Fall 2017
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School News — Fall 2017
On the cover — Bella Byrne ’18 plays guitar with Julian Aviles ’19 in the background.
Message from the Head of School
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Prefects and Gunn Scholars
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The Gunnery Rocks!
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Commencement
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Faculty Summer Travel
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Athletics
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New Faculty
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The Arts
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FROM THE HEAD OF SCHOOL
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Dear Gunnery Community,
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At our Alumni Association meeting, held in June during Alumni Weekend, we announced a number of important milestones in the early phases of the school’s Strategic Plan and Campus Master Plan — bold initiatives in scope and potential impact — that I am excited to share with you. Most notably, as you’ve already heard, Jon Tisch ’72 and Steve Tisch ’67 have committed $10 million to The Gunnery, the largest gift in the school’s history. A portion of their gift will go toward the estimated $21 million cost for the new Thomas S. Perakos Arts and Community Center, a project made possible by a lead gift from Tom Perakos ’69, and to which former trustee Richard C. Colton, Jr. ’60 has also contributed significantly. This is a thrilling project for the school, one that will take the first, vital step of the Campus Master Plan’s Phase I goal of getting all academic, residential, and community space to the west side of Route 47. This building will provide a state-of-the-art theater, dressing rooms, and classroom space for performing arts; a modern gallery and studio space for visual arts; and, most importantly for our community, a more appropriate and centrally-located space for our three-times-weekly School Meetings. This is a great start, but there is much work to be
done! Our ambitious goal is to raise the remaining $11 million in gifts and pledges by June 1, 2018, so that we can stay on schedule to open the facility in time for the 2019-2020 school year. Upon completion, we will swiftly move to raise funds to renovate Brinsmade so it can house the Health Center. Then, to build a new dorm — possibly two — so we can raze Emerson and move students and faculty from the residences in Memorial. With Phase I successfully completed, and Memorial vacant of all but athletic facilities, we will begin plans for a new, larger and more modern athletic center. I am exceedingly grateful to Jon and Steve Tisch for their unparalleled giving to their alma mater, to Tom Perakos for the vision and generosity that has enabled us to move forward with this first project, and to Dick Colton for his steadfast generosity to the school community and to the arts in particular. The Arts and Community Center, combined with the balance of Phase I projects, will enable us to take a significant step forward in our effort to offer current and future students facilities on par with, if not better than, our peer schools, a crucial goal for the school’s long term success. Whether we like it or not, prospective families do judge books by their covers — and who can blame them?
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At the same meeting we also announced alumni giving program matches or exceeds results. Each year we recognize the winners of four class that of our peers. Just as the participation awards — largest class gift (total dollars), highest generosity of alumni and class participation, and the same for young alumni (10 years out). friends of the school fueled We’ve reported the final results elsewhere but suffice it to say The Gunnery of your time, that most of the assembled alumni were underwhelmed by the your giving impacts today’s results. For example, while I am grateful to the Class of 1964 students and faculty directly. for getting first place for 34 percent participation, there was a And it’s the perfect time in collective groan from the alumni in the Meeting House that 34 the school’s history to consider percent was the highest participation rate of any Gunnery class. stepping up your giving or giving for Understandably so. For comparison’s sake, the “best-in-class” the first time. Our total annual giving programs generated schools for total alumni annual giving participation in 2015$1.39 million in the 2016-2017 fiscal year. For comparison’s 2016 were Thacher (57 percent) and Deerfield (52 percent). sake, Millbrook, a school the same size as The Gunnery, had Both beat our result (17 percent in 2015-2016) by well over total annual giving in 2015-2016 of $2.23 million, according to 100 percent. But here’s the good news: their website. thanks to the generosity of our alumni, I believe firmly that you, our alumni, the hard work of our volunteers, and the can and will have a major, positive impact …thanks to the generosity leadership of the Alumni & Development on the school today by giving more to of our alumni, the hard work team, our alumni participation in 2016The Gunnery Fund or giving to it for the of our volunteers, and the 2017 grew to 22 percent, an 11 percent first time. If you give $100 to the Fund, increase over the previous year and a new thank you. Please consider increasing it leadership of the Alumni & participation record for The Gunnery! by $50 or $100. Similarly at every level Development team, our alumni And here’s more good news: after hearing above that. And if you’ve never given participation in 2016-2017 grew the announcement that the largest class before, consider a first-time gift of $50, to 22 percent, an 11 percent gift at that time was $45,045 from the $100, or even at The Founders Society Class of 1972, one alumna stepped up level of $1,850. If you want to know increase over the previous year with a five-figure gift to the annual where and how your generosity has an and a new participation record fund that catapulted her class to the impact, come to campus and meet some for The Gunnery! win! While we have plenty of room to of our current students (your future grow as a school in terms of annual fund alumni peers), or our faculty. They are participation and total giving by alumni, amazing and will inspire you! Or, if you it is incredibly encouraging to see alumni respond generously choose not to give or give more, please let us know why. and enthusiastically on both fronts. I have been so grateful for Gunnery alumni and parents Why do I bring this up? First, because I am grateful for since my family and I first moved to campus. I am also convinced the increasing engagement by alumni from around the world. more than ever how critical you are to our continued success. Second, in leading the school, I differentiate between the things My hope — my request — is that, in ways that feel big to each of within our control, broadly speaking, and the things outside of you, you will give this year to The Gunnery Fund and to either our control (i.e., the economy). Alumni giving is in our control, the Arts and Community Center or the endowment, through an or to put a finer point on it, it’s in your control. Third, the existing endowed fund for financial aid or faculty support. annual fund has always been a vital part of the school’s operating Thank you and I look forward to seeing you soon — on budget — annual giving makes up 10 percent of our annual campus or during my travels. operating budget. Historically, as with every school, a small group of families, such as the Van Sinderens and Baches in our case, supported the annual fund. Over time, the generosity of these few families transformed into an annual giving program. Today, your participation in The Gunnery Fund represents our Peter Becker best short-term opportunity to enhance programming for our Head of School current students and faculty as we continue to ensure that our
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The Gunnery
ROCKS! (and we know one reason why)
Music at The Gunnery is ubiquitous. Whether playing iTunes through your earbuds as you study (a new privilege), whistling as you saunter in Steep Rock, dancing to a private T H E G U N N E RY B U L L E T I N
joy, listening to the latest hit, or sharing a new song with friends, almost every student is
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somehow engaged with music. But some of our students more seriously and deeply jump into the discipline. Jesse Perkins, Performing Arts faculty and Rock Band instructor, and Dr. Jennifer Wojcik, Performing Arts Chair, are here to catch them, lead them and take their interest to the next level. Whether taking private lessons on instruments or voice or performing and learning as a group, opportunities abound.
a sports team,” commented Perkins. “You never know who will show up, but it always works out and it’s usually better than expected.” Rock Band meets four times a week, similar to any academic class, and they perform together seven times for The Gunnery community over the course of the year. They hold performances in the Student Center and also during “Coffee Houses,” which are open mic nights on campus one Saturday evening per term. “Being able to play instruments with other people as a class is really a privilege,” says Julian Aviles ’19. “It’s a good way for me to get my energy out and focus on work for the rest of the academic day.” “Beyond the impact it has on each student in terms of becoming a better musician, it creates a place where they develop a unique combination of skills that sometimes slips
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he intentionally small size of The Gunnery makes our community tight-knit and students are encouraged consistently by faculty and their peers to try new things — a challenging class, a singing group, an instrumental ensemble or a band, ukulele lessons, or a part in the winter musical. Some students learn to build on their prior experiences and some conquer performance fears. Sabryna Coppola ’18, in her bid to be elected prefect last spring, expressed the process well: “I left the ‘box’ I placed myself in on a fairground, and The Gunnery made me feel like I would never have to go back and get it. So, recycle your box into spaceships, castles, secret labs. Pack up your old ideas and put them up on a shelf. But get out of your box and see the world you can help to create.” To showcase students’ talent and hard work, twice a year the entire Gunnery community comes together for the anticipated student holiday and spring concerts at the Meeting House, featuring The Gunnery Troubadours, Chamber Ensemble, Jazz Band and two Rock Bands. “There’s a very specific energy and excitement to the concerts that the musicians feel and share,” Perkins said. “I think that our school has done a great job of supporting the performances and making them big, all-community events.” When Perkins came to The Gunnery in 2008, among other classes, he was teaching one Rock Band class (started by Wojcik); by 2015 they had expanded the one class to two because they had so many students interested in playing. They went from three students to 18 and one year they had six drummers! “It’s like coaching
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“Beyond the impact it has on each student in terms of becoming a better musician, it creates a place where they develop a unique combination of skills that sometimes slips through the cracks in traditional academic courses: collaboration,
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creativity, memorization, leadership, trust in each other, being reliable and consistent, auditory learning.”
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through the cracks in traditional academic courses: collaboration, creativity, memorization, leadership, trust in each other, being reliable and consistent, auditory learning,” says Perkins. “And then on top of that, they develop the courage needed to perform — in public — everything they’ve learned.” Throughout the year, the students learn how melody, harmony and rhythm work, how basic music theory, song structure and notation work, and they learn how to perform effectively together as well as how to improve their skill on their individual instruments. Each student is seen as a unique individual, performing at his or her own skill level and with varying degrees of experience. They are given assignments that challenge their reach but are still within their grasp. They spend the majority of their time actually playing music instead of memorizing scales and chords and focusing on technique. Most important to the students, they get to help select the songs they will play during the year, during their four to six performances. “The students get equal say in the songs we play but I tend to steer them towards classic rock,” says Perkins. “Not everyone is going to love every song we select but usually they gain an
appreciation for them as we’re learning how to play them.” Rock Band classes include a range of students, from those who are self-taught to those who have never played with other musicians as a group. Many of the students take the opportunity to try different instruments or are inspired to try something new after being in Rock Band. “Rock Band has encouraged me to try every instrument I possibly can get my hands on,” says Bella Byrne ’18. “I’ve also learned that I actually can do more musically than I ever thought I could. I’ve even started writing my own songs! Before The Gunnery, I never knew how much I loved music and it’s because of this school that I’ve found another passion that I will pursue for the rest of my life.” As with most things at The Gunnery, Rock Band gives students the confidence to put themselves out there in a way they never thought they would. Take Ukulele Ensemble, for instance. “Gabby (Lescadre ’18) and I were talking about putting together an impromptu group for people who either knew how to play the ukulele or wanted to learn how to play the ukulele... and Ukulele Ensemble was born,” said Clare Costello ’18.
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“We ended up teaching a lot of people how to play the ukulele, which was really cool.” The students also make some unique friendships and forge connections they wouldn’t have otherwise. “My favorite part about being in Rock Band is the band itself,” said Lescadre. “It’s incredible how much we bond over music especially since we’re a group of unlikely friends. We often refer to ourselves as The Gunnery’s ‘Breakfast Club.’” Many students continue to take the class year after year because they end up working with and bands like Dire Straits and The Cars on long car trips. different musicians and they enjoy learning from Perkins. “Rock Perkins plays guitar and bass guitar and can “fake it,” he Band has given me a lot of confidence to play music in front of says, on drums and keyboards when needed. He has played people,” says Albert Washco ’18, the only left-handed guitar (and still plays) in a number of different bands in Connecticut, player to ever play in a Gunnery Rock Band. “I’ve learned a lot Boston and New York. The band he is currently part of, Audio about music from Mr. Perkins and I know that a lot of other Jane, recently won the CTNOW/Hartford Courant’s 2017 Best students that have taken classes with him would agree that he of Hartford Poll for “Best Indie-Rock” Band and they were works to make us all better musicians.” featured on the NPR show, “Where Perkins attended Connecticut We Live.” As with most things at College, where he designed his own Perkins currently teaches other The Gunnery, Rock Band gives interdisciplinary major in music music classes at The Gunnery including composition and studio art. He also Songwriting, Music Technology, and students the confidence to put received his master’s from Wesleyan, Jazz Band, and agrees that “the arts” are themselves out there in a way where his final thesis was a collection essential to a high school education. they never thought they would. of 10 jazz compositions written “I believe the arts are not just specifically for high school musicians to important, they are an essential part learn and perform. Perkins grew up in a family where music was of being a well-rounded intellectual,” says Perkins. “Music, in always part of his life. His father played guitar, his mother played particular, makes you think differently, learn differently, perform the flute, they listened to classical music on NPR in the morning differently, than any other academic course.” n
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Greetings from
Faculty Summer Travel Over the summer, several faculty had the opportunity to travel as part of a new faculty enrichment grant given by a very generous board member. The purpose of the grant is to support 10 teachers each year
I went to Japan to study ceramics and took a workshop in Kyoto and visited Tokyo, Kanazawa, Sumiyoshiya Ryokan and Bizen. I caught up with Takuma Kawamoto ’07 and we celebrated his
to enrich their teaching experience
“10-year reunion” together.
on campus. Here we share eight of
Andrew Richards – Visual Arts Department Chair
the exciting trips our faculty went on! From an archaeological dig in
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Italy to a ceramics workshop in Japan, our faculty were able to learn a lot and were so grateful to have this opportunity.
I participated in an archaeological dig with Earthwatch Expedition at Baratti and Populonia Archaeological Park in Tuscany, and then traveled to Southern Italy including Pisa, Siena, Rome, Naples and Campania.
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Bonnie Scotland!
Jen Hart – History Department
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Digging Tuscany!
We made a pilgrimage to the Gunn Clan Heritage Museum in Latheron, Scotland and visited with Ian Gunn, the current president of the Gunn Clan Society. We also visited the University of St. Andrews and the University of Edinburgh so that Kate could get a sense of their admissions offices for College Counseling. Bart attended a Gilder Lehrman Summer Seminar at the University of Edinburgh on Thomas Jefferson and the Enlightenment.
Bart McMann – History Department Chair and Kate McMann – College Counseling
Wish you were here in ICELAND!
I spent over two weeks this summer taking an Outward Bound backpacking course and received my Wilderness First Responder Certification. From having to overcome natural obstacles and problem-solve with the wilderness as the classroom, I prepared for my second year leading the LEADS program and I’m excited to bring back what I learned to incorporate into the curriculum.
Hannah Gorman – LEADS Department Chair
This summer I traveled to Iceland to take soil samples to use in my AP Environmental Science classes to convey
Wild Times in the Wilderness!
the dangers of land use changes.
Charlie Lovejoy – Science Department
ROWING IN
Chris Bernard – College Counseling
Eh! Canada!
I partnered with George Watson’s College (a high school in Scotland) that has a 200-member rowing program to bring Gunnery rowers to Scotland. Gunnery rowers had the opportunity to see what a large rowing program is like and to experience a new culture and country. We are thrilled to have this new relationship with George Watson’s College.
Lincoln Turner – Boys Varsity Crew Coach
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universities they’re applying to in Canada.
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I traveled to 20 different universities across the Canadian provinces of Quebec, Ontario, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and British Columbia to better understand the Canadian education system so the College Counseling Office can fully support and guide students on the
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Whether running with the bulls in Spain, studying abroad in South Africa, backpacking in Guatemala, driving a tractor in Belize, or touring the country as part of an Americana band, our new faculty members are enthusiastic and adventurous!
