A Magazine for Norfolk Academy Alumni and Friends
Winter 2010
Frank Batten Sr.
The Academy is published twice a year by the Norfolk Academy Development Office for alumni, parents, grandparents, and friends of the school. Headmaster Dennis G. Manning
Director of Development Herbert P. Soles
Director of Communications/Editor Vincent C. deLalla
Associate Director of Development Nene F. Dougherty
Director of Alumni Relations Ruth Payne Acra '86
Director of Annual Giving Chris Dotolo '86
Media Specialist K athy B. Finney
Development Associate Preston Moore
Director of Advancement Services Gigi Cooke T ysinger '87
Director of Special Events Andy Walker
Director of Planned Giving M. B. Walker III '59
Photography Stephanie Oberlander Woody Poole Norfolk Academy Staff Alumni Submissions
Copy Editors Pat Hume, David Kidd, Arthur MacConochie, Beth Manning, Rich Peccie
Printer Progressive Graphics
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Celebrating Frank Batten: Personal Perspectives ..................... 2
By John O. "Dubby" Wynne and Dennis G. Manning
Introducing Director of Admissions Patty McLaughlin ............... 6
By Sarah Smythe
Auction 2009: Welcome to Funkytown! ................................. 7 See page 4
Remembering a Good Friend: Pillar of Our German Exchange Program ............................... 8
By Chris Nelson, Director, International Programs
Faculty Profile . ............................................................... 10 An Interview with Mary Wick
By John Noffsinger, Former Faculty
New Campus Benches ....................................................... 12 Byron Babcock: Teacher, Volunteer, and Humanitarian .......... 13
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By Katherine Holmes, Chairman, Foreign Language Department
Alumni Association Events ........................................... 14, 37 Denver Reunion; San Francisco Reunion; Alumni Spring Luncheon; Amazing Alumni Speaker Series; Richmond Reunion; Spring Sports Weekend; Poet Tea and Patriot Tea; Senior Alumni Luncheon; Winter College Luncheon. Homecoming 2009 .......................................................... 24 Headmaster’s Reception, Homecoming Day Activities, Class Reunions for 1959, 1964, 1969, 1974, 1979, 1984, 1989, 1994, 1999, and 2004. Class Notes and Alumni Features ......................................... 38 Mystery Photo ................................................................. 63
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Celebrating Frank Batten Personal Perspectives by John O. “Dubby” Wynne ’63
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uch has been written and spoken about the extraordinary achievements and life of Frank Batten. He was the most remarkable person I have ever known. The reflections of many following his death chronicled his varied and significant activities. Those of us who worked for and with Frank saw aspects of the man that were truly unique and extraordinary. These characteristics set him apart as a leader. This article seeks to capture this uniqueness which was so well known and cherished by literally thousands of current and former Landmark employees and by many others who worked with him in other business and not-for-profit organizations.
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Frank had many skills, but his genius was in bringing out the best in people – making them even better than they could imagine. He was smart, a good listener, and had good judgment. He was entrepreneurial and innovative, seeing emerging trends early. He was disciplined and believed in thorough planning, but he knew projections were only so reliable. He was not a trader; he held properties and evaluated performance based on long-term results. In the end, he knew it was people and leadership that made the difference. All of us learned from his example. Everyone can learn from his example. Most know that a leader creates a vision, creates ownership and alignment within the organization to achieve that vision, and then motivates those responsible to achieve the vision. Plans are developed. Performance standards and expectations are established. Efforts are made to ensure that everyone in the organization – not just the leaders – understands his or her rule and connection to the desired outcomes. Responsibilities are delegated and accountability established. Good leaders and managers communicate and reinforce frequently. Frank Batten did much more than this. Frank led by example and consistently reflected the core values he believed to be critical for a dynamic organization and for people to live responsibly. He did this to such a degree that many of us set him on a pedestal as the embodiment of values we admired and sought to emulate. I worked for him for over thirty years, and only once saw him act as though he expected to be treated special because he was the Chairman – the owner – of Landmark. And then he knew it immediately, turned to me and apologized. It happened under stress. Frank never expected to be treated any differently than anyone else. He was always friendly, if reserved, encouraging, reinforcing, and interested. There was no compromise, ever, on integrity. He was always approachable. Not once in my life, and there were hundreds if not thousands of such occasions, did he tell me, or anyone else, he was too busy to talk when we poked our head into his office to seek his advice. He encouraged robust, thorough and alternative thinking. He was a great listener, encouraging us to learn to answer our own questions. He rather asked questions than stated conclusions. He wanted each person to develop his own self-esteem and confidence. He delegated responsibility early and broadly. In my case, he sent me to run a TV station in California at age 33 with no prior operational experience. When I asked him for general advice, he said, “Do your best, admit and correct your mistakes, and learn to rely on your people. If you need me, call me.” He did this for many people in many different ways and through many levels in the organization. He believed in people. He trusted them. He knew what it took to help people develop quickly. He knew how to engender loyalty. He shared risk. Many leaders are not secure enough to share risks and avoid laying the blame for disappointment or failure on others. After we started The Weather Channel, and a year into operations, we had a meeting to decide on the fate of the business. It did not look good. I was the point person in Landmark for the development of The Weather Channel, so I went to Frank and said that I guess I needed to submit my resignation as it looked as though the business would close. He said, “Don’t be ridiculous. I’m not resigning. We did this together.” Can you imagine how I felt? I can’t begin to recount how many other things I could have done better in my career. He never criticized. He helped reanalyze. He encouraged. He was the same with everyone. Can you imagine the loyalty he inspired? 2
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personal perspectives Former Presidents of the Board of Trustees – (Seated, left to right): Tommy Rueger ’65, Frank Batten, Harry Price, Dick Welton, and Dubby Wynne ’63. (Standing): Vince Mastracco, Richard Burroughs ’64, and John Tucker.
He was extremely competitiv e. As many who knew him well can attest, while humble The Weather Channel was abo and understated, he was a figh ut to fail, we developed a las ter. When t-di tch effort to get subscriber received payments. He didn’t fees from cable operators wh want to close the business wit en few networks hout trying everything – inc got throat cancer, he fought luding long shots. It worke back, learned to speak when d. Wh en Frank few did, and never complaine sailed or played tennis with d about his impediment. If him, you knew how competitiv you eve r skied, e he wa s. He was always ethical and succeed. principled, but he was driven to Frank had empathy. He wa s genuinely concerned about the well-being of others, wh ordinary people in need. Ma ether family, friends, emplo ny leaders drive results, but yees or just the best results come when peo leadership will look out for ple know they are respected their best interest. and that Frank believed in “sharing the wealth” both in his individ ual life, his business and his he expected it from those of community, and without say us who worked for him. His ing it directly, belief was that if you were suc even believed it was an obliga ces sfu l, it empowered you to help tion. Early in my career, he others. He encouraged me to get involv in Landmark. On one occasi ed in the community. He did on when I was in my thirtie thi s wit h many s, I wa s on a civic board and commente have a low performance exp d to him that everyone seeme ectation of the organization d to and the board – it was just a “civic lot, but don’t succumb to tha activity.” He said, “You ma t; give it your best efforts or y see tha ta don’t do it.” His role-modeling legendary. On our own scales of generosity with his time , most of us in Landmark, at and resources is every level, wanted to help others live a better life. He I loved Frank Batten. Everyo showed us the way. ne in Landmark who knew Frank felt the same way abo inspiration, our mentor, and ut him. He was our boss, our a wonderful human being. So friend, our many of us were blessed to community to understand our kno w him, and we would all want feelings and the depth of thi the greater s extraordinary man. Frank Batten inspired and mo tivated thousands of people to be their best, to be even In so doing, he enriched our better than they could ever lives, developed a very succes have imagined. sfu l com pany, and motivated all of us What a man! to give back to our communit ies. Library Ground-breaking Ceremony (left to right): The three student presidents of their respective school divisions: David Hec ht ’00, Evan Pitler ’97, and Jessica Orlowski ’94; President of the Board of Trustees, Vince Mastracco ; Batten family members, Jan e, Frank, and daughter Dorothy; and Hea dmaster John Tucker.
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, as I journeyed n in early March 2001 I first met Frank Batte d three purposes: to lk. The trip, for me, ha rfo No to nd gla En m fro enovated areas l opening of the newly-r participate in the officia community, and cially introduced to the offi be to , us mp ca r ou of tive of Norfolk sest to and most suppor to pay visits to those clo t and visited with first person whom I me the , gly tin Fit y. em ad Ac borhood into their Alanton neigh ng ivi dr r be em rem I was Frank. What a gracious ank and his wife Jane. Fr et me to ing riv ar d an risingly and as being—and how surp gentleman he struck me o he was. For a man scious and devoid of eg on f-c sel un gly hin res ref eak about himself , he was reluctant to sp ch mu so d he lis mp co t to know who had ac nted to take time to ge wa lly rea He s. sse cce sure or his remarkable su d he also wanted to be is ound and interests, an gr ck ba my d an how pivotal the school d me an t more abou mpton Roads— Ha in s joy en l oo sch r al stature ou area and the national I was aware of the speci lence in the Tidewater cel ex al on ati uc ed g lin signa and continues to be in dscape. lan l independent schoo endeavored to recruit mark Corporation—he nd La y— an mp co his ruit and t as he led . If Landmark was to rec He shared with me tha ess sin bu the to uld co d brightest people he aliber independent and attract the best an re must be a national-c the , me d tol k an Fr ol, uld hest talent po ted business leaders wo retain the deepest, ric ads where these talen Ro ton mp Ha d of r an ve d— do ide r or An s prov school here—an Exete . Norfolk Academy thu ren ild ch n ow ir the for ondary level, best education e at the primary and sec nc be able to provide the rie pe ex al on ati uc e most substantive ed nation’s most selective continues to provide--th Virginia but also for the in s tie rsi ive un c bli pu ‘81—were all our flagship Betsy ‘79, and Dorothy , preparing students for ‘76 Jr. nk ra —F ren d s. Frank’s own child ing personal honor an colleges and universitie reminded me, develop k an Fr as t Bu ce. Fr len And for ank ademic excel most important work. y’s beneficiaries of this ac em ad Ac en be s ay n of character--had alw integrity--the formatio at Landmark. st this was the core value ese were among the mo from 1975 to 1979. Th s tee us Tr of d ar the Bo r ing lay dent of ou ster, Mr. Massey, were Frank served as Presi Board and our Headma the as l oo sch dgling r fle ou t of ha y tor in a somew pivotal years in the his s day. Our school was thi to m fro fits ne be l d freshness ce our schoo s a palpable newness an wa foundation of excellen ere Th . 66 19 in e ding the Wesleyan Drive sit de of re-building and lea state, having moved to ll into his second deca we y, sse Ma . y Mr rel . us ua s was sq new camp y. The Board of Trustee ult about the school and the fac d an nts de stu to ar, firm direction for capital improvements the school, provided cle ing, fund-raising, and nn pla gic ate str gh ou orting it thr behind this vision, supp athletic excellence. d faced in the support academic and nt task he and the Boar rta po im st mo the d k out what he terme ool for 28 years. Fran Frank spoke fondly ab . Massey who led the sch Mr to r sso cce , su ee a itt r, rch comm w headmaste th and leading the sea wi late 70’s, choosing a ne ing rk wo in ht lig de Darden took special and fellow Trustee Josh
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unanimously electing John Tucker to return to the school he had already served from 1955-70, before leaving to take the headmastership of the North Cross School in Roanoke. John was tapped to build on his mentor Mr. Massey’s leadership but to broaden the programs to include arts—and excellence in the arts as a companion to the excellence we had known in athletics. Not interested in having his name emblazoned across pediments of gleaming new buildings, Frank had a predictably intelligent approach to giving. His philanthropy was grounded in a perfect selflessness. The Batten Library was the most significant capital expansion on the Wesleyan site since the school moved here in 1966. It is the precursor to the Slover Library announced as the new main public library in Norfolk scheduled to be built and opened in the coming years. Providing resource without accountability or challenge was not Frank’s style. He believed firmly that philanthropy must challenge and elevate people—those charged with leading an institution. He challenged our school, just as he has the city of Norfolk, to create a library that is more than a museum, a place that marries new technologies to traditional practice of libraries and librarianship. Computer labs and distance learning facilities, wireless computing, internet access, on-line card catalogs, and digital reference materials, set in a physical facility that is a national-award winning library, the Batten Library has transformed, deepened and bettered the intellectual life of our students. On the occasion of John Tucker’s retirement in 2000, Frank announced a leadership gift of $5 million dollars to honor John and to challenge our school to erect a new arts center worthy of supporting the excellent programs in drama, dance, music, painting, drawing, and sculpting that John helped lead and develop during his 22 years as headmaster. Frank’s good friend Sam Johnson, CEO of Johnson Wax in Racine, Wisconsin, and Sam’s daughter Winnie, a member of the Academy’s Board of Trustees, joined Frank in support of this project. Frank’s vision and leadership, and the support his commitment engendered in others, led to the largest capital campaign in the history of the school; the most ambitious set of capital projects since 1966; and an extraordinary and powerful aesthetic transformation of the campus. My last visit to see Frank, I walked into his room at Harbour’s Edge, and it was a brilliant Sunday morning— sunlight streaming in—a quiet, celestial cast to the room. Frank was reading the comics in his beloved Virginian-Pilot. We greeted each other warmly . . . his humanity, sense of humor, and love of life radiated from his smile as he folded the paper and placed it on the tray before him. Frank is a man and a gentleman I will never forget. Our memory of Frank, as the Batten Family’s influence continues to shape our school, will remain with us in perpetuity.
Frank Batten speaking at the library’s ground-breaking ceremony.
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Introducing Director of
Admissions Patty McLaughlin A Portrait of Patricia (Patty) McLaughlin by Sarah Smythe, Assistant Director of Admissions Starting a new job, learning a new school, meeting new students, facult y and parents and moving to a new area would be a daunting task for most, but Patricia (Patt y) McLaughlin, Norfolk Academy’s new Director of Admissions, seems to take it all in stride. She came to Norfolk Academy when Frances Holcombe retired in June after 20 years of service to our school. Patt y immediately set about the task of getting to know not only the school, its mission and philosophy, but also the facult y, students, and parents. Before the start of school, Patt y held an “Open House” in the Admissions Office for teachers and administrators (generously offering snacks and door prizes!). She has been sitting in on classes and Chapels, and attending as many Norfolk Academy functions as she can – all to get to know us as quickly as possible. “Our door is always open,” Patt y is fond of saying. When on campus, please come by to have some candy and meet Patt y. Her warmth and enthusiasm for her new position and Norfolk Academy are immediately evident.
What attracted you to Norfolk Academy and what were your first impressions? I was well aware of Norfolk Academy’s incredible reputation, but as soon as I came on campus I was immediately struck by the qualit y and strength of the relationships within the entire communit y. These relationships truly impressed me, especially considering the size of the school. I was, and still am, amazed by the connections between the facult y, students, parents, alumni, and administrators. Since a prospective family’s first relationship with Norfolk Academy begins in the Admissions Office, my job is to communicate and demonstrate not only our outstanding programs, but also the strength of these relationships.
You have held a variety of roles in your previous schools. How have these prepared you for this position? I have had the privilege of being involved in independent schools my entire life - as a student, parent, classroom teacher, and administrator. There is nowhere I would rather be than in a place of learning. I like the noise, the discussions, the backpacks, the challenges, and the connections. I love how the school calendar offers the chance to constantly refresh and renew - not only each September, but literally on a daily basis. Of the positions I have held, however, working in Admissions allows me the most unique perspective. I am able to interface with all parts of the school communit y: students, facult y and administrators from all three divisions of the school, and of course, parents. In addition, I enjoy working with families in creating what I hope to be a meaningful and sustained relationship with the school. It is exciting to watch the new students, at all grade levels, bring their unique personalities and talents to the school communit y.
You lived in Delaware for a long time. How have you adjusted to Tidewater? Our family has been going to the Eastern Shore for many years, so we were familiar with the area and knew we wanted to get to know it better. We find comfort in being near the water and we have enjoyed the many outdoor activities this part of the world has to offer. My husband, Bob, is an avid fisherman, and we have done some exploring in our kayaks. Our children, Kristen and Evan, promise to visit frequently and discover the area with us. Kristen teaches in New York Cit y as a Math for America Fellow, and Evan is a sophomore at the Universit y of Mary Washington. 6
Is there anything that you feel families should know about Norfolk Academy and the Admissions process in particular? Working in Admissions is about building relationships. I am constantly aware that one phone call from a prospective NA parent can lead to a lifetime relationship with Norfolk Academy. I want all families to know that our door is always open. I would encourage anyone who is interested in Norfolk Academy to come to an Open House, have a tour, and see us “in action.” The relationships speak for themselves. I also want all families to know that our Admissions decisions are made thoughtfully and with the child’s well-being at the forefront.
Any highlights from the first few months of the school year? I attend as many school events and activities as I can. Among many other things, I have listened to Ninth Grade and Senior speeches, watched the Middle School students present their Summer Reading projects, seen my first Bulldog Bytes, and watched first graders eat ice cream with their Senior Buddies. I am looking forward to Field Day and the many other wonderful Norfolk Academy events and traditions. The best part is that I get to see it all and tell prospective families about it.
Auction 2009: welcome to funkytown!
On Saturday, November 7, 425 Norfolk Academy alumni, parents, grandparents, and friends gathered in the Athletic Pavilion for the 2009 Auction, “Welcome to Funkytown.” Co-chairs Dana Decker, Andrea Holloway, and Peggy Jones and their team of more than 75 volunteers "travelled to Funkytown" as they successfully brought together the NA family in a festive social setting to celebrate the ‘70s and raised money for need-based student financial aid and non-budgeted special student programs. It was an evening of disco, bellbottoms, platform boots, and exciting items up for bid in the Silent, Super Silent, and Live Auctions. Guests entered the Pavilion to the sounds of our famous facult y band consisting of Caroline Bisi, Jackie Evelyn, Jay Rainey, and Mike Oberdorfer. The Elbert Watson Dance Company wowed the participants with a 70’s dance medley and Right On! capped off the night with a nonstop set of our favorite 70’s tunes. The Live Auction was kicked off by a fabulous slide show of photographic still images of campus life; this presentation was created specifically for the Auction by NA facult y member Jason Kastrounis. Live Auction items included trips to Jackson Hole, the Bahamas, and the Greenbrier Resort and the traditional coveted items such as 4 VIP passes to the NORVA and many more. The one-of-a-kind class projects and themed class baskets donated by students in the Lower School were once again some of the most cherished keepsakes of the night. 2009 Auction Co-Chairs Dana Decker, Peggy Jones, and Andrea Holloway Sincere thanks go to all who supported this fun and important fundraiser for our school. Molly and Brad Hobbs stylin’ in their 70’s attire.
2009 Auction MC Eric Worden and Director of Special Events Andy Walker check out the fantastic class projects. Cari Louizo, Katharine Malbon, Cheryl McGruder, and Jennifer Holland showing off their 70’s style!
NA’s own Elbert Watson and his incredible dance group grooved to a 70’s medley during dinner
Dancing with the Stars look out! Headmaster Dennis Manning and his wife Beth cutting the rug to the sounds of Right On!
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Remembering a Good Friend: A Pillar of Our German Exchange Program
by Chris Nelson, Director, International Programs He was a big burly bear of a man with a booming baritone voice. He was a robust, rugged, and confident force in any setting. He was an adventuresome, passionate, and indomitable optimist, unflagging and indefatigable in all endeavors. He was the “poster boy” for German-American relations, especially in recent years when those relations were strained. He saw only opportunities where others saw problems, and he sought to reconcile those problems with an energy that seemed both timeless and infinite. And so it was with great shock and disbelief that the Academy received the grievous news on Sunday, August 30, 2009, that Jürgen Wiehe, erstwhile Headmaster of the Copernicus Gymnasium Löningen, our partner school in Germany, had died suddenly while en route home after having visited his children and grandchildren in Southern Germany. Jürgen Wiehe grew up not far from Löningen, a young boy finding his way in a devastated post-war Germany. He graduated from high school in 1961 and majored in English and history at the Universit y of Hamburg. After completing his state examinations, he joined the Gymnasium in Löningen as it came into being in 1968. He occupied every position imaginable during his successful tenure at the Gymnasium, ultimately assuming the office of Headmaster in 1988. At his 2005 retirement, no fewer than fourteen speakers congratulated, extolled, and thanked him for his 38 years of selfless service. Through the motto, “fordern und fördern,” he articulated his philosophy of education. Require (fordern) a great deal from students while at the same time promoting (fördern) them and all they do. The Parents Council Chairwoman expressed an entire town’s gratitude thus, “You have accomplished great things for Löningen.” Wiehe was also a tireless communit y leader. He served for more than a generation as a Löningen cit y councilman, church elder, and Schützenkönig (but that’s a whole ‘nother story!). He celebrated communit y, school, and family events with a gusto that one seldom encounters nowadays. He never met a part y he didn’t like. In his retirement, Jürgen and his wife, Karin, whom he dearly loved and who always stood by his side, enjoyed more free time together and traveled more extensively than 8
ever. They were able to enjoy their new-found time with their children, Claudia and Frank, as well as with their three grandchildren.
