The Legacy of Lamb

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The Legacy of Lamb

Middlesex
Spring 2011
The Legacy of Lamb
A Lasting Musical Influence
MIDDLESEX SPRING 2011
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From the Head of School
Change Amid Tradition
Middlesex
Spring 2011
Head of School
Kathleen Carroll Giles
Director of Development
James J. Zimmerman
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Looking out on the Circle as I sit writing
this note, the comforting, relentless cycle
of the life of this school makes itself clear
yet again. Yet another group of seniors is
contemplating the meaning of the experience
here as the days towards graduation suddenly
seem to be galloping along, rather than proceeding apace. Yet another group of talented
13 and 14 year olds—the next Middlesex
School—has just made the decision about
where and with whom to do some very
important growing up. For the first time in
recent memory, our rowers have a home, as
our new boathouse ends years of nomadic
frustrations for coaches and rowers. We are
also working on plans for the renovation of
three dorms—RW, LB, and Peabody—and on
the possible construction of a new dormitory
that will allow us to make all of our dorms
comparable in terms of amenities and space.
We will be planning for a home for our music
program and for the renovation of our beloved
and well-used arts facilities. We will be launching a newly revised Web site and enhancing
our technological capacity to communicate
and interact. So while much changes, much
stays the same, and vice versa.
But as I sit in this office, my thoughts
inevitably gravitate to individual people—
the students, the teachers, the staff members
—who have always formed the core and strength
of the Middlesex experience. As a graduate and former faculty member of St. Paul’s School,
Columbia University sociologist Shamus
Rahman Khan has recently written a book,
the subtitle of which is “The Making of An
Adolescent Elite.” This insightful book
attempts to analyze what makes the teenage
experience at a so-called “elite” boarding
school so special, and one of Khan’s conclusions is that boarding school students learn
an enormous amount through the intensity
of their steady interactions with adults. At
boarding school, Khan notes the omnipresence of adults, the expectation of sustained,
enriching relationships, and the clear understanding and value accorded those relationships.
Our students learn to navigate relationships
of all kinds and how to make relationships
with authority figures—teachers, coaches,
advisors—work for them.
While Khan characterizes this knowledge
as learning to navigate hierarchies with ease
(a critical idea for his thinking about the “new
elite”), I think there is something much richer
and more profound that develops than merely
a set of sociopolitical skills. The stories of this
school center on teachers like Arthur Motter
Lamb, Bull Alexander, Peter Arnold, Kit Cohane
’59, and their students, all the way through to the current generation of teachers, whose
work centers in the classroom but radiates
through a teenager’s entire life and becomes
enmeshed not only in how a young person
defines himself or herself but also in how he
or she defines personal goals and possibilities.
Therein we find our friend, the promise. So
while much changes—Facebook and Twitter
and the cloud—much stays the same as we
undertake the business of Middlesex this
spring.
Contents
Mission Statement
Middlesex School is an independent,
non-denominational, residential,
college-preparatory school that, for
over 100 years, has been committed
to excellence in the intellectual,
ethical, creative, and physical development of young people. We honor
the ideal, articulated by our founding
Head Master, of “finding the promise”
in every student, and we work
together in an atmosphere of mutual
trust and shared responsibility to
help students bring their talents to
fruition as knowledgeable, capable,
responsible, and moral citizens
of the world. As a community, we
respect the individual interests,
strengths, and needs of each student. We also value the rich diversity
of belief and experience each of
us brings to the School.
We expect that each student will
bring his or her best efforts to the
shared endeavor of learning and
that the School, through its faculty,
will engage and encourage each
student’s growth, happiness, and well-being. We aspire for all
Middlesex students to develop
personal integrity, intellectual
vitality and discipline, and respect
for themselves and for others. We expect each student to engage
energetically and cooperatively in
the life of the School, and we seek
to inspire in all students the desire
to seek understanding of themselves and the larger world, both
now and in their futures.
On the Cover
The legendary Arthur Motter
Lamb conducts the Glee Club
in an early 1930s rehearsal.
Features
14 Making Headway
Confronting the same problem but in
different endeavors, several Middlesex alumni are contributing to the effort to
improve the prevention, diagnosis, and
treatment of concussions in young people.
19 Ready All: Row!
The New Paumgarten Boathouse
The long wait is over at last—Middlesex’s
crews finally have a brand new, wellequipped home on the Concord River.
22 The Legacy of Lamb: How
an Eccentric Music Master Shaped Middlesex
A rarity in his time as well as today,
Arthur Motter Lamb spent his entire career
at Middlesex, from the fall of 1919 until his
death in the spring of 1961. Fifty years later,
his single-minded devotion lives on, both
in the alumni he taught and in the vibrant
musical life of the School.
Departments
2 Life 360
The Search for Another Earth; Universal
Lessons; Composer-in-Residence William
Cepeda; The Sparrow; Middlesex Diplomats
Debate; Benefit Bonanza Boosts Service;
Safer Passage on New Sidewalk
8 Middlesex People
Tony Lake ’57 Leads UNICEF; Brenau
University Honors Sid Smith ’41
10 Team Highlights
Cross-Country Kudos and Field Hockey
Honors; Alpine Skiing’s Team and Individual
Triumphs
28 Alumni Notes and News
Class Notes; In Memoriam
44 Back Story
Hallowell’s Flag
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360° Life on the Circle
Having peaked everyone’s
interest in exoplanets, Professor
Sara Seager was surrounded by
students with questions long
after her presentation.
Are We Alone?
Could there be a planet like Earth amid the
hundreds of billions of stars in the Universe?
The odds look promising to MIT Professor
Sara Seager. As the School’s first Hub Lecturer
this year on September 16, she explained how
and when another Earth might be found.
Exoplanets, Not Extraterrestrials
As an associate professor of physics and the
Ellen Swallow Richards Associate Professor
of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences,
Professor Seager studies the atmospheres and
interiors of exoplanets—planets that orbit stars
other than our own Sun—in hopes of determining whether or not any of them might
sustain life in some form. “Every star is a sun,”
she began, “and if our sun has an Earth, I’m
sure another star has a planet like Earth. We
just haven’t found it yet.”
Lest people think she is looking for extraterrestrials, Professor Seager clarified, “Personally, I have not seen any evidence that there are
aliens,” adding wryly, “but I like to think that
they are out there and that they are wealthier
than we are and have better technology.”
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Planetary Possibilities
From the vantage point of space, she said,
Earth looks like a pale blue dot that varies
in brightness; scientists are therefore looking
for a similar kind of exoplanet. By examining
the spectral features of its light, information
can be inferred about the planet’s size, density,
temperature, and atmosphere—details that
might indicate its ability to sustain life.
Though more than 400 stars with exoplanets have been discovered thus far, the search
for another Earth is complicated by a number
of challenges, including the diffraction of light
—which prevents us from being able to see
exoplanets as clear points—and the sheer distance of other stars from us. Alpha Centauri
is the next closest star at a distance of 4.22
light years, a journey of 70,000 years for an
unmanned probe. Yet “hard things have been
done before,” Professor Seager reasoned, and
she is by no means discouraged in her search.
In fact, a wealth of new data is now being
transmitted from the Kepler telescope that
was launched on a three-year journey in
March 2009. Given the amount and quality
of information streaming in, she estimates,
“In one to three years, we may find another
Earth.”
Discovery Imminent
The question of being able to visit that exoplanet is a thornier problem. “The distances
involved are enormous, and we don’t have the
speed to get there in fewer years,” Professor
Seager said. Yet, scientific research is still
worthwhile, she contended, both for the greater
understanding of our world and for its unexpected benefits, like the discovery of laser
and MRI technologies. “We can learn a lot
from that pale blue dot, just from its data
alone,” she affirmed, “and we could find an
Earthlike planet any day now.” M
Voices on
Campus
The power of art and science
were uppermost in the minds of
guest speakers this year. Among
those who came to campus were:
• Filmmaker Sultan Sharrief,
who helped the School reflect
on the legacy of Dr. Martin
Luther King, Jr. through
his movie, Bilal’s Stand, and
discussed how filmmaking
addresses misconceptions,
highlights issues of social
justice, and allows him to
share his world with others.
• Director André Robert Lee,
who screened his film, The
Prep School Negro, before
the School’s Diversity Day
on February 12. With his film
—inspired by his experience
as an African American student at Philadelphia’s Germantown Friends School—he hopes
to encourage people to share
their stories and gain greater
understanding of one another.
• Dr. Edward J. Benz, president
of the Dana-Farber Cancer
Institute, who spoke on February 22 and provided a basic
yet comprehensive understanding of cancer, its causes,
and the current research that
is guiding doctors to more
effective treatments.
• Pulitzer Prize-Winning
Poet Jorie Graham, who
gave students a master class
in poetic analysis during a
special evening Assembly
on April 4.
Universal Lessons
Teaching with Real Scientific Data
After wrapping up her classes before the
December exam period, Physics and Astronomy teacher Sara Kate May found herself
speaking before a larger crowd than the ones
that fill her Middlesex lab. On December 13,
she gave a presentation at the 2010 meeting
of the American Geophysical Union (AGU)
in San Francisco, where more than 18,400
geophysicists gathered to hear about the
latest issues in their field of study.
Real Data, Real Discoveries
For Sara Kate, the event was a chance for her
to share with others the work she completed
last summer, when she joined the scientific
community at MIT’s Haystack Observatory for
eight weeks as one of two educators chosen for
the Research Experience for Teachers program
(funded by the National Science Foundation).
Asked to incorporate the use of a relatively inexpensive tool called MOSAIC into
the teaching of high school physics, Sara Kate
and RET colleague Chris Clements created a
set of illustrated lessons and lab instructions.
