NEW CANAAN COUNTRY SCHOOL
Party of the
CENTURY! Celebration Photos Homecoming
Special Commemorative Edition
2017
New Canaan Country School Centennial Bulletin 2017 Head of School Dr. Robert P. Macrae
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Director of Advancement Terry Gumz Editors: Kent Findlay ’80 Brooke Springer Contributing Writers/Editors: Missy Fallon Mark Macrides Kate McMahon Upson Design: Good Design, LLC gooddesignusa.com
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Printer: J.S. McCarthy Printers jsmccarthy.com Photography: Diane Briggs Kent Findlay ’80 Nanette Gantz Cara Gilbride Moina Noor Fraser Randolph Brooke Springer Shiva Sarram Chi Chi Ubiña Torrance York Address changes: communications@countryschool.net On the cover: Cover art by Mark Macrides
BOARD OF TRUSTEES 2016–2017 President: Steven E. Rodgers Vice President: Randall M. Salvatore Treasurer: Christopher T. Baker Secretary: Stephanie Bowling Zeigler ’81 Members-at-Large: James P. Parmelee Karen K. Wood Dr. Robert P. Macrae, Head of School Lisa F. Alpaugh Steven E. Bloom ’03 Lynne F. Byrne Drew Casertano
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Yolanda Seals-Coffield Gary D. Engle Mark E.C. Hudson N. John Lancaster Jr. Tina C. Miller Michael Riccardi Smita Singh Michael S. Sotirhos Joseph P. Toce Jr. Caitlin A. Walsh Wilson S. Warren Megin E. Wolfman Sturgis P. Woodberry Faculty Representatives: Aron A. Back Andrew F. Johnson
PARENTS’ ASSOCIATION EXECUTIVE COUNCIL 2016–2017 President: Lisa Alpaugh President-Elect: Marisa DiBiasio VP Community, Diversity & Inclusion: Jawanda Staber VP Community Service: Brennen Strine Secretary: Meredith Edwards Treasurer: Tara Coniglio VP Volunteers: Kelly DeGulis
ALUMNI COUNCIL 2016–2017 President: Steven. E. Bloom ’03 Emily Coughlin Basaran ’98 C. Daniel Bergfeld ’58 Carl Brodnax ’76 Richard Colligan ’01 Philip Ford ’99 Heather Weed Goldberg ’89 Frederick Golden ’90 Benjamin Halsell ’87 Hugh Halsell ’59 Paula Kennedy Harrigan ’81 Marshall Johnson ’04 Caitlin Maguire ’04 Diane Monson ’51
Carl Rohde ’66 Katharine O’Brien Rohn ’78 Kelsey Hubbard Rollinson ’86 Michael Sachs ’97 Richard See ’75 Stephanie Bowling Zeigler ’81 Ex-Officio Members: Dr. Robert P. Macrae, Head of School Gina S. Ely, Director of Alumni Affairs Terry M. Gumz, Director of Advancement
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From the Head of School and Board of Trustees
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From the Centennial Co-Chairs
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A Centennial Year in Review
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Our History
10 Our Founding Families 12 100 Years – 100 Objects Archival Exhibit
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14 History Quiz 15 Student Curriculum Projects 16 Kick-Off Assembly 18 More Ice Would Be Nice
32 OUR MISSION STATEMENT
The mission of New Canaan Country School is to guide students to reach their intellectual, creative, moral, and physical potential. We value the imagination and curiosity of children and respect childhood as an integral part of life. Our teachers set high academic standards and challenge students to question, to think, to collaborate, and to act with integrity. The school works in partnership with families to teach personal, social, and environmental responsibility and to create a community that honors diversity and our common humanity. New Canaan Country School inspires students to be lifelong learners with the courage and confidence to make a positive contribution to the world.
22 Culture & Collaboration Day 24 An Evening to Honor
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28 Homecoming & Fall Fest 2016 32 An Evening to Remember 40 Oh, What a Night! 44 Thank You! 50 Share Your Story 52 Audentes Fortuna Juvat: Centennial Film 56 Centennial Publications 58 100 Faces 63 Our Faculty and Staff 75 A Look Back
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Dear Members of the
COUNTRY SCHOOL COMMUNITY: This commemorative edition of the Bulletin highlights the myriad ways we honored our school and its 100-year legacy including student assemblies, curriculum projects, alumni reunions, homecoming festivities, history lectures, archival exhibits, celebrations, publications and more. We hope that you were able to join us for some of the fun-filled activities held during 2016 and that you enjoyed reconnecting and reminiscing with Country School. Please join us in giving a very special thank-you to centennial co-chairs Julie Halloran, Topsy Post ’66 and Gigi Brush Priebe ’74 who oversaw all of the centennial plans and preparations. Additional appreciation is bestowed upon the countless parent volunteers, teachers, administrators, alumni and friends of Country School whose unwavering support has sustained us for so long and continues to do so today. A centennial is a unique milestone; one which gives us the opportunity to reflect upon what has come before us, to take stock and to envision our shared future. Our founding families would be proud.
May the next 100 years be as extraordinary as the first! Thank you,
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Dr. Robert P. Macrae
Steven E. Rodgers
Head of School
President, Board of Trustees
Thank You to Our Centennial Celebration Team!
When we began planning the centennial more than
Our deepest thanks go to the hundreds of
two years ago, little did we know what an incredible
outstanding volunteers, including current students,
celebration would follow. It was beyond our
alumni, current and former faculty and staff, as well
expectations — quintessential Country School, renewing
as current and past parents, who have generously
and reinforcing all that we love about our school!
given their time, talent and endless energy to celebrate this important milestone.
From the student kick-off on January 6 to the final Centennial Weekend, the celebration of Country
With gratitude,
School and its history were woven into many of the annual events and activities on campus. Over Centennial Weekend, September 30 to October 1, more than 1,000 people came together on campus for a series of events culminating the year’s salute to Country School’s history and enduring mission.
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a centennial
YEAR IN REVIEW An all-school assembly kicked off the centennial celebrations, which included faculty skits
A new school
and a variety of creative
song, Fortune
presentations honoring the
Favors the Bold, was
school’s 100-year history.
composed by Music
For more, see page 16.
Teacher Andrew Tyson and recorded by the cast of the 2016 Upper School musical. See page 17 and to listen, visit: countryschool.net/schoolsong.
JANUARY The centennial website, 100.countryschool.net, was launched, featuring a historical timeline of the school, news and Share Your Story, a collection of stories that capture what Country School has meant to our alumni and friends throughout the school’s history. For more, see page 50.
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Alumni from 1970 to 2015 turned out to play in the Alumni Hockey Game.
Parents, faculty and staff gathered for the Parents’ Association biennial auction, Swing into the Centennial, A centennial school
an elegant black tie affair.
flag was presented by Upper School students and flown in the Grace House circle throughout the centennial year.
Y R A U R B E F
MARCH Students celebrated the 100th Day of the 100th year of our school.
In honor of the centennial, NCCS and Horizons community members dressed in costumes in keeping with the theme, “A Journey Through T.I.M.E.,” during Culture & Collaboration Day. For more, see page 22. discover more // countryschool.net
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Members of the community gathered at the New Canaan Library to hear Archivist Mark Macrides present an engaging history lecture about the school’s origins in downtown New Canaan. For more, see page 9.
100 Years – 100 Objects, an archival exhibit, was finalized in Grace House lobby. For more, see page 12.
APRIL
MAY
JUNE
The Frogtown Fair, which began as an annual community picnic in 1936 to celebrate the move
Classroom curriculum projects were an
to the much larger
excellent way of engaging students by
Ponus Ridge campus,
integrating centennial themes into the
was named Frogtown
existing curriculum at all grade levels.
Fair in 1947 and
For more, see page 15.
featured midway games, a cookout and a marching band, The Frogtown Agonizers.
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At the request of the Honorable James A. Himes, Member of Congress, the American flag was flown at the United
Centennial Celebration Weekend
States Capitol in recognition of Country School’s 100 years of achievement and was then presented to the school.
The 100th graduating class participated in Closing Exercises. Family-friendly activities including a Catch the Cougar Fun Run, a 5K race, varsity athletic contests, food trucks, music and entertainment characterized Homecoming and Fall Fest 2016. For more, see page 28.
SEPTEMBER
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Centennial Celebration Weekend On Oct. 1, 750 members of the school community gathered for An Evening to Remember: The Centennial Celebration of New Canaan Country School. For more, see page 32.
Alumni attended An Evening to Honor Current and Former Faculty and Staff, a casual reception held on Sept. 30. For more, see page 24.
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The following are excerpts from a lecture given by Archivist Mark Macrides on April 3, 2016, at the New Canaan Library. “New Canaan Country School has a rich history rooted in the town of New Canaan. Founded as the Community School in 1916, the school occupied several locations on Park Street during
New Canaan resident Larry Byrne attended the lecture. As a child, Larry worked on the dairy farm which operated on campus, and shared stories of his days delivering milk to residents on Frogtown and Ponus.
the 1920s and ’30s. During these early years, the school was administered by a small board of trustees, assisted by committees of teachers and parents. This tradition of parent support and involvement continues today and has been instrumental to the school’s success and perhaps is its most valued heritage. By the mid-1930s, the Community School had outgrown its downtown quarters and was looking to increase its enrollment and attract a more diverse student body to better serve the needs of the community. Another consider-
Many from the local community turned out to hear Mark Macrides’ lecture on the origins of the school in New Canaan.
ation was to provide larger facilities and expanses of land for athletic fields in order to retain the older boys who were
and changed its name to New Canaan
Also during this time, the school took
interested in pursuing competitive sports
Country School.
advantage of its fine acreage to develop
programs. In 1936, the school purchased
With the benefit of increased facilities
a highly competitive athletic program.
150 acres of land on Ponus Ridge from
and land for the development of new
Head of School George Stevens’ years
Grace Episcopal Church of Manhattan,
programs, the school was well positioned
saw the construction of three major
which had been operating a summer
to meet the growing needs of a broader
buildings on campus, including a new
retreat there since 1899. In an effort to
community. The arrival of Head of School
gymnasium. Under his resourceful
make itself more visible and accessible
Henry Welles brought with it an era of
direction, the school’s curriculum was
as a high-quality educational institution
steady enrollment as the school began to
reorganized to meet the needs of a
for the town, the school incorporated
attract students from surrounding towns.
changing world. Mr. Stevens was also (story continued on next page)
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(story continued from previous page)
Former Kindergarten Teacher Molly Farnsworth and past-parent Barbara Johansen attended the lecture, held at the New Canaan Library.
instrumental in the creation of the
was honored as one of President George
Horizons Student Enrichment Program
Bush’s Points of Light for its community
and helped the school to focus greater
outreach and in 1994 was recognized
efforts toward enrolling students from
by the U.S. Department of Education
diverse backgrounds.
as a National Exemplary Blue Ribbon
By 1980, during Head of School
School for Excellence in Education. The
Nicholas Thacher’s tenure, enrollment
new millennium brought Head of School
reached 500 students. Program enhance-
Timothy Bazemore’s leadership along
ments to the arts, technology and
with a strong enrollment, highly skilled
community service were also hallmarks
faculty and a continued commitment to
of the Thacher years. Country School
excellence. During this time, there were
NEW CANAAN COUNTRY SCHOOL’S FOUNDING FAMILIES In the spring of 1916, a group of New Canaan parents met to decide what they might do to provide for their children’s early education. The small school their children were attending, operated out of the one teacher’s private home, was closing. The course of action they chose, both bold and ambitious, would lead to the founding of New Canaan Country School (originally named — appropriately enough — the Community School). On Oct. 16, 1916, the new school welcomed its first 17 students. The New Canaan parents wanted not simply to replace the school that had closed. They sought to form a school that Community School Kindergarten class, 1920
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would best prepare their children for a
Our History significant facilities and environmental
for patience, simplicity and the power
enhancements on campus including
of imagination. The longstanding
a new early childhood center and a
tradition of parent support and
renovated Upper School that became the
involvement continues to be
school’s first LEED-certified building.
a vital element of the school.
From its humble beginnings in the
The character and accomplish-
heart of New Canaan, Country School
ments of New Canaan Country
has always emphasized and maintained
School alumni provide powerful
the value of childhood and the role of
testimony to the success of the
experience in learning. For 100 years,
school’s approach and its ability
teachers have blended an outstanding
to educate children to become
academic program with an appreciation
happy and healthy adults.”
FOUNDING FAMILIES
new century of rapid scientific, technological and social change. They delegated two of their number — Mrs. Margaret Streit and Mrs. Margaret Holmes — to interview prospective teachers at a prominent educational placement agency
Paul and Alma Colbron John and Lida Ellsworth Edgar and Genevieve Frothingham Lawrence and Alice Frothingham Louis and Georgia Hall Clarence and Margaret Holmes Rupert and Grace King Merle and Beatrice Murphy Marshall and Charlotte Stearns Raymond and Margaret Streit
in New York City. Two women — Miss Edith Dudley
manage its affairs and plan for its future.
and Miss Effie Dunton — were most
Succeeding generations of parents would
impressive and possessed the requisite
add to their legacy, providing the leader-
qualifications to set the new school on
ship and funding to acquire and build on
a forward-looking path. Following a visit
the Ponus Ridge campus.
to New Canaan, the two women were
All of us here today celebrating
offered the position of co-principals.
Country School’s centennial, and those
families of New Canaan Country School.
Three years later, those same parents
who came before us, are the beneficia-
We owe them our gratitude and our
would incorporate the new school
ries of the foresight, civic-mindedness
shared commitment to add to their
and establish a board of trustees to
and philanthropy of those founding
100-year-old legacy.
Co-Principals Edith Dudley and Effie Dunton on either side of Miss Bancroft who taught second and third grade. In 1924, the Community School employed a total of seven teachers.
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100 YEARS – 100 OBJECTS ARCHIVAL EXHIBIT 100 Years – 100 Objects, an archival exhibit, highlighted one
woods, and ice boats have been built and launched on Hardon
hundred of the school’s most interesting objects. The exhibit
Pond. In more recent years, students developed an idea to create
was pulled together from the archives’ vast collection, and
a carnival-style carousel for the Frogtown Fair. Four horses, one
also from the classrooms, closets and basements of teachers,
of which is displayed here, were carved out of wood and fashion-
parents and alumni. The exhibit, which opened in September
ably decorated. They were then mounted on a large circular base
2015, featured an object from each year of Country School’s
that revolves using a system of pulleys and ropes. The carousel is
100-year history. Individually, each object represented a snap-
set up each year on the Main Circle for Frogtown Fair, and ninth
shot of the life of the school; collectively, they represented
grade students man the ropes offering carousel rides to the
the heart of the school’s mission to inspire “ … students to be
younger members of the Country School community.
lifelong learners with the courage and confidence to make a positive contribution to the world.” 100 Years – 100 Objects was curated by Country School
Object #55
Archivist Mark Macrides, Ann Conrad Stewart ’78 and “viewbook” (circa 1939); an original Frogtown Fair flag and flag-
Costume and Props from the Mummers Play
pole made by woodshop students in 1958; and a vintage record
(circa 1970)
player and LP record titled Country School Sounds of 1964 that
Mummers Plays are seasonal
features Upper School announcements, the voice of former
British folk plays, performed
Head of School George Stevens, students singing Vivaldi’s
by troupes of amateur actors
Gloria under the musical direction of John Huwiler and an audio
known as mummers or guisers.
clip of middle school recess.
The principal characters are
Elizabeth Kontulis. Included are the first-ever Admission
St. George, the Turkish Knight, the Dragon and the Doctor, who Selected excerpts from
has a knack for resuscitating dead knights. Traditionally, the
the catalog:
plays were performed in public places for any bit of money the audience might be generous enough to give. The Mummers
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Object #95
Play evolved at Country School in the Middle School and was
Wooden Carousel Horse
performed on stage as part of the Middle School history and
(circa 2010)
a time when the fourth grade was part of the Middle School.
Under Chris Lawler’s tenure as
Today, it continues to be performed by the fourth grade home-
woodshop teacher, each year,
rooms, in early December, in various locations around campus.
drama program. It became a fourth grade holiday tradition at
students have executed large-scale projects out of wood. Totem
Some of the costumes and props here date back to the early
poles have been carved and installed at the entrance to the
1970s and are still used by Country School mummers.
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Our History
the current school building for $20,000 and completing the purchase of the “Weissman House” in time for the opening of the school in late September. The new building, along with additional classroom space, also provided more parking and outdoor play space. The building was removed years later to make way for a municipal parking lot, however the stone wall the third grade class is sitting on in the photograph remains to this day.
Object #68
Student Desk and Chair (circa 1930) This student desk and chair, most likely used in a Kindergarten class, is one of the only surviving examples of the early classroom furniture brought to Ponus Ridge from the Community School Object #14
building in town. The desktop flips up for storage underneath
Postcard of the Community School Building and Photograph of Third Grade Class
and there is a circular hole cut into the top in which to place an
(circa 1929 & 1935)
room to create different configurations and open spaces for
In December 1923, with limited classroom space, a committee
classroom activities. Wooden desks and chairs similar to the
of parents and trustees was formed to explore the possibility
one displayed here were used throughout the school into the
of selling the current school building and purchasing a larger
late 1960s, when they began to be replaced with desks and
facility. In August 1924, a unique opportunity was presented
chairs made out of metal, plastic laminate and other manufac-
to the Community School. The old “Rogers House,” a large
tured materials.
inkwell. These desks could easily be pushed around the class-
Victorian located directly across Park Street from the current school building, had become available. The house was then owned by Jacob Weissman and was offered for purchase at the price of $18,500. The trustees moved quickly, selling
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HISTORY QUIZ
How well do you think you know Country School? Take the quiz! (Answers are on bottom of next page)
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Which head of school kept a horse on campus?
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a) Mr. Bazemore
Which of these was once a competitive sport at Country School? a) Golf
b) Mr. Stevens
b) Archery
c) Mr. Welles
c) Bowling
d) Miss Dudley
d) Canoeing
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Henry Welles came to New Canaan Country School in 1938 after working in which city? a) Tokyo, Japan
Approximately how old are the remaining large sugar maple trees that line the front drive?
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c) Mary Whitman d) Whitman Bailey
a) An old school bell
b) Marsha Whitman
b) An early field hockey stick
What once landed on the Country School football field?
d) A bald eagle
b) 3 c) 1
d) A middle school recorder
b) A helicopter
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What were the names of the original co-principals of the Community School? a) Emma and Evelyn b) Lucy and Ethel c) Laverne and Shirley d) Edith and Effie
How many different buildings in downtown New Canaan did the Community School occupy before moving to Ponus Ridge? a) 6
c) A piece of the Grace House windmill
a) A hot air balloon c) A dirigible
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d) 2
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Country School’s property on Ponus Ridge was originally used for which purpose? a) Vineyards b) Coal mining c) Farming d) Apple orchards
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What is the name of the book of Head of School Nick Thacher’s speeches, published upon his retirement in 2000? a) Patience and Thought
c) Upper School French d) Beginners Music
During the excavation for the Thacher Building, what important artifact was discovered buried in the ground?
a) Hugh Whitman
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b) Woodshop
d) The sixth grade Which person was not an employee of New Canaan Country School?
Which Country School program has been housed in the same location since 1936? a) Middle School Science
c) Governor Malloy
d) 35 years
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c) Swimming pool d) Maintenance facility
Who gifted the weathervane which now adorns the top of Grace House? b) The White House
c) 216 years
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b) Gymnasium
c) Shanghai, China
a) Lower School Faculty
b) 110 years
What was the Auditorium building used for before it was converted to an Auditorium in 1996? a) Dining hall
b) Dresden, Germany d) London, England
a) 65 years
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b) Writings from My Time c) Patience and Time d) My How Time Flies
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Our Apprentice Teacher Training Program was modeled after a similar program at what school? a) Belmont Country Day b) Greenwich Country Day School c) Shady Hill School d) Riverdale Country Day School
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What service did the windmill that once stood on the property provide? a) Flour for the kitchen
STUDENTS EXPERIENCE THE CENTENNIAL IN THE CLASSROOM By Archivist Mark Macrides
b) Electricity c) Water
As the school’s 100th year kicked off in
d) Grain for dairy cows
September of 2015, the excitement about Country School’s impending centennial
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The original NCCS Lower School building on the Ponus Ridge campus was called?
celebration was pervasive on campus.
a) Sweet Briar Cottage
classroom curriculum projects were consid-
b) Near House
ered an excellent way of engaging students
c) Welles Cottage
by integrating centennial themes into the
d) Far House
existing curriculum at all grade levels. These
Efforts were organized to include as many constituents as possible. Student-driven
projects were also a wonderful way of
a) A student rock band
The entire initiative was coordinated
Ninth graders created a book
b) A marching band
by centennial co-chair Topsy Post ’66 and
highlighting all of the dedi-
c) A faculty choir
a committee of faculty chaired by Upper
cated and memorial sites on
d) A student debate club
School Teacher Tom Giggi. Students and
the campus. First graders
teachers eagerly coordinated grade level
worked with ten-frames; a way of making
projects and worked throughout the
mental pictures of numbers, to create a
2015–2016 school year with the goal of
visual representation of 100 items that are
having projects completed for exhibition
meaningful to them and remind them of
the following September in time for the big
Country School. Fourth graders wrote brief
celebration. There were, of course, many
synopses of 100 books that are special
visits to the archives to research various
to them and to the school. Other grade
aspects of the school’s history and then
level projects were equally thoughtful and
more specific research conducted in the
creative. Key to the success of the overall
classrooms to connect these Country School
initiative was the fact that every student
a) A soccer field
historical facts to events in global history.
participated in one of the projects and
b) A theatre
The final projects displayed a wide and
developed a better understanding of what
c) A lower school math lab
diverse array of topics and approaches.
a centennial means to a school.
The first Frogtown Fair was held in what year? a) 1936 b) 1966 c) 1947 d) 1967
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What exciting new feature did Country School gain in 1955?
d) An automated dishwasher
with a glimpse of the classroom experience.
