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Transformational Travel also in this issue:

Master Plan Update Reunion 2018 Class Notes

by brian p. easler Head of School

perspectives

Moving forward: ‘Community will benefit . . . much sooner than we originally thought.’

I wonder how many people imagined , when they

Read the Head of School’s page at www.wma.us/hos

read the Spring ’18 Academy World magazine and the details about the Wilbraham & Monson Academy Facilities Master Plan, that we would be able to begin moving forward with our plans … this spring. That is, however, exactly what we are doing. This is a remarkable step for WMA, and one that sets the pace and focus of our efforts as we build upon the foundation of our future.

It is certainly an exciting time to be at the Academy, and that was especially true at the April meeting of the Board of Trustees. In discussion about the Master Plan and the beginning steps necessary to make it happen, the focus fell on several generous and early gifts and pledges toward the effort. It was at that moment when several trustees asked a pivotal question, “Why wait?”

In a resulting brainstorm of exciting ideas and revelations, we decided not to wait. With the gifts and commitments we already have in hand, we have the ability to begin now, with the first project in the Master Plan priorities. This project— a new library—will unlock the path for us to engage, once we are ready, with the first phase of the Master Plan. We will continue to build on the momentum we have created as we simultaneously plan and prepare for a more comprehensive fundraising campaign to support the rest of the Plan.

Additionally, with an enrollment landscape that is more challenging than ever, beginning immediately communicates to our current and potential families what we all already know: that WMA is not only a transformational experience, but also a school on the move and worthy of their confidence and trust.

I left the meeting, quickly called our architects and told them that we need to move the schedule up a little bit . . . by about two years. Although the planning Read the ‘Library and permitting timeline will be tight Update’ and may creep into the winter months, we story on are confident that this project will begin pg. 32 to happen very quickly.

This kind of excitement and confidence is indicative of the Academy’s strength and momentum, and the dedication of our Alumni and friends. We still have a lot of work ahead of us in the years to come.

We will need to raise the necessary funds to fully complete the remaining Master Plan objectives, and we will be relying on our Alumni and friends to help us make that happen. In the meantime, I ask that you consider WMA in your annual philanthropic priorities because we need your help now more than ever.

What is most exciting in all of this, for me, is that our students, our program and our school community will benefit from these plans and efforts much sooner than we originally thought. That is, after all, what this is all about.

Respectfully,

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Teddy Ryan Associate Editors

Russ Held Bill Wells Advisory Board

Mark Aimone Brian Easler Don Kelly Janet Moran

Noah Kantor ’19 Wendy Staples Bill Wells Various contributing photographers

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Mark Aimone Ania Axas ’19 Michael Carson ’18 Jade Chlapowski ’18 Erika Convery ’19 Brian Easler Clara Harrington ’18 Russ Held Thomas Iannacone Maureen Kelly Chesky ’02 Janet Moran Teddy Ryan Mary Sparago ’17 Walter Swanson Sean Valentine Bill Wells

Scott B. Jacobs ’75, Chair James E. LaCrosse ’50W, Vice Chair Mark R. Shenkman ’61M, Vice Chair David A. Reeves, Treasurer Krista Hanson, Secretary Ray Anton ’61M Chris Antonacci ’06 Bonnie Faulkner Ryan ’82 Caitlin S. Flynn ’06 K. Ivan F. Gothner Linda B. Griffin Judith A. Knapp Barry M. Maloney ’85 Timothy J. Marini Andrew P. Mele Craig A. Rubin ’63W

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Paul Bloomfield Aidan Held ’21 Russ Held

Eric W. Anderson Richard S. Fuld ’64W William E. James ’64W

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News from the Hill Titans Victorious Athletics Season Recaps Alumni Events Class Notes

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on the cover WMA’s Travel Program has provided opportunities for students to travel to five continents during the last decade, including South America, Asia, Africa and Europe in 2018. Last summer, a group of Titans embarked on a journey to South Africa; here they are at the Cape of Good Hope. Learn more about Traveling Titans’ experience, starting on page 36.

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Jim LaCrosse ’50W: Enduring Legacy Marked by Largest Bequest in Academy’s History Jim LaCrosse ’50W made the “long” walk­ — across the street­ — from his home on the corner of Main Street and Mountain Road to begin his career as a student at Wilbraham Academy­ — an experience that would lead to a lifelong connection with the school.

As Mr. LaCrosse said, “I was a reasonably good student, but I certainly grew in terms of my character. I was shaped by the school and the teachers . . . .” Today, more than 60 years later, it is Mr. LaCrosse who is helping to shape the Academy that shaped him.

Earlier this year, Mr. LaCrosse and his wife, Patricia, made a bequest to the Academy of $7.5 million. While we hope that it will take many years for this bequest to be realized, a bequest of this size is unprecedented at Wilbraham & Monson Academy and we are so incredibly appreciative of their generosity and leadership.

After graduating from the Academy, Mr. LaCrosse earned his B.A. from Wesleyan University and M.B.A. from Harvard University. For more than 40 years, Jim has owned and operated National Wine & Spirits, a billion dollar company that distributes wine and spirits in Indiana, Michigan, Illinois and Kentucky.

A philanthropist in her own right, Mrs. LaCrosse has been a fixture in the Indianapolis art community for many years. In 2016, she received The Kathryn Taurel Woman of the Arts Award from the Indianapolis Opera. The LaCrosses are avid art collectors and wonderful unique pieces adorn their homes in Indianapolis, Indiana, and Scottsdale, Arizona.

Being a leader in supporting the Academy is nothing new for Mr. LaCrosse.

In 2001, he joined the Board of Trustees In the fall of 1946,

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and currently serves as Vice-Chair. Board of Trustees Chair Scott Jacobs ’75 said, “Jim is one of just a handful of people without whom the Academy would have struggled to be where it is now. He has provided unwavering support and encouragement for former Head of School Rodney LaBrecque and current Head of School Brian Easler. The Board has found his advice and guidance invaluable throughout his years of service. Jim is the quintessential trustee: thoughtful, diplomatic, strategic and humble. Any school would be lucky to have him as a trustee. His most recent bequest is just another example of his leadership.”

In 2000, Mr. LaCrosse was the driving force behind the 50th reunion of his class, setting a fundraising record in honor of their milestone. In 2010, he was instrumental in providing a 2:1 match to an E.E. Ford Foundation grant that was used to create an endowed fund that provides funding for annual travel and study tours for faculty. That year, he was also recipient of WMA’s Service to the Academy Award. In 2013, Mr. LaCrosse made the largest cash donation to the Academy by contributing $2.7 million to WMA’s endowment. And most recently, Mr. LaCrosse joined with Mr. Jacobs and fellow Vice-Chair Mark Shenkman ’61M to establish a $250,000 match challenge for the 2018 Atlas Fund.

Mr. Easler characterized Mr. LaCrosse’s service to the Academy in this way: “(His) cool-headed, thoughtful and insightful approach, combined with his fond memories and absolute love of the school, make him a powerful voice on the Board. He matches that voice with his willingness to give generously and consistently of his time and resources.”

It is difficult to overstate the impact the LaCrosses’ generosity will have on the Academy. “To put it in perspective,” said Mr. Easler, “an additional $7.5 million in our endowment with an annual draw of roughly 5 percent would mean an additional annual operating influx of $375,000. Just imagine how that additional revenue will impact the transformational experience we provide for our students and how it will move this school forward.”

The LaCrosses’ generosity is not only a remarkable expression of their loyalty and commitment to the Academy, but it also is a testament to their confidence in the direction and the future of this great school. We are so grateful for their leadership and generosity.

“To put it in perspective, an additional $7.5 million in our endowment . . . would mean an additional annual operating influx of $375,000. Just imagine how that additional revenue will impact the transformational experience we provide for our students and how it will move this school forward.” brian p. easler, head of school

“I was a reasonably good student, but I certainly grew in terms of my character.

I was shaped by the school and the teachers …” jim lacrosse ’50w

Jim LaCrosse ’50W

Jim LaCrosse ’50W, right, and wife Patricia.

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News from the Hill

Celina Rivernider ’19 wins award at Harvard Model UN Wilbraham & Monson Academy’s Celina Rivernider ’19 said there are students who go to Harvard Model United Nations just to win an award.

Celina didn’t want to be one of “those” kids, but she won an award anyway.

Celina received a Delegate Honorable Mention Award for her representation of a NATO delegate from Italy at the 65th annual Harvard Model UN, which was held in Boston in January.

“I was very surprised because I don’t go there to win the awards,” Celina said. “I really like the experience. It’s very competitive.

There are kids who go there just for the awards, and you know who they are because they come in and just try to take over everything.

I don’t want to be that kid.

“I didn’t think I was doing that well.

I came back after the first day and was talking to (faculty advisors) Mr. (Gary) Cook and Ms. (Sommer) Mahoney ’11 and I was so frustrated.

There were those kids who came to committee and they don’t let you talk unless they think they have to.

I had to figure out a way to get them to listen to me, so what I did was I started a bloc of my own.”

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Mr. Moran captures 3 national swim titles Wilbraham & Monson Academy Swim Coach Dan Moran is giving Father Time some stiff competition.

At the U.S. Masters Swimming Spring National Championship in Indianapolis, Indiana, May 10–13, Coach Moran won three events in the 35–39 age group.

Even more amazing than being the best swimmer in the country in so many age categories, Coach Moran was remarkably close to his top times in college.

“It was special,” said the 2006 Springfield College graduate, who won the 1,000-yard freestyle, 200 butterfly and 500 freestyle. “There are a group of us who have been in consistently, and it was good to see those guys.

To come out on top against that kind of competition is nice. I was most proud of my 100 fly from a personal standpoint because it was right on my college time.

I thought I’d have a good 200 fly because I trained for it and I had been consistently at the top of the age group.

But for the 100 fly, I looked up and couldn’t even fathom

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Along with touching first CEGS Department faculty member Dan Moran won in three events at the national three national age division meet, Coach Moran placed swimming championships. second in the 400 individual medley and third in the 100 fly.

“I just love it,” said Coach Moran, who won the national 1,000 free and 200 fly in the 30–34 age group six years ago. “It’s also the best long-term workout there is. I can go and train for running, and sometimes I do just to give myself a mental break. But my body doesn’t feel as strong and as totally into it.”

National Latin exam honors 16 WMA students The eruption of which volcano buried the city of Pompeii?

Which Roman god of music was often seen with a lyre?

VII et II sunt?

Any guesses?

Those were three of the 40 questions on the 2018 National Latin Exam, which saw 16 Wilbraham & Monson Academy students earn awards.

The 42nd annual exam had more than 143,000 students from 24 countries take the 45-minute test.

Below is a list of WMA students who received honors at their respective test level: Level 4

Gold – Minkyum “Jonathan” Kim ’18, Peter Stoute ’18 Magna Cum Laude – Rose Bannon ’18, Sarah Ragnauth ’18 Level 3

Silver – John Kennedy ’19, Anna Axas ’19, Gordon Hertel ’19 Magna Cum Laude – JiYeon “Jane” Jang ’18 Level 2

Silver – Liam Etti ’20 Magna Cum Laude – Grace-Marie Gouin ’20 Cum Laude – Nathan LaBrec ’19, Gael Hernandez ’18 Level 1

Silver – Mo “Elisabeth” Mao ’21, Julia Pelletier ’21 Cum Laude – Diego Fuentes ’21, Grace Dineen ’21

Elizaveta Biryukova ’19 wins state election Wilbraham & Monson Academy’s Elizaveta Biryukova ’19 takes her opportunity to participate in DECA seriously; so seriously she campaigned for and won an election to be a state officer of the international organization.

DECA is an association that prepares high school and college students for leadership in the business field, such as entrepreneurship, finance, marketing and management.

“I like DECA as an organization,” Liza said. “I thought the position as a state officer could prospectively help me with my public speaking skills as well as leadership skills so I decided to run.”

Liza placed second in the entrepreneurship field at a district DECA

competition in January. In February, she completed a test interview with current state officers. Liza passed the process and was allowed to run for state officer, winning the election at the state conference in Boston in early March.

“I’m glad people liked what I was representing,” she expressed.

As a state officer, Liza was invited to attend this year’s International Career Development Conference for DECA, which was held in Atlanta April 21–24.

The event drew 18,000 people, including representatives from approximately 10 countries.

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WMA lands 2 national STEM awards Competing against teams from throughout the United States and Canada, Wilbraham & Monson Academy once again proved it is a leader in the field of science at the high school level.

Two groups from WMA’s STEM 9 course, taught by Dr. John Strauss, received awards at this year’s ExploraVision competition. The annual program requires students to design a STEM-based product that will be prudent 20 years into the future.

Both groups were awarded honorable mentions, which are Northeast ExploraVision honorees and STEM 9 students (left to right) Grace Dineen ’21, An “Ann” Chuc Tran ’21 and Olivia Picknelly ’21 display honorable mention certificates in front of faculty member Dr. John Strauss.

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happen. The students wanted given to the top 10 percent in each something so you could take it home, region. WMA participated in the Northeast Region. The Academy pee on it and tell whether or not you’re at risk.” was the only school in Massachusetts While one group was determined to win an award at the Grade 9 level. to make a difference on the ground, The group of Grace Dineen ’21, An “Ann” Chuc Tran ’21 and Olivia another was looking toward space.

The foursome of Jack Perenick ’21, Picknelly ’21 created a kit for a Zika Ryan Cordeiro ’21, Spencer Crisis Mediation through at-home Hemingway ’21 and Marvin Morris Detection.

“Like an at-home pregnancy test, ’21 came up with the concept of an Orbital Directional Adjusting they wanted to develop a simple do-it-yourself test for the presence of Satellite.

“We designed an experimental Zika virus,” Dr. Strauss explained. concept for a satellite design that “They could get treatment or know collects debris from orbit,” Jack said, what their options are at home.

Trying to address the issue of the fact “which poses serious risks to both that an at-home test is the only thing available to many people who Northeast ExploraVision honorees and are at risk for Zika in developing STEM 9 students (left to right) Marvin Morris countries. Here, you can go to your ’21, Spencer Hemingway ’21 and Ryan Cordeiro doctor and take your blood and ’21 stand with faculty member Dr. John they’ll tell you, but there, that doesn’t Strauss. Missing from photo: Jack Perenick ’21.

people in space and technology in space, and people on the ground as well.”

Interestingly, a company designed a similar satellite and had an April launch. The WMA group, though, impressively one-upped the design that already exists.

“Their design is one-time use, which means once it’s used it’s destroyed in the earth’s atmosphere,” Jack revealed. “Our design is it would be useable theoretically forever, which would save hundreds of billions of dollars.”

29 receive national Spanish exam honors After going on a school trip to Peru, Wilbraham & Monson Academy’s Ashley Bradway ’18 realized just how many possibilities arose because she knew how to speak and comprehend Spanish.

Ashley’s knowledge of the Spanish language is better than she even thought as she received a Gold Medal for her performance on the 2018 National Spanish Examination.

Ashley aced one of the two sections and finished with a score of 95 percent or better overall on the annual exam, which was sponsored by The American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese.

“I was quite surprised,” Ashley admitted.

“I tried when we had the exam to do the best I could.”

Ashley was one of 29 students from WMA to reach medal status.

“I like the many doors that Spanish opens because when you speak Spanish you’re able to

talk to a bunch of different people,” said Ashley, a student in Mr. Kevin Kane’s Spanish 5 class.

“While this is true internationally, Spanish is also very popular around us. I’ve used Spanish while grocery shopping. It also opens doors regarding culture as well, which is one of the main reasons why I’ve stuck with Spanish.”

Below is the list of students who received a medal for their respective performance on the 2018 National Spanish Examination: Level 5

Gold – Ashley Bradway ’18 Silver – Nicolas Dubois ’18 Bronze – Alexa Fleury ’18, Maia HutchesonJones ’19, Celina Rivernider ’19 Level 4

Bronze – Zhonghan “Scott” Jiang ’18

Level 3

Gold –­Luana Cavalca ’18, Alan Toktassyn ’19 Silver – Ingrid Salvador ’19, Anja Zindel ’20, Yuke “Heidi” Wu ’19 Bronze – Jeremy Dubois ’21, Maya Ferris ’19, Zeyi “Jackson” Yan ’19 Level 2

Gold – Gleb Zaytsev ’19 Silver – Cecily Etti ’21, Moonsu “Jackson” Kang ’20 Bronze – Josh Besse ’20, Lourdes Frempong ’20, Loc “Randy” Nguyen ’18, Matt Shaw ’20, Yongwei “Albert” Zhang ’19 Level 1

Gold – Hong Linh Duong ’21 Silver – An “Ann” Tran ’21, Emily Fafard ’20 Bronze – Syd Caro ’20, Aidan Held ’21, Grace Holland ’21, Emma Feeley ’21

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Yujia “Cynthia” Xie ’19 researches Alzheimer’s with Harvard professor Wilbraham & Monson Academy’s Yujia “Cynthia” Xie ’19 took a trip to Boston during her March break.

Her stay, though, didn’t include stops at Bunker Hill or the Museum of Science. Cynthia was at a hospital, specifically Brigham and Women’s Hospital, doing research on Alzheimer’s disease.

“I’m into biology,” admitted Cynthia, who said the opportunity to do extensive laboratory work was too good to pass up.

For 2½ weeks, she worked one on one with a professor from Harvard University who does research for the hospital.

From the start, Cynthia was participating in comprehensive experiments.

“On day one we learned about brain reactions, when you give stimulus to brain cells and how the computer can record that reaction and what the reaction pattern seems like,” Cynthia described.

“He explained to me why that is important when investigating Alzheimer’s disease.”

From there, Cynthia’s work continued to expand, including baseline testing how Amyloid beta interrupts the memory because it can’t form a new pattern.

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The Academy Repertory Company class participated in the Pioneer Valley Performing Arts Charter Public School Spotlight Theater Festival in Springfield.

WMA ‘Anonymous’ at theater festival Wilbraham & Monson Academy’s yearlong Academy Repertory Company class stepped out of its comfort zone.

That, however, proved to be where the ARC students felt most comfortable.

Eight members of Mrs. Susan Dziura’s ARC class participated in the Pioneer Valley Performing Arts Charter Public School Spotlight Theater Festival, held in Springfield May 12.

“It’s the coolest thing we’ve done for ARC,” Arianna VanVoorhis ’18 said. “I definitely think it’s something we should continue doing. I know the previous festival we used to go to, Mrs. Dziura didn’t like it because it was competitive, and art shouldn’t be competitive.

Going to this festival, we made friends and we had workshops. It was an amazing experience.

In my three years of ARC, that was the best thing we’ve done.”

“We were amazing,” Mrs. Dziura beamed.

“We didn’t have a lot of time to do this. We’ve only been working on it this trimester. We had one outside rehearsal. We were up against it.

We were incredible. I was really impressed. I’m so excited it happened and it’s going to continue.

We will absolutely go again next year, and when we get a facility, we can host a festival.”

Along with Arianna, other WMA ARC performers included Shiyin “Sally” Liu ’18, Phong “Justin” Ngo ’18, Katharine Hoag ’19, Luana Cavalca ’18, Gordon Hertel ’19, Wei “Victor” Liu ’18 and Zhe “Eva” Wang ’19. Sally was at her best, receiving a certificate after her performance as the lead in “Anonymous.”

Insun “Sunny” Kim ’18 wins national art award Wilbraham & Monson Academy’s Insun “Sunny” Kim’s ’18 talent and creativity are evident in her various award-winning works of art.

What can’t be seen, though, is Sunny’s courage, and that is what makes her latest award that much more remarkable.

Sunny was named a national medalist for the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards March 19 by the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers.

Sunny’s woodcarving of “Sleeping People” was rated in the top 1 percent of the 350,000 submissions, which in itself is astounding.

However, what makes Sunny’s accomplishment even more fascinating is that this was her first attempt at a woodcarving sculpture.

“I didn’t expect (the national award),” Sunny admitted. (Fine & Performing Arts Department Chair) Mr. (Paul) Bloomfield said no one gets that.”

Sunny found inspiration to attempt a woodcarving after seeing an exhibit in Seoul, Korea, by Henri Rousseau while she was home for the summer. She soon purchased a few pieces of wood and started sketching, which she found difficult because “of the texture and shape of the wood.”

“From that I created a drawing and sculpture of people sleeping,” explained Sunny, who has been interested in art for as long as she can remember.

“I started drawing and it took shape.”

After nearly a month, Sunny finished her threepiece project, with four faces of people sleeping carved in detail and creativity.

Sunny entered her sculpture into the Massachusetts Scholastic Art & Writing Contest, winning a Gold Key in January. By earning an award at the highest state level, Sunny’s work was automatically entered into the national competition.

Sunny is attending the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design at the University of Michigan.

Rusudan “Ruska” Mumladze ’19 selected for elite writing conference The annual New England Young Writers’ Conference is reserved for high school students who not only possess a passion for writing but who have also exhibited a high level of skill.

In short, it’s not for all teenaged writers, which made the selection of Wilbraham & Monson Academy’s Ruska Mumladze ’19 all the more impressive.

Despite English not being her first language, Ruska was chosen to attend the 2018 conference, located at the Bread Loaf Campus of Middlebury College in Vermont May 17–20.

“I’m surprised that I was selected because I wasn’t too proud of what I wrote,” said the international student from Georgia, located on the East Coast of the Black Sea. “But when I got (accepted) I was so excited. The way Mr. (Tim) Harrington ’73 described the conference is there are different writers from different schools, and different authors coming to help us so I was super excited to see all of them and get some help.

“I’ve always liked writing, but in Georgia we never really had opportunities like this because most people don’t study in English. And, writing in Georgian is a little different. It’s different in English so I wanted to try it out and I thought this would be a great way to improve my writing because English isn’t my first language.”

Ruska was selected for the nonfiction group of the conference, which picks students from throughout the Northeast. She submitted a nonfiction piece regarding her hometown of Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia.

Soo Young “Harry” Park ’18 competes in national math exam For the second year in a row, Soo Young “Harry” Park ’18 earned the opportunity to compete against the brightest high school math minds in the country.

After his performance on two rounds of extensive tests, Harry participated in the third and final round of the Mathematical Association of America’s American Mathematics Competition, which was held April 18–19.

“It’s great,” Harry beamed. “I was happy to see my index improve compared to last year. I feel like I didn’t waste my whole year. I can see my effort and hard work toward math paid off. The result shows how well I prepared for the exam. It’s a great honor.

Not everyone advances to the final round.”

That’s for sure. Of the 60,000 students who took the initial exam, only 4,000 advanced to the second round. Harry earned a perfect score on the first exam before answering 12 of 15 questions correctly on the second round, making him just one of approximately 300 students to earn a seat for the final exam.

“They released the answers and solutions 24 to 48 hours after the exam,” Harry described.

“I went on the website and checked my answers and discussed solutions with other people. I knew I got a decent score and no matter what the cut-off would be, I would make it.”

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42 students earn honors on national French exam Wilbraham & Monson Academy’s Kana Brajkovic ’19, of Serbia, started studying French when she was 7 years old because her parents thought it would be a good idea to learn another language.

Since then, Kana has been to France more than 10 times and has grown to love the country and language.

Kana’s passion for France was evident on the Le Grand Concours, which is the National French Contest of the American Association of Teachers of French, scoring sixth in the nation within her division.

“I took the exam just to test my French and to see how good I am at it,” Kana said. “I didn’t expect anything. This is unexpected. I guess

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I would say I’m still not aware of any success.

I focus on my French, not on winning something.

The most important thing is to know the language. Even if you excel at an exam, that doesn’t mean you’re able to speak French, and that’s what matters most to me.”

Kana received a gold award, meaning she scored in the top 95 percent on the exam, which had 18,137 students in Grades 1–12 take the 2018 version.

Forty-two WMA students were recognized for their performance on the national test.

Following the gold award winners, students who scored in the top 85 percent received a silver award, students who tested in the top 75 percent

Upper School students honored for their scores on the 2018 National French Contest.

earned a bronze award, and students who recorded a score in the top 50 percent were granted a mention d’honneur (honorable mention).

Upper School students who received awards: Level 5

Gold – Nicolas Dubois ’18; chapter rank: 1; national rank: 3 Gold – Kana Brajkovic ’19; chapter rank: 2; national rank: 6 Silver – Anja Zindel ’20; chapter rank: 5; national rank: 10 Silver – Gorana Puzovic ’19; chapter rank: 6; national rank: 11 Bronze – Elizaveta Biryukova ’19; chapter rank: 7; national rank: 12 Bronze – Gokul Sivakumar ’19; chapter rank: 9; national rank: 14 Level 4

Silver – Shiyin “Sally” Liu ’18; chapter rank: 3; national rank: 12 Silver – Elizaveta Zalamova ’19; chapter rank: 4; national rank: 13 Silver – Jeremy Dubois ’21; chapter rank: 5; national rank: 14 Mention d’honneur – Michael Carson ’18, Liam Garrison ’20 Level 3

Bronze – Emily Fafard ’20; chapter rank: 18; national rank: 21 Bronze – Jack Perenick ’21; chapter rank: 18; national rank: 21 Mention d’honneur – Yibo “Canna” Zhang ’18, Angela Chen ’19, Abigail Lacey ’19, Nicholas Spellman ’19, Yupei “Tina” Sun ’19, Sara Troy ’20, Jack Woodbury ’19 Level 2

Gold – Pierry Joseph ’19; chapter rank: 3; national rank: 7 Gold – Karin Yamaoka ’21; chapter rank: 4; national rank: 8 Silver – Marta Sanchez ’20; chapter rank: 6; national rank: 10 Silver – Julia Puppolo ’20; chapter rank: 10; national rank: 15 Mention d’honneur – Rachel Wilson ’18 Level 1

ronze – Juan Pablo Esquivel Barbosa ’21; chapter rank: 7; B national rank: 12 Mention d’honneur – Elda Urdaneta ’18, Addison Wakelin ’18, Delaney Miles ’21

Middle School students who received awards:

La Société Honoraire de Français inducts 7 No one can ever rightfully question Foreign Languages Department faculty Fabienne Dubois’ love for French. member Fabienne Dubois A few months after beginning a created a chapter of La French Club at Wilbraham & Monson Société Honoraire de Français Academy, the Foreign Languages (French National Honor Society).

Department faculty member created a chapter of La Société Honoraire de Français, which translates to the French National Honor Society.

“It’s a way to promote languages, and a way to encourage students to go further with their language,” said Madame Dubois, explaining her motives. “And also to help them out for college because it’s a great accolade for them to have on their resume.”

Seven WMA students were accepted into the WMA chapter during a ceremony on campus in mid-February: Shiyin “Sally” Liu ’18, Gokul Sivakumar ’19, Elizaveta Zalomova ’19, Elizaveta Biryukova ’19, Liam Garrison ’20, Gorana Puzovic ’19 and Yupei “Tina” Sun ’19.

The French National Honor Society takes into account leadership, academics, citizenship and service to the community.

Academically, students must earn a grade of an A or better in French, and no grade lower than a B- in all other subjects.

Intermediate

Gold – Yuzuki Yamaoka ’23; chapter rank 2; national rank: 5 Silver – Genna Miccoli ’22; chapter rank: 5; national rank: 9 Bronze – Lainey Gilmartin ’22; chapter rank: 9; national rank: 14 Mention d’honneur – Mary “Maggie” Flynn ’22, Mariano Fuentes ’22, Gabrielle “Gabby” Zebrowski ’22 Beginner

Grade 6 (FLES Contest)

Mention d’honneur – Brady Gouin ’23; national rank: 12 Mention d’honneur – Gabe Mujica ’23; national rank: 16 Mention d’honneur – Lanlan “Joyce” Hai ’23, Amaya Woodyear ’22

Silver – Callie Dunbar ’24; national rank: 9 Bronze – Leah Thorn-Szostkiewicz ’24; national rank: 12 Mention d’honneur – Sally Geoghegan ’24

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Titans Victorious Peter Bowie ’18 ties for Suffield golf title Wilbraham & Monson Academy’s Peter Bowie ’18 has learned to be a patient golfer.

Peter used that patience, and even a little more than usual, to lead him to the top of the leaderboard at Suffield Country Club in Connecticut April 30, shooting a 3-over-par 75 to tie for first at the Suffield Invitational.

“The conditions weren’t easy,” Peter explained. “It was windy and the course was wet. I had to be patient.

I had a good plan going in and was hitting the ball very well. If I made a few more putts I think I could have won but I was proud of the way I hit the ball and stuck with it.

“I’m usually patient, but on a couple holes I had to throttle back because I was close to being able to go for it.

I had to keep it under control.”

Peter matched his 75 from a year ago when he won the tournament outright. Given the conditions, however, this year’s 75 was better.

“It was very nice (to win),” Peter said. “Once I heard there was supposed to be a playoff but it wasn’t allowed because it was getting dark, that was too bad. But I feel like I’ve taken a step in the right direction and my game is turning around.”

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WMA Golf wins KIT

Prior to the biggest outing of the season, Wilbraham & Monson Academy Golf Coach Doug Hutcheson thought his team had a chance to have one of its better showings at the annual end-of-the-year invitational.

Coach Hutcheson got more than a good showing from his Titans—a lot more.

In what the tournament director called “one of the lowest team scores in tournament history,” WMA topped a field of 23 teams to win the Kingswood Invitational Tournament at Oak Ridge Golf Course in Agawam, Mass., May 23.

WMA finished with a 378, routing the field by 14 strokes. Previously undefeated Deerfield Academy was second with a 392, followed by Avon Old Farms with a 394.

“It was shocking,” Coach Hutcheson admitted. “It was a shocking win. We were capable of this, but at no time during the season did we show this. We had one good nine-hole score of 200 the last match, which translates into a 400 total. A 378 is out of nowhere.

“It’s hard to believe that it happened. Previously, our best finish at the KIT was a tie for ninth and total of 415. Today, I was thinking we had a chance to beat some school records. I never even thought of winning the whole thing—never thought about it. And if the guys thought of it they were more in fantasyland than reality.”

All five Titans shot better than their average, led by Peter Bowie’s ’18 score of 3-over-par 73, which tied him for fourth. The player who shifted the championship in WMA’s favor was Carlos Garcia Bodini ’19, whose 74 was 16 strokes better than his average. Eddie Morin ’18 also shot a 74, followed by Spencer Hemingway ’21 (77) and Jack Godin ’20 (78).

Golf team members (left to right) Spencer Hemingway ’21, Carlos Garcia Bodini ’19, Eddie Morin ’18, Peter Bowie ’18, Jack Godin ’20 and Coach Doug Hutcheson pose in front of the Monson Bell while celebrating their Kingswood Invitational Tournament title.

Kizuki Koyasu ’20 takes 6th at NE wrestling championship

4 receive postseason honors for football It’s always football season.

Four players from Wilbraham & Monson Academy earned postseason awards for their performances on the field in 2017.

Zion Setal ’18 was honored at the 56th annual Western Massachusetts Chapter of the High School Football Coaches

Anthony Tivnan ’18

Association National Football Foundation Banquet at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst April 8 for making the All-New England and NEPSAC Class B Independent First Team.

Other WMA players to receive football honors were: John Wright ’19, All-New

Dante Leo ’20

England Honorable Mention and NEPSAC Class B Independent First Team; Anthony Tivnan ’18, NEPSAC Class B Independent Second Team; and Dante Leo ’20, NEPSAC Class B Independent Second Team.

Zion Zetal ’18

John Wright ’19

Nate Towle ’18 makes regional all-academic team for football

Football Coach Jeff Vartabedian and Nate Towle ’18, right, with his National Football Foundation All-Academic trophy.

Being really good at something is difficult yet manageable.

Being good at a few things is much harder and time consuming.

Wilbraham & Monson Academy’s Nate Towle ’18 is really good at a few things, particularly things that matter in the big picture.

Nate was honored at the 56th annual Western Massachusetts Chapter of the High School Football Coaches Association National Football Foundation Banquet April 8 at the University of Massachusetts as a member of the AllAcademic Team.

Nate, a captain for WMA’s 2017 team, was just one of 10 players from the region to be recognized as a student-athlete.

“I was surprised when coach told me I had won an award because I didn’t even know he was applying me for it,” said Nate, who played offensive line and linebacker for WMA. “It was surprising news and great news at the same time, and to be told I was the first prep school kid was humbling. I felt honored to obtain that title. Obviously, there are a lot of great candidates in Western Massachusetts. To be named to a team of 10 felt really good. Balancing school and sports isn’t an easy feat. To be recognized for overcoming that felt really great.”

Despite just two seasons of experience, Kizuki Koyasu ’20 earned the right to compete with the best high school wrestlers in the country.

Kizuki placed sixth in the 106-pound weight class at the New England Independent Schools Wrestling Association Championships Feb. 17, securing a spot at the 83rd National Prep Wrestling Tournament at Lehigh University in Pennsylvania Feb. 23–24.

“I’m really excited,” said Kizuki prior to the national event, where he won his first match before dropping the next two.

“All the (people) who supported me getting to nationals, I need to thank them.

I couldn’t wait for it.”

Kizuki placed eighth last season at the NEISWA meet, missing the national event by two spots. His goal all season has been to qualify for the sport’s high level of competition among prep school wrestlers.

At the NEISWA Championships, held at Tabor Academy in Massachusetts, he won his first match before losing to the #4 seed in his second match. However, Kizuki won his next two matches, which put him in the No. 5 vs. No. 6 seed match and qualified him for nationals.

“I think I did very well,” said Kizuki, the fifth seed. “The first kid I lost to was very good. I didn’t win but I was satisfied with that match.”

Kizuki Koyasu ’20, right, with Wrestling Coach Drew Shea ’08.

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Blake Ulmer ’19 named top defensive lacrosse player in league

Boys’ Lacrosse beats Canterbury for first time since 1998 The Wilbraham & Monson Academy Boys’ Lacrosse team didn’t make history May 2, but the Titans did the next best thing.

For the first time in 20 years, WMA beat Canterbury, topping the Saints 11–7 in a home game at the turf.

“Anytime we play Canterbury, we know they’re going to be well-coached and going to have good athletes and it’s going to be a dogfight,” WMA Coach Mike MacDonald said. “We stressed all week keeping our composure, knowing Canterbury is going to score goals and things aren’t always going to go our way.

“It was a 9–7 game with three minutes left.

We were tested and the boys did a good job controlling themselves and controlling their emotions and staying together as a team, and that’s ultimately why we won the game.”

To celebrate, the team made the trip up the Hill and rang the Monson Bell.

“It’s been a long time coming,” Coach MacDonald said. “They have a great program. It was nice for our guys to know the history of the school, where we’ve been and where we are now.

It goes to show we’re out there competing with everybody in our league. Beating a team for the first time in 20 years was definitely something of note.”

Left to right: Pat O’Connor ’19, Jack Robinson ’19 and Jack Pagano ’18 celebrate after a goal during the Boys’ Lacrosse team’s first win over Canterbury in 20 years.

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Blake Ulmer ’19 came to the Wilbraham & Monson Academy Boys’ Lacrosse program touted about as highly as a high school player can be.

In his first season for the Titans, Blake delivered.

Blake was named the Defensive Player of the Year, sponsored by US Lacrosse and awarded by the Western New England Division II coaches.

“It’s the first time since I’ve been here that we’ve won this award,” WMA Coach Mike MacDonald said. “We’ve had an All-American, we’ve had guys up for the offensive award, but this is the first time since I’ve been around that we’ve gotten someone on the defensive end.

I think it’s good for the school, too. It shows we’re attracting top quality players and these kids are moving on to open some doors and get into college.”

“It’s an honor,” Blake said. “It’s cool to get it.

Coach Mac told me I’m the first person ever to get it from the school.”

