty. But Mr. Albee’s emphasis is on the students: young people asking engaging and unexpected questions.

Our students clearly made their mark.

Dr. Larch Fidler

Campus Master Plan There is an old saying about the mixed blessing of trying to fit ten pounds of potatoes into a five pound bag. On one hand, you have a lot of potatoes. On the other hand, you have nowhere to keep them. The solution? Make a bigger bag.

As Hebron Academyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s population grows and the needs of the school change, it is clear that we need more classroom space, a modern athletic facility and a fine arts center. The Board of Trustees asked Harriman Associates, a local architecture and engineering firm, to take a look at our campus and devise a master plan for a series of

improvements to address these needs. The company conducted a series of meetings and interviews with members of the community and did an assessment of the physical plant. Presented here is an overview of their recommendations, and a closer look at the proposed athletic center. [Please note that these plans are not architectural renderings.]

Site Plan Overview

Key to Site Plan Overview 1. New Field House addition to Robinson Arena.

2. Sargent Gymnasium becomes home for art, music, the gallery, theater, and possibly the Student Center.

3. Addition to Treat Science Building would provide four science labs, clearing four classroom spaces, possibly for Middle School use.

4. When the gallery moves to the new Fine Arts Center, two classrooms can be created in lower level of Hupper Library.

5. Optional location for Student Union addition to Sturtevant Dormitory with porch for dining above.

Optional location for Student Union addition to Sargent Gymnasium.

6. Sturtevant Dining facilities could expand to the east or west of the existing building.

7. Possible addition to Atwood Dormitory.

Possible future dormitory.

8. New vehicular circulation creating two loop roads.

Possible loop drive.

Potential area for new playing fields and possible septic field, pending soil tests.

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thletics are an integral part of the Hebron Academy educational experience, and Hebron’s athletic program is the most comprehensive of any school in northern New England, stressing the importance of sportsmanship, physical well-being and exercise throughout life.

Our team and individual athletics reinforce our core values of instilling intellectual and moral discipline; honoring and promoting an awareness of tradition, place and environment; and respect for others in the community.

Hebron’s teams compete on many levels with independent schools from all six New England states. At state, regional, and even national levels, our teams have brought recognition and distinction to the Academy.

Equally important for Hebron’s school community, though, is the opportunity to join in recreational sport and physical activity, both organized and informal. Outdoor education in hiking, camping, climbing, canoeing and kayaking; intramural class and dormitory sports; pick-up games and general play are important for adolescents and young adults as well as their adult mentors in a residential school community.

Hebron Academy is strongly committed to providing facilities for an athletic program that will support Hebron’s educational mission of inspiring and guiding students to achieve their greatest potential in mind, body and spirit. A major priority goal for Hebron is to establish an appropriate athletic facility and convert the current gymnasium into a music and arts center with a complete theater capable of seating the entire Hebron community. The new athletic center, to be situated adjacent to the athletic fields and ice rink, will contain the necessary all-purpose playing space and courts, locker, shower and restroom facilities for Hebron students, coaches and visiting teams, and specialty areas such as a climbing wall, fitness and weight training room, equipment storage, a trainer’s room, laundry facilities and staff offices.

Through the generosity and foresight of the late Robert A. McCormack ’62, Trustee Emeritus, the Campus Master Plan promotes these conceptual designs for the new athletic center.

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Athletic Center Shown here are possible floor plans for the main level (top) and lower level (bottom) of a field house addition to Robinson Arena. Existing areas are shown in gray; proposed new construction is in white.

• Centralized athletic activities and facilities providing year-round indoor play and recreation for students and faculty.

• New multi-purpose courts for volleyball, squash and basketball, with an indoor track.

• New fitness room, weight room, girls’ and boys’ locker rooms.

• Classrooms, faculty and coach offices, storage.

Above: how the athletic center might look from Dwyer Fields.

Below: an idea of how the field house portion could be used.

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Public Library in September. ■ Norbert Lachmann says he misses “the old days.”

1952

Traveling in style. Bill MacVane ’33 and Robert Caldwell, Director for Advancement and External Relations.

1926 Congratulations to Althea and Roger Milton, who recently celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary!

1930 Frederick Batchelder celebrated his 92nd birthday in June. He writes, “Still kicking!”

1939 S I X T Y- F I F T H

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Our thoughts are with Richard Field, who lost his wife in March. ■ Paul Kerr enjoys getting the Hebron news. He says he’s still able to golf and travel.

1941 Mayland Lewis writes, “I recently ran into George Disnard ‘42 who was a senator in New Hampshire. In the recent Dartmouth alumni magazine I read of Bob “Mike” Thayer’s passing. He was a friend and great hockey player.”

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1949 F I F T Y- F I F T H

Herb Black graduated from Bowdoin, spent two years in the Army, received his J.D. from Boston University and practiced law in Natick, MA. He has five children and five grandchildren and hopes to do some traveling in the fall. For 40 years he has devoted a good deal of time to Kiwanis International and municipal boards in Massachussets. ■ Joseph Quinn is “just enjoying retirement.” ■ Robert Rich was recently appointed to the Goochland County (Virginia) planning commission. He reports that he was also chairman of the county’s Commission on the Future, to develop a 15-year vision for the community. ■ After serving 40 months in the Navy, Phil Smith taught at Westminster School for 10 years, then went to Milwaukee when Gardner Bridge became headmaster at the University School. In 1970 he became headmaster of TrinityPawling School, retiring to Southport, ME, in 1990. Phil keeps busy in retirement by serving on a number of non-profit boards, including the E.E. Ford Foundation, Kents Hill School and now Hebron Academy. He married Holly Fuller in 1955; they have two sons and three grandchildren.

Our sympathies go to Philip Isaacson on the death of his mother in June at the age of 102.

1943 John Lawry writes, “Still trying to ‘shoot my age’ at golf with no luck. Have a doubles tennis group once a week. Enjoy a cruise at least once a year. Have almost given up cleaning gutters—I now hold the ladder for my wife!”

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1950 Richard Lancaster writes, “Had a good winter in Naples, FL. Took cruise into Panama Canal in March. Carol and I downsized from an 11-room, four-bedroom, twocar garage to a two-bedroom, living/dining room, one-car garage condo and we love it. Classmates—please drop us a note once in a while to keep us up on your news.”

1951 Jay Johnson had an exhibit of his artwork at the Epiphany Branch of the New York

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Richard Schmidtman writes, “In 1997 I retired from the Federal Aviation Administration in Anchorage, AK, after serving for 40 years, mostly in human resource management and aircraft accident investigations. I’m single, footloose and fancy free, and enjoying the sun and fun in the panhandle of Florida. I’m planning to attend Homecoming. Hopefully there will be some of the class of 1952 there because I missed our 50th last year because of health problems that have been resolved. I noticed that my old roomie Charlie Longley and buddy Ralph Royal Stevens were at the 50th. It would be great for me if they showed up again this year.” ■ Richard Simonds is keeping busy; he’s currently serving as president of the Chelan, MA, Rotary Club and Recreation Board and vice president of the Lake Chelan Historical Society. He is also former president of the Chicago Golf Club.

1953 Bernard Miller reports, “No changes in our lives, still 9 grandchildren and one on the way.” Our sympathies to Bernard on the death of his father in September.

1954 FIFTIETH

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Our sympathies go to Gardner Defoe on the death of his wife in April. ■ Demas Jasper writes, “Son Bruce is completing a Ph.D. in clinical neural psychology at BYU. His twin brother Harry is finance director at the nonprofit county hospital in Pomeroy, WA. Their sister Cathy works with patients dealing with anorexia nervosa and bulimia.

Oldest son Tom is working as an army civilian computer specialist at Delta Junction, AK, where the anti-missile site is under construction. Oldest daughter Susie is raising two daughters in New Hampshire.

