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KIMBALL UNION'S BICENTENNIAL

A CELEBRATION OF 200 YEARS ON THE HILLTOP

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Bicentennial Celebrations 200 Years on The Hilltop KUA Fire Brigade Remembering Jessie Carver English Commencement 2013 Class Notes

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Kimball Union is Ready for Our Third Century! You can play a key role in launching KUA into our next century. Make an impact on today’s students and generations of students to come. In turn, they will make an impact on the world! <RXU JLIW WR WKH .LPEDOO 8QLRQ )XQG UHÁHFWV WKH FRQÀGHQFH \RX KDYH LQ WKH OLIH FKDQJLQJ value of a KUA education.

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CONTENTS

HEAD OF SCHOOL Michael J. Schafer H’13, P’12,’15

EDITOR Julia Brennan

LAYOUT AND DESIGN Jessica Miller

CLASS NOTES EDITOR Nancy Norwalk

PHOTOGRAPHY Julia Brennan Kit Creeger P’09 Jane Carver Fielder H’13, P’90,’91 Jon Gilbert Fox Richard Gillespie ’72 Roy Knight P’10 Alexis Liston ’03 John Risley Eileen Williams P’15,’16

CONTRIBUTORS Darrell Beaupré ’86, P’15 Julia Brennan Erik Ewers Allan Munro ’55, P’81,’83,’11,’13 Kathy Munro H’13, P’11,’13 Greg Pollard P’14,’16 Michael J. Schafer H’13, P’12,’15 Michael Taupier P’98,’01

Front Cover: Bicentennial Fireworks, Jon Gilbert Fox. Back Cover: Photo by Alexis Liston ’03 and Eileen Williams P’15,’16 .

FEATURES CELEBRATING KIMBALL UNION’S BICENTENNIAL Michael J. Schafer H’13, P’12,’15

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200 YEARS ON THE HILLTOP Erik Ewers

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KUA FIRE BRIGADE CELEBRATES ITS 35TH ANNIVERSARY Darrell Beaupré ’86, P’15

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REMEMBERING JESSIE Jessie Carver English 1915-2012

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CULLMAN SCHOLARS 2012

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DEPARTMENTS SCHOOL NEWS Commencement 2013 Arts Athletics

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BICENTENNIAL CELEBRATIONS

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BICENTENNIAL GAL A REMARKS HEAD OF SCHOOL MICHAEL J. SCHAFER H’13, P’12,’15 S AT U R D AY, J U N E 1 , 2 0 1 3 Welcome home and welcome back, one and all, to Kimball Union. I am truly humbled by the honor and the privilege as the Academy’s 18th headmaster to preside over this anniversary gala. On behalf of our Board of Trustees, our faculty and staff, and our current students, we welcome everyone back to The Hilltop and we thank you for your continued loyalty to KUA. What we see and experience here this weekend is the pride, love, and respect that we hold close to our hearts for this historic school and all of its people. What a special place, and what a special RSSRUWXQLW\ÂłD WLPH WR FHOHEUDWH RXU Ă€UVW years, to honor those who came before us, and to pay tribute to our beloved school! Last week we graduated 93 of our newest alumni—a talented and diverse group of students who hail from 20 states and 18 countries. The theme for this academic year has been “gratitude,â€? DSWO\ FKRVHQ WR UHĂ HFW WKH VWXGHQWV¡ DSSUHFLDWLRQ RI WKH SULYLOHJH of attending Kimball Union and the responsibility of representing you—our alumni and families. Like you, our current students and faculty have enormous pride in their school. One example of our connectedness is this year’s senior class gift. The class of 2013 has joined the members of the class of 1963, who are celebrating their 50th reunion, to support a shared project. Together, as a metaphor of our coming together, they have developed a circular stone terrace with an embedded school seal at the entrance to the Bicentennial Quadrangle—a favorite gathering place. This collaboration is but one example of how our many people have rallied around this important anniversary milestone to leave their mark. There is further evidence in every hall and in our beautiful natural surroundings. This year, more than any I can recall, our students and faculty have felt an ongoing connection to our alumni. Buildup and momentum have propelled our school forward. Indeed, these are milestones for the individuals and classes returning to KUA. They DUH FULWLFDO UHĂ HFWLYH PRPHQWV IRU RXU HQWLUH VFKRRO FRPPXQLW\ 7KH coinciding of our historic celebrations with the culmination of our Bicentennial Impact Campaign will leave a legacy for KUA’s next 200 years. These are also times to envision the possibilities of our strong, purposeful, and vital mission to prepare and inspire students.

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So many have contributed to the events we have enjoyed during this milestone year and weekend. I want to make special mention RI RXU $OXPQL DQG 'HYHORSPHQW 2IĂ€FH RXU FRPPXQLFDWLRQV team, our Bicentennial Steering Committee, our devoted staff— housekeeping, maintenance, grounds, and food service—our gala event planners and caterers, our faculty, our extraordinary volunteers, Alumni Council members, and our trustees, parents, neighbors, and friends who have all shared in the joyful responsibility that such a celebration deserves, culminating here this evening. During the past 18 months, I have traveled far and wide to visit alumni and friends, sharing the inspirational history of KUA with our community. It is ever more clear that the relationships forged and the lessons learned here endure, that the very recognition and affection for KUA grow with every opportunity we take to share our stories. These stories keep our school alive and vibrant, and the translation of them into action makes our students’ education more relevant as we go about our work here. Our Kimball Union experience is embodied in the people we have become, in the school we are today, and in the evolution of our school in the future. :KHWKHU \RX DUH UHWXUQLQJ WR 7KH +LOOWRS IRU WKH Ă€UVW WLPH VLQFH your commencement or have returned often, it is clear that Kimball Union’s mission has always been to set its students on a path of discovery and exploration, providing direction and inspiration for a lifetime of learning. With the growth mindset and culture of continuous improvement that characterize KUA, tonight we FHOHEUDWH WKH MR\ DQG UHQHZDO WKDW FRPH IURP UHĂ HFWLRQ DQG UHOLYLQJ memories and friendships from our days of yesteryear, and we consider hopeful, deserving aspirations for this historic school. No matter what has changed since your own time here, look on KUA with fresh eyes in this new era. It is my hope, to echo the words of T. S. Eliot, that “the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where ZH VWDUWHG DQG VHH WKH SODFH IRU WKH Ă€UVW WLPH Âľ I hope you can see in KUA today our determination to preserve and enhance the essential values and virtues that make Kimball Union unique as one of the oldest continuously operating boarding schools in North America. In addition to celebrating KUA then and now, our goal for this weekend is for you to reconnect with the friends and teachers who helped you along the way, and for you to think fondly and act kindly toward your alma mater. Our ongoing success is, in large part, possible because of you. The investments so many have made in our Academy over the years, and this year in particular, are labors of love, be it the preservation of our historic campus, the conservation of the natural beauty of the rural environment that surrounds us, or the celebration of teaching and learning and of our most important resource—our students, and the friends and family who have made it possible for us to be here and thrive. There is inspiration in our history, to be sure, but to quote the old Yogi expression, “it isn’t how far you go, it is how you go far that matters.â€?

The history—the story—of KUA, is about purpose, place, and people. Our fortune is our environment, but our virtue is our people. As the world changes and we come and go, information abounds; we know that as we look to the bright future of KUA, some things will change, but what must remain is education rooted in relationships between and among people. Our people have made and will make all the difference. In this ever-changing world, regardless of what changes in the years ahead, one simple reality endures: people learn best from people they love and people who love them. The refrain at the Academy’s centennial celebration in 1913, as stated then by Charles Alden Tracy, class of 1895 and headmaster from 1905-1935, was “Education is the Answer.â€? Today, 100 years later, education is still the answer. KUA is about education and about people who love what they do and do what they love—right here. People do. People create. People build teams, cultures, and communities. Our good fortune as a school is rooted in our purpose and our place, to be sure, but our history and our future is one of good fortune because of our people. As the African proverb poignantly reminds us, “it takes a village to raise a child.â€? In our case, it takes a whole village to carry on our lofty, long-term tradition of leadership in education. For all these years, we have been blessed with what modern phraseology might refer to as “location, location, locationâ€?—an irreplaceable and fundamental existential sense of place and purpose—and the symbiotic relationship of a school community born out of a village with which we have coexisted happily and worked steadfastly over the years to preserve and enhance. We are grateful to the neighbors and friends in the villages RI 0HULGHQ DQG 3ODLQĂ€HOG ZLWK ZKRP ZH KDYH LQKDELWHG these common grounds. We are grateful to the faithful neighboring church organizations that border our main campus. We are grateful to our Upper Valley neighbors, including Dartmouth College, for sharing so many years of thoughtful collaboration as partners in education and community. We are grateful to our peer schools in the Lakes Region who have extended to KUA, on behalf of their schools, messages of congratulations on this special occasion. We are grateful to current and past parents DQG JUDQGSDUHQWV ZKR KDYH FRQĂ€GHQWO\ HQWUXVWHG WKH education of their children and grandchildren to our care and supported us in this partnership. We are grateful to our alumni and our class agents, our reporters and Alumni Council members, who volunteer to support the enduring values of KUA. We are grateful to our trustees, past and present, who have stewarded our resources and continue to lead us forward. We are grateful to our students who, if not for their engagement with us, none of this would be possible. And most especially we are grateful to our faculty and staff, past and present, all of whom—in so many ways, from the dining hall to the FODVVURRP VWXGLRV VWDJHV WR WKH FRXUWV DQG Ă€HOGV DQG residence halls—dedicate themselves to creating this ideal environment for learning and growth. We are grateful to

all who look favorably on this wonderful school and work toward change for the better and help us preserve, at all costs, our essential mission. The essence of Kimball Union is much more than our history, more than our strength and durability. Our VLJQLÀFDQFH LV PRUH WKDQ D FROOHFWLRQ RI VWRULHV SDVW DQG present accomplishments, or articulation of our vision for the future. Quite simply, Kimball Union exists because of DQ XQà DJJLQJ FRPPLWPHQW WR DOO ZKRP LW VHUYHV DQG WR the relevance and consistent execution of our mission— mastery, creativity, responsibility, and leadership. So it exists today, as we proudly look back on our history and turn the page on a new chapter in the contemporary era of 21st century learning. The transformative power of education has been, and always will be, deeply embedded in our people, our place, and our purpose True to the pioneering spirit of our founders and their wisdom and foresight, the essence of Kimball Union today lies in the gifts that such a historic tradition and education afford. Owing to the many who have contributed to our Academy and this prelude to our future, Kimball Union is a historic and traditional school that is built both to last and to change. This bicentennial is a celebration of our past and a testament to our fundamental permanence—our Kimball Union forever. With our hearts in the past, our hands in the present, and our eyes on the future, Kimball Union will not only endure, it will continue to thrive, preparing today’s youth for a promising tomorrow. We thank all of you for your role in this shared endeavor. Many members of our parent community are here this evening. We thank them, and I will ask them to stand. We have alumni and spouses of alumni from the decade of the ’40s, please stand; from the ’50s, please stand; from the ’60s, please stand; from the ’70s, please stand; from the ’80s, please stand; from the ’90s, please stand; from the 2000s and our newest graduates from 2010 on, please stand. And all future Wildcats, please stand. Would all our past and present parents please stand; would all our trustees please stand, and will all our faculty and staff please stand. What do we all stand for? We stand for KUA. And as we stand here in support of Kimball Union and all that it means to us today and to those who will VXFFHHG XV SOHDVH UDLVH D JODVV WR WRDVW RXU ÀUVW years, and to the never-ending story of our KUA forever. Happy anniversary, KUA!

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Kimball Union Academy is one of the oldest chartered academies in the United States of America. Under the leadership of 18 headmasters, 275 trustees, over 800 teachers, and more than 11,000 students, Kimball Union Academy has inspired young minds for 200 years. Over the centuries it has grown to almost 40 buildings—a far cry from the solitary structure that stood on The Hilltop in 1815. Early American schools were founded to meet the spiritual needs of a new country, and in 1812, the Council of New England Churches drew up a plan for a new seminary to be built near Dartmouth College in New Hampshire. Three Dartmouth professors were on the council, laying the foundation for what would become a life-long relationship between the two schools and setting a standard of educational excellence for the new seminary to follow. One council delegate pledged an immediate $6,000, and promised the remainder of his estate upon his death. His name was Daniel Kimball. In 1777 Daniel had married Hannah Chase of Cornish, NH, who would later become as important to the Academy’s development as Daniel would be. On June 16, 1813, the New Hampshire state governor signed the charter creating “Union Academy.� One and a half years later, on January 9, 1815, the Academy building was dedicated. The very next day the Union Academy was in session. Both boys and girls were allowed to enroll. Six boys graduated the following year. Four girls also completed the same courses, but were not yet allowed the same privilege. In 1817, Daniel Kimball suddenly became ill, and died. In his honor, trustees changed the institution’s name to Kimball Union Academy. A few years later, his estate donated the $34,000 he had originally promised to the school. T Then, in 1824, the school burned to the ground. By 1825 a more impressive brick building stood where the older wooden one had been. The years following would be marked by expansion on virtually every level. Hannah Kimball

In 1839, Daniel’s wife Hannah carried on his vision by pledging $10,000 to start a female division. The new program commenced in the fall of 1840, and within a few years time it was

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Ă€OOHG ZLWK \RXQJ ZRPHQ $ IHZ \HDUV ODWHU WKH GRRUV ZRXOG RSHQ HYHQ ZLGHU DV WKH Ă€UVW VWXGHQW RI FRORU ZRXOG EH LQYLWHG WR attend, a young man named Augustus Washington. Other black graduates were succeeding as well: Jonathan C. Gibbs, class of ZKR ZRXOG EHFRPH VHFUHWDU\ RI VWDWH LQ )ORULGDÂłWKH Ă€UVW $IULFDQ $PHULFDQ WR KROG WKH RIĂ€FH DQG (UQHVW (YHUHWW -XVW class of 1903, who would become an internationally renowned doctor of zoology. In the 1850s Kimball Union began to grow as local buildings were purchased to make more dormitories. A campus began to form. The future seemed bright for Kimball Union Academy, but in 1861 America’s Civil War had begun to rage in the South. From a class of 75, over 25 students immediately enlisted. Two hundred Ă€IWHHQ .LPEDOO 8QLRQ PHQ XOWLPDWHO\ ZRXOG KHHG WKH FDOO WR DUPV After the war, Kimball Union kept expanding on all fronts. Despite the momentum KUA was gaining, trouble lay ahead. New local public school systems began to attract more students, and Kimball Union Academy, like many independent schools in the country, soon faced a rapid decline in enrollment. And the rural population that had always supported it began to move DZD\ WR Ă€QG MREV LQ ODUJHU FLWLHV 6L[ GLIIHUHQW SULQFLSDOV ZRXOG VWUXJJOH ZLWK WKH VFKRRO¡V Ă€QDQFLDO UHDOLWLHV RYHU WKH QH[W WKUHH decades. The Academy’s future was in jeopardy. In 1890, a former Kimball Union teacher named Myra L. Everest proposed what came to be called the “One Hundred Dollar Plan,â€? whereby a student pays only $100 for room, board, and tuition, in exchange for providing one hour of manual labor each day. The plan took off, enabling students of all economic classes an affordable opportunity, and literally saved Kimball Union Academy. On March 4, 1890, the Meriden House on campus was destroyed E\ Ă€UH $QG RQO\ RQH \HDU later, KUA’s Third Academy building also burned to the ground. But the school kept moving forward. New structures took the place of the ones lost, and after the turn of the century, with the help of numerous supporters and alumni, Kimball Union expanded to accommodate its evergrowing student population. In 1893, a young man named Charles Alden Tracy graduated IURP .8$ %\ WKH WLPH WKH $FDGHP\ FHOHEUDWHG LWV Ă€UVW RQH hundred years in existence in 1913, Tracy had become the school’s headmaster. He marked the occasion by putting on a centennial pageant, called “The Pageant of Meriden.â€?

PHOTOS: Right – Map of Meriden circa 1808 Below – The First Academy building; The Second Academy building Bottom – Baxter Hall in 1892 and today (current photo courtesy Richard Gillespie ‘72)

,Q LWV Ă€UVW FHQWXU\ more than a halfdozen buildings had been integrated into The Hilltop campus. Its student body stood at 123. Thousands of students had gone on to higher education at Dartmouth College and other institutions across the county, becoming clergymen, state governors, college presidents, foreign missionaries, doctors, judges, scientists, even members of Congress. On April 6, 1917, the United States entered World War I, and a military draft summoned men over the age of 21 into the armed services. Soon after that, Congress dropped the draft age to 18. Two hundred KUA students ultimately found themselves in uniform. Thirteen Kimball Union PHQ PDGH ´WKH VXSUHPH VDFULĂ€FH Âľ +HDGPDVWHU 7UDF\ VDLG Prosperity returned after the war. The Hilltop campus added a new library, DQ LQĂ€UPDU\ D VZLPPLQJ SRRO DQG DQ DPSKLWKHDWHU 6SRUWV SURJUDPV exploded on campus: football, basketball, and eventually ice hockey, soccer, and lacrosse. Then, in 1929, the country sank into the Great Depression. Because of WKH Ă€QDQFLDO VHWEDFNV PDQ\ IDPLOLHV FKRVH WR VHQG WKHLU VRQV WR VFKRRO and keep their daughters at home. Taking note of the dwindling number of girls in attendance, in 1935 Headmaster Tracy and the trustees agreed that Kimball, like a growing number of other schools, should phase out coeducation on campus. It would remain an all-male institution for the next 39 years. The Great Depression would continue to permeate the American landscape for six more years, until the Second World War took center stage. 2QFH DJDLQ .LPEDOO 8QLRQ $FDGHP\ ZRXOG VHQG \RXQJ PHQ WR Ă€JKW overseas. A total of 509 men would enlist, along with eight members of the faculty. The war would last four long years, and 16 students perished. The post-war era at KUA was marked by explosive growth. With the help of alumni, trustees, and benefactors, one building after another would begin to appear on The Hilltop.

As the Vietnam War came to an end, a great transformation began WR WDNH URRW DW WKH $FDGHP\ <RXQJ ZRPHQ ZHUH Ă€QDOO\ SHUPLWWHG WR UHWXUQ WR 7KH +LOOWRS IRU WKH Ă€UVW WLPH VLQFH %\ JLUOV were attending. In the 1980s and continuing into the 1990s, KUA offered even more for its students: a campus with even more amenities, brand new courses in Computer Science and Environmental Science, an increased focus on the arts, and broader athletic programs. Today Kimball Union boasts state-of-the-art facilities. Classrooms DUH RXWĂ€WWHG ZLWK WKH ODWHVW WHFKQRORJ\ LQFOXGLQJ KLJK VSHHG ZLUHOHVV QHWZRUNLQJ 60$57ÂŒ ERDUGV DQG KLJK GHĂ€QLWLRQ YLGHR .LPEDOO 8QLRQ¡V 335 students come to Meriden from across the country and around the globe, with 19 states and 20 countries represented. They have the choice of more than 120 courses including 19 AP courses in every subject. Small classes, a one-to-one laptop program and a pilot iPad program just introduced to the Class of 2017. A talented, KLJKO\ TXDOLĂ€HG IDFXOW\ and a full array of 21st century learning opportunities are just a few of the hallmarks of a Kimball Union Academy education. Adapted from the screenplay of the %LFHQWHQQLDO Ă€OP 200 Years on The Hilltop, by Erik Ewers. 7R YLHZ WKH Ă€OP 200 Years on The Hilltop, written and produced by Erik Ewers and narrated by Dayton Duncan P’05, visit www.kua.org/history. To order our commemorative history book, visit www.kua. org/200/book or use the order form on page 47. FA L L 2 0 1 3

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FIRE BRIGADE CELEBRATES ITS 35 TH ANNIVERSARY

From Miller, the library, and Baxter, Squad members tumbled out in a mad rush. Someone had pulled the truck out and slowed just enough so we could hop in and pull each other into the back before we raced WR WKH ÀUH VWDWLRQ 7KLV ZDV RQH RI PDQ\ VLPLODU H[SHULHQFHV , DQG WKH past members of the Kimball Union Fire Brigade, remember fondly.

BY DARRELL BEAUPRÉ ’86, P’15

On a warm spring afternoon almost 30 years ago, I was sitting in the second row of our Fitch classroom listening to Mr. Egan explain the composition of atoms. I remember this moment for two reasons. The Ă€UVW ZDV EHFDXVH IRU WKH Ă€UVW WLPH all year, I absolutely “got it.â€? It was as if the clouds had cleared and the sunshine of understanding had come shining through. The second reason was because a few seconds later, from outside on top of the gym, the highSLWFKHG ZKLQH RI WKH Ă€UH VLUHQ VWDUWHG up. My adrenaline spiked, Mr. Egan said something to end the class, and he, another Brigade member, and I sprinted toward the pick-up that was parked below Rowe Cottage. The class broke out in applause and cheers. 6

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This past June, during the Bicentennial Celebration, the Brigade had a quiet reunion of alums who came down to the station to meet the UHFHQW JUDGXDWHV WDON ZLWK ORQJWLPH ÀUHÀJKWHUV DQG VZDS VWRULHV In listening to their stories, we were struck by not only the changes that have occurred, but also by how many things have remained the same. Although we are no longer allowed to ride on the back of the engines while responding to calls, and students can no longer pile into WKH EDFN RI D PRYLQJ SLFN XS WUXFN VWXGHQWV VWLOO ÀQG WKDW VSULQWLQJ to the station is sometimes the best way to arrive in time to catch an engine. Students still rush to the van every year when they hear the ÀUVW :HGQHVGD\ QLJKW WHVW WKH\ VWLOO DUULYH DW WKH VWDWLRQ LQ à LS à RSV t-shirts, shorts, or PJs at 2:00 a.m. in the middle of winter; they still love to run out of classes and arrive back just before sports begin; they VWLOO ORYH GRLQJ DOO WKH WDVNV WKDW ROGHU ÀUHÀJKWHUV ÀQG PXQGDQH $QG for their efforts and eagerness, they are hugely appreciated by not only the Meriden department, but also by other departments throughout the Upper Valley. We are greatly missed during breaks and vacations; whenever the Brigade is absent, I am always asked where they are. 7KLV VWXGHQW ÀUH EULJDGH LV XQLTXH LQ WKH SUHS VFKRRO ZRUOG 0\ IULHQGV at other schools are amazed that we have such a program and ask how it came about. In that answer is a great tale. As the story goes, 36 years ago on a snowy evening, the siren on top of Alumni Gym began wailing again, to call the Meriden volunteers to an activated pull station near the bridge between the blinking light and (then) Roger’s Dormitory. Upon arriving at the bridge, Gardiner MacLeay found QHLWKHU ÀUH QRU DQ\RQH VWDQGLQJ E\ WR GLUHFW KLP WR WKH HPHUJHQF\ 7KLV had happened before; however, this time he followed a set of fresh tracks that led to the back of the dormitory and up the stairs to a room. It was there that the young man confessed to pulling the alarm so that he could watch the action. The story might have ended there with a simple scolding, but the father of the boy was a proud man and made an unusual request: he wanted his son to work off his offense down at the station and amongst the men who had come to the alarm. If the young man was initially loath to do this order, he quickly changed his attitude and found that he was fascinated by what these men did—so much so, that he asked if he and

his friends might join the Department. At the same time, Headmaster Mikula thought that a dedicated squad was something that the school could offer to assist the community. He tapped neophyte teacher 7KDG 6H\PRXU IUHVK RXW RI 'DUWPRXWK &ROOHJH WR EH WKH WHDP¡V Ă€UVW faculty leader. It was a decision that has positively aided and served our community for over three decades. Each fall students have the opportunity to sign up for the Brigade during Club Fair. Students must write an essay explaining why they ZDQW WR MRLQ DQG KRZ WKH\ ZLOO EHQHĂ€W WKH 'HSDUWPHQW ,Q DGGLWLRQ WKH\ must be interviewed by both the faculty leaders and the current brigade members. Since the Squad must limit its size to about ten students, this application process is competitive. Last year over forty students vied for only seven openings. Once the Squad is selected we train with the Department two Monday HYHQLQJV HYHU\ PRQWK 7KH VWXGHQWV OHDUQ DVSHFWV RI Ă€UHĂ€JKWLQJ WKDW are found in this area of the country. Although students do not enter burning buildings or drive the engines to an accident scene, we show them how to do these skills. Last winter students donned air packs and trained how to properly enter a building and rescue a “man down.â€? $OWKRXJK PRVW VWXGHQWV GR QRW SXUVXH Ă€UHĂ€JKWLQJ DV D IXWXUH FDUHHU we have had several members who have done just that. ,Q DGGLWLRQ WR Ă€UH VNLOOV WKH %ULJDGH KDV KDG D ORQJ WLPH WUDGLWLRQ RI helping to raise funds to purchase goods needed by the Department RU 6TXDG 2QH RI WKH Ă€UVW GULYHV ZDV GRQH FDPSXV ZLGH LQ DQG UDLVHG PRQH\ WKDW ZDV GRQDWHG WRZDUG 0HULGHQ¡V Ă€UVW ODGGHU WUXFN Similar events, such as KUAid, and phone-a-thons, have helped to RXWĂ€W WKH %ULJDGH LQ WKH ODWHVW Ă€UH VDIHW\ HTXLSPHQW /DVW \HDU ZH were able to purchase yellow helmets (similar in style to those worn by WKH Ă€UVW %ULJDGH LQ ¡ ZLWK .LPEDOO 8QLRQ clearly visible on the front. This year we have launched our most ambitious drive to date: we hope to raise funds to purchase a van that will be dedicated to the Brigade—one that can transport the Brigade and some equipment, and can be used as a safety vehicle.