• Lives in Morris with her husband, 6 Misa Giroux World Languages Library Doug, and their children, Paul and • Holds dual degrees in Spanish and • Holds a bachelor’s degree in Avery Jane psychology from Tufts University English from Western Connecticut • Has interviewed Pulitzer-Prize winning • In addition to teaching Spanish III, State University and a master’s author Frank McCourt, Martha she’s coaching softball, recreational degree in Appalachian studies with Stewart and Darci Kistler, a principal skiing and snowboarding, and is a dorm a concentration in music from dancer for the New York City Ballet parent in Bourne Appalachian State University, where • Taught and tutored English in Madrid, 4 Austin Arkin she taught grad students Mathematics Spain for six months (so ask her about • Is a professional musician who has • Holds a bachelor’s degree in applied running with the bulls in Spain) toured the country with an Americana mathematics from Florida State • Her sweet softball stats: two-time band University (and would welcome an national champion All-American • Plays guitar, bass and the mandolin and invitation to watch FSU football on at Tufts, fifth all-time career hits in can sing (could be competition for Mr. your TV — go Seminoles!) NCAA Division III and led the nation Harbison on Karaoke Night) • Spent a half year living in Guatemala her junior year in home runs for • Once got stuck in a swamp with her (but don’t ask him what animals he Division III band and had to push their car out of saw because he was backpacking in the • Desires to be a “dog aunt” and has a the mud highlands, not the rainforest) cat at home named Kramer after the • Has been a rock climbing coach fictional character from “Seinfeld” 7 Jamie Goldsmith Admissions and backpacking guide and taught • Just started playing for the Connecticut swimming for five years, most recently 2 Robert Harbison Whale (Go #12!) Teaching Fellow at Concord Academy’s summer camp • Graduated from St. Lawrence • Graduated Wesleyan University with a • In addition to teaching pre-calculus University with a bachelor’s degree in bachelor’s degree in government and algebra II, he’s co-leading our philosophy • Teaching public speaking, co-teaching Outdoor Club and coaching co-ed • Played on the St. Lawrence ECAC economics and coaching X-term and skiing championship ice hockey team ice hockey • Her last job was as coach and director • When it comes to sports, he roots for 5 Andrea Nicholson Center for Academic Studies of Women’s Hockey Operations with Pittsburgh, his hometown (Go Steelers, • Graduated Trinity College with a the women’s three-time championship Penguins and Pirates!) bachelor’s degree in psychology club team, the Northern Cyclones in • Is learning to play guitar and can sing, • Was a dorm parent for the Fay School’s New Hampshire so be sure to look for him at Karaoke international summer program and a • In addition to working in Admissions, Night part-time assistant coach for Pomfret’s she’s coaching girls hockey and lives in • When it comes to skits, he’s your man Girls Varsity Hockey Team Browne with her dog, Porter, and cat, • Has a new puppy, a blue-eyed cocker Shady (like the tree) 3 Jennifer Clement spaniel named Riley • Prefers short walks on the beach and Marketing & Communications • Ask about her experience studying dreams of playing in the LPGA • Graduated from the University of abroad in Cape Town, South Africa Connecticut with a bachelor’s degree in journalism • Was a reporter for several local newspapers, including The Litchfield Teresita Magaña (not pictured) County Times, and covered The World Languages Gunnery during the school’s Magaña received her medical degree in Cuba and has a bachelor’s degree in sesquicentennial biology from St. John’s College. She is teaching Spanish I, Spanish II, and Spanish • Was corporate communications II honors. In the summer, she heads to Belize, where she practices medicine specialist at Saint Mary’s Hospital for and drives trucks, tractors, and Bobcats on her family’s citrus farm. She lives in 13 years Torrington with her husband, Jeffrey Smart, and her children, Penelope and Sophie, and their mini, longhaired dachshund, Jackson Smart.
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New Prefects Student government has been part of The Gunnery community since the time of Mr. Gunn, with students, faculty and the administration working together to better the experience for students while at The Gunnery. The title “prefect” for our student leaders has been used for 80 years. Starting with the 2017-18 school year we decided to add two more prefects to better support our school community. Here we introduce our eight prefects with excerpts from their election speeches.
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Kenyon Kay, head prefect “When I came back [to school after an accident], I was surprised by how many people wanted to help me out. It reminded me of how great The Gunnery community is, and what our community truly means. We’re a school that shares values of character and moral strength, and we make efforts to live through those values. I didn’t have to ask students for help — they simply offered it — and when I was feeling down, there was always one of you ready to pick me back up again.”
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Anthony Cochrane “Muhammad Ali said, ‘Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth,’ and I think this quote applies to our community just as it applies to the entire world. I want to ‘pay my rent’ to this community that has given me so much support despite the fact that at times it could’ve evicted me. I owe a lot to everyone sitting in front of me and I want to serve all of you as a prefect.”
Sabryna Coppola “Eight of us will show you what it means to be a student at The Gunnery. What it means to care, to be helpful and involved, to be ourselves, to be role models. I left my box on a fairground, and The Gunnery made me feel like I would never have to go back and get it. So, recycle your box into spaceships, castles, secret labs. Pack up your old ideas and put them up on a shelf. But get out of your box and see the world you can help to create.” Sydney Fydenkevez “Before I came here I was a pretty selfish person and, to this day, my brother will probably tell you I still am. But that moment on that muddy soccer field truly made me think about how I could help this school. That question has remained throughout the years, but while writing this speech, I found my answer: I want to take this community and make it my team. A team of skilled individuals, all unique and important in their own way. The beauty of The Gunnery is that no matter how
cheesy it sounds, we are a family and it took no more than a simple Gunnery soccer goal to make me realize that it is more than just a school. It’s a special place that I am lucky enough to help impact.” Kate Hayward “This aspect of our culture is why I am standing in front of you. No matter if something catastrophic or miniscule happens, every individual on this campus is always looking out for one another. That’s not something that you can find everywhere. This place is special. The Gunnery community is a once-in-alifetime community that I want to serve.” Christian Kummer “My time at The Gunnery has not just been a compilation of a few standout moments, but instead it’s been an entire experience. An experience that has been so utterly shaped and molded by all of you. And that’s why I’m standing up here, less because of me and more because of you. I appreciate this community of incredible
Gabby Lescadre “The Gunnery taught me to celebrate individuality, because everyone in our community makes his or her own impact in a very important way. We live in a place of leaders, all brought together for our love of a certain boarding school that is not fictional like Hogwarts, but in fact, very real; a school that provides us the chance to redefine what it means to be a student, friend, athlete, artist, teacher, and person; a school that allows us to think past what we once knew to be true. Because of my fantastic and sometimes less-thanfantastic experiences at school, I know who I am and I am confident in the person I am becoming.” Cole Varney “The last thing I want to do is leave this community without making an impact, without integrating myself as much as I can. Entering my senior year, prefect or not, I aim to lead by example in this beautiful community. I want to be an approachable individual, especially for new students who are in the position I found myself in this past fall. I plan to continue to insert myself into various areas of the community and build on the welcoming nature that our school is home to. Despite times when things don’t go according to plan or get tough, I’m grateful to be here, and I feel I cannot thank you all enough.”
The 2017-2018 Gunn Scholars Our three Gunn Scholars for 2017-2018 are seniors Mark Choi, Emma Wang, and Julie Petrillo. They have begun their adventures in the Paula and George Krimsky Archives and Special Collections, now located in brand-new quarters in the Tisch Library and have unearthed some great information that they’re preparing to write about in the winter and spring term. Mark Choi has chosen to research student government over the years since Mr. Gunn held “family meetings” in the 19th century. Choi spent the spring semester his junior year working on an independent study project with Anthony Cochrane ’18. They studied the role of political awareness in the student body using archival sources as well as current surveys and interviews. Mark Choi Emma Wang’s proposal speaks to her passion for music and the opportunity she had to nurture that passion at The Gunnery. She is interested in how the study and appreciation of music has evolved over time. She will be examining how the history of Gunnery music relates to the broad history of music. Wang has chosen a good topic for this year as Dr. Jennifer Wojcik, our Performing Arts Chair and a musician herself, assumes the leadership of the Gunn Scholar program. Julie Petrillo’s project is somewhat “new territory” Emma Wang for the program: Not only will she explore the history of women’s hockey at The Gunnery, inspired in part by her enthusiastic participation in the sport, but she will also contribute to the development of an athletic blog and web presence for the team. She has already worked with Wojcik on developing web content in her humanities course. An endowed program that represents the highest academic honor offered to students prior to graduation, the Gunn Scholars are seniors who Julie Petrillo have been selected, based on aptitude, interest, and character, to pursue original research into some aspect of the history of The Gunnery, founded by Frederick Gunn (1816-1881) and his wife Abigail (1820-1909) in 1850. By selecting a Gunn Scholar, the school community recognizes that a student has demonstrated, over the course of his or her academic years, those qualities of scholarship and character that the Gunns inscribed in the mission of the school. The full-year course counts as one credit in history. Scholars conduct original research in our archives and elsewhere on some aspect of the Gunn legacy. The goals of the independent study are: to learn the techniques of original research and transcription, working closely with the school archivist and a member of the history faculty; and to prepare an account of the research as a published, written document and as a public presentation to The Gunnery community and to the public.
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people so much that it was impossible for me to not apply for this leadership position, a position that will hopefully allow me to help further steer this school in a positive direction. As a prefect, I don’t want to simply make systematic change. Instead I want to continue to cultivate a school culture where everyone can feel comfortable enough to find themselves.”
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Commencement
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On May 30, 2017, The Gunnery celebrated its 166th Commencement exercises, with 86 students receiving diplomas.
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Class of 2017 Matriculation List
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THE CLASS OF 2017
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Cameron Reece Amador Henry Joseph Anzola Meghan Ryan Azevedo Mya Rose Berretta Marguerite Jewel Bolger Thomas Finn Bolger Justin Antoine Earl Bonal Gabrielle Anne Bruck Timothy Andrew Cervera Yizhou Chen Min Hyeong Cho Calista Rose Connors Vincenzo Robert Crea Grace Miranda D’Amico Matthew Stephen Danner Katherine Ashby Devlin Diarmad P. DiMurro Emma Lillian Duhamel Nicholas Sastri Durvasula Geraldine Tess Elsinga Lauren Elyssa Feldman Doga Misim FINDIKOGLU
Andrew Forman Seli Korku Gadese-Mensah Margot Winema Gaggini Zachary William Gentil Grace Diane Hemmingstad Grace Anne D. Herrick Eric Francis Hoffman Lee Maxwell Hollis, Jr. Yeon Soo “Justin” Hong Elias Leo Italiaander Maximilian Adam Italiaander Eva Margaret Jones Benjamin Theodore Judd Benjamin Donald Kachur Sean Michael Keleher Eoghan Kelly Sarah Rachel Kelly Jack Thomas Kennedy Emma Katherine Killeen Song Kim Sakhia Kelil Kwemo Ryan Edward LaMay
Claire Veronica Lee Connor Ross Lemieux Chelsea Anne LeMoine XieWen “Cheryl” Liang Jared David Longo Patrick Parks Mullen Alexis Marie Nanavaty Patrick Thomas Olvany Scott Fitzgerald O’Neil Nickolas Hee Park Alexandra Michelle Paster Willis Paul Pember Samuel B. Pennell Anh Quoc Pham Henry LeBaron Pratt Lucas Felipe Prestamo Daniel Reagan Chandler Nichole Richards Dana Ross Eleanor June Schickler Cordelia Jane Schoen Tyler James Scott
Kyle Richard Searles Michael Ryan Shea Gregory Franklin Simmons Tai Jordan Smith Olakunle Akintemide Tejuoso Keelan James Ulnick Grace Louise Antoinette van Tartwijk Colin Anderson Vatter Brendon Vejseli Victoria Leigh Vincelette Cameron Richard von Hollander Kayla Marie Walewski Morgan Grigsby Welles Mathieu-Alexandre Wilkins Noah Thomas Williams Oliver Bennett Williams Jingqiong Yang Tianhe “Victor” Yang Brent Angelo Young Aidan Paul Zabit
PRIZE NIGHT
Board Chair Gerrit Vreeland ’61 (second from right) and Athletic Director Mike Marich present the Vreeland Rogers Athletic Awards to Morgan Welles ’17 and Gabby Bruck ’17.
Hannah Gorman, LEADS Department Chair, presents Christian Kummer ’18 with the Percy B. Wightman Prize.
Head Prefect Matt Danner ’17 (right) presents The Freshman of the Year award to Jimmy Rayhill ’20.
Steve Bailey, Science Department Chair, presents Victor Yang ’17 with The Raymond W. Reich Award for Physics.
Alisa Croft, Math Department Chair, presents Justin Bonal ’17 with the Senior Mathematics Department Award.
Dr. Jessica Matthews, Dean of Students, presents Ben Judd ’17 with the Dean’s Prize.
Michael Eanes H’90 P’90 GP’20 presents Katie Devlin ’17 with the Michael Neal Eanes Award for Greatest Scholastic Improvement.
Morgen Fisher ’03, Assistant Dean of Students, presents Gwendolyn Brown ’20 with the Patrick M. Dorton ’86 Prize for Quiet Leadership.
Dick Ebersol (second from the right) presents the Teddy Award to (left) Gianna Russillo ’20 and Jimmy Rayhill ’20. They are joined by Dr. Anna Carew-Miller (far right) and previous award recipients (l to r) Sean Douglas ’19, Jean Feng ’19, Mark Choi ’18, Sydney Fydenkevez ’18 and Grace Herrick ’17.
L to R: Zach Novick ’18, Kenyon Kay ’18, Carter Matthews ’18, Jared Rainville ’19 and Marc Gatcomb ’18
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The Gunnery Troubadours perform during Prize Night.
The 2016-2017 Gunn Scholars welcome the 2017-2018 Gunn Scholars to take over the reins, L to R: Emma Wang ’18, Paula Gibson Krimsky, Claire Lee ’17, Mark Choi ’18, Dana Ross ’17, Julie Petrillo ’18 and Dr. Jennifer Wojcik.
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The Gunnery Hosts 58th Founder’s Day Regatta
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n Sunday, May 7, The Gunnery hosted the 58th annual Founder’s Day Regatta at Lake Waramaug. Having endured a cold and rainy week leading up to the event (and even into the morning of the regatta and later that afternoon), the spectators and rowers alike muscled through. The wet weather didn’t dampen the spirits of fans and schools who brought their colorful tents and enthusiastic attitudes to brighten the morning’s heat races. Organizing and running the regatta is always a team effort. Coaches, rowers, emergency and parking personnel, and more than 100 volunteers help to make the day a success each year. Although it was brisk on the water and the boats battled significant downpours, the races were completed with vigor and the winners were feted at an awards ceremony at day’s end. Twenty-one high school and boat club teams with more than 1,200 student athletes participated. Teams raced for a boys team overall points trophy (Kent School with 36 points) and a girls team overall points trophy (Greenwich Crew with 32 points). The boys’ first boats also raced for the George H. Lorenz Memorial Trophy (Kent School with a time of 04:53.956) and the girls’ first boats raced for the Kathryn L. Conroy Cup (Connecticut Boat Club 05:22.111).