Answers to Quiz: 1. c; 2. b; 3. d; 4. b; 5. b; 6. d; 7. c; 8. d; 9. c; 10. b; 11. b; 12. c; 13. b; 14. c;
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Who are the Frogtown Agonizers?
15. c; 16. c; 17. d; 18. b; 19. c; 20. b.
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The sixth grade worked on a Wordle document with 100 words meaningful in some way to their experience at the school.
providing visiting alumni and former faculty
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KICK-OFF ASSEMBLY
Andrew Tyson leads Upper School drama students in singing the new school song.
Pull out the sheet music and practice the new song at home!
Upper School students made a professional recording of the new school song. To listen, visit: countryschool.net/schoolsong
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“And here at our New Canaan Country School, it’s truly a sight to behold!” Upper School students presented a commemorative centennial flag.
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More Ice Would Be Nice The story of how some Country School parents got together to build an ice rink
By Missy Fallon, former staff member
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Ah!!! The swoosh of the blade,
John ’64, Eddie ’66, Bill ’67, Tom ’73 and Jamie ’75, to have
the crack of a puck against the boards … these melodious
the same wonderful experience.
sounds can be heard from Thanksgiving until March as children
In an article appearing in the Bulletin (December 1957) school
from New Canaan Country School take to the ice at the New
parent Annalee Fadiman wrote that Jane “was used to three
Canaan Winter Club for fresh air and fun as part of the physical
months of pure skating, and she tried to find as much of it for
education program. There is a marvelous story behind the
her children as possible in New Canaan’s unpredictable winters,
creation of the Winter Club, founded 60 years ago in 1957,
even skating on Mud Pond when two thirds of it was open
and it involved many wonderful Country School families.
water, persuading the local fire department to flood Hardon
This is how it happened …
Pond when its surface was snow pitted.”
Before the Winter Club, Country School students journeyed
Jane’s husband, Stan, shared her love of skating and, together,
across Frogtown Road to Hardon Pond for winter recreation.
they embarked upon a project that would forever benefit their
Hardon Pond was one of many area spots where families
children, other families in the community, and generations of
would gather for recreational skating and pick-up hockey
skaters and hockey players to come later. The Resors solicited
whenever the weather was cold enough for ice. But for
the help of other parents to explore the possibility of building
Country School mother Jane Resor, the amount of available
an artificial ice rink. Albert Bergfeld, a member of the Country
skating time was simply not enough. As a child, Jane had spent
School Board of Trustees and father of Dan Bergfeld ’58,
countless hours on the ice at her family’s lakeside home in
Kristin Bergfeld ’59 and Lisa Bergfeld Soleau ’63, quickly got
Minnesota, and she wanted her children Stan ’59, Chuck ’61,
involved, as did school faculty member Jane Davison and her
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“I’m sure everyone will agree with me it is the best thing that could ever happen to a school.” —Eighth grader, Bulletin 1957
husband, Endicott, (parents of Endicott “Chipper” Davison ’67, David “Dusty” Davison ’70 and Mike “Cottie” Davison ’72). Together, these enthusiastic individuals worked to enlist the help of others who would ultimately formulate the plan, select the site and define the budget for a fundraising campaign. The group negotiated with Country School for a two-acre site on Frogtown Road, which included Hardon Pond. In Jane Resor’s mind, the location was absolutely perfect — not only would there be a consistent artificial ice surface, but skaters could continue to enjoy the use of the pond whenever the ice froze. The school agreed to sell the site to the Winter Club for an initial “fee” of $4,500; in return, the Winter Club guaranteed Country School the use of necessary ice time per week at agreed upon costs for skating time for all grades. This contract was to remain in effect for as long as the Winter Club continued to be a skating club. Today, the school continues to use the ice for its skating programs, which accounts for approximately 12% of the club’s total ice time.
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The rink and a clubhouse, including the cost of the refrigeration machinery and a Zamboni, would cost $250,000, so the founding committee began visiting families to raise money, utilizing a bond investment process. Ten-year bonds, based on the estimated life of the rink’s pipes, were sold for $500 each. According to Stan Resor, raising the money was relatively easy — virtually everyone embraced the idea and couldn’t wait to get the rink built! A tremendous amount of research and expertise went into the design of the rink and clubhouse. The architect was Michael Irving, father of Michelle Irving Evans ’63, Duncan Irving ’66, Cully Irving ’70 and Fiona Irving Donovan ’73. The committee made visits to existing rinks, consulted the founders of the Greenwich Skating Club which had already opened, and hired the general contractors who had built the Hotchkiss School’s rink to run the project. A landscaping company from Darien prepared the construction site. The idea to elevate the clubhouse above rink level was taken from the rink design at the Groton School. The decision to use rubber matting and benches with cubbies below to hold skates and shoes came from the rink at St. Paul’s School.
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The two most essential pieces of equipment — the compres-
Today …
sors, necessary to refrigerate the ice, and the Zamboni — were
Sixty years later and the Country School skating program is
the most expensive parts of the project. The compressors were
bigger than ever. Carrying on a long-standing tradition, the
bought from a company in Buffalo, N.Y., and Frank Zamboni from
entire first grade still learns to skate or refines their skills with
Los Angeles personally delivered the ice resurfacing machine to
the help of on-ice instructors. “It’s still quite a sight to behold
New Canaan — the first Zamboni on the East Coast.
as they march or skip down the hill with their little bags and
The water to make the ice was originally to be pumped
skates,” says Kindergarten Teacher Twee Haffner.
from the pond, but that plan quickly changed following
Upper grades enjoy a variety of opportunities to learn to
advice that pond water might damage the equipment.
play — and ultimately compete — in ice hockey. Beginning in fifth
Instead, then-Headmaster Henry Welles agreed to allow a
grade, Middle School students are offered the opportunity to play
hose to be strung from the old Upper School Building, down
co-ed hockey in an intramural league. By the time they enter the
the hill, and across the road to carry tap water. Thanks to
Upper School, students are placed on ability-based teams through
this ingenious solution, the Winter Club opened, on time, on
a try-out period each season. Every student has a chance to
Thanksgiving Day, 1957.
participate at a level that complements his or her skill level, with
According to the Bulletin article published shortly thereafter,
offerings including a Co-ed JV team, a Varsity Boys’ team and a
teachers and students were ecstatic. An eighth grade boy was
Varsity Girls’ team. Our teams compete in the Fairchester Athletic
quoted as saying, “I’m sure everyone will agree with me it is the
Association and are frequently so successful they find themselves
best thing that could ever happen to a school.”
competing against high school freshmen and JV teams.
“It’s still quite a sight to behold
as they march or skip down the hill with their little bags and skates.” —Kindergarten Teacher Twee Haffner
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Culture & Collaboration Day:
A Journey Through T.I.M.E. To celebrate the school’s second annual Culture & Collaboration
Hundreds of community members came out for the day,
Day, the Watson Gymnasium was transformed into an inter-
which began with formal presentations including a Horizons
active exhibit hall with 10 pavilions each representing one
alumni panel, a “Dance through the Decades” by a Horizons/
decade since the school’s founding. The event’s theme was “A
NCCS dance troupe and reflections by NCCS ninth grade
Journey Through T.I.M.E. (Together In Meaningful Experiences)”
students who had attended the recent national Student
to commemorate the school’s long history of diversity and
Diversity Leadership Conference.
inclusion. Each pavilion reflected what was happening during
A highlight of the event was when Director of Community
a particular era in the world, at the school and within the
Development Lynn Sullivan read a letter from President
Horizons program, through elaborate posters and decorations.
Obama congratulating the school on its 100th anniversary.
Parent and student volunteers decked out in period clothing
He wrote: “I hope your community takes pride in the ways
brought history to life through a variety of activities such as
your school has touched lives.”
hula-hooping in the ’50s and tie-dying in the ’60s.
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A reception was held Friday evening, Sept. 30, which provided alumni the opportunity to thank current and former faculty and staff of the school. This reception, called An Evening to Honor, was co-chaired by Ashley Burr, Lyn Bremer Chivvis ’60 and Jane Isaacs Schoenholtz ’80, and attended by more than 400. Highlights of this evening included the announcement of the 2016–2018 Faculty Chair recipients as well as the awarding of a Faculty Grove by Steve Bloom ’03, President of the school’s Alumni Council. The Grove was dedicated in honor of the faculty who have served the students of New Canaan Country School so exceptionally for more than 100 years. It will be incorporated as part of Our Future Campus. A full list of all faculty and staff who have worked at Country School from 1916–2016 may be found on page 63.
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Homecoming & Fall Fest
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Cougar pride was evident as more than 1,000 former
athletes and spectators alike. A very special “Rhythms
and current students and multi-generational members of
through the Ages” class was led by current faculty,
their families turned out for Homecoming & Fall Fest 2016
Jake Alrich and Kathy Kravec, and included special guest
on Saturday, Oct. 1. Organized by Parents’ Association
former teacher Francine Piggott Butler. Bouncy houses
co-chairs Wendy Dewey, Mariko LeBaron and Sanny
provided entertainment, and alumni of all ages enjoyed
Burnham Warner ’88 and the Office of Alumni Affairs, the
a historical tour of campus with Archivist Mark Macrides.
day began with an inaugural 5K race, led by our Coach Will
To round out the festivities, milestone reunion classes
McDonough. Sixty runners participated, with top honors
from 1946, 1956 and 1966 gathered over a casual lunch
going to Graysen Strine and Nicholas Stern of Lower
to reminisce about their time at Country School and
School, Sofie Petricone and Charlie Gaynor of Middle
enjoy artifacts from the 100 Years – 100 Objects exhibit.
School, Jack Johnson and Dania Zein of Upper School and
It was truly a Homecoming to remember.
Jeff Johnson and Apprentice Whitney Powel in our adult category. The traditional “Catch the Cougar” Fun Run for our youngest runners followed later in the afternoon. Varsity teams competed in field hockey, soccer and football, while specialty food trucks offered up gourmet grilled cheese, pizza, tacos and hot dogs to hungry
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Front row, seated (L to R): Susan Sargent, Margaret Marks Cluceru, Sarah Garcia-Mata, Amy Riegel Clough, Topsy Post, Ann Watson Bresnahan. Back row, standing (L to R): David O’Hara, Anne Lemos Edgerton, Dick Bensen, Tucker Swan, Diana Kappel Turner, Brian Rooney, Ed Resor, Tom MacCracken, Margy Pierpont, Karl Whitmarsh, Jill Reighly Christensen, Carl Rohde.
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An Evening The Centennial Celebration of New Canaan Country School The evening began with a toast from President of the Board of Trustees Steven
Rodgers who told the 750 assembled guests that the large turnout spoke volumes about what Country School had meant to so many over the last 100 years. Head of
School Dr. Robert Macrae, in his remarks, added thoughts about what has changed and what has stayed the same over the past century. Centennial co-chairs Julie Halloran, Topsy Post ’66 and Gigi Brush Priebe ’74 were thanked for their tireless work and additional gratitude was bestowed upon the evening’s event co-chairs Kelley Barnett, Sarah O’Herron Casey ’80, Annie Cohen, Josephine DiBiasio and Jacqueline Jeffress who organized the seated dinner. The event culminated with a short film presentation called Audentes Fortuna Juvat: Fortune Favors the Bold and ended with many dancing late into the evening to the music of New York City Swing, or reminiscing with friends and faculty.
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Oh, What a Night! and all your crew u yo r fo se ai pr e ug H a spectacular and volunteers. It was is clearly having weekend that my class from. You should difficulty recovering know that many I ! ls ai tr l ai m e e th e se e than pleasantly of my class were mor h fun we had, surprised at how muc couldn’t come are and that the ones who again! wicked jealous! Thanks ’66 —(Ben) Richard Bensen
It was great to be in the company of my former colleagues and administrators again. … The outdoor Rhythms class was pure joy. —Francine P. Butler Centennial Congratulations on a truly amazing me in every Celebration weekend! It was just aweso such a way! All of the events were filled with happy and positive energy! —Tara and Anthony Coniglio
What a wonderful celebr ation you all put on. Stil l basking in the glow. Cheers! — Ann Watson Bresnah an ’66
e together. It I am st ill in awe of how smoot hly it all cam wn as one of the is st ill foremost in my mind and wil l go do is not often major highlights of my life’s experiences. It the present that we can pull together the past , enjoy of that was and look for ward to the fut ure — and all acc omplished! Brav o to NCCS! —Mrs. Ann Mart in DiLeone
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Woo Hoo! Oh wha t a night!! Boy w as that fun! It’s weird how it felt like we never missed a beat, like I was tr ansported back in time! Debbie {Murphey MacFa rland ’81} and I ha d a blast. There is NOTHING like connecting w ith old, old friends! The band , movie, meal and decorations were truly perfec t! Let’s do it AGA IN! —Lisa Dodd Callaha n ’81
Berwick I was sad to hear I missed seeing Mr. the at Friday night’s event. He’s one of my time teachers that made a huge impact on him send at Country School and I’d love to kend. a note. Thank you again for this wee how of Saturday was a perfect reminder munity. special NCCS is as a school and com ’06 es Best, Caleigh Forb AGE. TO KEEP IN (EDITOR’S NOTE: WE PASSED ALONG YOUR MESS COUNTRY YOUR OF ALL AND — ERS TEACH ER TOUCH WITH FORM L’S ALUMNI PAGE SCHOOL FRIENDS — PLEASE VISIT THE SCHOO I AND FOLLOW ON THE WEBSITE: COUNTRYSCHOOL.NET/ALUMN US ON SOCIAL MEDIA.)
ork in w d r a h r u o y f o ll Thank you for a o-day w t ic t s a t n a f a r putting togethe so much s a w e r e h T . t s e f NCCS love at one h t , ts n e t e h t r e d positive energy un ey might take flight. t th would have though g me of how special mindin Thank you for re hool. e sc it is to work at th —Pat Grace
The ener gy and su pport las t night w mind-bog as gling. Th e represe ntation of so many d ifferent constitue ncies was amazing! So many o f our old friends c from dista ame nces and hadn’t bee n to NCCS for years . It show s what so rt of loya they feel lty to NCCS, for the sc hool and the launc for h it gave our kids and many previous generatio ns. Thank you so mu for your ch hard wor k- it trul y paid of f— and it wa s also FU N! All the b est, with gratitude , Beth and Arthur G olden
Sally and I were overwhelmed by the splendor (as well as meticulous nial … organization) of the recent centen What a party it was. We had a wonderful time, especially on Friday evening when we saw so many “old time” former colleagues, many of whom we hadn’t seen in decades. The tune film (Audentes Fortuna Juvat: For t, fec Favors the bold) was pitch per an accomplishment I have come to . appreciate with experience. Bravo Congratulations on a huge success! Cheers, Nick Thacher
… What a perfect reflection of everything that’s awesome about Country School. —John Hastings
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It was amazing to see three generations celebrating the school together. I loved seeing so many faculty members as well as school families I hadn’t seen for so long. I hope you are still floating. Love, Leslie Littlejohn
Hom ecom in g was awesom e! Th e food trucks, boun cy castles, th e 5K ... Al l were executed so wel l and people of al l ag es enjoyed it. It was su ch a great tu rn -out. Of course th e who le weekend was fantastic, but what was particu larly great was th at th e kids could be part of th e en ergy and excitem ent. —Marisa Di Bias io
What a fine production you have put out! I have read through so many of the prof iles in
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ed by the m l e h w r e v o s I wa y night’s a id r F t a e c a ttendan s filled with a w t n e t e h event. T tors … a c u d e ” e m a “Hall of F d I were n a n e r d il h c My three te to ha ve a n u t r o f ly e extrem da tional n u o f r u o s a NCCS perience. x e l a n io t a c u ed enna —Betsy McK
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st — catching up on the Erdmanns; John, a cla ssmate, and Judy with her striking red hair that lit up the bus when she climbed aboard. I think we all knew that Hedrick Smith and Ted Hoagland would make the ir mark. But best of all is reading about so many of the younger inclusions who are accomplishing important work in this world! With all good wishes to you as NCCS celebrates its 100th annivers ary, Dorcas Eason MacClintock ’47
Congrats on a most memorable evening!!! —Kiki Sweigart
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I wanted to say th ank you an d congratu on th e marvelous events of last weeken d. Wlations a celebration! Th e fa culty an d alumni event hat a wonderful idea an d so much fun, an d was gala event was spectac ul ar. Th e wh ole week th e was fla wl ess from my perspective an d every en d seeme d to be so happy an d grateful to be one associated with th e sch ool — in wh atever From Francie’s book to th e music to th e faway. culty ch air ch oic es — it was a home run. Best, Lisa an d Tim Bazemore
people came up I cannot tell you how many pump ed they were. to me last night saying how in Country School history. It was a magic al evening —Steven Rodgers
The weekend was amazing fo r us all. Great music. Danced & danc ed — so much fun. Best of all — so ma ny of the class of ’66 came back — we couldn’t get enough of seeing each other — and remembering — mostly mischief, I’m afraid. Xo, Diana Kappel Turner ’66
Last night was w onderful! —Tom Mleczko
This wa s tru ly an event fo r ou r co m m un ity — pa st, pre se nt, an d hope fu lly futu re pe op le wh o kn ow an d love N CCS! It wa s su ch a co min g togeth er of all pa rts of th e school — fa cu lty, staff, ne w fa milie s, pa st stu de nt s, th eir fa milie s, cu rre nt fa milie s, dogs, pa st dogs , pa st fa cu lty. Ve ry cool. — M arik o an d M att LeBa ron
… Look what these kids end up doing in life! Just terrific!! —Dick Sc hlesinger (referring to 100 Faces of Country Sc hool)
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Thank you to those who so generously gave of their time and talents over the past two years to ensure that the Centennial Weekend and all of the events leading up to it were a success.