Prior to the season, Blake was named the top goalie in the Class of 2019 in the country by

Inside Lacrosse. He has verbally committed to Coach MacDonald’s alma mater, Syracuse University.

Blake got better as the season jumped from April to May, allowing just 12 goals in the final six games of 2018.

“He did a great job leading the defense,” Coach MacDonald beamed. “He did a great job not only stopping the ball but clearing the ball and transitioning the ball, something he didn’t do quite as well in the first half of the season, which shows his maturity and growth throughout the season.”

“I have to credit everything to my teammates and the defense,” Blake added. “But mid-season I got into a groove and started seeing the ball better and I was more consistent.”

3 named all-league for Girls’ Basketball One of the best seasons in the history of Wilbraham & Monson Academy Girls’ Basketball garnered impressive postseason recognition.

Kayla Mokwuah ’18, Alana Perkins ’19 and A.J. Washington ’19 were invited to play in an all-star basketball game and were named to the league’s list of top players for the Titans, who finished the regular season 17–3 and earned the #3 seed in the New England Class C Tournament.

“This is a big deal for us,” WMA Girls’ Basketball Coach Durelle Brown said. “It’s our third year in a row having three all-stars, which is a testament to our program’s growth.

Some programs have one, some have two, and the really good ones have three.”

A.J. Washington ’19

Kayla was named to the very selective NEPSAC Class C First Team, while Alana and A.J. made the Honorable Mention list. All three played in the New England Prep School Girls Basketball Coaches Association All-Star Game.

Alana Perkins ’19

Kayla Mokwuah ’18

Liam Garrison ’20 raises bar in pole vault It’s funny what can motivate a person.

For Wilbraham & Monson Academy track member Liam Garrison ’20, it took the success of someone on a different team to push him to new heights— literally.

Liam set a school record in the pole vault, clearing 11 feet at the New England Prep School Track Association Division III Championships May 19 at The Hyde School in Maine.

“I’m very happy,” expressed Liam, who placed fourth at the championship.

“In my mind, it allows me to think I will do a lot better next year. Going into this season, 11 feet was something I hoped to achieve but might not.”

He did achieve it, doing so on his final of three attempts at 11 feet after receiving some confidence from a competitor.

“There was another person doing pole vault and he was of comparable ability,” Liam explained. “And he missed his first two attempts but then he cleared 11 right before I was ready to go for my last attempt so I thought, ‘You know what? Let’s just do it.’”

Sure enough, Liam got his feet and then the rest of the body over the bar, and his celebration began before he even landed.

“Right after I cleared it, I was cheering on the way down,” said Liam, who also set a personal best in the triple jump with a mark of 39-5¹⁄2 and a third-place finish. I was so excited because I knew there was no way that bar was going down.”

Pin Hsin “Irene” Fang ’18

Ben Bicknell ’18

Erika Convery ’19

Dan Wesson ’18

Nick Spellman ’19

WMA Riflery lands 5 on all-state team As a team, the Wilbraham & Monson Academy Riflery program enjoyed one of its best seasons in school history for the 2017–18 campaign.

In early May, it was time for a few team members to receive some individual awards.

Five members of the WMA

Riflery team were selected to the Connecticut High School AllState team. Making the First Team were Dan Wesson ’18 and Nick Spellman ’19, while Ben Bicknell ’18, Pin Hsin “Irene” Fang ’18 and Erika Convery ’19 earned spots on the Second Team.

A reception was hosted by the

Connecticut State Rifle and Revolver Association on May 3 for the 20 all-state recipients.

For the second season in a row, Coach Bill Passy’s team went undefeated for the regular season before claiming the Connecticut High School League Shoot-Off title.

Basem Hernandez ’19 wins New England 800 track title At the biggest track meet of the season, Wilbraham & Monson Academy’s Basem Hernandez ’19 pulled off a rare worst to first.

After coming in last in 2017, Basem took the lead with 200 meters to go and easily won the 800 at the New England Prep School Track Association Division III Championship at The Hyde School in Maine.

“Basem has been consistent all season in this race and showed a lot of resiliency and poise under pressure,” former Coach Tom Iannacone said. “He was calm and worked the race to his strategy. I was very impressed with his hard work all season.”

Basem comfortably won by more than two seconds, covering the two laps in two minutes, 2.46 seconds. While happy with the win, he was hoping to crack the two-minute mark, especially after running 2:01 a number of times this season.

“After I overtook the leader, I didn’t hear him so at that point I thought I was going to win. So after I crossed, I was thinking about my time,” Basem admitted. “I could see the clock while I was running

(toward the finish line). I looked at the clock. I saw 1:54, 1:55 and knew I wasn’t going to get it.”

Although he didn’t run the time he wanted, Basem used his greatest asset to earn his first championship meet win-speed.

“I’ve always had pride in my speed because, yes, a distance runner can hold pace better than I can, but if I’m close and it’s a sprint, you can forget about that lead,” he said.

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Lukas Stanton ’18 repeats as New England champion

Ania Axas ’19 wins twice at NE swim championship As a freshman and sophomore, Wilbraham & Monson Academy’s Ania Axas ’19 set two school records at the final meet of the swim season.

Ania did even better this year.

Competing in her third NEPSAC Division III Swimming and Diving Championships, Ania continued her trend of two school records, and also won two individual events despite highly competitive fields March 3 at the Cornerstone Aquatics Center in Connecticut.

“With all of the competition that I had, I thought it was great,” Ania said. “All the girls I’m racing against are amazing. It’s great to have them pushing me while I’m swimming.

I’m happy I could pull it off and get points for the team.”

After swimming trials in both events, Ania set school records and touched first in the 200-yard individual medley (two minutes, 8.22 seconds) and 100 butterfly (57.44). She held both school records going into the meet.

Xin “Julie” Xiong ’20 also set a school record, touching first in 1:08.99 and establishing a new standard in the 100 breaststroke. She topped the mark set in 2013 by eventual Division I swimmer Ivy Durepo ’13. Julie also placed third in the 500 free (5:20.31).

“Julie worked very hard all year,” Coach Dan Moran said. “Even in the fall she could be found at open swim doing hard workouts.

Julie is a competitor, she loves to race and it was awesome to see her perform so well.”

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Wilbraham & Monson Academy’s Lukas Stanton ’18 was far from his best Feb. 28 at the 2018 New England Prep School Division III Swimming & Diving Championships at Westminster School.

Lukas, though, still won, which shows just how good of a diver he is. Lukas topped a field of 15 divers to win the Division III title for the second year in a row.

“It feels good,” said Lukas, of repeating as a New England champion. “I would have liked a better score but I did the best I could at that point.”

Lukas finished with an 11-dive final score of 330.9, short of the 367 he posted to win a year ago and well below his school record total of 417.

“Not my best, but since I had one bad dive I think I did pretty well,” Lukas said.

What separated Lukas from the field was his decision to challenge himself. A diver receives more points based on each dive’s difficulty. On his second dive, things did not go as planned.

Lukas, however, didn’t let that one dive impact him for the entire meet, and instead focused on getting better.

“I had my easier dives at the beginning, and my most difficult of my easier dives was a 2¹⁄2, which I’ve been doing since last year. I just messed it up,” Lukas said. “I got 2s on it and I usually get 6s so that’s about a 40-point difference than I usually get.

I tried to shake it off and get better from there.

“By the end I was consistently scoring 6s, and on hard dives.”

Happy trails for Wenjun Chang ’18 Wenjun “Happy” Chang ’18 closed out his swimming career at Wilbraham & Monson Academy like so many of his races—on top.

Happy set two school records and was named the league’s top male swimmer at the NEPSAC Division III Championships March 3 at Cornerstone Aquatics Center in West Hartford, Conn.

Happy improved his school marks in the 100-yard butterfly (52.61 seconds) and 100 breaststroke (59.77), and also swam the opening leg of the record-setting 200 freestyle relay (1:31.96).

“Happy is a detail guy in the water,” explained Coach Dan Moran. “I like to tell the kids that little things effect big things. Happy was always asking questions and looking for feedback in practice. Seeing him be so successful, and having the rest of the kids see how he was so successful, was great for us.”

And Happy was great during his career, finishing with three individual school records, all three school records in the relays and two WMA pool records.

“It was great to have Mr. Moran as my coach for four years, and to have teammates like Ania (Axas ’19) to push me,” Happy said. “I think it was great. It was fun. I think I did well.

I can always do better but it was good.”

Happy was honored, and quite surprised, to receive the Babcock Award, given annually to the top male swimmer in Division III. “I was not expecting that,” Happy admitted.

“But I’ll take it and I appreciate it. I appreciate it because it’s the final award for my high school swim season.”

Jack Pagano ’18 signs professional contract Not even a broken ankle could stop Wilbraham & Monson Academy’s Jack Pagano ’18 from pursuing his dream.

Seven months after breaking his left ankle, Jack signed a professional motocross contract at his home in Wilbraham April 3.

He is just one of 1,000 people to hold professional status in the United States.

That’s elite company.

“I had to sign about 30 pages of paperwork,” Jack said with a chuckle.

Jack’s goal was nearly put on hold in September when he crashed and broke his ankle with the season winding down.

“Yeah, I had about two races left until I would have enough points to send in my

application to be a pro and that’s when I broke my ankle,” Jack explained.

Jack’s lengthy resume, though, helped him overcome his setback. Despite not technically meeting the criteria to become a pro since he didn’t have enough points, Jack’s application to become a professional was approved, largely due to the director of the New England Sports Committee Motocross giving Jack a complimentary recommendation. His professional request was approved by AMA Motocross.

Historic time for WMA Girls’ Rugby For all the right reasons, members of the Wilbraham & Monson Academy Girls’ Rugby team won’t forget their match May 1 at Algonquin Regional High School in Massachusetts.

Playing in the program’s first official game, the Titans topped Algonquin’s junior varsity program 22–0.

“They were amped,” Coach Dave Belsky said. “They were excited.

When they realized the whistle had blown (at the end of the game), they started freaking out. They weren’t thinking about winning until the very last try, and that was near the end of the game.

“Every single player, whether they were a starter or off the bench, did better than I thought they would.”

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Winter Sports Highlights The Winter 2017–2018 season was highlighted by a second consecutive undefeated season by the coed Riflery Team. The Titans won league, gallery match and overall gallery match championships. The Girls’ Basketball team won 17 games and earned the No. 3 seed in the NEPSAC Class C tournament. In the pool, Wenjun “Happy” Chang ’18 and Ania Axas ’19 were again outstanding and, Lukas Stanton ’18 repeated as a New England Diving champion. And in wrestling, Kizuki Koyasu ’20 qualified for the Prep Nationals. boys’ basketball

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Varsity season record: 8–19 Captain: Devon Allen ’18 Highlights: John Adams ’20, Daniel Klosk ’19 and Idan Tretout ’19 named Honorable Mention in NEPSAC Class AA; Tretout scored his 1,000th career point against South Kent; Allen will be playing at Amherst College this year.

Varsity season record: 17–4 Captains: Alex Garrison ’18, Kayla Mokwuah ’18 Highlights: Ranked third in NEPSAC Class C and qualified for the New England Tournament for third consecutive season; won Kingswood Oxford Invitational Tournament; Mokwuah earned NEPSAC Class C First Team All-New England honors, while Alana Perkins ’19 and A.J. Washington ’19 were named as Honorable Mentions; Mokwuah will play at Division I George Washington University.

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Varsity season record: 10–0 Captains: Dan Wesson ’18, Erika Convery ’19 Highlights: Won second straight Connecticut High School League Championship (undefeated both years); 7–0 in league play; champions of the Prep School Gallery Match and the Overall Gallery Match Championship (first time in school history); set the school record (966 out of 1,000) for team match score; All-State selections were Wesson and Nick Spellman ’19 on First Team, and Ben Bicknell ’18, Pin Hsin “Irene” Fang ’18 and Convery on Second Team.

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Varsity season: Seventh overall in league; sixth in NEPSAC Class C tournament Captains: Addison Wakelin ’18, Anna-Lise Torras ’19, Spencer Hemingway ’21 Highlights: Wakelin finished 17th overall in MISL girls’ varsity; at NEPSAC Championships, Wakelin was 16th overall in slalom and Torras was 18th in giant slalom.

Varsity season: Fifth at New England Division III championship; sixth at Western New England championship Captains: Wenjun “Happy” Chang ’18, Alex Ravelli ’18, John Wilson ’19 Highlights: Chang received the Babcock Award for the top male swimmer in Division III in New England, finishing his career with three individual school records, all three relay records and two WMA pool records; Lukas Stanton ’18 repeated as the NE DIII diving champion.

girls’ swimming

Varsity season: Fifth at New England Division III championship; eighth at Western New England meet Captains: Ania Axas ’19, Clara Harrington ’18 Highlights: Axas won the 200 IM and 100 butterfly at New England Division III meet; Xin “Julie” Xiong ’20 touched first in the 100 breaststroke in New England Championships.

wrestling

Varsity season record: 10–4 Captains: Anthony Arnieri ’18, Adam Kugelmass ’19 Highlights: Best record in years; Kizuki Koyasu ’20 qualified for Prep Nationals at Lehigh University, winning his first match by pin.

winter track

Captains: Maria Baltazar ’19, Jenna Du Plooy ’18, Christian Mercadante ’18, Andrew Nagle ’18 Highlights: Du Plooy (second, shot put), Nagle (fourth, long jump), Baltazar (fifth, 55 meter dash) and Basem Hernandez ’19 (fifth, 800) placed in the top five at the Armory Youth Championships in New York City.

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4 The Titans’ Boys’ and Girls’ Winter Track Teams had solid seasons. 5 The Ski Team was highlighted by strong individual performances. 6 Riflery went undefeated for the second straight season. 7 Minkyum Kim ’18, Anthony Arnieri ’18 and Nate Towle ’18 provided senior leadership during a 10-win season. 8 Wenjun “Happy” Chang ’18 received the Babcock Award for the top male swimmer in Division III in New England.

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Spring Sports Highlights The Spring 2018 season produced a number of highlights for the Titans’ athletic programs.

The Boys’ Golf team won the prestigious Kingswood Invitational Tournament for the first time, while the Boys’ Rugby team posted its best record in years. The Boys’ Lacrosse team beat Canterbury for the first time in 20 years, and the Girls’ Tennis team posted a rare victory over Gunnery. Individually, track member Basem Hernandez ’19 won the New England Championship title in the 800. girls’ lacrosse

Varsity season record: 8–4 Captains: Zoe Bloomfield ’18, Maia Hutcheson-Jones ’19, Alex Garrison ’18 Highlights: Beat B Division rival Cushing Academy, young team with four freshman and four sophomore starters; Bloomfield ’18 and Hutcheson-Jones ’19 named to Western New England Prep School Women’s Lacrosse All-Stars; Charlotte Derose ’21 named team’s Offensive MVP, Kiley Kane ’21 named Defensive MVP.

baseball

Varsity season record: 2–9 Captains: Christian Mercadante ’18, Peter Stoute ’18 Highlights: Victories over top-ranked Millbrook and Williston; J.P. Catelllier ’20 and Matt Shaw ’20 nominated to the AllLeague team and Underclass All-Star Team.

softball

Varsity season record: 4–8 Captains: Emelia Boyko ’18, Jenna Du Plooy ’18, Alexa Fleury ’18 Highlights: Opened season by winning three of first five games; Emelia Boyko ’18 set a single-season record for home runs with five.

boys’ lacrosse

Varsity season record: 7–7 Captains: Jay Fournier ’18, John Wright ’19 Highlights: Beat Canterbury for the first time since 1998; Blake Ulmer ’19 named Defensive Player of the Year for the league; lost four games by three goals or less.

boys’ golf

Varsity season record: 9–7 (matches); 33–11–1 (tournament) Captains: Peter Bowie ’18, Eddie Morin ’18 Highlights: Beat 23 teams to win first

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Varsity season record: 5–1 Captains: Kizuki Koyasu ’20, Rohan Heron ’19 Highlights: Undefeated until season-ending loss to Harvey School. Led by fly-half Ties Van Haastrecht ’18 and center Ben Wisnewski ’18, the Titans finished with one of best records in program history.

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Varsity season record: 4–5 Captains: Nicolas Dubois ’18, Nicholas Gourley ’18, Oron Steingrub ’18 Highlights: Won final two matches.

girls’ tennis

Varsity season record: 4–5 Captains: Kana Brajkovic ’19, Risa Fugetsu ’18, Shiyin “Sally” Liu ’18 Highlights: Emergence of No. 1 singles player Kana Brajkovic ’19 and development of the doubles teams carried the Titans.

For the first time in memory, defeated The Gunnery School by sweeping the three doubles matches.

boys’ track & field

Varsity season record: 9–2 Captains: Andrew Nagle ’18, Adam Kugelmass ’19 Highlights: Basem Hernandez ’19 was the New England Champion in the 800; Liam Garrison ’20 established a school pole vault record of 11 feet; placed 10th out of 20 teams at the New England Division III Championship.

girls’ track & field

Varsity season record: 6–5 Captains: Maria Baltazar ’19, Cecily Etti ’21 Highlights: Finished 13th among 23 teams at the New England Division III Championship; Laurel Vartabedian ’21 finished third in the triple jump, Maria Baltazar took fourth in the 100 meters and Sydney Caro ’20 was fourth in the long jump.

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Varsity season record: 0–13 Captains: Eren Ekinci ’19, Mu-Chieh Huang ’20 Highlights: Will return 10 of 12 players to the 2019 squad.

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8 Mu-Chieh Huang ’20 helped lead a young Boys’ Volleyball team last spring. 9 Girls’ Lacrosse standouts Alex Garrison ’18, left, and Zoe Bloomfield ’18 were all smiles.

10 Margaret “Maggie” Kuhn ’20 delivers to the plate for the softball team. 11 Nick Dulude ’19 was a leader on the Titans’ baseball team.

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1 The newest members of the Cum Laude Society were inducted on Prize Day. 2 Congratulations to all Prize Day winners! 3 Andrew Nagle ’18 receives the Phil Shaw Award from Phil Shaw ’57W. 4 Napat Pornmeechai receives the Entrepreneurship & Finance award from Director of the Shenkman Center Jim Irzyk and Gayle Hsiao, the Director of the International Student Program, Summer Programs and CEGS Faculty member. 5 Phil Shaw ’57W bestows the Phil Shaw Award on Kayla Mokwuah ’18. 6 The Riflery Team wins the coveted Trustees Cup — well deserved following two outstanding seasons in a row! 7 Liam Garrison ’20, winner of the Class of 1977 Humanitarian Award, with Dean of Students Liz Fontaine Squindo. 8 Dean of Faculty Wally Swanson with Alumni Award winner Yujia “Cynthia” Xie ’19. 9 Maia Hutcheson-Jones ’19 receives the John L. Nepomuceno Prize from Faculty member Michael Dziura and Mrs. Nepomuceno, John’s mother.

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2018 College Matriculation Wilbraham & Monson Academy is pleased to report an exceptional year of college admission for the Class of 2018. The quality of this list illustrates the work ethic and talent of this wonderful class. Congratulations to all!

Seth Abal Devonn Allen Alexander A. Ardell Anthony Arnieri Chanling Bai John Vincent Baker Rose Bannon Vladimir Barshchuk Jared Besse Benjamin Bicknell Zoe Bloomfield Peter Bowie Emelia Kelley Boyko Ashley Bradway Michael Carson Luana Cavalca Wenjun Chang Jiani Chen Joseph Cheria Georgii Chichua Jade Chlapowski Jaehyuk Chung Margaret Crocker Olivia DeBaise Dylan Derose Yirui Dong Jeanette Du Plooy Nicolas Dubois Pin Hsin Fang Alexa Fleury Jay Fournier Paula Fuentes Risa Fugetsu Peter James Galgano Alexandra Garrison Haley Godin Lin Gong Nicholas Gourley Anh Ha Clara Harrington

Gael Hernandez JiYeon Jang Zhonghan Jiang Insun Kim Jun Hee Kim Minkyum Kim Yifan Kou Yusuf Toprak Kucukakca David Kulig Peter A. LaBracio Alexa Lafond

University of California, Riverside Amherst College Stony Brook University Lake Forest College Indiana University at Bloomington Emmanuel College University of Massachusetts, Amherst Lafayette College St. Lawrence University Framingham State University Hobart and William Smith Colleges Bryant University Bryant University Georgetown University University of Vermont University of Miami California Institute of Technology Occidental College Quinnipiac University New York University Columbia University University of California, Los Angeles Johnson & Wales University (Providence) University of San Diego Boston University The New School Drew University Boston College University of Washington Boston University Fairfield University Universidad Iberoamericana (Mexico) School of the Art Institute of Chicago Manhattanville College University of Vermont Providence College University of Washington Tufts University Bryant University Sciences Po – Columbia University Dual BA Program Whittier College Brandeis University University of California, Los Angeles University of Michigan University in Japan Emory University New York University University in Germany Bryant University Dickinson College Siena College

Connor Lewis Feiyang Liu Shiyin Liu Wei Liu Zihan Liu Hays Maynard Christian Mercadante Kayla Mokwuah Edmund Morin Laya Nagireddy Andrew Nagle Emily J. Nagle Phong Ngo Loc Nguyen Mai Nguyen Christine Ochola Oghenemaro Oruerio Jack Pagano Soo Young Park Won Geun Park Peter Picknelly Napat Pornmeechai Yifan Qiu Sarah Ragnauth Korynna Rankin Alex Ravelli Tatiana Ravelli Macauley Rouette Atticus Russell Julia Saltzman SangHyun Seong Zion Setal Lukas Stanton Oron Steingrub Emma Stoll Peter Stoute Lars Strudwick

Anthony Tivnan Nathan Towle Hoang Truong Elda Urdaneta Ties Lucas Bernard van Haastrecht Arianna VanVoorhis Long Bao Vu Addison Wakelin Daniel Wesson Rachel Wilson Ben Wisniewski Yitian Zha Yibo Zhang Yuhan Zhang Tianyi Zhu

Clarkson University University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Emory University Bentley University University of California, Los Angeles University of Miami Roanoke College The George Washington University Saint Anselm College Bentley University High Point University Chapman University Bryant University Boston University Bryant University Bryant University Virginia Tech Westfield State University Vanderbilt University Northeastern University Western New England University Indiana University at Bloomington School of Visual Arts Bryant University University of New Hampshire at Durham Bryant University Johnson & Wales University (Providence) Western New England University Rochester Institute of Technology Marymount Manhattan College Boston University Stonehill College Fairfield University Bowdoin College Mount Holyoke College State University of New York at Albany California State Polytechnic University, Pomona The University of Arizona Clarkson University Universita Bocconi (Italy) Bentley University University in Netherlands Eckerd College Bentley University Providence College Wofford College University of North Carolina at Wilmington Endicott College Tulane University Cornell University Colgate University Pennsylvania State University

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11 Ashley Bradway ’18 was awarded the Head of School Award by Head of School Brian Easler.

12 Dylan Derose ’18 was the winner of the Pieria Prize. He is seen with Dean of Curriculum Meg Lenihan Hutcheson. 13 Oron Steingrub ’18 receives his diploma from Head of School Brian Easler. 14 Sarah Ragnauth ’18 pauses for a photo with brother Steven ’12. 15 Alumni returned to celebrate Commencement with the Class of 2018. Here are Peter Labbe ’17, Daniel Qin-Dong ’17 and Andrew Wood ’17. 16 Julianne Schmidt ’17, Lauren Foley ’17 and Jordana Irzyk ’17 with Jack Baker ’18 (second from left).

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by William E. James ’64W Given to the Class of 2018 May 26, 2018

Commencement Address “… it is your attitude that may be the single most important factor in what you do and how you live your lives.”

William E. James ’64W

Head of School Mr. Easler, Chairman Jacobs, members of the Class of 2018, parents, families and friends of the Class of 2018, members of the faculty, ladies and gentlemen, fellow students . . .

When I graduated from Wilbraham Academy almost 54 years ago to the day, I received this diploma (held high) while wearing my Wilbraham blazer— the one I have on today—and walked across the Rubicon to place my Senior Stone on the wall, I never imagined that I would return today to be the commencement speaker addressing the Class of 2018. I do not remember who the speaker was at my graduation, or what he or she said, but I do remember my four years at The Academy, particularly my teachers and fellow students, for they were and continue to be among the most important influences in my life.

I wish I knew some simple truths that I could impart to you, that you would remember and that would help you in your lives ahead. From my own life’s experience, I can tell you with certainty that much of life is an accident and luck will play a significant part in your lives. Your attitude, however, is not an accident, and it is your attitude that may be the single most important factor in what you do and how you live your lives. The main message that I have for you today has to do with attitude.

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My commencement address is actually only five points of advice, all of which are based on very personal experiences and all of which have to do with attitude.

The first has to do with the classmates sitting around you today.

What strikes me most about your school and class is its diversity. I wonder how many of you have made a close friend from a different country, a different race, a different gender, a different religion, a different socioeconomic background?

How many of you believe that differences are to be celebrated, respected and embraced? You have been given a great opportunity as students at Wilbraham & Monson Academy to not only learn from your teachers but equally to learn from your fellow students who are from very diverse backgrounds. The friendships that you have developed are in fact one of the most important aspects of your education and you have the ability to carry those friendships with you throughout your lives. Maintaining friendships takes work however, so my first piece of advice to you today is to put in the effort and maintain the friendships you have made at Wilbraham & Monson Academy—you will be well rewarded.

I am sure you are all familiar with the scope of the global economy and know firsthand the impact that technology is having on all aspects of our lives. Do not be fooled into thinking that an attitude that embraces friendships, relationships and character will become less important— it will not. Interpersonal relationships and trust based on shared experiences will be more important than ever, not less.

My second piece of advice is encapsulated in a letter I learned about 18 years ago when I attended the funeral of my friend, Sir Christopher Harding, a captain of industry in the United Kingdom who maintained an attitude of humility and eagerness to help others throughout his life. Every November, he took two weeks off to write 1,200 personal holiday greetings to friends he had stayed in touch with throughout his life. It was a herculean effort every year, which only grew as he continued to make new friends. At his funeral, a letter that Sir Christopher had sent to a high school graduating student was read. The 18-year-old student had asked Sir Christopher, the Chairman of one of the UK’s top 500 companies, for a piece of advice as the student was about to leave school. Sir Christopher wrote the following:

A short course in human relations: The 6 most important words: “I admit I made a mistake” The 5 most important words: “You did a good job” The 4 most important words: “What is your opinion” The 3 most important words: “Would you please” The 2 most important words: “Thank you” The LEAST important word: “I”

So my second piece of advice to you is to believe what Sir Christopher wrote to the 18-year-old graduating senior and to incorporate his short course in human relations into your daily lives and the attitude you display toward others.

In many ways wisdom is the ability to learn from your own experiences, as well as the experiences of others and yet we find it so difficult to do so, particularly during our youth when it could have the greatest impact. It was at Wilbraham that I first learned the importance of never giving up. I was not a particularly good student and I was small for my age, not a winning combination. It was thanks to Headmaster W. Gray Mattern and his wife, Virginia, lifelong friends, that I learned, quoting Confucius, “Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in getting up every time we do.”

Thus my third piece of advice, do not be afraid to fail, but if you do, never give up. My favorite quote that captures this compelling concept is from a speech given by President Theodore Roosevelt on April 23, 1910, often referred to as “The Man/Woman in the Arena” speech: “It is not the critic who counts; not the man or woman who points out how the strong man/woman stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man/woman who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcomings; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasm, the great devotions, who spends himself/herself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he/she fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his/her place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.”

Do not be afraid to fail, and if you do, never give up. Try again.

Even though you will hopefully gain wisdom from your own life’s experiences, you may also find that growing older will cause you to become more set in your ways, close-minded, risk averse and serious. Shortly after I returned to the U.S. from Africa at the age of 27 after my three years as a Peace Corps volunteer, I met an elderly blind woman who lived on Bainbridge Island in Puget Sound, Washington state. She was nursing her equally elderly husband, who had a terminal illness, with herbal medicines because the doctors had given up trying to cure him with modern medicine.

Even though Nellie was blind, she worked in her flower and vegetable garden every day, and even tilled the soil using a rototiller, a difficult machine to handle under the best of conditions. One day we were sitting under one of her apple trees drinking tea and I asked Nellie, “If you were about to die and

had one last bit of advice to give me, what would it be?”

“That’s easy,” she immediately responded. “Accept change and don’t take life too seriously.” I think of Nellie’s advice often and it has helped me many times in my own life.

My fourth piece of advice for you is not only to embrace a positive attitude, especially during difficult times, but also to accept change and try to recognize and seek out your own Nellies for their wisdom.

In closing, let me read the following extraordinary words whose author remains unknown, and that deals with your attitude toward yourself: “You are your own greatest asset. There is nothing you cannot do.

No one can keep you from dreaming your dreams, And only you can prevent them from coming true.

Your achievements are not determined by your ability alone But by the desire you possess to reach them.

There are no worlds outside of those you create for yourself, And the only boundaries are those you establish and choose to live within.

Never be afraid to defend your decisions, regardless.

No one can possibly know what is best for you other than yourself; And, if you ever feel as if you are losing control, Know that I am here to listen, and to hold, and that I believe in you.

You are an individual, you are unique, you are strictly one of a kind.

There is nothing that you cannot do.”

My fifth, and final, piece of advice is to believe in yourselves.

Carpe Diem Class of 2018!

William “Wilber” E. James ’64W, right, with wife Janet and Head of School Brian P. Easler, center.

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June 8 & 9 1 The Mordasky Family with alumni Tori Mordasky ’10 (far left) and Andrew Mordasky ’13 (back center). Alumni Parents David and Judith Mordasky are to the far right. 2 Ringing the Monson Bell with Head of School Brian Easler. 3 Members of the Class of 1968 on the steps of Morrow House. Back row, left to right: Ken Stark ’68W, Rob Humberston ’68W, Hooker Heaton ’68W and Ron Majka ’68M. Front row, left to right: Kirk Adams ’68W, Lance Hartford ’68W, Tim McEvoy ’68W, Jim Law ’68W and Dave Hoxeng ’68W. 4 Middle School Faculty member and current parent Luke Pelletier speaks with Jim Law ’68W during a classroom session. 5 Head of School Brian Easler speaks to members of the 50th Reunion Class of 1968. 6 Taking a look at the Senior Stones in Heritage Courtyard. 7 John Jensen ’82, Robin Jensen ’83, Jerilyn Paolino ’83, Doug Turley ’83, Roseann Metcalf-Czerniak ’83 and Lisa Sheehan ’83.

8 Head of School Brian Easler with Eddie Shore ’48W, who celebrated his 70th WMA Reunion! 9 Brett Cook ’88 found his brother’s name (Jeff Cook ’85) on the Wrestling MVP plaque. 10 Doug Turley ’83 examines a WMA archive display in Rich Hall. 11 Celebrating their 35th Reunion, left to right: Doug Herbert ’83, Ken Giuffre ’83, Chip Filiault ’83, Dean Rohan ’84, Doug Turley ’83, Chris Cebula ’83, Roseann Metcalf-Czerniak ’83, Mike Harty ’83 and Jerilyn Paolino ’83. 12 Cheryl Henry ’78, Tim McBride ’78, Chair of the English Department Timothy Harrington ’73 and Sanjar Azar ’78. 13 The Class of 1978 celebrates its 40th Reunion. Back row, left to right: Tony Mangiacotti ’78, Jen Franklin ’78, Mont Stong ’78, Tim McBride ’78, Cheryl Henry ’78, Sanjar Azar ’78 and Chris Catjakis ’78. Front: Francine Ryan ’78 and Cindy St. George ’78. 14 Bob Faulker ’53W and Dr. Paul Kingsbury ’53W, celebrating their 65th Reunion. 15 Alumni from the Class of 1978.

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June 8 & 9 16 Alumni Men’s Basketball game in Greenhalgh Gymnasium. 17 Ashleigh Morris ’12 and Amber Williams ’13. 18 Nealon Kallock ’08 with his daughter during a break in the game. 19 Alumni Men’s Lacrosse game on Corbin Field. 20 Alumni Rugby game on Corbin Field. 21 Setting up for the Alumni Soccer game on Corbin Field. 22 James Hughes ’08 and Andrew Harvey ’08. 23 Former Faculty member Tom Iannacone and Jeannette Viens ’11 play cornhole on the Phil Shaw Track. 24 Showing Titan pride. 25 Walking through Heritage Courtyard. 26 Titans in training. 27 Head of School Brian Easler catches up with Pat Callahan ’08.

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By Brian P. Easler | Head of School

feature story: The New AthenÆum

Campus Master Plan: Moving Forward with the Wilbraham & Monson Academy Athenæum

The Athenæum: a place where the academic community gathers Winter 2019 if you had asked me a few years ago what I thought the first Master Plan priority would be . . . a new library would have been furthest from my mind. With all of the facilities needs for a historic campus like ours, it just was not on the radar. This highlights the real value of the master planning process: the involvement of the community in setting objectives and priorities and recognizing the most logical short-term

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actions within the context of a long-term plan.

Through the master planning process, however, the construction of a new library quickly rose to the first priority.

This discovery process and the resulting clarity of direction has been truly enlightening.

What is most exciting, however, is that this one creative facility addition alone will begin to radically transform the community experience

on the WMA campus and will directly address several of the Master Plan objectives.

As the literal and metaphoric heart of any academic institution, a library is perhaps the most fitting first priority for any school. In our case, additionally, the new library is the first necessary key to unlock the potential of the Master Plan.

The word library, however, is too lacking a description of the building we have designed

“We engaged some of our student leaders with a brainstorming exercise to name the new building, because the name ‘Library’ just seemed insufficient to explain how our new library space will impact the life of the school. From the students’ feedback, the name Athenæum quickly rose to the top of the ideas because of its historical context of being a place where a community gathers to engage in intellectual and academic study and discourse. That is what the Athenæum will be for WMA: A place where the academic community gathers.”

Head of School Brian P. Easler

and the impact it will have on the WMA campus.

What we are building is a community gathering space dedicated to academic inquiry and scholarly collaboration. It will have plenty of books, for certain, but it will also have a lot of open space with tables and soft seating for students, faculty and community members to meet, engage with one another, study in groups, do research or study quietly alone. Because of its central location on

campus, the design is intentionally open to take full advantage of the stunning views across the green to Rich Hall and the academic buildings on The Hill, and also includes independent and supervised study rooms with few distractions.

The versatility of the design will accommodate all of these needs, and the building will serve as a visually striking architectural accent on our historic campus, incorporating subtle lines and accents from the bordering Chapel and Smith Hall, without competing with either.

The square footage is only slightly larger than the current library, though its layout is significantly different and has been carefully and intentionally designed to serve our community specifically in this role. Additionally, the location will actually provide more than double the square footage of either space independently because the new library will be directly attached to the current one which will continue to serve, as it has for decades, as quiet library space for students to study.

As outlined in the spring edition of Academy World this year, one of the primary objectives of the Master Plan is to increase community space on campus, thoughtfully and strategically, for students and adults to study, converse, challenge and generally engage with one another as part of the educational and social fabric of the WMA

community. This library will represent an enormous step toward providing just that . . . and it’s only the beginning.

Beyond these intuitive library functions, this new space presents a unique opportunity. With the use of completely modular furniture in an open format space, the square footage of the main room will accommodate roughly 300 folding chairs.

Between that and the acoustic design of the room, it will make a superb occasional small/mediumsized performance or lecture space which would address another Master Plan objective.

Just as you have heard me say that the new Rich Hall roof represents so much more than simply a new roof, so too does the new library represent much more to the WMA community than simply a new library. This critical first step on our path will be a tremendous addition to our beautiful and historic campus and will still be making us proud at the other end of our 30-Year Plan.