Manolie and I are fine, working at our own business and keeping track of 11 grandchildren so far.”

1956 Frank Goodwin, president of Goodwin’s Chevrolet, recently received the 2003 Time Magazine Quality Dealer Award.

1957 David Babson writes, “I was re-elected to a fifth term in the New Hampshire legislature and sit as vice chair of the environment and agriculture committee. ■ Mason Pratt was recently named a fellow

Save the Date Bicentennial Celebration and Homecoming 2004 October 8–9 of the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers.

1958 Paul Levi writes, “I am presently working 2 days a week in my private practice in periodontology in Burlington, VT, and teaching 2–3 days a week at Tufts University School of Dental Medicine.” ■ Robert Scholnick writes, “After more than a decade as dean of graduate studies in arts and sciences at William & Mary, I have returned to full time teaching in English and American studies.”

1959 F O R T Y- F I F T H

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Dick Friedman, actor Michael J. Fox, comic Denis Leary and former Bruins player Cam Neely recently held a celebrity casino weekend to raise funds for several charitable causes. Dick is the new owner of the House of Blues in Harvard Square and plans to open a barbecue restaurant there.

1962 Our sympathies to David and Stephen Hartgen on the loss of their father in November 2002.

1963 Alex Dean and his wife Janet recently retired from their first careers and now spend time with their children and boats.

They also enjoy their summer place at Bethany Beach. Alex plays a lot of tennis and takes trips to play golf. ■ Chester Fairlie writes, “Married 29 years to Joan with three adult daughters. Practicing attorney for 30 years. On several occasions I have been a national convention speaker on forensic psychology in claims by adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse.” ■ Charles Gould wrote a humorous and affectionate essay in the Kent Quarterly marking the retirement of Robert Mott, his former Hebron teacher and recent Kent School colleague.

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Back to class. Dick Potvin ’73, Jay Woolsey and Bob Thompson ’73. about 1500 households annually. He and his wife Hela have two daughters: Maya, 13, and Luca, 10.

1976

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Twyla and Jim deRevere are on the road in their new motorhome. In a couple of years they will buy some land and build a house.

Karl Enemark dropped by campus in August. He is living in Myrtle Beach and is a rules official for the L.P.G.A. Tour. ■ Our sympathies go to Richard Waxman on the loss of his mother in May.

1965 Edward Finn reports that he has just bought a house. ■ William Locke writes, “After graduating from UNH, I spent 20 years in the Navy as a nuclear trained officer, rising to the rank of Commander. My last at sea job was as Reactor Officer of the USS Theodore Roosevelt CVN-71 (during its initial construction and first operating years). In 1991, I retired from the Navy and went to work at the Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory in West Mifflin, PA. I have been at the lab for 12 years now, and am the Manager of Software Engineering for Embedded Systems. We make computer software for instrumentation and control systems. I have six children (three and three). They are mostly grown and involved with various endeavors.”

1967 Our sympathies to Peter Redmayne on the loss of his father in April.

1969 T H I R T Y- F I F T H

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1970 Don Baumer bought a “little house in the woods” recently. He has spent a fair amount of time making the 1890s house more comfortable and is enjoying every minute of it.

1971 Henry Wise is the technical services manager for a construction and environmental services company in Houston, TX.

1973 Edward Glover retired from the Air Force in 1998 and is now a senior calibration technician at Rockwell Collins in Melbourne, FL. His wife is a CAN and works at a nursing home in Titusville. Sons David and Jason, and daughter Nina, all live nearby. ■ Tom Lie-Nielsen was recently named to the board of directors of the Center for Furniture Craftsmanship in Rockport. ■ Our sympathies to John Rust on the death of his mother in April. ■ Congratulations to Brad Sloat, who was inducted into the Auburn-Lewiston Sports Hall of Fame last spring. ■ Bob Thompson is a pilot with Delta Air Lines.

He and his new wife, Rebecca, live with Bob’s two children, Rob and William, in Melbourne, FL.

1974 THIRTIETH

Reed Chapman writes, “I’ve been fixing up the two houses I bought last year. I finally have tenants in the main house. I live in the cottage with my 8-year-old boy, Clark. Wende and I recently went to Italy with the Rider University Alumni Group.

Venice, Florence, Rome...highly recommended! Recently rode bicycle through Castine, ME, with Rob Thomas. He’s doing well there with wife Barbara. Both are involved in education.” ■ Ivan Delgado writes, “I am still practicing pediatric psychology in rural Iowa. The kids are older now; one entering college next fall and another may be applying to Hebron! A quick hello to Reed Chapman and my other classmates of 1976!” ■ Mel Nadeau writes, “Playing hockey, golf, and salmon fishing when possible. With the addition of a bull mastiff and a chocolate lab plus Denise’s two boys, life is full.

George Hillier visited recently. It was good to see him and reminisce about Hebron days. We lifted a pint or two to those ‘glory days.’ Doug Webb—how the hell are you?” ■ Rebecca Webber was recently selected co-chair of the Maine State Bar Association’s Women’s Law Section.

2004 Events M I D - F E B R U A RY Receptions in Washington, DC, and London, England.

MARCH 16 Reception at the Big Shoulders Cafe, Chicago Historical Society, Chicago.

MARCH 18 Reception in Denver.

APRIL 15 Reception at the Dedham Country and Polo Club, Massachusetts.

M AY 1 Parents’ Association Spring Auction.

M AY 1 3 Reception at the Portland Country Club, Falmouth.

JUNE 12 Hebron European Council meeting in Hamburg, Germany.

JUNE 15 Reception at the New York Yacht Club, New York City.

OCTOBER 8–9 Bicentennial Celebration and Homecoming 2004.

1977 After graduating, Klaus Führmann went to sea for about two years, then began studying Protestant theology. He now works as a theologian and coordinator for working with children and youth in the Parish of Ahrensbring, near Hamburg. He and his wife Kaija have three boys: Jakob, 16; Bendix, 11; and Lasse, 7.

For more information, visit our web site at www.hebronacademy.org, or call or e-mail Beverly Roy. 207-966-2100 ext. 266. broy@hebronacademy.org.

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1975 Erik Bateman writes, “As I sit watching yet another beautiful southern California sunset I am reminded of those equally beautiful autumn and winter scenes during my 3 1/2 years at Hebron. Business is going well and I extend yet another invitation to my 1975 classmates to come visit. Chubby, Linny, Sue, Ira, Mike and all the rest. I think of you often.” ■ Michael Durstewitz is a project leader for a research institute, specializing in wind energy. With others, he runs a windfarm that produces and sells electricity to supply

Martin Küchler ’78, Jane Harris Ash ’79 and Marc Roy ’78.

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H New Arrivals 1984 To Joannie and John Donahue, a daughter, Grace, on February 22, 2003.

1985 To Jenifer and Michael Silverman, a daughter, Sydney Gray, on August 31, 2003.

1986 To Erica and Jon Crane, True Leschen Crane, born September 13, 2002.

To Kristen and Scott Downs, a daughter, Katherine, on January 15, 2002.

To Christine and Carl Engel, a son, Jacob.

To Chris and Ann Sullivan McCoy, a son, Mickey Graham McCoy, on September 20, 2002.

1987 To Robert and Kate Thoman Crowley, a son, Daniel Bradley Crowley, on June 3, 2003.

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1983

Nancy Briggs Marshall writes, “Austin Stonebraker ‘97 coached my son Jamie, along with my husband Jay Marshall in the Sugarloaf Weekend Competition Program.

Jamie is in the J6 Division for the Maine Alpine Racing Association. My other son, Craig, is a J5 and qualified for the Thompson Trophy Race at Gunstock, NH, as one of only 6 boys statewide in his age group.” ■ Tom Smith is manager of customer services for International Paper. He lives in Mechanic Falls with his wife, Ann, and two daughters Sarah and Katie.