WINTER 2016 ATHLETICS RECORD Basketball Boys Varsity 9-12 Basketball Boys Junior Varsity 8-11 Basketball Boys Highlander 2-9 Basketball Boys 3rds 4-9 Basketball Girls Varsity 7-13 Basketball Girls Junior Varsity 10-4 Ice Hockey Boys Varsity 21-11 Ice Hockey Boys Junior Varsity 8-8 Ice Hockey Girls Varsity 13-13 Ice Hockey Highlander 3-0
Spring Sports Recap
SPRING 2017 ATHLETICS RECORD Baseball Boys Varsity 8-11 Baseball Boys Junior Varsity 3-6 Lacrosse Boys Varsity 11-9 Lacrosse Boys Junior Varsity 3-4 Lacrosse Girls Varsity 4-8 Softball Girls Varsity 3-7 Tennis Boys Varsity 5-7 Tennis Boys Junior Varsity 7-4 Tennis Girls Varsity 6-3-1 Tennis Girls Junior Varsity 0-5 Ultimate Frisbee 8-5
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Despite the less than stellar weather conditions in Spring 2017, our teams powered through wet practices and games and our Girls Varsity Tennis team ended their season with a great match at the Suffield Academy Tennis Tournament. During the regular season Grace van Tartwijk ’17 and Hadley Townsend ’20 had the two best winning records playing singles. Due to an injury, van Tartwijk was only able to play doubles in the Suffield tournament. Despite the injury, van Tartwijk and Townsend took home the championship and Lexi Nanavaty ’17 and Amelie Neubert ’19 won the consolation finals. The Ultimate Frisbee team ended the year by taking home the New England Prep School Ultimate League (NEPSUL) Championship in Division 3.
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THE ARTS
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Taught by a committed faculty of working artists, The Gunnery’s program for the visual and performing arts has something for every student, from the casual participant investigating a creative outlet to the seasoned artist. Whether it be sculpture, ceramics, photography, portraiture, drawing, or painting, there are classes and studios for each discipline in the visual arts. In addition to the panoply of classes leading to Advanced Placement Studio Art and Advanced Portfolio Studies, which prepare students’ work for art school applications, the inspired student
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can focus his or her interests in the academic and co-curricular offerings and in weekly open studio sessions, which are open to all. Our students have frequent opportunities to show their work in school and regional public exhibitions and national competitions, where they have won state and nationwide recognition. The performing arts at The Gunnery offer many opportunities for students to pursue musical, dance, and theatrical performance interests. We have a Chamber Ensemble, a Jazz Band and a Rock Band that meet and perform
regularly throughout the year. Our private lesson program — both instrumental and voice — allows students to pursue technical and performance skills in a one-on-one setting. Solo recitals each term allow students to share what they’ve learned. The Gunnery Drama Society presents two productions a year — a play in the fall and a musical in the winter. All actors, singers, dancers, set builders, technicians, costumers, and production managers get a “real world” experience through these productions.
Students Inducted into Honor Societies
Clockwise from top: Tri-M Music Honor Society; National Art Honor Society; Scholastic Art Award; Tim Cervera ’17 with Jesse Perkins; Creative Writing Awards
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This spring, Visual Arts Chair Andy Richards and Dr. Jennifer Wojcik, Performing Arts Chair and Director of Diversity, inducted new members into the National Art Honor Society and the Tri-M Music Honor Society. Richards and current members welcomed Gabby Bruck ’17, Kate Devlin ’17, Justin Hong ’17, Anh Quoc Pham ’17, and Kayla Walewski ’17 and incoming seniors Meiye Song and Nicole Moriarty into the art society. Wojcik and current members welcomed the following students into the Tri-M music society: Chandler Richards ’17, Tim Cervera ’17, and Doga Findikoglu ’17, incoming seniors Sydney Fydenkevez, Bella Byrne, Clare Costello, Al Washco, Jackson Yang, and Anthony Cochrane, incoming juniors Rain Ji, Pere Pericot, Sam Johnson, Charles Yu, Katheryn Pettibone, Cassidy Begley, Jean Fang, and incoming sophomores Mary CarewMiller, Charles DeVos, Kiera Koval, Isabel Martin, Jimmy Rayhill, Hannah Richards, Nathaniel Ince, Sofia Pattillo, Alan Tsui, Aris Wang, Chris Wihbey, and Charlotte Xu. Dr. Nick Benson presented Creative Writing Awards to Brendon Vejseli ’17, Dana Ross ’17, and Miranda Yang ’17. Richards also presented the Scholastic Arts Awards to Anh Quoc Pham ’17 and Miranda Yang ’17. Jesse Perkins presented the Coffee House Award to Tim Cervera ’17.
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Gunnery Students Participate in ASAP’s 7th Annual Celebration of Young Photographers
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Photographs by three students at The Gunnery were among those featured in the After School Arts Program’s (ASAP!) 7th annual Celebration of Young Photographers, held Sunday, November 5 at South Farms in Morris. More than 200 students in grades six through 12 from across the state submitted photographs based on this year’s theme, “Every picture has a story to tell... What’s YOUR story?” “The Desire for Freedom,” (pictured above) by Tynka Patkova, a senior in The Gunnery’s AP Studio Art class, was awarded top choice among students in grades 9 through 12. “Happiness” (pictured below, left) by Phil Liu, a junior, and “Kyoto in them, an Encounter,” (pictured below, right) by Charlotte Xu, a sophomore, were also featured in the ASAP! show.
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Arsenic and Old Lace
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The Gunnery Drama Society’s presentation of its fall play, “Arsenic and Old Lace,” in the Lemcke Theater in the Emerson Performing Arts Center played to enthusiastic audiences. The familiar suspense comedy kept audiences laughing as a succession of corpses turn life upsidedown for the eccentric Brewster family.
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BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND SCHOOL OFFICERS
Peter W.E. Becker Head of School Gerrit Vreeland ’61 Chairman Jonathan M. Estreich P’06 Vice Chairman Cynthia Urda Kassis P’19 Secretary Patrick M. Dorton ’86 Treasurer Christine Armstrong P’19 William Bardel Robert Bellinger ’73 William Graham Cole Sarah A. (Scheel) Cook ’82 Gretchen H. Farmer P’05 Ashleigh Fernandez Peter R. Houldin ’92 Sherm Hotchkiss ’63 David E. Kaplan ’81 P’13 ’15 ’20 Jonathan S. Linen ’62 Len Novick P’18 ’21 Larry Paredes P’20 Kirsten Peckerman Roy B. Simpson, Jr. ’68 Omar Slowe ’97 Richard N. Tager ’56
William T. Tolley P’08 ’14 Neil Townsend P’18 ’20 Daniel Troiano ’77 Peter Twombly ’74 Wanji Walcott P’19 TRUSTEE EMERITI
Leo D. Bretter ’52 P’88 David N. Hoadley ’51 ALUMNI ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT
Laura Eanes Martin ’90 P’20 BOURNE ADVISORY COUNCIL
Peter W.E. Becker Stephen P. Bent ’59 Leo D. Bretter ’52 P’88 Edsel B. Ford II ’68 Jonathan S. Linen ’62 William S. Smilow ’82 Jonathan M. Tisch ’72 Gerrit Vreeland ’61 Roy S. Walzer ’65 P’86
ALUMNI COUNCIL
Omar Slowe ’97 – President Peter J. Bergen ’84 Sheila M. Boyd ’91 Alessandra L. Carlin ’97 James Estreich ’06 Bobby Gordon ’87 Peter S. Lorenz ’03 Laura Eanes Martin ’90 P’20 William S. McKee ’06 Nicholas Molnar ’72 Elizabeth R. Newman ’93 Juan D. Padro ’92 Altan R. Sadik-Khan ’06 Emma J. Schereschewsky ’94 Krystalynn M. Schlegel ’96 Scott A. Schwind ’89 Jonathan P. Sullivan ’98 Steven Vitale ’92 Jin Young (Clifford) Yang ’98 PARENTS FUND CHAIR
Matt Dorf P’19 ’19 PARENTS COUNCIL CO-PRESIDENTS
Jack and Julie Cary P’18
MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS OFFICE
Ken Mason Director of Strategic Marketing & Communications masonk@gunnery.org ALUMNI & DEVELOPMENT OFFICE
Sean Brown P’21 Director of Alumni & Development browns@gunnery.org ADMISSIONS OFFICE
Sara Lynn Leavenworth Director of Admissions leavenworths@gunnery.org CONTRIBUTING WRITERS
Jessica Baker, Peter W.E. Becker, Sean Brown P’21, Jennifer Clement, Paula Gibson Krimsky PHOTOGRAPHERS
Jessica Baker, Coffee Pond Photography, Phil Dutton ’81, Chip Riegel, Kristen Tomkowid
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DESIGN John Johson Art Direction, Collinsville, Conn. | PRINTING David Emery ’73, GHP, West Haven, Conn.
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BULLETIN
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Alumni News —Fall 2017
Supporting The Gunnery
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Arts and Community Center
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Highlander Journeys
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Trustee News
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Faculty Appreciation
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Class Notes
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SUPPORTING THE GUNNERY
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y all accounts, the 2017 fiscal year (July 1, 2016 – June 30, 2017) was The Gunnery’s most successful fundraising year yet. In addition to recording our largest annual fund year ever, our endowment is at an all-time high, and the Tisch family has committed $10 million — the largest single gift in school history — to be divided between the new Arts and Community Center and the endowment. As I begin my fourth year as Director of Alumni & Development, the excitement focused on our future is palpable, and my gratitude for the increasing engagement of and support from our constituents continues to grow. Over the last several years, the hard work and collaboration of a number of people — both here at the school and beyond — has led to the completion of Strategic and Campus Master plans that outline a vision for our school over the next decade or more. The successful implementation of these plans will elevate The Gunnery from “a school on the rise” to a market leader. Through the commitment and participation of each and every one of us — students, faculty and staff, administrators, board members, volunteers, and all of our alumni, parents and friends — Through the commitment and participation of each and we will build the foundation on which future generations of Highlanders will flourish. every one of us — students, faculty and staff, administrators, The easiest way you can help is by board members, volunteers, and all of our alumni, parents volunteering your time. Without the dedication and friends — we will build the foundation on which future of our volunteer leaders, our staff alone could never reach all of the individuals in the various generations of Highlanders will flourish. constituencies we serve. We rely heavily on the work of the Alumni Association and its seven subcommittees. If you’re interested in donating your time to assist with admissions gatherings in your area, to help plan regional alumni events, to engage with young 2017 Gifts alumni and/or serve as an alumni mentor, or to serve as a class representative to help Gunnery Fund $1,393,119 plan Alumni Weekend and grow The Gunnery Fund, please feel free to contact me Capital Gifts $2,496,111 directly. If you’d like to explore these opportunities with fellow alumni before you step Endowment Gifts $1,087,915 forward, the Executive Committee members (Laura Eanes Martin ’90 P’20, Omar Other $360,604 Slowe ’97, Krystalynn Schlegel ’96, and Scott Schwind ’89) would be happy to talk with you. The next best way to support the school’s continued growth and path to financial Gunnery Fund Gifts sustainability is to give to The Gunnery Fund. Last year 1,475 people gave a total of $1.39 million to The Gunnery Fund, in increments from $1 to $50,000. Every gift is Trustees $390,270 important and meaningful to each individual, and has an impact on every area of campus Alumni $565,469 life. Supporting your alma mater is not intended to be painful; we’re not asking you to Parents $369,758 give beyond your means. All we are asking is that you demonstrate your support of the Other $67,622 school — its past and its future — by making a gift each and every year. If an alumnus were to make a recurring monthly online gift of $83.33 starting on TOTAL GUNNERY FUND $1,393,119 January 1 (equivalent to $2.76 per day) their gift would add up to $500 by June 30. If, for example, 400 people were to do that (fewer than 10 percent of the total living alumni population), we would raise an additional $200,000. Not incidentally, that is the amount by which we are looking to grow the fund in 2018.
If there is any question about the excitement surrounding our school, one has to look no further than our students, who achieved 100 percent participation, and Gunnery parents, who achieved a record-breaking 80 percent participation rate in The Parents Fund this year. A total of $328,256 was raised through The Parents Fund, which supports The Gunnery Fund, and for this we are extremely grateful. On Parents Weekend in 2016, our parents also sponsored a raffle with all of the proceeds dedicated toward the purchase of a new SMART Board® in the physics lab. The goal for the fund in 2018 is $360,000. We look forward to seeing whether parents can top this year’s record and come even closer to the goal of 100 percent participation. Of course, in addition to growing the annual fund, we also need to continue building the endowment. At $23.6 million, our endowment grew by more than $2 million in 2017. However, we still lag behind our peers. To ensure that we continue to attract and retain the most qualified students and faculty, offer creative and meaningful academic programs, provide appropriate co-curricular opportunities, and maintain our existing facilities, we will require significant investment. We cannot rely on investment performance alone and we will need to continue to add to the principal. In the spring of 2017, we were fortunate to receive endowment gifts in support of scholarships and faculty support totaling $600,000. Additionally, a portion of the Tisch brothers’ generous pledge has been earmarked as unrestricted endowment. As we look to the future, our vision is bold and ambitious. It’s exciting to think about writing this letter next year — or in three or five years — to reflect on the continued success and measurable progress. It will take the support of all our alumni, parents, and friends to achieve these goals. I am grateful for your support and hope you feel free to contact me if you have questions or thoughts on our continued growth and progress.