At the reception following Jürgen’s funeral, Jürgen’s son, Frank, after expressing his family’s gratitude for the tremendous support and condolences of guests, offered gracious words expressing roughly the following. “There were two things in my father’s life of which he was most proud. The first was his family. The second was the exchange he helped start with Norfolk Academy in 1973.” In an article he wrote for the 25th anniversary chronicle of the Gymnasium Löningen in 1990, Wiehe recalled, “It happened in 1973. The European Exchange Service in Frankfurt was seeking German partner schools for a few schools in the USA. They were also looking for chaperones who were ready and able to travel to America around Easter 1974 with up to fifteen students for a threeweek exchange. That letter from Frankfurt, which landed on my desk, was a challenge for the still young Gymnasium Löningen. And so it was that I received permission from our Headmaster to attend a short orientation seminar in Düsseldorf in the fall of 1973. It was clear that all preparations for beginning this exchange were ready. But who would be our partner? Wiehe with Dennis Manning and wife, Karin, at his retirement in July, 2005.
remembering a good friend It must have been around the end of January, 1974, when the phone in my office rang right before school let out for the day. My secretary told me quite excitedly that it was a long-distance call from America. A cordial alto voice, with scarcely a hint of an American accent, turned out to be Katherine Holmes. [If Jürgen Wiehe was the “Founding Father,” then Frau Holmes was the “Founding Mother” of the Jürgen Wiehe wearing his Norfolk Academy tie. exchange.] She introduced herself as the Head of the German Department at a certain Norfolk Academy. When I inquired as to where, precisely, that cit y might happen to be located, Ms. Holmes replied rather dryly that I ought first explain to her exactly where Löningen was located since she had not been able to find it in her atlas. She went on to add that Norfolk lay about 200 miles south of Washington, DC, in the state of Virginia, something that any “high school boy would know.” I knew I had met my match. This was the first conversation between us and the one that laid the foundation for our exchange, the longest-running high school exchange between an American and German school. [It was in the spring of 1974 that Jürgen Wiehe chaperoned the first group of fifteen students from the Gymnasium Löningen to Norfolk.] Hopefully this friendship between our schools will continue to last into the future and stretch far beyond the year 2000,” he wrote.
for Me, The Life and Times of Anne Frank,” a powerful multimedia production depicting the final weeks of the life of Anne Frank. Jürgen happened to be in the audience in Price Auditorium for a matinee performance, and he was moved. He was moved to bring the Academy Players and their staging of Anne Frank to Germany. Sponsors emerged while Jürgen promoted and coordinated the performances at three different high schools in Germany in July of 2002. For him, reconciliation and relationships were paramount. Once again this March, 2010, a group of nineteen German students with two chaperones will arrive in Norfolk for two weeks with us. Similarly, a group of nineteen American students will depart for Germany and two weeks in Löningen at the end of the school year, 36 years after the first group traveled. In recent years, we have begun to witness the participation of several children of former exchange students. Yes, we are well into our second generation of this exchange, standing on the threshold of the third, and there clearly is no end in sight. This is a relationship that has aged well. And this spring, the grandson of one of the first German host families will be in Norfolk. It really is all about the relationships. Jürgen would be very happy. Surely he must be smiling. He usually did.
Jürgen’s energies were not confined to the Norfolk Academy - Copernicus Gymnasium exchange, either. For some fifteen years, the Gymnasium has hosted an exchange group from Poland, a country once on the other side of the “Iron Curtain.” Jürgen believed to his core in building relationships and seeking reconciliation. As an historian, he was fully aware of the horrors visited upon Poland by the invading German army in WWII. He grew up a member of a German generation born with the burden of German guilt for WWII, the Holocaust, and the subsequent division of Europe into two worlds, one Communist and one free. This was, perhaps, the realit y that served as the motor for much of the change he sought to effect in his part of the world. For him, reconciliation and relationships among people and among peoples, near and far, were paramount. He would not wait for the world’s political leaders to make the world better. He resolved to do it himself where he could. In 2002, Jürgen and Karin happened to be chaperoning the German exchange group in Norfolk, the last time he visited Norfolk Academy in that capacit y. That was the year the Academy Players presented “And Then They Came
Academy Players Katie Edgerton ’04 and Katherine Stratton ’02 performing in Löningn in July, 2002.
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Facult y profile An Interview with Mary Wick by John Noffsinger, Former Faculty A good entry point into Mary Wick’s life is, understandably, music. In fact, without the insistent drumbeat of music, Mary’s life is scarcely understandable at all. Mary grew up in Woodbine, Iowa, and in this stressful day and, age, her childhood sounds impossibly idyllic. “In the summer,” she recalls, “kids went out to play in the morning, came home for lunch when the noon whistle blew, left again, and then came home when hearing the 6:00 whistle. Often after supper the children in my neighborhood played kick the can until dark or at least until the street lights came on.” At home Mary’s mother taught voice and piano, so her affinit y for music came naturally. Her father, however, was a pharmacist, as was her grandfather. In fact, the store has now been in the family for over 90 years and is currently run by her brother Bob. He and Mary’s other brother, Steve, also own a store in Logan, a town near Woodbine. Mary followed her musical inclinations by attending Coe College in Cedar Rapids and graduating with a Bachelor of Music degree, with a major in piano and a minor in clarinet. After college she quickly established her pedagogical credentials by teaching junior high band at Linn-Mar Junior High in Marion, Iowa. (I think we’re all picking up a Music Man vibe here . . .) Mary fondly remembers a highlight of her teaching years there when the band was chosen to perform at the Iowa Bandmaster’s Convention. She also recalls that “at the time there were practically no women band directors, so I was in great demand as a guest conductor for festivals around the state as well as a judge for music contests.” Mary and former members of the Middle School Chorus.
What broke up Mary’s love affair with the Midwest was love itself, for her husband David, a horn player, auditioned for the Virginia Symphony and the Virginia Opera. (He’s still principal horn for both organizations and also teaches at William and Mary and Christopher Newport.) While Mary was playing keyboard with the Virginia Symphony, Linda Althoff, a music teacher at the Academy, asked Mary if she was looking for a job, and “because there was no question about that,” two days later (and one day before the opening day of school in 1982), Headmaster John Tucker interviewed her for a job teaching 5th and 6th grade general music, band, and piano. After a few years Mr. Tucker asked Mary if she was interested in starting a middle school band. (Prior to that time students in grades 7 to 12 all played in the same group.) When Linda Althoff retired, Mary moved into the position of Director of the School of the Arts, and when the Tucker Arts Center was completed, a new arts curriculum was developed, and Mary moved to the middle school, teaching seventh grade music appreciation as well as chorus and band. Mary has fond reminiscences about those years before the completion of the Tucker Arts Center: “We taught piano and violin lessons in closets and in a storage room in the lower school gym. For several years the middle school chorus and band met in a room in the Burroughs Gymnasium. We just made the best of what space we had. Thinking back to when my daughter participated in the winter musicals, it’s a wonder someone wasn’t killed running off stage in Price Auditorium.” And speaking of musicals, Mary’s daughter Sarah, a 2004 graduate of NA, performed in a number of them. She went on to graduate from Bridgewater College in 2008 with a degree in vocal performance and is now studying music therapy at Shenandoah Conservatory. Mary’s reaction to the Tucker Arts Center? “Because John Tucker had a vision for the arts at Norfolk Academy, our students and facult y have a building that will keep our fine arts programs growing and improving every year. Seeing the Arts Center bustling with activit y from the film lab, dance rooms, band, chorus, and string room, and the beautiful Johnson Theater, it’s hard to believe how far we’ve come.” Mary also loves to share her memories of Chris Kypros when they taught together in the lower school music room. “We had so much fun putting on Grandparents’ Day programs, holiday programs, and just working together. We spent most of our work time laughing. Sometimes
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mary wick Mary also loves to travel, and there’s a special place in her heart for two disparate communities: Bar Harbor, Maine and New York Cit y. “I developed a love of New York after spending a semester there my junior year of college,” she explains, “where we studied all of the fine arts—and that’s where I learned to love art and museums.” Mary confesses to a few other ways of spending her spare time: “I love to watch sports on tv, especially golf, ACC basketball, and Nebraska and Virginia Tech football.” She also enjoys movies, her favorite film being Out of Africa. In the category of “guilt y pleasures” Mary confesses to a weakness for gambling: “When visiting family in Iowa, I love to go to the Riverboat Casinos. I’m just glad there are no casinos nearby in Norfolk!” Private piano lesson with 10th grader Shanu Dhali.
during Lockdown/Tagout (the safet y film facult y must view every year as mandated by OSHA), for example, he’d have to leave the auditorium at the risk of both of us getting in trouble.” In her spare time Mary loves to read, and her favorite authors include Richard Russo, Pat Conroy, Jhumpa Lahiri, Anne Tyler, and Joyce Carol Oates. While she’s in a book group that keeps her busy with a “required” book each month, she always finds herself “grabbing another off my bookshelf at home.” She particularly loves fiction and biographies, especially those by historian Doris Kearns Goodwin.
Since 1982 Mary has seen many changes at Norfolk Academy. “One of the best things we have going at NA,” she explains, “is that our students are able to participate in both athletics and the arts. I’ve seen many students flourish here because they found their niche in the fine arts. Back when I started, it sometimes wasn’t accepted for boys to participate in the arts. In lower school, for instance, they were sometimes teased about going to piano, but now we have as many boys as girls studying piano—and they and their parents are realizing how important the arts are in raising a well-rounded adult.” It goes without saying that many current students as well as many of those “well-rounded adults” have Mary Wick to thank in large part for their musical and fine arts education.
Mary in the midst of the Middle School Jazz Band.
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Newcampus benches Students, facult y, and visitors are enjoying the benches which have been placed around campus in a multitude of locations. The beautiful teak benches, donated by the Board of Trustees and the Board’s Past Presidents, not only enhance the grounds but also have created additional outdoor social space. If you would like to be involved in the ongoing efforts to beautify the campus, please contact Trustee Susan Wynne.
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Byron Babcock: teacher, volunteer, and humanitarian
by Katherine Holmes, Foreign Language Department Chair
Byron Babcock taught at Norfolk Academy for 34 years and during that long tenure of service crossed paths with thousands of students in his early Spanish classes, his junior English classes, and as the sponsor of the Key Club. He joined the facult y after a voluntary stint in the U.S. Army after obtaining a Master’s degree in English from the Universit y of Virginia, where he had, among others, a class with William Faulkner. Patt y Masterson, one of his long-time colleagues in the Upper School, used to say that Byron’s literary perception and understanding was the best in the English Department. Patrick Masterson, class of ’75, remembers being in Byron’s English class and “enjoying reading, enjoying analyzing a piece of literature, and his very clear enjoyment of the same. Aside from Byron’s dry humor, his long sighs, and that funny way he’d steel himself—his jaw, his voice, his stance—when he wanted you to hear him, I will remember Byron as someone who earnestly gave himself to life, throughout his life.” Byron had a love for animals–particularly cats. He had several generations of Siamese cats, always named Ariel and Caliban. “Mabel” was the squirrel that lived in his huge oak tree and would eat out of his hand on the deck. One spring day a colleague found an injured mother duck and her ducklings on the south side of Shore Drive and drove to Byron’s house for help. He scooped them all up, took them home, built a wire-fence, and raised the young to maturit y. For several years afterwards, they would return to their first home during their migratory flights. Field Day was always a special event for Byron. He would drive to Appomattox, pick up his widowed mother, Annie Laurie, and together they ran the coffee stand for many early first Saturdays in May. He would always host a facult y part y after Field Day at his house. Byron sometimes demonstrated a nascent curmudgeonliness. Cecil Mays still laughs about Byron’s high dudgeon when facult y members had to undergo a TB test in the mid-70’s. “Now we can go back to spitting on the students with impunit y” he said in his inimitable way. Retired facult y member Nancy Diggs recalls English Department meetings where Byron “would sometimes spread fingers of both hands across his forehead and say: ‘I have a comment.’”
Byron had a botanist’s knowledge of plants and trees. Barbara Tucker remembers that he would dig up extra plants from his garden and drive over and plant them around the then bare facult y housing (1966).” Patrick Masterson listened to Byron on his deathbed talk at length about the plants he had relocated to the Visitors’ Center at First Landing State Park, where he was a volunteer for several decades. Byron spoke “of how the et ymology of each genus and species helped tell the story of the plant” and of how the master gardener relished just saying the words “ebony spleenwort.” Bill Devine ’78 remembers “most his passion for literature and his love of teaching, his concern for his students, and his collaborative and interactive st yle which he emphasized by having the desks in a circle. I remember that he conveyed his enthusiasm and his love for what he did. Those were the most important lessons. He was always available and approachable and was generous with his time, whether discussing an assignment, helping with a paper, or just talking. He was humble. He challenged his students to develop a deeper understanding of the new material and to explore its meaning in classroom discussion and in papers. Most of all, I remember Mr. Babcock as a constant; it seemed he had been at Norfolk Academy forever and would be there forever. He was part of the DNA of the school and affected generations of students in a positive way.” Katherine Wallace ’84 felt as valued as any valedictorian when he would ask her to do dramatic oral readings of poems and plays in class. Bernie McCrickard ’80 recalls failing his first paper under “Babo,” “with phrases and clauses flying every which way.” On the next one he simplified his st yle a la Babcock and achieved an A. Adams Darden ’79 was a member of the Norfolk Academy Key Club during Byron Babcock’s years as sponsor. He remembers how committed to communit y service Byron was as he led the boys on numerous communit y projects. All former Key Clubbers know without a doubt what the most important project was: selling Nabs and soft drinks at break and using the proceeds to build the Bell Tower. “How fitting,” said Adams, “that a man who taught at both school sites would preserve such an important piece of history and incorporate the tradition of ringing the bell after important sporting victories.” Ed Kramer, a Key Clubber from ’75–’77, feels that Byron “helped me understand how philanthropy should become an important part of everyone’s life.” At Byron’s gravesite in Appomattox three words are engraved: Teacher, Volunteer, Brother.
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Alumni career connection Alumni Career Connection Program Continues to Grow Norfolk Academy’s Alumni Association would like to thank the nearly 50 Internship Sponsors listed below who participated in the program last summer. The 2010 Career Connection Brochure will offer nearly 60 positions and is available both online and via hard copy. The application deadline for summer internships is February 15th. All college-age alumni and Upper School students are encouraged to review the brochure and consider participating in one of the many exciting internships available. Duane Aho - ABS Technology Courtney Askew ’93 - BCF Advertising Robert Fiveash ’87 - Brand Fuel Promotions Kate Wilson ’91 - Chesapeake Bay Foundation Alexandra Hunter - Chrysler Museum David Costenbader ’82 - Contact Group Susan Bernard CD ’59 - D'Art Center Marjorie Mayfield Jackson - Elizabeth River Project John Gibson ’78 - Ellis Gibson Ken Trinder ’89 - EOS Surfaces Staci Martin - First Landing State Park Ruthie Weiglein - For Kids, Inc. John Cooper ’82 - Shapiro, Cooper, Lewis & Appleton, PC Debra Anderson - Hampton Roads Piranhas Karen Woodard - Karen Woodard Photography John Katsias ’82 - Katsias Company John Deuel - Keep Norfolk Beautiful Beth Buccini ’89 - Kirna Zabete Ari Zito - Learning Bridge Helen Kuhns - Lynnhaven River NOW Brad Martin ’88 - Martin Engineering John Shomby - Max Media Jennifer Duffy - Merrill Lynch Eric Miller - Miller Technology Solutions, Inc.
Sandy Kal - Norfolk Academy Business Office Herb Soles - Norfolk Academy Development Office Jane Smack - Norfolk Academy LS Teaching Internship Ed Patterson - Norfolk Academy Web Page Anne Marie Burroughs ’98 - Now Showing Maternit y Boutique Sarah Rhodes - Operation Smile Shelly Cohn - Orthopaedic Associates of Virginia David Hirschler ’70 - Periodontic Associates Angela Conanth - PETA Richard Rosenblum ’84 - Rosenblum Plastic Surgery Brother Rutter ’82 - Rutter Mills, LLP Margo Klewans ’94 - Sekretagent Thomas Thames - Sentara Va. Beach General Hospital Randy Webb - Signature Financial Management Kim Ritter - TowneBank Ann Bierman - Va. Arts Festival Emily Spruill ’93 - VB Office of Cultural Affairs Chris Mast Witherspoon ’78 - Virginia Aquarium Andy McCraw ’87 - Welligent, Inc Angie Callahan - WHRO Larry Bernert ’81 - Wilbanks, Smith and Thomas Ned Lilly ’86 - xTuple Will Zak - Zak Investments Management Company
Summer Interns gather with their sponsors.
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Denver reunion A great crowd of Academy alumni gathered in downtown Denver last January for an enjoyable evening. An in-depth presentation was given by Vin DeLalla to bring all of the alumni up to speed on recent developments at NA. Many had not seen the new Athletic Pavilion or Johnson Theater in person and were very pleased with the outstanding additions to the school. Many thanks to Paul Zoby ’83 for organizing the event.
Ellen Bernert Erickson ’82 and former faculty member Tommy Hudgins enjoy catching up at the reunion.
Karl Kieninger ’90 and Carrie McCrudden Merscham ’89 share a story at the reunion.
Carrie McCrudden Merscham ’89, Kevin Thompson, and Christie Sears ’01 at the reunion.
Assistant Headmaster for Development Herb Soles, Marc Sazberg ’63, Charles Nusbaum ’83, and his wife Kim talk about what’s new at the Academy.
Norfolk Academy alumni gather in Denver.
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San Francisco reunion On February 5, 2009, 20 NA alumni gathered at the Gordon Biersch restaurant in downtown San Francisco for an evening of fun, food, and refreshments. The San Francisco-NA contingent is a strong one, with over 80 Academy alumni living in the greater San Francisco area. A great evening was spent remembering good times at NA and catching up on one another’s current events.
Jay ’97 and Kate Rueger Scholten ’96 with Susannah Turner Wallenstrom ’88 and Amy Shook-Perez ’86. Dale Maffett, Eric Martin ’00, Jay Scholten ’97, and Kate Rueger Scholten ’96 at the San Francisco reunion.
Mike Dekshenieks ’85, Bay McLaughlin ’02, Amy Shook-Perez ’86, Kate Jung, and Neal Flowers ’86 share stories at the reunion.
Amy Shook-Perez ’86 and Mike Dekshenieks ’85 talk about all the changes at NA since the 1980’s.
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All smiles – Kate Rueger Scholten ’96 and Mason White ’98.
Chris Duquette ’98, Eric Martin ’00, and Dale Maffett chat at the reunion.
Alumni Spring luncheon The Alumni Association held its Annual Spring Luncheon on Wednesday, April 22nd. Alumni and friends of the school joined the Class of 2009 for a wonderful luncheon in the refectory. Following lunch, the Upper School students joined the guests for a talk given by The Honorable Paul D. Fraim, Mayor of the Cit y of Norfolk. Mayor Fraim shared with the NA communit y his visions for Norfolk and the Hampton Roads area, his feelings on the importance of the light rail system, and his reasons for pursuing a life in public office. Many thanks to Mayor Fraim for joining us for this very popular annual event!
Dennis Manning, Alumni President Larry Bernert ’81, Board President Barclay Winn ’65, and Trustee Ben Vanderberry ’71 thank Mayor Fraim for his Keynote remarks.
Eddie Russell, Doug Smith ’80, Danny Plante ’82, and Adams Darden ’83 converse prior to the Luncheon.
Norfolk Mayor Paul Fraim addresses alumni, friends, and Upper School students.
Former Master English Teacher Arthur MacConochie chats with Dorris McNeal and Adams Darden ’83.
Frank MacConochie ’72, Eddie Kramer ’77, and Zack Glasser ’59 catch up before the Luncheon.
Siblings Walker Dorroh ’90 and Ashley Dorroh ’93.
Annie Adams ’88 and Susanna Adams ’94 smile for the camera before the Alumni Luncheon.
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Amazing Alumni speaker series Norfolk Academy’s Alumni Association presented the Seventh Annual Amazing Alumni Speaker Series on Thursday, March 12, 2009. This year’s guest was acoustical guitarist and NA alumna Amy Ferebee ’71. Amy performed a wonderful concert for the entire Upper School and many classmates and alumni friends in the Samuel C. Johnson Theater. Following her performance, alumni guests enjoyed a luncheon with Amy, where they learned about her interesting life’s journey through music. Many thanks go to Amy for spending the day with the NA communit y.
Amy Ferebee ’71 performs for alumni and friends.
Arthur MacConochie and Dennis Manning chat at the luncheon honoring Amy Ferebee ’71.
Amy Ferebee ’71, Sam Brown ’71, Michael Via ’73, and Saunders Ferebee Compo ’73 at the Amazing Alumni performance.
1971 graduates Sam Brown, Margaret MacConochie Bright, Beckie Old Osborne, and Robin Rawles (far right) welcome classmate Amy Ferebee (2nd from right) back to NA.
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Debbie Via, Michael Via ’73, Beckie Old Osborne ’71, Amy Ferebee ’71, and Sally Old Kitchin ’72 enjoy reconnecting.
Degie Ferebee ’70 and Saunders Ferebee Compo ’73 at the Luncheon honoring their sister.
Richmond reunion On Wednesday, April 29th, Wendy and David Hope ’84 opened their beautiful home to Richmond area alumni and friends. Guests enjoyed catching up with one another and learning about the latest at Norfolk Academy from Headmaster Dennis Manning. Many thanks to the Hopes for a wonderful reunion!
