Andover magazine summer 2022

SUMMER 2022 THE MAGAZINE OF THE PHILLIPS ACADEMY & ABBOT ACADEMY COMMUNITY GAME ON! Saluting 50 Years of Title IX

Up First Sunshine. Green grass. Food and friends. What could be better? This past spring students enjoyed a much-needed study break, sponsored by the Parents of Students of Phillips Academy. The fun included Spikeball, an ice cream truck visit, and inflatable lawn games, like this one! Photo by Jessie Wallner

While a single digit admit rate signals high demand for this education, it also perpetuates the notion of privilege and is something we must examine when we talk about retaining access for “youth from every quarter.”Arewe morally obligated to increase the size of our school? If so, would having more students change the experience? To be clear, there is no cur rent plan to increase school size, but it would be irresponsible to ignore the question. Are we ade quately responding to demographic trends, seeking applicants from rural communities, for example? Need-blind admission requires a significant in vestment in financial aid, currently $25 million a year. Is this enough, when nearly half of the student body receives aid? These questions impact everything from facul ty and class sizes to residential programs to what we spend to educate each student—more than $90,000—which far exceeds the tuition we charge.

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For Andover’s part in this conversation, nearly 60 years later, I will start with a few facts. More than 3,600 students applied to Phillips Academy last year, 9 percent were admitted, and 84 percent of these students said “yes” to an offer of admission.

On our campus, we have an archaeology insti tute with more than 600,000 objects and an art gal lery that holds some of the world’s finest American works. Both the Peabody and the Addison offer re sources that are free and open to the public.

T with alumni. Independent schools are, by their nature, for the few and privileged. How do we justify these resources that benefit only a few select students? This is not a new struggle for schools like ours.

While these community investments are note worthy, we can do more—more to create and share curriculum materials and more to make the arts and cultural opportunities widely available to ed ucators, schoolchildren, and research scholars any where in the world. This question of privilege remains timely and was raised by school co-presidents Sean Meng ’22 and Mary Muromcew ’22 in their Commencement remarks. Just as President Kennedy hoped future generations would, they linked the privilege of their education to a personal call to action. They challenged the Class of 2022 to make use of their gifts “in a world that needs to be different than it is now.” Mary and Sean articulated a trait that alumni often describe was essential to their student experience. They grew to expect and de mand more of themselves and, in turn, they went on to lead and serve in ways that “see beyond the horizons of their own immediate life.”

The question of privilege also extends to our responsibility beyond Andover Hill. Our four Outreach programs include (MS)2, a summer ex perience founded in 1977 that connects African American, Latinx, and Native American pub lic-school students with a rigorous STEM curric ulum, and Andover Bread Loaf, founded in 1987, which brings the literary arts to underserved com munities. These programs are free to students and supported by generous donors and the Academy.

In April 1963, President John F. Kennedy was also thinking about privilege and obligation when he ac cepted an award from his alma mater, Choate. Our schools play a significant role in American education, he said, adding, “they will merit that role only as they continue to steadily increase their contributions to American life.” Kennedy knew that diversity played a vital role. “These schools will not survive if they become the exclusive possession of a single class or creed or color.” He also challenged graduates “to see beyond the horizons of their own immediate life…The inheritance of wealth creates responsibilities. So does privilege in education.”

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I still remember the smell of the gym— sweat mixed with floor polish. And the sounds—sneakers squeaking inces santly, balls being dribbled up and down the court, the whir of giant fans.

As Andover Athletics Director Lisa Joel says, “We have come so far since those who fought the fight to see Title IX pass. We stand on their shoulders and have the opportunities we have because of the path they paved.” Our cover story salutes the many female athletes of Andover who paved the way for today’s generation to com pete. It has not been easy and it cer tainly is not perfect, but by all accounts our current female athletes have more competitive opportunities more read ily available than a just a few genera tionsThisago. issue also includes pho tos from the historic investiture of our 16th Head of School Raynard S. Kington and a farewell to longtime teacher Nick Kip ’60, as well as a fun look at Clan MacPherson, several alumni profiles, and a collection of images from Reunion 2022.

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I grew up in Connecticut right around the time the UConn women’s basketball team was starting its ascen sion to basketball glory. I went to their youth camps every summer, sweating it out with all the other middle school girls and marveling at the skill of the female collegiate stars, my role models.

I also remember, around the same time, hearing stories from my mother and godmother about their sports ex periences. Pre-Title IX, their athletic opportunities were limited to gym class, where girls played anemic vari ations of sports, like half-court basket ball wearing their gym uniform skirts and shooting underhand only.

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thought-provoking stories, contemporary design, and inspiring profiles of alumni, students, and faculty, we aim to highlight the school’s enduring values, recognize our unique history, and celebrate the rich diversity of our community. PUBLISHER Tracy M. Sweet EDITOR Allyson Irish ASSOCIATE EDITOR Rita Savard DESIGNER Ken Puleo CLASS DESIGNERNOTES Anne Marino P’19 CONTRIBUTORS Jill ChristinaClerkinErickson ’88, P’19 Katie ChristineAveryAmyNancyFiermontiHitchcockKellogg’83Stone’10Yu’94 © 2022 Phillips Academy, Andover, MA All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. SLATERJARED ON THE COVER: Andover athletes Kennedy Herndon ’23, Kiley Buckley ’23, and Myra Bhathena ’22 Photo by Henry Marte “My advice for an Andover student today is: Live the don’tmoment;‘post’it.” AMY KELLOGG ’83 PAGE 44 2 ANDOVER | SUMMER 2022

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FEATURES 16 For the Love of Teaching After an astonishing 54 years in the classroom, Nick Kip ’60 retires. 18 Invested The Big Blue community came together this spring to celebrate our 16th Head of School. 26 Game On! Fifty years after the passage of Title IX, we look at the impact it has had on Andover athletes—past and present. CLASS NOTES 45 Class Notes 72 Alumni Bulletin Board 73 Photo Gallery 78 In Memoriam ALL SCHOOL 10 Buzz 11 New Leadership 13 On Campus 15 Bookshelf DEPARTMENTS 1 Head of School 4 Voices 38 Alumni Up Close 42 Philanthropy 44 At Issue 84 End Note SUMMER 2022 Volume 115, Number 3 18GILLOOLYJOHN 26 41 MARTEHENTY 3

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A First-Class Commercial Radiotelephone Operator License was the ultimate FCC license that authorized the holder to build and/or operate any U.S. commercial radio or TV station. It was the ultimate professional credential in the field, the pride of the seasoned technical staff at a commercial station, and unheard of for high school kids. My brother, Jim, decided that he would get one over the summer. I tagged along and, as a result, arrived at Andover with a first-class commercial license. It meant enough to me that I still recall it was license #P1-2-16447. It was a good thing that I had it because it was what allowed me to be responsible for the installation and op eration of WPAA’s FM transmitter at a time when nobody else on campus held such a license.

I was also president of the amateur radio club W1SW, which had a history going back to the early 20th century. I rebuilt the ancient and abandoned transmitter and started having contacts around the world. I recall a joint project with the chess club, which put on a chess match with Exeter conducted over shortwave radio.

I believe that the WPAA experience was an enormously important part of what I and so many others learned at Andover. From a variety of perspectives, including techni cal, artistic, production, and professional, it was a unique chance at hands-on learning.

The earliest reference I can find online is 1916. Robert A.

“I was a DJ from 1989-1992 with Vanessa Hill, coming to you from the basement of Evans Hall. We played mostly new wave/indie music, but occasionally threw in something like C+C Music Factory's "Everybody Dance Now." If you were a teenager during that time, you loved that song...or at least had it stuck in your head half the @HRIVKACOOPERday.”

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The “mystery student” pictured in the WPAA studio on page 92 of our spring issue has been identified as Thornton Bigelow “Tony” Roby ’67. Thank you to the many alumni who sent us his name. One sleuth, Andy Cunningham ’67, said that “all the credit goes to old technology—my 1966 and 1967 Pot Pourris!”

—BEN BARKER ’65 Given our wireless world, it would have been worth sur veying Andover’s part in operating radio stations de novo

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hank you for the story on WPAA. It runs deep in my family. My brother, Ben Barker ’65, was mentioned in your story and was key to the technical pieces. A little more on the First-Class Commercial Radiotelephone Operator License: Ben and I were interested in electronics as young kids and decided that the ultimate credential was a first-class radio license. We studied extensively and, when we felt prepared, took the train to New York, as I recall, to take the license test. They were a little taken aback at two young kids who thought they were knowledgeable enough to take the top professional license test, but we passed with ease. Thanks for the memories.

Two historically focused stories from the spring issue caught the attention of our readers. Joe Kahn ’67’s “Looking Back on WPAA, Andover’s Radio Revolution” sparked several letters and alums writing in to help identify the young man in the photo at right. Additionally, the “Saving Abbot” cover story elicited appreciative feedback for shining a light on this previously untold story.

Andover magazine welcomes letters addressing topics related to the Phillips Academy and/or Abbot Academy community. Letters will be edited for clarity, space, and civility. Opinions expressed in the Voices section do not necessarily represent the viewpoints of the magazine editorial staff, or of Phillips Academy.

—DON ABBOTT, FACULTY EMERITUS Andover will celebrate 50 years of coeducation in 2023. How do you coeducationthinkhasimpactedtheAcademy?

Domingue ’54 notes in his history of Phillips Academy that members of the “Wireless Club” inhabited a basement room in Graves Hall. This was in keeping with the activi ties of many boys and young men, as well as a few females, in the late 1800s/early 1910s. During the 1920s broadcast boom, students ran a licensed amateur station from 1925 into the 1930s, which communicated by code and voice with amateurs on most continents. A photo of the Phillips Academy Radio Club station was featured in the Bulletin in 1925; more research might reveal some continuity with the 1916 initiative, if not the location of that shack and antenna. John M. Murray ’29 wrote an extensive article about his four-year presidency of the club for 73 Magazine in 1976. Whether PA was the first high/prep school to have a license is moot; as a historian, I’m very reluctant to make flat claims for firsts without solid documentation and definition of terms. More research would enhance this outline, perhaps to the degree of unearthing the adminis tration’s reasons for forbidding radios or wireless equip ment in dorm rooms into the 1950s, and tracing the fate of Andover’s amateur station license, “ham shack,” and radio club before the revolutionary shift to a broadcast license in 1965. MAGOUN ’77, FORMER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, DAVID SARNOFF LIBRARY

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It was a pleasure to read “Saving Abbot,” with its recognition of the many people whose commitment, perseverance, and philanthropy protected Abbot’s legacy for the future. One of these major leaders deserves further recogni tion: Donna Brace Ogilvie ’30, Fuess Award winner in 1997 and a significant benefactor of both Abbot Academy and Phillips Academy.When the Sacred Circle was preserved in the mid-’90s, Donna led the fundraising campaign to renew Abbot Hall. One of her gifts was her visionary leadership to establish the Brace Center for Gender Studies, in honor of her father, Donald C. Brace, founder of the publishing company Harcourt, Brace & Howe. Mr. Brace was instrumental in Donna’s enroll ment at Abbot, having sought the guidance of his friend, Headmaster Claude Moore Fuess, who highly recommend ed Abbot as just the school for his daughter.

the BIG question Send us your responses and we will consider them for publication in an issue.upcomingPleaseemail edumagazine@andover. or andover.edu.airish@

“The strongest parts of my character were nurtured in my two years at Abbot. I'm incredibly grateful to Frankie and Oscar Tang, Ms. Finbury, and incidentally, still enormously grateful to her mother, the late Marion Finbury, who steered my life so well with her college recommendations.”

