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Volume 3 Issue 3 Spring 2010

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“Catch It, Match It, Beat It”: Eamon Javers ’90, White House Correspondent On Assignment

For some students, the task of listing 30 qualities of a burning candle is nothing more than a weird classroom assign-ment; for others it is a door to one of life’s less-appreciated truths. Challenged to observe a single object so closely, the young Eamon Javers ’90, now a CNBC Washington correspondent covering lobbying and regulatory affairs, learned a

lifelong lesson: there are many things that go unnoticed, even though they’re right in front of your eyes.

“That lesson has served me well as a journalist,” Javers explained on a recent visit back to CHA to give the Cum Laude speech to the Upper School. A little curiosity and strong powers of observation are what enabled him to uncover the secret world detailed in his first book, Broker, Trader, Lawyer, Spy: The Secret World of Corporate Espionage, which came out in February.

“It’s not that these guys were hid-ing,” Javers explains. “They are right under our noses. They have websites; they’re in the phone books. But their real work is con-cealed beneath a veneer of euphe-misms—and if you’re not looking carefully, you’ll miss what they’re really doing.”

These observational powers also served Javers well in discovering the under-the-table payments that DC Lobbyist Jack Abramoff was making to political columnists in exchange for favorable coverage of his clients—an exposé that won him an Award of Distinction in investigative journalism from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University in 2006.

Javers’ entire career has involved seeing the world through the gimlet eyes of a journalist. His father, editor of Philadelphia Magazine in the 80s and later an editor at Newsweek, was his first role model. “It never occurred to me to be a banker,” says Javers, who cut his own journalistic teeth as editor of CHA’s Campus Lantern and later, of Colgate University’s student newspaper. “I’ve always been kind of irreverent and question-ing of authority,” he confesses. “And I’ve always enjoyed asking the tough questions.” (To which many of his former CHA teachers will vividly attest!)

That curiosity and questioning first led him, after college, to an editorial assistant position with the Capitol Hill weekly, The Hill, where, among other highlights, he had an opportunity to interview Ted Kennedy and cover the Clinton-Lewinsky affair. (“They were so desperate for news coverage, they lowered the bar dramatically and allowed me to become one of their on-air pundits.”) After stints at CNBC and BusinessWeek, and a tech magazine that burst in the dot com bubble, Javers joined Politico in 2008. In his capacity as White House correspondent for this inside-the-Beltway news organization, he appeared on the Today Show, the Early Show, and the Daily Show, as well as on NBC, CBS, and PBS evening news.

Politico represents the new breed of journalism, says Javers, who recently left the young news organization to return to CNBC. Equally print and web based, Politico has carved out a special niche covering politics from “the inside out.” “It’s not a mass market thing,” he explains. “It covers only one subject—the inside world of Washington, DC. It was the first to break the news that Goldman Sachs had hired Obama’s former lawyer to represent them in the investment scandal.” Those people who want or need to know what’s going on every hour in the nation’s capital turn to Politico.

Politico also represents another wave in journalism—news at the speed of light. “We live in a Blackberry culture,” observes Javers. “People want their news NOW. News organizations like Politico refresh their websites constantly. If there’s not something new up there every five minutes, they’re behind.” But with speed there is the risk of losing depth, he cautions. “As news deadlines continue to shrink, our profession needs to be vigilant about preserving its primary role as a dispassionate, reflective, analytical voice on the events of our times.”

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Profiles in LeadershipProfiles in Leadership 1

Sports Wrap (Winter & Spring) 9

Class Notes 11

Mystery Photo 12

The CHA Story: Celebrating 150 Years 2

Reunions 2010 5

Prize Day & Commencement 2010 6

Chapter 5: “It’s Not Just Academic”

Photo recap of CHA’s annual alumni return

Eamon Javers ’90 Washington Correspondent

In its end-of-year ceremonies, CHA recognizes students, faculty, and alumni for their achievements and contribu-tions to the school.

Washington correspondent Eamon Javers on assignment, about to board Air Force One.

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Athletics

O f all the non-academic pursuits in a boys’ school athletics is pre-eminent. From its early years —when promotional literature featured the playing fields, gym, and other sports facilities—to the present day, the school has asserted the

importance of the athletic programs in the CHA student’s development.

Athletics serve several purposes. At an elemental level they give the testosterone-driven young men a release for their pent-up energy. On a more refined level, athletics have many benefits.

Headmaster Frank Steel ’77 says, “Sports are important because they provide a frame-work and opportunity in which kids can grow as full human beings. You learn about discipline. You learn teamwork.

“In team sports boys are given the opportunity to challenge themselves, to face failure and sometimes, depending on the sport, face physical peril and conquer their fears.”

While football, basketball, track, and soccer were the only sports available in 1901, today there are 14: football, soccer, and cross country in the fall; basketball, squash, ice hockey, wrestling, and indoor track in the winter; and baseball, track, tennis, crew, golf, and lacrosse in the spring.

The first really successful CHA team was the undefeated 1910 football team. In 1923 CHA joined the nation’s oldest inter-scholastic league: The Inter-Academic League, then composed of five schools: Germantown Academy, Episcopal Academy, Penn Charter, Haverford School, and St. Luke’s School.

In the 1920s and 1930s baseball was king, with the 1927 and 1929 teams Inter-Ac champs and 1930’s team sharing the title. The 1941 football team, although not playing in the Inter-Ac, was undefeated.

The athletic program changed radically in 1942 when the school eliminated its upper four grades. During the next 14 years, sports were required of all boys from 3rd Grade up. There was competition, some intra-mural and some with other schools. The success of those programs is credited to Harold Parachini ’33, a faculty member and coach since 1937 who served as athletic director during the years without an Upper School.

When the school again graduated a senior class in 1956, sports at the junior varsity and varsity levels were re-established. Baseball was the first to field a varsity team. Over the next few years basketball, track, and tennis rejoined the Inter-Ac, with the 1962 football squad being the last to do so.

CHA’s relatively small enrollment long presented challenges to the sports program. In its nascent years, there was frequent opining in the student publication over the lack of par-ticipants on various teams. The March 1908 Wissahickon lamented: “In a small school like ours it is absolutely necessary that the greater part of the baseball team should be on the track team, and vice versa, if either of them is to be successful. We feel sure that

Schools today can no longer offer only readin’, ‘ritin’, and ‘rithmetic, the traditional “Three ‘R’s.” To be successful they have had to change the alphabet from those three R’s to a more inclusive four A’s: academics, athletics, arts, and activities.

Chestnut Hill Academy has always held the academic program’s excellence as its high-est priority. It is, after all, the quality of the classroom experience that forms a school’s reputation, both as a draw for the best students and as preparation for education and life after graduation.

With the increasing recognition that an education consists of much more than studying the conventional subjects, however, Chestnut Hill Academy has, over time, expanded its program to provide a wide diversity of experiences.

The school’s programs in athletics and arts, and its activities all have roots in curricular requirements. CHA, as could be expected of a boys’ school, always included a physical education program and a strong focus on competitive sports. One of CHA’s earliest head-masters, James Patterson, concluded a treatise on “Scholarship” by observing, “without a sound body a highly trained mind is of comparatively slight service to the world.”

Classes in the arts began as “freehand drawing,” and “vocal music” for Lower and Middle School students, then grew to full offerings of painting, print work, and pottery, instru-mental training, orchestra playing, and music appreciation, theory, and literature.

Class trips, outdoor and service programs were required activities that were at times aca-demically related and at others designed to provide “maturing experiences.”

The three non-academic A’s—athletics, arts, and activities—give the student choices based on his interests, either through participation in sports, elective courses, or other extra-curricular activities.

CHA’s 1932 varsity basketball team wins the school’s first hoops Inter-Ac title.

CHA History: Celebrating 150 Years Chapter 5 by Clark Groome ’60

It’s Not JustAcademic

Wissahickon Inn becomes CHA’s full-time home

The Wissahickon begins publication

Sock and Buskin drama club established

First Light Blue/Dark Blue contests held

Caerulean begins publication CHA joins Inter-Academic League

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1920s baseball on what is now CHA’s Shuttleworth Field.

