St. Andrew’s Magazine, Summer 2006

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Cornerstones

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EXECUTIVE EDITOR

Joy McGrath ’92 DESIGN DIRECTOR

Amy MacKenzie Kendig ASSISTANT EDITOR

A. Hope McGrath ’01 CLASS NOTES EDITOR

Denise Thorn CONTRIBUTORS

John Abbott John Burk Greg Doyle ’87 A. Hope McGrath ’01 Joy McGrath ’92 Chesa Profaci ’80 Tomas A. Puky ’89 Tony Rinaldo Hadley Roach ’07 Asa Rose Shenandoah ’06 Shabazz Stuart ’07

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In Memory In Memory

James A. de Peyster ’35

governor of the Society in New York and first governor general

Taken from Palm Beach Daily News, on Novembe 11, 2005:

of the Colonial Wars.

James Abercrombie de Peyster, a longtime resident of Palm

In addition to his wife, Mr. de Peyster is survived by

Beach, died Monday, Nov. 7, 2005, at his home after an

his daughter, Shelby de Peyster Wyckoff, and her husband,

extended illness. He was 89.

Clinton Randolph Wyckoff III, of Palm Beach; his sons, James

Mr. de Peyster was born Jan. 20, 1916, in New York City,

Abercrombie de Peyster Jr. of Hastings-on-Hudson, N.Y., and

the son of Frederic Ashton de Peyster and Alice Abercrombie

Frederic Ashton de Peyster III and his wife, Margo Donahue

Miller de Peyster, later the Countess Bohdan de Castellane. He

de Peyster, of Palm Beach; four grandchildren and six great-

was the 12th generation of the de Peyster family to be born on

grandchildren.

the island of Manhattan. His ancestors include Johannes de

William B. Evans ’36

Peyster, who came to New Amsterdam in 1645; Lewis Morris, chief justice of New York and first governor of New Jersey; Lewis Morris III, signer of the Declaration of Independence; Abraham de Peyster, aing governor and mayor of New York from 1692 to 1694; and Robert Livingston, who administered the oath of office to President George Washington in 1789 in New York.

Mr. de Peyster attended the Salisbury School, Salisbury, Conn.; Culver Military Academy, Culver, Ind.; and St. Andrew’s School, Middletown, Del. He married Dorothy Shelby Siems Dec. 2, 1938, at St. James Church in New York City. In 1946, they moved to Palm Beach, where he continued his interest in stock options as a private investor. The family summered in Southampton, N.Y., Wyoming and Europe.

Mr. de Peyster was a member of the Palm Beach Pundits and the Bath and Tennis Club. He served on the board of trustees of The Society of the Four Arts. He was a former member of the Seaspray, Seminole and Everglades clubs.

Mr. de Peyster was a founder of the Palm Beach chapter

Obituary submitted by his wife, Elizabeth: Judge William B. Evans, age 88, of Elkton, Md., died Friday, April 28, 2006. Born in Sao Paulo, Brazil on July 1, 1917, he was the son of the late Harry C. and Viola Mulqueen Evans.

He was a graduate of St. Andrew’s School, Middletown, Del., and received his B.S. from the University of Virginia after which he attended the U.S. Naval Academy, being commissioned an Ensign in 1941. He served in the U.S. Navy in the Atlantic and Pacific Theaters and was honoraly discharged with the rank of Lieutenant Commander. Judge Evans received his law degree from the University of Virginia and was admitted to the Maryland Bar in 1946. He was a praicing attorney in Cecil County and was appointed judge in August 1979.

Survivors include his wife, Elizabeth Megill Evans; daughters, Virginia Evans Weight of Frederick, Md., and Suzanne Evans Reeves of Providence, R.I.; four grandchildren; and 10 great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Ann B. Evans; and sister, Jeanette Evans Wilmer.

of the Society of the Colonial Wars, following the path of his

John K. Cowperthwaite, CAPT, USN (Ret.) ’44

grandfather, Frederic James de Peyster, who served as the first

From Clasmate Bill Brownlee:

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from where he retired in 1974. John, his wife Wally and son John Jr. took the long way home, traveling for four months and seeing the world.

They settled in Virginia Beach, Va., and John worked for many years with a company applying solar energy for home use. Later he ent some years as a financial planner and When I entered St. Andrew’s in the V Form, one of my

finally retired a second time, so that more time could be ent

roommates was John Cowperthwaite ’44, except that he went

traveling.

by Jack in those days. Jack had started in the III Form, so with

The nomadic Navy life must have suited him because every

his two years of experience, he was ale to show the ‘new boy’

time I spoke with him, after he retired, he was either returning

the ropes. When we graduated, he wrote in my yearbook about

from a trip or planning the next one. He and Wally saw a lot of

“our glamorous rooms”, although even in the rosy hue of 60

this world from China to Egypt to Africa and South America

years recollection, I don’t remember any glamour. Always the

and they traveled all over Europe. We met only a few times

optimist, he also wrote about our ‘super varsity’ football, even

after graduation—once at school, again when I visited Wally

though our record was 3 and 5. Jack was the center and the

and him in Virginia Beach, and the last time when we met

lone linebacker, playing every minute but two of every game.

in Williamsburg at the home of Bill ’44 and Marlene Davis.