Due to a reporting error, the architects for Draper Hall were incorrectly named in the “Saving Abbot” story. The building was designed by the prominent, late 19th-century Boston architectural firm Hartwell & Richardson. How wonderful that you’ve written such a terrific article about Frankie Tang. She was in my Abbot class and a good friend. All she did to save the Abbot campus was remark able. Somehow the merger with Andover was rough and the Abbot campus was more or less forgotten. Frankie brought it back to light!

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• The chair of Princeton’s Department of African American Studies, who spoke at the 2022 MLK Day WhileprogramI’msure all these people shared interesting and important perspectives, I think Andover could attract a more intellectually diverse group of accomplished speakers to address students.

I want to applaud Andover magazine and everyone in volved for the brilliant “Saving Abbot” article in the spring 2022Theedition.author manages to beautifully combine the history of Abbot and why it was so worth saving along with the stories of three Abbot women who were integral in preserv ing the campus—Ms. Finbury, Ms. Timken, and Ms. Tang. And of course, Oscar Tang.

• An author who speaks and writes about “religion and civic engagement, spiritual care and chaplaincy, Islamic intellectual history, and women’s studies”

—LOUISA LEHMANN BIRCH ’57

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—SARA INGRAM ’71 I was a little surprised to read who in “the world” came to speak at Andover last winter (spring 2022 issue, p. 9). With one exception (a pianist and respected educator), the visitors all appear to be activists of various stripes:

“I am glad to see that the Peabody has today come into its own and maybe now is a cool place to visit!” I was delighted to learn that the Peabody Institute is thriving. When I entered Andover as an upper in 1957, my father, who had attended PA for one year (1919-1920), said I should definitely visit the archaeology museum. Having lived in Egypt from 1953 to 1954 and having visited the Cairo Museum at least 14 times, I knew I'd like it—and I did! But in 1957 I noticed that I was always the only student there. I soon found out why: going to the Peabody was not “cool.” My friends and I also went to the Addison Gallery— that was also un-cool. And we enjoyed walks through the Cochran bird sanctuary—very un-cool. I am glad to see that the Peabody has today come into its own and maybe now, 55 years later, is a cool place to visit!

Our apologies for mixing up members of the Sarnoff family on page 92 of the spring 2022 issue. Robert ’35, Edward ’38, and Tom ’43 all attended Phillips Academy. Tom helped to fund Andover’s WPAA radio station. Their father was David Sarnoff, a pioneer in radio and television.

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• A Black woman playwright and screenwriter who writes about workers’ rights in postindustrial America

• An intersectional health educator who gave a talk on “Decentering Beauty and Success from Whiteness”

• A Stanford undergraduate and environmentalist who founded a volunteer organization that translates climate information into other languages

—DAVID G. ANDERSON ’67

—DANIEL REIFF ’59

Students pose during Promenade 2022 “Okay the fashion game has been UPPED since 2010 trips to the mall!”Burlington@SARAMARGARITAA Via Instagram WESNOFSKETORY

Craig Thorn, a beloved English instructor, began collecting and distributing a summer reading list with suggestions from faculty and staff in 1990. Thorn was my thatofofhadwasonmyhecounselor,myhistoryfreshmanteacher,collegeandappearedonradioshowWPAA.HekindandanecdotesapreviouseraAndoverlifewereenthralling. He guided me to a liberal arts school where I flourished…He was a great teacher and a great man for Andover.”

Loyce LaShawndra Pace ’95 was recently elected to the Board of Trustees along with three other alumni: Drew Guff ‘79, Allison Picott ‘88, and Aisha Jorge Massengill ‘88. page 11.

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“Congrats all- you continue to keep Andover great and inspire our future leaders!!! Shout out especially to GoLaShawndra!classmate’95!!!!!”—MIMICRUMESTERLING Via Facebook 7

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Big Blue legend and inaugural Andover Athletics Hall of Honor inductee Dick Phelps ’46, P’73, ’89, GP’14, stopped by to visit the baseball team this spring. Phelps (front row, white cap) played baseball, hockey, and football at Andover and has funded the Richard J. Phelps Scholarship for Athletes for more than 30 years. PA’s baseball field, Phelps Park, is named in his honor.

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4 There are many PA connections with Clan MacPherson. Heather Thomson, senior manager, operations and maintenance, Office of Physical Plant (OPP), has fond memories of her grandfather, Andy Campbell, who played drums with the ensemble for more than 15 years. “When my brother [Andy Thomson, lead, grounds, OPP] and I were little,” says Thomson, “the band would go to all the local fairs in New Hampshire. We had so much fun hanging out with them, this bunch of cool guys in kilts.” Thomson also is related to George Campbell, who was the first bass drummer and one of the founding members. Ross Lane ’80, who currently plays tenor drum for the clan, grew up on campus as a “faculty brat”— the son of Robert, an instructor in Russian, Greek, and Latin, and Kathleen, a house counselor.

The band frequently comprises multigenerational family members. Kassie Archambault ’06, chair of the Russian Department and head wrestling coach, started playing the bagpipes with Clan MacPherson when she was 13, following in the footsteps of her grandfather, Don Mullin, also a bagpiper.

Clan MacPherson Pipes and Drums has led Andover’s Commencement procession for more than 50 years. Founded in 1921 as part of the Clan MacPherson 80, O.S.C. (Order of Scot tish Clans), the ensemble has guided five PA heads of school to their inves titure ceremonies, most recently Head of School Raynard S. Kington, MD, PhD, P’24. (See page 18.)

The traditional Scottish uniforms have remained the same since 1923. Royal Stewart plaid kilts, tunics, wide black cross and waist belts adorned with polished silver buckles, white horsehair sporrans with black tassels, white spats, and black glengarries (hats). The drum major— donned in a ceremonial hat and carrying a wooden mace—leads the marchers.

Randy Hobler ’64’s book 101 Arabian Tales (edited by Bob Marshall ’64) details the stories of 161 alumni (Classes 1939–2015) and faculty who served in the Peace Corps in 69 countries. Working with Paige Roberts, director of Andover’s Archives and Special Collections, Hobler recently completed a compendium to the book, which can be found at phillipsacademyarchives.net.

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Kudos to golf team member Jack McVeigh ’25, who notched a hole in one during a match at Indian Ridge Country Club this past spring. McVeigh’s ace is a first in the golf program in recent history. According to the National Hole-in-One Registry, the chances of an “average” golfer making an ace is 12,000 to 1!

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5 Clan MacPherson typically has about 20 band members at a time; members tend to stay with the ensemble for 15 to 20 years. The band plays between 20 and 30 performances/events per year and has about 40 tunes in its rotation.

—NANCY HITCHCOCK

PARKERTEDD Madelyn Curtis Harper ’69 recently appeared on the big screen in the movie Alice. Premiering at the Sundance Film Festival this year, the crime thriller is set in the antebellum South and features actors Keke Palmer, Common, and Jonny Lee Miller. Harper plays Miller’s mother.

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A managing director and partner at Siguler Guff, a global private equi ty firm, Drew Guff ’79 will serve a six-year term as a charter trustee. Together with George Siguler P’01, Duff is responsible for directing the firm’s private equity investment strategy. Prior to establishing Siguler Guff, he worked in PaineWebber’s Mergers and Acquisitions and Merchant Banking groups. Guff sits on the boards of several portfolio compa nies and previously served on the board of EPAM Systems, Inc. He is the recipient of the Woodrow Wilson Award for corporate citizenship and is a fre quent speaker at global conferences and investment forums. Guff has supported Andover over three fundraising campaigns. His volunteer service in cludes Alumni Council membership and more than three decades on the advisory board of the Institute for Recruitment of Teachers, having served on its executive committee since 2007. Guff earned an AB from Harvard. Also serving a six-year term as a charter trustee, Allison Picott ’88 is director of development for The Lenny Zakim Fund, a Boston nonprofit that supports grassroots nonprofit organizations work ing to advance social, economic, and racial justice in Eastern Massachusetts. Picott began her career as a law clerk to the justices of the Massachusetts Superior Court and then became a litigation asso ciate for Nixon Peabody LLP and Prince Lobel and Tye LLP. In 2001, Picott returned to Andover as a leadership gift officer. She has held fundraising po sitions at Walnut Hill School for the Arts, Boston College Law School, and the Social Innovation Forum, and was the founder and principal of Advancement Advisers. Picott has served as copres ident of the Andover-Abbot Alumni Association of New England, cochair of the Young Committee of New England for Campaign Andover, director of the Abbot Academy Fund, and as an alumni trustee. In 1999, Picott was awarded Andover’s Distinguished Service Award—the youngest person to receive this honor. Picott holds degrees from Trinity College and the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. Aisha Jorge Massengill ’88, a vice president and deputy general counsel at Under Armour Inc. (UA), will serve a four-year term as an alumni trustee. At UA, Jorge Massengill is responsible for ensuring that all UA teammates are treated fairly and equita bly. She is a member of UA’s global Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Council and chairs the legal depart ment’s DEI team. At Andover, Jorge Massengill was the first student to earn 12 varsity letters. She cap tained the volleyball and basketball teams and was a Blue Key head. As an alumna, she has supported Andover in numerous roles, including alumni ad mission representative, reunion chair, speaker at the annual athletics banquet, and keynote speaker at the 2017 senior banquet. She is a recipient of the 2021 Distinguished Service Award and served six years as a director and later president of the Abbot Academy Fund. Jorge Massengill earned a BA from Boston College and JD from Boston College School of AlsoLaw.serving a four-year term as an alumni trustee, Loyce LaShawndra Pace ’95 is a leader in the fed eral government, serving as its diplomatic voice on public health priorities when interacting with for eign countries and United Nations organizations. While much of her time recently has been spent getting COVID-19 vaccines and treatments to the world as well as preventing another pandemic, her overall remit covers a range of global health access and equity issues. At Andover, Pace was heavily in volved with community engagement, helping tutor new immigrants for the Spanish GED and teach ing biology to (MS)2 scholars. Pace also served as Blue Key president and received the Madame Sarah Abbot Award. Pace later joined the Alumni Council and served on its Non Sibi Committee. She earned a BA from Stanford and an MPH from Johns Hopkins University.