MOSAIC (Mesospheric Ozone System for
Atmospheric Investigations in the Classroom)
measures ozone in Earth’s upper atmosphere
and collects atmospheric data at many sites
continuously. Because that data is available
online within a day of its collection, students
can track and study current data in a field
of atmospheric science that is still not wellstudied or thoroughly understood.
“The part I’m most excited about is using
MOSAIC as a tool for teaching uncertainty
and analysis,” says Sara Kate, who began applying her lessons in Honors Physics this year.
“What may be most appealing to students
is that there is a possibility of being the first
person to recognize or think of something
in this area—to make a real contribution
to science.”
Sharing Lessons Nationally
Impressed with the lessons, Haystack asked
Sara Kate to submit an abstract of the work to
the AGU, which resulted in her presentation
at its December meeting. Ultimately, Sara
Kate hopes that her lessons will be appealing
and helpful to fellow teachers who share her
goal of making physics both approachable
and rooted in real science. M
Physics and
Astronomy
teacher Sara
Kate May—who
also oversees
the Observatory
of the Clay
Centennial
Center—hopes
to return to
Haystack this
summer to
fine-tune
her lessons
and labs.
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sessions prior to the final performance. “We’ve
been joking that we need to take a cruise now
and play all this music during it,” says drummer Annie Lyons ’12, who found the initial
rehearsals to be more informal, like jam sessions. “Mr. Cepeda was very involved, walking
around and helping each person,” she says.
“He’d pull out his trombone or the conch
shells and play along—it was a lot of fun.”
The Middlesex Jazz Orchestra
rehearses with Composer-inResidence William Cepeda.
Caribbean
Jazz Cruise
Composer-In-Residence
William Cepeda
Few young musicians get to play original
pieces written expressly for them by a highly
regarded professional performer. This year,
the 12 student members of Middlesex’s Jazz
Orchestra are enjoying just such an experience
thanks to the School’s composer-in-residence,
celebrated Afro-Latin Jazz musician William
Cepeda.
Learning by Jamming
Invited by the Middlesex Music Department,
Mr. Cepeda has been commissioned to compose several pieces for the Jazz Orchestra, which
will perform them with him during a spring
concert as well as record them on the group’s
annual CD. He has already joined the band for
several rehearsals in December and February,
and will return to campus for several more
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A Family Tradition
An accomplished trombonist and a noted
composer and arranger, Mr. Cepeda comes
from a well-known family rooted in music:
the Familia Cepeda, famous for their performances of folkloric music with African roots
and as keepers of traditional Puerto Rican music.
Blending this musical background with his own
interest and talent in jazz, Mr. Cepeda has
developed a unique style that he calls “Afrorican
Jazz.” In the course of his career, he has performed and toured with such luminaries as
Dizzy Gillespie, Tito Puente, Miriam Makeba,
and Eddie Palmieri. A graduate of the Berklee
College of Music, Mr. Cepeda earned his master’s
degree from the Aaron Copland School of
Music at Queens College and serves on the
faculty of the Brooklyn Conservatory of
Music.
Fascinating Rhythms
For saxophonist Brian LeMeur ’13, working
with Mr. Cepeda has been an enlightening
musical experience. As he elaborates, “Jazz
rhythms are largely constructed on syncopation
—and even more so with Latin music. The
melodies are simple, and the rhythms are complicated, but that’s what makes it fun. I’m trying
to get inside the rhythms; you have to be one
with the music and get inside of it, as opposed
to just being its conduit.”
“Having someone write pieces for us—
and for me—is pretty special,” Brian adds.
“It’s inspiring to meet someone who does
this for a living.” M
The Sparrow
November 12–13, 2010
Written by Chris Mathews, Jake Minton,
and Nathan Allen
Directed by Tom Kane
Technical Direction by Ryan DuBray
Costume Design by Kim Brown
A coming-of-age story—but with a supernatural
twist—The Sparrow presented new technical and
dramatic challenges last fall for 15 Middlesex actors
and 30 tech assistants. On a spare set with changing
backdrops and only a few props, students created
the Midwestern high school world of Emily Book,
a reclusive orphan with telekinetic powers that could
be a blessing—or a curse. This new play, created by
the critically acclaimed House Theater of Chicago,
uses fantasy and theatrical magic to explore the
larger themes of guilt and forgiveness. The complex
production was well-received by Middlesex audiences,
a tribute to the outstanding collaborative efforts of
the cast and crew.
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23 members of the group were Model
Congress novices.
In the midst of their stay, the Middlesex
contingent enjoyed a unique opportunity: a
two-hour briefing with alumnus Cass Sunstein
’72 (President Obama’s advisor in the Office
of Management and Budget) and his spouse,
Samantha Powers (a member of the National
Security Council and the President’s advisor
on human rights). The Saturday meeting at the
White House was a particular highlight of the
five-day trip, giving students a closer look at
the real world of Washington politics.
Middlesex diplomats gathered
for a photo in the General
Assembly Hall of the United
Nations building in New York
City. (Photo: Amelia Armitage ’11)
Talking Politics
Middlesex politicos got a taste of policy
making on a domestic and an international
scale this year, with several taking part in the
Princeton Model Congress last November in
Washington, DC, and others participating
in the National New York Model United
Nations in March.
A Capital Trip
Leading the 28 Middlesex students who
attended Princeton’s Model Congress was
veteran debater Liz Kashinski ’11, who earned
a gavel for the second consecutive year as a
member of the House Judiciary Committee.
Also recognized for her notable efforts, Ellie
Charchenko ’13 won a major award in the
House International Relations Committee.
Others came close to capturing awards for their
powers of persuasion, including Jake Kline ’12
in the House International Relations Committee
and Vivian Liu ’12 in the House Judiciary
Committee. Additional standout performers
were Nick Stonnington ’14, Thad Pryor ’13,
Andrew Granato ’13, and Hanna Wiegers ’12,
who were all first-time competitors; in fact,
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International Interests
Traveling to New York City the day before March
break began, another 32 students represented
Middlesex—the only ISL school competing—
at the National New York Model United Nations.
There, 3000 participants from all over the world
spent four intense days engaging in the diplomatic process. Amid the many skilled negotiators in attendance, Annie Lyons ’12 deservedly
earned a gavel for adjudicating the EcuadorianColumbian border crisis during her stint on
the International Court of Justice.
Several of her peers also performed
with distinction. Working on the Social and
Humanitarian Council, Sherry Du ’13 was
exceptional, as were Michael Turek ’11 and
Erik Klinkhammer ’11 on the Economic and
Financial Committee. It was a challenge to
stand out on committees involving more than
300 members, yet Tristan Biber ’12, Max
Brown ’11, Courtney O’Brien ’11, and Parisa
Oviedo ’12 commanded attention nonetheless.
Reflecting on the months of research and
preparation that his students completed prior
to the event, History Department Chair Steve
Freiberger rightly pointed out that competing
against some of the best “secondary diplomats”
in the world is no easy task, but Middlesex
participants handled it all with eloquence and
poise. Returning veterans are already looking
forward to next year’s schedule, which includes
the Southern Ontario Model United Nations
in Montreal and the Harvard Model Congress
in Boston. M
Beneficiaries of
the School-wide
Effort
The nonprofit organizations
selected to receive a share of
the proceeds from the Benefit
Bonanza include the following:
Autism Speaks: Dedicated to
funding research into the causes,
prevention, treatments, and
a cure for autism; increasing
awareness of autism spectrum
disorders; and advocating for
the needs of individuals with
autism and their families.
Camp Amerikids: Providing
a traditional camp experience,
complemented by off-season
programs, to enhance the lives
of children who are affected by
or infected with HIV/AIDS and
who reside in the tri-state area
of New Jersey, New York, and
Connecticut.
Fistula Foundation: Dedicated
to raising awareness of and funding for fistula repair, prevention,
and educational programs
worldwide to help eradicate
fistula.
Partners in Health: Providing
a preferential option for the
poor in health care and currently
working in 49 health centers and
hospitals across 11 countries.
School on Wheels: Connecting
volunteer tutors with children
whose homelessness prevents
them from getting the academic
stability, assistance, and mentoring they desperately need.
Benefit Bonanza
Celebrating Community Service
Turning their attention to causes close to
members of the Middlesex community, the
School’s community service officers decided
to revamp their annual spring fundraiser,
renaming it the “Benefit Bonanza.” Instead of
raising money for a single cause, they invited
students, faculty, and staff to recommend
charities that they are personally involved with,
selecting five organizations to support after
listening to presentations from 13 students
and adults.
Another important focus of the Bonanza,
held on March 5, was “celebrating the work
we do as a school in terms of community service,” as student leader Marcia Frimpong ’11
explains. “We wanted to celebrate the fact that
we do a lot of good things all year, and we
have fun at the same time.” Keeping favorite
activities from previous Benefits—the bake
sale, raffle, and dance—and adding new ones,
like a dodge ball tournament and a t-shirt
tie-dying project, the goals of the day were
community involvement as well as fundraising.
The event was a resounding success on
both counts. More than 80 percent of the School
participated in some way in the Benefit, raising
$4850 for the five designated nonprofit organizations (see list at left). “It was amazing,”
says Marcia, who thought the evening’s dance
went especially well thanks to an outstanding
DJ. “We wanted to make the Benefit even better
than before, and it was great seeing your ideas
come to life. People were really enjoying
themselves that day.” M
Walk This Way
Strolling or jogging to
Concord Center along busy
Lowell Road will soon be
easier—and safer—than
ever. On October 12, 2010,
sidewalk installation began
near the Middlesex football
fields, to be continued approximately 1.5 miles down
the street until it connects
with the existing sidewalk
near Hugh Cargill Road.