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Generous Donation Helps Replace Exterior Windows at Greenhalgh Gymnasium As part of our ongoing efforts to improve the Wilbraham & Monson Academy campus, this summer’s major project was to replace exterior windows on three sides of Greenhalgh Gymnasium.

Eleven large windows were replaced, including five each on the north and south sides of the building and a halfmoon on the gable end. The old windows were original to the building. The demolition and removal—done

by Western Mass Demolition Corporation of Westfield—began in mid-July and was completed a month later.

The project has made possible through the generosity of Trustee Andrew P. Mele, his family and Chandler Architectural Products.

“Our family has been involved with WMA for over a decade and the school has provided an exceptional education for our three children.

There was a need for the windows and I knew this was something we could help with. It was a good way for us to give back.”

Andrew P. Mele, Board of Trustees

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By MARK AIMONE | Director of Advancement

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Office of Advancement Moving Forward with Staff Additions WMA’s Office of Advancement, from left: back row, Tina Girhiny (Database Manager), Mark Aimone (Director of Advancement), Janet Moran (Director of Archives), Nick Stafford (Director of Leadership & Planned Giving), Molly McGill (Director of Alumni Relations), Sean Valentine (Director of Stewardship & Donor Re­la­­tions) and Kellie Molander (Director of Parent Programs); front row, Kristin Oldham (Administrative Assistant), Sarah Wakelin (Director of Annual Giving) and Linda Pietras (Administrative Assistant).

The Office of Advancement at Wilbraham & Monson Academy has welcomed several new faces to the team during the last year, and each brings a depth of experience and a commitment to strengthening our connection with WMA alumni, parents and friends across the country and around the world.

Here is a brief introduction of each and their primary area of responsibility within our office.

Hopefully, you will get a chance to meet them in person next time you are on campus or as they travel to your area to share good news from the Academy!

Molly McGill, Director of Alumni Relations

Mrs. McGill looks forward to engaging Alumni with each other and with the life of the Academy.

She is also responsible for managing the alumni presence on social media and she would love to hear from you with your news to share with the WMA community!

Originally from Annapolis, Maryland, Mrs. McGill spent the majority of her career in trade association management, where she managed conferences and educational programs for a wide variety of membership organizations, including industrial trade groups, wholesale florists and

yacht brokers. Most recently, she was a member of the development team at Bay Path University, where she is also pursuing a master’s degree in Nonprofit Management and Philanthropy.

She joined the Wilbraham & Monson Academy Office of Advancement in July 2018.

Kellie Molander, Director of Parent Programs

Joining WMA as Director of Parent Programs is an exciting opportunity for Ms. Molander to bring her expertise in multiple areas full circle.

Ms. Molander works closely with the Parents Association and is responsible for engaging parents in the WMA community.

Ms. Molander grew up in Holyoke, Massachusetts, and resides in Suffield, Connecticut, where she lives with husband, Frank, and daughters, Carlin and Sophia. After graduating from the University of Vermont with a degree in Physical Education, she took a position at the YMCA in Burlington, Vermont, as a staff trainer and swim coach.

Ms. Molander and her family then moved back to the Western Massachusetts area to be closer to family. She spent the next five years at the Greater Westfield YMCA, where she served

as the Director of Aquatics and Competitive Sports. While staying home to raise her family, she ran a small furniture refinishing business out of the family’s barn. As the girls grew, it was time to branch out again as she obtained her real estate license and worked as a sales associate and office manager for a local family-owned broker, Chestnut Oak Realty. Most recently, she was at the New England Air Museum as the Director of Visitor Services.

Ms. Molander joined the Office of Advancement in July 2018.

Nick Stafford, Director of Leadership & Planned Giving

Mr. Stafford has the opportunity to work with a diverse pool of constituents, which allows him to be both donor-centric and student-centered.

He has worked in advancement for several years and began his career at the University of Minnesota Foundation. Prior to WMA, he served as the Director of Development for Academic Affairs at the University of Cincinnati Foundation.

Mr. Stafford is a native of Springfield, Massachusetts, and a graduate of Worcester Academy and the University of Dayton. He was one of three captains on the Worcester Academy Varsity Boys’ Basketball team that won the 2003 NEPSAC Class A Basketball Championship.

He received a full scholarship to play basketball at Dayton.

He joined the Office of Advancement in October 2017.

Sean Valentine, Director of Stewardship & Donor Relations

Mr. Valentine has the opportunity to work with alumni, parents and students to keep legacy donors and alumni from the decades of the 60s and beyond connected with the Academy.

Prior to joining WMA, he served as the Annual Giving & Membership Manager at the Maryland Historical Society. His experience in the museum world gives him a unique perspective on donor recognition and acknowledgement.

Mr. Valentine joined the Office of Advancement in September 2017.

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Iceland Canada

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Oh, the Places We Have Been . . .

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BY Walter Swanson Dean of Faculty, Travel Program Director

Worldly Travel Has Brought Immersive Experiences to WMA • It takes about 36 hours of traveling together before people are comfortable sharing that they have stomach problems.

• If there is a free trip to Paris but none of their friends are going, the trip will be empty.

• If there is a $5,000 trip to Ludlow and their friends are going, that trip will fill.

• Looking at the world through an iPhone has significant limitations.

• Our school colors look exceedingly bright when traveling anywhere.

I stepped off a boat onto the island of Santo Antao in the Republic of Cape Verde. This would be my home for the next two years while serving in the Peace Corps.

There I was confronted with what it meant for me to be American and how a slice of the world lived quite differently than I had. The smells of the morning fish market, mango sellers, the overwhelming hospitality of strangers and the music were powerful.

Throughout my time here at the Academy, I have wanted our students to experience those feelings, even in a small way, by taking them out of the Pioneer Valley and pushing them to engage with the world.

For most of the last decade, the Academy has traveled to five continents around the world, bringing 60–70 people each year on a hands-on, full-immersion learning experience overseas.

We ask our students to be curious, talk to people, ask questions and engage. There sometimes will be answers they do not like. Travel takes you out of yourself and forces you also to pay attention to your own place, how you do things, as difference pushes you to reflect. It is not always easy.

Language barriers, food and customs can be a challenge, but that challenge is part of the broader experience.

The days of a bus tour through France have changed. Our students have worked on cheetah conservation in Namibia, studied geothermal More than 20 years ago,

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energy in Iceland and practiced their Spanish in Machu Picchu.They have climbed the foothills of the Himalayas in northern India, and toured the demilitarized zone between North and South Korea.

In addition to the larger revelations and reflection we all have when traveling, there are also some less grandiose things I have learned traveling with students: •T eenagers are inherent risk takers, except when it comes to food.

• If you can’t lift your bag yourself, you are bringing too much.

Dean of Students Liz Squindo shared, “At WMA, our mission is providing a transformational experience to our students. Travel is an essential component to this mission.

“Wherever students travel, there will always be some exciting parts, juxtaposed with moments of uncertainty or doubt. Having our kids lean into discomfort provides more opportunities for growth. While many things are different in a new country, my favorite is when students find the similarities between themselves and the country/ culture we are traveling to.

“Travel breaks down the preconceived notions of otherness and continues to establish the unique

“The world is a book and those that do not travel read only a page.”

St. Augustine

experiences. When students and faculty come back to campus, they bring their experiences with them and enrich our community.”

Our students have toured through the train stations where children sleep in India, been humbled by the physical and network infrastructure of South Korea, and learned how the past continues to influence the present in Central Europe. There is an immersive learning that happens here that can not be gained from books.

Our students go on to do great things.

We hope that all of them take this experience to wherever they go, so that they know how to speak with those who are different than they are, how to maintain a sense of themselves but still be open to change when in a new place.

And then, ultimately, we want them to see the world and its seemingly endless series of troubles through a myriad of viewpoints that optimally will lead to a path forward.

“I traveled to the Southern Basin of the Amazon Rainforest in Brazil on a trip (2015). The most memorable part was traveling down the Xingu River to a remote portion of the Amazon Rainforest where we spent three days with the Kamayura, a native Indian tribe located in this region. Being able to immerse myself in their culture was nothing short of remarkable. One of the many aspects of their lives that we learned about was the hardships their tribe had and will continue to endure due to deforestation as well as government encroachment. However, they also unintentionally taught us something even more important, which was to broaden our understanding. We spent a short period of time in a community with people who we could barely communicate with, yet they opened our eyes to an entirely different way of living, which has changed my perspective for the better.”

“When I returned to the States, the first question I received was, “Well, how was South Africa?”

It was one of the only times I stood there stumped.

From the amazing views to the amazing people, I couldn’t help but conclude that this wasn’t my last time in South Africa. For one, I thoroughly enjoyed the art and creations on the street, as seen through my 10s of souvenirs, but two, there are few places that make me cry; South Africa made the exception. Taking notes through the Pieterson Museum (in Soweto) and actually needing to sit in the Apartheid Museum (in Johannesburg), I was overwhelmed in the sense of not being able to grasp as much information as I could. This feeling is one I could never forget.

I am forever grateful.”

— alyssa gaderon ’19

— emma kindblom ’17

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BY Ania Axas ’19

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Plymouth College Experience a Pleasant Surprise I do not think any of us anticipated how many cultures were blended together in England, how much we would learn at Plymouth College or how much fun we would have. The city of London proved to be an incredible place of exploration with its numerous museums, royal history and the London Eye. In Plymouth, we were taken aback by the picturesque beauty of the shores, the best fish and chips we’d ever enjoyed, and we made lifelong friendships at Plymouth College. Little did we know that this entire experience, especially the food, would certainly be remembered for a lifetime.

On our journey, we were introduced to Lebanese, Portuguese, Greek, Indian and a few other cultural cuisines. Our favorite, by far, was the Greek food in Plymouth. We enjoyed trying new foods each night, and this took all of us out of our comfort zones and allowed us to be fully immersed in all that England had to offer. At our favorite restaurant, Meze Grill, we also indulged in a tiramisu and baklava, which were as delicious as our main courses. Speaking of dessert, we also had the best gelato in London.

It was so good we went back twice! Intertwined with all of this culture was Portobello Road. It encapsulated cultures and was filled with street vendors and diverse communities of people. The vendors sold anything a person could imagine, from doughnuts to jewelry to paintings. I can speak from experience that the Nutella-filled doughnut was one of my best purchases from our trip.

Portobello Road truly was a melting pot and being exposed to this blend of cultures, both through the cuisines and people, led to some of our most memorable experiences.

In addition to Portobello Road and our exploration of new cuisines, attending classes and meeting new friends at Plymouth College was both enjoyable and rewarding. We participated in both a full day and half day of classes at a school which is so similar to WMA in some aspects, but so dissimilar in others. Students our age already must know what career they would like to pursue in college, since they are enrolled in a few courses Going into this trip,

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WMA’s England travel group and members of the Plymouth College community stand outside the school.

which prepare them for this specific major. Once they are Upper Sixth-Formers (seniors), they must take A-level exams, which determine which colleges they would be able to apply to. Similar to WMA, they had school meeting, advisor or tutor meetings, and all students must participate in afternoon sports or activities.

The classes were rigorous. My buddy, Kate, and I had a triple math, which was broken up into a double (1 hour, 20 minutes) and single (40 minutes) period. However, she also had free periods and I

was able to meet many of her friends. Among some of the questions I received were: • “Do you like Trump?”

• “ How do you feel about gun control in the U.S.?”

• “ Is high school in the United States anything like how it is in ‘Gossip Girl?’”

• “ Are cheerleaders really as mean as they are in American movies?”

I even received a request to fill out a gun control survey since I was “from America.” We chatted about everything from prom to how far California was from Massachusetts to if I liked their accents. The lunch break at Plymouth College was an hour, and during that time I was pleased to find out that a house swim meet was being held. The different boarding houses separated and were competing against each other. This is one of my favorite memories, because many non-swimmers came to support their swimmer friends and it truly felt like a community gathering. No one was forced to be there; they all gathered there by choice which made it all the more special.

The four of us—Julia Grocott ’19, John Kennedy ’19 and J.P. Catellier ’20—built friendships that will most definitely last us a lifetime, and for that we are especially grateful.

We all began this journey with open minds and this thankfully allowed us to gain the most out of our amazing experience and learn from our buddies and the culture around us.

Throughout our short time in England, we visited numerous museums, Harrods, Portobello Road, the London Eye, Westminster Abbey, Buckingham Palace, went on a Thames River cruise and many more memorable places.

The culture we immersed ourselves in through different cuisines each night was extremely special. In addition, for Plymouth to have been one of the highlights of our journey is a testament to how incredibly special the friends we made are to us, and I do not think we anticipated how much we’d appreciate going to school during our Spring Vacation.

From left: Julia Grocott ’19, Ania Axas ’19, J.P. Catellier ’20 and John Kennedy ’19 pose with an English “Beefeater” (center).

The London Eye dominates the background for (from left) John Kennedy ’19, Ania Axas ’19, J.P. Catellier ’20 and Julia Grocott ’19.

BY JADE CHLAPOWSKI ’18

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South Africa: Open Eyes, a New Perspective and a Plethora of Emotions 15 students and two staff members from Wilbraham & Monson Academy embarked on a trip to South Africa.

Needless to say, the entire experience was one that truly touched each member on the trip in a unique and individual way. South Africa is a country that engages with its inhabitants, a place of deep history and constant rebirth, and thus one finds themselves completely immersed in the grand and overwhelming life around them.

I walked away from this experience with open eyes, a new perspective and a plethora of emotions. The one thing that is certain about all of these aspects is that, for me, they are best expressed through poetry.

what the view does to you

In June,

she cried where the ocean met land. they asked her why she told them she was only watering the flowers & those resting in her soul bloomed.

The Next Generation

what i’ll remember most is the way their faces turned to sunbeams and laughter filled the gaps between their teeth. exuberance is an underrated virtue.

Why it Will Always be Worth the Flights

This World’s Way

they danced until we no longer knew the difference between man and animal and the air swirled with the wind caught colors of sound rising for the stars that remind you just how small existence can be, above the flames that remind you just how invincible you aren’t. and yet, you feel like everything.

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travel strengthens the soul reaffirming or calling into question values and outlooks— what i took from this experience is that this world is far more grand than one’s mind can ever dream up and each place is far more connected than it appears on the surface. so you can imagine what it was like for every little thing you felt to be infinitely more powerful.

South Africa gave me life strength hope desire motivation heartbreak love & even more life.

“South Africa is a very culturally rich country. Each city that we traveled to varied vastly from the previous.

However, to me the most interesting variation between each location was the perspective of the tour guides.

The tour guide from Cape Town viewed the problems in South Africa much differently from the guide from Johannesburg. Seeing this play out reminded me very much of parallels in the U.S. and the different perspectives people have depending on where they live in the country, and now after South Africa, the world.”

Oron Steingrub ’18

To my Country of Contradictions

Too little, too late

i felt like i was being a companion and i would have sat on the cement floor for hours in front of empty cells talking to ghosts. maybe the shake in my leg was them telling me they listened. after all these years, i think all they were looking for was a little company.

i love the way existence cohabitates in your land. your nature lends itself to birthing nature of other kinds and your human influence makes way for more life. in a country of people learning how to be equals, it is easy to take inspiration from the lessons taught by land. ubuntu: ‘i am a person because you are a person.’ i am the way i am because you are the way you are.

To the Political Prisoner, I’m Sorry

how do you break someone past the point of human then tell them that even being nothing is still too much?

ripple effect

contrast. noun. the state of being strikingly different from something else, typically something in juxtaposition or close association. synonyms include: a drive from stellenbosch to cape town where townships exist next to wealth and infrastructure and where white, black, and colored walk a fine line in the sand learning how to cope with the effects that the tsunami of apartheid left in its path.

what they wanted

it made me want to break down the walls. bury myself in the rubble. shatter glass. throw shrapnel to the ceiling only for it to come crashing down on my head. it made me want to scream until i was voiceless. to break my bones in isolation. but ultimately, it just made me want to break.

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BY CLARA HARRINGTON ’18

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India: Small Moments Lead to Big Memories can say they have been to India, let alone on a mountain in the Himalayas, or at a Tibetan National assembly with the Dalai Lama. However, two wonderful teachers and nine clueless, but lively, teenagers can. Our WMA group traveled to not one but three provinces of India in March.

We experienced three different religions, two nationalities, and all together one very beautiful country. Our 14-day trip was packed with practically three full days of traveling; stopping at what seemed like every monument, temple and mosque in Delhi; eating, shopping, hiking and eating some more in Dharamsala; living lavishly at a hotel with an all-you-can eat buffet; and roaming around the Golden Temple in Amritsar. Oh, and did I mention the eating?

I cannot speak for everyone on the trip, but if every meal was simply dal (dried, split pulses), naan (oven-baked flatbread) and rice, I never would have complained—and I know for a fact trip chaperone Mr. Michael Dziura would agree.

However, if you are going to travel to India, be prepared for the best chai and the worst instant coffee in the world. I went into the trip with an entire lifetime of Indian food experience, and the meals I had exceeded all expectations. The food ranged from curries, chapati, naan, Indian sweets and dal. Lots of dal. The meals where kids complained about another plate of dal and rice were the meals where I was living my best, Not many people

Maia Hutcheson-Jones ’19, left, and Clara Harrington ’18 at the Golden Temple located in Amritsar.

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and on my fifth piece of naan and third plate of food I was content. In my opinion, Indian food is the best food in the world, and if I could eat those meals for the rest of my life I would.

Our first few days in Delhi were a mix of cat naps on the tour bus and stops at ancient Delhi temples, mosques and monuments. Delhi was a mix of new and old, flora and fauna, and chaos and serenity. There were moments of overwhelming anxiety as we attempted to keep our group of 12 together in crowds of tourists, with the constant sound of horns in the background. However, as soon as we would feel anxious or tired, the next destination would take our breath away just like the one before.

One day we had to wake up at 4 a.m to take a train to Agra and navigate the most populated train station in the world. And after all that stress, we saw one of the seven wonders of the old world—the Taj Mahal—that took every single person’s breath away and made some even cry.

No matter how tired, anxious or even sick we were, India was able to turn that all around.

Some students were more challeged than others in terms of culture shock. As a group, we overcame many challenges and each person gave a different experience that was especially difficult for them. Some members of the group said the physical toll of a seven-hour hike straight up a mountain was the hardest. Although after sprinting through the airport at Frankfurt in order to make our flight, Mr. Dziura turned to me and said, “That was harder than climbing the mountain.” For me, the most challenging aspect of the trip was the magnitude of Delhi and the large wealth disparity that was clearly evident. Delhi showed me a different world than I had ever seen before and although it was difficult, it changed my perspective. The minute we stepped out of our air-conditioned tour bus, the heat of Delhi pressed down on us, and we were followed by countless children and single mothers begging for money that had to face the word “no’’ too many times. No matter the level

A view from the shade of the Taj Mahal in Agra.

of preparation WMA gave me in terms of other cultures, knowing something is different than experiencing it. In Delhi, I experienced more than many kids my age will ever be able to.

After staying in Delhi, we flew to Dharamsala in northern India. After staying in one of the most populated cities in the world, flying to Dharamsala felt like a different country. Upon our arrival, the first thing I noticed was that the numbing sound of honking had disappeared.

The several days we spent in Dharamsala were my absolute favorite. Dharamsala was a melting pot of Tibetan and Indian culture, with cities built on cliff faces and winding streets that only locals were able to easily navigate.

Most students loved the shopping in Dharamsala, Mr. Dziura loved the dal, and Ms. Sommer Mahoney ’11 loved the yoga. For me, it was Triund Peak. For some, the seven-hour hike was grueling, but for me it was one of the most empowering moments of my life. As several of us

Liam Garrison ’20 feeling on top of the world at the foothills of the Himalayas.

turned the corner, where the mountain changed from straight incline to the most spectacular view, I found my happy place. That moment, as cliche as it may sound, took my breath away and gave beauty an entirely different definition.

After barely sleeping on top of a mountain in freezing temperatures, I woke up to a sunrise unlike any other and a moment of clarity and sublimity that will stay with me forever. I left that mountain not wanting it to be the last time and promising myself that one day, whether in five years or 20, I will return.

In many ways the trip was grueling, hot, overwhelming and exhausting. But with all those experiences came twice as many moments of bliss, awe, exhilaration and pure happiness.

I found something truly special in India—myself.

In the face of new challenges and uncomfortable moments, I was able to know myself better and also another culture entirely different from my own. With the help of my friends and

my teachers, I became comfortable in the uncomfortable. After traveling halfway around the world, one would think that the Taj Mahal or reaching the Himalayas was the highlight of our trip. Although these were monumental, I can’t say they were the most life-changing. Each student will give a different highlight of the trip, and the various ways it was meaningful for them.

But for me, it was the little things, like: • the honey lemon ginger tea at a little cafe in Dharamsala • Delma, a Tibetan women with a son at MIT, selling scarves and giving us free tea and long conversations • or maybe it was the dog that decided to follow us seven miles up a mountain.

The India travel group is all smiles at the center of the town/ market area of McLeod Ganj, a suburb of Dharamsala.

All of these small moments added up to a truly spectacular experience.

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BY ERIKA CONVERY ’19

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Ecuador, Galapagos Islands Trip Evolves into Learning Experience A group photo from Old Town in Quito, Ecuador.

“Being able to speak Spanish was certainly one of the best parts of the trip, but our incredible encounters with nature couldn’t be found anywhere else in the world.”

Who knew giant tortoises had

so much attitude? That is one of the many things I learned while in Quito, Ecuador, and the Galapagos Islands with fellow students from WMA in June. I also learned that marine iguanas have the most adorable sneezes, and that Ecuadorian coffee is the best I have ever had.

We began our stay in Quito at a local market where we were given a shopping list, all of which was in Spanish, full of things no one in the group was familiar with. Our mission was to purchase all of these ingredients so we could later use them to make empanadas (a type of pastry, baked or fried). But there was a catch — no vendor at the market spoke a word of English. However, the locals were more than happy to help us locate all the items we were looking for, and despite being handed spiked cactus fruits and herbs I’d never seen before, we were able to check off every item on our list.

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incredible encounters with nature couldn’t be found anywhere else in the world. The animals in the Galapagos are living marvels, and they aren’t the least bit afraid of humans. From giant tortoises to blue-footed boobies (these birds are iconic throughout Galapagos), they are entirely impartial to tourists because of the extensive preservation project that encapsulates the region.

The tortoises were happy to pose in sassy selfies, and the blue-footed boobies were proud to show off their beautiful blue feet to our cameras. We were also able to watch frigate birds flash their red chests in attempts to attract a mate, as well as kayak with 4-foot long whitetip reef sharks.

Aside from coming face-to-face with wildlife, I experienced many more adventures on the islands. Ecuadorian food was certainly one of those adventures; our days snorkeling with sea turtles and long, hot treks along the beach really worked up our appetites. From fried fish heads to delicious fried plantains, we really never knew what to expect at every meal. Blackberry, passion fruit and naranjilla juice added a sweet

tang to each course, all of which were indigenous to the islands and made fresh.

Toward the end of our stay in the Galapagos we visited a coffee and sugarcane plantation, where we learned how coffee beans are picked, deshelled and roasted, as well as how sugarcane is processed and fermented into alcohol. The coffee was a favorite among the group, and we each were able to buy a bag or two of beans to take home with us.

Once back on the mainland in Quito, we were able to stand directly on the marked equator, with one foot in the Northern Hemisphere and one in the Southern Hemisphere. We also visited a few local markets and put our negotiating skills to the test. Many of us walked away with handmade alpaca blankets and ponchos, most of which couldn’t fit in our luggage and so had to be worn on the flight home.

In Ecuador, I was immersed in a completely foreign culture, forced to speak broken Spanish and eat foods I never thought I’d try—and I couldn’t have asked for anything better.

top left Traffic—in the form of a Galapagos tortoise— came to a crawl during the Ecuador trip.

left Traveling Titans got good looks at wildlife such as the land iguana.

above WMA students and tour guide pose for a photo on the equator.

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BY MICHAEL CARSON ’18

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Depth of Learning Brought to Life

by Firsthand Discovery in American Southwest The American Southwest

has always been a beautifully rugged and unrefined masterpiece to me. The idea that a landscape and ecosystem so drastically different than the ones around New England can exist in the same country is fascinating. I’d never been to Arizona, Utah or any other Southwestern states, but when I heard about the trip to backpack in the Grand Canyon with Head of School Brian Easler and his wife, Stephanie, I knew it was an opportunity I couldn’t pass up.

For the first week of Spring Vacation, the 11 members of the group began the process of becoming what Mr. Easler referred to as “Backpacking Jedi.” This meant obtaining Wilderness First Aid certification in Wilbraham, learning how to dehydrate and reheat our own food, how to efficiently pack our backpacks with all the equipment we would need, and about the weather conditions and wildlife of the Grand Canyon.

At 4 a.m. on departure day, we drowsily shuffled our backpacking gear onto a mini bus and caught a plane to Phoenix, Arizona. The drive to the canyon was exciting. As we rode along the top of the winding canyon, a thick fog enveloped the stone mesas and chiseled riverbeds, only allowing for momentary glances at the majesty below us. When we arrived at the trailhead, we eagerly put our packs on and began our descent into the mist. None of us had ever been to the canyon so we learned the trail together, watching the vista as it unfolded before us. As we continued our descent, striated gray cliff faces metamorphosed into brilliant copper murals, but still, we only caught glimpses of the canyon through the dense fog.

For our first meal in the canyon, we found a massive stone ledge that jutted out to a point, and we set up our stoves and bowls to cook. As we sat eating rehydrated chicken and rice with a spork, the mist rolled away, revealing the immeasurable vastness and glory of the canyon. I’ve seen plenty of photos of the Grand Canyon as it’s always been one of my favorite national parks. But no photo will be able to capture the unbelievably

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Going from Granite Rapids to Hermit Rapids.

awe-inspiring magnitude and depth of the canyon that you experience firsthand. Although much of our time was spent on the trail hiking from campsite to campsite, some of our most memorable moments occurred during our downtime.

A few of the boys decided we were going to catch a gecko after seeing dozens of them darting in and out between the rocks, and on the second day, we set up camp at a sandy shoreline next to the Colorado River and tried our best to capture one. We quickly found out that we were horrible at catching lizards and ultimately failed at our goal. We, however, found plenty of other ways to keep ourselves busy. After climbing to the top of a small hill, someone noticed a couple of big horned sheep hundreds of feet above us, skirting around the rim of the canyon without the slightest bit of caution. Later, Mr. Easler found a small part of the Colorado River where

the current wasn’t strong, so we plunged in to sit in the frigid water until we couldn’t feel our toes.

When it was dark, we headed up to the top of one of the surrounding hills and used a thermal scope that Mr. Easler brought to look for wildlife.

Though we didn’t see any more big horned sheep, we saw mice attempt to get into our animal-proof food bags and made extra certain to zip our tents up tight that night.

I learned a few important things from this trip: • A ringtail cat will steal your tin cup and spork if you leave them out at night.

• Although not quite fashionable, a boonie hat is a welcome alternative to sunburns on your face.

• When you’ve hiked for five hours in the desert heat, peanut M&Ms are the best thing in the world.

Lunch stop on the Lookout on Hermits Creek Trail.

top right Almost back to the Rim, a pause to look from where we had come.

below Halfway out: River to Rim in one day: Eight steady hours, 9.3 miles and 4,240 feet up with heavy packs.

right Learning some canyoneering skills below the Monument in Monument Creek.

But the one thing that has struck me the most is the invaluable experience of travel. Even though each of us had seen countless photos and videos of the Grand Canyon, we never would have gained the experience of our trip or the sensation of being such a minuscule part of such a massive world had we not gone to the Grand Canyon. I’ve learned that there is no replacement for a firsthand experience, and that the best way to learn about something is to discover it for yourself.

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BY MARY SPARAGO ’17

wma spotlight: current staff

Charlie D’Avanzo: Straight A’s for ‘Mr. D’ during WMA Career

Since its founding , Wilbraham & Monson Academy has provided its students with the most charismatic, intelligent, supportive and appreciative faculty and staff available to a college preparatory school. One such member, renowned for these qualities and more, is Charlie D’Avanzo.

Mr. D’Avanzo has worked at the Academy since 1989. Previously the Director of WMA’s Middle School, he currently serves in teaching upper level chemistry, having also taught physics, adding notable levels of energy and motivation to the Academy’s Science Department.

“This is more of a lifestyle than it is a job,” said Mr. D’Avanzo. “That is one of the things I try to convey to people. I consider teaching to be one of the more noble endeavors you can involve yourself in. When trying to engage with young learners, being a parent is a natural empathetic crossroad into teaching and gives you a different insight into how to communicate with those children. Every child you engage with is very precious to that family, and I try to honor that and their commitment to the Academy. We value them and we need to do a good job with their children.”

For four years, Mr. D’Avanzo also stood as Dean of Students, and coached both Boys’ Varsity

“He is creative, thoughtful, daring and loves the students at the Academy.

He is a role model for me.”

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Basketball and Girls’ Middle School Basketball teams along with contributing as the co-founder of the Beech Tree Summer Camp.

Faculty Marshal and former Dean of Faculty Donald Kelly said, “I think that Mr. D really did an outstanding job in starting the Beech Tree Summer Camp, and an even better job in taking over as Director of the Middle School. I think he Charlie D’Avanzo displays his musical talents at School Meeting in 2018. put our Middle School on the map as a safe and creative place for middle school children. Mr. D is basically a kid at heart so he gets along very became interesting, non-threatening and fun! well with kids of all ages.”

Mr. D is a student-oriented teacher who has Mr. D’Avanzo, noted by students and faculty appropriately high academic standards but alike, has provided far more than his knowledge the students’ welfare and success as his priority. and education to the WMA community. His He is a very loyal man who knows the meaning positive, lively and animated presence creates an of teamwork and always has his colleagues’ back.” uplifting environment felt by all.

In reference to his family, Mr. D’Avanzo, “I try to bring positivity to what I do,” Mr. wife, Julie, and sons, Paul ’04 and Andy ’07, D’Avanzo said. “This should be fun, engaging, have remained adamant supporters and family exciting and invigorating. It’s hard work and members to the Academy’s community, it takes a lot of commitment. Being positive is intertwined into the heart of WMA through extremely important and I try to work with generations, engaging with students, faculty everyone around me to understand this. I think and staff alike. one of the greatest disservices we can do to “When our boys were young, this was our yard young learners is be cynical in front of them. and all the Academy people were their friends,” I do not promote those types of impulses, because said Mr. D’Avanzo.

I think that’s the last thing young learners need.

Mr. D’Avanzo is known by his community to You have to understand the differences between lead through his positive, energetic and contagious skepticism and cynicism. Skepticism is accepted personality. His empathetic connections create and valued, while cynicism is a different approach a bridge between teacher and student, forming and mindset and needs to be confronted in an a relationship conducive to a learning, but also educational environment.” caring, environment.

Mr. D’Avanzo continues to enrich the Fellow Faculty member John Lombard said, community with his character, intelligence and “One of my favorite Charlie D stories was when humor, from his coaching enthusiasm to singing we had an African dance group come to Chapel “Happy Birthday” to all his students—an event that several years back. They told us that we would all includes cake and candles. be dancing by the end of chapel and I was “When Mr. D was hired, by me, I am proud to somewhat doubtful because, in the few years I’ve say during my first stint as a Dean, enrollment in been teaching at the Academy, I had never seen Chemistry and Physics was really low,” Mr. Kelly the Academy’s community get up and dance. said. “Students were afraid to sign up for these However, once their groovy drumming started, courses. Mr. D changed all that. Upper level science Mr. D was the first person to start dancing in the

aisles and many of us—including myself—started to shake and move to the groove. It was one of my favorite chapels of all time and I believe encapsulates what is so unique about Charlie D. He is fearless in pursuit of giving our students the very best experience whenever possible.” Mr. Lombard said, “He is creative, thoughtful, daring and loves the students at the Academy.

He is a role model for me.”

In essence, Mr. D’Avanzo’s accomplishments and contributions to WMA stretch far beyond the classroom, influencing the community through positive expressions of motivation, humor, diligence and character, bringing greater meaning to each position he holds.

Charlie D’Avanzo in action during classroom instruction as a science teacher.

Charlie D’Avanzo, right, with fellow faculty member Don Kelly during the early 1990s.

“Every day during my time at WMA Middle School, Mr. D greeted us with his infectious smile. In the classroom, he taught with enthusiasm, which resulted in his students being engaged and excited about learning. After he moved back to the Upper School, he continued to integrate himself among the students and faculty, always asking how people were, willing to hold conversations, and impact his humor and vast array of knowledge to others.”

Emma Kindblom ’17 Mr. D’s Favorite Things • WMA food: Spicy ribs or any of Mary’s desserts • TV show: “Game of Thrones” • Vacation spot: Anywhere with Julie, sisterin-law and brother-in-law • Band/musician: The Beatles • Comfort food: Barbeque, but really anything • Roller coaster: Any and all! (except those that spin) • Season: Spring • Thing in the sky: The Hubble Space Telescope view into the Universe • Pet: Koko the Pekingese • Extreme sport to do: Climbing

• Sport to play: Football • Day of the week: One day is as good as the next • Color: Blue • WMA tradition: Honoring Years of Service for all staff • WMA play/performance: “Little Shop of Horrors” or “Jesus Christ Superstar” • Dance style: Rock ’n’ Roll (you’ll know it when you see it) •W MA item of clothing: Any WMA T-shirt •V illain: Heath Ledger as the Joker •G rade: Junior year •N ickname: “B-Eazy” for Mr. Brian Easler •C ountry You Want to Visit : Georgia

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departments: Faculty Fun Facts

Titan Faculty: Outside the Classroom 1 Paul Bloomfield Chair, Fine & Performing Arts Department Mr. Bloomfield wrote a music review and took photographs for Glide Magazine after attending the Dave Matthews Band concert in June at the xfinity Theater in Hartford, Connecticut.

2 Bill Rosenbeck Faculty, English Department Mr. Rosenbeck went to the Newport Folk Festival in Newport, Rhode Island, in July.

3 Fabienne Dubois Faculty, World Languages Ms. Dubois and her family were at a fan zone in the south of France when “Les Bleus” won the 2018 World Cup for men’s soccer. Vivent les Bleus!

4 Caroline Smith Executive Assistant to the Head of School Ms. Smith went to a Taylor Swift concert at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, Massachusetts, with her daughters in July.

8 Luke Pelletier Faculty, Middle School Science Mr. Pelletier enjoyed a three-day, 600-mile Harley ride throughout upstate New York, including a quick stop at Silver Bay at Lake George, where the WMA Middle School has visited annually for a number of years.

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10 Erik Kindblom Dean of Studies Mr. Kindblom attended “A Teacher’s Guide to the Learning Brain: Translating Psychology and Neuroscience Research for the Classroom,” a weeklong workshop with academic professionals from throughout the world at Boston University.

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5 Tess (Simpson) Presnal School Counselor Ms. Simpson got married in July. Meet Mr. and Mrs. Presnal.

6 Mark Fischer Chair, Math Department Mr. Fischer and his daughters visited Warm Springs Ranch in Missouri, where the Anheuser-Busch Clydesdales are born and raised.

7 Gary Cook Faculty, CEGS Department Mr. Cook spent a week in June in Tampa, Florida, grading the AP U.S. History exam.

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in memoriam

By THOMAS IANNACONE Former Science Department Faculty Member

Dr. Kathleen Gorski: ‘Selfless and Amazing’ I recently opened my personal email and found an email from LinkedIn stating, “Do you know Kathleen Gorski?” I received this email a week after Dr. Gorski had passed and was filled with sadness. But after a few minutes, I started to think of my relationship with Kathy. She was my boss, my mentor, my confidant—and she was my friend.

