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PAID LEWISTON, ME PERMIT NO. 82
HOLDERNESS SCHOOL TODAY THE MAGAZINE OF HOLDERNESS SCHOOL FALL 2012
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INSIDE: r Commencement 2012 r The Holderness Insurgency r 2012 Report of Appreciation EVERY FIFTY YEARS OR SO, THE BULL ON THE WELD CUPOLA NEEDS TO HAVE HIS COPPER REPAIRED AND HIS SUPPORTS REALIGNED. SHARING A LAUGH WITH THE BIG GUY ARE MS. FISCHER, MR. DURNAN, MS. SULLIVAN, AND MS. DAHL.
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It’s a way to learn about leadership, hard work, and a job well done. Depending on the assignment, it can DURING THE ALL-SCHOOL PHOTOGRAPH THIS FALL, SENIORS TYLER EVANGELOUS AND JOHN MUSCIANO RUN BEHIND THE BLEACHERS WITH ELVIS SO THAT THEY CAN BEAT THE PANORAMIC CAMERA AND BE IN THE PHOTOGRAPH NOT ONCE BUT TWICE!
be a rude interruption to sleep or a mess to sort. And
“PANTRY” IT
it’s what makes Holderness work, on many levels. The Job Program began in the 1930s as a way to keep the school afloat financially after a devastating fire. Students, regardless of their background, were put to work in a variety of jobs from raking leaves to doing the dishes. But the benefits to students themselves quickly became clear—lessons of responsibility, pride, and team work. The program continues today, with Weld Hall as its focus, and “pantry” as its quintessential example. Several years ago Bruce Hamlin ’06 gave the term “pantry” a new spin, asking us during one assembly to adopt it into our collective vocabulary. “Make ‘pantry’ a verb,” Bruce encouraged us loudly. “When you really want to do something right, you ‘pantry’ it!” It’s a term and a feeling that every current and past student at Holderness can understand intuitively, even as they remember how painful getting up for early morning pantry could be.
HELP US TO “PANTRY” THE JOB PROGRAM AND ALL IT REPRESENTS WELL INTO THE FUTURE. GIVE TO THE HOLDERNESS ANNUAL FUND. WWW.GIVETOHOLDERNESS.ORG
true blue Holderness Annual Fund
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The Holderness Insurgency Holderness was founded in 1879 as a countercultural experiment in independent school education. Over time the terms of that experiment have changed, but the school has never relinquished its contrarian tendencies. You just have to know where to look. BY RICK CAREY
ABOVE: The destruction of Livermore Mansion was a great setback to the school. Coupled with the Knowlton Hall fire, the school was burdened by debt that, over time, forced a rethinking of the school’s approach to work-study.
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Building a Diverse School Community
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Catching Up with Fred Beams
Last year Acting Head of School Jory Macomber spent the school year on sabbatical in Geneva, Switzerland. While visiting over twenty schools throughout the world, Jory sought to better understand how independent schools respond to and thrive in an increasingly global society. BY JORY MACOMBER
Fred Beams has always found ways to lift himself and his students out of their comfort zones. While at Holderness, he began the Out Back program and today, Fred works at Groton where he spends three weeks each summer traveling and volunteering with his students in third world countries. We caught up with him this summer as he returned from Tanzania. BY RICK CAREY
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DEPARTMENTS 3 From the Schoolhouse Board of Trustees Jonathan Baum Grace Macomber Bird Christopher Carney ’75 Russell Cushman ’80 The Rev. Randolph Dales, Secretary Nigel Furlonge Tracy McCoy Gillette ’89, Alumni Association President Douglas Griswold ’66 Robert Hall James Hamblin II ’77, Treasurer Jan Hauser The Right Rev. Robert Hirschfeld, President Paul Martini Richard Nesbitt Peter Nordblom Susan Paine ’82 R. Phillip Peck Thomas Phillips ’75 Tamar Pichette William Prickett ’81, Chairperson Jake Reynolds ’86 Ian Sanderson ’79 Jenny Seeman ’88 Harry Sheehy Gary Spiess Jerome Thomas ’95 Ellyn Weisel ’86
4 From the Editor 5 03264: Letters to HST 6 Around the Quad 18 Sports 22 Commencement 2012 46 Update: Current Faculty and Staff 51 Update: Former Faculty and Staff 52 Update: Trustees 56 Alumni in the News 68 Report of Appreciation 87 Class Notes 112 At This Point in Time
HEADMASTER EMERITUS The Rev. Brinton W. Woodward, Jr. HONORARY TRUSTEES Warren C. Cook Piper Orton ’74 W. Dexter Paine III ’79 The Right Rev. Douglas Thuener
Holderness School Today is published three times a year by Penmor Lithographers. Please send notice of address changes to the Advancement Office, PO Box 1879, Plymouth, NH 03264, or advancement@holderness.org. © 2012 Holderness School
Holderness School Today is printed on sustainably produced, chain-of-custody stock certified to Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) standards. HST is printed using only wind-generated renewable power, and inks derived from vegetable sources.
EDITOR: Emily Magnus ’88 ASSISTANT EDITORS: Rick Carey, Dee Black Rainville, Robert Caldwell, Jane McNulty, Steve Solberg, Judith Solberg, Melissa Stuart, Amy Woods, Clay Dingman DESIGN AND PRODUCTION: Clay Dingman, Barking Cat Productions Communications Design PHOTOGRAPHY: Emily Magnus, Steve Solberg
ON THE FRONT COVER: This fall the Holderness Bull that resides outside of Gallop received a topto-bottom makeover. Arts in the Afternoon students began by using 100 pounds of plaster and two dozen rolls of plaster bandages to reinforce and repair him. They finished with a new paint job and “Go, Bulls!” written in a variety of languages on his chest.
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FROM THE SCHOOLHOUSE
Acting Head of School Jory Macomber Returns to a Changed School As many of you know, I spent last year near Geneva, Switzerland visiting and studying international schools and global education programs via the school’s Van Otterloo Chair Program. It was a fascinating year, but it is also great to be back in the Schoolhouse. As I step in for Phil for a year as the Acting Head of School, it has been remarkable to see how much has changed over the past year. Two new dorms were put into use last fall, and this year we are enjoying the renovation of Rathbun. These projects placed seven new faculty houses on campus and reduced the size of several of our dorms. The changes have transformed how we act as dorm parents and residents by increasing student-faculty interactions while also creating a more sustainable lifestyle for adults and students. In addition, seven new faculty members and four new board members have joined us and bring increased energy and unique insights to the school. On staff, we have a new Director of Facilities, a new Director of College Counseling, and a new Editor of this magazine. Teachers have introduced new courses such as calculusbased physics and humanities, and some of the little children on campus have new siblings. It is exciting to see all of the changes occurring and the ways in which they are enriching our community. You can read about some of the changes on the following pages and join me in welcoming all the new faces to campus. Not all the changes, however, have been happy. This year we lost three very dear members of our community: Bill Biddle, Dave Goodwin, and Dutch Morse. Although their lives and days of service have come to an end, fortunately, their connections to Holderness have not been severed. Dave’s family recognized the connection their father had with Holderness and worked with the graduating class to begin a scholarship fund. And the legacy of Dutch Morse lives on as well in
On a visit to China, Jory met up with the family of sophomore Qianyi Zhang. Qianyi’s father Jiazheng took this photo of Jory with his wife Martha and daughter Anna in front of a palace in the Forbidden City.
the life of his granddaughter, Kendra Morse, who is a senior at Holderness this year. We will miss the presence of these men on campus and have honored them one last time in the pages of this magazine. As I return to the familiar rhythms of life at Holderness, the passage of time has been palpable in many ways, and at some moments I look back and miss what has passed. But as the new year gets under way and students fill the classrooms, I find myself getting swept along at a steady pace, eager to witness their growth and development. I look forward to seeing many of you on campus and sharing with you all the changes occurring on campus, both big and small. Jory Macomber Acting Head of School
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Changes at Holderness School Today “Two heads are better than one.” “Many hands make light work.” “Teamwork divides the task and multiplies the successes.” In the past Holderness School Today has been the work of one man—Rick Carey. He single-handedly wrote every article, arranged every page, and organized the printing of each copy. From his solitary office, he kept careful tabs on the school and shared with the community all that he learned about its history, its future plans, and its many heroes. It came as a surprise last spring to hear that Rick, after years and issues of hst, had decided to relinquish some of his editorial duties. Starting this fall, Rick will be taking over as the Assistant Director of the Southern New Hampshire University mfa writing program, where he has for the past several years served as a part-time professor. Thankfully, this is still a part-time position, and Rick has agreed to continue being our official story-teller and will write the feature and several other articles for each issue of hst. It’s good news for everyone: for snhu, for Rick’s students, for Holderness, and (of course) for Rick. But it does leave several big holes to fill in design, layout, and reporting. In short, how do you replace Rick’s complex skill set and continue to produce a high-quality alumni magazine? The answer is simple. It can’t be done by just one person. In order to do all that Rick has done, we need a team. While Rick was able to write, organize, and publish each issue by himself, there will now be multiple people filling his shoes. In addition to Rick’s feature articles, I will be writing the shorter articles that keep you informed about the school and all the things our students, faculty, and alumni are doing around the world. I graduated from Holderness in and have been working at the school in various capacities for the past four years, including as editor of The Picador (our student newspaper) and Mosaic (the student literary and visual arts magazine). I look forward to keeping track of the pulse of the school
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and sharing its best stories with you. I will also be getting help from Melissa Stuart in the Advancement Office, who will be organizing and editing the classnotes. Lastly, we will be employing the expertise of Clay Dingman of Barking Cat Productions, who will do the layout and production of hst. Clay has already been working with the Advancement and Admission Offices for several years on many of their written materials, and we are looking forward to working with him on this new venture. And as we head in this new direction, we want to take this opportunity to evaluate hst and find out if there are changes that we need to make. How is the layout? Are the articles of interest to alumni and friends of Holderness? Are there stories that we are missing that you would like to hear? Do you like to know what is going on on campus, or would you rather hear more about alumni and what they are doing after graduation? What are you favorite sections? What do you skip over, and why? This year as part of this transition, we want to take this opportunity to evaluate what we’re doing well and what could be improved, in hopes of making hst the best school magazine that it can be. And we would like your help. In the winter edition there will be a survey which we hope you will fill out and use to address any concerns and suggestions you have about hst. In the meantime, if there are any concerns you would like to share ahead of time, please feel free to contact me and I’ll see what I can do about addressing them. Thanks for reading. I look forward to hearing from you and serving you as the Editor of hst. Emily Magnus Editor, Holderness School Today emagnus@holderness.org
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Letters to HST Mary’s Mosaic and the Kennedy assassination After reading the review of Mary’s Mosaic in hst, I downloaded it to my iPad. I can’t stop from reading it! I know I will buy many copies to give to friends! It explains why I have never felt that the story of jfk’s assassination was true. Something didn’t ring true to me. Over the years, I have heard Jim Garrison’s report, which was totally believable. Peter exposes the corruption of the cia. Many years ago, my father and Em, my stepmother, invited Allen Dulles for a “Sunday Dinner” at Meadowlawn. I guess he was more powerful than he seemed, a rather frail old man to my young eyes! Thank you and your Holderness team for writing such a gripping review! Dine Dellenback
The conversation about Sacred Studies I read with interest the well-done piece on sacred studies at Holderness, as well as the school’s connection to the Episcopal Church. My compliments to the author on the excellent outline of where the school came from and where it is today. Most important, I applaud the “balanced” approach that the school has and is taking. Daniel Heischman’s comments are telling and worrisome, and the reality he describes cries out for the kind of teaching and exposure the school makes possible, wherever students, faculty, and parents are on the religious and spiritual spectrum. From my view, having “a live religious idea” or some connection to a spiritual or higher being makes one’s life so much more real and meaningful as well, especially in our media- and peer pressure-driven world. Further Heischman points out that “we just aren’t comfortable talking about religion” like we are just not comfortable about talking about war with the vets who have come back yesterday and
today. In both cases look at the damage it has and is causing. So how does Holderness generate this much needed conversation or how should it in the future? Being a product of a church school that required services every day and twice on Sunday created an environment where these conversations and ideas could occur, but many would say it was a cram-down and may have had the opposite effect. However, for me it was the people inside that building—the ministers and the faculty and the staff—that helped me develop a connection to a higher being, and a religious idea, and even a discipline. That said, as much as I love the liturgy and the music of the Episcopal and Anglican Church, I often question the elitism, power, and politics that are displayed. That is one of the reasons I have admired the Holderness “balanced approach”—a theology program, a Job Program, a service requirement, the famed Out Back, and I am sure other outreaches, as well as an appreciation and respect of what is done in the chapel. Walt Kesler said what he loved most about Holderness “would be the sacrificial way the whole faculty lived on behalf of the students.” Clearly that commitment helped/s maintain the balance. So again how does this connection get made, how does the balancing act happen, and how does the “sacrifice” continue, especially in this day of social media, brands, peer pressure, greed, and all the stuff our students and faculty deal with? The motto of the church school I went to is “Whom to serve is perfect freedom,” and that is the religious idea I took away not only from those many days in church, but also from the translators of those ideas into action in and outside the school. Those teachers/preachers that really care about “every child in their midst” are the key, along with their understanding of the world outside those hallowed and privileged walls—a world where Holderness
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students need to know how to live and pursue ideas and actions, religious or agnostic. The Head of School as the benevolent dictator and the Board of Trustees as guides must wrestle with how to maintain that balance, that connection, and create the attraction and growth for teachers and coaches and staff to do that unique, sacrificial work. I am not sure what it is that makes the school different, but it must have something do to with service and focus on others. Some say it is the Job Program or Out Back or Chapel, but it is connecting the idea to action, and I suspect it is a combination of little things. Is there some way this service commitment at Holderness could be carried further? My dream is that all citizens should serve in some way or other for two years. At any rate, as the Head and the Board carry out the leadership entrusted to them, I hope they think hard about how to maintain that difference. The school’s “sacred studies” should be about making sure the conversation does happen, so our students don’t get lost, and—more importantly—so they become very good at translating ideas into actions, serving someone or something other than themselves. I hope I am not overstepping my bounds but I will be forever grateful for what the Holderness difference did for my family. Warren C. Cook Former Chair, Board of Trustees
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A Not-So-Typical Tuesday Evening Activity: Choosing a Bishop for New Hampshire
This fall Robert Hirschfeld, who will become the Bishop of New Hampshire in January, visited campus and met with Acting Head of School Jory Macomber, Trustee Randy Dales, and Chaplain Rick Weymouth.
On the surface, May third was a normal spring day at Holderness. In the afternoon, students rushed from classes to sports. When practices finished, they showered quickly before heading to chapel where the new student leaders for the – school year were announced. There were announcements at dinner about the upcoming prom and the Climate Dots ski race. And after dinner students gathered on the Quad for their usual games of catch and KanJam before hurrying off to study hall. But in addition to these regular happenings, there were other exciting events taking place on campus that were not so typical. While students carried on with their spring rituals, members of the New Hampshire Episcopal Diocese met in rooms all over the campus to talk with and ask questions of the candidates vying to become New Hampshire’s tenth bishop.
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After a careful search this past winter, the New Hampshire diocese narrowed their list of candidates down to three. And in order to give clergy, community members, and search committee members a chance to meet and ask questions of the candidates, the diocese selected three sites around New Hampshire for “Meet and Greet” sessions. Holderness School was selected as one of those sites. On the evening of May third, Episcopal leaders and lay people gathered at Holderness School and had the opportunity to meet with the three candidates: Rev. Penelope Bridges of St. Francis Episcopal Church in Grand Fall, VA; Rev. Dr. William Warwich Rich of Trinity Church in Boston, MA; and Rev. Robert Hirschfeld of Grace Church in Amherst, MA. And although most students were busy with their normal schedules, four members of the Holderness vestry—Macy Jones, Jackie
Sampson, Michael Swidrak, and Charles Harker—acted as guides for the candidates. We found out later in May that Robert Hirschfeld had been selected to be the new bishop. On the first ballot, Hirschfeld was the choice of of the lay delegates and of clergy who attended the convention, according to the Union Leader. Hirschfeld is married to Polly Ingraham, a teacher. Together, they have two sons and a daughter. Hirschfeld was born in Minnesota and grew up in Connecticut. He graduated from Dartmouth College in and completed a master’s degree at Berkeley Divinity School at Yale in . He previously served as a vice-chaplain at St. Mark’s Chapel at the University of Connecticut in Storrs, CT, and was assistant priest at Christ Church in New Haven, CT. Rev. Hirschfeld became the coadjutor to the Bishop in August and will take over full responsibilities as bishop in January when current Bishop Gene Robinson officially resigns. Rev. Hirschfeld’s new duties will include visits to Holderness School since it is one of three schools in New Hampshire that continue to hold ties to the Episcopal diocese. The Bishop of NH will serve as the President of our Board of Trustees.
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Green Skiing for a Greener World The skiers leaned on their poles, waiting for the blast of the starting gun. Their elbows angled sharply away from their bodies, poised to catch anyone who might dare try to pass. Staring across the field, the racers were pictures of focus and competitive drive. And beneath their feet their skis slid back and forth on…grass? On Saturday, May students, faculty, and community members gathered on the turf field to participate in a ski race. But with old equipment, temperatures in the s, and no snow in sight, the race wasn’t meant to test athletic skill or human endurance. It was instead part of a global event organized by .org to increase public awareness of global warming and its connection to extreme weather. .org is a global grassroots organization committed to solving the climate crisis. It was founded in by a group of university students and their leader Bill McKibben who wrote the first book on global warming for the general public and who spoke at Holderness last spring. The website for .org explains their goal: “To preserve our planet, scientists tell us we must reduce the amount of CO₂ in the atmosphere from its current level of parts per million (“ppm”) to below ppm. But is more than a number—it’s a symbol of where we need to head as a planet.” In May, .org organized a campaign in which it was their goal to raise awareness of the connection between global warming and extreme weather. While Vermont dealt with the worst flooding in history a year ago and record droughts occurred all over the US this past summer, New Hampshire, and specifically Holderness School, experienced extremely warm weather last winter with little snow and plenty of days above freezing. As Holderness Sustainability Coordinator Maggie Mumford explained, warmer temperatures means “higher insect populations, lower water tables, increased fire risk, asynchrony of springtime plants and animals, economic hardship, and loss of snow.”
With help from Nordic Coach Pat Casey, all racers were equipped with cutting-edge skis and boots for the 350-meter race around the turf. No skill required.
And so what better way to demonstrate the impact of a warm New England winter than to sponsor a ski race. The cycling team and Mr. and Mrs. Stigum helped plan and setup the race course, while many faculty helped run the event. Mr. Casey helped fit students to ancient equipment and presented awards, Mr. Durnan announced, Mr. Teaford recorded the event on video, and Ms. Pfenninger timed. On the meters of perfectly groomed turf grass, the techniques were varied and the participants had varying levels of success. The most accomplished athlete of the day was junior Fabian Stocek, who even managed to get a
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bit of glide out of his three-pin fish-scale skis. The rest of the racers chose to use an awkward running technique that had very little payback for its aerobic output. Joining Fabian on the podium were Hannah Halsted (first woman), Jake Barton and Sawyer Gardner (second male and female), and Reed Spearman and Steph Symecko (third male and female). Photos from the event were posted not just on the Holderness website but also on the website of .org in an effort to help them “Connect the Dots” between climate change and extreme weather.
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Plymouth Regional High School and Holderness School Students Converge at the Flying Monkey
In the lobby of the Flying Monkey Theater, community members view silent auction items created by students from Plymouth Regional High School and Holderness School.
Outside the Flying Monkey, students juggled bright orange balls as a steady stream of people entered the theater. Inside, spectacular photographs, bold graphic designs, and stunning paintings hung from every available vertical surface and covered the tables in the main hall. Students wove through the crowd offering delicious appetizers to their guests who were quickly adding their names to silent auction lists before heading to their seats to watch the community’s freshest talent perform on stage. It was April and students from Plymouth Regional High School and Holderness School were gathered at the Flying Monkey for the second annual “Convergence” art event. Last year the event took place at Holderness School and focused just on the visual arts. This year art teachers Lynn Sanborn (Plymouth Regional
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High School) and Franz Nicolay (Holderness School) decided to be a bit more ambitious. “We wanted the kids to know what it means to give back to the community,” explained Lynn Sanborn. So with that in mind Lynn asked her students to help her organize a night at the Flying Monkey that would raise money for cady (Community for Alcohol and Drug-Free Youth), a local organization which works to prevent substance abuse through environmental prevention strategies and evidence-based programming. The response was terrific. Visual arts students from both schools contributed countless pieces of art to a silent auction, while cooking students from prhs made appetizers that were served to guests while they viewed the show. Later in the evening, performing art students from both schools took to the Flying Monkey
stage. The hosts for the evening were Holderness student Aidan Kendall and prhs student Hannah Crowell. In their opening speech Aidan and Hannah took turns saying each word. It was a great way to begin the collaborative performance! Holderness School students performed first with two dance numbers. In the first performance Carson Holmes, Christina Raichle, Emily Clifford, and Tess O’Brien danced to “Somebody that I Used to Know” by Gotye. Emily Clifford and Tess O’Brien performed a second piece with beautiful, lyrical grace. Next to take the stage were several more Holderness students including Youngjae Cha, Shihao Yu, Maggie Peake, and Emily Soderberg. They were followed by two additional solo performances by prhs students Andrew Buttolph and Brittany Irish. Their musical talent was fresh and expressed the individual personalities and passions of each artist. The evening ended with several performances by the prhs choral ensemble. Their voices and music filled the hall and left the audience wishing for more. Fortunately the students’ hard work paid off. By the end of the evening the two schools had raised , for cady.
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New Courses Created in Response to Student Needs “It isn’t that Western Civilization isn’t working,” history teacher Renee Lewis explained to the Intellectual Life committee during last spring’s trustee meetings. “The changes are just part of a natural progression that will make the program better.” While most of the focus each spring is on graduation, another important task for administrators and teachers is to review current courses and determine which ones to keep, which ones to get rid of, and which ones to add. And although there are times when major shifts in philosophy are needed, for the most part the changes are small and are meant not to fix what is broken but just to continue to improve and respond to the needs of our current students. In the history department there will be two changes. First, the list of courses this fall will include Presidential Elections. Although this course is not new, it has not been taught for eight years. With the upcoming presidential election, lessons will be pulled directly from the daily news and will give students the opportunity to observe, discuss, and analyze history as it unfolds. The students in this class will also be in charge of a school-wide mock election. The history department will also be replacing Western Civilization with Humanities. While the teachers involved in this ninth-grade class will still focus on the same skill set, their approach to the material will be different. “The course will no longer be a chronological study of Western Civilization,” explained Ms. Lewis. “Instead the course will be organized around themes such as leadership and cultural values.” “The students will still need to learn some dates, but rather than teach the material chronologically, dates will be used to relate one event to another and to evaluate cause and effect,” explained English teacher and co-coordinator for the program Janice Dahl. “The changes should really push students to think
This fall students in Ms. Field’s Conceptual Design course took advantage of a warm, fall morning and drew under the pines behind Carpenter.
abstractly, not just answering when and where but also why and how.” With three teams composed of two teachers each, the course will also try to make connections throughout the year to Project Outreach, the Special Programs project that takes ninthgraders to Philadelphia to work with the city parks and homeless shelters. “The history of Western civilization is important to understand but after listening to Jory’s reports throughout the year, the school realizes there are other areas of history that are equally valuable,” explained Dean of Academics Peter Durnan. “Humanities will allow for a more global approach to history.” The progression to which Ms. Lewis referred that keeps teachers constantly evaluating and refining their courses in the history department is also occurring in the math and science department as well. In recent years, many students who excel in mathematics have
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been seeking higher level math courses than have been previously taught at Holderness. In order to challenge them, math teacher Mike Peller and physics teacher Mike Carrigan will be team teaching a new course, AP Physics C. It is a calculus-based physics class that will serve many upper level students; students can only take the course if they have taken both calculus and physics. So far there are at least eight students who qualified and are interested in taking the course. Additionally, the course will provide an intellectual challenge to two of Holderness’ finest teachers. The other department that will tweak its programs this fall is the art department. On the stage in Hagerman there will now be a Stage Craft class and a World Dance class. In Stage Craft students will have an introduction to technical theater. They will study set and lighting design, costuming, and special effects. They CONTINUED ON PAGE 10
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Renovation Helps Build Community NEW FALL COURSES, CONTINUED FROM PAGE 9 will also get plenty of hands-on experience as they help Theater Director Monique Devine with the production of the fall school play, Black Comedy by Peter Schaffer. They will also have the opportunity to attend several performances outside of school and visit with guest speakers who work professionally with costuming, makeup, and lighting. Students in World Dance will learn about the cultural dances of different geographical locations and will analyze dance’s connection to religion, ritual, custom, celebration, popular culture, and political movements. They too will put their knowledge to work in performances at the end of the semester. In order to capitalize on small class sizes while at the same time benefitting from the collaboration of two disciplines, Drawing II and Painting II will be combined into one course, Conceptual Design. Students will focus on concepts that are specific to contemporary art such as large scale wall drawings, mixed media, and multiple in-depth studies of the same subject. One last course that will be new to the art department this year is Advanced Music Theory. Music teacher David Lockwood will work with students to help them acquire the fundamentals of notation; the tools to analyze harmony, melody, rhythm, and form; the basics of computer scoring, sequencing, and recording programs; and ear training through solfege and dictation. At the completion of this course, students should be able to express themselves through the written note accurately, coherently, and in a unique, personal, effective style. In addition, students should be able to critically analyze music in a variety of genres both aurally and on paper. The long-range focus is on the writing and production of two fully realized pieces for multiple players. We are looking forward to hearing them soon!
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This fall, for the first time, all the students living in Rathbun were able to meet in one room, thanks to the incredible renovations that occurred during the summer months.
How do you build community in a boarding school dorm filled with adolescent boys who are more interested in what’s for dinner than in the strength of their community? Although the solutions are not easy or numerous, it often has something to do with the physical spaces within that community. Holderness continues to pursue smaller dorms, with low student: dorm parent ratios and comfortable common spaces, all in an effort to uphold our strategic plan which states that we will work to “build community among and across differences…cultivate a capacity for leadership in each student and prepare each student for responsible global citizenship.” Now that the dorms behind the Head’s house are completed and occupied by students and six faculty families, it is time to renovate some of the older dorms. The first dorm to receive attention this past summer was Rathbun, the largest dorm on campus with the largest student: faculty ratio. Originally housing
boys and two faculty families, Rathbun now houses students and three faculty families. “Our goal through this renovation was to create an atmosphere in which faculty dorm parents can truly parent our students and not just manage them,” explained project coordinator Steve Solberg. The plans for the renovation also include a student living room, complete with a patio, study tables, and comfortable couches. “Our hope is that the new space will draw students out of their rooms and into common areas where we can better make connections and thereby help build community,” Mr. Solberg went on to say. Cosmetically the dorm will have a different feel as well. While the old dorm had cinderblock walls and tile floors, the renovated rooms will have wood and plaster walls and carpeting on the floors. The dorm will also receive better insulation, airtight windows, and an upgraded heating system. The next dorm to receive attention sometime next summer will be Hoit, which will be transformed from a student dorm to one with students. So while Rathbun will look different to students when they return to school in September, the physical changes don’t matter as much as what will happen inside those walls. With a little help from the new floor plan, all the ingredients to build a dynamic and strong community will be on hand: a spacious living room, more attractive dorm rooms, and a student: faculty ratio that will enable more time for interaction between students and adults. And with a little luck, the residents of the dorm will think a little less about their next meal and a little more about the community in which they live.
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White Mountain Landscape Comes to Life in Gallery Exhibit
During the art opening for “West of Washington,” Lilly Magnus (daughter of Emily Magnus ’88) examines a painting of Franconia Notch.
“Stepping into the Edwards Art Gallery is a bit like stepping back outside,” explained nhpr reporter Sean Hurley in a news story that first aired on April . “Massive blue skies and lightly ruffled lakes hang in gilt frames on the walls…The living forests and mountains and lakes and rivers and fields of New Hampshire. Our own backyard from years ago, still alive today.” While co-directors of the Edwards Art Gallery Franz Nicolay and Kathryn Field always organize interesting exhibitions to share with the Holderness community, “West of Washington: Between Nature and Time” set a new standard. Franz’s personal connection to art collectors Andrews and Linda McLane allowed the community to glimpse a truly remarkable collection. “West of Washington” included paintings and sketches created by artists associated with the White Mountain School which grew out of the Hudson River School movement in the late
s. Although the White Mountain School is better known for the works of Thomas Cole and Benjamin Champney that were painted on the Eastern Slope of the White Mountains, the same artists also produced landscape pieces of the Pemigewasset Valley, the Lakes Region, Franconia Notch, and the North Country as well. It is these pieces that were on display in the Edwards Art Gallery this spring. Preparation for the exhibit began in early April and was the subject of a cover article in the Holderness student newspaper on April . “Some of the paintings are huge, stretching over five feet wide and four feet tall; others are as small as three inches by eight inches,” explained junior KJ Sanger in The Picador. “The dates of these pieces range from –. Although that is over years ago, some of the paintings look like they could have been painted within the last year. In incredible condition and impeccably preserved, the art is spectacular.”
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And while the collection was open to the public and provided many members of the community with an opportunity to glimpse a bit of New Hampshire history, the students of Holderness were able to interact with the paintings and sketches on a deeper level; the Edwards Art Gallery became a classroom for them. In addition to attending lectures by several artists and art historians, students were also able to use the pieces as inspiration for their own works of art. Students in several drawing classes copied the White Mountain School paintings in pencil sketches, attempting to understand the artists’ styles and techniques. Meanwhile at least one English class tried to imagine the stories of the people and places depicted in the works of art and put their stories down on paper (see ancillary piece on following page spread). Although an exceptional exhibit like this may not appear in the Edwards Art Gallery again for some time, the impact the paintings made in the minds and development of many Holderness students will be felt for a lifetime.
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Copying the Masters: What Students Learned During the exhibition, students took the opportunity to copy the styles of the masters; on these pages are some of their pencil sketches and the original paintings. In addition, the Director of the Museum of the White Mountains and a recent graduate of Holderness offer historical commentary on the exhibition. The White Mountains inspired renowned nineteenth-century landscape painters. The artists didn’t just record what they saw, but also drew on and modified European traditions learned through paintings, books, prints, or travel, as they defined the visual culture of a new nation. Romantic painters like Thomas Cole and Henry Cheever Pratt traveled north in the s and visited sites like Chocorua and Conway—sites that would become known through the works of the more picturesque mid-to-late nineteenth-century artists when the region was transformed from a seldom-visited territory to a tourist haven. Cole and Pratt were drawn to the area after the enigmatic White Mountains received heightened national attention following the Willey disaster in Crawford Notch. A family was killed in a landslide after attempting to run to safety from their home, which ironically was left unscathed by the catastrophe. Through word and image, the event created a sense of myth and place. Artists became integral to the White Mountain experience, and regional proprietors AT LEFT, TOP TO BOTTOM: Franconia Mountain, David Johnson (1867); River View of the White Mountains, Samuel Colman (undated); and Presidential Range from Jefferson, NH, George W. Whitaker. FACING PAGE: Pencil sketches by (from top to bottom) art students Perry Kurker-Mraz, Jingyi Wu, and Ximo Xiao.
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were quick to understand the importance of artists and authors in attracting visitors. By the s Samuel Thompson was already giving artists discounts to stay in his inn in North Conway, and he did this to draw more tourists. Even as the experience became tamer and life at the resorts increasingly removed from the wilderness experience, there remained a desire to project a sense of adventure into a visit to the White Mountains. Edward Hill added drama to a scene of tourists viewing Franconia Notch from Bald Mountain () by sharpening contrasts and—true to the era—diminishing human presence to three small figures in the foreground. People are dwarfed by the majesty of their surroundings. an excerpt from an article by dr. catherine s. amidon, director, museum of the white mountains, plymouth state university In an age when the West had yet to be won, these paintings were able to communicate the drama of the American landscape in living color. These paintings influenced the shift of public awareness from exploiting wilderness for its natural resources to preserving it for its recreational and spiritual value. While the Industrial Revolution created an urban environment conducive to a nostalgia for unspoiled nature, it also gave rise to a new moneyed elite who could afford leisure time in the new national parks and wilderness areas. By New Hampshire had become a popular summer destination for many wealthy Americans seeking refuge from busy city life. With them came the artists, who had spent their early years cutting their teeth on the Catskill scenery closer to home and were eager for new inspiration. They attacked the Mount Washington Valley with enthusiasm, creating an impressive body of work that only served to make the area more popular for generations to come. emilie lee ’
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Student Triple Donation Goal at School’s First Relay for Life BY THE NUMBERS
28,391 2,535 400 259 148 46 24 19 17 7 5 2 1 14
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HIGHEST NUMBER OF DOLLARS RAISED BY ONE INDIVIDUAL (THANK YOU CHANCE WRIGHT ’14)
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LUMINARIES DECORATED IN HONOR OF THOSE WHO FOUGHT OR ARE FIGHTING BATTLES WITH CANCER NUMBER OF STUDENTS, FACULTY, AND STAFF WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE RELAY
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LOVED ONES WHO WERE BATTLING CANCER OR HAVE LOST BATTLES TO CANCER AND WERE HONORED DURING THE RELAY CHAPEL NUMBER OF TEAMS CREATED BY THE STUDENTS FOR THE EVENT
MILES RUN BY FABIAN STOCEK ’13
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HOURS WALKED BY EACH TEAM OR INDIVIDUAL
BUSINESSES THAT DONATED FOOD, DRINKS, AND DOLLARS TO THE EVENT
PARTICIPANTS FROM EACH TEAM WHO WERE WALKING AT ALL TIMES
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outside of Weld Hall; 3 Luminaries line the edge of the turf field; 4 Students begin their relay.
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The Spring Musical: Students Perform The Wedding Singer
CLOCKWISE, FROM ABOVE: Connor Smith sings in the lead role as Robbie Hart; So Hee Park performs as Julia Sullivan; the chorus sings “Saturday Night in the City”; Elena Bird sings the final narration of the play; Josh Nungesser and Brian Tierney perform as Robbie Hart’s two best friends.
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Holderness Students Make Connections Around the Globe
Junior Haley Michienzi does the Hokey Pokey with students at the Tshega school in South Africa.
It has been said that no matter where you go in the world, you don’t have to look very hard or talk to too many people before someone knows someone who has a connection to Holderness. Friends of the Bull are everywhere. Our current students made it even easier this past summer to make Holderness connections when they traveled to at least four of the seven continents, learning, volunteering, and just generally having fun. Below is a report on just some of their many adventures. In July senior Sarah Michel and other young women participated in an eight-day conference at Wheelock College in Boston, MA in July. Over the past six years the WomenWomen International Leadership Program has brought together over girls (ages –) from countries and immersed them in intensive action-oriented leadership training and connected them to a network of influential women leaders. In addition to attending a variety of workshops with promi-
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nent leaders doing important work in government, media, business, science, and technology, Sarah participated in team-building activities, leadership development exercises, outreach events, and cultural activities. She also had the opportunity to interact with educational leaders from Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government and Law. During the conference Sarah was asked to make an action plan about an issue that she thought affected the women around her. She explained, “Two girls from Prospect Hill Charter School in Boston and I founded an organization called wow (Women Opening Worlds) which maintains a discussion panel for women from all different backgrounds… The goal of wow is to help women develop an understanding of women from all over the world.” Scroll through their Facebook discussion page, and you will see posts from girls like Sara Shaibani from Libya, Asal M. Alabayachi from Iraq, Habiba El Maghraby from Cairo,
and Wilkista Akinyi from Kenya. While many of the their conversations are timeless sound bites focusing on typical teenage interests— music, food, and the Olympics—the number of nationalities involved in the conversations is exciting. Enthusiastic female voices from all over the world are sharing their ideas and getting to know one another. While Sarah worked with women from different countries in Boston, Haley Michenzi spent three weeks immersed in the culture of South Africa and focused on the social and environmental problems of the region. Her group, while much smaller, was also composed of only women. Haley traveled with Ivy Leaders, a program whose goal it is, “to produce a life-changing experience that will enhance students’ leadership abilities and broaden their understanding of global issues during their critical adolescent years.” Haley began the four-week program at Dartmouth College connecting to the other members of her group and learning effective leadership and communications skills. After a week at Dartmouth, she traveled to South Africa and spent one week each immersed in the following projects: monitoring wildlife and collecting scientific data; volunteering and teaching at the Lighthouse Academy and Lamp School; and helping with conservation efforts at the Enkosini Wildlife Sanctuary. “Simply being around the children at the [Lighthouse Academy and Lamp School] has taught me more than, ‘I’m so privileged, I need to help,’” explained Haley in the group’s newsletter. “It’s opened my eyes; it’s up to us to create a better world, hands on.” Program Director Ryan Sinclair also saw growth in Haley. “Throughout the program,” he said, “Haley exemplified intellectual curiosity, confidence, and leadership. She asked thoughtful questions, persevered in unfamiliar conditions and worked well with others in the group as well as in the communities she visited.”
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It is also worth noting that one of the group leaders was Francis Chapuredima who taught at Holderness for two and a half years and just recently left to teach in the Gulf Region of Qatar. For junior Hannah Durnan her summer learning opportunity took place in June when she travelled to the University of Maryland and presented at the Kenneth E. Behring National History Day Contest. According to the contest’s website, “Each year roughly , students and their parents and teachers gather at the University of Maryland, College Park for the week-long event. These enthusiastic groups come from all over the United States, Guam, American Samoa, Department of Defense Schools in Europe, and even Shanghai, China.” Hannah’s project focused on American laws on bullying. On the other side of the country at Stanford University, senior Celine Pichette participated in the Stanford Shumway Surgical Summer Internship Program. The program is designed “to educate high school and pre-medical students considering careers in science, medicine, and public health in basic and advanced cardiovascular anatomy and physiology as well as medical and surgical techniques that will be utilized in pre-medical and medical school.” “I spent four hours a day in a lab learning proper suturing techniques with castros, forceps, and metzenbaum scissors,” explained Celine. “I also learned how to repair coronary artery disease with a saphenous vein and about aortic valve replacements…It was an incredible experience.” On the other side of the globe, Henry Liu focused his attention on the past. Traveling with China’s leading dinosaur paleontologists, Henry participated in dinosaur excavations in the far northwestern desert region of China (by Inner Mongolia’s Gobi Desert) and the far southwestern region of China (near the Tibetan Plateau). Li Da Qing, who is the Director of the Gansu Geological Museum,
Sophomore Henry Liu excavates dinosaur bones somewhere in the northwestern desert region of China.
was the lead professor on the trip. A University of Pennsylvania professor, Peter Dodson, also traveled with Henry. In an email to his Holderness teachers at the end of the summer, Henry explained, “While I was with the excavation team in the Gobi revealing one of the few dinosaurs we found, rumor traveled that one of the excavators found a dinosaur skull (very rare and valuable!). To make it even more exciting, it belonged to a very bizarre and uncommon dinosaur called Suzhousaurus, which is considered the ancestor of Therizinosaurus. Dinosaur skulls are very vulnerable, so they don’t tend to get preserved or last very long. The specimen, if complete, will become the first of its kind to be found in this time period (Early Cretaceous, million years ago).” Henry was also fortunate enough to have one of his trilobites featured on an award-winning website that specializes in the
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understanding of trilobites (www.trilobites.info). Every month the website features a photograph and in September, Henry was pleased to see his own photograph on their main page. Congratulations, Henry! All the students are now back at Holderness and we are looking forward to hearing more about their adventures. Fortunately, their experiences can enrich us all!
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Varsity Baseball by chris day The Holderness varsity baseball season started in April this year when the boys headed south to Vero Beach for spring training at Dodgertown. The benefits were seen early on as the team grabbed a few wins right off the bat. This team, led by able seniors and a stable of young talent, tumbled through the season and experienced several heartbreaking losses (three walk-offs and even a “balk”-off). Despite not getting the bounces, the boys played hard and had a blast all season long. Nate Lamson led the team from the pitcher’s mound, while Jesse Osuchowski, Ben Coleman, and Charlie Day (all of whom hit over . for the season) led the way offensively. This was definitely a rebuilding year, and the coaches have high hopes for more success (and just as much fun) next season. Caroline Plante, KJ Sanger, and Carly Meau wait for their turn at bat.
JV Baseball by dave lockwood It was the final game of an already successful season (by any and every measure). We’d gone into extra innings against the Pelicans of St. Paul’s. There were two outs in the home half of the eighth, no one on base, and, with a twohour time limit imposed on JV games, the prospect of ending the season in a tie seemed more than likely. Plunk! Jake Barton was hit by a pitch, trotted to first, and then promptly stole second on the first pitch to Luc Chanren. Thwack! Luc scorched the next pitch into the gap in right center, easily scoring Jake for a dramatic, gameending, season-ending, somehow fitting win. On its way to a - record, this year’s JV baseball team was never out of any game, showed the ability to come from behind, made do with a makeshift practice field without complaint, and played the game the right way.
Softball by john lin No manipulation of any statistic (win-loss, batting averages, staff era, fielding percentage)
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would count our season a success, yet our season was a great success. We took a group of girls, many who had never seen a game of softball before no less played it, and we competed. We competed in new uniforms, taking the field for practices and games, day in and day out. We worked hard and together improved as individual players and as a team. We had many season highlights—great plays in the infield, key strikeouts by gritty pitchers, home runs and extra-base hits by KJ Sanger and Carly Meau. But the one moment that stands out as representative of our season was at our last game when Momo Xiao, a newcomer, fielded a hard liner on one hop and threw out a runner at third base from centerfield. It was a great moment to cap a wonderful season.
Cycling by john teaford After a campaign marred by multiple weather cancellations, the Holderness cycling team finally got to show what it could do. Even with many young recruits—and numerous first-time racers—the Holderness
team was still successful in various competitive formats from time trials to road races, and ranging in distance from – miles. Holderness riders in the Boys B category demonstrated a level of dominance rarely seen in Lakes Region competitions, controlling competitive fields of racers and generally occupying multiple steps on the winner’s podium. Numerous individual races were won by firstyear racer Fabian Stocek, and the ultra-challenging White Mountain Road Race saw Holderness B riders finish one, two, four, and five. At the Lakes Region Championship at the end of the season, the boys rode hard enough to capture the league trophy, a feat that is all the more impressive knowing that many of the B riders chose to move up to Category A at mid-season. At the season-ending sports assembly, our team presented a pair of notable awards: Aidan Kendall received the Coach’s Award and Eliana Mallory received the Most Improved Award. These were but two of the cyclists who performed bravely throughout the season, propelled themselves on spirit, fueled them-
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selves on pride, and never took themselves too seriously . . . even while training and competing with great fortitude and courage.
Golf by thom flinders Although the skiers cursed the lack of snow this winter, the golfers took full advantage of the early spring and started playing at Owl’s Nest as soon as they returned from spring break. Throughout the season two seniors, Charlie DeFeo and Connor Lorree, led the team in the one and two spots to anchor our consistent play. At the Lakes Region tournament—a seven-team, four-man, -hole stroke play event—the team suffered a disappointing loss by one stroke; however, it was a great opportunity to learn how to play under pressure. The Bulls finished the season with a -- record and won the final Lakes Region Championship. With a bunch of underclassmen on the team this year, we look forward to continuing our winning streak next spring. A famous quote by Jack Nicklaus summarizes the JV golf squad: “A champion is not a champion because of his swing, but because of how he conducts himself.” With many first-time players and others who still needed to learn basic techniques, the JV squad was filled with champions, despite possessing swings that would make Happy Gilmore look like a pro. Always cheerful, polite and eager to learn, all the players improved tremendously throughout the season. Winning the Most Improved Award was Pete Saunders, who learned to finally hit the ball consistently and can almost make it go in the direction he wants. Although no one from the team will go on to win a green jacket, they’ve learned a skill that will last a lifetime.
Boys Varsity Lacrosse by lance galvin ’ The boys varsity lacrosse team finished with a winning record of -. We played a competitive schedule against some of the best teams in New England, with key wins earned against Pomfret School, Kimball Union Academy,
CLOCKWISE FROM ABOVE: Connor Loree tees up at Owl’s Nest in Campton; Eliana Mallory rides out from the start of the Holderness road race; in the outfield Holderness varsity baseball players talk while the pitcher warms up on the PSU baseball diamond.
New Hampton School, and Cushing Academy. Unfortunately, we also lost to some of our top rivals—Brewster Academy and Andover Academy—by a one-point margin. However, there is always next year when many starters (including our entire defensive unit and starting attackmen) are all returning. The future looks promising for this young team! This spring the Holderness Bulls had their share of All-League honors: Matthew Kinney, Andrew Walsh, and Gavin Bayreuther all received first team recognition. Three other athletes receive honorable mentions: Andy Zinck, Matt Gudas, and Bailey Walsh.
JV Boys Lacrosse by duane ford ’ Boys jv lacrosse (both and ) had a season of impressive improvement. The two teams played a total of games and the quality of play from the start of season to the finish was dramatically better. Special commendations go to the three prideful seniors—Mitch Shumway, Josh Nungesser, and Olayode Ahmed—for their
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leadership and guidance. The jv Coach’s Award winner Christian Anderson must also be recognized for his outstanding effort and attitude. He will be missed as he goes on to his next adventure. Lastly, I also want to mention the extra effort of coach Alan Smarse this spring. He is a friend to all at Holderness.
JV2 Boys Lacrosse by frank cirone It took a while for the boys on the jv lacrosse team to develop any kind of rhythm. In fact, it took three games before the team registered a goal. Zac Harmon, the recipient of the Coach’s Award, got credit for that tally and continued scoring all season, leading the team as things started to turn around. Harrison Alva contributed to the offense from the midfield position and scored several long-range goals, while Ian Baker (recipient of the Most Improved Award) bolstered the midfield with his consistent play and dogged determination. Long pole Bobby Wassman (also a recipient of the Most Improved Award) took charge of the defense
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CLOCKWISE FROM ABOVE: Members of the rock climbing team rest at Rumney Cliffs after a hard day of climbing; Olayode Ahmed cradles the ball in a lacrosse game against New Hampton; the girls JV lacrosse team smiles for the camera!
and created offense with his flashes of athleticism. By early May the team reached the . mark, thanks in part to game changing goals by ninth-graders Sean Cashel and Jack Vatcher. The coaches and players look forward to another season of lacrosse next spring.
Mackenzie Maher (goalie) anchored the defense which shut down strong opponents all season. We will dearly miss our wonderful group of seven seniors that elevated the level of the program, and we look forward to watching them compete at the next level.
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by renee lewis The girls varsity lacrosse team completed the season with an - record and a share of the Lakes Region title. The girls began the season with a productive preseason camp in Brunswick, ME, and continued to build momentum throughout the season. After a heartbreaking loss to New Hampton in their first competition, Holderness avenged the loss with a - victory the second time around. Seniors Maggie Caputi, Lily Ford, and Haley Mahar, and junior Sarah Bell led the potent and balanced attack throughout the season which regularly included more than seven scorers and averaged goals per game. Seniors Ari Bourque and Hannah Halsted and junior
by melissa stuart With a record number of girls participating on the jv girls lacrosse team this spring, the team was divided into jv and jv teams for games. The young team was led by junior cocaptains Danielle Therrien and Xajaah Williams-Flores and finished the season with an overall - record. Becky Begley led the team in goals, while Sarah Alexander held the teams together at the net. Mikaela Wall’s quick stick shots and Hannah Durnan’s aggressive defensive play helped aid the team in winning many of their games. In addition, many jv players—Elizabeth Powell, Coco Clemens, Sookie Liddle and Abby Jones—consistently put in the extra effort to see playing time dur-
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ing the jv games. This year’s Coach’s Awards were presented to Danielle Therrien and Abby Jones; the Most Improved Awards were given to Hannah Stowe and Lizzy Duffy.
Rock Climbing by tiaan van der linde ’ This season the team returned to the crags at Rumney, a world-class sport-climbing area only minutes away from campus. All the athletes were seniors, some with several years of experience and others with none. The wide variety of skills among the team members created an atmosphere of mutual respect and support, and those with knowledge of the sport were able to instruct those without. This spring provided a multitude of weather conditions, from temperatures below freezing to -degree days, from dry and sunny periods to gray and drizzly afternoons. These circumstances created unique challenges for the climbers, but they insisted on attempting to climb, no matter the conditions. The Most Improved Award went to Christian Daniell for his cheerful and positive attitude
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which translated into his success at the cliffs. Coach’s Award recipient Isabelle ZaikHodgkins was lauded for her motivation, leadership, and fluidity on the rock. Sincere gratitude goes to instructors Jim Shimberg, Richard Parker, and Erik Thatcher.
Boys Varsity Tennis by reggie pettitt The boys varsity tennis squad completed the season with a record of - overall. We just wish that we could have stolen several extra team wins and come out on top in a handful of close contests. Match records aside, team spirit remained high throughout the season. Our cocaptains, Jesse Ross and Miguel Arias, led by example and worked diligently to develop and maintain team chemistry and spirit. In addition, hard work in practice enabled them to fare well in competitive matches. Other key contributions along the way were consistently made by Chris Nalen, Eduard Galtes, and Luke Randle. Each of our newcomers—Clark Macomber, Kangdi Wang, Max Lash, Brian Tierney and Brandon Marcus—found ways to contribute to the success of the team with either their singles or double play. Our Most Improved players were Kangdi Wang and Brandon Marcus.
Boys JV Tennis by mike carrigan The boys JV tennis team finished the year with a perfect - record, capturing the Lakes Region title along the way. The team had an excellent mix of ages and enjoyed capable leadership from seniors Oliver Nettere, Ian Ford, and Tino Tomasi. Season highlights include gritty - wins over kua and Cardigan Mountain schools, as well as a Lakes Region doubles championship title captured by our second doubles team of Roland Nyama and Josh Joyce. The Most Improved Award this season went to junior third doubles stalwart GP Lee, while the Coach’s Award went to senior singles player Tino Tomasi.
Senior Josie Brownell slices the ball deftly across the net.
Girls Varsity Tennis
Girls JV Tennis
by chris stigum The girls varsity tennis team enjoyed a successful season this spring. The team earned a - record with outstanding contributions from three juniors—Raquel Shrestha, Libby Voccola, and Hannah Foote; they were all undefeated in singles play. The team tied Proctor Academy for the second year in a row in the Lakes Region League, and we took three of four events at the end-of-season Lakes Region Championship event. The girls all played with grace, spirit, and grit. Special thanks to our four seniors—captain Josie Brownell, Kristina Micalizzi, Pippa Blau, and Bee Crudgington. It should also be noted that Pippa and Bee were members of the varsity tennis team all four years that they attended Holderness. The Coach’s Award was given to Pippa Blau, and the Most Improved Award was given to Kristina Micalizzi. Congratulations, girls, on a fine season.
by tobi pfenninger The girls JV tennis team had another successful season. Returning players Rachel Huntley, Hailee Grisham, Sarah Michel, and Erica Steiner welcomed eight new players to the team and helped to lead the group to a - season. The focus of our season was to improve individual skills, to have fun, and to display excellent sportsmanship. The girls enjoyed playing against new opponents in the Lakes Region and made many new friends at other schools. Hailee Grisham, Patricia Porta, Sarah Michel, Katie Leake, Rachel Huntley and Sam Cloud represented Holderness at the Lakes Region Tournament held at Kimball Union. Hailee Grisham, playing No. singles, and Sam Cloud and Rachel Huntley, playing No. doubles, advanced to the Championship round and were honored for their participation. Congratulations to the team and to award winners Rachel Huntley—recipient of the Coach’s Award— and Katie Leake—recipient of the Most Improved Award.
