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6 Our Academic Edge: Ocean Ecology
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reflecting on our heritage Kerry C. Saltonstall, Editor
In Memory of Roderic B. Park ’49, Trustee
I hope you will enjoy this issue devoted to our School by the Sea heritage and in honor of Tabor Boy’s 100th birthday. While Elizabeth Taber founded our school, Headmaster Walter Lillard was the visionary of our school by the sea. Lillard arrived in 1916 to a school that would not survive without quick and substantial change. He reorganized Tabor into a national “prep” school for boys (sequestering the local girls in their own school building), and set to work distinguishing Tabor from other schools. He worked to secure and develop our incredible seaside location and the unique waterfront programs that have captured our imaginations and offered endless possibilities ever since. Determined to take advantage of the water, Lillard’s boys applied their skill to build model sloops and sailing skiffs that they would test, launch and race. But with WWI looming in 1917, Lillard sought more relevant training for boys, borrowing the schooner Black Duck from the Forbes family for his new summer venture, Camp Cleveland. The camp, attracting 200 boys and arranged as an independent adjunct of the Junior Naval Reserve (Smart, 126), influenced the personality of our school and built our nautical training reputation, leading to our designation in 1941 as a Naval Honor school which continues today. The boys took to their lessons at deep water cruising so well that Lillard purchased our first Tabor Boy in 1926, creating a unique cornerstone for Tabor. Sailing on the Black Duck
Lillard’s vision and quick adaptation to the advent of war set Tabor on a new and bold course, a course we have adjusted for the times and augmented with marine science to expand the opportunities and relevance our ocean home has brought to our students.
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Tabor Boy, our nautical science electives, our sailing team, and hands-on marine science studies, force mastery within an interconnected community dependent on skill, knowledge and cooperation, not to mention tenacity. Given the world we face today, these are critical skills. We value the discipline the ocean commands of us, and the engaging and interdisciplinary opportunities that develop the kind of significant personal growth we seek for each and every student at Tabor. REFERENCES: Arnfield, Sophie. Personal interview, 10 Dec. 2013. Smart, Joseph J. The School and the Sea: A History of Tabor Academy. Marion, MA: Tabor Academy, 1964. Print. Sunday Standard [New Bedford, MA], 15 Nov. 1925. Tabor Archives, Charles Hayden Library, Tabor Academy, Marion, MA, Fall 2013.
To contribute your stories or memorabilia to our archives, contact Bob Thompson, Director of Leadership and Planned Giving at 508-291-8576.
Fore ’N Aft
CORRECTIONS:
1974… 40 years!
The following people were inadvertently omitted from the annual gift report. We are grateful for their support and apologize for our error.
Reunion weekend is June 6-8, 2014. Don’t miss the boat!
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Rod Pa rk w a s d ev oted to Ta bo r, a n d sp ecif ica l l y to t h e Ta bor B oy Pro g ra m . H is v isio n a n d su pport h a s p l a ced t h e v essel in a posit io n to serv e Ta bo r f o r y e a r s to c o m e .
Educator, Chancellor, sailor, vintner, fellow trustee and good friend, Rod Park departed these shores on September 6, 2013. Born in Cannes, France, Rod graduated from Tabor in 1949. While here, in addition to a number of sports and extracurricular activities, Rod spent four years on the Schooner Crew, serving as First Mate in his senior year. He went on to graduate from Harvard in 1953, and he received his Ph.D. in plant biochemistry and geochemistry from the California Institute of Technology in 1958. Thus commenced a distinguished career in education, beginning at UC Berkeley where he was a professor of botany and plant biology and department chair, rising to the post of Executive Chancellor, serving from 1980-1990. Rod then went on to serve as Interim Chancellor at the University of Colorado, Boulder from 1994-1997 and as Acting Chancellor, University of California Merced, from 2006-2007. While these accomplishments would have been enough for most folks, Rod followed his interests in numerous other areas. A true “Renaissance man,” Rod used his background in plant biology to establish, with his wife, Cathy, the Rockpile Vineyard in Sonoma County. He was quoted as saying, “Growing grapes has a rhythm and challenge that requires the successful farmer to listen
to nature in the same way that a professor listens to his students.” As Rod said in his Commencement address at Tabor in 1994, “I came to Tabor because for years I had seen the old gaff-rigged Tabor Boy, a Halifax racing schooner, sailing through Woods Hole with topsails set and cadets in uniform on the ratlines. I was intrigued with the nautical tradition of the school.” Rod’s love of sailing was truly life-long. He competed thirteen times in the California-Hawaii race, twelve of them as skipper. And when Rod joined Tabor’s Board of Trustees in 1999, serving until 2012, he championed the Tabor Boy program in every possible way, not only serving for many years as Chair of the board’s Marine Committee, but also contributing with extraordinary generosity to several major re-fits of the vessel, and most importantly to its permanent endowment. I was privileged to serve with Rod during his entire term on Tabor’s Board of Trustees. Rod was our “go-to-guy” for all things marine, but— more importantly—he brought a depth of understanding about educational issues that was truly extraordinary and invaluable. We shall miss him dearly. —R. William Blasdale ’61, P’85, P’90, Trustee
Robert G. Thompson ’46
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above: Rod Park ’49 as First Mate on Tabor Boy II (ex-Edlu II)
A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE
School by the Sea Within a very few days of accepting my then new position as Tabor’s Head of School, I received from Jay Stroud a copy of Joe Smart’s The School and the Sea, the most comprehensive chronicle of the critical formative years of this great school. It is a terrific read, a vivid recounting of the people and ideas that first launched Tabor on its course, and in it I found much replayed of the early development of the school —both the place and the people. It is just about impossible to imagine Tabor anywhere but where it sits today, nestled up close to Sippican Harbor, but Mr. Smart’s history taught me and reminds us that it might not have been this way. Our school is nearly 137 years old, having been founded in 1876, but we have “only” been here, so close to the sea, for the last 100 years. How fortuitous that Mr. Lillard seized upon the opportunity in 1916 to move Tabor closer to the water. What foresight, and how important to the spirit and character of the school that he had it! The very title of the book—The School and the Sea—is an entry into some thinking we are doing at school about our deep and historic tradition with the sea. As a life-time language teacher and classicist, I am fascinated by the difference small words can make in broad ideas, and that tiny connector in the title “and” is a powerful expression of Mr. Lillard’s bold but fledgling idea. It is as if the two, Tabor and Sippican Harbor, have just been introduced as potential companions: a growing academy with 4
a fresh new direction, and a finger of Buzzard’s Bay, just caressing the ocean limits of the campus. The School and the Sea. It is said that you don’t need to know an entire journey to take the first purposeful steps. Who could have known what Tabor’s future with the sea would be in those early days? But “and” just does not suffice when we consider the nearly 100 year relationship that has emerged since. We, Tabor and Sippican Harbor, are situated side-by-side geographically, and how magnificently we are, but now there is more to it. I’d suggest that the next Tabor history to be written (an important project, and over-due!) have a different moniker, with two alterations. School by the Sea. Gone will be “and,” in favor of “by”—a preposition supplanting a simple connector. “By” connotes nearness and proximity, a “closer” word to express the certain closeness that our campus feels for the sea. It also expresses agency, a tethered relationship suggesting action, that something has been done or performed by someone or something. The article “the” will be absent entirely. No longer is Tabor the confined, single entity proposed by “the,” rather it is the broadest possible expression of the idea of school, and of schooling. We are just about singular in our relationship to the ocean, but the notion of school—of being educated—is broader and more powerful. It transcends the noun, the school, in ways that evoke what we hope to do here: to allow
students to be educated, not just near the sea, but by the lessons it might offer, within a context that matters and is reinforced by the relationship. It is more philosophic, and somewhat metaphoric, when expressed this way. This title declares that we have evolved in our relationship. It tells us that it is not a school that is going on here, though it surely is, but schooling—in all the personal and transformative ways that have served generations of Tabor students. And, importantly, it tells us that the sea is acting upon us. School by the Sea: A title for the next iteration of our history, and a prologue for chapters still to be written. This may just be the linguist in me bubbling out, but to me this matters; our careful choice of words, I mean, and our nurturing of the shared meaning that emerges when we are clear and articulate. Think of all that comes from considering this phrase, School by the Sea. There are the words, and then the meaning, and then eventually the imagery of the very metaphor itself; a metaphor of education that conveys so vividly the life’s course that can begin at Tabor by the Sea. One that prepares students for what is to come: for venturing out toward horizons; for courses to be set and provisioning for the adventure to come; for clear days and open water; for shallows and unseen reefs; for changing winds and changing sails. As I have said before, our great school is perfectly situated for a place of learning, and this almost-motto— School by the Sea—paints the picture so well.
LEX DAVIs ’13
There is in this regard—in thinking about Mr. Smart’s title, in following Tabor Boy’s 100th anniversary, in observing the century that has passed since Mr. Lillard moved us to the sea —a real moment of looking back. But this is primarily a moving forward time at Tabor. The school’s Long Range Plan calls for us to examine and to develop our Ocean Ecology—by which we mean our deepest relationship, in the broadest possible ways, with our ocean environment. How will we become even closer to the sea and make full use of it to build the even greater school we can be? Our vision for the school in 2026 (our 150th anniversary) beckons us to be known for our innovative ocean-oriented programming, in concert with all our other aspirations. How will our marine or nautical sciences programs grow, or our use of Tabor Boy ? What have we not even considered yet of the bounty offered by our ocean neighborhood? All of it has me looking out to the years ahead to what Tabor will be known for, and for why we will matter. From The School and the Sea, to School by the Sea; from that first introductory relationship to the soul mates we are becoming; from our history to our present to our future, as you read through this excellent edition of Tabor Today, which offers ample vignettes of our school and its essential relationship with the ocean, I hope you will find yourself looking back with great pride, but also excited by what is to come. All-A-Taut-O! —John Quirk, Head of School 5
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Ou r u n iqu e location , cu rricu lu m an d facilitie s for Ma rin e Scie n ce study are u n rivale d at th e s e con dary s ch ool le ve l.
“School by the Sea� perhaps best encapsulates our unique Marine Science program, housed in the Marine and Nautical Science Center. Built in 2005 on a salt marsh alongside Sippican Harbor, the MANS Center, home of the Schaefer Wet Lab, is integral to our vision to be internationally known for Ocean Ecology by 2026 as stated in our newest strategic plan. The location and ability of our lab to pump, filter and store seawater for our research tanks, thus replicating harbor conditions, holds enormous opportunities for exploration. This, combined with the breadth of the courses we offer, makes our program unique. The curriculum includes the year-long Introduction to Marine Science and four semester-long electives: Aquaculture, Fall Field Research, Ichthyology (biology of fish) and Marine Vertebrates, all of which include lab or fieldwork. Tabor teachers have always used the marshes, beaches and harbor near Tabor as a living laboratory, and this is still true today. Our Fall Field Marine Research students research species of marsh grasses influenced by abiotic conditions in various intertidal zones, while also observing animal habitats utilizing many different sorts of transect lines, quadrats, nets and other equipment in order to catalog the life they witness. One long-term study traces the population of Asian Shore Crabs. This study has dramatically illustrated to students, when looking at the historical data, just how much damage these crabs have inflicted on the many species that used to inhabit our shores back when Gil Stokes, Margot Foster, Sue Nourse and Dick Harlow examined
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life here. So while these methods have not changed all that much, our findings are startling and spark different questions about what is happening in our coastal environment today and why. Independent study is also popular among our students. Last year, a student attempted to breed clownfish under a number of different variables including tank size, size of mates, and cross breeding between different color morphs. This year a student is researching the economics of wild raised aquaculture oysters versus lab raised aquaculture oysters. Another senior will enhance our current reef tank by incorporating small polyp stony corals (SPS) similar to the type of coral being researched by Tabor students in the Caribbean Studies Program. He will also be installing a complex monitoring system to this tank that will allow us to remotely log salinity, temperature and pH data. If all goes well, we will be able to expand the system to monitor all of the water moving throughout the lab. Additionally, students have the opportunity to volunteer in the wet lab to get further hands-on experience that can supplement what they are learning in the classroom. They are directly involved with animal care, known within the field as husbandry, water quality, tank design and filtration. This experience expands the technical skills and practical knowledge that can set them apart when pursuing a marine science degree in college from those who have not had such a unique opportunity. A collaboration by faculty Jennifer Albright, David Bill, Kimberly Ulmer, Elizabeth Leary and Ann Lovely.