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everybody with the tiniest spark of school spirit will agree with us when we say that, unless a stude (sic) is physically incapable, there is no reason why every fellow in long trousers should not try for the [track] team.”

Over the last 50 years, new sports have come, some have gone, and some have come and gone and come again.

In 1962 CHA crew, under the direction of Frank Steel Sr. ’29, took to the Schuylkill for the first time.

Riflery began in the early 1900s and became prominent leading up to and during World War I. In more recent times it was either an inter-scholastic sport or a club activity. In 1999 it was closed down following the massacre at Colorado’s Columbine High School.

Ice Hockey first became a varsity sport in 1976, was dropped in 1984, and returned in 2004. Talk about adding lacrosse began in the early 1970s, but it wasn’t until 2004, when the school had grown sufficiently to support a team, that it was established.

Along the way, there have been bumps in the road. The biggest came in 1972 when the varsity football team was very small. After several injuries to key players, the squad was reduced to 18. The school physician, Charles T. “Chat” Lee h’77, recommended that the season be suspended. It was, and the decision was made to take a leave of absence from the Inter-Ac.

Five years later, playing an independent schedule that included Haverford School and Episcopal Academy from the Inter-Ac, the school’s gridders had what may be their best season ever. That 1977 squad was undefeated, outscoring its opponents 235 to 16.

CHA and some neighboring independent and small public schools formed the Independence Football League in 1985. Between 1986 and 2005, when CHA football rejoined the Inter-Ac, CHA won 10 IFL crowns.

During the period from 1956 to 2009, CHA has won numerous championships in many sports. A sampling: soccer won seven consecutive Inter-Ac crowns from 1987 to 1994; squash won six straight starting in 1998; tennis had a five-year run from 1994 through 1998; and track won seven league championships between 1989 and 2002. Golf was league co-champion in 1988 and 1989.

Doubtless there have been dozens of memorable individual games. There is one, how-ever, that more than any other has become legendary.

On November 17, 1973, CHA played for the Inter-Ac soccer championship against Episcopal Academy. The game was the last of the season and the last on Blue-White-Blue Day, for many years an annual event pitting all the CHA fall teams against all their Episcopal counterparts.

On what is now Talbot Field, an estimated 2,000 people watched CHA and Episcopal play 70 minutes of soccer that ended with CHA’s last-minute goal giving them a 2-1 victory and with it their first Inter-Ac soccer championship. The win capped a 23-game unbeaten streak that started during the 1972 season. For soccer coach Jim Talbot h’81 it was “the most exciting athletic event I’ve ever been part of.”

In the academy’s early years, coaches were exclusively teachers or administrators, many of whom coached two or three seasons. In recent years the school has employed a com-bination of faculty and outside coaches. While, according to Headmaster Steel, “The teacher/coach is still the preferred model,” it’s no longer realistic.

Stan Parker ‘68—CHA’s faculty dean, History Department chairman, varsity baseball coach and, from 2000 to 2004, the school’s athletic director – says, “The reality is we offer so many sports at so many different levels that we don’t have the personnel to do it and do it well. Outside coaches bring with them another approach, a different philoso-phy, a different personality, which is good for the kids. Outside coaches can also bring a knowledge of a different geographic area where the school might look for students.”

Of the thousands of CHA boys who have played for those coaches, several have gone on to distinguish themselves in their sports. Charles R. “Monk” Meyer ’32 was an All-America end at the United States Military Academy where he was also captain of the basketball team and lettered in track and lacrosse.

Stanley W. Pearson ’36 was one of the country’s leading squash players in the 1940s and 1950s and has been inducted into the Squash Hall of Fame.

Figure skater Scott Cramer ’76 was an internationally ranked figure skater who repre-sented the United States in many competitions and was a member of two Olympic teams. His career continued on the professional level after he stopped competing as an amateur.

Former CHA rowers Adam Holland ’90 and Tom Paradiso ’98 went on to compete in the Olympics. David Miller ’92 and Michael Koplove ‘95 went on to play professional base-ball. Both spent time in “the show,” the major leagues.

To honor these and other CHA athletes, coaches, and teams, the Chestnut Hill Academy Athletic Hall of Fame was founded in 2000. In the three ceremonies held so far, 37 players, six teams, and three coaches have been inducted. The coaches are soccer’s Jim

Talbot h’81; 1920s and 1930s football, basketball, and baseball coach William E. Shuttleworth h’38; and 1960s and 1970s basketball and baseball coach Robert A.”Maje” McDonnell h’06, who spent more than 50 years as a Philadelphia Phillies coach and member of the team’s community relations department.

Sports clearly have played a significant role in the school’s culture, serving as a rallying point to spark school spirit and reinforce alumni pride and loyalty. CHA’s annual Blue and Blue Day, with its iconic tug-of-war, has brought the whole school out onto the play-ing fields. Homecomings have been the occasion for student rallies around the bonfire and alumni returning to campus.

ArtsStudents who were not all that interested in sports have expressed themselves from time to time. In 1969 a Curriculum Committee recommended an end to mandatory athlet-ics outside of the school day hours, with an option to substitute an activity or project “deemed valuable either to himself, the school—or both.”

More recently, a student wrote in a 2004 Campus Lantern, “Chestnut Hill Academy has a ridiculous sports requirement” and went on to present numbers to show a dispro-portionate emphasis given the sports program over other activities, and even academic classes. He observed that the Players are using “a retrofitted barn” (italics his). The arts have always had their fans.

In 1907, a drama club, The Sock and Buskin Club (the sock and buskin are symbols of comedy and tragedy taken from Greek theater footwear), was established. The club’s first two performances, Lodgings to Let and Pipkin’s Rustic Retreat, were received with much hilarity, in great part due to the costumes and performances of the boys playing girls.

Sock and Buskin disbanded in 1924. For the next decade, in addition to the occasional Upper School performances and entertainments, the only regular dramatic produc-tions were the annual Lower School pageants that marked the end of the school year. Reflecting classroom work, themes included scenes relating to Robin Hood, Charlemagne, and Teddyuscung.

In 1935 a theater group called The Players appeared and produced shows until 1942 when the school eliminated its upper four grades. The Players returned with the first graduating class in 1956, no longer relying on boys in female roles. Girls from nearby schools, principally Springside, trod the boards with the CHA boys.

Over the years The Players has done some demanding work, including several Shakespeare plays and such heavyweight dramas as Chekhov’s The Cherry Orchard, Jean Anouilh’s Becket, Arthur Miller’s The Crucible, Federico Garcia Lorca’s Blood Wedding, and Moisés Kaufman’s The Laramie Project.

Since staging Lerner and Loewe’s Brigadoon in 1961, musicals have been a regular fea-ture of The Players’ seasons. Among those produced were The Fantasticks, My Fair Lady, Oliver!, Oklahoma, Guys and Dolls, The Sound of Music, Grease, and several Gilbert and Sullivan operettas.

The performing arts endured less than ideal facilities for years. For the first three-quar-ters of the last century they used whatever space was available. The main venue was the Woodward Gymnasium, already stretched to its limits. Finally, through the hard work of students and faculty and a small budget, the old Recreation Building was converted into a performing arts center. It opened January 17, 1974.

The musical groups of the early 20th century included a mandolin club, a quintet and a choir. Ruth Parachini, in her centennial history, notes that the school’s glee club (some-times known as the choir or the chorus) was the school’s oldest continuing organization.

More History OnlineSports, music and drama performances, class trips, service projects, and other outside-the-classroom activities are such a large part of what makes CHA unique that this chapter of the history is devoted to those aspects of the school’s program.

With so much to cover, some teams, people, or activities may end up on the editorial equivalent of the cutting-room floor. As a result, we have created special pages on the Chestnut Hill Academy web site featuring the CHA Athletic Hall of Fame, critical athletic milestones and all known team championships, and all dramatic productions since the school’s drama group became known as The Players in 1935.

These pages, as well as PDFs of the chapters of this school history, can be found on the school website under About CHA/School History.