Middlesex is supporting the project by paying for the walkway that borders
the School’s property, from
the North Gate to the land
just beyond the original
South Gate entrance. “We’re delighted to be able
to support both the initiative
of the Concord citizens who
spearheaded this effort and
the well-being of the local
community, including our
Middlesex community,” affirmed Head of School
Kathy Giles. “This sidewalk
will enhance everyone’s
safety and quality of life.”
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Middlesex People
Helping the Children of the World
Lake ’57 Leads UNICEF
Former Middlesex Trustee W. Anthony K.
Lake ’57 has taken on another significant
role in his long and distinguished career. On
May 1, 2010, he became the sixth executive
director of the United Nations Children’s
Fund (UNICEF).
Created in 1946 to help children in
post-war Europe, UNICEF is currently on
the ground in more than 150 countries and
territories, helping children survive and thrive
from early childhood through adolescence.
The world’s largest provider of vaccines for
developing countries, UNICEF supports child
health and nutrition, good water and sanitation,
quality basic education for all boys and girls,
and the protection of children from violence,
exploitation, and AIDS.
Bringing more than 45 years of public
service to his new position, Tony began his
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career with joining the U.S. State Department
as a foreign service officer in 1962, just after
he had finished his undergraduate degree at
Harvard and spent a year reading international
economics on a Fiske Scholarship at Trinity
College, Cambridge. He later earned his Ph.D.
at Princeton’s Woodrow Wilson School of
Public and International Affairs in 1974.
Over the years, Tony has managed a
full range of foreign policy, national security,
humanitarian, and development issues at the
most senior levels, serving as director of policy
planning in President Carter’s administration
(1977–81) and as national security advisor
(1993–97) under President Bill Clinton. After
leaving government in 1997, he served as the
U.S. President’s Special Envoy to Haiti as well as
Ethiopia and Eritrea. His efforts, for which he
received the 2000 White House Samuel Nelson
Drew Award, contributed to the achievement
of the Algiers Agreement that ended the war
between Ethiopia and Eritrea. He also played
a leading role in shaping policies that led to
peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and
Northern Ireland.
His experience in international development began in the 1970s, when he served as
the director of International Voluntary Services, leading the work of this “private Peace
Corps.” In that same decade, Tony also served
on the boards of Save the Children (1975–77)
and the Overseas Development Council. Over
the past 10 years, Tony has been an international adviser to the International Committee
of the Red Cross (2000–03) and chair of the
Marshall Legacy Institute, which works in
conflict-affected countries to remove landmines
and assist survivors, as well as to advance
children’s rights.
Tony’s ties with UNICEF date back to
1993, when he worked with the organization’s
third executive director, James P. Grant, on
the presentation of its flagship publication,
“The State of the World’s Children,” at the
White House. From 1998 to 2007 he served
on the Board of the U.S. Fund for UNICEF,
with a term as chair from 2004 to 2007,
after which he was appointed a permanent
honorary member.
“If we improve their lives
today,” Tony said at the time
of his appointment, “we will
help them inherit a better
tomorrow.”
Immediately prior to his appointment
with UNICEF, Tony served as a distinguished
professor in the practice of diplomacy at the
Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service
at Georgetown University. He has been a member of the board of trustees at Mount Holyoke
College and a member of the advisory council
of the Princeton Institute for International
and Regional Studies, and has served on the
governance board of the Center for the Study
of Democracy at St. Mary’s College of Maryland.
Tony also served two terms on Middlesex’s
Board of Trustees (1976–79 and 1982–87)
and shared his experience in public service
with the School as the Bigelow Lecturer.
With this wealth of experience, he is wellequipped to work toward securing safe and
healthy lives for children around the world.
“If we improve their lives today,” Tony said
at the time of his appointment, “we will help
them inherit a better tomorrow.” M
His Honor
The Sidney O. Smith, Jr.
Graduate School
Sid Smith ’41 was only the fourth
Middlesex alumnus to receive the
School’s Henry Cabot Lodge ’20
Distinguished Alumni Award back
in May of 1996. Today, a more
public honor has been bestowed
on him by another institution that
he has represented well. In October
2010, the Brenau University Board
of Trustees voted unanimously to
name all of its graduate programs
the Sidney O. Smith, Jr. Graduate School after the former U.S. District
Court judge and fourth-generation member of the Brenau governing
board.
“Brenau is everything that it is today because of Sidney Smith,”
said his longtime friend and fellow Trustee John W. Jacobs, Jr. “Likewise, what it will be in the future will have his indelible stamp. Graduate
education will be the lynchpin that drives Brenau’s success.”
Born and raised in Gainesville, Georgia, Sid won a Prize Scholarship
to come to Middlesex, where he was a top student and athlete (who was
inducted into the School’s Athletic Hall of Fame in 2006). Following
service in World War II, he graduated from Harvard and earned his law degree at the University of Georgia. After private law practice and service as a Georgia superior court judge, Sid was appointed by
President Lyndon Johnson to the U.S. District Court for the Northern
District of Georgia, where he served for nine years, including six years as chief judge.
His commitment to education is a proud family legacy. Sid’s greatgrandfather was a member of the founding board of what is now Brenau,
and his grandfather was on the board in 1911 when Brenau became a
chartered institution of higher learning. Later, both his father and mother
served simultaneously on the Brenau Board.
Sid began his service to both public and private education as
chairman of the Gainesville Board of Education. In addition to serving
on the Brenau Board, including a period as chairman, he also served
on the state Board of Regents, the governing body for Georgia’s public
colleges and universities. Sid was on the Brenau Board when it created
the coeducational graduate programs and authorized Brenau’s transition to a full university.
More than 900 of Brenau’s 2,800 students are in graduate programs
already. The University’s 2025 strategic plan, aimed at increasing enrollment to 5,000, envisions that most growth will occur in graduate-level
programs—a fact which makes the Smith Graduate School pivotal to
the university’s future. M
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Team Highlights
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Field Hockey
Success! Co-captain Allena Dennis ’11 (on right) and teammate Tabby Sabky ’12 celebrated
the moment when the Middlesex varsity (seeded 7th) defeated Williston Northampton
(seeded 2nd) in the quarterfinal game of the NEPSAC Class B Tournament on November
17. After winning 2-1 in overtime against perennial rival Brooks, Middlesex moved on to the
finals, ending an exciting tournament run with a narrow 2-1 loss to first seed Thayer on
November 21. (Photo: Matt Risley, Risley Sports Photography)
Boys’ Soccer
Gaining strength and skill over
the last three years, the boys’
varsity finished third in the ISL
with a 9-2-4 record, earning
one of eight New England Tournament spots (later dropping a
close match 1-0 to KUA). Led by
Captains Travis Barker ’11, Mike
Miele ’11, and Dan Skayne ’11
(center, left), the team
boasted not only the best
defensive record—giving up
only 12 goals in 15 games—but
also the second leading scorer
in the ISL, Peter Hughes ’12
(on far left).
Girls’ Soccer
A three-year member of the girls’ varsity, Elizabeth
Turpin ’12 (#16) was named All-League for her leadership in the midfield last fall and was elected
a co-captain of the 2011 squad.
Football
Co-captain John Lesofsky ’11 (#24) leads fellow
Co-Captain Devin Chapman ’11 on one of their many
runs last fall; both were among those who earned
All-League status in a season that featured the School’s
first-ever overtime game on October 23. With St.
Sebastian’s leading 20-7 at the half, Middlesex came
back to tie the score and then won in OT, 28-20.
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Fanfare for Fall Athletes
Even after the season came to a close in November, several
Middlesex athletes con-tinued to garner awards for their outstanding achievements in their respective sports and
in the classroom.
Supported here by stalwart defender Caroline
O’Donnell ’11 (#15), Cassie Coash ’11 was one of three varsity field hockey players named to the 2010 Gladiator/NFHCA High School National Academic Squad.
Focused and composed, Emily Stark ’12 (center) was on her way to setting a course record of 18:14 in this late-October meet with Nobles.
Her first-place finish helped Middlesex claim a 27-28 victory that day.
(Photo: Tony Rinaldo)
Stark ’12 Named
League MVP
As a freshman on the girls’ varsity
cross-country team, Emily Stark
’12 hit the ground running, winning first place in both the ISL
and the New England Prep School
Division IV (NEPSTA) Championships that year—feats that earned
her the first of three consecutive
All-League and All-New England
honors. She’s maintained an
amazing pace ever since. In addition to finishing among the
top three at the last two ISL
Championships, Emily remains
the defending NEPSTA Champion
and has set six course records
thus far. Following her undefeated
season in dual meets last fall, the
coaches voted her the League
MVP, giving her title of Boston
Globe All-Scholastic.
Her success, says Varsity
Coach Malcolm Russell, is the
result of hard work and strong
intuition. “Emily trains yearround, in all weather,” he affirms.
“She’s a smart runner who can
run a plan against opponents and has a good instinct about the
best place to make a move.” With
her senior cross-country season
ahead—as a returning team captain—it remains to be seen what
this determined athlete will
accomplish in her Middlesex career.
Field Hockey Standouts
Earning All-League honors in field
hockey for a third time last fall,
Varsity Co-captain Allena Dennis
’11 was also named to the highly
selective 2010 Harrow Sports/
National Field Hockey Coaches
Association (NFHCA) High School
Northeast Region Team at the
season’s close. She was one of only
16 players from all of the public
and independent secondary
schools in Maine, Massachusetts,
New Hampshire, and Vermont to
be given this distinction—a clear
indication of her skill and athleticism. “Allena is a versatile player
who dominates the midfield and
backfield,” says Varsity Coach
Natalie Martinez. “She has prevented several goals against us
and been instrumental in creating
scoring opportunities for us during her Middlesex career. She’s
powerful and aggressive, yet
poised, on the field.”