Paul Jacobs writes, “Life is good here in the Pioneer Valley. In addition to my regular job, I recently started a side business offering an affordable assisted moving service for which I am now licensed by the Commonwealth to transport household goods. The prospects appear favorable.

Not sure yet but my attendance at Homecoming looks doubtful.” ■ Austin O’Connor writes, “I am happily married to Mary and have five children: Calie, 12; Austin, 10; Sarah, 7; Brendan, 6; and Bridget who is 15 months. I live in Hingham, MA, and work in Boston running our family business. We are involved with real estate and also run 11 different restaurant concepts.” ■ Laurie Pinchbeck Whitsel is director of advocacy for the American Heart Association. She will be in Washington in April talking to legislators on the Hill about key pieces of legislation related to heart disease and stroke. She writes, “Amy is 6 and loves kindergarten.

Christian is 4. They are both the center of our lives. Brad is finishing the tenure process this spring and will be promoted to associate professor. We hope to stop by and visit the campus this summer when are visiting my brother Chris ‘87.”

1979 T W E N T Y- F I F T H

Alfred Erhard helped Bev Leyden at an admissions fair in Germany in November.

He is living at Lake Constance near Linden.

■ John Zarchen writes, “Nicole and I are adding a second storey to our home to give our sons a little more room—my older son Nicholas had a great little league season, finishing #1, and Matthew was the leading slugger on his team! Best regards to all from the class of ‘79!”

1988 To Aimee and Bill Guidera, a daughter, Anne Converse Guidera, on January 2, 2003.

To Kevin and Trisha Millett Fletcher, a son, Matthew Millett-Fletcher, on August 13, 2003.

1989 To James and Jennifer Eldridge Bourget, a son, Andrew James Bourget, on June 17, 2003.

To Jacquie Vo and Paul Eyres, a daughter, Jocelyn Vo Eyres, on June 6, 2003.

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1981 Bart and Laura Douglas Peterson are making progress on their 246-year-old house, but there is still lots to do.

1982 Lea Heidman writes, “I have remarried and have 2 children, 9 and 11 years old.” ■ Bill Witter writes, “I met Amy Tchao in Denver somewhat recently, as she was in town for work. We sat on the capitol’s steps and caught up. Which capitol’s steps next?”

1984 TWENTIETH

Charlie Lownes and his family dropped by campus in August.

1985 Our sympathies go to Derek Defoe on the death of his mother in April and to Terence McDonough on the death of his father in January. ■ Mike Iveson is dancing and

1987 Meike Hebestreit studied political science and worked as a journalist for the German edition of the Financial Times. Two years ago she started her own company, a public relations agency and free-lance bureau.

She and her husband, and their brand-new daughter Fiene, live near Hamburg. Meike says hello to Bill Becker, Carrie McGeough ’86, Kristina Walker and Katrina Barrie.

2004 Events M I D - F E B R U A RY Receptions in Washington, DC, and London, England.

MARCH 16 Reception at the Big Shoulders Cafe, Chicago Historical Society, Chicago.

MARCH 18 Reception in Denver.

APRIL 15 Reception at the Dedham Country and Polo Club, Massachusetts.

M AY 1 Parents’ Association Spring Auction.

M AY 1 3 Reception at the Portland Country Club, Falmouth.

1991 To Clint and Jessica Butler Chapman, a daughter, Hazel Katherine Chapman, on October 2, 2002.

JUNE 12 Hebron European Council meeting in Hamburg, Germany.

1993 To David and Julie Chick Mastrianno, a daughter, Leah Roselyn Mastrianno, on March 2, 2003.

JUNE 15 Reception at the New York Yacht Club, New York City.

Faculty

OCTOBER 8–9 Bicentennial Celebration and Homecoming 2004.

To Melinda and Paul Thibeault, a son, Samuel, on July 10, 2003.

Former Faculty

For more information, visit our web site at www.hebronacademy.org, or call or e-mail Beverly Roy. 207-966-2100 ext. 266. broy@hebronacademy.org.

To Jennifer and Scott Tiner, a son, Christopher Johnson Tiner, on April 10, 2003.

Classmates. Members of the Class of 1983 at Homecoming.

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also composing music for dance, and recently received an award. His work was recently reviewed in the Wall Street Journal. ■ Douglas Johnson is teaching learning disabled children at the Baird School in Plymouth, MA. He lives in North Carver with his wife, Tammy Seamans, and one step-daughter.

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Hebron goes to Europe. Xenia Ramoglou ’96, Diana Treis ’00 and Stefanie Wnuck ’92 at the annual Hebron European Council meeting in Hamburg.

1988 Carlito Cabelin writes, “I recently was promoted to vice president at J. P. Morgan Chase in Manhattan. I will be graduating— finally—at the end of 2003 from Pace University with a master’s degree in business. Hello to all Hebronians; email me at carlito_cabelin@yahoo.com.” ■ Kate Concannon is living in Boston and working for the Department of Youth Services. She is training for the New York Marathon and competes in triathlons. ■ Vance Loiselle and his foursome took low gross honors at the Timothy J. Mynahan Benefit Golf Classic this summer. ■ Trisha Millett Fletcher has been appointed to serve for three years as one of 13 national trustees for the Realtors Political Action Committee.

1989 FIFTEENTH

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Reed Claiborne is planning to return to school to work towards a masters in counseling and hopes eventually to work with

Save the Date Bicentennial Celebration and Homecoming 2004 October 8–9

college students with dyslexia. ■ Hayes McCarthy and his wife Rebecca celebrated their first anniversary in December 2002.

Classmates Todd Manter and Andrew Stern were in his wedding party. Charlie Seefried, Jim Jenkins and Steve Collins were also in attendance. Hayes is CEO of MVP, McCarthy Video Productions, and recently co-founded Bonvisage Group, a multi-media and television production company.

1991 Jess Butler Chapman is living in Falmouth, ME. ■ Chip Hedrick is working for Bonneau & Geismar, PA, LLC, in Lewiston.

■ Scott Nelson is currently in India doing research for his Ph.D. dissertation. ■ In May, a fire destroyed the Norway Color Center, owned by Chad Pendexter’s family.

1992 Laure Légaré is living in Narbonne, France. ■ Todd Ray is a dentist in South Portland. He welcomes e-mail at todd_r@hotmail.com. ■ Sonja Reckling Gehlhaar works at the University Hospital as assistant to the director. She started teaching English classes in October and plans to be at Homecoming in 2004. She’d love to get in touch with Heather Fogg, Lynn Holabird, Claudia Gray, Asuka Yoshioka, Tom Black, Joyce Pascual, Tom Lane and Alison Spear. ■ Jack Vo graduated from California State University at Fullerton in May with a B.S. in biological sciences. He plans to apply to medical school. ■ Stefanie Wnuck graduated from Heidelburg University and worked as a freelance interpreter for a couple of years before taking her present job as interpreter for the mayor of Berlin. She is hoping to come to Homecoming in 2004.

Julie Chick Mastrianno and her husband bought a house in the Augusta area and are enjoying parenthood. ■ Anne DeFalco is living in Casco and working at Sweetser, an alternative education school.

■ Danagra Ikossi Le writes, “I’m in California now, at Stanford University doing my residency in general surgery. I’m in my second year of seven and will be going into the lab for two requisite years of research beginning in July 2003. My husband is a resident in plastic surgery at UCSF, in his second year. I haven’t been back to Maine in some time and though the California weather is lovely, I do miss the cold, the snow and the honesty of the people of my home state. It’s hard to tell when time is passing if there are no real seasons; Californians don’t appreciate their summers because they have no real winter to give them perspective! ■ Matt Johnson writes, “I am living in Pittsburgh and working with my father and brother in our construction company.”

