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In Memoriam: Norm Walker Catching up with Tom & Bev Eccleston Holderness Reunion on Everest US Senior Open champ Olin Browne â&#x20AC;&#x2122;77 Commencement 2011

Entering a new era A new model for residential life will tie the lives of students, faculty, and parents into one village community. You wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t find it anywhere else.

This page: Big Sam’s Funky Nation came to play at School Night in September. It wasn’t long before Big Sam had a lot of help up there on stage. Photo by Steve Solberg. Front cover: A student with some Job Program recycling gear steps through the front door of the new Woodward Faculty dorm on Mt. Prospect Street. © 2011 Joseph St. Pierre. Back cover: No pot of gold was found in the Schoolhouse on this fall morning, alas, but that didn’t make this rainbow any less lovely. Photo by Henry Liu ’15.

Holderness School Board of Trustees Holderness School Today

Grace Macomber Bird

Volume XXVIII, No. 1

Frank Bonsal III ’82 Elizabeth Bunce F. Christopher Carney ’75 Russell Cushman ’80 The Rev. Randolph Dales Nigel D. Furlonge Tracy McCoy Gillette ’89 (Alumni Association President) Douglas H. Griswold ’66 Robert J. Hall James B. Hamblin II ’77 (Treasurer) Peter K. Kimball ’72

Features 4

Paul Martini

School crossing For all its history Holderness has prided itself on its

Peter Nordblom

warmth and intimacy, and has struggled to maintain that

R. Phillip Peck

in the face of rising pressures and expectations. A new

Thomas N. Phillips ’75 Tamar Pichette

model of residential living, however, will keep the “home”

William L. Prickett ’81 (Chairperson)

in Holderness for a long time to come.

Jake Reynolds ’86 The Rt. Rev. V. Gene Robinson (President) Ian Sanderson ’79

I do not grieve

Jennifer A. Seeman ’88

Holderness lost one of its iconic and most inspirational

Gary A. Spiess

teachers in the death of Norm Walker this summer. He

Ellyn Paine Weisel ’86

Headmaster Emeritus The Rev. Brinton W. Woodward, Jr.

loved kids. He worked hard. We’ll always remember.

Welcome to the Eccleston Room, Sven Tom and Bev Eccleston were part of that generation of

Honorary Trustees

teachers and dorm parents who helped Headmaster Pete

Warren C. Cook

Woodward make a name for Holderness during the ’80s

Piper Orton ’74

and ’90s. Now there’s a room named Eccleston in the

W. Dexter Paine III ’79

Woodward Faculty dorm.

The Rt. Rev. Philip A. Smith The Rt. Rev. Douglas Theuner

Departments

Holderness School Today Editor: Rick Carey Editor Emeritus: Jim Brewer Assistant Editors: Dee Black Rainville, Robert Caldwell, Jane McNulty, Emily Magnus ’88, Angela Francesco Miller ’98, Phil Peck, Judith Solberg, Steve Solberg, Melissa Stuart, Amy Woods Photography: Steve Solberg, Emily Magnus ’88, Art Durity, Rick Carey HST is printed on recycled paper three times each year by the Springfield Printing Corporation. Please send notice of address changes to Angela Francesco Miller, Advancement Office, Holderness School, P.O. Box 1879, Plymouth, NH 03264, or amiller@holderness.org. Angie may also be contacted at 603-7795220.

From the Schoolhouse

Letters to HST

Honor Roll

Commencement 2011

College Destinations

Around the Quad

Senior Honors Thesis

Sports

Update: Faculty & Staff

Update: Former Faculty & Staff

Update: Trustees

Alumni in the News

Alumni & Parent Relations

Report of Appreciation

Class Notes

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At This Point in Time

Schoolhouse From the

In certain ways, notes Head of School Phil Peck, this whole issue of HST is about Norm Walker.

N MANY WAYS THIS

whole issue of HST is

a tribute to long-time Holderness master

teacher Norm Walker.

The aspects of

education that Norm cared most about

and brilliantly modeled are featured

throughout this magazine.

K E Y TO A C H IE V IN G T H AT E X C E L L E N C E IS H AV IN G A C O M M U N IT Y O F A D U LT S W H O N O T O N LY L O V E T E A C H IN G A N D C O A C H IN G STUDENTS, BUT ALSO H A N G IN G O U T W IT H K ID S IN T H E D O R M O R AT T H E D IN IN G H A L L .

Norm passed away

ues to achieve excellence by holding true to our mission. In many ways we are counter-cultural

just before the start of the school year, and in

by continuing to stress the importance of the daily Job Program, chapel twice a week, fre-

Norm. We are using Norm Walker axioms to

quent family-style meals, Special Programs that

frame many aspects of school life this year.

force us out of our comfort zones, multiple

One axiom is especially important when read-

sports/activities, and knowing everyone’s name

ing this issue of HST. Norm once told me when

by Thanksgiving.

I was a young dean of faculty, “Phil, all that pedagogical stuff is fine, and perhaps it will

Key to achieving that excellence is having a community of adults who not only love teach-

help us be better teachers. Nonetheless, the best

ing and coaching students, but also hanging out

pedagogical practices are for naught unless you

with kids in the dorm or at the dining hall.

love kids and work hard.”

Loving kids and

working hard in multiple settings defined Norm. Often he is remembered as an amazing

Norm might quote Robert Frost’s “Two Tramps in Mud Time”—“My object in living is to unite… My avocation and my vocation.” This describes the type of faculty and employees we

coach, which he was, but he was also a sensa-

have at Holderness, where working here is not

tional teacher, a point recently highlighted in a

a job but a lifestyle.

letter from Emily Raabe ’89. Emily, now an

In this issue, you will also read about Tom

English professor at Hunter College in NYC,

and Bev Eccleston, who embraced the

recently dedicated her first book of poetry,

Holderness lifestyle as their son and daughter-

Leave it Behind, to Norm. In a letter to me she

in-law, Rick and Janet Eccleston, do today at

stressed that it was Norm’s innovative, even

Holderness. You will read Patrick Pichette’s

radical, teaching and thinking that inspired her.

inspirational Commencement address, where he

Referring to a book that he let her teach she

stresses balance in life and a willingness to take

says, “I hope I’ll be brave and humble enough

risks and do what is right, even if it is counter-

to follow Mr. Walker’s lead. He has led me this

cultural and not what the media is telling us.

Whether it was the classroom, the athletic

Hopefully as you read this issue you will feel that Holderness is moving dynamically for-

field, on the pathway, in the dining hall, or in

ward while holding true to core values that will

the dormitory, Norm Walker was always teach-

always serve our students. We hope that we are

ing. Norm achieved excellence in each of those

a school that is, as Emily Raabe says, “brave

areas. As the tributes have poured in following

and humble enough to follow Mr. Walker’s

Norm’s death, a constant theme was his ability

lead.”

to connect with his students in multiple settings. The reason he was great at all those teaching moments was driven by his intense

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In Rick Carey’s feature article, “School Crossing,” you’ll read how Holderness contin-

many ways this year is dedicated to honoring

far, and I am grateful for it.”

love of adolescents and his inspirational work ethic.

letters To HST 03264

Quite disappointed

Send letters about HST to Rick Carey, Director of Publications, Holderness School, P.O. Box 1879, Plymouth, NH 03264, or via email to rcarey@holderness.org.

The basics of cradling

I was quite disappointed with the lead article [in

Regarding the photo on page 14 of the most

the spring ’11 issue of HST, “A Fiber of

recent issue, the young lady for whom I’m

Connectedness”] in one particular respect: the

demonstrating the basics of cradling is Jane

lack of a female voice or perspective. The arti-

Randolph ’83, who developed into a good

cle does mention in an editorial note that you

lacrosse player. I remember her, best and fond-

had wanted to get thoughts from Kate Knopp,

ly, as the most enthusiastic, prodigious, and

and I understand that she may be the only

knowledgeable reader I ever taught, anywhere.

female faculty member from Holderness to become a head of school. However, I would

Jim Brewer

hope that after 30+ years of co-education that a

Former English teacher & lacrosse coach

female teacher or alumna would be solicited (and then featured) for input. In my memory,

And one reason she read so much . . .

there have been several notable female student

Mr. Brewer finally gave up trying to get me to

leaders over the last decade: Nicki Morris,

clean my room [in Brewer dorm] and told my

Katie Oram, and Kelly Hood are a few who

mother that as long as I was reading he couldn't

come to mind. Unfortunately, even the photos

complain.

on the eight pages devoted to the article reflect

I'm an associate professor and Director of

an inaccurately, overwhelmingly male popula-

Graduate Studies at the University of Kentucky.

tion.

My Ph.D. is in anthropology and I study rural This is disheartening to me as a female

faculty member, mother of two daughters, and representative to the Climate Committee. I

educational aspirations and post-secondary policy, mostly in Appalachia.

Jim Brewer and Jane Randolph McEldowney Jensen ’83 in the early 1980s.

As long as my knees hold up, I hope to

notice also the lack of input from housekeeping,

keep using the moves Mr. Brewer taught me to

maintenance and kitchen staff—certainly a

outrun the younger players in our Bluegrass

group on campus who work very closely with,

Ultimate Frisbee league. I still remember that

and contribute so much to, our wonderful Job

day learning how to cradle.

Program. Leadership and the job program are such

Dr. Jane Randolph McEldowney Jensen ’83

an integral part of our school, and of course they should be featured prominently in our publications, whether from your office, admissions or college counseling. But I would hope in the future for a more balanced view of our diverse

Former history teacher Kathryn Kempf Burke

faculty, alumni, student, and staff populations. I also have to object to the headline about Kathryn Kempf helping Bill Burke to "acquire a grandson." While I don't believe that Holderness School is an "old-boy" kind of place, the juxtaposition of the bias of the lead article and the unfortunate, patriarchal wording of the birth announcement might very well lead a reader to make such an assumption—something our publications should fight vociferously.

Kristen H. Fischer Foreign Language Teacher

Errata In our last issue we reported that former Holderness history teacher Kathryn Kempf Burke was now teaching at St. Sebastian’s, where former Holderness English teacher Bill Burke is the head of school. In fact Kathryn works at Putnam Investments. We also implied that Bill only has two sons: “We have four sons,” writes Bill. “Will and Matt are actors and writers in Hollywood. Dan teaches at St. Sebastian’s. Sam will start at Harvard Business School in the fall.” Also in our last issue, we neglected to include Dave Hagerman ’63 among a list of our alumni who are heads, or have been heads, of other schools. Dave is the former head of the Pingree School. We also failed to include Paula Lilliard Preschlack ’88, who is the principal of the Forest Bluff Montessori School in Lake Forest, Illinois. And also in our last issue, our lists for third quarter honor roll were incorrectly labeled as fourth quarter. We think we’ve got the right label for this issue’s list. HST regrets the errors.

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In loco parentis refers to the capacity of teachers to act in lieu of parents in an educational setting.

ormer English teacher Jim Brewer was actually just

a little more than halfway through his career at Holderness, but already he had a notion of what life was like in the good old days as he suggested at a faculty meeting in 1985 that—like the stars in the universe— things were speeding up and spreading apart.

This has always been literally the case at a boarding school, but for the past several generations changes in communications and a rising set of pressures and expectations have combined to exert strains on this family-style relationship—strains felt by faculty, parents, and students.

Head of School Phil Peck was new to Holderness then, in just his second year as a member of Don Henderson’s history department, and he remembers Jim comparing life at the school at that time to how it was in 1960, when Jim arrived. “Jim mentioned that in those days parents arrived in the fall, dropped their kids off, and then disappeared,” Phil says. “You hardly saw or heard from them the rest of the year. There were only two telephones, maybe, on the whole campus, and only a handful of games on the schedules of our teams. Jim thought that the JV lacrosse team, for example, might have had seven games. By 1985 that had grown to twelve. He saw that things in general were getting ramped up, and we were all having to move faster as a result.” Jim remembers voicing thoughts like that at several faculty meetings, and having conversations with his colleagues on the then-and-now of the

At Holderness a bold new model of residential life aims to do something about that. Story by Rick Carey

school. “Well, of course Holderness was physically a very small place in the 1960s,” he says now. “Rathbun was a brand-new dorm, and there was no South Campus or any athletic facility across the street. We all saw each other—faculty and students—much more often in the course of the day because we were all in the same confined space. If I wanted to see a particular boy, I never had to summon him in any way. I’d just wait for him to walk by the door to my office in the Schoolhouse.” So Jim was concerned not only about an increasing speed in the pace of life at Holderness, but also about what was feeling to him like a loss of intimacy. It was also plain that it wasn’t just that Holderness was changing; the world outside was changing as well. Headmaster Pete Woodward—who succeeded Don Hagerman in 1977—had been around long enough by then to

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SCHOOL CROSSING

have had a hand in many of the changes on campus.

“If a boy was having academic difficulties, for example, his advisor would have a

Of course change was necessary. Pete was trying to keep a small, underfunded

talk with him, and the general recommendation would be for the boy to work harder,”

school afloat in a shifting and more compet-

Jim remembers. “By the mid-60s the school

itive educational marketplace. And it’s one

had a psychologist available as a consultant.

of the ironies of the whole process of strate-

He’d come once a month, sit with the facul-

gic planning and reform that now many who

ty and listen to our problems and questions,

remember the 1980s look back to that

and then make some suggestions. But things

time—in regard to its pace of life and inti-

like attention-deficit disorder, or bulimia, or

macy—as a sort of golden age. Yet

any of those precisely defined issues that

at the same time they know, as Jim

exist now—none of that was even on the

did in 1985, that there’s another side

horizon. We just told a kid to get his butt in

to that coin.

gear. A schoolmaster’s job was simpler that way, though he might have been wrong

changes inevitably ensue

ticated appreciation of what might be under-

in culture, society, pedagogy, com-

lying certain difficulties. But in the old days

HATEVER THE DECADE, THE

sometimes about what was going on with

trick—as chemical

kids. By 1985 we had a much more sophis-

munications, etc.—is to hang on to

it was impressive as to how often conversa-

the gold.

tions like that worked to good effect.”

In loco parentis, “In the place of a parent,” was originally the motto of

Jim Brewer in the Schoolhouse in the 1980s.

the Cheadle Hume School, founded

Haertl (on a half-time basis; Bruce also

in 1855 to care for orphans in the

taught history)—except there was no depart-

city of Manchester, England. In time

ment, as such. When students complained to

it gained currency in English, and

Jim a few years later about having to read

then American, courts as describing the

teachers, Jim floated the suggestion that

certain of the functions and responsibilities

maybe there should be a department. With

In 1960, certainly, at boarding schools

that he became the school’s first department chair of any sort—the rest were soon to fol-

throughout the country, that meant virtually

low—and also with that, the task of sequen-

all functions and responsibilities. When a

tial curriculum planning became part of a

student got out of the back seat of that Ford

schoolmaster’s job description as well.

station wagon in September, it was as

As one of the two masters of Rathbun,

though he had left one universe and entered

Jim had no less than eighteen advisees. Ed

another. Most communication between

Cayley had charge of Rathbun’s eighteen

Holderness and its families took place at a

other residents, and in the early ’60s he and

leisurely pace though the U.S. Postal

Ed would meet once each week with the

Service. Some families lived near enough to

dorm’s house leader and its two floor lead-

attend football games or school plays; many

ers. “We’d just ask them how everybody

did not. So the school’s twenty or so faculty members were father-figures—or mother-

was doing and what they were seeing,” Jim says. “Then even that faded away. We just couldn’t get the five of us in one place at

figures, as regards French teacher Claudine

the same time. There were too many games,

Gauthier, reading teacher Elizabeth Fiore,

trips, events, and meetings. Everybody had

and typing teacher Alice Wiles—in a very

to be everywhere all at once.”

literal sense, and especially in their capacities as advisors and dorm parents. With rare

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books they had already read with other

legal responsibility of a school to take on

of a parent.

The English department in 1960 included, besides Jim, Ed Cayley and Bruce

For a faculty member, that was partly because there was so much less of what Jim

exceptions, they and their spouses all lived

describes as “the machinery at the edges.”

in dorms on campus, and they generally had

This would be the sort of machinery that

little more than their gut feelings to guide

handles admissions, raises money, keeps the

them in the care of their orphans, who num-

ledger and the books, produces information

bered about 175 in those days.

and publications, and helps kids get into

college. To take care of all that Don Hagerman

the faculty’s most senior members, Don

had an assistant head (Ed Cayley), a Director of

Henderson, still worked for Plant Director Dick

Development and Public Relations (Bob

Stevens in the summer, and built the brick walk

Searles), and then his faculty, who pitched in as

leading to the Schoolhouse. Math teacher Fred Beams manufactured wooden saws for Out Back

best they could.

out of the laminated handles of old hockey

Over time Jim himself was at the controls

sticks.

of several of those machines, but at least in those days a few of them—college admissions,

And sometimes the campus got re-arranged

for example—were relatively easy to run. Back

(and expanded) the old-fashioned way. “I

then the admissions directors of schools like

remember the day the woodshed that used to

Middlebury would come directly to Holderness

stand near Marshall House got moved to the

to meet with applicants. “He’d take over my

other side of Route 175,” Doug says. “There

office in Livermore and do the interviews

was [English teacher and assistant head] Jay

there,” Jim recalls. “Then we’d have a drink

Stroud with a bullhorn, and the whole junior

together and he’d rate each student for me as an

class. Jay would shout, ‘Lift!’ and they’d all

‘A,’ ‘B,’ ‘C’ applicant, and so on. It was all very

pick the building up, move it ten yards, and then

personal and helpful.” And it was a process dur-

put it down again.”

ing which parents stood largely offstage, waiting

Doug also remembers a well-composed photo of the event—the woodshed making its

to hear what might happen.

Doug Kendall

inchworm progress across 175 with a “School

Y THE MID-‘80S ELITE COLLEGE ADMISSION

directors were no longer making personal

Crossing” sign looming in the foreground. In fact it was a decade of many crossings, a watershed time in the life of the school. Pete

visits to Holderness, nor to most other

independent schools, but the rails were still

Woodward had succeeded Don Hagerman in

greased between here and places like

1977, and over the course of the ’80s a lot of

Middlebury, Williams, or Dartmouth. “Well, it

history was made. The Holderness School for

was just so easy then,” remembers French

Boys settled into its new identity as the co-edu-

teacher Janice Pedrin-Nielson, one of four cur-

cational Holderness School. The South Campus

rent faculty members who arrived before 1985,

dorms (and faculty homes) were built to accom-

and herself a Middlebury alumna. “If you were

modate boarding girls. The Hagerman Center

an upstanding student with a ‘B’ average play-

arose north of Rathbun and Hoit, and on the

ing two sports, then it was just sort of given that

other side of 175—joining that woodshed and

you could go from here to one of those schools.”

the athletic fields already there—grew the Bartsch Athletic Center and the Alfond Ice

Janice’s contemporaries, besides Phil, are

Arena. Chapel was reinstituted as a twice-per-

Latin teacher Doug Kendall , music teacher David Lockwood, and photography teacher

week community event, and Out Back was

Franz Nicolay (Franz was out ill, and couldn’t

expanded into a suite of Special Programs for

be interviewed for this article, but he’s fine).

the whole school. Financial aid increased, the

And Doug remembers a do-it-yourself sort of

student body grew more diverse, and the endow-

place where the different sorts of machinery,

ment began a halting climb from $1.5 million in

around the edges and in the middle, still got

1977 to roughly $4.8 million in 1990.

mixed up with each other—a school not so different in that way from Holderness 1960. One of

Meanwhile enrollment grew to 248 in ’85, and Don Hagerman’s staff of 20 teachers had

“T H IN G S W O R K B E S T F O R T H E S T U D E N T S W H E N T H E R E ’S A B A L A N C E B E T W E E N T H E PA R E N T S ’ R O L E A N D O U R S . K ID S N E E D TO TA K E S O M E R IS K S , D O S O M E O F T H E IR O W N N E G O T IAT IN G, M A K E S O M E O F T H E IR O W N D E C IS IO N S .” &J A N IC E P E D R IN N IE L S O N

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Faculty member Kristen Fischer has a chat with Lily Ford ’12 in the living room of the Woodward Faculty dorm. All the architectural photography in this article is of that or the other new dorm.

risen to 34. At least they could concentrate more on teaching thanks to more machinery around the edges: an admissions director (Pete Barnum) and a business

up. It took a while to establish contact.” Janice recalls that if a student happened to change their course schedule, the student’s advisor would be

manager (Dick Blauvelt) to go with Director of

routinely informed, but not necessarily the parent. “So

Development & Alumni Relations Chris Latham. But

every once in a while,” she says, “a parent would

college counseling was still a part-time faculty job,

come to a conference on Parents’ Weekend and tell

handled that year by chaplain and math teacher Walt

me, ‘I had no idea my child was taking French.’

Kesler.

Usually that would be no problem, and we’d all get a

Communications remained a faculty task as well,

kick out of that. I think parents had greater trust in the

delegated to Jim Brewer as Director of Publications.

system back then, and were willing to grant more

Jim had left Holderness in 1969 to be head of the

autonomy to their kids.”

Barlow School in upstate New York, and then to teach

And there was value in that autonomy, Janice

at Exeter. He returned in 1978 and became once again

adds: “If a student was having trouble with a certain

the chair of the English department.

teacher, he or she could speak to the advisor or dean or

Besides produc-

ing HST and the school catalogue on the side, he also

the teacher herself. But it started with the student, not

ran the Senior Colloquium program. No wonder Jim

the parent—which meant that students had to learn for

felt symptoms of future shock when he remembered

themselves how speak to adults and advocate for them-

the tiny and insular school he had first known, and

selves, how to be

assayed the broader range of responsibilities he

proactive problem-

answered to now.

solvers, how to make

Among the people he answered to—Pete

significant decisions

Woodward, Assistant Head Jay Stroud, Director of

about their lives at

Studies Bill Burke—he could count parents as well.

school.”

There were telephones in every campus office, and at least one in each dorm, shared by students and the

That autonomy was a measure of a dis-

family of someone who was no longer a dorm master,

tance between home

but now a dorm parent.

and campus that had

At the other end of the telephone lines were the

begun to shrink in

biological parents of their advisees, who were orphans

1985, but was still not

no longer, and parents used that connectivity to partici-

significantly different

pate more in their children’s lives at Holderness. Even

from its status in 1960.

so: “That was before voice-mail arrived,” remembers

At the same time the

Dave Lockwood. “So it happened fairly often that the

concepts of “home”

phone rang here and there was no one home to pick it

and “campus” had

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begun to separate in the personal lives of the fac-

(or public) school leadership. Others went on to

ulty. When Jim Brewer came, very nearly all the

upper-level administrative roles at other schools.

faculty lived on campus and shouldered roughly

Others devoted their entire careers to Holderness,

equal burdens in managing dorms. By 1985, the

and for some—Janice, Doug, Dave, and Franz—

faculty had outgrown available school housing

those careers are still unfolding.

and the new small dorms on South Campus and the Hill provided particularly attractive dorm par-

The Woodward faculty had ambition and energy in abundance, but they also shared a com-

ent assignments: living quarters that were roomy

mitment to a strenuous mode of teaching that

and private and with single-digit student loads.

some independent schools in the ’80s were

Off-campus faculty willing to be dorm parents, but with no dorm placement available to

already beginning to abandon—the multiplepoint-of-contact model [MPC], in which faculty

them, drew higher pay to accommodate their

members serve at once as classroom teachers,

housing costs—untaxed money that could be used

coaches, and dorm parents; they serve, in other

to build home equity while dorm parents had to

words, in loco parentis, as round-the-clock pres-

postpone that. Teachers who simply preferred to

ences in each student’s life. That breadth of expe-

live off-campus enjoyed no such premium.

All

rience, touching on every facet of boarding

would share in the various management duties of

school life and each student’s time here, no doubt

the evenings and weekends, but between that, and

helped recommend former Holderness teachers

coaching assignments and club sponsorships and

when another school needed a new head.

other special or extra-curricular tasks, it became fiendishly difficult to provide equity in teachers’

Jim Brewer was right that in 1985—as compared to 1960—that sort of presence was harder

workloads. Dorm parents were still the de facto

to achieve in a school that had more people, more

advisors to each student in their dorm. That still

programs, more games, a bigger campus, and a

piled up to 18—with all that quarterly paper-

growing off-campus segment of the community.

work—for

Those are precisely the reasons elsewhere why

a teacher living in an apartment in

Rathbun, while someone in a spacious home on

more schools were starting to move towards hir-

the Hill might have as few as four.

ing specialists to do their coaching and manage

These were the neces-

their dorms, leaving

sary growing pains of a

David Lockwood

teachers in the class-

school gearing up very rap-

room. Pete Woodward’s

idly for a new sort of educa-

faculty instead just tight-

tional marketplace, but they

ened their grip as things

were issues that might have

moved faster and began

proved explosive had it not

to spread apart. They

been, first, for the deft lead-

tightened their grip and

ership of Pete Woodward,

hung on.

THE W O O DWARD FA C U LT Y H A D A M B IT IO N A N D E N E R G Y IN ABUNDANCE, BUT THEY ALSO SHARED A C O M M IT M E N T TO A

who saw where the school

order to get there; and sec-

ond, for the energy and

has resolved to remain a

needed to go and what it

AST FORWARD TO

2011. Holderness

good will of a generation of

small school, but with

teachers—some hired by

282 enrolled this year,

Don Hagerman, others by

it’s a little bigger than it

Pete—who worked above

was in 1985. The teaching facul-

and around those inequities

rancor. One well-known

O F T E A C H IN G T H AT SO M E SCHO O LS W ERE ALREADY B E G IN N IN G TO

ty number 42 and the

to get everything done with grace and hardly a taint of

STRENUOUS M ODE

today, the fall of

needed to go through in

Pete Woodward Headmaster 1977-2001

measure of the excellence

machinery around the edges fills all the office

ABANDON.

space in Livermore Hall: admission, advancement, communications, and the business office. Many buildings have been renovated, and several

of that faculty is the number of its members who

new ones have been added: the Gallop Athletic

went on to be heads at other schools. Including

Center, the Alfond Library, Connell Dormitory.

Phil Peck, who now leads this school, no less

New this fall are two 24-bed dorms off Mt.

than thirteen teachers who worked under Pete

Prospect Road, just beyond the tennis courts. No

Woodward went to the top rung of independent

new acreage has been added to the central cam-

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pus, but the physical space traveled by students and teachers each day has gotten a little bigger.

Independent school teachers across the nation know about the “helicopter parents” who

If you have an office or room in the

involve themselves so deeply in their children’s

Schoolhouse, you can leave your door open, but

lives at schools that all trace of the autonomy

you have no guarantee that a certain student will

and initiative necessary to previous generations

pass by.

of students has disappeared. But Janice points

Boys JV lacrosse had 9 games on the schedule last spring—wait, that’s just JV2. The JV1 squad played 12 games, the varsity 16. Holderness teams travel all over New England

out that Holderness parents, as a group, very rarely take to their helicopters. “As a whole, we really have a great group of parents,” she says. “We love the support they

as some students compete for college athletic

provide, and the degree of involvement now

scholarships with an earnestness unimagined in

available to them, and the Parents Association

the ’80s. They often have to leave early on

has been a wonderful plus, with the auctions

Wednesdays and Saturdays to reach distant

they mount, the exam bakes, their help at Tabor

opponents in time, and the ancient debate

Day and other events. Things work best for the

between academics versus sports throws off

students, though, when there’s a balance

even more heat, and about the same amount of

between the parents’ role and ours. Kids need to

light.

take some risks, do some of their own negotiat-

That’s because the academic side has

ing, make some of their own decisions—within

geared up as well. “We used to require that a kid

the framework of the care and support that

take four full-time courses, but fewer and fewer

teachers provide.”

were getting into competitive colleges with that sort of work load,” Dave Lockwood says. “So now the required load is five, and we have a large complement of AP courses as well—more

HAT’S THE NUB OF IT, ACTUALLY.

THAT

IT W IL L B E KIND

of framework requires integrity and

breadth, and needs to be composed not of

homework for the kids, more prep work for the

interlocking programs, but of an advisor and a

teachers, less time for everybody for hanging

small circle of other teachers who are present

out.”

for each student throughout the day, the weekLearning difficulties are now understood to

end, the year, in all campus settings. In other

pertain to a wide spectrum of emotional, neuro-

words, it requires a multiple-point-of-contact

logical, or psychological issues. Tutors are on

model, as much in force at Holderness now as it

hand to provide one-on-one instruction, and a

was in 1960 or 1985, where teachers really are

full-time counselor—Carol Dopp—is present to

available in loco parentis.

help teachers, students, and parents sort through both the usual and unusual mysteries of adolescence.

Phil Peck rightly takes pride in the richness of life at Holderness, and all the gold that the school has hung on to besides the MPC model—

In the educational marketplace both aca-

family-style dinners, the Job Program, chapel

demics and athletics have taken on a gravity—

twice each week, the dress code, and more—

and trend towards specialization—that Pete

even as the school has added programs, build-

Woodward and his trustees anticipated several

ings, and staff to compete in the 21st century’s

decades ago, but did not so much welcome. One

marketplace.

of the drivers behind that change has been the colleges, who now see applications from young-

But since 1985 things have sped up and spread apart even more, and the internet has

sters who have been groomed since kindergarten

wrought a sort of paradox, making the school

to apply to the Ivies. Every year Holderness stu-

community at once more intimate and less per-

dents still get into Dartmouth and its peer

sonal than ever before. “The telephones that

schools, but their applications require, like any-

were such a big deal in the ’80s are now rela-

body else’s, straight A’s, multiple varsity letters,

tively silent,” notes one veteran faculty member.

school presidencies, global volunteer work, wor-

“I used to come back in August and find 15-20

shipful recommendations, etc. A patent for cold

voice mail messages from parents. Not any

fusion is always helpful. Another driver is the parents, who are pay-

more. This fall I called the parents of my new advisees, and I like talking to people. You get a

ing several times the tuition they were in ’85,

good feel for personality, temperament, sense of

and who now—thanks to cell-phones and the

humor, when you hear someone’s voice. Often I

internet—are no more than a text message or

had to leave voice-mail messages, though, and I

Facebook post away.

only got one call-back. Email is what they do

Jim Brewer was around

long enough to see how different that was. “For most teenagers, something that seems like a ter-

now.” We live in a social world where, in some

rible crisis on one day can be almost forgotten

respects, the human voice is retiring to the same

the next day, but now the parents hear about it

dusty file cabinet as the hand-written letter.

the moment the crisis occurs,” he says. “And of

Meanwhile email, Facebook, and Twitter com-

course with the money they’re spending, they

bine to offer an unprecedented sort of connectiv-

want everything to be perfect every step of the

ity—around the clock, global in reach—that is

way.”

at the same time diminished in what we used to

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ANOTHER SCHOOL C R O S S IN G O F SO RTS, BU T O N E M O V IN G IN T H E O T H E R D IR E C T IO N .

think of as personal contact. Of course this is how parents are now drawn so tightly into the orbit of boarding school life, and

That 8:1 ratio prevails in these new dorms, and within the next few years—as Rathbun and Hoit and other older dorms are

how classrooms have been opened up to the world and all its

renovated, as some of their now empty student rooms are con-

libraries. These developments are revolutionary, and positive in

verted into living rooms and new faculty housing—that ratio will

so many big picture ways. But in the Schoolhouse, truth be told,

prevail throughout the Holderness campus. There will be space

teachers are less likely to watch their doors for a certain student

once more for nearly all the faculty to live on campus, and each

to pass by. More likely they’re checking their email. In 2011 the trick isn’t just to hang on to the gold in terms of

teacher will have the same small advisee load and manageable dorm responsibilities. Each student will have a teacher (and

tested programs and practices, it’s also to keep Holderness the

often a family) in loco parentis to provide a constant personal

same sort of family community that it was in 1960, where per-

presence in his or her life at Holderness; a dorm parent not

sonal contact between teachers and students defines the school’s

divided between great numbers of other students or responsibili-

basic ground of being. Towards that end a great deal is expected

ties.

of those two new dorms near the tennis courts, one of which was

lent of a stroll by Jim’s old door in the Schoolhouse.

christened this fall in honor of Pete Woodward and the faculty who served under him. These are the first dorms in Holderness history built not to accommodate a bigger school. They will provide 48 new beds—

In many ways life in these dorms will be the daily equiva-

Meanwhile dorm parents will be in a better position to work in partnership with actual parents at defining a well-calibrated balance of support and autonomy for each student. In effect, the school will become a village, alone among boarding schools in

and campus housing for six faculty families—and yet enrollment

America in its ability to marshal numbers of adults in the raising

remains capped at present levels. “This has nothing to do with a

of each child. Students themselves will benefit from these

bigger school,” says Phil Peck. “The point is a better school.”

enhanced face-to-face relationships as they navigate through

In other words, the point is a school more like it was in

crowded athletic schedules and challenging AP courses. In con-

1960, when nearly the whole faculty lived on campus; and also a

cert with the school’s leadership and special programs, this sin-

school more like it was in 1985, when the small dorms built on

gular model of residential life will make college counselor Joe

the South Campus and the Hill suggested that a low student-fac-

Bobrowskas’ job easier as he presents to colleges candidates

ulty ratio in the dorms—8:1 or less—provided for better learning

strengthened by a breadth of community life unlike that of any

and better behavior in the students living there, not to say a more

other school.

sustainable balance between teaching and family life for the faculty there. It also seemed to help that these dorms were generally

It will be another school crossing of sorts, but one moving in the other direction, back into those good old days—1960,

managed by families with children. In those days girls attended

1985, some other year, take your pick—when intimacy began

family-style dining at Weld in the evenings, and then returned to

with a smile and a handshake, and at Holderness there was never

their dorms for family-style living.

any question that we would always have time for that.

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IN MEMORIAM:

Norm Walker

“I do not grieve . . . .” Story by Rick Carey

hE HOLDERNESS SCHOOL community lost

Norm had a gift for boiling down the princi-

one of its most iconic members on August

ples by which he lived, taught, and coached into

22 with the death of former English

pithy phrases that entered into Holderness culture

teacher and football coach Norm Walker.

The son of a Scituate, MA, math teacher and

as “Normisms”: “Little things are big things,” for example, on the importance of detail; or “Don’t get

coach—Norm Walker, Sr. was also a US Olympic

happy” as a prescription against complacency; or

hockey player who died of cancer at the age of

“Love kids and work hard” as a short recipe for

33—Norm emulated his father as both a bright stu-

success as a teacher. Norm himself loved and

dent and a star athlete. Norm attended high school

worked to the brink of exhaustion each year, as he

at Scituate and Swampscott High, and then was a

admitted in his poem “From a Teacher On Bearing

three-sport athlete (football, wrestling, and base-

Childmen”:

ball) at Williams College. He entered Williams as a math major, but Professor Clay Hunt kindled in

. . . I do not grieve

Norm a life-long love of poetry, a passion that

As I grudgingly give to you gladly

turned him into an English major, and later an

Because, little cannibals, if you did not leave

English teacher with a Master’s in education from

Me lying in pain in June, I’d die in December.

Harvard. Norm began teaching English and coaching football at public high schools in Wayland and

Norm’s very skillful poetry, though—which he sometimes published in literary journals, but usual-

Newton, winning several Massachusetts state cham-

ly shared only with friends, family, and col-

pionships at both schools and earning entrance into

leagues—was rarely about himself. Instead it was

the Massachusetts Coaches Hall of Fame. He came

about people he admired and sought to emulate,

to Holderness in 1984 and transformed a moderate-

almost all of whom were other educators.

ly successful football program into the dominant independent school power in New England. During

“Good teachers are artists,” he wrote in the introduction to Teachers, the collection of poetry

one ten-year stretch, beginning in 1989, Norm’s

and essays he published in 2001, and then expand-

teams appeared in eight New England champi-

ed and revised in 2009. “Artists do not punch a

onship games, won six, and went 83-1 in regular

time clock at 9:00 AM and 5:00 PM; they are often

season play.

so committed to their work that the creative process

One ingredient to that success was Norm’s

never really ends. There is always one more chord

emphasis on character. “I keep reminding them,

to strike, a word or phrase to change, one last touch

victories on paper are shallow if you’re not the

with the brush or chisel . . . .”

right kind of people,” Norm told the Boston Globe 2007,

was still an artist,

in 1994. “What I’m proudest of, more than the vic-

NORM

tories, is I think we produce the right kind of peo-

writing poetry, visiting campus, teaching classes,

ple. That makes me happier than anything.” Norm was no less successful in the classroom,

RETIRED IN

BUT HE

and remaining a friend to the many people whose lives he had touched. Last fall—already two years

where he brought the same energy and passion—

into his valiant battle with brain cancer—Norm

and faith in his kids—as he demonstrated on the

returned to Holderness with his wife Phyllis and

football field. “Mr. Walker pushed me to think, not

daughter Diane O’Halloran to witness the dedica-

memorize, and he taught me how to express my

tion of the Hinman-Walker Field. Norm shared

own truth instead of just how to give answers,”

naming honors that day with another legendary

recalls Daiyu Suzuki ’93. “His class was difficult,

teacher and football coach, Ford B. “Coach”

but I never complained. His compliments led me to

Hinman.

believe that I too could be somebody in this world,

Diane was among the speakers on that occa-

and his uncompromising critique taught me belief

sion, and in keeping with what a scoreboard does,

in my potential.”

she tallied up some numbers that pertained to her

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T H E R E IS A LW AY S ONE MORE C H O R D TO S T R IK E , A W O R D O R P H R A S E TO CHANGE, ONE L A S T TO U C H W IT H T H E B R U S H O R C H IS E L .

father: “Seventy-three years of faith; sixty years in love and life with

almost always portraits of people whom he admired. Thanks to the

Phyllis; eight children and the wonderful spouses that followed . . . .”

purity of that admiration and Norm’s powers of empathy, they were all,

and more. “But the largest, most impressive number has been the one that the

at least indirectly, also portraits of the poet. When Pete Woodward once underwent heart surgery, Norm wrote a poem called “The Headmaster’s

last two years of fighting cancer has placed on the board: days lived

Heart.” In it he imagines a recovering headmaster looking forward to

and lives touched,” she continued. “Spend any day at my parents’ house

Commencement in the spring. In two of its stanzas he finds just the

and you would be overwhelmed by the phone calls, cards, and visits

right words, we think, for summing up the joy and the heartbreak of a

from students and co-workers. Day after day, month after month, this

teacher’s life:

year following the last, we have all been humbled by the sheer volume of love. No man has ever been richer in words, and no man has ever been richer in numbers.” “In Norm Walker’s 23 years of teaching and coaching at

The maple leaves that blazed and died in fall Will rise; winter storms will baptize Earth; And spring, a time against the tide of love,

Holderness, he taught us much,” said his friend and Head of School

Lets children, shadows all, race from our lives

Phil Peck, after learning of Norm’s death. “He taught us how to live by

’Cross sunlit fields in floods of green.

embracing every aspect of life to its fullest, and he taught us how to die

They will commence, in one last rite,

with dignity, courage, and peace. We will miss Norm terribly, but Norm

To slide quite through his hands and flow away

and the lessons he taught us—as a teacher, coach, dorm master, and

Like mountain streams. The left ventricle thumps.

poet—will always be part of Holderness.” Norm’s friend Pete Woodward—headmaster from 1977 to 2001,

The Head, this man and his plumbed heart, these, too,

and the man who hired this young educator from Massachusetts—also

Will now begin to count the weeks, the days.

reveres Norm for the lessons he taught. “In my 34 years as an educator,

Soon he will render words and, true to form,

Norm Walker was the most influential teacher and coach I was ever for-

Confer upon the young a blessing old,

tunate enough to know,” he says. “His compassion and his commitment

And end his prayer and end this day and end

to his students were immeasurable.”

His time and end . . . love will never end.

It’s probably not quite accurate to say that Norm’s poems were

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Norm dedicated much of his life to Holderness, but there was much more to that life besides this school. We reprint here the obituary that appeared in the Boston Globe, authored by Marvin Pave, who once covered Norm’s football teams for the Globe.

Norm Walker:

Life to its Fullest

ORM

WALKER,

AN INDUCTEE

to the

Massachusetts High School Coaches football and wrestling Halls of Fame, expressed

passion for his athletes through pre-game

L. Walker, a member of the 1948 US Olympic hockey

for those he loved and admired through his poetry and

team who died at age 33 in 1951. “It wasn’t easy for him. He basically became the

A multi-sport athlete at Swampscott High and Williams College, Mr. Walker’s head football coaching

man of the house,” recalled Mr. Walker’s wife of 54 years, Phyllis (Gleason). They were married in the

resume included 276 victories combined at

Williams College chapel when he was a college junior

Wayland and Newton North High Schools

and she was a student nurse at Quincy Hospital. They

and at the Holderness School in New

first met while students in Scituate. “I think that loss

Hampshire, where he coached from 1984-

had a lot to do with his being a father figure to his ath-

2005 and where the prep school’s home

letes and students and opening up our home to them.”

football field is named for him.

In a 1997 Globe article, Mr. Walker paid tribute to

“His favorite saying was ‘love kids and work hard,’ and he got inside your soul. He gave me confidence as a person and an athlete, and he helped me turn a

his wife, saying, “She’s the touchstone of my career and my life.” That life was enriched by the naming of Holderness School football field the Hinman-Walker

corner in my life, like he did for so many

Field for Mr. Walker and former coach Ford B. Hinman

others,’’ said Adam Quitt, who played on

after Mr. Walker’s retirement. Last fall, the inaugural

Mr. Walker’s New England Prep football

Norm Walker (Prep School Championship) Bowl was

championship teams in 1993 and 1994 and

played at Gillette Stadium with Mr. Walker in atten-

lived with Mr. Walker and his wife when

dance.

he was an assistant football coach at Holderness in 2001.

A 1955 graduate of Swampscott High, where he was senior class president and was coached by fellow

“Coach Walker lived what he preached,” added Quitt, now an assistant

Mass. Football Hall of Famer Stan Bondelevitch,

Mr.

Walker also remained close to his freshman football

wrestling coach at Framingham High and a

coach at Willliams, Jim Ostendarp, later head coach at

Coach’s Award winner on the University of

Amherst. Mr. Walker named one of his sons after

Massachusetts’ 1998 national football

Ostendarp and the man he succeeded as head football

championship team, “and he proved that

coach at Newton North, Jim Ronayne.

you could be a man – and also a poet and a scholar.” Mr. Walker, who had resided in Rye, N.H. after his

“We were traveling down Route 91 one day and Norm looked up at a hill and remarked that was where

retirement as an English teacher at Holderness in 2007,

Jim Ostendarp was staying (the Soldier’s Home in

died Monday (8/22) of brain cancer at the Webster at

Holyoke),” recalled his wife. “So he stopped by for an

Rye nursing home. He was 73.

hour and a half and just held his hand. Coach

The Globe’s 1976 football Coach of the Year when Newton North was Division 1 Super Bowl

runner-up,

Mr. Walker went on to more gridiron glory at Holderness, where from 1988-98 his teams were 83-1

Ostendarp, who always called him ‘my Normie,’ didn’t want to let go.” According to a 2003 article published by Williams College, Mr. Walker learned of Williams from Phil

in the regular season, appeared in eight New England

Jenkins (Williams Class of 1937), his high school

championship games, and won six times.

English teacher. Mr. Jenkins was good friends and a

In 1997, the Globe’s headline accompanying the

Born in Waterville, ME, and raised in Scituate and then Swampscott, Mr. Walker was the son of Norman

speeches that sent them running to the field in tears and

prose.

At Williams: tight end, defensive end, Lambert Trophy winner.

story of Holderness’ title win read: “Ho-hum, it's Holderness.”

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former classmate of Fred Copeland, then the college’s

director of admissions.

reasons.

“I was just a stupe at the time,” Mr. Walker said in the story. “But I was fortunate enough to have a

He had run in the primary against Democratic Congressman Fr. Robert Drinan in 1978 (garnering 35

great English teacher who brought me up to visit

percent of the vote ), a campaign that featured his

Williams, and I knew right then and there that was

daughter Julie’s 100-mile run from Gardner to the

where I wanted to go to school.”

Prudential Center in Boston. She wore a t-shirt on

Playing both ways as a tight end on offense and end on defense, Walker lost only two games (Tufts his

Julie, a former North cross-country captain, died

sophomore year and to Trinity his senior year) as a

as a result of being struck by a truck in 1987, inspir-

varsity player. In 1957, Williams was undefeated and

ing her father to write a novel in her memory.

won the Lambert Trophy as the best small college team in the East.

Mr. Walker’s writings also included a collection of poems honoring his colleagues entitled Teachers,

Mr. Walker graduated from Williams in 1959 with a Bachelor’s degree in English. He received his Master’s in Education from Harvard University in 1961.

“C O A C H

which the slogan ‘Walker is Running’ was featured.

published in 2001 and expanded after his cancer diag-

W A L K E R L IV E D W H AT H E PREACHED, AND

nosis three years ago. “He taught us how to live by embracing every

HE PROVED

aspect of life to its fullest,” said Holderness Head of School R. Phillip Peck in a tribute this week. “And he

E BEGAN HIS TEACHING AND

coaching career in

Newton in 1959, and in 1966 was hired at Wayland High, where his ’66 football team

won the Eastern Mass. Class D championship. After keeping a vow that if the school’s assistant

coaches did not receive a raise, he would leave, Mr.

taught us how to die with dignity, courage and peace.” Mr. Walker also leaves two other sons, Steve of Andover, MA, and Norman of Newington, NH; five daughters, Janet Aronson of Longmeadow, MA, Diane O’Halloran

of East Kingston, NH, Heather Wiltshire

of Bristol, NH, Jennifer Hemmen of Sacramento, CA,

T H AT Y O U CO ULD BE A M A N &A N D A L S O A POET AND A

Walker returned to Newton North in 1968 as an assis-

and Tara Hamer of Dover, NH; a sister, Judith Palmer

tant to Ronayne, another Mass. Football Coaches Hall

of Fair Oaks, CA; 18 grandchildren and two great-

of Famer.

grandchildren.

S C H O L A R .”

captained his dad’s 1983 football team at Newton

Marvin Pave adds: “As the Globe's former high

North, recalled the Thanksgiving Day win over

school sports editor, I was a co-founder of the

—A D A M

Mr. Walker’s son, James of Camden, ME,who

Brookline that ended the ’83 season – and Mr.

Massachusetts High School football Super Bowl. I

Walker’s 11 years as head coach.

covered the very first Super Bowl in 1972 at

“We carried him off on our shoulders and there was talk that it was his final game,” said Walker, who

Nickerson Field (at Boston University) and there was an irony because Newton North, which lost to

also played football at Williams and was an assistant

Brockton, had Norm as an assistant coach in the

coach at Holderness. “He was so passionate and

Division 1 game, and his former coach and mentor at

intense, in a good way, and a man of principle.”

