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Westover Magazine 2012
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Cover photograph: Centennial Garden, Mia Ferrara Pelosi ’95 The Centennial Garden was the Centennial project of the Class of 2011, designed by Kristi McCarthy Robertson ’75 and advised by Sue L. DeSimone ’80.
In This Issue The Promise of Westover Inspiring Women: Campaign for Westover Celebrating Louisa Jones Palmer ’54, Retiring in October 2012 Retiring Faculty
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Alumnae Events
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2012 Reunion Weekend
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2012 Westover Award Winners
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Class Notes
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2012 Graduation
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2012 College Acceptances
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The Promise of Westover Ann Pollina’s charge to the graduating class of 2012 In her exceptional novel, Their Eyes Were Watching God, death by Time. That is the life of men. Now, women Zora Neale Hurston wrote “Ships at a distance have forget all those things they don’t want to remember, every man’s wish on board. For some they come in with and remember everything they don’t want to forget. the tide. For others they sail forever on the same horizon, never out of sight, “Remember the small things, the glow of candles on never landing until the Watcher turns the night of Lantern, the smell of Robert’s muffins, his eyes away in resignation, his dreams mocked to death by Time.” the sound of music wafting out of chapel, the smiles It sounds like the start of a standard graduation talk, with some good advice thrown in about how to make your ship come in or how not to fall a victim of despair if it does not do so quickly. Let me read it again, and this time let me read how Hurston continues the thought.
of the children you tutored or the men you fed at the soup kitchen, the excitement of understanding that difficult poem or theorem, the laugh of your best friend. These are the sacred memories of our lives that, if Dostoyevsky is to be trusted, will keep you safe until the end of your days.” Ann Pollina, Head of School
“Ships at a distance have every man’s wish on board. For some they come in with the tide. For others they sail forever on the same horizon, never out of sight, never landing until the Watcher turns his eyes away in resignation, his dreams mocked to 2
The dream is the truth. Then they act and do things accordingly.” And that’s the charge I want to build upon. 1) Forget those things you don’t want to remember
“The dream is the truth...act and do things accordingly.” Author,
… In your years here you have had to face times when you have been disappointed, when all of your hard work has not necessarily led you to the prize you had hoped for, when a friend let you down. Take with you from those times not a memory of discontent, not resentment, not regret, but the strength and resilience they forced you to build. 2) Remember everything you don’t want to forget … Who are the people who formed you? You are surrounded by them today. What were the times you spent in pleasure or pain that helped you to grow? Remember the small things, the glow of candles on the night of Lantern, the smell of Robert’s muffins, the sound of music wafting out of chapel, the smiles of the children you tutored or the men you fed at the soup kitchen, the excitement of understanding that difficult poem or theorem, the laugh of your best friend. These are the sacred memories of our lives that, if Dostoyevsky is to be trusted, will keep you safe until the end of your days.
Zora Neale Hurston
when you perceive injustice, seek peace when you see conflict, sow love in the place of hate. When you are overwhelmed by harsh realities, ignore them and work harder. When you are hurt, don’t revel in revenge but in forgiveness. In other words … 4) Act and do things according to the dream – believing that to dream a better world is the only way to create one, understanding that your life can and will make a difference. May God bless you every day of your lives.
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We are pleased to present the fifth in a series of student and alumnae profiles illustrating the foundations of our Inspiring Women: Campaign for Westover. These are the women of Westover.
Leading Together, Discovering Ourselves. Louisa & Eve
“Ultimately, leadership has little to do with popularity; it has almost everything to do with the ability to look for the right answers.” Louisa Jones Palmer ’54 BA, History, Radcliffe College MBA, Pace University Former Tax Director, Ernst & Young LLP President of Westover’s Board of Govorners, 1995-1997 President of Westover’s Board of Trustess, 2003-2012
When she first arrived at Westover as a student, Louisa Jones
Westover as a volunteer as the President of both the School’s
Palmer ’54 admits that one quality she didn’t possess in
Alumnae Association and its Board of Trustees.
abundance was self-confidence. But, she said, “Westover gave me a clean slate and a safe community, and that combination allowed me to discover qualities within myself and a chance to participate in activities I might not have otherwise tried.” By the time she completed her years at Westover, Louisa had gained not only a solid education, but also opportunities for leadership and – most of all – self-confidence. “I am not sure I appreciated right away or understood fully what Westover had done for me, but looking back I can see more clearly the impact my time here has had on my life.” That combination of learning, experience, and self-awareness that Louisa gained
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at Westover led her to pursue graduate studies after she and her husband raised her three children and then inspired her to embark on a successful business career. It also helped when she served
For Eve Brigham ’12, the greatest lesson learned from her year as First Head of School was the importance of communication. Working within a group of seven heads of school, Eve noted, requires “a lot of collaborative thinking” and the ability to work together and agree on issues pertinent to the student body as a whole. “There are also times when decisions have to be made.” She had to trust in herself and her ideas, and have the confidence to stand up for them. Working with Head of School Ann Pollina and Dean of Students Meg Eggert also gave Eve role models to watch as they communicated with students in a variety of situations, providing her with additional lessons in leadership. Eve believes all of her experiences will be of value to her as she pursues her studies in college and beyond for a future career in film production.
“Out of all that I have been given here at Westover, what I value most are the experiences I have had as a leader and the courage and confidence those experiences have instilled in me.” Elizabeth “Eve” Brigham ’12 First Head of School, Second Head of Overs Co-Captain of Varsity Softball & Varsity Basketball New York University ’16
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Louisa Jones Palmer ’54 Plans Retirement as President of Westover’s Board Of Trustees This October, 2012, Louisa Jones Palmer ’54 will retire from Westover’s Board of Trustees. Louisa has been involved with Westover since 1951, when she entered the School as a student. As she grew with Westover she became the Treasurer of the Athletic Association, the Captain of the Senior Tennis Team, a "Tobestrongistobehappy."lacrosse player, a member of the Glee Club, and a representative of the Secondary School Society of International Cooperation (SSSIC). The SSSIC was established in 1927 by Miss Mary Hillard, Head Mistress of Westover. Meetings were held and attended by faculty and student representatives from Choate, Loomis, St. Margaret’s, Taft, and Westover. The purpose of the SSSIC was to develop an international consciousness fostered by the discussion of international affairs and causes. Louisa’s initial years at Westover were a glimpse into the future of an important relationship founded in leadership and volunteerism. Louisa recalls, “Even in my years as a student, there were so many opportunities – on athletic teams, in clubs, in officer positions – giving students a chance to take on responsibilities and learn how to be a leader. Westover has never been a school where all leadership positions were held by a handful of students.”
As Louisa graduated, attended college, worked, married, had children, and later returned to college for a Masters Degree, she kept Westover close to her heart through her leadership and volunteerism. She has volunteered countless hours to our School. From serving on the Board of Governors from 1990 through 1997, as President from 1995 to 1997, to working to honor Westover’s Centennial through celebration, and then leading the class of ’54 in funding the Schumacher Art Gallery. These are a few examples of how Louisa has influenced our School, how she has become so important to us, an embodiment of ‘To Think, To Do, To Be’. As Louisa took on more leadership roles at Westover she became a Trustee in 1997, becoming President of the Board in 2003. The Board of Trustees works closely with Head of School, Ann Pollina, and is responsible for policy decisions that affect the School today and for strategic planning that will shape the School in the next decades. They serve as fiduciaries of the School’s endowment, monitor and approve the operating budget, and play a crucial role in annual and capital giving. The leadership provided by today’s trustees will determine the viability and success of Westover for the future. There could not be a better-suited woman to lead this charge, a true woman of Westover, Louisa Jones Palmer ’54. As Louisa retires from her most recent and possibly most influential position, President of the Board of Trustees, we cherish her years with Westover and her strong vision for the future of our School.
