Holderness School Today: Fall 2012

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EVERY FIFTY YEARS OR SO, THE BULL ON THE WELD CUPOLA NEEDS TO HAVE HIS COPPER REPAIRED AND HIS SUPPORTSREALIGNED. SHARING A LAUGH WITH THE BIG GUY ARE MS. FISCHER, MR. DURNAN, MS. SULLIVAN, AND MS. DAHL.

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“PANTRY” IT

HELP US TO “PANTRY” THE JOBPROGRAM AND ALL IT REPRESENTS

WELL INTO THE FUTURE. GIVE TOTHE HOLDERNESS ANNUAL FUND.

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It’s a way to learn about leadership, hard work, and a

job well done. Depending on the assignment, it can

be a rude interruption to sleep or a mess to sort. And

it’s what makes Holderness work, on many levels.

The Job Program began in the 1930s as a way to

keep the school afloat financially after a devastating

fire. Students, regardless of their background, were

put to work in a variety of jobs from raking leaves to

doing the dishes. But the benefits to students them-

selves quickly became clear—lessons of responsibili-

ty, pride, and team work. The program continues

today, with Weld Hall as its focus, and “pantry” as its

quintessential example.

Several years ago Bruce Hamlin ’06 gave the term

“pantry” a new spin, asking us during one assembly to

adopt it into our collective vocabulary. “Make ‘pantry’

a verb,” Bruce encouraged us loudly. “When you real-

ly want to do something right, you ‘pantry’ it!” It’s a

term and a feeling that every current and past stu-

dent at Holderness can understand intuitively, even

as they remember how painful getting up for early

morning pantry could be.

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DURING THE ALL-SCHOOL PHOTOGRAPH THIS FALL, SENIORS TYLER EVANGELOUSAND JOHN MUSCIANO RUN BEHIND THE BLEACHERS WITH ELVIS SO THAT THEY CANBEAT THE PANORAMIC CAMERA AND BE IN THE PHOTOGRAPH NOT ONCE BUT TWICE!


ABOVE: The destruction of Livermore Mansion was a great setback to the school. Coupled with the Knowlton Hallfire, the school was burdened by debt that, over time, forced a rethinking of the school’s approach to work-study.

Building a Diverse School CommunityLast year Acting Head of School Jory Macomber spent the school year onsabbatical in Geneva, Switzerland. While visiting over twenty schoolsthroughout the world, Jory sought to better understand how independentschools respond to and thrive in an increasingly global society. BY JORYMACOMBER

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Catching Up with Fred BeamsFred Beams has always found ways to lift himself and his students out of theircomfort zones. While at Holderness, he began the Out Back program andtoday, Fred works at Groton where he spends three weeks each summertraveling and volunteering with his students in third world countries. Wecaught up with him this summer as he returned from Tanzania. BY RICK CAREY

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F E A T U R E S32 The Holderness Insurgency

Holderness was founded in 1879 as a counterculturalexperiment in independent school education. Over timethe terms of that experiment have changed, but the schoolhas never relinquished its contrarian tendencies. You justhave to know where to look. BY RICK CAREY

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Board of Trustees

Jonathan BaumGrace Macomber BirdChristopher Carney ’75Russell Cushman ’80The Rev. Randolph Dales, SecretaryNigel FurlongeTracy McCoy Gillette ’89, Alumni

Association PresidentDouglas Griswold ’66Robert HallJames Hamblin II ’77, TreasurerJan HauserThe Right Rev. Robert Hirschfeld,

PresidentPaul MartiniRichard NesbittPeter NordblomSusan Paine ’82R. Phillip PeckThomas Phillips ’75Tamar PichetteWilliam Prickett ’81, ChairpersonJake Reynolds ’86Ian Sanderson ’79Jenny Seeman ’88Harry SheehyGary SpiessJerome Thomas ’95Ellyn Weisel ’86

HEADMASTER EMERITUSThe Rev. Brinton W. Woodward, Jr.

HONORARY TRUSTEESWarren C. CookPiper Orton ’74W. Dexter Paine III ’79The Right Rev. Douglas Thuener

Holderness School Today is published three times ayear by Penmor Lithographers. Please send noticeof address changes to the Advancement Office,PO Box 1879, Plymouth, NH 03264, or [email protected]. © 2012 Holderness School

EDITOR: Emily Magnus ’88ASSISTANT EDITORS: Rick Carey, Dee BlackRainville, Robert Caldwell, Jane McNulty, SteveSolberg, Judith Solberg, Melissa Stuart, AmyWoods, Clay DingmanDESIGN AND PRODUCTION: Clay Dingman, BarkingCat Productions Communications DesignPHOTOGRAPHY: Emily Magnus, Steve Solberg

Holderness School Today is printed on sustainablyproduced, chain-of-custody stock certified toForest Stewardship Council (FSC) standards. HST isprinted using only wind-generated renewablepower, and inks derived from vegetable sources.

ON THE FRONT COVER: This fall the HoldernessBull that resides outside of Gallop received a top-to-bottom makeover. Arts in the Afternoonstudents began by using 100 pounds of plasterand two dozen rolls of plaster bandages to rein-force and repair him. They finished with a newpaint job and “Go, Bulls!” written in a variety oflanguages on his chest.

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From the Schoolhouse

From the Editor

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Around the Quad

Sports

Commencement 2012

Update: Current Faculty and Staff

Update: Former Faculty and Staff

Update: Trustees

Alumni in the News

Report of Appreciation

Class Notes

At This Point in Time


As many of you know, I spent last year nearGeneva, Switzerland visiting and studyinginternational schools and global education pro-grams via the school’s Van Otterloo ChairProgram. It was a fascinating year, but it is alsogreat to be back in the Schoolhouse. As I stepin for Phil for a year as the Acting Head ofSchool, it has been remarkable to see howmuch has changed over the past year. Two newdorms were put into use last fall, and this yearwe are enjoying the renovation of Rathbun.These projects placed seven new faculty houseson campus and reduced the size of several ofour dorms. The changes have transformed howwe act as dorm parents and residents byincreasing student-faculty interactions whilealso creating a more sustainable lifestyle foradults and students.

In addition, seven new faculty members andfour new board members have joined us andbring increased energy and unique insights tothe school. On staff, we have a new Director ofFacilities, a new Director of College Counseling,and a new Editor of this magazine. Teachershave introduced new courses such as calculus-based physics and humanities, and some of thelittle children on campus have new siblings. It isexciting to see all of the changes occurring andthe ways in which they are enriching our com-munity. You can read about some of the changeson the following pages and join me in welcom-ing all the new faces to campus.

Not all the changes, however, have beenhappy. This year we lost three very dear mem-bers of our community: Bill Biddle, DaveGoodwin, and Dutch Morse. Although theirlives and days of service have come to an end,fortunately, their connections to Holdernesshave not been severed. Dave’s family recog-nized the connection their father had withHolderness and worked with the gradu-ating class to begin a scholarship fund. Andthe legacy of Dutch Morse lives on as well in

the life of his granddaughter, Kendra Morse,who is a senior at Holderness this year. Wewill miss the presence of these men on campusand have honored them one last time in thepages of this magazine.

As I return to the familiar rhythms of lifeat Holderness, the passage of time has beenpalpable in many ways, and at some moments Ilook back and miss what has passed. But asthe new year gets under way and students fillthe classrooms, I find myself getting sweptalong at a steady pace, eager to witness theirgrowth and development. I look forward toseeing many of you on campus and sharingwith you all the changes occurring on campus,both big and small. �

Jory MacomberActing Head of School

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Acting Head of School Jory Macomber Returns to a Changed School

On a visit to China, Jory met up with the family of sophomore Qianyi Zhang. Qianyi’s father

Jiazheng took this photo of Jory with his wife Martha and daughter Anna in front of a palace in the

Forbidden City.


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“Two heads are better than one.” “Many handsmake light work.” “Teamwork divides the taskand multiplies the successes.” In the pastHolderness School Today has been the work ofone man—Rick Carey. He single-handedlywrote every article, arranged every page, andorganized the printing of each copy. From hissolitary office, he kept careful tabs on theschool and shared with the community all thathe learned about its history, its future plans,and its many heroes.

It came as a surprise last spring to hear thatRick, after years and issues of hst, haddecided to relinquish some of his editorialduties. Starting this fall, Rick will be takingover as the Assistant Director of the SouthernNew Hampshire University mfa writing pro-gram, where he has for the past several yearsserved as a part-time professor. Thankfully, thisis still a part-time position, and Rick has agreedto continue being our official story-teller andwill write the feature and several other articlesfor each issue of hst. It’s good news for every-one: for snhu, for Rick’s students, forHolderness, and (of course) for Rick.

But it does leave several big holes to fill indesign, layout, and reporting. In short, how doyou replace Rick’s complex skill set and contin-ue to produce a high-quality alumni magazine?The answer is simple. It can’t be done by justone person. In order to do all that Rick hasdone, we need a team. While Rick was able towrite, organize, and publish each issue by him-self, there will now be multiple people fillinghis shoes. In addition to Rick’s feature articles, Iwill be writing the shorter articles that keepyou informed about the school and all thethings our students, faculty, and alumni aredoing around the world. I graduated fromHolderness in and have been working atthe school in various capacities for the past fouryears, including as editor of The Picador (ourstudent newspaper) and Mosaic (the studentliterary and visual arts magazine). I look for-ward to keeping track of the pulse of the school

and sharing its best stories with you. I will alsobe getting help from Melissa Stuart in theAdvancement Office, who will be organizingand editing the classnotes. Lastly, we will beemploying the expertise of Clay Dingman ofBarking Cat Productions, who will do the lay-out and production of hst. Clay has alreadybeen working with the Advancement andAdmission Offices for several years on many oftheir written materials, and we are looking for-ward to working with him on this new venture.

And as we head in this new direction, wewant to take this opportunity to evaluate hstand find out if there are changes that we needto make. How is the layout? Are the articles ofinterest to alumni and friends of Holderness?Are there stories that we are missing that youwould like to hear? Do you like to know whatis going on on campus, or would you ratherhear more about alumni and what they aredoing after graduation? What are you favoritesections? What do you skip over, and why?

This year as part of this transition, we wantto take this opportunity to evaluate what we’redoing well and what could be improved, inhopes of making hst the best school magazinethat it can be. And we would like your help. Inthe winter edition there will be a survey whichwe hope you will fill out and use to address anyconcerns and suggestions you have about hst.In the meantime, if there are any concerns youwould like to share ahead of time, please feelfree to contact me and I’ll see what I can doabout addressing them.

Thanks for reading. I look forward to hear-ing from you and serving you as the Editor ofhst. �

Emily MagnusEditor, Holderness School [email protected]

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Mary’s Mosaic andthe Kennedy assassinationAfter reading the review of Mary’s Mosaic inhst, I downloaded it to my iPad. I can’t stopfrom reading it! I know I will buy many copiesto give to friends! It explains why I have neverfelt that the story of jfk’s assassination wastrue. Something didn’t ring true to me. Overthe years, I have heard Jim Garrison’s report,which was totally believable. Peter exposes thecorruption of the cia.

Many years ago, my father and Em, mystepmother, invited Allen Dulles for a “SundayDinner” at Meadowlawn. I guess he was morepowerful than he seemed, a rather frail old manto my young eyes!

Thank you and your Holderness team forwriting such a gripping review!

Dine Dellenback

The conversationabout Sacred StudiesI read with interest the well-done piece onsacred studies at Holderness, as well as theschool’s connection to the Episcopal Church.My compliments to the author on the excellentoutline of where the school came from andwhere it is today. Most important, I applaudthe “balanced” approach that the school has andis taking.

Daniel Heischman’s comments are tellingand worrisome, and the reality he describescries out for the kind of teaching and exposurethe school makes possible, wherever students,faculty, and parents are on the religious andspiritual spectrum. From my view, having “a livereligious idea” or some connection to a spiritualor higher being makes one’s life so much morereal and meaningful as well, especially in ourmedia- and peer pressure-driven world. FurtherHeischman points out that “we just aren’t com-fortable talking about religion” like we are justnot comfortable about talking about war withthe vets who have come back yesterday and

today. In both cases look at the damage it hasand is causing.

So how does Holderness generate this muchneeded conversation or how should it in thefuture? Being a product of a church school thatrequired services every day and twice onSunday created an environment where theseconversations and ideas could occur, but manywould say it was a cram-down and may havehad the opposite effect. However, for me it wasthe people inside that building—the ministersand the faculty and the staff—that helped medevelop a connection to a higher being, and areligious idea, and even a discipline.

That said, as much as I love the liturgy andthe music of the Episcopal and AnglicanChurch, I often question the elitism, power,and politics that are displayed. That is one ofthe reasons I have admired the Holderness“balanced approach”—a theology program, aJob Program, a service requirement, the famedOut Back, and I am sure other outreaches, aswell as an appreciation and respect of what isdone in the chapel. Walt Kesler said what heloved most about Holderness “would be thesacrificial way the whole faculty lived on behalfof the students.” Clearly that commitmenthelped/s maintain the balance.

So again how does this connection getmade, how does the balancing act happen, andhow does the “sacrifice” continue, especially inthis day of social media, brands, peer pressure,greed, and all the stuff our students and facultydeal with?

The motto of the church school I went to is“Whom to serve is perfect freedom,” and that isthe religious idea I took away not only fromthose many days in church, but also from thetranslators of those ideas into action in andoutside the school. Those teachers/preachersthat really care about “every child in theirmidst” are the key, along with their understand-ing of the world outside those hallowed andprivileged walls—a world where Holderness

students need to know how to live and pursueideas and actions, religious or agnostic.

The Head of School as the benevolent dic-tator and the Board of Trustees as guides mustwrestle with how to maintain that balance, thatconnection, and create the attraction andgrowth for teachers and coaches and staff to dothat unique, sacrificial work.

I am not sure what it is that makes theschool different, but it must have something doto with service and focus on others. Some say itis the Job Program or Out Back or Chapel, butit is connecting the idea to action, and I suspectit is a combination of little things. Is there someway this service commitment at Holdernesscould be carried further? My dream is that allcitizens should serve in some way or other fortwo years.

At any rate, as the Head and the Boardcarry out the leadership entrusted to them, Ihope they think hard about how to maintainthat difference. The school’s “sacred studies”should be about making sure the conversationdoes happen, so our students don’t get lost,and—more importantly—so they become verygood at translating ideas into actions, servingsomeone or something other than themselves.I hope I am not overstepping my bounds but Iwill be forever grateful for what the Holdernessdifference did for my family.

Warren C. CookFormer Chair, Board of Trustees

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On the surface, May third was a normal springday at Holderness. In the afternoon, studentsrushed from classes to sports. When practicesfinished, they showered quickly before headingto chapel where the new student leaders for the– school year were announced. Therewere announcements at dinner about theupcoming prom and the Climate Dots ski race.And after dinner students gathered on theQuad for their usual games of catch andKanJam before hurrying off to study hall.

But in addition to these regular happenings,there were other exciting events taking place oncampus that were not so typical. While studentscarried on with their spring rituals, members ofthe New Hampshire Episcopal Diocese met inrooms all over the campus to talk with and askquestions of the candidates vying to becomeNew Hampshire’s tenth bishop.

After a careful search this past winter, theNew Hampshire diocese narrowed their list ofcandidates down to three. And in order to giveclergy, community members, and search com-mittee members a chance to meet and askquestions of the candidates, the diocese selectedthree sites around New Hampshire for “Meetand Greet” sessions. Holderness School wasselected as one of those sites.

On the evening of May third, Episcopalleaders and lay people gathered at HoldernessSchool and had the opportunity to meet withthe three candidates: Rev. Penelope Bridges ofSt. Francis Episcopal Church in Grand Fall,VA; Rev. Dr. William Warwich Rich of TrinityChurch in Boston, MA; and Rev. RobertHirschfeld of Grace Church in Amherst, MA.

And although most students were busy withtheir normal schedules, four members of theHolderness vestry—Macy Jones, Jackie

Sampson, Michael Swidrak, and CharlesHarker—acted as guides for the candidates.

We found out later in May that RobertHirschfeld had been selected to be the newbishop. On the first ballot, Hirschfeld was thechoice of of the lay delegates and of clergy who attended the convention, accord-ing to the Union Leader.

Hirschfeld is married to Polly Ingraham, ateacher. Together, they have two sons and adaughter. Hirschfeld was born in Minnesotaand grew up in Connecticut. He graduatedfrom Dartmouth College in and complet-ed a master’s degree at Berkeley DivinitySchool at Yale in . He previously served asa vice-chaplain at St. Mark’s Chapel at theUniversity of Connecticut in Storrs, CT, andwas assistant priest at Christ Church in NewHaven, CT.

Rev. Hirschfeld became the coadjutor to theBishop in August and will take over fullresponsibilities as bishop in January when cur-rent Bishop Gene Robinson officially resigns.Rev. Hirschfeld’s new duties will include visitsto Holderness School since it is one of threeschools in New Hampshire that continue tohold ties to the Episcopal diocese. The Bishopof NH will serve as the President of our Boardof Trustees. �

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This fall Robert Hirschfeld, who will become the Bishop of New Hampshire in January, visited

campus and met with Acting Head of School Jory Macomber, Trustee Randy Dales, and Chaplain

Rick Weymouth.



The skiers leaned on their poles, waiting for theblast of the starting gun. Their elbows angledsharply away from their bodies, poised to catchanyone who might dare try to pass. Staringacross the field, the racers were pictures offocus and competitive drive. And beneath theirfeet their skis slid back and forth on…grass?

On Saturday, May students, faculty, andcommunity members gathered on the turf fieldto participate in a ski race. But with old equip-ment, temperatures in the s, and no snow insight, the race wasn’t meant to test athletic skillor human endurance. It was instead part of aglobal event organized by .org to increasepublic awareness of global warming and itsconnection to extreme weather.

.org is a global grassroots organizationcommitted to solving the climate crisis. It wasfounded in by a group of university stu-dents and their leader Bill McKibben whowrote the first book on global warming for thegeneral public and who spoke at Holdernesslast spring. The website for .org explainstheir goal: “To preserve our planet, scientiststell us we must reduce the amount of CO₂ inthe atmosphere from its current level of parts per million (“ppm”) to below ppm.But is more than a number—it’s a symbolof where we need to head as a planet.”

In May, .org organized a campaign inwhich it was their goal to raise awareness of theconnection between global warming andextreme weather. While Vermont dealt withthe worst flooding in history a year ago andrecord droughts occurred all over the US thispast summer, New Hampshire, and specificallyHolderness School, experienced extremelywarm weather last winter with little snow andplenty of days above freezing. As HoldernessSustainability Coordinator Maggie Mumfordexplained, warmer temperatures means “higherinsect populations, lower water tables,increased fire risk, asynchrony of springtimeplants and animals, economic hardship, andloss of snow.”

And so what better way to demonstrate theimpact of a warm New England winter than tosponsor a ski race. The cycling team and Mr.and Mrs. Stigum helped plan and setup therace course, while many faculty helped run theevent. Mr. Casey helped fit students to ancientequipment and presented awards, Mr. Durnanannounced, Mr. Teaford recorded the event onvideo, and Ms. Pfenninger timed.

On the meters of perfectly groomedturf grass, the techniques were varied and theparticipants had varying levels of success. Themost accomplished athlete of the day was jun-ior Fabian Stocek, who even managed to get a

bit of glide out of his three-pin fish-scale skis.The rest of the racers chose to use an awkwardrunning technique that had very little paybackfor its aerobic output. Joining Fabian on thepodium were Hannah Halsted (first woman),Jake Barton and Sawyer Gardner (second maleand female), and Reed Spearman and StephSymecko (third male and female).

Photos from the event were posted not juston the Holderness website but also on the web-site of .org in an effort to help them“Connect the Dots” between climate changeand extreme weather. �

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Green Skiing for a Greener World

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With help from Nordic Coach Pat Casey, all racers were equipped with cutting-edge skis and boots

for the 350-meter race around the turf. No skill required.



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Outside the Flying Monkey, students juggledbright orange balls as a steady stream of peopleentered the theater. Inside, spectacular photo-graphs, bold graphic designs, and stunningpaintings hung from every available vertical sur-face and covered the tables in the main hall.Students wove through the crowd offering deli-cious appetizers to their guests who werequickly adding their names to silent auctionlists before heading to their seats to watch thecommunity’s freshest talent perform on stage.

It was April and students from PlymouthRegional High School and Holderness Schoolwere gathered at the Flying Monkey for thesecond annual “Convergence” art event. Lastyear the event took place at Holderness Schooland focused just on the visual arts. This year artteachers Lynn Sanborn (Plymouth Regional

High School) and Franz Nicolay (HoldernessSchool) decided to be a bit more ambitious.

“We wanted the kids to know what itmeans to give back to the community,”explained Lynn Sanborn. So with that in mindLynn asked her students to help her organize anight at the Flying Monkey that would raisemoney for cady (Community for Alcohol andDrug-Free Youth), a local organization whichworks to prevent substance abuse through envi-ronmental prevention strategies andevidence-based programming.

The response was terrific. Visual arts stu-dents from both schools contributed countlesspieces of art to a silent auction, while cookingstudents from prhs made appetizers that wereserved to guests while they viewed the show.Later in the evening, performing art studentsfrom both schools took to the Flying Monkey

stage. The hosts for the evening wereHolderness student Aidan Kendall and prhsstudent Hannah Crowell. In their openingspeech Aidan and Hannah took turns sayingeach word. It was a great way to begin the col-laborative performance!

Holderness School students performed firstwith two dance numbers. In the first perform-ance Carson Holmes, Christina Raichle, EmilyClifford, and Tess O’Brien danced to“Somebody that I Used to Know” by Gotye.Emily Clifford and Tess O’Brien performed asecond piece with beautiful, lyrical grace.

Next to take the stage were several moreHolderness students including Youngjae Cha,Shihao Yu, Maggie Peake, and EmilySoderberg. They were followed by two addi-tional solo performances by prhs studentsAndrew Buttolph and Brittany Irish. Theirmusical talent was fresh and expressed the indi-vidual personalities and passions of each artist.The evening ended with several performancesby the prhs choral ensemble. Their voices andmusic filled the hall and left the audience wish-ing for more.

Fortunately the students’ hard work paid off.By the end of the evening the two schools hadraised , for cady. �

Plymouth Regional High School and Holderness SchoolStudents Converge at the Flying Monkey

In the lobby of the Flying Monkey Theater, community members view silent auction items created by

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“It isn’t that Western Civilization isn’t work-ing,” history teacher Renee Lewis explained tothe Intellectual Life committee during lastspring’s trustee meetings. “The changes are justpart of a natural progression that will makethe program better.”

While most of the focus each spring is ongraduation, another important task for admin-istrators and teachers is to review currentcourses and determine which ones to keep,which ones to get rid of, and which ones toadd. And although there are times when majorshifts in philosophy are needed, for the mostpart the changes are small and are meant not tofix what is broken but just to continue toimprove and respond to the needs of our cur-rent students.

In the history department there will be twochanges. First, the list of courses this fall willinclude Presidential Elections. Although thiscourse is not new, it has not been taught foreight years. With the upcoming presidentialelection, lessons will be pulled directly from thedaily news and will give students the opportu-nity to observe, discuss, and analyze history asit unfolds. The students in this class will also bein charge of a school-wide mock election.

The history department will also be replac-ing Western Civilization with Humanities.While the teachers involved in this ninth-gradeclass will still focus on the same skill set, theirapproach to the material will be different. “The course will no longer be a chronologicalstudy of Western Civilization,” explained Ms.Lewis. “Instead the course will be organizedaround themes such as leadership and culturalvalues.”

“The students will still need to learn somedates, but rather than teach the materialchronologically, dates will be used to relate oneevent to another and to evaluate cause andeffect,” explained English teacher and co-coor-dinator for the program Janice Dahl. “Thechanges should really push students to think

abstractly, not just answering when and wherebut also why and how.”

With three teams composed of two teacherseach, the course will also try to make connec-tions throughout the year to Project Outreach,the Special Programs project that takes ninth-graders to Philadelphia to work with the cityparks and homeless shelters.

“The history of Western civilization isimportant to understand but after listening toJory’s reports throughout the year, the schoolrealizes there are other areas of history that areequally valuable,” explained Dean of AcademicsPeter Durnan. “Humanities will allow for amore global approach to history.”

The progression to which Ms. Lewisreferred that keeps teachers constantly evaluat-ing and refining their courses in the historydepartment is also occurring in the math andscience department as well. In recent years,many students who excel in mathematics have

been seeking higher level math courses thanhave been previously taught at Holderness. Inorder to challenge them, math teacher MikePeller and physics teacher Mike Carrigan willbe team teaching a new course, AP Physics C. Itis a calculus-based physics class that will servemany upper level students; students can onlytake the course if they have taken both calculusand physics. So far there are at least eight stu-dents who qualified and are interested in takingthe course. Additionally, the course will providean intellectual challenge to two of Holderness’finest teachers.

The other department that will tweak itsprograms this fall is the art department. On thestage in Hagerman there will now be a StageCraft class and a World Dance class. In StageCraft students will have an introduction totechnical theater. They will study set and light-ing design, costuming, and special effects. They

New Courses Created in Response to Student Needs

This fall students in Ms. Field’s Conceptual Design course took advantage of a warm, fall morning

and drew under the pines behind Carpenter.

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How do you build community in a boardingschool dorm filled with adolescent boys who aremore interested in what’s for dinner than in thestrength of their community? Although thesolutions are not easy or numerous, it often hassomething to do with the physical spaces withinthat community. Holderness continues to pur-sue smaller dorms, with low student: dormparent ratios and comfortable common spaces,all in an effort to uphold our strategic planwhich states that we will work to “build commu-nity among and across differences…cultivate acapacity for leadership in each student and pre-pare each student for responsible globalcitizenship.”

Now that the dorms behind the Head’shouse are completed and occupied by stu-dents and six faculty families, it is time torenovate some of the older dorms. The firstdorm to receive attention this past summer wasRathbun, the largest dorm on campus with thelargest student: faculty ratio. Originally housing

boys and two faculty families, Rathbun nowhouses students and three faculty families. “Our goal through this renovation was to createan atmosphere in which faculty dorm parentscan truly parent our students and not justmanage them,” explained project coordinatorSteve Solberg.

The plans for the renovation also include astudent living room, complete with a patio,study tables, and comfortable couches. “Ourhope is that the new space will draw studentsout of their rooms and into common areaswhere we can better make connections andthereby help build community,” Mr. Solbergwent on to say.

Cosmetically the dorm will have a differentfeel as well. While the old dorm had cin-derblock walls and tile floors, the renovatedrooms will have wood and plaster walls andcarpeting on the floors. The dorm will alsoreceive better insulation, airtight windows, andan upgraded heating system. The next dorm toreceive attention sometime next summer willbe Hoit, which will be transformed from a -student dorm to one with students.

So while Rathbun will look different tostudents when they return to school inSeptember, the physical changes don’t matter asmuch as what will happen inside those walls.With a little help from the new floor plan, allthe ingredients to build a dynamic and strongcommunity will be on hand: a spacious livingroom, more attractive dorm rooms, and a stu-dent: faculty ratio that will enable more timefor interaction between students and adults.And with a little luck, the residents of thedorm will think a little less about their nextmeal and a little more about the community inwhich they live. �

will also get plenty of hands-on experience asthey help Theater Director Monique Devinewith the production of the fall school play,Black Comedy by Peter Schaffer. They will alsohave the opportunity to attend several per-formances outside of school and visit withguest speakers who work professionally withcostuming, makeup, and lighting.

Students in World Dance will learn aboutthe cultural dances of different geographicallocations and will analyze dance’s connection toreligion, ritual, custom, celebration, popularculture, and political movements. They too willput their knowledge to work in performancesat the end of the semester.

In order to capitalize on small class sizeswhile at the same time benefitting from the col-laboration of two disciplines, Drawing II andPainting II will be combined into one course,Conceptual Design. Students will focus on con-cepts that are specific to contemporary art suchas large scale wall drawings, mixed media, andmultiple in-depth studies of the same subject.

One last course that will be new to the artdepartment this year is Advanced MusicTheory. Music teacher David Lockwood willwork with students to help them acquire thefundamentals of notation; the tools to analyzeharmony, melody, rhythm, and form; the basicsof computer scoring, sequencing, and recordingprograms; and ear training through solfege anddictation. At the completion of this course, stu-dents should be able to express themselvesthrough the written note accurately, coherently,and in a unique, personal, effective style. Inaddition, students should be able to criticallyanalyze music in a variety of genres both aural-ly and on paper. The long-range focus is on thewriting and production of two fully realizedpieces for multiple players. We are looking for-ward to hearing them soon! �

Renovation Helps Build CommunityNEW FALL COURSES, CONTINUED FROM PAGE 9

This fall, for the first time, all the students

living in Rathbun were able to meet in one

room, thanks to the incredible renovations that

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“Stepping into the Edwards Art Gallery is a bitlike stepping back outside,” explained nhprreporter Sean Hurley in a news story that firstaired on April . “Massive blue skies and light-ly ruffled lakes hang in gilt frames on thewalls…The living forests and mountains andlakes and rivers and fields of New Hampshire.Our own backyard from years ago, stillalive today.”

While co-directors of the Edwards ArtGallery Franz Nicolay and Kathryn Fieldalways organize interesting exhibitions to sharewith the Holderness community, “West ofWashington: Between Nature and Time” set anew standard. Franz’s personal connection toart collectors Andrews and Linda McLaneallowed the community to glimpse a trulyremarkable collection.

“West of Washington” included paintingsand sketches created by artists associated withthe White Mountain School which grew out ofthe Hudson River School movement in the late

s. Although the White Mountain Schoolis better known for the works of Thomas Coleand Benjamin Champney that were painted onthe Eastern Slope of the White Mountains, thesame artists also produced landscape pieces ofthe Pemigewasset Valley, the Lakes Region,Franconia Notch, and the North Country aswell. It is these pieces that were on display inthe Edwards Art Gallery this spring.

Preparation for the exhibit began in earlyApril and was the subject of a cover article inthe Holderness student newspaper on April .

“Some of the paintings are huge, stretchingover five feet wide and four feet tall; others are assmall as three inches by eight inches,” explainedjunior KJ Sanger in The Picador. “The dates ofthese pieces range from –. Although thatis over years ago, some of the paintings looklike they could have been painted within the lastyear. In incredible condition and impeccablypreserved, the art is spectacular.”

And while the collection was open to thepublic and provided many members of thecommunity with an opportunity to glimpse abit of New Hampshire history, the students ofHolderness were able to interact with thepaintings and sketches on a deeper level; theEdwards Art Gallery became a classroom forthem. In addition to attending lectures by sev-eral artists and art historians, students werealso able to use the pieces as inspiration fortheir own works of art. Students in severaldrawing classes copied the White MountainSchool paintings in pencil sketches, attemptingto understand the artists’ styles and techniques.Meanwhile at least one English class tried toimagine the stories of the people and placesdepicted in the works of art and put their sto-ries down on paper (see ancillary piece onfollowing page spread).