1971 Kate Spillane and James Balano, on October 11, 2002.

1973 Rebecca Taunt and Robert Thompson, on February 21, 2003.

1983 Barbara Smith and John Trimmer, on January 31, 2003, in Cancun, Mexico.

1985 Amelia Kurtz and Michael Rockenstire, on October 12, 2002, in Scarborough.

1989 Jennifer York and Reed Claiborne, in Jamaica in May 2003.

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Jess Butler and Clint Chapman in June 2001.

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Sarah Anderson and Charles “Chip” Hedrick, on July 22, 2002.

Keith Hovey will graduate from law school at Seton Hall and will clerk for Judge Hayden in New Jersey. ■ Nathan Ohler is in graduate school at the University of Chicago.

1995 Shannon Connolly and Shanning, on June 21, 2003.

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1995 Alyssa Doherty is the assistant director of law school admissions at Quinnipiac Law School. ■ Jessie Maher is living in Washington, DC. She keeps in touch with Sara Keef, Ellen St. Cyr May and Bethanne Robinson Graustein. She reports that Andy Cogan ’94 is “working in LA and trying to make it big with his band, Blueline.” ■ Dan Walsh is working for EF Tours in Boston.

1996 Patrick Grunau will be working on a project assignment in Taipei for several months. ■ Tomoki Ito is working in the marketing department of Yamada International Corporation in New York city. ■ Matt Katz was recently in Peru, doing ceramic glaze consulting for a New York company.

1997 Jeff Begin was named to the fall semester dean’s list at the University of Maine. ■ Marc Boudreau worked as the VIP Services Coordinator for the 2003 Canada Winter Games. He is now a project manager for a marketing strategy company. ■ Katerina Cermakova received a master’s in political

Melinda Merrill and Paul Thibeault, on January 18, 2003.

science from Miami University of Ohio in July. She is now back in the Czech Republic working towards her second master’s in European studies ■ Ronaldo de Capua is working for GAFISA S/A, Brazil’s biggest construction company. He reports that Carlos ’96 and Felipe Lorca graduated from college in Spain and are now working in Sao Paulo in their family’s restaurant. Eid Mansur ’96 worked in banking and is now a franchise owner of two drugstores. ■ Jay Grondin is a member of the 101st Airborne, currently stationed in Iraq. ■ Geo Maher was recently awarded the Jacob K. Javits Fellowship, the most prestigious award for graduate students in the United States. ■ Javier Mendizabal is living in London and working for Hilton hotels as an events manager. ■ After finishing secondary school in Germany, Christiane Wiederhold became a hotel trainee at the Hotel InterContinental in Hamburg. She is now working at the Arosa ski resort in Switzerland. ■ Barbara Zewe is living in Louisiana and is looking for work in the marine industry.

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H 1998 Luke Betts is playing hockey in Lidköping, Sweden, and helping out in a church. He sends greetings to the class of 1998. ■ Nils Devine writes, “Got my liberal arts degree in web design from Hampshire College and moved out to the west coast. Have been out here for a year; the last six months spent working at Baxter BioScience for the Advoy(.com) team on a web application for people with hemophilia. I have added foosball to ping pong on my ‘esoteric list of games that I am skilled at’ list, and have started hiking again, but this time in rattlesnake country.” ■ Andrew Estroff graduated from RIT. ■ Kirsten Ness has finished is in graduate school at the University of Maine at Orono. She recently won the “Best Student Poster” award at the North American Lake Management Conference in

2004 Events M I D - F E B R U A RY Receptions in Washington, DC, and London, England.

MARCH 16 Reception at the Big Shoulders Cafe, Chicago Historical Society, Chicago.

MARCH 18 Reception in Denver.

APRIL 15 Reception at the Dedham Country and Polo Club, Massachusetts.

M AY 1 Parents’ Association Spring Auction.

M AY 1 3 Reception at the Portland Country Club, Falmouth.

JUNE 12 Hebron European Council meeting in Hamburg, Germany.

JUNE 15 Reception at the New York Yacht Club, New York City.

OCTOBER 8–9 Bicentennial Celebration and Homecoming 2004.

For more information, visit our web site at www.hebronacademy.org, or call or e-mail Beverly Roy. 207-966-2100 ext. 266. broy@hebronacademy.org.

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Connecticut. ■ Nick Ohler is a landscape architect in San Rafael, CA. ■ Last summer Karen Sanborn worked at ABC News. She is currently going to graduate school for communication and teaching writing for mass media and news radio at the University of Maine. ■ Regina Wakefield recently received the Jane Morrison Memorial Film Fellowship, awarded by the Maine Community Foundation. She will use her grant to attend the Boston Film and Video workshop to further her skills at audio recording and filming for the music industry.

1999 FIFTH

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Jenny Agnew received the University of Vermont’s Barbara Bates Award at the women’s hockey season-ending banquet.

The award is presented to the team member who best embodies the spirit, inspiration, dedication and humility exemplified by former UVM player Barbara Bates. Jenny graduated in June and returned to Hebron to teach and coach. ■ Mike King graduated from Paul Smith’s College with a B.S. in environmental science. ■ Ed Van BibberOrr graduated magna cum laude from Middlebury in May. ■ Julia West and Jennifer Yomoah graduated from Park School of Communications, each with a B.S. in television-radio. Julia had a concentration in video production; Jennifer minored in French and sociology and had a concentration in advertising and public relations.

2000 Alima Bucciantini spent her junior year at the University of Sussex in Brighton, England. During an extended spring break she traveled through Europe visiting Paris, Luxembourg, Basel, Zurich, Innsbruck, Salzburg, Vienna, Budapest, Prague, Berlin, Munich, Lucerne, Bologna and Tuscany. She was also able to visit with Kelly Potter ‘99 who spent the spring in London. ■ Aubrey Pratte was named to the fall semester dean’s list at the University of Maine. ■ Teele Ligi is working at the Ministry of Finance in Estonia and trying to graduate from university at the same time!

■ Diana Treis is studying medicine at Heidelberg University and also resumed playing lacrosse, a sport she began at Hebron. She says to check out www.lacrosse-heidelberg.de ■ E r i k Yingling is majoring in political science at Concordia.

2001 Charlie Agnew was named to the dean’s list at Rochester Institute of Technology. ■ Iain Bean is serving in Iraq with the 101st Airborne. His detachment, the 3rd Battalion, 327th Regiment, was part of the

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Catching up. Bruce Found, Allison Sánchez ’98 and Betsy Found.

raid in Mosul, Iraq, where American forces killed Saddam Hussein’s sons, Qusay and Uday. ■ Our sympathies go to Jared Givens on the death of his father in November 2002. ■ Shep Stephenson was named to the fall dean’s list at UNC Chapel Hill. ■ Jon Strout was named to the President’s List at Rollins College. ■ Jessica Takach was named to the dean’s list at Wheaton College. ■ Meghan Webster was recently named to the dean’s list at Union College.

2002 Matthew Bernier was named to the Dean’s List at the School of Visual Arts. ■ Runner-up rookie of the year Jana Bugden led her team to its first-ever ITECH women’s hockey championship. ■ Jamie Fey was a member of the Middlebury College track and field team last spring. ■ Franco Narcisi Chad Lauze ‘99 and Bob Zarella ‘01 played on the same line last year. ■ Shinya Segawa is working hard at WPI and hopes to graduate in three years.

■ Nina Vrana is studying law at Humboldt University in Berlin. She still plays violin and is a member of three orchestras. She is also dancing and will perform in January.

2003 Meghan Gillis was named NESCAC Player of the Week on November 24 for her outstanding play in helping Bowdoin College beat Middlebury College and Williams College. ■ Kat König will graduate in 2004 and hopes to go to Spain and France for half a year each and then to study communication, media or interior design and architecture. She says hello to Laura Meyer and Caroline Bauer ’04.