I came to Wilbraham & Monson Academy in 2013, after I had spent a year living in Philadelphia working at a Catholic high school. I was nervous.

When I moved in, I felt like a fish out of water.

I had taught a bit, but it was more like student teaching. At WMA I had plunged into the deep end. Full time. I would like to stress—I was nervous. I was about to teach students that were not much younger than me and would often comment how I was their sibling’s age. Awesome.

Kathy was the first academic person I would meet while at WMA. She not only welcomed me and showed me which apps on the iPad I should use, but also gave me and the other new hires copious amounts of information about education as well as an entire file on the ins and outs of WMA. She made everyone feel welcome and everyone got their chance. She provided information freely and worked selflessly. Sometimes to her fault, she would drop what she was doing and lend a hand. That is where she and I would get along. We both worked with a distractible mind.

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writing comments and ask about something in the lab and we would both tinker with it to see what would happen.

Outside of tinkering in the lab, we spent a lot of time discussing ways to make the science program better, and she helped me to hone my skills as an educator. Often times we would talk and it might be for minutes or hours and we’d come up with something that we would implement in our classroom that week or that month. Other times, we would sit around and talk about different experiments that we would try, often revolving around baking, alcohol, or baking with alcohol. Our relationship grew from professional to be more personal — a friendship.

In the time that we worked together, we both experienced loss. She lost her dad and I lost both of my grandmothers. We did our best to comfort one another and I hope that I had helped her because she had helped. When my dad’s mother passed away, I had blamed myself initially that I did not see her enough being in Massachusetts and she in Pennsylvania. I had confided in Kathy this regret. She told me that I could not do that to myself—that I had made efforts to see her when I could and that my grandmother knew that I loved her and she loved me. I will never forget Kathy’s compassion. She was selfless and amazing.

The students noticed how well the Science Department got along and would comment to Kathy about our comraderie and overall goofiness. But again, she would just chuckle and agree. She loved her department and found that it was the basis of educating our students.

If students saw people who got along, as well as enjoyed what they were doing, it created a community of learning and it drew students to the second floor of Mattern. Many of them would stop by Kathy’s office for advice or homework help, and Kathy would spend time talking to anyone who stopped in. Whether it was a student asking questions about a science project, an advisee looking for advice or a lost freshmen looking for the STEM classroom, Kathy had time. Doctor G was a guiding light for a lot of our alums and students, many of whom I have seen come back and check in with her. Some spend a few minutes on a visit trying to see how

many teachers they can see in their brief trips, but more often than not I have seen former students spend great amounts of time speaking with Kathy and updating her on their lives. For many of our students (especially the science-minded ones), Kathy is who they came back to see.

Her draw was comfort. Kathy had this uncanny ability to make students comfortable around her, and I had the firsthand opportunity to see this when we took students on a trip to Iceland in June 2017.

After a few months of conversation, she and I had 10 students going on the trip. Our goal was to look at conservation and how sustainability played an everyday role in Icelandic culture, and how could we bring that back to the WMA community.

Kathy’s ability to bring students together and make them comfortable made the trip so fruitful for everyone involved.

It is with a heavy heart that I write this memorial. But I look back at the memories, conversations and enthusiasm that made Kathy, Kathy . . . and I cannot help but smile. I will take everything that she taught me with me and work my hardest to make her proud. Kathy I miss you every day and my hope is that you have found rest. May angels lead you in.

Tom Iannacone, left, and Dr. Kathy Gorski strike a pose with a statue of Albert Einstein outside of Lak Dining Hall.

in memoriam

By Maureen Kelly Chesky ’02 Associate Director of College Counseling

Lori Chesky: ‘Spoonful of Sugar’ Had Right Recipe for Life In “Mary Poppins,” when Jane and Michael Banks listed some of their perfect nanny qualifications: cheery disposition, kind, witty, sweet, take us on outings, give us treats, they could have been speaking of Lori Chesky.

In fact, when I first met the extended Chesky and Curran families, Lori was often lovingly referred to as their “real life” Mary Poppins.

They all shared stories about what a wonderful wife, mother, sister and aunt Lori was; how she made every moment both magical and an opportunity to learn. My husband, Phil ’02, and his sister, Roz ’08, frequently recount what a special childhood they had in large part because of their mom.

Along with her husband, Phil, of 35 years, she dedicated herself completely to building a happy home. Two children could only be so lucky to have been part of the adventures that Lori had planned for her family. Whether it was travel abroad to countries like Ireland, Spain, Mexico and Morocco, or vacations to Hampton Beach, Lori coordinated and led many memorable family trips. And in terms of treats, Lori loved cooking and spent much of her free time learning new recipes to share with her family.

However, it was Lori’s ability to guide others into doing the right thing that reminds me the most of Mary Poppins. Our daughter, Colleen, often recites a rhyme when it is time for bed that her Gramma taught her, “It is getting very late, but we don’t mind because our day was

very great!” In Lori’s gentle and creative way, she had convinced Colleen it was a good idea for bedtime after a fun-filled day. This “spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down” approach is representative of the way Lori interacted with everyone she met.

This is particularly true in her work as an educator, a profession she cherished. The first to attend college in her immediate family, Lori graduated from the University of Massachusetts (Amherst) and went on to receive her master’s and Certificate of Advanced Graduate Studies in Education. Early in her career, she worked for the Massachusetts Migrant Education Program, welcoming students into her classroom and her home. She became an advocate for these children and families, and most importantly to Lori, she taught them how to advocate for themselves. This was her goal as she transitioned to working with students in Academic Services at Wilbraham & Monson Academy.

As a member of our Academic Services Department for the past 17 years, Lori was devoted to helping her students find success.

Lori had a calm presence, which helped any student or colleague feel at ease when working with her. She always ensured that students were accountable for their work, but found ways to make each interaction lighthearted and developed great relationships with her students. As a colleague, Lori was truly the “spoonful of sugar,” the sweetest person you

From left: Lori Chesky with son Phil ’02, daughter

Roz ’08 and husband Phil (background) in 2002.

could meet, yet she possessed just the right touch to remain firm in always advocating for her students. Even as Lori’s fight against scleroderma became more challenging, she continued her work at the Academy in large part because she received so much joy in interacting with her students each day.

I was lucky to have learned from Lori as one of her colleagues for the past 10 years, but even luckier to have had Lori as my mother-in-law.

As family, friends, colleagues and students of Lori, we can all honor her memory by being that spoonful of sugar in each other’s lives.

Lori Chesky, left, and daughter Roz ’08 pose with the character of Mary Poppins.

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BY Allie Collins-Anderson ’16

wma alumni: REFLECTION

It’s About the Person, Not the Place . . .

The People Are the Place My mom has always told me that “it’s about the person, not the place.”

For years, I just nodded and accepted what she said without giving it much thought. It wasn’t until recently that I really began to understand what she meant. After spending a couple of years away from WMA, I’ve had the opportunity to truly reflect on my Academy experience, and my continued experience with the people who call it home. This summer, I was sitting in Rich Hall lobby working on a new writing piece when Head of School Brian Easler walked by and, surprised (but probably not too surprised) to see me, said that he loved that I came back to the Academy to write.

However, if it weren’t for WMA and its people, I’m not sure that I would be writing at all. From when I first enrolled when I was 11, my teachers and role models at the Academy fostered a sense of security and confidence within myself which has helped me to navigate the more challenging aspects of life beyond WMA. As a result of the foundation which the people at the Academy helped me to build, I’m able to believe Allie Collinsin myself enough to write a Anderson ’16 book before I turn 22. during WMA’s trip to the Amazon.

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While “The Global School” carries with it a certain credibility and eliteness, it is not the historic buildings, the academic and cultural history, or the untouched land which surrounds the Academy that makes it so unique.

It is special because of the people who work every day to encourage the students to live happy, healthy, successful and utterly fulfilled lives— before they graduate high school.

From my first day of sixth grade, there was at least one person at the Academy who made me smile or just feel safe and confident in myself every day for seven of the most formative years of my life. Only recently, however, have I begun to recognize how incredibly important those role models were in my life at that time, and how they continue to strengthen me.

It was the small things that they did every day which, put together, made a huge impact on my life.

Charlie D’Avanzo: who high-fived me at the beginning of every day, asked me how my day was at the end of every day and who was exactly the person I needed in my life in middle school; Stuart Whitcomb: who inspired in me my love of writing and whose persistent positive attitude always made me smile; Timothy Harrington: who always pushed me harder than I would push myself because he believed in my ability; Rodney LaBrecque: who only knew me at the Academy while I was in middle school but who still remembers my name, what I’m studying, where I go to college and asks how my mom is doing on the very rare occasions that I see him in his retirement; David Weeks: who always smiled when he saw me, called me “doll,” and by always saying he was doing “just right,” fostered my optimistic attitude; Gino Gasparini: who always grins and hugs me every time I see him and who tells me how much he misses me;

Bill Passy: who has somehow always known who I am and who made me feel like he stopped traffic just for me because he wanted to keep me safe; Mark Fischer: who inspired my love of math and who showed me that if you want something in your life, you have the power to make it happen no matter what; Dan Moran: who has always reminded me of Mr. Keating from the “Dead Poets Society” and whose enthusiasm in and out of the classroom fostered my own enthusiasm about learning; Gary Cook: who always reminded me how much I had to offer and who pushed me to be my best; Don Kelly: whose soft and welcoming demeanor always made me feel safe; Erik Kindblom: who knew the perfect balance of pushing his team to be its best but not letting his intensity be anything but a positive motivator on and off the field; Bill Wells: who always played along with the shenanigans of the Class of 2016, and who inspired and encouraged me to follow my passion to write a book; and Brian Easler: whose presence alone made me feel safe, whose door was always open to me for anything, who will always be my advisor and who has become a friend.

From maintenance staff, to security, to administrators, to faculty and staff, at least one person from every hidden corner of the Academy touched my life while I was there and continues to inspire me to lead a positive life for myself and for others. It is because of all of these incredible role models in my life that I have found success after WMA. I have so much more to accomplish, just in this month alone, but I am confident that I will be fulfilled in every aspect of my life because of the person that I became while at the Academy.

At WMA, the people are the place and that is what makes it so special.

Ms. Collins-Anderson ’16, a resident of Northampton, is a junior at Wellesley College. She is studying economics and is writing a novel.

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Farewell to Revered Academy Employees Steve Gray ’70W and Heanny Mompho Longtime employees Steve Gray ’70W and Heanny Mompho said good-bye at the end of the 2018–2019 academic year. Select members of the WMA community reflect on the mark each left on the Academy.

“Steve’s legacy as our coach is so strong, as I only have to look at the list of our athletes who played this sport to see the impact he had on their time at the Academy and in their development as young adults.

Steve’s teams were mostly made up of kids who were playing Water Polo for the first time. Steve made it fun and relatable to all those who played this exciting sport in Cowdrey Pool for 33 years. His approach made things much less daunting and they came to learn from a man whose devotion to the sport and our school was so easy to see each and every day.”

Steve Gray ’70W A graduate of Wilbraham Academy in 1970, Mr. Gray began working at WMA in 1985.

Along with working in the Academic Services Department, Mr. Gray was a member of the Academic Computing Department as well as the Fine and Performing Arts Department. He also served as the school’s Audio Visual Coordinator.

Athletically, Mr. Gray started the Water Polo program in 1985 and served as the head coach for 33 seasons. He was also a long-time assistant coach for Track & Field. Mr. Gray will be remembered as a student-first, unselfish, kind teacher and coach who loved Wilbraham & Monson Academy.

— Don Nicholson ’79, Athletic Director “When I met Steve for Commencement, we were put together for sound. We’d have our own speakers on campus. I’d use his equipment and use it for graduation. I found out we were both trekkies (fans of Star Trek). We love science-fiction movies and still see movies together to this day. Later in life, I introduced him to motorcycles so now we go riding all the time.”

—Todd Jenkins, Maintenance Department

Steve Gray ’70W was a faculty member and coach for nearly a quarter century.

Heanny Mompho For more than two decades, Mrs. Mompho was the face of Lak Dining Hall, handling the duties as the Academy’s lead server for the entire school. Hired as a member of the dining hall staff in 1977 after fleeing war-torn Cambodia two years earlier, she replaced Ms. Bertha Lak as the school’s head server in the dining hall in 1995. She served her last meal at WMA in May of 2018. All three of Ms. Mompho’s children—Kosinara ’86, Bo ’88 and Phas ’90—graduated from the Academy. Mrs. Mompho’s friendly smile and positive attitude will be missed.

“Heanny has an admirable work ethic and is incredibly dependable. She has a way of making you want to work with her. She made every task fun and always did her job fast, accurate and with a pleasant smile and great attitude. I can honestly say she is one of the best people I have ever had the pleasure of working with. She is a very caring person with a big heart.”

— Scott Bicknell, Director of Dining Services

“Every week for the last several years, Heanny would help us with the dinner for students up at the Head’s House. In the spring, when the dinners are for seniors, Heanny could explain the food preferences of every student in the room. She was like the mom for every student, every person on campus. On days when I missed lunch, Heanny would notice and ask me later if everything was all right. These are indicators of how much she cared about all of us.

Our community will miss her dearly.”

— Brian p. Easler, Head of School

Heanny Mompho, left, with Director of Dining Services Scott Bicknell, was a smiling face in the dining hall for more than four decades.

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By BILL WELLS Director of Student Promotion

WMA SPOTLIGHT: Board of Trustees

C hris Antonacci ’06: ‘Excited . . . to Ensure that the Academy Continues to Prosper and Be the Place that so Fundamentally Molded Me’ Name: Christopher Antonacci Nickname: Chris WMA Class: 2006 Hometown: Somers, Connecticut Job title: Attorney Place of employment: Latham &

Watkins, LP, New York, N.Y. College education and degrees:

Duke University (U.S. History major; Markets & Management minor); New York University (Juris Doctorate) What do you like to do when you are not working?

I particularly enjoy following horse racing, specifically harness racing, horseback riding, fishing and hiking.

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seen in his yearbook photo.

If you could visit one city in the world, where would you go? Cape Town,

South Africa

Chris Antonacci ’06, at his wedding, with his groomsmen (from left): Greg Balicki ’07;

Pat Pio ’06; Frank Antonacci ’01; Philip Antonacci ’13; himself; Nick Clement ’05; Guy Antonacci ’05; Matt Antonacci ’13; and Mark Mitchell ’07.

What’s the most interesting thing about you most people don’t know?

I have a green thumb (or like to think so).

What is one of your greatest memories of WMA? Preseason soccer What extracurricular activities did you participate in at the Academy?

Boys’ Varsity Soccer; Boys’ Varsity Basketball; Boys’ Varsity Golf; Writing Center Tutor; Student Government (vice president) Which faculty members did you rely on during your time at WMA?

Gary Cook, John Boozang and Meg (Lenihan) Hutcheson

How did WMA help prepare you for college and beyond? WMA prepared

me not only academically (through rigorous reading, writing and critical thinking skill development), but also along other veins. I was exposed to many different cultures and ways of thinking, preparing me for the broader world. Academically, after majoring in history at Duke and going through law school, AP

U.S. History with Gary Cook is still to this day, perhaps, the most challenging academic course I have taken.

WMA fostered a strong work ethic that more than prepared me for college and life.

What’s your lasting impression of WMA? The school has a truly

balanced approach to developing a well-rounded individual— academically, socially, athletically.

It’s overwhelmingly positive.

During your time as a student at the Academy, if there were one thing you could have changed here, what would it have been? Nothing at all.

What would you tell someone who knew nothing about WMA? That it is

a classic New England preparatory school, but without the pretense.

Why were you interested in joining the Board of Trustees? I met my wife,

Olivia Clement Antonacci, in eighth grade at WMA. My family has sent six children (including my brothers Philip and Frank; and cousins, Guy, Sara and Matthew) to the Academy. My best friends to this day are from WMA. We all hold WMA incredibly near and dear to our hearts. I am excited to join the Board so as to ensure that the Academy continues to prosper and be the place that so fundamentally molded me, and so many close to me, into the people we are today.

As a Board of Trustee member, what is your goal? To build on the already

strong upward trajectory that the school is on.

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By BILL WELLS Director of Student Promotion

Ray Anton ’61M: ‘I Have a Perspective of Life and Education I Feel Strongly About’ Name: Raymond Joseph Anton Nickname: Ray WMA Class: 1961 Monson Hometown: Russell, Massachusetts Job title: Anesthesiologist Place of employment: Glastonbury

Surgery Center

College education and degrees:

St. Michael’s College, Bachelor of Science; University of Vermont, College of Medicine What do you like to do when you are not working? I’m addicted to heavy

equipment and automobiles.

Most visited city: New Orleans (more than 10 times) What’s the most interesting thing about you most people don’t know?

I almost died at age 56 climbing in the Himalayas.

What is one of your greatest memories of WMA? One day we got our

(English) tests handed back to us from Mr. Hughes. He was very demanding. He took off for every punctuation mistake, every spelling mistake and every grammar mistake. If you disagreed with the score, you had to raise your hand, be recognized by him and then

stand and state your proposition in a formal manner. One time a guy got up and told Mr. Hughes the grade he received wasn’t indicative of the work he put into the class or on the exam he handed in. I looked over and saw he had a minus-38. He said, “Mr. Hughes, it would appear to me that it would have been easier and I would have had a much higher grade if I would have just signed my name and had nothing on the paper, at least I would have received a zero, which is 38 points higher than the grade I received.” Without batting an eyelash, Mr. Hughes looked at him and said, “Provided you spelled your name correctly.” And that was Mr. Hughes.

What extracurricular activities did you participate in at the Academy?

Glee Club, School Newspaper, Riflery, Golf, Yearbook

Which faculty members did you rely on during your time at WMA?

Dr. George Rodgers, Mr. Samuel Hughes, Mr. Hugh Harrell, Mr. George Morrow, Mr. Arthur La Flamme, Mr. John Pitts, Mr. Edgar North

How did WMA help prepare you for college and beyond? Academically, it

gave me a very strong background, especially in math and science.

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Ray Anton ’61M, front row and fourth from left, and Monson Academy’s Class of 1961. right corner Ray Anton ’61M as he looked in his yearbook photo.

Monson gave me confidence because I had an excellent education.

What’s your lasting impression of WMA? Monson gave me an excellent

educational background and lifelong friends.

During your time as a student at the Academy, if there were one thing you could have changed here, what would it have been? I wish we had a more

integrated campus. We had to walk halfway down the hill to the cafeteria.

What would you tell someone who knew nothing about WMA? It was

one of the oldest prep schools in the United States (1804), and we had the first Chinese student ever go to prep school in the United States (1847).

Why were you interested in joining the Board of Trustees? I feel I’ve had an

interesting and diverse life experience. It is time to give back.

I have been extremely involved in my medical school for more than 30 years, and to a lesser degree with my college. It’s time to be more involved back here.

As a Board of Trustee member, what is your goal? I want to add my

perspective. I’ve been involved at my medical school on the Executive Committee and President of the

Ray Anton ’61M

Alumni Association. I’ve been deeply involved in philanthropy both in the medical school and the University of Vermont. I’ve set up scholarships there and at St. Michael’s. I have a perspective of life and education I feel strongly about. I’m also into buildings and building things. I take an obsessive amount of pride in doing things well.

Of note: Former sports car driver;

owns multiple race cars; owns a 1937 Studebaker, 1940 Buick, 1952 Cadillac and 1971 Cadillac; brother, David, graduated from Monson in 1966, and brother, Philip, graduated WMA after the merger in 1975.

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1 Bill Lane, Jr. ’83, Chris Leitao ’05, Austin Little ’12, and Mr. Easler. 2 Sean Germain ’02 and his guest Iona (left) with Valeria Surkovaite ’14. 3 An inside look at Committee in Boston, owned by Demetri Tsolakis ’01 and located in the Seaport District.

4 Beth Byrne ’81 and Bonnie Faulkner Ryan ’82.

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8 Heather Little ’13 and former Trustee Peter Lincoln ’55W. 9 Parent Hakim Hernandez and Ted Thaxter ’65W. 10 Lara Ciritci ’14, Zafar Mirzaliev ’14, Tashfiq Mannan ’12, Andres Feng ’15, Joy Weng ’16 and Yulia Sazonenko ’15.

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11 Left to right: Sarah Palmer, her fiance Josh Binney ’07, CEGS Faculty member Gary Cook and Symin Charpentier ’07.

12 James Jurgens, Gretchen Perkins, Catherine Jurgens, Steven Sampson and Michelle Sampson. 13 Charlie Kiablick ’00, Administrative Assistant for Admissions Sierra Kiablick, Jess Morra ’00, Robert Morra, Justin Larivee, Fine & Performing Arts Faculty member Virginia Giokas and Bill Giokas.

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1961 Wilbraham 1 Bill Cowdrey of Alexandria, Virginia, and Brad Hawley of Dayton, Ohio, met again this year on Seabrook Island, South Carolina, to enjoy an early spring.

1962 Wilbraham Monty Euston is the proud grandparent of two more baby boys— one born to his oldest daughter and one to his middle daughter. This brings the number of his grandchildren to five. Monty is now retired and living in the Seattle, Washington, area.

1987 2 Bruce Baker writes: “Hello fellow Wilbyville people, I live in Xiamen, China. I own my own English School called Baketeach: The Original Walking and Talking. We specialize in overseas “homestays” and ESL overseas tours that I personally lead.

At Baketeach, we strive to make learning (not just English) something that can be exciting, riveting and enjoyable (like Mr. Cook’s History classes). Our motto (from my head . . . haha): Laughing + Listening = Learning.

I loved my time at WMA and that life I had. I wish to share with those I believe need it most. The pic is my wife and I a year ago in Shanghai on the Bund. Great town. Great pizza.

Shanghai has a Howard Johnson’s Hotel. Fancy. Who knew? I have been talking regularly with Bruce Fenton, Steve Denby, Chris Hudon on FB. It has been a joy to reconnect.’’

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3 During Spring Vacation, WMA Boys’ Lacrosse coach Mike MacDonald brought his team up to alma mater Syracuse University to practice, meet the ’Cuse coach and catch a game.

Wearing their WMA Titans gear, they caught the eye of Mike Rutstein, who came over to say hello!

1995 4,5 Kara Thayer Miller and husband Winston welcomed their son, Harrison, in May 2018. Kara and Winston are living in Indianapolis, Indiana. Kara works at the Eli Lilly Global Headquarters in the Animal Health Division called Elanco.

Harrison is also the grandson of Karen Pekala ’69M.

1999 6 Farid Kheloco and wife Lisa welcomed a son into their family.

Jackson Conner Kheloco was born on April 8, 2018.

2000 7 A mini-WMA reunion took place at the wedding of Josh Sampiero on June 22, as he married Anna Kerschner in Melk, Austria, near Vienna. Also in attendance were Pia Bovenkamp, an exchange student from Germany, and Josh’s former AP English teacher Todd Felton. Todd and Josh became re-acquainted in 2013 when Todd, wife Chris and sons Tim and Liam, spent half of a school year in Salzburg.

8 Josh and the Feltons bonded over a mutual love of Austria (and skiing!)

and have remained in close touch ever since. Todd (second from right, with his two sons) still lives in Amherst, Massachusetts. He takes frequent trips abroad, and runs Clarity, a digital development business.

After a number of years working in print magazines, Josh is running a small advertising agency servicing globally known clients—notably Red Bull and others in the action and adventure sports genre—and one day hopes to hire Todd, if only to secure a life-long ski partner.

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Adam headed off to Virginia after serving as an assistant coach for the Southern New Hampshire men’s soccer program.

2004 10 Marisa Barone-Fenn and husband Adam welcomed a boy into their family. Carter Joseph Fenn arrived July 3, 2018.

2005 11 Jillian Levy married Chris Merrill on June 30, 2018 in Portland, Maine.

2006 12 Mateo Escobar and wife Amanda welcomed a boy into their family.

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13 Anna Owen and husband Brandon welcomed a daughter into their family.

Future soccer player Lilian Hart Owen was born June 15, 2018.

2007 14 Courtney Petrone-Autry and husband Pierce welcomed a boy into their family. Parker Carmichael Autry was born on April 28, 2018, and is already getting into the Titan spirit!

2009 15 So far this year, Jermaine Boswell has booked 13 acting roles in a variety of projects, including a Bollywood film, a horror film and a commercial.

Check out his IMDB page for all the details. Congratulations Jermaine!

Siobhan Davis is an account representative for HubSpot Inc., a technology firm in Cambridge Massachusetts. She is completing a six-month tour of duty in Dublin, Ireland, for the firm.

16 Emily Petrone married Tyler Held on April 28, 2018, at the Wickliffe House in Charleston, South Carolina.

Emily writes, “We were able to share the special day with several WMA friends, including Kenli Smith (bridesmaid), Josh Binney ’07, Molly Goldrick ’07, Chelsea Goldrick and Hunter Moss ’07. My husband and I have been together for about eight years. We moved to Charlotte in 2013 and decided to make N.C. our permanent residence.” Missed on the wedding day were Emily’s sister Courtney Petrone-Autry ’07 and her friend Ashley McFarlane, who each welcomed new babies into their families that weekend!

2010 17 Meghan Cole completed the accelerated second bachelor’s in nursing program at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, last December and has passed the NCLEX-RN exam! She will be working locally at Baystate Medical Center in the shortstay/observation unit as a nurse resident. Meg is excited to join the nursing profession like her mom.

20 Molly Moran, Director of Client Relations for the Sloma Real Estate Group at Jameson Sotheby’s Chicago, met Ryan Serhant of The Ryan Serhant Team – Nest Seekers International at an event in Chicago.

You may know Ryan from two television shows on Bravo—“Million Dollar Listing New York” and “Sell It Like Serhant.”

2014 Megan Pehoviak received her nursing degree at Colby-Sawyer College, and was hired for a full-time registered nurse position on the Adult Acute Surgery Track at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee.

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Drew Pehoviak has been named Director of Outside Operations, Caddie Master at the exclusive Newport Country Club in Newport, Rhode Island.

2011 18 Jacob Conlon married Jamie Storme of Altoona, Pennsylvania, on June 23, 2018, in Alumni Memorial Chapel. The couple resides in Granby, Massachusetts.

2013 19 Kelsey Gomes has embarked on a career journey with IMG College, the nation’s leading collegiate sports marketing company. The company offers national, regional and local multi-platform marketing opportunities targeting 190 million college sports fans. Kelsey is the Partner Services Coordinator at Wake Forest University, where she is in charge of game day execution for football and basketball and all aspects of marketing and sponsorship for the Atlantic Coast Conference programs.

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Christina Wakefield finished up at Boston University and she has been named an assistant varsity soccer coach at Gettysburg College.

Christina was an All-State and AllNew England soccer player at WMA, as well as a captain and MVP.

2015 21 There was a WMA class of 2015 mini-reunion in Boston! Pictured, left to right: Görkem Akalin, Qianchen “Frank” Yuan, Kerem Akalin and Joe Chen.

22 Colby Hamwey, a junior at Assumption College, was named to the New England Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association (NEILA) Division II All-New England Preseason Team for the 2018 season. Colby was the lone goalie selection, after being a NEILA First-Team selection last season. He finished the year as one of two goalies in the nation to rank in the top 10 nationally in both save percentage and saves per game.

23 Congratulations to Molly Socha for being presented with two awards during the University of Hartford’s annual Soccer Excellence Banquet in February. Molly received the Pat Meiser Most Valuable Player Award and the Soccer Excellence Citizenship Award, presented annually to one male and one female who have demonstrated active participation in community service projects as part of the Student Athlete Advisory Committee, on campus or in the community. Way to go Molly!

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24 We love it when our Alumni come back to visit campus! Enming Zhang, on break from UCLA, and Jiaming “Martin” Mao, on break from The Art Institute of Chicago, visited their friends in Rich Hall and many of their former faculty in late May.

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Feeling at Home

The Wilbraham & Monson Academy community is graced with former students who have returned to campus to give back as members of our faculty, staff and administration. Their commitment to the Academy is applauded and is a testament to the value they found in their own education and experience here. We are pleased to recognize those Alumni currently helping shape today’s students.

Stacy DaCruz Sosa ’06

Don Nicholson ’79

Associate Director of Admission

Director of Athletics

Maureen Kelly Chesky ’02

ShaCor Privott ’14

Associate Director of College Counseling

Faculty, Freshman Foundations

Tim Harrington ’73

Drew Shea ’08

Chair, English Department

Faculty, World Languages,

Sommer Mahoney ’11

Left to right: ShaCor Privott ’14, Maureen Kelly Chesky ’02, Drew Shea ’08, Tim Harrington ’73, Sommer Mahoney ’11 and Don Nicholson ’79 hold their yearbooks outside of Alumni Memorial Chapel. (Missing from photo: Stacy DaCruz Sosa ’06.)

WMA Middle School

Faculty, Center for Entrepreneurship & Global Studies

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We Remember Mr. George D. Bonsall ’79 Mr. Richard W. Charbonnier ’57W Mr. Lewis P. Councilman ’55M Dr. C. Farrell Gallaway ’44M Mr. Larry W. Gary ’80 Mr. Peter N. Harrington ’65M Mr. Payson T. Lowell III ’48W Mr. David L. Nickerson ’49W Mr. Richard R. Plumley ’49M Mr. Morgan A. Rieder ’66W Mr. George B. Satz ’53W Mr. David A. Schaller ’84 Mr. Sterling G. Sears Jr. ’49W Mr. Thomas E. Styspeck ’58M Mr. Clifford L. Symington Jr. ’56M Mr. Thomas W. Tabb ’73 Mr. Brian K. Toomey ’66W

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Mrs. Lori Chesky, Faculty; Alumni Parent

Mr. Stephen W. Schupack, Former Faculty Spouse

Mrs. Ruthann M. Henkels, Alumni Parent

Mrs. Donna M. Malin, Alumni Spouse

Mrs. Linda Klaiman, Alumni Parent

Mrs. Marjorie Nothacker, Alumni Spouse

Ms. Augusta S. Mfuko, Alumni Parent

Mrs. Evelyn K. Shore, Alumni Spouse

Mr. John D. Murphy, Alumni Parent

Mrs. Bertha P. Lak, Former Staff

Mrs. Patricia H. Murphy, Alumni Parent

Mr. James G. Fiedler, Former Faculty

Mr. Eugene D. Stacy Sr., Alumni Parent

Dr. Kathleen M. Gorski, Faculty

Mrs. Ann-Teresa Russo, Alumni Grandparent

Mr. Joseph R. Pelletier, Faculty Parent; Alumni Grandparent; Student Grandparent

Mrs. Celia Spagnoli, Alumni Grandparent Mrs. Carrie Beecher, Former Faculty Spouse

Annual Report

2017–2018

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Continuing to move WMA forward …

What an extraordinary year it has been here at the Academy! We added 102 outstanding young men and women to the ranks of our Alumni, saw the completion of the new entrance and façade of Rich Hall, and once again, thanks to you, have reached a new level of voluntary support.

Our current parents set the tone for the Atlas Fund this fiscal year during the February Participation Challenge. Inspired by a $50,000 bonus from the Chair of the Board of Trustees, the parents reached 43-percent participation in just one month, doubling their participation rate of one year ago and sending a strong message about their commitment to the Academy.

The Board was so inspired by the generosity and participation of the parents that the Chair and the Co-Vice Chairs offered a dollar-for-dollar challenge match of $250,000 to the rest of the WMA community.

Once again, our community rose to the occasion and achieved 87 percent of the match and drove the Atlas Fund over the $1.1 million mark for another record year.

Not be outdone, the WMA faculty responded to this outpouring of support by achieving 100-percent participation in the Atlas Fund for the first time in the Academy’s history. What an extraordinary message about the strength of our school; a vote of confidence about where we are and where we are headed.

On behalf of the students, faculty and all of us here at the Academy, thank you for the magnitude of support and commitment you have shown in 2017–2018.

This is such an exciting time at the Academy. We are grateful for all you have done, and continue to do to make this place so special.

Thank you!

With appreciation,

t. mark aimone director of advancement

Hill Society

24.7%

The Hill Society recognizes those benefactors of

24.3% 51%

recognizes those donors whose

whose lifetime contributions

loyalty and dedication have

exceed $1,000,000. Just as the

shaped the Academy, and

Academy is transformational

whose lifetime contributions

for students, so too has the

total $100,000–$999,999.

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$4,650,407

Mr. Leonard G. Enroth ’39W

Mrs. Marjorie H. Fisher

Mr. James E. LaCrosse ’50W

Mr. Richard S. Fuld Jr. ’64W

Mr. & Mrs. Frank G. Antonacci

Dr. Edward J. Gramse, D.D.S. ’39W

Mr. & Mrs. Gerald Antonacci

Greater New Orleans Foundation

Mrs. Marianne Antonacci

Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. Griffin

Mr. Francis M. Austin Jr. ’46W &

Mr. William A. Griffin ’68W &

Shenkman Capital Management, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Flynn Hampden Engineering Corp.

Schwab Charitable Fund

Grand Total

The Edward E. Ford Foundation

Antonacci Family Foundation

Mr. Mark R. Shenkman ’61M

$1,124,841

Mr. & Mrs. Richard G. Dooley

sustained the Academy.

Mr. Scott B. Jacobs ’75

Major Gifts

Mr. & Mrs. Ernest E. Denby

Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund

Mr. & Mrs. S. Prestley Blake

$2,375,566

of Western Massachusetts Mr. Nicholas Deininger ’43W

Mrs. Mary B. Annan

Corporation

Capital Programs & Endowment

Community Foundation

Mr. William R. Faulkner Jr. ’57W

National Wine & Spirits

$1,150,000

Mr. Michael Clarke ’58W

Andrew Associates

supporters transformed and

Total Annual Fund

Mr. John F. Chapple III ’60W

Mr. & Mrs. Richard Altman

generosity of these honored

2017–2018 summary of giving

The Herbert P. Blake Society

Wilbraham & Monson Academy

leadership and extraordinary

total giving

Herbert P. Blake Society

Ms. Virginia Weldon

Mrs. Linda B. Griffin

Mr. & Mrs. Ronald W. Barend ’66M

Haas Electric, Inc.

Mr. & Mrs. Charles M.

Mr. Alan Hale ’46W

Callahan III ’75

Mr. Robert T. Hale ’55W

Mr. & Mrs. David J. Callahan

Mr. & Mrs. Robert T. Hale Jr.

Ms. Janet Callahan

Mr. & Mrs. Glenn R. Hanson

Mr. & Mrs. Jon E. Callahan ’81

Mr. & Mrs. Joseph M. Hickson Jr.

Ms. Julie A. Callahan ’78

Mr. & Mrs. Leverett M. Hubbard Jr.

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more than $1M raised

Another recordbreaking year with

for the Atlas Fund

Mrs. Anne P. Symes

Mr. Robert S. Edmunds ’01

Mr. & Mrs. Edward Symes III ’64W

Mr. Robert B. Enemark ’42W

Mr. William E. James ’64W

Mr. Brent G. Todd ’81

Mr. William R. Faulkner Jr. ’57W

Mr. Donald M. Joffray ’46W

Mrs. Leonia S. Todd

Mr. Evan H. Gallivan ’96

Mr. & Mrs. Hideo Kagami

Mr. William A. Tychsen ’59W

Mr. & Mrs. Dwight W.

Mrs. Elizabeth Kendall

The Wallace Foundation

Mr. & Mrs. Jamieson D.