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The announcement of Tang’s historic philanthropy came a few weeks after Andover celebrated the 20th anniversary of the Tang Scholars this past spring. In addition to providing tuition relief to more than 160 students from across the world, the en dowed fund also supports cultural enrichment, music lessons, laptops, and even winter clothing and school supplies.

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—BOARD PRESIDENT EMERITUS OSCAR TANG ’56 the BUZZ Former history instructor Nancy Faust Sizer P’75, ’77, ’80, ’80, recently published a memoir titled Principles and Plans. The book provides a detailed look at the years (1972–1981) in which her husband, Ted Sizer, was Andover’s head of school. “The memoir is an intimate portrait of a marriage and a professional partnership that changed the shape not only of Phillips Academy, but also of American education writ large,” says Vic Henningsen ’69, P’01, ’05, history instructor emeritus.

“My financial aid gifts are really from both of us,” said Tang, whose philanthropy has impacted nearly every corner of cam pus, from facilities improvements and faculty development to the arts and innovative programs at the Tang Institute, which advances new ideas and best practices in education.

Tang, who served as board president from 2004 to 2012, believes deeply in giving back to the school that opened its doors to him as a young refugee who fled postwar China in 1949, and to his late wife Frances Young Tang ’57, who attended Abbot Academy on a full scholarship.

Iron Chef Ming Tsai ’82, P’18, is back in kitchen stadium, this time on Netflix with the new series Iron Chef: Quest for an Iron Legend Watch Tsai battle alongside chefs Marcus Samuelsson, Curtis Stone, Dominique Crenn, and Gabriela Cámara.

A $25 million gift to Phillips Academy from Board President Emeritus Oscar Tang ’56 will expand fi nancial aid for students and strengthen Andover’s signature need-blind admission program. Tang’s latest act of generosity to support the Knowledge & Goodness campaign will also fund other key priori ties, including academic innovation, while increasing his lifetime giving to the school to an unprecedented $66“Wemillion.areprofoundly grateful for Oscar’s inspiring leadership and for his unparalleled legacy of gen erosity to our school,” said Amy Falls ’82, P’19, ’21, president of the Board of Trustees.

Tang and former head of school Barbara Landis Chase were instrumental in initiating PA’s landmark need-blind admission policy in 2008. Tang’s recent gift will also substantially increase the resources of the Chase Scholars, a parallel program that recognizes Chase’s unwavering commitment to access. INNOVATION

“It’s important for our students to un derstand the social issues that create the need for these programs, and for them to think about the mutually beneficial rela tionships they develop with our commu nity partners,” says Cueto-Potts. There is always a waitlist for stu dent volunteer slots, she adds. At the Arc meeting, it was easy to see why. Co-coordinator Sam Elliott ’22 danced to “Y.M.C.A.” with his buddy. Nathalie Lelogeais ’22, also a co-coordinator, raced with her buddy around the track. Everyone was engaged, energetic, and upbeat.“How can you be in a bad mood do ing this work?” asks Cueto-Potts. “How lucky are we? We’re so glad to be back. This is what it’s all about.”

—KATIE FIERMONTI

“Through our programs, students gain a deeper understanding of them selves, of their connection and commit ment to others, and of the inequities and injustices in the world—and their roles in addressing them,” says Director Monique Cueto-Potts. “They absolutely should leave PA knowing how to respect fully, humbly, and responsibly work with and in communities, and we want them to develop the habits of heart and mind to be able to do that.”

T here’s just no substitute for a hug between friends. After two long years of virtual activities due to COVID, nearly all programs facilitated by PA’s Office of Community Engagement are back in person, with participation continuing to grow to pre-pandemic levels. This spring, hundreds of Andover students, along with faculty and staff members, volunteered for approximately 30 direct engagement programs across the Greater Merrimack Valley—from af ter-school enrichment programs to work ing with adults preparing for citizenship exams to teaching coding at the Boys and Girls Club of Lawrence. It’s a testa ment to the robust efforts of the Office of Community Engagement, which for more than 40 years has nurtured non sibi and enabled the Academy to live its motto as a “private school with a public purpose.”

“During the pandemic, when I was at home, I barely saw people,” she says. “A perk was that with Arc, every week I had my buddy Denise to write to. It kept me from being a total recluse! Now, it’s so exciting that we finally can meet in person.”“When we closed up shop in 2020, we did some things online, but it was evident PA students and our communi ty partners missed being together. It’s so necessary for connection,” says CuetoPotts. “Community engagement makes such a difference for our students—it’s integral. A lot of times they come in saying they’re tired, they’re stressed. But they leave feeling energized and able to focus because of these relationships they haveAdditionally,developed.” the office intentionally creates time for conversations on topics such as privilege, identity, and justice.

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Top: Arc buddies Paulkichna Merove ’22 and Denise Carriere form a lasting bond through games, music, and laughter. Bottom: 2021–2022 Arc co-coordinators Nathalie Lelogeais ’22, Luke Boshar ’22, Avi Shah ’22, and Sam Elliott ’22 were thrilled to hold meetings in person this spring.Tolearn more, follow the Office of Community Engagement on Instagram @pa.community. engagement

Paulkichna Merove ’22 and Denise Carriere were thrilled to see each other at a spring Arc meeting in the Snyder Center. The longstanding communi ty engagement initiative connects PA students to adults with disabilities—in buddy pairs—through activities such as board games, coloring, music, and exer cise. Merove and Carriere spent the eve ning laughing their way through a game of Connect Four. “Being away from my Andover friends these past couple of years was difficult,” says Carriere, an Arc participant for more than 30 years. “I loved getting Paulkichna’s letters. But it was nice to actually see the Andover kids who come here from all over the Meroveworld.”agrees.

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What better way to celebrate the 4th of July than with the Boston Pops? This year, the Pops were joined onstage at the Hatch Shell by the Tanglewood Festival Chorus, which included tenor Sam Wright ’19. Currently attending Amherst College, where he is studying math and music composition, Wright worked this past summer at Andover as a teaching assistant for the (MS)2 program.

Four more names were added to the roster of the Andover Athletics Hall of Honor this past June during Reunion Weekend. The inductees were part of the 15th cohort of honorees, dating back to 2008. From left, Taek-Geun Kwon ’92, a standout wrestler and golfer; Eliza Deery ’79, a three-sport athlete at Andover (field hockey, Nordic skiing, lacrosse); former athletics director and football coach, Leon “Coach Mo” Modeste; and Rush Taylor ’96, Andover’s only twosport All-American in swimming and water polo. Read more about these remarkable individuals at andover.edu/alumni-recognition

As part of the Tang Institute’s Workshop class, Alicia Chu ’22 and Lily Haik ’22 developed a rebranding campaign and design competition for Andover’s Office of Community and Multicultural Development (CAMD). The resulting new logo, created by Sofia Checchi ’23, was chosen for its “vibrant art and vision of CAMD.”

Among the LPs in the collection is “Calm Before” by The Rising Storm, a garage punk band formed at Andover in the ’60s. Johnson says there were only a few printings of the LP; it’s now consid ered a rare Johnsoncollectible.saystheexperience of play ing an LP is very different than listening to the radio in your car or downloading a playlist on Spotify. “It requires a certain intentional/mindful listening,” he says. “You are engaged with that object. When you play an album, you hear all the snaps and crackles and pops. That’s part of the joy of the sound.”

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In honor of National Record Store Day this past April, Carl Johnson, head music librarian at Andover’s W.B. Clift Music Library, shared some of his favorite LPs. Johnson is responsible for man aging more than 10,000 recordings, periodicals, composition software, and keyboards available for loan from the Graves Hall library.

Vinyl records—or LPs (long play), as they are commonly known—are having a renaissance of sorts, says Johnson. Despite the ready availability of music on streaming channels, record sales have been increasing in recent years, driven not only by nostalgia, but also by young er generations looking for a more tactile experience.“Youreally feel the music when you are playing it analog,” Johnson says. “It really gets you involved in the sound.”

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Turn the Tide BY ELAINE DIMOPOULOS ’96 Harper Collins When 12-year-old Mimi moves to a beautiful island in Florida, she feels like she is in paradise, except for all the plastic pollution she observes on the beach es. Inspired by two young activists, Mimi learns that she can take steps to protect the environment as well. Young environmental activists will find a list of helpful resources.

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BY AKASH KAPUR ’93 Scribner, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Named a Best Book of the Year by the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, CNN, and others, this compelling memoir revolves around Auroville, a utopian commune founded in the late 1960s in South India, where author Kapur and his wife, Auralice, were raised and where Auralice’s parents were found dead. As the pair returns in 2004 to search for answers, a haunting mystery unfolds.

Andover experience, Bissinger, a Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist, says he is grateful to the school for instilling in him the love of writing and journal ism. He received encouragement and praise from his first English instructor, Hart Leavitt, and history instructor Tom Lyons, and he spent countless hours writing for The Phillipian as a sports editor.

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“I had this tremen dous opportunity to write for a weekly newspaper, and it gave me the experience to know this was what I wanted to do full time. For that,” he says. “I’m indebted to Andover.”

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Burlingame, a professor of Lincoln studies, reveals that the 16th president had a very unhappy mar riage to Mary Todd, who had endured tragedy and mental instability. The book describes how Todd manipulated, humiliated, and abused her husband and how her behavior impacted his presidency.

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“F ootball is much more than a game,” states Buzz Bissinger ’72. The author of Friday Night Lights—the 1990 book that inspired the epon ymous movie and TV series—returns to the sport in his latest book, The Mosquito Bowl. The captivating true story delves into the lives of 65 young Marines—including many that played college football and some that had even been drafted to the NFL—who ended up in the middle of the Pacific Ocean on Christmas Eve in 1944, where they en gaged in a game of football like no other. Beyond their play ing field of dirt and coral, Bissinger draws us into the lives of the men, their aspirations, their families, and the days leading up to the Battle of Okinawa, one of the bloodiest of World War II. Bissinger says he felt compelled to tell this story and memorialize the young Marines, many of whom died at Okinawa. “I wanted to show readers how beautiful these men were, how dedicated they were, how willing to sac rifice they were,” Bissinger says. “They weren’t perfect. No one’s perfect. They were the true essence of ordinary men rising to extraordinary circumstances.” One of the main characters, John McLaughry ’36, was the football captain at Brown and had played with the New York Giants before joining the Marines. Bissinger was able to bring McLaughry’s character to life, thanks to his corre spondence with two of McLaughry’s children, Richard and Marguerite, who graciously allowed Bissinger access to a treasure trove of items, including Andover report cards, writings about Andover-Exeter games, and handwritten letters from the war. “I was enormously lucky. The family had kept every thing,” says ReflectingBissinger.onhisown

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BY STEPHEN PIMPARE ’83 Columbia University Press Pimpare offers social workers and people working with and for marginalized populations a roadmap for systemic change. Readers will learn how public policies and politics impact the lives of their clients and communities as well as strategies and practic es to successfully take on an entrenched system.