INCOME $19,630,995 Other $538,810
Tuition and Fees $16,062,456
Annual Fund $1,393,119 Endowment Income $1,636,610
EXPENSES $19,630,995 Salaries and Benefits $8,621,708
Instructional $641,792 Administrative $1,288,610 Other $1,494,830
Support $5,532,869
Physical Plant $2,051,186
With my thanks to you for all you do for this great school,
Total $19,630,995
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Grass Won’t Grow Under These Retired Feet
Steve Bent in the shop with the double ender still under construction
We asked Steve Bent ’59 about his retirement and his story was so compelling,
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First off, I have always enjoyed making things. In elementary school, shop was my favorite class and, outside of school, I was intrigued with making and flying model airplanes and racing boats in my family’s fountain. My first real exposure to wooden boats occurred as a 14-yearold when I went to Keewaydin Camp on Lake Temagami in Canada. [Ed. Note: Keewaydin Camp was founded in 1893 by an alumnus and teacher at The Gunnery, A.S. Gregg Clarke, who accompanied founder Frederick Gunn as a student on his first camping trips in the U.S. in 1861]. At Keewaydin, which was like NOLS or Outward Bound before those programs existed, we took two and three-week canoe trips, portaging from one lake to another. It was an amazing and life-altering experience. (One of my Gunnery classmates, Dan French ’59, was coincidentally a tent mate.) The
canoes we used were classic cedar and canvas Peterborough or Old Town, and to see one of these is to appreciate the beauty of the wood and the quality of workmanship. In 1970, my parents bought a cabin in northern Wisconsin, and along with the cabin came a 1928 Old Town sailing canoe, which was not in great shape. My first boat project was restoring it — replacing ribs, planking, gunwales, etc. My second boat-building project was building from scratch a cedar and canvas replica of a B.N. Morris canoe, which is very similar to the Peterboroughs and Old Towns. That project involved building a form and a steam box to bend the ribs. It is difficult to find the white cedar for the ribs, but I located a log cabin builder in Wisconsin who was able to provide it. When I first started going to Florida in the winter about 10 years ago, I
would get up in the morning, read the newspaper and then say to myself, “Now what I am going to do?” So, to avoid going completely crazy when I am in Florida, about five years ago I bought a building a couple of miles from our house where I have a workshop. Now, after I have finished reading the paper, I have something to look forward to. I feel sorry for the folks who retire and don’t have some kind of a creative outlet. The first boats I built in Florida were called Cocktail Racers. This is a class of preWorld War II miniature plywood boats that was resurrected about five years ago by a guy in Virginia. There are now something like 130 boats in the class. These boats are only eight feet long and are powered by six-horsepower, two-cycle motors. They go about 20 miles per hour, which doesn’t seem fast, but they are so small and you are so close to the water
that you feel like you are going pretty fast. With some assistance from a friend, I built four of these boats and we compete annually in a race in Lake Placid, Florida. The boats are supposed to be named after your favorite cocktails, so mine are “Jungle Juice,” “Singapore Sling,” and “Dark and Stormy.” All of the participants in the races are in it just for fun and there are a lot of laughs. The first year I raced, I got a second place; the second year, third place, and the third year I was disqualified in the first race because I went around a buoy the wrong way, and in the second race, my motor quit. The first “serious” boat I built was a 16-foot Matinicus Island peapod. It’s called a peapod because it is a double ender and looks somewhat like a peapod. This boat was built to a set of plans by Walter Simmonds in Maine. It is a wonderful boat, which I use on the inland waterway in Florida. It has two rowing positions, a sail, and a small transom at the stern, where I can have an electric motor. I finished this boat about two years ago and it lives in Florida. I am pretty proud of the way that one turned out. My inspiration for this particular boat was a result of a course I took about five years ago at the Wooden Boat School in Brooklin, Maine. The boat I am working on now is a replica of a circa 1937 Chris Craft. It is 23 feet long and has what is known as a triple-cockpit configuration — two seating positions up front, then the
motor, and another seating position at the very back. I am building it to plans supplied by Glen-L in California. It will be powered by a 300-horsepower inboard motor and should go 35 to 40 miles per hour. I am figuring on a 2019 launch. This boat has the really classic lines of an old launch. I am only about half-way through the construction process. One Gunnery side note that relates somewhat to all of the above, as well as other non-boat projects I have pursued, is that when I was at Gunnery, there was a course in Mechanical Drawing (drafting) taught by a fellow named Richard Haag. The course gave me the knowledge of how to draw scale renditions of different kinds of structures. That knowledge has been very useful in laying out frameworks for a variety of hobby projects, which have ranged from a bath house/sauna and a steel bridge at the Wisconsin cabin,
The peapod under construction. The blue tape is part of the process for filling screw holes.
The back half of the peapod under construction
The cocktail racers under construction
A finished cocktail racer
They go about 20 miles per hour, which doesn’t seem fast, but they are so small and you are so close to the water that you feel like you are going pretty fast.
The framework of the Chris Craft replica prior to commencing planking
The peapod in the water
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Fashioning a Career Path of Her Own
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Frederick Gunn encouraged his students to “think boldly, fearlessly; never fear where unfettered thought will lead you.” Andrea Marron ’04 has taken this notion and run with it.
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fter graduating from The Gunnery, Marron studied at the University of Rochester and received a Bachelor of Science degree in optical engineering. She then went on to study engineering management at Dartmouth College, which is a hybrid business and engineering program taught by professors from both the Thayer School of Engineering and the Tuck School of Business. How exactly did these degrees translate to her starting her own business in the fashion industry? Marron was always interested in fashion and how technology could
improve it. When she was a junior at the University of Rochester, she started a web-enabled, custom dressmaking business called Studio 28 Couture. People would visit the website and design their own dresses, choosing from different silhouettes and fabric options. “I was inspired by my grandmother, who was a talented seamstress and taught me how to sew,” said Marron. “I contracted with local seamstresses who made the dresses from their homes using standard patterns, and we would ship them out to customers within 10 days.” Marron also sold the dresses through boutiques and, thanks to a Gunnery
connection with Amanda Seitz ’00, one of the boutiques was J. Seitz in New Preston, Connecticut. “The Seitz family was very kind to help me sell the dresses through their store,” Marron recalled. Studio 28 Couture wasn’t ultimately successful, but Marron remembers it as an incredible learning experience. “For a young entrepreneur, there’s really no substitute for jumping in and trying your own hand at business,” she noted. After graduating from college, Marron took a job as an applications engineer at a technology company but she knew her long-term career goal was to start and run a profitable company of
The sooner you have a vision of a life that makes you happy, the sooner you can begin to create it — and the longer you’ll have to enjoy it. software and artificial intelligence that companies were relying on anecdotes instead of trends drawn from large datasets. In 2014, Marron decided to branch out on her own and start her own company, Ragtrades, with a co-founder whom she met at a fashion hackathon during her time at Nicole Miller. “We started Ragtrades to power more intelligent and thus more profitable decision-making for fashion companies,” says Marron. “We’re still in the early stages but we now work with some of the world’s largest and most forward-thinking fashion brands and retailers.” Marron has some great memories of her formative years at The Gunnery and credits her advisor, Julia Alling ’81 P’19, with making a difference in her life and setting an example that she still finds inspiring. “Lately, I’ve been digesting the idea that you are completely free to build your own life, no matter what people tell you to do,” said Marron. “I found this to be true after The Gunnery, and it’s only become more important with time. The
Celebrating with Nicole Miller (second from left) and colleagues the day her new website launched. Marron was the Vice President of Digital at the time.
Roommates Carissa Azar ’04, Brighid King ’03, Andrea Marron ’04 and Megan Lovejoy ’03 at prom in 2003
sooner you have a vision of a life that makes you happy, the sooner you can begin to create it — and the longer you’ll have to enjoy it.” One particular Gunnery moment that stands out in her mind was on the last day of school during her junior year when she lived in a quad in Bourne with Megan Lovejoy ’03, Brighid King ’03 and Carissa Azar ’04. “We always left all the windows wide open in warm weather and debated whether a bird might fly into our room and trash it,” remembers Marron. “It didn’t happen until the last day of school when two of us were graduating. It woke us up at 6 a.m., flapping against the ceiling. We chased it around the room and finally caught it in a shopping bag. It gave us one last memory to cherish before Megan and Brighid moved on.” Marron also said she learned a lot and grew during her time at The Gunnery. “Before Gunnery I was a troublesome teenager craving independence,” said Marron. “The Gunnery was the perfect environment for me to channel my energy towards productive endeavors like academics and community service. I learned the beginnings of how to be an independent adult and make decisions for myself.” n
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her own, so she went to grad school at Dartmouth. “I saw it as an opportunity to reset, learn business while staying close to tech, and build my network,” said Marron. “While at Dartmouth I met Bud Konheim D’57 who founded Nicole Miller with Nicole many years ago. I was incredibly inspired by Bud and Nicole, their success as founders and the fascinating, quirky history of their company. They’ve been in business for over 30 years while many other fashion companies have come and gone. I was lucky to get an internship there between my first and second years at Dartmouth.” Marron’s background in tech allowed her to bring a unique perspective to Nicole Miller and after graduating, she went to work for the company in New York City for almost three years, moving up the ranks to Vice President of Digital. Working in the Garment District, Marron saw firsthand how fashion houses and retailers make business decisions and how inefficient it was. To Marron, it didn’t make sense that in the age of
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Alumni Weekend 2017
The Gunnery campus was lush and beautiful for our annual Alumni Weekend. Spirits were high among the gathering of 242 graduates and
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president, Omar Slowe ’97, and Alumni Association president, Laura Eanes Martin ’90 P’20, shared opportunities for alumni contributions of time, talent and treasure. They are hard at work on a reorganization of the Alumni Association’s responsibilities so there’s time to find the ideal way to best support your school.
Sean Brown, Director of Alumni & Development, announced the placeholders for the class giving prizes to The Gunnery Fund. Inspired by some healthy competition, by the end of the fiscal year, three classes came ahead, beating out those announced as front runners during Alumni Weekend.
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Some of the highlights from this year’s weekend were a Friday luncheon for the Class of 1957 celebrating their 60th reunion with a record 13 in attendance, faculty-led class samplings such as chemistry teacher Monte Blaustein’s presentation on the new IDEAS program, Gunn Scholar presentations, a reception for Chas Hollinger’s ’04 beautiful landscape paintings, the Class of 1952’s festive get-together at chez Bretter (the home of Leo ’52 and Frances Bretter P’88) and the traditional G.W. gathering for the Wykeham Rise women. On Saturday, everyone convened for the Alumni Parade to the Meeting House led by recent graduates Dana Ross ’17 and Lexi Nanavaty ’17 for the Annual Meeting of the alumni. This year, Peter Becker’s State of the School address highlighted progress toward the realization of the Strategic Plan and the Campus Master Plan, which you can read more about in his letter when you flip this magazine. Following Peter’s uplifting report, the Alumni Council
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Thank you to this year’s award winners: • Kenneth J. Browne 1911 Award for the largest class gift — awarded to the Class of 1982 for their gift of $79,440 • Margaret P. Addicks H’02 Award for the highest class participation with a minimum alumni body of 20 — awarded to the Class of 1964 for their participation rate of 34 percent • Susan G. Graham H’12 Award, presented to young alumni (up to 10 years out) with the highest
participation — awarded to the Class of 2016 for their participation rate of 14 percent • W. Russ Elgin Award, presented to young alumni (up to 10 years out) with largest class gift, awarded to the Class of 2016 for their gift of $3,329 The Saturday night celebration was kicked off by Brown’s announcement that Frank Macary ’77 P’03 ’05 ’07 ’15 was named Alumnus of the Year. Music from the ’70s and ’80s filled the party tent during dinner and continued
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with popular songs from each decade throughout the evening. The photo booth was a huge hit, giving our funloving alumni of all ages a chance to show off various hats, glasses and even feather boas with their grins and poses. Sunday brunch offered a time to bid friends farewell. Edgar Auchincloss ’82 sent a one sentence, thank-you note: “Simply put, the consensus from my group was ‘That was the best Gunnery Alumni Weekend ever.’” n
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Introducing the Newest Members of the Hall of Fame ALUMNUS OF THE YEAR Frank X. Macary ’77 P’03 ’05 ’07 ’15 The Gunnery “Alumnus of The Year Award” is presented by The Gunnery Alumni & Development Office to recognize the alumni who honor the spirit, mission and vision of Frederick Gunn through their dedication to The Gunnery. Given in the recipient’s reunion year, this award acknowledges individuals who have made significant contributions of time, talent and treasure to the school, have been loyal Gunnery alumni, and have set an outstanding example to The Gunnery alumni community. “I’ve had the pleasure of knowing Frank for over 40 years. As a fellow classmate, hockey teammate and trustee of the school, I’ve enjoyed Frank’s friendship and witnessed first hand his extraordinary dedication, commitment and genuine sense of support for The Gunnery over an extended period of time and in many different aspects. Frank has also done a wonderful job of keeping classmates and alumni connected over the years, in true Gunnery spirit!” -Daniel Troiano ’77, Trustee
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Frederick S. Fields ’57 for his distinguished legal career and pro bono work. Fields graduated from Dartmouth and Stanford Law and over the last several decades he has held different positions in the legal sector including being a Judge Pro Tem of the San Francisco Superior Court and a Special Master for the Superior Court of California. Fields has received numerous awards for his pro bono work and has been recognized by The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area for providing outstanding representation to low-income families through his involvement in the Legal Services Project.
He led the pro bono work at the firm of Coblentz, Patch, Duffy, and Bass, which was named “California State Bar President’s 2010 Pro Bono Law Firm of the Year,” and he has been honored for his public service by the Bar Association of San Francisco. Most recently Fields was commended for his work with The Justice & Diversity Center of the Bar Association of San Francisco, which provides pro bono legal services to low-income San Francisco residents and nonprofit organizations. In retirement, Fields volunteers as a member of the Board of Directors for The National Housing Law Project and Lincoln Memorial University.
Frank X. Macary ’77 P’03 ’05 ’07 ’15 (center) with fellow classmates during Alumni Weekend: (l-r) Sam Bradford, John Wynn, Steve Cornell, Dan Troiano and Martin Pitts
Mark H. Lazarus ’82 for his successful and forward-thinking career in sports broadcasting. Currently the Chairman of NBC Broadcasting & Sports NBCUniversal, he has managed partnerships with the International Olympic Committee and United States Olympic Committee, the NFL, NHL, PGA TOUR, The R&A, PGA of America, Premier League, Notre Dame, and Churchill Downs. Lazarus has been an integral part of NBC-Universal’s acquisition of media rights to six Olympic
Games, its 10-year agreement with NASCAR, its nine-year NFL agreement, and its 10-year agreement with the NHL. Lazarus led the acquisition of “Thursday Night Football,” making NBC the only network with two primetime NFL packages. Additionally, Lazarus is on the Board of Governors of the Boys and Girls Clubs of America and serves on the Board of Directors for the Atlanta-based nonprofit East Lake Foundation.
Johnathan P. Wynn ’77 honored for his athletic achievement in hockey, baseball and football. During his time at The Gunnery, Wynn was captain of one of the best football teams in Gunnery history. He was hockey captain, head prefect and won the Brinsmade Prize upon graduation. At Lake Forest College, he played on the football team for four years and was selected as MVP and AJI Conference Honorable Mention his senior year. He also played hockey for two years and competed in the NCAA Division II
Championships. Wynn was inducted with the 1978 hockey team into the Lake Forest College Athletic Hall of Fame. After graduation from Lake Forest, Wynn played semi-professional hockey with the Sun Valley Suns and then went on to the Illinois Institute of Technology, where he received his law degree. Wynn is known for his superb talent and fearlessness as an athlete and still plays hockey with men’s leagues on the North Shore of Chicago.
Michael P. O’Brien ’07 for his immeasurable success in lacrosse. At The Gunnery, O’Brien was two-time Boys Varsity Lacrosse captain, three-time All-League selection, league Defensive Player of the Year, and U.S. Lacrosse High School All-American. While attending Hobart College, O’Brien was a four-year member of Hobart’s Division I Men’s Lacrosse program and was captain his senior year. After Hobart, O’Brien suited up for the U.S. Indoor Development Team and played in the National Lacrosse
League for the Minnesota Swarm and the Professional Lacrosse League for the Charlotte Copperheads. He also worked at Hampton Roads Academy serving as Assistant Director of Admissions and head varsity lacrosse coach, leading the team to a Virginia Independent School Athletic Association State Championship in 2012. He was awarded Virginia Independent School Coach of the Year in 2012, and Tidewater Conference of Independent Schools Coach of the Year in 2012 and 2013.
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When Faculty Appreciation Takes Center Stage The community at The Gunnery was touched and grateful to learn that Dwight Miller, Class of 1955, wished to establish a gift in the name of his parents to honor the senior masters of the school. It will be known as The Anne S. and Ogden D. Miller Senior Master. The charge will be:
“This individual, through their actions on and off campus, exhibits and embodies the traits and characteristics of Anne and Ogden Miller (Headmaster 19461969). The person is one who influences many different lives: those of students, the overall community, and other faculty. They epitomize the small school spirit and exhibit a life where it is truly about the community. They see students and peers as individuals
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It is a well considered gift seeing that Dwight was a faculty child, the son of Gunnery’s fifth headmaster, Ogden Miller. Dwight has been a language teacher and is Senior Admissions Officer at Harvard, a job from which he insists that he plans to retire next year after 50 years of service. The senior master position, given to the faculty member with the most years of service, has been interpreted in many different ways since its establishment in 1938 under Headmaster Tertius van Dyke. Each incumbent has assumed more (or less) of the tasks of his predecessor and each has stamped the job with his own personality. It seems that the only consistent task is the carrying of The Gunnery mace (or leading the faculty before the mace’s introduction) at graduation and convocation and, occasionally, in other formal events.