Mr. & Mrs. Gary E. Wendlandt

Mr. & Mrs. Gunter M. Glass ’63W

Mr. Stacey H. Widdicombe III ’70

Mrs. Linda B. Griffin

Mr. Sergay G. Zarynoff ’57W

Mr. David H. Griffith ’59W

Irene E. and George A. Davis Foundation

Kennedy, M.D. ’51W Mrs. Judith A. Knapp

Gammons ’52W

KSD Charitable Foundation

Mr. & Mrs. Alan W. Hale ’81

Mr. & Mrs. W. Robert Lappin ’53M

Ms. Jane C. Hale

Mr. Peter C. Lincoln ’55W Mr. & Mrs. Frank L. Livermore 1917W Mr. & Mrs. Keith Martin ’47W Mrs. Lenita C. McCallum Witherspoon Dr. & Mrs. Charles A. McCallum Jr. ’43W Mr. Robert W. McCallum ’47W Mr. Timothy J. McEvoy ’68W Mr. & Mrs. Mark S. McKenna Mr. Richard F. Morgan ’59W Palmer Paving Corporation The Pecoy Companies Mr. Kent W. Pecoy Mrs. Diane Peters Mr. Frank J. Pizzitola ’43M Mr. Oscar H. Plotkin Mr. Peter S. Plumb, Esq. ’61W Mr. Brian F. Randall ’60W Ms. Carol F. Relihan ’73 & Mr. John Arthur Mr. Craig A. Rubin ’63W Mr. Edward J. Sack ’47W Schwab Charitable Fund Mr. & Mrs. James J. Shea Jr. ’44W Mr. J. David Shenk Sr. ’74 Mr. & Mrs. Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi Mr. Steven D. Spence ’76 Mr. Jonathan L. Sperling ’57W Mr. Donald J. Stuart ’73

Heritage Society The Heritage Society includes those alumni, parents, faculty and staff who have provided for the future of Wilbraham & Monson Academy by making financial support of the Academy part of their estate plans.

Mr. John M. Adan Jr. ’62W Mr. Dana T. Aftab ’81 Mr. Robert A. Augusto Mrs. Cynthia O. Bean Ms. Linda R. Berube Lt. & Mrs. Lawrence Biondo Mr. Lewis W. Birmingham ’60W Mr. & Mrs. S. Prestley Blake Dr. David L. Brown ’64M & Ms. Ruth Remmick Mr. & Mrs. James L. Brown IV ’55M Mrs. Jeanne K. Caropreso Mr. & Mrs. John F. Chapple III ’60W Dr. Symin J. Charpentier ’07 Mrs. Marilyn S. Clark ’84 & Mr. Michael Clark Mrs. Anna S. Clough Ms. Christina J. Cronin, CFRE & Mr. Mark Langevin Dr. Neida Q. Dimeo Mr. & Mrs. A. Winslow Dodge ’58W

Mrs. Janet Hale Mrs. Susan D. Hall Mr. & Mrs. Richard J. Harrington Sr. ’60M Mr. Douglas J. Harwood ’70W Mrs. Betty Lou Hodgman Mrs. Virginia L. Hoyt Mr. & Mrs. Leverett M. Hubbard Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Scott B. Jacobs ’75 Mr. & Mrs. William E. James ’64W Mr. Kent L. Karosen ’84 & Mr. Brian Hauserman Mr. & Mrs. Charles D. Kellogg ’62W Mr. & Mrs. Jamieson D. Kennedy, M.D. ’51W Dr. Paul I. Kingsbury ’53W Dr. Jordan L. Kramer ’73 Mr. & Mrs. Daniel B. Kunhardt Jr. ’72 Mr. & Mrs. Rodney J. LaBrecque Mr. & Mrs. James E. LaCrosse ’50W Mr. Philip C. Lawton ’54W Mr. Peter C. Lincoln ’55W Mrs. Julie S. Lord Mr. Charles P. Lukasik ’74 Mr. James W. Lyons Mr. & Mrs. Robert K. MacLauchlin, Ph.D. ’50W Mrs. Angela M. Maldonado Mr. S. Peter Manchester ’58W

Mr. Josef E. Martin, CPCU ’82 Mrs. June C. Martin Mr. Charles P. Mason Jr. ’62W Mrs. Lenita C. McCallum

Mr. Gary R. Beauchamp ’78 Mrs. Priscilla Carter &

Mr. David Witherspoon Dr. Charles A. McCallum Jr. ’43W Mrs. Joanne D. McGee

Mr. Charles W. Carter Mr. Kenneth R. Churilla ’61M Dr. Walter S. Clough ’45W

Mr. John H. Meissner ’66W

Mr. Douglas Coon ’39W

Dr. John W. Miller ’49W

Mr. Fredrick M. Crean ’67W

Mrs. Marcy A. Minnick ’97

Mr. Leonard Cummings ’40W

Dr. Oscar R. Nepomuceno

Mrs. Mary A. Cutler 1901M

Mr. Peter N. Paul ’51W

Mr. Peter G. Ellis ’37W

Mr. Bruce D. Peterson ’60W

Mr. William F. Favorite

Mr. & Mrs. Peter S. Plumb,

Dr. Ralph A. Goddard ’46W

Esq. ’61W

Mr. Edward J. Gramse, D.D.S. ’39W

Mrs. Jewell G. Prentice

Mr. William A. Griffin ’68W

Mr. G. Eric Pucher ’47W

Mr. Kenneth A. Gustafson ’49W

Mr. Brian F. Randall ’60W

Mr. Alan Hale ’46W

Ms. Carol F. Relihan ’73 &

Mr. Allan L. Haling ’42W

Mr. John Arthur

Mr. Parker E. Hodgman ’55M

Mr. Lawrence K. Saex ’69M Mr. & Mrs. Camille F. Sarrouf ’51W Mr. & Mrs. Mark R. Shenkman ’61M Mr. Jonathan L. Sperling ’57W Ms. Cynthia R. St. George, CFRE ’78 Ms. Janet Sweeney

Mr. John G. Hoyt ’48M Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth J. Kessaris ’50W Mr. Harrison W. King, CFP ’46W Capt. Robert T. Leary, USCG Ret. ’37W

Ms. Mary Sweeney

Mr. Ronald Lerner ’52W

Mr. Thomas F. Sweeney Mr. & Mrs. Edward Symes III ’64W Mr. Richard P. Taylor ’62W Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Thompson Mr. Donald T. Tull ’55W

Mr. Richard B. Lord ’38W Mr. N. Frank Maldonado ’55W Mr. Harvey A. Marron ’60M Mr. Keith Martin ’47W Mr. Robert C. McCray ’43M

Mr. Robert W. Tull ’50W

Mr. M. Scott Mitchell ’57W

Mr. & Mrs. Anthony Vitale

Mr. Caleb H. O’Connor ’30W

Mr. Frederick D. Watts Mr. & Mrs. Gary E. Wendlandt Mr. Paul G. Woodhouse ’55W Mr. Washburne D. Wright ’60W Ms. Chelsey A. Zahornacky

Mr. Sherman V. Olson ’49M Mr. George I. Parker Jr. ’31W Mrs. Diane Peters Ms. Kimberly S. Peters ’78 Mr. Frank J. Pizzitola ’43M

Mr. Michael J. Zahornacky Jr.

Mr. Chester H. Prentice ’40W

Mr. Michael J. Zahornacky IV Dr. & Mrs. Brett R. Zalkan ’83 Mr. Ira L. Zalkan ’89 Dr. & Mrs. Fred M. Ziter Jr. ’54W Dr. William D. Ziter ’56W

Mr. & Mrs. Ronald W. Barend ’66M Mr. Garey M. Browne Jr. ’54M

Witherspoon &

Mr. Michael P. Ziter ’61W

The Estates of . . .

Mr. Craig Shea ’48W Mr. James J. Shea Jr. ’44W Mr. Edwin Shivell ’50M Mr. Francis W. Smith ’44W Mr. George L. Stephenson II ’51W Mr. Lewis A. Storrs 1921W Mr. John S. Williams ’39W Mr. Arthur H. Zalkan Mr. and Mrs. Paul G. Zarynoff ’53W Mr. Sergay G. Zarynoff ’57W

Mr. Robert T. Marchant ’51W

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Donors by Giving Society 1804 Leadership Society The 1804 Leadership Society is a group of committed Alumni, Parents, Alumni Parents, Faculty and Friends whose annual leadership and generosity sustains and accelerates the Wilbraham & Monson Academy mission to create transformational experiences for students.

Membership is based on annual outright giving of cash or cash equivalent gifts. Employer and organization gift matches are included in the total.

Founders Circle $100,000 + Mr. Frank J. Childs ’63W Mrs. Judith B. Hale Mr. & Mrs. Robert T. Hale Jr. Mr. Scott B. Jacobs ’75 Mrs. Elizabeth Kendall Mr. James E. LaCrosse ’50W National Wine & Spirits Corporation Mrs. Diane Peters Schwab Charitable Fund

Wesleyan circle $50,000–$99,999 Mr. Francis M. Austin Jr. ’46W Mr. William R. Faulkner Jr. ’57W Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund Mr. Michael J. Flynn Hampden Engineering Corp.

Mr. Mark R. Shenkman ’61M

Old Academy circle $25,000–$49,999 Antonacci Family Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Frank G. Antonacci

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Mr. & Mrs. Gerald Antonacci

Ms. Jennifer A. Thorn

Mrs. Robert W. Griffin

Mr. William A. Tychsen ’59W

Dr. Jamieson D. Kennedy ’51W

U.S. Trust

Mrs. Judith A. Knapp

Fisk circle $10,000–$24,999 Andrew Associates Mr. Graeme A. Bazarian ’87

Mattern circle $1,804–$4,999

Ms. Mija Seo Mr. Jonathan L. Sperling ’57W

Mr. James S. Downey ’73 Mr. Xiaoyu Gong & Mrs. Honglei Duan

Mr. & Mrs. Michael P. Stolpinski

Mr. John C. Duncan III ’56W

Mrs. Linda E. Swift

E.J. Villamaino Paving &

Mr. Wen-Pin Huang & Ms. Fu-Mei Tang

Landscaping Co East Coast Contracting LLC

Dr. & Mrs. David D. Agahigian

Mr. Demetri G. Tsolakis ’01

Mr. Robert G. Faulkner Sr. ’53W

Dr. Aaron D. Kugelmass &

Mr. Youzhi Xu & Mrs. Xia Wang

Mr. Scott A. Faulkner, CPA ’88

Mr. Stacey H. Widdicombe III ’70W

Mr. Bruce S. Ferguson ’67W

Mr. & Mrs. Martin R. Wright

Mr. Evan H. Gallivan ’96

Mrs. Karen E. Ambrose

Mr. Richard G. Dooley

Anonymous

Mrs. Linda B. Griffin

Mrs. Jin Hee Bae

Mr. & Mrs. Leverett M. Hubbard Jr.

Ms. Elizabeth Bayless

Mrs. Judith A. Knapp

Mr. & Mrs. Richard D. Bourgeois

Mr. Peter C. Lincoln ’55W

Mr. William C. Bowie

Mr. S. Peter Manchester ’58W

Ms. Mi Kyung Byun

Mr. & Mrs. Timothy J. Marini

Mr. Song Chang &

Mrs. Ellen J. McCray

Mr. Hyunwook Kang &

Mrs. Zhaoyan Liang

Monson Bell Society $500–$1,803

Mr. & Mrs. Richard M. Gallivan Mr. Dwight W. Gammons ’52W Mr. Joseph J. Garstka ’69M Mr. Richard R. Garstka ’73 GCD Insurance Consultants

Mr. Sumner G. Adams ’61W

Mr. & Mrs. William J. Giokas

Mr. T. Mark Aimone &

Mr. Richard P. Goldman Mr. Carl A. Grassetti ’61M

Mr. & Mrs. Andrew P. Mele

Mr. Michael Clarke ’58W

Mr. Seri Osathanugraph ’51W

Mr. Paul B. Cronin ’53W

Alpha Oil Company

Mr. Charles G. Greenhalgh Jr. ’42W

Mr. Brian F. Randall ’60W

The David B. & Edward C.

Mr. Eric W. Anderson

Mr. & Mrs. Laurent R. Grenier

Anonymous

Mrs. Ligia P. Guerin

Mr. Craig A. Rubin ’63W

Goodstein Foundation

Mrs. Megan S. Aimone ’85

Mr. & Mrs. Philip R. Standel

Mr. A. Winslow Dodge ’58W

Dr. Raymond J. Anton ’61M

Ms. Ellen M. Hancock

Mr. Donald J. Stuart ’73

Mr. Brian P. Easler &

Mr. John S. Banas III ’80

Mr. Robert D. Handel ’71W

Mr. Henry D. Bartlett ’56W

Dr. Leigh Harrington ’59W

Ms. Caitlin S. Flynn ’06

Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence E. Bater

Mr. Richard J. Harrington Sr. ’60M

Mr. & Mrs. Gary E. Wendlandt

Mr. Xiang Yu & Mrs. Lili Fu

Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan F. Besse

Dr. Harrison B. Hawley ’61W

Mr. Eung Ju Kim &

Mr. Gunter M. Glass ’63W

Mr. Joshua D. Binney ’07

Mr. J. Lawrie Hibbard ’52W

Dr. Edward J. Gramse ’39W

Ms. Jennifer Bowman

Mrs. Betty Lou Hodgman

Mr. David H. Griffith ’59W

Mr. & Mrs. Matthew M. Burke

Mr. & Ms. Shinichiro Ishikawa

Mr. Han Kim & Ms. Gyung A. Han

Mr. & Mrs. Phillip J. Cardone

Mr. Eric W. Jacobs ’74

Mr. & Mrs. Michael Hoag

Mr. & Mrs. Henrique Dal Corso

Mr. Matthew C. Jarvinen ’96

Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program

Mrs. Gyoung Won Yun

Binney circle $5,000–$9,999

Dr. Stephanie J. Easler

Mr. William E. James ’64W

Becker Herbstrith Roos

Mr. Howard T. Jensen Jr. ’59W

Mr. Dana T. Aftab ’81

Mr. Michael O. Jennings ’65M

Mr. & Mrs. Charles P. Carson

Mr. Yun Liang and Ms. Li Jia

Dr. David L. Brown ’64M

Mr. & Mrs. Harley Johnson

Mr. Donald J. Collins ’60M

Dr. George W. Johnson Jr. ’69M

Community Foundation

Dr. Mark A. Keroack ’72

Community Connections

Mr. Robert A. Johnson ’54W

of Western Massachusetts

Mr. Daniel B. Kunhardt Jr. ’72

Foundation Inc.

Mr. M. Loran Kary ’67W

Mr. & Mrs. Glenn R. Hanson

Mr. Thomas J. Langer ’73

Ms. Kimberly Amsden Cone

Ms. Mahsa Khanbabai, Esq. ’89

Dr. Bernard Hoyt ’42M

Mr. Jin Wang & Ms. Xiangbing Luo

Mr. & Mrs. Carl A. Conlon

Dr. Kevin E. Schmidt &

Mr. William E. James ’64W

Mr. William L. Lyons III ’63W

Mr. Edwin T. Conway ’77

Dr. Mary E. King

Mr. Donald M. Joffray ’46W

Maine Community Foundation

Mr. & Mrs. Peter M. Cote

Mr. Richard J. King ’75

Mr. David L. Joyce ’83

Mr. Robert C. McCray Jr.

Mr. & Mrs. William Crocker

Mr. Olli Timi P. Kokkonen ’55W

Mr. Craig B. Klosk &

Mr. & Mrs. David L. Nagle

Mr. William L. Danforth ’56W

Mr. Adam S. Korabowski Jr. ’69W

Mr. Robert K. Nichols ’63W

Mr. Van Gothner &

Mr. Jordan L. Kramer ’73

Ms. Patricia I. Kallett Mr. Jin Kyu Kim & Mrs. Seung Eun Lee Mr. & Mrs. Robert F. Little Mr. Richard F. Morgan ’59W

Mr. & Mrs. Peter A. Picknelly Jr.

Ms. Elizabeth A. Davison

Mr. Yong D. Kwon ’88

Mr. Peter S. Plumb, Esq. ’61W

Mr. Harry A. Day ’57W

Mr. Richard LeStage ’61W

Mr. Zhiyou Zhang &

Mr. Michael C. DeNucci ’91

Mr. Xijian Li

Mrs. Jianhua Qi

Mr. & Mrs. Kevin L. Derose

Mr. Chang-Chih Fang & Ms. Chi-Dai Lin

Ms. Elisabeth A. Perenick

Ms. Carol F. Relihan ’73

Mr. & Mrs. Thomas M. Dineen

Mr. Dean F. Redfern ’72

Dr. Bonnie Faulkner Ryan ’82

Mr. & Mrs. James Diotalevi

Dr. Ronald L. Majka ’68M

Mr. & Mrs. David A. Reeves

The Sack Foundation Inc.

Doherty, Wallace, Pillsbury and

Mr. Barry M. Maloney ’85

Mr. Deyun Kong & Mrs. Xu Sun

Mr. Edward J. Sack ’47W

Murphy, P.C.

Mr. Robert T. Marchant ’51W

Mr. & Mrs. Steven P. Marcus

Mr. Dennis C. Sowers ’59W

Anonymous

Mr. John C. Marsh ’58W

Specter Perpetual Charitable Trust

Mr. Christopher C. Antonacci ’06

Mr. Josef E. Martin, CPCU ’82

Mr. Jonathan L. Specter ’89

Mr. Ronald P. Masnicki ’57M

Stoltze Design

Mr. Todd R. Masnicki ’89

Mr. Nicholas R. Clement ’05

Mr. Jonathan W. Brook & Mrs. Marvina Lowry-Brook

Mr. & Mrs. Gregory J. Clewes

Mr. H. Morgan Brookfield III ’60W

Mr. Gary Cook

Mr. & Mrs. Alfred Anyia

Mr. Durelle Brown

Mr. Jeffrey J. Cook ’85

Mr. Michael F. Stone ’67W

Dr. Gary W. Ardison ’57W

Dr. Townsend Brown Jr. ’69W

Mr. Russell S. Cook ’57W

Mr. K. Keith McAllister ’65W

Dr. & Mrs. Jonathan Sudol

Mr. Robert J. Ardison III ’55W

Mr. Michael J. Lavelle &

Mr. & Mrs. Douglas E. Cooper

Mr. R. Timothy McBride ’78

Ms. Hillary M. Sullivan ’72

Mr. & Mrs. John A. Arnieri

Dr. Charles A. McCallum Jr. ’43W

Mr. Paul J. Sullivan ’91

Mrs. Maryann Asta-Ferrero

Dr. & Mrs. John J. Burke

Ms. Mary Ellen Costa

Mr. Robert A. McElaney ’85

Mr. H. Fletcher Swanson ’63W

Ms. Barbara T. August ’77

Mr. John C. Burns ’66M

Mr. Frederik O. Crawford ’60W

Mr. Russell C. Garrison &

Mr. Edward H. Thaxter ’65

Mrs. Dorothy J. Bachtold

Ms. Beth A. Byrne ’81

Ms. Christina J. Cronin, CFRE

Mr. C. Stetson Thomas Jr. ’50W

Ms. Dawn Baker

Ms. Carol A. Cady ’75

Dr. Tina Render & Ms. Sue Dacey

Mr. John H. Meissner ’66W

Mr. Donald T. Tull ’55W

Mr. John V. Baker IV ’18

Cmdr. John S. Calhoun, USCG ’61W

Mr. Charles D. D’Avanzo

Mr. Joseph W. Merritt Jr. ’57W

Mr. & Mrs. Adam P. VanVoorhis

Mr. & Mrs. Paulo C. Baltazar

Mr. & Mrs. Anthony L. Carey

Mr. & Mrs. Bert Davison

Mr. Allen J. Miles III

Dr. Charles B. Warden Jr.

Mr. Robert D. Bardwell ’70W

Mr. & Mrs. Christopher L. Carlotto

Ms. Olivia DeBaise ’18

Dr. John W. Miller ’49W

Mr. & Mrs. Peter M. Waszkis

Mr. & Mrs. Edward J. Barkett II

Mr. & Mrs. Jeffery L. Caro

Mr. Richard P. von Hoorn ’52W

Mr. Daniel C. Sweeney &

Mr. Frederick D. Watts

Mr. James A. Barkhuff ’67W

Mr. & Mrs. Frank Carrazza

Mr. Dylan A. Derose ’18

Mr. Charles P. Weisberg ’84

Mr. Vladimir I. Barshchuk ’18

Mr. Richard D. Carreno ’65W

Mr. Christopher Descalzo Jr. ’93

Mr. Francis R. Mitchell ’66W

Dr. David F. Wender ’69W

Mr. W. Scott Bartlett III ’63W

Mrs. Priscilla Carter

Ms. Fabia Devia

Mr. & Mrs. Peter J. Moran

Mr. Benjamin F. Wilson ’69W

Mrs. Sarah Bateman

Mr. Fernando de Zavala

Mr. & Mrs. Jeroen Diderich

Mr. Son A. Le & Ms. Ha T. Nguyen

Mrs. Lenita C. McCallum

Mr. David Belsky

Dr. Natasha M. McKay

Dr. Michele Miranda

NRA Foundation Inc.

Mr. Peter R. Dixon ’66W

Dr. & Mrs. Glenn D.

Ms. Kristen Casey

Mr. Michael J. Dolaher ’90

Mr. & Mrs. Pierre A. Catellier

Mr. & Mrs. Christopher Donahue

Mr. Jeffrey B. Berselli ’68M

Ms. Luana O. Cavalca ’18

Ms. Yirui Dong ’18

Dr. Brett R. Zalkan ’83

Mr. Jeffrey D. Berselli ’05

Ms. Meaghan I. Cavanaugh

Mr. & Mrs. Verner Drohan

Mr. & Mrs. John M. Zebrowski

Mr. Dario Cattadori &

Mr. Timothy Q. Cebula ’86

Mr. Jeremy J. Dubois ’21

Mr. Seoung Wan Kang &

Mr. & Mrs. Patrice M. Dubois

Mr. Alan A. Orquiola ’89

Dr. Young Park &

Mrs. Audrey Blake Otte Mr. & Mrs. Seokho Kang Mr. Brian W. Juengst ’01 Mr. William H. Passy Mr. David E. Hoxeng ’68W Mrs. Kathryn Phillips Ms. Mary J. Picknelly Mr. Jeffrey M. Polep ’72 Mrs. Jane N. Putnam

Mr. Christopher M. DiPietro ’80

Carvajal ’07 Mr. & Mrs. John P. Casey

Mr. Deheng Xie & Mrs. Fengli Liu

Mr. David H. Otte &

Ms. Angela Cosenzi

Ms. Susan Buckley

Mr. Eric J. Bennett ’86

Witherspoon

Mr. Robert T. O’Neill ’69M Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. Osmond

& Ms. Olivia C. Clement ’06

Mrs. Hye Jung Yang

Mr. Zhizhong Zha & Ms. Yiling Wang Mr. Guofeng Li &

Benson-Lewis

Mrs. Marlise Bertoni Mr. Jared J. Besse ’18 Ms. Roseanne Bianchi

Ms. Julie Duffy ’03

Ms. Eunjin Cha

Ms. Karen Dufresne

Mr. William S. Ho &

Mr. & Mrs. Perry Dulude

Ms. Annis C. Chan

Mrs. Huiping Zhang

Mr. & Mrs. Allen S. Bicknell

Dr. Fred M. Ziter Jr. ’54W

Mr. Benjamin W. Bicknell ’18

Mr. Wing Ho Chan ’13

Mr. & Mrs. James Dunbar

Mr. John Bilezikjian ’88

Mr. Ming F. Chang ’89

Mr. & Mrs. Michael H. Dziura

Lt. & Mrs. Lawrence Biondo

Mr. Wenjun Chang ’18

Mr. Joseph D. Eadie &

Mr. Lewis W. Birmingham ’60W

Mr. Timothy R. Chapin ’55W

Mrs. Suzanne B. Birmingham

Dr. Symin J. Charpentier ’07

Mr. Richard U. Edgehill ’70W Mr. Gabilondo Viqjeira & Mrs.

Rubicon Society $1–$499

Dr. & Mrs. Thomas F. Race

Attorney Patti G. Glenn-Eadie

Mr. Arthur S. Robbins ’50W

A. Simos & Co.

Mr. Frederick L. Blackwell ’72

Chase Glass & Allied Products Inc.

Algernon A. Phillips, O.D.,

Mr. James Irzyk &

Mr. Douglas H. Blampied ’56W

Ms. Jiani Chen ’18

Mr. Frederick M. Bodington Jr. ’55M

Mr. Taifeng Lu & Mrs. Tao Chen

Mr. & Mrs. Laurence D. Ely III

M.D. ’58M

Ms. Jody L. Abzug

Ana Isabel Camara Eguiwua

Mr. Andrew J. Ross ’97

Mr. Christopher P. Adams ’75

Mr. Nathaniel Bond ’52W

Mr. Alton W. Cheney ’38W

Mr. & Mrs. Edmond Etti

Mrs. Sandra H. Ross

Mr. & Mrs. James Adams

Mr. Jeffrey F. Bonk ’78

Mr. William B. Cheney ’57W

Mr. Mountfort A. Euston ’62W

Mr. & Mrs. Joe A. Salvador

Mr. Thomas P. Addicks

Mr. John F. Boozang

Mr. & Mrs. Joseph D. Cheria

Ms. Jennifer Fafard

Mr. Camille F. Sarrouf ’51W

Mr. Patrick T. Agahigian ’09

Mr. William H. Bourgeois ’10

Mr. Phillip B. Chesky ’02 & Mrs.

Mr. & Mrs. Bob Fallon

Mr. Lee H. Schilling ’59W

Mr. J. Michael Alexander Jr. ’64M

Mr. Peter S. Bowie ’18

Mr. J. Gerald Schnell ’63W

Mr. Devonn M. Allen ’18

Mr. & Mrs. Andrew P. Boyko

Ms. Gail Chesworth-Taylor

Mr. Andrew P. Faulstich ’15

Mr. Richard A. Serafino Jr. ’77

Mr. Robert L. Eddy Jr. ’62W

Mr. Theodore W. Brackett ’06

Ms. Jade J. Chlapowski ’18

Mr. & Mrs. Don Faulstick

Mr. Edward W. Shore Jr. ’48W

Mr. Stephen M. Allen ’57W

Mr. Khaled S. Alhuwayrini &

Mr. Thomas J. McKenna &

Mr. & Mrs. Mark Feeley

Mr. Stephen K. Harvey ’72

Allied Flooring & Paint

Mr. Stoughton L. Smead

Amazon Smile Foundation

Mr. & Mrs. Shane Bravetti

Smith & Wesson Corp.

Mrs. Patricia H. Ambrose

Mr. Lawrence W. Bray ’61M

Mr. & Mrs. Garrett P. Smith

Mr. & Mrs. Darvin Anderson

Mr. Richard B. Brigham ’52W

Mr. Seung Jae Chyun ’75

Mr. & Mrs. Benjamin S. Ferris

Mr. Marshall Z. Solomon ’48W

Mr. & Mrs. Vladimir N. Andreychuk

Mr. John A. Brockway ’61M

Ms. Naiya M. Cirillo ’99

Mrs. Maria F. Filardi ’87

Mr. Donald J. Southwick ’64M

Mr. Philip G. Anton ’75

Ms. Torey G. Bronson ’17

Mrs. Marilyn S. Clark ’84

Mrs. Stephanie C. Firely ’09

Ms. Hanan Al Braini

Maureen A. Kelly Chesky ’02

Ms. Tracey Chlapowski Dr. Hee Sup Kim & Dr. Eunhwa Choi

Ms. Pin Hsin Fang ’18

Mr. Donald N. Femia ’54W Mr. Jinzhuan Du & Ms. Wenge Feng

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Mr. Mark A. Fischer

Mr. Stoddard M. Wilson

Mr. William T. Hyland Jr. ’69W

Col. Frederic J. Flemings ’52W

Mr. Steven L. Paul ’66W

Mr. Thomas Iannacone

Dr. Christopher N. Otis &

Mr. & Mrs. David Griggs

Mr. & Mrs. Frederick M. Insler

Mr. & Mrs. Scott Grodsky

Ms. Jordana B. Irzyk ’17

Mr. Jon S. Florio ’60M

Mr. Robert Grove

Mr. & Mrs. Peter B. Izyk

Dr. Harold B. Fohlin Jr. ’45W

Mr. John J. Guerin ’96 &

Mr. & Mrs. Ronald S. Izyk

Dr. Roxanne R. Florence

Mr. & Mrs. Michael Ford

Mrs. Kristina S. Guerin ’98

Mr. Albert J. Jack Jr. ’78

934

donors supported WMA this year

Mr. & Mrs. Richard Formica Sr.

Ms. Anh N. Ha ’18

Mr. & Mrs. Christopher J. Jalbert

Mr. & Mrs. David Fortin

Mr. Ties L. van Haastrecht ’18

Ms. JiYeon Jang ’18

Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Fox Sr.

Mrs. Janet Hale

Mr. Skip Jarocki

Dr. James H. Freeman ’49W

Mr. & Mrs. Jay A. Hambley

Mr. Christopher F. Jasinski ’00

Mr. & Mrs. Steven A. Kressler

Mr. Ian S. Macdonald ’94

Mr. Jackson J. FrenchRobitaille ’14

Mr. Yan Hai & Mrs. Jiandong Han

Mr. & Mrs. Andrew T. Jessup

Mr. Brian Kriftcher

Mr. Michael MacDonald

Mr. Stanley L. Fri

Ms. Caroline O. Hancock ’15

Mr. Alphonso Esposito III &

Mr. Harrison Kroessler ’14

Mr. James S. Macgregor III ’60M

Mr. Peter O. Frisch

Mr. Cole W. Hansen ’17

Ms. Jillair Kubish

Ms. Elizabeth MacLauchlan

Mr. Frank Fritts

Mr. Robert J. Harlan Jr. ’62M

Mrs. Janet A. Julian ’76

The Kula Foundation

Mr. Robert K. MacLauchlin,

Ms. Paula Fuentes ’18

Mr. David P. McDowell ’73

Ms. Brigid M. Jurgens ’08

Mr. & Mrs. Alan W. Kulig

Ms. Risa Fugetsu ’18

Ms. Clara E. Harrington ’18

Mr. & Mrs. James S. Jurgens

Mr. & Mrs. Paul Labbe

Mr. David B. Macomber ’68M

Ms. Pamela Fullerton

Mr. Peter F. Harrington ’72

Mr. Peter J. Jurgens ’06

Mr. Peter Labbe ’17

Ms. Kathleen Macomber

Mr. Joseph A. Furgal ’57M

Mr. & Mrs. Richard B. Harris

Mr. Reese Hutchison &

Mr. & Mrs. Patrick J. Lacey

Dr. David A. Maged ’71W

Mr. William L. Gage ’71W

Mr. Mathew J. Harrison ’05

Mrs. Elaine Kaiser

Mr. & Mrs. James A. Lagomarsino

Dr. Thomas G. Magill ’55W

Ms. Denise M. Galgano

Ms. Cloyette Harris-Stoute

Mr. & Mrs. Thomas J. Kalil

Mr. James F. Rivernider &

Mrs. Colleen Mahoney

Ms. Whitney E. Gallivan ’00

Mr. William A. Hawthorne ’61W

Mr. Anthony Kandel

Ms. Alexandra E. Garrison ’18

Mr. Richard P. Hayes ’55M

Mr. & Mrs. Kevin J. Kane

Mrs. Bertha P. Lak

Mrs. Doreen M. Majka

Mr. R. Frederick Gates ’79

Mr. E. Morris Hayn Jr. ’49W

Ambassador Hyun Kim ’77

Mr. Ngoc Duc Duong &

Mr. Anthony D. Maloni Sr. ’63M

Mr. & Mrs. L. Michael Gatzkiewicz

Mr. William C. Hine II ’67W

Mr. Jakub Kanovics ’19

Ms. Cora C. Gauvin

Mr. & Mrs. Craig M. Healy

Mr. & Mrs. Bryan S. Kantor

Mr. Geoffrey A. LaMarche ’00

Mr. & Mrs. Frank S. Mancuso Jr.

Mr. Thomas M. Gavin ’66W

Mr. L. Hooker Heaton ’68W

Mr. Charles A. Kantor ’66W

Mr. Richard H. Lamb ’69W

Mr. Anthony S. Mangiacotti ’78

Ms. Kate A. Gaw

Mr. Edward T. Heffernan ’64M

Mr. Theodore W. Kappler Jr. ’61W

Mr. William R. Lane Jr. ’83

Mr. Tashfiq Mannan ’12

Mr. Kevin C. Genther ’46W

Mr. & Mrs. Russell B. Held

Dr. David R. Kelley ’70M

Mr. Jesadang Laohaprasit ’94

Mr. & Mrs. Michael C. Mannix

Mr. Robert S. Geoghegan &

Mr. & Mrs. Shawn Hemingway

Mr. & Mrs. David W. Kelley

Mr. Ivar Larsen ’62W

Ms. Riley-Jane M. Marini ’13

Mrs. Linda Hennessey

Mr. Charles D. Kellogg ’62W

Mr. Brian P. Lautenschleger

Col. Timothy D. Marsano ’78

Mrs. Kelly F. Gilmartin

Mr. & Mrs. Dale Henry

Mr. Donald E. Kelly

Mr. James S. Law ’68W

Mr. Gary K Marshall

Mr. Mark A. Girhiny

Mr. Gael O. Hernandez ’18

Mr. Joshua S. Kelly ’85

Mrs. Ann-Marie Lawlor ’84

Mrs. Priscilla N. Martin

Mrs. Tina L. Girhiny

Mr. & Mrs. Hakim L. Hernandez

Mr. & Mrs. Patrick J. Kendall

Mr. & Mrs. Yniong Lee

Mr. William C. Martin ’98

Mr. & Mrs. Michael W. Glabicky

Mr. James H. Herzog Jr. ’70W

Mr. Brian T. Kennedy ’15

Mrs. Mary Van Leeuwen

Mr. Charles P. Mason Jr. ’62W

Ms. Barbara Godard

Mr. James W. Symmonds ’64M

Ms. Teresa J. Kennedy ’12

Ms. Michele A. LeMaitre

Mr. James G. Matzen ’60W

Mr. and Mrs. Jason J. Godin

Mr. Wadsworth C. Hine Jr. ’69W

Mr. David B. Kenney ’53W

Mr. & Mrs. Karl Lennon

Mr. & Mrs. Richard H. Maynard

Mr. Jeffrey W. Goff ’64W

Ms. DawnMarie Hines

Mr. & Mrs. Timothy P. Kenny

Mr. Ralph F. Leonard ’61W

Mr. Thomas H. McCallum Jr. ’56W

Mr. & Mrs. Eddie Gomez

Mr. Robert A. Melikian ’64W

Mr. Bashir Khan &

Mr. Bo Jiang & Ms. Ping Li

Mr. Richard T. McCarthy ’51W

Ms. Lin Gong ’18

Mr. & Mrs. John J. Holik

Mr. Zizhen Zhang & Mrs. Ji Li

Mr. Kelley J. McCormick ’84 & Mrs.