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Recent Developments
“Other schools have horticulture, A new development this year was the very logical addition of an oyster farm. Capt. David Bill began a collaborative project with the Town of Marion to assist the shellfish officer with raising oysters to replenish shellfish beds and to utilize the oysters’ natural ability to clean the harbor. The oyster farm has since created many interdisciplinary opportunities, as well as more volunteer opportunities for our students. The oysters were a focus of a student art project to create interpretive signs about the farm incorporating its purpose in their design. Student volunteers have helped count and segment our stock for various marine science and biology research labs, as well as assisting in locating the oysters to winter grounds as temperatures change. Additionally, the farm has served as a fun introduction to our marine science curriculum through the Freshman Foundations course. 8
and as the school by the sea, Tabor has aquaculture.” The oysters are getting the most attention within our Aquaculture class. Learning to grow shellfish is a traditional activity on the South Coast, and as fishing regulations become tighter, aquaculture is a viable way to make a living in this area. The skills we are teaching now are practical as well as scientific. The students are not only learning how oysters grow and reproduce, but also about photosynthesis as they culture the phytoplankton they need to feed to the oysters. (Some schools grow plants to illustrate these concepts; we grow phytoplankton). Students in Aquaculture and biology are learning and applying research protocol and techniques in their experiments on how to grow oysters most efficiently. Biology students created hypotheses and are measuring length and mass as they observe growth patterns over the variable of water temperature. They will take four measurements over the course of the year to determine when the strongest growth periods
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occur. We hope to do growth and spawning experiments under controlled lab conditions studying other variables, and we also have plans to create an oyster reef in the harbor. Could an oyster hatchery be in our future? Next year, we have the possibility of two new electives: Chemical/Geological Oceanography in the fall and Physical Oceanography in the spring. Chemistry teacher, Ann Lovely, became interested in Marine Science while at Tabor and has recently been working towards her masters in oceanography with a focus in chemical oceanography. Ann’s new expertise could open the doors to even more interdisciplinary work beyond biology to strengthen our physical science offerings and round out our course offerings in Marine Science at Tabor.
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photos by danielle dillon ’14, Caroline fish ’15 and lillian blount ’16
And r e w P a l i otta ’ 1 5 a nd T r e vo r At ki ns ’ 1 6 Arriving at last at Hawksnest Bay, we dive off the bowsprit of the Tabor Boy and climb back up in time to see the sun set over St. John, USVI. We glance around the bay, soaking in the scenery and readying ourselves for the coming research during the next few days. As the sun disappears, we imagine taking numerous photos of the condition of Elkhorn coral colonies and inputting data into the PDA atop our kickboards.
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Finally the enormity of the importance of our field research strikes us. Not only will all our
Use a QR reader to view our student researchers at work in the Caribbean. http://youtu.be/v9hZtBQmMwc
Every third winter, including this past winter, students have the opportunity to participate in the Caribbean Studies Program. During this program, six groups of 13-15 students travel to the Virgin Islands for nine days. During their trip, they use the SSV Tabor Boy as a floating laboratory from which they collect data for the National Park Service, US Geological Survey (USGS) and the Department of the Interior for a long-term study on the health of the Elkhorn coral and the waters in and around Virgin Islands National Park. The study locations rotate among bays around St. John. This year the locations included Hawksnest Bay, Mary Point, Whistling Cay, Leinster Bay and Princess, Salt Pond and Great Lameshur Bays. Elkhorn is one of the most important reef building corals, but since the 1970’s there has been an 85% decline in their population. Much of this is attributed to disease from stressors such as an 10
increased frequency and strength of storms, increased sea surface temperature, and human impacts ranging from sewage discharged into the water to sedimentation runoff from increasing amounts of construction on the islands. Sewage discharge releases high concentrations of nutrients into the water which can result in eutrophication and low oxygen levels in the water. Sedimentation clouds the water and covers the corals, inhibiting their zooxanthellae (microalgae that live in the corals and have a symbiotic relationship with the coral) from photosynthesizing and providing energy the corals need to survive. Both of these scenarios stress the coral, making them more susceptible to disease and death. To assess the population and health of the Elkhorn, Tabor students hit the reef in small groups armed with a personal desktop assistant (PDA) and an underwater camera. Assigned a defined section, students document each
and every Elkhorn colony in the transect area prompted by questions on the PDA. They systematically map the Elkhorn location using GPS, and they record its size, how much of it is alive, if it is growing, diseased, predated, etc. Meanwhile, the group photographer documents the colony with photos that back up their answers to the questions on the PDA. Teamwork and communication are key, and each group quickly develops the skills and strategies to best tackle the task. As the Elkhorn are greatly impacted by water quality, students take fluorometer measurements from which the concentration of chlorophyll in the water is determined and nutrient concentrations are inferred. As water samples are collected, they are analyzed for their concentration of dissolved oxygen, dissolved carbon dioxide, phosphate, nitrite, iron and copper using Snap Tests. Students also deploy and monitor a
HOBO Logger containing dissolved oxygen, conductivity and multiple temperature sensors at each study site. To better understand the currents and their speeds within the bays, groups release and track fluorescein dye patches using GPS. All this is crucial to the effort to understand the whole picture of the state of the reefs in Virgin Islands National Park.
days of classroom instruction finally pay off, but we will also be benefitting future generations through our preservation efforts. We imagine the enormous reefs our children will be able to swim through due to the contribution we have made to preserve the reef ecosystems.
Through this unique program, students have the opportunity to participate in real, scientific fieldwork where the data they collect affects policies made at the national level regarding the protection of our coral reefs. Using the SSV Tabor Boy as a platform for this work adds to the experience as students live and learn about life aboard a working sailing vessel.
And then, a crippling realization emerges: The reefs’ survival may depend on the quality of our research data. At once we remember our training and realize that even if we mess something up, the research group and faculty will
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On the Front Lines Kate Sherman ’02
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Vision realized
I am happy to say that my week on the Tabor Boy as part of the Caribbean Studies Program actually shaped and inspired my career. I feel so lucky to have been part of the experience. On my trip, we used hand-held GPS units to locate Elkhorn coral, and we made observations about size, disease, and coral bleaching. We also participated in REEF fish surveys and learned a lot of about development and potential impacts to coral reefs along St. Thomas and St. John. T e r r y S c h a e f e r ’7 1 and Gar r y Sc hae fe r ’7 2
In 1994, after many discussions with former Headmaster Jay Stroud and former Director of Development Chris Latham, my brother Garry and his wife, Ruth Schaefer, provided the seed money for Tabor to establish a living wet laboratory on Sippican Harbor to study the aquatic marine environment through hands on involvement. The lab was housed in a small outbuilding right on the waterfront behind New House. From this seed, former biology teacher Sue Nourse and the biology team built a great deal of interest among the students in marine science. In response to this success, Sue, Jay, Don Wing, the trustees and John Crosby worked together to develop a plan to expand the marine sciences program to more students. In 2005, their collective vision was realized when the new Marine and Nautical Science Center opened, incorporating an improved and expanded concept of the Schaefer Wet Lab, allowing more access and integration of ocean studies with the core sciences taught at the school. Our involvement in these projects has been an engaging philanthropic priority for us both from the start.
Tabor is special to Garry and me. It provided a place to develop as individuals through academic and extra curricular learning, sports and team interactions, and living with others in a closelyknit community. It might not have been appreciated while there, but the educational experience shaped each of us into who we are today. Giving back in a meaningful way seemed right, and it has been very gratifying to see the program grow. It was rewarding when a parent shared the story of their son finding his calling through the inquisitive hands-on learning provided by the Schaefer Wet Lab. The parent remarked, “The wet lab has expanded the lens of our son’s focus on life.” Upon hearing that comment, and many more like it, we recognized that this program had the capacity to shape the leaders of the world. We have each taken a very active role in the school’s future, me as a class agent and Garry as a Trustee, and we enjoy hearing how the wet lab within the marine sciences program has opened youngsters’ eyes to many potential possibilities. It is has, simply, been our devotion to the spirit of the school. above: Original site of the Schaefer Wet Lab.
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I am now a dive-rescue certified scuba-diver, something that I did almost immediately upon returning from my Tabor Boy trip. In general, my professional specialty and interest is in communicating data in order to make effective management and policy decisions. Many of the projects I have worked on throughout my professional career, including grad school, have been creating interactive-web based maps that share and communicate data. The mapping and ecology portions of my career can be directly linked back to that trip on the Tabor Boy. After Tabor, I went to Skidmore College where I double majored in Business Management and Environmental Science with a focus on marine ecology. During my time there, I studied coral reef ecology in Turks and Caicos, and natural and cultural ecology in Cairns, Australia. After college, I moved to Washington, DC, where I worked on national level ocean policy at the Marine Fish Conservation Network. I went on to Ocean Conservancy managing data for a worldwide effort to remove trash from beaches called the International Coastal Cleanup.
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After three years at Ocean Conservancy, I went to graduate school at Oregon State University where I received my masters in Marine Resource Management with a specialty in GIS and Remote Sensing from the College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences. I received a NOAA award for my work on marine spatial planning issues, a concept for planning how ocean space is used in order to encourage compatible ocean uses and reduce conflict. After graduate school, I moved to Olympia, WA, to be a Spatial Analyst with the Washington Department of Natural Resources in the Nearshore Habitat Program. At DNR, I work with a former Tabor faculty member, Jeff Gaeckle, on a spatial analysis of wastewater treatment plant outfalls and eelgrass beds (important fish habitat and ecosystem indicators for the health of Puget Sound in Washington State) to identify hotspots for risk. I’ve also been working on mapping kelp beds in Puget Sound, and creating a web-based interactive marine vegetation atlas to be released to the public this year. After a great year in Olympia, I’m now travelling for nine months around Asia and SE Asia scuba diving and exploring new cultures. It is pretty clear that the Caribbean Studies Program shaped my career as it is today.
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“The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever.” —Jacques-Yves Cousteau
A Student of the Sea
While these words are always met with enthusiasm from the Theoretical Ship design class, the model seems like a simple decoration, not an actual watertight vessel. Cap has surprised us, as usual. We put the old, wooden model in the water. The lesson becomes so much more fascinating when we push the boat as fast as possible back and forth to explore the way the hull shape and the speed affect the wave formation. I will never forget that lesson.
Holly Francis ’14
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The ocean makes Tabor unique. Without the waterfront, who would we be? Not Seawolves, and certainly not the “School by the Sea.” The ocean is a classroom for experiential learning in all subjects, not just Nautical and Marine Science. After four years of school on the water, I cannot overstate its importance and influence on my life. Tabor would not be the school we know and love, and I certainly would not be the same person I am now, without the lessons that the ocean has taught me. Fr e s hman Summe r Or ie ntat ion
Tabor Boy’s launch kicks into reverse and glides gently up to the massive black iron hull. Fourteen of my new classmates and I are silent as we take in our first sight of the two masts, perfectly furled sails, and uniformed crew waiting along the rail. Apprehensively, I wait for my turn to clamber aboard and timidly reach up for a crewmember’s helping hand. “Welcome aboard,” he says with a smile. I try to smile back, but the butterflies in my stomach make it impossible. I drift away from the group of freshmen and run my hand along the rigging in awe. Fr e s hman Spr ing
I stand near the top of the mast, one hand gripping the twisted wire shroud. Looking down, I am almost sixty feet above the water sliding by at six knots. My other hand remains relaxed at my side though only a single red tether and blue harness will hold me if I fall. I feel exhilaration from the height, no fear. The rocking of the Tabor Boy is magnified in the rigging, but I lean confidently against the white mast. My timidness has vanished in the past seven months. While I am the only freshman and the only girl sailing the 14
schooner north to Marion from the Caribbean, I am also the only one begging to go aloft while offshore. The schooner beneath me seems insignificant compared to the vast horizon, cutting through the water on our 2,143 nautical mile journey home. In seven months, my transformation has been dramatic. Reserved, cautious, and shy has been replaced with daring, determined, and still shy, but I am only in my second semester! Soph omore Win ter
Mrs. Sughrue assigns us a challenge: write a “This I Believe” essay. These essays are written about a personal value and then read aloud and recorded. Mine reflects the way the sea has taught me to write with emotion.
On my bunk is my copy of The Sea-Wolf by Jack London. Casey Charkowick, the previous relief captain of the Tabor Boy and my advisor, gave this book to his advisees. I force myself to put it down; I will read it far too quickly and I want to savor the experience. So many classics are written about the sea, and though I sometimes do not enjoy the “typical” classics, how could I not enjoy this one? From almost any place on campus, I can look at the waterfront and see the landscape that the author is trying to convey. The Sea-Wolf will become a favorite. J u n io r Sp rin g
“May I write about WWII in the Pacific Ocean?” Mr. Bozzi agrees easily, seeing its obvious relevance and also how excited I am. Of course I am excited, I get to write about history as it happened on the sea. History may not be my favorite subject, but maritime history comes to life naturally for me. Learning to love a subject is far more important than memorizing facts could ever be. As I continue to learn, the ocean continues to captivate me.
Soph omore Sp rin g
Cap Geil is excited today—I can just tell. “Adam and Mike, do you think you can reach that boat up there?” He is pointing to a four foot long model on the wall. After performing a few minor acrobatics, the heavy model is safely in front of us in the Nautical Classroom. “Let’s go outside.”