2004 Nadine Aßmann will graduate from her school in Germany in 2004. She hopes to spend time in Spain or France before going on to college. She also hopes to visit Hebron at Commencement in May. ■ Philipp Quante is also back at school in Germany. After graduating he will have to do a year in the Germany army, or a similar kind of service. Then he may study international business administration, or, if his band does well, become a rock star! You can follow his band at www.13-music.de.

Former Faculty Bob Crist is enjoying life at United Zion Retirement Community. He reports that he has been able to return to Hershey to visit family and friends as well. ■ David Compton is the author of A Filthy Business, a novel that follows a U.S. intelligence officer through 1960s Germany. The novel is available at www.greatunpublished.com. ■ A great article about Nat “Hockey” Harris appeared in the March 15 issue of South Coast Today. ■ Ben Kamilewicz is training and competing with the Vermont National Guard’s biathlon team with the Olympics as his ultimate goal. He recently spent a couple of weeks in Italy. ■ Robert Mott retired from the Kent School in June. His service to Kent (and Hebron) is remembered in a humorous and affectionate essay in the Kent Quarterly by his Kent colleague and former Hebron student Charles Gould ’63. ■ Paul Nemetz-Carlson is coaching hockey at Yale. He reports that he does miss the Maine woods, though.

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Obituaries 1927 John Patrick “Giant” Conroy died October 31, 2003, at his home in Portland.

Mr. Conroy starred in basketball, baseball and football at Portland High School before coming to Hebron for a postgraduate year. He was recruited to play football at Fordham and played left end on one of the greatest lines in intercollegiate football history: the original “seven blocks of granite.” Mr. Conroy entered the Air Force in 1942 with the rank of captain. He earned a master’s degree from the University of Maine in 1952. He taught math and later became a guidance counselor at Portland High School, retiring in 1973. Mr. Conroy was elected to the Maine Sports Hall of Fame in 1977 and to the Fordham University Sports Hall of Fame in 1980. He is survived by his wife of 53 years, Mary McCann Conroy; one daughter, Anne E. Conroy; and several nieces and nephews.

1928 A. Norman Forbush died May 6, 2003, in Marlborough, Massachusetts. Mr. Forbush was born in Marlborough and graduated from the University of Maine. He was associated with Marlborough Co-Operative Bank for more than 43 years, serving for many years as president and chairman of the board. He was a National Guard veteran and served in World War II. Mr. Forbush was a lifelong member of the First Baptist Church of Marlborough and a 50-year member of United Brethren Lodge AF&AM. An avid golfer, he was a member of the Marlborough Country Club. On the Cape, he was a boating enthusiast, a licensed Coast Guard captain, a member of the U.S. Power Squadron and a former member of Monomoy Yacht Club of Chatham. Mr. Forbush is survived by his wife of 69 years, Mabel Howe Forbush; a son, Peter A. Forbush; a daughter, Marcia Forbush Eisenhauer; eight grandchildren; two stepgrandchildren; and 15 great-grandchildren.

1932 Homer Waterhouse died May 29, 2003, in Kennebunk. Valedictorian of his class at Hebron, he continued his education at Bowdoin and graduated with a law degree from Harvard Law School in 1939. He practiced law with the firm of Waterhouse and Spencer and later with Waterhouse, Carroll and Cyr, in Biddeford. During World War II, he served in the Navy Bureau of Ordinance as lieutenant commander. Mr. Waterhouse was a past president and director of Kennebunk Savings and Loan Association, and director of Canal Bank later by merger with Key Bank of Maine. He served as chairman of the board of directors of

Pepperell Trust Company and also of Pepperell Investments. He was a director of Saco River Telegraph and Telephone Co. and all its subsidiary companies including Star Cellular. He was also a director of Mutual Fire Insurance Co., a lifetime member and past president of the Webhannet Golf Club, also serving on the board of governors. He was a member of the Arundel Yacht Club and Eagle Rock Yacht Club, and a lifetime member of the Kennebunk River Club and the Edgecomb Tennis Club. He was the co-founder of the Kennebunk Beach Improvement Association and a member of the senior center of Kennebunk. Mr. Waterhouse is survived by his wife, Geraldine Keating Waterhouse; a stepdaughter, Diane Gohier Costello; two sisters, Lois Kinney and Christine Raines; a granddaughter; four nieces; two grandnephews and a grandniece.

Pyam Winsor Williams died March 20, 2003, in Portland. He was a sixth-generation descendant of Shubael Williams, the first European settler of Islesboro. Mr. Williams was born in 1913 in Boston, a son of Amasa E. and Abbie Hatch Williams. He graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He worked as a chemical engineer in the paper boxboard industry and was an innovator in optimizing the waste water process. He and his wife retired to Islesboro. Mr. Williams is survived by his wife of 64 years, Mary C. Williams; four children, Elizabeth Brock, Nancy Cannell, Ellen Williams and John Pyam Williams; a sister, Carolyn Williams Jackson; four grandsons and two great-grandsons.

1933 Newell Foster Varney died November 3, 2003, in Ellsworth. He was born in Orrs Island, the son of Raymond N. and Mary B. Adams Varney. Mr. Varney was a midshipman in the U.S. Naval Academy’s Class of 1938, where he was a member of the crew team. During World War II he saw action in the Pacific Theater. After 26 years of service he retired from the Navy and moved to Seattle, where he studied oceanographic geology and meteorology at the University of Washington. He lived aboard his boat Trouble for 11 years, following the seasons and the winds. Mr. Varney was a voracious reader with a wide range of interests. He is survived by his wife, Wyn Drake Varney; a son, Peter Varney; and two grandchildren.

1935 Richard W. Goode died February 16, 2003.

He graduated from Duke University in 1939 and was a member of the 7th Infantry from New York during World War II, achieving

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the rank of captain. Mr. Good was an automobile dealer in Boston for over 36 years.

He was an active member of the Hingham Rotary Club, Massachusetts State Auto Dealers Association and the Boston Better Business Bureau. He was also a member of the Cohasset Golf Club, Jonathan’s Landing Golf Club and Hingham Yacht Club. Mr. Goode is survived by his wife, Elizabeth Thompson Goode; two sons, Richard W. Goode, Jr. and Andrew T. Goode; and two grandchildren.

John M. Sawyer died February 19, 2003.

Mr. Sawyer graduated from the New England Institute of Funeral Directory and Embalmism and served as a technical sergeant in the Army Air Corps during World War II. He was employed by Cookson Funeral Home, Waterman Funeral Home and several other funeral homes. He was also employed as a purchasing agent at Telechron of Ashland, in the sales division of Jordan Marsh Co. and as assistant manager at J.C. Penney in Framingham. He was an avid golfer, tennis player and gardener. Mr. Smith is survived by his wife, Barbara Jessie Leach Sawyer; a son, John Marshall Sawyer; a daughter, Deborah Trowbridge; a grandson; two great-granddaughters; and numerous nieces and nephews.

1936 Charles S. Adams died August 18, 2003, in Andover, Massachusetts. He was born in Bradford, Massachusetts and graduated from Norwich University in 1940. He served with the Army during World War II. Mr. Adams worked for Monroe Calculating Co. until its purchase by Litton Industries. He continued with that company as president of its Sweda International Division until his retirement in 1980. He was a member of the Norwich University Board of Trustees and served as board chairman from 1993 to 1996. He was a member of the First Church Congregational in Boxford and enjoyed golf, tennis and skiing. Mr. Adams is survived by his wife of 62 years, Margery J. Shannon Adams; a son, Chuck S. Adams, Jr.; a daughter, Debby Keough; a brother, L. Robert Adams; and five grandchildren.

Robert W. Bragg died December 21, 2002.