Although an exceptional exhibit like this maynot appear in the Edwards Art Gallery again forsome time, the impact the paintings made in theminds and development of many Holdernessstudents will be felt for a lifetime. �

White Mountain Landscape Comes to Life in Gallery Exhibit

During the art opening for “West of Washington,” Lilly Magnus (daughter of Emily Magnus ’88)

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The White Mountains inspired renownednineteenth-century landscape painters. Theartists didn’t just record what they saw, but alsodrew on and modified European traditionslearned through paintings, books, prints, ortravel, as they defined the visual culture of anew nation. Romantic painters like ThomasCole and Henry Cheever Pratt traveled northin the s and visited sites like Chocorua andConway—sites that would become knownthrough the works of the more picturesquemid-to-late nineteenth-century artists when theregion was transformed from a seldom-visitedterritory to a tourist haven.

Cole and Pratt were drawn to the area afterthe enigmatic White Mountains receivedheightened national attention following the Willey disaster in Crawford Notch. Afamily was killed in a landslide after attemptingto run to safety from their home, which ironi-cally was left unscathed by the catastrophe.Through word and image, the event created asense of myth and place.

Artists became integral to the WhiteMountain experience, and regional proprietors

Copying the Masters: What Students Learned

AT LEFT, TOP TO BOTTOM: Franconia

Mountain, David Johnson (1867); River View

of the White Mountains, Samuel Colman

(undated); and Presidential Range from

Jefferson, NH, George W. Whitaker. FACING

PAGE: Pencil sketches by (from top to

bottom) art students Perry Kurker-Mraz,

Jingyi Wu, and Ximo Xiao.

During the exhibition, students took the

opportunity to copy the styles of the

masters; on these pages are some of their

pencil sketches and the original

paintings. In addition, the Director of the

Museum of the White Mountains and a

recent graduate of Holderness offer

historical commentary on the exhibition.


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were quick to understand the importance ofartists and authors in attracting visitors. By thes Samuel Thompson was already givingartists discounts to stay in his inn in NorthConway, and he did this to draw more tourists.

Even as the experience became tamer andlife at the resorts increasingly removed from thewilderness experience, there remained a desireto project a sense of adventure into a visit to theWhite Mountains. Edward Hill added dramato a scene of tourists viewing Franconia Notchfrom Bald Mountain () by sharpening con-trasts and—true to the era—diminishinghuman presence to three small figures in theforeground. People are dwarfed by the majestyof their surroundings. �

an excerpt from an article bydr. catherine s. amidon, director,museum of the white mountains,plymouth state university

In an age when the West had yet to be won,these paintings were able to communicate thedrama of the American landscape in livingcolor. These paintings influenced the shift ofpublic awareness from exploiting wilderness forits natural resources to preserving it for itsrecreational and spiritual value. While theIndustrial Revolution created an urban envi-ronment conducive to a nostalgia for unspoilednature, it also gave rise to a new moneyed elitewho could afford leisure time in the newnational parks and wilderness areas.

By New Hampshire had become apopular summer destination for many wealthyAmericans seeking refuge from busy city life.With them came the artists, who had spenttheir early years cutting their teeth on theCatskill scenery closer to home and were eagerfor new inspiration. They attacked the MountWashington Valley with enthusiasm, creatingan impressive body of work that only served tomake the area more popular for generations tocome. �

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Student Triple Donation Goal at School’s First Relay for Life

1 Students Max Sturges, Chance Wright, and Dave

Bugbee; 2 Student organizers pose with Ms. Weymouth

outside of Weld Hall; 3 Luminaries line the edge of the

turf field; 4 Students begin their relay.

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400259148462419177521

DOLLARS RAISED (ALMOST TRIPLING THEORIGINAL GOAL OF $10,000)

HIGHEST NUMBER OF DOLLARS RAISED BY ONEINDIVIDUAL (THANK YOU CHANCE WRIGHT ’14)

LUMINARIES DECORATED IN HONOR OF THOSEWHO FOUGHT OR ARE FIGHTING BATTLESWITH CANCER

NUMBER OF STUDENTS, FACULTY, AND STAFFWHO PARTICIPATED IN THE RELAY

HAMBURGERS CONSUMED DURING COMMON MANCOOKOUT

LOVED ONES WHO WERE BATTLING CANCER ORHAVE LOST BATTLES TO CANCER AND WEREHONORED DURING THE RELAY CHAPEL

NUMBER OF TEAMS CREATED BY THE STUDENTSFOR THE EVENT

MILES RUN BY FABIAN STOCEK ’13

NUMBER OF PARENTS WHO VOLUNTEERED ANDPARTICIPATED

HOURS WALKED BY EACH TEAM OR INDIVIDUAL

BUSINESSES THAT DONATED FOOD, DRINKS,AND DOLLARS TO THE EVENT

PARTICIPANTS FROM EACH TEAM WHO WEREWALKING AT ALL TIMES

NUMBER OF BOUNCY HOUSES

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The Spring Musical: Students Perform The Wedding Singer

CLOCKWISE, FROM ABOVE: Connor Smith sings in the lead role as

Robbie Hart; So Hee Park performs as Julia Sullivan; the chorus

sings “Saturday Night in the City”; Elena Bird sings the final

narration of the play; Josh Nungesser and Brian Tierney perform as

Robbie Hart’s two best friends.


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It has been said that no matter where you go inthe world, you don’t have to look very hard ortalk to too many people before someone knowssomeone who has a connection to Holderness.Friends of the Bull are everywhere. Our currentstudents made it even easier this past summerto make Holderness connections when theytraveled to at least four of the seven continents,learning, volunteering, and just generally havingfun. Below is a report on just some of theirmany adventures.

In July senior Sarah Michel and otheryoung women participated in an eight-dayconference at Wheelock College in Boston,MA in July. Over the past six years theWomenWomen International LeadershipProgram has brought together over girls(ages –) from countries and immersedthem in intensive action-oriented leadershiptraining and connected them to a network ofinfluential women leaders. In addition toattending a variety of workshops with promi-

nent leaders doing important work in govern-ment, media, business, science, and technology,Sarah participated in team-building activities,leadership development exercises, outreachevents, and cultural activities. She also had theopportunity to interact with educational leadersfrom Harvard University’s Kennedy School ofGovernment and Law.

During the conference Sarah was asked tomake an action plan about an issue that shethought affected the women around her. Sheexplained, “Two girls from Prospect HillCharter School in Boston and I founded anorganization called wow (Women OpeningWorlds) which maintains a discussion panel forwomen from all different backgrounds… Thegoal of wow is to help women develop anunderstanding of women from all over theworld.” Scroll through their Facebook discus-sion page, and you will see posts from girls likeSara Shaibani from Libya, Asal M. Alabayachifrom Iraq, Habiba El Maghraby from Cairo,

and Wilkista Akinyi from Kenya. While manyof the their conversations are timeless soundbites focusing on typical teenage interests—music, food, and the Olympics—the number ofnationalities involved in the conversations isexciting. Enthusiastic female voices from allover the world are sharing their ideas and get-ting to know one another.

While Sarah worked with women from different countries in Boston, Haley Michenzispent three weeks immersed in the culture ofSouth Africa and focused on the social andenvironmental problems of the region. Hergroup, while much smaller, was also composedof only women. Haley traveled with IvyLeaders, a program whose goal it is, “to producea life-changing experience that will enhancestudents’ leadership abilities and broaden theirunderstanding of global issues during their crit-ical adolescent years.”

Haley began the four-week program atDartmouth College connecting to the othermembers of her group and learning effectiveleadership and communications skills. After aweek at Dartmouth, she traveled to SouthAfrica and spent one week each immersed inthe following projects: monitoring wildlife andcollecting scientific data; volunteering andteaching at the Lighthouse Academy and LampSchool; and helping with conservation effortsat the Enkosini Wildlife Sanctuary.

“Simply being around the children at the[Lighthouse Academy and Lamp School] hastaught me more than, ‘I’m so privileged, I needto help,’” explained Haley in the group’snewsletter. “It’s opened my eyes; it’s up to us tocreate a better world, hands on.”

Program Director Ryan Sinclair also sawgrowth in Haley. “Throughout the program,” hesaid, “Haley exemplified intellectual curiosity,confidence, and leadership. She asked thought-ful questions, persevered in unfamiliarconditions and worked well with others in thegroup as well as in the communities she visited.”

Holderness Students Make Connections Around the Globe

Junior Haley Michienzi does the Hokey Pokey with students at the Tshega school in South Africa.


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It is also worth noting that one of thegroup leaders was Francis Chapuredima whotaught at Holderness for two and a half yearsand just recently left to teach in the GulfRegion of Qatar.

For junior Hannah Durnan her summerlearning opportunity took place in June whenshe travelled to the University of Marylandand presented at the Kenneth E. BehringNational History Day Contest. According tothe contest’s website, “Each year roughly ,students and their parents and teachers gatherat the University of Maryland, College Parkfor the week-long event. These enthusiasticgroups come from all over the United States,Guam, American Samoa, Department ofDefense Schools in Europe, and even Shanghai,China.” Hannah’s project focused on Americanlaws on bullying.

On the other side of the country at StanfordUniversity, senior Celine Pichette participatedin the Stanford Shumway Surgical SummerInternship Program. The program is designed“to educate high school and pre-medical stu-dents considering careers in science, medicine,and public health in basic and advanced cardio-vascular anatomy and physiology as well asmedical and surgical techniques that will be uti-lized in pre-medical and medical school.”

“I spent four hours a day in a lab learningproper suturing techniques with castros, for-ceps, and metzenbaum scissors,” explainedCeline. “I also learned how to repair coronaryartery disease with a saphenous vein and aboutaortic valve replacements…It was an incredibleexperience.”

On the other side of the globe, Henry Liufocused his attention on the past. Travelingwith China’s leading dinosaur paleontologists,Henry participated in dinosaur excavations inthe far northwestern desert region of China (byInner Mongolia’s Gobi Desert) and the farsouthwestern region of China (near theTibetan Plateau). Li Da Qing, who is theDirector of the Gansu Geological Museum,

was the lead professor on the trip. A Universityof Pennsylvania professor, Peter Dodson, alsotraveled with Henry.

In an email to his Holderness teachers atthe end of the summer, Henry explained,“While I was with the excavation team in theGobi revealing one of the few dinosaurs wefound, rumor traveled that one of the excava-tors found a dinosaur skull (very rare andvaluable!). To make it even more exciting, itbelonged to a very bizarre and uncommondinosaur called Suzhousaurus, which is consid-ered the ancestor of Therizinosaurus. Dinosaurskulls are very vulnerable, so they don’t tend toget preserved or last very long. The specimen, ifcomplete, will become the first of its kind to befound in this time period (Early Cretaceous, million years ago).”

Henry was also fortunate enough to haveone of his trilobites featured on an award-win-ning website that specializes in the

understanding of trilobites(www.trilobites.info). Every month the websitefeatures a photograph and in September,Henry was pleased to see his own photographon their main page. Congratulations, Henry!

All the students are now back at Holdernessand we are looking forward to hearing moreabout their adventures. Fortunately, their expe-riences can enrich us all! �

Sophomore Henry Liu excavates dinosaur bones somewhere in the northwestern desert region of

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Varsity Baseballby chris dayThe Holderness varsity baseball season startedin April this year when the boys headed southto Vero Beach for spring training at Dodger-town. The benefits were seen early on as theteam grabbed a few wins right off the bat. Thisteam, led by able seniors and a stable of youngtalent, tumbled through the season and experi-enced several heartbreaking losses (threewalk-offs and even a “balk”-off). Despite notgetting the bounces, the boys played hard andhad a blast all season long. Nate Lamson ledthe team from the pitcher’s mound, while JesseOsuchowski, Ben Coleman, and Charlie Day(all of whom hit over . for the season) ledthe way offensively. This was definitely arebuilding year, and the coaches have highhopes for more success (and just as much fun)next season.

JV Baseballby dave lockwoodIt was the final game of an already successfulseason (by any and every measure). We’d goneinto extra innings against the Pelicans of St.Paul’s. There were two outs in the home half ofthe eighth, no one on base, and, with a two-hour time limit imposed on JV games, theprospect of ending the season in a tie seemedmore than likely.

Plunk! Jake Barton was hit by a pitch, trot-ted to first, and then promptly stole second onthe first pitch to Luc Chanren. Thwack! Lucscorched the next pitch into the gap in rightcenter, easily scoring Jake for a dramatic, game-ending, season-ending, somehow fitting win.On its way to a - record, this year’s JV base-ball team was never out of any game, showedthe ability to come from behind, made do witha makeshift practice field without complaint,and played the game the right way.

Softballby john linNo manipulation of any statistic (win-loss, bat-ting averages, staff era, fielding percentage)

would count our season a success, yet our sea-son was a great success. We took a group ofgirls, many who had never seen a game of soft-ball before no less played it, and we competed.We competed in new uniforms, taking the fieldfor practices and games, day in and day out. Weworked hard and together improved as individ-ual players and as a team. We had many seasonhighlights—great plays in the infield, keystrikeouts by gritty pitchers, home runs andextra-base hits by KJ Sanger and Carly Meau.But the one moment that stands out as repre-sentative of our season was at our last gamewhen Momo Xiao, a newcomer, fielded a hardliner on one hop and threw out a runner atthird base from centerfield. It was a greatmoment to cap a wonderful season.

Cyclingby john teafordAfter a campaign marred by multipleweather cancellations, the Holdernesscycling team finally got to show what it coulddo. Even with many young recruits—andnumerous first-time racers—the Holderness

team was still successful in various competitiveformats from time trials to road races, andranging in distance from – miles.

Holderness riders in the Boys B categorydemonstrated a level of dominance rarely seenin Lakes Region competitions, controlling com-petitive fields of racers and generally occupyingmultiple steps on the winner’s podium.Numerous individual races were won by first-year racer Fabian Stocek, and theultra-challenging White Mountain Road Racesaw Holderness B riders finish one, two, four,and five. At the Lakes Region Championship atthe end of the season, the boys rode hardenough to capture the league trophy, a feat thatis all the more impressive knowing that manyof the B riders chose to move up to Category Aat mid-season.

At the season-ending sports assembly, ourteam presented a pair of notable awards: AidanKendall received the Coach’s Award and ElianaMallory received the Most Improved Award.These were but two of the cyclists who per-formed bravely throughout the season,propelled themselves on spirit, fueled them-

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selves on pride, and never took themselves tooseriously . . . even while training and competingwith great fortitude and courage.

Golfby thom flindersAlthough the skiers cursed the lack of snowthis winter, the golfers took full advantage ofthe early spring and started playing at Owl’sNest as soon as they returned from springbreak. Throughout the season two seniors,Charlie DeFeo and Connor Lorree, led theteam in the one and two spots to anchor ourconsistent play. At the Lakes Region tourna-ment—a seven-team, four-man, -hole strokeplay event—the team suffered a disappointingloss by one stroke; however, it was a greatopportunity to learn how to play under pres-sure. The Bulls finished the season with a --record and won the final Lakes RegionChampionship. With a bunch of underclass-men on the team this year, we look forward tocontinuing our winning streak next spring.

A famous quote by Jack Nicklaus summa-rizes the JV golf squad: “A champion is not achampion because of his swing, but because ofhow he conducts himself.” With many first-timeplayers and others who still needed to learnbasic techniques, the JV squad was filled withchampions, despite possessing swings thatwould make Happy Gilmore look like a pro.Always cheerful, polite and eager to learn, all theplayers improved tremendously throughout theseason. Winning the Most Improved Awardwas Pete Saunders, who learned to finally hitthe ball consistently and can almost make it goin the direction he wants. Although no onefrom the team will go on to win a green jacket,they’ve learned a skill that will last a lifetime.

Boys Varsity Lacrosseby lance galvin ’The boys varsity lacrosse team finished with awinning record of -. We played a competitiveschedule against some of the best teams inNew England, with key wins earned againstPomfret School, Kimball Union Academy,

New Hampton School, and Cushing Academy.Unfortunately, we also lost to some of our toprivals—Brewster Academy and AndoverAcademy—by a one-point margin. However,there is always next year when many starters(including our entire defensive unit and start-ing attackmen) are all returning. The futurelooks promising for this young team!

This spring the Holderness Bulls had theirshare of All-League honors: Matthew Kinney,Andrew Walsh, and Gavin Bayreuther allreceived first team recognition. Three other ath-letes receive honorable mentions: Andy Zinck,Matt Gudas, and Bailey Walsh.

JV Boys Lacrosseby duane ford ’Boys jv lacrosse (both and ) had a season ofimpressive improvement. The two teams playeda total of games and the quality of play fromthe start of season to the finish was dramatical-ly better. Special commendations go to thethree prideful seniors—Mitch Shumway, JoshNungesser, and Olayode Ahmed—for their

leadership and guidance. The jv Coach’sAward winner Christian Anderson must alsobe recognized for his outstanding effort andattitude. He will be missed as he goes on to hisnext adventure. Lastly, I also want to mentionthe extra effort of coach Alan Smarse thisspring. He is a friend to all at Holderness.

JV2 Boys Lacrosseby frank cironeIt took a while for the boys on the jv lacrosseteam to develop any kind of rhythm. In fact, ittook three games before the team registered agoal. Zac Harmon, the recipient of the Coach’sAward, got credit for that tally and continuedscoring all season, leading the team as thingsstarted to turn around. Harrison Alva con-tributed to the offense from the midfieldposition and scored several long-range goals,while Ian Baker (recipient of the Most ImprovedAward) bolstered the midfield with his consis-tent play and dogged determination. Long poleBobby Wassman (also a recipient of the MostImproved Award) took charge of the defense

CLOCKWISE FROM ABOVE: Connor Loree tees up at Owl’s Nest in Campton; Eliana Mallory rides out

from the start of the Holderness road race; in the outfield Holderness varsity baseball players talk

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and created offense with his flashes of athleti-cism. By early May the team reached the .mark, thanks in part to game changing goals byninth-graders Sean Cashel and Jack Vatcher.The coaches and players look forward to anoth-er season of lacrosse next spring.

Girls Varsity Lacrosseby renee lewisThe girls varsity lacrosse team completed theseason with an - record and a share of theLakes Region title. The girls began the seasonwith a productive preseason camp inBrunswick, ME, and continued to buildmomentum throughout the season. After aheartbreaking loss to New Hampton in theirfirst competition, Holderness avenged the losswith a - victory the second time around.Seniors Maggie Caputi, Lily Ford, and HaleyMahar, and junior Sarah Bell led the potentand balanced attack throughout the seasonwhich regularly included more than seven scor-ers and averaged goals per game. Seniors AriBourque and Hannah Halsted and junior

Mackenzie Maher (goalie) anchored thedefense which shut down strong opponents allseason. We will dearly miss our wonderfulgroup of seven seniors that elevated the level ofthe program, and we look forward to watchingthem compete at the next level.

Girls JV Lacrosseby melissa stuartWith a record number of girls participatingon the jv girls lacrosse team this spring, theteam was divided into jv and jv teams forgames. The young team was led by junior co-captains Danielle Therrien and XajaahWilliams-Flores and finished the season withan overall - record. Becky Begley led theteam in goals, while Sarah Alexander held theteams together at the net. Mikaela Wall’s quickstick shots and Hannah Durnan’s aggressivedefensive play helped aid the team in winningmany of their games. In addition, many jvplayers—Elizabeth Powell, Coco Clemens,Sookie Liddle and Abby Jones—consistentlyput in the extra effort to see playing time dur-

ing the jv games. This year’s Coach’s Awardswere presented to Danielle Therrien and AbbyJones; the Most Improved Awards were givento Hannah Stowe and Lizzy Duffy.

Rock Climbingby tiaan van der linde ’This season the team returned to the crags atRumney, a world-class sport-climbing area only minutes away from campus. All the athleteswere seniors, some with several years of experi-ence and others with none. The wide variety ofskills among the team members created anatmosphere of mutual respect and support, andthose with knowledge of the sport were able toinstruct those without. This spring provided amultitude of weather conditions, from temper-atures below freezing to -degree days, fromdry and sunny periods to gray and drizzlyafternoons. These circumstances created uniquechallenges for the climbers, but they insisted onattempting to climb, no matter the conditions.The Most Improved Award went to ChristianDaniell for his cheerful and positive attitude

CLOCKWISE FROM ABOVE: Members of the rock climbing team rest at Rumney Cliffs after a hard day of climbing; Olayode Ahmed cradles the ball in a

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which translated into his success at the cliffs.Coach’s Award recipient Isabelle Zaik-Hodgkins was lauded for her motivation,leadership, and fluidity on the rock. Sinceregratitude goes to instructors Jim Shimberg,Richard Parker, and Erik Thatcher.

Boys Varsity Tennisby reggie pettittThe boys varsity tennis squad completed the season with a record of - overall. Wejust wish that we could have stolen several extrateam wins and come out on top in a handful ofclose contests. Match records aside, team spiritremained high throughout the season. Our co-captains, Jesse Ross and Miguel Arias, led byexample and worked diligently to develop andmaintain team chemistry and spirit. In addi-tion, hard work in practice enabled them to farewell in competitive matches. Other key contri-butions along the way were consistently madeby Chris Nalen, Eduard Galtes, and LukeRandle. Each of our newcomers—ClarkMacomber, Kangdi Wang, Max Lash, BrianTierney and Brandon Marcus—found ways tocontribute to the success of the team witheither their singles or double play. Our MostImproved players were Kangdi Wang andBrandon Marcus.

Boys JV Tennisby mike carriganThe boys JV tennis team finished the year witha perfect - record, capturing the LakesRegion title along the way. The team had anexcellent mix of ages and enjoyed capable lead-ership from seniors Oliver Nettere, Ian Ford,and Tino Tomasi. Season highlights includegritty - wins over kua and CardiganMountain schools, as well as a Lakes Regiondoubles championship title captured by oursecond doubles team of Roland Nyama andJosh Joyce. The Most Improved Award this sea-son went to junior third doubles stalwart GPLee, while the Coach’s Award went to seniorsingles player Tino Tomasi.

Girls Varsity Tennisby chris stigumThe girls varsity tennis team enjoyed a success-ful season this spring. The team earned a -record with outstanding contributions fromthree juniors—Raquel Shrestha, LibbyVoccola, and Hannah Foote; they were allundefeated in singles play. The team tiedProctor Academy for the second year in a rowin the Lakes Region League, and we took threeof four events at the end-of-season LakesRegion Championship event. The girls allplayed with grace, spirit, and grit. Specialthanks to our four seniors—captain JosieBrownell, Kristina Micalizzi, Pippa Blau, andBee Crudgington. It should also be noted thatPippa and Bee were members of the varsitytennis team all four years that they attendedHolderness. The Coach’s Award was given toPippa Blau, and the Most Improved Award wasgiven to Kristina Micalizzi. Congratulations,girls, on a fine season.

Girls JV Tennisby tobi pfenningerThe girls JV tennis team had another successfulseason. Returning players Rachel Huntley,Hailee Grisham, Sarah Michel, and EricaSteiner welcomed eight new players to the teamand helped to lead the group to a - season.The focus of our season was to improve indi-vidual skills, to have fun, and to displayexcellent sportsmanship. The girls enjoyed play-ing against new opponents in the Lakes Regionand made many new friends at other schools.Hailee Grisham, Patricia Porta, Sarah Michel,Katie Leake, Rachel Huntley and Sam Cloudrepresented Holderness at the Lakes RegionTournament held at Kimball Union. HaileeGrisham, playing No. singles, and Sam Cloudand Rachel Huntley, playing No. doubles,advanced to the Championship round and werehonored for their participation. Congratulationsto the team and to award winners RachelHuntley—recipient of the Coach’s Award—and Katie Leake—recipient of the MostImproved Award. �

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COMMENCEMENT 2012

AHMED, OLAYODE SAKIRUDEENIndiana University-Purdue UniversityIndianapolis

ALEXANDER, NATHANIAL GEORGEJohns Hopkins University

ARIAS, MIGUEL ALEJANDRONew England College

BABUS, KEITH STEVENFurman University

BASS, JONATHAN PERKINSElon University

BAUM, AUSTIN GEOGHANBucknell University

BAYREUTHER, GAVIN SMITHOther ( junior hockey)

BLAU, PIPPA BANCROFTUniversity of Colorado at Boulder

BOHLIN, KEITH MICHAELWake Forest University

BOURQUE, ARIANA ANNBowdoin College

BROWNELL, JOSEPHINE MCALPINColorado College

BUEHLER, OWEN TOMASZCornell University

BUGBEE, DAVID KENNETHSt. Lawrence University

CAPUTI, MARGUERITE COURNOYERMiddlebury College

CLOUD, SAMANTHA REGINABates College

COWIE, ELIZA R.University of New Hampshire

CRUDGINGTON, BENEDICTE NORAWake Forest University

DANIELL, CHRISTIAN HAYNESConnecticut College

DAO, THAI TRONGUniversity of Pittsburgh

DEFEO, CHARLES TIMOTHYUniversity of Vermont

DONAHUE, BRYAN MARSHALLLake Forest College

FERRANTE, PETER MICHAELUniversity of Colorado at Boulder

FORD, IAN C.The University of Montana, Missoula

FORD, LILY WOODWORTHUniversity of New Hampshire (deferring)

FRAZIER, SALAMARIE IZEALLIASuffolk University

FREDRICKSON, JAMES BLAIRNew England College

GASSMAN, MICHAEL NEALUniversity of Tulsa

GIBBS, CASEYUndecided

GUERRA, ABIGAIL KRISTENBoston University

HALSTED, HANNAH MORGANUniversity of Denver

HUNTLEY, RACHEL WESTUniversity of North Carolina at Asheville

HWANG, YEJINEmory University

KELSEY, PRESTON JEROMEDartmouth College

KINNEY, MATTHEW NEVILLESt. Lawrence University

LAMSON, NATHANIEL WARDHamilton College–NY

LEAKE, KATHERINE O’CONNORUniversity of Colorado at Boulder

LEE, SAMANTHA ANNESaint Mary’s University (non-US college)

LEININGER, ALEXANDER BRADYOther ( junior hockey)

LOREE, CONNOR CHRISTIANEckerd College

MAHAR, HALEY JANETWilliams College

MARCUS, BRANDON C.Colorado College

MARVIN, WILLIAMSt. Lawrence University

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MEAU, CARLY ELIZABETHEast Carolina University

MICALIZZI, KRISTINA SOPHIAGeorgetown University

MOGOLLON, SARA PARSELLUnion College

MONAHAN, MOLLY BROWNGap Year

MUNROE, ANDREW JOSEPHOther ( junior hockey)

NETTERE, OLIVER JULIANWashington and Lee University

NUNGESSER, JOSHUA WILLIAMPace University, New York City

PARK, SO HEEThe George Washington University

PETTENGILL, EDWARD PAULChamplain College

PICHETTE, JULES BENOITUniversity of Richmond

POORE, ALEXANDER RICHARDUndecided

PORTA BARBARIN, PATRICIAUniversity of Miami (medicine)

POTTER, JULIA BALDWINMarymount Manhattan College

RENZI, NICHOLAS ANTHONYBoston University

ROBBINS, JAMES ORNSTEINHamilton College–NY

ROSENCRANZ, RYAN MICHAELUniversity of Denver

SHUMWAY, MITCHELL CRAIGFordham University

SIMPKINS, JUSTIN DEMARRGap Year

SLATTERY, ABAGAEL MAEDavidson College

SMITH, CONNOR MERRISGettysburg College

SMITH, DICKSONUniversity of Virginia

SPEARMAN, REED ROWANGap Year

STEINER, ERICA HOLAHANGeorgetown University

SUTHERLAND, PARKER CLAYTONCurry College

SYMECKO, STEPHANIE RACHAELWorcester Polytechnic Institute

TANKERSLEY, MOLLY DURGINNortheastern University

TIERNEY, BRIAN ALDENThe Catholic University of America

TOMASI, TINO ANDYSaint Michael’s College

TRUJILLO, ALEX LEEMiami University, Oxford

WALSH, ANDREW JAMESQuinnipiac University

WATSON, SHAWN WILLIAMOther ( junior hockey)

XIN, RUOHAONew York University

ZAIK-HODGKINS, ISABELLE EDENUniversity of Vermont

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Abagael Slattery ’12School President

I am not alone in saying that I will miss thisplace.

I am not alone in saying that I am ready tograduate.

I am not alone in saying that I have madememories at Holderness School that will staywith me for the rest of my life. Friends, men-tors, role models that will stay with me for therest of my life.

In Abby Guerra’s senior honors thesis pres-entation, she spoke about how pain can be apositive thing. I admit I have felt much painwhile at Holderness. The pain of training forthe timed two-mile in field hockey preseason,hoping to impress Coach Brewer with my time,which in the end felt somewhat pointlessbecause Sam Cloud made the rest of us looklike we had never run before. The pain ofstudying for far too many hours for Mr.Flinders’ AP Biology exams, which again feltsomewhat pointless because Oliver Nettereknows the material so well he could teach theclass. The pain of losing classmates, the pain oflosing friends, the growing pains of being ateenager. But none of it was pointless, andAbby Guerra would definitely agree that allthis pain was positive and without these experi-ences under our belts, this day would meannothing. We have grown together, and now wewill graduate together.

Graduation is a time to think about ourfutures and celebrate what is to come. We areheading off to college in Colorado, Maine,North Carolina, Virginia, Florida, New York,D.C., and more… We are going to studyFrench, physics, biomedical engineering, busi-ness, mathematics, international relations, andmore. We are becoming adults and leavingwhat is left of our youthful innocence to

Holderness, for safekeeping of course. Whenwe come back years later, that innocence willstill be here living in each Holderness studentwho will have a chance to experience what weexperienced during our time in the good oldtown of Plymouth, New Hampshire.

Graduation is a time to reflect on our pastsand to celebrate the memories and experienceswe have gained. Reflect upon the people whohave mattered most to you in your time atHolderness and store your memories of themin your heart forever. Capture the memory ofMr. Teaford’s annual OB countdown. Capturethe memory of D. Wang’s surprise appearanceat outdoor chapel. Capture the memory of yourfavorite Weld dessert that Larry makes, or ofworking it off with Tony Mure up at the gym.Keep these memories safe and remind yourselfof them often because they have molded yourcharacter and enriched your life.

But as Ralph Waldo Emerson once said,“With the past, I have nothing to do; nor withthe future. I live now.” I would personally rec-ommend following Mr. Lockwood’s advice to“Count your blessings now you lucky human,you,” because we have earned this day and allthe celebration, joy, tears, hope, and memoriesthat come with it. We’ve made it throughadversity and pain and we are all strongerbecause of it. Think about your future, storethe memories of your past, but most impor-tantly, breathe in the experience of now, yourone and only graduation from HoldernessSchool.

