Fall 2011 - Williams School, The

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the williamsschool
The Magazine for Williams Alumni, Parents, and Friends
Fall 2011
The Chemistry
of Community
Board of Trustees 2011–12
Officers
Gregg Benson, President
John Catlett, Vice President
Jeffrey Brown, Secretary
Scott Gibson, Treasurer
Holly Hayes Cheeseman ’72
David Cook
Steven G. Daren
Gary Dayharsh
Stephen DiCicco
Patrick Doherty
Mark Fader
Bruce Goldstein
Ethan Goller
Katherine Leiser
Kathleen Maher
Paul Maroni
Ronald Meneo
Marissa Mills
Amy L. Perry
William Pieniadz
Edward Potter
Alison Smith Marcinek
William Verhoeff
Joshua Welch
School Administration 2011–12
Mark Fader, Head of School
Christopher Benbow, Assistant Head of School
Jane Hannon, Middle School Head
Cristan Harris, Director of Admission
Steven Hosking, Director of Technology
Meghan Ryan, Director of College Counseling
Ellen G. Spring, Director of Advancement
Kathy Trammell, Director of Finance and Operations
Scott Wagner, Athletic Director
The Ambassador is published for alumni, parents,
and friends of The Williams School.
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The Williams School
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Main Phone: 860-443-5333
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Email: [email protected]
(on the cover) Williams Chemistry teacher Rachel ThomasShapiro observes the lab practical that served as the Chemistry
Honors final for 2010–11. Mrs. Thomas-Shapiro is using
research on teenage brains to shape her course.
We Have Great Chemistry
When people bond easily and naturally, it is often
remarked that they have “chemistry.” I find it
fascinating how this very objective, rather concrete
academic subject has become a shorthand to describe
human interaction, which is often difficult to pin
down or predict. Of course the fact that chemistry
also deals in terms of bonds, catalysts, and reactions,
helps explain its usefulness as a framework for
understanding ourselves.
The Williams School community has the elusive,
great chemistry that is hard to define but easy to
see in action. Whether it’s alumni inviting faculty
to their weddings; coming back to participate in
or help with athletics, the library or arts events;
attending school fundraisers; or keeping classmates
connected throughout the decades, it is clear that the
connections forged in this special place are rock solid
and enduring. As student Ambassador Drew Watson
understands already in his 5th year, “I love Williams
because it’s easy to make lifelong friends in such a
tight-knit community.” Asked to sum up Williams in
a word, the majority of Ambassadors gravitated to
“Community” and “Welcoming” as well.
In sharing Williams’ message to the community at
large, we continue to emphasize the pride and joy
in belonging to this inclusive, vibrant environment.
This truth resonates through the pieces in this issue,
whether in our cover feature on Chemistry teacher
Rachel Thomas-Shapiro (pg. 6), community scenes
from Commencement and Reunion (pg. 4 and pg.
26 respectively), alumnus-penned tribute to the late
Williams history teacher Bob Merritt (pg. 28), or the
impressive donor roles shared in the Report of Giving
2010–11 (pg. 10). The steady stream of alumni news,
with young alumni in particular growing ever more
active in sharing classnotes, is further testament to
the power of belonging. It begins in these halls, in
these classrooms, and on these fields, but it reaches
out to make a positive difference across the years and
miles.
Mark Fader
Head of School
Community Makes Things Happen
Rounding Out the Board
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Williams’ Board of Trustees welcomed five new members
for school year 2011–12: (l to r below) Mrs. Marissa
Mills, Parents Association President; Mr. Ethan Goller;
Mr. William Verhoeff; Dr. Patrick Doherty; and Atty.
Ron Meneo. With this “new class,” The Williams School
Board of Trustees taps community leaders in marketing,
law, medicine, and finance (who also happen to be
fascinatingly well-rounded) to help guide the school.
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Collaboration Keeps Community in
the Dark (...in a Good Way!)
Thanks to a great community effort, the Arts Department
is thrilled to announce the new darkroom in the
Wronowski Arts Wing for use with the Digital Imaging and
Graphic Design course. Though the “Digital” element of
the course title might seem to obviate “old school” film
processing, Mr. Greg Bowerman explains, “In this day and
age when our students are so technologically informed,
the processes and skills explored and developed in the
darkroom give them a hands-on experience with the
fundamentals of the photographic process. This helps
them with their visual, analytical, and critical thinking
skills. Plus it’s a whole bunch of fun!”
The Digital Imaging and Graphic Design course begins with
a thorough grounding in the basics. For example, students
start the year creating pinhole cameras to understand the
mechanics of capturing light to create images.
Mr. Bowerman notes that a number of faculty, staff, and
administrators were instrumental in bringing the new
darkroom to life, but he wanted to specially thank Mr.
Dennis Doughty (a photography enthusiast who donated
equipment following Williams’ appearance on WFSB
Channel 3’s Cool School in November 2010) and Jared
Klee ’09 for their help and generosity. As Mr. Bowerman
says, “We look forward to a year full of exploration and
creativity.”
Dr. Patrick Doherty is Chief Neurosurgeon at Lawrence &
Memorial Hospital in New London. Parent of Daniel ’16,
Dr. Doherty is an avid skier, biker, kayaker and reader. Mr.
Ethan Goller is President of Structural Graphics, a leading
firm in the field of dimensional advertising. Parent of
Mac ’13, Ethan is a volunteer firefighter with Essex Fire
Engine Company No. 1, and holds national certifications
in firefighting. In addition, he holds both national and
state EMT medical certifications. Attorney Ron Meneo
is Managing Partner at the Meneo Law Group in New
Haven, CT. Parent of Kimberly ’12 and Carrie ’14, Ron is
also a triathlete, guitarist, and photographer. Mrs. Marissa
Mills is Director of Religious Education at Sacred Heart
Church in Groton and an etiquette trainer and consultant.
Parent of Caroline ’10, Grace ’12 and Xavier ’15, Marissa
is a gardener with a special passion for roses. Mr. William
Verhoeff is Senior Resident Director, First Vice President at
the New London office of Merrill Lynch. Parent of Parker
’12 and Adam ’14, Will is a squash player and bicyclist.
Collaboration Key to Creativity
Chat with Stephen Trask ’84 about the origins and legacy of Compchorea
C
ompchorea,oneofourschool’s
oldertraditions,celebratesits30th
anniversarythisyear.Asasophomore
atWilliams,acclaimedBroadwayand
Hollywoodcomposer,musician,and
lyricistStephenTrask’84wasamong
thegroupofstudentswhoinaugurated
theschool’scelebrationoforiginal
studentmusiccompositionsand
choreography(henceComp+Chorea).
WhilehewasbackinNewLondon
fora10thAnniversaryscreeningof
hishitplayand2001moviemusical,
Hedwig & The Angry Inch,Stephen
visitedWilliamsandspokewithhis
formerdramateacher,Mrs.Jane
Martineau,aboutthebeginningsof
thisquintessentiallyWilliamstradition.
Hecomposedaccompanimentfor
aneight-piecebandtoexpressthe
variationsrequiredbythedancepiece.
Astheperformancedategrewcloser,
theoriginalchoreographywasreplaced
withanimproviseddanceroutine
involvingtables.Herecallsthatthe
accompanyingmusicmadeabsolutely
nosensewithouttheoriginaldance.
“Itwasliketakingleftturnsdownonewaystreetsinthewrongdirection,”
helaughed.Sohequicklyhadtoroll
withthepunches.Hepointsout,
“ThatexperiencewasEXACTLYwhat
Idonowprofessionally!”Helearned
aboutcompromiseandcollaboration
throughCompchorea.Thinkingon
yourfeetandreactingtotheinevitable
curveballsareveryhandyskillsto
Theylaughedabouttheaudacious,
master.Healsolearnedthataccepting
avantgardevibeoftheearlyyears.Mrs. compromisecantakeyouplaces
Martineaudelightedindescribinghow, creatively.
inoneearlypiece,Stephenplayedthe
lobsterpotasamusicalinstrument
Asafurtherexample,hereminded
(“Whichmyparentscookwithtothis Mrs.Martineauofthe“frogdance.”
day,”henotes!)whileDavidHendler
AlyssaRutchik’87hadchoreographed
’84playedtheviolinandClaire
adancefeaturingballetmoves
BardenheierBloch’84dancedand
accompaniedbyclassicalmusiconthe
vocalized.“Itwassofaraheadofits
piano.Sensinganopportunitytoliven
time!”declaredMrs.Martineau.
uptheproceedings,Stepheninterjected
himselfdoingaseriesoffrogleaps
Inadditiontoaguidingphilosophy
thatwouldstopatthedancers,at
whichpointhewouldlookupandsay
that“nothingistooweird”theother
“Ribbit!”Theinspiredabsurditystuck;
maintenetofCompchoreawasthat
Stephenperformedthedanceinfull
itwasallstudentrun.AsStephen
explained,“Studentswereresponsible frogcostumeandcontinuedtodance
ineachCompchoreaafterthat.
foreverythingfromlights,costumes,
stageandsets,toprogramand
promotions.”Andalltheoriginal
Over60%oftheClassof1984was
musicanddance,ofcourse.Inthe
involvedinCompchoreatheirsenior
earlyyears,studentmusiciansplayed
year.Stephennotedthatduringhis
liveincollaborationwiththedancers. timeatWilliams,“Wewentfrombeing
Stephendescribedanextravagant
‘freaks’tobeingwhatwasnormal.”
danceinvolvingsixdistinctsections.
Speaking with Mrs. Martineau,
composer Stephen Trask ’84 (left)
credited his Compchorea experiences
with preparing him for dealing with
the twists and turns of scoring movies.
He is currently working on a stage
show about Studio 54.
Stephen Trask ’84 (topmost) recalled
some hilarious adventures from the
early days of Compchorea.
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Congratulations Class of 2011!
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Make Your Own Mount Rushmore!
Celebratingits120thCommencement,Williamsushered
the49membersoftheClassof2011(listtotheright)into
theesteemedranksofthealumni,manyofwhomwerein
theaudienceasparents,aunts,siblings,andfriends.
HistoryteacherBillFurgueson(electedbytheClassof
2011togivetheCommencementAddress)emphasized
recognizingthepeoplewhoshapeourlives.Heexhorted
graduatestomaketheirown“MountRushmore”andhonor
thelovedonesandmentorswho’veinfluencedthem.
HeadofSchoolMarkFaderadded,“BelongingtoWilliams
meansmorethanjustcelebratingandgettingwhatyou’ve
earned,italsomeansbeingappreciativeofyourparents,
grandparents,extendedfamily,andyourteachersforthe
tremendousopportunityyou’vebeengiven.”
ClassspeakerJackHaronianeschewedthestandard
platitudesandfocusedhisremarksonthespecific,special
bondsforgedamongtheClassof2011.Thedaywasa
testamentnotonlytopersonalaccomplishments,butalso
tothepowerofconnectionandcommunity.
EmilyBenson
HilaryBokoff
SarahBradford
AliceBradley
JeffreyBrodie
RyanCairns
LeeCattanach
AdamCibarich
MichaelCiulla
DanielCoffey
CatherineCook
JohnCottrellIII
WilliamDavidge
IsaccDavis
MichelleDevoe
BenjaminDorr
HadleyEichengreen
SpencerEsty
KatharineEvans
DavidGibson
AliciaGoncalves
DuncanGrimm
AntonGudz
JacksonHallberg
PeterHarsh
JackHaronian
ConnorHilton
HeatherHolmes
Paul-LeonHunter
AdamIglehart
TrevorKlee
EmilyMalcynsky
EmilyMaroni
GeorgeMatthiessenII
MatthewMooers
ClaireNelson
GraceRaeNepomuceno
DanielNickerson
AnaSchavoir
WilliamSimon
ZakiyaThomas-Keyton
KatelynTyler
Olivia-JaneUreles
RachelvanDyke
FrederikvanEck
VeronicaVesnaver
BrookeWatson
SpencerWhitelaw
CodyWilliams
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Collaboration
Profile of Mrs. Rachel Thomas-Shapiro, part-time singer, part-time farmer, part-time yogi,
full-time Williams Chemistry teacher, overtime mom!
By Meghan Ryan, Director of College Counseling
At a school whose mantra is You
Belong, Chemistry teacher Rachel
Thomas-Shapiro works to help make
students feel that they belong better:
that they aren’t simply surviving
high school but that they are
thriving in the classroom. ThomasShapiro, or “Thom-Shap,” as she
is affectionately addressed by the
Williams community, has started
somewhat of a revolution at Williams.
One of the two 2011 recipients of the
Brian J. Carey Faculty Award, ThomasShapiro, [along with Spanish teacher,
Ana Ramirez,] was selected for going
“above and beyond” for Williams’
students. What’s she done? Made
tests more student-friendly.
After attending a “Learning and the
Brain” conference at MIT last fall
with Assistant Head of School, Chris
Benbow, and Classics Chair, Melissa
Moss, Thomas-Shapiro returned to
school invigorated and ready to put
into practice what they had learned.
Specifically, Thomas-Shapiro applied
what she had learned about the
brain development of teenagers and
implemented changes in the way
she gave formal assessments. Now,
instead of traditional written exams
for each student, mid-terms and finals
are lab practicals done as a group,
during which students collaborate to
solve problems in a lab-like setting.
Other assessments involve more
traditional problem-solving, but are
still collaborative. Thomas-Shapiro
implemented changes because, “ kids
are different than they used to be,
and because they would do poorly on
tests even if they were strong in class.
I made the classroom experience
different – not easier. It’s still a
Thom-Shap’s test
transformation is
paying off in terms of
student satisfaction
and success...scores
of 4’s and 5’s on the
Advanced Placement
Chemistry exam
this past year was
supporting empirical
evidence.
classical curriculum but I’m trying to
address it in more appropriate ways,
since learning styles have changed
due to the way students have
instant access to huge quantities of
information on the Internet.”
Another primary reason for the
collaborative assessments in ThomasShapiro’s classes is to ameliorate
anxiety for students. “Even strong
students get test anxiety,” ThomasShapiro said. “This allows students
who second-guess themselves
to really shine by explaining to
classmates what they have learned.
The assessment tool turns into a
learning tool as well.” It means, too,
that Thomas-Shapiro needs to pay
closer attention to the students
before the assessments to see where
their strengths lie. “I need to be
observant, intuitive, and empathetic,”
she said, which is a more dynamic
requirement than simply correcting
written work. Thomas-Shapiro’s test
transformation is paying off in terms
of student satisfaction and success:
a questionnaire she gave students
about the new assessment style
revealed that they loved it. Moreover,
scores of 4’s and 5’s on the Advanced
Placement Chemistry exam this
past year were supporting empirical
evidence.
One of her AP Chemistry students,
Julie Philippe ’12, raved about her
teacher’s methods:
“…students could collaborate with their
classmates and discuss (and perhaps
argue) about test questions, which would
initiate active thinking and stimulate
all the knowledge that students had
acquired before the test in a group
discussion. This was a strategy that was
both valuable to the student (we learn
from each other) and to the teacher. One
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of the first things Thom-Shap asked us to do as AP Chemistry
students was to learn to depend upon, support, and work with
each other, rather than always asking the teacher for answers.
Thom-Shap often encouraged us to actively engage in problemsolving discussions in which everyone combined a little bit of
their understanding to finally solve the challenging problem. I
really liked this strategy: it really made us think and work to our
greatest potential rather than constantly depending
on the teacher. Thom-Shap has a wonderful teaching
strategy and her willingness to try new ways to
enhance the learning of her students is impressive
and indispensible, especially for a subject as
meticulous and challenging as chemistry.”
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Outside of school, Thomas-Shapiro continues
researching the brain in her “free” time. “It’s easy
to find primary source material and studies online,”
she said of her proactive approach. This allows her
to continue to adapt her curriculum and delivery as
students themselves change.
In addition to her innovative work as a Chemistry
teacher, Thomas-Shapiro is also is the parent of two
upper school Williams students, Noah ’12, and Hannah
’14. Like many faculty members at Williams, ThomasShapiro is known for her sharp analytical mind and
for connecting closely with her students and advisees;
she looks out for their well-being and development as
students and as individuals.
A woman who participates in more than seems possible
given the demands of her job, Thomas-Shapiro is also an
active member of The Chorus of Westerly; she rehearses
with her kids (also members) once a week and participates
in about five performances a year. (For anyone who hasn’t
seen this group perform, it’s a magical experience.)
Additionally, Thomas-Shapiro built her own chicken
coop in her back yard, the inhabitants of which
yield eggs for her family and friends. “It’s good
to know where your food comes from, and if
I’ll have enough eggs for a soufflé today.” Her
gardens also provide some of the family food.
In keeping with her homemade, whole-hearted,
and holistic approach to life, Thomas-Shapiro is a
yogi of sorts, and practices yoga about five times a
week, usually on her own. Lastly, as a former rower
and crew coach, Thomas-Shapiro still participates
by working with the Mystic Seaport’s championship
whaleboat crew. This group practices year-round and
competes annually in races in New Bedford against as many as
10–15 other teams.
In a school where individualism and innovation are prized,
Rachel Thomas-Shapiro, with her esoteric interests and impetus
for evolution, definitely embodies what it means to belong.
Stay Connected!
Nothing beats popping in to school in person, but the next
best thing is visiting www.williamsschool.org/alumni to
check out the new website’s Alumni Portal. The public side
of the page collects Alumni news and shares a calendar
of Alumni events. In addition, Williams’ website now
has an alumni-only, password-protected area for alumni
to connect and share classnotes, pictures and contact
information.
To get started, visit the Alumni page and click on “Log-in
to Alumni Belong.” At the next screen click on “Retrieve
Password” to have your individual password emailed to
the email account Williams has on record for you. After
logging in with those credentials for the first time, you’ll
be able to reset your password and update any of your
directory information.
Be sure to look through your profile and fill in or select
information that you want to display or keep private.
Our default is to share mailing address information while
keeping email addresses hidden to start. You may, of
course, opt to display your address or hide it entirely.
Post recent (or vintage!) photos of yourself on your page
or friends on the page for your Class. Share details about
work, family and school beyond Williams. Raise your
“virtual hand” to be part of a mentor network to let fellow
Williams students and alumni connect with you about your
career, field of study or college/university.
The online Alumni Directory also has Class pages which are
a great spot for alumni to share plans for reunions, class
milestones, etc.
If you have any questions about the Alumni Portal or
encounter difficulties logging in, please contact Director of
Communications Tim Reitz at [email protected] or
860-439-5056. Looking forward to seeing you online!
Williams’ new Alumni Portal online can be a great tool for
staying connected...if you use it! As an added incentive
to explore this great tool, The Williams School will
hold a drawing for an iPad at the Alumni Soccer game
on Saturday, November 26 (Thanksgiving weekend,
but attendance is not required to claim the iPad). To
be included in the drawing, simply log in at www.
williamsschool.org/alumni and update your directory
information before Friday, November 25, 2011.
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Chemistry of
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Community
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The annual Report
of Giving is one of my most
gratifying projects because it
provides an opportunity to recognize and thank the many people who
help make The Williams School a vibrant
community of teachers and students.
This report celebrates you!”
Ellen Spring, Director of Advancement
Report of Giving 2010–11
E
conomic forces can seem more volatile than any
chemistry lab imaginable, and we are all adjusting
to the new reality of a very different economic environment. A responsibility of our Board of Trustees is to
position The Williams School in such a way that
its financial stability can be assured well
into the future. This encompasses
careful budgeting and investing,
disciplined cost control, good plant
maintenance, and fundraising success. This year’s balanced budget
is testament to both sound management practices and a strong,
generous community.
On behalf of the entire Board of Trustees, I
offer our heartfelt thanks for the substantial support you
have shown the 2010–11 Fund for Williams. Your annual fund dollars are essential to meet the needs of our
talented faculty and staff and those most deserving of
all, our students. Technology, fuel, equipment, campus
maintenance, salaries and benefits—the list is long, and
the costs are high and constantly rising. So, we too must
rise up with continued support. It will take all of us working together and giving all we can to continue to fulfill
the promise of a bright future for The Williams School
and the students we serve.