Dr. Arlene M. Goodman ’96

Mr. William D. Howerton ’49W

Mr. Walter P. Kiczko

Mr. M. John Lippman ’53W

Dr. & Mrs. Lawrence H. Goodman

Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Howlett

Ms. Insun Kim ’18

Ms. Lorraine M. Lis

Dr. John C. McKenna ’54W

Mrs. Carol J. Googins

Mr. & Mrs. Allen Hsiao

Mr. Jun Hee Kim ’18

Mr. David H. Little ’16

Ms. Kelly McLellan-Swanson

Dr. Barbara J. Gordon &

Mr. & Mrs. Jian Liu

Mr. Min Kyum Kim ’18

Ms. Heather K. Little ’13

Mr. Elmer J. McMahon

Mr. Yedong Liu & Mrs. Ling Hu

Mrs. Sheena Kim

Mr. John A. Little ’12

Mr. Darrell Jones &

Mr. Yu Jen Hsiao &

Ms. Emma M. Kindblom ’17

Ms. Shiyin Liu ’18

Mr. & Mrs. Erik M. Kindblom

Mr. Wei Liu ’18

Mr. Martin D. McNamara

Ms. Valeri E. Wallace

Mr. David J. Gordon Mr. & Mrs. Bernard T. Gorman Dr. Kathleen M. Gorski

Mrs. Hsin Yi Huang

Mrs. Jayne Jewell

Mrs. Mamtaj Khanam

Mr. Paul E. Bloomfield & Ms. Sherri L. Krassin

Ms. Patrice A. Lagrant

Mrs. Hong Thanh T. Lam

Ms. Bethany A. Lyon ’11 Ms. Sarah E. Lyon ’09

Ph.D. ’50W

Ms. Sommer Mahoney ’11

Mrs. Christine L. Pilch Mancini ’83

Kim Christensen McCormick

Mrs. Ann McMikel

Mr. & Mrs. James M. Gouin

Mrs. Charlene L. Hulten

Dr. Paul I. Kingsbury ’53W

Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Lloyd

Mr. Thomas M. McNamara

Mr. & Mrs. Samuel J. Gourley

Mr. Robert R. Humberston ’68W

Mr. Robert H. Kingsbury ’60W

Mr. John Lombard &

Mr. Richard J. Meehan ’69W

Mr. Jeffrey P. Grandchamp ’83

Mr. William O. Humes ’59M

Mr. & Mrs. John M. Kirwan

Mr. Thomas W. Gravelin ’68W

Mr. Doug S. Hutcheson & Ms.

Mr. Jeremy R. Korytoski ’06

Dr. & Mrs. Richard A. Greene

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Margaret Lenihan Hutcheson

Ms. Lilly Lombard

Ms. Alessandra E. Mele ’09

Mr. & Mrs. John M. Lynch

Mr. Andrew J. Mele ’15

Lynn Travel Inc.

Ms. Brooke K. Mele ’11

Mr. Christian Mercadante ’18

Mr. Donald J. Nicholson ’79

Mr. Benjamin D. Premo ’05

Mr. Mark J. Rubbins ’79

Dr. & Mrs. Anthony G. Spartos

Ms. Katelyn A. Mercer ’15

Mr. David L. Nickerson ’49W

Mr. & Mrs. David A. Premo

Mrs. Linda Ruby

Dr. & Mrs. Nicholas T. Spellman

Mr. William J. Metzger ’97 &

Mrs. Shirley L. Nickerson

Mr. Thomas G. Prior ’88

Lt. Col. Stephen M. Rusiecki ’80

Mr. Kenneth S. Sperber ’64M

Mr. Karl G. Nonemaker ’64

Mr. Gary L. Provost

Mr. James A. Russell ’55M

Ms. Elizabeth A. Fontaine Squindo

Mr. Colin A. O’Brien ’16

Mr. G. E. Pucher ’47W

Mrs. Julie A. Russell

Mr. Daniel W. Staples ’04 &

Ms. Christine R. Ochola ’18

Rep. & Mrs. Angelo J. Puppolo Jr.

Mr. Timothy P. Harrington &

Mrs. Wendy Staples

Mr. & Mrs. Peter E. Miccoli Sr.

Drs. David & Juliette Ochola

Dr. Tian-jia Dong &

Mrs. Anne P. Rutherford

Mr. Oron R. Steingrub ’18

Mr. Irwin G. Michelman ’75

Mr. Brian P. O’Connor ’89

Mr. Stanley H. Rutstein

Ms. Emma Stoll ’18

Mr. Eugeniu V. Miculet ’06

Mr. Richard J. O’Donnell ’80

Mr. Steven L. Ragnauth ’12

Mrs. Theodora Ryan

Mr. Mont E. Stong ’78

Mr. Karl F. Miller ’60W

Mrs. Kristin M. Oldham

Mr. Stephen P. Rahilly ’78

Mrs. Cara A. Sabatino

Mr. & Mrs. Seth N. Stratton

Mr. Steven K. Miller ’65W

Mr. Oghenemaro S. Oruerio ’18

Mr. Maurice Raizin ’59M

Salem Cross Inn Inc.

Dr. John Strauss

Mr. & Mrs. Brian Millerick

Mr. Gregory C. Osakwe &

Mr. Wayne Ranbom ’69W

Mr. & Mrs. Francesco Saltarelli

Mr. Todd J. Stuart ’86

Mrs. Margaret M. Mitchell

Dr. Ibitoro Osakwe

Mr. Philip S. Rand ’58W

Drs. Doug & Erin Salvador

Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Stuer

Dr. Natalie W. Metzger ’96 Mr. Qimin Qian & Ms. Fenrong Miao

Dr. Dongxiao Qin

Mr. Mark S. Mizell ’03

Ms. Heidi Ostendarp

Ms. Korynna E. Rankin ’18

Mr. Jonathan M. Sargent ’71W

Mr. John W. Sullivan Jr. ’72

Rev. Darius A. Mojallali ’70W

Mr. Alexander B. Otte ’20

Mr. Frederick C. Rathbone Jr. ’62M

Mr. Peter W. Sawyer ’65W

Mr. Walter G. Swanson II

Mr. & Mrs. Gabriel I. Mokwuah

Mr. Jack V. Pagano ’18

Mr. Massimo E. Ravelli &

Mr. William P. Scanlon ’61W

Mr. Douglas J. Taber ’74

Ms. Kayla N. Mokwuah ’18

Mr. & Mrs. Jim Pagano

Dr. Sandy B. Ravelli

Mr. Andrew C. Schenkel ’84

Mr. & Mrs. Gilles J. Tanguay

Mrs. Heannavy T. Mompho

Mr. Bertrand A. Page ’58W

Ms. Tatiana E. Ravelli ’18

Mr. Kenneth E. Schneider ’71W

Ms. Hannah K. Tanguay ’10

Mr. Kevin J. Monahan ’73

Mrs. Debra J. Pageau ’76

Mr. Mark S. Lyon &

Mr. Edward S. Schwerdtle II ’52W

Mr. & Mrs. John W. Tarbell

Ms. Maria-Rallou T. Moore

Mr. Kenneth J. Pageau

Ms. Mya Sciabarrasi

Mr. & Mrs. Joshua Taylor Jr.

Mr. Daniel M. Moran

Mr. Matthew S. Pajak ’11

Mr. & Mrs. Michael D. Reed

Mrs. Sandi M. Scott

Mr. Richard P. Taylor ’62W

Ms. Emily L. Moran ’15

Mr. and Ms. Guoyong Fan

Mr. Peter A. Reeves ’04

Mr. Scott Seaman ’78

Ms. Kimberly Therieau

Mr. Trevor G. Moran ’10

Mr. Wenxue Pan & Ms. Xin Sun

Mr. Todd Regnier

Mr. Clark Seibold

Mr. Michael J. Thompson

Mr. Andrew D. Mordasky ’13

Dr. Michael A. Pangan ’86

Ms. Katherine A. Reilly

Mr. Doosoon Lee &

Mr. Anthony P. Tivnan ’18

Dr. & Mrs. David M. Mordasky

Mrs. Jerilyn J. Paolino ’83

Mr. & Mrs. Robert Reilly

Ms. Victoria C. Mordasky ’10

Mr. Soo Young Park ’18

Ms. Joanna Reinstein

Mr. SangHyun Seong ’18

Mr. Walter Toner ’67W

Mr. Edmund J. Morin ’18

Mr. Won Geun Park ’18

Capt. Edward C. Ferriter ’66W

Mrs. Bonnie M. Serino ’87

Mr. & Mrs. Joseph H. Torras Jr.

Mr. Brendan Morris

Mr. Bradley L. Paster ’89

Rear Adm. Thomas J. Jurkowsky,

Mr. Zion M. Setal ’18

Mr. & Mrs. Brian Towle Jr.

Mrs. Carla M. Morton ’86

Ms. Tanika M. Patterson

Ms. Susan Shaffer

Mr. Phiet The Ngo &

Ms. Megan A. Motyka

Mr. Daniel F. Pawling Sr.

Dr. Ricardo Mujica &

Mr. John R. Payne Jr. ’62W

Mrs. Anne S. Redman-Lyon

USN Ret. ’65W Lt. Col. Richard W. Bailey, USMC Ret. ’55M

Mr. Thomas R. Toman

Ms. Myungja Seo

Mr. & Mrs. James H. Shaw

Ms. Le Thi Tran

Cmdr. John G. Shaw ’64W

Mr. Steven Tremblay

Mr. Jeffrey J. Peden Jr. ’69M

Mr. Jeffrey A. Reynolds ’83

Mr. Andrew Robert Shea

Mr. & Mrs. Reinaldo Trindade

Mr. & Mrs. William M. Mulderig

Mr. & Mrs. Roger Pell

Dr. Paul R. Reynolds ’69W

Mr. & Mrs. Thomas B. Sheehan

Mr. Thomas L. Troy ’87

Mrs. Janet L. Murphy

Mr. & Mrs. Luke R. Pelletier

Mr. Robert W. Reynolds Jr. ’62W

Mr. & Mrs. David K. Sherman

Ms. Kimberly Tsatsarones

Mr. John S. Murphy & Mrs.

Mr. Robert A. Perrin ’54W

Mr. John R. O’Reilly & Ms. Ann Rick

Mr. Rand K. Silver ’88

Ms. Jennifer Tuleja

Dr. Marxan E. Pescetta

Mr. Robert L. Rinklin ’69W

Ms. Tess Simpson

Mr. Robert W. Tull ’50W

Mr. & Mrs. John W. Murphy

Mr. Frederick V. Peterson Jr. ’66W

Mr. Edgar C. Riozzi ’62W

Dr. and Ms. Siva P. Sivakumar

Winston M. Turner, Ph.D. ’62W

Ms. Kathryn A. Murphy ’85

Mr. Andrew J. Petkun ’64W

Mr. John T. Risley

Ms. Lashaun E. Skillings

Mr. David M. Tyson ’51W

Mr. George J. Murray ’55M

Mr. Charles A. Pettee ’57W

Mr. & Mrs. Manuel Rivera

Mr. Joshua T. Slater ’13

U.S. Charitable Gift Trust

Mr. Peter L. Murray, Esq. ’61W

Mr. Mallory L. Pettengill ’53W

Ms. Melody Rivera

Mr. Shawn M. Slattery ’83

Mr. & Mrs. Rick Ulmer

Mr. Bryan A. Musa ’92

Ms. Linda Pietras

Ms. Stephanie T. Robbins ’10

Mr. Richard C. Slosek ’60W

The United Methodist

Mr. Ismet Muftuoglu &

Mr. & Mrs. William L. Pinkston III

Mr. A. Seth Roberts ’70W

Ms. Caroline T. Smith

Mr. Willard F. Pinney Jr. ’61W

Mr. & Mrs. Alan S. Robertson

Mr. & Mrs. Donald R. Smith

Ms. Elda Urdaneta ’18

Ms. Nancy W. Naftulin

Mr. Pasquale H. Pio III ’06

Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey A. Robinson

Ms. Jacqueline M. Smith ’11

Mr. Sean T. Valentine

Ms. Laya Nagireddy ’18

Mr. & Mrs. Craig A. Platt

Mrs. Linda S. Robinson

Ms. Jessica J. Smith ’14

Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey R. Vartabedian

Mr. Andrew D. Nagle ’18

Mr. Eric T. Schoonover ’54W

Mr. & Mrs. Donald B. Robitaille

Mr. Parker E. Smith ’65M

Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth M. Vedovelli

Ms. Emily J. Nagle ’18

Mr. & Mrs. Timothy E. Poole

Mrs. Jessica Rohan

Mr. Richard R. Smith

Mr. Andrew G. Veitch ’65W

Ms. Rehema Namubiru

Mr. & Mrs. Gregory A. Popovich

Dr. Jay S. Steingrub &

Mr. Michael Sokolov ’56M

Mr. & Mrs. John P. Venditti

Mr. Marco Codenotti &

Mr. Napat Pornmeechai ’18

Mr. Juan Pablo Soriano Corral &

Mr. David P. Benziger ’61M

Dr. Ana M. Castrillon

Patricia McGranaghan Murphy

Ms. Aysegul Soyturk

Ms. Chiara Nava Mr. Loc H. Nguyen ’18 Mr. John Nichols

Dr. Robert W. Hansen & Mrs. Deborah A. Powell Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey R. Power Jr.

Dr. Milagros C. Rosal Mr. & Mrs. Peter Rosemond

Mrs. Monica Fernandez

Mr. Laurence N. Rosen ’68W

Lopez de Uribe

Mr. William Donald Rosenbeck

Mrs. Stacy D. Sosa ’06

Foundation of New England

Mr. Thomas C. Vose ’66W Mr. Long Bao Vu ’18 Ms. Susanne Elisabeth Wagoner ’01

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Mr. Nicholas Stafford & Mrs. Deana Waintraub-Stafford Ms. Addison E. Wakelin ’18

Ms. Lucie Ziemba

Mr. Richard G. Dooley

Mr. H. Fletcher Swanson ’63W

Mr. Evan H. Gallivan ’96

Mr. Patrik Zindel

Mrs. Virginia L. Hoyt

Mr. David M. Tyson ’51W

Mr. Donald M. Joffray ’46W

Mrs. Jan R. Ziter

Mr. James S. Law ’68

Ms. Erika M. Whipple

Mr. M. Loran Kary ’67W

Dr. Brett R. Zalkan ’83

Mr. Herbert W. Wilkinson III ’61M

Mrs. Bertha P. Lak

Bell & Atlas Society

22 years

19 years

Ms. Susanne E. Wagoner ’01

Mr. Charles D. D’Avanzo

Mr. Benjamin F. Wilson ’69W

The Bell & Atlas Society

Mr. Stephen M. Allen ’57 Mr. Frederick L. Blackwell ’72

Mr. Robert G. Faulkner Sr. ’53W

Mr. Lawrence W. Bray ’61M

Mrs. Betty Lou Hodgman

15 years

Mr. William L. Danforth ’56W

Mr. & Mrs. Leverett M. Hubbard Jr.

Mr. Robert D. Bardwell III ’70W

Mr. Bruce S. Ferguson ’67W

Mr. James E. LaCrosse ’50W

Mr. David P. Benziger ’61M

Mr. Dwight W. Gammons ’52

Mrs. Colleen Mahoney

Ms. Gail Chesworth-Taylor

Dr. Barbara J. Gordon &

Mrs. Debra J. Pageau ’76

Mr. Donald J. Collins ’60M

Mr. Kenneth J. Pageau

Mr. Harry A. Day ’57W

Mr. James H. Herzog Jr. ’70

Mr. Camille F. Sarrouf ’51W

Mr. Peter O. Frisch

Mr. David E. Hoxeng ’68W

Mr. & Mrs. Garrett P. Smith

Mrs. Tina L. Girhiny

Mr. William C. Hine II ’67W

Mr. Andrew G. Veitch ’65W

Dr. & Mrs. Richard A. Greene

Mr. & Mrs. John C. Wakelin Mr. Greg Walsh Mr. & Mrs. Wayne E. Walton Mr. Hongyun Liu & Mrs. Xin Wan Mr. & Mrs. Ning Wang Mr. & Mrs. Xinming Wang Mrs. Julia Washburn Mr. Frederick Spann & Ms. A. Jacquetta Webb-Spann Ms. Xavierra Webb-Spann ’04 Mr. Steven I. Weiss ’67M Mr. William S. Welles ’64W Mr. & Mrs. William E. Wells Mr. Robert T. Wentworth ’71M Mr. Daniel J. Wesson ’18 Ms. Erika M. Whipple Mr. & Mrs. Stuart F. Whitcomb Mr. Nathan White Mr. David R. Whitehouse ’56W Mr. Harry T. Whitin III ’63W Mr. & Mrs. Henry Whitlock Mr. Herbert W. Wilkinson III ’61M Ms. Ericka Y. Williams Mr. Andrew R. Willis ’00 Mr. & Mrs. Scott H. Willson ’55W Dr. James S. Wilson ’61M Ms. Rachel E. Wilson ’18 Mr. & Mrs. Seth M. Wilson Mr. Stoddard M. Wilson Mr. Ben Wisniewski ’18 Mr. James Withall Mr. Jeremy Woo ’04 Mr. Justin B. Woo ’03 Mr. Jacob J. Wood ’15 Mr. & Mrs. Peter M. Woodbury Mr. Sheldon M. Woolf ’50W Mr. Carter L. Wormeley ’72 Mr. Shaoxin Xu & Mrs. Xiaowen Zeng Mr. Feng Yan & Ms. Jie Gao Mr. Jingping Yang Mr. Thomas F. Young Jr. ’66W Ms. Yitian Zha ’18 Mr. Hong Zhang & Mrs. Qunfeng Xu Ms. Yibo Zhang ’18 Mr. Yuhan Zhang ’18 Mr. Zizhen Zhang & Mrs. Ji Li Mr. Tianyi Zhu ’18

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recognizes those donors who renew their support every year and acknowledges their consecutive years of giving.

Members are acknowledged in our Annual Report with special recognition accorded for contributions in five, 10, 15 and 20-plus consecutive years. Their loyalty helps sustain the Academy and continues to move us forward.

32 years Mr. Michael Clarke ’58W Mr. Richard P. Goldman Mr. Peter C. Lincoln ’55W Mrs. Kathryn Phillips Mr. Peter S. Plumb, Esq. ’61W Ms. Carol F. Relihan ’73 Mr. Jonathan L. Sperling ’57W 31 years Mr. William R. Faulkner Jr. ’57W Mr. David H. Griffith ’59W 28 years Mr. S. Peter Manchester ’58W Mr. William A. Tychsen ’59W 27 years Mrs. Judith Knapp Mr. Mark R. Shenkman ’61M 24 years Mrs. Linda B. Griffin Mr. & Mrs. Gary E. Wendlandt 23 years Mr. Frederick M. Bodington Jr. ’55M Dr. David L. Brown ’64M Mr. & Mrs. Anthony L. Carey Mr. Paul B. Cronin ’53

Mr. Brian F. Randall ’60W

Mr. David J. Gordon

Mr. & Mrs. Glenn R. Hanson

Mr. & Mrs. Frederick M. Insler

Mr. Doug S. Hutcheson & Ms.

Mr. Scott B. Jacobs ’75

18 years

Mr. Richard LeStage ’61W

Mr. John F. Boozang

Dr. Robert K. MacLauchlin,

Mr. & Mrs. Bert Davison

Mr. Robert A. Johnson ’54W

Margaret Lenihan Hutcheson

Mr. Michael J. Flynn

Mr. & Mrs. James S. Jurgens

Dr. Thomas G. Magill ’55W

Mr. Gunter M. Glass ’63W

Mr. William R. Lane Jr. ’83

Dr. Ronald L. Majka ’68W

Mr. & Mrs. Dale Henry

Mr. Robert T. Marchant ’51W

Mr. John C. Marsh ’58M

Mr. Jordan L. Kramer ’73

Mr. G. E. Pucher ’47W

Mr. Todd R. Masnicki ’89

Mr. Richard F. Morgan ’59W

Mrs. Bonnie M. Serino ’87

Mr. Peter L. Murray, Esq. ’61W

Mrs. Jerilyn J. Paolino ’83

Mr. Richard R. Smith

Mr. Robert K. Nichols ’63W

Mr. Willard F. Pinney Jr. ’61W

Mr. C. Stetson Thomas Jr. ’50W

Mr. Steven L. Paul ’66W

Dr. & Mrs. Thomas F. Race

Mr. Daniel F. Pawling Sr.

Mr. Edward J. Sack ’47W

14 years

Mrs. Sandra H. Ross

Mr. Edward S. Schwerdtle II ’52W

Ms. Christina J. Cronin, CFRE

Mr. & Mrs. David K. Sherman

Mr. & Mrs. Michael P. Stolpinski

Mrs. Judith B. Hale

Mr. Dennis C. Sowers ’59W

Mr. & Mrs. John C. Wakelin

Mr. J. Lawrie Hibbard ’52W

Ph.D. ’50W

Mr. William O. Humes ’59M

Mr. Donald J. Stuart ’73 Mr. Frederick D. Watts

17 years

Mr. James G. Matzen ’60W

Dr. David F. Wender ’69W

Dr. & Mrs. David D. Agahigian

Mr. Jonathan M. Sargent ’71W

Mr. Harry T. Whitin III ’63W

Mr. Brian P. Easler &

Mr. Robert W. Tull ’50W

Mr. Stacey H. Widdicombe III ’70W

Dr. Stephanie Easler Mr. & Mrs. William J. Giokas

13 years

21 years

Mr. & Mrs. Erik M. Kindblom

Mr. Douglas H. Blampied ’56W

Mr. Eric W. Anderson

Mrs. Lenita C. McCallum

Mr. Seung Jae Chyun ’75

Lt. Col. Richard W. Bailey,

Witherspoon

Mr. Donald N. Femia ’54W

Mr. & Mrs. Richard J. O’Donnell ’80

Ms. Caitlin S. Flynn ’06

Mr. Josef E. Martin, CPCU ’82

Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey R. Power Jr.

Mr. Peter J. Jurgens ’06

Mr. James W. Symmonds ’64M

Mr. Edward W. Shore Jr. ’48W

Mr. Yong D. Kwon ’88

Dr. Fred M. Ziter Jr. ’54W

Mr. & Mrs. Martin R. Wright

Mr. Mark S. Lyon &

20 years

16 years

Mr. Ian S. Macdonald ’94

Mr. Joseph J. Garstka ’69M

Mr. Robert J. Ardison III ’55W

Mr. Irwin G. Michelman ’75

Mr. Theodore W. Kappler Jr. ’61W

Mr. & Mrs. Richard D. Bourgeois

Cmdr. John G. Shaw ’64W

Mr. Daniel B. Kunhardt Jr. ’72

Mr. John A. Brockway ’61M

Mr. & Mrs. Joshua Taylor Jr.

Mr. Richard A. Serafino Jr. ’77

Mr. James S. Downey ’73

Mr. Donald T. Tull ’55W

USMC Ret. ’55M

Mrs. Anne S. Redman-Lyon

257

NEW DONORS THIS YEAR

8 years

Dr. & Mrs. Anthony G. Spartos

Ms. Luana O. Cavalca ’18

Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Fox Sr.

Mr. & Mrs. Gregory J. Clewes

Mr. Daniel W. Staples ’04 &

Ms. Meaghan I. Cavanaugh

Ms. Paula Fuentes ’18

Mr. Wenjun Chang ’18

Ms. Risa Fugetsu ’18

Ms. Jiani Chen ’18

Mr. Gabilondo Viqjeira & Mrs.

Mr. Thomas M. Gavin ’66W

Mrs. Wendy Staples

Dr. Leigh Harrington ’59W

Mr. Michael F. Stone ’67W

Dr. Jamieson D. Kennedy,

Mr. Dana T. Aftab ’81 Mr. James A. Barkhuff ’67W Mr. Mark A. Fischer Dr. Mark A. Keroack ’72 Dr. Paul I. Kingsbury ’53W Mr. David P. McDowell ’73 Mr. & Mrs. David A. Reeves Mr. & Mrs. Donald B. Robitaille 11 years Mr. Jeffrey F. Bonk ’78 Mr. John C. Burns ’66W Ms. Brigid M. Jurgens ’08 Mr. & Mrs. Robert F. Little Dr. John W. Miller ’49W Ms. Maria-Rallou T. Moore Ms. Nancy W. Naftulin Ms. Linda Pietras Mr. Richard P. Taylor ’62W 10 years Dr. Kathleen M. Gorski Mr. & Mrs. Christopher J. Jalbert Mr. John Lombard & Ms. Lilly Lombard Mr. & Mrs. Timothy J. Marini Dr. James S. Wilson ’61M 9 years Mr. Lewis W. Birmingham ’60W Mr. Richard R. Garstka ’73 Mr. & Mrs. L. Michael Gatzkiewicz Mrs. Carol J. Googins Dr. Michael A. Pangan ’86 Mr. John R. Payne Jr. ’62W Mr. & Mrs. Gregory A. Popovich Mr. Walter G. Swanson II Mr. Thomas C. Vose ’66

5 years

Ms. Jade J. Chlapowski ’18

Mr. William L. Gage ’71W

Dr. Gary W. Ardison ’57W

The Chubb Corporation

Mr. & Mrs. Dominic Gagnon

Ms. Sarah E. Lyon ’09

Mr. Edwin T. Conway ’77

Ms. Naiya M. Cirillo ’99

Ms. Denise M. Galgano

Mr. Thomas H. McCallum Jr. ’56W

Mr. Fernando de Zavala

Mr. Marco Codenotti &

Ms. Cora C. Gauvin

M.D. ’51W

Mr. John H. Meissner ’66W

12 years

Ana Isabel Camara Eguiwua

Mr. Georgii Chichua ’18

Dr. Harrison B. Hawley ’61W

Carvajal ’07

Mrs. Kelly F. Gilmartin

Ms. Chiara Nava

Mr. Joseph W. Merritt Jr. ’57W

Dr. Bonnie Faulkner Ryan ’82

Mr. Kevin J. Monahan ’73

Mr. Stanley L. Fri

Mr. & Mrs. Luke R. Pelletier

Ms. DawnMarie Hines

Mr. & Mrs. Douglas E. Cooper

Mr. Gary L. Provost

Mr. James Irzyk &

Ms. Angela Cosenzi

Kevin E. Schmidt, M.D. &

Ms. Jody L. Abzug

Mr. & Mrs. Eddie Gomez

Community Connections

Ms. Lin Gong ’18

Foundation, Inc.

Mr. Xiaoyu Gong & Mrs. Honglei Duan

Ms. Mary Ellen Costa

Mr. & Mrs. Bernard T. Gorman

Mr. Robert T. O’Neill ’69

Mr. & Mrs. Peter M. Cote

Mr. & Mrs. James M. Gouin

Mr. Eric T. Schoonover ’54W

Mr. Jonathan L. Specter ’89

Ms. Olivia DeBaise ’18

Mr. & Mrs. David Griggs

Mr. Michael J. Thompson

Dr. & Mrs. Nicholas T. Spellman

Mr. Dylan A. Derose ’18

Mr. & Mrs. Scott Grodsky

Mr. Walter Toner

Ms. Fabia Devia

Mr. Robert Grove

Ms. Xavierra Webb-Spann ’04

Mr. & Mrs. Jeroen Diderich

Ms. Anh N. Ha ’18

Mr. & Mrs. Matthew M. Burke

Mr. & Mrs. Thomas M. Dineen

Mr. Yan Hai & Mrs. Jiandong Han

Mr. William B. Cheney ’57W

Mr. Christopher M. DiPietro ’80

Mr. & Mrs. Robert T. Hale Jr.

Mr. Hanbin Dong &

Mr. & Mrs. Jay A. Hambley

Mary E. King, M.D.

7 years

Mr. & Mrs. Richard M. Gallivan Ms. Ellen M. Hancock Mr. Robert R. Humberston ’68W Mr. Skip Jarocki Dr. Aaron D. Kugelmass & Mrs. Karen E. Ambrose Mr. Thomas J. Langer ’73 Mr. Barry M. Maloney ’85 Mr. & Mrs. Andrew P. Mele Mr. Frederick V. Peterson Jr. ’66W Mrs. Christine L. Pilch Mancini ’83 Mr. Dean F. Redfern ’72 Mr. James A. Russell ’55M Ms. Caroline T. Smith Mr. Mont E. Stong ’78 6 years Mr. & Mrs. Charles P. Carson Mr. Alton W. Cheney ’38W Mr. A. Winslow Dodge ’58 Ms. Kate A. Gaw Mr. & Mrs. Laurent R. Grenier Mr. Robert J. Harlan Jr. ’62M Mrs. Charlene L. Hulten Mr. Richard H. Lamb ’69 Mr. Jesadang Laohaprasit ’94 Dr. Charles A. McCallum Jr. ’43 Mr. & Mrs. Peter J. Moran Mr. Philip S. Rand ’58W Mr. Stanley H. Rutstein

New Donors Mr. Christopher P. Adams ’75 Mr. & Mrs. James Adams Mr. Khaled S. Alhuwayrini & Ms. Hanan Al Braini Mr. Devonn M. Allen ’18 Allied Flooring & Paint Ms. Kimberly Amsden Cone Mr. & Mrs. Darvin Anderson Mr. & Mrs. Vladimir N. Andreychuk Mr. & Mrs. Alfred Anyia Mrs. Maryann Asta-Ferrero Mrs. Jin Hee Bae Mr. John V. Baker IV ’18 Mr. & Mrs. Edward J. Barkett II Mr. Vladimir I. Barshchuk ’18 Mr. David Belsky Mr. Jared J. Besse ’18 Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan F. Besse Mr. Benjamin W. Bicknell ’18 Mr. Peter S. Bowie ’18 Ms. Jennifer Bowman Mr. & Mrs. Andrew P. Boyko Mr. Durelle Brown Mr. & Mrs. Jeffery L. Caro Mr. & Mrs. Frank Carrazza Mr. & Mrs. John P. Casey Mr. & Mrs. Pierre A. Catellier Mr. Dario Cattadori & Mrs. Marlise Bertoni

Dr. Robert W. Hansen &

Mrs. Ping Zhang Ms. Yirui Dong ’18

Mrs. Deborah A. Powell

Mr. Jinzhuan Du &

Ms. Clara E. Harrington ’18 Mr. & Mrs. Richard B. Harris

Ms. Wenge Feng Mr. & Mrs. Patrice M. Dubois

Mr. L. Hooker Heaton ’68W

Mr. Jeremy J. Dubois ’21

Mr. & Mrs. Shawn Hemingway

Ms. Karen Dufresne

Mr. Gael O. Hernandez ’18

Mr. & Mrs. Perry Dulude

Mr. & Mrs. Michael Hoag

Mr. & Mrs. James Dunbar

Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Howlett

Mr. Ngoc Duc Duong &

Mr. Yu Jen Hsiao & Mrs. Hsin Yi Huang

Mrs. Hong Thanh T. Lam

Mr. Wen-Pin Huang &

E.J. Villamaino Paving &

Ms. Fu-Mei Tang

Landscaping Co Mr. Joseph D. Eadie & Attorney

Mr. and Ms. Shinichiro Ishikawa Mr. & Mrs. Ronald S. Izyk

Patti G. Glenn-Eadie East Coast Contracting LLC

Ms. JiYeon Jang ’18

Mr. Alphonso Esposito III &

Mr. & Mrs. Harley Johnson Mr. Darrell Jones &

Mrs. Jayne Jewell

Mrs. Ann McMikel

Mr. & Mrs. Edmond Etti Ms. Marylou Fabbo

Mr. David L. Joyce ’83

Ms. Jennifer Fafard

Mrs. Janet A. Julian ’76

Mr. and Ms. Guoyong Fan

Mr. & Mrs. Alimamy Kamara

Mr. Chang-Chih Fang &

Mr. & Mrs. Seokho Kang Mr. Jakub Kanovics ’19

Ms. Chi-Dai Lin Ms. Pin Hsin Fang ’18

Mr. Charles A. Kantor ’66W

Mr. & Mrs. Mark Feeley

Mr. & Mrs. David W. Kelley

Mr. & Mrs. James Ferrero

Mrs. Elizabeth Kendall

Mr. & Mrs. Michael Ford

Mr. & Mrs. Patrick J. Kendall

Mr. & Mrs. Richard Formica Sr.

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departments: annual report

Mr. Bashir Khan & Mrs. Mamtaj Khanam Mr. Han Kim & Ms. Gyung A. Han

Ms. Rehema Namubiru Mr. Phiet The Ngo & Ms. Le Thi Tran

Mr. Nicholas Stafford & Mrs. Deana Waintraub-Stafford Mr. & Mrs. Philip R. Standel

Ms. Insun Kim ’18

Mr. Loc H. Nguyen ’18

Mr. Oron R. Steingrub ’18

Mr. Jun Hee Kim ’18

Mr. John Nichols

Ms. Emma Stoll ’18

Mr. Min Kyum Kim ’18

NRA Foundation Inc.

Stoltze Design

Mrs. Sheena Kim

Ms. Christine R. Ochola ’18

Mr. & Mrs. Seth N. Stratton

Mr. Deyun Kong & Mrs. Xu Sun

Mrs. Kristin M. Oldham

Dr. John Strauss

Mr. Adam S. Korabowski Jr. ’69W

Mr. Alexander B. Otte ’20

Mr. Todd J. Stuart ’86

Mr. Brian Kriftcher

Mr. Jack V. Pagano ’18

Dr. and Mrs. Jonathan Sudol

The Kula Foundation

Mr. & Mrs. Jim Pagano

Mr. Daniel C. Sweeney &

Mr. Son A. Le & Ms. Ha T. Nguyen

Mr. Matthew S. Pajak ’11

Mr. Doosoon Lee &

Dr. Michele Miranda

Mr. Wenxue Pan & Ms. Xin Sun

Mr. & Mrs. John W. Tarbell

Ms. Myungja Seo

Mr. Soo Young Park ’18

Mr. David L. Joyce ’83 &

Mr. & Mrs. Karl Lennon

Mr. Won Geun Park ’18

Mr. Xijian Li

Dr. Young Park &

Mr. Yun Liang and Ms. Li Jia

Mrs. Hye Jung Yang

Ms. Jennifer A. Thorn Mr. Anthony P. Tivnan ’18 Mr. & Mrs. Joseph H. Torras Jr.

Ms. Lorraine M. Lis

Ms. Tanika M. Patterson

Travelers Group

Ms. Heather K. Little ’13

Mrs. Diane Peters

Mr. Steven Tremblay

Mr. Hongyun Liu & Mrs. Xin Wan

Ms. Mary J. Picknelly

Mr. & Mrs. Reinaldo Trindade

Ms. Shiyin Liu ’18

Mr. & Mrs. Timothy E. Poole

Ms. Kimberly Tsatsarones

Mr. Wei Liu ’18

Mr. Napat Pornmeechai ’18

Mr. Demetri G. Tsolakis ’01

Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Lloyd

Representative &

Ms. Jennifer Tuleja

Mr. Taifeng Lu & Mrs. Tao Chen

Mrs. Angelo J. Puppolo Jr.

U.S. Charitable Gift Trust

Mr. Michael MacDonald

Mr. Stephen P. Rahilly ’78

Mr. & Mrs. Rick Ulmer

Ms. Elizabeth MacLauchlan

Ms. Korynna E. Rankin ’18

Ms. Elda Urdaneta ’18

Mr. David B. Macomber ’68M

Mr. Massimo E. Ravelli &

Mr. Sean T. Valentine

Ms. Kathleen Macomber

Dr. Sandy B. Ravelli

Mr. Ties L. van Haastrecht ’18

Mr. Anthony S. Mangiacotti ’78

Ms. Tatiana E. Ravelli ’18

Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth M. Vedovelli

Marsh & McLennan Agency

Mr. & Mrs. Michael D. Reed

Ms. Addison E. Wakelin ’18

Mr. Gary K Marshall

Mr. & Mrs. Robert Reilly

Mr. Greg Walsh

Mr. William C. Martin ’98

Ms. Joanna Reinstein

Mr. & Mrs. Ning Wang

Mr. & Mrs. Richard H. Maynard

Dr. Tina Render & Ms. Sue Dacey

Mr. & Mrs. Xinming Wang

Mr. Robert C. McCray Jr.