Norfolk Academy alumni gather for a group picture in the Hopes’ Richmond home.
Host David Hope ’84 greets Catherine Byrd ’01.
Barton Campbell ’58 tells Mac Purrington ’86 how the Academy used to be.
David Hope ’84 welcomes Julie and Todd Ranson ’83.
1986 Classmates Chris Dotolo and Mac Purrington rehash their senior year!
Kim Eckert Failon ’81, David ’84 and Wendy Hope, Ruth Payne Acra ’86, Emily McKnight Tafel ’98, and Chad Kittelmann enjoy the party.
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Spring Sports weekend Norfolk Academy had much to celebrate on the weekend of April 24th. As many of the varsit y teams were in action at home on Friday, hundreds witnessed Coach Tom Duquette’s 400th career victory as the varsit y boys’ lacrosse team beat Hampton Roads Academy by a score of 16-4. The celebration continued after the game at the Alumni Association-sponsored BBQ, where the team presented Coach Duquette with a spirit brick marking his 400th win. On Saturday night, Tom was inducted into the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame, only the second lacrosse inductee in its history. At the ceremony, Tom spoke about his relationship with his father and other influential people in his lacrosse career who played such a large role in his life as a lacrosse player, teacher, and coach. On Sunday, 40 NA lacrosse alumni gathered on campus to play in an alumni lacrosse game and to present Dennis Manning and Norfolk Academy with a check for over $115,000 for the B. Thomas Duquette Lacrosse Endowment. It was great to see so many NA Alumni gathered for such a special occasion. Congratulations Coach Duquette!
The smile on Coach Duquette’s face says it all!
Headmaster Dennis Manning presents Coach Duquette a check given by lacrosse alumni and other friends for the lacrosse endowment in his name.
Bob Aston presents Coach Tom Duquette with his Virginia Sports Hall of Fame plaque.
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Coach Duquette and former star John Gibson ’78.
spring sports weekend
NA lacrosse alumni and their celebrated coach.
The Duquettes gather on a “day to remember!” From left to right: Tom’s dad, Mr. William H. Duquette, Bryan Duquette ’96, Tom, Mike Duquette ’99, Chris Duquette ’98, and Susan Duquette.
The Stanton family (Rob ’84, Carol, Buck ’58, Mancha, and Sam ’20) enjoy the day.
Ben Mason, Randy Webb, John Gill ’81, and Wayne Wilbanks enjoy the beautiful weather on Sports Weekend.
Win or Lose – a good time was had by all!
Future varsity lacrosse players enjoy the weekend action.
Ken Trinder ’89 takes it to the goal.
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Poet Tea & Patriot Tea For the third year in a row, the 3rd grade girls, under the tutelage of their teachers Kathy Warn, Kate Chapman, Nancy Soles, Meg Jack, and Stephanie Cress, presented creative poems and computer artwork for ladies from the Country Day School. Following this poetry reading, the girls mingled with Country Day alumnae and learned a great deal about the ladies’ schooling before the merger with Norfolk Academy. Many thanks go to Toy Savage for educating the young ladies on Norfolk Academy’s history. The second Annual Tea with the Patriots was presented by the 4th grade boys on Friday, May 22nd. Pre-1960 Academy alumni were invited back for this poetry reading. The young gentlemen enjoyed sharing their patriotic poems and computer artwork in the Johnson Theater. A reception was held after the reading in the Wynne Court yard.
Mickey Baillio Simkins ’59 shared the Country Day scrapbook with Abby Feigenbaum, Elizabeth Heckard, and Grace Zoby.
Louise Heaton, Anna Heaton, and Hunter Joyce Burt ’62 catch up after the 3rd grade poet reading.
Hughes Prillaman welcomes Sam Segar ’50 to the Annual 4th Grade Boys “Tea with the Patriots.”
Dennis Manning welcomes Eddie and Cindy Russell, who enjoyed hearing Mary Alice present her poetry.
Taylor Acra’17 welcomes his mother Ruth Payne Acra ’86, and grandparents Eunice and Lee Payne ’42 to the Patriot Tea. Zach Paris ’17 and Buck Stanton ’58 share Buck’s NA Yearbook in the Susan and Ned Lilly ’86 and John and Beth Kenton and Wynne Courtyard. their daughters Eleanor and Joanne enjoy the Poet-Tea together.
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Senior Alumni luncheon The annual Senior Luncheon was another great success last year. The seniors heard presentations from Lesley Hollowell ’77 and Cosby Hall ’93 on what it means to give back to the school and the importance of maintaining a strong connection to the Academy after graduation. The presentation was followed by lunch provided by the Black Angus and a very competitive game of “senior dodge ball” in the Burroughs Gymnasium.
Tyler Hargis, Lauren Martin, Burke Best, Catherine McNally, John Fernan, and Meagan Hoffman at the Welcome Luncheon.
Teacher, coach, and mentor Neil Duffy poses with Ryan Olejasz, William Scott, Jordan Cyrus, and Warren Harris.
Evan Beck, Mike Worrall, Lewis Affronti, and Connor Marr enjoy the Alumni Association’s welcome.
Meghana Kaloji, William Scott, and Hannah Graffeo count the days before they become alumni.
Dennis Manning and Tyler Hargis proudly show their bow ties.
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Homecoming 2009
Mr. Manning congratulates senior fall athlete Lindsay Clark and her parents Beth and Bill ’80 during halftime of the football game.
Dance Master Elbert Watson scores one of the varsity teams during the pep rally’s varsity dance competition.
The NA dance team performed a tribute to Michael Jackson during the Homecoming Arts Showcase.
Barclay Winn ’65, George Sebren ’64, and Cy Grandy ’64 support the Bulldogs in their Homecoming battle against Catholic High School.
Sarah Clark ’14 cheers for the Bulldogs! Art Coulson ’79, Elizabeth Sweet Maurer ’69, Bill Devine ’79, and Robert Jacobs ’99 enjoyed Friday’s lunch with the Headmaster. Members of the class of 1959 gather with Headmaster Dennis Manning at halftime of the Homecoming football game in recognition of their 50th class reunion. Pictured left: Dennis Manning, Ralph Beamon, Bruce Brown, Bobby Bennett, Richard Glasser, Malcolm Scully, Dan Hatch, Bill Hofheimer, Frank Lawrence, Joe Parker, David Rawson, Mike Smither, and Beau Walker. Reunion attendees missing from photo: Zack Glasser, Bruce Price, and Joe Shannon.
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homecoming 2009
Zack Glasser ’59 greets former Academy master teacher, varsity baseball coach, and Lower School director Charlie Cumiskey. Charlie and his wife Eileen flew up from Georgia for Reunion Weekend.
1994 classmates Clare Gwathmey Dorn and Mary Kay Teachey Maher with their children. 1959 classmates Ralph Beamon, Bill Hofheimer, Beau Walker, David Rawson, Joe Parker, Dan Hatch, and Mike Smither were given a guided tour of the school by Middle School teacher Toy Savage ’71
Dennis Manning welcomes former headmaster John Tucker back to campus.
Lower School Director Mike Silva and Headmaster Dennis Manning enjoy the Homecoming festivities.
Pope Woodard ’76 and Hugh Addington ’84 enjoy catching up before the game. Seniors Jimmy Leach and William Devine (with support from Sam Agnew) lift Desmond Cole in victory after the varsity football team won the pep rally’s dance competition.
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Headmaster’s reception David Rawson ’59 (left) arrived from Pennsylvania in time for the Headmaster’s Reception, where he met up with classmates Richard Glasser and Bobby Bennett and their wives, Martha (center), and Kathy Lindsay Bennett ’74. The Class of 1959 was gathering to celebrate its 50th Reunion.
Beth Manning welcomes Stace Saavides Nelson ’79 and Mary Albergotti Goodrich ’79 to the reception.
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2004 classmates Xandria Fleurke, Remington Shepard, Steven Sloss, and Christina Thames enjoy coming back to campus.
Alice (right) and Joe Massey ’69 catch up with Middle School Director Gary Laws (center).
Mr. Manning enjoys visiting with former faculty Mrs. Judy Voyer (left) and 2004 classmates Belinda Zhao and Steven Sloss.
Middle School History teacher Sills O’Keefe ’89 (second from left) introduces his then-fiancé Adele Logan (far left) to classmates Ellen Mayo Brady ’89, Emily Keogh Zak ’89, and Sarah Beatty Lytle ’89.
1959 reunion
Eighteen young men graduated from Norfolk Academy in June, 1959. Most of them and several others who had been in the class of 1959 at one time or another during the 1950’s returned to the school during Alumni Weekend for the class’s 50th Reunion. The class was honored at midfield during halftime of the Homecoming football game. The highlight of the weekend was the Saturday evening class part y hosted by Richard and Martha Glasser at their home. Former facult y and spouses Charlie and Eileen Cumiskey and John and Barbara Tucker joined the class for the evening, and Headmaster Dennis Manning and his wife Beth dropped in for a visit. Headmaster Dennis Manning and his wife Beth congratulated the class on the occasion of its 50th reunion. Dennis and Beth are pictured here with Martha Glasser. Richard and Martha Glasser hosted the class party in their home.
Malcolm Scully (right) had a long chat with former headmaster John Tucker, who was Malcolm’s history teacher back at the old campus on North Shore Road.
Front to back, left to right: Zack Glasser, Beau Walker, Richard Glasser. 2nd row: Bruce Brown, David Rawson, Ralph Beamon 3rd row: Dan Hatch, Bruce Price, Bill Hofheimer, Bobby Bennett. Back row: Joe Parker, Mike Smither, Frank Lawrence, Malcolm Scully, and Joe Shannon.
Joe Parker, Bruce Brown, and Bill Hofheimer together at the Saturday evening class party.
David Rawson and Bruce Price congratulate Zack Glasser (center), who earlier in the evening had confidently recited the final part of his senior speech given 50 years ago.
Bruce Brown, Beau Walker, and Mike Smither remember playing soccer together on NA’s first interscholastic soccer teams in ’58 and ’59.
Seated left to right, former teacher and baseball coach Charlie Cumiskey, wife Eileen, and former teacher and tennis coach John Tucker and wife Barbara were honored guests of the class of 1959 at the 50th reunion class party.
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1964 reunion The Class of 1964 held their 45th Reunion over Homecoming Weekend. Many thanks to co-hosts Don and Donna Nash and Richard and Sandy Burroughs.
Newty Miller and Chris Hudgins break out the guitars for some late night fun!
Richard Burroughs, Newty Miller, George Sebren, Brian Schoenfeld, John Heilig, Chris Hudgins, and Dudley Cocke reminisce about old times.
Don Nash and John Heilig catch up.
Newty Miller and Cy Grandy relive some of the good times from the days at NA.
Wendall and Lynn Winn visit with Dudley Cocke.
Hosts Richard Burroughs and Don Nash prepare to welcome their classmates.
Alumni Association Chapters Atlanta, GA Mr. Joseph G. Fiveash III ’80 2954 Rhodenhaven Dr., NW Atlanta, GA 30327-1224 404-355-9938 jfiveash@weather.com
New York, NY Mr. Will Mathewson ’85 275 Kings Point Road, CTYD Kings Point, NY 11024-1012 516-466-7800 w.f.mathewson@gmail.com
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Richmond, VA Mr. David Hope ’84 8704 Ruggles Road Richmond, VA 23229-7919 804-287-8532 dhope@ethus.jnj.com
Washington, DC Mrs. Eleanor Baird DeMoors ’89 4525 LaSalle Avenue Alexandria, VA 22304-1524 703-684-5837 edemoors@gmail.com
1969 reunion The Class of ’69 held a wonderful class gathering at Steinhilber’s Restaurant. Guests enjoyed catching up with old friends, many of whom had not seen each other in several decades!
The Class of 1969: Joe Massey, Bruce Gould, Elizabeth Sweet Maurer, Gray Eubank, Ed Parlette, Hugh Meredith, Carol Royer Robertson, Jimmy Sellers, Drew Brown, Fran Coombs, George Walsh, and Rusty Friddell. Alice Massey, Jane Friddell ,and Joe Massey catch up on the latest NA news.
Elizabeth Sweet Maurer, Ed Parlette, Drew Brown, and Carroll Royer Robertson swap stories.
Kim Cross, Gray Eubank, and George Walsh share memories.
Hugh Meredith and Elizabeth Sweet Maurer chat about old times. Rusty Friddell, Jimmy Sellers, and Fran Coombs enjoy catching up.
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1974 reunion Many thanks go to Susan Lampert Smith for rallying the Class of ’74 for a fabulous 35th Reunion gathering. Andrea and Alex Bell hosted a wonderful reunion dinner part y in their beautiful home.
Jonathan Leavitt and Beth Miller Parrish chat about the last five years.
Front row (l to r): Katharine Beasley Parker, Pat Devine, Lydia Spindle Masterson, Susan Lampert Smith, Lee Moore, Wayne Goodman, Lou Hollowell Shelton, Amy Ostrower, John Trant, Anne Bundy Estes. Second row: Beth Miller Parrish, Allan Reynolds, Doug Fohl, Mark Johnson, Maria Rixey Gamper. Third row: Alex Bell, Brad Mahanes, Jane Tucker, Jonathan Leavitt, Paco Marshall, Jeffry Sachs, Cyndi Weidler Massad, Anne Carver Ward, Julie Beaver, Christine Newing Viscovich, Kathy Lindsay Bennett. Fourth row: David Consolvo, Mary Margaret Evans, Rob Bartlett, Tony Gomez, Rick Glover, Reid Hopkins, Tommy Vandeventer, Barbara Baydush White, David Kaufman, Liz Day Dalrymple. Attendees missing from photo: Lou Pulley and Fenton Lawler Shugrue
Liz Day Dalrymple, Tommy Vandeventer, Maria Rixey Gamper, Pat Devine, and Barbara Baydush White talk about old times at NA.
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Kathy Lindsay Bennett and Wayne Goodman share a few laughs.
Lou Hollowell Shelton, Paco Marshall, John Trant, and Mary Margaret Evans enjoy catching up at the reunion.
1979 reunion The tradition continued for the Class of ’79 with another reunion part y coordinated and hosted by Paul and Margaret Willcox Fernan. Many thanks to the Fernans for making their class’s 30th Reunion one of the best!
Anne McPhaul McGeorge, Bobby Woodard, Mary Albergotti Goodrich, Stacey Savvides Nelson, and Kathleen Redfern enjoy being together again.
Bobby Woodard and Jordan Ball catch up at the reunion.
Pateé White Ramsey, Avery Evans, Julie Snodgrass Walker, Andy Cohen, and Stella Scott Schreiber share some laughs.
Eric Peterson, Chuck Milteer, Sarah Barrie Stedfast, Art Coulson, and Andy Cohen talk about the good old days at NA.
Stella Scott Schreiber, Boo MacGregor Belcher, Patee White Ramsey, and Katie Reilly Hamilton reminisce about old times.
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1984 reunion The NorVa in Downtown Norfolk was the location for the 25th Reunion of the Class of 1984. Strong numbers for ’84 came back to reconnect with classmates and friends and enjoy the tunes of the popular band Indecision! The Class of 1984 poses upstairs at the NorVa before heading downstairs to hear Indecision.
Gretchen Hall Garrigues, Chris Fall, Brandt Williamson, and Jamey Young enjoy catching up.
Townsend Devereux, Eric Acra, Robbie Stanton, Hugh Addington, and Chris Neikirk have a few laughs talking about their Academy days.
Kim Wilcox, Heidi Lustig Simon, Lee Weinstein, and Jens Islev-Petersen share a few laughs.
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Margaret Liles Eck, E.C. Eck, Tollie Cooper Love, Jimmy Miller, and Siobhan Cooper Miller ’87 are happy to see one another at the reunion.
Jennifer Hoffman Morgan, Jeff Stredler, and Katherine Wallace Bacheler catch up on old times.
1989 reunion The Class of ’89 celebrated their 20th Reunion at Baxter’s in Norfolk. Many of the ’89 Bulldogs continued their part y later into the night at the NorVa with the Class of ’84 and the band Indecision!
Chris and Meg Davis Malanuk catch up with Eleanor Baird DeMoors and her husband John.
Brian Jenkins, Brian Trickler, Donna Smith, and Perry and Paige Yuill Frazer enjoy the evening.
Parker Davis and Laura Browning Davis visit with Mike Gravitt and his wife Brandy.
Danielle Smith-Llera, Mike Gravitt, Sheetal Patel, and Matthew Van Hoose enjoy seeing old friends.
Jeni Meyers Wetmore, Sarah Beatty Lytle, and Ellen Mayo Brady enjoy being together again.
Lara Terzis Abreu, Cindy Gayton Andersson, and Matthew Van Hoose share some laughs about the good old NA days.
Will Zak, Parker Davis, Emily Keogh Zak, Beth Shepherd Buccini and Rob Buccini chat during a break in the music.
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1994 reunion The 15th Reunion for the class of 1994 was held at the ever-popular Chicks Oyster Bar in Virginia Beach.
Megan Kelly, Clare Gwathmey Dorn, Lauren Goldman Barkan, and Rachel Reda McCarthy swap stories at the reunion.
Clay Winn, Cary Ellis Gaddy, and Katie White Cartwright catch up on the last five years.
Matthew Reass chats with Clare Gwathmey Dorn and her husband Scott.
Mary Teachey Maher, Cheney Patrick Edmunds, and Catherine Grandy Keir enjoy catching up at the reunion.
Rachael (right) and Matt Mooney share a few laughs with Clay Winn (center).
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Jeff Dunn and Matthew Reass visit with Richard and Alice Crouch.
1999 reunion Many thanks go to Charlotte Hudgins Zito and her Reunion Committee for organizing a great 10th Reunion at the Ocean View Fishing Pier!
Dave Robbins, Joe Bell, Jenny Isakoff, Nancy Clark, and John Yuill enjoy the evening.
Jon Todd, Wynne Patrick, and Sarah Kaneko share a few laughs.
Carrington Rice, Shel Grover, Bo Wilkinson, and Freeman Thompson talk about the NA days.
Billy Schoenfeld, Jennifer Kawwass Thompson, Katherine Vaughan Walters, and Dustin Walters catch up.
Wyatt and Meghan Deal visit with Abbi Jaffe and Nina Candia.
Thomas Deal, Meredithe Mamoudis Grace, Laura Hunter, and James Lee pose for a photo.
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2004 reunion The Class of 2004 gathered at Waterman’s Restaurant in Virginia Beach to celebrate their 5th class reunion.
Caroline Byrd Dozier, Kirkland Brown, Christie Kellam, Devin Miller, Kim Ellenson, Anne Franklin, and Katie Monaco enjoy getting together for the reunion.
Katie Monaco catches up with Devin Miller.
Meg McIntyre enjoys seeing Kim Ellenson.
Robin Brown, Jamie Deal, and Anne Ragsdale update each other on the past five years. Brian O’Neill and Jonathan Zelig Meredith Whitt ’06, Billy Gresham, and Taylor Denslow enjoy the party.
Andrew Siegel and Wade Taylor share a few laughs.
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Winter College luncheon The Annual Winter Luncheon for College students was held on Monday, January 4th, 2010. NA alumni from the classes of 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009 flocked back to the NA campus to reconnect with their former teachers, coaches, classmates, and friends.
Sven Witjmans ’07, David Barrett ’09, Ryan LaRock ’09, Lisa Lascara ’09, Cole Werkheiser ’09, Brittany Morris ’09, and Samantha Soussan ’07 at the Winter Luncheon.
Dr. Mara Vorachek-Warren welcomes Lee Grimes ’07 and Laura Barry ’07 back to campus.
2009 Classmates Nathan Baldwin, Ryan Olejasz, James Schwab, and Warren Harris enjoy catching up at the luncheon.
Former Faculty Cordelia Baldwin visits with Dennis Manning. Alex Ghobrial ’09, Director of College Counseling Paul Feakins, Reilly Loflin ’08, and William Kitchin ’08 share stories.
Dennis Manning welcomes 2007 classmates Noelle Bryan, Francesca Fariel, and Anika Bilisoly.
Ron Newman greets David Crouch ’08.
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Class notes 1951
Mr. Fielding L. Tyler 222 69th Street Virginia Beach, VA 23451-2050 ft ylervb2@aol.com
Fielding Lewis Tyler still serves as
the Executive Director of the Old Coast Guard Station Museum in Virginia Beach and enjoys it. They are facing challenging times in the non-profit communit y, but the museum continues to keep its head above water.