Total Contributions Received 2010–11
Endowment
The Potter and Cochrane Family Fund
$3,000
Frances Antis Lane Memorial Fund
$1,000
Library Endowment Fund
$2,500
Unrestricted
$10,250
Endowment Subtotal
$16,750
Operating
Technology
Athletics
Operating Subtotal
$10,000
$3,000
$13,000
Capital (Embracing Excellence Campaign)
Pledge Payments
$140,481
Annual Giving
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The Fund for Williams
Unrestricted Gifts
Senior Parent Gift (Library)
$207,835
$59,717
None of last year’s achievements would have been possible without you. Williams’ future accomplishments
depend upon your continued strong support. You are the
catalyst of the Williams community! Thank you for all
that you do.
Library Fund
$1,125
Arts Fund
$2,650
With warm regards,
Gregg C. Benson
President, Board of Trustees
Faculty Fund
$ 365
Campus Fund
$1,578
Technology (iPad Fund)
$9,875
Pam Pettinari ’77 Scholarship Fund
$1,500
Scholarship Fund
Fund for Williams Subtotal
Silent & Live Auction Proceeds
Chlorophyll, the chemical structure depicted in these illustrations, is a biomolecule vital for photosynthesis, the
process by which plants obtain energy from light. This
life-sustaining chemical reaction is an apropos analogy
for the special role our generous community plays in
supporting and advancing the mission of the School.
Annual Giving Subtotal
Total Contributions:
$13,800
$298,445
$24,850
$323,295
$493,526
NOTE: Every effort has been made to make this list as accurate as possible. We apologize for any errors or omissions and ask that you
bring them to our attention so we can update our records and acknowledgements.
The Chemistry of Community
Leadership Giving Societies
THAMES SOCIETY ($1,000–$1,890)
Mr. & Mrs. William Benincosa • Dr. Nauman Chaudhry & Dr.
FOUNDER’S CIRCLE ($10,000+)
Uzma Zaidi • Mr. & Mrs. Maia Chiat • Mr. Anthony Chirico &
Chester W. Kitchings Foundation • Mr. & Mrs. Gregg C. Benson
Ms. Charmagne Eckert • Mrs. Virginia Ventura Colburn ‘70 • Dr.
• Mr. & Mrs. Sherwood Blake • Pfizer Matching Gifts Program •
Patrick Doherty & Dr. Lauren Doherty • Dominion Foundation
Mrs. Janet Johl Weissman ‘58 & Mr. Robert Weissman
Matching Gift Program • Mr. & Mrs. David Duncan • Mrs.
COLIN S. BUELL ASSOCIATES ($5,000–$9,999)
Bank of America Matching Gifts Program • Mr. & Mrs. John
Catlett • Dr. & Mrs. Peter Corr • Mr. Steven Daren & Dr. Debra
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Daren • Mr. & Mrs. Len Dorr • Frank Loomis Palmer Fund, Bank
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of America, Trustee • Mr. & Mrs. Royden Grimm • Mr. Brian D.
Klee & Dr. Diane M. Davidson • Mr. & Mrs. Harry Leiser • Mr. &
Mrs. Paul Maroni • Dr. John Pagnozzi & Ms. Kathleen Schwam •
Atty. Ted Potter & Atty. Lynn Cochrane • Mr. & Mrs. Kelvin Tyler •
Mr. Nathan Weiss ‘76 & Mrs. Shelley Weiss • Mr. Joshua Welch &
Ms. Alejandra de Losada
LEGENDA SOCIETY ($2,500–$4,999)
Mr. Marc J. Bokoff ‘83 & Mrs. Allison Bokoff • Mr. Jeffrey Brown
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& Dr. Daniella Duke • Dr. & Mrs. Michael Collins • Dr. & Mrs.
Michael Crain • Mr. Dennis Doughty • Mr. & Mrs. Scott Gibson
• Mr. Ronald Goldstein • Mr. Ethan Goller & Ms. Rona Malakoff
• Dr. Utpal Gupta & Dr. Jaya Gautam • Mr. & Mrs. John Harsh •
Mrs. Mary Lycan ‘64 • Mr. Ernest Goodrich, Jr. & Ms. Kathleen
Maher • Dr. & Mrs. Ted Malahias • Mr. Leroy Mergy & Ms.
Michele Giordano-Mergy • Mr. & Mrs. Richard Mooers • Dr.
& Mrs. K. George Mooney • Dr. Prior Parker • Mr. & Mrs. John
Pereira • Mr. & Mrs. William Pieniadz • Atty. Bert Polito & Atty.
Barbara Sorrentino • Mr. & Mrs. Carl Reiser • Mr. & Mrs. Sydney
Rogers • Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Rooney • Dr. Joseph Semple & Ms.
Erica Tannen Semple • Mr. Victor Sherman • Mr. & Mrs. William
Verhoeff • Mr. David Watson & Mrs. Carol Brekus-Watson
1891 SOCIETY ($1,891–$2,499)
Mrs. Holly Hayes Cheeseman ‘72 & Mr. Ian W. Cheeseman • Dr.
& Mrs. Christopher Connaughty • Mr. & Mrs. Nicholas Davidge
• Mr. & Mrs. Stephen DiCicco • Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Goldstein • Mr.
Whit Iglehart & Dr. Mary Scheimann • Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Miley
Kimberly McDermott Esty ‘84 & Atty. Miles Esty • Ms. Martha
Gibson-Macko & Mr. Jay Macko • Dr. & Mrs. Robert
Goldberg • Dr. Thomas Beggins & Ms. Anne
Hartford • Mr. & Mrs. Peter Harvey • Mr. &
Mrs. Terry Holcombe • Rev. & Mrs. Steven Hosking • Mr. & Mrs. Dennis Huysman • Mr. Bruce Lane • Mr. & Mrs.
Christopher Lane • Mr. & Mrs.
Eric Lemieux • Atty. & Mrs. Jay F.
Malcynsky • Mr. Robert Marcinek
& Mrs. Alison Smith Marcinek • Mr.
& Mrs. John Matthiessen • Mr. & Mrs.
Carlos Maynard • Mr. & Mrs. Ronald
Meneo • Adam D. Milne ‘92 • Mr. James
Myslik & Ms. Karen Kaestle • Mr. & Mrs. David
Nickerson • Mr. Brendan O’Donnell • Dr. & Mrs. Bruce H.
Patterson • Dr. & Mrs. Steven Powell • Mrs. Michele Schavoir &
Mr. Jonathan Carlisle • Mrs. Shelby Schavoir • Mr. & Mrs. Nathan
Shafner • Mrs. Catherine Roberts Sharoky ‘74 • Ms. Terry Smith
• Mr. & Mrs. Daniel S. Spring • Mr. & Mrs. Christopher Steiner •
Dr. Kartik Viswanathan & Dr. Renuka Dulala • Mr. & Mrs. Mark
Wolman
Report of Giving 2010–11
Cumulative Giving
$500,000 or more
Mrs. Janet Johl Weisman ‘58 & Robert Weissman
Frank Loomis Palmer Fund
$250,000–$499,999
Mr. & Mrs. Brian Carey • Mr. Steven Daren & Dr. Debra Daren •
Edward E. Ford Foundation • Chester W. Kitchings Foundation •
Pfizer Foundation Matching Gifts Program
$100,000–$249,999
Anonymous (1) • Anderson-Paffard Foundation, Inc. •
Bowdenwein Public Benevolent Foundation • Carlin
Contracting Co. Inc. • Mr. & Mrs. Gary Dayharsh • Dewitt
U/W Paul D. Wilbur, Et. al. • Beatrice G. McEwen Trust •
Pfizer Global Research & Development •
Mr. & Mrs. John Wronowski
$50,000–$99,999
Mr. & Mrs. John Catlett • Mr. & Mrs. William Christopher • Dr. &
Mrs. Peter Corr • Dr. & Mrs. John Madsen • Ms. Kathleen Maher
& Mr. Ernest Goodrich • Dr. & Mrs. K. George Mooney • Attys.
Edward Potter & Lynn Cochrane • Mr. & Mrs. David Preston • Mr.
& Mrs. Len Wolman
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Trustees 2010-11
Parents 2010-11
Mr. Gregg C. Benson • Mr. Marc J. Bokoff ‘83 • Mr. Jeffrey Brown
• Mr. John Catlett • Mrs. Holly Hayes Cheeseman ‘72 • Mr. David
Cook • Mr. Steven Daren • Mr. Stephen DiCicco • Mr. Mark Fader
• Mr. Scott Gibson • Mr. Bruce Goldstein • Mrs. Vera Harsh • Mrs.
Katherine Leiser • Ms. Kathleen Maher • Mrs. Alison Smith
Marcinek • Mr. Paul Maroni • Mrs. Ellen McGuire • Ms. Amy
Perry • Mr. William Pieniadz • Atty. Ted Potter • Mr. Joshua Welch
Mr. & Mrs. Philip Antupit • Ms. Catherine Avery • Mr. & Mrs. William Benincosa • Mr. & Mrs. Gregg C. Benson • Mr. & Mrs. Gary
Bohn • Drs. Gopa & Arindam Bose • Mr. & Mrs. Samuel C.
Bradford II • Atty. & Mrs. Michael Bradley • Mr. & Mrs. Michael
Bransfield • Mr. Jeffrey Brown & Dr. Daniella Duke • Mr.
Michael Butler & Dr. Lynne Butler • Ms. April Cairns • Mr.
Michael Campbell & Ms. Marie Jo De Maestri • Mr. & Mrs.
Christopher Carter • Mr. & Mrs. John Catlett • Mr. & Mrs. Robert
Chamberlain • Mr. Anthony Chirico & Ms. Charmagne Eckert •
Ms. Kristy Coffey • Mr. Jeffrey Cole & Ms. Sally Booth • Ms. Janet
Collings • Mr. & Mrs. Kevin Collins • Dr. & Mrs. Michael Collins
• Dr. & Mrs. Christopher Connaughty • Mr. & Mrs. David Cook •
Mr. & Mrs. Nicholas Davidge • Mr. & Mrs. Wayne E. Devoe • Dr.
Patrick Doherty & Dr. Lauren Doherty • Mr. & Mrs. Len Dorr •
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Douglas • Mr. & Mrs. David Duncan • Dr. Roy
Eichengreen & Ms. Cindy Warm • Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Elfstrom
• Mrs. Kimberly McDermott Esty ‘84 & Atty. Miles Esty • Mr.
& Mrs. Robert D. Evans • Mr. & Mrs. Mark Fader • Dr. & Mrs.
Christopher Ficke • Mrs. Brenda Pelt Flaig • Dr. & Mrs. Stephen
Flynn • Mr. & Mrs. Eric Foster • Mr. Stephen Fricke & Ms. Amy
Brenner-Fricke • Mr. Ted Funsten & Ms. Leslie Holbrook • Mr.
Past Trustees
Mr. Neal M. Bobruff ‘76 • Mr. Louis Camerota • Mr. William T.
Christopher • Mrs. Jill Corr • Mr. Steven J. Danenberg • Mrs.
Susan Duncan • Mrs. Marcia Fix • Mr. Felix Kloman • Mrs. Wendy
Madsen • Mr. James C. McGuire • Mr. Richard M. Mehlman • Mr.
William W. Miner • Dr. K. George Mooney • Mrs. Carol Patterson
• Ms. Charlotte L. Rea • Mrs. Marcia Robinson • Mrs. Tammey
Rooney • Mrs. Gabriella Schlesinger • Mr. Thomas D. Wing • Mr.
Mark Wolman • Mrs. Robyn Wolman
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& Mrs. Renato Garcia • Mr. & Mrs. Karl Gelotte • Ms. Martha
Gibson-Macko & Mr. Jay Macko • Mr. & Mrs. Scott Gibson • Dr.
& Mrs. Robert Goldberg • Dr. & Mrs. Adam Goldstein • Mr. Alan
Goldstein & Ms. Debra Marion • Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Goldstein •
Mr. Ethan Goller & Ms. Rona Malakoff • Dr. Harvey Golumbic &
Ms. Rose Asuncion Golumbic • Ms. Valerie Goncalves • Mr. &
Mrs. Royden Grimm • Ms. Tatiana Gudz & Mr. Richard Cody • Dr.
Utpal Gupta & Dr. Jaya Gautam • Mrs. Amy Jones Hallberg ‘77 &
Dr. J. Andrew Hallberg • Mr. Andrew Halsey • Ms. Sally Halsey •
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Hamilton • Mr. Tom J. Kalinosky & Ms. Christy
Hammond • Dr. Howard L. Haronian • Mr. & Mrs. John Harsh
• Dr. Thomas Beggins & Ms. Anne Hartford • Mr. & Mrs. Peter
Harvey • Ms. Lori Hilton • Mr. & Mrs. Terry Holcombe • Ms. Anna
Holland • Mrs. Kerry McDermott Holmes ‘82 & Mr. Matthew
Holmes • Mr. Harry Holt & Ms. Barbara Silver-Holt • Rev. & Mrs.
Steven Hosking • Mr. & Mrs. Jon Hughes • Mr. & Mrs. James
Hunter Jr. • Mr. & Mrs. Dennis Huysman • Mr. Whit Iglehart & Dr.
Mary Scheimann • Mr. & Mrs. John R. Ivimey • Mr. & Mrs. Clifford
Jenkins • Mr. Oliver Jonckheere & Ms. Veronique Riethuisen •
Mr. Massoud Kalkhoran & Ms. Mercedeh Pourmoghadam • Mr.
Ken Kenworthy • Mr. Brian D. Klee & Dr. Diane M. Davidson •
Mr. Chris Knowlton & Ms. Sally deGozzaldi • Mr. & Mrs. John
Knudsen • Mr. Insu Kong & Ms. Mary Minn • Drs. Andrew & Elise
Kressley • Ms. Lisa La Pera & Mr. Chris Yuknek • Mr. & Mrs. David
Lahm • Mr. & Mrs. Christopher Lane • Mr. & Mrs. Eric Lemieux •
Mr. Douglas Levin & Ms. Abby Carter • Mr. & Mrs. Michael Lynch
• Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Madaus • Atty. & Mrs. Jay F. Malcynsky • Mr.
Robert Marcinek & Mrs. Alison Smith Marcinek • Mr. & Mrs. Paul
Maroni • Mr.& Mrs. John Matthiessen • Mr. & Mrs. Carlos Maynard • Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Meagher • Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Meneo
• Mr. Frank Menniti & Ms. Sandra Miller • Mr. Leroy Mergy & Ms.
Michele Giordano-Mergy • Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Miley • Dr. & Mrs.
Jeffrey Miller • Mr. & Mrs. Gerard Mills • Ms. Susan Moffett • Mr.
& Mrs. Richard Mooers • Mr. James Myslik & Ms. Karen Kaestle
• Mr. & Mrs. James Nelson • Mr. & Mrs. David Nickerson • Mr.
Gregory Norman & Ms. Christine Roosevelt • Mr. & Mrs. Edward
O’Connor • Dr. John Pagnozzi & Dr. Kathleen Schwam • Mr. &
Mrs. John Paolillo • Dr. Prior Parker • Mr. & Mrs. Ted Parker • Mr.
& Mrs. Viren Patel • Ms. Charlene Patton & Mr. Brian Patton •
Mr. & Mrs. John Pereira • Mr. & Mrs. Eric Perkins • Mr. & Mrs.
William Pieniadz • Atty. Bert Polito & Atty. Barbara Sorrentino •
Dr. & Mrs. Steven Powell • Mr. & Mrs. James Quigley • Mr. & Mrs.
John Ramatowski • Mr. Michael Reder & Ms. Andrea Rossi-Reder
• Mr. & Mrs. Carl Reiser • Mr. Daniel Renn & Ms. Susan Frost •
Ms. Heather Rowe ‘73 & Mr. Michael Ciulla • Dr. & Mrs. Allan
Safferman • Ms. Michele Schavoir & Mr. Jonathan Carlisle • Mr.
& Mrs. Nathan Shafner • Dr. & Mrs. Brian Shannon • Ms. Clare
Sheridan • Mr. Victor Sherman • Mr. & Mrs. James Simon • Ms.
Terry Smith • Mr. & Mrs. Christopher Steiner • Ms. Chet Thomas
• Dr. & Mrs. Jim Trammell • Mr. & Mrs. Paul Tresnan • Mr. & Mrs.
Kelvin Tyler • Dr. & Mrs. Steven D. Ureles • Mr. & Mrs. William
Verhoeff • Dr. Kartik Viswanathan & Dr. Renuka Dulala • Ms.
Charlene Voyce • Mr. David Watson & Mrs. Carol Brekus-Watson
• Dr. Luke Weinstein • Mr. Duncan Welch & Mrs. Katherine
Ringe Welch • Rev. & Mrs. Byron D. Westbrook • Mr. Christie
Williams & Ms. Catharine Moffet • Mr. & Mrs.
Conrad Winalski III
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Mr. & Mrs. Michael Abel • Mr. &
Mrs. Phillip Awad • Mr. & Mrs.
Ronald Beck • Mr. & Mrs. Sherwood
Blake • Mr. & Mrs. Sandford Blitz
• Ms. Elsa Bradford • Mr. & Mrs.
Charles Buffum • Ms. Muriel
Cairns • Mrs. Toni Carnaroli
• Ms. Joan Moffett Cook •
Ms. Elizabeth Dock • Mr.
& Mrs. James Fader
Jr. • Mr. & Mrs.
John Fogg •
Mr. & Mrs.
Dick Frank
• Mrs. Pearl
Garfinkel • Mrs.
Renee Goldstein •
Mrs. Sarah Hallberg •
Ms. Isabel Hilton • Ms.
Joan Holbrook • Mr. Marvin
Horwitz • Ms. Gwendolyn
Jones • Capt. & Mrs. Rudolph
Jones • Ms. Mary Katsiaficas • Mr.
& Mrs. John Kerby • Mr. & Mrs. Ken
Levin • Ms. Peggy Lukens • Mrs.
Patricia Malloy • Mr. & Mrs. Ronald
Marcus • Mr. & Mrs. Richard Martin
• Mrs. Sharon Martucci • Mr. &
Mrs. G.C. Matthiessen • Dr. & Mrs.
L. Miller • Mrs. Patricia Nandor •
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Nickerson • Mrs.
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Mary Oberhelman • Mrs. Ann Parkinson • Ms. Ellie Peterson &
Mr. Terry Lindquist • Mr. & Mrs. Charles Pieniadz • Mrs. Sandra
Quine • Mr. & Mrs. Alex Ross • Ms. Grace Rowe • Mr. & Mrs.
Nathaniel Saltonstall • Mr. & Mrs. Nicholas Sarris • Mrs. Shelby
Schavoir • Ms. Rhoda Schuler • Mrs. Denise Shafner • Mr. & Mrs.
Sidney Shanbrom • Ms. Sally Tonks • Ms. Jane Warner • Mr. &
Mrs. Donald Watson • Mrs. Susan Welch-Edwards • Mrs.
Florence Wolfe • Mr. & Mrs. Andrew York • Mr. & Mrs. Charles
Young • Ms. Florence Young • Mr. & Mrs. Sam Zabinsky
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Dr. & Mrs. Sultan Ahamed • Mr. & Mrs. Robert M. Annon, Jr. •
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Arms • Mr. & Mrs. Steve Banas, Jr. • Mr. &
Mrs. James C. Bechtel • Mrs. Elaine P. Belknap • Mr. & Mrs.