Let’s go out and do big things.I wish you way more than luck. �

2012 Commencement Addresses

“Reflect upon the people

who have mattered most

to you in your time at

Holderness and store

your memories of them

in your heart forever.”


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Jacob Barton ’13School President-Elect

Unlike today, the wind was icy as it whistledthrough my tarp on the first night of solo. Iburrowed deeper into my sleeping bag, butcould find no warmth lurking at the bottom. Istretched a blind hand out of the top, hoping tofind my puffy jacket; what I grabbed, however,made me warmer than any coat could have.

It was a letter. It was soggy, not from fourdays in the woods, but because whoever sealedit had licked it much more than necessary. Itwas wrinkled. It was coming apart at the cor-ners. It looked like the person who had writtenmy name on it had done so with their oppositehand.

Who else could it have been from, but JulesPichette? And what else would Jules have putin a letter but absurd jokes, which I definitelycan’t repeat here?

Jules’ letter (though wrinkled and soggy) isbut one of the many ways in which the seniorshave enriched my life, and all of our lives, hereat school. Though many of their contributionshave been in the spotlight, like Salamarie’ssinging, countless others, like Jules’ letter, havegone unseen by most kids. Were their class abook, the things I’ll remember about them arenot found on the title page, the dedication, oreven in the text itself; rather, it’s their unherald-ed acts, the sub-text, that I’ll remember most.

A few examples:r Before I was even a student at Holderness,

Chris Daniell knew me by name. He wouldplay catch with me at any baseball practicesI went to, and give me a hi-five, or some-

times a hug, on the path. I don’t think that“Chris Daniell gives Jake Barton a high-five”would be a chapter in their story, but it’ssomething that I, and anyone else whoChris has said “hi” to (which is just about allof us), will remember and appreciate.

r Every quarter, a new job list comes out.We’ve all been affected by it; our jobs play abig part in our lives here. But, often, wedon’t consider the time that Ari Borquedevotes to making the list. Without her, theJob Program, and thus the school, wouldn’tfunction properly. “Ari makes a job list”would not be a pivot point of their story,but it’s an important piece nonetheless.

r When aspiring mathematicians needed helpwith their calculators, they turned to Mitch“the mastermind” Shumway.

r When the brave folks who dared to tryNordic skiing needed help fitting their skis,they looked to Haley Mahar.

r And, when discouraged students needed afriendly hello, or even just a smile, to lifttheir spirits, they found solace in ElizaCowie and David Bugbee.

Though I’ve only mentioned a handful ofnames and good deeds, each member of thesenior class has contributed their share of kind-ness to this year and years past. None of thethings I’ve listed are major features of the“senior story;” and yet, they are what maketheirs a distinct one. Their class has helped usall in ways seen and unseen, and they’ve madethis year a special one.

Congratulations to the Class of , andgood luck in writing the words of your storiesto come. �


“Were their class a book,

the things I’ll remember

about them are not

found on the title page,

the dedication, or even

in the text itself; rather,

it’s their unheralded

acts, the sub-text, that

I’ll remember most.”


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Will Prickett ’81Commencement Speaker

(excerpted from the complete speech)One of the things this class really, really enjoys isthe rain. Today, evidently—eventually—will beno exception! I don’t think there are manydroughts in your future. Starting with O-Hikefour years ago, when it rained—to the first dayof Solo last year (when it poured rain) to thecancer walk-a-thon this year, you have never let alittle rain dampen the playful spirit of your class.

You described yourselves as coming a longway over your years here—from a rowdy bunchof clueless ninth-graders to grown-ups(almost!). As Mr. Peck described in your seniorchapel last week, you seniors have really grownup and blossomed before our eyes. You’ve expe-rienced many joys and some quite painfulmoments. Another description I heard is thatthis is a class that has grown so close to oneanother. Many classes do here, but your classparticularly so. You have really embraced thenotion of community more than others. Youtend to brag about the accomplishments ofyour classmates, not yourselves. You competeless with each other, than joining forces andsupporting each other. You pick each other upand always will. I think these are wonderfultraits to have and you are very lucky to havemet each other here.

I heard about experiences you loved, thatmade you laugh and that brought your togeth-er—like Project Outreach your freshman year,Tabor Day bonfires (which look like a crossbetween Blue Man Group and Ring-Around-the-Rosy), the famous mud bowl, OB, thesemi-formal and prom. (There were some pret-ty amazing outfits at that prom!) And thenthere was Winter Carnival this year, when thelargest boy (man, really) in the class was totallyand completely owned in pie-eating by a fresh-man…girl. Other experiences were really hardon you, but still brought you closer to oneanother. The painful departure of several of

your classmates —for some of you, your bestfriends. Some of those wounds are still rawtoday. But even when you disagreed with theadults here, as is normal for any teenager, youremained respectful and supportive of theschool—and in expressing your disagreementbecame better friends with each other.

A few years ago, Steve Jobs said the follow-ing to a different group of graduating seniors:

“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it livingsomeone else’s life. Don’t be trapped bydogma—which is living with the results ofother people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise ofother’s opinions drown out your own innervoice. And most important, have the courage tofollow your heart and intuition. They somehowalready know what you truly want to become.Everything else is secondary.”

I think that is sage advice. But you will havemany dreams and they will evolve as you grow.And thank God they do—because if they did-n’t, the world would be full of astronauts,cowboys and fairy princesses. The key is topursue the right dreams at the right time. Nosmall assignment!

I will also suggest this: pursue what youwant to pursue, your passion, not your parents’passion. As a recent article in the Wall StreetJournal said, your parents want what is goodfor you, but not necessarily what is best foryou. That’s not to say parental approval of yourlife choices isn’t very nice and makes life mucheasier, but it is not even close to essential.

Finally, accept the fact that you will makemistakes. If you don’t make mistakes, you arenot growing and challenging yourself. You aretaking the easy road and doing “the same oldsame old.” But learn from those mistakes, andnever stop learning. You and only you can figureout how to make good choices based on whatyou’ve leaned and more frequently by what youobserve others do. You are entering a world thatis more global and full to the gills with fast mov-ing torrents of information moving at the speedof light over the internet—some of it is useful


“If you remember nothing

else, remember what you

learned here about

serving others before

yourself.”


and valuable, but much of it useless or worse.You will have to find a way to filter out thisnoise and remember what you learned here.

If you remember nothing else, rememberwhat you learned here about serving othersbefore yourself. It is really nothing more thanbeing dependable and fair to others. If youremember that and live by that in everythingyou do, you will make fewer bad choices inyour lives. I promise you that.

You are about to close a door on yourHolderness experience (as a student), but youwill never really leave here. A part ofHolderness will always be with you. You maynot notice it or feel it right away, but it will bethere. At some point you will realize (as I did)that everything you do, the way you will treatothers, the sense of empathy you will have foryour colleagues, workmates, and even purestrangers, is a part of you that was created orstrengthened here at Holderness. If you don’talready, you will come to love this place.

We’ve all watched a critical part of yourcharacter take shape by living, laughing, and cry-ing in this community. You learned to takesmart risks, to rely on one another and thatyour contributions are noticed and valued. Youlearned that where you are pushed to do yourbest and be a caring member of a communitythat cares about you, life is really good.Whether you’ve been here just one year or four(or something in between) you cannot leavehere without seeing first-hand the power ofteamwork, and the much greater feeling ofaccomplishment when you work together thanjust go it alone. Without even thinking about it,you saw, day in and day out, why it is so impor-tant to everyone in this community that youtake initiative, and that you are dependable andfair to one another. As Jake Barton and JesseRoss said so well a few weeks ago, it is thereliance on one another that allows a relay teamto set records and it is the friendships you forgein this community that make you wiser andmore respectful of one another. �

after graduation, phil peck receivedthe following letter from chase orton,who did not attend holderness but haswitnessed the transformations ofmany of her relatives during theiryears at holderness.

Dear Phil,

Although I will be forever “the Orton who did-n’t go to Holderness”, I wanted to write to youabout what I think I now finally understandabout Holderness School as a community andhow that community has been a part of myfamily for three generations.

Holderness School was first pointed out tome as a child when we drove by the campus onthe way from our summer camp on LittleSquam to a movie in Plymouth or to visit theTrinity Cemetery where my grandfather isburied. I was told it was the school my fatherhad graduated from in and where, for atime, my grandfather was the school doctor.Later, I was dragged along, as little sisters oftenare, when my older sisters took tennis lessonson the campus courts.

Leslie and Piper entered Holderness in as two of the first girls to attend the school.Although they were not universally welcomedthey became part of the community, madefriends and succeeded, each in her own way. Itwas in January of their first year that our motherdied of cancer. It was then that I began to sense,even as an -year-old, that something was dif-ferent about the school my sisters were headingoff to every morning and the school I went toeach day. They seemed to have adults at schoolthat knew them, cared about them, gave themsupport, and who took pride in Leslie’s skiingaccomplishments and Piper’s academic ones.They were held close by that community and Ithink it sustained them as they completed theirtime there and moved on to college and beyond.

When it was my time to choose a highschool, Holderness School was not sure it was

going to fully commit to coeducation and so Iwent elsewhere. But Holderness was alreadypart of my family’s fabric and although I wasnot the one attending reunions or serving onthe Board of Trustees, I could not, for manyyears, attend any family get-together withoutthe conversation turning (annoyingly so) toHolderness School and what a great place itwas. And I kept thinking, “It’s just a little schoolin the middle of New Hampshire—what’s thebig deal?”

Piper finally completed her time on theBoard (we have the rocking chair to prove it)and I thought that I could stop hearing inces-santly about Holderness. But, no! In the fall of, Haley entered as a junior, and I thought,“Here we go again!”

It has been Haley’s experience at Holdernesswhich has made me a believer in the Holdernessconcept of community. Haley is a very brightand determined girl. She is also sometimes fear-ful and unsure, exceptionally bossy of heryounger (by fifteen minutes) twin brother, andin possession of a large repertoire of facialexpressions practiced and perfected at theexpense of said twin brother. Each of thosefacial expressions is adept at saying, withoutwords, “Why were you put on this earth to tor-ture me and why are you so stupid?” I imaginethat Holderness faculty members have wit-nessed some of those looks when a classmatedid not know the answer to a question. I havehad years to experience Haley and have wit-nessed many examples of her intelligence, hercompetitive nature, and her amazing determina-tion to do what it takes to be first in all things. Iknow her and I love her. That the Holdernesscommunity could know her and embrace her ina mere two years may be an indication that I amsimply a slow learner. But I think not. I thinkyou, as a community, are exceptionally commit-ted to and experienced at taking the studentswho walk through the door in September,whatever that mix of individuals may be, and

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embracing every piece of their characters, likes,dislikes, learning styles, interests, talents, andchallenges and moving forward together to forma new community each school year. How elsecould the speeches given on Commencementweekend be so accurate and loving in both cele-brating and needling the gifts and peculiarquirks of each community member? The cele-brating is easy—there are grades and ski raceswon and sat scores and other external indica-tors of success. But to be able to sogood-naturedly and obviously affectionatelypoke fun at the grade-grubber (Haley) and theothers, means that you took the time not just toknow those students in the classroom or on thesoccer field, but to really know them. You con-versed with them in and out of the classroom,observed them and participated with them in awide range of academic, athletic, weekend, meal-time, and evening settings and activities. I couldnot have imagined that Haley could have made

so many connections and grown in so manyways in just two years. It is truly amazing and Ithank each faculty, staff, and administrationmember for what they have given her.

But I need also to consider the future andHaley has not, even under your fine tutelage,stopped harassing her brother. Ryan will attendHolderness next year as a PG. The last time Isaw Haley she was compiling a list of rising sen-iors she would allow Ryan to room with. Undernormal circumstances I would alert you to thefact that while Ryan, like Haley, is very intelli-gent, he has his own set of interests and style oflearning. I would counsel you to remember thatrepertoire of facial expressions honed at hisexpense. I would warn you not to kill an insectin front of him for he will be aghast and wouldhave preferred to have given you a rundown onthe species while catching the bug himself andescorting it safely outdoors. In other words, heis not another Haley. But I feel confident thatyou will “get” that about him very quickly in

September. He will be embraced by the com-munity with all of his strengths and challenges.He too will grow in ways I cannot imagine. Iwill be in a year’s time attending anotherCommencement at Holderness School whichwill celebrate and needle the members of the– Holderness community. I will beproud. I will be amazed. I will be thankful forwhat the community has given and will contin-ue to give to so many members of my family. �

Best of luck on your sabbatical andmany thanks,

Chase Orton

LEFT TO RIGHT: Ryan poses with his parents this fall on his first day as a student at Holderness School; Haley poses with Dean of Academics Peter Durnan

after receiving the Writing Prize this spring at the Academic Awards Assembly.

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The Graduates of the Class of 2012

CLOCKWISE, FROM ABOVE: President Abby Slattery and Vice-President

Ari Bourque lead the seniors on to Livermore Common; Alex Trujillo

receives his diploma; Abby Guerra pauses with Peter Durnan after

receiving the Academic Award; Brandon Marcus, Preston Kelsey, and

Jules Pichette pose with math teacher Francis Chapuredima; Patricia

Porta, Salamarie Frazier, and Yejin Hwang pose outside of the chapel.


Cum Laude MembersThe following students’ stellar academicachievements have qualified them for inductioninto the Cum Laude Society, a society modeledafter Phi Beta Kappa for high school students.

seniors inducted in r Nathanial George Alexanderr Keith Michael Bohlinr Ariana Ann Bourquer Benedicte Nora Crudgingtonr Abigail Kristen Guerrar Haley Janet Maharr Kristina Sophia Micalizzir Abagael Mae Slattery

seniors inducted in r Owen Tomasz Buehlerr Marguerite Cournoyer Caputir Samantha Regina Cloudr Nathaniel Ward Lamsonr Brandon Collier Marcusr James Ornstein Kazazean Robbins

juniors inducted in r Dylan Michael Arthaudr Jacob Cramer Bartonr Elena E. Birdr Daniel Dor Nicole Marie DellaPasquar Jeong Yeon Han

Book AwardsTHE HARRY G. ANDERSON, JR. MEMORIAL

SCHOLARSHIP FOR EXCELLENCE IN MATHAND SCIENCE

Jacob Cramer Barton

THE ELEMENTARY MATH PRIZEPaige Elizabeth Pfenninger

THE ADVANCED MATH PRIZEOwen Tomasz Buehler

THE ELEMENTARY FRENCH PRIZEThorn King Merrill

THE ADVANCED FRENCH PRIZESamantha Regina Cloud

THE ELEMENTARY LATIN PRIZEGeon Pyung Lee

THE ADVANCED LATIN PRIZEAriana Ann Bourque

THE ELEMENTARY SPANISH PRIZEMigle Vilunaite

THE ADVANCED SPANISH PRIZEBenedicte Nora Crudgington

THE CONNOR HISTORY MEDALParker Johnson Weekes

THE ASHWORTH AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE INUNITED STATES HISTORY

Jacob Cramer Barton

THE ASHWORTH AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE INEUROPEAN HISTORY

Haley Janet Mahar

THE SEAN GLEW HISTORY PRIZEParker Adams Densmore

THE MUSIC AWARDCharles Norwood Williams

THE WILLIAM BRADFORD WHITINGPRIZE FOR ART

So Hee Park

THE CERAMICS PRIZEIan Colyer Ford

THE PHOTOGRAPHY PRIZEYeJin Hwang

THE FIORE CUP FOR THEATREConnor Merris Smith

THE SCIENCE PRIZEChristian Haynes Daniell

THE SPARGO AWARD FOR SCIENCEOwen Tomasz Buehler

THE RENSSELAER MEDALKangdi Wang

THE ENGLISH PRIZEMarguerite Cournoyer Caputi

THE WRITING PRIZEHaley Janet Mahar

THE POETRY PRIZESalamarie Izeallia Charlene Frazier

THE HARVARD BOOK PRIZEJacob Cramer Barton

THE KENYON COLLEGE PRESIDENTIALBOOK AWARD

Elena E. Bird

Commencement AwardsTHE REV. B.W. “PETE” WOODWARD, JR. PRIZEFor achievement in the junior year of collegeTenley Malmquist ’Sophia Schwartz ’

THE RIGHT REV. DOUGLAS E. THEUNER AWARDFor increasing and furthering the mission

of HoldernessRichard and Gail Stevens

THE M.J. LAFOLEY AWARD For outstanding character in the third or

fourth formEliana Howell Mallory ’

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THE ACADEMIC AWARDFor highest scholastic average in the sixth formAbigail Kristin Guerra

THE BOB BROOKS AWARD For making Holderness feel like home to

new studentsCharles Timothy DeFeo

COACH’S AWARDFor contributions to the spirit of HoldernessAndrew James WalshMarguerite Cournoyer Caputi

THE WEBSTER CUP AWARDFor excellence in athleticsRyan Michael RosencranzAbigail Kristin Guerra

THE NED GILLETTE SPIRIT AWARDFor leadership and a spirit of adventureTino Andy Tomasi

THE DON AND PAT HENDERSON AWARDFor contributions to the welfare of the communityHaley Janet Mahar

THE RICHARD C. GALLOP AWARD For creative and community leadershipChristian Haynes Daniell

THE DANA H. ROWE MEMORIAL AWARD For outstanding contributions to the lifeof the schoolPippa Bancroft Blau

THE CLARKSON AWARD For academics, athletics, and a love of lifeOlayode Sakirudeen Ahmed

THE HASLAM AWARDFor contributions to the life of the schoolAriana Ann Bourque

THE DALLAS AWARDFor dedication to the ideals of the schoolJosephine Mcalpin Brownell

THE MARSHALL AWARDFor contributions to the life of the schoolHannah Morgan Halsted

THE WALTER ALVIN FROST AWARDFor reaching the highest standards of the schoolAbagael Mae Slattery

2012 Commencement Awards

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New York Times columnist David Brooks

thinks the term “counterculture” is

applied too loosely. “Everybody thinks

they are countercultural rebels, insur-

gents against the true establishment,

which is always somewhere else,” he

writes in a recent editorial piece (“ Why

our elites stink,” July 13, 2012). “This

attitude prevails in the Ivy League, in the

corporate boardrooms, and even at tele-

vision studios where hosts from Harvard,

Stanford, and Brown rail against the

establishment.”

Brooks was writing in response to a

new book by one of those television stu-

dio hosts, Christopher Hayes of msnbc.

In Twilight of the Elites, Hayes begins with

that relatively small network of white

men—the Protestant Establishment—

who occupied the top rung of the

American power structure for most of

the 19th and 20th centuries. Then, over

the past fifty years, Hayes argues, a more

diverse and meritocratic elite has taken

over that top rung, one whose authority

is founded more on grades, test scores,

effort, and performance.

This would seem like a good thing, but

Hayes says it hasn’t worked out that way.

Once at the top—as Brooks summarizes

the argument—“to preserve their status,

[these meritocratic elites] become cor-

rupt. They create wildly unequal societies,

and then they rig things so that few can

climb the ladders behind them.

Meritocracy becomes oligarchy.”

Brooks says that this is a challenging

argument, but wrong. “I’d say today’s

meritocratic elites achieve and preserve

their status not mainly by being corrupt,

but mainly by being ambitious and disci-

plined,” he writes. “They raise their kids

in organized families. They spend enor-

mous amounts of money and time on

enrichment. They work much longer

hours than people down the income

scale, driving their kids to piano lessons

and taking part in conference calls from

the waiting room.”

It’s not so much an ethical problem,

argues Brooks, as it is one of self-image.

He explains further, “The problem is that

today’s meritocratic elites cannot admit

to themselves that they are elites.”

Instead they claim to be countercul-

tural rebels against some idea of Empire,

and in so doing they renounce a leader-

ship ethos that once also included

elements of responsibility to society as a

whole. Brooks adds, “If you went to

Groton a century ago, you knew you were

privileged. You were taught how morally

precarious privilege was and how much

responsibility it entailed. You were

housed in a Spartan 6-foot-by-9-foot

cubicle to prepare you for the rigors of

leadership. The best of the wasp elites

had a stewardship mentality, a faith that

they were temporary caretakers of insti-

tutions that would span centuries.”

0 0 0 0

Hmm. If you went to Holderness a

century ago, you were indeed housed in

a spartan six-foot-by-nine-foot cubicle,

but your sense of privilege would have

been, well, relative. Holderness was con-

ceived, after all, as an act of counter-

cultural rebellion against the prep

school elite of the time. Chartered in

1879 to combine “the highest degree of

HOLDERNESS WAS FOUNDED IN 1879 AS A COUNTERCULTURAL EXPERIMENT IN

INDEPENDENT SCHOOL EDUCATION. OVER TIME THE TERMS OF THAT EXPERIMENT

HAVE CHANGED, BUT THE SCHOOL HAS NEVER RELINQUISHED ITS CONTRARIAN

TENDENCIES. YOU JUST HAVE TO KNOW WHERE TO LOOK. BY RICK CAREY

The Holderness Insurgency

� In the seventies, before Schoolhouse was renovated, study hall occured in

� a large room that emcompassed what is now the area occupied by the four

� central English classrooms. In the wooden desks under flourescent lights

� studying probably did not feel as elite as Peter Anderson might imagine.

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excellence in caretaking and instruction

with the lowest possible charge for

tuition and board,” the school set out to

be as good as the most prestigious

schools in New England, but also—

unlike such other schools—affordable to

the sons of ministers and other not-so-

wealthy members of the wasp elite.

Eighty years later, however,

Holderness began the painful process of

abandoning that discount element of its

identity. Headmaster Don Hagerman

and his board—acting on the advice of

the previous rector, The Rev. Edric

Weld—set about slowly raising charges

for tuition and board in order to put the

school on a sustainable financial foot-

ing. In light of a financial history

dominated by red ink, the school had

found “the lowest possible charge” to

actually be in the neighborhood of what

its rivals were charging.

In 1977, only a year before Don

Hagerman’s retirement, Boston Globe

columnist Peter Anderson visited

Holderness and applauded the school’s

success, as he saw it, as an elite educa-

tional institution. In a column headed

“About class at Holderness” (5/22/77),

Anderson wrote, “ William Biddle, an

English teacher, didn’t go to a state

teachers college. He went to Dartmouth,

lacks the common touch, and this morn-

ing he is teaching 15 sophomores an

uncommon poem, ‘The Souls of the

Slain,’ by Thomas Hardy. He is not sur-

prised that five of his 15 students have

been to Hardy’s England for, with some

exceptions, these are not the sons of

shoe clerks. England is no distance for

people who can afford tuition at

Holderness, $5,000 a year.”

Anderson saw in Holderness a school

much like other premier prep schools,

and concludes, “If this be elitism, let us

make the most of it.” But Don Hagerman

was not pleased—in fact he was furious

at the association of the term “elite” with

Holderness. It wasn’t so much that Don

already subscribed to the meritocratic,

less wealth-minded sense of the word

described by Brooks and Hayes, though

that was part of it. It was more that he

saw Holderness as still swimming against

the current in respect to its competitors,

even if it had grown expensive, and still

going about a number of important

things very differently. According to Don’s

successors Pete Woodward, Phil Peck,

and now Acting Head Jory Macomber,

this is still the case today. They assert

that Holderness in fact is “countercultur-

al” when measured against its peer

schools across the country.

Or is that as hollow a claim as David

Brooks says it is in today’s Ivy League?

And what about this word “elite” anyway?

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In terms of what the school has come to

be, you can make a good case that

Holderness was forged in fire. The 1882

destruction of its first main building, the

Livermore Mansion, was a great setback.

The 1930 destruction of its second main

building, Knowlton Hall, was a profound

disaster. Taken together, the two fires

saddled the school with debts it could

never quite repay until tuitions started to

rise. The second fire in particular, howev-

er, was transformative, and it’s surprising

how much of the school’s character today

can be traced to that event.

The Rev. Edric Weld had only just

taken charge of the school that fall. A

number of the school’s trustees saw no

other recourse but to close its doors per-

manently. Those open to the possibility

of rebuilding were not open to a tuition

hike, and with that the forfeiture of the

school’s most important “countercultur-

al” element. Weld didn’t want a tuition

hike either, at least not at that time. He

was also adamantly against cutting facul-

ty salaries.

“There was a definite need for schools

with a charge lower than the $1200–1400

ABOVE: The Knowlton Hall fire in 1930 left only the façade of the building standing. This fire, coupled

with the 1882 conflagration of Livermore Mansion, saddled Holderness School with debts that were

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tuition standard with most of the better

known New England church schools,”

Weld wrote in his history of the school.

“Hence it was decided to continue the

1931–32 tuition of $900 and to build for

one hundred students…. How to secure

excellence in instruction and ‘care-tak-

ing?’ One move was to copy the

‘self-help’ plan as developed by Father

Sill at Kent School, which had been

copied by newly founded Lenox. ‘ Work-

scholarships’ were therefore

permanently abolished; all boys were to

do the same amount, whether scholar-

ship recipients or not.”

This ‘self-help’ plan involved turning

important tasks of school operation and

maintenance over to student work

crews—crews that in time came to be

supervised by other students. No doubt

Weld loved the income-blind uniformity

of this approach, especially at a school

founded in defiance of the usual idea of

elitism. The residential rooms in the

buildings that came to replace

Knowlton—first Livermore Hall, and then

the dormitories Niles and Webster—

were neither more nor less spartan than

rooms at the “better known New

England church schools.” But many of

the students in those schools enjoyed

maid service for their rooms. By con-

trast, Holderness students—all of

them—worked as maids, busboys, dish-

washers, groundskeepers, etc.

It was countercultural at the time, and

remains so in this century as well. Dean

of Residential Life Duane Ford ’74 was

himself a student leader at Holderness—

in charge of the Job Program, in fact.

“It’s a bit of a shock for new students to

do pantry or to wake up at 7:15 to do

Outdoor Crew, but the leaders and oth-

ers are the real keepers of these

Holderness traditions,” Duane says.

“There is a certain pride that we work

alongside Buildings and Grounds,

Housekeeping, and the kitchen staff. It

connects all members of our community.

Also, regarding connections, students get

to meet other students by having the

crews switch six times a year.”

One of the things that the Job

Program has always demonstrated is the

importance of certain character traits—

traits such as initiative, dependability,

fairness, and leadership. Another thing

that it suggests is a concrete definition of

leadership as a form of community serv-

ice, rather than as a position of status, or

a function of popularity.

In 1949, just prior to Weld’s retirement,

English teacher Charles Abbey and the

school’s student council collaborated in

the design of a new student leadership

system that remains so countercultural

that it’s unique to Holderness today—an

electoral system in which every spring

each student is rated by his or her class-

mates and teachers in just those character

traits listed above. The highest scorers

among soon-to-be-seniors become presi-

dent, vice-president, and Weld Hall

supervisors. Next among ascending sen-

iors and juniors come cadres of house,

floor, and job crew leaders.

Why hasn’t a system like this been

adopted elsewhere? Well, it’s a system

that really needs a Job Program—needs

students performing truly authentic

functions in the life of the school, shoul-

dering real responsibility—for it to work.

And with its narrow focus on character

as the means for promotion, it’s a system

that rewards and nurtures that “steward-

ship mentality” David Brooks cites as

one of the chief virtues of the former

wasp elite.

And a good Job Program, of course,

requires time. “The school has to set

aside time in the daily schedule for stu-

dents to do pantry and clean-up, and

that’s why we have a thirty-minute open

window each day after lunch and din-

ner,” says Duane Ford. “This amounts to

a weekly prime-time scheduling com-

mitment of about seven hours. Other

schools don’t want to do that.”

Edric Weld observed the Abbey lead-

ership system at work for just the last

two years of his career at Holderness,

but he was astonished at its good effects.

“Despite the doubts of some of the class

just graduated [1949],” Weld wrote in his

history, “the newly-elected student lead-

ers proceeded to do a grand job, and the

great majority of the school cooperated

wholeheartedly. For the boys it was ‘their

school’ at last, and many regard it as

Holderness’ greatest achievement.”

Duane adds that the key element in its

success remains just what Edric Weld

applauded in 1949, and what he himself

saw as a student leader: “It’s thanks to

the buy-in by the students and their

maintaining the culture of leadership

and service. It’s interesting to think that

this buy-in is the same as it was forty

years ago when kids of my era went

through getting used to this.”

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Peter Anderson, in that 1977 column in the

Globe, didn’t see this leadership system

and its stewardship mentality at work

during his short visit to the school. If he

saw the Job Program, where the sons of

bankers and shoe clerks worked side by

side in the pantry, he didn’t notice, or he

didn’t quite understand what was going

on there. And arriving at the end of May

as he did, he also missed an event that

was just in its sixth year then.

During that previous decade and the

Seventies, the campus unrest that con-

vulsed the whole country also shook

Holderness to its core. In some quarters

the whole enterprise of classroom edu-

cation had been called into question as

too remote from the era’s issues of jus-

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And among the offshoots of the “back to

the land” movement were such initia-

tives in outdoor education as Outward

Bound and the National Outdoor

Leadership School. In the early 1970s

Holderness English teacher Bill Clough

went through Outward Bound’s teacher

leadership training program. Math

teacher Fred Beams was already an expe-

rienced Outward Bound group leader.

From its founding, Holderness had

made a virtue of its location on the

fringes of the White Mountain National

Forest. Edric Weld wrote in his history

fondly of the tradition of Mountain Day,

in which the whole school scaled some

nearby peak: “The school was small

enough and the faculty young enough for

all to go; only the rare football cripple

stayed behind.”

In the 1970s the school had grown too

large for everybody to go on the extend-

ed (and rigorous) early spring hiking and

camping experience that Bill and Fred

drew up. As the program matured into

Out Back, it came to center on the junior

class, and to involve as well exercises in

group dynamics and decision-making

that the juniors would need as senior

leaders the next fall.

Many OB veterans accounted it a life-

altering experience, proving the

pedagogical value of not abandoning the

classroom, but at least sometimes get-

ting out of it. “ You take kids who may or

may not think of themselves as outdoors-

men,” former English teacher and OB

group leader Jay Stroud told Independent

School magazine in 1997. “Then you put

them in an unfamiliar and perhaps

uncomfortable situation, and give them

license to explore. In the end you get

some interesting results. Kids who don’t

think they’re going to do a good job dis-

cover that actually they can.”

A number of schools experimented

with outdoors programs like OB in the

1970s and 1980s. One by one these were

abandoned until Holderness now stands

nearly alone in not just offering this pro-

gram, but recommending it for all

members of the junior class. Moreover,

the program has spawned complementa-

ry plunges into experiential education

for other classes each March: Project

Outreach for ninth-graders, Artward

Bound for sophomores, and Senior

Honors Thesis or Senior Colloquium for

seniors. Holderness has not only sus-

tained that early foray into “hands-on

learning” and uncomfortable situa-

tions—the school has elaborated that

into a whole suite of programs that have

no equivalency elsewhere.