Louisa Jones Palmer ’54 has dedicated many years to Westover, enabling the School to realize monumental accomplishments under her strong and kind leadership.
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The Manhattan School of Music Pre-College Division, the first of its collaborative programs, which allowed Westover students with high musical abilities to pursue studies in a pre-professional program is established. Westover’s endowment is $10.3M, with the Annual Fund totaling $476,000.
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The Women In Science and Engineering (WISE) Program in collaboration with Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is established; more than 100 Westover students have successfully completed the program over the past two decades.
1995-1996 Exchange programs are expanded, adding schools in Australia and South Africa to its existing exchange with a school in Jordan (the success of the exchange program led Westover to later establish exchanges with schools in England, France, and Spain).
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Ann Pollina succeeds Joseph Molder as Head of School; that year, the School also successfully concludes its Second Century Campaign, a $21 million capital campaign. Westover’s endowment is $24M, with the Annual Fund totaling $767,000.
“Louisa has the three key qualities of a leader: intelligence, humor, and a strong moral compass. All of them have been a gift to Westover for the past 22 years. It is rare to find great sensitivity tied to an analytical mind, but she is blessed with both. Her decisions are guided by a very true sense of what is right and just. These qualities alone make Louisa a great leader. That she manages to govern with a healthy sense of the absurd and a keen sense of humor puts her in a class by herself. ”
Ann Pollina, Head of School
As she approaches her retirement in the fall, after nine years as President of the Board of Trustees, Westover is grateful for her many contributions.
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Construction of the Fuller Athletic Center is completed, greatly expanding athletic opportunities for students.
2004 A major renovation of the Louise B. Dillingham building is completed, giving the School an enhanced Performing Arts Center. Class of ’54 sets record 50th Reunion Class gift and named new art gallery Joachim Schumacher with a $150,000 gift, achieving 100% class participation. 2006
the Annual Fund reaches the $1M mark.
2009 & 2010 Westover marks its Centennial with a two year celebration. The Centennial also marks the kick off of the School’s most ambitious comprehensive campaign, Inspiring Women: Campaign for Westover, with a goal of $45 million. Louisa joins the Campaign Executive Committee in 2010. 2011
The Online School For Girls is Launched, followed by a second ground- breaking program in 2012, the Invest in Girls Initiative.
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Westover’s endowment is $46M, with the Annual Fund totaling $1.5M.
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Co-Chairs of Inspiring Women: Campaign for Westover, Martha Bacon Martin ’65 & her husband David
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Inspiring Women: Campaign for Westover Progress as of June 2012
A Fund in Support of Faculty Professional Development Mary McCreath Godley ’38 and her husband, Frederick, have informed Westover and Frederick’s alma mater, the Hotchkiss School, of their intention to make gifts of $1,000,000 to both schools in recognition of their belief in the importance of independent school education. Mary’s gift to Westover will be used to establish an endowed fund for faculty support to create long-term opportunities for professional development and provide operating support via the Annual Fund over the next four years.
A Grant for Developing ‘Blended Learning’ Strategies The Edward E. Ford Foundation has approved Westover’s proposal for a $50,000 grant for the development of blended learning strategies. Blended learning is the integration of on-line techniques with face-to-face teaching. The EE Ford grant will be a matching grant, with Westover pledging to raise $100,000 from other donors to receive the foundation’s $50,000 in seed funding for the program. This summer, three Westover faculty are exploring the concept of “flipped classrooms,” a blended learning technique in which videos outside of class take the place of direct instruction, allowing students to have individual time in class to work with their teacher on key learning activities. More details about the gift from the Godleys and the grant from the EE Ford Foundation will be included in an upcoming Westover publication.
Campaign Leadership Campaign Executive Committee
Campaign Steering Committee
Campaign Co-Chairs Martha Bacon Martin ’65 & David Martin
Beth Smith Golden ’65, Chair
Muffie Clement Green ’65
Toni Walker Hamner ’69
Lolly MacMurray-Cooper ’63
Martha Bacon Martin ’65
David Martin
Anita Packard Montgomery ’47
Louisa Jones Palmer ’54
Mary Maier Walker ’54
Sara Belcher Wardell ’60, Chair
Nicky Johnson Weaver ’63
Francene Young ’71
Beth Smith Golden ’65 Hilary Carpenter Lynch ’85 Louisa Jones Palmer ’54 Ann Pollina, Head of School
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Sara Belcher Wardell ’60
Beth Smith Golden ’65 Shares Campaign Progress at Alumnae Weekend Speaking at the Alumnae Association Town Meeting during Alumnae Weekend, Beth Smith Golden ’65 shared the following news: “It gives me great pleasure to report to you on our current Inspiring Women Campaign progress. As many of you know, our Inspiring Women Campaign has a goal of $45M with $35M targeted for endowment and $10M for Annual Funds.
“The world will be better with many well educated and inspiring women in charge.” Beth Smith Golden ’65
To date we have raised just shy of $36M – and are 80% toward our goal. Included in this total is news from an alumna in the class of ’38, who has just informed us that she is planning to make a $1,000,000 commitment to Westover's Campaign this year. While this is gratifying in its own right, the spirit with which this gift was made is worth sharing. Our alumna and her husband had been talking about making gifts to their respective boarding schools, and they decided to make EQUAL gifts to their schools -- $1M going to her school and $1M going to his. We would like to acknowledge the importance of women's giving, illustrated perfectly through this gift; the class of ’38’s alumna gift demonstrates a strong statement about the influence of women and their impact on philanthropy. If you haven’t already, we hope you will be inspired by this story to make a gift to Westover’s Inspiring Women Campaign in honor of your Reunion.” Beth then outlined three ways to make a gift. 1. You may increase your Annual Fund gift in honor of Reunion. 2. You may make an outright gift to the endowment. 3. Classes celebrating their 50th, and the special members of the Old Guard – who are celebrating 55th reunions and earlier- may make a planned gift, which can also count as gift toward the current campaign. Special recognition was given to the classes of ’42, ’47, ’57, ’62, ’72, and ’87 for their endowment and planned gift support. Beth concluded, “If you believe as I do, that the world will be better with many well educated and inspiring women in charge, I hope you will consider being as generous as you can, stretching as far as you can, knowing that you will support the mission of our school in preparing young women who will make significant 9 contributions to society.”
Westover Celebrates Three Outstanding Faculty Members as they Retire
Shamus Weber English 1968-2012 Dean of Faculty Thomas Hungerford on Shamus Weber: “A teacher at Westover for 44 years, Shamus Weber has, in the words of a student, been ‘half-mythological, written and rewritten into student folklore.’ When [the late Director of Studies] Liz Newton once introduced Shamus as a Convocation Speaker, she spoke of his ‘encyclopedic’ mind. This was one of the most penetrating remarks anyone has made about him: Shamus’s mind is a vast landscape of information, images, words, and poetry. An ache for the exactitude and reach of words and word pictures has been a motive for Shamus’s teaching. He spent part of his sabbatical cataloging all of the figures of speech in the Iliad, and for years he hosted a “Word of the Day” site. More recently he has been teaching a popular etymology course.