CENTENNIAL YEAR TRI-CHAIRS Julie Halloran P’12, ’12, ’13, ’16 Topsy Post ’66, Former Faculty; P’95, ’00 Gigi Brush Priebe ’74; P’03, ’06, ’08
CENTENNIAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE Tim Bazemore, Former Head of School; P’13 Gail Bindley-Taylor P’07 Melanie Blandon P’12, ’14 Steve Bloom ’03 Lyn Bremer Chivvis ’60, Former Staff; P’86, ’89, ’96 Amy Cholnoky, Former Faculty; P’00, ’03, ’05 Amy Chan Downer ’72; P’03, ’03, ’04 Ted Fiske P’84 Stephen Gamble P’92, ’94 Bob Gibbons P’86, ’88, ’94; GP’17, ’18, ’21, ’23, ’26 Beth Golden P’90, ’94, ’98; GP’22, ’26 Tony Grassi P’87, ’90 Terry Gumz, Director of Advancement Francie Irvine, Former Assistant Head of School Jill Iscol P’94, ’96 Elizabeth Kontulis P’04, ’07, ’12, ’18 Bill Laverack P’03, ’07, ’08, ’11 Lenesa Leana, Former Assistant Head of School Leslie Littlejohn P’00, ’02 Dr. Robert Macrae, Head of School Mark Macrides, Current Faculty Linda Marshall P’10, ’12, ’13 Tom McGlade ’75; P’10, ’15 Michael McNaught, Former Faculty; P’84, ’87 Katie O’Brien P’73, ’74, ’78, ’81; GP’01, ’05, ’06, ’07, ’09, ’12 Peter O’Neill, Former Interim Head of School Ellen Oppenheim P’00, ’01, ’03, ’08, ’11 George Post P’63, ’65, ’66, ’68, ’81; GP’95, ’00 Steven Rodgers P’18, ’20, ’22 Cris Russell P’96, ’98
Kathy Sachs P’97, ’99, ’03 Sue Speers, Former Faculty; P’72, ’73, ’75, ’77 Jed Stevens ’78; P’13, ’15, ’17 Jill Stevens P’74, ’76, ’78; GP’13, ’15, ’17 Kerry Stevens; P’13, ’15, ’17 Ann Conrad Stewart ’78; P’06, ’08, ’14 Pat Stoddard, Former Faculty; P’71, ’72, ’75; GP’03, ’06 Charlie Stone P’95, ’98 John Teitler P’11, ’15 Nick Thacher, Former Head of School; P’85, ’88 Linda Whitton P’98, ’01, ’06, ’09 Jane Stoddard Williams ’72; P’03, ’06 Karen Wood P’07, ’10, ’13 John Ziac, Former Staff; P’86, ’88; GP’15, ’17
CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION WEEKEND AN EVENING TO REMEMBER OCTOBER 1, 2016 Committee Chairs Kelley & Chris Barnett P’19, ’21, ’23 Sarah O’Herron Casey ’80 and Alec Casey P’13, ’15, ’15 Annie Cohen P’67, ’69, ’82 Josephine and Dolf DiBiasio P’90, ’92; GP’22, ’24, ’28 Jacqueline Jeffress P’06 Committee Kate Benett P’20, ’24, ’28 Cara Burnham Herdeg ’86; P’18, ’20, ’24 Sue Mackey P’21, ’22, ’24, ’27 Registration Brenda Friedman, Current Staff Jodi Hasbrouck, Current Staff; P’21, ’27 Ginny Pracilio, Current Staff Cathy Schinella, Current Staff Kathy Steinman, Current Staff Amy Stevens; P’17, ’19, ’24
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HOMECOMING & FALL FEST OCTOBER 1, 2016 Committee Chairs Wendy Dewey P’08, ’10, ’13, ’17 Mariko LeBaron P’17, ’18, ’20, ’24, ’26 Sanny Burnham Warner ’88; P’19, ’21
AN EVENING TO HONOR FACULTY & STAFF SEPTEMBER 30, 2016 Committee Chairs Ashley Burr, Former Staff; P’21, ’23, ’26 Lyn Bremer Chivvis ’60; Former Staff; P’86, ’89, ’96 Jane Isaacs Schoenholtz ’80; P’12, ’13, ’17 Committee Martha Lane P’12, ’14, ’17 Pam Silverman P’03, ’05, ’08, ’12 Marte Small P’05, ’06, ’11, ’12 Weekend Logistics Renee Bornstein, Centennial Registrations & RSVPs Gina Ely, Director of Alumni Affairs Nanette Gantz, Database Manager Melissa Levin, Associate Director of Advancement Mark Macrides, Events Manager
SWING INTO THE CENTENNIAL 2016 PARENTS’ ASSOCIATION AUCTION FEBRUARY 27, 2016 Committee Chairs Brooke Connors P’14, ’17, ’18 Marisa DiBiasio P’22, ’24, ’28 Claire Salvatore P’12, ’13, ’17, ’20 Committee Melissa Almeida P’18, ’19, ’19, ’22, ’25 Sara Alvord P’18, ’18 Sheila Bajaj P’18, ’21 Susan Barr P’19, ’21, ’24 Jamie Behr P’22, ’24, ’24 Kate Benett P’20, ’24, ’28 Katharine Calderwood P’18, ’20, ’24 Dao Engle P’20, ’24 Tatjana Freelove* P’24 Maya Frey P’20 Lisa Fry P’22 Gwen Golden P’22, ’26 Cara Burnham Herdeg ’86; P’18, ’20, ’24
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Libby Hudson P’13, ’15, ’17 Sarah Irwin P’25, ’25 Michele Jacob P’20, ’20 Jennifer Kearney P’25, ’25 Jennifer Kurtz P’22, ’24, ’25 Whitney Lancaster P’19, ’20, ’21, ’23 Mariko LeBaron P’17, ’18, ’20, ’24, ’26 Sue Mackey P’21, ’22, ’24, ’27 Sacha McClymont P’17, ’23 Tatiana Mendoza; P’24 Sonia O’Connor P’22, ’23, ’25 Laura Parker P’14, ’17 Holly Parmelee P’15, ’15, ’19 Elena Phillips ’91; P’24 Tracey Riccardi P’17, ’20, ’25 Allison Ryan P’20, ’23 Kathryn Sellschop P’22, ’24 Kathleen Servidea P’24, ’24 Kendra Seth P’13, ’15, ’18, ’19 Annika Sotirhos P’15, ’17, ’20, ’21 Chelsea Staniar P’17, ’20 Ariane Triay P’21 Cailtin Walsh P’18, ’19, ’21 Sanny Burnham Warner ’88; P’19, ’21 Emily Warren P’17, ’20 Caroline West P’25, ’26 Tami Wilkinson P’20, ’22 Ashley Williams P’24, ’26 Torrance York P’18, ’21 Martha Zinn P’16, ’17
ALUMNI HOCKEY GAME & RECEPTION MARCH 5, 2016 Chris Bean ’83; P’14, ’15, ’17 Carl Brodnax ’76; P’11, ’16 Charlie Carroll ’76; P’16 Jeff Erdmann ’78; P’10, ’13, ’20 Peter Forelli ’82 Corey Gammill ’95 Eliza Golden ’98 Tucker Golden ’90; P’22, ’26 Anne Greenwood ’02 Benjie Halsell ’87 Jon Isham ’75 Colin Ives ’81; P’16, ’18, ’21, ’23 Libby Miner ’06 Don O’Brien ’73; P’05, ’06 Joel Post ’81 Derrick Queen ’81 John Reid ’74 Craig Somerby ’77; P’09, ’11, ’14 Jed Stevens ’78; P’13, ’15, ’17
Nolan Stewart ’06 Alex Stoddard ’75 Alex Woolford ’06 Josh Ziac ’86; P’15, ’17
COMMUNICATIONS Lisa Alpaugh P’15, ’17, ’20 David Conway P’18, ’19 Kent Findlay ’80, Centennial Coordinator; P’20 Julie Halloran P’12, ’12, ’13, ’16 Claire Hunter P’17 John Paolini P’20 Brooke Springer, Director of Marketing and Communications; P’24 Torrance York P’18, ’21
CURRICULUM Tom Giggi, Coordinator; Current Faculty; P’07, ’09 Liz Carroll, Current Faculty; P’16 John Hastings, Current Faculty Kathy Kravec ’10, Current Faculty Mary Ann Lansdale, Current Faculty Mark Macrides, Current Faculty Fraser Randolph, Current Faculty Sean Robb, Current Faculty Lauren Romeo, Current Faculty; P’21, ’24 Michal Speck, Current Faculty Carin Walden, Current Faculty Darby Webber, Current Faculty
“JOURNEY THROUGH T.I.M.E.” (TOGETHER IN MEANINGFUL EXPERIENCES) CULTURE & COLLABORATION DAY JANUARY 30, 2016 Committee Chairs Nicole Cribbins P’21, ’24 Maureen Mayer P’18 Lynn Sullivan, Director of Community Development Committee Rochelle Charnin P’21, ’23 Yolanda Coffield P’18, ’21 Tara Coniglio P’21, ’23, ’23 Pallavi DebNath P’21, ’24 Patti Dormer P’15, ’18 Amy Chan Downer ’72; P’03, ’03, ’04
* deceased
Amy Fisher P’25, ’27 Hilary Flanagan P’22 Sean Flanagan P’22 Sally Fonner P’18, ’23 Sarah Irwin P’25, ’25 Nancy Israelov P’22, ’26 Kelsey Johnson ’15 Jennifer Kearney P’25, ’25 Jennifer Kline P’25, ’27 Westy Charlson LeConey ’93; P’24, ’27 Carol Liebau P’23, ’23 Jennifer Llamas ’18 (Panelist) Lisa Mannix P’20, ’23, ’26 Gaylen Nash P’18, ’21 Rebekkah Palmer P’24 Lisa Pannone P’24 Donald Perez P’19 Janet Scanlon P’17 Maria Sette ’92 (Panelist); P’27 Wendy Siebert-Ortiz P’24, ’26 Andres Soto ’10 (Panelist) Erika Stern P’23, ’25 Amy Stevens; P’17, ’19, ’24 Brennen Strine P’20, ’22, ’23 Lynn Sullivan, Director of Community Development & Inclusion Kevin Thompson (Panelist); P’23 Ana Villalta P’18 Caroline West P’25, ’26 Maureen Williamson P’23, ’26 Paul Williamson P’23, ’26 Megin Wolfman P’23, ’25
KYLE A. MARKES DAY OF SERVICE — 100 ACTS OF KINDNESS APRIL 11, 2016 Committee Chairs Jackqueline Maclean-Markes and Walter Markes Committee Christine Barto P’23 Tanya Boland P’21, ’25 Denise Harned P’21 Brennen Strine P’20, ’22, ’23 Lynn Sullivan, Director of Community Development Ariane Triay P’21
HISTORY BOOK Francie Irvine, Author; Former Assistant Head of School Editorial Committee Tim Bazemore, Former Head of School; P’13 Mark Macrides, Current Faculty Andrew McLaren, Former Faculty Michael McNaught, Former Faculty; P’84, ’87 Topsy Post ’66, Former Faculty; P’95, ’00 Nick Thacher, Former Head of School; P’85, ’88
HISTORICAL EXHIBITS Horizons Parents Committee Lia Aguilar Hanane Airchaf Sindy Andrade Ruby Bullock Venise Day Johanna Flores de Leon Michelle Genuario Denise Gomez Tucker Hackett P’16, ’21 Monica Higuita Drew Mayer Olga Munoz Luisa Osorio Diana Revolus Oscar Rodriguez Nedra Rutherford Graciela Saavedra Akmal Vasquez
Elizabeth Kontulis P’04, ’07, ’12, ’18 Mark Macrides, Current Faculty Ann Conrad Stewart ’78; P’06, ’08, ’14
100 FACES: CELEBRATING NCCS ALUMNI Kate McMahon Upson, Author; P’06, ’10 Editorial Committee Dan Bergfeld ’58 Steve Bloom ’03 Lyn Bremer Chivvis ’60; Former Staff; P’86, ’89, ’96 Gina Ely, Director of Alumni Affairs Gigi Brush Priebe ’74; P’03, ’06, ’08 Stephanie Bowling Zeigler ’81; P’13, ’17, ’20
ARCHIVES Committee Chairs Mark Macrides, Current Faculty Molly Farnsworth, Past Faculty; P’93, ’96, ’00, ’03 Eleanor Friedman, Past Staff Mary Ann Lansdale, Current Faculty Committee Tanya Boland P’21, ’25 Ann Martin DiLeone, Past Staff; P’72, ’74, ’78 Gayle Findlay P’80, ’82, ’86; GP’20 Meredith George P’17 Beth Gosk P’19, ’21, ’23 Lisa Mannix P’20, ’23, ’26 Heidi Mitchell P’17, ’20 Katie O’Brien P’73, ’74, ’78, ’81; GP’01, ’05, ’06, ’07, ’09, ’12 Jill Stevens P’74, ’76, ’78; GP’13, ’15, ’17 Pat Stoddard, Past Faculty; P’71, ’72, ’75; GP’03, ’06 Sharon Gibbons Teles ’88; P’21, ’23, ’26 Maureen Williamson P’23, ’26 Jen Cohen Zonis ’82; P’12, ’15
CENTENNIAL STAFF Renee Bornstein, Centennial Assistant Diane Briggs, Director of Annual Giving and Stewardship Liaison Gina Ely, Director of Alumni Affairs Kent Findlay ’80 Centennial Coordinator; P’20 Nanette Gantz, Database Manager Terry Gumz, Director of Advancement Melissa Levin, Associate Director of Advancement; P’25 Mark Macrides, Archivist Moina Noor, Communications Manager; P’23 Brooke Springer, Director of Marketing and Communications; P’24
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Our Donors
Thank you to those in the community who so generously purchased benefactor tables and patron tickets or provided underwriting support for the Centennial Weekend or any of the events leading up to it during our centennial year. The list below represents donations received as of Dec. 9, 2016.
CENTENNIAL STARS
TRUE BLUE
($5,000 and above) Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Barnett Barbara and Gary Bloom Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan B. Burleigh Mr. C. Alec Casey and Mrs. Sarah O’Herron Casey ’80 Mrs. Richard Cohen Josephine and Dolf DiBiasio Ben Heineman and Cristine Russell Mrs. Donal C. O’Brien Jr. Mr. Jonathan O’Herron Jr. Mr. George B. Post The Priebe Family Dr. and Mrs. Robert J. Schneider Mr. Brian Williams and Mrs. Jane Stoddard Williams ’72
($500 and above) Mr. and Mrs. John Almeida Jr. Sara and Seth Alvord Mr. and Mrs. Morten Arntzen Rachel and Chris Baker Alice and Sherman Baldwin Jennifer and David Barnard Mr. and Mrs. James W. Bartlett Mr. Philip Bowman and Ms. Arlety Campos Mrs. Ann Watson Bresnahan ’66 Mr. and Mrs. Barry R. Bryan Mr. and Mrs. William B. Buchanan Jr. Mr. and Mrs. William W. Burnham Mrs. John J. Burns and Mr. John J. Burns Jr.* Lynne and Lloyd Byrne Evan and Jim Clark Tara and Anthony Coniglio Brooke and Patrick Connors Ms. Marian V. Curtis Pallavi and Rituraj DebNath Geraldine Edwards and Jaety Edwards ’90 Dao and Gary Engle Mrs. Elizabeth Pierpont Engstrom ’74 Mrs. Barbara Erdmann and Mr. John F. Erdmann III ’78 Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Feinberg Maya and James Frey Mrs. Lizanne Galbreath Diana and Milan Galik Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Gibbons Mr. James Gleason and Mrs. Sarah Salant Gleason ’73 Lori and Peter Gonye Bo Harrigan and Paula Kennedy Harrigan ’81 Jenny and John Harrington Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Hunter Eila and Jeff Johnson Mr. and Mrs. Bardwell E. Jones Mr. Subodh Karnik and Ms. Smita Singh Mr. David Kelley ’78
SILVER LEGACY ($1,000 and above) Ms. Elizabeth Barratt-Brown ’74 Mr. and Mrs. George P. Birnbaum Tony Downer and Amy Chan Downer ’72 Meredith and Whitney George Mr. and Mrs. Arthur F. Golden Julie and Todd Halloran Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Irwin Dr. Jill Iscol and Mr. Ken Iscol Mr. James Knowles and Mrs. Suzanne deLima Knowles ’61 Mr. and Mrs. Réal H. Leclerc Mr. and Mrs. Angus C. Littlejohn Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Murray Mr. and Mrs. Craig Overlander Carolyn and Sturgis Woodberry
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Kathy Klingenstein and Robert Miller Elizabeth and Chuck Kontulis Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Lamontagne Whitney and John Lancaster Mr. and Mrs. William Laverack Jr. Mariko and Matt LeBaron Mr. Morgan LeConey Jr. and Mrs. Elizabeth Charlson LeConey ’93 Dr. Susana Mackey and Mr. Cameron Mackey Mrs. Judith Erdmann Makrianes ’45 Mr. and Mrs. Brian S. McCormick Mr. and Mrs. Joseph W. Merrill Edward Namath and Mae Brudner Mrs. Carolyn O’Brien and Mr. Donal C. O’Brien III ’73 Nancy and Daniel O’Connor Laura and Stuart Parker Heather and Todd Raker Mr. and Mrs. Michael Riccardi Saira and Riz Rizvi Mr. and Mrs. Steven E. Rodgers Mrs. Jayne Geiger and Mr. James Rogers ’60 Claire and Randy Salvatore Mark Schoenholtz and Jane Isaacs Schoenholtz ’80 Mr. Carlos Silva Mr. and Mrs. Mark B. Silverman Mr. and Mrs. Jack A. Smith Annika and Mike Sotirhos Mrs. Ann Conrad Stewart ’78 and Mr. S. Thayer Stewart ’78 Mr. Bradley Stibel and Mr. Travis Grimm Mr. and Mrs. David R. Strine Mr. Thomas Teles and Mrs. Sharon Gibbons Teles ’88 Mr. and Ms. Christopher C. Thompson Deborah and Craig Thompson Emily and Wil Warren Megin and Adam Wolfman Mr. and Mrs. Brian D. Young Jon Zonis and Jen Cohen Zonis ’82
* deceased
1916 TRIBUTE ($250 and above) Mr. and Mrs. John Arredondo Mrs. Hayley Bloom and Mr. Steven E. Bloom ’03 Mr. and Mrs. Paul Cardon Mr. Hilary Childs ’83 Mr. Horace Crary Jr. ’68 Mrs. Ann Martin DiLeone Mrs. Maureen Donaghy Dr. David Gens ’61 Mr. and Mrs. Michael Godina Mr. Arman Gokgol-Kline and Ms. Jennifer Kline Mr. and Mrs. Richard G. Gould Mr. and Mrs. Charles T. Harris III Sandi and Brad Johnson Mr. and Mrs. Tom Kelley Elizabeth and Rab Ker Mr. David Langstaff ’69 Melissa and Yale Levin Mrs. Anne MacKenzie Dr. Jackqueline Mclean-Markes and Mr. Walter Markes BB and Dan McLeod Steve Petricone and Laura Cramer Roy Pfeil and Topsy Post ’66 Kathy Sachs and Peter Sachs ’54 Ms. Susan Sargent ’66 Mr. and Mrs. Adam Seiden Mr. and Mrs. Zachary S. Stanton Mr. and Mrs. Tarun Stewart Mr. Alexander Stoddard ’75 Mr. and Mrs. Joseph P. Toce Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Turner Mr. Thomas White IV ’91 Mr. and Mrs. John S. Wood
FOUNDERS (up to $250) Mr. John Aime Mr. and Mrs. Joseph M. Armah Mrs. Margaret B. Baylor Mrs. Susan Blabey Ms. Renee Bornstein Mrs. Willard C. Butcher Mrs. Gillian Reighley Christensen ’66 Mr. and Ms. Paul Christensen Mr. Jeffrey Cropsey ’00 Mr. and Mrs. Andre Deprez Mrs. Audrey Furber Donohue Jr.’48
Mr. Raphael Elkind and Ms. Melissa Newman Mrs. Sheila Far Mrs. David Findlay Ms. Kent Findlay ’80 Mrs. Sharon Forelli Mrs. Kristen Giacalone Mrs. Susan Gima Mrs. Anita Hayes Gratwick ’54 Mrs. Anne T. Grote Ms. Terry Gumz Mrs. Twee White Haffner Mr. Kris Henderson and Mrs. Hanna McCrum Henderson ’71 Mrs. Stephanie Wharton Holbrook ’61 Mrs. Nancy D. Ireland Ms. Frances Irvine and Mr. Andrew McLaren Mr. and Mrs. Jed P. Isaacs Ms. Alexandra Jamali ’00 Mr. Riker Jones ’08 Mrs. Scottie Brown Jones ’68 Mr. James Keever ’76 Mrs. Susan H. Kelly Mr. and Mrs. Peter Lawrie Mrs. Stella Lowry Mrs. Janecke Madsen Mr. and Mrs. Zach Mallin Mrs. Abigail Manny Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Mleczko Mrs. Kenneth Mountcastle and Mr. Kenneth Mountcastle Jr.* Ms. Margaret Nightingale ’80 Ms. Patricia Oakes Mrs. Virginia Richards Perrakis ’65 Mrs. Marion Policinski Mr. and Mrs. Mark Rice Mrs. Molly Sargent Ms. Joanna Scholtz ’03 Mrs. Jody Sheldon Mrs. Marilyn Snyder Rev. Thomas Speers III ’73 Kerry Stevens and Jed Stevens ’78 Pat and Hudson Stoddard Mrs. Kiki Sweigart Mrs. Shirley Tanner The Reverend Sarah Thacher and Mr. Nicholas S. Thacher Mr. Brenner Ulrich ’91 Mr. and Mrs. John van der Kieft Mr. Henry Wyman ’04
AND THANK YOU TO THE FOLLOWING FAMILIES WHO MADE THE FORTUNE FAVORS THE BOLD CENTENNIAL FILM POSSIBLE The Buchanan Family Christopher and Lucinda Carey Dr. and Mrs. Edward V. Craig The DeFrino Family Tony Downer and Amy Chan Downer ’72 Mrs. Barbara Erdmann and Mr. John F. Erdmann III ’78 Jane and Steve Frank The Galbreath/Megrue Family Mr. and Mrs. Richard G. Gould The Karp Family Kathy Klingenstein and Robert Miller Elizabeth and Chuck Kontulis Ellen and Bill Oppenheim Mr. and Mrs. Craig Overlander Gina and Dennis Podlesak The Riegel Family Mr. Robert Rohn and Mrs. Katharine O’Brien Rohn ’78 Nancy K. Simpkins Bebe Somerby and Craig Somerby ’77 Mr. and Mrs. Marc Tabah Linda and John Whitton The Woolford Family
100 FACES OF NEW CANAAN COUNTRY SCHOOL UNDERWRITING Mr. Kingdon Gould and Mrs. Mary Thorne Gould ’40
IN-KIND DONATIONS FLIK Hospitality Troy Haynie ’82 Ryan Oakes ’93
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SHAsRtoEry
100
your
In honor of our centennial, we collected personal stories on our website that captured what Country School has meant to our alumni and friends throughout the school’s history. To see them all or to add your own story, please visit: 100.countryschool.net/share-your-story.
“I loved being a part of the Country School community, and think those were the happiest years of my childhood. I loved my teachers, “While attending Country School,
particularly Mrs. Hall in first grade
I was going through the most
who welcomed me … and helped
difficult time in my life. All of
me fit in and catch up; Miss Tucker
the teachers spent tireless hours
in second grade who inspired me by introducing us to other
helping me learn and gave me
cultures and lands, particularly Native Americans, and made
positive reinforcement every single
the whole world seem magical; my third grade teacher taught
day. They constantly encouraged
us binary math and had us design carved plaster reliefs with
me and told me that I was strong and smart and I could do
ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics (I still have mine!). Mrs. Westcott
anything if I put my mind to it. This type of advice changed
in fourth grade encouraged me to read beyond my grade level
my self-esteem, my view of myself, and supported me during
and strengthened my sense of self-worth so that I saw myself
the good times and the bad, so for that I am forever grateful.
as a smart, strong thinker. I loved the friends I made in my class
When I graduated, I had a new sense of empowerment and was
and think I probably skipped everywhere I went because it was
prepared to take on the next challenges in my life.”
all so much fun. Best memory? The Frogtown Fair, one of the
—JACQUELINE NAVARRO MYERS ’97
most lovely community building activities ever. There has to be a link to my experience at NCCS and my career as a teacher and administrator at private schools. I was inspired by my teachers there and wanted to emulate them. I loved the inclusive community at NCCS and have sought schools on the West Coast that embody that same nurturing and dynamic environment.” —TIMATHEA (TIMI) SHAYS WORKMAN ’76
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100 “Favorite Country School memories? Mr. Curly driving a big blue van. Rabbits behind Lower School and taking them home on vacation. The playhouse in Miss Cline’s Kindergarten room.
“It’s a rare thing, very uniquely
Moving to the “new” building for sixth grade and Mr. Whitman
Country School, this family
and Mr. Abbey having something planned. The “new” ice
commitment to the milestones
hockey rink and walking down the hill to get there. Stained
of a young person’s education.
glass windows we made in fifth grade with Mr. Morgan. Fourth
I am currently raising my son
grade doing the Olympic Games. Research papers done in the
in private school in France and
library. No computers then. Shop class with Mr. Bridgman.
nothing compares to the full
Don’t forget family style lunches in the dining room with
circle, family involvement in fun events like those from the
teachers at each table! Learning and doing activities as a group.
old days at Country School.”