He was born in Bath, the son of Ralph and Dorothy Bragg. He graduated from the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York. In July 1943 he was inducted into the Army’s 789th Corps of Engineers as a camouflage expert and served overseas near Calcutta, India, until 1946. Mr. Bragg had a long and distinguished career in commercial art as a graphic artist and art director. He was vice president of Burke Dowling Adams Advertising Agency for 14 years. During this time he worked on many large corporate accounts including Delta Airlines, for whom he designed their famous logo. He was a nationally known watercolorist who especially enjoyed painting boats, lighthouses

and various seascapes from Maine to Florida. His art has been included in many national exhibitions and is in the collections of major corporations. Mr. Bragg is survived by his wife of 61 years, Eve; five children, Lance Bragg, Heather Salmon, Kevin Bragg, Eric Bragg, and Robin Siegel; seven grandchildren and two great-granddaughters.

Robert Royden Ward died May 6, 2003, in Moody. He earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Springfield College and a certificate of advanced study from New York University. He was a former head football coach at Kennebunk High, where he coached an undefeated football team. Mr. Ward served in the Army Air Corps during World War II, and retired from a life dedicated to education where he served as teacher, coach, principal and superintendent of schools in Maine and New York. He and his wife retired to Wells, where he lived for 23 years, and served on the budget committee and school board. At the time of his death, he was serving as trustee emeritus of Springfield College. In 1991, he received the Edward Tarbell Medallion for Notable Service to Springfield College.

Mr. Ward also served as class agent and trustee at Hebron Academy for many years. He is survived by his wife of 54 years, Barbara; two sons, Bruce Ward and John Ward; two daughters, Kathleen Ward Yde and Patricia Ward Costello; a brother, James Ward; and five grandchildren.

1937 Ernest H. “Hal” Pottle died July 1, 2003, in Kansas City, Missouri. He was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1919, but came to Hebron Academy from Glen Ridge, New Jersey. He was a graduate of Bowdoin College in the Class of 1941. During World War II, Mr. Pottle attained the rank of Lt. Cmdr., USNR, and commanded a ship in the European Theater. He worked in sales marketing for much of his career and was in the employ of Olin Corp. at the time of his retirement to Overland Park, Kansas. In his last years, he was deeply involved in volunteer work at local schools. Mr. Pottle is survived by his wife, Dee Ohlrogge Pottle; two sons, Martin and Dean; two daughters, Leslie and Jill; six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Henry A. Shorey ‘37

1938 George W. Burnett died January 31, 2003, in Falmouth. He was born in Boston, a son of Frank and Mae McIntyre Burnett. He attended Colby College before serving as an Army lieutenant. After World War II he graduated from Bowdoin College. For 39 years Mr. Burnett was employed as a salesman by Leigh Fiber and lived in Massachusetts until his retirement. He enjoyed tennis, skiing, traveling and swimming with his family. He is survived by his wife of 55 years, Madeline Anderson Burnett; a son

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1940 Donald K. Dyer died January 23, 2003, in Auburn. He graduated from Edward Little and attended Bates College after a postgraduate year at Hebron. Mr. Dyer joined the Army Airforce during World War II and was stationed in India. He married Margery Hammond in 1942. Mr. Dyer served as tax assessor for the city of Auburn and as an appraisor for Cole Layer Trumble. He was an enthusiastic golfer and charter member of Fairlawn golf course. He was a member of Tranquil Lodge 29 Ancient Free & Accepted Masons, a member of The Scottish Rite Valley of the Androscoggin, Maine Consistory Valley of Portland 32nd degree, a 50-year member of Kora Shriners and an honorary member of the Kora Arab Patrol. He was an avid sports fan and for many years a member of the Football Prognosticators Association. Mr. Dyer is survived by his wife; two daughters, Dona Stewart and Jane Ham; a son, John Dyer; seven grandchildren and seven greatgrandchildren.

1942 Everett L. Spear died March 31, 2003, in Rockland. He was born in Rockland in 1923, the oldest son of Erwin M. and Kathleen Blackington Spear. He studied mechanical engineering at the University of Maine and business at Bentley College. Mr. Spear joined the Army in December 1942 and served as a master gunner in the Pacific Theater. He was recently awarded an honorary life member certificate by the American Legion for his 55 years of loyal membership. In 1949 he joined his father and grandfather in the family lumber and hardware business founded by his grandfather in 1900. He received numerous awards and commendations over the years for his business and civic achievements. Mr. Spear was a longtime member of the Rockland Kiwanis Club. He was also a member of Jaycees, American Legion, Chamber of Commerce and the Rockland Congregational Church. He enjoyed traveling and spending time with his family, particularly camping and sailing with his young children, golf with his friends and worldwide travel with his wife. He is survived by his wife of 53 years, Hazel Nutt Spear; six of his seven children, Anne Czepiga, Bonita O’Day, Ruth Wood, Elizabeth Gedney, Everett Spear III and William Spear; a brother, Erwin Spear; three sisters, Pauline Bardsley, Ruth Greer and Marilyn Patenaude; and 15 grandchildren. A daughter, Susan, died in 1953.

1943 James A. Richard died August 4, 2003, in Dexter. He was born in Moulies River, Kent County, New Brunswick, son of James and Dorothy Ramsey Richard. He enlisted in

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the U.S. Navy in 1942 and served in the Pacific Theater as an aviation mechanic. He married Eileen Landerkin in 1946. Mr. Richard worked 25 years for the A&P Tea Co., and 12 years for Bud’s Shop ‘n Save, living in Greenville, Brownville Junction, Oakland, Bingham and Dexter. He was a member of the Cardinal Mercier Council of the Knights of Columbus, and a communicant of Saint Anne’s Parish in Dexter. Mr. Richard was a member of VFW Post 4298 and American Legion Post 53, where he was a past commander. He enjoyed his camp and good friends at Pleasant Pond in Caratunk and The Forks. He spent many wonderful summers fishing, canoeing and watching the water. Mr. Richard is survived by his wife of 56 years; three sons, Charles, Michael and John; a daughter Juliana; a sister, Katharyn Munster; six grandchildren; four great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.

tion to the Vietnam War and was investigated by the FBI and Secret Service. Mr. Blackwell enjoyed tennis and travel. He had a summer and weekend home on Nantucket and regularly visited Bermuda.

Mr. Blackwell is survived by his wife, Anne; three children, Stephen Hardwick Blackwell, Hillary Van Cott Blackwell Abrams and Carolyn Talbot Blackwell; a grandson; a sister, Barbara B. Hird; and several nieces and nephews.

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Stuart Allen Smith died March 1, 2003. Mr. Smith graduated from Yale University in 1949 and was a long-time supporter of Hebron Academy. He retired from Illinois Tool Works in Chicago after over 25 years of service. He is survived by his wife, Barbara Smith; one son, Stuart Allen Smith, Jr.; four daughters, Patricia Briggs, Virginia Smith, Beverly Egbert and Susan Gast; thirteen grandchildren, three great-grandchildren; and two brothers, Donald Smith ‘42 and Robert Smith.

Allen M. Rudolph died February 11, 2003.

Mr. Rudolph was the founder of Rudolph and Company, a member of the board of governors and past president of the National Electrical Manufacturer’s Representative Association. He was instrumental in developing the computer standard for the industry and received the GEM award for distinguished achievement in electrical marketing. A longtime resident of Newton, Mr. Rudolph was active for many years in the local community as well as serving on the board of directors of the United Cerebral Palsy Telethon. He was a Shriner and member of the Mount Scopus Masonic Lodge. Mr. Rudolph is survived by his wife of 50 years, Sylvia; children Deborah Rogers, Helen Rudolph and Greg Rudolph; two brothers, Louis Rudolph and George Rudolph; and seven grandchildren. A brother, Robert Rudolph, predeceased him.