William Benincosa • Dr. & Mrs. Brian T. Benton • Dr. & Mrs. Barry
Bienstock • Drs. Thomas & Melinda Blum • Mr. Marc J. Bokoff ‘83
& Mrs. Allison Bokoff • Capt. & Mrs. Jay D. Bolton • Drs. Gopa &
Arindam Bose • Mr. Charles Roy & Mrs. Jeanne Boyer Roy • Dr. &
Mrs. Karl Bratin • Capt. & Mrs. Mark R. Breor • Mr. & Mrs. John
M. Budds • Ms. Laurel A. Butler ‘75 & Mr. Christopher L. Daniels
• Mr. Michael Butler & Dr. Lynne Butler • Mr. & Mrs. Louis
Camerota • Mrs. Sarah Hill Canning ‘73 & Mr. Peter D. Canning
• Mr. & Mrs. William G. Carter • Mr. & Mrs. John Catlett • Mrs.
Holly Hayes Cheeseman ‘72 & Mr. Ian W. Cheeseman • Mr. &
Mrs. Maia Chiat • Mr. & Mrs. William T. Christopher • Mr. & Mrs.
Frank Church • Mr. & Mrs. Leonard M. Cohen • Dr. & Mrs. Michael Collins • Mr. & Mrs. David Cook • Mr. & Mrs. Jeff Cooley •
Dr. & Mrs. Peter Corr • Dr. & Mrs. Michael Crain • Ms. Rose Marie
Crowley • Mr. & Mrs. Steven J. Danenberg • Mr. Steven Daren
& Dr. Debra Daren • Mr. & Mrs. Wayne E. Devoe • Mrs. Kathryn
Roche Dickson ‘49 • Mr. & Mrs. Stephen W. Dolat • Mr. & Mrs.
Robert Douglas • Mr. & Mrs. David Duncan • Dr. Roy
Eichengreen & Ms. Cindy Warm • Mrs. Kimberly McDermott
Esty ‘84 & Atty. Miles Esty • Mr. & Mrs. Robert D. Evans • Mr. &
Mrs. Jack E. Feinberg • Mrs. Jean S. Feng • Dr. & Mrs. Christopher
Ficke • Mr. & Mrs. John Fix • Mr. & Mrs. Ralph Fragola • Dr. &
Mrs. Richard A. Fraser • Mr. & Mrs. Richard Freeman • Mr. & Mrs.
Scott Gibson • Dr. & Mrs. Robert Goldberg • Mr. & Mrs. Richard
Gunnell • Mrs. Amy Jones Hallberg ‘77 & Dr. J. Andrew Hallberg
• Mr. Andrew Halsey • Mrs. Sally Halsey • Mr. Tom J. Kalinosky &
Ms. Christy Hammond • Mr. & Mrs. David Hannon • Dr. Howard
L. Haronian • Dr. Thomas Beggins & Ms. Anne Hartford • Ms.
Lori Hilton • Mrs. Kerry McDermott Holmes ‘82 & Mr. Matthew
Holmes • Mr. & Mrs. John R. Ivimey • Mr. Thomas Kelly & Ms.
Ellen Lazerow • Mr. Brian D. Klee & Dr. Diane M. Davidson • Mr.
& Mrs. John Knudsen • Mr. & Mrs. James N. Kremer • Mr. & Mrs.
Harry Leiser • Mr. Douglas Levin & Ms. Abby Carter • Mr. Barry A.
Levinson & Ms. Pamela Akins • Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Liverant • Mrs.
Evelyn Cobb MacDougall ‘33 • Dr. & Mrs. John E. Madsen, Jr. •
Mr. Ernest Goodrich, Jr. & Ms. Kathleen Maher • Dr. & Mrs. Ted
Malahias • Atty. & Mrs. Jay F. Malcynsky • Mr. Robert Marcinek &
Mrs. Alison Smith Marcinek • Mr. & Mrs. John McGrath • Mr. &
Mrs. James C. McGuire • Mr. & Mrs. David McKeon • Mr. & Mrs.
Thomas G. McLoughlin • Mr. & Mrs. Richard M. Mehlman • Mr.
Frank Menniti & Ms. Sandra Miller • Mr. & Mrs. Denny Miller
• Mr. & Mrs. Gerard Mills • Mr. & Mrs. William W. Miner • Ms.
Susan Moffett • Dr. & Mrs. K. George Mooney • Mr. & Mrs. James
Nelson • Mr. & Mrs. Edward O’Connor • Dr. Prior Parker • Dr. &
Mrs. Bruce H. Patterson • Mr. & Mrs. Richard H. Patterson • Mr.
& Mrs. John Pereira • Ms. Amy L. Perry • Mr. Tony Piccirillo & Ms.
Sara Qua • Mr. & Mrs. William Pieniadz • Atty. Bert Polito & Atty.
Barbara Sorrentino • Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth L. Porter, III • Ms.
Sarah H. Porter & Mr. George Loveday • Atty. Ted Potter
& Atty. Lynn Cochrane • Dr. & Mrs. Steven Powell
• Dr. & Mrs. George Quallich • Atty. Michael
Quinn & Ms. Terry Kemper • Mr. & Mrs.
Hector H. Ramirez • Atty. & Mrs. Robert I.
Reardon • Mr. & Mrs. Carl Reiser • Mr. & Mrs.
O. P. Robinson • Mr. Bart Sayet ‘76 • Mrs.
Gabriella Schlesinger • Dr. & Mrs. Brian
Shannon • Mr. Victor Sherman • Mr. & Mrs.
James Simon • Dr. & Mrs. Stanley P. Solinsky
• Mr. & Mrs. Fred Sollars • Mr. &
Mrs. Daniel S. Spring •
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Dr. & Mrs. Jeffrey A. Stritar • Mr. & Mrs. Paul F. Tombari • Dr.
& Mrs. Jim Trammell • Mr. & Mrs. Tony Trobaugh • Mr. & Mrs.
Edward Walker • Warren & Shiling Family • Rev. & Mrs. Byron D.
Westbrook • Dr. & Mrs. John Wiles • Mr. Christie Williams & Ms.
Catharine Moffet • Mr. & Mrs. Thomas D. Wing • Mr. & Mrs. Len
Wolman • Capt. Richard T. Wright • Mrs. Dale Butler Zumsande
‘74 & Mr. Dieter Zumsande
Mr. Ken Kenworthy • Mr. John Knudsen • Mrs. Megan LaCour •
Mr. Benjamin Ladd • Mrs. Jane Martineau • Mr. Michael Menders • Ms. Melissa E. Moss • Mr. Clark Muse • Dr. Fred Oliver • Ms.
Charlene Patton • Mrs. Donna Pepin • Mrs. Ana Ramirez • Mr.
Tim Reitz • Ms. Meghan Ryan • Mrs. Jacqueline Shannon • Ms.
Mary Simpson • Mrs. Ellen Spring • Mrs. Kathleen Trammell •
Mrs. Cindy Trobaugh • Ms. Karen Ulrich • Mrs. Sonia Varley • Mr.
Scott Wagner • Mr. Richard White
GRANDPARENTS OF ALUMNI 2010–11
Ms. Joan Moffett Cook • Mrs. Josephine DeMarco Esposito • Mrs.
Phyllis Brody Feinberg ‘47 & Mr. Joseph Feinberg • Mrs. Ann
Parkinson • Mr. & Mrs. Norton Goodsell • Mrs. Sarah Hallberg
• Ms. Isabel Hilton • Mr. & Mrs. Charles Pieniadz • Mr. & Mrs.
Charles Buffum • Mr. & Mrs. William Schropp • Mr. & Mrs.
Sherwood Blake • Mr. & Mrs. Ken Levin
Faculty & Staff 2010-11
Ms. Melissa Barnes • Mr. John Becker • Mrs. Kimberly
Belair • Mr. Christopher Benbow • Dr. Melinda
Blum • Mr. Greg Bowerman • Mrs.
Catherine Carter • Mr. Louis Cohen • Mrs.
Donna Coletti • Mr. Joe Cote • Mrs. Sandra
Davis • Mr. Francis DePeter • Mr. Peter
Emanuel • Mr. Mark Fader • Ms. Galina Frisby
• Mr. & Mrs. William Furgueson • Mrs. Cindy
Sleeman Gibbs • Ms. Eliza Hannon ‘06 • Mrs.
Jane Hannon • Mrs. JoAnn Harper • Mrs.
Cristan Harris • Mr. Scott Hockford • Rev.
Steven Hosking • Dr. Michaela A. Ionescu
• Mrs. Amy
Keane • Mr.
Thomas
Kelly •
FORMER FACULTY & STAFF 2010–11
Mrs. Joanne Carter • Mr. Rand Cooper ‘76 • Mr. Steven J.
Danenberg • Mrs. Kathryn Roche Dickson ‘49 • Mr. Bruce
Elfstrom • Mrs. Beatrice Fratoni • Mrs. Claire Merritt • Mr. Robert
E. Merritt • Mrs. Chris Miller • Mrs. Mary Mirabito • Ms. Eleanor
Saunders • Mr. Edwin Sherman • Ms. Susan D. Wheeler
FOUNDATIONS/CORPORATIONS 2010–11
Community Foundation of Southeastern Connecticut • Chester
W. Kitchings Foundation • Lawrence & Memorial Hospital • Frank
Loomis Palmer Fund, Bank of America, Trustee • Mystic
Aquarium & Institute for Exploration • Pfizer United Way
Campaign • Stifel Nicolaus • United Way of the Capital Area
MATCHING GIFT COMPANIES 2010–11
Bank of America Matching Gifts Program • Bristol-Myers Squibb
Employee Giving Program • Chubb & Son, a Division of Federal
Insurance Co. • Dominion Foundation Matching Gift Program •
Pfizer Foundation Matching Gifts Program • Reid & Riege
Foundation • Roche Matching Gifts Program
FRIENDS 2010–11
Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Blinderman • Mr. Stephen Bodenlos • Ms.
Betsey Copp Halsey • Mr. & Mrs. Adam Frieman • Mr. Ronald
Goldstein • Mr. & Mrs. Hunter Hannum • Mrs. Shirley Hoey •
Mr. Tanner Hunt • Mr. & Mrs. Sol Klioze • Mr. Bruce Lane • Ms.
Lindalea P. Ludwick • Ms. Dale Merrill & Mr. Jim Whanger •
Nashobabrooks School of Concord, Inc. • Ms. Kate Reymundi •
Mrs. Carlotta Tyler
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ALUMNI
Our alumni community includes more than 3,000 alumni
living in all 50 states and 27 countries. This year we connected with alumni at events, reunions, through the Ambassador, on the phone and online, and through our own
friendships; and we encourage you to do the same in the
year ahead. This is a valuable network and an important
part of our school and our lives.
1933
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Evelyn Cobb MacDougall
1935
Naomi Shepard Arnold • Loretta Moran Connelly • Ida Meyer
Hantgan • Ethel Dennison Loseno
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Evelyn Bennett-Neale • Margaret Ferro Cataldi •
Gwendolyn Grimes Chapman • Margaret Moran
Pickett • Ruth Pickhardt • Mildred Gossett Plotnick
• Marion DiPaulo Wagner
1944
Grace Driscoll Drake •
Josephine DeMarco
Esposito • Elizabeth
Montali Smith
McKenzie
1945
Catherine Bell Anderson
Norma Deveau Fleishell •
Shirley Baier Love •
Marguerite Flynn Neill •
Angela DeGange Rocco •
Marion Dorsey Rogers
• Marilyn Portelance
Turkowski
1938
1946
Sara Holmes Burns • Jane Donovan • Kiki Halikas •
June Humphries
Betty Sisk Connors •
Antoinette Loiacono Dupont
Cretella • Margaret Connor Holleran • Jean W. Miner •
Nancy Hamlen Morgan • Mary Karney Pope
1936
Rose Syracuse Sabilia • Harriet Rice Strain
1937
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1943
1939
Gladys Hartman Olsen • Ruth Simons Beckwith • Louise
Daghlian Belcher • Josephine Pekalsky Czujak • Jane Creighton
Orr • Barbara O’Connell Richmond • Louise Auger Wood
1940
Burnardine Fraser Flanagan • Emily Zeppieri Higgins • Jeanne
Whitcomb Williams
1947
Joan Sandgren Bridges • Gloria Bloxham Charboneau • Marie
Forader Cochran • Louise Weingarten Fabrykiewicz • Phyllis
Brody Feinberg • Anne Mono Harrington • Myrtle Kavarnos
Johnston • Luella Ferguson Meaux
1948
1941
Dorothy Cooper Caswell • Barbara Wainwright Cook • Frances
Quinn Greene • Ruth Fanjoy King • Julia Kiely Owens • Emily
O’Connor Stimson • Sophie Ushkevich
Patricia Smith Belcher • Gladys Saunders Chase • Alberta Wright
Davis • Doris Williams Huff • Phyllis Peck Shipp • Charlotte Ryan •
Jean Browne Wolfe • Irene Liebenau Zuckerbraun
1949
1942
Shirley Pope Alloway • Lorraine Vallee Battin • Gertrude
Shragowitz Margolick • Anne Olsen Pecora • Evelyn Zuk Peters
Barbara Good Caruso • Betty Ann Apicelli Chapman • Betty
Bendfeldt Collins • Jean Leister Croughwell • Marcia Staub
DeWolf • Kathryn Roche Dickson • Alice Dreifuss Goldstein •
Gladys Alter Goldstein • Aspasea Deligeorges Hart • Hazel Burger
Hurshman-Victoria • Helen Kiritsis Kortesis • Gladys Gonzales
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Medero • Marilyn Clark Mitchell • Dorothy Nelson
Reed • Christine Gomes Regan • Penelope Catogas
Sotirelis • Irene Sefcik Verrett
1950
Gladys Coppola Bly • Zoe K. Synodi
1951
1958
Betsy Aikins Bemis • Sheila Devine • Marjorie Schneider Gildor •
Carolyn Jones Greene • Judith Connaughton Steinfort •
Janet Johl Weissman
1959
Charlotte Barnum • Diana Dredge Townsend
Lorraine DeMarco Basilica •
Jean Collins Lena • Regina
Maicki Mostowy •
Catherine O’Brien
Nassetta • Roseanna
Iorlano Sanchi • Jeanne
1960
Finch Strode • Doris Salvatore
Valletta • Marilyn McClernon
Wilkins
1962
Barbara Dalinger Crowell
1961
Linda Blair Lockwood
Mary Powell Leonard
1963
1952
Gladys Herndon Bond
• Joy Putman Favretti
• Sondra Swanson
Hinckley • Meredyth Hyatt
Moses • Helene Hedge Schott
• Janet Reeve Stewart-Hayden
Mary Louise Goss Coviello
1964
Beverly Benson • Susan Howard Cihocki • Tarbell Dunning Glenn
• Mary Sherman Lycan • Jean Barrows Jerbert
1965
Jane Perry • Carol Ricker Vahlstrom
1953
Ernestine Laurion Cox • Clara Landry Faraci • Nicoletta Andrews
Herman • Shelby Palmer • Elizabeth Neale Wilson
1966
1954
1967
Alice Varella Andrews • Elizabeth Chappell Bongo • Sherry
Mason Bruner • Carol Mowry Callahan • Sheila Tooker Dasovich
• Ann Montgomery Guiney • Mary Ellen Ruddy Hanrahan • Grace
Warde Harde • Patricia Keenan Kuepper • Margaret Richards
Mason • Janet Smith • Beverly Merritt Wilson • Marjorie
Winslow
Shavaun Towers Bennett • Leslie Ahern Brown
Linda Maynard Powell • Candace Davis Sanford
1968
Janice Williams Martin • Martha Morrison Veranth
1969
1956
Robin Crandall • Bailey Staub Johnson • Elizabeth Lea Marsh •
Jane R. Marsh • Nancy Adkins Shapiro
Harriet Einhorn Cohen • Claudia White Gilmartin •
Eleanor Saunders
1970
Virginia Ventura Colburn
1957
Barbara Rogers Agosin • Gail Waugh Hanna •
Christine Von Wiegandt Pagano
1971
Barbara Hatfield Filkins • Laurie Lamb
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1972
1983
Holly Hayes Cheeseman • Liane Mei Kee Eng • Sally Newman
Marc J. Bokoff • Roger Bowers • Gretel DeRuiter • Pauline
Shapiro Flanagan • Adrienne O’Donnell Gibson • Alicia Eastland
Quarrier • Natasha Schneider
1973
Sarah Hill Canning • Cindy Sleeman Gibbs • Heather Rowe
1984
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Deborah Moignard • Catherine Roberts Sharoky • Dale Butler
Zumsande
Swansea Benham Bleicher • Claire Bardenheier Bloch • Joan
Daukas Brown • Lee Davis • Kimberly McDermott Esty • Janine
Feng • Paul Rablen
1975
1985
Laurel A. Butler • Sarah Merrill
1976
William H. Budds • Molly Winans Cooper • Britt Jung • Heather
Johnson-LaFreniere • Cristina Mitchell • R. Briggs Payer • Amy
Loiacono van der Velde
Neal M. Bobruff • Rand Cooper • Bart Sayet • Marcia M. Schaller
• Nathan Weiss
1986
1977
Megan O’Donnell Clark • Rachel O’Brien Leyda • Scott McGill •
Pamela Duevel Nesbett • Christopher Paye • Leslie Powell
Amy Jones Hallberg • Karen Adams Meyer • Ellen Regan
Wannamaker
1987
Melissa Dale • Brendan O’Donnell • Alexis Schach von Wittenau •
Karen Lamb Underhill
Johanna Cashman Calcagni • Christopher Hess • Elizabeth
O’Brien Luchars • Elizabeth Preston Miramon • Heidi Carter
Pearlson • Suzanne Podurgiel • Colin J. Taylor • Rebecca Wright
McDonald
1979
1988
Anne Fix Bowdler • Alexandra Escher • Amanda Oakes • David
Woodworth
Jason Holtzman • Stacy Alpern Sutton
1978
1989
1980
Phyllis Shiller Farley • Margaret Snyder Hamilton • Mardy Watts
Prestley • Alyson Singer
Daniel Church • Jennifer Dauster-Bevacqua • Mary Helen
Immordino-Yang • Glen Jeffries • Flora Velles Migyanka • Scott L.
Powell
1981
1990
John N. Brodkin • Stacy Brauman Gould • Jonathan M. Labaree •
Robert P. Rose • Nicole Liebig Vernstrom
Amy Baldwin • Elena A. Boneski • Katharine Bieber Ogg • Debra
Podurgiel Wilson
1982
1991
Edward Bremer Jr. • Kerry McDermott Holmes • Samuel Knox
Julie Vinick Aronwald • Paula Phoenix Hurley • Amy Danenberg
King • Cameron Frost Parisi
1992
Adam D. Milne • Edward Rosenfeld • Kara Schenk • Kendra
Spiegel Stampor
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1993
2005
Colleen Reardon Shay
Eric A. Dow • Marion Goodsell • Nicholas McTurk • Andrew
Mooney • Robin S. Renault • Nathan L. Wolman
1994
Caitlin Calder • Jennifer Linne Dorantes • Athena Linda • Andrew
J. Porter • Peter Vinick
1995
2006
Alexander Belknap • Bridget Morrissey Breen • Thomas Fagin
• Eliza Hannon • Jacqueline Parker • Matthew Spring • Trevor
Spring • Stephanie Tine
Wystan Ackerman
2007
1996
Torren Blair • Leah Dann • George de Brigard • Justin Florence •
Dmitri Rabin • Allison Thorp
Ross Bratin • Shannon Breor • Douglas Cheeseman • Maxx
Delaney • Darcy J. McCarthy • Carlos Salguero • Matthew R.