Peter Anderson saw the neat buildings

and grounds, and the boys in their jack-

ets and ties studying Hardy, and saw a

school like some other good ones he

knew. But with the Job Program, and

Abbey’s leadership system, and now Out

Back, he little suspected how different in

some ways Holderness had become—

how authentically countercultural.

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What’s most remarkable, really, about

these three odd elements isn’t that the

school ever tried them—it’s that the

school tried them very seriously, and

stuck with them firmly enough to refine

them all into cornerstone elements of

the school’s philosophy. They all began

as innovative and somewhat chancy

experiments, ideas tried and discarded

elsewhere, but made to work quite well

here. This would seem to establish the

countercultural character of Holderness

as leaning hard into the future, latching

on to each new trend and making some-

thing of it—a school where the past

disappears and the future looms.



Pictured above is English teacher Charles Abbey, to whom the school’s current practice of rating

rising seniors on traits of initiative, dependability, fairness, and leadership owes its origins.


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Well, not exactly, for by the same token

Holderness is deeply conservative—so

conservative, in fact, that the school

claims countercultural credentials at this

opposite end of the spectrum as well. In

1879 the alliance of ministers with

American independent schools was near

absolute, for virtually every school was a

church school of one denomination or

another, Episcopal—the chief religion of

the Protestant Establishment—most

prominent among them. It was the sons

(and daughters) of ministers who were

not generally associated with such

schools, thanks to their expense, except

at Holderness, where the children of shoe

clerks could also afford to attend.

Over time, however—and particularly

during the rebellious ’60s and ’70s, when

institutionalized religion was also under

assault—many schools shed their church

affiliations. Others that have remained

church schools have made their chapels

an optional destination for whatever

portion of their populations might be

observant. While this century has seen

something of an American religious

revival, the trend is less pronounced in

New England, and has been accompa-

nied by an ever-broadening diversity in

religious practice everywhere.

Holderness might have become much

less a church school with the arrival of

the school’s first lay headmaster with

Don Hagerman in 1951. But Don

endorsed the same regimen of mandato-

ry chapel and evening prayers as had

previous rectors. He maintained that

through the ’50s, scaled it back some-

what during the turmoil of the next two

decades, and perhaps there was a time

in the ’70s when “mandatory chapel” was

mandatory in name only. In the ’80s,

however, The Rev. Pete Woodward rein-

stituted chapel as mandatory twice

weekly, and reinstituted as well the the-

ology requirement for graduation. Now

the school’s second lay head, Phil Peck,

seeks to further expand the role of the

chapel. Holderness remains resolutely

an Episcopal school, but one whose

ethos is pointedly ecumenical, embrac-

ing all religious persuasions.

School Chaplain Rich Weymouth ’70 is

comfortable with that. He lists his own

spiritual objectives as follows: “ To

remain faithful to the Gospel, to exercise

concern for all persons, and affirm the

spiritual journeys of those of other

faiths, as well as those of a no-faith

background.” Essentially Episcopalian-

ism here is a language with which to

communicate with all faiths, or even

none, but Holderness has become

unusual in its insistence that all students

at least take part in the conversation.

Another old insistence has to do with

the role of adults in the community. In

1879, at virtually any boarding school,

the roles of teacher, coach, and dorm

parent were routinely combined in one

faculty member—partly as a matter of

economy, perhaps, but certainly also as

models of the well-roundedness in mind

and body that students were encouraged

to emulate. That well-roundedness was

particularly celebrated at Holderness,

and then blended with the school’s

church affiliation into those three

spheres of personal development—mind,

body, and spirit—that Holderness still

mindfully addresses today.

In recent decades, however, growing

trends toward specialization in American

life—in business, science, art, sports,

etc.—have been reflected in trends

toward specialization in the staffing of

many independent schools. Increasingly

teachers merely teach, while the playing

fields are ruled by professional coaches

in their respective sports. Meanwhile

more faculty live off campus as the dor-

mitories are taken over by specialists in

the tasks of house-parenting.

This answers to a cultural conviction

that specialists are better at any given

task than a generalist, and it provides an

easier lifestyle, certainly, for boarding

school teachers and their families. But it

loses sight, somewhat, of the real task

here, which is to raise a child from ado-

lescence to adulthood—and of the role

that someone like a parent plays through

sustained personal involvement in all

phases of a child’s life. This was the great

virtue of the old model, its “multiple

points of contact,” to express the idea in

Holderness terms.

In some sports, particularly small-

niche snow sports, the school does

employ people whose only task is to

coach. But the vast majority of its teams

are coached by teachers, and virtually all

teachers have coaching responsibilities.



IN THE ’80S, HOWEVER, THE REV. PETE WOODWARD REINSTITUTED CHAPEL AS

MANDATORY TWICE WEEKLY, AND REINSTITUTED AS WELL THE THEOLOGY

REQUIREMENT FOR GRADUATION. NOW THE SCHOOL’S SECOND LAY HEAD, PHIL

PECK, SEEKS TO FURTHER EXPAND THE ROLE OF THE CHAPEL.

� While many independent schools only open their chapel

� doors on special occasions, Holderness School continues to

� use the Chapel of the Holy Cross at least twice each week.


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With the new dormitories, and renova-

tions to the old dorms, an increasing

majority of Holderness teachers are

dorm parents. As most schools move

away from this old-school way of doing

things, Holderness has strengthened its

commitment.

And this also makes teacher recruit-

ment at Holderness a little trickier than it

is at most schools. “ We have to look hard

to find people who have shown that they

like to participate in different types of

activities: scholarly, extra-curricular,

care-taking, et cetera,” says Acting Head

Jory Macomber. “ We often have to sift

through a hundred resumés to find five

that fit that model. When candidates

come to visit, we work to make sure that

they understand that each part of the job

is equally important. We want to hire fac-

ulty who are scholars and coaches and

who want to do two nights of dorm duty

and go on Out Back or Project Outreach.”

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Speaking of trends towards specializa-

tion, of course, none is more widespread

and irresistible now than that in youth

sports. Once upon a time exposure to a

variety of seasonal sports was universally

endorsed as a basic element of well-

roundedness, and sports themselves

were pursued not just for physical

health, but for all that they taught in

terms of character and personal disci-

pline. Winning was good, but not so

good as fair play and sportsmanship.

More recently a win-by-any-means-

necessary ethos has overtaken American

sports at all levels, and the celebrity sta-

tus of top athletes—who usually have

succeeded through early and single-

minded dedication to their sports—has

defined a new model for youth recre-

ation. Colleges are in on it as well. They

want the top high school athletes in the

high-profile sports, and so parents are

deciding for their toddlers which one

sport would most likely lead to that

Division I athletic scholarship. At the

very least this ethos demands that even

ordinary athletes pick one sport and

concentrate on that.

Independent schools are caught in

the middle. There have always been

schools that have offered top-tier sport

programs, often especially for post-

graduates, as preparation for college

competition. Holderness might be num-

bered among them if one considers the

track record of its snow sports program,

say. But PG students have never played a

role on the slopes at Holderness, and

the seasonal sports requirement

remains as firm now as it ever was. Even

a ski racer like Julia Ford ’08, now com-

peting at World Cup events for the US

Ski Team, played soccer in the fall and

lacrosse in the spring, all while serving

as president of the student body.

Elsewhere, more schools are investing

in that one big PG program, often bas-

ketball. And a great many schools are

backing off the old three-season sports

requirement in favor of a collegiate

model where students train and compete

year-round in just one sport, often in off-

season club programs outside of school.

“At many schools sub-varsity sports

are declining because of specialization,

and this is a huge issue among New

England AD’s,” says Holderness Athletic

Director Lance Galvin ’90. “At

Holderness we’re very fortunate to have a

student and parent body that believe in

the same ideals that we believe, maybe

more than any other prep school out

there. The change of sports each season

is invigorating for both our kids and

coaches, and we believe athletes can

obtain their same goals of playing at the

next level by embracing our mission of a

balanced lifestyle.”

This relates not only to an emphasis

on balance, but one on process as well.

“ We don’t worry so much about the wins

and losses because to us the process of

being part of a team and playing the

game, well and fairly, is more important

than the result,” says Director of

Publications (and former coach) Emily

Magnus ’88. “ You see the same thing in

college counseling, where the point is to

help each student with the process, to

find the best school for that student,

instead of the best school for our matric-

ulation list.”

Process prevails in the dining hall as

well, a setting in which almost all schools

now serve meals cafeteria-style, which is

the most efficient mode in terms of time

and labor. Dinner at Holderness, howev-

er, remains family-style four nights each

BACK AT HOLDERNESS, THE SCHOOL WITHIN SEVERAL GENERATIONS MIGHT BE AT A

POINT WHERE IT IS NEED-BLIND IN ITS ADMISSION PROCESS. THE AMBITIOUS,

ORGANIZED SONS OF MINISTERS AND SHOE CLERKS SHOULD BY ALL MEANS APPLY.

THE LADDER WILL BE EQUALLY AVAILABLE TO ALL.


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week in the fall, with students seated at

tables with faculty families. “It’s not just

about getting people fed,” says Head of

School Phil Peck. “It’s about breaking

bread together, about building and sus-

taining community.”

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At the end of the day, and in many

important ways, Holderness has become

an odd widget in the independent school

display case. There is much more that

could be said to this effect. On the side

of innovation, you could mention that

Holderness seniors, unlike their peers at

other schools, do not coast through their

spring academic terms. Instead most of

them work harder than they ever have

before on behalf of Senior Honors Thesis

projects. “Senior Honors Thesis teaches

skills that are essential for success:

forming essential questions, conducting

research, planning experiences, engag-

ing experts, writing for an academic

audience, and engaging their audience,”

explains Coordinator of the Senior

Honors Thesis Program, Stephen

Solberg. “These skills are not found on

an AP, and they can’t be boiled down to a

five-point scale. The process that these

kids follow (whatever their topic) is more

important than a grade, a final paper, or

a single presentation.”

On the side of radical conservatism,

you could mention an ethos of all-

together in a world more usually

governed by menus of individual choic-

es. On Mountain Day, only the injured

were once excused from following Edric

Weld to the top of Moosilauke.

Holderness today remains a hard place

to get excused from group activities—

from the Job Program, from Out Back,

from chapel, from sports, from dinner,

etc. The community requires buy-in from

everybody for these things to work, and

with all that buy-in and participation a

particularly broad and nurturing com-

munity is forged out of common

experience.

On cable TV, talk-show hosts from

Harvard might indeed rail against the

establishment and claim to be counter-

cultural. This school doesn’t rail, nor

should it. Holderness is part of a com-

munity of American independent

schools, all of us doing our best to pre-

pare kids for the rigors of citizenship,

leadership, and stewardship. But in the

particular set of tactics Holderness has

developed over the years, and in their

contrariness to many current and histor-

ical trends, the term “counterculture”

may well answer here to even David

Brooks’ strict sense of the term.

Are its alumni then part of Hayes’ and

Brooks’ new meritocratic elite? Well, that

word “elite” remains tricky. It might be

hard for Holderness students to feel elite

as they scrape dishes in the pantry or

huddle around smoky campfires in wet

snow. But certainly a sense of privilege is

there as well. This would be accompa-

nied also by a sense of stewardship that

was kindled in your case, perhaps, in

pantry, or a mantle of responsibility that

descended once you saw someone in

your OB group who needed more help

than you did. Later, as you raise your

kids and compete in the marketplace,

perhaps you’ll be organized and ambi-

tious, but you won’t be able to bring

yourself to become corrupt and oli-

garchic. You’ll have already seen how

much better the opposite of that works.

Back at Holderness, meanwhile, if the

current strategic plan works and if the

endowment continues to flourish, the

school within several generations might

be at a point where it is need-blind in its

admission process. The ambitious,

organized sons of ministers and shoe

clerks should by all means apply. The

ladder will be equally available to all and

Holderness—in its meritocratic humility,

its alloy of leadership with old-school,

hands-on stewardship—will be as coun-

tercultural to the core as even its

founders imagined. �



ABOVE: Senior Steph Symecko explains the connections between heart disease and cancer during

her Senior Honors Thesis presentation in May.


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ver the past year during my participation in theVan Otterloo Chair Program I studied the growing field ofinternational schools by visiting twenty schools on four dif-

ferent continents and by reading several books and articles on the field.The two main questions that I asked during my research were: “Howdoes a school define and implement a global education?” and “How doesa school create a productive and caring community when its studentscome from all over the world and from different cultures?” Althoughboth questions are valuable, this article will focus on the second questionabout building a school community.

Since I am an AP Euro teacher, let’s start with three history lessons.Last winter, I went into the reception area of the Université Paris-

Sorbonne (photograph on facing page). According to the exhibit, theUniversity of Paris had been operating almost a century when in 1254Robert de Sorbon, a chaplain, said he wanted to create a college notonly for teaching theology but also for hosting and nurturing poorteachers and students—“l’hébergement et l’entretien des pauvresmaitres et escholiers.”

Over the centuries, the Sorbonne’s practice of safely housing its stu-dents helped attract some of the best young minds from around Europe.The Maison de Sorbonne began with only twenty students but grew intoa respected center for theological studies and is now one of the manycolleges within the University of Paris. One could argue that theSorbonne was the first place to realize that an affordable, safe boardingprogram would help attract talented students from all over. I don’t knowif Rev. Frederick Gray, the first headmaster of Holderness, was familiarwith Robert de Sorbon’s ideas, but it certainly sounds like two greatminds thinking alike. I found, however, no evidence of a 13th centuryJob Program.

Skip up to the 1500s and to one of the Sorbonne’s students, JeanCalvin. Martin Luther receives credit for being the person to successful-

ly start the Reformation in the 1520s, but by the 1600s there were manymore Calvinists (including the New England Puritans) than Lutherans.One reason for the growth of Calvinism has to do with the academyCalvin started in Geneva. At his academy he preached in an auditoriuminstead of a chapel. In the auditorium he would speak in the vernacularand allow for questions and dialogue. Many students travelled to Genevafrom around Europe. For example, 200 students from the Netherlandsspent three years in Geneva and then returned and helped make Hollanda Protestant country. One of the reasons that Calvinism spread so far wasthat Calvin embraced and taught students from all over his world.

I am not a proponent of predestination, but Calvin’s academy didmake me think of Holderness. If we believe that Holderness’ education-al mission has value, we can believe that it is worth teaching it tostudents from different educational systems. In the long run studentstake Holderness values back home or wherever they go. The Holdernesslessons of Out Back and solo are valuable and portable.

Now let’s jump up to the twentieth century. CERN is the EuropeanCenter for Nuclear Research. It was founded after World War II whentwenty European countries pulled together to build a new particle accel-erator/research center for two main reasons: they didn’t want to see thebest European scientists leave Europe for the US to study, and theywanted to create a nuclear research center that focused solely on peace-ful and productive uses of nuclear technology. By 1980 CERN hadperformed a critical experiment in the understanding of dark matter anddark energy. Today, scientists from all over the world, including USresearchers, travel to CERN to join the research, and CERN is close tobecoming the first site to confirm the existence of the Higgs boson. Bybuilding a powerful facility in an internationally cooperative setting,CERN has become the leading center of nuclear research in the world.

Much of what I have read about and observed asks schools to pushstudents to have the desire to care about and act upon global issues. The

What does it take to create a strong community in anincreasingly global society? Acting Head of School JoryMacomber visited twenty schools throughout the worldseeking answers to this question. � Jory Macomber

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CERN physicists, from all over the world, displayed the desire to careabout and act upon a huge (or massively small) global issue. They arealso committed to working together with scientists from many culturesto improve their work.

These historical stories serve to illustrate for me the importance of adiverse educational community. The diversity in an educational commu-nity not only allows for its message to be spread throughout the worldbut it also makes it richer and pushes its members to care about issuesbeyond its own walls. If Holderness also strives to create a diverse com-munity—both socio-economically and culturally—in which students careabout global issues, then it needs be done with thought and care. Duringmy visits to schools throughout Europe, Asia, and the Middle East therewere two things that I observed international schools doing that helpedthem achieve a diverse educational community.

First, successful international schools take the time to intentionallymix students from diverse cultures. Le Rosey in Switzerland, forinstance, limits any one nationality to ten percent of the school popula-tion. Roommate pairings are engineered as many schools do not letstudents of the same nationality room together for the first two or threeyears. Schools have returning students mentor new students in every-thing from language acquisition to school traditions. Holderness also has

mechanisms to mix the student population. Dorms integrate kids fromdifferent grades and backgrounds. Leaders look after new students.Assigned dinner tables, Job Program teams, and Special Program groupscombine students of different backgrounds. Not coincidentally, lookingup and saying “hello” to every person on the pathway is also a keystrength of Holderness.

Many international schools also use events to build community.Leysin American School in Switzerland holds a cultural fair where theirstudents from 51 different countries teach each other pieces of their cul-ture. Robert College in Istanbul hosts a student-run Model UnitedNations with 600 participants from all over the globe. The UnitedWorld College-Maastricht hosts an IB Theory of Knowledge conferencewhere students from the fourteen UWC colleges worldwide share theirresearch. The Frankfurt International School holds a design and tech-nology fair with other international schools where students compete indifferent design contests. Each of the organizers of these events usessome common words, and the events help build critical understandingand empathy among people from different cultures.

International schools have to work with parents as well as students tobuild these bridges from local strengths to the global community. King’sAcademy in Jordan is trying to create a US-style boarding school in the

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Scientists seal the last interconnect between the main magnets of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN in November of 2007. CERN brings

together researchers from all over the world in an internationally cooperative setting. Photograph courtesy of CERN.


Middle East. One of their biggest challenges is parental support of thattype of program as they struggle to retain seven-day boarders and fillathletic teams. Other schools face similar challenges and have adoptedvarious approaches. Aiglon College takes all of its new parents on a shortexpedition. The Zurich International School offers a three-week prepprogram for new families, and the Head of St. Augustine PreparatorySchool in Managua meets with all the new parents to make sure theyunderstand and buy into the school’s program. It is not easy to create astrong community within a diverse population, but with intentional pro-gramming many international schools have succeeded.

Second, successful schools remain focused on their particularstrengths while weaving together students from all over the world.Aiglon College’s most distinctive program is its Expeditions.Expeditions are weekend outdoor trips or long excursions that takethree to five days. Students follow a progression over six years. I saw agroup of first form students learning how to set up tents and build fireson their second expedition at the school. On the same weekend, a sen-ior expedition was scaling a 12,000-foot peak across the valley. TheExpeditions are where the school works on team-building and goal-set-ting and on integrating the kids from many different cultures. Forexample, I watched a new eleven-year-old boy from Japan try to negoti-

ate a campground game of Tails with about ten English words: no, go,mine, stop, out, in, give…!

Yokohama International School, in contrast, is located in a city of 3.5million people. Seventy percent of its students are not Japanese, and YISworks to connect its students to the local population by operating anInternational Center for Japanese Culture on the campus. All studentsattend various required courses in Japanese music, art, calligraphy, tea cer-emony, and literature. Although both YIS and Aiglon are committed toproviding students with an international education, they are also commit-ted to their unique programs and what they can accomplish through them.

One of the great benefits of my Chair year was reinforcing howHolderness School, too, has a unique brand that helps build our diversecommunity. Students live in smaller dorms where their advisors are alsoteachers and coaches. Everyone does pantry at some point, and they alsostare at a solo fire, lit or maybe unlit! We all ponder silently in chapeland laugh together in assembly. Multiple sports are required and theoutdoors is one of our classrooms. Leaders are chosen on a quiet ballotwithout campaigning. Classrooms cultivate intellectual passions as wellas necessary skills. These activities are all part of the Holderness brandand are also important and effective foundations for our own productive,caring, and diverse community. �

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Students walk the paths of King’s Academy in Jordan where Jory visited last winter. The school, which was founded only five years ago, has created

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Holderness art teacher Kathryn Field spendsthe school year guiding students through thecreative process, helping them to build theirskills and challenge their creative minds. Butthe summers provide Ms. Field with the oppor-tunity to be her own guide and develop herown masterpieces. This summer was no excep-tion. Beginning shortly after school ended Ms.Field took a portrait class at Grand CentralAcademy in New York City for two weeks. Thefirst week focused on drawing a portrait in hardpencils; during the second week Ms. Fieldtransferred the original drawing onto a linenpanel, first working in one color and then fin-ishing with a full range of colors in oil.

“The skills that I learned were not new tome, but the slow and methodical techniquesand focus on color theory were more in-depth,”Ms. Field explained. “It took great patience butthe final results were very gratifying.”

Even after returning home, Ms. Field con-tinued to work on portraits and created newpieces that were part of an exhibit at the

Patricia Ladd Carega Gallery in CenterSandwich, NH during the month of August.

“With one line, images are formed and amood is created,” Ms. Field explained in herartist’s statement. “Using this simple line draw-ing as a source of inspiration I created a bodyof work that kept me experimenting andsearching for various ways to show the beautyand expressive quality of line as it defines formand mood. I am intrigued by the process ofexploring the same image over and over againand discovering how different mediums expressthe same image in different ways.”

Ms. Field also participated in two additionalshows this summer, one at the Lexington Artsand Crafts Society in Lexington, MA andanother at the Millbrook Gallery and SculptureGarden in Concord, NH. �

Kathryn Field Explores the “Expressive Quality of the Line”

Kathryn Field poses with Holderness librarian Mary Kietzman at the Patricia Ladd Carega Gallery in

Center Sandwich, NH in August.

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In its -year history, Holderness has onlyemployed two Directors of Facilities: first “Rip”Richards and later Dick Stevens. Both came tothe position from rich and varied backgroundsand set up deep, long-term roots in the com-munity. Both spent decades caring for thefacility, all while overseeing new building con-struction projects and major renovations. Theysaw the job truly as a lifestyle, living on campusalongside our students and faculty, and treatingeach building, playing field, and classroom as ifit were their own.

When Dick notified the school that heplanned to retire in July of , the burden offinding someone to replace him was weighty.Who could continue his strong leadership andcareful planning?

The answer didn’t come easily. However,after a thoughtful and lengthy interviewprocess, the hiring committee selected TonyLeMenager. Tony comes to us from St. Patrick’sEpiscopal Church and Day School inWashington, DC, where he served as theDirector of Facilities, overseeing day-to-dayoperations and major projects. Before that, heserved as interim Director of Facilities at theNational Presbyterian Church and Schoolwhile an employee of the Stonehouse Group,which provides consulting and managementservices for independent school facilities.

In addition to Tony, over other candi-dates applied for the position, including fivefrom our own staff. These applicants camefrom a number of backgrounds (e.g., carpentry,vehicle repair, management, consulting) and avariety of industries (e.g., health care, research,education, corporate). The vast majority wereextremely qualified, and the hiring committeethat was made up of trustees, staff (includingseveral members of the maintenance depart-ment), administrators, and faculty had achallenge selecting one person in a field of somany qualified candidates.

But for many Tony stood out. “I was veryimpressed with Tony’s humility and his depth

of training and experience,” explained PhilPeck. “He seems to appreciate that working atHolderness is not a job but a lifestyle.”

In his own words, Tony acknowledges that“when working for a school you have toembrace its mission. It’s not like managing abuilding or commercial space. There is a lotmore interaction with the people you serve, andyou have to be involved in the community.”

And for Tony and his family that involve-ment has been natural. Kate, Tony’s wife, ishoping to go back to school at Plymouth StateUniversity to earn her Master’s in education,while their daughter Cullen has alreadyenrolled in Holderness and has begun takingcourses with the class of .

“We love the outdoors. It’s how we havealways vacationed,” explains Tony. “We are look-ing forward to skiing and hiking and everythingthat this area has to offer.”

Tony officially began working at Holdernesson July and was able to spend the first monthworking alongside Dick Stevens, learning aboutthe ins and outs of the job and the idiosyn-crasies of our facility. “I’m so thankful for DickSteven’s support,” Tony said. “The time he spentwith me shows how much he cares aboutHolderness and how important it is to himthat there is a smooth transition.”

And although Tony said he still has a lot tolearn, he is excited by what he is learning everyday. “In the short time he’s been here, he hasalready immersed himself in the care of theschool,” Steve Solberg said. “He has been askingthoughtful questions about the details of ourongoing renovation in Rathbun as well as mak-ing observations and recommendations aboutthe long-term strategies for our facility.”

Speaking of long-term strategies, one ofTony’s unique qualities is his certification inleed building. “I like thoughtful, sustainablebuilding practices,” Tony explained. “And I amexcited to be part of a school that is just begin-ning to develop a more sustainable campus.”

Sustainability Coordinator MaggieMumford is looking forward to his leadershipas well. “Tony has a strong background in sus-tainable building practices and is supportive ofcurrent campus sustainability initiatives such asrecycling, invasive weed removal, renewableenergy use, and composting. He brings know-how, practicality, lots of energy and a respectfor Holderness tradition to each set of issues.”

So as Tony settles in to his new role atHolderness, there will be challenges—inWashington, DC, Tony never learned muchabout refrigeration units like the one used tocool the hockey rink. But there will also be thechance for him and his family to reconnectwith the people of New England and reestab-lish connections to a place he hopes to callhome for a long time to come. �

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Kelsey Berry will (re)join our HistoryDepartment in the fall of . Kelsey taughtand coached part-time here in – beforetaking a job at The Ethel Walker School in CT.At The Ethel Walker School Kelsey served as afull-time history teacher, coached girls fieldhockey and lacrosse, served as a house parent(for girls!), and designed Ethel Walker’s summer program of Global GirlsAcademy, a three week institute for Englishlanguage learners. Kelsey holds an undergradu-ate degree in History and Government with aminor in European Studies from St. LawrenceUniversity, where she was a four-year starter onthe field hockey team and earned all-academichonors. She also earned her Masters ofEducation in Heritage Studies from PlymouthState University. Kelsey will be joining us withher husband, Harris Philpot, who is currentlypursuing his law degree.

Alexandra Disney joins Holderness fromPhillips Academy where, as a teaching fellow,she taught three sections of chemistry,coached, and served in a dormitory. Alexandrais a Magna Cum Laude graduate of BatesCollege, where she majored in BiologicalChemistry. She was the recipient of the poly-mer Undergraduate Organic ChemistryAward and won the Academic AchievementAward in Biochemistry. In addition, Alexandrahas worked as a Wilderness Therapy Guidewith Summit Achievement where she ledbackpacking trips in ME and NH for troubledyouth aged –.

After graduating from Holderness in (winner of the Marshall Award and, in the BW Woodward prize for “exceptional lead-ership, academic achievement, and/or serviceto his or her college community”), MikeHeyward went on to Skidmore College,where he majored in Management and

Business and was the recipient of the BarbaraHume Award in . A member of the mensbasketball team at Skidmore, Mike is bestknown for his work after graduation as anassistant coach for the womens team where hehas been instrumental in on and off-campusrecruiting of players. Mike will be working inthe Admission Office at Holderness and willserve as head coach of our girls basketball team.

Frost Award Winner Kelly Hood ’08returns to Holderness to intern in the EnglishDepartment for –. Kelly attendedDartmouth College where she majored inEnglish and minored in Education. As a co-captain and four-year starter for the Division IDartmouth field hockey team, Kelly was namedthe Ivy League Offensive Player of theYear and the New Hampshire FemaleAthlete of the Year. Kelly holds every scoringrecord at Dartmouth for field hockey and wona silver medal at the Pan AmericanGames as a member of the US Indoor FieldHockey Team in San Juan, Argentina. Lastsummer Kelly interned at Phillips ExeterAcademy, where she taught two sections of cre-ative writing.

Nick Laurence will be our new HeadAthletic Trainer. Nick graduated from Colby-Sawyer College and served as an InternAthletic Trainer at Phillips Exeter Academybefore becoming an Assistant Athletic Trainerand Physical Education teacher at St.Sebastian’s School in Needham, MA, where hehas served for two years.

George Negroponte will join our MathDepartment in the fall. George is a graduate ofBowdoin College, where he majored inEconomics, minored in Anthropology, andplayed on the mens lacrosse team. Prior to histime at Bowdoin, George attended PhillipsExeter Academy, where he received anAcademic All-American Award in Lacrosse in. Upon graduation he also received the peaPhilip Curtis Goodwin Award for sportsman-ship and participation. Since graduating from

Talented New Faculty Join the Holderness Community

The new faculty pose for Martha Macomber at Rainbow Falls in Plymouth. From left to right, Evan

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Bowdoin, George has worked as a ResearchAssistant to Director of Public ServiceProjects, Clinton School of Public Service inLittle Rock, Arkansas, and most recently hasrun an inn in Vermont.

Evan Rosenstein recently graduated fromAmherst College, where he received a Bachelorof Arts degree in English. Evan was a strongsafety on the Amherst football team thatbecame undefeated nescac champions in and . Evan also wrote for the student news-paper, where he covered sports, general news,and features. During the summers he internedat Fine Life Media, an international magazinethat serves the watch-making industry. This fall,Evan will be teaching English, coaching footballand hockey, and living in a dorm.

One final hire occurred late in the summeras Mr. Barton shifted his attention to theCollege Counseling office; Jeff Stevens washired to take his place in the classroom teach-ing World Religions. Jeff is a graduate ofHarvard Divinity School and an ordained min-ister. His work at Harvard focused on teenspirituality, and he was part of the Project inReligious and Secondary Education, whichtrains divinity students to teach at the highschool level. When Jeff is not teaching atHolderness, he is a pastor and teacher atAwakening Spirit Christian Church inNorthfield, New Hampshire.

There are also two additional new faces oncampus. Well, perhaps they are not new, butthey are taking on new roles. Erik Thatcher, a graduate of Holderness, has returned tocampus to coach the rock climbers and internwith Reggie Pettitt in Environmental Science.Caitlin Kosow, who interned with AthleticDirector Lance Galvin last year, will continueto assist him again this year while pursuing aMasters degree at Plymouth State University.Caitlin is also coaching. �

by john lin

Have you ever believed so deeply in a team that itdidn’t really matter whether it won or lost? This isthe kind of faith that English teacher Mr. Linpraises in a short essay that was published thisspring on the website of This I Believe, an organi-zation that engages people in writing and sharingthe ideas and daily experiences that shape theircore values. Below is his essay.

Though I do have my favorites—players andteams—I am not obsessed with them as someothers I know. I do remember, however, rootingfor my home team, the Amazin’ ’ Mets,sneaking in late-night games on Channel ,wor, listening to Ralph Kiner, Lindsey Nelsonand Bob Murphy call the game. Bottom of theninth, two outs, Mets down by a few, “Believein Miracles” flashes on a homemade cardboardsign hoisted by a stalwart fan behind thirdbase, and before you had the chance to doubt,the Mets had won another come-from-behindnail-biter. Boy did I believe, and in believing sodeeply then in the home team, I think that mylife was changed.

