Academy World Fall 2015

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The Magazine of Wilbraham & Monson Academy The Global School 速

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by brian p. easler Head of School

perspectives

Creating the student experience i am always looking for things to learn,

ways to improve and opportunities to increase the breadth of my experience. This habit enriches my life and parallels what we provide for our students as part of WMA’s global program. As a recent example, this past April, I had the privilege to attend the Milken Institute Global Conference as a guest of Mark R. Shenkman ’61M. The Milken Conference is a gathering of about 4,200 leaders from all sectors of global society to discuss the current state of the world and what we might expect for our future.

Economics, as a way to frame how the world works, is the theme that binds the program together and explains why the conference is attended by current and former heads of state and other high-ranking elected and appointed government and military officials, NGO directors, municipal policymakers, business leaders and CEOs of Fortune 500 companies, philanthropists, education experts, financial executives, Nobel laureates, entrepreneurs and innovators, journalists and medical research scientists. The list of presenters and attendees was a veritable who’s who of international notables, too many to mention, but the presenter list alone is littered with titles such as president, chairman, superintendent, congressman, chancellor, general, senator, CEO, founder, chief, executive director, editor, prime minister, senior advisor, governor and princess. In my article for the fall 2014 “Academy World” magazine I referenced the need for broad information about global circumstances in order for us to predict the best course for the future of WMA, and this conference provided exactly that.

Although there were no headmasters in the list of presenters, the topic of education was ubiquitous. Questions like, “What kind of skills will be necessary to lead such an endeavor?”, “How should education adapt to suit these future

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needs?” and “What would (this or) that mean for the next generation?” were common at every turn.

Whether the topic was finance, military, global markets, societal welfare, social media, diplomacy, investment, natural resources or politics, the need to prepare our children for the future and how best to do that was at the heart of it all.

Like education, one particular phrase became a common theme in my notes from the widely varied sessions I attended: increasing global uncertainty and volatility. This prediction creates for us an interesting challenge when considering how best to prepare our students and the Academy for the future. I came away, however, with renewed certainty that what we are doing at WMA is exactly what is needed. The most worthwhile education we can provide our students to prepare them for the future is a solid foundation in the central academic subjects, a knack for research and communication, and broad, broad global exposure in all sectors and categories. It is the only logical preparation for an uncertain future that will inevitably involve volatility and change. The interaction of cause and effect on the global scale is so incredibly complex, the only way to prepare for it is to understand as many perspectives as possible . . . and expect the need to adapt to circumstances and innovate.

This is what WMA does best. We see this in our steadily improving academic performance metrics, our new programs such as AP Capstone™ (Advanced Placement Seminar and Research), Computer Science, and our new student innovation space. We see it in the influence of our diverse global student body, representing 24 countries and nine states. We see it in our programs, utilizing that broad global representation, focusing on conflict resolution, mediation and diplomacy.

We see it in our student travel program that provides travel opportunities to pivotal European and Asian destinations, as well as unique and diverse experiences in places like Cambodia, Namibia, and (particularly close to my heart) the southern Amazon basin. We see it in the outcomes of the WMA experience, such as student and young alumni patents and successful entrepreneurial ventures, and meaningful local and global social change. We see WMA at the forefront of preparing students for leadership in an uncertain global environment, and we see ourselves continuing to adapt and lead the way, like we know our graduates will.

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advisory board

Scott B. Jacobs ’75, Chair James E. LaCrosse ’50W, Vice Chair Mark R. Shenkman ’61M, Vice Chair Donald J. Stuart ’73, Treasurer Krista Hanson, Secretary David J. Callahan Robert S. Edmunds ’01 Caitlin S. Flynn ’06 K. Ivan F. Gothner Linda B. Griffin Hyun Chong Kim ’77 Judith A. Knapp Barry M. Maloney ’85 Timothy J. Marini Kent W. Pecoy David A. Reeves Craig A. Rubin ’63W Bonnie Faulkner Ryan ’82 Steven D. Spence ’76

Tiffany Alrefae Christina Cronin Brian Easler Dawn Hines Erik Kindblom contributing writers

Carolyn Cross ’15 Michael Dziura Brian Easler Dawn Hines David Little ’16 Marvina Lowry-Brook Janet Moran Matt Robbins ’12 Teddy Ryan Mary Sparago ’17 Richard Veit ’65M Sarah Wakelin Bill Wells Emily Zeno ’15 photography

Paul Bloomfield Alexandra Collins Anderson ’16 Brian Easler Marvina Lowry-Brook Matt Robbins ’12 Bill Wells Various contributing photographers

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on the cover Five students, representing recent global travel excursions, share the cover with Head of School Brian Easler.

Geqiong “Luciar” Zhao ’16, Alexandra “Allie” Collins-Anderson ’16, James Sabatino ’16, Lilianna “Lili” Brook ’16 and Arman Ahmed ’16 are each holding their respective country’s names, which were printed by James using his own 3D printer!

Luciar experienced the culture of Cambodia, Allie learned about the Indian Tribes of the Amazon, James participated in a school exchange in England, Lili got fashionable in France and Arman immersed himself in cheetah research in Namibia.

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by bill wells Director of Student Promotion

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News From the Hill

rian Kennedy ’15 stands with B a prototype of his invention of an air pollution mask.

Brian Kennedy ’15: Breathing easy Someday, the people of China and anyone else who lives in cities where air pollution is a problem just might be thanking Wilbraham & Monson Academy’s Brian Kennedy ’15 for making their lives healthier.

Brian has invented a mask designed to help filter air pollutants and has submitted a provisional patent application to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

“I want to help the people of China and any other areas effected by severe pollution to live a healthier life without having to deal with the health problems that come along with air pollution.”

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Brian was inspired to do something about unhealthy air pollution following two trips he took to China with the Academy. He could feel the pollution in his lungs, and he concluded the paper surgical masks so many people were wearing were in fact giving them a false sense of security.

“I saw all of the pollution first hand that I had heard so much about in the news,” he explained.

“When I came home I researched the health effects of pollution, and what the government and people were doing to help. After seeing the people who were wearing the surgical masks, which really weren’t that effective, I decided to

work on my own idea.”

Brian built a filtration system, with the filter attached to a person’s arm or belt, and a tube from the filter blowing clean air through the mask.

Brian presented his design to the Academy in May as part of his Capstone Project for Global Scholars.

“Eventually, I would like to convert this to a full patent but I need $2,000–5,000 for the legal fees,” he said. “After that, I’d like to refine the design a little more and see if anyone is interested in manufacturing this.”

Brian is currently enrolled as a freshman in the College of Engineering at the University of Notre Dame.

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Jiaming “Martin” Mao ’17 and Daniel Qin-Dong ’17, here with FPA faculty member Wendy Decker, received recognition from the Boston Globe’s Scholastic Art & Writing Awards.

4 awarded in national art and writing competition Four students from Wilbraham & Monson Academy were recognized for their exceptional artistic talents in March, earning honors from the Boston Globe’s Scholastic Art & Writing Awards.

Jiaming “Martin” Mao ’17, Andres Feng ’15, Daniel Qin-Dong ’17 and Mei “Amy” Lu ’15 earned art awards.

The contest was open to students in grades 7–12.

More than 8,000 students participated.

Martin, who became interested in drawing in kindergarten in China, earned a Silver Key for his pencil drawing of a woman in a headdress.

“I feel really happy,” said Martin, who has taken several art classes outside of school in China. “That’s the first time I’ve been in an art competition and I wasn’t preparing. I didn’t think I would get rewarded but it was a great experience for me.”

Andres, who used ink, charcoal and chalk in his drawing, also received a Silver Key Award.

Daniel and Amy were selected to the honorable mention list: Daniel for his pencil drawing and Amy for her painting.

“It was a huge surprise for me because being the first time I’ve done an art competition, I didn’t know who my competition was,” said Daniel, who worked on his Martin’s pencil drawing of a woman in a headdress was honored by the Boston Globe’s Scholastic Art & Writing Awards.

drawing during a free block throughout the second trimester. “There are so many different skill levels.

Getting recognized was a great first experience for me and I’ll definitely do it next year because I’ll be more experienced with the process and how it goes.

I’ll definitely work harder on it next year.”

Amy, meanwhile, has entered her paintings in numerous contests in China, but this was her first award in the United States.

“It was surprising because it’s the first time I’ve gotten an award,” said Amy, who is majoring in Product Design at the Art Center College of Design in California. “I entered this contest last year but I didn’t get an award.”

Jiaming “Martin” Mao ’17 scores in top 2.5% in math competition Jiaming “Martin” Mao’s mathematics teacher at Wilbraham & Monson Academy said Martin is drawn to mathematical challenges.

Martin faced a challenge at the American Mathematics Competition 10, and it was a challenge he conquered.

Martin, a member of the Class of 2017, was among a small percentage of high school sophomores in the country to advance to the American Invitational Mathematics Examination based on his score on the AMC. “I thought I didn’t do well,” Martin said. “I didn’t think I answered enough questions so I didn’t think I’d get to the second round.

“I was really happy I advanced. I didn’t know I’d get to the second round. When I received the email from Mr. (Mark) Fischer that I moved on, I was happy.”

This was Martin’s first academic test at a national or regional level. He scored in the top 2.5% nationwide to qualify for the next round.

“Martin is quick to understand any new topic sent his way,” said Mr. Fischer, WMA’s Mathematics Department Chair and Martin’s AP Calculus AB teacher. “He is focused and hard working and is drawn to mathematical challenges.”

In March, Martin was honored by the Boston Globe’s Scholastic Art & Writing Awards for his pencil drawing of a woman in a headdress.

Myungsoo Kim ’17 and Zhonghan “Scott” Jiang ’18 were also recognized for their outstanding AMC 10 scores, while Xi Wang ’16, Ze “Keats” Hua ’16 and Shiyuan “Amber” Ding ’15 received honors for their scores on the AMC 12.

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departments: news from the hill

WMA lands national science contest honor

Swaniker Scholars for Global Citizenship

Wilbraham & Monson Academy’s Danielle Bellefeuille ’16 and Ashley Bradway ’18 have each been named a Swaniker Scholar for Global Citizenship.

Only 20 students in the country were selected for scholarship awards, which is in its inaugural year.

“I was honored to receive the award,” Danielle said. “I was surprised.”

“I was really, really surprised,” Ashley added. “I checked my phone during a break in dance class, saw it and started freaking out.”

Applicants had to write a Proposal for Action, as well as answer a series of questions. Danielle and Ashley both earned a $1,000 scholarship, which could be used toward a volunteer service-learning trip run by Global Leadership Adventures in the summer of 2015 to Asia, Africa or Latin America.

“I was fascinated by the different places and opportunities Global Leadership Adventures offered,” Ashley said. “I was interested in the trip to Peru.”

Danielle was honored just to apply for the scholarship, let alone receive one.

“I researched Fred Swaniker, and he’s a political activist in Africa,” Danielle said. “I feel even more honored knowing it was from such an accomplished person.”

An educational entrepreneur, Mr. Swaniker opened a high-level school — the African Leadership Academy — as a way to keep African students in Africa.

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Five months of work came with a big reward for seven freshmen science students at Wilbraham & Monson Academy.

Two groups from Marissa Axtell’s STEM 9 classes were selected to the ExploraVision Honorable Mention list, a national science competition that attracts thousands of participants from throughout the country.

Addison Wakelin, Andrew Nagle and Jay Fournier teamed to create an Alzheimer’s Disease Reducing Headband with medication storage and distribution; the group of Tengliang “Kelsey” Jiang, Sarah Ragnauth, Ben Bicknell and Max Spears designed a muchimproved version of a wireless smartphone charger.

“I think it’s awesome they were recognized on the national level,” Mrs. Axtell said. “We started the project in September and didn’t finish until the end of January. Two projects from WMA were chosen out of thousands of projects, and that shows the hard work and dedication of the students, and that hard work pays off.”

The project had to include current technology, but also how the product would work decades from now.

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it better 20 years into the future,” Mrs. Axtell explained.

The group that created the headband gained its inspiration from Addison’s great-grandmother, who suffered from Alzheimer’s. A chip inside a headband transfers information to the brain. While that information is presented to the person, it is reworked into the brain to stop the Alzheimer’s.

“It will reduce it to the point where the Alzheimer’s disease isn’t affecting the brain anymore,” Addison said.

Wireless chargers for smartphones have been in existence over the last few years. However, they’re limited, especially when it comes to the actual charger being charged.

“Ours is like a regular charger but more improved and smaller,” Sarah said. “Wireless chargers now are huge. Ours is going to be a pad and you don’t have to plug it in.”

“We’re going to make a pocket size charger that we don’t need to charge every day,” Kelsey added.

“It can be charged by a satellite. If a phone can pick up a satellite, a phone can be charged anywhere. But for security purposes, we don’t want our phones charged by something we don’t know so we can go to the settings on our phone and find a satellite we can use to charge our phone.”

TEM 9 students receive recognition during chapel. Front row, left to right: Addison Wakelin ’18, S Max Spears ’18 and Tengliang “Kelsey” Jiang ’18. Back row, left to right: Science teacher Marissa Axtell, Ben Bicknell ’18, Jay Fournier ’18 and Andrew Nagle ’18

2 students earn place in coveted writing workshop

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RC members Ashley Theriault ’15, Madeleine Duke ’15, Alexandra Stoll ’15, A Anastasia Goncharova ’16, Morah Palmer ’17, Kirstyn Kelley ’15, Robert Taylor ’15, Gregory Large ’15 and Rhys Kulig ’17

ARC members win at the Massachusetts High School Drama Festival Three members of Academy Repertory Company (ARC) at Wilbraham & Monson Academy returned from its biggest acting event of the year with awards.

Madeleine Duke ’15, Anastasia Goncharova ’16 and Jack Faulstick ’16 were named to the All-Star Cast for their performances at the Massachusetts High School Drama Festival at Norwood High School Feb. 28.

“It was an amazing experience,” said Susan Dziura, WMA’s ARC teacher.

WMA competed with seven other schools at this year’s statewide event, with each school having 40 minutes for their respective performance. ARC performed a narrative adaptation of a “Choose your own adventure” story titled “War with the Evil Power Master.”

The difficulty in a “Choose your own adventure” play is the cast members must learn various options for each scene, yet only one will be selected by the audience. WMA’s group, though, excelled, as proven by the three award winners.

“We had to rehearse multiple endings and multiple different courses of action,” Mrs. Dziura said. “It was a bummer because we didn’t do all of the cool things we had planned but that’s the way that it goes. It was audience participation and the audience went crazy for it. They loved it. They were yelling; they were laughing. The actors were feeding off of it. I was so proud.”

“We did well,” added Madeleine, who was a repeat selection to the All-Star Cast. “We had a lot of new people and people who hadn’t even acted at all before so I thought it went well.”

Along with the three award winners, also participating at the Festival for WMA were: Robert Taylor ’15, Gregory Large ’15, Alexandra Stoll ’15, Alina Shirley ’15, Kirstyn Kelley ’15, Anike Tella ’16, Gabriel Awad ’17, Morah Palmer ’17 and Rhys Kulig ’17.

Two Wilbraham & Monson Academy students were selected to participate in one of the country’s most prestigious writing seminars in the spring.

Payton Grande ’16 and Daniel Qin-Dong ’17 were picked from a pool of applicants to attend the New England Young Writers’ Conference (NEYWC) at the Bread Loaf Campus of Middlebury College May 14–17.

Payton and Daniel were among 200 high school students who worked with professional writers in workshops and classes to hone their craft.

Payton, a member of the school newspaper since freshman year, was recommended for the NEYWC by WMA English Department Chair Timothy Harrington ’73, a graduate of Middlebury.

“Honestly, this is such an honor,” Payton said. “I’ve never done anything like this before. I’m interested in writing. I might want to minor in something along those lines in college so I was excited for this opportunity.”

The selection to the conference added to Daniel’s impressive resume. He received an award from the Boston Globe’s Scholastic Art & Writing Contest in March.

Dean of Curriculum Meg Hutcheson, who attended Middlebury for graduate school, endorsed Daniel.

“Since I have a passion toward English, and the arts in general, that’s what drove me toward applying,” Daniel said. “I felt it was a good opportunity, and I wanted to see how my writing would stand up and see if I could get my writing to improve.

“Writing is such an important part of life, in college and after, so being accepted will be good for me not just in my high school and college career, but also if I pursue something that has to do with writing. It’s what I’m driven to and what I’m passionate about.”

Art teacher Wendy Decker chosen for local art show Wilbraham & Monson Academy Fine and Performing Arts Department member Wendy Decker was selected to participate in a local art show.

Ms. Decker’s colored pencil drawing was chosen to be on display at the 2015 Spring Art Exhibition & Sale in April at the Monson House of Art. “Other than commission pieces, I haven’t

created a lot on my own since college,” Ms. Decker said. “I entered a demo piece last year for this show and got rejected, but this I felt really happy about.”

In July of 2014, with an upcoming project for her WMA Drawing class in mind, Ms. Decker created a 12-inch by 9-inch drawing titled “Aquarelle” based on the work of Chuck Close, a partially paralyzed artist who specializes in grid portraits.

“He used a grid to fill in every little detail,” Ms. Decker explained.

“I fell more and more in love with this process and am glad I saw it through to the end. It is a photo I was inspired by from an Anthropologie ad and I hope to do more pieces like this in the future.”

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First time out, WMA scores big at National French Contest Trés bien, Wilbraham & Monson Academy.

Trés bien.

Twenty-two students from the Academy were recognized for their scores on the 2015 National French Contest, also known as Le Grand Concours.

“It was the first time we’ve participated in the national exam and it was great to see the positive results, which says a lot about our program,” World Languages Department Chair Kevin Kane said.

Approximately 90,000 students from throughout the country participated in this year’s national exam.

Nick Dubois ’18, in his first year of taking French, finished in the top 95% on the French 3 exam. Nick, whose parents both speak French, praised Upper School French teacher Mary Bacon upon receiving his score and national recognition.

“Mrs. Bacon is always trying to look for the better in the students,” Nick said. “She’s always looking to improve the language in each of her students. She’s an inspiring teacher who is great at the French language and certainly a teacher I really connected with.”

Yutong “Iris” Liu ’15 and Ju “Jan” Li ’15 scored in the top 75%, while WMA had a dozen students from the Upper School receive an honorable mention certificate for their scores in the top 50%: Lilianna Brook ’16, Alexandra Collins-Anderson ’16, Clara Harrington ’18, Gael Hernandez ’18, Jordana Irzyk ’17, Mina Lee ’17, Emily Nagle ’18, Daniel Qin-Dong ’17, Najma Shy ’15, Clarissa Wallis ’15, Xin Yu “Joy” Weng ’16 and Junhao “Mark” Xu ’16.

Students in the Middle School performed equally as well, highlighted by Charlotte Derose ’21 ranking eighth in the country on the French 1 exam.

Jazz Ensemble and faculty member chosen for NAIS Annual Conference When the country’s largest independent school conference was held this year, Wilbraham & Monson Academy was front and center — literally.

Dean of Faculty Wally Swanson was asked to be part of a panel discussion, and the Academy’s Titan Jazz Ensemble performed before a crowd of 5,000 educators at the 2015 National Association of Independent Schools Annual Conference, held in Boston Feb. 25–27.

“It’s vitally important to all of us that when we have the opportunity to develop professionally, we take those,” said WMA Head of School Brian Easler, who was accompanied to the conference by 17 faculty members.

The theme of the 2015 conference was “Design the Revolution: Blending Learning, Leading and Innovation.” Mr. Swanson, an experienced academic public speaker, served as a panelist for “Design Thinking for Change: Creating Global Student Leaders.”

“I presented the curriculum and the innovations we have at our school and how we try to directly and indirectly build leadership skills, and then look at the challenges we face as a college prep curriculum that is continually trying to be innovative and

Kiana Smith ’17 selected to attend Dance Theater of Harlem workshop Since she was 7 years old, Wilbraham & Monson Academy’s Kiana Smith ’17 has loved to dance.

In the summer of 2015, Kiana danced among the best ballerinas in New York City.

Kiana was selected to attend the Dance Theater of Harlem, where she learned from famous dancers and choreographers for three weeks in late June.

“I wanted to expand on my intensives,” said Kiana, who found her love for dance with the help of her mom, who started a dance program at a young age. “I applied to some others. Dance

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challenging,” Mr. Swanson said.

“Wally Swanson has presented several times at conferences around the country,” Mr. Easler said. “Everyone here at the Academy knows he’s been on the leading edge of us developing a global program.”

WMA’s Jazz Ensemble was selected from a group of applicants to perform at this year’s conference, doing so at the opening of the final day.

The band played six songs for more than 20 minutes, with more and more people filtering into the convention center the longer the band played on stage. While playing, the 14 Academy students were projected onto a massive screen, giving it a feel of a concert by a professional music group.

“They rose to the occasion,” Jazz Ensemble Director Clark Seibold said. “They were proud to be representing WMA. They were pumped and played very well. We sounded better than we ever have because we were on the convention center sound system.

“I saw some of the kids later in the day and they were still pumped. What a great apex for them, especially the seniors, who are ending on such a high note. What a cool memory to have.”

Kiana Smith ’17 during dance class at WMA

Theater of Harlem is one I have never done, and it’s strictly ballet. It was something different.

Being away from home I don’t get a lot of technique so I wanted to expand.

“I wanted to have fun, and I wanted to work with great dancers and choreographers on a daily basis.”

This was the first year Kiana applied to the Dance Theater of Harlem. Initially, she didn’t think she got in.

“At first I didn’t think I made it. I read it wrong,” explained Kiana, who hopes to minor in dance in college. “My sister and I were contacted at the same time and she got in. My first reaction was sad.

But then I read it again and it said ‘Congratulations’ so I was really excited.”

Kiana had a busy summer on various dance floors. She also attended the Princeton Dance Theater in New Jersey and the Earl Mosley Institute of the Arts in Connecticut.

move to this committee in the first place speaks volumes to their character,” said Gina Markowski, who coached WMA’s Model UN with fellow CEGS Department member Gary Cook.

Miles and Anike addressed the resettlement and integration of refugees in Botswana — a daunting task due to the country’s limited power yet high refugee count.

“Usually the smaller countries don’t have a say because they aren’t a big WMA pair named country,” Anike said. “But with a subject Outstanding Delegation like refugees, which Botswana has a Among the more than 3,000 high school lot of, we were able to get our opinions students who participated at the 2015 out more.”

Harvard Model United Nations in Boston, Anike relied on her persuasive two Wilbraham & Monson Academy public speaking skills to talk to large students were officially recognized for groups, while Miles used his diplomatic their performance at the 62nd annual demeanor to engage other delegates festivities. in small numbers. The result was the pair Serving as the only two delegates for receiving enough votes to get a draft the African country of Botswana, Miles resolution to pass.

Nallen ’15 and Anike Tella ’16 were named “Anike and Miles worked well an Outstanding Delegation for their work together in committee sessions, Anike on the United Nations High Commissioner being the outspoken one and Miles for Refugees Committee of the Economic serving as the networking lobbyist who and Social Council. thoughtfully drafted working papers Most impressively, Miles and Anike, and resolutions with other delegations,” who had been working on their original Ms. Markowski said.

Model UN topics since last September, “Anike was great, and to be honest excelled despite taking on a new task I have to give most of the credit to her,” within a month of the 2015 event at no Miles added. “She was a great partner.” fault of their own.

Students from more than 200 high “Their adaptability and willingness to schools attended this year’s event.

Mr. Dziura presents at National Conference Wilbraham & Monson Academy’s Center for Entrepreneurial & Global Studies teacher Michael Dziura, who has an extensive traveling and media studies background, gave a stirring presentation to a national audience at the Global Educators Conference, which was hosted by the Global Educators Benchmark Group (GEBG) in Miami April 23–25.

Mr. Dziura’s topic — Obama, ISIS and the “Globalist

Celina Rivernider ’19 earns national award for essay, “America: Deaf and Blind”

For the majority of her school years, Wilbraham & Monson Academy’s Celina Rivernider ’19 has been told by her teachers and friends she’s a talented writer. Celina, though, didn’t really know how talented she really was.

Now she knows.

In a contest that includes students in grades 7–12, Celina was named a winner of the 2015 Scholastic Art and Writing Regional Gold Key Award.

Celina’s “America: Deaf and Blind” earned recognition in the Critical Essay category.

“I was really, really excited. I didn’t expect it,” Celina said. “I’ve had people tell me I’m talented at writing, for my class or age or grade, but I didn’t really think I’d size up with the country.”

Celina received a certificate from Scholastic Art and Writing Awards in the mail in mid-February. The regional award automatically qualified her for national merit.

Celina wrote a powerful piece on racial, gender and social inequalities in America, specifically stating how the country pretends to be equal when in fact it is not.

“Something in both the logical and visionary side of me has hung on,” Celina concluded in her essay. “It is the hope of fixing this red, white and blue contraption. If I can save a whole country, we can all save our world. But I must distinguish my voice, I am not a delinquent protesting because I can, I am speaking out because I must. I am like America: some parts coolly nearperfected, some parts beautifully imperfect. If I were to give up on our country, I would be giving up on myself.”

Celina wrote the essay as part of an assignment for her Grade 8 Humanities class at the Academy.

Ebola Conspiracy”: Helping Students Navigate New Media Biases When Investigating Contentious Global Issues — researched how global education programs challenge students by tasking them with research and analysis of divisive current issues and events.

“Complicating things is the fact that most of this research is undertaken utilizing Internet-based, new media sources,” said Dean of Faculty Wally Swanson, who serves as treasurer for the GEBG. “Given the deep pool of information available, Michael’s presentation shared best practices from the Academy regarding how we instill our students with the tools

necessary to navigate opinion and bias to find relevant sources for their projects and written work.”

Mr. Dziura’s influence in the group has grown in recent years. Along with his recent presentation, and trip leadership, he worked with Mr. Swanson on an iBook and has also produced videos for GEBG. “Michael’s discussion at the conference was very well received,” Mr. Swanson said. “His exposure at the conference and his exposure to different schools has taken off. He has helped put the Academy name out there as a leader in thoughtful understanding and analysis of global programming.”

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by bill wells Director of Student Promotion

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Titans Victorious

Baseball team’s goal-oriented season is a home run The Wilbraham & Monson Academy Baseball team came within three outs of accomplishing all of its goals for the season.

The Titans didn’t reach their final goal, but the program has reached new heights.

WMA enjoyed one of its best seasons in years, winning the Cleary Division and a semifinal before falling in the Western New England Prep Baseball League championship.

“Before we left for Florida I had the guys write down some individual goals and some team goals,” Coach Jim Irzyk explained. “When I put that list together there were clearly three things the guys wanted to accomplish as a team: win the Cleary, which we did; next was to get to the championship, which we did; and next was to win the championship, which we didn’t, but we accomplished two of the three goals.”

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WMA lost to the Salisbury School 4–3 in the final after beating the Canterbury School 15–1 in a semifinal.

“We felt we were a championship team so we were very confident going into the semifinal game that we would find a way to win that game, and we did easily,” Coach Irzyk said. “In the championship, we believed we could win.

Our guys know now that our expectation is to get to the playoffs every year.”