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Commencement 2012 Matriculation AHMED, OLAYODE SAKIRUDEEN Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis ALEXANDER, NATHANIAL GEORGE Johns Hopkins University ARIAS, MIGUEL ALEJANDRO New England College BABUS, KEITH STEVEN Furman University BASS, JONATHAN PERKINS Elon University BAUM, AUSTIN GEOGHAN Bucknell University BAYREUTHER, GAVIN SMITH Other (junior hockey) BLAU, PIPPA BANCROFT University of Colorado at Boulder BOHLIN, KEITH MICHAEL Wake Forest University BOURQUE, ARIANA ANN Bowdoin College BROWNELL, JOSEPHINE MCALPIN Colorado College BUEHLER, OWEN TOMASZ Cornell University BUGBEE, DAVID KENNETH St. Lawrence University CAPUTI, MARGUERITE COURNOYER Middlebury College CLOUD, SAMANTHA REGINA Bates College COWIE, ELIZA R. University of New Hampshire CRUDGINGTON, BENEDICTE NORA Wake Forest University DANIELL, CHRISTIAN HAYNES Connecticut College DAO, THAI TRONG University of Pittsburgh DEFEO, CHARLES TIMOTHY University of Vermont DONAHUE, BRYAN MARSHALL Lake Forest College
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FERRANTE, PETER MICHAEL University of Colorado at Boulder FORD, IAN C. The University of Montana, Missoula FORD, LILY WOODWORTH University of New Hampshire (deferring) FRAZIER, SALAMARIE IZEALLIA Suffolk University FREDRICKSON, JAMES BLAIR New England College GASSMAN, MICHAEL NEAL University of Tulsa GIBBS, CASEY Undecided GUERRA, ABIGAIL KRISTEN Boston University HALSTED, HANNAH MORGAN University of Denver HUNTLEY, RACHEL WEST University of North Carolina at Asheville HWANG, YEJIN Emory University KELSEY, PRESTON JEROME Dartmouth College KINNEY, MATTHEW NEVILLE St. Lawrence University LAMSON, NATHANIEL WARD Hamilton College–NY LEAKE, KATHERINE O’CONNOR University of Colorado at Boulder LEE, SAMANTHA ANNE Saint Mary’s University (non-US college) LEININGER, ALEXANDER BRADY Other (junior hockey) LOREE, CONNOR CHRISTIAN Eckerd College MAHAR, HALEY JANET Williams College MARCUS, BRANDON C. Colorado College MARVIN, WILLIAM St. Lawrence University
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MEAU, CARLY ELIZABETH East Carolina University MICALIZZI, KRISTINA SOPHIA Georgetown University MOGOLLON, SARA PARSELL Union College MONAHAN, MOLLY BROWN Gap Year MUNROE, ANDREW JOSEPH Other (junior hockey) NETTERE, OLIVER JULIAN Washington and Lee University NUNGESSER, JOSHUA WILLIAM Pace University, New York City PARK, SO HEE The George Washington University PETTENGILL, EDWARD PAUL Champlain College PICHETTE, JULES BENOIT University of Richmond POORE, ALEXANDER RICHARD Undecided PORTA BARBARIN, PATRICIA University of Miami (medicine) POTTER, JULIA BALDWIN Marymount Manhattan College RENZI, NICHOLAS ANTHONY Boston University ROBBINS, JAMES ORNSTEIN Hamilton College–NY ROSENCRANZ, RYAN MICHAEL University of Denver SHUMWAY, MITCHELL CRAIG Fordham University SIMPKINS, JUSTIN DEMARR Gap Year SLATTERY, ABAGAEL MAE Davidson College SMITH, CONNOR MERRIS Gettysburg College SMITH, DICKSON University of Virginia
Head of School Phil Peck addresses the Holderness community at graduation.
SPEARMAN, REED ROWAN Gap Year STEINER, ERICA HOLAHAN Georgetown University SUTHERLAND, PARKER CLAYTON Curry College SYMECKO, STEPHANIE RACHAEL Worcester Polytechnic Institute TANKERSLEY, MOLLY DURGIN Northeastern University TIERNEY, BRIAN ALDEN The Catholic University of America TOMASI, TINO ANDY Saint Michael’s College
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TRUJILLO, ALEX LEE Miami University, Oxford WALSH, ANDREW JAMES Quinnipiac University WATSON, SHAWN WILLIAM Other (junior hockey) XIN, RUOHAO New York University ZAIK-HODGKINS, ISABELLE EDEN University of Vermont
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2012 Commencement Addresses Abagael Slattery ’12 School President
“Reflect upon the people who have mattered most to you in your time at Holderness and store your memories of them in your heart forever.”
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I am not alone in saying that I will miss this place. I am not alone in saying that I am ready to graduate. I am not alone in saying that I have made memories at Holderness School that will stay with me for the rest of my life. Friends, mentors, role models that will stay with me for the rest of my life. In Abby Guerra’s senior honors thesis presentation, she spoke about how pain can be a positive thing. I admit I have felt much pain while at Holderness. The pain of training for the timed two-mile in field hockey preseason, hoping to impress Coach Brewer with my time, which in the end felt somewhat pointless because Sam Cloud made the rest of us look like we had never run before. The pain of studying for far too many hours for Mr. Flinders’ AP Biology exams, which again felt somewhat pointless because Oliver Nettere knows the material so well he could teach the class. The pain of losing classmates, the pain of losing friends, the growing pains of being a teenager. But none of it was pointless, and Abby Guerra would definitely agree that all this pain was positive and without these experiences under our belts, this day would mean nothing. We have grown together, and now we will graduate together. Graduation is a time to think about our futures and celebrate what is to come. We are heading off to college in Colorado, Maine, North Carolina, Virginia, Florida, New York, D.C., and more… We are going to study French, physics, biomedical engineering, business, mathematics, international relations, and more. We are becoming adults and leaving what is left of our youthful innocence to
Holderness, for safekeeping of course. When we come back years later, that innocence will still be here living in each Holderness student who will have a chance to experience what we experienced during our time in the good old town of Plymouth, New Hampshire. Graduation is a time to reflect on our pasts and to celebrate the memories and experiences we have gained. Reflect upon the people who have mattered most to you in your time at Holderness and store your memories of them in your heart forever. Capture the memory of Mr. Teaford’s annual OB countdown. Capture the memory of D. Wang’s surprise appearance at outdoor chapel. Capture the memory of your favorite Weld dessert that Larry makes, or of working it off with Tony Mure up at the gym. Keep these memories safe and remind yourself of them often because they have molded your character and enriched your life. But as Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, “With the past, I have nothing to do; nor with the future. I live now.” I would personally recommend following Mr. Lockwood’s advice to “Count your blessings now you lucky human, you,” because we have earned this day and all the celebration, joy, tears, hope, and memories that come with it. We’ve made it through adversity and pain and we are all stronger because of it. Think about your future, store the memories of your past, but most importantly, breathe in the experience of now, your one and only graduation from Holderness School. Let’s go out and do big things. I wish you way more than luck.
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2012 Commencement Addresses Jacob Barton ’13 School President-Elect Unlike today, the wind was icy as it whistled through my tarp on the first night of solo. I burrowed deeper into my sleeping bag, but could find no warmth lurking at the bottom. I stretched a blind hand out of the top, hoping to find my puffy jacket; what I grabbed, however, made me warmer than any coat could have. It was a letter. It was soggy, not from four days in the woods, but because whoever sealed it had licked it much more than necessary. It was wrinkled. It was coming apart at the corners. It looked like the person who had written my name on it had done so with their opposite hand. Who else could it have been from, but Jules Pichette? And what else would Jules have put in a letter but absurd jokes, which I definitely can’t repeat here? Jules’ letter (though wrinkled and soggy) is but one of the many ways in which the seniors have enriched my life, and all of our lives, here at school. Though many of their contributions have been in the spotlight, like Salamarie’s singing, countless others, like Jules’ letter, have gone unseen by most kids. Were their class a book, the things I’ll remember about them are not found on the title page, the dedication, or even in the text itself; rather, it’s their unheralded acts, the sub-text, that I’ll remember most. A few examples: r Before I was even a student at Holderness, Chris Daniell knew me by name. He would play catch with me at any baseball practices I went to, and give me a hi-five, or some-
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Though I’ve only mentioned a handful of names and good deeds, each member of the senior class has contributed their share of kindness to this year and years past. None of the things I’ve listed are major features of the “senior story;” and yet, they are what make theirs a distinct one. Their class has helped us all in ways seen and unseen, and they’ve made this year a special one. Congratulations to the Class of , and good luck in writing the words of your stories to come.
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“Were their class a book, the things I’ll remember about them are not found on the title page, the dedication, or even in the text itself; rather, it’s their unheralded acts, the sub-text, that I’ll remember most.”
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2012 Commencement Addresses Will Prickett ’81 Commencement Speaker
“If you remember nothing else, remember what you learned here about serving others before yourself.”
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(excerpted from the complete speech) One of the things this class really, really enjoys is the rain. Today, evidently—eventually—will be no exception! I don’t think there are many droughts in your future. Starting with O-Hike four years ago, when it rained—to the first day of Solo last year (when it poured rain) to the cancer walk-a-thon this year, you have never let a little rain dampen the playful spirit of your class. You described yourselves as coming a long way over your years here—from a rowdy bunch of clueless ninth-graders to grown-ups (almost!). As Mr. Peck described in your senior chapel last week, you seniors have really grown up and blossomed before our eyes. You’ve experienced many joys and some quite painful moments. Another description I heard is that this is a class that has grown so close to one another. Many classes do here, but your class particularly so. You have really embraced the notion of community more than others. You tend to brag about the accomplishments of your classmates, not yourselves. You compete less with each other, than joining forces and supporting each other. You pick each other up and always will. I think these are wonderful traits to have and you are very lucky to have met each other here. I heard about experiences you loved, that made you laugh and that brought your together—like Project Outreach your freshman year, Tabor Day bonfires (which look like a cross between Blue Man Group and Ring-Aroundthe-Rosy), the famous mud bowl, OB, the semi-formal and prom. (There were some pretty amazing outfits at that prom!) And then there was Winter Carnival this year, when the largest boy (man, really) in the class was totally and completely owned in pie-eating by a freshman…girl. Other experiences were really hard on you, but still brought you closer to one another. The painful departure of several of
your classmates —for some of you, your best friends. Some of those wounds are still raw today. But even when you disagreed with the adults here, as is normal for any teenager, you remained respectful and supportive of the school—and in expressing your disagreement became better friends with each other. A few years ago, Steve Jobs said the following to a different group of graduating seniors: “Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma—which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of other’s opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.” I think that is sage advice. But you will have many dreams and they will evolve as you grow. And thank God they do—because if they didn’t, the world would be full of astronauts, cowboys and fairy princesses. The key is to pursue the right dreams at the right time. No small assignment! I will also suggest this: pursue what you want to pursue, your passion, not your parents’ passion. As a recent article in the Wall Street Journal said, your parents want what is good for you, but not necessarily what is best for you. That’s not to say parental approval of your life choices isn’t very nice and makes life much easier, but it is not even close to essential. Finally, accept the fact that you will make mistakes. If you don’t make mistakes, you are not growing and challenging yourself. You are taking the easy road and doing “the same old same old.” But learn from those mistakes, and never stop learning. You and only you can figure out how to make good choices based on what you’ve leaned and more frequently by what you observe others do. You are entering a world that is more global and full to the gills with fast moving torrents of information moving at the speed of light over the internet—some of it is useful
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Chase Orton: Not a Holderness Grad and valuable, but much of it useless or worse. You will have to find a way to filter out this noise and remember what you learned here. If you remember nothing else, remember what you learned here about serving others before yourself. It is really nothing more than being dependable and fair to others. If you remember that and live by that in everything you do, you will make fewer bad choices in your lives. I promise you that. You are about to close a door on your Holderness experience (as a student), but you will never really leave here. A part of Holderness will always be with you. You may not notice it or feel it right away, but it will be there. At some point you will realize (as I did) that everything you do, the way you will treat others, the sense of empathy you will have for your colleagues, workmates, and even pure strangers, is a part of you that was created or strengthened here at Holderness. If you don’t already, you will come to love this place. We’ve all watched a critical part of your character take shape by living, laughing, and crying in this community. You learned to take smart risks, to rely on one another and that your contributions are noticed and valued. You learned that where you are pushed to do your best and be a caring member of a community that cares about you, life is really good. Whether you’ve been here just one year or four (or something in between) you cannot leave here without seeing first-hand the power of teamwork, and the much greater feeling of accomplishment when you work together than just go it alone. Without even thinking about it, you saw, day in and day out, why it is so important to everyone in this community that you take initiative, and that you are dependable and fair to one another. As Jake Barton and Jesse Ross said so well a few weeks ago, it is the reliance on one another that allows a relay team to set records and it is the friendships you forge in this community that make you wiser and more respectful of one another.
after graduation, phil peck received the following letter from chase orton, who did not attend holderness but has witnessed the transformations of many of her relatives during their years at holderness. Dear Phil, Although I will be forever “the Orton who didn’t go to Holderness”, I wanted to write to you about what I think I now finally understand about Holderness School as a community and how that community has been a part of my family for three generations. Holderness School was first pointed out to me as a child when we drove by the campus on the way from our summer camp on Little Squam to a movie in Plymouth or to visit the Trinity Cemetery where my grandfather is buried. I was told it was the school my father had graduated from in and where, for a time, my grandfather was the school doctor. Later, I was dragged along, as little sisters often are, when my older sisters took tennis lessons on the campus courts. Leslie and Piper entered Holderness in as two of the first girls to attend the school. Although they were not universally welcomed they became part of the community, made friends and succeeded, each in her own way. It was in January of their first year that our mother died of cancer. It was then that I began to sense, even as an -year-old, that something was different about the school my sisters were heading off to every morning and the school I went to each day. They seemed to have adults at school that knew them, cared about them, gave them support, and who took pride in Leslie’s skiing accomplishments and Piper’s academic ones. They were held close by that community and I think it sustained them as they completed their time there and moved on to college and beyond. When it was my time to choose a high school, Holderness School was not sure it was
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going to fully commit to coeducation and so I went elsewhere. But Holderness was already part of my family’s fabric and although I was not the one attending reunions or serving on the Board of Trustees, I could not, for many years, attend any family get-together without the conversation turning (annoyingly so) to Holderness School and what a great place it was. And I kept thinking, “It’s just a little school in the middle of New Hampshire—what’s the big deal?” Piper finally completed her time on the Board (we have the rocking chair to prove it) and I thought that I could stop hearing incessantly about Holderness. But, no! In the fall of , Haley entered as a junior, and I thought, “Here we go again!” It has been Haley’s experience at Holderness which has made me a believer in the Holderness concept of community. Haley is a very bright and determined girl. She is also sometimes fearful and unsure, exceptionally bossy of her younger (by fifteen minutes) twin brother, and in possession of a large repertoire of facial expressions practiced and perfected at the expense of said twin brother. Each of those facial expressions is adept at saying, without words, “Why were you put on this earth to torture me and why are you so stupid?” I imagine that Holderness faculty members have witnessed some of those looks when a classmate did not know the answer to a question. I have had years to experience Haley and have witnessed many examples of her intelligence, her competitive nature, and her amazing determination to do what it takes to be first in all things. I know her and I love her. That the Holderness community could know her and embrace her in a mere two years may be an indication that I am simply a slow learner. But I think not. I think you, as a community, are exceptionally committed to and experienced at taking the students who walk through the door in September, whatever that mix of individuals may be, and CONTINUED ON PAGE 28
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LEFT TO RIGHT: Ryan poses with his parents this fall on his first day as a student at Holderness School; Haley poses with Dean of Academics Peter Durnan after receiving the Writing Prize this spring at the Academic Awards Assembly.
LETTER, CONTINUED FROM PAGE 27 embracing every piece of their characters, likes, dislikes, learning styles, interests, talents, and challenges and moving forward together to form a new community each school year. How else could the speeches given on Commencement weekend be so accurate and loving in both celebrating and needling the gifts and peculiar quirks of each community member? The celebrating is easy—there are grades and ski races won and sat scores and other external indicators of success. But to be able to so good-naturedly and obviously affectionately poke fun at the grade-grubber (Haley) and the others, means that you took the time not just to know those students in the classroom or on the soccer field, but to really know them. You conversed with them in and out of the classroom, observed them and participated with them in a wide range of academic, athletic, weekend, mealtime, and evening settings and activities. I could not have imagined that Haley could have made
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so many connections and grown in so many ways in just two years. It is truly amazing and I thank each faculty, staff, and administration member for what they have given her. But I need also to consider the future and Haley has not, even under your fine tutelage, stopped harassing her brother. Ryan will attend Holderness next year as a PG. The last time I saw Haley she was compiling a list of rising seniors she would allow Ryan to room with. Under normal circumstances I would alert you to the fact that while Ryan, like Haley, is very intelligent, he has his own set of interests and style of learning. I would counsel you to remember that repertoire of facial expressions honed at his expense. I would warn you not to kill an insect in front of him for he will be aghast and would have preferred to have given you a rundown on the species while catching the bug himself and escorting it safely outdoors. In other words, he is not another Haley. But I feel confident that you will “get” that about him very quickly in
September. He will be embraced by the community with all of his strengths and challenges. He too will grow in ways I cannot imagine. I will be in a year’s time attending another Commencement at Holderness School which will celebrate and needle the members of the – Holderness community. I will be proud. I will be amazed. I will be thankful for what the community has given and will continue to give to so many members of my family. Best of luck on your sabbatical and many thanks, Chase Orton
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The Graduates of the Class of 2012
CLOCKWISE, FROM ABOVE: President Abby Slattery and Vice-President Ari Bourque lead the seniors on to Livermore Common; Alex Trujillo receives his diploma; Abby Guerra pauses with Peter Durnan after receiving the Academic Award; Brandon Marcus, Preston Kelsey, and Jules Pichette pose with math teacher Francis Chapuredima; Patricia Porta, Salamarie Frazier, and Yejin Hwang pose outside of the chapel.
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2012 Commencement Awards Cum Laude Members The following students’ stellar academic achievements have qualified them for induction into the Cum Laude Society, a society modeled after Phi Beta Kappa for high school students. seniors inducted in r Nathanial George Alexander r Keith Michael Bohlin r Ariana Ann Bourque r Benedicte Nora Crudgington r Abigail Kristen Guerra r Haley Janet Mahar r Kristina Sophia Micalizzi r Abagael Mae Slattery seniors inducted in r Owen Tomasz Buehler r Marguerite Cournoyer Caputi r Samantha Regina Cloud r Nathaniel Ward Lamson r Brandon Collier Marcus r James Ornstein Kazazean Robbins juniors inducted in r Dylan Michael Arthaud r Jacob Cramer Barton r Elena E. Bird r Daniel Do r Nicole Marie DellaPasqua r Jeong Yeon Han
Book Awards THE HARRY G. ANDERSON, JR. MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FOR EXCELLENCE IN MATH AND SCIENCE Jacob Cramer Barton THE ELEMENTARY MATH PRIZE Paige Elizabeth Pfenninger THE ADVANCED MATH PRIZE Owen Tomasz Buehler
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THE ELEMENTARY FRENCH PRIZE Thorn King Merrill
THE FIORE CUP FOR THEATRE Connor Merris Smith
THE ADVANCED FRENCH PRIZE Samantha Regina Cloud
THE SCIENCE PRIZE Christian Haynes Daniell
THE ELEMENTARY LATIN PRIZE Geon Pyung Lee
THE SPARGO AWARD FOR SCIENCE Owen Tomasz Buehler
THE ADVANCED LATIN PRIZE Ariana Ann Bourque
THE RENSSELAER MEDAL Kangdi Wang
THE ELEMENTARY SPANISH PRIZE Migle Vilunaite
THE ENGLISH PRIZE Marguerite Cournoyer Caputi
THE ADVANCED SPANISH PRIZE Benedicte Nora Crudgington
THE WRITING PRIZE Haley Janet Mahar
THE CONNOR HISTORY MEDAL Parker Johnson Weekes
THE POETRY PRIZE Salamarie Izeallia Charlene Frazier
THE ASHWORTH AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN UNITED STATES HISTORY Jacob Cramer Barton
THE HARVARD BOOK PRIZE Jacob Cramer Barton
THE ASHWORTH AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN EUROPEAN HISTORY Haley Janet Mahar
THE KENYON COLLEGE PRESIDENTIAL BOOK AWARD Elena E. Bird
Commencement Awards THE SEAN GLEW HISTORY PRIZE Parker Adams Densmore THE MUSIC AWARD Charles Norwood Williams THE WILLIAM BRADFORD WHITING PRIZE FOR ART So Hee Park THE CERAMICS PRIZE Ian Colyer Ford THE PHOTOGRAPHY PRIZE YeJin Hwang
THE REV. B.W. “PETE” WOODWARD, JR. PRIZE For achievement in the junior year of college Tenley Malmquist ’ Sophia Schwartz ’ THE RIGHT REV. DOUGLAS E. THEUNER AWARD For increasing and furthering the mission of Holderness Richard and Gail Stevens THE M.J. LAFOLEY AWARD For outstanding character in the third or fourth form Eliana Howell Mallory ’
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2012 Commencement Awards THE ACADEMIC AWARD For highest scholastic average in the sixth form Abigail Kristin Guerra THE BOB BROOKS AWARD For making Holderness feel like home to new students Charles Timothy DeFeo COACH’S AWARD For contributions to the spirit of Holderness Andrew James Walsh Marguerite Cournoyer Caputi THE WEBSTER CUP AWARD For excellence in athletics Ryan Michael Rosencranz Abigail Kristin Guerra THE NED GILLETTE SPIRIT AWARD For leadership and a spirit of adventure Tino Andy Tomasi THE DON AND PAT HENDERSON AWARD For contributions to the welfare of the community Haley Janet Mahar THE RICHARD C. GALLOP AWARD For creative and community leadership Christian Haynes Daniell THE DANA H. ROWE MEMORIAL AWARD For outstanding contributions to the life of the school Pippa Bancroft Blau THE CLARKSON AWARD For academics, athletics, and a love of life Olayode Sakirudeen Ahmed THE HASLAM AWARD For contributions to the life of the school Ariana Ann Bourque
Keith Bohlin receives his diploma from Head of School Phil Peck.
THE DALLAS AWARD For dedication to the ideals of the school Josephine Mcalpin Brownell THE MARSHALL AWARD For contributions to the life of the school Hannah Morgan Halsted THE WALTER ALVIN FROST AWARD For reaching the highest standards of the school Abagael Mae Slattery
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studying
probably did not feel as elite as Peter Anderson might imagine.
The Holderness Insurgency HOLDERNESS WAS FOUNDED IN 1879 AS A COUNTERCULTURAL EXPERIMENT IN INDEPENDENT SCHOOL EDUCATION. OVER TIME THE TERMS OF THAT EXPERIMENT HAVE CHANGED, BUT THE SCHOOL HAS NEVER RELINQUISHED ITS CONTRARIAN TENDENCIES. YOU JUST HAVE TO KNOW WHERE TO LOOK. BY RICK CAREY New York Times columnist David Brooks
This would seem like a good thing, but
Instead they claim to be countercul-
thinks the term “counterculture” is
Hayes says it hasn’t worked out that way.
tural rebels against some idea of Empire,
applied too loosely. “Everybody thinks
Once at the top—as Brooks summarizes
and in so doing they renounce a leader-
they are countercultural rebels, insur-
the argument—“to preserve their status,
ship ethos that once also included
gents against the true establishment,
[these meritocratic elites] become cor-
elements of responsibility to society as a
which is always somewhere else,” he
rupt. They create wildly unequal societies,
whole. Brooks adds, “If you went to
writes in a recent editorial piece (“ Why
and then they rig things so that few can
Groton a century ago, you knew you were
our elites stink,” July 13, 2012). “This
climb the ladders behind them.
privileged. You were taught how morally
attitude prevails in the Ivy League, in the
Meritocracy becomes oligarchy.”
precarious privilege was and how much
corporate boardrooms, and even at tele-
Brooks says that this is a challenging
responsibility it entailed. You were
vision studios where hosts from Harvard,
argument, but wrong. “I’d say today’s
housed in a Spartan 6-foot-by-9-foot
Stanford, and Brown rail against the
meritocratic elites achieve and preserve
cubicle to prepare you for the rigors of
establishment.”
their status not mainly by being corrupt,
leadership. The best of the wasp elites
Brooks was writing in response to a
but mainly by being ambitious and disci-
had a stewardship mentality, a faith that
new book by one of those television stu-
plined,” he writes. “They raise their kids
they were temporary caretakers of insti-
dio hosts, Christopher Hayes of msnbc.
in organized families. They spend enor-
tutions that would span centuries.”
In Twilight of the Elites, Hayes begins with
mous amounts of money and time on
that relatively small network of white
enrichment. They work much longer
men—the Protestant Establishment—
hours than people down the income
Hmm. If you went to Holderness a
who occupied the top rung of the
scale, driving their kids to piano lessons
century ago, you were indeed housed in
American power structure for most of
and taking part in conference calls from
a spartan six-foot-by-nine-foot cubicle,
the 19th and 20th centuries. Then, over
the waiting room.”
but your sense of privilege would have
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the past fifty years, Hayes argues, a more
It’s not so much an ethical problem,
diverse and meritocratic elite has taken
argues Brooks, as it is one of self-image.
ceived, after all, as an act of counter-
over that top rung, one whose authority
He explains further, “The problem is that
cultural rebellion against the prep
is founded more on grades, test scores,
today’s meritocratic elites cannot admit
school elite of the time. Chartered in
effort, and performance.
to themselves that they are elites.”
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less wealth-minded sense of the word described by Brooks and Hayes, though that was part of it. It was more that he saw Holderness as still swimming against the current in respect to its competitors, even if it had grown expensive, and still going about a number of important things very differently. According to Don’s successors Pete Woodward, Phil Peck, and now Acting Head Jory Macomber, this is still the case today. They assert that Holderness in fact is “countercultural” when measured against its peer schools across the country. Or is that as hollow a claim as David Brooks says it is in today’s Ivy League? And what about this word “elite” anyway? 0
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In terms of what the school has come to
difficult to address without an increase in tuition. FACING PAGE: Pantry duty, circa 1950.
be, you can make a good case that Holderness was forged in fire. The 1882
excellence in caretaking and instruction
Holderness and applauded the school’s
destruction of its first main building, the
with the lowest possible charge for
success, as he saw it, as an elite educa-
Livermore Mansion, was a great setback.
tuition and board,” the school set out to
tional institution. In a column headed
The 1930 destruction of its second main
be as good as the most prestigious
“About class at Holderness” (5/22/77),
building, Knowlton Hall, was a profound
schools in New England, but also—
Anderson wrote, “ William Biddle, an
disaster. Taken together, the two fires
unlike such other schools—affordable to
English teacher, didn’t go to a state
saddled the school with debts it could
the sons of ministers and other not-so-
teachers college. He went to Dartmouth,
never quite repay until tuitions started to
wealthy members of the wasp elite.
lacks the common touch, and this morn-
rise. The second fire in particular, howev-
ing he is teaching 15 sophomores an
er, was transformative, and it’s surprising
Holderness began the painful process of
uncommon poem, ‘The Souls of the
how much of the school’s character today
abandoning that discount element of its
Slain,’ by Thomas Hardy. He is not sur-
can be traced to that event.
identity. Headmaster Don Hagerman
prised that five of his 15 students have
and his board—acting on the advice of
been to Hardy’s England for, with some
taken charge of the school that fall. A
the previous rector, The Rev. Edric
exceptions, these are not the sons of
number of the school’s trustees saw no
Weld—set about slowly raising charges
shoe clerks. England is no distance for
other recourse but to close its doors per-
for tuition and board in order to put the
people who can afford tuition at
manently. Those open to the possibility
school on a sustainable financial foot-
Holderness, $5,000 a year.”
of rebuilding were not open to a tuition
Eighty years later, however,
ing. In light of a financial history
Anderson saw in Holderness a school
The Rev. Edric Weld had only just
hike, and with that the forfeiture of the
dominated by red ink, the school had
much like other premier prep schools,
school’s most important “countercultur-
found “the lowest possible charge” to
and concludes, “If this be elitism, let us
al” element. Weld didn’t want a tuition
actually be in the neighborhood of what
make the most of it.” But Don Hagerman
hike either, at least not at that time. He
its rivals were charging.
was not pleased—in fact he was furious
was also adamantly against cutting facul-
at the association of the term “elite” with
ty salaries.
In 1977, only a year before Don Hagerman’s retirement, Boston Globe
Holderness. It wasn’t so much that Don
“There was a definite need for schools
columnist Peter Anderson visited
already subscribed to the meritocratic,
with a charge lower than the $1200–1400
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tuition standard with most of the better
Housekeeping, and the kitchen staff. It
ner,” says Duane Ford. “This amounts to
known New England church schools,”
connects all members of our community.
a weekly prime-time scheduling com-
Weld wrote in his history of the school.
Also, regarding connections, students get
mitment of about seven hours. Other
“Hence it was decided to continue the
to meet other students by having the
schools don’t want to do that.”
1931–32 tuition of $900 and to build for
crews switch six times a year.”
one hundred students…. How to secure
One of the things that the Job
Edric Weld observed the Abbey leadership system at work for just the last
excellence in instruction and ‘care-tak-
Program has always demonstrated is the
two years of his career at Holderness,
ing?’ One move was to copy the
importance of certain character traits—
but he was astonished at its good effects.
‘self-help’ plan as developed by Father
traits such as initiative, dependability,
“Despite the doubts of some of the class
Sill at Kent School, which had been
fairness, and leadership. Another thing
just graduated [1949],” Weld wrote in his
copied by newly founded Lenox. ‘ Work-
that it suggests is a concrete definition of
history, “the newly-elected student lead-
scholarships’ were therefore
leadership as a form of community serv-
ers proceeded to do a grand job, and the
permanently abolished; all boys were to
ice, rather than as a position of status, or
great majority of the school cooperated
do the same amount, whether scholar-
a function of popularity.
wholeheartedly. For the boys it was ‘their
ship recipients or not.” This ‘self-help’ plan involved turning
In 1949, just prior to Weld’s retirement, English teacher Charles Abbey and the
school’ at last, and many regard it as Holderness’ greatest achievement.”
important tasks of school operation and
school’s student council collaborated in
maintenance over to student work
the design of a new student leadership
success remains just what Edric Weld
crews—crews that in time came to be
system that remains so countercultural
applauded in 1949, and what he himself
supervised by other students. No doubt
that it’s unique to Holderness today—an
saw as a student leader: “It’s thanks to
Weld loved the income-blind uniformity
electoral system in which every spring
the buy-in by the students and their
of this approach, especially at a school
each student is rated by his or her class-
maintaining the culture of leadership
founded in defiance of the usual idea of
mates and teachers in just those character
and service. It’s interesting to think that
elitism. The residential rooms in the
traits listed above. The highest scorers
this buy-in is the same as it was forty
buildings that came to replace
among soon-to-be-seniors become presi-
years ago when kids of my era went
Knowlton—first Livermore Hall, and then
dent, vice-president, and Weld Hall
through getting used to this.”
the dormitories Niles and Webster—
supervisors. Next among ascending sen-
were neither more nor less spartan than
iors and juniors come cadres of house,
rooms at the “better known New
floor, and job crew leaders.
England church schools.” But many of
Why hasn’t a system like this been
Duane adds that the key element in its
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Peter Anderson, in that 1977 column in the Globe, didn’t see this leadership system
the students in those schools enjoyed
adopted elsewhere? Well, it’s a system
and its stewardship mentality at work
maid service for their rooms. By con-
that really needs a Job Program—needs
during his short visit to the school. If he
trast, Holderness students—all of
students performing truly authentic
saw the Job Program, where the sons of
them—worked as maids, busboys, dish-
functions in the life of the school, shoul-
bankers and shoe clerks worked side by
washers, groundskeepers, etc.
dering real responsibility—for it to work.
side in the pantry, he didn’t notice, or he
And with its narrow focus on character
didn’t quite understand what was going
remains so in this century as well. Dean
as the means for promotion, it’s a system
on there. And arriving at the end of May
of Residential Life Duane Ford ’74 was
that rewards and nurtures that “steward-
as he did, he also missed an event that
himself a student leader at Holderness—
ship mentality” David Brooks cites as
was just in its sixth year then.
in charge of the Job Program, in fact.
one of the chief virtues of the former
“It’s a bit of a shock for new students to
wasp elite.
It was countercultural at the time, and
do pantry or to wake up at 7:15 to do
During that previous decade and the Seventies, the campus unrest that con-
And a good Job Program, of course,
vulsed the whole country also shook
Outdoor Crew, but the leaders and oth-
requires time. “The school has to set
Holderness to its core. In some quarters
ers are the real keepers of these
aside time in the daily schedule for stu-
the whole enterprise of classroom edu-
Holderness traditions,” Duane says.
dents to do pantry and clean-up, and
cation had been called into question as
“There is a certain pride that we work
that’s why we have a thirty-minute open
too remote from the era’s issues of jus-
alongside Buildings and Grounds,
window each day after lunch and din-
tice, social order, and sustainable living.
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A number of schools experimented with outdoors programs like OB in the 1970s and 1980s. One by one these were abandoned until Holderness now stands nearly alone in not just offering this program, but recommending it for all members of the junior class. Moreover, the program has spawned complementary plunges into experiential education for other classes each March: Project Outreach for ninth-graders, Artward Bound for sophomores, and Senior Honors Thesis or Senior Colloquium for seniors. Holderness has not only sustained that early foray into “hands-on learning” and uncomfortable situations—the school has elaborated that into a whole suite of programs that have no equivalency elsewhere. Peter Anderson saw the neat buildings and grounds, and the boys in their jackPictured above is English teacher Charles Abbey, to whom the school’s current practice of rating
ets and ties studying Hardy, and saw a
rising seniors on traits of initiative, dependability, fairness, and leadership owes its origins.
school like some other good ones he knew. But with the Job Program, and
And among the offshoots of the “back to
camping experience that Bill and Fred
Abbey’s leadership system, and now Out
the land” movement were such initia-
drew up. As the program matured into
Back, he little suspected how different in
tives in outdoor education as Outward
Out Back, it came to center on the junior
some ways Holderness had become—
Bound and the National Outdoor
class, and to involve as well exercises in
how authentically countercultural.
Leadership School. In the early 1970s
group dynamics and decision-making
Holderness English teacher Bill Clough
that the juniors would need as senior
went through Outward Bound’s teacher
leaders the next fall.
leadership training program. Math
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Many OB veterans accounted it a life-
these three odd elements isn’t that the
teacher Fred Beams was already an expe-
altering experience, proving the
school ever tried them—it’s that the
rienced Outward Bound group leader.
pedagogical value of not abandoning the
school tried them very seriously, and
classroom, but at least sometimes get-
stuck with them firmly enough to refine
made a virtue of its location on the
ting out of it. “ You take kids who may or
them all into cornerstone elements of
fringes of the White Mountain National
may not think of themselves as outdoors-
the school’s philosophy. They all began
Forest. Edric Weld wrote in his history
men,” former English teacher and OB
as innovative and somewhat chancy
fondly of the tradition of Mountain Day,
group leader Jay Stroud told Independent
experiments, ideas tried and discarded
in which the whole school scaled some
School magazine in 1997. “Then you put
elsewhere, but made to work quite well
nearby peak: “The school was small
them in an unfamiliar and perhaps
here. This would seem to establish the
enough and the faculty young enough for
uncomfortable situation, and give them
countercultural character of Holderness
all to go; only the rare football cripple
license to explore. In the end you get
as leaning hard into the future, latching
stayed behind.”
some interesting results. Kids who don’t
on to each new trend and making some-
think they’re going to do a good job dis-
thing of it—a school where the past
cover that actually they can.”
disappears and the future looms.
From its founding, Holderness had
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While
many independent schools only open their chapel
doors
on special occasions, Holderness School continues to
use
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the Chapel of the Holy Cross at least twice each week.
IN THE ’80S, HOWEVER, THE REV. PETE WOODWARD REINSTITUTED CHAPEL AS MANDATORY TWICE WEEKLY, AND REINSTITUTED AS WELL THE THEOLOGY REQUIREMENT FOR GRADUATION. NOW THE SCHOOL’S SECOND LAY HEAD, PHIL PECK, SEEKS TO FURTHER EXPAND THE ROLE OF THE CHAPEL. through the ’50s, scaled it back some-
particularly celebrated at Holderness,
Holderness is deeply conservative—so
what during the turmoil of the next two
and then blended with the school’s
conservative, in fact, that the school
decades, and perhaps there was a time
church affiliation into those three
claims countercultural credentials at this
in the ’70s when “mandatory chapel” was
spheres of personal development—mind,
opposite end of the spectrum as well. In
mandatory in name only. In the ’80s,
body, and spirit—that Holderness still
1879 the alliance of ministers with
however, The Rev. Pete Woodward rein-
mindfully addresses today.
American independent schools was near
stituted chapel as mandatory twice
absolute, for virtually every school was a
weekly, and reinstituted as well the the-
trends toward specialization in American
church school of one denomination or
ology requirement for graduation. Now
life—in business, science, art, sports,
another, Episcopal—the chief religion of
the school’s second lay head, Phil Peck,
etc.—have been reflected in trends
the Protestant Establishment—most
seeks to further expand the role of the
toward specialization in the staffing of
prominent among them. It was the sons
chapel. Holderness remains resolutely
many independent schools. Increasingly
(and daughters) of ministers who were
an Episcopal school, but one whose
teachers merely teach, while the playing
not generally associated with such
ethos is pointedly ecumenical, embrac-
fields are ruled by professional coaches
schools, thanks to their expense, except
ing all religious persuasions.
in their respective sports. Meanwhile
Well, not exactly, for by the same token
at Holderness, where the children of shoe clerks could also afford to attend. Over time, however—and particularly
In recent decades, however, growing
School Chaplain Rich Weymouth ’70 is
more faculty live off campus as the dor-
comfortable with that. He lists his own
mitories are taken over by specialists in
spiritual objectives as follows: “ To
the tasks of house-parenting. This answers to a cultural conviction
during the rebellious ’60s and ’70s, when
remain faithful to the Gospel, to exercise
institutionalized religion was also under
concern for all persons, and affirm the
that specialists are better at any given
assault—many schools shed their church
spiritual journeys of those of other
task than a generalist, and it provides an
affiliations. Others that have remained
faiths, as well as those of a no-faith
easier lifestyle, certainly, for boarding
church schools have made their chapels
background.” Essentially Episcopalian-
school teachers and their families. But it
an optional destination for whatever
ism here is a language with which to
loses sight, somewhat, of the real task
portion of their populations might be
communicate with all faiths, or even
here, which is to raise a child from ado-
observant. While this century has seen
none, but Holderness has become
lescence to adulthood—and of the role
something of an American religious
unusual in its insistence that all students
that someone like a parent plays through
revival, the trend is less pronounced in
at least take part in the conversation.
sustained personal involvement in all
New England, and has been accompa-
Another old insistence has to do with
phases of a child’s life. This was the great
nied by an ever-broadening diversity in
the role of adults in the community. In
virtue of the old model, its “multiple
religious practice everywhere.
1879, at virtually any boarding school,
points of contact,” to express the idea in
the roles of teacher, coach, and dorm
Holderness terms.
Holderness might have become much
In some sports, particularly small-
less a church school with the arrival of
parent were routinely combined in one
the school’s first lay headmaster with
faculty member—partly as a matter of
niche snow sports, the school does
Don Hagerman in 1951. But Don
economy, perhaps, but certainly also as
employ people whose only task is to
endorsed the same regimen of mandato-
models of the well-roundedness in mind
coach. But the vast majority of its teams
ry chapel and evening prayers as had
and body that students were encouraged
are coached by teachers, and virtually all
previous rectors. He maintained that
to emulate. That well-roundedness was
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BACK AT HOLDERNESS, THE SCHOOL WITHIN SEVERAL GENERATIONS MIGHT BE AT A POINT WHERE IT IS NEED-BLIND IN ITS ADMISSION PROCESS. THE AMBITIOUS, ORGANIZED SONS OF MINISTERS AND SHOE CLERKS SHOULD BY ALL MEANS APPLY. THE LADDER WILL BE EQUALLY AVAILABLE TO ALL. With the new dormitories, and renova-
More recently a win-by-any-means-
model where students train and compete
tions to the old dorms, an increasing
necessary ethos has overtaken American
year-round in just one sport, often in off-
majority of Holderness teachers are
sports at all levels, and the celebrity sta-
season club programs outside of school.
dorm parents. As most schools move
tus of top athletes—who usually have
away from this old-school way of doing
succeeded through early and single-
are declining because of specialization,
things, Holderness has strengthened its
minded dedication to their sports—has
and this is a huge issue among New
commitment.
defined a new model for youth recre-
England AD’s,” says Holderness Athletic
And this also makes teacher recruit-
ation. Colleges are in on it as well. They
Director Lance Galvin ’90. “At
ment at Holderness a little trickier than it
want the top high school athletes in the
Holderness we’re very fortunate to have a
is at most schools. “ We have to look hard
high-profile sports, and so parents are
student and parent body that believe in
to find people who have shown that they
deciding for their toddlers which one
the same ideals that we believe, maybe
like to participate in different types of
sport would most likely lead to that
more than any other prep school out
activities: scholarly, extra-curricular,
Division I athletic scholarship. At the
there. The change of sports each season
care-taking, et cetera,” says Acting Head
very least this ethos demands that even
is invigorating for both our kids and
Jory Macomber. “ We often have to sift
ordinary athletes pick one sport and
coaches, and we believe athletes can
through a hundred resumés to find five
concentrate on that.
obtain their same goals of playing at the
that fit that model. When candidates
Independent schools are caught in
“At many schools sub-varsity sports
next level by embracing our mission of a
come to visit, we work to make sure that
the middle. There have always been
they understand that each part of the job
schools that have offered top-tier sport
is equally important. We want to hire fac-
programs, often especially for post-
on balance, but one on process as well.
ulty who are scholars and coaches and
graduates, as preparation for college
“ We don’t worry so much about the wins
who want to do two nights of dorm duty
competition. Holderness might be num-
and losses because to us the process of
and go on Out Back or Project Outreach.”
bered among them if one considers the
being part of a team and playing the
track record of its snow sports program,
game, well and fairly, is more important
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say. But PG students have never played a
than the result,” says Director of
Speaking of trends towards specializa-
role on the slopes at Holderness, and
Publications (and former coach) Emily
tion, of course, none is more widespread
the seasonal sports requirement
Magnus ’88. “ You see the same thing in
and irresistible now than that in youth
remains as firm now as it ever was. Even
college counseling, where the point is to
sports. Once upon a time exposure to a
a ski racer like Julia Ford ’08, now com-
help each student with the process, to
variety of seasonal sports was universally
peting at World Cup events for the US
find the best school for that student,
endorsed as a basic element of well-
Ski Team, played soccer in the fall and
instead of the best school for our matric-
roundedness, and sports themselves
lacrosse in the spring, all while serving
ulation list.”
were pursued not just for physical
as president of the student body.
health, but for all that they taught in
Elsewhere, more schools are investing
Process prevails in the dining hall as well, a setting in which almost all schools
terms of character and personal disci-
in that one big PG program, often bas-
now serve meals cafeteria-style, which is
pline. Winning was good, but not so
ketball. And a great many schools are
the most efficient mode in terms of time
good as fair play and sportsmanship.
backing off the old three-season sports
and labor. Dinner at Holderness, howev-
requirement in favor of a collegiate
er, remains family-style four nights each
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establishment and claim to be countercultural. This school doesn’t rail, nor should it. Holderness is part of a community of American independent schools, all of us doing our best to prepare kids for the rigors of citizenship, leadership, and stewardship. But in the particular set of tactics Holderness has developed over the years, and in their contrariness to many current and historical trends, the term “counterculture” may well answer here to even David Brooks’ strict sense of the term. Are its alumni then part of Hayes’ and Brooks’ new meritocratic elite? Well, that word “elite” remains tricky. It might be hard for Holderness students to feel elite as they scrape dishes in the pantry or ABOVE: Senior Steph Symecko explains the connections between heart disease and cancer during
huddle around smoky campfires in wet
her Senior Honors Thesis presentation in May.
snow. But certainly a sense of privilege is there as well. This would be accompa-
week in the fall, with students seated at
Honors Thesis Program, Stephen
nied also by a sense of stewardship that
tables with faculty families. “It’s not just
Solberg. “These skills are not found on
was kindled in your case, perhaps, in
about getting people fed,” says Head of
an AP, and they can’t be boiled down to a
pantry, or a mantle of responsibility that
School Phil Peck. “It’s about breaking
five-point scale. The process that these
descended once you saw someone in
bread together, about building and sus-
kids follow (whatever their topic) is more
your OB group who needed more help
taining community.”
important than a grade, a final paper, or
than you did. Later, as you raise your
a single presentation.”
kids and compete in the marketplace,
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On the side of radical conservatism,
perhaps you’ll be organized and ambi-
At the end of the day, and in many
you could mention an ethos of all-
tious, but you won’t be able to bring
important ways, Holderness has become
together in a world more usually
yourself to become corrupt and oli-
an odd widget in the independent school
governed by menus of individual choic-
garchic. You’ll have already seen how
display case. There is much more that
es. On Mountain Day, only the injured
much better the opposite of that works.
could be said to this effect. On the side
were once excused from following Edric
of innovation, you could mention that
Weld to the top of Moosilauke.
current strategic plan works and if the
Holderness seniors, unlike their peers at
Holderness today remains a hard place
endowment continues to flourish, the
other schools, do not coast through their
to get excused from group activities—
school within several generations might
spring academic terms. Instead most of
from the Job Program, from Out Back,
be at a point where it is need-blind in its
them work harder than they ever have
from chapel, from sports, from dinner,
admission process. The ambitious,
before on behalf of Senior Honors Thesis
etc. The community requires buy-in from
organized sons of ministers and shoe
projects. “Senior Honors Thesis teaches
everybody for these things to work, and
clerks should by all means apply. The
skills that are essential for success:
with all that buy-in and participation a
ladder will be equally available to all and
forming essential questions, conducting
particularly broad and nurturing com-
Holderness—in its meritocratic humility,
research, planning experiences, engag-
munity is forged out of common
its alloy of leadership with old-school,
ing experts, writing for an academic
experience.
hands-on stewardship—will be as coun-
audience, and engaging their audience,” explains Coordinator of the Senior
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tercultural to the core as even its founders imagined.
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Building a Diverse School Community What does it take to create a strong community in an increasingly global society? Acting Head of School Jory Macomber visited twenty schools throughout the world seeking answers to this question. Jory Macomber
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ver the past year during my participation in the
ly start the Reformation in the 1520s, but by the 1600s there were many
Van Otterloo Chair Program I studied the growing field of
more Calvinists (including the New England Puritans) than Lutherans.
international schools by visiting twenty schools on four dif-
One reason for the growth of Calvinism has to do with the academy
ferent continents and by reading several books and articles on the field.
Calvin started in Geneva. At his academy he preached in an auditorium
The two main questions that I asked during my research were: “How
instead of a chapel. In the auditorium he would speak in the vernacular
does a school define and implement a global education?” and “How does
and allow for questions and dialogue. Many students travelled to Geneva
a school create a productive and caring community when its students
from around Europe. For example, 200 students from the Netherlands
come from all over the world and from different cultures?” Although
spent three years in Geneva and then returned and helped make Holland
both questions are valuable, this article will focus on the second question
a Protestant country. One of the reasons that Calvinism spread so far was
about building a school community.
that Calvin embraced and taught students from all over his world.
Since I am an AP Euro teacher, let’s start with three history lessons.
I am not a proponent of predestination, but Calvin’s academy did
Last winter, I went into the reception area of the Université Paris-
make me think of Holderness. If we believe that Holderness’ education-
Sorbonne (photograph on facing page). According to the exhibit, the
al mission has value, we can believe that it is worth teaching it to
University of Paris had been operating almost a century when in 1254
students from different educational systems. In the long run students
Robert de Sorbon, a chaplain, said he wanted to create a college not
take Holderness values back home or wherever they go. The Holderness
only for teaching theology but also for hosting and nurturing poor
lessons of Out Back and solo are valuable and portable.
teachers and students—“l’hébergement et l’entretien des pauvres maitres et escholiers.” Over the centuries, the Sorbonne’s practice of safely housing its stu-
Now let’s jump up to the twentieth century. CERN is the European Center for Nuclear Research. It was founded after World War II when twenty European countries pulled together to build a new particle accel-
dents helped attract some of the best young minds from around Europe.
erator/research center for two main reasons: they didn’t want to see the
The Maison de Sorbonne began with only twenty students but grew into
best European scientists leave Europe for the US to study, and they
a respected center for theological studies and is now one of the many
wanted to create a nuclear research center that focused solely on peace-
colleges within the University of Paris. One could argue that the
ful and productive uses of nuclear technology. By 1980 CERN had
Sorbonne was the first place to realize that an affordable, safe boarding
performed a critical experiment in the understanding of dark matter and
program would help attract talented students from all over. I don’t know
dark energy. Today, scientists from all over the world, including US
if Rev. Frederick Gray, the first headmaster of Holderness, was familiar
researchers, travel to CERN to join the research, and CERN is close to
with Robert de Sorbon’s ideas, but it certainly sounds like two great
becoming the first site to confirm the existence of the Higgs boson. By
minds thinking alike. I found, however, no evidence of a 13th century
building a powerful facility in an internationally cooperative setting,
Job Program.
CERN has become the leading center of nuclear research in the world.
Skip up to the 1500s and to one of the Sorbonne’s students, Jean
Much of what I have read about and observed asks schools to push
Calvin. Martin Luther receives credit for being the person to successful-
students to have the desire to care about and act upon global issues. The
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Scientists seal the last interconnect between the main magnets of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN in November of 2007. CERN brings together researchers from all over the world in an internationally cooperative setting. Photograph courtesy of CERN.
CERN physicists, from all over the world, displayed the desire to care
mechanisms to mix the student population. Dorms integrate kids from
about and act upon a huge (or massively small) global issue. They are
different grades and backgrounds. Leaders look after new students.
also committed to working together with scientists from many cultures
Assigned dinner tables, Job Program teams, and Special Program groups
to improve their work.
combine students of different backgrounds. Not coincidentally, looking
These historical stories serve to illustrate for me the importance of a diverse educational community. The diversity in an educational community not only allows for its message to be spread throughout the world
up and saying “hello” to every person on the pathway is also a key strength of Holderness. Many international schools also use events to build community.
but it also makes it richer and pushes its members to care about issues
Leysin American School in Switzerland holds a cultural fair where their
beyond its own walls. If Holderness also strives to create a diverse com-
students from 51 different countries teach each other pieces of their cul-
munity—both socio-economically and culturally—in which students care
ture. Robert College in Istanbul hosts a student-run Model United
about global issues, then it needs be done with thought and care. During
Nations with 600 participants from all over the globe. The United
my visits to schools throughout Europe, Asia, and the Middle East there
World College-Maastricht hosts an IB Theory of Knowledge conference
were two things that I observed international schools doing that helped
where students from the fourteen UWC colleges worldwide share their
them achieve a diverse educational community.
research. The Frankfurt International School holds a design and tech-
First, successful international schools take the time to intentionally
nology fair with other international schools where students compete in
mix students from diverse cultures. Le Rosey in Switzerland, for
different design contests. Each of the organizers of these events uses
instance, limits any one nationality to ten percent of the school popula-
some common words, and the events help build critical understanding
tion. Roommate pairings are engineered as many schools do not let
and empathy among people from different cultures.
students of the same nationality room together for the first two or three
International schools have to work with parents as well as students to
years. Schools have returning students mentor new students in every-
build these bridges from local strengths to the global community. King’s
thing from language acquisition to school traditions. Holderness also has
Academy in Jordan is trying to create a US-style boarding school in the
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Students walk the paths of King’s Academy in Jordan where Jory visited last winter. The school, which was founded only five years ago, has created programming that intentionally involves parents and helps them understand the unique community that is created in a US-style boarding school.