Swampscott High, Stan Bondelevitch, was coach of

According to his family, Mr. Walker said he needed a fresh start at Holderness after Proposition 2

Q U IT T ’9 5

the winning Swampscott team in the Division 2 game played right afterwards.”

½ cuts affected school budgets and for other personal

This fall marked the first full season played on the Hinman-Walker Field. It was preceded by a ceremony in honor of Norm. Bagpiper Robert Caldwell (also our Director of Advancement & External Relations) plays while Phyllis Walker looks on.

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Catching up with...

Tom & Bev Eccleston The Ecclestons were members of the Woodward generation of teachers, coaches, and dorm parents. They stayed ten years, moved to Proctor, retired, and now return frequently to Holderness to babysit two of their grandchildren. And when it comes to independent schools, they’ve been around the block. Story by Rick Carey

Welcome to the Eccleston Room, Sven.

HIL

PECK

LIKES TO CALL HIM

SVEN, this thanks to this hockey

coach’s unlikely enthusiasm for Nordic skiing, which began

right on these campus trails in the 1980s. But to his six grand-

children Tom Eccleston is known as Bosco. Tom’s wife Bev

explains: “Greg and his wife Jen were driving along Route 4 on their way to visit us at Proctor. One-year-old Emily asked where

we were, and Greg said, ‘We’re in Boscawen,’ to which Emily replied, ‘We’re going through Boscawen to see Bosco and Nana.’ So Tom has been Bosco ever since.” Well, it’s just another hat for a man who has worn a lot of hats over a long career as a history teacher, successful coach of football and hockey, and a dorm parent. But in that respect Tom is only emulating the many and varied accomplishments of his father, Tom Eccleston, Jr. Tom, Jr. was a high school teacher, principal, and school superintendent in central Rhode Island. He was also at various times an athletic director, coach of three sports, and successful enough as a hockey coach at the college level to be named the NCAA’s Division I coach of the year in 1964 at Providence College. So Tom III went right from college into teaching and coaching in the public high schools of Warwick, RI, vowing to refuse—after witnessing the headaches they caused—only the administrative hats his father had worn. Bev was the older sister of two of the players coached by Tom, who was then 23. “We went on a date in May, got engaged in June, and married in August,” she laughs. “I guess that worked out alright,” Tom concedes on the day of this September conversation with Phil Peck. “Forty-four years.” After twenty years in Warwick, though, the couple made the jump into independent schools, moving to Pottstown, PA, so Tom could teach and coach at the Hill School. Tom’s brother did the same at Pomfret, and it was by way of his brother that Tom learned that Holderness was looking for a hockey coach in 1987. The school was looking for a history teacher as well, since the famous Don Henderson had retired that spring. “And you were someone who was always a learner as a teacher, someone who was always creative and willing to try new things,” Phil remembers. Then he laughs: “And as I recall, you advised me never to become an administrator. But when I did become Dean of Faculty, you were a mentor to me. You were always willing to come in and tell me how things were.” Bev started out working part-time in the Admissions Office with Pete Barnum, but then moved over to full-time work in the library. It was a good time for them to be back in New England. Their oldest son, Tom Eccleston IV, was entering Bowdoin and playing hockey there, while Greg ’89 and Rick

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’92 had their sights set on hockey-playing Northeastern colleges (Greg would attend Union, Rick Hobart). Tom and Bev moved into Rathbun with their two younger sons, and

“N O R M A N D I U S E D TO TA L K A B O U T S TA R T IN G A

on the faculty Tom became fast friends with another former public school teacher and coach, Norm Walker. As the head coach of boys varsity hock-

S C H O O L O U R S E LV E S , A N D

ey, Tom carried on—shall we say?—a cordially competitive relationship with the snow sports program, which claimed many of the school’s best athletes; so much so that Nordic coach Phil Peck was astonished when Tom took up Nordic skiing himself. And as an assistant football coach to Norm in the fall, Tom grew all the more familiar with one big difference between coaching hockey and football. “With hockey, you go home at the end of practice and you’re done,” Tom says. “With football, there’s always more to do: more tape to study, more schemes to work out, more logistics to attend to. And of course with Norm, the next team you were playing was always the greatest team on earth. There was never enough time to get as ready as you needed to be.” Norm and Tom and the rest of that staff got Holderness football squads

W H AT W E ’D B E G IN W IT H , A N D N O R M A LW AY S U S E D TO S AY, ‘IT ’S S IM P L E & J U S T B E G IN W IT H G O O D T E A C H E R S . T H AT ’S A L L Y O U N E E D .’”

ready enough, though, for them to become—in their class—the greatest New England independent school teams on earth. Beginning in 1989 and stretching through the next decade, those teams appeared in eight New England championship games, won six, and went 83-1 in regular season play.

From the left, and in new faculty housing: Janet, Rick, Claire, Nana, Bosco, and Michael.

It was also during that decade that these two old friends became rivals, once Tom left Holderness in 1997 to become head football coach— and eventually athletic director—at Proctor Academy. Bev started off in the school store there, and then became assistant to the athletic director before Tom moved into that job. At Proctor Tom restored grit to a football program that for years had been a low hurdle to Holderness on its way to another championship game. In certain matters of protocol, of course, Holderness is a little more old-school than Proctor, and Tom remembers how this was highlighted after the game in 2001 in which Tom’s team beat Norm’s. “It was the only time that happened,” Tom says. “We were meeting on the field after the game, and Norm was very good about it, offering his

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congratulations. But in the middle of our conversation this tiny little freshman kid walks up

Phil vows that Holderness will remain old-school and find enough kids who appreci-

and interrupts Norm by tugging at my sleeve

ate the link between athleticism and balance,

and saying, ‘Tom, is it okay if I go home with

and how that balance contributes to excellence

my parents from here?’ Norm’s eyes just bug

in college and beyond. Tom agrees, but adds

out of his head, and once the kid goes away,

that the strength of any school, really, hinges

Norm says, ‘Unbelievable!’”

on who’s doing the teaching and coaching.

That happened to be Tom’s favorite word whenever things got out of whack—Proctor

“Norm and I used to talk about starting a school ourselves, and what we’d begin with,

TO M S E E S A N D H E A R S E N O U G H A B O U T T H E S E S C H O O L S TO L A M E N T A T R E N D IN T H E M A R K E T P L A C E T H AT H A S B E E N G R O W IN G T H R O U G H O U T T H IS D E C A D E , T H AT O F IN C R E A S IN G S P E C IA L IZ AT IO N IN S P O R T S .

beating Holderness, for example, or a child on

and Norm always used to say, ‘It’s simple—

a first-name and me-first basis with a leather-

just begin with good teachers. That’s all you

tough football coach—and Norm’s imitation

need.’ Of course that’s more important than

was pitch-perfect. Tom has been laughing ever

ever with tuition as high as it is.”

since.

And it’s more important than ever to keep good teachers. Phil asks Tom and Bev what

INCE RETIRING IN

2004, the Ecclestons

Prospect, one of which now houses Rick and

Wakefield, RI, but six grandchildren

Janet and their children. “We love the guest

require that Tom and Bev do a lot of traveling

apartment,” Tom laughs, naming a feature of

in their Bosco and Nana hats. Greg lives in

these dorms particularly useful to Bosco and

Massachusetts, where he works as a product

Nana.

manager for New Balance, but otherwise the Ecclestons travel to places they know very well. Rick teaches math here, is assistant

Rathbun whenever I cooked a meal for our kids there,” Bev says. “I’d have to send them

year as the acting Athletic Director, and suc-

back to their rooms to eat because there was

ceeded Norm as head football coach in 2007.

no space where we could eat together.” “Well, that place was such a pressure-

ey at the Hill School—is now the Assistant

cooker anyway,” Tom adds. “It was the sort of

Head and Director of Admissions there.

place where you burn out your best educators.

Tom sees and hears enough about these

In these new dorms it won’t feel like you’re

schools to lament a trend in the marketplace

just hustling through a checklist. You’ll actual-

that has been growing throughout this decade,

ly get to know your kids.”

that of increasing specialization in sports. “I always thought hockey was a little crazy, with

Tom himself arrived at Holderness in time to become part of a whole generation of

the year-round schedules and the rabid par-

great educators who worked at the school

ents,” Tom says. “But now all the sports are

then. Phil mentions that a number of that gen-

like that.” Phil mentions that Holderness has had little success in slowing down that trend in a

eration are being honored in the new dorms with rooms and spaces named after them. “That was important to Pete Woodward,”

number of the schools the Bulls compete

Phil says, “and important to us as well, as a

against. “Well, down at the Hill, Tommy says

way of sustaining the values that these people

you just have to go along with it,” Tom adds.

represent. And I guess this is as good a time as

“He says if you don’t let the kids concentrate

any to tell you, Tom—one of those rooms will

on just one sport, then you don’t get the kids

be known as the Eccleston Room.”

to enroll.” “We’ve really been fighting this battle for

Sven thinks about this for a moment as he tries out a new hat, that of Holderness

decades against the ski academies,” Phil said.

teaching icon. “The Eccleston Room?” he

“And we find that kids frequently burn out on

finally says. “Okay, just make sure no skiers

skiing in the academies, that very few of them

get into it. Well, Nordic skiers are okay. They

continue skiing after college.”

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Bev loves the living room areas in each dorm as well. “I never felt comfortable in

coach to boys varsity hockey, did a stint last

Meanwhile Tommy—who used to coach hock-

they think about the new dorms on Mt.

have gone back to living year-round in

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Holderness School Today

Commencement 2011

atrick Pichette—Rhodes Scholar, CFO of Google, and Holderness parent (Mimi ’10, Jules ’12, and Celine ’13)— finds three big things to worry about and three compelling reasons for optimism in his address to the Class of 2011, which is excerpted on the opposite page.

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“You are entering adulthood at a fantastic time . . . .”

OU ARE ENTERING

adulthood at a

include the following. First, is global warming

fantastic time. My generation is

and the evil results of—among many factors—

bequeathing to you the following

cars, suburbs, and wasteful consumerism. We

positive forces in the world.

embrace the need for two tons of steel in order

First, a more globally open and connect-

ed world, and the death of distance.

Marco

to move 140 pounds of flesh. Surely we can do better than that! The American Dream is

Polo took over three years to travel from

cherished all over the world. Yet, that dream is

Venice to the palace of the Great Khan. Today

wreaking havoc in our environment, and given

the world is immediate. Within hours I am in

what we know now, it simply makes no sense.

Beijing, and once in Beijing, connecting back

We need new solutions, and maturity from all

to Holderness takes less than a second with

involved—most of all from the West, which

Gmail-video. And you all have Google,

needs to lead and change its habits. This is

Wikipedia, Facebook, etc. to stay connected at

something you can take the lead on.

all times. This connected world supports a freedom of expression so necessary to support

Second, we are witnessing the destruction of the planet's biodiversity—through over-

our values and institutions, such as representa-

population, the destruction of habitat, and

tive democracies.

overfishing of our oceans. If you believe the

Second, the world has never been as safe

scientists' assertions (and I think the empirical

and as affordable as it is today. Today, you can

evidence is quite compelling), we are as a

fly from New York to Paris and return for

species creating the third largest biodiversity

$750. And when you land, you know you

extinction in the history of the planet. My gen-

don't have to worry about your safety. This is

eration is simply unable to see the planet as

simply a huge accomplishment, and a huge

one eco-system, one family. You have a

"asset" for your generation to use to fuel

chance to do so.

progress, support the exchange of ideas, build stronger international communities, support

Third, there is a dramatic polarization of politics going on, combined and influenced by

better, more efficient commerce, and so much

an increasingly romantic view of years past.

more.

Today, the media and the political rhetoric nat-

Finally, although it is too early to tell

urally gravitate towards the extremes (e.g.,

(and I mean this very seriously), the ideas of

Fox News, thankfully balanced by Colbert, I

the Enlightenment seem to be gaining ground.

guess). This creates ill-will, the natural ten-

We are still in the early days of the triumph of

dency to view issues in terms of us and them,

the Enlightenment (which is only a few cen-

good guys (by definition us!), and bad guys

turies old really), but already, it has delivered

(whoever is not us, or with us!). This tendency

great riches to humanity. The Enlightenment is

is gaining strength in many areas of the world.

built on a fundamental sense of optimism in

You need to keep up the vigil on this one!

the human capability to understand the world in which we live. It represents a shift from

So you see; your leadership is sorely

A N D M Y C O N C L U S IO N , H AV IN G R U B B E D E L B O W S W IT H T H E Y O U T H O F TO D AY, IS Q U IT E S IM P L E : Y O U ARE SO M UCH BETTER THAN W E EVER W ERE,

needed. Working at Google, our average age is

dogmas (beliefs not tested and resting on

around thirty years old, people slightly older

either some upgrades to myths, or narrow

than you. And my conclusion, having rubbed

interpretation of traditional scriptures) to

elbows with the youth of today, is quite sim-

empiricism (trusting facts, testing hypotheses

ple: you are so much better than we ever were,

with rigor, and keeping an open mind) as the

or will be. Do not let anyone convince you of

root of searching for truth.

anything else! And now you see why I am

The three shameful acts of my genera-

Patrick Pichette

O R W IL L B E .

optimistic. . . .

tion, issues that we leave to you to solve,

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Henderson Award winner Jasminne Young ’11 with Tobi Pfenninger.

Commencement 2011

Thanks to the Senior Gift, the parents of Imoh Silas ’11, Okon and Rose Silas, were able to travel from Nigeria to attend Commencement.

From the address of Board Chair Will Prickett ’81:

Leadership when no one is watching.

OU HAVE LEARNED

to be leaders not

any other pursuit you choose.

just when everyone is watching you—like a close game that requires

At Holderness, we set a high bar.

push you to contribute and not sit back. We

the best of sportsmanship, or a presentation

don't cut the Quad—whether in the class-

in assembly or the chapel—but also when no

room, on the playing field, or on the stage.

one else is watching. This is one of the true

In addition to these lessons, and the lessons

hallmarks of leadership. This can be seen in

of an even balance of sound mind, sound

things like sitting with a student at lunch

body, and sound spirit, if Holderness has

who may be alone, or speaking to an under-

taught you to understand the unmatched

class person in your dorm who was about to

power of dedication, focus, and hard work,

make a very bad choice, and convincing him

the importance of caring for one another, and

not to do it. You didn't do those things

the satisfaction of collaboration, then we will

because you would get "credit" for it; you

have done much of what we said we would

did them because it was the right thing to

do.

do. . . .

Exactly thirty years ago, on a very simi-

The lessons you have learned here at

lar sunny May day, I sat where you are sit-

Holderness about being a leader, working

ting, reflecting on my time here, on my suc-

hard, setting an example, and looking out for

cesses (and, yes, my mistakes), and feeling

everyone else before yourself will bring you

the excitement and uncertainty of the future.

tremendous success in college, in careers, or

You will never, ever, forget this day. . . .

Right, Coach’s Award winner Jamie McNulty ’11 with Rick Eccleston ’92. Far right, Rowe Memorial Award winner Cecily Cushman ’11 with Kathy Weymouth.

Holderness School Today

From the address of School President Carson Houle ’11:

The full spectrum, from romance to physics.

UR TIME CAN BE

thought of as a

takes effort.

bookshelf. As we walk up to shake Mr. Peck's hand and

As Andre Agassi, one of the greatest tennis players of all time, recalled

receive our diplomas, we are finishing

about his long, up-and-down career:

the last chapter of our Holderness book,

"Some moments it felt longer, other

and as we move onwards to college, we

moments it felt like it flew by; you can't

are opening a new one. If you want, your

believe you've done it all that time...

next book can be a Harry Potter novel,

Overall, you have a strong sense for the

continuing along the same series, or, it

full spectrum that you've traveled."

can be a switch from a romance novel to a physics textbook. . . . It is said that the biggest factor in

I know that for many of us there are days here at Holderness, such as Spring Head's day or Senior Skip Day, that go

staying happy in your life is staying con-

by all too quickly, while others, such as

nected with your friends. You don't want

the night before an AP Biology test, that

to end up like Peter Klaven in I Love

never seem to end. For us that spectrum

You, Man, feeling sad and helpless as he

describes the years that we've spent here;

is completely disconnected from all his

and along this spectrum, we've definitely

friends. For example, it's worth taking

changed, just as Mr. Stigum used to have

the trip out west to visit Alex Obregon or

short hair. . . .

Frost Award winner Carson Houle ’11 with Phil Peck.

Maddie Burnham. Sometimes it just

Gillette Spirit Award winner Nick Ford ’11 with Randy Houseman; below, Gallop Award winner Charlotte Noyes ’11 with Kristen Fischer.

Book Prizes ’11 Anderson Memorial Scholarship . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kristina Sophia Micalizzi ’12 Elementary Math Prize . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tram Ngoc Dao ’14 Advanced Math Prize . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Christopher Steven Merrill ’11 Advanced French Prize . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Nathaniel Ward Lamson ’12 Elementary Latin Prize . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Iashai Dominique Stephens ’13 Advanced Latin Prize . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amanda Claire Engelhardt ’11 Elementary Spanish Prize . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Elena E. Bird ’13 Advanced Spanish Prize . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Paige Alexis Kozlowski ’11 Connor History Medal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caleb Andrew Nungesser ’13 Ashworth Award for US History . . . . . . . . . . . . . Haley Janet Mahar ’12 Ashworth Award for European History . . . . . . . . Sam Cornell Macomber ’11 Music Award . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Nicholas James Hill Ford ’11 Whiting Prize for Art . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Yejin Hwang ’12

Ceramics Prize . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nicholas Anthony Renzi ’12 Photography Prize . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Elizabeth Emily Legere ’11, Jaclyn Paige Vernet ’11 Fiore Cup for Theater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Charles Henry Poulin ’11 Science Prize . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Sam Cornell Macomber ’11

Spargo Award for Science . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Christopher Steven Merrill ’11 Renssalaer Medal (Math & Sciences) . . . . . . . . .

Keith Michael Bohlin ’12

English Prize . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kristen Nicole Jorgenson ’11 Poetry Prize . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Victoria Sommerville-Kelso ’13

Writing Prize . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Leah Rose Peters ’11 Harvard Book Prize . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Abigail Mae Slattery ’12 Kenyon College Presidential Book Award . . . . . . Ariana Ann Bourque ’12

Holderness School Today

Commencement 2011

From the address of School President-Elect Abby Slattery ’12:

An endlessly changing horizon, a different sun.

OUT BACK

SOLO

letter from Sarah

According to Chris McCandless, this change in

Xiao, she gave me a quote by Chris

horizon is what will bring you the greatest joy.

McCandless, a man who lived freely in the

There is no time now for complacency.

Alaskan wilderness with little food or equip-

My mom told me of a quote that says,

ment. The quote reads, "The joy of life comes

"The most important single influence in the life

from our encounters with new experiences, and

of a person is another person who is worthy of

hence there is no greater joy than to have an

emulation." Carson Houle, you are just that for

endlessly changing horizon, for each day to

me. Your senior class has left our school better

have a new and different sun." It is a huge change to leave Holderness

than how you found it. Any wise rising senior out there should look at these graduates sitting

School. It must feel bittersweet having to take

up here with a sense of respect and admiration.

the old experiences you all have gained here

We will succeed next year if we are wise

and leave with them as simple memories in

enough to try to emulate the model that these

your pocket. But it's time to encounter new

seniors have left for us. . . .

experiences, time to meet a new horizon.

Abby Slattery “T H E J O Y O F L IF E COM ES FROM OUR E N C O U N T E R S W IT H N E W E X P E R IE N C E S . . . .”

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Special Faculty Award winner Kiara Boone ’11 with Carol Dopp.

“. . . T H E U N M AT C H E D Seniors inducted in their junior year:

Cum Laude Society

FOCUS, AND HARD

Desmond James Bennett Jordan Leigh Cargill

Our Mission: The Cum Laude

Amanda Claire Engelhardt

Society recognizes academic

Carson Vincent Houle Sam Cornell Macomber

achievement in secondary schools

Christopher Steven Merrill

for the purpose of

Leah Rose Peters

excellence (Areté), justice (Diké)

Seniors inducted this year:

P O W E R O F D E D IC AT IO N ,

and honor (Timé).

promoting

W O R K , T H E IM P O R TA N C E O F C A R IN G F O R O N E A N O T H E R . . . .” &W IL L P R IC K E T T ’8 1

Se Han Cho Cassandra Laine Hecker Kristen Nicole Jorgensen Paige Alexis Kozlowski Colin Thomas Phillips Emily Roberts Starer Margaret Mooney Thibodeau

Juniors inducted this year:

Nathaniel George Alexander Keith Michael Bohlin Ariana Ann Bourque Benedicte Nora Crudgington Abigail Kristen Guerra Haley Janet Mahar Kristina Sophia Micalizzi Abagael Mae Slattery

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Commencement 2011

Commencement Awards ’11

Richard C. Gallop Award For creative and community leadership Charlotte Noyes ’11

Dana H. Rowe Memorial Award For academics, athletics, and love of life Cecily Cushman ’11

Clarkson Award

Distinguished Alumni Award For exemplifying the highest standards of the school

For the ability to persevere Elizabeth Ann Pettitt ’11

Peter Kimball ’72 Haslam Award

The Rev. B.W. Woodward, Jr. Prize

For contributions to the life of the school

For achievement in the junior year of college

Juliet Dalton ’11

Ryanne Haskell ’08 Kelly Hood ’08

Marshall Award

The Right Reverend Douglas E. Theuner Award

Sam Cornell Macomber ’11

For contributions to the life of the school

For increasing and furthering the mission of Holderness John Straus

M.J. LaFoley Award For outstanding character in the 3rd or 4th form Daniel Do ’13 John Musciano ’13

Faculty Award

Dallas Award For dedication to the ideals of the school Alex Kuno ’11

Walter Alvin Frost Award For reaching the highest standards of the school Carson Vincent Houle ’11

For highest scholastic average in the 6th form Sam Cornell Macomber ’11

Special Faculty Award For love of life and commitment to excellence Kiara Janena Boone ’11

Coach’s Award For contribution to the spirit of Holderness McKinley Carbone ’11 James McNulty ’11

Webster Cup Award For excellence in athletics Emily Hayes ’11 Chandler Grisham ’11

Ned Gillette Spirit Award

Haslam Award winner Juliet Dalton ’11

For leadership and a spirit of adventure Nicholas James Hill Ford ’11

Don and Pat Henderson Award For contributions to the welfare of the community Jasminne Young ’11

Brooks Award For making Holderness feel like home to new students Colin Thomas Phillips ‘11

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Around the Quad

Academics

Oh, see, can you say how high?

RIGONOMETRY IS USEFUL

in all sorts of

ways, if you know how to use it. The

Egyptian mathematician Eratosthenes

used it to arrive at a remarkably accurate measurement of the circumference of the earth in 240 BC, and smart people of any time or nationality can use it to figure out the height of a tall object without having to climb to the top with a tape measure in their teeth. Therefore figuring the height of the nearest handy flagpole has for generations been one of the early rites of passage into the mysteries of trig. In April Frank Cirone sent one of his geometry classes out to the Quad—equipped with notebooks, pencils, a few short rulers, and a length of rope—to arrive at the height of the school’s flagpole. They worked collaboratively

and quickly,

beneath skies threatening rain, and came up with an accurate length for the pole—thirty-six feet or so—without anybody having to get tangled up in the flag.

HIS YEAR THE

Beating out Marx and the OED.

winning essay

wasn’t an essay, nor even exactly a movie—let’s say,

video montage. Nor was it even from this year. Talk about charging from the back of the pack.

Academic Dean Peter Durnan is flanked by Secret & August Committee members Cassandra Hecker ’11 and Elizabeth Legere ’11.

competing recommendations, these ranging from such classics as Brave New World and Slaughterhouse Five,

submitted a very impressive rec-

to such highly original suggestions as

ommendation for the AllSchool Read, this in the form of a video montage of quotations from and com-

Castle, Jeanette Walls’ acclaimed memoir about growing up in a family that manages to be dysfunctional and loving at the same time. The only problem

The Communist Manifesto and the Oxford English Dictionary. Say what? “For such an interesting read, this book makes use of a surprisingly broad range of vocabulary, a lot of which I had not come across previously and is conveniently defined right in the text,” notes Damon Mavroudis ’11. So the dictionary was tempting, of course, but Taylor’s toughest competition came from Iashai Dominique Stephens ’11and her eloquent recom-

was that Taylor’s proposal was sub-

mendation of Jonathan Safran Foer’s

mitted past the deadline for the 2010

novel Extremely Loud and Incredibly

read.

Close. But in the end the first subOn the other hand, it was sub-

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August Committee weighed Taylor’s proposal against a record number of

Last year Taylor Watts cl ’13

ments about The Glass

mitted in plenty of time for the 2011 All-School Read. The Secret and

mission was the last one standing.

This We Believe, from the pens of

T BEGAN IN THE

AP English.

1950S when famed newsman

Edward R. Murrow hosted a radio show called

“This I Believe,” a program whose purpose was

to capture “the core values that guide [people’s] lives.” In 2005 National Public Radio renewed that quest in essay form, broadcasting short statements

Left, newsman Edward R. Murrow; below, essayist Bee Crudgington ’12.

about core values authored by thoughtful people who sometimes were celebrities of one sort or another, but often not. NPR stopped regularly broadcasting those essays in 2009, but the effort to capture such values

“AT C H U R C H

persists thanks to the This I Believe Foundation, an international organization that now has collected

P E O P L E TO L D

90,000 such essays by people from all walks of life.

M E T H AT M Y

A number have been published in books put out by the foundation, and many more have been broadcast

DAD WAS

on an occasional basis on NPR stations across the

N E E D E D IN

country. At Holderness this spring AP English teacher

H E AV E N O R

Peter Durnan challenged his students to write their

T H AT H E W A S

own “This I Believe” essays. Some took the opportunity to seriously examine their lives and explain

IN A B E T T E R

their own philosophies, while others took a more

PLACE, BUT

light-hearted approach. Then all made audio-recordings of their pieces. These are posted on the website

D ID N ’T W E

and can be heard at www.holderness.org/thisi-

N E E D H IM J U S T

believe. And the essay of Bee Crudgington ’12 we reprint below.

BELIEVE THAT EVERYTHING HAPPENS

AS MUCH? ”

for a reason. Although this

only response was that there is a reason for everything. She asked me if

may be a cliché, this saying has proven true throughout my life.

I could picture my friend’s family coping with more than the death of

I believe in God and I believe in going to church, but I don’t

that dog, and the answer was no, I couldn’t.

consider myself religious. I fall somewhere between pious and agnostic. I take my religion with a grain of salt, but mostly I rely

on the idea that everything happens for a reason. Sometimes it just feels like there is no other way to explain life. When I was six, my dad died of cancer. At age thirty-nine he left

My mom explained that she believed some people’s lives are filled with more sorrow because they can handle it. This is where my belief evolved so that I also believed that some people are better fit for coping with suffering. My mom falls into this category; she has watched both of her parents and her husband pass away, she has raised three children

behind his wife and three kids, all between the ages of two and six. His

by herself and picked up her life and moved it across the country. She is

goal was to make it to his 40th birthday, but he died only a couple

one of the strongest people I know.

weeks after his 39th. At church people told me that my dad was needed in Heaven or that he was in a better place, but didn’t we need him just

Today I realize that I would not be the same person if my dad had not died, if my mom hadn’t remarried years later, and if I hadn’t moved

as much? Unlike the people at church, my mom didn’t use religion to

to California five years ago. Not every experience has to be embraced,

explain what had happened, all she said was that everything happened

but I think its important to take everything as it comes and trust that

for a reason. Not everyone shares the same experiences; not everyone suffers the

there is a greater plan. While we wait for everything to start making sense, all we can do is take advantage of every opportunity, live every

same amount. The worst thing that ever happened to my friend and her

day to the fullest, and work hard so that we have no excuses later in life.

family was that their dog died. This family had never experienced death

Everything happens for a reason but that doesn’t mean we wait for life

before that dog was run over. I’m not trying to belittle losing a pet

to happen to us.

because when my Springer Spaniel died I cried and was upset for days, but I wondered why I had suffered more than my friend? My mom’s

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Academics From one corner of

PANISH-LANGUAGE

students at

the global village to this.

whole community to embrace their resi-

Holderness always have the

dency in today’s global village. We hope

option of visiting Spanish-speak-

that the opportunity will be ongoing.

ing countries in order to improve their skills. Sometimes they get lucky,

Academic Dean Peter Durnan was proud of the warmth of that embrace.

though, and one of those countries

“We owe thanks,” he said, “to all who

comes to them. When that happens, the

helped so much with this inaugural visit:

whole school shares in their good for-

the foreign language teachers who

tune.

orchestrated the trip under the leaderIn April, ten students from the

ship of Ms. Pedrin-Nielsen; the host

Colegio Parque de España—an inde-

families; student hosts, including some

pendent school in Rosario, Argentina—

game AP Spanish students; the kitchen

came to spend a few days at Holderness.

staff; and the larger Holderness commu-

Housed with local host families and

nity. I feel as though I need to mention

guided by volunteer Spanish students at

the Swidrak brothers [Jon ’14 and Mike

all levels in the Holderness curriculum,

’14], the embodiments of welcome.”

the Argentines visited classes, attended

The Argentines were headed south

sporting events, and joined us for meals

to New York City on the day they left

in Weld Hall.

Holderness. Said Peter Durnan, “The

The visitors were all junior-level

last comment I heard from the kids as

English-language students looking to

they boarded the bus this morning was,

improve their own skills, but their mere

‘Bring Holderness to Rosario.’”

presence provided an opportunity for the

Visiting students of the Colegio Parque de España.

T’S ALWAYS GOOD

to remember

that Powerpoint is not—nor ever

was—an end in itself. It’s a way

of presenting information, and a

Stopping by woods on a snowy Prezi.

rather cool upgrade on the old slide show, for example. And of course the upgrades keep coming. They keep coming even if you’re studying poetry, as you might have been in Sarah Barton’s English class this spring. Sarah has become familiar with Prezi, a presentation tool that incorporates film techniques of zoom and shifting perspective into images. In May Sarah gave her students a brief overview of the tool and then sent them into the computer lab

Chris Daniell ’12 works on his Prezi assignment while Andrew Munroe ’12 and Will Gribbell ’12 look up from theirs.

for a day. Their assignment? Prepare a Prezi presentation that analyzes a 20th century poem of their choice. It was a perfect example of how we like to use technology at Holderness, which is as a tool to enhance learning and communication. And if that communication happens to involve a poem, say, by Maxine Kumin, then it becomes an exercise in beauty as well.

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NVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE?

Well, that’s

one subject area that has at least a little

bit of engineering involved. And like

any course at Holderness, it has a lot of col-

laboration and group effort involved.

The Frog Pond challenge.

And so it was that at the end of the semester in May, Reggie Pettitt’s AP Environmental Science class trooped out to the Frog Pond to conduct an activity that Reggie described as “End of Course Unity of Effort, Doing a Lot With a Little Exercise.” The task was to construct a water craft that could carry all members of the class from one end of the pond to the other within seventy minutes. The exercise also served as a test run for the Great Holderness Raft Race, an event on tap for Alumni Homecoming Weekend in the fall. Above, Reggie’s five mariners line up just before a successful voyage that proved that the pond is flat and their ship could float: from the left, Jonathan Bass ’12, Keith Babus ’12, Sarah Fauver ’11, Mollie Hoopes ’12, and Brian Tierney ’12.

The foreign language department adds a China hand to its staff. From the left: So Hee Park ’12, Michelle Hoffmeister ’13, Jonathan with young Jonah, Sala Frazier ’12, and Jonathan’s wife Tinglan Yang.

NE GOAL OF THE

HOLDERNESS strategic plan

is “to support a curriculum that encourages

the development of global citizens,” and that

goal will receive a little more support and encouragement this fall with the addition of Mandarin Chinese to the foreign language curriculum. In fact the school’s new Chinese teacher— Jonathan Higgins—came with his family to Holderness for dinner last May, and after dinner he spoke to the community about his experiences living in China for eight years and then teaching Chinese elsewhere in the United States. You can learn more about this interesting man in our Faculty Update section, page 45.

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T’S A LONG AND

honorable tradition:

Gulliver’s Travels; The Rape of the Lock; Catch-22; “The Colbert

the first place. Amanda Engelhardt ’11 observes that Holderness could have saved a lot of money by not building

Report”. To which we may now add The

new dorms, and rather squeezing thirty boarding students into one room, as we

Podicar. Fittingly, it came out on April 1,

do with day students.

and it’s a student newspaper that broke

The Podicar, we hope you know by

some interesting stories and floated

now, was a satirical version of the regu-

some interesting editorial proposals.

lar student newspaper, The Picador. It

News? “News Hampshire residents

was put together with a lot of laughter

embrace Northern Pass.” According to

by Doonie Brewer’s English class, and

reporter Sarah Fauver ’11, Plymouth

with plenty of good-natured assistance

property owner Meg O. Watt says, “The

from The Picador’s faculty advisor,

towers will provide an excellent oppor-

Emily Magnus ’88. It looked like the

tunity to decorate the countryside.”

real thing, and in each article sounded

“New England weather proven to

Our cure for Sunshine Depression & the upside of

flying

naked.

like it too—at least for a few para-

cure SD.” Science correspondent Kristen

graphs.

Jorgensen ’11 reminds us that SD is

Imitation is a very sincere form of

Sunshine Depression, a widespread dis-

flattery, and satire is arguably the most

order alleviated by exposure to rain,

sincere. The Podicar was well done and

wind, and cold.

lots of fun, and it reminded us how well

Opinion? Sam Devine ’11 proposes an easy alternative to intrusive airport-

done, issue after issue, The Picador is.

security body scans—just fly naked in

The Arts

An evening with one of the greats.

HE POET

MAXINE Kumin

breadth of her life, from her girl-

another visitor to the

hood in a town near Philadelphia

Holderness campus—Robert

to her many years running a horse

Frost—in the attention her poetry

farm in Warner, NH. “Her quiet

pays to the landscape and natural

but powerful delivery kept us all

rhythms of life in rural New

entranced throughout,” said an

Hampshire. At the same time,

appreciative Phil Peck.

thanks to a more direct approach to her personal life than Frost ever

Tori SommervilleKelso, above, introduces Pulitzer Prize winner Maxine Kumin.

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Ms. Kumin was introduced to the community by Tori

dared, she has also been grouped

Sommerville-Kelso ’13, who

with such nakedly confessional

started things off with her own

poets as Anne Sexton, Sylvia

powerful reading of one of our

Plath, and Robert Lowell.

guest’s most famous poems,

There is no debate, however,

“Continuum: A Love Story,”

that the Pulitzer Prize-winner and

which begins: “going for grapes

one-time national Poet Laureate

with/ladder and pail in/ the first

belongs among the great poets of

slashing rain/ of September

our time—and that her visit to

rain/steeping the dust/ in a joyous

Holderness in May was an historic

squelch . . . .”

event in the life of the school. She

read poems that spanned the

has often been compared to

1960

THE ORIGINAL

Broadway pro-

duction of Bye Bye Birdie won a Tony

Award as the year’s best musical.

Loosely based on the career of Elvis Presley—which was then on nothing but an upward trajectory—the story is still relevant in its consideration of the conflicts between art, family life, and the star-making machinery of celebrity. The name of its title character, musician and teen sensation Conrad Birdie, was a play on Conway Twitty, who back in those days was playing rock & roll and aspiring to be a rival to Elvis. This spring in the Hagerman Center Theater Director Monique Devine provided all the star-making machinery as a spirited cast of Holderness students recreated that era and gave new life to a score that

The first rock & roll musical rocks the boards at Hagerman.

From the top, clockwise: So Hee Park & Sam Macomber; Kiara Boone & Elizabeth Powell; Mac Caputi; a trio of Emily Hayes, Cecily Cushman, & Pauline Germanos; Kiara Boone held by Sam Nungesser & Tyquan Ekejiuba; and Charlie Poulin as Conrad Birdie, surrounded by Elizabeth Powell, Christian Anderson, & Cole Phillips.

might be described as Broadway’s first rock musical. You can’t hear what it sounded like any more, but here’s what that handsomely produced musical looked like.

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The Arts “The Long Winter,” oil on canvas

Famed multimedia artist Rosy Lamb mounts the year’s first show at Edwards.

HE PAINTER AND SCULPTOR

Rosy Lamb—born

in Sandwich, NH, but since 2001 a resident

of Paris, France—has as much difficulty as

anyone else in neatly categorizing her work. “My paintings and sculptures overlap and

Rosie also helped teach a ceramics class that includes Mike Hogervorst ’14.

dissatisfied with the dominant Neo-Classicism of American sculpture, Lamb moved to Paris after

interact in such a way that I sometimes find it hard

school to assist the sculptor Jean Cardot on several of his monumental commissions.

says, “let alone define what my intention is in the making process.” Regarding the work shown in the school’s

Since then she has exhibited at many galleries in Europe and North America, and most notably at the National Society of Portrait Painters in London this year. Last year she was a finalist in the BP

she finds it helpful to think in terms other than

Portrait Competition at London’s National Portrait

media. “I prefer to group my work in terms of ten-

Gallery.

dencies,” she says. “Some of these tendencies involve technique. Others involve preferred sub-

In 2004 she won third prize in the Paul-Louis Weiller Portrait contest, and in 2002 she received

jects. There is, however, a uniting focus throughout

the Prix Georges Coulin for sculpture. Both prizes

all the work: my subjective experience of seeing.”

were presented by the Institut de France.

In fact her two art forms often overlap quite literally, especially in her recent work. Sometimes

“In portraiture, the marks that I make are hinged to the moments that I spend with my

she paints on plaster supports that she incises,

model,” she says. “In painting and sculpture, the

sculpts, molds, and collages. At other times she will

act and process of seeing is equally translation and

integrate plaster frames and cast shadow into her

interpretation. Even in more abstract works, I am

paintings. Or she might paint on canvas but use the

reaching into the pool of my body's memories of

population of sculptures in her studio as elements

things felt and seen.”

in her paintings. In all instances a method of seeing that is as tough-minded as it is original results in images and objects that are garnering more and more favorable

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Home-schooled until she entered the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, and generally

to say if a piece is a painting or a sculpture,” she

Edwards Gallery during September and October,

international attention.

Service Tickets to ride, from Nigeria

to Commencement and back.

Holderness community and as a

from his family in attendance,

way of “paying it forward” in

but this year’s Senior Gift pro-

SENIOR Gift is given

each year by the graduat-

of appreciation to the

some way that benefits future

vided otherwise. Personal contributions and tireless fundraising

dents. In past years, for exam-

raised enough money for both

ple, senior classes have pur-

Mr. and Mrs. Silas to purchase

chased equipment in support of

plane tickets, travel to

weekend activities, or commem-

Holderness, and to applaud their

orative benches; or made contri-

son as he was handed that diplo-

butions to the Annual Fund; or

ma.

This year’s gift had more to do with the present than the

Imoh Silas rises to the applause of his friends at the all-school assembly at which the Senior Gift was announced.

those areas is the school

grams in place at any

president-elect—and so on

independent school that can

down through vice-presi-

fairly be described as defin-

dent, Weld Hall supervisors,

ing—both because they may

house leaders, floor leaders,

not be found at any other

and job crew leaders. It’s a system that reli-

deeply expressive of the

ably puts students of strong

school’s core values. The

character in positions where

Holderness School’s unique

they have real responsibili-

system of student leadership

ties and jobs to do. It’s a

satisfies on both counts.

system that also emphasizes

At the beginning of

informed privately early in April. Then, with his permis-

past, but no one was complain-

sion, the gift was announced to

ing. Any student takes a step

the community in assembly the

away from his or her family

following Friday. And the emo-

when the day comes to leave for

tion on Imoh’s face, certainly,

boarding school, but few take

was of benefit to every

such a profound and lonely step

Holderness student there to see

as did Imoh Silas ’11—a warm,

it that day.

thoughtful student who had not seen his parents in Nigeria since

Sixty years and counting. This year’s and next year’s top leaders, from the left: Josie Brownell, Nick Stoico, Alex Trujillo, Carson Houle, Abby Slattery, Juliet Dalton, Sam Macomber, Alex Kuno, and Ari Bourque.

the school’s concept of lead-

April the cycle began again

ership as not a privilege, but

as students, faculty, and

an act of service—and

staff filled out ballots evalu-

therefore available to all

ating each rising junior or

students, whether elected to

senior on the basis of four

a post or not.

characteristics chosen by the

Imoh himself had no knowledge of this until he was

on a cumulative basis in

characteristics or pro-

school, and because they are

Imoh expected to receive his diploma in May with no one

generations of Holderness stu-

situations.

certain

September, 2008.

ing class as both a token

helped staff members in difficult

HERE ARE

he left for Holderness in

“As several students

student council of 1951: ini-

said to me after the elec-

tiative, fairness, reliability,

tion,” said Phil Peck, “’Mr.

and leadership potential.

Peck, I really think this

Everyone’s vote counts the

process reveals a lot about

same, and at the end of the

us, and I like that it isn’t a

tallying the rising senior

popularity contest.’”

who tallies out the highest

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Chapel One great step on a spiritual path.

Bishop Gene Robinson at Confirmation Chapel.

E HAVE

COMMENCEMENT, after which

Holderness seniors are welcomed into the

larger community of high school graduates.

Each spring we also have Confirmation Chapel, after which certain Holderness students—beneficiaries of confirmation classes taught by Chaplain Rich Weymouth ’70—are welcomed into the larger community of the Episcopal Church. Early in May Bishop Gene Robinson came to bless and welcome four new members of the church into that community of believers, and during the same week four Roman Catholic students were confirmed into that church after a series of classes taught by science department chair Randy Houseman.

The memory of

OCK

CHAPEL? WELL, it’s not

a musical event at all. It’s a

stones. And the act is itself is the first step in the process of moving beyond Holderness, and saying

little bit architectural, but

mostly it’s spiritual, involving each

goodbye to friends, classmates, and

member of the senior class con-

mentors. Live in the moment,

tributing a rock to a stone wall that

advised history teacher Andrew

surrounds the Outdoor Chapel. The

Sheppe ’00, who delivered the hom-

wall that they help build is part and

ily, and Holderness will be part of

parcel of their unbroken connection

every moment.

to past and future generations of Holderness students.

Sustainability A day for confronting your inner eco-criminal.

HE THEME FOR

EARTH Day this year

might not be such a bad idea.” But then—John said—we all have an

was “A Billion Acts of Green,” and if

it wasn’t quite green yet in our woods

eco-criminal buried somewhere inside us.

when Earth Day came around in April, at

Our task is not to surrender to those tenden-

least we got outside into some of that wood-

cies, but rather to come up with our own

ed acreage—specifically, the Outdoor

“sustainable sustainability plan,” something

Chapel.

that balances what we know we should be

That day’s speaker was English teacher

doing with what we can and are able to do. In doing this, John hoped, we could all

John Lin, who confessed—actually—to being at least in some respects an “eco-criminal.” He admitted that he loved his SUV,

acts of green” and take tangible steps toward

and that there were several occasions while

preserving and enhancing our environment.

bushwhacking on Out Back this year when

he might have suggested that “clear-cutting

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find ways to achieve that ideal of “a billion

Pranks

And when you see an open space, park in it.

OMETIMES YOU

go to bed, and

things just aren’t quite the same when you get up the next morning.

That was the case for a lot of us on a

couple days toward the latter end of May. First we woke to find a number of student-owned automobiles lining the paths and poked in odd places around campus—all more than a little outside designated parking areas. The next morning we walked into the Chapel and found a whole lot of standing-room-only. All the Chapel’s folding chairs had disappeared. The morning’s speakers—Phil Peck, Chaplain Rich Weymouth ’70, and Assistant Chaplain Bruce Barton—went with the flow, inviting their listeners in

each instance to “please remain standing.” Time now to invoke the Lockwood Protocols (courtesy of Music Director Dave Lockwood) as to what constitutes a good senior prank: 1) It’s a surprise, breaking up the routine and lifting us out of the ordinary; 2) It involves planning; 3) Nobody is hurt or offended. Both pranks were well within the protocols, and funny besides (which helps). It also helped that seniors were quick to remove their cars and return the chairs from their hiding place in the Chapel basement. They made those final steps towards Commencement just a little bit more fun.

Campus

IT W A S A GOOD W EEK TO H AV E N O A C T IV IT Y O N

Holderness by the sea.

THE LO W ER F IE L D S . . . .

AUGUST TROPICAL Storm Irene blew through

Holderness, and thankfully there was no damage to the

buildings on Joy Hill, nor other campus facilities. But

it was a good week to have no activity on the Lower Fields, where the Pemigewasset River overran its banks and left parts of Plymouth under six to seven feet of water. In the photos to the left—both taken by Robert Caldwell, Executive Director for Advancement and External Relations—floodwaters rest over Rt. 175 as it points north past I-93 and into Plymouth. In the second photo Kai Lin ’15, Caroline Mure ’14, Holton Flinders, and Charlie Day ’15 find that the fastest way down the entrance to the Lower Fields is by canoe. Since then Dick Stevens and

his grounds crew have been working

hero-

ically to restore the fields to good playing condition.

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Campus If

it were a railroad, this would be the golden spike.

WEDNESDAY of

the last week in

August a big

crane and three big trucks

appeared in front of the

cal integration of the new dorms with the rest of the

Each truck carried two

campus began to formally

parts of the six-part tun-

take shape. “We’ll look

nel that now connects the

forward to our first jaunt

new dormitories to the

through the new structure

rest of campus. In the

a few weeks into the

space of a few hours of

school year,” said Phil

that early morning, the

Peck that day. “Thanks to

tunnel sections were lift-

Mr. Solberg for getting

ed from the truck beds

up early and capturing

and placed in the large

the photo!”

become the tunnel.

Now scoring for the Pittsburgh Selects.

“I

N ITS THIRD SUMMER

of existence,

the Pittsburgh Select Girls Travel

Lacrosse Team is really making a

name for itself, both locally and nationally,” wrote the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on July 21. The club team is made up of the best high school-age Pittsburgh-area lacrosse players and spends the summer playing—and often winning—tournaments up and down the East Coast. This summer one of those players was Sarah Bell ’13. “We kind of got the reputation that this is a club you want to be on if you want to win tournaments, play the highest competition, and get looked at by college coaches,” Coach Brian Klisavage told the newspaper. This summer the Select Girls went 8-3-1, and Sarah was mentioned by the Post-Gazette as one of the leaders of the team’s high-scoring offense.

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Sarah Bell in action for the Holderness varsity last spring.

nel sections dropping into the ground as the physi-

Head of School’s house.

hole that was about to

Sports

It was a neat piece of symbolism, those tun-

Special Programs

Senior Honors Thesis 2011:

Breadth & depth, passion & learning.