I must confess that I have a problem withbaseball fans who profess to believe in theirteams only when things are going well. I under-stand where these fair-weather fans come from,and I don’t mean just Boston, because theycome from a world of knowledge and informa-tion that overwhelms belief. These fans thirstfor quantifiable data that will corroborate theirso-called beliefs. No team is good or bad butstatistics show them so. We live in a world ofthe bottom line—the number of Ws posted byhome team, saves from the bullpen, completegames by starters, runs produced by the heartof the line-up. Today, these disciples ofSabermetrics, the new science to advance ourknowledge of our national pastime, havedevised ways to measure everything imaginablefrom babips (batting average on balls in play),dips (defense independent pitching statistics),

and fips (fielding independent pitching). Theseare the descendents of earlier fans, who, whenrooting for God, needed Moses to descendwith the tablets and talk to a burning bushbefore they would believe. So many fans today,and sportswriters, “believe” in their teams onlyafter they have proven themselves by winning,and until then, they’re a bunch of bums, whoare paid too much, who should be traded, whoshould move up, down or out of the lineup.The true test of true believers is a certain opti-mism, the ability to look ahead without doubtor qualification. The truest test, however, as theparable of Job reminds us, is to believe in theface of overwhelming evidence against you.True belief requires no proof, no substantiationor corroboration, no miraculous finish in thebottom of the ninth, though the occasionalmiraculous finish doesn’t hurt the cause. Beliefis based on faith, on a leap, a jump into some-thing unknown and that cannot and shouldnot be known. Belief, unlike knowledge,requires no fact, no information, and certainlyno Sabermetric data to support it, and thosetrue fans who hoist banners declaring “YaGotta Believe” in ballparks all over America donot turn on their team when they come upshort, when the heart of the order bats a paltry. in the post season, when the bullpen can-not save the game. Belief lives not in the worldof results and the bottom line, not in therational capacity of our heads, but instead inthe irrational heart, and in the soul. Baseballtaught me this lesson of belief in my youth, andbaseball may teach us about belief again today.This I do believe. �

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Thank you and farewell, Dick and Gail! Beloware messages to you from members of theHolderness community.

Brett Jones ’88Holderness has no idea how lucky they are tohave had Dick and Gail at the school for allthese years. Their daughter Jen was my bestfriend at Holderness, and they always treatedme as well as any of my friends’ parents everhave. When I was a junior I was required towrite an English paper on someone and his/hercareer. I chose to write my paper on Dick andthe maintenance of the school facilities. I wasso ill-prepared with my questions, but he waspatient and helpful, often expanding wellbeyond the scope of the questions I asked. Iwill always remember him talking about hispassion for sailing and his love of New Englandand Holderness. The few times I have beenback to Holderness, I have looked forward toseeing him. They are such a good family, and Iam so happy that Dick and Gail will be able toenjoy sailing, grandchildren, and retirement.

Marguerite GrahamMuch love to Dick and Gail! I will be forevergrateful for Gail’s mentoring, her patience, andher grace as she introduced us to the healthbenefits of stretching and aerobics in the earlys!

Will Graham ’72Dick and his dad kept me in line as a youngathletic director back in the early eighties. Icould see then how Dick treated his crew andall he met with a deep respect. Dick is unflap-pable, kind, and eager to help. Day after day heexemplified the patience of Job in a demandingboarding school community. After being on call/ for all those years, I hope he unplugs hisphone, casts off with Gail, and knows in hisheart that he and Gail left Holderness School inbetter shape than they found it. Thanks to themboth for a job well done and a strong finish!

Bill ’51 and Faith SummersAs an old Holderness alumnus, I want to thankyou, Dick, for your superb service to the Schooland to all the students you touched during yourtime at Holderness. I am convinced Holdernessand the students are far better because of yourdedication to excellence. Faith and I wish youboth the very best in your retirement.

Steve Rand ’62Gail Stevens, exercise taskmaster, was one ofthe inspiring ladies who helped me become anAdonis at the Bodyworks fitness center onFairgounds Road in Plymouth in the s. Shewas a tireless exerciser, setting the example forus poor blubber-bods. It was always fun tosweat with Gail. I see her around town now,walking for fun and exercise, sometimes evenwith Dick in tow! Thanks for the inspiration,Gail, and for starting me down the trail of alifetime exercise habit.

Robert McKersie ’82 I remember Dick well and also fondly. Duringmy senior year I was outdoor crew chief, a jobthat most seniors didn’t want owing to the earlymorning duties and hard physical work.However, this responsibility allowed me thegreat opportunity to work side-by-side withDick and his staff almost every morning. Dickpossesses a great spirit. He taught me grounds-keeping skills I still use today around my homeand instilled a good work ethic in all of us. Hisyears of dedication to the school are commend-able. I wish Dick and Gail a happy and healthyretirement!

Christopher J. Hopkins ’83I was the typical careless senior who, onesnowy winter’s eve in , was out “skitching”(grabbing onto the bumpers of cars on campusand sliding behind them on nothing more thanTimberland boots). I ran up behind one finalvehicle—evening check-in was fast approach-ing—and rode it not only in front of Weld but

out onto the main road. I let go and skidded toa stop as the vehicle’s brake lights came on.

A figure stepped out of the car, and I recog-nized it immediately as Dick. He couldn’t seeor identify me, but he yelled…not out of angerbut out of concern that he had been unwitting-ly responsible for the safety of a Holdernessstudent.

My respect and admiration for Dick left mevery sorry, even ashamed, that I’d placed him insuch a position of risk that evening. I neverhad the courage to seek him out in the daysthat followed to apologize, but I’ve never for-gotten. Even teenagers know when they arearound principled, earnest, good, and hard-working adults.

Though Dick will not remember me afterso many years and so many students who camebefore and after me, please be sure that heknows the impact he made on me and othersin my class. �

Remembering Dick and Gail Stevens

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Although Bill Biddle was perhaps most wellknown and well-remembered by his studentsfor his love of hiking and nature, it is not neces-sarily the way he would choose to beremembered.

In a letter written to hst around , Billexplained, “I admit that I broke trail on snow-shoes through a couple of feet of snow up RoyMountain this afternoon for my neighbors, andthat I paddle a little white water…but I realizethat I have always cherished and perhaps pre-ferred (over hard exercise) good reading timeand good conversations about literature, poli-tics, history, the arts, and social responsibilities.”

Although the two pursuits often intersectedand intertwined in his life, Bill was first andforemost a life-long learner who liked nothingmore than a good book or a stimulating intel-lectual conversation.

During the last twenty years of his life, Billwrote a column in the Methow Valley News, inTwisp, WA, submitting his final entry just fourdays before his death. In the paper’s obituary,the editor wrote, “His hunger for knowledgewas insatiable. He surrounded himself withbooks and magazines and I do not doubt thathe read them all at least once. At his WolfCreek home, his office is filled with books, hisbasement is filled with books, his cars are filledwith books. And that was just his part-timeresidence.”

Bill began his professional career at Nobleand Greenough School in Dedham, MA in after receiving his Master’s degree in edu-cation from Harvard. He went on to teach atHolderness from until . In additionto teaching English, he supported the OutingClub and was always willing to take studentsfor hikes in the White Mountains. He alsoestablished a visiting author’s program whichsurvives today and brings to the school the likesof Donald Hall and Maxine Kumin. When heleft Holderness, he moved to Seattle,

Washington where he taught at the SeattleAcademy of Arts and Sciences for five yearsbefore retiring.

As one of his former students from Nobleand Greenough wrote, “He wasn’t on somepedestal. He was just amongst us, helping usgrow, learn, try, while having fun.”

At the intersection of his passions was thesharing of his love of nature with those aroundhim. He loved hiking and exploring the WhiteMountains while he lived in the East and con-tinued his adventures when he moved toSeattle. As his obituary explains, “In all hiscareers, he was involved in the outdoors, estab-lishing and maintaining outing clubs for theboys he taught, extending their appreciation of

nature…on hikes and snowshoe trips throughthe White Mountains and Presidential Range.It was frequently the boys’ first experiences asoutdoorsmen and often led to enduring rela-tionships with nature.”

In that spirit, it is written on his obituarypage, “Remembrances may be made to theMethow Conservancy, Winthrop, Washingtonor to the Keewaydin Foundation, Salisbury,Vermont, or simply give a flower or pay a com-pliment to someone special in Bill’s name.” �

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“To me it was amazing that my grandfatheronly went to Holderness for one year but madea connection that lasted a lifetime,” KendraMorse ’ observed. Her grandfather, Mayland“Dutch” Morse, passed away last fall, but evenafter his death, his connection to Holdernesslives on in his granddaughter.

Dutch Morse was introduced to Holdernessby New Hampshire Supreme Court JusticeThomas Marble. Judge Marble was a familyfriend who advised Dutch when he graduatedat age from Concord High School to take apost-graduate year at Holderness School inorder to improve his grades and athletic skills.Dutch took the judge’s advice and came toHolderness in .

“I think it was his go-getter attitude thathelped him make such fast connections withHolderness,” Kendra explained. “He probablyimmediately threw himself into everything atHolderness, making friends, competing insports, working in his classes. That’s the way healways was.” Dutch played football, hockey, andtennis for Holderness; learned good studyhabits from masters such as Joe Abbey andDante Fiore; and participated in the JobsProgram under the watchful eye of Loys Wiles.

After graduating from Holderness, Dutchwent on to Bowdoin College and later Yale LawSchool, but only for one semester. His educa-tion in law was interrupted by World War IIduring which he taught French cadets to flytwin-engine planes, a position which hereceived because he had taken French atHolderness and Bowdoin College. He alsomarried Betty Slaker in .

After an honorable discharge in ,Dutch went on to finish his law degree atColumbia Law School and received his llbdegree in . He returned to Concord, wherehe joined his father’s law firm and becamedeeply involved in the community. Amongother things, he served on the boards of the

Concord Public Library, Concord Hospital,and Colby-Sawyer College. He was a thirty-third-degree Mason and served as a presidentof the Concord Rotary Club. He was alsoinvolved in the Episcopal Church, participatingin the vestry of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church ofConcord and serving as Chancellor of theEpiscopal Diocese of NH throughout thetenure of three bishops.

And in Dutch also returned toHolderness and served on the Board ofTrustees for years. Dutch received both theDistinguished Alumnus Award in and theDistinguished Service Award in . He wasinstrumental in helping Holderness grow itsendowment from , to nearly millionand in establishing the Balch Society, an estateplanning program.

A quick read through his correspondenceswith Headmaster Don Hagerman and other

trustees reveal that he was involved in everythingfrom the building of Bartsch, to the transfer ofstocks and bonds, to the selection of the speakerfor graduation; he was also involved in bringingthe first artificial ice hockey rink to Holderness,literally. Dutch, who was friends with theAdmission Director at Exeter, found out thatExeter was installing a new rink and negotiatedfor the purchase of their old one. Because Exeterneeded the old rink dismantled and removedimmediately, he drove a bus full of students toExeter Academy, loaded the school’s old boards,three miles of piping, and compressor onto thebus, and drove the hockey rink back up toHolderness where it was installed in .

But Dutch’s correspondences were not lim-ited to the headmaster and trustees; on someoccasions, students reached out to him as well.Also in , the editor of the Holderness Bullwrote to Dutch stating, “I along with many of

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Dutch Morse breaks ground for Weld Hall in 1963 with Rev. Charles Hall. Don Hagerman looks on.


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the other students feel that there is an inherentseed of negativism connected with the requiredchapel services.” Charles Hurburgh goes on tosay, “By limiting a student’s religious scope tothe Episcopal worship service, one leaves himwith no background or basis for [choosing areligion]”( Sound familiar?). Dutch made it hisgoal “to never interfere in the relations betweenthe head and the faculty, or in the head’s nor-mal administrative duties,” so his response tothe students “merely reflected [his] own person-al attitude.” Dutch made it clear that hebelieved religion to be a cornerstone ofHolderness and stated that “While Holdernessis proud to strive to be first in many things, [hewas] doubtful that it would be wise or desirablefor Holderness to pioneer in this area.”

Dutch continued to serve on the board until and practiced law in the Concord areawell into his eighties. And for a couple years, itlooked like his relationship with Holdernesswas coming to a close. Then around , histies with Holderness were renewed through hisgranddaughter, Kendra. Kendra was a ninthgrader at Mascoma Valley Regional HighSchool and impressed her father when shemade honor roll. “When my father told mygrandfather that I had made the honor roll inschool, my grandfather remembered his experi-ence at Holderness and wanted the sameexperience for me,” Kendra explained.

So in the fall of Kendra visitedHolderness with her father and grandfather andalso fell in the love with the school. She enteredHolderness in her sophomore year and willgraduate this spring. During her sophomoreyear, Kendra began a journal in which she wroteto her grandfather each week, sharing with himthe details of her days and nights, her classes, herathletic competitions, and her friends. And eachweek, Kendra’s father delivered the letters to hisfather and read them to him.

“My grandfather loved to talk aboutHolderness,” Kendra explained. “He loved totalk about sports and look at the pictures that I

sent to him of my friends and me. Throughouthis life, when he saw something that needed tobe done, he just made it happen, and I waslucky that he thought I should be atHolderness. Without him I would never haveeven known about Holderness.”

Like her grandfather, Kendra has thrownherself into life at Holderness. She has partici-pated in the school theatrical performances andmusicals and plays field hockey, ice hockey, andsoftball. This year she will be taking APEnvironmental Science, AP Literature,Calculus, Spanish , and Theology and Ethics.She too has made connections with otherHolderness students and faculty, many ofwhich may last a lifetime. �

Trustee Meeting, May 1960. FRONT ROW: The Right Rev. Charles Hall, Donald Hagerman, Carleton

Adams, James Godfrey, Rufus Hale; BACK ROW: Roger Merriman, Maurice Blouin, Mayland “Dutch”

Morse, Laurence Rathbun, and Archibald Coolidge.



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Frank Bonsal ’82Technology has the power to transform teach-ing and learning. In the hands of a goodteacher, it can build excitement, tap creativity,and push students ahead to explore and learnat their own pace. Its use at Holderness as atool for teaching and learning has expanded sig-nificantly over the past several years, notcoincidentally during the years that FrankBonsal has been on the board.

Frank Bonsal graduated from Holderness in and returned to Holderness in toserve on the Board of Trustees. Mr. Bonsal wasparticularly interested in methods for thought-fully incorporating new technology into thecurriculum and was a member of theInvestment, Compensation, and IntellectualLife Committees.

During Frank’s tenure, the board talkedextensively about different companies and toolsworth exploring to improve teaching and learn-ing, to promote efficiency, and to help us slowlyand thoughtfully shift the paradigm by whichwe instruct and prepare our students. He hasbeen helpful in moving the school forward witha variety of initiatives, including Moodle, alearning management system that allows teach-ers and students to interact outside theclassroom, all while making academic house-

keeping more efficient. At Holderness last year,US History, Calculus, Senior Honors Thesis,as well as a number of other classes ran onMoodle. This year it is an expectation that allclasses use Moodle in their work.

As Holderness continues to integrate newtechnology into the classroom and into dailyoperational tasks, Frank’s leadership was and willcontinue to be important. We hope that eventhough he is no longer on the board, his encour-aging hand, that has led us into challenging, newterritory, will continue to guide us from afar.

Peter Kimball ’72For almost a decade, Peter Kimball ’ hasbeen behind the scenes leading HoldernessSchool through several significant milestones.The Holderness Annual Fund has tripled,exceeding million for the first time in ourhistory; the Campaign for Holderness wasdefined and launched under Peter’s leadershipand is now closing in on its million goalfor ; and a formal Gift Planning programhas been established, helping Holderness staysecure into the future. Peter served as theChair of the Advancement Committee, andwas also a member of the Governance andNominating Committee and the CampaignSteering Committee.

But the numbers and titles do not evencome close to measuring the ways in whichPeter has helped and nurtured this community.In addition to guiding Holderness Schoolthrough many sound financial decisions, he hasbeen a role model and mentor to many. “Eleven years ago when I became Head ofSchool,” explained Phil Peck, “I had no back-ground in advancement and it was the one areawhere I felt least prepared to lead our school.Almost immediately I (and then director ofdevelopment, Chris Mumford) met with Peterto ask him if he would consider being thisrookie head’s mentor and possibly considerjoining the board. To my and the board’sdelight Peter said yes to both requests!”

His care for Holderness as an institution hasalso on occasion extended to the people whomake up the community. Former Head ofSchool Peter Woodward explained, “After years as a Head deeply involved in Develop-ment, I found myself on the other side, full ofignorance and anxiety, about how I might sup-port my school and church and also address thelong term needs and security of my multi-hand-icapped blind child. I called Peter Kimball. Heresponded immediately to all my questions andfears. It was all about the heart and spirit withPeter and the money was secondary.”

For his work at Holderness, Peter Kimballreceived the Distinguished Alumni Award in. When Phil Peck presented the award toPeter, he said, “Peter’s is the sort of work thatby definition is done behind the scenes. But it’swork that is the lifeblood of a school likeHolderness, sustaining this community fordecades to come.”

While Peter Kimball’s formal leadership roleat Holderness has ended, we will continue tofeel his presence for years to come in the quietand thoughtful guidance he has provided tocurrent leaders, and to the many programs hehas helped to establish and support during histenure. �

Saying Goodbye to Frank Bonsal and Peter Kimball

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june , –december ,

Last December Holderness—and NewHampshire—lost an Outstanding Neighbor.

The Holderness community lost its second-oldest living alumnus with the death of DaveGoodwin ’ on December , . More sadly,the human community of New Hampshire losta man whose personal commitment to theirwelfare, advancement, and happiness wasalmost impossible to measure.

Could it have been Dave’s daily contact withgrief that made him so abundantly committedto life and its possibilities? After school atHolderness and the New England Institute,Dave joined his grandfather’s business, theGoodwin Funeral Home, in Manchester, NH.And from his home in Manchester, Dave—asstated in the Union Leader (//)—“servedthe community there for over years.”

For Dave, serving the community alsoinvolved many other things; again from theUnion Leader: “A trustee of the CogswellBenevolent Trust for almost years, he volun-teered for more than years for the AmericanRed Cross and was a -year member and apast-president of the Manchester Rotary Club.A former trustee of the Holderness School[–], he served on the boards of directorsof the Hundred Club of New Hampshire andthe Manchester chapter of the American RedCross, the Manchester Boys and Girls Club,and Easter Seals of New Hampshire, where hehad served as chairman of the board and con-tinued to remain active until recently. He wasalso a trustee of Neighborworks GreaterManchester.”

That’s a good sample, and his endless gifts oftime and money did not go unnoticed.Neighborworks honored Dave with itsOutstanding Neighbor Award; the Boys andGirls Club with its Hall of Fame Award; theGranite United Way with its William S. GreenLifetime Achievement Award; and Easter Seals

has established an award in Dave’s honor—theDavid P. Goodwin Lifetime CommitmentAward. Dave’s wife, herself a civic leader whodied in , is also memorialized in the EasterSeals’ David P. and Dorothy M. GoodwinBoard Room.

Dave was an outstanding neighbor indeed,and also an alumnus whose lifetime commit-ment to Holderness prompted him to attendreunion each year, including last fall’s.

Dave’s three children—Marilyn GoodwinSoper, Ellie Goodwin Cochran, and CharlieGoodwin—say that Dave’s connection toHolderness was special, that the school was likeanother home to him. “More than anything else,Holderness School and the lessons he learnedthere shaped Dave Goodwin’s life,” they said in ajoint statement. “The impressions made by suchmen as Bishop Dallas, Headmasters EdricWeld, and later Don Hagerman, PeteWoodward, and Phil Peck, as well as the facul-ty, staff, and his fellow students, were lastingones that greatly influenced the life of serviceand commitment that Dave lived. He proudlyserved on the Board of Trustees and enjoyed hisinteractions with faculty, staff, and fellow alum-ni at Reunion each year. He never missed anopportunity to promote the school to potentialstudents and delighted in speaking with thosewho had also lived the Holderness Experience.”

Since the school has annually awardeda Distinguished Service Award to an alum-nus/a “who through his or her devotion anddedicated service has significantly and positivelyaffected the health and well-being of theschool.” At this year’s Reunion that award willgo posthumously to Dave Goodwin.

“Throughout the nomination and selectionprocess, Dave’s name surfaced over and overagain, each time with a different reflection andstory symbolizing his deep commitment to andcare of this school, her students and her facul-ty,” says Director of Advancement and ExternalRelations Robert Caldwell. “Tangentially, a por-tion of Dave’s estate was directed by his

children to Holderness to establish the DavidP. Goodwin Fund for Student Support atHolderness School. The Goodwin Fund will beused to provide non-tuition financial aid todeserving students, with preference given toNew Hampshire residents. Through their gen-erosity, the Goodwin family is enablingHolderness to continue to attract and enrollthe brightest and most talented students from awide variety of socioeconomic backgrounds,aiding the school’s efforts to create a diverseand outstanding student body.”

All that ceaseless volunteer work, all thatuniversal connectedness, and all that supportfor Holderness seemed hardly an effort forDave. Perhaps it was because he found peopleso likable and interesting. Throw in Dave’s life-time membership in Manchester’s FirstCongregational Church, and he becomes aparagon of something else as well: Pro deo etgenere humano (“For God and humankind”).

Rest in peace, Dave Goodwin. You’ll bemissed—sorely—at this fall’s Reunion, butyour presence will be felt, now and for genera-tions to come. �

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JULIA FORD ’08: A LIGHT THATPULLS YOU IN

A profile of Julia Ford in Okemo Magazine con-siders the Ford family legacy in skiing and howrichly this current model Ford is building on it.

There is a reason why Julia Ford is not knownas “Julia” to her teammates on the US SkiTeam. In , after three seasons on the USDevelopment Team, Julia had been promotedto the US “C” team and had traveled toPortillo, Chile, with other US team membersfor off-season training.

“One day the coaches set up a parallelslalom,” writes Aimee Berg in her profile ofJulia for Okemo Magazine (“First On RaceDay”). “Ford was paired with Julia Mancuso inthe first round. The two Julias decided that thewinner would earn the right to use her firstname, and the loser would have to find a nick-name so they both wouldn’t turn around whencoaches yelled, ‘Julia!’ With her legal identity atstake, Ford fell out of the starting gate. ‘It was apro start and you had to lift your tips,’explained the racer who now goes by ‘Fordo’and other monikers.”

She’s known as Julia at Holderness, though,and also at Vermont’s Okemo Mountain, whereshe and her siblings trained to be ski racers.Julia’s Aunt Wendy is the co-founder of theOkemo Mountain School, but she is certainlynot the only Ford involved in the ski-racingcommunity. The Berg profile boasts a sidebaron the Ford family legacy in skiing, including,among Wendy and others: Julia’s mother Lori,who led Middlebury to the eiaw nationalchampionship; her sister Mattie, who also racedat Middlebury and made the US DevelopmentTeam; her brother Willie, who won the Jnational title in giant slalom, and who cap-tained the University of New Hampshire skiteam; and her sister Lily ’, who raced atHolderness on the Eastern Alpine team.

Julia is as tightly bound to the Okemo com-munity—where kids line up at the bottom of arun for autographs, where money is raised to

help defray annual ski team expenses—as she isto the Holderness community, though Bergacknowledges the transformative influence ofHolderness snow sports director GeorgCapaul, who improved her conditioning andmade her ski in the tough snow conditions shenow encounters in Europe.

“Georg is very honest,” Julia told Berg. “So ifhe says you’re skiing well, you believe it. WhenI was at my first fis races, he said, ‘You canwin these.’ I said, ‘Really?’ He knows so muchabout the sport, you believe him.”

She believed him, and she won. Mostrecently her wins have included back-to-backUS downhill titles in and ( JuliaMancuso only won one), and the overallchampionship of the Nor-Am Cup series. Alsothis year she won her first World Cup pointswith a nd in the downhill at BadKleinkircheim, Austria.

Winning the Nor-Am Cup gives Julia auto-matic entry into every World Cup event next

season, but her coaches on the US team will beselective about her schedule. “She’ll probablyrace as many downhills and super-Gs as possi-ble,” US women’s Europa Coach TrevorWagner told Berg. For GS it will be a matter of“the right times and the right hills.”

Besides the sort of athleticism that madeJulia co-captain of her soccer, ski, and lacrosseteams at Holderness, she also brings such afiery competitive streak to her skiing that hersister Mattie refuses to work out with her. Atthe same time, Mattie told Berg, “She can letthings go. If she has a bad day, she moves on.She doesn’t dwell on the past.”

And off the slopes there is that personalitythat helped make Julia president of the schoolat Holderness. A US Ski Team teammate toldBerg that Julia’s laugh is so unique that “in aroom full of people, I’d know it’s Julia.Everything about her pulls you in. She’s solight-hearted and genuine. She’s got this light.When you see her face, you can feel it.”

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And that’s the girl we know, whether atHolderness or Okemo or the European Alps,whether she goes by Julia or Fordo.

FRANZ NICOLAY ’95:ACCORDIANS LIKESAW-TOOTH PADS

Franz Nicolay releases his third CD, garnersbrilliant pre-release reviews, and packs for Beijing.

The album had only just hit the street by hstpress time in August, but a number of reviewshad already appeared. Hit the Floor magazine:“Epic…Each lyric sounds like it could very easi-ly be an old proverb or taken straight out of anold sea shanty…An incredible release.” The ArtsDesk: “Challenging, clever, and more than a lit-tle unsettling…This is an album that cannotcome recommended highly enough.” AU maga-zine: “‘Stories for Society’s Sinners’ might be afitting title for Franz Nicolay’s collected worksso far…Sharp, witty lyrics, grounded in realismas convincing as early Springsteen…His com-plete honesty is refreshing.”

The album is Do the Struggle, the third byFranz Nicolay after Major General () andLuck and Courage (). This one is issued byLondon-based Xtra Mile Recordings and theproducer is Oktopus, known in the musicindustry for his previous work with the experi-mental hip-hop duo dälek and the punk bandPaint It Black.

According to Oktopus, he and Franz havecollaborated on “a dark, explosive, and cinematicopus of personal and political anger. We wentin with the idea of taking classic Americanainstrumentation/songwriting and treating itwith a more club/techno/bass sonic vibe.Banjos were treated like arpeggiated synth lines,accordions like saw-tooth pads, tuba like crunk bass, and so on. To me, this record was aperfect way to start looking at the relationshipbetween traditional acoustic music and morefuturistic electronic music.”

Other collaborations are in effect here for acomposer and musician who has formerly been

a member of the indie rock bar band The HoldSteady; the cabaret-punk band theWorld/Inferno Friendship Society; the Gyspy-Klezmer band Guignol; the agit-prop bandAgainst Me!; and also toured, recorded, or per-formed with acts ranging from Leftover Crackto Bruce Springsteen. Franz is backed on thisCD by the rhythm section of Guignol ( JohnBollinger on drums, George Rush on bass) andalso Ezra Kire, the guitarist for Morning Glory.

Collaborating on the cover art are twographic designers related to Franz—his sistersSophie ’ and Ariana ’. And working as aroadie for a couple weeks this summer wasFranz’s father Franz, who teaches photographyat Holderness. The two Franzes united for sev-eral concerts in the United Kingdom in Augustimmediately after the album’s release. Franz theYounger will have played throughout the UKby the end of the summer, not to say a string ofconcerts that took him throughout eastern

Europe, and then on the Trans-SiberianRailroad into Mongolia and at last to Beijing.

A lot of travel? Yep, but Franz doesn’t mind.In an essay published in the May issue ofInDigest (“The Troubador and the Patron”),Franz embraces a model of bottom-line survivalthat no longer revolves around album sales in amusic store. These days, he writes, “The onlymeaningful transaction is the direct sale at themerch table at the show, and the only meaning-ful relationship is the one between you and thehandful of strangers you’re trying to convince(at a bare minimum) not to walk out of theroom while you’re playing.”

It’s a new version of the old traveling trouba-dour. “As it has been, so shall it be,” Franz says.

Franz Nicolay in concert this summer in the British Isles. The photograph was taken by his father,

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WILL HUMPHREY ’10:CAPITALIZING “ABLE”IN “DISABLED”

Will Humphrey has turned his Senior HonorsThesis into a human drama and an inspiring doc-umentary film.

Sometimes a Senior Honors Thesis project canturn into, well, something much more thanthat. Will Humphrey grew up among woodenboats in Newport, Rhode Island, and one ideahe had for his project concerned boat-building.

On the other hand, Will was also anEastern Alpine skier, coached by a man—Georg Capaul—who had once been anaccomplished ski racer, was now a paraplegic,but could still streak like greased lightningdown a mountain on his monoski. When Willsaw Georg exhibit such speed and grace on theslopes of Loon, something moved inside him. “Iwas intrigued,” he says, “that his disability hadsomehow allowed this different and extraordi-nary capability to develop.”

Will ended up studying the rehabilitationprocess of crippled soldiers, both paraplegicsand quadraplegics, in the two world wars, andhe compared those practices to current ones.Then he confined himself to a wheelchair sothat he could learn something about a disabledman’s experience from the inside and did someskiing himself on a monoski with NewEngland Disabled Sports.

It was a fine and passionate thesis project,and it seemed to be all over once he gave hispresentation, collected his diploma, and went tothe University of New Hampshire to major inpyschology. But then the following summerWill went back to Newport to work on thewaterfront along with two friends—TrippClemens and Harvey Burrell—who had found-ed their own small video production company.One day the three were approached by a manin a wheelchair. Could they film a short videoof him surfing?

That man was Zach Bastian, once a starfootball player and wrestler in high school, who

had lost the use of his legs eight years before.Zach was still an athlete, inspired by a SanDiego quadraplegic, Jesse Billauer, who surfedthirty-foot waves lying belly-down on a surf-board. Zach wanted video of his own surfingprowess, just a two-minute segment, to inspiredisabled friends who were still in rehabilitation.

That film got made, and then anotherbesides. Tripp and Harvey were no less amazedby Zach than Will had been by Georg Capaul,and the piece was expanded into a twenty-minute segment on not just adaptive surfing,but also on adaptive sailing and skiing. Thatfilm was shown at a fundraiser through whichthey hoped to raise enough money to fly thegroup of four from Rhode Island to Californiato meet Zack’s hero, Jesse Billauer.

“It was so successful that there was enoughmoney available for the four of us to drive toCalifornia instead,” Will says. “But that level ofsuccess also indicated that there was muchmore to the story.”

Indeed there is, and this past summer it wasfilmed. With Will as executive producer andZach as the front man, the four raised,—, on Kickstarter and the restfrom other sources—that funded a cross-coun-try odyssey by car, cameras in hand, and visits

with adaptive athletes performing at breathtak-ing levels in motorcross, road racing,white-water rafting, mountain biking, mountainclimbing, and skydiving. The finished product,Endless Abilities, is now in its final editing.

“We need to raise just a little more money,–,, in order to have it ready for ourrelease date of January ,” Will says.

That will be Windy Films’ debut full-lengthdocumentary and Will intends it to have playat a large variety of festival circuits. “We’re juststorytellers,” he says. “The amazing people hereare these athletes who are overcoming their dis-abilities and conquering adversity through thepower of sport.”