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Anyone who has watched him teach knows that the classroom is the place where Shamus is most himself. No wonder that one student wrote of him, ‘He gave the gift of attention to our writing, the knowledge that someone could be affected by our words, and the sense that what we said, and how we said it, mattered …’’’
Terry Hallaran Alice Hallaran Physics Biology 1973-2012 1973-2012 Alumnae Association President Katrina Rauch Wagner ’61 spoke about our retiring faculty at an Alumnae Weekend Town Meeting: “Alice and Terry Hallaran arrived at Westover in 1973 and have happily worked with both Joe Molder and Ann Pollina. With their fervent environmental ethic, love of teaching, and dedication to cultivating a greater understanding of how the sciences impact our lives, they have helped the Science Program flourish. Terry began by teaching physics and chemistry and later also added astronomy and ornithology to his tenure. He became the Academic Dean in 1990 and spent 20 years in that post. Terry also loves music and theater and he sang in the Chamber Choir … and acted in a number of plays. His favorite role was staring as Fagan in Oliver. Alice taught biology continually for 38 years as well as many electives: geology, limnology, animal behavior, women’s health, botany, marine biology, and a course called “Life on the Edge.” She singlehandedly started the Outdoor program 38 years ago, sharing her passion for the great outdoors with students who had never spent a night camping, but found themselves loving it because she did. Alice shared that ‘our favorite times have probably been Terry out on the soccer field with his team running in circles, me paddling on the Shepaug River, not during flood stage, Terry taking his class up to the Astronomy Tower to see the Rings of Saturn, and me taking them in to the woods and exploring the sex life of moss or listening to the “Ooh! Factor” of young teens as they see a white-footed mouse close up for the first time.’”
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Making Connections.
During the March 2012 Spring Break, Head of School Ann Pollina and Director of Development Barbara Sabia traveled to eastern Asia to visit with Westover families, alumnae and prospective students in South Korea, the People’s Republic of China, and Japan.
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1. Ann Pollina with Aya Kurosawa ’12 (left) and Hana Mizuno ’12 in a Tokyo market 2. From left: Educational consultant Mao Fu Ping and his assistant Shelly, Jessica You ’15, Ann Pollina, Barbara Sabia, and Jessica’s mother, Manling You, in Shanghai, China 3. From left: Manling You (P’15), Ann Pollina, Jessica You ’15, and Barbara Sabia at the Shangede School in Shanghai, China, a prospective exchange school with Westover. 4. Ruihong Deng (P’12) and her daughter, Jessica Zhang ’12, at the Great Wall outside Beijing, China, with Ann Pollina and Barbara Sabia 5. During their visit to Seoul, South Korea, Ann Pollina and Barbara Sabia attended a dinner hosted by the families of current Westover students. Among the guests were Hye Yun Han ’06 and her mother, Myung Kim. 6. While in Tokyo, Japan, Ann Pollina and Barbara Sabia met with (from left) Risa Kawabata ’95 and Naya Koda ’93. 7. Ann Pollina with Xiaojun Wang and Qiuhong Dong (P’14) and their daughter Yike Wang ’14 8. In Beijing, Ann Pollina and Barbara Sabia met with (from left) Ruihong Deng and Yan Zhang (P’12), their daughter, Jessica Zhang ’12, and Yaishna Santchurn ’08, who was attending a study abroad program in China.
Making Connections: Alumnae Events Around the Country Alumnae and Westover faculty gathered at a reception in Washington, DC on February 10, 2012, held in conjunction with a National Coalition of Girls’ School conference. Head of School Ann Pollina was one of the conference speakers in her final year as President of the National Coalition of Girl’s Schools. In addition to this exciting trip, Westover made connections in Seattle, WA, touching base with alumnae, friends of Westover, and other members of our extended community.
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Westover Events: Richmond, VA; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City; Boston, MA; Roxbury, CT & Easton, MD.
Alumnae and other guests gathered at a luncheon in Richmond, Virginia, hosted by Adrienne Leichtle Maxwell ’57 and her husband, John, on February 14, 2012. Among those attending were (from left): John Maxwell, Kitsy Baird Smith ’58, Jennifer Sullivan ’01, Adrienne Maxwell, Trustee President Louisa Jones Palmer ’54, Mary Denny Scott Wray ’57, and Beth Panilaitis ’00.
Clinton Savage Standart ’68 served as a docent who led a tour of the Greek and Roman Galleries at the Metropolitan Museum in New York on April 23rd for students taking the “The Lives of the Gods: Greco-Romany Mythology in Art and Literature” a spring term Humanities course taught by Ali Hildebrand and Kathryn Albee.
A Boston-area “Conversation with Ann”– an opportunity for alumnae, their spouses, and other friends of the School to meet with Head of School Ann Pollina – was held on May 24th hosted by Margot Trotter-Davis ’70 and her husband Jon Davis. Those attending included (from left): front row – Ellen Harrington Campbell ’73, Trustee Francene Young ’71, Ann Pollina, Jamie Hollis; back row – Lolly MacMurray-Cooper ’63, Sally Hoover Zeckhauser ’60, Bear Mandeville Hollis ’69, Kitty Murphey Pell ’59, Gretchen Rogers Colby ’65, Margot Trotter-Davis, Jon Davis, David Cooper.
A “Conversation with Ann” for current Westover parents was held at the home of Judith Friedman (P’13) in Roxbury, Connecticut, on June 7th. With Head of School Ann Pollina are (from left) Ann Hertberg (P’15) and Robert and Kathryn Colucci (P’15).
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A garden party in Easton, Maryland, on April 29th for alumnae included (from left) Margaret Pier Barton ’65, Host Caroline Thompson Benson ’65, Martha Bacon Martin ’65, Head of School Ann Pollina, Mary Cutrali ’07, and Lauren Borkowski ’07.
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Distinguished Young Alumna Award Presented to Katie Hallaran ’02 For much of the past decade, Katie Hallaran has found herself far from Westover, a place she knew not only as her high school but also as the home where she grew up with her parents, faculty members Alice and Terry Hallaran. In May, however, Katie returned not only to join classmates for their 10th Reunion celebrations, but also to receive this year’s Distinguished Young Alumna Award. She was honored for following a variety of pursuits that share a common theme: improving the lives of people in need. Above: Whitney Neville Harvey ’68 and Katie Hallaran ’02 Below: Katie presenting her work to Alumnae in the Common Room.
After college, Katie spent six weeks volunteering in South Africa for a national HIV prevention program; that in turn led her to a job in fundraising and development for a Denver-based public health agency in support of HIV/AIDS programs. For the past several years, Katie has lived in Southeast Asia, most recently in Cambodia, where she worked first for a non-governmental organization focusing on climate change education, and then with Kinyei, which supports social projects and grassroots enterprise programs based in the Cambodian city of Battambang. Katie was one of a series of speakers at Alumnae Weekend, giving a presentation about the work of Kinyei and its efforts. Katie will be pursuing her Masters degree in Global Studies at Tufts University’s Terrence School in 2014.