Middle East. One of their biggest challenges is parental support of that
ate a campground game of Tails with about ten English words: no, go,
type of program as they struggle to retain seven-day boarders and fill
mine, stop, out, in, give…!
athletic teams. Other schools face similar challenges and have adopted
Yokohama International School, in contrast, is located in a city of 3.5
various approaches. Aiglon College takes all of its new parents on a short
million people. Seventy percent of its students are not Japanese, and YIS
expedition. The Zurich International School offers a three-week prep
works to connect its students to the local population by operating an
program for new families, and the Head of St. Augustine Preparatory
International Center for Japanese Culture on the campus. All students
School in Managua meets with all the new parents to make sure they
attend various required courses in Japanese music, art, calligraphy, tea cer-
understand and buy into the school’s program. It is not easy to create a
emony, and literature. Although both YIS and Aiglon are committed to
strong community within a diverse population, but with intentional pro-
providing students with an international education, they are also commit-
gramming many international schools have succeeded.
ted to their unique programs and what they can accomplish through them.
Second, successful schools remain focused on their particular
One of the great benefits of my Chair year was reinforcing how
strengths while weaving together students from all over the world.
Holderness School, too, has a unique brand that helps build our diverse
Aiglon College’s most distinctive program is its Expeditions.
community. Students live in smaller dorms where their advisors are also
Expeditions are weekend outdoor trips or long excursions that take
teachers and coaches. Everyone does pantry at some point, and they also
three to five days. Students follow a progression over six years. I saw a
stare at a solo fire, lit or maybe unlit! We all ponder silently in chapel
group of first form students learning how to set up tents and build fires
and laugh together in assembly. Multiple sports are required and the
on their second expedition at the school. On the same weekend, a sen-
outdoors is one of our classrooms. Leaders are chosen on a quiet ballot
ior expedition was scaling a 12,000-foot peak across the valley. The
without campaigning. Classrooms cultivate intellectual passions as well
Expeditions are where the school works on team-building and goal-set-
as necessary skills. These activities are all part of the Holderness brand
ting and on integrating the kids from many different cultures. For
and are also important and effective foundations for our own productive,
example, I watched a new eleven-year-old boy from Japan try to negoti-
caring, and diverse community.
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Kathryn Field Explores the “Expressive Quality of the Line”
Kathryn Field poses with Holderness librarian Mary Kietzman at the Patricia Ladd Carega Gallery in
Behind the Curtain: Stainless steal, oil paint
Center Sandwich, NH in August.
and gold leaf
Holderness art teacher Kathryn Field spends the school year guiding students through the creative process, helping them to build their skills and challenge their creative minds. But the summers provide Ms. Field with the opportunity to be her own guide and develop her own masterpieces. This summer was no exception. Beginning shortly after school ended Ms. Field took a portrait class at Grand Central Academy in New York City for two weeks. The first week focused on drawing a portrait in hard pencils; during the second week Ms. Field transferred the original drawing onto a linen panel, first working in one color and then finishing with a full range of colors in oil. “The skills that I learned were not new to me, but the slow and methodical techniques and focus on color theory were more in-depth,” Ms. Field explained. “It took great patience but the final results were very gratifying.” Even after returning home, Ms. Field continued to work on portraits and created new pieces that were part of an exhibit at the
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Patricia Ladd Carega Gallery in Center Sandwich, NH during the month of August. “With one line, images are formed and a mood is created,” Ms. Field explained in her artist’s statement. “Using this simple line drawing as a source of inspiration I created a body of work that kept me experimenting and searching for various ways to show the beauty and expressive quality of line as it defines form and mood. I am intrigued by the process of exploring the same image over and over again and discovering how different mediums express the same image in different ways.” Ms. Field also participated in two additional shows this summer, one at the Lexington Arts and Crafts Society in Lexington, MA and another at the Millbrook Gallery and Sculpture Garden in Concord, NH. Portrait of Anthony: 4H Pencil Drawing
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Caring for Holderness School for the Next Generation In its -year history, Holderness has only employed two Directors of Facilities: first “Rip” Richards and later Dick Stevens. Both came to the position from rich and varied backgrounds and set up deep, long-term roots in the community. Both spent decades caring for the facility, all while overseeing new building construction projects and major renovations. They saw the job truly as a lifestyle, living on campus alongside our students and faculty, and treating each building, playing field, and classroom as if it were their own. When Dick notified the school that he planned to retire in July of , the burden of finding someone to replace him was weighty. Who could continue his strong leadership and careful planning? The answer didn’t come easily. However, after a thoughtful and lengthy interview process, the hiring committee selected Tony LeMenager. Tony comes to us from St. Patrick’s Episcopal Church and Day School in Washington, DC, where he served as the Director of Facilities, overseeing day-to-day operations and major projects. Before that, he served as interim Director of Facilities at the National Presbyterian Church and School while an employee of the Stonehouse Group, which provides consulting and management services for independent school facilities. In addition to Tony, over other candidates applied for the position, including five from our own staff. These applicants came from a number of backgrounds (e.g., carpentry, vehicle repair, management, consulting) and a variety of industries (e.g., health care, research, education, corporate). The vast majority were extremely qualified, and the hiring committee that was made up of trustees, staff (including several members of the maintenance department), administrators, and faculty had a challenge selecting one person in a field of so many qualified candidates. But for many Tony stood out. “I was very impressed with Tony’s humility and his depth
of training and experience,” explained Phil Peck. “He seems to appreciate that working at Holderness is not a job but a lifestyle.” In his own words, Tony acknowledges that “when working for a school you have to embrace its mission. It’s not like managing a building or commercial space. There is a lot more interaction with the people you serve, and you have to be involved in the community.” And for Tony and his family that involvement has been natural. Kate, Tony’s wife, is hoping to go back to school at Plymouth State University to earn her Master’s in education, while their daughter Cullen has already enrolled in Holderness and has begun taking courses with the class of . “We love the outdoors. It’s how we have always vacationed,” explains Tony. “We are looking forward to skiing and hiking and everything that this area has to offer.” Tony officially began working at Holderness on July and was able to spend the first month working alongside Dick Stevens, learning about the ins and outs of the job and the idiosyncrasies of our facility. “I’m so thankful for Dick Steven’s support,” Tony said. “The time he spent with me shows how much he cares about Holderness and how important it is to him that there is a smooth transition.” And although Tony said he still has a lot to learn, he is excited by what he is learning every day. “In the short time he’s been here, he has already immersed himself in the care of the school,” Steve Solberg said. “He has been asking thoughtful questions about the details of our ongoing renovation in Rathbun as well as making observations and recommendations about the long-term strategies for our facility.” Speaking of long-term strategies, one of Tony’s unique qualities is his certification in leed building. “I like thoughtful, sustainable building practices,” Tony explained. “And I am excited to be part of a school that is just beginning to develop a more sustainable campus.”
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Sustainability Coordinator Maggie Mumford is looking forward to his leadership as well. “Tony has a strong background in sustainable building practices and is supportive of current campus sustainability initiatives such as recycling, invasive weed removal, renewable energy use, and composting. He brings knowhow, practicality, lots of energy and a respect for Holderness tradition to each set of issues.” So as Tony settles in to his new role at Holderness, there will be challenges—in Washington, DC, Tony never learned much about refrigeration units like the one used to cool the hockey rink. But there will also be the chance for him and his family to reconnect with the people of New England and reestablish connections to a place he hopes to call home for a long time to come.
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Talented New Faculty Join the Holderness Community
The new faculty pose for Martha Macomber at Rainbow Falls in Plymouth. From left to right, Evan Rosenstein, Alexandra Disney, Caitlin Kosow, Jeff Stevens, Mike Heyward, George Negroponte, Kelsey Philpot, Nick Laurence, and Erik Thatcher.
Kelsey Berry will (re)join our History Department in the fall of . Kelsey taught and coached part-time here in – before taking a job at The Ethel Walker School in CT. At The Ethel Walker School Kelsey served as a full-time history teacher, coached girls field hockey and lacrosse, served as a house parent (for girls!), and designed Ethel Walker’s summer program of Global Girls Academy, a three week institute for English language learners. Kelsey holds an undergraduate degree in History and Government with a minor in European Studies from St. Lawrence University, where she was a four-year starter on the field hockey team and earned all-academic honors. She also earned her Masters of Education in Heritage Studies from Plymouth State University. Kelsey will be joining us with her husband, Harris Philpot, who is currently pursuing his law degree.
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Alexandra Disney joins Holderness from Phillips Academy where, as a teaching fellow, she taught three sections of chemistry, coached, and served in a dormitory. Alexandra is a Magna Cum Laude graduate of Bates College, where she majored in Biological Chemistry. She was the recipient of the polymer Undergraduate Organic Chemistry Award and won the Academic Achievement Award in Biochemistry. In addition, Alexandra has worked as a Wilderness Therapy Guide with Summit Achievement where she led backpacking trips in ME and NH for troubled youth aged –. After graduating from Holderness in (winner of the Marshall Award and, in the BW Woodward prize for “exceptional leadership, academic achievement, and/or service to his or her college community”), Mike Heyward went on to Skidmore College, where he majored in Management and
Business and was the recipient of the Barbara Hume Award in . A member of the mens basketball team at Skidmore, Mike is best known for his work after graduation as an assistant coach for the womens team where he has been instrumental in on and off-campus recruiting of players. Mike will be working in the Admission Office at Holderness and will serve as head coach of our girls basketball team. Frost Award Winner Kelly Hood ’08 returns to Holderness to intern in the English Department for –. Kelly attended Dartmouth College where she majored in English and minored in Education. As a cocaptain and four-year starter for the Division I Dartmouth field hockey team, Kelly was named the Ivy League Offensive Player of the Year and the New Hampshire Female Athlete of the Year. Kelly holds every scoring record at Dartmouth for field hockey and won a silver medal at the Pan American Games as a member of the US Indoor Field Hockey Team in San Juan, Argentina. Last summer Kelly interned at Phillips Exeter Academy, where she taught two sections of creative writing. Nick Laurence will be our new Head Athletic Trainer. Nick graduated from ColbySawyer College and served as an Intern Athletic Trainer at Phillips Exeter Academy before becoming an Assistant Athletic Trainer and Physical Education teacher at St. Sebastian’s School in Needham, MA, where he has served for two years. George Negroponte will join our Math Department in the fall. George is a graduate of Bowdoin College, where he majored in Economics, minored in Anthropology, and played on the mens lacrosse team. Prior to his time at Bowdoin, George attended Phillips Exeter Academy, where he received an Academic All-American Award in Lacrosse in . Upon graduation he also received the pea Philip Curtis Goodwin Award for sportsmanship and participation. Since graduating from
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Have You Ever Believed? Bowdoin, George has worked as a Research Assistant to Director of Public Service Projects, Clinton School of Public Service in Little Rock, Arkansas, and most recently has run an inn in Vermont. Evan Rosenstein recently graduated from Amherst College, where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in English. Evan was a strong safety on the Amherst football team that became undefeated nescac champions in and . Evan also wrote for the student newspaper, where he covered sports, general news, and features. During the summers he interned at Fine Life Media, an international magazine that serves the watch-making industry. This fall, Evan will be teaching English, coaching football and hockey, and living in a dorm. One final hire occurred late in the summer as Mr. Barton shifted his attention to the College Counseling office; Jeff Stevens was hired to take his place in the classroom teaching World Religions. Jeff is a graduate of Harvard Divinity School and an ordained minister. His work at Harvard focused on teen spirituality, and he was part of the Project in Religious and Secondary Education, which trains divinity students to teach at the high school level. When Jeff is not teaching at Holderness, he is a pastor and teacher at Awakening Spirit Christian Church in Northfield, New Hampshire. There are also two additional new faces on campus. Well, perhaps they are not new, but they are taking on new roles. Erik Thatcher, a graduate of Holderness, has returned to campus to coach the rock climbers and intern with Reggie Pettitt in Environmental Science. Caitlin Kosow, who interned with Athletic Director Lance Galvin last year, will continue to assist him again this year while pursuing a Masters degree at Plymouth State University. Caitlin is also coaching.
by john lin Have you ever believed so deeply in a team that it didn’t really matter whether it won or lost? This is the kind of faith that English teacher Mr. Lin praises in a short essay that was published this spring on the website of This I Believe, an organization that engages people in writing and sharing the ideas and daily experiences that shape their core values. Below is his essay. Though I do have my favorites—players and teams—I am not obsessed with them as some others I know. I do remember, however, rooting for my home team, the Amazin’ ’ Mets, sneaking in late-night games on Channel , wor, listening to Ralph Kiner, Lindsey Nelson and Bob Murphy call the game. Bottom of the ninth, two outs, Mets down by a few, “Believe in Miracles” flashes on a homemade cardboard sign hoisted by a stalwart fan behind third base, and before you had the chance to doubt, the Mets had won another come-from-behind nail-biter. Boy did I believe, and in believing so deeply then in the home team, I think that my life was changed. I must confess that I have a problem with baseball fans who profess to believe in their teams only when things are going well. I understand where these fair-weather fans come from, and I don’t mean just Boston, because they come from a world of knowledge and information that overwhelms belief. These fans thirst for quantifiable data that will corroborate their so-called beliefs. No team is good or bad but statistics show them so. We live in a world of the bottom line—the number of Ws posted by home team, saves from the bullpen, complete games by starters, runs produced by the heart of the line-up. Today, these disciples of Sabermetrics, the new science to advance our knowledge of our national pastime, have devised ways to measure everything imaginable from babips (batting average on balls in play), dips (defense independent pitching statistics),
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and fips (fielding independent pitching). These are the descendents of earlier fans, who, when rooting for God, needed Moses to descend with the tablets and talk to a burning bush before they would believe. So many fans today, and sportswriters, “believe” in their teams only after they have proven themselves by winning, and until then, they’re a bunch of bums, who are paid too much, who should be traded, who should move up, down or out of the lineup. The true test of true believers is a certain optimism, the ability to look ahead without doubt or qualification. The truest test, however, as the parable of Job reminds us, is to believe in the face of overwhelming evidence against you. True belief requires no proof, no substantiation or corroboration, no miraculous finish in the bottom of the ninth, though the occasional miraculous finish doesn’t hurt the cause. Belief is based on faith, on a leap, a jump into something unknown and that cannot and should not be known. Belief, unlike knowledge, requires no fact, no information, and certainly no Sabermetric data to support it, and those true fans who hoist banners declaring “Ya Gotta Believe” in ballparks all over America do not turn on their team when they come up short, when the heart of the order bats a paltry . in the post season, when the bullpen cannot save the game. Belief lives not in the world of results and the bottom line, not in the rational capacity of our heads, but instead in the irrational heart, and in the soul. Baseball taught me this lesson of belief in my youth, and baseball may teach us about belief again today. This I do believe.
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Remembering Dick and Gail Stevens Thank you and farewell, Dick and Gail! Below are messages to you from members of the Holderness community.
Brett Jones ’88 Holderness has no idea how lucky they are to have had Dick and Gail at the school for all these years. Their daughter Jen was my best friend at Holderness, and they always treated me as well as any of my friends’ parents ever have. When I was a junior I was required to write an English paper on someone and his/her career. I chose to write my paper on Dick and the maintenance of the school facilities. I was so ill-prepared with my questions, but he was patient and helpful, often expanding well beyond the scope of the questions I asked. I will always remember him talking about his passion for sailing and his love of New England and Holderness. The few times I have been back to Holderness, I have looked forward to seeing him. They are such a good family, and I am so happy that Dick and Gail will be able to enjoy sailing, grandchildren, and retirement.
Marguerite Graham Much love to Dick and Gail! I will be forever grateful for Gail’s mentoring, her patience, and her grace as she introduced us to the health benefits of stretching and aerobics in the early s!
Will Graham ’72 Dick and his dad kept me in line as a young athletic director back in the early eighties. I could see then how Dick treated his crew and all he met with a deep respect. Dick is unflappable, kind, and eager to help. Day after day he exemplified the patience of Job in a demanding boarding school community. After being on call / for all those years, I hope he unplugs his phone, casts off with Gail, and knows in his heart that he and Gail left Holderness School in better shape than they found it. Thanks to them both for a job well done and a strong finish!
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Bill ’51 and Faith Summers As an old Holderness alumnus, I want to thank you, Dick, for your superb service to the School and to all the students you touched during your time at Holderness. I am convinced Holderness and the students are far better because of your dedication to excellence. Faith and I wish you both the very best in your retirement.
Steve Rand ’62 Gail Stevens, exercise taskmaster, was one of the inspiring ladies who helped me become an Adonis at the Bodyworks fitness center on Fairgounds Road in Plymouth in the s. She was a tireless exerciser, setting the example for us poor blubber-bods. It was always fun to sweat with Gail. I see her around town now, walking for fun and exercise, sometimes even with Dick in tow! Thanks for the inspiration, Gail, and for starting me down the trail of a lifetime exercise habit.
Robert McKersie ’82 I remember Dick well and also fondly. During my senior year I was outdoor crew chief, a job that most seniors didn’t want owing to the early morning duties and hard physical work. However, this responsibility allowed me the great opportunity to work side-by-side with Dick and his staff almost every morning. Dick possesses a great spirit. He taught me groundskeeping skills I still use today around my home and instilled a good work ethic in all of us. His years of dedication to the school are commendable. I wish Dick and Gail a happy and healthy retirement!
Christopher J. Hopkins ’83 I was the typical careless senior who, one snowy winter’s eve in , was out “skitching” (grabbing onto the bumpers of cars on campus and sliding behind them on nothing more than Timberland boots). I ran up behind one final vehicle—evening check-in was fast approaching—and rode it not only in front of Weld but
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out onto the main road. I let go and skidded to a stop as the vehicle’s brake lights came on. A figure stepped out of the car, and I recognized it immediately as Dick. He couldn’t see or identify me, but he yelled…not out of anger but out of concern that he had been unwittingly responsible for the safety of a Holderness student. My respect and admiration for Dick left me very sorry, even ashamed, that I’d placed him in such a position of risk that evening. I never had the courage to seek him out in the days that followed to apologize, but I’ve never forgotten. Even teenagers know when they are around principled, earnest, good, and hardworking adults. Though Dick will not remember me after so many years and so many students who came before and after me, please be sure that he knows the impact he made on me and others in my class.
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Bill Biddle: In Memoriam may , –june , Although Bill Biddle was perhaps most well known and well-remembered by his students for his love of hiking and nature, it is not necessarily the way he would choose to be remembered. In a letter written to hst around , Bill explained, “I admit that I broke trail on snowshoes through a couple of feet of snow up Roy Mountain this afternoon for my neighbors, and that I paddle a little white water…but I realize that I have always cherished and perhaps preferred (over hard exercise) good reading time and good conversations about literature, politics, history, the arts, and social responsibilities.” Although the two pursuits often intersected and intertwined in his life, Bill was first and foremost a life-long learner who liked nothing more than a good book or a stimulating intellectual conversation. During the last twenty years of his life, Bill wrote a column in the Methow Valley News, in Twisp, WA, submitting his final entry just four days before his death. In the paper’s obituary, the editor wrote, “His hunger for knowledge was insatiable. He surrounded himself with books and magazines and I do not doubt that he read them all at least once. At his Wolf Creek home, his office is filled with books, his basement is filled with books, his cars are filled with books. And that was just his part-time residence.” Bill began his professional career at Noble and Greenough School in Dedham, MA in after receiving his Master’s degree in education from Harvard. He went on to teach at Holderness from until . In addition to teaching English, he supported the Outing Club and was always willing to take students for hikes in the White Mountains. He also established a visiting author’s program which survives today and brings to the school the likes of Donald Hall and Maxine Kumin. When he left Holderness, he moved to Seattle,
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Washington where he taught at the Seattle Academy of Arts and Sciences for five years before retiring. As one of his former students from Noble and Greenough wrote, “He wasn’t on some pedestal. He was just amongst us, helping us grow, learn, try, while having fun.” At the intersection of his passions was the sharing of his love of nature with those around him. He loved hiking and exploring the White Mountains while he lived in the East and continued his adventures when he moved to Seattle. As his obituary explains, “In all his careers, he was involved in the outdoors, establishing and maintaining outing clubs for the boys he taught, extending their appreciation of
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nature…on hikes and snowshoe trips through the White Mountains and Presidential Range. It was frequently the boys’ first experiences as outdoorsmen and often led to enduring relationships with nature.” In that spirit, it is written on his obituary page, “Remembrances may be made to the Methow Conservancy, Winthrop, Washington or to the Keewaydin Foundation, Salisbury, Vermont, or simply give a flower or pay a compliment to someone special in Bill’s name.”
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Dutch Morse and His Ties to Holderness: In Memoriam august , –september , “To me it was amazing that my grandfather only went to Holderness for one year but made a connection that lasted a lifetime,” Kendra Morse ’ observed. Her grandfather, Mayland “Dutch” Morse, passed away last fall, but even after his death, his connection to Holderness lives on in his granddaughter. Dutch Morse was introduced to Holderness by New Hampshire Supreme Court Justice Thomas Marble. Judge Marble was a family friend who advised Dutch when he graduated at age from Concord High School to take a post-graduate year at Holderness School in order to improve his grades and athletic skills. Dutch took the judge’s advice and came to Holderness in . “I think it was his go-getter attitude that helped him make such fast connections with Holderness,” Kendra explained. “He probably immediately threw himself into everything at Holderness, making friends, competing in sports, working in his classes. That’s the way he always was.” Dutch played football, hockey, and tennis for Holderness; learned good study habits from masters such as Joe Abbey and Dante Fiore; and participated in the Jobs Program under the watchful eye of Loys Wiles. After graduating from Holderness, Dutch went on to Bowdoin College and later Yale Law School, but only for one semester. His education in law was interrupted by World War II during which he taught French cadets to fly twin-engine planes, a position which he received because he had taken French at Holderness and Bowdoin College. He also married Betty Slaker in . After an honorable discharge in , Dutch went on to finish his law degree at Columbia Law School and received his llb degree in . He returned to Concord, where he joined his father’s law firm and became deeply involved in the community. Among other things, he served on the boards of the
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Dutch Morse breaks ground for Weld Hall in 1963 with Rev. Charles Hall. Don Hagerman looks on.
Concord Public Library, Concord Hospital, and Colby-Sawyer College. He was a thirtythird-degree Mason and served as a president of the Concord Rotary Club. He was also involved in the Episcopal Church, participating in the vestry of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church of Concord and serving as Chancellor of the Episcopal Diocese of NH throughout the tenure of three bishops. And in Dutch also returned to Holderness and served on the Board of Trustees for years. Dutch received both the Distinguished Alumnus Award in and the Distinguished Service Award in . He was instrumental in helping Holderness grow its endowment from , to nearly million and in establishing the Balch Society, an estate planning program. A quick read through his correspondences with Headmaster Don Hagerman and other
trustees reveal that he was involved in everything from the building of Bartsch, to the transfer of stocks and bonds, to the selection of the speaker for graduation; he was also involved in bringing the first artificial ice hockey rink to Holderness, literally. Dutch, who was friends with the Admission Director at Exeter, found out that Exeter was installing a new rink and negotiated for the purchase of their old one. Because Exeter needed the old rink dismantled and removed immediately, he drove a bus full of students to Exeter Academy, loaded the school’s old boards, three miles of piping, and compressor onto the bus, and drove the hockey rink back up to Holderness where it was installed in . But Dutch’s correspondences were not limited to the headmaster and trustees; on some occasions, students reached out to him as well. Also in , the editor of the Holderness Bull wrote to Dutch stating, “I along with many of
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the other students feel that there is an inherent seed of negativism connected with the required chapel services.” Charles Hurburgh goes on to say, “By limiting a student’s religious scope to the Episcopal worship service, one leaves him with no background or basis for [choosing a religion]”( Sound familiar?). Dutch made it his goal “to never interfere in the relations between the head and the faculty, or in the head’s normal administrative duties,” so his response to the students “merely reflected [his] own personal attitude.” Dutch made it clear that he believed religion to be a cornerstone of Holderness and stated that “While Holderness is proud to strive to be first in many things, [he was] doubtful that it would be wise or desirable for Holderness to pioneer in this area.” Dutch continued to serve on the board until and practiced law in the Concord area well into his eighties. And for a couple years, it looked like his relationship with Holderness was coming to a close. Then around , his ties with Holderness were renewed through his granddaughter, Kendra. Kendra was a ninth grader at Mascoma Valley Regional High School and impressed her father when she made honor roll. “When my father told my grandfather that I had made the honor roll in school, my grandfather remembered his experience at Holderness and wanted the same experience for me,” Kendra explained. So in the fall of Kendra visited Holderness with her father and grandfather and also fell in the love with the school. She entered Holderness in her sophomore year and will graduate this spring. During her sophomore year, Kendra began a journal in which she wrote to her grandfather each week, sharing with him the details of her days and nights, her classes, her athletic competitions, and her friends. And each week, Kendra’s father delivered the letters to his father and read them to him. “My grandfather loved to talk about Holderness,” Kendra explained. “He loved to talk about sports and look at the pictures that I
Trustee Meeting, May 1960. FRONT ROW: The Right Rev. Charles Hall, Donald Hagerman, Carleton Adams, James Godfrey, Rufus Hale; BACK ROW: Roger Merriman, Maurice Blouin, Mayland “Dutch” Morse, Laurence Rathbun, and Archibald Coolidge.
sent to him of my friends and me. Throughout his life, when he saw something that needed to be done, he just made it happen, and I was lucky that he thought I should be at Holderness. Without him I would never have even known about Holderness.” Like her grandfather, Kendra has thrown herself into life at Holderness. She has participated in the school theatrical performances and musicals and plays field hockey, ice hockey, and softball. This year she will be taking AP Environmental Science, AP Literature, Calculus, Spanish , and Theology and Ethics. She too has made connections with other Holderness students and faculty, many of which may last a lifetime.
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Saying Goodbye to Frank Bonsal and Peter Kimball
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keeping more efficient. At Holderness last year, US History, Calculus, Senior Honors Thesis, as well as a number of other classes ran on Moodle. This year it is an expectation that all classes use Moodle in their work. As Holderness continues to integrate new technology into the classroom and into daily operational tasks, Frank’s leadership was and will continue to be important. We hope that even though he is no longer on the board, his encouraging hand, that has led us into challenging, new territory, will continue to guide us from afar.
Technology has the power to transform teaching and learning. In the hands of a good teacher, it can build excitement, tap creativity, and push students ahead to explore and learn at their own pace. Its use at Holderness as a tool for teaching and learning has expanded significantly over the past several years, not coincidentally during the years that Frank Bonsal has been on the board. Frank Bonsal graduated from Holderness in and returned to Holderness in to serve on the Board of Trustees. Mr. Bonsal was particularly interested in methods for thoughtfully incorporating new technology into the curriculum and was a member of the Investment, Compensation, and Intellectual Life Committees. During Frank’s tenure, the board talked extensively about different companies and tools worth exploring to improve teaching and learning, to promote efficiency, and to help us slowly and thoughtfully shift the paradigm by which we instruct and prepare our students. He has been helpful in moving the school forward with a variety of initiatives, including Moodle, a learning management system that allows teachers and students to interact outside the classroom, all while making academic house-
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Peter Kimball ’72 For almost a decade, Peter Kimball ’ has been behind the scenes leading Holderness School through several significant milestones. The Holderness Annual Fund has tripled, exceeding million for the first time in our history; the Campaign for Holderness was defined and launched under Peter’s leadership and is now closing in on its million goal for ; and a formal Gift Planning program has been established, helping Holderness stay secure into the future. Peter served as the Chair of the Advancement Committee, and was also a member of the Governance and Nominating Committee and the Campaign Steering Committee.
But the numbers and titles do not even come close to measuring the ways in which Peter has helped and nurtured this community. In addition to guiding Holderness School through many sound financial decisions, he has been a role model and mentor to many. “Eleven years ago when I became Head of School,” explained Phil Peck, “I had no background in advancement and it was the one area where I felt least prepared to lead our school. Almost immediately I (and then director of development, Chris Mumford) met with Peter to ask him if he would consider being this rookie head’s mentor and possibly consider joining the board. To my and the board’s delight Peter said yes to both requests!” His care for Holderness as an institution has also on occasion extended to the people who make up the community. Former Head of School Peter Woodward explained, “After years as a Head deeply involved in Development, I found myself on the other side, full of ignorance and anxiety, about how I might support my school and church and also address the long term needs and security of my multi-handicapped blind child. I called Peter Kimball. He responded immediately to all my questions and fears. It was all about the heart and spirit with Peter and the money was secondary.” For his work at Holderness, Peter Kimball received the Distinguished Alumni Award in . When Phil Peck presented the award to Peter, he said, “Peter’s is the sort of work that by definition is done behind the scenes. But it’s work that is the lifeblood of a school like Holderness, sustaining this community for decades to come.” While Peter Kimball’s formal leadership role at Holderness has ended, we will continue to feel his presence for years to come in the quiet and thoughtful guidance he has provided to current leaders, and to the many programs he has helped to establish and support during his tenure.
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Dave Goodwin, a Paragon of Connectedness: In Memoriam june , –december , Last December Holderness—and New Hampshire—lost an Outstanding Neighbor. The Holderness community lost its secondoldest living alumnus with the death of Dave Goodwin ’ on December , . More sadly, the human community of New Hampshire lost a man whose personal commitment to their welfare, advancement, and happiness was almost impossible to measure. Could it have been Dave’s daily contact with grief that made him so abundantly committed to life and its possibilities? After school at Holderness and the New England Institute, Dave joined his grandfather’s business, the Goodwin Funeral Home, in Manchester, NH. And from his home in Manchester, Dave—as stated in the Union Leader (//)—“served the community there for over years.” For Dave, serving the community also involved many other things; again from the Union Leader: “A trustee of the Cogswell Benevolent Trust for almost years, he volunteered for more than years for the American Red Cross and was a -year member and a past-president of the Manchester Rotary Club. A former trustee of the Holderness School [–], he served on the boards of directors of the Hundred Club of New Hampshire and the Manchester chapter of the American Red Cross, the Manchester Boys and Girls Club, and Easter Seals of New Hampshire, where he had served as chairman of the board and continued to remain active until recently. He was also a trustee of Neighborworks Greater Manchester.” That’s a good sample, and his endless gifts of time and money did not go unnoticed. Neighborworks honored Dave with its Outstanding Neighbor Award; the Boys and Girls Club with its Hall of Fame Award; the Granite United Way with its William S. Green Lifetime Achievement Award; and Easter Seals
has established an award in Dave’s honor—the David P. Goodwin Lifetime Commitment Award. Dave’s wife, herself a civic leader who died in , is also memorialized in the Easter Seals’ David P. and Dorothy M. Goodwin Board Room. Dave was an outstanding neighbor indeed, and also an alumnus whose lifetime commitment to Holderness prompted him to attend reunion each year, including last fall’s. Dave’s three children—Marilyn Goodwin Soper, Ellie Goodwin Cochran, and Charlie Goodwin—say that Dave’s connection to Holderness was special, that the school was like another home to him. “More than anything else, Holderness School and the lessons he learned there shaped Dave Goodwin’s life,” they said in a joint statement. “The impressions made by such men as Bishop Dallas, Headmasters Edric Weld, and later Don Hagerman, Pete Woodward, and Phil Peck, as well as the faculty, staff, and his fellow students, were lasting ones that greatly influenced the life of service and commitment that Dave lived. He proudly served on the Board of Trustees and enjoyed his interactions with faculty, staff, and fellow alumni at Reunion each year. He never missed an opportunity to promote the school to potential students and delighted in speaking with those who had also lived the Holderness Experience.” Since the school has annually awarded a Distinguished Service Award to an alumnus/a “who through his or her devotion and dedicated service has significantly and positively affected the health and well-being of the school.” At this year’s Reunion that award will go posthumously to Dave Goodwin. “Throughout the nomination and selection process, Dave’s name surfaced over and over again, each time with a different reflection and story symbolizing his deep commitment to and care of this school, her students and her faculty,” says Director of Advancement and External Relations Robert Caldwell. “Tangentially, a portion of Dave’s estate was directed by his
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children to Holderness to establish the David P. Goodwin Fund for Student Support at Holderness School. The Goodwin Fund will be used to provide non-tuition financial aid to deserving students, with preference given to New Hampshire residents. Through their generosity, the Goodwin family is enabling Holderness to continue to attract and enroll the brightest and most talented students from a wide variety of socioeconomic backgrounds, aiding the school’s efforts to create a diverse and outstanding student body.” All that ceaseless volunteer work, all that universal connectedness, and all that support for Holderness seemed hardly an effort for Dave. Perhaps it was because he found people so likable and interesting. Throw in Dave’s lifetime membership in Manchester’s First Congregational Church, and he becomes a paragon of something else as well: Pro deo et genere humano (“For God and humankind”). Rest in peace, Dave Goodwin. You’ll be missed—sorely—at this fall’s Reunion, but your presence will be felt, now and for generations to come.
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JULIA FORD ’08: A LIGHT THAT PULLS YOU IN A profile of Julia Ford in Okemo Magazine considers the Ford family legacy in skiing and how richly this current model Ford is building on it. There is a reason why Julia Ford is not known as “Julia” to her teammates on the US Ski Team. In , after three seasons on the US Development Team, Julia had been promoted to the US “C” team and had traveled to Portillo, Chile, with other US team members for off-season training. “One day the coaches set up a parallel slalom,” writes Aimee Berg in her profile of Julia for Okemo Magazine (“First On Race Day”). “Ford was paired with Julia Mancuso in the first round. The two Julias decided that the winner would earn the right to use her first name, and the loser would have to find a nickname so they both wouldn’t turn around when coaches yelled, ‘Julia!’ With her legal identity at stake, Ford fell out of the starting gate. ‘It was a pro start and you had to lift your tips,’ explained the racer who now goes by ‘Fordo’ and other monikers.” She’s known as Julia at Holderness, though, and also at Vermont’s Okemo Mountain, where she and her siblings trained to be ski racers. Julia’s Aunt Wendy is the co-founder of the Okemo Mountain School, but she is certainly not the only Ford involved in the ski-racing community. The Berg profile boasts a sidebar on the Ford family legacy in skiing, including, among Wendy and others: Julia’s mother Lori, who led Middlebury to the eiaw national championship; her sister Mattie, who also raced at Middlebury and made the US Development Team; her brother Willie, who won the J national title in giant slalom, and who captained the University of New Hampshire ski team; and her sister Lily ’, who raced at Holderness on the Eastern Alpine team. Julia is as tightly bound to the Okemo community—where kids line up at the bottom of a run for autographs, where money is raised to
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help defray annual ski team expenses—as she is to the Holderness community, though Berg acknowledges the transformative influence of Holderness snow sports director Georg Capaul, who improved her conditioning and made her ski in the tough snow conditions she now encounters in Europe. “Georg is very honest,” Julia told Berg. “So if he says you’re skiing well, you believe it. When I was at my first fis races, he said, ‘You can win these.’ I said, ‘Really?’ He knows so much about the sport, you believe him.” She believed him, and she won. Most recently her wins have included back-to-back US downhill titles in and ( Julia Mancuso only won one), and the overall championship of the Nor-Am Cup series. Also this year she won her first World Cup points with a nd in the downhill at Bad Kleinkircheim, Austria. Winning the Nor-Am Cup gives Julia automatic entry into every World Cup event next
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season, but her coaches on the US team will be selective about her schedule. “She’ll probably race as many downhills and super-Gs as possible,” US women’s Europa Coach Trevor Wagner told Berg. For GS it will be a matter of “the right times and the right hills.” Besides the sort of athleticism that made Julia co-captain of her soccer, ski, and lacrosse teams at Holderness, she also brings such a fiery competitive streak to her skiing that her sister Mattie refuses to work out with her. At the same time, Mattie told Berg, “She can let things go. If she has a bad day, she moves on. She doesn’t dwell on the past.” And off the slopes there is that personality that helped make Julia president of the school at Holderness. A US Ski Team teammate told Berg that Julia’s laugh is so unique that “in a room full of people, I’d know it’s Julia. Everything about her pulls you in. She’s so light-hearted and genuine. She’s got this light. When you see her face, you can feel it.”
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And that’s the girl we know, whether at Holderness or Okemo or the European Alps, whether she goes by Julia or Fordo.
FRANZ NICOLAY ’95: ACCORDIANS LIKE SAW-TOOTH PADS Franz Nicolay releases his third CD, garners brilliant pre-release reviews, and packs for Beijing. The album had only just hit the street by hst press time in August, but a number of reviews had already appeared. Hit the Floor magazine: “Epic…Each lyric sounds like it could very easily be an old proverb or taken straight out of an old sea shanty…An incredible release.” The Arts Desk: “Challenging, clever, and more than a little unsettling…This is an album that cannot come recommended highly enough.” AU magazine: “‘Stories for Society’s Sinners’ might be a fitting title for Franz Nicolay’s collected works so far…Sharp, witty lyrics, grounded in realism as convincing as early Springsteen…His complete honesty is refreshing.” The album is Do the Struggle, the third by Franz Nicolay after Major General () and Luck and Courage (). This one is issued by London-based Xtra Mile Recordings and the producer is Oktopus, known in the music industry for his previous work with the experimental hip-hop duo dälek and the punk band Paint It Black. According to Oktopus, he and Franz have collaborated on “a dark, explosive, and cinematic opus of personal and political anger. We went in with the idea of taking classic Americana instrumentation/songwriting and treating it with a more club/techno/bass sonic vibe. Banjos were treated like arpeggiated synth lines, accordions like saw-tooth pads, tuba like crunk bass, and so on. To me, this record was a perfect way to start looking at the relationship between traditional acoustic music and more futuristic electronic music.” Other collaborations are in effect here for a composer and musician who has formerly been
Franz Nicolay in concert this summer in the British Isles. The photograph was taken by his father, photography teacher Franz Nicolay.
a member of the indie rock bar band The Hold Steady; the cabaret-punk band the World/Inferno Friendship Society; the GyspyKlezmer band Guignol; the agit-prop band Against Me!; and also toured, recorded, or performed with acts ranging from Leftover Crack to Bruce Springsteen. Franz is backed on this CD by the rhythm section of Guignol ( John Bollinger on drums, George Rush on bass) and also Ezra Kire, the guitarist for Morning Glory. Collaborating on the cover art are two graphic designers related to Franz—his sisters Sophie ’ and Ariana ’. And working as a roadie for a couple weeks this summer was Franz’s father Franz, who teaches photography at Holderness. The two Franzes united for several concerts in the United Kingdom in August immediately after the album’s release. Franz the Younger will have played throughout the UK by the end of the summer, not to say a string of concerts that took him throughout eastern
Europe, and then on the Trans-Siberian Railroad into Mongolia and at last to Beijing. A lot of travel? Yep, but Franz doesn’t mind. In an essay published in the May issue of InDigest (“The Troubador and the Patron”), Franz embraces a model of bottom-line survival that no longer revolves around album sales in a music store. These days, he writes, “The only meaningful transaction is the direct sale at the merch table at the show, and the only meaningful relationship is the one between you and the handful of strangers you’re trying to convince (at a bare minimum) not to walk out of the room while you’re playing.” It’s a new version of the old traveling troubadour. “As it has been, so shall it be,” Franz says.
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WILL HUMPHREY ’10: CAPITALIZING “ABLE” IN “DISABLED” Will Humphrey has turned his Senior Honors Thesis into a human drama and an inspiring documentary film. Sometimes a Senior Honors Thesis project can turn into, well, something much more than that. Will Humphrey grew up among wooden boats in Newport, Rhode Island, and one idea he had for his project concerned boat-building. On the other hand, Will was also an Eastern Alpine skier, coached by a man— Georg Capaul—who had once been an accomplished ski racer, was now a paraplegic, but could still streak like greased lightning down a mountain on his monoski. When Will saw Georg exhibit such speed and grace on the slopes of Loon, something moved inside him. “I was intrigued,” he says, “that his disability had somehow allowed this different and extraordinary capability to develop.” Will ended up studying the rehabilitation process of crippled soldiers, both paraplegics and quadraplegics, in the two world wars, and he compared those practices to current ones. Then he confined himself to a wheelchair so that he could learn something about a disabled man’s experience from the inside and did some skiing himself on a monoski with New England Disabled Sports. It was a fine and passionate thesis project, and it seemed to be all over once he gave his presentation, collected his diploma, and went to the University of New Hampshire to major in pyschology. But then the following summer Will went back to Newport to work on the waterfront along with two friends—Tripp Clemens and Harvey Burrell—who had founded their own small video production company. One day the three were approached by a man in a wheelchair. Could they film a short video of him surfing? That man was Zach Bastian, once a star football player and wrestler in high school, who
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had lost the use of his legs eight years before. Zach was still an athlete, inspired by a San Diego quadraplegic, Jesse Billauer, who surfed thirty-foot waves lying belly-down on a surfboard. Zach wanted video of his own surfing prowess, just a two-minute segment, to inspire disabled friends who were still in rehabilitation. That film got made, and then another besides. Tripp and Harvey were no less amazed by Zach than Will had been by Georg Capaul, and the piece was expanded into a twentyminute segment on not just adaptive surfing, but also on adaptive sailing and skiing. That film was shown at a fundraiser through which they hoped to raise enough money to fly the group of four from Rhode Island to California to meet Zack’s hero, Jesse Billauer. “It was so successful that there was enough money available for the four of us to drive to California instead,” Will says. “But that level of success also indicated that there was much more to the story.” Indeed there is, and this past summer it was filmed. With Will as executive producer and Zach as the front man, the four raised ,—, on Kickstarter and the rest from other sources—that funded a cross-country odyssey by car, cameras in hand, and visits
with adaptive athletes performing at breathtaking levels in motorcross, road racing, white-water rafting, mountain biking, mountain climbing, and skydiving. The finished product, Endless Abilities, is now in its final editing. “We need to raise just a little more money, –,, in order to have it ready for our release date of January ,” Will says. That will be Windy Films’ debut full-length documentary and Will intends it to have play at a large variety of festival circuits. “We’re just storytellers,” he says. “The amazing people here are these athletes who are overcoming their disabilities and conquering adversity through the power of sport.” Will is now back at unh, but now he’s majoring in recreational management with a focus on program administration and an emphasis on adaptive sports. And he’s in a hurry. He intends to graduate in three years and continue with what might be a lifetime Senior Honors Thesis project. And Zach Bastian and Jesse Dillauer? Yes, they got to meet—and surf together.
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Melissa Barker, north of Fairbanks, Alaska.
MELISSA BARKER ’94: TRUE NORTH, WAY NORTH Melissa Barker goes on a summer Polartrec north of Alaska’s Brooks Range. For five weeks this summer Melissa Barker rose at seven am, packed a lunch and dinner, took a long walk to work, and stayed at work until eight or nine in the evening. The hours were long, but she never lacked for energy. “When the sun never sets, you seem to get less tired,” she laughs. Nor was it easy work, but it was work— actually a professional development experience—to which many apply. Some two hundred educators applied last year, but only twelve were chosen. During the school year Melissa teaches biology and environmental science at the Alexander Dawson School in Lafayette, CO. “In my teaching I try to help students learn more about the practice of sci-
ence, how exactly it gets done,” she says. To that end her students have gotten out of the classroom to study marine biology in Florida, snow science in the Colorado backcountry, and organic agriculture in their own back yard. “But I wanted to know more myself about the process, and to be directly involved in a major scientific investigation.” So she went looking for opportunities for high school teachers to do real science and found a rich one in Polartrec (polartrec.com), with the “trec” standing for “Teachers and Researchers Exploring and Collaborating.” The program matches up ambitious teachers with university professors engaged in new research, and the “Polar” stands for where it happens—in Melissa’s case, the Toolik Field Station, a ninehour drive on the dirt roads north of Fairbanks, Alaska, and miles north of the Arctic Circle. That put her on the north slope of the Brooks Range, and provided her a round-theclock dose of Arctic daylight. She arrived at the field station on May , where she began work—with Dr. Tamara Harms of the University of Alaska-Fairbanks and Dr. Sarah Godsey of Idaho State University—on the movement of nutrients from land to water in a tundra environment. “There had been surprisingly little work done on what are called water tracks—only a couple of papers so far,” Melissa says. “We were collecting data on how nutrients move through tundra hillslopes where, because of permafrost, there is no channel erosion—just a mat of shrub and sedge vegetation. So we want to define the connectivity of the water track to the rest of the hillslope, see how it changes at different times of the year, under different conditions, and see exactly how nutrients are taken up by the biota and move through the area.” The first week involved setting up six different water track sites dispersed over six kilometers of the Kuparuk River Valley. Then it became an exercise in rigorously scheduled water sampling. “One thing I learned is that science isn’t perfect,” Melissa says. “You design an experiment, or a sampling procedure, and then
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you have to be ready to evolve. If you don’t have the water flow that you thought you’d have, for example, you have to redesign that experiment to get the data you need. It can get messy.” So the hours were long, but since Melissa needed less sleep than usual, there was time for fun as well—badminton inside a tent that kept out the cold and wind, hiking, and some of the world’s most spectacular bird-watching during the tundra’s nesting season. “It was an experience I’ll never forget,” Melissa says. “I’m already missing the Arctic, but I’ll continue to collaborate with the research team and will design lesson plans around concepts from the project. On the other hand, I was ready to get back to my home, my husband, my bike.” Ah, her bike. Melissa is also an accomplished bike racer—a member of the GSBoulder Cycling Team and a founder and coach of Alexander Dawson’s cyclocross program. Melissa flew back into Denver under unfamiliar conditions—darkness. One last bit of data: “There were still stars in the sky,” she notes. editor’s note: If you’d like to read Melissa’s journal entries during her time at Toolik, go to: http://www.polartrec.com/expeditions/nutrienttransport-in-arctic-watersheds
JEREMY FOLEY ’70: BEGINNING WITH FAITH A women’s lacrosse program founded by Jeremy Foley at the University of Florida rises almost instantly to the top of the sport. In , when a standout Maryland high school lacrosse player named Sam Farrell was being courted by every big ncaa program in the country, something shocking happened. Sam chose to go to the University of Florida—to a school that had no lacrosse team, nor any lacrosse field or facility. So did sixteen other terrific Maryland women, and five from New York. Well, it wasn’t so shocking if you consider the track record of Florida Athletic Director
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Dmitri Nabokov. From the 1951 Dial: Someday Dmitri Nabokov will write his autobiography. He will write it at the last possible moment that he can and still get it published. He will write it in the most complicated style he can devise, and he will send his readers to the dictionary to look up every other word. There will be at least one long chapter containing the list of names of all the girls who are Jeremy Foley
insanely in love with him. And there will be a chapter, by Dmitri, on Dmitri as mountain-climber. And there will be many long chapters filled with exploits and achievements that even he may not believe.
Jeremy Foley in building programs that compete for national championships. Jeremy become Florida’s AD in , and since then the school has failed only once to field the topranked overall sports program in the tough Southeast Conference. In all those years Florida has finished in the top ten in national all-sports standings. Jeremy played lacrosse at Holderness and at Hobart College, but—as reported in the New York Times last spring (“No. Florida wastes no time in becoming a force,” //)— nobody played women’s lacrosse at Florida in , when Sam Farrell and many others signed on. Jeremy had only announced a decision to add that program in , and then had hired as coach Amanda O’Leary, who had spent the previous fourteen years at Yale. Sam Farrell and that ’ recruiting class came to Florida on nothing more than the promise of Jeremy’s vision, and the credentials of Ms.
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In the end it will sell a great many copies and be a tremendous success. Then he will compose a sequel containing all of his adventures while writing the first volume.
O’Leary—and then they had to wait two more years as a facility was built. Florida’s first season was the spring of , during which the team went -. The next year they climbed to -, including a home win over Northwestern, the eventual national champion. In the ncaa tourney they beat Stanford before losing to Duke in the quarterfinals. This spring the Gators began the year with a -game winning streak. It was a streak, wrote the Times, that “blazed their way to the top of the sport,” earning them a number-one national ranking—and the interest of the New York Times. Did Jeremy expect that level of success so early, wondered reporter Marty Cohen? Certainly not, Jeremy replied. “At the end of the day,” he told the Times, “it all boils down to Mandee, and a group of young women and their parents who trusted us, believed in us and
our commitment, because when we met with them, we had no field, no schedule, no history, nothing except a great academic institution and a program where you could see the commitment to the other women’s sports. They had to have faith.” The Gators beat Northwestern twice this year—the first team to do so in the last eleven years—and won the American Lacrosse Conference’s regular-season and tournament championships. In the ncaa quarterfinals they crushed Penn State - but fell in the semifinals in a heartbreaking double-overtime loss to Syracuse. In the championship game, Northwestern claimed a second consecutive national crown. Jeremy’s new team will be in the hunt every year now, but it began with nothing but faith. “We had our championship dinner the other
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night,” Amanda O’Leary told the Times in May. “And Jeremy came to speak and reiterated the fact that they came here with nothing. We had nothing to show them. They had to believe in what we were going to provide them.”
IN MEMORIAM: DMITRI NABOKOV ’51, A CHILD OF REVOLUTION, OF WAR, AND OF A LITERARY GENIUS A Nabokov scholar and friend of Dmitri Nabokov recalls a man endowed with great gifts and haunted by grief.
LEFT: Martynas Pocius plays basketball at Holderness in 2005; RIGHT: playing for Lithuania in the
It was in some respects an incredible life. He graduated from Harvard, studied at the Longy School of Music, translated Russian literature, and moved to Europe to begin a career in opera in a production of La Bohème—a production that included a young Luciano Pavarotti. In Europe he was such a well-known womanizer that the Italian press dubbed him “Lolito.” “His life—mountaineering in Wyoming and British Columbia, singing in Medellín and Milan, racing cars and boats along the Mediterranean, carousing with handsome girls—was something out of a James Bond film,” writes his friend Lila Azam Zanganeh in an essay in the July New York Times Book Review (“His Father’s Best Translator”). When Dmitri Nabokov, the only child of novelist Vladimir Nabokov, died on February in Montreux, Switzerland, it brought an end to a story perhaps more complicated than a spy film, with a hero even more of a lone—and lonely—wolf than Agent . “Dmitri was a child of a revolution and war,” says Zanganeh, author of The Enchanter: Nabokov and Happiness. First the family had to flee Russia in the wake of the Bolshevik Revolution, and then—because Dmitri’s mother Vera was Jewish—they had to flee Berlin in . In both instances they escaped by a matter of hours. Vladimir Nabokov found a job teaching Russian at Wellesley College, and every
afternoon he would pitch baseballs to Dmitri “so he might grow up like any American child.” The boy grew into a fine athlete and outdoorsman at Holderness, and Zanganeh— who saw him standing only once, before an automobile accident confined him to a wheelchair in —says he cut an impressive figure at foot , well over pounds. He was good at so many things, including racing high-speed vehicles, that he found it difficult to concentrate his energies into just one. In opera, the basso profundo was known as both brilliant and inconsistent. This American child had grown up immersed in the languages of Europe, and eventually returned to Europe after the car accident and the end of his opera career. He became known as the finest translator of his father’s novels, and also notorious as a prickly guardian of the Nabokov literary estate. “He resented strangers coming to visit, at day’s end no more than his father’s ghost,” Zanganeh says. “And perhaps as a result, he had built a forbidding reputation in the literary world as a fierce attacker of many an aspiring Nabokovian. (‘Genius-envy never dies,’ he once explained.)” But Zanganeh was that rare Nabokovian whom Dmitri agreed to help, even listening to her read aloud from her manuscript about his father. “True to his reputation, he did now and then display bouts of moodiness, even occasional bursts of anger,” she says. “But over all, he
Olympics, Martynas guards US player Kevin Durant.