S A PROGRAM,

Senior

Honors Thesis continues to grow. On one hand, it

mounted in our state and national parks

presents daunting chal-

each year. And Sarah Xiao delved into

lenges and a guarantee

Hannah Weiner

posed ways to reduce the thousands of search-and-rescue operations that are

the psychology of work and play as seen

that the whole academic year—and not

by people who make a living in the out-

just the first two semesters until college

door industry.

applications are off—will require deep

Speaking of industry, commerce

engagement. On the other hand, it’s an

was well represented as well. Se Han

opportunity for students to invest all that

Cho explored the differences in business

work in subject matter of their own

culture between East and West, and the

choosing, something that arouses pas-

different education systems that reflect

sionate interest. “In the winter,” explains program

each culture. Lizzie Legere discussed how store design seeks to trans-

director Steve Solberg, “students per-

form shopping from a chore to

form high-level academic research to

a recreational experience.

gain an understanding of their topic, and

Casey Powell focused on the

then plan a real-world experience to test

fashion industry, but then deter-

and expand their understanding. In the

mined how broad elements of

spring, these students submit an aca-

design, advertising, and mer-

demic paper and produce a public expo-

chandising work together to

sition synthesizing their research and

seduce consumers.

their fieldwork.” This spring was enriched by a

Sarah Xiao

Sam Nungesser

We also had psychology of the equine sort, as Sarah Fauver

record 32 such expositions. We’ll exer-

explored the ways in which a

cise understatement in saying that the

horse is trained alters the ways

range of subject matter was broad, but

in which a horse thinks. And

literature was a popular topic. Adam

we had some fine dancing from

Sapers surveyed the literature (and other

Sam Nungesser, who not only

media) of the Great American Road

performed, but reported on how

Trip, and how those works speak to our

a dancer prepares for work on

culture’s perceptions of adventure, self-

Broadway, and then goes about getting

development, and regional differences.

it.

Hannah Weiner, meanwhile, examined the social values built in to J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series of novels. History was popular as well. Colin

All of which is still only a small buffet of the passion and learning that was offered up at Holderness last spring. If you had gotten to all 32, there would-

Phillips reviewed the tragedies and tri-

n’t be much under the sun that you

umphs of the greatest paratrooper drop

wouldn’t know something about.

in history on the night before the D-Day

Cecily Cushman

invasion of France in World War II. Mac Dudley, on the other hand, argued that Americans were losing their sense of history, and with it their shared sense

Sarah Fauver

of culture, ideals, and unity. Of course sports and the outdoors commanded a lot of interest. Cecily

Jack Long

Cushman took the measure of the gathering movement to require helmets in women’s lacrosse. Alex Kuno cast a critical eye on the vast range of legal sports supplements on the market, while Jack Long described the little-known world of elite-level telemark ski racing. Nat Shenton pro-

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Sports

Spring 2011: The Season in Review

After all the rain, shortstop Chandler Grisham (right) and the rest of the Bulls had a most sunny sort of spring: one NEPSAC crown, two Lakes Region championships, and winning records in every varsity and JV sport!

Baseball

after mile, without complaint, without truancy, the Holderness cycling team took

Varsity baseball finished with a 5-4 record in a rain-shortened season. The highlight of the season was a come-from-behind victory at New Hampton (the sight of many late inning losses). In that game Nate Lamson '12 and Sam Macomber '11 shut down the Huskies over the last four innings and Robert Sullivan's twoout, two-run single put the Bulls over the top. Macomber (league MVP), Chandler Grisham '11 (SS, C) and Carson Houle

to the roads. In a sopping environment this team did its training, learned its lessons, and developed a toughness that—by season’s end—they wore like a badge of honor. This is a team that definitely earned the respect of the Holderness sports community. Ours was a team led by seniors: Betsey Pettitt, Amanda Engelhardt, Ethan Pfenninger, Julien Moreau, Jack Long. Over the years, numerous alumnae of the Holderness cycling team have

'11 (team leader in hits and RBIs) earned All-League honors. Those three seniors

gone on to compete at the colle-

plus Sam Nungesser won more games in the Lakes Region over the past three

giate level, and we have high

years than any other team.

hopes for those seniors who

by Jory Macomber

have ridden so strongly, and who have led this team through

The capricious weather of northern New England forced numerous cancellations

such excellent examples.

this season, but JV baseball found enough time between downpours to post a 4-

And when skies were

3 record. Highlights of the season included a comeback win against KUA and a

clear—and racing was possi-

tight, cleanly played victory over the Huskies of New Hampton.

ble—Holderness riders distin-

Freshmen Perry Craver, Charlie Sheffield, and Henry Tomlinson ably

guished themselves in the com-

shared pitching duties, along with sophomore Caleb Nungesser. Coach’s Award

petitive arena as well. Our team

winner Joey Casey had a fine season in the field at shortstop and chimed in with several key hits; the Most Improved Award went to Preston Kelsey, who became a reliable outfielder and consistent hitter over the course of the season. Jake Barton sparked several rallies with his timely hitting; senior JP Tardif was instru-

met with greatest success in the Girl’s B category, earning the

Betsy Pettitt ’11

New England Prep School Cycling League team champi-

mental in providing a quick bat, speed on the bases, and strong, quiet leadership to a young squad. Coaches Barton and Lockwood thank this year’s players for their forbearance and good humor. by Dave Lockwood

Cycling

onship (Celine Pichette, Amanda Engelhardt, Celeste Holland, Eliana Mallory, Hannah Slattery), and the individual league championship for Celeste Holland. It was thrilling to watch so many young riders develop into experienced racers. By the end of the season our goal had been achieved:

by John Teaford

This spring was the season that almost wasn’t. In a New England-wide league that prides itself on staging a variety of races each year, 2011 was a season marred by extreme weather and event cancellations. Cancellations at Holderness, Gould, and Proctor all but undid the road race calendar, leaving a Holderness that prides itself on race savvy and tactics with very little opportunity to show what it could do. The rain never stopped on campus either. Rainy day after rainy day, mile

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to create riders who love to ride, and who are likely to con-

tinue doing so for years to come.

Golf Like many spring sports programs, varsity golf had a rough start with the weather. In fact, we had to play two matches down south before we even had tryouts. But after the snow melted and the rain relented long enough to allow the course to open, we worked the rust loose from our swings and began to play competi-

tively.

daily levels of motivation and participation.

Anchored by our two senior captains, Dewey Knapp and Cole

Dewey Knapp ’11

The 37 members of our boys JV1 lacrosse program were led by seniors Brendan Madden, Nick Goodrich, Andrew Howe, and Adam Sapers.

Phillips, and the new additions of

The record, which doesn’t really matter, was 11 wins and 3 losses. This

Matt Fiaco, Connor Loree and

group developed into an excellent TEAM, playing with a cohesive compet-

Charlie Defeo, we only had one

itive passion and great sportsmanship. Our best games were against our

loss heading into the Lakes

toughest competition.

Region Championships. Although

The highlights of the season were the last two games, dominating vic-

our play that day wasn't up to par,

tories over Tabor and Exeter. Our two award winners—Coach’s Award win-

we finished strong. This year’s

ner Brendan Madden and Most Improved Player Christian Anderson—rep-

award winners were: Most

resent the entire team’s growth and positive spirit. This team lived by the

Improved, Charlie Defeo; Coach’s

words of our daily ritual: “Help! Got your back. Help! Got your back.

Award, Connor Loree.

Help! Got your back.”

by Thom Flinders

by Duane Ford ’74

Despite a challenging beginning

The boys JV2 lacrosse team had another outstanding season, with many

to the season, the ten-member JV

players showing terrific improvement as they helped advance the already

golf team ended things on an

deep program. The boys on this squad benefited immensely by working

enjoyable note. An unusually cold April, punctuated with what seemed like excessive rain and some snow, along with no available home course, dampened a bit the spirits of the

closely with the JV1 team on a daily basis. Practices often involved intense skills development and competitive scrimmages among all the JV players. Wins against nearby rivals Proctor, Tilton, and Cardigan were high

team. However, because of the team’s positive attitude and willingness to

points of the season.

be flexible, we were able to make the best of it.

Drew Houx was selected to receive the Coach’s Award.

Noah Thompson earned Most Improved honors, and

Given these factors, the team highlight was most assuredly any and

by Frank Cirone

all opportunities that we received to play golf. Practice took place on a variety of turfs: a former driving range called The Outback, the varsity’s

Cecily Cushman ’11

home turf The Owl’s Nest, and a new discovery Den Brae. The variety was

After a relatively slow start, the girls varsity

ultimately refreshing and inspired us all to appreciate the opportunity to

lacrosse team caught

work on our game. Charlie Poulin’s enthusiasm and dedication to bettering

momentum at just the right

his game earned him the Most Improved Award, while Libby Aldridge’s

time. The girls recorded

cheerful and supportive spirit earned her the Coach’s Award.

two big wins over perennial rival KUA and avenged

by Nancy Caggiula

early season losses to New

Lacrosse The

Hampton and Brewster, all of which allowed the team

boys varsity lacrosse team had a fine season and was led by three

to claim their third Lakes

All-Northern New England players and captains: Mac Caputi, Nick Ford,

Region Championship in

and Jamie McNulty. The Bulls’ 10-3 record included losses to Taft,

four years.

Brewster, and Exeter. The season highlights were one-goal victories against

This year’s team

Pomfret (10-9 on neutral turf at Groton) and Tabor (decided in the final seconds), as well as a

Jamie McNulty ’11

hard-fought two-goal win at Andover. The strongest Lakes Region game was a fine 12-8 home win against New Hampton The Coach’s Award winners were Mac Caputi and Jamie

had a large twenty-player roster, including twelve new players. The ability of the team to form a cohesive unit was in large part due to the leadership of our seniors: Cecily Cushman, Chuckie Carbone, Juliet Dalton, Julia Marino, and Mimi Patten. Senior co-captain Cecily Cushman and junior co-captain elect Maggie Caputi were named as New England All-Stars, and the future looks bright, as sophomores Sarah Bell and Mackenzie Maher were selected to represent Upper New England at the US Women’s Lacrosse National Tournament. The team is returning fifteen players and will look to build on this season’s success in 2012. by Renee Lewis

McNulty. The Mike D'Amico Spirit Award winner was Nick Ford, and Most Improved was Patrick Sullivan. Captains-elect are midfielder Drew Walsh and goalie Matt Kinney. Many thanks to the assistant coaches, and hard-working players who contributed so much to the success of this team, and to managers Katie Finnegan and Alex Muzycka, who kept everyone focused and on task. by Rich Weymouth ’70

Improvement. Teamwork. Friendship. These were the goals of the girls junior varsity lacrosse program this spring, and they were achieved. A winning record of 9-3 is something to be most proud of, but that was not part of the ultimate goals for this team. The girls came together in the snowy spring days in April excited to learn, ready to work, and to have fun. With many rookies to the sport of lacrosse, the girls helped one another, pushed themselves to catch each and every ball, and become better athletes. Whether it was a conditioning practice, a drills practice, a fun scavenger hunt, or the lacrosse Olympics, the girls came to practice each day prepared to have fun and work hard. They improved with each game, and their progress as a group with team chemistry is what most impressed the coaches and fans alike. by Kelsey Berry

Line drills are a lacrosse practice and pregame ritual. The language, the casual conversation of line drills, is very simple: “Here’s your help,” and “Got your back.” This “leadership” chatter is an important detail, gauging

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Sports

Rock Climbing

upon to grab a singles victory or

doubles win.

program has been around for

by Reggie Pettitt

many decades. We quietly "do our thing" away from the public eye

The boys JV tennis season was

and pretty far from campus. The

short but sweet. After the snow

program shows the students that

melted and the rains subsided, we

they can do things that they may

began the entirely fun work of put-

have thought impossible, and

ting together a tennis team. We

teaches them to work through

were a diverse crew, boasting play-

Charlotte Noyes ’11

frustration and difficulty to meet their goals. There are many rea-

ers from the United States, Canada, China, Spain, and Kazakhstan.

sons why a program in the instruction of rock climbing is beneficial to Holderness students, but I believe that the primary benefit is to enable the students to broaden what they see as possible in their lives, and it is a wonderful thing that the school supports this program in the fall and spring of each year. Our group (Sam Devine, Damon Mavroudis, Charlotte Noyes, Julia Potter, James Robbins, Justin Simpkins, and Steph Symecko) climbed well and learned their safety procedures beautifully. I am most impressed, however, with how they stayed positive and enthusiastic in the face of one of the wettest springs anyone can remember. My assistant, Tiaan van der

While there were a couple JV tennis veterans, most on the team were newcomers, and many had never played competitive tennis before. Despite this lack of experience, the team pulled together well, and we managed to have great success in the matches that did not get rained out. All in all it was a great season, and this coach is thankful to have had such a willing, enthusiastic, positive group of guys to work with.

on the non-climbing days. Also, a thanks to local guide Jim Shimberg for his help on those days when he could work with us. Because many of the students were involved with rock climbing for the second year (Sam, Char, Julia, James, and Steph), I saw big improvement in their skills, and all of these students surprised themselves and me with some of their significant successes this spring.

Justin and Damon

were brand new to the sport and were aided by their more experienced classmates. They too progressed a long way in the two months we were together. Most Improved was Damon Mavroudis and the Coach’s Award was won by Charlotte Noyes. by Richard Parker

the Coach’s Award went to sophomore Kangdi Wang. by Mike Carrigan

The girls varsity tennis team was capably led by senior co-captains Casey Powell and Paige Kozlowski.

Lakes Region title. The competitive season was abbreviated by the cold rainy spring weather, but the girls worked diligently to rally when it mattered most. Two juniors earned awards this season. Josie Brownell earned the Coach’s Award for her determination and solid work ethic playing in the number-one singles posi-

Paige Kozlowski ’11

tion. Bee Crudgington earned the Most

developed a strong

Throughout this season, each individual on the varsity softball team has stood out at one point or another, showing what a tough out they can be. Although some players entered this season having never played before, they all closed out the season as players who look like they’ve played the game all their lives. From day one to the end of the season, each and every one of the girls has shown up to the practices and games ready to play and represent Holderness on the field. Sadly, the Bulls are saying their final farewells to the seniors who led them to a 5-4 record. Today marked the end of a great season

understanding of the intellectual nuances of competitive tennis, and she worked tirelessly to trust herself to take chances in elevating her play during matches. As a coach I am looking forward to next season and another opportunity to work with such a fine group of young women who are enthusiastic and passionate about tennis. by Chris Stigum

for Holderness softball, and hopefully, next season will be just as much fun and as successful. by John and Kai Lin ’15

Tennis The boys varsity tennis team suffered a firstmatch loss this season to rival New Hampton, but turned things around right away and posted an overall 7-2 season record. Different players on our roster were asked to step up their game due to injuries and absences of players higher up on the playing ladder, and each of them proved to be equal to the task. Over the course of the season, key contributions were made by Abe Noyes (captain and Coach’s Award recipient) and senior newcomer Derek Pimentel (Most Improved Award). Jesse Ross, Thany Alexander, Miguel Arias, and Will Gribbell all played excellent matches. By doing so, they earned key victories for our squad. Keith Babus, Eduard Galtes, and Chris Nalen each found ways to improve their skills and be ready when called

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This talented and enthusiastic team of five

juniors and one sophomore achieved a 5-2 record, tying Proctor for the

Improved Award as she

Softball

The Most

Improved Award for the season went to sophomore Frank Parenteau, and

Linde ’89, played a key role in helping the students stay positive, especially

Lizz Hale ’11

Abe Noyes ’11

partner with a teammate to post a

The Holderness rock climbing

The girls JV tennis team had a terrific spring season.

Despite horrid

weather during our initial weeks of practice, several newcomers to the sport, and the cancellation of the Lakes Region Championships just one match into the series, the team eked out a 3-2 season with some impressive wins and lots of laughs. Our focus for the season was to have fun and to consistently display unparalleled sportsmanship.

The team met these goals because of the

enthusiastic players who routinely demonstrated the desire to improve, and they often garnered praise from opposing coaches for their approachability and high level of play.

These attributes were deftly modeled by our award

recipients: senior Emily Starer, who received the Coach’s Award, and freshman Hailee Grisham, who received the Most Improved Award. Congratulations to the whole team for a season replete with laughter and a high level of play! by Tobi Pfenninger

Update: Faculty & Staff

AUGUST English

teacher Doonie Brewer was among a cadre of

novels as The Red Pony and Of Mice and Men. Then her familiarity with

distinguished presenters at

biographies and volumes of

the 31st annual Steinbeck

letters allowed her to trace

A C H A N C E TO V IS IT T H E S E T T IN G S F O R T H E R E D P O N Y A N D O F M IC E A N D M E N .

Festival in Salinas,

the story of a man whose

California. The festival cel-

work experience with

ebrates Steinbeck’s legacy

immigrants, migrant farm

as an artist and social

workers, and the mentally

reformer, and in her presen-

disabled shaped iconic nar-

tation—“Steinbeck 101”—

ratives about the struggles

Doonie focused on the

of groups marginalized by

writer’s heritage and life

American society.

story. Back in 2007 Doonie

English teacher Doonie Brewer is among the presenters at the Steinbeck Festival in Salinas, CA, and Latin teacher Doug Kendall may have known that he was being honored by The Dial.

HOLDERNESS School year-

book, The Dial, has always

been a student publication. But

thoughtful insights and humorous approach to teaching motivate students in the Latin classroom. Your

throughout its history its assembly has

intelligence extends beyond the clas-

also involved many hours of work by

sics and into every walk of life. Every

its faculty advisor. The staff of the

year you compile all our memories

2011 Dial recognized and honored this

into one beautiful book that we will

in naming Latin teacher—and long-

look at lovingly for many years to

time Dial advisor—Doug Kendall as

come. We thank you for

the faculty member to whom this

your 28 years of devoted

yearbook was dedicated. They hon-

service to Holderness

ored Doug’s many other contributions

School.”

as well. In May co-editors Casey Powell

was awarded an NEH grant

Doonie says that Steinbeck viewed himself, however, in anything but

to attend a Summer

heroic terms. “Even after

Institute program on the

he had published The

writer: “Steinbeck: Voice of

Grapes of Wrath, and it had

a Region, Voice for

won the Pulitzer Prize, he

America.” One of the insti-

was despondent,” Doonie

tute’s directors, San Jose

says. “He could never give

State professor Susan

himself credit for being a

Shillinglaw, is also

great writer.”

Scholar-in-Residence at the National Steinbeck Center

Doonie tailored her presentation for people new

in Salinas, and it was she

to Steinbeck, but instead

who recommended Doonie

found her audience com-

to be a presenter at the fes-

posed mostly of fans very

tival.

well informed themselves

The event’s location in

about the writer. “At that

Salinas gave Doonie a

point it became collabora-

chance to visit the ranches

tive,” Doonie laughs.

that formed the physical settings for such classic

Being faculty advisor to The Dial entails a high

and Amanda Engelhardt announced

security clearance in infor-

the dedication at an all-school assem-

mation access. When

bly: “Doug Kendall, you are a quiet

Doug’s colleague Duane

leader within the community. Your

Ford asked at assembly if

enthusiasm is contagious, and you

he knew about the honor

always compel students to try new

beforehand, Doug replied,

things, whether it is in the classroom

“I might have.”

The dedicatee after assembly with Dial editors Casey Powell, left, and Amanda Engelhardt.

or on the ski jumping hill. Your

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Update: Faculty & Staff

T’S THE KIND

What goes around . . .

Well, not all of our new folks are really so new— but they’re still good.

of stability beloved by

heads of school and deans of faculty:

has taught English and coached at several independent schools. And not included in the photo

new arrivals who are really old hands

at left, alas, is Melissa Stuart, Interim Director

and know exactly what to do. And the

Alumni Relations, who is also living in a dorm

only new arrival who really is new

and coaching three sports.

comes with the expertise to add an exciting new dimension to the foreign language department. That “really new” new arrival is Jonathan

English teacher and Director of Athletics Lance Galvin ’90 was absent last year while he participated in the Henderson/Brewer Faculty

Higgins, who will be teaching several courses

Chair Program, as was history teacher Margot

in introductory Mandarin Chinese this fall, and

Moses. Lance devoted the year to earning his

who will oversee the growth and develop-

Master’s in School Leadership at Plymouth

ment—eventually—of a full

State University, while Margot earned a

secondary curriculum in

Master’s in Independent School Leadership

Chinese. You can read more

from the Klingenstein Center at Columbia

about Jonathan and the birth

University’s Teachers College. Both return this

of Chinese language instruc-

fall, while two other staff and faculty mem-

tion at Holderness elsewhere

bers—Assistant Head of School Jory

on this page.

Macomber and Business Manager Pete

Otherwise our newbies really aren’t so new. Math

Hendel—depart for a turn in the Henderson/Brewer program.

teacher Mike Peller and history teacher Kelsey

From the left: Marilee Lin, Mike Peller, Kelsey Sullivan, and Jonathan Higgins.

One side benefit of that program are the leadership opportunities that arise for other fac-

Sullivan—who are mar-

ulty members as they fill in for the chair partic-

ried—came to Holderness in

ipants. Kathy Weymouth steps in for Jory as

2009. They left last year to

Assistant Head of School, while Chris Day is

teach at the Country Day

helping out by serving as Dean of Faculty.

School in Costa Rica, but they are back with us

Steve Solberg—last year’s Director of

this year, and the students who knew them in

Communications—is covering for Pete Hendel

2009 are delighted to hear it.

under the job title of Chief Operating Officer.

New to the Admission Office is Associate

Emily Magnus ’88 has taken over as Director

Director Marilee Lin, the wife of English

of Communications, and Thom Flinders is serv-

teacher John Lin. Marilee has a Bachelor’s

ing as Director of Academic Technology.

from Harvard, a Master’s from Middlebury, and

NGLISH TEACHER

John Lin was

“Maybe now you can look sympa-

honored as the faculty speaker

thetically at old Polonius in Hamlet,”

at Commencement Dinner last

John said, “who is seen as foolish in

May. In his eloquent talk he offered

giving his son Laertes a tediously

not only some good advice for the

long list of advice before he sails to

Class of ’11, but considered how

France. Maybe we are foolish to

annoying all this advice can some-

think that you will listen as the wind

times feel to young people who just

fills your sails. Maybe we are foolish

want to get on with things and trust

to care about this moment as much

their own instincts. But John knows

as we do. But then, maybe not.”

Sympathy for Polonius

John Lin is the 2011 Commencement Dinner speaker.

we can’t help it.

Welcome, please, Finn Loud Lewis.

We have a new admission for the Lewis family. 44

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OW THAT TWO-year-old

Ben

wondering who would like to take

Lewis—the son of Director of

Finn, as he’s quite certain Finn’s not

Admission Tyler Lewis and

coming home with us.”

history teacher Renee Lewis—is a

Finn arrived in this world in the early

veteran member of the Holderness

morning

community, he can lend his counsel

so he has already established good

and advice to

credentials as a patriot.

its newest member,

young Finn Loud Lewis. We hope he’s ready for that by now, since Tyler—reporting from the hospital on the day of Finn’s birth—said, “Ben is

hours of the Fourth of July,

From GED to Ph.D. and command of Mandarin.

HE PERSONAL HISTORY

of Dr. Jonathan

and then started work on a Ph.D. in urban education—

Higgins, the school’s new Mandarin Chinese

and to also teach computer science at a Virginia middle

teacher, proves two interesting points: first,

school.

the path to a doctorate doesn’t always begin

with a high school diploma; second, some-

He had returned fluent in Mandarin, but in effect, his skills were gathering dust—until 2002, when a friend

thing as simple as an overheard conversation can be a

who organized trips to China for American students asked

life-changing experience.

him if he could take her place on one such trip. He did,

But this is a life already full of twists and turns.

and on that trip Jonathan renewed his acquaintance with a

Jonathan grew up in Concord, struggled with Attention

young woman he had met while in Taiyuan. After that

Deficit Disorder, and eventually quit high school to work

trip, he quit his job in Virginia, and hastened back to

in his brother’s video store. “I just wasn’t interested in

China. He and Tinglan Yang were married the next year,

school then,” he says. “Of course now I know why that

and the couple remained in China three more years.

was.” He had the good sense, at least, to earn his GED,

In 2006 first Jonathan, and then Tinglan Yang five months later, got off planes in Manchester. Jonathan then

which provided him a ticket into the Navy, where

finished his doctorate, after shifting its focus to educa-

Jonathan thinks his real education began. “First, I was

tional leadership, and then worked in various capacities

thrown into close proximity with people from all over

for the Manchester public schools, the University of New

America, and who were very different from me,” he says.

Hampshire, the state Department of Education, and a

“Second, I got to see more of the world—the Philippines,

publishing house in Portsmouth. Meanwhile his wife

Singapore, Thailand. It was a crash course in how unfa-

earned her MBA at UNH, and this brings us at last to

miliar—and messed up—the world is beyond our bor-

Holderness.

ders.” Jonathan got out of the Navy in 1992 and (after a short stint at a radio station in rural North Carolina) returned to school as we understand it—a community college, and then the University of North Carolina-

HESE DAYS

TINGLAN Yang is teaching economics at

Plymouth State University, while Jonathan teaches Mandarin in on-line courses at PSU. At Holderness

he teaches in the Schoolhouse, just where the great Dante

Ashville. There he earned two Bachelor’s degrees: one in

Fiore taught French for so many decades without ever

sociology, the other in Spanish. “I had to take a foreign

imagining that the lan-

language course,” he says, “and in that Spanish class I

guage of Confucius

just found myself smitten with the study of language.”

would be moving into

He spent a summer and a semester abroad in Ecuador, and his plan after graduation was simply to go to Quito and scrounge around for work—except that a

the neighborhood someday. Jonathan presides

professor and mentor was determined that he should go to

over two well-sub-

China instead. “He just thought it was a fascinating

scribed sections of

place,” Jonathan says. “So I said alright, I’ll go if you can

Chinese I, and is much

find me a job.”

enjoying himself. “This

Soon he was packing his Spanish books into luggage

is a very different lan-

for China, where the job was to teach English to Chinese

guage from English,”

teachers of English at the K-12 level in the city of

he says. “Nothing is

Taiyuan, the capital of north China’s Shanxi Province.

similar except maybe

The job wasn’t exactly easy—his pupils were men and

the sounds, and I find

women chosen randomly after the Cultural Revolution to

the kids are fascinated

be English teachers, often with no formal training in the

by some things that sur-

language. But then Jonathan had no formal training in

prise me. I try to make

Chinese either.

it a point not to do the same thing in class for longer than

During the summer of that first year he went with another teacher, an American, on a mountain-bike trip into the countryside. There he listened in admiration as that teacher carried on a conversation with a farmer in

five minutes, but these drills that we do on pronunciation and tones—the kids just love that.” Someday at Holderness he hopes to be teaching Chinese V, at the Advanced Placement level. But at that

Mandarin. “I just thought that was so cool,” Jonathan

level students will have to master at least a part of the

says. “I told myself, ‘You have to be able to do that too.’”

Chinese writing system, with its several thousand intri-

Jonathan stayed in China four years while his Spanish books gathered dust. He came back to the US in 2000 to continue his education—he earned a Master’s in general secondary education at Old Dominion University,

An interesting new subject at Holderness is being taught by someone whom you might not have foreseen as a Chinese scholar.

cate characters. “How do you do that in four years?” he wonders. Well, apparently even a high-school dropout can manage it—at least one who’s been properly smitten.

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Update: Faculty & Staff

Move over, Frank (and Bill). History teacher and hockey coach Susie Cirone to be inducted into Wesleyan’s athletic Hall of Fame.

announcing her induction, Wesleyan

was also a four-year starter in women’s

University described Susie’s career as follows:

lacrosse, amassing 46 goals and nine assists. “Cirone has been a prep school or college

“Susie Bellizzi Cirone ’99 graduated from Wesleyan as one of the most decorated

AST FALL MATH TEACHER

and girls ice

hockey co-coach Frank Cirone was inducted into his alma mater’s ice

hockey hall of fame, that being the

one at the University of Wisconsin at Stevens Point, which won two national championships during Frank’s years there in the early 1990s. Not to be outdone, our other girls ice hockey co-coach—history teacher Susie Cirone, who also happens to be Frank’s spouse—will be inducted this November into her own alma mater’s hall of fame. In

coach since she graduated from Wesleyan,

women’s ice hockey players in school history.

completing her sixth season as head girls ice

Her 206 career scoring pointes (137 goals and

hockey coach at the Holderness School in

69 assists) is nearly double that of the next

Plymouth, NH, in 2011.” Frank isn’t the only one who has to move

leading scorer in program history. She holds career and seasonal school scoring records for points and goals as well as career assists. “She led the Cardinals to a stretch of four

over a little bit, now that Susie has her own Hall of Fame credentials. So does New England Patriot football coach Bill Belichick,

consecutive winning seasons in program histo-

Wesleyan Class of ’75, whom Susie immedi-

ry, with a cumulative 60-33-7 record and three

ately follows on the roster of that college’s

ECAC tournament appearances. She was

Hall of Fame athletes.

named an ECAC Division III first-team all-star as well as Player-of-the-Year in 1999 after earning second-team recognition in 1998. She

Our definition of express. Chris Day’s summer job? Skipper of one of America’s last mail boats.

“A

CAPTAIN Chris Day

And the Sophie C.—76 feet long, and 80

away from the dock,

tons—is the fifth boat to serve in the

past the gigantic M/S

lake’s postal service. “The vessel was built

Mount Washington steamboat and out onto

in East Boston as a supply ship for the US

Lake Winnipesaukee, postmistress Anne

Navy and was launched in August 1945,”

Nix has her hands full,” wrote Boston

says the Globe. “Welders later attached a

Globe reporters Patricia Harris and David

B&M railroad car to the hull to create a

Lyon last summer (“Pilot and postmistress

cabin. Renamed the Sophie C., she

ply Lake Winnipesaukee in summer,”

became a tour boat on Winnipesaukee. In

7/31/11). “The mail arrived late and she

1969, she took over the mail.”

bustles around in the cabin sorting the letters and packages into gray canvas mail sacks, each destined for one of nine

mail gets there. “Although Nix has noticed a slight dip since Internet service came to

History teacher and Dean of Faculty

some of the islands a couple of years ago, the Sophie C. delivers about 35,000 pieces

a summer job that can be fairly described

of mail each season” the Globe continues.

as unique. As captain of the M/V Sophie

“Nix also accepts outgoing mail—some of

C., he is the pilot of the only floating post

it destined for another island on the lake.”

office on an inland waterway in the United States. Postmistress Nix grew up on Bear

For better or for worse, though, the mail doesn’t get there much faster than it did in 1892, when everybody on the lake

Island in Winnipesaukee, and her family

lived at a slower pace. “Our definition of

was among the island’s original settlers.

express,” Chris laughed as he spoke with

Mail service on the lake began in 1892,

the Globe, “might be a little different from

and—with Chris’s help—it continues

others.’’

today to serve isolated homes whose fami-

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All summer long, Monday through Saturday, twice daily, Chris makes sure the

islands on the lake.”

Chris Day was in the news because he has

lies often eschew modern conveniences.

eases the M/V Sophie C.

Update: Former Faculty & Staff

“T

HOUGH

this

says. “Of course both Holderness and

generation’s

Midland have ties to Kent and South

greatest

Kent, and I believe that those schools

challenge is

influenced job programs coast to

to stabilize

coast.”

our planet’s

climate system while transitioning

Indeed it was at the Kent School—back in 1931, a year before

from fossil fuels to renewable energy,

Midland was founded—that

a working set of blueprints for how

Holderness Rector Edric Weld found

to do this is hard to come by.” So writes Lise Goddard,

the inspiration for what he called the Self-Help Program, a system in

Director of Environmental Programs

which students took over many of the

at the Midland School in Los Olivos,

housekeeping jobs on campus. Its pri-

CA, in her article “Transitioning to

mary purpose then was to save

Renewable Energy: A Working

money for a school that was strapped

Model from Secondary Education.”

for cash after the burning of

And as her position and the title of

Knowlton Hall. But Weld knew that

her article suggest, she happens to

it would also teach responsibility and

have a set of such blueprints, at least

help make “our relationships with our

as they pertain to a school communi-

resources transparent.” That system

ty. Nor is it pure coincidence that the

evolved over the decades into a Job

head of this sustainable community is

Program and a system of student

our own Will Graham ’72, who

leadership that are still educational

taught at Holderness from 1977 to

pillars of the school, and influencing

1983.

such other schools such as Midland.

In fact Midland was founded in

That influence also flows now in

1932—way ahead of the energy cri-

the other direction, as Holderness

sis, spiraling gas prices, and climate

seeks to emulate the example of

change—with just such a vision in

Midland in becoming more efficient

mind. Its founders were Paul and

in terms of its energy use, and more

Louise Squibb, with Paul being an

ecologically sustainable in terms of

alumnus of the Kent School and

its core values and practices.

Harvard. “Since 1932, Midland stu-

“Consuming items of conven-

dents have lived as though we live in

ience, such as electricity or warm

a world of limited resources,” Lise

water, by simply flipping a switch

continues. “The genius of the

makes the true cost of these resources

Squibbs was in making our relation-

invisible,” writes Lise. “At Midland,

ships with our resources transparent.

making the invisible visible is a tan-

Students chop wood to heat their cab-

gible way of teaching personal

ins and shower water, help tend

accountability.”

Midland’s large organic garden, are

And such accountability is built

relatively unplugged, and for almost

into the new Holderness dormitories,

a decade have helped build the

which have been built according to

school’s renewable energy infrastruc-

the principles of LEED certification

ture in annual increments. In 2009

for environmental sustainability. The

Midland was awarded a Governor’s

students and families there are

Award for Environmental and

pledged to be mindful of resource

Economic Leadership, California’s

conservation, and their individual use

highest environmental honor.”

of electricity and hot water (provided

That was the same year that Will

by rooftop solar panels) will not be at

brought two Midland student prefects

all invisible—will instead be closely

back to Holderness to talk to Duane

monitored.

Ford ’74 and Holderness student leaders about the design and opera-

“I mentioned to Duane or Phil

The headmaster, the assistant head, and some green transportation.

In sync with Holderness At the Midland School Will ’72 and Marguerite Graham are building a rich curriculum based on a world of limited resources.

IN F L U E N C E A L S O F L O W S N O W IN T H E O T H E R D IR E C T IO N , A S HO LDERNESS SEEKS TO E M U L AT E T H E E X A M P L E O F M ID L A N D IN B E C O M IN G M O R E E F F IC IE N T IN T E R M S O F IT S E N E R G Y U S E .

that we should get an East

tion of our student leadership pro-

Coast/West Coast exchange going,”

gram. For Will it was all part of

says Will. “Maybe a week or so for a

keeping Midland synchronized with a

few kids and faculty to experience

good working model. “The Midland

two very different climates, but really

job program and leadership system is

not so different school cultures.”

identical to those at Holderness,” he

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Update: Board of Trustees

Connoisseurship of the old school. Eijk and Rose-Marie van Otterloo have built a stunning art collection the old-fashioned way. This summer they shared it with the nation.

HE FIRST PAINTINGS

were bought

“Top-quality Old Master paintings are

twenty years ago, Rose-Marie van

harder to buy in today’s marketplace than they

Otterloo said, because “they looked

were during the early 20th century, when indus-

good in the house.” She was speak-

trialists and financiers like Henry Clay Frick

ing to Jared Bowen, host of WGBH

and Andrew Mellon assembled the vast collec-

television’s Greater Boston, during a March 3

tions that now adorn America’s great muse-

broadcast of that show. Soon a few paintings

ums,” wrote the Wall Street Journal in a March

grew into a collection, this assembled, said

5 article on the touring exhibit (“Collecting as a

Rose-Marie, “first at a crawl, and then at a

Fine Art,” 3/5/11). “But art collectors with sufficient patience, discernment, and funds can

sprint.” In a way it was a picture show of their

still practice connoisseurship of the old school,

original homes, since Rose-Marie and her hus-

creating collections of the highest quality while

band Eijk, a former trustee, were born in

maintaining a careful

Belgium and the Netherlands, respectively. And

sense of balance.”

Golden, says the WSJ, “gorgeously docu-

the paintings are, quite literally, masterpieces—

ments an ensemble that provides a concise

brilliant works by the Dutch and Flemish Old

overview of the main currents in Dutch Golden

Masters of the 17th century, portraits and landscapes and still-lifes

Age art.” This is thanks in no small part to the wisdom of Duparc and the van Otterloos’ previ-

by Frans Hals, Jan

ous adviser, Simon H. Levie, who once directed

van Goyen, Jan

the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. “This high

“ G O L D E N G O R G E O U S LY

photo walter silver/peabody essex museum

D O C U M E N T S A N E N S E M B L E T H AT P R O V ID E S A C O N C IS E O V E R V IE W O F T H E M A IN C U R R E N T S IN D U T C H G O L D E N A G E A R T.” & W A L L S T R E E T JO U R N A L

Steen, Jan Brueghel the

level of professional expertise,” said the WSJ,

Elder, Rembrandt, and

“helps explain the museum-like scope and rigor

many others. Rose-Marie and Eijk’s collection now numbers 67 paintings,

Rembrandt’s Portrait of Aeltje Uylenburgh (1632)

and it was in the news

scope, has been in one place. Said the WSJ, “The van Otterloos have been enthusiastic and

reasons. One was the

public-spirited custodians of their treasures,

publication of a new

generously lending pictures to numerous muse-

book by the van

ums. The jewel of their collection, Rembrandt’s

Otterloos’ primary advis-

“Portrait of Aeltje Uylenburgh” (1632) is so

er in matters of art (and

much in demand that the couple seldom has any

former director of the

time with it at home. In fact, Rose-Marie tells

Mauritshuis in the

HST that the Rembrandt has yet to spend a sin-

Hague), Frederick J.

gle day looking good in the house.

Duparc. Issued by the Yale University Press,

The WSJ also notes that the touring exhibit will, perhaps, “give the van Otterloos an

the Rose-Marie and Eijk van Otterloo

opportunity to contemplate where they’d like

Collection accompanied a touring exhibition of

the collection to eventually reside. Their prefer-

the entire collection, which also explains the

ence is for it to remain intact in a public institu-

flurry of publicity. The first stop of that tour

tion—a transfer that would echo the benefac-

this spring was the Peabody Essex Museum in

tion of the great Gilded Age collectors.”

Salem, MA.

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And in fact the touring exhibit marks the first time that the collection, at its present

this spring for several

Golden: Dutch and Flemish Masterworks From

of a collection formed over a relatively brief span of time.”

ETER KIMBALL ’72 started out teach-

ing math at the Garrison Forest School in Maryland. Then he became Director

Peter Kimball with his wife Miriam and Phil Peck.

of Development at Providence Country

Day, and joined Harvard University’s Office of Gift Planning in 1988. In 1994 he was named Director of that very high-profile office, and has served with distinction there ever since. He has also served as president of the Planned Giving Group of New England and of Canara, a gift-planning focus group. He has

W O R K T H AT IS T H E L IF E B L O O D O F A S C H O O L L IK E H O L D E R N E S S . served on the board of the Partnership of Philanthropic Planning, has presented at professional conferences across the country, and been published in the Journal of Gift Planning, Planned Giving Today, and Educational Fund Raising Principles and Practices. No one models the concept of leadership as service more faithfully than Peter Kimball, and it is his long service as chair of the Development Committee on the Holderness School Board of Trustees for which we are most grateful here. In his quiet and understated way, he has played a crucial role in many large gifts

Leadership and service, counsel and stewardship. Peter Kimball ’72 was awarded the Distinguished Alumnus Award at Commencement 2011, while John Straus was given the Theuner Award for service to Holderness. Here’s how these two trustees have been such valued friends to the school.

that have had—and will have—a transformational impact on school life. Pete Barnum says,

ROM HIS START

“Peter is very good at helping potential donors navigate the philanthropic waters,” and we all

ing at the Harris Bank in

have to applaud his skill in making Holderness

1977, John Straus has

their harbor of choice.

excelled in some of the most pres-

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.

in govern-

ment and municipal trad-

have had John’s services as chair of its Investment Committee. The last three years have been challenging for independent schools all across America. Even

sure-packed leadership positions

Bishop Gene Robinson, left, and John Straus at the presentation of the Theuner Award.

in the financial management industry: vice-president and head of municipal arbitrage and municipal trading for Salomon Brothers; managing director and head of private wealth management for Morgan Stanley; managing director and head of private banking in

H E A LT H Y A N D SECURE THANKS TO T H AT S U R E HAND ON THE T IL L E R .

the United States for J.P. Morgan; managing director and head of pri-

the wealthiest and most secure

vate wealth management for UBS;

schools have been shaken to their

and since last year, CEO and pres-

foundations by the effects of the

ident of Samoset Wealth

Recession. But thanks largely to

Management.

John’s wise counsel and steward-

It seems almost incredible that this little independent school

ship, Holderness remains healthy and secure. He brought the same

should have had as a member of

level of energy and acumen to his

its Board of Trustees a financial

work here as he has to his private-

manager of such experience and

sector work, and thanks to that

accomplishment. And certainly

sure hand on the tiller, this little

Holderness has been blessed to

school is weathering the storm.

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Alumni in the News

Books

“There would be hell to pay . . . .”

Skip Strong ’80 led a risky and historic rescue operation in 1994. Now you can read the story on Kindle.

E CAN’T CLAIM

the publica-

tion of In Peril: A Daring Decision, a Captain’s

money. For Skip it was vocation and avocation

Resolve, and the Salvage that

combined, and with that in mind he went from

Made History—by Skip

Strong and co-author Twain Braden—as news

Holderness to Maine Maritime Academy, graduating in 1984 with a third mate’s license. Then

exactly, since the book was brought out by the

it took him eight months to find a job—with

Lyons Press in 2003. But it’s proven to be one

Keystone Shipping—and then nine years to

of those books that hangs around and does quite

work up the ladder to command his first ship.

well on the back list.

DANGER

maritime industry work on the water, often for just six months in a year, and still make good

“Eight years later and it’s still selling,”

That ship was the Cherry Valley, a 688foot oil tanker. In November, 1994, the ship was

Skip says. “It’s probably going to be in print at

enroute from New Orleans to Jacksonville with

B E C K O N E D W IT H

least the rest of my life anyway.”

235,000 barrels of heavy fuel oil, and it was a

And actually there are a couple news

big enough ship not to be much threatened by

A D IS T R E S S

hooks that we can lay claim to here. One is an

Tropical Storm Gordon—but danger beckoned

CALL FRO M THE J .A . O R G E R O N ,

old review that posted just in June on the web-

with a distress call from the J.A. Orgeron, a

site of Pilothouse Charts, one that pretty well

tugboat towing a barge full of valuable cargo to

sums up the kind of peril we’re talking about

Cape Canaveral.

here: “One mistake and Strong would be responsible for an ecological disaster on

Skip learned that the Orgeron had lost its engines and was drifting toward the east coast

A T U G B O AT

Florida’s beaches that would surpass that of the

of Florida, where—once it ran aground—its

Exxon Valdez.” And as it turned out, a potential

cargo would be destroyed and its crew likely

TO W IN G A

oil spill was only the first half of the problem.

injured or killed. The only vessel close enough

BARG E FULL O F

of the Kindle edition of In Peril. “That’s a big

VA L U A B L E C A R G O TO C A P E C A N AV E R A L .

Another hook is the appearance in August

thing for people who go to sea,” Skip says. “No

ma then facing the skipper of an unwieldy oil

one carries big stacks of books with them any-

tanker: “Should the (now obsolete) single-

more.”

hulled Valley run upon the shoal and spill its oil

Skip himself was drawn to sea, first, by a

has to offer, there would be serious hell to pay,

with his father on both fresh and salt water. He

Strong’s career would be over, and his corporate

went to an independent school because his

bosses would be out of business. Everything is

grandmother insisted, and he chose Holderness

on the line.”

liked the fact that it had no gym then. Myself, I was only interested in outdoor sports.” While at Holderness, and considering career options, Skip heard that people in the

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onto some of the most pristine shoreline Florida

boyhood spent sailing around New England

because, he says, “It was small, outdoorsy, and I

to help was his. A 2004 review from the Portland Phoenix nicely summarizes the dilem-

Nonetheless Skip rushes to help. “What’s not in doubt is that Skip Strong is a likable hero,” says that same review. “He is fair, levelheaded, and very human . . . . Strong quickly warms the reader up with his genuine compas-

sion for the men he commands, his grace under pressure, and his honesty.”

The incident actually got very little attention in the press at the time. It was of considerable interest to industry insiders, though, and

Thanks to that grace under pressure—and also a high level of seamanship—the Orgeron and its cargo are rescued at no loss of

Skip began speaking about his experiences at industry conferences. One day he was an emergency fill-in at a maritime casualty confer-

either lives or oil. “But I don’t

ence when Twain Braden—a sailor and an editor at Professional

like the use of the word ‘hero’

Mariner and Ocean Navigator magazines—asked him why nobody

when it’s connected to me and

had ever heard about these events. “Well, that’s supposed to be your

this story,” Skip says. “We did

job,” Skip said.

what needed to be done, and I

Braden took the job, publishing Skip’s account in two parts in

think most people would have

Professional Mariner, and then helping to write the book that

done the same.”

became In Peril.

At that point the story of

These days Skip lives in Southwest Harbor, Maine, with his

a daring rescue at sea shifts

wife and two daughters and is still manning the helm of big ships—

into its second stage: the

but now he stays closer to home. “I’ve been a full-time ship pilot

progress of a landmark case in

since 1997, and that’s the pinnacle of a ship officer’s dream,” he

maritime law. The Orgeron’s

says. “I’m working on waters that I love in Penobscot and

cargo happened to have been

Frenchman’s bays, and doing nothing but handling ships in confined

a $50 million liquid fuel cell

waters. I’m well-paid, and I’m home most nights.”

for the space shuttle.

Does he miss anything about that former life? “Oh, sure,” he

According to traditional sal-

says. “I don’t have those 75-day blocks of time off anymore, and I

vage law, that cargo now

do miss the clear horizons. And there’s one special thing about

belonged to Keystone

being a captain aboard ship—you make a suggestion, and then it

Shipping. And so began the

miraculously comes to pass. I find that never happens in a house-

complex legal battle between a shipping company and the federal

hold with two almost teen-aged girls.”

government that comprises the second part of In Peril.

The Arts

“Rich in the sounds of Appalachian poetry . . . .”

N OUR LAST ISSUE OF

HST we report-

ing storyteller’s way of singing that that

ed on the “Ameri-Celtic” music

opens the door to her stories,” writes

found on Monongah, the debut CD

music critic Kerry Dexter of Music

released in May by Kyle Carey cl’03.