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Donald J. Barbadoro died April 11, 2003, in Pepperell, Massachusetts. He was born in Milford, the son of Americo and Irene LaForce Barbadoro. He went on to Brown University after attending Hebron, and served with the Air Force in the Korean War. Mr. Barbadoro was a software engineer with several companies; most recently he worked with his son John in a homebuilding business. He is survived by his mother; five sons, Paul, John, Mark, Thomas and Patrick; a daughter, Veronica; his grandchildren; and his companion, Joan Lemire, and her family.

James M. Blackwell IV died May 12, 2003.

He was born in 1931, a son of James and Betsy Talbot Blackwell. He grew up in New York City and graduated from Harvard University. He became an army drill sergeant in 1952. After the war, Mr. Blackwell went to work in the business department at Conde Nast, the magazine publishing company. He married Anne Stires in 1963. Also in 1963, Mr. Blackwell joined Newsweek, starting in the production department and becoming a senior editor in 1971. When he retired in 1985, he was editorial operations director and senior editor. For the next ten years he operated Blackwell Consulting, which specialized in publishing technology. He retired in 1995.

Mr. Blackwell was outspoken in his opposi-

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Philip E. McGuire died May 1, 2003, in Auburn. Mr. McGuire was born in Bridgton.

He worked at Twin City Printery in Lewiston for 24 years. He was a member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, serving as deacon and elder. Mr. McGuire is survived by his wife, Rosalie Tyler McGuire; two daughters, Loralie McGuire Brennan and Christina Thomas; a sister, Myrtle McGuire; five grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews.

Dr. Herrick C. Ridlon died July 31, 2003, at his home in Naples, Florida, following a long illness. He was born in Bangor, the son of Dr. and Mrs. Magnus F. Ridlon. He graduated magna cum laude from Bowdoin College in 1954. Dr. Ridlon earned his medical degree from the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1958. He practiced urology in Hartford until his retirement in 1992, at which time he was director of urology at the Hartford Hospital and associate clinical professor of surgery at the University of Connecticut. He was a member of numerous state and national medical associations. During his career he presented many papers at medical conferences and was published in several medical journals.

Dr. Ridlon was also active in the local community as president of the Bowdoin Alumni Club of Connecticut, director of the West Hartford Swim Club, vice chairman of the

board of trustees at Hartt Musical Foundation at the University of Hartford, and a member of the Hartford Golf Club. He married Mary Bass Pierce in 1958. Dr. Ridlon was interested in photography for many years and was a member of the Photographic Society of America and was past president of the Charlotte County Art Guild in Punta Gorda, Florida. He is survived by his wife; a son Lieutentant Colonel David Pierce Ridlon; his brother Dean Ridlon ‘53; his mother, Marie C. Ridlon; a granddaughter and four nieces and nephews.

David Wright died on October 13, 2003. A former Marine and Korean War veteran, Mr. Wright founded a museum devoted to American life during the World War II years.

He was born in Worcester and enlisted in the Marines after graduating from Hebron.

In 1954, he joined Wright Line, an office and computer storage company his father founded. Mr. Wright designed and patented dozens of items at Wright Line.

He began collecting and restoring vintage World War II-era jeeps, half tanks and tanks, taking them to parades and exhibits all around New England. In 1992 he bought an old lumberyard on eight acres on the banks of the Smith River and built his museum which includes a vehicle storage building, a home front exhibit area and a two-story visitors center. Mr. Wright is survived by his wife, Carole Olson Wright; his children David, Carrie, and Stephen Wright; his stepsons Keith and James McKinley; and nine grandchildren. His first wife, Gwen Severance, died in 1977.

1951 Richard E. Will died July 29, 2003, in Spokane, Washington. Mr. Will graduated from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, where he was a member of Rensselaer’s first NCAA national hockey championship team and a member of Chi Phi fraternity.

He was a captain in the Air Force and Washington Air National Guard. He graduated from Air Force Squadron Officers School. Mr. Will was an architect and real estate developer in Arizona, Idaho and Washington. He is survived by his wife, Virginia; a son, Anthony Will; a daughter, Laura Bergman; and two grandchildren.

1952 Sheldon Shapiro died August 18, 2003, in Gardner, Massachusetts. He was born in Tremont, Pennsylvania, son of Dr. Harry and Carrie Hoff Shapiro. He attended Middlebury College and graduated from Boston University in 1969. Mr. Shapiro worked as a fire spotter in Montana before serving in the Army during the Korean War. He was a driller and geologist for Geomeasurements, Inc. of Boston before working as an environmental analyst for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Water Resources Commission and as a project manager for the Department of Environ-

class notes mental Protection and Environmental Management. Mr. Shapiro helped found and manage the Lancaster Hockey Association and served as Little League coach for many years. He was especially active in community theater and, as a member of the Harvard Players and Sudbury Players, participated in productions of Man of La Mancha, Brigadoon, H.M.S. Pinafore and Fiddler on the Roof. His hobbies included bird watching, fly-tying and fishing, camping and carving. Mr. Shapiro is survived by his wife of nine years, Virginia Rosa Shapiro; sons, William and Jonathan; a daughter, Leah; a stepdaughter, Jessica; a stepson, Adam, and a granddaughter. He was predeceased by his first wife Jillian Estabrook Shapiro.

1953 Thomas Henry Penniman died September 10, 2003, in Phoenix, Arizona. He was born in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, to Edgar M. and Frances Nielsen Penniman. Mr. Penniman graduated from the U.S. Air Force Cadet program and the University of Arizona. He served as an Air Force navigator in North Africa, Europe and the South Pacific. He married Jeanne Barron in 1961.

Mr. Penniman began his commercial aviation career with Pan American Airways, serving in both New York City and Roberts Field, Liberia. Subsequently, he worked for Air America in Thailand and Taipei, Taiwan, and later served as consultant to the president of Cameroon Airlines when that airline bought several new Boeing aircraft.

After returning to the States, Mr. Penniman formed a company that installed office furniture projects and continued in that business until his retirement in 2000. He was a member of the Air American Association, Civil Air Transport Association, and the Alfred Maxwell Post of the American Legion. Mr. Penniman was a passionate man who loved his family, his wide circle of friends, and his standard poodle Max, as well as cooking, gardening, gadgets, inventions and new ideas of every kind. He is survived by his wife; sons, Kurt Penniman, Mark Penniman and Eric Penniman; three grandchildren; a brother, Richard; a sister, Nancy; and several nieces and nephews.

Sherwood W. Prout, Jr. died December 29, 2002, in Lititz, Pennsylvania, after an 18year fight with progressive supranuclear palsy. Mr. Prout retired from Quaker State Farms in Klingerstown, where he was general manager. From 1959 to 1975 he owned and operated the former Egg Service Inc. in Lubec, Maine. Mr. Prout was active in the New England Feed and Grain Council, the Northeast Poultry Producers Council and the Mane Poultry Industry Council. He earned a degree in agricultural economics and farm management from the University of Maine and served in the U.S. Navy. A 32nd degree Mason, he was a member of Mt. Olivet Lodge 704, Free and Accepted

Masons, Lebanon. He also was a member of the Lions Club, Anah Temple and Washington County Shriners, all in Maine.

He was a church trustee and volunteer consultant for Lubec schools. He enjoyed traveling and toured Russia in 1973 to study the country’s agricultural operations. An avid outdoorsman, he enjoyed sailing, fishing, skiing, golfing and hunting. Mr. Prout is survived by his wife of 41 years, Brenda Prout; two sons, Stephen Prout and David Prout ‘83; a daughter, Susan Mendenilla; a half-brother, James Prout; his mother-inlaw, Ruth Scott; and three grandchildren.