Also receiving recognition
beyond the ISL, Co-captain Kate Donahue ’11 and teammates
Cassie Coash ’11 and Courtney
O’Brien ’11 were named to the 2010
Gladiator/NFHCA High School
National Academic Squad for their
outstanding work on the field and
in the classroom. Notably, all
three have made the honor roll
every semester in their years at Middlesex.
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Team Highlights
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Boys’ Hockey
Chris Jellison ’13 scores on a breakaway against BB&N; with 29 points to his credit,
he was the varsity’s leading scorer in a season that included winning the Barber Tournament for the first time in 38 years.
Girls’ Basketball
Co-captain Caroline O’Donnell ’11 contributes two
more points toward Middlesex’s eventual 42–41 win
over Holderness; as the leading scorer in that game,
she tallied 13 points and 8 rebounds.
Boys’ Squash
Often competing against nationally ranked opponents at the top of the ladder, Captain
Grant Parisi ’11 returns a backhand in a match with St. George’s. For his leadership and
commitment to excellence, he earned Middlesex’s Maddock Squash Prize.
Wrestling
Middlesex surprised many
opponents last winter with
strong performances, especially
from younger wrestlers, and
came away with eight medals
at the final tournament.
Girls’ Hockey
Skating past the home bench, Co-captain Francesca
Panarelli ’11 helped lead her team to the New England
Tournament for Division II this season. In the first
round of play, Middlesex traded goals in an exciting
match-up with Southfield School, losing 2–3 in the
final three minutes of the game.
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Dominating the Slopes
Co-captain Max Brown ’11
tackles the giant slalom.
At the season’s capstone event, held at Berkshire East on February 16, the girls’ ski team won the NEPSAC
Class B Championships with a combined score of 51 points in the slalom and the giant slalom. The boys’
team also made a strong showing, finishing fourth among 14 teams—just one run away from third place.
(Photo: Paul Harrison)
Brown ’11 Repeats
Success
Being named the Independent
School League’s MVP once is
quite an honor; alpine skier Max
Brown ’11 has now managed to
take the title two years in a
row—a rare accomplishment.
Already named All-League and
All-New England in the giant
slalom at the end of a strong
junior season, Max topped those
honors with the distinction of
Boston Globe All-Scholastic in
2010. As a co-captain in his
senior year, he repeated that
success, also leading the boys’
team to a fourth-place finish at the
NEPSAC Class B Championships.
“Max was one of the top
three or four racers in the league
consistently,” says Middlesex
Coach Joshua Mann. “Many of
the league coaches have spoken
to me about his affability and professionalism; he’s a good leader
and a good racer. On our team
especially, Max led with his enthusiasm and his athletic authority.
He was always helping people
figure out what line to take on the course or what wax to use in tuning their skis. Max is the kind of person who helps teach
younger, strong skiers how to
become strong racers.”
Appropriately, Max was given
Middlesex’s Alpine Skiing Bowl this
year, adding one more award to an impressive athletic career.
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Making Headway
Sports Illustrated might be expected to contain articles
about concussions, but when magazines ranging from Time to
The New Yorker to National Geographic (to the Bulletin!)
also follow suit, it’s clear that the subject has become a hot topic.
At first glance, this may be puzzling. What has happened
that has made concussions such a point of interest?
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Photo courtesy of
Easton-Bell Sports.
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enerally defined as a “brain injury” caused by a bump, blow, or jolt to the head that results in an
alteration in awareness, a concussion was once
regarded as “something you recover from, with
no long-term effects,” as former Middlesex parent
Dr. Robert Cantu recalls. But through his work as co-director of the Center for the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy (CSTE) at Boston University, where he is also
a clinical professor of neurosurgery, Dr. Cantu
and his colleagues have learned that concussions are indeed a serious matter deserving
widespread attention. And since an estimated 3.8 million sports and recreationrelated head injuries occur in the U.S.
each year (according to the CDC), concussions are fairly common occurrences,
meriting further consideration and
study.
Initially, concern about the
potentially lasting harm of concussions centered on the realm of professional sports, where the research
of Dr. Cantu and others is primarily
focused. In post-mortem examinations of former football and hockey
players’ brains, doctors at CSTE have
found evidence of a progressive,
degenerative neurological disease
called Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE), the early symptoms of which mimic dementia, with its characteristic memory loss, aggression, confusion,
and depression. Most of these athletes were
known to have suffered concussions, but
some were not, leading doctors to wonder if they had received blows that did not cause
concussions but still contributed to cumulative damage. “Total brain trauma leads to
CTE,” Dr. Cantu clarifies.
“We now know that football players—
and other athletes in contact sports—need to worry about CTE,” he continues. “It’s also
scary that we’ve seen CTE in college players,
so it’s not just playing professional football
that causes it. And we’ve seen it now in
younger people (aged 17 to 18); CTE was
there and it should not have been. It makes
you worry about younger kids.”
PACE Setting
Deciding not to wait for more medical evidence that will indicate how early CTE
might begin, some Middlesex alumni, like
Charlie Maddock ’00, are directing their
efforts toward the prevention, detection, and
treatment of concussions. As chronicled in
the Spring 2009 Alumni Bulletin, Charlie was
fortunate to recover fully from a traumatic
brain injury (TBI) that occurred when he was struck by a cab in New York City in 2004.
Grateful to have received the best treatment
available when he needed it, Charlie resolved
to help others in his situation and created a
nonprofit organization, the Charles Maddock
Foundation (CMF) for Traumatic Brain and
Spinal Cord Injury, to advance the treatment
of patients who have suffered brain trauma.
“A concussion is technically a mild
TBI—a brain injury nonetheless,” says Charlie. “What research seems to be indi-
cating is that after a series of milder concussions, the cumulative effect can be that of a
more serious TBI. We hear a lot about professional football players, but the risk of getting
concussions exists for youth and high school
athletes, too, and little research is performed
at that level.”
For these reasons, CMF is funding an initiative that was submitted by Dr. Nick Theodore, a neurosurgeon who practices in Phoenix, Arizona, and serves on CMF’s medical
advisory board. Together with a colleague, Dr.
Theodore has developed a program called
PACE—Protecting Athletes through Concussion Education—as a cost-effective way to
provide concussion education, surveillance,
and research for student athletes.
A multilevel project, PACE will involve
the creation of online education modules that
will teach students, parents, and coaches how
to prevent, recognize, and respond to concussions. In addition, an online registry will
allow students who have had concussions to
record their symptoms, treatment, and recovery. A third facet of the project will entail collecting data for further research, from baseline testing to post-concussion assessments,
in order to learn more about the real effects
of concussion on the still-developing brain.
Involving the collaboration of several large
organizations—including the state’s interscholastic association, the Brain Injury Association of Arizona, Arizona State University,
and the Arizona Cardinals football team—
PACE has the potential to reach and benefit
thousands of young people.
“This will begin as a pilot program in
Arizona,” Charlie explains, “and then hopefully, it can be adopted around the country.”
With funds from an upcoming million-dollar
campaign for CMF, Charlie would like to see
the proposal replicated next in Massachusetts, New York, and Rhode Island, branching
out to other states from there.
Charlie Maddock ’00 (right)
with his neurosurgeon, Dr.
Howard Riina, who now leads
the medical advisory board of
the Charles Maddock Foundation
for Traumatic Brain and Spinal
Cord Injury.
Interpreting Data
Through assisting with in-depth research on
young athletes, Kaitlin Carroll ’06 has
recently been working with physicians at
Massachusetts General Hospital to further
the understanding of concussions and
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Kaitlin Carroll ’06 (above) at work last summer at Massachusetts General Hospital and (page 17)
as a varsity soccer standout at Middlesex in the fall of 2004.
improve protocols for diagnosis and treatment. With an internship
stipend from the Middlesex Alumni Association, she spent last summer gathering and organizing real data on high school athletes who
suffered sports-related concussions, and she has continued to work
on the project while finishing her senior year at Northeastern
University.
Beginning with documents supplied by athletic trainers, Kaitlin
methodically sorted through and categorized detailed information
on the concussion symptoms and the sequela of effects (before and
after injury) of more than 100 athletes from multiple schools. Having
analyzed the data she structured, she and her colleagues are currently working on a manuscript to report the findings of their study.
Ultimately, Kaitlin says, they hope that the data will validate a new
protocol that has been developed for the diagnosis and treatment of concussions in high school students. “We want people to be aware
that concussions do have long-term effects on young athletes,” she
stresses. “This may require a larger set of data from more public and private schools to demonstrate.”
For her part, Kaitlin knows firsthand about concussions from
personal experience. She actually cracked her skull in a sideline accident during a summer trip with her club soccer team, and she had
smaller concussions at Middlesex. “I wasn’t the best patient at Middlesex,” Kaitlin admits. “I didn’t want to be told that I couldn’t play.
Ahead of the Curve
Handling Concussions at Middlesex
A
t a residential school filled with active adolescents, it’s
wise to be prepared for injuries
of all kinds, including concussions.
As the director of Middlesex’s Cruz
Health Center, Meg McLaughlin estimates that most of the concussions
she treats are sports-related, but some
are the result of everyday accidents,
such as falling out of a bunk bed or
getting hit by a swinging fire door.