Road. “Gospel twined with Celtic notes,

The album was recorded in Dingle,

banjo leading into Scottish Gaelic,

Ireland, and features some of Ireland’s

miner’s stories, traveler’s tales of loss,

top folk musicians backing Kyle. On

change, and recognition—Monongah is

that album she performs original songs

a varied journey, one worth taking.”

and one traditional number in Gaelic, a language in which Kyle is fluent. Now we can report that in July

“There is a real and rare elegance

magazine, “rich in the sounds of Appalachian poetry that has been dis-

Radio Charts at #8, just

tilled through Irish prose to give a hint

plays behind Alison Krauss’s new

of Celtic running through an album that

album—which is an exceptional amount

draws a lot of American folk history.”

of play for a new and still little-known

This fall Kyle is on tour throughout

artist. Even more impressive, all that

the East and Midwest with guitarist Neil

radio play doesn’t concentrate on one or

Fitzmaurice and fiddler Rosie

two tracks, but is spread evenly through-

Mackenzie. You can keep up with her

out the album’s eleven songs.

and her music at www.kyleanne-

“It is Kyle Carey’s poetic take on

Neal Fitzmaurice, Kyle, and Rosie Mackenzie in concert at a church in Colebrook, NH.

to the music of Kyle Carey,” adds Fatea

Monongah hit the national Folk DJ a few radio

This just in: Kyle Carey’s CD debuts at #8 on national Folk DJ Radio charts.

carey.com.

story, landscape, emotion, and language which center things here, and her engag-

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The Arts

LSO IN OUR LAST

Record deal: check National tour:check

issue of

1996 by DJ/producer Peanut Butter

HST, we reported on the

Wolf. There Angel joins a roster of

rapid rise of Homeboy

artists that includes Mad Lib,

Sandman—a.k.a. Angel Del Villar—

Yesterday’s New Quintet, Anika,

in the world of hip hop music.

Dimlite, and Dam-Funk. “I inked

Angel had prizes to his credit (“Best

with Stones Throw last week,”

Hip Hop Act in NYC,” 2008), a

Angel wrote to followers on his

cross-over appearance on National

website, www.homeboysandman.

Public Radio’s In Studio program,

com. “Without y’all I would never

and a new album out, The Good Sun. That was the first of

Update: Hiphop artist Homeboy Sandman (Angel del Villar ’98) signs with Stones Throw Records.

have been in the position to do that. The support and visibility ya’ll have

his three albums to receive

given me has really changed my

major retail distribution,

career.”

and it was received very well, reaching #1 on the

And Angel was very busy this spring, performing with the

CMJ Network’s national

Cunninlynguists and Tonedeff on a

music chart.

tour that started in North Carolina,

Since then the news

swung up the East Coast into the

is even better. In August

Northeast, and then out to the

the Sandman signed a deal

Midwest, the Rockies, and the West

with Stones Throw

Coast before circling back to a the-

Records, a powerhouse

ater in Atlanta.

Los Angeles-based independent label founded in

Service

Barefoot in Boston

APRIL DEW Wallace ’98

Marathon in order to raise money

returned to campus and spoke

One of the Army’s toughest Rangers runs for a lost buddy.

Chaplain Rich Weymouth ’70, Dew, Wallace, and Assistant Chaplain Bruce Barton.

for the Vogeler family through the

at Chapel, tying his experi-

Special Operations Warriors

ences at Holderness to everything

Foundation.

that has happened since—his col-

Barefoot? Ouch. “Suffering,”

lege years at Pepperdine; his

explained Dew in chapel that day,

enlistment in the US Army; his

“provides the opportunity to exer-

grueling training as a member of

cise will and develop grit.” Of

the Rangers, the Army’s most elite

course these are qualities Dew

fighting force; and his four tours

already possesses in abundance,

of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan.

having placed high in two national

He also spoke about a friend

competitions that test such

and hero in the Army, Lance

strengths, “The Toughest

Vogeler, who died last October in

Ranger”—where Dew finished

Afghanistan, leaving his wife and

fifth—and “The World’s Toughest

three children. Two weeks later

Competition” (eighth).

Dew ran barefoot in the Boston

The Outdoors

Rendezvous Well, you never know who you’ll run into on Everest these days. It might be a fellow Bull.

T CAN’T COUNT AS A

Holderness

reunion, exactly, since not everybody could make it at the same time. But

with long-time climbing partner Neal

they all made it to the same place

Beidleman. Beidleman was among the

within a few days of each other, and

guides on Everest during the 1996 storm

they were all Holderness alumni. The alum-

that killed eight climbers, a tragedy later

ni were Chris Davenport ’89, Zach Zaitzeff

documented in Jon Krakauer’s book Into

’93, and Linden Mallory ’03. The place was

Thin Air. That book remains controversial in

the summit of Mount Everest, about six

the climbing community, although

miles higher than the places in which we

Beidleman’s own actions were praised by

usually gather.

Krakauer. In light of the incident’s notoriety,

Chris, who lives in Aspen these days,

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was a member of the Everest 2011 Expedition, and he summitted on May 20

though, Beidleman’s return to Everest was

snowy hills when he climbs and skis—and his push up Everest is yet another example that he may be one of the top mountain linguists out there.” Linden Mallory leads climbs for Rainier Mountaineering, one of the world’s top guide services, and while he has previously led a number of Himalayan climbs, his summitting of Everest on May 21 was his first visit to the world’s highest piece of real estate. Linden was on campus this winter to speak to students about his climbing experiences. Meanwhile Zach Zaitzeff was the first of the alumni to make the summit, reaching it at 5:45 AM on May 14. “The weather was pretty harsh,” Zach says. “Sixty mph winds and about forty below zero, but I had the summit to myself and got to watch the sun come up. Earlier in the trip, while descending through the Khumbu icefall, I ran into Chris Davenport. About five minutes later I ran into

Zach Zaitfeff ’93, here at the summit of Everest, was one of three alums to stand on this fabled spot last spring.

Linden Mallory, also on his way up. Whenever I

written up in the New York Times on April 16 (“Finally

meet a Holderness alum, I am always greeted with a look in

ready to confront Everest after fatal storm of ’96”).

the eyes and firm handshake. That was one of the highlights

That article says in part, “Chris Davenport, a profes-

of my entire trip. I'm glad to see that they both summitted

sional skier and an accomplished climber who is serving as

and are now safe.”

a guide with Beidleman, called him a kid at heart. ‘In the

Zach owns several restaurants in New York City, at

mountains, he’s got that boyish twinkle that I see in my boys on Christmas morning,’ Davenport said. ‘It takes a certain degree of lunacy to appreciate that, but that’s what happens

meeting Zach out here,” Linden wrote in a May 23 email to Head of School Phil Peck. “What a great guy. I’m looking

when you’ve spent your life out here.’” And this climb went smoothly.

which he has hosted Holderness alumni events. “Was great

As reported in a blog

on the expedition published by the Denver Post: “Dav likes

forward to swinging by for a ’burger the next time I’m back East.”

to say he is fluent in mountain speak—meaning he is attune to the often unheard yet message-laden murmurings of the

Urban jibbing in Iceland? Okay.

ICK

MARTINI ’08 was busy

and kayak surfing. “One for the

doing reckless things

Road,” says the TGR website,

around school last winter.

“provides insight into the lives of

He was one of four athletes fea-

the world’s top riders as we take

tured in episode 8 of Almost Live,

an inside look at what goes into

a web series filmed and posted by

first descents, building and

Teton Gravity Research to docu-

massive backcountry jumps, and

hitting

ment the filming of their new fea-

traveling throughout the most

ture ski film, One for the Road.

exotic locales on the planet.

The school was in Iceland,

Almost Live plants you on location

and the video included segments

with our crew in the middle of the

of Nick—along with Byron Wells,

action.”

Andreas Haveit, and Rory Bushfield—demonstrating some

Nick himself is co-founder—

of his own ski and snowboard film

the edges and off the precipices

company, Stept Productions. They

and over the summits of the

have produced eight full-length

school’s various buildings and

movies so far, and their ninth—

monuments.

Weight—is scheduled for release

founded in 1996 by—among oth-

in September. Cam Riley ’07 was heavily involved in the skiing, pro-

ers—skier Steve Jones ’87, and

duction, and editing for that proj-

they do films on skiing, snow-

ect.

boarding, snowmobiling, surfing,

Nick Martini ’08 goes back to school, sort of, for TGR’s video crew.

along with his brother Alex ’06—

urban jibbing (stunt skiing) along

Wyoming-based TGR was

Filmmakers and gravity researchers Alex and Nick Martini.

photo Dan Brown Holderness School Today

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Sports

“He won for all those who pick out a dream and aren’t afraid.”

“B

ACK WHEN HE

was just

going into the final day. “Over the last 18

another kid with big

holes,” wrote the website Golf365, “he opted for

dreams and not so much

conservative, error-free golf that would force the

game,” wrote the

chasing pack to attack him and, in doing so, he

Associated Press on July

hoped they would make mistakes.”

31 (“Browne makes few mistakes to win US

The most dangerous attack was mounted by

Senior Open”), “Olin Browne and his then-girl-

Mark O’Meara, winner of the 1998 Masters and

friend used to go to a hardscrabble par-3 course

US Open. O’Meara had drawn into a tie with

nearby and imagine what it would be like to win

Olin when—on the 13th hole—he suffered a

a national championship. Now Browne and his

two-putt bogey. Golf365 described the end of

wife Pam know.”

the round: “Browne maintained his one-stroke

Back when Olin Browne was just another kid, though, he wasn’t much of a kid any more. He hadn’t played golf at Holderness, and didn’t begin fooling around with the

lead until Inverness’ most difficult hole, the long uphill par-4 488-yard 16th. While Browne was splitting the fairway and hitting a hybrid-3 pin high, O’Meara’s long-iron approach came up 30

game—and entertaining that big

yards short of the green. He chipped 20 feet

dream—until he was 19. That late

below the hole and failed to make the par putt as

start ensured that he would spend

the advantage doubled.

much of his career struggling to survive among the lifetime

“Playing keep-away with the lead, Browne made a 12-foot par putt on the 17th green. At the

golfers on the ultra-competitive

18th hole made famous by Bob Tway’s sand

PGA Tour. But even so, Olin was

shot that broke Greg Norman’s heart to win the

athletic enough—and had learned

1986 PGA Championship, Browne drove into

fast enough—to establish himself

the first cut of rough and calmly put a wedge on

as a solid journeyman pro, and

the green. Safely below the hole, he stroked the

one of the few such good enough,

putt into the middle of the cup.”

every once in a while, to catch

Olin Browne ’77 once wondered aloud to his wife what it might be like to win a national championship. Now both Pam and this late-comer to the game know just what it’s like.

The clinching putt was 30 feet for a birdie.

lightning in a bottle and contend for that nation-

“I don’t think it matters how you win,” a

al championship.

relieved Olin told the Associated Press. “I don’t

In 1997, Olin finished fifth at the US Open. Eight years later things were going badly

think it matters whether you shoot 63 coming from behind. I don’t think it matters if you shoot

enough for him to consider giving up on qualify-

75 after having a six-shot lead. This will be a

ing for his ninth US Open. Then he shot a stun-

confidence boost for me to know that I can hang

ning 12-under-par 59 at a sectional qualifier in

in there when I don’t have my game, and I sure

Maryland. And then, at Day One of that year’s

as heck didn’t have my game today.”

US Open in Pinehurst, NC, he shot a 3-under 67

With that win, Olin became just the second

to put himself at the top of the leader board. He

player in US Senior Open history to go wire-to-

ultimately faded to 23rd, but it was still a good

wire in the lead, replicating the feat by Dale

payday for Olin, and 2005 got even better when

Douglas in 1986. He is also just the fifth player

in September he bested a field that included

in history to win on the Nationwide Tour, the US

Tiger Woods in winning his third career PGA

PGA Tour, and the Champions Tour. Of course

title, the Deutsche Bank Championship in

he also laid claim to that dream he had described

Norton, MA. Yet that was also the start of a string of 141

to Pam decades before on that hardscrabble course.

straight tournaments without a victory, to say

victory at the Deutsche Bank Championship in

until last July, when Olin shot a four-day total of

words that bear repeating now (“Rollin’

15-under 269 to win over-50 golf ’s most presti-

Browne,” 9/6/05): “Browne won one for all

gious major, the US Senior Open, at the

those who have thought about quitting but

Inverness Golf Club in Toledo, Ohio.

refused to do so. He won for all those who pick

In the first three rounds Olin’s 15 birdies and two eagles provided him a two-shot lead

Holderness School Today

In 2005 the Boston Globe celebrated Olin’s

nothing of that elusive national championship—

out a dream and aren’t afraid to stare it down.”

Natalie Babony ’01 thought she was done with hockey; suddenly she was in the 2010 Olympics.

Limitless

medical company, and thought she was done

possibility

“B

E OPEN TO

with the sport. But then she found opportunities to play men’s hockey at the club level, which in turn led back to women’s hockey at

possibilities,” said

the international level. As a member of

Natalie Babony, the guest speaker

Slovakia’s national team, Natalie Babonyova

at the Winter Athletic Assembly in

helped win the IIHF World Women’s Division

April. “Don’t be afraid, and never let pride get

I championship in 2009. The next year, she

in your way.”

represented that country in the Vancouver

Unafraid and open to possibility are good

Olympics.

descriptors for Natalie herself, who came to

On the ice for Slovakia in Vancouver.

In the assembly, Natalie talked about

Holderness from Canada by way of Slovakia.

finding a balance between academics and ath-

She is a native of Ontario, but both her parents

letics at Holderness, about facing significant

were born in Slovakia, and she’s a citizen of

personal challenges with her coach at Yale,

both countries. At Holderness she was one of

and then her unlikely climb to the game’s

the best ice hockey players in the history of the

brightest stage. “As each year passes,” she

program, and then she starred at Yale, leading

said, “I guarantee that the impact of the les-

the team in scoring in 2003 and racking up 21

sons you learn at Holderness will continue to

goals and 31 assists over the 90 games of her

grow.”

NCAA career.

And one of those lessons indeed is the

After Yale she went to work for a Boston

limitless extent of possibility.

Division I champ, AllAcademic A very good year in all respects for Ashley Babcock ’06.

SHLEY

BABCOCK had herself

a good winter and spring. First, after missing last sea-

son due to injury, she was a member of a Colorado University ski team that won the NCAA Division I national championship. Then she was named to the NCAA’s Division I National All-Academic Ski Team for the third year in a row. And then—before graduating from CU with degrees in geography and environmental studies— she became one of five CU student-athletes to win the Dr. Gerald Lage Award, the Big 12 Conference’s

FTER A STERLING

2010-11 sea-

son in which she won the NorAm circuit downhill cham-

happened on the day that Norm Walker died, and Martha Macomber said that all the attendees took time to remem-

pionship, and then the US National

ber Norm and his passion for sports

downhill title, alpine racer Julia Ford

and his support for athletics at every

is training hard and looking forward to

level.

next year. In August a good portion of

“Although the evening was laced

the Holderness community got on

with a layer of sadness,” Martha said,

board with her—literally—by taking a

“the Holderness contingent took added

trip around Boston Harbor on the good

comfort in knowing that Norm would

ship Lexington.

have loved this event and the celebra-

The cruise and accompanying silent auction were generously hosted

tion of athletic excellence that Julia is striving to achieve.”

by trustee Russell Cushman ’80, and

If you’d like to get on board with

the events were fundraisers for Julia,

Julia yourself, donations are gratefully

helping her with the crushing costs of

accepted at www.juliaford.org, or

training, traveling, and competing on

through the mail at Julia Ford, P.O.

the international ski circuit. The events

Box 943, Plymouth NH 03264.

highest academic

honor.

The steep price of World Julia also spoke at an all-school assembly this spring.

Cup skiing. With help from the Cushman family, Julia Ford ’08 starts raising the dollars she needs to keep challenging the world’s best. Holderness School Today

Alumni in the News

Sports

“What do you think? Hero or villain?” Few athletes have risen to such heights and fallen so far in their sports as cyclist Tyler Hamilton ’90. In May he was in the midst of controversy again as he appeared on 60 Minutes to confess his use of PEDs, accuse former teammate Lance Armstrong, and assert his determination to help clean up the sport.

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NCE UPON A

extant—that helps young cyclists and funds

time Tyler

Hamilton was among the most

accomplished and admired

cyclists in the world. He took

research into the causes of multiple sclerosis. But the sport in which Tyler loomed so large was—and to an undetermined extent

up the sport in college after a

remains—corrupt. Tyler failed a test for per-

skiing accident and became

formance-enhancing drugs at the ’04 games,

Lance Armstrong’s most valuable teammate

but laboratory error in the care of a back-up

during the first several of Armstrong’s seven

blood sample meant that he could keep his

consecutive Tour de France victories with the

medal. In 2005 he tested positive for blood-

U.S. Postal Service team.

doping and served a two-year ban from

Later,

leading Switzerland’s Phonak team, Tyler won

cycling. In 2008 he returned to competition and

Stage 16 of the 2003 Tour de France after

won the U.S. Road Championship. But last

breaking his collarbone. He won America’s

year he admitted to taking an anti-depressant

first gold medal in cycling at the 2004

that contained the banned steroid DHEA. He

Olympics, and supported a foundation—still

was hit with an eight-year ban and has retired

In 2005 Tyler won his third Mt. Washington Auto Road Hillclimb in the midst of high winds and rain. At the summit, in front of a fogged camera lens, he was met by his cyclist friend Chip Miller (on the left) and his Holderness ski coach Craig Antonides ’77.

from cycling. Then, last May, Tyler gave his Olympic medal to the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency and sent an email to his friends and family, a message that he also shared with cycling media outlets:

“N O W T H AT I’M W O R K IN G A S A C O A C H , Dear Everybody, I hope this finds you all doing well. First of all, sorry for sending this out as a group letter. If there was any way I could come visit each of you individually, I would. I hope we are together soon. There’s no easy way to say this, so let me just say it plain: on Sunday night you’ll see me on 60 Minutes making a confession that’s overdue. Long overdue. During my cycling career, I knowingly broke the rules. I used performance-enhancing drugs. I lied about it, over and over. Worst of all, I hurt people I care about. And while there are reasons for what I did — reasons I hope you’ll understand better after watching — it doesn’t excuse the fact that I did it all, and there’s no way on earth to undo it. The question most people ask is, why now? There are two reasons. The first has to do with the federal investigation into

I S E E Y O U N G P E O P L E E N T E R IN G T H E S P O R T W IT H H O P E S O F M A K IN G IT TO T H E TO P. I B E L IE V E T H AT N O O N E C O M IN G IN TO T H E S P O R T S H O U L D H AV E TO FA C E T H E D IF F IC U LT C H O IC E S I H A D TO M A K E . A N D B E F O R E T H E S P O R T C A N M O V E F O R W A R D , IT H A S TO FA C E T H E T R U T H .”

cycling. Last summer, I received a subpoena to testify before a

&T Y L E R H A M ILTO N ’9 0

grand jury. Until the moment I walked into the courtroom, I hadn’t told a soul. My testimony went on for six hours. For me, it was like the Hoover Dam breaking. I opened up; I told the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. And I felt a sense of relief I’d never felt before — all the secrets, all the weight I’d

his own time PEDs were handed out to cyclists in white lunch

been carrying around for years suddenly lifted. I saw that, for

bags. The segments got world-wide attention, and Armstrong

me personally, this was the way forward. The second reason has to do with the sport I love. In order

counter-attacked immediately over his website. “Tyler Hamilton is a confessed liar in search of a book deal—and he managed to

to truly reform, cycling needs to change, and change drastically,

dupe 60 Minutes, the CBS Evening News, and new anchor Scott

starting from the top. Now that I’m working as a coach, I see

Pelley,” the website said. “Most people, though, will see this

young people entering the sport with hopes of making it to the

exactly for what it is: More washed-up cyclists talking trash for

top. I believe that no one coming into the sport should have to

cash.”

face the difficult choices I had to make. And before the sport can move forward, it has to face the truth. This hasn’t been easy, not by a long shot. But I want to let you know that I’m doing well. The coaching business is more

Tyler replied that he’s not out to get Lance Armstrong, per se—only to tell the truth and help to save the sport that he loves. A CBS follow-up segment, 60 Minutes Overtime, was titled “Who Is Tyler Hamilton?” and was introduced as follows:

fun and fulfilling than I’d ever imagined, and Tanker and I are

“In a sport recently dominated by Lance Armstrong, Tyler

loving our Boulder life. I recently turned 40, and my friends

Hamilton still managed to make a name for himself as a world-

threw the best 80’s themed surprise party in the history of the

class cyclist, tough competitor, and valued teammate. But out-

world (hey, most of you were there!). Life is good.

side the cycling community, how many people knew about

Again, I just want to say I’m sorry, and that I hope you can forgive me. What matters to me most are my family and friends. I’m deeply grateful for all your support and love through the

Hamilton before now? “60 Minutes Overtime tells Hamilton's story: how an unlucky break introduced him to cycling, his relationship with

years, and I’m looking forward to spending time with all of you

Lance Armstrong while they were teammates on the legendary

again, hopefully soon. My Mom and Dad always told me that

U.S. Postal Service team, and what Hamilton hopes his legacy

the truth would set me free. I never knew how right they were.

will be in the riding world.

Sincerely, Tyler Hamilton

“Tyler Hamilton says one day he'll be thanked for what he's revealed about the high-pressure culture of cheating in cycling. What do you think? Hero or villain?”

N THE

MAY 22ND

BROADCASTS

of 60 Minutes and the

CBS Evening News, Tyler not only admitted his own

drug use, but joined two other former teammates of

Lance Armstrong—Frankie Andreu and Floyd Landis—in claiming to have witnessed PED use by Armstrong. “He doped himself, you know, like everybody else, but he was just being part of the culture of the sport,” Tyler said. “He

In an odd postscript to this story, Tyler and Armstrong happened to run into each other in an Aspen restaurant in June— though Tyler’s attorney Chris Manderson alleges that Armstrong sought Tyler out. Manderson told the Associated Press that Armstrong “was aggressive and intimidating, and we thought [the incident] should be reported to federal investigators.” Armstrong told Outside Magazine that the incident was

was the leader of the team, and he expected for going in, for

“certainly awkward for both of us,” and “truly uneventful.”

example, the ’99 Tour, [that] we were going to do everything

Meanwhile the FBI took charge of the restaurant’s surveillance

possible to help Lance win. We had one objective, that’s it.”

tape of the encounter.

Tyler alleged that doping was pervasive on the U.S. Postal team even before Armstrong’s arrival in 1998, and that during

Holderness School Today

Alumni & Parent Relations

Here at the borders of persistence. Class Agent Alex MacCormick ’88 had a very good year in many respects, not least of which was keeping his classmates involved.

ANE MCNULTY, Assistant

new people involved.”

Director of Advancement &

External Relations, was

So he keeps his email addresses updated, dips frequently into

impressed by the school’s agent

Facebook, works the telephone, and

for the Class of ’88. “Somehow

builds towards what we might call crit-

Alex MacCormick managed to achieve

ical mass. “I remember our tenth

72 percent participation and encourage

reunion, which was really kind of a sad

ten new classmates to give their first-

event,” he says. “There were only five

ever gift to the Annual Fund last year,”

of us there. But if you can get twenty

she said. “That tied the Class of ’09 for

people committed to going, it’s easy to

the most new donors.”

get another twenty. With donations, it’s

Attracting new donors to the Annual Fund is never easy, but at least

just getting someone to pull the trigger that first time. It’s not how much they

it’s easier with more recent classes as

give, but how many give. A lot of

people settle into the habits of their

small donations can get big quickly.”

adult lives, and as they define their

After Holderness Alex attended

long-term responsibilities and enthusi-

Western State College in Colorado, and

asms. With a class that’s already a cou-

then earned an MBA at the University

ple of decades out of school—ten new

of Denver. He stayed in Colorado for

donors really is an achievement.

the skiing, and spent twelve years pro-

So we asked Alex what his secret is. “Well, maybe it’s because I push the

moting concert events in and around Vail. But he found that meant getting

borders of persistence,” he suggests.

home too often at 4 AM and too often

So he’s not simply content to send out

being too busy or tired to ski.

an email blast about the Annual Fund or a reunion and consider his work

Almost there on a ski lift with daughter Molly.

These days he’s found a more sustainable sort of balance. After leaving

done. “If I don’t hear from someone, I

Colorado and working for eleven years

try to track them down,” he says. “And

on Wall Street, he began to work from

since I work from home, I can put in

his home in Locust Valley, Long

the time to do that.”

Island, where he does consulting work

It’s a persistence, however, that’s exercised on the behalf of inclusive-

for hedge funds in the pharmaceutical sector. There he’s available to help his

“IT ’S S E L F IS H O N M Y PA R T, R E A L LY. I’M IN T E R E S T E D IN M Y C L A S S M AT E S . I W A N T TO K N O W W H AT ’S G O IN G O N .”

ness. “I just

Molly, in caring for their son Alex,

Holderness,”

who is on the autism spectrum. He also

he says. “All

plays a lot of golf, and there’s also

the best friends

time for skiing in Europe, and even in

I’ve ever had

Vail.

in my life were made there, and I want to

think of class agent as something you get stuck with, but I’m into it,” he

ed—and not

says. “It’s selfish on my part, really.

just to the

I’m interested in my classmates. I want

same people who are regular contribu-

everybody who was there at that time in our lives. The whole trick is to get

Holderness School Today

We’re glad that there’s time for Holderness as well. “Some people

stay connect-

tors to class notes, let’s say, but to

wife and their 10-year-old daughter,

loved

to know what’s going on.”

Moving on down the road

T’S AN OLD

problem at

Holderness. We hire good people, they do good work here,

and it leads to big opportunity else-

where. It happened in August with Tracy White, for the past four years the school’s Director of Alumni Relations. In August she announced that she would be leaving to take a new position as a

“I'M N O T S U R E H O W TO E X P R E S S IN A N E M A IL A L L T H E E M O T IO N S I'M F E E L IN G TO D AY, B U T I HOPE SOMEHOW YOU H E A R T H E M IN T H E P H R A S E ‘S O L O N G.’”

major gifts officer at the New Hampton School. “While we are very sad to see Tracy move on down the road (literally!),” said Phil Peck on the day of the announcement, “we are excited for the new challenges and

Director of Alumni Relations Tracy White takes charge of Major Gifts at New Hampton.

opportunities that await her at New Hampton.” Tracy’s last day was August 19, which she closed with this email to the community: “I'm not

SAVE THE DATE! For these upcoming events

sure how to express in an email all the emotions I'm feeling today, but I hope somehow you hear them in the phrase ‘so long.’ I will miss you. I am sad to go, but I am so glad to have met you and I hope we will meet again.”

December, 2011: Day to be determined Holderness in Boston for the Holidays January 4, 2012 Broomball Alumni Game: Holderness January 6, 2012 Alumni Hockey Game: Holderness (before varsity boys game) January, 2012: Day to be determined Holderness in Boulder, CO (hosted by Erich Kaiter '90) February 11, 2012 Current Parent & Alumni Breakfast: Holderness March, 2012: Day to be determined Holderness at Zaitzeff's Restaurant: New York City April 29 or May 6, 2012 Vera Bradley Mother-Daughter Brunch: New York City May 2, 2012 Panel Discussion, Q&A: Holderness Candidates for Bishop of New Hampshire Holderness School Today

HOLDERNESS R E P O RT

2010-2011

YEAR

SCHOOL

A P P R E C I AT I O N

GLANCE

g i f t s t o t h e h o l d e r n e s s a n n u a l fu n d : $ 1 , 0 9 9 , 5 8 1 Holderness Annual Fund - Unrestricted

$1,083,431

Holderness Annual Fund - Restricted

$16,150

total:

$1,099,581

g i f t s t o e n d o w m e n t a n d s t ra t e g i c p r i o r i t i e s : $ 6 , 0 2 1 , 0 1 9 Parents' Auction â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Financial Aid Endowment Financial Aid

$ 25,118 $1,684,113

General Campaign Residential Life Phase I

$103,291 $4,203,498

Campaign for Holderness: Other

total:

$ 5,000

$6,021,0197

t o t a l a l l n e w 2 0 1 1 * g i f t s : $ 7, 1 2 0 , 6 0 1

* G i f t s r e c e i ve d 7 / 1 / 1 0 - 6 / 3 0 / 1 1

WELCOME

Dear Alumni, Parents and Friends:

Thank you for generously sharing your time and resources with Holderness, and for making our School a priority. Your financial support and volunteerism as dedicated alumni, parents and friends are quite simply invaluable. To bring to fruition our many important goals for the future requires a community bound by a common purpose and intention in a united effort.

Some highlights of the past year:

•

Total 2010-2011 giving to Holderness School through the Holderness Annual Fund and the Campaign for Holderness reached $7,120,601 – a record breaking year. This achievement represents a 217% increase over last year's (2009-10) total.

•

The Holderness Annual Fund set a new record as well. Total gifts for the current use of our School reached $1,099,581 which represents an 11.91% increase over last year’s record. The Annual Fund accounts for almost 10 percent of the operating budget and provides, among so much more, financial aid to deserving students, equipment for the athletics program, faculty salaries, and smart boards for the classrooms. About 61 percent of parents, 100 percent of the trustees and almost 25 percent of the School’s alumni supported the Annual Fund.

•

Cumulative giving to The Campaign for Holderness stands at $21,605,162. This achievement represents 83 percent of the $26,000,000 June 30, 2013 campaign goal with 71 percent of the campaign timeline elapsed.

•

Within The Campaign for Holderness, $6.5 million of the $10 million goal for Financial Aid Endowment has been raised. A total of $4 million of this amount was committed through The van Otterloo Financial Aid Challenge. The van Otterloos' generosity has been a powerful catalyst to inspire friends of the School to leverage their own support for this priority.

•

Residential facilities remain a focal point for the Campaign. This past summer celebrated the completion of stage one – the $7 million construction of two new dormitories sited on the east campus. A pedestrian tunnel under Route 175 links the new east campus dormitories with the main campus. Major renovations to Hoit and Rathbun, scheduled for the summer of 2012, will comprise the second stage of Phase I Residential Life. These two major initiatives will bring us a long towards our vision of a ratio of students to faculty in the dormitories to 8 to 1.

Your generosity in pursuit of our shared goals and your excitement for all we can achieve together are tangible measures of your steadfast faith in Holderness’s mission, its leadership, and highest aspirations. We hope that you too will delight in the stunning accomplishments of this past year and renew your commitment in the year that lies ahead. Thank you for making a significant difference at Holderness. We are all deeply grateful.

Peter K. Kimball '72 Trustee, Chair of Advancement Committee

Holderness School Today

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 providing and enhancing the daily experience of each and every Holderness student.

Dr. and Mrs. Samuel C. Aldridge P '13

Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Doyle P '10 '11

Ms. Jennifer M. Alosa P '13

Mr. Donald M. Dudley P '11

Dr. and Mrs. Glenn D. Babus P '12

Ms. Margaret Dudley P '11

Mr. and Mrs. Peter A. Baker '81 P '14

Mr. Peter Durnan and Ms. Kristen Fischer P '11 '14

Mr. and Mrs. Mark T. Bannister P '13

Mr. and Mrs. Donald Engelhardt P '11

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas P. Barbeau P '11

Mr. and Mrs. Ralph M. Evangelous P '13

Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Barton P '13

Deborah and Peter Fauver '65 P '11

The Honorable and Mrs. Charles F. Bass '70 P '12

Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Ferrante P '12

Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan R. Baum P '12

Mr. and Mrs. Mark D. Finnegan '79 P '10 '11 '13

Mr. and Mrs. John M. Bayreuther P '13 '14

Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey W. Foote P '13

Mr. and Mrs. Peter T. Begley P '14

Mr. Christopher J. Ford and Ms. Alison M. Hill P '11

Mr. and Mrs. John M. Bell P '13

Mr. and Mrs. Duane M. Ford '74 P '04 '05 '08

Mr. and Mrs. James R. Bennett P '11

Mr. and Mrs. James J. Ford Jr. P '09 '12

Mr. Seth Berman and Ms. Amy L. Cohn P '13

Mrs. Margaret Fredrickson and Mr. Kenneth Kirkland P '12

Mr. and Mrs. Walter M. Bird III P '13

Mr. and Mrs. Joel Gardiner P '11

Mr. and Mrs. John Bladon P '06 '13

Mr. and Mrs. R. Neal Gassman P '12

'12

Mr. and Mrs. Christopher D. Blau P '12

Mr. E. C. Goodrich and Ms. Kathleen Maher P '11

Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth B. Bohlin P '12

Mr. William W. Gribbell P '12

Mr. and Mrs. Scott G. Borek P '13

Dr. and Mrs. John Grisham P '11 '14

Mr. and Mrs. John Bourque P '12

Mr. and Mrs. Timothy A. Gudas P '14

Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Bozich P '12

Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Hall P '13

Dr. Ann Bracken and Mr. Robert Franco P '12

Ms. Susannah Halpern P '11

Ms. Chess Brownell P '12

Dr. and Mrs. Douglas Halsted P '12

Mr. Thomas H. Brownell P '12

Mr. and Mrs. Timothy W. Hardtke P '11

Drs. Knute and Patricia Buehler P '12

Mr. and Mrs. David R. Hardy P '13

Mr. and Mrs. Carl V. H. Burnham III P '11

Mr. and Mrs. William E. Hauser P '13

Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Campbell P '11

Mr. and Mrs. Brion G. Hayes P '11

Mr. and Ms. David C. Caputi P '11 '12

Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Hofmeister P '13

Mr. and Mrs. Chad O. Carbone P '11

Ms. Carol J. Holahan P '10 '12

Dr. and Mrs. Joseph E. Casey P '14

Joe and Frances Holland P '14

Dr. Chong-Mahn Cho and Dr. Sun Hee Park P '11

Ms. Betsey Holtzmann P '11

Ms. Hye Jung Choi P '13

Dr. Paul J. Hoopes and Dr. Vicki J. Scheidt P '12

Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Cloud P '12

Mr. Ronald Houle and Ms. Ann M. Foster P '11

Mr. Thomas Cowie and Ms. Paula Tracy P '12

Mr. Stephen A. Johnson and Ms. Francesca R. Lion P '14

Ms. Olivia Crudgington and Mr. Scott Harrop P '12

Mr. and Mrs. Patrick S. Jones P '13

Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Dachos P '11

Dr. James Kelsey P '12

Mr. and Mrs. John Dalton P '11

Mr. Douglas R. Kendall and Ms. Diane Roberts P '06 '09

Mr. Tuan Dao and Ms. Le Ngoc Tuyet P '12 '14

Mr. and Mrs. Scott A. King Sr. P '11

Mr. and Mrs. Michael DeFeo P '12

Mr. Sam E. Kinney Jr. P '12

Ms. Monique Devine P '08 '11

Mr. and Mrs. David Knapp P '11

Mr. and Mrs. Vincent DiNapoli P '13

Mr. Joseph Kozlowski and Ms. Carol Guckert P '11

Mr. Ngu S. Do and Mrs. Anh N. Pham P '13

Mr. and Mrs. Stephen C. Kuno P '11

key:

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CURRENT Mr. and Mrs. Roger Lamson P '12

Dr. and Mrs. Daniel S. Robbins P '09 '12

Mr. Brian S. Lash P '14

Dr. and Mrs. Patrick A. Robertson P '11

Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Leake P '04 '07 '12

Mr. and Mrs. Dana Rosencranz P '12

Mr. and Mrs. Sylvain Levesque P '11

Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Ross P '13

Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Liddle P '14

Mr. and Mrs. Michael Sapers P '11

Mr. and Mrs. Brett D. Long P '11

Mr. and Mrs. Timothy S. Saunders P '13

Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Long P '11

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas C. Sheffield III P '14

Mr. and Mrs. Charles D. Loree P '12

Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Shenton P '11 '14

Mr. George C. Macomber and Ms. Martha Macomber P '11 '14

Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Shumway P '12

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Maher P '13

Dr. and Mrs. Timothy M. Sievers P '11

Mr. Howie Mallory and Ms. Nora Berko P '98 '03 '14

Mr. and Mrs. J. Bradley Simpkins P '12

Mr. and Mrs. Neil R. Marcus P '10 '12

Mr. and Mrs. Dickson Smith II P '12

Mr. and Mrs. Leo E. Marien P '14

Mr. and Mrs. Donald M. Smith '80 P '07 '12

Mrs. Sharon F. M. Marino P '11

Mr. and Mrs. Brian L. Starer P '11

Jonathan and Sarah Marvin P '08 '09 '12

Mr. and Mrs. R. James Steiner P '10 '12

Mrs. Deborah A. Mavroudis P'11

Mr. and Mrs. William F. A. Stride III P '09 '11

Mr. George N. Mavroudis P '11

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Sturges P '13

Ms. Kathryn A. McFadden P '13

Mr. and Mrs. James M. Sullivan P '13

Mr. and Mrs. Brian J. McNulty P '09 '11

Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Swidrak P '14

Mr. and Mrs. Edward Meau P '12

Mr. and Mrs. Carl Symecko P '12

Mr. and Mrs. Peter K. Merrill P '14

Mr. and Mrs. Terrell H. Tankersley P '12 '14

Mr. and Mrs. Steven Merrill P '11 '14

Mr. and Mrs. Francois Tardif P '12

Mr. and Mrs. David J. Micalizzi P '12

Mr. and Mrs. Richard G. Thibadeau P '11

Mr. and Mrs. Frank Michel P '10 '14

Mr. and Mrs. Wayne J. Thomas P '14

Mr. and Mrs. Vincent P. Michienzi Sr. P '14

Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Tierney P '08 '12

Christine and Josiah Miles '82 P '11 '13

Mr. and Mrs. James A. Tomlinson P '14

Mr. Robert L. Miller and Ms. Dana H. Hooper P '14

Mr. Roberto A. Trujillo P '12

Drs. Paul Moeller-Elberskirch and Barbara Moeller P '12

Ms. Susan M. Trujillo P '12

Mr. Carlos Mogollon and Ms. Elspeth Hotchkiss P '12

Mrs. Pamela Vannah P '13

Mr. James P. Monahan and Ms. Donna J. Brown P '13

Mr. and Mrs. Richard H. Vernet P '11

Mr. and Mrs. Michael W. Morgan P '13

Mr. and Mrs. Hans C. Vitzthum P '11

Mr. Christopher H. Morse and Ms. Maureen Healey P '13

Mr. and Mrs. Edward J. Walsh P '12

Ms. Lisa Mure P '14

Dr. and Mrs. E. Robert Wassman P '14

Dr. and Mrs. Frank A. Musciano P '13

Mr. and Mrs. Peter J. Weiner '70 P '11

Mr. and Mrs. Eric Nettere P '12

Ms. Pamela M. Wright P '14

Ms. Elizabeth Norgren and Mr. Randy T. Siegel P '14

Mr. Xubo Yu and Mrs. Yanmei Meng P '14

Mr. and Mrs. Peter W. Noyes '79 P '08 '11

Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Zinck P '13

PARENTS

Mr. William L. Nungesser P '12 '11 '13 Dr. and Mrs. Richard G. Obregon P '11 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 Mrs. Leslie Orton-Mahar '73 and Mr. Tom R. Mahar P '12 Mr. and Ms. Louis R. Page P '13 Mr. W. Dexter Paine '79 and Ms. Susan L. Paine '82

P '14

Mr. and Mrs. David Patten P '11 Mr. and Mrs. Steven C. Pettengill P '10 '12 '14 Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Pfenninger P '11 Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Pichette P ’10, ’12, ’13 Mr. and Mrs. Albert L. Plante P '14 Mr. and Mrs. Steven B. Potter P '07 '08 '12 Dr. and Mrs. Frederick K. Poulin P '11 Bill and Cynthia Powell P '11 '14 Mr. and Mrs. Timothy J. Rice P '14

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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 '35

Arnold Bieling

100% Participation

Class Of '45

Class Of '51

Jim McKee

43% Participation

30% Participation

Hank Granger

Harry Emmons

Dan Baxter

Don Hinman

Bill Byers

Class Of '37

Don Jacobs

Fred Carter

Reed Thompson

50% Participation

Mac Jacoby

Dick Daitch

Pete Viles

Dick Leach

Peter Wilson

Dave Goodwin

Class Of '46

Mac McKinstry

Class Of '38

9% Participation

Dmitri Nabokov

Class Of '56

50% Participation

Joe Massik

Nick Nichols

25% Participation

Jim Slater

Bob Armknecht

Dutch Morse

†

Ep Moulton

Class Of '47

Bill Summers

Doug Auer

33% Participation

Terry Weathers

Dick Endlar

Gardner Lewis

Class Of '39

Bill Briggs

33% Participation

Jack Hill

Class Of '52

John Tytus

Class Of '40

Peter Kingston

Perry Jeffries

20% Participation

Dick Meyer

Cliff Rogers

Lars Hansen

David G. Wiggins

Don Smith

Jay Harris

50% Participation

Bob Keating

Class Of '57

Jack Barton

Class Of '48

Earl Damon

22% Participation

Class Of '53

Bill Clough

Russ Orton

Rik Clark

29% Participation

Ron Crowe

Michael Goriansky

Carl Hoagland

Rick Fabian

Class Of '41

Tom Loemker

Bob Lilly

Bob Lucas

50% Participation

60% Participation

Pete Robertson

Dwight Mason

George Huckins

Class Of '49

John Robinson

Pieter Van Zandt

Dick Marden

47% Participation

Russell Stackhouse

Arthur Sweeney

Bob Barrows Bill Baskin

Class Of '54

Bob Weiss

Class Of '42

Ed Beattie

33% Participation

Josh Young

Hartley Webster Jay Webster

50% Participation

Bob Bradner

Bob Carson

Ted Libbey

Lee Bright

Rick Carter

Class Of '58

Tex Coulter

Bert Chillson

48% Participation

Peter Spalding

Dewey Dumaine

John Bergeron

Class Of '43 30% Participation

Brad Langmaid

Bill Biddle Dave Boynton

Jim Rocks

Class Of '50

Bill Lofquist

Brad Wagoner

45% Participation

Kim Mason

Jim Collins

Dick Warner

Patrick Brill

Paul Needham

Tim Dewart

Class Of '44

Doug Hamilton

Class Of '55

22% Participation

Frank Hammond

39% Participation

Charlie Kellogg

Burt Lowe

Chico Laird

Fletcher Adams

Mike Kingston

John Skeele

Dave Wise

Peter Atherton

Don Latham

Bigelow Green

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Bruce Leddy

Dalton Thomas

GIVING

Rich Weymouth

Class Of '65

Doug Rand

CLASS

Peter White

Brooke Thomas

Class Of '62

Steve Thompson

41% Participation

Bro Adams

Class Of '71

Jon Wales

Free Allen

Ren Nichols

16% Participation

Bill Barker

Dave Nichols

Hannah Roberts Artuso

Chas Bradley

Cleve Patterson

Chris Brown

Class Of '59

15% Participation

50% Participation

Rob Cleary

Charlie Reigeluth

Geoff Bruce

Steve Abbey

Peter Cooke

Kevin Wyckoff

Stu Goodwin

Cushman Andrews

Dave Floyd

John Clough

Jim Gardner

Class Of '66

Roy Madsen Rolf Madsen

Charlie Emerson

Monty Meigs

21% Participation

David Taylor

Bob Fiore

Bob Nields

Marsh Adair

Rick Wellman

Dick Floyd

Dave Putnam

Bob Childs

Chris Hoyt

Steve Rand

Greg Connors

Class Of '72

Ken Lewis

David Soule

Tom Doyle

24% Participation

Lee Miller

John Swift

Stephen Foster

John Elder

Mark Morris

Bruce Upton

Doug Griswold

Sue Glidden Francesco

Charley Murphy

Bill Wells

Drew Hart

Jay Orr

Eric Werner

Will Graham Eric Haartz

Class Of '67

Gary Hagler

6% Participation

Chuck Kaplan

41% Participation

Luke Dowley

Peter Kimball

Flash Allen

Jamie Hollis

Chris Palmer Lee Shepard

Class Of '63

Bruce Vogel Buster Welch

Chris Latham

Peter Chapman

Dan Murphy

Class Of '60

Joe Downs

Class Of '68

Dave Nicholson

31% Participation

Jim Drummond

18% Participation

Dwight Shepard

Loren Berry

Steve Gregg

Jim Burnett

John Despres

Nick Hadgis

Charles French

Class Of '73

Brian Dewart

David Hagerman

Chris Haartz

22% Participation

Dick Funkhouser

Sandy Hewat

Steve Hirshberg

Dick Conant

Peter Macdonald

George LeBoutillier

Jon Howe

Cos Cosgrove

Bill Niles

Tom McIlvain

Jim Stearns

Morgan Dewey

Len Richards

George McNeil

Jack Taylor

Peter Garrison

Gerry Shyavitz

Jeff Milne

Charley Witherell

Morgan Nields

Class Of '69

Geoff Klingenstein

David Pope

12% Participation

John Lord

Class Of '61*

Gary Richardson

Jack Copeland

Leslie Orton-Mahar

54% Participation

Alan Sayer

Bill Foot

Sam Richards

Rick Churchill

George Textor

Doug McLane

Tim Scott

Jonathan Swann

Stan Theodoredis

John Cleary

Tim Geib

John Cumming

Class Of '64

Win Fuller

28% Participation

Class Of '70

Class Of '74

Bob Hall

Sandy Alexander

25% Participation

12% Participation

John Holley

Bill Baxter

Arja Adair

Mike Coffin

Lee Katzenbach

Jeff Hinman

Charlie Bass

Duane Ford

Peter Keene

Bill McCollom

Jim Cousins

Josh Hancock

Bill Macurda

Terry Morse

David Donahue

Walter Malmquist

Dave Norton

Dan Redmond

Jeremy Foley

Piper Orton

Peter O'Connor

Jim Ricker

Kirk Hinman

Dudley Rice

Sam Stout

Doug Moore

Class Of '75

Bill Seaver

Dick Stowell

Jon Norton

19% Participation

Mark Shub

Woody Thompson

Peter Weiner

Jay Butler

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CLASS

GIVING

Tom Cargill

Ian Sanderson

Jamey Gallop

Chris Carney

Andy Sawyer

Chris Hopkins

Jenn Smith Schlegel

Mike Conway

Fred Scarborough

Ward Malmquist

Hannes Schneider

Ed Cudahy

David Slaughter

Newell McCaw

Ian Sinclair

Terry French

Jim Stringfellow

Peggy Lamb Merrens

Kirsten Orcutt Singleton

Stephanie Paine

Poppy Staub

Eric Pendleton

Class Of '80

Jeff Rollins

Dan Taffe

Tom Phillips

12% Participation

Jennifer Smith Schiffman

Chuck Taylor

Gregg Sage

Russell Cushman

Willie Stump

Tiffany Beck Teaford

Jim McDonald

Rob Rumsey

Jack Sanderson

Betsy Paine

Ken Sowles

David Reed

Class Of '84

Martha Kirby Yuste

Jean-Louis Trombetta

Don Smith

19% Participation

Bob Zock

Class Of '76

Skip Strong

Joe Barbour

14% Participation

Matt Upton

Ed Canaday

Class Of '86*

Doug Davis

20% Participation Peggy Hartman Bakula

Tom Armstrong Ike Carpenter

Class Of '81

Mitch Dupre

Bob Garrison

25% Participation

David Finch

Bill Clough

Joe Harding

Peter Baker

Matt Flaherty

Kristin Washburn Covert

Mike Henriques

Bill Baskin

Steve Lunder

Sara Madden Curran

Mike Lynch

Jay Cleary

Zach Martin

Owen Hyland

Will Pingree

Andy Clutz

Hilary Snyder O'Connor

Caroline Bloch Jones

Mike Robinson

Peter Kessler

Eric Prime

Lee Fuller Lawrason

Chris Little

Peter Radasch

Bill Macy

Class Of '77

Christine Louis

Paula Morrison Simmons

Laura Cooper Page

9% Participation

Sarah Jankey Medlin

Ben Campbell

Mike Murchie

Class Of '85

Matt Reynolds Blake Swift

Jake Reynolds

Dave Dewey

Will Prickett

54% Participation

Peter Grant

Andy Rogerson

Nat Barker

Ellyn Paine Weisel

Jim Hamblin

Kevin Rowe

Phip Bourne

Molly Adriance Whitcomb

Scott Latham

Class Of '78

Brian Rutledge

Heidi Ludtke Campbell

Hilary Frost Warner

Missy Wakely Christie

Class Of '87

David Wood

Angus Christie

9% Participation

7% Participation

Mike Collins

Chris Cripps

David Considine

Carolyn Colket Cullen

Scott Brown

Class Of '82

Blaise deSibour

15% Participation

Mimi MacNaught Denton

Stan Jackson

Hal Hawkey

Frank Bonsal

Anne Desjardins

Andy Twombly

Andrew Wilson

Mark Cavanaugh

Vanda Lewis Dyson

Brett Weisel

Lisa Weeks Clute

Keith Eaton

Dix Wheelock

Class Of '79

Peter Coolidge

Braden Edwards

25% Participation

Miles Glascock

Ruth Levine Ekhaus

Class Of '88

Clare Eckert

Bob Kenney

Kris Pfeiffer Figur

72% Participation

Mark Finnegan

Joe Miles

Ted Fine

Eddie Anderson

Cynthia Makris

Susan Levin Paine

Kathy Keller Garfield

Dean Bellissimo

Cullen Morse

Chris Pesek

Allyn Hallisey

Elizabeth Brickman

Kris Van Curan Nordblom

Susan Fine Taylor

Jennie Webster Hartley

Iain Daniels

Peter Noyes

Ev Hatch

Jess Dion

Heidi Hammond O'Connor

Class Of '83

Elizabeth Heide

Chris Doggett

Mike O'Connor

18% Participation

Tim Jones

Hannah Beck Doubleday

Dexter Paine

Tippy Blish

Andrew McDonnell

Renee Dupre

Doug Paul

Jenny Rubin Britton

Michelle Morrison

Geordie Elkins

Jay Pingree

Chris Del Col

Katsu Nakamura

Jason Evans

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CLASS

GIVING

Tom Fletcher

Paula Lillard Preschlack

Shields Day

Nate Foran

Jason Regan

Jennie Legg Gabel

Eric Rohr

Beth Smith Fulton

Mark Richards

Meg St. John Gally

Class Of '92

Liz Ganem

JD Rifkin

Tracy McCoy Gillette

23% Participation

Sohier Hall

Rob Sarvis

Brad Greenwood

Jamie Bolton

Lee Hanson

Hans Schemmel

Matt Hopkins

William Chapin

Jake Hare

Matt Schonwald

Todd Maynard

Hugh Griffiths

Mike Hillegass

Jenny Alfond Seeman

Sara deLima Tansill

Devie Hamlen

Jenny Holden

David Smail

Lindley Hall van der Linde

Jay Hart

Todd Holmes

Nina Smallhorn

Tiaan van der Linde

Andy Katchen

Brett Jones

Lauren O'Brien Smith

Sage Chandler Kennedy

Charlie Staples

Class Of '90

Jamie Klopp Liz Lyman

Drew Kesler

Chris Stewart

19% Participation

Fritz Muench

Rob Kinsley

Carl Swenson

Kat Alfond

Akira Murakami

Sine Morse Klepczynski

Erik Tuveson

Nate Beams

Jake Norton

Pam Lehmberg

Steve Walker

Ren Chandler

Kate Barker Romm

Alex MacCormick

Peter Webber

Dave Colleran

Alex Seabolt

Emily Adriance Magnus

Karen Woodbury

Peter Colpitts

Eric Thielscher

Chip Martin

Chevette Young

Pepper deTuro

Stu Wales

Courtney Fleisher

Kelly Mullen Wieser

Erika Ludtke McGoldrick

Julie Wood Matthews

Class Of '89

Andrea Hamlin-Levin

Maggie Zock

Will Northrop

16% Participation

Tegan Hamilton Hayunga

Jeff Nuckols

Lauren Parkhill Adey

Megan Sheehan Kristiansen

Class Of '93

Elizabeth Pierce

Chris Davenport

Jim Queen

14% Participation

Aaron Woods

Theo Doughty Megan Flynn

REUNION CHALLENGE RESULTS!