The Titans bought into Coach Irzyk’s philosophy of “compete, think, team.” From the first game in Florida in mid-March to the final in late-May, the team prepared and worked well as a unit.

“We competed each game, each inning, each pitch,” Coach Irzyk said. “That was the mantra, and that’s what it took to win the Cleary

Division. It was a great accomplishment.”

Five days after falling in the final, the team received some good news when it was announced at WMA’s Prize Day that it won the school’s sought after Trustees Cup, awarded annually to one team based on performance on the field, performance in the classroom and WMA citizenship.

“Winning the Trustees Cup was a complete surprise,” Coach Irzyk admitted. “We didn’t mention it as a team goal. I’m happy that it happened through the hard work on the field, in the classroom and how they presented themselves on campus. They were a team.

The Trustees Cup takes into account a lot of different factors a team does during the season, and how they handle themselves on campus.”

Steve Fleury ’16 named Cleary Pitcher of the Year For the second year in a row, when it came to pitching in the Cleary Division, Wilbraham & Monson Academy’s Steve Fleury ’16 was considered the best.

Steve, who won more than half of WMA’s games this season, was named Pitcher of the Year for the Cleary Division.

“It was great to win the award,” said Steve, a 6-foot-1-inch right-hander.

“I’m proud the league recognized me for my performance this year and I felt I earned it with all of my work in the off-season.”

Steve did his work during the season, also. He went 6–1 for the Titans, with 57 strikeouts in 37.3 innings. He only allowed 31 batters to reach base.

“Steve knew going into the year he was going to face the best teams,” Coach Jim Irzyk said. “It was going to be our #1 vs. their #1, and he came through. His Williston game was probably the highlight of his last two years, where he pitched a complete game shutout with 13 strikeouts. But Steve is at his best in the most difficult situations. When he needs to strike out a batter, he does. He has that ability to strike guys out.”

“I wanted our team to win the league and the championship, so my goal was to win as many games as possible for the team and do my part,” Steve said.

“He digs down in those tough situations,” Coach Irzyk said. “He loves to compete. He’s going to be a good college pitcher.”

Shawn Boston ’15 finishes high-school career an MVP From here on out, whenever anyone talks about the single greatest season in the history of Wilbraham & Monson Academy Baseball, Shawn Boston’s ’15 senior year has to be part of the conversation.

“Shawn took every clutch situation to heart this year,” Coach Jim Irzyk said. “You could see in his eyes when there was a big moment in the game, whether it was defensive or offensive, he wanted to be the guy to make things happen.”

And Shawn made things happen all season. He finished with a batting average of .593. In 17 games he had 35 hits, 34 RBI, 19 runs scored and four homers. Most importantly, he led the team to the championship game, with WMA falling to Salisbury School 4–3 in the final.

“One of my main goals was to make it to the championship,” Shawn explained.

“Last year we won the division. I felt like it would have been a letdown if we didn’t earn a #1 seed, and we did that. And we went to the championship.

“I had some individual goals as well, with one of those being Player of the Year in the league, and having a higher batting average than last year. Overall, I had a great senior season, individually and as a team captain. I’ll never forget this season.”

Shawn earned co-MVP honors in the Cleary Division while helping the Titans claim the league title for the second year in a row.

“I was very excited,” said Shawn, referring to being named co-MVP. “To be mentioned in that conversation is a big thing for me. There were so many great players in the league. I’m thankful for my parents, coaches and God to be in that position and it’s something I will never forget.”

Christina Felchner ’16 double winner at the New England Swimming Championships Wilbraham & Monson Academy’s Christina Felchner ’16 went to the New England Division III Swimming Championships looking to get her best times. Winning would be a bonus.

Christina earned a double-bonus.

Christina won a pair of events at this year’s championships, touching first in the 50-meter and 100-meter freestyle races March 7 at Canterbury School.

“It’s exciting,” said Christina, who had finished second multiple times at previous New England meets.

“It was a little nerve-wracking.

To me, winning isn’t everything.

I just like to get my times down.”

Christina swam the fastest time in the preliminaries for the 50 before winning by .6 seconds in 25.19.

Her best races, though, came in the 100. She posted the top time and her fastest time in the 100 prelims before doing the same in the final, finishing in 54.91 and easily winning by more than two seconds.

“When I got out of the water . . . it made my whole day,” she said.

Christina earned the team’s Coaches Award at the WMA Varsity Sports Ceremony March 3.

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Boys’ Basketball returns to the postseason After a 30-game regular season, the Wilbraham & Monson Academy Boys’ Basketball team returned to the postseason for the fourth time in six seasons. The fifth-seeded Titans stunned #4 Cushing Academy on the road in a New England Prep School Athletic Council AA quarterfinal before falling to top-ranked and eventual AA champion Tilton Academy.

Along with the quarterfinal win over Cushing, a highlight for the Titans was beating Suffield Academy at the Spalding Hoophall Classic at Springfield College, the birthplace of basketball.

Curtis Cobb ’15 was selected to the All-NEPSAC AA First Team, while Derick Newton ’15 made the Third Team and Wenyen Gabriel ’16 Honorable Mention. Curtis (Fairfield University) and Derick (Stetson University) were both recruited to play at the Division I collegiate level.

Boys’ Swim team claims Division II championship Another year, another banner for the Wilbraham & Monson Academy Boys’ Swimming team.

For the fourth year in a row, the Titans won a Western New England Prep School Swimming Association title, claiming the Division II championship for the 2014–2015 season after their win at the Bud Erich Invitational Feb. 28 at the Hopkins School.

“It’s amazing to see how the team has grown and improved,” captain Andres Feng ’15 said.

“We’ve worked so hard during the season.”

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“It was spectacular,” captain Austin Fabbo ’15 described. “We won the Division III last year, but there was no Division III this year so we moved up to Division II. We had to beat two teams that beat us during the regular season in order to win the championship.”

WMA had nine top 10 finishes, which was impressive considering the meet included schools of all divisions. The 200 medley relay team of

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Austin, Bill Holloman ’15, Wenjun “Happy” Chang ’18 and Tim Beloborodov ’16 was the team’s highest finisher, taking second and earning a medal.

Austin (200 freestyle) and Bill (100 breaststroke) both placed fourth, and Bill (200 individual medley) and Happy (100 breast) took fifth. Austin touched sixth in the 100 backstroke, and Happy was ninth in the 100 butterfly. The 200 free relay combo of Jake Howarth ’15, Tan Daloonpet ’15, Tim and Jack Wilson ’19 were fifth, and the 400 free relay team of Bill, Tan, Austin and Happy came in seventh.

Go Wildcats!

Wilbraham & Monson Academy’s Wenyen Gabriel ’16, one of the most sought-after high school boys’ basketball recruits in the Class of 2016, verbally committed to the University of Kentucky Oct. 1.

Accompanied by WMA Coach Mike Mannix, Wenyen made his announcement at ESPN in Bristol, Conn.

“It’s been like a dream, and hectic,” said Wenyen, a 6-foot, 10-inch, 195-pound forward. “Going into the summer, I didn’t know what to expect. Having it go this way is great. I learned a lot from a whole lot of people during the recruiting process. It’s done a lot for me but it’s taken a lot of time, but it’s obviously worth it in the end. I feel confident in my decision. At times it got overwhelming and I had to go away from my phone, but I’m happy where I’m at right now.”

Wenyen, the #23rd ranked player in the senior class by ESPN, had narrowed his choices to Kentucky, Duke, Maryland, Connecticut and Providence before selecting the long-time college basketball giant and its Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame coach, John Calipari.

“I really liked Cal’s vision for me and I like how he recruited me,” Wenyen explained. “He took my recruitment into his own hands. It made me feel special how he recruited me. Also, I like how his vision . . . me going to Kentucky, I don’t have to be a certain type of player someone wants me to be. I can be who I am and play how I play: play hard, block shots, defend and not get locked into a position.”

Titans qualify for Class B Tournament for 2nd year in a row Despite missing a number of returning starters due to injury, Wilbraham & Monson Academy qualified for the Western New England Prep School Girls’ Softball Association Class B Tournament for the second year in row.

The Titans closed out the season on a seven-game winning streak. The Academy earned the #4 spot in the postseason, losing to top-ranked Ethel Walker School by a run in extra innings on the road in a semifinal.

“This was a more challenging year to make the playoffs,” Coach Erik Kindblom said. “We’ve shown resiliency and the ability to handle difficult situations.”

Carly Venditti ’16 and Emma Kindblom ’17 were selected to the 2015 Preps All-Scholastics Boston Globe Team.

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Spring Track comes out winning Once again, the Wilbraham & Monson Academy Spring Track team enjoyed a memorable season, with the program setting two school records and winning a pair of New England titles in 2015.

Alexandra Stoll ’15 established a new WMA mark in the 100-meter high hurdles on a few occasions, with her time of 16.00 seconds at Cheshire Academy on May 9 being her best. Her time was a facility record.

Ally capped her season by repeating as the New England Division III champion, placing first at the meet at the Hyde School in Woodstock, Conn., by more than a second. Ally, who was recruited to be on the Mount Holyoke College track team, finished the season undefeated.

After being prohibited from running and jumping events following a gymnastics injury, Lauren Poole ’17 put more of a concentration on her throwing events, which resulted in a school record in the shot put. Lauren pushed the shot 33-feet, three-inches in a meet at Cheshire, smashing the previous record by more than two feet.

Marcus Klebart ’15 completed his successful career at WMA by winning a New England title in the 300-meter hurdles in 42.53 seconds.

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Racing not a drag for Sparago twins

John Tierney ’15 named US Lacrosse All-American Wilbraham & Monson Academy’s John Tierney ’15 added something to his already impressive resume in 2015 when he was named to the US Lacrosse All-American team.

“It’s a big honor and I’m truly proud to be representing my team and the league,” John said. “It’s something I will never forget.”

John had an unforgettable career at WMA, where he helped turn a one-win team into a contender for the New England Division II title. He finished his brilliant four-year career with 194 goals and 176 assists.

“It’s been incredible to be part of this turnaround,” said John, who was also invited to play in the US Lacrosse AllAmerican All-Star Game in Orlando in the summer.

“Going from one of the worst teams in New England to one of the best . . . this is something I will miss but I’m excited for my future at UMass. I want to win a couple national championships.

“It’s an honor to represent my state, and it’s going to be great to play for a great coach.”

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Wilbraham & Monson Academy’s Julia and Mary Sparago ’17 are very much like most teenagers in that they feel a sense of independence when they get behind the wheel.

Julia and Mary’s wheel, though, is in the body of a dragster.

For the sixth summer in a row, Julia and Mary spent most of their weekends racing junior dragsters, hitting 85 mph and challenging for wins at the New England Dragway in Epping, N.H. They are part of the track’s annual series in the 10–18 age group. Julia won the division in 2012, while Mary’s best overall place was third in 2013. They’ve both collected more than 10 wins, including first-place showings during the 2015 series.

“I love the competitive aspect,” Julia said. “It’s you vs. the other person in the lane next to you. I like the feeling of being in the car, knowing you got a good light, and you go down the track. You only have seven seconds to make so many decisions in the car. There’s

so much thought processing during the entire thing . . . it’s different than anything else. If you haven’t done it, it’s hard to understand.”

“I like the independence,” Mary added. “Drag racing teaches you to be your own person. You’re in charge; you’re the only person in there. It’s not like soccer, where you have a coach telling you what to do. You have to make your own decisions. It teaches you how to take responsibility for yourself. Not a lot of kids do this, so that makes it special.”

Winner Le ’15 named to all-state riflery team Nguyen “Winner” Le ’15 took his steady hand and sharp eyesight from photography and applied it to becoming a marksman, and those traits were so strong he received an impressive honor for the Wilbraham & Monson Academy Riflery team.

Winner, who had never fired a rifle prior to coming to the Academy, was named to the Connecticut AllState Honorable Mention team.

“It definitely feels real good,” said Winner, referring to being selected to the all-star team.

Despite having never participated in the sport, Winner took right to riflery.

“From my love of photography, I have developed a keen eye,” he said.

“Winner attributed his quick start in riflery to his love of photography, which got him in the habit of using his eye and waiting for the correct picture or shot to come along,” Coach John Lombard added.

And that eye was exceptional. He averaged a score of 187.17 (out of 200) for the season, and his high score of 193 against Avon Old Farms helped the Titans to their only win of the 2014–2015 campaign. He ranked No. 18 of the 139 shooters in the league.

“Winner was a tremendous asset for the team this past year,” Coach Lombard said. “As a first-time shooter, he came to each practice with a calm, low-key, can-do approach to the sport that is every coach’s dream come true.

Many of the top shooters in the league compete in riflery tournaments year-round across the nation, but the prep school students pretty much just shoot during the winter season.”

Winner improved throughout the season. He earned the team’s MVP Award at the Winter Varsity Sports Awards Ceremony.

“You figure it out as the sport goes on, when one day everything falls in place,” Winner explained. “My scores weren’t always consistent, but they were better than the early practices of the season.”

Spencer Marocchini ’16 hits milestone Team-wise, the Wilbraham & Monson Academy Boys’ Lacrosse season didn’t end like Spencer Marocchini ’16 had hoped.

From an individual standpoint, though, things couldn’t have gone much better for the WMA attacker.

Two days after receiving the Coaches Award at the Spring Athletics Awards Ceremony, Spencer recorded the 100th goal of his career in a loss at The Gunnery.

“Not that stats are the most important thing, but it was a personal goal to achieve that mark and I want to thank my teammates for giving me the opportunity to reach that position and to achieve this,” Spencer said. “I wouldn’t have been able to do it without them.”

Spencer scored on a dodge and shot in the fourth quarter of the season finale. He finished the year with 33 goals and 35 assists, and earned a spot on the All-League First Team. It’s the third season in a row Spencer was chosen to All-League.

“Spencer has always been a player who leads by

example,” Coach Mike MacDonald said. “He is the first one out to the practice field and the last to leave. Spencer has worked extremely hard and has dedicated himself to becoming a model studentathlete at WMA. It has been a privilege to work

with Spencer over the past three years and I am excited for him as he enters his final year at WMA.” Spencer has been consistent since arriving at the Academy, with 50 points as a freshman and 64 as a sophomore before tallying 68 in 2015.

Alex Baltazar ’15, Andrew Faulstich ’15 named McScholar Athletes Wilbraham & Monson Academy’s Andrew Faulstich ’15 and Alexandra Baltazar ’15 were honored by McDonald’s at the McScholar Athlete Awards Banquet May 6 at the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.

Andrew and Alex were among the 89 high

school student-athletes from Western Massachusetts who were recognized for their performance in the classroom, community and on the athletic field.

“It was an honor to be selected,” said Alex, who starred at Girls’ Soccer and Winter Track this season. “I didn’t know I was getting it until I got the letter in the mail. Being chosen from all of the senior girls was an honor.

And it was nice to see kids from all over Western Massachusetts.

I saw people I’ve played soccer with before.”

“It means a lot that what I’ve done has been noticed,” added Andrew, who excelled at Cross Country, Winter

Track and Spring Track his senior year. “(Athletic Director) Mr. (Don) Nicholson (’79) has always been very supportive of me. I’ve worked with him for captains’ council for the past six seasons. It was nice to have this event to kind of end my athletics here at WMA.” Former NCAA and WNBA basketball champion Kara Wolters was the keynote speaker.

Alex got the opportunity to wear her Olympic gold medal, while Andrew was impressed with her presentation to the audience.

“She talked a lot about perseverance, working athletically through a lot of things,” Andrew said. “She talked about her time as an athlete and how she was told by a lot of people she was never going to be an athlete and not be any good. She’s won an Olympic gold medal and she’s overcome what people told her.

It was a great message and a great night.”

Alex played soccer this fall at Connecticut College, while Andrew ran cross country at the University of Rochester.

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Dear WMA Alumni, The weekend of June 5–6 was the 50th Reunion Weekend for the Wilbraham & Monson Academy Classes of 1965. It was a tremendously successful event.

Through incredible research efforts, led by Tom Crafts, 58 of the original graduating members of the Monson Academy Class of 1965 were located and about 48 are still with us. Eventually, 40 were contacted and 17 were able to attend the reunion, some accompanied by spouses. Several said they chose to attend because “the communications over the winter between everyone made it sound like it would be too good to miss.” Most still lived in the New England area but some came from as far away as Louisiana and California, and a whole group came from Florida.

The weekend events were superbly orchestrated by the staff of the Alumni & Development Department.

The opening reception reunited us for the first time in 50 years: all of us older and changed a bit, but still the same familiar classmates from our past.

The friendships and memories came flooding out in conversation and laughter as we caught up on the past five decades. It was wonderful to see how well we all are. Our shared memories reinforced how strongly influenced our lives were by having been educated at Monson Academy. After the reception some of us continued down memory lane well into

the night at our hotel’s watering hole in Springfield.

The next morning there was a delicious breakfast for those who had donated to the school. Our class raised more than $5,000 toward our gift to WMA and its general scholarship fund. The weather cooperated and we walked over to the chapel where Head of School Brian Easler updated everyone of WMA’s plan to improve savings on electrical utilities by installing solar panels in various locations over the next few years.

We then climbed “The Hill” to the Heritage Courtyard for the presentation of the gift from the Monson Academy Class of 1965. We were joined by other Monson alums, as well as two former teachers, Mr. Phil Cardone and Mr. Bill Ellithorpe ’57, as well as WMA dignitaries and guests, all shaking hands and giving hugs and telling tales of the years that have gone by.

It was my honor and privilege to speak on behalf of the Monson Academy Class of 1965. Our gift to WMA was the inscription into the remaining stone paver leading to the Monson Bell in honor of “the kindest person I have ever known” — Mr. Hugh M. Harrell, aka “The Bear.” This gift is our way of thanking him for the positive influence he has had upon our lives. He was our teacher, our coach, our dorm master, our friend. We are extremely happy to be able to honor Mr. Harrell with this gift, and to know that our words of gratitude are now truly “etched in stone.”

The whole group celebrated this event with the ringing of the Monson Bell. We rang it in memory of Mr. Harrell, and for those no longer with us, and, of course, for ourselves — just one more time — as we had in years past to mark our victories.

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activities and personal exploration time. Several drove over to Monson to see what remained of the old school, and discovered there’s nothing left.

Not only was there a devastating fire that led to the merger in 1971 that has become WMA, but there was also a tornado in June 2011 that tore through the town and demolished the gym and other school buildings. Everything else of our Monson Academy has been absorbed back into the Monson community.

We realized that had it not been for the merger into WMA, our Monson Academy would have been lost into the past and there would never be that chance to “go home again.”

We returned in the early evening for a reception and expressed our thanks for this wonderful weekend.

We then gathered in the dining hall to feast on an all-out New England clambake, with surf and turf, lobsters and corn on the cob. As we said our farewells in the parking lot we all agreed that we had had a wonderful time on this very special weekend.

So, to all of you with a reunion in your near future, be it at Wilbraham & Monson Academy or somewhere else, I encourage you to attend. Your old friends from the past are still your friends and they will be real happy to see you again.

Happy and healthy lives, everyone.

Richard “Bobby” Veit ’65M Vice President, Class of 1965

For more photos and a video scan code or visit www.wma.us/veit.

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Faculty and staff making a difference Stuart Whitcomb, Director of WMA Middle School by bill wells , Director of Student Promotion The Wilbraham & Monson Academy Middle School has been a special place for decades.

Under the guidance of new Director Stuart Whitcomb, the Middle School will undoubtedly continue to be a great place.

“We are doing great things in the Middle School, and we have found ways to enhance what we are already doing so well . . . and then some,” Mr. Whitcomb said.

Mr. Whitcomb took over for Charlie D’Avanzo, who served as the Middle School Director for 10 years.

As he got deeper into the 2014–2015 academic year, where he spent every day in the Middle School, Mr. Whitcomb started to map out what skills he wanted the Grade 6–8 students to learn and/or work on going forward: emotional health, a growth mindset and design thinking.

When he attended a professional development conference in Portugal in July, which included the teaching theory of Social and Emotional Learning, his map came together.

“Social Emotional Learning teaches about human emotion and explores the connections between human beings that lead to positive relationships, and improved outcomes,” Mr. Whitcomb explained. “In education, the study of SEL has led researchers to valuable conclusions regarding children and the connection between personal relationships, self-efficacy and school performance. Further research has determined SEL is as valuable when those same skills are addressed in adult educators.

“Surprisingly, much of the recent research has been done working with educators as well as students, and that the best results were found in schools where the teachers had been given instruction in SEL.” Mr. Whitcomb, who began teaching at WMA in 2001, is a graduate of Earlham College and the Harvard Graduate School of Education.

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Marjorie Weeks, Assistant Director of Admission by mary sparago ’17 Marjorie Weeks, who previously worked at Wilbraham & Monson Academy from 1996–2006, returned to WMA in July as Assistant Director of Admission. Supporting new Middle School Director Stuart Whitcomb, Mrs. Weeks’ job is focused on Grade 6–8 admission.

“I’m very excited to work with Stuart and assist him in any way, but also help him build his identity in the new school year,” Mrs. Weeks said. “This also gives me an opportunity to focus on one area of my strengths, which is people skills.

I have the ability to build relationships. Hopefully,

I can use those relationships from my other life here, in the alumni world, to bring in those new generations of kids.”

Previously at WMA, Mrs. Weeks served as the Director of Student Activities and School Events, Director of Alumni and Parent Relations, and was an assistant in the Admission Office. Prior to rejoining the Academy, Mrs. Weeks worked as the Director of School Advancement at Academy Hill School in Springfield.

“Being at the Academy feels like I’m home,” Weeks said. “It’s really good to be back.”

Wally Swanson, Dean of Faculty by bill wells , Director of Student Promotion New Dean of Faculty Wally Swanson has big plans for Wilbraham & Monson Academy, and those plans include thrusting the school’s academics forward behind the prowess and experiences of WMA’s faculty.

“I’m excited about working more directly with the talented faculty here at the Academy,” said Mr. Swanson, who will continue his role as a classroom teacher and coach for WMA Rugby.

“As we aim to create an environment where an ethos of entrepreneurial and innovative thinking pervades our student body, we will aim to mirror that within our faculty. Building off of their expertise in their academic disciplines and passion for working with young people, I aim to actively support new faculty ideas: initiatives that strengthen the school’s commitment to globalism and push for opportunities for faculty to continue their own research and learning.”

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Before being named Dean of Faculty, he previously served as the Chair for the Center for Entrepreneurial & Global Studies (CEGS) Department.

Mr. Swanson brings an extensive background to the Dean of Faculty position. A graduate of Middlebury College and the Harvard Graduate School of Education, he has traveled to more than 30 countries. He also helped found the Global Education Benchmark Group (GEBG), which shares information and best practices from schools around the country, and annually leads global student trips. Mr. Swanson most recently took four WMA students to Namibia in June as part of GEBG. Mr. Swanson served as a Peace Corps teacher in West Africa upon his graduation from Middlebury. Prior to being hired at the Academy, he served as a Program Officer for World Education, which provided funding and training to social and economic development programs in South and Central Asia.

Dean of Faculty Wally Swanson with a live cheetah at the Sanctuary in Otjiwarongo

Gina Markowski, Chair of Center for Entrepreneurial & Global Studies by bill wells , Director of Student Promotion Widely regarded as one of the best teachers at Wilbraham & Monson Academy, Gina Markowski was named Chair of the Center for Entrepreneurial & Global Studies (CEGS) Department in April. She began her new position in July, taking over for Wally Swanson, who was named the new Dean of Faculty.

“Gina brings with her a proven track record of excellence in the classroom,” Mr. Swanson said. “She has been a leading voice in bridging the traditional disciplines of the social sciences with the global reach for which CEGS strives.”

Ms. Markowski’s track record in the classroom is remarkable.

All 18 of her Human Geography students scored a four or five (out of five) on the 2015 AP Exam. WMA’s average score was a 4.61, which was nearly double the national average.

Outside the classroom, Ms. Markowski runs the Academy’s Harvard Model United Nations as well as Model Congress.

She has been a teacher in the CEGS Department since she was hired in 2006.

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inside the classroom

Honors Spanish III adds real-world platica (chat)

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World Languages faculty member Melody Rivera

Honors Spanish III class aren’t studying abroad, but twice a week it sure feels that way.

Following the recent lead of Harvard University, Wilbraham & Monson Academy has added a professional videoconference conversation program to Ms. Rivera’s class.

“A company named Platica started a pilot program with Harvard in 2011,” Ms. Rivera said.

“We’re the third high school in the country using a conversation format in a real-world situation.”

Twice a week, Ms. Rivera’s students are having conversations with native Spanish-speaking professionals from Platica, which bases the casual discussions on the specific class curriculum.

“This would be like going to a café in a different country and meeting someone new and having an impromptu conversation that isn’t students in melody rivera’s

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planned whatsoever,” Ms. Rivera said. “It’s the closest to an abroad experience we can provide in the classroom.”

After the talks, which last 30–45 minutes, Ms. Rivera receives printed feedback on each student, including errors and progress, which she shares with the student.

During her various school trips to Spanishspeaking countries, Ms. Rivera has noticed a significant difference in how the students speak.

For many, it takes time for their confidence to grow in order to speak freely in a second language in a foreign country.

“When you’re acquiring a different language, it’s the confidence level that is of the utmost importance,” she said. “You can have studied the language, grammar and syntax, but if you’re nervous and don’t have the confidence to verbalize,

you’re not going to have the confidence and it will impede your language skills.

“The whole frequency is very important in acquiring a language. We want to gear more toward language acquisition versus the language learning that’s been going on in the past. For you to acquire a language you need to practice and to create experiences that will then transfer to the long-term memory section of the brain. That’s when true learning occurs.”

WMA hopes to offer a trip to multiple countries in South America in March so the students can apply the language skills they have learned in the classroom in a real Spanishspeaking country situation.

“Language acquisition — that’s all part of the plan,” Ms. Rivera said.

AP Capstone™, online options and computer courses round out curriculum in another sign of Wilbraham & Monson Academy leading the pack in regards to a secondary education, the Academy is offering a new two-year course as well as three online classes for the 2015–2016 academic calendar year.

WMA was selected by the College Board to include the AP Capstone™ program as part of its curriculum. The first year offering, AP Seminar, is part of the English Department while AP Research, in the second year, will follow the students’ passion and could fall under any academic discipline. Both classes are taught

by English Department member Sean McGrath ’07, a graduate of Brown University.

Meg Hutcheson, Dean of Curriculum, said the program involves a high-level skill set, with intense reading and research.

“These courses address something we’ve been looking for in our curriculum and I think it’s going to produce some good projects that students can showcase,” Ms. Hutcheson said.

“Students will immerse themselves in topics to develop the research, analytical and synthesis skills colleges desire.”

Like most colleges, WMA is now offering online courses for its students. Modern and Contemporary American Poetry, a new English

elective, is a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) run by the University of Pennsylvania’s Kelly Writers House. AP European History, which is a full-year course in the CEGS Department, and Video Game Design, which is an Academic Computing Department elective, are run by Virtual High School.