Expecting these kinds of things to
happen, Middlesex’s health professionals have been proactive in their
approach to dealing with concussions,
accessing technology and creating
protocols and policies early on that
have set a standard among schools
for diagnosis and treatment. As soon
as it became available for purchase,
for example, Middlesex quickly took
advantage of the program ImPACT
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(Immediate Post-Concussion Assessment
and Cognitive Testing), the first and most
scientifically validated computerized concussion evaluation system. “The oldfashioned, pencil-and-paper tests that
were previously given to assess cognitive
damage were hard to administer, given
only after injury, and scored against a
national ‘norm,’” remembers Laura Darby
McNally ’80, who returned to Middlesex
as athletic trainer in 1989. “Before
ImPACT became available, you could not compare the test results of the same
student before and after injury.”
Initially, a baseline ImPACT was admin-
istered only to students playing high-
impact sports: football, ice hockey, wrestling, and lacrosse. But as knowledge
about concussions improved—and when
a Web-based version of the program was
released, providing data results faster
than ever—Middlesex began to test all
new students in their first week of school
to have baseline information for everyone. Now, whether a student sustains a
blow during athletics or in some other
kind of mishap, baseline data is available
for that student that can be compared
with later ImPACT results to help with
diagnosis and treatment.
No matter how they occur, concussions
are a complicated business. Symptoms
may be immediately apparent, or they
may be subtle and appear gradually—
and they can be physical, cognitive, or
behavioral in nature. They may be shortlived or last for weeks and even months.
The process of recovery is equally unpredictable, for no two concussions follow
the same pattern of improvement.
For these reasons, Middlesex has established clear protocols to follow. When a
concussion is suspected, Darby states,
Now, I’m on the other side of things, thinking, ‘What was I doing?
Why wouldn’t I say that I had a headache?’”
Her understanding of the mindset of competitive athletes, coupled with her experience at Mass General, will undoubtedly prepare her well for her future goal of becoming an orthopedic surgeon.
Kaitlin will finish her undergraduate degree in May and remain at
Northeastern next year to complete a master’s degree in public
health before moving on to medical school in 2012.
Providing Protection
The question of how to prevent or minimize concussions is frequently on the mind of Tim Mayhew ’86, who serves as a managing
director for the firm Fenway Partners. In this role, he is responsible
for Fenway’s investment in Easton-Bell Sports, a company that was
built starting with the 2003 acquisition of Riddell, makers of the official helmets of the NFL. The business grew with the subsequent
acquisition of both Bell and Giro in 2005, and Easton in 2006—
all makers of first-rate athletic equipment for a variety of sports.
As Fenway became more involved with these companies, Tim
recalls, “We realized that we had lots of technology about head protection for different sports and decided to bring it together in one
place. That’s why we built the Dome; it’s where all our knowledge is centralized for research and development.”
“The minimum response is an immediate
clinical assessment.” Indications of concussion will then require a student to undertake 24 hours of “cognitive rest,”
which means staying away from reading
and watching TV or any kind of computer
screen. Unless symptoms are still too
strong a day later, a student will take another ImPACT to compare with his or her
own baseline data. Gradually, as symptoms dissipate, the student will progress
back to activity with balance and skillbased exercises over several days. “Years
ago,” Darby says, “players probably went
back too soon because we had to rely
primarily on their self-reporting—and
some of them might not be honest about
their symptoms and recovery, especially if
they didn’t want to miss their championship game or the college coaches coming
to see them.”
“It’s difficult because some people want
to be more cautious than the protocol,
and some want to accelerate the return to play,” she finds. “We’re careful because what is important is the long term
—not can they return to play, but can
they return to activity. If a student is struggling in the classroom after a concussion, how can we return them to play?”
Research has also revealed that students
who return to activity too soon are at risk
for greater damage if another concussion
occurs soon after the first. “We have to
approach it as ‘this is one game versus
the rest of your life,’” Darby reasons. “I tell students, ‘You’ve got two knees but only one brain.’”
It is important to note, too, that at Middlesex, the brains under consideration
belong to adolescents who are still in the
midst of significant growth and neural
development—adding another layer of
intricacy to the treatment of concussions. “The psychology of adolescents is complicated in and of itself,” as Head of School Kathy Giles explains. “When one adds to that the impact from a brain injury—that is so idiosyncratic to each
child—we end up having to take each
child as each child presents, on a day-today basis, and do the best we can. The
complexity of how kids present is just
another part of being an adolescent.”
Fortunately, as Kathy points out, Middlesex can readily call upon the
expertise of the adults in the school
community to help monitor a student’s
situation. “We have very good support
here, which is important given that
concussion symptoms may be phy-
sical, emotional, or psychological,”
she says. “Faculty meetings give us a chance on a weekly basis to gather
and assess students’ progress on
many fronts. It’s a time when we have
all the medical, counseling, and residential adults together in one room.”
In this supportive environment—
and with the most current medical
advice regarding the treatment of
concussions in adolescents—Middlesex students have the best possible
chance for recovery, even as the scientific community learns more
about the long-term effects of injury
on brain development.
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One innovation
resulting from
the collaboration
of designers
(right) at the
Easton-Bell
Technology Center is the pitching helmet proto-
type (above).
(Photos courtesy
of Easton-Bell
Sports)
The Easton-Bell Sports Technology Center, called “the Dome,” formally opened last
fall in Scotts Valley, California. The 55,000
square-foot building is “one part design space
and one part lab,” as Tim says, and facilitates
sharing improvements in materials and technology with all Easton-Bell Sports brands,
making better equipment for eight different
categories of sports.
Among the latest innovations coming out of the Dome is a new helmet prototype,
unveiled in March, which is designed to help
protect baseball pitchers, who risk serious
injury on the mound whenever a batter connects with the ball. Rather than debate the
relative dangers of wooden and aluminum
bats, Easton-Bell recognized the need for additional protection; the resulting helmet has
already been enthusiastically endorsed by 18
the family of one California high school
pitcher, Gunnar Sandberg, who was nearly
killed by a line drive to the head last year. The company hopes to have the product
available for sale soon.
Continually updating existing equipment, Dome designers have produced new
football helmets equipped with HITS® (Head
Impact Telemetry System) technology, which
uses sensors to capture, measure, and record
the force of a hit to the head, also calculating
the biomechanical elements of the impact.
This data is then transmitted wirelessly to a laptop computer on the sidelines, where,
through the Sideline Response System™, team
trainers and doctors can evaluate the information and the affected players immediately—a great benefit given that not all hits
can be seen or accurately assessed from the bench.
“One issue with concussion is that it is
often a silent injury,” Tim notes. “If we can
take some of the mystery out of this, we will
really accomplish something.” He envisions
that technology like this could be applied to
helmets for other contact sports, like hockey
and lacrosse, and acknowledges that these
endeavors take a lot of energy and fortitude.
“Making people aware of the risks, creating
an effective product that looks good, and getting players, coaches, and parents to
embrace new things—these are all long processes,” Tim says. “To the extent that EastonBell Sports can be on the leading edge of
doing this work is a good thing, and the
Dome, in a sense, embodies that.”
When it comes to concussions, as Tim
observes, “Each tragedy that occurs raises
awareness—but you want to get to a point
where tragedies don’t occur.” It’s an admirable and ambitious goal in a world where
accidents happen and risk can’t be completely
eliminated. But whether Middlesex alumni
are working to provide people with better
protection from concussions; or to educate
young athletes about them; or to conduct
research to improve diagnosis and treatment
when they occur, it’s clear that they are making progress and are headed in the right
direction. M
Ready All: Row!
The New Paumgarten Boathouse
The Bulletin provides a glimpse of the
Middlesex crews’ classic and efficient facility,
a short drive from campus on the Concord River.
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With construction complete in November
2010, Middlesex’s new Paumgarten Boathouse is being put to good use at last, now
that the spring rowing season has arrived. For the first time in more than a decade, the
boys’ and girls’ crews can share the same,
superb practice facilities—and they have a
great home race course on the Concord River.
“It’s a beautiful river,” says Girls’ Crew Head
Coach Laura Darby McNally ’80, “and it’s
essentially the same stretch of water that the
School has rowed on since at least 1952. We
can row all the way to the Old North Bridge
on five miles of protected water that is as wide as Bateman’s Pond.”
To the outsider, Bateman’s Pond would
seem to be a convenient, ideal place to row—
and it still is for novices just taking up the
sport. Unfortunately, several years ago, Bateman’s 800-meter course was reckoned to be at least 300-meters short of the minimum
official race length, leaving Middlesex without a home course and causing the program
to divide its practices among three different
locations. Coaches and rowers made the best
of the situation, but it was clear that a single
boathouse on a nearby body of water was
essential for the program to continue and thrive.
The gleaming boat bay also contains a workbench for repairs on the far left.
Jason Robart
’11, Spencer
Bienvenue
’12, and Robbie Paine
’12 on the
riverside balcony.
A room of their own— just for coxswains and their equipment. (Four other changing rooms are for rowers.)
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Rowers shoulder their shells for the short walk to the river’s edge.
“Perhaps the greatest challenge was finding waterfront property,” says George
Noble, who has been a point person for the
boathouse project in the Middlesex Development Office. “When land became available on the Concord River just 10 minutes away
from campus, we jumped on it.” With the
School’s needs and a specific site in mind, the firm of Wieber, Powell, and Grunigen,
Inc. drew up architectural plans, which were
then shared with Nick Paumgarten ’63, a co-captain of the 1963 varsity crew. “Nick
enthusiastically jumped on board with a challenge gift,” George continues. “If the
School could raise half of the building costs,
he would match that amount. That allowed
construction to begin, and there are still
opportunities for interested donors to contribute and help cover final costs.”
The project has been a longstanding passion and priority for another former varsity crew captain, George Lewis ’50, who has
generously provided a boathouse endowment
fund to pay for its maintenance in perpetuity.
Thanks to significant gifts like these, the Middlesex crew program is well-situated for
the future with an outstanding new facility on a perfect stretch of water.