Will is now back at unh, but now he’smajoring in recreational management with afocus on program administration and anemphasis on adaptive sports. And he’s in ahurry. He intends to graduate in three yearsand continue with what might be a lifetimeSenior Honors Thesis project.

And Zach Bastian and Jesse Dillauer? Yes,they got to meet—and surf together.

Will Humphrey poses with his filming crew outside of the bus they drove across country while

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MELISSA BARKER ’94:TRUE NORTH, WAY NORTH

Melissa Barker goes on a summer Polartrecnorth of Alaska’s Brooks Range.

For five weeks this summer Melissa Barker roseat seven am, packed a lunch and dinner, took along walk to work, and stayed at work untileight or nine in the evening. The hours werelong, but she never lacked for energy. “Whenthe sun never sets, you seem to get less tired,”she laughs.

Nor was it easy work, but it was work—actually a professional developmentexperience—to which many apply. Some twohundred educators applied last year, but onlytwelve were chosen. During the school yearMelissa teaches biology and environmental sci-ence at the Alexander Dawson School inLafayette, CO. “In my teaching I try to helpstudents learn more about the practice of sci-

ence, how exactly it gets done,” she says. To thatend her students have gotten out of the class-room to study marine biology in Florida, snowscience in the Colorado backcountry, andorganic agriculture in their own back yard. “ButI wanted to know more myself about theprocess, and to be directly involved in a majorscientific investigation.”

So she went looking for opportunities forhigh school teachers to do real science andfound a rich one in Polartrec (polartrec.com),with the “trec” standing for “Teachers andResearchers Exploring and Collaborating.” Theprogram matches up ambitious teachers withuniversity professors engaged in new research,and the “Polar” stands for where it happens—inMelissa’s case, the Toolik Field Station, a nine-hour drive on the dirt roads north of Fairbanks,Alaska, and miles north of the ArcticCircle. That put her on the north slope of theBrooks Range, and provided her a round-the-clock dose of Arctic daylight.

She arrived at the field station on May ,where she began work—with Dr. TamaraHarms of the University of Alaska-Fairbanksand Dr. Sarah Godsey of Idaho StateUniversity—on the movement of nutrientsfrom land to water in a tundra environment.

“There had been surprisingly little workdone on what are called water tracks—only acouple of papers so far,” Melissa says. “We werecollecting data on how nutrients move throughtundra hillslopes where, because of permafrost,there is no channel erosion—just a mat ofshrub and sedge vegetation. So we want todefine the connectivity of the water track to therest of the hillslope, see how it changes at differ-ent times of the year, under different conditions,and see exactly how nutrients are taken up bythe biota and move through the area.”

The first week involved setting up six differ-ent water track sites dispersed over sixkilometers of the Kuparuk River Valley. Then itbecame an exercise in rigorously scheduledwater sampling. “One thing I learned is that sci-ence isn’t perfect,” Melissa says. “You design anexperiment, or a sampling procedure, and then

you have to be ready to evolve. If you don’t havethe water flow that you thought you’d have, forexample, you have to redesign that experimentto get the data you need. It can get messy.”

So the hours were long, but since Melissaneeded less sleep than usual, there was time forfun as well—badminton inside a tent that keptout the cold and wind, hiking, and some of theworld’s most spectacular bird-watching duringthe tundra’s nesting season.

“It was an experience I’ll never forget,”Melissa says. “I’m already missing the Arctic,but I’ll continue to collaborate with theresearch team and will design lesson plansaround concepts from the project. On theother hand, I was ready to get back to myhome, my husband, my bike.” Ah, her bike.Melissa is also an accomplished bike racer—amember of the GSBoulder Cycling Team anda founder and coach of Alexander Dawson’scyclocross program.

Melissa flew back into Denver under unfa-miliar conditions—darkness. One last bit ofdata: “There were still stars in the sky,” she notes.

editor’s note: If you’d like to read Melissa’sjournal entries during her time at Toolik, go to:http://www.polartrec.com/expeditions/nutrient-transport-in-arctic-watersheds

JEREMY FOLEY ’70:BEGINNING WITH FAITH

A women’s lacrosse program founded by JeremyFoley at the University of Florida rises almostinstantly to the top of the sport.

In , when a standout Maryland high schoollacrosse player named Sam Farrell was beingcourted by every big ncaa program in thecountry, something shocking happened. Samchose to go to the University of Florida—to aschool that had no lacrosse team, nor anylacrosse field or facility. So did sixteen other ter-rific Maryland women, and five from New York.

Well, it wasn’t so shocking if you considerthe track record of Florida Athletic Director

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Jeremy Foley in building programs that com-pete for national championships. Jeremybecome Florida’s AD in , and since thenthe school has failed only once to field the top-ranked overall sports program in the toughSoutheast Conference. In all those years Floridahas finished in the top ten in national all-sportsstandings.

Jeremy played lacrosse at Holderness and atHobart College, but—as reported in the NewYork Times last spring (“No. Florida wastesno time in becoming a force,” //)—nobody played women’s lacrosse at Florida in, when Sam Farrell and many otherssigned on. Jeremy had only announced a deci-sion to add that program in , and then hadhired as coach Amanda O’Leary, who hadspent the previous fourteen years at Yale. SamFarrell and that ’ recruiting class came toFlorida on nothing more than the promise ofJeremy’s vision, and the credentials of Ms.

O’Leary—and then they had to wait two moreyears as a facility was built.

Florida’s first season was the spring of ,during which the team went -. The next yearthey climbed to -, including a home winover Northwestern, the eventual national cham-pion. In the ncaa tourney they beat Stanfordbefore losing to Duke in the quarterfinals.

This spring the Gators began the year with a-game winning streak. It was a streak, wrotethe Times, that “blazed their way to the top ofthe sport,” earning them a number-one nationalranking—and the interest of the New YorkTimes. Did Jeremy expect that level of successso early, wondered reporter Marty Cohen?

Certainly not, Jeremy replied. “At the end ofthe day,” he told the Times, “it all boils down toMandee, and a group of young women andtheir parents who trusted us, believed in us and

our commitment, because when we met withthem, we had no field, no schedule, no history,nothing except a great academic institution anda program where you could see the commit-ment to the other women’s sports. They had tohave faith.”

The Gators beat Northwestern twice thisyear—the first team to do so in the last elevenyears—and won the American LacrosseConference’s regular-season and tournamentchampionships. In the ncaa quarterfinals theycrushed Penn State - but fell in the semifi-nals in a heartbreaking double-overtime lossto Syracuse. In the championship game,Northwestern claimed a second consecutivenational crown.

Jeremy’s new team will be in the hunt everyyear now, but it began with nothing but faith.“We had our championship dinner the other

Dmitri Nabokov. From the 1951 Dial: Someday Dmitri Nabokov will write his autobiography. He will

write it at the last possible moment that he can and still get it published. He will write it in the most

complicated style he can devise, and he will send his readers to the dictionary to look up every other

word. There will be at least one long chapter containing the list of names of all the girls who are

insanely in love with him. And there will be a chapter, by Dmitri, on Dmitri as mountain-climber. And

there will be many long chapters filled with exploits and achievements that even he may not believe.

In the end it will sell a great many copies and be a tremendous success. Then he will compose a

sequel containing all of his adventures while writing the first volume.

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night,” Amanda O’Leary told the Times in May.“And Jeremy came to speak and reiterated thefact that they came here with nothing. We hadnothing to show them. They had to believe inwhat we were going to provide them.”

IN MEMORIAM:DMITRI NABOKOV ’51, A CHILDOF REVOLUTION, OF WAR, ANDOF A LITERARY GENIUS

A Nabokov scholar and friend of DmitriNabokov recalls a man endowed with great giftsand haunted by grief.

It was in some respects an incredible life. Hegraduated from Harvard, studied at the LongySchool of Music, translated Russian literature,and moved to Europe to begin a career in operain a production of La Bohème—a productionthat included a young Luciano Pavarotti.

In Europe he was such a well-known wom-anizer that the Italian press dubbed him“Lolito.” “His life—mountaineering inWyoming and British Columbia, singing inMedellín and Milan, racing cars and boatsalong the Mediterranean, carousing with hand-some girls—was something out of a JamesBond film,” writes his friend Lila AzamZanganeh in an essay in the July New YorkTimes Book Review (“His Father’s BestTranslator”).

When Dmitri Nabokov, the only child ofnovelist Vladimir Nabokov, died onFebruary in Montreux, Switzerland, itbrought an end to a story perhaps more com-plicated than a spy film, with a hero even moreof a lone—and lonely—wolf than Agent .

“Dmitri was a child of a revolution and war,”says Zanganeh, author of The Enchanter:Nabokov and Happiness. First the family had toflee Russia in the wake of the BolshevikRevolution, and then—because Dmitri’s motherVera was Jewish—they had to flee Berlin in. In both instances they escaped by a mat-ter of hours. Vladimir Nabokov found a jobteaching Russian at Wellesley College, and every

afternoon he would pitch baseballs to Dmitri “sohe might grow up like any American child.”

The boy grew into a fine athlete and out-doorsman at Holderness, and Zanganeh—who saw him standing only once, before anautomobile accident confined him to a wheel-chair in —says he cut an impressive figureat foot , well over pounds. He was goodat so many things, including racing high-speedvehicles, that he found it difficult to concen-trate his energies into just one. In opera, thebasso profundo was known as both brilliantand inconsistent.

This American child had grown upimmersed in the languages of Europe, andeventually returned to Europe after the car acci-dent and the end of his opera career. Hebecame known as the finest translator of hisfather’s novels, and also notorious as a pricklyguardian of the Nabokov literary estate. “Heresented strangers coming to visit, at day’s endno more than his father’s ghost,” Zanganehsays. “And perhaps as a result, he had built aforbidding reputation in the literary world as afierce attacker of many an aspiring Nabokovian.(‘Genius-envy never dies,’ he once explained.)”

But Zanganeh was that rare Nabokovianwhom Dmitri agreed to help, even listening toher read aloud from her manuscript about hisfather. “True to his reputation, he did now andthen display bouts of moodiness, even occa-sional bursts of anger,” she says. “But over all, he

proved to be quite a different person from whatI had envisioned. He was tender and kind,curious and enthusiastic about things great andsmall. He would exult in a good turn of phraseor in a healing wound on his own hand. Aboveall, I was humbled by his patience, his hopeful-ness, and his combative spirit as he dealt withgreat physical pain.”

Zanganeh describes Dmitri as haunted bythe very losses that had haunted his parents—of a homeland, of the relatives left behind andmurdered in both Russia and Germany, and ofthe “untrammeled rich” Russian language. Hewas also haunted by the fierce familial love thathad sustained him and his parents throughthose losses. When Zanganeh once asked himwhy he had never married, he replied that hisparents were “twin souls” and that he knew itwould “always remain impossible to match whatthey had had.”

Actually the refugees made for a triplet ofsouls. Zanganeh’s final image of Dmitri is asshe saw him once at his apartment inMontreux near the end. “I caught him at hisdesk one afternoon watching a YouTube mon-tage called ‘Nabokov and the Moment ofTruth,’ which juxtaposes film clips and stills ofhis parents and himself. He was in his wheel-chair, leaning deeply into the computer screen,silently crying.”

LEFT: Martynas Pocius plays basketball at Holderness in 2005; RIGHT: playing for Lithuania in the

Olympics, Martynas guards US player Kevin Durant.



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MARTYNAS POCIUS ’05:CAPABLE OF HOLDING HIS OWN

Martynas Pocius nearly lifts the LithuanianOlympic basketball team to an upset of Team usa.

Fayette Observer sportswriter Bret Strelowwrote that Martynas Pocius against KobeBryant out on the basketball floor is a mis-match—right? But when Marty drove pastKobe and converted the layup, putting theLithuanian Olympic team up by a basketagainst Team usa and its collection of nba All-Stars, it seemed a lot more like a real contest.

And it was. Team usa went undefeated atthe Olympics, winning the gold as expected,but Kobe and LeBron and Kevin Durant et al.had some close calls along the way, one ofwhich was a - nailbiter against Lithuania.How did the underdogs stay so close? It wasthanks most of all, perhaps, to the glitteringstat line delivered by Lithuanian shootingguard Marty Pocius— points, sevenrebounds, and six assists. “Martynas played agreat game,” said Team usa coach MikeKrzyzewksi.

The game also marked a reunion for Martywith Krzyzewski, who was Marty’s collegecoach at Duke. Strelow writes that Marty “hada quiet four years at Duke” (“Marty Pociusfares well in reunion with Duke coach,”//). Fourteen points was his career high incollege, posted in his sophomore year againstNorth Carolina State. Then he appeared inonly four games as a junior due to an ankleinjury sustained while playing during the sum-mer in Lithuania.

Marty played in games the next seasonwhile finishing his degree in international com-munication studies. Then he left Duke with ayear of eligibility remaining so he could beginplaying professionally in Europe.

Last winter Marty played alongside formerDuke teammate Kyle Singler as a member ofReal Madrid in both Euroleague and SpanishLeague contests. Singler has since joined theDetroit Pistons in the nba, while Marty has

one year left on his two-year contract withReal Madrid.

Will Marty then follow Singler back to theStates and the world’s most prominent basket-ball stage? Strelow doesn’t say, but he writesthat Marty “showed he’s capable of holding hisown against some of the nba’s biggest stars.”

EMILIE LEE ’99: FOCUSEDON LANDSCAPES

Emilie Lee feels like she’s still a long way awayfrom the work she wants to produce, but the workshe has produced is getting noticed.

Artist Emilie Lee had a most eventful springthis year. In March, as a distinguished alumnawith a special interest in landscape painting, shewas asked by Edwards Gallery co-curatorFranz Nicolay to contribute one of the twoessays included in “West of Washington:Between Nature and Time.” This was the cata-logue that accompanied the gallery exhibit ofthat name, which featured works by WhiteMountain School painters of the Pemigewasset

Valley, the Lakes Region, Franconia Notch, andthe North Country.

In that essay, “The Pinnacle of HumanExperience,” she describes her first experiencesin the woods at Holderness, and then the yearsof nomadic rock climbing that followed hergraduation from the Rhode Island School ofDesign. Searching for a way to communicatethe emotions she felt on an exposed granitecliff, subsumed in that remote and extremeenvironment, she was drawn to America’s greatth-century landscape painters, and particu-larly to the Hudson River and WhiteMountain schools. “I’ve since become part of avibrant community of like-minded artists,” shewrites, “who are passionate about reviving thetechniques of these th-century painters.”

In April Emilie came back to Holderness forthe opening of the “West of Washington” exhib-it, and to do an interview about the exhibit forNew Hampshire Public Radio. She also spoketo classes in the arts center. “While I was at theschool, I met with an advanced drawing class totalk about how they can do small master copiesof these landscape paintings,” Emilie wrote lateron her blog (see www.emilielee.com). “I was also

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thrilled that art teacher Kathryn Field hasintroduced her students to Bargue drawing andcast drawing! This is rare to find in a highschool classroom.”

In May Emilie completed three years of full-time study at Grand Central Academy’sprestigious Water Street Atelier in New York.Several of Emilie’s stunning paintings wereincluded in a show that displayed the works ofgraduating students, but to the artist these weremere “studies.”

“Of course I still feel like I’m a lifetime awayfrom being able to paint the way I want to, butat least I have a good foundation to build on,”she wrote on her blog. “The real work beginsafter school, when I will try to make work thatis not just technically proficient, but alsothoughtful and expressive. That’s why I alwaysrefer to my paintings as ‘studies.’ They are theequivalent of the exercises that a dancer does tobecome strong and nimble before they canattempt to fully express themselves throughtheir bodies.”

Then the New York Optimist, a weekly onlinemagazine, ran a feature that included fourteenof Emilie’s paintings and drawings, and shebegan the summer by teaching a landscapepainting workshop for Grand Central Academy.She took her students to the Inwood Hill Park, acres of Manhattan’s last stretch ofuntouched forest. In the pedagogical spirit ofHolderness, she made the class interdisciplinary,combining work on pre-impressionist methodswith readings and discussions of Asher B.Durand’s Letters On Landscape Painting.

And that “community of like-minded artists”Emilie joined is the Hudson River Fellowship,and includes such notables as Jacob Collins,Edward Minoff, and Travis Schlact. And herplans for the summer? “A lot of painting,” shewrote in her May newsletter. “I’ll spend most ofthe summer focused on landscapes in theWhite Mountains. The Hudson RiverFellowship meets in Jackson, NH, halfwaythrough July, but I’m getting a head start inJune because I just can’t wait. You can followmy adventures and see the work I produce on

Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn,Pinterest, and my Blog.”

STUART NELSON ’05:THE LONGEST GAME, THEMOST IMPLACABLE FOE

Stuart Nelson—in memory of his father and onbehalf of cancer research—organizes a rugbygame that breaks a world record and gets noticedby the bbc.

On April , people in the Holdernesscommunity—many of whom had lost lovedones to cancer, or whose loved ones were fight-ing the disease—joined together in a Relay forLife, one of many mounted around the world.In teams they ran and walked for ten hoursaround the Robert K. Low Field. This relayraised more than , for cancer research.

That was two months after Stuart Nelsonhad lost his father to prostate cancer inNorthern Ireland. Fast forward to two monthsafter the Holderness event, and Stuart was hardat play in the longest tag rugby game ever played,an event that caught the notice of the bbc.

The timing of the game was meant to coin-cide with the Relay for Life events of this

spring and summer, and the purpose of theeffort was quite the same. Stuart had teamed upwith his brother Scott, Stuart says, to “do some-thing both in memory of Dad and in support ofothers who are going through similar circum-stances in Northern Ireland. We also hoped toraise some money for Cancer Research UK tohelp fund research into cancer treatments andprevention in our local community.”

Instead of a relay, though, they turned to tagrugby, and resolved to top the Guiness Book ofRecords listing for the longest game everplayed. Over two days, on June –, Stuart’steam, the Tropics, battled Scott’s MengalTaggers. They went at it for hours and brokethe previous record by four hours.

Actually, the rugby game was only one pieceof it, albeit the centerpiece. The Tropics andTaggers also, says Stuart, “organized and partici-pated in charity dances, ran ks and halfmarathons, held a ‘Night at the Races,’ organizedcorporate sponsorship and media advertising ofthe event, held bun sales, sold wristbands, tookpart in ‘spin’ classes, and bag-packed, all in aattempt to raise funds for charity.”

And a good attempt it was, raising ,US over the course of a few months. �

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DURING OUT BACK IN THE LATE 1970S—AT A TIME WHENMcDonald’s and the Quarter-Pounder were still new features on the

American scene—OB program director Fred Beams decided to provide

his campers, who were all at their solo sites, with a special treat. He

hiked out of the woods, drove to the new McDonald’s franchise in

Laconia, found himself alone at the counter (thankfully), and ordered

84 Quarter-Pounders, each with a milk shake and fries.

“They insisted on putting the shakes in separate bags,” Fred says.

“They said otherwise the burgers and fries would get cold. I didn’t have

the heart to tell them that these were all going to get cold anyway.”

The next day Fred and his partner Will Graham ’72 duly delivered one

each of that early version of the Happy Meal to each solo site’s drop-off

point. At the end of the route they were surprised to have one bag left

over. They double-checked to make sure that each camper had a bag,

and then took that leftover bag to their own campsite. “We split the meal

between us, heating it up on the campfire and having a great time,” Fred

says. “We were just sorry that they hadn’t included any ketchup.”

The next day an angry student stormed into base camp. “Hey, Mr.

Beams, thanks a lot. That was really funny,” he said as he flung a

McDonald’s bag at Fred and Will. “It turns out we had left that poor kid a

bag stuffed with 84 packets of ketchup, salt, and pepper,” Fred says.

Out Back was still a very young and experimental program then, and

today Fred Beams—who might be accounted one of the program’s founding

fathers, second only to Bill Clough ’57—says that it was something of a mir-

acle that very little went wrong that was any more serious than that.

“Because really, we were kind of making it up as we went along,” Fred says.

Fred Beams didn’t see all those years in the woods—and educational

innovation—in his future as he grew up in Summit, New Jersey. “That’s

north of Princeton, and now it’s a commuter town with blacktop all over,”

Fred says. “But back in those days it was more like Plymouth, and we

could ride our bikes all over town.”

He went to Loomis, now Loomis-Chaffee, where he met history

teacher and legendary coach Jim Wilson. Wilson was just then starting

one of New England’s most consistently successful lacrosse programs, and

Fred was a two-year captain for Wilson. In his senior year Fred’s team fell

just one game short of undefeated.

During summer vacations Wilson went on mountain-climbing expedi-

tions all around the world, and so provided this physically active and

outgoing New Jersey kid with a role model. “My father was in business

and was generally too busy to be much involved in the family,” Fred says.

“But here was a man who had built his life around being with kids, and

making a difference in their lives, and was having a lot of fun doing it. It

made me want to be a boarding school teacher myself.”

Fred went on to Middlebury, where he majored in math, played more

lacrosse, and befriended a number of Holderness alumni. “They always

spoke so warmly about Holderness,” Fred says, “and that made me want

to look into that school later.”

After Middlebury, though, Fred went into the Peace Corps. The

Vietnam War was heating up in 1966, but a deferment from the draft was

only incidental to Fred’s desire to get out of his comfort zone and see

more of the world. He was assigned to teach math and English in a village

in Nigeria, but then had to be evacuated ahead of Nigeria’s war with

Biafra. Fred served his second year in Ethiopia.

Back home in 1968, Fred sent inquiries to a number of schools—

Holderness included, and interviewed with Jim Brewer—but got scooped

up first by St. Paul’s. He taught there two years and then left to earn his

MALS degree at Wesleyan. He was just starting up another job search in

the spring of 1971 when he got a call from Headmaster Don Hagerman. He

and Ibba were driving up through Connecticut and would pass through

Catching Up With Fred BeamsOne of the founders of Out Back remembers—among other things—the day he surpriseda camper on solo with packets of McDonald’s ketchup.

by rick carey

� Fred receives thanks from a Maasai chief for the

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Middletown—could they stop by? “So the Hagermans came to my apart-

ment,” Fred says. “We went out to dinner, and then he offered me a job.”

Fred also mentioned, though, that he was committed through August

to a summer job he had already accepted—at a new outdoor education

program called Outward Bound on an island off the Maine coast. “That’s

fine—terrific,” Don said.

At Holderness Fred joined the math department and advanced what

Jim Brewer had started by building a lacrosse program no less successful

than Jim Wilson’s at Loomis. Vietnam was at a boiling point, though, and

so was the campus unrest of that era. In some quarters the whole enter-

prise of classroom education was being questioned, and such experiential

enterprises as Outward Bound and the National Outdoors Leadership

Academy had become important topics in that debate.

Bill Clough ’57, then teaching English at Holderness, was also a gradu-

ate of Outward Bound’s teacher leadership program, and at the end of

the 1970–71 winter term Bill had taken a group of students up into the

Dartmouth Land Grant for an extended Outward Bound-style hiking and

camping experience. With Fred aboard, Bill saw an opportunity for

expanding and improving what would eventually mature into Out Back.

But it was a seat-of-the-pants maturation process, says Fred, whose

training on Vinalhaven had involved summer camping. Early groups of

OBers went out into the snow wearing blue jeans and other cotton appar-

el. Eventually these were replaced by wool pants that Fred bought in

bulk. Fred used to take a VW bus to Eastern Mountain Sports to rent

snowshoes and sleeping bags until the school bought its own stock of

these. And for several years Fred had students bake their own bread,

doing this all at once in Weld on the Sunday before OB, spattering dough

all over the dining hall—“The windows, windowsills, the floors, every-

where,” Fred remembers.

But Don Hagerman had faith in what Fred and Bill were doing, and no

less faith that things would get figured out before a mishap worse than a

messy dining hall or a bag full of condiments occurred. “There’s no way

you could start a program like that today, in this legal climate,” Fred says.

“It was a special time, a special opportunity, and we were lucky enough to

make the most of it. And good for Holderness for keeping it going. Now

CATCHING UP WITH FRED BEAMS

By the ’80s the kinks in the program had been worked out and students entered the White Mountains well-prepared with sturdy frame packs, thick

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this is a program with a proven track record and one that’s almost unique

among independent schools.”

In 1984 Fred left Holderness for Groton Academy. “I was restless,” he

says. “A lot of my buddies on the faculty had left, some to run their own

schools, and my family wanted to be closer to a city.”

That’s worked out well. Fred served as Dean of Students there for 25

years, and has only this year cut back just to teaching math again. He and

his wife Cindy have three grandchildren—and his daughter Maggie just

got married in September.

Fred regrets somewhat that the current school isn’t quite as flexible

about class time as the old school was. “I remember Eva Pfosi,” Fred says.

“One winter she was gone to ski races for most of the winter term, but

she was still one of the best math students I ever had.”

So there’s no likelihood of a ten-day hiatus for OB at Groton. But Fred

has burrowed back to his Peace Corps roots in founding a surrogate sort

of program there. Each summer, for five years running now, he and Cindy

take about twenty Groton students to out-of-the-way spots around the

world for three weeks. For the last three years these spots have been in

Africa. There, in first Kenya and then Tanzania, the students work on

school-related service projects with secondary schools, and also develop

pen-pal partnerships with African students.

When Fred spoke to HST in July, it was after he had just returned from

Tanzania. “American kids definitely need more exposure to what life is

like in Third World countries,” Fred says. “And I take the philosophy into

this experience that we developed for OB. First you take some kids out of

their comfort zones, and then give them some responsibility—that’s when

they’re most likely to learn good and surprising things about themselves

and the world.”

Fred has been happy enough at Groton to have never gotten restless

again, but he freely admits the depth of nostalgia he has for that time at

Holderness—and the good and surprising things he found out about him-

self as he conspired to lift Don Hagerman’s school out of its comfort zone.

His work has helped generations of Holderness students to join him in

that journey of self-understanding, outside in the White Mountains, and

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CATCHING UP WITH FRED BEAMS

Last year juniors Makenzie Mahar, Maddy Cicoria, and Emily Soderberg began their Out Back experience on the Sawyer Pond Trail. Out Back-ers today

experience many of the same mental and physical challenges that Fred envisioned when he helped establish the program in the ’70s.



the bridge builder

An old man, going a lone highway,Came, at the evening, cold and gray,To a chasm, vast, and deep, and wide,Through which was flowing a sullen tide.

The old man crossed in the twilight dim;The sullen stream had no fear for him;But he turned, when safe on the other side,And built a bridge to span the tide…

Since our Founding in , HoldernessSchool’s benefactors have moved the schoolforward in ways both subtle and profound.Holderness’ benefactors today continue to pro-vide much to the momentum that moves theschool strongly into a healthy future.

During one of my recent visits to campus, Iwalked from Weld Hall towards the Head ofSchool’s house and decided to take a detouraround Steven’s Way where the new facultyand student residences are located. I turnedonto the freshly paved path, walked under thethird tunnel, and over the new steel-framedconnector bridge. On the far side, I turned andpaused, wondering how many students wouldcross this chasm in the years to come.

Continuing, I marveled at the new build-ings, aglow in the dusk of the early evening sunand reflected on the remarks that Bruce Bartonmade during the ground-breaking ceremony:“Many feet will tread here now, and many morewill come in the days that follow. They will setdown roots, and grow tall and firm like timber…Let us give thanks to those who saw fit to make itpossible, a gift to enhance and deepen the dailyexperience of this school.”

My walk was a tangible reminder that peo-ple and their gifts transform our school,making it possible to renovate and constructnew buildings, strengthen academic and athlet-ic programs, and care for people. While wereflect in this report on the gifts thatHolderness received this past year, we see that

the results are omnipresent. Day by day, thework that we all—trustees, staff, faculty, par-ents, grandparents, alumni and friends—dotogether, and the gifts we make collectively,affect this special school in small ways andlarge, forever.

The achievements illustrated in the follow-ing pages are but a few of the manyaccomplishments of Holderness this past year.They are exciting and important hallmarks forHolderness and they provide the momentumto build a strong and promising future for ourschool and the generations of Holderness stu-dents to come.

Thank you for all you do to support andstrengthen Holderness. Those who come afterus will recognize just how important our workhas been. �

The builder lifted his old gray head:“Good friend, in the path I have come," he said,“There followeth after me today,A youth, whose feet must pass this way.

This chasm, that has been naught to me,To that fair-haired youth may a pitfall be.He, too, must cross in the twilight dim;Good friend, I am building this bridge for him.”

– will allen dromgoole,

Peter Kimball ’Trustee, Chair of Advancement Committe

Building Bridges

2011–12 REPORT OF APPRECIATION

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“My walk was a tangible

“reminder that people

“and their gifts transform

“our school.”

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current parentsMr. and Mrs. Michael J. Ajello P ’13Dr. E. Pendleton Alexander P ’15Ms. Ramsey M. Alexander P’15Ms. Jennifer M. Alosa P ’13Ms. Rachel A. Alva P ’15Mr. Sandeep D. Alva P ’15Ms. Katherine B. Arthaud P ’13Mr. and Mrs. Peter A. Baker ’81

P ’14Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Barton P ’13The Honorable and

Mrs. Charles F. Bass ’70 P ’12 Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan R. Baum

P ’12 ’14Mr. and Mrs. John M. Bayreuther

P ’12 ’14Mr. and Mrs. Peter T. Begley P ’14Mr. and Mrs. John M. Bell P ’13Mr. Seth A. Berman and

Ms. Amy L. Cohn P ’13Mr. and Mrs. Walter M. Bird III

P ’07 ’13

Mr. and Mrs. John BladonP ’06 ’13

Mr. and Mrs. Bruce C. Blair P ’15Mr. and Mrs. Christopher D. Blau P ’12Mr. and Mrs. Scott G. Borek P ’13Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Bozich P ’12Dr. Ann C. Bracken and

Mr. Robert Franco P ’12Mr. and Mrs. Dirk Brandwijk P ’14Ms. Chess Brownell P ’12Mr. Thomas H. Brownell P ’12Drs. Knute and Patricia Buehler P ’12Mr. and Mrs. John L. Bunce P ’13Mr. and Ms. David C. Caputi P ’11 ’12Mr. and Mrs. Scott D. Carpenter P ’14Mrs. Elizabeth H. Carter P ’15Dr. and Mrs. Joseph E. Casey P ’14Mr. and Mrs. Michael S. Cashel P ’15Mr. Ngan V. Chau and

Mrs. Mai H. Pham P ’15Ms. Hye Jung Choi P ’13Mr. Mark A. Cicoria P ’13Mr. and Mrs. Alvin H. Clemens P ’14Mr. John S. Clifford P ’15

Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Cloud P ’12Mr. Craig G. Coleman and

Dr. Kristin Coleman P ’14Ms. Elizabeth A. Conner and

Mr. Jeff A. White P ’15Mr. Thomas Cowie and

Ms. Paula Tracy Cowie P ’12Mr. and Mrs. James A. Craver P ’14Ms. Olivia Crudgington and

Mr. Scott Harrop P ’12Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Curtis P ’15Mr. and Mrs. Bart C. Cushing P ’14Mrs. and Mr. Betsy Cushing P ’14

Mr. and Mrs. Russell G. Cushman ’80P ’11 ’15

Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Day P ’15Mr. and Mrs. Michael DeFeo P ’12Mr. and Mrs. Americo J. DellaPasqua

P ’13Mr. and Mrs. Vincent DiNapoli P ’13Mr. Ngu S. Do and

Mrs. Anh N. Pham P ’13Mr. and Ms. Edward X. Droste P ’14Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Duffy P ’15Mr. Peter J. Durnan and

Ms. Kristen Fischer P ’11 ’14



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Gifts to the Holderness Annual FundUnrestricted Annual Fund $1,117,262

Restricted Annual Fund $ 25,944

Parents’ Auction: Financial Aid $20,000

Total: $1,163,206

Gifts to Endowment and Facilities:

Endowment Financial Aid $160,606

Residential Life (Phase 1) $568,772

Total: $729,378

Total All New 2012* Gifts: $1,892,584

*Gifts received July 1, 2011 to June 30, 2012

2011–12 AT A GLANCE

Key: = True Blue Society, five-plus years of consecutive giving; † = deceased

Gifts to the Holderness Annual Fund,by Constituent Group (%)

The parents of our current students make a bold andimportant statement of their approval and faith in theHolderness Experience with great generosity for theHolderness Annual Fund. Special thanks to our parentsfor helping to provide and enhance the daily experienceof each and every Holderness student.

