2012 Induction Ceremony

Andover
Athletics
Hall
of
Honor
2012 Induction Ceremony
Saturday, June 9, 2012
4:15 p.m.
Kemper Auditorium
Keynote Speaker
Raymond A. Lamontagne ’53
A 2011 inductee into the Andover
Athletics Hall of Honor, Ray
Lamontagne excelled at multiple
sports at Andover. He was a
running back on the undefeated
1952 football team (inducted into
the AAHOH in 2009) that beat
Exeter 59–0. In track, Lamontagne
represented Andover on the BAA
Relay Team and took first place
against Exeter in the broad jump.
In baseball, he played center field
and won the Coach’s Award, given
to the most valuable player; upon
graduation from Yale, he was
offered a major league contract.
Instead, Lamontagne accepted a
Yale-in-China teaching fellowship
and taught English at New
Asia College for two years. He
then became a group leader for
Crossroads Africa and built a
school in Gabon, West Africa.
A year after entering Yale Law
School, Lamontagne took a leave
of absence to join Sargent Shriver
in Washington, D.C., as part of a
group of early organizers of the
Peace Corps. Upon completing
law school, Lamontagne joined the
staff of John D. Rockefeller 3rd in
New York City and was involved
with numerous Rockefeller
nonprofits. In 1987, when Paul
Newman launched his effort to
build the Hole in the Wall Camp
for children with life-threatening
diseases, Lamontagne served as
chair of the capital campaign that
raised the monies to build the
camp—and continues to serve as
board chair to this day.
Opening Remarks &
Special Presentation
Announcement
of Inductees
Keynote
Speaker
Closing
Remarks
Dan Dilorati ’75 and Chris Gurry ’66
Cochairs, Athletics Committee
Dan Dilorati ’75 and
Chris Gurry ’66
Ray Lamontagne ’53
(introduced by George Bixby ’53)
Scott Mead ’73
Charter Trustee
1906
Front: 1911
James H.H.
Carrington
Cmdr. James H.H. Carrington was an Annapolis
six-time All-American award recipient in three
sports: football, swimming, and lacrosse. He
also was a recipient of the U.S. Naval Academy
Athletic Association Sword for Athletic Excellence and is a member of the Naval Academy’s
Athletic Hall of Fame. At Andover, he set the
200-yard freestyle swimming record in 1941.
John G.
Clayton
1942
which saw action in the Korean War; the carrier
USS Leyte; and the USS Plymouth Rock.
Following his Naval career, he completed his
PhD degree in business administration at
American University and joined the faculty
as an associate professor. After two years,
he transferred to Georgetown University
to become the director of budget and
management. His final academic assignment
was at George Washington University, where he
taught small business administration and wrote
the business management text Command,
Control, and Compromise. He continued his
passion for athletics by coaching teams from
the lower levels up to the NCAA level. Annapolis
named the James H.H. Carrington Room within
the Lacrosse Hall of Fame in his honor.
The only three-sport All-American athlete to
attend the Naval Academy, Carrington also was
a nationally ranked squash player, winning both
U.S. National hardball and softball competitions
as well a World Masters Doubles title. He
attended Fordham, Cornell, and the Naval
Academy for his college education, earning a
total of 13 varsity letters. Upon graduation from
the Naval Academy in 1948, Carrington served
for the next 20 years aboard the USS Hanson,
1947
John G. Clayton was a standout in varsity
football, basketball, and baseball, but the
latter two sports took a backseat to his love of
and talent on the gridiron. He was Andover’s
quarterback for three years and team captain his
senior year. Clayton then followed his brother to
Dartmouth College, where Hal ’43 had been a
fullback during the war years.
Dartmouth teammate, to play in the 1950 EastWest game in Kezar Stadium in San Francisco.
A three-year starting quarterback for the Big
Green, he passed for 2,227 yards and a total of
26 touchdowns between 1948 and 1950. His
career passing total still ranks 14th all-time for
the Green.
Following graduation in 1952, Clayton joined
the U.S. Air Force as a second lieutenant and
was stationed in Ohio and then Japan until
the conclusion of the Korean War. Clayton’s
professional career was spent predominantly
with Knapp Shoes. He has served in a variety of
volunteer roles for Andover, Dartmouth, and the
town of Hingham, Mass.
The younger Clayton would prove to be a critical
factor in recharging Dartmouth’s weak offense.
He led the team to a 6–2–0 season in 1948,
with wins over six major opponents. In 1949,
the Boston Gridiron Club awarded Clayton
the Bulger Lowe Award, given to the most
outstanding collegiate player in New England.
He was even invited, along with another
1942 lacrosse
team: Carrington
is first row,
second from left.
1947 football team:
Clayton is back
row, center.
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Thomas F.
F le m i n g
1972
Thomas F. Fleming attended Andover as a
postgraduate, excelled in football and hockey,
and was New England’s Prep School Champion
in track in both the 100-yard and 200-yard dash.
In 1971 he was given the Phillipian Athlete of
the Year Award. He continued his education at
Dartmouth College where he was a three-sport
athlete in football, hockey, and track.
the Ivy League in scoring. The recipient of
Dartmouth’s 1974 Alfred E. Watson Award for
Top Male Athlete, Fleming later was inducted
into Dartmouth’s Wearers of the Green.