Campus Lantern begins publication

Baseball wins first championship

Basketball wins first championship

Chestnut Hill Academy Players established

Tennis wins first championship

Student Richard Brodhead’s cantata Emanuel performed

Varsity football season suspended

Soccer wins first championship

Shuttleworth Field dedicatedWales/Charles Field dedicated

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Three men have chaired the music program for 96 of the last 108 years: Charles Elwell h’38 from 1902 to 1938; Albert B. Conkey h’66 from 1940 to 1978, with three years off to serve in World War II; and Roland Woehr h’07 from 1985 to today.

One of Conkey’s more memorable performances was the 1964 Christmas cantata Emanuel. Richard Brodhead ‘65, then a senior, composed the piece. The librettist was Doris Baizley, a 1963 Springside graduate. It was sung by the CHA and Springside glee clubs, with solos by faculty members Henry Putsch and William Reeves ’53. The Chestnut Hill Local reported it was “an evening as exciting as we have ever witnessed.

When Conkey retired in 1978, the school’s performing arts center, that “retrofitted barn,” was named in his honor.

Reeves founded The Chestnut Hill Academy Pipers in 1966. The Pipers, dressed in kilts, frequently entertained with their bagpipes. Reeves left to teach at another school in 1972. The Pipers didn’t survive without him. Longer lasting, and joining the long-estab-lished chorus and orchestra, were musical groups established in the 1970s and 1980s: The Boy Choir, Hilltones, and the Jazz Ensemble, which continue today.

Even though the 1921 Quarter Century Review notes that in 1896 the boys spent half of Thursday carving wood or modeling clay “in accordance with the views of Mr. J. Liberty Tadd,” there is sparse evidence of a thriving art program until 1942 when, because of the war, Barbara Crawford h’75 replaced her husband, Sam Feinstein, as CHA’s art teacher.

Tucked away in the basement, she managed to bring light and inspiration to generations of students, her “Cellar Rats,” whose efforts were exhibited on available wall space in the hallways off the Exchange and elsewhere around the school.

Crawford retired in 1990 as the longest-tenured faculty member in CHA’s history. The studio moved into the new art wing when that was built in 2000. Its gallery was named in Crawford’s honor.

In the fine arts program, painting, printmaking, etching, woodshop, metal shop, ceram-ics, photography, sculpture, digital art, filmmaking, and video production have, at vary-ing times, been available to the students.

In the Spring 1998 CHA News, Headmaster Richard Parker h’02 wrote about his doctoral thesis on CHA students’ attitudes toward the arts. He found the boys took more credit units beyond what is required than at other independent schools. He also believed that the school’s positive feedback for their involvement in arts programs allowed students to find that the arts fit into a view of masculinity within the school culture, even if not in the larger culture. He concluded that, for many, “arts had become part of their identities, and their continued participation is assured.”

Barnaby Roberts h’90, CHA’s headmaster from 1979 to 1990, remembers that before a football game at CHA, “here were these nine or 10 guys (the Hilltones) – some in football uni-forms, some in soccer uniforms, some in civilian clothes – singing the National Anthem.”

Headmaster Parker, recounting a similar experience, wrote in the winter 1997 CHA News that this was “emblematic of the way students of all ilks embrace the full CHA experience

and especially the arts.”

ActivitiesExtra-curricular activities in the Upper School were mod-est before 1942. With the school’s revitalization in the 1950s the opportunities to pursue interests and activi-ties beyond the classroom expanded considerably.

The programs that take place outside the classroom, what has been called “The Other

Curriculum,” or the “experiential education,” began in 1971 with the Junior School out-door program and class trips to the Poconos and French Creek State Park.

Although intended primarily as science lessons on ecology, it was noted, “Other disci-plines such as English, math, map making and surveying will also become a part of the program, as well as social and cultural history.”

From this beginning, “the other curriculum” grew to include a rich variety of trips near (younger grades exploring the Wissahickon, class trips to local museums) and far (the 6th Grade’s exchange program with Collegio Williams in Mexico City during the 1970s, and Upper School trips sponsored by the language department to France and Spain).

The “other curriculum” also came to include service to the community. Although seniors had been required to perform social service projects beginning in 1967, and community service had always been encouraged, it was not until 1987 that CHA launched a formal

service program to match stu-dent interests with appropri-ate organizations.

In its first year, the boys participated in individual and class projects, includ-ing an exchange program with the Northern Home in Roxborough and the first of what would be several Special Olympics for the United Cerebral Palsy Association, a program that is still going strong.

Unlike the relatively recent appearance of trips and ser-vice activities, the history of the clubs and associations takes us back more than a cen-tury. By 1905 Chestnut Hill Academy had music and dramatic clubs and also its first stu-dent publication, The Wissahickon, which had been launched in 1903. Initially it served as a literary magazine, a student newspaper, and a yearbook.

The Caerulean began publication as a yearbook in 1911, and, except for the years between 1943 and 1955, has been produced annually ever since. The Campus Lantern assumed reportorial duties in 1927. This left The Wissahickon as a literary magazine. While The Lantern has had, with the exception of that 1943-1955 period, an uninter-rupted history, The Wissahickon has had an off-again, on-again existence, first disappear-ing in 1938 and not returning until the late 1950s.

There were other activities in the early 20th century. In 1913, for instance, the school had a debating group called the Franklin Society, presumably named after Ben, and a chess club. For the most part, however, the boys were organized around music, drama, and publications.

Those three pursuits were readily reborn in the mid-1950s. There were also several additions.

A student government, in varying forms, has also been part of the Upper School’s pro-gram since at least 1926. On a roller coaster for many years through the 1970s and 1980s, it would periodically form with great promise and then fade away. Finally a more respected organization was put into place in 1989.

It would be impossible to list, let alone describe, all of the extra-curricular activities that have come and gone in the last 50 years, but a survey of the yearbooks gives some idea of the variety. In 1960 there were property care, library, chapel and dance commit-tees; in 1968, English committee, curriculum committee, library committee, audiovisual committee, Germantown Schools Community Council, chapel committee, senior and junior dance committees, and business committee (charged with securing advertising for student publications); in 1980, in a curiously slim offering, the Student Advisory Board and the curriculum committee alone are acknowledged; in 1990, student government, student guides, athletic association, assembly committee, curriculum committee, stu-dent service board, chess team; in 2000, discipline committee, student guide association, chess club.

The Upper School in 2009 offered the widest variety of activities ever. In addition to The Caerulean, Campus Lantern, Wissahickon, The Players, student government, and the chess club, there are The Blue Devil Investment Group, an eco club, a film club, a French club, a gay-straight alliance, a mock trial team, a multicultural student association, a philoso-phy group, a political debate group, a robotics program, student guides, a technology group, and a theoretical physics group.

Chestnut Hill Academy’s small school community, which could be seen as limiting the availability of its non-academic programs, in fact came to be noted for the increased free-dom it allowed students to participate in a diversity of experiences.

In the smaller setting there is less chance that a student will be pigeonholed as an ath-lete, an artist, or a geek. As CHA’s late director of physical education Jack Plunkett h’92, observed, “it gives [our students] an opportunity to know others who aren’t on the foot-ball team or aren’t just into drama or whatever. It makes our community stronger.”

The 1903 school catalog described an important component of the school’s educational program: “The boys of Chestnut Hill Academy are encouraged to engage in various lines of work outside of the regular curriculum … [which] broaden and enrich the school life and promote manliness and self-reliance among the boys.”

In its current mission statement, CHA affirms that among its objectives is “To contrib-ute to physical and emotional development through various programs—athletic, out-door, community service, and co-curricular—that promote participation, sportsmanship, and teamwork.”

The language may differ, but the meaning is the same.

Ice Hockey wins Inter-County League championship

Football wins first IFL championship

Golf wins first championship

Track wins first championship

Squash wins first championship

Art gallery named for Barbara Crawford

Talbot Field dedicated

Athletic Hall of Fame established

Football rejoins Inter-Ac

Football wins first Inter-Ac championship

Actors in the Sock and Buskin Club’s first production, Rooms to Let.

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Reunions 2010 was a great success thanks to the efforts of the reunion teams. Special recognition goes to the Class of 1960 as they celebrated

their 50th reunion and led all classes in numbers of attendees, reunion giving, and reunion percentage. Sixty-one percent of the class made a

contribution to CHA’s Reunion Giving program for a total of $56,450.