CURRENT PARENTS

Alumni33.42%

Parents ofAlumni20.78%

Parents27.49%

Friends 9.32%

Matching Gift Companies andFoundations0.11%

Alumni who areCurrent Parents 8.88 %



Mr. and Mrs. Ralph M. EvangelousP ’13

Mr. and Mrs. Mark D. Finnegan ’79P ’10 ’11 ’13

Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey W. Foote P ’13Mr. and Mrs. Duane M. Ford ’74

P ’04 ’05 ’08 ’12 Mr. and Mrs. James J. Ford Jr.

P ’09 ’12 Mr. and Mrs. Paul K. Francis P ’15Mrs. Margaret J. Fredrickson P ’12Mr. and Mrs. Craig Gardner P ’15Mr. and Mrs. David D. Garner P ’15Mr. and Mrs. David W. Garrett P ’14Mr. and Mrs. R. Neal Gassman P ’12Dr. and Mrs. John Grisham P ’11 ’14Mr. and Mrs. Timothy A. Gudas P ’14Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Hall P ’13Dr. and Mrs. Douglas Halsted P ’12Mr. and Mrs. James B. Hamblin II ’77

P ’08 ’15 Mr. and Mrs. David R. Hardy P ’13Mr. and Mrs. C. Hagen Harker Jr. P ’15Mr. and Mrs. Peter G. Hastings P ’15Mr. and Mrs. William E. Hauser P ’13Mr. and Mrs. Paul M. Heffernan P ’15Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Hofmeister

P ’13Mr. and Mrs. Frans Hogervorst P ’14Ms. Carol J. Holahan P ’10 ’12Joe and Frances Holland P ’14Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Horner P ’15Mr. and Mrs. Randal Houseman P ’15Mr. and Mrs. Clark O. Houx P ’14Mr. Stephen A. Johnson and

Ms. Francesca R. Lion P ’14Cort and Suzanne Jones P ’15Mr. and Mrs. Patrick S. Jones P ’13Mr. and Mrs. Karl E. Kelly P ’15Dr. James Kelsey P ’12Mr. Douglas R. Kendall and

Ms. Diane Roberts P ’06 ’09 ’13 Mr. and Mrs. David S. Kendrick P ’13Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Kenney ’82

P ’14Dr. and Mrs. Kwan Mo Kim P ’15Mr. and Mrs. Sam E. Kinney Jr. P ’12Mr. and Mrs. Roger Lamson P ’12Mr. Brian S. Lash P ’14Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Leake

P ’04 ’07 ’12

Mr. and Mrs. David P. LeatherwoodP ’13 ’15 ’16

Mr. and Mrs. John C. Lin P ’15Dr. John Liu and Ms. Helen Hua P ’15Mr. George C. Macomber and

Ms. Martha Macomber P ’11 ’14 Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Maher P ’13Mr. Howie Mallory and

Ms. Nora Berko P ’98 ’03 ’14 Mr. and Mrs. Neil R. Marcus

P ’10 ’12 Mr. and Mrs. Leo E. Marien P ’14Jonathan and

Sarah Marvin P ’08 ’09 ’12 Jeff and Karen Mathieu P ’13Mr. and Mrs. Anthony J. Wilkins P ’13Mr. and Mrs. Edward Meau P ’12Mr. and Mrs. Peter K. Merrill P ’14Mr. and Mrs. Steven Merrill P ’11 ’14Mr. and Mrs. David J. Micalizzi P ’12Mr. and Mrs. Michael A. Michaud P ’14Mr. and Mrs. Frank Michel

P ’10 ’14 Mr. and Mrs. Vincent P. Michienzi Sr.

P ’14Christine and Josiah Miles ’82

P ’11 ’13 Mr. and Mrs. John S. Miller P ’15Ms. Rebecca Millman P ’15Mr. Carlos Mogollon and

Ms. Elspeth Hotchkiss P ’12Mr. James P. Monahan and

Ms. Donna J. Brown P ’12Mr. Christopher H. Morse and

Ms. Maureen Healey P ’13Ms. Michelle Mraz P ’14Ms. Lisa Mure P ’14Dr. and Mrs. Frank A. Musciano P ’13Mr. and Mrs. Eric Nettere P ’12Ms. Elizabeth Norgren and

Mr. Randy T. Siegel P ’14Mr. William L. Nungesser P ’11 ’12 ’13Mr. David B. O’Brien and Ms. Donna

M. Kasianchuk P ’08 ’14 Mr. Michael O’Connor ’79 and

Mrs. Heidi Hammond O’Connor ’79P ’14

Mr. and Mrs. Hirohisa Okada P ’14Mrs. Leslie J. Orton-Mahar ’73 and

Mr. Tom R. Mahar P ’12 Mr. and Ms. Louis R. Page P ’13

Ms. Susan L. Paine ’82 andMr. W. Dexter Paine ’79 P ’14

Mr. and Mrs. Steven C. PettengillP ’10 ’12 ’14

Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. PfenningerP ’11 ’15

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas N. Phillips ’75P ’11 ’14

Mr. and Mrs. Patrick PichetteP ’13 ’12 ’10

Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin C. Pierce P ’14Mr. and Mrs. Albert L. Plante P ’14Dr. Ricardo M. Porta and

Mrs. Maria L. Barbarin P ’12Bill and Cynthia Powell P ’11 ’14 Mr. and Mrs. William L. Prickett ’81

P ’15Mr. and Mrs. Eric W. Raichle P ’15Mr. Peter E. Renzi and Mrs. Christine

Giurdanella-Renzi P ’12Mr. and Mrs. Timothy J. Rice P ’14Dr. and Mrs. Daniel S. Robbins

P ’09 ’12 Mr. and Mrs. Dana Rosencranz P ’12Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Ross P ’13Mr. and Mrs. Michael E. Rourke P ’15Mr. and Mrs. Timothy S. Saunders

P ’13Mr. and Mrs. Thomas C. Sheffield III

P ’14Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Shenton

P ’11 ’14 Dr. Nancy R. Orendain and

Dr. Mahesh Shrestha P ’13Mr. and Mrs. J. Bradley Simpkins P ’12Mr. and Mrs. Donald M. Smith ’80

P ’07 ’12 Mr. and Mrs. Carl J. Soderberg P ’13Mr. and Mrs. R. James Steiner

P ’10 ’12Dr. Brenda S. Stowe DVM P ’15Mr. and Mrs. William F. A. Stride III

P ’09 ’11 Mr. and Mrs. Robert Sturges P ’13Mr. and Mrs. James M. Sullivan P ’13Mr. Il Jong Sung and

Ms. Seon Hee Im P ’10Mr. Hoyt W. Sutherland and

Dr. Lisa A. Sutherland P ’12Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Swidrak P ’14Mr. and Mrs. Carl Symecko P ’12Mr. and Mrs. Paul G. Tessier P ’15

Mr. and Mrs. Wayne J. Thomas P ’14Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Thompson

P ’03 ’04 ’06 ’09 ’14 Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Tierney

P ’08 ’12 Ms. Susan M. Trujillo P ’12Mr. and Mrs. Frederick S. Twombly

P ’13Mr. and Mrs. Peter Vannah P ’13Mr. and Mrs. Stephen J. Vatcher P ’15Mr. and Mrs. Kevin J. Wall P ’14Dr. and Mrs. E. Robert Wassman P ’14Ms. Elizabeth S. Weekes P ’14Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Williams Jr.

P ’13Ms. Pamela M. Wright P ’14Mr. and Mrs. Kun Qiang Wu P ’14Mr. Xubo Yu and

Mrs. Yanmei Meng P ’14Mr. and Mrs. Jiazheng Zhang P ’15Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Zinck Jr. P ’13

alumni class giving

class of participationJim McKee

class of participationBob HardyEp Moulton Granny Smith

class of participationJack Barton Russ Orton

class of participation George Huckins Dick Marden Arthur Sweeney

class of participation Ted Libbey Edric Weld †


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class of participation Ted LelandJim Rocks Dick Warner

class of participation Burt Lowe John Skeele

class of participation Harry Emmons Don Jacobs Mac Jacoby

class of participation Joe Massik

class of ’ participation Bill Briggs Jack Hill Cliff Rogers Don Smith

class of participation Rik Clark Michael Goriansky Tom Loemker

class of participation Bob Barrows Bill Baskin

Ed Beattie Bob Bradner Lee Bright Tex Coulter Tom JeffriesDon Wyeth

class of participation Patrick Brill Bigelow Green Doug Hamilton Chico Laird Dave LuceDoug RennieDave Wise

class of participationFred Carter Dick Daitch Mac McKinstry Bill Summers Terry Weathers

class of participation Lars Hansen Jay Harris Bob Keating

class of participation Don Backe David DouglassCarl Hoagland Elvin KaplanPete Robertson

John Robinson Russell Stackhouse

class of participation Rick Carter Bert Chillson Dewey Dumaine Brad Langmaid Bill Lofquist Kim Mason Paul Needham

class of participation Fletcher Adams John AllbeePeter Atherton Arnold Bieling Bill Byers Hank Granger Don Hinman Reed Thompson Peter Wilson

class of 32% Participation Doug Auer Barry BorellaDick EndlarBrud FolgerJohn JamesonPeter Kingston Gardner Lewis Dick Meyer David Wiggins

class of participation Bill Clough Ron Crowe Doc GrayBob Lucas Dwight Mason Pieter Van Zandt Hartley Webster Jay Webster Bob Weiss Josh Young

class of participation John Bergeron Dave Boynton Jim Collins Tim Dewart Tony Dyer John Greenman Charlie Kellogg Mike Kingston Don Latham Bruce Leddy Steve Thompson Jon Wales

class of participation Steve Abbey Cushman Andrews Jerry AshworthSteve BarndollarJohn Clough Charlie Emerson Bob Fiore Dick Floyd Jay GerardChris Hoyt Lee Kellogg Ken Lewis Lee Miller Mark Morris Charley Murphy Jay Orr Chris Palmer Ron PierceLee Shepard John SouthardBruce Vogel Buster Welch

class of participation Loren Berry Alan DewartBrian Dewart Dick GardnerVal HartNick Johnson Peter Macdonald Bill Niles


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One of the requirements to receive a Holderness diplo-ma is service to the greater community. While therequirement ends at graduation, the following alumnicontinue to give generously in the same spirit that is soimportant both then and now. The great support fromour alumni body is a wonderful gesture of thanks andcontinued approval of the Holderness mission.

ALUMNI CLASS GIVING



Len Richards Gerry Shyavitz Charley Witherell

class of participation Tom BrownRick Churchill Win Fuller Bob Hall John Holley Lee Katzenbach Bob KellerDave Norton Peter O’Connor Bill Seaver

class of participation Free Allen Bill Barker Peter CaseyPeter Cooke Dave Floyd Jim GardnerTed GignouxBruce HauckMonty Meigs Bob Nields Dave Putnam David Soule John Swift Bruce Upton Bill Wells Eric Werner

class of participation Flash Allen Peter Chapman Joe Downs Steve Gregg David Hagerman Sandy Hewat George LeBoutillier Tom McIlvain George McNeil Jeff Milne David Pope Gary Richardson Alan Sayer

George Textor Steve Wales

class of participation Sandy Alexander Jeff Hinman Jeff Lathrop Bill McCollom Terry Morse Dan Redmond Jim Ricker Sam Stout Dick Stowell Woody Thompson

class of participation Bro Adams Tom ButlerPeter FauverTerry JacobsJim McGillDave Nichols Ren Nichols Cleve Patterson Charlie Reigeluth Steve Smith Kevin Wyckoff

class of participation Marsh Adair Bob Childs Greg Connors Tom Doyle Stephen Foster Doug Griswold Drew Hart Paul Reed

class of participation David CummingLuke Dowley Jamie Hollis Phil Magnuson

class of participation Hank AndersonJohn DeCiantis

Charles French Chris Haartz Steve Hirshberg Jon Howe Stephen ReidJim Stearns Jack Taylor Bruce Thompson

class of participation Jack Copeland Bill Foot Doug McLane Jonathan Swann

class of participation Arja Adair Charlie BassTed Coates Jim Cousins David Donahue Jeremy Foley Kirk Hinman Jon Norton Rich Weymouth Peter White

class of participation Chris Brown Geoff Bruce Stu Goodwin Rob HierRoy Madsen Rolf Madsen Will ParishBill Phippen David Taylor Rick Wellman

class of participation Tom CooperJohn Elder Sue Glidden Francesco Will Graham Eric Haartz Gary Hagler Peter Kimball Chris Latham

Dan Murphy Dave Nicholson Stu Porteous Dwight Shepard Bob SpauldingLaurie Van Ingen

class of participation Cos Cosgrove Peter Garrison Geoff Klingenstein John Lord Leslie Orton-Mahar Sam Richards Tim Scott

class of participation Mike Coffin Duane Ford Josh Hancock Robert Hirshberg Walter Malmquist Piper Orton Dave Rossetter

class of participation Perry BabcockChris Carney Mike Conway Ed CudahyLarry Diggs Terry French Jim McDonald Eric Pendleton Tom Phillips John Putnam Gregg Sage Jack Sanderson Ken Sowles Peter ThomsenGeorge Weaver

class of participation Tom Armstrong Mike LynchBen MathesDave Phippen


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Will Pingree Mike Robinson

class of participation Ben Campbell Dave Dewey Peter Grant Jim Hamblin Scott Latham

class of participation John AldenBob BiddleReese BrownScott Brown Blaise deSibour Chris GoodhueHal HawkeyKirk Siegel Andrew Wilson

class of participation Clare Eckert Mark Finnegan Bob GoldenCynthia Makris Cullen Morse Kris Van Curan Nordblom Peter Noyes Heidi Hammond O’Connor Mike O’Connor Dexter Paine Doug Paul Jay Pingree Ian Sanderson Andy Sawyer Chug SidesDavid Slaughter Jim Stringfellow Mike WarrenDavid Weaver

class of participation Russell Cushman Jack DawleyDavid Reed

Don Smith Skip Strong

class of participation Peter Baker Bill Baskin Andy Clutz John GerliChristine Louis Chip MahoneySarah Jankey Medlin Mike Murchie Will Prickett Andy Rogerson Kevin Rowe Brian Rutledge Todd SeniffHilary Frost Warner Dave WolffDavid Wood

class of participation Frank Bonsal Mark Cavanaugh Peter Coolidge Miles Glascock Burgie HowardBob Kenney Joe Miles

Susan Levin Paine Erica Scatchard

class of participation Tippy Blish Jenny Rubin Britton Chris Del Col Jamey GallopTom HildrethWard Malmquist Peggy Lamb Merrens Stephanie Paine Jennifer Smith Schiffman Willie Stump

class of participation Doug Davis Mich Dupre David Finch Steve Lunder Zach Martin Jon PirtleEric Prime Peter Radasch Max SaengerCraig Westling

class of participation Nat Barker

Phip Bourne Kira CameronHeidi Ludtke Campbell Angus Christie Missy Wakely Christie David ConsidineColby CoombsGary Crichton Mimi MacNaught Denton Anne Desjardins Vanda Lewis Dyson Braden Edwards Ted Fine Kathy Keller Garfield Allyn Hallisey Jennie Webster Hartley Ev Hatch Elizabeth Heide Carl HillegassTim Jones Flip KistlerCharlie LamsonAndrew McDonnell Fred PaxtonRob Rumsey Jenn Smith Schlegel Hannes Schneider Ian Sinclair Kirsten Orcutt Singleton Poppy Staub Dan Taffe Chuck Taylor



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REUNION CHALLENGE RESULTSEach year we honor the reunion year classes that have had the greatest impact on the Holderness Annual

Fund with several prestigious awards. For the year ending June 30, 2012 the first award goes to the Class

of 1982 for the “Most Dollars Raised” with $63,000 raised in support of the people and programs here at

Holderness. The second award, for “Highest Participation by a Reunion Class” goes to the Class of 1962

with 41% participation. Congratulations and thanks to all the ’62s and ’82s for giving back to Holderness

in such a meaningful way! A special thanks to the 50th Reunion Committee members for their dedication

and hard work on behalf of Holderness School—Bruce Upton, Dave Floyd, and Peter Cooke.

Our newest award, the “Young Alumni Participation” award, goes to the Class of 2007 on the occasion of

their fifth reunion with 20% participation in this year’s Annual Fund. A special thank you to Tracy McCoy

Gillette ’89, President of the Alumni Association for offering up a challenge to the Class of 2007 and a

big thank you to all the donors from the class of 2007. Your participation is greatly appreciated!



Martha Yuste Bob Zock

class of participation Peggy Hartman Bakula Kristin Washburn Covert Sara Madden CurranMalcolm DavidsonSym GatesDave HinmanOwen Hyland Lee Fuller Lawrason Bill Macy Laura Cooper Page Greg RedmondJake Reynolds Matt Reynolds Blake Swift Ellyn Paine Weisel Molly Adriance Whitcomb

class of participation Polly BoeschensteinChris Cripps Carolyn Colket Cullen Suzie JacintheStan Jackson Andy TwomblyDan Webster Brett Weisel Dix Wheelock

class of participation Elizabeth Brickman Jess Dion Chris Doggett Renee Dupre Jason Evans Tom Fletcher Nate Foran Liz Ganem Greg GaskillSohier Hall Lee Hanson Jake Hare Mike Hillegass Jenny Holden Todd Holmes Brett Jones

Drew Kesler Rob Kinsley Alex MacCormick Emily Adriance Magnus Tom MahonJulie Wood Matthews Erika Ludtke McGoldrick Will Northrop Elizabeth Pierce Hans Schemmel Jenny Alfond Seeman David Smail Nina Smallhorn Chris Stewart Carl Swenson Erik Tuveson Karen Woodbury

class of participation Lauren Parkhill Adey Amanda BlackWard BlanchChris Davenport Shields Day Christy Donovan Meg St. John GallyMike Genco Tracy McCoy Gillette Brad Greenwood Matt Hopkins Todd Maynard Sarah PflaumJen ReedBen SpiessSara Tansill Te TiffanyTodd Wagner

class of participation Kat Alfond Pixie BrokawDave Colleran Pepper deTuro Courtney Fleisher Andrea Hamlin-Levin Caroline KeeneyMegan Sheehan Kristiansen Aaron Woods

class of participation Leah Merrey Burdett Brendon DonnellanDave Gerasin Becca Anderson Morrison Yasuna Murakami Eric RohrMartha Sharp

class of participation Jamie BoltonRick Eccleston Hugh Griffiths Devie Hamlen Jay Hart Andy Katchen Heidi KerkoJamie Klopp Nick LeonardLiz Lyman Ryan McPhersonFritz Muench Akira Murakami Lincoln SiseEric Thielscher Stu Wales Kelly Mullen Wieser

class of participation Lindsay Garre BierwirthTheo Doughty Nat FaxonMegan Flynn Anne Blair Hudak Eric Oberg Schuyler Perry Nathan RadcliffeGerry RinnGinny Kingman SchreiberKate McIlvain SmithTommy Valeo Brooks WalesAbbie Wilson Kevin Zifcak

class of participation Bunge Cook Brendan Falvey

Dan Harrigan Ramey Harris-Tatar Matt Kendall Peter LaCasseBeth Lambert Jason Myler Rick Richardson Melissa Barker Tamplin Sander van Otterloo Dave Webb

class of 20% Participation Bri Adams Henry Adams John Coyle Matt Daigneault Abbey DeRocker John Farnsworth Laura Hanrahan Jessie Morton Dan Shin Asania Smith Adam SullivanJerome Thomas

class of participation Michael BurtonAlison Megroz Chadbourne Augusta Riehle Comey Tim DavidsonTim DuffyBlair Hall EndeanDavid Flynn Bjorn FransonJoe GraceffaLara DuMond Guercio Katie Waltz Harris Ryan LaFoley Ollie LemireJustin Martin Liz Fox McGlamery Nathalie Milbank Nolte Field Pickering Sam Daigneault RhatiganWill Richardson Heather Pierce Roy Graham SeiterStacey Eder SmithBo Surdam Ben Trafton



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class of participation Erik Bass Katherine Donnellan Beebe Matt Goldberg Robert Johnson Andrew Marshall Maura Kearney Marshall Juley PerkinsPutney Haley Pyles Dennis Roberts Mark Walrod

class of participation Zach AntonucciKathryn Bridge Hacker Burr Jim Chalmers Terry Connell Sarah Crane Canute Dalmasse Adam Goldberg Jim Jung

Ben LuntzMirte MalloryEric MuellerHilary PatzerDew WallaceDustin Williamson

class of participation Tim Connell Megan Bitter GriffithJulia Haley Elliot Helmer Kathleen Blauvelt KimeRobbie KingPage Connolly MinshallKate Richardson SurdamJoel Yarmon

class of participation Katie Bristow BohlinHedda Burnett Sean Clifford

Josh CooperChris EmersonAndrew FishmanBibbit MasonAndrew Sheppe Jake Spaulding Heidi Webb RC Whitehouse

class of participation Andrew Bohlin Jennifer Crane Kellan Florio Adam Lavallee Ira MarvinAiden O’LearyPatrick Regan Patrick RichardsonJoy Domin Southworth Tyler Weymouth

class of participation Melissa Adams Peter BohlinJoel BradleyAve Cook Andrew Everett Maddie Rappoli FiumaraRamsay HillTheo JordanGeoff MintzBetsy Pantazelos Eamonn Reynolds-Mohler Chris Rodgers Channing Weymouth

class of participation Neal Frei Nick Leonard Mitch Mitchell-LewisBrendan Murphy Nick Payeur

This year’s Senior Class Gift was

designated to the newly established

Goodwin Fund for Student Support. This

fund was established by the Goodwin

family to honor the memory of David P.

Goodwin ’37, former trustee and life-long

supporter of Holderness School. The

seniors were inspired by Dave’s dedication

to Holderness and by the purpose of this

new fund which will support the needs of

our financial aid students beyond tuition

with items such as computers, cleats, or

classroom supplies. The Senior Gift was

once again matched by Chris Carney ’75

P ’08 (Annie), former President of the

Alumni Association and member of the

Board of Trustees, and his wife Karen.

Thank you to the Goodwin family, Chris

and Karen Carney, and the Class of 2012

for this wonderful gift.

SENIOR CLASS GIFT





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Matt Sopher Robin Stefanik

class of participation Geoff Calver Marina Chiasson Sang Yeb ChungJoy Erdman Sean LeakeTodd NordblomJenn ReillyNate SmithBrian SweeneyBlair Weymouth

class of participation Seth Barnum Chris Blaine Jenn CalverCaitlin Connelly CooperKathleen Crane Lauren Frei Brie KeefeJohn MuseBrendan O’RiordanEmma Schofield Mike TuckerJamie Wallace

class of participation Ashley Babcock Jay BladonAbigail Kendall Ben Mitchell-LewisAnnie MuseHilary NicholsLucy RandallJeff RudbergJesse Straus

class of participation Scottie Alexander Sam Barnum Alyssa BlockEun Gi ChungHannah CorkeryPhoebe Erdman Annie HansonJamie Leake Kourt Brim Martin Stephen Martin Tanner Mathison Sarah Morrison Tad SkelleyTyler Stearns Ben Tyler

class of participation Maddie Baker Annie CarneyMargot Cutter Christopher DeanMaggie DembinskiLandry Frei Dan MarvinRyan Webster Jessi White

class of participation Faith Barnum Holly BlockCody BohonnonJustin BooskaSumner FordTenley Malmquist Emily Marvin Meg McNulty Caitlin MitchellDavid Morgan

Ian Nesbitt Sophia Schwartz Justine Seraganian Jenna StearnsAbby Thompson

class of participation Ivan DelicMark FinneganAndrea FisherScott NelsonAshby SussmanAubrey Tyler

class of participation Madde BurnhamMac CaputiCecily CushmanMandy EngelhardtCarson HouleSam MacomberJulia MarinoJamie McNultyCharlotte NoyesJaclyn Vernet

parents of alumniMr. Fletcher W. Adams ’55 P ’95 Dr. and

Mrs. Thomas L. Adams P ’02 Mr. and Mrs. Vanderpoel Adriance III

P ’88 ’86Mr. and Mrs. Theodore B. Alfond

P ’87 ’88 ’90Mr. John R. Allbee ’55 P ’80Mrs. Barbara C. Anderson P ’91Mr. George H. Andrews P ’59

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M. ArmstrongP ’76

Mr. and Mrs. Harold A. BakerP ’81 GP ’14

Mr. and Mrs. Alan H. Banister P ’94 Mr. James S. Barker P ’94 ’97 †Mrs. Virginia C. Barker Mr. and Mrs. William A. Barker ’62

P ’85 ’89 Mr. and Mrs. Peter Barnum

P ’05 ’07 ’09 Mr. and Mrs. Lionel O. Barthold

P ’94 ’09 Mr. and Mrs. William C. Baskin Jr. ’49

P ’89 ’81 Mrs. Brenda M. Beckman P ’89Mr. and Mrs. James R. Bennett

P ’11 Mr. and Mrs. John H. Bergeron ’58

P ’84 ’82 Mr. Quentin Blaine and

Dr. Marcia Blaine P ’05 Mr. Richard B. Blauvelt

P ’83 ’86 GP ’99Mr. and Mrs. Stuart F. Bloch P ’86 Mr. and Mrs. David Block P ’07 ’09Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey C. Bloomberg

P ’98Mr. Richard G. Boardman P ’99Mr. and Mrs. David M. Bohonnon P ’09Mr. and Mrs. James L. Bolton Jr.

P ’92 Mr. and Mrs. Frank A. Bonsal Jr. P ’82Mr. and Mrs. Paul Booska P ’09Mrs. Luette C. Bourne P ’85The Rev. and Mrs. Thomas D. Bowers

P ’84Mr. Jim Brewer P ’78 Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell Brim P ’07

A special thanks goes out to Tracy McCoy Gillette ’89, President of

the Alumni Association, for offering up a special challenge to the

Class of 2007 in honor of their fifth-year reunion. The class

responded with a 50% increase in donors over last year! Thank

you, Tracy and all the Annual Fund donors from the Class of 2007!

FIFTH-YEAR REUNION CHALLENGEHolderness parents value the relationship to our Schoolwell beyond their children’s student years, as evidencedby their continued loyalty and generosity to theHolderness Annual Fund. Whether the gift is an every-year thank you to Holderness for a job well done, or aspecial gesture to a son or daughter, the combined givingfrom alumni parents represents a significant factor in thesuccess of the Holderness Annual Fund. Thank You!

PARENTS OF ALUMNI



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Mr. Christopher B. R. Brown ’71 andDr. Jocelyn Chertoff P ’10

Ms. Robin Brown-Farrin andMr. James Farrin P ’05

Ms. Susan C. Bruce andMr. Rick Hauck P ’88

Dr. and Mrs. Frank J. Bruns P ’92Dr. and Mrs. Roderic A. Camp P ’91Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Campbell P ’11Dr. Theodore H. Capron and

Ms. Margaret A. Franckhauser P ’10Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Carey

P ’03 ’00 Mr. F. Christopher Carney ’75 and

Ms. Karen Dempsey Carney P ’08 Mr. Edward C. Cayley P ’62 Mr. and Mrs. Theodore M. Cetron P ’99Mr. and Mrs. Bruce A. Chalmers

P ’98 Mr. and Mrs. Seng H. Cheng P ’08 Mr. and Mrs. Gary Cilley P ’04 Mr. and Mrs. William P. Clough III ’57

P ’80 ’83 ’86 Dr. and Mrs. Richard B. Clutz

P ’81 ’90 ’83 Mrs. E. H. M. Coffin P ’74 Mr. and Mrs. Tristram C. Colket Jr.

P ’87 Mr. and Mrs. Stephen J. Connolly IV

P ’99 ’03Mr. and Mrs. Gregory Connors ’66

P ’97 ’96 ’93 Mrs. Grace R. Conway P ’75Mr. and Mrs. Warren C. Cook

P ’90 ’94 Mr. and Mrs. Matthew B. Corkery

P ’07 Mr. and Mrs. Sewell H. Corkran P ’10Mr. Joseph Costa and

Ms. Eva H. Bleich P ’07Dr. and Mrs. James L. Cousins Jr. ’70

P ’99 Mr. and Mrs. E. John Coyle Jr. P ’95 Mr. and Mrs. James Crane P ’05Mr. and Mrs. Francis A. Crane

P ’98 ’01 ’05 Mr. and Mrs. James H. Crook Jr.

P ’04 Mr. James Cruickshank and

Mrs. M. P. Cruickshank P ’01

Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth L. CutlerP ’98

Mr. and Mrs. Brooks Cutter P ’08 Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Daigneault

P ’92 ’95 ’96 The Rev. Randolph Dales and

Ms. Marilyn Tyler P ’00 ’02 ’80 Mr. and Mrs. James E. Dalley Jr.

P ’92 GP ’12Mr. and Mrs. John Dalton P ’11Mr. and Mrs. Michael Daly P ’05Dr. Suzanne Daningburg P ’09Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Davis

P ’08 ’06 Dr. and Mrs. James K. Day P ’97 ’98Mr. and Mrs. Robert Dean P ’08Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. Delaney Jr.