Finis origine pendet is an apt motto for Nicholas Kip ’60, P’85, ’91, the Classics instructor whose love of the ancient languages began as a student at Phillips Academy.Kiptook his first Latin class as a PA junior, and it was love from the first diem. “I took off like a shot! That class really got me going,” says Kip, who re tired this June after an astonishing 54 years. The teacher’s passion for learning was infectious and made a positive dif ference in the lives of countless students and“Icolleagues.willremember Mr. Kip for his humor, his inmyLatinschiness,”enthusiasm,jumping-around-the-roomandhisallaroundmensaysRachelSiegel’92.“Ilovedandstilldo—IhavespentpartofsecondcareerteachingLatin,thanksnosmallmeasuretothestellarteach

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excelling in it,” says Josh Hubbard ’83. “The level of commitment to and joy for the sport you shared with us was tre mendous and had a deep impact on the 14-year-old version of me. That joy led me to wrestle at Cornell and to continue to have a deep appreciation for the sport.”

ing I had at PA. Maximas gratias tibi ago, Magister.” A standout wrestler at PA, Kip’s “greatest moment” in the sport occurred as a student when he went up against an undefeated Exeter junior named John Irving. More than 60 years later, Kip can still recount nearly every move of the back-and-forth match, which eventually ended in a tie. Irving, who became a famous novel ist, would recount the intense contest in his book The World According to Garp.

Reflecting on his teaching career at Andover, Kip says he will dearly miss his Pearson Hall classroom, “with its classic design, high ceilings, and impressive ly tall windows, that allow the light to stream in. I love the storied history of the building. It is a remarkable place.”

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Kip continued to wrestle in college at Princeton and went on to coach at Andover, where he would often quote Greek and Latin to the grapplers. He kept himself in shape and was known to even get on the mat to show a particular move. “You encouraged me in ways that ul timately led to me loving the sport and for the love of teaching

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Many alums fondly remember Nick Kip as a wrestling coach who was “lean, tough, and very in shape for a faculty Atmember!”right:A lifelong sailor, Kip is the owner of a Laser sailboat.

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Maritime Memories: Kip grew up in Marblehead, Mass., and often spent summers on a boat with his family. He fondly recalls his father buying lobsters from local fishermen by placing a few dollars in a water-tight container and sending it across the water to their boat. The container would come back with a few lobsters for dinner. “It was the original Instacart!”

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Instructor in YearsClassicsatPA: 54 Retirement Plans: Nick Kip describes re tirement as his “endless weekend.” He and wife Aggie, who will continue working as a nutritionist at the Sykes Wellness Center, will relocate to their coastal cottage in Ipswich, Mass., where he plans to “bicycle more often, hike through the beach dunes near our home, continue to be involved in coastal protection and restoration, travel, and reread some of my favorite classics.”

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Photos by John Gillooly and Neil Evans May 7, 2022, a historic day for Andover, celebrated the investiture of 16th Head of School Raynard S. Kington, MD, PhD, P’24. During a ceremony marked by its focus on community, guests gathered on the Richard T. Greener Quadrangle to enjoy the formal procession, student vocalists, musicians, and dancers, and speeches by Andover leaders.

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As you may know, Amy is the first woman pres ident of the Board of Trustees—Abbot or Andover. She, too, is making history. I want to thank a few people who have been particularly influential in my journey. First, my late parents, Mildred Shavers Kington and Dr. Garfield Douglas Kington. My parents gave me perhaps among the greatest gifts parents can give a child: they gave me an emancipated mind to imagine a life and a career different from theirs and different from anyone around me growing up. They also imbued in me a deep respect for the incomparable power of an educated mind. I would also like to thank two of my mother’s sisters. My late Aunt Myrtle was my mother’s twin, and she and my Uncle Bernard were especially kind and supportive when I entered the University of Michigan a month after turning 16 years old, regu larly driving to Ann Arbor from Detroit to take me out to dinner and then, I later learned, reporting back to my parents. I would also like to acknowl edge my Aunt Mattie, who is 102 and watching from her home in Nashville.

Another cause for my struggle is that I am uncomfortable with celebrations of beginnings, whether a beginning such as my investiture or an anniversary of a beginning, even birthdays.

In 1987, when the country was celebrating the 200th anniversary of the Constitution, I was a faculty fellow at DuBois College House at Penn and in spite of my close proximity to where that document was ratified, I could not feel any of the celebratory moods. In fact, I found the entire cel ebration irritating. Perhaps I was uncomfortable with the event because it was just one year after the infamous Bowers v. Hardwick Supreme Court de cision upholding the Georgia law making intimate homosexual relations between consenting adults illegal. That ruling included a concurring opinion written by Chief Justice Warren Burger, who was the chair of the committee overseeing the 200th anniversary celebrations that year. Or maybe I was just channeling the traditional African American discomfort with blindly celebrating many elements of the history of this country when the gap between

T hank you for that lovely intro duction and thank you—fac ulty, staff, faculty emeriti, and students, trustees, alumni, and families. Thank you for helping to celebrate this remarkable in stitution. Amy Falls, thank you for opening my eyes to a very special opportunity and for your unwavering partnership.

Finally, I would like to thank my spouse, Dr. Peter Daniolos, without whose support and love I would not be here, and our children, Emerson and Basil, who overcame their initial strongly negative response when told of the possibility of our family moving away from the small town in Iowa where they had spent the bulk of their lives. I think they have mostly forgiven us. I struggled with this speech, in part because I am uncomfortable with a ceremony with me at the center. There are a thousand reasons why we did not need to have an investiture, and yet I remem bered something my mother had told me when I was a teenager making yet another snarky comment about an old-fashioned minister I didn’t think much of from her church and expressing dismay that she could remain a member of that church. She told me, in her best elementary school teacher voice, that the church is not the minister; it is the people, all the people from its founding onward. The minister at any one point in time is a small, small slice of the church. So, I was reminded that though I am the one being “invested,” I am really a small slice in the arc of this school, which of course, includes the his tory of Abbot Academy and the merger of Phillips and Abbot to become one. When I thought about the people of this community, and its mission, I found that notion reassuring.

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—Amy C. Falls ’82, P’19, ’21 President, Board of Trustees Trustees and speakers join Dr. Kington for a formal photo.

I know that there are those who see my ap pointment as the first African American head and the first openly gay head as especially notable, and I do as well. I never forget that I am where I am not “Under your guidance, Raynard, Andover continues to forge a different path, one that is profoundly consistent with our history.”

During that time, one of my heroes, Thurgood Marshall, gave a speech about that bicentennial celebration that was defiantly not in line with the general tenor of what almost everyone else was saying. I have thought a lot about that speechMostrecently.notably, Marshall said that he refused to celebrate the flawed document that is the Constitution. He said this about the changes in the Constitution that followed the so-called “Miracle in Philadelphia”:“Themen who gathered in Philadelphia in 1787 could not have envisioned these changes. They could not have imagined, nor would they have accepted, that the document they were drafting would one day be construed by a Supreme Court to which had been appointed a woman and the descendent of an African slave. ‘We the People’ no longer enslave, but the credit does not belong to the Framers. It belongs to those who refused to acquiesce in outdated notions of ‘liberty,’ ‘justice,’ and ‘equality,’ and who strived to better them.” He went on to say: “…the true mira cle was not the birth of the Constitution, but its life.” I loved that idea of celebrating the life of the Constitution rather than its birth. It allowed me to find a place for myself in that celebration in 1987 and now in this celebration. So, I see this investiture not as a celebration that is about my beginning, but instead this is a celebration of the life of this insti tution—a way to note that this school has made it this far and has changed so much, just as our Constitution has, and that I could be appointed to lead this school. I see this celebra tion as a turning of the page from one chapter to another in the long life of this great school.

its ideals and its reality—even today—is so well known by our community.

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only because I worked hard, but also because countless other people sacri ficed to open doors that I could walk through. If this ceremony had been taking place ten, five, or even three years ago, I would have stopped there in commenting on the significance of what is notable about my appointment. Even three years ago, I would not have focused my comments on my race or sexual orientation. Not because I am in any way uncomfortable with those elements of who I am—quite the contrary. But the shifts in our national discourse and our deep societal divi sions with respect to race and sexual orientation and gender that are mani festing daily serve as a stark reminder that we can never rest, that all rights or privileges are not guaranteed forever, that we must fight to keep them. The need to be vigilant remains because the time when my appointment would have been unthinkable is not that long ago. We are living in a troubling time, when some people do not like where we have arrived as a demo cratic society and where we might be headed, when some people are surely not thrilled by my dou ble-first status. They do not want to stand athwart history and yell “stop”; they want to barricade be fore history with weapons drawn, spewing bigotry and yelling: “Turn around, turn back.” They want us to return to a flawed memory of a past America that existed as great only in the minds of a few. But great for whom? We will not go back. We cannot go back. Because of places like Phillips Academy, whose con stitution espouses the crucial unity of knowledge and goodness, we will not go back. Our minds and our knowledge and our experiences and our imagi nations move us forward. That is a testament to the power of education. The opening of the doors that I have walked through is deeply tied to the power of knowledge, of education, like the transformative education that Phillips Academy has provided for almost 250 years. There is a reason why it was against the law to teach my great-grandparents to read and write as enslaved people. Those who benefited from that wretched institution of slavery knew the power of opening a mind, the power of knowledge that so clearly gave lie to racist notions of a hierar chy of humans. And that is why my great-grandparents and so many oth ers worked so hard to make sure their children were educated. We are not goingSoback.today we are celebrating all the people who brought this institution this far, who helped this institution step by step to move closer to the more noble ideas at the base of our school’s originating constitution and our country’s constitution. I want to especially celebrate all those who helped this school change and con stantly aspire to become better, to remain relevant, and to lead in a changing world.

—James F. Ventre ’79, Assistant Head of School for Admission and Financial Aid, Interim Head of School 2019–2020

At right: The Fidelio Society performs; former history instructor and spouse of former head of school Ted Sizer, Nancy Faust Sizer P’75, ’77, ’80, ’80, with Dr. Kington and 14th head of school Barbara Landis Chase; flags representing the various home countries of students; James F. Ventre ’79, assistant head of school for admission and financial aid and 2019–2020 interim head of school, presents Kington with a gift.