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I am in the middle of a year-long independent study. I am taking advantage of Tabor’s new oyster farm to study the way the Eastern Oyster (Crassostrea Virginica) responds to being heatshocked at a low pH, a simulation of the effects of climate change on the ocean. This project is
particularly fun because it combines both Marine Science (which I love) and molecular biology (which I have never done before). By isolating the gill tissue, I can separate the proteins and look for the expression of one in particular, which will tell me the oysters’ stress levels. Guided by Mrs. Leary and Dr. Crosby, I have designed the study and learned the necessary skills. My inspiration was the ocean, but they make me feel that my work is truly valuable and worth the many weekends I spent in the lab—one of the best gifts a teacher can give. S en io r Sp rin g
In early March, fifteen of the Tabor Boy crew flew down to St. Thomas to sail the schooner north. This trip is the perfect finale to my Tabor experience. As a Senior, the Executive Officer, and during the schooner’s 100th Anniversary, I make the same voyage that I took three years ago as a freshman. Now, my challenge is to teach the timid, shy underclassman to become competent crewmembers, just like I was taught as a freshman. A Tabor alumnus of 1962 sent me a letter of congratulations after I was named XO. In that letter, he gave me a piece of advice that I have taken to heart: “drink in, demand, insist, seek, devour as much experience as you can.” These are words I am trying to live by. To truly learn about the ocean is impossible without personally experiencing it. Students can learn more than just the laws of the sea aboard the Tabor Boy, however, and more than molecular biology through studying oysters. The ocean also instills determination, confidence, and respect into its students—traits that may ultimately be more important. I look back at my transformation and I am amazed, yet this is only the beginning: for me as graduation day creeps closer, and for Tabor as the “School by the Sea” truly learns to capitalize on the infinite opportunities that the ocean provides for its students. 15
Use a QR reader to access this video profile of Holly, our first female XO of Tabor Boy. http://vimeo.com/90681815
Follow this URL to listen to Holly’s Sophomore English essay and hear how the ocean becomes her teacher. http://voicethread.com/ share/3131095/
SSV Tabor Boy
A H i s to r y of Se r v ic e …
In h on or of h e r 1 0 0 th ye ar, Captain Ge il s h are s th e s to ry of S S V T a bor Boy and her r ole at Tab or today.
by Captain James E. Geil and early 20th centuries—most of them wood. She and her sister ships were also the largest. The function of the Dutch pilot schooners was simply to be available at a pilot station to put pilots on and off merchant ships entering and leaving port. The schooners were strictly sailing vessels and had no auxiliary power. Coal was used for heating and cooking, and oil lamps provided lighting. Wooden pulling boats in davits amidships were manned to row pilots back and forth from the schooner to waiting ships. There were probably up to ten or twelve pilots aboard, and the schooner was expected to maintain position at the pilot station for two weeks at a time before being relieved by another pilot vessel and crew. The oldest pilot onboard served as the schooner’s chief mate, and all of the pilots helped work the vessel under the command of its captain. The ability of the pilot schooners to perform this duty in all types of weather was largely responsible for The Tabor Boy is listed as being built at Rykswerf their reputation as some of the most seaworthy vessels ever built. Nonetheless, a few of the Willemsoord, which was probably the former engineless pilot schooners were lost to North Sea Dutch naval yard in Den Helder (now restored as a museum and public attraction). The vessel’s gales over the many years that they were in service. keel was laid in 1914 (according to most docuPower-driven vessels eventually replaced the pilot mentation). She was commissioned in 1915 or schooners in the way that sailing merchant vessels 1916 as Pilot Schooner #2 to engage in that service, most likely at the Texel-Den Helder and were made obsolete by the advent of steam. IJmuiden pilot stations that serve the approaches Upon her retirement from the pilot service around 1929, Pilot Schooner #2 was subsequently to the port of Amsterdam. Pilot Schooner #2’s purchased by the sail-training institute De design and riveted-iron construction were the Nederlander in Rotterdam and renamed Bestevaer. culmination of different styles of sail-powered Dutch pilot vessels that evolved through the 19th It was perhaps at about this time that the vessel It would be difficult, if not impossible, to summarize what the Tabor Boy has meant to all the students, alumni and others who have sailed on her during her sixty years at Tabor Academy. Therefore, these pages will focus on a more objective history of the schooner compiled from sources such as Joe Smart’s book, The School and the Sea, and some limited documentation from a hand-written register obtained in 1996 from Holland’s Institute for Maritime History. There are also some letters on file that fill in a few of the gaps. Many of these facts (including dates) are vague and may even be inaccurate in the way that information passed along tends to become. What is clear is that the history of the Tabor Boy is that of a working vessel. Although designed and built to support the commercial shipping trade, the Tabor Boy’s real calling turned out to be teaching young people about life and the sea.
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Lexi Spirtes ‘13
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above left: Texel-IJmuiden Pilot Schooner #2 above right: Bestevaer as Dutch training vessel
was fitted with a diesel engine for auxiliary power. Bestevaer sailed as a training vessel through the 1930’s until WWII intervened. Official documentation of the schooner’s location and use during the war years is virtually nonexistent, but records show that the Germans confiscated her in 1941 for use in the Kriegsmarine. To support this, it has been reported that Bestevaer was located in the Russian-occupied Baltic Sea port of Neustadt around 1944. Holland secured the vessel’s return, but the Dutch government no longer had need for her as a training vessel.
above: Bestevaer in Rotterdam above right: Bestevaer entering Sippican Harbor below: Bestevaer brochure c.1952
Around 1950, Bestevaer was sold to J.P. Van Eesteren for conversion to a yacht. Hauled out at the De Vries Lentsch yard, she was extensively refitted for this purpose. The below-deck areas were gutted for more yacht-like accommodations to be built in, and the deckhouse was added as was the raised steering station aft. The schooner’s rigging was altered as well—presumably to make it easier for smaller crews to handle. Among these changes were the conversion of the gaff mainsail to jib-headed, the replacement of conventional rope running rigging with wire halyards, and the addition of running backstays as well as a square fore course for sailing off the wind. The pilot schooners were designed as fore-and-aft-rigged vessels, however, and Bestevaer’s modified rig proved somewhat clumsy and hazardous for trainees. Returning the Tabor Boy’s sail plan and rig to (or at least close to) its original configuration was one of my earlier goals for the vessel. Bestevaer had a short career as a yacht and was again on the market by 1952. She was bought around that time by American Ralph C. Allen (of Allen Business Machines) who hired a Dutch crew to sail her from Holland to his plantation on Wadmalaw Island in South Carolina. A North Sea pilot schooner moored off the saw grass marsh in Bohicket Creek must have been
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Captain Lewis on Tabor Boy 1
an odd sight indeed. For whatever reason, Bestevaer was again for sale a year or so later when Tabor’s headmaster James Wickenden noticed her advertised in a brochure. Mr. Wickenden had been looking for a larger training vessel for Tabor Academy and inquired about the schooner. The result of the subsequent correspondence was that Mr. Allen donated the Bestevaer to Tabor. Captain Carlson and a group of Tabor faculty members were dispatched to South Carolina to sail the vessel to her new home in Marion. After delays caused by a broken main boom gooseneck fitting and the installation of a new diesel engine in Charleston, Bestevaer arrived at Tabor Academy on the 20th of May 1954 and returned to service as a training vessel—this time for Tabor students. Soon after her acquisition by the school, the schooner was renamed Tabor Boy—the third vessel owned by Tabor Academy to carry that name. Only three captains have commanded the present Tabor Boy during her sixty years at Tabor. I have been honored to serve in the footsteps of Captain John Carlson and Captain George Glaeser. Each of us has had his own stories of competent and dedicated student crews, heavy-weather passages, and memorable adventures at sea. While we may have differed somewhat in our styles of leadership, I am sure if we could all sit together again, we would share a mutual purpose along with our
affection and respect for this magnificent vessel and her suitability to take Tabor students safely to sea. I was appointed master in 1987 upon the retirement of Captain Glaeser. At that time the Tabor Boy crew officially became co-ed, and I was tasked with making the vessel more accessible to Tabor students. In the early 1990s, Tabor’s Board of Trustees also mandated that academic components be added to the vessel’s training programs. With a kick-off effort that brought Tabor science faculty aboard for the schooner’s visit to the Panama Canal Zone in 1993, academics and on-board instructors became a permanent aspect of the vessel’s winter and summer cruises. A gradual but important shift occurred during these years. From her prior limited use with relatively small numbers of students, the vessel’s role was expanded to support larger programs within the school, enabling the majority of the student body to participate at one time or another. The Orientation at Sea Program and Tabor’s Caribbean Studies Program helped achieve this: Each summer, groups of new students sail aboard during five-day cruises in and around Buzzards Bay, and every three years the Tabor Boy voyages south to serve as a base of operations for Tabor students to conduct Elkhorn coral field research in the U.S. Virgin Islands. 19
Captains shown on this page (top to bottom): Captain John Carlson Captain James A. Lewis Captain George Glaeser Captain James E. Geil
Tabor Boy X0’s Edwin A. Farnell Edwin W. Hine Willard M. Wight David T. James Bruce Daniels Edmond Milliken Roy Miller Charles C. Ford Dick Cederberg John W. Braitmayer Roderic B. Park Bruce M. McCluskey Nelson H. White J. Kendall Longe, Jr. John Woodman Thomas J. Mangan, II Andrew S. Marvin Albert W. Manning John J. Crocker Richard F. Reed Richard C. Marcy Robert H. Leighton Michael Naramore Nathaniel A. Gladding William T. Manning John A. Correa Roger Merrill Dale E. Glaeser John J. Atwater Thomas H. Buffinton Matthew H. Jacobson Paul T. Clark Jerald E. Brown Roger F. Woodman David M. Williams Jon M. Barrett James H. Walker Frank A. Stefansson Peter A. Mello David G. Robbins James P. Hutton Edward A. Brown Arial W. George Arial W. George Robert E. Wallace Jonathan M. Lincoln Joshua Wechsler Christopher J. Morse J. Scott Duncan Tristan Pierce Robert J. Clarkson C. Jason L. Bland Conrad H. Roy Eric R. Mino Andrew F. Major Brent H. Hutson Benjamin T. Hempel Matthew E. Phelan Alex W. Larsen Thomas R. Pennypacker Jonathan R. Coffman Mark C. Ribeiro John C. Phelan Robert F. Aspinwall Patrick J. Collins Ryan W. England Alexander P. Katzenstein Maximilian Martucelli Colin D. Geil Christopher J. Henry Wilder Hastings Scott J. Lauermann Scott J. Lauermann David C. Griffin Kevin D. Jepeal Holly B. Francis
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F r o m t he Ar c hi ve s
lex davis ’13
The Tabor Boy’s traditional fall and spring program remains essentially the same as that which evolved under Captains Carlson and Glaeser. The “Schooner Crew” is made up of students who have learned the seamanship and other skills necessary to sail the vessel and then pass that knowledge and experience on to younger crewmembers. (The vessel never sails with a completely “green” student crew and is not staffed to do so.) Sailing in the Tabor Boy crew helps students learn values, develop judgment, and earn trust, and much of the Schooner Crew Program’s success has been due to the fact that students crew the vessel with minimal adult supervision. Roles and responsibilities that normally fall to adult mates and deckhands aboard sail training vessels are instead placed squarely on the students’ shoulders. This burden of responsibility has, perhaps more than any other factor, been responsible for the “growing up” we see in students as well as the emergence of some true leaders. The schooner crew command structure begins with the student executive officer (XO), who runs the crew and delegates responsibility to the student watch officers. Those officers, in turn, direct the students who make up the port and starboard watch groups. Twenty-five student officers have become XOs during my years as captain. I confess to treating my XOs more as 20
adults than high-school students, and I have relied on all of them in the way that any master must depend on his first officer. Many of these XOs are truly special people and have gone on to successful, even outstanding, careers. Some close and lasting friendships have grown out of the unique relationships we shared aboard the Tabor Boy.
The 1933 Worlds Fair! Tabor Boy and her fourteenstudent crew went on a two-month voyage with Captains Lewis and Carlson in 1933 to the Worlds Fair— in Chicago! Headmaster Lillard joined them there. What a trip.
My involvement with the Tabor Boy and Tabor Academy came about by circumstance rather than by design. I have been with the vessel and the school for twenty-nine years now, and I must say that I could not have chosen a more worthwhile or rewarding career. Sailing a North Sea pilot schooner has been an adventure in itself, but doing so while training and working with high-school students has made the experience truly exceptional. I’m proud to be among the captains who have sailed the Tabor Boys since 1925 and one of the three who have commanded this particular vessel since 1954. The Tabor Boy is an amazing ship with a rich history, and she is worthy of Tabor’s continued support. She will sail for as long as the School is willing to take care of her.