PHOTOS: Above, top to bottom – KUA Fire Brigade with faculty advisor Frank Egan in 1980; Members of the Brigade in action earlier this year; KUA Fire Brigade with faculty advisor Darrell BeauprÊ in 2013 Right – Darrell BeauprÊ ’88, P’15 and Jonathon Munro ’13 at an Admissions Open House

For more up-to-date photos of the Brigade at work, visit Kimball Union Fire Brigade on Facebook. For more information contact dbeaupre@kua.org

In the last 35 years we have seen some things change: the air-siren has been removed from atop the gym (much to the relief of students and young families) and has been replaced by personal monitors that alert the Brigade to a call, and the big white van has replaced the red pickup for transportation; but many things have not changed. This group of students is still greatly respected for their dedication and willingness to assist their community at any time during the day or night, and we can still hear the tumultuous cheering roar go up whenever an alarm sounds and the Brigade rushes out of buildings toward its next emergency.

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REMEMBERING JESSIE C ARVER ENGLISH 1915 - 2012

Jessie Graham was born on November 21, 1915, in Lebanon, NH. She married Frederick E. Carver on June 17, 1936, and the Carvers began their lives at Kimball Union shortly after that.

On the occasion of her 95th birthday, Jessie was a special guest at All School Meeting where the entire school community joined in the celebration.

-HVVLH IXOÀOOHG WKH PDQ\ LPSRUWDQW UROHV RI D IDFXOW\ VSRXVH EHIRUH EHFRPLQJ WKH $FDGHP\·V ´ÀUVW ODG\µ ZKHQ 'U &DUYHU ZDV DSSRLQWHG Kimball Union’s 14th headmaster in 1952. Jessie undertook her role with enthusiasm and devotion to her own family and to the larger KUA family. She acted as the school’s chief hostess, took on a female role in a play, attended games and concerts at home and away, and represented KUA at weddings and countless other events. She welcomed students and faculty into the Carver home in Rowe House for coffee hours and social time and was a second mother for generations of boys.

Most recently, Jessie acted as an advisor to her daughter, KUA’s archivist Jane Carver Fielder, as Jane wrote the school’s commemorative history book and provided research for KUA’s ELFHQWHQQLDO GRFXPHQWDU\ ÀOP -HVVLH ZRXOG KDYH EHHQ VR SURXG to know that Jane, on the occasion of her 25th year of service to Kimball Union, was awarded an honorary degree at Commencement 2013. So although Jane was unable to attend KUA, she now joins her siblings as a KUA degree recipient.

After Fred Carver’s death in 1969, Jessie remained closely connected to Kimball Union. Her three sons had attended the Academy: James ’56 (d. 2002), David ’57, and Douglas ’61, and Jessie often joined them at alumni and school events over the years. While her daughter Jane Carver Fielder H’13, P’90,’91 was unable to attend KUA since it was still a boys’ school at the time, both Jane’s children, David Fielder ’90 and Abigail Fielder Heim ’91, attended the Academy and Jessie loved to go to their activities on The Hilltop. In 1993, Jessie was invited to become an honorary member of the Alumni Council, where she served until 1996. In 2009 Jessie was awarded Kimball Union’s highest honor, the Kimball Union Medal, at the Carver Courtyard Dedication ceremony.

PHOTOS: Top: Jessie was awarded the Academy’s highest honor, the Kimball Union Medal, at the dedication of Carver Courtyard in May 2009 Right: Jessie with Tom Fay ’53 at Reunion in 2009.

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Jessie maintained her close ties to the Meriden community and to Kimball Union throughout her life. She will be greatly missed but her legacy at Kimball Union lives on, as was evidenced on Commencement Day when Mike Schafer read Jessie’s “Ten Rules to Live By.”

PHOTOS, Clockwise from top left: Jessie hosting a faculty coffee at the headmaster’s home in Rowe House. Fred and Jessie admiring a snow sculpture during Winter Carnival. Headmaster Frederick Carver and his wife Jessie with their family at son Douglas’ graduation in 1961. L to R: David ‘57, Douglas ‘61, Jane and James ‘56. Photograph taken by C. Parker Jones ‘37. Jessie playing the recorder. Dance – The Carvers lead the Grand March at Winter Carnival.

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CULLMAN SCHOL ARS 2012 The Cullman Scholars Program was instituted in 1983 by alumnus Hugh Cullman ’42 to provide promising Kimball Union sophomores and juniors enriching summer opportunities to develop leadership skills, to build global and environmental awareness, or to participate in special educational RSSRUWXQLWLHV 7KH ÀUVW UHFLSLHQWV ZHUH IRU WKH FODVV RI 6LQFH WKHQ VWXGHQWV KDYH EHQHÀWHG IURP WKH SURJUDPV

S A R A H P O R T E R ’ 1 3 S T U D I E D KO R E A N AT CONCORDIA L ANGUAGE VILL AGES Ᵹ鏊ëź?겢鹽é–ľ 뇑 ë„ŠęŒšëƒľ ꊥę…† 넺鹽鲙 Last year I was fortunate enough to receive a Cullman scholarship to attend the Concordia Language Villages summer program in Minnesota to study Korean. After years of listening to my Korean friends and classmates speaking to each other I was intrigued and very interested in learning about the Korean language and getting a better idea of their culture. It was a surprise WR Ă€QG ꯧę­‚ë„? ëż­ęŻ? (Lake by the Woods), this little piece of Korea, in Bemidji, MN, and I did not know exactly what to expect. Concordia prides itself on creating a realistic environment that immerses the students in both the culture and the language they are studying. For me, that meant eating plenty of ę&#x;šę ‰ę—š é&#x;ľë ? and ęœ˝éš•é&#x;Ľ, listening to K-pop (“gangnam-stylingâ€? before it was an international craze), paying for things at the camp store with won, and much, much more. 0\ Ă€UVW IHZ GD\V DW WKH FDPS ZHUH YHU\ RYHUZKHOPLQJ WKH FRXQVHORUV VSRNH WR WKH students exclusively in Korean, and since I could only understand the words “Helloâ€? and “I’m American,â€? I was feeling considerably lost from the moment I arrived. I (somewhat unknowingly) chose my Korean name “ꊥę…†,â€? which, as I found out later after hearing my name in every K-pop song we listened to, is also the word for “loveâ€? in Korean. The schedule and routine were new to me and I had to attempt to decipher instructions based on body language. But, as I started attending classes and noticing patterns, I slowly started to pick up some survival words. The counselors were great about repeating themselves and trying every way possible to relay a message with the considerable language barrier. Their patience and encouragement were amazing. It is an intriguing way to learn because it is very hands on. Instead of reading about language in a book, I studied what the people around me were saying and based on context (and out of necessity) mimicked what I observed. On a daily basis we watched a reenactment of the Korean Cinderella story of 뤞댅and ëłšëŒ… and sang songs in Korean and every day after lunch we watched part of a Korean TV drama. I also learned about the Korean ëź‘éžľ, an amazingly logical system of writing that is based on the shapes that the mouth makes when reading the sounds. Outside of class we also participated in activities like taekwondo, Korean drumming, and é–ľęźąéž˝. We also had several special activities including an inspiring evening where two deaf women came and taught us some Korean sign ODQJXDJH OLNH Ă€QJHU VSHOOLQJ DQG KRZ WR VLJQ VRPH RI WKH VRQJV ZH KDG EHHQ VLQJLQJ ꯧę­‚ë„? ëż­ęŻ? also has a tradition called ꍭëˆşé˛ľë€Šë„ą, where participants speak exclusively in Korean for the entire day. One day in the second week of my time at camp, my cabin-mates and I decided to take the pledge, which meant communicating exclusively with the Korean we had learned up to that point—which, for us, really meant not talking very much that day at all. There is also a tradition of picking the student who has spoken the most Korean that day and playing a guessing game that culminated in their being beckoned to the front of the 겒鲎 to UHFHLYH WKH SUDLVH RI WKHLU SHHUV DQG D WRNHQ RI WKHLU DFFRPSOLVKPHQW 'XULQJ P\ Ă€UVW ZHHN , ZDV FDOOHG XS WR WKH IURQW DQG ZDV YHU\ RYHUZKHOPHG DQG grateful, but due to my lack of language skills I thought that it was completely random, and had no idea I was being recognized for speaking Korean! I had a wonderful experience at ꯧę­‚ë„? ëż­ęŻ?, and I am very grateful to the Cullman family for giving me the opportunity to explore my passion and learn more about an amazing culture and language. The gift that the Cullman family has given the school is truly unique. This scholarship means something different to every student who has the privilege of receiving it. To me it meant gaining an experience that has helped me to connect more with my peers from Korea. 10

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S A M O ’ S H E A ’ 1 4 S T U D I E D A C T I N G AT T H E A M E R I C A N A C A D E M Y O F D R A M AT I C A R T S This summer, as a Cullman Scholar, I had the unique opportunity to take part in a two-week acting course at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts LQ 1HZ <RUN &LW\ , ZRQ¡W OLH WR \RX ÂŤ , ZDV QHUYRXV , KDG EHHQ QRWLĂ€HG D PRQWK EHIRUH WKDW , ZDV WR KDYH PHPRUL]HG D WZR PLQXWH FRQWHPSRUDU\ monologue to present in front of the entire class. The six-hour trip down to New York City consisted of worried thoughts and elaborate plans to somehow get out of the one requirement the course asked of me. But I had to keep telling myself, “If I could dance ballet in a golden leotard at KUA, I could certainly do this!â€? The American Academy of Dramatic Arts is a storied conservatory, with alumni like Paul 5XGG DQG $QQH +DWKDZD\ )RU WKRVH XQIDPLOLDU ZLWK WKH WHUP ´FRQVHUYDWRU\ Âľ LW LV GHĂ€QHG DV D VSHFLDOL]HG VFKRRO IRU D Ă€QH DUW DQG LQ WKH FDVH RI WKH $$'$ GDQFH PXVLFDO WKHDWHU and theater are the main focuses, so I was both excited and intimidated. I had been graciously given this opportunity to try and excel in a craft and art form that had really inspired me, and I was there to see if it held further promise. The schedule was set up similarly to KUA’s block system. Class was from Monday through Friday with three to four two-hour blocks a day and an hour break for lunch. The classes consisted of: Acting Techniques, Approach to Monologues, Monologue Development, Movement, Vocal Technique, Camera Techniques, and Improvisation. Every class had its own amazingly unique teacher. Mr. Collis was an older man who taught my Camera Techniques FODVV $IWHU LQWURGXFLQJ KLPVHOI DQG KLV FDPHUD ZKRVH RIĂ€FLDO QDPH ZDV ´6H[\ 6XVDQ Âľ KH loudly shushed us. We all eyed each other with concerned looks on our faces, coming to terms with the fact that this man might be losing it. He looked up and down and waddled to a curtain, swinging back and forth over and over “Welcome, my lovely friends, don’t be afraid to join us, JOIN us!â€? It was odd, why was he reintroducing himself? He snapped back to reality a moment later and apologized, “I am sorry class, it’s just the ghosts in the building—they are very playful!â€? Next up was the monologue class. We were packed into a small, bare room, sweating buckets from the incredible heat. After waiting 10 minutes, a balding man with a bagel in his mouth FDPH EXUVWLQJ LQWR WKH FODVVURRP DQG \HOOHG D PXIĂ HG ´:KR¡V Ă€UVW"Âľ ZKLOH ELWV RI EDJHO KLW his red Crocs. His name was Andrew Polk and his crowning achievement was this 15-second segment on season 3 of “30 Rock.â€? That was his shining moment as an actor and he wasn’t even acting. That’s how he is! So you can imagine how intimidated I was. Before I could think, the “30 Rockâ€? nerd in me came bursting out and I blurted, “You’re Steven Spielberg? You know Tina Fay!â€? Everyone turned and stared. “You know she calls me whenever she needs something, but my list goes on and on, so please refrain from stupid questions, OK?â€? Great, that was NOT the start I was looking for. Next thing I know, he points his bagel at me and says, “You! Blabber PRXWK \RX¡UH XS Ă€UVW Âľ , ZDV IUR]HQ WR P\ FKDLU +RZ FRXOG , DFW DIWHU WKDW VWDU VWUXFN PRPHQW JRQH VR ZURQJ" , ZDV DVNHG WR OHDYH WKH URRP WR “prepareâ€? my monologue. I stood—no shook—in the hallway and waited. Those 2 minutes had to have been the most painful moments of my like. 0\ 1HZ =HDODQG FODVVPDWH Ă€QDOO\ FDOOHG PH EDFN LQ DQG , VORZO\ HQWHUHG WKH URRP %XW ZKHQ , VDW GRZQ WRRN D GHHS EUHDWK DQG VWDUWHG WR GHOLYHU my monologue, it all seemed to click. From that point on, I had a blast participating in anything AADA had to offer. I was groaning and screaming the ORXGHVW LQ YRLFH H[HUFLVH EHLQJ WKH PRVW FRPSOH[ SLHFH LQ D KXPDQ PDFKLQH DQG JLYLQJ WKH SURXGHVW DQG PRVW FRQĂ€GHQW LQWURGXFWLRQV , OHDUQHG KRZ to properly audition, how to adapt to a character at the drop of a hat, how to move, speak, look, and feel when I acted. But most importantly, I learned KRZ WR OHW ORRVH DQG QRW FDUH ZKDW SHRSOH WKRXJKW RI P\ DFWLQJ ,I , ZDV JRLQJ WR EH DQ DFWRU , QHHGHG WR EH SHUFHQW FRQĂ€GHQW Our motley crew of nine classmates, all from different countries and backgrounds, bonded together. As I began to meet and hear the stories of my classmates, I learned that I was the only one there to learn and have fun. They were there to try out. They had come from far away, with only a suitcase to their names, to try and hit the jackpot it the Big Apple. I was lucky enough to attend this camp through the enormous generosity of the Cullman family to try something fun and adventurous. FA L L 2 0 1 3

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DEBBIE BURDINSKI ‘13 SPENT A MONTH IN MONGOLIA Exhausted after the steep, rocky climb in the hot summer air, I am sitting on a stone on top of one of the smaller mountains surrounding a valley full of green grass. It is not the lush kind of grass you would see in the front yard of a New England home, but a drier and somewhat wilder kind. Herds of sheep, cattle and goats are roaming free of fences far below. Davaa, my host dad, and DomrĂśg on their horses will herd them back at dusk. A glance at my watch reminds me that I must hike back down soon. Pujee, my host mother, expects me to help her and her granddaughter with the cooking tonight. $W Ă€UVW , VFRUQHG WKH VH[LVW GLYLVLRQ RI WDVNV %XW , DP QRW LQ WKH 8QLWHG 6WDWHV DQ\PRUH , DP LQ 0RQJROLD 7KH XQLTXHQHVV RI 0RQJROLD D FRXQWU\ LQĂ XHQFHG E\ FRPPXQLVP \HW ZLWK D UDSLGO\ PRGHUQL]LQJ FDSLWDO and yet again with nomadic people whose lifestyle has not changed for centuries, called me to travel to the land of eternal blue sky. I arrived in Ulaanbaatar on a Saturday afternoon in late June at the single-terminal, single-runway, single-baggage claim airport called Chinggis Khaan International. I was greeted with a cheery “San Banu!â€? by members of Projects Abroad, my program. We drove into the city to my host family. But they were not home and I had to wait for an hour in front of their apartment until they arrived. Soon I learned that this was not a personal insult but just a part of Mongolian culture. , VSHQW P\ Ă€UVW WKUHH ZHHNV LQ WKH FDSLWDO FLW\ ZKHUH , LQWHUQHG DW WKH 5DLOZD\ +RVSLWDO 7KH GRFWRUV ZHUH KDSS\ to have international interns because we could help them improve their English. I was assigned to Dr. Arshebek, D JHQHUDO VXUJHRQ , VKDGRZHG KLP GXULQJ DSSHQGHFWRPLHV EHQLJQ WXPRU UHPRYDOV DQG WKH Ă€[LQJ RI KHUQLDV The hospital’s equipment was surprisingly modern; there were even eye lasers and a month before I came the GRFWRUV KDG SHUIRUPHG DUWKURVFRSLF VXUJHU\ IRU WKH Ă€UVW WLPH 7KH VDQLWDU\ FRQGLWLRQV ZHUH PHGLRFUH 6L[ patients stayed in the same small room, and bandages, gowns and operating table sheets were reused. What shocked me most was that the main operating nurses constantly checked their phones for texts during surgery. My host family in the city consisted of a seven-year-old boy and his parents. The mother, the only one who spoke English, was almost never home so I had to communicate with gestures and expressions during meals and when I needed something. Sheep are the main diet of Mongolians and my taste buds had a hard time adjusting to the pungent and greasy meal. 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The holiday’s typical food was the Mongolian version of fast food: very greasy, fried dumplings. I lived in the Mongolian countryside with a nomad host family during the last week in Mongolia. My host mother and father ZHUH WKH JUDQGSDUHQWV RI D Ă€YH IDPLO\ \XUW JURXS ,Q 0RQJROLD D \XUW LV FDOOHG D JHU D ODUJH ZKLWH WHQW ZLWK WKH EDVLF IXUQLWXUH of a house. I tried to help the families as much as I could, mostly by cleaning the yurt, cutting meat, and helping with cooking. I even learned how to make Mongolian steamed dumplings! I also helped bringing in the animals at night and even tried milking RQH RI P\ IDPLO\¡V Ă€YH FRZV XQIRUWXQDWHO\ D FRPSOHWH IDLOXUH 7KHUH ZDV D ORW RI IUHH WLPH GXULQJ WKH GD\ DQG LQ WKH HYHQLQJ when my host family mostly watched TV with the help of a solar panel and a satellite antenna. Their favorite show was a Korean soap opera with Mongolian subtitles. I spent my time taking walks, climbing the surrounding mountains and going swimming in the nearby river. I was even allowed to ride a horse once, very untypical for nomadic women. My host mother’s grandson, Dsa, fell from a horse while herding and had a concussion. To my great surprise he was brought to the nearest village to see a doctor on a motorcycle without even a helmet on! My nomad host family was much more hospitable than my city family and I missed them dearly when I had to leave after a only week to return to Germany. Staying in Mongolia for a month was an incredible experience. It taught me that there is more than just one conception of normal and that by opening oneself up to another culture, one will gain a better understanding of the world, of different people, and of oneself. I want to thank the Cullman family for this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. I chose Mongolia due to my love for medicine, foreign culture, and horses. There is something for all of you out there, and the Cullman scholarship is a great way to pursue your own passions—whatever they may be. 12

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Z A C H A R Y H A L LO C K ’ 1 3 PA R T I C I PAT E D I N THE IVY LEADER PROGRAM As a Cullman Scholar last summer, I spent a week at Dartmouth College taking classes and seminars with several professors. After that I spent three and a half weeks in South Africa on two wildlife game reserves and at an orphanage running a soccer program. The group that went was Mr. Tapley, a former KUA teacher; Mr. Sinclair, a teacher at Cardigan, and 10 boys including me. 7KH Ă€UVW ZHHN RI WKH WULS ZDV VSHQW DW 'DUWPRXWK 7KURXJKRXW WKDW Ă€UVW ZHHN ZH ZRXOG KDYH D YHU\ VWUXFWXUHG URXWLQH VR ZH NQHZ ZKDW ZH ZHUH GRLQJ DQG ZKHQ ZH ZHUH GRLQJ LW WR PD[LPL]H WKH HIĂ€FLHQF\ RI RXU WLPH $ W\SLFDO GD\ ZRXOG VWDUW DURXQG D P $IWHU WKDW ZH ZRXOG HDW EUHDNIDVW as a group, then head to a seminar where we would learn about ourselves, each other, and generally what kind of people we are. We would take a quick break for lunch before heading back to the classroom for more presentations or leadership activities. In these seminars we would focus on our writing skills, whether nature writing, personal UHĂ HFWLRQ RU MXVW WKLQNLQJ DERXW RXU H[SHFWDWLRQV RU DVVXPSWLRQV $IWHU WKDW ZH ZRXOG KHDG WR GLQQHU IROORZHG XS E\ D UHĂ HFWLRQ period for writing in our journals. Once we left the States, there was no more routine, no more set schedule; we were entering this elusive “Africa time.â€? This was simply a way of saying the schedule was merely a guideline, that we might or might not actually follow what we had planned. Heading into the second week, we settled at Enkosini Wildlife Reserve. That week focused on working the land itself. We would go out and do various types of work, ranging from pulling old barbed wire fences to controlled burnings. This work was helpful both to the land and the animals, allowing them to live much safer lives while on the reserve. One of the days, we walked down to the waterfalls on the reserve. They were absolutely breathtaking! Remembering my work on nature writing at Dartmouth with Professor Osborne, I was inspired to write a short piece. What seemed like no more than a few hours, the week sped by and we headed to Makalali Wild Game Reserve. The third week of the trip focused SULPDULO\ RQ DQLPDOV RI 6RXWK $IULFD :H ZRXOG JHW XS DURXQG LQ WKH PRUQLQJ EHIRUH WKH Ă€UVW RI RXU JDPH GULYHV 2Q D URXWLQH JDPH GULYH ZH would be looking for either a particular type of animal or just general game. We would need to keep track of every animal we saw, when we saw it, where we saw it (road name and GPS coordinates), how many we saw, and if they were male or female. We would go on two game drives a day every day, unless we needed to do work around the reserve instead. After a second week in the woods, we moved to an orphanage. This week of the program was primarily focused on getting to know some of the people of South Africa. It was great to have this opportunity because a lot of service trips or tourist trips don’t allow students to make a connection ZLWK WKH SHRSOH :H UDQ D VRFFHU SURJUDP DW WKH VFKRRO ZLWK NLGV UDQJLQJ IURP Ă€YH WR \HDUV ROG :H ZRXOG UXQ GULOOV LQ ERWK WKH PRUQLQJ DQG WKH afternoon, often switching age groups. During lunch we were free to mingle with the kids who were more than willing to open up to us. I was with the older kids most of the time. At the end of the week, our boys played the team from another town a few miles away. It was great to see them compete. Not only that, we were able to cheer for our newfound friends! For the last day and a half we stayed at the African Leadership Academy in Johannesburg. It happens to be the school that Mr. Cheney, KUA’s former director of College Advising and varsity soccer coach, works at now. Overall, this trip was the most incredible experience of my life; it will stay with me for many years to come! The Ivy Leader Program is like no other service trip out there. I’d really like to thank my parents for supporting me in my endeavors, and Mr. Tapley and Mr. Sinclair, but most of all I would like to thank the Cullman family for their generous support.