Shannon • Matthew Stern
1997
2008
Lindsey Frost Dowling • Elizabeth Frankel • Matthew Hemond •
Jonathan Marston
Emily Beggins • Whitney Douglas • Nathaniel Duncan • Amanda
Mehlman • Molly Patterson • Rachael Ragalye • Ethan Schmidt •
Emily Sollars • Christopher Wiles
1998
Courtney Allen • Nora Anderson • Serge Gagarin • Matthew
Johnson • Matthew Stanberry
1999
Teresa Wakim • Jonathan Ball • Matthew Dauphinais • Anastasia
Gilman Leyden • John R. Maxwell • Meaghan Meachem • Robert
Pascal
2000
Toby Pinn • Alexis Ramirez-Arnold
2001
Natalie-Ann Kapp Aloi • Jonathan Panikoff • Landon Potts •
Robert Williams
2002
Ashley Finan • Peter Wing
2003
Brooke Dow • Jessica Feinberg • Sarah Hemenway McQueen •
Yvette Nyiramana • Gilbert Patterson • Sage Shanley • Jonathan
Stritar • Bryan Watts • Jessica Wronowski
2004
Melissa Biber • Lauren Breor • Bowen Gillie • Marcy Levine •
Joshua Miller • Jeffrey Patterson • Anne Prisloe • Meris Tombari •
Sarah Zumsande
2009
Elma Burnham • Andrew Ficke • Molly Hannon • Anne Kalinosky
• Jared Levine • Valerie Vesnaver • Tess Williams • Jaimie
Wolman • Emma Zumsande
2010
Zachary Agostine • Anna Daren • Arianna Dayharsh • Anne
Marcinek • Kristina Mazzola • Marissa Peck • Sam Pieniadz •
Nathan Roy • Kara Shannon • Noah Spigelman • Christopher
Trammell
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Senior Parent Gift 2011
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The Senior Parent Gift Committee, led by Carol
Brekus-Watson, raised an astounding $60,000 to
fund improvements to the School Library. The
focal center of this transformation is an Scurve technology bar for laptops and iPads.
Other improvements include a new air-conditioning system, new carpeting and furniture,
and a designated teaching area complete with
a drop-down screen, projector, stools and training
tables. Many thanks to the dedicated and generous
parents and grandparents of the Class of 2011
who joined together to make this improvement
possible.
Parents
Ms. Catherine Avery • Mr. & Mrs. Gregg C. Benson •
Mr. & Mrs. Marc Bokoff • Mr. & Mrs. Samuel Bradford II
• Atty. & Mrs. Michael Bradley • Ms. April Cairns • Mr.
& Mrs. Robert Chamberlain • Ms. Kristy Coffey • Mr.
& Mrs. David Cook • Mr. & Mrs. Nicholas Davidge •
Mr. & Mrs. Wayne Devoe • Mr. & Mrs. Len Dorr •
Dr. Roy Eichengreen & Ms. Cindy Warm • Atty. &
Mrs. Miles Esty • Mr. & Mrs. Robert Evans • Mr.
& Mrs. Scott Gibson • Dr. Harvey Golumbic & Ms.
Rose Asuncion Golumbic • Ms. Valerie Goncalves • Mr.
& Mrs. Royden Grimm • Ms. Tatiana Gudz & Mr. Richard
Cody • Dr. & Mrs. J. Andrew Hallberg • Dr. Howard L. Haronian
• Mr. & Mrs. John Harsh • Ms. Lori Hilton • Mr. & Mrs. W.
Matthew Holmes • Mr. & Mrs. James Hunter Jr. • Mr. Whit
Iglehart & Dr. Mary Scheimann • Mr. Brian Klee & Dr. Diane
Davidson • Atty. & Mrs. Jay Malcynsky • Mr. & Mrs. Paul Maroni •
Mr. & Mrs. John Matthiessen • Mr. & Mrs. Richard Mooers • Mr.
& Mrs. James Nelson • Mr. & Mrs. David Nickerson • Ms. Heather
Rowe & Mr. Michael Ciulla • Ms. Michele Schavoir & Mr.
Jonathan Carlisle • Ms. Chet Thomas • Dr. & Mrs. Steven D.
Ureles • Mr. David Watson & Mrs. Carol Brekus-Watson • Mr.
Christie Williams & Ms. Catharine Moffett
Grandparents
Mr. & Mrs. Phillip Awad • Mr. & Mrs. Sandford Blitz • Ms. Muriel
Cairns • Ms. Joan Cook • Mrs. Sarah Hallberg • Ms. Isabel Hilton •
Mrs. Patricia Malloy • Mr. & Mrs. G.C. Matthiessen • Mrs. Patricia
Nandor • Mr. & Mrs. Robert Nickerson • Mrs. Ann Parkinson •
Ms. Grace Rowe • Mrs. Shelby Schavoir • Ms. Jane Warner • Mr.
& Mrs. Donald Watson
Matching Gift Companies
Bank of America Matching Gifts Program • Pfizer Foundation
Matching Gifts Program
Report of Giving 2010–11
Harriett Peck Williams Society
Members of the Harriet Peck Williams Society have designated a planned gift to be made to The Williams School
through their wills.
Mrs. Alice David Bantly ’47 • Mrs. Caroline S. Baskin • Ms. Laurel
A. Butler ’75 & Mr. Christopher L. Daniels • Mrs. Holly Hayes
Cheeseman ’72 & Mr. Ian W. Cheeseman • Mrs. Karin Schmid
Cowperthwait • Mr. Steven Daren & Dr. Debra Daren • Mr. &
Mrs. Mark Fader • Ms. Elizabeth Frankel • Mr. & Mrs. John Harsh
• Mrs. Paula Hurley • Mr. & Mrs. Felix Kloman • Mr. Bruce Lane
• Dr. Jennifer Lowney ’84 & Dr. Richard Martin • Mr. & Mrs.
William W. Miner • Dr. & Mrs. Bruce H. Patterson • Mr. & Mrs.
Benjamin H. Philbrick • Dr. & Mrs. Edward F. Pinn • Atty. Ted
Potter & Atty. Lynn Cochrane • Mr. Shusen Sun & Ms. Landi Hou
• Ms. Martha Morrison Veranth ’68 • Mrs. Janet Johl Weissman
’58 & Mr. Robert Weissman • Mrs. Dale Butler Zumsande ’74 &
Mr. Dieter Zumsande
In Memory/
In Honor
Gifts were made In Memory of the following:
Mrs. Doris Rubin DeJoy ’32 • Ms. Margaret MacKenzie ’40 • Mrs.
A. Virginia Dorr Daniels ’49 • Mrs. Patricia Girotti ’51 • Ms. Carol
McGarry ’51 • Mrs. Pamela Lancaster Pettinari ’77
Gifts were made In Honor of
Mrs. Kathryn Roche Dickson ’49 • Anton Gudz ’11 • Matthew
Mooers ’11 • Mrs. Janet Johl Weissman ’58 • Mr. Edward
Wheeler
Grandparents made gifts in honor of the following students:
Simon Bohn • Sarah Bradford • Samuel Buffum • Ryan and Kacey
Cairns • Margaretta Carter • Sabrina Catlett • Michael Ciulla
• Abigail Connaughty • Morgan Crandall • Zachary Dameron
• Daniel Doherty • Alex and Benjamin Dorr • Elizabeth Early •
Katharine and Sam Evans • Jack Fader • Christina Flynn • Grace
Funsten • Thomas Garbati • Alexandra Gardiner • Andrea and
Hillary Goldstein • Sara Halsey • Connor Hilton • Hunter Holmes
• Aaron Hosking • Joab Hunt • Noah Jenkins • Cassidy Martin •
Anthony Martucci • George Matthiessen • Samuel Miller • Daniel
Nickerson • Emily Rose Ogland • Russell Parker • Nathan Perkins
• Leah Pieniadz • John Ramatowski • Justin Shafner • Griffin Tyler
• Katie Tyler • Huntington Welch • Holly Westbrook • Adam and
Evan Winalski • Alison Wislocki • Blake Wronski • Rashad and
Rashan Young
Volunteers
Board of Trustees 2010–11
Gregg C. Benson, President • John Catlett, Vice President •
Katherine Leiser, Secretary • Scott Gibson, Treasurer
Marc Bokoff ’83 • Jeffrey Brown • Holly Hayes Cheeseman ’72 •
David Cook • Steven G. Daren • Gary Dayharsh • Stephen DiCicco
• Bruce Goldstein • Mark Fader • Vera Harsh • Kathleen Maher •
Alison Smith Marcinek • Amy L. Perry • William Pieniadz •
Edward Potter • Joshua Welch
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Development Committee 2010–11
Katherine Leiser, Chair • Jeffrey Brown • John Catlett • Terry Holcombe • John Ivimey • Ted Potter • Terry Smith • William & Susan
Verhoeff • David Watson & Carol Brekus-Watson • Joshua Welch
Fund for Williams Chair
William and Susan Verhoeff
Senior Parent Gift Chair
Carol Brekus-Watson
Alumni Board President
Holly Hayes Cheeseman ’72
Parents Association Steering Committee
Vera Harsh, President • Ann Buffum • Rosemary Collins • Liz Early
• Valerie Grimm • Tracey Jacey • Marissa Mills • Lisa Mooers •
Alison Smith Marcinek
The Chemistry of Community
Juleps & Jazz
AmbassadorFall2011
Hats off to the over 200 supporters who turned out in their
finest Derby attire to support The Williams School’s Juleps
& Jazz dinner & auction on May 7, 2011.
The event, which netted over $43,000, exceeded all
expectations and generated vital funds that were critical
for balancing the School’s operating budget. The generosity and dedication of parents, alumni and faculty was on
abundant display in the bevy of fantastic items available
and the exciting response to them in both the silent and
live auctions. A particular highpoint of the evening was the
outpouring of support for the purchase of classroom iPads.
Special thanks to auctioneer Mark Bokoff ’83 for a fun and
very successful Live Auction.
Juleps & Jazz Supporters:
Table Sponsors
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Jeffrey Brown and Daniella Duke, M.D. • Mr. & Mrs. Harry Leiser
• Mohawk Paper • Sea Research Foundation’s Mystic Aquarium •
Stifel Nicolaus
Patrons
William and Lisa Benincosa • Gregg and Deborah Benson • Gary
and Arlene Bohn • Marc ’83 and Allison Bokoff • John and
Athana Catlett • Holly Hayes Cheeseman ’72 • Anthony Chirico
and Charmagne Eckert • Steven and Debra Daren • Bruce
and Kacey Elfstrom • Christopher and Martha Ficke • Eric and
Monique Foster • Richard and Edie Freeman • Adam and Janie
Frieman • Scott and Katherine Gibson • Ronald Goldstein • Ethan
Goller and Rona Malakoff • Martin Horwitz • Brian Klee and
Diane Davidson • Sol and Gertrude Klioze • Chris Knowlton and
Sally deGozzaldi • Lisa LaPera • Lawrence & Memorial Hospital • Jay Macko and Martha Gibson-Macko • Ernest Goodrich
and Kathleen Maher • Leroy and Michele Mergy • Gerard and
Marissa Mills • Richard and Lisa Mooers • Gregory Norman and
Christine Roosevelt • John Pagnozzi and Kathleen Schwam • Ted
and Kathy Parker • John and Sandra Pereira • Pfizer Matching Gift
Program • Bill and Barbara Pieniadz • James and Mary Quigley
• Charlotte L. Rea • Terry Smith • Rebecca Steiner • Jeffrey and
Susan Stritar • William and Susan Verhoeff • David Watson and
Carol Brekus-Watson • Joshua and Alejandra Welch
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Ambassador Summer 2011
Reunion 2011
The Williams School
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Saturday, June 18, saw Williams bursting with activity as a
record number of alumni returned for Reunion 2011. The day
began with a Fun Run that saw Neal Bobruff ’76, Tom Fagin ’06
and Bryan Scully ’09 looping around the Connecticut College
campus with Head of School Mark Fader, faculty and staff
members on a course that veteran Cross Country coach Bob
Stack organized.
Later in the day, lunch on the new patio and a slip-’n-slide
and moon bounce on the Athletics courtyard attracted alumni
and their families to the afternoon picnic. Alumni shared
memories and caught up on more recent news while perusing
Legendas, gathering for class photos, and enjoying the gorgeous
weather. Lastly, Mr. Fader and Mr. Furgueson led alumni on
a tour of the school, helping them discover new areas of the
school and new life in old ones. A particular highlight was
alumni finding their former cubbies in the senior lounge (and
finding them useful now as seats for their little ones)!
The long distance award for the day goes to Ryan Levine ’01,
who flew in from Hong Kong. Special thanks to class organizers
Neal Bobruff ’76, Brett Terry ’86, and Amy Danenberg King ’91,
as well as faculty and former faculty who made sure to take
part: Bill Furgueson, Jane Martineau, Scott Hockford, Steve
Danenberg and Ed and Sheila Wheeler.
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Iconic Iconoclast
AmbassadorSummer2011
AmbassadorFall2011
By David L. Cavicke ’80, former Republican
Chief of Staff, Committee on Energy
and Commerce, United States House of
Representatives
TheWilliamsSchool
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“Uncle Bob” Merritt, as he was
affectionately known to nearly thirty
years of Williams students, was born
near Cape Girardeau, Missouri in 1930.
(Both the cadence of Bob’s voice and his
political views were uncannily similar
to Cape Girardeau’s most famous son,
Rush Limbaugh.) Herbert Hoover was
President, the Depression was in its infancy,
and Bob’s early years were difficult. His
father suffered from alcoholism. This
condition made a deep impression on Bob
and caused him in later years to preach
abstinence with a fervor that would have
made Oliver Cromwell proud. His mother
coped with his father’s disease with devout
faith in the tenets of the Christian Science
Robert Merritt
Church, a faith which she nurtured with
Williams History teacher (1966–1995)
ease in her son.
In 1948, Bob entered Principia College, a
AmericaenteredWorldWarIIin1941
small Christian Science college in Elsah,
whenBobwaseleven,andduringhisearly
Illinois. Bob didn’t have any money and
adolescencetheworldwasdominated
had a full scholarship. He excelled in
bythatstruggleagainsttotalitarianism.
history and soon formed opinions on
Comingofageduringthewarinstilledin
everything. He was also introduced to
Bobasenseofpatriotismintheessential
the philosophers of the Enlightenment,
goodnessofAmerica.FranklinRoosevelt
notably Immanuel Kant. (David Hume’s
hadbeenelectedin1932,andthetangible
agnosticism was too much for the
reliefthattheNewDealbroughttoplaces
Professors of Principia and he was excluded
likeCapeGirardeau,MissouriledBob,
from the curriculum, a fact which I suspect
atage18,tobeadedicatedChristian
later grated on Bob.) In his junior and
Scientist,acommittedNewDealeranda
senior years Bob began to have doubts
proudAmerican.Hispatriotismendured
about the absolutist views of Christian
fortherestofhislife.Hisexperiences
Science and its relation to modern medical
asayoungmancausedhimtoquestion
developments. Such dissent was not
andultimatelymoveawayfromthefirst
consistent with keeping his scholarship, so
religiousfaith;hisexperiencesinmiddle
Bob kept his views to himself, something
agecausedhimtomoveawayfromthe
he was disinclined to do for the rest of his
secondpoliticalone.
career.
AfterPrincipia,Bobhaddecidedtoteach
historyasacareer.Hewasadmittedtothe
UniversityofMissouriwherehereceived
aMaster’sdegreefocusingonnineteenth
centuryAmericanhistory.Heexcelled
onthedebateteamwhileatMissouri,
whichfurtheredalifelongloveofrhetoric
andanenthusiasmforthedissenting
opinion.Heheadedeastandgotajobat
aMassachusettsboardingschool.Itwas
duringthistimethathehadthefirstgreat
fallingoutofhislife—withtheChristian
ScienceChurch.Hefoundtheintolerance
ofdissentingviewsbytheChurchhierarchy
inconsistentwithhisownevolvingfaith.
Healsofoundtherepudiationofmodern
medicinetobeinconsistentwithobserved
benefitsoftheeffectsofdrugslike
penicillin,whichreduceddeathsduring
WorldWarIIbyordersofmagnitude.It
wasadifficulttimeforBob.Heultimately
quittheChurchandwroteabookabout
hisexperience,acopyofwhichwasinthe
Williamslibraryandreadbygenerationsof
Merrittacolytes.
By the ’60s, Bob had married, had (in his
own words) “the most talented daughter
in the world,” and had found his way to
private schools in Connecticut. He joined
the Williams faculty in the mid-’60s
(1967, if my memory is correct). Marion
Hamilton, the formidable headmistress
at the time, was excited to bring to the
faculty a courtly gentleman with a pedigree
from Massachusetts boarding schools.
Bob was conservative with a small “c,” a
traditionalist who believed history was part
of humanistic education, and a teacher
who held that students had to know a
basic body of facts before they could form
opinions on a subject. His political views
were conventionally liberal. History has not
recorded what Marion Hamilton thought
of Bob’s intellectual journey between 1967
and1976,whichtookhimfromabeing
asupporterofLyndonJohnsonandthe
GreatSocietytoanunapologeticand
outspokenproponentofAustrianSchool
libertarianism.(Oneimaginesshewasnot
amused.)
I do not know what catalyst caused this
evolution in Bob’s views. He had an
aversion to the counter cultural uprisings
which sprung up in 1967 and 1968, and he
believed by the ’70s that the policies of the
Johnson Administration had exacerbated
economic dislocation and poverty. He also
asserted that the wage and price controls
of the Nixon Administration had been
an utter failure. Mostly, I suspect, there
was a bit of the enfant terrible in Bob; he
liked being contrarian. If all of respectable
academic thought (and the Williams
Faculty) was on one side of a question,
Bob took the other side in the tradition of
intellectual inquiry and for the sheer fun
of it.
IknewBobinthemid-’70swhenhis
intellectualjourneywasunderwaybut
notfullycomplete.Hispedagogical
methodsconsistedoflecturesthatwere
oftenimmenselyentertainingandfullof
interpretationborderingonthebombastic.
“Napoleonwasanevilgeniuswhostrutted
onthestageofhistory,”“AndrewJackson
wasabetterbankerthanNicolasBiddle,”
“AlgerHisswasacommunistspy;Alan
Weinsteinprovedit,”wereafewfavorite
pronouncementsthatmycontemporaries
willremember.Hecoupledsuchassertions
withfrequentpopquizzesonthe
underlyingfactstomakesurethatwewere
notjustenjoyingtheshow.“Whatwere
thefive elementsoftheCompromiseof
1850?”“Whatcomprisedthedealbetween
HamiltonandJeffersononthelocation
ofthecapitalcityoftheUnitedStates?”
“NameallofWilson’sFourteenPoints?”
maybeechoedinthememoriesofthose
whoweretaughtbyBobatthetime.With
duerespecttoJohnBelushi,Bob’sstudents
werenotgoingtocollegethinkingthatthe
GermansbombedPearlHarbor.
CollegeaskinghowsuchaNeanderthal
couldbeinstructingtheimpressionable
During this time, Bob was invited
youngmindsatWilliamsandwouldn’t
each summer to be first a student, and
theschoolbebetteroffwithouthim.Bob,
subsequently a faculty member, at
beingBob,wouldn’tbackdown. (There
lectures at Grove City College in Western
hasbeenasizeableamountofacademic
Pennsylvania and Hillsdale College in
Michigan, two small liberal arts institutions researchsincethepublicationofthepiece
thattheNewDealdidnotinfactendthe
with strong libertarian orientations
Depression.)Sufficetosay,thetoneof
among their faculties. Bob’s views moved
Bob’sop-edwasmoreappropriateforan
strongly in the libertarian direction.
undergraduatethanforaninstructor.To
He disliked both the Democratic and
hiscredit,SteveDannenberg,thenewHead
Republican parties (Nixon, after all, had
ofSchoolwasmoretolerantthanMarion
been a Republican.) and as an organizing
Hamiltonwouldhavebeenoftheapostasy.
philosophy adopted the views of Ludwig
Bobremainedonthefaculty.Despite
hisstrongviews,Bobalsowascarefulto
respectdissentingopinionsofstudents.
(Hewaslessrespectfulofdissentingviews
offacultymembers,preferringtomixitup
andsometimesIthinkbeintentionallythe
provocateur.)