Mr. James F. Rivernider &

Mr. Daniel J. Wesson ’18

Mr. Thomas J. McKenna &

Ms. Patrice A. Lagrant

Mr. & Mrs. Henry Whitlock

Mr. & Mrs. Peter Rosemond

Ms. Ericka Y. Williams

Mr. Christian Mercadante ’18

Mrs. Linda Ruby

Ms. Rachel E. Wilson ’18

Mr. & Mrs. Brian Millerick

Salem Cross Inn, Inc

Mr. & Mrs. Seth M. Wilson

Ms. Kayla N. Mokwuah ’18

Mr. & Mrs. Francesco Saltarelli

Mr. Ben Wisniewski ’18

Mr. Edmund J. Morin ’18

Drs. Doug & Erin Salvador

Mr. James Withall

Mr. Brendan Morris

Mr. & Mrs. Joe A. Salvador

Mr. Justin B. Woo ’03

Mr. Ismet Muftuoglu &

Mr. Peter W. Sawyer ’65W

Mr. & Mrs. Peter M. Woodbury

Ms. Mya Sciabarrasi

Ms. Dianne Wright

Mr. & Mrs. William M. Mulderig

Mr. Clark Seibold

Mr. Deheng Xie & Mrs. Fengli Liu

Mr. John S. Murphy & Mrs.

Mr. SangHyun Seong ’18

Mr. & Mrs. John M. Zebrowski

Mr. Zion M. Setal ’18

Ms. Yitian Zha ’18

Mr. & Mrs. John W. Murphy

Ms. Susan Shaffer

Ms. Yibo Zhang ’18

Ms. Kathryn A. Murphy ’85

Mr. Andrew Robert Shea

Mr. Yuhan Zhang ’18

Mr. George J. Murray ’55M

Ms. Lashaun E. Skillings

Mr. Zizhen Zhang & Mrs. Ji Li

Mr. Bryan A. Musa ’92

Mr. Juan Pablo Soriano Corral &

Mr. Tianyi Zhu ’18

Ms. Tracey Chlapowski

Ms. Aysegul Soyturk

Patricia McGranaghan Murphy

Ms. Laya Nagireddy ’18

Mrs. Monica Fernandez

Ms. Lucie Ziemba

Mr. Andrew D. Nagle ’18

Lopez de Uribe

Mr. Patrik Zindel

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Annual Report List

by Constituency

Ms. Carol F. Relihan ’73

Trustee

Mr. Stoughton L. Smead

Ms. Bonnie J. Faulkner Ryan, M.D., FACEP ’82 Ms. Caitlin S. Flynn ’06 Mr. Van Gothner Mrs. Linda B. Griffin Mrs. Krista Hanson Mr. Scott B. Jacobs ’75 Mrs. Judith A. Knapp Mr. James E. LaCrosse ’50W

Mr. Edward J. Sack ’47W Mr. Camille F. Sarrouf ’51W Mr. Jonathan L. Specter ’89 Mr. Jonathan L. Sperling ’57W Mr. Donald J. Stuart ’73 Mr. Richard P. Taylor ’62W Mr. William A. Tychsen ’59W Mr. Gary E. Wendlandt Mr. Benjamin F. Wilson ’69W

Alumni

Mr. Barry M. Maloney ’85

Monson Academy

Mr. Timothy J. Marini

1942

Mr. Andrew P. Mele

Dr. Bernard Hoyt

Mr. David A. Reeves Mr. Craig A. Rubin ’63W Mr. Mark R. Shenkman ’61M

Trustee Emeriti Mr. Eric W. Anderson Mr. William E. James ’64W

Former Trustee

1955 Lt. Col. Richard W. Bailey, USMC Ret. Mr. Frederick M. Bodington Jr. Mr. Richard P. Hayes Mr. George J. Murray Mr. James A. Russell 1956 Mr. Michael Sokolov 1957

Mr. Eric W. Anderson Mr. Francis M. Austin Jr. ’46W Mr. David J. Callahan Mr. Donald J. Collins ’60M Mr. Richard G. Dooley Mr. William R. Faulkner Jr. ’57W Mr. Bruce S. Ferguson ’67W

Mr. Joseph A. Furgal Mr. Ronald P. Masnicki 1958 Algernon A. Phillips, O.D., M.D. 1959 Mr. William O. Humes

Mr. Michael J. Flynn

Mr. Maurice Raizin

Mr. Richard P. Goldman

1960

Mr. David H. Griffith ’59W

Mr. Donald J. Collins

Mr. William E. James ’64W Ms. Mahsa Khanbabai, Esq. ’89 Ambassador Hyun Kim ’77 Mr. Richard LeStage ’61W Mr. Peter C. Lincoln ’55W Mr. Steven P. Marcus Mr. Ronald P. Masnicki ’57M Mr. Todd R. Masnicki ’89 Mrs. Lenita C. McCallum Witherspoon Mr. Richard F. Morgan ’59W Algernon A. Phillips, O.D., M.D. ’58M Mr. Peter S. Plumb, Esq. ’61W

Mr. Jon S. Florio Mr. Richard J. Harrington Sr. Mr. James S. Macgregor III 1961 Raymond J. Anton, M.D. Mr. David P. Benziger Mr. Lawrence W. Bray Mr. John A. Brockway Mr. Carl A. Grassetti Mr. Mark R. Shenkman Mr. Herbert W. Wilkinson III Dr. James S. Wilson

1962

1943

1953

Mr. Robert J. Harlan Jr.

Dr. Charles A. McCallum Jr.

Mr. Paul B. Cronin

1945

Mr. Robert G. Faulkner Sr.

Mr. Frederick C. Rathbone Jr. 1963

Dr. Harold B. Fohlin Jr.

Mr. Anthony D. Maloni Sr.

1946

Mr. David B. Kenney Dr. Paul I. Kingsbury Mr. M. John Lippman

1964

Mr. Francis M. Austin Jr.

Mr. J. Michael Alexander Jr.

Mr. Kevin C. Genther

Dr. David L. Brown

Mr. Donald M. Joffray

1954

Mr. Edward T. Heffernan

1947

Mr. Robert A. Johnson

Mr. Karl G. Nonemaker Mr. Donald J. Southwick Mr. Kenneth S. Sperber

Mr. G. E. Pucher Mr. Edward J. Sack

Mr. Mallory L. Pettengill Mr. Donald N. Femia Dr. John C. McKenna Mr. Robert A. Perrin

Mr. Richard F. Morgan

Mr. Robert A. Melikian

Mr. Lee H. Schilling

Mr. Andrew J. Petkun

Mr. Dennis C. Sowers

Cmdr. John G. Shaw

Mr. William A. Tychsen

Mr. William S. Welles

1960

1965

Mr. Lewis W. Birmingham

Mr. Richard D. Carreno

Mr. H. Morgan Brookfield III

Rear Adm. Thomas J. Jurkowsky,

Mr. Frederik O. Crawford

USN Ret.

Mr. Charles F. Ganun Jr.

Mr. K. Keith McAllister

Mr. Robert H. Kingsbury

Mr. Steven K. Miller

Mr. James G. Matzen

Mr. Peter W. Sawyer

Mr. Karl F. Miller

Mr. Edward H. Thaxter

Mr. Brian F. Randall

Mr. Andrew G. Veitch

Mr. Richard C. Slosek

1966

Mr. James W. Symmonds

1948

Mr. Eric T. Schoonover

1965

Mr. Edward W. Shore Jr.

Dr. Fred M. Ziter Jr.

Mr. Marshall Z. Solomon

1955

1961

Mr. Parker E. Smith

Mr. Robert J. Ardison III

Mr. Peter R. Dixon

1949

Mr. Timothy R. Chapin

Capt. Edward C. Ferriter

1966

Dr. James H. Freeman

Mr. Sumner G. Adams

Mr. E. Morris Hayn Jr.

Mr. Olli Timi P. Kokkonen

Cmdr. John S. Calhoun, USCG

Mr. Thomas M. Gavin

Mr. William D. Howerton

Mr. Peter C. Lincoln

Dr. Harrison B. Hawley

Mr. Charles A. Kantor

Dr. Thomas G. Magill

Mr. John H. Meissner

1967

Dr. John W. Miller

Mr. William A. Hawthorne

Mr. Steven I. Weiss

Mr. David L. Nickerson

Mr. Donald T. Tull

Mr. Theodore W. Kappler Jr.

Mr. Francis R. Mitchell Mr. Steven L. Paul

1968

1950

Mr. Scott H. Willson

Mr. Ralph F. Leonard Mr. Richard LeStage

Mr. Frederick V. Peterson Jr.

Mr. Jeffrey B. Berselli

Mr. James E. LaCrosse

1956

Mr. Peter L. Murray, Esq.

Mr. Thomas C. Vose

Mr. David B. Macomber

Mr. Robert K. MacLauchlin, Ph.D.

Mr. Henry D. Bartlett

Mr. Willard F. Pinney Jr.

Mr. Thomas F. Young Jr.

Dr. Ronald L. Majka

Mr. Arthur S. Robbins

Mr. Douglas H. Blampied

Mr. Peter S. Plumb, Esq.

1969

Mr. William L. Danforth

Mr. William P. Scanlon

1967

Mr. C. Stetson Thomas Jr. Mr. Robert W. Tull

Mr. John C. Duncan III

1962

Mr. Sheldon M. Woolf

Mr. Thomas H. McCallum Jr.

Mr. Bruce S. Ferguson Mr. William C. Hine II

Mr. Robert T. O’Neill

1951

Mr. David R. Whitehouse

Mr. Robert L. Eddy Jr. Mr. Mountfort A. Euston

Mr. M. Loran Kary

Mr. Jeffrey J. Peden Jr.

Dr. Jamieson D. Kennedy

1957

Mr. Charles D. Kellogg

Mr. Michael F. Stone

1970

Mr. Robert T. Marchant

Mr. Stephen M. Allen

Mr. Ivar Larsen

Mr. Walter Toner

Mr. Richard T. McCarthy

Dr. Gary W. Ardison

Mr. Charles P. Mason Jr.

1968

Mr. Seri Osathanugraph

Mr. William B. Cheney

Mr. Camille F. Sarrouf

Mr. Russell S. Cook

Mr. David M. Tyson

Mr. Harry A. Day

1952

Mr. William R. Faulkner Jr.

Mr. Michael O. Jennings

Mr. John C. Burns

Mr. Joseph J. Garstka Dr. George W. Johnson Jr.

Dr. David R. Kelley 1971 Mr. Robert T. Wentworth Wilbraham Academy 1938 Mr. Alton W. Cheney

Mr. Nathaniel Bond Mr. Richard B. Brigham Col. Frederic J. Flemings

Mr. David E. Hoxeng

Mr. Richard P. Taylor

Mr. Robert R. Humberston

1963

Mr. Jonathan L. Sperling

Mr. Laurence N. Rosen

Mr. W. Scott Bartlett III Mr. Frank J. Childs

1969

Mr. Edward J. Gramse

Mr. J. Lawrie Hibbard

Mr. Michael Clarke

Mr. Edward S. Schwerdtle II

Mr. A. Winslow Dodge

Mr. Richard P. von Hoorn

Mr. S. Peter Manchester

FACULTY PARTICIPATION

Mr. L. Hooker Heaton

Mr. Edgar C. Riozzi

Mr. Charles A. Pettee 1958

100%

Mr. Thomas W. Gravelin

Mr. Robert W. Reynolds Jr.

Mr. Winston M. Turner, Ph.D.

Mr. Dwight W. Gammons

Mr. Charles G. Greenhalgh Jr.

Mr. John R. Payne Jr.

Mr. Joseph W. Merritt Jr.

1939

1942

Mr. James A. Barkhuff

Mr. John C. Marsh Mr. Bertrand A. Page Mr. Philip S. Rand 1959 Mr. David H. Griffith Dr. Leigh Harrington Mr. Howard T. Jensen Jr.

Mr. Gunter M. Glass Mr. William L. Lyons III Mr. Robert K. Nichols Mr. Craig A. Rubin Mr. J. Gerald Schnell Mr. H. Fletcher Swanson Mr. Harry T. Whitin III

Mr. James S. Law

Dr. Townsend Brown Jr. Mr. Wadsworth C. Hine Jr. Mr. William T. Hyland Jr. Mr. Adam S. Korabowski Jr. Mr. Richard H. Lamb Mr. Richard J. Meehan Mr. Wayne Ranbom Dr. Paul R. Reynolds

1964

Mr. Robert L. Rinklin

Mr. Jeffrey W. Goff

Dr. David F. Wender

Mr. William E. James

Mr. Benjamin F. Wilson

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The “Show your Love” campaign more than doubled our current parent participation from 20% to

43%

1975 Mr. Christopher P. Adams Mr. Philip G. Anton Ms. Carol A. Cady Mr. Scott B. Jacobs Mr. Richard J. King Mr. Irwin G. Michelman 1976 Mr. David J. Callahan Mr. Seung Jae Chyun Mrs. Janet A. Julian

1970

Mrs. Debra J. Pageau

Mr. Robert D. Bardwell

1977

Mr. Richard U. Edgehill Mr. James H. Herzog Jr. Rev. Darius A. Mojallali Mr. A. Seth Roberts Mr. Stacey H. Widdicombe III 1971 Mr. William L. Gage Mr. Robert D. Handel Dr. David A. Maged Mr. Jonathan M. Sargent Mr. Kenneth E. Schneider

Ms. Barbara T. August Mr. Edwin T. Conway Ambassador Hyun Kim Mr. & Mrs. Peter A. Picknelly Jr. Mr. Richard A. Serafino Jr. 1978 Mr. Jeffrey F. Bonk Mr. Albert J. Jack Jr. Mr. Anthony S. Mangiacotti Col. Timothy D. Marsano Mr. R. Timothy McBride Mr. Stephen P. Rahilly

Wilbraham & Monson Academy 1972 Mr. Frederick L. Blackwell Mr. Peter F. Harrington Mr. Stephen K. Harvey

Mr. Scott Seaman Mr. Mont E. Stong 1979 Mr. R. Frederick Gates Mr. Donald J. Nicholson

Dr. Mark A. Keroack

Mr. Mark J. Rubbins

Mr. Daniel B. Kunhardt Jr.

1980

Mr. Jeffrey M. Polep Mr. Dean F. Redfern Ms. Hillary M. Sullivan Mr. John W. Sullivan Jr. Mr. Carter L. Wormeley 1973 Mr. James S. Downey Mr. Richard R. Garstka Mr. Timothy P. Harrington Mr. Jordan L. Kramer Mr. Thomas J. Langer Mr. David P. McDowell Mr. Kevin J. Monahan Ms. Carol F. Relihan Mr. Donald J. Stuart 1974 Mr. Eric W. Jacobs Mr. Douglas J. Taber

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Mr. John S. Banas III Mr. Christopher M. DiPietro Mr. Richard J. O’Donnell Lt. Col. Stephen M. Rusiecki Mr. Peter M. Waszkis 1981 Mr. Dana T. Aftab Ms. Beth A. Byrne 1982

1993

2006

Mr. Shawn M. Slattery

Mr. Christopher Descalzo Jr.

Mr. Christopher C. Antonacci

Dr. Brett R. Zalkan

1994

Ms. Olivia C. Clement

1984

Mr. Jesadang Laohaprasit

Mrs. Marilyn S. Clark

Mr. Ian S. Macdonald

Mr. Jeffrey A. Reynolds

Mrs. Ann-Marie Lawlor

Mr. Adam P. VanVoorhis

Mr. Kelley J. McCormick

1996

Mr. Andrew C. Schenkel Mr. Charles P. Weisberg

Mr. Evan H. Gallivan Dr. Arlene M. Goodman

1985

Mr. John J. Guerin

Mrs. Megan S. Aimone

Mr. Matthew C. Jarvinen

Mr. Jeffrey J. Cook

Dr. Natalie W. Metzger

Mr. Kevin L. Derose

1997

Mr. Joshua S. Kelly Mr. Barry M. Maloney Mr. Robert A. McElaney Ms. Kathryn A. Murphy 1986 Mr. Eric J. Bennett Mr. Timothy Q. Cebula Mrs. Carla M. Morton Dr. Michael A. Pangan Mr. Todd J. Stuart 1987 Mr. Graeme A. Bazarian Mrs. Maria F. Filardi Mrs. Bonnie M. Serino Mr. Thomas L. Troy 1988 Mr. John Bilezikjian Mr. Scott A. Faulkner, CPA

Mr. William J. Metzger

Mr. Theodore W. Brackett Ms. Caitlin S. Flynn Mr. Peter J. Jurgens Mr. Jeremy R. Korytoski Mr. Eugeniu V. Miculet Mr. Pasquale H. Pio III Mrs. Stacy D. Sosa 2007 Mr. Joshua D. Binney Dr. Symin J. Charpentier Mr. Fernando de Zavala Carvajal

Mr. Andrew J. Ross

2008

1998

Mr. Andrew Robert Shea

Mrs. Kristina S. Guerin

Ms. Brigid M. Jurgens

Mr. William C. Martin

2009

1999

Mrs. Stephanie C. Firely

Ms. Naiya M. Cirillo Dr. Jonathan T. Insler 2000 Ms. Whitney E. Gallivan Mr. Christopher F. Jasinski Mr. Geoffrey A. LaMarche Mr. Andrew R. Willis

Mr. Patrick T. Agahigian Ms. Sarah E. Lyon Ms. Alessandra E. Mele 2010 Mr. William H. Bourgeois Mr. Trevor G. Moran Ms. Victoria C. Mordasky Ms. Stephanie T. Robbins

2001

Ms. Hannah K. Tanguay

Mr. Brian W. Juengst

2011

Mr. Demetri G. Tsolakis Ms. Susanne Elisabeth Wagoner

Ms. Bethany A. Lyon Ms. Sommer Mahoney

2002

Ms. Brooke K. Mele

Mr. Phillip B. Chesky

Mr. Matthew S. Pajak

Mr. Rand K. Silver

Mrs. Maureen A. Kelly Chesky

Ms. Jacqueline M. Smith

1989

2003

2012

Mr. Ming F. Chang

Ms. Julie Duffy

Ms. Teresa J. Kennedy

Mr. Mark S. Mizell

Mr. John A. Little

Mr. Todd R. Masnicki

Mr. Justin B. Woo

Mr. Tashfiq Mannan

Mr. Brian P. O’Connor

2004

Mr. Steven L. Ragnauth

Mr. Peter A. Reeves

2013

Mr. Daniel W. Staples

Mr. Wing Ho Chan

Ms. Xavierra Webb-Spann

Ms. Heather K. Little

Mr. Yong D. Kwon Mr. Thomas G. Prior

Ms. Mahsa Khanbabai, Esq.

Mr. Alan A. Orquiola Mr. Bradley L. Paster

Dr. Bonnie Faulkner Ryan

Mr. Jonathan L. Specter

Mr. Josef E. Martin, CPCU

1990

Mr. Jeremy Woo

Ms. Riley-Jane M. Marini

1983

Mr. Michael J. Dolahe

2005

Mr. Andrew D. Mordasky

Mr. Jeffrey P. Grandchamp

1991

Mr. Jeffrey D. Berselli

Mr. David L. Joyce

Mr. Michael C. DeNucci

Mr. Nicholas R. Clement

2014

Mr. Mathew J. Harrison

Mr. Jackson J. FrenchRobitaille

Mr. Benjamin D. Premo

Mr. Harrison Kroessler

Mr. William R. Lane Jr. Mrs. Jerilyn J. Paolino Mrs. Christine L. Pilch Mancini

Mr. Paul J. Sullivan 1992 Mr. Bryan A. Musa

Mr. Joshua T. Slater

Ms. Jessica J. Smith

2015 Mr. Andrew P. Faulstich Ms. Caroline O. Hancock Mr. Brian T. Kennedy Mr. Andrew J. Mele Ms. Katelyn A. Mercer Ms. Emily L. Moran Mr. Jacob J. Wood 2016 Mr. David H. Little Mr. Colin A. O’Brien 2017 Ms. Torey G. Bronson Mr. Cole W. Hansen Ms. Jordana B. Irzyk Ms. Emma M. Kindblom Mr. Peter Labbe

Ms. Kayla N. Mokwuah Mr. Edmund J. Morin

Mr. Paul E. Bloomfield & Ms. Sherri L. Krassin

Ms. Laya Nagireddy

Mr. William C. Bowie

Mr. Andrew D. Nagle

Mr. & Mrs. Andrew P. Boyko

Ms. Emily J. Nagle

Ms. Mi Kyung Byun

Mr. Loc H. Nguyen

Mr. & Mrs. Charles P. Carson

Ms. Christine R. Ochola

Mr. Song Chang &

Mr. Oghenemaro S. Oruerio

Mrs. Zhaoyan Liang

Mr. Jack V. Pagano

Mr. & Mrs. Joseph D. Cheria

Mr. Soo Young Park

Mr. & Mrs. Kevin L. Derose ’85

Mr. Won Geun Park

Mr. & Mrs. Patrice M. Dubois

Mr. Napat Pornmeechai

Mr. Chang-Chih Fang &

Ms. Korynna E. Rankin

Ms. Chi-Dai Lin

Ms. Tatiana E. Ravelli

Ms. Denise M. Galgano

Mr. SangHyun Seong

Mr. Russell C. Garrison &

Mr. Zion M. Setal

Dr. Natasha M. McKay

Mr. Oron R. Steingrub

Mr. & Mrs. Jason J. Godin

Ms. Emma Stoll

Mr. Xiaoyu Gong &

2018

Mr. Anthony P. Tivnan

Thank you to the following

Ms. Elda Urdaneta

Mr. & Mrs. Samuel J. Gourley

members of the Class of 2018

Mr. Ties L. van Haastrecht

Mr. Timothy P. Harrington ’73 &

for making their first gift to

Mr. Long Bao Vu

the Atlas Fund!

Ms. Addison E. Wakelin

Ms. Cloyette Harris-Stoute

Mr. Devonn M. Allen

Mr. Daniel J. Wesson

Mr. Bo Jiang & Ms. Ping Li

Ms. Rachel E. Wilson

Mr. Han Kim & Ms. Gyung A. Han

Mr. Ben Wisniewski

Mr. & Mrs. Alan W. Kulig

Ms. Yitian Zha

Ms. Michele A. LeMaitre

Ms. Yibo Zhang

Mr. & Mrs. Jian Liu

Mr. Yuhan Zhang

Mr. Yedong Liu & Mrs. Ling Hu

Mr. Tianyi Zhu

Mr. & Mrs. Richard H. Maynard

Mr. John V. Baker IV Mr. Vladimir I. Barshchuk Mr. Jared J. Besse Mr. Benjamin W. Bicknell Mr. Peter S. Bowie Ms. Luana O. Cavalca

Mr. Georgii Chichua Ms. Jade J. Chlapowski Ms. Olivia DeBaise Mr. Dylan A. Derose Ms. Yirui Dong Ms. Pin Hsin Fang Ms. Paula Fuentes Ms. Risa Fugetsu Ms. Alexandra E. Garrison Ms. Lin Gong Ms. Anh N. Ha Ms. Clara E. Harrington Mr. Gael O. Hernandez Ms. JiYeon Jang Ms. Insun Kim Mr. Jun Hee Kim Mr. Min Kyum Kim Ms. Shiyin Liu Mr. Wei Liu Mr. Christian Mercadante

Mrs. Anne P. Rutherford

Mr. Thomas J. McKenna &

Mr. Wenjun Chang Ms. Jiani Chen

Mrs. Honglei Duan

Ms. Tracey Chlapowski

Current Parents

Mr. & Mrs. Gabriel I. Mokwuah

Congratulations! Parents

Drs. David & Juliette Ochola

reached 43-percent participation

Mr. & Mrs. Jim Pagano

in the Annual Fund, more than

Mr. & Mrs. Peter A. Picknelly Jr. ’77

doubling what they did last year.

Mr. Massimo E. Ravelli &

Thank you to all the Wilbraham

Dr. Sandy B. Ravelli

Mr. & Mrs. David L. Nagle

& Monson Academy parents

Mrs. Julie A. Russell

who participated in the “Show

Dr. Jay S. Steingrub &

Your Love’ Challenge that ran through the month of February.

Dr. Milagros C. Rosal Mr. & Mrs. Brian Towle Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Adam P. VanVoorhis ’94

2018

Mr. & Mrs. John C. Wakelin

Anonymous

Mr. Zhizhong Zha &

Mr. & Mrs. John A. Arnieri Mrs. Jin Hee Bae Ms. Dawn Baker Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan F. Besse Mr. & Mrs. Allen S. Bicknell

Ms. Yiling Wang Mr. Hong Zhang & Mrs. Qunfeng Xu

2019

Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan F. Besse

Anonymous

Mr. Paul E. Bloomfield &

Mr. & Mrs. Paulo C. Baltazar

Ms. Sherri L. Krassin

Mr. & Mrs. Perry Dulude Mr. & Mrs. Benjamin S. Ferris Ms. Pamela Fullerton Mr. & Mrs. Hakim L. Hernandez Mr. & Mrs. Michael Hoag Mr. Doug S. Hutcheson & Ms. Margaret Lenihan Hutcheson Mr. & Ms. Shinichiro Ishikawa Mr. & Mrs. Harley Johnson

Mr. & Mrs. Jeffery L. Caro Mr. & Mrs. John P. Casey Mr. & Mrs. Pierre A. Catellier Mr. & Mrs. Peter M. Cote Mr. & Mrs. William Crocker Mr. & Mrs. Christopher Donahue Mr. Jinzhuan Du & Ms. Wenge Feng Mr. Joseph D. Eadie &

Mr. Hyunwook Kang &

Atty. Patti G. Glenn-Eadie

Ms. Mija Seo

Mr. & Mrs. Edmond Etti

Mr. & Mrs. Bryan S. Kantor

Ms. Jennifer Fafard

Mr. & Mrs. David W. Kelley

Mr. Russell C. Garrison &

Mr. & Mrs. Patrick J. Kendall

Dr. Natasha M. McKay

Mr. Eung Ju Kim &

Mr. & Mrs. Jason J. Godin

Mrs. Gyoung Won Yun

Mr. & Mrs. James M. Gouin

Mr. Craig B. Klosk &

Mr. Wen-Pin Huang &

Ms. Patricia I. Kallett

Ms. Fu-Mei Tang

Dr. Aaron D. Kugelmass &

Mr. Darrell Jones &

Mrs. Karen E. Ambrose

Mrs. Ann McMikel

Mr. & Mrs. Alan W. Kulig

Mr. & Mrs. Seokho Kang

Mr. & Mrs. Paul Labbe

Mr. Hyunwook Kang &

Mr. & Mrs. Patrick J. Lacey Mr. Son A. Le & Ms. Ha T. Nguyen Ms. Joanna Reinstein

Ms. Mija Seo Mr. & Mrs. Timothy P. Kenny Mr. Guofeng Li &

Mr. James F. Rivernider &

Mrs. Huiping Zhang

Ms. Patrice A. Lagrant Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey A. Robinson Drs. Doug & Erin Salvador

Mr. & Mrs. John M. Lynch Ms. Megan A. Motyka Mr. Ismet Muftuoglu &

Dr. & Mrs. Siva P. Sivakumar Mr. Juan Pablo Soriano Corral & Mrs. Monica Fernandez

Ms. Aysegul Soyturk Mr. & Mrs. John W. Murphy Dr. Christopher N. Otis &

Lopez de Uribe Dr. & Mrs. Nicholas T. Spellman Mr. & Mrs. Joseph H. Torras Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Rick Ulmer Mr. Jin Wang & Ms. Xiangbing Luo Mr. & Mrs. Henry Whitlock

Dr. Roxanne R. Florence Mr. David H. Otte & Mrs. Audrey Blake Otte Mr. Wenxue Pan & Ms. Xin Sun Ms. Mary J. Picknelly Rep. & Mrs. Angelo J. Puppolo Jr.

Mr. & Mrs. Seth M. Wilson Mr. & Mrs. Peter M. Woodbury Mr. Youzhi Xu & Mrs. Xia Wang Mr. Feng Yan & Ms. Jie Gao

Mr. & Mrs. Michael D. Reed Mr. & Mrs. Manuel Rivera Dr. Barry M. Rodstein & Ms. Yoshie Yamagishi

Mr. Zhiyou Zhang &

Mr. & Mrs. James H. Shaw

Mrs. Jianhua Qi

Mr. Daniel C. Sweeney & Dr. Michele Miranda

2020

Mr. & Mrs. John W. Tarbell

Mr. & Mrs. James Adams

Ms. Jennifer A. Thorn

Mr. & Mrs. Darvin Anderson

Mr. Deheng Xie & Mrs. Fengli Liu

Anonymous Mr. & Mrs. Edward J. Barkett II

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Mr. Shaoxin Xu & Mrs. Xiaowen Zeng Mr. Jingping Yang Mr. Xiang Yu & Mrs. Lili Fu

Mr. & Mrs. William M. Mulderig

Mr. & Mrs. Alfred Anyia

Dr. & Mrs. Lawrence H. Goodman

Mr. & Mrs. Erik M. Kindblom

Ms. Tanika M. Patterson

Mr. & Mrs. John A. Arnieri

Dr. Barbara J. Gordon &

Mr. & Mrs. John M. Kirwan

Mr. Qimin Qian &

Mrs. Dorothy J. Bachtold

Mr. David J. Gordon

Ms. Fenrong Miao

Mrs. Judith A. Knapp

Mr. & Mrs. Paulo C. Baltazar

Mr. & Mrs. Samuel J. Gourley

Mr. Deyun Kong & Mrs. Xu Sun

Mr. Patrik Zindel

Mr. & Mrs. Seth M. Wilson

Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence E. Bater

Dr. & Mrs. Richard A. Greene

Mr. & Mrs. Steven A. Kressler

2021

Mr. & Mrs. John M. Zebrowski

Mr. & Mrs. Henrique Dal Corso

Mr. & Mrs. Laurent R. Grenier

Ms. Jillair Kubish

Mr. & Mrs. Paulo C. Baltazar

2023

Mrs. Robert W. Griffin

Dr. Aaron D. Kugelmass &

Lt. & Mrs. Lawrence Biondo

Mr. & Mrs. Shane Bravetti

Mr. Jonathan W. Brook &

Ms. Angela Cosenzi

Mrs. Marvina Lowry-Brook Mr. & Mrs. Kevin L. Derose ’85

Mr. Alphonso Esposito III & Mrs. Jayne Jewell

Mr. & Mrs. Thomas M. Dineen

Mr. & Mrs. Michael Ford

Mr. & Mrs. Patrice M. Dubois

Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Fox Sr.

Mr. Ngoc Duc Duong &

Mr. & Mrs. James M. Gouin

Mrs. Hong Thanh T. Lam Mr. Joseph D. Eadie & Atty. Patti G. Glenn-Eadie

Mr. Yan Hai & Mrs. Jiandong Han Mr. & Mrs. Jay A. Hambley Mr. & Mrs. Richard B. Harris

Mr. & Mrs. Edmond Etti

Mr. & Mrs. Craig M. Healy

Mr. & Mrs. Mark Feeley

Ms. Kelly McLellan-Swanson

Mr. & Mrs. Russell B. Held

Ms. Megan A. Motyka

Mr. & Mrs. Shawn Hemingway

Dr. Ricardo Mujica &

Mr. & Mrs. Harley Johnson Mr. & Mrs. Erik M. Kindblom Mr. Son A. Le & Ms. Ha T. Nguyen

Dr. Ana M. Castrillon Mr. Gregory C. Osakwe & Dr. Ibitoro Osakwe

Mr. Xijian Li

Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey A. Robinson

Mr. Hongyun Liu & Mrs. Xin Wan

Mr. & Mrs. Joe A. Salvador

Mr. Taifeng Lu & Mrs. Tao Chen

Mr. & Mrs. Seth N. Stratton

Mr. Kelley J. McCormick ’84 &

Mr. Walter G. Swanson II

Mrs. Kim Christensen

Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth M. Vedovelli

McCormick

2024

Mr. Allen J. Miles III Ms. Rehema Namubiru Mr. & Mrs. Luke R. Pelletier Ms. Elisabeth A. Perenick Mr. & Mrs. Peter A. Picknelly Jr. ’77 Dr. and Mrs. Jonathan Sudol Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey R. Vartabedian Mr. & Mrs. Ning Wang Mr. & Mrs. Stuart F. Whitcomb

Mr. & Mrs. James Dunbar Mr. & Mrs. Michael H. Dziura Mr. & Mrs. Richard B. Harris Mr. & Mrs. Michael C. Mannix Ms. Kelly McLellan-Swanson Mr. Walter G. Swanson II Ms. Jennifer A. Thorn Mr. Robert S. Geoghegan & Ms. Valeri E. Wallace

2022 Ms. Angela Cosenzi Mr. & Mrs. Benjamin S. Ferris

alumni Parents

Mrs. Kelly F. Gilmartin Mr. Mark A. Girhiny

Dr. & Mrs. David D. Agahigian

Mrs. Tina L. Girhiny

Mr. Khaled S. Alhuwayrini &

Mr. & Mrs. Scott Grodsky

Ms. Hanan Al Braini

Mr. & Mrs. John J. Holik

Mr. Eric W. Anderson

Mr. Yun Liang & Ms. Li Jia

Mr. & Mrs. Vladimir N.

Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Lloyd Mr. John Lombard & Ms. Lilly Lombard Mr. & Mrs. Peter E. Miccoli Sr.

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Andreychuk Anonymous Mr. & Mrs. Frank G. Antonacci Mr. & Mrs. Gerald Antonacci

Becker Herbstrith Roos Dr. & Mrs. Glenn D.

Mrs. Ligia P. Guerin

Mrs. Karen E. Ambrose

Mrs. Janet Hale

Mr. & Mrs. Alan W. Kulig

Mr. Jeffrey B. Berselli ’68M

Ms. Ellen M. Hancock

Mr. & Mrs. Paul Labbe

Mr. & Mrs. Allen S. Bicknell

Dr. Robert W. Hansen &

Mr. & Mrs. James A. Lagomarsino

Benson-Lewis

Mr. & Mrs. Richard D. Bourgeois Mr. Jonathan W. Brook & Mrs. Marvina Lowry-Brook Dr. & Mrs. John J. Burke Ms. Mi Kyung Byun

Mrs. Deborah A. Powell Mr. & Mrs. Glenn R. Hanson

Ms. Myungja Seo

Mr. Richard J. Harrington Sr. ’60M

Mr. & Mrs. Yniong Lee

Mr. Timothy P. Harrington ’73 &

Mr. & Mrs. Karl Lennon

Mrs. Anne P. Rutherford

Mr. & Mrs. David J. Callahan

Mr. & Mrs. Dale Henry

Mr. & Mrs. Christopher L.

Mr. William S. Ho &

Carlotto

Mr. Doosoon Lee &

Ms. Annis C. Chan

Mr. & Mrs. Robert F. Little Mr. Mark S. Lyon & Mrs. Anne S. Redman-Lyon Mrs. Colleen Mahoney

Mr. & Mrs. Charles P. Carson

Mr. & Mrs. Allen Hsiao

Mr. & Mrs. Frank S. Mancuso Jr.

Mr. Dario Cattadori &

Mr. Yu Jen Hsiao &

Mr. Cunguang Mao &

Mrs. Marlise Bertoni

Mrs. Hsin Yi Huang

Mrs. Beibei Yu

Mr. & Mrs. Seung Jae Chyun ’75

Mrs. Charlene L. Hulten

Mr. & Mrs. Steven P. Marcus

Mr. & Mrs. Gregory J. Clewes

Mr. Reese Hutchison &

Mr. & Mrs. Timothy J. Marini

Mrs. Elaine Kaiser

Mr. Ronald P. Masnicki ’57M

Mr. Marco Codenotti & Ms. Chiara Nava Mr. Donald J. Collins ’60M Mr. & Mrs. Carl A. Conlon

Mr. & Mrs. Frederick M. Insler

Mr. & Mrs. Andrew P. Mele

Mr. James Irzyk &

Mr. & Mrs. Peter E. Miccoli Sr.