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proved to be quite a different person from what I had envisioned. He was tender and kind, curious and enthusiastic about things great and small. He would exult in a good turn of phrase or in a healing wound on his own hand. Above all, I was humbled by his patience, his hopefulness, and his combative spirit as he dealt with great physical pain.” Zanganeh describes Dmitri as haunted by the very losses that had haunted his parents— of a homeland, of the relatives left behind and murdered in both Russia and Germany, and of the “untrammeled rich” Russian language. He was also haunted by the fierce familial love that had sustained him and his parents through those losses. When Zanganeh once asked him why he had never married, he replied that his parents were “twin souls” and that he knew it would “always remain impossible to match what they had had.” Actually the refugees made for a triplet of souls. Zanganeh’s final image of Dmitri is as she saw him once at his apartment in Montreux near the end. “I caught him at his desk one afternoon watching a YouTube montage called ‘Nabokov and the Moment of Truth,’ which juxtaposes film clips and stills of his parents and himself. He was in his wheelchair, leaning deeply into the computer screen, silently crying.”
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MARTYNAS POCIUS ’05: CAPABLE OF HOLDING HIS OWN Martynas Pocius nearly lifts the Lithuanian Olympic basketball team to an upset of Team usa. Fayette Observer sportswriter Bret Strelow wrote that Martynas Pocius against Kobe Bryant out on the basketball floor is a mismatch—right? But when Marty drove past Kobe and converted the layup, putting the Lithuanian Olympic team up by a basket against Team usa and its collection of nba AllStars, it seemed a lot more like a real contest. And it was. Team usa went undefeated at the Olympics, winning the gold as expected, but Kobe and LeBron and Kevin Durant et al. had some close calls along the way, one of which was a - nailbiter against Lithuania. How did the underdogs stay so close? It was thanks most of all, perhaps, to the glittering stat line delivered by Lithuanian shooting guard Marty Pocius— points, seven rebounds, and six assists. “Martynas played a great game,” said Team usa coach Mike Krzyzewksi. The game also marked a reunion for Marty with Krzyzewski, who was Marty’s college coach at Duke. Strelow writes that Marty “had a quiet four years at Duke” (“Marty Pocius fares well in reunion with Duke coach,” //). Fourteen points was his career high in college, posted in his sophomore year against North Carolina State. Then he appeared in only four games as a junior due to an ankle injury sustained while playing during the summer in Lithuania. Marty played in games the next season while finishing his degree in international communication studies. Then he left Duke with a year of eligibility remaining so he could begin playing professionally in Europe. Last winter Marty played alongside former Duke teammate Kyle Singler as a member of Real Madrid in both Euroleague and Spanish League contests. Singler has since joined the Detroit Pistons in the nba, while Marty has
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one year left on his two-year contract with Real Madrid. Will Marty then follow Singler back to the States and the world’s most prominent basketball stage? Strelow doesn’t say, but he writes that Marty “showed he’s capable of holding his own against some of the nba’s biggest stars.”
EMILIE LEE ’99: FOCUSED ON LANDSCAPES Emilie Lee feels like she’s still a long way away from the work she wants to produce, but the work she has produced is getting noticed. Artist Emilie Lee had a most eventful spring this year. In March, as a distinguished alumna with a special interest in landscape painting, she was asked by Edwards Gallery co-curator Franz Nicolay to contribute one of the two essays included in “West of Washington: Between Nature and Time.” This was the catalogue that accompanied the gallery exhibit of that name, which featured works by White Mountain School painters of the Pemigewasset
Valley, the Lakes Region, Franconia Notch, and the North Country. In that essay, “The Pinnacle of Human Experience,” she describes her first experiences in the woods at Holderness, and then the years of nomadic rock climbing that followed her graduation from the Rhode Island School of Design. Searching for a way to communicate the emotions she felt on an exposed granite cliff, subsumed in that remote and extreme environment, she was drawn to America’s great th-century landscape painters, and particularly to the Hudson River and White Mountain schools. “I’ve since become part of a vibrant community of like-minded artists,” she writes, “who are passionate about reviving the techniques of these th-century painters.” In April Emilie came back to Holderness for the opening of the “West of Washington” exhibit, and to do an interview about the exhibit for New Hampshire Public Radio. She also spoke to classes in the arts center. “While I was at the school, I met with an advanced drawing class to talk about how they can do small master copies of these landscape paintings,” Emilie wrote later on her blog (see www.emilielee.com). “I was also
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thrilled that art teacher Kathryn Field has introduced her students to Bargue drawing and cast drawing! This is rare to find in a high school classroom.” In May Emilie completed three years of fulltime study at Grand Central Academy’s prestigious Water Street Atelier in New York. Several of Emilie’s stunning paintings were included in a show that displayed the works of graduating students, but to the artist these were mere “studies.” “Of course I still feel like I’m a lifetime away from being able to paint the way I want to, but at least I have a good foundation to build on,” she wrote on her blog. “The real work begins after school, when I will try to make work that is not just technically proficient, but also thoughtful and expressive. That’s why I always refer to my paintings as ‘studies.’ They are the equivalent of the exercises that a dancer does to become strong and nimble before they can attempt to fully express themselves through their bodies.” Then the New York Optimist, a weekly online magazine, ran a feature that included fourteen of Emilie’s paintings and drawings, and she began the summer by teaching a landscape painting workshop for Grand Central Academy. She took her students to the Inwood Hill Park, acres of Manhattan’s last stretch of untouched forest. In the pedagogical spirit of Holderness, she made the class interdisciplinary, combining work on pre-impressionist methods with readings and discussions of Asher B. Durand’s Letters On Landscape Painting. And that “community of like-minded artists” Emilie joined is the Hudson River Fellowship, and includes such notables as Jacob Collins, Edward Minoff, and Travis Schlact. And her plans for the summer? “A lot of painting,” she wrote in her May newsletter. “I’ll spend most of the summer focused on landscapes in the White Mountains. The Hudson River Fellowship meets in Jackson, NH, halfway through July, but I’m getting a head start in June because I just can’t wait. You can follow my adventures and see the work I produce on
Stuart Nelson and his teammates celebrate after playing rugby for a record-breaking 31 hours.
Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Pinterest, and my Blog.”
STUART NELSON ’05: THE LONGEST GAME, THE MOST IMPLACABLE FOE Stuart Nelson—in memory of his father and on behalf of cancer research—organizes a rugby game that breaks a world record and gets noticed by the bbc. On April , people in the Holderness community—many of whom had lost loved ones to cancer, or whose loved ones were fighting the disease—joined together in a Relay for Life, one of many mounted around the world. In teams they ran and walked for ten hours around the Robert K. Low Field. This relay raised more than , for cancer research. That was two months after Stuart Nelson had lost his father to prostate cancer in Northern Ireland. Fast forward to two months after the Holderness event, and Stuart was hard at play in the longest tag rugby game ever played, an event that caught the notice of the bbc. The timing of the game was meant to coincide with the Relay for Life events of this
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spring and summer, and the purpose of the effort was quite the same. Stuart had teamed up with his brother Scott, Stuart says, to “do something both in memory of Dad and in support of others who are going through similar circumstances in Northern Ireland. We also hoped to raise some money for Cancer Research UK to help fund research into cancer treatments and prevention in our local community.” Instead of a relay, though, they turned to tag rugby, and resolved to top the Guiness Book of Records listing for the longest game ever played. Over two days, on June –, Stuart’s team, the Tropics, battled Scott’s Mengal Taggers. They went at it for hours and broke the previous record by four hours. Actually, the rugby game was only one piece of it, albeit the centerpiece. The Tropics and Taggers also, says Stuart, “organized and participated in charity dances, ran ks and half marathons, held a ‘Night at the Races,’ organized corporate sponsorship and media advertising of the event, held bun sales, sold wristbands, took part in ‘spin’ classes, and bag-packed, all in a attempt to raise funds for charity.” And a good attempt it was, raising , US over the course of a few months.
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receives thanks from a Maasai chief for the
service a
work performed for the tribe by Fred and
group of Groton students.
Catching Up With Fred Beams One of the founders of Out Back remembers—among other things—the day he surprised a camper on solo with packets of McDonald’s ketchup. by rick carey DURING OUT BACK IN THE LATE 1970S—AT A TIME WHEN
Fred says. “But back in those days it was more like Plymouth, and we
McDonald’s and the Quarter-Pounder were still new features on the
could ride our bikes all over town.”
American scene—OB program director Fred Beams decided to provide
He went to Loomis, now Loomis-Chaffee, where he met history
his campers, who were all at their solo sites, with a special treat. He
teacher and legendary coach Jim Wilson. Wilson was just then starting
hiked out of the woods, drove to the new McDonald’s franchise in
one of New England’s most consistently successful lacrosse programs, and
Laconia, found himself alone at the counter (thankfully), and ordered
Fred was a two-year captain for Wilson. In his senior year Fred’s team fell
84 Quarter-Pounders, each with a milk shake and fries.
just one game short of undefeated.
“They insisted on putting the shakes in separate bags,” Fred says.
During summer vacations Wilson went on mountain-climbing expedi-
“They said otherwise the burgers and fries would get cold. I didn’t have
tions all around the world, and so provided this physically active and
the heart to tell them that these were all going to get cold anyway.”
outgoing New Jersey kid with a role model. “My father was in business
The next day Fred and his partner Will Graham ’72 duly delivered one
and was generally too busy to be much involved in the family,” Fred says.
each of that early version of the Happy Meal to each solo site’s drop-off
“But here was a man who had built his life around being with kids, and
point. At the end of the route they were surprised to have one bag left
making a difference in their lives, and was having a lot of fun doing it. It
over. They double-checked to make sure that each camper had a bag,
made me want to be a boarding school teacher myself.”
and then took that leftover bag to their own campsite. “We split the meal
Fred went on to Middlebury, where he majored in math, played more
between us, heating it up on the campfire and having a great time,” Fred
lacrosse, and befriended a number of Holderness alumni. “They always
says. “We were just sorry that they hadn’t included any ketchup.”
spoke so warmly about Holderness,” Fred says, “and that made me want
The next day an angry student stormed into base camp. “Hey, Mr. Beams, thanks a lot. That was really funny,” he said as he flung a
to look into that school later.” After Middlebury, though, Fred went into the Peace Corps. The
McDonald’s bag at Fred and Will. “It turns out we had left that poor kid a
Vietnam War was heating up in 1966, but a deferment from the draft was
bag stuffed with 84 packets of ketchup, salt, and pepper,” Fred says.
only incidental to Fred’s desire to get out of his comfort zone and see
Out Back was still a very young and experimental program then, and
more of the world. He was assigned to teach math and English in a village
today Fred Beams—who might be accounted one of the program’s founding
in Nigeria, but then had to be evacuated ahead of Nigeria’s war with
fathers, second only to Bill Clough ’57—says that it was something of a mir-
Biafra. Fred served his second year in Ethiopia.
acle that very little went wrong that was any more serious than that.
Back home in 1968, Fred sent inquiries to a number of schools—
“Because really, we were kind of making it up as we went along,” Fred says.
Holderness included, and interviewed with Jim Brewer—but got scooped
Fred Beams didn’t see all those years in the woods—and educational
up first by St. Paul’s. He taught there two years and then left to earn his
innovation—in his future as he grew up in Summit, New Jersey. “That’s
MALS degree at Wesleyan. He was just starting up another job search in
north of Princeton, and now it’s a commuter town with blacktop all over,”
the spring of 1971 when he got a call from Headmaster Don Hagerman. He
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By the ’80s the kinks in the program had been worked out and students entered the White Mountains well-prepared with sturdy frame packs, thick leather mittens, and wool pants. While the wool pants have been traded for synthetic fabrics, students are still issued the same leather mittens. Middletown—could they stop by? “So the Hagermans came to my apart-
camping experience. With Fred aboard, Bill saw an opportunity for
ment,” Fred says. “We went out to dinner, and then he offered me a job.”
expanding and improving what would eventually mature into Out Back.
Fred also mentioned, though, that he was committed through August
But it was a seat-of-the-pants maturation process, says Fred, whose
to a summer job he had already accepted—at a new outdoor education
training on Vinalhaven had involved summer camping. Early groups of
program called Outward Bound on an island off the Maine coast. “That’s
OBers went out into the snow wearing blue jeans and other cotton appar-
fine—terrific,” Don said.
el. Eventually these were replaced by wool pants that Fred bought in
At Holderness Fred joined the math department and advanced what
bulk. Fred used to take a VW bus to Eastern Mountain Sports to rent
Jim Brewer had started by building a lacrosse program no less successful
snowshoes and sleeping bags until the school bought its own stock of
than Jim Wilson’s at Loomis. Vietnam was at a boiling point, though, and
these. And for several years Fred had students bake their own bread,
so was the campus unrest of that era. In some quarters the whole enter-
doing this all at once in Weld on the Sunday before OB, spattering dough
prise of classroom education was being questioned, and such experiential
all over the dining hall—“The windows, windowsills, the floors, every-
enterprises as Outward Bound and the National Outdoors Leadership
where,” Fred remembers.
Academy had become important topics in that debate. Bill Clough ’57, then teaching English at Holderness, was also a gradu-
But Don Hagerman had faith in what Fred and Bill were doing, and no less faith that things would get figured out before a mishap worse than a
ate of Outward Bound’s teacher leadership program, and at the end of
messy dining hall or a bag full of condiments occurred. “There’s no way
the 1970–71 winter term Bill had taken a group of students up into the
you could start a program like that today, in this legal climate,” Fred says.
Dartmouth Land Grant for an extended Outward Bound-style hiking and
“It was a special time, a special opportunity, and we were lucky enough to make the most of it. And good for Holderness for keeping it going. Now
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Last year juniors Makenzie Mahar, Maddy Cicoria, and Emily Soderberg began their Out Back experience on the Sawyer Pond Trail. Out Back-ers today experience many of the same mental and physical challenges that Fred envisioned when he helped establish the program in the ’70s. this is a program with a proven track record and one that’s almost unique among independent schools.” In 1984 Fred left Holderness for Groton Academy. “I was restless,” he says. “A lot of my buddies on the faculty had left, some to run their own schools, and my family wanted to be closer to a city.”
Africa. There, in first Kenya and then Tanzania, the students work on school-related service projects with secondary schools, and also develop pen-pal partnerships with African students. When Fred spoke to HST in July, it was after he had just returned from Tanzania. “American kids definitely need more exposure to what life is
That’s worked out well. Fred served as Dean of Students there for 25
like in Third World countries,” Fred says. “And I take the philosophy into
years, and has only this year cut back just to teaching math again. He and
this experience that we developed for OB. First you take some kids out of
his wife Cindy have three grandchildren—and his daughter Maggie just
their comfort zones, and then give them some responsibility—that’s when
got married in September.
they’re most likely to learn good and surprising things about themselves
Fred regrets somewhat that the current school isn’t quite as flexible about class time as the old school was. “I remember Eva Pfosi,” Fred says.
and the world.” Fred has been happy enough at Groton to have never gotten restless
“One winter she was gone to ski races for most of the winter term, but
again, but he freely admits the depth of nostalgia he has for that time at
she was still one of the best math students I ever had.”
Holderness—and the good and surprising things he found out about him-
So there’s no likelihood of a ten-day hiatus for OB at Groton. But Fred
self as he conspired to lift Don Hagerman’s school out of its comfort zone.
has burrowed back to his Peace Corps roots in founding a surrogate sort
His work has helped generations of Holderness students to join him in
of program there. Each summer, for five years running now, he and Cindy
that journey of self-understanding, outside in the White Mountains, and
take about twenty Groton students to out-of-the-way spots around the
outside of their comfort zones.
world for three weeks. For the last three years these spots have been in
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Building Bridges the bridge builder An old man, going a lone highway, Came, at the evening, cold and gray, To a chasm, vast, and deep, and wide, Through which was flowing a sullen tide. The old man crossed in the twilight dim; The sullen stream had no fear for him; But he turned, when safe on the other side, And built a bridge to span the tide…
“My walk was a tangible
“reminder that people “and their gifts transform “our school.”
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Since our Founding in , Holderness School’s benefactors have moved the school forward in ways both subtle and profound. Holderness’ benefactors today continue to provide much to the momentum that moves the school strongly into a healthy future. During one of my recent visits to campus, I walked from Weld Hall towards the Head of School’s house and decided to take a detour around Steven’s Way where the new faculty and student residences are located. I turned onto the freshly paved path, walked under the third tunnel, and over the new steel-framed connector bridge. On the far side, I turned and paused, wondering how many students would cross this chasm in the years to come. Continuing, I marveled at the new buildings, aglow in the dusk of the early evening sun and reflected on the remarks that Bruce Barton made during the ground-breaking ceremony: “Many feet will tread here now, and many more will come in the days that follow. They will set down roots, and grow tall and firm like timber… Let us give thanks to those who saw fit to make it possible, a gift to enhance and deepen the daily experience of this school.” My walk was a tangible reminder that people and their gifts transform our school, making it possible to renovate and construct new buildings, strengthen academic and athletic programs, and care for people. While we reflect in this report on the gifts that Holderness received this past year, we see that
the results are omnipresent. Day by day, the work that we all—trustees, staff, faculty, parents, grandparents, alumni and friends—do together, and the gifts we make collectively, affect this special school in small ways and large, forever. The achievements illustrated in the following pages are but a few of the many accomplishments of Holderness this past year. They are exciting and important hallmarks for Holderness and they provide the momentum to build a strong and promising future for our school and the generations of Holderness students to come. Thank you for all you do to support and strengthen Holderness. Those who come after us will recognize just how important our work has been. The builder lifted his old gray head: “Good friend, in the path I have come," he said, “There followeth after me today, A youth, whose feet must pass this way. This chasm, that has been naught to me, To that fair-haired youth may a pitfall be. He, too, must cross in the twilight dim; Good friend, I am building this bridge for him.” – will allen dromgoole,
Peter Kimball ’ Trustee, Chair of Advancement Committe
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2011–12 AT A GLANCE
Gifts to the Holderness Annual Fund, by Constituent Group (%)
Gifts to the Holderness Annual Fund Unrestricted Annual Fund Restricted Annual Fund
$1,117,262
Alumni who are Current Parents 8.88 %
$ 25,944
Parents’ Auction: Financial Aid $20,000 Total:
Alumni 33.42%
$1,163,206
Friends 9.32%
Gifts to Endowment and Facilities: Endowment Financial Aid
$160,606
Residential Life (Phase 1)
$568,772
Total:
$729,378
Parents of Alumni 20.78%
Parents 27.49%
Matching Gift Companies and Foundations 0.11%
Total All New 2012* Gifts: $1,892,584 *Gifts received July 1, 2011 to June 30, 2012
current parents Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Ajello P ’13 Dr. E. Pendleton Alexander P ’15 Ms. Ramsey M. Alexander P’15 Ms. Jennifer M. Alosa P ’13 Ms. Rachel A. Alva P ’15 Mr. Sandeep D. Alva P ’15 Ms. Katherine B. Arthaud P ’13 Mr. and Mrs. Peter A. Baker ’81 P ’14 Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Barton P ’13 The Honorable and Mrs. Charles F. Bass ’70 P ’12 Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan R. Baum P ’12 ’14 Mr. and Mrs. John M. Bayreuther P ’12 ’14 Mr. and Mrs. Peter T. Begley P ’14 Mr. and Mrs. John M. Bell P ’13 Mr. Seth A. Berman and Ms. Amy L. Cohn P ’13 Mr. and Mrs. Walter M. Bird III P ’07 ’13
Mr. and Mrs. John Bladon P ’06 ’13 Mr. and Mrs. Bruce C. Blair P ’15 Mr. and Mrs. Christopher D. Blau P ’12 Mr. and Mrs. Scott G. Borek P ’13 Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Bozich P ’12 Dr. Ann C. Bracken and Mr. Robert Franco P ’12 Mr. and Mrs. Dirk Brandwijk P ’14 Ms. Chess Brownell P ’12 Mr. Thomas H. Brownell P ’12 Drs. Knute and Patricia Buehler P ’12 Mr. and Mrs. John L. Bunce P ’13 Mr. and Ms. David C. Caputi P ’11 ’12 Mr. and Mrs. Scott D. Carpenter P ’14 Mrs. Elizabeth H. Carter P ’15 Dr. and Mrs. Joseph E. Casey P ’14 Mr. and Mrs. Michael S. Cashel P ’15 Mr. Ngan V. Chau and Mrs. Mai H. Pham P ’15 Ms. Hye Jung Choi P ’13 Mr. Mark A. Cicoria P ’13 Mr. and Mrs. Alvin H. Clemens P ’14 Mr. John S. Clifford P ’15
CURRENT PARENTS The parents of our current students make a bold and important statement of their approval and faith in the Holderness Experience with great generosity for the Holderness Annual Fund. Special thanks to our parents for helping to provide and enhance the daily experience of each and every Holderness student.
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Cloud P ’12 Mr. Craig G. Coleman and Dr. Kristin Coleman P ’14 Ms. Elizabeth A. Conner and Mr. Jeff A. White P ’15 Mr. Thomas Cowie and Ms. Paula Tracy Cowie P ’12 Mr. and Mrs. James A. Craver P ’14 Ms. Olivia Crudgington and Mr. Scott Harrop P ’12 Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Curtis P ’15 Mr. and Mrs. Bart C. Cushing P ’14 Mrs. and Mr. Betsy Cushing P ’14
Mr. and Mrs. Russell G. Cushman ’80 P ’11 ’15 Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Day P ’15 Mr. and Mrs. Michael DeFeo P ’12 Mr. and Mrs. Americo J. DellaPasqua P ’13 Mr. and Mrs. Vincent DiNapoli P ’13 Mr. Ngu S. Do and Mrs. Anh N. Pham P ’13 Mr. and Ms. Edward X. Droste P ’14 Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Duffy P ’15 Mr. Peter J. Durnan and Ms. Kristen Fischer P ’11 ’14
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Mr. and Mrs. Ralph M. Evangelous P ’13 Mr. and Mrs. Mark D. Finnegan ’79 P ’10 ’11 ’13 Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey W. Foote P ’13 Mr. and Mrs. Duane M. Ford ’74 P ’04 ’05 ’08 ’12 Mr. and Mrs. James J. Ford Jr. P ’09 ’12 Mr. and Mrs. Paul K. Francis P ’15 Mrs. Margaret J. Fredrickson P ’12 Mr. and Mrs. Craig Gardner P ’15 Mr. and Mrs. David D. Garner P ’15 Mr. and Mrs. David W. Garrett P ’14 Mr. and Mrs. R. Neal Gassman P ’12 Dr. and Mrs. John Grisham P ’11 ’14 Mr. and Mrs. Timothy A. Gudas P ’14 Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Hall P ’13 Dr. and Mrs. Douglas Halsted P ’12 Mr. and Mrs. James B. Hamblin II ’77 P ’08 ’15 Mr. and Mrs. David R. Hardy P ’13 Mr. and Mrs. C. Hagen Harker Jr. P ’15 Mr. and Mrs. Peter G. Hastings P ’15 Mr. and Mrs. William E. Hauser P ’13 Mr. and Mrs. Paul M. Heffernan P ’15 Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Hofmeister P ’13 Mr. and Mrs. Frans Hogervorst P ’14 Ms. Carol J. Holahan P ’10 ’12 Joe and Frances Holland P ’14 Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Horner P ’15 Mr. and Mrs. Randal Houseman P ’15 Mr. and Mrs. Clark O. Houx P ’14 Mr. Stephen A. Johnson and Ms. Francesca R. Lion P ’14 Cort and Suzanne Jones P ’15 Mr. and Mrs. Patrick S. Jones P ’13 Mr. and Mrs. Karl E. Kelly P ’15 Dr. James Kelsey P ’12 Mr. Douglas R. Kendall and Ms. Diane Roberts P ’06 ’09 ’13 Mr. and Mrs. David S. Kendrick P ’13 Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Kenney ’82 P ’14 Dr. and Mrs. Kwan Mo Kim P ’15 Mr. and Mrs. Sam E. Kinney Jr. P ’12 Mr. and Mrs. Roger Lamson P ’12 Mr. Brian S. Lash P ’14 Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Leake P ’04 ’07 ’12
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Mr. and Mrs. David P. Leatherwood P ’13 ’15 ’16 Mr. and Mrs. John C. Lin P ’15 Dr. John Liu and Ms. Helen Hua P ’15 Mr. George C. Macomber and Ms. Martha Macomber P ’11 ’14 Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Maher P ’13 Mr. Howie Mallory and Ms. Nora Berko P ’98 ’03 ’14 Mr. and Mrs. Neil R. Marcus P ’10 ’12 Mr. and Mrs. Leo E. Marien P ’14 Jonathan and Sarah Marvin P ’08 ’09 ’12 Jeff and Karen Mathieu P ’13 Mr. and Mrs. Anthony J. Wilkins P ’13 Mr. and Mrs. Edward Meau P ’12 Mr. and Mrs. Peter K. Merrill P ’14 Mr. and Mrs. Steven Merrill P ’11 ’14 Mr. and Mrs. David J. Micalizzi P ’12 Mr. and Mrs. Michael A. Michaud P ’14 Mr. and Mrs. Frank Michel P ’10 ’14 Mr. and Mrs. Vincent P. Michienzi Sr. P ’14 Christine and Josiah Miles ’82 P ’11 ’13 Mr. and Mrs. John S. Miller P ’15 Ms. Rebecca Millman P ’15 Mr. Carlos Mogollon and Ms. Elspeth Hotchkiss P ’12 Mr. James P. Monahan and Ms. Donna J. Brown P ’12 Mr. Christopher H. Morse and Ms. Maureen Healey P ’13 Ms. Michelle Mraz P ’14 Ms. Lisa Mure P ’14 Dr. and Mrs. Frank A. Musciano P ’13 Mr. and Mrs. Eric Nettere P ’12 Ms. Elizabeth Norgren and Mr. Randy T. Siegel P ’14 Mr. William L. Nungesser P ’11 ’12 ’13 Mr. David B. O’Brien and Ms. Donna M. Kasianchuk P ’08 ’14 Mr. Michael O’Connor ’79 and Mrs. Heidi Hammond O’Connor ’79 P ’14 Mr. and Mrs. Hirohisa Okada P ’14 Mrs. Leslie J. Orton-Mahar ’73 and Mr. Tom R. Mahar P ’12 Mr. and Ms. Louis R. Page P ’13
Ms. Susan L. Paine ’82 and Mr. W. Dexter Paine ’79 P ’14 Mr. and Mrs. Steven C. Pettengill P ’10 ’12 ’14 Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Pfenninger P ’11 ’15 Mr. and Mrs. Thomas N. Phillips ’75 P ’11 ’14 Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Pichette P ’13 ’12 ’10 Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin C. Pierce P ’14 Mr. and Mrs. Albert L. Plante P ’14 Dr. Ricardo M. Porta and Mrs. Maria L. Barbarin P ’12 Bill and Cynthia Powell P ’11 ’14 Mr. and Mrs. William L. Prickett ’81 P ’15 Mr. and Mrs. Eric W. Raichle P ’15 Mr. Peter E. Renzi and Mrs. Christine Giurdanella-Renzi P ’12 Mr. and Mrs. Timothy J. Rice P ’14 Dr. and Mrs. Daniel S. Robbins P ’09 ’12 Mr. and Mrs. Dana Rosencranz P ’12 Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Ross P ’13 Mr. and Mrs. Michael E. Rourke P ’15 Mr. and Mrs. Timothy S. Saunders P ’13 Mr. and Mrs. Thomas C. Sheffield III P ’14 Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Shenton P ’11 ’14 Dr. Nancy R. Orendain and Dr. Mahesh Shrestha P ’13 Mr. and Mrs. J. Bradley Simpkins P ’12 Mr. and Mrs. Donald M. Smith ’80 P ’07 ’12 Mr. and Mrs. Carl J. Soderberg P ’13 Mr. and Mrs. R. James Steiner P ’10 ’12 Dr. Brenda S. Stowe DVM P ’15 Mr. and Mrs. William F. A. Stride III P ’09 ’11 Mr. and Mrs. Robert Sturges P ’13 Mr. and Mrs. James M. Sullivan P ’13 Mr. Il Jong Sung and Ms. Seon Hee Im P ’10 Mr. Hoyt W. Sutherland and Dr. Lisa A. Sutherland P ’12 Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Swidrak P ’14 Mr. and Mrs. Carl Symecko P ’12 Mr. and Mrs. Paul G. Tessier P ’15
Mr. and Mrs. Wayne J. Thomas P ’14 Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Thompson P ’03 ’04 ’06 ’09 ’14 Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Tierney P ’08 ’12 Ms. Susan M. Trujillo P ’12 Mr. and Mrs. Frederick S. Twombly P ’13 Mr. and Mrs. Peter Vannah P ’13 Mr. and Mrs. Stephen J. Vatcher P ’15 Mr. and Mrs. Kevin J. Wall P ’14 Dr. and Mrs. E. Robert Wassman P ’14 Ms. Elizabeth S. Weekes P ’14 Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Williams Jr. P ’13 Ms. Pamela M. Wright P ’14 Mr. and Mrs. Kun Qiang Wu P ’14 Mr. Xubo Yu and Mrs. Yanmei Meng P ’14 Mr. and Mrs. Jiazheng Zhang P ’15 Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Zinck Jr. P ’13
alumni class giving class of participation Jim McKee
class of participation Bob Hardy Ep Moulton Granny Smith
class of participation Jack Barton Russ Orton
class of participation George Huckins Dick Marden Arthur Sweeney
class of participation Ted Libbey Edric Weld †
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ALUMNI CLASS GIVING One of the requirements to receive a Holderness diploma is service to the greater community. While the requirement ends at graduation, the following alumni continue to give generously in the same spirit that is so important both then and now. The great support from our alumni body is a wonderful gesture of thanks and continued approval of the Holderness mission.
class of participation Ted Leland Jim Rocks Dick Warner
class of participation Burt Lowe John Skeele
Ed Beattie Bob Bradner Lee Bright Tex Coulter Tom Jeffries Don Wyeth
class of participation
John Robinson Russell Stackhouse
class of participation Rick Carter Bert Chillson Dewey Dumaine Brad Langmaid Bill Lofquist Kim Mason Paul Needham
class of participation Fletcher Adams John Allbee Peter Atherton Arnold Bieling Bill Byers Hank Granger Don Hinman Reed Thompson Peter Wilson
Harry Emmons Don Jacobs Mac Jacoby
Patrick Brill Bigelow Green Doug Hamilton Chico Laird Dave Luce Doug Rennie Dave Wise
class of participation
class of participation
Joe Massik
Fred Carter Dick Daitch Mac McKinstry Bill Summers Terry Weathers
32% Participation Doug Auer Barry Borella Dick Endlar Brud Folger John Jameson Peter Kingston Gardner Lewis Dick Meyer David Wiggins
class of participation
class of participation
class of participation
Lars Hansen Jay Harris Bob Keating
Rik Clark Michael Goriansky Tom Loemker
class of participation
Bill Clough Ron Crowe Doc Gray Bob Lucas Dwight Mason Pieter Van Zandt Hartley Webster Jay Webster Bob Weiss Josh Young
class of participation
class of ’ participation Bill Briggs Jack Hill Cliff Rogers Don Smith
class of participation Bob Barrows Bill Baskin
Don Backe David Douglass Carl Hoagland Elvin Kaplan Pete Robertson
class of
class of participation John Bergeron Dave Boynton Jim Collins Tim Dewart Tony Dyer John Greenman Charlie Kellogg Mike Kingston Don Latham Bruce Leddy Steve Thompson Jon Wales
class of participation Steve Abbey Cushman Andrews Jerry Ashworth Steve Barndollar John Clough Charlie Emerson Bob Fiore Dick Floyd Jay Gerard Chris Hoyt Lee Kellogg Ken Lewis Lee Miller Mark Morris Charley Murphy Jay Orr Chris Palmer Ron Pierce Lee Shepard John Southard Bruce Vogel Buster Welch
class of participation Loren Berry Alan Dewart Brian Dewart Dick Gardner Val Hart Nick Johnson Peter Macdonald Bill Niles
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Len Richards Gerry Shyavitz Charley Witherell
class of participation Tom Brown Rick Churchill Win Fuller Bob Hall John Holley Lee Katzenbach Bob Keller Dave Norton Peter O’Connor Bill Seaver
class of participation Free Allen Bill Barker Peter Casey Peter Cooke Dave Floyd Jim Gardner Ted Gignoux Bruce Hauck Monty Meigs Bob Nields Dave Putnam David Soule John Swift Bruce Upton Bill Wells Eric Werner
class of participation Flash Allen Peter Chapman Joe Downs Steve Gregg David Hagerman Sandy Hewat George LeBoutillier Tom McIlvain George McNeil Jeff Milne David Pope Gary Richardson Alan Sayer
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George Textor Steve Wales
class of participation Sandy Alexander Jeff Hinman Jeff Lathrop Bill McCollom Terry Morse Dan Redmond Jim Ricker Sam Stout Dick Stowell Woody Thompson
Charles French Chris Haartz Steve Hirshberg Jon Howe Stephen Reid Jim Stearns Jack Taylor Bruce Thompson
class of participation Jack Copeland Bill Foot Doug McLane Jonathan Swann
class of participation
class of participation
Bro Adams Tom Butler Peter Fauver Terry Jacobs Jim McGill Dave Nichols Ren Nichols Cleve Patterson Charlie Reigeluth Steve Smith Kevin Wyckoff
Arja Adair Charlie Bass Ted Coates Jim Cousins David Donahue Jeremy Foley Kirk Hinman Jon Norton Rich Weymouth Peter White
class of participation Marsh Adair Bob Childs Greg Connors Tom Doyle Stephen Foster Doug Griswold Drew Hart Paul Reed
class of participation David Cumming Luke Dowley Jamie Hollis Phil Magnuson
class of participation Hank Anderson John DeCiantis
class of participation Chris Brown Geoff Bruce Stu Goodwin Rob Hier Roy Madsen Rolf Madsen Will Parish Bill Phippen David Taylor Rick Wellman
class of participation Tom Cooper John Elder Sue Glidden Francesco Will Graham Eric Haartz Gary Hagler Peter Kimball Chris Latham
Dan Murphy Dave Nicholson Stu Porteous Dwight Shepard Bob Spaulding Laurie Van Ingen
class of participation Cos Cosgrove Peter Garrison Geoff Klingenstein John Lord Leslie Orton-Mahar Sam Richards Tim Scott
class of participation Mike Coffin Duane Ford Josh Hancock Robert Hirshberg Walter Malmquist Piper Orton Dave Rossetter
class of participation Perry Babcock Chris Carney Mike Conway Ed Cudahy Larry Diggs Terry French Jim McDonald Eric Pendleton Tom Phillips John Putnam Gregg Sage Jack Sanderson Ken Sowles Peter Thomsen George Weaver
class of participation Tom Armstrong Mike Lynch Ben Mathes Dave Phippen
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REUNION CHALLENGE RESULTS
class of participation
Each year we honor the reunion year classes that have had the greatest impact on the Holderness Annual
Ben Campbell Dave Dewey Peter Grant Jim Hamblin Scott Latham
of 1982 for the “Most Dollars Raised” with $63,000 raised in support of the people and programs here at
class of participation John Alden Bob Biddle Reese Brown Scott Brown Blaise deSibour Chris Goodhue Hal Hawkey Kirk Siegel Andrew Wilson
class of participation Clare Eckert Mark Finnegan Bob Golden Cynthia Makris Cullen Morse Kris Van Curan Nordblom Peter Noyes Heidi Hammond O’Connor Mike O’Connor Dexter Paine Doug Paul Jay Pingree Ian Sanderson Andy Sawyer Chug Sides David Slaughter Jim Stringfellow Mike Warren David Weaver
class of participation Russell Cushman Jack Dawley David Reed
Fund with several prestigious awards. For the year ending June 30, 2012 the first award goes to the Class Holderness. The second award, for “Highest Participation by a Reunion Class” goes to the Class of 1962 with 41% participation. Congratulations and thanks to all the ’62s and ’82s for giving back to Holderness in such a meaningful way! A special thanks to the 50th Reunion Committee members for their dedication and hard work on behalf of Holderness School—Bruce Upton, Dave Floyd, and Peter Cooke. Our newest award, the “Young Alumni Participation” award, goes to the Class of 2007 on the occasion of their fifth reunion with 20% participation in this year’s Annual Fund. A special thank you to Tracy McCoy Gillette ’89, President of the Alumni Association for offering up a challenge to the Class of 2007 and a big thank you to all the donors from the class of 2007. Your participation is greatly appreciated!
Don Smith Skip Strong
Susan Levin Paine Erica Scatchard
class of participation
class of participation
Peter Baker Bill Baskin Andy Clutz John Gerli Christine Louis Chip Mahoney Sarah Jankey Medlin Mike Murchie Will Prickett Andy Rogerson Kevin Rowe Brian Rutledge Todd Seniff Hilary Frost Warner Dave Wolff David Wood
Tippy Blish Jenny Rubin Britton Chris Del Col Jamey Gallop Tom Hildreth Ward Malmquist Peggy Lamb Merrens Stephanie Paine Jennifer Smith Schiffman Willie Stump
class of participation Frank Bonsal Mark Cavanaugh Peter Coolidge Miles Glascock Burgie Howard Bob Kenney Joe Miles
class of participation Doug Davis Mich Dupre David Finch Steve Lunder Zach Martin Jon Pirtle Eric Prime Peter Radasch Max Saenger Craig Westling
class of participation Nat Barker
Phip Bourne Kira Cameron Heidi Ludtke Campbell Angus Christie Missy Wakely Christie David Considine Colby Coombs Gary Crichton Mimi MacNaught Denton Anne Desjardins Vanda Lewis Dyson Braden Edwards Ted Fine Kathy Keller Garfield Allyn Hallisey Jennie Webster Hartley Ev Hatch Elizabeth Heide Carl Hillegass Tim Jones Flip Kistler Charlie Lamson Andrew McDonnell Fred Paxton Rob Rumsey Jenn Smith Schlegel Hannes Schneider Ian Sinclair Kirsten Orcutt Singleton Poppy Staub Dan Taffe Chuck Taylor
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Martha Yuste Bob Zock
class of participation Peggy Hartman Bakula Kristin Washburn Covert Sara Madden Curran Malcolm Davidson Sym Gates Dave Hinman Owen Hyland Lee Fuller Lawrason Bill Macy Laura Cooper Page Greg Redmond Jake Reynolds Matt Reynolds Blake Swift Ellyn Paine Weisel Molly Adriance Whitcomb
class of participation Polly Boeschenstein Chris Cripps Carolyn Colket Cullen Suzie Jacinthe Stan Jackson Andy Twombly Dan Webster Brett Weisel Dix Wheelock
class of participation Elizabeth Brickman Jess Dion Chris Doggett Renee Dupre Jason Evans Tom Fletcher Nate Foran Liz Ganem Greg Gaskill Sohier Hall Lee Hanson Jake Hare Mike Hillegass Jenny Holden Todd Holmes Brett Jones
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Drew Kesler Rob Kinsley Alex MacCormick Emily Adriance Magnus Tom Mahon Julie Wood Matthews Erika Ludtke McGoldrick Will Northrop Elizabeth Pierce Hans Schemmel Jenny Alfond Seeman David Smail Nina Smallhorn Chris Stewart Carl Swenson Erik Tuveson Karen Woodbury
class of participation Lauren Parkhill Adey Amanda Black Ward Blanch Chris Davenport Shields Day Christy Donovan Meg St. John Gally Mike Genco Tracy McCoy Gillette Brad Greenwood Matt Hopkins Todd Maynard Sarah Pflaum Jen Reed Ben Spiess Sara Tansill Te Tiffany Todd Wagner
class of participation Kat Alfond Pixie Brokaw Dave Colleran Pepper deTuro Courtney Fleisher Andrea Hamlin-Levin Caroline Keeney Megan Sheehan Kristiansen Aaron Woods
class of participation Leah Merrey Burdett Brendon Donnellan Dave Gerasin Becca Anderson Morrison Yasuna Murakami Eric Rohr Martha Sharp
class of participation Jamie Bolton Rick Eccleston Hugh Griffiths Devie Hamlen Jay Hart Andy Katchen Heidi Kerko Jamie Klopp Nick Leonard Liz Lyman Ryan McPherson Fritz Muench Akira Murakami Lincoln Sise Eric Thielscher Stu Wales Kelly Mullen Wieser
class of participation Lindsay Garre Bierwirth Theo Doughty Nat Faxon Megan Flynn Anne Blair Hudak Eric Oberg Schuyler Perry Nathan Radcliffe Gerry Rinn Ginny Kingman Schreiber Kate McIlvain Smith Tommy Valeo Brooks Wales Abbie Wilson Kevin Zifcak
class of participation Bunge Cook Brendan Falvey
Dan Harrigan Ramey Harris-Tatar Matt Kendall Peter LaCasse Beth Lambert Jason Myler Rick Richardson Melissa Barker Tamplin Sander van Otterloo Dave Webb
class of 20% Participation Bri Adams Henry Adams John Coyle Matt Daigneault Abbey DeRocker John Farnsworth Laura Hanrahan Jessie Morton Dan Shin Asania Smith Adam Sullivan Jerome Thomas
class of participation Michael Burton Alison Megroz Chadbourne Augusta Riehle Comey Tim Davidson Tim Duffy Blair Hall Endean David Flynn Bjorn Franson Joe Graceffa Lara DuMond Guercio Katie Waltz Harris Ryan LaFoley Ollie Lemire Justin Martin Liz Fox McGlamery Nathalie Milbank Nolte Field Pickering Sam Daigneault Rhatigan Will Richardson Heather Pierce Roy Graham Seiter Stacey Eder Smith Bo Surdam Ben Trafton
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SENIOR CLASS GIFT This year’s Senior Class Gift was designated to the newly established Goodwin Fund for Student Support. This fund was established by the Goodwin family to honor the memory of David P. Goodwin ’37, former trustee and life-long supporter of Holderness School. The seniors were inspired by Dave’s dedication to Holderness and by the purpose of this new fund which will support the needs of our financial aid students beyond tuition with items such as computers, cleats, or classroom supplies. The Senior Gift was once again matched by Chris Carney ’75 P ’08 (Annie), former President of the Alumni Association and member of the Board of Trustees, and his wife Karen. Thank you to the Goodwin family, Chris and Karen Carney, and the Class of 2012 for this wonderful gift.
class of participation Erik Bass Katherine Donnellan Beebe Matt Goldberg Robert Johnson Andrew Marshall Maura Kearney Marshall Juley Perkins Putney Haley Pyles Dennis Roberts Mark Walrod
class of participation Zach Antonucci Kathryn Bridge Hacker Burr Jim Chalmers Terry Connell Sarah Crane Canute Dalmasse Adam Goldberg Jim Jung
Ben Luntz Mirte Mallory Eric Mueller Hilary Patzer Dew Wallace Dustin Williamson
class of participation Tim Connell Megan Bitter Griffith Julia Haley Elliot Helmer Kathleen Blauvelt Kime Robbie King Page Connolly Minshall Kate Richardson Surdam Joel Yarmon
class of participation Katie Bristow Bohlin Hedda Burnett Sean Clifford
Josh Cooper Chris Emerson Andrew Fishman Bibbit Mason Andrew Sheppe Jake Spaulding Heidi Webb RC Whitehouse
class of participation Andrew Bohlin Jennifer Crane Kellan Florio Adam Lavallee Ira Marvin Aiden O’Leary Patrick Regan Patrick Richardson Joy Domin Southworth Tyler Weymouth
class of participation Melissa Adams Peter Bohlin Joel Bradley Ave Cook Andrew Everett Maddie Rappoli Fiumara Ramsay Hill Theo Jordan Geoff Mintz Betsy Pantazelos Eamonn Reynolds-Mohler Chris Rodgers Channing Weymouth
class of participation Neal Frei Nick Leonard Mitch Mitchell-Lewis Brendan Murphy Nick Payeur
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FIFTH-YEAR REUNION CHALLENGE
PARENTS OF ALUMNI
A special thanks goes out to Tracy McCoy Gillette ’89, President of
Holderness parents value the relationship to our School well beyond their children’s student years, as evidenced by their continued loyalty and generosity to the Holderness Annual Fund. Whether the gift is an everyyear thank you to Holderness for a job well done, or a special gesture to a son or daughter, the combined giving from alumni parents represents a significant factor in the success of the Holderness Annual Fund. Thank You!
the Alumni Association, for offering up a special challenge to the Class of 2007 in honor of their fifth-year reunion. The class responded with a 50% increase in donors over last year! Thank you, Tracy and all the Annual Fund donors from the Class of 2007!
Matt Sopher Robin Stefanik
class of participation Geoff Calver Marina Chiasson Sang Yeb Chung Joy Erdman Sean Leake Todd Nordblom Jenn Reilly Nate Smith Brian Sweeney Blair Weymouth
class of participation Seth Barnum Chris Blaine Jenn Calver Caitlin Connelly Cooper Kathleen Crane Lauren Frei Brie Keefe John Muse Brendan O’Riordan Emma Schofield Mike Tucker Jamie Wallace
class of participation Ashley Babcock Jay Bladon Abigail Kendall Ben Mitchell-Lewis Annie Muse Hilary Nichols Lucy Randall Jeff Rudberg Jesse Straus
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class of participation Scottie Alexander Sam Barnum Alyssa Block Eun Gi Chung Hannah Corkery Phoebe Erdman Annie Hanson Jamie Leake Kourt Brim Martin Stephen Martin Tanner Mathison Sarah Morrison Tad Skelley Tyler Stearns Ben Tyler
Ian Nesbitt Sophia Schwartz Justine Seraganian Jenna Stearns Abby Thompson
class of participation Ivan Delic Mark Finnegan Andrea Fisher Scott Nelson Ashby Sussman Aubrey Tyler
class of participation
class of participation
Maddie Baker Annie Carney Margot Cutter Christopher Dean Maggie Dembinski Landry Frei Dan Marvin Ryan Webster Jessi White
Madde Burnham Mac Caputi Cecily Cushman Mandy Engelhardt Carson Houle Sam Macomber Julia Marino Jamie McNulty Charlotte Noyes Jaclyn Vernet
class of participation
parents of alumni
Faith Barnum Holly Block Cody Bohonnon Justin Booska Sumner Ford Tenley Malmquist Emily Marvin Meg McNulty Caitlin Mitchell David Morgan
Mr. Fletcher W. Adams ’55 P ’95 Dr. and Mrs. Thomas L. Adams P ’02 Mr. and Mrs. Vanderpoel Adriance III P ’88 ’86 Mr. and Mrs. Theodore B. Alfond P ’87 ’88 ’90 Mr. John R. Allbee ’55 P ’80 Mrs. Barbara C. Anderson P ’91 Mr. George H. Andrews P ’59
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Armstrong P ’76 Mr. and Mrs. Harold A. Baker P ’81 GP ’14 Mr. and Mrs. Alan H. Banister P ’94 Mr. James S. Barker P ’94 ’97 † Mrs. Virginia C. Barker Mr. and Mrs. William A. Barker ’62 P ’85 ’89 Mr. and Mrs. Peter Barnum P ’05 ’07 ’09 Mr. and Mrs. Lionel O. Barthold P ’94 ’09 Mr. and Mrs. William C. Baskin Jr. ’49 P ’89 ’81 Mrs. Brenda M. Beckman P ’89 Mr. and Mrs. James R. Bennett P ’11 Mr. and Mrs. John H. Bergeron ’58 P ’84 ’82 Mr. Quentin Blaine and Dr. Marcia Blaine P ’05 Mr. Richard B. Blauvelt P ’83 ’86 GP ’99 Mr. and Mrs. Stuart F. Bloch P ’86 Mr. and Mrs. David Block P ’07 ’09 Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey C. Bloomberg P ’98 Mr. Richard G. Boardman P ’99 Mr. and Mrs. David M. Bohonnon P ’09 Mr. and Mrs. James L. Bolton Jr. P ’92 Mr. and Mrs. Frank A. Bonsal Jr. P ’82 Mr. and Mrs. Paul Booska P ’09 Mrs. Luette C. Bourne P ’85 The Rev. and Mrs. Thomas D. Bowers P ’84 Mr. Jim Brewer P ’78 Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell Brim P ’07
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Mr. Christopher B. R. Brown ’71 and Dr. Jocelyn Chertoff P ’10 Ms. Robin Brown-Farrin and Mr. James Farrin P ’05 Ms. Susan C. Bruce and Mr. Rick Hauck P ’88 Dr. and Mrs. Frank J. Bruns P ’92 Dr. and Mrs. Roderic A. Camp P ’91 Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Campbell P ’11 Dr. Theodore H. Capron and Ms. Margaret A. Franckhauser P ’10 Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Carey P ’03 ’00 Mr. F. Christopher Carney ’75 and Ms. Karen Dempsey Carney P ’08 Mr. Edward C. Cayley P ’62 Mr. and Mrs. Theodore M. Cetron P ’99 Mr. and Mrs. Bruce A. Chalmers P ’98 Mr. and Mrs. Seng H. Cheng P ’08 Mr. and Mrs. Gary Cilley P ’04 Mr. and Mrs. William P. Clough III ’57 P ’80 ’83 ’86 Dr. and Mrs. Richard B. Clutz P ’81 ’90 ’83 Mrs. E. H. M. Coffin P ’74 Mr. and Mrs. Tristram C. Colket Jr. P ’87 Mr. and Mrs. Stephen J. Connolly IV P ’99 ’03 Mr. and Mrs. Gregory Connors ’66 P ’97 ’96 ’93 Mrs. Grace R. Conway P ’75 Mr. and Mrs. Warren C. Cook P ’90 ’94 Mr. and Mrs. Matthew B. Corkery P ’07 Mr. and Mrs. Sewell H. Corkran P ’10 Mr. Joseph Costa and Ms. Eva H. Bleich P ’07 Dr. and Mrs. James L. Cousins Jr. ’70 P ’99 Mr. and Mrs. E. John Coyle Jr. P ’95 Mr. and Mrs. James Crane P ’05 Mr. and Mrs. Francis A. Crane P ’98 ’01 ’05 Mr. and Mrs. James H. Crook Jr. P ’04 Mr. James Cruickshank and Mrs. M. P. Cruickshank P ’01
PARENT VOLUNTEERS 2011–12 Parent volunteers continue to be ever-present in their support of the people and programs at Holderness. This can be seen in their participation in the winter and spring exam bakes, their hospitality to students who live far away and need places to stay during long weekends and vacations, and their help in creating a beautiful backdrop for the winter semi-formal and spring formal. A hearty thank you to the countless parents who give so generously in so many ways! Your support makes a difference.
PARENTS’ ASSOCIATION WINTER RAFFLE The 2012 Parents’ Association winter raffle and silent auction raised over $20,000 for financial aid. Thank you to all the volunteers that made this event a success!