A scenic view from the
boathouse
balcony.
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The Legacy of Lamb
How an Eccentric Music Master Shaped Middlesex
by Jim Zimmerman
H
e was a “pudgy, pear-shaped, center-parted, language and musicobsessed throwback to another
era,” says Henry Stone, Jr. ’61.
“Flamboyant” is the way Bill
Weld ’62 remembers him. “He had this mass
of hair, dyed jet-black, heavily pomaded. It
flowed behind him when he walked. He was
outrageous…I’d liken him to Disraeli.” At a
time when others wore fedoras and somber
suits, George Stevens ’42 says Mr. Lamb wore
“very baggy knickers and always a French
beret.” He was the last Middlesex master to wear a stiff-collared shirt, long after they
ceased being fashionable, and even when he finally abandoned his plus-fours for suit
pants, no one ever saw him in casual dress.
Marshall Field ’59 recalls, “He wore a black
suit, white shirt, and black bow tie, always,
and to this day, I don’t know how he did it,
but we witnessed it on the way to dinner:
he’d tie his bow tie with one hand!”
Of course, it wasn’t just Mr. Lamb’s
unusual looks. Sheldon Flory ’44 wrote in a
2002 reminiscence that he had been lined up
at a Halloween dance in the late 1930s, bored
silly, when “suddenly there (was) a blast of
accordion music, and Arthur Motter
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Lamb—fake, bulbous nose, colored glasses,
and a black, cardboard moustache—careened
into the gym on his unicycle, baritone bellowing ‘Santa Lucia,’ hands flailing the keyboard.”
Bill remembers Mr. Lamb’s “horror” of modern things. “Little things drove him crazy.
When he heard something ‘off,’ like the misuse of a phrase, or if he heard the crinkling of paper—he hated the sound of crinkling
paper!—he would let out a piercing scream!”
And, of course, there was the car. He would
drive his enormous, blue Cadillac (or in later
years, a big Packard) with his legs crossed,
only one foot working the multiple pedals, in
a story recounted by Jere Farrington ’37 but
retold across several generations. “We called
The Mikado, as presented in 1949.
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respect, and, further, he didn’t seem to care
what we thought of him. What he did do was make abundantly clear what he did care
about. He was passionate, fearless, opinionated, and eccentric in every way. We all shook
our heads and joked about him behind his
back. Yet, while it wasn’t fashionable to admit
it, I doubt there was anybody there, student
or faculty, who was admired or respected
more. He was a great teacher and, for me, as
it turned out, an unforgettable role model.”
“He dominated five of my six years at
Middlesex,” agrees Bill. “In the draft of my
memoirs, which runs 400 pages, Lamb is a
full 10 pages.” Henry Stone, Sr. ’34 adds, “As a young kid, you didn’t know what to make of him. But by the time we were seniors, we
really appreciated him; he came to your level
at that point, and we greatly respected him.”
Boys being boys, of course, notions of
respect and admiration were always leavened
with irreverence. A little ditty they sang in
Lamb’s final years attested to how they felt:
Surprisingly not perched up in the organ loft, Mr. Lamb occupied a box seat
by the window during this 1930s chapel service.
him ‘Dingbat,’” a nickname that would endure
for his entire Middlesex career, recalls George,
“because he was so peculiar.”
Yet, in hundreds of conversations, no
Middlesex master has been cited by more
alumni as their most memorable, and most
influential, teacher. How did someone so
eccentric, so clearly different from all others
around him, become such an iconic master,
the man who influenced a half-century of
Middlesex boys?
“When I came to Middlesex, I quickly
learned that there was a severe penalty for
standing out,” says Henry, Jr. “We all teased—
harassed—people for their clothes, their speech,
their hair, and their mannerisms. For many of
us, this created a desperate need to fly below
the radar, if we could, or learn to become an
arbiter of what was okay and what was not. In this atmosphere of 1950s intolerance, what
was I to make of Arthur Motter Lamb? He
was like no one I had ever known in every
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The music’s always hotter
With good old Arthur Motter!
On the 50th anniversary of his death, it
seems appropriate to reflect on Mr. Lamb’s
powerful influence on several generations of
Middlesex students and, indeed, on Middlesex as a “singing school,” as Hugh Fortmiller
called it in the centennial history, Find the
Promise. To this day, Middlesex remains a
school where music has been and is a constant presence.
According to Pierson Wetzel, co-head of
the music department, there are 126 students
who sing in one of the School’s several choral
and a capella groups. Add to that the 140 students who take weekly music lessons, the two
dozen or so who perform in an orchestra or
ensemble, and the 80 to 100 who perform in
or support a main stage theatrical production
or musical, and you have well over 200 students
who are actively involved in one or more
forms of music and theatre each year. Pierson
is constantly surprised by the high level of
involvement but says that it is not by accident. “Middlesex encourages broad participation through its scheduling. I think that we
are one of a tiny handful of schools that
allows students to sing or perform in addition to doing other things. Many schools
require students to choose between performing arts and sports, but we encourage
students to do it all. It is taxing, but kids can really discover talents they did not know
that they had.” Tom Kane, the director of the theatre, puts it a slightly different way.
“At other schools, there are theatre cliques
and jock cliques with very little interaction
between the two,” he says. “Here at Middlesex, the delineation between groups is less
clear. Some of our best athletes are some of
our best actors.” (He is quick to add, with a laugh, that “of course, some of our best
actors are also some of our worst athletes!”)
Arthur Motter Lamb arrived at Middlesex in 1919, fresh out of Harvard, to take over
the music program. A bit of a prodigy, he had
graduated in three years at age 19, and Headmaster Frederick Winsor (who had known
his father in Baltimore) took a bit of a flier
and hired him, even though he looked
younger than many of his Middlesex charges.
Although Mr. Lamb spoke several languages fluently, and also taught French at
Middlesex, it was in music that he made his
mark. He taught music appreciation, led the
Glee Club, directed the concerts, and produced the theatricals. All the while, he
ensured that music was a part of every boy’s
life. “In music classes,” remembered Sheldon,
“we practiced our choral parts, and we also
learned folksongs for the fall, Christmas, and
May concerts. And we learned them in their
original languages: not only Latin, French,
German, Italian, or Spanish but also in
Gaelic or Polish.”
Casual participation was not permitted
by Mr. Lamb. “He was driven to pass on to us
unwashed boys his passion for his music, the
great music, the right music,” recalls Henry
Stone, Jr. “Pounding the keyboard of the
rehearsal piano until his nails split, shouting
out instructions, screeching with dismay if we
weren’t paying attention or only giving half
an effort…. Love it or hate it, you were not
allowed indifference.”
For the boys who showed more than a
passing interest in classical music, Mr. Lamb
would literally go the extra mile. Every Friday, he
would load up the aforementioned Cadillac
“He was driven to pass on to us unwashed boys
his passion for his music, the great music, the right
music. Pounding the keyboard of the rehearsal
piano until his nails split, shouting out instructions,
screeching with dismay if we weren’t paying
attention or only giving half an effort.... Love it or hate it, you were not allowed indifference.”
Visible in this Glee Club rehearsal
photo from the early 1930s is Henry
Stone, Sr. ’34 (back row, third from
the left).
Henry Stone, Jr. ’61
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or Packard and drive a group of students into Boston for the symphony. Henry Stone, Sr. recalls, “In Friday morning’s
music class, he would give us a lecture on the composers and
pieces that were to be played that afternoon in Symphony
Hall. Then, if you were lucky, you’d be picked to ride to Boston, there to sit in the front row, right, and to hear the program, usually conducted by Sergei Koussevitzky.”
Ask any alumnus from the era about Mr. Lamb’s great-
est Middlesex contribution, however, and he will give the
same answer. “Gilbert & Sullivan was a big deal,” says George
Senkler ’52. “It dominated the school year. We all looked forward to it.” According to Bill, “Gilbert & Sullivan was sacrosanct. Everyone came to the performance. You wouldn’t dream of making fun of it or of anyone in it!”
Ask any alumnus from the era about Mr. Lamb’s
greatest Middlesex contribution, however, and he will
give the same answer. “Gilbert & Sullivan was a big
deal,” says George Senkler ’52. “It dominated the
school year. We all looked forward to it.”
For the uninitiated, Gilbert & Sullivan operas were Victorian-era, satirical musical theatre productions that
matched witty, dry, and very funny lyrics with memorable melodies. They were the precursors to the contemporary
musical and were highly popular in London, New York, and
much of the world in the late 19th century and first few
decades of the 20th century. As Ivan Hewett wrote in The
Telegraph in 2002, G&S operas present a “special blend of
charm, silliness, and gentle satire” full of “simple melodic
charm” that makes them timeless.
Middlesex had begun a tradition of annually performing
a Gilbert & Sullivan opera under Mr. Lamb’s predecessor,
William Taylor. But Mr. Lamb, an ardent G&S fan, took it to a new, higher level. His productions were lavish, with full
orchestras, elaborate costumes, and gorgeous sets built by his
faculty colleague and friend Russell Kettell ’10. “The attention
to detail in the costumes and sets was meticulous,” remembers
Bill. “The ruffles and flourishes were astounding.” Mr. Lamb
produced a stock, seven-year rotation that included The Gondoliers, The Mikado, Ruddigore, Iolanthe, Princess Ida, The Yeoman of the Guard, and Patience. His list did not include the two G&S operas that are perhaps the best known,
The Pirates of Penzance and H.M.S. Pinafore. Why not? Sheldon suggests that Mr. Lamb felt that “other (read ‘inferior’) schools did those and did them badly.”
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Mr. Lamb maintained the English tradition of casting the youngest boys, whose
voices had not yet changed, in the girls’ parts.