1952
Mr. The Garnett Jr. 1531 Waynesborough Rd. Paoli, PA 19301-2026 garnettwindsors@aol.com
1955
Dr. George R. Webb 12 Briar Patch Pl. Newport News, VA 23606-3732 jwebb47@cox.net
Bill Cooper and his wife Marylyn
finally became residents of Hallandale Beach, FL. They are planning a trip to the Northeast with their granddaughter Cindy (12) that will end up in Virginia Beach so that they can spend some time with their Norfolk cousins. Bill and his wife are looking forward to the Class of 1955’s 55th Reunion in 2010. After 54 years as a volunteer firefighter, Maurice Hodges has retired. Maurice is still very active in rescue services as an EMT. He currently runs southern gospel music ministries at six rest homes in his free time. Dick Stobbs welcomed two new grandchildren at the beginning of the year, so he now takes many trips back and forth to both Raleigh and Memphis to see the families. They had fabulous weather in Aspen for skiing, but it was easy to see the economy has taken a toll there as dinner reservations were easy 38
Remembering Ewin Ottinger ’55 by Néné Dougherty Ewin Ottinger ’55 passed away on Friday, October 16th, 2009. Ewin was an avid alumnus and parent volunteer for many years at Norfolk Academy. When I started at Norfolk Academy in 1994, Ewin was among the most loyal phonathon volunteers. He told me that he came for the delicious hot meals, but I knew better. He was warm and friendly to everyone and helped me a great deal with training the other callers as needed. Ewin was excellent on the phone, quietly making his calls and convincing his old classmates to support the school. I can still picture him in the back of the room, one finger in his ear so he could hear them better. He rarely took no for an answer, and he filled his call sheet every year. He made hours and nights of work so much more enjoyable. Ewin influenced me (and I’m sure many others) in another way as well. The NA phonathons are held traditionally in October. Ewin always made calls on a Monday night after running the Marine Corp Marathon on Sunday. He would be a little stiff but otherwise unfazed. We talked about that each year, and he convinced me to choose that marathon as my first. He described the manageable crowds and the ease of the course. He was very supportive of that race and proud of his association as a marine. For better or worse, he convinced me to do it, and I was proud that I did, thanks to him. The Class of 1955 is stronger for the great work Ewin did to gather them at reunion time. He was a Bulldog through and through. The Norfolk Academy Communit y will truly miss Ewin Ottinger. He was a great standard bearer for our school. to get since visitors were down 25%. A few years ago, they were saying that the billionaires were driving the millionaires out, but now they are the millionaires. Dick does a lot of spring gardening, which he and his wife love. In July they went to Nantucket with all the kids and grandchildren. Nantucket is their favorite vacation spot because of the variet y of beaches, clamming, crabbing, whale watching, and 200-year-old architecture. Warm days and cool nights make it ideal. This year, six of George Webb’s grandchildren attend NA, starting with Lewis’s eldest Grace and ending with Randy’s youngest Graham, who started first grade. He and Jane are proud to see
the next generation of Webbs attending NA, particularly since his class was the youngest group taken in after World War II.
1956
COL Bill Spicuzza 1049 Autumn Hill Court Crozet, VA 22932-3342 billspicuzza@aol.com
Menalcus Lankford is in the process
of starting a Dickens Societ y in the Baltimore area. He has an interpretative essay on Bleak House coming out in a forthcoming issue of The Dickensian,
a journal published since 1905 by the international Dickens Fellowship. Also, Menalcus self-published a collection of short stories this year, Appearances of Light in a Dark Time: Modern Fairy Tales for Grown-ups, currently available on Amazon. He also started a volunteer job coaching refugees and immigrants in English in the fall. In June of 2009, Ojus Malphurs celebrated his seventieth birthday in Charlottesville with his family, including grandson Henry Cooper, who turned one. They toured the Universit y of Virginia, where Ojus went to school, and had lunch at Monticello with Dan Jordan, President of the Thomas Jefferson Foundation and a native Mississippian. He and his wife also visited with Bill Spicuzza, which meant they had a reunion with 20% of the class in attendance. Though Ojus is retired from the Universit y of Mississippi Medical Center, he still has a private practice that specializes in testing hearing in newborn infants by looking at evoked potentials from the brainstem. Davis Reed is still working part-time as a substitute judge in the Juvenile and Domestic Relations Courts in southeastern Virginia. He and his wife Elizabeth traveled to Ireland and Wales in August 2009.
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Jim Bickford and his son Chris Bickford ’85 displayed samples of Chris’ photography and Jim’s paintings at the Outer Banks Forum for the Lively Arts performance by Elbert Watson in March. Dick Stone is still happily retired in Southport, NC. He keeps busy by playing softball and golf and serving on four national, state, and local fisheriesrelated advisory committees. He and his wife Diane have four grandchildren that keep them hopping as well. Ben Turnbull lives and works in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. He has been working in Mongolian banks since 2003, with a year off in 2007 to help run a bank in Kabul, Afghanistan. He works under direct contract with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. The world-wide financial crisis has hit Mongolian banks particularly hard. His
days have been prett y hectic and will likely stay that way for a while. He hopes that some of his classmates will take the opportunit y to visit him in Mongolia!
1958 Norfolk Academy 1585 Wesleyan Drive Norfolk, Virginia 23502-5591
1959 Norfolk Academy Mr. Beau Walker 217 82nd St. Virginia Beach, VA 23451-1803 bwalker@norfolkacademy.org The 50th Reunion Committee,
committee for the Cit y of Virginia Beach to consider a convention center hotel. Robert and his wife Martha recently visited their daughter Maria, who works and lives in London. He and Martha are looking forward to hosting the Class of 1960’s 50th Reunion at their home next year. Mike Horstman just finished his 25th year teaching and coaching at the Academy. He gave up the head coaching job in tennis this past year to become an assistant coach. Mike is still an assistant director in the Middle School.
1961 Norfolk Academy Mr. Ed Levin, Esq. 3229 Ellicott St., N.W. Washington, DC 20008-2061 elevin@saul.com
comprised of Bobby Bennett, Richard Glasser, Beau Walker, and Zack Glasser, contacted classmates and worked on plans for the October 9-10, 2009 weekend. Most classmates and several former facult y members attended. Joel Epstein and his wife Jenan enjoyed some fantastic sailing in the Aegean Sea and returned aboard the Queen Mary 2. Joel researches new technology for desalinization. He has filed a number of patents, and his protot ype was recently validated by a research testing facilit y. He sold the technology to a major water purification company. Dan Hatch visited the Norfolk Academy campus for his first trip to the school since the 1950’s. He lives in Hawaii, so his trips to Virginia are few and infrequent. All the new Academy facilities impressed him a great deal! He returned to campus for the 50th reunion last fall. David Rawson and his wife Therese enjoyed their annual summer trip to their home in Paris but returned in plent y of time for the reunion!
George “Skip” Burton retired as an on-the-field Atlantic Coast Conference football official after twent y-five years and two hundred and twent y-five major college games, including the National Championship Game in 2002 at the Rose Bowl. He now works for the ACC as a replay official in the press box. The Washington, DC office of Saul Ewing LLP appointed Edward Levin as a managing partner. Pete McWilliams completed his fortieth year as an independent school teacher. The last twent y-eight of those years have been at the Durham Academy in Durham, NC. He retired from coaching basketball last spring after thirt y-seven years on the bench. His son Robin works and teaches at North Carolina State Universit y, daughter Allison works and teaches at the Universit y of Georgia, and wife Bonnie works at the Duke Universit y Chapel.
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1962
Robert
Goodman
continues to practice law and enjoys it. On the communit y side, he serves on the Virginia State Treasury Board, the Eastern Virginia Medical School Foundation, and Virginia Beach Vision. He will soon be chairing a citizens’
Country Day School Julie Whitehurst MacKinlay sold
her farm outside of Lexington, VA, where her family has been living for the past sixteen years. She has returned to Virginia Beach. 39
1963 Norfolk Academy 1585 Wesleyan Drive Norfolk, Virginia 23502-5591 Paul Rippey works with an American
non-profit organization called ACCION, which among its many activities wants to promote clean energy products in the developing world, in part linking to financial institutions. He heads that project, which is called Energy Links. One of their projects is connecting the finance, supply, and marketing chains that will allow a local firm to import and sell low-cost solar lamps to people using kerosene. He posted photos and video of his recent trip to Mali in West Africa on his blog: http://paulrippey.wordpress.com/.
1964 Norfolk Academy 1585 Wesleyan Drive Norfolk, Virginia 23502-5591
1965 Norfolk Academy The Hon. V. Thomas Forehand Jr. 104 Cedar Road Chesapeake, VA 23322-5206 lforehand@tnc.org Blake G. Anderson still enjoys living
in Chicago with his wife Barbara in “retirement.” His second career with Aon Corporation continues to fulfill his love of traveling, learning, and teaching. Barbara is now a leader of the Deacon Corps at the venerable Fourth Presbyterian Church in Chicago. Priscilla Crommelin Ball married Richard Arledge Ball, Jr., an attorney in Montgomery, Alabama. She is the Executive Director of the Montgomery Ballet, a professional company, and its school. Her son is a farmer and her daughter is a professional dancer and model. The Randolph-Macon College’s Board of Trustees elected Alan Rashkind, a Norfolk attorney, as the chairman of the board. A longtime RMC trustee, Rashkind practices with the law offices of Furniss, Davis, Rashkind and Saunders; he also serves as chairman of Chesapeake-based Dollar Tree, Inc.
Ed Levin ’61 Named to 2009 Washington, DC Super Lawyers List Edward R. Levin, a partner in Saul Ewing’s Labor, Employment and Employee Benefits Practice Group, was recognized as a Washington, DC Super Lawyer by Law & Politics magazine for the third year in a row. The Super Lawyers list honors the top five percent of the lawyers in Washington, DC based on surveys with lawyers throughout the DC area and independent research by Law & Politics. Mr. Levin has 35-plus years of experience representing employers in labor and employment law matters, including labor negotiations, arbitrations, and union organizing campaigns. He has litigated cases involving discrimination, wrongful discharge, sexual harassment and related claims in state and federal courts across the United States. He has represented clients before the NLRB, the U.S. Department of Labor, the EEOC, and numerous state and local fair employment agencies. Law & Politics performs the polling, research, and selection of Super Lawyers to identify lawyers who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. Attorneys named to Super Lawyers represent a wide range of practice areas, firm sizes, and geographic locations. 40
1966 Norfolk Academy Mr. Taze G. Taylor Sr. 510 Brackenbridge Ave. Norfolk, VA 23505-4326 ttaylor@satcpa.com Bob Nusbaum and his wife Sue vacationed at their house in Popham Beach, Maine, this summer with Bob’s brother, Bill Nusbaum ’73, his wife Sharon, and daughter Leigh ’07.
1967
Mr. John H. Donahoe 108 Grand Street #3 Jersey Cit y, NJ 07302 jondon007@verizon.net
William Sawyer and his wife Lynda
celebrated the high school graduation of Sarah, their fourth and youngest, in June 2009. She began her freshman year at the Universit y of North Carolina at Chapel Hill this fall. Spencer, their second child, graduated from North Carolina State last December and moved to Berlin, where he will attend veterinary school. William finished his SCUBA instructor certification last summer and plans to finish his flight instructor certification this year. Lynda and William look forward to moving to their farm in Kents Store, VA in the next several years.
1968
Four members of the class of 1968 got together for some good food, drinks, and lots of laughs in Novemer 2008 in Orlando, FL. The part y included Talbott Jordan, Sally Barron Kunkle, Sallie Hubbard Moore, and Karen Ottenstein
T. W. "Whiz" McNeal ’68 (left) with General David Petraeus.
Ruberti. They plan to have more gettogethers and add more classmates to the original group. Lyn Mallard Rodzianko became a grandmother for the first time in June 2009. Karen Ottenstein Ruberti is married and has five children. She is a case supervisor for the Guardian ad Litem Program in Florida, where she works with volunteers who advocate for abused, neglected, and abandoned children. She reviews and writes many reports for the court, for which Mrs. Masterson would be so proud!
1969
Ellen Willcox Ellis and her husband welcomed their second grandchild this year, a girl named Carson. She has a brother named Tucker (2½), and Ellen is fortunate to live just around the corner from her grandchildren! Daniel W. McClung lives in Alabama and enjoys flying in air shows across America.
1970
Mrs. Anne Gentry Smith (Bo-Bo) 113 Lolas Drive Newport News, VA 23606-1113 scotchy51@verizon.net
Chris Bonney enjoyed reading Toy
Savage’s piece about Country Day in the fall 2008 issue of Academy. He recalls, “My sister went to Miss Turnbull’s in Norfolk, and I remember my parents debating whether she should stay there (she rode back and forth to town each day with our father, but there were inevitable transportation headaches when Dad traveled) or go to Virginia Beach High School. She graduated from the latter in 1960. What interesting and simple times those were. Imagine deciding to start a school today and being able to throw it together so quickly, prett y much out of a single family’s checkbook.” Chris also celebrated the wedding of his daughter Grace in April 2009 in Savannnah, GA. Laurel Corner and her partner have a wonderful home in Westmoreland Count y with a lovely water view and enough space for their nine dogs - seven dachshunds and two golden retrievers. Purnell Delly worked for the past three
Talbott Jordan ’68, Karen Ottenstein Ruberti ’68, Sally Barron Kunkle ’68, and Sallie Hubbard Moore ’68
years in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and spent the first eight months of 2008 in Iraq as State Department advisor to LTG Lloyd Austin, the second-ranking US Commander. He valued the opportunit y to contribute in some way to positive political and securit y trends. In the summer of 2009, Purnell became Director for Iraq Affairs in Washington. Kellie Dixon writes that her daughter Laura is a junior at Bowdoin in Maine and studied in New Zealand for a semester this past spring. She and her husband Mike joined Laura over there for a few weeks in June. Kellie is almost finished with her doctorate as well. David Ferebee celebrated the wedding of his granddaughter, Elizabeth Compo ’00, in July.
1971
Samuel R. Brown, Esq. 211 44th Street Virginia Beach, VA 23451 srbrown1324@yahoo.com
For more than thirty years, Amy Ferebee has been honing her unique musical skills and delighting audiences from D.C. to Dallas. Noted for her impressive guitar work and powerful vocals, Ferebee soulfully transports her listeners with an eclectic mix of traditional fiddle tunes and fingerst yle blues, choice newgrass songs, and jazz standards. As a patient and enthusiastic instructor, she currently teaches guitar privately and through the Norfolk Parks & Recreation Department, and she successfully launched many beginning guitarists at the legendary Ramblin’ Conrad’s Folklore Center in Norfolk and at Common Ground on the Hill in Westminster, MD. 2009 marks Randolph Gould’s twent y-fifth year as a partner in the General Surgery
division of Norfolk Surgical Group, now a division of Sentara Medical Group. He and his wife Natalie live at the Beach with their children Josh and Clay (both in the fourth grade), and Lindsay (ninth grade), all of whom attend Norfolk Academy. He continues to teach on the Clinical Facult y at Eastern Virginia Medical School and serve on the EVMS Board of Visitors, the Board of the Medical Societ y of Virginia Foundation, and the Council on Legislation of the American Medical Association.
1972
Mrs. Sally Old Kitchin 1500 Old Bay Court Virginia Beach, VA 23454 sokitchin@verizon.net
Robert Lane worked at the U.S.
Embassy in Maputo, Mozambique, through June of 2009 and looks forward to the next Class of ’72 Reunion! Keedie Grones Leonard sends her greetings from the Shenandoah Valley, where her husband is a dairy farmer. She wishes that Norfolk Academy were in her backyard, so that her son Cole, who’s in 6th grade, and her daughter Isabelle, who’s in 5th grade, could be Bulldogs. 2009 is the twent y-ninth year of Fil Williams’ federal service at the U.S. Dept. of Labor as an attorney with the Employee Benefits Securit y Administration in Washington, DC. Among other things, he teaches basic training to the field office investigation force. His wife Barbara, who retired in January of 2009 after thirt y-two years of federal service, enjoys her “freedom.” Their son Roane (25) is a 2005 graduate of Radford Universit y with a BS in Music. Their daughter Jocelyn (20) works for Tricare Medical Agency in Alexandria, VA. 41
1973
Mrs. Kit Miller Whitely 2729 S. Grove St. Arlington, VA 22202-2423 kitwhitely@comcast.net
Mary Winston Blount works part-
time with her husband Tyler and son Daniel at United Country Realt y, where Tyler sells farms and timber. Mary’s son Josh (25) is preparing for the ministry; daughter Mary (21) is married and working as a pediatric nurse in Roanoke, VA; daughter Abby (16) is attending communit y college; and son Josiah (14) is attending home school. The Blounts are building a house on ninet y acres in Catawba, VA, and hoping to move this year.
1974
Mrs. Susan Lampert Smith 8811 Commodore Drive Norfolk, VA 23503-4706 Thesmithery@cox.net
Julie
Beaver reports from Alexandria, VA that she is the Director of Development at the Navy League of the United States. Alex Bell and his wife Andrea celebrated their son’s wedding on June 20, 2009, and hosted the Class of 1974’s 35th reunion this past October. Kathy Lindsay Bennett lives at the Beach with her husband and two children. Katherine enjoys biking, hiking in the park and out west in Colorado, as well as yoga, which is helping with her past athletic injuries. David Consolvo continues to grow apples and persimmons near Charlottesville, VA. Liz Day Dalrymple writes from Pinehurst, NC that she has enjoyed a quiet summer away from the routine of the winter. Her daughter Sumner just graduated from Chatham Hall and is a freshman at the Universit y of the South. Her son Jack began his sophomore year at Woodberry Forest in September 2009. Liz has enjoyed having both children in Virginia schools and looks forward to attending a WFS vs. NA game. Liz and her husband still have a men’s store,
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and Liz also works in a yarn shop and loves it! Maria Rixey Gamper reports that all three of her children are at the Universit y of Virginia. Her twin sons are in their fourth year and her daughter is in her second year. Maria enjoyed reconnecting with classmates before their big October celebration. Bob Goldner resides in Walnut Creek, CA, and enjoys living in a beautiful area close to California’s wine country. Buck Henry has an 11th grader (Bucky) and a 9th grader (Libby), at NA. He is a dermatologist in town and still likes adventurous sailing, diving, or mountaineering vacations. When not doing stuff with his kids or working, he plays tennis and sails. John Hume and his wife run Sligo Creek Tile Co. and make beautiful decorative tiles. Debbie McIntyre Hunter lives in Front Royal, VA and is the sales manager for Linden Beverage Company, her family’s business, which manufactures Alpenglow sparkling ciders. Debbie’s twent y-four year old daughter is and an aspiring actress living in New York Cit y. Philip Light and his wife Tabatha live on a 170-acre working farm in Ronceverte, WV. They have three children, ages ten, eight, and five. Philip reports that he is performing “microsurgery during the day and making hay in the afternoon.” Brad Mahanes works as a criminal investigator with the US Environmental Protection Agency. He reports that he will be moving to Jacksonville, FL, soon and will be working for the government in a different but still very challenging capacit y. Cyndi Weidler Massad is enjoying a little time off after working for thirt y years in the financial world. She’s traded the beach for the Great Wicomico River in Richmond, VA. Lydia Spindle Masterson left the classroom and joined the admissions team at Newark Academy, a coeducational college prep school with a long-standing history similar to Buck Henry ’74 and his wife Deb
Brian Strelitz ’74 and his son Ari
Norfolk Academy’s; Newark Academy is the school that both John Tucker and J.B. Massey put her in touch with when she moved to New Jersey years ago. Remember the Swedish Import who joined you senior year? Richard Mattus and his wife Annika are the happy parents of daughters Sofia and Lisa, who turn fourteen and twelve this year. They keep very busy watching their daughters play soccer, dance, and play piano. They’re still in frequent contact with their Norfolk Academy hosts, the Morgan/Hanckel families, and visited them for Easter 2009. Stationed in Gothenburg on the Swedish west coast, Richard is working for a U.S.-based company in industrial emission control. He’s the managing director of the Swedish branch, so he does have continuous contact with “the big country out west.” He was proud to receive the U.S. EPA Climate Protection Award in 2008 (for MEGTEC Systems). Susan Jaffe Miller and husband Alan enjoyed a twent y-fifth wedding anniversary cruise in June to the western Mediterranean. Susan has a nursing home/home visit practice in Bethesda, MD. Lee Moore lives in Richmond and
is president of East Coast Entertainment. As of May 2009, all three of his daughters officially graduated from college. Andrea Bostian Nelson and her husband Bill are enjoying being grandparents to Elijah. Andrea keeps very busy with children’s ministries in her Brentwood, Tennessee, church. Beth Miller Parrish and Susan Lampert Smith enjoyed a July vacation in Southern Shores, NC. Beth and husband David have two sons: Philip, a student at Hampden-Sydney, and Michael, a student at Virginia Tech. Jeff Sachs is living in Virginia Beach and for the last two years has been a Deput y Cit y Attorney in Hampton in charge of litigation and risk management issues. His wife Lynn, who served for thirteen years as the Benefits Coordinator for the Cit y of Virginia Beach and Virginia Beach Public Schools, is an employee benefits consultant and broker and president of the Sachs Group. Their older daughter Sara, who attended Norfolk Academy through ninth grade and then graduated from Norfolk Collegiate, is now a rising junior at Radford and will graduate with a master’s degree in Early Childhood/Early Childhood Special Education. Their younger daughter Rachel graduated from Norfolk Academy in the spring of 2009 and continues to be a Bulldog this year at the Universit y of Georgia. Fred Salomon is living in northwest Florida, selling commercial real estate and running for the Florida state legislature after a career as a Navy pilot. His youngest child just started high school, his daughter started law school, and his son flies helicopters
for the Navy. Susan Lampert Smith and her husband Tim are the proud parents of college seniors: twin sons Daniel at the Universit y of Mary Washington and Brian at Virginia Tech. Susan’s daughter Ellen is an eighth grader. Susan has cherished the opportunit y to reconnect with her Norfolk Academy classmates both through serving as class correspondent and as reunion chair, and she is appreciative (beyond words) of the many “unsung heroes” who helped her generate interest in their 35th reunion, especially Mark Johnson, Amy Ostrower, Rick Glover, and Pat Devine. Madison Spencer divides his time between Charlottesville and New York and likes to “fiddle on boats” in Newport, Rhode Island. Brian Strelitz, his wife Amy, and their son Ari spent Thanksgiving in Charlottesville, VA. The Floridian family was excited to be in Thomas Jefferson’s neck of the woods for the fantastic change of seasonal weather. John Trant lives in Maryland and is the proud father of TJ (16) and Katherine (13). Jane Tucker is married to Phil Russo and has three children: Sarah (20), a student at James Madison Universit y; Andrew (18), a freshman at Longwood Universit y; and Ben (11), a sixth-grade student in the Middle Years Program at Plaza Middle School. Jane and Phil enjoyed a trip to Sicily in August, and Jane reports that she is enjoying getting back in touch with all of her Norfolk Academy classmates. Ellie Moreland Warder lives in Tuscon, AZ, and still works at the Universit y of Arizona. Her twin granddaughters turned one in April. Barbara Baydush White’s family moved to Cleveland from the Washington, DC, area twelve years ago. Barbara’s older daughter is living and working in DC. Her son graduated from Wake Forest Universit y in May 2009 with a double major in Economics and Chinese, and he hopes
to return to China to work. Barbara’s younger daughter began her second year at Brown Universit y in September 2009. Barbara enjoyed visiting with both Maria Rixey Gamper ’80 and Liz Day Dalrymple ’80 during the summer of 2009.