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth L. Cutler P ’98 Mr. and Mrs. Brooks Cutter P ’08 Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Daigneault P ’92 ’95 ’96 The Rev. Randolph Dales and Ms. Marilyn Tyler P ’00 ’02 ’80 Mr. and Mrs. James E. Dalley Jr. P ’92 GP ’12 Mr. and Mrs. John Dalton P ’11 Mr. and Mrs. Michael Daly P ’05 Dr. Suzanne Daningburg P ’09 Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Davis P ’08 ’06 Dr. and Mrs. James K. Day P ’97 ’98 Mr. and Mrs. Robert Dean P ’08 Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. Delaney Jr. P ’03 ’04 Mr. and Mrs. Claude Desjardins P ’85 Ms. Monique Devine P ’08 ’11 Dr. and Mrs. Cameron K. Dewar P ’96 ’93 Mr. and Mrs. Frederic P. Dodge P ’98 ’00 The Rev. and Mrs. John C. Donovan P ’89 Mr. and Mrs. Scott H. Doughty P ’93 Ms. Margaret Dudley P ’11 Mr. and Mrs. William F. Duhamel P ’08 Mr. and Mrs. Peter Dusseault P ’07 Mr. and Mrs. Paul Elkins P ’04
Dr. and Mrs. Roger H. Emerson Jr. P ’00 ’94 Mr. and Mrs. David Erdman P ’85 Mr. Frederic P. Erdman P ’03 ’04 ’07 Ms. Zoe Erdman P ’04 ’03 ’07 Dr. and Mrs. Nathan Anthony M. Estes III P ’00 Dr. and Mrs. Donald M. Ettelson P ’83 ’77 Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. Evans P ’88 ’96 Mr. and Mrs. William H. Everett P ’02 Deborah and Peter Fauver ’65 P ’11 Mr. Robert Fisher and Ms. Barbara Kourajian P ’10 Mr. and Mrs. Brendan M. Florio P ’01 Mr. and Mrs. John F. Foran P ’90 ’88 Mr. Christopher J. Ford and Ms. Alison M. Hill P ’11 Ms. Cindy A. Foster and Ms. Rae Andrews P ’08 Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Fox P ’03 Mrs. Susan Glidden Francesco ’72 and Mr. Peter Francesco P ’98 Ellen Frank P ’08 ’11 † Mr. Stephen Z. Frank P ’08 ’11 Dr. and Mrs. Gary J. Frei P ’03 ’05 ’08 Mr. Thomas H. Friedman and Ms. Rosemarie Mullin P ’10 Mr. and Mrs. Leonard B. Galvin P ’91 ’90
Dr. and Mrs. James Gamble III P ’06 Mr. and Mrs. Joel Gardiner P ’11 Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Gary P ’08 Mrs. Sheila Gates P ’86 ’88 Mr. James J. Gibbons P ’92 Mr. and Mrs. Paul Gilman P ’06 Mr. Chip Goodrich and Ms. Kathleen Maher P ’11 Mrs. Nancy Gordon P ’93 ’91 Mr. and Mrs. Al C. Graceffa P ’96 Mr. and Mrs. Pepi Gramshammer P ’85 Mr. Stephen T. Gregg ’63 P ’90 Mr. and Mrs. Frederick W. Griffin Jr. P ’96 ’98 Mr. and Mrs. Steele T. Griswold P ’66 Dr. and Mrs. Klaus F. Haas P ’96 Mr. and Mrs. Denison M. Hall P ’96 Mr. and Mrs. Elton W. Hall P ’03 Mr. and Mrs. Stephen F. Hall P ’88 ’89 Mr. and Mrs. Roger W. Hamblin P ’77 GP ’08 ’15 Mr. and Mrs. Scott M. Hamilton P ’98 Mr. Devens H. Hamlen P ’92 Ms. Margery Hamlen P ’92 Mr. and Mrs. James W. Hammond P ’79 Mr. David G. Hanson and Ms. Laura Palumbo-Hanson P ’07 Mr. Timothy W. Hardtke P ’11 Mr. Robert S. Hardy ’38 P ’66 Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Harris Jr. P ’94 Mr. and Mrs. Brion G. Hayes P ’11 Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Haynes P ’03
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Jill Alfond
Vail, CO, Gathering
Kat ’90 and Joey Alfond
Atherton, CA, Gathering
Barbara Baekgaard GP ’13
Vera Bradley Gathering
Bruce and Laurie Chalmers P ’98 and Jim Chalmers ’96
Bridgton Highlands Country
Al and Val Clemens P ’14
Project Outreach Dinner
Sargent Collier ’02
New York, NY, Gathering
Mark ’79 and Hilary Finnegan P ’10 ’11`13
Harvard, MA, Gathering
Club Golf Outing
Tracy McCoy Gillette ’89
Vail, CO, Gathering
Bob and Joanie Hall P ’13
Project Outreach Dinner,
Erich Kaiter ’90
Boulder, CO, Gathering
Han Min Lee ’05
Seoul, Korea, Gathering
Zach ’84 and Laurel Martin
Wellesely, MA, Gathering
Ben Mawhinney ’06 and Anders Nordblom ’06
Senior Dinner
Eric Mueller ’98
Boston, MA, Gathering
Jason Myler ’94
Boston, MA, Gathering
Tom ’75 and Tracy Phillips P ’11 ’14
Woodstock, VT, Gathering
Jeff and Nancy Randall P ’06
Martha’s Vineyard Gathering
John ’62 and Gretchen Swift
Young Alumni Denver Gathering
Jay ’96 and Lauren Tankersley
Denver, CO, Gathering
Steve Thompson ’58
Marblehead Gathering
Rose-Marie and Eijk van Otterloo P ’94
San Fransisco, CA, Gathering
Zach Zaitzeff ’93
New York, NY, Gathering
Vera Bradley Gathering
Mr. and Mrs. Ulf B. Heide P ’85 Dr. Mark Hempton and Ms. Lorie A. Dunne P ’07 Ms. Jean Henchey P ’06 ’06 Mr. and Mrs. Peter J. Hendel P ’96 ’02 Mr. and Mrs. Donald H. Henderson P ’72 ’74 GP ’05 Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Hildreth P ’09 Mr. Douglas P. Hill and Ms. Alexandra T. Breed P ’02 Dr. and Mrs. Ronald C. Hillegass P ’87 ’88 ’85 Mr. and Mrs. Donald B. Hinman ’55 P ’86 Mr. Hazen Hinman P ’64 GP ’95 Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey H. Hinman ’64 P ’95 ’98 Mrs. Winifred B. Hodges P ’83
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Mr. and Mrs. Jay Hoeschler P ’10 Ms. Betsey Holtzmann P ’11 Dr. and Mrs. David H. Hopkins P ’83 ’89 Mr. Ronald Houle and Ms. Ann M. Foster P ’11 Mr. and Mrs. Joseph L. Howard P ’92 Dr. and Mrs. Robert C. Hoyer P ’92 Mr. and Mrs. Dunning Idle IV P ’81 Mr. and Mrs. Clark T. Irwin P ’01 ’04 Mr. and Mrs. Lennart B. Johnson P ’84 Mr. Stephen Johnson and Ms. Hannah Nichols P ’10 Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Jones P ’07 ’11 Mr. and Mrs. Sheldon A. Jones P ’89 Mr. and Mrs. Josef Jung P ’98
Dr. Elvin Kaplan ’53 and Ms. Cecily Monro P ’88 Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Keating ’52 P ’81 ’88 ’86 Mr. and Mrs. Daniel T. Keefe P ’02 ’05 Mr. and Mrs. Robert R. Keller Jr. ’61 P ’85 Mr. and Mrs. John P. Kelley P ’09 Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Kent P ’77 ’79 GP ’04 ’06 ’08 The Rev. and Mrs. Walter W. Kesler P ’88 ’85 ’91 Mr. Jean-Claude Killy P ’85 Mr. and Mrs. William S. Kimball P ’89 Mr. Samuel G. King P ’78 Mr. Robert E. Kipka P ’84 Mrs. Mary Jean Kirtland P ’06 ’08 Bud Klingenstein P ’73 † Mrs. Diane Klingenstein P ’73 Mr. and Mrs. David Knapp P ’11
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Kraft P ’77 Ms. Maureen S. Kuharic P ’98 Mr. and Mrs. John A. LaCasse P ’94 Mrs. Antonia B. Laird Ryan and Mr. Hurley Ryan P ’83 ’77 Dr. and Mrs. Charles H. Lambert P ’94 Dr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Lamson P ’85 ’81 Mr. and Mrs. Bradshaw Langmaid Jr. ’54 P ’81 Mr. and Mrs. David P. Laurin P ’06 Mrs. Gail L. Lavallee P ’01 Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Laverack P ’03 ’06 Mr. Dean E. Lea and Ms. Debra M. Gibbs P ’03 Mr. and Mrs. George F. LeBoutillier ’63 P ’87 Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Lechthaler P ’94 Mr. and Mrs. James W. Leonard P ’03 Mr. Alan D. Lewis P ’82 Lynne Mitchell and Dick Lewis P ’03 ’10 ’06 Mr. and Mrs. David M. Lockwood P ’99 ’03 ’03 ’02 Mrs. Louise T. Loening P ’81 ’83 GP ’15 Mr. Frederic B. Lowrie Jr. P ’99 Mrs. Mary Lou S. Lowrie P ’99 Mr. and Mrs. Peter H. Lunder P ’84 Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey C. Lyman P ’92 ’95 Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Lynch P ’07 Mrs. Virginia A. Lyon P ’83 Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm W. MacNaught P ’85 Mr. J. Thomas Macy P ’84 ’82 ’86 Mr. and Mrs. Quentin A. Malmquist P ’74 ’83 ’86 GP ’09 Mr. and Mrs. Walter A. Malmquist II ’74 P ’09 Mr. and Mrs. William E. Mandigo P ’92 Mr. and Mrs. David H. Martin P ’07 Mr. Thomas J. Martin P ’96 Mr. and Mrs. Paul J. Martini P ’06 ’08 Mr. and Mrs. David R. Marvin P ’01 Jonathan and Sarah Marvin P ’08 ’09 ’12
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Mr. and Mrs. Kimball L. Mason ’54 P ’85 Mr. Robert Mathews and Ms. Heidi Whitman P ’09 Mr. Daniel R. Mawhinney P ’06 Mr. and Mrs. John B. McCoy P ’89 Mr. and Mrs. John Scott McCoy P ’10 Dr. and Mrs. W. Scott McDougal P ’82 Mr. and Mrs. Duncan C. McDougall P ’95 ’97 Mr. and Mrs. Thomas B. McIlvain Jr. ’63 P ’93 ’98 Mr. and Mrs. Douglas McLane ’69 P ’99 Mr. and Mrs. Brian J. McNulty P ’09 ’11 Mr. and Mrs. Michael E. McPhee P ’09 Mr. and Mrs. John F. Meck P ’97 Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Mello P ’03 Mr. James W. Meryman and Ms. Laura Mammarelli P ’08 ’91 Mr. and Mrs. Andrew L. Meyers P ’06 Mr. and Mrs. Peter C. Middleton P ’09 LTC Brian F. Morgan USA (Ret) and Mrs. Nancy Y. Morgan P ’09 Dr. and Mrs. Steven J. Morris P ’00 Mr. and Mrs. David Morrison P ’07 Mr. and Mrs. Dexter A. Morse ’64 P ’88 ’91 ’93 Mr. and Mrs. George B. Motley P ’06 Mr. Frederick V. S. Muench P ’92 Dr. and Mrs. Noboru Murakami P ’92 ’91 Ms. Mary Anne Murray-Carr P ’03 Dr. Daniel Muse and Dr. Ann McLean-Muse P ’05 ’06 Mr. and Mrs. Melvin E. Myler Jr. P ’94 Dr. and Mrs. David Nagel P ’07 Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth B. Nanian P ’79 ’86 Mr. and Mrs. Mark R. Neagley P ’00 Mr. and Mrs. Henry G. Nichols III P ’09 Mr. and Mrs. Peter B. Nichols P ’01 ’06
Mr. and Mrs. Richard D. Nickerson P ’85 Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Nields Jr. ’62 P ’90 Mrs. Kristin Nordblom ’79 and Mr. Peter C. Nordblom P ’04 ’06 ’08 Mr. and Mrs. Edward J. Norton P ’92 ’89 Mr. James H. Nourse and Ms. Sarah M. Shipton P ’96 ’00 ’04 Ms. Barbara R. Noyes P ’78 ’80 ’85 Mr. and Mrs. Peter W. Noyes ’79 P ’08 ’11 Dr. and Mrs. Richard G. Obregon P ’11 Mr. and Mrs. E. Christopher Palmer ’59 P ’92 Mr. and Mrs. Samuel J. Palmisano P ’03 Mr. and Mrs. Preston S. Parish P ’71 ’73 ’75 GP ’95 ’01 ’02 Mr. and Mrs. R. Phillip Peck P ’09 Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Pendergast III P ’10 Mr. and Mrs. John B. Pepper P ’75 Mr. and Mrs. Mark B. Perkins P ’94 ’92 ’97 Dr. and Mrs. William G. Phippen P ’76 ’71 Mr. and Mrs. Frederick B. Pickering Jr. P ’96 Mr. and Mrs. Walter C. Pierce Jr. P ’96 Mr. Charles W. Pingree P ’79 ’76 Ms. Aiko M. Pinkoski P ’08 Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Pistey P ’93 Ms. Penny Pitou P ’83 GP ’10 Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Pomeroy P ’86 Mr. and Mrs. Richard G. Powers P ’95 ’00 Mrs. Dorothy E. Prime P ’84 Dr. and Mrs. Howard G. Pritham P ’85 Mr. and Mrs. E. Leigh Quinn P ’78 GP ’01 ’08 Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey L. Randall P ’06
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Y. Rapelye P ’93 ’92 ’97 Mrs. Marilyn G. Redmond P ’86 Mr. and Mrs. James S. Regan Jr. P ’88 Mr. and Mrs. Walter B. Reilly Jr. P ’74 GP ’09 Dr. and Mrs. Derek P. Richardson P ’94 ’96 ’99 ’01 ’06 Mr. and Mrs. Gary B. Richardson ’63 P ’86 Mr. and Mrs. Theodore M. Riehle III P ’96 ’99 Mr. Laurence H. Roberts Jr. P ’76 ’71 ’74 Dr. and Mrs. Patrick A. Robertson P ’11 Dr. and Mrs. Robert J. Rohr III P ’91 Mr. and Mrs. David B. Rossetter ’74 P ’02 Mr. and Mrs. C. Edward Rowe Jr. P ’81 Mr. and Mrs. Hal L. Rubin P ’83 Mr. John S. Rudberg Jr. P ’06 ’08 Mrs. Dorothy Rutledge P ’81 Paul Rutledge P ’81 † Mr. and Mrs. T. Anthony Ryan P ’00 Mrs. Barbara J. Sanderson P ’74 ’80 Mr. and Mrs. Alden H. Sawyer Jr. P ’79 Mr. James O. Schaeffer P ’76 Mr. and Mrs. David W. Schoeder P ’06 Mr. and Mrs. George H. Schofield P ’00 ’04 ’05 Colonel and Mrs. Ward E. Scott II P ’02 ’06 Mr. and Mrs. Roger D. Scoville P ’94 Mr. and Mrs. Russell Seybold P ’99 Mr. and Mrs. Todd N. Seymour P ’97 Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Sherman P ’97 Mr. and Mrs. Michael B. Sherman P ’95 Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Shnayerson P ’99 Mr. and Mrs. Peter E. Silitch P ’79 Mr. and Mrs. James P. Sinclair P ’85 Mr. and Mrs. Richard D. Siragusa P ’80
Mr. and Mrs. Alan F. Skelley Jr. P ’07 Mrs. Dorothy M. Smith P ’80 ’85 GP ’07 ’09 ’12 Mr. and Mrs. Stephen G. Smith ’65 P ’96 Mr. and Mrs. Raymond M. Soto P ’94 Mr. and Mrs. David B. Soule ’62 P ’93 Mrs. Emily V. Spencer P ’90 Mr. and Mrs. Mark L. Sperry III P ’90 ’92 Mr. and Mrs. Gary A. Spiess P ’87 ’89 ’94 Mr. Orson L. St. John Jr. P ’89 Mr. and Mrs. Harry Stearns Jr. P ’07 ’09 Ms. Elizabeth M. Steele P ’92 Ms. Charlotte M. Stetson P ’90 Ms. Sandra Stone P ’02 Mr. David Stonebraker and Ms. Leslie A. Guenther P ’01 Mr. and Mrs. Richard H. Stowell ’64 P ’95 Mr. and Mrs. John A. Straus P ’06 Mr. and Mrs. A. Herman Stump Jr. P ’83 Mr. Paul Summers P ’09 ’10 Ms. Rebecca Summers P ’09 ’10 Mrs. Barbara Sutphen P ’79 Mr. and Mrs. Stephen S. Swenson P ’88 Mr. and Mrs. Francois Tardif P ’12 Mr. and Mrs. David D. Taylor ’71 P ’10 Mr. and Mrs. John Taylor Jr. ’68 P ’03 ’05 P ’03 ’05 Dr. and Mrs. Christopher M. Terrien Jr. P ’94 Mr. and Mrs. Richard G. Thibadeau P ’11 Mr. and Mrs. O. Alan Thulander P ’81 ’84 Mr. and Mrs. John D. Todd P ’01 Mr. David L. Torrey P ’84 Mr. and Mrs. William R. Tower Jr. P ’74 Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Tucker P ’05 Mr. and Mrs. Robert Tuveson P ’88 ’91
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GRANDPARENT GIFTS
FACULTY AND STAFF
We offer our sincere thanks to all of the grandparents of current students and alumni who continue to show their commitment to the Holderness Experience. Thank You!
We salute the following employees for showing their deep commitment and unwavering support through all they do for Holderness School, including supporting the Holderness Annual Fund and other school priorities. Thank You!
Mr. Richard G. Tyler and Ms. Frances M. Belcher P ’07 ’10 Mr. and Mrs. Eijk A. de Mol van Otterloo P ’94 Mr. and Mrs. Richard H. Vernet P ’11 Mr. James Vincent P ’06 Mr. Constantine G. Vlahakis P ’02 Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan C. Wales ’58 P ’89 ’93 Mr. and Mrs. Stephen W. Wales ’63 P ’92 ’93 Mr. Norm Walker P ’88 ’89 GP ’98 † Mrs. Phyllis Walker P ’88 ’89 GP ’98 Mr. Richard C. Wallace P ’05 ’98 Mr. and Mrs. Larry D. Walrod P ’97 Dr. and Mrs. John A. Walsh P ’88 Mr. and Mrs. Patrick F. Walsh P ’10 Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Walsh P ’01 ’07 Mrs. Lisa Wardlaw P ’85 ’84 Mr. and Mrs. Winthrop M. Wassenar P ’00 Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Wear P ’10 Mr. and Mrs. George S. Weaver III ’75 P ’09 Mr. and Mrs. Paul Weaver P ’06 Mr. and Mrs. Hartley D. Webster ’57 P ’85 ’87 Mr. Jerome P. Webster Jr. ’57 P ’08 ’91 ’92 ’83 Mr. and Mrs. John Weeks Jr. P ’04 Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Wenzel P ’95 ’93 The Rev. and Mrs. Richard C. Weymouth ’70 P ’01 ’02 ’04 Mrs. Deborah Williamson P ’98 Ms. Mary W. Woods P ’10 The Rev. and Mrs. Brinton W. Woodward Jr. P ’93 ’87 ’91 Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Wright P ’06 ’09
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Mr. Bernhardt K. Wruble and Dr. Jill Wruble P ’95 Mr. and Mrs. Philip C. Wysor P ’91 Mr. and Mrs. James M. Yarmon P ’99 Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Zock P ’82 ’85 ’89 ’92
grandparent gifts Mr. and Mrs. Harold A. Baker P ’81 GP ’14 Ms. Polly O. Bakewell GP ’09 Mr. and Mrs. Donald Bender GP ’13 Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence M. Blau GP ’12 Mr. Richard B. Blauvelt P ’83 ’86 GP ’99 Mr. and Mrs. H Jerome Bracken GP ’12 Mr. and Mrs. John Carpenter GP ’14 Mrs. Evelyn Cohn GP ’13 Mr. Francis Coleman GP ’14 Mr. and Mrs. James E. Dalley Jr. P ’92 GP ’12 Mr. William Donahue GP ’12 Mr. and Mrs. Thomas F. Doyle ’66 GP ’10 ’11 Mrs. James B. Draper GP ’13 Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Dudley GP ’06 ’11 Mr. and Mrs. George Edwards GP ’15 Mr. and Mrs. Ronald S. Edwards Jr. GP ’07 Mr. and Mrs. Philip Feinberg GP ’15 Mrs. Helga Garger GP ’13 Mrs. Georgiana Geoghan GP ’12 ’14 Mr. and Mrs. Frank Gudas GP ’14 Mr. and Mrs. Dan Guggenheim GP ’15 Mr. and Mrs. Roger W. Hamblin P ’77 GP ’08 ’15 Mr. and Mrs. Donald H. Henderson P ’72 ’74 GP ’05 Mr. and Mrs. David Hill GP ’11 Mr. Hazen Hinman P ’64 GP ’95 Ms. Dorothy Hodgkins GP ’12
Mr. and Mrs. Howard M. Holtzmann GP ’11 Prof. and Mrs. Peter Karavites GP ’12 Mr. and Mrs. Walter H. Kasianchuk GP ’08 ’14 Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Keating ’52 P ’81 ’88 ’86 Mrs. Linda Kelly GP ’10 Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Kent P ’77 ’79 GP ’04 ’06 ’08 Mr. and Mrs. Sam Kinney GP ’12 Mr. and Mrs. Bernd P. Kuehn GP ’11 Ms. Kathie Levison GP ’15 Mr. Shen Lin GP ’15 Mrs. Louise T. Loening P ’81 ’83 GP ’15 Mr. and Mrs. Edward L. Lovejoy GP ’12 ’14 Mr. and Mrs. Tim Luttazi GP ’12 Mr. and Mrs. George Macomber GP ’07 ’11 ’13 ’14 Mr. and Mrs. Quentin A. Malmquist P ’74 ’83 ’86 GP ’09 Mr. Forrest E. Mars Jr. GP ’14 Ms. Shirlee Mitchell GP ’03 ’06 ’10 Mr. and Mrs. Denis Moriearty GP `13 Mr. Richard Morrill Jr. GP ’14 Mr. and Mrs. Preston S. Parish P ’71 ’73 ’75 GP ’95 ’01 ’02 Dr. and Mrs. J. Edward Perreault GP ’07 ’09 Mrs. Jean Peterson GP ’04 ’03 ’07 Mrs. John E. Petrie GP ’12 Ms. Penny Pitou P ’83 GP ’10 Mr. and Mrs. Barry Protage GP ’12 Mr. and Mrs. Frank Quimby GP ’14 Mr. and Mrs. E. Leigh Quinn P ’78 GP ’01 ’08 Mr. and Mrs. Walter B. Reilly Jr. P ’74 GP ’09 Ms. Mona Roberts
Mr. Douglas L. Robertson Sr. GP ’04 ’05 ’11 Mr. and Mrs. Joseph D. Sargent GP ’08 ’15 Mr. and Mrs. FA Seamans GP ’07 Mr. James Shipton GP ’96 ’00 Mr. and Mrs. Charles Smith GP ’07 ’10 ’12 Mrs. Dorothy M. Smith P ’80 ’85 GP ’07 ’09 ’12 Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Sorge GP ’13 Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Thompson GP ’13 Mrs. Mary Tomlinson GP ’11 ’14 Mr. Norm Walker P ’88 ’89 GP ’98 † Mrs. Phyllis Walker Mr. and Mrs. John Wall GP ’14 Ms. Jane Whitmore GP ’15 Mr. and Mrs. Peter Wilson GP ’13 Mrs. Elizabeth Zanders GP ’08
faculty and staff Joan Barnum P ’05 ’07 ’09 Peter Barnum P ’05 ’07 ’09 Bruce Barton P ’13 Sarah Barton P ’13 Pam Bliss Doonie Brewer Robert Caldwell Rick Carey P ’03 ’00 Michael Carrigan Pat Casey Francis Chapuredima Frank Cirone Susie Cirone Janice Dahl Nancy Dalley P ’92 GP ’12 Chris Day P ’15 Cynthia Day P ’15 Monique Devine P ’08 ’11 Carol Dopp Peter Durnan P ’11 ’14 Rick Eccleston ’92
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EXTENDED FAMILY
MATCHING COMPANIES
The Extended Family is a group of friends who have contributed generously to help ensure the continued strength of Holderness School. Former trustees, former faculty and staff, businesses, and friends of the school are all part of this family and deserve hearty thanks!
Our thanks to the companies that matched their employee’s gifts to Holderness School with gifts of their own.
FOUNDATION GIVING The foundations and trusts on this page and the next shared their resources with Holderness to keep the school healthy and vital.
Kristen Fischer P ’11 ’14 Duane Ford ’74 P ’04 ’05 ’08 ’12 Lori Ford P ’04 ’05 ’08 ’12 Niki Glew Jean Henchey P ’06 ’06 Peter Hendel P ’96 ’02 Randy Houseman P ’15 Doug Kendall P ’06 ’09 ’13 Mary Kietzman John Lin P ’15 Marilee Lin David Lockwood P ’99 ’03 ’03 ’02 Jory Macomber P ’11 ’14 Martha Macomber P ’11 ’14 Biano Magalahes Kristi Magalhaes Emily Magnus ’88 Jane McNulty P ’09 ’11 Phil Peck P ’09 Robin Peck P ’09 Michael Peller Tobi Pfenninger P ’11 ’15 Dee Rainville Judith Solberg Steve Solberg Jo-Anne Strickland Melissa Stuart Kelsey Sullivan Len Thompson P ’03 ’04 ’06 ’09 ’14 Margie Thompson P ’03 ’04 ’06 ’09 ’14 Elaine Tibbetts Kim Tierney P ’08 ’12 Jim Towle Julie Walker
Kathy Weymouth P ’01 ’02 ’04 Rich Weymouth ’70 P ’01 ’02 ’04 Amy Woods
extended family Mr. Nelson Armstrong Ms. Keri-Sue Baker Mrs. Eleanor H. Bright Mrs. Virginia Burnham Mr. and Mrs. Harold R. Byers Mrs. Judith E. Caldwell Mr. and Mrs. Frederick L. Chipman Mr. Allan Holderness Davis Mr. and Mrs. Josiah H. Drummond Jr. Mr. Bernard Drury Mr. Wilson Everhart III Mr. and Mrs. Wilson C. Everhart Jr. Mrs. Kathryn Forbush Mrs. Seth P. Holcombe Dr. and Mrs. Howard Holderness Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Timothy M. Kingston Ms. Lisa Lovett Ms. Katherine Gamble Marvin Mr. and Mrs. Christopher T. Meier Miscellaneous Donors Mr. and Mrs. Daniel A. Pearl Mr. Kevin Ramos-Glew Mrs. Anneliese Schultz Mrs. Diane H. Shank Mr. and Mrs. Alan H. Soanes Mr. and Mrs. Charles T. Sussman Mr. E Michael Tarazi The Rt. Rev. Douglas Theuner Mrs. Virginia Tytus
GIFTS-IN-KIND Each year Holderness receives a wide range of non-cash gifts and donated services. Among the wonderful contributions this past year were athletic uniforms and equipment, new carpets for the locker rooms, an exhibit in the Edwards Gallery, and donations to the Archives. Thank you for your thoughtful gifts to Holderness School.
Mr. and Mrs. Alexander A. Uhle Mr. and Mrs. Gordon J. VanderBrug Mr. Francis T. Vincent Jr. Mr. Ogden White Jr.
foundation giving Acorn Foundation Aetna Foundation, Inc. Baugh Foundation, Inc. Bristol-Meyers Squibb Foundation Citizens Charitable Foundation Ethel D. Colket Foundation The Andrew J. Eder Family Foundation, Inc. Evergreen Foundation, Inc. Fidelity Foundation Firehole Foundation GE Foundation Harweb Foundation The Ulf B. & Elizabeth C. Heide Foundation Charitable Trust Hazen B. Hinman, Sr. Foundation, Inc. Holcombe Charitable Foundation Jacob L. and Lillian Holtzmann Foundation The Seymour H. Knox Foundation, Inc. Lunder Foundation The Peter Lloyd MacDonald Foundation The Maine Community Foundation, Inc. Marr Charity Trust Fund The Noboru Murakami and Hiroko Murakami Foundation The New York Community Trust Northrop Grumman Foundation
Paine Family Trust The Prudential Foundation The Redmond Family Foundation Robert J. Rohr, III and Mary C. Rohr Charitable Trust STS Foundation Shell Oil Company Foundation Silicon Valley Community Foundation State Street Foundation, Inc. Suzanne and Jeffrey Bloomberg Foundation Sweet Peas Foundation The G. and C. VanderBrug Family Foundation Wurster Family Foundation
matching companies Alliance Bernstein Ameriprise Financial Bank of America Dell Employee Giving Program Dorsey & Whitney LLP Edison International Goldman, Sachs & Company Grantham, Mayo, van Otterloo & Co. LLC IBM Matching Grants Program Key Bank Microsoft Corporation Millennium Pharmaceuticals Netscout Systems Company Patagonia Qualcomm Matching Grant Program Raytheon Company
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GIFTS TO THE CAMPAIGN FOR HOLDERNESS Through a growing comprehensive campaign, Holderness has progressed in the important work of making the components of our Strategic Plan a reality. The first project, the renewal of Weld Hall, was completed during the summer of 2008, supporting long-term core values and bringing the family back into familystyle dinners. In the fall of 2011, two new dormitories opened, housing six faculty families and forty-eight students and helping to achieve to a campus-wide 8:1 faculty-to-student ratio. Other campaign priorities include growing the Holderness Annual Fund, increasing endowment for financial aid, modernizing our math and science classrooms, upgrading athletic facilities, and expanding the chapel. Holderness gratefully acknowledges those donors listed below, whose generosity is helping us to secure a vital future grounded in our core values and strategic goals.
GIFTS TO THE ENDOWMENT FUNDS AND CAPITAL PROJECTS When members of the Holderness community contribute to the Holderness Endowment, they provide essential support to its annual operations, financial aid program, and other areas designated as priorities by the Board of Trustees. We are most grateful for the following donors who made gifts to our endowment funds during the 2011–12 fiscal year.
Red Wing Shoe Company Foundation Travelers Companies, Inc Wells Fargo Educational Matching Gift Program
gifts-in-kind Anonymous Mr. Jim Brewer P ’78 Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Cloud P ’12 Mr. Sarge Collier ’02 Mr. and Mrs. Russell G. Cushman ’80 P ’11 ’15 Mr. and Mrs. Mark D. Finnegan ’79 P ’10 ’11 ’13 Mr. Michael Goriansky `48
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Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Hall P ’13 Mr. and Mrs. John Holley ’61 Mr. and Mrs. Lee Katzenbach ’61 Mr. and Mrs. David P. Leatherwood P ’13 ’15 ’16 Mr. and Mrs. Zachary S. Martin `84 Mr. and Mrs. Steven Merrill P ’11 ’14 Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Miles ’82 P ’11 ’13 Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Pichette P ’13 ’12 ’10 Mr. and Mrs. R. James Steiner P ’10 ’12 Dr. and Mrs. John S. Swift ’62 Mr. and Mrs. George Theriault ’61
Mr. Warren Witherell Mr. and Mrs. Peter K. Woodward ’93
gifts to the campaign for holderness Campaign for Holderness: Financial Aid Mr. and Mrs. William C. Baskin III ’81 Ms. Piper S. Orton ’74 Mr. and Mrs. Eijk A. de Mol van Otterloo Campaign for Holderness: Residential Life Anonymous Acorn Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Theodore B. Alfond Mr. and Mrs. John L. Alfond ’87 Ms. Katharine B. Alfond ’90 and Dr. Joseph Donahue Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence S. Benjamin Mr. and Mrs. Walter M. Bird III Mr. and Mrs. Christopher D. Blau Mr. and Mrs. Frank A. Bonsal III ’82 Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Bozich Mr. Thomas Brownell Mr. and Mrs. John L. Bunce Mr. and Mrs. Peter J. Coolidge ’82 Mr. and Mrs. James H. Crook Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Dudley Evergreen Foundation Firehole Foundation Ms. Ann Gallop Mr. James R. Gallop Esq. ’83 and Ms. Christie P. Allen Mr. Douglas H. Griswold ’66 and Ms. Lori E. Rowe Mr. and Mrs. James B. Hamblin II ’77 Mr. and Mrs. Peter K. Kimball ’72 Mr. and Mrs. Sam E. Kinney Jr. The Knapp Fund Mr. and Mrs. George Macomber Dr. and Mrs. Richard G. Obregon Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Pichette Mr. and Mrs. Jay C. Pingree ’79 Mrs. Jennifer Alfond Seeman ’88 and Mr. Thomas W. Seeman Mr. and Mrs. Thomas C. Sheffield III Mr. and Mrs. Bayne A. Stevenson Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Tierney Toocap Foundation
Vermont Community Foundation Ms. Pamela M. Wright Campaign for Holderness: Weld Hall Renovation Fund Ms. Katharine B. Alfond ’90 and Dr. Joseph Donahue Campaign for Holderness: General Campaign Fund Mr. and Mrs. Frank A. Bonsal III ’82 Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Davis Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Harriman Mr. and Mrs. Peter J. Hendel Mr. and Mrs. Peter K. Kimball ’72 Mr. and Mrs. Wilhelm E. Northrop ’88 Mr. and Mrs. R. Phillip Peck Mr. and Mrs. William L. Prickett ’81 Mr. and Mrs. Ian C. Sanderson ’79 Mr. Un Shik Shin and Mrs. Chijoo Limb Campaign for Holderness: Other Dr. and Mrs. Roger H. Emerson Jr.
gifts to the endowment funds and capital projects Class of ’82 Scholarship Fund Baugh Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Cerutti Jr. ’82 Mr. and Mrs. Miles B. Glascock ’82 Mr. Robert C. McKersie ’82 Casey Scholarship Casey Family Foundation Mr. and Mrs. E. Paul Casey Mr. and Mrs. Kevin McManus Mr. and Mrs. Steven C. Pettengill Ms. Patricia Casey Shepard Charles W. and Anne S. Combs Scholarship Fund Anne S. and Charles W. Combs † General Endowment Mr. and Mrs. Richard V. Fabian Jr. ’57 Edward Gleason Fund Madeleine Gleason †
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The David P. Goodwin Fund for Student Support Mr. F. Christopher Carney ’75 and Ms. Karen Dempsey Carney Mr. and Mrs. David Cochran Mr. and Mrs. Charles S. Goodwin Holderness School Class of 2012 Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Soper Don and Ibba Hagerman Scholarship Fund Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Baldwin Richard R. Hall Scholarship Mr. Robert C. Hall ’61 Heide Family Scholarship Mr. and Mrs. Ulf B. & Elizabeth Heide Ms. Elizabeth Heide ’85 James L. Keith Memorial Scholarship Miss Margaret T. Keith Dorothea Tracy Lamb Endowed Book Ms. Keri Dole Weston Lea & Michael D’Amico Memorial Scholarship Fund Mr. Dean E. Lea and Ms. Debra M. Gibbs Mr. Nicholas E. Leonard ’03 Martini Family Scholarship Mr. and Mrs. Paul J. Martini The Lewis J. Overaker Scholarship Fund Mr. and Mrs. Erik J. Bass ’97 Mr. and Mrs. Bruce A. Chalmers Mr. and Mrs. Gary Cilley Mr. and Mrs. Bruce J. Edgerly ’78 Dr. Courtney L. Fleisher ’90 and Mr. Peter Schmidtke Mr. David T. Flynn ’96 and Ms. Amy Leo Mr. and Mrs. William H. Henderson Ms. Carolyn E. Kimball and Mr. Alexander Macquisten Mr. and Mrs. Peter B. Nichols Mr. and Mrs. Mark B. Perkins
R.K. Miles Dr. and Mrs. Walter F. Schlech III Mr. James S. Stringfellow ’79 Mr. Brian M. Werner ’97 William D. Paine Memorial Scholarship Fund Mr. and Mrs. Russell C. Orton ’40 Mrs. Gail F. Paine Ms. Stephanie Paine ’83 and Dr. John Pier Stephen Wells Smith Memorial Scholarship Fund Mrs. Dorothy M. Smith and Mr. Alan Mather The Smith-Denison Foundation Tankersley Family Endowment Mr. Andrew B. Tankersley ’97 Mr. and Mrs. G. Jackson Tankersley III ’96 Norman M. Walker Scholarship Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan F. Bourne Mrs. Virginia Burnham Mr. and Mrs. William P. Clough III ’57 Cocchiaro Family Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Steven Davis Mr. David T. Flynn ’96 and Ms. Amy Leo Ms. Symantha W. Gates ’86 and Mr. David Weiher Mr. and Mrs. David B. Hinman ’86 Mr. and Mrs. Donald B. Hinman ’55 Mr. Wayne E. Hutchins Mr. Dean E. Lea and Ms. Debra M. Gibbs Ms. Christine R. Louis ’81 Mr. and Mrs. Richard Marr Ms. Sarah J. Jankey Medlin ’81 and Dr. Walter S. Medlin Mr. and Mrs. Roger D. Ormberg Ms. Piper S. Orton ’74 Mr. and Mrs. E. Christopher Palmer ’59 Mrs. and Dr. Laurie Parker Mr. and Mrs. Peter Y. Rapelye Dr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Swift Dr. and Mrs. Christopher M. Terrien Jr. The Maine Community Foundation, Inc.
TRIBUTES AND MEMORIAL GIFTS The following people have made gifts to Holderness School in the past year as a sign of respect and affection for a friend or family member, or in celebration of a special day, or to honor the memory of a loved one. We remain deeply grateful to be included in these relationships.
Mr. and Mrs. David R. Thielscher Mr. Eric D. Thielscher ’92 and Ms. Elizabeth Nicholson The Rev. and Mrs. Richard C. Weymouth Loys A. Wiles Fund Mr. and Mrs. Richard H. Stowell ’64 Cheryl Walsh Memorial Scholarship Fund Holderness Nordic Club Woodward Scholars Fund Ms. Elizabeth M. Steele Philip L. Worcester Fund Philip L. Worcester †
tributes and memorial gifts memorials In Memory of Robert (Brooksie) Brooks Mr. Andrew C. Everett ’02 Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Zock In Memory of Canute Dalmasse Mr. Canute H. Dalmasse ’98 In Memory of Mike D’Amico ’03 Mr. Dean E. Lea and Ms. Debra M. Gibbs Mr. Brendan B. Murphy ’03 Ms. Mary Anne Murray-Carr Mr. Todd S. Nordblom ’04
In Memory of Chuck Dewey Mr. and Mrs. David B. Dewey ’77 In Memory of Kip Garre ’92 Mrs. Kelly Mullen Wieser ’92 and Mr. Paolo R. Wieser In Memory of Sean Glew Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Barton Dr. and Mrs. Richard Glew Mr. Kevin Ramos-Glew In Memory of John Haartz ’35 Mr. and Mrs. Eric R. Haartz ’72 In Memory of M.J. LaFoley ’95 Mr. Daniel D. Shin ’95 In Memory of Wes Lea ’03 Mr. Dean E. Lea and Ms. Debra M. Gibbs Mr. Brendan B. Murphy ’03 Ms. Mary Anne Murray-Carr Mr. Todd S. Nordblom ’04 Mr. Christopher M. Rodgers ’02 In Memory of Alex Markowsky Mr. Alexander Hindenburg Ms. Martha Elliott Mrs. L. Troffeinier In Memory of Rowena Meier Mr. and Mrs. Christopher T. Meier In Memory of Dutch Morse ’38 Mr. John Baxter Ms. Hilary Cleveland Mr. James Collins Fay Efronsini Lellios
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Mrs. June Goodhue Mrs. Frederick Hall Mr. Philip Hall Mr. Russell Holden Dwight and Lois Meader Ms. Piper S. Orton ’74 Ms. Donna Pincavage Frances Preston Ms. Madeline Stuckey Mr. William Upton Mr. and Mrs. George and Janet Van Dyke Harry and Judith Warren Mr. Brian M. Werner ’97 In Memory of Archibald Stark ’57 Mr. Barry Borella ’56 In Memory of Bill Sutphen ’79 Mrs. Barbara Sutphen In Memory of Brad Wagoner ’43 Sarah W. Campbell Ms. Marsha Gray In Memory of Norm Walker Abenaqui Women’s League Mr. and Ms. John Bamberry Mr. and Mrs. Robert Batal Mr. and Mrs. John Bellino Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bissell Ms. Barbara Blinn Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan F. Bourne Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Brew Ms. Deborah Broide Mrs. Virginia Burnham Mr. and Mrs. Armand Caraviello Mr. and Mrs. David Chodikoff Mr. and Mrs. William P. Clough III ’57 Cocchiaro Family Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Richard Cocchiaro Mr. and Mrs. John Connolly Mr. Averill H. Cook ’02 and Ms. Heidi T. Webb ’00 Mr. and Mrs. Warren C. Cook MAJ and Mrs. Warren C. Cook Jr. ’94 Mr. Norman Cram Mr. and Mrs. James Crowley Mr. and Mrs. Steven Davis Ms. Karen Diaz Mr. and Mrs. John Doykos Mr. Charles Dunkel
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Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Fraktman Evelyn and Richard Gasparoni Mr. Norman Gaudet Mr. and Mrs. Richard George Mr. Dean E. Lea and Ms. Debra M. Gibbs Mr. and Ms. Richard Goldstein Mr. and Mrs. H. Goodbody, Jr. Robert and Beatrice Gormley Ms. Lynn Gray Mrs. Lara DuMond Guercio ’96 and Mr. Brian Guercio George and Diane Hemmen Col. And Mrs. Christopher Henes Mr. and Mrs. Garry Higgins Mr. and Mrs. David B. Hinman ’86 Mr. and Mrs. Donald B. Hinman ’55 Ms. Elizabeth Hoffman Mr. and Mrs. J. Allen Humbert Mr. Wayne Hutchins Mr. Richard R. Jackson Mr. Walter Jeffery Ms. Nancy Kelley Mr. and Mrs. Robert Kinsella Mr. and Mrs. Bo Kirschen Mr. and Mrs. John Lee Ms. Christine R. Louis ’81 Mr. Thomas J. Mahon ’88 and Ms. Kelly Markham The Maine Community Foundation, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Robert McAlaine Ms. Gilda Mechem Ms. Sarah J. Jankey Medlin ’81 and Dr. Walter S. Medlin Mr. and Mrs. Norino Mirra Mr. and Mrs. John Morrissey Mr. and Mrs. Eric P. Mueller ’98 Mr. John Murphy Mr. Mike Murphy Mr. and Mrs. Paul Murphy Noble and Devine, LLP Mr. and Mrs. Thomas O’Halloran Mr. and Mrs. Erik A. Ormberg ’90 Mr. and Mrs. Roger D. Ormberg Mr. and Mrs. Dan Packard Mr. and Mrs. E. Christopher Palmer ’59 Mrs. and Dr. Laurie Parker Mr. and Mrs. Robert Patton Mr. and Mrs. Pioggia Mr. and Mrs. Peter Y. Rapelye Mr. and Mrs. Mark Riley Mr. and Mrs. Richard Riley
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Rowland Mr. John S. Rudberg Jr. Mr. Robert Santucci Mr. John Schermerhorn Seabrook Station Employees Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Siciliano Mrs. Edwina B. Cook Silitch ’90 and Mr. Michael P. Silitch ’79 Mr. and Mrs. Stegeman Mr. Peter Stewart Mrs. Laurie Swett Dr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Swift Dr. and Mrs. Christopher M. Terrien Jr. Mr. and Mrs. David R. Thielscher Mr. Eric D. Thielscher ’92 and Ms. Elizabeth Nicholson Mrs. Mary Thielscher Mr. Michael A. Tucker ’05 Mr. and Mrs. Paul Tuthill Mr. William Veazey Mr. Francis T. Vincent Jr. Ms. Caryl Walker The Rev. and Mrs. Richard C. Weymouth ’70 Mr. Robert C. Whitehouse III ’00 Mr. Ian Wilson Mr. Alan Wurtzel and Ms. Sheila Monnet Mr. Benjamin Zox In Memory of Cheryl Walsh ’88 Ms. Jennifer S. Holden ’88 In Memory of Anne B. Williams Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Williams Jr.
In Honor of Jim & Loli Hammond Mrs. Katherine W. Waltz Harris ’96 and Mr. Doug Harris In Honor of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Huckins Mrs. Virginia A. Kingman Schreiber ’93 and Mr. Christopher J. Schreiber In Honor of Mr. and Mrs. John J. King III Mr. and Mrs. David B. Dewey ’77 In Honor of Miss Haley J. Mahar ’12 Mr. and Mrs. David B. Dewey ’77 In Honor of Mr. and Mrs. R. Phillip Peck Mr. and Mrs. David C. Caputi Mrs. Lara DuMond Guercio ’96 and Mr. Brian Guercio In Honor of Will Prickett ’81 Ms. Louise Loening In Honor of Mr. William F. Prickett ’15 Mr. and Mrs. George Edwards In Honor of Mr. and Mrs. George S. Richards Mr. and Mrs. Samuel S. Richards ’73 In Honor of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew P. Sheppe ’00 Mr. James H. Nourse and Ms. Sarah M. Shipton
tributes In Honor of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Barnum Mr. and Mrs. Chad Walker In Honor of Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Barton Mr. and Mrs. Clark O. Houx In Honor of Mr. Francis “Chapu” Chapuredima Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wassman In Honor of Mr. Michael Gassman ’12 Mr. and Mrs. R. Neal Gassman
In Honor of Dick and Gail Stevens Ms. Heidi Ludtke Campbell ’85 In Honor of Mr. John Teaford and Mrs. Tiffany G. Beck Teaford ’85 Mr. and Mrs. James J. Ford Jr. In Honor of Mr. Niklaus C. Vitzthum ’11 Mr. and Mrs. Bernd P. Kuehn In Honor of The Rev. Brinton W. Woodward Jr. Ms. Keri E. Dole ’91
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THE BALCH SOCIETY
ALUMNI VOLUNTEERS
The Balch Society honors a group of forward-thinking individuals who have included Holderness in their estate plans by indicating a bequest for Holderness in their wills and by setting up trusts, annuities, and other gift plans. We are extremely grateful to our Balch Society members for helping to ensure the Holderness Experience for the students today and far into the future.
The following alumni gave generously of their time on behalf of Holderness, supporting our fundraising efforts as well as fostering connections between alumni and the school. We are deeply grateful for all that these individuals do for the good of Holderness. Thank you to our Class Agents, Class Correspondents, and Class Volunteers!
Mr. James R. Gallop Esq. ’83 and Ms. Christie P. Allen
balch society Mrs. Barbara Lawrence Alfond Mr. James E. Brewer II Mr. Lee C. Bright ’49 Ms. Charlotte Caldwell Mr. Stephen G. Carpenter ’58 Mr. Richard C. Clark ’48 Mr. Robert E. Cleary Jr. ’62 Mr. Kenneth L. Cutler Ms. Abbey E. DeRocker ’95 Mr. Claude Desjardins Mr. David B. Dewey ’77 Mr. Thomas F. Doyle ’66 Mrs. Ann M. Gallop Mr. Peter S. Grant ’77 Mr. Frank M. Hammond ’50 Mr. Lars H. Hansen ’52 Mr. Maclear Jacoby Jr. ’45 Dr. John L. Jamieson ’69 Dr. Harry P. Jeffries ’47 Ms. Trit Johnson Mr. Lee W. Katzenbach ’61 Mr. Robert M. Keating ’52 Mrs. Wendelyn W. Kistler Mrs. Antonia B. Laird Ryan Dr. Albert C. Lesneski Mr. Theodore W. Libbey ’42 Ms. Christine R. Louis ’81 Mr. Burton N. Lowe ’44 Mr. Peter L. Macdonald ’60 Mr. Joseph M. Massik ’46 Mr. Albert O. Merrill ’43 Mr. Rupert L. Nichols Jr. ’65 Mr. Sigourney F. Nininger ’41 Dr. Richard G. Obregon
Mrs. Sally Obregon Mrs. Judith W. Parkhill Mr. William L. Prickett ’81 Mr. Jon Q. Reynolds Jr. ’86 Mr. Kevin P. Rowe ’81 Mr. Harrison James Sargent ’73 Mr. Timothy G. Scott ’73 Mr. Dwight B. Shepard ’72 Mr. James C. Stearns ’68 Mr. John A. Straus Dr. John S. Swift Jr. ’62 Mr. George F. Theriault Jr. ’61 Mr. Alexander A. Uhle Mr. George B. Upton ’62 Mr. G. Hartley D. Webster ’57 Mr. Jerome P. Webster Jr. ’57 The Rev. Brinton W. Woodward Jr. Mr. Stephen A. Worcester ’67 Mr. Joshua A. S. Young ’57
alumni volunteers Class Agents Mr. Robert A. Backus ’57 Mr. Michael Kingston ’58 Mr. Cushman L. Andrews ’59 Dr. Harold E. Welch PhD ’59 Mr. John C. Holley Jr. ’61 Mr. Mark G. Shub ’61 Mr. Charles C. Bradley Jr. ’62 Mr. David S. Hagerman ’63 Mr. James C. Ricker ’64* Mr. Rupert L. Nichols Jr. ’65 Mr. Stephen M. Foster ’66 Mr. John D. Pfeifle ’67 Dr. James S. Burnett ’68 Mr. Christopher R. Latham ’72 Mr. Samuel P. Osborne ’72 Mr. Peter R. Garrison ’73
Mr. Timothy G. Scott ’73 Mr. Walter A. Malmquist II ’74 Mr. E. E. Butler Jr. ’75 Mr. John L. Putnam ’75 Mr. Robert E. Garrison ’76 Mr. David B. Dewey ’77 Mr. John B. Neal ’77 Ms. Margo F. Deselin ’78 Mr. Matthew R. Upton ’80 Mr. William C. Baskin III ’81 Ms. Christine R. Louis ’81 Mrs. Susan G. Allen ’82 Mrs. Lisa Clute ’82 Mr. Christopher J. Pesek ’82* Mrs. Susan E. Taylor ’82 Mr. Joe D. Barbour ’84 Dr. Angus A. A. Christie ’85 Mr. Frederick D. Paxton III ’85 Mr. Ian R. L. Sinclair ’85 Mr. Blake H. Swift ’86 Mrs. Carolyn M. Cullen ’87 Mr. Timothy S. Lesko ’87 Mr. Alexander C. MacCormick ’88 Ms. Amanda R. Black ’89 Mrs. Jennifer M. Gabel ’89 Ms. Katherine M. Arecchi ’90 Mr. Nathan C. M. Beams ’90 Mr. Ian A. Frank ’90 Mr. James C. Queen Jr. ’90 Mr. Michael P. O’Keefe ’91 Ms. Jessie H. Harris ’92 Mr. Andrew S. Katchen ’92* Ms. Lindsay K. Fontana ’93 Ms. Anne B. Hudak ’93 Mr. Jonathan C. Moodey ’93 Mr. Schuyler H. Perry ’93 Mr. Peter K. Woodward ’93 Mrs. Carolyn R. Harris-Tatar ’94 Ms. Elizabeth Hogan ’94
Mrs. Janine C. Newman ’94 Mr. John P. Farnsworth ’95 Mrs. Katherine W. Harris ’96 Ms. Julia C. Perkins ’97 Ms. Sarah C. Crane ’98 Ms. Julia L. Haley ’99 Ms. Kathleen H. Kime ’99 Mr. Andrew D. Sullivan ’00 Ms. Heidi T. Webb ’00* Mr. Kellan M. Florio ’01 Mr. Adam L. Lavallee ’01 Ms. Elizabeth S. Norton ’01 Mr. Averill H. Cook ’02 Ms. Kerry C. Douglas ’02 Ms. Madeline C. Fiumara ’02 Mr. Neal J. Frei ’03 Mr. Nicholas D. Payeur ’03 Mr. Nathaniel R. Smith ’04 Mr. Brian D. Sweeney ’04 Ms. Joanna Weatherbie ’04 Ms. Kathleen A. Crane ’05 Mr. William W. Ford ’05 Mr. Brendan W. O’Riordan ’05 Ms. Emily M. Sampson ’05 Mr. John H. Bladon ’06 Ms. Elizabeth Laurin ’06 Mr. Anders P. Nordblom ’06 Mr. Prescott C. Alexander ’07 Ms. Katherine Oram ’07 Ms. Haley B. Hamblin ’08 Ms. Gretchen E. Hyslip ’08 Mr. Jacob B. Manoukian ’09 Ms. Caitlin J. Mitchell ’09 Ms. Abigail J. Alexander ’10 Ms. Ashleigh M. Boulton ’10 Class Correspondents Dave Goodwin ’37 † Ted Libbey ’42
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Gus Mattersdorff ’44 † Bill Baskin ’49 Frank Hammond ’50 Terry Weathers ’51 Al Teele ’52 Don Backe ’53 Bill Lofquist ’54 Bill Byers ’55 Richard Meyer ’56 Charlie Kellogg ’58 Jerry Ashworth ’59 Len Richards ’60 Dave Hagerman ’63 Sandy Alexander ’64 Terry Jacobs ’65 Peter Janney ’66 John Pfeifle ’67 Jon Porter ’69 Dwight Shepard ’72 Walter Malmquist ’74 Peter Grant ’77 Luther Turmelle ’78 Cullen Morse ’79 Greg White ’80 Bill Baskin ’81 Jud Madden ’83 Fred Ludtke ’84 Jean-Louis Trombetta ’85 Matt Reynolds ’86 Kathryn Lubrano Robinson ’87 Alexander MacCormick ’88 Jennifer Robison ’89 Tracy McCoy Gillette ’89 Courtney Fleisher ’90
Terra Reilly ’91 Kelly Mullen Wieser ’92 Lindsay Dewar Fontana ’93 Ramey Harris-Tatar ’94 Sam Bass ’94 Alex Wruble ’95 Emily Evans MacLaury ’96 Heather Pierce Roy ’96 Katherine Haley Pyles ’97 Tara Walker Hamer ’98 Brooke Aronson McCreedy ’99 Andrew Sullivan ’00 Karyn Hoepp Jennings ’01 Adam Lavallee ’01 Betsy Pantazelos ’02 Nick Payeur ’03 Ryan McManus ’04 Brie Keefe ’05 Jessica Saba ’06 Annie Hanson ’07 Taylor Sawatzki ’08 Kelly Hood ’08 Meg McNulty ’09 Allison Stride ’09 Em Pettengill ’10 John McCoy ’10 Class Volunteers Samuel Macomber ’11 Amanda Engelhardt ’11 James McNulty ’11 Cecily Cushman ’11
TRUSTEES No Report of Appreciation would be complete without extending our gratitude to the members of our Board of Trustees. These individuals give generously of themselves in countless ways to support and steward Holderness School. They ensure that we move forward together as a caring community, committed to balance and to working together “for the betterment of humankind and God’s creation.”
trustees Mr. Jonathan Baum P ’12 ’14 Mrs. Grace Bird P ’07 ’13 Mr. Frank Bonsal III ’82 Mrs. Elizabeth Bunce P ’13 Mr. F. Christopher Carney ’75, P ’08 Mr. Russell Cushman ’80 P ’11 Mr. Randy Dales P ’00 ’02 ’80 Mr. Nigel Furlonge Ms. Tracy McCoy Gillette ’89 Mr. Doug Griswold ’66 Mr. Robert J. Hall P ’13 Mr. Jim Hamblin ’77 P ’08 Ms. Jan Hauser P ’13 Mr. Peter Kimball ’72 Mr. Paul Martini P ’06 ’08 Mr. Richard Nesbitt P ’09 Mr. Peter Nordblom P ’04 ’06 ’08 Ms. Susan L. Paine ’82 P ’14 Mr. R. Phillip Peck P ’09 Mr. Thomas N. Phillips ’75 P ’11 ’14
Mrs. Tamar Pichette P ’10 ’12 ’13 Mr. William Prickett ’81 P ’15 Mr. Jon Q. Reynolds ’86 The Rt. Rev. V. Gene Robinson Mr. Ian Sanderson ’79 Mrs. Jenny Alfond Seeman ’88 Mr. Harry Sheehy III Mr. Gary Spiess P ’87 ’89 ’94 Mr. Jerome Thomas ’95 Mrs. Ellyn Paine Weisel ’86 DISCLAIMER: Listings in this report reflect gifts made to Holderness during the fiscal year July 1, 2011 through June 30, 2012. Every effort has been made to ensure accuracy. Please accept our apologies if an error or omission has occurred and kindly notify the Advancement Office at 603.779.5220.