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It seems only appropriate that today marks the first time that the Head of School Investiture is held on the Richard T. Greener Quadrangle, named after the first African American graduate of this school. This iconic location was named through the generosity of an anonymous donor and honors the legacy of one of America’s trailblazing advo cates for racial equality. A member of the Phillips Academy Class of 1865 and a deeply loyal alumnus, Richard T. Greener was an active and notable voice for the rights of Black Americans during and long after the Reconstruction period, serving as both dean of Howard University Law School and associ ate editor of Frederick Douglass’s newspaper, New National Era. A scholar and teacher, lawyer and diplomat, he led by example and touched the lives of faculty and students of this institution. When we speak about Greener, we often note that he was also the first Black graduate of Harvard. But there is another part of his life that is more pain ful to remember, but worth reminding ourselves about today. Several years after he graduated from Harvard, he became the first Black faculty member of the University of South Carolina, the only pub lic university in the South that integrated during Reconstruction. He also took the role of the school’s librarian and enrolled in its law school. He was among the first African American students to grad “Dr. Kington’s unwavering commitment to helping others and expressing empathy to those most vulnerable make him an extraordinary leader for our times.”

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I will end with a piece from The Fire Next Time written by James Baldwin, another of my heroes.Hewrote:“Itbeganto seem that one would have to hold in the mind forever two ideas which seemed to be opposition. The first idea was acceptance, the acceptance, totally without rancor, of life as it is, and men as they are: in the light of this idea, it goes without say ing that injustice is a commonplace. But this did not mean that one could be com placent, for the second idea was of equal power: that one must never, in one’s own life, accept these injustices as common place but must fight them with all one’s strength. This fight begins, however, in the heart and it now had been laid to my charge to keep my own heart free of hatred and despair.”

Photos, clockwise from top right: Former board president Peter L.S. Currie ’74, P’03, James F. Ventre ’79, 2019–2020 interim head of school, Board President Amy C. Falls ’82, P’19, ’21, and Dr. Kington; Kington with his cousin, Barbara Holloway; Kington with spouse Dr. Peter Daniolos and their sons, Emerson ’24 (left) and Basil; student flagbearers await the beginning of the ceremony.

And my taking this position is also real evi dence of continued progress. But at this time when dishonest narratives of stolen elections are used to justify the denial of voting rights, when leaders energize voters with their homophobic and trans phobic rhetoric, the education we offer has never been more important. And I believe that an essential part of that edu cation is the free engagement with ideas, including ideas that some of us may find to be odious. I don’t aim for a false notion of neutrality. I am not neutral on many controversial issues, especially those that are tied to our values and our mission. For those is sues, in particular, we as an institution should not strive to be neutral. Not all ideas are equally valid or important or true. But I believe in engaging with those odious ideas because bringing them into the light is the only way to demonstrate what is wrong about them. I welcome that engagement because I am confident that openness will lead to better ideas, ideas that will help to continue to bend the moral arc of the universe toward justice. I have tried in my comments today to walk a fine line. To be honest about how I feel about the time in which this investiture is taking place, the perilous moment we are in as a nation. But also to show that I am hopeful, because I am hopeful. So “Raynard

Great schools exist at the intersection Baldwin described so eloquently, at that point of tension— the intersection of helping our students to under stand the world as it is with all of its flaws, with ideas that make us uncomfortable and sometimes with painful knowledge that can even tempt us to hate and despair, while empowering students with hope grounded in knowledge, with the intellectual tools to change what needs to be changed, to change what is wrong with our beautiful, broken world. And we must help our students to discern the truth. Today, the truth is that it is hard for many of us to keep from despairing. But whenever I am in one of those moods, all I have to do is take a walk across this beautiful campus and see our faculty and our staff, who make this place work, and our students, especially, with their diversity, their intel ligence, their eagerness to explore and understand the world around them in all its complexity. Seeing them is all I need to renew my faith in the future of this extraordinary country and this extraordinary institution’s place in this country and the world. Our incredible students are my hope, they are the reason why I get up every day and cross Main and walk across the Great Lawn, past the sign for the Greener Quad, enter George Washington Hall, and sit at my desk and begin my day. They make it all worthwhile.Thankyou for listening. 

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—John G. Palfrey Jr. P’21 15th Head of School

uate from the University of South Carolina’s Law School. But as Reconstruction came to an end, Greener had to leave that university after it was closed and then reopened as an all-white school. Rights and privileges can be taken away, as Greener’s were. Of course, there is no doubt that we have made incredible progress over the his tory of this school. That progress is a testa ment to the faculty’s devotion to Andover’s mission and to their willingness to remain nimble, themselves being students of the craft of teaching. It is also a testament to those who came before me and ably led this school during rewarding and challenging times. Just think about recent history and the nearly 25 years of leadership between Barbara Landis Chase and John Palfrey (1994–2019). You quickly understand what is necessary to keep pace and evolve with the times to move forward. All this to meet our mission in service of students.

“Sometimes I forget that I’m a woman in sports,” says Aleisha Roberts ’22.

Painting her nails blue, she adds, and getting the boat past a high stroke rate helps her push forward too.

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“But particular moments always remind me of the truth,” Roberts adds, pointing out times when being a female athlete can feel like rowing against the current. “Sometimes it’s boys trying to inflate their egos by comparing their performance to mine. Sometimes it’s repeating myself over and over and still being ignored. Being a woman in sports means encountering challenges of patriarchy and misogyny and having the courage to face it head on because I’m surrounded by other women who understand and love me.”

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When the boat drops in the water, the girls’ crew co-captain focuses on the only thing that matters—the team’s rhythm. Dialing in each movement, and the space in between, sets the boat from the top of everyone’s stroke. Keep the starboard oar in the corner of your eye to time up the catch. Relax the slide. Recover on the three-count. They all lock in together. A band playing in perfect time. This “team first” mindset led the girls to victory against Connecticut’s Kent School during a back-and-forth race in April that continued for all 1,500 meters until Andover pulled across the finish line first.

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“Sports will not be easy, and only you can decide if it’s worth it. If it isn’t, know that it is absolutely alright to seek joy elsewhere. If it is, never lose sight of what you’re fighting for and let absolutely nobody take that away from you.”

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Other women broke gender barriers on teams that were already well established. Devin Adair ’82 became the first female coxswain on the boys’ var sity crew team at Andover. Her career was shaped and inspired by coach Martha Beattie.

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While Phillips Academy does not receive federal financial assistance and is not subject to Title IX, the waves of change for gender equity that swept across the country greatly impacted the Academy, as the law dovetailed with a landmark event in the school’s history. In the fall of 1973, PA became coed. The first generation of female students at PA chose to blaze their own trail in athletics, leaving legacies of excellence and advocacy.

“The women’s crew team was really serious and ambitious because Martha had high expectations for us,” Adair says. “She had been a champion oars woman at Dartmouth and participated in the wom en’s national team camps. She was the first female athlete role model I had ever encountered and en couraged me to try out for the junior national team, helping arrange for me and some other ambitious

I remember stories of my mom not being able to even play sports outside. So, me getting to play and compete at a varsity level, going to tournaments, and now starting to think about camps and clinics is a huge change.”

“I think we’ve gotten to the point where women can exist and thrive in high-level sports,” Roberts says. “In the future, I’d love to see a world where it is no longer a battle to prove that we belong.”

When Dianne P. Hurley ’80 arrived in the mid1970s, girls’ ice hockey was available for the first time. She jumped at the chance to join the team.

“We have come so far since those who fought the fight to see Title IX pass,” says Lisa Joel, Andover’s athletics director and girls’ varsity soccer coach. “We stand on their shoulders and have the opportunities we have because of the path they paved.”

Hurley’s time playing hockey at Andover led to a four-year hockey career at Harvard—as well as one year of soccer and rowing intramurally. “Andover taught me to love many diverse sports and to be comfortable trying new sports,” Hurley says.

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“For me, being female in sports means breaking barriers and stereotypes.

Fifty years from Title IX’s inception, Andover’s athletics community weighs in on the growth and obstacles in women’s sports.

“Because we showed so much enthusiasm and dedication, girls’ ice hockey became a varsity sport the very next year,” Hurley recalls. The team had a packed game schedule and in Hurley’s senior year they were undefeated—which earned the team a steak dinner hosted by Head of School Ted Sizer, who had vehemently fought for and ushered in a coeducational Andover.

school or education program that receives federal funding—was signed into law on June 23, 1972. Before Title IX passed, only 1 percent of college ath letic budgets went to women’s sports programs and, at the high school level, male athletes outnumbered female athletes 12.5 to 1, according to the Women’s Sports Foundation (WSF).

“Playing team sports at Andover has taught me the importance of a strong support system. Having grown up playing an individual sport like squash, I wasn’t familiar with group training or experiencing wins and losses with others. Since becoming part of a team, I understand how being surrounded by people who uplift and encourage you can inspire and motivate to great—and unexpected—lengths.”

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“Being a student athlete has taught me what truly matters in my life. First and foremost, it’s my loved ones— my family, my teammates, and my friends. Four years and a pandemic later, captaining girls’ varsity soccer and track and field has taught me the true power of leadership, and it isn’t about any title. It is acting with kindness and courage. The experience has given me the skills to continue bettering myself as a leader, friend, and person.”

no matter what that team looks like—helped her launch a successful basketball career at the Naval Academy followed by a 24-year career in the U.S. military.

“The confidence and professionalism I devel oped as an athlete at Andover was crucial—se riously, the most important factor in my success at Harvard,” she says. “I don’t think I could have withstood the pressure of a Division I all-male program without the seasoning and training I had at Andover. I walked into the Harvard boathouse with total confidence that I could be a contender. Without that drive and confidence, I would not have lasted one season there.” Becky Calder ’94 had a similarly formative expe rience playing basketball.

“We have come so far since those who fought the fight to see Title IX pass. We stand on their shoulders and have the opportunities we have because of the path they paved.”

The lessons Calder learned through her time at Andover—don’t give up and work hard for your team

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“My coach in nearly every sport and every sea son was Karen Kennedy—or just ‘Coach,’ as we called her—and she showed us what non sibi looked like every day. She coached us, taught us, parented us, fed us, sacrificed for us, challenged us, and loved us like her own. She showed us what hard work, grit, and determination looked like and what it was for: our team.”

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“My team turned into a squadron of F-18 pilots, and we quickly found ourselves at war after the events of September 11th,” she says. “The same hard work and sacrifice—the same non sibi spirit that I was taught by Karen [Kennedy] directly car ried over onto the bat tlefield of Afghanistan and Iraq. We didn’t quit, we didn’t give up, and we workedCalderhard.”says she’s often asked why she joined the military.

Before Title IX—and a four-decade career coaching girls’ sports—Calder’s mentor, Karen Kennedy, blew out her knee playing field hockey. Rules at her Danvers, Mass., high school prohibited trainers from treating female athletes. A surgeon female rowers to train in the summer. She mentored us to aim high and try hard. I was awed by her.”

“If I am answering that question honestly, it was because of basketball,” she says. “My love for basketball started at Andover and Andover truly taught me what it means to serve others.”

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Adair became close friends with a group of male rowers and was eventually asked to try out for the boys’ team. She went on to Harvard and became the first female coxswain on the men’s heavyweight crew team, leading them to a legendary victory against Yale. There wouldn’t be another woman on men’s crew for 30 years.