1975
Mr. Charlie S. Nusbaum 1321 Cloncurry Rd. Norfolk, VA 23505-4709 cnusbaum@nusbauminsurance.com
J. Imrie Bowman III of Floor Magicians, Inc. resides in Virginia Beach with his wife Susan and sons: John Imrie (16) and Vance (12). Both boys are honor roll students in the Virginia Beach Public Schools. John Imrie was a starting pitcher for the First Colonial High School varsit y baseball team, and Vance played for the U12 Aces AAU baseball team. Susan Andrews Cruess took over as president of the Junior League of Calgary in 2008. She has a passion for this organization, its communit y mission, and the women in it. Membership is up and the new project, a program to prepare low income and immigrant pre-schoolers and their parents for school, has launched successfully.
1976
Mr. J. Pope Woodard Jr. 204 74th Street Virginia Beach, VA 23451-1908 popewoodardjr@yahoo.com
David Greer met up with Charles
Tucker, Michael Devine, and Joe Dashiell at Zero’s over Christmas 2008 to recall and embellish the tales of youth and to remember fondly their mentor, Byron Babcock. The four men started first grade together and all went to Washington and Lee Universit y. Margaret Reinhardt celebrated her fiftieth birthday by surfing in Kauai, Hawaii!
David Consolvo ’74 with persimmons on his farm
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1977
Mr. John R. Sears III 5536 Del Park Ave. Virginia Beach, VA 23455-6646 randlsears@verizon.net
Kim Cunningham had a recurrence of
cancer in October 2008. She underwent two surgeries at Vanderbilt in November and December of 2008 and six months of bi-weekly chemotherapy in 2009. Her story is on www.caringbridge.org, and her site is “kimcunningham.” She asks that all of her classmates who have turned fift y this year remember to schedule a colonoscopy. Colon cancer is preventable with early screening. She hopes that through preventative screening, no one will have to go through what she and her family have experienced in the last three years. Kim had a good PET scan in June 2009 and looks forward to being around for her 35th reunion! Lib Goss took her son DeWitt (12) by Norfolk Academy in June 2009 en route to a summer vacation in Kiawah Island, South Carolina. She hadn’t been back since 1992, and the campus has really changed. Tricia Jones Affronti ’79 gave her a special tour, even showing Lib and DeWitt the framed photo of her senior-year portraits. Lib also got to see and catch up with Lesley Hollowell, who is teaching English to Upper School students.
1978
Ms. Stephanie Adler Calliott 607 Mowbray Arch Norfolk, VA 23507-1852 SACinVA@aol.com and Mrs. Rozanne Olitsky Worrell 1470 Sweet Briar Avenue Norfolk, VA 23509-1434 broz37@aol.com
Drew Fennell works as the Director of the Delaware ACLU. She has worked tirelessly to promote Senate Bill 121, which prohibits discrimination based on sexual orientation in a variet y of areas such as employment, housing, and insurance, and it passed the General Assembly on Wednesday, June 24,
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Craig Jones ’76 Named Head of School (From Massanutten Military Academy's Magazine) Massanutten Military Academy’s newly appointed Head of School is a proven leader in the Virginia Association of Independent Schools communit y. Craig Jones comes to Massanutten having served with great success as Headmaster at Southampton Academy in Courtland, Virginia, as Upper School Director at Augusta (Georgia) Preparatory Day School, and currently as High School Principal at Saint James School in Montgomery, Alabama. His duties and responsibilities have encompassed nearly all aspects of secondary school administration and leadership: supervision of curriculum, instruction, and facult y development; student discipline and counseling; as well as governance (board relations), business operations, and fund-raising. He has served on numerous VAIS accreditationvisiting teams, most notably at military boarding schools, and as President of the Virginia Commonwealth Conference. For over a decade, starting in 1990, Jones enjoyed working with cadets and facult y at Fork Union Military Academy, first as English teacher and postgraduate football assistant coach, then as Director of Admissions and Financial Aid, and finally for seven years as Assistant to the President, a capacit y that allowed him opportunities to support nearly every aspect of school operations. Throughout much of his tenure at FUMA, Jones continued coaching baseball and soccer, advising the Cadet Honor Council and FCA, umpiring and officiating high school sports in the Charlottesville area, and pursuing graduate studies in school administration at UVA’s Curry School of Education. Before beginning his years of military boarding school service, Mr. Jones spent five years pursuing a different career direction—the law. In 1985, after teaching freshman (Rat) English and Composition and serving on the Commandant’s staff as a cadet company Tactical Officer at his alma mater, the Virginia Military Institute, Jones was honored to receive a prestigious Dillard Scholarship to attend the Universit y of Virginia School of Law. Admitted to the State Bar after graduating in 1988, Jones practiced for two years in corporate and commercial litigation at one of Virginia’s premier law firms, known now as McGuire Woods. As a cadet at VMI, Jones enjoyed participating and leading in a wide range of programs, including varsit y baseball, Glee Club, The Cadet newspaper, the English Societ y, and Fellowship of Christian Athletes. Having “worn stars” (maintaining a 3.5 GPA) throughout his cadetship, Jones was recognized among his class’s Distinguished Graduates, and he received the H.N. Dillard Award for excellence in the Institute’s co-curricular programs. VMI’s “Old Corps” alumni remember Craig Jones most of all for his contributions to the 1976-79 Keydet football teams that posted a combined record of 21-21-1 while claiming a Southern Conference championship, enjoying victories in three out of four seasons against state rivals UVA and the Universit y of Richmond, and splitting 2-2 with William and Mary. The team’s placekicker, Jones earned honors as an Academic All-American, All-Southern Conference, Virginia Collegiate Offensive Player of the Year, and most notably as one of eleven
NA alumni celebrate Bruce Lindsey’s ’78 new command. 1st row: Captain Bruce Lindsey ’78 and Linda Brown Lindsey ’78 2nd Row: Ben Lindsey ’06, Bobby Beasley(partially obscured) ’06, Reb Baker ’78, Stephanie Adler Calliott ’78, Shannon Denman Waters ’78, Hannah Ill ’08, Blair Lindsey ’08 3rd Row: George Kotarides ’78, Molly Slingluff Ill ’78, Latane Ware Brown ’78, Erin Leon ’08, Sandra Porter Leon ’80, Mariska Roelofsen Gibson ’79 4th row: Michael Nusbaum ’05, Ben Clarke ’08, Allie Johnson ’08, Dylan Denslow ’08, Clark Reid ’08, Jeff Steadfast ’79 and Larry Bernert ’81
2009. Its passage took over a decade. The governor of Delaware recently appointed her to the Judicial Nominating Commission, which selects nominees for appointment to the bench in Delaware. She spends her precious free time with her partner and four children: David, a fourth grader; Caroline, a sophomore at Syracuse Universit y; Witt, a junior at Berklee College of Music; and Mary
Nash, who works with Public Allies. Bruce Lindsey took Command of the USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) on July 7, 2009, in Norfolk. A large contingent of Norfolk Academy alums, parents, friends, and teachers attended the ceremony. They appreciate everyone’s continued support and friendship as their Navy adventure continues. Bruce will take the aircraft carrier back to its home port of San Diego in the spring, enjoying the view from the ship’s bridge all the while. His
wife Linda will have the fun jobs: selling the house, packing everything, driving to California, and then moving into a new home. She plans to take at least one trip to South America to meet the ship as it goes around the continent. Ben Lindsey ’06 is a “fourth year” at the Universit y of Virginia and Blair Lindsey ’08 is a sophomore at the Universit y of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. They are looking forward to spring break in California and are hoping to tag along to South America as well!
Craig Jones continued National Football Hall of Fame Scholar-Athlete Award recipients and an NCAA Top Ten Award winner (ten studentathletes recognized in all of college sports.) He was one of twelve Virginia college candidates in 1979 for selection as a Rhodes Scholar. Jones played in the 1980 Hula Bowl (college senior all-star game) in Honolulu, Hawaii, and later signed an NFL contract with the New York Giants. Two weeks before training camp, however, he tore a muscle in his kicking leg, knocking him out of competition for the starting position. Rather than release his contract, the Giants kept him on “unable to perform” status and then on the “injured reserve” roster. His brief NFL experience consisted primarily, he says, of watching special-teams films with then assistant coach Bill Belichick and playing “glorified ball boy” for such teammates as second-year quarterback Phil Sims. Jones’s comeback from the leg injury proved unsuccessful with the Giants and later with the New York Jets. Instead, he began his coaching career in 1981 as head baseball coach at Washington and Lee Universit y, then as teacher and football coach at Brookstone School in Columbus, Georgia, and at his alma mater, Norfolk Academy. In 1991, he was inducted into the VMI Sports Hall of Fame. Jones’s family roots in Virginia military school education run deep. His father, Colonel Royce Jones, was the beloved Director of Cadet Affairs at VMI from 1980 until his untimely passing in 1995. Col. Jones, before returning to his
alma mater, served for two decades as physics and English teacher, football coach, and Athletics Director at Norfolk Academy. Craig’s mother Margaret was herself a vital member of the VMI team until retiring in 2000 from her position as Director of Alumni Activities and Moody (Alumni) Hall. In 1999 Craig proudly became the stepson of Major General (US Army, Retired) Thomas H. Tait, one of his father’s VMI ’55 Brother Rats. General Tait’s stellar career included command of all formations from tank platoon to an Army Corps—most notably as Chief of Cavalry and Armor and as Commander of the Armor School at Fort Knox, Kentucky. The Taits remain active supporters of all things VMI from their command post (home) in Lexington, Virginia. Craig’s greatest sources of pride, of course, are his family. Daughter Ann Tolley will graduate in May from the Universit y of Virginia, where she is a dean’s list student majoring in anthropology and comparative religion. His son Richard is a 2007 graduate of The College of William & Mary and also a graduate of Fork Union Military Academy. Richard now serves on the commandant’s staff at that academy. Next fall, Rich will begin full-time graduate studies in American literature and religion. Craig’s older brother Chip is a veteran coach and teacher now at another Virginia boarding school, and his younger sisters Tricia and Laura serve at day schools. And, finally, there’s Maggie, soon to be “Maggie Mae of MMA,” who is already making headway with cadets as one of Massanutten’s newest mascots. She’s a seven-yearold golden retriever. 45
Milo Burcham ’79 and his wife Paula traveled east this summer and stopped by NA at Chris (current faculty) and Stace Savvides Nelson’s ’79 house. Milo lives in Alaska and knew he wouldn’t be able to make it back out for our reunion this year, but he wanted to wish his class well and invite them to visit anytime they’re out in Alaska!
1979
Mrs. Margaret Willcox Fernan 518 Pembroke Avenue Norfolk, VA 23507-2115 margaretfernan@cox.net
Jo Adamson lives in Charlottesville, VA and loves having three teenagers in the house! Happily, her medical device design company with former husband Avery Evans is still afloat despite the economy. Jo is not practicing clinical medicine but remains involved in the health field through the design company, her non-profit Chance to Dance (improving children’s health through dance/movement), and her collaboration in mind-body medical research at UVA. Don Bryant became a project manager with Clark-Nexsen. His daughter Ashley
(22) graduated from Milligan College in May 2009. His son Eric (26) has two more years at North Carolina State in Raleigh. Don has been “playing” with sports cars over the last six years, and he converted a stock 1980 911SC into a race car. He also races with NASA in their German Touring Series. The April 2009 issue of the Smithsonian Magazine featured Andrew Lawler’s article, "Isfahan: Iran’s Hidden Jewel." Howell Russ continues to consult in the government Health IT space. Current projects include Medicare systems work and virtual world technologies in bioscience for the NIH. His son (16) and daughter (8) are both playing lacrosse, and Howell is coaching. They are all active in scouting. Howell’s parents celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary in 2009.
Stephanie Calliott’s ’78 Hollywood Story Stephanie Calliott’s feet have recovered from the September 40-mile walk for Breast Cancer in Los Angeles. She has shed some of the weight from eating non-stop on the sets of “CSI:Miami” and “Medium” that she credits to her college roommate (producer) and husband (director) on these shows. After many moments staring at her celebrit y photo album, her own moment in the spotlight arrived! Stephanie’s television debut was October 23, 2009, at 9 pm EST on CBS. She performed her role as an extra on the 100th episode of “Medium” with Patricia Arquette. When the guy identifies his cousin “on the slab,” Stephanie walked out of the morgue as a technician wearing scrubs and carrying a clipboard. It appeared in the second half of the episode. CBS allows viewers to watch past episodes on their website, so be sure to pull it up on the web so you can fully appreciate her 11 seconds of greatness. (Pictured: Stephanie Calliott, ’78 with Patrick Dempsey of Grey’s Anatomy) 46
1980
Alfred M. Randolph 1242 North Bay Shore Drive Virginia Beach, VA 23451-3764 amrandolph@kaufcan.com
Lauren Slepin Antonino enjoys
practicing in her own firm, The Antonino Firm, in Atlanta, Georgia, and taking care of her busy family. Lauren married her college sweetheart Tom and has four kids: Tommy (16), Matthew (14), Jamie (11), and David (10). Lauren has had the good fortune to spend a month in Virginia Beach each of the last three summers, and several of her kids have attended camp at Norfolk Academy, including surfing camp. Now that’s something Atlanta doesn’t have! Arch Brown spent the summer attending lacrosse games with his daughter Annie and son Walker and swim meets with his daughter Molly. Annie, a sophomore at NA, and Walker, a 7th grader at NA, both play on a travel lacrosse team called the Hampton Roads Ironclads. This is the first year for the girls’ team, and they participated in two tournaments this summer, one in Ocean Cit y, MD, and the other in Downington, PA. This is the third year for Walker’s team. They played tournaments in Ocean Cit y, MD, Alexandria, VA, and Baltimore, MD. One of Walker’s coaches was Tom Ritter ’78. Tom’s son Trey, Jim Standing’s ’53 nephew Roy, and Drew Ott played on Walker’s team. The boy’s team won the Summer Getaway tournament at Episcopal High School in Alexandria, VA, in late June, and they were a goal away from going to the finals of the Summer Sizzle tournament in Baltimore, MD, in July. Arch’s youngest daughter Molly has been very involved with swim team and lacrosse camps. She is in the third grade at NA. Scott Dickson and his kids are doing very well. Scott’s son attends Kemps Landing Magnet School in Virginia Beach, where he plays quarterback for the Great Neck Buckeyes. His daughter is a junior in Evansville, WI. The family enjoyed white water rafting in West Virginia last summer. Scott’s boat repair business is thriving even in this bad economy. Ted Kaufman,
Scott Dickson ’80 with his children Delaney and Kendall while on vacation in West Virginia
his wife Susan and son Chuck have relocated to the Alanton neighborhood of Virginia Beach and happily found that they are living down the street from Sandra Porter Leon. Ted survived the market meltdown of ’08 along with his clients and is still a Vice President for Investments at Scott & Stringfellow, Inc., albeit in a new office. Arch Brown ’56 and John Gill ’81, his co-workers, are his heroes (at least until the next alumni magazine). Sally Noona’s world is a wonderful constant juggle between
traveling around the globe representing the Cit y of Virginia Beach and marketing it for future meetings and conventions. and enjoying her growing family, Amelie (12), who attends the International Baccalaureate Magnet School Middle Year Program in Virginia Beach and Hanna (10), who is entering fifth grade. Ran Randolph practices corporate and banking law with Kaufman & Canoles, where he serves as Hiring Partner. He and his wife Kristen have three boys: Ranny (14), Christian (9) and Peyton (7), all of whom are Norfolk Academy Bulldogs. He enjoys civic work, particularly his service on the Norfolk Academy Board of Trustees, the Board of ACCESS College Foundation, and the Universit y of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Board of Visitors. His real passion is coaching his boys in lacrosse, which he has done for the past six seasons. He’s finally getting the hang of it! It is made even more fun by coaching with fellow NA alumni Mike Moore ’85, Jeff Stedfast ’79, Jim Standing ’87, and Stock Watson ’86.
Remembering Lynn Barco ’85 By Ian Williams ’85 When I got to Norfolk Academy in 1981, I was the most hopeless dork on earth – terrible skin, idiot glasses, and a haircut that ought to have been illegal. I was amazed at the accents of the students around me and wondered why the guys had girl names. Everyone had known each other since kindergarten, and I was prett y sure I was going to stay friendless and alone until I was 75 years old. Lynn pictured (front) with classmates Hampton Tucker, Kris Koch, Sharon Fine, and Ian Williams at Graduation.
This was not something Lynn Barco was going to allow. She equated nerdiness with potential, and by the second week of school, we started a friendship that spanned three decades. Eventually, we compiled a conglomeration of like-minded NA students trying to get through the early ’80s with our dignit y intact – which wasn’t easy, if you remember the decade. I spent thousands of man-hours with Lynn in the school darkroom, developing pictures to be inserted in the yearbook, carefully making sure that she and I were never represented. Even at 14, we found that kind of thing ostentatious. The darkroom had a cassette player, and there she introduced me to the indie weirdos of the day: Elvis Costello, Joe Jackson, Aztec Camera, Let’s Active. Lynn always had a plan, was always on the way to an event, and you were free to join her if you wanted. She got excited about things, and while she shared our own teenaged, grumpy disregard for Tidewater, she was willing to go on any adventure - musical, philosophical, literary - you had humming.
He also co-owns a boat with Joe Fiveash, the ultimate test of friendship! Ran stays in touch with lots of classmates and NA friends and continues to treasure the many connections to the extended NA family that he has enjoyed since 1968.
1981
Lawrence A. Bernert, III 926 Jamestown Crescent Norfolk, VA 23508-1433 larry@wstam.com
Chris Hope and his wife Donna took
a Caribbean cruise during the summer of 2009 with their two boys: Walker (6) and Macrae (4). They are living in the Kempsville section of Virginia Beach. The Class of 1981 was well represented in the recent graduating Class of 2009: Kate Heckard, daughter of Thom and Susan Dickinson Heckard; Arielle Klebanoff, daughter of Jay and Jodi Copeland Klebanoff; and Chris Joy, son of Craig and Rachel Cloud Joy. Kate is
I remember sitting on the porch in the summer of 1983, discussing whether or not "Every Breath You Take" was one of the Police’s great songs (our take: no.) I remember going water skiing with her dad, and her teaching me that if you rub powdered meat tenderizer on your skin, the mounds of jellyfish in Chesapeake Bay would never sting you. As we left Norfolk Academy and went on to college, our group of friends saw less and less of each other. I think we were so intertwined for so long that we needed to break off and define ourselves as adults. But all of our theories, epiphanies, and amazingly funny moments still play in my head all the time – like a radio station that plays nothing but our early ’80s music. Lynn was lovely and unsentimental. At her funeral, most of us were smiling - she wouldn’t have gone for any refrigerator magnet profundit y anyway. It’s fitting that I will always have Lynn in the back of my mind, and she’s usually playing the "Repo Man" cassette. Thomas Wolfe was wrong; you can go home again, you just need the right soundtrack.
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off to Universit y of Virginia, Arielle is going to Emory Universit y in Atlanta, and Chris is attending the Universit y of Kansas. All three graduates are following in one of their parent’s footsteps! Connie Chapin Iacovelli might actually be going back to work after an eighteen- year hiatus to raise two children! Meanwhile, she’s keeping busy with family, volunteer work, travel, and self-imposed gardening & sewing projects. Tom Raynes serves as the Deput y Attorney General, supervising the criminal section for Colorado Attorney General John Suthers in Denver, CO. In addition to his duties related to criminal prosecution, he has recently been working with the “Partnership Alliance” between U.S. and Mexican law enforcement agencies. The alliance, funded through the Merida Initiative, develops and instructs prosecutors from Mexico who are introducing oral advocacy into their criminal justice system as part of a complete overhaul of their criminal code. On July 25-27th, Tom completed a 157 mile charit y bike ride through multiple mountain passes, and he continues to play in a thirt y and over lacrosse league once a week. Tom’s wife Diane continues to work as an accountant with a local start-up company, his eldest daughter Katie is a senior in high school this year, his daughter Anna is in middle school, and his son Sean is in second grade.