Class Of '91

Taryn Darling Hill

12% Participation

Anne Blair Hudak Eric Oberg

Each year we honor the reunion year classes that have had

Rice Bryan

the greatest impact on the Holderness Annual Fund with sev-

Leah Merrey Burdett

Schuyler Perry

eral prestigious awards. For the year ending June 30th, 2011

Kent Corson

Karrie Stevens Thomas

the first award goes to the Class of 1986 for the “Greatest

Dave Gerasin

Tommy Valeo

Dollars Raised” with $29,870 raised in support of the people

Lex Leeming

Brooks Wales

Becca Anderson Morrison

Kevin Zifcak

and

programs

here

Holderness.

The

second

award,

for

“Highest Participation by a Reunion Class” goes to the Class

Yasuna Murakami

of 1961 with 54% participation. Congratulations and thanks to all the 61’s and 86’s for giving back to Holderness in such a meaningful way! their

dedication

A special thanks to the class agents for

and

hard

work

behalf

Holderness

School – Blake Swift and Chris Zak from the Class of 1986 and John Holley and Bill Seaver from the Class of 1961. John and

Bill

offered

challenge

their

own

the

50th

Reunion class and inspired the class to new heights in giving and participation. Thank you for your efforts on behalf of Holderness!

New this year, The Holderness Young Alumni Participation Award goes to the Class of 1996 with 27% of the class making an Annual Fund gift this year. Thank you to Katie Waltz

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CLASS

GIVING

Class Of '94

Matt Goldberg

Adam Lavallee

Class Of '06

16% Participation

Robert Johnson

Liz Norton

9% Participation

Bunge Cook

Andrew Marshall

Patrick Regan

Ashley Babcock

Ramey Harris-Tatar

Maura Kearney Marshall

Joy Domin Southworth

Abigail Kendall

Matt Kendall

Putney Haley Pyles

Tyler Weymouth

Alex Martini

Peter LaCasse

Dennis Roberts

Sung Min You

Jason Myler

Mark Walrod

Jeff Meyers Ben Motley

Class Of '02

Hilary Nichols

Melissa Barker Tamplin

Class Of '98

14% Participation

Lauren Wright

Sander van Otterloo

18% Participation

Melissa Adams

Rick Richardson

Kathryn Bridge

Joel Bradley

Class Of '07

Hacker Burr

Ave Cook

13% Participation

Class Of '95

Jim Chalmers

Kerry Douglas

Scottie Alexander

18% Participation

Terry Connell

Andrew Everett

Sam Barnum

Henry Adams

Sarah Crane

Betsy Pantazelos

Phoebe Erdman

Bri Adams

Canute Dalmasse

Eamonn Reynolds-Mohler

Jamie Leake

Cil Bloomfield

Julia Fairbank

Chris Rodgers

Zachary Lynch

John Coyle

Adam Goldberg

Channing Weymouth

Stephen Martin

Dave Webb

Matt Daigneault

Dave Manning

Abbey DeRocker

Angi Francesco Miller

Class Of '03

Tanner Mathison

Laura Hanrahan

Eric Mueller

17% Participation

Sarah Morrison

Casey Carr

Tyler Stearns

Jessie Morton

Kourt Brim Martin

Brit Fairman Munsterteiger

Class Of '99

Dan Shin

12% Participation

Neal Frei

Class Of '08

Asania Smith

Tim Connell

Jess Ippolito

10% Participation

Abby Richardson Considine

Nick Leonard

Maddie Baker

Class Of '96

Heather Davis Gulla

Linden Mallory

Annie Carney

27% Participation

Julia Haley

Vicky Mello

Brittany Dove

Carolyn Campbell

Elliot Helmer

Brendan Murphy

Landry Frei

Alison Megroz Chadbourne

Quentin McDowell

Nick Payeur

Andrew Hacker

Josh Clifford

Colin Rodgers

Matt Sopher

Nick Martini

Augusta Riehle Comey

Neely Wakeman

Class Of '04

Ryan Webster Jessi White

David Flynn

Brenna Fox

Taylor Sawatzki

Bjorn Franson

Class Of '00

10% Participation

Lara DuMond Guercio

15% Participation

Geoff Calver

Chris Haas

Billy Bentley

Casey Carroll

Class Of '09

Katie Waltz Harris

Katie Bristow

Marina Chiasson

21% Participation

Ryan LaFoley

Hedda Burnett

Joy Erdman

Faith Barnum

Steph Pisanelli Lyons

Ted Finnerty

John Leavitt

Hadley Bergh

Justin Martin

Andrew Sheppe

Nate Smith

Trudy Crowley

Liz Fox McGlamery

Jake Spaulding

Blair Weymouth

Lane Curran

Nathalie Milbank Nolte

Sully Sullivan

Field Pickering

Becky Thurrell

Class Of '05

Tenley Malmquist

Will Richardson

Heidi Webb

12% Participation

Jake Manoukian

Andy Roberts

Rob Kelley

Seth Barnum

Emily Marvin Meg McNulty

Heather Pierce Roy

Class Of '01

Chris Blaine

Bo Surdam

19% Participation

Caitlin Connelly

Jake McPhee

Jay Tankersley

Betsy Cornell Aceto

Kevin Daly

Ben Middleton

Anthony Aceto

Lauren Frei

David Morgan

Class Of '97

Andrew Bohlin

Carrie Piper

Ian Nesbitt

14% Participation

Jennifer Crane

Emma Schofield

Kelsey Nichols

Erik Bass

Kellan Florio

Jamie Wallace

Katherine Donnellan Beebe

Karyn Hoepp Jennings

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ALUMNI

Jenna Stearns

CLASS

GIVING

Juliet Dalton

Paige Kozlowski

Ethan Pfenninger

Nicholas Dellenback

H. Alexander Kuno

Cole Phillips

Class Of '10

Samantha Devine

Samuel Leech

Colin Phillips

3% Participation

MacLaren Dudley

Elizabeth Legere

Derek Pimentel

Abby Sussman

Emery Durnan

Philippe Levesque

Charles Poulin

Carter White

Amanda Engelhardt

Charles Long

Catherine Powell

Sarah Fauver

Kyle Long

Eleanor Pryor

...and our newest alumni -

Matthew Fiacco

Colin MacKenzie

Brooke Robertson

giving through the Senior

Kathleen Finnegan

Samuel Macomber

Adam Sapers

Class gift...

Nicholas Ford

Brendan Madden

Nathaniel Shenton

Class Of '11

Justin Frank

Gabrielius Maldunas

Daniel Sievers

Alexander Gardiner

Julia Marino

Imoh Silas

100% Participation

Pauline Germanos

Damon Mavroudis

Isaac Simes

Radvile Autukaite

Nicholas Goodrich

James McNulty

Emily Starer

Thomas Barbeau

Chandler Grisham

Christopher Merrill

Nicholas Stoico

Desmond Bennett

Elizabeth Hale

Henry Miles

Sarah Stride

Thomas Bobotas

Paige Hardtke

Julien Moreau

Patrick Sullivan

Kiara Boone

Emily Hayes

Alexandra Muzyka

Jean-Philippe Tardif

Madeline Burnham

Lauren Hayes

Abe Noyes

Margaret Thibadeau

David Caputi

Cassandra Hecker

Charlotte Noyes

Jaclyn Vernet

McKinley Carbone

Carson Houle

Samuel Nungesser

Niklaus Vitzthum

Jordan Cargill

Andrew Howe

Alexander Obregon

Haleigh Weiner

Se Han Cho

Kristen Jorgenson

Mimi Patten

Hannah Weiner

Cecily Cushman

Scott King

Leah Peters

Sarah Xiao

Kevin Dachos

Dewey Knapp

Elizabeth Pettitt

Jasminne Young

ALUMNI

P A R T I C I P AT I O N â&#x20AC;&#x2C6; B Y â&#x20AC;&#x2C6; C L A S S

Class

Partic.

# Donors

Class

Partic.

# Donors

Class

Partic.

# Donors

Class

Partic.

# Donors

'35

100%

'55

39%

'75

19%

'94

16%

'37

50%

'56

25%

'76

14%

'95

18%

'38

50%

'57

50%

'77

'96

27%

'39

33%

'58

48%

'78

'97

14%

'40

50%

'59

50%

'79

25%

'98

18%

'41

60%

'60

31%

'80

12%

'99

12%

'42

50%

'61

54%

'81

25%

'00

15%

'43

30%

'62

41%

'82

15%

'01

19%

'44

22%

'63

46%

'83

18%

'02

14%

'45

43%

'64

28%

'84

19%

'03

'46

'65

15%

'85

54%

'04

10%

'47

33%

'66

21%

'86

20%

'05

12%

'48

22%

'67

'87

'06

'49

47%

'68

18%

'88

72%

'07

13%

'50

45%

'69

12%

'89

16%

'08

10%

'51

100%

'70

25%

'90

19%

'09

21%

'10

'52

20%

'71

16%

'91

12%

'53

29%

'72

24%

'92

23%

'54

33%

'74

12%

'93

14%

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PARENTS OF ALUMNI

ANNUAL GIVING

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 every-year 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!

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Mr. Edward C. Cayley P '62

Mr. Fletcher W. Adams '55 P '95

Mr. and Mrs. Theodore M. Cetron P '99

Dr. and Mrs. Thomas L. Adams P '02

Mr. and Mrs. Bruce A. Chalmers P '98

Mr. and Mrs. Vanderpoel Adriance III P '88 '86

Mr. and Mrs. Seng H. Cheng P '08

Mr. and Mrs. Gerald W. Anderson P '91

Mr. and Mrs. Gary Cilley P '04

Mr. George H. Andrews P '59

Mr. and Mrs. William P. Clough III '57 P '80 '83 '86

Mr. William Antonucci P '97 '98

Dr. and Mrs. Richard B. Clutz P '81 '90 '83

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Armstrong P '76

Mrs. E. H. M. Coffin P '74

Mr. and Mrs. Gerard Baker P '08

Mr. and Mrs. Tristram C. Colket P '87

Mr. and Mrs. Harold A. Baker P '81 GP '14

Mrs. Rosemary Conard P '67

Mr. and Mrs. Alan H. Banister P '94

Mr. and Mrs. Gregory Connors '66 P '97 '96 '93

Mr. and Mrs. James S. Barker P '94 '97

William and Susan Copeland P '10

Mr. and Mrs. William A. Barker '62 P '85 '89

Mr. and Mrs. Matthew B. Corkery P '07

Mr. and Mrs. Peter Barnum P '05 '07 '09

Mr. and Mrs. Sewell H. Corkran P '10

Mr. and Mrs. Lionel O. Barthold P '94 '09

Mr. and Mrs. Rodney K. Corson P '91 '97

Mr. and Mrs. William C. Baskin Jr. '49 P '89 '81

Dr. and Mrs. James L. Cousins Jr. '70

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas P. Beal Jr. P '81

Mr. and Mrs. E. John Coyle Jr. P '95

Mrs. Brenda M. Beckman P '89

Mr. and Mrs. James Crane P '05

Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence S. Benjamin P '12

Mr. and Mrs. Francis A. Crane P '98 '01 '05

Mr. and Mrs. John H. Bergeron '58 P '84 '82

Mr. and Mrs. James H. Crook Jr. P '04

Mr. and Mrs. Stuart F. Bloch P '86

Mr. and Mrs. David Crowley P '09

Mr. Richard G. Boardman P '99

Mrs. and Mr. M. P. Cruickshank P '01

Mrs. Judith N. Boggess P '81 '85

Mr. and Mrs. Richard Curran P '09

Mrs. Mary B. Boggess P '93

Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth L. Cutler P '98

Mr. and Mrs. James L. Bolton Jr. P '92

Mr. and Mrs. Brooks Cutter P '08

Mr. and Mrs. Frank A. Bonsal Jr. P '82

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Daigneault P '92 '95 '96

Dr. Elizabeth Boulton P '10

The Rev. Randolph Dales and Ms. Marilyn Tyler P '00 '02 '80

Mrs. Luette C. Bourne P '85

Mr. and Mrs. Michael Daly P '05

The Rev. and Mrs. Thomas D. Bowers P '84

Dr. Suzanne Daningburg P '09

Mr. James E. Brewer II P '78

Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Davis P '08 '06

Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell Brim P '07

Mr. and Mrs. Steven Davis P '07

Mr. Charles E. Brown P '98

Dr. and Mrs. Thomas Davis P '05

Mr. Christopher B. R. Brown '71 and Dr. Jocelyn Chertoff P '10

Mr. and Mrs. Jan Dembinski P '08

Mrs. Greta P. Brown P '78

Mr. and Mrs. Claude Desjardins P '85

Ms. Robin Brown-Farrin and Mr. James Farrin P '05

Dr. and Mrs. Cameron K. Dewar P '96 '93

Ms. Susan C. Bruce and Mr. Rick Hauck P '88

Mr. and Mrs. Frederic P. Dodge P '98 '00

Dr. and Mrs. James S. Burnett '68

The Rev. and Mrs. John C. Donovan P '89

Mr. and Mrs. Georg Capaul P '04 '07

Mr. and Mrs. Harold J. Doria P '00 '02

Dr. Theodore H. Capron and Ms. Margaret A. Franckhauser P '10

Mr. and Mrs. Scott H. Doughty P '93

Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Carey P '03 '00

Mr. and Mrs. Harrison Drinkwater P '97

Mr. F. Christopher Carney '75

Mr. and Mrs. William F. Duhamel P '08

and Ms. Karen Dempsey Carney P '08

Mr. and Mrs. G. Paul Dulac P '97

Ms. Claire H. Cassidy P '10

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Mr. and Mrs. Peter Dusseault P '07

† Deceased

PARENTS OF ALUMNI ANNUAL GIVING Mr. and Mrs. Paul Elkins P '04

Tom and Susan Hyde P '91

Dr. and Mrs. Roger H. Emerson Jr. P '00 '94

Mr. and Mrs. Dunning Idle IV P '81

Mr. Frederic P. Erdman P '03 '04 '07

Mr. and Mrs. Lennart B. Johnson P '84

Ms. Zoe Erdman P '04 '03 '07

Mr. Stephen Johnson and Ms. Hannah Nichols P '10

Dr. and Mrs. Donald M. Ettelson P '83 '77

Mr. and Mrs. Sheldon A. Jones P '89

Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. Evans P '88 '96

Mr. and Mrs. Josef Jung P '98

Mr. and Mrs. William H. Everett P '02

Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Keating '52

Mr. and Mrs. John P. Faiella Jr. P '98

Mr. and Mrs. John P. Kelley P '09

Mr. and Mrs. Alfred N. Fauver P '62 '67 '65 GP '11

Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Kent P '77 '79 GP '04 '06 '08

Mr. Robert Fisher and Ms. Barbara Kourajian P '10

Mr. Jean-Claude Killy P '85

Mr. and Mrs. Brendan M. Florio P '01

Mr. Robert E. Kipka P '84

Ms. Cindy A. Foster and Ms. Rae Andrews P '08

Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Kraft P '77

Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Fox P '03

Ms. Maureen S. Kuharic P '98

Mrs. Susan Glidden Francesco '72 and Mr. Peter Francesco P '98

Mr. and Mrs. John A. LaCasse P '94

Dr. and Mrs. Gary J. Frei P '03 '05 '08

Mrs. Beverly L. LaFoley P '90 '95 '96

Mr. Thomas H. Friedman and Ms. Rosemarie Mullin P '10

Mrs. Antonia B. Laird and Mr. Hurley Ryan P '83 '77

Mrs. Ann M. Gallop P '83

Dr. and Mrs. Charles H. Lambert P '94

Mr. and Mrs. Leonard B. Galvin P '91 '90

Dr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Lamson P '85 '81

Dr. and Mrs. James Gamble III P '06

Mr. and Mrs. Bradshaw Langmaid Jr. '54

Mrs. Sheila Gates P '86 '88

Mr. and Mrs. David P. Laurin P '06

Mrs. Robert S. Gillette P '63

Mr. Dean E. Lea and Ms. Debra M. Gibbs P '03

Ms. Karen Goncalves P '00

Mr. and Mrs. George F. LeBoutillier '63 P '87

Mrs. Nancy Gordon P '93 '91

Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Lechthaler P '94

Mr. and Mrs. Al C. Graceffa P '96

Mr. and Mrs. James W. Leonard P '03

Mr. and Mrs. Pepi Gramshammer P '85

Mr. and Mrs. Alan D. Lewis P '82

Mr. Stephen T. Gregg '63

Lynne Mitchell and Dick Lewis P '03 '10 '06

Mr. and Mrs. Frederick W. Griffin Jr. P '96 '98

Mr. and Mrs. David M. Lockwood P '99 '03 '03 '02

Mr. and Mrs. Steele T. Griswold P '66

Mrs. Diana E. Louis P '83

Mr. and Mrs. Denison M. Hall P '96

Mr. Frederic B. Lowrie Jr. P '99

Mr. and Mrs. Elton W. Hall P '03

Mrs. Mary Lou S. Lowrie P '99

Mr. and Mrs. Stephen F. Hall P '88 '89

Mr. and Mrs. Peter H. Lunder P ‘84

Mr. and Mrs. James B. Hamblin II '77 P ’08

Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey C. Lyman P '92 '95

Mr. and Mrs. Roger W. Hamblin P '77 GP '08

Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Lynch P '07

Mr. and Mrs. James W. Hammond P '79

Mrs. Virginia A. Lyon P '83

Mr. David G. Hanson and Ms. Laura Palumbo-Hanson P '07

Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm W. MacNaught P '85

Mr. Wilson Harriman P '09 '07

Mr. J. Thomas Macy P '84 '82 '86

Mr. and Mrs. Ulf B. Heide

Mr. and Mrs. Quentin A. Malmquist

Mr. George H. Helmer P '99

Mr. and Mrs. Walter A. Malmquist II '74

Dr. Mark Hempton and Ms. Lorie A. Dunne P '07

Mr. and Mrs. William E. Mandigo P '92

Ms. Jean Henchey P '06 '06

Mr. and Mrs. David H. Martin P '07

Mr. and Mrs. Peter J. Hendel P '96 '02

Mr. Thomas J. Martin P '96

Mr. and Mrs. Donald H. Henderson P '72 '74 GP '05

Mr. and Mrs. Paul J. Martini P '06 '08

Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Hildreth P '09

Mr. and Mrs. David R. Marvin P '01

Mr. Douglas Hill and Ms. Alexandra T. Breed P '02

Mr. and Mrs. Kimball L. Mason '54

Dr. and Mrs. Ronald C. Hillegass P '87 '88 '85

Mr. Robert Mathews and Ms. Heidi Whitman P '09

Mr. and Mrs. Donald B. Hinman '55

Mr. Daniel R. Mawhinney P '06

Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey H. Hinman '64

Mr. and Mrs. John Scott McCoy P '10

Mrs. Winifred B. Hodges P '83

Dr. and Mrs. W. Scott McDougal P '82

Mr. and Mrs. Jay Hoeschler P '10

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas B. McIlvain Jr. '63 P '93 '98

Mr. and Mrs. Samuel S. Holdsworth P '07

Mr. and Mrs. Douglas McLane ’69 P’99

Dr. and Mrs. David H. Hopkins P '83 '89

Mr. and Mrs. Michael E. McPhee P '09

Mr. and Mrs. David W. Hosmer Jr. P '96

Mr. and Mrs. John F. Meck P '97

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph L. Howard P '92

Mrs. and Mr. Carolyn Mello P '03

Dr. and Mrs. Robert C. Hoyer P '92

Mr. and Mrs. Anthony E. Merrey P '91 '92

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PARENTS OF ALUMNI

ANNUAL GIVING

Mr. James W. Meryman and Ms. Laura Mammarelli P '08 '91

Mr. and Mrs. Richard Nesbitt P '09

Mr. and Mrs. Andrew L. Meyers P '06

Mr. and Mrs. Henry G. Nichols III P '09

Mr. and Mrs. Peter C. Middleton P '09

Mr. and Mrs. Peter B. Nichols P '01 '06

Mr. and Mrs. Dave Millson P '05

Mr. and Mrs. Richard D. Nickerson P '85

Mr. and Mrs. Alan G. Mitchell P '09

Mr. and Mrs. Morgan W. Nields '63 P '94 '93

Drs. Paul Moeller-Elberskirch and Barbara Moeller P '12

Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Nields Jr. '62

LTC Brian F. Morgan USA (Ret) and Mrs. Nancy Y. Morgan P '09

Mrs. Kristin Nordblom '79

Dr. and Mrs. Steven J. Morris P '00

and Mr. Peter C. Nordblom P '04 '06 '08

Mr. and Mrs. David Morrison P '07

Mr. and Mrs. Edward J. Norton P '92 '89

Mr. and Mrs. Dexter A. Morse '64 P '88 '91 '93

Mr. James H. Nourse and Ms. Sarah M. Shipton P '96 '00 '04

Mr. and Mrs. Richard F. Morse Jr. P '81 '84 '80

Mr. and Mrs. Bradley P. Noyes P '79 GP '03 '08 '11

Mr. and Mrs. George B. Motley P '06

Mrs. Beatrice R. Page P '68 '72

Mr. and Mrs. William O. Mueller Jr. P '98

Mr. and Mrs. E. Christopher Palmer '59 P '92

Mr. Frederick V. S. Muench P '92

Mr. and Mrs. Samuel J. Palmisano P '03

Ms. Mary Anne Murray-Carr P '03

Mr. and Mrs. Preston S. Parish P '71 '73 '75 GP '95 '01 '02

Dr. and Mrs. Noboru Murakami P '92 '91

Maj Gen and Mrs. Charles R. Parrott P '06

Dr. Daniel Muse and Dr. Ann McLean-Muse P '05 '06

Mr. and Mrs. R. Phillip Peck P '09

Mr. and Mrs. Melvin E. Myler Jr. P '94

Mrs. Janice Pedrin-Nielson and Mr. Jeffrey Nielson P '02 '05

Dr. and Mrs. David Nagel P '07

Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Pendergast III P '10

Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth B. Nanian P '79 '86

Mr. and Mrs. John B. Pepper P '75

Mr. and Mrs. Mark R. Neagley P '00

Mr. and Mrs. Mark B. Perkins P '94 '92 '97

Mr. and Mrs. Peter W. Nelson P '10

Dr. and Mrs. William G. Phippen P '76 '71

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PARENTS OF ALUMNI ANNUAL GIVING

Mr. and Mrs. Frederick B. Pickering Jr. P '96

Mr. and Mrs. Mark L. Sperry III P '90 '92

Mr. and Mrs. Walter C. Pierce Jr. P '96

Mr. and Mrs. Gary A. Spiess P '87 '89 '94

Mr. Charles W. Pingree P '79 '76

Mr. and Mrs. Harry Stearns Jr. P '07 '09

Ms. Aiko M. Pinkoski P '08

Ms. Elizabeth M. Steele P '92

Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Pistey P '93

Mrs. Charlotte Stewart P '88 '86

Ms. Penny Pitou P '83 GP '10

Ms. Sandra Stone P '02

Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Pomeroy P '86

Mr. and Mrs. Richard H. Stowell '64 P '95

Mr. and Mrs. Richard G. Powers P '95 '00

Mr. and Mrs. John A. Straus P '06

Mrs. Dorothy E. Prime P '84

Mr. Paul Summers P '09 '10

Dr. and Mrs. Howard G. Pritham P '85

Ms. Rebecca Summers P '09 '10

Mr. and Mrs. E. Leigh Quinn P '78 GP '01 '08

Mr. and Mrs. Peter B. Surdam P '96

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Raffio P '10

Mrs. Barbara Sutphen P ‘79

Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey L. Randall P '06

Mr. Terry Sutphen P ’79 †

Mr. and Mrs. Peter Y. Rapelye P '93 '92 '97

Mr. and Mrs. Stephen S. Swenson P '88

Mr. and Mrs. James S. Regan Jr. P '88

Mr. and Mrs. Francois Tardif P '12

Mr. and Mrs. Walter B. Reilly Jr. P '74 GP '09

Mr. and Mrs. David D. Taylor '71 P '10

Mr. and Mrs. George S. Richards P '80 '73 '76

Mr. and Mrs. John Taylor Jr. '68 P '03 '05 P '03 '05

Dr. and Mrs. Derek P. Richardson P '94 '96 '99 '01 '06

Mr. David A. Teiger P '98 '96

Mr. and Mrs. Gary B. Richardson '63

Dr. and Mrs. Christopher M. Terrien Jr. P '94

Mrs. Charlotte Rising P '67 '69 '65

Mr. and Mrs. Jason Thatcher P '08

Mr. Laurence H. Roberts Jr. P '76 '71 '74

Mr. and Mrs. O. Alan Thulander P '81 '84

Mr. and Mrs. Stephen N. Roberts P '96

Mr. Henry D. Tiffany III P '89

Dr. and Mrs. Robert J. Rohr III P '91

Mr. and Mrs. John D. Todd P '01

Mr. James Rosenfield and Ms. Dana L. Conroy P '09

Mr. David L. Torrey P '84

Mr. and Mrs. David M. Ross P '08

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Tucker P '05

Mr. and Mrs. C. Edward Rowe Jr. P '81

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Tuveson P '88 '91

Mr. and Mrs. Hal L. Rubin P '83

Mr. Richard G. Tyler and Ms. Frances M. Belcher P '07 '10

Mr. John S. Rudberg Jr. P '06 '08

Mr. and Mrs. Eijk A. de Mol van Otterloo P '94

Mr. and Mrs. Paul D. Rutledge P '81

Mr. James Vincent P '06

Mr. Steven M. Ryan and Ms. Ann Meeker P '09

Mr. Constantine G. Vlahakis P '02

Mr. and Mrs. T. Anthony Ryan P '00

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Vucich P '06

Mr. and Mrs. Alden H. Sawyer Jr. P '79

Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan C. Wales '58 P '89 '93

Mr. James O. Schaeffer P '76

Mr. and Mrs. Larry D. Walrod P '97

Mr. and Mrs. David W. Schoeder P '06

Mr. and Mrs. Patrick F. Walsh P '10

Mr. and Mrs. George H. Schofield P '00 '04 '05

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Walsh P '01 '07

Mr. Andre A. Schwartz and Ms. Virginia Egger P '07 '09

Mrs. Lisa Wardlaw P '85 '84

Mr. and Mrs. Roger D. Scoville P '94

Mr. and Mrs. Winthrop M. Wassenar P '00

Mr. and Mrs. Todd N. Seymour P '97

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Wear P '10

Mr. and Mrs. Michael B. Sherman P '95

Mr. and Mrs. Hartley D. Webster '57 P '85 '87

Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Shnayerson P '99

Mr. Jerome P. Webster Jr. '57 P '08 '91 '92 '83

Mr. Mark G. Shub '61 P '93

Mr. and Mrs. John Weeks Jr. P '04

Mr. and Mrs. James P. Sinclair P '85

The Rev. and Mrs. Richard C. Weymouth '70

Mr. and Mrs. Richard D. Siragusa P '80

Mr. and Mrs. Christopher R. White P '06 '08

Mr. and Mrs. Alan F. Skelley Jr. P '07

Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Q. White P '10

Mr. and Mrs. Alan Smarse P '04 '05

Mrs. Deborah Williamson P '98

Mrs. Dorothy M. Smith

Dr. and Mrs. James K. Wolcott P '06

and Mr. Alan Mather P '80 '85 GP '07 '09 '12

Ms. Mary W. Woods P '10

Dr. W. Brooks Smith Jr. P '83

The Rev. and Mrs. Brinton W. Woodward Jr. P '93 '87 '91

Mrs. and Mr. Lenore Sopher P '03

Mr. Arthur Woolf and Ms. Celeste Gaspari P '04

Mr. and Mrs. Raymond M. Soto P '94

Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Wright P '06 '09

Mr. and Mrs. David B. Soule '62 P '93

Mr. Bernhardt K. Wruble and Dr. Jill Wruble P '95

Mr. and Mrs. S. Peter Spalding '49

Mr. and Mrs. James M. Yarmon P '99

Mrs. Emily V. Spencer P '90

Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Zock P '82 '85 '89 '92

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GIFTS

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!

Mr. and Mrs. Harold A. Baker P '81 GP '14

Mr. and Mrs. John D. Pope GP '08 '11

Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence M. Blau GP '12

Mr. and Mrs. Barry Protage GP '12

Mr. and Mrs. H Jerome Bracken GP '12

Mr. and Mrs. E. Leigh Quinn P '78 GP '01 '08

Mr. and Mrs. K H. Brownell GP '12

Mr. and Mrs. Walter B. Reilly Jr. P '74 GP '09

Mr. and Mrs. E. Paul Casey GP '04 '07 '10 '12 '14

Mr. Douglas L. Robertson Sr. GP '04 '05 '11

Mrs. Evelyn Cohn GP '13

Mr. and Mrs. Noah Rosenbloom GP

Mrs. Mary Condit GP '11

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph D. Sargent

Mr. Robert Cornell GP '11 Mrs. Hope Cruickshank GP

'06

Mr. and Mrs. FA Seamans '01 '04

Mr. James Shipton

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas F. Doyle '66 GP '10 '11

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Smith

Mrs. James B. Draper GP '13

Mrs. Dorothy M. Smith

Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Dudley GP '06 '11 Mr. and Mrs. Ronald S. Edwards Jr. GP Mrs. and Mr. Judy Erdman GP

and Mr. Alan Mather P '80 '85 GP '07 '09 '12 '07

'04 '03 '07

Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Sorge GP '13 Mr. and Mrs. Bayne A. Stevenson GP '12

Mr. and Mrs. Achilles Evangelous GP '13

Mr. John E. Sylvester Jr. GP '11

Mr. and Mrs. Alfred N. Fauver P '62 '67 '65 GP '11

Mr. and Mrs. John Wall

Mr. and Mrs. Martin W. Ford GP '11

Mr. Trafton Wilbur GP '11

Mrs. Helga Garger GP '13

Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Woolson Sr. GP '04 '05

Mr. and Mrs. Roger W. Hamblin P '77 GP '08

Mrs. Elizabeth Zanders GP

'08

Mr. and Mrs. Donald H. Henderson P '72 '74 GP '05 Mr. and Mrs. David Hill GP '11 Ms. Dorothy Hodgkins GP '12 Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Holland GP '14 Mr. and Mrs. Howard M. Holtzmann GP '11 Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Hoopes Prof. and Mrs. Peter Karavites GP '12 Mr. and Mrs. Walter H. Kasianchuk Mr. and Mrs. Karl Kelly Rev. and Mrs. Preston Kelsey GP '12 Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Kent P '77 '79 GP '04 '06 '08 Mr. and Mrs. Bernd P. Kuehn GP '11 Mr. and Mrs. Edward L. Lovejoy Mr. and Mrs. Tim Luttazi GP '12 Mr. and Mrs. George Macomber GP '07 '11 '13 '14 Mr. and Mrs. Quentin A. Malmquist Mr. and Mrs. Gerald E. McNally Ms. Shirlee Mitchell GP '03 '10 '06 Mr. and Mrs. Art Monahan Mr. and Mrs. Denis Moriearty GP '13 Mrs. Elizabeth K. S. Morse GP '13 Mr. Mayland (Dutch) Morse, Jr. '38 GP '13 † Mr. and Mrs. Bradley P Noyes P '79 GP

'03 '08 '11

Mr. and Mrs. Preston S. Parish TR '70-'78 P '71 '73 '75 GP '95 '01 '02 Dr. and Mrs. J. Edward Perreault Mrs. John E. Petrie GP '12 Ms. Penny Pitou P '83 GP '10

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F A C U LT Y A N D S T A F F

GIFTS

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. Thank You!

Joan Barnum

Thomas Flinders

R. Phillip Peck

Peter Barnum

Duane Ford '74

Robin Peck

Bruce Barton

Nicole Glew

Janice Pedrin-Nielson

Sarah Barton

Jean Henchey

Tobi Pfenninger

Pamela Bliss

Peter Hendel

Donna Black Rainville

Joseph Bobrowskas

Mark Henwood

Andrew Sheppe '00

Diana Brewer

Randal Houseman

Alan Smarse

Robert M. Caldwell

Douglas Kendall

Judith Solberg

Georg Capaul

Mary Kietzman

Stephen Solberg

Rick Carey

Melissa Levin

Jo-Anne Strickland

Michael Carrigan

Tyler Lewis

John Teaford

Patrick Casey

John Lin

Elaine Tibbetts

Francis Chapuredima

David Lockwood

Kim Tierney

Frank Cirone

George Macomber

Tiaan van der Linde '89

Susan Bellizzi Cirone

Martha Macomber

Lindley van der Linde '89

Janice Dahl

Kristin Magalhaes

Kathy Lovett Weymouth

Christopher Day

Emily Magnus '88

Richard Weymouth '70

Cynthia Day

Jane McNulty

Tracy White

Monique Devine

Angela Miller '98

Amy Woods

Carol Dopp

Jeff Nadeau

Gayle Youngman

Peter Durnan

Kerry O'Connell

Kristen Fischer

Wayne Oldack

E X T E N D E D F A M I LY

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!

Mr. Nelson Armstrong

The Haartz Corporation

Ms. Keri-Sue Baker

Mrs. Seth P. Holcombe

Mrs. Eleanor H. Bright

Mr. and Mrs. Howard Holderness Jr. MD

Mrs. Virginia Burnham

Mr. and Mrs. Timothy M. Kingston

Mr. and Mrs. Harold R. Byers

Mr. and Mrs. Christopher T. Meier

Mrs. Judith Caldwell

Mrs. Anneliese Schultz

Mr. and Mrs. Frederick L. Chipman

Mrs. Barbara Smith

Mr. Allan Holderness Davis

Mr. and Mrs. Alan H. Soanes

The Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire

Mr. and Mrs. Charles T. Sussman

Mr. Wilson Everhart III

Mr. and Mrs. Alexander A. Uhle

Mr. and Mrs. Wilson C. Everhart Jr.

Mr. and Mrs. Gordon J. VanderBrug

Mr. Charles Foss

Mr. and Mrs. Anthony M. Zane

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F O U N D AT I O N S

The following foundations and trusts shared their resources with Holderness to keep the school healthy and vital.

Acorn Foundation

Jacob L. and Lillian

Baugh Foundation

The Seymour H.

Casey Family Foundation

The

Ethel D.

Lunder Foundation

The

Colket Foundation

Columbus Foundation and Affiliated Organizations

The

Holtzmann Foundation

Knox Foundation, Inc.

Lindgren Foundation

Maine Community Foundation, Inc.

Jane B. Cook Trusts

Marr Charity Trust Fund

Diageo North American Foundation

The

The Noboru

Duke of Omnium Fund

Martin Foundation Murakami and Hiroko Murakami Foundation

Evergreen Foundation, Inc.

Paine Family Trust

Firehole Foundation

Preston S. and Barbara J. Parish Foundation

The

Gary-Williams Foundation

Pine Level Foundation, Inc.

Harweb Foundation

The

The Ulf B. & Elizabeth C. Heide Foundation Charitable Trust

Toocap Foundation

Hazen B.

Redmond Family Foundation

Hinman, Sr. Foundation, Inc.

M AT C H I N G C O M P A N I E S

Our thanks to the companies listed below for matching their employee’s gifts to Holderness School with a gift of their own.

Aetna Foundation, Inc.

Goldman, Sachs & Company

American International Group, Inc.

Grantham, Mayo, van Otterloo & Co. LLC

Analog Devices

Microsoft Corporation

Babson Capital Management LLC

PNC Foundation

Bank of America

The

BP America

Qualcomm Matching Grant Program

Prudential Foundation

Community Partnership Gift Matching Program

Raytheon Company

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Shell Oil Company Foundation

Eastern Bank Charitable Foundation

Takeda Pharmaceuticals North America, Inc

Edison International

Travelers Companies, Inc

Fidelity Foundation

Wells Fargo Educational Matching Gift Program

GE Foundation

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 Connell Dorm, an exhibit in the Edwards Gallery, a glass display case for the library, and donations to the Archive. Thank you for your thoughtful gifts to Holderness School.

Mr. and Mrs. John L. Alfond '87 Mr. F. Christopher Carney '75 and Ms. Karen Dempsey Carney P '08 Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Cloud P '12

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Mrs. and Mr. Cynthia Day P '15 Mr. and Mrs. Ross V. Deachman '60 Mr. and Mrs. Bigelow R. Green '50 Mr. and Mrs. Frederick H. Harbison '89

GIFTS IN KIND Jimmie Jones/Facing History and Ourselves

Pucker Gallery

Mr. and Erich L. Kaiter '90

Mr. James Rosenfield and Ms. Dana L. Conroy P '09

Mr. and Mrs. William L. Laird '50

Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Ross P '13

Mr. Peter Macdonald '60 and Ms. Dora L. Beatty

Ms. Jenna Stearns '09

Mr. Carlos Mogollon and Ms. Elspeth Hotchkiss P '12

Mr. Maurice W. Therrien Jr. P '13

Mr. and Mrs. Peter W. Noyes '79

Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Wall

Mr. and Mrs. P. William Parish '71

Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Wall P '14

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. Current campaign priorities include growing the Holderness

Annual

Fund,

increasing

endowment

for

financial

aid,

transforming

residential

life,

modernizing our math and science classrooms, upgrading athletic facilities, and expanding the chapel. Holderness gratefully acknowledges those donors listed below, whose generosity will help us secure a vital future grounded in our core values and strategic goals.

Campaign for Holderness: Financial Aid

Mr. W. Dexter Paine ’79 and Ms. Susan L. Paine ’82 P ’14

Mr. and Mrs. William C. Baskin III '81

Paine Family Trust

Ms. Piper S. Orton '74

Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Pichette P ’10, ’12, ’13

The

Mr. and Mrs. Jay C. Pingree ’79

Martin Foundation

Mr. and Mrs. Eijk A. de Mol van Otterloo P ’94

Mr. and Mrs. William L. Prickett '81

Campaign for Holderness: Residential Life

Mr. and Mrs. Ian C. Sanderson '79

Mr. and Mrs. Jon Q. Reynolds Jr. '86

Anonymous (3)

Mrs. Jennifer Alfond Seeman '88 and Mr. Thomas W. Seeman

Acorn Foundation

Mr. and Mrs. Bayne A. Stevenson

Mr. and Mrs. Theodore B. Alfond

Mr. and Mrs. John A. Straus

Mr. and Mrs. John L. Alfond '87

Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Tierney

Ms. Katharine B. Alfond '90 and Dr. Joseph Donahue

Mr. and Mrs. Eijk A. de Mol van Otterloo P ’94

Mr. Nelson Armstrong

Mrs. Ellyn Paine Weisel '86 and Mr. Brett T. Weisel '87

Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence S. Benjamin Mr. and Mrs. Christopher D. Blau

Campaign for Holderness: Weld Hall Renovation Fund

Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence M. Blau

Anonymous

Mr. and Mrs. Frank A. Bonsal III '82

Ms. Katharine B. Alfond '90 and Dr. Joseph Donahue

Mr. and Mrs. John L. Bunce Mr. F. Christopher Carney '75 and Ms. Karen Dempsey Carney

Campaign for Holderness: General Campaign Fund

Mr. and Mrs. Russell G. Cushman '80

Anonymous

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas F. Doyle '66

Mr. and Mrs. Frank A. Bonsal III '82

Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Dudley

Dr. and Mrs. Gary J. Frei

Mr. Douglas H. Griswold '66 and Ms. Lori E. Rowe

Mr. and Mrs. James B. Hamblin II '77

Mr. Wilson Harriman

Jacob L. and Lillian

Mr. and Mrs. Peter J. Hendel

Holtzmann Foundation

Mr. and Mrs. Howard N. Holtzmann

Mr. and Mrs. Peter K. Kimball '72

Betsy Holtzmann

Mr. and Mrs. R. Phillip Peck

Mr. and Mrs. Peter K. Kimball '72

Mr. and Mrs. William L. Prickett '81

Mr. and Mrs. George Macomber

Mr. and Mrs. Normand R. Rainville

Mr. and Mrs. Paul J. Martini Mr. and Mrs. Richard Nesbitt

Campaign for Holderness: Other

Mrs. Kristin Nordblom '79 and Mr. Peter C. Nordblom

Ms. Mary Ellen Carroll

Mr. and Mrs. Wilhelm E. Northrop ’88

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ENDOWMENTâ&#x20AC;&#x2C6;FUNDS

When members of the Holderness community contribute to the Holderness Endowment, they provide essential support of 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 2010-2011 school year.