In addition, CHA would like to recognize Dr. Peter Von Scholten ’70, and his wife, Janne, who traveled the furthest (from Copenhagen, Denmark) to be

with his classmates and attend Reunions.

Enjoy the photos below from this year’s reunion events. Thank you, and we look forward to having everyone return to CHA for the grand gala celebra-

tion weekend on May 13 & 14 that will conclude CHA’s 150th Anniversary year!

Matt Paul ’94

Director, Alumni Relations

and Planned GivingMatt Paul ’94, Director, Alumni Relations and Planned Giving

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“Catch It, Match It, Beat It”: Eamon Javers ’90, Continued from page 1

Journalistic objectivity and neutrality are also at risk, says Javers. “Gone are the Walter Kronkite ‘voice of God’ days and that’s a shame. A lot of what you now see on TV is people of the same stripe talking to each other and confirming each other’s opinions. On some levels we’re going back to the 19th century model of journalism where news was controlled by special interests, and papers were owned by political parties, unions, and the like.”

The other thing driving journalism today is business. There’s no tolerance for financial loss any more. If it’s not making money, it’s got to go. It used to be that the cost of sup-porting a hard news program was borne by a network’s other divisions. “That halo effect is disappearing.” Javers says he can see a day when the networks drop their news cover-age entirely. He mentions the recent buy-out of NBC news by the cable giant Comcast and wonders if this is the beginning of that trend.

Asked what today’s students interested in pursuing a similar path should be doing and thinking about, Javers advises them to stick with the basics: a good dose of curiosity,

an ability to ask questions, and “a very deep and healthy skepticism about what the powers that be are saying.” You also have to keep pushing your-self and striving for excellence, he adds. “My CHA track coach, Paul Hines, taught us in practice after practice, day after day, that it’s one thing to go out and run hard, but it’s a very different thing to run beyond what you think you can do, to dig down deep until it hurts.” Javers said this lesson is always in the back of his mind. “To achieve anything in life, you have to be prepared and to keep pushing your-self farther than you think you can go. That’s a very familiar lesson to any student who has walked the halls of CHA.”

Eamon Javers speaks to Upper School students about the lessons he learned at CHA that have informed his work as a journalist.

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Commencement 2010Commencement Honors and Awards

Alumni Gold MedalIn honor of Chestnut Hill Academy alumni who have lost their lives fighting for their country. This medal is presented to a graduating senior who, in the judgment of the Alumni Association, after consultation with faculty and students, best exemplifies the characteristics of leadership, academic standing, character, and service to Chestnut Hill Academy.

Ibraheim M. Campbell ’10

Alumni Silver Medal In honor of Chestnut Hill Academy alumni who have lost their lives fighting for their country. This medal is presented to a student below the senior class who, in the judgment of the Alumni Association, after consultation with faculty and students, best exemplifies the characteristics of leadership, academic standing, character, and service to Chestnut Hill Academy.

Daniel A. DiIulio ’11

The Gilbert Haven Fall Memorial Scholarship AwardNamed for Gilbert Fall, a long-time faculty member who taught history and Latin and was headmaster from ’30 to ’36.

Anthony M. Gacita ’10

Headmaster’s AwardAwarded to the person in the CHA community who has made an extraordinary contribution to the school.

Janet Giovinazzo h’01

Deeded Awards

The Class of ’59 AwardAwarded to the student or students who show the greatest intellectual curiosity during the high school years.

Mark T. Anspach ’13 J. Carson Mutch ’12 Dustin M. Wilson ’12 Graham F. Masker ’11 Michael E. Nagelberg ’10 Ethan Y. Wang ’10

The Christopher Fraser Carpenter ’60 Memorial AwardIn memory of Chris Carpenter ’60, this award is granted to that member of the junior class who has shown the greatest improvement during the year.

Richard D. Bilger ’11

The Martin Henry Dawson ’90 Memorial AwardPresented annually in memory of Tinry Dawson ’90 to that senior who has, by vote of the members of the senior class, provided the most positive support and friendship to his classmates during their years together in the Upper School.

Brendan J. Plunkett ’10

The Lawrence R. Mallery ’05 CupNamed for Lawrence Mallery from the Class of 1905. He admired scholar-athletes, and his family established this award to honor the scholar-athlete of the senior class.

C. Dylan Ward ’10

The Garrett D. Pagon Award

Honoring the late Garrett Pagon, father of three CHA students, this award is granted to a member of the sophomore class for moral courage and integrity.

Jeffrey Ng ’12 Daniel P. Trulear ’12

The Corning Pearson ’30 Service AwardGiven in recognition of extraordinary service to the school, long-standing commitment to the CHA educational experience, dedication and loyalty to the school’s values and mission, and passion for its traditions, as personified by Corning Pearson ’30, student, athlete, educator, administrator, benefactor.

Anthony M. Zane ’48

The Franklin D. Saveur ’11 Memorial AwardHonoring an alumnus from the Class of 1911, this award is given to a member of the fresh-man class for character and scholarship.

Ian Caplan ’13

The Edward Savage Memorial AwardThis award is named for Edward Savage, who worked at CHA from 1915 through the 1930s, taking care of athletic equipment as well as maintaining the athletic fields. The award is presented by the alumni and awarded for loy-alty and service to the school.

Robert L. Ervin III ’10 Gordon W. Anthony ’10

Senior Ibraheim Campbell was this year’s Alumni Gold Medal winner. Campbell also received the J.L. Patterson Cup and the Multicultural Students’ Association Award.

Junior Daniel DiIulio was honored with the Alumni Silver Medal. Daniel was also a co-recipient of the Robert A. Kingsley Scholarship.

Faculty/Parent Awards

Thomas S. Ambler FellowshipA named fund within CHA’s endowment whose income is used to help support faculty summer study and tuition aid for faculty pursuing advanced degrees. A special stipend is awarded to an individual faculty member whose proposed area of study will best develop that zest for life, learning, and teaching characteristic of Thomas S. Ambler.

Mark Davies

Chestnut Hill Academy Recognition AwardGiven by the director of Athletics for service, interest, and loyalty to the athletic program.

Robert J. Keyes

The Langdon W. Harris III Award

Given by the Harris family in honor of Langdon Harris to the parent or parents who have been most supportive of CHA athletics and athletes dur-ing the school year.

Dr. Andrew Lubell R. Douglas Caplan

Senior Anthony Gacita receives the Gilbert Haven Fall Scholarship.

Twenty-nine year veteran teacher Janet Giovinazzo h’01 was recognized for her service with the Headmaster’s Award.

Anthony Zane ’48 received the Corning Pearson Award in recognition of his extraordinary service and commit-ment to the school, most recently as a board trustee.

Art Department Chair Daniel Brewer, Middle School English teacher Larry Theuer, Annual Giving Director Patti Mootz, and Middle and Upper School Latin teacher Wesley Winant were this year’s honorary alumni.

Monica Schardt, assistant to the headmaster, and Bill Dorner, head athletic trainer, were this year’s Landreth Award recipients honoring their service to the school.

Middle and Upper School music teacher Sheri Melcher received the E. Perot Walker Teaching Excellence Award.

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Commencement 2010

Activity Awards

Hutchinson K. Fairman Memorial Award Richard D. Bilger ’11

The Graham-Franklin Lantern Award Daniel A. DiIulio ’11

Robert Magliano h’06 Peer Tutoring AwardGiven to a student peer tutor in recognition of his outstanding participation, commitment to meeting the needs of students needing tutoring help, and dedication to upholding the highest standards of the program.

Ryan T. Ansel ’10 Anthony M. Gacita ’10

Multicultural Students’ Association AwardPresented to the student or students who have demonstrated the most outstanding leadership in promoting and encouraging diversity and understanding at CHA.

Ibraheim M. Campbell ’10

The J. L. Patterson CupNamed for Dr. James Patterson, headmaster from 1897 to 1923, this cup is awarded to the best all-around athlete in the senior class.