Jack’s great passion always was sailing and he was

When e-mail came along, John, as he now wanted to be called,

Commodore of the St. Andrew’s Yacht Club that existed in

and I were in touch frequently. We differed greatly in our

those days. He continued this passion with a career in the

political views, but we managed to debate issues with civility

Navy, retiring as a Captain.

and I shall miss the opportunity to exchange ideas with him.

He entered the Navy via the V12 program in 1944, and upon graduation from Yale in 1947, he was commissioned an ensign in the United States Navy. He joined the Naval Security Group in 1948 and saw duty in Adak, Alaska, NSG Headquarters in Washington, D.C., Cheltenham, England and NSG Headquarters in Bremerhaven, where he met his wife, Wally. After another tour of duty in Washington, he was attached to the NATO Command in Norfolk and promoted during this tour to Captain. The highlight of his career was serving as commanding officer of NSG Hanza, Okinawa. His last tour of duty was at U.S. Naval Air Facility Atsugi, Japan,

J. McHenry Gillet ’46 Chesa Profaci ’80 wrote the following remembrance of Mac to the Clas of 1946: Mac was a longtime loyal alumnus of St. Andrew’s School since his graduation in 1946. He remained in contact with the School and in particular its first headmaster during his service in the Army. He was a member of the Alumni Council in the late 1950s under the School’s second headmaster. A teacher himself, Mac championed the importance of faculty during the tenure of St. Andrew’s third headmaster.

He also brought more tangile contributions to

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In Memory s Ward M. French ’53

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In Memory

St. Andrew’s. After the death of his brother George ’43,

Ward M. French ’53

he commissioned a stone water fountain and bench as a

The Alumni Office received a note from classmate Hal West

permanent memorial. In the 80s, Mac produced the timeless

stating that he received information that Ward French died on

coasters depicting scenes of St. Andrew’s campus by fellow

December 29, 2005. Please submit remembrances for the next

alumnus Bulent Atalay ’58.

issue of the St. Andrew’s Magazine.

I will remember his personal sense of style. The needlepoint pillow of his brother’s sits on the leather armchair

Ethan Custis Crimmins ’81

in the alumni relations office. His St. Andrew’s School lazer

Ethan, 42, was the beloved husband of Jo Crimmins and the

is in the archives—with Radnor Hunt buttons. Last fall, he

beloved son of Marcy Crimmins of Princeton, N.J., and James

inquired about St. Andrew’s School lazer buttons from Ben

Custis Crimmins of Santa Barbara, Calif.

Silver. I sent them to him this winter and was looking forward to seeing him sporting them at his 60th reunionin June 2006.

Mac lived to see the creation of the new arts center under

Ethan died in his sleep from respiratory complications on February 10, 2006. He was a graduate of the Hotchkiss School in 1981 and a graduate of the University of Colorado

the fourth headmaster, Tad Roach, a project that was very

in 1985. Ethan leaves behind four sisters, Samantha Smith,

important to him personally.

Page Seyfried, Tory Brangham and Courtney Crimmins, and

Clasmate Don Haynsworth wrote the following remembrance:

ten nieces and nephews. He also leaves behind many loyal and

When I think of Mac, I am most reminded of our fun years

lifelong friends in New York and Los Angeles. In work and life

competing on the St. Andrew’s School tennis team. Almost

he combined his passions for music and travel. He had recently

every week in our last couple of years we would have a match

begun work at Amazon on their new digital music project. He

with each other to see who would play the number one singles

was honest and straight forward with strong beliefs. He had a

for the team. Unually Mac won this honor, but whether

generous spirit.

number one or two, I’ll always think of Mac, my friend and teammate, with the words “Thanks for the memories.”

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REUNITE! HOMECOMING 2006 HIGHLIGHT 1981 STATE CHAMPIONSHIP SOCCER TEAM REUNION

Coached by Tad Roach and Will Speers, the 1981 Varsity Soccer team is the ONLY SAS Soccer team to WIN the State Tournament!

Calling all alumni soccer players to take on the 1981 team in an exhibition game on Saturday morning, September 30!

Get ready to play and look for details at alumni.standrews-de.org Summer 2006 u 77

Bare fields turned green. Trees went in.

Buildings went up. Cloisters went on.

Why affords a nice speculation.

A benevolent founder

may have had something to do with it, or money, or boys and men.

Divine providence may even have had a hand in it. Who knows?

You sit down and figure it out.

The answer you find is the only one you will ever believe.

And when you’re done, another question remains:

What are you going to do with what you have?

William “Bull” Cameron Master and Assistant Headmaster Founders’ Day 1966

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