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Milestones DEATHS
ALUMNI BIRTHS
Paul K. Swanson ’46 September 3, 2011
Lindsay Garre Bierwirth ’93 and Fred Bierwirth: Jane Trowbridge Bierwirth, November 5, 2011
Edwin D. Kyle Jr. ’49 September 11, 2011 Edric A. Weld Jr. ’42 September 25, 2011 Mayland H. Morse Jr. ’38 September 26, 2011 William R. Brockhurst ’72 September 28, 2011 Frederick E. Teichert ’44 November 2, 2011 Mansfield W. Garratt III ’65 November 21, 2011 Joseph Sewall ’39 November 25, 2011 Sarah J. Fox ’90 December 9, 2011 David P. Goodwin ’37 December 2, 2011 S. Peter Spalding ’49 December 12, 2011 Bernard Klingenstein PT ’72–’79 February 8, 2012 Dmitri Nabokov ’51 February 22, 2012
Jay Tankersley ’96 and Lauren Tankersley: Jackson Tankersley, July 2011 Jed Hoyer ’92 and Merrill Hoyer: Beckett Hoyer, December 27, 2011 Andy Bohlin ’01 and Katie Bristow Bohlin ’00: Reagan Elizabeth Bohlin, March 17, 2012 Kristin Magalhaes with son Caetano and newborn Pedro.
The Cirone boys: Cameron, Nico, and Matthew
Jason Myler ’94 and Caroline Myler: Gigi May Myler, July 4, 2012
Tim Barnhorst ’00 and Lindsey Barnhorst: Morris John Barnhorst, June 7, 2012
Theo Doughty ’93 and Marcelo Torchio, Brooklyn, New York, April 28, 2012
Emily Warner Caldwell ’01 and Ali Caldwell: Stella Graham Caldwell, July 10, 2012
Kevin O’Brien ’94 and Christina O’Brien: Cecily Molly O’Brien, January 2012
Rachel Cooke Foley ’04 and Michael Foley, May 20, 2012
Joey Mormina ’01 and Anne Mormina ’01: Robert Andrew Mormina, July 2012
Thayer Oberg Wollenberg ’94 and Patrick Wollenberg: Henrik Stuart Wollenberg, May 4, 2012
Sarah L. Walker Kossayda ’95 and Adam Kossayda: Dexter Walker Kossayda, July 11, 2012
Joel von Trapp ’99 and Anna von Trapp: Alexander von Trapp, July 10, 2012 Jon Boyle ’99 and Maggie Boyle: Ryan Michael Boyle, February 11, 2012
Bradford Wagoner ’43 March 13, 2012
Andrew Palmer ’92: Colby Christopher Palmer and Riley Bryn Palmer, April 25, 2012
John R. Copeland ’46 March 19, 2012
Erik Bass ’97 and Courtney Bass: Charlotte Ann Bass, July 12, 2012
W. Rogers Ellis ’44 March 21, 2012
Hans Schemmel ’88 and Kara Schemmel: Serena Avery Schemmel, June 10, 2012
Guenter H. Mattersdorf ’44 April 12, 2012 Robert M. Emmons ’43 June 2, 2012 William W. Biddle PE ’68–’84 June 7, 2012
Dave Gerasin ’91 and Elisa Gerasin: Neve Carolina Gerasin, July 7, 2012 Rebecca Anderson Morrison ’91 and Jeffrey Morrison: Graham Gunnar Morrison, September 14, 2011
FACULTY BIRTHS Frank and Susie Cirone: Matthew Hartley Cirone, April 26, 2012 Eduardo and Kristin Magalhaes: Pedro Luis Padgett Magalhaes, May 15, 2012
David Madeira ’03 and Oriana Farley, Blue Hill, Maine, June 02, 2012 Devie Hamlen ’92 and Samar, Norwalk, Connecticut, September 29, 2012 Tom LeBosquet ’93 and Katherine Ledbetter, Willowdale Estate, Topsfield, Massachusetts, April 15, 2012
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Jamie Bradley ’99 and Diane, Carlton, Oregon, September 02, 2012
Victoria Mello ’03 and Barry Saperia, Rosecliff Mansion, Newport, Rhode Island, June 2011
Alexander Reilly ’87 and Susan McDonald, Hawaii, July 2012
Amber Stewart McCormack ’08 and Chad McCormack, Rossignol Winery, Prince Edward Island, September 24, 2011 Katie Sweeney Lepak ’00 and Peter Lepak, Waterville Valley, New Hampshire, July 30, 2011 Joshua Kinney ’95 and Jane Wang, Swissotel, Beijing, April 08, 2012
Margo Farley ’78 and John Woodall ’78, Dublin, New Hampshire, July 07, 2012 Mark Walrod ’97 and Hilay Williams, Mt. Greylock, Massachusetts, August 11, 2012 Keri Dole Renganathan ’91 and Mo Renganathan, New Hampshire, September 2012 Ashley Currier ’02 and John Trainer, August 04, 2012
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Dick Marden writes in: “After Holderness I went to UNH, and then enlisted in the Army, European Theater. After the war I continued military service with USAF in the Ready Reserve as a major. I retired after more than 36 years of service. In the early days I worked two summers as my town’s waterfront director and lifeguard, then another two years as the town’s night police officer. I graduated finally from UNH, then went for a MA degree at Penn in Philadelphia which required summer school at Harvard. I also studied for a semester at the Sorbonne in Paris. My first real job was town manager in Ashland, NH. I was married at Holderness School by headmaster Edric Armory Weld. I had three daughters, two were state ski champions. One died. I settled on association management as a career and served as executive director of the NH Municipal Association; director of the New Jersey School Boards Association; and director of the Pennsylvania League of Cities. During all those years, even now, I have been interested in Staffordshire historical china and started a part time business during the evenings and weekends. It continues even now with the help of my daughter Elaine Shackford. To date, this effort has sold more than 11,000 lots. In other activities I lectured annually at the Army Officer’s School at Carlisle Barracks; I was listed in Who’s Who and try to attend Reunion at Holderness every year; I continued downhill skiing and playing tennis until it seemed unwise; I also served as president of the Junior Racing Club with its more than 100 younger racers.” … Arthur Sweeney celebrated his 90th birthday on July 25. Twenty-six family members, kids, grandkids, and spouses joined the celebration. … George Huckins writes, “I have completed 28 years of retirement from an interesting and successful career with New England Tel and Nymat. I no longer can ski or play golf but find plenty to do with family and friends— in a nutshell, life is good!”
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Bob Barrows reports from Weddington, NC, that golfing and his YMCA exercise regimen continue to keep him in good health. But he does caution that the “pace of life is a little
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’45 CLASS CORRESPONDENT Harry Emmons ’45 5 Canoe Trail Darien, CT 06820 emmonshr@gmail.com
’46 Thinking it would be nice to see Class Notes for 1946? Why not volunteer as the Class Correspondent and encourage your classmates to reconnect in the HST Class Notes. Contact Melissa Stuart, Director of Alumni Relations, at 603.779.5228 or alum@holderness.org. Thank you!
’47 CLASS CORRESPONDENT Bill Briggs ’47 12718 Golf Club Drive Savannah, GA 31419 Phone: 912-921-4548 Maggiebriggs24@ymail.com
’48 Thinking it would be nice to see Class Notes for 1948? Why not volunteer as the Class Correspondent and encourrage your classmates to reconnect in the HST Class Notes. Contact Melissa Stuart, Director of Alumni Relations, 603.779.5228 or alum@holderness.org. Thank you!
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slower,” and that “at this stage you do not worry about the score; I’m just happy to be able to pick up and swing a club.” … Ed Beattie, our youngest classmate, celebrated his 80th birthday in March. For want of an appropriate card, he crafted his own: “Somewhat astounding/Even a bit confounding/To suddenly be 80/In spite of all my bad habits/This being so … What next then???/GO FOR 90! Ed adds that “Living another ten years should give me plenty to do.” … Bob Bradner’s Jeanne, his loved and loving wife of 54 years, passed away in June. In February, Bob completed researching and writing a comprehensive history of their 19th century church and its properties in Winnetka, IL. It will be published this fall. … Pat and Tex Coulter, dodging Winter in Duxbury, MA, spent March on Marco Island, FL, playing tennis and music. In July, due to “all that running around for the last 81 years,” Tex had a knee replaced. … Shelma Jane and Don Wyeth continue their traveling adventures: In September, they toured northern Italy for three weeks by car. In late November, they boarded a cruise liner in Rome for a two-week transatlantic voyage to Florida. Then, in late January, it was three weeks in Maui, HI. After a brief rest, and perhaps seeking a contrast to Hawaii, Don and Shelma Jane celebrated his 82nd birthday, on June 30th, in Maine. … We lost two very loyal and distinguished classmates last year—Ned Kyle in September, and Pete Spalding in December.
CLASS CORRESPONDENT Bill Baskin ’49 218 Damascus Road Branford, CT 06405-6109 Phone: 203-488-0566 wbaskin.td53law58@aya.yale.edu
’50 Thinking it would be nice to see Class Notes for 1950? Why not volunteer as the Class Correspondent and encourage your classmates to reconnect in the HST Class Notes. Contact Melissa Stuart, Director of Alumni Relations at 603.779.5228 or alum@holderness.org. Thank you!
’51 Dan Baxter writes: “The Baxter story has changed very little. We still are running two businesses (his and hers) and are still firmly embedded in Walnut Creek, CA. Of course on some 100-degree days I find myself dreaming about a swim in the cool waters of Newfound Lake, but the heart must be where the kids are. I don’t make many friends in California when I say I prefer New Hampshire. So here we are, getting along fine with little exciting to report.” … Terry Weathers writes: “Like Dan, our life here in far northern California remains pretty stable. I think I can call myself darn well retired at last. In July I recommended my last student pilot for a private pilot certificate—a fellow who had started learning to fly in my airport operation back in the mid-’90s. He passed. I sold my last airplane last November and tell folks I am at the far right-hand edge of the bell-shaped curve when it comes to aviation. Jean, my wife, has me beat. She’s still working half time as a Family Nurse Practitioner/ Certified Nurse Midwife. I think she can’t stand the idea of spending seven days a week home with this old geezer. … Our classmate, Dmitri Nabokov, passed away on February 24, 2012 in Vevey, Switzerland. A brief internet search will provide far more information on Dmitri’s life and contributions than can reasonably be summarized on CNN.” Two classmates, Terry Weathers and William Summers have provided a few memories of Dmitri at Holderness. Terry Weathers writes: “Dmitri and I both squeaked onto the bottom of the varsity tennis team our senior year. I believe it was the only letter either of us earned. We enjoyed playing tennis together. If Dmitri’s height and strength resulted in one of his powerful serves hitting within the serve court, my only response was usually to hike off after the ball. Fortunately, consistency was not Dmitri’s strong point, so we had fun. Conforming to the letter of the law was also not one of Dmitri’s strong points. Our great English teacher, Joe Abbey, made it a big point to give a major term paper early in the semester with a deadline of 6 PM, dinner hour, on a particular date. Before going to dinner on that date, I vividly recall
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watching Joe stop by his mailbox and pick up all of the papers that had been submitted. After dinner, going by his mailbox, there was Dmitri’s tardy entry, fully three times as thick as any of the others. Joe took it out of his mailbox, looked at it, shook his head, and tossed it in the trash. I often wondered if Joe might have come back later that night and retrieved it from the trash just to read the eloquent prose before giving it a grade of zero. I also remember teaching Dmitri how to drive. Somehow I was selected to give Dmitri some instruction in parallel parking so that Dmitri could pass his New Hampshire driver’s test. We used the old ’38 Ford woodie, ‘The Keyless’ and the ’40 Ford woodie. He finally got the hang of it. I could only look back in wonder when in later years I read of Dmitri’s auto racing exploits.” William Summers offered the following poem: Here’s to a very unique person, Who made his way through Life, On his own terms. No doubt, he left his mark upon many people, Throughout his life, And, we are sure, He did make a difference, In his own way. To describe his Life, We will leave that up to History, But, The song that comes to mind, Almost immediately, Is Frank Sinatra’s MY WAY. I regret I never had a chance To meet up with him Before his passing, But, I hope that Somewhere in his long, lanky body, And, in his unique Mind, He had a soft spot just reserved for his classmates. Rest in Peace, Dmitri Dmitri Nabokov May 10, 1934–February 22, 2012
CLASS CORRESPONDENT Terry Weathers ’51 9964 Sniktaw Lane Fort Jones, CA 96032-9745 Phone: 530-468-2234 tmw@sisqtel.net
’52 CLASS CORRESPONDENT Al Teele ’52 636 Greenbriar Drive Harrodsburg, KY 40330-1276 Phone: 859-734-3625
’53 CLASS CORRESPONDENT Don Backe ’53 703 Melrose Street Annapolis, MD 21401-2321 Phone: 410-693-1878 donbacke@aol.com
’54 Tales out of school: J.P. Olmstead reports that his retirement life focuses on gardening and international travel. J.P. graduated from the University of Vermont and spent three years with the U.S. Navy: Officer Candidate School in Newport, RI, and duty on the USS Forrestal in the Mediterranean Sea. After joining the New York Mutual Insurance Company in Newark, NJ, he was called back into service and spent three years on a U.S. Navy cruiser in the Vietnam sector. Upon leaving naval service, his formal career as a doctor began. He attended and graduated from the Kansas City College of Osteopathic Medicine in Kansas City, MO and spent a year’s residency in Portland, ME. J.P.’s medical career embraced both coasts and the midwest: a partnership in Kansas City, MO, two years of family practice at the Bremerton Naval Hospital in Bremerton, WA, and an extended practice in occupational medicine at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Portsmouth, NH. Before retiring in 2000, J.P. spent ten years as a doctor with the Olin Corporation back in Kansas City, MO. He has lived in Plymouth, NH since 2002. … Paul Needham claims that his first educational endeavors after Holderness were less than successful. Leaving after one semester at the University of New Hampshire, Paul enlisted in the U.S. Air Force, got married in 1956, and proceeded to see the world. Basic training was at the Samson Air Force Base in Geneva, NY, from whence the procession began: Mississippi,
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Louisiana, New York, Alabama, Turkey (visiting four of the seven churches mentioned in the Bible’s Revelations), California, Johnston Island (800 miles southwest of Hawaii), Texas, Colorado, Thailand, and (after twenty-two years of service) retirement at Lowry Air Force Base in Denver, CO. Armed with a college degree obtained during his U.S. Air Force career, Paul’s new life began: ten years on the Denver, CO area council of the Boy Scouts of America, and thirteen years as an elementary school teacher in Northglenn, CO. Currently, Paul is a missionary; through his ecumenical church, he travels to Mexico two to three times per year building orphanages for the Tarahumara Indians. Previously, he helped build schools in Bangladesh and Thailand. When not exhausted, he takes his dune buggy down to Baja California and follows the annual Baja Score races. … Jim Burnham’s career has had a strong focus on education. Jim graduated twice from the University of New Hampshire: first with a B.A. in history and second with an M.A. in educational administration. Between degrees, Jim became an infantry officer in the U.S. Army; he was based in Ft. Benning, GA and assigned to a Ranger unit. After military service, Jim became a teacher at the Berwick Academy and became the school’s headmaster at age 28, the youngest head of school in New England at that time. Jim stayed at Berwick for nine years before accepting the Presidency and Headmastership of Wayland Academy in Beaver Dam, WI where he remained for twelve years. In 1984, Jim founded the Society for Nonprofit Organizations in Madison, WI. The organization now has over 20,000 U.S. and international members, and publishes the bimonthly Nonprofit World Journal, a compendium of articles on improving leadership management and governance. Jim retired to Dennisport, MA in 1992 and leads an active life walking, playing tennis and golf, and observing the ways of the world.
CLASS CORESPONDENT Bill Lofquist ’54 2240 Kuhio Avenue, Apt. 3604 Honolulu, HI 96815-2820 Phone: 808-744-7419 btlofquist@hawaii.rr.com
’55 Bill Byers writes: “Susi and I have already seen late winter turn to early spring, early spring evolve through middle and late spring into early summer and back again. Easily done! We took a trip at the end of March to Williamsburg, VA. From that event we journeyed into the delight of Charleston, SC. We couldn’t imagine it! Dinner at night on a roof top in the city! We watched the night roll in over eats and drinks. We spent Easter at Myrtle Beach with our son Chris and family; seven-year-old Jay sailed a kite down the beach, or maybe it was the other way; the kite pulled him down the beach! Anyway, what have you been doing since last I wrote? Since last I asked? Your fall newsy notes were great to read. Please update and have your news posted in HST. Dang! I recalled being dubbed the moniker ‘Buller’ or was it ‘Bullah’ back in the day. Oh! Last thought: Sandy Gibson got a surprise several months ago. So did I. I called him, figuring he’d have no idea who was at the other end of the ring tone. Instead I heard, ‘I don’t believe it! I don’t believe it! Bill Byers!’ and the talk was on! Now I gotta plan a drive over to Andover and visit.”
CLASS CORRESPONDENT Bill Byers ’55 35 Nedwied Road Tolland, CT 06084-4037 wbyers1@comcast.net
’56 Tom Anthony writes: “Daughter Jess has another book out as of last February. It’s published by Penguin and is called Chopsticks. Susan and I have just returned from a halcyon couple of weeks in Spello, Italy, where we rented an apartment right in town. It was good for my Italian as well as our souls. However, I still had senior citizen moments when trying to draw on my store of Italian words to keep up one end of the conversation. We visited numerous places in the area, and especially want to recommend the city of Gubbio to anyone who is traveling near Perugi. We’re home now and seem to be either visiting or hosting somebody pretty much every weekend. We will be on the Vineyard for a
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week in September. I have written three short stories this spring and a bunch more poetry; I’m also building wooden things, mostly furniture, and caring for the Machu Picchu-like structure in our back yard that grudgingly is seeing things my way. Best to all.” … Bill Rawle sent this along: “Richard, thank you for being the one to re-unite many of us even if it is via e-mail notes to the organized party. Facebook has re-united me with our wonderful class leader Peter Kingston. He has been a super person to have known as he and his brothers helped Holderness in many ways. On a personal note we have a farm that has a web site that might be of interest to others: www.watermark-farm.net. Over 10,600 fans have joined on our Facebook page from all over the world. Please enjoy what is there for all to enjoy.” … Lew Snow added: “My wife, Helen, retired from the Greensboro Public Library at the end of November, and we are now living in Carrboro, NC. We are within walking distance of our son and his wife, who live in Chapel Hill. We survived the 105-degree days that set a record for our area and are enjoying our retirement, well-earned by my wife who retired at the age of 71. We plan to spend a month or two on the North Carolina coast during the off-season, when it is not crowded and the cooler weather makes for the best kayaking. Hope all goes well, Richard, with you and yours. Maine sounds pretty good, i.e. as in cool.” … Barry Borella has led an interesting life and contributed this: “Fortunately, due to my procrastination, you will be spared (for now) a detailed recap of my life since leaving Holderness. I am retired from Continental Airlines (as well as the Army). Continental was the last of eight airlines for which I worked. Prior to that, I worked as a factory foreman while attending college, then spent some time in sales, industrial engineering, and flight instruction. For a while I owned and managed a flight school. Aside from three years at HQ Seventh Army in Germany and a few summers in a secret glider program (secret only because few people knew about it), the majority of my Army time was spent flying helicopters in the Virgin Islands and Delaware for the Army National Guard. I am now living in Center Harbor, NH which was my home while attending Holderness. My
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daughter, Nicoya, is a student at Northeastern. She just returned from a visit to Nevis, where she and I are both citizens. I read with interest Justin Orr’s story in the spring issue of Holderness School Today. It brought to mind my trip to Friday Harbor, for different reasons. Six degrees of separation (EDITOR’S NOTE: if you don’t know the meaning of this expression, Google it). While working on my seaplane rating in Seattle with Kenmore Air, they would give us a space-available ride. I chose Friday Harbor because it was the home of one of my heroes, Ernie Gann, author of Fate is the Hunter. Although I never met Ernie in person, we had corresponded. Once, while flying a DC-3 over the Caribbean Sea, I spoke with him on the radio. Gann was piloting his Wing Derringer back to Friday Harbor. There were only three Derringers built and Ernie owned one, so when I saw it taxiing to the fuel pumps in St. Thomas, I knew there was a good chance it was him. Since retirement I have been active in the preservation of historic buildings and tilted at a few windmills in furthering some causes, among which are children’s rights to an intact body www.intactamerica.org and opposition to forced retirement, especially the FAA’s ‘Age 60 Rule’ which has metamorphosed into the equally unfair ‘Age 65 Rule.’ Another one of those causes has been the preservation of Trinity Church. In furtherance of which, I created www.churchyardcemetery.org. If you share my fond memories of that building, you will enjoy a visit to the website. In the hope of strengthening ties between the school and the cemetery trustees, I donated a plot in the cemetery to the school, making the school a proprietor and enabling it to put forward persons to serve as trustees, in whose hands the future well-being of that building rests. It is the only building extant which is connected to the school’s founding in 1879.” … Dick Meyer brings up the rear: “When I requested input for these class notes, the eastern two thirds of the country was suffering a record heat wave, but Maine was almost cold. Now, as I write this, the air temperature is 81 degrees, the humidity is 61%, a little sticky, but the lake water is a delightful 81 degrees. In lots of places this high a lake temperature would create an algae bloom,
but Trickey Pond is so clear and clean this is not a concern. I took a water quality reading yesterday—8/4 (I report this to an environmental organization) and could see the Secchi disk to a depth of 28 feet. Historically, at this time of year the viewing depth would be about 34 feet, but there has been enough rain every few days to add debris to the water which shortens the viewing depth.”
CLASS CORRESPONDENT Dick Meyer ’56 137 Trickey Pond Road Naples, ME 04055-3401 richard419@roadrunner.com
’57 Steven Hall writes: “I have been here in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia since early May 2011, helping to build the world’s largest aluminum smelter in the new industrial city of Al Khair (formerly Az Zawr). We already have a port, a phosphate plant, and railroad. Planned are alumina refinery (for native bauxite) copper smelter, zinc smelter, and maybe something to do with nickel.”
’58 CLASS CORRESPONDENT Charlie Kellogg ’58 4 Alpine Road Manchester, MA 01944-1045 Phone: 978.526.8241
’59 Here we go again. It must be late autumn when this is published, so maybe a Merry Christmas is in order, even though this is August as I write this column. The response was great, and for that I thank all of you. I am on my way to the Italian Lake District to celebrate my 70th birthday. Yes, I probably am one year younger than all you old timers, so I should treat all of you elders with respect: a hard thing to do! … Chris Palmer announces the birth of twin grandkids to his son, Andrew Palmer ’92. We played golf together over the July 4 weekend and, as usual, had a great time together. Having solved all the country’s problems in short order, talk revolved
around discussions of our Holderness days—always a fun thing to do. P.S. For once I played a good game of golf. … As far as Italy is concerned, Mark Morris, old man that he is, having turned 70 last year, took his family for two weeks to Tuscany and Venice. It sounds like a great vacation. Summers aren’t so bad either since Mark spends his time on Nantucket. I’m sure he can be seen prancing around the island in his Nantucket reds or his green whale pants. Other than a recent hip replacement, all seems to be going well for the Morrises. … It seems that there are all kinds of turning 70 trips. This one is for Lee Miller’s wife which was to Tahiti and Bora Bora. What a great adventure it must have been. Lee and family spend summers in Ocean City, Maryland, playing golf and tennis when elbows permit…. Lee Kellogg, do you need your head examined or have you just lost it altogether? Do not ever think of playing in an alumni hockey game! As really good as you were, and you were something special back then, these kids today are on another planet. No doubt they would trounce the Division I college teams of our time. I watch a lot of games at Exeter and I am continually amazed. Lee’s letter came to me from Singapore where he is involved with Exxon Mobil’s offshore installation work. He has been all over the world with this oil construction and diving work, but number one on his list of places to go is Hudson Bay with guide Buster for some good trout fishing. … Speaking of Buster, a quick note to me explains that all is well in the Canadian prairies. Keep it going, Buster. That is what it is all about. … What about Bruce Vogel? He is now living mostly in the California desert, La Quinta to be exact. I would think our other hockey captain has no plans to play in an alumni game. If you get a chance, Bruce, call Grinner and make sure he sees the reality of what advice I gave him. I still get a kick out of Bruce being a USGA rules official. As I remember, Bruce, rules were there to be broken and not enforced. … It seems as though the Murphy family is continuing its tradition of serving the good old US of A. Murph informs me that grandson, Matthew, has just started boot camp in Georgia with hopes of getting into jump school and Special Forces. As for Charlie himself, he has really cut back his work for Senator
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Grassley. That must have been a most interesting career. … Hearing from Ken Lewis is becoming somewhat of a tradition. No real news to report, but surprisingly, Ken was quite interested in the last HST article on the importance of spiritual development in one’s education. The YMCA might have been first to emphasize mind, body, and spirit but it still applies to current life at Holderness. … If all goes well, I will meet with Dave Sleeper sometime in the fall. I will take my secretary wife, Jeanne, with me to take notes so I’ll have a report on him in the next issue. Till then,
CLASS CORRESPONDENT Jerry Ashworth ’59 PO Box 2 Ogunquit, ME 03907 Home: 207-361-1105 Cell: 617-833-7478 ashworth@maine.rr.com
’60 Pretty taciturn crowd this time. In early August Peter Macdonald tells of an imminent visit to South Dartmouth by Dick Funkhouser. Peter didn’t say the two things were related but mentioned his 70th was about to arrive as well. This gives YHOCC the opportunity to point out that I don’t become a septuagenarian until the end of next February. Being the runt of the litter has some advantages. … Ross Deachman acknowledged my plea for news, claiming he had none. … In a cleverly disguised pitch Rick Bullock says, “Still working in the flying business. I have a Learjet 45XR for charter that is owned by a third party for whom we manage it. We also manage a non-commercial Lear 35 for another private owner. I stopped flying a few years ago before the other pilots told me it was time. It’s better to be in the office which is where the real challenges lie; our market is still very much in the recessionary doldrums but glad to still be here. I enjoyed the 50th gathering very much and hope other classmates are okay. It’s always nice to read the class news. …so let’s have a few more contributors, okay?”… Finally, Gerry Shyavitz chimed in, “Pearl and I are fine. I am working full time for the IRS and will probably do some part time legal work. My grand kids are
great—ages 8, 7, 5, and 4 (three girls and a boy). I am keeping fit and trying to be as immature as possible, especially for someone who is 70 years old.” To demonstrate said immaturity, Shy closes with a hearty “GO PATRIOTS.” Mature men, of course, root for the Steelers.
CLASS CORRESPONDENT Len Richards ’60 1025 Washington Avenue Oakmont, PA 15139-1119 lenrichards@mac.com
’61 Bill Seaver writes in: “Our year was rather overwhelming and discombobulated…2011 will be remembered as the year of Sherry’s breast cancer. A suspicious mammogram in February led to a left mastectomy in May, weekly Taxol and Herceptin chemo from July to mid-September and then Herceptin every three weeks until June 2012. The day after the mastectomy, Sherry’s father passed away at 90, but we were able to schedule the memorial service before the chemo started. See www.wickedlocal.com/concord/feature s/x1213117197/Concord-resident-wontlet-breast-cancer-defeat-her-life?img=3# axzz1aKoD5t5x for an excellent October 2011 newspaper article (with pictures) on Sherry and her cancer. Through it all, Sherry has not missed any of her twice weekly Ch’I Kung exercise classes, although she has had problems with the chemo attacking all fast-growing cells such as those that digest food. All of this reminds us that we are mortal and not getting any younger. We have said final goodbyes to too many friends this fall… This past fall I helped organize my fiftieth high school reunion. It was great to see people I had not seen in fifty years (but they seem so old). I still remain involved in Buddhism, Jhamtse International, the Rafael Hernandez School in Jamaica Plain, and gathering clothing for the less fortunate; however, most of the last six months have been spent supporting Sherry’s fight against cancer. After the mastectomy in May, I drove her everywhere until the end of September. Then she tripped and fell on an uneven sidewalk and fractured her right elbow, so I had to start driving her again. Fortunately,
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during a recent appointment, the doctor was quite surprised by how much range of motion Sherry had in her injured elbow and said she no longer needed to wear the sling, although I’m still driving her and probably will be until after we return from Mexico in mid-January. Sherry immediately started enjoying using her right hand although her arm gets tired when she uses it too much. She is certainly determined to not let cancer get in her way…Our Japanese garden gave us such pleasure and was such a calming influence last summer that we are updating the rest of our landscaping, including taking down twenty-four 100-foot pine trees that endanger the house (two trees falling during Hurricane Irene served as the wakeup call). Abby and Dana are doing extremely well. Abby has a thriving acupuncture practice and Dana, while enjoying what he is doing, is running into organizational issues that remind me of the ones I continue to face even in retirement. It is great to be able to communicate openly with both of them as peers and have supper with Dana regularly. Through all of our trials and tribulations, we still enjoy having visitors. Lutz Schega visited us from Germany for five weeks this spring while he studied at BU, and this fall Erika Orban stayed for a three-month sabbatical from her ministerial duties in Transylvania, Romania. We hope those of you who live a ways away can manage to visit. As they say around here, “The latch string is always out.” We also hope to visit some of you next year, for Sherry’s cancer forced us to cancel our planned trip to Sweden and Germany this summer. We are hoping for better health and vitality for all of you and us in the year ahead. We are now, more than ever, grateful for each day that is given to us. We are all so blessed to have each other and our friends.”
CLASS CORRESPONDENT Mark Shub ’61 Shub & Anderson PC 1 Washington Mall Ste. 7A Boston, MA 02108-2603 mshub@shubanderson.com
’62 Thinking it would be nice to see Class Notes for 1962? Why not volunteer as the Class Correspondent and encourage your classmates to reconnect in the HST Class Notes. Contact Melissa Stuart, Director of Alumni Relations, at 603.779.5228 or alum@holderness.org. Thank you!
’63 Morgan Nields sent in: “I did put the October ’13 reunion on my calendar— Belinda and I have to make it… I’m busy running two companies at the same time and have to work 80 hours a week to keep the boats afloat…I just spent eight days in Italy with my bride Belinda at a meeting in Florence...All I did was go to meetings, but I am happy she can have fun no matter what I am up to!” … Nick Hadgis writes: “I continue to enjoy working as Dean of the School of Hospitality Management at Widener University. A personal reward was added to our lives this year with the arrival of our first granddaughter. My wife Anna and I enjoyed seeing Bro Adams ’65 at my 45th Colby reunion and hope to get to our Holderness 50th.”
CLASS CORRESPONDENT Dave Hagerman ’63 P.O. Box 147 Old Lyme, NH 03769 Home: 603-795-2793 Cell: 603-646-2251 David.S.Hagerman@Dartmouth.edu
’64 Richard Seltzer writes: “We just delivered our youngest, Tim, to Wittenberg University in Ohio, where he will be a freshman. Meanwhile, my business of publishing ebooks is ramping up. I just opened my own e-book download store Quench Editions and am selling thousands of classics through Barnes and Noble, Sony, Kobo, etc. I feel like I’m just getting started. It would be good to hear how everyone else is doing.” … Ron Hall writes: “In September I will be retiring from my position as Executive Director of Camp O-AT-KA in Sebago, Maine. My wife Susan and I will take a few
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months off and travel out west in our RV to enjoy some fishing and hiking and touring of the Rockies. After 18 great years working at O-AT-KA, I am ready for a new challenge. I’m not sure what the new adventure will be, but ‘I’ll know it when I see it.’ In the meantime we have six grandchildren to keep us entertained. This past year I have seen Dan Redmond, who lives nearby; Jim Ricker, an O-AT-KA alumnus; and Dave Hagerman ’63, a lifelong friend. The possibilities of who I might run into from Holderness while traveling thru Kansas, Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, New Mexico, and Arizona this fall are endless. Maybe I’ll see you on one of the blue ribbon fly fishing rivers this fall. Green, Madison, Armstrong, Yellowstone, Snake, Henry’s Fork, Sleuth Creek—they are all special places.”…Craig Blouin writes: “Retirement begins for me on August 31. I’m really looking forward to doing the stuff I’ve been looking forward to. There’s plenty to do, plenty to learn, plenty to share. My wife will be retiring at the end of the year, and after we max out our first Mt. Sunapee season passes (senior rates are great, eh?!) this winter, we want to do some traveling around the US. Our son lives in Salt Lake City, and we’re thinking we may want to settle down there after 26 years in Henniker. Better to make a move sooner than later we figure. I used to work for myself as a professional photographer and didn’t think I’d ever retire. Just keep shooting. But for the past 20 years I’ve had genuine jobs, and retirement’s looked real good for the past ten years or so. Aside from the traveling there’s reading, writing, photographing, volunteering, biking, hiking, and skiing.” … News from Terry Morse: “Hope all is well in the East. Lots going on as usual. After I finished riding my bike across the country last summer, it took us some months to catch up on all the back log of “honeydo” tasks. Anne Vitte did a super job of taking care of things while I was riding, so most of my work included completing things she just couldn’t do, like pruning the trees, etc. When I returned, I had six custom furniture pieces to build and completed those all by January. They were lots of fun and gave me the opportunity to create some interesting pieces with unique woods. In between, there were several 3–5 day desert walkabouts and wall-to-
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wall visitors from December through April. Then we left for some travel: first Turkey and Dubai to see daughter Natasha ’91; Peru; a very quick driving trip across the country to RI shuttling a car east for Natasha and husband Wael who left Dubai in June but are now visiting in Moab for a few weeks. Natasha set up and administrated/taught a new fledgling summer language program for Monterey Institute/Middlebury in cooperation with Salve Regina University in Newport, RI. I flew from Providence to Richmond and drove another car west solo (still used to the long haul driving from all the commuting from Midd to Aspen back in the day). Our son Peter ’93 visited for a few days in early July before and after running the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon for sixteen days. He’s still living in Chile and is doing an incredible job which takes him literally all over the world. Our daughter Sine ’88 and family are still in Portland, OR. She is busting out in the art world with 3-D paper cut whimsical shadowboxes. She is showing work a lot and beginning to find her way into galleries and major shows. Yesterday I just got back from a six-day backpacking trip in the Holy Cross Wilderness Area in Colorado. Currently I am writing an ebook for my family based on bike trips and growing up in the Aspen area. I am having fun with it even though Russ Wood and Brewer would probably grade it as worthless airport tripe. Maybe Seltzer can put it on his download site as a new category to act as a foil to the classics. When I finish you’ll be able to read it for a buck or so. Hoping to have it completed by the first of the year. We’ll be in Moab for the rest of the year barring short desert forays. We may get East sometime soon. We’re even contemplating showing up at the 50th if all works out and I can remember which year it will be.” … Bill McCollom writes in: “With all the chitchat going on, I thought I’d join the conversation. Grandparenthood seems to be our next phase. My son, Eric and his wife, Kristie, have a little boy, Liam, who is now two years, three months. He’s a high-energy chatterbox who is lots of fun for his grandparents. Eric teaches at New Hampton School, so we are lucky to see quite a bit of them. Since leaving the school teaching/administration profession, I’ve
been writing for the past 12 years or so—winter sports-related material, primarily with Ski Racing Magazine. Summers involve sneaking out to play a variety of sports – biking, tennis, golf, skiing, etc., and taking care of the farm here in Barnard, where my wife is immersed in horses. It’s good to hear from a few of you. Ron Hall?? Craig Blouin?? Wow, there are a few names from the past. I’m pleased to be upright and enjoying life. Hope the same is true for all of you. Let’s see if we can hang in there until 2014. Help me out here, Woody, (math was never my strong-suit), but I believe that would be our 50th reunion—right? Who’d a thunk it…” … Woody Thompson sends in: “This is a nice chain of news! Louise and I joined the ranks of grandparents when our daughter Larissa and her husband Thomas had daughter Ella Johanna Hebert back in April. She’s a rare combo of New Englander, French Canadian, and Austrian! Retirement is lurking on the horizon in another year or two. My day job with the Maine Geological Survey keeps me busy and, except for the deer ticks, it’s nice to be working down on the coast (currently around Penobscot Bay). My spare time is taken up with writing projects, including the co-authorship of a book for the general public on the geology of the White Mountains. We’re hoping this non-profit venture will come out in time for the 2013 Geological Society of America meeting at New Hampshire’s Mt. Washington Hotel. Cheers.” … Sandy Alexander writes: “I’m still spending summers in Sunapee, NH and winters in Texas. The upkeep of an old house provides constant challenges, so that is one of the ways I stay busy. For fun I’m a freelancing musician and always on the lookout for ways to keep that hobby alive. The remainder of my time gets taken up with a local Historical Society and its museum and programs. I’m always ready to see old classmates and look forward to hearing from any of you.”
CLASS CORRESPONDENT Sandy Alexander ’64 180 Jobs Creek Road Sunapee, NH 03782 Phone: 603-763-2304 Salex88@comcast.net
’65 CLASS CORRESPONDENT Terry Jacobs ’65 127 W Highland Avenue Philadelphia, PA 19118-3817 Phone: 215-247-9127 haj3@jacobswyper.com
’66 CLASS CORRESPONDENT Peter Janney ’66 102 Lothrop Street Beverly, MA 01915-5230 Phone: 978-969-1163 PJ@ApLLon.com
’67 CLASS CORRESPONDENT John Pfeifle ’67 PO Box 47 Bradford, NH 03221-0047 Home: 603-938-5981 Office: 603-792-1202 Cell: 603-491-7272 john.pfeifle@fifepkg.com
’68 Tim Mabee from Saratoga Springs, NY: “Since retiring from my last career as the VP of marketing and facilities at our local bank, I have been pursuing my roots with some 6,000+ in my database. I’m also involved in some local not-for-profits as well as a few other genealogical/historical associations. Our five kids are working, and one has provided us with a granddaughter. In my free time I love going to the Adirondacks to fish and cut down trees as well as move boulders around on my John Deere TLB (tractor, loader, backhoe).” … David Thurston from Old Saybrook, CT writes: “Like most of us, I just had my 40th college reunion (Dartmouth), and, probably unlike most of us, I actually attended mine (as Chairman!). As with many of us, life has taken its twists and turns. I lived in Boston for several years after college, then moved back to Maine to run the family business as part of the fourth generation; the company grew nicely for over 20 years, and then we watched the entire industry move to China. I’m now living in Old Saybrook,
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CT, helping to run a sales company for the guy who at one time was my largest customer when I was in manufacturing. I am now importing from China the same things I used to produce in the U. S. (wooden products)—an old, unfortunate but common story... I am now happily divorced, have two wonderful kids (Parker and Marion, 22 and 19, respectively). They both go to school and live in Boston. I am still actively skiing and coaching at Sunday River, ME, on winter weekends.” … Ira Crowe, Post Holderness in 50 words or less: “draftdodging cabdriving motorcyle crutches hitchhiking wandering Yale. boolahboolah brazil book & snake lawyering unpleasant architecture cambridge marriage suburbs kids coaching vineyard recession separation self-employment daughters fatherhood lawyers divorce lotus lexington dating kids college IBM India work-from-home florida mexico gloucester florida spain gloucester wonderful woman great kids phase seven awaits.” … Grafton Biddle and Paul Madden send regards to all. … John Coles, your class secretary, is alive and well in Arlington, MA with two daughters in college, a wife, a dog, and a cat. I have managed to pursue my career in the art world (see johncolesart.com) and have gotten into architectural conservation and preservation as well. Life is good. I enjoy my work, friends, and other extracurricular activities (tennis, skiing, hiking). I was just enjoying a summer weekend in New Hampshire and drove right by the old place. Hope to hear from more of you all next time!
in particular was a snap shot of a few members of the trail crew. Peter writes: “I can see Arja Adair with the flag, Hyde Post in a top hat, Dave Bemis in the middle with the plant, Ross Hamlin in the back on the left with some kind of brush hog, Tony Grieg and myself in the lower right with my hand in my face giving the sort of peace sign. We were a hard-working crew. I can’t imagine what all these guys turned out doing. I would love to find out.” … William Hill writes: “I have fond recollections of Holderness. Holderness will always be close to my heart. After Syracuse I moved to Schenectady, NY to take a position with GE. What was supposed to be a two-year training and then on to the big city turned into a 40+ year residence in the Capital District of NY. Got married (twice) and raised three fine citizens on a Rhodes Scholar! I am now working with the State of New York. Life has been rich and fulfilling, and I owe a lot of it to Holderness for giving me the tools to navigate society. I visited Holderness about four years ago to support Jeremy Foley as he received the Alumni of the Year Award. I saw little Rich Weymouth, but he wasn’t so little. Change... Unbelievable. Wish we had the facilities back in the day that they have now! I keep saying I’m going to return for Homecoming but something always gets in the way...maybe this year.”
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Jon Porter ’69 121 Rockledge Drive South Windsor, CT 06074-1583 Phone: 860-644-8430 jwoodporter@cox.net
Robert Hier writes: “Life is good. I am now managing the family tree farm in Cornish Flat, running a couple of small real estate businesses, and most recently raising beef cattle. The kids are grown—Joan is an OB/GYN at Brigham and Women’s in Boston, Katie works for Kenneth Cole in NYC and does standup comedy. My wife AnneMarie is a child psychologist. I would love to hear from any classmates.”
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Thanks to all of you who responded to my request for class notes. Peter
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A few members of the class of 1970 on trail crew: Arja Adair, Hyde Post, Dave Bemis, Ross Hamlin, Tony Grieg, and Peter Weiner
Kimball became a grandparent in the summer of 2011, which he says “is pure joy.” Liam Baker is the son of Peter’s daughter, Louisa and Mike Baker. Louisa, Peter says, is a year from her PhD in marriage and family therapy at the University of Connecticut in Storrs, CT where she is an adjunct professor. Mike sells software for the Oracle Corporation. Peter continues working at Harvard University in Cambridge and enjoys being on Holderness’ Board of Trustees. In talking about the school’s master plan he says, “I hope you will stop by to look at the new LEED-certified and award-winning dorms. In time, Hoit and Rathbun will undergo a much needed renovation to complete the first phase of the longrange residential life master plan that brings the student to faculty ratio to 8 to 1. The school is doing a masterful
job of balancing its strong heritage with an ever dynamic economy, educational environment, and world.” … Just up the street from Dover, MA where Peter lives is Eric Haartz who writes from Concord, MA that his family is doing well “and figuring out how to cram four months of things to do into two months of summer.” Eric stays in touch with John Chisholm “especially in regard to antique cars and tractors, but I really owe him a visit in his patch of Maine.” By the time you see this note in print, Eric’s daughter should have her driver’s license. Eric continues to work on behalf of Emerson Hospital in Concord. … From Washington State, Bob Spaulding has been busy working but also has had some fun trips. In December of 2011 he took a trip on a Russian icebreaker into the Ross Sea. “We’ve always want-
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David Helmick ’72 and daughter Jenny on the Pikes Peak Highway ed to see emperor penguins with chicks and that was a thrill,” he says. He and his wife, Estelle, “also … visited the huts which Scott and Shackelton used in their explorations of the South Pole. It was like walking back in time 100 years. Everything was so well preserved.” If you’re interested in seeing the slideshow of Antarctica that Bob has created, log onto www.photo dex.com/share/rspaulding/cwg6cmg4. Or, if you would like to see some photos he took off the coast of Washington of snowy owls, log onto www.photo dex.com/share/rspaulding/km9pcmg4. Take it from me, Bob is an amazing nature photographer. … From Central Massachusetts, David Nicholson is relieved to report that he and his wife, Suzie, are finished putting their three boys through college—a nice feeling, Dave says. “Our older two, Dave Jr. and Scott, live in the North End of Boston and work nearby. Our youngest, Bradley, is more of an explorer and is now in San Diego and starting the cross-country drive soon. Back in Grafton, Sue and I continue to work and try to save for that retirement dream far off on our distant horizon.” … David Helmick reports from Fairmont, WV that his son, Garner, who graduated from the University of New Hampshire (as did one of Peter Kimball’s and mine), “is putting his sociology degree to non-use by working for us in manufacturing/ logistics/purchasing.” His daughter Jenny, husband Kent, and their Labrador retriever moved from Pittsburgh to
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Denver late last fall. “They absolutely love it there,” Dave says. … Chuck Fisher, meanwhile, says he has been enjoying some reconnections with classmates in the past year. “I connected with Laurie Van Ingen (my junior roommate) by e-mail, got in touch with Mark Reault (my sophomore roommate) through Facebook and phone, then saw John Davies (one of my senior roommates) at a memorial for my dad in New Hampshire,” Chuck says. “Oh, how time flies. I’d love to connect with any of you out there.” Chuck, who lives in California says he is happier than he has ever been in his life, and was due to become a grandparent in June. “I’m also up to some incredibly big work—changing the face of education by bringing consciousness skills to children in grades K–6,” he says. “If anyone wants to see more, access our website at www.dovetaillearning.org. Be sure to watch the six-minute film clip. It will rock your world,” he says. … Also heard very briefly from Sandy Wood who is still alive and kicking in Upperville, VA, at the base of the Blue Ridge Mountains. … As for the Dwight Shepard family, my daughter, Lisa, who knew Gardner Helmick at UNH, also loves living in Colorado, where she moved three years ago to become a snowboard instructor. When she’s not working as a bartender at the Next Door bar in Denver, she is instructing at Keystone, one of the Vail, CO resorts. Our son Ted currently lives in Taunton, but he will be moving as soon as his veterinarian wife, Dr. Jessica Shepard finishes an internship in June and lands a permanent job. My wife, Lucy has retired as manager of the Mashantum Tennis Club on Cape Cod and works part-time at the local supermarket in Longmeadow, MA. I am an online content producer for MassLive.com, the online site of a newspaper called The Republican in Springfield, MA.
CLASS CORRESPONDENT Dwight Shepard ’72 84 Ely Road Longmeadow, MA 01106-1834 shepdb@comcast.net
’73 Peter Garrison: Greetings to the Class of 1973! Wow, can you believe we grad-
uated from Holderness 39 years ago? I’m sure each of us has had a journey through life we never expected at 18 years of age. The places we’ve lived, the travels we been on, the relationships we’ve developed are unique to all of us. For instance, let me share where I’m at today. Three years ago, I moved from San Diego to Panama City, Panama. It’s called culture shock but I have survived all for the better, mostly because my wife is Panamanian and grew up here. We run an Interior Design business in the heart of the city. I am also pursuing my base of artistic impression through sculpture. It just works! All in all, life is good! I have two children and two grandsons that live in San Diego who I get to see two to three times a year. Hope all is well with each of you and that every now and again you have fond thoughts of our days in the Lakes Region and at Holderness School. … Peter Terry: “We are in Winston-Salem, NC where I have been teaching Spanish and French and coaching tennis all these many years. Take it easy, and I will write more soon!” … Stan Theodoredis: “For me some of life was expected and some not. I have lived in Bethlehem, PA ever since graduating from Babson College in ’77. I live here with my wife of 26 years, Marcia. We have no children but share the place with three dogs and a horse. After Babson, I spent ten years in the family banana/produce business. I sold the business to Chiquita Brands and then worked with Chiquita for ten years. Then it came time for something new. I left Chiquita and got involved in real estate development in Eastern Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Some partners and I built, leased, invested, and owned quite a few buildings. I have done that for the last 15 years. Most recently, the strangest but most fulfilling turn has been going back to school and pursuing a new calling. In early 2011 I applied and was accepted to Moravian Theological Seminary. I am pursuing a Masters in Pastoral Counseling with the intent of becoming a faith-based psychotherapist. I will start an internship in January of 2013. It is certainly not what I expected at this point in my life, but I am quite happy with the work. The most rewarding thing to me is being able to help those seeking comfort and recovery. After years in business, it is a joy
to just be of service to others without expectations. Was the whole thing what I expected in life? Hardly! But at this point I couldn’t be happier! Best to all and I look forward to hearing from others from the class!” … Dick Conant: “Things are good here. I retired from the government after 33 years of service, and now I am in a state-sponsored fast-track teaching program, which should give me my teaching certification in Biology and General Science for public schools grades 7–12 here in Connecticut. In my limited free time, I am pursuing climbing the 100 highest peaks in New England (I’m at 76), and during the winter I’m trying to wrap up skiing all active ski areas in New England (I’ve got about 25 to go, mostly little mom and pop places).” … Jim Sargent: “My wife Leslie and I live part of the year in Austin, TX and part in Hawaii; our sons go to school in Texas while our business is on Maui. Our oldest son, Eaton, is at the University of Texas. Our teenager, Wolf, is halfway through Vandegrift High School, where he plays lacrosse. On Maui we make award-winning rums and liqueurs, which are mainly sold in Hawaii but are starting to be recognized worldwide. There is a full introduction to the business at www.mauirum.biz where we encourage all alums to go and check out what can be done with nothing more than Holderness Chemistry I & II under Al Whatley. He was a great teacher. We have not been back to Holderness since Wolf was baptized in the Chapel in 1997 or so. My sister Jane, class of 1976, has been up there quite a bit since our father passed away in 2010, and to her credit has gotten the old family homestead adjacent to campus looking quite a bit better. We hope to see everyone at some future reunion, providing the dates are not during one of our Hawaii stays.