If all of respectable
academic thought (and
the Williams Faculty)
was on one side of a
question, Bob took
the other side in the
tradition of intellectual
inquiry and for the
sheer fun of it.
von Mises and Friedrich von Hayek,
who had both witnessed the horrors
of totalitarian Europe and advocated
individual liberty as the antidote. Bob
rejected the stances of Pat Buchanan and
other “paleocons” as anti-intellectual and
ultimately harmful to human freedom.
He displayed sensitivity in rejecting the
cranks of the John Birch Society who in
the ’50s had discredited conservatism as an
intellectual force for a generation.
However,likeanyenfant terrible,he
occasionallysteppedinit.In1977or1978
Bobwroteanop-edforThe Dayinwhich
hestatedthattheNewDealhadfailedto
endtheGreatDepressionandthatFranklin
Roosevelt’spresidencywasafailure.
Thisop-edpromptedaresponsefrom
anumberofprofessorsatConnecticut
Bob enjoyed being contrarian in other
ways. He opted out of the school defined
benefit pension program in the ’70s (which
was administered by TIAA-CREF) instead
wishing to control his own destiny with
investments in rare coins and bullion.
Although this was, in terms of the returns
of the 80s and 90s, a disastrous move, I
think Bob wanted to control, as much
as possible, his own life; he disliked
bureaucracies, be they of the governmental
or corporate variety.
Bobalsohadalibertarianattitudetothe
hijinksofadolescence.Helovedtotravel.
MarionHamiltonremarkedthatBob
Merrittwouldhappilygetonanyplane
leavingNewLondonforanydestination;
hewasafamouslytolerantchaperoneon
everyschooltripofthe’70s.
Robert Merritt leaves a wife, Viola, to
whom he was married and devoted
for more than a half-century, the
aforementioned most talented daughter in
the world, a grandson, and, of course, the
legacy of his teaching to many students.
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In Memoriam
Class Notes
1940
1942
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williamsschool.org or 860-439-2429.
of the Williams community:
1936
Burnardine Fraser Flanagan
writes, “I was the first AfricanAmerican female to volunteer for
the US Army from New London,
CT. I volunteered in 1943 and
served overseas in the European
Theater of Operations (ETO) from
February 1943 until December
3, 1945. My unit was the Central
Postal Unit. We dispatched all the
mail to the soldiers in the ETO.
We worked shifts 7 a.m.–3 p.m.,
3 p.m.–11 p.m., 11 p.m.–7 a.m.
around the clock six days a week.
I was honorably discharged from
Fort Dix on December 15, 1945.
I received American Service,
European African, Eastern Service,
Good Conduct, WWII Victory, and
WAAC Service medals. I graduated
from William Backus Nursing
School in 1963. Worked at the
Submarine Medical Center as an
LPN. Worked in all departments.
Retired after 15 years. During all
this I got married and had five
wonderful, loving children, four
boys and one girl. You can see I
have a very good life and I thank
God for his gracious blessing. I
was in the ETO and the ship we
were on never got hit by a German
torpedo. Although the Germans
were bombing England three times
a week, we never got bombed.
Jack and I celebrated our 64th
wedding anniversary with our
50th cruise, this time aboard
the Norwegian Dawn en route
to Bermuda. Arriving home, I
learned via a phone call with
Gertie Shragowitz Margolick
that Emily David Wildes and her
husband Warren were celebrating
their 63rd anniversary in Groton,
where they reside. Gertie also
told me that her journalist son,
David, has written another book
to be published in October by the
Yale University Press. It is entitled
Elizabeth and Hazel, Two Women
of Little Rock. David researched his
book in Arkansas, where the two
women still reside. He interviewed
both of them—the subjects of the
iconic photography of the white
girl in jeans glaring at and jeering
the young black girl in a dress
accompanied by state troopers
on the first day when schools
were integrated in Little Rock. No
wonder Gertie is so proud of her
son, especially since he dedicated
it to his mother! Congratulations
to both of you. I had a lovely
letter from Eleanor Chapell Trail,
who has lived in Spring City, TN
for many years now. She writes
that she turned 86 in June and
her children refer to her as the
bionic woman because of all her
operations and artificial parts,
which include both knees and a
hip! Eleanor adds that she has seven
children, 12 grandchildren and 21
great-grandchildren. Now that is
a houseful! She also apologized
for never having returned to
Connecticut for our reunions,
but with all those young Trails,
we completely understand. She
asked to give everyone her love and
wished us strength, happiness and
satisfaction. I truly appreciated her
letter and hope that others of you
will write or call to let us know of
your activities. We enjoyed a lovely
lunch this spring when our Lunch
Bunch visited the newly opened
Frances Mariani Bartinik ’31
75th Reunion Year
Phylis Russell Dexter ’35
31 Greenview Road
Hilda Massad Zizik ’36
Virginia Jensen Neighbors ’38
AmbassadorSummer2011
Marjorie Strosberg Dudonis ’40
Marcia Catton Frederick ’41
Marjorie Horton Grant ’41
Elizabeth Malleck Mueller ’42
Cecelia Rose Susi Arendt ’44
Carley Tanner Herrick ’44
Jane Leary Jordan ’44
Charlotte Woodruff Holmes ’46
Regina Finley Costa ’47
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Ann “Nancy” Round Marsh ’50
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Patricia Scully Grant ’53
Druscilla “D” Glascoe ’54
Cynthia Barnum Allyn ’56
Jennie Norton ’74
Robert Merritt, former faculty
Rose D’Elia O’Brien
Groton CT 06340-5823
Rose Syracuse Sabiliawrites,“I’m
infairhealth.Havemyproblems.
Threegrandchildren,fourgreatgrandchildrenandanotheronthe
way.Don’tgetoutverymuchbut
lovetotalktopeople.”
1938
Arline Saunders Stoffel
5 Quinley Way
Waterford CT 06385-4127
Gladys Hartman Olsenwrites,“I
amhappytosayIamstillreally
activeandattendingfunctions
assecretaryandtreasurerofthe
NationalLeagueofAmerican
Women,LakelandBranch.Ialso
meetwithPoetsonthePark
onceamonthtoreadpoetryand
criticizeorcommend.Iamtheonly
rhymingpoet(likeRobertFrost);
theotherswritemoremodern
work.IseemtorhymewhenItalk.
MissmytalkswithdearAnn Kent
Cupello.”
1939
Josephine Pekalsky Czujak
wrotemid-June,“Thisweekis
veryspecialtomeasIwillhave
reachedmy90thbirthday.Feel
veryluckytohavemychildrenand
grandchildrenwhoaresocaring
andspecial.Mygreat-grandson
Robertisthejoyofmylifeand
helpstokeepmeonthego!”
1941
70th Reunion Year
Marguerite Campbell Devine
2600 Harden Blvd. Lot 255
Lakeland FL 33803-5930
[email protected]
GrotonSeniorCenterwithIrene
Babcock Garagliano,whoisactive
inthatunit.Wewereimpressednot
onlywiththeamazingmenuitems
there,butthegiftshop,exercise
roomandalltheamenitiesoffered
there.Irenepresentedeachofus
withaflowerpincraftedbythe
group,andweurgeanyofyouin
theareatotakeadvantageofthe
diningroomthere.Sally Drago
Bishopremindedusthather
granddaughterAmywillbeajunior
atAdelphiUniversityinGarden
City,LongIslandthisfallandis
spendingthissummerworkingat
Carelotwithpre-schoolers.She
ismajoringinearlychildhood
educationandpsychology.Our
granddaughter,Amanda,received
herMAfromConnecticutCollege
inMay,andtaughtthesummer
sessionatMitchellCollegethese
pastfewmonths.Shewillbe
studyingforherdoctorateat
theUniversityofRhodeIsland
duringthenextfewyearsandwe
aregratefulthatit’snearenough
toNewLondonthatwecanstill
enjoyhercompany.Claire Sullivan
Folger,wholivesinChico,CA,
andneverfailstoremembermy
Aprilbirthday,gleefullywroteto
methatshefinallyhasalittlegirl
inherfamily,borntoherfirst
grandsonandhiswife.Shesaidthis
isherfirstsinceherowndaughter,
whowasprecededbysixguys.
Congratulations,Claire,andIhope
yougetasmuchjoyofofplaying
dollsagainasyouanticipate!
Sophie Kashanski,oneofthe
busiestgalsinourclass,continues
tospoiltheLunchBunchwith
hergoodybagsforeveryoccasion
duringtheyear!Sheevensends
ushomewithextrabagsforour
husbands.Teddy Wood Belknap’s
husband,Ken,Sally Drogo Bishop’s
husband,George,andmyJack
lookforwardtothemeverymonth.
Ann Maffioli Armstrongphoned
fromPortChester,FLthatshe
andherhusband,Bob,willbe
visitingNewLondoninAugust.
Shechangedtheirvacationdates
tocoincidewiththeannualpicnic
oftheLunchBunch,soweare
delightedthatshewillagainjoin
the“girlsof’42.”We’llletallof
youknowthedateandlocation
ofourbig70thReunionforthe
summerof2012assoonasplans
arefinalized.Itwillprobablybe
inJulybecausewetryalwaysto
celebrateinthewarmermonths.
Keepthatinmindwhenplanning
nextyear’svacation!Traveling
downmemorylane,Irecalled
ourSeniorTriptoWashington,
DCinthespringof1942.Itwas
wartime,astheJapanesehad
bombedPearlHarborlessthansix
monthsbefore.Itturnedoutto
bethefinalDCtripduetoWorld
WarIItravelrestrictions,butwe
nowsharememoriesofanexciting
experiencetogether.Becausethe
facultyrealizedthatthiswasthe
endofsuchfieldtrips,theydecided
toletafewunderclassmenjoinus.
Mysister,Marilyn Pope Krielish
’44wasamongtheyoungerones
joiningus.Itwasherfirsttripto
thenation’scapital,andlittledid
sherealizethatsomedaysheand
herfuturehusbandwouldbeliving
therewhenhewasstationedat
theUSCoastGuardHeadquarters
yearslater.Infact,theyandtheir
fourchildrenhadinvitedusand
ourfouryoungsterstospendthe
1963Thanksgivingholidaywith
themthere.Wehadpackedourcar
andwerereadytoleavewhenwe
learnedthatPresidentKennedyhad
beenshot.WewereinDCtheentire
timeofthetragedyandwereable
toviewthefuneralcortegefrom
Headquartersandpayourrespects
whenhiscasketwasonview.It
wasatragictimeinourcountry’s
historyandonethatleftlasting
memoriesontheentirefamily.
It’seasytoseehowonememory
leadstoanother,isn’tit?Wemay
losesomeofourhearing,oureyes
maydim,ourlegsmayacheand
requireacaneorwalkertoget
around,butthememoriesofour
youth(truly,thosewerethegolden
years)willremainwithusforever.
Theyearsmayslowusdown,but
wearestillamongthelivingandwe
givethanksforthatandforthejoy
andpeaceweexperienceinreliving
ourdaysatWMI/Williams.We
arecontinuingtomakememories
tothisday.ConsiderAnn Farina
Miller,whonotonlyisafaithful
LunchBunchmember,butisadaily
breakfastmemberofagroupof
“girls”whomeeteachmorningata
localestablishment,rainorshine,to
sharebotholdandnewexperiences.
That’swhatkeepsusalive—the
anticipationofbeingwithgood
friendsandlaughing(andyes,
cryingsometimes)together.
Ourcondolencestoourclassmates
andfaithfulmemberoftheLunch
Bunch,Mary Plomaritis Falvey,
whose29-year-oldgrandsondied
unexpectedlyinFloridasoonafter
shereturnedfromavisitthere.She
immediatelyflewbacktobewith
hersonTomandremainedtherefor
sometime.Maryisour“frequent
flyer”whomakesseveraltripsa
yeartobeinFloridaandGreece.
Shealsokeepsusup-to-dateon
Lucie Liljenstein MacArthur,who
hasmovedtoFloridatobewith
hersonandappearstobequite
contentthere.Itiswithsadnessthat
wereportthepassingofoneofour
LunchBunchpioneers,Elizabeth
Mallack Mueller,whodiedJuly
16.Liznevermissedourmonthly
meetingsuntilherillnesskepther
home-bound.Shewasoneofthe
SaintMarygraduateswhoentered
WMIin1938andaddedsomuch
totheClassof1942.AnArmy
veteranofWorldWarII,shealso
workedintheWaterfordschool
systemformanyyearsuntilher
retirement.
Untilwemeetagain,staywelland
contentedandcontinuetoshare
someofthosepreciousmemories
witheachother.
1943
Margaret Ferro Cataldi
28 Longview Street
New London CT 06320
[email protected]
Ruth Pickhardt
65 Westridge Road #F-6
New London CT 06320-3114
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tomeetfivetimesayear(February,
April,June,Septemberand
December)atvariousrestaurants.
TheJuneluncheonhadten
memberspresent.Notbadfor
68yearssincegraduation.Allare
welcome.Gloria Ryan Sullivan
reportedshehasanewgreat
grandson(Noah)bornrecently.
Margaret Ferro Cataldispenta
weekinJulywithherdaughter
PeggyandgrandsonRobert
atLakeWinnipesaukee,New
Hampshire.Thisistheirsixth
yeardoingthisvacation.Itdates
backtowhenPeggywasayoung
girlgoingwithMomandDad.
Ethel Stoner Perlsufferedafallat
homeandisnowrecuperatingat
BeechwoodRehabilitationCenter.
Eleanor Bezanson Matherand
Elis (Ellie) Busca Bishopvolunteer
attheWaterfordSeniorCenter
asreceptionists.TheyseeWMI
alumnaeandclassmateMargaret
Moran Pickettwhoparticipatesin
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Shirley Williams Moffet ’46, Beatrice Saunders Carey ’46, Nola Talmadge Bunkley ’46,
Olga Pasqualini Lupien ’46, Mary Pendleton Murphy ’46, helped organize their class’s
75th Reunion, held at the Groton Inn & Suites in August. A remarkable 22 ladies of the
Class of 1946 attended!
1946
65th Reunion Year
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Alice Wilcox Salews
225 Cricket Ct.
Conway SC 29526
[email protected]
1947
Barbara Nuttall Bates
36 Clipper Dr
Mystic CT 06355
[email protected]
[Editor’sNote:Ourapologiesthat
theclassnotesBarbaracollecteddid
notmakeitintothepreviousissue
throughnoerroronherpart.]
Iamsadtoreportthatwehavea
numberofclassmateswhohave
passedawaysincethelastissueof
theAmbassador.Iwilllistthem
accordingtothedateoftheirdeath
andincludealittleabouteachone.
Loretta Noonan Smallridge
(diedMarch31,2010):Executive
secretaryWaterfordBoard
ofEducation;widowofJohn
Smallridge,Jr.whomshemarried
onDecember17,1983;enjoyed
sailing,squaredancingand
camping;survivedbysixchildren,
16grandchildrenandfivegreatgrandchildren.Barbara Baier
Impellitteri(diedMay13,2010):
MarriedGerard“Jerry”Impellitteri
January20,1951;hepredeceased
heronNovember25,1998;
survivedbytwochildrenandfour
grandchildren.Ann Hendrickson
Johnson(diedAugust10,2010
-Nootherinformation).Mary
Johansen Perrone(diedSeptember
8,2010):GraduatedTheWilliam
BackusNursingSchool,1959;
R.N.forGroton,NewLondon,
MontvilleVNA;nurseatCamelot
NursingHome;alsoprivatenurse;
marriedCarmelo“Cam”Perrone
August11,1956;enjoyedbowling,
downhillskiingandespecially,
golf;survivedbyhusband,two
daughtersandtwograndchildren.
Regina Finley Costa(diedMarch
5,2011):Survivedbyhusband,
ArthurO.Costa,twodaughters,
oneson,ninegrandchildrenand
threegreat-grandchildren.Olive
Flynn Pont(diedMarch28,2011):
Survivedbythreesons,numerous
grandchildrenandgreat-grand
children;andextendedfamily.
OnMay22,2010,classmateBetty
Bloxham Charbonneau’shusband,
Ed,passedaway.BettyandEdwere
marriedonOctober12,1950atSt.
MaryStaroftheSeaChurchin
NewLondonandhadcelebrated59
yearsofmarriagetogether.In
additiontoBetty,Edissurvivedby
oneson,twodaughtersandfive
grandchildren.Wesendourbelated
butverysinceresympathytothe
familiesofallthosewhohavelosta
lovedone.Onamorecheerfulnote,
classmateshavegottentogetherfor
lunchfourmoretimesduringthe
pastyearorso.OnMay12,2010we
metatFilomena’sRestaurantin
WaterfordandonSeptember15,
2010,ourrestaurantofchoicewas
theMainStreetGrill(formerly
knownasConstantine’s)locatedin
Niantic.Then,beforeweknewit,
theholidayswereuponusandonce
againwechosetheMainStreetGrill
forourholidayluncheonheldon
December1,2010.Ourspring
luncheonwasheldonMay4,2011.
Betyoucan’tguesswhere!Because
ofthegreatmenuandprices,
excellentfoodandservice,separate
checksandbeingabletoorderfrom
themenu,backwewent,once
again,totheMainStreetGrill.
Seemsasthoughwearecreaturesof
habitbutIguessthat’swhat
happenswhenwereachsenior
citizenstatus!Ourattendanceat
theseluncheonshasgottensmaller
andsmallerasclassmatespassaway,
butwestillaverageabout14people.
Wealwayshaveagoodtimeand
seemtohavemuchtotalkabout.It
wouldbenice,though,toseesome
“new”facesjoinusatourfall
luncheononSeptember14atTony
D’s.Ihaveheardfromafewofour
classmateswhohavegivenmesome
news.I’llstartoffwithNaomi
Dorsky Jaivinwhoinformedme
thatherdaughter,LindaJaivin,has
beennamedChairoftheFaculty
AdvisoryCommitteeforArtsand
SciencesattheUniversityof
TechnologyinSydney,Australia.
WOW!Soundsveryimpressiveto
me—asI’msureitdoestoanyone
elsereadingthis.Congratulations
Lindafromallofus!Ialsoheard
fromAnn Bonafede Peck,aproud
grandmothergivingmegreat
informationabouttwoofher
grandchildren.GrandsonCharles
MorganPeckgraduatedfromOld
LymeHighSchoolthisyear,where
hehasbeenatophonorsstudent
forallfouryears,andhasreceived
anappointmenttotheU.S.Naval
AcademyinAnnapolis,Maryland
fromCongressmanJoeCourtney.
Charlieisabornsailorandspent
lastyearinEuropesailing
competitivelysoitseemsasthough
heandtheNavalAcademyshould
beaperfectmatch.Annsaysthat
Charlieisalsoverymusicaland
playspiano,guitarandharmonica.
Charlie’ssister,Sarah,hasjust
completedherfreshmanyearat
DartmouthCollege.Duringthat
yearSarah,whosings,acts,etc.,
wontheDartmouthIdolcontest
whichisatake-offofAmerican
Idol.Sarah,alovelyandtalented
youngwomancanbeseenon
YouTube.Maybe—ifItypevery
carefullyanddon’tmakeany
errors—youwillbeabletogoto
yourcomputer,andifyouvery
carefullyenterthefollowing
information,youwillseean
interviewwithSarahaswellasher
winningperformance.Anyway,here
goesandhopeitworks!http://
www.youtube.com/watch?=V7RAE
30koVs&feature=related.Two
talentedandaccomplishedyoung
peopleandourbestwishesand
congratulationstobothofthemfor
continuedsuccessinthefuture!I
alsokeepintouchwithLouise
Weingarten Fabrykiewiczwhois
veryactiveincurrenthappeningsin
NewLondonandisalsoafrequent
writerofletterstotheeditorwhich
arepublishedinThe Day.Lastfall,
Louisewroteabouttheproposed
planthattheCoastGuardAcademy
hadpresentedtotheNewLondon
CityCouncilinregardto
purchasingalargeportionof
RiversideParkforAcademy
expansion.Louisehasattended
publicmeetingsandvoicedher
positivethoughtsinregardtothis
proposal.Atonemeetingshewas
theonlypersonspeakinginfavor
whichearnedherapersonal“thank
you”letterfromtheAcademyfor
hersupport.InherlettertoThe
Day,Louisethoughtfullypresented
allthebenefitstoNewLondonif
cityresidentsapprovetheCoast
GuardproposalatavotewhichI
believewilltakeplaceinNovember
ofthisyear.Inanother,morerecent
letterthatLouisewroteconcerning
anissueinwhichsheisverymuch
involved—theenvironment.She
commendedmembersandteachers
oftheNewLondonschools’ecoclubsfordoingmorethanjust“talk
thetalk.”OnApril29thstudents
andteachersjoinedforcesand,
armedwithtrashbagsanddata
sheets,collected70bagsoftrash
andlitterfromthecity’sbeaches,
streets,parks,schoolgrounds,
waterfrontandneighborhoods.