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KARL MENZEL ’13 STUDIED FIELD BIOLOGY IN RUSSIA I woke up to an extremely cold sensation on the top of my head. My sleeping bag was keeping the rest of my body warm, but the top of my head was ice cold. I reached up and found that the side of the tent, weighed down by snow, was now resting on my head. I shook the snow off and went back to sleep. When I woke up in the morning and stepped out of the tent, it was like a winter wonderland. The day before we had hiked up to a glacial lake high in the mountains. Our goal was to collect camera traps that had been set on the tops of the surrounding ridges. This winter wonderland was beautiful, but it also meant that the ridges were too treacherous to climb. We would have to hike back down to base without the cameras. Last year I was awarded the Cullman Scholarship. I chose to attend a conservation research expedition in the Altai Mountains in Russia with Biosphere Expeditions. Biosphere is an organization that funds conservation research by getting people to pay to be team members. Biosphere then grants this money to researchers in exchange for letting the volunteers help. Our expedition started out with a 541-mile drive from Novosibirsk to a small mountain range near the Mongolia border. This journey took us almost two full days. We got to the base camp around midnight so none of the surrounding area could be seen. When I woke up in the morning I was surprised by how beautiful the area was. Our base camp was in a small opening of a wooded area at the border of the mountains and the steppe. We were so secluded that all of our food for the whole two weeks needed to be brought in with us on our trip LQ 2XU Ă€UVW GD\ DW EDVH FDPS ZDV VSHQW EULHĂ€QJ DOO RI XV WKH WHDP PHPEHUV on what was going on with the expedition and how to use all of the equipment such as compasses and GPSes. The next days were spent hiking up different valleys to gather information. As we hiked we would keep a lookout for any prey animals, tracks, scrapes, and scat. When we saw any of these, we would record the time of day and its location. Snow leopards are extremely elusive animals. Not only do they have large ranges that consist of exceptionally rugged terrain, but they also are quite skittish. We did not expect to see any snow leopards in person but it is very valuable to JDWKHU LQIRUPDWLRQ DERXW WKHLU SUH\ DQG Ă€QG VLJQV RI ZKHUH WKH\ KDYH EHHQ Camera traps are also a very valuable way of seeing these animals. Sometimes the hardest part about research in this type of place is the weather. It is so unpredictable that the only forecast that we were given was “mountain weather.â€? When the weather is bad it can be impossible to do what is needed. We spent two days trying to get camera traps on a ridge by the glacial lake I mentioned HDUOLHU EXW ZH KDG WR KLNH GRZQ HPSW\ KDQGHG 7KLV LV KRZ Ă€HOG UHVHDUFK FDQ go, and often does. This trip was a very good experience for me. While looking at colleges I had begun to think about what I want to do with the rest of my life. I knew I was interested in animals, but I did not know which aspect of animals I wanted to study. I had always thought that I wanted to study animals outside of a ODERUDWRU\ VR Ă€HOG UHVHDUFK ZDV DOZD\V QHDU WKH WRS RI WKH OLVW 2QH RI WKH PDMRU UHDVRQV , FKRVH WKLV WULS LV WKDW JDYH PH D FKDQFH WR VHH LI Ă€HOG ELRORJ\ was something that I actually wanted to do. After going on this trip I discovered WKDW Ă€HOG ELRORJ\ LV DFWXDOO\ VRPHWKLQJ WKDW , ZDQW WR GR ZLWK P\ OLIH , ZRXOG like to thank the Cullman family for this wonderful experience and encourage all sophomores and juniors to apply.

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VALEDICTORY ADDRESS SARAH M. PORTER ’13

I hate change. Fundamentally, as a matter of principle; I avoid and resist it at all costs. You may think , DP H[DJJHUDWLQJ EXW , DVVXUH \RX , KDYH WKURZQ Ă€WV RYHU QHZ NLWFKHQ FRXQWHUV DQG FULHG ZKHQ P\ favorite “Frozfruitâ€? popsicles were replaced with the imposter “Tropikoolsâ€? in the School Store. So, you can imagine my dismay at the prospect of graduating. I don’t know about all of you, but leaving behind everything I’ve come to know and love here for a vast uncertainty is nothing that I have been particularly looking forward to. In the weeks winding down the end of my time at KUA, while writing this speech and trying to soak up every moment I had left, I felt a lot of sadness. The time was slipping away and before I knew it I ZDV DWWHQGLQJ P\ ODVW DOO VFKRRO PHHWLQJ P\ ODVW RIĂ€FH KRXUV P\ ODVW FODVV RI KLJK VFKRRO VLJQLQJ LQWR iPrism for the last time, the last, the last, the last. I wanted to just stop for a moment, to sit right there in WKH PLGGOH RI WKH TXDG DQG VDYRU , ZDQWHG WLPH WR UHĂ HFW EDFN RQ WKH \HDUV SDVVHG DQG WKH PHPRULHV made and I didn’t want it to end. I needed to slow down before the impending change became a reality and appreciate everything around me. I wanted so desperately to just push “pause.â€? But I couldn’t stop time, I blinked, and now I’m standing here in front of all of you on the threshold of a great change and it’s all over and it’s all just beginning. Dr. Pasquini taught us this year about particle wave duality, a concept that I believe most sincerely has changed my life. I’ll spare you the details but wrapping my mind around the concept that electrons can be both particles and waves simultaneously has made me realize that many things carry with them an innate duality. So, I entertained the idea that change might not be the source of all evil, and I took a moment to really consider change. I considered how much I have grown and changed for the better in the past four years. I considered how far the school has come in the past 200, and how much change it took to create this school that I am so reluctant to leave today. I know that great innovation and growth all stem from change. So in my search to cope with graduating I recognize that change, while frightening, is essential. I was afraid to leave KUA, but I neglected to realize that KUA is not leaving me. When we leave KUA, we’re not really leaving it behind. The people that we have met here and the lessons that we have learned will stay with us because they have become a part of us. So when someone asks us about the corruption of modern society we will remember Mr. Kluge’s voice echoing “The horror, the horror!â€? and we will remember to check our ticket and do our part, as Mr. Taupier would expect nothing less. We will remember that it is the knowledge that matters, not the grades, because Mr. Stern has made sure we can’t forget. We will consider and appreciate the viewpoints of all people from all places and all backgrounds. We will lead by example and learn by living. We will throw ourselves wholeheartedly into the communities we enter and share with them just as much as we receive from them. Why? Because that’s the KUA way. We will remember to live with SDVVLRQ DQG GHYRWLRQ EHFDXVH WKH SHRSOH ZH¡YH PHW KHUH KDYH VKRZQ XV WKH ZRUWK RI GRLQJ VR :H ZLOO Ă€QG DQ LQQHU VWUHQJWK WKDW ZH ZLOO VKDUH ZLWK others, because it has been shared here with us. We will make this year’s theme a lifelong mission by being truly grateful and garnering the gratitude of RWKHUV :H ZLOO Ă€QG KDSSLQHVV DQG NQRZ WKDW KDSSLQHVV GRHV QRW SUHVXSSRVH SHUIHFWLRQ EHFDXVH ZH KDYH EHHQ VKRZQ WKH EHDXW\ RI LPSHUIHFWLRQ DQG WR learn from our mistakes with grace just as we learn from our successes. So, like electrons, we live our lives in a state of constant duality. We change and we stay the same. Today, we are ending our time at KUA but we are not ending our time with KUA. We are parting ways but we are also staying together. We are particles and waves, and we move forward simultaneously with the wisdom of our past and the possibility of our future. Thank you.

PHOTOS, L-R: Senior Class Speaker Casey Miller ‘13; Commencement Speaker Don Lowery ‘73; Maureen Gosselin accepting a posthumous honorary degree for her husband, Tom Gosselin ’58; Kathy Munro P’11,’13 accepting her honorary degree.

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MICHAEL J. SCHAFER H’13, P’12,’15, HEAD OF SCHOOL My charge to you is not as the Bicentennial Class, but as individuals who as a class have shared similar, and nevertheless uniquely meaningful experiences together. You have in common this happy coincidence that we know will be with you always, and most importantly, you share this special gift of education. With this comes yet another responsibility I know you will embrace—to ensure that an education such as this will continue to be available to those who succeed you here—this is a charge to you as you head to college. As you have heard me say before, the refrain at the Academy’s 100th centenary anniversary was “education is the answerâ€? and today I proclaim that in fact, “education is still the answer.â€? I hope this stays with you always as you consider what this refrain has and will mean for you in your future OLYHV 2IWHQ ZH DUH SRVHG GLIĂ€FXOW TXHVWLRQV RQ RXU MRXUQH\ DQG LQ RXU DQVZHUV ZH look for love and friendship, we look for resources, or tools, skills and habits, and at WKH URRW RI LW DOO LV \RXU HGXFDWLRQÂłEHFDXVH WKH EHVW DQVZHUV WR OLIH¡V PRVW GLIĂ€FXOW questions begin with our human understanding. Not long ago, I was asked by a trustee to put into simple words why schools like KUA continue to exist. We know that from the start, KUA was IRUPHG RXW RI D QHHG SULRU WR D WLPH ZKHQ SXEOLF HGXFDWLRQ ZDV PDQGDWHG 'DQLHO .LPEDOO ODLG WKH Ă€UVW VWRQH IRU WKH EXLOGLQJ RI WKLV LQVWLWXWLRQ with his own hands and with his wife Hannah’s vision. It carries on today in a similar and different fashion, but with the same purposes, for you, and for society. I think about the many traditions and places in the world, near and far, that you have come from to this learning community – near and far—from Asia and Southeast Asia, Africa, Alaska, urban areas, and rural communities next door and miles and miles away. So when I was asked why these schools and this school continue to exist and continue to be important in our lifetimes and our lives, my thoughts turned to all these promising young people on stage today who will bring the world and its people closer together each day. When I meet graduates of Kimball Union each year in my travels—doctors, lawyers, business leaders, environmentalists, trades people, teachers, coaches, nurses, researchers, engineers, parents, and grandparents—I see you in them, making your way in this world, and making a difference A few years ago, an DOXPQDH FDPH XS WR PH IROORZLQJ D VWXGHQW SDQHO WR VD\³´ZRXOG WKDW DOO FKLOGUHQ KDYH WKH EHQHĂ€W RI WKLV NLQG RI FRPPXQLW\ DQG WKLV NLQG RI education, this kind of learning, in this truly unique environment.â€? She was a member of the Class of 1935 and a local teacher, who was in failing health. She alerted me that she would be supporting the education of deserving Kimball Union students long after she was gone by establishing a $1 million scholarship endowment to ensure a permanent KUA. There is wisdom in our predecessors, in our history. We are standing on the VKRXOGHUV RI WKRVH ZKR FDPH EHIRUH XV WR KDYH WKLV RSSRUWXQLW\ DQG ZH QRZÂł\RX QRZ KROG WKDW FRQĂ€GHQFH LQ WUXVW WKDW \RX QRZ FDQ DQG ZLOO do “your thingâ€? in the world to contribute to whatever communities you join. There must always be a future for KUA. Yes, we will change, and still we must preserve the essence of KUA—that learning is fundamentally social, based in strong relationship to self, others, and ideas. And while you may not know it now, you young people hold the key to this once and forever unique story of permanence and education—to create the never ending story of KUA. Indeed, KUA will be here long into the future—a permanent KUA—in whatever forms we might take—because you—and we will make it so. 6R LQ WKLV VSHFLDO \HDU P\ Ă€QDO FKDUJH LV QRW PLQH ,W LV GUDZQ IURP OHVVRQV RI -HVVLH &DUYHU (QJOLVK WKH ZLIH RI WKH $FDGHP\¡V WK KHDGPDVWHU whose granddaughter summarized the lessons Jessie taught her, universal as they are. At a recent ceremony honoring Jessie and the long standing, two-century old relationship between the Congregational Church and Kimball Union on the occasion of the church’s Founders Day 223 years ago, co-pastor Susan Gregory-Davis shared with them with the congregation with love: “10 Simple Lessons on Life that Jessie Taught Me:â€? 1. Be gracious. Just say thank you and show appreciation. Gratitude is a virtue. Sometimes it truly is easier to give than to receive. Learn to say thank you without guilt and criticism. 2. Fill your life with good books. Talk about them. Share them. Find books that inspire. 3. Learn something new. It’s never too late to learn an instrument, play a sport, start a book group, and write a book. Never stop learning. 4. Be a good listener. Everyone has a wonderful story to tell, if we would only take the time listen. 5. Find joy, choose happiness. Being happy and positive is a choice. It’s hard work, but it is also contagious. 6. Savor your memories, tell your stories. Write them down. Take photos, cherish each memory for it all changes so quickly. 7. Celebrate life. Have a party! Meet new people. Live life to its fullest. 8. Put your best foot forward. Have your own style. Don’t be afraid of color. 9. Be helpful and kind. Think of others before self. 10. Last but not least, don’t forget where you came from. Wherever we go in this world, carry your family and your history and education in your heart and in your mind. It’s who we are. Appreciate your own history and be proud of your family. Family makes us who we are. God speed, Class of 2013 – KUA will always be with you, and you with KUA. 18

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SENIOR AWARDS VALEDICTORIAN - Sarah Porter SALUTATORIAN - Andrew Shields SENIOR CLASS SPEAKER - Casey Miller DEPARTMENT BOOK PRIZES

Arts Department

The Schubert Award for Visual Arts - Alexandra Briefs The Music Award - Hsiao Jin “Jennifer� Wang The Theater Award - Sarah Porter

History Department

The Stephen Bishop History Award for Seniors, in honor of Stephen Bishop, History Teacher from 1963-2000 - Michael Powell

Mathematics Department The Senior Mathematics Prize - Andrew Shields

English Department

CUM LAUDE HONOR SOCIETY

Juniors and seniors are selected for their high scholarship, character, and love of learning.

Seniors Inducted in 2012

Sarah Porter Will Sheehan Andrew Shields

Seniors Inducted in 2013

Alexandra Briefs Debbie Burdinski Tsz Chung Martin Cheng Rebecca DeTurk Matthew Donovan

Kathryn Firstenberger Ian Gregory-Davis Hye Sung “Annika� Kim Daniel Pogust

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The Lionel Mosher Award in English - Haley Pollock The Flora Clough Class of 1884 Composition Prize - Sarah Porter

Sarah Porter and Jae-Hyun Jin, with honors Ian Gregory-Davis, Inseo Hwang, Jennifer Wang, Abby Rosen

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GRADUATION AWARDS

The Senior Environmental Science Award - Katie Firstenberger The Senior Science Award - Hye Sung “Annika� Kim

The Flora Clough Class of 1884 Library Prize Ziyi “Lindsay� Ling

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Maura Doyle

Hong-Jin Kim International Student Award Fiekah Fataar

Community Service Award in Honor of Georg Feichtinger Jaehyun Jin George C. Akerstrom Award for Boys Ryan Lund

George C. Akerstrom Award for Girls Gretchen Schissel

Female Outstanding Athlete

Henry Mann Silver Awards Matt Donovan, Maura Doyle, Rebecca DeTurk, Doyle Somerby The Class of 1895 Award Debbie Burdinski The Royal Burnham Townsend Class of 1911 Award Ian Gregory-Davis The Class of 1920 Award Ian Gregory-Davis The Porter Award - Est. 1966 Katie Firstenberger The Mikula Award - Est. 1987 Senie Hunt The Charles Alden Tracy Award - Est. 1990 Sarah Porter The Headmaster’s Award James Estabrook

Caroline LongprĂŠ

Male Outstanding Athlete Nicholas Roberto

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SCHOOL NEWS

The FOREIGNER

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TO OUR 2012-2013 SCHOOL YEAR CHAMPIONSHIP TEAMS!

Boys’ Varsity Soccer - NEPSAC Quarter Finalists Girls’ Varsity Soccer - Lakes Region Champions and NEPSAC Quarter Finalists Field Hockey - NEPSAC Quarter Finalists Boys’ Varsity Basketball - NEPSAC AA Semi Finalists Boys’ Varsity Hockey - Flood Marr Tournament Champions, Nichols Tournament Champions, Lakes Region Champions, NEPSAC Elite 8 Quarter Finalists Girls’ Varsity Basketball - NEPSAC Class C Finalists Alpine Skiing - Girls’ Varsity NEPSAC Class A and Lakes Region Overall Champions, Boys’ Varsity NEPSAC Class A and Lakes Region Slalom Champions

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members of the Alumni and Development and Admissions teams celebrated the Bicentennial with alumni, families and friends across the country and around the world. Members of the KUA community gathered in Beijing, Boston, Hanover, Hong Kong, Houston, Los Angeles, Mexico City, Naples, New York, Palm Beach, San Francisco, Sarasota, Seoul, Shanghai, Shenzhen, St. Petersburg, Tokyo, and Washington, DC. Many thanks to our gracious hosts and to all who joined us.

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200 YEARS O N T H E H I L LTO P

Kathy Munro H’13, P’11,’13 Trustee, Bicentennial Steering Committee Chair

+RZ GR ZH GHÀQH VXFFHVV" ,Q VRPH realms it is easier than others ‌ you learn to walk, you ace the test, you get the raise: success! Was Kimball Union Academy’s All Class Grand Reunion and Bicentennial Celebration Weekend a success? Judging from the smiling faces in the multitude of photographs, the sheer number of people on campus for the weekend, the overwhelming feeling of joy and inclusiveness, of being part of something bigger than the moment: a success!

But the All Class Reunion and Bicentennial Gala Weekend was merely (merely?!?) the culmination of a year-long celebration that began with the Ă€UVW RI PDQ\ RQ FDPSXV FHOHEUDWLRQV WKDW FRPELQHG WKH QHZ ZLWK WKH ROG the Convocation of the 2012-2013 school year. Kimball Union welcomed 325 students and 65 faculty in a formal ceremony on the Bicentennial Quad, followed by a brief program in the Flickinger Arts Center auditorium and formal dinner in Doe Dining Commons. Meanwhile, off-campus celebrations commenced with $ 7RDVW IURP &RDVW to Coast. Over the course of the school year, Head of School Mike Schafer traveled the United States and the world, meeting with Kimball Union alumni, parents, friends, and prospective families in Mexico City, Houston, Seoul, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Boston, New York City, Sarasota, Naples, Palm Beach, St. Petersburg, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Washington, DC. %DFN RQ FDPSXV VWXGHQWV ZHUH WKH EHQHĂ€FLDULHV RI WKH %LFHQWHQQLDO Speakers Series. Steve Taylor and Phil Zea ’70 P’10 drew rapt attention during WKHLU SUHVHQWDWLRQV RQ WKH KLVWRU\ RI WKH 3ODLQĂ€HOG DUHD DQG .LPEDOO 8QLRQ SDVW WR SUHVHQW UHVSHFWLYHO\ %HQ 6KHHKDQ ¡ HOXFLGDWHG WKH Ă€QHU SRLQWV of the American electoral college just prior to the November election, and Olympian Andrew Wheating ’06 was greeted enthusiastically in December DQG HQWHUWDLQHG VWXGHQWV ZLWK KLV SKRWRJUDSKV PHPRUDELOLD DQG Ă€UVW KDQG reports of his experiences as a participant in the 2008 and 2012 Olympics. Kimball Union trustee Don Lowery ’73 held his audience spellbound during a special assembly on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Olympian Hannah Kearney, stepsister of Eleanor Pschirrer-West ’16, shared some of the challenges and triumphs she experienced leading up to her Gold Medal win in Freestyle Skiing at the Vancouver Winter Olympics in 2010.

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Excitement built throughout the month as the school year wound to a close, and the 93 members of the graduating Class of 2013 became the Ă€UVW FODVV LQ UHFHQW PHPRU\ WR EH IRUFHG LQGRRUV IRU WKH FHUHPRQ\ GXH to inclement weather. Rain, sleet, and temperatures in the high 30’s were a surreal backdrop for the 196th Commencement exercises. What a difference a week makes! With almost 900 people registered for the Bicentennial weekend, including 473 KUA alumni representing the Class of 1934 through the Class of 2013, preparations continued for the All Class Reunion and Bicentennial Gala Weekend. Anticipation rose, and so did the temperature. By Thursday, May 30, the Upper Valley was experiencing a heat wave of epic proportions. Two record highs would be set, and KUA would record the largest number of alumni on campus in its history. Alumni who had not returned to The Hilltop since graduating 50 years ago were amazed at the enduring beauty and growth of the campus; an absence of 20 years, even 10 years, caused many to marvel at the Kimball Union they see today. Our “Green Waveâ€? of volunteers, current students from the classes of 2014-2016, were awed and overwhelmed by the camaraderie they witnessed among alumni, and many vowed never to miss a reunion in their future. :H KDG JROI D FRRNRXW MD]] DOXPQL DUW ZRUNV Ă€UHZRUNV IDQWDVWLF IRRG awards, fabulous speakers, a KUA pig roast, lacrosse, singers, dancers, dramatists, delicious dinners, our student a cappella group The Concordians, rock ’n’ roll, and heat, heat, heat! Through it all: people greeting old friends and new ones with smiles and hugs and promises to stay in touch. Success. Alumni and friends, so proud of the school from which they graduated and the school that Kimball Union has become today, came together from 30 states, Canada, Mexico, Japan, Russia, Hong Kong, Germany, Ghana, and England. And somehow, when they all came together, they created a XQLĂ€HG ZKROH JUHDWHU WKDQ WKH VXP RI LQGLYLGXDO SDUWV DQG WKH IHHOLQJ ZDV magical. Success. Kimball Union is a special place. This beautiful school on The Hilltop, Ă€OOHG ZLWK GHGLFDWHG IDFXOW\ DQG VWDII DQ LQTXLVLWLYH WDOHQWHG DQG GLYHUVH student body with gifts they have yet to discover, and alumni connected by a wonderful and shared past says ‘home’ and ‘family’ in so many ways. It was an honor and a privilege to be part of a weekend where so many people found their way home to The Hilltop.