Friendly staff. Sports was a big part of it. I played field hockey
—MARGOT NIGHTINGALE ’80
and softball. Also enjoyed skating when the rink opened. There is a long list of teachers that I have fond memories of.” —SARA HERZOG HOGAN ’61
“The supportive teachers, friendships made and strong community. The opportunities were endless. Great teachers like: Ms. Crawford, Mrs. Jones, Ms. Friborg, Mr. Wappler
“I attended NCCS from Pre-K
(teaching us about the Mac when it first came out), Ms.
through seventh grade. I received
Pickens (dance teacher) and Mrs. McCrum (with her decora-
a superb grounding in academic
tive pins). My most favorite memory is of Sue Friborg teaching
fundamentals that has served me
us how to play basketball. Children have plenty of time to be
well over the past six decades.
adults, so why rush it? Childhood and having time to explore
Besides academics, NCCS contrib-
and play is important. NCCS helped make me a well-rounded
uted to the evolution of my self-
and confident person. I also had amazing classmates who were
reliance, independence and creative thinking. Favorite memo-
just really great people, then and now. I feel very lucky to have
ries? Wednesday afternoon detention … NOT. Miss Vermilion
attended NCCS.”
(2nd grade) Mrs. McDougal (3rd grade) Mrs. Thompson
—HEATHER WEED GOLDBERG ’89
(Beginners) Peggy Hall (1st grade). Rhythms. Skating on thin ice on Frogtown pond before the rink was built. The Valley Road bus every day.” —TRACY “SKIP” BROWN ’65
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Excerpts from the 15-minute short film, Audentes Fortuna Juvat: Fortune Favors the Bold, which was originally shown on Oct. 1, 2016, at An Evening to Remember: The Centennial Celebration of New Canaan Country School.
Coming back to Country School today, it
—Barbara van der Kieft Latimer ’85 (Upper School Math Teacher 2007–present)
always feels like home to me. And that’s a
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special feeling, to have a place where you feel like you’re always accepted and you’ll always be welcomed. That’s remarkable.
—DERRICK QUEEN ’81 1
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I THINK COUNTRY SCHOOL IS UNIQUE BECAUSE IT’S LIKE A GIANT FAMILY. AND I THINK THAT WHEN YOU JOIN THIS FAMILY, THEY’RE YOUR FAMILY FOREVER.
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I THINK IT’S A SCHOOL THAT HONORS TRADITION. I THINK IT’S ALSO A SCHOOL THAT IS VERY INNOVATIVE AND KNOWS HOW TO COMBINE TO GET THE VERY BEST.
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What ninth graders leave with is the sense of accomplishing something they might not have expected. I think it is a very powerful launching pad for life. −MICHAEL MCNAUGHT (FORMER FACULTY; HEAD OF UPPER SCHOOL 1976–2004)
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−Twee Haffner (Kindergarten Teacher 1986–present)
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“Country School really encourages going off campus and doing things that pull you out of your comfort zone. For me, that was OAT, in my ninth grade year, an Outdoor Action Trip. And we had to hike 20 miles on the Appalachian Trail and then we had to sleep outside, under the stars, in the woods. And I remember that being such an impactful experience because I had to rely on my peers to help me and my peers had to rely on me to help them. And that’s something that also someone else to help you and people have to turn to you, to help them.
−DANA MILLS ’15 5
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translates into the classroom. If you’re struggling in an area, you have to turn to
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“Well, of course, obviously, a big part of the mission was, and is, preparing kids for first-rate secondary education and future education. And that is a given, I think, in virtually any independent school you could find. What was unusual, to me, about New Canaan Country School, when I first arrived at it, was the degree to which that was considered to be only part of the mission. There was so much emphasis on being a good person, on childhood as an end in itself.”
−NICHOLAS THACHER (HEADMASTER 1979–2000) 6
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PEOPLE KNOW EACH OTHER. SO, FROM THAT POINT OF VIEW, IT’S LIKE A PARADISE. IT SEEMS THAT EDUCATION … AND LEARNING, IT’S JUST SO NATURAL HERE. IT’S FUN; IT’S ENGAGING. IT’S A HUMANE ENDEAVOR, IT’S NOT INSTITUTIONALIZED; IT’S NOT LIKE A FACTORY. THAT’S WHY IT, IT DOESN’T SEEM REAL TO ME. − Fraser Randolph (Grade 6 Teacher 1989–present) 7
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My parents are really proud that I am here because they know that it’s helped me grow and expand as a person and as a student. It’s pushing me to my limits.
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−JENNIFER LLAMAS ’18 (HORIZONS SCHOLAR; CURRENT STUDENT)
WITH MUCH APPRECIATION FOR THEIR TIME AND REFLECTIONS, THE FOLLOWING PEOPLE APPEARED IN THE FILM:
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Timothy Bazemore Steve Bloom ’03 Reid Colligan ’02 Richard (Dick) Colligan ’01 Amy Chan Downer ’72 Twee Haffner Barbara van der Kieft Latimer ’85 Jennifer Llamas ’18 Dr. Robert Macrae Mark Macrides Michael McNaught Lyn McNaught Dana Mills ’15 Meghan Musto ’16 Fraser Randolph Nicholas Thacher Grace O’Halloran ’13 Derrick Queen ’81 Sanny Burnham Warner ’88 Stephanie Bowling Zeigler ’81
“They’re instilling in these kids a really strong sense of what an education is all about. It’s not just about the academics; but it’s about experiencing things. It’s about your community. And it’s about becoming the best person that you can be.”
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AND THANK YOU TO THE FAMILIES WHO MADE THE CENTENNIAL FILM POSSIBLE
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TO WATCH THE FILM, PLEASE VISIT: COUNTRYSCHOOL.NET/ CENTENNIALFILM
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Centennial PUBLICATIONS CHILDHOOD, CONFIDENCE, COMMUNITY: NEW CANAAN COUNTRY SCHOOL’S FIRST CENTURY An excerpt of an interview with the author, former Assistant Head of School Francie Irvine
AS YOU WERE RESEARCHING FOR THIS PROJECT, WHAT SURPRISED YOU ABOUT THE SCHOOL’S HISTORY? WHAT DID YOU, PERSONALLY, LEARN THAT YOU HADN’T KNOWN BEFORE? I was surprised by the commitment and daring of a group of New Canaan parents who had the imagination — if not always the resources — to found a school that would be right from the outset a place for children to be active participants in learning. The Community School and NCCS employed teachers who believed in a creative balance of academics, arts and athletics; they encouraged students’ thoughtful curiosity about the world around them. I had always suspected, but grew to appreciate even more, that the school has been an educational leader
WHAT DO YOU THINK WERE THE PIVOTAL TURNING POINTS IN THE SCHOOL’S HISTORY? It seems to me that aside from the inevitable influences of world and national events — the Great Depression, WWII, the Civil Rights movement, the upheaval of the ’60s, the fall of Communism, the rise of materialism, the spread of technology, to name but a few — the appointment of a series of school heads who seemed just right for their era permitted the school not only to weather difficult times, but also to remain committed to its mission.
succeed while encouraging them to develop equally important
HOW HAS THE SCHOOL CHANGED MOST OVER THE PAST 100 YEARS? HOW HAS IT STAYED THE SAME?
character traits and sense of community.
The obvious changes in the last hundred years involved location
by grounding students with the academic skills they need to
and size. The Community School was located in town, and was really focused on the community of New Canaan — though there were some students from other localities. After the move
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100 FACES OF COUNTRY SCHOOL Introduction by Steven Bloom ’03, Alumni Council President In the 100-year history of New Canaan Country School, thousands of students have experienced to Ponus Ridge in 1936, NCCS
an education that challenged
became a more regional school.
them to go boldly into the world.
It grew quickly, which required
To commemorate the school’s
constant building programs and
centennial, 100 alumni were
fundraising, along with raises in
featured in a special publication: 100 Faces
tuition, and ongoing concerns about providing
of Country School. Alumni of all ages were
fair salaries and benefits to faculty and staff.
nominated, their interests spanning creative
If time travel were possible, it feels to me as if a student in
arts, athletics, education, environmental
1940 would feel at home in a 2016 classroom, and a member of
causes, finance, military, philanthropy, social
the class of 2016 would feel comfortable in a 1940 classroom,
engagement, business, volunteerism and
aside from shifts in dress, slang and media. The educational
technology, among others.
philosophy of the school and the quality of student-teacher relationships have remained constant over the years.
WHAT DO YOU HOPE THE CURRENT COMMUNITY WILL LEARN FROM READING YOUR BOOK? I hope that dipping into the book will help parents take the long view, and gain in confidence that the school has an amazing track record of graduating competent and successful young people of character. I hope that teachers and staff who read it understand how they are part of an ongoing tradition of excellence, and that they have been and are valued. I hope that any students who read it will realize that their stories and questions count, and become part of the fabric of the school’s
THEIR STORIES ARE A PART OF OUR GREATER STORY. You may recognize some of these faces from homeroom, woodshop, rhythms class, the Medieval Faire and stacking trays in the cafeteria after lunch. You may remember them from the ferry ride to Nantucket, the dunking booth at the Frogtown Fair, or from your tug-of-war team on Blue and White Day.
THIS IS YOUR JOURNEY.
culture and history. The following pages are nine excerpts of the 100 alumni whose individual stories, and
If you are interested in purchasing
collective story, reflect the mission and exemplify the nature of New Canaan Country
either of these two keepsake books,
School “to inspire students to be lifelong
please contact Renee Bornstein
learners with the courage and confidence to
at (203) 801-5632 or email rbornstein@countryschool.net
make a positive contribution to the world.”
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93 PETER BRYAN ’74 RUSSELL BRYAN ’86 SALLIE BRYAN ’80 SUSANNAH BRYAN ’76 JANE GRATWICK BRYDEN ’60 TANYA SEMELS BRYLINSKY ’90 JEFFREY BRYSON ’93 AYNSLEY BUBBICO ’97 DENNIS BUBBICO ’94 JEFFREY BUBBICO ’00 BETH BUCCIARELLI ’64 BLAIR BUCCIARELLI ELLI ’58 BURT BUCCIARELLI ’61 CHARLOTTE BUCHANAN ’08 MARGARET BUCHANAN ’06 WILLIAM BUCHANAN III ’04 JOHN BUCK ’57 KEITH BUCK ’55 BRUCE BUCKLEY ’54 JEREMY BUCKLEY ’52 KAREN NAESS BUDD ’55 BEVERLY SELINGER BUDER ’39 ANNE BUDNICK ’05 JANE BUDNICK 03 RUSSELL BUDNICK ’98 BARKLEY BULL ’53 BRADFORD BULL ’82 JAMES BULL ’58 SANDRA GARLAND BULL ’53 WHITNEY BULL ’97 TIMOTHY BUONO ’80 JEANNE WALSER BURDELL ’36 DEVIN BURDEN ’14 KAREN RIEDEMAN BURDETTE ’69 SANDYS MOORE BUREAU ’50 CHRISTOPHER TOPHER BURGIS ’81 E. DARCY BURGUND ’86 HALSEY BURGUND ’88 EDWIN BURKE III ’88 V.V. JAMES BURKE ’92 CONNOR BURLEIGH ’03 CORNELIA BURLEIGH ’06 EMILY BURLEIGH ’03 SARAH BURLEIGH ’02 TUCKER BURLEIGH ’08 EDWARD BURLINGAME ’50 DONALD BURNES ’56 RICHARD NDER BURNHAM III ’69 CHRISTOPHER BURNHAM ’72 ALEXIS ALLEN BURNS ’84 GREGORY BURNS ’84 JENNIFER BURNS ’90 JEAN STEWART BURTON ’67 TIMOTHY BURNS ’85 ALICE NOBLE BUSCHMANN ’37 ANDREW BUTCHER ’16 WILLARD BUTCHER JR. ’95 OLIVER BUTLER ’93 GABRIEL BYRNE ’14 WILLIAM BYRNE ’16 LAUREN CADWALLADER ’00 FREDERICK CADY ’44 WINSLOW CADY ’46 AUSTIN CAESAR ’65 PORTER CAESAR II ’61 CARLA CAICEDO ’94 LAUREN KIMBERLY CALAHAN ’75 SEVERIANO CALDERINI ’15 ALLISON CALDWELL ’94 ASHLEY CALDWELL ’87 DAVID HELA PATTERSON CALHOUN ’84 ERIC CALHOUN ’62 ELISABETH DODD CALLAHAN ’81 WILLIAM CAMERON ’52 ARGYRO CAMINIS ’93 DEMETRIUS CAMINIS ’04 D. BRUCE CAMPBELL ’61 DAVID CAMPBELL ’57 SARAH CAMPBELL ’95 WILLIAM CAMPBELL ’55 CHRISTINE CAMPISI ’12 ANNA Y FORNEY CANNY ’61 KATHERINE CANTY ’05 SARAH CANTY ’07 ABIGALE CAPEL ’83 SAM CAPELO ’16 CAROLINE CAREY ’08 ELIZABETH CAREY ’03 SAMUEL CAREY ’07 NICOLE HART CARLON ’87 TERRILL CARLSON ’84 COURTNEY LANE CARLYLE ’89 TYLER CARNEY ’14 JOHN CARON 4 PHILIP CARON ’67 JOHN CARPENTER ’48 CLAIBORN CARR III ’61 MELANIE CARR ’14 ROBERT CARR IV ’12 RUTH PLACE CARR ’49 SARAH HUGHES CARR ’45 CHARLES CARROLL ’76 LIAM CARROLL ’16 LUCINDA CARROLL ’16 MATTHEW CARROLL ’56 THOMAS CARROLL ’68 ALEXANDER N CARTER ’16 CHANDLER CARTER ’13 CHRIS CARVER ’45 F. THACHER CARTER ’69 JANET CARTER ’84 JONATHAN CARTER ’66 MARGARET CARTER ’80 PETER CARTER ’64 WILLIAM CARTER ’61 SUSAN HAIGH CARVER ’51 DORCAS CASEY ’88 ELIZABETH CASEY ’15 HANNAH CASEY ’13 SARAH O’HERRON CASEY ’80 KRISTEN BROADHEAD CASHEL ’86 EMILY CASHMAN ’91 GREGORY CASTELL ’84 WILLIAM CASTELL ’82 CALLIE TALBOT CASTELLANI ’99 LEONARDO CASTELLETT ’77 THERESA FOWLER CASTILLEJO ’00 KIRBY CASTILLO ’06 G. RICHARD CASTLES ’54 J. I ’71 SAMUEL CAULFIELD ’79 LAWRENCE CAVANAGH JR. ’58 JOHN CAVANAGH ’55 ALLISON CAVANAUGH ’05 ELIZABETH CAVANAUGH ’01 NANCY REIGHLEY CAVANAUGH ’68 CAROLINA CELY ’93 JEANINE CEPHAS ’98 PETER CEROW ’82 ROBERT CEROW ’85 GRETCHEN RORICK CERVANTES 6 QUEENIE CHAN ’06 CARLOTTA CRISSEY CHANDLER ’57 CASEY CHANLER ’14 ALISON BENUSIS CHANNER ’87 JEAN BRIGHAM CHANT ’79 MARY BROWNE CHARBONNEAU ’48 AUDREY CHARLSON ’85 AUDREY HOLDEN CHARLSON ’63 JONATHAN CHARLSON ’87 MAXIMILIAN CHERMAYEFF EFF ’14 DANIEL CHILDS ’50 FREDERICK CHILDS ’72 HILARY CHILDS ’83 NICHOLAS CHILDS ’73 SAMUEL CHILDS ’63 WHITNEY RICE CHILDS ’94 DAVID CHIPMAN ’48 ROBERT CHIPMAN ’46 LATHA CHIRUNOMULA ’93 CHRISTOPHER CHIVVIS ’86 DANA CHIVVIS ’96 DEVON CHIVVIS ’89 HIVVIS ’60 JOHN CHOATE ’78 JOHN CHOLNOKY ’00 KATHARINE CHOLNOKY ’03 ROBERT CHOLNOKY ’05 LINDSEY WHITTON CHRIST ’98 PETER CHRISTENSEN ’10 GILLIAN REIGHLEY CHRISTENSEN ’66 ERIK CHRISTMAN ’85 ALLISON CHRISTOPHER ’10 CATHERINE CHRISTOPHER ’10 EMILY WILLIAM CHRISTOPHER ’09 BENJAMIN CHUCHINSKY ’04 NATALYA CHUCHINSKY ’05 ELISE GRANT CIESLAK ’58 MARY CIPOLLA ’88 NICHOLAS CIPOLLA ’92 CEREN CITAK ’11 LILY CITRIN ’10 THEODORE CITRIN ’05 CAROLINE CLARK ’08 CHAPIN CLARK ’13 ELIZABETH CLARK ’93 GENIENE CLARK ’12 JOHN CLARK JR. ’44 MARGARET BARKER CLARK ’66 PAM JENNINGS CLARK ’77 SIOBHAN CLARK ’16 SUSAN BRUSH CLARK ’65 WILLIAM CLARK JR. ’67 ANNE RIENECKE CLARKE ’53 HENRY CLARKE ’12 PATRICIA SLAUGHTER CLARKE ’47 TAYLOR CLARKE ’05 WILLIAM USTO CLARO ’11 GEORGE CLAUSEN ’58 JOHN CLAUSEN ’62 FRANK CLEARY ’63 WARD CLEARY ’59 ANN CLEMENTS ’77 MATTHEW CLEMENTS ’67 SOLON CLEMENTS ’64 CARTER SELLWOOD CLEVELAND ’46 HERVEY CUTHRELL CLINARD ’39 ALLISON CLOPTON ’06 MARGARET RIEGEL ARET MARKS CLUCERU ’66 TUCKER CLUETT ’99 JAMES COBURN ’99 TIMOTHY COBURN ’93 ELISABETH COCHRAN ’97 LEE COCHRAN ’02 K.P. SCHIRMER COCHRANE ’64 CATHERINE CODY ’55 STEPHEN COENEN ’74 ELAINE ABBOTT COFFEY ’67 KATHLEEN NAGLE COFFEY ’83 ANN ’44 ROCHENELLE COFFY ’10 DAVID COGGESHALL ’91 ETHEL DUCEY COGGESHALL ’58 COLIN COHANE ’94 AMY COHEN ’05 ANDREW COHEN ’02 DANIEL COHEN ’67 GORDON COHEN ’01 HILARY NOLAN COHEN ’87 JAMES COHEN ’69 JORDAN COHEN ’96 SCOTT COHEN ’98 BRYAN COLEMAN ’68 MICHAEL COLHOUN ’67 RICHARD COLHOUN ’63 RICHARD COLLIGAN ’01 ROBERT COLLIGAN ’02 CLAIRE COLLINS ’15 TED COLLINS ’70 WILLIAM J. COMYNS ’16 CYNTHIA CONKLIN ’65 IAN CONNELLY ’13 GEORGIA CONNICK ’11 SARA KATE CONNICK ’13 KATHERINE CONNOLLY ’04 99 HAYDEN CONNOR JR. ’51 WALTER CONNOR ’53 BRETT CONNORS ’08 CAMPBELL CONNORS ’14 KATALINA CONNORS ’13 MATTHEW CONNORS ’06 WILLIAM CONNORS III ’09 GRACE CONSOLI ’15 OLIVIA CONSOLI ’12 MATTHEW CONTINO ’10 ABIGAIL CONWAY ’14 PETER CONZE III ’85 ALEXANDER COOKE ’92 DOROTHY PIERPONT COOPER ’64 WILLIAM COPELAND ’90 SARAH VOSS COPPELLI ’86 JOSEPH COPPO ’97 BEVERLY MITCHELL CORBETT ’57 K. HADLEY CORNELL ’94 HEIDI DAHNKE CORNELL ’85 NOALL CORNWELL ’49 MME CATHERINE BOISSONNAS COSTE ’52 . ROBERT COTTER ’98 LAUREN COTTER ’00 JAMES COTTONE ’08 SARAH COTTONE ’08 H. MCKENNEY COUDERT ’78 JOHN COUGHLIN ’02 ANDREA COUSINS ’56 JOHN COUTTS JR. ’86 MARGARET HOBBS COVINGTON ’47 VICTORIA ROBBINS COWAL ’55 WILLIAM COX JR. ’55 AREN CRAFT 13 KELSEY CRAIG ’04 MACKENZIE CRAIG ’01 TAYLOR CRAIG ’08 JESSICA CRAMER ’17 CAROLYN CRANDALL ’80 DAVID CRANDALL ’08 DAVID CRANDALL JR. ’77 JENNIFER CRANDALL ’09 JOHN CRANDALL ’83 MARY LUDLOW CRANDALL ’51 CATHERINE C. CRANE ’54 KELLY CRANE ’04 WILLIAM CRANE III ’53 VICTORIA FALCONER CRANE ’80 DIANNE CRARY ’69 HORACE CRARY JR. ’68 JANE CRARY ’65 ROBERT CRARY ’71 DOROTHY LAMB CRAWFORD ’48 THEODORA BERSBACH CRAWFORD ’52 A.H. CRIMMINS JR. ’47 DORIS CRIMMINS CRIMMINS ’55 JOHN CRIMMINS S ’50 BRADLEY CRITCHELL ’88 JOIA CRISS ’16 JEFFREY CROPSEY ’00 JENNIFER CROSS ’90 SUSAN CHASE CROSSAN ’70 ELIZABETH SMITH CROW ’61 TYLER CRUGER ’93 HALLEY CRUICE ’08 DAVID CULBERTSON ’00 MADELEINE CULPEPPER ’14 BRIANNA CUMMINGS ’12 FRANK SCOTT CUMMINS ’65 PORTIA CUMMINGS ’16 TEVIN CUMMINGS ’09 MATTHEW CUNEO ’98 MICHAEL CUNEO ’99 MICHAEL CUNIBERTI ’93 ANNE CURTIS ’57 JOHN CURTIS ’53 F. KINGSBURY CURTIS ’45 SAMUEL CUSHING ’48 ANN CUTHERELL ’43 NADIA CZEBINIAK ’15 BRADFORD CZEPIEL STINO ’09 PETER D’AGOSTINO ’03 WILLIAM D’AGOSTINO ’04 MARY WHITE DAHLEN ’37 HENRY DALE ’17 THOMAS DALE JR. ’14 WILLIAM DALE ’16 CHRISTOPHER DALEY ’84 SHEILA EWING DALEY ’58 WILLIAM DALEY ’81 WILLIAM DAMPIER ’71 JAMES DANA JR. ’70 WILLIAM DANA ’78 NE ’54 KATHERINE UHRY DARR ’50 MICHAEL DATER ’49 WALTON DATER JR. ’47 JOHN DAUER ’95 PAJTON DAUER ’97 JOHN DAUK ’87 PENELOPE CHARSKE DAUPHINOT ’41 VICTORIA GRANT DAVID ’67 STEVEN DAVIDOW ’83 AYANA DAVIDSON ’92 KIMBERLY DAVIDSON ’86 RICHARD ANDRA MCDOWELL DAVIS ’74 B. GARY DAVIS ’65 CAROLYNNE DAVIS ’63 DEBORAH DAVIS ’69 ERIK DAVIES ’89 GAVIN DAVIS ’86 KATE NOBLE DAVIES ’63 KRISTIAN DAVIES ’90 L. WHITNEY DAVIS ’62 LYNNE DAVIS ’84 MARISSA DAVIS-MCPHERSON ’03 MEREDITH DAVIS ’64 SARA DAVIS 70 ENDICOTT DAVISON JR. ’67 MALCOLM DAVISON ’72 JAMES DAWSON ’86 ELIZABETH DAWSON ’90 JOHN DAWSON ’96 LEE DAY III ’73 MASON DAY ’76 NEIL DAY ’83 DANIEL DE ANDRADE ’12 CATHERINE MILLER DE KONING ’63 LILY SHU DE LA TORRE ’56 IMOGEN DE LAVIS ’05 KATHERINE NI ’01 KATHY CLARK DE LONG ’55 BRIANDA DE RODRIGUEZ ’57 LEE MARTIN DE YOUNG ’63 FREDERICK DEAN ’42 HAROLD DEAN II ’80 SHERI BICKLEY DEAN ’59 CYNTHIA HOYT DEBBINS ’51 VEER DEDHIA ’07 GARRETT HANDLEY DEE ’79 MANDY DEFILIPPO ’90 ANNE DEFRINO ’11 JACK RINE DEFRINO ’13 DIANA CAROL DEGNAN OLIVIA DEGULIS ’16 CHRISTOPHER DEL PRETE ’02 DAVID DEL PRETE ’09 ELIZABETH DEL PRETE ’00 MICHAEL DEL PRETE ’95 CHARLOTTE DELANA ’11 GEORGE DELANA ’12 HENRY DELANA ’16 SHEA DELEHAUNTY ’14 ELIZABETH DELIMA ’62 4 JULIA DELLARUSSO ’14 RANDALL DEMATTEO ’80 ROBIN DEMATTEO ’79 LYDIA JOHNSON DEMESTRAL ’44 ALEXANDRA DEMOU ’95 NADIA VONRUMOHR DEMULLER ’49 PATRICIA EDWARDS DENNIS ’42 LISA DENNISON ’81 STEPHEN DENT ’69 VICTORINE DENT ’73 RUTH SWAN