Followingarelaxinglunch,theyall
walkedtoCityHallwheretheywere
greetedbytheMayorandCity
Councilmembersandthankedfor
alltheirhelpandhardworkin
helpingtocleanupthecity.Whata
greatdayforeveryone!Last
October,Agnes McNulty Glasswas
intheareawithherhusband,
Charles,toattendhis60threunion
fromtheUnitedStatesCoastGuard
Academy.Agnesfoundtimetoget
togetherwithseveralmembersof
ourclass—Betty Bloxham
Charbonneau, Irene McGourty,
Barbara Nuttall BatesandLouise
Weingarten Fabrykiewicz—for
lunchattheSteakLoftinMystic.
Greatfun!Onapersonalnote,Iam
theproudgrandmotherofanew
grandson—eventhoughatmyage,
itshouldbeagreat-grandson!In
anyevent,thislittleboywasbornin
ChinaonJanuary14,2011.His
proudparentsaremyson,Larry
(knownasSkiptothefamily)and
hisChinesepartner,MaBoknown
asPaul.TheyliveinTokyoandhave
beentogethersinceFebruaryof
1988.Thebaby,whoseChinese
nameisMaLun,hasn’tyetarrived
inTokyoduetoallkindsof
paperworknecessarytogethim
fromChinatoJapan.However,that
isallnowdoneand,longafterthe
timeyoureadthis,MaLunwillbe
inTokyowithhistwodaddies.Skip
andMaBowillbegoingtoChina—
whereMaLunhasbeenlivingwith
MaBo’sparentssincehewasjusta
fewweeksold—attheendofJulyto
bringthebabyhometoTokyo.Iam
hopingthattheywillallbecoming
toMysticforChristmasand,atthis
pointintime,itlooksasthough
thatactuallymighthappen.What
anexcitingtimeitwillbeforallof
us!Thisyearhasbeenagreatyear
formeasinJune,mydaughter,
Kim,andItookatwoweek
vacationtogether.Weflewto
Barcelona,SpainonJune5,arriving
onJune6,andthenextdaywe
boardedthebeautifulship,
CelebritySolstice,fora12-day
cruiseoftheMediterranean.The
shipcarries2,850passengersand
hasacrewofmorethan1,500.We
visitedNice,France;Naples,Rome,
FlorenceandVenice,Italy;Kotar,
MontenegroandfinallyDubrovnik,
Croatia.Itwasafantasticcruiseand
welovedeveryminuteofit
includingallofourports-of-callas
wellasourtimeatsea.Therewasso
muchhistoryinvolvedwithallour
stopsincludingwalledcitiesinItaly,
MontenegroandCroatia.Weeven
visitedPompeiiwhichwas
extremelyinteresting—aswellas
veryexhausting—butwellworth
theeffort!Therearenowordsto
describethebeautyofsailinginto
Veniceonalovelysummerdaywith
blueskyandwhitecloudsoverhead.
Itwasawonderfulexperience,and
onewewillneverforget.And,of
course,atriptoVenicewouldn’t
havebeencompletewithouta
gondolaride.Ihadn’trealized
before,butgondolasarereallyquite
unstableboats.Icountedmyself
veryfortunatethatIdidn’tfall
overboardintryingtogetonand
offasthewaterinthecanalsisnot
verycleanandisdefinitelynot
somethinginwhichanyonewould
caretotakeaswim.Wereturnedto
BarcelonaonJune19,lefttheship
andheadedfortheairport.We
arrivedbackatJFKaround7:00
p.m.verytiredbutwithwonderful
memoriesofaperfecttwoweeks.I
beganthiscolumnonasadnote
andamsorrytobeendingitthe
sameway.Ijustsatdowntoread
today’sissue(July20)ofThe Day
andwasshockedtoseeapicture
andobituaryofBarbarann Read
Eckhart,whodiedathomeonJuly
15,2011.Barbarannhadbeena
regularatourluncheonsandeven
attendedourrecentMaygettogether.Barb,borninNewHaven,
movedtoNewLondonwithher
parentsin1939.Shewasmarriedto
VernEckhart,whopredeceasedher,
andissurvivedbyfourchildren,
eightgrandchildrenandtwogreatgrandchildren.Shealwaysloved
animalsandwasanactiveandvocal
advocateforthem.Sheservedfor
manyyearsaspresidentofthe
AnimalWelfareLeagueofNew
LondonCounty.Shealsohelda
numberofsecretarial/
administrativejobsand,upon
retiring,turnedtocaringforthe
elderly.Onceagain,weextendour
heartfeltsympathytothefamily
andfriendsofanotherofour
classmates.
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Irene Liebenau Zuckerbraun
10 Amos Road
Preston City CT 06365
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Judith Parker Elkin wrote,“Itwas
greattojointhegirlsfortheir
monthlyget-together,thistime
atCaptainScott’s,aftermany
monthsinFlorida.SamandIare
inOrlandoforthewinter.Our
children,Jeff,RonandJennifer,
stillliveinConnecticut.Wehave
sixgrandchildren,MattatSarah
LawrenceandAlizeatHampshire
College.Weseetheminthewinter
inFloridawhentheycometovisit
andwarmup.”Charlotte Ryan
writes,“Iknitsweatersforthe
GuidepostSweaterProject.Have
beendoingthisforyears.”Pat
Belcher Smithreports,“Well,five
yearsagowefoundourlastresting
place.It’sa55-year-and-older
developmentcalledSleepyHollow
Hills,locatedabout1.5milesfrom
thecenterofNiantic.Theoverall
planofthedevelopmentis34
houseson65acresofland.Because
oftherecession,buildinghasbeen
slowandthetenthhouseisnow
underconstruction.Weliveina
ranchwithawalk-outbasement.
Themainfloorisabout2,000sq.
ft.withthreebedrooms,washer&
dryer,andscreenedporchwhich
makeslifeverycomfortable.Nate
spendsalotofhistimeonhis
computerinthefinishedroom
inthebasement(agreatroom
forlargegatherings).Wearevery
happyhere.I’minvolvedwith
severalbridgegroups,bowlat
duckpinleagueattheThames
Club,andwearemembersof
OspreyBeachinNewLondon.”
Myrtle Schroeder Carvertellsus
hersister,Betty Schroeder Swan
andhusbandLewhaveretiredto
VillagesinLadyLake,FL.Both
enjoyplayinggolfandthisisa
golfcommunity.Theyhavebeen
inFlorida19years.Myrtlespends
herwintersinNaples,FLat
SaphireLakescondoassociation.
OnFebruary20,2011,she
returnedtoConnecticuttoattend
hergranddaughter,Samantha
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Matheny’sweddingtoMatthew
BarnesattheHiltoninMystic.
Mary Douton Mariantraveledwith
theGreaterEasternConnecticut
ChamberofCommercetoDublin,
IrelandandtraveledtoShannon,
IrelandtomeettheEagletraining
shipfromNewLondon,CGA.
Theyattendedareceptionwith
themayorandtraveledtothe
homesteadofEugeneO’Neill’s
relatives.TheyalsosawtheJFK
MemorialForest.Irene Liebenau
Zuckerbraunwrites,“Tripsarethe
onlyjoyfulnews.So,myhusband
andIwentonatrip.Weflewto
Parisandboardedariverboat
travelingfromParistoNormandy.
Itwasawonderfulexperienceand
agreatwaytovacation.”Arlene
Meyer MargolisspentFebruary
withelevenmembersofthe
familyonaCelebrityCruisetothe
Bahamas.Theystoppedatfiveports
ofcall:St.Thomas,St.Marten,
St.Luris,AntiquaandBarbados.
Theoldermembersrelaxedand
wentsightseeing;theyoungerones
wenttothebeaches.Theevening
entertainmentwasgreatandthe
foodwonderfulandplentiful.She
alsotookhervacationtoJuneau,
SkagwayKitchenandTracy’sArm.
Thehelicopterlandedthemon
MendenhallGlacier.Shewentwhite
waterraftingontheMendenhall
RiverwithAudrey Wilcox Young
’55.Wewelcomeclassmatesto
themonthlymini-reunionrunby
Gloria Schweid Berkowitzevery
secondWednesdayofthemonth.
OursinceresympathytoGloriafor
thelossofherbrother,Bernie,who
passedawayJuly20,2011.
1949
Ellen Swinney Burnettlivesin
Gilbert,SC,andwritesthather
granddaughterwentonasixmonthmissiontosoutheastAsia
wheresheenjoyedteachingEnglish
andattendingaweddingforoneof
thelocalteachers.InMarch,Jean
Thompson Perryhadhersecond
hipoperationandiscomingalong
nicely.“She’ssuchatrooperand
sobrave!”writesHelen Kiritsis
Kortesis.Helenalsoreceiveda
phonecallfromRuth Miller Adams
Helene Marge Scott ’52 enjoyed a thrilling trip to Egypt that ended just as the revolution
was starting.
ofLecanto,FL,whowasgetting
readytoflytoIowaforthesummer!
Helenwrites,“She’sarealIowagal.
It’sbeenabout12yearssinceIlast
heardfromher.Broughtherupto
dateonclassmates.Thephonecall
wasgreat!Shewillbebringingme
uptodateonallheradventures.”
1950
Connie Morgan Spaulding-Rubin
47 Shore Rd
Waterford CT 06385
[email protected]
1951
60th Reunion Year
Lorraine DeMarco Basilica
60 Fitch Avenue
New London CT 06320
Sandra Longo Speziali
9 Northwest Street
Stonington CT 06378
1952
Margaret Curtin
314 Ocean Ave.
Connie Rubin sharedamemorial
programforNancy Round Marsh,
wholivedinVancouver,WAuntil
herpassingMarch15,2011.The
pamphletcelebratedNancy’slove
ofroses,hermembershipinlocal
andnationalrosesocieties,andher
traditionofgivingroseblossoms
toherfriends.Nancyissurvived
bytwosons,asister,andtwo
grandsons.
New London CT 06320
[email protected]
Meredyth Hyatt Moseswrites,
“Stillworkingasanindependent
curatorformuseums,galleriesand
individualcollectors.Grandsons
allgrownup.JohnisatUVM
asasophomore.Michaeland
Mattheware16and13thisyear
andatRoswellArtistFoundation
inRoswell,NMuntilJuly.Husband
Johndoingverywellat84.Helene
Schott Hedgewrites,“InJanuaryFebruaryIwentonawonderfultrip
toEgyptwithmydaughter,Kim.
WetouredCairo,sawthepyramids,
etc.SaileduptheNile.Toured
Luxor,theAswanHighDamand
manytemples.FromAbuSimbel,
theGreatTempleofRamsesIIwe
flewbacktoCairoduringthestart
oftheEgyptianRevolution!Wefelt
safeandwelltakencareof,butit
tookusfivedaystoflybackhome
toMassachusetts!Mychildrenare
nowtellingeveryone,‘Don’ttravel
withmymother!’Iwasalsoin
Chinaduring9/11.Tookmethree
daystobeabletoflybackintothe
UnitedStatesthen!”
1953
Patricia Scully Grant
16 Milton Road
Quaker Hill CT 06375-1317
1954
Mary Ellen Ruddy Hanrahan
4 Seabreeze Drive
Waterford CT 06385
[email protected]
TheClassof1954hasbeenactively
involvedintheexchangeofnews
andhighlights.Theoverwhelming
It was a smaller group this year at the Class of 1958
annual reunion, but one wouldn’t know it from the
volume of laughter as Sheila Devine, Carolyn Jones
Green, Gloria Crutchfield Kane, Janet Johl Weissman and
Betsy Aikins Bemis gathered for lunch.
bitofnewsthissummerwasthe
lossofDede Drusilla Glascoewho
succumbedtocanceronJune26.D
spentherlifeteachingatthecollege
level,mainlyinUtahand,atthe
timeofherdeath,wasaprofessor
atSaltLakeCommunityCollege.
Dwasregardedasamentorby
severalgenerationsofyoungpeople
whowerefortunatetohavecome
underhertutelage.Newsabout
ourfavoriteauthor:Janet Smith’s
3rdbookinaseries,Colandra’s
World—Her Journey Continuedis
expectedtobereleasedattheend
ofAugust2011.Herfirstbookisin
theprocessofbeingrewrittenfora
theatergroup.Abooksigningtook
placeattheMetsstadiuminSt.
LucietopromoteAutismResearch.
Keepupthegoodwork,Janet!Our
sympathytoPat Keenan Keupper
wholostherbelovedhusbandHans
onherbirthdayinJune2010aftera
longillness.Shewrites,“Familyand
friendshavebeensokind.Hewill
alwaysbeinmyheart.”Pathasdone
sometravelingthisyearandhas
evenbeenbackeasttovisitfamily.
Joan Keifkeepsintouchfrom
herhomeinLasCruces,NM.
Sheandherhusbandwouldlove
tohaveyouvisittheirlavender
farm.InMay2011,theirfarmwas
selectedforan“Event”duringthe
NewMexicoLavenderFestival.
This,alongwiththeirshowdogs,
keepsthiscoupleverybusy.
CongratulationstoSherry Mason
BrunerandherhusbandFred
whomarkedtheir54thwedding
anniversaryonJune2.TheBruners
havehadsomeinterestingtrips
duringthepastyear.InOctober,
2010,theytouredGermanywhile
visitingtheirdaughterwhoison
assignmentthere.Theyrecently
visitedthenortheastwiththeir
17-year-oldgrandson.Thistrip
focusedonsomeofthehistorical
sitesinConnecticutandculminated
withaGettysburgreenactment.
Sherrycontinuestobeinvolved
insocialworkintheJacksonville,
FLareaandvolunteersatthe
JacksonvilleAirport.Another
milestoneanniversarycelebration
wasreportedbyBeverly Merritt
Wilson.SheandEarlcelebrated
their50thweddinganniversary
onJune17withaparty,hostedby
theirchildren,attheOasisRoom
oftheGardeArtsCenter.Among
theattendeeswasJudy Marion
CammaratawhowasBev’sMaid
ofHonor.ThatsameJudyrecently
receivedanawardfromtheNew
LondonRotaryClubforherlongtimecommitmenttoushering
attheGardeTheater.Jeannette
Martin Cavanaugh ’53wasalso
honored.Congratulations,ladies!
Dot Vincent Averysendsgreetings
fromOcala,FL.OtherthanBud’s
recenthipreplacement,theyare
healthyandareplanningalate
summertriptoWisconsintovisit
family.Severalclassmatesreceived
alovely,newsyletterfromMary
Murphy Bayliss.MaryresidesinEl
Portal,CAwhichisnearYosemite
NationalPark.Sheenjoysgood
healthandcontinuestoserveasan
activememberofthecommunity
byworkingwithyoungstersatthe
locallibrary.ThetoneofMary’s
letterwascontemplativeasthe
Classof1954celebratesamilestone
birthdaythisyear.
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Claudia White Gilmartin
14 Bobcat Lane
Berwick ME 03901-2448
[email protected]
2011hasbegunrathersadlyfor
ourclass.Ihopeyouagreethat
thefollowingtributewouldbe
appropriate.Dedicatedtoour
recentlydepartedclassmates:
Roberta Brackman Turner, Debbie
Orphanides Nichols,andCynthia
Barnum Allen:
“Henceforth, wherever thou mayst
roam,
My blessing like a line of light,
Is on the waters day and night,
And like a beacon guards thee home”
—“InMemoriam”,17,lines9–12,
Alfred,LordTennyson
1958
Janet Johl Weissman
Corinne Gentilella Rayburn
P.O. Box 309
246A Main Street
152 Shelburne Center Road
Hingham MA 02043-1936
Shelburne MA 01370
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Sheila Devine ’58 shared hilarious photos and memories of
the party she held to watch the Royal Wedding this spring.
Guests arrived in the wee hours of the morning dressed as
members of the royal family. Sheila played Queen Elizabeth
while her military uniform stood in for Prince William.
1959
1969
Martha Scribner Casidy
Jane Macy Pfeffer
20 Meadow Drive Apt. #4
13 Hudson Lane
Colchester CT 06415
Essex CT 06426-1315
Diana “Dee” Dredge Townsend
writes, “Still working. Raising
granddaughter and loving it. Would
love to hear from classmates and
where they are: ladydye1000@
yahoo.com”
Elizabeth Smith Marsh writes,
“My twin sister Jane Marsh and
I have met up a number of times
with Dede Towers and Kate Wells.
It’s almost as if time has stood
still. Also, our librarian, Mrs. Anne
Scheibner, has come to our house
for tea. I have received a nice letter
from her daughter, our classmate,
Cat Scheibner, who now lives “out
West.” Jane Marsh writes, “Some
things don’t change. I’m still an
attorney in Deep River, living with
my mother (98.5) in Old Lyme in
my great-grandfather’s house with
my twin Elizabeth (Smith). I have
a vegetable garden and compose
electronic music on the side. Bailey
Staub Johnson writes, “Enjoying
Mariaville, ME in the summer
(outside Bar Harbor) and Zephyr
Hills, FL in the winter. Working in a
small community hospital as charge
nurse (RN) in the ICU. Enjoying
four grandchildren: Trinity 8,
Will 7, Silas 5, and Tyler 5.” Susan
Perry writes, “Lived for 30 years
in Big Sur, which is where I still
work, but I now have a 50-minute
commute from my home in
Cambria. I’ll soon be joining the
empty nest flock when my youngest
girl (Gitana, 20) completes her
community college course work
and moves out into the higher
ed & career world. My other two
kids, both girls, are Ruby, 27, and
Chandra, 32. Ruby is a banquet/
wedding manager for a resort in
the Santa Cruz area, living with her
Moroccan husband, his 10-year-old
daughter and their 10-month-old
boy, Khalifa. Chandra remains
single and is in rural Colorado as
a live in caregiver for a 92-year-old
who has outlived all four of her
kids. My girls’ father and I split after
23 years. We remain friends and
have included him in our family
gatherings with my second spouse
for the past 10 years. I generally
head east for a week or two every
summer to spend time with
sisters Lynn & Jane Perry ’65 in
1960
Dagny Soderberg St. John
1410 Haven Hill Road
AmbassadorSummer2011
South Londonderry VT 05155-9717
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Class of 1960 has refound an
“among the missing” classmate,
Alix Herter Mead! She was listed
in the class of 1961 and Susan
Hocking let me know that she knew
where to find her in Maine! So Alix
and I hope to meet soon in Maine
and she’s happy to find a reunion
time with our classmates and is
now part of our email loop! Any
other missing ones out there?
1961
50th Reunion Year
Mary Sherman Lycan ’64 dove into the daunting task of
bringing order to the renovated Library. When asked if her
efforts to organize the collection might inspire others to
help at their alma mater as well, she drily recommended
that we highlight the cookies available for volunteers!