Rosa Gatling Williams ’77 Receives Volunteer Service Award “There is one word that describes Rosa Gatling Williams,” said Governor Betsy Darling White ’57, in presenting Rosa with this year’s Maria Randall Allen ’42 Volunteer Service Award. “That word is yes!”
Awards Committee Chair Betsy Darling White ’57 and Rosa Gatling Williams ’77
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“Over the years,” Betsy explained, “Rosa has said yes to numerous requests to volunteer at Westover.” Since her graduation, Rosa has served as a secretary, class agent, reunion chair, and reunion gift chair for the Class of 1977. She also has represented Westover as an admission volunteer at school fairs, served as a member of the Alumnae Association Board of Governors, and later co-chaired the Centennial Steering Committee, which Betsy noted, “involved countless hours organizing and coordinating what was a fantastic celebration of our first 100 years. No matter what she is involved in Rosa brings energy, optimism and a smile.” Rosa accomplished all of this while working as a physicians asistant in neurosurgery. In accepting the award, Rosa recalled she agreed to serve as a Governor because “I felt that this was my time to give back to the School that changed my life. I truly believe that if I had not gone to Westover, I would not be the person I am today. Volunteering for Westover is effortless,” Rosa concluded. “It is just the right thing to do.”
Barrie Hogan Landry ’62 Receives 2012 Westover Award Barrie Hogan Landry was presented this year’s Westover Award for her commitment to girls’ education both near and far – at Westover, in Greater Boston, in Rwanda, and throughout the world. Ann Pollina, Head of School, and withBarrie Hogan Landry ’62.
In accepting the award, Barrie credited her years at Westover for transforming her from “a very shy, awkward young girl” into “a stronger, more confident young woman, committed to caring for others and to making a difference in the world. I am forever grateful to Westover for providing me with opportunities to learn, to try new skills, and to reach out to others.” Barrie noted that “my desire to care for others really took root at Westover, especially as a member of Dorcas, working with a young man who had been stricken with cerebral palsy. His sense of gratitude for the time we spent together inspired me to look at people differently, to remember the power of kindness, and to realize the importance of having a positive impact on others. These were also the values that were embedded in the everyday activities of Westover.”
Barrie was joined by several classmates who came to celebrate her Alumnae Association recognition.
In the years since, Barrie said, she came to realize that the School instilled in her “an awareness of the importance of investing in young women, of nurturing their early individual strengths and making them aware that they can make a difference.” In 1996, Barrie became involved with Mother Caroline Academy, an inner city middle school for girls from limited financial means in Dorchester, Massachusetts. “Mother Caroline’s mission was to get their girls into academically rigorous high schools and thus inspired me to reconnect with Westover.” In 2004, Barrie joined with seven other women from Boston in the building of the Maranyundo School for Girls in Rwanda, which, she noted, was “closely modeled after Mother Caroline. This project turned out to be one of the most meaningful experiences of my life. Certainly, one of the highlights of my involvement with the Maranyundo Initiative was having Westover become involved. This happened because of Ann Pollina and her belief in the importance of developing young women to be strong ethical contributors and concerned global citizens. Working with Ann and with the girls and women from Rwanda, has not only been exciting and fun but it has been an enormous privilege. All these women have inspired me with their courage and with their enormous sense of hope for the future.”
Kathy Kantengwa (P’09, ’13), Isabelle Byusa ’09, Alexia Byusa ’13, from Rwanda, with Barrie Hogan Landry ’62.
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Each year the Alumnae Association Board of Governors presents the Westover Award, the Maria Randall Allen ’42 Volunteer Service Award, and the Distinguished Young Alumna Award at the Alumnae Association Town Meeting held during Alumnae Weekend. Often people wonder how these women are nominated and selected for recognition for their dedication, commitment, and achievements. The short and, yes, easy answer is: You. Briefly, the qualifications are: • The Westover Award is presented to a person associated with Westover whose tangible accomplishments are significant and who, in life and spirit, has exemplified the Westover motto: To Think, To Do, To Be. • The Maria Randall Allen ’42 Volunteer Service Award is presented to an individual who has, through her work as a volunteer for Westover, demonstrated outstanding loyalty and a deep commitment to the mission of our School. • The Distinguished Young Alumna Award is presented to an alumna who, on or before her 15th Reunion, has distinguished herself in the pursuit of unique and vigorous academic, artistic, athletic, or career challenges, or through meritorious service to the community.
Do you know someone who meets any of these qualifications? Give it some thought. A classmate, daughter, mother, niece, grandmother? A former teacher or staff member, or someone who has served as a Trustee? Nomination forms can be found on the Westover website at westoverschool.org/alumaward You can also suggest a nomination by email, phone, or mail to the direct attention of Nancy Aordkian Pelaez ’86, Director of Alumnae Relations. You may also contact anyone on the Board of Governors; a list of board members can be found on the website and page 80 of this publication. Westover women are a truly amazing and accomplished group of people who distinguish themselves in countless ways throughout their lives. They deserve to be recognized. Nominate someone today! 1188
2012 Reunion Classes 1942 1947 1957 1962
Class of 1942 (from left): Adele Q. Ervin, Maria Randall Allen, Anne Demorest Hurtt, Patricia Franck Sheffield, Sonia Allen Spalding
Class of 1947 (from left): Ethel Manville Woolverton, Susan Silliman Tracy Addiss, Anita Packard Montgomery, Patricia Foote Davidson, A. Maybury Viall Fraser
Class of 1957 (from left) front row: Gretchen Hill Kingsley, Elizabeth Glassmeyer Treynor, Martha Allen Ross, Betsy Darling White, Elizabeth Fox Fisher, Barbara Edwards Hicks; back row: Lavinia Meeks, Adrienne Leichtle Maxwell, M. Birch Hincks Milliken, Posy Lincoln Short, Dorie Milner Pease, Mary Denny Scott Wray, Susan Nichols Wittmer
Class of 1962 (from left) front row: Cynthia Titus Powers, Maxey Willets Fullerton, Margaret Hicks, Susanne Roberts, Judith Lawrence Carmany, Suzanne Dyer Wise; back row: Catharine Hollister Ecton, Lecia Harbison, Barrie Hogan Landry, Louise Hill Davis, Martha Talbot Oberlander, Beatrice Frelinghuysen van Roijen, Pamela Shepardson Coleman, Cynthia Thorne Ayres