Ibraheim M. Campbell ’10

Players Cup Dramatics AwardOn Stage

Vincent G. Dutton ’10 Benjamin B. Morse ’10 Charles F. Trulear ’10

Off Stage

Rob Ervin, Jr. h’08

Scholarships

Daniel Webster Charles Memorial ScholarshipGiven to that member of the Upper School who has demonstrated excellence in historical research and creativity in writing.

Alex deBerardinis ’12

The Edward M. McIlvaine ’95 Memorial ScholarshipProvides an outstanding summer opportunity for a CHA Upper School student who exhibits leadership potential and seeks a special growth experience. Established in 2005, this scholarship is awarded in memory of Ed McIlvaine ’95 whose involvement with and commitment to Outward Bound left a lasting impression on his life.

Andrew A. Ansel ’11

Robert A. Kingsley ScholarshipGiven to that boy below the senior class who has shown the highest degree of academic promise and scholarship, along with the most responsible type of leadership.

Daniel A. DiIulio ’11 C. Griffin Horter ’11 John N. McNiff ’11

Honorary Alumni Daniel R. Brewer h’10

Patricia M. Mootz h’10 Lawrence G. Theuer h’10

W. Wesley Winant II h’10

The Landreth AwardGiven to a staff member who, for at least 10 years, has served the school with outstanding devotion.

Monica Schardt William J. Dorner, Sr.

James F. McGlinn ’76 AwardPresented to a member of the faculty or staff for his/her dedicated interest and loyal support to the athletes and athletic program of Chestnut Hill Academy.

Gerald Boyle Cheryl Fennessy

The Edward C. Rorer ’61 Faculty of Promise AwardIn honor of Ted Rorer ’61, alumnus, teacher, coach, trustee, and CHA friend, this prize rec-ognizes a young faculty member who exempli-fies energy, passion, love of learning, care for students, and a commitment to CHA. The award includes a stipend to help the recipient pursue personal or professional growth.

Stephanie R. Booker Sarah J. W. McDowell

William E. Shuttleworth Honorary AwardGiven to that faculty member, by vote of 10-year alumni, who has had the most beneficial influence on the students.

D. Stanley Parker ’68

Special Recognition Award John J. Plunkett h’92

The E. Perot Walker h’73 Teaching Excellence AwardIn honor of CHA faculty member E. Perot Walker h’73 and his wife, Susie, for years of dedicated service, excellent teaching, and commitment to students at CHA.

Sheri S. Melcher

Trustee Fellowship Kimberly A. Sivick

Lower School technology teacher Kim Sivick will use her Trustee Fellowship to underwrite a summer trip to Africa where she will help to install CHA-donated computers and provide computer training at former CHA teacher Barbara Wybar’s vocational school in Bududa, Uganda.

Peter Adubato Lafayette College

Ryan Ansel Davidson College

Gordon Anthony Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

John Anthony Northwestern Preparatory School (California)

Nicholas Auerbach Trinity College

Timothy Bailey Savannah College of Art and Design

Evan Booker University of Pennsylvania

Samuel Brenman Colgate University

Ibraheim Campbell Northwestern University

John Canning Dartmouth College

Patrick Connaghan University of the Sciences in Philadelphia

Todd Cramer California Institute of Technology

Thomas Devlin Delaware Valley College

Vincent Dutton Eckerd College

William Emery IV Trinity College

Robert Ervin III Pennsylvania State University, University Park

Michael Fink Drexel University (Mechanical Engineering)

Robert Fink University of Maryland, College Park

William Ford-Conway University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts

Anthony Gacita Johns Hopkins University

Andrew Greenspon Colorado College

Ryder Harman Indiana University at Bloomington

Patrick Hawkins Pennsylvania State University, Abington

Erik Hubbard University of Pittsburgh

Keenan Kline Syracuse University

Andrew Kraft Naval Academy Preparatory School

Matthew Levin Pennsylvania State University, University Park

Greg Lobanov Drexel University

Pearce Lockwood Davidson College

Jonathan McAllister University of Maryland, College Park

Edward McCrossen, Jr. Georgetown University

Benjamin Morse The University of Texas, Austin

Samuel Morse University of Vermont

Michael Nagelberg University of Rochester

Robert Petrushansky La Salle University

Brendan Plunkett Pennsylvania State University, University Park

Justin Purnell-Anglin University of Pennsylvania

Matthew Schreffler Roanoke College

Zachary Schweitzer Gap Year

George Smith Temple University

Brendan Spearing Fairfield University

William Standish St. Lawrence University

Ryan Stapleton Drexel University

John Tordoff Indiana University of Pennsylvania

Dylan Tracy Vanderbilt University

Shane Trainor Temple University

Edward Trocky III Indiana University of Pennsylvania

Charles Trulear Howard University

Cameron Vass University of Pittsburgh

Ethan Wang Indiana University of Pennsylvania

Dylan Ward Princeton University

Where Are They Going? Class of 2010 College Choices

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Special Citations

American Chemical Society Award Jeffrey Ng ’12

American Mathematics Competition12th grade

Daniel A. DiIuliio ’11

10th Grade

George Kunkel ’13

Joseph L. Castle ’50 Comcast Scholarship William A. Ford-Conway ’10

CHA Fathers Award

Awarded to a senior who, as a varsity team player, has demonstrated the most outstanding combination of enthusiasm, dedication, and perseverence to his team and the academy.

Brendan J. Plunkett ’10

Chestnut Hill Fathers Club AwardAwarded to that student at CHA below the varsity level who has demonstrated qualities of constructive school spirit, determination, and courage in athletics throughout the year.

Brett A. Flannery ’12

Five Stripes Award9th Grade

Alec Horter ’13 Timothy Ogle ’13

10th Grade

Dean J. Kroker ’12

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Departmental Honors

Honors in Two-Dimensional Art J. Tate Sager ’11

Honors in Three-Dimensional Art Matthew J. Fink ’12 C. Griffin Horter ’11 Andrew N. Moss ’11

Honors in Community Service Samuel B. Brenman ’10

Honors in Computer Sciences, Engineering, and Technology Robert L. Ervin III ’10

Honors in English Ethan Y. Wang ’10

Honors in French Michael E. Nagelberg ’10

Honors in History Ethan Y. Wang ’10

Honors in Instrumental Music C. Dylan Ward ’10

Honors in Latin-Classical Language John S. Canning ’10 Anthony M. Gacita ’10

Honors in Mathematics Anthony M. Gacita ’10

Honors in Science Anthony M. Gacita ’10

Honors in Spanish

Edward J. McCrossen, Jr. ’10

Honors in Vocal Music Ryder G. Harman ’10 Pearce F. M. Lockwood ’10

President of Student Government John N. McNiff ’11

Senior Project Honors Ryan T. Ansel ’10 Gordon W. Anthony ’10 Robert L. Ervin III ’10 Anthony M. Gacita ’10 Andrew J. Kraft ’10

Student Guide Association Award Given to the guide who best exemplifies the qualities of service, commitment, humility, and pride expected in every guide and is considered first among equals. Pearce F. M. Lockwood ’10

Student Goverment President’s Award Reuben G. Treatman ’12

Yearbook Dedication John J. Plunkett h’92

College Book Awards

The Harvard Prize Book Awarded to the outstanding junior who “dis-plays excellence in scholarship and high char-acter, combined with achievement in other fields.”

Edward H. Dalglish ’11 Michael A. Fuery ’11

Rhode Island School of Design AwardThe Rhode Island School of Design Award is given for excellence in the creative arts.

Timothy H. Bailey ’10

The Virginia Club of Philadelphia Jefferson Book AwardPresented to the outstanding junior based on academic and extracurricular activities in acknowledgment of his commitment to academics, leadership, and community involve-ment, which Thomas Jefferson held in high regard.

Gregory C. Kozemchak ’11

The Yale Book AwardPresented to a member of the junior class who has shown intellectual promise, significant involvement in extracurricular activities, and service to the community.

Iain G. Kuo’11 J. Tate Sager ’11

National Merit Scholarship FinalistsCommended

John D. Anthony’10 John S. Canning ’10

Philadelphia Inquirer Citizen Award C. Dylan Ward ’10

WPVI Best in Class John S. Canning ’10

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute MedalAwarded to a member of the junior class for outstanding academic achievement in the study of mathematics and science.