“We’re offering online courses as a pilot program to enhance our curriculum,” Ms. Hutcheson explained. “We want our students to have a hybrid experience. We’re not just sending students to an online learning space; the students will have an online learning block in their schedule and they will be responsible for reporting to the classroom. There will be a teacher in the classroom to help the students stay on task, meet deadlines and manage their online platform.”

Along with the new online course, the Academy’s Academic Computing Department has added a full-year introductory level class called Exploring Computing Science.

Power and Ethics, an English elective taught by Head of School Brian Easler, has returned to the curriculum after a oneyear hiatus.

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new courses listing AP Capstone™ Program • AP Seminar • AP Research

Academic Computing • Exploring Computing Science

Online Courses • Modern & Contemporary American Poetry • AP European History • Video Game Design

English Elective • Power and Ethics

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by marvina lowry-brook Faculty, Fine & Performing Arts Department

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Feeling fashionable

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L ilianna Brook ’16, Gregory Large ’15, Xin Yu “Joy” Weng ’16, Lauren Foley ’17, Lucy Abramian ’15, Lauren Poole ’17, Mariam Abramian ’17, Emily Nagle ’18 and Nichole Czuber ’16 visited Versailles.

fashion is the perfect marriage of art and

business. Introducing fashion design to Wilbraham & Monson Academy not only allowed us to expand on an already diverse Fine Arts Department but also allowed us to connect to the Center for Entrepreneurship & Global Studies program in a meaningful way. Parents and students often steer clear of art-related careers out of fear or lack of knowledge.

I wanted to find some way to educate students about some of the diverse career paths in the arts. The annual global fashion industry revenue is more than $1.2 trillion, which represents only one sector of the arts. The fashion industry provides a wide array of opportunities for students interested in fashion ranging from the actual design process to marketing and finance or

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L auren Foley ’17, Lucy Abramian ’15, Lauren Poole ’17, Xin Yu “Joy” Weng ’16, Mariam Abramian ’17, Nichole Czuber ’16, Emily Nagle ’18, Lilianna Brook ’16 and Gregory Large ’15 outside the Louvre.

writing. It has a place for just about anyone with an interest in the fashion world.

The 2014–2015 school year was busy organizing and implementing new courses, which covered fashion design and illustration, apparel production, and an introduction to the history and business of fashion. We are unique in our market as no other high school offers an interdisciplinary introduction to the world of fashion design and business.

The program started with fashion design, where students were able to explore ideas through visual images and drawing, make new connections between disciplines, and expand on those ideas while learning to retain continuity throughout their designs. Students not only had to learn to draw the figure but also learn to bring their

ideas to life on paper. It’s a challenging set of skills to both teach and learn. Students were required to think about many different problems simultaneously. How to be creative and design a product that has broad appeal was one of the questions students had to grapple with continually.

The most challenging course of this new program was definitely Fashion: Apparel Production. The most common reaction to this course was, “This is the hardest thing I’ve ever done, but I love it!” This course was a combination of math, geometry, precision and manual dexterity. Students learned the basics of draping the dress form, pattern making and assembling a garment. The hands-on aspect gave students a huge sense of accomplishment. The act of creating something physical out of numbers was

very satisfying to students. This course was the biggest surprise in both its difficulty and satisfaction. It also gave students an idea of how much precision matters, how a quarter-inch mistake can throw something off entirely. Seeing a bunch of numbers and lines on a drafting sheet come to life as a three-dimensional garment turned out to be a hugely rewarding experience.

In the spring trimester, Fashion: Global Business was also offered for the first time.

Students learned a condensed history of fashion starting with the first known designer in France, Rose Bertin, who worked for Marie Antoinette!

We also studied the various career paths in fashion and learned about the unique structure of the fashion business.

Fashion design students were offered the opportunity to visit New York City in the spring trimester. Any student who had taken at least one of the three fashion design courses could join the trip for a small fee. The 11 students we took in the spring were able to meet with WMA alumnae who are currently working in the fashion industry in NYC. Everyone was completely engaged in the multiple conversations taking place and full of questions. We were both illuminated and inspired by our visit with them.

We took a special “fashion in art” self-guided tour during our visit to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. We also toured the Fashion Institute of Technology before heading back to the Academy.

The Fashion Design Program culminated with an educational trip to Paris in June.

Students spent a week at Mod’Art International learning about the luxury goods business, the role of couture in French history, merchandising and window design, historical and contemporary fashion designers, fashion weeks around the world, new concepts in retail and highlights of the perfume industry. Whew! Needless to say, we really packed a lot into one week.

The week consisted of classroom lectures and discussions led by accomplished professionals who worked for both major designers and large international luxury conglomerates in Paris.

These lectures were followed by site visits. Students were able to apply or see what they learned in class immediately afterwards. This gave students a fresh perspective of everything they saw in

the streets and museums of Paris and the process behind it — whether it was the psychology behind window design or the underlying inspiration of a particular fashion designer. One of the highlights of attending Mod’Art was the student fashion show. We arrived at the end of their school year and were able to see the final result of the design students’ labors. It was a highlight for everyone whether or not they were thinking about going into fashion design.

Of course, we also sampled many of the treasures Paris has to offer, with trips to the Louvre, Musée d’Orsay, the top of the Eiffel Tower, the Champs-Élysées and, of course,

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Versailles, where the art of French luxury began. Being able to see where fashion started was an amazing experience for everyone. We not only saw where the ill-fated queen slept but were also able to explore some of the very large gardens on bicycles.

The 2014–2015 school year was the most “fashionable” year at WMA. We had three new courses in fashion design, trips to two of the most important fashion capitals, and a new fashion design club at school. We’re looking forward to seeing what developments the new school year brings to this innovative and exciting program!

F ine & Performing Arts faculty member Sue Dziura, Emily Nagle ’18, Gregory Large ’15, Lucy Abramian ’15, Lilianna Brook ’16, Lauren Poole ’17, Lauren Foley ’17 and Nichole Czuber ’16 in Old Paris.

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arolyn Cross ’15, Emily Zeno ’15, Aaron Ruiz ’16 and Arman C Ahmed ’16 in Namibia

many people refer to africa as one entity,

while in reality it contains many different nations, each brimming with unique histories, traditions and national identities. We had the opportunity to travel in June with Dean of Faculty Wally Swanson and two other Wilbraham & Monson Academy students, Arman Ahmed ’16 and Aaron Ruiz ’16, to Namibia, a country in southern Africa with a population of only two million people in a land mass double the size of Germany. Here, we spent two weeks living out of an overland truck, traveling from campsite to campsite in a nomadic manner.

Traveling between towns hundreds of kilometers apart, we occasionally had to “bushy bushy,” meaning that in order to go to the bathroom we each had to duck behind a bush, all the while keeping a keen eye out for snakes or scorpions below. As the trip progressed, we found ourselves altering the definition of what we considered “clean clothes,” each day lowering our standards until finally we were sporting last night’s dinner on our only sweatshirts.

The main focus of the trip was cheetah conservation, but we also visited Etosha National Park for three days. We spotted black rhinos, giraffes, zebras, lions, elephants, wildebeests and warthogs among many other animal species we had never heard of before, such as springbok, oryx, hartebeest and kudu. At a cheetah farm, we had the opportunity to participate in a photo shoot with a few of the friendly felines.

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and approached our tent so closely we could hear their footsteps. Although we were somewhat prepared for the animals, we were nowhere near prepared for the Namibian winter nights.

African countries are stereotypically thought to be very hot, so naturally, our wardrobe choices were no match for the freezing temperatures.

In addition to learning about wildlife, we spent a day with the women of the Himba tribe, familiarizing ourselves with their daily routines.

As females in a developed country, extreme gender stratification present in other nations seems like a distant practice. But here, amongst the Himba, gender hierarchy permeates every aspect of life. This was first apparent to us upon learning that women are denied the right to bathe after they have reached reproductive maturity, while men are able to use the tribe’s limited water supplies whenever they please.

As self-proclaimed germaphobes, we were eager to learn about the women’s innovative hygiene techniques. Directing smoke to specific body parts, Himba women utilize the fumes from smoldered herbs in order to mask the inevitable scent of body odor.

Although there are always cultural differences when traveling, one thing that remains the same is the international game of soccer. During a visit with the students of the Orotjitombo Primary School in the town of Opuwo, soccer became a means of transcending lingual barriers. This experience proved true a theory held by Stuart Whitcomb, our freshman English teacher and JV Soccer Coach, who believes that traveling with a soccer ball will always create connections, no matter where you go.

Prior to the trip, we received an outpouring of concern in regards to our safety when traveling to a region in Africa. But, as it turns out, many of these worries were unfounded.

Contrary to popular belief, the water in Namibia is safe to drink, and we did not in fact contract Ebola. Instead of danger, the trip consisted of camaraderie and adventure, ending everyday by returning to the campfire and fulfilling humans’ most basic needs: light, heat and good company.

aron Ruiz ’16 has A an opportunity to interact with a cheetah.

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Trip Highlights • Preparing raw donkey meat and feeding it to cheetahs from the back of a moving truck • Petting cheetahs • Witnessing two male wildebeests go “head-tohead” in a fight for territory • Experiencing the true familial bond of elephants, when the entire herd worked together to save the baby that tumbled into the watering hole • Midnight walks to the nearby watering hole at Etosha National Park • Expanding our palates to include: springbok, oryx, zebra, crocodile and kudu, all on one kebob • Racing back to the tower at Etosha in order to catch the sun setting over the idyllic wildlife reserve • A surprise performance from a local who approached our group to play a drum solo on a souvenir bongo that we purchased from a nearby market • Group sing-a-longs around the fire to music spanning multiple generations • Starting a fire with only the coals from the night before in order to heat our shower water ▲

mily Zeno ’15 demonstrates how to take a selfie E with students from the Orotjitombo Primary School.

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Amazon: Protecting the land and culture

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avid Little ’16 participating in tribal scratches, a traditional D method of administering medicine.

group of 13 students, two chaperones and one translator was picked up in late July deep in the Amazon River Basin on a beach in a tractor driven by a Kamayura Indian, with many curious Indian children on board. We began our ride through a neighboring village and then through scorched rain forest until we reached our hut in the Kamayura village. We were greeted by many Indians, who eagerly began hanging our hammocks with us. After a meal, it was off to bed as we anxiously awaited the next morning and our first full day in the Kamayura Indian village.

We awoke the next morning to loud music.

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hear on a radio station in the states. After learning this music was coming from the nurse in the health center, it was disheartening for a group of students who had traveled so far to soak in a culture very few outsiders have experienced.

Our group immediately began to get a sense of just how much outside culture has influenced the Indians.

Later that morning, our group was invited to a hut to meet with village elders and introduce ourselves. After the exchange of words about our thanks to the Indians for the peaceful relationship with the Academy, and their thanks for the support from the school, John Carter, WMA’s regular host for the Amazon trips, and the chief began to have a conversation in Portuguese. Mr. Carter later explained to us that other groups have recently been in contact with the tribe, trying to use them for prostitution and in other ways that would destroy their culture. This was sad for us to hear because these groups constantly try to take the tribe’s culture from them in order to steal their land, while Mr. Carter’s organization, Alianca da Terra, has worked so hard fighting for the Indians’ right to the peaceful ownership of land.

Our group was constantly reminded of how modern culture influences the Indians. Nearly all of the teens had bikes and wore modern clothes.

While going on tours of huts in the village, TVs were displayed in the center of many huts. While our group met with elders, teens would watch us while they played with iPhones and other devices. The most surprising thing to many of the group members was that so many Indians wanted to trade for batteries. These batteries would be used to power things such as headlamps or other small devices, but were often disposed of in the outskirts of the village. The tribe was clearly very interested in our modern culture, but did not understand all of the consequences

that come with modernization.

Modern culture seems so interesting to the Indians, and when ranchers have the opportunity to strip them of their culture, they take it. The ranchers want the Indians’ land, and if they can force the Indians to assimilate and accept modern culture, the land will be free for ranching. The ranchers will do whatever is necessary to get the Indians off the land, including trying to burn the villages. After seeing pictures and videos from previous Amazon trips, our group was shocked by the amount of modern culture that has made its way into the village.

Mr. Carter then began opening up about the world of nonprofits and their relationships with the Indians in the Amazon. Many big name nonprofits are getting huge amounts of money from the government, but very little of it is being used in meaningful ways for the Indians. Instead of helping the tribe, they send people out to remote villages for photo shoots of the “work” they are doing. Then there are the smaller nonprofits, like Alianca da Terra, that are on the ground doing real work. Mr. Carter’s relationship with the Indians clearly shows that his group has actually saved the Indians and does the real work to help preserve their culture. Alianca da Terra has helped the Indians progress while also helping them hold on to their culture and land.

The Kamayura Chief said Alianca da Terra has done so much more for the tribe than the large nonprofits, but with just fractions of the funding that the big nonprofits receive.

Our group tried to help the Indians by buying arts and crafts and other items at a market.

The Kamayura Indian village and other Indian villages of the Amazon are home to some of the happiest and most peaceful people, and the Academy’s students and chaperones who went on the 2015 Amazon trip feel their precious culture and way of life must be protected.

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bove Emma a Kindblom ’17 tries her hand at huka huka (Indian combat training). f ar left Huts are the main shelter for the Kamayura. There are communal huts and huts for the patriarch and men. l eft Young Kamayura enjoy spending time with WMA student visitors like Alexandra Collins-Anderson ’16.

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by michael dziura Faculty, English & Fine & Performing Arts

feature story: traveling titans

Returning to Cambodia hit us like a wall the second we stepped off of the plane onto the tarmac. No matter how many times I make this journey, this comes as a shock to my system. I try to prepare the students beforehand, but it never fully works. “It’s so hot, Mr. Dziura!” is the constant refrain. Many to whom I describe this phenomenon ask me why I choose to return to Cambodia, particularly given the lingering effects of the Khmer Rouge genocide of 1975– 1979, and the subsequent civil war. My answer is that the problems of climate and history, while needing to be acknowledged and understood, are merely the surface of what is one of the most complex, fascinating and special places to which I have ever traveled. I return to Cambodia because its enigmatic nature, beauty and people call to me, and because I want everyone I know to experience these and to hear their own call.

On this, my third visit, I traveled with Fine & the heat and humidity

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Performing Arts Chair Paul Bloomfield and 17 WMA students. Over the course of 12 days, we visited five cities, a medieval floating village, and several Nongovernmental Organizations (NGOs).

We ate spectacular food and took rides on tuktuks, cyclos and fishing boats. We learned about Cambodia’s ancient glory and its 20th-century strife, and we met its hopeful future. In short, we took in as much of Cambodia as we possibly could in such a short period of time.

Our first stop was Phnom Penh, the vibrant and growing capital city situated at the intersection of the Mekong and Tonle Sap Rivers. We visited the Royal Palace and the National Museum, shopped in the Russian and Central Markets, and climbed to the top of the steps of Wat Phnom, a Buddhist temple that was constructed in the 14th century. The most affecting aspects of this leg of the trip, however, were the Killing Fields and S21 prison, both of which have been preserved

ary Callahan ’15, Meg Harrington ’15, Racquelle Leach ’15, Yutong “Iris” Liu ’15, Julia M Sparago ’17, Daniel Qin-Dong ’17 and Rhys Kulig ’17 at the Bayon Temple in Siemens Reap.

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as reminders of the horrors of the Khmer Rouge.

Both of these stops are difficult, but necessary: they serve to provide the context that students need in order to fully understand their experiences at the NGOs that are assisting in Cambodia’s development. When students visit Pour Un Sourire d’Enfant and Tiny Toones — two schools dedicated to providing food, education and vocational training to more than 6,000 Phnom Penh street children and their families — they meet people who are dedicated to bringing the Khmer people into the 21st century while providing them with connections to the glories of their ancient past.

This ancient past was brought to the students at the end of our journey, when we visited Angkor, the capital of the Khmer Empire. Sunrise at Angkor Wat, the largest of the 300 temples in this ancient city, kicked off a three-day trek that included mountain biking around Ta Prohm, affectionately termed the “Tomb Raider Temple,” and elephant rides to Bayon, the temple of a thousand faces. By the end, everyone was exhausted, but also energized by the majesty and mystery of this 1,000-year-old culture.

When we travel to Cambodia, we utilize the services of Hanuman Travel, a small agency that provides us with unique tours and local guides.

On this trip, our guides were two men, named Leng and Savun, who are both my age, and who therefore experienced the horrors of the Khmer Rouge and the civil war as young children. These men were founts of information not only about the darker times, but also about the resilience of the Khmer people in the face of the challenges of the new Cambodia. If the students had experienced nothing else, they would still have benefited immensely from their interactions with Leng, Savun and all of the others they met along the way, which is the real purpose of this trip.

More importantly, it is the reason I keep returning to Cambodia and bringing new people with me.

Nichole Czuber ’16 and Jordana Irzyk ’17 pause for a selfie at the Royal Palace in Phnom Penh.

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5 Riding bicycles in France 6 Aparna Sivakumar ’15 uses a pequi fruit as a cup.

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Brian Kennedy ’15 shows off his traditional tribal paintings. Similar to henna, the dye is made from the jenipapo fruit.

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by teddy ryan Director of Marketing & Communications

Honoring Our Students with “Honor Roll Live”

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any other day, requesting teenagers to wake up early can be

as difficult as moving a herd of cattle through a swamp. Luckily, such was not the case May 15 when Western Mass News paid a visit to the Wilbraham & Monson Academy campus.

The biggest news affiliate in Western Massachusetts, Western Mass News hosts a segment called “Honor Roll Live” every Friday during the school year. During the morning newscast from 5–7 a.m., a reporter is stationed on a school campus and helps to showcase all that school has to offer.

The show is broken up into segments, which are aired live and interspersed throughout the morning news.

After three weeks of planning and scheduling, the dining staff and cleaning crew had the Campus Center prepped and ready to host the show. Director of Dining Services Scott Bicknell and his staff made a special breakfast for students who chose to participate. Those who braved the early morning began to trickle in around 4 a.m. The show went live at 5 a.m. and concluded at 7 a.m. School spirit was apparent as students proudly spoke to reporter Brittany Decker, sharing their experiences inside and outside the classroom, and showing off what makes WMA so special.

Each segment lasted 2–3 minutes, giving the viewers at home a taste of what it means to be a student here. Some representatives of our global population spoke about their home countries and cultures, the Titan Jazz Ensemble

serenaded the crowd, and students tinkered with Science Department Chair Dr. Kathleen Gorski. Dean of Students Tiffany Alrefae shared what life is like at the Middle School, and students explained robotics with Middle School science teacher Luke Pelletier. Many of the athletic team captains were on hand to showcase their trophies and team experiences. Head of School Brian Easler spoke about the travel program, and students who have ventured to Cambodia, India, Haiti and the Amazon were able to explain their unique adventures.

To close out the show, Najma Shy ’15, Rachella Ferst ’15 and Tori Zingarelli ’17 sang “Price Tag,” accompanied by Neti Phukhachee ’15 on guitar while students danced in the background. It was a perfect warm-up for prom that evening.

We are so proud of our students, their accomplishments, and the way they represent WMA, and we’re grateful to be able to share our community with others.

Not long after the fantastic publicity of “Honor Roll Live,” WMA was fortunate enough to participate on live radio.

Student performers sang and played their instruments on “The Toast and Jam Café with Eva Cappelli” on Valley Free Radio in June. Live from Florence, Mass., listeners were treated to the musical stylings of Drew Mele ’15, Andrew Faulstich ’15, Alina Shirley ’15, Tori Zingarelli ’17, Rachella Ferst ’15 and Ben Soder ’15. The students performed well-known songs and a few original pieces from 12–2 p.m.

Research

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Number of news and athletic articles published from January 1–June 30

As part of perception research, the Marketing & Communications Department conducted surveys by email to students, parents, alumni and faculty & staff in the spring. Below is a glimpse of the participants.

by state Arizona Connecticut Illinois Massachusetts New Hampshire New Jersey New York Ohio Rhode Island Texas

2,501 154 1,474 Facebook Page Likes

Instagram Followers

by country

Twitter Followers

Angola Bahamas Bangladesh Bermuda Canada China Germany Hong Kong Italy Japan Korea Norway Russia Saudi Arabia Serbia South Korea United States Venezuela

as of sept. 29, 2015

WHY I CHOSE WMA! “The student-to-teacher ratio” “Diversity, the courses offered and the positive atmosphere of the school” “The amount of academic, athletic and travel opportunities” “My relatives attended WMA and loved it” “I wanted to surround myself with people from all over the world” “The College Counseling program” “The visual appeal of the campus”

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by bill wells Director of Student Promotion

alumni in action: dean rohan ’84

The Dean of Tree House Brewing

people call dean rohan ’84 “The Dean of Tree House Brewing,” and his young company’s craft beers are among the most popular home brews not only in the country, but the world.

“Beeradvocate.com rated one of our beers 14th in the world, and another 23rd,” Dean said. “Our Julius is rated the #1 IPA in America.

“One of the big things about Tree House is the philosophy that started us was we wanted to brew beer that we like to drink. That way, we know it tastes good and that other people would like to drink it.”

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In 2011, Dean partnered with Damien Goudreau and brewer Nate Lanier, making craft beer in Nate’s kitchen. A month later, the operation moved to Damien’s barn. On the first day of official business, the trio hoped 30 people would show up. They got more . . . and more . . . and more.

“We had 50 people come the first day,” Dean said. “We didn’t expect it. That was a ‘woohoo’ moment. The next day we opened we had 75, and then the next day we opened we had 100, and then 150 people coming down a small road in Brimfield to get beer from a brewery twice a week.

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Rohan ’84 (second from left) with Tree House Brewing staff

“It never stopped.”

Within a year the barn was filled with beer and it was time for another move. Tree House Brewing relocated to Koran’s Farm in Monson, and in February it jumped across the street into its current brand new building, complete with 18 fermenters. Dean and his brew mates completed a five-year plan in half of that time.

Now, each week, in a pour-to-order service, Tree House sells every ounce of beer it makes on the premises.

“We’re open 13 hours and we sell every drop of beer,” Dean said.

Dean estimated 15% of his customers are local, while the rest come predominantly from Connecticut, New York, Vermont and the Boston area. Regardless where the people come from, he knows they all come back for one reason: because the beer tastes good.

“The majority of our success is because what’s going into the bottles — what’s coming out of the fermenters,” Dean explained. “Nate is the best brewer in the world as far as I’m concerned. Some of the stuff he’s putting out there is far superior than anything locally. There are a good four or

five beers in our arsenal that nothing else touches.”

Dean, who was a plumber for most of his adult life, is the team’s Mr. Fix-It. Also, relying on his background at Wilbraham & Monson Academy, Dean serves as the face of the company — literally. There’s an official Tree House T-shirt with his face on it.

“The social skills I learned at the Academy . . . I’m the same with every single person I meet. I’m not intimidated by anyone,” he said. “I grew up modest, but some of my friends at the Academy owned the world. I wasn’t intimidated by that, and it gave me the confidence, no matter who I was talking to, to talk to them the same way.”

Dean said he gained his confidence from such WMA faculty members as Hugh Harrell, Jane Kelly, Chris Skypeck, Gary Cook, Joe Mazeika ’73, James Reese and Linda Lagomarsino, as well as former Dean of Students William LaBelle and former Head of School Francis Casey.

“To grow up at that time surrounded by those people . . . some of the teachers are some of the people who absolutely molded my life, and my life is great,” Dean said. “I sell beer for a living.”

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alumni in action: guy antonacci ’05

GreatHorse: Antonaccis score hole-in-one as some bunker improvements to a golf course turned into one of the premier facilities in the northeast for the Antonacci family.

“It started as a 44-bunker renovation. We were going to put some new paint and wallpaper in the banquet facility,” said Guy Antonacci ’05, who serves as president of GreatHorse. “After a year-and-a-half, stuff kept evolving. When the new clubhouse was decided upon, we decided to just go ahead and it started to escalate to where it is now.”

The Antonacci family purchased the Hampden Country Club in 2012 for $1.4 million. After spending more than $45 million, GreatHorse opened in May, complete with not only a private championship-level golf course and new 25,000square-foot clubhouse, but also a pool, playground, bocce court, salon, barber, massage room, fitness center, 30 televisions and 9,500-square-foot banquet hall, with tennis courts, paddle ball courts and clubhouse cottages following soon thereafter.

“I think it’s more than any of us could have imagined, all the way down to the little details in the furnishings and all the fixtures around the clubhouse,” said Guy, a former member of the WMA Golf team. “It’s tough to master plan this and see it two years ago. It’s definitely exceeded our expectations.”

One expectation the Antonaccis did have from the start was making the facility family-friendly.

“My cousin has two young boys, and my sister has a young daughter and another one on the way, and I have a 17-month-old daughter, and a bunch of our friends have kids,” Guy explained. “We thought if we could cater toward the families and spouses, we’d be more successful.”

And they have. With no marketing and solely operating on word of mouth, the club has already drawn 200 memberships, with more than 600 members.

The clubhouse is equally stunning inside and out, balanced beautifully with chiseled stone and handcrafted wood. The extra touches are everywhere, from the new tee boxes with horseshoes as markers to the comfortable dining room in the two-story clubhouse, which is decorated with artwork from the Antonaccis’ what started out

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horse farm in Kentucky.

With the facility operating as much like a resort as a golf course, what’s down the road for GreatHorse?

“I’ve been talking to the Massachusetts Golf Association about the possibility of doing something in the near future. Nothing is set yet but I’m hoping in the next couple years . . . I know next year we will host some sort of qualifiers for the MGA, and possibly the U.S. Golf Association Four-Ball Qualifier.

“I’m open to all different avenues. I just know the golf course is built for a championship.”

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by matt robbins ’12

alumni in action: matt robbins ’12

Parts known and unknown

on one hand, I felt a bit like Anthony Bourdain, world traveler, journalist, foodie and popular host of CNN’s “Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown.”

On the other, I realized how small and perhaps insignificant I felt — one tiny being squished in with all the other tiny beings, just another number, a statistic in a vast nation of more than 1.32 billion people.

I’m a big believer in the deep individual, spiritual growth that occurs when one decides to step outside of their comfort zone, although my father always joked that I skipped the ‘stepping’ and went straight to leaping out of my comfort zone. He’s right. It all began in Brazil. Roughly one month after I graduated from Wilbraham & Monson Academy, I embarked on the first shove out of my comfort zone — a three-week field study to the Brazilian Amazon with then Associate Head of School Brian Easler, who I consider a personal lifelong mentor and role model. Along with seven other WMA students, we lived with a native tribe, a 12-hour drive from any sign of civilization, boated through the Amazon River, and all guided by John Carter, an internationallyknown conservationist in Brazil. Those three weeks flew by without much time for reflection.