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Class of 1972 (from left) front row: Diana Boykin Walker, Diane Billings Winfree, Joan Gerster, Gretchen Handy Comstock, Marianne Tompkins Kassab, Jane Castles Thompson, Head of School Ann Pollina; back row: Elizabeth Bucknall Petty, Amy NickellWillson, Palmer Marrin ’73, Jeannie Pearce, Sarah Tremaine, Karie Dixon Thomson, Lila Leslie Foster Berris, Caroline Watson Morong, Dianne Crary, Margaret Johnson-Orrick, Anne Spalding, Annie DiSesa McHugh, Robin Tilghman Stevens, Sarah Hartigan
Class of 1977 (from left) front row: Katherine Bedell Weitzel, Rosa Gatling Williams and her daughter Brittney Williams ’06, Amy Tauchert, Mary M. Duncan; back row: retiring faculty members Alice and Terry Hallaran, Beth Gilbert; missing from photo: Sylvia Hyde Trevor
Class of 1982 (from left) front row: Kate Green Pichard, Carolyn Scott, Christine Muldowney Dahl, Claire Richards, Vanessa Spang, Joan Wetmore Yahn; back row: Lee Hammett Peterson, Amy Franklin McCoog, Annie Hunter Tingley, Sonja Hines Elliott, Alison Chase Moore, Weezie Webber Fallon, Adela Pierson-Eguilior; missing from photo: Margaret Jackson
Class of 1987 (from left) front row: Elizabeth Foote Treacy, Alex Conway Snyder; second row: Lynle Hawkins-Struble, Moya O’Donnell Saunders, Jennifer Gold, Keiley Gaston Fuller, Jennifer Burlington Hague, Katharine Bainbridge; third row: Leigh Vaule Steele, Elizabeth Eydenberg Kline and Adelaide Kline, Kiki Tauck Mahar, Aislinn MacMaster, Amy Machson-Hubbard OConnor, Stephanie Maddox Bender, Elizabeth Charlston Dolan, Carson Jacobi, Helen Fogarty, Rachel Minard, Anne Roche Perrine, Katharina Oberhofer Engelmayer, Gina DelSesto Kelly, Heather Colmore; missing from photo: Erica Indelicato Wood
To order professional prints of a reunion class photo, please visit westoverschool.org/reunionphotos
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Class of 1992 (from left) front row: Melissa Farrington Boals, Marisa Biello Shaker, Elizabeth Coffin, Jessica Gray, Ah Young Kim, Elizabeth McLinn Prang; back row: Courtney Schomp Barden, Jennifer Asteris, Amanda Darrach Filippone, Jane Murphy Randol, Melanie Bethel Carey, Sarah Sperry Hehman
Class of 1997 (from left) front row: Elise Desjardins Stanford, Hally Phillips Trementozzi, Katie Marages Schank, Katherine Johnstone; back row: Michele Gemino Egan, Kristen Magiera Roberts, Lisa Born Ellis
Class of 2002 (from left) front row: Shanell Littlejohn Lavery, Maris Hutchinson, Tiffany Stewart with Laelle, Ashley Kalaus Mariano with Eliana, Flannery Carey McDermott with OisĂn; second row: Coriana Close, Lily Henderson, Katie Hallaran, Megan Mann Burlington with Joseph, Victoria Haynes; third row: Amanda Bessette Werner, Mary Kelly, Caitlin Reynolds, Makenzi Hurtado, Anne-Nicole Hanus, Jessica Lillian, Aimee Gough, Courtney Cramer, Greta Atchinson, Lindsay Clark, Karen Lostritto, Evelyn Mervine Gauntlett; missing from photo: Jaime Feinman, Jessica Rabinowtiz Class of 2007 (from left) front row: Cathy Taylor, Kathleen Farrell, Elizabeth Ferrigno, Lisa DonDiego, Tatiana Fonseca, Cristina Tafuri; back row: Elizabeth Reznikoff, Chelsea Jacques, Nora Lovotti, Lauren Borkowski, Carmen Barnes, Erin Garrity, Bianca Czaderna, Mary Cutrali, Camille Marsh, Margot Lane, Victoria Menegat, Katherine Wernick, Melissa Ashton, Bailey Briggs; missing from photo: Laura Littmann
To order professional prints of a reunion class photo, please visit westoverschool.org/reunionphotos
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Alumnae Weekend 2012: Governors Luncheon at Lee House The Alumnae Association Board of Governors kicked off the 2012 Alumnae Weekend by hosting a luncheon on Friday, May 18th, at Lee House for former members of the Board of Governors and other special guests. Alumnae Association President Katrina Rauch Wagner ’61 welcomed the guests, offered tributes to retiring long-time faculty members Alice and Terry Hallaran and Shamus Weber, as well as to retiring Westover Archivist Maria Randall Allen ’42. Trustees Beth Smith Golden ’65 and Sara Belcher Wardell ’60 also gave a brief overview of the ongoing success of the Inspiring Women: Campaign for Westover.
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The Varsity Squash team completed a successful season by finishing in second place at the 2012 New England Squash Division B Championships. Westover’s Varsity Squash players completed another impressive run at the US Squash High School Nationals with a second place finish at the 2012 competition. The members of Westover School’s Varsity Squash team were presented with their 2nd place trophies at the conclusion of the U.S. High School Squash Nationals.
From left: Bethany Simmonds ’12 of Cornwall Bridge; Jocelyn McKenzie ’14 of Bronx, NY; Stuart Lemay ’14 of Harwich Port, MA; Alexandra Pape ’12 of Middlebury; Jazmin Matos ’12 of New York City; Sarah Krueger ’12 of Naugatuck; Coach JP Burlington; and Ashley Sanchez ’15 of New Haven.
Westover Athletics 2012 In just its third season, Westover’s Swim Team placed 1st in Division III competition at the Western New England Prep School Swimming Association Championships (WNEPSSA), In addition to its success at the WNEPSSA Championships, Westover’s Swim Team placed 2nd in the Connecticut Independent School Athletic Conference meet for the third year in a row. [L to R] front row: Parke Hunter ’12, Chesley McCarty ’12, Captain Anna Eggert ’12, Captain Katie Hedberg ’12, Lilly Eden ’12; Second row: Marie Shiraishi ’15, Sandra Huang ’15, Kira Hunter ’14, Chae Uhm ’13, Addis Fouche-Channer ’13, Rebecca Rashkoff ’15, Lizzy MacDougall ’14, Giuliana Brignone ’14, Enily Potts ’14, Hannah Hudson ’14, Sophia Bourgeois ’15, Isabella Yu ’15; Third row: Coach Kati Eggert, Anna Chahuneau ’14, Elizabeth Reed ’14, Gabbie Grimmett ’13, Katie Kuenzle ’15, Sierra Blazer ’13, Mary Kate Kosciusko ’13, Ailsa Slater ’13, Jen Zdon ’13, Jane Funk ’13, Coach Kate Seyboth 2233
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2012 Summer Notes Captions 1. Class of ’55 from Reunion Weekend ’12 2. Enid Fraser Robinson ’63 and grandson Alexander “Xander” Rafferty George Robinson born Nov. ’11 (to son Fraser and his wife, Alexandra) 3. Lee Gardner Shult ’63 and great-granddaughter Verena Eloise Huppi age 5 weeks 4. Lee Gardner Shult ’63, her 92 year-old mother, and her sister, Louise “Squeak” Gardner Biggar ’65 5. Gabriel, son of Juliana Pereira Silveira Peixoto ’94 6. Joan Dominick O’Brien ’56 and Jennifer Robbins Manocherian ’56 7. Katie Marages Schank ’97 and her daughter, Alice Eileen Schank, born in Feb. ’12 8. Merry Medina Murray ’61 at a Tucson, AZ dude ranch 9. L to R: Thayer (daughter of Neil Patterson King ’88), Neil, Susan Loyd (Spanish Teacher at Westover), and Parke Hunter ’12 in Lima, Peru, in Mar. ’12 10. Annis Gilbert Kukulan ’65, Caryn Cluett Gregg ’68, and Marion Thompson Murfey ’68 in Marion, MA, at their 60th birthday party 11. Cyndie Gould ’68 with her nephew, Tim Jaques, at a Jaques family reunion in Vinalhaven, ME, in Aug. ’11 12. Bev Johnson Jaques ’68 and her husband, Bill, with Leigh Keyser Phillips ’68 and her husband, Peter, in Mt. Lake, FL 13. Bev Johnson Jaques ’68 and her husband, Bill, with grandchildren 14. Martha Allen Ross ’57 and her husband, John 15. Kate