“ Sports will be the thing in your life that teaches you the most about who you are. You might be put in a position that isn’t your favorite. You might get less playing time than others. You might lose every single game in a season. However, sports will show you the value of adversity.”

Empowerment Through Sports

After college, Kennedy landed a job coaching the first girls’ soccer program at Andover High School. She wrote a letter to the same college coach who told her girls would never play. “I wanted to share the news and tell him times were changing and that going forward, I hoped he would treat fe male and male athletes better,” she says. Some 30 years after Title IX became law, in the ’90s, Kennedy, now an instructor in athletics at Andover, recalls a major victory when 11 seniors from the girls’ varsity soccer team went on to play collegiate sports, many at the Division I level. This was, Kennedy adds, “extraordinary” proof that girls could in fact compete at a high level.

KAREN kennedy athletics instructor and coach was reluctant to operate, remarking that the scar would “look ugly” when she wore a bathingThatsuit.was just the beginning of a long road strewn with obsta cles Kennedy would be forced to confront because she was a female who wanted to play sports. She was even told by a male coach in college that “girls will never play soccer,” which he punctu ated with a warning: if she stepped onto a field, she’d wind up in a hospital. “Female athletes were always as fierce as their male counterparts,” Kennedy says. “But 50 years ago, the narrative was different.”

“I call myself the pebble in the shoe,” Kennedy says. “It’s constant work, and it shouldn’t have to be, but we have to keep saying and believing, ‘my life is as important as yours.’ We have to keep chipping away.”

By the turn of the millennium, the effects of Title IX were clearly visible as female students be gan coming to Andover with significant athletic achievements. Hee-Jin Chang ’05 swam for South Korea in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney Australia, when she was just 14 years old. So it’s no surprise that while attending Andover she set school records in nine of 11 swimming events—two of which still stand today. Chang went on to swim at the University of Texas at Austin and in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.

But Chang’s Andover athletics story has just as much to do with what she didn’t excel at.

“I call myself the pebble in the shoe. It’s constant work, and it shouldn’t have to be, but we have to keep saying and believing, ‘my life is as important as yours.’ We have to keep chipping away.”

“I was a great swimmer when I joined Andover,” she says. “But I did not want to—or was afraid to—try new sports.” The best thing about Andover athletics, Chang notes, was that she wasn’t allowed to be just “the swimmer”—a gift she attributes to Martha Fenton ’83, P’17, ’21, ’23, current girls’ hock ey coach and former athletics director.

“Martha encouraged me to try other sports, like rowing,” Chang recalls. “And I loved it. I always think of Martha when I am afraid to venture into new areas in life—she’s always in the back of my mind, encouraging me to make the leap into the unknown.”Others also tried new sports, which ended up becoming a central focus in their lives going for ward. Case in point: Kassie Archambault ’06, who decided to join the wrestling team her first year with no prior experience. By her lower year, she’d made the varsity line up. The support she received at Andover felt groundbreaking for her.

Although Archambault didn’t wrestle in col lege, she returned to the sport when she came back to Andover in 2012 as a teacher. She is currently chair of the Russian Department, assistant girls’ varsity lacrosse coach, and head varsity wrestling coach, having recently been named New England Preparatory School Wrestling Association Coach of the Year.The wrestling world has come a long way since her time as a student, Archambault says. And Andover has continued to help pave the way.

“When I started, I took for granted how sup portive our coaches and team were of girls wres tling,” Archambault says. “Once I made varsity, I realized that wasn’t the case at other schools. We were certainly ahead of the game.” This dynamic played out in competition: “People thought we were making a statement by putting a girl out as the varsity 103-pounder, not realizing that I had beaten two other boys for my spot. I had boys who refused to wrestle me in com petition and therefore would just forfeit.”

“When I was an athlete, we had to look elsewhere for all-girl tournaments—my coaches would take me to the local ones and then my family would take me to tournaments that were further away,” she says. “Now all prep schools are on board with girls wrestling and there is a girls’ division at the New

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“The support I received from my Andover coaches, friends, teammates, and teachers offered me a foundation built on confidence, reassurance, and love in the pursuit of my goals as a collegiate student-athlete,” she says. “That pride, tradition, and love continue to frame how I pursue my own workAlthoughtoday.” her experience as a student-ath lete was overwhelmingly positive, Wadland ac knowledges the many hurdles that lie ahead.

’06 also cites Andover athletics as laying the foundation for her life beyond the Hill. She earned 12 varsity letters—in soccer, ice hockey, and lacrosse—but when asked which experiences stand out the most, she points to Andover’s biggest rival to the north.

“Female-identifying student-athletes were well-re spected during my time at Andover,” she says. “We are beginning to see that similar respect extended to women in professional sports—increased media coverage, slight compensation increases. But prog ress remains slow.”

One Win, Another Challenge

Over five decades, Title IX has paved the way for glimmers of progress. In May, the U.S. women’s soc cer team settled a lawsuit with the sport’s national governing body, which pledged to equalize pay for the men’s and women’s national teams. But what should have been a revolutionary step forward in gender equality has its shortcomings.

“To me, Andover-Exeter embodies the spirit of athletics at Andover—it strikes a balance between competition and community,” Wadland says. “I al ways found the spirit of connection between fellow teammates, faculty and staff, alumni, and families very moving; it was and is a demonstrative example of how we can accomplish far more—and have fun along the way—by coming together and supporting others.”Wadland went on to play lacrosse at Dartmouth College; her junior and senior years, she captained the team. In 2019, she was inducted into the Andover Athletics Hall of Honor. Today, Wadland works as an associate director of admissions at Concord Academy, a private coeducational high school. Working with young people every day, Wadland draws upon her Andover experience.

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“Athletics are very important to me and have helped me learn from my mistakes, how to be strongminded, become a competitor, and a person who does not give up. I love being in a different world on the field or court. I think the most important part about playing competitive sports as a female is inspiring other younger girls to be confident—and play like a girl!”

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“ There are so many parallels between sports, academics, and the real world. As a competitive athlete, I gained confidence that I’ve been able to apply in the classroom. I’ve learned a lot about what motivates me and how to respond to challenges, and I have been able to explore my strengths and weaknesses on a much deeper level.”

A day after celebrating the 50-year landmark passage of Title IX this past June, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, declaring that the constitutional right to abortion, upheld for nearly half a century, no longer exists. The decision, which put the power in the hands of state governments, prompted abortion rights to be totally or neartotally banned in 26 states.

“Sports helped change how women saw them selves and how the rest of society saw us,” Massengill says. But now, she adds, that feels at risk.

HANNAH justicz ’22 nordic skiing • crew “Equity and equality are not the same,” says Aisha Jorge Massengill ’88. The vice president and deputy general counsel of employment and team mate relations at Under Armour, Massengill was appointed to PA’s Board of Trustees in July. Massengill made history at Andover as the first athlete to earn 12 varsity letters in four years (in volleyball, softball, and basketball). She went on to play Division I softball at Boston College, where she studied law. Sports helped show Massengill what she was capable of and taught those who watched her never to underestimate what a female can do.

as she feels about women’s sports, Athletics Director Joel reminds that we still have a long way to go. “All female athletes deserve equal access to top-tier facili ties, locker rooms, trainers, coaches, equipment, and uniforms—the same as the boys deserve,” she says. “We also must under stand that the news coverage of girls’ and women’s sports often falls short. The sto ries of female athletes at all levels must be told and celebrated—they cannot be the side or back story but should be right along side the stories about maleJoelathletes.”isalso quick to recognize the importance of men who fiercely advocate for equality—like her friend and mentor, retired Andover football coach and emeritus athletics di rector Leon Modeste. “Leon was truly ahead of his time,” Joel says. “He not only fought for girls’ sports, but also took action by hiring women coaches.”

“While there has been tremendous progress in women’s athletics, we cannot be complacent,” Massengill says. “The Roe decision and the state laws that have since followed highlight that the gains we have made are tenuous at best. Our right to live and compete on equal footing—and to have agency over our bodies—must be vigilantly protected.”Asoptimistic

When Modeste joined the coaching staff in 1986, changes were underway. Coaches, he stresses, play a fundamental function, working closely with athletes to develop physical, technical, and psycho logical improvements. In addition to exceptional coaching, Andover also prioritized equal access to facilities and equipment.

“The support I received from my Andover coaches, friends, teammates, and teachers offered me a foundation built on reassurance,confidence,andloveinthepursuitofmygoalsasacollegiatestudent-athlete.”

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“An important issue for women in sports right now is the hate that is directed toward women who occupy additional marginalized identities—trans women, women of color, women with disabilities,” she Manysays.

While there are still barriers to break in reach ing equality, women, the students echo, are more visible in sport now than ever before. And they ar en’t backing down from leveling the playing field.

“Find the sport than makes you happy, less stressed, or gets you excited,” says Sakina Cotton ’24, who wrestles and plays Ultimate Frisbee. Prior to games, she likes to queue up Alicia Keys’ “New Day” to get in the zone.

of the student athletes, as well as alumni and coaches, refer to the case of Brittney Griner, a seven-time WNBA All-Star, who was detained in Russia on February 17 for carrying marijuana concentrate (cannabis oil) in her luggage. The star center for the Phoenix Mercury (who was sentenced to nine years in prison at the time of publication) was in Russia to play during the WNBA off-season.

On campus today, female athletes con tinue to be trailblazers in their sports and are unafraid to point out the challenges they face—and the progress that remains for gender equality more broadly.While crew captain Roberts says that team sports benefit her in many ways, including inspir ing gratitude, she also recognizes the road toward equality is long and winding.

“This shouted to the world that both these teams were equally important—lit erally playing on the same turf,” he says. “Our girls’ teams are as driven and aggressive as any of our boys’ teams. That’s the Andover way.”

While society catches up, the current genera tion of female athletes presses ahead. Roberts, who graduated in June, would like to see more room for women to not have to be incredible at a sport to be respected.“Iwant women to be comfortable trying sports just for fun, with any body type, at any skill level, and feel like they belong,” she says.

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“She’s every bit the Tom Brady of her sport,” Modeste points out. “It is crazy that WNBA play ers make so little that they have to go overseas to supplement their income. They work just as hard as male players do, yet you can’t deny that more peo ple pay to see a team like the New York Knicks lose instead of the Liberty (WNBA), who actually win games! That’s a societal problem.”

Shea Freda ’24, who plays field hockey, ice hock ey, and lacrosse, hopes to see more girls play lon ger—girls are dropping out of sports at two times the rate of boys by high school (around 51 percent), according to the WSF. Freda also hopes to turn on the TV in 10 years and watch “women’s sports broadcast equally to men’s.”

Roughly half of WNBA players compete overseas in the off-season to augment their domestic income. Griner’s counterparts in the men’s league make more than 200 times the maximum WNBA salary.