Ms. Jody L. Abzug

Mr. Allen J. Miles III

Mr. Gary Cook

Mr. & Mrs. Peter B. Izyk

Mr. & Mrs. Brian Millerick

Mr. Charles D. D’Avanzo

Mr. & Mrs. Christopher J. Jalbert

Mr. Francis R. Mitchell ’66W

Mr. Van Gothner &

Mr. & Mrs. Andrew T. Jessup

Mrs. Heannavy T. Mompho

Mr. & Mrs. James S. Jurgens

Ms. Maria-Rallou T. Moore

Ms. Fabia Devia

Mr. & Mrs. Thomas J. Kalil

Mr. & Mrs. Peter J. Moran

Mr. & Mrs. Jeroen Diderich

Mr. & Mrs. Kevin J. Kane

Dr. & Mrs. David M. Mordasky

Dr. Tian-jia Dong &

Mr. Seoung Wan Kang &

Mr. & Mrs. David L. Nagle

Ms. Elizabeth A. Davison

Dr. Dongxiao Qin

Ms. Eunjin Cha

Mr. Phiet The Ngo & Ms. Le Thi Tran

Mr. Richard G. Dooley

Mr. & Mrs. Bryan S. Kantor

Mr. & Mrs. Laurence D. Ely III

Dr. David R. Kelley ’70M

Mr. & Mrs. Donald J. Nicholson ’79

Mr. & Mrs. Edmond Etti

Mr. & Mrs. David W. Kelley

Drs. David & Juliette Ochola

Mr. & Mrs. Bob Fallon

Mr. Donald E. Kelly

Mr. & Mrs. Richard J. O’Donnell ’80

Mr. & Ms. Guoyong Fan

Mr. & Mrs. Patrick J. Kendall

Mr. John R. O’Reilly &

Mr. Robert G. Faulkner Sr. ’53W

Mr. & Mrs. Timothy P. Kenny

Mr. & Mrs. Don Faulstick

Mr. Bashir Khan &

Mr. Michael J. Flynn Mr. & Mrs. David Fortin Mr. Gabilondo Viqjeira & Mrs. Ana Isabel Camara Eguiwua Mr. & Mrs. Richard M. Gallivan Ms. Kate A. Gaw Mr. & Mrs. William J. Giokas Mr. & Mrs. Michael W. Glabicky Mr. & Mrs. Eddie Gomez

Mrs. Mamtaj Khanam Dr. Hee Sup Kim & Dr. Eunhwa Choi

Ms. Ann Rick Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. Osmond Dr. Young Park & Mrs. Hye Jung Yang Mr. Daniel F. Pawling Sr.

Ambassador Hyun Kim ’77

Mr. & Mrs. Roger Pell

Mr. Jin Kyu Kim &

Mr. & Mrs. Luke R. Pelletier

Mrs. Seung Eun Lee Mr. KyungHo Kim & Mrs. Jiwoon Woo Mrs. Sheena Kim

Mrs. Diane Peters Mr. Charles A. Pettee ’57W Mr. & Mrs. Peter A. Picknelly Jr. Mr. & Mrs. William L. Pinkston III

Mr. & Mrs. Craig A. Platt

Mr. & Mrs. Verner Drohan

Mr. Charles D. D’Avanzo

Mr. William Donald Rosenbeck

Mr. & Mrs. Timothy E. Poole

Mr. & Mrs. L. Michael

Mrs. Fabienne O. Dubois

Mrs. Theodora Ryan

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Ms. Karen Dufresne

Mrs. Sandi M. Scott

Mr. & Mrs. David A. Premo

Mr. & Mrs. Ronald S. Izyk

Mrs. Elyse M. Dunbar

Mr. Clark Seibold

Dr. & Mrs. Thomas F. Race

Mr. & Mrs. Donald M. Joffray ’46W

Mr. & Mrs. Michael H. Dziura

Mr. Andrew Robert Shea

Mr. & Mrs. David A. Reeves

Ms. Kathleen Macomber

Mr. Brian P. Easler

Ms. Tess Simpson

Mr. & Mrs. Robert Reilly

Mr. & Mrs. Michael C. Mannix

Mr. Mark A. Fischer

Ms. Caroline T. Smith

Dr. Tina Render & Ms. Sue Dacey

Mr. George J. Murray ’55M

Ms. Elizabeth A. Fontaine Squindo

Mrs. Jocelyn G. Smith

Mr. John T. Risley

Mr. John R. Payne Jr. ’62W

Ms. Cora C. Gauvin

Mrs. Stacy D. Sosa ’06

Mr. & Mrs. Alan S. Robertson

Ms. Katherine A. Reilly

Ms. Kate A. Gaw

Mr. Nicholas Stafford

Mrs. Linda S. Robinson

Mr. & Mrs. Donald B. Robitaille

Mrs. Virginia C. Giokas

Mrs. Wendy Staples

Mrs. Sandra H. Ross

Mr. & Mrs. Gary E. Wendlandt

Mrs. Tina L. Girhiny

Dr. John Strauss

Lt. Col. Stephen M. Rusiecki ’80

Mr. & Mrs. Scott H. Willson ’55W

Mr. James M. Gouin

Mr. Walter G. Swanson II

Mr. Stanley H. Rutstein

Mr. James Withall

Mr. Timothy P. Harrington ’73

Ms. Kimberly Therieau

Mr. Russell B. Held

Mr. Sean T. Valentine

Ms. DawnMarie Hines

Mr. Jeffrey R. Vartabedian

Mrs. Gayle W. Hsiao

Mrs. Paula Vedovelli

Mr. Doug S. Hutcheson & Ms.

Mrs. Sarah E. Wakelin

Mrs. Jerilyn J. Paolino ’83

Ms. Valeri E. Wallace

Mr. Gary L. Provost

Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey R. Power Jr.

Mrs. Cara A. Sabatino Mr. & Mrs. Francesco Saltarelli

Gatzkiewicz

alumni spouses

Kevin E. Schmidt, M.D. & Mary E. King, M.D.

Anonymous

Margaret Lenihan Hutcheson

countries &

states

Mrs. Sandi M. Scott

Ms. Elizabeth Bayless

Mr. & Mrs. David K. Sherman

Mrs. Carol J. Googins

Mr. Thomas Iannacone

Mr. Greg Walsh

Mrs. Linda S. Robinson

Mr. Edward W. Shore Jr. ’48W

Mrs. Linda B. Griffin

Mr. James Irzyk

Dr. Charles B. Warden Jr.

Mrs. Kathleen A. Sherman

Dr. & Ms. Siva P. Sivakumar

Mrs. Janet Hale

Mrs. Lisa C. Jalbert

Mr. William E. Wells

Mr. Richard R. Smith

Ms. Caroline T. Smith

Mrs. Judith B. Hale

Mr. Anthony Kandel

Ms. Erika M. Whipple

Mr. Michael J. Thompson

Mr. & Mrs. Donald R. Smith

Mrs. Linda Hennessey

Mr. Kevin J. Kane

Mr. Stuart F. Whitcomb

Mrs. Julia Washburn

Mr. & Mrs. Garrett P. Smith

Mrs. Betty Lou Hodgman

Mrs. Staci L. Kelley

Mr. Nathan White

Mr. Frederick D. Watts

Mr. Frederick Spann &

Mrs. Ellen J. McCray

Mr. Donald E. Kelly

Ms. Lucie Ziemba

Mr. Herbert W. Wilkinson III ’61M

Mrs. Margaret M. Mitchell

Mr. Walter P. Kiczko

Dr. & Mrs. Anthony G. Spartos

Mrs. Kathryn Phillips

Mr. & Mrs. Erik M. Kindblom

Mr. & Mrs. Michael P. Stolpinski

Mrs. Jane N. Putnam

Mr. Brian P. Lautenschleger

Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Stuer

Mrs. Linda E. Swift

Mrs. Jeanine M. Little

Ms. A. Jacquetta Webb-Spann

Mr. & Mrs. Gilles J. Tanguay Mr. & Mrs. Joshua Taylor Jr.

faculty & staff

Mr. Thomas R. Toman

Mr. Stoddard M. Wilson

former faculty & staff

friends

Mr. John Lombard

Mr. Thomas P. Addicks

Ms. Kimberly Amsden Cone

Mr. Michael MacDonald

Mr. Philip G. Anton ’75

Ms. Jennifer Bowman

Ms. Elizabeth MacLauchlan

Mr. Phillip J. Cardone

Mr. & Mrs. Matthew M. Burke

Mr. & Mrs. Reinaldo Trindade

Mr. T. Mark Aimone

Ms. Sommer Mahoney ’11

Mr. and Mrs. Anthony L. Carey

Mr. & Mrs. Douglas E. Cooper

Mrs. Mary Van Leeuwen

Anonymous

Mrs. Doreen M. Majka

Mrs. Priscilla Carter

Ms. Mary Ellen Costa

Mr. & Mrs. Adam P. VanVoorhis

Mrs. Maryann Asta-Ferrero

Mr. Michael C. Mannix

Ms. Christina J. Cronin, CFRE

Mr. & Mrs. Bert Davison

Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth M. Vedovelli

Mrs. Sarah Bateman

Mr. Gary K Marshall

Mr. Stanley L. Fri

Mr. & Mrs. Richard Formica Sr.

Mr. & Mrs. John P. Venditti

Mr. David Belsky

Mrs. Heannavy T. Mompho

Mr. Peter O. Frisch

Ms. Barbara Godard

Mr. & Mrs. Wayne E. Walton

Ms. Roseanne Bianchi

Mr. Daniel M. Moran

Mr. Frank Fritts

Mr. & Mrs. Bernard T. Gorman

Mr. & Mrs. Xinming Wang

Mr. Allen S. Bicknell

Mrs. Janet L. Murphy

Mr. Richard P. Goldman

Mr. & Mrs. David Griggs

Mr. & Mrs. Peter M. Waszkis

Mr. Paul E. Bloomfield &

Mr. Donald J. Nicholson ’79

Dr. Kathleen M. Gorski

Mr. Robert Grove

Mr. & Mrs. William E. Wells

Ms. Sherri L. Krassin

Mrs. Kristin M. Oldham

Mrs. Linda B. Griffin

Mr. & Mrs. Robert T. Hale Jr.

Mr. & Mrs. Martin R. Wright

Mr. John F. Boozang

Ms. Heidi Ostendarp

Mr. Allen Hsiao

Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Howlett

Mr. Zizhen Zhang & Mrs. Ji Li

Mrs. Marvina Lowry-Brook

Mr. William H. Passy

Mr. Skip Jarocki

Mr. & Mrs. Leverett M. Hubbard Jr.

Mr. Durelle Brown

Mr. Luke R. Pelletier

Mrs. Catherine M. Jurgens

Mrs. Elizabeth Kendall

Ms. Kristen Casey

Dr. Marxan E. Pescetta

Ms. Teresa J. Kennedy ’12

Mr. Michael J. Lavelle &

Ms. Meaghan I. Cavanaugh

Ms. Linda Pietras

Mr. James A. Lagomarsino

Mrs. Maureen A. Kelly Chesky ’02

Mrs. Rosemarie B. Power

Mrs. Bertha P. Lak

Ms. Lorraine M. Lis

Mrs. Patricia H. Ambrose

Ms. Gail Chesworth-Taylor

Mr. Todd Regnier

Mrs. Bonnie R.Mannix

Mrs. Lenita C. McCallum

Mr. & Mrs. Phillip J. Cardone

Mrs. Barbara A. Conlon

Ms. Melody Rivera

Mr. Martin D. McNamara

Mr. & Mrs. Frank Carrazza

Mr. Gary Cook

Mrs. Christa X. Robinson

Mr. Steven K. Miller ’65W

Mr. Robert C. McCray Jr.

Mr. Richard G. Dooley

Mrs. Amy Crocker

Mrs. Jessica Rohan

Ms. Nancy W. Naftulin

Mr. Elmer J. McMahon

Grandparents & Alumni Grandparents

Ms. Susan Buckley

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departments: annual report

Mr. Thomas M. McNamara Mr. Brendan Morris Mr. John S. Murphy & Mrs. Patricia McGranaghan Murphy

Community Connections Foundation Inc. Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts

Mr. John Nichols

The David B. & Edward C.

Mrs. Linda Ruby

Goodstein Foundation

Ms. Mya Sciabarrasi Ms. Susan Shaffer Mr. & Mrs. Thomas B. Sheehan Mr. Stoughton L. Smead

Doherty, Wallace, Pillsbury and Murphy, P.C. E.J. Villamaino Paving & Landscaping Co.

Mr. Brian P. Easler & Dr. Stephanie J. Easler Mr. Alphonso Esposito III & Mrs. Jayne Jewell Ms. Denise M. Galgano Mr. Russell C. Garrison & Dr. Natasha M. McKay Mr. & Mrs. Jason J. Godin Dr. Kathleen M. Gorski Mr. Timothy P. Harrington ’73 & Mrs. Anne P. Rutherford

John L. Nepomuceno Prize Fund Mr. Ming F. Chang ’89

Mr. William C. Bowie

Family Faculty Sabbatical Travel

Mr. Richard B. Brigham ’52

Supplemental Fund

Mr. Richard D. Carreno ’65

Mr. & Mrs. Leverett M. Hubbard Jr.

Mr. Michael Clarke ’58

Margaret Steiger Memorial

Mr. Robert Grove

Scholarship Fund Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts

East Coast Contracting LLC

Mr. Steven Tremblay

Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund

Mr. Michael Hoag

Markell & Monson Class of

Ms. Kimberly Tsatsarones

GCD Insurance Consultants

Mr. & Mrs. Christopher J. Jalbert

1898 Award

Ms. Jennifer Tuleja

The Kula Foundation

Mr. & Mrs. Alimamy Kamara

Mr. & Mrs. Gary E. Wendlandt

Lynn Travel Inc.

Mr. Craig B. Klosk &

Ms. Ericka Y. Williams

Maine Community Foundation

Mrs. Jan R. Ziter

National Wine & Spirits Corporation

Matching Gift

NRA Foundation Inc. The Sack Foundation Inc. Salem Cross Inn Inc.

If your employer matches

Schwab Charitable Fund

charitable contributions, please

Smith & Wesson Corp.

consider submitting a match

Specter Perpetual

request for your gift to WMA. Archie D. & Bertha H. Walker Foundation BAE Systems Matching Gifts Barings Real Estate Advisers The Chubb Corporation ConocoPhillips Company

Charitable Trust

MassMutual Financial Group New York Life Foundation PNC Travelers Group Verisk Analytics

A. Simos & Co. Allied Flooring & Paint Alpha Oil Company Andrew Associates Anonymous Antonacci Family Foundation Chase Glass & Allied Products Inc.

Kim Christensen McCormick Mr. Ismet Muftuoglu & Ms. Aysegul Soyturk Dr. Ricardo Mujica & Dr. Ana Castrillon Mr. David H. Otte & Mrs. Audrey Blake Otte

Mrs. Ruth M. Remick Mr. & Mrs. Donald J. Collins ’60M Paul Beach Godard Prize Ms. Barbara Godard Robert T. Hale ’55W Scholarship Fund Mrs. Judith B. Hale Mr. & Mrs. Robert T. Hale Jr.

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Dr. David R. Kelley ’70 Mr. & Mrs. Robert F. Little Mrs. Heannavy Mompho Mr. & Mrs. Peter J. Moran Mr. Edward S. Schwerdtle II ’52 Mr. John M. Zebrowski

In Honor of . . .

In Honor of Mr. Oscar Altman In Honor of Mrs. Rose Altman Mr. & Mrs. Harley Johnson In Honor of Mr. Giovanni Biondo ’21

Mrs. Elizabeth Kendall

Lt. & Mrs. Lawrence Biondo

Sarrouf Family Scholarship

In Honor of Mrs. Marcia Biondo

Mr. Camille F. Sarrouf ’51W

Lt. & Mrs. Lawrence Biondo

The United Methodist

Dr. & Mrs. Nicholas T. Spellman

The Albert Winslow

In Honor of Ms. Emily J. Carson ’15

Foundation of New England Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program West Central Family & Counseling Ltd.

Named Fund Donors Full descriptions of each Named Fund may be found on our website.

Antonacci Family Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Frank G. Antonacci Mr. & Mrs. Gerald Antonacci Mrs. Marianne Antonacci Capital Projects Fund The Estate of Mrs. Diane Peters Mr. William R. Faulkner Jr. ’57W Discretionary Library Fund Lt. & Mrs. Lawrence Biondo Mr. & Mrs. John P. Casey Mr. & Mrs. Perry Dulude

Mr. & Mrs. Joseph H. Torras

Dodge ’32W Arboricultural

In Honor of Mr. Michael W. Carson ’18

Dr. George E. Rogers Scholar

Endowment

Athlete Award

Mr. A. Winslow Dodge ’58W

Mr. & Mrs. Charles P. Carson

Mr. Donald J. Collins ’60M

The Francis M. Austin Jr. ’46

In Honor of Ms. Claire S. Casey ’20

Eveline Barber Award

Scholarship Fund

Mr. & Mrs. John P. Casey

The United Methodist

Schwab Charitable Fund

In Honor of Mr. Gary F. Cook

Foundation of New England Francis Michael Casey Fund Mrs. Marilyn S. Clark ’84 Fred and Evelyn Ziter Faculty Dr. Fred M. Ziter Jr. ’54W George D. Morrow Scholarship Dr. David L. Brown ’64M & Mrs. Ruth M. Remick Mr. Robert C. McCray Jr. Henry Wesley and Ruth Benton Scholarship Fund Dr. David L. Brown ’64M & Mrs. Ruth M. Remick Mr. Donald J. Collins ’60M Hubbard Plymouth Exchange Mr. & Mrs. Leverett M. Hubbard Jr.

Mr. Francis M. Austin Jr. ’46W & Ms. Virginia Weldon The Parker Hodgman ’55M Memorial Scholarship Fund Mrs. Betty Lou Hodgman The Phil and Cecelie Cardone Scholarship Fund Mr. & Mrs. Phillip J. Cardone Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts The Phil and Florence Shaw Scholarship Fund Ms. Susan Shaffer Dr. Paul I. Kingsbury ’53W Mr. Stacey H. Widdicombe III ’70W The Sandy Bayless ’68W Memorial Scholarship Fund Ms. Elizabeth Bayless

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Mr. & Mrs. Leverett M. Hubbard Jr.

Dr. & Ms. Siva P. Sivakumar

Antonacci Family Scholarship

Foundations & Corporations

Mr. Kelley J. McCormick & Mrs.

Dr. David L. Brown ’64M &

Mr. Richard J. Harrington Sr. ’60

Stoltze Design

ExxonMobil Foundation, Inc. IBM International Foundation

Mr. Brian Kriftcher

Mr. Lewis W. Birmingham ’60

Leverett Marsden Hubbard Sr.

Mr. & Mrs. Philip R. Standel

Ms. Patricia I. Kallett

Gifts in Kind

Mr. Patrick T. Agahigian ’09 Mr. Robert A. McElaney ’85 In Honor of Ms. Hong Linh Duong ’21 Mr. Ngoc Duc Duong & Mrs. Hong Thanh T. Lam In Honor of Mr. Nickolis Dulude ’19 Mr. & Mrs. Perry Dulude In Honor of Mr. Aidan Esposito ’23 Mr. Alphonso Esposito III & Mrs. Jayne Jewell In Honor of Mr. Peter Galgano ’18 Ms. Denise M. Galgano

In Honor of Ms. Alexandra E. Garrison ’18 In Honor of Mr. Liam L. Garrison ’20 Mr. Russell C. Garrison & Dr. Natasha M. McKay In Honor of Ms. Sally F. Geoghegan ’24 Mr. Robert S. Geoghegan & Ms. Valeri E. Wallace In Honor of Mr. Jake E. Girhiny ’22 Mr. Mark A. Girhiny In Honor of Ms. Haley K. Godin ’18 In Honor of Mr. John C. Godin ’20 Mr. & Mrs. Jason J. Godin In Honor of Mr. Samuel B. Greene ’06 Dr. & Mrs. Richard A. Greene In Honor of Ms. Clara E. Harrington ’18 In Honor of Ms. Margaret M. Harrington ’15 In Honor of Ms. Nora P. Harrington ’13 Mr. Timothy P. Harrington ’73 & Mrs. Anne P. Rutherford In Honor of Mr. Timothy P. Harrington ’73 Mr. Patrick T. Agahigian ’09 In Honor of Ms. Katharine M. Hoag ’19

In Honor of Mr. William P. Kenny ’20 Mr. & Mrs. Scott H. Willson In Honor of Mr. Erik M. Kindblom Mr. Patrick T. Agahigian ’09 In Honor of Mr. Daniel R. Klosk ’19 Mr. Craig B. Klosk & Ms. Patricia I. Kallett In Honor of Mr. David A. Kulig ’18 In Honor of Mr. Rhys A. Kulig ’17

In Honor of Mr. Gregory L. Large ’15 Ms. Jennifer Bowman In Honor of Mr. Joseph W. Mazeika III ’73 Mr. Robert A. McElaney ’85 In Honor of Mr. Ryan McCormick ’21

Mr. Patrick T. Agahigian ’09 Mr. & Mrs. Gregory J. Clewes In Honor of Mr. Arthur Kelley Jr. Mr. William L. Gage ’71

Spellman ’19

Harrington Mr. Peter F. Harrington ’72

In Honor of Ms. Anna-Lise M.

In Memory of Mr. Thory Heye ’66W

Torras ’19 Mr. & Mrs. Joseph H. Torras Jr.

Mr. & Mrs. Harley Johnson In Honor of Mr. Ruben Withall Mr. & Mrs. Harley Johnson In Honor of Ms. Anja Isabelle Zindel ’20 Mr. Patrik Zindel

Kim Christensen McCormick In Honor of Mr. Gabriel R. Mujica ’23 Dr. Ricardo Mujica & Dr. Ana M. Castrillon In Honor of Mr. Liam J. Murphy ’20

In Memory of . . .

In Memory of Mr. Gary R. Beauchamp ’78 Mr. Jeffrey F. Bonk ’78 Mr. R. Timothy McBride ’78

Ms. Kimberly Tsatsarones Ms. Ericka Y. Williams

Hughes

Peters ’78

Jessup ’87 Mr. & Mrs. Andrew T. Jessup

In Memory of Mr. Richard B. Phillips ’63W

In Memory of Mrs. Jane Kelly Mr. Charles D. D’Avanzo

Mrs. Kathryn Phillips

In Memory of Mr. Richard E.

In Memory of Mr. Robert S. Putnam ’48W

LaFond ’60M Mrs. Priscilla N. Martin

Mrs. Jane N. Putnam

In Memory of Mr. Robert L.

In Memory of Mr. Michael J. Scanlon ’65M

Lord ’60M Mr. Jon S. Florio ’60

Mr. Edward T. Heffernan ’64M

In Memory of Mr. Walter G.

In Memory of Mr. Donald Smith ’64 Mrs. Janet L. Murphy

Mattern Jr.

In Memory of Mr. George D.

In Memory of Mr. Robert C.

In Honor of Mr. Peter L. Nagle ’14 Mr. & Mrs. David L. Nagle In Honor of Mr. Donald J. Nicholson ’79

Otte ’20 Mr. David H. Otte & Mrs. Audrey Blake Otte In Honor of Mr. Michael M. Renfroe ’08 Mr. & Mrs. Peter Rosemond In Honor of Mr. John Perry Dr. Brett R. Zalkan ’83

Mr. & Mrs. Michael W. Glabicky Mrs. Janet Hale Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Howlett Mr. & Mrs. Ronald S. Izyk Mr. John Nichols In Memory of Mr. Paul M. Calcasola ’85 Mr. Robert A. McElaney ’85 In Memory of Mrs. Lori Chesky Dr. Symin J. Charpentier ’07 Mr. & Mrs. Patrick J. Lacey Ms. Riley-Jane M. Marini ’13 Ms. Caroline T. Smith In Memory of Dr. Kathleen M. Gorski Mr. & Mrs. William J. Giokas Ms. DawnMarie Hines Mr. & Mrs. Patrick J. Lacey Ms. Caroline T. Smith Mr. & Mrs. Stuart F. Whitcomb Mr. Durelle Brown

In Memory of Ms. Kimberly S. Mrs. Diane Peters

In Honor of Mr. Emre

Ms. Aysegul Soyturk

Mrs. Anne P. Rutherford

In Memory of Mr. Samuel J.

Rev. Darius A. Mojallali ’70W

Mr. Ismet Muftuoglu &

Mr. Timothy P. Harrington ’73 & Ms. Mya Sciabarrasi

Mr. Scott Seaman ’78 Bonsall ’79

Mr. & Mrs. Andrew P. Mele

Mr. & Mrs.Douglas E. Cooper

Mr. & Mrs. John W. Murphy Myuftyuoglu ’20

Mr. & Mrs. Richard Formica Sr. Mr. Brendan Morris

Dr. & Mrs. Nicholas T. Spellman

Mr. Kelley J. McCormick & Mrs.

In Honor of Mr. Alexander B.

In Honor of Mr. Donald E. Kelly

In Memory of Mr. Cornelius D.

In Memory of Lt. Timothy D.

In Honor of Mr. Pierry Joseph ’19

Mr. & Mrs. Alimamy Kamara

In Honor of Mr. Nicholas A.

Ms. Marylou Fabbo

In Honor of Mrs. Kathryn Withall

Mr. Robert A. McElaney ’85

In Honor of Mr. Khalil Kamara ’20

Mr. Robert D. Handel ’71W

Mr. Richard J. Harrington Sr. ’60M

Mr. & Mrs. Christopher J. Jalbert Mr. Brian Kriftcher

Mr. Wenjun Chang ’18

Dr. & Ms. Siva P. Sivakumar

Mr. & Mrs. Ning Wang

Mr. & Mrs. Alan W. Kulig

In Honor of Mr. James A. Kaiser ’17

Jalbert ’12

Handel Jr. ’67W

In Honor of Mrs. Mary Jane Kulig

In Honor of Ms. Emily J. Nagle ’18

In Honor of Mr. Nicholas C.

In Memory of Mr. Dillinger Perez ’15

In Memory of Mr. Richard W.

In Honor of Ms. Shixing Wang ’21

In Honor of Mr. Andrew D. Nagle ’18

Mrs. Elaine Kaiser

Sivakumar ’19

In Honor of Ms. Sarah E. Kulig ’19

Mr. & Mrs. Michael Hoag Mr. Reese Hutchison &

In Honor of Mr. Gokul P.

In Memory of Mr. Gustavus F. Swift IV ’66W Mr. Charles A. Kantor ’66W

McCray ’43M Ms. Jane G. Greenfield

Mrs. Linda E. Swift

In Memory of Mr. M. Scott

In Memory of Mr. Arthur H. Zalkan Mrs. Marilyn S. Clark ’84

Mitchell ’57W Mrs. Margaret M. Mitchell

In Memory of Mrs. Barbara F. Zalkan

In Memory of Mrs. Patricia H.

Mrs. Marilyn S. Clark ’84

Murphy Ms. Kathryn A. Murphy ’85 In Memory of Mr. David L. Nickerson ’49W

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history

By JANET MORAN Director of Archives

From the Archives Academy’s Library Rich with 2 Centuries of History In the beginning in New Market, New Hampshire,

the Trustees charged the first Principal of the Academy, Martin Ruter, to start building its first library. Ruter accomplished this with the help of several of the Methodist Conferences from New York, Philadelphia and Baltimore.

When the Academy moved to Wilbraham in 1824, Old Academy housed our first school library.

The library later moved to Fisk Hall (built in 1850), into the debate rooms of Old Club and Philo Societies that held books for the entire school. There was no regular librarian. By 1854, Binney Hall was completed. The two Societies combined their books and the library was moved again, this time into the front room on the second floor of Binney Hall. Crowded and compressed, the Academy’s library had nearly 10,000 books.

Here, the library stayed for decades. It wasn’t until the reorganization from Wesleyan Academy to Wilbraham Academy in 1911 that a new library was discussed. It took until 1916 for the Academy to raise funds and complete the renovation.

Under the tutelage of Headmaster Gaylord Douglas (1911–1929), it was proposed by Alumni and Faculty that there should be a tangible memorial to Benjamin Gill, a man who represented in his life so fully the traditions and ideals of “Old Wilbraham,’’ where he taught for 20 years.

Mr. Gill, born in Yorkshire, England, on July 11, 1843, came to America as a child. He worked in a cotton factory at age 8, and later in a machine shop to help support his family. In time, the Civil War broke out and the machine shop was converted to a gun-making factory. Young Benjamin had an unfaltering ambition for higher education, often reading into the night after a long day in the factory. The war delayed his ambition for higher education but gave him the opportunity to save enough money in overtime pay to attend the Academy. He studied at Wesleyan Academy in 1864, and two years later attended and graduated from Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut, in 1870. Mr. Gill returned to the Academy to teach Gill Memorial Library, English in 1874 and located on the second floor became an instructor in of Rich Hall, in 1916.

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Benjamin Gill as a student at Wesleyan Academy in 1864.

Library Old Club Room

Greek and History, a position he held with great popularity until leaving in 1892 to work at the college level. It was said that he taught with a great enthusiasm and kept his students in a steady drill. He was highly appreciated for his gentle temperament and his kindness, with a great capacity for friendship. It was said he served with unsparing devotion and loyalty.

A committee was formed and funds were solicited for a new library. It did not take long to raise the required funds, thanks to the generosity of hundreds of Alumni and friends. It was decided to create the new library on the second floor of Rich Hall, where five dorm rooms were opened up for the reference library. The space was complete with a cataloging system, substantial reading tables with “electric lights with attractive shades” and generous floor space. The new library was described as an atmosphere of refinement and a quiet charm. The dedication was very well attended and coincided with Commencement that year.

Presented at this time was a beautiful, miniature portrait on ivory as he looked when he was a teacher at the Academy. This was painted and given by a noted artist, alumna and former student of Mr. Gill, Mabel Rose Welch ’1889W of New York City. The beautiful portrait hangs today in the Alumni Memorial Library. Mr. Gill believed, as do many of our great teachers, that there is still “no better drill ground for a young, growing mind than a page of Latin or Greek.”

The library remained in Rich Hall until the administration of Head of School W. Gray Mattern (1955–1971). During the late 1950s, the library was moved to its current location—the old Sunday school and social room of the Chapel.

The move was a great improvement in space, and it was rededicated as The Alumni Memorial Library. Here, with the aid of the “Fathers Club” and other friends, an excellent and attractive facility had been arranged. More than 2,000 new books were added at this time.

Current librarian Valerie Wallace described the Academy’s library as “a welcoming space

Benjamin Gill taught at Wesleyan Academy from 1874 to 1892.

where the WMA community can find information, study or just relax. The print and electronic collections are targeted to the curriculum and there is a robust leisure reading collection, as well as movies and games. We are excited about the opportunity to move to a new space, which will give us more room to introduce programs, events and exhibits.”

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Alumni in Action: Gunter M. Glass ’63W

By SEAN VALENTINE Director of Stewardship & Donor Relations

Consistency the Key for Renaissance Man Visit the large workshop of Gunter M. Glass ’63W and you’ll Gunter Glass ’63W with a bust of American composer Aaron Copeland.

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see functional scale models of steam engines, a Civil War cannon, reproduction furniture, an advanced amateur telescope and a myriad of tools to maintain his circa 1855 historic home. You’ll also find memorabilia from his 1976

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Bicentennial Italian Tour with the Milwaukee Bel Canto Chorus and programs from decades of operas and concerts he attended with his wife, Kathleen.

Looking back at his days at the Academy, perhaps it should have been obvious that Mr. Glass would become something of a renaissance man. He credits former faculty member Roger Nye Lincoln with teaching him to write properly—a skill that he says has served him well throughout his life. Mr. Glass also fondly recalled Head of School W. Gray Mattern’s use of the phrase, “Gentleman, I am distressed!” whenever he was about to chastise the student body during school meetings.

Serving as manager of the Riflery team and a photographer for Del Todo (yearbook) highlighted his eclectic mix of interests.

“I can recall wanting to learn how to play bridge, which was only played in the smoking lounge,” Mr. Glass said. “I had to get written permission from my parents to go in there.’’

Upon graduation after two years at the Academy, Mr. Glass wanted to become an astrophysicist, but in his words, “The math in college got the better of me.” While working for Liberty Mutual Insurance Company at his first job out of college, he applied for an open human resources position at one of his clients, ITT Continental Baking Company. He was hired and quickly became disenchanted with the existing record keeping system of 5 × 7 index cards. So, he did what anyone would do at the time; he bought an Apple II computer at his own expense and built an HR database to facilitate the maintenance of union seniority lists, EEO compliance and other HR general reporting. Thus, began a 30-plus year career in HR systems and consulting, taking him from his roots in the Midwest to his current home in North Carolina.

Mr. Glass has supported WMA with a financial contribution for 18 consecutive years. He does so, “because of the ongoing dedication of the faculty and staff to the development of the students. There are so many more activities and opportunities now to broaden student perspectives than during my day and I want to support that.”

The Academy is honored by his consistent support and is proud to recognize him as a member of the Bell & Atlas Society, which recognizes those donors who renew their support every year and acknowledges their consecutive years of giving. Head of School Brian P. Easler said, “The Academy is really only as strong as its base of annual support. That is why the impact of our consecutive donors is so very important. They provide a dependable base on which we can build and move forward.”

by brian p. easler Head of School

perspectives

Moving forward: ‘Community will benefit . . . much sooner than we originally thought.’

I wonder how many people imagined , when they

Read the Head of School’s page at www.wma.us/hos

read the Spring ’18 Academy World magazine and the details about the Wilbraham & Monson Academy Facilities Master Plan, that we would be able to begin moving forward with our plans … this spring. That is, however, exactly what we are doing. This is a remarkable step for WMA, and one that sets the pace and focus of our efforts as we build upon the foundation of our future.

It is certainly an exciting time to be at the Academy, and that was especially true at the April meeting of the Board of Trustees. In discussion about the Master Plan and the beginning steps necessary to make it happen, the focus fell on several generous and early gifts and pledges toward the effort. It was at that moment when several trustees asked a pivotal question, “Why wait?”

In a resulting brainstorm of exciting ideas and revelations, we decided not to wait. With the gifts and commitments we already have in hand, we have the ability to begin now, with the first project in the Master Plan priorities. This project— a new library—will unlock the path for us to engage, once we are ready, with the first phase of the Master Plan. We will continue to build on the momentum we have created as we simultaneously plan and prepare for a more comprehensive fundraising campaign to support the rest of the Plan.

Additionally, with an enrollment landscape that is more challenging than ever, beginning immediately communicates to our current and potential families what we all already know: that WMA is not only a transformational experience, but also a school on the move and worthy of their confidence and trust.

I left the meeting, quickly called our architects and told them that we need to move the schedule up a little bit . . . by about two years. Although the planning Read the ‘Library and permitting timeline will be tight Update’ and may creep into the winter months, we story on are confident that this project will begin pg. 32 to happen very quickly.

This kind of excitement and confidence is indicative of the Academy’s strength and momentum, and the dedication of our Alumni and friends. We still have a lot of work ahead of us in the years to come.

We will need to raise the necessary funds to fully complete the remaining Master Plan objectives, and we will be relying on our Alumni and friends to help us make that happen. In the meantime, I ask that you consider WMA in your annual philanthropic priorities because we need your help now more than ever.

What is most exciting in all of this, for me, is that our students, our program and our school community will benefit from these plans and efforts much sooner than we originally thought. That is, after all, what this is all about.

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