I headed off to my first year at Rollins College after a couple days rest back in the U.S. I didn’t realize it at the time but my first international experience via The Global School® in living with one of the last surviving indigenous tribes in the Amazon prepared me for what was to come — a four-month study abroad program in Amman, Jordan, during my junior year of college. Though I was there for academic purposes (three months of classes and one month of intensive living in beijing in the summer of 2015,

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independent research), I gradually learned how enormous amount of respect for the city and the to focus on the more abstract but infinitely people in it who are so curious. People stare, important minutia of life. This was my first chance take photos without asking, and even occasionally to set my bags down for a while and immerse request an autograph. Through a Western lens, myself in a culture. What was the result? I fell in their actions may seem rude — they spit on love with the subtleties: the feeling I would get the street when they want, they slurp their food, every time I walked into my favorite restaurant and they shove their way past the masses. But in downtown Amman and saw the thick cloud of in reality, these are all either survival mechanisms hookah smoke billowing over the 70 or so people or simply aspects of a different culture. who were lucky enough to reserve a spot for the I have worked to embrace all of it. I started night, or the ease with which I could have a biking to work every day, I spent entire weekends simple conversation in broken Arabic with a taxi learning the subway system by purposely getting driver about the day’s happenings, or the way the lost and, in true Bourdain fashion, I accompanied call to prayer had a way of paralyzing me — the my local colleagues in skipping all of the touristy beautiful sounds of melodic Quran recitations parts of the city in search of the gritty local food rippling across the city of white sandstone. and culture hubs.

When I returned to Rollins I found myself This was more than just a summer in China. strangely disconnected and unsettled. I began to realize the process of traveling and finding ways to leap out of my comfort zone had, in a strange way, actually become what was comfortable for me.

So around mid-February — m att robbins ’12 of this year I began constructing a way, or rather an excuse, to breach the limits of my comfort This is the groundwork associated with a lifestyle zone and life in the U.S., once again. That excuse that I have chosen; one that reveals life in its ended up being an internship, the platform for most raw and beautiful form through travel, and my newest adventure: China. through accepting other cultures and people for As an admitted introvert, why would I place the thoughts and lessons they provoke. I also cannot myself in a country with an exponentially larger ignore the role WMA has played. It’s safe to assume population than the U.S., mostly crammed into The Global School® instilled in me an appetite for a select few massive cities, one of which I would exploration beyond what is comfortable, whether be living in? The fact that I had never considered I realized it or not. Suffice it to say, my time in stepping foot in China was basically my own Brazil with Mr. Easler was more than just a few conscience screaming at me to go. So I went. weeks’ adventure in the Amazon: it shattered any The experience has taught me another lesson — limitations I or anyone else can place on my never let yourself get in your own way, never future endeavors as a citizen of the world. make a decision based on preconceptions. The rhythm of life in Beijing is far different from that of Jordan, Brazil, Florida or Wilbraham.

During my time in Beijing, while staying Matt Robbins ’12 sits in front of the Temple of Heaven in China. with the family of a WMA alumnus, I gained an

“The fact that I had never considered stepping foot in China was basically my own conscience screaming at me to go.

So I went.”

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Big number for Class of 2015

left its mark as one of the largest graduating classes in the history of Wilbraham & Monson Academy.

The Class of 2015, though, made history well before WMA Commencement by having nearly 40% of the students make a donation toward a class gift at the Academy and by having that gift in place before graduation.

“There’s been a good relationship with the Alumni and Development Office this year,” class co-advisor Donna Barone explained. “They got involved with the class before May. That has helped with the giving.” the class of 2015

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“It’s not about how much you donated: it’s about participating in a way that you can show that you are devoted to your class,” Haotian “Roger” Cui ’15 said. “I feel great about it.”

The class paid for a study nook in Mattern Hall, complete with a tabletop and electrical outlets so students can work on their laptops, computers and iPads.

“I think the idea of putting a study nook in Mattern was great because of all the kids who sit in the hallway to do work,” Molly Socha ’15 said.

“To have a private area to study and do work is a great opportunity for the students.”

“It was a great showing and a diverse group of students who donated,” class co-advisor Liz Fontaine added. “We’re the first class who has its gift in place before graduation and it’s a useful space for the students.”

The Board of Trustees and the Alumni and Development Office treated the students who made a donation toward their class gift to a dessert and networking reception in the Campus Center April 9 with Board of Trustee members Robert Edmunds ’01 and Caitlin Flynn ’06. ▲

di Russell ’15 (left) and Nichole Czuber ’15 A put the study nook to good use.

Message from Alumni Relations As alumni, I encourage you to stay connected to Wilbraham & Monson Academy and the global community of alumni from WMA. Friendships, business partnerships and leads, mentors, and more can all be found with people who have the same shared connection to the Academy as you have. It’s easy to join the Wilbraham & Monson Academy Alumni Facebook group and the Wilbraham & Monson Academy LinkedIn group to connect with new friends and reconnect with old ones. I’m grateful when you share stories of your time on campus with me and I want to hear about your personal and professional accomplishments. Please allow me to share those in Class Notes for other

WMA’s Marketing & Communications Department sent out a survey earlier this year and here’s a portion of just one of the comments: “I’ve found that the networking connections I’ve made through my former classmates and other alumni via events have proven to be the most beneficial aspect.

While we all have a broad range of interests, the community is still small enough to establish useful connections professionally. This was not something that remotely crossed my mind upon entering the school, but has made it far worth the tuition. To be entirely honest, the WMA network has served me better professionally than my undergrad institution — that’s pretty tough competition for

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a school of less than 500.”

Be sure we have your current address and email so you can continue to receive “Academy World,” the Alumni eNews and invitations to our events. You can submit address changes and class notes through our website, by email at alumni@wma.us or call me at 413.596.9118. This year, plan to attend a regional alumni event or return to campus for Reunion, to catch an athletic event or to watch a fine arts performance. Let me know when you’re coming for a visit as I’d love to meet you in person!

Dawn Hines Associate Director of Alumni Relations

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Class Notes 1941 Wilbraham Bill Beamish wrote, “While visiting Omaha Beach Cemetery as a WWII vet, I was asked to take down the two flags while taps was being played. It was a memorable moment. Two of our ’41 classmates were lost in the European fighting: Al Spencer, my roommate, and Dick Gavitt, Al Bath’s roommate.

Neither man is buried at Omaha. It may be that the families of both brought the remains home or they are at another cemetery. A visit to Omaha shows clearly the cost of freedom.”

1949 Wilbraham 1 John Campbell was a recipient of the 2015 Lillian Carter Award. The award was established in 1986 in honor of former President Carter’s mother, who served as a health volunteer in India in 1966 at age 68.

This award recognizes exceptional Peace Corps volunteers who served at age 50 or over and have continued to advance Peace Corps’ third goal: to promote a better understanding of other peoples on the part of Americans.

1951 Wilbraham Dr. Andrew J. Dadagian writes, “Oldest grandson just graduated from Stanford. Next oldest completed his junior year at Harvard with a 4.0 average and will be going to medical school. Next is my granddaughter who just graduated from Tabor Academy and will be attending Bowdoin. Eight more to go.”

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We miss our old friends but have met many more here in the south. Hope to do more fishing and oil painting soon.”

James Miller recently retired after 50 in March. They enjoyed watching years in the practice of pediatrics. He’s pelicans flying over the beach more still active in the medical missionary field. than snow falling at home!

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4 Bill and Phil Danforth ’60W with Bob Whyte ’55W at the Danforth camp in Wales, Mass., where they had a mini Wilbraham Academy reunion this summer.

6 Steven Schwartz was featured in the April issue of “BusinessWest” magazine.

In the sixth grade, Steve wrote about wanting to attend Boston University Law School and become a lawyer. Those dreams and more have come true.

Today, 13 attorneys specialize in a broad range of business law work for both forprofit and nonprofit entities in a firm that bears his name: Shatz, Schwartz and Fentin, P.C. Steve, who graduated from Babson College in 1963 and earned his law degree at BU in 1966, concentrates his practice in the areas of family business planning, mergers and acquisitions, corporate law and estate planning. “I’ve always been very interested in business, and many of my clients have included me in discussions related to the future of their business, whether to do an acquisition or not, or how to finance the business’ future,” he said. “This has been extremely rewarding, as I’ve always taken pleasure in the success of my clients.”

5 Phil Holt is currently in Aliquippa, Pa., dressing up a much-abused house for future Section 8 rental. He’s investigating residential markets in Texas to find flipping opportunities.

Phil said, “Boston is too far along in the ramping up of retail values for me and my business partner. My older family is doing well: Margaret is a private service nanny house manager after 30 years operating a daycare center; Dianne is living in rural upstate New York teaching yoga and working part-time for a large veterinarian; Brayton is new to Arlington, Vt., and working near Saratoga as design engineer for a transformer manufacturer. The younger family: Spencer is about to graduate (at last) with a business degree from University of Maine in Orono, and Rebekah is in a serious relationship in Portland, Maine. So, the inventory is five children, seven grandchildren and six greatgrandchildren.”

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8 Lifelong friends Peter Plumb and Peter Murray took a trip of a lifetime to Antarctica in 2014.

1962 Wilbraham Monty Euston wrote that his daughter, Erika, received her Master of Education from Pacific Lutheran University in May. In celebration of the 125th Commencement, His Majesty King Harald V of Norway addressed the graduates, dignitaries, families and relatives in the Tacoma Dome. The King was in the U.S. on a diplomatic mission and has toured Washington state several times. He and his wife, Queen Sonja, last visited the Pacific Lutheran campus in 1995. He was conferred with an Honorary Degree at the ceremonies.

9 From Charles Kellogg: “Over the past two years I’ve cycled enough miles to have ridden to Wilbraham from my home on Puget Sound . . . or about 3,000 miles. Good exercise, fellow classmates.”

Spottiswoode Randolph said, “I 7 Bill Cowdrey of Arlington, Va. and made it to 70. As carspottr@gmail.

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regional scholarship foundation and a local business development corporation, as well as a freelance writer. In my capacity as a retired New York judge, I have performed more than 150 weddings and invite my former classmates to view my website at www.stlawrenceriverweddings.com.

Cary Brick shared, “I am enjoying life in Clayton, N.Y., on the St. Lawrence River.

My home overlooks the Thousand Islands section of the St. Lawrence River and the Province of Ontario. I began my post-college career as a journalist on New York state newspapers but was quickly lured to Washington to begin a “In addition to the above, I recently career, first as a Press Secretary and later completed a 12-year term on the U.S. Chief of Staff to three successive upstate Postmaster General’s 15-member stamp New York members of Congress. At the subject and design advisory committee, same time, I served for several years as a where I was privileged to serve with Wilbraham & Monson Academy Trustee. many of America’s most accomplished As a freelance writer, I wrote about my notables in the fields of higher Monson Academy years in a reflective education, sports, film and publishing. piece on the Town of Monson website.

My wife, Janet, a retired educator, is currently an online educator for the “When I retired after a 31-year state of Texas, judge and library director.

Congressional career in 2000, only two We have no plans to slow down! I have Congressmen exceeded my tenure with two daughters: one is director of alumni the House of Representatives. During fundraising for the University of North my career, some 1,000-plus members of Carolina at Chapel Hill and the other an Congressmen came and left either educational IT coordinator. They and voluntarily or by defeat. I had the honor their families are in Durham, N.C., and to serve as president of the major Nashville, Tenn., respectively. Between Congressional staff organization, write them, I have four grandchildren. My and publish the first Congressional office Monson heroes are Dr. George Rogers, manual, conduct briefings for incoming George Morrow, Hugh Harrell and two members of Commerce of both parties special masters, Robert Johnson and be in the presence of seven (creative writing) and Eugene Angus presidents. I returned to my native (government).” upstate New York a few years after my Washington career retirement to take 1964 Monson on some new and ‘fun’ activities: first, I worked as mate on a fishing charter and 10 Some of David Brown’s prized later served as a local judge, lectured, daylilies were featured in the taught as an adjunct community college Connecticut Daylily Society June professor of government and history, newsletter. David sent us a photo served on numerous committees and of Pink Embers. boards dealing with education, libraries, senior housing and seaway port 1964 Wilbraham development, consulted in federal government relations, was elected as a 11–12 Ned Symes and Craig Meadows fire commissioner, and involved in enjoyed their 27th consecutive Father’s numerous fundraising projects, including Day fishing trip with their sons, Teddy the restoration of a veterans monument and Gordon. This year they fished on and creation of a local performing arts Nantucket. Craig said, “We occasionally fund. Currently, I am president of a catch fish and always have a good time,

especially since the sons have turned into great chefs.” Tom Kenny, Ned’s college roommate from Dartmouth, started joining them about 15 years ago.

Looks like they had a successful trip!

13 Andrew Petkun and his daughter, Kirina, visited Cape Town, South Africa, in March. Here is Kirina wearing her father’s 50-year-old Wilbraham Academy wrestling sweatshirt!

1965 Wilbraham 14 Richard Carreño visited campus in April with his daughter, Abigail Miller, and her children, Nora and Liam.

Richard lives in Philadelphia, where he buys and sells new, rare, used and antiquarian books through Philabooks| Booksellers. He’d love to connect with former classmates and can be reached at philabooks@yahoo.com.

1965 Monson Ovide Mercure and his wife, Marilyn, visited Tampa early in March to celebrate their 46th wedding anniversary. While in Florida, Ovide attended Shriners training. Ovide said, “This year I am the assistant Rabban for our Habibi Shrine Temple and in two years I will be the Potentate. The Shriners Hospitals do so much good for children. I am grateful for their work and am glad to be part of it.”

15 Richard “Bobby” Veit won Honorable Mention (in the black and white category) in the 2015 Maine Photography Show, which has been the annual premier juried gallery show of photography in Maine for 10 years, with more than 200 participants each year. Note from judge Tillman Crane: “This image illustrates two important ideas in photography, detail and vantage point. The pattern and detail is first seen in this image

and only later do we realize this is a very unusual vantage point in which we are watching elevators rising.”

1973 David Dibner has been living on his boat and commuting to Manhattan since the fall of 2014. David said, “I certainly experienced a different kind of winter. If anyone who knows me happens to live or be on Long Island this summer, feel free to stop by for a drink. I’m at Brewer Capri West Marina in Port Washington, N.Y. The name of my boat is Blue Gold.”

Jim Downey is an Executive Director with Cushman & Wakefield, where he and his team were the recipients of the Real Estate Board of New York’s highest honor: Most Ingenious Retail Deal of the Year for 740 Madison Avenue — The “Art” of a Deal: From Art to Fashion.

This award recognized their role in securing a 24,000-square-foot North American flagship for Italian luxury brand Botegga Veneta. The deal, six years in the making, required creativity and tenacity from a multi-disciplinary team whose dedication to their clients in the face of numerous obstacles resulted in this exceptional achievement.

16 Former faculty member Joe Mazeika said his son, Patrick, was selected by the New York Mets in the eighth round of the 2015 MLB amateur draft with the 239th overall pick. Patrick called the selection “a lifelong dream coming true right before my eyes. I’m real excited and looking forward to getting my career started.” He played in the Rookie League for the Kingsport (Tenn.) Mets.

As a catcher, Patrick hit .307/.439/.485 with seven home runs and 53 RBIs in 58 games for Stetson University this year.

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Phil Esempio signed his offer letter of admission to the Ph.D. program in the 1989 Department of Chemistry at Lehigh University. He officially started in the 25 Joel Ackerman finished a run fall of 2015 but started lab work over playing the role of Doc Robinson in the the summer. Phil is an adjunct instructor “Adventures of Tom Sawyer” at the at Wilkes University in Wilkes-Barre, Northport-E. Northport Community Pa., teaching chemistry, biology and Theater in Northport, N.Y. Although he physics labs. was killed in the third scene, he was able to come back as a regular town folk Tracy Thompson Viola performed in a to keep with the ensemble. Joel has one-act play called “Captive Audience” been bitten by the theater bug — this in the Black Box Theater at Holyoke is his fourth show after roles in “Carnival,” Community College in April.

“Les Miserables” and “Fiddler on the Roof.”

1986 his second All-Atlantic Sun Conference selection this year, having also earned the honor as a freshman first baseman, when he was a first team All-American.

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as you can in college. Broaden your scope; don’t narrow it.

3. Never delay taking care of your health.

4. Take risks in life. They make you a better person.

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20 Sonja Anderson Meader stopped by campus in July with her sister, Carolyn Riley. Sonja planned to show Carolyn her senior stone and where she lived while at WMA. Their next stop was the Brimfield Antique Show.

17 WMA teacher and Riflery Coach John Lombard spent the day training with alumnus David Lyman at Blue Trail Range in Wallingford, Conn. Dave owns and operates the range and has been a supporter of the WMA riflery program for many years.

1975 18–19 John Davis visited with teacher Jim Irzyk’s CEGS class in May. John is an attorney in Springfield specializing in commercial lending and bankruptcy.

He spoke with students about corporate lending in today’s market as well as the pros and cons of the various types of bankruptcy. More importantly, he shared some life advice with the students: 1. Never stop learning to read and write. Take as many English classes as you can in college.

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1981 21 Head of School Brian Easler met with Yukiko and Michi Honda while taking part in Hanami (cherry blossom viewing) during his trip to Japan in April. The Hondas are parents of Nanako Honda ’15.

1983 22 A bunch of WMA alumni came out to La Cucina di Hampden House to surprise Chip Filiault ’83 on a Saturday in July! All Class of 1983, except Dean ’84.

Back L–R: Jeffrey Grandchamp, Doug Turley, Eric Anderson, Sean Morgan, Marie Christo Morgan and Bill Lane; front L–R: Chris Cebula, Dean Rohan, Chip and Mike Balise.

23 While in Hong Kong, Andrew Bazarian met Head of School Brian Easler at Three Monkeys, a restaurant owned by Brian Ma ’01.

24 David Luczek married LeAnn Kaufman while vacationing in Las Vegas in March.

1987 For their decades of service to and promotion of golf, Fenway Golf owners — the Fisk Family — were the guests of honor at the 69th Rollie Jacobs Western Mass. Tee Party on April 30 with a golf tournament and evening awards banquet at Ludlow Country Club. The Tee Party serves as the unofficial kickoff to the local golf season and its list of past honorees represents a “Who’s Who’’ of the game’s most influential people in the region. The 37-acre property at the corner of Allen and Porter in the northeast corner of East Longmeadow is a landmark. “People use it to give directions: ‘Take a left at Fenway,’” Andy Fisk, President of Fenway Golf, said. “We’re at the corner of Hampden, Springfield, Wilbraham and East

26 Jonathan Lundy is now the Executive Chef at Coba offering a modern take on traditional Mexican and Latin dishes. The 400-seat restaurant is located in Lexington, Ky. Jonathan was recently featured in the May/June issue of “Sophisticated Living Lexington” magazine.

1990 Bruce Fenton has been named Executive Director of the Bitcoin Foundation.

Bruce is a lifetime member of the Bitcoin Foundation, an investor, consultant and advisor in the Bitcoin space and is the organizer of the Dubai Bitcoin Conference and the Satoshi Roundtable retreat. He is the founder of Atlantic Financial, which in 1994 became the first full-service investment firm to use the Internet.

27 Mike Haller and Andy Harbert had a mini-WMA reunion at the Disney Coronado Springs Resort in June.

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Walter is an English teacher who needed a tool that would help him quickly grade and aggregate scores to see how his students mastered the concepts the lesson presented. “As I was teaching I kept feeling more and more pressure to raise state test scores with fewer and fewer resources,” Walter said. “The number one way I found to measure how much of a lesson students had mastered was exit tickets or short quizzes given at the end of lessons.

These are 3–5 multiple choice questions that serve as formative assessments and do not factor into students’ grades.

The areas where students struggled the most reveal where I as a teacher did poorly during that particular lesson and, therefore, I would reteach that lesson.”

Walter said he appreciates that the app gives teachers more time to teach their students and be creative in the classroom. Quick Key has been featured in TechCrunch, Bloomberg Businessweek and CBS Boston.

1995 29 Stephen Colgate, Assistant Chair of the English Department at Loomis Chaffee, was part of a team conducting a curricular review of WMA’s English Department. While on campus he had to say “Hi” to his former teacher, Gary Cook.

30 Jeffrey Twining and his wife, Megan, welcomed a new addition to their family in July. Max joins big sister Karina in bringing joy to the Twinings’ life.

1999 31 Gerrard Evans enjoys teaching Chinese students American history in Shanghai, China.

32 Jon Insler married Erica Xin Wu on March 16, 2015, in Baton Rouge, La. Jon

graduated from Cornell University with a B.A. in Physics and Mathematics and the University of Rochester with a Ph.D. in Physics.

He is currently working in a postdoctoral program in Physics at Louisiana State University with an Intensity Frontier Fellowship awarded by Fermilab National Accelerator Laboratory. Erica graduated from Louisiana State University with a Ph.D. in Curriculum & Instruction. She is employed as a chemistry instructor at the Mathematics, Science and Arts Academy West in Iberville Parish.

Dade McDermott, Class A Master Teaching Professional and author, has signed a new contract with Lely Resort Golf & Country Club in Naples, Fla. Lely Resort Flamingo Island and Mustang courses have been rated 4.5 out of 5 stars and 4 out of 5 stars in the highly acclaimed world renowned “Golf Digest” magazine. Lely has also been recognized as one of top 50 resort courses in the world by “Golf Magazine,” and has been rated as Naples best resort for many years in a row (among many other worldwide accolades). The three courses at Lely are designed by three golf legends: Lee Trevino, Gary Player and Robert Trent Jones. Feel free to join Dade for lessons at Lely Resort from late October to early May in Naples. He will be teaching at the Mustang and Flamingo Island Golf courses (Google the Flamingo Island course to see amazing island holes). You can also visit Dade’s website for more information about him and his profession at www.dademcdermottgolf.com.

2000 33 Ramon Garcia and his wife, Kim, welcomed Ramon Alexander into their family May 15.

2001 34 Brian Juengst took a job with the Maine State Police Crime Lab as a Forensic Scientist and trained in Canada for two months. Life for Brian and his wife, Laurel, will get crazy as their little one, Logan Robert, is on the verge of learning to walk!

Christabeth Ingold has an Etsy shop, where she sells her beautiful handmade malas (www.etsy.com/shop/soulmalas).

She’s busy as a life coach and recently co-facilitated a five-day retreat in Hawaii. Christabeth’s personal website is www.soulfullynourishing.com.

35 Brian Ma hosted Head of School Brian Easler at his restaurant, Djibouti, while he was in Asia. Brian also owns six other restaurants in Hong Kong: Three Monkeys (Japanese gastropub), Ted’s Lookout (Tex-Mex), Pirata (Italian), Kishoku (Japanese), Gyotaku (Japanese), as well as the just-opened Chibee Chicken & Beer!

Demetri Tsolakis can now be found leading another George Aboujaoude restaurant in Boston.

Committee is now open at Fan Pier and focuses on Mediterranean meze. WMA had its Boston-area alumni gathering there Sept. 17.

Visit www.committeeboston.com.

2002 36 Joe Salvador and his wife, Ashlee, welcomed a little girl into their family.

Their son, Weston, is now a big brother to Avery Mae.

2003 37 Carrie (Scott-Smith) Ertl shared, “Hello WMA family!!! Since I graduated I’ve been moving all over the country with work and experiencing new and

exciting things. After college I lived in Huntington Beach, Calif., St. Louis, Mo., Boston, Mass., and Washington, D.C., all while working for Hyatt Hotels. I married my best friend Aug. 3, 2013, moved back to St. Louis in February of 2014 (my job is still in D.C. though), bought our first house in July 2014, and we welcomed our beautiful bundle of joy, Harper Lynn Ertl (6 lbs.

10 oz. and 19 inches), Feb. 13, 2015!”

Brian Murphy is now the Executive Chef at P.J. Clarke’s in Lincoln Center, New York City. Stop in for their famous Cadillac burger and say, “Hi!” Angel Ortiz has been coaching football all over. He coached Ottawa University to a conference championship, Butler Community College to a national title, then he coached Scottsdale Community College to two Valley of the Sun Bowls, and now he has a new beginning at Pima Community College in Arizona.

2006 Eugene Miculet has started Columbia’s Executive MBA program as part of the Columbia Business School. He’s doing this part-time while continuing his work at Bloomberg, where Eugene is a sell-side relationship manager.

Terrence O’Brien recently returned from a 27-month Peace Corps assignment in Indonesia. In the small town of Kasiman, Indonesia, on the main island of Java, Terrence taught English to high school students. After college, Terrence spent a year in his native El Salvador, the country his parents adopted him from as a young child. The experience gave him a chance to learn more about who he is, and where he’d come from. It also opened his eyes about the need to help others, which led to his recent Peace

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Corps assignment. “You learn your limits, how to set goals and how to achieve things in different ways,” Terrence said. “The most important thing is finding out what people need, instead of doing or giving them what you think they need. They might need a bridge. Once they have a bridge, kids can get to school. And people should be allowed to take part in making a project happen. It might not get done as quickly but they’ll feel like they’re more a part of it. I learned a lot about patience.”

38 Brian Race was featured in a photo from Boston Pedicab. Brian said Boston Pedicab drivers are still the coolest thing at Fenway Park and maybe even the coolest thing in all of Boston. Brian is in the middle!

39 Sean Simpson and his fiancé, Colby, are the proud new parents of little Madeline, born May 12.

40 Guy Pistone ’07 started Fitivity, the largest series of sports and fitness mobile workout apps, which gets 10,000 downloads each day. They are currently in the second round of the Mass Challenge entrepreneurship contest.

2007 41 Yuji Watanabe and his parents had dinner with former Director of Development Rich Rodgers and Head of School Brian Easler at the Sky Tree 634 Restaurant above Tokyo.

2008 42 Brett Barry is now the head physical therapist at San Diego SpineZone, a company focused on the conservative treatment of lower back and neck pain.

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documentary film company. As the assistant to the director, Brittany runs all of Cedar Creek’s social media and website, handles marketing and is also the photographer and production assistant while on film shoots. Their most recent film, “Unbranded” has won audience awards at both the Hot Docs Film Festival in Toronto and at its U.S. premiere at the Telluride Mountain Film Festival in Colorado. They were accepted into the Rhode Island International Film Festival in Providence, Aug. 4–9, where Brittany hosted the screening and Q&A after.

44 Christian DeJesus was featured in “10 NYC-Based Latino Artists to Know” on TheCultureTrip.com: “Musician, indie filmmaker and all-around advocate for the Republic of Brooklyn, Civil JustUs represents a voice for the underrepresented youth in a rapidly gentrifying neighborhood. A Bushwick native, Civil leads by example, becoming an activist in his community against issues like racism and gender inequality. He describes his music as ‘reminiscent of 90s hip-hop with a progressive sound,’ and though it tackles complex social narratives, it is also wrought with a sense of optimism for a return to the days of doo-wop, stoop storytelling and corner store bodegas. You can find him this summer performing at Afropunk’s Battle of the Bands.”

2009 45 Amelia Gilliam had some great news to share: “I am beyond excited to announce that I will be competing in the Miss Colorado USA pageant. My journey to the pageant has already helped me grow so much as a person and I’m excited to see all that is to come. Through this opportunity I hope to serve my community and the beautiful state of Colorado, which

has been so welcoming to me. I also hope to use this opportunity to bring greater awareness to sexual assault and mental health issues both in my community and at large. I am so grateful to have been selected for this opportunity.”

46 Nicole Grenier-Ribadeneyra sent us a photo from Germany, where she and her cousin, Clarissa, visited Caroline Cohnen. We love mini-WMA reunions! L–R: Caroline, Nicole and Carissa.