Bill can still sing every note of his part of
Yum-Yum, the female lead role in The Mikado
that he played in eighth grade. “I was chubby,
about five-feet tall and 105 pounds. It took a lot of makeup to make me credible.” he
recalls. “My father was in the audience in the fifth row with his head in his hands; my mother was beaming!”
Weeks of intense rehearsal finally led to
opening night. George Senkler remembers,
“Mr. Lamb would make a grand entrance into the auditorium at the beginning of the
performance. Wearing black tie and tails, he
would march to the front of the room, take a
deep bow, turn to the piano, and dramatically
flip the tails up before he sat down. Much to our great glee, Mr. Kettell would follow
quietly right behind him and teasingly flip up the bottom of his suit jacket before taking his seat in the front row.”
Once seated at the piano, Mr. Lamb
“played every single operetta by memory and did not miss a note,” remembers Henry,
Sr. Not content simply to direct the performers and conduct the orchestra, all while he
was playing the piano, Mr. Lamb had an
additional task to consume his energies. He had created a long, rectangular box that
flashed signals to the boys on stage. Every
performer remembers the box, as much for
its novelty as for its usefulness. Left and right
arrows told them to move one way or another;
an elephant urged them not to make so much
noise with their feet; lips reminded them to
smile. Bill remembers a “mouse on the lower
right-hand corner of the box that demanded
that we stop looking down at the floor!”
Mr. Lamb’s untimely death in the spring
of 1961 signaled the end of Gilbert & Sullivan
at Middlesex. The times were changing, and
there was an interest in other forms of dramatic production. Middlesex and many
schools like it were phasing out the seventh
and eighth grades, which meant that there
were fewer and fewer sopranos and altos able
to take on the girls’ parts. And, in a bit of an ironic twist, the advent of coeducation a
decade or so later cemented the demise of
G&S: none of the painstakingly created costumes could be altered to fit the girls.
Yet, Mr. Lamb’s influence survives, long after his passing.
Surely he created an atmosphere in which music was an indelible part of the fabric of Middlesex. And he also gave to
many of the boys in his charge a love of music that remains to this day. “I received from him a lifelong appreciation for
classical music,” says George Senkler. “My wife grew up in
post-war Germany, and we have a shared passion for opera,
orchestra, and Wagner. Of course, any time I hear a Gilbert & Sullivan tune, I start singing along. It drives my family
crazy!” Henry, Sr. was influenced tremendously by the music
appreciation classes and the trips to the orchestra. “It was an experience I’ll never forget,” he says, “and one which motivates me to this day to subscribe to the Boston Symphony
Orchestra’s Friday afternoon concerts. At age 95, that’s a lot of wonderful music for which I am gratefully indebted to
Arthur Motter Lamb.”
There were other life lessons, too. “Mr. Lamb’s attention
to detail helped to instill some work habits in me that I have
never lost,” argues Bill. “And if anything prepares you for politics, it is being alone on stage when the curtain comes up.”
“His time-honored pattern of doing things intoxicated
me with my first scent of tradition,” remembered Bart Calder
He had created a long, rectangular box
that flashed signals to the boys on stage.
Every performer remembers the box, as
much for its novelty as for its usefulness.
Left and right arrows told them to move
one way or another; an elephant urged
them not to make so much noise with
their feet; lips reminded them to smile.
’58. “Mr. Lamb devoted his entire life to one
preparatory school in one small town. When
an even greater musical career might have
been his destiny, his willing and most likely
unconscious devotion to so many parts of
Middlesex stands as a testimony which
should not be forgotten.” M
The Anvil issue
of March 17, 1934,
carried this
depiction of a
clearly displeased
Mr. Lamb during
a G&S rehearsal.
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In Memoriam
Prentiss Godfrey ’35
Prentiss Godfrey died March 16,
2011, in Bangor, ME.
He was born in Bangor on
December 12, 1915, the son of Edward
and Emma Eastman Godfrey, and
attended Somerset School in Bangor
before following his brother, the
late Edward R. Godfrey, Jr. ’25,
to Middlesex. Prentiss graduated
from Wassokeag School in 1934,
Harvard in 1938, and the University
of Michigan Law School in 1941.
During World War II, he flew submarine patrol missions for the Civil
Air Patrol’s Coastal Patrol base in
Portland and later was a civilian
pilot and instructor at an Army Air
Force glider school in Mobile, AL.
He then became a U.S. Navy flight
instructor until the close of the war
and maintained a keen interest in
aviation throughout his life.
A director of the Lincoln Trust
Company and the Eastern Trust
and Banking Company, he became
a director of Northeast Bankshare
Association and, later, Norstar Bank
as the banks merged. He retired at
the age of 70 when Norstar became
Fleet Bank. He was also a longtime
trustee of Brewer Savings Bank.
Prentiss is survived by his
wife of 66 years, Frances Edwards
Godfrey; three sons, John E. Godfrey ’66, David P. Godfrey ’69, and
Donald Godfrey ’76; two daughters,
Ann Godfrey Ogilvie and Alice
Godfrey Eyles; and numerous
grandchildren and greatgrandchildren.
Richard M. Kip ’37
Richard Murrell Kip died on
October 18, 2010.
The son of Professor and
Mrs. Herbert Z. Kip, Dick was born
on October 21, 1919, and came to
Middlesex in 1934 from the Bulkeley
School in New London, CT. After
graduating, he earned his undergraduate degree at Princeton and
married Joan Frances Evans on
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April 21, 1944. Beginning his
career in transportation with Braniff
International, Dick lived in San
Francisco for five years and then
in various cities throughout Latin
America for 20 years. Becoming
an aviation consultant with R. Dixon
Speas Associates in 1969, he settled
in Manhasset, NY, where he lived
until retiring to his farm in Norfolk,
CT, in the mid-1980s.
Predeceased by his wife Joan
and daughter Isabel, Dick is survived by his son Michael and
two granddaughters.
John R. Schorger ’42
John Rodger Schorger, 83, died
on May 6, 2008, in Tallahassee, FL.
Born in Madison, Wisconsin,
on December 29, 1924, John followed
his brother, the late William D.
Schorger ’39, to Middlesex in 1938
after earning a Prize Scholarship.
He volunteered to serve in the
American Field Service, attached
to the British 8th Army in North
Africa. Upon his return, John joined
the U.S. Navy and received an
honorable discharge following WWII.
After graduating from Harvard
with a degree in English history,
he worked in advertising and
marketing. Moving to Florida, he
started his own freelance writing
firm, Schorger & Schorger. John
appreciated numerous intellectual
pursuits throughout his life. His
most fulfilling accomplishment was
helping to develop the TallahasseeLeon Community Animal Service
Center.
John is survived by his son, John
“Jock” Schorger; his grandson, John
Schiller; two granddaughters, Ashley
Dohrn and Colleen Richards; his
stepson, C.A. “Andy” Lininger; and
his stepdaughter, Elizabeth Sheridan.
His daughter, Abigail McCormick,
preceded John in death.
Richard C. Newlands ’46
Richard Creighton Newlands died
of natural causes on July 9, 2010.
Dick was born on January 12,
1928, to Helen and George Newlands in Portland, OR. He joined
the second class at Middlesex and,
after graduation, earned a B.A. in
political science at Yale. Dick served
in the U.S. Army during the Korean
War, subsequently taking over his
father’s insurance business and
building it into the partnership
Campbell, Gait and Newlands (USI).
With a strong sense of civic
duty, Dick supported numerous
charities and served as board president for several organizations. He
enjoyed sports and social clubs
and was a voracious reader with
a deep knowledge of history.
In addition to his wife, Sally
Voss Newlands, Dick is survived
by their four children, Martha,
George, Rich, and Donald; eight
grandchildren; and his large
circle of lifelong friends.
H. Curtis Place ’46
Hermann Curtis Place died on
May 8, 2010, in Englewood, NJ.
The son of Hermann G. and
Angela Moore Place, Curtis was
born in Manhattan on February
27, 1927. Drafted near the end of
his second class year at Middlesex,
he joined the U.S. Marine Corps
in the summer of 1945 and went
on to study agriculture at Cornell
University after completing his
service. On June 19, 1948, Curtis
married Patricia “Patsy” Miller,
and, on graduating from Cornell,
moved to Millbrook, NY, where
he managed his father’s dairy farm
until his retirement. Devoted to
his family and community, Curtis
was supervisor of the town of
Washington, NY, from 1967–83.
Predeceased by his wife Patsy,
Curtis is survived by his three
children, Anne P. Fiore, George T.
Place, and Katherine P. Clark; five
grandchildren; two great-grand-
children; his brother John; and his
sister, Angela Supple. His nephew,
John Bassett Moore Place, Jr. ’72,
is also a Middlesex graduate.
Malcolm Richards ’47
Malcolm Richards died on May 16,
2010.
He was born on July 28, 1928,
and graduated from The Fenn
School before coming to Middlesex,
the alma mater of his father, the
late Thomas K. Richards ’11. On
graduating, Mal earned his undergraduate degree at the University
of Washington and completed the
Executive Training Program at
Harvard Business School. Over the
course of his career, he served as
an accountant for Turner Construction Company, a budget director
for Paramount Pictures, a controller
for ITT and Chemical Bank, and
a management consultant. Settled
in Leicester, NC, in his retirement,
he enjoyed playing bridge, traveling,
and fishing.
Mal is survived by his wife of
50 years, Toni Gray Richards; two
daughters, Marla and Toni; and
his son Mark.
Bernard F. Rogers ’49
Bernard Fowler Rogers died on
September 10, 2010.