1982
Mr. Jack W. Ruffin 9651 25th Bay Street Norfolk, VA 23518-1805 jruffin@soilex.com
David Costenbader bumped into
Arthur Jones pulling his youngest son in a wagon while he and his wife were staying with his parents in VA Beach. He was glad to hear of Arthur’s plans to open a new investment firm. He also caught up with Kirk LeCompte and his mom as Kirk was in town to assist his mother. David had the grand opportunit y to visit with Pat Hume in her same classroom: “flashbacks of Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales flooded my mind!” On his way out of Norfolk Academy, he bumped into Meredith Rutter who was busy 48
volunteering for Field Day, and it turns out Brother Rutter was enjoying a guys’ weekend adventure. David had the good fortune of having dinner with Dorothy Batten ’81 and her new fiancée while he was visiting friends in Charlottesville the weekend before. He also enjoyed some music and dancing at a dinner club, which was an added bonus. Lastly, David is happy to report a new website for his company: www.thecontactgroupusa.com. The Contact Group touts the best year in the company’s seven-year history of providing multimedia communications solutions, thanks in large part to the work they did for Obama for America. David also met up with Steve Clark and his wife Marcia and toured their new house.
1983
Mr. Keith Hope 6423 Eleanor Court Norfolk, VA 23508-1009 ehope19@cox.net
Parker
Cross
is attempting to coordinate another screening of the film he directed at the Naro Cinema in Norfolk, VA.
1984
1985
Mrs. Danielle Reiff Schweikert 10507 Lady Grace Lane Charlotte, NC 28270-2553 danielle.schweikert@thomson.com
Chris
Mr. Eric R. Acra 7811 North Shore Rd. Norfolk, VA 23505-1734 eacra@norfolkacademy.org
Matthew
US Senior Scholar Award and spent four months of 2009 in residence at the Universit y of Auckland, New Zealand, where he expanded his study of volcanic systems. Also, he’s proud to say that his family installed a solar panel on their roof last fall, so they are living “off the grid” and loving it! Michael Ryan is presently serving in Iraq (Baghdad) with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. He has been there since December 2008, and we sincerely hope and pray that he will return in December 2009. His principal duties include inspecting construction sites throughout Iraq. As he and his unit travel, he sees many ancient sites that he would love to explore. He hopes that he can do that someday in a peaceful Iraq. Grace Milteer Schaefermeier cannot believe she has a daughter in high school and cannot wait to relive her own high school memories with her classmates at the reunion in 2009!
Bickford’s photograph “Then and Now” was the centerfold of the January-February 2009 National Geographic Traveler Magazine. Chris’s
Biberman
teaches creative writing and literature at the Universit y of Louisville. He also works on Vincent motorcycles in his garage with his father, “Big Sid” Biberman. His memoir, Big Sid’s Vincati: The Story of a Father, a Son, and the Motorcycle of a Lifetime, was published by Hudson Street Press in May 2009 and received a wonderful review from world-renowned literary critic Stanley Fish in the New York Times on June 14, 2009. Eric Grosfils lives with his family in Claremont, CA. He received a Fulbright
James Rixey Ruffin ’85 married Anna Rae on October 13, 2007 in Ottawa, Canada. Pictured from left to right are Jack ’82 and Gina Ruffin with daughters Kate ’21 and Molly ’21, Anne and Wilcox Ruffin, Becky Ruffin with Maggie ’15 and Will ’08. Rixey and his wife Anna live in St. Louis, MO, where Rixey is a first-year law student at Washington University. He was at Stevens Point, Wisconsin as a professor of American History for six years prior to this change.
Biking Bulldogs – Many of NA alumni, students, and faculty gathered on October 24th for the Citizens for a Better Eastern Shore bike trip. Back Row: Michelle Barry Warden ’84, Jeni Meyers Wetmore ’89, Sean Wetmore ’86, Elizabeth Hope (FF), Ben Payne ’80, Coach Tom Duquette, Bryan Duquette ’96, Eric Acra ’84, Nathan Pyle ’12, Susan Duquette, Ruth Payne Acra ’84 2nd Row: Matthew Wetmore ’21, David Pyle ’17, Jay Wetmore ’17, Peyton Hope ’19, Richard Hope, Jack Payne, Eric Hope ’17, Taylor Acra ’17 Front Row: Lee Payne ’42, Madison Acra ’14, Mr. Tom Berkley Catherine Pyle ’14 1500 Eleanor Court
1987
Matthew Gallagher (son of Amy Anton Gallagher ’86), Julia and Anne Werner (daughters of Catherine Baillio Werner ’86) and Christopher Signorelli ’21 (son of Kitty Drury Signorelli ’86) enjoying a great day at the beach.
Samantha Noona Gleason ’97 (center) and her husband Eric (far right) continue to enjoy teaching Tae Kwon Do at their school “Blue Heron Tae Kwon Do” in Redmond, OR. Both are 2nd degree black belts and are now training for nationals.
piece "After the Storm" made its debut in Burn Magazine in March 2009 and has since been featured at the Look3 Festival of the Photograph and in Surfer’s Journal. In November 2009, it will be part of solo exhibitions in both Michigan and Washington, DC. Images from the project will be featured in a piece for the New York Times on-line later this summer. It is available in book form through www.chrisbickford.com/wp. A concert reading of Ellen Craft: A New American Opera was presented at the Cell Theatre on Oct 12, 2009, starring Sherry Boone and other luminaries from opera and Broadway. Sherry played a half-black, half-white woman (Ellen Craft) who escapes from slavery disguised as a white
man traveling with “his slave.” Rebecca Chadwin works in Pharmaceutical Sales in New Haven, CT. Her twins Gabrielle and Jonah turn two years old this summer. She hopes anyone from the Class of ’85 who visits CT will be in touch. Steve Zahn began 2009 with a new job as a partner at the law firm of Bowman, Green, Hampton, and Kelly in Chesapeake, VA. His daughter Jessi ’15 is in the sixth grade, and his son JT ’18 is in the third grade; both attend Norfolk Academy. Steve enjoys plent y of fishing and beach-going.
1986
Mr. Chris Dotolo 505 Mockingbird Drive Virginia Beach, VA 23451 cdotolo@norfolkacademy.org Alan Baydush and his wife Lori
enjoyed a September beach vacation with John Wroton’s family on their 14th annual Outer Banks weekend. Danny Rosin and Robert Fiveash ’87 and their company Brand Fuel received recognition as one of the Top 100 Small Businesses in North Carolina by Business Leader Magazine, recognition as one of the Top 100 Promo Shops in the industry by Promo Magazine, and they won a National Best Marketing Campaign award from ASI Central and Counselor Magazine. They write that “the short guy partnership is hanging tough” at Brand Fuel!
Norfolk, VA 23508-1046 tberkley@cox.net and Mr. Pat McCarthy 320 Wagner Road Northfield, IL 60093-3251 patrick.mccarthy@accenture.com and Mr. Andy McCraw 1429 Bolling Avenue Norfolk, VA 23508-1303 amccraw@cox.net and Mr. Richard Ottinger 1223 Manchester Avenue Norfolk, VA 23508-1122 rottinger@vanblk.com and Mrs. Tina Grimstead Rider 701 N. Owen Street Alexandria, VA 22304-2253 Christine.rider@verizon.net Patrick McCarthy, John Mitchell, and Hunter Dorroh met in Park Cit y, Utah, for a week of skiing in 2009.
1988
Mrs. Jennifer Magpoc Burroughs 1090 Grand Oak Lane Virginia Beach, VA 23455-7218 jmbcmc@cox.net and Ms. Tamara J. Hamlin 2819 Belaire Cir. Doraville, GA 30340-3215 tamarahamlin@yahoo.com
Michael B. Day, the owner of Exotic Home, opened a second store in Norfolk recently. He and his fiancée Tiffany Sisolak were featured in the Gracious Living section of the Virginian Pilot in April 2009.
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Members of the Norfolk Academy family gathered for a photograph at the Gomez family reunion last summer. Back row (l to r): Tony Gomez ’74, Vincent Gomez ‘05, and Mike Moore ’85. Middle: Courtney Lupton Fitzpatrick ’97, Kelley Gomez Bimson ‘86, Kate Gomez Rivers ’72, and former faculty member Rita Lupton. Bottom Row: Cole Moore ’20, Sara Bimson ’20, Drew Moore ’20, and Ridge Moore ’18.
1990 1989
Mrs. Eleanor Baird DeMoors 1105 Trotting Horse Lane Great Falls, VA 22066 edemoors@gmail.com and Mrs. Kary Forrest Guess 1427 Maharis Road Virginia Beach, VA 23455-3935 jandkguess@aol.com and Mrs. Dixcy Arrison Kilduff 1004 Baldwin Ave. Norfolk, VA 23507-1224 kilduffm@verizon.net
Elizabeth
Shepherd
Buccini
welcomed her fourth child, Shepherd Edward Buccini, on December 29, 2008. The Buccini family is doing well, and the big siblings are thrilled with this newest addition. Greg Imbur married Amy Thut on October 18, 2008. The 20082009 school year marked his sixteenth year as an educator and his third year in the Universit y of Wisconsin system. Harris Kay and his wife Reatha recently welcomed their first child, Elizabeth Therese, born February 24, 2009. He writes, “Everyone is doing great - come see us in Chicago!” Karl Kottke and his wife Tina welcomed their second son, Bae Young “Robert.” Karl jokes that he is the spitting image of his father: he’s bald and he cries when he doesn’t get his way. Older brother Alex is a bit bewildered. Mary Anne Philippakis and her husband Kai are still living in Germany. They welcomed their third child Anna in May 2008. She joins big brothers Niko (5) and Alex (4). 50
Mrs. Jenny Wallach Kittelmann 9801 Culpar Lane Richmond, VA 23236-1627 jkittelm@comcast.net and Mrs. Kristin Witte O’Neil 63 Midland Avenue Glen Ridge, NJ 07028-2031 Kristen.ONeil@simonandschuster.com and Mr. Curtis J. Romig 1194 Beech Valley Road NE Atlanta, GA 30306-3122 cromig@pgfm.com
Nicole Abiouness has been making
her own wine in Napa Valley for almost 10 years now (www.abiounesswines. com). Nicole is also working on becoming an Anusara certified instructor and teaching at the local studio in her home town of St. Helena. She continues to travel in attempts to sell her wine and loves to visit her family in Virginia. Cliff Ashburner and his wife Stewart are busy taking care of their three children: Annie, Kate, and Hobs. Cliff is on the Board of the Kentucky Chapter of the US Green Building Council and was the first attorney in Kentucky to become a LEED Accredited Professional. Kristen Atkins lives in Baltimore, MD and works for the Universit y of Maryland School of Medicine. She is a Maternal Fetal Medicine specialist, which means that she specializes in high-risk obstetrics. Dara Blachman married Maury Demner on October 20, 2007, at Ohef Sholom Temple in Norfolk. Erica Blachman Hitchings ’96 was Matron of Honor, and Becky Levin ’90 served as a bridesmaid. Dara and Maury are now living in Silver Spring, MD. Dara recently completed a AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellowship at the National Institutes of Health, and she is currently the Coordinator of the Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics in Hyattsville, MD. Tracy Ann
Burman and her husband welcomed a daughter Amelia on November 14, 2008. She was born three and a half months early and was only two pounds. It was a scary and long winter, but she came home after one hundred days in the NICU and she is doing GREAT! She and her two and-a-half year-old brother Ben have a blast together. Tracy continues to work at MediaMall Technologies, working on their latest product, “PlayOn,” from her Seattle home office and she loves it. Tracy’s husband Laurent continues to work at GlobalScholar. She hopes her classmates will call if they find themselves in Seattle. Elyse Tapper Cardon opened a new photography business specializing in true life photography. Check out her website at www.elysecardonphotography. com. She and her husband David ’89 spent a week in Israel in the summer of 2009. Kyle Kennedy and his family, Guyvanna and Skyler Murphy, are enjoying what time they have together during his time off from work. He runs ships overseas, and his schedule this year allowed him to be home for the last two months of summer and then venture back out to sea for a few months. Kyle works in the private sector with Seacor Marine. He has most recently been working in the Patagonia area of Argentina but will be working out of Brazil next time he returns to work. Kyle and his family live in the Lake Shores area of Virginia Beach. Bill Kilby is loving life in San Diego and can’t believe that he’s been in So-Cal for over ten years. He lives four blocks from the Pacific with his wife Alisa
Bill Kilby ’90, wife Alisa, and children, Mayzie (13) and Devin (2) together on the beach.
Ryan LaRock ’09: Travelling with Operation Smile April 20-30, 2009 You see pictures and videos all the time, but you never fully understand it all until you are a part of it. As our plane descended into Cairo on April 21, 2009, I caught glimpses of a world beyond compare: rows and rows of tall cit y buildings and then huge patches of desert that appeared to go on for eternit y. With the setting sun off in the distance and the warm weather comforting our jet-lagged bodies, we all met each other for the first time as Team Alexandria, Operation Smile’s first team to perform mission work in the second largest cit y in Egypt. The first day at the hospital on an Operation Smile mission can be long and difficult to get through. Every morning, the team wakes up at 5:30 a.m., eats breakfast, and heads off to the hospital by 7 a.m. As student educators on the team, Denny and I worked closely with our student sponsor and the child life specialist. We put together all of our donations and created a space in the waiting area where the children could play. An amazing story about Operation Smile medical missions is how far and how much effort these families put into fulfilling their children’s lives. The unfortunate matter is that a hospital represents bad memories for some of these children, but as soon as they saw us bouncing a beach ball back-andforth, they come right up to us. They brought tears to our eyes because they were so happy even as they struggled to fit in societ y. The second day of screening was by far more action-packed and had many great and uplifting moments, but none were as motivating as when I met Achmed, a ten-year-old boy who lived in Alexandria. He had traveled with his mother to the hospital because he needed a lip revision. His beautiful smile and friendly heart lit up my face the moment I started playing catch with him. He also knew some English, which allowed him to ask questions about where I lived and how old I was. I really connected with his upbeat spirit and hoped and prayed that our medical team would pursue an operation for him. Day one of surgery was long. The morning started out somewhat slowly; our child life team was setting up the new play area, which was placed in a large hallway outside of the OR hallway. Another smaller, more intimate play area was set up in the room just outside of the OR doors, where Lendy, our child life specialist, and I would play with and take care of the kids as they were about to go into surgery. Salma, one of the Egyptian students, helped Lendy explain the surgical procedures as well as the path that each patient would go through to earn his or her brand new smile. Around day two, I heard awesome news! Achmed was scheduled for surgery on Tuesday! Now, I would just have to touch base with my student sponsor, our clinical coordinator, and of course his mother in order to gain permission to be with him in surgery. Day three of surgery week, I had the opportunit y to watch my first operation involving a teenaged boy with a cleft lip. At first, I felt queasy, but the more I pictured it as a scientific procedure, I was fine. The surgeon team of Chris, Carallina, and Alex answered any questions I had and made the process truly interesting! It is amazing how a child’s face can be transformed in only one hour.
The fourth day of surgery was my birthday, and I received the greatest gift I could possibly receive, being with my buddy Achmed in surgery. From the moment he arrived that day, he sought me out and we shared some playtime and laughs with each other. He was so excited to finally have his surgery and had no problems going through the process. While Achmed was recovering in postop, Denny and I shared some awesome presentations on dental hygiene and oral rehydration therapy to patients and their parents. The kids really loved the interactive posters and couldn’t wait to hold the giant toothbrush that we had. I walked down to post-op, where I presented Achmed’s mom with my Operation Smile bear that I had received at mission training. She was incredibly moved and asked me to come by later when he would be awake. I did later that day and met the rest of his amazing family, who took pictures of me with him. The last day of surgery was bittersweet. I was in and out of various rooms in the hospital when I heard Achmed had stopped by the playroom to say goodbye to me. While I missed his visit, my partner Denny informed me what he had said to tell me, “Thank you, I love you, and I will never forget you!” That was the moment I broke down into tears of joy. A perfect end to surgery week (157 surgeries performed) was an awesome day traveling to an orphanage where Denny and I gave presentations and watched the kids perform songs and dances. We were truly blessed with this opportunit y. The trip culminated with an eye-opening journey on camel to the pyramids and the sphinx. I will never replace this experience with another because I ultimately realized that anyone can change someone’s life, big and small.
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and two kids - Mayzie (13) and Devin (2). After a stint as a graphic designer, Bill began working at The Art Institute of California-San Diego where he is now the Assistant Director of Career Services. He’s grateful for his amazing family and is reminded every day why they call San Diego “America’s Finest Cit y.” La vida es muy buena! Kevin Lilly continues to serve as a Major in the United States Marine Corps. He’s currently planning logistics support for engagement exercises throughout Southeast Asia, with 3rd Marine Logistics Group in Okinawa, Japan. In the fall he will return to Iraq for another tour. Brendan Owen moved to Buenos Aires, Argentina, about three years ago with his Argentine wife and two daughters: Isa (7) and Sofía (3). They live on the same street that his wife grew up on, and their daughters play in the same parks she did and go to the same school that she went to as a child - the school reminds Brendan in many ways of Norfolk Academy. Brendan’s work as a CPA takes him all over Argentina, Bolivia, and Chile and occasionally to his home office in Oklahoma; he works more in operations now than in accounting. Brendan writes that the three things he misses about Virginia are the people, Chesapeake Bay Crab Cakes, and barbecue. If anyone can figure out how to get crab cakes to him, he will happily repay that person with famous Argentine beef and wine!
1991
Mrs. Michelle Bass Adams 1108 Brandon Road Virginia Beach, VA 23451-3727 michellebassadams@gmail.com and Mrs. Jennifer Jacobs Lagow 3217 High Borough Virginia Beach, VA 23452-6157 jjlagow@yahoo.com
where she works for Grey Global Group Advertising. After swearing never to move back to Virginia Beach, Jennifer Jacobs Lagow is now living at the Beach and really enjoying it. Her husband Chris and she moved back in 2004, after a number of years in NYC. They have three kids: Ben (5), Max (3) and Cate (1). They enjoy seeing the Adams and Spain families frequently. She would love to hear from her classmates when they come home to visit!
1992
William Burke was recently promoted to Lieutenant Commander in the U.S. Naval Dental Corps and started an oral and maxillofacial surgery residency at Bethesda Naval Medical Center in July 2009. Sean Dugan is starring in a new play at the Round House Theater in Bethesda, “The Picture of Dorian Gray.” Sean continues to work OffBroadway, regionally, and in T.V., film, and commercials.
1993
Dr. Sarah E. Joyner 215 Linkhorn Drive Virginia Beach, VA 23451 sej1@hotmail.com and Ms. Sara Pope 2171 Beach Grove Road Roseland, VA 22967 sara.pope@gmail.com
J.D. Sanders graduated from Old
Dominion Universit y with a Bachelor’s degree in International Relations and Economics. It was quite a joyous event: his wife and two daughters, several locals,
Hunter Adams, his wife Michelle,
and his daughter Lizzie welcomed Catherine Waite Adams into the world on Friday, April 17th, 2009. She weighed 7lbs 10oz. Both she and mom are doing great! Jane S. Finney is still in NYC, 52
Sara Straten Dailey ’94 and family.
and a group of his relatives, including his grandparents, came from Michigan to celebrate with him. His mother would be pleased and proud. J.D. is still living large and working at the Raven at 12th and Atlantic.
1994
Mrs. Natalie Pavon Mann 3488 Glen Arden Road Virginia Beach, VA 23464-1600 kevandnatmann@gmail.com
Sara
Straeten Dailey and her husband Curtis welcomed a baby girl last fall. Caroline Brook Dailey was born on September 29, 2008. Caroline joins her brother, Charlie (2). Sara helped organize the Class of 1994’s 15th reunion and enjoyed seeing many classmates this past October. Cheney Patrick Edmunds and her husband Berkeley welcomed a daughter Serpell Pocahontas Edmunds on September 21, 2008. She joins her brothers: Bower (1) and Berkeley, Jr. (2).
1995
Ms. Mary Garris 150 W. 21st Street, Apt. 5G New York Cit y, NY 10011 mary_garris@yahoo.com and Mrs. Kendell Watson Griffin 812 Montgolfier Arch Virginia Beach, VA 23455 kgriffin@norfolkacademy.org
Amanda Lee Caviness married John E. Caviness III on March 8, 2006, in St. Thomas, U.S.V.I. Amanda is a firefighter-medic with the James Cit y Count y Fire Department. Both Amanda and her husband continue to volunteer with the Chesapeake Beach Fire-Rescue in Virginia Beach as EMT-Es and in Loudoun Count y, VA (John’s hometown) as firefighters and EMTs. Christina Ward Cullen and her husband Ken welcomed a new baby boy, their first, Andrew Ward Cullen, on December 13, 2009. Christina lives in Virginia Beach, working for EDS, an HP Company, as a Participant Services
Manager. Alina Eldred and her husband Matt Hefferan are living in Alexandria, VA and enjoying the newest member of the family: son Will born July 15, 2008. Harrison Finney and his wife Melinda had a son, Benjamin Edward Finney, on March 23, 2009. Abbie (4), and Harrison III (3), love their new brother! Brant Kay and his wife Virginia moved to Chapel Hill from Albuquerque. Please send him an email if you live in the Triangle area. Brant works for SAS, doing software development. Virginia studies organizational behavior at Universit y of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Kennan Flagler Business School. Grace Prakalapakorn, M.D. has been working with the ORBIS Flying Eye Hospital. This program travels the globe to train eye care professionals and treat patients in developing countries where this aid may not be available.