47 Eddie Jewel stopped by campus in early May to visit with Coach Jeff Vartabedian and his family. Back L–R: Savannah, Laurel, Coach V and Eddie; front L–R: A.J. and Sully.

Ariel Landers has earned her Master of Science in Public Health from Johns Hopkins University.

Ashley McFarlane has been accepted into Southern New Hampshire University and is now working toward her MBA in Marketing.

Caitlin Mitchell has accepted a fellowship at Elon University School of Law. Leadership Fellows are seated based on academic merit, past leadership experiences and overall character. Congratulations to Caitlin for being one of the select few!

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50 After 14 weeks of intensive and challenging training that included Basic Combat training and engineer-specific military skills training, Pfc. Colin Scott graduated from Army Engineer school. Pfc. Scott is a member of the Massachusetts Army National Guard and is part of Alpha Company, 35th Engineer Battalion. During his time at Fort Leonard Wood in Missouri, Pfc. Scott was assigned to 3rd Platoon Titans. Once a Titan, always a Titan!

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to a popular party game. Slip Cup eliminates dirty beer pong! Clemson University and George Washington University students tested ping pong balls used in beer pong games over the course of a weekend and what they discovered: germs, E. Coli, salmonella, listeria and staph were all present on the balls and, therefore, in the beer they were being tossed into! This is where Slip Cup comes in. It’s a thin sleeve that slips into a 16–18 ounce disposable cup, catches the ball and prevents it from landing in your beverage. Ultra-thin rims, a catch element and numbers at the bottom, allow for 15 new games to be played with them. Check them out at slipcup.com.

Sara received the Sportsmanship Award at the Annual Scholar-Athlete Awards Dinner for the university. This award was presented to one male and one female student-athlete who best exemplified the true meaning of sportsmanship and made a positive contribution not only to their sport(s) but also to Ohio Wesleyan athletics.

Sara is currently a feature specialist writing for “Drink Me” magazine.

53 Vivian Lin, Sam Seung Chan Yang, Kanta Sugai and Megumi Aoki ’12 had a mini-reunion July 2 in Tokyo.

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Julia Bell received an invitation from American International Sports Teams 2011 all three years she’s played lacrosse at Mount Holyoke College, and this year 51 Jason Duke and Jessica Duncan were she finally said, “Yes!” Julia will travel married June 27, at Assumption College with the AIST lacrosse program and in Worcester, Mass. Jeremy Gilfor and represent U.S. Lacrosse in Amsterdam Timothy Manghan, also members of the in 2016. The team is made up of Class of 2011, were co-best men. Victoria players who have earned national or Duke ’06 was a bridesmaid. Mr. and conference honors, as well as top Mrs. Duke currently reside in Cambridge, players who hold records within their Mass., and plan to pursue their conferences. Julia will play in a threemaster’s degrees in the fall. Jessica day tournament in Belgium and will be attending the Massachusetts Amsterdam and then have some time Institute of Technology to study to sightsee. What a way to end her High Performance Structural Design. collegiate career! Julia has started Jason will be attending Tufts University a GoFundMe page at www.gofundme. to study Economics while working com/wb3u8a5d. as a teaching assistant. Mr. and Mrs. Duke are excited for their future Mike Boornazian, a senior at Bates together and are thankful for their College, received Second Team friends and family who helped to make All-State honors by the Maine Men’s their wedding festivities so special!

Basketball Coaches and Writers Association March 16, 2015.

52 Sara Lawrence graduated from Ohio Wesleyan University May 10.

Brandon McKenna has been accepted She played both soccer and lacrosse to the London School of Economics all four years while double majoring in summer business program.

English and Zoology. Sara was chosen by the coaching staff to be the Stephanie Reeves is doing Neuroscience recipient of their Coaches Award at in Moscow! If you’d like to follow her the spring soccer banquet. In April, adventures (rat decapitations, life as a

Russian scientist) see her new blog, steph-in-moscow.blogspot.com. She updates it regularly.

2013 54 Assumption College sophomore guard Kamali Bey was named to the Northeast-10 Conference All-Rookie Team for his performance in the 2014– 2015 season. Kamali ranked second on the team with 13.1 points per game and he also added 3.9 rebounds and 1.1 assists per contest while appearing in 24 games with 14 starts. He finished in double digits in 19 games, including three games with 20 or more points, and 25-point outings at both Southern New Hampshire and Saint Anselm.

55 Carly Cronin was named First Team All Northeast Conference as a sophomore on the Division I Bryant University Women’s Lacrosse Team.

She was one of only 12 lacrosse players in the NEC named to the First Team. The Bryant Bulldogs won the Northeast Conference championship for the second consecutive year and earned another trip to the NCAA tournament.

56 Riley Marini, Tori Bernardo ’15, Alexandra Baltazar ’15, Nica Bernardo ’15, Molly Socha ’15 and Brielle Robinson went to the USAGermany World Cup semifinal in Montreal!! Nica said they were “repping the states.” What a great game to be at ladies!!

Nick Martinelli was playing DI soccer at the University of Massachusetts this past fall but finally realized what he truly wanted to do and that was to work on the business side in the fashion industry. “So I quit soccer, applied to FIT and Parsons, and ended up getting into both, which made it a tough decision. I visited both schools, but

ultimately I chose Parsons because of its reputability around the world as arguably the best design school there is, and because of the strong academics and ties Parsons has with the other schools (Eugene Lang and New School for Social Research) of The New School. I’m studying Strategic Design & Management at Parsons, and I really would like to work at GQ, Mr. Porter or a public relations agency in the city.”

57 Molly Moran surprised her sister, Emily Moran ’15, at the WMA track meet at Cheshire Academy April 11. Emily went on to win the two mile and came in second in the 4x400 relay.

58 CJ (Claudia) Woloshchuk was named to the spring 2015 dean’s list at American University in Washington, D.C., for the third semester in a row. CJ is majoring in psychology and minoring in biology in the pre med program and is spending the summer interning at The Lab School of Washington in the District of Columbia, where she is also assisting with research. CJ is also active with the Peer Educators for the Elimination of Relationship and Sexual Violence (PEERS) group at American. PEERS is comprised of passionate student leaders at American who are recruited, trained, and supervised

by American’s Sexual Assault Prevention Coordinator. PEERS provides workshops and facilitates discussions on dating abuse, stalking and sexual violence to any university-affiliated group. This fall, in addition to looking at medical schools, CJ will be one of only two undergrads to work in the lab, assisting in research on animal models of drug use and abuse research program.

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2014 59 Greg Krippa was named Student of the Year through the Black Student Union of the University of Minnesota.

He is currently the union’s grants and fundraising chair.

60–61 Lauryn Picknelly sent us photos from a family vacation to Alaska.

“This vacation was a mind-blowing experience. I have had the privilege to go on a water plane tour and a helicopter ride onto a glacier. The dogs were located in the middle where several of the glaciers met together.

We then got to walk on the edge of one of the glaciers, Mount Herbert. This was an unbelievable sight that left me speechless. We drank fresh glacier water and took pictures at the top.

This was an amazing vacation!”

62 Valeria Surkovaite visited Blue Spark Capital Advisors in New York City

and had a meeting with Founder, CEO and WMA alumna Maura Griffin ’82.

Valeria said, “It was extremely nice to meet a fellow alumna, and although our graduation years are quite far apart, we were able to relate to each other by sharing similar experiences.

Her story inspired and encouraged me to continue working hard and committing to my dreams.” Valeria is working hard and receiving some special applause. An International Maritime Business major at the Massachusetts Maritime Academy, Valeria was one of more than 1,000 students from Massachusetts public colleges and universities, and only the second MMA cadet, to present a paper at the UMASS Undergraduate Research Conference. “The Repeal of Crude Oil Ban: Its Necessity and Possible Outcomes” earned special praise from the chair of the conference’s oral presentation session.

2015 63 Dillinger Perez kept up his rugby skills this summer by playing for the Springfield Rifles Rugby Club. His team won the 24th Annual Eric White Memorial Rugby Sevens Tournament July 11. Dillinger is a freshman at St. Bonaventure University where he continues to play rugby.

Ally Stoll placed first in the Baystate Games preliminaries for the 100-meter high hurdles. Ally also placed second in the qualifying round for the Junior Olympics, which gave her a spot to compete in the USATF National Junior Track & Field Championships in Florida.

Ally was ranked 36th in the country going into the championships. Amazing accomplishment, Ally!

out for the US U19 team in the summer. John is a three-time Brine All-American and a four-time allleague player.

2016 64 WMA faculty member Gayle Hsiao and her husband, Allen, a former faculty member, bumped into Wayne Wu while walking back to their hotel after dinner in Beijing in July. Wayne was out shopping with his mother and the Hsiao’s were having dinner with Andrew Faulstich ’15. Mr. and Mrs. Hsiao and Andrew were in China for a twoweek summer program at the Jiahui Yangguang school in Dalian.

John Tierney was named to the US Lacrosse All-American team. The UMASS freshman was invited to try

We Remember Mr. Harry E. Aliengena ’47M

Mr. Roger S. Eddy ’40W

Mr. James J. Haggerty ’57W

Mr. Robert S. Putnam ’48W

Mrs. Martha B. Barend Alumni Spouse

Mr. Edward O. Fisk ’53W

Mr. Edwin H. Richards Jr. ’40W

Mr. Robert A. Forbes ’38M

Mr. Alan N. Hall Trustee Emeritus

Mr. Oren R. Bates Jr. ’40W

Mr. Henry S. George ’40W

Dr. William Haller ’32M

Mrs. Delight B. Rothery Alumni Parent

Mr. Henri J. Beauchemin ’35W

Mr. Mason Goldberg ’45M

Mr. Martin M. Harrigan ’40M

Mr. Donald J. Roy ’52W

Mr. Richard J. Bonelli ’60W

Mr. E. E. Goldstein ’35W

Mr. Thomas D. Keery ’45W

Mr. Michael A. Schnoll ’75

Mr. Wallace H. Boy ’41M

Mr. Thomas P. Good Jr. ’65W Alumni Non-Grad

Mr. Daniel M. Kossick ’50W

Mr. Wilson Sharif ’77

Mr. Colin T. Lancaster ’45M

Mr. Donald H. Steenburn ’40M

Mr. Joshua N. Graham ’65W Alumni Non-Grad

Mr. Drew P. Langhauser ’45W Alumni Non-Grad

Mr. Donald N. Swanson ’50M

Mrs. Leah R. Cramton Former Staff

Mr. Harold O. Graves ’42W

Mr. Edward J. Lonczak ’46M

Mr. George T. Greenhalgh ’45W

Mr. Arthur H. Zalkan Alumni Parent

Mr. William J. Curren ’45W

Mr. Eugene S. Griswold ’67M

Mrs. Patricia E. Mazeika Alumni Spouse & Former Faculty

Mr. Kenneth W. Brooks ’42M Mr. Eldridge A. Burns Sr. ’62M Mr. Paul M. Calcasola ’85

Mrs. Barbara Davis Alumni Spouse

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Mr. Mario A. Tonelli ’52M

Mr. August Zemo Former Faculty

Annual Report

2014–2015

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Thank you for making a difference Thank you is a simple phrase that means a lot.

Thank you to everyone who had a part in making a difference for our students by making a contribution to the Wilbraham & Monson Academy Annual Fund. Last year we received gifts of all sizes, raising $816,000 in voluntary support of the Annual Fund from more than 700 donors.

Thank you to our alumni, parents, faculty and staff, friends, grandparents, corporations, foundations and matching gift companies.

When you give to The Global School® you are helping further our future global leaders, global thinkers and global doers.

Thank you to our many volunteers. Our fundraising success is in large part due to your tireless hard work and dedication.

Highlights from the 2014–2015 year include: • 1965 Monson generously honored their teacher and mentor, the late Hugh Harrell, with a class gift.

• 150 new donors were added to the roster this year.

• Reunion classes raised more than $382,948 toward the Annual Fund.

• The total amount contributed by the Class of 2015 was $1,722, with a school record 35% participation from the class in support of their senior class gift to the Academy.

I look forward to seeing many of you on campus this coming year, whether you are here for an event or just stopping by!

Sarah Wakelin, Director of Annual Giving

2014–2015 summary of giving Alumni

$483,277

Current Parents

$111,930

Alumni Parents

$98,336

Grandparents & Alumni Grandparents

annual fund

$11,150

Spouses of Alumni

$32,052

Faculty & Staff

$5,285

Corporations, Foundations & Matching Gifts $30,081

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$8,938

Other

$34,929

Total Annual Fund

$815,978

Capital Programs & Endowment

$369,893

Major Gifts

$282,443

Gifts In-Kind

$125,997

grand total

$1,594,311

The Herbert P. Blake Society In recognition of benefactors whose loyalty, support and generosity have helped shape the future of Wilbraham & Monson Academy. Their total support for the Academy is in excess of $100,000.

Irene E. and George A. Davis

Mr. & Mrs. William A.

Mr. Si Il Jang &

Mr. Young Do Kim &

Foundation

Tychsen ’59W

Mrs. Sun Young Hwang

Mrs. Hyun Ah Kwon

Mr. & Mrs. Scott B. Jacobs ’75

The Wallace Foundation

Mr. Donald M. Joffray ’46W

Mr. & Mrs. Rodney J. LaBrecque

Mr. & Mrs. William E. James ’64W

Mr. & Mrs. Gary E. Wendlandt

Mr. Kent L. Karosen ’84

Mr. Ki Joon Na &

Mr. & Mrs. Donald M. Joffray ’46W

WMA Parents Association

Mr. Robert A. Melikian ’64W

Ms. Nam Kyung Hwang

Mr. & Mrs. Hideo Kagami

Mr. Sergay G. Zarynoff ’57W

Mr. Richard F. Morgan ’59W

Mr. Craig A. Rubin ’63W

Mr. Brian F. Randall ’60W

Mr. Edward J. Sack ’47W

Mr. & Mrs. David A. Reeves

Mr. Jonathan L. Sperling ’57W

Voluntary Donations

Mr. & Mrs. Philip C. Steiger Jr.

Mr. William A. Tychsen ’59W

2014–2015

Mr. & Mrs. Gary E. Wendlandt

Mr. Stacey H. Widdicombe III ’70W

Mr. Jae Jun Yang &

Mr. & Mrs. Jamieson D. Kennedy M.D. ’51W Mrs. Judith A. Knapp KSD Charitable Foundation Mr. & Mrs. James E. LaCrosse ’50W

Mrs. Patricia M. Altman

Mr. W. R. Lappin ’53M

Mr. & Mrs. Richard Altman

Adm. Peter C. Lincoln ’55W

Andrew Associates

Mr. Frank L. Livermore ’17W

Mrs. Mary B. Annan

Mr. & Mrs. Keith Martin ’47W

Antonacci Family Foundation

Mrs. Lenita C. McCallum

Mr. & Mrs. Frank G. Antonacci

Witherspoon &

Mr. & Mrs. Gerald Antonacci

Mr. David Witherspoon

Mrs. Marianne Antonacci

Dr. & Mrs. Charles A. McCallum

Mr. & Mrs. S. Prestley Blake

Jr. ’43W

Mr. & Mrs. Charles M.

Mr. & Mrs. Robert W.

Callahan III ’75

McCallum ’47W

Mr. & Mrs. David J. Callahan

Mr. Timothy J. McEvoy ’68W &

Ms. Janet Callahan

Ms. Barbara Luke

Mr. & Mrs. Jon E. Callahan ’81

Mr. & Mrs. Mark S. McKenna

Ms. Julie A. Callahan ’78

Mr. & Mrs. Richard F. Morgan ’59W

Mr. & Mrs. John F. Chapple III ’60W

National Wine & Spirits Inc.

Mr. & Mrs. Michael Clarke ’58W

Palmer Paving Corporation

Community Foundation

The Pecoy Companies

of Western MA

Mr. Kent W. Pecoy

Mr. & Mrs. Nicholas Deininger ’43W

Mr. & Mrs. Frank J. Pizzitola ’43M

Mr. & Mrs. Ernest E. Denby

Mr. & Mrs. Oscar H. Plotkin

Mr. & Mrs. Richard G. Dooley

Mr. & Mrs. Peter S. Plumb Esq. ’61W

The Edward E. Ford Foundation

Mr. & Mrs. Carol F. Relihan ’73

Mr. & Mrs. Leonard G. Enroth ’39W

Mr. & Mrs. Edward J. Sack ’47W

Mr. William R. Faulkner Jr. ’57W

Schwab Charitable Fund

Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund

Mr. & Mrs. James J. Shea Jr. ’44W

Mrs. Marjorie H. Fisher

Mr. & Mrs. J. David Shenk Sr. ’74

Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Flynn

Shenkman Capital

Mr. & Mrs. Richard S. Fuld Jr. ’64W

Management, Inc.

Dr. Edward J. Gramse ’39W

Mr. & Mrs. Mark R. Shenkman ’61M

Greater New Orleans Foundation

Mr. & Mrs. Charoen

Mr. & Mrs. Marjorie F. Griffin

Sirivadhanabhakdi

Mr. & Mrs. William A. Griffin ’68W

Mr. & Mrs. Steven D. Spence ’76

Haas Electric, Inc.

Mr. Jonathan L. Sperling ’57W

Mr. & Mrs. Alan Hale ’46W

Mr. & Mrs. Donald J. Stuart ’73

Mr. & Mrs. Robert T. Hale ’55W

Mrs. Anne P. Symes

Mr. & Mrs. Glenn R. Hanson

Mr. & Mrs. Edward Symes III ’64W

Mr. & Mrs. Joseph M. Hickson Jr.

Mr. Brent G. Todd ’81

Mr. & Mrs. Leverett M. Hubbard Jr.

Mrs. Leonia S. Todd

Annual Giving

century club $25,000 + Mr. Scott B. Jacobs ’75 Mr. James E. LaCrosse ’50W Mr. Mark R. Shenkman ’61M

headmaster’s circle $1,000–$2,999

Ms. Eun Kyung Min Mr. Hong Zhang & Mrs. Xujun Guo Mr. Bo Zhao & Ms. Lijuan Hu

Mr. Dana T. Aftab ’81 Dr. & Mrs. David D. Agahigian

Mr. Donald J. Stuart ’73

old academy club $3,000–$4,999

wesleyan society $20,000–$24,999

Mr. Michael Clarke ’58W

BAE Systems Matching Gifts

Mr. Paul B. Cronin ’53W

Lt. Col. Richard W. Bailey USMC

Mrs. Virginia L. Hoyt

Ret. ’55M

Anonymous

Mr. Richard Altman Mrs. Sylvia F. Altman Mr. Robert S. Armell ’64W

Mr. Peter C. Lincoln ’55W U.S. Trust

leadership circle $15,000–$19,999 Mrs. Linda B. Griffin Mrs. Judith A. Knapp

1804 founders’ club $10,000–$14,999 Mr. & Mrs. Richard G. Dooley Mr. Michael J. Flynn Mrs. Judith B. Hale Ambassador Hyun Kim ’77 Mr. Seok J. Lee & Ms. YounJin Cho Mr. & Mrs. Timothy J. Marini Mr. & Mrs. Hirokazu Yamanashi

atlas & bell circle $5,000–$9,999 Mr. Chang Sheng Dai & Mrs. Yan Zhang Fallon Community Health Plan Mr. & Mrs. Glenn R. Hanson

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Mr. & Mrs. Richard D. Bourgeois

Mr. Xiangnan Liu & Ms. Haiyan Cao

Dr. David L. Brown ’64M

Mr. Yedong Liu & Mrs. Ling Hu

Mr. & Mrs. Matthew M. Burke

Mr. Barry M. Maloney ’85

Mr. & Mrs. David J. Callahan

Mr. S. Peter Manchester ’58W

Mr. Song Chang &

Mr. & Mrs. Steven P. Marcus

Mrs. Zhaoyan Liang

Mrs. Lenita C. McCallum

Mr. John F. Chapple III ’60W

Witherspoon

Mr. Seung Jae Chyun ’75

Dr. Charles A. McCallum Jr. ’43W

Mr. & Mrs. Carl A. Conlon

Mr. Craig E. Meadows ’64W

Mr. Yingzhi Cui & Mrs. Wei Zhao

Mr. & Mrs. Andrew P. Mele

Mr. Albert W. Dodge Sr. ’32W

Mr. Francis R. Mitchell ’66W

Mr. James S. Downey ’73

Mr. & Mrs. Michael A. Nallen

Mr. Brian P. Easler &

Mr. Robert K. Nichols ’63W

Dr. Stephanie Easler

Northern Trust

Mrs. Francesca Eastman &

Dr. & Mrs. William A. Parisien

Mr. Edward C. Goodstein

Mr. Richard B. Phillips ’63W

Mr. Robert S. Edmunds ’01

Mr. & Mrs. Stephen F. Pizzitola

Mr. Robert B. Enemark ’42W

Mr. Peter S. Plumb Esq. ’61W

Mr. Graeme A. Bazarian ’87

Illinois Tool Works Foundation

Mr. James A. Russell ’55M

ExxonMobil Foundation, Inc.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLC

Mr. Gary R. Beauchamp ’78

Dr. George W. Johnson Jr. ’69M

Mr. Edward W. Shore Jr. ’48W

Mr. William R. Faulkner Jr. ’57W

Mr. Ralph A. Quackenbush ’51W

Mr. Frederick L. Blackwell ’72

Mr. Douglas H. Jones ’70W

Mr. & Mrs. Douglas L. Soder

Mr. Bruce S. Ferguson ’67W

Mr. Dean F. Redfern ’72

Mr. Richard B. Brigham ’52W

Mr. Brian W. Juengst ’01

Mr. Stan Soja

Mr. Evan H. Gallivan CFRE ’96

Mr. Arthur S. Robbins ’50W

Mr. Andrew L. Brown ’88

Ms. Mahsa Khanbabai Esq. ’89

Mr. Jonathan L. Specter ’89

Mr. & Mrs. Richard M. Gallivan

Kevin E. Schmidt, M.D. &

Mrs. Marilyn M. Cataldo

Mr. Olli Timi P. Kokkonen ’55W

Mr. Peary D. Stafford Jr. ’65W

Mr. Dwight W. Gammons ’52W

Mary E. King, M.D.

Mr. David B. Chamberlain ’71W

Mr. Robert B. Kornfeld ’72

Mr. H. Fletcher Swanson ’63W

Mr. H. David Garrity ’54M

Smith & Wesson Corp.

Mr. Mark C. Clark ’75

Mr. & Mrs. Thomas P. Kubacki

Mr. & Mrs. Yasuyuki Tanaka

Gionis Insurance Services

Mr. Dennis C. Sowers ’59W

Mr. Donald J. Collins ’60M

Mr. Daniel B. Kunhardt Jr. ’72

Mr. C. Stetson Thomas ’50W

Mr. & Mrs. Michael W. Glabicky

Mr. & Mrs. Michael P. Stolpinski

Compass Restoration

Mr. Yong D. Kwon ’88

Mr. Donald T. Tull ’55W

Mr. Gunter M. Glass ’63W

UBS Employee Giving Programs

Mr. William R. Lane Jr. ’83

United Technologies

Mr. George T. Greenhalgh ’45W

Mr. Richard C. Upton ’60M

ConocoPhillips Company

Mr. Heung S. Lee ’58W

United Way of Central &

Ms. Ellen M. Hancock

Mr. Lin Jiang Wang & Ms. Lin Liu

Mr. Thomas C. Crafts ’65M

Dr. Thomas G. Magill ’55W

Northeastern Connecticut

Mr. J. Lawrie Hibbard ’52W

Mr. & Mrs. Yoshio Watanabe

Mr. William L. Danforth ’56W

Dr. Ronald L. Majka ’68M

Verisk Matching Gifts Program

Mr. David E. Hoxeng ’68W

Mr. & Mrs. Eric J. Wesson

Mr. Ronald E. Dean ’50W

Mr. John C. Marsh ’58W

Mr. James H. Wait Sr. ’52M

Dr. Bernard Hoyt ’42M

Mr. Benjamin F. Wilson ’69W

Mr. & Mrs. James Diotalevi

Mr. Josef E. Martin CPCU ’82

Dr. & Mrs. Charles B. Warden Jr.

Dr. Hampton W. Irwin ’48W

Mr. & Mrs. Martin R. Wright

Dr. Tian-jia Dong &

Mr. Todd R. Masnicki ’89

Dr. William H. Warren ’42W

Mr. Howard T. Jensen Jr. ’59W

Mr. Youzhi Xu & Mrs. Xia Wang

Dr. Dongxiao Qin

Mr. K. Keith McAllister ’65W

Mr. Frederick D. Watts

Mr. Bo Jiang & Ms. Ping Li

Mr. Jian Yang & Mrs. Qi Mu

Dr. Bonnie Faulkner Ryan ’82

Mr. John H. Meissner ’66W

Wells Fargo Foundation

Mr. Xiaoqun Jiang & Mrs. Lingli Pan

Mr. Min Yu & Mrs. Ying Kou

Mr. Robert G. Faulkner Sr. ’53W

Mr. Joseph W. Merritt Jr. ’57W

Educational Matching Gift

Mr. M. Loran Kary ’67W

Mr. Hong Zhang & Mrs. Qunfeng Xu

Ms. Caitlin S. Flynn ’06

Dr. John W. Miller ’49W

Dr. David F. Wender ’69W

Mr. Jamieson D. Kennedy ’51W

Mr. Zhiyou Zhang & Mrs. Jianhua Qi

Mr. Joseph J. Garstka ’69M

New York Life Foundation

Mr. & Mrs. Warren R. Wise

Dr. Mark A. Keroack ’72

Mr. Li Zhu & Mrs. Hui Wu

Mr. Richard R. Garstka ’73

Mr. Richard J. O’Donnell ’80

Dr. Brett R. Zalkan ’83

Ms. Nancy King

Mr. Richard P. Goldman

Mr. Douglas W. Osmond ’75

Zampell

Dr. Jordan L. Kramer ’73

hill society $500–$999

Dr. Harold Gramse ’47W

Dr. Christopher N. Otis &

Dr. Laura Gramse ’84

Dr. Roxanne R. Florence

rubicon society up to $499

Dr. Aaron D. Kugelmass &

Services L.L.C.

Mrs. Karen E. Ambrose

Mr. Ronald W. Alley Sr. ’57W

Mr. Charles G. Greenhalgh Jr. ’42W

Mr. Bertrand A. Page ’58W

Mr. & Mrs. Blake E. Lamothe

Alpha Oil Company

Mr. Arthur W. Gregory III ’59W

Mr. & Mrs. Gregory A. Popovich

Mr. & Mrs. Timothy M. LaMotte

Mr. Eric W. Anderson

Mrs. Ligia P. Guerin

Dr. & Mrs. Thomas F. Race

A. Boilard & Sons, Inc.

Lands’ End, Inc.