DENU ’51 9 NATHANAEL DERANEY ’98 AIMEE DERBES ’96 DANIELLE DERBES ’94 MELISSA DENT DESAUSSURE ’67 RICHARD DESILVER ’53 DANIEL DESOUZA ’13 ELIZABETH DESOUZA ’16 THOMAS DESOUZA ’10 JAMES DETMER ’74 CHRISTOPHER DETMER ’77 WILLIAM DETMER ’75 EZRA DETROY ’89 NONIE DEVENS ’66 CHRISTOPHER DEVITO ’93 DANA DEVITO ’95 ELIZABETH JESUP DEVLIN ’69 GREGORY DEVLIN ’01 LINDSEY DEWEY ’10 OLIVER DEWEY ’15 ROBERT DEWEY III ’74 ROBERT DEWEY IV ’13 VICTORIA DEWEY ’08 ELIZABETH SCHWARZENBACH DI LEO ’60 EMILY T ’46 DANIEL DIBIASIO ’92 MICHAEL DIBIASIO ’90 JAMES DICKINSON ’74 TAMARA DICKSON ’94 PATRICK DIETZ ’99 DEIRDRE DIFAZIO ’08 GARRETT DILLON ’88 JILL DILLON ’93 ASHLEY DIMOND ’83 RENWICK DIMOND JR. ’82 HOLLY DIOMEDE ’16 KAELA DIOMEDE ’07 LILLIE DIOMEDE ’10 S DITLEVSEN ’81 JANE DOHERTY ’78 MICHAEL DOHERTY ’70 R. KELLY DOHERTY ’73 CHRISTINE DOLAN ’81 MICHAEL DOLAN ’83 ELIZABETH DOLGE ’84 JAMES DOLPHIN ’12 KYLE DOLPHIN ’13 PATRICIA MARSHALL DOLYAK ’57 EDWARD DOMINICK ’64 GAYER G. DOMINICK ’55 JED DONAHUE ’87 HOLLY DONALDSON ’04 CHRISTINA VANRUMOHR DONNELLY ’47 DENISE MATHEWS D’ONOFRIO ’88 MICHAEL DONOFRIO ’10 AUDREY FURBER DONOHUE, JR. ’48 FIONA IRVING DONOVAN ’73 LEE SCHREIBER DONOVAN ’47 KEVIN DORFSMAN ’83 PETER DORGAN ’71 ’15 SHELLY HEBERT DORR ’77 EMILY WEBB DOSKOW ’86 JEAN SLAUGHTER DOTY ’44 DANIELLE DOUGLAS ’99 JENNIFER DOWD ’89 AMY CHAN DOWNER ’72 CAROLINE DOWNER ’04 CHRISTOPHER DOWNER ’03 NICHOLAS DOWNER ’03 ANDREA DRAGONE ’08 BRADY DRAGONE ’07 NE ’11 DAVID DRAKE ’84 SARAH DRAKE ’88 ARTHUR DRAPER ’58 KATHY DRAPER ’60 KATHERINE DREWES ’15 MONICA MACRAE DRIVER ’56 ALICE DRUMMOND-HAY ’95 LILY DRUMMOND-HAY ’98 THOMAS DRUMMOND-HAY ’05 FRANCIS DUANE ’09 MARY DUANE ’07 MAX DUBNER ’21 FRANKLIN DUBOIS JR. ’53 ALEXANDRA DUBOULAY ’09 CATHERINE DUBOULAY ’15 ZACHARY DUBOULAY ’10 CAITLIN DUDLEY ’03 MICAELA DUDLEY ’06 ROBERT DUDLEY ’01 ROBIN RICHARDSON DUFOURNIER ’73 POLLY RIMER DUKE ’78 JAN DULMAN ’88 RONI DULMAN ’95 URI DULMAN ’72 EDMUND DUNCAN ’64 GILBERT DUNHAM JR. ’87 JENNIE DUNHAM ’84 PETER DUNHAM ’66 THOMAS DUNLEAVY ’11 CHARLES DUNN III ’79 DAVID DUNN ’87 HELENE DUNN ’51 KEMPTON DUNN ’57 STEVEN DUNN ’72 SUSAN DUNN ’71 THOMAS DUNN JR. ’83 JAMES DUNNING III ’97 08 EDWARD DUPONT ’06 EMILY A. DUPONT ’00 GEORGE DUPONT ’90 NATHAN DURFEE III ’82 WILLIAM DYKE ’03 DAVID DYMNICKI ’95 ANDRE EARLS ’11 FREDERICK EARLE ’67 MORRIS EARLE III ’70 RALPH EARLE ’65 WALTER EARLE ’64 BETH RICHMAN EDELMAN ’79 ELIZABETH HIRES EDGERTON ’64 ANNE EDGERTON-LEMOS ’66 ELIZABETH EDGERTON ’62 MALCOLM EDGERTON III ’68 LAUREN MONTGOMERY EDINGER ’98 ANNA EDWARDS ’16 JOHN EDWARDS III ’90 MELISSA EDWARDS ’93 HELEN LINK EGGER ’76 RENEE EGUSA ’99 TRISTAN EGUSA ’01 ANDRA BOWMAN MORGAN EIFLER ’02 HENRY EIFLER ’10 REESE EIFLER ’99 WESLEY EIFLER ’08 MARK EISENACHER ’99 HENRY ELKIND ’14 PETER ELKIND ’11 MICHELE ELLIMAN ’76 WILLIAM ELLINGTON ’53 NIKKIA ELLIS ’06 CATHERINE ELLISON ’92 GUSTAVE ELLISON ’90 NICHOLAS ELLISON ’61 DAVID ELRON ’06 ALFRED ELSER III ’79 ELIZABETH ELSER ’81 DAPHNE WATSON ELY ’87 JAMES EMERICH ’84 MICHAEL EMERY ’77 PETER EMMONS ’38 GEORGE EMPSON IV ’00 MARY WRIGHT ENGELHARD ’70 NICHOLAS ENGLISH ’15 ELIZABETH PIERPONT ENGSTROM ’74 ANDREW ENZOR ’13
Eric Woolworth ’80 A rink rat who spent his formative years on skates and captaining the NCCS and Taft hockey teams, Eric Woolworth “never dreamed” he’d have three NBA championship rings. Though not on the court, Eric has been a pivotal player in the Miami Heat organization since he joined the NBA franchise in 1995 as general counsel. Five years later he was elevated to president of business operations for the Heat Group, and today oversees all aspects of the company from marketing and finance for the team to operations of the AmericanAirlines Arena sports and entertainment venue. Looking back on his 10 years at NCCS, Eric said the academics, athletics and friendships formed at the school “laid the entire foundation for who I am today.” But it was the three summers during high school Eric worked for the Horizons program at NCCS that had the biggest impact on him. “Lyn McNaught and all of the people at Horizons taught me more about life than I learned
“Horizons taught me more about life than I learned at any other juncture.”
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at any other juncture in time in terms of what the real world was all about.” The Horizons experience has stayed with Eric, and informed his work as a board member of Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Miami for the past 14 years and leading the Heat’s community outreach in south Florida. “A lot of what we do here I would trace back to Horizons and how I perceive the world in terms of being able to change children’s lives for the better.”
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Mehdi Akacem ’92 Mehdi Akacem still has the Navy pilot test preparation book he purchased at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum gift shop during his ninth grade Expanded Studies trip to Washington, D.C. “If there was a moment in time when I decided joining the Navy was for me, it was that trip. It wasn’t necessarily ‘I’m going to go to the Naval Academy and fly jets off of aircraft carriers,’ but the civics lesson of being in the nation’s capitol with my class had an impact.” He did indeed go on to the Naval Academy, and not only learned to fly fighter jets off of boats but today is a Navy commander leading the Sabrehawks, a jet training squadron based in Pensacola, Fla. Mehdi is executive officer of the unit that prepares new Navy, Marine Corps and allied nation flight officers from Germany, Singapore and Saudi Arabia to fly various tactical aircraft such as the F-18D Hornet and the EA-18G Growler. In addition to testing jets and training young aviators, Mehdi has served four deployments in the last decade providing air support to U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, and providing naval presence in the delicate South China Sea area. He was assigned to the U.S. Navy base in Atsugi, Japan from 2012 to 2013, and then returned to Washington for a two-year assignment with the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs’ Joint Staff. Mehdi said the academic rigor and challenge of the Upper School “definitely put you on a
“I thought more about what I could become.”
path to high achievement. My aspirations were raised based on the population of students there. I thought more about what I could become.”
Mary Mountcastle ’69 The bookends of Mary Mountcastle’s career have been in politics. After graduating from Williams College, she volunteered with Jimmy Carter’s presidential campaign. She served on his 1976 transition team, was named a White House fellow and then spent two years working on Capitol Hill. Her next stop was San Francisco for a public leadership fellowship followed by a two-year stint in public sector finance, which prompted her to return East to earn her MBA from Yale (’83). She worked in rural economic development for five years and in 1993 began her 19-year association with Self-Help, a Durham-based nonprofit community development lender, real estate developer and credit union. In addition to her role in Self-Help’s growth from a one-office staff of 20 to a national force with more than 450 employees, she was also the first president of its Center for Responsible Lending, a policy and research group aimed at preventing predatory lending practices.
“It’s not just a moral imperative. It’s a business imperative too.”
Mary has also served as the board chair of the National Center for Family Philanthropy, and remains actively engaged in the Reynolds and Babcock Foundations. She left her leadership position at Self-Help in 2012 to return to politics, working to promote progressive candidates and policies in North Carolina. Reflecting upon her fifth through ninth grade years at NCCS, she said the school “instilled in us a real sense of curiosity. I don’t remember textbooks, I just remember looking outward into the world.”
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Bradford Bull ’82 Brad Bull’s first significant climb was a 1989 college graduation trip with his father. “One thing led to another, the mountains got bigger and bigger, and the next thing you know we were at Mount Everest.” The pair did not summit on their first attempt in 1992, but three years later Brad did reach the top of the world’s highest mountain for the first time. He described the vista from 29,029 feet as “farther than the eye can see.” When they returned in 2001, Brad and Sherman Bull were the first American father-son team to conquer Everest together and his 64-year-old surgeon dad the oldest climber. Rather than focus on their accomplishments, Brad said he was proud to be a guide for Erik Weihenmayer, the first and only blind climber to reach the apex of Everest. During his 10 years at NCCS, Brad said his strong friendships helped “shape who I am. The school also encouraged a broad range of thinking, which led to more opportunities.” Brad’s “life ambition” as a climber is to complete the Seven Summits — the highest mountain on each of the seven continents. He has completed the three in the northern hemisphere — Mount Ebrus (Europe), Mount McKinley (North America) and Mount Everest (Asia). But for now he is focused on his family — including three adventurous children ages 8 through 13; his work as an architect in the Denver office of the global firm Gensler, focusing on hotel and resort projects; and volunteering as a Boy Scout leader and a guide. His rewarding experience on the 2001 Mount Everest team led Brad to volunteer with Soldiers
“The mountains got bigger and bigger and the next thing you know we are at Mount Everest.”
to Summits (S2S), which helps disabled veterans climb mountains.
Dana Chivvis ’96 Radio was not even remotely on Dana Chivvis’ radar when she worked as a photo editor for National Geographic for four years after college. She then earned her master’s degree at Columbia Journalism School in 2009 and segued to digital media, working as a reporter, writer and multi-media producer for CBS, AOL, NBC and other outlets. “I thought, the last thing I’ll do is radio.” And so Dana continued to think until she landed a fellowship with the public radio show “This American Life.” The show’s team had created and was about to launch a spinoff — a weekly podcast called “Serial” — and asked Dana to sign on as a producer. “That was fortuitous.” First released in 2014, “Serial” was a breakout hit, captivating listeners with weekly investigative reports about the 1999 murder of a popular high school senior from Baltimore and her ex-boyfriend’s murder conviction. The show has been described as “TV for your ears” and hailed as “an audio game-changer.”
“I thought, the last thing I’ll do is radio.”
The first season of “Serial” has now been downloaded 134 million times and won the prestigious Peabody Award. Season Two focused on Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who walked off his post in Afghanistan and was captured and held by the Taliban for five years. Season Three is in the works. And while radio wasn’t on her radar before “Serial,” Dana realized “it doesn’t matter what the medium is, but rather do I like the stories we are telling, do I think they are captivating and engaging.” Dana attended NCCS from Kindergarten through ninth grade. “Country School was like my second home growing up. The teachers were unparalleled. There was a feeling of community there that I’ve taken with me and sought out in the rest of my life.”
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Allison Williams ’03 Allison Williams “always, always” knew she wanted to be an actress, and she was destined to play Peter Pan. Her first star turn was in HBO’s comedy-drama series “Girls,” which premiered in 2012. In real life, the only similarities to her character Marnie are their age (twenty-something) and residence (New York City). Peter Pan is a different story. She began practicing for the role at age three, some 23 years before taking flight in the 2014 NBC musical special “Peter Pan Live!” Allison would play Peter and her grandmother, longtime Country School teacher Pat Stoddard, was Wendy. “I always related to Peter Pan, to never wanting to grow up.” Allison said her years at Country School gave her both a community and a belief “that learning was cool and that intellectual curiosity is perhaps the single most important characteristic to possess.” “It sent me out in the world with a sense of open arms and open-mindedness.”
“I always related to Peter Pan, to never wanting to grow up.”
Allison continued acting at Greenwich Academy (’06) and at Yale (’10), where she performed with the improvisational comedy troupe Just Add Water. In addition to her career, Allison is equally committed to Horizons National. She is an official ambassador for the award-winning, tuition-free, summer academic program serving low-income, public school students across the country. As an actress, Allison looks forward to more roles that will allow her to pivot between very different characters. “I want to keep making 90º turns.” Allison was recently featured in the critically acclaimed film “Get Out.”
David Gens ’61 David Gens recalls that Monday afternoon in 1981 as if it were yesterday. He was in a routine meeting on his first day as the trauma chief surgical resident at George Washington University Medical Center when the call came in. “The President has been shot.” Moments later, Gens was in an emergency room bay working to save the life of President Ronald Reagan, who had been shot in the chest in an assassination attempt outside the Washington Hilton. Press secretary James Brady, critically wounded with a bullet in his brain, and a Secret Service agent, were also rushed into the E.R. with Reagan. “He was a patient — it had nothing to do with him being president. Everyone did their job, from top to bottom, and followed protocol. And it worked.” It was only when the president was in the recovery room and David saw a TV news report that he realized the enormity of the day’s events. “I thought ‘this is the president. This is a global deal.’” David continues to practice and teach trauma protocol. He is a professor at the University of Maryland School of Medicine and a surgeon at the school’s Shock Trauma Center, the nation’s highest volume trauma center for the critically injured and ill. His time began at Country School in the little red building for pre-schoolers across from campus. “In addition to a full education, the school prepared us for life.” David graduated from Choate and the University of Pennsylvania, and received his M.D. from the University of Brussels. He most recently put his NCCS and medical school French to good use
“He was a patient — it had nothing to do with him being president.”
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Nicholas Britell ’96 For Nicholas Britell, a highly acclaimed composer, producer and pianist, writing a film score means immersing himself in the moment. “Every movie is like a different assignment in a way, where you get to inhabit a totally different world and bring a totally different style and mindset and do different research. Every movie is its own story that you have to start from scratch.” When he wrote and researched the songs and on-camera music for the 2014 Academy Award Best Picture 12 Years a Slave, that world was the pre-Civil War South. “I felt such a huge responsibility to get it right. It was an unforgettable experience.” He was also co-producer of the 2014 movie Whiplash, which won three Academy Awards, and helped record and produce songs for the soundtrack. In 2017, Nicholas earned an Academy Award Best Original Score nomination for his compositionally innovative Moonlight score, which recast traditionally classical instruments such as violin and cello through the lens of the Southern
“I felt such a huge responsibility to get it right.”
hip-hop’s chopped and screwed production technique. Following Country School, he attended The Hopkins School in New Haven for high school and graduated from Harvard (’04) Phi Beta Kappa with a degree in psychology. Nicholas scored his first film while still in college, and his impressive credits include features, documentaries and projects with the Amoveo Company, a multi-media production company he co-founded. Nicholas is currently working on several projects from his music studio in the Lincoln Center apartment he shares with his wife, professional cellist Kaitlin Sullivan. “I’m working right now on a film called Battle of the Sexes starring Emma Stone and Steve Carell, which is the story of the 1973 Billie Jean King/Bobby Riggs tennis match.”
Elizabeth Spelke ’64 Liz Spelke has the utmost respect for her pint-sized, often boisterous and sometimes stubborn study subjects. “Babies are the most prodigiously effective learners on the planet.” And what she has learned from them has revolutionized our understanding of the basis of human knowledge. It has also earned Liz recognition as one of the world’s pre-eminent scholars in her field of cognitive psychology and the infant mind. She was honored by the Association for Psychological Science for her “pioneering … elegant, empirical research” addressing fundamental questions that scientists, philosophers and anthropologists have grappled with for centuries. Liz’s official title is Professor of Psychology and Director of Harvard’s Laboratory for Developmental Studies, where she continues her four decades of groundbreaking research into what babies know and how they learn. Why infants? “At the deepest level they make sense of the world in the same basic ways we do.” And just as importantly, “their brains aren’t stuffed with a lot of facts.” Liz’s cadre of graduate students refer to her always-active “baby lab” at Harvard as “Spelkeland,” where she personally oversees curious infants and collaborative research with fellow psychologists throughout the world. The winner of the 2007 Alumni Award, Liz said she first discovered the joy of learning with others when she arrived on campus as a painfully shy sixth grader. “It had a profound impact. It was the first school at which I felt learning was fun, and takes place within this community of people who are learning with you and at the same time. That’s something that stayed with me and kept me in this business all my life.”
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“Turn off the TV and interact with your kids.”
Our Faculty & Staff In and out of the classroom, on and off the athletic fields, the stage, the rink, the choral risers,
the Maker Lab, the library, the woodshop and around campus, our faculty and staff have guided and supported our students to stretch farther, think bigger, feel more deeply and triumph over challenges. This is not easy work. It requires exceptional people who are committed to their craft and to children. We honor the extraordinary people named below who, for 100 years have made New Canaan Country School an exceptional place.