Families converged on Meriden on a beautiful fall weekend in October 2013 for Family Weekend. Nine hundred people previewed the justcompleted Kimball Union, 200 Years On The Hilltop, 1813 – 2013 ÀOP production highlighting KUA’s rich history. Narrated by Dayton Duncan P’05, the sonorous voice so recognizable from many award-winning collaborations with Ken Burns takes the audience through the humble beginnings of Kimball Union, the growth and setbacks our school encountered through the years, to its present-day position, a revered institution celebrating its 200th anniversary on The Hilltop.

Whether you think in terms of it “taking a villageâ€? or being a “team effort,â€? a celebration is exponentially better with more people helping and planning and participating. Many of those people are “front and center,â€? but so many more are “unseen and unsung,â€? yet critical not only to the success of an HYHQW VXFK DV WKLV EXW WR WKH GDLO\ UXQQLQJ RI D Ă€UVW UDWH LQVWLWXWLRQ .LPEDOO Union is so lucky, so blessed, to have so many talented and worthy people among its faculty, staff, alumni, and dynamic student body; it bodes well for the future of the Academy and all who love this special school on The +LOOWRS 7RJHWKHU ZH FDQ DQG ZLOO HQVXUH WKDW .8$¡V WKLUG FHQWXU\ LV Ă€OOHG with ample opportunities for outstanding students from across the country DQG DURXQG WKH ZRUOG ZKR ZLOO DV \RX KDYH OHDUQ DQG JURZ DQG Ă€QG ZD\V WR return to Kimball Union Academy and celebrate, support, and remember.

In May, a HAPPY 200th Birthday Party brought students to Doe Dining Commons for a festive dinner, cake and ice cream, and contra dancing.

Thanks to all who planned, called, came, helped, supported, laughed, hugged, brought chocolate, and promised to keep in touch. We hope you do.

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Over the course of the weekend, we visited with old friends, made new ones, and were able to enjoy:

11 superlative KUA alumni and faculty presenting KUA X-Change topics in 4 different sessions

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Alumni and their guests represented states, and countries: USA, Canada, Mexico, Japan, Russia, Hong Kong, Germany, Ghana, and England.

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KUA Performing Artists who ventured from far and near for the KUA Revue

25 minutes of Bicentennial Fireworks display! Somewhere between 20 and 35 Concordians and

Concordian alums singing their hearts out at the Friday night dinners (it was hard to keep track, they were moving and grooving!) and moving us with their rendition of the Alma Mater Saturday evening.

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toe-tapping members, including Stan Vincent ’53, of the New Black Eagle Jazz Band Friday night in the Barrette Campus Center

10 rockin’ New York Players, showing us all what “ROCK THE RINK” really means!

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Golfers enjoyed an afternoon scramble at the Hanover Country Club hosted by Peggy and Kim Smith ‘66. Alumni, past and present faculty and trustees, and friends gathered on The Hilltop Thursday evening for a Welcome Cookout.

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Above: The classes of 1988 and 1963 as well as the classes of 1941-1962 gathered at Munro House for cocktails and dinner on Friday evening. Below: Past and present members of the Concordians entertained at Munro House and Doe Dining Commons Friday evening.

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Above, top row: Non-reunion classes and friends gathered at Doe Dining Commons and the Barrette Campus Center Friday evening for cocktails and a KUA pig roast. Middle row: A %LFHQWHQQLDO ÀUHZRUNV GLVSOD\ continued the celebratory spirit of the evening (center ÀUHZRUNV SKRWR FRXUWHV\ of Richard Gillespie ‘72). Bottom row: Stan Vincent ’53 and the New Black Eagle Jazz Band provided entertainment for KUA After Hours.

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S AT U R D AY 6 . 1 . 1 3 Service of Remembrance Far right: Led by John Gregory-Davis P’08, ’13, ’17, classmates and friends honored deceased members of the Kimball Union community at the traditional Service of Remembrance.

Archives Display Right: Paul and Jaime Sheff P’94,’97 and Cynthia Howe P’06,’14 enjoy the many Kimball Union artifacts and memorabilia painstakingly gathered and displayed by Archivist Jane Carver Fielder H’13 and Librarian Marianna McKim.

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Left: Mike M kke Schafer Schafe Sc a er e gave av a pres presentation entatio e ntation on o on “KUA Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow” followed by a question questio and answer session with q i h facu facult faculty. acult lty ty. y. A Above: Our KUA X-Change speakers gave inspiring and very e y popular T Ted-X ed-X style tal talks. Roy Simm Sim Simmons mmons monss Jr ’54 together with John Kluge ’66, gave a presentation on “Perspectives presen es off KUA KUA.””

Daniel Kimball Society Gathering at 1813 House

Members of KUA’s legacy organization, the Daniel Kimball Society, Soc o gathered at the 1813 House prior to the Gala.

Luncheon and Awards Presentation

Above, L-R – Luncheon and Awards Presentation: Dave Carver ’57 and Jane Carver Fielder H’13, P’90,’91 accepted a posthumous Sportsmanship award for their father, Frederick E. “Coach” Carver, KUA’s 14th headmaster; Deborah Sanders-Dame ’78 received a Sportsmanship Award; Don Lowery ’73, and Jennifer Kurth Borislow ’78 (with Mike Schafer and Dale Meltzer ’66), received Alumni Achiever Awards; Kim Smith ’66 and Michael Athanas ’63 were on hand to accept their Volunteer Awards.

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KUA Revue Alumni performers sang, played, acted, and danced to the applause of a full house.

Top row, L-R: Kalin Gregory-Davis ’08, Liv Townsend ’10; and Olivia Fauver ’09, middle left: Cheyenne Cannarozzo ’12, Jeff Nicholson ’10 and Leah Cole Durst ‘12; Second row, L-R: Liz Knox H’99, P’94 returned to the Flickinger stage to MC the Revue, Tai Nixa ‘08 (right) and friend, Jacob Lenz ’12; Third row, L-R: David Stern P’09 and Rachel Stern ‘09, Ben Newton ’09 and Kit Creeger P’09, Addie Herbert ‘09, Bottom row, L-R: Katharine Beardslee ’04 and company, Alexis Liston ’03 and Kay McCabe

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Class of 1948 - Bud Watson (in golf cart) and John McCrillis; Class of 1953 - L to R, Pete Whiteside, Monk Bancroft, Tony Brockelman, Stan Vincent, Paul Russo, Pete Meleney, and Pete Bowser; ‘58-ers marching in the parade; Class of 1963 - L-R Allan Boyce, Bill Shaffer, Brian Ault, Dave Hammond, Michael Athanas, Doug Howe, Stuart Gillespie, Mark Banus, Steve Agel, Bruce Found; Class of 1973 - L-R Anthony Woeltz, Robert Withington, Don Lowery, Peter Hale, Jeff Cuts, Peter Hale; Class of 1978 - L-R Jennifer Kurth Borislow, Karl Quinn, Eborah Sanders-Dame, Scott Loeffel; Class of 1983 - Front, Rob McLaughlin, Susan Knapp, Lauren Munro Dole, Tim Herbert; back, Chris Burns, Greg Nardonne, Elise Stigum; Class of 1988 - Front row, Charles Andrew Wilkins, Princess Hogue, Kevin Schroeder; back row, l-r, Brenna, Kelly, Deliah Allen-Alexis, Scott Warner, Amanda Reed, Keith Seeger, Robert Eberhardt, Laura DeSchamp, Jim Sinnamon, Janis Hall, Jason Bourne, Samy Ghachem, Rob Krasow; Class of 1993 - Karin Travaglione, Hindi Wilding-White Durant, Carianna Field, Noelle Duprey Duggan; Class of 1998 - Katie Mans & Jane, Erin (Taupier) Klocek & Jack, Eric Millbrandt, Ben Hertzberg, Brandi Fossett, Joel Patton, Hannah Larsen & Sophie, and Alex Garceau; Class of 2003 - Ben Hegel, Alison Morgan Girard, and Colleen Norgang; Class of 2008 - Kelly O’Leary, Sarah Cutts, and Walter Scott; Class of 2013 - Zach Hallock, Dan Pogust, Andrew Shields, Alex Andrews, Ian Gregory-Davis, Jon Munro, and Debbie Burdinski FA L L 2 0 1 3

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OH WHAT A NIGHT! Akerstrom Arena was magically transformed for the Gala on Saturday evening. Guests enjoyed a moving performance of the Kimball Union Alma Mater by the Concordians, as well as the GRFXPHQWDU\ ÀOP Kimball Union: 200 Years On the Hilltop, 1813 - 2013. After dinner, we danced the night away to the tunes of the New York Players at “Rock the Rink.” To view the complete collection of Bicentennial Reunion Weekend photos, as well as many other great KUA photos, visit www. ÁLFNU FRP NLPEDOOXQLRQDFDGHP\ VHWV

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’ve told many people, whoever asked really, that working on the Bicentennial Celebration for Kimball Union was a labor of love. For so many others who put their time, their talent, and their treasure into our school’s celebration, I am grateful. To Head of School Mike Schafer: my heartfelt thanks for asking me to head up this special celebration. To the members of the Alumni and Development Department who worked “full tilt and Ă DW RXWÂľ WR HQVXUH D PHPRUDEOH FHOHEUDWLRQ ZRUWK\ RI ERWK WKH VFKRRO¡V WK DQQLYHUVDU\ DQG WKH DOXPQL IURP DFURVV WKH FRXQWU\ DQG DURXQG WKH world: many thanks; it was a pleasure and a valuable education working with you!

Thank you to Kimball Union’s faculty and staff members who worked on the Bicentennial Steering Committee, and those who worked with alumni artists and performers and speakers to bring the Art Exhibit, the Revue and the X-Change series to appreciative audiences: all gave of their time and WDOHQW ZKLOH SHUIRUPLQJ WKHLU GXWLHV DV WHDFKHUV GRUP SDUHQWV IXQGUDLVHUV FRDFKHV 6SHFLDO WKDQNV WR 'U .LPEHUO\ 6PLWK ʑ DQG WKH HQWLUH .8$ Alumni Council. Deepest gratitude to the Board of Trustees and our Bicentennial Sponsors, whose generous and thoughtful contributions enabled us to offer many events free of charge and underwrite costs for younger alumni. To the wonderful and talented alumni artists, singers, dancers, and dramatists who entertained us with their various gifts, and to the many eloquent and passionate speakers who educated and delighted us in their KUA X-Change presentations: Thank you all for being part of this momentous weekend. – Kathy Munro H’13, P’11, ’13 Trustee, Bicentennial Steering Committee Chair BICENTENNIAL HONORS

Margaret Kurth H’10, P’78, GP’07,’10 Jennifer Kurth ’78 and Michael Borislow P’07,’10 Allan F. Munro ’55, P’81, 83,’11,’13, GP’11 and Kathryn F. Munro H’13, P’11,’13 Arrien and Robin Schiltkamp P’12,’16 KIMBALL UNION HEAD OF SCHOOL CIRCLE

W. Adam Black ’85, P’17 Phillip R. Deguire ’94 LEGENDS OF KIMBALL UNION

Manning Rountree Karin Cheung Travaglione ’93 FLIK Independent School Dining PC Construction, LLC HILLTOP HONORS

Cynthia and Raymond Barrette P’05,’09 Melissa and Harry A. Crews P’16 Bruce R. Forsley ’75 and Shipyard Brewing Company Kris Graham and Tom Hulleberg P’09,’15 Donald E. Lowery ’73 Marc and Catherine Pipas P’14,’17 The Schecter Foundation FACULTY FAVORITES

Charles E. Baldwin III ’50 Thomas G. Bancroft ’60 Peter A. Bowser ’53 Alan T. Boyce ’63 Christopher K. Burns ’83 Richard F. Carolan ’54 Thomas K. Estabrook ’06 Allan Ferguson 40

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Geoffrey R. Flickinger ’77, P’10 Christopher G. Harley ’66 &DWKHULQH *ULIĂ€WKV +DUULVRQ ¡ 3¡ 7LPRWK\ ¡ DQG 6DOO\ *ULIĂ€WKV Herbert ’84, P’09,’11,’14 Robert B. Jackson ’57 Meredith Judy Liben ’77 Donald E. Lowery ’73 Henry W. Parker ’41 F. David Petelinz ’60 Marc and Catherine Pipas P’14,’17 George L. Place ’55 Russ Robertson ’68 Morgan T. Ratcliffe ’98 Anthony M. Woeltz ’73 Bloods Catering and Party Rentals THE BICENTENNIAL KUA X-CHANGE SPEAKERS

Jennifer Kurth Borislow ’78, P’07,’10 Scribner Fauver P’09,’12* James Gray ’66, P’02,’04* Charlotte Herbert ’11 John Kluge ’66 Blaine Kopp* Donald E. Lowery ’73 Thomas Pasquini* Brooklyn Raney* Roy Simmons Jr. ’54 Philip Zea ’70, P’10 BICENTENNIAL ALUMNI ARTISTS

William Agee ’55 Lucinda Bliss ’83 David Dodge ’72 Benjamin Donaldson ’88 Geoffrey Flickinger ’77, P’10 Peter France ’83

Robert Jamback ’67 Rocky Mann ’67 Paul Menneg ’69 Eric O’Leary ’67, P’90,’98,’08 David Pellerin ’94 Roy Simmons Jr. ’54 Gregory Stone ’66 Peter France ’83 THE KIMBALL UNION BICENTENNIAL REVUE PERFORMERS

Katharine Beardslee ’04 Sophie Bodnar ’08 Cheyenne Cannarozzo ’12 Chrisopher Creeger P’09* Leah Cole Durst ’12 Olivia Fauver ’09 Meghan Gallagher ’09 Bryant Harris ’04* Addie Herbert ’09 James Herbert ’14 Jacob Lenz ’12 Alexis Liston ’03* Christina Maerlender ’12 Kay McCabe* Benjamin Newton ’09 Jeffrey Nicholson ’10 Tai Nixa ’08 Rachel Stern ’09 David Stern* P’09 Liv Townsend ’10 Dalton Winslow P ’12,’14* :LWK VSHFLDO WKDQNV WR 0DVWHU RI &HUHPRQLHV Elizabeth Knox H’99, P’94 *indicates Kimball Union Academy Faculty

A FEW EXCERPTS FROM SOME OF THE MANY NOTES AND EMAILS RECEIVED BY MIKE SCHAFER, KATHY MUNRO, AND THE ALUMNI OFFICE. MANY THANKS TO ALL WHO TOOK THE TIME TO WRITE, AND TO EVERYONE WHO ATTENDED! ,W ZDV D WHUULÀF FHOHEUDWLRQ \RXU RXWVWDQGLQJ IDFXOW\ \RXU administrative staff, the maintenance staff, the grounds crew created a beautiful setting, an informative and entertaining program of events, and wined and dined all of us without missing a beat . . . - Pete Bowser ’53 . . . If there is any one thing that stands out it is the incredible great vibe and positive feelings everybody had regarding KUA. This included the grounds, buildings, and events, but what was most impressive was the spirit, passion and enchantment that KUA has had, currently has and will have within each of them ‌ - Michael Borislow, P’07, ’10, trustee . . . Thanks for all the work you put in to make this the most beautiful, fun, and memorable reunion KUA has ever hosted. The Gala was an amazing party—beautiful setting, service, food, music, and on and on . . . - Julie Haskell-Webb P’13, current faculty . . . I have never been prouder of my school than I was this past weekend. Thanks so much for all that you did to make this such a memorable event for everyone there . . . it was one for the ages. Perhaps just as important as the celebration is the momentum that it will help provide for the years ahead as we enter our third Century. - David Pond ’64, trustee . . . I just had to tell you how impressed I was with the Gala Saturday night! The rink was transformed, the food amazing and the band...the band . . . really so great. People were happy, dancing, enjoying. No alumni who went to that will ever miss their reunions. - Ellen Joyce P’09,’14 I had such a delightful time at KUA grand reunion this past weekend! ‌ The whole weekend was such a huge success ‌ It certainly was a once-in-a lifetime experience for those of us who have spent time at KUA over the last 50 plus years. - Margaret Kurth H’10, P’78, GP ’07,’10

‌ to my utter delight and privilege never had I experienced a ZHHNHQG ÀOOHG ZLWK VR PDQ\ PHPRUDEOH WLPHV 7KH PRGHO that was created for the 200th Celebration certainly will be a GLIÀFXOW RQH WR WRS LQ DQRWKHU RQH KXQGUHG \HDUV ,W LV ZLWK FRQÀGHQFH WKDW .LPEDOO 8QLRQ $FDGHP\ ZLOO FRQWLQXH WR JURZ and prosper. All the elements that go into making KUA one of the outstanding independent schools in New England are there . . . . a school that, steeped in history, is right up there with the best of our contemporaries . . . - Charles Mallett ’41 , ZDV WKH JXHVW RI %HUW :KLWWHPRUH ʑ IRU WKH IDEXORXV 200th Anniversary Celebration of the founding of Kimball Union Academy. My compliments to everyone responsible for producing this outstanding event! EVERYTHING was top notch...the grounds, the hospitality, the food, the programs, the people . . . every detail was thoughtfully and tastefully taken care of. And that band was absolutely fantastic!!! Thank you for an unforgettable time. - Holly Van Leuven Congratulations for a (big) job done well! Please pass along to your entire crew my thanks for a marvelous weekend. The 10 couples who attended from my 60th reunion class enjoyed every minute. Thanks also for making it possible for the Black Eagles to be part of KUA’s 200th. 6WDQ 9LQFHQW ʑ What a grand time my brother Curt and I had at the Bicentennial ‌ all the buildings since 1945 are impressive and the new Quad is beautiful. But what knocked our socks off was the acres of WXUI LQ WKH QHZ ÀHOG KRXVH  %UHDNIDVW OXQFK DQG GLQQHU IRU 3 plus days were more than just good food, they were additional opportunities for interaction among faculty, alumni, and friends . . . your hard work and super organization left everyone feeling happy about the school and happy they attended the bicentennial . . . 'DYLG 7D\ORU ʑ . . . it was a great success! ‌ it all went so smoothly and Tony and I found so welcoming and proud of KUA! ‌ It was fun to stay on campus ‌ what a perfect spot. Much of what we saw was new since Curt (Brockelman ’57) was last on campus ‌ we send warm wishes and appreciation for a job beautifully done. - Ann Brockelman (Tony ’53)

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a message

from the Campaign Chair D e a r K UA C o m m u n i t y, 6HYHQ \HDUV DJR RXU %RDUG RI 7UXVWHHV Ă€[HG WKH $FDGHP\¡V FRXUVH RQ WKH PRVW DPELWLRXV capital campaign in our history. The IMPACT Campaign—Make an Impact, Change a Life— concludes at the end of this year. When the board announced in the fall of 2009 that the IMPACT campaign goal would be $38 million, I personally was worried that we would have GLIĂ€FXOW\ PHHWLQJ WKH JRDO EHFDXVH RI WKH VWDWH RI WKH HFRQRP\ DW WKH WLPH The KUA community rose to the challenge and exceeded all expectations, especially mine. At the Bicentennial Gala Celebration, Chair of the Board Adam Black ’85 announced that the Academy would be ending the Campaign on December 31, 2013 with a minimum of $45 million. More than 3,000 individuals, an incredible number when you think of the relatively small size of the Kimball Union community, have participated in the Campaign. Gifts great and small have enriched the possibilities for our Academy as it moves into its Third Century. Many smaller gifts have come from those whose means may be modest but who have generous and loyal hearts. Through the Daniel Kimball Society, 20 major gifts were realized in the Campaign from those who designated Kimball Union in their estate plans. Large leadership gifts leveraged everyone’s generosity to exceed the trustees’ goal. :LWK RYHUDOO VXFFHVV DVVXUHG RXU MRE LV QRW Ă€QLVKHG DV VRPH JRDOV ZLWKLQ WKH &DPSDLJQ VXFK as endowment support for Financial Aid and Faculty Support (64% of goal) have yet to be met. We continue to seek donors—big and small—for these areas.

“The KUA community rose to the challenge and exceeded all expectations, especially mine.�

When we ultimately celebrate the end of the Campaign, we are all keepers of a promise. We are keeping the promise to Hannah and Daniel Kimball to help build and sustain a great school. We will be keeping the promise to Chief Brewster, Coach Carver, John Cotton, Tom Mikula, Tim Knox, and Mike Schafer, and to all the bright lights among our faculty—past and present—to pursue excellence in everything we do now and in the future. It has been a team effort and will be a team effort going forward. I salute everyone who played a part in our two centuries of monumental accomplishments. To quote the last line of the school Alma Mater: “Words of love and fond devotion which to thee we bring.�

Allan Munro ’55, P’81,’83,’11,’13 IMPACT Campaign Chairman

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Campaign Update C a m p a i g n p r o g r e s s a s o f A u g u s t 31 , 2 013

$45,000,000

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Campaign Surpasses Goal Kimball Union alumni, parents, friends, faculty, and staff have joined together to support excellence in education. With a combination of capital gifts, annual fund participation, planned gifts, and support of the endowment, the IMPACT Campaign has exceeded 100 percent of its $38 million goal. There is still time, KRZHYHU WR EH SDUW RI WKLV KLVWRULF FDPSDLJQ DV FHUWDLQ JRDOV LGHQWLĂ€HG ZLWKLQ WKH Campaign have not been met.

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$21.8 million

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$ 9.4 million

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$ 6.8 million ____________

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“THE THE BARNâ€? BARN N FIELD HOUSE OUS 7KH QHZ .LPEDOO 8QLRQ Ă€HOG KRXVH ´7KH %DUQ Âľ RSHQHG LWV GRRUV LQ January 2013. It is home to a state-of-the-art 50 x 80 yard turf practice Ă€HOG WKDW DOORZV .8$ VWXGHQWV DV ZHOO DV WKRVH IURP QHLJKERULQJ WRZQV WR SUDFWLFH Ă€HOG VSRUWV DQG HQMR\ LQGRRU Ă€HOG DFWLYLWLHV GXULQJ the shoulder seasons and winter months. During Winter Carnival it was even the venue for a spirited Harry Potter-style “Quidditchâ€? match! “We were delighted to have greeted 2013, our Bicentennial year, with the opening of this important facility,â€? said Head of School Michael J. Schafer, “There is no doubt that it will play an important role in the lives of our students and the community for generations to come.â€? KUA received a very generous anonymous lead gift for the project. Naming opportunities still exist for the facility. For more information, please email Director of Alumni and Development Greg Pollard P’14,’16 at gpollard@kua.org or call him at 603-469-2126.