They sailed from Marion to New York, up the Hudson River to Albany, through the canal to Buffalo, and then on to the Great Lakes to Chicago, passing through thirty-six locks along the way. Time Magazine reported, “The masts were unstepped (in Albany) to clear bridges along the canal to Buffalo and the Great Lakes.” (July 10, 1933)
Use a QR reader to enjoy this video of Tabor Boy I in 1933, courtesy of John Rice ’70. http://youtu.be/kHaP7W41k5U
A documentary film to honor Tabor Boy’s 100th Anniversary is now in production!
photos: tabor archives or as noted
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Panama!
photos by landis major PP’93
An XO’s dream was turned into reality as Andrew Major ’93 brought Tabor Boy to new territory! by Landis Major PP’93 ( LM)
and Andrew Major ’93 ( A M )
As early as his sophomore year, Andrew knew he wanted to be XO of Tabor Boy and that he wanted to take her to new proving grounds. He came home to Panama that Christmas and announced, “When I’m a Senior and Executive Officer of the Tabor Boy, I will propose we go all the way to the Galapagos Islands for our winter cruise!”
LM:
After a lengthy discussion on the logistics of such a trip, and the possibility that he might not be chosen to be XO, Andrew simply declared that he so wanted to be XO and wanted to do something spectacular. He never let that goal slip his mind. Andrew’s goal captivated the whole Major family as we tried to figure out ways to accomplish such a daunting task. We learned that the Galapagos Island Foundation has many restrictions on visiting yachts, so we settled on a plan to bring Tabor Boy through the Panama Canal to sail in the Pacific Ocean. I was a bit nervous, being a student, about presenting to the Trustees. I needed to convince them that my idea was feasible and not some fantasy. My father has many contacts in Panama, and he arranged dock space with Capt. Rowley, AM:
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Commander of Rodman Naval Station, Panama, quite easily once Captain Rowley learned all about Tabor and our vessel. Our family also had contracts with the US Navy to bus all dependent children to the various schools, so we were able to arrange land transportation for our students in Panama. Dad had friends in the Panama Canal Company, so arrangements were made for the canal transit. He also arranged with friends at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) for lectures on subjects of interest to the students and use of their marine labs. Needless to say, the trustees agreed!
Tabor Boy could make the transit. I was asked, “Mr. Major, when would you like to go through the canal?” I had lined up a group of friends to help as line handlers in the locks, so we were at Cristobal the following morning at sunrise as the vessel cruised into Cristobal Bay. Capt. Geil sent out a boat to get us, and Pan Canal sent out a boat with the Admeasurer and the Pilot. We all got onboard and headed to the Gatun Locks. We couldn’t have been more surprised, though perhaps we shouldn’t have been, that the Pan Canal Pilot was a former XO, Nathanial Gladding ’62!
There was one special stroke of good luck that made the Panama Canal Company treat us like royalty, though I think Andrew thought it was my doing. Mrs. Barbara Gaillard, the grand daughter of Col. David Gaillard, the chief engineer of the building of the Panama Canal, wanted to bring her family on the trip from the Caribbean to Panama and through the Panama Canal. Once the Panama Canal Company was informed of this, they pulled out all stops for the arrival and transit of the Tabor Boy.
That day we made history when we anchored mid-canal in Gamboa in fresh water. The next day we finished the transit to Rodman Naval Station, Tabor Boy’s first taste of the Pacific Ocean.
LM:
When Captain Geil phoned me the day before arrival in Cristobal Bay, Panama, I called the Transit Office to inquire when they thought the
Two groups of students flew down to explore the region with their science teachers, Duane Minton and Dick Harlow. The students enjoyed a number of events at STRI, dinner at our home, and then a cruise to Perles Islands for several days of sailing and exploring. One of the highlights was a sighting of two whale sharks, about 25-30 feet long, off San Jose Island feeding on the surface. We were so close we could almost touch them.
The second group had similar experiences, but then went through the Panama Canal and on to Grand Cayman Island on their way home. Andrew was on that trip, as were my wife and I for the canal passage. We enjoyed seeing our son realize one of his long held goals: to sail through the Panama Canal on the Tabor Boy as XO. We waved as they passed through the final locks, sailing off into the sunset on the first leg of their return home! A M : Thinking back, this voyage to Panama was a catalyst for the future of the schooner and how she is being used today. Having faculty onboard with local scientists to enrich first hand experiences, as my father arranged for us in Panama, makes for a much richer educational experience. Since this shift, the Tabor Boy has truly turned the School by the Sea into the School on the Sea through its Orientation at Sea and Caribbean Studies Programs. To think that Captain Geil and I had sat on his living room floor dreaming and thinking about the possibilities of this trip, and then being there with classmates who got to experience the country that I then called home, was thrilling.
Andrew Major ’93 is a Naval Architect residing in North Carolina. His father, Landis, is a business man in Panama.
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Photos above, L-R: Tabor Boy at anchor in Gamboa; Tabor Boy in Miraflores Locks, transiting the canal; Tabor Boy going under the Bridge of the Americas on the Pacific entrance of the Panama Canal
alumni profiles A l ex E rv in g ’99, E n g in eerin g Ma na ge r , N ew port N ew s S h ip bu il d in g
Our Pride in Tabor Mariners by Jamie Hutton ’79
The School by the Sea, through its graduates, has made a significant impact on the United States maritime industry. One of my greatest honors has been working and being associated with several of Tabor’s fine mariners. Their careers have spanned from captains, mates and chief engineers of tankers, freighters,
A rch er Ma cy ’71, Rear A dmiral, US Na v y (R et .)
J o e Py n e ’66, C h a irm a n & CE O, K irby
My time at Tabor taught me a lot about myself, about how I could positively or negatively interact with other people, about discipline in how I made decisions, and about responsibility and accountability. These turned out to be key tools or capabilities that I was able to draw on to be successful in the Navy from my time as a brand new seaman recruit, all the way through retirement some thirty-nine years later.
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warships, and tall ships to other facets of the maritime field such as president of ASTA, ship construction program managers, mega yacht management, naval architects, maritime instructors and trainers, and even pilots of the Blue Angeles. I hope you will enjoy reading about just a few of them featured here.
As for me, I was fortunate to be on the crew of Tabor Boy from ’75 to ’79. Capt. Glaeser was the captain of the schooner at the time, and he taught us through blood, sweat and tears that we all had to work as one crew because our lives depended on it. We worked our way up each season, learning of the rich American maritime tradition. Eventually we were put in charge of operating and maintaining the schooner as well as training the new cadets. There couldn’t be a better “classroom” for leadership to instill self-confidence, responsibility, and respect.
I continued my maritime studies in Marine Engineering at Maine Maritime Academy. From there I have sailed aboard tugs, tankers, research ships, and tall ships for over thirty years spanning half of the world. For the last twenty-three years, I have been with NOAA. As Commissioning Chief Engineer, I became involved with the construction of five Fisheries Survey Vessels (FSVs), highly technical ships used by the National Marine Fisheries Service for sustainable fisheries. I’ve continued to sail on many sea trials, occasionally as chief engineer. I am immensely grateful for the start Tabor gave me, and am honored to be a Tabor alumnus. All-A-Taut-O!
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Eliza beth Tu ck el ’97, Na val A rch itect , Jen sen Ma ritime
Having grown up in Kansas, I’d always enjoyed spending time on lakes and streams, but I did not have much experience with the ocean. Perhaps that is why Tabor stood out to me when I had the opportunity to choose a boarding school. From the moment I toured campus, I knew it was where I wanted to be. I joined an Orientation at Sea cruise the summer before my freshman year and just loved it. I signed on to the Tabor Boy crew every season of my four years. This exposure led me to attend college at Webb Institute, a tiny school devoted only to Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering in New York. Since graduating, I have been working for a marine engineering company as a naval architect in Seattle. I’ve worked on many different projects, such as determining safe loads for fishing vessels both small and large, designing the structure of tugboats, and providing engineering support for heavy cargo carriage on barges. I really enjoy working in the maritime industry as I learn new things every day. Tabor opened a whole new world of opportunity to me, and I never once looked back!
My passion for the ocean began in Maine where I grew up, and led me to Tabor for high school. I was the captain of the 1966 Varsity Hockey Team and served as a Proctor and on the Student Council. The leadership skills I learned in these roles helped me gain admission to the University of North Carolina in the NROTC program, and I was commissioned as a Naval Officer upon graduating in 1970. After leaving the Navy, I worked for the Northrup Services and then joined Kirby Corporation in 1978. By 1984, I was in charge of our marine transportation business, becoming CEO in 1995. Today, I serve as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Kirby Corporation, the largest inland and coastal tank barge operator in the Unites States. Kirby’s geographic reach extends from Maine to Hawaii and also services our inland waterway system from Houston to Pittsburg. Kirby is a NYSE publicly traded company with revenues in excess of $2.2 billion employing approximately 4,575 people. Kirby has grown from a small marine transportation company to the largest US Flag marine transportation company in the United States. Overseeing over fifty acquisitions, and growth over the last twenty-five years at a compounded rate of over 16% per year, has been a tremendous privilege. In April, I will step down as CEO, but will remain Kirby’s Chairman, keeping a weather eye out for further opportunities.
I spent my Tabor years on the crew of the SSV Tabor Boy. From the BVI’s to Maine, the experiences influenced me in more ways than I could have known. After leaving Tabor, I entered the US Naval Academy where I joined the Varsity Offshore Sailing Team. I graduated with a degree in Naval Architecture and was commissioned as a Surface Warfare Officer. I then headed out to sea as a deck officer on a US Navy supply ship in the Pacific, and later as a nuclear engineer on an aircraft carrier. When my Navy time was up, I found a civilian career at Newport News Shipbuilding where we design and build the nation’s submarines and aircraft carriers. Tabor offers an incredible school by the sea program that shaped my life and still serves me today. Rya n E n g l a n d ’04, f o rm er X O, S S V T ab o r B oy , a sp irin g Na v y F l ig h t S u rge o n
My first experience on the Tabor Boy during my summer orientation in 2000 set the stage for the rest of my life. I was just a bright-eyed 14-yearold in total awe of the schooner. Looking at the enormity of the sails and complexity of the lines that controlled them, I was simply amazed at how such a large ship was run by one captain and his student-run crew. I knew this was a team I wanted to be a part of, and I went on to wear the blue uniform that fall. After two years of learning, dedication, and hard work, that blue shifted to khaki, and another year put an anchor pin on my collar. That spark was fourteen years ago, but it lit the way to so many opportunities. The leadership experience as Executive Officer (XO) on the Tabor Boy, not to mention the time on the water, made the United States Naval Academy a perfect fit for me. I continued sailing on the Academy’s Offshore Sailing Team, even using the celestial navigation course I took at Tabor to navigate the Marion-Bermuda race. The Naval Academy then led to flight school, which introduced me to aviation medicine, which evolved into a dream to become a flight doctor. Now, at medical school in New York City, I’m not only looking forward to all that lies ahead, but also looking back at the experiences I’ve had along the way—and the Tabor Boy that charted my course. 25
Sean Lowder ‘13 (left) is a member of the Color Guard.
Our Naval Honor School by Captain David Bill, Faculty
james barton-souza ’14
A particular benefit of all of the Nautical Science courses is that they are hands on in nature, and they instruct our students in traditional skills such as small boat handling under oars and sail (on our Beetle whaleboat), celestial navigation, drafting a lines drawing of a boat, building a working radio controlled sailing model, or learning sea survival skills in our Sea Survival Workshop.
ch a l l en g e so l v ed ! To meet the demands of students who are interested in potential careers or educational opportunities through the military, Tabor has created the Cadet Corps, which meets based on student demand each year. Faculty member Nate Meleo ’95, who is a veteran of the US Air Force, created the corps in 2012 with a group of interested students. The group engages in service work, learns survival skills, and tests their mettle in obstacle courses. The members enjoy playing various games to enhance their decision-making and leadership skills. They also
Many of our Naval Honor graduates naturally matriculate to maritime related careers in naval architecture, shipbuilding, maritime transportation, commercial fishing, military, merchant marine, etc. I hope you will enjoy learning about some of their accomplishments in this issue.
learn about the roles of each branch of the military and something about the discipline that is required for success. Their experiences can give them a glimpse into what they might expect if they decide to go into the military or ROTC in college.
As a veteran and graduate of the ROTC program at RIT, Nate is able to advise students considering these options. For instance,
Tabor students no longer march in uniform in the Town of Marion’s Memorial Day and Veteran’s Day parades with their government issued Springfield rifles like they used to. However, our current students still actively participate in Tabor’s Naval Honor tradition. In fact, approximately 150 of our students are involved in this program today.