Anne and Ogden Miller
Kiersten Marich, Director of Leadership Giving in the Alumni & Development Office, said, “Dwight has been a staunchly loyal alumnus who has supported the school as class agent, has been a long standing Gunnery Fund contributor and served as a member of the Board of Trustees. He is truly the embodiment of the Alumni Association ideal through his generous donations of time, talent and treasure. The naming of this position is his testament to his parents’ legacy. His mother and father touched so many lives. So many alumni from his parents’ era credit Oggie and Anne with helping them become who they are today.” In recent years, the senior master under Russ Elgin, who held the position from 1985-2014, has been tasked with the endless logistics involved in the preparation of commencement and commencement week ceremonies. Ed Small, who took up the mantle when Russ retired, had the arduous job of moving the ceremonies from the Meeting House (with traditions first established in 1924) to a larger venue. The solution was a festive tent, placed on Edward Wersebe Memorial Field. The politics of a major change like that kept Small more than busy the entire year, but it was necessary to accommodate the whole school and the increasing number of family members who wished to attend. The resulting community appreciation of his efforts was resounding, and the Class of 2017 will be remembered as the first class to commence and celebrate in this location. Although some of the records are unclear, the tradition of the senior master appears to have begun with the appointment of Osgood Perry (1938-1943) who began his faculty service with the
Oggie Miller, Jr. ’50 and Dwight Miller with a painting of their father
advent of Headmaster Hamilton Gibson in 1922. From 1944-1952, under Headmasters Russell Bartlett and Ogden Miller, John Sherman Custer was listed as senior master. We do not have records of the period from 1952-1957. Edward Gray Buxton was senior master from 1957-1970. Roderick Beebe, Jr. served from 1971-1976, and was senior master emeritus from 19771984 after the one-year tenure of Anthony Golembeske from 1976-1977. Rod Beebe also overlapped as senior master emeritus with the tenure of Jim Haddick from 19781982. We have not ascertained who held the position from 1982 until 1985 when Russ Elgin became the honoree. When Russ retired in 2014, Ed Small took the post. n
Ed Small, the current Anne S. and Ogden D. Miller Senior Master
Dedication of The Paula and George Krimsky ’60 Archives and Special Collections
of his photographs, titled “Similarities,” displayed in Tisch Library through December. The exhibit, encouraged and curated by Andrew Richards, chair of the Visual Arts Department, features photos from Cambridge, Massachusetts, Washington, D.C. and Senegal, West Africa.
Contact Kiersten Marich at 860-350-0171 if you would like more information in supporting this project.
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A reception was held October 6 in Tisch Schoolhouse to celebrate the opening of an exhibition of photographs by Gunnery Trustee Robert A. Bellinger, Ph.D ’73, and the dedication of The Paula and George Krimsky ’60 Archives and Special Collections. The dual celebration coincided with board weekend and was well attended by trustees, faculty, Krimsky family members and friends. At the reception, Head of School Peter Becker recalled that what brought him to The Gunnery five years ago was, first and foremost, the school’s history. He encountered school historian Paula Krimsky (second from right) at the archives dedication and archivist Paula Krimsky working in the dark conditions with (l-r) Alissa Fasman, Jon Fassman, Peter Becker. of the Bourne basement, where, remarkably, she had “created Front row: Leo Fasman and Zephyr Fasman something out of nothing.” “It is entirely thanks to Paula that reassembled in a far more central location our history is preserved,” Becker said, on the lower level of the Schoolhouse. adding that it quickly became his priority “It is entirely thanks to Jonathan Estreich P’06, Vice Chairman of the to relocate the archives “to help surface Paula that our history Board of Trustees, and Gerrit Vreeland ’61, the DNA of the place with Mr. Gunn’s Chairman, in particular, are credited with original spirit and vision for the school.” is preserved.” leading that effort, and members of the Aided by Krimsky’s “tribe of Class of 1960 donated funds to the project volunteers,” the archives, which, by itself, in memory of George Krimsky, who passed away on January 20, includes 30,000 photographs beginning with the daguerreotypes, 2017. Becker said the next step, when funding becomes available, were hoisted from the Bourne basement this summer and will be to digitize and further preserve the collections for future generations. Paula Krimsky expressed her thanks to the board and the many volunteers who have given of their time to the archives over the years. “Without them, there would be no archive and it certainly would not be located in this lovely space.” She is also grateful to those who have contributed “written memorials, photos and artifacts,” and most especially to the Gunn family, “which has shared its inheritance to give us one of the best 19th century correspondence collections in New England.” “There is a real question who finds Mr. Gunn more compelling: Peter or me,” Krimsky said, noting that in its new location, the archive has already inspired more students and faculty “to incorporate the school’s history into our curriculum than in my 18 years of telling our great stories.” “George, a humble man, would be so honored to be Gunnery Trustee Robert A. Bellinger, Ph.D ’73 (right) has an exhibit remembered thus by his school, and I am also,” she said. n
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Save the date for Alumni Weekend 2018 CELEBRATING CLASSES ENDING IN 3 & 8
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Celebrating 40 Years of Co-Education
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Arts and Community Center Sets the Stage for Future Growth
The first phase of implementation of the Campus Master Plan (CMP) will include multiple projects designed to move all the academic, residential and community space to the west side of Route 47 — to the main campus. A keystone of this phase is the creation of one large, formal space in which the entire school can come together: The Thomas S. Perakos Arts and Community Center.
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The 32,000-square-foot facility will be one of our largest on campus. It will house our performing and visual arts departments with classrooms, labs, and studio and gallery spaces, and boast a 415-seat auditorium.
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As a school that prizes close-knit individualized attention, touts small class sizes and a seamless integration of boarding and day student populations, and meets as a community at least three times each week, we must confront the unfortunate fact that the only space in which we can all gather is an underwhelming gym, and that our campus is bisected by a major thoroughfare. Our visual and performing arts programs, our health center, class meeting space, athletic facilities and even several student dorm rooms are separated figuratively and literally from the rest of our school community. As such, the number one capital priority for the school at this time is a new Arts and Community Center. The 32,000-square-foot facility will be one of our largest on campus. It will house our performing and visual arts departments with classrooms, studio spaces for graphic and digital arts, drawing, painting, ceramics and photography, instrumental and choral rehearsal spaces, gallery spaces, and boast a 415-seat auditorium. It will be constructed where Butler was located, next to Teddy House, and across from the main entrance to Solley Dining Hall. The site as designed replaces the existing parking lot at Solley Dining Hall with a new green space between the two buildings, creating an open and welcoming quad in a very heavily utilized part of our campus. This is long overdue and will have a tremendous, positive impact on all students and faculty. At the same time, it creates a visual representation of our community that will increase our competitive posture in the region. While a project of this magnitude will be quite costly — more than $20 million — we are fortunate to have received early and very generous support from four of our alumni.
As our plan is bold and ambitious, there will be many different opportunities for you to be involved with this hallmark project. Several naming opportunities are still available. A few are listed below, including: Naming:
Funding Threshold:
Community Room
$1,000,000
Stage
$500,000
Rehearsal Room or Arts Classroom (5)
$250,000
Faculty Office (5)
$50,000
Auditorium Seat
$500
For more information on other naming opportunities or how you can support this project, please contact Kiersten Marich, Director of Leadership Giving, at 860-350-0171.
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1. Exterior of the center as viewed from Graham House. 2. The community room partitioned 3. The Richard C. Colton, Jr. ‘60 Visual Arts Wing 4. Community Room
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The new building will be named the Thomas S. Perakos Arts and Community Center in honor of alumnus Tom Perakos ’69. Perakos, whose acting and singing experiences began with the Connecticut Repertory Theater, which predate his years at The Gunnery, has been a lover of the arts since early childhood. His first theatrical production involvement was with Elton John’s internationally acclaimed musical hit “Billy Elliot” and as co-producer of the most recent revival of “A Moon for the Misbegotten,” which opened in London’s West End before its successful run on Broadway. Since then, Perakos has been involved in more than 40 theatrical productions, including Tony and Olivier Award winner for Best Play, “War Horse,” more recently, “Something Rotten” and “On Your Feet,” the Gloria Estefan musical, and currently, the critically acclaimed revival of “Dream Girls,” now running in London. The Tisch brothers’ leadership gift of $10 million supports our Strategic Plan, and a portion of that gift will be used to name the auditorium in honor of the Tisch family. In March 2017, former trustee Richard C. Colton, Jr. ’60 agreed to direct proceeds from his estate to name the visual arts space within the building. Colton is a leading philanthropist, art collector and patron of the arts. Thanks to the generosity and early commitments of these individuals and a few others, we are very excited and tremendously grateful to have raised close to $11 million in gifts and pledges for the new Thomas S. Perakos Arts and Community Center. n
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Christine Armstrong P’19 joined the board in April 2017. Armstrong was born in Madrid, Spain, grew up in Texas and graduated from the University of Texas at Austin. She was a Senior Vice President and Emerging-Markets Research Analyst at Lehman Brothers, where she managed Latin American credit risk. For more than 20 years she has been involved with the Jericho Project, a supportive housing organization in New York City that provides housing, addiction recovery support, job and life skills training, family reunification support and other services to the formerly homeless. She is on the board of Fundación PEACE Punta de Mita in
Mexico, which runs a number of social programs in and around Punta Mita that focus on enriching the education of school-aged children and giving them skills to lift themselves from poverty. Armstrong also is a member of the Washington Montessori School board and sings in a Bossa Nova/Brazilian band called A Lua Alicia. We are excited to have her join the board with her keen insight and enthusiasm at a crucial time during our growth and progress. Armstrong lives with her husband, Ben Nickoll, and son, George ’19, in New Preston, Connecticut, and her daughter Sophie, a sophomore at the University of California at Los Angeles.
Ashleigh Fernandez has worked at Goldman Sachs for 17 years, rising to the position of Head of Strategic Relationships in the Investment Banking Division. She has served since 2011 as Treasurer of the Board of Trustees of the American Federation of Arts, the leader in traveling exhibitions internationally, and supports a number of arts organizations, including the Frick Collection and the New York Philharmonic. Additionally, she has volunteered with the fellows program at New York Needs You, a division of America Needs You, an intensive two-year program for high-achieving, low-income, first-generation college
students. Fernandez attended the Spence School in New York and graduated from University High School in San Francisco. She graduated Princeton University summa cum laude with a bachelor’s degree in art and archeology, having completed minor requirements for classical Roman language and culture, and was awarded the Stella and Rensselaer Lee Thesis Prize. Fernandez and her family have had ties to the Washington community for 20 years, and she has been a homeowner and weekend resident of the town for more than 10 years. She is a member of St. John’s Episcopal Church in Washington and a neighbor of trustee Kirsten Peckerman, who introduced her to The Gunnery.
Sherm Hotchkiss ’63 returned to the board in April 2017, having served previously from 1992 to 2005. Hotchkiss earned his B.A. from Denison University and went on to complete his MBA at Columbia University. He was a lieutenant in the United States Navy and spent 18 months in Vietnam serving on an amphibious ship and then worked for an admiral’s staff in Boston. After graduating from Columbia University, Hotchkiss worked for American Broadcasting Co., PepsiCo,
and UST Inc. During his time at The Gunnery, he was an excellent athlete. He is a member of our Athletic Hall of Fame and holds the Gunther Football Award. He gave the primary gift for a major renovation and redesign of Haddick Field House and we are thrilled to have him as an advisor on our board again. Hotchkiss lives with his wife, Barbara, in Vero Beach, Florida, and they still visit their summer home on Candlewood Lake.
DSET Corporation and Lockheed Martin IMS Corporation. She is a member of the Executive Leadership Council and Secretary of the Middlesex School Board of Trustees and former chair of the Audit Committee. Walcott was named to the 2015 and 2014 Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America list, Savoy Magazine’s Most Influential Black Lawyers of 2015 and received the Council of Urban Professionals (CUP) Change Agent in the Law Award in 2012. Walcott received a Juris Doctor degree from Howard University School of Law and a bachelor’s degree from Howard University. She is licensed to practice law in New Jersey and New York and is Registered In-House Counsel in California. She and her husband, Clive, and daughters, Atiya and Layla ’19, have homes in San Jose, California, Naples, Florida and Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts.
Fond Farewells
the arts, while lending strength and support to the individuals she served. Joan, Lucio and their five children Renee, Wendy, Lawrence, Andree and Alie, lived abroad for many years in Italy, Japan and Saudi Arabia. Joan and Lucio currently live in Greenwich, Connecticut.
For 21 years, Joan A. Noto P’97 served as a valuable and respected Gunnery Trustee. Starting in 1996, after her daughter, Alie (Noto) Carlin ’97 had been attending The Gunnery for a few years, Noto decided she wanted to be more involved. In addition to serving as Vice Chair for the past eight years, she has served a vital role and been a key member of the Buildings and Grounds Committee, the Education Policy Committee, the Admissions Committee, the Marketing Committee, the Alumni and Development Committee, and the Committee on Trustees. Throughout her tenure, Noto’s strong leadership and dedication has steadied the board through times of unprecedented growth and transformation, while providing clear insight into complicated issues. In addition to her dedication to the board, she and her husband, Lucio, have been very generous contributors over the years to the endowment and to capital projects, including the athletic fields and the construction of the College Counseling office. Noto graduated from Manhattanville College and has traveled extensively, dedicating her life to the service of others as a parent, an educator and through volunteer involvement in the communities in which she has lived. She has played a fundamental role in numerous organizations, generously giving of her time and talent, building an impressive resume of volunteerism and dedication to a variety of charitable endeavors for the benefit of children, education, health, and
Frank X. Macary ’77 P’03 ’05 ’07 ’15 has served as a Trustee of The Gunnery for five years and has been an essential member of numerous committees, including School Life and Buildings and Grounds, and he served as Chairman of the Advancement Committee. Macary has provided a steady hand, thoughtful commentary, and valuable insight in matters of progress and growth. He proved to be a strong leader of the Advancement Committee, establishing policies and processes to help ensure financial sustainability for the school. He and his wife, Susan, have been loyal Gunnery supporters in numerous ways. They both helped with many parent phonathons over the years and he co-chaired The Parents Fund with Rusty McKee ’72 in 2007. Macary has also been an active class agent for the Class of 1977. Macary graduated from Boston College and the University of New Haven, and has a successful career in manufacturing. He and Susan currently live in Woodbury, Connecticut. Their four children, Francis ’03, Peter ’05, Sarah ’07 and Stephen ’15, as well as his personal ties to The Gunnery, inspired him to become more involved on campus and we are so grateful that he did.