Esther Abbey (1977–1991)
Alan Arellano (2005–2016)
Olga Bacco (1960–1972)
Miss Bamwell (1919–1923)
Willis Abbey (1956–1990)
Ali Armstrong (2011–2012)
Aron Back (2008– )
Caroline Bancroft (1923–1926)
Sydney Adam (1973–1974)
Halley Armstrong (1979–1980)
Frances Bacon (1972–1973)
Katherine Barber (1953–1958)
Chester Addison (1963–1964)
Leigh Armstrong (1983–1984)
Cynthia Badan (2013– )
Susan Barkalow (1966–1967)
Leda Ader (1960–1963)
Marion Armstrong (1952–1954)
Ellen Baer (2013– )
Thomas Barlow (1946–1947)
John Aime (1982–1989)
Meryl Aronin (1996–2013)
Basilio Baez (2006–2011)
Norma Barnard (1964–1966)
Katie Aime (1985–1989)
Sally Arouet (1944–1946)
Jeanette Bailey (1977–1978)
Wendy Barnard (1966–1967)
Madeleine Aitken (1944–1946)
Conan Ashforth (1982–1983)
Helen Bailwitz (1968–1977)
Anne Barnes (1975–1998)
Olga Alaschief (1920–1924)
James Ashman (1980–1983)
Wendy Baker (2003–2015)
Mrs. Barnes (1933–1934)
Linda Albin (1961–1962)
Melanie Assid (2000–2001)
Nicole Balant (1985–1986)
Lisa Burn Barocas ’88 (2000–2004)
Jane Alcorn (1984–1988)
James Atkeson (1986–1987)
Lilani Balasuryia (1989– )
Molly Barrett (1997–1999)
Mary Alfson (1934–1936)
Alexandra Atkinson (2012–2013)
Kristen Ball (2007–2016)
Joyce Bartek (1969–1971)
Fredericka Allen (1946–1948)
Maureen Auer (1990–1994)
Marilyn Ballantine (1969–1970)
Jeannie Bartels (1997–1998)
Laura Allen (1945–1976)
Kristen Ault (1997–1998)
Isabel Ballard (1963–1964)
Miss Bartlett (1929–1932)
Rhoda Allen (1945–1946)
Donald Austin (1979–1980)
Alice Ballin (1972–1991)
Isabelle Bartoli (1984–1987)
Jordan Alper (2015– )
Reid Babcox (1973–1974)
Gina Balsamo (1999–2000)
Jennifer Basile (2001–2003)
Jacob Alrich (2011– ) Annabelle Alt (2008–2015) Alina Andersen (1973–1976) Anna Gray Anderson (1995–1996) Elizabeth Anderson (2001–2004) Leroy Anderson (1986–2015) Richard Andrews (1946–1962) Chantal Angelis (2013– ) Emily Anglund-Nellen (2013– ) Lucy Antrim (2014–2015) Elizabeth Aponte (2000–2005) Chris Aquino (1995–2006) Dorothy Arcularius (1963–1966)
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George Bridgman Steve Bassi (2000–2003)
Becky Brown (1995–2012)
James Cardamone (1992–1993)
Elise Bateman (1991–1992)
Elinor Brown (1919–1933)
Keira Cardinal (2002–2016)
Anne Bates (1921–1925)
Margaret Brown (1946–1950,
Katherine Carlisle (1935–1938)
Christopher Baylinson (1984–1985)
Anne Carlson (2005–2012)
Margie Baylor (1986–1997)
Maru Brown (1973–1981)
Dolores Carslon (1950–1965)
Lisa Bazemore (2004–2014)
Oni Brown (2006–2012)
Elizabeth Carlson (1972–1974)
Timothy Bazemore (2000–2014)
Rush Brown (1976–1981)
Ron Carlucci (2015–2016)
Jennifer Beal (1984–1985)
Viola Brown (1962–1978)
Mrs. Clairborn Carr (1948–1949)
Rose Beal (1968–1977)
Susan Brownell (1974–1975)
Susanna Carrillo (1996–1997)
Jeannie Staunton Bean ’83 (2008– )
Sarah Bryan (2011–2012)
Elizabeth Carroll (2010– )
Arthur Beane (1948–1973)
Ryan Buckley (2009– )
Jeff Carroll (2000–2001)
Lee Beane (1969–1972)
Christopher Bogart (2009– )
Alesandra Bucy (1968–1969)
Leslie Carroll (1976–1977)
Nancy Beard (2001–2003)
Charles Bogus (1988– )
Alexandra Budd (2016– )
Priscilla Carruthers (1946–1947)
Millie Beattie (1958–1984)
Ellen Bolick (2002–2007)
Jane Budnick ’05 (2012–2014)
Edward Carter (1939–1944)
Frank Beisly (1964–1965)
Carla Boll (2003–2004)
Joan Burchenal (1968–1969)
William Carter (1958–1981)
Lilian Beisly (1964–1965)
Elizabeth Bone (1993–1994)
Terrance Burden (1992– )
Amanda Cartier (1998–2001)
Constance Bell (1943–1949)
Ingrid Boonisar (1991–1992)
Lucia Burgess (1961–1962)
Elinor Case (1950–1951)
Mary Ann Bendezu (2000–2009)
Carol Borelli (1984–2011)
Margaret Burgess (1957–1959)
Gloria Cassaboon (1988–1998)
Lynn Bendish (1985–1987)
Renee Bornstein (2015– )
Nancy Burkholder (1985–1990)
Megan Castle (2011–2012)
Albert Bensen (1950–1979)
Stefan Borowski (2014– )
Sandra Burn (1982–2002)
Mrs. Catlin (1920–1925)
Alison Bensen (1976–1977)
Juanita Bosee (2007–2009)
Elizabeth Burnes (1944–1975)
Jane Caulfield (1969–1993)
Harriet Bensen (1963–1973)
Robert Bourdon (1973–1976)
Raymond Burnes (1944–1975)
Ugo Celini (2013–2015)
Virginia Benz (1969–1970)
Megan Bourgeois (1996–1998)
Ashley Burr (2003–2006)
Ruth Chapman (1960–1962)
Laurie Bepler (2013– )
Pamela Bouton (1980–1986)
Elizabeth Burrall (1967–1968)
Allen Chase (1960–1973)
Robert Bergh (1944–1968)
Genevieve Bouwes (1995–1997)
LaVern Burton (2002–2004)
Edmonia Chase (1961–1966)
Diane Berkeley (1966–1967)
Marcia Bova (1959–1961)
Ruth Burton (2001–2004)
Stuart Chase (1958–1966)
Jeanne Bero (1977–1978)
Natasha Bowens (2001–2006)
Lynn Busch (1987–1988)
Helen Chatfield (1938–1939)
Diana Berry (1974–1980)
Holly Boyer (1977–1980)
Aline Bushell (1949–1950)
Jeanne Chaville (1955–1958)
Kayla Berube (2005–2011, 2015)
Tori Boyle (1993–1994)
Jennifer Butler (2003–2004)
Dory Cheesbrough (1963–1965)
Bob Berwick (1981–2008)
Marian Boynton (1974–1975)
Craig Buttner (1991–1992)
Ashley Cheston (1990–1992)
John Besson (1946–1948)
Dennis Bradbury (1977–1978)
Carlos Caban (2013– )
John Chiavaroli (2003–2004)
Martha Bestebreurtje (1977–1978)
Erin Bradle (2012–2013)
Robert Cabot (1936–1944)
Susan Chiavaroli
Andrew Bevan (2010–2011)
Deborah Bradley (2004–2005)
Matthew Caiati (1968–1970)
Christine Bialaski (2008–2010)
Marilyn Bradley (1973–1978)
Jean Caldwell (1950–1987)
Nathan Childers (2003–2007)
Diane Bilik (1968–1970)
Joan Brazer (1970–1971)
Abigail Cali (2012– )
Hilary Childs (1991–1992)
Priscilla Billingslea (1985–1997)
Nina Bremer (1947–1948)
Ruth Calvin (1954–1960)
Nicholas Childs (1981–1983)
Eleanor Biberstein (1966–1982)
Neville Brevitt (1999– )
Eleanor Cameron (1956–1957)
Rob Childs (2004–2006)
Priscilla Birge (1957–1958)
Chelsea Brewer ’07 (2014–2016)
Jennifer Campbell (2013– )
Rupert Chinatamani (2014– )
Kathleen Bishop (1988–1996)
Jay Briar (1998–1999)
Sally Campbell (1961–1963)
Lyn Bremer Chivvis ’60 (1994–1998)
Mary Bishop (1935–1940)
Jean Bridger (1921–1922)
Stuart Campbell (1985–1986)
Amy Cholnoky (1986–1988)
Gary Bissinger (2006–2007)
George Bridgman (1953–1976)
Dana Canelli (2008–2010)
Carlotta Chrissey (1969–1971)
Sylivia Blair (1969–1978)
Louise Bridgman
Margaret Blake (1962–1963)
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Eleanor Christensen (2004–2010) Jennifer Christensen (2006–2012)
Laura Blanchard (1998–2000)
Diane Briggs (2013– )
Rebecca Cinquino (2014–2015)
Fauvette Bliss (1941–1943)
Janet Briggs (1946–1947)
Beatrice Clark (1941–1942)
Margo Bliss (1967–1968)
Kathleen Brigham (1975–1981)
Bob Clark (1977–1978)
Elizabeth Blomster (1998–1999)
Chris Bright (2001–2008)
Inge Clark (1945–1950)
Hayley Bloom (2014– )
Mary Brockenbrough (1982–1983)
Nancy Bloom (1997–1998)
Clara Brodie ’06 (2013–2015)
Steven Bloom ’03 (2011–2012)
Carl Brodnax ’76 (1998–2016)
Lillemor Blos (1956–1958)
Dana Brooks (2007– )
Nancy Blumenthal (1992–1995)
Quentin Brooks (1997–1998)
Carol Bogardus (1961–1964)
Allison Brown (1972–1973)
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Katherine Cline Isabelle Denoyer (1975–1976) Jocelyn Deprez (1981–1995) Susanna DeOreo (2012– ) David Desloge (1999–2000) Chantal Detlefs (2007– ) Nancy Detmer (1978–1979) Edward Deutschmann (1975–1977) Sarah Devine (2008–2010) Jo Ann Devlin (1987–2009) Hilary Di Stefano (1990–1992) Jennie Dietzman (1959–1960) Kathleen Diomede (2009– ) Mulery Doar (2010–2012) Joseph Dodge (1937–1944) Sally Dodge (1939–1940) Kelly Doherty (1976–1977) Andrew Dole (2011– ) Allison Donaghy (2013–2015) Kim Donahue (1998–2006) Lynn Donahue (1981–1996) Sara Doniger (1999–2000) Charles Donnelly (2012–2013) Richard Clark (1945–1950)
John Corbett (1976–1980)
Michael Dagostino (1963–1965)
Tom Dooley (1995–1997)
Virginia Clark (1936–1940)
Eric Cornell (2004–2007)
Edith Dalury (1981–1983)
Cassie Dore (2010–2011)
William Clark (1933–1937)
Sarah Cottone ’08 (2015–2016)
Chris Davenport (1966–1988)
Margaret Douglas (1952–1953)
Elizabeth Clarke (1969–1970)
Kim Coughlin (2004–2005)
Beverley Davis (1975–1988)
Patrick Downes (1992–1993)
Amy Cleary (1998–1999)
Leigh Cousins (2006–2007)
Jennifer Davis (1962–1963)
Helena Dreifuss (1976–1979)
Catherine Cleary (1939–1940)
Carol Coutts (1994–1995)
Joan Davis (1961–1962)
Claire Driscoll (1974–1975)
Kim Clemenza (2013– )
Anne Cover (1979–1980)
Kirsten Davis (2006–2008)
Kate Driscoll (1993–1994)
Katherine Cline (1944–1968)
Martha Cowan (1988–1992)
Laurel Davis (1987–1994)
Lisa Driscoll (1989–1990)
Chris Cloney (1988–1995)
Ellie Cowen (2006–2007)
Maude Davis (1958–1959)
Nancy DuBois (1950–1951)
Leslie Clovis (1991–1993)
Sharon Cowley (1999–2000)
Sarah Davis (1978–1979)
Edith Dudley (1916–1932)
Betsy Coburn (1995–1998)
Anne Coyer (1980–1981)
Jane Davison (1966–1968,
Hermine Dudley (1934–1942)
Margaret Cochran (1993–1994)
Meghan Coyne (2006–2008)
Marion Cocks (1948–1957)
Elizabeth Craig (1948–1954)
Juanin de Zalduondo (1971–1972)
Alison Coenen (1984–1985)
Hawkins Cramer (1989–1990)
Amanda Deak (2005–2007)
Arlene Cohen (1994–1995)
Carolyn Crandell (1989–1990)
Anne Dean (1969–1970)
Elaine Cohen (1973–1974)
David Crandell Jr. ’77 (1993–2006)
Harold Dean (1933–1944)
Michael Coker (2011– )
Amanda Crane (1997–1999)
Margaret Dean (1933–1944)
Nancy Cole (1959–1960)
Jerad Crave (1997–1998)
George DeCost (1925–1935)
Elizabeth Coleman (1954–1955)
Pamela Crawford (1979–1984)
Gardner Defoe (1959–1960)
Kelly Coleman (2004–2006)
Pearl Creighton (1956–1957)
Helen DeForest (1947–1949)
Lila Coleman (1954–1955)
Hilary Crockett (2004–2005)
Louise deGuague (1943–1945)
Mary Coleman (1982–1983)
Dawn Cross (2003–2007)
Dominic Del Mazzio (1974–1975)
Roy Colley (1987–1992)
Jessica Crouch (2009–2011)
Patty DeLana (2002–2003)
Harriet Commoss (1945–1947)
Kent Cruger (1989–1990)
Claire DeLaurentis (2015– )
Wendy Conger (1982–1983)
TImothy Curren (1988–1989)
Alison DeLavis (2003–2004)
Kristine Conner (1990–1991)
William Currie (1956–1958)
Timothy Delehaunty (2008– )
Becky Conroy (1999–2001)
Anita Currin (1982–2012)
Patty DeLuca (2004– )
Kristine Coombs (1992–1993)
Rachel Currin (1988–2004)
Linda Dembo (1985–1986)
Aaron Cooper (1996–1997)
Louise Cushman (1939–1940)
Beverley Demmings (2003–2007)
Jean Cooper (1972–1975)
David Czako (1959–1960)
Simeon Denhart (1983–1984)
Sarah Cooper (2006–2008)
Alexander Daglish (1974–1975)
Hanley Denning (1994–1995)
1972–1979)
Elizabeth Duggan (1986–1987) Morton Dukehart (1996–2000)
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Susan Dunlevy (1973–1974)
Molly Farnsworth (1995–2013)
David Fox (2005–2009)
Gary Dunn (2006–2008)
Hope Farrell (1941–1942)
Lisa Fox (1992–1993)
Heather Dunn (1993–1994)
Anne Faubert (1998–1999)
Gordy Fraker (1981–1982)
Helene Dunn (1956–1957)
Ann Faubel (1946–1947)
Robert Fraley (1968–1970)
Effie Dunton (1916–1932)
Melissa Miller Faucher ’91
Gerald Franco (1974–1975)
Florence Durfee (1972–1974)
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Lauren Franco (2002–2003)
Robert P. Macrae (2015–) G. Peter O’Neill Jr (2014–2015) Timothy R. Bazemore (2000–2014) Nicholas S. Thacher (1979–2000) George E. Stevens (1963–1979) Henry H. Welles (1938–1963) Philip Thomas (1937–1938) Hope Conklin Macintosh (1932–1937) Edith Dudley & Effie Dunton (1916–1932)
William Earle (1962–1977)
Catherine Fearey (1972–1973)
Louis Frank (2011–2013)
Rick Eccleston (1996–1999)
David Fedlam (2002–2003)
David Frankel (1987–1988)
Shari Garcia (2004–2006)
Gordie Eck (2004–2006)
Alsion Feen (1999–2000)
Beatrice Franklin (1939–1942)
Ford Gardner (1978–1996)
Kellianne Egan (2004–2006)
Alice Fegley (1966–1969)
Aimee Fraulo (2000–2001)
Joan Gardner (1968–1969)
Allison Eisenberg (2001–2002)
Andrea Ferguson (1940–1944)
Bart Fredo (1990–1996, 1997– )
Susan Garfield (1978–1979)
Raphael Elkind (1994– )
Elizabeth Ferguson (1947–1948)
Ann Freeman (1979–1980)
Richard Garni (1981–1982)
Lester Elliott (1957–1958)
Elizabeth Ferran (2002–)
Clara Freeman (1956–1957)
Amanda Garrison (2000–2002)
Lynne Elliott (1974–1975)
Betty Ferris (1966–1967)
Tracey Freeman (1995–1996)
Christina Garrison (1983–2013)
Lisa Elmore (2010–2013)
Marjorie Fidao (1957–1962)
Katherine Freston (1958–1959)
Eric Garrison (1979–2013)
Rebecca Elwell (1969–1971)
Lauren Fielding (2014–2015)
Lindsay Frey (2014– )
Helen Garrison (1962–1963)
Gina Ely (2014– )
Anne Fierberg (2013–2014)
John Friborg (1978–1982)
Gay Gaston (1980–1987)
Leatrice Embley (2016– )
Sarah Fierberg (2010–2011)
Susan Friborg (1978–2015)
Anneliese Gastrich (1989–1995)
Ruth Emerson (1962–1963)
Paola Filippazzo (1989–1991)
Laura Fricke ’84 (1991–1992)
Freddy Gavidia (2004– )
Jeanne Engel (1938–1939)
Amanda Fillio (2012–2013)
Brenda Friedman (2014– )
Thomas Geagan (1991–1992)
Clois Ensor (1949–1954)
Debbie Finch (1990–1995)
Eleanor Friedman (2015–2016)
Susan Gedrick (1994–1995)
Barbara Erdmann (1994–1995)
Deborah Finch (1941–1949)
Priscilla Frost (1945–1946)
Ben Geiger (1995–1996)
Virginia Erickson (1969–1972)
Mildred Finck (1940–1941)
Melissa Fryer (2016– )
Jacqueline Geist (1961–1962)
Carol Etzold (1991–2014)
Kent Findlay ’80 (2014– )
Kathy Fuller (1998–2001)
Kristen Giacalone (2016– )
Elizabeth Evans (2004–2015)
Miss Finn (1925–1928)
Thomas Furbee (2014–)
Gertrude Gibson (1968–1972)
Jeanette Evans (1977–1978)
Mary Fiorelli (1959–1962)
Jane Furuholmen (1967–1968)
Monisha Gibson (2004–2007)
Myra Evans (1949–1961)
Josh Fischel (2000–2001)
Ralph Galano (1972–1977)
Beverly Gidley (1969–1985)
Evie Evers (1937–1938)
Anne Fisher (1971–1972)
Betty Gallivan (1941–1942)
Adelaide Gifford (1972–1992)
Marion Ewing (2011–2013)
Ken Fisher (1987–1988)
Keren Gallowhur (1953–1954)
Chad Gifford (1992–1993)
Sue Ewing (1998–2008)
Debbie Flagg (1989–1990)
Shannon Galvin (1996–1998)
Donald Gifford (1983–1984)
Cindy Ezzo (1989–1994)
Pamela Flanagan (1971–1972)
Miss Gamble (1928–1933)
Garret Gifford (1971–1992)
Todd Fabrizio (2006– )
Catherine Flint (2015– )
Candie Gammill (1993–2004)
Elaine Giggi (1981–1989)
Shannon Faella (2011– )
Mrs. Foote (1924–1926)
Chandler Gammill (1994–2001)
Ryan Giggi ’07 (2014–2016)
Lisa Faerman (1976–1977)
Priscilla Forney (1949–1956)
Nicholas Gantsoudes (2012–2013)
Thomas Giggi (1981– )
Pheobe Fairburn (1994–1995)
Barbara Forsberg (1971–1974)
Nanette Gantz (2008–2011,2013)
Maria Gilfond (1978–1979)
Missy Fallon (2002–2006)
Zarin Forst (2008–2009)
Felicia Garant (1982–1983)
Dominique Gillain (1979–1981)
Sheila Far (1995–2006)
Liz Fortune (2006–2007)
Hector Garcia (1992–1999)
Esther Gillen (1937–1944)
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Margo Gillespie (1965–1966)
Ann Haffner (2005–2006)
Katy Hawkins (2003–2004)
Ruth Hildreth (1947–1949)
Jonathan Gillies (1988–1989)
Twee Haffner (1986– )
Alan Hayes (1997–1998)
Susan Hill (1964–1969)
Erin Gillung (2003–2004)
Millicent Hafner (1941–1946)
Nancy Hayes (2009–2016)
Janet Hinkley (1966–1967)
Loretta Gilson (1983–1997)
William Haft (1986–1987)
Mary Hayo (1973–1975)
Jennifer Hinson (2007–2008)
Eleanor Glendinning (1957–1959)
Thomas Hagerty (1971–1972)
Catherine Heald (1935–1938)
Kathryn Hintz (1988–1989)
Diane Glover (2014– )
Marilyn Hague (1959–1961)
Marion Healey (1944–1961)
Laura Hirschberg (1996–1999)
Patricia Going (1975–1976)
Suzanne Hahn (1994–1995)
Jeff Heath (1988–1994)
Ben Hissam (1979–1981)
John Goldmark (1962–1966)
Irene Hale (1953–1954)
Francis Hebert (1982–1986)
Gail Hitchcock (1952–1953)
Genaro Gonzalez (2007–2014)
Gladys Hall (1941–1948)
Nova Hecht (1938–1946)
Suzanne Hitchcock (1954–1956)
Kevin Gonzalez ’07 (2014–2016)
Jane Hall (2015–2016)
Taylor Hedges (2012–2014)
Mrs. Hodgson (1932–1936)
Andres Gonzalez-Stewart
Margaret Hall (1943–1974)
Dennis Hefferon (1992–1994)
Daphne Hoffen (1965–1966)
Bruce Hallett (2010–2012)
Eric Heinrich (1994–1995)
Percy Hogben (1940–1944)
Freer Goodbody (2005–2007)
Cecelia Halsey (1955–1956)
Mary Hemingway (1966–1970)
Johannes Hohl (1945–1946)
Laura Goodbody (2005–2007)
Amelia Hamill (1986–1987)
Margot Henderson (2003–2013)
Betsy Holch (1983–1986)
Marion Goodwin (1946–1947)
Ruth Hammond (1970–1972)
Mindy Henderson (1987–1988)
Mary Lou Hollaman (1951–1952)
Andrea Gorbach (2002–2007)
Nancy Han (2000–2001)
Beverly Hennessey (1988–1995)
Patricia Holmberg (1975–1977)
Erin Gordon (2008–2009)
Elaine Hanna (1920–1923)
Margaret Hennessey (1942–1971)
Margaret Holmes (1932–1936)
Paul Gorman (2006–2008)
Linda Hannett (1994–1996)
Brayden Henry (2014– )
Marilyn Holmes (1967–1968)
Holly Gosnell (1987–1988)
Ardith Hannula (1985–1988)
E. Hentzelt (1926–1934)
Suzanne Holmes (1957–1959)
Doreen Gostin (1986–1987)
Erik Hanson (1997–1998)
Robert Hepner (1996–2001)
Margaret Holt (1944–1945)
Lisa Gould (1980–1981)
Jennifer Hanson (1997–1998)
Audrey Heriot (1940–1942)
Kathleen Holz (2002–2016)
Patricia Grace (1996– )
Antoinette Hardon (1933–1943)
Mary Herman (1961–1963)
Stephen Holzer (2009–2011)
Mrs. Graff (1922–1926)