Casey Scholarship

Philip Corder Witter Kistler '85

Casey Family Foundation

Scholarship

Fund

Mr. and Mrs. E. Paul Casey

Dr. and Mrs. J. Philip Kistler

Mr. and Mrs. Erik J. Bass '97

Mr. and Mrs. Steven C. Pettengill

Martini Family Scholarship

Mr. and Mrs. Gary Cilley

Ms. Patricia Casey Shepard

Mr. and Mrs. Paul J. Martini

Mr. and Mrs. Bruce J. Edgerly '78

Cheryl Walsh Memorial Scholarship

Ned Gillette '63 Scholarship

Christine and Josiah Miles '82

Fund

Mrs. Robert S. Gillette

Mr. and Mrs. Peter B. Nichols

Holderness Nordic Club

Mr. and Mrs. Richard H. Stowell '64

Mr. and Mrs. Mark B. Perkins

Vermont Community Foundation

Mr. James S. Stringfellow '79

Mr. and Mrs. Kevin McManus

The Lewis J. Overaker Scholarship

Mr. and Mrs. Bruce A. Chalmers

Mr. David Flynn '96 and Ms. Amy Leo

Class of '82 Scholarship Fund

Mr. Mark D. Walrod '97

Baugh Foundation

Norman M. Walker Scholarship

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Cerutti Jr. '82

Mr. and Mrs. Richard Cocchiaro

Weld Family Scholarship

Mr. and Mrs. Miles B. Glascock '82

Mrs. Margot C. Connell

Mrs. Elizabeth Lee

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Daigneault

Mr. Christopher Weld

Endowment Senior Honors Thesis

Mr. and Mrs. Steven Davis

Mr. Mark M. Weld '72

Brant and Heidi Fagan

Mr. and Mrs. James S. Parkhill

Weld Family Foundation

Allen and Mary Ivey Dr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Swift

Richard R. Hall Scholarship Fund

Weston Lea & Michael D'Amico

Mr. Robert C. Hall '61

Memorial Scholarship Fund

Fog House Scholarship Anonymous

Mr. Dean E. Lea and Ms. Debra M. Gibbs

Stephen Wells Smith Memorial

Mr. Nicholas E. Leonard '03

Scholarship Fund

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Low

General Endowment

Mrs. Dorothy Mather

Anonymous

The

Smith-Denison Foundation

Heide Family Scholarship

William D. Paine Memorial Scholarship Fund

Mr. Stuart E. Porteous '72

Straus Family Scholarship Fund

Mr. and Mrs. Russell C. Orton '40

Mr. and Mrs. John A. Straus

Ms. Stephanie Paine '83 and Dr. John Pier

Tankersley Family Endowment

Woodward Scholars Fund

Mr. and Mrs. Ulf B. & Elizabeth Heide Ms. Elizabeth Heide '85

Mr. Andrew B. Tankersley '97

Anonymous

Jamesâ&#x20AC;&#x2C6;L. Keith Memorial Scholarship

Mr. and Mrs. G. Jackson Tankersley III '96

Ms. Elizabeth M. Steele

Miss Margaret T. Keith

Mr. G. Jackson Tankersley Jr.

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TRIBUTES AND MEMORIALS

The following people have made a gift 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.

MEMORIALS

Ms. Dorothy E. Biedenbach

Nev Chamberlain

Richard and Linda Biedenbach

Mary B. Christman

In Memory of T.C. Abbey

Mr. Daniel Bolduc

Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Armknecht '56

Richard and Margaret Bowker

In Memory of David W. Barrows '82

Ms. Dianne M. Hutton

Gene and Kimberly Diederich

Mr. and Mrs. Mark E. Cavanaugh '82

Catherine and William Jerszyk

Mr. and Mrs. Harry I. Emmons Jr. '45

Mr. and Mrs. Ronald and Shirley Dupuis

In Memory of Robert (Brooksie) Brooks Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Zock

and William D. Christman George E. Coorssen Jr. and Margaret A. Coorssen

Linda and Steve Kniffin

Teresa and Mark Friedman

Mast Road Grain and Building Materials

Mr. and Mrs. John S. Hill '47

Co., Inc. Alide and Sylvia Lavallee

Mr. Michael Johnson Elise and George Mock

In Memory of Berit Johnson Campbell '84

Ms. Diane Bourque

Sara and David Sindelar

Mr. and Mrs. Lennart B. Johnson

Mr. and Mrs. Raymond

Arthur S. Tarlow Family Foundation

In Memory of Michael D'Amico '03

Mr. and Mrs. Dave Millson

Mr. Casey Carr '03

Mr. and Mrs. Robert and Muriel Schadee

and Jean Mayberry

Mr. Brendan B. Murphy '03

The Ladies 18 Hole Group Kittansett Club Robina G. Worcester Mr. and Mrs. Anthony M. Zane

Ms. Mary Anne Murray-Carr Rodgers

In Memory of Weston E. Lea '03 Mr. Casey Carr '03

In Memory of Barbara Smail

In Memory of Harriet Holderness Davis

Dean Lea and Debra Gibbs

Dr. David Smail '88 and Dr. Julie C. Smail

Mr. Allan Holderness Davis

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Low Mr. Brendan B. Murphy '03

In Memory of Sean A. Glew

Ms. Mary Anne Murray-Carr Rodgers

Edie and Conrad Fisher

In Memory of Stephen Wells Smith Mrs. Dorothy Mather The

Mr. Kevin Ramos-Glew

In Memory of Robert S. Masters '47

Mr. Ian Nesbitt '09

Mr. and Mrs. Clifford A. Rogers '47

In Memory of John C. Haartz Jr. '35

In Memory of Rowena D Meier

Mr. and Mrs. Eric R. Haartz '72

Mr. and Mrs. Christopher T. Meier

Smith-Denison Foundation

In Memory of Mark N. Stetson '01 Ms. Joy Domin Southworth '01 and Mr. Ryan Southworth

In Memory of M. L. Strang '80

Ms. Beatrice Page

In Memory of William D. Paine

Mr. and Mrs. David H. Reed '80

In Memory of Richard R. Hall

Mr. and Mrs. Russell C. Orton '40

Mr. Robert C. Hall '61

Ms. Stephanie Paine '83 and Dr. John Pier

In Memory of David H. Hinman '64

In Memory of J. Stanley Patterson '48

Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey H. Hinman '64

Mr. and Mrs. Richard C.B. Clark '48

In Memory of Alice Jane Hinman

In Memory of Kenneth L. Ritchie '35

Mr. and Mrs. Owen B. Jones '88

Mr. Lee Bright '49

Mr. and Mrs. Eric R. Haartz '72

Mr. Christopher J. Keeler '88

In Memory of James L. Keith ’57

In Memory of Frederick P. See '45

In Memory of William W. Sutphen '79 Mrs. Barbara Sutphen Mr. Terry Sutphen †

In Memory of Todd E. Swift '87

Dr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Swift

Miss Margaret T. Keith

Anonymous

In Memory of Joan R. Thompson

100 & 200 Clarendon, LLC

Mr. Stephen Thompson '58

In Memory of M.J. LaFoley '95

Mr. Robert B. Almy, Jr.

Mr. Daniel D. Shin '95

Alfred C. Bancroft Jr. and Jane Noyes Bancroft

In Memory of Andy L. Lavallee

Joey and Barbara Bouchard

Paul and Shannon Aubin

Michale Cantalupa

In Memory of Peter B. Tuttle '58 Mr. David G. Wiggins '56

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TRIBUTES

AND MEMORIAL GIFTS

In Memory of Norman M. Walker

Dr. and Mrs. J. Philip Kistler

and Mr. Stewart Smith

Mr. and Mrs. Richard Cocchiaro Mrs. Margot C. Connell

In Honor of Wes Lowrie ‘99

In Honor of Julia B. Potter '12

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Daigneault

Mrs. Mary Lou S. Lowrie

Mr. and Mrs. Steven B. Potter

Mr. and Mrs. James S. Parkhill

In Honor of Samuel C. Macomber '11

In Honor of Sarah A. Sussman '10

Mr. John S. Rudberg Jr.

Mr. Robert Cornell

Mr. Charles Foss

In Memory of Cheryl L. Walsh '88

In Honor of Carly Meau

Mr. and Mrs. Michael G. Hillegass '88

Mr. and Mrs. Tim Luttazi

Mr. and Mrs. Steven Davis

Mr. and Mrs. Charles T. Sussman

Ms. Jennifer S. Holden '88 Holderness Nordic Club

In Honor of Alan Thompson '04 Mrs. Hope Cruickshank

In Honor of Tess M. O'Brien '14 Mr. and Mrs. Walter H. Kasianchuk GP '08

In Honor of The Rev. Brinton W.

In Honor of Dr. Lewis J. Overaker

Mr. James R. Gallop Esq. '83

Woodward Jr.

TRIBUTES

Mr. and Mrs. Erik J. Bass '97

In Honor of Ian Cruickshank '01

Mr. and Mrs. Bruce A. Chalmers

Mrs. Hope Cruickshank

Mr. and Mrs. Gary Cilley

In Honor of Frances Dewey and F.H. Dewey III

and Ms. Christie P. Allen Ms. Elizabeth M. Steele

Mr. and Mrs. Bruce J. Edgerly '78

In Honor of Alexis S. Wruble '95

Mr. David Flynn '96 and Ms. Amy Leo

Mr. Bernhardt K. Wruble and Dr. Jill Wruble

Christine and Josiah Miles '82

Mr. and Mrs. David B. Dewey '77

Mr. and Mrs. Peter B. Nichols

In Honor of Martha Huckins

Mr. Matthias J. Reynolds Jr. '86

Mr. and Mrs. Mark B. Perkins

Dupre, Renee '88

and Ms. Jennifer Nava Ide Mr. James S. Stringfellow '79

In Honor of Scott A. King Jr. '11

Mr. Mark D. Walrod '97

Mr. and Mrs. Scott A. King, Sr.

In Honor of Jack Place In Honor of Philip Corder Witter Kistler '85

Mrs. Lauren O'Brien Smith '88

B A L C H S O C I E TY

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; by setting up trusts, annuities, and other gift plans. We are grateful to our Balch Society members for helping to ensure the Holderness Experience for the students today and far into the future. Mrs. Barbara Lawrence Alfond

Mr. Frank M. Hammond '50

Mr. James E. Brewer II

Mr. Lars H. Hansen '52

Mr. Peter L. Macdonald '60 Mr. Joseph Massik '46

Mr. Lee C. Bright '49

Mr. Lars H. Hansen '52

Mr. Guenter H. Mattersdorff '44

Ms. Charlotte Caldwell

Dr. John L. Jamieson '69

Mr. Albert O. Merrill '43

Mr. Stephen G. Carpenter '58

Dr. Harry P. Jeffries '47

Mr. Mayland H. Morse Jr. '38

Mr. Richard C. Clark '48

Ms. Trit Johnson

Mr. Rupert L. Nichols Jr. '65

Mr. Robert E. Cleary Jr. '62

Mr. Lee W. Katzenbach '61

Mr. Sigourney F. Nininger '41

Mr. Kenneth L. Cutler

Mr. Robert M. Keating '52

Dr. Richard G. Obregon

Ms. Abbey E. DeRocker '95

Mrs. Wendelyn W. Kistler

Mrs. Judith W. Parkhill

Mr. David B. Dewey '77

Dr. Albert C. Lesneski

Mr. William L. Prickett '81

Mr. Thomas F. Doyle '66

Mr. Theodore W. Libbey '42

Mr. Jon Q. Reynolds Jr. '86

Mrs. Ann M. Gallop

Ms. Christine R. Louis '81

Mr. Harrison James Sargent '73

Mr. Peter S. Grant '77

Mr. Burton N. Lowe '44

Mr. Timothy G. Scott '73

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B A L C H â&#x20AC;&#x2C6; S O C I E TY

Mr. Dwight B. Shepard '72

Mr. George F. Theriault Jr. '61

Mr. Jerome P. Webster Jr. '57

Mr. James C. Stearns '68

Mr. Alexander A. Uhle

Mr. Edric A. Weld Jr. '42

Mr. John A. Straus

Mr. George B. Upton '62

The Rev. & Mrs. Brinton W. Woodward Jr.

Dr. John S. Swift Jr. '62

Mr. G. Hartley D. Webster '57

Mr. Stephen A. Worcester '67

HOLDERNESS

VOLUNTEERS

PARENT

VOLUNTEERS

Parent volunteers continue to be ever-present in their support of the people and programs at Holderness. This can be seen in your participation in Tabor Day, Exam Bakes, and hosting students who live far away for long weekends and vacations. A hearty thank you to the countless parents who give so generously in so many ways! Your support makes a difference.

The 2011 Parents' Association Fiesta raffle raised over $25,000 in support of financial aid. Thank you to all the volunteers that made this event a success!

EVENTâ&#x20AC;&#x2C6;HOSTS

Holderness is blessed with alumni and families who love to stay connected with the school. Each year as we plan our travel schedule, it is heartwarming to see how willingly they open their doors to the Holderness community. This past year we caught up with alumni, parents, and friends across the country. A special thanks to the following people who helped make these events memorable.

Host Dana Conroy and Jim Rosenfield

Event P '09

Sue and Bernie Pucker

Fall Gathering in NYC Holiday Party at the Pucker Gallery

Peter Macdonald '60

Denver, CO, Gathering

Erich Kaiter '90

Boulder, CO, Gathering

Jill and John Alfond '87

Vail, CO, Gathering

Julie and Will Parish '71

San Francisco

Andy Bohlin '01

Senior Dinner

Rose-Marie and Eijk van Otterloo P '94

Peabody Essex Museum, Boston

Steve Thompson '58

Marblehead Summer Party

Bruce and Laurie Chalmers P '98

Bridgton Highlands Country Club Golf Outing

and Jim Chalmers '98

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ALUMNIâ&#x20AC;&#x2C6;VOLUNTEERS

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

for

the

good

Holderness.

Thank

you

our

Class

Agents

and

Correspondents!

Class Agents 2010-2011

Mrs. Susan Grant Allen '82

Mr. Robert A. Backus '57

Mrs. Lisa Weeks Clute '82

Mr. William E. Biddle III '58

Mr. Christopher J. Pesek '82

Mr. Michael Kingston '58

Mrs. Susan Fine Taylor '82

Mr. Andrew D. Sullivan '00

Mr. Cushman L. Andrews '59

Mr. Joe D. Barbour '84

Ms. Heidi T. Webb '00

Dr. Harold E. Welch '59

Dr. Angus A. A. Christie '85

Mr. Kellan M. Florio '01

Ms. Julia C. Perkins '97 Ms. Sarah C. Crane '98 *

Ms. Julia L. Haley '99

Mr. John C. Holley Jr. '61

Mr. Frederick D. Paxton III '85

Mr. Adam L. Lavallee '01

Mr. Mark G. Shub '61

Mr. Ian R. L. Sinclair '85

Ms. Elizabeth S. Norton '01

Mr. Charles C. Bradley Jr. '62

Mr. Blake H. Swift '86

Mr. Averill H. Cook '02

Dr. and Mrs. John S. Swift Jr. '62

Mr. Christopher P. Zak '86

Ms. Kerry C. Douglas '02

Mr. David S. Hagerman '63

Mrs. Carolyn M. Cullen '87

Ms. Madeline C. Fiumara '02

Mr. James C. Ricker '64

Mr. Timothy S. Lesko '87

Mr. Neal J. Frei '03 Mr. Nicholas D. Payeur '03

Mr. Rupert L. Nichols Jr. '65

Mr. Alexander C. MacCormick '88

Mr. Stephen M. Foster '66

Ms. Amanda R. Black '89

Mr. Nathaniel R. Smith '04

Mr. John D. Pfeifle '67

Mrs. Jennifer Legg Gabel '89

Mr. Brian D. Sweeney '04

Dr. James S. Burnett '68

Ms. Katherine M. Arecchi '90

Ms. Joanna Weatherbie '04

Mr. Gerald D. Weston '70

Mr. Nathan C. M. Beams '90

Ms. Mary K. Weatherbie '04

Mr. Christopher R. Latham '72

Mr. Ian A. Frank '90

Ms. Kathleen A. Crane '05

Mr. Samuel P. Osborne '72

Mr. James C. Queen Jr. '90

Mr. William W. Ford '05

Mr. Peter R. Garrison '73

Mr. Michael P. O'Keefe '91

Mr. Brendan W. O'Riordan '05

Mr. Timothy G. Scott '73

Ms. Jessie H. Harris '92

Ms. Emily M. Sampson '05

Mr. Walter Malmquist II '74

Mr. Andrew S. Katchen '92

Mr. E. E. Butler Jr. '75

Ms. Lindsay K. Fontana '93

Mr. John H. Bladon '06 Ms. Elizabeth Laurin '06

Mr. John L. Putnam '75

Ms. Anne B. Hudak '93

Mr. Anders P. Nordblom '06

Mr. Robert E. Garrison '76

Mr. Jonathan C. Moodey '93

Mr. Prescott C. Alexander '07 Ms. Katherine Oram '07

Mr. David B. Dewey '77

Mr. Peter K. Woodward '93

Mr. John B. Neal '77

Mrs. Ramey Harris-Tatar '94

Ms. Haley B. Hamblin '08

Ms. Margo Farley Deselin '78

Ms. Elizabeth Hogan '94

Ms. Gretchen E. Hyslip '08

Mr. Matthew R. Upton '80

Mrs. Janine Perkins Newman '94

Mr. Jacob B. Manoukian '09

Mr. William C. Baskin III '81

Mr. John P. Farnsworth '95

Ms. Caitlin J. Mitchell '09

Ms. Christine R. Louis '81

Mrs. Katherine Waltz Harris '96

Class Correspondents 2010-2011

Mr. Richard S. Meyer '56

Mr. James E. Hollis III '67

Mr. David P. Goodwin '37

Mr. Charles W. Kellogg II '58

Mr. John D. Pfeifle '67

Mr. Theodore W. Libbey '42

Mr. Gerald H. Ashworth '59

Mr. Jonathan W. Porter '69

Mr. Guenter H. Mattersdorff '44

Mr. Leonard B. Richards III '60

Mr. Dwight B. Shepard '72

Mr. William C. Baskin Jr. '49

Mr. Mark G. Shub '61

Mr. Walter Malmquist II '74

Mr. Terry M. Weathers '51

Mr. David S. Hagerman '63

Mr. Peter S. Grant '77

Mr. Allan N. Teele '52

Mr. Guy E. Alexander Jr. '64

Mr. Luther P. Turmelle '78

Mr. Donald E. Backe '53

Mr. Harry A. Jacobs III '65

Mr. Cullen B. Morse '79

Mr. William S. Lofquist '54

Mr. Peter W. Janney '66

Mr. Gregory A. White '80

* Decade Chair

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Class

ALUMNI VOLUNTEERS

Mr. William C. Baskin III '81

Ms. Lindsay K. Fontana '93

Mr. Adam L. Lavallee '01

Mr. Brent D. Jennings '82

Mr. Samuel Bass '94

Ms. Elizabeth S. Pantazelos '02

Mr. Christopher J. Pesek '82

Mrs. Ramey Harris-Tatar '94

Mr. Nicholas D. Payeur '03

Mr. Justin F. Madden '83

Mr. John P. Farnsworth '95

Ms. Ryan B. McManus '04

Mr. Fred H. Ludtke III '84

Ms. Alexis S. Wruble '95

Ms. Brianne M. Keefe '05

Mr. Jean-Louis Trombetta '85

Mrs. Emily T. MacLaury '96

Mr. Bruce Hamlin '06

Mr. Matthias J. Reynolds Jr. '86

Ms. Heather Pierce Roy '96

Ms. Jessica Saba '06

Mrs. Kathryn L. Robinson '87

Mrs. Katherine Putney Pyles '97

Ms. Annie E. Hanson '07

Mr. Alexander C. MacCormick '88

Mr. Mark D. Walrod '97

Ms. Kelly P. Hood '08

Ms. Tracy McCoy Gillette '89

Mrs. Tara Walker Hamer '98

Ms. Taylor V. Sawatzki '08

Dr. Courtney L. Fleisher '90

Mrs. Brooke Aronson McCreedy '99

Ms. Meghan A. McNulty '09

Ms. Terra E. Reilly '91

Mr. Andrew D. Sullivan '00

Ms. Allison Stride '09

Mrs. Kelly Mullen Wieser '92

Ms. Karyn P. Hoepp '01

Class Volunteers 2010-2011

Miss Cecily N. Cushman '11

Ms. Abigail J. Alexander '10

Miss Amanda C. Engelhardt '11

Ms. Ashleigh M. Boulton '10

Mr. Samuel C. Macomber '11

Mr. James M. McNulty '11

2010-2011

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 ensuring that we move forward together as a caring community, committed to balance, and working together “for the betterment of humankind and God’s creation.”

Mr. Nels Armstrong

Mr. Robert J. Hall

Mrs. Grace Bird P '07 '13

Mr. Jim Hamblin '77 P '08

The Rt. Rev. V. Gene Robinson

Mr. Frank Bonsal '82

Mr. Peter Kimball '72

Mr. Ian Sanderson '79

Mrs. Elizabeth Bunce P '13 Mr. Christopher Carney '75

Mr. Paul Martini P '08

P '13

P '06 '08

Mr. Richard Nesbitt P '09

Mr. Jon Q. Reynolds '86

Mrs. Jenny Alfond Seeman '88 Mr. John Straus P '06

Mr. Russell Cushman '80 P '11

Mr. Peter Nordblom P '04 '06 '08

The Rt. Rev. Douglas Theuner

Mr. Randy Dales P '00 '02 '80

Mr. Wilhelm Northrop '88

Mrs. Rose-Marie van Otterloo P '94 Mrs. Ellyn Paine Weisel '86

Mr. Nigel Furlonge

Mr. R. Philip Peck P '09

Ms. Tracy McCoy Gillette '89

Mrs. Tamar Pichette P '13 '12 '10

Mr. Doug Griswold '66

Mr. William Prickett '81

Listings in this report reflect gifts made to Holderness during the fiscal year July 1, 2010 through June 30, 2011. Every effort has been made to ensure accuracy. Please accept our apologies if an error or omission have occurred and kindly notify the Advancement Office at 603-779-5220.

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Milestones

IN MEMORIAM John Tytus '39

Robert M. Miller '50

Kip Garre III '92

May 31, 2011

January 19, 2011

April 26, 2011

John Sloane '41

John J. Mossman, Jr. '60

Norm Walker (former faculty)

March 28, 2011

January 1, 2011

August 22, 2011

Frederick E. Teichert, Jr. '44

Robert Lee Gans

April 1, 2011

February 11, 2011

Theodore A. Jenkel '48

Juan C. Sol '80

October 7, 2010

May 21, 2011

'72

NEWLY MARRIED Jessica Clark to Rice Bryan '91

Jennifer Stahl to Gabe Sherman '97

Karyn Hoepp '01 to Joseph Jennings

September 17, 2011

August 13, 2011

June 18, 2011

Stowe, VT

Round Barn Farm, Waitsfield, VT

Mount Washington Hotel, Bretton Woods, NH

Beth Schulz and Jon Sawyer '91

Kate Richardson '99 to Bo Surdam '96

Caitlin Connelly '05 to Dan Cooper

May 21, 2011

June 11, 2011

August 13, 2011

Boston Public Gardens, Boston, MA

Glens Falls, NY

Chapel of the Holy Cross, Holderness School

Miranda Landvater '93 to Johan Anders Hvide

Rachel Goldberg '01 to Nordo Nissi

October 19, 2011

July 24, 2011

St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Delray Beach, FL

Wequassett Inn, Chatham, MA

Eliza Scott to Bunge Cook '94

Christine Hann '01 to Aaron Cunningham

January 25, 2011

August 18, 2011

Maui, HI

Western Newfoundland, Canada

NEW ARRIVALS Jeannette Cavanaugh and Mark Cavanaugh '82

Shelly Nields and Mugsy Nields '93

Laurel Durham and Jake Hinman '95

Teagan Mary Cavanaugh

Raleigh Nields

Emelia Vivienne Hinman

June 15, 2011

March 28, 2011

May 5, 2011

Priya Hanson and Lee Hanson '88

Katie Boggess LeRoy '93 and Michael LeRoy

Sarah Walker Kossayda '95 and Adam Kossayda

Reagan Duke Hanson

Dela Jordan LeRoy

Harvey Dunn Kossayda

April 22, 2011

August 19, 2011

March 10, 2011

Ashley Dwinell Clapp '91 and Chris Clapp

Abbie Wilson '93 and Rafael Khusnutdinov

Shannon Blair Taji '95 and Joseph Taji

Nyah Grace Clapp

Alina Wilson Khusnutdinova

Kayden Frazier Taji

January, 2011

July 17, 2010

May 12, 2011

Ruah Bhay and Neil Shetty Bhay '93

Natalie Dalton and Sam Finley '94

Tricia Clifford and Josh Clifford '96

Nadal Phoenix Bhay

Samuel Wallace Finley II and John Harry Finley

Brooks Clifford

October 12, 2010

February 24, 2011

April 17, 2011

Katie McQuilkin Garnett '93 and William Garnett

Kristin Soto MacLaggan '94 and Wes MacLaggan

Blair Endean '96 and Dave Endean

Henry Garnett

Charlotte Elizabeth MacLaggan

Rafe Rowarth Endean

February 16, 2011

May 23, 2011

February 2, 2011

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Eliza Franson and Bjorn Franson '96

Ali Lafreniere

Thornton Geddes Franson

Josie Susa Lafreniere

March 24, 2011

August 29, 2011

Tara Haas and Chris Haas '96

Patricia Perrier and Gasper Sekelj '97

and Josh Lafreniere '97

Brooke Aronson McCreedy '99 and

Bradley McCreedy

Grace Elizabeth McCreedy January 21, 2011

Avery Haas

Ella Sophia Sekelj

Anna von Trapp and Joel von Trapp '99

July 21, 2011

March 23, 2011

Ethan Aris von Trapp

Katie Waltz Harris '96 and Doug Harris

Tara Walker Hamer '98 and Chris Hamer

Georgia Livingston Harris

Lola Rose Hamer

Kristin Sheppe and Andrew Sheppe '00

March 4, 2011

February 9, 2011

Oliver Lewis Sheppe

Amanda Knox Hoffman '96 and Tyler Hoffman

Anne Mueller and Eric Mueller '98

April 1, 2011

February 8, 2011

Lilly Hoffman

Eliza Lothrop Mueller

Joy Domin Southworth '01 and Ryan Southworth

November 1, 2010

May 23, 2011

Thomas Daniel Southworth

Veronica Kaulbach and Nick Kaulbach '96

Kristin Bass '99 and Pei-Weng Chen

Tristan Roam Kaulbach

Michaela Elyse Chen

Katie Gamble Marvin and Ira Marvin '01

June 7, 2011

Lucy Elizabeth Chafee Marvin

May 5, 2011

and Nica Rime Matane Kaulbach September 17, 2010

July 6, 2011 Abby Richardson Considine '99 and Peter Considine

Heather Pierce Roy '96 and Dan Roy

Lucy Hawthorne Considine

Chelsea Hoopes Silver '02 and John Silver

Teagan Jones Roy

November 5, 2010

Samuel Bixby Silver

June 13, 2011

October 3, 2010 Megan Bitter Griffith '99 and Tyler Griffith

Alanya Johnson and Rob Johnson '97

Paige Elizabeth Griffith

Bruce Wallace Johnson

June 28, 2011

June 23, 2011 Kathleen Blauvelt Kime '99 and Ryan Kime Melanie Cummings and Garrett Kemble Jackson Kemble

'97

Karis Holly Kime May 24, 2011

April 14, 2011

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Class Notes

’37-’39 CLASS CORRESPONDENT Dave Goodwin '37 200 Alliance Way, Unit 160 Manchester, NH 03102-8404

Thinking it would be nice to see Class

’40

Notes for 1940? Why not volunteer as the

Class Correspondent and encourage your classmates to reconnect in the HST Class Notes. Contact Melissa Stuart, Interim Director of Alumni Relations: 603.799.5228 or alum@holderness.org. Thank you!

’41-’42 CLASS CORRESPONDENT Ted Libbey '42 5305 Kenwood Ave Chevy Chase, MD 20815-6601 Phone: 301-652-2361 E-mail: LibbeyTW@aol.com

Thinking it would be nice to see Class

’43

Notes for 1940? Why not volunteer as the

Class Correspondent and encourage your classmates to reconnect in the HST Class Notes. Contact Melissa Stuart, Interim Director of Alumni Relations: 603.799.5228 or alum@holderness.org. Thank you!

visited four Safari camps in Botswana and saw in

dent's computers, and me with some light accounting

action some of the most beautiful animals in the

and odd jobs."

wild. We also saw much of South Africa, including Victoria Falls, the wine country and Cape Town. All

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in all it was a marvelous trip. The summer has been

Rik Clark '48

very pleasant, with a visit to Maine and one to

PO Box 899

Vermont, with a bit of tennis here and there."

Osterville, MA 02655-0899 Phone: 508-428-5262

Thinking it would be nice to see more Class Notes

E-mail: capeclarks@aol.com

for 1940? Why not volunteer as the Class Correspondent and encourage your classmates to reconnect in the HST Class Notes. Contact Melissa

Lee Bright shares: "Failing kidneys plus 80

’49

years of life make for longing for the old

Stuart, Interim Director of Alumni Relations:

school as it was 1945-1949. One thing one learns as

603.799.5228 or alum@holderness.org. Thank you!

the years drift by: the older one gets, the more he appreciates those days during World War II – our

’46

class had 26 at graduation. Practically all students

Class Correspondent and encourage your classmates

We won more than we lost. I loved the old gym,

to reconnect in the HST Class Notes. Contact

playing guard for the hoop team." … Bob Barrows

Thinking it would be nice to see Class

Notes for 1940? Why not volunteer as the

(76) turned out for Coach Hinman's football team.

Melissa Stuart, Interim Director of Alumni

has added another person to his household in

Relations: 603.799.5228 or alum@holderness.org.

Weddington, NC: a yellow lab whose name is

Thank you!

Buddy. Bob has found that it is always good to have a buddy around to talk to. He also remains active

Thinking it would be nice to see Class

’47

with an exercise regimen at the YMCA, and golf

Class Correspondent and encourage your classmates

are getting lighter, and that his game seems to get

to reconnect in the HST Class Notes. Contact

better with age! … Judy and Bill Baskin, who live

Notes for 1940? Why not volunteer as the

once a week. He reports that the exercise weights

Melissa Stuart, Interim Director of Alumni

in the shoreline town of Branford, CT, didn't allow

Relations: 603.799.5228 or alum@holderness.org.

the excitement of coping with tropical storm Irene in

Thank you!

August distract them from the excitement of the

Tom Loemker writes: "Marion and I are

child – their youngest son and his wife's first child.

enjoying good health and have dodged the

… Pat and Jim Coulter enjoyed a fast-moving sum-

worst of the storms. We were in the city for the bliz-

Gus Mattersdorff '44 2545 SW Terwilliger Blvd Apt 607 Portland, OR Phone: 503-636-8084 E-mail: g.h.mattersdorff@mattersdorff.com

Harry Emmons writes: "The past year has

been quite an experience for us. In '10 we had a serious house fire which

just about destroyed the house that we had lived in for over 50 years. Both Roz and I got out of the house safely although in an attempt to save our Jack Russell pup, I took in too much of the toxic smoke and had to be hospitalized. Sadly we lost our beloved Jamie in the disaster. We decided the house was too far gone to rebuild and was fortunate to sell the lot and house 'as is.' We found a rental that has turned out to be a perfect situation for us. Our town, church, and friends came through for us with flying colors. They really helped put us back on our feet. In

Marion and I each help out, Marion with the resi-

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November of

Sleepy Hollow and have made many new friends.

joined our daughter's family on a trip to Africa. We

impending arrival, in November, of an eighth grand-

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’45

March we figured we needed a good break, so we

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mer in Duxbury, MA, where they are still playing

zard and were scheduled to go to a show with our

tennis, spending time on the beach, and visiting with

Atlanta family (four grandchildren and their par-

family. Their youngest son and his wife are also

ents), but the 50 mph winds convinced us that we

expecting a first child in November; and that will be

could give up that one item on a schedule of activi-

twelve years after Pat and Jim's last grandchild

ties spread over nine days. A good holiday for all, and we found that if there is a declared snow emergency and you miss a performance, you get your money back. A simple 10-12 inch storm probably doesn't count. With eight of us, it was nice to see the money (any number times eight is significant – something I learned after Coach's algebra). Our three daughters and families are spread out: one in Minneapolis with two grandchildren, one in Portland, ME (no kids), and the one in Atlanta with four. We get to see them a couple of times each year and they manage to get to see us once. We have an annual gathering at Lake Sabago and my sister's family joins us for a couple of days (dinner for 28 is, happily, prepared for us). All the cousins see each

L-R: Tom Kay '49, Dianne Kay ,Toshiko Lofquist,

other, which is a great sport. I have fully retired

and Bill Lofquist '54, at Tom's club, the Outrigger

(after three tries) now for several years. We live in a

Canoe Club, on Waikiki Beach in Honolulu in

continuing care facility right on the Hudson River at

September.

arrived. … Although Jeanne and Bob Bradner's

sleep about it as we are concerned that what you see

Al Teele '52

family life has been "pretty quiet" this year, Bob and

is what you get and I expect things won't unwrap

636 Greenbriar Drive

their three children put together one really big event:

from around the axle for another 10 years or so." …

Harrodsburg, KY 40330-1276

a reception marking Jeanne's 80th birthday. Included

Dick Leach came through with the following: "Nell

Phone: 859-734-3625

were 50 guests, made up of immediate family, some

and I happily live in New London, NH. We travel

E-mail: roseb@kycom.net

cousins, and many who were Jeanne's colleagues

often, play golf, and get quite involved with local

throughout her long and public career. Bob has

activities. Seven children between us and twelve

reduced the amount of time he spends watching and

grandchildren keep us pretty busy. I hope to catch up

worrying about news, substituting the enjoyment of

with you one of these days; I sure do remember the

’53

old LP music and beginning to nibble at some of

fun times we had." … Bill Summers is the one

those "must-read" books he has never gotten around

classmate that I can count on for regular news, so

Don Backe '53

to reading. … Don Wyeth has been recovering from

we'll include excerpts from a number of emails

703 Melrose St.

a robotic surgery procedure at the Mayo Clinic in

going back to June 23, 2011. Bill and Faith are

Annapolis, MD 21401-3303

Jacksonville, FL, which removed a slow-growing

snowbirds, wintering in Florida and summering in

E-mail: donbacke@aol.com

cancerous growth from his kidney. He reports that,

New Hampshire. The 6/23 email describes the return

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after two days in the hospital, he and Shelma Jane

trip north, but on 7/30 he reports that he expects

moved on to an overnight stay in the hotel at Pontre

Joan and Nick Nichols and Cathy and Fred Carter to

Vedra, where they witnessed the final scene of an

join the Summerses at the Holderness reunion. On

armed robbery, complete with gunfire, K-9 dogs,

8/21, Bill finally gets personal and files the follow-

iting offspring in the West but should return to their

and a helicopter, in which the perpetrator was riot-

ing: "Last fall, Bill's PSA test was HIGH and it was

home in Westfield, MA, by Labor Day. Bert attended Boston University after Holderness, and then

Tales out of school: Bert Chillson reports

’54

from his RV in Elko, NV, that life is good.

He and his wife (Mae) of 55 years are currently vis-

gunned down through the rear window of a car near

suggested he get a biopsy. Did that in Florida;

their hotel room window. So, while life in Florida is

prostate cancer, had 44 radiation treatments from

began an extended career in the U.S. corrugated box

"still exciting, even at 81!" Don prefers life at their

late January to early April, five days a week. After

packaging industry. He spent nine years with the

other home in the woods of Big Canoe, GA.

the 15th treatment, I began feeling like a million

General Fiber Box Company in West Springfield,

dollars and all my lumps and bumps disappeared.

MA, before working for firms in the West: Boise

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The radiation must have worked, and so did the

Cascade and Weyerhauser. He returned to Westfield,

Bill Baskin '49

immune system! Since then, have shot my age, or

MA, in 1984, retiring in 2000 from Smurfit Stone

218 Damascus Rd

better, 20 times! Faith got rid of some of her medi-

Inc. Retirement finds him in a constant travel mode,

Branford, CT 06405-6109

cines, and is feeling marvelous as well." The only

either with his RV or with more public forms of

Phone: 203-488-0566

classmate to report on Irene's effect so far, Bill

transportation. … Eric Hurlin's life has taken many

writes: "Well, we got through Irene all in one piece;

twists and turns. After Holderness, he attended the

E-mail: wbaskin.td53law58@aya.yale.edu

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Chico Laird sends: "News from

Tennessee – just waiting for the cool of

had howling winds for two days, had driving rain for

U.S. Merchant Marine Academy for two years, and

two days, lost power twice (once for 2+ hours, and

then worked in the engineering department of the

12 hours Sunday night to 1PM today). No damage

John H. Breck Company. The U.S. Army called, and

fall! We did have a wonderful one-week trip with

around. Afew dead trees took their bow, with

Eric's response was training at Ft. Dix, NJ, followed

our bank travel group to New England. In July we

branches and tons of leaves ripped from their moor-

by assignment as an Armor Intelligence Specialist in

travelled to the White Mountain Hotel in North

ings, and Route 4 had three parts where there was

the 2nd Armored Cavalry in Nuremberg, Germany,

Conway, where we headquartered for our 'trip up

high water going across. I got the bottom of the van

guarding the East German and Czech borders. In the

North.' Each day we motor-coached in a different

washed." On 9/7 Bill adds the following about class-

midst of these threats, he married his sweetheart and

direction: one day to Portland and Casco Bay, anoth-

mate Dmitri Nabokov: "Got a note from Ms.

best friend, Nancy, in Nuremberg in 1959. Eric com-

er day south to Lake Winnipesaukee and a lake tour

Butcher that Dmitri has sold his Palm Beach digs,

pleted his BBA degree from Western New England

on the M/S Mount Washington, and the 'coolest' day

and is now residing full time in Montreux. We wish

School in 1966 and earned his MBA from the same

of all – up to the top of Mt. Washington on the Cog

him well; sorry we never got to visit with him while

school in 1974. He was manager of sales engineer-

RR. That day it was hotter in North Conway than it

we could." … Class Correspondent Terry Weathers

ing for the Hampden Engineering Corp., East

was in Nashville! Still time for a round of golf, din-

reports that he's still doing a little bit of flying and

Longmeadow, MA, for 39 years. In 2005 he and

ner with my nephew and his wife, and the telling of

flight instructing. He completed one Private Pilot

Nancy moved to Myrtle Beach, SC. He stays active

Holderness stories, during which no one could

last year, one this year, and has one in the oven. He's

in the marine sciences and in the U.S. Coast Guard

believe I am the class of 1950!"

an active member of Jefferson Aviation Archeology,

Auxiliary. He remains devoted to Holderness, and

a group that researches the sites of WWII military

especially to Loys Arthur Wiles. … Al Lewis is an

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airplane crash sites, and is presently creating a

authentic Rhode Islander. After Holderness, Al grad-

Frank Hammond '50

Veterans Memorial Museum in which to display the

uated from the University of Rhode Island and

PO Box 192

artifacts recovered. Daughter Becky (Rebecca

began a long career in advertising sales with the

New London, NH 03257-0192

Desmond) ran the local county fair for ten years and

Providence Journal newspaper, retiring in 1995.

Phone: 603-526-6001

now has a new job with big title of California

Success in his chosen field is evidenced by his long

E-mail: fmh@tds.net

Director of Fairs and Expositions.

time ownership of a Catalina 30 sailboat. Al is married and has two offspring, one daughter a CEO with

Dan Baxter writes: "Interesting news

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a firm in Prague, Czechoslovakia. … Art Piech

seems to be a hard thing to come by.

Terry Weathers '51

graduated from the University of Massachusetts with

However, the Baxter house continues to be totally

9964 Sniktaw Lane

a BS in mechanical engineering, and almost immedi-

engrossed in two businesses (his and hers). With the

Fort Jones, CA 96032-9745

ately joined the U.S. Army as a commissioned offi-

exception of summer visits from two grandsons

Phone: 530-468-2234

cer. Resigning after nine years with the rank of

from Virginia (currently students at Liberty

E-mail: tmw@sisqtel.net

’51

day party (we do about 12 of them all at once), summer has been relatively normal. Some of you are aware that I have some intense political opinions, so we worry about that some. At any rate we lose some

Captain, Art saw duty at the Berlin blockade, the Pentagon, and in Vietnam. After the military, his

University) and the Baxter Bash 2011 annual birth-

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business career focused on IBM: in the 1970s he was part of IBM's original 70-person team that developed the IBM PC. Much of Art's 28-year IBM career took place in Boca Raton, FL, so it was natu-

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Class Notes

ral

for him and his wife, Mary, to retire to

'finished.' It needs some more

Panama City Beach, FL, where they have

paint and the interior done,

resided for eleven years. Golf appears to be his

and then it will be ready to

forte: he regularly plays three times per week.

'show.'" He and Marilyn spend some time in with

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warmth of Florida. … From

Bill Lofquist '54

Reed Thompson comes a

2240 Kuhio Ave Apt 3604

long newsletter of life after

Honolulu, HI

Holderness, with hopes to be

Phone: 808-744-7419

in touch with classmates. He

E-mail: btlofquist@hawaii.rr.com

and his French wife live in San Diego, and he has two

Bill Byers writes: "I have taken on the role

’55

children and three grandchil-

of class agent. Maybe this is a return of

dren. A Colby degree and

years working on the Bull staff. Thanks for sending

time in the US Navy led to a

in notes. I am wonderfully and miraculously well in

career in "retail/institution

this sixth year out from having been diagnosed with

sales with various Wall Street

terminal (Stage 4) kidney cancer. Not much hope

brokerage firms." He adds: "I

was given in 2006 by some medicos. But here we

have followed Holderness'

are with no evidence of metastatic disease. None!

progress over the years with a

No medications either. We enjoy our travels: Glacier

great sense of pride at having been an early part of

Bill Byers '55 with an old friend.

National Park in September, 2010, and then

its life. I remember Don Hagerman, Joe Abbey,

Yellowstone a second time, hiking in the Pecos

Coach Hinman, Don Henderson, and the rest of

Wilderness with son Doug, Susi, and our German

that wonderful gang with great affection. To this day,

shepherd. I still work in the woods on timber stand

I count the two years I spent at Holderness as an

management, albeit not as much as once upon a

important transitional part of my life. Up until that

time. When not in Blue Hill, ME, and not on the

point I recall being 'a bit confused.' Holderness was

road, our own gardens take my attention. A local

integral to pointing me in a good direction." Tennis

landscape design and building contractor has me

remains a love, and he sends good wishes to Kim

doing photography for promotional materials and

Mason '54 ("wherever you are") but is not too sure

sales portfolios. Much fun."… News from car enthu-

about meeting up with him on the courts. … Maybe

siast Peter Atherton is replete with retirement and

this is the class notes year for old cars (and old…

changes: "Retired almost six years ago, after 41

hmm). Here's my entry: "An International Pickup,

years in the automobile business (no longer fun

maybe a 1936 vintage. It's in Lincoln, ME, across

commuting 120 miles per day), and now have time

the road and down toward the parking lot from

to tend to our property here in Kingston. My wife

Liberty Graphics (great t-shirt place!). If the rusty

and I bought a house four years ago in South

bucket is a 1936, that makes it and me the same age.

Carolina, in a community called Moss Creek, at the

Some say the truck and I share a similar decrepitude.

foot of the bridge to Hilton Head Island." He and his

Maybe so, but I can still roll along across the nation

wife are presently "house-tied" by a house that does-

seeing old cars and trucks throughout the western

n't sell, while Peter longs to be on with life as a

landscapes. None of them work anymore. I guess I

young retired man (75 like the rest of us, or nearly

got more metal – or is it mettle?"

so). "I'm still playing with cars, with a '61 Alfa Giulietta, '67 Lancia Flaminia coupe, and a '67

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Mercedes station wagon, that was custom-built in

Bill Byers '55

Belgium, long before MB built their own wagons.

35 Nedwied Road

Our dealership had sold it new, and I've had it since

Tolland, CT 06084-4037

'78." He and long-time friend Peter Viles keep in

E-mail: wbyers1@comcast.net

touch. Pete Atherton tells me his close friend Chris Packard is married to Annie Hayes, my first cousin. … Dick Taylor writes: "What I have been up to: a website (www.nordictrainingsources.com), publish-

When I sent out a request for notes the

’56

weather was hot and I mentioned I live in

Maine; consequently, some of the replies reference

ing a few poems, and coaching high school about-to-

this. On the other hand, Gardner Lewis sent corre-

be-junior girls, who are much too fast for me to keep

spondence in June, responding to my request of last

up with. Thus the trusty bicycle. Also, a couple of

fall. Gardner and I were both PG students and were

new training devices for skiers, though they've been

good friends the year we spent at Holderness; how-

around a while: sling training (they look like gal-

ever I had not heard from him for 55 years until he

lows hanging in the barn) and parallel bars. The lat-

wrote to me: "As someone famous once said, the

ter are good for either (or alternately) terror and

rumors of my passing are greatly exaggerated. Sorry

laughter, and are certainly a disqualifier for AARP

to have been so slow in replying, but we procrastina-

insurance, of any kind. But then, don't we thrive on

tors like to take our time. First place, how does a PG

the motto 'Normal is overrated?' That even holds for

end up as correspondent? [Correspondent's note: No

berry picking!" … Hank Granger writes from

one else would do it.] Graduated Cornell Hotel

Great Barrington, MA, that life is great and that he

School Class of '61. Yes, the five-year plan. Took a

works on his "street rod," fully powered by a

year off to marry Peggy in 1958 and still going

Chrysler 318 autotrain and power brakes and steer-

strong. Two years in the Army running the officers'

ing, a heater, and air conditioning! "It never will be

club in Ft. Totten, Queens, NY, then on to Cape Cod

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to run and eventually own two seasonal restaurants for 30 years. Still own one of the properties, leasing it to the 99 chain. Have to say it's much easier collecting rent than working for a living. Can't complain. One wife, one job, two children. Life has been good to me. Hope you can say the same." … Tom Anthony contributes: "Well, I too am in Maine. I now live in York and 'summer' in Tenants Harbor, where my family has been going for more than 60 years. I don't remember what I told you the last time I wrote, but we spent last September in the town of Massa Lubrense south of Sorrento in Campagna, Italy. I've been doing a great deal of writing this year, a lot of poetry, and am working on another short story at the moment. I learned from my writer daughter that editor of HST Rick Carey is a friend and colleague. They both teach in the graduate writing program at Southern New Hampshire University. Assuming that sanity returns to the world economy, we'll be heading to Europe again next year. I'm not sure where; we've been to Italy five times in the last ten years and certainly haven't exhausted the possibilities, but want to try something different now that I feel comfortable in Italian." … Lew Snow sends this news: "Well, it is hot in Carolina. No doubt about it. But it is okay. I have been in North Carolina since 1962, so I deal. The winters are mild. But I must admit that a Maine summer sounds good. I am slightly envious. I suppose the big news is that my wife is retiring from her job as librarian. She has been at it for 52 years and loves it, but we want to spend more time with our son in Peachtree City, GA, and more time with our son in Chapel Hill, NC. We already have a home in the Chapel Hill area, plan to buy a Peachtree City home, and are attempting to sell our Greensboro, NC, house. The prospects of selling are not good. Sales are slow in our neighborhood. Our realtor tells me that none have sold in six months! Looks like renting?? We will see. Our son in Chapel Hill and his wife, Meredith Sause, are in the band 'Drowning Lovers.' It might be fun to check it out – they are on the net. We enjoyed an evening a few days ago hearing them play in a local cafe. My wife and I think they are pretty good, but we are biased. It is a small band. My son, his wife, and John Gillespie comprise the band: they write their own music, which tends to be a bit 'noire.' By the way, the band is a hobby for them (which is good, as

eating is good, since passing a hat midway through a

Jeddah, and a high-speed line between Mecca and

to explore his family's roots in the city of Glasgow

performance won't put much food on the plate). My

Medina via Jeddah. Did you know that in spring

and other rural towns in the Highlands. A side trip to

son is the tall one." … Al Taylor sends this along:

2009 Jeddah experienced a flood that killed 120 peo-

St. Andrews was also in the travel plans. … The best

"In the last year plus we have traveled to Costa Rica

ple, destroyed thousands of homes and 10,000 vehi-

golf course in the States now has a new member.