Iain G. Kuo ’11

Special Merit AwardGiven to an Upper School student who has notably enriched life in the Upper School.

William A. Ford-Conway ’10 Vincent G. Dutton ’10 Ryan T. Ansel ’10

The Robert A. Kingsley Scholarship was awarded to juniors John McNiff, Griffin Horter, and Daniel DiIulio for their leadership and scholarship.

Sophomores Jeffrey Ng and Daniel Trulear received the Garrett D. Pagon Award for moral courage and integrity.

Senior Dylan Ward was honored with the scholar-athlete Mallery Cup for his squash and academic excellence.

Senior Brendan Plunkett receivesd the Martin Henry Dawson Award from Taddy Dawson. The award is given to that student who, by vote of the members of the senior class, provided the most positive support and friendship to his classmates during their years together in the Upper School.

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Sports Wrap Winter and Spring 2010

What a year it has been! Inter-Ac championships in

both football and basketball, three 2nd-place finishes for our squash, golf, and outdoor track teams, and numerous All-League and All-State honors for our student-athletes.

We have athletes who will be competing at the collegiate level next year at schools such as Northwestern, Princeton,

Georgetown, and Lafayette, to name a few.

After watching our coaches and student-athletes for a year, it is easy to see why, even for a school as small as ours, that our athletes are being recruited to schools such as these. We have a very dedicated, knowledgeable, and enthusiastic group of coaches who work very hard with our boys on a daily basis to ensure that they are ready to compete in one of the best independent school leagues in the country.

WINTER PROGRAM

BasketBallOur varsity basketball team, led by seniors Pat Connaghan (All Inter-Ac 1st team), Todd Kramer (All Inter-Ac 1st team), and Andrew Kraft had their first undefeated league season in the history of the school and earned themselves the overall Inter-Ac title. Head Coach Bill Dooley (2009/2010 Daily News Coach of the Year) had the Blue Devils play a very deliberate, patient style of offense and an aggressive defense all year. Many teams became frustrated with this style of play, and it played right into the hands of the veteran CHA team. This year’s team was also helped by sophomores Malik Garner (All Inter-Ac 2nd team), Luke Mulvaney, and Billy Dooley, along with freshman Bobby Keyes. As the season went on the team also got additional help from senior Ryan Ansel. The JV team, coached by Tom Cockell, had a very successful season, and many of these players were on the varsity bench as well throughout the course of the season. Coach Dooley is looking forward to the arrival of these players to help out his team next year along with the Middle School players as well. This year’s Middle School programs were all quite successful in developing players for the future and the continued success of

the Upper School program.

squashThe varsity squash team,

led by seniors Dylan Ward (All Inter-Ac 1st team), junior Jack

Maine (All Inter-Ac 1st team), and

sophomore Nick Schreiber (All Inter-Ac 1st team) had an excellent sea-son. With only two defeats in Inter-Ac play

(both to even-tual league

champion Episcopal Academy), they traveled to the Nationals in Connecticut with high hopes. After win-ning a challenging semi-final match against Brunswick Academy, they were looking at the finals match they had hoped for, which was against Episcopal Academy once again. Although up for the match, they were eventually defeated by EA for the best finish ever by the CHA varsity squash team at Nationals. Junior Peter Lynn, freshman Alex McCall, and senior Zack Schweitzer, whose con-tributions added to the overall success of the team this past winter, were nominated to the All-League second team. Our JV team did well and for the first time ever, CHA took a Middle School team to the Middle School Nationals where the boys did exceptionally well.

WrestlingOur wrestling team, though small in numbers, did very well for a team its size. In the sport of wrestling, having someone wrestle in each weight class is necessary in order to stand a chance of winning on a regular basis. Since the Blue Devils had so many holes in our line-up, we started almost every match down 18 or 24 points; nevertheless, this did not deter the boys from competing, and they made up for this deficit in almost every match. This was particularly evident in our final dual match of the year against Penn Charter. It came down to the last match and CHA needing a win. The Blue Devils 215 pounder, senior Ethan Wang, took care of that in one of the most excit-ing matches of the day. After 14 matches and a tied score, the officials had to go to the ninth criteria to determine the match, which they ultimately gave to PC. The next weekend was the State meet, where the Devils secured six place wins. Juniors Dan Gallagher and Matt Rubin came in 3rd and 5th place respectively; seniors Will Emery and Brendan Spearing came in 6th; freshman Jordan Wang came in 7th; and senior Ethan Wang came in 8th. This gave us five National Prep qualifiers who went to Lehigh University and competed against the top prep wrestlers in the country. Although no one ended up being named a high school All-American, the experience of competing at the National Preps is one to be remembered. This year’s JV team and Middle School squads were strong, and with the energy being generated by the varsity program, there are hopes that our younger teams will continue to grow.

indoor trackIndoor track, coached by Paul Hines, is an interesting winter sport offering. Although we have no indoor facil-ity, with inclement weather (which we had plenty of this year) the team typically practiced on the third floor of the Inn, much to the dismay of many teachers “trying” to work beneath them. Although this is not the ideal prac-tice environment for track, Coach Hines has managed to build a very successful indoor track program. This year, two individuals—sophomore Dustin Wilson and senior Ibe Campbell—qualified for both States and Nationals in multiple events. Ben Morse, Charles Trulear, Ian Miller, and Ibe Campbell qualified for the Nationals in the 4 x 55 meter hurdle relay as well.

ice hockeyThe varsity ice hockey team, led by junior All Independence League first-team selections Zack Baron and Ben Pulley, had an excellent season in the first year of the restructured league. With new teams added, the league took on a new air of importance, and with a playoff system that only took the top four teams, playing your best every single game was critical. Along with Zack

and Ben, sophomore Crosby Harris (Independence League Honorable Mention) and senior goalie Bobby Petrushansky helped lead the team as well. Without Petrushansky in the goal, this year’s Blue Devils would not have had the success they did. There were games where Bobby single-handedly stopped the other team, and when he was at his best, he was a wall. Much of this talent is coming back next year, and Coach Pulley is looking forward to the future and the growth of the program. There is a need to get more boys involved in the Middle School program with a better Middle School schedule, and this, along with a renewed interest at the Upper School level, will help grow the program.

special recognitionThe last recognition for winter sports goes not to a team but to an individual. Junior Connor Dorff placed 2nd at both the Inter-Ac League Championship Meet and the prestigious Easterns Meet in diving held at LaSalle University. The Easterns are probably the most presti-gious and competitive high school swim and dive meet in the country for prep schools. Connor does this as a representative of CHA. The recognition that he earns for himself is shared by the school, and it is appreciated.

Mike DelGrande, Director of Athletics

Athletic HonorsBaseball

Inter-Ac First Team Jon McAllister ’10 Eric Hubbard ’10

Basketball

Inter-Ac First Team Pat Connaghan ’10 Todd Kramer ’10

Inter-Ac Second Team Malik Garner ’12 Golf

Inter-Ac First Team Ed McCrossen ’10 John McNiff ’11 Jack Russell ’11

Ice Hockey

Independence League First TeamZack Baron ’11 Ben Pulley ’11

Honorable MentionCrosby Harris ’12

Squash

Inter-Ac First Team Dylan Ward ’10 Jack Maine ’11 Nick Shreiber ’12

Inter-Ac Second Team Peter Lynn ’11 Alex McCall ’13 Zack Schweitzer ’10

Tennis

Inter-Ac First Team Sam Shropshire ’13

Track

Inter-Ac First Team and All State Dustin Wilson ’12

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Sports Wrap

SPRING PROGRAM

golfThe varsity golf team had their best show-ing in years. They opened the season with an impressive win in the CHA Invitational against the Mid-Atlantic Prep League powers. After the Invitational they never looked back and ended the season with a very impressive record of 9-2 overall and 8-2 in the league. Led by Georgetown-bound and All Inter-Ac senior Eddie McCrossen, this group of golfers will long be remembered, not only for their strong play but for their overall work ethic accord-ing to Coach Talbot. With All-League juniors John McNiff and Jack Russell returning to lead the squad, it should be another successful year for the Blue Devils in 2011. Coach Monico led the JV team to their best finish ever as well with a 7-2 record and only one loss within the league.