Margee Harrington (1974–1975)
Marietta Hermes (1951–1952)
Kenisha Hope (2014–2015)
Lucyna Graham (2010– )
Richard Harrington (1989–2009)
Andrea Hernandez (2009–2011)
Cameron Hopkins (1993–1994)
Betsy Gramkow (1990–1994)
Edythe Harris (1940–1942)
Margeurite Herring (1940–1944)
Linda Hopkins (1960–1961)
Elise Grant (2006–2008)
Albert Harrison (1943–1947)
Robert Hershey (1970–1973)
Maeve Hopkins (2007–2009)
Laurie Grassi (1997–1998)
Serena Hartig (1990–1991)
Melissa Heus (1999–2016)
Joan Horgan (1975–1976)
Barbara Gratwick (1955–1959)
Elizabeth Hartwell (1965–1969)
J. Earle Hibbart (1944–1945)
Almeda Howard (1964–1965)
Sarah Graves (2009–2010)
Caleb Hasbrouck (2015– )
Patty Hickey (1998–2000)
Gillian Howard (2012–2014)
Susan Greeley (1968–1969)
Jodi Hasbrouck (2007– )
Melvin Hickman (1986–1987)
Henriette Howard (1960–1961)
Margaret Green (1968–1971)
John Hastings (2004– )
Deborah Hicks (1963–1964)
Eleanor Howe (1940–1946)
Alison Greenspoon (2007–2009)
Elizabeth Hatch (1979–1987)
Mary Higgins (1987–1994)
Nancy Howland (1959–1983)
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Trent Hoye (1996–1998)
Helen Judd (1946–1947)
Dorothy Hoyt (1943–1947)
Edith Juner (1930–1931)
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Jennifer Kannengelser (2010–2011)
Elizabeth Hulme (1991–2014)
Lillian Kapteina (1951–1953)
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Joseph Karpman (2013–2015)
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Desiree Katcher (2013–2014)
Kristin Hurley (2008–2009)
Jessica Katz (2003–2004)
Katherine Hussey (1926–1929)
Alexandra Kean (1996–1997)
Karen Hutton (2008–2010)
Susan Kearney (1988–1989)
John Huwiler (1954–1992)
Kerry Keating (2007–2008)
David Ingalls (1994–1995)
Sally Keay (1995–1997)
Lisa Ingraham (2002– )
Jamal Keels (2002–2004)
Eriberto Irazarry (2006–2013)
Eleanor Keenen (1990–1991)
Francie Irvine (1999–2012)
Judith-Mae Keith (1957–1958)
Auguste Konze (1978–1984)
Mary Lawrence (1947–1948)
David Irwin (2005–2006)
Maggie Keller (1993–1994)
Christine Kopprasch (2005–2007)
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John Irwin (1936–1958)
Damon Kelliher (2007–2011)
Andrea Kozak (2007–2009)
Lenesa Leana (1993–1999)
Katie Irwin (1992–1994)
Birdie Kelly (1957–1958)
Lorenzo Krakowsky (1988–1989)
Isabel Lee (1935–1938)
Sue Isaacs (1976–1990)
Brooke Kelly (2015–2016)
Kathleen Kravec (2000– )
John Lee (1989–1990)
Peggy Isham (1978–1981)
Robert Kelly (1969–1972)
Gretchen Krieg (2013–2014)
Kristina Leeb-Lundbergh
Tess Jackson (1988–1990)
Susan Kelly (1969–1977)
Devon Krusco (2009–2011)
Harriet Jacobs (2014– )
Susan Kelsey (1986–2008)
David Kucher (2010–2015)
Louise Leeds (2005–2015)
Hannah James (2011–2014)
Emily Kelting (1998–2000)
Emily Kugel (2012–2013)
Kristen Lefferts (2009–2010)
Edward A. Jamieson (1949–1954)
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Barbara Kunhardt (1958–1969)
Bruce Lemoine (1981–)
Wilson Jean-Baptiste (1988–1989)
Arthur Kent (1941–1942)
Audrey Kupperstein (1946–1948)
Holly Lemoine (1995–2000)
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Laura Keown (1976–1977)
Stephanie Kurek (1966–1969)
Chris Lener (2001–2007)
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Robert Ker (1977–1978)
Barbara Kutner (1989–2002)
Kate Leonard (2003–2004)
Jacqueline Jeffress (2000– )
Keri Kern (2006– )
Janet Kvamme (1961–1962)
Marjorie Leonard (1953–1954)
Edna Jeffries (1965–1966)
Mary Kerstetter (1970–1974)
Suzy Kyritz (1981–1983)
Jeanette Leopold (2013–2015)
Katy Jennings (1994–1995)
Stanley Kesskel (1957–1959)
Dominick Lacerenza (1965–1968)
Alex Lerchen (2011–2012)
Helen Jensen (1948–1952)
Ruth Khreibel (1933–1934)
Caroline Laidlaw (1946–1947)
Robin Levey (2005–2008)
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Alan Johnson (2015–2016)
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Laura Johnson (1999–2000)
Edward Kirk (2015– )
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Rebekah Lilley (2009–2011)
Marshall Johnson ’04 (2015– )
Mollie Kirkland (2007– )
Jeannie LaPlante (2008–2015)
Scott Lilley (1999– )
Steven Johnson (2009–2011)
Laura Kitteridge (1986–1987)
Justin LaRoche (2010–2014)
Natalie Lin (2014–2015)
Susan Johnson (1985–1987)
Janet Klion (2011–2016)
Helen LaRue (1963–1965)
Heather Lindman (2000–2001)
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Barbara Knapp (1981–1983)
Alice Lasher (1942–1946)
Katie Linhares (2007–2009)
Cathleen Johnston (1986–1987)
Charles Knapp (1976–1978)
Margaret Latady (1938–1941)
Laura Linton (1977–1978)
Katherine Johnston (1936–1939)
Downey Knapp (1977–1978)
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Jessica Knight (2002–2004)
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David Knipp (1986–1987)
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John Liu (1955–1956)
George Jordan (1968–1969)
Dan Kollmer (1996–1998)
Christopher Lawler (1994– )
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William Martin (1964–1992)
Jennifer MacQuarrie (2011–2013)
Dinorah Martinez (2010–2011)
Jessie MacQueen (1925–1931)
Theresa Martino (1995–2013)
Robert Macrae (2015– )
Alix Maruchess (1946–1948)
Mark Macrides (1985– )
Teresa Marzano (2004–2005)
Katherine Macy (1934–1936)
Toni Maschler (1984–1985)
Leslie Mag (1993–1994)
Heather Masino ’94 (2001–2003)
Tim Magner (1999–2003)
Appleton Mason ’57 (1946–1950)
Deborah Magnotta (2005–2009)
Pamela Mason ’86 (1992–1994)
Eugene Magre (1970–1974)
Karen Massey (1983–1984)
Kristina Magre (1970–1975)
Hazel Maurer (1934–1935)
Gloria Major (1965–1966)
Emily May (1992–1993)
Sanjiv Maliakal (2009– )
Clare Mayers (1957–1963)
Barbara Malkin (1969–1986)
Paul Mayo (1986–1992, 1996–2013)
Meaghan Mallin (2016– )
Martha McAndrews (2015– )
Cooper Mallozzi ’89 (1998–1999)
Elizabeth McCarty (1957–1974)
Dana Mallozzi (1992–2016)
Sarah McCaw (2003–2004)
Robert Mallozzi (2015– )
Helen McCormick (1949–1950)
Spencer Mallozzi ’92 (2001–2002)
Jean McCrum (1979–1989)
Nick Manfreda (2015– )
Dalton McCurdy (2008–2011)
Abigail Manny (1982–1993)
Matthew McDonald (2015– )
Isabel Lloyd (1940–1941)
David Lyons (1983–1984)
Gertrude Mansfield (1947–1948)
Paul McDonough (1987–1988)
Angelita Llumipanta (1987–1989)
Shawn Lyons (1999–2000)
Chris Mantz (2011–2012)
Will McDonough (2008– )
Jane Lo (2004–2006)
John Macchia (1978–1979)
Meghan Mara (2005–2006)
Elizabeth McDougall (1943–1959)
Gillian Lobkowicz (1985–1986)
Lindsey MacDonald (2015– )
Jennifer Marchiano (2013–2015)
Augustus McFadden (1979–2014)
Frederic Locke (1950–1956)
Natalie MacDonald (1978–1979)
Sheryl Markewitz (1989–1990)
Melissa McFadden (2008–2009)
Jennifer Lockhart (1985–1986)
Gloria MacDugall (1964–1966)
Alan Marsh (2015– )
Michael McGovern (2015– )
Margaret Lockwood (1919–1929)
Elspeth Macfarlane (1938–1968)
Ann Martin (1985–1995)
Kevin McIntosh (2004–2008)
Wilbur Lockwood (1941–1944)
Isadora Machado (2002–2010)
David Martin (2013–2015)
Jane McJennett (1972–1973)
Audrey Logan (1959–1960,
Hope Conklin MacIntosh
Delia Martin (1983–1986)
Carol McKechnie (1962–1963)
Jennifer Martin (1997–1998)
Elizabeth McKenna (1995–2011)
Kaitlin Martin (2009–2011)
Molly McKennan (2016– )
1961–1963) Wendy Logan (2005–2006)
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Mavis Millen (1963–1971)
Tony Morris (2002–2008)
Joan Newman (1981–1982)
Nina McKinney (1995–1996)
Elizabeth Miller (1953–1973)
Gail Morse (1959–1961)
Abigail Manny Newport ’89 (2007– )
Bessie McLane (1953–1954,
Katie Miller (1983–1984)
Linda Morton (1992–1999)
Joan Newstead (1945–1946)
Laura Miller (2006–2008)
Elizabeth Mosenthal (1938–1941)
Frances Nichols (1969–1973)
Elizabeth McLane (1942–1946)
Mary-Elizabeth Miller (2003–2004)
Tina Moss (1994–1995)
Morgan Nichols (2011–2015)
Andrew McLaren (2009–2011)
Ella Milligan (1959–1960)
Ann Moyer (1959–1962)
Pamela Nicol (1982–1984)
Linda Martin McLaughlin ’72
Melissa Millman (2001–2002)
Christina Muir (1990–1993)
Angela Nieto (1988–1989)
Edward Mills (1961–1964,
Dorothy Mumford (1949–1951)
Rodrigo Nieto (1988–1989)
Eileen Munisteri (1969–1974)
Susan Nims (1964–1966)
1958–1959)
(1991–1993) Gretchen McLean (1948–1949)
1967–1985)
Joanne McMillan (1978–1979)
George Mills (1999–2009)
Grace Munro (2014–2015)
Moina Noor (2013– )
Mary Helen McMurran (1987–1988)
Julie Mills (1951–1952)
Pamela Murchek (1987–1989)
Claire Norton (2015–2016)
Lyn McNaught (1977–2003)
Marnie Mills (1986–1987)
Carla Murphy (2006–2013)
Katie Norton ’01 (2008–2011)
Michael McNaught (1976–2004)
Madeline Miloro (1998–2007)
Dan Murphy (2006–2007)
Thomas Nunan (1990–1991)
Kelly Meader (1990–1991)
Catherine Mishkin (1976–1979)
Helen Murphy (1948–1949)
Guadalupe Nunez (2002–2005)
Cari Meeker (2004–2005)
Zarin Mistry (1995–1996)
John Murphy (2004–2011)
Paul Nye (2008– )
Lia Mehos (2008–2011)
Tom Mleczko (1974–1995)
Katherine Murray (2002–2004)
Patricia Oakes (1993– )
Michelle Meintzer (1997–1998)
Angel Molina (1983–1988)
Kimberly Murray (1987–1988)
Marykate Oakley (2008–2009)
David Menard (2012–2013)
Claire Monaghan (1988–1989)
Michele Murray (1990–1992)
Welby Obeng (2013– )
Carlos Mendoza (1995– )
Margaret Monkman (1974–1997)
Priscilla Murray (1939–1946)
Elizabeth O’Brien (1992–1994,
Catherine Mendoza ’98 (2008– )
Catherine Monrad ’02 (2009–2011)
Luisa Myavec (2012–2014)
Tatiana Mendoza (2006– )
Ronald Monroe (1978–1979)
Erika Myers (1996–1997)
Lizzie O’Brien (2000–2001)
Adolphus Meng (1967–1968)
Irma Monson (1948–1949)
Margo Nadar (2002–2003)
Stella O’Connell (1970–1983)
James Meno (1951–1957)
Nancy Montgomery (2011–)
Gladys Nadroloski (1953–1954)
Mollie O’Connor (1970–1982)
Olive Mercer (1975–1987)
Robin Montgomery (1978–1979)
Columbianna Nalle (1933–1942)
Mrs. Hugh O’Connor (1948–1949)
Betty Merrill (1945–1946)
Tony Mooney (1993–1994)
Allen Neill (1967–1968)
Jean O’Dell (1989–2015)
Caroline Merrill ’08 (2015– )
Eleanor Moore (1936–1939)
Winifred Neill (1967–1973)
Brian O’Donnell (1983–1987)
Joseph Merrill (2015–2016)
Jonathan Moore (1990–1991)
Liza Neilson (2001–2003)
Kevin O’Donnell (2006–2007)
Marjorie Merryweather
Barbara Moorehead (1941–1944)
Henry Nelson (2015– )
Carrie Oelberger (1999–2000)
Lewis Morgan (1948–1970)
Sara Nelson (2013–2015)
Constance Ogden (1967–1968)
R.D.B Meryweather (1950–1972)
Nicole Morrione (1994–1995)
Antonia Neubauer (1971–1976)
Edward Ogden (1999–2000)
Chris Meyer (1999–2000)
Andy Morris (2004–2015)
Alexis Newbrand (1999–2001)
Courtney Migel (2006–2007)
Carolyn Morris (1941–1961)
Russell Newcomb (1983–1984)
Amy Miklos (2006–2008)
George Morris (1942–1969)
Elise Newhall (1994–1995)
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Daley O’Herron ’05 (2012– ) Deborah Okun (1984–1986) Claes Olander (2009–2013) Sally Oldham (1982–1985) Jasper Oliver (1995–1997) Linda Oliver (1973–1974) Polly Oliver (1980–1981) Rith Oliver (1941–1942) Karina Olsen (2016– ) Paulina Olsen (1940–1977) Virginia O’Meara (1946–1947) Laura O’Neill (1976–1978) Lisa O’Neill (1980–1981) Peter O’Neill (2014–2015) Sam Orans (1995–2000) Julie Orden (1980–1981) Sarah Oriente (2011–2013) Miriam Orr (1978–1979) Sarah Orr (2008–2009) Sarah Orum (1999–2000) Beth Osbourn (1933–1937)
LInda Pfeffer (1978–1979)
Suzanne Price (1966–1967)
Jackie Reizes (1986–1987)
Louise Ostberg (1937–1941)
Sally Pfeffer (1988–1990)
William Price (1950–1951)
Jessica Resnick (1973–1976,
Patricia Ostendorf (2016–)
Kelly Phillips (2013–2015)
Bridget Pritchard (1996–1997)
Christine Pacioretty (2009–2010)
Amelia Phoenix (2007–2008)
Bonnie Prokesch (2004–2005)
Rebecca Reyelt (1985–1987)
Patricia Pages (1976–1977)
Jamie Pickard (2011–2014)
Gail Proudman (1955–1959)
Juan Reyes (1994–2006)
Alexandra Palermo (2002–2004)
Francine Piggott (1983–2000)
Barbara Prussin (1984–1990)
Joan Rhett (1962–1963)
Elizabeth Palmer (1945–1952)
Sidney Pinch (1967–1970)
Daniel Pugliese (2006–2008)
Barbara Rice (1996–1997)
Mike Pannozzi (2013–2016)
Ricky Piper (2016– )
John Pugni (2015–2016)
Brendan Rich (1993–1994)
Michael Panoli (2008–2009)
Steve Pizzano (1998–1999)
Llenell Pusgsley (1942–1946)
Katherine Richards (1940–1941)
Elizabeth Paradise (1934–1942)
Margaret Platt (2010–2015)
Caryn Purcell (1992–1993,
Van Richards (1981–1983)
Ann Park (1998–1999)
Richard Platt (1937–1939)
Cynthia Parker (1995–1996)
Kirsten Plender (1993–1994)
Ryan Purcell (2009–2011)
Karen Riedman (1977–1978)
Jane Parker (1981–1982)
Marion Policinski (1995–2004)
Romaine Pushee (1947–1949)
Patricia Riedman (1963–1970)
Katie Parker (1978–1981)
Meridith Policinski (1996–1997)
Jeannie Queen (1977–1978)
Robert Riedman (1961–1970)
Edeline Pauley (1958–1960)
Stephanie Polimeni (1957–1959)
Lynn Quinn (2004–2006)
Francois Paul Rieumailhol
Timber Pech (2014– )
Linda Poole (1963–1964)
Stephen Quinn (2009–2011)
Margaret Peckham (1979–1999)
Geneva Porter (1951–1952)
Kristin Quisgard (1992– )
Amy Rini (2007–2008)
Wayne Pellegrino (1975–1977)
Julie Porter (2012– )
Winter Quisgard (2003–2004)
Carolyn Rini (1997–2004)
Liz Pendexter (1995–1997)
Lori Porter (1981–1982)
Pilar Rabassa (1995–2000)
Katherine Ritchie (1994–1995)
Laurie Penfield (1983–1984)
Dorothy Post (1945–1946)
Jane Racoosin (1990–1991)
Felipe Rivas (1989–1992)
Elizabeth Pepe (2004– )
Juliana Post ’66 (1992–2014)
Layne Raczkowski (2007–2009)
Margaret Rizzo (1957–1963)
Melissa Pepe (2012–2014)
Danielle Poupart (2008–2009)
Katie Rand (2004–2005)
Sean Robb (2011– )
Mary Perrine (1949–1982)
Whitney Powel (2015– )
Fraser Randolph (1989– )
Adele Robert (1939–1952)
Theodora Perrine (1953–1968)
Mary Powell (1974–1975)
Taulbee Randolph (2002–2003)
Hillary Roberts (2007–2009)
Albert Perry (1982–2003)
Tim Powell (2005–2007)
Beth Rankin (2000–2001)
Asante Robinson (2008–2014)
Brenda Perry (2007–2008)
Virginia Pracilio (2006– )
Lucy Rankin (1982–1985)
Shaunte Robinson (2004–2006)
Ruth Perry (1948–1949)
Jaclyn Prato (2007–2008)
Mrs. Talbot Rantoul (1949–1950)
Bridget Robustelli (1990–1992)
George Persich (1944–1948)
Susan Pratt (1980–1981)
Ruth Raser (1975–1976)
Shannon Roche (1992–1994)
Jeff Peters (1995–1996)
Alyce Prescott (1941–1942)
Robin Ready (1982–1983)
Fred Rockwell (1941–1942)
Kenneth Peters (1990–2005)
George Prescott (1941–1942)
Byron Reding (2014– )
Lewis Rockwell (1941–1942)
Dani Peterson (1998–1999)
Lynette Prescott (2006–2011)
Margot Reed (1979–1998)
Glenn Rodriguez (2016–)
Jennifer Peterson (1993–1994)
Kathleen Preston (1957–1958)
Diana Reid (2001–2002)
Nilsa Rodriguez (1995–2009)
Patricia Pevear (1957–1958)
Marion Preston (1957–1964)
Liz Reisberg (1973–1974)
Helen Rogers (1916–1933)
1996–2016)
1982–1991)
Norma Richmond (1968–1969)
(1969–1971)
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Caroline Rohrbach (1951–1952)
Haley Sanborn (2015– )
Nikyda Scott (2007–2008)
Nanci Siciliano (1995–1996)
Andy Romaniello (2006–2008)
Maureen Sanders (1997–2014)
Phyllis Scott (1934–1937)
Caroline Silliman (1919–1921)
Lauren Romeo (2003–2005, 2006– )
Allison Sansbury (2002–2003)
Jamie Scribner (2006–2008)
Melanie Silverman ’08 (2016– )
Ben Rooks (2001–2003)
Nilda Santiago (2003–2004)
Lisa Scroggins (2015–2016)
Randi Silverman (1982–1983)
George Ropes (1981–1989)
Carmine Santorelli (1970–2004)
Adele Scull (1954–1957)
Harold Silverthorn (1946–1948)
Angel Rosado (2003–2005)
Wanda Santorelli (1976–2003)
Ann Seaman (1962–1963)
Helen Silverthorn (1946–1948)
Tobias Rosen (2016– )
Yasmin Santos (2015–2016)
Emily Sedgwick (1940–1946)
Arthur Simm (1941–1942)
Day Rosenberg (2012– )
Priscilla Sanville (1966–1967)
Shastin Seeley (1999–2000)
Melissa Simonds (1985–1986)
James Rosenberg (1968–1970)
Maia Sapanski (2011–2012)
Eleanor Seemar (1950–1951)
Jeanne Simons (2012–2013)
Kirsten Rosolen (1996– )
Emily Satterwhite (1995–1996)
Joseph Sefcik (1940–1941)
Chris Simonsen (1968–1969)
Matt Rosolen (1998–2000)
Harriette Saunders (1946–1948)
Jo Ann Sellwood (1955–1956)
Lindsey Simpson (2010–2011)
Sally Ross (1980–1982)
Bonnie Sawyer (1966–1967)
Kristin Semels (1995–1996)
Pamela Simpson (1977–1999)
Meegan Rourke (2011– )
Edith Saxe (1923–1929)
Suzanne Sensbach (2007– )
Gina Sinaguglia (2006–2007)
Becky Rovner (2003–2004)
Diane Scanlon (2010– )
Maria Sette ’92 (2000–2001, 2003– )
Shirley Skeeter (1968–1969)
Henry Rowett (1988–2010)
Amy Scharf (1984–1985)
Meriol Sewell (1934–1939)
Nika Skvir-Maliakal (2011– )
Judy Rowett (1995–2014)
Robin Schauffler (1974–1975)
Ann Sexton (1987–1989)
Christine Slaughter (1941–1945)
Monica Rowett ’02 (2010–2012)
Rebecca Schiller (2008–2009)
Daniel Seymour (2011–2013)
Richard Sloane (1978–1979)
Stephanie Royal (2012–2014)
Cathy Schinella (2011– )
Linda Shackelford (1979–2011)
Abigail Smith (1987–1988)
Karen Rubens (1981–1982)
Valerie Schirmer (1996– )
Milda Shackett (1972–1974)
Agneta Smith (1973–2006)
Jill Rubinstein (1988–1989)
Nancy Schlechtweg (1946–1948)
Sarah Shannon (2014– )
Beulah Smith (1946–1947)