CLASS CORRESPONDENTS Dick Conant Jr. ’73 rconantjr@msn.com Peter Garrison ’73 petergarrison44@gmail.com
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’74 CLASS CORRESPONDENT Walter Malmquist ’74 2727 Wild Hill Road Bradford, VT 05033 Phone: 802-222-4282 wmalmquist@kingcon.com
’75 Thinking it would be nice to see Class Notes for 1975? Why not volunteer as the Class Correspondent and encourage your classmates to reconnect in the HST Class Notes. Contact Melissa Stuart, Director of Alumni Relations: 603.779.5228 or alum@holderness.org. Thank you!
’76 It was great catching up recently with Olin Browne ’77 at the 2012 Senior British Open. What are the possibilities of two Holderness grads playing in that event? Olin, who won the 2011 US Senior Open (read: really big event), is enjoying another successful year on the Champions Tour, after a successful career on the PGA Tour. Olin’s advice: “It’s all in the putting”! …Take note: Mike Lynch e-mailed me that he is “a recently-minted six handicap that plays like a 12.” He plays regularly with Bob Garrison and admits that they are “intermittently respectable.” He still lives in Southport, CT and indicates that the current healthcare situation has made his practice in orthopedic surgery more challenging. His elder of two daughters attends Dartmouth as a sophomore. Bob, who is still living in Westport, is two years into a new job as Chief Information Officer at Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation after 25 years with Morgan Stanley. Married with three daughters, he enjoys the occasional round of golf with Mike (double the bet now that he’s a six!). … Terry Peach writes in that he “left the racquet sports business eight years ago, after nearly 30 years in tennis, to open a flyfishing-outfitter shop in Delaware, A Marblehead Flyfisher.” I also heard from Jess Tucker who writes that he is “married to Sarah, with a daughter, Lindel, age three. We live in Duxbury, MA and frequently spend time in
Nauset Heights in E. Orleans, MA (Cape Cod) where our family has a summer house. … Pete Stoessel writes in that he’s been following Olin’s career and that he too started playing golf 16 years ago when he moved to New Mexico from Santa Cruz, CA. He is an art dealer in Santa Fe and involved in real estate too. He now lives in Taos and enjoys biking, hiking, skiing, camping with the kids, and playing sand volleyball, as well as a little golf. … Charlie Levenson writes in that he recently started a new position as Manager of Member Communications for First Technology Federal Credit Union in Beaverton, Oregon. Prior to that, he spent eight years in a similar position at the Multnomah Athletic Club in Portland, Oregon. His daughters, Emily and Amanda, are both pursuing PhDs in Neuroscience at UCLA and OHSU, respectively. His wife Michelle runs a successful online commerce business that specializes in women’s sportswear and footwear. … Tom Armstrong tells me that he is about to head off on a sea kayak trip with Charlie Woodworth, an annual event they have been doing for many years. He promises photos and details when he gets back, so stay tuned (do we really want to know?)! … That’s about it for this report on the ’76ers. Sounds like we’ll have to organize a golf game for our upcoming 40th! Glad to be sharing this report with Biff Gentsch who will undoubtedly chime in. We still keep in touch, and I was happy to hear that he is willing to grab the baton when I throw it at him. I am saddened to say that through this forum I learned that in July, our classmate, Steve Mackintosh suffered serious injuries in a biking accident. You can read about his recovery and send him well wishes at www.caring bridge.org/visit/ stephenmackintosh.
CLASS CORRESPONDENTS Biff Gentsch ’76 418 Greenleaf Avenue Wilmette, IL 60091 Home: 847-256-1471 Office: 847-920-1086 Cell: 847-778-3581 eventproducts@aol.com Charlie Bolling ’76 ChasGolf7@aol.com
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Jody Collins ’77 with wife, Michelle and daughter, Cassie
’77 Pete Grant writes: “I’m busy prepping my mom’s house to get to a sale status. Painting exteriors isn’t a whole lot of fun when you’re afraid of heights. I’m just chalking up the experience and coming to an understanding that rising above fear to accomplish a specific task or agenda item is a distinctly human ability. I have been appointed the official judge for the Rotary Club of Concord, where 120 members are at my mercy when fines are doled out, all of which go to support our local and international fundraising efforts in helping people and eradicating polio.” … Mike Kraft sends in: “I’m writing to you from Beijing, China as my family is now traveling through the country on a 12-day tour. We came here because my older son, Greg, who is entering his sophomore year at Princeton, is just finishing Princeton in Beijing, an eightweek language immersion program through which he has become fluent in the language. It is remarkable to see him in action as he converses with hotel staff, rickshaw drivers, waitresses, and more. We’re having a blast.” … Karl Peters writes: “Well life is certainly interesting if not always good! The last couple years have been a bit more difficult than years previous, but I guess that’s happening with a lot of folks. (We have it on good authority that all our problems and worries will soon be over and we’ll have cash to spare in our pockets by the Christmas of 2014
if Mister Mittens wins in November; our fingers are x’d :))) Yes, the Olympics went off with nary a hitch and the Brits seemed to really get into them and were sorry when they ended. I think a lot of people were worried about the increase in visitors to the city and the effect it was going to have on public transport and driving, etc. but, from all accounts, there was no problem. In fact the trains were mostly empty for the whole two weeks. I think a lot of local residents went abroad; I know several that took off to their holiday homes in France. It was mainly just tourists in town. I also heard that the expected mass influx of tourist revenue didn’t happen but I don’t know the fine details of that. Anyway, I obviously saw some, but I’ve never been as much of a fan of the summer games as the winter ones. Glad NFL’s back on again; that and ice hockey are my games. Again, sorry to miss the festivities. I have to admit I was disappointed with the 30th reunion and the turn out. I came a long way for that and it was a blow out. Being back in NH was very nice though. I suppose everyone but I will probably show up to this one, sod’s law!!” … Jody Collins sends in: “My daughter graduated from Boulder last May and is starting the second year of her contract with Teach for America in Atlanta and loves it. My wife is in charge of expenses for Forest Pharmaceuticals and has been with them for close to 12 years. After leaving
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the advertising sales world after eleven years, I am now doing sales and marketing of home health and hospice for one of the hospitals in the 135-facility chain of Community Health Systems. I ‘air’ weekly streaming audio shows to about 50 friends and alumnae from my various educational institutions and feature a show from the Grateful Dead and a mix of blues, jazz, rock and the like just to even out the listening pleasures. Anyone interested in getting on the mailing, let me know at jodymcollins@sbcglobal.net. I get random questionable emails from Granger, sports news from Wahlstrom, and the occasional Facebook poke from Anton and Francis. If anyone is laid over at our terrible Lambert St. Louis Airport and wants me to come up and buy them a beer, just let me know. Speaking of beer, I will be bottling my fourth batch of home brew on 8/19 and have become one with the world of IPA. Traded in my RSBWH for Centennial Hops! Hope the class is well.” … Peter King writes: “Hi Peter, won’t make it to Reunion. However, will be retiring after 25 years with LA City Attorney’s Office... I’ve had a very interesting career in LA, CA and now intend on opening a private law office in Redlands, CA…In my retirement I will be building a log home on property in Colorado and spending summers yachting in New England (and visiting family and friends). All the best to classmates from ’77.”
CLASS CORRESPONDENT Peter Grant ’77 6 Quail Rdg Concord, NH 03301-8425 Phone: 603-715-5445 pete@grantcom.us
’78 Lots of milestones and signposts on the road of life to report to all you kiddies in the Class of ’78. All right, well maybe the term “kiddies” is a little illadvised since we’ve all got our AARP cards now. But I digress. The headlines of this edition of “As the Class of ’78 Turns” are dominated by Don Whittemore and the former Margo Farley. I say former because Miss M has gone and gotten hitched again. Margo married honorary ’78er John Woodall on July 7 at the Dublin Inn in
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New Hampshire with about 75 guests taking part. Now for most of us, planning and taking part in a wedding would be enough stress for one summer, but not our Miss M. Margo and John are headed to Uganda to spend a month doing the Unity Project’s work with former child soldiers. The Unity Project, as you’ll recall, is the charity that John heads and Margo is heavily involved in as well. Unity is also launching a sustainable social and economic development plan to help lift some of the world’s poorest communities out of poverty. In other news from Margo’s family life, her son Dylan has transferred from Western Connecticut State College to UMass-Amherst, where he will be majoring in business and minoring in Chinese. Dylan is also playing hockey and hopes to join the Minuteman hockey team this winter. Margo’s other son, Cameron, is a junior in high school in Newtown, CT where Margo lives. He’s planning to head to Uganda next summer. … Meanwhile, Whit (Don Whittemore) is still out in Colorado with his family (he and his wife Lauren just celebrated their twelfth wedding anniversary in early August) but has taken on a project that is almost as exciting as the work he does putting out forest fires. He’s taking a sabbatical to research and write a book on the human dimensions of managing complex disasters and emergency events. Don has created a website, “Managing the Unimaginable,” to keep the world updated on his writing progress. Check out the site at www.donwhittimore.com. … And while we’re busy talking of Whitty things, classmate Andrew Wilson experienced Six Degrees of “Chew Crew” Separation recently while flying on a business trip. Andrew reports he was seated next to “a nice firefighter,” who he learned during a conversation over the course of the flight, works with Don. Andrew was vacationing in Montana (Land of the Great White Hunter, aka Scott Sirles) in early August. … And speaking of Sirlesy, he recently celebrated the birth of a new granddaughter (what a cute thought, the Class of ’78’s answer to Ted Nugent as a grandpa). The new addition’s name is Monroe, and she will turn one year old on September 20. Scott’s hearing aid business continues to be successful. He recently opened an office in Dayton, Ohio, which gives him
26 locations nationwide and once again, Inc. magazine has put his company on the publication’s 500/5000 list for the fourth year in a row. And like Henry Thayer in On Golden Pond, Sirlesy returns every Labor Day weekend to live up life on Squam Lake. This year will be no different, I’m sure. … Montana provides another reoccurring theme in this edition of Classnotes as John Steitz and his wife Carol check in with news that they’ve relocated from Lake Placid, N.Y. to Whitefish, Montana. “It was time for something new,” John writes. “Our first year in our new home has been great. We have only begun to explore all that is here in northwestern Montana, but so far the town, skiing, hiking, kayaking and cycling have been great.” … A little further west from Steitzy is Dan Brook, who is still living in Portland, Oregon. Dano works as a software engineer for Rohde & Schwarz, a German company that makes measurement instruments. Dano says he still marvels at how green Oregon is in the summer, but also notes that he and his wife usually spend summers traveling abroad with two high school teachers with whom they are friendly. He went to Sicily this summer. … One final check-in from the Left Coast and it comes from Mitch Kamarck. Mitch was headed to his beach house in Oxnard, CA with his wife and daughter when he checked in with this report: “The high temperature in Oxnard during the summer is 72 degrees, so I am ready for global warming, though I do worry about the rising ocean,” Mitch writes. … Back on the East Coast, Kirk Siegel checks in from western Maine. Siegel’s kids are busy this year; his daughter Molly is a freshman at Dartmouth and his son Andrew is at Gould Academy. When he’s not busy doing land conservation and real estate law (as well as launching a career as a James Taylor look-alike. Just kidding, Sieges!), Kirk is busy having fun with ski races, triathlons and hikes and occasionally chopping a few cords of wood. … Closer to the Turmelle manse in Connecticut is David King. Le Grande Orange says his family did a lot of cycling this summer, “the highlight of which was participating in the Angelride,” a non-profit that raises money for Paul Newman’s Hole in The Wall Camp Hospital Outreach program. Dave writes that thanks to the
contributions of Holderness classmates, he and son Cam were able to raise over $3,000 for the charity. Here’s a link to DK and Cam’s effort that appeared in a local weekly news paper here in Connecticut: shorelinetimes.com/articles/2012/06/19/news/do c4fe0f6397e271910542008.txt ... And that brings us around to your humble scribe and my news for this edition. I’ll be reaching my 15th anniversary at the New Haven Register this fall, a few weeks after my wife Joan and I celebrate our 26th wedding anniversary. Joan is studying for a master degree in library science, even as she maintains a successful career as a freelance book indexer. Our youngest son, Jacob, spent two and half months visiting Argentina on his own dime and giving his parents a whole bunch of additional grey hairs. Our eldest, Zack, is still living in New Orleans a year after his graduation from Loyola University, looking for a full-time job. He’s cobbled together a few part-time gigs like working as a stage hand at the House of Blues and working at the Isidore Newman School, a prep school in the Garden District of NOLA. At the end of July, we were fortunate enough to get the family together for a week in Bar Harbor, ME for our first vacation together in awhile. For that and for our continued good health, I consider myself blessed. Hope all of you are equally blessed.
CLASS CORRESPONDENT Luther Turmelle ’78 49 Williams Road Cheshire, CT 06410-2746 Phone: 203-271-0041 l.turmelle@sbcglobal.net
’79 CLASS CORRESPONDENT Cullen Morse ’79 Phone: 970- 618-0136 cbmaspen@hotmail.com
’80 CLASS CORRESPONDENT Greg White ’80 11 Lancashire Dr Mansfield, MA 02048-1766 Phone: 508-337-8798 GgNH@aol.com
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Jean-Louis Trombetta ’85 3rs Calle Oriente #27 Antigua GUATEMALA Phone: 00-502-5411-3814 jeanlouistrombetta@gmail.com
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Nina Smallhorn ’88 and her two girls at the summit of Mt. Mansfield in Vermont.
Jud Madden sends in: “I am starting my own law firm but am still hobby farming on the side. We raise beef cattle, meat chickens, fish, and laying hens, and in the spring we also make maple syrup. I was elected trustee of Russell Township, still coach girls AAA ice hockey, and try to keep up with our four kids.” … Jeff Rollins says hello to the class. … Matthew Binger is living in Boulder, Colorado and is running a small real estate firm. He also is keeping busy with an eight-year-old boy and ten-year-old girl.
Hi all. What an amazing, but fast summer. One of the highlights for me was being able to attend Norm Walker’s memorial service in early August. Everyone has their own memories, stories, and lessons from Norm, which I am sure we all hold dear. For me, it started when I was a newbie to Holderness with Norm in 1984; we continued our friendship further as teachers in the English department in the mid-nineties—what a great opportunity to work with and learn from the master teacher and to call him a friend as well! The service was a beautiful tribute to the family man, teacher, coach, mentor, friend, poet, and spiritual being. I was moved by so many thoughts and remembrances from his family, friends, and colleagues. If you have not read Bill Burke’s eulogy yet, do it; it’s on the school’s website: www.holderness.org/podium/default.as px?t=204&nid=586723. It was also nice to catch up with so many folks, especially my coach, advisor, and math teacher, Letty Downs, who I hadn’t seen in a long, long time. … So on to class news. Stasia Talbott Prigge writes: “I have been a prosecutor for 15 years now in Annapolis, Maryland, and have spent much of that time on a Violent Crimes Unit. Also, along the way, I had four kids, ages 12, 10, three, and two. If you ask me what I do in my free time, I will say I am basically a chauffeur to the nightly events we seem to have. I can tell you that
Heather Johnston works in forest management in the beautiful State of Montana, where she lives with her husband and three of the cutest kids ever (they have darling carrot tops, just like Mom!!) Suzie Jacinthe has been most adventurous; in the Peace Corps she was stationed in Madagascar and another country in Africa where she works for the US AID agency (her French language skills are coveted). Her specialty is international public health. Lucky for me, she will be moving back to DC for a few years, so I should be able to see a little of her now that she is not spending every free moment traveling the world.” … Brandon Fleisher spent part of 2011 helping his company land a new contract in Johannesburg, South Africa: “At the end of December, the contract did finally close and in early January, I began my six-month stint. My company is helping South Africa’s state-run utility with their black-outs; we provide a solution known as Demand Response, where businesses are rewarded financially for reducing their power usage during peak energy consumption times. I’m living in Johannesburg until mid-July. I work crazy hours during the week and then get to explore this great country on the weekends. I’ve seen some amazing wildlife on safaris, taken great hikes, eaten some very tasty food, and enjoyed some African weather. The highlight of my time here certainly has to be the variety of ani-
CLASS CORRESPONDENT Jud Madden ’83 7898 Kinsman Road Russell, OH 44072 Phone: 216-215-7445 justin.madden64@gmail.com
’84 CLASS CORRESPONDENT Fred Ludtke ’84 2401 Pennsylvania Ave., Apt. 14C44 Philadelphia, PA 19130-3047
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mals from leopards, lions, hippos, rhinos, giraffes, elephants, and many other land animals to penguins, whales, dolphins, and sharks in the oceans. I was back in Denver for a couple weeks in April. I moved into my new house that I bought last November and had a contractor completely remodel the 1961 interior. I’m excited to have a place to call my own. I also attended my youngest son, Colin’s, Bar Mitzvah... what a thrill and honor it was to see him accomplish that (my oldest son Alec is 16 and Colin is 13).” Send in pictures of the South Africa trip for next class notes, Brandon!! … Toby Lewis shared that everyone in his family is doing great: “After a three-year adventure in Boston, I have enjoyed my return to New York (living in Riverside, CT) as a high yield investment analyst for a global fund manager. My wife, two kids, and dog (Shelby) are also settling back into the area; we are living half a mile away from our old house—such risk-takers we are! Our son, Griffin, enjoys spring lacrosse, and our younger daughter, Fiona, also plays lacrosse and dances as well… Alexander Reilly wrote: “My daughter Piper is ten years old—although she thinks she is a teenager—and is going into fifth grade; my son Patrick is six and going into first grade. I am getting married in Hawaii in July to Susan McDonald, and she is moving from Dallas to be in Houston with me.”
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Jason Regan ’88 and family on their recent trip to Croatia
Congratulations, Alex! Every time I read a note/email from you, Alex, it takes me right back to OB; let’s climb all the !&*!*% mountains!! … Cricket Kelleher Braun is “in the process of finishing up my doctorate in clinical psychology (ABD, as they say) and working as a Predoctoral Intern in Counseling and Psychiatry Services at the University of Vermont. Our family life seems to get busier as the kids get older: Cally (16), Tatum (14), Walter (12) and William (12). We are enjoying Vermont and managed to get a lot of skiing in (both nordic and alpine), despite our low-snow winter. I haven’t been back to Holderness in too long but had fun cheering for Holderness students at NENSA Nordic races this past winter.” … Ace Eaton and his family recently moved to Attleboro, MA: “Pamela and I moved with the kids (Chip, five, and Mason, four) when she started work with Colgate Palmolive last fall. We found a terrific home and love the area. It’s not quite as pretty as New Hampshire, but there are lots of fun activities for the boys! I’m still in the energy business working for Standard Power, and I’m looking forward to a good golf season.” … . Nothing really new to report from me; most of you know that I had a difficult year losing my Dad somewhat unexpectedly. Thank you for all the nice notes; it seems that many of us have been dealing with the loss of family members over the recent years. My father had a favorite quote that my family keeps using as a touchstone for strength and remembrance of his val-
finer things: The Red Sox, The Ramones, and reggae music. … Erika (Ludtke) McGoldrick and family logged 4,800 miles on the road this summer, traveling up and down the East Coast from South Carolina to Maine and back. Much of the time was spent at her old stomping grounds in Waterville Valley. … Will Northrop and his wife Patty were gracious enough to host an alumni gathering this summer up in Sun Valley. Will finds himself busy with the usual mountain activities: cycling, running, and backcountry adventuring. … I ran into Chris Stewart this summer in East Hampton. He had just returned from a surfing excursion in Indonesia with his son JB who is an active athlete, as well an aspiring commercial actor; he can be seen in the recent IKEA campaign. … Lauren (O’Brien) Smith is enjoying her new private practice MeWe Relationships, life and relationship coaching, and juggling a family of three that includes Tague who is three, Jack who is a freshman at Duxbury High School, and her stepdaughter who just graduated from high school. … Hans Schemmel and family are busy with the birth of their new daughter Serena Avery, who was born on June 10. … David Warren made it to Rye Beach for Norm Walker’s Memorial Service. … Geordie Elkins has one Twitter follower: Brett Jones. … Renee Dupre still lives in Steamboat where she teaches yoga and is hooked on zumba. Her two daughters Berit (6) and Mia (4) are on track for a little Nordic Combined this Winter. Renee’s husband Eric plays
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ues and beliefs: “The wilderness will lead you to your heart where I will speak –Hosea.” I thought there may be some of you out there who would appreciate that sentiment as well. I hope that everyone had an amazing summer—it went by too quickly—and that everyone is happy and healthy.
CLASS CORRESPONDENT Kathryn Lubrano Robinson ’87 87 Transit Street Providence, RI 02906 Phone: 401-274-0980 Kathryn.robinson@gmail.com
’88 Matt Schonwald skied powder this summer on Mt. Elbrus in Russia, aka the Roof of Europe. … Liz Ganem hung out with Renee Dupre in Malibu last spring, and recently spent some time with Nina “Ninja” (Bradley) Smallhorn. Nina continues to enjoy living in the Bay Area. She writes: “There are occasional run-ins with Ellyn Paine Weisel ’86 and Tegan Hamilton Hyunga ’90. We had a great East Coast tour this summer which brought up great memories of times past. Nantucket is a little different since the days of Grove Lane that is for sure. We were close but not close enough to visit Holderness, but next summer it’s on the list! I am planning on coming back for our 25th at the very least.” … Jake Eismeier has been schooling his 17-month-old daughter Josie Flynn Eismeier on some of the
mandolin in the bluegrass band, Old Town Pickers. They are headed to Ireland to tour the country for the International Horse Festival (Renee is their number one fan.). … Jason Regan writes: “We just got back from Croatia with the kids. Very cool country. We moved to Santa Cruz, CA in 2010 from the NYC area. It has been a great change. My youngest son has enjoyed learning to surf in the cold water. If anyone is out this way, please look me up.” … Peter Driscoll writes: “I am enjoying life in Annapolis with my sixyear-old Donovan and being a Partner in my own business in the financial services Industry.” … Alex MacCormick continues to enjoy life as an under-achieving golfer. He had seventy-five rounds in the books by mid-August; breaking last year’s record of 104 rounds seems likely. His new favorite course: Fisher’s Island. Alex is also looking forward to winter and some skiing and hockey.
CLASS CORRESPONDENT Alex MacCormick ’88 354 Lattingtown Road Locust Valley, NY 11560 Phone: 646-229-4291 amaccormick@centerlanellc.com
’89 Hello Class of ’89. Great to hear from so many of you and happy to share the following updates. … Ben Spiess is “living in Anchorage, Alaska where I work at a law firm called Stoel Rives. I am
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doing lots of skiing, biking, and getting into the outdoors and would love to hear from Holderness folks anytime.” … Brad Greenwood writes: “Things in Maine for the Greenwoods have been up and down for business. We closed our two kids’ stores this year after over 20 years due to poor sales, but now we have some time to figure out our next adventure. I am still the territory manager for Helly Hansen, Dale of Norway, and Peter Grimm in New England which has led to plenty of great partnerships and keeps us in the outdoor industry. Our two girls, Cora and Charlie, are coming up on four and two this summer; they are red-headed and having a blast exploring life. Skiing wasn’t exactly great this winter, but the mountain biking around the Seacoast was fantastic; we rode all winter long and the spring has been just as good. We are looking forward to some warmer days and getting out on the boat for fishing and family fun. We had dinner last night with Sarah Trainor Pflaum and her two kids which was a blast.” … Nina Barker lives in NYC and is “successfully splitting time between my job in advertising at Architectural Digest and managing my small sterling silver jewelry business. I am presently hammering out inventory for my two shows this summer in Westport, MA.” … Eric James writes: “I am staying extremely busy here in the Plymouth area balancing work and family. I am working as a detective for the Grafton County Sheriff’s Department here in central New Hampshire and enjoying time with my wife and two kids. Having a teenage daughter going into high school sure is an eye opener. My free time is taken up coaching the local youth hockey and lacrosse programs which have allowed me to stay in regular contact with Holderness and many of the staff and families.” … As of last September, Christy Wood Donovan was living in DC during the week with her family and heading out to their farm in Virgina on the weekends where they have tons of animals to love. During the winter her kids have been ski racing. This summer they’ll be on the beach and lake in Massachusetts and New Hampshire. She has been competing her horse, Hero, and will be going down to Georgia for the eventing championships this fall. Her girls, Emily and
Sophia (ages 12 and 11), enjoy Irish step dancing and gymnastics, viola and piano. Her son, Clark (age 8), plays baseball, tennis, and piano. Burke (age 4) loves their new seven-pound Rat Terrier Mix rescue puppy, Tilly. Hubby Jim is taking after the kids by juggling his teaching at UVA, his continued work at Goldman Sachs, and his participation in the Mitt Romney Campaign as an economic advisor. … Emily Raabe recently “published my first book of poetry, Leave it Behind, and has been having fun doing readings for that. I’m also in the final edits of a novel that comes out with Knopf/Random House next spring. Other than that, I’m getting ready for the last exams of my PhD before beginning my dissertation (yikes). I am living in NYC with my new(ish) husband—we got married in my parents’ backyard last July.” … Shields Day writes in that he and Jason Evans ’88 had a great time catching up at a recent Boston Celtics / Miami Heat game. … Brandon Perkins says “Hi” (hoping for a more detailed update next time!). … As for me, after stints in Wisconsin and Maine, we recently landed in Marblehead, MA. We’re out on the water as much as possible, and Addy (8) and Sam (6) are keeping us happily busy. I am coaching Addy’s lacrosse’s team—it really makes me appreciate all my former coaches! There are too many Holderness connections in town to list but we recently had dinner with Jon and Jenna Wales, and my husband Dave works at CW Hood Yachts with Joe Parker ’79. We’re gearing up for our annual trip to Squam to see Christy Wood Donovan (as usual Alix Rosen Hong, Sarah Trainor Pflaum and Jen Comstack Reed will also be up). Jen Comstock Reed and her son Brooks (age 10) stayed with us in July when Brooks sailed in Marblehead’s Race Week—he did great! I am planning to see Jennie Legg Gabel next week and had a super Westport, MA visit with Nina Barker in June. I loved sailing with her dad Bill Barker ’63, catching up with Nat Barker ’85 and family, and acquiring a gorgeous, hand-crafted sterling bracelet. Thanks for all the updates and looking forward to continuing to hear more of your news!
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Squam Lake August 2012: Christy Wood Donovan ’89, Alix Rosen Hong ’89, Sarah Trainor Pflaum ’89, Jen Comstock Reed ’89, and Jen Murphy Robison ’89
CLASS CORRESPONDENT Jen Murphy Robison ’89 5 Hereford Road Marblehead, MA 01945-1814 Phone: 207-239-5578 jennifermrobison@yahoo.com
’90 By the time you read these notes, the leaves in New England will be beautifully turned, and I am delighted to have had the opportunity to enjoy them again! More on that later…in the meantime, Joel Nields shared a memory of Holderness in which Holderness students attempted to create a mini ice rink in upper Niles during one winter. At first I thought this was one event I must have missed because I am not a lifer, but it turns out it was the shenanigans of his father, Bob Nields ’62 (who is celebrating his 50th reunion this year). Joel mentioned he keeps in touch with Geoff Perham, Glenn Kennett, and Jared Lenz (all of whom I was imagining being in on that prank). Joel says his own three boys are “thriving and prove to be neverending sources of both joy and fatigue, but (he) wouldn’t have it any other way.” … Though we didn’t have a lot of news coming in this time, I can always depend on Pepper deTuro to update me with his family’s adventures. This past February, his family traveled to Curaçao, and he sent a picture along to prove it. Pepper mentioned his daughter, Corely, continues to ride
horses while Bailey and Burke are now playing lacrosse. Liza, Pepper’s wife, reportedly does her best to keep them all in order. I’m hoping to share some rest and relaxation time with Pepper (at home rather than in Curaçao). … Jim Queen(ie) wrote in about the goings on of his family. Jim’s oldest will start third grade and his twins will start first grade this fall in the ’burbs after their move out of the city of Pittsburgh. … As I alluded to earlier, I, too, have moved, but further than Queenie and his family. My husband and I made our way back East from Salt Lake City late last year; I started a new job as a pediatric psychologist at Fletcher Allen Health Care in Burlington, VT. Soon after our move, my senior-year roommate, Julia (Judy) Sperry, totally surprised me by picking me out of a crowd at a local event. It was the first of several (re)connections with Holderness alumni and others with Holderness affiliations. Though I haven’t been back to campus yet, I’m delighted to be realizing one of my goals in returning to New England. … Caroline (Clutz) Keeney wrote in that she is applying her new(ish) Nursing Practitioner degree to the cardiology department at (Utah) University Hospital in Salt Lake City. With a little extra free time this year, Caroline started winning Nordic ski races (a new endeavor for her) as a part of a local citizen’s series last winter. This coming winter she’ll try longer distances and a larger field of competitors. What a great way to “stay
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fit over 40,” as she says. Can you believe we are now more than twice as old as we were when we graduated in front of the Holderness chapel in 1990? … According to an update from Sylvia (Cindy Romero) Rodriguez, which is now kind of dated, she will be headed back to school this fall. After the birth of her youngest son, Andrew, put a pause in her plan to begin law school in the fall of 2010, her last message indicated she intends to seek her degree in order to achieve her longterm goal of becoming a youth advocate lawyer. … I wanted to cap off our notes this time with a salute to a member of our class who all will remember as a great student, athlete, leader, and, mostly, an all-around awesome person. Sarah (Cripps) Fox lost her battle with cancer in December. She fought a valiant and graceful battle and a huge contingent of family and friends turned out to pay their respects and show their support for Sarah’s family. Our best to her husband, children, and family…you are in our thoughts.
CLASS CORRESPONDENT Courtney Fleisher ’90 37 Chase Street Burlington, VT 05401 Phone: 773-633-6144 courtneyfleisher@alumni.bates.edu
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’91 I can’t believe it’s already been a year since our 20th reunion. I’m loving Salt Lake City; moving to Utah seems to be a trend within our class. Porter Teegarden and I see Mike O’Keefe and his family every so often. They seem to be settling in nicely. And Mike has been making Peak Hanson feel right at home as the most recent resident of Park City. When I spoke to Peak, he was getting ready to meet Mike for a noon tee-time at the Park City golf course. Peak relocated to work for Oakley and is loving Utah. We keep hoping for a reunion with Kent Corson who also lives in the Salt Lake City area. Hint, hint, Kent! … Zofie Samborski Meffert is still in Wells and is getting ready for school to start. Her oldest daughter Elle is going into third grade and is becoming quite the little golfer…Hayden, her youngest, is starting kindergarten. It doesn’t sound like Zofie is ready for her baby to go off to school just yet! They have been doing a lot of swimming, sunning and camping this summer and are getting ready for their big Labor Day weekend camping trip to Mt. Blue State Park. She says, “Hope everyone out there is healthy and happy.” … Pete Christensen keeps in touch with Brendon Donnellan, Mark Mezzanotte, and Jason Gordon from time to time. Pete has some both happy and sad news: “Well, I am still out in Green Bay and loving Northern Wisconsin. My daughters are now two
and four years old. I have gone back to my Holderness roots in endurance sports and picked up triathlons and can thank Mike Henriques ’76, Phil Peck, and Pete Hendel for my success. I am looking forward to some HalfIronman and maybe even full Ironman competitions in the next few years. Currently I am just doing Sprint triathlons and so far have yet to finish worse than second place in my age group. For those who knew my Dad, he passed away on Friday, August 10, 2012 after a long six-year battle with ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease). He is in a better place and is no longer suffering.” Our condolences on the loss of your father, Pete. … We have a few new additions to the Holderness family to report. Dave Gerasin and his wife Elisa welcomed their second child, a daughter, Neve Carolina Gerasin on July 7. He adds, “All is very well on the Gerasin front, although it has been a whirlwind 2012 to say the least. We are in the middle of a home-building project which we are hoping to complete in early October (I’ll believe it when I see it). On another note, we see the Greenwood family frequently.” In June, David left Morgan Stanley Smith Barney and went into partnership with an independent financial advisory firm, Compass Rose Private Investment Management in Portsmouth. … Rebecca Anderson Morrison is sorry she missed Reunion in September 2011 but baby Morrison No. 2 was due on September 14. Rebecca says, “Graham Gunnar Morrison showed up 20 minutes after arrival at Columbia University hospital. It is hard to believe Graham is now almost one. We/he had such a busy first year. Graham made
Lindsay Dewar Fontana ’93 and her husband welcomed their third child and first daughter, Josie, on November 23. Josie is a wonderful addition to the family and much loved by her big brothers Lucas (five years) and Nicholas (three years). his first trip up to New Hampshire less than two weeks after his birth for Keri Dole Renganathan’s wedding to Mo Renganathan. Since then, we have moved from Brooklyn Heights to an old (1876) house in the heart of Darien, CT. I decided I needed to take some time off from Ralph Lauren after Graham was born, so we have been busy travelling some with the kids. We spent three weeks in Naples, Florida this past winter and have spent a good amount of time in Nantucket this summer. I am thinking about going back to work soon but am also enjoying spending time with the kids and trying to fix up our new house. If anyone is ever in southern Connecticut, come look us up!” … I spent a long stretch of the summer in New England visiting family and friends, and I’ve seen a lot of Holderness people since Reunion. Kelley Roberts Bogardus lives near my mom and took a hike with me, her husband Andrew, and her boys Drew and Burke to Bash Bish Falls. I made a quick visit to Campton, NH and saw Kelly Mullen Wieser ’92 and Stefan Zwahlen ’90. Maggie Zock ’92 and I met up for a great day of skiing at Powder Mountain and a couple months later got together again with Brent LaFoley ’90 for dinner near Boston. Keep in touch and if you are on Facebook be sure to join our Class of 1991 group.
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CLASS CORRESPONDENT Terra Reilly ’91 sansivera@gmail.com
’92 CLASS CORRESPONDENT Kelly Mullen Wieser ’92 12 Willis Court Campton, NH 03223 kelly@wiesermail.com
’93 Nate “Rads” Radcliffe recently had a blast reconnecting with Schuyler Perry, Zach Zaiteff, and Dan Shin ’94 at Zaitzeff Burger in NYC. Rads writes, “I really think that Zaitzeff offers the finest grass-fed sirloin burger, plus it’s not a bad place to go and listen to Zach’s stories about bagging Everest.” When not feeling inferior for never having climbed Everest, Rads spends his time watching Beerfest and wondering if a better performance in the high school play Mystery of Edwin Drood might have led him to an Oscar gold as it did for his classmate Nat Faxon (Congrats, Nat!)…Ed Cochran reports that he has five kids now and wonders if that’s a record for the class of ’93…Hilary Taylor Comerchero reports, “Our language school is closed, which means I get to focus on my really fun job at Cal State San Marcos much more. Sadie turned three in June and is a total extrovert and fun pal. My father is very ill with cancer, so
Jamie Bradley ’99 and his fiancee, Diane
please send positive vibes; the more good energy out there, the better!”…Tom LeBosquet writes, “The big news is that I got married April 15 after seven years of dating. We are still living and working in Portsmouth, NH”...Kevin Zifcak just completed his thirteenth year at Worcester Academy, and his kids Lily and Josh and wife Sarah are all doing well…John Moodey writes, “Martina and I continue to enjoy life at Berkshire School where we have been for the past seven years. Our two children Noah (four) and Ella (nine months old) are doing well and teach us something new every day. Back in October I was able to catch up with a number of Holderness alumni at Gerry Rinn’s wedding in Florida, and in February my family and I spent a long weekend in the White Mountains with Dan Harrigan ’94, Andy Kelley ’94, Tom Valeo, and Zach Zaitzeff and their families. Though I am a bear now, I am still a bull at heart”…Kate McIlvain Smith is still living in Maryland and enjoying her three kids. She looks forward to the summer and heading to New Hampshire for hiking and swimming…Sam Wilcox is still in Portland, OR doing research for Microsoft’s communications firm. He’s been spending the last year getting to know his “best buddy,” son Nico, with the help of his lovely wife Erin: “Anyone rolling through Portland or living here now, please get in touch. Looking forward to celebrating 20 years as an alum next year. See you all then!”
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CLASS CORRESPONDENT Lindsay Dewar Fontana ’93 15 Long Lots Road Westport, CT 06880-3826 linds_dewar@yahoo.com
’94 It was a small showing for ’94ers, but here ’tis… Melissa Barker writes: “I have had a pretty exciting spring and summer. I spent five weeks in the Arctic Tundra of Northern Alaska (above the Arctic Circle) working with a research team on nutrient cycling on Arctic hill slopes through the polarTREC program (polarTREC.com). It was an incredible learning experience and an amazing place to be during the snow melt and summer green up. After my time up North, I spent a week with my sister Allie Barker ’98 in Chickaloon, AK working on her farm and eating amazing food (home grown veggies and freshly caught salmon). You can check out her farm at chugachfarm.com. I have spent much of the rest of the summer traveling between the East to visit family and riding my bike in Boulder. I am looking forward to my tenth year teaching at the Alexander Dawson School and third season racing for the Dawson cyclocross team. I am also looking forward to doing some cyclocross racing myself!”… Nina Perkins Newman writes in: “We have moved back to New England—very exciting. I have started my new job as Admission Director at School of the Holy Child in
Rye, NY. David is the new Head of Upper School at Wooster School. We live in Ridgefield, CT with Lily (nine), Elise (seven), and Will (four).”… Kevin O’Brien sent this update: “My wife Cristina had a baby girl, Cecily Molly O’Brien, in January. We’re having a fun time living in San Francisco. I’m working at Oracle and changing diapers in my free time. I saw K.C. Carpenter on a recent trip back to Boston. He’s still trying to figure out who the mustard guy is.” … Thayer Oberg says, “We moved back to the Boston area last fall and are thrilled to be home. On May 4 we welcomed a baby boy, Henrik Stuart. Heidi adores him and is a great big sister. We are enjoying our hectic life as a family of four! … Ramey Harris-Tatar writes: “As for us, we are welcoming a new member of our family tomorrow when Caleb (a 1.5-year-old pooch) joins us from Alabama thanks to the help of Cynthia Sweet and Sweet Paws Rescue!! Hope everyone is well.”
CLASS CORRESPONDENTS Ramey Harris-Tatar ’94 1000 Olin Way No. 648 Needham, MA 02492 Phone: 781-292-4301 rameyht@yahoo.com Sam Bass ’94 1043 Poplar Avenue Boulder, CO 80304 Phone: 207-233-4630 samuelbass@comcast.net
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Megan Bitter Griffith ’99 and her two children, Charlie (almost three) and Paige (one) on their most recent trip to Colorado
’95 CLASS CORRESPONDENT Alexis Wruble ’95 36 Grandview Avenue Medford, MA 02155-2933 alexisgrizzly@gmail.com
’96 CLASS CORRESPONDENTS Emily Evans MacLaury ’96 89 Poverty Hollow Road Newtown, CT 06470 emaclaury@gmail.com Heather Pierce Roy ’96 48 Main Street Southborough,MA 01772 Phone: 310-699-9532 heatherbpierce@hotmail.com
’97 Happy summer to all! Here’s what our classmates have been up to … Shannon Mullen sent in the following: “As I write, yet another summer is slipping away but it’s been a great one so far. I’ve run into more than a few Holderness alums. Starting in July at Kendra Cargill’s ’94 baby shower, my sister Kelly Mullen Wieser ’92 and I caught up with Andrea Wilde ’94, Koren Cargill ’96 and Cara Cargill ’89. My family also enjoyed a long overdue reunion with Tim O’Keeffe ’92 and Jen O’Keeffe ’94 on Lake Winnipesaukee.
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I’m still reporting for NPR but am increasingly focused on my transition into producing movies. In that regard, it was inspiring to see Nat Faxon ’92 on stage at the Academy Awards to collect his Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay this year (congratulations Nat!!). I’m looking forward to catching up at Reunion in September. Has it really been 15 years already?!” … Dennis Roberts shared this news, “No matter what side of the political spectrum we are on, it was great to be a part of American history when a presidential candidate and NH senator came to our dealership, Hillsboro Ford, on the presidential campaign trail. It makes presidential candidates a bit more human. It was also a neat experience to work on the planning of the event with secret service!” … And a few updates from the West Coast. Tyler Gallaudet reports: “I’m living in La Quinta, CA and own a small construction company that I started in 2008. Life’s been good, and I spend much of what time I have outside of work on the golf course, or just hanging out with my cat, Clyde. My brother TG ’94 lives out here too, and we recently formed a little bluegrass trio with a guy named Guy; we’re called Two Brothers and a Guy. Look out for our debut release on iTunes late this decade or next! Cheers, Tyler.” … Sarah Duffany shares: “I moved to Denver in March and am starting my MBA at the University of Denver. It’s a big change but so far I am really enjoying it.” As for me, I’ve begun a nursing
Henry Garnett, age nine months. Henry says, “Go Bulls!”
career with the goal of working with children and families. I spent a bit of time in the pediatric ICU and will now possibly move onto Community Health. … Stay tuned. Thanks to those who sent updates, and I look forward to seeing you (more of you hopefully) at our 15th reunion this fall! Be well.
CLASS CORRESPONDENT Putney Haley ’97 431 Lloyd Avenue Providence, RI 02906 putneypyles@gmail.com
’98 CLASS CORRESPONDENT Tara Walker ’98 5 Tideview Drive Unit No. 5 Dover, NH 03820 Phone: 603.707.0030 taraphotography@gmail.com
’99 Greetings class of ’99! I hope you have all enjoyed the last weeks of summer! As always it has truly been a pleasure catching up with so many of you. Without further adieu, here is what everyone has to share…Devon Douglas shares: “I am living in NYC, leading strategy for a sustainable branding agency called BBMG. I got engaged last weekend to my long-term boyfriend we met in grad school while getting dual degrees (MBA and Masters of Science) at University of Michigan. All
in all life is great; my sister, Kerry Douglas ’02, is also in the city pursuing an acting career, her lifelong dream!” … Joel Von Trapp writes: “I am doing well here in Greece despite all the bad media coverage about the country. We had a new addition to the family on July 10 with the birth of our second son, Alexander von Trapp. I am staying busy with the two boys, finishing up my degree in architecture here, restoring an old stone house for us, and carving stone on the side as well.”… Jon Boyle writes: “I left the Army in January 2010 and began work for an aviation fuel company, Avfuel Corporation, out of Ann Arbor, MI. Avfuel has a few different business lines, and I am lucky enough to manage the sales efforts of one of them. Generally, we work with companies or individuals that own and operate their own corporate airplanes. Our team steers these operators into facilities where we can sell them fuel. Avfuel is a great company in a very fun industry that has literally taken me around the world in the last two and a half years. More importantly, we love Ann Arbor. Maggie, Jack, and Susie (who just turned five) and I quickly adapted to Michigan and are slowly becoming diehard Wolverine fans. Football Saturdays here are truly remarkable events. We liked Michigan so much that we decided we wanted a native, and on February 11 of this year, we had our third child, another boy, Ryan Michael Boyle. As I write this, he is almost six months old and doing very well.” … Emilie Lee shares: “I’ve just
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please feel free to send me an email anytime. We would all love to hear from you! Until next time, all the best to you and your families.
CLASS CORRESPONDENT Brooke Aronson McCreedy ’99 26 Bridie Lane Norfolk, MA 02056-1739 Home: 508-528-8033 Cell: 360-908-3095 Brooke.mccreedy@gmail.com
’00 Jamie Bradley ’99
spent six weeks of my summer focused on landscape painting in the White Mountains. It’s been a dream to work outside, explore the area, and get to know some new spots. In September I’m moving back to New York where I just finished four years of school at the Grand Central Academy. I’ll be working on my own paintings and teaching evening classes at the GCA.” … Megan Bitter Griffith writes, “We are still in the Boston area but recently moved out of the city to Wellesley.” … Page Connolly Minshall shares: “We are doing our best to survive the summer heat in D.C. and get out of town as much as possible! I just started working for my in-laws’ commercial real estate firm; I’m also taking some oil painting classes downtown.” … Jamie Bradley shares: “It’s been a busy summer out here in Portland, Oregon and a long time since I last wrote. I am happy to say that I’ll be getting married on September 2 in Carlton, Oregon to my wonderful fiancee, Diane. Wedding planning is in fulleffect, and we are looking forward to our small, intimate wedding with family and close friends in wine country. Between long hours at work and wedding planning, I’ve managed to get some wonderful bike rides and runs in on the weekends, as well as a few bike races here and there. Oregon has a lot to enjoy for the outdoorsy types. Cyclocross season is also fast approaching, and Diane and I look forward to racing in the mud and rain soon (after we return from a honeymoon in Hawaii, of course). If any of
ya’ll are out this way, please look us up.” … Colin Wehrung writes: “Since the last time we spoke I’ve wrapped up law school, taken the bar, and passed in Massachusetts. I am now working on my own in the Boston area. Some in the Holderness community may not know that I trained hard, but failed to qualify for the US gymnastics team. Unfortunately, my foot was on the line during my floor routine.” … Back in May Neely Wakeman wrote: “I just finished grad school and will be walking in my cap and gown in a few days to receive my MSN. I sit for the Family Nurse Practitioner boards shortly thereafter, and then it is time to make some $! I love what I do and am very much looking forward to putting three years of nursing school to work. I can’t wait!” … Also in May Matt Coffman shared: “I will be starting medical school this year at Yale School of Medicine”…As for me I am still living in Norfolk, MA with my husband and three children, Jack (6.5 years), Griffin (4.5 years) and Grace (19 months). We have been enjoying our summer traveling to Chicago and Minnesota to visit our old stomping grounds and good friends. We just spent the weekend in New Hampshire with Doria DiBona Aronson, Elizabeth DiBona ’98, Nina Dibona ’03, Seth Aronson ’04, Avi Aronson ’08, and Sydney Aronson ’10 for our nephew’s second birthday. It is pretty much a Holderness Reunion when we all get together! All in attendance are doing well! … Again, it has been wonderful hearing from so many of you. For those I haven’t heard from,
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Hello Class of 2000 from sunny, HOT, southern California! I am pleased to report that we had a great turn out for class notes this go around and lots of exciting news. Without rambling on more, here are the notes starting with Bibbit Mason: “Last September I was relocated from Boston to Toronto to take on some new territory with the Gap. I’m just starting to get settled as I travel for work constantly. In other news, I will be getting married in November back in New Hampshire and am looking forward to the end of wedding planning! I will be sure to send a picture after the wedding as there will be a few Holderness grads in attendance.” … Tim Barnhorst always gets us great notes: “Sully, I hope this finds you well. Our lives became much busier on June 7 as we welcomed Morris John Barnhorst to our brood. My wife Lindsey is doing wonderfully and Brooklyn has been a terrific big sister; she can’t wait to teach Morris how to ski. A big thanks to Willie ’05 and Lori Ford for arranging to bring Brooklyn a new Holderness sweatshirt at the Holderness/Exeter lacrosse game this spring. I called the school store and Lori offered to hand deliver it in time for the face-off! Last fall I had the chance to ride in the Krempels King of the Road Challenge put on by Robbie King ’99 and his brother Ted. I would encourage alumni to join the 2012 edition on October 20 this fall. We had a great time on August 4 at the wedding of Ashley Courier ’02 and John Trainor. There was a strong Holderness contingent. Every couple of years Dan Cesere makes a pilgrimage to the East Coast from his home in Maui, and we were lucky to spend time with him on this year’s trip. He and his brother John have enjoyed
success with their fine art underwater photography business, C3 Submerged. Take a look at their website to see images from their latest adventure in Tahiti.” … Sean Clifford sent me a note from down South: “Hope all is well with you. Not much has changed since last year. I’m still living in Georgia. My son, Caden, is now one, and my daughter, Madeline (four) starts pre-school in the fall. We took a big step and bought a mini-van for my wife, so she can become an official soccer mom.” … Katie and Andy ’01 Bohlin had some very exciting news: “Hi Sully! Great to hear from you. Thanks for reaching out. Life is great in Vermont. We’re parents! When did that happen?! Totally loving every minute of it. Reagan was born on St. Patty’s Day and has filled our life and relationship with nothing but pure joy and laughter ever since. She amazes us each and every day with something new and helps remind us to live in the moment and appreciate the little things in life. We’re at a fun stage with her as she’s sleeping through the night (our sanity is back) and is engaging more with eye contact, giggling, and rolling over. We’ve settled into our house in Shelburne, and although keeping up with the landscaping is a total headache, we appreciate being on five acres of open Vermont land instead of in our tiny apartments in NYC and Boston. Our dog, Nui particularly likes the open space! Andy and I have both found jobs that we love; I am teaching yoga and Andy is working in corporate development for Dealer.com. Big hugs to everyone in the Holderness community! Hope you are well and enjoying this steamy summer!” … Hedda Burnett, a newly titled doctor, got back to me from Brooklyn: “I’ve officially graduated from vet school and have recently become a veterinarian. This spring I moved back East. I’m practicing at Red Bank Veterinary Hospital in New Jersey and living in Brooklyn with my husband, Ben, our old Basset Hound, Reese, and our two cats, Mini Monster and Chicken. Life is very good. I’m hoping to get over to Holderness this fall for Homecoming. Hope everyone is awesome.” … Jono Campbell had some great news: “I hope all is well! I just got back from a weekend out in New Hampshire with Emo and Graham Boardman ’99. Emo is getting married next summer; he was
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also the best man in my wedding last summer. I recently started my own business with another Holderness grad, Andy Humphrey ’97. Andy and I have started a digital marketing and ecommerce management company. We started this in April and are working on a couple great new projects including some web design and development, a smart phone app, and some new e-commerce businesses. The name of the business is 231 Commerce.” … R.C. Whitehouse, also a steady contributor to the class notes, had this to say: “I officially earned my Masters degree in Organizational Psychology last May. I spent the summer and the beginning of 2012 working in professional development at a law firm. In March I started working in Talent Development for the Dentsu Network, a network of advertising agencies that spans 29 countries. It has been quite a ride learning the unique development and work/life balance needs of creative employees, but I am really enjoying it! It’s really nice to be surrounded by creative, artistic, energetic, and outgoing people. I have been living in New York for three years now and am finally starting to feel comfortable! It sure isn’t New Hampshire or Vermont! I’ve tried to connect with Mike Schnurr a few times, but we keep missing each other. Hopefully something will come together soon. I’ve also gone running with JJ Hall ’05, another Holderness alum, who I didn’t know until we met at our last Holderness reunion. Nice guy who can run circles around me—good motivation. Also, whenever I go back to Vermont, I make it a point to see Katie and Andy ’01 Bohlin. They are just too wonderful. Unfortunately, I keep missing Heidi Webb and Ave Cook ’02 when I’m up there, but I am hoping to see them again soon. As for what’s upcoming, I’ll be headed to Bibbit Mason’s wedding in the fall in New Hampshire. That should be a lot of fun. I’m also hoping to get back up to Holderness this fall; I’m feeling a bit homesick!” … Matt Powers sounds like he is doing well in Cali: “The family is well. My boys will be two and six come September. James goes horse riding weekly; he did his first Gymkhana this Friday and returned with blue ribbons. Oliver is a precocious, mischievous toddler that wears 4T and is constantly trying to access the internet from any
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and all devices within his climbing ability. I have new music coming out: Science Fiction Is Now is due to be released this August 2012 on iTunes, Spotify, etc. I’m still teaching English to tenth-graders at a school where all the kids have Macbooks; they gave me a digital music production class on top of that.” … Jason Rowe’s notes definitely had the farthest distance to travel: “Hope this finds you well! Currently I’m sitting in Yaroslavl, Russia visiting my parents. My dad is the new head coach for hc Lokomotiv in the KHL. It’s definitely a great experience and an unbelievable opportunity for him to be a head coach again. As for myself, I’m still living in Connecticut outside of Hartford and covering the Eastern Conference of the NHL and AHL for the San Jose Sharks. I have a few reports on Joey Mormina and have seen him, Anne, and his beautiful daughter in Wilkes Barre the last few years. I made it to a few Holderness games last year in the playoffs and was watching the finals in that tough loss. It’s great to see the program bounce back like it has. That’s all from Russia; look forward to hearing about everyone.” … Alex Cunningham got us just a quick note: “I’ve finished up my MFA in Creative Writing at Columbia and will return to teaching high school English in the fall here in New York City.” … Chris Emerson got back to us from the great state of Texas: “Here is a quick update on my life. I am a proud owner of a black border collie. I graduated from the full-time MBA program at Southern Methodist University in 2010. I’m currently working in business development in the midstream division at J-W Energy Company, a fully integrated natural gas company located right outside Dallas, Texas. I’m recently engaged with plans to wed next summer in the Lake Winnipesaukee area of New Hampshire. If there are any Holderness grads in my neck of the woods, please feel free to look me up.” … Zak Fishkin rounds out our notes for this fall: “Colorado is good; I’m moving furniture and coaching skiing; just could use a big winter! I was impressed to learn that my fellow classmates, Billy Bentley, Jeff Woodruff, and Charlie Lodi, were so inspired by this year’s US Olympic Rhythmic Gymnastic team that they have decided to start training to become the first ever men’s US Team to compete! I wish
them all good luck!” … As always it was great hearing from everyone and please keep in touch. I can always be reached at MyIreland20 @gmail.com or on Facebook. I love getting notes and pictures from our little Holderness family. I’ll be in Southern California for just about another year before getting sent back to North Carolina for Rescue Swimmer training. After that, I’m not sure where I’ll be, hopefully Cape Cod, MA! Have an awesome fall everyone.