• Introduction to Nautical Science • Lifeboatman/Sea Survival • Theoretical Ship and Boat Design • Practical Ship and Boat Design • US Sailing Level 1 Instructor • Celestial Navigation • Sail Training on Tabor Boy:
Orientation at Sea + a Caribbean Studies voyage =
At our “School by the Sea,” our long-standing relationship with the United States Navy persists through our designation as a Naval Honor School, and specifically through Tabor’s Nautical Science academic curriculum. Our graduates can receive “Naval Honor Graduate” recognition on Prize Day before graduation of their senior year if they have successfully completed a minimum of three of the following Nautical Science academic electives:
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1 nautical science elective in Sail Training
Additionally, Tabor is authorized to nominate up to three candidates each year to the US service academies. Once nominated, the student competes on their merit to secure a place at West Point, Annapolis, the US Coast Guard Academy, or the Air Force Academy. We have had many students take advantage of this opportunity over the years, most recently Molly Hanson ’13, pictured above right, a plebe at Annapolis.
We continue to evolve our “School by the Sea” program and niche through our long-range plan for Tabor. The plan places special emphasis on our innovative ocean programming, and on developing leaders for the 21st century. Our “sea” related programs, which include Naval Honor, are uniquely suited to allow students to test their knowledge and apply their leadership skills in real life situations, or as in sea survival, in controlled simulations. Actually applying what is discussed in class on the water, or through building a working object from a drawing, changes the theory into experience, which builds confidence and skill. These programs set Tabor apart by teaching important life long skills steeped in tradition.
last year one of Tabor’s top students and Cadet Corps member, Sean Lowder ’13, was interested in service, probably with the Navy, and applied to all the service academies to cover his bases. Sean shared, “Becoming a military officer was something that I started considering my junior year. My interactions and conversations with Mr. Meleo made me seriously consider the service academies and ROTC, and in the end, I found that it was what I wanted to do.” Due to his excellence in math and science, Nate encouraged Sean’s application to MIT as well. When faced with the tough choice of deciding among all his fantastic options: MIT or any one of the service academies (Sean got into all of them!), Nate was able to help. Due to its international reputation for excellence, Sean decided to accept an NROTC scholarship through MIT. This allowed Sean to satisfy his desire to serve his country as an officer, while also getting a degree that would be recognized inside and outside of the military for its excellence. “Mr. Meleo let me make my own decision, but
Captain David Bill was recently recognized for twenty-five years of service to Tabor Academy.
he was there for me to talk to and ask questions of. I really appreciate all that he did.” Challenge solved!
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Use a QR reader to watch our Sea Survival class in action. http://youtu. be/E_iCQi3Xniw
alyssa rueb ’14
This is Tabor >> this is sailing!
Sailing at Tabor is never easy, and it is never the same. Despite the continued success of the program, every year is different. The venues, the competition, the weather, the coaches, the new students, even the returning kids are different as they fill a new role within the team. In fact, the only constant over the past thirty-five plus years has been our coaching philosophy and the dedication of the kids.
to side, and up and down) affects steering, and how rudder movement influences drag coefficient. Sailors need to know about lever arms, righting force, and torque. And they have to be able to manipulate all of this information in rapid succession as the conditions around them are in constant flux. The best sailors are instinctual. They may not know the actual principles— some of them will never take my physics class —but they know what happens when they lean one way or the other and how that makes the boat feel faster (or slower). While they are competing against nature, they are also competing against another team that is trying to hamper their progress and impede their march towards the finish line. To be the best, sailors need to be committed to being their best. There is a lot to process and a lot to learn. One of the reasons Tabor sailing has been successful is because our kids are so invested in the outcome.
Many sports play their games on fields or courts that always have the same measurements. A football field is 100 yards long, a basketball hoop is 10 feet high, and an international squash court is the same dimension here as it is at other schools. Yet a sailing venue is a constantly shifting, threedimensional surface. There is a lot of science involved in understanding how it works. Sailors need to know how sail shape affects Bernoulli’s principle of lift, how balance (fore and aft, side
And one of the reasons our students are so invested is the history of the program. Tabor has won more New England Championships (24) than all others schools combined, three times as many as its closest competitor. In the last twentysix years, the Seawolves have missed being on the podium only twice. On top of those successes are eight National Team Racing Championships (the Baker Trophy) and seven second place finishes, both more than any other school. The pressure
Today as I look out at the water from my office window, the harbor is having a difficult time deciding between freezing and melting. Soon the liquid will win out, and we will launch our brand new fleet of Z420s. Soon we will start the season with mini-camp, try-outs, and the annual April Fools Invite. And soon the whole season will rush by in a blur as the spring catapults us towards the finish of another school year. But now is the perfect time to reflect.
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by Rob Hurd, Director of the Waterfront and Head Sailing Coach to be good year in and year out does weigh on our sailors, but it does not define them. The coaching staff works hard to get the athletes to recognize that they are not competing against the 1990 team or the 1999 team or the 2012 team. Those squads battled the competition in front of them that year. Like the watery race course that constantly changes, so does our competition. All we can do is fight the battle that is in front of us now. We do this using the coaching philosophy that I learned from Toby Baker, head coach when I arrived in the fall of 1987. High school sailing may have changed in the past thirty years from the 60 schools clustered in New England and the mid-Atlantic to the over 450 schools that exist today nationwide, but the elements of success have not changed. Toby preached giving kids a chance to make mistakes and to learn from them. He challenged our sailors to reach beyond their comfort zone. We continue to expand on that philosophy today. Each week we schedule multiple varsity meets, splitting our squad to compete. This means we seldom have our best squad together until the end of the season, and that we often have developing sailors in pressure-packed situations unfamiliar to them. But how else are they going to learn unless they have an opportunity to test themselves in an environment where their mistakes have consequences? They need to “become comfortable being uncomfortable!”
Each year, we may lose a meet that maybe we shouldn’t have. That’s OK: going undefeated is never the goal, improvement is. When a meet is a hard fought contest, athletes learn to grind out victories with success earned through smarts, attention to details, selflessness, and awareness. When they lose, their ability to bounce back, move on, and reach higher is challenged. These are all skills that help make a good sailor, but more importantly they make a good person. They are skills that work in the classroom, in the corporate world, and in relationships. Very soon the harbor will be full of Tabor sailboats, hopefully all working hard towards a common goal. If we are successful, it will be because a dedicated coaching staff was able to get a bunch of smart and eager athletes to buy into something bigger than their individual talents. It will be because those sailors recognized the history of the program, but resisted the urge to chase its ghost. And it will be because we were all able to balance the ever changing arena we compete on better than anyone else. The goal of the 2014 Tabor Academy Sailing Team is the same as the goal of past squads: to win the New England Championship. Whether or not we reach that level of success, two things are evident. It will be the journey toward that goal that we will all remember; and, if we are successful, it will be the first championship for this year’s squad. I can’t wait to start! 29
A Legacy through Sailing by Dan Cooney ’83 Da n Coo ney ’ 83, a vi d s a i l o r a n d f o r me r A s s o c i at e Exe c u t i v e D i r e c to r at US Sailin g , ref l ect s o n hi s coach, T o b y Bak e r , w h o c oac h e d s a i l i n g f r o m 1 9 7 9 u n t i l h is ret i rem ent i n 1999, a n d t h e i n f l u e n c e h e h a s h ad o n T a b o r s a i l o r s .
I feel fortunate to know many Tabor sailors from my own time on the water and through my professional involvement in the sport. There are so many alumni influencing the sport today from Charlie Ogletree ’85 in America’s Cup racing to Morgan ’96 and Rob Douglas ’90 in sail training and speed sailing respectively. There are too many interesting sailors in every corner of the sport, and business, to adequately represent here, as I’m confident that the sun literally never sets on Tabor sailors. The men profiled here are supporting the organization and growth of our sport, and I am proud to call them friends. I look up to each of them, and as I consider their accomplishments on and off the water, I can’t help but think that Toby Baker had a considerable impact on each of them. Coach Baker was the heart and soul of the team in the 80’s and 90’s. While he is quick to slough off kudos, competitive sailing at Tabor was cast from his vision and conceived in his simple premise: “The paramount ethic is not only working to be the best one can be, but also earning the respect for your efforts and accomplishments by your teammates and opponents.” Coach Baker used to say, “Reputations are hard to make and easy to break.” We practiced hard into the early spring darkness, went out in very cold and windy conditions and did thousands of tacks and gybes. There were no short cuts, and it wasn’t always pleasant. The coach knew that more time on the water was the best preparation for competition, brought the team closer together as a unit, and built confidence that we could sail well no matter what was thrown at us. Toby believed wholeheartedly that individual accolades were less important than teamwork. Our senior year, we won the National Championship, a fleet racing event. Coach Baker was pleased, but felt the season was not a success unless we won the New England Team Racing Championships, more important in his mind as it focused on teamwork. His love and advocacy for high school team racing resulted in the creation of a National Team Racing Championship, and the best high school teams now compete for “The Baker,” a trophy in Toby’s honor. Toby set out to develop the skills and character of teenagers within the context of a high school sailing team. We were lucky to sail for him. As you read the profiles of the successful alumni sailors in this piece, think of them as just a few of the shiny apples from Toby Baker’s coaching tree. hatti willemsen ’13
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Mic hae l Callahan ’9 3 , He ad Sa ilin g Coach ,
Josh A da ms ’90, Ma n ag in g D irector
J a ck G ierh a rt ’83, ex ecu t iv e d irector,
A n dy H erl ih y ’94, Ex ecu t iv e D ir e c to r ,
Ge or ge town Unive r s ity
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Com m u n ity Boat in g C en t er
I started sailing at the age of eight, and while I played other sports growing up sailing became my preferred sport while I was a student at Tabor. What I love about sailing is how it combines intellectual and athletic ability. You need to be athletic and smart to excel.
Picture the kid staring out the classroom window at Sippican Harbor, watching the sea breeze fill in. That was me. I think of my four years at Tabor Academy as foundation years for an unintended career. At Tabor, I was surrounded by Buzzards Bay and influenced by so many others who shared a love for all things marine, an environment that ignited my connection to the sea. I didn’t know it then, but Tabor prepared me for a career in sailing.
As Executive Director of US Sailing, I have a wonderful vantage point into the world of sailing. At US Sailing, the national governing body (akin to USA Hockey, USTA, US Rowing, US Lacrosse), we are involved in all aspects of the sport: training and coaching, rules and officiating, safety, national championships, handicap rules for big boat and offshore racing, disabled sailing, and preparing the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Sailing Teams, to name a few. I am very lucky to work with a passionate and talented team in our office that includes fellow Tabor alumni Josh Adams ’90 and Amy Larkin ’92, and a corps of volunteers who are the most accomplished sailors and experts on sailing in the world. For me, one who loves sailing and the sea, this is the dream job. My experience at Tabor fostered and energized this passion, as well as connected me with my mentors and many others who have been instrumental in helping me along the way.
Reflecting on my time spent at Tabor, it was the lessons I learned on the sailing team that have impacted me the most. Sailing has always been an important part of my life. From my time as a kid cruising with my family around Buzzards Bay to the present day where I am now exploring the bay with my own children, the majority of the lessons I have learned have been from my time on the water.
My coaches at Tabor, Rob Hurd, Toby Baker and Wiley Wakeman ’68, really helped spur my interest in sailing. The team was already great before I arrived and I was lucky enough to be one of two freshmen to make the team (the other being Ashley Ewenson ’93) in the spring of 1990. What I learned in my four years on the Tabor Sailing Team has made a huge impact throughout my life both on and off the water. Sailing has taught me that hard work pays off, that there are no shortcuts to success, and that you need to play by the rules in order to win. I do my best to impart this knowledge to my Georgetown team, and I think our success is due in no small part to the lessons I learned while sailing at Tabor. I thoroughly enjoyed my four years at Tabor and I keep in close contact with coach Rob Hurd who continues to be a great friend and source of coaching advice. Mike’s coed sailing team is ranked #1 in the country, securing ten National Championships since he began in 1997. He was US Sailing and USOC National Sailing Coach of the Year in 2012, and a three time Coach of the Year at Georgetown.
My career path started in 1993 when I mounted a sailing campaign for the 1996 Olympic Games. My partner and I learned a lot about the technical and psychological aspects of competition, as well as how to run, fund, and plan our own operation. We finished second in the 1996 Olympic Trials. From there, I landed in media at one of the great brands in publishing, SAIL magazine. I spent nine of the next sixteen years on the editorial staff, and then led the organization as publisher from 2006-2012. Now I’ve returned to Olympic sailing full time. We are leading a team effort for the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The concept of team has dynamic meaning in the U.S. Olympic Sailing Program. Athletes, coaches, staff, sponsors, donors—we are all partners in pursuit of excellence in sailing. On a daily basis I think about teamwork, community, and our common goal, and I appreciate how Tabor prepared me for today.