Archie D. & Bertha H. Walker

Mr. Peter F. Harrington ’72

Mr. Jonathan C. Randall ’65W

Mr. & Mrs. Nelson Abramian

Mr. Thomas J. Langer ’73

Foundation

Mr. Richard J. Harrington Sr. ’60M

Ms. Carol F. Relihan ’73

Mr. Charles A. Adams ’41M

Mr. Richard LeStage ’61W

Barnes & Noble Booksellers

Mr. Robert L. Hayward ’46M

Mr. Richard F. Rodgers

Aetna Foundation, Inc.

Mr. & Mrs. Robert F. Little

Mr. & Mrs. Richard J. Barone Jr.

Mr. & Mrs. Leverett M. Hubbard Jr.

Mr. Andrew J. Ross ’97

Mr. Donald G. Agnoli ’65M

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Ahold Financial Services

Mr. & Mrs. Brian N. Caine

Mr. Van Gothner &

Mr. Stanley L. Fri

Dr. Harrison B. Hawley ’61W

Aladco Linen Services

Cmdr. John S. Calhoun USCG ’61W

Ms. Elizabeth A. Davison

Mr. Peter O. Frisch

Ms. Margaret E. Hayes ’90

Ms. Renee A. Alexander

Mr. Phillip J. Cardone

Mr. Harry A. Day ’57W

Dr. Franco Fumagalli Romario

Mr. Richard P. Hayes ’55M

Mr. Stephen M. Allen ’57W

Mr. & Mrs. Anthony L. Carey

Mrs. Jean B. Day

Ms. Whitney E. Gallivan ’00

Ms. Puyang He ’15

Mr. & Mrs. Mark R. Alpert

Mr. Richard D. Carreno ’65W

Mr. Jose De Sousa &

Mr. Russell C. Garrison &

Mr. Edward T. Heffernan ’64M

Mrs. Patricia H. Ambrose

Mr. Francis T. Carrigan ’65W

Mrs. Maria C. Pestana

Dr. Natasha M. McKay

Mr. & Mrs. Dale Henry

Anonymous

Mr. & Mrs. Charles P. Carson

Ms. Patricia De Sousa ’15

Mr. & Mrs. Anthony J. Garro

Ms. Jeanne F. Henry ’04

Dr. Gary W. Ardison ’57W

Ms. Emily J. Carson ’15

Mr. Joseph H. Deary II ’70M

Mr. & Mrs. Sebastiao

Mr. James H. Herzog Jr. ’70W

Mr. Robert J. Ardison III ’55W

Ms. Eileen Cebula

Ms. Claudia Debelova ’04

Gaspar-Martins

Mr. Richard G. Heus ’68W

Mr. David W. Armstrong Jr. ’40W

Mr. Richard W. Charbonnier ’57W

Ms. Wendy L. Decker

Mr. R. Frederick Gates ’79

Mr. William C. Hine II ’67W

ATC Audio

Dr. Symin J. Charpentier ’07

Mrs. Stephanie M. Desjardins ’05

Mr. & Mrs. L. Michael Gatzkiewicz

Ms. DawnMarie Hines

Attain

Mr. Dezhi Chen &

Mr. Scott Diddel

Mr. Thomas M. Gavin ’66W

Mrs. Betty Lou Hodgman

Mr. Stephen J. Balicki

Mrs. Yuehong Zhao

Ms. Robin M. Dillon ’15

Ms. Kate A. Gaw

Mr. & Mrs. Michiharu T. Honda

Ms. Alexandra X. Baltazar ’15

Mr. Yingjie Chen ’14

Ms. Shiyuan Ding ’15

Mr. Kevin C. Genther ’46W

Mr. Peter F. Hooben ’82

Bank of America

Ms. Yujia Chen ’15

Mr. Yaping Ding & Ms. Chunyan Hu

Mr. & Mrs. William J. Giokas

Mr. & Mrs. Allen Hsiao

Mr. Robert D. Bardwell III ’70W

Mr. Zhenhua Chen &

Mr. & Mrs. Heath M. Dion

Mrs. Tina L. Girhiny

Mr. Jiyuan Huang &

Mr. James A. Barkhuff ’67W

Ms. Zheng Wang

Mr. Albert W. Dodge Jr. ’58W

Mr. Chris Glabicky ’11

Mrs. Haiying Zhou

Mr. W. Scott Bartlett III ’63W

Mr. Alton W. Cheney ’38W

Mr. & Mrs. Donn M. Dominique

Attorney & Mrs. Jason J. Godin

Mrs. Charlene L. Hulten

Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence E. Bater

Mr. William B. Cheney ’57W

Ms. Lillian L. Donahue

Mrs. Danielle M. Goldaper

Mr. Robert R. Humberston ’68W

Mr. Gregory J. Bazarian ’90

Mr. Phillip B. Chesky ’02 & Mrs.

Dr. Maurizio Donato &

Dr. Arlene M. Goodman ’96

Mr. William O. Humes ’59M

Dr. S. James Beale ’33W

Maureen A. Kelly Chesky ’02

Dr. Federica Bianchi

Mr. & Mrs. Roy C. Goodman

Mr. Doug S. Hutcheson & Ms.

Mr. John G. Becker Jr.

Ms. Gail Chesworth-Taylor

Mr. & Mrs. Verner Drohan

Mr. Robert J. Googins ’53W

Margaret Lenihan Hutcheson

Mr. & Mrs. Darryl M. Beech

Mr. Young In Cho &

Dr. Wayne H. Duke &

Dr. Barbara J. Gordon &

Mr. & Mrs. Frederick M. Insler

Mr. Donald C. Beers Jr. ’48W

Mrs. Young Soon Jung

Dr. Deirdre C. Curran

Mr. David J. Gordon

Dr. Jonathan T. Insler ’99

Mr. & Mrs. Carl A. Bellefeuille

Mr. Christopher K. Clain ’15

Mr. Gunnar A. Edelstein ’68M

Mr. Gene F. Gore ’55W

Mr. Michael A. Insler ’01

Mr. Eric J. Bennett ’86

Mr. & Mrs. Gregory J. Clewes

Mr. Richard U. Edgehill ’70W

Dr. Kathleen M. Gorski

Mr. James Irzyk &

Ms. Veronica N. Bernardo ’15

Ms. Hannah M. Clewes ’15

Mr. & Mrs. Raymond E. Ellis

Mrs. Olivia G. Gow

Ms. Jody L. Abzug

Mr. Jeffrey B. Berselli ’68M

Mr. & Mrs. John R. Colson

Mr. & Mrs. Hank A. English

Ms. Kaylee A. Grabowski ’15

Mr. Eric W. Jacobs ’74

Ms. Linda R. Berube

The Columbus Foundation

Law Office of Julie German Evert

Ms. Tamar Grande

Ms. Stacy E. Jagodowski ’98

Mr. William J. Best

Community Foundation

Ms. Julie Evert

Mr. Harold O. Graves ’42W

Mr. & Mrs. Christopher J. Jalbert

Ms. Roseanne Bianchi

of Western MA

Mr. & Mrs. Thomas G. Fallon

Mr. Steven M. Gray ’70W

Mr. Nicholas C. Jalbert ’12

Mr. Lewis W. Birmingham ’60W

Mr. Edwin T. Conway ’77

Dr. Timothy W. Farrell

Dr. & Mrs. Richard A. Greene

Mr. Skip Jarocki

Mr. Douglas H. Blampied ’56W

Mr. & Mrs. Nicholas Cotto

Mr. Andrew P. Faulstich ’15

Mr. Samuel B. Greene ’06

Mr. & Mrs. Andrew T. Jessup

Mr. Frederick M. Bodington Jr. ’55M

Mr. Nicholas N. Cotto ’15

Mr. Phillip L. Faulstich &

Mr. & Mrs. Laurent R. Grenier

Mr. Frank D. Johnson ’42W

Mr. Berkan Bolkan ’15

Ms. Christina J. Cronin CFRE

Mrs. Carol LaLiberte

Mr. David H. Griffith ’59W

Mr. Robert A. Johnson ’54W

Mr. Nathaniel Bond ’52W

Mr. & Mrs. Michael G. Cronin

Mr. Donald N. Femia ’54W

Mr. Maxim Gudkon &

Mr. Douglas T. Jones ’67W

Mr. Jeffrey F. Bonk ’78

Mr. Robert C. Crowell ’56M

Mr. Andres Feng ’15

Ms. Elena Zakharova

Ms. Brigid M. Jurgens ’08

Mr. John F. Boozang

Mr. Haotian Cui ’15

Mr. Baoqiang Feng &

Mr. John J. Guerin ’96 &

Mr. & Mrs. James S. Jurgens

Mr. William C. Bowie

Dr. Andrew J. Dadagian ’51W

Ms. Min Lang Qian

Mrs. Kristina S. Guerin ’98

Mr. Peter J. Jurgens ’06

Mr. Theodore W. Brackett ’06

Mr. Tanatip Daloonpet ’15

Ms. Nicole M. Fenner ’05

Mr. Patrick J. Haag ’00

Mr. John Jurkowski

Dr. Robert J. Brandt ’50W

Mr. & Mrs. Thatri Daloonpet

Ms. Rachella T. Ferst ’15

Dr. Frederick G. Haibach &

Mr. & Mrs. Todd A. Kagan

Mr. Lawrence W. Bray ’61M

Mr. William H. Daly ’06

Mr. & Mrs. Gary L. Fialky

Dr. Maria Gomez

Mr. Theodore W. Kappler Jr. ’61W

Mr. John A. Brockway ’61M

Mrs. Jill F. Dangleis

Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund

Mrs. Janet Hale

Mr. Lafayette Keeney

Mr. H. Morgan Brookfield III ’60W

Mr. & Mrs. Joseph D. Dasco

Mr. Jamie L. Fiorentino ’91

Mr. & Mrs. Michael Hamwey

Ms. Kirstyn Kelley ’15

Mr. Kenneth W. Brooks ’42M

Mr. Charles D. D’Avanzo

Mr. Mark A. Fischer

Ms. Caroline O. Hancock ’15

Mr. Joshua S. Kelly ’85

Mr. & Mrs. Bernard L. Brown

The David B. & Edward C.

Dr. Harold B. Fohlin Jr. ’45W

Mr. Robert D. Handel ’71W

Mr. & Mrs. Thomas J. Kennedy III

Dr. Townsend Brown Jr. ’69W

Goodstein Foundation

Ms. Elizabeth A. Fontaine

Mr. Robert J. Harlan Jr. ’62M

Mr. David B. Kenney ’53W

Dr. & Mrs. John J. Burke

Mr. John W. Davis ’75

Mr. J. Robert Ford ’52M

Mr. Timothy P. Harrington &

Mr. & Mrs. Erik M. Kindblom

Mr. John C. Burns ’66M

Mrs. Kim Davis

Mr. Donald L. Foulds ’53W

Mrs. Ann P. Rutherford

Dr. Paul I. Kingsbury ’53W

Mr. Bruce E. Buxton

Mr. & Mrs. Bert Davison

Mrs. Pauline Fox

Mr. Robert A. Hart Jr. ’44W

Mr. & Mrs. John M. Kirwan

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Dr. Robert K. MacLauchlin ’50W

Mr. Charles G. Nothe ’65M

Mr. David J. Pula ’01

Ms. Sommer Mahoney ’11

Mr. William R. Obreiter ’65W

Mr. Richard M. Raia ’49W

Mr. Robert Mainzer ’48W

Mr. Brian P. O’Connor ’89

Mr. Philip S. Rand ’58W

Mr. Richard A. Malin ’51M

Mr. & Mrs. Alan E. O’Dell

Mrs. Elizabeth E. Reeves

Mr. Michael C. Mannix

Mr. David Olsen ’52W

Ms. Katherine A. Reilly

Mr. Robert T. Marchant ’51W

Mr. Robert T. O’Neill ’69M

Mr. Jeffrey A. Reynolds ’83

Mr. Ben Marcus ’12

Oracle Matching Gifts Program

Dr. Paul Reynolds ’69W

Mr. Steven S. Marcus ’10

Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. Osmond

Mr. Edgar C. Riozzi ’62W

Mr. & Mrs. Claudio Marenzi

Mr. David H. Otte &

Ms. Melody Rivera

Mr. James G. Matzen ’60W

Mrs. Audrey Blake Otte

Mr. & Mrs. Edward R. Robbins

Mr. G. Robert McAllister ’79

Dr. Sivakumar Padmanabhan &

Mrs. Doris H. Roberson

Mr. Richard F. McBride ’47W

Ms. Sridevi Jeyasekar

Mr. A. Seth Roberts ’70W

Mr. Thomas H. McCallum Jr. ’56W

Mrs. Debra J. Pageau ’76

Mr. & Mrs. Donald B. Robitaille

Mr. Richard T. McCarthy ’51W

Mr. & Mrs. John J. Pajak

Mr. Jeremy J. Rogalski ’05

Ms. Anna J. McCartney ’15

Mr. & Mrs. Stephen J. Pajak

Mr. James E. Ross ’53W

Mr. & Mrs. Patrick McCormack

Mr. W. Lee Palmer Jr. ’71M

Mr. Mark J. Rubbins ’79

Mr. David P. McDowell ’73

Dr. Michael A. Pangan ’86

Mr. Jack Rubin &

Mr. Robert A. McElaney ’85

Mrs. Jerilyn J. Paolino ’83

Ms. Patricia Yuzawa-Rubin

Mr. Donald J. McGoldrick ’50W

Mr. Michel Papadaki ’59W

Mr. Seth Y. Rubin ’01

Mr. Sean P. McGrath ’07

Mr. & Mrs. William H. Passy

Lt. Col. Stephen M. Rusiecki ’80

Mrs. Ruby McKay

Mr. Andrew M. Paul ’69W

Mrs. Julie A. Russell

Mr. Andrew J. Mele ’15

Mr. Steven L. Paul ’66W

Mr. Stanley H. Rutstein

Mr. & Mrs. Steven Mercadante

Mr. John R. Payne Jr. ’62W

Mrs. Theodora Ryan

Ms. Katelyn A. Mercer ’15

Ms. Karen J. Pekala ’69M

Mr. J. Brad Ryder ’72

Mr. & Mrs. Peter E. Miccoli Sr.

Mr. & Mrs. Luke R. Pelletier

Mrs. Cara A. Sabatino

Mr. Irwin G. Michelman ’75

Mr. Dillinger Perez ’15

Mr. Jonathan M. Sargent ’71W

Mr. Eugeniu V. Miculet ’06

Mr. Frederick V. Peterson Jr. ’66W

Mr. & Mrs. John N. Sarno

Mr. Marcus R. Klebart ’15

Mr. Jibo Li & Mrs. Chunqiu Hou

Mr. Steven K. Miller ’65W

Mr. Andrew J. Petkun ’64W

Mr. Theodore C. Schlette ’71W

Mr. Richard A. Knight ’59M

Ms. Jingwen Li ’15

Mr. Carl F. Mitchell ’53W

Dr. Patricia Petrosky ’81

Mr. Kenneth E. Schneider ’71W

Mr. A.J. Korytoski ’00

Mr. Jubei Li & Mrs. Yahong Chen

Mr. Mark S. Mizell ’03

Mr. Mallory L. Pettengill ’53W

Mr. Eric T. Schoonover ’54W

Dr. Edward J. Kosinski ’65W

Mr. Fuqiang Lin &

Mr. & Mrs. James F. Monahan

Mr. Singhanart Phukhachee &

Mr. Steven J. Schwartz ’59M

Mr. James E. Kras ’87

Ms. Xiaoqing Xie

Mr. Kevin J. Monahan ’73

Mrs. Wandee Charoeusule

Mr. Edward S. Schwerdtle II ’52W

Mr. Harrison Kroessler ’14

Drs. Michael & Nancy Lindberg

Mr. Theodore S. Montgomery ’62M

Ms. Linda Pietras

Mr. Richard A. Serafino Jr. ’77

Mr. & Mrs. Paul Labbe

Mr. M. John Lippman ’53W

Ms. Maria-Rallou T. Moore

Mrs. Christine L. Pilch Mancini ’83

Ms. Bonnie M. Serino ’87

Mrs. Bertha P. Lak

Mr. Changchun Liu & Mrs. Xi Wu

Ms. Molly C. Moran ’13

Mr. Willard F. Pinney Jr. ’61W

Cmdr. John G. Shaw ’64W

Mr. Geoffrey A. LaMarche ’00

Ms. Yutong Liu ’15

Mr. & Mrs. Peter J. Moran

PJC Organic Products & Programs

Mr. Philip H. Shaw Jr. ’57W

Mr. Richard H. Lamb ’69W

Mr. Joshua J. Logan ’75

Mr. Trevor G. Moran ’10

Mr. Jeffrey M. Polep ’72

Mr. James J. Shea Jr. ’46W

Mr. Jesadang Laohaprasit ’94

Mr. John Lombard

Mr. Andrew D. Mordasky ’13

Mrs. Sandra A. Poole

Mr. & Mrs. David K. Sherman

Mr. Raymond C. Larcher ’65M

Mr. Andres S. Lopez ’80

Dr. & Mrs. David M. Mordasky

Mr. Brian J. Popovich ’15

Ms. Alina B. Shirley ’15

Mrs. Mercedese E. Large

Mr. P. J. Louis ’92

Ms. Victoria C. Mordasky ’10

Mr. & Mrs. Charles Popovich

Mr. Edwin Shivell ’50M

Mr. James S. Law ’68W

Ms. Mei Lu ’15

Mr. Douglas T. Mulcahy ’58W

Mr. Bud Porter ’44W

Ms. Cynthia L. Shults

Ms. Nancy F. Law ’80

Mr. Wenrong Lu & Mrs. Linger Gan

Mr. Peter L. Murray Esq. ’61W

Mr. Robert S. Porter ’59W

Mr. Ralph D. Sinsheimer ’73

Mr. Tyler H. Lawrence ’07

Dr. Wei Luo & Dr. Yongyu Mei

Mr. Bruce Mutch ’97

Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey R. Power Jr.

Mr. Richard C. Slosek ’60W

Mr. William M. Lax ’45W

Mr. David B. Lyman ’74

Ms. Nancy W. Naftulin

Mr. Nicholas A. Powlovich ’69M

Ms. Caroline T. Smith

Mr. Giang Le &

Ms. Bethany A. Lyon ’11

Mr. & Mrs. David L. Nagle

Mr. Benjamin D. Premo ’05

Mr. & Mrs. Garrett P. Smith

Mrs. Nga P. Nguyen

Mr. Mark S. Lyon &

Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Naumec

Mr. & Mrs. David A. Premo

Mr. & Mrs. James J. Smith

Ms. Debelyn V. Leach

Mrs. Anne S. Redman-Lyon

Mr. & Mrs. Carter L. Nelms

Mrs. Tanya A. Presz ’91

Mr. & Mrs. Leon Smith II

Mr. Scott S. Lee &

Ms. Sarah E. Lyon ’09

Mr. Richard D. Newton ’79

Dr. Christopher M. Prior ’88

Mr. Parker E. Smith ’65M

Ms. Sandy L. Tang

Mr. Ian S. Macdonald ’94

Mr. Donald J. Nicholson ’79

Mr. Gary L. Provost

Mr. Richard R. Smith

Mr. Ralph F. Leonard ’61W

Mr. James S. Macgregor III ’60M

Mr. David L. Nickerson ’49W

Mr. G. Eric Pucher ’47W

Mr. Richard L. Smithwa ’51W

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Ms. Molly M. Socha ’15

Mr. Cory M. Walton ’15

Ambassador Hyun Kim ’77

Mr. Todd R. Masnicki ’89

Mr. Richard A. Malin

Mr. Marshall Z. Solomon ’48W

Mr. & Mrs. Wayne E. Walton

Mrs. Judith A. Knapp

Mrs. Lenita C. McCallum

1952

Mr. & Mrs. Michael Sparago

Ms. Tao Wang

Mr. James E. LaCrosse ’50W

Witherspoon

Mr. J. Robert Ford

Dr. & Mrs. Anthony G. Spartos

Mr. Darryl J. Warchol ’65M

Mr. Barry M. Maloney ’85

Mr. Craig E. Meadows ’64W

Mr. James H. Wait Sr.

Dr. & Mrs. Nicholas T. Spellman

Ms. Xavierra Webb-Spann ’04

Mr. Timothy J. Marini

Mr. Richard F. Morgan ’59W

1954

Ms. Lydia Spruill

Mr. Steven I. Weiss ’67M

Mr. Kent W. Pecoy

Mr. Richard B. Phillips ’63W

Mr. H. David Garrity

Mr. Earl Stephen Sr.

Mr. William S. Welles ’64W

Mr. David A. Reeves

Mr. Peter S. Plumb Esq. ’61W

1955

Mr. Michael F. Stone ’67W

Mr. Thad Wheeler

Mr. Craig A. Rubin ’63W

Ms. Carol F. Relihan ’73

Lt. Col. Richard W. Bailey

Mr. Mont E. Stong ’78

Ms. Erika M. Whipple

Mr. Mark R. Shenkman ’61M

Mr. Edward J. Sack ’47W

USMC Ret.

Judge Peter B. Storey ’65W

Mr. David R. Whitehouse ’56W

Mr. Donald J. Stuart ’73

Mr. Jonathan L. Specter ’89

Mr. Frederick M. Bodington Jr.

Mr. Ralph S. Strycharz ’65M

Mr. Harry T. Whitin III ’63W

Mr. Jonathan L. Sperling ’57W

Mr. Richard P. Hayes

Mr. & Mrs. Joel D. Summers

Mr. Herbert W. Wilkinson III ’61M

Mr. Richard P. Taylor ’62W

Mr. James A. Russell

Mr. Peter C. Swanson ’65M

Mr. William W. Willard ’59W

Mr. William A. Tychsen ’59W

Dr. F. Knowlton Utley III

Mr. Walter G. Swanson

Mr. Sam Williams Jr. ’65M

Mr. James H. Wait Sr. ’52M

1956

Mr. James W. Symmonds ’64M

Mr. Andrew R. Willis ’00

Mr. Gary E. Wendlandt

Mr. Robert C. Crowell

Mr. Douglas J. Taber ’74

Mr. Bruce A. Wilson ’60W

Mr. William W. Willard ’59W

1959

Mr. & Mrs. John G. Taylor

Mr. Craig M. Wilson ’60W

Mr. Benjamin F. Wilson ’69W

Mr. William O. Humes

Mr. & Mrs. Joshua Taylor Jr

Mr. Herbert R. Wilson ’62W

Mr. Bruce E. Buxton

Ms. Susan B. Yesley

Mr. Richard A. Knight

Mr. Richard P. Taylor ’62W

Dr. James S. Wilson ’61M

Mr. Donald J. Collins ’60M

Mr. Edward H. Thaxter ’65W

Ms. Claudia J. Woloshchuk ’13

Mr. Richard G. Dooley

Ms. Kara Thayer ’95

Mr. Jacob J. Wood ’15

Mr. William R. Faulkner Jr. ’57W

Ms. Ashley R. Theriault ’15

Mr. Paul G. Woodhouse ’55W

Mr. Bruce S. Ferguson ’67W

Mr. Michael J. Thompson

Mr. Sheldon M. Woolf ’50W

Mr. Gary L. Fialky

1941

Mr. James S. Macgregor III

Mr. & Mrs. John M. Tierney

Mrs. Ursula S. Wright

Mr. Michael J. Flynn

Mr. Charles A. Adams

Mr. Richard C. Upton

Mr. Walter Toner ’67W

Ms. Susan B. Yesley

Mr. Richard P. Goldman

1942

1961

Dr. Giuseppe Torrisi &

Mr. Hongzhong Yuan &

Mr. Harold O. Graves ’42W

Mr. Kenneth W. Brooks

Mr. Lawrence W. Bray

Dr. Alessandra Cappelli

Mrs. Hong Gao

Mr. David H. Griffith ’59W

Dr. Bernard Hoyt

Mr. John A. Brockway

Mr. & Mrs. Brian Towle Jr.

Mr. Qianchen Yuan ’15

Mr. Kent L. Karosen ’84

1946

Mr. Mark R. Shenkman

Mr. Scott R. Trainor ’84

Mr. Fernando Zavala ’07

Ms. Mahsa Khanbabai Esq. ’89

Mr. Robert L. Hayward

Mr. Herbert W. Wilkinson III

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1965

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1967

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1957

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1950

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1961

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1955

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1962

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1938

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1959

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1940

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1942

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1963

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1952

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1956

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1970

1976

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2002

1964

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1988

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1977

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2003

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1989

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1978

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1971

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1965

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2005

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1979

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1990

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1991

2006

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1980

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1972

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1992

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1994

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1966

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1981

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2007

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1995

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1996

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1973

1982

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2008

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1997

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1967

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2010

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1983

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1998

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2011

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1999

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1984

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1968

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1974

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2012

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1985

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1975

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2013

1969

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2001

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Anonymous

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1986

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2014

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Mr. Young In Cho &

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2015

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Ms. Elizabeth A. Fontaine

Mr. Harold O. Graves ’42W

Mr. & Mrs. Brian N. Caine

Mr. Mark S. Lyon &

Ms. Kate A. Gaw

Mrs. Linda B. Griffin

Ms. Eileen Cebula

Mrs. Anne S. Redman-Lyon

Mrs. Virginia C. Giokas

Mr. Allen Hsiao

Mr. Seung Jae Chyun ’75

Mr. & Mrs. Steven P. Marcus

Mrs. Tina L. Girhiny

Mr. Skip Jarocki

Mr. Donald J. Collins ’60M

Mr. & Mrs. Timothy J. Marini

Mrs. Danielle M. Goldaper

Mr. & Mrs. Rodney J. LaBrecque

Mr. & Mrs. John R. Colson

Mr. Craig E. Meadows ’64W

Dr. Kathleen M. Gorski

Mrs. Bertha P. Lak

Mr. & Mrs. Carl A. Conlon

Mr. & Mrs. Andrew P. Mele

Mrs. Sylvia F. Altman

Mr. Steven M. Gray ’70W

Mrs. Jeanine M. Little

Mr. Charles D. D’Avanzo

Mr. Francis R. Mitchell ’66W

Mrs. Patricia H. Ambrose

Mr. Timothy P. Harrington ’73

Mr. Steven K. Miller ’65W

Mr. Van Gothner &

Mr. & Mrs. James F. Monahan

Mr. & Mrs. Richard G. Dooley

Ms. DawnMarie Hines

Ms. Nancy W. Naftulin

Ms. Elizabeth A. Davison

Ms. Maria-Rallou T. Moore

Mr. & Mrs. Verner Drohan

Mrs. Gayle W. Hsiao

Mrs. Jerilyn J. Paolino ’83

alumni parents

grandparents, alumni grandparents, alumni great-grandparents

Mr. William H. Passy

alumni spouse

Mr. Luke R. Pelletier Ms. Linda Pietras

Dr. Charles B. Warden Jr.

faculty/staff

Mr. Thad Wheeler Ms. Erika M. Whipple

former faculty/staff

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departments: annual report

Dr. Patricia Petrosky ’81

Northern Trust

Mr. Christopher K. Clain ’15

Mr. Jiyuan Huang &

Mr. & Mrs. Stephen F. Pizzitola

Mr. Bud Porter ’44W

Smith & Wesson Corp.