1965
Sara Schuster Peck
Susan Hocking
71 Island View Ave
6513 Vista Del Mar Avenue
Mystic CT 06355
La Jolla CA 92037-1938
[email protected]
[email protected]
1962
Susan Duksta Howe
720 Apalachicola Road Apt. 202
Venice FL 34285-1635
[email protected]
Carol Ricker Vahlstrom
4 Golfview Drive
Medford NJ 08055
[email protected]
1966
1967
Shavaun Towers Bennett
440 Three Mile Course
Guilford CT 06437
1963
45th Reunion Year
Elaine Slosberg Andersen
9 Green Valley Lakes Road
Barbara Dillon Olds
656 Greer Road
East Lyme CT 06333
30 Silver Birch Lane
Palo Alto CA 94303
[email protected]
Clinton CT 06413-1173
1964
Mary Sherman Lycan
415 Wesley Drive
Chapel Hill NC 27516
[email protected]
[email protected]
Carolyn Wright Miller
[email protected]
[email protected]
childrenbornthispastyear—Guild
William,sonofmydaughterEvelyn
andherhusbandGuild(June
2010)andCecilyDey,daughter
ofmysonTomandhiswifeAlex
(February2011).MyhusbandTom
andIarebuildingabeachhouse
inQuonochontaug,RIforour
growingfamily.”
Linda Maynard Powell
28 Flat Rock Road Ext.
Stony Creek CT 06405
Candace Davis Sanfordwrites,“I
amtheproudgrandmotheroftwo
1968
Martha Morrison Veranth
4460 Ashford Drive
Salt Lake City UT 84124
[email protected]
Weekapaug.Wouldlovetoconnect
withanyclassmembers.”
and the occasional excursion. About
our Golden Retriever, Harlan. My
10 years ago we started seeing each
daughter Elizabeth is a Freshman at
1984
1971
other more frequently as movie mates,
Syracuse University in the Newhouse
Swansea Benham Bleicher
going to the latest movies on a monthly
School of Communications and the
25 Indian Hollow Road
basis, and spending time afterwards
Whitman School of Management dual
Chesterfield MA 01012-9715
40th Reunion Year
analyzing each movie over coffee. I
program. She is having a great time at
[email protected]
Suzanne Hill Canning
now cherish the time we spent. Little
school, except for the record snowfall.
6 Old South Road
knowing that those movies would be
I left GM/Delphi in 2009 after a long
Mystic CT 06355
our last shared memories. Hearing
career (and 23 countries later) and
[email protected]
from Jennie in April that she had
I am currently the Chief Marketing
cancer and was hoping to get together
Officer for DeltaWing Racing Cars in
with as many Wiiliams grads as she
Indianapolis. Check the concept out at
could, I contacted Maggie Jones to
www.deltawingracing.com. I haven’t
Lisa Brownell
see if we could get everyone together
kept in touch with many people
63-R Long Pond Road
for Jennie. In May there were 10 of us
from Williams, but I do see George
1972
Ledyard CT 06339
with Jennie , thats 50% of the class of
Cochran ’79 very often, which is
[email protected]
’74, who met at the Nature Center to
great. I have become an avid mountain
chat and share some more memories.
biking racer, putting in over 2,000
I brought photo albums from those
miles a year. When I am back in Mystic
Sarah Hill Canning
Williams days and we all laughed
this summer, maybe we can get a few
60 Kidds Way
at our clothes and our hair styles.
people together for a drink.”
Stonington CT 06378
It was a great afternoon and I will
[email protected]
relish those memories too. Thanks to
1980
1973
Maggie for organizing and hosting the
Nancy Watson
event, thanks to all those who brought
48 Elderkin Crossing
delicious food to eat and to those who
Norwich CT 06360
made the supreme effort to come
1974
to see Jennie: Carrie Cooper, Ellen
Gottesdiener, Barbara Larkie, Maggie
Jones, Kim Boyer, Lydia Cottrell, Lisa
Maggie Jones
Russ, Jill Atherton, Cindy Sleeman and
45 Quanaduck Rd
her daughter ,and me, Deb Moignard.
Stonington CT 06378
And thanks to Jennie for calling me so
[email protected]
we could all get together. God Bess you
my friend. One day we may be in line
InJunetheClassof1974andfriends
gatheredforaninformalreunionatthe
DenisonPequotseposNatureCenter
inMystic.Iorganizedthereunionon
shortnoticeafterlearningthatJennie
Nortonhadstagefourlungcancer
andwantedtogettogetherwithher
Wiliamsfriendswhileshewasstill
able.JenniediedonAugust20,2011.
Deb Moignardsharedpoignant
together again.”
1976
35th Reunion Year
Shelley Levine Abrams
1032 Amberwood Circle
Naperville IL 60563-9351
[email protected]
1981
30th Reunion Year
Rindge NH 03461
Cumberland ME 04021
[email protected]
1982
Charles Anderson
46 Brookview Court
Noank CT 06340
P.O. Box 226
[email protected]
Stonington CT 06378
Amy Cochran
43 Al Harvey Road
1978
meangeographicallytoo,becausemy
Melissa Tantaquidgeon Zobel
name,Moignard,wasalwaysnextto
PO Box 726
Jennie’sname,Nortonalphabetically.
Old Mystic CT 06372-0726
1983
WewereALWAYSinlinetogetherfor
[email protected]
Gretel DeRuiter
Stonington CT 06378
[email protected]
7125 Lincoln Drive
EVERYTHING.Wetookeachotherfor
granted,alwaysknowingwe’dbethere.
Bill LaFontainewrites,“Thingsare
Welookedforeachother,knowing
goodwithme.LeslieandIsplitour
wheretogoforfouryears.Wekeptin
timebetweenourhouseinMichigan
touchthroughouttheyearsatreunions
andthehouseonMason’sIslandwith
Cynthia Cohen
58 Old Cathedral Road
together.WhenIsay‘together,’I
memories:“JennieandIspent4years
1985
270 Main Street
Neal Bobruff
[email protected]
Life in Captivity, a new collection
of poems by Jennifer McGowan,
has been published by the Finishing
Line Press of Georgetown,
Kentucky, a small press publisher
of poets. Jennifer is a writer,
calligrapher, historian and early
modern scholar who is published
on both sides of the Atlantic.
A longtime resident of Mystic,
attended Princeton University.
Her poetry and writings have
been published in many journals,
including The Vermont Literary
Review and The Connecticut
Review, among others. She holds
a doctorate in English from the
University of Bangor in Wales
and has taught many subjects at
undergraduate and postgraduate
levels. Life in Captivity can
be ordered online at www.
finishinglinepress.com.
Jonathan Labaree
[email protected]
Philadelphia PA 19119
[email protected]
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Cristina Mitchell writes, “I am a
partner at Hillside Family Medicine
and Assistant Clinical Professor at
Brown Medical School.”
Ambassador Summer 2011
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Class of 1986
25th Reunion
Congratulations!
1986
hoursbeforeorderinganyfoodand
closedtherestaurantout.
25th Reunion Year
Brett Terry
1987
10 Conrad Street
Elizabeth Preston Miramon
Mystic CT 06355
460 Lefelle Street S
[email protected]
Salem OR 97302-5119
Theclassof1986celebratedour
25threunionattheschoolthis
June.Asmallgroupofusbegan
thecelebrationthenightbefore.
Lynne Mallorydrovedownfrom
Maineandmanagedtosurpriseus
bydraggingalongJill Giles.Filling
outourNewYorkstatecontingent,
Margaret Leemingmadetherainy
drivedownfromPoughkeepsieand
Chris PayercamefromSaratoga
Springs.Thedistanceprizewent
toRevell Carr,whocamefrom
Greensboro,NorthCarolinaand
broughthisfiancéeAnselElkins.
Wespentseveralhourscatching
upandtradingstories,with
Chrisfinallyrevealingtheexact
circumstancesofwhatlikelywas
oneofthelongestdetentionsever
handedoutatWilliams.Thenext
dayturnedouttobeaglorious
weatherdayattheschoolwith
food,familyevents,aschooltour,
andphotos.Mrs.Martineau,the
WheelersandMr.Danenbergwere
alsoinattendance.Katy Quinn
arrivedfromNewYorkandPam
Duevell NesbettcamefromNew
Canaan.Otherthanthesenior
lounge(whichisbeingrelocatedto
accommodatea67-membersenior
class!),wereliedonourtourguides
toshowustheartswingandnew
dramaclassroomandthehightech
sciencewing.WetalkedtoRachel
O’Brien TrentinFloridaviacell
phone,thoughplanstoSkypein
Sven FrissellandNiles Helmboldt
didn’tquitepanout.Afterthe
afternoonattheschool,Chris,Rev
andIhadareunionbandconcert
atapartyoveratJuliet Leeming’s
houseinOldMystic,joinedby
somemusicianswhowerethere.
JoiningusfordinneratGoFish
inMysticwereMegan O’Donnell
Clark, Russell Learnedandhiswife
Allyson,andLeslie Powell.Thefact
thatweweregivenaseparateroom
provedtobehandyaswespent
Heidi Carter Pearlson
255 Park Street
Newton MA 02458
[email protected]
1988
Amy Silver
9117 Sudbury Road
Silver Spring MD 20901-3525
[email protected]
Reva Edelstein Snow
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Kate Kelly ’89 is engaged to Paul Perkins. A wedding is
planned for September 2011.
1990
1991
Lori Stetz
4509 Westbrook Lane
6 Crosstrees Hill Road
20th Reunion Year
Kensington MD 20895
Essex CT 06426
Melissa Chipman
[email protected]
[email protected]
1503 Rufer Avenue
1989
Ashby Anderson
7721 Curtis Street
Chevy Chase MD 20815
[email protected]
Jennifer Dauster-Bevacqua
24 South Ridge Rd
Niantic CT 06357
[email protected]
FromThe Daywelearnofthe
engagementof“KatherineSage
KellytoPaulThomasPerkins
ofArlington,Mass.Kateearned
abachelor’sdegreefromClark
University.Sheholdsadoctorof
chiropracticdegreefromtheNew
YorkChiropracticCollege.Sheis
achiropracticphysician,andcoownerofActiveRecoveryBoston.
PaulgraduatedfromHaverhillHigh
SchoolinMassachusetts.Heisan
electricalcontractorandownerof
PerkinsElectricinArlington,Mass.
BothKateandPaularedevoted
triathlonathletesandcyclists.They
metthroughtheirparticipation
inthesesports.ASeptember2011
weddingisplanned.”
Louisville KY 40204
Hunter Tura
[email protected]
720 Fort Washington Avenue, L
New York NY 10040
Amy Danenberg King
[email protected]
99 Glenwood Road
Clinton CT 06413
AsannouncedinThe Day,
“CharlesS.Glassenberg,director
ofgiftplanningandinvestment
partnershipsattheCombined
JewishPhilanthropies,isaCircleof
ExcellenceAwardrecipientfromthe
Boston-basedorganization.
Glassenbergreceivedthe
group’sCommitmentAward.
Hehassignificantlygrownthe
organization’splanned-giving
program,makingitanintegral
partoftheCombinedJewish
Philanthropies’work.Glassenberg,
aWellesley,Mass.,resident,is
responsibleforalladministrative
aspectsoftheorganization’s
donor-advisedfundprogram
andtheJewishCommunity
EndowmentPool.Healsostaffs
thephilanthrophy’sinvestment
committee.”
[email protected]
Allison Rogovin
6836 Manse Street
Forest Hills NY 11375-5735
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[email protected]
Charlie Glassenberg ’90
received the Circle of
Excellence Award.
1992
1993
1994
Elaine Orsinger McCleary
Eva Peck
Jessica Colom Crawford
27A Middlesex Road
184 Franklin Street #D8
878 Peachtree Road Unit 735
Darien CT 06820-3736
Brooklyn NY 11222
Atlanta GA 30309
[email protected]
[email protected]
AmbassadorSummer2011
Shayna Stern
TheWilliamsSchool
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Kendra Spiegel Stampor
Philip Porter
6158 Falabella Circle
14 Banks Avenue
Kalamazoo MI 49009-3953
Lexington MA 02421-6206
[email protected]
[email protected]
Elizabeth Willis Thompson
Colleen Reardon Shay
100 Mountain Avenue
68 Otter Cove Drive
Pembroke MA 02359-2630
Old Saybrook CT 06475
[email protected]
[email protected]
Josh Brewster writes, “I work at
the Minneapolis V.A. and have
moved out of social work and
into administration. Live in St.
Paul with my wife Amy and our
spoiled Golden Retriever, Rosie. I
really like Minnesota from March
through November, the winters get
a little long. We have great friends
here and enjoy all that the Twin
Cities has to offer. Don’t get back
to SE CT as much as I would like.
My brother Dean Avery ’99 is in
the Peace Corps in the Dominican
Republic, finishing his second year
and may be extending for a third
year. My brother Latham Avery
’03 is finishing his first year in a
dual master’s degree program in
social work and public health at
the University of South Carolina.
You may recall Dean, Latham and
I were all different during our high
school years, yet we all will end up
with our master’s in social work
and doing some sort of service
for a couple years (Peace Corps or
AmeriCorps). I talk to Adam Milne
every month or so. He has the
perfect family (wife, two daughters)
and seems very happy. I connected
with Shannon Haley a while back.
She is a lawyer in NYC. Looking
forward to my 20th reunion next
year.”
Phil Porter writes, “My wife Lizbie
and I are living in Lexington, MA
with our two children, Charlie age
5 and Annie who was born this
past January. I am busy with my
general contracting business, Porter
Builders. I have recently emailed
with Evan Bienstock and Patrick
McLaughlin who are both doing
very well. I am hoping to make it
back to Williams soon to see all the
great changes that have taken place.”
Amie Tesler married David Bentley
on August 21, 2010 on the beach in
Watch Hill, RI. They are currently
living in NYC and honeymooned in
Thailand last November.
[email protected]
1995
Christopher Brady
22 Pepperidge Trail
HighSchoolinMassachusetts.We
havetrimestersandthisyearIam
teachingAPBiology,Anatomyand
Physiologyandfreshmanhonors
biology.Iworkwithgreatpeople
whoareverysupportiveandthings
aregoingreallywell.MywifeAmy
hasbeena1stgradeteacherin
Westford,MAforthepast11years.
IlookforwardtobringingAmy
andSamtoareunionatWilliams
sometimesoon.”
Old Saybrook CT 06475
1996
Anna Kaye Lockmer
15th Reunion Year
[email protected]
Chandra Ahamed Grisanty
14 Steamboat Wharf, Apt 11
Bridget Mazour Rutherford
Mystic CT 06355
190 East 7th Street, Apt. 602
[email protected]
New York NY 10009
[email protected]
Allison Thorp
P.O. Box 274
Michael Ellison writes, “I enjoy
getting the Williams alumni
magazine and reading about my
teachers and former classmates.
I would not be where I am
today without the kind, patient
mentoring of my high school
teachers from Williams. Things
have come full circle and I am in
my third year of teaching high
school science at North Andover
48 Cross Road
Waterford CT 06385-1608
[email protected]
1997
Lindsey Frost Dowling
2788 Trevino Lane
Falls Church VA 22043
[email protected]
Hillary Weymer Gaynor
398A Sixth Street
Dover NH 03820-5903
[email protected]
Jonathan Marston
94 Waltham St #5
Boston MA 02118
[email protected]
1998
Matt Johnson
124 Chandler St., Apt. 5
Boston MA 02116
[email protected]
Angela Simos Karachristos
65 Buell Street
Michael Ellison ’95 and his wife Amy welcome Samuel
Malcolm Ellison, who was born at 8 lbs. 3 oz., 21 inches
long on April 23, 2011.
North Haven CT 06473
[email protected]
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Stephanie Catania ’00 is engaged to Kevin Belanger. A
wedding is planned for September 2011.
Steven Solinsky ’00 is engaged to Amanda Roy. A wedding
is planned for November 2011.
Fareen Ramji
2001
341 E 19th St Apt 2C
Brooklyn NY 11226
[email protected]
1999
Kelly Buttermore
43-23 40th St Apt. 5M
Sunnyside NY 11104
[email protected]
Anastasia Gilman Leyden
77 Ferdinand Street
Melrose MA 02176-1103
[email protected]
2000
John Scillieri
22 Woodland Road
Waterford CT 06385-3920
[email protected]
Alexis Ramirez-Arnoldwrites,
“MyhusbandBradandImoved
backtoConnecticutinDecember
2010.Wepurchasedahousein
Wethersfieldthatwe’veworked
veryhardatupdating…stripping
wallpaper,paintingeverysurface,
guttingbathroomsandthe
kitchen.It’sgreattoseethefinal
resultscometolife!Itransferred
departmentswithinAetnafor
themoveandamnowlocatedin
Hartfordatthecorporateoffice,
workingasaprojectmanagerin
theGovernmentsector.”From
The Daywelearnthat,“Stephanie
Rose Catania,isengagedtowed
KevinAndrewBelanger.Thefuture
brideearnedabachelor’sdegree
innursingfromtheUniversityof
Vermontandamaster’sofnursing
inprimaryandacutecarepediatrics
fromNortheasternUniversity.
Sheispresentlyemployedat
MassachusettsGeneralHospital
inBoston.Thefuturegroom
earnedabachelorofsciencedegree
fromtheUniversityofVermont
andamaster’sinsciencefrom
DrexelUniversityasaphysician
assistant.Heispresentlyemployed
incardiacandthoracicsurgeryat
MassachusettsGeneralHospital.
ASeptemberweddingisplanned.”
AlsofromThe Daywelearnof
theengagementof,“Steven Joel
SolinskytoAmandaMarieRoy.
Stevenearnedabachelor’sdegree
inmarketingatRogerWilliams
University.Heiscurrently
employedinsearchmarketingin
Boston.Amandagraduatedfrom
WestfordAcademyin2001.She
obtainedbachelorandmaster
degreesinarchitecturefromRoger
WilliamsUniversity.Amandaisan
associatearchitectinCambridge,
Mass.ANovemberweddingis
plannedinBoston.”Ross Erin
Martineauisafashionstylistin
NYCandwasthrilledtoattend
FashionWeekinParisthisfall!
10th Reunion Year
Vanessa Forma
90 West Road
Collinsville CT 06019
[email protected]
Ryan Levine wrote,“Ihavebeen
livinginHongKongforthepast
4-5yearsbutitjustsohappensthat
IwillbeflyingbackintotheUS
foravisitstartingontheevening
ofthe17thofJunesoIwillbeable
toattendtheevent.Reallyexcited.”
Kimberly Orefice Turnerwroteto
BillFurguesonbeforethereunion,
“MyhusbandandIhavemovedto
MountDora,FLthispastwinterfor
hisjob,andweareexpectingour
firstchild(alittlegirl)aroundJuly
23.SoI’mnotabletotravelmuch
anymoreuntilshearrives.Ireally
wishIcouldseeeveryone.A
WilliamspersonIhaveseenalotof
isLindsay Poindexter Rizza.
SheislivinginKillingworth,
CTwithherhusbandandher
sixmontholdbabyboy.After
Williams,IgraduatedfromFairfield
UniversityandthenayearlaterI
enrolledingradschoolatLesley
UniversityinCambridge,MAto
getmymaster’sinelementary
education.Itaughtfifthgradein
LynnfieldMA,untilIhadtoleave
mid-yearforthismove.Weare
settlingintolifehereincentral
Florida.It’sVERYdifferentthan
NewEngland.Youseesomestrange
stuffdownhere,butthepeople
couldn’tbefriendlier,andwehave
adreamhousesincethehousing
marketisstillsobaddownhere.”
Brad Kosegartenhadbeenteaching
EnglishattheSalisburySchoolfor
thepastsixyearsandthissummer
moveddowntoWashington,DCto
teachattheBullisSchool.
2002
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Pete Wing, [email protected]
Dave Bateswrites,“I’vejust
extendedforathirdyearwiththe
PeaceCorpsinTanzania.I’llbe
workingwithCAREInternational
onaConservationAgriculture
programinthevillagesofthe
Morogororegion.Ifanybodyis
intheneighborhood—Karibuni!”
Peter Wingwrites,“Imovedbackto
theUSfromChinaearlierthisyear
andamnowlivinginNewYork.