“We battle being overlooked, underpaid, and underestimated,” Freda says. “As I see it, each fe male athlete may be a competitor, but we compete for each Soccerother.”and track athlete Myra Bhathena ’22 likewise believes that female athletes are bound not only to one another, but also to women throughout history who have fought and continue to fight for equality. She often feels the weight of the struggle.

“Every time I step onto the field or track,” says Bhathena, “it can feel burdensome to continuously have to prove my—and all women’s—place in ath letics. Being a female in sports should not be an exception, although we still often feel like outsiders in such male-dominated spaces. To me, being a fe male in sports is a privilege. I hope that soon it will become an empowering norm.”

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“Things really started to change when people began getting turf fields,” Modeste says. “Some schools would put boys on their main field and place the girls on secondary fields that weren’t as visible or well maintained. We were reluctant to play schools that put our girls on otherWhenspaces.”the Academy switched to turf, Modeste made sure the field hock ey lines were permanently painted on the field in ad dition to the football lines.

“Our girls’ teams are as driven and aggressive as any of our boys’ teams. That’s the Andover way.”

“We are still working on amending the sports disparity between males and females,” Cotton says. “But know there are many people out there who want to see you shine and support you. You just have to find your people—and never stop believing in the power of you.” 

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“Ten years from now, I hope to see less stereotypes, more gender equality, freedom for women in sports to make choices without being objectified, and more encouragement for young girls to pursue any sport they wish.”ELISSA kim swimming’24

Chionuma says her work is both “a passion and a privilege. I get to wake up and immerse myself in really challenging work that is impactful for com munities that are in need.”

Andover at the tender age of 13, Chionuma was thrust into a completely differ ent world. She describes the school district in her hometown of Little Rock, Arkansas, as “a poor school district in one of the poorest states.” During her last year of junior high, a student was shot and killed on campus in front of her and other students.

At Morgan Stanley, where she has worked since 2006, Chionuma connects nonprofit organizations, like community developing financial institutions (CDFIs) and affordable housing developers, with long-term flexible capital in the form of bonds.

workempowerment—thatyoucanachieve crystallized for me at Andover.”

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“My work is to take these nonprofits into the capital mar kets, introduce them to investors, and raise capital to accelerate their impact,” she says. “It’s advancing the market, bringing in more tools, more op tions—more needed options—that hadn’t pre viously existed. That sense of empowerment—that with purpose and work you can achieve anything— really crystallized for me at Andover.”

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This had never been done before; many naysay ers thought these nonprofits couldn’t raise money in cap ital markets. But Chionuma questioned the underlying assumptions about perfor mance and risk and found they weren’t true. She be lieved it could be done and she put in the work to educate the market to ensure success.

“To go to a campus that was simply safe felt like a privilege,” she says. “It was a big deal for me.” But it wasn’t just the sense of security that was foundational for Chionuma. Equally important was the rich educational environment. At Andover, there wasn’t any doubt that you could be successful. Chionuma says the institutional pervasiveness of this idea—and the expectation—was novel.

ost of us don’t typically associate Andover’s motto of non sibi with Wall Street or investment bank ing. Yet, for Grace Chionuma ’92 the world of finance is exactly how she has put this ethos into practice.

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Years later, Chionuma found her opportunity.

At Andover, she was regularly encouraged to think about her impact on others. “You have great educational opportunities and first-class facilities. But what are you going to do with it? How are you going to help others?” she says.

In 2017, Chionuma’s team at Morgan Stanley pioneered the first public capital markets bond initial public offering for a national CDFI, Local Initiatives Support Corp. And in 2020, they did the same for the nonprofit affordable housing developer sector with the debt IPO of BRIDGE Housing.

As managing director in the Public Finance Banking Group at Morgan Stanley, Chionuma spends her days structuring deals for public sector infrastructure projects and creating financing tools to support the mission-driven work of nonprofit organizations.Chionuma says her interest in the public and nonprofit sectors is deeply rooted in her own edu cational experience and the transformative power of opportunity.Arrivingat

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“We’re seeing tremendous stickiness in terms of the impact of the program,” she says, adding that about 75 percent of participants from their flagship Summer Intensive Program have remained in fi nancial

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Jollon Colsher did not always envi sion a career in finance. Growing up in New York, she wanted to make a dif ference in the world. When she was 16, she visited Brazil (where she was born) with her mom. The trip left an enduring mark. Traveling through the country’s interior, she witnessed stark poverty. It solidified her desire to help un der-resourced communities and populations in need. It was this passion for phil anthropic work that led Jollon Colsher to Goldman Sachs where she launched and ran the firm’s 10,000 Small Businesses initiative. The program provides access to education, capital, and support services to entrepreneurs in under-resourced communities across the United States and the United Kingdom so they, in turn, can create jobs and economic opportunity.Thisexperience exposed Jollon Colsher to the possibilities of what a career in finance could look like for more women. “If I could have a rewarding career in the non-revenue side at Goldman Sachs, it’s certainly beyond attainable for other women to have incredibly rewarding careers in investment management too,” she says.

G lobally, less than 12 percent of in vestment portfolio managers are women. In the United States, just 10 percent of fund managers are wom en.* But don’t tell Katherine Jollon Colsher ’96 it’s because women aren’t interested in finance. She’ll emphatically tell you that’s not true.

In the past six years, 1,400 women have partic ipated in GWI’s program. Jollon Colsher says GWI plans to add another 500 women this summer.

As a student who was on financial aid at Andover, Jollon Colsher knows firsthand how ac cess to opportunity can change one’s life. “I can’t undervalue how much Andover gave me in terms of access to education. Because of that transformative experience, I’m committed to making sure other people have access to education,” she says.

—Katherine Jollon Colsher ’96

Christine Yu ’94 is an awardwinning journalist whose writing has appeared in Outside, The Washington Post, Runner’s World, and other publications. She lives in Brooklyn, N.Y.

GWI specifically recruits first- and second-year college students from less traditional schools and majors, the majority of whom are women of color. GWI then introduces students to the indus try through an intensive education on core financial and investment principles, internships at leading investment firms, mentorship, and an on-going sup port community—all designed to give the students a leg up as they navigate future financial careers.

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In 2020, she joined Girls Who Invest (GWI) as pres ident and CEO. The nonprofit has a big vision: ensuring that 30 percent of the world’s invest able capital is managed by women by 2030.

“Our role at Girls Who Invest is to put more women into the talent pipeline.”

Jollon Colsher is on a mission to transform the industry by increasing the number of women in frontline investment and asset management roles.

*Data from Citywire’s Alpha Female Report 2021

Jollon Colsher is now making that happen. “Our role at Girls Who Invest is to put more women into the talent pipeline,” she says, noting that histori cally, financial institutions have not recruited from diverse and/or nonconventional schools. The result has been a large pool of overlooked talent.

“Wecareers.believe that diverse investment teams have better outcomes and returns. If that’s the thesis, we need to make it happen.” 

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hat better way for aspiring musicians to learn than by working with professionals?

“I’ve tried to be very active in the Korean American community and to provide help when I can…It’s very important, especially in the AAPI community, that we lift each other up.” MUSIC TOGETHER W

Brian Zeger ’74, a noted collaborative pianist who has performed throughout the United States and around the world, came back on campus this spring to engage with student vocalists, the chamber mu sic class, the Fidelio Society, and the Academy Chorus.

Patricia Tran ’24; Karen Wang ’24; Ellie Cho’23; Holly Barnes, director of chamber music; Jasmine Ma ’23; and Brian Zeger ’74

“It was so inspiring to be at PA to work with students and see some of the positive changes on campus,” says Zeger, who also is the artistic director of the Marcus Vocal Arts Department at The Juilliard School. “My years at PA were huge growth years for me, both intellectually and emotionally.”Afterworking with some of the advanced music stu dents, Zeger and the young musicians enjoyed a free wheeling conversation over pizza, chatting about poten tial career paths in music and the performing arts.

“For a lot of Asian American workers, the question of being overly concentrated in essential jobs—yet invisible and undervalued—is still a challenge.”

“I found that few of them know what role music might play in their lives after high school, so the talk jumped around among all kinds of artistic roles, both on and off stage. These are such early days for them as poten tial performers, administrators, audience members, or supporters,” Zeger says. “My advice was to stay open and to seek out artistic communities wherever you find them—or create them where you see the need. The warm spirit of collaboration I felt when Fidelio rehearsed with Dr. Siegfried [music department chair] convinced me that music would stay in these students’ lives.”

—DANIEL ARRIGG KOH ’03 DEPUTY CABINET SECRETARY FOR THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT BRIAN ZEGER ’74 MAKING

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Daniel Arrigg Koh and Ai-Jen Poo took part in a recent alumni webinar organized by the Equity and Inclusion Committee of the Alumni Council. The pair discussed their work, the importance of their Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) heritage, and their Andover experiences.

far, Wing’s whimsical art has been used for packaging for Burt’s Bees, 20-foot-tall murals for the Andaz ho tel in New York City, coffee sleeves for the iconic French pastry shop Ladurée in several major cities, and assort ed other projects for clients such as Anthropologie, Coach, and American Express.“Herbal Essences was one of my most exciting jobs because it’s such a house hold name,” says Wing, who worked on the shampoo and conditioner bio:renew campaign. Grey Advertising provided a narrative for 10 characters, includ ing one named Willow. Wing created stylish illustrations for each character using asingredientsproductsuchmintleaves, grapefruit peel, and coffee fruit flown in from South America. “It was exciting to see these adver tisements come to life in the pages of nearly every major magazine,” enthuses Wing. “My art was also on the store fronts of pharmacies, on global TV ads on major networks, and on billboards around the world.”

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Wing frequently posts demonstrations on Instagram, the platform that’s given her the biggest exposure since she started Meredith Wing Design in 2012. Based in Brooklyn, New York, Wing’s business took flight when she discovered social media: “Posting on Instagram has been 100 per cent the reason for my business success,” she Thussays.

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Coconut slivers on a wedding dress. Tangerine hats and peapod pants. Meredith Wing ’04 delicately arrang es elegant pieces of fruit and vegetables, sprigs of herbs, flower petals, and buds atop her fashion illustrations to create chic three-dimensional art. Wing’s creative process begins by sketching an illustration with archival technical pens. She then adds color with markers, builds dimension with broccoli earrings, artichoke skirts, and croissant dresses, and, finally, photographs the collage.