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Wanji Walcott P’19 is Senior Vice President and General Counsel leading the PayPal Global Legal team. She is responsible for oversight of PayPal’s daily legal activities, overseeing 166 attorneys around the world, and is part of the Chief Business Affairs and Legal Officer team. Walcott joined PayPal in 2015 as Vice President of Legal Product with the primary responsibility of providing legal support to the company’s Global Product & Engineering group. Prior to joining PayPal, she served as Senior Vice President and Managing Counsel for American Express and as lead counsel for the Enterprise Growth Group, driving the global strategy to expand the company’s emerging and digital payments services. During her tenure at American Express, Walcott co-founded the American Express Pro Bono Program and co-chaired the U.S. Diversity Council. She also held legal positions at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP,
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Los Angeles area alumni gathered at Above SIXTY in Beverly Hills.
(l-r) Walter Burke, Andrea Marron ’04, Joshua Johnston ’09, Daniel Troiano ’77 (BOT), Michael Kirby ’82, Carey Bodenheimer ’87, Mike Corbelle ’06, Amy Julia Becker, Matthew Helderman ’07, Peter Becker, Kelly Choo, Benjamin Mishico ’97, Georgia Lee and Patrick DePeters ’06
Alumni from San Francisco met at Natoma Cabana.
(l-r) David Coburn ’68, Peter Becker, Clive Walcott P’19, Wanji Walcott P’19, Morgan Welles ’17, Jeff Farrington ’60, Walter Fuller ’64, Bill Post ’66, Judd Murkland ’68, Amy Julia Becker, Bart Welles P’17, Melissa Welles P’17
Front row: Omar Slowe ’97, Bob Savarese ’68, Kate Schmidt, Leigh Buckens ’02, Zach Larson ’12, David Kaplan ’81 P’13 ’15 ’20, Jaren Taenaka ’12, Mark Kessenich ’11, Zafar Mirzaliev ’14, Nick Molnar ’72, Laura Eanes Martin ’90 P’20, Peter Becker Second row: Sarah Lane ’09, Rich Nolan ’07, Matt Ellison ’10, Ethan Fischbein ’09, Frannie Hall ’10, Natalie Merin ’10, Macaulay Bogdanovics ’09, Stephanie Hoffman ’10, Lauren Reich ’10, Sophia Bickley ’10, Will Sutherland ’09, Jessie Kaplan ’13, Alex Rinaldi ’08, Geoffrey Zampiello ’94, Stephen Baird ’68, Dan Agius ’05
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Alumni from the New York area met at Upstairs at The Kimberly.
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Class Notes
What have you been up to since you last were in touch with us? Drop us a line and tell us your news! Submit class notes to krimskyp@gunnery.org or fill out the form at www.Gunnery.org/notes. = Alumni Weekend next summer
1951 We received this note of nostalgia from Paul Nicolson:
“Receiving ‘The Gunnery, Spring 2017’ [Bulletin magazine] the day after my 85th birthday made me feel nostalgic for Washington, Connecticut, and all its works. I was your first ESU exchange student. After leaving Gunnery, and with the help of Dick Lombardi’s ’50 dad, I worked for eight weeks for the Long Bell Lumber Company as a [lumber] hooker in Modoc Camp, Northern California. I then came back to England and signed up for two years of National Service in the Army and passed [at the] top of my intake in Officer Training School. For the rest: www. huffingtonpost.co.uk/author/reverend-paulnicolson. I was very happy at Gunnery and remember my year there with very great affection and gratitude. With best wishes.”
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Gunn Scholar program who is retired in Maryland, came to reunion with his wife, Trudy Beebe. He promised to write a vignette for The Gunnery’s story book about being a faculty child and student at The Gunnery in the 1940s and early 1950s. To orient readers to the period, David used to ride around in Ant Olin’s truck. Ant was still on the job as Gunnery’s caretaker, having served in the same capacity for Mary Gunn (Mrs. J.C.) Brinsmade in the 1920s. Leo Bretter has finally retired and entered
those years with gusto. He’s grateful for
the time to play squash and tennis and travel and ski — this year in the Dolomites, Vail and Aspen. Leo and Frances hosted the class dinner at reunion, now an acknowledged quinquennial event. Peter Lash played on an undefeated football team at The Gunnery with Roger Walters and Dave Renkert. He recalled his coaches, Ed Buxton and Rod Beebe. Lash went on to play halfback for Army at West Point. He has nine grandchildren, whom he sees for a week every summer at Sunset Beach in North Carolina, and for exercise he carries his wife’s golf clubs.
There were plenty of memories when Roger Walters returned to Fort Benning, where he served in the Army. He was there to celebrate the commission of his granddaughter’s husband.
1953 Ted Koven writes: “Stephanie and I are
renting a small house on Block Island for three weeks and then chartering a canal boat for a week on the Erie Canal. I speak to Harry Jones often and he at this time is in Sun Valley. We are slowing down a bit, but Harry bikes one day and hikes the next. I have had a hard winter with medical problems. I think about The Gunnery often and am very happy that the school received the recent $10 million gift.”
1955 From Bob Levine: “My wife, Debbie, and I are both retired and travel quite a bit. We’ve been to over 100 countries, including
Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Guinea-Bissau, The Gambia and even North Korea. We recently returned from a trip to Calcutta, Bangladesh, Myanmar, and at the end of the trip, we snorkeled in the Andaman Sea off the coast of Thailand. We now take our children when we travel and the three trips currently planned are a Danube River Cruise, Japan, and South Africa. I’m a gym rat and I try to spend much time mentoring young people to start investing at an early age to guarantee a better retirement. And to pick up pocket change I consult for financial planners.” Former trustee Dwight Miller, who swears he is retiring next year from Harvard’s Graduate Admissions, was holding forth on the extraordinary changes he has seen in the ways of recruitment. He now plans annual trips to 150 cities in concert with a consortium of university admissions folk: Georgetown, Duke and UPenn. The students are interested in exploring their college options rather than selling their resumes to the colleges of their choice. See the story on page 14 about Dwight’s gift to honor senior masters.
1956 George Moseley checked in: “The second edition of my textbook, ‘Managing Health Care Business Strategy,’ was just published by Jones & Bartlett. It is the second best-selling book on healthcare strategy. I continue to teach at Harvard. For the last three years, I have been traveling to Kenya to teach in a new MBA program in healthcare management. I still do dragon boat racing.”
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Colin Colston wrote over the summer: “Devastated to learn of the passing of my roommate and fellow prefect Dick Baldwin. He was a delightful man and our month’s traveling round Europe in 1959 was a time of pure magic. Edith and I went to Romania in May. Incredible to see churches fortified (as if they were castles) 800 years ago by ‘the Saxons’ who were invited in by the ruler of Transylvania to help protect the eastern border from the hordes coming in from the east. A few weeks later we spent 10 days in Tuscany — halfway between Florence and Sienna — staying with a childhood friend of mine. In October we look forward to a week in Devon with all our family, 20 strong, to mark my 80th birthday. Best wishes to all members of the Class of ’56.” In early October, Colston wrote again to thank Head of School Peter Becker and The Gunnery family for their birthday wishes, saying “I remember my year at The Gunnery with gratitude and affection. Despite the fact that I was a ‘Limey,’ I was welcomed by the headmaster, Ogden Miller, and his colleagues, as well as by my fellow students. I enjoyed the opportunities and responsibilities that came my way. I received nothing but kindness and encouragement. And I made many friends. I was in regular contact with Dick until his death earlier this year. And I am still in
contact with Polly Chatfield, widow of my inspirational English teacher, Michael Post, to whom the Red and Gray for 1956 was dedicated. My 80th birthday weekend was a time of celebrations and sharing memories with family and with friends. (One of them I had known since my return to England in August 1944 after four years as an evacuee in North Canton, Ohio.) The photograph (above) shows that the ravages of time have been kinder to me than I had any cause to hope. Go well, all of you!”
Members of the Class of 1957 gathered at Alumni Weekend 2017.
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Colin Colston ’56 (center) celebrating his 80th birthday with his wife, Edith, and family in Devon, England.
From Charlie Smith and Fred Fields: “The Class of ’57’s 60th reunion was a great success, thanks to the tireless planning efforts of our classmate Charlie Smith (Gunnery Alumnus of the Year, 2007) and the Development Office. Our class set a school record for the largest attendance by a class celebrating its 60th reunion. We started with a lunch on Friday on the patio of Graham House, a perfect way to begin the conviviality that lasted the entire weekend. Thanks to Charlie and the Development Office for arranging that and several other special events, such as presentations to our class by two Gunn Scholars, a fascinating talk and slideshow by Robert Johnson about his trip to Antarctica on a vintage sailing ship, and a moving tribute by Peter Smith to classmates who have passed on. We also added another classmate to The Gunnery Arts and Letters Hall of Fame, making three from our class, an honor shared by only four classes in the school’s history. Many thanks to all at the school for their efforts in putting on a successful and highly enjoyable reunion. We’ll be back for our 70th!”
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David Oberweiser has the traveling bug. In
Peter Smith published the third edition
the interests of other reports we have edited some of his interesting stories of Russian and Cuban trips and urge classmates to contact him for the full accounts.
of his “Democracy in Latin America” in 2015 and retired from UC San Diego. He is now living and teaching part time at the University of Denver School of International Studies. His two daughters are at the University of Boulder and he has a 3-year-old grandson, Charlie, who calls him “Popski.”
“Last May, we were two of 30 Americans who visited 10 cities and seven regions in Russia to exchange views and seek common ground. Organized by the Center for Citizen Initiatives, we were hosted by Rotary clubs in Russia for over two weeks. We enjoyed a warm welcome at universities, private schools, small industries and in the homes of Russian entrepreneurs, writers and artists. Nearly all the Russians expressed grave anxiety about the current cold war climate. V. Kozin, strategic defense adviser to Putin, proposed a special summit for immediate arms control talks between our nations in order to outlaw nuclear weapons, armed drones and stealth ballistic missiles. The U.S. Consul General for the Ural region expressed his concern about the biased reports on Russia in the American media as likely to discourage trade relations between both nations. Legislators, Rotary clubs, small and medium business leaders in Russia reported that U.S. sanctions on Russian banks have crippled the efforts of Russians to build start-ups and expand business opportunities, a heavy blow against the nascent middle class. Ex-President Gorbachev told us that both our budgets ‘reek of gunpowder,’ which undermines our environment, social programs and living standards. ‘We must agree to no first use, abandon the launch on warning policy and ultimately banish all nuclear weapons from earth.’ Then in June, we visited Cuba for two weeks with a delegation of academics and others to learn about urban cooperatives in the private sector, ranging from restaurants to accounting firms. A stark contrast with Russia where small business cooperatives were conspicuously absent. The co-op project in Cuba is a work in progress traveling a rough road. The music was lively, the people friendly and the heat, like a New York City summer.”
1958 William Munson told us: “Just celebrated
49th wedding anniversary on July 20th; Enjoying grandkids, Tegan, 7, Will, 7, and Addie, 4.”
Members of the Class of 1960 on the soccer field
the picture. For our 50th, George and Jeff personally called everybody at least twice to talk up the reunion. They got 31 out of 55 in class to show up! Quite an achievement other classes might replicate.”
1961 Tristram (Tim) Gaillard wrote: “I was
very sad to learn of George Krimsky’s (’60) passing; great schoolmate, great man! I retired in 2014 from my careers in hospitality (ran the Mayflower Inn ’71-’74), marketing, and real estate and now enjoy creating art and furniture from repurposed wood and materials (see gaillard5.smugmug. com). Also very active in my church and serve on their board.”
1963 Grandchildren of William Munson ’58 – Tegan, Addie and Will
1960 Sandy Gilbert wrote: “Have just read of
George [Krimsky]’s passing. How very, very sad but as we all approach 75 this year, it is more and more expected I guess. Noticing myself in the soccer picture (above), and other classmates as well, brings back many happy times with Jeff Marsted (front with back to camera), Guy Gorelik (talking to Jeff), Sam Herrup (overlooking their conversation), and Dick Colton (upper left corner). Two former trustees are in
Hank Benedict: “Having more or less retired, I have settled in San Angelo, Texas. After obtaining degrees from UNC-Chapel Hill and UT-Austin back in the ’60s, I taught for seven years and then got into Austin, Texas real estate, initially as a broker with my own company and most recently as a private investor. Lucked up by owning quite a nice chunk of the Eagle Ford shale area so I am enjoying that while it lasts. I recently exchanged some very nice emails with my Memorial roomie, Bob Fountain ’64, but our schedules did not allow for a visit during my brief stay in Connecticut. Would love to make contact with any ’63 classmates.”
rowing team, which has a fantastic new boathouse on the Mystic River. Bob lives in Stonington, Connecticut (near Blake Stevenson ’65).
1966
Bob Zavorskas writes, “I’m proud of my
time at The Gunnery. A former classmate, David Whalley, said to me ‘The Gunnery
was not four years of school, it was four years of life.’ So true!” (Ed. Note: Bob attended one of the July Falmouth Commodores games, coached by Jeff Trundy.)
1964 Bob Brush was honored last November as
2016 Entrepreneurial Mentor of the Year by the Helzberg Entrepreneurial Mentoring Program (HEMP) in Kansas City, Missouri. Since 2010, he has been a HEMP mentor, helping KC business owners as an adviser and strategist.
1967 As Andy Glantz reports: “We are finally able to do a bit more traveling and were in Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, for a snorkeling trip last winter. We enjoyed it so much that we are returning there this fall, to the Komodo region this time, for another round. We also visited the
Anne Dean ’67 from Woodstock,
Vermont, calls her work permaculture gardening. She makes stone sculptures in a carving and sculpture studio in West Rutland, Vermont. Jean (Heathcote) Burke ’74 from
Norfolk, Massachusetts, has played recorder in a consort called “Einaklina” for 22 years. She also plays and teaches with third grade students. She paints large format, abstract acrylics and participates in a creative writing group, “Norfolk Quill,” which puts on a workshop and publishes a literary journal. Lily (Killiam) Mitchell ’66 has a restaurant/movie theater, the Fish House and Deli, in Woodstock, Vermont. Private home care is her retirement job and she likes to ski in the winter and kayak in the summer. Susan Sheldon Chrysler ’69 is a newly
retired medical secretary, marketing manager and banker from Camden, Maine. She’s the new chairwoman of the Wykeham Association and is taking time in retirement to drive all around the U.S. She plans to travel to Europe this fall visiting Venice, Florence and Munich. She loves being a new grandmother to little Ainsley, age 1.
Chris King is establishing a second home,
which will eventually become his first, in Ojai, California. He said it’s been good to hear from classmates in that region. Bob Fountain sent lots of tidbits: National
rowing champions at Penn for three years; Wharton MBA; took early retirement from Pfizer after running their animal health business for Japan-Asia, Africa-Mid-East and then the U.S.; formed a management consulting group and had 300 clients; still doing National Geographic photo shoots; and helping the Stonington High School
Wykeham grad Joyce (Koska) Valentine ’66 from Sarasota, Florida, is a professional concert pianist who also teaches. She has a 21-month-old grandson.
Enjil Harrah ’67 lives in California and
Roberta Adams and Andy Glantz ’67 in Indonesia for a snorkeling trip
makes jewelry out of etched bullet shell cases. You can see her work at www.junnocobijoux.com.