Truini ’09 and Hannah Hartmann ’10, when Hannah appeared in an evening of one act plays at NYU 16. Ann Hillis ’43 and Margaret Hillis Sowden ’41 17. Sonja Lindgren ’81 in her backyard having a snowball fight with her kids 18. Monica Gali ’81 with her husband, Armando 19. Monica Gali ’81 with her children, Victoria (14) and AJ (9) 20. Brittany Soucar ’11, Annie Donovan ’11, and Callee Roscoe ’11 21. Annie Donovan ’11, Brittany Soucar ’11, Maddie Moore ’11, and Christine Clayton ’11 at a Boston area young alumnae event 22. L to R: Barbara Hungerford ’00, Kate Meeker ’04 and her husband, with Arts Chair Bob Havery in London Mar. ’12 23. Sabra Packard Cleveland ’49 and her husband, Jack, at a ceremony honoring WW II vets 24. Florence Lincoln Short ’57 with grandson, Gus, on top of Panther Mountain 25. Claude Ballande Egnell ’49 with her daughter Anne, Ann’s granddaughter Margaux, Ann’s daughter, Elise, and her fiancé, who were to be married in June (who are not the parents of Margaux) 26. Nancy Nicholas Hatfield ’56, looking no different than she did 56 years ago 27. Class of ’79 28. Emma Morel Adler ’48, Stephanie Stunzi Zuellig ’48, and Cornie Gibson Nelson ’48 lunching in NYC in spring ’12 29. L to R: Jin Lee ’04, Rona Lee ’06, and Megan Kochiss ’06 at the Pacific Northwest regional alumnae gathering in Mar. ’12 30. Lee Imbrie Selden ’54 with her husband reading one of his scripts 31. Michelle Jarboe McFee ’01 and Philip Pickett McFee were married on July 30, ’11 in Montague, MI. 32. Anastasia Platon ’08 with Libby Froeber ’08 33. Diana Strawbridge Wister ’57 and family 34. Mary Denny Scott Wray ’57 and her family on a Kenyan safari 35. Lynn Hamilton ’58 with all her grandchildren in Park City, UT 36. Lynn Hamilton ’58 on a camel in Morocco 37. Anita Burroughs Fahy ’58 and members of her family 38. Peyton Chapman Horne ’58 singing with a band in Cuba 39. Emily Taylor Ambler ’58 40. Julie Slocum Dahlgren ’63 received her doctorate from Boise State U. in May ’12. She is shown with her twin brother Jim Slocum 41. Yoonie Choi ’97 and her husband, Paul, who were married Apr. 1, 2012. 42. Jodie Merrill Eastman ’58 and members of her family 43. Gretchen Handy Comstock ’72 and Marianne Tompkins Kassab ’72 in Banff, Alberta 44. Betsy Shirley Michel ’59, Penny Levy Peet ’59, and Betsy Hartmann Rand ’59 in Paris, May ’11 45. Mary-Clark Seymour Garfield ’59 and family in Cape Cod in ’11 46. Klaus and Lily Russell-Heiliger ’59 on The North Capein ’11 47. Adela Pierson-Eguilior ’82, Amy Franklin McCoog ’82, and Holly Gyde Costaregni ’82 48. Liz Reed ’68 and her husband, Jan, on Block Island 49. Granddaughters of Christie Krementz Graham ’63 Priscilla, Virginia, and Charlotte 50. Lyn Bremer Chivvis ’63 with granddaughter Uma 32
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Lolly MacMurray-Cooper ’63 and her husband, David, in Botswana Julie Slocum Dahlgren ’63 with husband, step-daughter and her husband, and 2 granddaughters hiking to Cedar Falls – Bog Lost River Range, ID Robin Reath Graves ’63 with her triplet granddaughters (children of her daughter, Nellie) Lucy Hannan Vaill ’63 and Nicky Johnson Weaver ’63 on safari in Zambia in ’11 Nicky Johnson Weaver ’63 and fiancé, Jim Cheek. A summer ’12 wedding is planned in France. Meg Dobbin Greeley ’63 hiking at Mont Blanc Oct. ’11 Babs Mallery ’61, wearing her Westover Hoodie, had her picture taken by a Turkish sailor overlooking the Bosporous Sea. Marie Bannard Lockwood ’63 and her husband Belinda Winslow ’63 and Robin Rohde McCarthy ’63 Karen Packard de Planque ’43 with daughter Michal Michelson in San Diego ’11 Gayle Nin Rosenkrantz ’49 wearing a typical Colombian “paisa” hat in Guatape, Colombia Beth Markham Nicholson ’63 with grandchildren Betsy Fox Fisher ’57 at home with daughter Beth and her husband, Ed Andrade Stepdaughter of Betsy Fox Fisher ’57, Betsy, sister Ginny Fox Wagenseller ’65, and Ginny’s son, Andrew The Class of ’79 reunion attendees enjoy the sunset in Key West, FL, in Oct. ’11. See you in Savannah in Oct. ’12! Front row: Leila Tighe ’79, Ann Cluett Kaplan ’79; back row: Cathy O’Shea ’79, Irene Bagley-Heath ’79, Lyann Mannella ’79, Nancy Hoft ’79, Sarah Bliss Seamans ’79, and Holly Gilbert ’79 Quita Woodward Horan ’52 and her 3-year-old granddaughter in May ’11 Ellie and Charlie, grandchildren of Gay Spykman Harter ’52 Miriam DeCosta-Willis ’52 at the exhibit “Women of Strength, Women of Color” with a display case of items she donated to the Memphis Pink Palace Museum, including her graduation certificate from Westover Anne Farquhar Griffin ’47 with daughter Shore Blagden Griffin at Choebe National Park Jan. 31, 2012 At the wedding of Lindsay Rhodes Newton ’04: Molly Avila ’04, Taber Lightbourne ’04, Sarah Cave ’04, and Crystal Velez ’04 Alison Barbour Fox ’43 and husband Joe Tricia Carlson ’94, Heidi Bosek Dunavant ’96, and Gina Nelson Samson ’96 at Bruce Coffin and Melinda Burbank’s retirement celebration in May ’11 Tricia Carlson ’94 and Honore Ervin ’93 visit during summer ’11 Susie Willcox MacKay ’64 and her 3 grandchildren Zoe March Brisard ’94 with her mother and daughters at Discovery Cove in Mar. ’12 Happy Clement Spongberg ’64 and her husband, Stephen Ben (son of Pam Whittemore Bell ’64) with his nephews (Pam’s daughter’s children) at Christmas ’11 Wedding of Jessica Gray ’92 at Camp Wing in Duxbury, MA, in June 11, ’11; L to R: Ah Young Kim ’92, Virginia Stroud Graham ’92, Jessica Gray ’92, Nicole Follmer, Amanda Darrach Filippone ’92, and Baylah Tessier-Sherman ’94 Kendall Mulligan ’08 with Danielle and Dominique Harrison ’08 in Watch Hill, RI Libby Froeber ’08 displays her lantern tattoo Lauren Mathieu ’08 with her co-captain for the women’s squash team at George Washington U. holding the Walker Cup, a division of the Howe Cup Squash National Championship Rachel Clement ’00 and Tina Shields Fink ’00 Alia Hussain ’00 and family Sarah Welinsky ’03 Renee Bang Allen ’86 with her husband, Brent, and daughter, Olivia Cathy Stewart ’76 and Beth Lubrano Dwyer ’76 in ME Tami Bettcher Walker ’76 and Diane Curry Trimper ’76 in FL Alex Thayer ’01 and Dena Simmons ’01 during a recent visit Rachel Stock Lesher ’01 at her wedding with Izu Emeagwali ’01 and Sarah Bill ’01 Elizabeth Salzberger Casaus ’01 at her wedding to Amorette Casaus Liz Feeney Sweeney ’01 with son Cooper and daughter Grace and Lauren Brooks Trimboli ’01 with daughter Brooklyn The family of Sheilagh McNutt Shusta-Hochberg ’70: son Alex Shusta, and his children Kayley, Skylar and twins Kaden and Kyle Sheilagh McNutt Shusta-Hochberg ’70 and Steve L to R: Annie Conant Schlafly ’70, Nancy LeSage Hellmuth ’70, Vickie DiSesa ’70, and Beppie Huidekoper ’70 Chris McIntosh Coffin ’75 and Jessie Cogswell Tichko ’75 Children of Michele Gemino Egan ’97 (right) and Laurie Black Stefanowicz ’97 (left) on vacation in the Dominican Republic in Feb. ’12 97. Esther Spaulding ’53 happily paddling in her “Wee Lassie” by Rushton in Summer ’11 98. Daughter of Candy Rundin ’69, Wilder, with her husband, Nick 33 99. Chloe Rossano ’09 (2nd from L) led a group of hikers with the School for International Expedition Training up Mount Tociolluraju, elev. 19,790 feet, in Peru’s Cordillera Blanca.