1996
Mrs. Virginia McLean Ward 5326 Powhatan Avenue Norfolk, Virginia 23508 mcleanvirginia@hotmail.com
On September 15, 2008, Bethany
Maixner Cerella and her husband Tony welcomed the arrival of twins: Tony, Jr. and Sophie. After a tour of dut y that prevented him from witnessing their birth, Tony thankfully came home from Iraq in the spring of 2009. Bethany teaches yoga, paints, and enjoys being a mother. Jordan Jacobs is currently a plastic surgery resident at NYU and
Jared Shapiro ’95 Co-Writes Hollywood Tell-All by Stuart P. Sperling ’95 Just one week into 2009, Jared Shapiro knew this year would be special. “I awakened one morning about 5 days into the New Year and saw Barbara Walters and the ladies of ‘The View’ holding up the book Red Carpet Suicide: A Survival Guide on Keeping up with the Hiltons,” says Jared. Red Carpet Suicide is infamous gossip blogger Perez Hilton’s first entry into the literary world. Hailed as the internet’s most famous personalit y by Forbes magazine, Hilton has also been dubbed Hollywood’s most hated by the TV show “The Insider.” So why am I writing about Perez, the book, and my friend and ’95 classmate Jared Shapiro? Well, it turns out the book was a two-year collaboration between Perez and Shapiro. “It was definitely a passion project,” says Jared, who has spent the better part of the last seven years writing about celebrities for Us Weekly, Star, and now as Executive Editor at Life & Style Weekly. “Having this opportunit y to write about all of the nonsense that the Lindsay Lohans and Paris Hiltons and Britney Spears of the world have gotten themselves into, for me, was kind of like therapy. There were all of these things Perez wanted to say, give opinions on, and discuss that he doesn’t have room for on his blog. It was a great way to give insight and our take on just what was going on in Hollywood.” Barbara Walters has not been the only one to hold the book up. While The View spent a whole segment talking about the book and later bestowed it upon every member of the audience, other outlets like Howard Stern, "The Today Show," "Good Morning America," Fox News, "The Early Show," Ryan Seacrest, "Chelsea Lately," and scores of others have all featured Perez and the book as part of a whirlwind publicit y tour for Red Carpet Suicide. “It was wild. Every day I found myself reading a new book review. Some were complimentary, some weren’t. Some book critics found it to be distasteful and shocking, yet couldn’t put it down. I think that’s the point with a book - you want to give the reader something that they’ll never forget. There are a few pages in that book that once you read it, I don’t think you’ll ever forget.” Red Carpet Suicide is Jared’s second book. In 2004 he penned Going Corporate: Moving Up Without Screwing Up with fellow NA grad Brad Embree ’95. USA Today reviewed that book as “tears streaming down the face funny.” So is there a third book on the horizon? “I hope so. But for now I’m still just enjoying the ride from this one.” Red Carpet Suicide is in bookstores nationwide.
Tina Arias ’96, Julie Finley ’96, Shirley Au ’96, Katie Wilcox ’96, and Ashley Williams Hardee ’96 at Shirley’s Wedding in Bodrum, Turkey. Shirley married Kemal Askar on September 5, 2009. They reside in New York City.
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is now engaged to Maria Duends of New York Cit y. Jacquie Johnson and her husband Kris live in Virginia Beach and are currently building a new house. She owns Cookies by Design and her husband owns Accent Landscaping. They stay prett y busy with work but love any excuse to travel, see friends, or just “kick back.” Chris O’Brien works in marketing for Congressional Quarterly Press in Washington D.C. Garrett Laws Weinberg was on Jeopardy in February of 2009! He and his wife are also the parents of Maya Isabelle Weinberg.
Sima and Nadim Nasr ’95 were recently married. Pictured left at their wedding: (l to r) Daniel Pennington ’98, Elizabeth Magness Pennington ’98, Jamil Muasher ’97, Nadim and Sima, Ramin Fatehi ’96, Jennifer Kawwass Thompson ’99, and Keith Unger ’98. The groomsmen pose with the bride and groom from wedding of Wyatt and Meghan Deal. Listed from left: Robbie Kane ’99, Matt Gottwald, Peter Ransone, John Yuill ’99, Meghan Deal, Wyatt Deal ’99, Radcliff Menge, John Turnbull, William Deal, John Steven Moses, John Michael O’Keefe ’99.
1997
Mrs. Lauren Alder Reid 6203 Fernleigh Boulevard Springfield, VA 22152-1816 laurena@gmail.com
Kendra Robins Ervin married on August 15, 2009. Included in the wedding part y were bridesmaids Erica Blachman Hitchings ’96 and Catherine Ware Kilduff ’96. Tad Galloway and his wife welcomed Katherine Jayne Galloway on March 2, 2009. She was 7 lbs, 15oz and 21 inches long. Tad and his wife live in Cary, NC, where he works as a sales engineer for Minarik Automation and Control, covering the eastern half of North Carolina. Beth Galloway ’02 lives nearby (only about a mile away) and is enjoying being an aunt.
1998
Miss Six Valdelievre 33 Forest Gin Chapel Hill, NC 27517 sixtinevaldelievre@gmail.com
Katie Dolph graduated from William and Mary in May 2009 with her doctorate in Educational Policy, Planning and Leadership, with a focus on Gifted Administration. She currently teaches gifted fourth graders at Camp Allen Elementary School. Lizzy Rice Giffen and her husband welcomed their son, Wyatt Alexander Giffen, on June 7, 2009. Sean Thompson and his wife had their first child, Grayson Jane Thompson, born on June 19, 2008.
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1999
Ms. Kimberly S. Croteau 1103 Vintage Court Virginia Beach, VA 23454 kimbroteau@gmail.com and Dr. Jennifer Kawwass Thompson 825 Highland Lane, #1304 Atlanta, GA 30306 jennifer.kawwass@gmail.com
Thomas Deal is continuing his studies
at the George Washington Universit y Law School, and he remains highly involved with the Virginia Glee Club Alumni and Friends Association at the Universit y of Virginia. Wyatt Deal and Meghan Moses were married August 9, 2008 in Lee Chapel on the campus of Washington & Lee Universit y. Wyatt and Meghan met in law school at W&L and now live in Richmond, where Wyatt is an associate at Hunton & Williams LLP. John Yuill, Robbie Kane, and John Michael O’Keefe ’98 were in the wedding part y. Kathleen Toone Kasper has been living in the Washington, DC, area since college, where she works for Booz Allen Hamilton. She and her husband Daniel Kasper were married in November 2008, and they live in Arlington, VA. Megan McKinley recently purchased her first condo in
Washington, DC, where she works as the Manager of Annual Giving & Special Events at Washington Adventist Hospital. Christine Ravago is working in the financial services advisory practice in an eighteen-month secondment with Ernst & Young in London. In May 2009, Christine and Simon Bone were happy to announce their engagement. A September 2010 wedding is planned in Washington, D.C. Cliff Williams got engaged to Jana Valentiner; you can visit her website at www.jjana.org. They are planning a spring wedding in her home town of Salt Lake Cit y, Utah, where they may move to start their family. Charlotte Hudgins Zito continues to teach English at Norfolk Academy and enjoys living in Norfolk with her husband Ari and son Isaac. She ran the Dismal Swamp Stomp Half Marathon in the spring of 2009 and the Rock n’ Roll Half Marathon in the summer of 2009. This summer, John Zontini and Will Clarke’s band The Influence was playing on a random Tuesday night show at Chicho’s on the block, and members of the band No Doubt showed up and jammed with them. The turnout was huge and the jam was awesome. The Influence is also in the final stages of their third album at Low Watt Recording Studio in Raleigh, NC.
Jordan Michael-Sean Jacobs ’96
Jordan Jacobs, MD and Jonathan S. Jacobs DMD, MD operating on a patient in Honduras as part of the International Hospital for Children mission trip.
Jon Jacobs and Jordan Jacobs while in Honduras.
In January of this year, New York Universit y plastic surgical resident Dr. Jordan Jacobs ’96 accompanied his father, Virginia Beach plastic surgeon Jonathan S. Jacobs to rural areas of Honduras. Traveling with a Richmond-based group sponsored by International Hospital for Children, the humanitarian surgical mission found a large variet y of surgical problems in need of plastic surgery expertise. This is the first year that Jordan had the opportunit y to operate with his father. He previously volunteered on missions to China and the Philippines while a student at Norfolk Academy. It was an extraordinary experience for Drs. Jacobs.
congenital and traumatic deformities in children, although that focus has expanded to include surgical care for all kinds of problems in adults as well.
The International Hospital for Children has sponsored this trip to Honduras for the last five years, but over the last nine years this team has been providing care to the area, which was devastated in 1999 by Hurricane Mitch. The primary focus is to provide surgical care for
Following a tradition of volunteerism that was fostered at Norfolk Academy, Jordan finds himself rewarded by this unique way of giving back to the world communit y. It’s gratifying to help others as part of a team while honing his skills as a reconstructive plastic surgeon.
This year, over sevent y children were treated for facial and palatal clefts, urinary tract and ear deformities, burn scar contractures and other maladies A major benefactor is David Ortiz, designated hitter for the Boston Red Sox, whose roots are in the Dominican Republic. For information about International Hospital for Children, visit www.healachild.org. The organization maintains viable and active missions in multiple surgical specialties to a variet y of Central American and Caribbean countries.
Sheila Laderberg ’99: Bringing the Comfort of An All-American Cookout to Annapolis with Punk’s Backyard Grill The only design detail stopping Punk’s Backyard Grill from convincing customers that they’re sitting outside is the ceiling above their heads. But even that is painted sky blue. Live ficus trees fuel the illusion of an al fresco patio. So do the umbrellashaded tables, wicker chairs, trellises and awnings that grace the young restaurant’s airy, 88-seat dining room. If the scene prompts flashbacks, that’s the intention: The trio behind Punk’s, which opened in February, aimed to re-create an all-American cookout. Chicken, shrimp, lamb and more sizzle to doneness on a large gas-fired grill behind a round booth wrapped in stainless steel and a glass window. A skewer of lime-and-garlic-marinated shrimp bedded on tossed greens and served with grilled flatbread and mango salsa makes a refreshing entree. Pulled pork could be more assertive, but we applaud the rest of the sandwich, including its fine bun and crunchy coleslaw. I’m not surprised to learn that a serious chef is behind these and other recipes: Dean Maupin, the executive chef of the Clifton Inn in Charlottesville, also trained the cooks here. If anything’s missing from this indoor backyard grill, it’s chirping crickets and maybe a summer breeze. (Previewed May 6) Sheila Laderberg, a graduate of the Class of 1999, brings the same can-do attitude and natural leadership to the restaurant business that she contributed to the Honor Council and to all of her endeavors at Norfolk Academy. After taking her Bachelor’s degree in Religious Studies from the Universit y of Virginia in 2003, she earned a Master’s degree from the illustrious Cornell Universit y School of Hotel Management in 2006. continued on page 57 55
2000
Mrs. Blair Mustin Fine 928 S. Oriole Drive Virginia Beach, VA 23451-6273 blairfine@gmail.com and Ms. Maria Kitchin 938 West Princess Anne Road B1 Norfolk, VA 23507 mkitchin@norfolkacademy.org and Mrs. Allison Cutchins Watson 937 Windsor Road Virginia Beach, VA 23451 ac.watson@hotmail.com
Eric Martin started a lacrosse camp company that debuted in March 2009. He continues to experience lots of success as a professional lacrosse player, and he is one of the founding members of Lacrosse for Higher Education, an innercit y lacrosse league for underprivileged San Francisco youth. Andrew O’Brien is a software designer in Washington, DC, and recently travelled to Mumbai and Delhi in India.
2001
Miss Jennifer M. Byrd 1114 West Avenue, Apt 3 Richmond, VA 23220 jennifer.m.byrd@gmail.com and Miss Katherine Lee Canupp 2208 Russet Leaf Lane Virginia Beach, VA 23456-4056 katherinelee.canupp@gmail.com and Miss Kim Deal 801 N. Monroe Street, Apt 333 Arlington, VA 22201-2370 kimberly@deal1.net and Mrs. Carrie Gerloff Yuill 1100 Graydon Avenue Norfolk, VA 23507-1204 chgerl@gmail.com
from Columbia Universit y Dental School in May of 2009 and began an Advanced Studies in Dentistry residency at Langley Air Force Base in August of 2009. Xenia Razinski works for her family’s business as a manager for project financing of energy development projects in Eastern Europe. After a ten-year break, she returned to Tae Kwon Do practice this year.
2002
Ms. Eva M. Colen 2025 Huron Pkwy Apt 316 Ann Arbor, MI 48104-4154 eva.m.colen@gmail.com and Miss Kathleen M. O’Bryant 2727 Pleasantdale Road, Apt. T2 Vienna, Virginia 22180 kathleen.obryant@gmail.com
Mihal
Gartenberg
produced a partly animated, partly live-action 3D science movie in Austin, TX. The movie was released in August at the Museum of Science in Boston, MA and the Health Museum in Houston, TX. Mihal recently moved to Boston, MA from NYC. Jimmy Heyworth finished his second and final year at the New Actor’s Workshop in NYC. Visit his website: www.thatnicejimmyh.com to see more about his latest acting projects. Hope Huynh finished her first year at Georgetown Universit y and will earn her MA in Communication, Culture, and
Suzy Hudgins Gunn, Allen Gunn,
and their son Graham (2) moved from New York Cit y to Norfolk, VA in the spring of 2009. Suzy continues to dance in the Norfolk area. Allen graduated 56
Elizabeth Robertson Williams’02 and husband Bernard.
Technology in May 2010. She’s focusing on the relationship between C,C,T and education and will be writing a thesis on cultural and sociolinguistic differences of minorit y groups’ learning st yles in regard to primary and secondary education in the U.S. She is also working at the U.S. Department of Education on a Foreign Schools team that deals with international universities, which she finds to be very exciting and challenging work!
2003
Miss Polly Pereos 188 Norfolk Street, Apt 6G New York, NY 10002 pollypereos@gmail.com
Alex Bell married Kelly Rogers, a
2006 graduate of Sweet Briar College, on June 20, 2009. Alex and Kelly reside in Atlanta, GA. Alex works for Mirant Corporation, an independent power producer, and Kelly is an elementary school teacher. Katy Gerloff has joined Team in Training and will be raising $3500.00 for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Societ y. She trained for the Marine Corps Marathon, which she ran on October 25, 2009. Ian Holder works for Merrill Lynch & Co. in Virginia Beach and is the newest member of the Board of Directors of the Norfolk Academy Alumni Association. Lt. JG Virginia Hudgins plans to relocate from Hawaii to Washington, DC this fall, where she will serve her second tour in the U.S. Coast Guard as the Assistant to the Advisor on Gender Policy. She’s looking forward to spending more time with Lisa Parker and other classmates in DC. Walt Irby and his wife Gretchen have recently moved to Washington, DC, where Walt is continuing as Director of Operations for the Cinema Club, as well as Marketing & Communications Director for the Avalon Theatre, a historic independent art film theater in Chevy Chase, MD. Check it out at www.theavalon.org. Emily Jonak married Nicholas Justesen in August 2009. She will begin her third year of teaching middle school language arts at The Williams School in Norfolk this fall. Andrew Kahn serves as a paramedic for the cit y of Cambridge in Massachusetts.
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How did you and your partners come up with the idea for Punk’s? David McCabe and Jeffery Sloan and I met in Management and
Hospitalit y (MMH) and developed the concept as part of a class called “Restaurant Development.” The more we worked on it, the more we thought this was a viable idea - trying to think of a dining experience that would be familiar to people but that they can’t currently find in the marketplace. People all over the country love to cook out, but there isn’t really a restaurant setting that replicates that backyard, friends, and neighbors cooking experience. It’s such a cute name. What does “Punk’s” mean? Jeffrey grew
up outside of Houston, and his uncle’s nickname was Punk, which is a stick that you use to light firecrackers (he has flame-red hair), and he loved to grill. Everybody has that Punk-figure in his or her life an uncle, a grandmother, someone in your life who loves to cook and welcome people, pulling up a chair and enjoying food, fun, and friends. Why Annapolis? We targeted the greater DC metro area to open this
concept and kept the net really wide, and after a year of looking for a spot, we were encouraged to check out this spot in Annapolis: brand new space, expansion of existing shopping mall, existing foot traffic, and strengths of the DC-Baltimore area (strong economic area and market that supports casual dining, but also a communit y feel and sense of identit y that you find in smaller towns). It is a very strong region for fast casual restaurants where people have more disposable income than time. How did you connect with Dean Maupin, the executive chef at the Clifton Inn in Charlottesville? I met Dean in Charlottesville
and was impressed by not only his culinary talent but also his easy-going demeanor. He makes fancy meals, but his favorite foods are pulled pork sandwiches. A high focus on the qualit y of the food is important to Punk’s mission, finding recipes that are based around the best qualit y ingredients. How have your NA experiences helped you as a restaurateur?
My willingness and desire to work hard, and my tenacit y to keep going (2 and a half years from concept to the restaurant opening) pushed me through countless times where it would have been easier to forget it. Believing in yourself is instilled at NA, as is a strong work-ethic. Focusing on preparation (tests, Senior Speeches, APs, games) and knowing that it’s not just the end product. It’s the days and weeks and months spent preparing for the big day. My time on the Honor Council forced me to see beyond myself, put me in positions of making big decisions for others, learning to grow up in that system, thinking about your role in the bigger picture. The care and seriousness that you have to call on in the Honor Council is the same kind of care and seriousness that you must use to consider employees and customers. Making good decisions, not choosing the easy road. You can’t have a better trainer in anything in life than Frau Holmes someone who imparts the importance of preparation and excellence. It’s easy when you are young to be opinionated, and Kathy Hobbs makes you think about what you’re saying and ask yourself how you are interacting in a communit y of people. I can’t imagine attempting this without a Norfolk Academy background. I can’t imagine that I would have had the strength to take those chances.
He lives in Brookline, MA, and plans on going to Physicians Assistant school in the not too distant future. Polly Pereos began teaching at St. Bernard’s School in Manhattan this September. She is their first grade associate teacher. Emily Steinhilber lives in South Royalton, Vermont, and began her first year at Vermont Law School this year. She is studying Environmental Law. Michael Via accepted a history teaching and coaching position at St. Stephen’s and St. Agnes School for the 2009-2010 school year. Ben Wall lives in Washington, DC and provides e-communications for House and Senate Democrats at DCS, an internet advocacy group.
2004
Miss Christie C. Kellam 1410 North Scott Street, Apt. 1163 Arlington, VA 22209 cck3n@cms.mail.virginia.edu
Aaron Hurwitz graduated from William
and Mary in 2008 and is working in New York at Deutsche Bank. He lives and works on Wall Street. Katherine Michaels recently accepted the first assistant lacrosse coach position at Colorado College in Colorado Springs, CO. She began shortly after she finished working for the summer at a ranch in Wolf, WY. Her responsibilities include assisting with recruiting and defensive strategies. Wade Taylor graduated from the McIntire School of Commerce at the Universit y of Virginia in May of 2009. He entered intern training with AMERIGROUP in June 2009.
2005
Miss Katie E. Flippen 1127 Buckingham Avenue Norfolk, VA 23508-1512 flippenk@wlu.edu and Miss Alli A. McKee 503 Rugby Road Charlottesville, VA 22903-1825 aam4m@virginia.edu
David Colen, Mike Kenerson, Abby Werner and Max Padrick each graduated in May with a Bachelor’s degree in Neuroscience, an honors degree at the Universit y of Virginia.
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DA Taylor Challenge Norfolk Academy hosted the fifth annual D.A. Taylor Middle School Basketball Challenge on December 3 and 5, 2009. D.A. Taylor ’96 was an honor student and a National Merit Semifinalist. He also excelled in athletics, earning accolades in multiple sports including football, basketball, and lacrosse. D.A. was highly motivated to succeed and was a positive influence in the lives of all with whom he associated. In February 1995, during his junior year, D.A. became ill with meningococcal meningitis. After a courageous battle with the disease for just over a month, D.A. succumbed to it, losing his fight on March 20, 1995. His family and friends founded the D.A. Taylor Charitable Foundation in 2006 to honor D.A.'s spirit and the quintessential and symbolic good that he represented. Norfolk Academy’s middle school girls’ and boys’ basketball teams competed in a series of games that made use of multiple gyms on NA’s campus. Nansemond-Suffolk Academy, Atlantic Shores Christian School, The Williams School, and Cape Henry Collegiate School each competed against Norfolk Academy over the course of the tournament. The tournament enjoyed great popularit y and raised over $5100 for the D.A Taylor Charitable Foundation. There were only 23 graduates in this major. The great science department at the Academy gave them all a wonderful foundation. Drew Connor is in the middle of his senior year at Northeastern Universit y as a business major. He has completed two co-op programs, one in finance and one in online marketing/ advertising. Outside of the classroom, Drew stayed busy by playing club soccer for two seasons and joining the finance club. This past summer he held a summer job as pedicab driver thoughout historic districts of Boston. Meredith
Scott Flax ’96, a classmate of D.A., Mr. Taylor and Headmaster and Girls’ Athletic Director Mary Flippen Dennis Manning Peccie ’83 enjoy catching up at the annual event. Madison Acra ’14, Lucy Williams ’15, and Jessica Strelitz ’15 rest between tournament games.