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Bob Zavorskas ’63 watching the Falmouth Commodores
From Chuck Fulkerson: “Living well in my old, yellow Colonial house in Newtown, Connecticut, with Boxer mutt, Elmer. Although retired from Reader’s Digest, I still write and paint (for money and fun). Recently, my articles, some with my paintings, have appeared in Stanford Magazine, Railfan & Railroad and Classic Trains. Railroads remain an abiding interest. Have long dated Paula Hopewell, whom Nick Clough ’66 called ‘my fifth wife’ when meeting her at our 50th. Actually, she is, as she put it, ‘wife one and a half.’ Classmates are very welcome to stay at my place when visiting The Gunnery, a half hour north.”
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home of our daughter-in-law’s parents in Northern Germany in the summer and had a wonderful time there, too. I am teaching woodworking more and enjoying that as well.” Joining us at reunion, Tom Soper came the farthest from Palmer, a small town in Alaska, where he is teaching seventh grade math. Tom and his two brothers, Henry ’62 and John ’64, grew up in Judy Turner’s house and was nostalgic about a summer painting Van Sinderen closets. When in Washington, he bunks with Mark Green because of the lively parties held in the dorms.
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On June 1, 2017, David Coburn was elected President of the Board of Directors of the San Luis Obispo Museum of Art. He has served on the Board since 2014. SLOMA, as it is called, sits on the plaza adjacent to the 1774 Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa and has been operating, first as an art center and eventually as a museum, since the 1950s. SLOMA is currently raising $15 million to construct a spectacular new facility on its Mission Plaza location. He will serve a two-year term. David retired to San Luis Obispo from Seattle in 2012.
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News from Jack Reynolds: “The Class of 1968 is preparing for our Gunnery 50th! How can this be? We had a terrific preparatory gathering on campus last October. Hopefully, we will all be back in June of 2018 for our 50th reunion. I have a room reserved. My investment/financial work with high net worth family clients is going well and continues to be rewarding. My partner, Catalina, and I enjoy our families together, as well as travel, theater and music. My daughter, her wife and my two stepdaughters are all grown-up, pursuing exciting careers. In short, I am a very lucky fellow. While I don’t owe it all to The Gunnery, our school has certainly played a role.” From Billy Serow: “I am currently Vice President and head of the Voiceover
Department at Abrams Artists Agency in New York City. My agency is generous in letting me indulge in my true passion — teaching. One day a week throughout the school year, I’m an adjunct professor at Yale School of Drama, and at Rutgers University. I teach advanced acting classes, concentrating on audition techniques and improvisation.”
1970 Bruce Sylvester wrote: “I continue to live
in Hungary, in a Budapest apartment and a cottage in a village of 100 souls on the border with Austria. I write for medical news outlets, covering emerging clinical trials. I do all of this work online now, following many years of travel to medical meetings. I see my daughter, Rachel, and grandchildren in the U.S. several times a year, where I also see friends, mostly in Florida. My son Jeremy, age 30, died in August 2016 after a long struggle with drug dependency. Prior to his death, we spoke almost every day. We had a remarkable bond. I imagine him still near to me and okay. My brother Brad ’69 is retired and lives in Seattle. We email almost every day. I think of my teachers at The Gunnery, especially Harry Goldgar, the man who opened a world of art, literature, religion and psychology to me, and which I still inhabit.” Bruce has published a book of collected essays, which were originally published in The Christian Science Monitor and Los Angeles Times. It is entitled “Metronome” and is available through Amazon.com.
1971 Jonathan Wehle spent time with Carol and
Ron Whittle in Maine this fall. Ron was a popular history teacher and coached several sports including hockey and football.
Carol and Ron Whittle
1972 Stu Levitan is finishing his second book on the history of Madison, Wisconsin, “Madison in the Sixties,” to be published fall of 2018 by the Wisconsin Historical Society Press. His first book, “Madison: The Illustrated Sesquicentennial History, Vol. 1,” (University of Wisconsin Press), remains in print 11 years after publication. Stu, who retired in 2014 after 27 years as a mediator/arbitrator with the Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission, is still chair of the Madison Landmarks Commission and vice president of listenersponsored community radio, WORT-FM. His WORT podcast, “Madison in the Sixties,” took silver for “writing for radio” from the Milwaukee Press Club last year. Fred Harder came to reunion from Seattle where he welcomed a new granddaughter, June Inga Harder. He volunteers at a nonprofit private school that serves the deaf. He has flown his two-seater Husky airplane across the country, stopping every four to five hours at small airports to refuel. Steve Post has retired from millwork in windows and doors and is living with his wife, Paula, a retired teacher, in Hampton Beach, New Hampshire, with an ocean view. As if that weren’t enough water, they have a summer place in Kennebunkport. Steve, an archaeology mentee of the legendary Ned Swigart P’82, was remembering his visit
1973 Pete Slone checked in: “After 14 years as VP Global Government Affairs for Medtronic, I have assumed a new role as SVP Public Affairs for McKesson. Having grown up in my dad’s New Milford pharmacy business, this is something of a coming home for me. McKesson is currently ranked fifth on the Fortune 500 and is a global leader in healthcare supply chain management solutions, retail pharmacy, community oncology and specialty care, and healthcare information technology.” James D. Lyne wrote: “I am an attorney,
specializing in aviation, business and federal issues. I also work for a major air carrier in the DFW area as a pilot instructor on the Boeing 737 and compete in glider aerobatics.”
1974 Jeffrey Glass tells us he’s still working as
Chief Pilot and Director of Aviation for Larry Ellison, executive chairman of Oracle Corporation. Both of his boys, Ryan, 30, and Andrew, 29, are now married. “Pam and I now have two, absolutely charming daughters-in-law,” noted Jeffrey.
1976 David Schultz: “Our son, age 13 and entering seventh grade, traveled to Japan on a foreign exchange trip for 10 days. In a few days, the young lady with whom he stayed will arrive for 10 days with us. I have just completed my 15th year at TVA. My wife is just a few years away from retirement from Y-12 in Oak Ridge. As a side note, I completed 15 years as a volunteer firefighter between Vernon, Connecticut, and Claxton, Tennessee, retiring as a lieutenant. We now live in Oak Ridge, Tennessee.”
1978 Scott Milas has recently relocated to Longmeadow, Massachuseetts.
1981 Julia Babson Alling has heeded the lure of
the ocean. “My family and I have moved to Mashpee on Cape Cod after a fouryear stint in Colorado. It is restorative to be near the ocean again. I have begun working for Sea Education Association as the Director of Development. One of the best parts of our move is that we will be closer to our two eldest children. Our eldest son, William, starts as a junior this fall at The Gunnery, and Josephine will be in her sophomore year at Groton School, leaving Paul and me to manage the burgeoning musical life of nine-year-old Wells. It will be a treat to head back to Washington for games and Parents Weekend!”
1982 Arthur Lobdell is living in New Jersey and
working for the Boy Scouts of America. He is active in Rotary as a club president and assistant district governor and serves his church through the Diocese of New Jersey Board of Mission. He participated in The Gunnery School Walk — October 2016. Ted Swigart married Jane Rosato in a barefoot wedding on the beach in Sanibel Island, Florida, on March 14, 2017, which was followed by a honeymoon in Kauai, Hawaii, in April. Ted’s mom, Debbie Swigart, attended the wedding as did his son, Nathaniel, and Jane’s mother, Lynn, and children Sage, 14, and Rose, 7. Now semi-retired, Ted says he has come full circle having worked in protective services in the sheriff’s department in Florida after graduating from the University of Tampa in criminology, and he is now awaiting certification in protective services in Connecticut.
Ted Swigart ’82 with his bride, Jane Rosato Leif Wigren has been in New York City for
a number of years where he’s an actor on TV and in film and does commercials.
1983 Russ Adams is in private banking in Los
Angeles.
1984 Gregory Geller: “I have been married now
for 20 years!! YEAH!! And I can tell you that it is worth the effort and work to stick with it. Love Jane more today than I did 20 years ago. Our three girls are now 18, 15-1/2 and 11. Our oldest is off to college to Butler University and we are very proud of her efforts in achieving that milestone. The next one is entering 10th grade and the 11-year-old started middle school. Personally for the last one and a half years I have been working two jobs, my regular job for The Boatman Group, (www. theboatmangroup.com) a wholesaler of personalized paper, home and gift products, and FedEx’s graveyard shift for the benefits. It has not been easy and at the same time I am thankful for a company like FedEx, where you can work part time and get fulltime benefits.
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with Wally and Carol Rowe P’77 ’79 when they were on sabbatical in Britain.
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I have come to realize I do not want to work the graveyard shift for too long, so I have begun a third job being a sales rep for a furniture, fixtures and equipment company for commercial properties. Due to my reduced amount of time to dedicate to that endeavor, I am leaning on friends, family and acquaintances for leads in the commercial properties areas of hotels, furnished apartments or condos, movie theaters, nursing homes and so on. If you know of anyone who would like a great deal on furniture, fixtures and equipment, please contact me at gregpgeller@gmail.com.” Charley Kellogg was chosen as the new Chief Volunteer Officer (CVO) for the Ocean Community YMCA. “In this role, I will oversee the association board controlling three YMCAs, as well as the boards for the three individual branches.” Peter Bergen and Russ Adams got
together in September in New York City. They were getting ready to celebrate the Class of 1984’s 35th Reunion in 2019!
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Russ Adams and Pete Bergen, Class of 1984
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1986 In February, Alison Lufkin, Michele Riche and Lara Schroeder from the Class of 1986 gathered in Santa Barbara, California, for a week celebrating old friendships and birthdays!
action. He has recently made it his mission to bring these families closure. And he will stop at nothing to make it happen. He learned topography, mapping and compass work while in military college at Norwich University. A semi-pro hockey career took him off the military path for years, but now McIntosh trains aspiring elite members of the Navy, including the SEALs.”
A small get-together for some of the Class of 1986
1987 Kate Howell is teaching seventh and eighth grade Spanish at Ridgefield Academy and is also the Service Learning Coordinator.
1989 Peter Smith is still living in Las Vegas and producing live entertainment for a local casino. Up next is Michael Bolton, Creedence Clearwater Revisited and Everlast. Coming up is Tommy Davidson, Great White and Slaughter. “Got married in a very windy ceremony here in Vegas back in April to Celeste Tritz, who is a behaviorist for the Clark County School District. Did a brief honeymoon in Napa and are now enjoying the hot summers with our dog, Zimba.”
We heard from Panu Puntoomsinchai via Facebook this fall: “Jim Reed has officially become the first [member of The] Gunnery Class of 1990 to visit me here in Thailand! (It took 27 years! Wow!) He said Bangkok was too hot and humid (It is winter here, Jim!), but he likes Thailand a lot and encourages everyone from The Gunnery to travel here for vacation/work or just visit me for fun. We had such good laughs telling each other stories about The Gunnery years (and stories about you guys, especially you, John Anning! I didn’t know you and Jim got into so much trouble at school back then!). Anyway, it was great to see Jim and I just want to say all you guys are very welcome here if you ever come across this part of the world! P.S. Look at the hat! The hat!!!”
1990 This year, Bill McIntosh was featured on ABC News for his success in finding lost people, something he’s been doing in his free time to help bring closure to families. “PROVIDENCE (WLNE) — When people go missing in Southern New England, it’s only so long before law enforcement has to call off their search. That often leaves the family of the missing person feeling hopeless. That’s when civilian soldier, Bill McIntosh, steps into
Jim Reed and Panu Puntoomsinchai in Thailand
1991 Aaron Tillman is “thrilled to announce that
my debut book, a collection of short stories titled “Every Single Bone in My Brain,”
Quick Update on the Eanes family From Susan Eanes H’91 P’90 GP’20: “We’ve lived in a rural part of Litchfield, Connecticut, since leaving The Gunnery and are happy to be near the school, where we attend events and games on occasion. Daughter Laura ’90 P’20 and her husband, Richard Martin, live in Whittlesey with their three children. Richard is Chair of the English Department and Laura is Assistant Head of Washington Montessori School, where two of our grandchildren are students. Our oldest, Isabel, is a sophomore at The G; we love seeing The Gunnery through the eyes of yet another generation. Christopher and his family (wife, KellyAnn Nelson, Zaiya, age 4, and Coleman, age 1) are in Cincinnati, where he is the director of the Cincinnati Boychoir. He and KellyAnn also direct several other choral organizations in that city. Since retiring four years ago, we’ve enjoyed time with our family, a bit of travel, and some volunteer work. This year Michael H’90 P’90 GP’20 has come out of retirement to be Interim Head of School at Beauvoir, one of the National Cathedral schools in Washington, D.C. After serving as national director of the American Montessori Society for 10 years, Michael continued his career as an interim head of schools from New Jersey to Austin to Menlo Park, California. Beauvoir will be his 10th position in that role. It’s been a great experience for the whole family, enabling us to see many parts of the country and different kinds of independent schools. Having really retired from my career as a director of development and admissions in several schools, I’m now on FB (old people’s social media!) and love connecting with Gunnery alumni, staff and board members. Although it’s been 26 years since we left, we think of our years there more often than you might imagine, always with great fondness for each and every person who touched our lives.”
was published in July by Braddock Avenue Books. Here is a link with details about the book: https://shop.braddockavenuebooks. com/shop/braddock/00030. html?id=sLFSXArr”
Jake Jones, Nicole Edwards (Brown),
1992
1993
Steven Vitale is living in Cleveland, Ohio,
Matt Cheney writes: “I got married to
with his wife and two kids (7 and 5). “My wife owns a high-end fashion consignment store called Cleveland Consignment Shoppe and I am the president of a company called Midwest Industrial Supply, Inc. I would like to thank Ken Wolff ’90 who hooked me up with some legal advice, as he is the king of New York law. I look forward to our yearly trip to NYC with
my wife Natalia 10/1/16 in Litchfield, Connecticut. We are expecting a baby girl this September and are excited about our new adventures with her. We live in Washington, D.C., where I am a realtor with Washington Fine Properties and Natalia is an instructor with Soul Cycle.”
Matt Cheney ’93 with his wife, Natalia, right after they said “I do.”
1994 Now with 20 patents to his credit, Geoff Zampiello was proud to tell us that the latest one, which he co-invented, was granted to AT&T in April.
1996 Bill Morando responded to our email, “My
brother Matthew was ’02. I am married with two children and live outside Raleigh, North Carolina. My wife is Michelle and
Alex Bradley and Tim Brunelle (#25 is a
Bill Morando at work on the Ocean Blackhawk
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beanpole). I look forward to visiting the campus soon. Let me know if anyone has seen Jim Drury...that kid has been a ghost.”
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my son, 6, is William as well; my daughter, 4, is Amelia. I am currently a dynamic position operator for Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. on an ultra-deepwater sixth generation drillship, the Ocean Blackhawk. Coincidently, Diamond Offshore is owned by Loews Corp and the Tischs. Maybe, one day, I will get to meet them and tell them how great it has been working with Diamond!”
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taking a unique look at the day’s events and topics people are talking about.” Jesse Terry recently sailed in a classic yacht regatta in Brooklin, Maine, with classmates Peter Feen ’99 and Josh Feil ’98. “We subsequently sailed the boat back from Maine to just south of Cape Cod. No better way to catch up with fellow alumni than sailing night and day on a boat.”