Westover Classroom Door by Student Photographer, Anna Eggert ’12
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Heather Mannella ’91 to David Nuzzo April 7, 2012
Kim Griswold ’04 to Chris Guman March 17, 2012
Jessica Gray ’92 to Nicole Follmer June 11, 2011
Susan Loyd, Spanish teacher, to John Turner June 16, 2012
Marci Monnaville ’94 to Brian Miller October 2011
Helena Riesenfled D’Arcy ’91 Daniel D’Arcy 2012
Katherine Johnstone ’97 to Bernard Chriqui October 1, 2011
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Kate Witry Riche ’94 Lucy Cate Riche September 27, 2011 Ledley Mosch Pastor ’95 Lillian Hamilton Pastor November 1, 2011
Rebecca Luger-Guillaume ’01 to Gavin Poindexter July 9, 2011
Rachel Stock ’01 to Nicholas G. Lesher July 16, 2011
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Nancy Doyle Chalfant ’31 April 26, 2012
Louise Mead Walker Resor ’34 Anne Sutton Dieter ’97 May 21, 2012 Owen Michael Dieter Helen Shaw Roberts ’34 May 17, 2012 February 15, 2012 Alia Hussain ’00 Anne Evans Sweeney ’35 Humza S. Chatha January 13, 2012 April 11, 2012 Chantal Hurtado ’05 Aria Rose Nevue December 8, 2011
Madelyn Noyes Carey ’35 March 3, 2012 Elise Wetter Morgan ’35 October 23, 2011
Alethea Kunhardt Walker ’45 May 4, 2012 Pendennis Bissell Fitzgerald ’46 March 26, 2012 Michelle LaBranche Campbell ’46 February 14, 2012 Helen Grace Spencer ’54 March 9, 2012 Maurita “Mickey” Foley Lannan ’55 March 28, 2012
Gertrude Wells Brennan ’36 Cynthia Hiss Grace ’61 2011 January 13, 2012 4
Danielle Diaferio Scaringi ’94 Christopher James Scaringi December 17, 2011
Michelle Jarboe ’01 Philip McFee July 30, 2011
Elizabeth Salzberger ’01 to Amorette Casaus September 2011
Katie Marages Schank ’97 Alice Eileen Schank February 29, 2012
Meredith Shirey ’91 Matthew Philip Shirey Anterup February 6, 2012
Rachel Mills ’97 to Sven-Erik Nielsen April 21, 2012
Rachel Clement ’00 to Tucker Jackson July 9, 2011
Heidi Bioski ’91 Margot Allen January 13, 2012 Heather Donlan Sinberg ’91 Hudson Wyatt Sinberg February 15, 2012
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Stacy Payne ’89 Grace Grover Payne-Hurley August 11, 2011
In Memoriam
Betty Blair Mauk ’37 June 26, 2012
Stephanie Chapman ’93 December 11, 2011
Cornelia Janeway Saltsman ’37 January 15, 2012
Faculty, Staff, & Friends of the School
Virginia Shaw Shedden ’38 September 7, 2011
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Jean Adams Blake ’42 August 23, 2011
Lois Cameron (P'66), Librarian & Administrative Duties 1956-1986 May 18, 2012
Ann Kiernan Smith ’44 June 19, 2012 Melisande Congdon-Doyle ’45 January 21, 2011 Rosemary Howe Wetherill ’45 January 13, 2012
Chiharu Hasegawa ’96 Yoonsung Junsei January 6, 2012
1. Becca Luger-Guillaume Poindexter ’01 married Gavin on July 9. ’11 in Minneapolis 2. Kim Griswold ’04 at her wedding with classmates Eileen Lonegan ’04, Liz Rowland ’04, Caitlin Snyder ’04, and Allison Grande ’04. Penny Covill, Michael Gallagher, and Sue Mills also in attendance 3. Katherine Johnstone ’97 at her wedding in France 4. Katie Marages Schank ’97 with her daughter Alice 5. Gigi Payne, daughter of Stacy Payne ’89, in her great-great grandmother’s travel case, which Stacy kept her stationery in when she was at Westover 6. Kate Witry ’96 with husband Todd Richer and baby Lucy Cate
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“The ones who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do it.� Steve Jobs Class of 2012 Senior Quote
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“It seems strange to think that almost four years ago we wrote our names on little, makeshift boats and were told that one day we would light a candle and send those very boats off into the Westover Pond. We ourselves are very similar to those small vessels. Some of us came to this School as a little, awkward block of wood, which was by no means ready for any seafaring voyage. With no sail or rudder we would remain little less than driftwood and eventually wash up on shore.
Alexandra Pape ’12
But today, we are formidable ships. We are the product of many hands, which have sanded and varnished our wood. We have listened to our passionate teachers and grown excited ourselves, and thus our enthusiasm became our sails. Over the years, this enthusiasm for learning proved extremely valuable, as we have all been challenged by Westover’s demanding curriculum. Our educated enthusiasms thus became our passions, our rudders, our ability to steer ourselves. Today we are ships ready to be launched into a large sea. And though the waters may be rough and the lighthouse might seem hidden in darkness we have been built to withstand such things.” Alexandra Pape ’12 attending Wheaton College in the fall
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“You have spent a few of your formative years at a compassionate and intellectually demanding learning institution, gaining skills, knowledge, and selfconfidence. You have daily walked under the banner reminding you ‘To Think, To Do, To Be.’ You have lived in a community where honesty, cooperation, and the exchange of ideas and concerns have been nurtured across a spectrum of ages and subjects. You have been a valued citizen of this community and of the larger community. This pattern of behavior has determined and will continue to determine your course of life.