1954 Roger W. Magenau died September 5, 2002, at his home in Andover, New Hampshire. Mr. Magenau served in the Army during the late 1950s. He graduated from the University of New Hampshire and taught school for a short time. He was in systems work before earning an M.B.A. from the Tuck School at Dartmouth College. Mr. Magenau worked for Toro in Minneapolis and Seattle. He also served as vice-president of marketing at Divajex, then makers of “Blue Ice.” An entrepreneur for more than 30 years, he founded and ran several businesses in the tennis, pool equipment and other industries. Mr. Magenau played on the Army tennis and hockey teams in Europe. He was the first tennis player ever selected for the UNH 100 Club Hall of Fame. While at UNH, he received three letters in tennis and won the Yankee Conference singles and doubles tennis titles in 1959 and 1960. He was a member of the 1950 New England Junior Davis Cup team and competed at Wimbledon in 1957. He won seven New Hampshire state singles crowns and five doubles titles. He was the former president of the NH State Tennis Association. Mr. Magenau coached tennis at Dartmouth. He also enjoyed skiing with his family. He is survived by his wife of 41 years, Lois Stickney Magenau; sons Jeffrey Magenau and Dana Magenau; a grandson; sister Sara White; and nieces, nephews and cousins.

1973 John W. Milton of Mechanic Falls, died October 5, 2003, after a long illness. The son of Robert and Virginia Milton, he was an avid reader, a Celtics fan, and a writer of poetry. Music was his greatest comfort.

Spending time with his family was his greatest joy. Mr. Milton is survived by his parents; a brother, Stanley; a sister, Patricia; two nieces; and his paternal grandmother, Vivian Milton.

1995 Guy Earland Coombs died January 25, 2003, as a result of a homicide in Kansas City, Missouri. He was a son of William Coombs and Denise Beaulieu Marby. He graduated from Wells High School before

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spending a postgraduate year at Hebron Academy. He then earned a B.S. degree from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. Mr. Coombs was employed in New York City and more recently with the Cerner Corporation, a medical software company in Connecticut. He enjoyed traveling, skiing, fishing, golfing and the outdoors. He is survived by his mother; his father and stepmother; his girlfriend, Isa Simmons; a brother, Keith Marby; a sister, Alicia Coombs; his maternal grandmother, Ruth Talpey; his paternal grandparents, Earland and Colleen Coombs; and several aunts, uncles and cousins.

Former Faculty and Staff Margaret W. Tobie died February 27, 2003, in South Paris. She was born in South Paris, the daughter of Lester A. and Emily Parlin West, and graduated from Paris High School.

She worked in the housekeeping department at Hebron Academy from 1952–1955, and was a homemaker all her life. She was a member of the Hebron Community Baptist Church and the Missionary Society of the church. She married Charles R. Tobie, who predeceased her. Mrs. Tobie is survived by a daughter, Judy Emery; one stepson, Charles Tobie; five grandchildren and seven greatgrandchildren.

Trustee Emeritus Charles W. Allen died February 7, 2003, in Falmouth. He was born in Portland, a son of Neal W. Allen and Margaret Stevens Allen. He was a distinguished attorney, a member and chairman of the Portland City Council, an outspoken opponent of the Vietnam war, and an active member of many organizations. Mr. Allen attended Portland public schools, graduated from Deering High School in 1940 and Bowdoin College in 1934. He was an outstanding hurdler and middle distance runner in both high school and college. He graduated from the University of Michigan Law School in 1937, and for the next four years, practiced law at Sullivan and Cromwell in New York. After Pearl Harbor, Mr. Allen enlisted in the Navy, serving with a Seabee unit that constructed and operated airfields in the Solomon Islands in the Pacific Theater. He finished active duty as a lieutenant commander in December 1945. After the war, Mr. Allen had a distinguished legal career at Pierce Atwood in Portland, concentrating in municipal and corporate bond work.

He served on the Portland City Council and was a trustee and president of the Portland Public Library. In the 1970s he was a director and treasurer of the Maine Civil Liberties Union. Mr. Allen was a trustee of Portland Savings Bank, and a trustee and treasurer of Bowdoin College and Hebron Academy. In the late 1960s and early 1970s he was an advocate for peace, and a member and chairman of the Portland chapter of SANE. Mr. Allen was predeceased by his wife, Genevieve “Sukey” Lahee Allen. He is

1962, Trustee Emeritus Robert A. McCormack died instantly when he was struck by lightning while participating in a 100th anniversary Harley-Davidson motorcycle ride on August 24, 2003. Mr. McCormack graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1966 and Columbia University School of Business in 1968. He was a volunteer in the Peace Corps in 1968-1969 and a member of the staff in 1970-1972. He met his wife, Susan, while in the Peace Corps. He was a trustee and benefactor of many businesses and educational institutions, including Hebron Academy, where he served on the board from 1995 to 2002. He received the Distinguished Service Award in 2002. Mr. McCormack was a trustee at Columbia University, where he was a member of the Real Estate Advisory Board and the Real Estate Forum. He was elected a University Trustee in 1996 and served in that capacity until 2002. At the conclusion of his service, Mr. McCormack was designated a Trustee Emeritus of the University. He was also on the boards of Claremont Graduate University in California, and the Urban Land Institute in Washington, DC. Mr. McCormack was retired from Citibank where he was Executive Vice President of Citicorp.

During his long tenure with the bank, he held a number of senior management positions in Latin America, Asia, and Europe. He was instrumental in restructuring the bank’s South American loan and North American real estate portfolios. He was an avid collector of local art and antique maps. He was an enthusiastic sailor and loved motorcycle touring.

Mr. McCormack is survived by his wife, Susan Garner, daughter Deirdre McCormack, son Andrew McCormack, sister Cathy Lawrie, brother Kevin McCormack and stepmother Jane McCormack.

survived by two sons, Thomas Allen and William Allen; a daughter, Ruth Allen; a brother, Franklin Allen; three grandchildren and many nieces and nephews.

Other Deaths Milton G. Wheeler ‘27, February 2, 2003.

Gilman L. Arnold ‘28, December 25, 2002.

Donald C. Cahoon ‘29, in January, 2003.

Abraham Rockwood ‘36, January 20, 2003.

Glenn Nicholls ’53, November 25, 2003.

Gayton Osgood ‘54, March 8, 2003.

Robert John Webb ‘56, January 24, 2003, in Pointe Claire, Quebec.

Ray J. Lawrence ‘69, in August 2002.

Mike Tatischeff, October 15, 2003.

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hebroniana The Harmon Cup

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display of memorabilia at Merrill Auditorium in Portland’s City Hall includes a list of “interesting events.” Among them is a note that the only basketball game ever played at the auditorium was between Hebron Academy and Maine Central Institute on February 17, 1927.

A little trip through the yearbook showed that 1927 was an interesting year at Hebron. An epidemic of German measles broke out, sidelining teachers and students alike. In February, Sturtevant Home burned. Amid all this, Hebron played MCI at Portland City Hall, clobbering them 61 to 31 and avenging a 32–23 loss earlier in the season. The boys went on to the prep school tournament and defeated Ricker Classical, MCI and Eastern Maine to win the state championship and were presented with the Harmon Cup for a second year. A Mr. Harmon of Bar Harbor had promised a “four-foot silver trophy” to the tournament winner in 1926.

As it turns out, the 1928 team also won the prep school championship and the trophy was retired into the possession of Hebron Academy, where it remains today. It isn’t four feet tall, but it is magnificent. The names of the 1928 team are engraved on one side and the winning years on the other. The 1927 team was the only one photographed with the trophy; their yearbook photo is shown below. We can’t be quite sure who is who, other than Captain Norty Lamb in the center. Other players were: Carp Carpenter, Sam Brown, Giant Conroy (who died just a few weeks ago), Fing Jensen, Milty Wheeler, Nurmi Folsom and Bub Hinds. They were coached by Mr. Hollis and managed by Russ Meinhold.

A Sold-Out Crowd

Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Edward Albee spoke with students the morning following his public presentation in honor of the dedication of the Androscoggin Theater at Sargent Gymnasium.

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