Mr. Mark C. Clark ’75

Mrs. Haiying Zhou

Mr. Brian J. Popovich ’15

Mr. Gary L. Provost

Palmer Paving Corporation

Ms. Hannah M. Clewes ’15

Mr. Bo Jiang & Ms. Ping Li

Mr. & Mrs. Charles Popovich

Mr. Richard F. Rodgers

PJC Organic Products & Programs

Mr. & Mrs. John R. Colson

Mr. Xiaoqun Jiang & Mrs. Lingli Pan

Mr. David J. Pula ’01

Mrs. Kathleen A. Sherman

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLC

Mr. & Mrs. Nicholas Cotto

Mr. Brian W. Juengst ’01

Ms. Melody Rivera

Mr. Richard R. Smith

United Way of Central &

Mr. Nicholas N. Cotto ’15

Mr. & Mrs. Todd A. Kagan

Mr. Andrew J. Ross ’97

Mr. Michael J. Thompson

Northeastern Connecticut

Mr. Thomas C. Crafts ’65M

Ms. Kirstyn Kelley ’15

Mrs. Theodora Ryan

Mrs. Cleo B. Warden

Village Store

Mr. & Mrs. Michael G. Cronin

Mr. Young Do Kim &

Mrs. Cara A. Sabatino

Mr. Frederick D. Watts

Zampell

Mr. Haotian Cui ’15

Mrs. Hyun Ah Kwon

Ms. Alina B. Shirley ’15

Dr. Andrew J. Dadagian ’51W

Mr. Marcus R. Klebart ’15

Mr. Ralph D. Sinsheimer ’73

Mr. Tanatip Daloonpet ’15

Mr. Harrison Kroessler ’14

Mr. & Mrs. Leon Smith II

Mr. & Mrs. Thatri Daloonpet

Mr. & Mrs. Paul Labbe

Mr. Richard L. Smithwa ’51W

Aetna Foundation, Inc.

Mr. & Mrs. Joseph D. Dasco

Mr. & Mrs. Timothy M. LaMotte

Ms. Molly M. Socha ’15

Archie D. & Bertha H. Walker

Mrs. Kim Davis

Mr. Giang Le & Mrs. Nga P. Nguyen

Ms. Lydia Spruill

Ms. Linda R. Berube

Foundation

Mr. Jose De Sousa &

Ms. Debelyn V. Leach

Mr. Earl Stephen Sr.

Mr. & Mrs. Matthew M. Burke

BAE Systems Matching Gifts

Mrs. Maria C. Pestana

Mr. Scott S. Lee & Ms. Sandy L. Tang

Mr. Ralph S. Strycharz ’65M

Mr. Bruce E. Buxton

Bank of America

Ms. Patricia De Sousa ’15

Mr. Seok J. Lee & Ms. YounJin Cho

Mr. & Mrs. Joel D. Summers

Mr. & Mrs. Bert Davison

ConocoPhillips Company

Ms. Robin M. Dillon ’15

Mr. Jibo Li & Mrs. Chunqiu Hou

Mr. Peter C. Swanson ’65M

Mrs. Francesca Eastman &

ExxonMobil Foundation, Inc.

Ms. Shiyuan Ding ’15

Ms. Jingwen Li ’15

Mr. & Mrs. Yasuyuki Tanaka

Mr. Edward C. Goodstein

Illinois Tool Works Foundation

Ms. Lillian L. Donahue

Mr. Fuqiang Lin & Ms. Xiaoqing Xie

Ms. Ashley R. Theriault ’15

Mrs. Pauline Fox

New York Life Foundation

Dr. Maurizio Donato &

Mr. Changchun Liu & Mrs. Xi Wu

Dr. Giuseppe Torrisi &

Ms. Tamar Grande

Oracle Matching Gifts Program

Dr. Federica Bianchi

Mr. Xiangnan Liu & Ms. Haiyan Cao

Dr. Alessandra Cappelli

Mr. & Mrs. Leverett M. Hubbard Jr.

UBS Employee Giving Programs

Dr. Tian-jia Dong &

Mr. Yedong Liu & Mrs. Ling Hu

Mr. & Mrs. Brian Towle Jr.

Mr. John Jurkowski

United Technologies

Dr. Dongxiao Qin

Ms. Yutong Liu ’15

Mr. & Mrs. Momo Vezele

Ms. Nancy King

Verisk Matching Gifts Program

Dr. Wayne H. Duke &

Mr. Joshua J. Logan ’75

Ms. Jeannette I. Viens ’11

Mrs. Lenita C. McCallum

Wells Fargo Foundation

Dr. Deirdre C. Curran

Ms. Mei Lu ’15

Mrs. Ashley B. Vitale

Witherspoon

Educational Matching Gift

Mr. & Mrs. Hank A. English

Ms. Sommer Mahoney ’11

Mr. Jonathan C. Vogt ’15

Mr. Andrew P. Faulstich ’15

Mr. Ben Marcus ’12

Mr. Henry Wallis &

Mr. Andres Feng ’15

Mr. & Mrs. Claudio Marenzi

Mrs. Patricia Noriega

Mr. Baoqiang Feng &

Ms. Anna J. McCartney ’15

Mr. Cory M. Walton ’15

Mr. Herbert W. Wilkinson III ’61M

friends

matching gift

Mr. & Mrs. Stephen F. Pizzitola Mr. & Mrs. Philip C. Steiger Jr.

new donors

Mr. & Mrs. Joel D. Summers Mrs. Ashley B. Vitale

Mr. & Mrs. Nelson Abramian

Ms. Min Lang Qian

Mr. & Mrs. Patrick McCormack

Mr. & Mrs. Wayne E. Walton

Mr. & Mrs. Gary E. Wendlandt

Mr. Donald G. Agnoli ’65M

Ms. Rachella T. Ferst ’15

Mr. Donald J. McGoldrick ’50W

Ms. Tao Wang

Mr. & Mrs. Warren R. Wise

Mr. & Mrs. Mark R. Alpert

Mr. Jamie L. Fiorentino ’91

Mr. Andrew J. Mele ’15

Mr. Darryl J. Warchol ’65M

Ms. Alexandra X. Baltazar ’15

Ms. Elizabeth A. Fontaine

Ms. Katelyn A. Mercer ’15

Mr. Sam Williams Jr. ’65M

Mr. & Mrs. Carl A. Bellefeuille

Mr. J. Robert Ford ’52M

Mr. & Mrs. Peter E. Miccoli Sr.

Ms. Claudia J. Woloshchuk ’13

Mr. Eric J. Bennett ’86

Mrs. Pauline Fox

Ms. Molly C. Moran ’13

Mr. Jacob J. Wood ’15

Ms. Veronica N. Bernardo ’15

Dr. Franco Fumagalli Romario

Mr. Trevor G. Moran ’10

Mr. Youzhi Xu & Mrs. Xia Wang

A. Boilard & Sons, Inc.

Ms. Roseanne Bianchi

Mr. & Mrs. Anthony J. Garro

Mr. Andrew D. Mordasky ’13

Mr. Hongzhong Yuan &

Ahold Financial Services

Mr. Berkan Bolkan ’15

Mr. & Mrs. Sebastiao

Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Naumec

Mrs. Hong Gao

Aladco Linen Services

Mr. Francis T. Carrigan ’65W

Gaspar-Martins

Mr. Richard D. Newton ’79

Mr. Qianchen Yuan ’15

Alpha Oil Company

Ms. Emily J. Carson ’15

Attorney & Mrs. Jason J. Godin

Mr. Charles G. Nothe ’65M

Ms. Emily L. Zeno ’15

Anonymous

Mr. Song Chang &

Mr. & Mrs. Roy C. Goodman

Mr. William R. Obreiter ’65W

Mr. & Mrs. Joseph P. Zeno

Attain

Mrs. Zhaoyan Liang

Mr. Gene F. Gore ’55W

Mr. Brian P. O’Connor ’89

Mr. Hong Zhang & Mrs. Xujun Guo

ATC Audio

Mr. Dezhi Chen &

Ms. Kaylee A. Grabowski ’15

Mr. David H. Otte &

Mr. Hong Zhang &

Barnes & Noble Booksellers

Mrs. Yuehong Zhao

Dr. Frederick G. Haibach &

Mrs. Audrey Blake Otte

Mrs. Qunfeng Xu

Compass Restoration

Ms. Yujia Chen ’15

Dr. Maria Gomez

Dr. Sivakumar Padmanabhan &

Mr. Zhiyou Zhang & Mrs. Jianhua Qi

Mr. Zhenhua Chen &

Mr. & Mrs. Michael Hamwey

Ms. Sridevi Jeyasekar

Mr. Li Zhu & Mrs. Hui Wu

Fallon Community Health Plan

Ms. Zheng Wang

Ms. Caroline O. Hancock ’15

Mr. Dillinger Perez ’15

Mr. & Mrs. Paul Zingarelli

Gionis Insurance Services

Mr. Young In Cho &

Ms. Puyang He ’15

Mr. Singhanart Phukhachee &

Mr. Gregory J. Zollo ’66W

Lands’ End, Inc.

Mrs. Young Soon Jung

Mr. & Mrs. Michiharu T. Honda

Mrs. Wandee Charoeusule

Ms. Yutong Zou ’15

foundations/ corporations

Services L.L.C.

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donors with five or more years consecutive giving

Dr. Brett R. Zalkan ’83: 20

Mr. Frederick D. Watts: 19

Mr. Steven M. Gray ’70W: 16

Dr. Townsend Brown Jr. ’69W: 13

Mr. Stephen M. Allen ’57W: 19

Dr. David F. Wender ’69W: 19

Mr. Richard J. Harrington

Mr. James S. Downey ’73: 13

Mr. David W. Armstrong

Mr. Harry T. Whitin III ’63W: 19

Sr. ’60M: 16

Mr. Evan H. Gallivan CFRE ’96: 13

Jr. ’40W: 19

Mr. Stacey H. Widdicombe III

Mrs. Betty Lou Hodgman: 16

Dr. Jonathan T. Insler ’99: 13

Mr. Michael Clarke ’58W: 29

Mr. Frederick L. Blackwell ’72: 19

’70W: 19

Mr. & Mrs. Leverett M.

Mr. Michael A. Insler ’01: 13

Mr. Richard P. Goldman: 29

Mr. Lawrence W. Bray ’61M: 19

Lt. Col. Richard W. Bailey USMC

Hubbard Jr.: 16

Ms. Stacy E. Jagodowski ’98: 13

Mr. Peter C. Lincoln ’55W: 29

Mr. William L. Danforth ’56: 19

Ret. ’55M: 18

Mr. James E. LaCrosse ’50W: 16

Mr. Donald M. Joffray ’46W: 13

Mr. Richard B. Phillips ’63W: 29

Mr. Bruce S. Ferguson ’67W: 19

Mr. Ming F. Chang ’89: 18

Mr. Heung S. Lee ’58W: 16

Mr. M. Loran Kary ’67W: 13

Mr. Peter S. Plumb Esq. ’61W: 29

Dr. Barbara J. Gordon &

Mr. Kevin C. Genther ’46W: 18

Drs. Michael & Nancy Lindberg: 16

Mr. & Mrs. Rodney J. LaBrecque: 13

Ms. Carol F. Relihan ’73: 29

Mr. David J. Gordon: 19

Mr. Charles G. Greenhalgh

Mr. & Mrs. James F. Monahan: 16

Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. Osmond: 13

Mr. Jonathan L. Sperling ’57W: 29

Mrs. Charlotte M. Graves: 19

Jr. ’42W: 18

Mrs. Debra J. Pageau ’76: 16

Mr. & Mrs. John J. Pajak: 13

Mr. William R. Faulkner Jr. ’57W : 28

Mrs. Norma Greenhalgh: 19

Mr. Josef E. Martin CPCU ’82: 18

Mr. Camille F. Sarrouf ’51W: 16

Mr. Brian F. Randall ’60W: 13

Mr. David H. Griffith ’59W: 28

Mr. James H. Herzog Jr. ’70W: 19

Mr. Richard T. McCarthy ’51W: 18

Mr. & Mrs. Garrett P. Smith: 16

Mr. James E. Ross ’53W: 13

Mr. S. Peter Manchester ’58: 25

Mr. William C. Hine II ’67W: 19

Mr. Carl F. Mitchell ’53W: 18

Mr. Andrew G. Veitch ’65W: 16

Ms. Cynthia L. Shults: 13

Mr. William A. Tychsen ’59W: 25

Mr. David E. Hoxeng ’68W: 19

Mr. James W. Symmonds ’64M: 18

Anonymous: 15

Ms. Liz Wagoner ’01: 13

Mrs. Judith A. Knapp: 24

Mr. & Mrs. Frederick M. Insler: 19

Dr. Fred M. Ziter Jr. ’54W: 18

Mr. John F. Boozang: 15

Mr. Andrew R. Willis ’00: 13

Mr. Mark R. Shenkman ’61M: 24

Mr. Scott B. Jacobs ’75: 19

Anonymous: 17

Mr. & Mrs. Bert Davison: 15

Mr. Benjamin F. Wilson ’69W: 13

Mrs. Linda B. Griffin: 21

Mr. Richard LeStage ’61W: 19

Mr. John G. Becker Jr.: 17

Mr. Ronald E. Dean ’50W: 15

Mrs. Sylvia F. Altman: 12

Mr. & Mrs. Gary E. Wendlandt: 21

Dr. Robert K. MacLauchlin ’50: 19

Mr. Joseph J. Garstka ’69M: 17

Mr. Michael J. Flynn: 15

Mr. Robert D. Bardwell III ’70W: 12

Mr. Frederick M. Bodington

Dr. Thomas G. Magill ’55W: 19

Mrs. Janet Hale: 17

Mr. Gunter M. Glass ’63W: 15

Mr. David P. Benziger ’61M: 12

Jr. ’55M: 20

Dr. Ronald L. Majka ’68M: 19

Mr. Theodore W. Kappler

Mr. Arthur W. Gregory III ’59W: 15

Mr. David B. Chamberlain ’71W: 12

Dr. David L. Brown ’64M: 20

Mr. John C. Marsh ’58W: 19

Jr. ’61W: 17

Mr. & Mrs. Dale Henry: 15

Mr. Phillip B. Chesky ’02 & Mrs.

Mr. & Mrs. Anthony L. Carey: 20

Mr. Todd R. Masnicki ’89: 19

Mr. Daniel B. Kunhardt Jr. ’72: 17

Dr. Jordan L. Kramer ’73: 15

Maureen A. Kelly Chesky ’02: 12

Mr. Paul B. Cronin ’53W: 20

Mr. Peter L. Murray Esq. ’61W: 19

Mr. Richard A. Serafino Jr. ’77: 17

Mrs. Jerilyn J. Paolino ’83: 15

Ms. Gail Chesworth-Taylor: 12

Mr. & Mrs. Richard G. Dooley: 20

Mr. Robert K. Nichols ’63W: 19

Mr. H. Fletcher Swanson ’63W: 17

Mr. Willard F. Pinney Jr. ’61W: 15

Mr. Donald J. Collins ’60M: 12

Mrs. Virginia L. Hoyt: 20

Mr. Steven L. Paul ’66W: 19

Mr. David M. Tyson ’51W: 17

Dr. & Mrs. Thomas F. Race: 15

Mr. Harry A. Day ’57: 12

Mr. Olli Timi P. Kokkonen ’55W: 20

Mr. Daniel F. Pawling Sr.: 19

Ms. Erika M. Whipple: 17

Mrs. Elizabeth E. Reeves: 15

Mr. Peter O. Frisch: 12

Mr. James S. Law ’68W: 20

Mr. Robert S. Porter ’59W: 19

Mr. Herbert W. Wilkinson III ’61: 17

Mr. Edward J. Sack ’47: 15

Mrs. Tina L. Girhiny: 12

Mr. Andrew M. Paul ’69W: 20

Mr. & Mrs. David K. Sherman: 19

Mr. Charles D. D’Avanzo: 16

Mr. Edward S.

Dr. & Mrs. Richard A. Greene: 12

Mr. James J. Shea Jr. ’46W: 20

Mr. Dennis C. Sowers ’59W: 19

Dr. Timothy W. Farrell: 16

Schwerdtle II ’52W: 15

Mr. & Mrs. Glenn R. Hanson: 12

Mr. Edwin Shivell ’50M: 20

Mr. Donald J. Stuart ’73: 19

Mr. Robert G. Faulkner Sr. ’53W: 16

Mr. & Mrs. Michael P. Stolpinski: 15

Mr. Doug S. Hutcheson &

Mr. Edward H. Thaxter ’65W: 15

Ms. Margaret Lenihan

Dr. William H. Warren ’42W: 15

Hutcheson: 12

Mrs. Sarah E. Wakelin: 15

Mr. Robert A. Johnson ’54W: 12

Dr. & Mrs. David D. Agahigian: 14

Mr. & Mrs. James S. Jurgens: 12

Mr. Brian P. Easler &

Mr. William R. Lane Jr. ’83: 12

Dr. Stephanie Easler: 14

Mr. Richard A. Malin ’51M: 12

Mr. & Mrs. William J. Giokas: 14

Mr. Robert T. Marchant ’51W: 12

Ms. Mahsa Khanbabai Esq. ’89: 14

Mrs. Lenita C. McCallum

Mr. & Mrs. Erik M. Kindblom: 14

Witherspoon: 12

Mr. & Mrs. Richard J.

Mr. Bud Porter ’44: 12

O’Donnell ’80: 14

Mr. G. Eric Pucher ’47W: 12

Mr. & Mrs. David A. Premo: 14

Ms. Bonnie M. Serino ’87: 12

Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey R. Power Jr.: 14

Mr. Richard R. Smith: 12

Mr. Edward W. Shore Jr. ’48W: 14

Mr. C. Stetson Thomas ’50: 12

Mr. & Mrs. Martin R. Wright: 14

Ms. Christina J. Cronin CFRE: 11

Mr. Robert J. Ardison III ’55W: 13

Ms. Barbara Godard: 11

Mr. Gary R. Beauchamp ’78: 13

Mr. J. Lawrie Hibbard ’52W: 11

Mr. & Mrs. Richard D. Bourgeois: 13

Mrs. Judith B. Hale: 11

Mr. John A. Brockway ’61M: 13

Mr. William O. Humes ’59M: 11

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departments: annual report

Mr. M. John Lippman ’53W: 11

Ms. Nancy W. Naftulin: 8

Mr. James G. Matzen ’60W: 11

Ms. Linda Pietras: 8

Mr. Nicholas A. Powlovich ’69M: 11

Mr. Richard P. Taylor ’62W: 8

Mr. Ralph A. Quackenbush ’51W: 11

Ms. Susan B. Yesley: 8

Mr. Jonathan M. Sargent ’71W: 11

Mr. Nathaniel Bond ’52W: 7

Mr. & Mrs. Philip C. Steiger Jr.: 11

Mr. & Mrs. Carl A. Conlon: 7

Ms. Kara Thayer ’95: 11

Mrs. Jean B. Day: 7

Mr. Robert W. Tull ’50W: 11

Dr. Kathleen M. Gorski: 7

Winston M. Turner Ph.D. ’62W: 11

Ms. Jeanne F. Henry ’04: 7

Mr. Sheldon M. Woolf ’50W: 11

Mr. & Mrs. Christopher J. Jalbert: 7

Anonymous: 10

Mr. Douglas H. Jones ’70W: 7

Ms. Elizabeth Bayless: 10

Mr. Kent L. Karosen ’84: 7

Mr. Douglas H. Blampied ’56W: 10

Ambassador Hyun Kim ’77: 7

Mr. Seung Jae Chyun ’75: 10

Mr. & Ms. John Lombard: 7

Mr. Robert C. Crowell ’56M: 10

Mr. David B. Lyman ’74: 7

Mr. Donald N. Femia ’54W: 10

Mr. & Mrs. Timothy J. Marini: 7

Ms. Caitlin S. Flynn ’06: 10

Mr. David Olsen ’52W: 7

Mr. Peter J. Jurgens ’06: 10

Dr. James S. Wilson ’61M: 7

Mr. Yong D. Kwon ’88: 10

Mr. Charles A. Adams ’41M: 6

Mr. William M. Lax ’45W: 10

Mr. Lewis W. Birmingham ’60W: 6

Mr. Mark S. Lyon &

Mr. John F. Chapple III ’60W: 6

Mrs. Anne S. Redman-Lyon: 10

Mrs. Stephanie M. Desjardins ’05: 6

Mr. Jamieson D. Kennedy ’51W: 5

Ms. Tamar Grande

Mr. Ian S. Macdonald ’94: 10

Mr. Phillip L. Faulstich &

Ms. Sarah E. Lyon ’09: 5

Mrs. Betty Lou Hodgman

Mr. Irwin G. Michelman ’75: 10

Mrs. Carol LaLiberte: 6

Mr. Thomas H. McCallum

Mr. & Mrs. Leverett M. Hubbard Jr.

Cmdr. John G. Shaw ’64W: 10

Mr. Richard R. Garstka ’73: 6

Jr. ’56W: 5

Mr. John Jurkowski

Mr. & Mrs. Joshua Taylor Jr.: 10

Mr. Robert J. Googins ’53W: 6

Mr. John H. Meissner ’66W: 5

Ms. Nancy King

Mr. Donald T. Tull ’55W: 10

Mr. & Mrs. L. Michael

Mr. Joseph W. Merritt Jr. ’57W: 5

Mr. Richard A. Knight ’59M

2014 Middle School Dorm

Mr. Bruce A. Wilson ’60W: 10

Gatzkiewicz: 6

Mr. Kevin J. Monahan ’73: 5

Dr. Aaron D. Kugelmass &

Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Flynn

Mr. Dana T. Aftab ’81: 9

Mr. Robert D. Handel ’71: 6

Mr. & Mrs. David L. Nagle: 5

Mrs. Karen E. Ambrose

Mr. & Mrs. Scott Jacobs ’75

Mr. Eric W. Anderson: 9

Ms. Bethany A. Lyon ’11: 6

Mr. & Mrs. Luke R. Pelletier: 5

Mr. & Mrs. Rodney J. LaBrecque

Mr. Kent Pecoy

Mr. James A. Barkhuff ’67W: 9

Mrs. June Caldwell Martin: 6

Mr. Gary L. Provost: 5

Mr. William R. Lane Jr. ’83

Schwab Charitable Fund

Mrs. Jill F. Dangleis: 9

Mr. K. Keith McAllister ’65W: 6

Mr. Richard M. Raia ’49W: 5

Mr. Raymond C. Larcher ’65M

Mr. & Mrs. Craig Rubin ’63W

Mr. Mark A. Fischer: 9

Mr. & Mrs. Michael A. Nallen: 6

Mrs. Doris H. Roberson: 5

Mr. Robert A. Melikian ’64W

Dr. Mark A. Keroack ’72: 9

Dr. Michael A. Pangan ’86: 6

Mr. A. Seth Roberts ’70W: 5

Mr. & Mrs. David L. Nagle

Mr. David P. McDowell ’73: 9

Mr. John R. Payne Jr. ’62W: 6

Mr. Richard F. Rodgers: 5

Mr. Charles G. Nothe ’65M

Mr. David L. Nickerson ’49W: 9

Mr. & Mrs. Gregory A. Popovich: 6

Kevin E. Schmidt, M.D. &

Mr. Michel Papadaki ’59W

Mr. Douglas W. Osmond ’75: 9

Mr. Walter G. Swanson: 6

Mary E. King, M.D.: 5

Dr. Patricia Petrosky ’81

2015 Chapel Audio Project

Mr. & Mrs. David A. Reeves: 9

Mr. Thomas C. Vose ’66W: 6

Mr. Eric T. Schoonover ’54W: 5

Mr. Jeffrey M. Polep ’72

Mr. Song Chang &

Mr. & Mrs. Donald B. Robitaille: 9

Mr. Richard Altman: 5

Mr. Michael J. Thompson: 5

Mr. & Mrs. Thomas P. Presz ’91

Mrs. Zhaoyan Liang

Lt. Col. Stephen M. Rusiecki ’80: 9

Mr. & Mrs. Gregory J. Clewes: 5

Mr. Arthur S. Robbins ’50W

Mr. Seung Jae Chyun ’75

Mr. Paul G. Woodhouse ’55W: 9

Mr. & Mrs. Donn M. Dominique: 5

Mr. Yingzhi Cui & Mrs. Wei Zhao

Mr. Jeffrey F. Bonk ’78: 8

Mrs. Francesca Eastman &

Gifts In Kind

Mr. & Mrs. Edward R. Robbins Mr. James A. Russell ’55M

Mr. Chang Sheng Dai &

Mr. John C. Burns ’66M: 8

Mr. Edward C. Goodstein: 5

Attain

Mr. Parker E. Smith ’65M

Mrs. Yan Zhang

Mr. & Mrs. Michael W. Glabicky: 8

Mr. Thomas M. Gavin ’66W: 5

Mr. Lewis W. Birmingham ’60W

Mr. Stan Soja

Mr. Si Il Jang &

Mr. Robert L. Hayward ’46M: 8

Mrs. Olivia G. Gow: 5

Mr. Richard D. Carreno ’65W

Mr. James W. Symmonds ’64M

Mrs. Sun Young Hwang

Ms. Brigid M. Jurgens ’08: 8

Mr. Samuel B. Greene ’06: 5

Mr. Thomas C. Crafts ’65M

Village Store & Café

Mr. Bo Jiang & Ms. Ping Li

Mrs. Bertha P. Lak: 8

Dr. Leigh Harrington ’59W: 5

Ms. Christina J. Cronin CFRE

Mr. James H. Wait Sr. ’52M

Mr. Xiaoqun Jiang & Mrs. Lingli Pan

Mr. & Mrs. Robert F. Little: 8

Dr. Harrison B. Hawley ’61W: 5

Mr. William R. Faulkner Jr. ’57W

Mr. & Mrs. Eric J. Wesson

Mr. Young Do Kim &

Dr. John W. Miller ’49W: 8

Mr. & Mrs. Andrew T. Jessup: 5

Mr. Michael J. Flynn

Mr. Sam Williams Jr. ’65M

Mrs. Hyun Ah Kwon

Ms. Maria-Rallou T. Moore: 8

Mr. Douglas T. Jones ’67W: 5

Mr. Gunter M. Glass ’63W

Mr. & Mrs. Warren R. Wise

Mr. Xiangnan Liu & Ms. Haiyan Cao

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Gifts to Capital, Scholarship & Endowment

2014 Science Campaign Ms. Carolyn Y. Zolty Mr. Stuart H. Reece

Mr. Yedong Liu & Mrs. Ling Hu

Mr. John A. Brockway ’61M

Henry Wesley and Ruth Benton

Keith and June Martin Faculty

Phil and Florence Shaw

Mr. Ki Joon Na &

Mr. James F. Bush Jr. ’61M

Scholarship Fund

Chair Fund

Scholarship Fund

Ms. Nam Kyung Hwang

Dr. Shirley Laska

Dr. David L. Brown ’64M &

Mrs. June C. Martin

Archie D. & Bertha H. Walker

Mr. Lin Jiang Wang & Ms. Lin Liu

Mr. & Mrs. William H. Manning

Mrs. Ruth M. Remick

Mr. & Mrs. Yoshio Watanabe

Ms. Margaret Paine

Mr. Youzhi Xu & Mrs. Xia Wang

Mr. Philip A. Pearl ’61M

Mr. Jae Jun Yang &

Ms. Gail Sanderson

Ms. Eun Kyung Min

Mr. Dale Thomas &

Mr. Hong Zhang & Mrs. Xujun Guo Mr. Hong Zhang & Mrs. Qunfeng Xu Mr. Zhiyou Zhang & Mrs. Jianhua Qi Mr. Li Zhu & Mrs. Hui Wu 2015 Hugh Harrell Paver/ Heritage Courtyard Fund Mr. Donald G. Agnoli ’65M

Family Faculty Sabbatical Travel

Exchange Fund

Supplemental Fund

Mr. & Mrs. Leverett M. Hubbard Jr.