THE KIMBALL UNION WILDCAT STATUE The Kimball Union Wildcat was the inspiration of the Classes of 2010 and 2011. Together they raised more than $62,000 to bring the Wildcat to life. In July of 2011 the Wildcat Sculpture Committee was formed. They evaluated proposals for the Wildcat from four world-class sculptors. Lawrence J. Nowlan of Windsor, VT was chosen. Larry had been the Sculptor in Residence at the Augustus Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site for many years and has exhibits all over the world. The design process with the Committee was an energetic and fruitful one with a series of poses and designs considered. The Committee asked for a design that “commanded your attention and demanded your respect.â€? Finally a design emerged that blended the fearless spirit of the Wildcat with the sixteen tons of New Hampshire bedrock it is posed on and the enormous enthusiasm and OLIH RI WKH $FDGHP\ 7KH :LOGFDW ZDV Ă€WWHG RQ WKH URFN LQ 0D\ RI DQG ZDV GHGLFDWHG DW WKH Academy’s Bicentennial Reunion. Come and have your picture taken with it and be a part of this great Kimball Union tradition! ͡ Mike Taupier P’98,’01 Postscript: Sadly, Lawrence Joseph Nowlan Jr. died Tuesday, July 30, 2013. He was just 48 years old. We are JUDWHIXO WR KDYH WKLV ZRQGHUIXO OHJDF\ RI KLV HQRUPRXV WDOHQW DQG VR SOHDVHG WKDW KH ZDV DEOH WR EH ZLWK XV RYHU %LFHQWHQQLDO :HHNHQG WR WDON DERXW KLV ZRUN DQG WR HQMR\ WKH ZHOO GHVHUYHG SUDLVH KH UHFHLYHG IURP HYHU\RQH ZKR KDG a chance to speak with him.

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THE LIBRARY AND LEARNING CENTER IN MILLER BICENTENNIAL HALL The Miller building was dedicated at Kimball Union’s 150th Birthday Celebration in 1963. In 2010, the front portion of the building was renovated to provide much-needed classroom and academic space for the humanities, and the building was renamed Miller Bicentennial Hall. In 2013, our Bicentennial year, a generous lead gift has spearheaded Phase Two of the project, the transformation of the remaining portion of the building, the former dining hall, together with a new two-story wing, into a new state-of-the-art library and learning center. Construction began in July and the project is scheduled to be completed by January 2014.

Work began on the library and learning center addition to Miller Bicentennial Hall during the summer.

The new library and learning center will give students access to a full range of 21st century academic resources and bring all of the humanities FODVVURRPV WRJHWKHU XQGHU RQH URRI 7KLV LPSRUWDQW LQYHVWPHQW LQ OHDUQLQJ VSDFH ZLOO SURYLGH RXU VWXGHQWV ZLWK WKH Ă€QHVW HQYLURQPHQW IRU discovery, learning, and growth. The library’s increased seating and instructional areas, study rooms, and carrels will provide students with clearly organized spaces for both academic and social interactions as groups and individuals. Natural lighting, functional workspaces, leading-edge WHFKQRORJ\ DQG WKH RYHUDOO DPELDQFH RI WKH EXLOGLQJ ZLOO PDNH LW DQ LQYLWLQJ VSDFH IRU VWXGHQWV DQG IDFXOW\ DOLNH )XOO\ RXWĂ€WWHG WHFKQRORJ\ ODEV DQG 60$57ÂŒ FODVVURRPV ZLOO DIĂ€UP .LPEDOO 8QLRQ¡V FRPPLWPHQW WR EHLQJ RQ WKH FXWWLQJ HGJH RI WHFKQRORJ\ DQG SURYLGH RXU VWXGHQWV ZLWK DFFHVV WRROV WKH\ QHHG WR DFTXLUH FULWLFDO LQIRUPDWLRQ DQG EHFRPH SURĂ€FLHQW LQ WKH XVH RI LQIRUPDWLRQ WHFKQRORJ\ IRU WKH VW FHQWXU\ The new learning center will be adjacent to the new library and the humanities classrooms in Miller Bicentennial Hall. This new location and the redesigned space will allow all students convenient access to the resources of the learning center. The expanded footprint will enable KUA to better support all students—individually or in small groups—to develop greater insight into how they learn best, to improve their study skills, and WR KRQH WKHLU RUJDQL]DWLRQDO DELOLWLHV DQG KHOS WKHP WR EHFRPH LQGHSHQGHQW DQG VHOI VXIĂ€FLHQW OLIH ORQJ OHDUQHUV If you would like to be involved in this historic project, there are still funding and naming opportunities available. To learn more, please contact Director of Alumni and Development Greg Pollard P’14,’16 at gpollard@kua.org or 603-469-2126 To view plans and drawings, visit www.kua.org/millerlibrary

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THE BICENTENNIAL QUADRANGLE Plans for the Bicentennial Quadrangle grew from KUA’s comprehensive campus master plan and a vision to enhance the campus quadrangle that was created 15 years ago with the completion of Flickinger Arts Center, Doe Dining Commons, and the E. E. Just Environmental Center. A lead gift for the Bicentennial Terrace by the Classes of 1963 and 2013, followed by another for the Memorial Grove, and a gift of several gardens and benches spearheaded the project. Further gifs, including a generous donation from the Alumni Council presented at Bicentennial Reunion Weekend have followed. The Bicentennial Quadrangle proved to be a very popular gathering spot during Reunion. It will no doubt be a hub for students when they return in the fall—whether for casual conversation, a quiet place to study, an impromptu game, or to celebrate the culmination of their Kimball Union careers with family and friends at graduation each spring. The Bicentennial Quadrangle will provide a lasting tribute to a remarkable milestone in our school’s proud 200-year history that will ensure the continuation of this legacy, which is so essential to the preservation of KUA’s character and our unique sense of place. There are still opportunities to become involved with the Bicentennial Quadrangle project, including named gardens, stone walls, teak benches, and trees. If you would like to learn more, please contact Director of Alumni and Development Greg Pollard P’14,’16 at 603-469-2126 or gpollard@kua.org. To view more details and plans, visit www.kua.org/kuaquad.

PHOTOS: Top - The Kimball Union seal is embedded in the granite terrace. Above - Stonemasons putting the wall capping in place.

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On The Hilltop Two Hundred Years at Kimball Union Academy

Enjoy this beautiful 168-page, full-color

commemorative book celebrating Kimball Union’s Bicentennial. Filled with two centuries of amazing photographs, stories, and anecdotes, it chronicles highlights of KUA’s remarkable history. Drawing from the Academy archives, extensive research, and oral histories, author Jane Carver Fielder H’13, P’90,’91 has provided the Kimball Union community with a wonderful tribute to our school on The Hilltop and the generations of students, faculty, alumni, and friends who helped to shape it.

To Order, please complete and return the form below, or call 603-469-2127, or order securely online at www.kua.org/200.

ONLINE: Copies can be ordered online directly from www.kua.org/200. Click on “On The Hilltop” and follow the instructions to place your order securely online. ORDER FORM: Shipping Location United States (+ $10 S & H) Overseas (+ $15 S & H) Total Order

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Cardholder’s Billing Information (please print): Name: _________________________________________ Address: ________________________________________ _______________________________________________ Country: ___________________ Zip Code: ____________ Telephone (daytime): ______________________________ &XUUHQF\ H[FKDQJH UDWHV À[HG IRU WKLV RUGHU IRUP RIIHU DW WKH WLPH RI printing. For the most up-to-date exchange rate, please order online.

3OHDVH SURYLGH \RXU HPDLO DGGUHVV VR WKDW ZH FDQ FRQÀUP immediate receipt of your order. Email: _________________________________________ Mailing Information (name and location to which the order will be sent): Same as billing address Name: _________________________________________ Address: ________________________________________ _______________________________________________ Country: _____________________ Zip Code: __________ PLEASE SEND COMPLETE ORDER FORM ALONG WITH CHECK (IF APPLICABLE) TO: Kimball Union Academy Alumni and Development P.O. Box 188 Meriden, NH 03770-0188 OR Fax: 603-469-2048 OR Email: kua@kua.org

There’s an app for you! The Kimball Union Academy alumni network—at your fingertips! Discover what your school and your classmates are up to. Find jobs, old friends, and reconnect. Securely network and connect with the KUA community around the world. Includes a directory integrated with LinkedIn, maps, photos and more!

Download the free app today! Questions? Contact Kit Creeger P’09 in the Communications 2IÀFH DW NFUHHJHU#NXD RUJ RU

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CLASS NOTES

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1943

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J A M E S B . TAY LO R 287 Surplus Street Duxbury, MA 02331-1701

MONTE BASBAS, who died on May 25, 2013, was a distinguished judge and former mayor of Newton, MA. In a 2008 interview, Monte mentioned that he did not tell his father that he was running for mayor, because his father hated politicians. His father said, “I sent you to law school to become a practicing lawyer. I don’t want you to be a politician.â€? But Monte went on to become mayor for three terms and a district court judge from 1972 to 1990, when he retired. During World War II, 0RQWH Ă HZ 3 V LQ WKH $LU )RUFH HDUQLQJ WKH Distinguished Flying Cross, two air medals and eight battle stars over 62 missions throughout WKH 3DFLĂ€F

1941 CHARLES K. MALLET T P. O. Box 382 South Berwick, ME 03908 202-365-0179 charleskmallett@yahoo.com ED FANCHER has been honored by the New York School for Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis (NYSPP) as the founder and president for 34 years. The citation referred to Ed as a “tireless leader of the NYSPP board, an inspiration to the faculty, students and members of NYSPP.� Although Ed retired from psychotherapy practice in 2012, he has been persuaded by the board to remain as president for the present. Also, in April, Ed was honored with a party by former writers for the Village Voice. Ed was a founding publisher from 1955 through 1974. He founded the weekly paper with friends Daniel Wolf and Norman Mailer.

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1946 SHERMAN BALDWIN 123 Pleasant Street Bass River, MA 02664-4548 508-398-6423 shermanbaldwin@msn.com Another year in the books and still no word from nor contact with any ’46ers who may be still standing. My situation remains the same, i.e., good health and a full schedule of various activities. Although I’ve given up skiing, I play golf at least twice a week and have shot my age twice. My summers are spent here and in Vermont with a couple of winter months in Florida. I’ll enter another plea to classmates who read this to get in touch or even come to the Cape for a visit.

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1948 DONALD A. SPEAR 777 Stevens Avenue, Apt. 414 Portland, ME 04103 207-518-9093 donspear@maine.rr.com Hey, guys! I need your help to continue this column. With one exception, I haven’t heard from any of you in over three years. Send

Peter “Bernieâ€? Newton ‘47 and newest rescue. Would like to hear from classmates! PBNewton1606@aol.com me a note, a card, or a call. You say you have nothing to write about? Here are some suggestions. Tell me about the most recent family wedding of a grandchild or perhaps great-grandchild. Did you get invited? What kind of gift did you give? Did you get a thank you note? Was it by regular mail? Was it in cursive script or printed? I suppose you are aware that penmanship is no longer taught in the lower grades so that in a few years our young folk will no longer be able to read handwritten correspondence from their grandparents! Or you can tell me about your most recent replacement procedure or other hospitalization. Describing a trip to the ER LV DOZD\V RI LQWHUHVW , FRXOG Ă€OO D FROXPQ or two with my own experiences in just the Ă€UVW IRXU PRQWKV RI WKLV \HDU ,I , ZHUH WR write about all of 2012, I wouldn’t need to bug you for contributions to the column for many years. t Old age has done a number on our class because only one of us made it to our 65th Reunion at the beginning of June which coincided with the All Alumni Reunion to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the founding of KUA. That faithful classmate was JOHN MCCRILLIS and we thank him for representing our class. My special thanks to him for sending me a note about what a great affair it was, with many activities and lots of

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fabulous food. John included a copy of the program from the Service of Remembrance. We were 79 strong at graduation, but now 49 of our classmates have died, which is all the PRUH UHDVRQ IRU NHHSLQJ LQ WRXFKČĽLI RQO\ through this column. t The most recent deaths are JAMES R. MILLER II and DAVID Q. LEWIS III. Jim’s death was unexpected; in fact he had pre-registered to attend our 65th Reunion. If you saw the article about him in the December issue of The Impact, his photograph shows him to be the picture of good health. It was an excellent article in recognition of his faithful service to the Academy over the years. He has served as our class agent for so many years that no one can remember anyone else taking on that responsibility. Jim entered KUA in 1945 as a freshman. His main sports were hockey and lacrosse and in the latter, he earned his varsity letter all four years. He continued both sports at the varsity level at the University of New Hampshire. He was the advertising manager of our school newspaper, The Kimball Union, in his MXQLRU \HDU 'XULQJ KLV Ă€UVW WKUHH \HDUV KH ZDV a member of the Outing Club and the Foreign Policy Association. He was the president of the latter group in his junior year. He also enjoyed singing and was a member of both the Glee Club and the Choir. t MEAGER MUSINGS FROM MAINE: What troubles me most about aging is shrinkage and I wonder if someone like ROGER PIERCE, being the wonderful overachiever that he was in our school days and remains today, will accelerate the process and catch up with someone as vertically challenged as myself. For those of you who remember from back in 1947-48, I wasn’t much to begin ZLWK DQG , DP QRZ GRZQ WZR LQFKHV WR Ă€YH foot-two. In another year or two, I’ll be down WR Ă€YH IRRW QRWKLQJ 7KH EHVW DQWLTXHV DUH ROG IULHQGV , MRLQHG 0226(ČĽthat stands for Maine Organization of Storytellers Enthusiasts-a couple of years ago but only recently began to attend its monthly meetings in the Rines Auditorium of the Portland Public Library. I have been one of the half dozen or so speakers during the open mic hour for the last three meetings and am pleased to report that judging from the laughter, I was well received on each RFFDVLRQ VR P\ FRQĂ€GHQFH LV JURZLQJ²SHUKDSV not to the extent of the speaker who was so impressed with his performance that he started taking notes on himself–but I may be ready for the big time anytime now. t A PAUCITY OF PUNDITRY FROM THE PONDERING

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PUNDIT: Dwelling on what you haven’t instead of what you have is the sure road to misery. The best antiques are old friends. Some consolation for my fellow perfectionists: it’s all right to be a “nobody� for nobody is perfect. Until the next issue: Be of Good Cheer, Do Good Works, Keep Healthy and Stay in Touch.

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R O B E R T K E L LY 192 Governor’s Lane Shelburne, VT 05482 802-985-9555 bobkelly8@comcast.net BOB KELLY had heart surgery on June 20 and is recovering successfully. t From ALDEN JOHNSON, “Well, Pat and I headed up

to Meriden on Friday, as our golf partners couldn’t attend on Thursday. What a fabulous time we had! Arrived just in time for the wine tasting. You can see pictures of the two of us just after the wine tasting, on KUA.org. Click on the Bicentennial web page, then click on ‘Bicentennial Celebration - Flicker’. Go to ‘Sets’ and you should see us lounging on the porch of Barnes. Next were cocktails at the headmaster’s house, followed by a wonderful buffet dinner. $IWHU GLQQHU WKHUH ZDV D Ă€UHZRUNV GLVSOD\ RQ WKH SRWDWR SDWFK 0DQ\ Ă€QH SURJUDPV RQ 6DWXUGD\ ČĽ FRXOGQ¡W SRVVLEO\ DWWHQG WKHP DOO But the highlight was the Gala which was held in the Akerstrom Arena. On the Bicentennial web page, there is an interesting time lapse video of setting up the arena to feed over 500 alumni, JXHVWV DQG IDFXOW\ :KHQ , Ă€UVW HQWHUHG LW ZDV so spectacular that it took my breath away. Just beautiful. The pictures really don’t do it justice. *UHDW Ă€OHW PLJQRQ GLQQHU DQG WKH ZLQH NHSW Ă RZLQJ 7ZR KXJH VFUHHQV VKRZHG SLFWXUHV RI KUA from 1813 thru 2013. A large band played for dancing into the evening. I was the only one from our class that made it. JOHN POPE planned to attend, but apparently couldn’t make it at the last minute. There was a place set for John and Ginny at the head table, so it’s too bad they couldn’t attend. However, in the parade of classes, I proudly carried the banner of the class of 1949. A list of the attendees is also on the website, listed by class. One class decided that it would be fun staying in a dorm, so they made the necessary arrangements to do so. Now the dorms do not have air conditioning, and the nighttime temp was about 86 degrees. The next morning they all had their cell phones out,

frantically trying to make reservations at nearby hotels. You really missed a great time. So make reservations now for the 250th.â€? Also make plans for our 65th on June 6-8, 2014. t From TOM STEARNS: “Nothing much changed here in my life. The boat-building spasm is apparently over; KDYH GHVLJQHG DQG FRQVWUXFWHG Ă€YH ¡ WR ¡ sailboats and their rigs over the past 10 years but advancing years and a brief swim in 47F water has convinced me that discretion has its value so maybe I should hang them up. Sold one of my last three boats a week or two ago; gave sailing lessons for one day and the new owner is happily terrifying others in Michigan. This was a high performance planning dinghy and more than a handful so he’s either pretty lucky or a damn fast learner. Time will tell. Have spent a lot of time thru April and to date following the adventures of my salt-water sailing buddy Jon Green who entered his Beneteau Oceanis 351 (usually not thought of as an offshore boat) in the OSTAR, a single-handed race from Plymouth, England, to Newport, RI. I and another lass provide VKRUH VXSSRUW L H ZH PRQLWRU KLV H PDLO WUDIĂ€F and order replacement parts and supplies as he breaks the boat up by laying it over on its side and, in one case, rolling it upside down in 50 kt North Atlantic winds and cross seas. He’s ZLWKLQ PLOHV RI WKH Ă€QLVK QRZ DIWHU VRPH 2400 miles of sailing since the 27th of May. We KRSH KH DYRLGV WKH *UDQG %DQNV Ă€VKLQJ Ă HHW LQ their perpetual fog and comes in safely, probably June 20. Otherwise life is pretty calm. Am now building audio gear again and have a set of speakers of which I am proud—good imaging, nice dynamics, diaphragm midrange and ribbon tweeters for excellent transient response, etc., etc. Consulting business is gone with the migration RI WKH LQGXVWU\ Ă H[LEOH SULQWHG ZLULQJ WR $VLD Have written two ‘e books’ which are available thru Amazon/Kindle and I encourage all my classmates, on behalf of better royalty payments, to buy both and several gift copies for others: The Eleanor Simmons Story, which is a recital of one of my Lady Love’s (Dr. Mary Ann Boyle, PhD) more interesting genealogical cases, and Masconomo, a paean to a wooden sailboat I owned for about 20 years and the funny people she brought to my attention. t DAVID DEAN has just completed a two-year term as president of The Resident Council of The Covenant Village of Cromwell. His wife Joan is in a nursing home battling a nine-year siege of Alzheimer’s Disease. Not quite what they had planned for retirement. He was sorry to have missed the big reunion.

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ZLOO LV DQ LPSRUWDQW SDUW RI \RXU ÀQDQFLDO SODQ +DYH you taken the time to draw one up? If you have, is it up to date? Life gets busy and we often lose track of some of the important details. Without a will, you and those you love most might be surprised at how your assets are actually divided. 7KH\ PD\ JR WR EHQHÀFLDULHV \RX QHYHU LQWHQGHG RU HYHQ EH rretained et by the state. IIff you don’t have a will, be sure to make one as soon as possible. If yours has not been reviewed for a while, make p o VVXUH WKDW LW VWLOO UHÁHFWV \RXU ZLVKHV 6RPHWLPHV MXVW D FRGLFLO XU iiss aall that is needed to bring it up to date. While W h you are reviewing your plans, please consider including Kimball Union in your will. Your gift ensures that your K im Kimball Union legacy endures. To learn more about how K im eeasy as it is to include KUA in your will, please visit the planned ggiving iv pages at www.kua.org or contact Director of Alumni aand nd Development Greg Pollard P’14,’16 at 603-469-2126 o orr gpollard@kua.org

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award. PETE WHITESIDE and ALAN BELL, with wives in tow, represented the Midwest contingent. They were joined by TONY and Ann BROCKELMAN, PAUL HACZELA, PETE and Ann MELENEY, JOHN ODDY, PAUL and Helen RUSSO, and STAN and Carol VINCENT. Special thanks go to MONK and Jane BANCROFT for arranging a private docent-led tour for us on Saturday afternoon of the Dartmouth College Hood Museum, with its superb collection of Japanese prints. t During the school’s very busy schedule, our class of ‘53 was given a pleasant reception Friday evening by HEAD OF SCHOOL MIKE SCHAFER

and GAYLE SCHAFER at the beautifully restored Munro House. That was followed after dark by D JUHDW Ă€UHZRUNV GLVSOD\ DQG WKH day ended with a surprise concert by the New Black Eagle Jazz Band. t Saturday morning offered Meeting for lunch in Naples, FL, last fall were members of the class of 1950, left to right: Bill and Jane Thomson, a choice of several informal one-hour presentations by alums Irv and Lee Sherwood and Bill and Elinor Bullen. from four decades accompanied by current faculty covering a wide range of topics from environment to school life. Among those speaking and answering questions from the audience was ROY SIMMONS ’54, CL ASS REPORTER NEEDED who spoke movingly about the impact two KUA faculty and coaches have had on his life. t During the many calls and e-mail exchanges Paul, Monk and I have had with you leading up KARL A. BRAUTIGAM to this reunion, we’ve received many replies, all 378 Flax Hill Road supportive, from those who couldn’t get back. South Norwalk, CT 06854-2420 Two stand out. JOE TELLIER, who had to cancel 203-866-5812 at the last minute, sent his personal greetings, and R.B. SMITH, from his home in Florida, sent karllass@webtv.net us a nice note saying, “Best wishes for a fun weekend and to all who could make it.â€? t You’ll be interested to know that of our graduating class of 57 guys, more than two-thirds are still S TA N F O R D B . V I N C E N T able to take nourishment. With that in mind, I 20 Daniels Road now formally extend an invitation to our 70th Falmouth, MA 02540-1931 Reunion. Mark your calendars: June 10, 2023, 508-457-6237 Meriden, NH. Cheers!