(what a beautiful country), California a couple of

cles? And again this spring! Great changes since I

Pine Valley in New Jersey is lucky to have Bruce

times, and spent some time in Arizona and New

was last here in October, 1976. I am here for 12-18

Vogel on its membership list. I guess if I could play

Mexico. Last fall we took a trip up the coast of

months. Why retire when you can have fun, feeling

a half-decent game of golf, I would try to get there

Maine and spent some time on Vinylhaven. We also

young and working 6/10s, eight weeks on/two weeks

also. Hopefully Bruce and I will get a chance to

spent time traveling around Colorado. I had my knee

R&R?"

meet sometime in the near future. … Class philosopher and intellect extraordinaire Buster Welch has

replaced (Holderness soccer injury), which has

once again checked in from the plains of Canada.

worked out very well. In retrospect, I should have

Thinking it would be nice to see more Class Notes

had the operation a long time ago. I have been play-

for 1957? Why not volunteer as the Class

Severe drought scuttled a recent fishing trip, as he

ing golf two or three times a week. My game has

Correspondent and encourage your classmates to

found out after being told of a ban in the off-road

really been going downhill the last couple of years

reconnect in the HST Class Notes. Contact Melissa

areas of his planned fishing spot. From the sound of

but I am having a good time. I play in a league with

Stuart, Interim Director of Alumni Relations:

his letter it seems as though the local weather condi-

retired fellows from Martin Marietta Aerospace,

603.799.5228 or alum@holderness.org. Thank you!

tions resemble a desert rather than the plains of

many of whom I have known and worked with for

Western Canada. Buster, I agree with you on your

almost 50 years. As far as the weather is concerned,

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demoralizing outlook of the direction we seem to be

we are lucky in Colorado. The temperature will get into the 90s during the day, but it cools off to the 60s

heading in today. What with all the problems of the world today, it is easy to realize that as we get older,

at night and the humidity is very low. We don't have

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every preceding generation has always had a nega-

any bugs. I love the summer out here." …

Charlie Kellogg '58

tive view of the future. Malthus had us all starving

Correspondent Dick Meyer brings up the rear with

4 Alpine Road

by now and somehow or other some new young

this: "We were on the eastern side of Hurricane

Manchester, MA 01944-1045

minds find a way to keep things going. Yes, the end

Irene. No serious damage to the property, but we lost

Phone: 978-526-8241

is not yet in sight. How about sharing a reading list

power for three days, and a substantial tree uprooted

E-mail: cwkellogg@hotmail.com

in the next newsletter? Buster thinks that would be a great idea. Keep it in mind and I hope to hear from

behind the garage onto the neighbor's lot. I will need

neighbor's float inching toward a collision with my

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you then.

I write this newsletter, and I am on my way to Italy

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dock when the outer section of my dock lifted and

to search for a villa on Lake Como next year to cele-

Jerry Ashworth '59

professional help to remove that tree because it is hung up at a 45 degree angle. We were watching the

Thanks, guys, for the great response for up-

to-date information. It is now September as

blew over. The front of the row boat was tied to the

brate my 70th birthday. … It looks like Mark

PO Box 2

remaining section, and the rear of the boat to the

Morris hit the magical number, since he reports he

Ogunquit, ME 03907

section that blew over. A pipe stanchion attached to

has already done the Italian villa thing this past

Phone: 207-361-1105

the side of the dock was now trying to punch a hole

June. The rest of the summer was spent in

E-mail: ashworth@maine.rr.com

in the bottom of the boat. After passing the outer end

Nantucket, most likely eating Italian food. … What's

of where the dock should have been, the float got

new with Barndollar? Nothing! His golf game

tangled with an upended leg of the dock.

stinks, he says he is too old for tennis, and most

Fortunately, the next morning was calm and mild.

likely he is too old for his wife. Does any of this

As I write this in early September, northern

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New England – like many other places – is

cleaning up the mess left by Hurricane Irene. That

My neighbor and I separated the dock and float, and

sound familiar? We still meet for oysters every so

would be a month or so after Ross Deachman

while I held the float anchor off the bottom, he

often, but it doesn't seem to help. So much for old

chimed in to say it was "pretty quiet up here. Saw Dick Funkhouser for breakfast in June and sent

dragged the float back to his area. We were able to

rumors. … Lee Kellogg checked in from Houston,

disassemble the dock and get it to land, a project

where I'm sure he is thinking of past New

Peter Macdonald a copy of his father's graduation

which I would be doing Labor Day weekend any-

Hampshire summers of 80 degree days and an occa-

newspaper article from our local paper. The school

way. The only damage was a moderately bent stan-

sional shower, not the 100 degree days of Texas. I

has about finished the new dorms and is in the

chion holder, and some scuffed dock board paint."

guess his only cooling-off period occurs when he is

process of putting another tunnel under Rte 175 so

under water looking at the diving operations for

the kids can get back and forth more safely." Ross

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Exxon Mobil. A trip back to the family farm (High

concludes with an invitation: "If you or anyone from

Dick Meyer '56

Mowing, as I remember it) in New Ipswich, should

the class is going to be in the Cape Canaveral area

137 Trickey Pond Road

provide some relief from Houston's heat. … Cush

of Florida in February or March, give a holler." …

Naples, ME 04055-3401

Andrews, better known by my wife as Andrew

In response to YHOCC's inquiry as to the post-dilu-

E-mail: richard419@roadrunner.com

Cushman, has spent the summer in Norway, ME,

vian welfare of our northern New England brethren,

with his 101 year old father. It is a safe bet that he

both Ross and Dick Gardner reported on Irene's

Steven Hall sends: "Now that the entire

may be the only one left with any parents. That

aftermath, Dick reminding us that "the Pemi has a

class has retired, I have the distinction of

makes us the patriarchs of our families. Scary

penchant for outdoing itself in any kind of heavy

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having passed the physical for Saudi Arabia and am

thought, huh? We are meeting with Cush and his

rain. The Intervale was under 13' of water at one

now in a desert camp on the Arabian Gulf between

wife for dinner in Portland later this month. …

point and the businesses down there got hammered."

Dammam and Kuwait with 6,000 others (the camp

Charlie Murphy still has a good memory, since he

Dick goes on to tell about a visit with Spike

will peak at 17,500 people), where we are building

remembers trips to my grandparents' house on

Hampson, who "hosted me for ten days out in his

what will be the world's largest aluminum smelter. I

Sebago Lake, ME, after graduation. Not quite as

adopted state of Utah last month. My fee was 3-4

am in charge of 55,000 metric tons of structural steel

rowdy as Whitney's soiree on the Cape that some of

days of insulation and sheetrock work on his yurt, but the payoff was a great time in the Uinta moun-

(that's about 6-7 WWII Liberty shipfuls). It seems

us attended. … Well, it has finally happened! Ken

that in 2006 the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia decided to

Lewis, intrepid explorer that he is, has found Ron

tains near him and then among the fantastic mesas,

exploit its non-petroleum mineral resources. To do

Pierce in the jungle of Bonita Springs, FL. They had

deserts, and rivers of Zion, Bryce, and Moab in the

this they have built or are building several railroads:

breakfast together and, as usual, caught up on some

south. So eye-opening to someone raised in New

a north-south line from the capital in Riyadh to the

of the happenings of the past 50 years. Ken just

England's rolling hills; they can certainly claim at

Jordanian border, an east-west between Riyadh and

returned from a Scotland trip where he had a chance

least an equal beauty." The aforementioned

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Class Notes

Professor Funkhouser didn't have any special Irene

Shub & Anderson PC

stories, but reports: "I am teaching economics in

1 Washington Mall Ste 7A

New York City (at New York University), which

Boston, MA

requires an elaborate commute on my part but which

E-mail: mshub@shubanderson.com

02108-2603

is also extremely interesting, as many of my students are connected to the finance industry – Masters of the Universe in the making. Along with the rest of

Thinking it would be nice to see Class

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Notes for 1962? Why not volunteer as the

us, they want to know when the double dip recession

Class Correspondent and encourage your classmates

will be official!" … John Despres writes: "Last

to reconnect in the HST Class Notes. Contact

winter, Gina and I walked down the Grand Canyon,

Melissa Stuart, Interim Director of Alumni

and rode mules back up; went skiing for a week with

Relations: 603.799.5228 or alum@holderness.org.

our family and hiking for two weeks around

Thank you!

Tasmania, Kangaroo Island, and Sydney; and left our home of 35 years in Washington to renovate and remodel it for our daughter Sarah's family and visiting grandparents. We spent most of the summer in Santa Monica, and plan a walking tour of Scotland

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CLASS CORRESPONDENT Dave Hagerman '63

and culinary celebration of Gina's 70th in London

PO Box 147

before moving to Miami Beach this fall." Too bad

Lyme Center, NH 03769

John can never find anything interesting to do. … As

Phone: 603-646-2251

for Maureen and me, in May we took a delightful

E-mail: david.s.hagerman@dartmouth.edu

trip to Scotland, where a roommate from Maureen's junior year abroad and her husband hosted and tourdirected. We took a side trip to County Mayo in

In the spring I happened to be in southeast-

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ern Connecticut, so I grabbed the chance to

look up Bear Chambers. We had a great chat and

Sandy Alexander '64 and Barry Chambers '64,

end with a couple of former clients for whom I still

he told me a few stories that had me holding my

catching up in Connecticut.

western Ireland, where

we had a wonderful week-

do a bit of consulting work. More recently we had a

sides. I need to confirm some of those capers with

visit from younger son James, who had the good

Bill Clough (just kidding, Bear). … The biggest

102 Lothrop Street

sense back in 2005 to become employed as a soft-

news of the summer for me was hearing of Terry

Beverly, MA 01915-5230

ware engineer at an obscure little Silicon Valley

Morse's cross-country bicycle ride, from Yorktown,

Phone: 978-969-1163

startup called LinkedIn. Enough said.

VA, to the coast of Oregon. He started on May 4th

E-mail: PJ@ApLLon.com

and rode with a group that was entirely self-suffiCLASS CORRESPONDENT

cient. No chase cars, no catered meals, no spending

Len Richards '60

the night in a nice RV (well, they did use motels

1025 Washington Ave

now and then). He posted a blog, which unfortunate-

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Oakmont, PA 15139-1119

ly has now been taken down. For those of you who

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Phone: 412-826-9227

saw it, you were offered a great glimpse of Terry's

John Pfeifle '67

E-mail: lenrichards@mac.com

life on the road for three months. It ranks right up

Top of Ring Hill Rd

there with Zen and The Art of Motorcycle

PO Box 47

David "Lundy" Lundberg writes:

Maintenance. His stamina is beyond impressive, and

Bradford, NH 03221–0047

"Presently semi-retired. I work as a part-

his ability to deal with all sorts of conditions with

Email: john.pfeifle@fifepkg.com

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time antiques dealer; also doing a lot of skating, hik-

aplomb is an inspiration. It was a terrific adventure

ing, canoeing, and attempting to understand the

and I hope that he'll find another way to share it

world of investing."

with us in the future – maybe a book in the works.

Thinking it would be nice to see Class

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Notes for 1968? Why not volunteer as the

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Class Correspondent and encourage your classmates

Mark Shub '61

Sandy Alexander '64

to reconnect in the HST Class Notes. Contact

180 Jobs Creek Road

Melissa Stuart, Interim Director of Alumni

Sunapee, NH 03782

Relations: 603.799.5228 or alum@holderness.org.

Phone: 603-763-2304

Thank you!

E-mail: salex88@comcast.net

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Jon Porter '69

Terry Jacobs '65

121 Rockledge Drive

127 West Highland Avenue

South Windsor, CT 06074-1583

Philadelphia, PA 19118-3817

Phone: 860-644-8430

Phone: 215-247-9127

E-mail: jwoodporter@cox.net

E-mail: haj3@jacobswyper.com Thinking it would be nice to see Class

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’70

Notes for 1970? Why not volunteer as the

Class Correspondent and encourage your classmates to reconnect in the HST Class Notes. Contact

Bro Adams '65 and Bill Clough '57 together at

CLASS CORRESPONDENT

Melissa Stuart, Interim Director of Alumni

Colby College for Bill's 50th Reunion last June.

Peter Janney '66

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Holderness School Today

Thank you!

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Melissa Stuart, Interim Director of Alumni

this link: http://bit.ly/unityuganda … While Margo

Relations: 603.799.5228 or alum@holderness.org.

is headed down the aisle again, Prescott Smith and

Thank you!

Notes for 1971? Why not volunteer as the

Class Correspondent and encourage your classmates to reconnect in the HST Class Notes. Contact Melissa Stuart, Interim Director of Alumni

his wife Sarah have a new address, trading in one home in Boston's suburbs for another. The new

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Smith casa is in Newburyport, which for those in our class who are directionally challenged is about as far north as you can get in Massachusetts and still

Relations: 603.799.5228 or alum@holderness.org.

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not be in New Hampshire. It's also just a short jaunt

Thank you!

Walter Malmquist '74

down Interstate 95 from Tracy and Fred Roys' place

2727 Wild Hill Rd

in Portsmouth, so we can assume the two couples

Will Graham sends: "This summer, I have

Bradford, VT 05033

will be leading conga lines up and down the high-

seen former faculty members Jim and Loli

Phone: 802-222-4282

way every so often; we'll leave the four of them to

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Hammond, Bill and Nannie Clough, Bill and

E-mail: wmalmquist@kingcon.com

Patti Burke, and Mike Drummey; and former students Billy Clough '86, Mark Cavanaugh '82, Ben Campbell '77, Duane Ford '74, Morgan Dewey '73, and Dave Nicholson. I finally caught up with

work out the details. But I digress. Pres says the new home is on a smaller lot ("I didn't know that .09

Ed Cudahy writes: "Just a quick rundown

acres was a measurement") and is close to the beach.

on news from Colorado. I am still running

"We are enjoying life in a 'city' after so much time

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three businesses, celebrated 31 years of marriage to

spent in a town with just a general store," our Mr.

Cash Hoyt on the phone." … By now you've proba-

my wife Susan, and all four children are through

Smith writes. "It is a pleasant change." The Smiths

bly heard that our classmate Robert Lee Gans died

college and working. Also, I will be grandfather next

(the couple, not the iconic New Wave band) invite

February 11th in Fruita, CO. He was 57. According

spring. Life is good!"

to an obituary posted online by Martin Mortuary of

members of the class to drop by if they're in the area. Can anyone say, "Road trip?" … Okay, so

Grand Junction, CO, Lee was a chemical engineer. I

Thinking it would be nice to see more Class Notes

we've got Margo with a new husband, Pres with a

had been trying to locate Lee for these class notes

for 1975? Why not volunteer as the Class

new home. Who's next? Loric Weymouth, that's

ever since I started compiling them, and am upset

Correspondent and encourage your classmates to

who. Loric started a rigging business near Maine

that I never reconnected with him. I remember from

reconnect in the HST Class Notes. Contact Melissa

and says he's "wondering why I did not do it soon-

school that he had lived in Norwalk, CT, and went to

Stuart, Interim Director of Alumni Relations:

er." Right now, Loric is starting small and is consid-

the Eaglebrook School in western Massachusetts, so

603.799.5228 or alum@holderness.org. Thank you!

ering using an old Land Rover as the company

I searched in Connecticut. Our colleague, Mark Rheault, who lives in eastern Massachusetts, pointed the obituary out to me and commented in an online memorial that he remembered Lee "as being

truck. "Visions of circumnavigating the globe with Thinking it would be nice to see Class

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it," Loric says of the Land Rover. "If I make it to

Class Correspondent and encourage your classmates

Loric's two kids are now 6 and 3, and he says his

Notes for 1976? Why not volunteer as the

Belfast (Maine, that is) it would be miraculous."

kind towards everyone." Another of our classmates,

to reconnect in the HST Class Notes. Contact

house needs paint, but is quick to add, "Hey, I live in

Rick Fiest, said online that Lee was his first room-

Melissa Stuart, Interim Director of Alumni

Maine." Same as it ever was, Loric, same as it ever

mate at Holderness. "I did some crazy stuff with

Relations: 603.799.5228 or alum@holderness.org.

was. … For those of you who were concerned that

'Diver Dan'," Rick writes, adding that he was at

Thank you!

we'd get one Class Notes edition without something

Potsdam while Lee was at Clarkson. "We kept in touch at irregular intervals," Rick writes. It "always seemed like we saw each other just yesterday. Let's take better care of each other from now on – that's

from our own Hunter S. Thompson, Scott Sirles,

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don't worry. Scott's hearing aid business made prestigious Inc. Magazine's list for the third year running, allowing him to kick back and relax in some pretty

what he taught me." Lee leaves behind two sisters,

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spectacular ways. "I was in Argentina for a week of

Deborah Terell of Atlanta, GA, and Lisa Anderson

Peter Grant '77

R&R fishing, and went to Iceland to fish as well,"

of Cherry Hill, NJ. May he rest in peace. … On a

6 Quail Ridge

Scott writes. At press time, Scott's daughter was due

more positive note, Peter Kimball reports that his

Concord, NH 03301-8425

to give birth to her first child (he's got two grand-

eldest daughter, Louisa, gave birth to Liam

Phone: 603-715-5445

children already from his son), so I'm seeing a

Alexander Baker on Aug. 13, 2011. Liam weighed in

E-mail: pete@grantcom.us

movie in Scott's not too distant future: "Sirleszy:

at 8 lbs. 11 oz., and was 21.5 inches long. Both Louisa and husband Mike are doing fine. Putting his trustee hat on, Peter says the two new dormitories on

The Next Generation." … Life, of course, is about Lots of life-changing moments for the

all about these kind of changes, and some that aren't

Class of 1978. No, I'm not talking about

so pleasant. I'm sorry to report that Hal Hawkey's

’78

earthquakes and hurricanes and power outages, oh

dad passed away in June after being afflicted with

the complex fabric of the school's residential life.

my! Let's start with Margo Farley Deselin, who

dementia and Parkinson's disease for more than 12

The dorms will be LEED Certified and are instru-

sends in some late-breaking news from just up the

years. Despite the sad news, Hal has plenty of happy

mental in the final goal of attaining a student to fac-

road from me here in Connecticut. Turns out Margo

occasions to dwell on, such as reconnecting with fel-

campus "are beautiful and are a welcome addition to

ulty ratio of 8:1 in the dorms. The entire school

is about to become a bride again. The Divine Miss

low St. Lawrence University alum and Class of '78

community has rallied behind the building of these

M doesn't say when (like I tell everybody, Margo,

member Nat Hancock. "He still looks exactly the

details, details), but at some point this fall, she's

same," Hal reports of his visit with Nat. Hal's kids

marrying Dr. John Woodall, whom she works with

are doing well: His 15-year-old daughter is a sopho-

beautiful buildings."

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on the Unity Project. Some of us met John at our

more in high school, and he has as 12-year-old

Dwight Shepard '72

30th reunion and he did a pretty darn good job of

daughter in the seventh grade. "The headmaster of

84 Ely Road

keeping up with us, so he gets the '78 seal of

my high school sophomore has a house on Squam

Longmeadow, MA 01106-1834

approval. "We are very excited to begin this chapter

that he goes to every July," Hal writes. "Small

Phone: 413-567-1803

of our lives," Margo says. The Unity Project has

world!" … Bruce "the Edge" Edgerly is still co-

E-mail: shepdb@comcast.net

expanded internationally, she says, working now in

owner and marketing chief at Backcountry Access in

northern Uganda with former child soldiers and girls

Boulder, CO. The company makes avalanche rescue

Thinking it would be nice to see Class

equipment, and just to prove Bruce likes the outdoor

Notes for 1973? Why not volunteer as the

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kidnapped into sexual slavery. Programs run by the organization teach them recovery skills as well

life, he and his wife Karen built a cabin in the old

Class Correspondent and encourage your classmates

working with them on community and economic

Colorado mining town of Montezuma. The couple's

to reconnect in the HST Class Notes. Contact

development. Interested in learning more? Check out

kids, Abbi and Stu, are skiers for Team Summit. Stu

Holderness School Today

Class Notes

Cheshire, CT 06410-2746

might have to go back to medicine for lack of work

Phone: 203-271-0041

– is truth that strange? I look forward to chatting

E-mail: l.turmelle@sbcglob-

with those interested in doing so, especially about things that matter most to us. Health, outdoors and

al.net

music performance remain top interests of mine. I may hike the Long Trail soon, as job hunting quick-

’79

ly leads to burnout." … Ellen Hodges writes: "My

CLASS CORRESPON-

two boys are growing up way too fast. Jordan is 15

DENT

and starting to drive, and Tyler is 13. Doing well in

Cullen Morse '79

Beaverton, OR. I'm getting ready for a new school

PO Box 9933

year, teaching K-3 in the Beaverton School District,

Aspen, CO 81612-7306

focusing on children with reading and writing needs.

E-mail:

Also, playing lots of tennis and just returned from

cbmaspen@hotmail.com

USTA's Sectional Championship in Sunriver, OR, in which our mixed-doubles team got third place! Very

In March, Richard

’80

Morse, Ed Biddle,

Three alums rocking Jackson Hole in March:

(L-R) Richard Morse '80,

fun. Hope all of my fellow classmates are doing well." … Jud Madden writes: "I suppose I would

and David McCandless got

add I am sending off my second child to Holderness.

together in Jackson Hole. Ed

Molly is an incoming junior, and it has been great to

seasonal resident and mountain and back-country guide, Ed Biddle '80,

and his wife Ridgely, who is a

resume regular visits to campus."

and David McCandless '80, year-round resident.

ski instructor in her spare time, and their three daughters

is 14, Edge says, and is competing once again this

CLASS CORRESPONDENT

year on the Junior Freeskiing Tour. Edge reports fre-

Pippa, Martha, and Abigail, spent ten days at the

Jud Madden '83

quent close encounters of the alumni kind with Hal

Jackson Hole Resort. With Richard’s expert lead,

2637 Wellington Rd

Hawkey and Don Whitemore. Hal is Edge's insur-

Ed’s 12-year-old daughter Abigail dropped both

Cleveland, OH 44118-4120

ance agent (like a good neighbor, Hawkey is there)

Corbet’s Couloir and Alta Chutes.

Phone: 216-371-3771 E-mail: justin@landskronerlaw.com

and Bruce reports: "I see throngs of Holderness alumni from other classes at ski industry events. It's

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kind of like Duke alumni in the NBA. They're

Greg White '80

everywhere." … Like Bruce, work is keeping

11 Lancashire Dr

Andrew Wilson busy. Andrew is now in entering

Mansfield, MA 02048-1766

his 21st year (or is it 20th, Andy? Math was never

Phone: 508-337-8798

CLASS CORRESPONDENT

my strong point) at the Grier School in

E-mail: GgNH@aol.com

Fred Ludtke '84

Pennsylvania. The school has 263 kids this year,

2401 Pennsylvania Ave., Apt 14C44

which is a record, up from 120 students when he

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Philadelphia, PA

first arrived there as a Spanish teacher in 1986.

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the head of school at Grier, Andrew will be traveling to Dallas, Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York,

CLASS CORRESPONDENT

Seoul, and China. He says he would be happy to see

Bill Baskin '81

19130-3047

Holderness alumni in any of those locations. … As

57 Hunter Lane

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Andrew's students head back to school, so do Carol

Glastonbury, CT 06033

Jean-Louis Trombetta '85

and Randy Fiertz's kids, Katja and Charles, leaving

Phone: 860-659-1840

3rs Calle Oriente #27

the couple as empty nesters. Randy reports he and

E-mail: baskinWC@aetna.com

Antigua E-mail: jeanlouistrombetta@gmail.com

his wife spent two weeks in Switzerland this summer, hiking the Haute Route between Verbier and Zermatt, staying in mountain huts and small hotels

Thinking it would be nice to see Class

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Notes for 1982? Why

along the way. … Don't know if tropical storms and

not volunteer as the Class

earthquakes qualify as life-changing events, but they

Correspondent and encourage

certainly got the attention of John Alden and I.

your classmates to reconnect

Checking in from Vermont, John reports: "Wicked

in the HST Class Notes.

flooding up here; almost washed away for the sec-

Contact Melissa Stuart,

ond time in a week. But at least I live up on a hill.

Interim Director of Alumni

Many are less fortunate." … Fortunately for your

Relations: 603.799.5228 or

loyal class correspondent, the only thing that I got

alum@holderness.org. Thank

out of Irene and the earthquake was a few more grey

you!

hairs. No damage at the Turmelle homestead, but reporting on the aftermath of this stuff has kept me busy. Traveled to New Orleans by car in May with

Peter Hewitt writes:

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"Hello, Jud and '83

my wife and in-laws, to see my oldest son Zack

classmates. I am currently in

graduate from Loyola University with a degree in

Chittenden County, VT (back

music industry. He's living down there trying to find

home after 17 years out of

a job, so if any of you have any music industry con-

New England), and am look-

nections, let me know. Hope all of you are well.

ing for work as a teacher. I would appreciate all the help

CLASS CORRESPONDENT

that I can get, in case you

Luther Turmelle '78

know of someone to whom I

49 Williams Road

ought to speak. To think that I

Holderness School Today

Mini reunion at Fenway!

Mark Cavanaugh '82, General Manager of New

Balance, hosted his Holderness brethren: (Bottom, L-R:) Bill Clough '57, Will Graham '72, Mark Cavanaugh '82, Bill Burke (Back, L-R:) Billy Clough '86, and former faculty member Jim Hammond.

Despite a soft real estate market, Brett Jones finds himself very busy. He currently sits on the board of the Delaware Theatre Company, and is co-chairman of Winterthur Museum's Delaware Antique Show. … Chris Stewart recently attended the bachelor party of Steve Jones '87 in Mexico. Chris's son is on the verge of hitting it big. JB will be appearing in an upcoming episode of the hit TV show Myth Busters. … Lee Hanson and his wife Jayme announce the birth of their son, Reagan Duke Hanson, born last April 22nd. … Our Norwegian classmate, Wilhelm Bohn, was spotted in Martha's Vineyard this summer, looking to crew in the Round the Island Race. … Allison Munro is back in Boston. … Ian Daniels writes: "I continue to practice as a barrister in London representing clients in cases involving regulatory law. I live in Hertfordshire with my fiancée and our two-and-a-half-year old boy, Alec, and we are due to get married next Easter in Tobago." … Ali Christie writes: "All is well here on the farm, up to our necks in lambs and calves. Uruguay seems to have missed the whole economic crisis thing and has a booming economy. Well, as booming as 3 million people can be. So glad to hear

Stefan Zwahlen '90 is playing in coffee houses around New Hampshire. lacrosse season (schweet!). Then it was fast forward

Pepper deTuro's '90 kids Burke (7), Bailey (9),

we were one of the best classes in giving." …

to the end of the summer, where I spent a feral week

and Corley (11), taking after their father and

Lauren O'Brien Smith and Liz Ganem met up this

on the East Cape of Baja (Mexico) surfing and

showing their school spirit.

summer at Lauren's summer home on

’86 CLASS CORRESPONDENT Matt Reynolds '86 879 E Rock Springs Rd. NE Atlanta, GA 30306-3043 E-mail: mattreynol@gmail.com

’87 CLASS CORRESPONDENT Kathryn Lubrano Robinson '87 87 Transit Street Providence, RI 02906 Phone: 401-274-0980 E-mail: Kathryn.robinson@gmail.com

Firstly, our thoughts go out to our classmate

’88

Steve Walker. I think I can speak on behalf

of the whole class that we will miss your father and always remember him with the fondest of memories. … After spending ten years in Thailand, Greg Gaskill is moving back to Southern California. Greg runs his own web design business. A picture of our bearded classmate can be seen at http://chronon. com. … Emily (Adriance) Magnus has been involved with Holderness for the last 15 years, first as a tutor, then as an English teacher. This year she is filling in for Steve Solberg (Communications Director), who in turn is sitting in as Holderness' business manager while Peter Hendel is on sabbatical. … After a stint in Texas, David Warren has returned to the northeast after being named executive editor of The Bristol Press in Bristol, CT. … I was able to track down that elusive Bermudian, Chris Klein. Dr. Klein and his wife, Dr. Neda Khoobyar, run a podiatry practice in Manhattan. …

Clark's

Island, MA. Lauren is now in the college-looking

tequila-ing with Steve Jones, Scott Esposito, and Todd Herrick."

phase with Linsin, who will be graduating from Duxbury High School. Lauren has launched her new

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business, MEWE Relationship and Life Coaching,

Alex MacCormick '88

CPC, after going back to school and training at the

354 Lattingtown Rd

Relational Life Institute. Lauren adds: "If anyone

Locust Valley, NY 11560

needs a free coaching session, call me!" … Time for

Phone: 212-468-7002

the "WE ARE GETTING OLD" alert: Geordie

E-mail: amaccormick@centerlanellc.com

Elkins just celebrated his 20th wedding anniversary with wife Lee. Congrats! … Alex MacCormick writes: "I continue to immensely enjoy my quasiretirement. Playing a lot of golf; looking to reach the

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100-round-mark by year end (as of Labor Day week-

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end, I was at a modest 73 rounds). Looking forward

Tracy McCoy Gillette '89

to ski season. Planning on at least one trip out to

Unit D

Vail trip, maybe one to Utah, and hoping to sneak

2782 Kinnickinnick Rd

over to Europe for some free-riding. Maybe Disentis

Vail, CO 81657-4174

or La Grave? Hoping that Steve Jones '87 will fea-

Phone: 970-476-4094

ture me in his next movie. Life is good." …

E-mail: gillette@vail.net

Elizabeth R. Pierce writes: "I'm entering my second year of PhD coursework at the Heller School of Social Policy at Brandeis – we're never too old, right?! Summer included spending much overdue

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time with family and friends I had missed during the academic year." … Liz Ganem writes: " I am very sad to learn of Mr. Walker's passing. He was one of those teachers who truly changed my view of my abilities as a thinker. He was quite a goofball, which I loved, but he always forced me to ask questions of whatever I was reading or writing. My love goes out to his family and friends. We'll all miss him a lot. Our lives carry on out here in LA. I'm walking 39.3 miles the weekend of September 17th. My friends and I have raised over $10,000 for the Avon Foundation, fighting against breast cancer. If Holderness taught me one thing, it was this: you have to give back!" … Christopher Stewart writes: "Baja refused to come out to East Hampton, so I didn't see him all summer. I did, however, start my

Peter Colpitts' '90 little ones: Brodie (2 1/2) and

summer with the culmination of an undefeated

Sydney Grace (4 months).

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off before starting his new job with the Charles Sterling Group as the Director of their Compliance and Legal Practice. After a family visit in Tahoe, CA, he stopped through Salt Lake City for a little rock climbing with me. Then he headed to Moab for some sky diving, and lastly, on to see Hunter Webster in Aspen, CO. He says he loved the Southwest and can't wait to go back and explore more around Moab. … Hunter is living in Colorado with wife Jenny, daughter Remi, and son Rome. He spends his days as Director of Rental & Retail Operations for the Aspen Ski Company. … Brooke Moran is also in Colorado. She, hus-

Brooke Moran's '91 son Hayden. CLASS CORRESPONDENT Courtney Fleisher '90 37 Chase Street Burlington, VT 05401 E-mail: courtneyfleisher@alumni.bates.edu

Another year, another set of class notes. It's

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been a summer full of reconnecting with

other Holderness alumni for me. I spent some time in Seattle in June and caught up with Taryn Darling Hill '93 and her gorgeous family. Salt Lake City has been a blast. … I see Porter Teegarden often and we sometimes hang out with Kirsten Bruns Callari '92. I strong-armed her into writing an update, which you can see in the 1992 notes. … Yasuna Murakami, his wife Jen, and their adorable son Jun came out to ski Utah with Akira Murakami '92 and their sister Yoko and her husband. We had a great time dusting off foosball skills and skiing blower powder at Alta. … Michael Brogna took a month

Porter Teegarden '91 in China.

band Paul, and 3-year-old

winning a major press award from the National

Hayden, are in Gunnison, CO, teaching outdoor edu-

Motorsports Press Association for my columns. It

cation and environmental studies at a small college.

was great to see the site I write for (and own a part

She says: "We're also both shifting into the corporate

of), Frontstretch.com, get that recognition, as the

sustainability realm, where we're hoping we can

other winners were from much larger outlets and are

affect more substantial positive changes in a shorter

certainly heavy hitters in the industry. I've also taken

time than we can in higher education re: resource

the plunge into writing and editing full time. It's not

depletion, climate change, etc. Gunnison is in the

easy getting established, so it's been a struggle, but

middle of nowhere, but if anyone plans to ski at

hopefully a worthwhile one when all is said and

Crested Butte or Monarch, please get in touch." …

done (I haven't written that chapter yet!). If anyone

Ashley Dwinell Clapp is in New Hampshire; she

needs writing for your business or organization,

and husband Chris welcomed their fourth child in

please give me a call or drop an email!"

January, Nyah Grace Clapp. Congratulations to their beautiful family! Brooke visited with them this sum-

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mer and it sounds like they had a blast. … Jon

Terra Reilly '91

Sawyer married Beth Schulz in May. They are liv-

E-mail: sansivera@hotmail.com

ing in Boston and it sounds like they had a wonderful summer. Congratulations to Jon and Beth! … Rice Bryan was married on September 17th to Jessica Clark in Stowe, VT. He writes: "Things are

Courtesy of Terra Reilly '91, we have an

’92

update from Kirsten Bruns Callari:

"Though I received my MFA in film production in

good in Boston. Entering my 13th year at Carney

2007, the first job offer I got was as a guide in the

Sandoe. Kids are getting old! Livvy (7) starts second

Alps – obviously, I had to accept the offer. So for

grade this week, and Jack (5) starts kindergarten.

the last five years I've managed to split my time

Makes me feel super old!" Congratulations to Rice

between guiding in Europe (and a little in Asia) and

and Jessica! … Paul Laflam is working as a doctor at the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center. He writes: "I wish I had some juicy news for you; like I just came back from a month-long hike in the Himalayas, followed by a stint nursing an injured manatee back to life." It's nice to hear from you no matter what you are doing, Paul, and thanks for the laugh. … Lex Leeming reports: "All is well with Ana-Maria, Isabelle, and little Vivienne. The kids are great, but we are bummed about missing reunion. Took a new job with Moelis & Company, a recently-formed investment bank, and it is going very well. Lots of travel (thus missing reunion). Would love to catch up with anyone in NYC." … Stefan Kelser is still in Dallas. His family is healthy and active. He's still working for the City of Dallas as an architect and project manager. When Stefan's not at work, he's coaching soccer, trying to finish the house renovation, and leading cub scout dens. …

Will and Merrick Chapin, sons of Bill Chapin '92,

Hunter Webster '91 with wife Jenny and their

Amy Henderson writes in with exciting news: "It's

helping in the sugaring shack - they made 73

children, Remi and Rome.

been an exciting year for me. I started the year by

gallons of syrup in 2011!

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Area where I run an art gallery and teach photography, right now at Berkeley. Katie Boggess Leroy lives in Marin, and I see her often. I was actually at her house when she went into labor with her second child, Dela! All went well, I'm happy to report. I saw Lindsay Garre Bierwirth while passing through the Boston area and she's doing well with a new marriage, house, and baby on the way. No babies to report for me, but maybe I can make something happen before the next HST rolls around!" … Hilary Taylor Comerchero reports that "Sadie is two and growing into a complete extrovert who loves to travel. It makes for fun adventures! We all especially enjoyed going to my step-daughter's wedding in New Jersey in August, in which Sadie was the flower girl and I had the enormous honor of officiating. Back at home, our language school for young children continues to grow as well: aside from Spanish, French, and Mandarin, we now offer Japanese and German!" … Jenny Whelan sends this news: "I have just moved to Paradise, CA, where I am working in foster care and family services for Butte County. We just added a new member to our family, Mr. Magoo, a 3-month-old puppy. My Proud Uncle Devie Hamlen '92 is convincing his

son Philip just started fourth grade. We all spent the

niece and nephew there's no place like

summer swimming and lazing by the Feather River.

Holderness!

I am sorry to hear about the passing of Norm

doing contract film/multimedia work. A highlight was being chosen by the American Alpine Club as part of a six-woman team to do a mountaineering exchange with the Chinese Mountaineering Association (a first), where we became the first team of American women to summit a 6,000 meter peak in China. For those of you who were in my group on OB, you can appreciate the irony. Also, I married Daniel Sundqvist, a Swedish mountain guide."

CLASS CORRESPONDENT Kelly Mullen Wieser '92 12 Willis Court Campton, NH 03223 E-mail: kelly@wiesermail.com

Three alumnae send updates from the

’93

Golden State. Jen O'Keeffe writes: "I had a

great summer; I traveled to Cyprus, where I spent three weeks visiting a friend. I still live in the Bay

Walker. I didn't have him as a teacher or coach, but he still took the time to get to know me, and it was a pleasure the time we spent with him on our Sunday morning drives down to Plymouth. My condolences go out to all of his dear family and friends. Karrie Stevens is a few counties away, so if anyone would like to visit our neck of the woods in the Sierra Nevadas of Northern California, that would be fabulous. I've already got tickets to the Patriots/Oakland Raiders game in Oakland this October, and I am looking forward to a piece of home coming here. Hope everyone is healthy and happy!" … From the wilds of Wyoming, Mugsy Nields sends this update: "Our second boy, Raleigh, arrived on March 28th, and now all we need is a center to complete the line. Jackson is perfect this time of year, as the other eleven months tend to be a bit chilly for most. However, if the snow is merely half of what it was last winter, then all will be well in this winter wonderland. RIP, Kip, you rock!" … From the Sunshine State, Miranda Landvater writes: "I am living in Boynton Beach and currently engaged to Johan

Edna Chan '93 and former Holderness fine arts teacher, Emily Zabransky, in Vancouver. tenth month of life with their son, Nadal. They are blissfully living through earthquakes and hurricanes in Manhattan. They are looking forward to the next couple of months of homemade natural disaster as baby Nadal just started walking this past month." … Moving further north to the Bay State, Katie McQuilkin Garnett writes the following: "We have a new addition to announce: Henry Garnett was born on February 16, 2011, joining big sibs Callie (6) and Liam (4). He is healthy, and we are thrilled to be a family of five! I continue to work three days a week at Lexington Pediatrics and love my work. I recently caught up with Lindsay Dewar Fontana and Megan Flynn over dinner; it was such fun to see old friends!" … Lindsay Garre Bierwirth sends this report: "My husband Fred and I are expecting our first baby at the end of October. We are very excited and can't wait to meet him or her. We also just brought home a new puppy, Stanley Thomas Bierwirth (Stanley for the Stanley cup and Thomas for Tim Thomas). We live in Hingham, MA, and love our new home and town. I saw Jenny O'Keeffe earlier this summer, and she is doing very well. I also saw Karen Cooper Cox and her two children Jonathan and Colby for a fun summer play date." …

Anders Hvide, who works at MetLife. Our wedding is scheduled for November 19 at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Delray Beach. We have two kitties: Pumpkin and Fiona." … Abbie Wilson sends the following from our nation's capital: "A lot has happened since my last HST update! In 2009, my husband Rafael and I got married after meeting in Iraq in 2003. We're currently living in Washington, DC, where I'm the Deputy Regional Director for Africa programs at the International Foundation for Electoral Systems. The biggest news is we welcomed our daughter, Alina, into the world in July 2010. She was about 3 1/2 months early and spent her first 6 months in intensive care. Luckily, Alina is doing great now, despite having such a rough start. Raleigh, son of Mugsy Nields '93, born on March 28, 2011.

We're having so much fun watching her grow!" … From the Big Apple, Neil Bhay reports that he and

Henry, son of Katie McQuilkin Garnett '93, born

"his wife of four years, Ruah, just celebrated the

February 16, 2011.

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Mandy Hill Biederman sends the following: "I'm still in Portsmouth, NH, still teaching sixth grade in Hampstead (I started year fourteen this fall). Nicholas is sixteen months and running all over the place. He loves balls and rocks the best. We visited with Naomi Sager Richardson and her brood this summer." … Anne Blair Hudak writes: "By the time the magazine is printed, I will have finished my Master's degree from St. Michael's College. I am excited it is over and a bit shocked I got through it – after I graduated from college, I swore I would never go back. We bought a new house in Lebanon, NH, this past week. We are keeping our fingers crossed someone comes along who wants to buy our old house soon! It has been quite a process buying this new house, as my husband has been gone for the last month coaching the US National Women's Ice Hockey team over in Finland. The timing wasn't perfect, but the opportunity for him was great! Here at work we are undertaking a new initiative in the Athletic Department called Dartmouth Peak Performance (DP2). Essentially, we are hoping to help students achieve excellence both in the classroom and on the playing surface. We are working Abbie Wilson '93 with husband Rafael and

with campus constituents to offer more program-

daughter Alina.

ming, such as nutrition and sports psychology. In the

Pete Woodward writes: "I am working for Harrow Sports and living in our new house in Georgetown, MA. I have a 7-month-old Siberian Husky. She keeps us pretty busy. I am trying to get to Squam a few more times in September and October to enjoy the lake." … Evan Fink sends the following update: "I moved from New York last year to central Massachusetts. I spent half of the summer working in Cheyenne, WY, due to terrible hail storms in Colorado and Wyoming. I survived the Springfield tornado of 2011 and Irene, both without sustaining major damage. My eldest daughter starts kindergarten this fall, and I'm also coaching soccer for the first time." … From the Granite State itself, Adrienne Vail reports: "I have recently switched jobs and am now working as the Executive Officer for two local homebuilder and remodeler associations. I have been remarried now for a little over two years, and we are expecting twins at Christmas." …

end, we hope our athletes will understand the connection between the choices they make personally and how it relates to their overall performances. As always, it is fun to see other Holderness alumni here in my office. Jenna Stearns '09 and Kelly Hood '08 are two that are already back for preseason. We keep in touch with Jake Hinman '95, who had a baby girl this past spring, and Job Roach as often as possible." … Finally, four alumni send updates from abroad. Linda Nelson reports: "I'm still working in Uganda as a veterinary consultant. Right now I'm working on a UN-funded program called Community Based Reintegration Program in Northern Uganda that assists single, female heads of household to get started in agricultural enterprises such as pig farms. The beneficiaries are all either excombatants or victims of the decades-long LRA war in Northern Uganda. It's challenging work, but fulfilling. My contract is up in mid-October, and then I'm not sure what's next!" … Justin McAleer

Kate Stahler '94 with husband Nikolai and son Thacher. E-mail: linds_dewar@yahoo.com

Thanks to all who sent news, albeit with a

’94

bit of cajoling. I should disclose that, hav-

ing received very few updates after my email request (and by very few I mean two), I resorted to using Facebook to bolster my numbers. The entertainment value of such an endeavor was high, the printability, not so much. … Kate Stahler writes: "We are still living in Longmont, CO, right outside of Boulder. I actually see Kelly Cornish McConnell all the time. I just saw Cyn Sweet and Liz Hogan this past June. We were lucky enough to spend the summer on Nantucket Island with my parents and our 9-monthold son, Thacher. My husband Nikolai is a pilot, so he was able to base out of Boston all summer. We flew our small plane (a Cessna 185) across the country from Colorado to Nantucket for the summer with Thacher (then 6 months). He loved it, and we are hoping to take him to Africa on a self-fly safari this

writes: "Leila, my wife, and I moved to Stockholm, Sweden, from London in April this year. We are expecting our first child this September/October." … Kate Rapelye Farrington sends the following news: "My family and I are living in England just outside London. My children, Ned (9), and Lucy (6) attend the American Community School. We love living in the UK." … Edna Chan writes: "I'm in Vancouver, Canada, which I call home now. I just visited Emily Zabransky in early August. She and her husband Joe are adapting very well in a retirement community in Lacey, WA, close to her daughter and grandchildren. Em is still a true inspiration, not just in the field of the arts; she inspires me to embrace life with enthusiasm and openness. I'm very thankful to have met her at Holderness."

CLASS CORRESPONDENT Kristin Soto MacLaggan '94 with husband Wes and daughter Charlotte Elizabeth.

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Lindsay Dewar Fontana '93

Katie Lyman's '95 daughter Lucy Lyman Alvarez

15 Long Lots Road

joined her parents in June.

Westport, CT 06880-3826

San Francisco. My most notable news is that our family of two became three on May 23rd, when we were joined by Charlotte Elizabeth. We're excited to show her the world, and started with a trip to Greece with my family in August. Luckily for us, she is a great traveler and slept most of the plane ride. We're looking forward to many new adventures with her." … Chris Perry writes: "Adora and I are headed to Disney again in a couple of weeks! Very excited. I need a vacation. Meanwhile, I think I've come up with a quick fix for this sluggish economy as well as a drought-resistant strain of corn that should end Shannon Blair Taji '95 welcomed daughter Kayden Frazier Taji last May. next December with my husband as our pilot. If anyone should find themselves out in Colorado, please let me know." … Chris Terrien writes to say that he "got together with Eddie Pike, Webby [David Webb], and Bunge Cook up in Maine last spring. We all had a nice visit with Norm Walker, then solved all the world's problems later that night over a case of beer and a campfire. As for me, my kids Will and Ellie started school this week (thank God!). I finished my cardiothoracic fellowship at Yale/New Haven Hospital a few months ago and am practicing cardiac surgery in Albany, NY. Life is good and I'm hoping to link up with the guys at a football game this fall. Hopefully the Walker memorial game. He was a giant, and we'll all miss him." … Sam Finley writes: "Life is rolling at the Finley house these days. My wife gave birth to identical twin boys, Sam and Harry, six months ago. My daughter Eloise is starting pre-school this year, and I have once again had to cope without the required hours of sleep that a regular human, who is not being interrogated, should have. The boys are in good spirits usually, and the Jolly Jumper is the current front runner in the toy department. Our bulldog Betty just had surgery, but seems to still enjoy the fast-paced life of the house. To sum it all up, I am living happily on coffee and the good-natured attitude of my family. Sometimes though, I find myself thinking fondly of the days of twelve-hour sleeps ensconced in Niles, where my only worry was trying to figure out the enigma that was Deputy Dog." … Kristin Soto MacLaggan writes: "Wes and I are still living out in

world hunger. Not sure if either of those are newsworthy. Maybe you can just stick with the whole family headed to Disney. Oh, and Adora just started first grade. She's pretty psyched." … Elizabeth Hogan is "living in Burlington, VT, selling real estate, and would love some house guests! I did see Rogan Lechtahler early summer when I visited his awesome restaurant, The Downtown Grocery, in Ludlow, VT – it's a must-see if anyone is in that area! Oh, and Rookie had a baby girl named Polly." … TG Gallaudet also thinks Rogan's restaurant is, um, worth a visit. … And apparently Peter Scoville was last seen naked from the waist down on Independence Pass, CO, running alongside the pelo-

Stephanie Lyons '96 daughter Catherine, prepping for her driver's license.

ton of the USA Pro Cycling Challenge. Luckily, as

Alexis Wruble '95

Nina Newman noted, at least he "kept his shirt on –

36 Grandview Avenue

that would have been inappropriate!"… And that's

Medford, MA 02155-2933

all I got, folks.