Montessori, a Montessori school and farm for students from 18 months all the way through ninth grade. Our children, Henry, age 9, and Jane, age 6, will be attending and are very excited about the new adventure and the promise of being outdoors for most of the year.” Mandy Fretts and her husband, Marc
Randy Ashton is living in Sun Valley, Idaho, building Steely Zips, LLC, an outdoor lifestyle company with the goal of perfecting the quarter zip pullover.
Reyhner, welcomed a baby boy, Gabriel Joseph Reyhner-Fretts, on January 3, 2017. Mandy lives in Seattle and continues her work as a professor in the Department of Epidemiology at the University of Washington.
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Doug Daniels writes: “I’m still living in New Haven, Connecticut, (locally referred to as the ‘Paris of Southern New England’ for those of you who have never experienced the city’s bounteous, yet often elusive charms...). This past April, I decided to abandon the oppressive salt mines of political journalism, and accepted a job at Connecticut College as a writer and editor in the communications office. It’s a great place to work, and I’m having a blast writing profiles for our magazine on notable alumni who have gone on to become prominent artists, authors, TV producers and athletes. I’m still in touch regularly with Jesse Terry (whose stepmother happens to be a colleague of mine at Conn College) and Dean Scherza, who transferred in as a sophomore, but was immediately accepted into the exclusive social realm of those who had entered as freshman. Dean and I still maintain a near-weekly email exchange in which we share new musical discoveries with each other — something we’ve been doing since our junior year at The Gunnery. If anybody is ever in the New London or New Haven areas, drop me a line.”
Laura (O’Brien) Donorfio and husband, Jesse Terry ’97, Peter Feen ’99 and Josh Feil ’98 sailing in Maine Omar Slowe, his wife, Abena, and big sister
Nia welcomed Kyan Omar Agyekum Slowe on August 30.
1999 Ted Stonbely wrote: “Our family is moving
to St. Helena, California, where Ted and Colleen will begin work at St. Helena
Gus Donorfio, son of Laura ’00 and Brian James Van Dyke married Kristen Herzog
on June 25, 2016. James is a partner at Catherine F. Downing and Associates, where he has been working since 2010. Ali Kagan and Patrick Soto welcomed
their second son, Phoenix Aurelius Soto Kagan, on February 28. “The early arrival brightened the world with his full head of golden hair,” said Ali. “His brother, Bodhi, is a natural in his new role.”
Charlie Hitchins was recently hired as
a producer for the new CNN Headline News show, “SE Cupp: Unfiltered.” “We’re
Brian, welcomed Augustus “Gus” Call Donorfio on March 14. (He is named after “Lonesome Dove” characters Augustus McCrae and Woodrow Call.)
Ted Stonbely ’99, Colleen, Henry and Jane
Andrew Hobart (as related by Alan Bain
Phoenix Aurelius Soto Kagan, son of Ali Kagan ’00 and Patrick Soto, little brother to Bodhi
’55 and Catherine Marley, Andrew’s aunt and uncle): Andrew is a staff sergeant in the U.S. Air Force, currently stationed in Mississippi. He has so far passed three out of four exams needed for his next promotion. He and his wife, Carly, just had their third child; little sister, Fiona, joined big brothers, Liam and James. Andrew wrote, “Please let The Gunnery know that I often think of my time there and reminisce on how wonderfully lucky I was to have attended such an incredible institution. Being in Alaska has reminded me of the yearly School Walk, and how I was first introduced to the writings of Emerson,
2003 Erin Dayton married Michael Bono in
Thoreau and Walt Whitman by a teacher named Mr. John Alter, and to the idea of sauntering through nature and appreciating the beauty in our surroundings. I have nothing but pleasant memories of The Gunnery and wish I could afford my children the same luxury of attending such a special place during the formative years of their youth.”
2004 Otoja Abit wrote that he completed
production on a short film, “JITTERS,” that he wrote, directed, produced and starred in. “JITTERS” also stars veteran actor Jason Patric and is executive produced by Chris Noth and Joe Scarborough. He’s submitting to film festivals, domestic and international, this fall/winter.
Block Island, Rhode Island, on June 24, 2017. In attendance were Gunnery alumni: Stephen Dayton ’10, Ashley Hill ’10, Scott Dayton ’08, Elizabeth (Hawley) Dayton ’08, Alyson Hill ’07, Lisa Zambero ’05, Colby Dayton ’05, Morgen (Goepel) Fisher ’03, Stacey (Palios) Benicewicz ’03, Katie Stones ’03, Mark Zambero ’99, and Matthew Dayton ’99. Senior Gabrielle
Lescadre ’18 was also in attendance.
Andrew Hobart ’03 and wife, Carly, with children, Fiona, Liam and James, at his promotion ceremony for Technical Sergeant.
Otoja Abit ’04 with actor Jason Patric
2005
Frank Macary ’77 P’03 ’05 ’07 ’15, father A big showing of Gunnery alumni in attendance for the wedding of Erin Dayton ’03 and Michael Bono this past summer.
of Peter, alerted us to Peter’s marriage to Jennifer Sullivan at St. Theresa’s Church in Woodbury.
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After living in Charlotte, North Carolina, for three years, working as the senior social media editor for Sporting News (and sharing an apartment with C.J. Sullivan ’04), Troy Machir ’05 moved back to Washington, D.C., to take a new job as the senior digital producer for Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic.
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2006 Josh Vidro and Kate Vidro welcomed their daughter, Elizabeth (Ellie) Anne Vidro, on November 23, 2016.
(l-r): Mark Rhoads ’04, Sarah Macary ’07, Sarah Gallagher ’07, Neil Whiteside, Liz Calderoni ’07, Kelley Davies ’07, Heather Bell ’07 and Kara Grogan ’07
2007 Brooks Belter coached youth and high
Josh Vidro ’06 with his daughter, Ellie, showing their Gunnery pride
Kristen (DeForge) Bellone and her
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husband recently purchased their first home outside of Charleston, South Carolina. Her husband currently is on active duty for the U.S. Coast Guard and has advanced to petty officer first class. He reported to U.S. Coast Guard Cutter James, a national security cutter based in Charleston. Kristen is working as a veterinary nurse and their 7-year-old just started third grade.
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school baseball in the San Diego and Los Angeles area from 2013 to 2015 after retiring from professional baseball. He moved back to Connecticut last year and continued coaching at Housatonic Valley Regional High School. More recently, he started working with Eddie Pequignot ’09, at Clive Lodge LLC horticultural services. Michael O’Brien has had a lively year.
Besides being inducted into The Gunnery’s Athletic Hall of Fame at this year’s Alumni Weekend, he has accepted a new job as Director of Admissions at Austin Prep in Reading, Massachusetts. Sarah Macary, who was on campus for her 10 year reunion in June, went on a trip to South Africa in 2016 and climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro. She also sent us a photo (above) from the wedding of Liz Calderoni (now Whiteside) and Neil Whiteside.
2010 Tianyu Li launched an app called “Avalon
Kristen Bellone ’06 with her family
Novel” that is an integrated novel writing platform that allows people to post their own work for people to read for a fee or for free. You can find out more at www. avalonnovel.com.
Alex Vazzano married Brianna Formicola on June 24 in Fairfield, Connecticut, followed by a reception in New Rochelle, New York. After Alex graduated from Sacred Heart University, he spent two years playing hockey in the ECHL and AHL. Alex just moved back to Connecticut and is now working in his family’s business, Vazzano Restaurant Group.
2012 Anthony D’Elia is presently in Minnesota
working for Inside Edge, a professional sports data and analytics company charting MLB games. When his assignment ends in October, Anthony will be looking to find employment with a Major League Baseball team on the operations side of the business.
2013 Krista Lamoreaux graduated from Skidmore this year with a Bachelor of Arts degree in American studies and Bachelor of Science degree in business. She currently works for the New York Islanders and Barclays Center as an inside sales representative. She writes, “I ended my field hockey career with an all time high: Longstreth/NFHCA All-America Second Team; Longstreth/NFHCA All-North Atlantic Region First Team; NFHCA Senior All-Star; All-Liberty League First Team; Liberty League All-Tournament Team; Liberty League Honor Roll (9-12, 9-26).”
June 1 and started work on June 5. He’ll be working as a paralegal at a small law firm, Bragar Eagel & Squire, in the city for at least the next year or two, and then plans to see where things take him from there: “perhaps law school, although I’m still not positive that’s the direction I want to go.”
Ian Riley ’13 and Tristan Kishonis ’13 – UVA Grads
Hanna Carlin checked in: “I am a project coordinator for Firehouse Productions in Red Hook, New York. We design sound systems for high exposure live TV, professional sporting events and toplevel touring acts throughout the globe. I owe a lot of my organizational and time management skills to The Gunnery. Without my time there, I would not be cut out for this industry!” Jake Paron graduated from Colorado College with a Bachelor of Arts degree in studio art. Jake was awarded the Craig Herst Arts Prize Scholar (CHAPS) award and was one of two students selected for the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center student art installation. Jake’s show, “Alterne,” was on display from April 28 through May 23. “Alterne” was also on exhibit at the Coburn Gallery as part of the senior art major group show. Jake is currently an assistant stone figure carver with local artist Mark Mennin. Brianna Goldstein received All American honors for the Stanford lightweight rowing program. Read more at gostanford.com/ news/2017/6/20/rowing-ltw-all-americatrio.aspx Michael Cohen wrote: “Currently
working on my master’s of management in hospitality at Boston University! It is a three-semester program from which I plan to graduate this coming May. Focusing on revenue management and health and wellness, in hopes of starting my own business in the field!”
2014 Meghan Lembo, Dana Cerone, Kori Rimany — These three Gunnery roommates
spent their summer living and working in New York City on the same block. Dana worked as an investment banking summer analyst at Cowen, Meghan worked as a fashion PR intern at PR Consulting, and Kori worked as a communications intern at Women’s Prison Association. Nicholas D’Elia entered his senior year at Endicott College this fall. During the summer, he continued to run the business that he and his brother, Anthony ’12, started called Junk Solutions. Nicholas just accepted an offer for an internship with an information and technology service company in Stamford. He will complete this internship as part of his curriculum at Endicott. He hopes to find a job in the television/video production industry when he graduates in May. Skyler Clark visited The Gunnery boys
lacrosse team to work with the team during practice in May. Skyler, a two-sport athlete (soccer and lacrosse) at Washington College had a successful season this spring facingoff for the Shoremen.
2015 For the second year, Pat Iannone spent the summer exploring the Grand Teton Mountains in Wyoming as a counselor and videographer at Teton Valley Ranch Camp. The camp focuses on outdoor education, backpacking, horseback trips, wrangling, roping, and developing an appreciation for America’s West throughout the individual
summer sessions for boys and girls. Pat is a junior at Marist College majoring in media studies and production with concentrations in video game design, digital media and television production. Logan Adams scored one goal and had
seven assists for eight points for Lynchburg in their NCAA Men’s Lacrosse DIII tournament win over Sewanee. Luke Marks spent the summer on Jeju
Island to participate in the Asia Pacific Lacrosse Championships (ASPAC) 2017 Tournament and played for Team China. He is currently attending Dickinson College. After two years of running cross country for St. Michael’s, Matt Logue tried out and made the men’s lacrosse team as well. Matt started nine games for the Purple Knights and scored his first collegiate goal against Pace University.
2016 From the Providence College website: Rising sophomore field hockey player Mikayla Michals (Needham, Massachusetts) was named to the U.S. U-21 Women’s National Team on June 21. Michals’ selection to the team came on the heels of her performance at the USA Field Hockey Young Women’s National Championship, where she earned an invitation to the U-21 Junior National Camp. Michals’ journey through the Olympic Development pipeline continues as she is one of 19 athletes to earn a spot on the U.S. U-21 Women’s National Team. Jake Mosher McGraw was named to the
2017 Men’s Lacrosse All-SSC Freshman Team and the 2017 Men’s Lacrosse All-SSC Second Team. Jake played for the University of Tampa and had 29 goals in 20 games. Last spring, Tim Fisher was a member of the Holy Cross men’s lacrosse team. As part of their spring trip, The Gunnery boys lacrosse team went to watch Tim play at the Marist v. Holy Cross game.
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CLASS NOTES
Proud Gunnery mom Cindy Koslowski sent us a wonderful story about her son, Trevin Koslowski ’16, recounting his entry this year into West Point, where he will play hockey for Army. Having received a verbal commitment in his senior year at The Gunnery, Koslowski played a year of Junior A Hockey before beginning his training in July of this year. He was nominated by U.S. Rep. Steve Knight of California to attend West Point. “To begin his journey at West Point, Trevin, and the eight other incoming freshmen with the hockey team, needed to report on campus July 2, 2017 where he met with the hockey coaching staff, athletic director, dean and the commandant. They were honored with their game jerseys hanging in their locker room stall and fitted for all their hockey equipment needs.” A short welcome speech for the new cadets and their families was followed by a 60-second goodbye. The initial training is conducted without any outside contact, including social media. “At this point Trevin is off and immediately getting indoctrinated into the military way (getting issued all military gear, buzz cut, learning proper formation, marching, and other military protocols in line with the tradition of West Point).” Promptly at 6:30 p.m., all family members were invited to witness an impressive entrance of all the new “cadets” as they uniformly march onto the field in their assigned “companies” to the sounds of the famous West Point band. Following their oath, administered by the “commandant,” and about 15 minutes of speeches, all the cadets uniformly march off the field and that is the last their families see of them as they begin their six-week journey encompassing basic training (known as “Beast”). “As a side note, and to appreciate the closeness of being a Gunnery alumnus, Trevin received a letter from Peter Lash, a graduate of The Gunnery in 1952 who also went on to attend West Point. He graduated West Point in 1956 and ended up serving in the Army for 35 years. He had heard about Trevin and sent him the letter.”
Faculty
IN MEMORIAM The Gunnery community is saddened by the loss of many cherished sons and daughters this past year and sends its condolences to their friends and families:
On March 6, Jarrod and Michelle Sisk welcomed Teddy Albert Sisk at 8:24 a.m. He was 7 lbs., 7 oz. and 19 inches long.
Mr. Charles A. Ault III ’51
2/17/2017
Mr. Richard D. Baldwin ’56
5/18/2017
Mr. Charles D. Bond ’50
11/5/2017
Mr. Raymond B. DeRidder ’52 5/30/2017 Mr. H. Phillips Jesup ’52 Mr. William H. Jostrand ’88
4/15/2017 3/9/2017
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Mr. Theodore G. Koven ’53 10/22/2017
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Cousins Teddy Sisk and Gus Donorfio
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Head of School Peter Becker, pictured here with his daughter, Marilee, and good friend, “Coach Ed” Faison, set a record in Connecticut’s Nutmeg State Games. Becker competed in the 800-meter run for the men’s 40-44 yearold age group, with a time of 2:10.32, which also bested the record of the 30-39 year-old runners. Becker said it was his “first (and maybe only) track meet ever. I ran for the sake of the challenge. This was Ed’s idea!”
Mr. Nicola Maurelli ’92
3/13/2017
Mr. Burrows Morley, Jr. ’56
7/21/2017
Mr. Michael G. O’Neil ’75
8/27/2017
Mr. Charles M. Reagle, Jr. ’49 3/13/2017 Mr. Philip Shea ’51
2/26/2017
Mr. Roland C. Sherrer, Jr. ’55 3/16/2017 Mr. Lawrence A. Stone ’56
8/13/2017