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2OG IDPLOLDU IDFHV 5HOD[HG FRQYHUVDWLRQVȼ about family, hobbies, travels and, of course, can-you-top-this stories about life as a KUA student 60 years ago. Smiles. Laughs. The three days went by too quickly. But for the ten of our class who made it back to Meriden to help celebrate the school’s 200th, it was a WHUULÀF ZHHNHQG 7KH FDPSXV ORRNHG JUHDW WKH program interesting, food top notch, and even the weather cooperated. t PETE BOWSER à HZ in from California, winning the furthest distance 52

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I regret to report the deaths of PETER BARBER, PAUL HOLLINGWORTH and JACK PHOENIX. t Ten classmates made it back for some or all of the All-School Reunion on the Hilltop, May 30-June 2: ED BOADWAY, JOHN BOOTH, PAUL BUCKLEY, DICK CLEARY, CHARLIE DART, HOWIE GOLDBERG, RON HARRISON, WARREN HUSE, AL MUNRO and GEORGE PLACE. It was fun to congratulate Al Munro’s son, JONATHAN ‘13, who had just graduated

from KUA and will be off to college at Franklin & Marshall in the fall. You will read more about the reunion elsewhere in this issue, but I want to mention the student-led tours of campus. The two students (who will be a junior and a senior in the fall) who led my tour were most knowledgeable about today’s KUA and able to answer a wide variety of questions on many topics. Among the highlights of the tour were the Akerstrom Arena, the “Barnâ€? (the new DUWLĂ€FLDO WXUI Ă RRUHG LQGRRU SUDFWLFH VSDFH IRU lacrosse, soccer, etc., during the winter and spring terms before practice can move outside) and the changes being made to Miller to convert it to library and classrooms. JANE CARVER FIELDER H ‘13 had an interesting display “from the archives,â€? and copies of her new book, On the Hilltop: 200 Years at Kimball Union Academy, were available for purchase. It was good to hear the pipe organ playing again at the Service of Remembrance in the Stone Church. As others note, it was especially nice to reconnect with IULHQGV IURP Ę‘ Ę‘ Ę‘ DQG Ę‘ DQG WKHLU spouses. Seeing DAVE CARVER ‘57, you almost think you’re seeing “COACHâ€? again! PHIL BROCKELMAN and DIK BARSAMIAN had planned to attend but were unable to, at the last moment. t ED BOADWAY says that he is “more arthritic and with increased irregularities of the heart that have helped keep the DartmouthHitchcock Medical Center solvent,â€? but is “still on the organ bench every Sunday. His organ restoration work is limited to smaller instruments that can be completed ‘in house,’ and current work is for the Calais, VT, Historical Society; the Bow, NH, Meeting House; and a residence in Hill, NH. He has co-authored a large book on pipe organs in Vermont, to make its formal appearance at the next annual convention of The Organ Historical Society, when hundreds of its members gather in northern Vermont during the last week of June. 6R DQRWKHU Ę‘ JUDGXDWH JHWV /LRQHO 0RVKHU¡V rules for the use of commas into print!â€? (Ed added, “You may remove the hyphen in ‘co-authored’ if you like. But, I love them between words such as ‘worn-out,’ when a verb and a preposition are turned into a compound DGMHFWLYH GHVFULELQJ P\ NQHH DQG Ă€QJHU MRLQWV Âľ

t AL MUNRO “hosted GEORGE JACKSON for luncheon at Vermont National Golf Club in South Burlington in May. George and his wife, Linda, have three children and seven grandchildren. His daughter lives in Burlington, a son in Massachusetts and, I think, a son somewhere outside of New England. George was a PG at KUA and went to Middlebury College. He asked how the Outing Club is; does it still exist and is it as big a deal as in 19541955? He had worked in upstate New York for Remington which was acquired by DuPont, IURP ZKLFK KH QRZ JHWV UHWLUHPHQW EHQHĂ€WV +H moved to Burlington about six years ago in retirement and to be near his daughter. He owns an inherited lake house that he shares with his brother on Lake Bomoseen, near Rutland, VT.â€? t Al also spoke to VIN CERASUOLO, back in October. Vinnie has a daughter in Pennsylvania and another in Massachusetts, and two grandchildren. “He is proud of the work his granddaughter does for the Special Olympics.â€? Vinnie “is an avid gardener, has had some health issues like many of us, but has his old KUA wit and positive attitude. He sends his EHVW WR DOO KLV Ę‘ .8$ IULHQGV Âľ t Al Munro’s daughter AMY ‘11 will be a junior at Skidmore in the fall. “Amy is on the equestrian team that was the national collegiate champion in 2013 with St. Lawrence University.â€? Allan is running the KUA Planned Giving area “until a hire is made.â€? He also serves on the board of The Fells, a historic site once the summer estate of John Hay, Abraham Lincoln’s personal secretary. A couple of times in the movie, “Lincoln,â€? Abe turns to a young man and addresses him as “John.â€? John Hay went on to be Teddy Roosevelt’s secretary of state. Al has also been in charge of development for Dartmouth Partners in Community Service, a community VHUYLFH QRQ SURĂ€W WKDW VXSSRUWV 'DUWPRXWK student interns who serve in community service organizations around the country. “We fund about 40 such interns each year,â€? Al notes. t Cribbing from Al Munro’s Dartmouth 1959 Class Notes (among other light distractions, Al serves as class secretary) earlier in the year, we learn that TED JOHANSON “continues to chair the board of the Vinalhaven (ME) Lobster Cooperative and was doubling as the manager when I visited him last October. He was busy setting prices in a stressful overly supplied market. The second largest tonnage of lobsters in New England is landed on and shipped from Vinalhaven.â€? t GEORGE PLACE “enjoyed seeing the ‘representative’ group of ’55 classmates (and others) at the Bicentennial! KATHY MUNRO H ‘13 deserves a big ‘high

Ă€YH¡ IURP DOO RI XV IRU RUJDQL]LQJ DQG SXOOLQJ together the myriad of activities that were put on during the weekend. (Eisenhower could have used her logistical skills in planning for Normandy!) My wife, Carolyn, retired from the 5HJLVWUDU¡V 2IĂ€FH DW %DEVRQ &ROOHJH DW WKH HQG of May so we are in the process of ‘adjusting’ to the 24/7 syndrome. Any advice from any of you who have weathered that storm would be greatly appreciated. She and I and three other couples spent a week recently, on the Outer Banks of North Carolina and the men played 81 holes of golf in 6 days — I’m still in the recovery mode; not being a ‘golf nut’ like the other three. I was very sorry to learn of JACK PHOENIX’S passing when I arrived at school for the weekend. Jack was not very outgoing at school and I probably knew him as well as anyone. We played attack on the lacrosse team with ROY SIMMONS ‘54 and he and I, on right and left attack in our senior year. Jack was as ÂśWRXJK DV QDLOV ¡ SK\VLFDOO\ DQG FRXOG ÂśULĂ H¡ WKH lacrosse ball so hard it could knock you over. HOWIE GOLDBERG said that in football, tackling Jack was like hitting a moving train. Jack was also not very communicative after leaving KUA and I was only able to get short responses from him over the years when reaching him by mail. WARREN’S contact with Jack, during Warren’s military service was probably the most anyone from KUA has had with him since graduation. I wish there could have been more! God speed, Jack!â€? (Warren Huse interjects here that, when he was stationed on Okinawa, he had dinner with Jack and Namiko at their home there, in 1964.) George continues, “Howie, RON HARRISON and I continue to meet periodically for lunch, alternating from north of Boston to the western suburbs depending on who has the most gas in his car. We also meet with BILL BULLEN ’50 and his brother JED ‘52 for monthly lunches during the non-summer months. In the summer Bill is unavailable, opting to spend time at his ‘farmhouse’ in Freedom, NH. Bill and his wife Elinor have had a get-together for a lunch with KUA alums at the farmhouse in the past few years. In 2011 it included HOWARD ’55, Jed ’52, George Nugent (NELSON ’52’s older brother), STAN VINCENT ‘53 and me ’55.â€? t HERB SOMERS was “gone for a two weeks’ trip to Alaska. Got EDFN -XQH DIWHU Ă \LQJ RXW RI 9DQFRXYHU , visited with Jack Phoenix and his wife for about 30 minutes at their apartment in Leesburg, at least 7-8 years ago now. At that time he said he played golf almost every day and walked the course carrying his bag. I gave him a KUA 50th reunion T-shirt. Must have been 2006 or 2007

when I was there. I remember him as a good lacrosse player. He could really handle the stick well. Think he played attack.â€? t RON HARRISON says, “The US Navy selected two of my watercolor paintings to illustrate its historical website on the War of 1812, which is also known as ‘the Navy’s war.’ It can be found DW ZZZ RXUĂ DJZDVVWLOOWKHUH RUJ 7KH SDLQWLQJV were selected in a national search among established marine artists. One painting depicts a privateer out of Salem, my hometown, in the time of the war, and the second shows an aircraft carrier in the 1950s ... I enjoyed the short time I spent at the reunion talking with you and other alums. A week later, on my way to Burlington, VT, with my wife, I took a detour to show her the school. She was, as I, impressed by what she saw. Unlike ‘55s, who can remember what it was like then, she couldn’t possibly appreciate how far the school has come.â€? t DIK BARSAMIAN says he is “doing much better now. Glad to see a good turnout from our class. It would have been great to see everyone. Enjoying our grandchildren now. 2OGHVW MXVW Ă€QLVKHG KHU Ă€UVW \HDU DW %DWHV Grandson will be a senior in high school, and his brother will be starting high school this fall. Sorry to hear about Jack Phoenix. Only knew him for one year, a good athlete and gentleman.â€? t JOHN and Bonnie BOOTH report that they were spared direct damage from Hurricane Sandy, but the after-effects of the storm have resulted in reduced business for their bed and breakfast in Maryland. “It was good to see you and the other ‘55ers. You might make sure that Al’s wife Kathy gets all kinds of praise in the magazine for she was the force behind the 200th. Bonnie and I still own and run Five Gables Inn & Spa in St. Michaels, MD, and would love to have any snow birds going south stay with us. I will donate 15% of their accommodations to the KUA fund. I am working with Al to put together a ‘55ers lunch in Boston on Wednesday, December 4. Tell anyone interested to save the date. I don’t know DERXW WKH UHVW RI WKH Ę‘ HUV EXW IRU PH OLIH MXVW keeps rolling along but faster and faster.â€? t I didn’t have a chance to talk with DICK CLEARY at any length, but did learn that he has been retired for a couple of years. t SCOTT BLAKEY’s annual Christmas card attests that he is alive and well in Larkspur, CA. t CHARLIE DART, “besides splitting our year between our Indiana lake place and our place in Panama City, FL, we have kept very busy traveling to Scandinavia, Thailand, New Zealand and China these past few years. I have been retired these past 17 years and love every minute of it.

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Health is holding up, plus two young grandchildren help keep me young.â€? t At the reunion, I talked with GEOFF FLICKINGER ‘77, BILL ‘55’s nephew, who says Bill works out regularly and is getting in some golf. t NORM LETARTE was “sorry to hear of Jack Phoenix’s passing. I remember Jack as being a rather quiet fellow, but a ‘heluva’ guy with a lacrosse stick. My sympathies to his family.â€? t Ruth WHITNEY writes that she and BRUCE made their “usual trip to Germany in April. The only difference was that it included a trip to the Cologne area of Germany, as my sister relocated to a retirement community there from Berlin to be near her son. )URP WKHUH ZH Ă HZ WR %HUOLQ UHQWHG D YDFDWLRQ apartment and car and did some visiting and touristy things, like a visit to a transportation museum with an airplane on the roof that was used in the Berlin Airlift, 1948-1949 and a get together with radiology technologists I used to work with in Berlin in the late 50s and early 60s in a 900-bed hospital. The oldest was 91 years old, 87, and 80, I was the youngest with my 77 years. All are still living independently. Bruce is still restoring the Model A Ford and we are planning to do more sailing on beautiful Lake Winnipesaukee this summer.â€? t HOWIE GOLDBERG writes, “It was great to see you last ZHHNHQG , WKRXJKW LW ZDV WHUULĂ€F WR EH DEOH WR see our friends from classes surrounding ours as well as our own. As promised, here are a few words about Sheila’s and my trip to South Africa. First of all, it is an amazing country in culture, beauty and nature. We arrived in Cape Town after about a 24-hour trip. We had reserved a tour on WKH Ă€UVW GD\ WR JR WR 5REEHQ ,VODQG 7KDW LV where Mandela was imprisoned for 27 years. It was an extremely emotional tour. Our guides were a young man who had been a child during Apartheid and only remembered people banging on the door where he lived and dragging someone out of the house, and the guide who showed us the prison was an older man who had been a prisoner there for seven years. Both men were extremely intelligent and eloquent in their presentations. They thanked us all for whatever contributions we might have made to bring Apartheid to an end. I told him about the English carpet mill I represented during those years that had a factory in South Africa. We refused to use that facility—even though their work was excellent and their cost was much less than the English plant—because of their politics. Our friends who grew up in Johannesburg, and lived there during that period, arrived the next day and we toured Cape Town which is a beautiful city. It was especially poignant going through the Apartheid Museum with them because they knew personally many of the major 54

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players in the movement. One of the leading women was a close friend of his sister, and he went through school with the man who represented Mandela in court. We went to the top of Table Mountain, which is one of the wonders of the world right in the center of the city. It truly looks like a table, being completely Ă DW DW WKH WRS :KHQ WKH FORXGV FRPH RXW DQG you are in the city looking up, it looks like a table cloth has been put on the table. We then drove through an area called Cape Peninsula that looked like Big Sur, to the Cape of Good Hope where the Indian and the Atlantic Oceans meet. Absolutely gorgeous area. We drove by a sign that said to be careful of baboons because they are wild animals, and then saw Mr. and Mrs. Baboon running along the side of the highway. From there we went to a vineyard and had a tour and wine tasting. I did not experience a bad wine while we were there, and I tried many. We then left Cape Town and drove to Knysna which is on the Indian Ocean, and a beautiful coastal town. Outside the city were many nature trails that we walked. One was a wooden trail with suspension bridges spanning some deep chasms. Not for the ZHDN RI KHDUW 7KHQ ZH Ă HZ WR -RKDQQHVEXUJ We had a fascinating tour of Soweto Township. I had always imagined it to be a small village. It is actually between 25-30 percent of Johannesburg. Mandela has a home there that we visited. There are some very poor looking houses, and some rather nice homes. I had not expected that either. , KDYH VDYHG WKH EHVW IRU ODVW :H Ă HZ IURP Johannesburg to Kruger Mpumalanga Airport. From there we had a two-hour drive, most of which was on a dirt road through the bush. We spent the next three days in a private game reserve called Idube. Our friend had been on 12 such animal viewing trips, and had never seen the “Big Five.â€? They are lions, elephants, leopards, rhinos and water buffalos. Within less than 24 hours we took care of that. We had three hour trips through the bush each morning and evening riding in a huge open Land Rover. We were so close to a leopard that I could have petted it if I dared. They are beautiful animals. We shared our lunch with wart hogs and monkeys; were surrounded at different times by a herd of elephants, water buffalo, hyenas, many giraffes and all types of antelope. I’m probably forgetting a few. It was truly the trip of a lifetime made only more so by the fact that we were with people who knew the country so intimately. We also had the opportunity to meet and have dinner in the homes of friends and relatives of our friends.â€? t WARREN HUSE is doing well, although trying to counter the return of some of the weight that he lost after the open-heart surgery in 2011—which still presents challenges despite continued

workouts at the local wellness center and determined efforts to “eat healthy.� In January, Warren started learning several computer programs that were new to him, to enable him to “paginate� his History Pages in the &LWL]HQ RI Laconia newspaper, after a reduction in force sent the former paginators packing. He likes being able to control exactly how his pages look, regardless of the extra work involved. (“Quark� isn’t all that bad, but he has a way to go in “Photoshop.�)

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1958 CL ASS REPORTER NEEDED Thank you to JOHN FLOYD-JONES who has resigned as class reporter after many years of writing this column. Anyone who is interested in taking his place should call the Alumni 2IĂ€FH t JOHN SINCLAIR reports having a great time at the Bicentennial with fellow classmates: WALTER BROWN, BOB BROCHU, ROGER DION, FRED HEAP, ERLING HEISTAD, and ALLAN SWANSON.

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1960 J O N AT H A N E . M I TC H E L L 4 Wesley Drive Londonderry, NH 03053-3544 603-216-5369 cottageretreatja@comcast.net Our condolences to BILL ELLIOTT whose wife Joan passed away in January.

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Harbor cruises the past several years, would like to see some of us there. t CHUCK COHEN wanted to attend but had prior commitments WILLIAM S. HAGAR in Boston on the same weekend. Chuck and 2791 Cedar Key Drive Sandy currently reside in Marina Del Ray, CA, Lake Orion, MI 48360-1829 where they do quite a bit of sailing. t A note 248-393-2681 from FRED SOULE LQGLFDWHG FRQÁLFW ZLWK D whagar467@comcast.net grad school 40th reunion at Duke University on In the end, it was BOB BENTLEY and I with our the same dates. Fred and his wife Sue had just wives who made the Bicentennial Celebration. As returned from a hiking trip in Germany. t Since many of you know, we did our best to reach you I have quite a bit of e-mail contact with NORM and boost the attendance a bit. Unfortunately, TURCOTTE, I worked him over as hard as I our success rate was low; perhaps something know how, but was unable to separate him from lacking in our powers of persuasion. Neither D FRQÁLFW ZLWK KLV EURWKHU LQ ODZ·V ELUWKGD\ SDUW\ of us has ever had strong political strengths in Baltimore. t Similarly, I made a lengthy phone I guess. t As you may have noticed, the event call to CHRIS ABAJIAN, but was unable to wrest was strongly attended. There were 625 at the him away from family activities in Williston, Bicentennial Gala dinner dance on Saturday VT. t Contact with PETE FENN immediately night. The food and entertainment provided after the reunion indicated he had planned to were top-drawer to say the least. Friday night, attend, but had the wrong dates in his schedule. WKH ÀUHZRUNV VKRZ ZDV ZLGHO\ UHFRJQL]HG E\ I did visit with Pete the following week to leave attendees for its length and quality. I wondered with him some Michigan gifts in support of his if the Valley residents were puzzled at the large Amputee Golf Classic tournament which he show being done a whole month ahead of the runs annually. Pete is located in Orchard Park, July 4 celebrations. t Saturday morning, we NY, with his wife Debbie. t PHIL SEYMOUR attended the Memorial Service; Bob lit a candle continues his enjoyment of life on Islesboro, in in special remembrance of PETE CRANE, who Maine’s Penobscot Bay. Phil is very active with passed away while we were Academy students. the Island EMT team. t ALLEN ROME continues Bob and I also represented the class in the residence in Fitchburg, MA, and business activity Alumni Parade on Saturday afternoon. Sunday in insurance. t TONY GILMORE was unable to attend the reunion due to Rotary Club activities. Tony and Liz continue to reside in Hopkinton, NH. t Lastly, Jeninne and , DUH ÀQDOO\ UHORFDWLQJ back to New England this year. We have sold our Michigan home, and were searching the Rutland, VT, area Left - At reunion, Jack Hemenway, former faculty, with Bill intensely in the days Hagar and Bob Bentley—class of 1961; Right - Class of 1961’s immediately preceding Bob Bentley and Bill Hagar the Bicentennial. We now have a new location, and brought breakfast and goodbyes at Doe Dining plan to occupy on or about August 1. Perhaps Hall. Jeninne and I loaded the car from our this will increase somewhat our level of contact dorm room in Chellis basement, and returned with KUA and with many of you as well. to Michigan, spending an overnight on the Certainly access will be a bit improved. way in Niagara Falls. t I particularly enjoyed this reunion visit for its unique opportunity to reconnect with members of adjacent classes, something I have not been able to do previously. CL ASS REPORTER NEEDED We had numerous interesting contacts with folks like FRED HEAP ‘58, DAVE PETELINZ

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1966 D A L E L . M E LT Z E R 7 Apple Blossom Way Methuen, MA 01844-2674 978-689-4323 dale444@aol.com Editor’s addition: CHRIS HARLEY met ANDY MAUREY ’63 at a Brown soccer game where Andy’s son Ben is the leading scorer on Brown’s nationally ranked team. t Thank you to KIM SMITH for all his help in planning for the Bicentennial.

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MALCOLM E. COOPER JR. P. O. Box 352 Dorset, VT 05251-0352 802-867-2528 mcoop@jkadams.com Editor’s addition: From TIM CLEMENS: “My wife, Barbara, and I were recent visitors to the KUA campus for the opening of the Alumni Art Show II at the Taylor Gallery. Our daughter, EMILIE BOSWORTH-CLEMENS ‘01, was one of the artists featured in the show. All of the artwork we saw was quite impressive, and we had a chance to visit with JULIE HASKELL, who was a great LQÁXHQFH RQ (PLOLH GXULQJ KHU WLPH DW .8$ It had been a few years since I last visited the campus, and I was glad to see all of the new buildings and improvements. The school certainly appears to be thriving in its bicentennial year. As for me, I’m back living in Shoreham, VT, after a nearly six-year stint in Maine as the copy desk chief for the Morning Sentinel in Waterville and the Kennebec Journal in Augusta.”

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Editor’s addition: Our condolences to JON GROBE whose wife Ann died in July 2012. t ED STANSFIELD has retired from the KUA Board of Trustees, after serving since 2004. Thank you, Ed.

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of Trustees after serving nine years. He was very successful as chairman and helped lead the Academy into a successful campaign during the recent poor economy. t DON LOWERY was this year’s graduation speaker and also spoke at the Martin Luther King Day program.

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FITZGERALD, LISETTE SCHNELLE, MIKE MASSEY, DARYL WILLIAMS, TODD POOLE, TIM GRAFTON also attended. Even with all

1976 C . D O U G L A S M AT T E R N 15 Culver Street, #76 Plaistow, NH 03865 603-382-5269 mattern71385@yahoo.com

1977 J O H N M . S H AW J R . 2 Peders Place Chelmsford, MA 01824-4651 978-761-0313 johnmshawjr@comcast.net Editor’s addition: DONNER CARR and his son DONNER R. CARR ’06 have purchased the Fast Hitch Farm in Whiting, VT. His son is operating it as an organic farm.

institutions that have this kind of history and I know it felt pretty special to everyone who was able to attend to know that we have all passed through this place and are also part of its history. You can either resent time and the passing of it or you can embrace it and welcome it with its beauty and wonder. The handing off of youth to its next generation and trusting that it’s ok. t I no longer look for heads of dark hair at the Hilltop because I know this is not my class. My class has grey hair or no hair and yet, as anyone who knows what this is like, I don’t see only the grey hair that everyone else sees but I also see our glory days and I still see our youth. We are old but we are not that old is pretty much goes through everyone’s mind at an event like this. I overheard someone at a bar telling his date, “You’re old when you give up.” They were both in their sixties. No one at the KUA Reunion has given up. That alumni in the wheel chair and oxygen tank hasn’t given up. In fact he was probably a star athlete and if his body could still do it he probably could reenact some of his greatest moments right then and there. So as I was driving home from the Hilltop, these two choices went through my head. We either resent time or we embrace it. t It was great to have such a big turnout from our class. JOHN MOORE came in from Colorado. BROOKS ROBINSON came in from Pittsburgh. BRUCE BRAWLEY from Rhode Island. TIM STANSFIELD from NYC. BOBBY

Sean Cota ‘81 and J.C. Boggs ‘80, on Sean’s boat, cruising on the Potomac River this past spring

1982 TODD SEGAL 422 Holland Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90042-3256 818-434-9189 Todd.segal@yahoo.com \HDUVȥ7KH IDVFLQDWLQJ GRFXPHQWDU\ DW WKH Bicentennial described how KUA has survived and persevered through generations of good times and tough times. There aren’t a lot of

of the activities, I did get a chance to catch up on news with a couple of classmates that I can share. t TIM STANSFIELD is living in NYC. After leaving The Four Seasons he embarked on his own and opened up AOC Wines which has three stores in NYC. They specialize in KDUG WR ÀQG ZLQHV IURP VPDOOHU YLQH\DUGV +H is also developing his second career as a blues guitarist and plays Monday nights at BB Kings with an all star band so if you’re in the NYC area, check ‘em out! t I don’t know if anybody does not know what FITZY is doing. Talk about making his class proud. His involvement in the advancement of KUA is amazing and his contribution helps bring to fruition what the school will be for generations. This year, at Reunion, he was presented with the Alumni Council Volunteer Award. t Editor’s addition: Thank you to AMY LANDAU for her years as class reporter and to Todd for taking over.