Following Dartmouth he was drafted by the
Cleveland Browns. He coached high school
hockey for 26 years, during which time 62 of
his players became college captains, 11 played
in the NHL, and 7 became Olympians. In 2007,
Fleming was awarded the John Mariucci Award,
presented by the American Hockey Coaches
Association.
On the ice at Dartmouth, Fleming’s line mate
was Greg Cronin ’72. (The pair particularly
relished playing against former PA teammates
Kevin Burke ’72 and Danny Bolduc ’72, also
an Andover Athletics Hall of Honor inductee.)
As a football player, Fleming led Dartmouth
in receiving. In hockey, he was All-Ivy and led
Fleming has been teaching at Northwood School
in Lake Placid, N.Y., since 1983 and currently
lives on campus with his wife, Karen.
Henry G.
Higdon I I
A three-sport varsity athlete in football,
basketball, and baseball, Hank Higdon was
recognized for his breadth and caliber of athletic
skills when he won Andover’s Outstanding
Athlete award during his senior year. Cocaptain
of the football team as a senior, Higdon also was
voted Best Class Athlete for the Class of 1959.
in Division I in the final polls), he was one of
three sophomores (and the only back) who
lettered. Higdon was elected captain of the
team his senior year. Today, he is a founding
director of the Ivy Football Association.
Professionally, Higdon is a managing partner
and founder of the executive search firm Higdon
Braddock Mathews. The father of Erika ’88 and
Henry ’94—both also outstanding PA athletes—
Higdon has volunteered for Andover in many
capacities, including as president of the Alumni
Council, as an Alumni Trustee, and as a member
of his 50th Reunion Committee.
Along with 54 Andover classmates, Higdon
continued his education at Yale. As a Bulldog,
he played both halfback and safety. He won the
freshman team MVP award after an undefeated
season. On the 1960 undefeated and untied
varsity football team (ranked 13th in the country
1972 hockey team: Fleming is
front row, third from right.
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1959 basketball team: Higdon is
front row, third from right.
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Mi c h a e l A .
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Edward W.
Ma h a n
1962
1912
A football standout at Andover, Eddie Mahan
went on to play for the Harvard Crimson. A
halfback, he was named an All-American football
player consecutively from 1913 to 1915. In
1913 against the University of Maine—his very
first varsity appearance—he delighted fans and
teammates with two touchdowns and a 67yard run. Mahan was captain of the Crimson in
1915, his senior year, and led his team to one of
the most crushing defeats of the Yale Bulldogs
at that time. In that game, Mahan scored four
touchdowns. Afterward, many regarded him as
the “greatest football player of all time.”
Football, however, was not his only skill. Mahan
also played baseball at Harvard for three years
and, in 1916, drew attention when he pitched
a shutout game against the Boston Red Sox.
Soon after, Mahan received multiple offers from
major league clubs, but did not accept any of
them. Instead, he joined a semi-professional
baseball team in New Haven, Conn., following
his 1916 Harvard graduation. In 1951, Mahan
was inducted into Harvard’s Athletic Hall of
Fame as part of its first group of inductees.
The Phillipian archives are loaded with the
athletic feats of Michael Moonves. In three of
his four years at Andover, he was a three-sport
varsity athlete. One headline read: “Led by
quarterback Mike Moonves, the Lower backfield
put on an impressive show.” Off the field,
Moonves also participated in traditional Blue
Key activities for the Big Blue. His education,
athletics, and student involvement continued at
Trinity College, where he became a three-year
varsity athlete in baseball and squash. He was
named baseball MVP his junior year and served
as cocaptain during his senior year.
He recently retired from a 40-year career at
The Governor’s Academy in Byfield, Mass.,
where he served many roles. A dormmaster
and advisor, he taught history and was director
of admissions for 18 years before becoming
director of alumni-parent relations. On the
fields, he coached baseball, basketball, football,
and golf. A Governor’s Academy faculty chair
and scholarship were named in his honor, as
was the Independent School League’s golf
sportsmanship award.
In his 50th Reunion yearbook, Moonves noted:
“Andover was special in many ways, but most
importantly it was the people—classmates,
teammates, teachers, and coaches that made
the experience immeasurable.”
Following graduation in 1966, Moonves chose
to remain close to his Trinity roots, serving
as a graduate assistant, then as coach of the
freshman football, squash, and lacrosse teams.
1911 baseball team:
Mahan is middle row,
second from left.
1962 basketball team:
Moonves is front row, center.
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Julia
Trotman Brady
Joseph B.
We n n i k
1985
While at Andover, Julia Trotman Brady was
captain of the field hockey team and cocaptain
of the ice hockey team during her senior year.
At Harvard, she continued with ice hockey
and pursued her passion for sailing, earning
varsity letters in both sports all four years and
captaining both Harvard teams.
won a bronze medal in the 1992 Olympics in
Barcelona in the Europe Dinghy class. While
there, she met her future husband, James
Brady, a silver medalist in the three-man
Soling class.