Today, I am connecting Greater New Bedford’s at-risk youth with mentors to enhance their lives through boating. The ability to help kids learn the same positive lessons I learned while gaining confidence in themselves is so rewarding, and I am sure their experiences will help to shape the rest of their lives.
Coaches Rob Hurd and Toby Baker with 1988 sailors
Josh Adams was the first Tabor recipient of the ISSA National Sportsmanship award: The Stuart Bullivant Sportsmanship Trophy.
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f a c u l ty i n p r o f i l e
meet our
new
faculty
Roxie Br atton, His tor y
Bobbi & D erek Krein , A dmission s, Coll eg e
L u cie Nad l er ’09, H istory
A m el ia W rig h t , S cien ce
College/Degree: Elon University (BA),
Cou n selin g , Hou sepa ren ts
College/Degree: Connecticut College (BA)
College/Degree: Oberlin College (BS)
Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary (MA)
Bobbi: Associate Director of Admissions
Previous Employment: Student
Previous Employer: Marine Biological Laboratory
Previous Employer: Ivy International
Derek: College Counseling & Admissions College/Degree: Bobbi: Denison University (BA)
I enjoy the collegiality among my history and other faculty colleagues. I also appreciate the chapel tradition. I enjoy the stories about the human experience, our strivings, joys, and failures that faculty and students share with the community—and their courage and risk taking in telling them. It is powerful to know that one’s story matters, and that the community can find meaning and inspiration in what is shared and learned. The neat thing is that each student, faculty or staff person can create their own unique story at Tabor and there are caring, empathetic ears that want to hear them.
P aige Ke me zis , Sc ie nc e College/Degree: Ohio University (BS); Boston College (MS)
Derek: Connecticut College (BA), Dartmouth College (MA) Previous Employer: New Hampton School (both), Krein Educational Consulting (Bobbi)
We have simply loved our experience in Baxter House living with twenty-six of the best students we could have hoped for. We’re also encouraged by the vision for Tabor Academy as it evolves in the coming years. We met at a boarding school and have dedicated our careers to independent schools (boarding schools in particular), and we look forward to serving Tabor by sharing our broad, varied experiences and identifying opportunities to move the Academy forward toward an authentic, relevant education—in and out of the classroom—for our students today and in the future.
Previous Employer: Noble and Greenough School Jesse Min n eman , History
Photos by: Hannah Berkowitz ’14 Danielle Dillon ’14 Tanya Tantasathien ’15
Tabor has all the aspects of a school that I was looking for: working closely with students in a small classroom environment, getting to know the students in more settings than the classroom, and sharing my passion and knowledge of softball and hockey through the highly competitive sports programs. There is tremendous overlap in principles being taught in class and in the extra-curricular arena. My hope is that while I prepare students for college, I am also preparing them for “the real world.”
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College/Degree: Bowdoin (BA) Previous Employer: Kent School
at Woods Hole
It has been an interesting transition to move from being a student at Tabor to a faculty member. I have loved the opportunity to give back to a community that gave so much to me as a student. I hope that I can help prepare my students to be global citizens and to have an innate curiosity about the world around them. K im berl y U l m er, S cien ce College/Degree: Williams College (BA) Previous Employers: The Marine Biological Laboratory, Brown University, University of California Santa Barbara
Making the transition from research science to teaching science has been an enjoyable challenge. In addition to doing science, I have always taken pleasure in sharing science. I didn’t realize just how fun it would be to stand at the front of a classroom explaining biological processes! I must admit that the thing I love most about Tabor is its location on the water. Not many schools have such amazing access to the sea, or their own schooner! I feel privileged to be able to coach sailing and work in a marine lab, while also teaching biology. For a hydrophile like myself, this is a major perk.
As a recent college graduate, I hear a lot about young adults who continue to struggle in securing a job and finding a career they truly love. It is a rare and special privilege to have found a place like Tabor this early on in my career, and to have it be the place I can call my first home in academia is a humbling blessing. I’ve found that it is in the biology classroom where I am both happiest and most inspired. The students I am privileged to work alongside make each day a welcomed adventure in personal growth and intrigue. Watching my students take smart risks and make personal discoveries has made my passion for biology greater than ever. I am thrilled to see how Tabor and I will grow together in the coming years. D r. Tia n x u Zh o u , C h in ese College/Degree: China Central Conservatory (BA), Shenandoah University (MM, DMA) Previous Employers: Rhode Island College, Providence College, Salve Regina University, UMass Dartmouth
I truly enjoy the supportive environment of the Tabor community, especially the creative and collaborative atmosphere in the Language Department. All faculty at Tabor, in addition to their classroom teaching, are working tirelessly to inspire our students to have a passion for learning and high achievement, to become responsible and caring individuals. Through classes, sports, chapel talks and their positive interaction with their classmates and teachers, students at Tabor are well prepared for college and other challenges in life. I am happy to be part of this team and this community.
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c a mpus c ur r ent s SUNDAY SAILS was an effort led by XO Holly Francis ’14 this past fall to get more students
s tay c on n ec te d!
and faculty out on the water
Our website and social media channels have exploded with alumni and campus news this year. We are
and enjoying the schooner. She
tweeting, facebooking, blogging, instagraming and have built a great network for you on LinkedIn.
organized it by class and it was
Please join us online and share with us at: Facebook and LinkedIn at Tabor Academy Alumni, Twitter @tabor
a huge success and lots of fun!
academy, @ssvTaborBoy, TaborTalk Blog: taboracademy@wordpress.com and Instagram at taboralumni.
www.taboracademy.org Campus Currents!
We enjoyed our tradition of ALUMNI VS. ALUMNI HOCKEY in February, though missed the women’s game due to snow. Next year!
Leg a ll y Blon d e Receives
S t a nd i n g O ! The Winter Musical, Legally Blonde, was fun for everyone from the players to the audience! We thank Anne Richmond ’04 for her assistance as a voice coach, and to the entire cast and crew for entertaining us all so well!
Summer Program Co-ed, Ages 6-17 Counselor in Training Program
To the tanks!
Activities and Optional Enrichment Courses J o in o u r Up c o min g Ev en ts!
1, 3 or 6 Week Residential or 2-6 Week Day
alumni who have share their
May
Late June to early August
wisdom with our students
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Crew Alumni Rowing Center Dedication
Email summer@taboracademy.org
and young alums on and
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Alumni Lacrosse
TEL 508-291-8342, FAX 508-291-8392
off campus this fall: Carly
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Browning ’11, Maria Ferreira-
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Cesar ’10, Tica Wakeman
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Alu m ni S ho u t - O u t s ! We appreciate the following
Our brand new rowing tank is complete and already facilitating more perfect strokes on smooth water! We are indebted to
GOLD NY
Lou Wolfe ’68, trustee and probably the crew program’s biggest fan, for pulling us
’05, Khaliq Gant ’04, Anne Richmond ’04, Seth Burr ’97,
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Andrew O’Shaughnessy ’91,
6-8 Reunion
First Graboy s
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Symposiu m a Hig h lig h t!
Sam Schaefer ’91, Sally Taylor
GOLD Boston
’92, Diana Cochran Knightly ’88, Amy Richards ’88, and
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Matt Schiff ’85.
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Cape Cod Reception
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Bring your Boat to Tabor Day
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Tabor Boy on Martha’s Vineyard
Spani sh Exc h a n g e
Our second exchange with students from Beques, Spain, began in October with twenty Spanish students joining us for a week. Tabor travellers leave immediately after school in early June for their chance to explore a new culture!
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Tabor Boy in Nantucket
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Saratoga Day at the Races
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Tabor at Tia’s in Boston
out of the chop and spearheading the fundraising for this project, and to the many
L e ad e r s hi p
Chris Millette, Director of Student Activities, planned a day full of excellent speakers and enthusiastic students ready to try on some new skills in a fun setting. Our keynote speakers were: George Graboys ’50, former President of Citizen’s Bank, Nataly Hogan, founder of www.happier.com, Dr. Robert Carothers, former President of URI, and Jack Clark, Rugby Coach at Cal Berkeley. Additionally, our alumni Cynthia Way ’92, Ashunta Sheriff ’92, Nicole DeBlois ’95 and LCDR Jonathan Baron ’95 led workshops sharing stories about their experiences with leadership in the workplace.
donors who followed his lead.
Please join us for the dedication of this
facility on May 3rd at 4:15pm.
lillian blovin ’16
To m l in so n V isit in g A rt ist s
The Deborah Abel Dance Company of Boston was on campus for a day of master classes and performance in November. The beauty of their movement was so inspiring, and it was wonderful that so many of our drama and dance students were able to work with them more closely. nicole schneeberger ’15
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Here we go Seawolves!Here we go!
sports u pdate
Fo l l o w you r Tea m at w w w .ta bo ra cad e m y . o r g/ athl e t i c s
alyssa rueb ’14
Varsity Team Records:
Celebrating Champions This year, we have celebrated lots of champions! Nove mb e r 9 th was a b ig day: Tabor won th e day at Holdern ess D ay , an d ou r JV Boys
Fa l l Girls Cross Country 13-5 (4th in New England)
danielle dillon ’14
abi taber ’15
Boys Cross Country 17-3
Our hockey teams showed their spirit at the annual Travis Roy Cup and at “Pink the Rink for Pippa!” a community fundraiser to support Pippa, who is bravely battling infant leukemia and is the one-year old daughter of faculty member Ginger Larsen and her husband, Alex ’97.
(2nd in New England) Varsity Field Hockey 10-6-0 Football 4-3-1
Cr os s Countr y T e am and ou r JV Girls an d Va rsity Girls Soccer teams completed
Girls Varsity Soccer 16-0-1
unde fe ate d s e as ons that day.
(Co-Champs of New England!) helena castro ’14
Boys Varsity Soccer 3-12-1
W i nt e r Boys Basketball 11-11-0 Girls Basketball 15-3-0 (2nd in New England) Boys Squash 2-9-0 Girls Squash 5-6-1 Boys Hockey 11-15-2 (Won Joshua Weeks ’78 Invitational) Girls Hockey 19-3-3
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Ce le b r ating with us was th e 1963 u n defeat ed football team.
(3rd in New England)
The men returned to celebrate the 50th anniversary of their winning team, and to remember a special member of their squad, Bill Illingworth ’65. Peter Nourjian ’64 wrote afterward to say, “The granite bench that represents our undefeated year will be a lasting reminder whenever I’m back at the school of great coaching, great teammates, great sport. I hope it is an inspiration for every Tabor student, athlete or not, to experience and prize their own championship season.”
Wrestling 15-4 (3rd in Class A’s and New Englands)
Just after the Girls Varsity Soccer team cinched their own undefeated title, and knowing they were headed to the New England Tournament (which they later won!), the 1963 football alumni and the girls shared their successes in a poignant moment creating a special bond that we hope they will celebrate together at Reunions for many years to come! This winter our Boys Varsity Hockey team won the Joshua Weeks Tournament and our wrestlers placed third in New England and at the Class A’s. Girls Varsity Basketball finished second in New England, and Girls Varsity Hockey were third. Congratulations to All!
Way to g o , Con a n ! Conan Leary ’97 was named the 2014 Coach of the Year by the New England Independent School Wrestling Association for his work with the Tabor wrestling program over the years. His team finished third in New England and in the Class A Tournament.
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2012 Ian Horne (2) Ian, the goalkeeper on the Men’s Varsity Soccer Team at Colorado College, was named as an honor roll student in the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference. Ian is a sophomore economics major. He started eighteen soccer games as CC’s keeper and had eight clean sheets, finishing the season as the third-ranked keeper in the SCAC. When he’s not studying or playing soccer, Ian loves to ski, hike, and fish in the Colorado Mountains.
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WPI sophomore Sean Murphy claimed one of the Liberty League Football weekly awards for his performance against Rochester last fall. He was named the Defensive Performer of the Week that week.
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2011 Carly Browning Carly visited Tabor in January with her a cappella group Premium Blend from Ithaca College. They performed for us and worked with our student singing groups during the day! Thanks, Carly, for sharing with us.
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Erin, a junior on the Boston College Women’s ice hockey team, helped BC win the Beanpot Championship this year over Northeastern (3-0). For the past two years she has earned the Athletic Director’s Award for Academic Achievement honors. Well done, Erin!
I recently graduated from Colgate University where I majored in English and Creative Writing. I am teaching this year in an apprenticeship program at New Canaan Country School in CT and loving it!
Ben will be playing lacrosse in the 2014 World Championships in Denver this summer, representing Israel. He also was asked to coach the Israeli U-19 National Team, taking the team to Poland to compete in December. Ben is the first assistant coach at Harvard and continues to play lacrosse at the highest level. Very impressive as he also will be entering dental school soon!