trackThe varsity track team took 2nd place in the Inter-Ac championships fueled by the continued amazing performance of sophomore Dustin Wilson. He took first place and earned All Inter-Ac honors in the 800M, 1600M, and the 3200M at the league championship meet and broke his own CHA records numerous times throughout the course of the season. For his efforts and success, Dustin was awarded the William C. Harper III Award as one of the team’s most valuable play-ers and earned All-State honors as well. Malik Garner was 2nd in the triple jump at the championships, which is a testa-ment to his athleticism in that he had never competed in this event before this year. Ibe Campbell, a second recipient of the William C. Harper III Award, was strong in the hurdles and the sprints and was able to, along with Dustin, qualify for Nationals. Alan Cooper received the Julia Biddle Henry Trophy as the most improved member of the JV track team, and Coach Hines has a number of individuals returning to contin-ue to lead the track program.

creWThe crew team, led by first-year head coach JD Bridges, had a very strong season. The novice squad placed two quads in the finals at the Doc White Regatta, win-

ning a bronze, and then another bronze in the quad at the City Championships. The JV team made the finals at both the City Championships (where they placed 5th) and the Stotesbury Cup. The varsity team was led by the excellent racing of the lightweight double (sophomores Carl Delacato and Drew Adubato) and the varsity quad (Jack Anthony, Gordon Anthony, Brendan Spearing and Laddie St. George). The lightweight double placed 4th at the City Championships, earning them an invitation to the Scholastic National Championships. They placed 6th overall at Stotesbury and improved to 5th at Nationals. The varsity quad placed a disappointing 5th in the City Championships, only to come back and place 4th at Stotesbury and 4th again at Nationals - finishing just over a second away from a medal, the best finish for a CHA varsity quad in over a decade. With a strong novice and JV class and underclass-men contributing significantly to varsity efforts, the team looks to the spring of 2011 to start bringing home medals in Philadelphia and beyond.

tennisThe varsity tennis team, led by All Inter-Ac freshman Sam Shropshire and sophomore Nick Schreiber, continued to improve and work hard as the season pro-

gressed. Also having a solid season was the number-

one doubles team of Dylan Ward and Elliott Baxter. This year’s Coaches’ Award went to senior Rob Fink for his continued steady

play and work

ethic. Coach Hyde is hoping that his young talent can help lead the turnaround to more success in the future. Our Middle School program had excellent numbers, and they are looking to be the future stars of the Upper School program.

BaseBallOur baseball programs, both Middle and Upper School, had a solid spring season. Our varsity program, led by senior All Inter-

Ac outfielder and University of Maryland commit Jon McAllister

and senior All Inter-Ac infielder/pitcher Eric Hubbard, ended up

in the state semi-finals and finished with an overall 18-12 record. This year’s team also relied on the leader-

ship and play of seniors Tom Devlin and Ed Trocky. With another year of experience under their belts, Coach Parker is looking for next year’s squad to improve upon the results of the 2010 season and be a contender within the Inter-Ac. The JV program had a solid season, and the varsity staff looks for these young men to step up and con-tribute to the varsity pro-gram in the years to come. With three Middle School base-ball teams, the pipeline is working and the younger players are eager to continue their improvement in hopes of one day being able to make a contribution to the Upper School program here at CHA.

lacrosseThe Upper School lacrosse program came a long way this past spring. After starting the sea-son with a tough scrimmage loss against 2010 Delaware State champs Tower Hill where they looked very inexperienced, they developed into a legitimate team by the end of the season, which was evident in their final home game win against

2009 MAPL league champions, the Hun School.

Varsity Basketball Coach

Bill Dooley was desig-

nated Coach of the Year

by the Daily News for his

leadership of the varsity

basketball team, which

secured the 2010 Inter-Ac

title and a perfect season record.

Chestnut Hill Academy

has the smallest enroll-

ment among the Inter-

Ac’s members, but it’s the

only school in the Public/

Catholic/I-A leagues that

can boast of having pro-

duced a six-time All-City honoree (various

levels) and the only student-athlete to make

All-City (various levels) in all three major

sports. Congratulations, Jon McAllister ’10!

Fundamentals and a college level style of play were the key elements of Coach DelGrande and Coach Thompson’s phi-losophy. The team was led on the defen-sive side by junior goalie, team MVP, and Brown University verbal commit Corbin Booker. Helping out on the defensive end was junior Matt Rubin (Co-Defensive Player of the Year) along with sopho-more Jamie Hearn (Co-Defensive Player of the Year). On the offensive end, the Blue Devils were led by senior midfielder Peter Adubato (Best Offensive Player) and senior attackman/midfielder Evan Booker. These two players accounted for over 50 of the team’s goals throughout the season, and their production will be missed next year. Returning to the team next year will be all but three starters and a young group of now-seasoned varsity lacrosse players whom the coaches will be looking to to play with experience and

confidence. The Upper School program also

fielded a JV team for the first time, which played two games in

its inaugural season. With over 30 boys playing in the Middle School program and the introduction of lacrosse

through the lower school PE program for the first

time, the future of the program looks

promising.

More Kudos

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Class Notes1950s

1951

Ted Ruegg writes, “After 15 years in Arizona we are moving back east to Falmouth, Massachu-setts, to be nearer our children, grandchildren, and CHA.”

1959

Dudley Warwick writes, “ I enjoyed seeing over 17 of my classmates at our 50th reunion in May 2009! Good times didn’t seem so long ago after all.”

1960s1960

Jack Beecham was asked to reminisce about his life since graduating 50 years ago. He wrote, “Af-ter 14 years at CHA, I attended Williams College, Temple Medical School, and the University of Vermont for five post-graduate years in OB-GYN (1969-74). I became a conscientious objec-tor, and the physician overturning Vermont’s 122-year-old abortion law, one year before Roe v. Wade. Subsequently, after three fellowship years in Oslo and Boston, I founded cancer center pro-grams in gynecologic oncology at the University of Rochester and Dartmouth. Upon retiring, at the graduation ceremony I led the faculty parade on the green in Hanover. I have been so deeply honored to have served others, and I thank the Almighty for each day I am given with Mother Nature, my wife, sons, good health, Labradors, X-C skiing, fly fishing, guitars, friends, and peace.”

1965

Steven Kampmann writes, “My wife, Judith, and I are retiring from Blair Academy after 12 wonder-ful years. We both plan to teach and pursue cre-ative projects. My film, Buzzkill will be released in the fall of 2010.”

1968

Lee Conrad writes, “My wife, Linda, and I have been living in Ruskin, Florida, for the past year and a half. We enjoy the company of Linda’s parents who live with us. They just celebrated their 75th wedding anniversary.”

David Morrison writes, “In lieu of volunteering for CHA, I serve on the advisory board of Harris-burg Academy, where I live. HA is also celebrat-ing an anniversary, its 225th, having been founded by John Harris in 1785.”

1970s1971

Larry Miller is the Chief of Orthopedic Surgery at Cooper University Hospital. He writes, “Donna and I are getting used to two of three kids out of the house. The oldest, Rachel, is living and work-ing in Manhattan. Drew is attending the honors college at Penn State, and our youngest, Amy, is in 8th grade. Thank God for the youngest!!”

1973

Steve Killough, a pediatrician, has become an assistant clinical professor at Hershey Medical Center.

John McArdle has been given a great honor. He was inducted into the City All Star Chapter of the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame on Thursday, April 8th, at Lincoln Financial Field. Well de-served John!

1976

Fred Shipman writes, “We have moved to Boaz, Alabama, and are enjoying the country. Jane grew up here and Rene, age 10, and George, age 14, are enjoying the small town life.”

1977

Rich Sheppard writes, “My wife, Sandy, recov-ered from bilateral hip resurfacing to claim sec-ond place in her age group in the singles squash nationals. Our daughter, Becca, is doing well as a sophomore at Springside and looking forward to driving. That makes one of us. I just finished coaching the Springside varsity squash team for my fifth season. It’s a lot of fun to say the least. I recently placed fifth in the 50+ singles squash nationals and second in the 40+ doubles nation-als with my partner, Ned Edwards. For now the joints are still holding up.”