It’sgreattobebackhomewhere
it’smucheasiertocatchupwith
oldWilliamsfriendsand,almostas
important,watchbaseballgamesat
areasonablehour.”
asawhole.)Sarah Hemenway
McQueenwrites,“I’mfinishing
upthesecondyearofmyPhD
programincognitivepsychology
and,onMarch20,2011,married
mybestfriend,TravisMcQueen!”
2004
Chris Belknap
[email protected]
AmbassadorSummer2011
Ellen Patterson [email protected]
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Jon Stritar ’03 and Laura
Kang were married this year
and honeymooned in Bora
Bora and New Zealand.
2003
Jessica Feinberg [email protected]
Gil Patterson [email protected]
Griffin Bachstoppedbyschool
totakeaquicktourofthenew
addition.He’sfinishingupworkon
amusicalbumthatheisplanning
toreleaseoniTuneslaterthisfall.
Hedescribestheworkadelving
intoavarietyofmusicalgenres
whilekeepingacohesivesound
throughout.Arianna Funkwrites,
“NowthatIhavecompletedmy
Master’sDegreeinVisualCulture:
CostumeStudiesfromNYU,I
ammovingtoUppsala,Sweden!I
willcontinuetodoindependent
graduateresearchattheVasa
MuseuminStockholm,learn
Swedish,andlivewithmyboyfriend
inthisbeautifulcountry.Come
visit!”Heather Wrightgraduated
fromURIwithadegreeinWomen’s
Studies.(Hercourseworkwas
orientedtowardGenderStudies
Josh Weissbach’sfilmpremiered
atCannesFilmFestival2011.
TheUniversityofWisconsinMilwaukeereportedthathiswas
amongthesixfilmsbyUWM
studentsselectedtoscreenatthe
prestigious2011CannesFilm
Festival’sCannesCourtMétrageor
“ShortFilmCorner.”Theuniversity
describedhisfilmCalle 27 No.
1016as“adazzling,three-minute
tour-de-forceofcameraworkand
editing.Itdepictsmemoriesofa
place,turnedoverandoverinthe
mind’seye,hoveringontheedge
ofabstraction—alovepoemto
Havana—andtoCinemaitself.”
Chris Wehrlycurrentlyresidesin
Denver,COandhasbeenworking
withtheDefenseInformation
SystemsAgencyasaMechanical
Engineerforthepastthreeyears.
Timeoutsideofworkiswellspent
traveling,playingultimatefrisbee,
biking,andplanningoutwhich
mountaintotacklenext.Anyone
planningavisittothegreatstate
ofColoradoshouldgiveashout
out.AfterlivinginParisforayear,
Jill Abbothasbeenworkingasa
copywriterforanITorganization.
Shejusttransferredtoher
company’sofficeinSanFrancisco
andisenjoyingtheniceweatheron
theWestCoast.Jaclyn Freemanisa
JD/MBAstudentattheUniversity
ofColoradoinBoulder.Sheloves
Colorado,butmissesthebeach.
Shiela KernlivesinBoston,MA
withherboyfriendRyan.Sheis
finishinghersecondyearworking
asaResearchAssistantforthe
CenterforAutismNeuroscience
ResearchatBostonMedicalCenter.
Shewillbestartingnursingschool
nextsummerinanspecialtytract
forPsychiatricNursePractitioner.
Tyler BurdcurrentlylivesinNew
Haven,CTwithhisgirlfriend,
Emily,andhisdog,Madison.He
worksmanufacturingsailcloth
andspends2monthsperyearin
SoutheastAsiaworkingandsailing.
Whenathome,hespendshistime
windsurfingandkiteboardinguntil
itistoocoldtobeinthewater.
Chris Fortinis“ampedithasbeen
sociallyacceptableforpeopleother
thanprofessionalwrestlerstotalk
inthe3rdperson.”Jeff Zollshan
livesinBranford,CT.Hehasspent
thelastyearandahalfworkingfor
Thuleinthesalesdepartmentafter
gettinghisstartwiththecompany
creatingandexecutinganonline
businesssellingdiscountedbike,
skiandroofracks.Marcy Levine
isworkingatalawfirminNew
Londonandplanningtogotolaw
school.Kyra Elliotwrites,“Iam
theAssistantPlanetariumDirector
attheTravelersScienceDome
PlanetariuminWestHartford.
I’mlivinginBloomfield,CTwith
myboyfriendRoderick.Iam
currentlyproducingthecomputer
animationfora‘fulldome’movie
aboutafuturecolonyonMars.
Theplanetariumshowproduction
isfundedbyNASAandwill
bedistributedtoplanetariums
throughoutthecountry.Iam
lookingforwardtoattendingthe
launchoftheNASAJunofrom
CapeCanaveralthisAugust.”Alden
UtterislivinginWashington,DC,
andassistantmanagingaHudson
BookstoreatDullesInternational
Airport.Heandhiswifejust
celebratedtheirfirstanniversary.
Lindsey Tremaineiscurrentlyliving
inBoston,MAandjustboughther
firsthomeinSouthBoston.She
willbeleavingherjobatamental
healthnonprofitorganizationin
Augusttobeginher1Lyearat
BostonCollegeLawSchool.Kristen
HolderiscurrentlylivinginRhode
Islandafterspendingtwoyearsin
AtlantawheresheattendedGeorgia
StateUniversity,earninghersecond
bachelor’sdegree.Sheispresently
workingasaSupervisorinthe
SecurityDepartmentatFoxwoods/
MGMGrand.Annie Prisloe
Cappiellowrites,“MyhusbandRod
andIgotmarriedandboughtour
firsthouseinColchesterin2008.
I’mintheprocessofwritingtwo
novelsandworkingfull-timefora
psychiatricnursepractitioner.Iam
stillinschool,ultimatelyworking
towardamaster’sinSocialWork.
Rightnowwe’respendingourtime
travelingandrenovatingthehouse.
Andrew Dareniscurrentlyinhis
4thandfinalyearofaClinical
Psychologydoctoralprogramat
theMass.SchoolofProfessional
Psychologyandiscurrentlyliving
justoutsideofBostoninBrookline,
MA.HetravelstoNewYorkCity
onceortwiceamonthtovisit
hislongtimegirlfriendRachel
fromBrandeis.Dana Cohen
finishedhermaster’sindance/
movementtherapyandmental
healthcounseling.Shelivesin
Brighton,MAandinSeptember
isstartinganewjobasaclinician
attheCommunityTherapeutic
DaySchoolinLexington,MA.
InJune,Emily Normanmoved
fromtheDemocraticNational
CommitteeinWashington,
DCtoChicagoandisnowthe
DirectorofProjectVoteAnalytics
forObamaforAmerica.Sheis
currentlycountingthedaysuntil
herAugustbiking/rockclimbing
vacationinthePacificNorthwest
withhergirlfriend,Aletheia,and,
ofcourse,theelection.Meris
TombaricurrentlylivesinBristol,
RIwithherboyfriend,Charlie,and
isteachingfifthgradeatFriends
AcademyinDartmouth,MA.Over
summervacation,shereturnsto
FishersIslandasthesummersailing
director.Sheiscurrentlytraining
forherfirsthalfmarathon,and
hasenjoyedsharingtheexperience
withherdog,Rocky.InJune,
Angely CaraballomovedtoSalt
LakeCity,UTandacceptedajob
offertoworkasalegalassistant/
secretaryforacriminaldefense
attorney.Duringhersparetime,
sheisstudyingfortheLSATand
exploringthestate.Shehopes
toapplytolawschoolnextyear.
Ben FergusonlivesinManhattan
BeachwithhisgirlfriendLinsey.
Afterworkinginthecorporate
telecom/datacomsalesworldfora
fewyears,hepairedupwithafew
brightmindsandinvestorsandis
nowpartownerforaconsulting
firmthatdesignsandbrokershigh
performancefiberopticwidearea
networkstothemediumandlarge
Enterprisespace.Heenjoyssurfing,
snowboardingandHollywood
nightlifeinhissparetime.Clancy
Philbrickisworkingonhisnextart
projectinthemiddle-of-nowhere,
CAwhereheresides.Hespends
hisfreetimecreatingfalsedialogue
betweenthehorsesanddogsthat
alsoliveontheranch.Hehopes
hisprojectwillbeintheLouvre
by2013.Brittany Finkeldeyis
currentlylivinginChicago,IL.
Shewrites,“IjustearnedmyMA
inClinicalCounseling.Icurrently
workforacommunitymental
healthcenterasclinicalcase
manager/therapist.Greattohear
howeveryoneisdoing.”Alanna
Ramirez-Arnold Thouinisliving
inFarmington,CTandworking
asanequityresearchanalystfor
DowlingandPartners,following
twoyearsatMorganStanleyin
NYC.SheandAndre Thouingot
marriedlastDecemberinBelize.”
Sofie Malinowski iscurrentlyliving
inNewYorkCity.Sheisworkingin
developmentforNewYorkHarbor
School,apublichighschoolwith
anenvironmentalandmaritime
themeonGovernorsIsland.Sofie’s
olderbrotherPete Malinowski ’01
istheAquacultureInstructorand
RestorationCoordinatorforthe
school.Jessica Williamslivesin
Boston,MA,andwillbeentering
her2LyearatNewEnglandLawin
theFall.Justine Williamsisback
inMysticafter7yearsinAustin
gettingtattoosandowningherown
horse-drawncarriagebusiness.She
liveswithboyfriendWes.Sheworks
asanexoticanimalveterinary
technicianandagardener,andis
stillhorse-obsessed.Ellen Patterson
isstudyingtogethermaster’s
degreeinArtEducationatTeachers
CollegeinNewYorkCity.She
isenjoyinglifeinthecityandis
excitedforstudentteachingthisfall.
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Martha Canning
60 Kidds Way
Stonington, CT 06378
Will Quinn, [email protected]
2006
5th Reunion Year
Rabia Malik
Jon Shockley
[email protected]
[email protected]
Colleen CymbalagraduatedMagna
CumLaudefromDePaulUniversity
inDecember2010withaBAin
Communications.Sheiscurrently
workingatComScore,amarket
researchfirmasaclientanalyst.
Kerri Hilton ’09 and Bill Bokoff ’09 met up in Belgium while
both studied abroad in Europe.
2007
Corey Fast [email protected]
2008
Nat Duncan
[email protected]
Molly Patterson
[email protected]
Overthepastyeartheclassof
2008hastraveledfarandwide
insearchofnewadventuresand
opportunities.Carmen Trobaugh
justreturnedfromstudyingabroad
intheNetherlandsandwillbe
enteringherfinalsoccerseasonat
Emersonthisfall.Rachael Regayle
spentthemajorityofthelast
academicyearstudyingabroadin
Kyoto,Japan.Duringthattimeshe
livedwithahostfamily,studied
atraditionaltypeofdancecalled
nihonbuyo,andconductedfield
researchoncontemporarykimono
cultureforherseniorthesis.
Caroline Standkespentherfall
semesterinEgyptandnarrowly
avoidedtherebellion.Molly
Pattersonspentthepastspring
inNewZealandstudyinggeology
andiscurrentlyinterningattheSt.
Lawrenceadmissionsofficeforthe
summer.Devon Lagassehasbeen
makingthemostofhersummer
workingongreeninfrastructure
methodsandpublicconnectivity
forMansfield,MAandiscurrently
trainingforahalfmarathonand
theWarriorDash.Chris LaFreniere
isinSeattlethissummerworking
asacomputerprogrammerfor
theBoeingcorporation.Diana
Ramirez andSteven Allegro
havebothhadshortsummers
andareheadedofftospendthe
fallsemesterinSantiago,Chile.
TheywerebothawardedGlobal
CitizenshipScholarshipsandwillbe
activemedicalvolunteersabroad.
Emily Begginswillbetravelingto
Zambiathissummerforasix-week
internshipthroughtheUnited
NationsHighCommissionon
Refugees.Shewillbeteachingand
workinginarefugeecamp.Emily
willbeaseniorattheUniversityof
EdinburghinScotland,majoring
inInternationalRelations.Paige
Philipsreceivedagranttofund
aresearchtriptoMexico.She
writes,“Myprojectisstudying
theapplicationsofarchaeological
chemistryinsoilsampleanalysis,
usingasiteontheMashantucket
Pequotreservation,andasiteback
inMerida,Mexico.Ijustfinished
someworkonthereservationand
nowIamworkingonprocessing
mydatainthechemistrylabshere
atGettysburg.”Ethan Schmidt
writes,“FromNovember10–18,I
wasstationedonboardaliberty
shipinCorpusChristi,TX.From
November19–February28,Iwas
workingaboardtheM/VAPL
China.WetraveledtoYokohama,
Japan,Okinawa,Japan,Busan,
SouthKorea,NewportSouthKorea,
Shanghai,China,Yangshan,China
andfinallybacktoCalifornia.We
repeatedthatvoyagetwomore
times.Attheconclusionofmy
sojournaboardtheship,Iwas
relievedtofinallybebackondry
land,yetlongedformynextvoyage
atsea.”Sam Dolewasprofiledin
theJuly2011issueofShutterbug,
describinghisexplorationintothe
artisticpossibilityofcapturing
imagesdigitally.
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Jared Gorin [email protected]
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Jared Klee [email protected]
Val Vesnaver [email protected]
Val Vesnaverwrites,“Threeof
ourclassmateswillbestudying
abroadinKenyaandTanzaniafor
theFallsemester:Jenna Gunnell
andJon Piccirilloarebothgoing
onaprogramwithSt.Lawrence
UniversityandIamgoingonan
EnvironmentalStudiesprogram
throughtheSchoolforFieldStudies
(accreditedbyBostonUniversity).
Bothprogramsincludeportionsin
KenyaandTanzania.MarieAlyse
Pereirawrites,“Imushedateam
AmbassadorSummer2011
TheWilliamsSchool
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ofsleddogsonaglacierinAlaska!
Itwasprettymuchthecoolest
thingever.”Thissummershealso
wenttoQuebec,explainingthat,
“we’vebeendoingresearchinto
ourancestryanditturnsoutmy
ancestorswerethefirsttosettle
theareathatisnowQuebecCity.
Therearetwostatues/monuments
dedicatedtothem.”Gabe Ryan
isdoingsomeveryinteresting
researchatSwarthmorethis
summer:“Ihaveagranttodesign
aprototypehomeclimatesystem
thatiscompatiblewithothersmart
gridtechnology.Basicallyitcan
communicatewithyourutilityand
temporarilyshutoffiftoomany
peopleareusingA/Catonce.”Bill
BokoffandKerri Hiltonwereboth
inEuropeintheendofthespring
semestersotheymetupforquick
visitinBelgium.Billwasstudying
abroadinSpainforthespring
semesterandhewasabletoworkin
thevisitasapartofhisspringbreak
travels.Kerriwasdoingasemester
abroadinDresden,Germanyand
shehadalongweekendsoshe
wasabletohopovertoBelgium!
HerprogramwasthroughBoston
University.SheislearningGerman
butsheistakingherengineering
classesinEnglish.“Onecool
thingIdidwhileherewasjoin
theUniversitatschorandtravelto
Zurich,Switzerlandtosingwiththe
Zurichcitychoirandticketswere
$40forourconcert!”Zoe McLean
writes,“I’mmovingtoChinafor
studyabroadandIwillbeinHong
KongandthenBeijing.Ifyou
wouldliketofollowmyjourney
youcanfollowmeontwitterat
www.twitter.com/Zoe_McLean
ormyemailiszemclean@loyno.
edu.Jared Gorinwrites,“Ihave
beenrecentlyelectedtreasurerof
mystudentcongressatFranklin&
Marshall.Ihavealsojustreturned
fromamonthinSouthAfricaafter
creatingaHolidayprogramme
combiningsportsandpublichealth
educationinthetownshipof
KhayelitshaoutsideofCapeTown.”
Ted and Joanne Malahias joined Constancia Malahias ’10
(center) as she accepted the Gold Award, Girl Scouting’s
highest honor.
2010
Alisa Biber
[email protected]
Sam Pieniadz
[email protected]
Caroline Millswrites,“Iwaschosen
togotoEcuadorfortendaysatthe
beginningofJunewiththeprogram
RostrodeCristo(TheFaceof
Christ).AsaCampusMinistry
Intern,Ialsohelpedorganizethe
firstever‘FreshmanBlockParty’
forourclass.”Anna Darenwrites,
“Igotinvolvedinafewactivities
duringsecondsemesterwhichI
reallyenjoyed.Iampartof‘Ears
4Peers,’whichisastudent-run
hotlinethatservesasahelping
hand,orear,totheundergraduate
andgraduatecommunitiesofTufts.
Iwasateacherinaprogramcalled
ESLforABM,inwhichItaughtthe
Spanish-speakingjanitorsEnglish.
Iwaselectedtoleadtheprogram
thiscomingyear.Also,IaminAOII
sororityandamtheStandards
RepresentativeformyPledgeClass,
meaningthatIamthepersonin
myclasstowhommysisterscan
comeandbringforwardtheir
problemsorconcernswithanyone
oranythinginthesorority.”
Aftercompletingasuccessfulyear
atNYU,Jake Goldbergmade
beneficialconnectionsthroughhis
peersandbrothersofAEII(Alpha
EpsilonPi)fraternityandlanded
aninternshipastheexecutive
assistantatGenesysPartners,
Inc.inNewYorkCity.Genesys
Partners,Inc.isaventurecapitalist
firmthatprovidesguidanceto
smallbusinessesinaneffortto
bringsuccessfultransitionsand
profitablegrowthtotheirfounders.
Annie Marcinekwasacceptedto
SchreyerHonorsCollege,which
isthehonorscollegeatPenn
Stateindicatingherexcellence
inacademicsthroughouther
freshmenyear.Kristina Mazzola
showcasedhertalentfordancingin
afacultyshowcaseinwhichonlysix
otherfreshmenwereacceptedby
auditiontodanceinapieceentitled
“EventuallyWeWillFindOurWay.”
Olivia Zoufalyistransferringfrom
LasellCollegetoElonUniversity,
whereKristinaisnowattending
college.Kyah Gorinistransferring
fromMuhlenburgCollegeto
EmmanuelCollegeinBoston,MA.
Bianca Salkinlovedherfirstyear
atVillanova,whereshemade
Dean’slistbothsemestersandis
workingasanAmbassadorforthe
school.Ali Bibercountsatleast
11membersoftheclasswhoare
nowinvolvedinGreekLifeon
theircollegecampus:Ali Biber,
Anna Daren, Abbey Reiser, Bianca
Salkin, Kara Shannon, Lauren
Morse, Sam Evans, Danielle Briggs,
Jake Goldberg, Hope Cullitonand
Grace Beggins.Andrumorshave
beenheardthatmorepeoplefrom
thegradehaveshownaninterest
inbeinginvolvedwithGreekLife
ontheircampusaswell.OnJune5,
Constancia Malahiaswasawarded
theGoldAward,GirlScouting’s
highestaward.Only45young
womeninConnecticutearnedthis
awardthisyear!Constancia’sGold
Awardprojectwasanextension
ofTheWilliamsSchoolCross
Countrytrail.Shecreatednew
trailsforhomemeetsandaddedto
existingtrails.Shesaidshelearned
perseverancefromherproject,and
hopesthetrailimprovesthequality
oftrainingforteammembers
andtheschoolcommunity.She
attendsEmbryRiddleAeronautical
University.
Congratulations to Williams newest Class Representatives,
Emily Benson ’11 and Peter Harsh ’11, recipients of the
Alumni Association Prize for 2011.
“I have always felt fortunate to teach here at Williams and to be part of
the close-knit community. There’s an energy to Williams that is unlike any
I’ve ever experienced.”
Jane Martineau
Drama teacher (1979–present)
Reflections
As you reflect on your time at Williams,
be inspired to join Mrs. Martineau in
giving back to Williams.
Visit www.williamsschool.org and
click on giving@williams
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