Melinda Burbank, Retired Faculty
A Chinese proverb states, ‘Women hold up half the sky,’ so as a mother, friend, past teacher, and advisor, I plead with you that you accept this responsibility and continue living your life with the love, concern for others, and quest for self and community betterment that you have demonstrated these years at Westover. To close with a quote spoken by Steve Jobs in his Stanford 2005 commencement speech: Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma, which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.” Melinda Burbank Retired Westover Chemistry Teacher
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“Participating in the ground-breaking WISE program was an opportunity to try our hands at subject matter inaccessible in a typical high school curriculum. Learning a variety of technical skills from enthusiastic teachers was exciting and rewarding: we gained confidence in ourselves and secured our way into great college engineering programs. Now that we both have careers in engineering, we know that success in the workplace relies on the same principles instilled in us by Westover’s WISE program: curiosity, passion, and confidence.”
Jessica Sieller Hines ’97 of East Granby, Connecticut graduated from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 2001 with a B.S. in Chemical Engineering and is a Continuous Improvement Engineer at Pepperidge Farm, Inc.
Nicole “Nikki” Sieller ’00 of Phoenixville, Pennsylvania graduated from Villanova University in 2004 with a Bachelor’s in Chemical Engineering with a minor in Chemistry and is a Project Engineer for the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
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Fourteen members of the Class of 2012 successfully completed Westover’s Women In Science and Engineering (WISE) program – the largest WISE class to date. The WISE graduates and faculty gathered for a group portrait with the students wearing shirts from the colleges then plan to attend (faculty wore shirts of their alma maters). From left: front row – Tam Nguyen, Amber Chausse, Sarah Krueger, Danielle Stratton, Anna Eggert, Bethany Simmonds; back row – WISE instructor Jana Dunbar, WISE Director Kate Seyboth, Hannah Clark, Charlotte Forcht, Courtney Fennell, Anna Kang, Megan Boucher, Jessica Zhang, Hana Mizuno, Katie Hedberg, WISE instructor Ben Hildebrand.
The members of the Class of 2012 were accepted at 140 colleges and universities, a diverse list that includes some of the best schools in the world. Here is a list of the schools who offered admission this fall to members of the Class of 2012: Adelphi University American University Amherst College Auburn University Austin College Babson College Bard College Bentley University Boston College Boston University Brandeis University Brown University Bryn Mawr College University of California, Berkeley University of California, Santa Barbara Carnegie Mellon University Case Western Reserve University Catawba College The Catholic University of America College of Charleston Christopher Newport University Clark University Clemson University Colby-Sawyer College Connecticut College University of Connecticut Cornell University The Culinary Institute of America University of Delaware Dickinson College Drew University Drexel University Durham University Eckerd College Elizabethtown College Elmira College
Emerson College Emory University Endicott College Fairfield University Fordham University Franklin and Marshall College Franklin Pierce University Furman University George Mason University The George Washington University Georgia Institute of Technology Gettysburg College Goucher College University of Hartford Haverford College High Point University Hobart & William Smith Colleges College of the Holy Cross Hood College University of Illinois, Urbana Indiana University at Bloomington International Christian University James Madison University Johns Hopkins University University of Kansas King's College Lasell College Lehigh University Louisiana State University Loyola University, Maryland Loyola University, New Orleans Manhattan College University of Mary Washington Marymount Manhattan College University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth McDaniel College
McGill University Miami University of Ohio Michigan State University Middlebury College Mills College University of Mississippi Montana State University, Bozeman Mount Holyoke College Muhlenberg College New College of Florida University of New England University of New Hampshire New York University Nichols College University of North Texas Northeastern University Occidental University Ohio Wesleyan University Pennsylvania State University, University Park University of Pennsylvania Providence College Quinnipiac University Reed College Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Rhodes College Rice University University of Richmond Rider University University of Rochester Roger Williams University Rollins College Roosevelt Academy Sacred Heart University Saint Michael's College Salve Regina University
Santa Clara University Scripps College Sewanee, The University of the South Siena College Simmons College Smith College Sophia University University of Southern California Southern Methodist University Southwestern University Springfield College University of St. Andrews St. Lawrence University State University of New York, Binghamton Stonehill College Syracuse University University of Texas, San Antonio Trinity College Tufts University Tulane University Ursinus College University of Vermont Villanova University Virginia Polytechnic Institute University of Virginia Waseda University Washington College Wellesley College Wesleyan University Wheaton College Williams College Wofford College Worcester Polytechnic Institute
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The Westover Alumnae Portal is Open! This virtual community is a place where you can reconnect, rediscover, and give back to Westover. Visit our new Online Alumnae Portal at www.alumnae-westoverschool.org and “Join the Portal!” to become a member. Once your new member registration has been accepted, you will be able to: search our online alumnae directory, help us to find lost alumnae, and update your biographical and contact information. You can also make a gift online and register for events! Please log in and get connected today!
alumnae-westoverschool.org A new printed Alumnae Directory is in the works for the coming year, due to popular demand. This is a wonderful tool for all alumnae to stay in touch with each other and for professional networking. Westover has partnered with PCI. Be on the lookout for mailings, e-mails, and calls to update your biographical information. So far we have received over 3,700 updated adresses, job titles, phones, and emails! Be sure to reserve your Directory when you are speaking with a representative from PCI. The Westover Alumnae Office will not have additional copies for purchase after the process has ended. To reserve your copy today please call PCI at 1.866.441.5913. Westover’s website has an exciting new look! Log on and explore all that Westover has to offer. From recent news, sports scores, and new programs to student blogs, videos, and Alumnae happenings,
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Westover Reaches Annual Fund Goal of $1.5 Million!
The 2012 Annual Fund Awards The Julia B. Kirlin Award is presented to the fundraising volunteers of the reunion class that has achieved the most distinguished results in support of the Annual Fund. This year’s volunteers are from the Class of 1957: Alane Gerdau and Dorothy Milner Pease. The Adele Ervin Award is presented to the Class Agent or Agents of a non-reunion class with the best results in participation and increase in total giving to the Annual Fund. This year’s volunteers are from the Class of 1963: Elizabeth Markham Nicholson and Alison OliveriWardrop The Alumnae Board of Governors Award is presented to the class from the most recent 15 years with the highest percentage participation to the Annual Fund. This year’s volunteers are from the Class of 2002: Greta Atchinson, Makenzi Hurtado and Mary Kelly.
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Alumnae Weekend 2013 May 17-19 Classes ending in 3 & 8 celebrate their milestone reunions in May! Friday, May 17, 2013 • Meet and Greet Welcome Reception • Glee Performance • Alumnae Art Exhibition
Saturday, May 18, 2013
ALUMNAE DAY! All alumnae are welcome to return to Westover to join in the festivities! Visit westoverschool.org/reunion or contact Nancy Aordkian Pelaez ’86 or Lauren Fikslin Castagnola in the Alumnae/Development Office at 203.577.4646
You can now read this publication ONLINE at westoverschool.org/summermag