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E R I C LO W M A N P. O. Box 1176 Girdwood, AK 99587 907-783-0270 aklowdog@yahoo.com

BRENNA HEGGIE KELLEY 5 Settlers Lane 5LGJHĂ€HOG &7 203-244-5397 bghkelley@gmail.com

Editor’s addition: DAWN POLAND DAHLSTROM works as a consultant on curriculum development and analysis, with a special interest in legal studies, but is spending more time on her volunteer work on the board for Good Beginnings of the Upper Valley. Husband Jason is an engineer at SignalQuest in Lebanon, NH. Their daughter Ella is three and a half.

years.â€? t KEITH SEEGER wrote: “I’m living in the Washington, DC, area, working for an HQJLQHHULQJ Ă€UP WKDW GHVLJQV KLJK ULVH EXLOGLQJV My wife and I have an eight-year-old. Summer plans include the odd Phish show and trips to the beach. We recently were in Costa Rica.â€? t As for me, I had a great Reunion weekend. My husband and boys who are now 9, 7 and 4 joined me. Thankfully, childcare was provided for the huge Saturday night party! We have some pretty fantastic dancers in our class. Everyone arrived ready to have fun and it turned out to be a weekend to remember. An unexpected surprise for me was seeing my dorm parents, KATE and KEN FOX 7ZHQW\ Ă€YH \HDUV GLGQ¡W GLPLQLVK DQ\ of the fondness I felt for those two wonderful “parents.â€? Take care and hope to hear from you soon. t Attending the Saturday night Gala were: DELIAH ALLEN-ALEXIS, JASON BOURNE, LAURA DESCHAMP, ROB EBERHARDT, SAMY GHACHEM, JANIS HALL, BRENNA GRANT HEGGIE KELLEY, PRINCESS REIDA HOGUE, ROBERT KRASOW, AMANDA READ, KEVIN SCHROEDER, KEITH SEEGER, JAMES SINNAMON, SCOTT WARNER, CHARLES ANDREW WILKINS, and ED WALENTA.

1989 At Reunion: Brenna Heggie Kelley ’88 with her dorm parents Kate and Ken Fox, former faculty AMANDA READ wrote: “It was great to see

Dawn Poland Dahlstrom ’84, husband Jason; Sandy Ploeger Connolly ’84 and husband Buddy Morse at the KUA Holiday Party in Hanover, NH

1985 JENNIFER B. TRUMAN P. O. Box 10910 Jackson, WY 83002 307-734-2909 jacksonholewygal@yahoo.com

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HYHU\RQH DW WKH UHXQLRQČĽWKRVH ZKR VKRZHG anyway! The school looks amazing and it ZDV QLFH WR UHĂ HFW EDFN RQ WKRVH KLJK VFKRRO days. I’m currently living in Vienna, Austria. I moved here three years ago because I married an Austrian man four years ago, and one of us had to move, and I was ready to. Not sure how long we will be here, and we are open to living elsewhere, including the US at some point. But for now, European life is great. We like to travel, and it’s easy to do so from here. I teach English to adults and also do some editing, translation work, and travel writing. Hope to see more of you at the 30th! t JASON BOURNE wrote: “Well, I can report that I am HQWHULQJ P\ Ă€IWK \HDU DW .8$ DV WKH GLUHFWRU of technology and have recently enrolled in a graduate program, working toward my MEd focusing on technology in schools. Joining me at KUA next year is my 14-year-old daughter, EMILY BOURNE, who will be a member of the class of 2017! She is very excited to be joining the Hilltop community this fall and it will be fun having her around campus for the next four

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H A N N A H T. FA I R B A N K 2145 Califonria Street NW, Apt. 207 Washington, DC 20008-1816 202-257-0074 hannahfairbank@gmail.com

Hello everyone! It’s been some time since our class notes have been published so there is some exciting alumni baby news to share! I am sorry to have missed you at our 20th Reunion and Bicentennial Celebration this past June. However, I heard it was quite a success and lots of fun for those that were able to attend. t DEREK KEY and his wife welcomed their second child on February 12, 2012. Sophia Maria Key (or “Sia� for short) weighed 8 lbs., 12 oz. and 21 ins. t TARA GRACE and Carlo Martinelli welcomed a son on April 6, 2012. Luca Aidan Martinelli weighed 8 lbs., 12 oz. and 20 in. t JASON KINGHORN and his wife also welcomed a son, Gavin Kinghorn, on March 11, 2013. t CHRISTOPHER KIMBALL and his wife recently moved out of the District to Great Falls, VA, though both of them are still practicing law in Washington, DC. They were delighted at the birth of their daughter, Alice Katherine Kimball, in May. Although Chris is not on Facebook he can be reached at christopherjkimball@mac.com. Congratulations on the birth of your daughter, Chris! t HINDI WILDING-WHITE DURANT, her husband and daughter (4) traveled from Bedford, NH, up to KUA for the Bicentennial Celebration on Saturday, June 1. They spent a day touring the campus and spending time with old classmates. t NOELLE DUPREY drove down from Vermont with her daughter, Juniper; CARRIE FIELD brought her young son and husband; and KARIN CHEUNG TRAVAGLIONE attended with her husband, Joseph, and two daughters, Daniella, and Yisheen. They were all on campus for the parade of classes, and their children were happily playing together and posing for pictures. Later that night, KIM HOULKER and her husband arrived for dinner in the ice rink. Hindi notes that the campus has changed in many ways, and it was bittersweet to see all the changes. She also mentions that the event was a great opportunity to tour the campus and to catch up with classmates both in our year and surrounding years. KUA hosted a fantastic event, and everyone involved in the planning and effort behind the weekend deserve a standing ovation.

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The KUA DC alumni crew, including members of the class of 1994, ANN WIDGER ‘95, CHRIS KIMBALL ‘93, JOE PORCELLI and HANNAH FAIRBANK, made a strong showing at the 200th Anniversary lead-up celebration hosted by the school on a rooftop overlooking the Nation’s Capital in early April. It was a beautiful spring evening and a great way to reconnect with the KUA community for those of us who weren’t able to make it back to the Hilltop for the June celebration. t In a small-world scenario I spent a weekend away with friends in the Virginia countryside in June and I met another KUA graduate, JONO NEWTON ’02 from Cornish, NH, through our mutual friends. t Editor’s addition: WILL SHEFF has been back in Meriden WKLV VXPPHU Ă€OPLQJ D YLGHR WR DFFRPSDQ\ WKH seventh album for his band Okkervil River. The YLGHR LQFOXGHV VFHQHV IURP 3ODLQĂ€HOG 0HULGHQ and the KUA campus and is based around Okkervil River’s song “Down Down the Deep River.â€? During the past 15 years, the band has toured the US, Europe, and Australia and appeared on several late-night TV shows. Check out the progress at http://okkervilriver.com.

1995 ANNELISE ARMSTRONG GRANT 11 Congress Street Newburyport, MA 01950-2345 978-764-2368 annelise.a.grant@gmail.com Well, if you missed the all-school reunion to celebrate KUA’s Bicentennial, not only were you sorely missed, but you missed out on a truly ZRQGHUIXO ZHHNHQG %XW QRW WR ZRUU\ ʑ HUV our 20th Reunion is only two years away! Plenty of time to put a trip to the Hilltop in your calendars for June 2015! It was so great to see so many familiar faces at the Bicentennial Gala, including JOSE CONDE, EMILY HANAUER WHITEHEAD, PHIL DEGUIRE ’94, BIANCA FAJARDO SAUL ’96, JON ROMERO ’96, JODI TRUSWELL ’97, DAN SCHEFF ’97, HANNAH SACHS ’97, KARIN CHEUNG TRAVAGLIONE ’93, and lots of faculty, past and present, including THE KNOXES, THE BISHOPS, MR. TAUPIER, MR. CLOUTMAN, MR. FAUVER,

At Reunion: Annelise Armstrong Grant ’95 and Emily Hanauer Whitehead ’95 MS. HOWE and MR. DEWDNEY. t I’ve

also received lots of great updates from our classmates and am excited to share them with you. t DELORIE COSSEBOOM BELANGER continues to work as an intervention reading specialist for grades K-3 in New Hampshire. She had a baby girl, Audrey Marie Belanger, in May 2012. Audrey was named after Delorie’s late mother and joins big brother Will. The Belanger family travels quite a bit and is looking forward to a summer trip to Paris! t ISABELLE NICOLAS BĂ„ECK writes: “Kidette and I moved to Stockholm, and apparently I’m just a few blocks away from MAY HERBERT LILLIE’s sister here! Work is keeping me too busy to freak out. Almost.â€? And I actually had the pleasure of meeting Izzy’s family in California a while back and can attest that her daughter is as fun and sweet as her mama! t MATT MCKINNEY updates us that “I’m living in Portland, ME, with my wife, Christa Cook. I am working for Waste Management marketing recycling commodities. , UDQ LQWR D EXQFK RI Ę‘ HUV LQ WKH SDVW IHZ months including TODD DEMARCO, KATRINA MOGIELNICKI SPADE, BEN WOODS, MEREDITH CASS and spent some time in Colorado visiting my sister KATE MCKINNEY LANDRIGAN ‘93. Looking forward to a visit this summer by COLIN BAIRD and family.â€? t WHITNEY BIRCH STONER LETELLIER

is working at a check printing company in customer service in the evenings, which allows her to be home with her two kids during the day. She also just learned that she lives less than a mile away from Matt McKinney in Portland, ME, so the two are hoping to meet up soon (and I’m hoping they’ll let me crash the minireunion!). t KATRINA MOGIELNICKI SPADE writes: “My family and I just moved from 1RUWKDPSWRQ 0$ WR 6HDWWOH DIWHU , Ă€QLVKHG P\ master’s in architecture at UMass. Kids – Rye (8) and Kale (5) – are excited but nervous about

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the big adventure.â€? t JASON CROSBY adds that his family has moved back to Vermont and is currently house-hunting and living in Burlington. +H LV QRZ D FHUWLĂ€HG SHUVRQDO WUDLQHU DQG ZRUNV at The Edge in South Burlington. His wife just retired from the Army and is staying busy with their boys, Mason Alexander, age 1, and Ronald Jacob (who they call “RJâ€?), age 2 ½. Both Jason and his wife have plans for more school soon, but mostly for now, they are just loving being in Vermont and getting back to non-Army life. Thank you for serving our country, both of you! t Finally, IVOR CLARKE and his family have been back in Austin, TX, for two years after a stint in South Africa. His third child turned one recently. Ivor is looking forward to a trip to Oregon to visit TAYLOR GROETZINGER DQG WR PHHW 7D\ORU¡V Ă€DQFpH ,YRU VWDWHV WKDW things are really good, that he’s just started a third company with a friend from college and is buckling down to survive the heat of the Austin summer. t As for me, I am still living in Newburyport, MA, with my husband Caleb and our two kids (Cooper, age 5 ½ and Bowden, age , ZRUN SDUW WLPH DW D SXEOLF UHODWLRQV Ă€UP LQ Middleton called Thomson Communications. I run into LORI LAMANUZZI ’96 often, as she works in town. I also occasionally see STACY CARPENTER ’94 as she and her husband live nearby in Hamilton. Life is great on the North Shore!

1996 B I A N C A FA J A R D O S A U L 17 Milton Street Lawrence, MA 01841-4250 978-494-0544 bianca.saul@gmail.com ,W¡V WKH Ă€UVW GD\ RI VXPPHU , KDYH D FROG D new job and passed two licensing exams today. Not a bad way to begin the summer. Most of us missed the Bicentennial celebrations which

were truly amazing. It is a very rare opportunity to see all the alumni from all the classes during our time at KUA. If you get an opportunity, you should GHĂ€QLWHO\ EX\ RU ORRN DW WKH %LFHQWHQQLDO commemorative book! t With the limited time given to get our class notes together, I am simply going to report on those that had the time to write in. Here are your messages: GILLIAN FROTHINGHAM has been transferred to Indianapolis with Hyatt hotels as the director of Catering/Convention Services after a two-year stint in Dallas, TX. t CHRISTOPHER YOSHIDA: “Wow, hard to believe it’s been so long. I’ve enjoyed getting re-connected with Zannie Norgang ‘99, Tim LaFlam ‘97, and boys KUA over the past year through ALLAN Thomas (7) and Owen (5) new baby Shepherd ‘55 and KATHY MUNRO H’13. Since I haven’t written to one of these as long getting back stateside. While in the past year we as I can remember, Let me do a quick have traveled a lot in Europe to Paris, Prague, recap. Family-wise: Moved to London eight Dublin, Chamonix, France skiing, Garmisch years ago with Morgan Stanley; got married in Germany skiing, Brussels, the Old Course at St 2007 and have two amazing girls (Emily and Andrews (actually played it), and Oktoberfest Annabelle). Work-wise: I am a managing director in Munich Germany.â€? t JESSICA PURDY: “I and European head of interest rate distribution have been well. I had my fourth...yes fourth for Morgan Stanley. Certainly an exciting and BOY last August. His name is Bennett and his challenging time for the industry, but living and older brothers George, Thatcher and Jameson working in London has been simply tremendous. are totally in love. We feel very blessed. I am I do miss getting back to see family as often as still staying home with the kids. Obviously the I would like; however, we do seem to get a nice four boys keep me very busy but I also enjoyed Ă RZ RI IULHQGV DQG IDPLO\ VWD\LQJ ZLWK XV RYHU being head of the TPA this past year for the the course of the year. Would love to connect school that my two oldest sons go to. We are with anyone if they come through town. Thanks still living in the Boston area and are in the for doing this. Hard to believe 20 years isn’t that process of trying to remodel our home, which far away now, can that really be?â€? t CHARLES is exciting and crazy. I recently got together DONHAM: “Greetings from Devil’s Lake, ND. with Ashley Brooks. We try to see each other as I’m here for work with the Spirit Lake Nation of often as possible since we live so close to one Sioux Indians. My family is great. My little sister another. It’s always great to catch up.â€? t KATE just graduated high school and will be going to MELL ROSTAD: “Hope all is well, I wanted to Chapman University and pursuing her acting get back to you quickly. I did start a new job career. My wife Morgan and I took in my niece in January with Healthpoint Biotherapeutics. I so now I have three little girls running around love the company and the people with whom I the house. I am working with my father and work. I have a fairly large territory which keeps our business is expanding. We are working for me quite busy. Two-year-old Remy seems to do Indian tribes all over the country. That’s about that as well. She has just started a camp for the it.â€? t KATE PETTERSEN: “I moved to Tampa, summer that she absolutely adores. Jay, Remy and FL, in January for a new job with a hedge fund I will be heading to Boston to see friends and and have had a blast reconnecting with JILL Minnesota to see family this summer to get out KATZ MARR ‘95 as well as taking advantage of of the Florida heat.â€? t Please keep me posted all that Florida has to offer! Not much other with all your latest and greatest at kuaclass1996@ news here.â€? t ERIC DUDENBOSTEL: “Well gmail.com throughout the year. It is so much fun if you didn’t see, we have a new little bundle to brag about all of my classmates and the great of joy!! Addison Ellin Dudenbostel born June things you are doing. I am looking forward to 5 2013, at 8.1 lbs. and 21 ins. I haven’t seen seeing you and your families at our 20th reunion!! anyone due to the fact we have lived in England for the past year but are looking forward to

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the Young Alumni Achievement Award in 2012 from Colby Sawyer College. This was for KLV ZRUN ZLWK WKH Ă€OP department at the college and with New Hampshire Poly Recovery. t CATHERINE SIMON and her family have moved to Belgrade, Serbia, where she is working as operations manager at Deploy, Inc., an American IT company. Katie Anson-Chapman’98 and Pete Mans ’98 at theirwedding on September 24, 2011. L-R, Ryan McGraw ‘98, Morgan Ratcliffe ‘98, Caroline Mans (Matron of Honor) ‘96, Peter Mans ‘98, Katie Anson-Chapman Mans ‘98, Armond Caglar ‘98, Ross Wood ‘99, Nick Picerno ‘98

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MEGAN E. ROMIGH 201 West 21st Street, #464 Norfolk, VA 23517

Elibet and Ivy, daughters of Jason and Anna Taupier Hood ’01 with cousin Jack, son of David and Erin Taupier Klocek ’98

1997 DANIEL SHEFF 1400 Lowell Road Concord, MA 01742 860-417-9215 dansheff@gmail.com

1998 K R I S T Y W O LT E R 27936 Calm Horizon Drive Menifee, CA 92584 850-855-2080 kmwol12@gmail.com Editor’s additions: KATE NINTZEL has been appointed to the advisory board of Southern New Hampshire University’s Low-Residency 0)$ 3URJUDP LQ ÀFWLRQ DQG QRQÀFWLRQ .DWH LV a senior editor with William Morrow Publisher. t

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COLLEEN GALLOWAY got married on April 30 in St. Louis to Kyle Clark. After a year in Afghanistan, she just moved to Colorado to teach history at the Air Force Academy (she is still active duty Air Force). t NICOLE GILBERT moved back to New Hampshire and currently holds the position of exhibitions coordinator at the Hood Museum of Art. She is pursuing a master’s degree at Dartmouth College through their Master of Arts in Liberal Studies (MALS) Program and will be getting married September 7, 2013, to Jason Benway. t JENNA MARIE GODFREY is living in Washington, DC; she is an attorney at Skadden ARPS. Jenna enjoyed the KUA reception in DC where she saw JONO NEWTON, NATHANIEL CUSTER, and CAITLIN WELLS WILLIAMS. t MICHAEL KRAMER is living in Baltimore and in the process of buying a home in Howard County, MD. He is still at Discovery Channel and enjoying working for the ID and Velocity networks. t JAKE LAURIE moved to Solana Beach, San Diego, back in October. He is working as a designer for a remodeling company DQG VXUÀQJ D WRQ t PATRICK MCCAULEY is living in Boston’s North End, and applying to law schools in the fall! He is currently working LQ ÀQDQFH t ANDREW ROBB got married and is living in Rowayton, CT. He started his own

2000 K E L LY FA R R E L L P. O. Box 213 Truckee, CA 96160-0213 kellyijanefarrell@gmail.com

2001 M E L I S S E P. H I N K L E 88 Worcester Street, Unit 5 Boston, MA 02118 646-453-9902 melisse.hinkle@gmail.com ALLISON ORAPOLLO and GRETCHEN GOTTWALD ’02 are engaged and living in

California.

2002 S T E V E N J . S O T LO F F 13250 SW 59th Avenue Pinecrest, FL 33156 786-302-0511 sotloffsteven@hotmail.com

Emilie Bosworth-Clemens ’01 and father Tim Clemens ’69 at the opening of the alumni art show

business in 2011, North Country Boatworks, ORFDWHG LQ )DLUÀHOG &RXQW\ &7 t STEVEN SOTLOFF is currently living in Antakya, Turkey, where he is covering the Syrian Civil War. t BRAELIN THORTON got married last year to Craig Zarzycki. She has started her own ÀQDQFLDO SUDFWLFH DQG LV FXUUHQWO\ WUDLQLQJ IRU the Lake Placid Ironman next month. She recently saw JAKE SOFFES in New York City, while on business.

Chris McDonald ’06 at the Great Wall of China

in Islamorada, FL. He is now working as the assistant soccer coach at the University of New Haven and loving it! “All in all, life is great as always!â€? t SPENCER SLAINE opened a restaurant in NYC called Harding’s six months ago. It’s 32 East 21st in the Flatiron District and focuses on American food and beverages. Website is www.hardingsnyc.com. t MEGAN MCDEVITT KDV EHHQ D SROLFH RIĂ€FHU VLQFH 2011. She graduated in the 159th NH Police Academy. Recently, she found a stolen car out of Manchester, dealt with numerous meth labs and Megan McDevitt ’06 at a police training graduation has been involved with an active school shooting training. For a small town in New Hampshire, Brookline, MA 02446 Bristol is actually very busy. Megan recently 603-809-6246 bought a house and lives in New London. lmg.gray@gmail.com “Hoping to make it to our next reunion. Hope everyone is doing well.â€? t CHRIS MCDONALD Editor’s addition: ANDREW ROOT recently returned from teaching oral English has pursued his music career since in Qinhuangdao, China, for the year. “Located graduating from Hamilton College. about two hours away from Beijing, I held classes He has opened for Bon Jovi and has for a total of over 1,000 students. I had a great just released a new video with his band time in China, and had the opportunity to travel Downbeat Keys. throughout Asia. Currently, I am spending my time between Colorado and Maine, and helping to represent Erdinger Beer in the Northeast. I am trying to get back into playing hockey, although CL ASS REPORTER I am still recovering from the epic comeback the NEEDED Bruins had over my Leafs this year. Besides this, nothing else is that much new. I hope all is well!â€? t LAURA BERNDT is living in Cheshire, CT, and working as a physical therapist. I primarily work with patients who have suffered from traumatic L AURA BERNDT brain injuries and strokes at Gaylord Hospital in Wallingford, CT. t Editor’s addition: DONNER R. 345 West Main Street, Apt. 2E CARR and his father DONNER D. CARR ’77 Chesire, CT 06410 have purchased the Fast Hitch Farm in Whiting, 603-252-8233 VT, where Donner is operating an organic farm. laura.berndt@quinnipiac.edu

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2003 CRAIG R. BL ANCHET TE 571 George Washington Turnpike Burlington, CT 06013-1534 Editor’s addition: MICHAEL NORGANG has Ă€QLVKHG WKH ERDW EXLOGLQJ SURMHFW KH ZDV LQYROYHG in for the past three years. See the video at http://www.rockportmarine.com/video.php t From GARRETT HEATON: “Founded in September 2009, HipChat is self-funded by the founders: Chris Rivers, Garret Heaton, and Pete Curley. Before HipChat, we were three of the guys who started HipCal, an online calendar service that was acquired by Plaxo in 2006. 7KHQ ZH FUHDWHG 3OD[R 3XOVH WKH Ă€UVW OLIHVWUHDP aggregator of its kind. Plaxo was acquired by Comcast in 2008. We left Comcast in 2012 to work on HipChat full-time.â€?