Mr. & Mrs. Leverett M. Hubbard Jr.

Mr. Ronald Gillhouse

In-Kind Gift Fund

Margaret Steiger Memorial

Mr. Dwight W. Gammons ’52W

Mr. Herbert W. Wilkinson III ’61M

Ms. Lauren Brown

Scholarship Fund

Mr. George T. Greenhalgh ’45W

Mr. Lewis W. Birmingham ’60W

Community Foundation

Mrs. Norma Greenhalgh

Mr. Richard D. Carreno ’65W

of Western MA

Mr. Arthur W. Gregory III ’59W

Mr. Thomas C. Crafts ’65M

Mr. & Mrs. Philip C. Steiger Jr.

Mr. David H. Griffith ’59W

Capital Projects Fund Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund Mr. William R. Faulkner Jr. ’57W

Ms. Christina J. Cronin CFRE

Faulkner Library Fund

Mr. William R. Faulkner Jr. ’57W

Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund

Mr. Michael J. Flynn

Mr. William R. Faulkner Jr. ’57W

Mr. Gunter M. Glass ’63W

Library Fund/

Mr. Thomas C. Crafts ’65M

Give-a-Book Campaign

Mr. Michael T. Fiore ’65M

Mr. William C. Bowie

Mr. Welles R. Guilmartin CPA ’65M

Dr. & Mrs. John J. Burke

Mr. Peter N. Harrington ’65M

Ms. Christina J. Cronin CFRE &

Mr. Michael O. Jennings ’65M

Mr. Mark Langevin

Mr. Raymond C. Larcher ’65M

Mr. Russell C. Garrison &

Mr. Ovide N. Mercure Jr. ’65M

Dr. Natasha M. McKay

Mr. Harry D. Neff ’65M

Ms. Ellen M. Hancock

Mr. Charles G. Nothe ’65M

Mrs. Mercedese E. Large

Mr. Ralph S. Strycharz ’65M

Mr. & Mrs. Steven Mercadante

Mr. Richard C. Veit III ’65M

Mr. David H. Otte &

Mr. Bruce J. Weiss ’65M

Mrs. Audrey Blake Otte Dr. & Mrs. Nicholas T. Spellman

Ms. Tamar Grande Mrs. Betty Lou Hodgman

Ms. Nancy King

Mr. & Mrs. Rodney J. LaBrecque Mr. William R. Lane Jr. ’83

Mobil Matching Gift Company Mr. Richard F. Morgan ’59W

Mr. Charles A. Pettee ’57W

Sarrouf Family Scholarship Mr. & Mrs. Camille F. Sarrouf ’51W

Mr. Richard B. Phillips ’63W Mr. Lee H. Schilling ’59W

Parker Hodgman ’55M

Mr. Jonathan L. Sperling ’57W

Mr. Robert A. Melikian ’64W

Memorial Scholarship Fund

Mr. Byron W. Tomlinson ’58W

Mr. & Mrs. David L. Nagle

Mr. Gary Beauchamp ’78

Mr. William A. Tychsen ’59W

Mr. Charles G. Nothe ’65M

Mrs. Tanya A. Presz ’91

Mr. Arthur H. Zalkan

Mr. Arthur S. Robbins

Dr. & Mrs. Brett R. Zalkan ’83

Mr. & Mrs. Edward R. Robbins

Mr. David P. Benziger ’61M

Mr. Peter C. Lincoln ’55W

Mr. Raymond C. Larcher ’65M

Mr. Jeffrey M. Polep ’72W

Mr. William L. Archer Sr. ’61M

Peter C. Lincoln Endowment Fund

Mr. Daniel F. Pawling Sr.

Mrs. Karen E. Ambrose

Mr. Gary Beauchamp ’78

Berube Prize Fund

Mr. Philip C. Klein Jr. ’59W

Mr. Douglas T. Mulcahy ’58W

Mr. & Mrs. Mark R. Shenkman ’61M

Zarynoff ’57W

Mr. Jamieson D. Kennedy ’51W

Paul Beach Godard Prize

Mr. & Mrs. S. Prestley Blake

Dr. Patricia Petrosky ’81

Dr. & Mrs. Fred M. Ziter Jr. ’54W

Mr. Robert A. Johnson ’54W

Mrs. Ruth M. Remick

Dr. Aaron D. Kugelmass &

Anonymous

Estate of Mr. Sergay

Mr. Howard T. Jensen Jr. ’59W

Dr. David L. Brown ’64M &

Property Acquisition Fund

Management, Inc.

Professional Development Fund

Mr. William A. Hawthorne ’61W

of 1898 Award

Mr. Richard A. Knight ’59M

Mr. Michel Papadaki ’59W

Bequest Fund

Dr. Leigh Harrington ’59W

Markell & Monson Class

Mr. S. Peter Manchester ’58W

Mr. John Jurkowski

the Fine and Performing Arts

Fred and Evelyn Ziter Faculty

Mr. Bruce S. Ferguson ’67W

Dr. Thomas G. Magill ’55W

Francis Michael Casey Fund for

Foundation of New England

Mr. William R. Faulkner Jr. ’57W

Hubbard Jr.

Shenkman Capital

The United Methodist

Mr. Albert W. Dodge Jr. ’58W

Mr. & Mrs. Leverett M. Ms. Barbara Godard

Courtyard Landscaping

Barber Prize Fund

Ms. Christina J. Cronin CFRE

Hubbard Plymouth

Mr. Louis J. Camerota ’65M

2015 Middle School

Foundation

Leverett Marsden Hubbard

Mr. James A. Russell ’55M Mr. Parker E. Smith ’65M Mr. Stan Soja Mr. James W. Symmonds ’64M

George D. Morrow

Ms. Miriam Siegel

Scholarship Fund

Mr. James H. Wait Sr. ’52M

Dr. David L. Brown ’64M &

Mr. & Mrs. Eric J. Wesson

Mrs. Ruth M. Remick

Mr. Sam Williams Jr. ’65M Mr. & Mrs. Warren R. Wise

Mr. & Mrs. Charles F. Berube

H. Willis Cultler ’84

Ms. Linda R. Berube

Memorial Fund

John L. Nepomuceno Prize Fund

Mr. Lawrence W. Bray ’61M

Mary Cutler Trust

Mr. Ming F. Chang ’89

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departments: annual report

Mr. James F. Bush Jr. ’61M

In Memory of Mr. Galway M.

Dr. Shirley Laska

Kinnell ’44W

Mr. & Mrs. William H. Manning

Mr. Robert A. Hart Jr. ’44W

Ms. Margaret Paine Ms. Gail Sanderson Mr. Herbert W. Wilkinson III ’61M In Memory of Mr. Francis M. Casey Mr. Jeffrey F. Bonk ’78 In Memory of Mr. Francis J. Cataldo ’57W Mrs. Marilyn M. Cataldo Mr. William R. Faulkner Jr. ’57W Mr. Jonathan L. Sperling ’57W In Memory of Mr. Charles P. Day ’48W Mrs. Jean B. Day In Memory of Mrs. Marjorie F. Griffin Mr. Robert W. Whitehouse ’59W

Mr. & Mrs. Edward R. Robbins

Mercadante ’18

Mr. Stacey H. Widdicombe III ’70W

Mr. Bruce A. Wilson ’60W

Mr. & Mrs. Steven Mercadante

Sandy Bayless ’68 Memorial

In Honor of Mr. Ralph C. Evert IV ’15

Scholarship Fund

Ms. Julie G. Evert

Mrs. Elizabeth Bayless

In Honor of Mr. Evan H. Gallivan

Mr. & Mrs. David Bell

In Memory of Mr. William A.

Scholarship Fund

In Honor of Ms. Alexandra E.

In Honor of Mr. Frederick D. Watts

Mr. & Mrs. David Bell

Garrison ’18 & Mr. Liam L.

Mr. Eric T. Schoonover ’54W

Mr. & Mrs. Earl Mohr

Garrison ’20

Ms. Barbara W. Secor

Mr. Russell C. Garrison &

Rev. Stephanie K. Weiner

Dr. Natasha M. McKay

In Honor/ Memory of

In Honor of Ms. Caroline O.

WMA Heritage Society

in their will or estate plan, have established an endowed fund or have made a planned gift to the Academy. These individuals

In Memory of Mr. William V. Guerin

add to our endowment. Their

Mrs. Ligia P. Guerin

generosity and planning creates

In Memory of Mr. Robert T.

significant Academy resources.

Hale ’55W

Mr. John M. Adan Jr. ’62W

Altman

Mrs. Judith B. Hale

Mr. Dana T. Aftab ’81

Mr. Richard Altman Mrs. Sylvia F. Altman In Memory of Mr. Kenneth A. Berube ’61M

In Honor of Mr. Erik M. Kindblom

Mr. Donald G. Agnoli ’65M

Dr. & Mrs. John J. Burke

Mr. & Mrs. Gregory J. Clewes

Mr. Philip A. Pearl ’61M

In Honor of Mr. Gary F. Cook &

In Honor of Mr. Rodney J. LaBrecque

In Memory of Ms. Norma R. Berube

Mrs. Deborah Cook

Mr. Kent L. Karosen ’84

Mr. Donald G. Agnoli ’65M

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Mrs. Pauline Fox

In Memory of Mrs. Patricia M.

In Honor of Ms. Sara K. Burke ’15

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Osthues

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Mr. Jamie L. Fiorentino ’91

Dr. & Mrs. Nicholas T. Spellman

Ms. Nicole M. Fenner ’05

In Memory of Mr. B. Bradley

individuals who have included

Mr. & Mrs. Richard M. Gallivan

Mr. Edward C. Goodstein

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLC

Rev. Stephanie K. Weiner

Mrs. Ashley B. Vitale

Mrs. Francesca Eastman &

Northern Trust

Nicholson ’79

Spellman ’19

Mr. William C. Bowie

In Memory of Mr. Marcelo Muller ’01

Society is comprised of

Gallivan ’00

In Honor of Mr. Brian P. Easler

Mr. Scott Diddel

Mrs. Ashley B. Vitale

Mr. William Bowie

In Honor of Mr. Gregory L. Large ’15

Mazeika

In Honor of Mr. Donald J.

Griffin ’68W

Mr. Stephen J. Balicki

In Memory of Mrs. Patricia E.

Membership in the Heritage

In Honor of Mr. Nicholas A.

Ms. Ellen M. Hancock

Mr. & Mrs. Joel D. Summers

Ms. Barbara W. Secor

CFRE ’96 & Ms. Whitney E.

Hancock ’15

Lord ’60M

Mr. & Mrs. Earl Mohr

Unrestricted Endowment Fund

William A. Griffin ’68W Trust

In Memory of Mr. Robert L.

Mr. William L. Archer Sr. ’61M

In Memory of Mr. Hugh Harrell Ms. Nancy F. Law ’80 Mr. Charles G. Nothe ’65M

Mr. Robert A. Augusto Mrs. Cynthia O. Bean Ms. Linda R. Berube Mr. Lewis W. Birmingham ’60W

In Memory of Mr. Matthew M.

Mr. & Mrs. S. Prestley Blake

Heenan ’89

Dr. David L. Brown ’64M &

Mr. P. J. Louis ’92

Mrs. Ruth Remmick

In Memory of Mr. Carl D. Howard Mr. Ronald E. Dean ’50W

Mr. & Mrs. James L. Brown IV ’55W Mrs. Jeanne K. Caropreso Mrs. Priscilla Carter

Mr. David P. Benziger ’61M

In Memory of Lt. Timothy D.

Mr. John F. Chapple III ’60W

Mr. & Mrs. Charles F. Berube

Jessup ’87

Mrs. Marilyn S. Clark ’84

In Honor of Mrs. Gisela F. Martin

Ms. Linda R. Berube

Mr. & Mrs. Andrew T. Jessup

Mrs. Anna S. Clough

Mr. Josef E. Martin CPCU ’82

Mr. Lawrence W. Bray ’61M

Mrs. Mercedese E. Large

In Honor of Mr. Christian

Mr. John A. Brockway ’61M

In Memory of Mrs. Jane Kelly Mr. William H. Daly ’06

Ms. Christina J. Cronin CFRE Dr. Neida Q. Dimeo

Mr. Robert S. Edmunds ’01

Mr. James W. Lyons

Ms. Cynthia R. St. George CFRE ’78

Mr. Peter G. Ellis ’37W

Mr. John S. Williams ’39W

Mr. Robert B. Enemark ’42W

Dr. Robert K. MacLauchlin ’50W

Ms. Janet Sweeney

Mrs. Ellen J. Enemark

Mr. Arthur H. Zalkan

Mr. William R. Faulkner Jr. ’57W

Mrs. Angela M. Maldonado

Ms. Mary Sweeney

Mr. William F. Favorite

Mr. Paul G. Zarynoff ’53W

Mr. Evan H. Gallivan CFRE ’96

Mr. S. Peter Manchester ’58W

Mr. Thomas F. Sweeney

Dr. Ralph A. Goddard ’46W

Mr. Sergay G. Zarynoff ’57W

Mr. & Mrs. Dwight W.

Mr. Robert T. Marchant ’51W

Mr. & Mrs. Edward Symes III ’64W

Dr. Edward J. Gramse ’39W

Gammons ’52W

Mrs. Taffy L. Marron

Mr. Richard P. Taylor ’62W

Mr. William A. Griffin ’68W

Mr. & Mrs. Gunter M. Glass ’63W

Mr. Josef E. Martin CPCU ’82

Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Thompson

Mr. Alan Hale ’46W

Mrs. Linda B. Griffin

Mrs. June C. Martin

Mr. Donald T. Tull ’55W

Mr. Allan L. Haling ’42W

Mr. David H. Griffith ’59W

Mr. Charles P. Mason Jr. ’62W

Mr. Robert W. Tull ’50W

Mr. Parker E. Hodgman ’55M

Our fundraising success is largely

Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth A.

Mrs. Lenita C. McCallum

Mrs. Ashley B. Vitale

Mr. John G. Hoyt ’48M

due to the volunteer efforts of:

Gustafson ’49W

Witherspoon &

Mr. Frederick D. Watts

Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth J.

reunion agents, class agents,

Mr. & Mrs. Alan W. Hale ’81

David Witherspoon

Mr. & Mrs. Gary E. Wendlandt

Kessaris ’50W

students, parents and friends of

Ms. Jane C. Hale

Dr. Charles A. McCallum Jr. ’43W

Mr. Washburne D. Wright ’60W

Mr. H. W. King CFP ’46W

the Academy. Thank you for all

Mrs. Janet Hale

Mr. Robert C. McCray ’43M

Ms. Chelsey A. Zahornacky

Mrs. Eileen Kingsbury

your tireless efforts throughout

Mr. Richard J. Harrington Sr. ’60M

Mr. John H. Meissner ’66W

Mr. Michael J. Zahornacky Jr.

CAPT Robert T. Leary USCG

the year. Whether it was writing

Mr. Douglas J. Harwood ’70W

Mrs. Marcy A. Minnick ’97 &

Mr. Michael J. Zahornacky IV

Ret ’37W

letters or making phone calls,

Mrs. Betty Lou Hodgman

Mr. Emmanuel Minnick

Dr. & Mrs. Brett R. Zalkan ’83

Mr. Ronald Lerner ’52W

you had a major hand in the

Mrs. Virginia L. Hoyt

Mr. M. Scott Mitchell ’57W

Mr. & Mrs. Ira L. Zalkan ’89

Mr. Richard B. Lord ’38W

success of the 2014–2015 year.

Mr. & Mrs. Leverett M. Hubbard Jr.

Dr. & Mrs. Oscar R. Nepomuceno

Mrs. Barbara Zarynoff

Mr. N. F. Maldonado ’55W

Mr. & Mrs. Scott B. Jacobs ’75

Mrs. Diane Peters

Dr. Fred M. Ziter Jr. ’54W

Mrs. Barbara Manchester

Mr. & Mrs. William E. James ’64W

Mr. & Mrs. Peter S. Plumb

Mr. Michael P. Ziter ’61W

Mr. Harvey A. Marron ’60M

Mr. Kent L. Karosen ’84 &

Esq. ’61W

Dr. William D. Ziter ’56W

Mr. Keith Martin ’47W

We have tried our best to ensure

Brian Hausserman

Mrs. Jewell G. Prentice

Mr. Caleb H. O’Connor ’30W

the accuracy of the information

Mr. Jamieson D. Kennedy

Mr. G. Eric Pucher ’47W

Mr. Sherman V. Olson ’49M

contained within these pages.

M.D. ’51W

Mr. Brian F. Randall ’60W

Mr. George I. Parker Jr. ’31W

If you come across an error or

Dr. Paul I. Kingsbury ’53W

Ms. Carol F. Relihan ’73 &

Ms. Kimberly S. Peters ’78

omission, please accept our

Dr. Jordan L. Kramer ’73

Mr. John Arthur

Mr. Frank J. Pizzitola ’43M

apologies and let us know of the

Mr. Daniel B. Kunhardt Jr. ’72

Mr. Lawrence K. Saex ’69M

Mr. Chester H. Prentice ’40W

error so that we may take the

Mr. Rodney J. LaBrecque

Mr. & Mrs. Camille F. Sarrouf ’51W

Mr. Craig Shea ’48W

appropriate actions to correct it.

Mr. James E. LaCrosse ’50W

Mr. & Mrs. Mark R.

Mr. James J. Shea Jr. ’44W

To make a correction, call the

Mr. Philip C. Lawton ’54W

Shenkman ’61M

Mr. Francis W. Smith ’44W

Development Office at

Mr. Peter C. Lincoln ’55W

Mr. Edwin Shivell ’50M

Mr. George L. Stephenson II ’51W

413.596.6811.

Mr. Charles P. Lukasik ’74

Mr. Jonathan L. Sperling ’57W

The Estates of . . .

Mr. & Mrs. Ronald W. Barend ’66M Mr. Garey M. Browne Jr. ’54M Mr. Charles W. Carter Mr. Kenneth R. Churilla ’61M Dr. Walter S. Clough ’45W Mr. Douglas Coon ’39W Mr. Fredrick M. Crean ’67W Mr. Leonard Cummings ’40W Mrs. Mary A. Cutler ’01M

General Volunteer Thank You

discrepancy

Mr. Lewis A. Storrs ’21W

Annual Fund

Year-End is a Perfect Time to Give Back Giving to the Annual Fund is easier than ever and our recurring gift option allows you to make a larger gift with smaller credit card payments over several months.

If you are interested in finding out more information on how to make a gift of stock or securities, contact Sarah Wakelin, Director of Annual Giving, 413.596.9133.

Put your dollars to work right away by going to www.wma.us and make your year-end gift today!

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by janet moran Associate Director of Archives

history

From the archives Our history embraced and restored in the spring of 2015 at Wilbraham & Monson Academy, I was fortunate to have been assigned a student intern, Nanako Honda ’15. Nanako helped me translate Japanese writing from past students who had attended Monson Academy, and assisted in researching Monson Academy’s Japanese past. We focused on six students from the Monson Academy era of the late 1800s, whose photos and writings came up in our discoveries.

Nanako found out that they were all from the same region in Japan and that they were all samurai. Throughout her internship, Nanako continued to teach me many interesting aspects

of her culture. She was extremely excited to share her knowledge with me and research more about her country throughout the spring trimester.

A part of our Monson Academy history involves the death of two Japanese students in 1867 and 1873: Ashiwara Shiuhei and Takinaske Kenstomo.

A missionary, Reverend Samuel Robbins Brown, had made possible their attendance at Monson Academy. Reverend Brown was also responsible for bringing the first Chinese students to Monson years earlier, including Yung Wing, the first Chinese student to graduate from an American university (Yale). Ashiwara was known by his

instructors as a man of true nobility of character, always extremely faithful to his duties. Although less is known about Takinaske, he also was a valued member of the Monson Academy community.

We may never know why the students took their lives, or if the two students from the same region of Japan knew each other, but it has been said that homesickness likely led to this tragedy. The Japanese government commissioned two obelisks to honor the students, which stand tall, side by side, in Hillside Cemetery in Monson. Nanako told me every year her family would plan an outing to her family’s cemetery plot in Japan, where they would clean the gravestones, place flowers and say a prayer. We then knew what we needed to do, however, I first needed permission from the Monson Cemetery commission to proceed.

With permission in hand, as well as my background in conservation, Nanako and I waited for a warm day in the spring to start cleaning the two obelisks.

They were stained with time and covered in moss, but after a few visits of cleaning it was time to have our own ceremony to honor the students. We were joined by Qianchen (Frank) Yuan ’15, a student with whom I had also worked, Gayle Hsiao, Director of the International Student Program, and Brian Lautenschleger, a World Languages faculty member.

It was a beautiful day to honor our past students and start a new tradition here at the Academy.

W orld Languages faculty member Brian Lautenschleger, Director of International Student Program Gayle Hsiao, Qianchen “Frank” Yuan ’15, Nanako Honda ’15 and Associate Director of Archives Janet Moran at Hillside Cemetery in Monson, Mass.

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WMA launches new website WMA launched a new website in August with the goal of carrying the Academy’s message of innovation and creative thinking across the globe digitally. The newly-redesigned website, www. wma.us, features many visually appealing aspects — more videos, photos, infographics, and a new responsive design that caters to the user’s particular device.

“Our newly redesigned website takes our online presence into the future with modern technology and methodology, such as responsive web design, allowing users to experience the site equally well from any desktop, laptop or mobile device. We’ve also added new features including an About section with information about the Academy’s rich history and a new section just for students,” said Deanna Roux, Director of Communications.

“Online media is about telling a compelling story that evokes emotion — all in an interactive way — and I think we’ve accomplished that with our new website.”

Be sure to take a tour and become part of WMA’s story online.

Where in the world are Titans?

Packing your bags and traveling to a faraway land? Don’t forget to pack the latest issue of “Academy World” or your WMA swag! Take a photo and send to marketing@ wma.us and we might just publish it in the next issue!

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Wilbraham & Monson Academy Heritage Society

preserve our heritage .. . i nvest in our future

An easy way to leave a legacy Name Wilbraham & Monson Academy the beneficiary of a retirement fund to make a legacy gift that will support Wilbraham & Monson Academy for many years to come. You can remember the Academy in your will, donate a paid-up insurance policy, create a trust or set up a charitable gift annuity. The simplest way by far is to make WMA a beneficiary of your retirement fund, like Heritage Society member Evan Gallivan ’96.

“I have spent my career as a development officer at schools including Harvard, Northeastern and The Boston Architectural College, where I am now Vice President of Institutional Advancement,” Evan said. “I know how critical planned gifts are to the future success of institutions like WMA. Making your school a beneficiary of your retirement plan is not only easy (you can often do this online and change the designation and percentage in minutes) but it also has tax advantages. Charities receive your estate gift tax free, whereas your heirs would have a tax burden if your IRA was left to them.

When it came time for me to make a legacy gift to the Academy, it made sense to use my IRA rather than my will as the vehicle for giving. I’ve recommended it to the alumni I have worked with over the years, too.”

If you would like more information on becoming a member of the WMA Heritage Society and planned giving, please contact Christina Cronin, Director of Capital and Planned Giving at ccronin@wma.us or 413.596.9189. there are many ways

please note that WMA does not provide tax or legal advice. Gift calculations may be provided for illustrative purposes only and the actual values may vary based on the timing and nature of your gift. Advice from legal and tax counsel should be sought when considering a charitable gift plan of any kind.

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“When it came time for me to make a legacy gift to the Academy, it made sense to use my IRA rather than my will as the vehicle for giving.”

— e van gallivan ’96

the world ahead

Building The Global School®

New scholarship honors longtime WMA faculty member Phil Shaw and his wife, Florence

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alumnus Don Joffray ’46W and his wife, Sue, offered the Academy a $50,000 challenge gift to establish a $100,000 scholarship fund that would honor Don’s mentor and lifelong friend, Phil Shaw. Like many people, Don cherishes his time with Phil and wants to see him receive much-deserved recognition for his teaching and leadership. Many generous alumni have stepped up and made gifts to meet the challenge: Bill Faulkner and Ron Alley from the Wilbraham Class of 1957, and Bill Tchysen and David Griffith from the Wilbraham Class of 1959, rallied the classes of 1957, 1958 and 1959 for their support, and many other individuals (who are listed in the WMA Annual Report) joined in to achieve the goal.

The Phil and Florence Shaw Scholarship Fund honors the legacy of Wilbraham and WMA faculty member Phil Shaw and his wife, Florence. Often described by alumni as “my second father” or “my second mother,” Phil and Florence were much more than just dorm parents, educators or coaches. They went the extra mile for their students and advisees to insure that each one would succeed both academically and socially. The scholarship will be awarded to a student who embodies some of these criteria that Phil held dearly: in 2014,

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• Overall academic performance and achievement • Leadership on and off the athletic field; athletic

prowess • Interest and achievement in the sciences, i.e.,

chemistry, physics, biology and mathematics 3 1 P hil Shaw in the classroom at Wilbraham Academy 2 Florence Shaw 3 T he Shaw family at the dedication of Florence’s portrait: Thomas H. Shaw, Sarah L. Shaw, Ellen J. Shaw, Randall S. Race, Melissa L. Race, Nicole M. Race, Dorothy E. Race, Wylie A. Shaw, Philip H. Shaw Jr., Carol D. Shaw, John G. Shaw, Christopher I. Shaw, Owen T. Shaw and Ethan J. Shaw

• Citizenship in the larger sense, e.g., current affairs,

politics; interest in government and economic philosophy The Joffrays hope that alumni whose lives were touched by the Shaws will continue to support this fund over time so it can provide scholarships for even more talented students.

If you would like to donate to this fund and show your support for Phil Shaw, contact Christina Cronin, Director of Capital and Planned Giving, at 413.596.9189 or ccronin@wma.us.

Wilbraham & Monson Academy 423 Main Street Wilbraham, MA 01095-1715 www.wma.us tel: 413.596.6811 address service requested

non profit organization us postage paid permit no 88 enfield ct

save the date: reunion 2016 june 10-11 all alumni are invited as we celebrate the classes of . . .

1941 | 1946 | 1951 | 1956 | 1961 | 1966 | 1971 | 1976 | 1981 | 1986 | 1991 | 1996 | 2001 | 2006 | 2011

To see the schedule and to register go to www.wma.us/reunion2016.

Contact Dawn Hines, Associate Director of Alumni Relations, at alumni@wma.us or 413.596.9118.