Born to James and Jane Linn
Rogers in Chicago, IL, on November
8, 1931, Bernie attended the Chicago
Latin School before Middlesex. After
graduating from Yale, he served in
the CIC in Japan. Taking advantage
of the GI Bill, he studied writing
in Innsbruck, Austria, returning
to Chicago in 1956 and marrying
Elizabeth Dudley Elting in 1957.
They had four sons.
In Chicago, Bernie worked as
an insurance executive for Marsh
and McClennan. He also served
as the youngest trustee of the Art
Institute of Chicago, worked with
a black youth gang called the
Conservative Vice Lords on the
South Side, and presided over the
Lincoln Park Zoo. Although
Bernie’s life would find him in
many different locales—including
New York, Colorado, St. Barts,
and Wisconsin—he maintained a
love for his native city of Chicago
and regaled his friends with stories
of his early exploits there.
Predeceased by his eldest son,
Mark H. Rogers ’77, Bernie is
survived by three sons, Michael E. Rogers ’78, Paul W. Rogers ’82,
and Christopher W. Rogers; two
stepsons, Anthony H. Woods ’90
and Nicholas Greenway; a stepdaughter, Vandy Boudreau; and
two sisters, Maryjane Clay and
Hope Haff.
Paul C. Washburn ’53
Paul Carruth Washburn, Jr. died
January 9, 2011.
Born in Boston on September 4,
1935, Paul attended the Fay School
before Middlesex and subsequently
earned his undergraduate degree
at Harvard. Based in New England,
Paul was a trust investment officer
for several banking institutions,
including Eaton and Howard in
Boston, Merchant’s National Bank
in Manchester, NH, and Howard
Bank in Burlington, VT.
In addition, Paul and his wife
Penny owned and operated the Red
Fox Alpine Lodge at Smugglers
Notch, VT, for 12 years. In retirement in Nokomis, FL, they enjoyed
skiing, sailing, boating, fishing, and
golf. Paul spent nine years in the U.S.
Army and Army Reserves, serving
in the artillery and achieving the
rank of E7.
In addition to his wife Penny,
he is survived by two sons, Paul
and Miles; two stepchildren, Brian
Russell and Heather Burke; and
seven grandchildren.
Robyn M. Dawes ’54
Robyn Mason Dawes died on
December 14, 2010, of complications from Parkinson’s disease.
He was born on July 23, 1936,
in Pittsburgh, PA, and came to
Middlesex after winning a National
Prize Scholarship. On graduating,
Robyn earned an A.B. in philosophy
from Harvard, and an M.A. in
clinical psychology and a Ph.D.
in mathematical psychology from
the University of Michigan. A
pioneer in the field of behavioral
decision research—which integrates
psychology, economics, and human
emotions—Robyn retired in 2009
as the Charles J. Queenan, Jr. professor of psychology at Carnegie
Mellon University, where he also
headed the department of social
sciences. He arrived at CMU in
1985 from the University of Oregon,
where he had taught psychology
and served as a department head,
and he soon earned a reputation
as a myth buster. In his 1996 book,
House of Cards: Psychology and
Psychotherapy Built on Myth, he
called out mental health professionals for ignoring empirical
research in favor of techniques
that do not hold up to scientific
inquiry.
Among Robyn’s other books
are Rational Choice in an Uncertain
World, which he co-wrote with Reid
Hastie and which won the William
James Award in 1990; Mathematical
Psychology: An Elementary Introduction; The Fundamentals of Attitude Measurement; and Everyday
Irrationality: How Pseudoscientists,
Lunatics, and the Rest of Us Fail
to Think Rationally.
Robyn was inducted into the
American Academy of Arts and
Sciences in 2002 and elected to a
fellowship to the American Statistical Association in 2006. In 2005,
the American Psychological Society
honored his lifetime of scientific
contributions with a festschrift, a
collection of essays about his work
written by colleagues. Robyn was
also an accomplished musician who
composed solo piano pieces in
a variety of classical styles.
He is survived by his wife, Mary
Schafer; two daughters, Jennifer
Dawes and Molly Meyers; and
two grandchildren.
Thomas N. Perkins, Jr. ’63
Thomas Nelson Perkins, Jr. died on
December 9, 2010, after a long illness.
The son of Thomas N. and
Anne Houghton Perkins of Westwood, MA, Tom attended Dexter
School before Middlesex and was
an alumnus of the University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill and
Boston University. He was an avid
bicyclist and student of history,
as well as a longtime supporter
of Doctors Without Borders, St.
Jude’s Children’s Hospital, and
KTEH Public Television.
Tom is survived by his wife, Abby
Willowroot; two sons, Thomas N.
Perkins IV and Samuel H. Perkins;
four grandchildren; six nieces and
nephews; and two sisters, Polly
Bauhan and Anne McDowell.
Peter E. Gardiner ’73
Peter Eaton Gardiner died
suddenly on October 10, 2010.
Peter was born in New York
City and grew up in New Vernon
and Far Hills, NJ. A graduate of
the Peck School, Middlesex, and
Boston University, he worked
briefly in Washington, DC, for
the Energy Commission before
founding Allegheny Hydropower.
Peter continued his work in hydroelectricity with Cresci Associates,
where he contributed to designing
and overseeing the completion of
the Quechee Gorge (VT) hydroelectric site. He worked in several
entrepreneurial undertakings—
from software design to Alpen
Glace ice cream cafés in Miami,
FL—before he found his greatest
professional passion: working with
Clair International, Prime, and
Brookline Audi. Peter may be best
remembered for chairing the annual
Bastille Day celebration and other
fundraising events for the French
Library in Boston and numerous
other Boston charities.
In addition to his wife, Lisa
(Doyle) Gardiner, Peter is survived
by his children, Alexandra and
Robert; his father and stepmother,
Robert and Elizabeth Gardiner;
his stepfather, Paul Glover; his
sisters, Megan Gardiner and
Susan Trespalacios; his brother,
Tom Gardiner; his stepsiblings,
Stuart and Glynn Valentine; and
numerous nieces and nephews.
He was predeceased by his
mother, Janet Glover.
Samuel Hazard
Former Middlesex faculty member
Samuel Hazard, who served the
School from 1952–59, died on
September 15, 2010.
A graduate of St. Andrew’s
School and Williams College, Sam
later attended Harvard and Northwestern. He served in the Navy
in World War II and saw action in
the North Atlantic. Sam was first
married to Elisabeth Trott and had
three children; he worked in the
family business until he discovered
his real love, teaching. At Middlesex,
he is remembered as an English
teacher, football coach, and housemaster of Bryant-Paine. He taught
at and was the headmaster of other
schools on the East Coast, as well
as in California, Idaho, and Florida.
After his divorce, Sam later
married Juliana Pettit Merchant.
He subsequently became the founding headmaster of the Ketchum-Sun
Valley Community School and the
Naples Community School, also
overseeing the founding years of
the Riverstone Community School.
Sam is survived by his wife of
41 years, Julie; his three children,
Crissy Cherry, Elisabeth TierceHazard, and Serena Hazard; four
stepchildren, Karen Merchant-Yates,
Vicky Walker, Philip Merchant,
and Albert Merchant; and eight
grandchildren.
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Back Story
Hallowell’s Flag
A wartime portrait of Colonel
Norwood Penrose Hallowell.
Image courtesy of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University
Library.
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Ardent abolitionist, courageous Civil War
veteran, respected Boston banker: Colonel
Norwood Penrose Hallowell was well-known
and admired in each of these roles—and as a
Middlesex trustee and board president. Many
may connect his name with Hallowell House,
which was named for him; but, fewer may know
the history behind his Civil War belongings,
especially a large flag, that have been displayed
in the Warburg Library since the early 1970s.
“Pen” Hallowell was raised as a Quaker
by abolitionist parents whose Philadelphia
home was a station on the Underground Railroad. In April 1861, as he finished his degree
at Harvard, he joined the 20th Massachusetts
Regiment, determined to fight to end slavery.
Within two years, he had been commissioned
a lieutenant-colonel for the 54th Massachusetts
Infantry, the state’s first volunteer regiment of African-American soldiers, led by Colonel
Robert Gould Shaw (immortalized in sculpture by Augustus Saint-Gaudens and, later, in
the 1989 film Glory). In May 1863, Hallowell
accepted the command of the 55th Infantry,
the state’s second African-American regiment,
which he led in the summer siege of Fort
Wagner. Disabled by battle wounds, he was
discharged in November 1863.
As a friend of two founding Middlesex
trustees, Major Henry Higginson and General Charles Jackson Paine, Hallowell was
asked to join the new School’s Board in 1902,
and he served as its president from 1904 until
his death in 1914. Decades later, with this
close association in mind, Hannah Hallowell
Bigelow thoughtfully offered her grandfather’s
ceremonial 55th Regiment flag and several
other items to Middlesex, where they were
placed on the library’s second floor.
And with equal thoughtfulness, generous Middlesex alumni and parents recently
funded the restoration of the fragile, historic
flag—just in time for a special exhibit at the
Concord Museum called “When Duty Whispers: Concord and the Civil War.” Now open
through September 18, 2011, the exhibit not only features Hallowell’s flag but also his 20th Regiment sword and medical kit.
Come October, all of these artifacts will
return to Middlesex to be installed on the
Warburg’s main floor near the office of
Library Director Jeff Smith, who initiated the restoration project. M
Reconnect
with the Redesigned and Revitalized
Middlesex School Web Site
Launching by May 31, 2011
New Look, Same Address:
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P.O.Box 9122
Concord, Massachusetts
01742-9122
www.mxschool.edu
Calm Waters
On a rare, idyllic April afternoon,
Middlesex crews glide by the docks
of the new Paumgarten Boathouse.
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