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NJ, and working at Princeton University as an assistant director of admissions. He manages the CL ASS REPORTER NEEDED recruitment and selection process for students from 15 states across WKH 0LGZHVW DQG 3DFLĂ€F Northwest US. He enjoyed seeing KUA friends in New York City and Washington, DC, recently! t MATTHEW COSINUKE UHFHQWO\ Ă€QLVKHG KLV master’s a few months ago. He works as an assistant soccer coach on the men’s side at University of Cincinnati. t JOEL BOOKER is currently living in Connecticut with Trevor McGraw ‘07, Dylan McGraw ‘04, and Evan Roberts ‘07, with Hugh and Marianne McGraw, former faculty, after the his wife Jackie (recently Maine Marathon last fall. They ran relay teams raising money for married in April) down the Esperanza Academy. FA L L 2 0 1 3

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THE ALUMNI ACHIEVERS AWARD Donald Lowery ’73 Jennifer Kurth Borislow ’78 At the conclusion of the lunch, Alumni Council president Dale Meltzer, on behalf of the Alumni Council and all alumni, presented a Bicentennial surprise gift to the Academy, a bench and garden in The Bicentennial Quad. Nearly four years ago the Alumni Council formed the Bicentennial Celebration Committee in order to assist in planning and organizing Bicentennial Reunion festivities and appointed Kim Smith ’66 as its chair. In addition to Kim, a core group volunteered to remain on the Alumni Council beyond their appointed terms to provide continuity and direction for this Academy-wide celebration: Dale Meltzer ’66, President, Deborah Sanders-Dame ’78, and Frances “Skip” Nolin ’57. Each has given their time and talent to not only ensure an unforgettable celebration, but also help set the Alumni Council on its path into KUA’s third century. At the spring meeting Dale tendered his resignation, effective at the closing of the Bicentennial Celebration. After years of service Kim Smith, Deborah Sanders-Dame, and Skip Nolin are also leaving the Council. Jon Romero ’96 was elected president and Andrea McKnight ’96 remains as the secretary. A vice president will be elected in the fall. The Alumni Council has been an integral organization for the Academy since its founding in 1906. In recent years the council has added many new members and membership currently stands at 23. The vibrancy and effectiveness of the Alumni Council is directly related to the number and class representation of the council members. If you have an interest in becoming an active member of the alumni community as a member of the council or if you would like to learn more about it, please email Mike Taupier at mtaupier@ kua.org or 603-469-2123.

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2008 TA I N I X A 446 Highland Drive Henniker, NH 03242 603-428-6066 nixatai@gmail.com The class of 2008 has been doing an array of phenomenal things. Our classmates have not only been living across the United States in places like Hawaii, Colorado, California, Montana, and Washington, DC, but internationally in places like Thailand, the Dominican Republic, and Austria. We have alumni traveling, exploring, working, studying, and playing. It is great to see the diverse opportunities people have discovered since JUDGXDWLQJ IURP .8$ ÀYH \HDUV DJR 2QH RI the highlights of 2013 was seeing many of these people back together for the KUA Bicentennial and Reunion. I hope that our special family will be able to come back for years to come to both celebrate our time together and our collective experiences, but to also share our new ones. t MATT KEENE graduated from the Whittemore School of Business and Economics at UNH in 2012 with degrees in business administration ÀQDQFH DQG EXVLQHVV DGPLQLVWUDWLRQ LQIRUPDWLRQ systems management. He currently works for Bottomline Technologies as a support technician in Portsmouth, NH. In addition, Matt runs the online magazine and video production company that he founded in 2011, SwagSoldSeparately. com. t TREVOR MCDONALD graduated from the University of Colorado Boulder with a degree in electrical engineering in December 2012 and is now working for a small company in Boulder, CO. He currently works in an optics lab developing a new method of capturing 3D information. He has also started to coach youth lacrosse. t TAI NIXA graduated from St. Lawrence University in May 2012 with a degree in anthropology and African studies. She is currently living in downtown Concord, NH, where she works at the Capitol Center for the Arts and the Duprey Service Company. Tai has also been dancing in her free time. She attended the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane summer intensive at Skidmore College in 2012, and the LehrerDance summer intensive in Buffalo, NY, in 2013. She also performed at the KUA Bicentennial and in two shows with theatreKAPOW, a company in southern NH. t NICK POWELL worked for the past year teaching English at a technical college in western Austria. His school was in Vorarlberg, near Switzerland, and he lived about two miles from Liechtenstein. Vorarlberg is right in the heart of the Alps and is famous for its skiing, as well as its very strong dialect,

which he worked hard to learn. Nick’s job was a “foreign language assistant,â€? through the Fulbright Program, working with high school-aged students, and lasted from October 2012 until the end of May 2013. In each class, Nick worked alongside a full-time teacher, but designed his own lesson plans to help improve the students’ English and provide connections between Austrian and American cultures. Also, during his time in Austria, Nick joined a semiprofessional soccer team (FC GĂśtzis) in the 6th tier of the Austrian professional leagues. He started every game in the spring half of the season, and helped the team win the league and get promoted to the next highest league for the following season. t JULIET TAYLOR is a recent graduate of the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, VA, with a BS degree in psychology. After moving back to the greater Boston area, she started working at Crimson Hexagon. Crimson is a social media DQDO\VLV Ă€UP ORFDWHG LQ WKH VHDSRUW RI %RVWRQ RU “the innovation district.â€? She is working in the client services department. t After graduating from KUA, JOSIE TIMMONS attended UVM, studying anthropology and Spanish. After two years, she took a break from school and lived in Vermont working various jobs and volunteering until she moved back to Colorado in late February 2011. She did some volunteer work in Puerto Penasco over Spring Break to build houses. She worked as one of two translators for the whole work site (Gracias, SRS. RG, FAUVER and RUSSMAN!). After she returned, Josie made the decision to join the US Army Reserves as a combat medic/health care specialist. Josie went to basic training at and graduated from Fort Sill, OK, and then went to Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio, TX, for her training as a medic. She graduated in March 2012 from Fort Sam Houston and was attached to the 7215th MSU (Medical Support Unit) based in Aurora, CO. Josie also volunteered at the Royal Family Kids Camp in the Boulder area, a camp that provides a week-long camp for abused, neglected and abandoned children within the foster care and adoption system. Josie got married in 2012 to Thomas Morton, who also serves in the military. t ELLIE WILSON is living in the Dominican Republic. t JON LOWENSTEIN just completed his master of arts in teaching at Drew University and will be moving to Manhattan this fall for a job at a private school as a teacher’s assistant.

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ZRUNLQJ DW D WHDKRXVH 6KH LV VWLOO Ă€QGLQJ WLPH IRU her banjo and gardening for a house of people. t AMIRA CHICHAKLY is working at Belmont Racetrack in New York where she is responsible for cooling out horses, and exercising them daily. She also has taken on the responsibility of sending horses to the races along with purchasing them. She recently accompanied a top horse, “Rydilluc,â€? to Penn National where he won the $500,000 Penn Mile. In her free time she is working on two oil paintings that were commissioned for a charity auction in Saratoga. t ANDREW WEITZEL graduated from St. Lawrence University. He is moving to Boston and will be living with fellow classmate Ben Newton. There he will be working for WR Grace in Cambridge and will be responsible for their in-house marketing. He plans to apply for law school in the fall of 2014. t BEN NEWTON graduated from Dartmouth College and is using the summer to travel. He will then move to Boston in August to work as a business analyst for Wayfair.com (an e-commerce company). t BRITA ULF is working in Boston at her third six-month full time co-op with a tech startup called Jana Mobile Inc. She will return to classes WKLV VXPPHU DQG IDOO WR Ă€QLVK XS KHU Ă€YH \HDU program at Northeastern, and will graduate in December. She is hoping to relocate after graduation, but is not sure where the next move will be. This summer she will run in the last OHJ RI 2QH 5XQ )RU %RVWRQ WKH Ă€UVW UXQQLQJ UHOD\ DFURVV $PHULFD WR EHQHĂ€W WKH 2QH )XQG for Boston Marathon bombing victims. She will spend the remainder of her summer in Boston taking a web development class, training for a half marathon, and sailing on the Charles River. t GILLY HERBERT is going to enter her last year at SUNY ESF. She is spending the summer to shadow veterinarians in the area in preparation to apply to vet school next summer. t EMILY BULKELEY graduated from Endicott College with a BS in interior design, concentration in sustainable design. During the fall she completed a semester-long, full-time internship working for ZeroEnergy Design in Boston. ZED is a contemporary and sustainable architecture Ă€UP (PLO\ KDV EHHQ ZRUNLQJ WKHUH SDUW WLPH since January, while she completes her senior thesis. t RACHEL STERN says, “Hello! It was wonderful to catch up with everyone who was at the Bicentennial. I graduated from Goucher College in May and am spending the summer with my family in Vermont waitressing and camp counseling. In August I will be moving to Chapel Hill, NC, to take a job in a social FA L L 2 0 1 3

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MXVWLFH QRQ SURĂ€W Âľ t STEPHEN GOODROW just graduated from the University of New Hampshire with a degree in English. He is FXUUHQWO\ OLYLQJ LQ 3ODLQĂ€HOG DQG ORRNLQJ IRU D MRE teaching English at a private school. Stephen is NHHSLQJ D FRXSOH RI EHH KLYHV LQ 3ODLQĂ€HOG DQG ZLOO KRSHIXOO\ EH KDUYHVWLQJ KRQH\ IRU WKH Ă€UVW time this summer. t SAMANTHA LANDINO graduated Phi Beta Kappa/Magna Cum Laude from Bates with honors in neuroscience. She moved to Boston at the end of May to start as a research assistant in the Behavioral Genetics Laboratory at McLean Hospital, a psychiatric hospital in Belmont, MA. Sammi is also working on a project in collaboration with the director of the Lurie Center for kids with autism and will be applying to medical school for the class of 2015. t MEGHAN GALLAGHER was sad to miss the Bicentennial festivities. Since graduating from Ithaca College, she has been back in the Upper 9DOOH\ ZRUNLQJ RQ WKH Ă€HOG FUHZ DW (GJHZDWHU Farm, will be trying for an internship at the AVA Gallery for this coming fall, and looking forward to reconnecting with the area! t JULIA MOORE graduated from Colby College with a degree in biology: neuroscience. Currently she is living in Boston working as a clinical research assistant in transplant surgery at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. Julia will be applying to medical schools in the next year! t ZAK AL-HAFFAR: “Hey, didn’t really want to answer to the group message so as not to look pretentious or anything; but, I graduated from NYU Cum Laude and was on Dean’s List for the past four years. I’m currently at the Harvard Graduate School of Design doing the Career Discovery Program to build my architectural portfolio. I’m going to be working for an architect in India and New York working on hotel design for six months.â€? t ERICA JOY FINKELSTEIN graduated from the School of Communications at American University, just moved to NYC and works at a medium sized 35 Ă€UP GRLQJ &RUSRUDWH 35 t SHAPREKA CLARKE graduated from Roanoke College with a BS in biology, concentration in anthropology and concentration in heath care and delivery. She is currently at home in the Bahamas looking for a summer job and planning on attending the University of Memphis in the fall for a master’s degree in medical anthropology. t KASIM EDEBALI: “Since I redshirted my freshman year, I’m still at Boston College and I’m about to play P\ Ă€QDO FROOHJH VHDVRQ IRRWEDOO , ZDV WKLUG LQ tackles for defensive line men in the ACC last year. That’s about it! Oh and got accepted in the master’s program at BC as well!â€? t MATTHEW CRITCHLOW lives in NYC, still in Brooklyn, and has a year to go at Fordham. He works at the High Line Park as a park ranger. t ALI MORANO 66

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of the best sandwich shops in the city. She is going back to school in Denver in the fall! t JAKE GRAY owns and operates his own pizza restaurant in Buzzards Bay, MA, called “Jake’s Pizza Company.â€? t ZACH MUSGRAVE: “I graduated from St. Michael’s College in the spring with a BS in business administration. Since then, I started working at Hickok & Boardman )LQDQFLDO 3ODQQLQJ *URXS %HQHĂ€WV 0\ FXUUHQW SRVLWLRQ LV DV D Ă€QDQFLDO SODQQHU¡V DVVRFLDWH EXW I’m gradually working towards achieving the &HUWLĂ€HG )LQDQFLDO 3ODQQHU¡V FHUWLĂ€FDWLRQ ,¡P living in Burlington, VT, and couldn’t be happier WR EH KHUH 6WLOO JROĂ€QJ DQG SOD\LQJ KRFNH\ IURP time to time and reminiscing about memories made on the Hilltop often.â€? t Editor’s addition: During his years at Hamilton College, PETER MAHER performed an internship with the Rome, NY, Police Department and an independent study program to study the effect of urban decline on crime and law enforcement. Peter wrote his senior thesis on the subject and the Rome Police Department is now incorporating some of his research results into their police work.

2010 D A N I E L LO W E N S T E I N P. O. Box 222 Garrison, NY 10524 914-806-7085 danny.lowenstein@gmail.com

York City for the summer. He was surprised to discover that sitting across from him is TIM SHEA ’99. Harry said, “It was really cool to meet another alum, and it just reminded me of how much KUA is and will be a part of me.� He recently had dinner with CLARE MENZEL who also works in NYC. Harry will be a junior at Columbia.

2012 CL ASS REPORTER NEEDED

MARRIAGES DONAL KNOX ’94 and Kara Lohse, March 9,

2013. JOEL BOOKER ’96 and Jackie, April 2013. KATE NINTZEL ’98 and Alexander Kipka, May

11, 2013. EMILY KIRKLAND ’01 and Dave Goodwin III,

September 2012. COLLEEN GALLOWAY ’02 and Kyle Clark, April

30, 2013. BRAELIN THORNTON ’02 and Craig Zarzycki,

2012. JOSIE TIMMONS ’08 and Thomas Morton,

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BIRTHS

College: Dartmouth College Hinman Box 4619 Hanover, NH 03755

Carlo Martinelli and TARA GRACE ‘93, son Luca Aidan, April 6, 2012.

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CHRIS KIMBALL ’93 and his wife, daughter Alice

C H A R LO T T E H E R B E R T 143 Harriman Road 3ODLQĂ€HOG 1+ 603-359-1392

Maya and DEREK KEY ‘93, daughter Sophie Maria, February 12, 2012. Katherine, May 2013.

College: 23 Romoda Drive St. Lawrence University Canton, NY 13617-1455 ceherb11@stlawu.edu ELIZABETH ROOT 151 Job Seamans Acres New London, NH 03257 603-526-4986 rooterm@gmail.comand Editor’s addition: HARRY LEE is working as a software developer at Bloomberg LP in New

Madelyn, daughter of Michael and Meghan Maguire Toomey ‘98

1937 - BEATRICE BISHOP CLARK

1951 - ELLIOTT HERSEY

Gavin, March 11, 2013.

JASON KINGHORN ’93 and his wife, son

September 10, 2012

August 30, 2012

DELORIE COSSEBOOM BELANGER ’95 and

1938 - THEODORE DUNN

1951 - DAVID MORGAN

her husband, daughter Audrey Marie, May 2012.

November 28, 2012

December 1, 2012

David and REBECCA BUTLER FINNEGAN ’95, son Greyson Theodore, April 19, 2012.

1940 - MONTE BASBAS

1952 - MICHAEL SCHMID

May 25, 2013

September 18, 2012

1940 - LARRY KILLICK

1954 - JOHN BLODGET

January 31, 2012

April 22, 2013

1941 - E. FINLEY WHITTLESEY

1955 - PETER BARBER

June 8, 2013

October 19, 2012

1942 - EDWARD “ERIC” BUTLER

1955 - PAUL HOLLINGWORTH

April 8, 2013

January 19, 2013

Michael and MEGHAN MAGUIRE TOOMEY ’98, daughter Madelyn Alexis, September 11,

1942 - PAUL HARKINSON

1955 - JOHN “JACK” PHOENIX

January 2013

March 18, 2013

2012.

1942 - ROBERT WATSON

1956 - JAMES GILBERT

Jessica and FRANK BUTTARAVOLI ’00, daughter Savannah, August 23, 2012.

April 30, 2010

July 31, 2011

1943 - ROBERT FROST

1957 - PETER NASON

Brad Kolpalski and SASHA LANG ’00, daughter Solana.

March 20, 2013

June 3, 2012

George and MORGAN MILOWSKY NEEDS ’00, daughter Siena Violet, February 7, 2013.

1943 - JOHN C. KENT

1958 - RICHARD BLISS

February 18, 2013

July 18, 2012

Jason and ANNA TAUPIER HOOD ’01, twin daughters Elbert Nina and Ivy Danforth, August 23, 2012.

1944 - PETER SEILER

1958 - JAMES FLEMING

Walter and LINDSEY FREEMAN RICKARD ’02, daughter Carolina Forance, January 22, 2013.

Date unknown

September 8, 2012

1945 - EDWARD REDSTONE

1958 - PHILIP WALKER

Mark and LIZ DAOUST, FACULTY 2005-07, daughter Phoebe Elizabeth, June 22, 2013.

December 23, 2011

May 10, 2013

1945 - ROBERT RICHARDS

1964 - PHILIP CLEVERSEY

Patrick and KRISTEN ENGSTER CALLAHAN, FACULTY 2001-03, daughter Maisie Jane, September 18, 2012.

March 13, 2013

August 7, 2013

1945 - PETER ROUNDS

1966 - FREDERIC WORTHEN

Matthias and CHRISTINA SANDOE KLINTEBACK ’95, son Charles, December 17, 2012. Krista and ERIC DUDENBOSTEL ‘96, daughter Addison Ellin, June 5, 2013. TIM LAFLAM ’97 and ZANIE NORGANG ’99,

son Shepherd, July 3, 2012

JESSICA and RYAN MILLER, FACULTY 200711, daughter Emma Reagan, April 19, 2013.

May 13, 2013

November 2010

1945 - RICHARD NEILSON

1958 - WILLIAM SUNDERLAND

July 4, 2010 1945 - MARION SHERMAN

February 19, 2011 1945 - G. HEULINGS SHERRERD

IN MEMORIAM

July 18, 2012 1945 - CHARLES SPRING

May 19, 2011 Kimball Union will now be publishing complete obituaries online at www.kua.org/obituaries. If you would like a printed version of an obituary to be sent to you, please contact Nancy Norwalk at 603-469-2122. 1932 - JEANNETTE BOWLBY THERRIEN

August 18, 2013 1934 - PAULINE GUILLOTTE SMITH

1947 - RICHARD WASSON

October 11, 2012 1948 - DAVID LEWIS

1969 - WILLIAM ASHE

November 10, 2007 1969 - STEVEN GOODING

November 2012 1971 - DAVID CHELLIS

August 15, 2012 1979 - DENIS GAGNON

May 29, 2012 1984 - CHARLES GILES

May 20, 2013

June 3, 2013

1948 - JAMES MILLER

FRANCISCO CAUZ, FORMER FACULTY

May 22, 2013 1948 - A. TRUMAN WAY III

May 26, 2011

July 5, 2013

1937 - JULIAN BARBER

1950 - WAYNE DANIELS

June 28, 2012

December 1, 2012

1937 - GORDON BRYANT

1950 - ROBERT SLOCUM III

August 10, 2012

January 3, 2013

November 15, 2012

June 27, 2012 KAREN CUSTER, FORMER FACULTY

July 5, 2013 JESSIE CARVER ENGLISH, FORMER FACULTY

December 16, 2012 JEREMIAH EVARTS, FORMER FACULTY

July 19, 2013 JANET FIELD, FORMER TRUSTEE

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BOARD OF TRUSTEES OFFICERS William A. Black ’85, P’17 - Board Chair David G. Pond ’64 - Vice Chair Kathryn F. Munro H’13, P’11,’13 - Secretary Rob Snow ’85 - Treasurer

GENERAL MEMBERSHIP William Barker ’90 Michael Borislow P’07,’10 Christopher K. Burns ’83 Peter B. Crowell ’95 Phillip R. Deguire ’94 Allan Ferguson Robert P. Fitzgerald ’82 Kristin Graham P’09,’15 Timothy J. Herbert ’83, P’09,’11,’14 Donald E. Lowery ’73 Hans Olsen ’81 Catherine F. Pipas, MD, P’14,’17 Glenn Pogust, JD, P’13 Michael J. Schafer H’13, P’12,’15 - ([ RIÀFLR Robin A. Schiltkamp P’12,’16

TRUSTEE EMERITI Thomas Flickinger ’50, P’77 Robert Kent ’39 Allan Munro ’55, P’81,’83,’11,’13 Jack H. Nelson ’63 Henry Parker ’41 Frederick Whittemore ’49

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STATEMENT OF INCLUSION Celebrating Individuality, Community, and Global Awareness Kimball Union Academy is dedicated to providing a welcoming and safe environment in which all community members value and respect each other’s unique qualities and contributions. We are committed to nurturing a learning environment where the principles of dignity, equity, and justice are an essential part of our culture and daily life.

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A VIEW FROM THE HILLTOP I AM A BRIDGE BY DOYLE SOMERBY ’13 'R\OH SUHSDUHG WKLV VSHHFK IRU KLV SXEOLF VSHDNLQJ FODVV DQG GHOLYHUHG LW WR WKH HQWLUH IDFXOW\ DW D VSULQJ PHHWLQJ , DP D EULGJH )LOOHG ZLWK IHDU ZRUGV VSLOOHG RXW RI P\ PRXWK DV WKH VZRUG Ă€JKW EURNH RXW 7KH JDWKHUHG FURZG MHHUHG DQG URDUHG ZLWK ODXJKWHU 0\ DFWLQJ FDUHHU KDG RIĂ€FLDOO\ EHJXQ $V , GDQFHG DFURVV VWDJH LQ Romeo and Juliet, I felt at home. I felt reborn, I felt different. After three great performances, I hung up my sword and retired from acting . . . but I still feel at home in the Flickinger Arts Center. As a hockey player who not only acts but who also leads tours and proctors a dorm, I am one of the bridges on the Kimball Union Academy campus. I am a hockey player, born and raised. Hockey players are thought of as belonging to a cult of self-centered, immature kids. But from my perspective, the KUA hockey team is a band of brothers. At my previous school, venturing outside this band was simply not tolerated. At Kimball Union, however, it’s encouraged. Many athletes take a part in art shows, perform in dance concerts, or have a role in a play. Students at KUA also excel in the classroom. As my WHDFKHUV FOHDUO\ NQRZ DFDGHPLFV DUH QRW P\ VWURQJ SRLQW ZKLFK LV WKH UHDVRQ P\ PRP VHQW PH WR .LPEDOO 8QLRQ LQ WKH Ă€UVW SODFH :KHQ , DUULYHG , VDZ WKDW VWXGHQWV DW .8$ EUDQFKHG RXW LQ VR PDQ\ ZD\V , ZDVQ¡W XVHG WR WKDW )RU WKH Ă€UVW WLPH , IHOW OLNH DQ RXWFDVW Though there is a lot of crossover between the arts and athletics at Kimball Union, unfortunately there are still two worlds—the “Flickiesâ€? and the “jocks.â€? As a leader, I wanted to bring these two worlds together. After talking with Mr. Stern, I decided to audition for Romeo and Juliet and bring along a IHZ IULHQGV WRR 7KH MRFNV SLOHG LQ WKH GRRU DQG RQ WKH Ă€QDO FDVW OLVW WKHUH ZHUH WKUHH PDOH ´DWKOHWHVÂľ .HYLQ 9LHLUD ¡ 7LP %D\OLV ¡ DQG PH 7KRXJK we got a lot of grief, our friends soon saw how much fun we were having. 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But, when I took the gamble of joining the play, Kimball Union changed my life completely by enabling me to create a link between GLIIHUHQW JURXSV RQ FDPSXV , KDYH RIĂ€FLDOO\ EHFRPH RQH RI WKH EULGJHV RI WKH $FDGHP\ WKDW , KDG ORQJHG WR EH

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