Emily Pitman ’11
Emily interned with The North and South Watershed Association (NSRWA) Environmental Advocacy Group this summer. The NSRWA is a non-profit grassroots organization attempting to protect the water and other natural resources in Southeastern Massachusetts. Founded in 1970, the group manages environmental restoration projects and now has over 1,500 members. According to Pitman, the NSRWA’s projects are broad reaching and impact the environment, community and economy. One of Pitman’s main projects was restoring fish runs that follow rivers into the Atlantic Ocean.
2010 Josh Kanter (3) Tabor Lacrosse Alums come together every summer to participate in the Surf and Turf Lacrosse Gabriel Renaud ’12 I am now a sophomore at Bowdoin Tournament in South Boston. College in Maine. I am thinking of They come from across the country for this reunion and usually win, double majoring in Neuroscience as they did this year! From left to and French and would like to go right are Josh Kanter ’10, Cutty back to med school in Canada when my four years at Bowdoin are Dimond ’11, Jamie Prudden ’06, over. I am still playing hockey here Jeff Schwartz ’07, Ted Dimond with one of my Tabor teammates, ’06, Chris Hartzell ’06, Tucker Tim Coffey ’11. We had a big year Prudden ’03, Ben Smith ’06 and last year winning the NESCAC Garrett Curran ’04. Championship.
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2013 Quinn McKeown (1) Quinn and his college roommate, Max, who happened to attend Holderness School, dressed up as each other in celebration of Holderness Day, called Tabor Day at Holderness, in November. Quinn’s Vineyard Vines hat, however, was a dead give away as to who the real Seawolf was!
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Class of 2009: 5th Reunion! 2009 Jayson Megna After one season, plus a handful of AHL games this season, Megna is learning to get comfortable alongside Malkin and Crosby of the Pittsburgh Penguins in what otherwise would have been his junior season in college. Megna, 23, and a second-year pro, has had a great season with the Penguins!
2008 Will Schlitzer (4) I graduated in May 2012 from Colgate University with a BA in Geology. In September 2012, I was accepted into United States Air Force Officer Training School. While I waited to leave, I lived at home in Mattapoisett and worked at L.L. Bean and Lowe’s in Wareham. I began OTS on May 29, 2012. Following a wild summer vacation at Maxwell AFB in Montgomery, Alabama, I graduated on August 6, 2012, and reported to Tyndall AFB, Panama City, FL, the next day. I am currently in training for my assigned job of Air Battle Manager and will be here until my training is complete in Summer 2014. The picture is of my family visiting for OTS graduation. Included is my brother, Sam ’10, and my sister, Emma ’08. 2006 Lizi Barba I graduated from UCSC in 2010 and still live in Santa Cruz, CA. I’ve been working in the organic industry at CCOF as a writer and editor since completing my internship in 2008. In my free time, I go to the beach and run a home-based canning company, Lizi’s Cans (www.etsy.com/shop/liziscans). Laura Grimes ’06 (5)
I graduated from law school in May 2013, took the bar exam in July 2013, and got my results in late October. I passed! I just got sworn in as an attorney at the Supreme Judicial Court of MA. I will be starting my career in the South Coast area. Sarah Madison Pennington ’06 (6) My husband, Tony, and
I welcomed our son, Grayson Pennington, on May 29, 2013, just one day after our two-year wedding anniversary!
10th reunion cluster: 2003, 2004, 2005 2005 Stacey Corwin Stacy announced her engagement to Kevin Elliot ’04. The proposal happened at Tabor! They are planning a July 2014 wedding. Christine Dunkley Dailey ’05 (7) I married Kyle Dailey
October 5th. We met at Fairfield University where we both graduated in 2009. I wanted to share this picture from our wedding in Bermuda. We had a bunch of Tabor alums in attendance. Pitured from left to right are: Vanessa Phifer ’05, Kevin Elliot ’04, Stacey Corwin ’05, me, Kyle, Alexandra Utter ’05 and Sara DiPesa ’04. Kyle and I live in Boston. I am looking forward to Tabor events in the future, but unfortunately, I cannot make it to our reunion in June. Mary Frances Griffith ’05
I am graduating in December from Peabody College of Education with a master’s in Elementary Education. While I have really enjoyed the music, food, and lifestyle Nashville has to offer, my plan is to return to Colorado to begin my career as a math teacher. Lindsey Weiss ’05 (8)
My boyfriend and I welcomed a beautiful and healthy baby girl on my (and now her!) birthday, November 30—Karli Elizabeth Charlton.
2004 Sarah Bender Merrick (9) Chris Merrick and I, (both class of 2004), were married on June 15, 2013 in Woodstock, VT. It was a beautiful day attended by many fellow Tabor alums! Pictured from left to right are: Travis Dempsey ‘04, Matthew Merrick ’03, Doug Gascon ’99, Jahn Pothier ’83, Laura Bender McGuinness ’00, myself, Chris, William Bender ’98, Will Washburn ’04 and Khaliq Gant ’04. Chris and I currently live in Philadelphia, PA. I am a chef and Chris is a software engineer. We have a dog, Roxy, who we adore! 2002 Pete Smedberg I was surfing the Tabor website out of nostalgia and noticed my old chemistry teacher, Mr. Conley, is still teaching there. I never thought I would say this fifteen years ago, but I miss Tabor. I had some of my most memorable years there. Thank you for what you do, Mr. Conley. I hope everything is going well with all the folks that are still around from back in my day. I am in the 10th Combat Aviation Brigade, Bagram, Afghanistan. 2000 Courtney Cote Cottrell
I am still living in Elizabeth, NC, with my husband, Ryan. Ryan has just advanced to Chief Petty Officer in the U.S. Coast Guard. Our second son, Colton, was born last January. I am still working as the Event Coordinator for Kids First, a non-profit child advocacy center. William Sabatini ’00
The Flagship Niagara League announced William Sabatini, former Chief Mate of the US Brig Niagara has been promoted to Captain. Sabatini is the fourth Captain on the Niagara. The Niagara is a sail-training vessel located in Erie, PA, offering summer training opportunities.
1999 Gerald Berberian (10) I am currently living in South Boston. I spend the majority of my time traveling professionally with my position of Global Sales Manager for the 3D printing company Stratasys.
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Derrick Frazier ’99
Having wrapped up a couple professional gigs on political campaigns—a presidential and a mayoral—I am back in the nonprofit sector supporting the renaissance of New Orleans’ public education system. About a year ago, I took a couple months to travel around the Middle East and was fortunate to get to spend a month in Egypt during the relatively calm period between the fall of Mubarak and the fall of Morsi. Tim Polley ’99 (11)
Tim brought his family and joined us from North Carolina for the Family Skate and Alumni Hockey game. Thanks for visiting, Tim!
We welcome these children of alumni into our community with joy.
1998 Peter Hams (12) Peter, Derek Kilduff ’02, and their girlfriends joined the Tabor community for the Family Skate that took place before the Alumni hockey game in February. 1997 Conan Leary Conan, faculty and Tabor’s Head Wrestling Coach, was voted by his peers as the New England Coach of the Year. His team placed 3rd at both the Class A Tournament and the New England Championship this year. His student John Anderson ’15 was awarded the Seabrooke Outstanding Wrestler Award, the first Tabor wrestler to accomplish this feat since Conan won it in 1997. Melissa Press De La Vega ’97 (13) My husband, Marcus, and
I welcomed Rebecca Gail on August 2, 2013. Big brother Ben is thrilled! It was so fun seeing everyone at the reunion in June!
Sarah Madison Pennington ’06 boy, Grayson, May 29, 2013 Lindsey Weiss ’05 girl, Karli Elizabeth, November 30, 2013 Justin Ohrenberger ’99 boy, Devlin Owen, February 3, 2013 Amy Clark Canty ’98 girl, Vivianne Bernadette, May 10, 2013 Melissa Press De La Vega ’97 girl, Rebecca Gail, August 2, 2013 Conan Leary ’97 boy, Brogan Hollis, March 1, 2013 Molly Brzek Hollister ’96 girl, Emily Elizabeth, April 13, 2012 Kimberly Baker Leadley ’91 girl, Emerson Cowles, August 13, 2013 Heather Feeley Weddle ’87 boy, Benjamin Thomas, April 13, 2013 Kevin St. Germaine ’85 girl, Celine LeBaron, August 14, 2012
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to cheer on Coach Tyng, the Assistant Coach for Dartmouth, despite the fact that Nicole graduated from BC and I currently teach there! Seawolf blood runs deep! 1993 Laura Blumenberg Martorella (5)
I moved from NYC to Atlanta over the summer with my husband and three boys. 1991 Kimberly Baker Leadley (3)
My husband, Edward, and I welcomed our daughter, Emerson Cowles Leadley, on our second wedding anniversary, August 13, 2013. Erin Gaudreau ’91 (4)
Chip and I live in New Canaan, CT, with our three children: Abby (10), Betsy (8) and Russell IV (3). Chip is a partner in the NYC law firm of Reed Smith LLP. Life is good! (1) Wes McMichael ’97
Volpe and Koenig, P.C., an intellectual property (IP) law firm with offices in Philadelphia, PA, and Princeton, NJ, announced that former associate Wesley T. McMichael was elected shareholder as of January 1, 2014, and will continue to work out of the Philadelphia office. 1995 Michael Hogan (1) Michael and his wife, Jaci, brought their son to visit Tabor Academy one beautiful Saturday afternoon. The picture is of three-year-old Max wearing his first Tabor sweatshirt.
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Class of 1989: 25th Reunion! 1989 Richard DaSilva (5) I’m still at Tabor teaching history and keeping very busy. I was recently up in Boston with Chris Basse and Andrew Nye checking out the tree lighting in Faneuil Hall. Needless to say, all is well in Marion. Happy 25th Reunion to all you 89ers! I’m very excited to see you all in Marion June 6-8! Jen Schneider Ziskin ’89
Clara Burke ’95
I’ve just earned my PhD in English from the University of WisconsinMadison. Maija Langeland Scarpaci ’95 (2) This is a photo of some
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1990 Tyler Moore Tyler was selected for induction into the College of Charleston Athletics Hall of Fame for Sailing! Congrats Tyler!
Tabor alums at the BC-Dartmouth Women’s Hockey game last month. Pictured from left to right are: Brooke Ollinger Lovett ’95, Holly Tyng ’97, myself, and Nicole Deblois ’95. We were there
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Jen and Josh Ziskin celebrated the 10th anniversary of their restaurant La Morra on December 11th. La Morra opened in 2003 and serves traditional Northern Italian cuisine. Fellow alumna, Diana Walcott ’88, a La Morra “regular” was at the celebration. We would love to see other Tabor alums in the Boston area! 1988 Ian McIntyre
Ian is the owner and chef at Newport’s Rhumbline Bistro which received very positive reviews in the local paper. 1987 Lisa Welsh Eyler I am happy and proud to say that I now have two children at Tabor. David ’15 and Reagan ’17 are both living in Lillard and taking advantage of all Tabor has to offer! Proud mom and dad are adjusting to “the empty nest,” but getting to see some of their games throughout the year. The Seawolf tradition continues! David Mears ’87
I’ve been happily married for thirteen years now and have a great 6-year old son. If I can be patient enough, that basically puts life into the best perspective on a daily basis. I’m enjoying San Diego, and after nearly twelve years I have to accept it as more than just transitional. I still go “home” to the Cape each fall, and enjoyed the Tabor Boy Open Ship this past October, but it’s hard to envision moving back anytime soon. We moved into a new house before Christmas, after we realized that a nice remodel project was, in the end, going to basically be a custom built home. Last February, I started with a bio-tech start-up that has been in business for twelve years. The focus on product and brand development in healthcare has been an interesting change for me from the pure profit/loss manufacturing world I shared in a commercial bakery. In a couple of weeks, I will be sailing again with the Ancient Mariners in the Half Pint of Rum that includes a LeMans start and swim to shore at the finish. It’s tough to complain. 1986 Chris Reardon I was promoted to the rank of Fire Lieutenant in September, making me a third generation career fire officer on a city fire department. I’m also a Nationally Certified Advanced EMT/Medic. Currently, I am assigned to Tower Ladder 1 which runs out of the busy Central Station in the business district of Burlington, VT. Still living close to the land an hour out of the city, keeping bees and making maple
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syrup. I also buy and sell antiques, focusing on fire department memorabilia. Didn’t get as much sailing in last summer as I had hoped, but made up for it with more flyfishing. Enjoyed the winter on the slopes. When not at the firehouse or enjoying the outdoors, I am a part-time instructor for the Vermont State Fire Academy, and also a member of Vermont Task Force 1, an Urban Search & Rescue Team that operates as a FEMA asset during natural and man-made disasters, specializing in Confined Space, Trench Collapse, High Angle Rope, and Building Collapse Rescues. I frequently attend training at the National Fire Academy in Maryland and hope to be an adjunct instructor there within the year. I am also very involved with the training of our department’s newest recruits, teaching them how to save lives as well as how to stay alive. See ya in 2016! 30th reunion cluster: 1983, 1984, 1985 1984 David DeFilippo David earned his doctorate with distinction from the University of Pennsylvania in August 2013. His research was focused on Executive Coaching. David is currently the Chief Learning Officer for BNY Mellon. Ian Patrick ’84 (6)
On June 7th, in front of our families, I married Lauren Maher on Block Island amidst Tropical Storm Andrea. It was incredible to have all my children in attendance, and my son, Hunter ’13, honored me by being my best man. You know what they say about a wedding in the rain! On August 11th, (a much sunnier day!), Lauren and I celebrated with family and friends on the Hoyt Waterfront. 1982 Duane Hopple (7) I got married on October 19th, 2013. Keri and I met on Christian Mingle in October 2011 and had our first date in February 2012. We never looked back from there! As family and friends came from afar to see us, we stayed at a local B&B on the water for the weekend
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prior to enjoying the second part of our honeymoon in Fredericksburg, TX. We enjoyed hiking, wine tastings from the many vineyards, and exploring the countryside where we saw Luckenbach, though we missed “Willie, Waylon and the boys.” We called these Honeymoon 1.1 and 1.2, (probably due to my IT Ubergeek persona). We will have Honeymoon 2.0 in Italy sometime next year. We are currently living south of Houston in Webster, TX, but hope to find a new home in 2014. I look forward to bringing Keri to Tabor so she can see that part of my life. Will Saltonstall ’82 (8)
I joined Jon Converse ’81 and Chris Converse ’78 for some skiing in Vail in February. The bowls were full of champagne powder, and we were all happily exhausted! 1980 Tom Illingworth The Tabor Boy was Tabor for me, and I had many great times on her. There are many stories which I know best to keep private (my shipmates understand!), but for me, the most memorable was when we had the father-son weekend trip to Nantucket. Our family summered there, and still does, so to come into Nantucket Harbor under full sail and have my mom waiting for us at Brant Point was amazing. I’m so glad I got to have that experience with them as they have done so much for me over the years.