1978

Renato Rabbi Baldi writes, “Esteemed friends, I am very happy to announce that on February 18th, our daughter, Iona, was born. My wife, Denise, and baby are doing very well. I send a big hug to all, Renato.”

1980s1982

Damon Stern writes, “I am still with US Central Command supporting our efforts in Afghanistan. I recently returned from a four-month deploy-ment to Kabal and Kandahar.” Thank you for your service, Damon.

1985

Peter Ripley writes, “I took a new staff job as director of online communication and marketing for BMI, the performing and licensing organiza-tion, in September, setting aside my freelance business after 10 years. It was great catching up with John Harrington and Luke McDowell on my last visit to Philly. I am looking forward to reunion!”

1988

Adam Fernley writes that he and his wife, Jen-nifer, and daughter, Hazel, are living just south of Steamboat Springs in Colorodo, overlooking Stagecoach Lake State Park. “If any CHA alumns want to come visit and experience the ‘Rocky Mountain High Life’, drop me a line.”

1989

Chris Mayer writes, “I will be finishing my gradu-ate work at the University of Virginia this spring and assuming a position on the faculty at West Point. Once I get settled, I will establish com-munication with your college counseling staff so that I can serve as a point of contact for anyone from CHA or Springside who is interested in applying.”

1990s1990

Andrew Bender was severely injured in a skiing accident when he was 16 (1988) and is quad-riplegic, yet he returned to CHA and graduated with his class. By 1990, he was experiencing acute chronic back pain, seriously complicating his day-to-day living. He attended Montgom-ery County Community College for the next six years, able to complete only a couple of courses each semester. Andrew graduated Summa Cum Laude in 1996 and went on to study astronomy at Vassar College. He was the first wheelchair student ever to be accepted to live on campus. In Andrew’s senior thesis, “Blue Stragglers in the Outer Regions of Globular Cluster M3,” he discovered 34 new blue straggler star candidates in the outer region of the cluster. In 2000, he graduated from Vassar with a BA in astronomy. He has presented his work at several summer research programs including Vassar’s URSI sum-mer research program and the Keck Northeast Astronomy Consortium’s annual symposium at Colgate University. Andrew recently published his first book, Slipstring Drive: String and M-Theory Basics, a More Complete Theory of Our Universe, and a Hypothesis for Practical “Faster Than Light” Travel.

Adam Holland received his JD from Boston Uni-versity Law School in May. Congratulations!

Eamon Javers, a Washington correspondent for CNBC, graciously agreed to be CHA’s Cum Laude speaker for the society induction this year. He spoke with passion about the value of lessons learned while a student at CHA, including honing his observation skills through a candle experi-ment in Mr. Baumberger’s class and learning to push for excellence in every endeavor. Eamon was a guest on Jon Stewart’s The Daily Show recently where he was interviewed about his new book, Broker, Trader, Lawyer, Spy: The Secret World of Corporate Espionage, which is a fascinat-ing read.

1992

Josh Atkins sent the following good news. “Charles Ming Atkins was born to Josh and Priscilla on October 21, 2009. He is looking forward to visiting CHA soon!”

Graham Holland and his wife, Alison Anderson, recently welcomed their first child, Greta Ruth Anderson Holland. All our best wishes!

1995

Jeff Bruno announced his engagement to Jessica Nocerini. She is a graduate of Scranton Prepara-tory School and earned a Bachelor of Science and Master of Science from St. Joseph’s Univer-sity, Philadelphia. Jessica is employed as a special education teacher in the Philadelphia suburbs. Jeff earned a Bachelor of Science degree from George Washington University and an interna-tional MBA from Temple University. He is the chief financial officer for Ligne Roset, Philadel-phia and Miami. A 2010 wedding is planned.

1996

Peter Hill’s mother, Pam, writes, “I have just returned from South Dakota where I was hoping to assist in the birth of Peter and Mandy’s child. They finally had it after 60 hours of labor, not at home as planned, but in the Rapid City hospital. They are now proud parents of a very healthy little girl, Charlotte Ann Mytt Hill, born Friday, April 16. They are overjoyed!”

1998

Peter Carver completed his MA in Third World Sustainable Development and Social Policy at Brandeis University in May. Congratulations!

2000s

2001

Tristram Carver was awarded his MA in School Counseling from Columbia University in May.

Stephen Dalziel married Melissa Jagnarain on February 18, 2010. The ceremony was held at XIX at The Bellevue, followed by a brunch. Stephen wore the Dalziel tartan kilt, as did his father, brother, and two little Scottish ring bearers. The preceeding evening they held their reception for friends and family at the North Bowl in Northern Liberties, where all had a blast. They first met as junior semester abroad students in Japan, and their story was featured in the Philadelphia Inquirer in the Style section, Love Story.

John Greenawalt and his wife, Patty, have a won-derful new addition to their family. Their son, John William Greenawalt V, joins sister, Parker, who is very happy with brother Iam. Congratula-tions!

Mike Koehler and his wife, Lauren, welcomed their first child, son Charles Wylde Koehler, last fall. All our best wishes!

Jeff Larentowicz, who is a professional soccer player, has been traded by the New England Revo-lution to the Colorado Rapids.

Bob McLean was married to Anna Warszawa GA ’01 on October 16, 2009. His ushers included his brother, Andrew ’04, Booth Halloran ’01, and

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Alums of CHA and Springside: Melen Sheppard Boothby, Erin Lawson, Clare McLean Hedley, Andrew McLean, Tris Carver, Josh Paul, Sean Ginty, Thomas Greenwood, Booth Halloran, Alex Drinker, Creamer Rooke, Reid Halloran, Bill Conrad, Elise Carr, John Greenawalt, Andrew Stevenson, Priscilla Kennedy, Jane Webster Gray, Betsy McLean Woodruff.

Mike Schantz was awarded his MFA in acting this May from the Tisch School of the Arts at NYU Institute of Performing Arts.

2003

Nathan Carr-Whealy writes, “ I graduated Magna Cum Laude from Temple University with a BBA (and 2 minors in Religion & Pre-Med) in 2008. I am now at Thomas Jefferson University for a Master of Science in Health Policy. I am on full scholarship from Johnson and Johnson and hope to work with them upon graduation.”

Zachary Franklin recently began reporting for the European Union press wire service China Files at the 2010 Shanghai World Expo in Shang-hai, China. Zachary is responsible for reporting on all European Union and European country participants for the duration of the Expo.

2005

Billy Agate is currently the assistant coordinating producer for the major film Mean Girls 2.

2007

Ross Richardson’s new album, The Return to Greatness, is on sale through iTunes. All the pro-ceeds are again going to the National Children’s Cancer Society. The link is http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/the-return-to-greatness/id354984975

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Help us find a home for this photo in our archives. If you recognize any of the peo-ple in this picture, can tell us where and when it was taken, or what is going on, you can be our next Mystery Photo winner. Any stories or memories you may have that go along with the picture are also welcome. Contact Diane Drinker at ddrinker@chestnuthillacademy.org or 215- 247-4700, ext. 1113.

First to respond wins a free CHA T-shirt!

Last Issue’s Mystery PhotoMany thanks to Doug MacBride ’61, Ted Rorer ’61, David Peake ‘62, Robin Black ‘63, Bill Hall ‘70 and George Muschamp ’62 for identifying the mystery men of the 44 Club (from top: Allan McCook ’63 on phone, David Peake ’62, Peter Longstreth ’62 and Donald Gehman ’62.) The pic-ture was “devised” by Muschamp and taken by Michael T. Sheehan ‘61 for the 1962 Cerulean in the phone booth down the hall from the Library. From David Peake: “We established our little club known as the ‘44 Club’ in 1959 or 1960 and the origin of the name of the club remains a secret of the mem-bers to this day, much to the dismay of Ned McCook ‘61 and John Detweiler ‘61. On a sadder note, however, both Allen and Don have departed, leaving only Peter and me as the surviving members of this distinguished group.“ And this from Ted Rorer re the mysteri-ous name: “The four of them met for 40 minutes for lunch every day.”

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