Josephine Rudd (1941–1946)
Jeanne Schloss (1967–1969)
Elizabeth Shaper (1959–1962)
Chester Smith (1953–1966)
Roswell Rudd (1936–1946)
Dorie Schmidt (1966–1967)
Elizabeth Sharpe ’01 (2008–2009)
Diane Smith (2001–2002)
Rebecca Rueppel (1998–1999)
Edith Schmidt (1951–1973)
Erin Shaw (1993–1994)
Emily Smith ’02 (2011–2012)
Jan Ruhloff (1985–1988)
Gertrude Schmitt (1962–1966)
Anthony Shays (1962–1976)
Holly Smith (1996–1997)
Kyle Runyon (1965–1969)
Maryel Schneider (1997–1998)
Elizabeth Shays (1963–1964)
James Smith (1979–1985)
Caroline Rupp (1930–1937)
Mary-Ann Schoenberg (1940–1942)
Kelly Sheehan (2014– )
Jane Smith (1950–1951)
Gail Rutherford (1989–1991)
Christine Scholtz (2001–2011)
Amy Sheiber (1991–1992)
Linda Smith (1985–1993)
Anne Rutter (1975–1976)
Julia Scholtz (2009–2011)
Gilbert Sheldon (1938–1939)
Marian Smith (1947–1949)
Melissa Ryan-Knowlton (2012– )
Emily Schoonmaker (2015–2016)
Jody Sheldon (1995– )
Martha Smith (1933–1937)
Elaine Sabsels (1989–1990)
Katy Schorling (2001–2002)
Lee Sheldon (2012–2013)
Muriel Smith (1964–1976)
Edith Sachs (1922–1926)
Elsa Schreiber (1940–1946)
Katherine Sherwin (1994–2015)
Patricia Smith (1953–1959)
Carmen Saenz (2015– )
Lisa Schultz (2014– )
Pamela Shilling (2000–2004)
Peter Smith (1973–1976)
Pamela Safford (2016– )
Edward Schultze (1975–1976)
Julie Shiner (1970–1972)
Taylor Smith (2012–2013)
Carolyn Safir (2002–2005)
Elizabeth Schwartz (1980–1981)
Estelle Shutes (1919–1922)
Valerie Smith (1975–1976)
Katie Salisbury (1999–2000)
Ella Schwarzer (1957–1959)
Jessie Shutes (1919–1922)
Clark Smyth (2000–2001)
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Mary Snow (1988–1989)
Lynne Stack (2002–2004)
Alice Stewart (1952–1954)
Margaret Thorne (1935–1941)
Jessica Snyder (2005–2010)
Nicole Stadler (1997–1998)
Wendell Stickney (1981–1991)
Tom Thorpe (2003–2007)
Susan Socci (1993–2008)
Jessie Stahl (1938–1940)
Lilla Stirling (1937–1940)
Christine Throckmorton
Martha Soderberg (1959–1960)
Bradley Starr (2011–2012)
Frances Stites (1950–1955)
Nell Solley (2002–2003)
Marilyn Starr (1981–2004)
Sally Stockton (1989–1990)
Emma Thurton (1949–2000)
Ginger Soper (1966–1968)
Nicole Start (2002–2003)
Patricia Stoddard (1968–1978)
Debbie Thyng (1977–1978)
Mary Soper (1969–1970)
Nancy Stawarky (1998–2000)
David Stoller (1982– )
Chris Tillson (2004–2006)
Tracy Spain (1998– )
Leah Stein (1998–1999)
Emily Stopford (1946–1949)
Helen Tingetts (1948–1968)
Leslie Spalding (2014–2015)
Kathleen Steinman (2014– )
W. Almon Stopford (1947–1949)
Helen E. Tingetts (1954–1958)
Rita Spampinato (1981–1998)
Alice Stephens (1964–1974)
Elise Storm (1965–1966)
Caroline Tocci (2013–2014)
Blaire Spaulding (2012–2013)
Bonnie Stephens (1958–1974)
Kristen Storm (1983–1984)
Alexa Tonkovich (2004–2005)
Elizabeth Spears (1990–1991)
William Stephenson (1951–1955)
Maya Suazo (1988–1989)
Jane Torrence (2007–2010)
Michal Speck (1986– )
Virginia Sterling (1942–1943)
Andrew Sudano (2010–2011)
Jo Tortorici (1978–1982)
Rachel Spector ’01 (2010–2012)
Josh Stern (1997–1998)
Peg Suhanousky (1963–1978)
Mary Toscanos (1969–1970)
Susan Speers (1966–1992)
Amy Stevens (2014– )
Kate Sullivan (2011–2012)
Steven Tower (1970–1971)
Dixie Spooner (1964–1968)
Elmer Stevens (1965–1980)
Lynn Sullivan (2013– )
Dorothy Towne (1943–1946)
Jules Spotts (1978–2009)
George Stevens (1963–1979)
Mrs. Sullivan (1918–1920)
Karen Tracy (1988–1989)
Louise Hobbs Sprague (1936–1938)
Jean Stevens (1995– )
Marian Sutherland (1930–1937)
Susan Tranbaugh (2007–2008)
Monique Sprayregen (1961–1963)
Kerry Stevens (2014– )
Hoover Sutton (1964–1973)
Mary Trask (1945–1948)
Brooke Springer (2012– )
Anne Stevenson (2001–2003)
Lucile Swallow (1946–1957)
Caren Travaglini (2005–2006)
Jonathan Sprole (1972–1973)
Emily Stevenson (1942–1944)
William Swallow (1944–1954)
Melanie Tremesani ’08 (2015–2016)
Candy Sweeney (1988–1993)
Susan Treutle (1940–1941)
Jean Sweigart (1975–1994)
Meredith Tripp (1981–1984)
PRESIDENTS OF THE PARENTS’ ASSOCIATION
Jared Synnestvedt (1966–2009)
Marion Troy (1983–2002)
Lisa Alpaugh (2016–2017) Sanny Burnham Warner ’88 (2015–2016) Lynne Byrne (2014–2015) Julie Halloran (2011–2014) Heather Raker (2009–2011) Bethany Zaro (2008–2009) Marie Casey (2006–2008) Terri Connors (2004–2006) Cindy Carey (2001–2004) Susan Cotter (1998–2001) Susan Ambrecht (1996–1998) Arlene Bubbico (1993–1996) Patricia Oakes (1990–1993) Katherine Edwards (1990–1991) Inta Adams (1988–1990) Nancy DeFilippo (1986–1988) Jane Wappler (1984–1986) Susan Blabey (1982–1984) Jean May (1980–1982) Jane Crandall (1978–1980) Carol Webb (1976–1978) Toni Woolworth (1974–1976) Libby Isham (1972–1974) Julie Dent (1970–1972) Anne MacKenzie (1968–1970) Sonsie Overlock (1966–1968) Hope Ford (1964–1966) Diana Caron (1962–1964) Janet Lanman (1960–1962)
Barbara Tankus (1952–1953)
Amanda Trujillo (2006–2008)
Gretchen Tapscott (1985–1987,
James Trusty (1998–2007)
Mrs. Oscar A. deLima (1959–1960) Mrs. Joseph M. Viertel (1958–1959) Mrs. Richard Salant (1957–1958) Mrs. Luther Loomis (1956–1957) Mrs. W. Lawrence McLane (1955–1956) Mrs. Albert J. Bergfeld (1954–1955) Mrs. Marshall Rawle (1953–1954) Mrs. Benton H. Grant (1952–1953) Mrs. David S. Lapham (1951–1952) Mrs. Edwin C. Laird (1950–1951) Mrs. Howard J. Sachs (1949–1950) Mrs. John D. C. Towne Jr. (1948–1949) Mrs. Alfred Weld (1947–1948) Mrs. Sturtevant Erdmann (1946–1947) Mrs. Charles Winship (1944–1946) Mrs. Richard Sellwood (1942–1944) Mrs. Graham Hoyt (1941–1942) Mrs. Arthur M. Hughes (1939–1940) Mrs. Kenneth Walser (1938–1939) Mr. Leslie B. Young (1936–1937) Mr. Robert B. Sewell (1933–1936)
(1987–1988)
1989–1995, 2003– )
Barbara Tuccio (1980–1981)
Melissa Tate (2004–2006)
Brucie Tucker (1966–1981)
Elizabeth Taylor (2004– )
Joan Tully (1978–1981)
Elizabeth Taylor (1949–1951)
Nick Tuozzolo (1994–1995)
Gaye Taylor (1967–1968)
Amy Turner (1999–2002)
Hugh Taylor (1973–1974)
Nancy Turner (1936–1940)
Julie Taylor (1992–1994)
Jane Tuthill (1961–1962)
Matthew Taylor (2000–2015)
Beverly Tyler (1960–1962)
Nicholas Thacher (1979–2000)
Andrew Tyson (2013– )
Cynthia Thom (2011– )
Dorothy Upton 1937–1946)
Charlotte Blair Thomas (1990–1991)
Tiffany Urban (1994–1995)
Cleveland Thomas (1938–1939)
Janice Ustogen (2002–2006)
Dana Thomas (2014– )
Giovanna Valdivia (2015– )
Josephine Thomas (1951–1953)
Laurie Valentine (1953–1954)
Linda Thomas (1996–1997)
Daniel Vallejos (2007–2008)
Philip Thomas (1937–1938)
Michele van der Kieft (1984–1988)
Elizabeth Thompson (1938–1939)
Colleen Van Hoven (1964–1965)
Kevin Thompson (2015– )
Anna Van Munching (2015–2016)
Marion Thompson (1983–1986)
Judith Vander Veer (1977–1986)
Michele Thompson (1994–1995)
Etta Varga (1968–1969)
Richie Thompson (1980–2006)
Dawn Vazzana (1986–1990)
Shirley Thompson (1993–2001)
Julie Veal (1988–1989)
Webb Thompson ’91 (1998–1999)
Eva Verduzco (2012–2014)
William Huntington Thompson
Eleanor Vermillion (1947–1961)
(1937–1939)
Nicole Victor (2007–2014)
Eleanor Thornblade (1954–1967)
Francie Vietmeyer (1978–2004)
Elizabeth Thorne (1973–1974)
Grisel Villavicencio (1997–1999)
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Michael Virgilio (1955–1963)
Betty Wharlon (1953–1955)
Jessica Williams (2004–2006)
Wiliam Wylie (1931–1939)
Erin Visconti (2014–2015)
Elizabeth Wharton (1950–1951)
Lauren Williams (2016– )
Alice Wyman (2011–2014)
Guy Vitalis (1949–1953)
Erin Wheeler (2002–2003)
Louis Williams (1963–1964)
Hank Wyman ’04 (2011–2012)
Cyndi Vitti (1999– )
Rachel Whilby (2007–2008)
Sharon Williams (1984–1989)
Yinning Yao (2007–2014)
Glenn Vivian (1984–1985)
Claire Whipple (2010–2012)
William Williams (2005– )
Wendy Yoshino (1998–1999)
Alayne Vlachos (1959–1960)
Clint Whisler (1980–1981)
Steve Willson (2016– )
Lucella Young (1978–1993)
Lisa Volk (1949–1950)
Francis Whitcomb (1962–1966)
Candice Wilson (2004–2005)
Patricia Cutler Young ’48
Thomas Volk (1949–1953)
Ellen White (1978–1979)
Helen Wilson (1972–1977)
Camilla von der Heyde (1963–1966)
Ellen V. White (1954–1955)
Katie Wilton (1993–1994)
Danielle Youngblood (2005–2006)
Linda Wadlow (1963–1964)
John White (1977–1992)
Margaret Winchell (1974–1975)
Gretchen Yurgelun (1977–1979)
Ruth Wadsworth (1932–1940)
Katie White (1987–1990)
Anne Winship (1950–1951)
Jonathan Zajdel (2015– )
Dorothea Wakeman (1937–1941)
Mary White (1970–1971)
Camilla Winship (1938–1939)
Sesame Zamora (2008–2011)
Carin Walden (2003– )
Sheri White (1984–1985)
Katherine Winship (1932–1941)
Christine Zanchi (2003–2004)
Susan Walden (1982–1985)
Hamilton Whitlock (1974–1995)
Mary Winship (1956–1957)
Peter Zantop (2006–2008)
Courtney Walker (2009–2010)
Jedd Whitlock ’91 (2005–2008)
Amy Winter (2014–2015)
Rick Zeller (1977–1978)
Joan Walker (1971–1974)
Hugh Whitman (1954–1991)
Jacquelyn Winter (1973–1976)
Jenna Zello (2002–2008)
Eleanor Walsh (1983–1984)
Marsha Whitman (1992–2014)
Marjorie Witt (1934–1937)
Emma Zhang (1996–1997)
Teddy Wan (2013–2014)
Mary Whitman (1967–1991)
Cora Witten (1971–1979)
John Ziac (1972–2014)
Lin Yue Wang (2016– )
Ruth Whitney (1956–1968)
Jessica Wittenstein (1979–1980)
Joshua Ziac ’86 (2001– )
Amy Wappler ’89 (1999–2000)
Winifred Whitney (1946–1948)
Pamela Wombles (2006–2012)
Nancy Ziac (1978–2010)
Karen Wappler (2001– )
Alison Wiener (1980–1981)
Audrey Wood (2012–2014)
Mrs. Zimmerman (1924–1926)
Peter Wappler (1983–1988)
Darcy Wiggins (1994–1996)
Jane Wood (1944–1947)
Zena Zislis (1997– )
Reinhold Wappler (1982–2004)
David Wilcox (1994–2002)
Laurie Wood (1985–1989)
David Warner (1974–1975)
Cheryl Wilder (1992–1993)
Cara Woods (2009–2013)
Connie Warnick (1987–1988)
Bill Wilensky (1995–1996)
Jennifer Worthen (1992–1993)
Irene Warnk (1979–1982)
Audrey Wilkonson (1955–1956)
Jean Worthington (1971–1977)
Suzannah Warren (1983–1988)
Ann Williams (1945–1947)
Ellicott Wright (1954–1974)
Kathleen Wason (1968–1969)
Anna Williams (2016– )
Julie Wright (1965–1966)
Tyler Waterhouse (2009–2010)
Elizabeth Williams (1945–1946)
Lisa Wright (2001–2005)
(1971–1985)
Suzanne Waters (1968–1969) Jean Watt (1955–1956) Akiba Watts (1995–2003) Darby Webber (2011– ) Dara Webster (2009– ) Inga Weimer (1995–1996) Robert Weiner (1991–1992) June Weissinger (1984–1985) Ashleigh Weissman (2009–2010) Henry Welles (1938–1963) Josephine Welles (1940–1971) Ellen Wellman (1937–1938) Rhoda Wenman (1952–1957) Sarah Westcott (1963–1986) Robert Westlake (1976–1980)
Marsha Whitman We have made every attempt to publish these names accurately. If your name was inadvertently omitted, misspelled or listed incorrectly, please accept our sincere apology and bring the error to the attention of our Advancement Office so that we may correct our records: advancement@countryschool.net.
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A LOOK BACK
Alex Garcia-Mata ’61
Past and Present by Archivist Mark Macrides
This past fall, I attended my first centennial celebration. It was entirely fitting that it should be right here at Country School where I have experienced so many “firsts” over the past 32 years. Even though we had been knee-deep in the planning of this centennial weekend for more than two years, I realized, as we approached the finish line, that I had no idea what to expect.
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A LOOK BACK Such intense focus on exhibit execution, scrapbook and
As the process of packing up all the artifacts and memo-
photo album restoration, curriculum connections, set-up details,
rabilia continues, I find that I am still processing the feelings
table settings and guest lists left little time to imagine what
and meaning generated by such an amazing experience. I
those weekend days and evenings would look like, would sound
know that these archival items will return for future milestone
like and most importantly, would feel like.
celebrations to continue to evoke memories and stimulate
Feelings, I learned, are what centennials are all about.
interest, but I also now know that it is the people that truly
How it felt to be back on this campus for the first time in 40
created the environment, energy and enthusiasm that fueled
years, how it felt to reconnect with colleagues and classmates
the centennial. People coming back together in the present,
not seen in decades, how it felt to be 65 years old and find a
to celebrate what they helped to create and inspire what they
photograph in an album of yourself from 3rd grade, how it felt
will help to sustain.
to recall what was — while at the same time taking in all that now is, and how it felt to be remembered, considered, valued and included. These feelings were at the core of every event attended and celebrated that weekend, while behind all the festivities, September quietly slipped into October. Autumn is a great time to be on school campuses where we think about beginnings and emphasize a sense of coming together. Therefore, how appropriate it was that the centennial should be celebrated in the fall, since the event was all about bringing community together and, even though there was such a highlight on the past, the true focus was on the beginning of a new century and all that is possible for Country School. For me it was that feeling of awe and respect for the past combined with optimism and excitement for the future that ruled the weekend and generated such a wonderful sense of hope.
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Sanny Burnham Warner ’88 and Sharon Gibbons Teles ’88
The Welles Society Planned gifts are a significant resource for Country School and make extraordinary opportunities possible for students. Bequests and beneficiary designations are often the gifts with the greatest impact, and they can be the easiest way to give. A thoughtful gift and estate plan can help address personal financialplanning needs and allow you to maintain control of your assets, while providing Country School with important long-term support. Explore the many ways you can achieve your financial goals and maximize your philanthropic goals through effective gift planning. Please let us know if your plans already include a gift to NCCS and we will welcome you into The Welles Society.
Henry H. Welles We are deeply grateful to all members of The Welles Society for their gracious and generous support to help ensure that the quality of the Country School experience will continue for generations to come. Named for Henry H. Welles, Country School’s first Head of School, The Welles Society recognizes those who support Country School through planned gifts. As Country School celebrates its centennial, alumni, parents, parents of alumni, and current and former faculty and staff are expressing interest in joining The Welles Society. Members will be honored guests at upcoming school events and receive periodic information, as a courtesy, about charitable planning or tax and estate law changes. Country School honors all donor requests for anonymity. To join The Welles Society or to ask a question about estate planning, please contact Director of Advancement Terry Gumz at tgumz@countryschool.net or (203) 801-5633.
The Welles Society Members
Anonymous ’46* Anonymous P’83, ’76 Robert R. Barker* P’66, ’62, ’60, ’58 Pauletta and Ralph Beaty GP’14, ’16 C. Daniel Bergfeld ’58 Karen Brody P’99 Loocie Brown ’74 Susan Haigh Carver* ’51 Margaret Childs P’85, ’83, ’76, ’75, ’73, ’73, ’72 Judith Bricken Flanagan ’63 Timothy Gilbert* ’56 Jack D. Gunther Jr. ’56 Heather Winters and Cary Holcomb P’10 Robert Hubby ’54 Lorna Layton Kellogg ’83 Sarah Storm Lockee ’55 Charles T. Lusk ’56 S. Brinton Luther ’76 Mrs. Walter Mansfield* P’64, ’63, ’59, ’58, GP’97
Robert McKay ’81 Sandy Carr Motland ’58 Katie Mountcastle and Kenneth Mountcastle* P’78, ’75, ’71, ’69 Jonathan O’Herron* P’80, GP’15, ’15, ’13, ’09, ’08, ’07, ’06, ’05, ’03, ’03, ’02 Joanna Pennypacker* ’45 Jane Pollock* P’63 Joel S. Post ’81 Linda Post* and George Post P’81, ’68, ’66, ’65, ’63, GP’00, ’95 Heidi and Douglas Riggs P’02 Patsy Rogers ’52 Kathy and Peter Sachs ’54, P’03, ’99, ’97 Christopher Smith* ’57 John W. Stokes* P’87, ’82, ’81 Steven Tower* ’65 Katharine Wadsworth Wilson ’43 Dart Winship ’42 Sarah Mleczko Woolworth ’73 Liz and Michael Zea P’19
Current Faculty and Staff Holly and Bruce Lemoine P’08, ’06, ’05 Former Faculty and Staff Albert “Ben” V. Bensen* P’72, ’67, ’66, ’63 Jean Caldwell* David Crandall ’77, P’09, ’08 Ann Martin DiLeone P’78, ’74, ’72 Anneliese and Berni Gastrich Elizabeth Hulme Sue Speers and Guthrie Speers* P’77, ’75, ’73, ’72 Marilyn Starr* Pat and Hudson Stoddard P’75, ’72, ’71, GP’06, ’03 Sarah and Nicholas Thacher P’88, ’85 * (deceased) P’ (parent class of) GP’ (grandparent of alumni class of) ’ (alumni class of)
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