E-mail: alexisgrizzly@gmail.com

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’96

Sam Bass '94 1043 Poplar Avenue

Bjorn Franson will be at reunion, and reports that he and Eliza had their second

son, Thornton Geddes Franson ("Thor") on March

Boulder, CO 80304

24, 2011. … Heather Pierce Roy writes: "Teagan

E-mail: sam.bass@comcast.net

Jones Roy arrived June 13, 2011. He has unleashed

Ramey Harris-Tatar '94

all families experience with #2!" … From Liz Fox

a whole new dynamic to our family that I am sure

1000 Olin Way, #648

McGlamery: "Brandon and I are expecting our sec-

Needham, MA 02494

ond baby boy in late December; Ryder (our now-15-

Phone: 781-292-4301

month-old, then-19-month-old) is going to have his

E-mail: rameyht@yahoo.com

world turned upside down, I am sure. Business has been great. We are opening a second restaurant in

Shannon Blair Taji welcomed a baby girl,

’95

October right down the street from Luma on Park.

Kayden Frazier Taji, on May 12th. She's

The name is yet to be released, but it is a Cal-Ital

adorable, happy, and healthy. I'm happy to be Aunt

concept focusing on local seasonal ingredients. Just

Lexi! … Katie Lyman says: "I had a baby girl,

making sure we keep the rest of this year busy." …

Lucy Lyman Alvarez, on June 18th. She's amazing,

Field Pickering plans to miss reunion – the trek

we're in love with her, and she's teaching me a lot about life! We left Lake Winnipesaukee in New Hampshire for higher ground in Vermont to avoid the hurricane, and ended up watching the worst of it. I hope everyone's homes in Vermont are okay." … Blair Endean '96 welcomed a baby boy, Rafe Rowarth Endean on February 2nd. Jess Morton and I were able to meet him when she was home visiting from Spain. He's adorable! … Asania Smith says she doesn't have much to report, but hopes everyone is doing well. I'll be seeing her soon with Brianna Adams for a chili cook-off. … All is the same in Beantown. I ran in the Boston Marathon this year, and raised money for Cynthia Sweet's '94 dog rescue organization. She has saved the lives of hundreds of dogs and puppies and I was happy to be John Farnsworth '95 and son meet up with for-

able to help. I hope all is well with everyone! Bjorn Franson '96 welcomes son Thornton

mer faculty member Bob Low. CLASS CORRESPONDENT

("Thor") Geddes Franson in March.

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from Singapore is too long. … Chris Haas also

Commission. So, things have been busy and I am

couldn't make the trip to New Hampshire: "Avery

staying optimistic to our economy's future!" …

was born to Tara and I on July 21st and has been

Congratulations to Rob Johnson, who sends in the

doing great! We are loving parenthood, and Avery is

following: "Alanya and I welcomed our baby boy

a welcome distraction to life's busy-ness." … Katie

Bruce Wallace Johnson into the world on June 23,

Waltz Harris also has a new baby. "Our fun news is

2011. It has been amazing watching him grow." …

that Charlotte (age 3) is a big sister! Georgia

Gasper Sekelj also has a family addition to share:

Livingston Harris was born on March 4, 2011. Doug

"Patricia and I welcomed a beautiful baby girl, Ella

and I are loving life with our two little girls and dog

Sophia Sekelj, on March 23rd. She weighed 6

Abbey. One of the highlights of the summer was cel-

pounds, 5 ounces and was 19 ½ inches long. We are

ebrating with lots of alumni at Bo Surdam and

overjoyed and can't wait to bring her to see where

Kate Richardson's beautiful wedding." …

daddy went to high school. We're proud to have a

Stephanie Pisanelli Lyons, along with husband

future Holderness student!" … On the professional

Thomas and daughter Catherine, have settled back

front, Andrew Ruschp reports: "All is well – I have

into Washington, DC, after two years in Istanbul.

been working as an Agricultural Energy Engineer for

"We recently bought our first house in Old Town,

the last 2.5 years around the US and even Puerto

Alexandria, where we see Sarah Sheppe Okun at

Rico, helping farmers become more sustainable. I

the park with her twins." … I missed seeing Steph

just recently took a job as an energy associate in the

on a trip to Virginia to see Sarah this summer. I am

commercial industrial division at the Vermont

in Connecticut for another year and a half, working

Energy Investment Corporation (the parent of

hard in school to be a nurse-midwife. It is great to

Efficiency Vermont), whose work over the next 20

be back in New England. I am excited to head back

years will reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 20

to Holderness for the first time in a decade, and to

million tons. So, I am hoping to be here for the next

introduce the place to my children, Meg (6) and

20 years making that happen." … And from

Graham (4). Looking forward to seeing the '96 folks

Shannon Mullen: "I'm developing two exciting

in attendance, and we will miss those who can't

movie projects while keeping one foot in journalism (I'm still filing local and national stories for NPR).

make it!

The indie film I worked on two years ago, GIRLCLASS CORRESPONDENTS

FRIEND, has been doing very well on the global

Emily Evans MacLaury '96

film festival circuit, picking up several awards along

89 Poverty Hollow Road

the way, and screening at theaters in New York, Los

Newtown, CT 06470

Angeles, and Boston. It's been a great summer but

E-mail: emaclaury@gmail.com

the season has gone by too fast, as it always seems to. At an August wedding in Maine I crossed paths

Heather Pierce Roy '96

and shared laughs with Nate Hicks '98, and then in

Hillside School

September my whole family attended the wedding

404 Robin Hill Road

of Kendra Cargill '94 in Boston. We had a great

Marlborough, MA 01752

time catching up with her sisters Cara '89 and

E-mail: heatherbpierce@hotmail.com

Koren '96, and her brother Liam '99. My brother Ryan '94 flew in for the event from California, and

I hope everyone has been enjoying the

’97

my sister Kelly Mullen Wieser '92 and brother

summer months. I was a little late in getting

Evan Mullen '00 came down from New Hampshire.

out a reminder message, so our notes are a bit slim

We also ran into Andrea Wilde '94 on the dance

this time around. Thanks to those who sent updates.

floor. It was a rare reunion and a great time was had

… Dennis Roberts reports: "I am building a new

by all!" … Thanks for sharing your updates. I'll try

auto dealership here in Hillsboro, NH, named

to send an earlier reminder next time! As for myself,

Hillsboro Chrysler Jeep Dodge Ram. We are aiming

I recently passed my nursing boards and am ready to

to be open in the spring of 2011. I am also

embark on a new career path in the nursing profes-

serving/volunteering as chairperson of the town of

sion. If anyone is looking to hire an RN, let me

Hillsborough, NH, Economic Development

know! Thanks and be well.

CLASS CORRESPONDENT Putney Haley Pyles '97 96 Spring Meadow Lane Hanover, MA 02339-2136 E-mail: putneypyles@gmail.com

’98 CLASS CORRESPONDENT Tara Walker Hamer '98 5 Tideview Drive Unit #5 Dover, NH 03820 Heather Pierce Roy '96 says second child

Phone: 603-707-0030

Teagan Jones Roy has introduced a whole new

E-mail: taraphotography@gmail.com

dynamic into her family!

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Cutter and Stacy Smith's '96 triplets showing off their Holderness pride (L-R): Anderson Maxwell Smith, Holden Levi Smith, and Fischer Sidney Smith. Brooke Aronson McCreedy writes:

’99

"Hello, Class of '99! I would like to begin

by apologizing for the lack of entries in the last HST. As some of you may already know my hus-

band and I welcomed our third child, Grace Elizabeth, into our family in January. Her two older brothers, Jack and Griffin, could not have been more excited to have a little sister and I am loving the experience of raising both my boys and a little girl. Needless to say my time has been somewhat occupied since then! We still live south of Boston; my oldest son Jack begins kindergarten tomorrow, and my younger son will begin his second year of preschool next week. Life is fairly uneventful for this stay-at-home mom. On another more somber note, I am deeply saddened by the loss of Mr. Walker. I know he touched so many of us in our class, and I don't want to speak for everyone, but for me personally he was the most inspirational teacher in and out of the classroom that I ever had. I have spoken of him often since our time at Holderness, and I hope that someday my own children will meet someone who leaves such a lasting impact on their lives as Mr. Walker has on mine and so many others. I will always remember Mr. Walker and be forever grateful for his wisdom, kind words, and endless motivation. … Here is all of the exciting news our classmates have shared. Kathleen Blauvelt Kime writes: "Ryan and I welcomed our beautiful baby girl, Karis Holly Kime, on May 24th. Motherhood is amazing and we are enjoying every moment with her." … Neely Wakeman sends this news: "I'm finishing up my final year of grad school and will graduate next May with a Master of Science in Nursing, so that I can practice as a family nurse practitioner. Celebrated the joyous wedding of Kate Richardson and Bo Surdam '96 earlier this summer, and am pleased to report that there were many Holderness alums ripping up the dance floor. On a less high note, I was devastated by the passing of Mr. Walker last week, but it was nice to see and share stories with so many wonderful Holderness faculty and friends at his very touching funeral. Such an amazing, loving man who will certainly be missed." … Joel Von Trapp writes: "All is going well here in Greece for me, despite all the bad coverage about the country in the news. I am finishing up my final year of architecture school here and working on restoring a beautiful old stone

"I've attached a Holdy group picture from our wed-

schools like RISD. I have studied at Prescott

ding on June 11th. Thought you and the peeps at

College, RISD, LCAD, and GCA. I can offer some

HST might like this!" … Abby Richardson

advice on different ways to pursue your art educa-

Considine sends this news: "I wanted to send along

tion. I am also a senior fellow at the Hudson River

news and a photo of the birth of our daughter Lucy

Fellowship, and my passion is landscape painting."

Hawthorne Considine on Nov. 5th, 2010." … Kim

… Thank you to all who wrote in! I look forward to

Cousins writes: "All good here; still in New

continuing to stay in touch with all of you – take

Zealand, down at the bottom in Dunedin. It's the

care, Class of '99!

middle of winter here, so I'm really jealous of you

Brooke Aronson McCreedy '99 now has a bigger family: (L-R) Jack, Griffin, and Grace McCreedy smile for the camera!

guys all enjoying your summer! My partner Nick

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and I have a daughter Anika who is 20 months old

Brooke Aronson McCreedy '99

now. I'm in the final throes (hopefully) of a PhD in

26 Bridie Lane

Public Health and we're in the middle of renovating

Norfolk, MA 02056-1739

a house by the sea ourselves, which we are planning

E-mail: brooke.mccreedy@gmail.com

to move into by the end of the year. It's a little, falling-down, 100-year old house with a big wild garden. I'm planning to get a great vegetable garden going and a small orchard, but I'm a terrible garden-

’00

house. The big news, however, is that my wife gave

er and hate weeding, so it will probably just stay a

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birth to our wonderful son, Ethan Aris Von Trapp, on

big wild garden for Anika to explore and get lost in.

Andrew Sullivan '00

April 1st. It has been such a joy being a father! My

Hope all is well with your babies, big and small! If

780W. G St., Apt. 184

wife, son, and I came to the states for three weeks in

anyone is planning a trip down here for the Rugby

San Diego, CA 92101-1813

August so that Ethan could meet his relatives. I was

World Cup, they should come visit. Oh, and a few

E-mail: myireland20@gmail.com

able to see Luke Catlin and George Hanna during

years ago, I ran into Rob Henderson, who was liv-

our visit and speak with several other alumni. I hope

ing here for a while with his now-wife. It was a

everyone is doing well." … Andrew Walters

completely accidental meeting and such a surprise to

shares: "I'd just like to write a brief THANK YOU

see anyone from little Holderness down in little

Tyler Stubbs writes: "I moved back to Boston from

to Norm Walker. I was so saddened by the news of

Dunedin, all the way on the other side of the world!

NYC in April and am working for Arnold Worldwide as an Experience Producer. It is the best

Hi, all – I hope everyone is doing well!

’01

Here's what I have from the Class of '01. …

his passing, and then reveled in all the great memo-

I think Rob is in Edinburgh now." … Zach Brown

ries I have from my time with him. Thank you,

writes: "I recently accepted a new position as

title ever for obvious reasons, although it is really a

Norm, for making all us boys and girls feel like men

Manager of Sustainability for CB Richard Ellis. I

euphemism for an event planner that works for a

and women. I am most struck by his ability to con-

will be managing sustainable initiatives and energy-

slew of corporate clients. A fellow '01 alum, Sarah

nect with each of us and make us 'rise up' in the face

saving programs for one of their largest industrial

Kruysman (is that still her name? she got married

of an opponent, a dispute with a teammate or coach,

clients. This is a very cool opportunity for me, as

too) is now working for Arnold's office in NYC. It is

or our own issues at school or at home. I never had

this sector of commercial real estate barely existed

great being back in New England and especially

the opportunity to take a class from Norm, but he

five years ago! My wife Michelle and I are still liv-

Boston. This town is the best. I hang out often with

taught me so much on the field, in our conversa-

ing in San Francisco with our two dogs, Lucy and

Jay Connolly, Nate Parker, and Aaron

tions, and by always greeting me with a smile and

Cheechoo. We also made several snowboarding trips

Kupperman. It is great to have the Upper Rathbun crew together again. We have even brought Jon

putting his arm around me. I wish I could be called

to Mammoth and Tahoe to enjoy the record snow-

to his table the night before a big game so he could

falls we received in the Sierras!" … Brian

Nichols back into the fold, but I had to schedule a

pencil one more play onto a napkin, assuring me that

O'Connell sends this news: "Three kids, dog, house,

night out two months in advance as he is now a big-

it was the key to my game that day. Thank you,

and au-pair. We're the type of family that shuts down

shot attorney and he is getting married. His calendar

Norm, and all my thoughts and prayers go out to the

the whole block for street hockey." … Megan Bitter

was pretty booked! Pete Pohl and I still get together too. I cannot wait for the winter to get some skiing

Walker family this fall. In other news, I just pur-

Griffith writes: "My husband Tyler and I are cur-

chased a home in the Avenues of Salt Lake City, liv-

rently living in Boston. I'm a

ing with my girlfriend Sarah, my step-brother, and

full-time mom now, and my

our Aussiedoodle 'Teddy' (Teddy Williams, Teddy

husband works for T.H. Lee

Ballgame, .406)! The garden is flourishing; I am a

Partners (a private equity firm

server at the Copper Onion (thecopperonion.com)

in downtown Boston). We had

and manager at the Shallow Shaft Restaurant in Alta,

our second child on June 28th,

and love being a part of the blossoming food scene

a baby girl named Paige

in Salt Lake City. Winter can't come soon enough

Elizabeth Griffith. Her big

and I'll be spending most of my days in Little

brother Charlie will be two on

Cottonwood Canyon skiing at Alta and Snowbird.

September 12th." … Emilie

Pretty mellow summer of hanging with Emily

Lee sends: "I'm currently fin-

Reihle; ran into Dave Plusch '96 at the Canyons a

ishing up the four-year atelier

couple weeks back. We got to relive our jeep-rolling

program at the Grand Central

adventure on the quad. I am also developing a plan

Academy of Art. GCA offers

to open a small cafe/restaurant in SLC, possibly a

classical training in drawing,

southern-style biscuit house, but we'll see! No

painting, and sculpture. I had a

Burning Man this year, but I vow to return in 2012 –

difficult time finding this, and

really wishing I was in the desert this week! If any-

wish I had been able to pursue

one needs a few powder turns or face shots, please

this training right after high

drop me a line, I'd love to ski with you. (P.S. I'll

school. I would love the chance

never forget Norm hitting a double off of me in the

to talk with any artist who has

Alumni Game! Norm, legging a double out!

an interest in this field. These

Karyn Hoepp '01 with new husband Joseph Jennings in June, at the

Hilarious.)" … Kate Richardson Surdam writes:

skills are not taught at art

Mount Washington Hotel.

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Class Notes

in now that I am close." … Benjamin Stonebraker

2001 graduates who got married this summer:

Fiumara writes: "I am doing well! Still working at

is killing it in Missoula, MT. He's a ski coach and

Rachel Goldberg Nissi to Nordo Nissi, and

Carney Sandoe doing recruitment work for private

adventure host with the tourism board, and writes: "I

Christine Hann Cunningham to Aaron

schools. I have also been working toward my

spend as much time as I can playing outside. I tore

Cunningham (hopefully I'm not missing anyone)!

Master's degree in higher ed. administration at

my ACL in January, got it repaired in May. Now I

I'm getting ready to head up to reunion this weekend

Boston College, which I should finish next spring

bike as much as I want, either mountain or road. I

– I can't believe it's already been 10 years. YIKES!

(fingers crossed). Enjoying life in Cambridge, and love bumping into fellow Holderness alums in

can bike my kayak to the play park downtown and go kayaking. Epic snows all winter became epic

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Boston!" … Joe Sampson reports: "I am writing

high flows this summer. Still living in the moment,

Karyn Hoepp '01

from the Seattle airport waiting for my flight home,

starting to grow up to the idea of growing up.

2 Ash Street

after visiting with family. My uncle Paul and I rode

Montana remains an oasis of low-bagging adventur-

Dover, NH 03820-3152

in the Seattle Super Gran Fondo ride to support

ing for me and all who visit. I'll be seeing Phish next

E-mail: karynhoepp@gmail.com

LIVESTRONG and the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. The ride was 103 miles long and

weekend at the Gorge – 'come waste your time with me.' So long from Big Sky country!" … Seems like

Adam Lavallee '01

ended with an 18-mile climb up Hurricane Ridge.

ACL injuries were coming in our class. Kellan

227 W. Baltimore Ave.

The total vertical feet climbed during the ride was

Florio says: "I am still working in NYC in invest-

Lansdowne, PA 19050

just under 10,000 feet. In Seattle terms, that's 16 ½

ment banking at Goldman Sachs. Been nursing an

E-mail: a.l.lavallee@gmail.com

doing very well and getting fired up to be healthy in time for ski season." … Joy Domin welcomed a

Space Needles. My legs are sore but I am happy, because I rode to support my uncle who was recent-

ACL and meniscus tear this summer, but otherwise Greetings, class of 2002! It's been such a

ly diagnosed with leukemia. We were the third place

joy reading everyone's news as it rolls in.

fundraising team, raising $8,000 for cancer research.

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new addition to her family this year – she writes:

I'm hoping this means I'll be seeing many of you for

"Our family is busy and well. Thomas is already 3 ½

our reunion in 2012. (I'm honestly still at a loss as to

Bear, in order to get back to enjoying the hot New

months and his big sister Grace will be 3 in October.

where those last "few" years since graduation went!)

Hampshire summer on the boat with friends until

I have been very busy getting ready for the release

… Ally Keefe reports: "After a late winter and a

returning to Laconia Middle School for my fourth

of my prenatal exercise DVD series, 'Body By

record-breaking ski season with 810" at Squaw, I

year!" … Chelsea Hoopes Silver shares some big

Trimester.' Check it out at www.bodybytrimester.

was finally able to get back on my mountain bike in

news: "I don't think I've mentioned that I had a baby

com! My personal training business has grown such

July. The riding conditions have been prime lately

last October 3rd. His name is Samuel Bixby Silver.

I'm excited to get home to my wife Kait and dog

that I ran out of space. We expanded it this summer,

and I'm really enjoying my new job on the lake. I

That's my news!" Congratulations, Chelsea! … As

and I am loving the extra room." Congrats, Joy! …

plan to start nursing school in the fall, so it will be

for me, Betsy Pantazelos, I'm still living in Somerville, MA, and am really lucky for the number

Evan Kornack came out of the woodwork for this

time to get serious again pretty soon!" … Will

edition of class notes! He writes: "I am back at

Keiser writes: "Life in Bedford, NY, has been good.

of Holderness alums that I have bumped into over

Darden for my second year of business school, after

I still own and operate a personal chef service called

the last several months. More often than not, I see

working for UBS in their Global Healthcare

Keiser Cooks, and business is booming. I am also a

all of you come shopping at Patagonia (where I'm

Investment Banking group for the summer. It looks

fireman with the town of Bedford. I recently got

still the manager).Work continues to be amazingly

like I will be heading back to Boston after gradua-

accepted to a very elite division of the Department

fulfilling. I've had opportunities to work with a num-

tion, so I will make an effort to do more with

of Emergency Services, called the Tech Rescue

ber of environmental non-profits and have a blast

Holderness." … Amanda French writes: "I am

Team, based out of the NYS Dept. of Emergency

scheduling events in the store (concerts, film screen-

doing great, but am very busy, working lots and fin-

Services S.O.C (Special Operations Command).

ings, and the like!). Better still, I still manage to

ishing up a second Master’s degree in school coun-

There are over 4,000 applicants and only one gets

have time to sneak away from the shop every now

seling. It's a lot of work, but I am very excited to be

picked to the team each year; in February, 2010, I

and again. I spent two weeks in Greece earlier this

finishing up in roughly a year, and then I have prom-

was inducted as a member. I still race motorcycles,

summer, a week skiing in Mammoth in the winter,

ised myself to be done with school forever! I am liv-

mostly now as a hobby, and was just down at NJ

and am planning many more adventures for the com-

ing in Reno, NV, with my boyfriend Dana and I'm

Motor Sports Park for a race last Monday with a

ing year (if anyone has strong opinions on whether I

enjoying life with him and our two dogs." … Jarret

buddy. No wife and kids yet, but my right-hand man

should bike-tour Tuscany or ski the Haute Route, I'd be open to any advice! I'm having trouble decid-

Hann writes in: "I became a full-time US resident in

is my pit-bull Timba. She's a great dog, and is also

the spring and Jess and I decided that we were done

trained in Search and Rescue." … Geoff Mintz

ing!). It's always good to hear from fellow alums. If

with endless winters and moved to Williamsburg,

shares: "I'm slammed at work. I took the sports edi-

you haven't already, please update your email

VA. Had a great time at two Holderness '01 wed-

tor gig at the Summit Daily News (Breck, Keystone,

addresses at http://www.netdirectories.com/~holder-

dings this summer, the first featuring our incredible

A-Basin, Copper area) and it's just fair – all work

ness. Best wishes to all!

class correspondent, Karyn Hoepp Jennings, and

and no play. I'm still living in Vail with Carling and

the other headlining my awesome sister Christine

Sean Delaney. I started a new business last spring

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Hann Cunningham who married her longtime

publicizing musicians and concert venues all over

Betsy Pantazelos '02

adventure-mate Aaron. Spent time with Mormina

Colorado. It's not unlike my student job at

256 Summer St., Apt 1L

and Aceto, and also got to spend an hour with the

Holderness (thanks, Kathy). It's going well, so

Somerville, MA 02143-2204

legendary fixture of the Montreal dance-club scene,

hopefully I can quit my newspaper job soon. It was

E-mail: b.pantazelos@gmail.com

'Downtown' Danny Esposito '02, on a short layover

great to kick it with Lori and Duano Ford at U.S.

there enroute from Virginia back to Newfoundland."

Nationals in April. Hope to see everybody at our

… As for me, I had one of the best summers of my

ten-year reunion!" … Sarah Hendel writes: "I sur-

Tauheedah Alexander writes: "Everything

’03

is okay on my end. I finally graduated with

life. I got married on June 18th to Joe Jennings at

vived two years in Turkmenistan and started a new

my MA in counseling – it felt like it took forever.

the magnificent Mount Washington Hotel in Bretton

job in April with an international development firm

Right now I am working at Penn State in residential

Woods, NH. As Jarret said, we had a good

called Tetra Tech ARD in Burlington, VT. I love

life, and really enjoying it." … Brendan Murphy

Holderness representation there, including Anne and

being back in New England and I'm meeting some

writes: "Saalam! Everything is good from the

Joey Mormina, Betsy and Anthony Aceto, Jess and

fantastic people with whom to camp, hike, and rock

Middle East. Entering my third year at the American

Jarret Hann, Jaime Dusseault '07, and Graham

climb. I've caught up a few times with Amy

International School in Abu Dhabi and just finished my first week of school. We have over 77 different

Roberge (grandson of Don Hagerman). Sam

Laverack '03, who's also in the area. After moving

Atwood '00 was also there, as he works at the hotel.

around so much it's nice to finally have my own

nationalities, and I love working with people from

It was an amazing day! Congrats also to the other

place and be more settled!" … Maddie Rappoli

literally all over the world. Went to Addis Ababa,

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Ethiopia, for five days over EID. It is a place that I

much surfing as work will

need to return to; beautiful people and culture. Hope

allow. Also, I am getting pret-

all is well with everyone." … Nicole Southworth

ty excited for the ski season

writes: "Hey, everyone! Life is sweet on the West

out here. Not to knock the

Coast here in Big Bear, CA! I'm currently working

East Coast, but it seems the

as a Lake Ranger on Big Bear Lake in the summer

Lake Tahoe area houses

time, and working as a Level II Ski

slightly better terrain than the

Patroler/Wilderness EMT on Big Bear Mtn /Snow

Northeast, so I am excited for

Summit in the winters, in hopes to work up to being

winter number one in the

a paramedic for Lifeflight in Alaska soon. I couldn't

mountains." … Brenna Fox

be happier getting to hang with the likes of Sean

writes: "Hey, class! I recently

White and Scotty Lago for one of the top shred hills

went to Dave LaPointe's

in the USA. Also planning my wedding for April 30,

wedding – it was a wedding

2012, in the Bahamas on the Royal Caribbean

of epic proportion! I got to

Cruise Lines with our closest family and friends, so

dance the night away with

this year coming will be one for the books! Hope all

Casey Carr, Nate Parker,

is well on the East Coast. Good to hear everyone is

Dre, the Leas, and of course

living their dream." … Devin Hewitt writes: "I live

Dave's gorgeous bride Kate. I

and work in Almaty, Kazahkstan, and will be here

am currently managing a fam-

for at least another year, I suspect. I work with stu-

ily business. Life is good." …

dents from Kazahkstan who want to go abroad to the

Grace Nehring writes: "Hey

USA, UK, Canada, Australia, Singapore, etc. for

there! I've been working in

high school, university, and language programs.

outdoor education in the west-

Hopefully we'll send a few kids to Holderness next

ern US, and life is treating me

Florida LAX camp brought together Justin Simon '04, Former AD Bob Low, Taylor Nissi '04, Dave Madeira '03, and Groton alum Charlie Congleton.

year! I will be back in the USA over Christmas and

well. Just completed a NOLS

Brie Keefe '05

the summer, so I hope to catch up if people are

Instructor Course this past summer and have settled

E-mail: brie.keefe@gmail.com

around." … Cary Trainor writes: "It's been a while

in Jackson, WY, for the fall/winter. Hope you're all

since I've been back to Holderness, but I drive by

doing great!" … Jay Connolly writes: "I met up

whenever I head to my parents' house in Franconia. I

with Nate Parker, Casey Carr, and Brendan

am still living in Vail, CO – been here for three

Murphy last Friday night in Boston for Dave

years now. I am teaching skiing in the winter and

Lapoint's bachelor party. We had a lot of fun." …

lacrosse, working, and volunteering. Four years went

working at a golf course in the summer. Life is

As for me, I am still living just outside of Portland,

by so fast! While I am a communications major, I

great. I currently work with Nick Leonard and Sean

ME, in Scarborough, although I have yet to see

have decided that I eventually want to go back to

Delaney! I also see a ton of other Holderness grads

Shannon on the deck outside at Brian Boru. I was

school for teaching." … From Adam Molinski: "In

out in Vail on a regular basis – it's a very small

recently promoted to Pier Facility Manager at work,

May graduating from Boston University – on to grad

Annie Muse reports: "I am doing great;

’06

graduated (last) May with a communica-

tions degree, and am spending a lot of time coaching

world. I just came back east for a short visit for

which I find both rewarding and challenging at

school! Spent four months in London working for

Whitney Connolly's (now Whitney Edmunds) wed-

times. I plan to stay in the southern Maine area for a

the Architects Journal as web videographer, flying

ding. She looked amazing, and we had a ton of fun.

while, so if anyone is ever passing through let me

all over Europe interviewing architects to post on

I hope everyone else is doing well." … Shannon

know. I want to say congratulations to Dave

their website. Amazing experience!"

Fallon writes: "Hello, hello! Living in Portland, ME,

Lapointe, and I wish you guys the best. I hope

with my boyfriend and our miniature Dachshund

everyone is doing well.

puppy, Tilly. I am teaching vinyasa and ashtanga

CLASS CORRESPONDENT Jessica Saba '06

yoga full time, staying active, healthy, and happy.

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Hope everyone is well." … Alex Palmisano writes:

Nick Payeur '03

Waterville Valley, NH 03215-0293

"Hello, class. I just recently moved to San Francisco

95 Sawyer Road

E-mail: Jessica.Saba@colorado.edu

from New York, where I just graduated with my

Scarborough, ME 04074-9005

Master’s in architecture from Columbia University. I

E-mail: npayeur001@maine.rr.com

am working with Gensler Architects in San Francisco and so far things have been great. I am enjoying the California lifestyle and getting in as

PO Box 293

Wow! Four years have certainly flown by.

’07

For most of the class of 2007, this fall

’04

meant the beginning of life outside the classroom. My senior year at Williams finished up great, and it was definitely not easy leaving. I spent this past

CLASS CORRESPONDENT

summer on the Cape, and then moved into an apart-

Ryan McManus '04

ment in Cambridge as I began work at a boutique

40 Locust Street

consulting and marketing firm. Life, albeit different,

Marblehead, MA 01945

is great, and I look forward to getting the chance to

E-mail: rbmcmanus@gmail.com

catch up with other Holderness alums who are in Boston, like Carlie Bristow '06, Cambria

’05

John Muse sends: "I am currently on an

Hempton, Sam Shlopak, and Taylor James. The

outreach program with my local parish in

latter two are very busy looking for jobs! … Ross

Lima, Peru. Annie '06 is also here with me. We are

O'Connor writes that he is working and living in

spending our time helping out at a local school. I

New York City, and just got married in Chicago last

have submitted my primary medical school applica-

April. He is looking forward to his new life with his

tion and am now working on my secondaries for the

wife and soon-to-be born twins! … Brendan

individual schools. Hopefully I will be admitted

Collins gave me an update on many of the members

somewhere by November of next year."

of the class of 2007. He reports: "I am a financial

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VT. In my free time I'm coaching youth sports in the

advisor at Edward Jones Investments in Rutland,

Former faculty member Bob Low and Brendan Murphy '03 caught up recently.

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Class Notes

John '05 and Annie Muse '06 at Machu Picchu.

hav

Collins gave me an update on many of the members

Division II golf, and shooting some music videos.

of the class of 2007. He reports: "I am a financial

… Kelsey Muller worked as a student mentor at the

advisor at Edward Jones Investments in Rutland,

Island School's new summer term, where she

VT. In my free time I'm coaching youth sports in the

advised students, helped teach human ecology class-

community and running hockey camps. Tad Skelley

es and projects, worked with shark research, helped

was awarded tournament MVP at the Travis Roy

lead kayak trips and island road trips, and oversaw

Foundation Wiffleball Tournament after batting .887

student life. Kelsey was working with high-school-

and hitting 12 HRs in eight games. Jamie Leake

aged sophomore and juniors for the five-week pro-

broke the Guiness world record for the longest base-

gram on Eleuthera Island in the Bahamas. Kelsey is

ball game in history, and has served on the board of

starting her junior year at Wesleyan University doing

a Vermont non-profit known as GIDE Corp.

RA training, playing hockey, and taking classes for a

Hannah Corkery is a graduate assistant coach at

biology major and environmental studies certificate.

Castleton State College 's women's lacrosse, where

… George Weaver is back at WVU pursuing a

she's getting her Master's in education. I saw Kory

business management major. This year George will

Himmer at Coach Walker's funeral, and he is

serve a year-long term on the student board of gov-

working in NYC at a software company, I believe. I

ernors, manage alumni relations for Kappa Sigma

also saw Nick Smith there; he is working in the city

fraternity (Gamma Phi chapter), and head into his

for a financial service firm. Spencer Bresnan is

third season with WVU men's club lacrosse. He

going to school to be an electrician in Connecticut,

interned this summer with Williams Forrest, which

and comes to Vermont every summer for charity

is a web design, development, and analytics compa-

events with several members of the '07 class."

ny. … Abby Thompson is studying at Simmons in

e submitted my primary medical school

Thanks, Brendan! … Chris Roche writes that he

Boston. Abby took a trip to San Diego in June to

application and am now working on my

graduated college from DU in May, and has been

spend time with her brother and his wife, and spent

secondaries for the individual schools. Hopefully I

living on Nantucket since. He plans on spending the

the rest of her summer working at a restaurant. Abby

will be admitted somewhere by November of next

winter in Lake Tahoe with Henry Holdsworth and

is co-director of an afterschool program at a middle

year."

Dustin Maury. He is "living the dream one season

school in Brookline, and is the secretary of the

at a time. No plan for a real job any time soon." …

Latin-American Organization on campus. The lead-

CLASS CORRESPONDENT

Tanner Mathison just finished rowing for the

ership training she took to prepare her for these roles

Brie Keefe '05

United States Development Team. He then went on

"reminded her a lot of Holderness." … Caitlin

E-mail: brie.keefe@gmail.com

an18-day cross-country road trip: Boston to San

Mitchell lived in Burlington this summer with sev-

Francisco to NYC. Tanner is going to law school

eral Holderness alumni: Alex Osborne '08, Ben

Annie Muse reports: "I am doing great;

this next fall. … As always, it was so good to hear

Osborne '10, Nick Parisi '10, Phil Brown '10, and

graduated (last) May with a communica-

from everyone!

’06

tions degree, and am spending a lot of time coaching

Mike Anderson '10. In her third year at Lafayette, Caitlin will be continuing her study of civil engi-

lacrosse, working, and volunteering. Four years went

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neering and will take part in rushing the class of

by so fast! While I am a communications major, I

Annie Hanson '07

2014 for Kappa Kappa Gamma. Caitlin was also an

have decided that I eventually want to go back to

Phone: 617-721-6081

orientation leader at the beginning of the fall; that

school for teaching." … From Adam Molinski: "In

E-mail: aeh1@williams.edu

program is run by Ms. Brewer's sister in-law, and

May graduating from Boston University – on to grad school! Spent four months in London working for the Architects Journal as web videographer, flying all over Europe interviewing architects to post on their website. Amazing experience!"

will be traveling to Madagascar in January to help

’08

Malagasy kids apply to American Universities. …

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with the New England Patriots again this summer,

Andrew Reilly is graduating this year after only three years of school. Andrew has been working

Kelly Hood '08 CLASS CORRESPONDENT

E-mail: Kelly.P.Hood@dart-

Jessica Saba '06

mouth.edu

PO Box 293 Waterville Valley, NH 03215-0293

Taylor Sawatski '08

E-mail: Jessica.Saba@colorado.edu

E-mail: taylor.sawatzki@conncoll.edu

Wow! Four years have certainly flown by.

’07

For most of the class of 2007, this fall

meant the beginning of life outside the classroom. My senior year at Williams finished up great, and it

Most of the class of

’09

2009 is embarking on

their junior year of college.

was definitely not easy leaving. I spent this past

There are lots of exciting

summer on the Cape, and then moved into an apart-

updates, especially the engage-

ment in Cambridge as I began work at a boutique

ment of Dave Grilk to his

consulting and marketing firm. Life, albeit different,

longtime girlfriend. … Toby

is great, and I look forward to getting the chance to

Harriman spent his summer

catch up with other Holderness alums who are in

doing freelance design work

Boston, like Carlie Bristow '06, Cambria

and photography. He is plan-

Hempton, Sam Shlopak, and Taylor James. The

ning on playing on the mens'

latter two are very busy looking for jobs! … Ross

golf team at the Academy of

O'Connor writes that he is working and living in

Art University in San

New York City, and just got married in Chicago last

Francisco. This year Toby will

April. He is looking forward to his new life with his

be continuing his major in web

wife and soon-to-be born twins! … Brendan

design and new media, playing

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Kourt Brim Martin '07 and Stephen Martin '07 (right) just before he headed to Afghanistan with the 2/8 Marines. He is deployed with an infantry unit and is reaching the halfway point of his 7-month deployment.

start." … Another set of Holderness roommates are at UNH. Julien Moreau writes: "I moved to UNH with Ethan Pfenninger under a week ago now, and am enjoying myself. I joined the rowing team, so we shall see where that may take me, considering I have a commitment every morning at six." … Also at UNH is Alex Muzyka: "This summer I spent most of my time working at the Hyannis Marina. I saw a bunch of Holderness kids who did team prep on Cape Cod rather than at camp. Now I am at UNH, where I am studying marine biology and occasionally seeing the other Holderness kids that go here." … Betsey Pettit says: "This summer I was able to ride my bike almost every day, and tried to knock off a couple of the 4,000-footers in New Hampshire. My goal is to summit all of them by the time I finish college. I moved down to UNH last week and am

Carter White '10 and John McCoy '10 saw a lot

off to a good start. There are so many new faces

of each other at USCSA races in New York.

around, and I'm getting to know lots of new people. I miss Holderness a lot and hope to come visit soon!" … Another popular college for Holderness Aubrey Tyler '10 on the road for St. Olaf last

students is St. Lawerence, which is being attended

spring – apparently she was the only girl on the

by Matt Fiacco. Mike writes: "College is great. Try-

team!

outs for the hockey team are coming up. The college

and hopes to get a full-time job with a professional

life is a pretty big step from prep school, but I am

sports team starting next summer; this would set him

adjusting day-by-day." … Nat Shenton writes: "I've

on the track to his ambition of becoming a general

been working as a counselor at Camp Kieve all sum-

manager. … Megan Currier and Meghan McNulty

mer, where I led kids on trips in Maine. I also taught

both worked at the Lakehouse Grille restaurant on

tennis and printing there. Right now, I am up in the

Lake Winnipesaukee this summer. Megan is in her

North Country killing it with the Holderness crowd

third year at UNH and has started a pre-law club

up at St. Lawrence, and I hope everybody is doing

there. Meghan is in her third year at Saint Michael's

the same." … Cole Phillips: "A new knee for me

College and will be studying abroad in Cape Town,

this summer. I got surgery in June and did most of

South Africa, during the spring semester. … Chad

my rehab work in Woodstock, VT. Once I was back

Reilly sends: "I'm majoring in communications, with

to strength I did my fair share of fly-fishing with Ian

a business administration minor. I go back to

Ford and the Miles brothers. I have been at St.

Holderness each year to play in the alumni lacrosse

Lawrence with Andrew Howe, Nat Shenton,

game."

Lauren Hayes, Matt Fiacco, and Alex Kuno for just over a week now. Seems like everyone here is

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enjoying themselves and working hard. Best of luck

Meg McNulty '09

to everyone else starting school." … Lauren Hayes

E-mail: mmcnulty@smcvt.edu

sends: "I spent the summer in New Hampshire, where I was a lifeguard at Whale's Tale, along with

Allison Stride '09

many kids from Plymouth. In the middle of the sum-

E-mail: astride@elon.edu

mer I injured my foot, so I've been wearing a boot and am still waiting for it to heal. I am meeting new

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people as well as seeing familiar faces from

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is University of Vermont, attended by Klaus

Emily Pettengill '10

Vitzthum: "I finally got my license, only because

E-mail: pettenge@garnet.union.edu

my permit almost expired. I worked for most of the

Holderness everywhere." … Another popular school

summer, and so far college is going well. I've seen John McCoy '10 E-mail: jmccoy@students.colgate.edu

seen Emily Starer quite a bit. The two of us will start ski practice in a few weeks! Boston is great, and it's nice to be able to see Holderness kids who go to school nearby." … From Hannah Weiner: "I'm going to school at University of Mary Washington with my twin sister Haleigh. I'm really excited to be where I am, and this campus is beautiful. Orientation was a little nerve-racking, from the earthquake to the crazy storms we've been having, including Hurricane Irene." … Jordan Cargill writes: "This summer I enjoyed the outdoors of the White Mountains and worked at Flatbread Company. I'm headed out on a NOLS (National Outdoor Leadership School) semester in the Rocky Mountains starting tomorrow. This winter I will be alpine ski racing to try and race D-1 for Bates, which I deferred admission from until Fall, 2011." … Cecily Cushman writes: "I am at Connecticut College and absolutely loving it. I am taking really interesting classes and playing a lot of lacrosse. I hope everyone is enjoying college, and I can't wait to see everyone over breaks!" … Carson Houle writes: "I've been in Williamstown for a couple of weeks now. School is so much fun and classes are awesome. I had a great summer; highlights include skiing at Mt. Hood and visiting the Obregons and Kunos in New York. Hope everyone is doing well!"

CLASS CORRESPONDENTS Cecily Cushman '11 Mandy Englehardt '11 Jamie McNulty '11 Sam Macomber '11

Trudy Crowley '09, Dewey Knapp, Lizz Hale, and Casey Powell." … From Sarah Fauver: "I started my 12-month internship with the University of

Many Holderness alumni have attended

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Vermont Morgan Horse Farm in June. It is weird not

Stoico: "I am currently pursuing my studies at the

ing working on such a large-scale breeding and

University of New Hampshire alongside my room-

training facility." … Holderness has two recent grad-

UNH; they have been joined by Nick

to be starting school this fall, but I am really enjoy-

mate Kyle Long. We are having a fantastic time

uates at Boston College. Emily Starer reports: "I

here at the University, meeting other intellectuals as

have spent the summer waitressing at The Gypsy

well as networking with the future leaders of our

Cafe in Lincoln, NH, with Julien Monroe. I leave

society." … Kyle Long writes: "Over the summer I

for Boston College tomorrow and will see Paige

spent the majority of my time working, both cooking

Kozlowski at school!" Enjoy! … Paige Kozlowski

and training as a bartender. Now Nick and I are at

writes: "This summer I worked at a restaurant in

the University of New Hampshire, we are having a

Portland, waiting tables and bar-backing. I just

grand time here, and we are off to a successful

moved into my dorm at Boston College and have

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ITH THE OPENING

of the two new

dormitories this fall, Holderness

example, the school’s viewbook advertised that “School, Home, and Church Are One at Holderness,”

School added six additional faculty

describing the “happy, homelike atmosphere [that]

households to campus. While

prevails within these cheery walls.” It also noted that

many hail this as a transformative

event for our residential life program (it is!), it is also

there was “a Master and in many instances a Master’s wife at each [dining] table.” Yet, internally, there was

a re-alignment of the physical plant with one of the

a growing concern that seasoned faculty members –

earliest school philosophies: that a true “Holderness”

those best equipped to nurture and guide students –

experience is rooted in the close relationship between

were leaving when they wished to marry or start a

faculty and students.

family. If the trajectory continued, the school atmos-

An 1880s catalog underscores that this relation-

phere could skew back toward that of a young frater-

ship was meant to extend beyond the classroom:

nity, with few authentic family relationships modeled

"The Rector and his family, the Masters, and the

for students. The solution was, of course, to provide

Boys, live in the same building, and have their meals

better, larger living quarters for faculty, as was

at the same tables. The dormitories are each in charge

argued in that same school magazine:

of a Master, who occupies a room adjoining.” Of course, in the early days, these “Masters” were pri-

“The initial compensation [for Holderness faculty] is large enough to attract good inexperienced men

marily young men who came to Holderness straight

[but] there is no accommodation here for a married

from college. They were struggling to prove their

master. It is to be hoped that the Alumni, when they

mettle in their very first teaching job, and were not so

have raised that $20,000 which they expect to raise in

much older than their students. They did become

the next three years for buildings, will devote a por-

close to the boys under their charge (even playing on

tion to erecting a modest lodging for wedded peda-

the same athletic teams – those were the days!), but

gogues.”

most nurturing fell to others in the school community.

This was to become a recurring dilemma: how to maintain a small, familial size and still find the

Benefactor, neighbor, and parent Emily Balch was an early volunteer for this role, frequently host-

means to support the wisest and most nurturing faculty? After all, Holderness knew its strengths, which

ing card parties and social events. On cold after-

remained undiluted even by the time the post-World

noons, local farming families would also welcome

War II era rolled around: “In a compact school, limit-

wandering students in for maple syrup and flapjacks.

ed in total size to not over a hundred boys, there are

Of course the headmasters and their wives more for-

certain values which can not be duplicated in large

mally stood in loco parentis; during her 30 years on

institutions.” A 1948 viewbook states most eloquent-

the campus, Jennie Webster acted as confi-

ly what it was that Holderness School was fighting to

dante, gave motherly advice, and created a

retain:

home away from home for Holderness boys. They extolled her virtues in a 1906 issue of The Argus: “We have all come to realize that Mrs.

“It is difficult to find a word that sums up graphically the complete opposite of what is meant by the term ‘institutional.’ People speak of the School’s homelike atmosphere, of its informality, of

Webster’s devotion to the interests of the

its freedom, of its family spirit. This intangible quali-

school as a whole, and to the happiness and

ty, however it be described, is as much a part of

welfare of each individual boy, is so whole-

Holderness as its name.”

souled and complete as to be a principal feature of that power which the school

Though enrollment increased incrementally, the school was never willing to outgrow its ability to sus-

seeks to wield. What boy will not carry

tain a close community. This meant that headmaster

away from his school days most pleasant

Lorin Webster’s quandary would also have to be

and grateful memories of the Sunday

faced by his successors, including current Head of

evening readings with which Mrs. Webster

School Phil Peck.

delighted his first-form days? Or who will

The solution has always been rooted in that

not remember with equal pleasure her

same close community. Alumni and friends give

thoughtful and skillful provisions for the

Holderness the kind of support that the very best

long evenings during short vacations? […]

families provide each other: keeping an interested

Mrs. Webster has given us of her best. She

eye as progress is made, and extending a hand when

has made us happier, but more than that, she has made us better…” Yet as the school grew, it became more difficult

support is needed. As we saw this fall, our Holderness family made it possible once again to sustain the faculty – and by doing so, of course, pro-

to give students more than coincidental exposure to

moted the most important part of our students’ expe-

the routines of family life – even as the school more

rience.

explicitly promoted their benefits. By the 1920s, for

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