free time, I am an umpire for high school and college baseball in New England. My only regret is that I did not do this twenty-five yeas ago. I look forward to seeing some old friends back at Tabor for our 40th Reunion this June! Edward Riley ’74
After twenty-six years as a director of marketing and advertising on the factory/wholesale side of Subaru operations, I have retired and relocated to Cape Elizabeth, ME. Loving life up here! 1971 Porter Turnbull (9) I spend my winter season in Hawaii surfing big waves. The rest of the year I take voyages on KEE, my ocean-racing trimaran, searching for the same.
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1966 Adrian Grant The whole of this year has been taken up with major house renovations/extension. I had a little bungalow in a large garden. My bathroom was an embarrassment s and my kitchen unusable. The builders moved in late February 1976 Walter “Rusty” Dayton and it was still not finished by I’ve been quite busy; it feels like Christmas! As to be expected, I work is 24/7. I have a great family have gone over estimate /budget, with my wife, Jeannine, my oldest, but I think that the result will be Jacqueline 31, and my son, Walter well worth it. So promoting my IV, who works for Moran Towing book, Scottish Clans: Legend Logic out of Staten Island, hoping to be & Evidence, mentioned in last a Tugboat Captain. Then I was year’s round-up has had to take blessed eight years ago with triplets, a back seat. two girls and a boy. I hope to see everyone at our 40th Reunion. 1965 John Robinson Living on the beach on the Class of 1974: 40th Reunion! Delaware Bay has afforded me with a wonderful opportunity to learn 1974 Michael Finn much about the ancient mariner, I am still living outside of Boston the horseshoe crab. I am a soccer in Sudbury, MA. I recently became referee and still stay involved with a grandfather for the first time. I hockey. continue to sell disposable paper products and custom retail packagClass of 1964: 50th Reunion! ing for my own company. In my
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1963 Ware Fuller (10) After ten years as a senior consultant with Arthur D. Little, I went with Nuvera Fuel Cells, a spinoff from ADL. I spent eleven very interesting and satisfying years with Nuvera developing Hydrogen fuel cell applications. I retired in 2011, and now spend most of my time sailing in Marion, fixing my boat, with occasional junkets flying small planes. I enjoyed the 50th reunion very much. 1962 Paul Larson (11) We’ve been down in San Antonio for almost thirty years now and all I can say is we got here as quickly as we could. My four sons are doing well in their different chosen fields, and I now have time to do the things I like to do: teach, write, and paint. I started my own OD consulting firm ten years ago, and I also work online with six universities. It keeps me pretty busy and working in my field long after I have to worry about having to retire. I write when I get the chance, and thanks to a spark I got from Lucien Lavoie, I paint a little bit every day. My sons and I have a few houses full of my paintings. The picture is of one of my latest pieces. Lastly, playing with my grandkids is also a real treat at this stage of my life!
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I retired from teaching art at Messiah College in PA in 2008. I started the art program there in 1980 with much success. I also managed to exhibit, do some commissions, and write. You can read about and see examples of my work on my website at www.tedprescottsculpture.com. The most recent commission, “Psalm,” was for a Worship and Performing Arts Center at Messiah, and was completed at the beginning of this year (photo on next page). My wife, who is a portrait painter, www.prescottpaintings.com, and I have two wonderful daughters and currently enjoy three incredibly energetic grandchildren. My experience at Tabor meant so much to me. I went there at a difficult time in my life, and it provided me with both the space and the resources to grow and change.
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1961 Joseph Heyman My wife and I have bought a summer home in the mountains of New York. It was built by revolutionary war Col. P. Vroman in 1785. The project of restoring the home has been historically amazing. The best part is we are next door to our daughter and her family who live in a home built in 1791. Life is good!
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In Memoriam The Alumni Office has recently received news that the alumni listed below have died. The Tabor community extends condolences to the family and friends of those listed. David D. Somers ’39 Alexander Parker ’40 James B. Persons ’40 Cyril H. Buckley ’42 Richmond Bachelder ’44 Halton C. Arp ’45 Rolfe G. Hayes ’48 Robert Hathaway ’49 Roderic Park ’49 Charles Deasy, Jr. ’51 Paul Masaschi ’55 Donald G. Webster, Jr. ’56 Jeffrey Charles Howe ’62 Glentworth Ream ’71 William E. Kezer ’76 Mark Hough ’78 Dana A. MacPhee ’80 James Pescosolido ’81 Patrick M. French ’84
1958 Robie Pierce (1) I am now on a new consulting project with the Oliver Hazard Perry SSV, a 210 foot tall ship being completed here in Rhode Island. My responsibilities are to design and install the accessible components so that a limited number of crew members with physical or sensory (sight, hearing) disabilities can be full functioning members of the vessel. The OHP will have two dedicated, fully accessible cabins and include tiedown stations to help at halyard stations, mess hall, classrooms and great room. The OHP has been in construction for the last four years and will launch for sea trials in June 2014. This is the first original tall ship to be built in the US in over 100 years. The OHP will serve as a training ship for classrooms here in Rhode Island and throughout the United States. This is the first SSV that has ever been built with accessibility for those in wheelchairs and other challenges. 1957 Robert O’Brien I am settled in Charlottesville, VA, and make frequent trips to the Caribbean. I serve on the Board of Trustees for The Nature Conservancy’s Caribbean program. 1956 Dick Duffy (2) Duff at the sixth and final game of the World Series with John Fish ’78, Caroline Fish ’15, and Christina Fish. This shot was taken during the 7th inning of the game. 1955 Richard Nelson I graduated from Brown University in 1959. I retired from the banking industry in 1998. I have since been involved in different foundations through voluntarism both in NH and CT. I currently reside in Madison, CT.
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Class of 1954: 60th Reunion! 1954 Philip Simmons My wife, Francis, and I moved to Tucson, AZ, late last year. Just in time to miss the snow in CT! We, along with our two golden retrievers, are enjoying the warm, sometimes hot, weather! 1953 August Miller Dave Powlison just published a sixpage piece on my sailing activities in the Jan-Feb issue of Sailing World. Sailing Journalist Chris Museler did a piece in his blog on my preparation for the Finn Gold Cup in Tallinn. I expect to be back for the Alumni Row this reunion. 1952 Marshall Barnard I’ve been married fifty-one years. I have three grandchildren and two great grandchildren. I love my life here in North Florida. Hank Haskell ’52
Hank helps his wife of fifty-six years, Patricia, run South Carolina Repertory Company on Hilton Head Island, SC. SCRC opened its 22nd Season with the Pulitizer Finalist play 4000 Miles. The author of five books, Hank was president of Brunswick Yarns for more than forty years, and one of his books is entitled Brunswick Yarns, An American Family Business. Hank and Pat summer in South Bristol, ME, where they spend time with Ken Longe ’52. Tony Horton ’52 (3)
After graduating from Tabor, where I played football, basketball and baseball, I went to Clemson University and received my degree in Engineering. I spent three years in the Army and had my own army Tank Company in the 25th Infantry Division. I worked for Owens Corning Fiberglass and next started my own rep company, TH Associates. I still run my rep company supplying plastics, metal, rubber and electronic products to OEM Companies. I have three children, a boy and two girls and five grandchildren. I lived mostly in New England, with three years in Syracuse, NY. I play golf, sail and run. I do follow Clemson Football with great interest!
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1951 Randolph Hayes My wife, Betty, and I are doing pretty well for “old folks.” She still has a strong golf game and I am trying to get back to it after a less than perfect hip replacement. We have traveled extensively over the past fifteen years, and we enjoy our time at Hutchinson Island, FL, and Mathews, VA. 1950 Mac French I got past 80, headed for 90. Beat two cancers and other miscellaneous ailments. I read a lot (thanks to Mr. Gowing). I have had contact with M. Lee Barnard ’51, have cruised a bit. Other than that, I just relax and enjoy the Rangers Baseball.
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1948 Art Ferguson Art wrote to correct an error in our fall issue that stated that Tabor was a military academy in the 50’s-60’s. He wrote, “Tabor was an Honor Naval School and I can trace the beginnings as far back as the fall of 1942 based on the 1943 Fore ‘n Aft….” Quite right you are, Art, and it still holds true today. Our historic connection to the Navy is important to Tabor and one we are very proud of. Thanks, Art, for being a loyal and careful reader and for keeping us All-A-Taut-O!
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Mr. David A. Barrett ’70 Marion, MA
Mr. William T. Hurley, III ’57 P ’91 ’97
Mr. Clement C. Benenson ’00
Emeritus Hingham, MA
Hamilton, MA
Mr. R. William Blasdale ’61 P ’85 ’90 Mattapoisett, MA
Mr. Keith N. Browning ’79 P ’06 ’10 ’11 Chairman Dayton, OH
Mr. David M. Campbell ’71 Darien, CT
Mrs. Deborah C. Clark P ’95 ’97 Vice-Chair Rochester, MA
Mrs. Elizabeth Welsh Eyler ’87 P ’15 ’17
Dover, MA
Mr. Carmine A. Martignetti ’71 Chestnut Hill, MA
Mrs. Jennifer C. Noering McIntire ’84 P ’16 Mattapoisett, MA
Mr. Paul J. Murphy ’75 Secretary Atlanta, GA
Mr. Lee Pokoik ’63
Marion, MA
Please consider establishing a
Mr. Travis M. Roy ’95
bequest for Tabor in your estate
Mr. Peter T. Francis P ’14 ’16
Mr. Garrard K. Schaefer ’72
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Dr. Thomas B. Graboys ’62 P ’92 Emeritus Chestnut Hill, MA
Mrs. Kristiane C. Graham P ’16 Middleburg, VA
Mrs. Susan S. Grosart P ’00 ’03 Marion, MA
Atlanta, GA
Mr. Phillips G. Smith ’65 Treasurer New York, NY
Mr. John F. Swope ’56 P ’88
plans. It is very simple to do, and will preserve your legacy at the Academy to benefit future generations of Tabor students.
Emeritus Concord, NH
Mr. James A. Tomlinson ’83 Marion, MA
Mr. David A. Wallace ’85 Boca Raton, FL
Mr. Louis S. Wolfe ’68 Southport, CT
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REUNION ALUM NI REUNI ON WEEKEND
REUNION 2014!
june 6–8, 2014
2 0 0 9 , 2 0 0 3 , 2 0 0 4 , 2 0 0 5 , 1 9 8 9 , 1983, 1984, 1985, 1974, 1964, 1959, 1954, 1949, 1944 an d all Ad m ira l s!
We have revamped our Reunion program significantly, saving all the tradition you love, but adding more class specific events, and events with faculty, as well as a Reunion Camp for our Junior Seawolves. We hope you will come to make this the best Reunion Weekend ever. Please visit our reunion pages online to see who is coming and to register at www.taboracademy.org/Reunion.
Next year we will return to the traditional five year reunion schedule. Classes ending in 0’s and 5’s will be celebrating in 2015.