Trotman Brady was the 1985 Women’s National
Sailing Champion and the 1992 Rolex/U.S.
Yachtswoman of the Year. She also was elected
by her peers as the two-time New England
Women’s Intercollegiate Sailing Association
Outstanding Sailor and the U.S. Olympic
Committee’s Athlete Representative in 1992.
She returned to Harvard and earned an MBA
degree in 1997. A three-time sailing AllAmerican, Trotman Brady was inducted into the
Harvard Athletic Hall of Fame in 2004.
After graduating from Harvard in 1989 she
worked in New York City for one year but then
quit, determined to put her full energy into
training, fundraising, and regatta competitions
in preparation for the 1992 Olympic trials. By
winning the grueling 12-day, 12-race trials in
Newport Beach, Calif., she qualified for the sole
spot in the Olympics—in the single-handed
women’s boat, called a Europe Dinghy. She
1985 field hockey team: Trotman Brady is front row, center.
faculty member. Wennik would teach alongside
those who had taught him (Bob Maynard, Hart
Leavitt, and Diz Bensley) and, as varsity baseball
coach, coach among such Academy legends
as Frank DiClemente, Ted Harrison, and Steve
Sorota. Most notably, Wennik’s seven-year
tenure as director of athletics would produce
a new coeducational athletics program and an
athletics complex able to accommodate and
serve both boys and girls. Wennik and his wife,
Inga, are the parents of Stefan ’82, Marten ’86,
and Luke ’88.
After serving four years in the U.S. Army,
Wennik returned for further education at the
University of Virginia—until a call came from up
north. Headmaster John Kemper invited him to
teach German at his alma mater. This was the
start of Wennik’s 33-year career as an Andover
Mike Kuta, the current director of athletics, puts
it simply: “Joe joins the ranks of the greats who
went before me and taught me.”
1952 football team:
Wennik is back
row, far left.
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Since arriving at Andover in 1948, Joe Wennik
has held a wide array of roles at Phillips
Academy, including athlete, teacher, director
of athletics, and director of alumni affairs. As a
student, Wennik played football, hockey, and
baseball, and served as captain of the baseball
team during his senior year. After Andover,
Wennik headed to Yale, where he played
baseball and hockey for the Bulldogs, earning
varsity letters in both in 1955 and 1956.
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Randolph B.
Wo o d
1982
Randy Wood played four years of varsity hockey
for Andover, leading the team with goals and
assists during his upper and senior years. He
was born into a hockey family: his dad, Norman
Wood, captained the 1954 Harvard hockey team
and coached the Princeton hockey team from
1959 to 1965. Wood went to Yale University,
played right wing for the Bulldogs, and was
named an All-Ivy League selection in 1985 and
1986 and All-American hockey selection in 1986.
the New York Islanders. After playing much of
his first year with their minor league affiliate, the
Springfield Indians, Wood was elevated to the
Islanders for the end of the regular season and
the playoffs.
During his 11 seasons in the NHL, Wood played
for the New York Islanders, Buffalo Sabres,
Toronto Maple Leafs, and Dallas Stars. In
addition, he represented the United States in
the 1986 and 1989 World Championships and in
the 1991 Canada Cup. In 1997, he retired after
741 games in the NHL, recording 175 goals
and 159 assists.
During his junior year at Yale, he set the single
season scoring record—which he reset again his
senior year with 55 points. Following graduation,
Wood signed his first professional contract with
2008 Inductees
2009 Inductees
2010 Inductees
2011 Inductees
George H.W. Bush ’42
Stephen S. Sorota, coach (d)
William S. Belichick ’71
Becky Dowling Adams ’94
Daniel G. Bolduc ’72
John F. Bronk,
athletic trainer (d)
H. Richard Duden ’43
Fred H. Harrison ’38 (d)
Frank Hinkey,
Class of 1891 (d)
Sarah E. Mleczko Kasten ’76
Aisha Jorge Massengill ’88
John L. Morrison ’63
Richard J. Phelps ’46
Shirley J. Ritchie,
faculty emerita
Natalie Ware Ryherd ’63 (d)
Frank F. DiClemente,
coach (d)
Martha Hill Gaskill ’78
William C. Matthews,
Class of 1901 (d)
William H. Brown ’34 (d)
Archibald M. Bush,
Class of 1867 (d)
Joseph V. Cavanagh Jr. ’67
Ashley A. Harmeling ’00
John P. McBride ’56
Gerard E. Jones ’55
James P. McLane Jr. ’49
Harvey M. Kelsey Jr. ’41
C. Anthony Pittman ’90
Carter Marsh Abbott ’93
Robert W. Sides ’34
Arthur K. Moher ’45
Arthur R.T. Hillebrand,
Class of 1896 (d)
Thomas J. Hudner Jr. ’43
Meredith Hudson Johnston ’01
Paul Kalkstein ’61
Raymond A. Lamontagne ’53
Thomas E. Pollock III ’61
William S. Smoyer ’63 (d)
Eleanor Tydings Gollob ’86
1952 Football Team
1948 Swim Team
(d) = deceased at the time of induction
1982 hockey team:
Wood is front row,
third from left.
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