At Andover, Wing was president of the art club, had weekly meetings at the Addison Gallery, and won several art and playwriting awards. She majored in English literature in college, studied and worked in Paris for a few years, and then returned to attend Columbia University, earning master’s degrees in French (2009) and architecture (2015). It was during her graduate work in architecture at Columbia that she started posting her personal artwork on Instagram. Clients

BY NANCY HITCHCOCK began admiring her creations. “Soho House reached out to me early on and asked me to go to Coachella—a music festival in California—to create illus trations of celebrities at their events,” she says. “That was a big break in the beginning that gave me the confidence to know that elite institutions were pur suing my Wing’sservices.”mostrecent project was a week-long residency at The Charleston Place hotel in Charleston, South Carolina, where she led workshops and demonstrated live drawings for guests. Looking back, Wing says she is hap py to have eschewed a more traditional career. “When I was bold enough to cre ate my own path,” she says, “I was able to really thrive.”  Follow Wing on Instagram @moomooi

“Andover wasn’t something my own parents had planned for, and there was no way we could have afforded it with out partial financial support. Now, it’s only natural for me to pay it forward,” says Martinez, an Andover volunteer and longtime member of the Bulfinch Loyalty Society and the Non Sibi Association, both of which recognize donors for their annual giving.

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“My family didn’t have much money, but we had a history of respecting education… When it was my turn, I received financial aid, and I’ve always been grateful for it.”

BYUNYOON Andover remains a leader among independent schools in need-blind admission—accepting students based on their merits alone and then meeting their family’s full demonstrated financial need.

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Through gifts to the Jason K. Gimbel Scholarship, named for her close friend and classmate who passed away after college, Martinez knows she can create opportunities for classroom learning, artistic expression, and even international immersion.

“I’m contributing in a manner that engages me on a variety of levels—be cause I love Andover, because I received financial aid, and as a legacy to Jason and his family,” she says. “There are so many ways to make an impact and tailor it to what matters most to you.”

“I focus on financial aid because I wouldn’t be where I am without it. And I think it’s essential to have people attend PA who couldn’t otherwise, talented students who can add to its rich tapestry,” says Martinez. That inclusive, equitable approach to an Andover education was the primary goal of Academy leaders—in cluding former head of school Barbara Landis Chase and former Board of Trustees president Oscar Tang ’56— who pioneered PA’s need-blind admis sion policy in 2008. Andover’s 15th consecutive need-blind class enters this fall, and donations to financial aid con tinue to make this landmark initiative viable today and sustainable for the long-term future.

ith her 25th reunion on the horizon, there’s little doubt MartinezAnnie’98 still feels connected to Andover. Her personalized license plate reads “non sibi,” after all. “I love that motto,” she smiles. “That what we do is not for ourselves, but for others.”Yetit’s what Martinez chooses to support each year—financial aid—that really brings her commitment into focus. She’s one of 5,790 donors who’ve given to this Knowledge & Goodness campaign priority—and one of thou sands who’ve benefited from such generosity themselves.

David Haartz ’55 agrees. He estab lished the Carter Family Scholarship for day students in honor of his family’s deep-rooted ties to Andover and their strong belief in the value of education. For the scholarship, Haartz used appreciated stock to fund charitable gift annuities—a resourceful way to give and break down financial barriers for students.“Myfamily didn’t have much mon ey, but we had a history of respecting education. My grandmother, Bessie Rose Carter, wanted to make sure her children were well educated. She managed to send three of my uncles to Andover by raising chickens and selling

Not for Self Alumni Pay It Forward for Financial Aid

Closing Strong In total, Knowledge & Goodness will raise $110.5 million for scholarships— with less than $21 million remaining in this key goal. Success will enable Andover to place its need-blind admis sion policy on the strongest possible footing, so students continue to be accepted on their merits alone, not on their ability to afford tuition. Gifts of all sizes make this happen, because even donations of $5, $20, and $100 help close the gap between Andover’s endowment and the current need for financial aid. Today, nearly 50 percent of students receive at least some aid, so the chance to change someone’s trajectory is more tangible than ever.

Feeling inspired? Visit andover.edu/studentaid today. eggs at market,” said Haartz. “When it was my turn, I received financial aid, and I’ve always been grateful for it.”

In addition to scholarship support, donations make the daily Andover experience accessible as well. If needed, students receive assistance for sports equipment, winter clothing, prom tickets, travel, and more.

Haartz and Martinez view this show of philanthropic spirit as part of a continuum. One in which the recipient emerges as the advocate.

“The gifts of many are better than the gifts of a few,” says Martinez. “By giving to financial aid, we’re making sure Andover students have every opportunity to become tremendous contributors to our society.”

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Amy Kellogg ’83 serves as senior foreign affairs correspondent for Fox News and is based in Milan, Italy. She has lived and worked in Moscow and London during her time at the network and has covered stories from Europe to the Middle East. Kellogg is also the author of Cuore Rosso, a thriller/love story set in Russia and published in Italian in 2021. Reality Russians View the War on Ukraine

Some Russians have started working at centers for Ukrainian refugees. Others are writing. Those anti-warriors who didn’t leave the country have in vented ways to express protest, often standing alone with a sign somewhere. It is almost as if there is a competition to see whose message is most benign yet still manages to invite the ire of the police. A man in Moscow was arrested and fined for holding a sheet of white paper marked with asterisks equivalent to the number of letters it takes to spell “No War.” Even suggestive silence can be considered discreditation of the Russian army. But those repressive methods seem to be working for the Kremlin or at least are not counterproductive to its aims. And the state TV propaganda machine fires on all cylinders.

According to political scientist Ekaterina Schulmann, herself now in exile, while the polls are not a perfect representation of society but rather a reflection of those who agree to answer questions, they indicate that support for President Vladimir Putin remains solid. The Levada Center, perhaps the most reliable pollster, in June found 72 percent of Russians would like to see him stay in office after 2024, when the next elec tions are scheduled. Its polls indicate the majority of Russians blame NATO, and more specifically the United States, for the death and destruction in Ukraine. In a recent conversation, Schulmann told me this seems a fairly reasonable emotional response to a nightmarish reality. Looking for an explanation that will let you continue to live somewhat comfortably in your own world makes certain sense. But she worries that messag ing from the outside world ends up sounding to many Russians like the West is out to get them. It’s a line the Kremlin launched and has used effectively. This all bodes a long period of isolation for Russia that will likely see the state further consolidate power and enterprise. The government-run economy of the Soviet era ultimately buckled from inefficiency and debt. How Russia, now reveling in what it spins as a path toward independence from the outside world, will truly fare if this war grinds on is anybody’s guess.

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In the circles of young, open-minded people I know in Moscow, there was a surprising bit of levity before the war with Ukraine began. Nobody thought it would actually hap pen. It sounded absurd. A war in Ukraine. Attacking your neighbor to improve your own national security. It just made no sense to many worldly Russians.

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“If we are going to steal some land,” one joked, “why not take something like the Maldives? Not the Donbas.” But such humor, for the most part, quickly dried up when war began. And with a speed that struck me, many of those very same people who never thought an attack would occur were packing their bags, families, and dreams right up and leaving Russia. They fled to Turkey, Georgia, Azerbaijan, at least to weather the storm. Their numbers are not known. Some have apparently since returned. The term “brain drain” has been bandied about as another consequence of this war for Russia. Thinking about it, the plans of those who fled must have been subconsciously or perhaps secretly coming together for some time as the screws tightened on freedom of speech year by recent year in Russia. People had been giving thought about where best to raise children. There is no place like home, but the first choice isn’t always the best choice, or so it began to seem. From their place of exile, many Russians soon expressed a sense of horror, collective responsibility, and shame for what their country is doing to its brother. Some said they couldn’t think of anything else or manage to tear themselves away from the Telegram channels that are perhaps the most popular in formation medium right now for younger Russians. One told me in April that he hadn’t watched a movie or been able to en joy a glass of wine since the war began. The situation is debili tating and all-consuming for many, even if they appreciate that their predicament doesn’t compare to that of the Ukrainians.

Whenschools.sponsorship was required to participate in The Dakar Project—a program focused on the historical preservation of the 16 million enslaved Africans who transited through Gorée Island—John underwrote my service trip. When I was admitted to Yale College while in Senegal, John was one of the first people with whom I shared my news. A congratulatory telegram arrived from Geneva on graduation day. I keep it alongside my diploma. Eventually, I became an AAR myself and met Haroldo Nesbeth ’17, a talented young wrestler from Santa Monica, California. Haroldo found my name on the AAR website and called me just a few days before the final application deadline, a situation that I imagine was very similar to the call John received to interview me. Navigating the process largely by himself, it became clear as I in terviewed Haroldo that Andover would have the power to change his life, as it had mine, and John’s. Thankfully, Andover’s Admissions Office agreed with my recommendation.

Above: Haroldo Nesbeth ’17 with his mother and Christina Erickson ’88, P’19; Inset photo: the author and her mentor, John J. Ryan III ’45

My experience with John—his constant care, concern, transformationalmentorship—wasandinmygrowth.AndsoitfeltonlynaturalthatIwouldtrytopayitforward.

PHOTOSCOURTESY 84 ANDOVER | SUMMER 2022

I first met John J. Ryan III ’45 in the win ter of 1985 in Geneva, Switzerland. John was an alumni admission representative— AAR for short—and I was an American Field Service exchange student checking one last box on my Andover application while trying to keep up with the rigorous French curriculum in the Swiss public high school hosting me for the year. This was a time before virtual tours had taken hold. John was the only data point I had on a school on the receiving end of my hand written application. His enthusiasm for Andover was palpable and it transformed John’s trajectory, as it would mine. I was accepted to Andover and benefited from its need-blind admission policy, a program that allowed me to choose Andover over its peer

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Recipient of the MacMillan Scholarship, Haroldo brought to campus his intellectual curi osity, wrestling chops, and years of choral experi ence; he made the most of his PG year. Haroldo also became a part of my immediate family—an older brother to my own kids. In May 2017, I visited with John and his wife, Jacqueline. John knew I had become an AAR, and I shared my hope that he would someday meet Haroldo. John was subsequently diagnosed with Parkinson’s. That was the last time we met in per son; he passed away January 1, 2022. I recently gathered with John’s extended family at his memorial. Some I had met, many I had not. They welcomed me warmly. Those I had not met al ready knew of me and of our friendship. It came full circle in that moment; I now stood as their bridge to John’s Andover experience, just as he was the bridge to my own—a bridge I like to think now extends to Haroldo.

T he classmates, faculty, and friends who make up my Andover family have been a gift since the day I stepped onto campus. There are two members of that family who hold special significance, and my friendship with each of them began far away from the school that now ties us together.

After Andover, Christina Erickson ’88, P’19 earned a degree from Harvard Law School. Her legal work focuses on the structuring, formation, and ongoing management of alternative investment vehicles for an established investment manager. While raising a family, Erickson took a break from legal practice to work on environmental, social, and governance criteria matters to advocate for better solutions to climate crisis. CHRISTINA ERICKSON ’88, P’19

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WELCOME HOME Andover welcomed back Thruston “Thruse” Hammer ’42 for Reunion weekend in June. As the eldest attendee, Thruse led the Alumni Parade. He was joined by his daughter Linda, pictured here, and wife Mary (in the front seat). View more photos of Reunion starting on page 74.

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