CLASS CORRESPONDENT Andrew “Sully” Sullivan ’00 780W. G Street, No. 184 San Diego, CA 92101 Phone: 518-894-2957 myireland20@gmail.com
’01 Hi All! Pat “kuru” Gannon writes, “It was a very busy winter this year as the snow didn’t fall and we lost many friends along the way. Jamie Pierre was moving out to Big Sky to work with me and my big mountain freeride team. It was a huge blow. Regardless, I continued to coach big mountain skiing and grew a team of 35 athletes, many of whom compete nationally. I personally began competing again and joined the Subaru Freeskiing World Tour. While not bringing home any podiums or sickbird buckles, I will be competing on the entire tour next year and will film a new series of webisodes and possibly a feature film over the course of next season. Busy busy busy. I have also continued with the Team Human Project, a not-for-profit group that is asking the question ‘What does it mean to you to be Human in the world today?’ to classrooms and living rooms across the world. I am expecting to be deep in production of our first documentary film project this summer and fall after I return from Alaska. Check us out at www.teamhumanproject.com” … Emily Warner Caldwell checks in from the Cape: “Life is great on Cape Cod. Sam is turning four in June and he’s a blast! Stella Graham was born on the morning of July 10. She weighed 6 lbs., 7 oz. and was born with esophageal atresia, which means her esophagus was not connected to her stomach. After an almost ninehour surgery to connect everything correctly, Stella spent twelve days in
Reagan Elizabeth Bohlin March 17, 2012 the NICU at Children’s Hospital in Boston and did great! The Caldwell family of four is doing very well. We are happy to be home and are enjoying the time together before Ali and I go back to work. Big brother Sam is in love with his baby sister for sure. :) Stella is a strong, healthy girl and we are feeling very lucky that this situation went as well as it did. It’s all downhill from here, and we are thrilled to have her! Ali and I are both loving work in our new jobs... Ali is in Bourne working with pre-schoolers who have autism, and I am in Yarmouth teaching first grade to kids with and without disabilities—it’s awesome. We’re laying low this summer—no travel or big plans, except welcoming our new addition to the family. Visit us on the Cape anytime!” Congrats, Em! … Christine Hann Cunningham writes in, “Things are going great for Aaron and me! We are still living on Haida in Northwestern BC. I am teaching grade five and six, and Aaron is busy working as a carpenter. We got married last August and had a fabulous time celebrating with family and friends. I found out that I was pregnant just before Christmas this year and shared the news with my family on a holiday visit to see Jarret and Jessica in their new home in Virginia! We are due to have our baby this August and are extremely excited about our new addition!” Congrats, Christine!! … Rachel Goldberg just made the move from NYC to Boston with her husband. She writes, “Buzzie and I recently moved back to Massachusetts from New York City after seven years there. I am working as a buyer for TJX companies as they launch their websites. We are living in Boston. We adopted a puppy
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named Bianca from Badass Brooklyn Foster Dogs a couple months ago, and we are loving her!” … Jennifer Crane is living in Portland, ME and working at Bowdoin College in the Annual Giving Office; she said she’s enjoying raising money for her alma mater!” … Elizabeth Norton writes in, “This spring, I finished my PhD at Tufts in developmental cognitive neuroscience. Betsy Pantazelos ’02 and I took a celebratory trip to the West Coast where we met up with Erin Maroni ’02 and Ariana Nicolay ’04. I’m glad to be staying in Boston for the next couple of years, doing a research fellowship at MIT where I’m using brain imaging to predict which kindergarteners will develop dyslexia.” … Jarret Hann says, “All is well in the South with Jess ’03 and me. I randomly ran into Dave Madeira ’03 one day last year at a grocery store and discovered that he and his newly wedded wife Oriana also live in Williamsburg. We had an awesome time at their wedding with a dozen or so other Holderness alums last June. A special thanks to Bryce Connery ’03 and his company, Lone Peak Outfitters, for my new favorite hat. On another note, we’re looking forward to meeting Christine Cunningham’s new addition when we see her this fall.” … Big News from our class president; Kellan Florio got engaged! He writes, “The big news for me is that I just got engaged to my girlfriend of almost a year, Diana Zotos. We met last summer when I tore my ACL. She was my physical therapist, and she also teaches yoga which I’ve started to take up despite my lack of skills. We’re planning to get married next summer in Vermont. Meanwhile, I’m still working at Goldman Sachs and living in Brooklyn with Diana.” Congrats, Kel!! … Evan Kornack also got engaged recently. He says, “My fiancé, Kinsey, and I graduated from the Darden School of Business in May
Emily Caldwell ’01 and Ali Caldwell welcomed Stella Graham Caldwell to their family on July 10, 2012.
and have since moved back to Boston. We will be getting married in November at the Jupiter Island Club, in Florida.” Congrats, Kornack!! … Benjamin Stonebraker made a move from Montana to Colorado recently; he writes, “I live in Aspen now and work as a race coach at Highlands under the umbrella of Ski School, so I see Fordy and Ramsay often but don’t work in their program. I see the Holderness contingent frequently which has been awesome. I am currently the marketing director for Bomb Flow Media House and get to edit their magazine. Check us out online or on Facebook; we have the best athletes in the world supplying us with the best kayak footage you can find on the internet. Looking forward to an even bigger 2013!” … Amanda French writes in, “All is well! I am working in Reno/Tahoe as a school counselor and loving it! Life is good with my man Dana and our two pups!” … Betsy Cornell and Anthony Aceto are still in the big city! Betsy ran the NYC marathon this year and plans to run another in Philly this fall. I stayed with them in February when I was in the city for a wedding and they are both doing great! … Anne and Joey Mormina just welcomed a beautiful baby boy, Robert Andrew Mormina (did I spell that right?!?) in July. I was able to visit them and their beautiful daughter, Katherine, a few days after he was born. They’re all doing well and spending the rest of their summer up at their home in Montréal. Joey will be playing for the Wilkes-Barre Penguins again next year! … As for me, Karyn Hoepp Jennings, it’s been a great year! I’m still living in Dover, NH and loving married life. My husband and I are just starting the house hunt, so hopefully by the time this comes out, we will be
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homeowners. This winter I was able to work with a fellow classmate, Joy Domin Southworth, on the graphic design of her two prenatal and postnatal workout DVDs that she produced. It seems like they have both really taken off! I’m still working at the radio station in Manchester, but I recently got an interesting opportunity here. I am now going to be doing a daily Hollywood Report on our current hits radio station, Hot Hits (94.1 and 103.1). So if you’re ever around the Concord/ Manchester, NH area, tune in and you can hear me talk about the latest Hollywood gossip! That’s it for the Class of 2001! Hope everyone is well, and I look forward to hearing from you all again soon! xoxoxo
CLASS CORRESPONDENTS Karyn Hoepp ’01 2 Ash Street Dover, NH 03820-3152 Phone: 603-241-4151 karynhoepp@gmail.com Adam Lavallee ’01 227 W. Baltimore Avenue Lansdowne, PA 19050 a.l.lavallee@gmail.com
’02 Hi everyone! It looks like our notes are short and sweet this round. I’m hoping this is because you’re all saving your stories for catching up at our reunion on September 29–30! Thanks to everyone who wrote in! … Geoff Mintz reports: “It was great to swing through campus back in late May and see the Fords and Bruce Barton. I was back East for Dave Madeira’s ’03 wedding and took the opportunity to show Colleen, my current Midwestern girlfriend, around the area. The campus looked great. It’s hard to believe the Fords’ littlest was graduating. She was basically a baby when we were there. Even harder to believe, Dotty is still walking around, albeit a little disoriented. I’m happy to say I’ve gotten a couple good breaks recently. After a tip from Sam Bass, I got hired as associate editor with Ski Racing Magazine. So, if anyone out there in the race world has a good story idea, hit me up at mintz@skiracing.com.” … Sarah Hendel writes: “I’m living the good life in Burlington. Work is great and still
keeping me on my toes. Fortunately, there’s also no shortage of opportunities to play: paddle boarding, kickball, rock climbing, hiking, biking, and camping... I’ve been back in New England for a year now and can’t think of another place I’d rather be.” … Will Keiser writes: “All is well here...Racing is in full swing. I’ve been on the road since March, traveling from racetrack to racetrack and state to state as I, like everyone else, chase the point’s championship. So far I’m fifth in points, and I’m hoping to break the top three. More points means more sponsor money for 2013. Racing has become pretty much a full time career. I still do some catering when I’m home, which is now NYC, but my girlfriend, our two dogs, and I are on the road pretty much every Thursday to Monday which makes it hard to have a full-time job. I couldn’t be happier. This is the start of the culmination of a dream that pre-dated my Holderness days, and now I’m living it! I have a long way to go before I’m a household name, but things are moving along well and faster than expected. Please like my racing team page, Royalty Racing. Again, more likes equals happier sponsors! I’m looking forward to being back in Plymouth after all these years—I haven’t been back there once...It will be good to see old faces again! Looking forward to catching up. :)” … Ally Keefe writes: “I’m still living in Squaw Valley, California attending nursing school. I’m looking forward to my December graduation and plan to look for a job in the area. Unfortunately, school will keep me in California through the reunion. Please tell everyone I said hello!” … As for me, Betsy Pantazelos, I’ve actually had the pleasure of catching up with quite a few Holderness people as I have been traveling quite a bit this summer. I was out in Napa, California this spring celebrating Liz Norton’s ’01 completion of her doctorate! We saw Ariana Nicolay ’04 and Erin Maroni (who are both living in the Bay Area) and enjoyed cruising through wine country. This summer I’ve spent most free moments waterskiing with Joe Sampson back in our old stomping grounds in the Lakes Region of New Hampshire. I also caught up with Tyler Stubbs ’01 in Newport, Rhode Island while I was there working at the Folk Festival for Patagonia. I also made it
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Erin Maroni ’02, Ariana Nicolay ’04, Betsy Pantazelos ’02, and Elizabeth Norton ’01 in Napa, California
(L–R): Jarret Hann ’01, Jessica Hann ’03, Sam Beck ’02, Geoff Mintz ’02, Andy Gaylord ’02, Bryce Connery ’03, Ave Cook ’02, Dave Madeira ’03, Oriana Farley, Heidi Webb ’00, Ramsay Hill ’02, Chris Rodgers ’02, and Fordy Sinkinson ’02. Hats in the photo are courtesy of Bryce Connery ’03 and Lone Peak Outfitters, Bryce’s guide and outfitters, based in southwestern Montana (Bozeman). Robert Low also made an appearance on Friday night and could not make the photo. Photograph by Amanda Herzberger of Orchard Cove Photography of Charlotte, VT. Amanda is cousin to Ave Cook ’02 and Heidi Webb ’00. up to Portland, ME for the Mumford & Sons concert and grabbed dinner with Jen Crane ’01. Most recently, I saw Mark Walrod ’97 at his wedding to Hilary Williams atop Mt. Greylock. At the event, I had the pleasure of sitting next to Phil Peck and meeting Brian Werner ’97. Hope to see more of you in September at Reunion!
CLASS CORRESPONDENT Betsy Pantazelos ’02 256 Summer Street, Apt. 1L Somerville, MA 02143-2204 Phone: 774-270-0588 b.pantazelos@gmail.com Facebook.com/Holdernessclassof2002
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’03 Tauheedah Alexander writes: “I’m doing okay. I’m finishing up my first year working at Penn State in Residence Life. It has been a very interesting year with lots of challenges but I am enjoying it. I’m still trying to get used to being in the middle of nowhere but Holderness prepped me for that (lol).” … Victoria Mello writes: “I recently was married at Rosecliff Mansion in Newport, RI (where the movie The Great Gatsby was filmed) to Dr. Barry Saperia, an orthopedic sur-
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geon in June 2011. We also welcomed the birth of our first child, Eli Lewis Saperia on August 25, 2011. We are living just outside of Boston and enjoying our new family. As for little Eli, I am already looking forward to taking him on a tour of the Holderness campus when the time comes!” … Brenna Fox sent in a picture taken at Choate. In the photo is Casey Carr, Brenna Fox and her boyfriend Sean, Weston Lea’s Holderness Hockey Jersey, The Dennehy family (Pat, Michelle, Sean, and Kaely Weston), and The Lea Family (Dean, Deb, and Evan). Great photo, Brenna. I hope everyone is doing well.
Nick Payeur ’03 95 Sawyer Road Scarborough, ME 04074-9005 Npayeur001@maine.rr.com
’04 CLASS CORRESPONDENT Ryan McManus ’04 40 Locust Street Marblehead, MA 01945 rbmcmanus@gmail.com
’05 I apologize that some of these updates seem out-of-date, but they are great nonetheless! As some of you may know, I did my original collection in the spring, but then the notes were pushed back an issue….I think everyone near and far is busy, busy, busy! Here we go! Ashley Saba writes: “I’m in graduate school in New York getting my next degree in Economics. I’ve been catching Sunday films with Hannah Hickok who I’ve always been lucky to keep in touch with. I also have had a chance to grab dinner with Susie Griffin, Susan Taylor, Mike Tucker, and Reed Cooley so far. It’s nice to see some familiar faces in the crowds of the city. They all seem to be doing very well! This summer I have a research fellowship working with Progressive labor economists.” … Jenn Calver writes: “I had a number of Holderness run-ins this past spring as I was coaching the GVLax team here at Vermont Academy. Not much has changed since we were students, as Holderness ran us into the ground, 18-3 (slightly demoralizing). I’m also seeing Tad Skelley ’07 today, in fact, as he has an interview here in the Admissions Office! I can’t wait for the kids to leave for the summer; it’s been
a crazy year, but I love being back in boarding schools! Hope to see everyone soon!” … Rob Crane says: “I am currently training for the Olympics in London this summer. I will represent the US in sailing in the Laser, which is a one-person sailboat. Right now I am in Germany competing at the World Championships.” According to an August 9 post on Rob’s website (www.robcraneracing.com), he finished 29th out of 49 boats in the Olympics; nice work Rob! … And speaking of the London 2012 Olympics, Martynas Pocius represented his country well when he played for the Lithuanian basketball team. He is also currently playing for Real Madrid C.F. and lives in Madrid, Spain. … Dave Murison writes: “I don’t think I’ve updated anyone on anything I’ve done since I graduated - shame on me. Anyway, after I graduated from Trinity College in 2010 with a BS in chemistry, I started working at Lonza Biologics, a pharmaceutical company in Portsmouth, NH. I worked as a manufacturing operator in the purification department for about a year but realized pretty quickly that the job wasn’t fulfilling my expectations. I was admitted to the Northeastern University Graduate Chemistry and Chemical Biology Ph.D. program last March, and I’ve been living in Boston as a result for about nine months now. For the first year of my program, I’ve been taking courses and trying to determine which lab I’ll be doing my research with for the remaining four (or possibly five) years of the program. I believe I will be working with Dr. Penny Beuning who focuses her research on cellular responses to DNA damage and subsequent repair pathways. I am very excited to begin my research because, after all, that is the true purpose of earning a Ph.D. I am also looking forward to enjoying my last summer of freedom outside the lab. I’ve seen a lot
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Holderness folks since I’ve been living in Boston, which has been really nice. I’ve bumped into Ben Trook ’06, Kit Henderson, Ben Kirtland ’06, and probably more that I can’t remember right now off the top of my head. I actually played some hockey with Ben Kirtland ’06 last month, which was really fun. I still try and play hockey whenever and wherever I get the chance, but it’s difficult because my schedule is erratic. Unfortunately, my family doesn’t live in Vermont anymore, but I go back home (to Woodstock) every chance I get. My mother and father live in Newburyport, MA now, which is convenient since I live in Boston, but I know they miss Vermont in a lot of ways. I’m sure I’m forgetting many things that have happened in the past few years, but these are some of the highlights.” … Emily Sampson writes: “Life is super busy these days. I’m still living in Burlington and still teaching kids with Autism. This past winter I coached the GMVS ski club at Sugarbush on the weekends and had a blast. Over the winter, I decided to pursue Occupational Therapy in grad school and am currently chipping away, one by one, at pre-requisites. I see fellow classmate Brie Keefe regularly which is pretty great; I also just returned from a trip to NYC where I visited Kathleen Crane. I’m now looking forward to summer in Vermont and some much needed relaxation!” … JJ Hall is working as the Workforce Development Coordinator for CleanEdison and is living around the corner from Phil Peck in NYC. … Pete Schlech writes: “I am a pilot for Pinnacle airlines doing Delta Connection routes out of Kennedy airport in NYC. I live in Florida but work in New York. I start training to be a pilot in the US Air Force in June, and will be based in New Jersey when I am done training in a couple of years.” … Emma Schofield writes: “The only update I have is that I will be receiving my MA in Counseling Psychology from the University of Denver in June 2012. I’m still living in Denver, CO and was sad to have missed our reunion!” … Maresa Nielson writes: “I’m still in Brattleboro, VT, halfway through a Master’s in Intercultural Service, Leadership, and Management at SIT. I’m currently working for The Experiment in International Living, a
high-school summer study abroad program also run by a branch of World Learning. This August I began a second graduate program to pursue a Master’s in Teaching for Social Justice. I’ll be teaching kindergarten and hopefully will be returning to East Africa next year to continue teaching kindergarten!” … Willie Ford sends in: “I’m working for POC Sports in Portsmouth, NH after having been an athlete for them for five years. I’m the Director of Marketing and Promo for the USA. I love it. It’s a ton of fun and very rewarding. Fortunately, I get to travel the world and work in the ski/bike industry, which was important to me after I retired in 2010. I still coach and ski as much as I can. We have quite the Holderness contingency in the Portsmouth area, so if any of you are ever here, be sure to let us know!” … Mike Hardiman writes: “I moved down to Windermere, FL where I will teach English literature and Mass Communications at Windermere Preparatory School. I will also coach football and help develop student publications. Hopefully, I will find myself up north again this summer and start graduate studies at Breadloaf.” … Han Min Lee says: “I’m currently in Seoul, Korea, serving in the Republic of Korea Air Force (aka ROKAF) as a First Lieutenant. I had a chance to go back to Holderness last May, for graduation and stayed at Mr. Ford’s house with Willie, Mattie ’04, and Julia ’08. I also had the chance to see all the other faculty. Then I came down to NYC and met up with Taylor Nissi ’04, Molly Nissi ’06, and Nigel Malloch.” … Caitlin (Connelly) Cooper writes: “Last summer (August 13) my husband Dan and I got married. The service was officiated by Mr. Rich Weymouth in the Holderness School Chapel. Kathleen Crane and Susan Taylor were both members of the wedding party. Other alums in attendance were Charlie Hanson ’83, Anya Caldwell Bean ’07, and current students Jesse Ross ’13 and Libby Aldridge ’13. Dan and I both live and work at Avon Old Farms School in Avon, CT. This fall I will start my Master’s degree in Educational Psychology at the University of Connecticut. We are both looking forward to Kathleen Crane’s wedding this October!” … Stuart Nelson writes: “I am meeting with Tomas Balcetis ’06 in August in
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Caitlin Connelly Cooper ’05 wedding on August 13, 2011. (L–R) Ashley Saba ’05, Allycia Kimball ’05, Hannah Hickok ’05, Jenn Calver ’05, Susan Taylor ’05, Caitlin Connelly Cooper ’05, Kathleen Crane ’05, Emily Sampson ’05, Jaime Pauley ’05, Kit Henderson-Adams ’05, and Susie Griffin ’05 London.” … As for me, I worked for the past year as a para-educator in a kindergarten classroom with a student with intensive special needs, and I truly enjoyed it. This fall I’m starting a Vermont teacher licensure program to become a middle level science and social studies teacher. And of course, I’m still living in Burlington! This winter, I skied with Maresa and Chris ’02 Nielson at Sugarbush, VT. I also ran into Kara Herlihy ’03 around town in Waitsfield a couple times. Emily Sampson and I are there in the winter, so if you’re ever up…give one of us a call! I also had a random run-in on the waterfront in July when Emily and I spotted a Holderness tote bag. We decided to stop to say hello and introduce ourselves (hey, why not?), and it turns out one of the women was Weston Lea’s mother. She then also introduced us to his younger brother, Evan who is living in Burlington with his fiancée. You just never know who you’re going to see or meet sometimes. It’s so great to hear that everyone is doing well in his or her personal and professional life. It’s wonderful receiving these updates from you all, because everyone has done so many amazing things over the past seven years; I can only imagine what the next seven will bring! I’m already looking forward to our ten-year class reunion (total nerd, I know…but you know you secretly are as well). Former classmates of mine, I hope you enjoy reading the notes just as much as I do, so whenever you feel like sending me a quick note (email, Facebook, snail mail, anything), please do. Class of
2005, you rock! I do my best to respond to each and every one of you when you send me emails, but I apologize if I spaced out. There have been multiple requests to have a Young Alumni get-together soon, and I am currently in talks with the all-stars in the Alumni Office to give it a shot. Therefore, keep your eyes peeled!! Thank you all again! Stay well.
CLASS CORRESPONDENT Brie Keefe ’05 brie.keefe@gmail.com
’06 Reports are in from the class of 2006 and it seems we have clustered geographically around Boston, D.C., and New York City. There are also pods of western mountain people in Utah, Colorado, and Montana. We are attending and planning weddings, earning advanced degrees, traveling the world, and earning promotions in current jobs. It has been inspiring to hear success stories from our classmates. Read on for updates and keep in touch. … CJ Vincent writes: “I’m living in Greenville, SC as of January this year, and I just finished a two-year leadership program with General Electric. In the past year I’ve moved twice, started working on a Master’s degree, and am now engaged to my wonderful fiancé! I see Steve ’07 and Kourtney Martin ’07 a few times a year on the coast. I’m still playing sports in addition to taking in the southern scenery on hikes and motor-
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cycle rides. It’s hard to get out of the habit of keeping busy all the time!” … Jesse Thompson is currently living and working in Annapolis, MD and found a job quickly after he ended his service in the Marines last year: “I was going to re-enlist but because the Marine Corps cut its size, there were no spots left in my field for me to stay in. My options were to get out or move to a new field, which I did not want to do.” Jesse plans to keep his inactive reserve status and is currently working in the IT department of InforMed Health Care Solutions in Annapolis while he finishes a Computer Science degree. … Joe Muller writes: “Recently, the Holderness community has failed to escape me. I live with alum Jay Bladon in Boston, and spent my winters bumping into the snowboard freestyle team. I was able to help out a local snowboard team and do some coaching at USASA events. As for work, I’m an engineer at an architectural hardware company just outside of Boston. My company mostly designs and fabricates stainless steel fittings for glass walls, façades, and art installations. Currently, a project I worked on is being constructed over Stewart Street in Boston. It’s a glass encased bridge that spans the street and is hard to miss.” … Design-minded adventure man, Ryan Walters, writes: “I just got back from traveling and climbing in Vietnam and Cambodia for six weeks. It was an amazing trip for sure and I can’t wait to get back. I finished my Master’s last year, and now I’m staying busy working at a local company, doing sustainable residential timber design and some freelance product/graphic work on the side. I can’t wait for winter. I’m hanging with Henry, Jack, and those Keslin boys (Daniel and Steve), and saving for travels on the free ride tour this winter.” … Kristin Keohan is an impressive lady who is always doing something interesting, from living in Spain to her current career in Washington, D.C.: she is working on a software development team as a statistician at Booz Allen Hamilton. … Jesse Straus, has been promoted (YAY, Jesse!) from Marketing Coordinator to Marketing Specialist at Vineyard Vines and spent the summer traveling to Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket. Jesse writes: “I had #thebestweekendever with Molly Nissi, Billy White, and Anne Richardson up at the
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Richardson clan’s lake house in New York. We are still talking about it.” Jesse plans to round out his New England summer at Nantucket Race Week. … Blair Thompson has been working in New York City as the Jewelry Department/ Department Head’s assistant at Sotheby’s and just moved into a great apartment on the Upper East Side with Hilary Nichols. Blair was busy this summer as she participated in the 2012 Annual Prouty bike ride with Susan Taylor ’05, Jenn Calver ’05, and Carlie Bristow. Blair reports: “Our team, which included members of the Richardson, Taylor, Thompson, Nichols, and Bristow families, raised over $10,000 towards cancer research for the Norris-Cotton Cancer Research Center at Dartmouth-Hitchcock … And, I was a bridesmaid in Ashley Currier’s ’03 wedding along with Carlie Bristow and Kara Herilhy ’03. Anna Lockwood ’03, Em Noyes ’03, Amy Laverack ’03, and Todd Nordblom ’04 were also in attendance. It was an amazing and fun weekend to celebrate Ashley! And, Weymo performed the ceremony!” … Grady Vigneau was an assistant coach at Hamilton this past season and coached some players that he played with while on the Hamilton team. Grady spent the summer interning with the Washington Nationals as a minor league video intern and will be finished with his Masters degree in Sports Leadership from Northeastern at the end of the summer. … After working as a consultant for two years, Tomas Balcetis, decided to drop it and follow his passion for sports. He was offered a position at the NBA in their EMEA headquarters (Europe, Middle East, Africa) as a Coordinator in the International Media Distribution department, where he will manage NBA programming relationships with media companies in the EMEA region. He has been living in London and attended almost every Olympic Basketball game including Marty’s showdown with Team USA. … Meagan Paxton has settled in Plainfield, NH where she is working as the marketing, event planning and front desk manager at The Home Hill Inn. … Tai Haluszka began her dietetics program this summer and is working towards becoming a registered dietitian. She has been living in Chicago this past year and loves the city. She has been
training for a triathlon and enjoying Lake Michigan. … Brian Gamble is living in Baltimore with his girlfriend, Caroline, and recently started his own company. Brian has found a love for all water sports, especially rowing, and is helping Caroline coach a high school girls crew team. … Nick Schoeder has been living in Bar Harbor, Maine for the summer running his photography business, bar tending, and racing sailboats. This winter Nick is heading west to Steamboat Springs, CO to manage a photography company on the ski mountain. … Anne Richardson is looking forward to settling down after traveling in New Zealand for four months. She worked at a juice bar on the North Island and traveled to Bali and parts of Indonesia. Anne headed home in June for her brother’s wedding and for her move from Boston to Washington, D.C. Anne starts graduate school at Corcoran College of Art and Design where she will study Exhibition Design in a two-year degree program in the fall. … As for me, Jess Saba, I moved from the lovely town of Boulder, CO to Brooklyn, NY in May. I started Good Point PR and Consulting last August to help thought leaders and social entrepreneurs with media relations and marketing campaigns. It is wonderful. Stay healthy and happy, friends, and keep in touch.
CLASS CORRESPONDENT Jessica Saba ’06 143 Bedford Avenue, Apt. 2 Brooklyn, NY 11211 Phone: 603-381-6699 jessicalsaba@gmail.com
’07 The class of 2007 is gearing up for our five-year reunion in September, and we couldn’t be more excited to reconnect and catch-up with old classmates and friends. It’s hard to believe it has been that long since we left Holderness. Most of us have begun to settle in nicely to life after college and our Holderness classmates remain scattered across the country doing a whole host of fun and interesting things. … Tanner Mathison writes, “I am working as a financial analyst in Philadelphia and starting law school at the University of Pennsylvania this fall.” … Taylor James says, “I am living
in NYC with Sam Shlopak. I work for a commercial production company called Rabbit. And I am looking forward to the Reunion in the fall!” … Katie Oram writes from out West, “I am currently living in Jackson, WY working as a field instructor at the Teton Science Schools. I teach science in Grand Teton National Park to students in fourth–twelfth grade. I love living in the Tetons; everything I want to do is right here. I have been backcountry skiing, rock climbing, and hiking a ton this year. In June, however, I’m leaving, and I’ll be in Alaska for the summer leading backpacking trips. I see Tory Hayssen ’06 around town every once in a while, and I work at TSS with Grace Nehring ’03.” … Todd Davis currently calls Ypsilanti, Michigan home. He will graduate this summer or fall from Eastern Michigan. He is a political science major with a communications minor and has hopes of attending law school. He just wrapped up his hockey career with the conclusion of his senior season at EMU, and now it’s on to the beer leagues full time. He is hoping to make it to the five-year Reunion in September because he states, “I have not seen a Holderness face for a few years now so it would be fun.” … Anya Bean took the semester off of what should have been her senior year at UNH after her mom passed away; she spent the winter teaching ski lessons and skiing in the West. She visited Phoebe Erdman and Ben Mawhinney ’06 and is now headed back to New Hampshire to finish school and ski for UNH. … I am busy working in Cambridge, MA as a market research strategy consultant at a small firm called Hawk Partners, and I am loving it; however, I still miss college! I am living outside Harvard Square with a friend from Williams and am certainly looking forward to seeing everyone in late September.
CLASS CORRESPONDENT Annie Hanson ’07 annie.e.hanson@gmail.com
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Holderness alums this year, and I hope that’s a trend that continues. Our class has been busy this year, and some took the time to send some quick updates. … Hannah O’Brien writes: “I graduated from Colby College in May with a major in history and a minor in education. Starting this fall, I will be teaching and coaching at the Taft School, a private school in Connecticut. I will be teaching a sophomore history course called Historical Civilizations and the Modern World, and I will be coaching field hockey, ice hockey, and lacrosse. I will also be living in a ninth- and tenth-grade boy’s dorm where I will fulfill my responsibilities as a dorm parent.” … Margot Cutter will be attending the McGeorge Law School at the University of the Pacific this fall. … Stephen Rudberg graduated from Wake Forest this spring, and moved to Denver in July to begin a job at DISH Network. … Maggie Dembinski is going into her senior year at Bates, studying Religious Studies. … Morgan Frank writes that he has graduated from UVM “with a BS in mathematics, and a double minor in computer science and statistics. I will be pursuing a Master’s in Applied Mathematics and a certificate in Complex System Analysis at UVM starting in the spring. I am currently working on two research projects. The first is studying packing Costas arrays. The second is performing sentiment analysis to relate the happiness of people on Twitter to other characteristics like location, movement, and land use. I will also be starting a research project involving the use of social media to solve largescale problems, or finding people with the same rare medical condition and allowing them to communicate and congregate to gain more awareness for their obscure conditions.”
CLASS CORRESPONDENT Jessica White ’08 181 Edward Foster Road Scituate, MA 02066 Phone: 978-886-2670 white.jessica.madigan@gmail.com
’09 The class of ’09 is preparing to return to their college campuses for one final year. Class agents Ally Stride and Meg McNulty are both finishing up their
degrees in history. Ally is double majoring in Art and History and is spending the spring semester of her senior year studying fine arts abroad in Italy. Meg has just returned from her semester abroad in South Africa where she took classes for her political science and environmental studies minors. This summer Ally has been interning with the Clark Gallery in Lincoln, MA and is a featured blogger for RentTheRun- way.com. Meg is returning to Saint Michael’s College as an Orientation Leader for the incoming freshman class and is president of the Honors Program. Kelsey Muller is spending the fall semester of her senior year abroad at James Cook University in Townsville, Australia studying marine and tropical biology. She will return to Wesleyan University in November to play her last season of ice hockey and graduate in the spring with a biology degree. She plans to attend medical school after a year off. Lane Curran is heading into her final year at Bates College, where she is majoring in Biology and planning to attend medical school after graduation. She spent the summer 2012 studying for the MCAT exam, shadowing a physician, and working as an EMT for the Fire/EMS Department in her hometown. During this next year at Bates she will be a biology department honors candidate, the Deputy Chief of the Bates Emergency Medical Services, and the captain of the women’s rugby team (and hoping to make the Maine Collegiate All-Star team for the fourth year in a row!). Dan Wright is in his fourth out of five years at James Madison University where he is pursuing a B.S. in Sports and Recreation Management with a Business and Computer Information Systems minor. This summer Dan has been completing a marketing practicum at Meadowbrook U.S. Cellular Pavilion in Gilford, NH. At James Madison, Dan is an officer for the mens rugby team and an operations supervisor at the recreation facility. He is also on the planning board for a 56.9-million-dollar extension to the recreation facility at JMU. Cody Bohonnon looks forward to his fourth year in a five-year program at the University of Denver where he will earn an undergraduate degree in Mechanical Engineering and an MBA. This summer he has been working as a Business Technology
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Meg McNulty ’09 studying abroad this past spring in South Africa, where she took classes for her political science and environmental studies minors. Here she poses with a member of the San Bushmen Tribe.
Amber Stewart McCormack ’08, Jess White ’08, Sacha Gouchie ’08, and the rest of the bridal party Analyst intern at Deloitte & Touche. Cody has continued the Holderness tradition and is currently the president of the Alpine Club at DU as well as the vice-president of Greek Council. Emily Marvin spent this past spring semester studying abroad in Kenya and volunteered at an orphanage for the final month. This fall, Emily will be back at St. Lawrence for her final soccer season and will be living in her sorority house. Justine Seraganian is a rising senior at Colby and is an Economics and Math major with a concentration in financial markets. She spent a semester studying in Scotland and is working as a senior intern in the Admissions office at Colby. She is captain of the Colby crew team and is looking forward to her final season. Jake McPhee is currently attending the University of Miami and is studying Electrical Engineering. He was elected vice-president of the mens lacrosse team and has taken on the role of reorganizing the program. Over the summer he took action, hired a new coaching staff and scouted out young talent. His goal is to win the SELC for the first time in the team’s history and put the young program on the right track to become a member in the ACC. During his summer internship, he has been designing a renewable energy power plant and is looking forward to another season of ’Canes Football. Stephen Smith is finishing up at Montana State with an American
Studies degree. This spring he became a licensed fishing guide in Montana, working for Bryce Connery ’02 with Lone Peak Outfitters. This summer Steve has been guiding fly fishermen (and fisherwomen) on the Madison River, Bitterroot River, Yellowstone River, and other western rivers of Montana. He is also interning with the Yellowstone Association promoting Yellowstone National Park. Between school, guiding, and spending time with his year-old German Shorthaired Pointer, Bridget, Steve has been staying busy and truly enjoying life in Montana. Abby Thompson is looking forward to her fourth year at Simmons College, and will graduate in May with a dual bachelor’s degree in Elementary Education and Social Studies. Currently, Abby is working on finishing her MTEL tests to get licensed as a teacher in the state of Massachusetts. Abby spent a lot of her summer working in a restaurant and helping her brother Ben Thompson ’04 and his wife move to Massachusetts from California. In September she will be moving into an apartment in Allston with some friends for her last year at Simmons.
CLASS CORRESPONDENTS Meg McNulty ’09 mmcnulty@smcvt.edu Allison Stride ’09 astride@elon.edu
’10 Hello class of 2010! I hope everyone had a wonderful summer; in my opinion it went by just a little too quickly. I’m currently writing this set of notes
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from my apartment in Boston, which Sam Copeland, Marion Thurston, and I have been renting for the past two months. Last year at Union was very busy; I joined the sorority Delta Delta Delta and was accepted into a Spanish-Intensive study abroad program in Cordoba, Argentina which I will be starting in January 2013. This summer I have been interning for a digital marketing firm in South Boston called The ADK Group, training for the Mohawk-Hudson Marathon, and attending many concerts and music festivals where I’ve seen plenty of alumni including Adam Sapers ’11, Sara Mogollon ’12, Kristina Micalizzi ’12, Will Marvin ’12, and many more! … Sam’s year was also very busy at Union. He joined the fraternity Psi Upsilon and has been focusing his studies on Economics and Political Science. This summer he interned at the New England Aquarium as a research analyst for a new iPhone app called FishBlue, which promotes Environmental Citizenship amongst recreational fishermen. Marion, who currently attends Northeastern University, has been busy juggling two jobs, one at a catering company and the other at The North Face on Newbury Street. She loves living in Boston and skiing for Northeastern! … Elise Steiner writes, “This summer has been fun! I just finished my internship at Delta Dental where I worked with Gabbie Raffio and Caitlin Mitchell ’09. I saw numerous Holderness alumni at concerts and various gatherings around New England, and will soon be departing for Hong Kong! In Hong Kong I will be studying abroad for the fall semester, which will include a six-week internship starting in November. I have been able to make some Holderness connections in Hong Kong already and will hopefully be meeting up with more when I get there.” … Wes Mitchell Lewis has also been busy abroad. This summer he backpacked in the Mustang region of Nepal for a month and then studied in London and went to the Olympics. He’s excited about going to Austria in the fall for his term abroad! Wes also bumped into Paul Clark when they were both in London at the Olympics! Paul spent his summer working in Antwerpen, Belgium at an Architecture firm. … Ashby Sussman is studying mechani-
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cal engineering at Cornell, is the captain of the alpine ski team, and joined the Pi Beta Phi sorority. She has really enjoyed racing in college and frequently runs into Erica Hamlin, Carter White, and John McCoy at races! This summer Ashby interned at IBM and did mechanical analysis work. … Gabbie Raffio writes, “This summer I spent some time in different dental offices shadowing various dentists and worked part time at Arnies’ Ice Cream in Concord with Elise Steiner. I also climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro with Caitlin Mitchell ’09; we were able to meet up with Mimi Pichette in Arusha, Tanzania before we climbed!” … Mimi also climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro this summer! … Will Hoeschler has had a very busy summer. He is currently a theatre major with a concentration in acting at Skidmore College. He spent a month taking summer classes at Skidmore, and one was with Gedvile Gineityte ’09! Throughout July he attended the Shakespeare Summer Training Institute at Shakespeare and Company in Lenox, MA and was in Salt Lake City for the Outdoor Retailer Convention with his family promoting the Key Log (the first synthetic logrolling log). He will spend his fall semester away at Shakespeare and Company’s Fall Conservatory Program. … Julia Capron has mostly just been working. She writes, “I teach dance gymnastics and zumba classes for my job and in my free time I try to go hiking as much as possible. I’m looking forward to this next semester at school because I switched my major to journalism and can’t wait to start my new journalism classes!” … Will Humphrey has had an extremely busy year as he has been occupied with a project called Endless Abilities. He would like you all to check out www.endlessabilities.org so that you can obtain more information and watch the trailer for his new documentary based on paralyzed athletes. The mission of their company, Wind Powered Productions, is to tell stories with a greater social meaning. The documentary will be released to the public on January 18, 2013! … Jacob Scott says he lives in Bathurst, New Brunswick and that he is doing well. … Phil Brown writes, “I’ve been studying international business and Spanish, working as a brand ambassador for The Next Step Realty, and as a personal trainer at Eco
Fitness Gym and Blue Turtle Yoga. I’m looking forward to going abroad to Barcelona this year! I’m the VP of my fraternity, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, and loving it. Surfing, playing guitar, and raging life.” … Brian Friedman spent May in New Zealand where he traveled to both islands and did almost every action sport imaginable. He spent the summer working at a design firm in Manchester, NH, wakeboarding on Little Squam Lake, and hanging out with the ‘Crazy Croatian,’ Ivan Delic. … Laura Pohl is headed back to Boston University this fall. She spent the summer teaching swimming in Sandwich, NH and taught faculty children Nolan Galvin and Cam Cirone! I hope this set of notes finds everyone happy and healthy—cheers until next time!
CLASS CORRESPONDENTS Abby Alexander ’10 abigail.jane.alexander@gmail.com Ashleigh Boulton ’10 amayboulton@gmail.com John McCoy ’10 jmccoy@students.colgate.edu Em Pettengill ’10 Union College 807 Union St Box 1789 Schenectady, NY12308 Phone: 978-852-1477 pettenge@garnet.union.edu
’11 … Desi Bennett has been working at a restaurant in the seacoast area about an hour south of Holderness and is ready for the return to Middlebury to play soccer. … Nick Ford has been sailing and working in Michigan for the summer and is excited for preseason soccer at Bates where he spends time with his girl friends, Emily Hayes and Abby Alexander ’10… Charlotte Noyes is having a great summer in Marblehead and is excited to be playing field hockey this fall at GW and living in her sorority this upcoming year! … Maddie Burnham and Alex Obregon much enjoyed their first year at Colorado College and ended up in the same group of friends. … Carson Houle spent his summer interning at a private equity firm outside of Philly with some friends from the ski team at
Williams…. Chris Merrill worked at the family store on Squam Lake for the summer with his younger brother and is continuing to study engineering at Cornell this fall where he is also a brother of the Lambda Chi fraternity. … Jamie McNulty stuck close to home this summer working on the maintenance crew at our alma mater. He had a great year at Union where he played lacrosse and competed against Mac Caputi in an NCAA tournament. This summer Cecily Cushman has been coaching a girls travel lacrosse team in Massachusetts and has been working on the boats with Alex Gardiner. She is very excited for the year back at Connecticut College where she will continue to play lacrosse. Sam Macomber spent the summer riding his bike and working at the new Holderness General Store in downtown Holderness. He also travelled to Chile for ski training and is very excited to start his college career at Dartmouth where he will join classmate and Lithuanian stud, Gabas Maldunas. … Casey Powell was a tennis coach in Waterville this summer where she also waitressed. She is anxiously awaiting her return to groovy UV and all of the chill conquests that are in store for her this year. … Colin Phillips was an intern at Riverbend Veterinary Clinic this summer and will continue at Stonehill studying Biology and Chemistry and playing lacrosse. He writes, “Recreationally, I’ve been doing a lot of hiking this summer. I think I will have conquered about 25 peaks by the time summer ends in a couple of weeks. You might have met him once, but my grandfather, Phil Phillips, passed away over a year ago hiking in the White Mountains, and I’ve decided to hike the 100 highest peaks in New England in his honor. There are 60 or so 4,000-footers in New England along with about 40 3,000-footers. So all of that is pretty exciting. Also, I’m thinking about going abroad my junior year, and I’m pretty set on going to New Zealand.” … Jazzy Young was able to visit Hannah Weiner in Colebrook, NH this summer. She also interned at a film production company called Mayhem Pictures in LA. … Nick Stoico spent the summer working and saving for the upcoming semester, which he will be spending once again at UNH continuing his pursuit of a degree in Economics. In addition to academics,
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Josie Brownell ’12 and Austin Baum ’12 in Alaska on a 21-day camping trip
Mandy Englehardt ’11 amanda_engelhardt@brown.edu Jamie McNulty ’11 mcnultyj@garnet.union.edu Sam Macomber ’11 sammac@adelphia.net
Sam Devine ’11 and Elena Bird ’13 he is also involved in the UNH newspaper where he edits the sports section. He hopes that all is well, and if any Holderness folks find themselves in Durham this year, hit him up! … Julien Moreau spent most of the summer working at the Gypsy Café in Lincoln, NH with classmate Emily Starer. Now that the summer is coming to an end, he will be road tripping to Austin, Texas to drop off a car and then will return to UNH where he will continue to row crew. … Klaus Vitzhum has been mildly complacent. He has worked a little, hiked a little, and watched the Olympics a lot. He will return to UVM in the fall. … Colin Mackenzie has been coaching lacrosse, working, and spending time with Sam Leech, Jamie McNulty, Adam Sapers, and Nick Renzi ’12. He can’t wait to return to Roanoke where he sees Jack Dings ’10 and plays lacrosse for the Maroons. … Juliet Dalton traveled to South Africa to intern for Social Entrepreneurships Corps. She was in Cape Town doing development work, education workshops, and implementing solar lighting in townships. She was also north in the small city of Nelspruit doing similar work. She will return to Franklin &
Marshall in September. … Andrew Howe biked for seven days and 607 miles from Buffalo, NY to Chicago, IL for a Lollapalooza concert. He will continue with Nat Shenton, Lauren Hayes, Alex Kuno, Matt Fiacco and other alumni at SLU in the fall. … Lizz Hale lived in Burlington, VT this summer where she worked for UVM and several restaurants. She will resume classes at UVM in the fall. … Jaclyn Vernet is loving summer and is very excited to be living in an apartment this year at College of Charleston. … Alex Gardiner is working with Cecily Cushman this summer on the boats on the Charles River in Boston and is very eager to travel back out west to the University of Denver with Katie Finnegan. … Chandler Grisham has been painting in Littleton, NH this summer and will live in Kappa Alpha at Elon this fall.
CLASS CORRESPONDENTS Cecily Cushman ’11 Connecticut College 270 Mohegan Avenue New London, CT 06320 Phone: 781-710-5292 ccushma1@conncoll.edu
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’12 The class of 2012 has departed Holderness and spread out around the globe for their first summer as alums. Drew Walsh visited Miguel Arias in Spain while Matthew Kinney and Dickson Smith competed in the European Lacrosse Championships based in Amsterdam. Travelling Europe as well were Molly Tankersley and Rachel Huntley. A majority of the grade flocked to the water for summer work. Thany Alexander and James Robbins spent the summer working on Cape Cod with Jonathan Bass and Oliver Nettere close by on Martha’s Vineyard. They managed to take some time off from work to host visitors Ari Bourque, Haley Mahar, and Sam Cloud, and take them fishing. Josie Brownell and Austin Baum continued the theme of outdoor adventures by coincidentally participating in the same 21-day camping trip in Alaska. In Maine, Bee Crudginton worked at an all-girl’s summer camp that occasionally partners with its brother camp where Cole Phillips ’11 and Nat Shenton ’11 also work. Two late additions to the class of 2012, Gavin
Bayreuther and Molly Monahan, joined Alex Leininger in visiting rising senior Will Kendrick and Shawn Watson in Montréal. Julia Potter jump-started her jewelry company byJulia by spending the summer working in NYC before she begins school there in the fall. After a visit to New Hampshire to visit and sell Cutco knives to Kristina Micalizzi and Sara Mogollon, Steph Symecko played in her first college field hockey scrimmage for WPI. Other soon-to-be-college athletes, such as soccer players Charlie Defeo, Olayode Ahmed, golfer Connor Loree, and football players Keith Babus, Brian Donahue, Parker Sutherland, and Alex Trujillo, cut their summers short to attend preseason. Between the hectic summer that the class of 2012 has been having, many have remained close and visited fellow classmates. Good luck to all with the beginning of college or with their personal endeavors next year! Stay in touch!
CLASS CORRESPONDENTS Peter Ferrante ’12 Pferrant4@gmail.com Matthew Kinney ’12 Alex “Knuckles” Leininger ’12 Alexbleininger@yahoo.com Kristina Micalizzi ’12 Kristina@micalizzi.com Stephanie Symecko ’12
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Camp Chocorua and Its Familial Ties to Holderness School by judith solberg This summer I had the chance to visit Chocorua Island on Squam Lake (or “Church Island,” as it’s usually referred to here). It is the site of a non-denominational outdoor chapel, now used for summer services and weddings, and to my mind it simply couldn’t be more beautiful. Quiet paths padded with pine needles, crosses fashioned of birch posts, and views of the mountains beyond the lake make up one of New Hampshire’s most lovely and peaceful natural spaces. The Balch family (who donated the land for Holderness School, and educated some of their own children here) started Camp Chocorua on the island in . It is widely credited as being “the first boys’ camp in America.” While Camp Chocorua only operated in its original form until , its chapel evolved into what is now known as Church Island. From late June until early September a long list of prestigious ministers from all over North America preside over services under the towering pines. While many of the ministers who speak during the Sunday services on Church Island have direct and indirect connections to Holderness School, Holderness folks should also feel a proprietary spark of pride for Camp Chocorua and its pioneering efforts. Founding headmaster Frederick Gray deeply believed in the positive power of nature on his students, and encouraged the boys to be out of doors as much as possible. Students swam in the Pemi, trekked to neighbors’ homes for sugaring off parties, and hiked through the forests on Mount Prospect. Gray’s daughter, Eleanor Stetson, remembered another pastime: [My] father, through the consent of neighboring farmers, encouraged the boys to build little camps in nearby woods rather than have them go to Plymouth a mile away […]. On Saturday afternoons they had lunch there frequently [and] cooked flap-jacks, often inviting my father.
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These camps ranged from dugouts to small but elaborate structures that required students to haul planks and other materials out to their remote hideaways in the woods. An argument could be made that the Balch boys’ experiences of building Holderness School camps planted the seeds for the Church Island camp. It is not hard to imagine them designing the activities at the camp so that they would replicate the experiences they had while eating flap-jacks around a campfire near the Holderness campus. Although over time Camp Chocorua evolved from a summer camp into a spiritual retreat, Holderness School’s ideas about religion and outdoor education remained the same. In addition to twice-weekly chapel services, through scheduled and unscheduled activities, students are still encouraged to learn from their natural surroundings. On weekends there is almost always a hiking trip into the White Mountains, and Out Back remains a common thread of human endurance and spiritual growth for all juniors. We also gather as a
community in our outdoor chapel once every season, and in the spring, while the seniors prepare for graduation, the ninth-graders attend a chapel service on Chocorua Island (where the Balch boys set up their camp’s first birch cross in the s). The connection between spirituality and nature remains. Ironically, while camping may have been somewhat counter-cultural in , it has now become a national summer pastime; and of course, Holderness is now hardly alone in embracing nature as a classroom. Today, it is our school’s inclusion of a chapel program that is much more likely to be viewed as nonconformist; no matter what century it is, Holderness has always endeavored to impart to students an appreciation of body, mind, and spirit fostered by both man and nature. Perhaps the changing perception of our programs only underscores the fixed nature of Holderness School values, embodied by both the school of the s and the school of the modern era.
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It’s a way to learn about leadership, hard work, and a job well done. Depending on the assignment, it can DURING THE ALL-SCHOOL PHOTOGRAPH THIS FALL, SENIORS TYLER EVANGELOUS AND JOHN MUSCIANO RUN BEHIND THE BLEACHERS WITH ELVIS SO THAT THEY CAN BEAT THE PANORAMIC CAMERA AND BE IN THE PHOTOGRAPH NOT ONCE BUT TWICE!
be a rude interruption to sleep or a mess to sort. And
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it’s what makes Holderness work, on many levels. The Job Program began in the 1930s as a way to keep the school afloat financially after a devastating fire. Students, regardless of their background, were put to work in a variety of jobs from raking leaves to doing the dishes. But the benefits to students themselves quickly became clear—lessons of responsibility, pride, and team work. The program continues today, with Weld Hall as its focus, and “pantry” as its quintessential example. Several years ago Bruce Hamlin ’06 gave the term “pantry” a new spin, asking us during one assembly to adopt it into our collective vocabulary. “Make ‘pantry’ a verb,” Bruce encouraged us loudly. “When you really want to do something right, you ‘pantry’ it!” It’s a term and a feeling that every current and past student at Holderness can understand intuitively, even as they remember how painful getting up for early morning pantry could be.
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