Annie Brown ’12, Emily Fleder ’12 and Mary Rives Dougherty ’12 sold t-shirts commemorating the event to raise money for the D.A. Taylor Foundation
Guzman changed her major from Music Education to English. She continues to love music, but she’s much happier as an English major. Meredith will graduate from James Madison Universit y in May 2010 with a B.A. in English and a minor in Music. She has been the Choir Director at Clover Hill United Methodist Church in Dayton, VA since September 2008. Meredith is also a member of the JMU Chorale, and she performed at the Kennedy Center’s Terrace Theater on March 29, 2009. Walter Hoffman works for Bank of America in New York Cit y. Meagan Van Buren moved to Washington, DC to do economic consulting for a firm called Analysis Group.
Cameron Beattie ’05 graduated and was commissioned from Loyola in Baltimore. She’ll be heading to the 20th Engineers (an Airborne slot) in Ft. Bragg, NC, for her first duty station.
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2006
Miss Emmy S. Ill 1128 Brandon Road Virginia Beach, VA 23451 eill@princeton.edu and Miss Lexie Pitts 111 S. Milledge Avenue Athens, GA 30605 aepitts@uga.edu
Carley Freese worked at the Master’s Golf Tournament in Augusta, Georgia, this April – she said it was an amazing experience! Carley spent this past summer in New York City participating in a public relations internship at the Soho House, a private, luxury members’ club in the meatpacking district. Morgan McClain is an executive member of her sorority, Delta Zeta, at Radford University. She’s a double major in Marketing and Economics, and following her third year on Dean’s List, she was inducted into the
Nick Szoke ’06 Returns Triumphant Nick Szoke returned to San Diego, CA after spending two and half weeks in Chile for the Men’s Field Hockey Pan-American Cup (his first senior men’s tour). After beating Trinidad & Tobago in a must-win game and defeating Uruguay in pool play, Nick’s team competed against Chile in the semifinals. In front of a home crowd of more than five thousand fans and on national television, the US team won the semi-final game 2-1. Canada won their semi-final against tournament favorite Argentina to set up a much-awaited final game between the US team and their North American rivals. The US team scored in the first three minutes and held Canada the whole game, until Canada capitalized on a short corner opportunit y with nine minutes left in the game. Unfortunately, the US team gave up another short corner early in overtime, and the Canadians once again put the ball in the goal off a rebound. The US team won the silver medal and qualified to go to the World Cup Qualifier match, which will be held either in Dubai, New Zealand, or France this November. This second-place finish also moved the US team up eleven places in their World Ranking to 19th. Nick also competed in the Junior World Cup in Malaysia this past June. For more information on the Men’s Senior and Under 21 National Field Hockey team go to www.usfieldhockey.com. honors sorority Rho Lambda. In April 2008, Lamar Shambley was chosen by the Omicron Delta Kappa Honor Society, the national collegiate leadership society, as the Sophomore Male of the Year at The College of William and Mary for his overwhelming involvement on campus, namely through organizations such as the Student Organization for Medical Outreach and Sustainability (SOMOS), Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Gateway Guardians, and his co-creation of the Student Hip Hop Organization. Last spring, Lamar studied abroad in Sevilla, Spain, at Pablo de Olavide University, while volunteering for the non-profit organization, Movimiento Por La Paz.
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Miss Spencer Davis 106 60th Street Virginia Beach, VA 23451 sld5r@virginia.edu and Miss Jemma Wolfe 1116 Hill Road Virginia Beach, VA 23451-3852 jemmawolfe@cox.net
Jerome Jackson and Emmy Ill
are thriving at Princeton, and Jerome was recently featured on the Princeton website, discussing the drug and alcohol-
free dance parties that he plans for the universit y. Leigh Nusbaum spent the summer working as an intern on Capitol Hill for Senator Mark Warner and Congressman Glenn Nye ’92. Brian Striffler plays lacrosse for the U.S. Naval Academy and scored in their first game of the 2009 season. Look out for him- he’s number 27!
2008
Mr. William Kitchin Hampden-Sydney P.O. Box 1291 Hampden-Sydney, VA 23943 and Miss Angela Nelson Georgetown Universit y PO Box 574146 Washington, DC 20057 arn8@georgetown.edu and Mr. Clark Reed 1565 Graham Hall Hampton-Sydney, VA 23943 reedc@hsc.edu
Katie Patterson is a member of the archery team at James Madison Universit y and placed fourteenth in the Wheatcroft Memorial Tournament in April 2009. James Madison Universit y also won the overall team championship
for the United States Intercollegiate Archery Championships for the third consecutive year.
2009
Ryan LaRock volunteered in Guyan Valley, West Virginia, with the Appalachia Service Project in June 2009, where he helped make families’ homes warmer, safer, and drier. He also worked as a Development Office intern at Norfolk Academy during the summer of 2009.
Former Facult y Notes Mr.
Charlie Cumiskey (Facult y 1952-1969) served as the Headmaster of the Carlisle School in Martinsville, VA from 1969 to 1980, served as the Headmaster of the Brookstone School in Columbus, GA from 1980 until his retirement in 1992, worked as the Assistant Director of Major Markets for AFLAC from 1992 to 1997, and finally served as the Assistant Director of Grant Programs at the College of Education at Columbus State Universit y from 1997 to 2005, when his “wife finally let him retire!” He has been married for fift yfour years to his wife Eileen, and they have six children, four of whom attended the Academy while they were there; they also have nine grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Over the years, Mr. Cumiskey has served on a number of local charit y boards, and he is currently a member of the St. Francis Hospital Foundation Board. He was also elected to the Lynchburg College Sports Hall of Fame in 2000. Mr. Cumiskey writes that he will always be grateful to Mr. Massey for giving him the opportunit y to begin his teaching career at Norfolk Academy. Like others who got to work for Mr. Massey, he was fortunate to have Mr. Massey’s leadership as a beginning teacher.
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Thai Totes – Making a Difference One Bag at a Time Alumnus Cally Robertson ’06 was recently invited to speak at the White House in Washington, DC. Her sister Elizabeth Robertson Williams ’02 and mother Lisa Robertson went along as well. Cally’s presentation represented the work of several Norfolk Academy alumni over the last four years. She spoke as a panelist on the Office of Communit y and Faith-Based Initiatives Compassion in Action roundtable discussion. Her organization, Thai Totes, www.thaitotes.com, was presented and discussed in a series on young social entrepreneurs. After the Asian Tsunami in 2004, a group of Norfolk Academy alumni and family went to Thailand to help. Catherine Brown ’03, Cally Robertson ’02, Laura Tyler, and their brothers, Beau Brown ’05, Willis Robertson ’04, and Matt Tyler ’05, responded to the devastation they saw on the television by getting involved. They stayed in what was known as “ground zero” of the tsunami, Khao Lak, at The Step Ahead Center. A family they knew from the United States ran this center that trained the Thai people on various trades to help them get work. The once-thriving tourist town, with hundreds of resorts, was almost completely washed out. All of the Thai residents had been employed by the resorts and had now lost their jobs, along with their families and their homes. Beau, Willis, and Matt worked to clean up the area. Catherine, Cally, and Laura worked at a preschool where many of the children were orphans. They watched the children while their parents or guardians looked for work. As they visited surrounding areas, it became clear that many of the survivors were making some money by selling random crafts to the multitude of tourists. The girls came across one section of government housing (temporary transitional shelters) in Bang Niang that was tucked into the mountains inland and that did not have the volunteer tourist traffic; they were struggling to make any money to sustain themselves. They were worried that when the government food aid stopped they would not be able to feed their families. Over the course of a month, Catherine, Cally, and Laura visited every afternoon in this village and, with the help of the Quinley family at The Step Ahead Center, they started drawing out and designing bags and brought supplies for these women to make them. While these students could not buy all of the bags themselves, they did bring back approximately 50 bags to sell to their church. From there, The Step Ahead Center took their idea and expanded it. Since their visit, Cally, Catherine, and Laura have directly helped 30 women rebuild their lives and support their communities. The “Thai Totes,” made of local materials and following Fair Trade Standards, are now being sold in the USA. A Thai Totes factory has been built where women can go to work every day and earn a salary to provide for themselves and their families. Thai Totes, a non-profit organization, is expanding to other areas of Thailand as Rev. Christopher Ross Donald
(Facult y 2002-2003) left the Academy to attend the Divinit y School at Duke Universit y, where he graduated with a Master’s Degree in Divinit y in 2006. Since that time, he has served as associate pastor at Reveille United Methodist Church in Richmond, and in June 2009 he was ordained as an elder in the United Methodist Church. He married Rebecca Rigel of Gainesville, Georgia, in June 60
2008, and they recently relocated to Charlottesville, VA, where she is taking classes to prepare for medical school. Mrs. Beverly Foote (Facult y 1991-
2004) formerly Beverly McColley, married John Foote in 2005. She taught English in the Upper School from 19911994. She taught Latin in the Middle School from 1994-1995 and served as a librarian in the Batten Library from
Cally Robertson ’06 received support from her sister Elizabeth Robertson Williams ’02 as she prepared to speak at the White House.
well, focusing on helping women who are victims of human trafficking. In an area where human trafficking is a main source of income for many local women, Thai Totes is focusing on providing this alternate work for women to keep them off the streets. In Bangkok, for instance, Thai Totes are being made and sold. Additionally, Cally Robertson plans to visit Pattaya, Thailand, this summer to help open a new factory there. Thai Totes is partnering with local organizations and Christian ministries in Pattaya, to provide economic and educational resources for these women and their children. All proceeds from the sales of their handmade bags go towards supporting these women and their work. For more information on this organization, visit the website at www. thaitotes.com. During a panel discussion at the White House, Cally discussed her work with Thai Totes.
1994-2004. Since she retired in 2004, she has been tutoring Latin to eighth and ninth graders. Besides enjoying married life, she enjoys living at WestminsterCanterbury, tutoring Latin, singing in the church choir, and writing. Her book of poems, Sheets and Other Poems, published by Xulon Press, won first place in the poetry category of the 2008 Christian Choice Book Awards.
Miss Colby Hall (Facult y 2003-2005)
teaches at PS 321 in Brooklyn, NY, and completed her Master’s Degree at Columbia Universit y’s Teachers College in 2007 in Elementary Education. She is engaged to Benjamin Heller, who was a 1994 Harvard graduate (Colby graduated from Harvard in 2002) and is a contributor to the New York Times. They are planning to wed in the summer of 2010 at her family home in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Mr. Bill Harvie has been in Amelia since retiring from NA in 1996. The pace of life there is slower than in the Norfolk area. Amelia is a rural count y about 30 miles west of Richmond, with one stop light, though that may change to two in the near future. Bob Herzog (teacher & coach ) lives about an hour away in Hanover Count y. His wife raises Morgan horses, and Bob thinks of himself as a Country Squire. Mr. Harvie has been teaching at the Amelia Academy for the past 11 years. He teaches a couple of math classes each day, and he is “determined to get it right one of these years, though some of the students will probably doubt this!” He also helps out at the Amelia Golf Course a couple of afternoons a week. Mr.
Thomas
P.
Hudgins,
Jr.
(Facult y 1976-1998) sends his greetings to all former colleagues and students and cannot believe it’s been eleven years since he left Norfolk Academy. After serving as Headmaster at independent day schools in Georgia and North Carolina from 1998 to 2007, he accepted a post as the Assistant Headmaster for Advancement at Girls’ Preparatory School in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Tommy’s daughters love GPS; Kayleigh (17) will be a senior this year, and Joanna (16) will be a sophomore. Janet is busy selling real estate in Chattanooga, a great place to live! He hopes Bulldogs will visit them if they’re in the area or find them on the web (www.gps.edu) and just say hi. Katie Patterson ’08 prepares to fire an arrow. Katie was on JMU's National Championship Archering Team.
Dr. Byron C. Hulsey (Facult y 20032006) finished his third year as the Head of School at Randolph School in Huntsville, Alabama in 2009. He, his wife Jennifer, their son Ben (6), and their daughter Claire (19 months) are very happy in Huntsville, but they miss their friends at Norfolk Academy. Ms. Sally Marr (Facult y 1987-1988) has fond memories of teaching first grade at Norfolk Academy, and remembers a particularly wonderful field trip to the Ford Truck Plant with several dads and Mr. Tucker. She feels proud to have taught Michael Duquette ’99, who joined the Norfolk Academy facult y this year. Sally took a year off to stay home with her newborn son Andrew. In 1989 she worked part-time as Director of Annual Giving for two years before giving birth to her son Connor. Sally has worked in Norfolk Academy Summer Programs for the last twent y-two years. Sally returned to teaching in 1992 at First Presbyterian Preschool and became the kindergarten teacher at The Williams School in Norfolk in 1995 under Headmaster Bart Baldwin ’79, former Norfolk Academy teacher and Assistant Head of the Lower School. In 2008, after thirteen years in kindergarten, Sally moved up to first grade. She teaches at The Williams School with former Norfolk Academy teachers Janice Ford and Liza Needham
and with Norfolk Academy graduate Emily Jonak ’04. Sally enjoyed watching her sons, Andrew ’07 and Connor ’09, competing on the sports fields, singing in the chorus and Academy Singers, and performing in the Winter Musical. Andrew is a junior at Babson College in Wellesley, MA and Connor is a freshman at Lehigh Universit y in Bethlehem, PA. Sally continues to follow former Williams School alumnae who attend Norfolk Academy. Mrs. Virginia Paradise (Faculty
1987-2006) and her husband John sold their home in Norfolk in 2007. They bought land in Mount Holly, which is in Westmoreland County, VA, on the Nomini Creek, to build a house. They stayed in the beautiful town of Kinsale, VA, for several months during construction. John was very busy being the contractor on the new house. He found out how time consuming that can be, but he loved it. They moved into the new home in April 2008. It took about a year to complete everything, but now they enjoy the view and watching the bald eagles fishing in the creek! She and John have been involved in the community in various activities; they worked as election officials during the 2008 Presidential election and the Democratic Primary in June. John and Virginia found it particularly rewarding to see new voters making their selections and the proud expressions on their faces as they left. They have also been involved in various church activities, from pancake suppers to barn sales and the Altar Guild. Virginia sings in the choir at Yeocomico Episcopal Church, and during the spring, she joined several other members of the church choir in a local choral group. She enjoys keeping up with news about fellow Bulldogs on the NA web page. Virginia writes that she misses seeing her former students. It was such a joy and privilege to watch them grow and mature into charming and confident young ladies. Dr. Nat Peirce (Facult y 1995-1996) is beginning his eighth year as Headmaster of East Woods School, Oyster Bay Cove, NY, after spending six years in Mississippi as Head of the Middle
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School at St. Andrew’s Episcopal School. The East Woods School is a small Pre-Nursery to 9th Grade coeducational day school. Dr. Peirce really loves the school. Their 60th Anniversary Campaign is getting close to its $10 million goal, and they have built a new academic building. His wife Annie is now the Associate Dean at Adelphi Universit y School of Nursing. Their daughter Betsy married a wonderful guy from England, and they are buying a house in Oyster Bay. Dr. Peirce still thinks fondly of his one glorious year at Norfolk Academy! Ms. Stephanie Pope (Facult y 1977-2008) retired from teaching at Norfolk
Academy in June of 2008 and has been busy enjoying life in the Tidewater area and traveling. She volunteered for political campaigns in the fall and then visited her hometown in Texas in October. During the winter months she tutored Latin students at Norfolk Academy and edited books for the ARE Press. Stephanie continued to edit books over the summer and had the opportunit y to visit Utah, Colorado, Montana, and Wyoming over the course of June, July, and August. In her spare time she exercises and participates in a book group. Miss Maggie Popkin (Facult y 2003-2005) spent a significant portion of the
summer excavating ancient Greek sites in Selinunte, Sicily, and in Samothrace, Greece. She is currently completing her Ph.D. in classical art history and archaeology as a Craig Hugh Smyth Fellow at the Institute of Fine Arts, New York Universit y. Maggie became engaged to Elliot Morrison in July 2009; Elliot is a student at Yale Law School, where he is focusing on litigation. He worked at the Washington, D.C. office of Sidley Austin and at the NAACP’s Legal Defense Fund in the summer of 2009. She lives in New Haven, CT. Miss Carter Thomas (Facult y 2002-2006) completed her second year
teaching 6th and 7th grade English and coaching junior high volleyball and JV girls’ basketball at her alma mater, the Westminster Schools in Atlanta, GA. She also serves as the Advisor to the Junior High Honor Council and is a 6th grade girls’ homeroom teacher. In the summer of 2009, she co-directed a program at Westminster called Odyssey Adventure, which is much like NA’s Breakthrough Collaborative. About ninet y-six middle school students from Atlanta public schools come to Westminster for class each day. Over the course of six weeks, along with high school volunteers, they engage the students in various activities involving leadership, team-building, personal development, career-planning, and fitness. She has found this opportunit y to be quite a different challenge, but one that is immensely fulfilling, humbling, and all the more important. She continues to strive for a green lifest yle and ride her bike as often as possible, visiting friends in NC, SC, and VA, writing and reading, tending to her new little herb garden, and giving thanks for each day. She misses the Bulldogs and welcomes all to visit her in Atlanta. Mrs. Judy Voyer (Facult y 1978, 1985-2007) co-chairs the Senior
Congregational Care Committee at her church, serves as treasurer of a circle, co-leads a Sunday School class, participates in activities of the neighborhood garden club, and plays in both a bridge group and in her longtime friends’ mahjong group. She also enjoys her women’s book club; most members are former or current NA teachers. She continues to work on improving her golf game, and last year she began tutoring math. She enjoys the students and the math – it is fun to keep up with NA activities. In May, Judy and her husband Gerry went to Italy for two weeks with their daughter Tricia ’97 and her husband and had a wonderful time. Judy even tried to learn a little Italian before the trip. Both of Judy’s daughters, Tricia Voyer Baker ’97 and Kathryn Voyer Purdom ’92, live in Charlotte, North Carolina, and Judy enjoys visiting their growing families.
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In Memoriam
1944 Frank Batten
1955 Ewin Ottinger
1961 I. Lee Chapman IV
1962 John B. Dinsmore
1985 Lynn Britt Barco
Former Faculty & Staff Byron Babcock Jean Parker Land
Chris Nelson's Cherry Wood Case Chris Nelson built a cherry wood case to display selected Japanese prints from Norfolk Academy’s George Powell Collection. The cost of the display case was generously underwritten by Capt. Powell ’57. With Mr. Nelson is Leslie Hennessey, Upper School Visual Arts Curriculum Coordinator.
1965 1989 1990 1995 1996 1997 1999 2002 2003
Mystery Photo
Priscilla Crommelin to Arledge Ball, Jr. Greg Imbur to Amy Thut Sills O'Keefe to Adele Logan Dara Blachman to Maur y Demner Amanda Lee to John E. Caviness Shirley Au to Kemal Askar Kendra Robins to Brad Ervin Wyatt Deal to Meghan Moses Elizabeth Robertson to Bernard Williams Alex Bell to Kelly Rogers Emily Jonak to Nicholas Justesen
Do you know who this is or when this photo was taken? It’s a mystery! If you know who this is and what’s going on, let us know. Contact Vin deLalla (757-461-6236 or vdelalla@norfolkacademy.org).
A Big Win indeed! The varsity field hockey team pulled off a huge upset of arch rival STAB in the fall of 1995. Those pictured celebrating the victory included Molly Sessoms ’98, Mason White ’98, Emily McKnight ’98, Alli George ’97, Mary Burroughs ’97, Andria Hollis ’98, Hannah Wood ’97, Laura Jones ’97, Courtney Coalter ’99, and Susan Feakins ’97.
Trophy Chess???
Last Issue’s Photo
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A Perfect Idea
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ow would you like to give a gift to Norfolk Academy and receive quarterly income from the school every year for as long as you live? That’s the idea and it’s called a Charitable Gift Annuity. It works like this: in return for a gift of stock or cash, the school pays you a guaranteed amount every year for the rest of your life. The annuity rates vary with age – the older you are, the higher the rate. If you give appreciated stock, the capital gains are spread out over your life expectancy. And, you receive a tax deduction in the year you make the gift. If risk-free, guaranteed income is what you are looking for, a Charitable Gift Annuity might just be perfect for you. Take a look at the example and rates below.
Single Life Gift Annuity Rates*
Example: John Doe, age 70 Gift: $10,000 Annuity rate: 6.1%*** Charitable Deduction: $3,712 Annual Income: $610
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Payment **
60 65 70 75 80 85 90
5.5 5.7 6.1 6.7 7.6 8.9 10.5
$ 550 $ 570 $ 610 $ 670 $ 760 $ 890 $ 1,050
* Effective July 1, 2009 (subject to change) ** Based on a $10,000 gift *** Based on age (see table)
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Canon Hirschler ’11, 2009 TCIS Player of the Year.