P ’03 ’04Mr. and

Mrs. Claude Desjardins P ’85 Ms. Monique Devine P ’08 ’11Dr. and Mrs. Cameron K. Dewar

P ’96 ’93 Mr. and Mrs. Frederic P. Dodge

P ’98 ’00 The Rev. and Mrs. John C. Donovan

P ’89 Mr. and

Mrs. Scott H. Doughty P ’93 Ms. Margaret Dudley P ’11 Mr. and Mrs. William F. Duhamel

P ’08 Mr. and Mrs. Peter Dusseault P ’07 Mr. and Mrs. Paul Elkins P ’04

Dr. and Mrs. Roger H. Emerson Jr.P ’00 ’94

Mr. and Mrs. David Erdman P ’85Mr. Frederic P. Erdman

P ’03 ’04 ’07 Ms. Zoe Erdman P ’04 ’03 ’07 Dr. and Mrs. Nathan Anthony M. Estes III

P ’00Dr. and Mrs. Donald M. Ettelson

P ’83 ’77 Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. Evans

P ’88 ’96 Mr. and Mrs. William H. Everett

P ’02 Deborah and Peter Fauver ’65 P ’11 Mr. Robert Fisher and

Ms. Barbara Kourajian P ’10Mr. and Mrs. Brendan M. Florio

P ’01 Mr. and Mrs. John F. Foran P ’90 ’88Mr. Christopher J. Ford and

Ms. Alison M. Hill P ’11Ms. Cindy A. Foster and

Ms. Rae Andrews P ’08 Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Fox P ’03 Mrs. Susan Glidden Francesco ’72 and

Mr. Peter Francesco P ’98Ellen Frank P ’08 ’11 †Mr. Stephen Z. Frank P ’08 ’11Dr. and

Mrs. Gary J. Frei P ’03 ’05 ’08 Mr. Thomas H. Friedman and

Ms. Rosemarie Mullin P ’10 Mr. and Mrs. Leonard B. Galvin

P ’91 ’90

Dr. and Mrs. James Gamble III P ’06Mr. and Mrs. Joel Gardiner P ’11 Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Gary P ’08 Mrs. Sheila Gates P ’86 ’88 Mr. James J. Gibbons P ’92Mr. and Mrs. Paul Gilman P ’06Mr. Chip Goodrich and

Ms. Kathleen Maher P ’11Mrs. Nancy Gordon P ’93 ’91 Mr. and Mrs. Al C. Graceffa P ’96 Mr. and Mrs. Pepi Gramshammer P ’85Mr. Stephen T. Gregg ’63 P ’90 Mr. and Mrs. Frederick W. Griffin Jr.

P ’96 ’98 Mr. and Mrs. Steele T. Griswold

P ’66 Dr. and Mrs. Klaus F. Haas P ’96Mr. and Mrs. Denison M. Hall P ’96 Mr. and Mrs. Elton W. Hall P ’03 Mr. and Mrs. Stephen F. Hall

P ’88 ’89 Mr. and Mrs. Roger W. Hamblin

P ’77 GP ’08 ’15Mr. and Mrs. Scott M. Hamilton P ’98Mr. Devens H. Hamlen P ’92Ms. Margery Hamlen P ’92Mr. and Mrs. James W. Hammond

P ’79 Mr. David G. Hanson and

Ms. Laura Palumbo-Hanson P ’07Mr. Timothy W. Hardtke P ’11Mr. Robert S. Hardy ’38 P ’66Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Harris Jr. P ’94Mr. and Mrs. Brion G. Hayes P ’11Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Haynes P ’03

Parent volunteers continue to be ever-present in their support of the people and programs at Holderness.

This can be seen in their participation in the winter and spring exam bakes, their hospitality to students

who live far away and need places to stay during long weekends and vacations, and their help in creating a

beautiful backdrop for the winter semi-formal and spring formal. A hearty thank you to the countless

parents who give so generously in so many ways! Your support makes a difference.

The 2012 Parents’ Association winter raffle and silent auction raised over $20,000 for financial aid.

Thank you to all the volunteers that made this event a success!

PARENT VOLUNTEERS 2011–12

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Mr. and Mrs. Ulf B. Heide P ’85 Dr. Mark Hempton and

Ms. Lorie A. Dunne P ’07 Ms. Jean Henchey P ’06 ’06 Mr. and Mrs. Peter J. Hendel

P ’96 ’02 Mr. and Mrs. Donald H. Henderson

P ’72 ’74 GP ’05 Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Hildreth

P ’09 Mr. Douglas P. Hill and

Ms. Alexandra T. Breed P ’02 Dr. and Mrs. Ronald C. Hillegass

P ’87 ’88 ’85 Mr. and Mrs. Donald B. Hinman ’55

P ’86 Mr. Hazen Hinman P ’64 GP ’95 Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey H. Hinman ’64

P ’95 ’98 Mrs. Winifred B. Hodges P ’83

Mr. and Mrs. Jay Hoeschler P ’10 Ms. Betsey Holtzmann P ’11 Dr. and Mrs. David H. Hopkins

P ’83 ’89 Mr. Ronald Houle and

Ms. Ann M. Foster P ’11Mr. and Mrs. Joseph L. Howard

P ’92 Dr. and Mrs. Robert C. Hoyer P ’92 Mr. and Mrs. Dunning Idle IV P ’81Mr. and Mrs. Clark T. Irwin P ’01 ’04Mr. and Mrs. Lennart B. Johnson

P ’84 Mr. Stephen Johnson and

Ms. Hannah Nichols P ’10 Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Jones P ’07 ’11Mr. and Mrs. Sheldon A. Jones

P ’89 Mr. and Mrs. Josef Jung P ’98

Dr. Elvin Kaplan ’53 andMs. Cecily Monro P ’88

Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Keating ’52P ’81 ’88 ’86

Mr. and Mrs. Daniel T. Keefe P ’02 ’05Mr. and Mrs. Robert R. Keller Jr. ’61

P ’85Mr. and Mrs. John P. Kelley P ’09 Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Kent

P ’77 ’79 GP ’04 ’06 ’08 The Rev. and Mrs. Walter W. Kesler

P ’88 ’85 ’91Mr. Jean-Claude Killy P ’85Mr. and Mrs. William S. Kimball P ’89Mr. Samuel G. King P ’78Mr. Robert E. Kipka P ’84 Mrs. Mary Jean Kirtland P ’06 ’08Bud Klingenstein P ’73 †Mrs. Diane Klingenstein P ’73Mr. and Mrs. David Knapp P ’11

Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Kraft P ’77 Ms. Maureen S. Kuharic P ’98Mr. and Mrs. John A. LaCasse P ’94 Mrs. Antonia B. Laird Ryan and

Mr. Hurley Ryan P ’83 ’77 Dr. and Mrs. Charles H. Lambert

P ’94 Dr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Lamson

P ’85 ’81 Mr. and Mrs. Bradshaw Langmaid Jr. ’54

P ’81 Mr. and Mrs. David P. Laurin P ’06 Mrs. Gail L. Lavallee P ’01Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Laverack

P ’03 ’06Mr. Dean E. Lea and

Ms. Debra M. Gibbs P ’03 Mr. and Mrs. George F. LeBoutillier ’63

P ’87 Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Lechthaler

P ’94Mr. and Mrs. James W. Leonard

P ’03 Mr. Alan D. Lewis P ’82Lynne Mitchell and

Dick Lewis P ’03 ’10 ’06 Mr. and Mrs. David M. Lockwood

P ’99 ’03 ’03 ’02 Mrs. Louise T. Loening P ’81 ’83 GP ’15Mr. Frederic B. Lowrie Jr. P ’99 Mrs. Mary Lou S. Lowrie P ’99 Mr. and Mrs. Peter H. Lunder P ’84 Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey C. Lyman

P ’92 ’95 Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Lynch P ’07 Mrs. Virginia A. Lyon P ’83 Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm W. MacNaught

P ’85Mr. J. Thomas Macy P ’84 ’82 ’86 Mr. and Mrs. Quentin A. Malmquist

P ’74 ’83 ’86 GP ’09 Mr. and Mrs. Walter A. Malmquist II ’74

P ’09 Mr. and Mrs. William E. Mandigo

P ’92 Mr. and Mrs. David H. Martin P ’07 Mr. Thomas J. Martin P ’96Mr. and Mrs. Paul J. Martini

P ’06 ’08 Mr. and Mrs. David R. Marvin P ’01 Jonathan and Sarah Marvin

P ’08 ’09 ’12

HOST PLACEJill Alfond Vail, CO, Gathering

Kat ’90 and Joey Alfond Atherton, CA, Gathering

Barbara Baekgaard GP ’13 Vera Bradley Gathering

Bruce and Laurie Chalmers P ’98 and Jim Chalmers ’96 Bridgton Highlands Country

Club Golf Outing

Al and Val Clemens P ’14 Project Outreach Dinner

Sargent Collier ’02 New York, NY, Gathering

Mark ’79 and Hilary Finnegan P ’10 ’11`13 Harvard, MA, Gathering

Tracy McCoy Gillette ’89 Vail, CO, Gathering

Bob and Joanie Hall P ’13 Project Outreach Dinner,

Vera Bradley Gathering

Erich Kaiter ’90 Boulder, CO, Gathering

Han Min Lee ’05 Seoul, Korea, Gathering

Zach ’84 and Laurel Martin Wellesely, MA, Gathering

Ben Mawhinney ’06 and Anders Nordblom ’06 Senior Dinner

Eric Mueller ’98 Boston, MA, Gathering

Jason Myler ’94 Boston, MA, Gathering

Tom ’75 and Tracy Phillips P ’11 ’14 Woodstock, VT, Gathering

Jeff and Nancy Randall P ’06 Martha’s Vineyard Gathering

John ’62 and Gretchen Swift Young Alumni Denver Gathering

Jay ’96 and Lauren Tankersley Denver, CO, Gathering

Steve Thompson ’58 Marblehead Gathering

Rose-Marie and Eijk van Otterloo P ’94 San Fransisco, CA, Gathering

Zach Zaitzeff ’93 New York, NY, Gathering

EVENT HOSTS 2011–12


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Mr. and Mrs. Kimball L. Mason ’54P ’85

Mr. Robert Mathews andMs. Heidi Whitman P ’09

Mr. Daniel R. Mawhinney P ’06Mr. and Mrs. John B. McCoy P ’89Mr. and Mrs. John Scott McCoy P ’10Dr. and Mrs. W. Scott McDougal

P ’82 Mr. and Mrs. Duncan C. McDougall

P ’95 ’97Mr. and Mrs. Thomas B. McIlvain Jr. ’63

P ’93 ’98 Mr. and Mrs. Douglas McLane ’69

P ’99 Mr. and Mrs. Brian J. McNulty

P ’09 ’11 Mr. and Mrs. Michael E. McPhee

P ’09 Mr. and Mrs. John F. Meck P ’97 Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Mello P ’03 Mr. James W. Meryman and

Ms. Laura Mammarelli P ’08 ’91 Mr. and Mrs. Andrew L. Meyers P ’06 Mr. and Mrs. Peter C. Middleton

P ’09 LTC Brian F. Morgan USA (Ret) and

Mrs. Nancy Y. Morgan P ’09 Dr. and Mrs. Steven J. Morris P ’00Mr. and Mrs. David Morrison P ’07 Mr. and Mrs. Dexter A. Morse ’64

P ’88 ’91 ’93Mr. and Mrs. George B. Motley

P ’06 Mr. Frederick V. S. Muench P ’92 Dr. and Mrs. Noboru Murakami

P ’92 ’91 Ms. Mary Anne Murray-Carr P ’03 Dr. Daniel Muse and

Dr. Ann McLean-Muse P ’05 ’06 Mr. and Mrs. Melvin E. Myler Jr.

P ’94 Dr. and Mrs. David Nagel P ’07 Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth B. Nanian

P ’79 ’86Mr. and Mrs. Mark R. Neagley P ’00 Mr. and Mrs. Henry G. Nichols III

P ’09 Mr. and Mrs. Peter B. Nichols

P ’01 ’06

Mr. and Mrs. Richard D. NickersonP ’85

Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Nields Jr. ’62P ’90

Mrs. Kristin Nordblom ’79 andMr. Peter C. NordblomP ’04 ’06 ’08

Mr. and Mrs. Edward J. NortonP ’92 ’89

Mr. James H. Nourse andMs. Sarah M. Shipton P ’96 ’00 ’04

Ms. Barbara R. Noyes P ’78 ’80 ’85Mr. and Mrs. Peter W. Noyes ’79

P ’08 ’11 Dr. and Mrs. Richard G. Obregon

P ’11 Mr. and Mrs. E. Christopher Palmer ’59

P ’92 Mr. and Mrs. Samuel J. Palmisano

P ’03 Mr. and Mrs. Preston S. Parish

P ’71 ’73 ’75 GP ’95 ’01 ’02 Mr. and Mrs. R. Phillip Peck P ’09 Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Pendergast III

P ’10 Mr. and Mrs. John B. Pepper P ’75 Mr. and Mrs. Mark B. Perkins

P ’94 ’92 ’97 Dr. and Mrs. William G. Phippen

P ’76 ’71 Mr. and Mrs. Frederick B. Pickering Jr.

P ’96 Mr. and Mrs. Walter C. Pierce Jr. P ’96Mr. Charles W. Pingree P ’79 ’76 Ms. Aiko M. Pinkoski P ’08 Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Pistey

P ’93 Ms. Penny Pitou P ’83 GP ’10 Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Pomeroy

P ’86 Mr. and Mrs. Richard G. Powers

P ’95 ’00 Mrs. Dorothy E. Prime P ’84 Dr. and Mrs. Howard G. Pritham

P ’85 Mr. and Mrs. E. Leigh Quinn

P ’78 GP ’01 ’08 Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey L. Randall

P ’06

Mr. and Mrs. Peter Y. RapelyeP ’93 ’92 ’97

Mrs. Marilyn G. Redmond P ’86Mr. and Mrs. James S. Regan Jr.

P ’88 Mr. and Mrs. Walter B. Reilly Jr.

P ’74 GP ’09 Dr. and Mrs. Derek P. Richardson

P ’94 ’96 ’99 ’01 ’06 Mr. and Mrs. Gary B. Richardson ’63

P ’86 Mr. and Mrs. Theodore M. Riehle III

P ’96 ’99Mr. Laurence H. Roberts Jr.

P ’76 ’71 ’74 Dr. and Mrs. Patrick A. Robertson P ’11Dr. and Mrs. Robert J. Rohr III P ’91 Mr. and Mrs. David B. Rossetter ’74

P ’02 Mr. and Mrs. C. Edward Rowe Jr.

P ’81 Mr. and Mrs. Hal L. Rubin P ’83 Mr. John S. Rudberg Jr. P ’06 ’08 Mrs. Dorothy Rutledge P ’81 Paul Rutledge P ’81 † Mr. and Mrs. T. Anthony Ryan P ’00 Mrs. Barbara J. Sanderson P ’74 ’80Mr. and Mrs. Alden H. Sawyer Jr.

P ’79 Mr. James O. Schaeffer P ’76 Mr. and Mrs. David W. Schoeder

P ’06 Mr. and Mrs. George H. Schofield

P ’00 ’04 ’05 Colonel and Mrs. Ward E. Scott II

P ’02 ’06Mr. and Mrs. Roger D. Scoville

P ’94 Mr. and Mrs. Russell Seybold P ’99Mr. and Mrs. Todd N. Seymour P ’97 Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Sherman P ’97Mr. and Mrs. Michael B. Sherman

P ’95 Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Shnayerson

P ’99 Mr. and Mrs. Peter E. Silitch P ’79Mr. and Mrs. James P. Sinclair P ’85Mr. and Mrs. Richard D. Siragusa

P ’80

Mr. and Mrs. Alan F. Skelley Jr.P ’07

Mrs. Dorothy M. SmithP ’80 ’85 GP ’07 ’09 ’12

Mr. and Mrs. Stephen G. Smith ’65P ’96

Mr. and Mrs. Raymond M. SotoP ’94

Mr. and Mrs. David B. Soule ’62P ’93

Mrs. Emily V. Spencer P ’90Mr. and Mrs. Mark L. Sperry III

P ’90 ’92 Mr. and Mrs. Gary A. Spiess

P ’87 ’89 ’94Mr. Orson L. St. John Jr. P ’89Mr. and Mrs. Harry Stearns Jr.

P ’07 ’09Ms. Elizabeth M. Steele P ’92 Ms. Charlotte M. Stetson P ’90Ms. Sandra Stone P ’02 Mr. David Stonebraker and

Ms. Leslie A. Guenther P ’01Mr. and Mrs. Richard H. Stowell ’64

P ’95 Mr. and Mrs. John A. Straus P ’06 Mr. and Mrs. A. Herman Stump Jr. P ’83Mr. Paul Summers P ’09 ’10 Ms. Rebecca Summers P ’09 ’10Mrs. Barbara Sutphen P ’79 Mr. and Mrs. Stephen S. Swenson

P ’88 Mr. and Mrs. Francois Tardif P ’12Mr. and Mrs. David D. Taylor ’71

P ’10 Mr. and Mrs. John Taylor Jr. ’68

P ’03 ’05 P ’03 ’05 Dr. and Mrs. Christopher M. Terrien Jr.

P ’94 Mr. and Mrs. Richard G. Thibadeau

P ’11Mr. and Mrs. O. Alan Thulander

P ’81 ’84 Mr. and Mrs. John D. Todd P ’01 Mr. David L. Torrey P ’84 Mr. and Mrs. William R. Tower Jr. P ’74Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Tucker P ’05 Mr. and Mrs. Robert Tuveson

P ’88 ’91



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Mr. Richard G. Tyler and Ms. Frances M. BelcherP ’07 ’10

Mr. andMrs. Eijk A. de Mol van OtterlooP ’94

Mr. and Mrs. Richard H. Vernet P ’11Mr. James Vincent P ’06 Mr. Constantine G. Vlahakis P ’02 Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan C. Wales ’58

P ’89 ’93 Mr. and Mrs. Stephen W. Wales ’63

P ’92 ’93Mr. Norm Walker P ’88 ’89 GP ’98 †Mrs. Phyllis Walker P ’88 ’89 GP ’98Mr. Richard C. Wallace P ’05 ’98Mr. and Mrs. Larry D. Walrod P ’97 Dr. and Mrs. John A. Walsh P ’88Mr. and Mrs. Patrick F. Walsh P ’10 Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Walsh

P ’01 ’07 Mrs. Lisa Wardlaw P ’85 ’84 Mr. and Mrs. Winthrop M. Wassenar

P ’00Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Wear P ’10Mr. and Mrs. George S. Weaver III ’75

P ’09Mr. and Mrs. Paul Weaver P ’06Mr. and Mrs. Hartley D. Webster ’57

P ’85 ’87 Mr. Jerome P. Webster Jr. ’57

P ’08 ’91 ’92 ’83 Mr. and Mrs. John Weeks Jr. P ’04 Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Wenzel P ’95 ’93The Rev. and

Mrs. Richard C. Weymouth ’70P ’01 ’02 ’04

Mrs. Deborah Williamson P ’98 Ms. Mary W. Woods P ’10 The Rev. and

Mrs. Brinton W. Woodward Jr.P ’93 ’87 ’91

Mr. and Mrs. Bruce WrightP ’06 ’09

Mr. Bernhardt K. Wruble andDr. Jill Wruble P ’95

Mr. and Mrs. Philip C. Wysor P ’91Mr. and Mrs. James M. Yarmon

P ’99 Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Zock

P ’82 ’85 ’89 ’92

grandparent giftsMr. and Mrs. Harold A. Baker

P ’81 GP ’14 Ms. Polly O. Bakewell GP ’09Mr. and Mrs. Donald Bender GP ’13Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence M. Blau GP ’12Mr. Richard B. Blauvelt

P ’83 ’86 GP ’99Mr. and Mrs. H Jerome Bracken GP ’12Mr. and Mrs. John Carpenter GP ’14Mrs. Evelyn Cohn GP ’13Mr. Francis Coleman GP ’14Mr. and Mrs. James E. Dalley Jr.

P ’92 GP ’12Mr. William Donahue GP ’12Mr. and Mrs. Thomas F. Doyle ’66

GP ’10 ’11 Mrs. James B. Draper GP ’13Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Dudley

GP ’06 ’11 Mr. and Mrs. George Edwards GP ’15Mr. and Mrs. Ronald S. Edwards Jr.

GP ’07 Mr. and Mrs. Philip Feinberg GP ’15Mrs. Helga Garger GP ’13Mrs. Georgiana Geoghan GP ’12 ’14Mr. and Mrs. Frank Gudas GP ’14Mr. and Mrs. Dan Guggenheim GP ’15Mr. and Mrs. Roger W. Hamblin

P ’77 GP ’08 ’15Mr. and Mrs. Donald H. Henderson

P ’72 ’74 GP ’05 Mr. and Mrs. David Hill GP ’11Mr. Hazen Hinman P ’64 GP ’95Ms. Dorothy Hodgkins GP ’12

Mr. and Mrs. Howard M. HoltzmannGP ’11

Prof. and Mrs. Peter Karavites GP ’12Mr. and Mrs. Walter H. Kasianchuk

GP ’08 ’14Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Keating ’52

P ’81 ’88 ’86 Mrs. Linda Kelly GP ’10 Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Kent

P ’77 ’79 GP ’04 ’06 ’08 Mr. and Mrs. Sam Kinney GP ’12Mr. and Mrs. Bernd P. Kuehn GP ’11 Ms. Kathie Levison GP ’15Mr. Shen Lin GP ’15Mrs. Louise T. Loening P ’81 ’83 GP ’15Mr. and Mrs. Edward L. Lovejoy

GP ’12 ’14Mr. and Mrs. Tim Luttazi GP ’12Mr. and Mrs. George Macomber

GP ’07 ’11 ’13 ’14 Mr. and Mrs. Quentin A. Malmquist

P ’74 ’83 ’86 GP ’09 Mr. Forrest E. Mars Jr. GP ’14Ms. Shirlee Mitchell

GP ’03 ’06 ’10 Mr. and Mrs. Denis Moriearty GP `13Mr. Richard Morrill Jr. GP ’14Mr. and Mrs. Preston S. Parish

P ’71 ’73 ’75 GP ’95 ’01 ’02 Dr. and Mrs. J. Edward Perreault

GP ’07 ’09Mrs. Jean Peterson GP ’04 ’03 ’07Mrs. John E. Petrie GP ’12Ms. Penny Pitou P ’83 GP ’10 Mr. and Mrs. Barry Protage GP ’12Mr. and Mrs. Frank Quimby GP ’14Mr. and Mrs. E. Leigh Quinn P ’78

GP ’01 ’08 Mr. and Mrs. Walter B. Reilly Jr.

P ’74 GP ’09 Ms. Mona Roberts

Mr. Douglas L. Robertson Sr.GP ’04 ’05 ’11

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph D. SargentGP ’08 ’15

Mr. and Mrs. FA Seamans GP ’07 Mr. James Shipton GP ’96 ’00Mr. and Mrs. Charles Smith

GP ’07 ’10 ’12 Mrs. Dorothy M. Smith

P ’80 ’85 GP ’07 ’09 ’12 Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Sorge GP ’13Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Thompson GP ’13Mrs. Mary Tomlinson GP ’11 ’14Mr. Norm Walker P ’88 ’89 GP ’98 †Mrs. Phyllis WalkerMr. and Mrs. John Wall GP ’14Ms. Jane Whitmore GP ’15Mr. and Mrs. Peter Wilson GP ’13Mrs. Elizabeth Zanders GP ’08

faculty and staff Joan Barnum P ’05 ’07 ’09 Peter Barnum P ’05 ’07 ’09 Bruce Barton P ’13 Sarah Barton P ’13 Pam Bliss Doonie Brewer Robert Caldwell Rick Carey P ’03 ’00 Michael Carrigan Pat Casey Francis Chapuredima Frank Cirone Susie Cirone Janice Dahl Nancy Dalley P ’92 GP ’12Chris Day P ’15 Cynthia Day P ’15 Monique Devine P ’08 ’11 Carol Dopp Peter Durnan P ’11 ’14 Rick Eccleston ’92

We offer our sincere thanks to all of the grandparents ofcurrent students and alumni who continue to show theircommitment to the Holderness Experience. Thank You!

GRANDPARENT GIFTSWe salute the following employees for showing theirdeep commitment and unwavering support through allthey do for Holderness School, including supporting theHolderness Annual Fund and other school priorities.Thank You!

FACULTY AND STAFF


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Kristen Fischer P ’11 ’14 Duane Ford ’74 P ’04 ’05 ’08 ’12Lori Ford P ’04 ’05 ’08 ’12Niki Glew Jean Henchey P ’06 ’06 Peter Hendel P ’96 ’02 Randy Houseman P ’15 Doug Kendall P ’06 ’09 ’13 Mary Kietzman John Lin P ’15Marilee Lin David Lockwood P ’99 ’03 ’03 ’02 Jory Macomber P ’11 ’14 Martha Macomber P ’11 ’14 Biano Magalahes Kristi Magalhaes Emily Magnus ’88 Jane McNulty P ’09 ’11 Phil Peck P ’09 Robin Peck P ’09 Michael Peller Tobi Pfenninger P ’11 ’15Dee Rainville Judith Solberg Steve Solberg Jo-Anne Strickland Melissa StuartKelsey Sullivan Len Thompson P ’03 ’04 ’06 ’09 ’14Margie Thompson P ’03 ’04 ’06 ’09 ’14Elaine Tibbetts Kim Tierney P ’08 ’12 Jim Towle Julie Walker

Kathy Weymouth P ’01 ’02 ’04 Rich Weymouth ’70 P ’01 ’02 ’04 Amy Woods

extended familyMr. Nelson Armstrong Ms. Keri-Sue Baker Mrs. Eleanor H. Bright Mrs. Virginia Burnham Mr. and Mrs. Harold R. Byers Mrs. Judith E. CaldwellMr. and Mrs. Frederick L. Chipman Mr. Allan Holderness Davis Mr. and Mrs. Josiah H. Drummond Jr.Mr. Bernard DruryMr. Wilson Everhart III Mr. and Mrs. Wilson C. Everhart Jr. Mrs. Kathryn ForbushMrs. Seth P. Holcombe Dr. and Mrs. Howard Holderness Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Timothy M. Kingston Ms. Lisa LovettMs. Katherine Gamble MarvinMr. and Mrs. Christopher T. Meier Miscellaneous DonorsMr. and Mrs. Daniel A. PearlMr. Kevin Ramos-GlewMrs. Anneliese Schultz Mrs. Diane H. ShankMr. and Mrs. Alan H. Soanes Mr. and Mrs. Charles T. SussmanMr. E Michael TaraziThe Rt. Rev. Douglas Theuner Mrs. Virginia Tytus

Mr. and Mrs. Alexander A. UhleMr. and Mrs. Gordon J. VanderBrug Mr. Francis T. Vincent Jr.Mr. Ogden White Jr.

foundation giving Acorn FoundationAetna Foundation, Inc.Baugh Foundation, Inc.Bristol-Meyers Squibb FoundationCitizens Charitable FoundationEthel D. Colket FoundationThe Andrew J. Eder Family

Foundation, Inc.Evergreen Foundation, Inc.Fidelity FoundationFirehole FoundationGE FoundationHarweb FoundationThe Ulf B. & Elizabeth C. Heide

Foundation Charitable TrustHazen B. Hinman, Sr. Foundation, Inc.Holcombe Charitable FoundationJacob L. and Lillian

Holtzmann FoundationThe Seymour H. Knox Foundation, Inc.Lunder FoundationThe Peter Lloyd MacDonald FoundationThe Maine Community Foundation, Inc.Marr Charity Trust FundThe Noboru Murakami and Hiroko

Murakami FoundationThe New York Community TrustNorthrop Grumman Foundation

Paine Family TrustThe Prudential FoundationThe Redmond Family FoundationRobert J. Rohr, III and

Mary C. Rohr Charitable TrustSTS FoundationShell Oil Company FoundationSilicon Valley Community FoundationState Street Foundation, Inc.Suzanne and Jeffrey

Bloomberg FoundationSweet Peas FoundationThe G. and C. VanderBrug

Family FoundationWurster Family Foundation

matching companiesAlliance BernsteinAmeriprise FinancialBank of AmericaDell Employee Giving ProgramDorsey & Whitney LLPEdison InternationalGoldman, Sachs & CompanyGrantham, Mayo,

van Otterloo & Co. LLCIBM Matching Grants ProgramKey BankMicrosoft CorporationMillennium PharmaceuticalsNetscout Systems CompanyPatagoniaQualcomm Matching Grant ProgramRaytheon Company


Our thanks to the companies that matched their employ-ee’s gifts to Holderness School with gifts of their own.

Each year Holderness receives a wide range of non-cashgifts and donated services. Among the wonderful contri-butions this past year were athletic uniforms andequipment, new carpets for the locker rooms, an exhibitin the Edwards Gallery, and donations to the Archives.Thank you for your thoughtful gifts to Holderness School.

MATCHING COMPANIES

GIFTS-IN-KIND

The Extended Family is a group of friends who havecontributed generously to help ensure the continuedstrength of Holderness School. Former trustees, formerfaculty and staff, businesses, and friends of the schoolare all part of this family and deserve hearty thanks!

The foundations and trusts on this page and the nextshared their resources with Holderness to keep theschool healthy and vital.

EXTENDED FAMILY

FOUNDATION GIVING


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Red Wing Shoe Company FoundationTravelers Companies, IncWells Fargo Educational

Matching Gift Program

gifts-in-kindAnonymousMr. Jim Brewer P ’78Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Cloud P ’12Mr. Sarge Collier ’02Mr. and Mrs. Russell G. Cushman ’80

P ’11 ’15Mr. and Mrs. Mark D. Finnegan ’79

P ’10 ’11 ’13Mr. Michael Goriansky `48

Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Hall P ’13Mr. and Mrs. John Holley ’61Mr. and Mrs. Lee Katzenbach ’61Mr. and Mrs. David P. Leatherwood

P ’13 ’15 ’16Mr. and Mrs. Zachary S. Martin `84Mr. and Mrs. Steven Merrill P ’11 ’14Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Miles ’82

P ’11 ’13Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Pichette

P ’13 ’12 ’10Mr. and Mrs. R. James Steiner

P ’10 ’12Dr. and Mrs. John S. Swift ’62Mr. and Mrs. George Theriault ’61

Mr. Warren WitherellMr. and Mrs. Peter K. Woodward ’93

gifts to the campaignfor holderness

Campaign for Holderness:Financial AidMr. and Mrs. William C. Baskin III ’81Ms. Piper S. Orton ’74Mr. and

Mrs. Eijk A. de Mol van Otterloo

Campaign for Holderness: Residential LifeAnonymousAcorn FoundationMr. and Mrs. Theodore B. AlfondMr. and Mrs. John L. Alfond ’87Ms. Katharine B. Alfond ’90 and Dr.

Joseph DonahueMr. and Mrs. Lawrence S. BenjaminMr. and Mrs. Walter M. Bird IIIMr. and Mrs. Christopher D. BlauMr. and Mrs. Frank A. Bonsal III ’82Mr. and Mrs. Kevin BozichMr. Thomas BrownellMr. and Mrs. John L. BunceMr. and Mrs. Peter J. Coolidge ’82Mr. and Mrs. James H. Crook Jr.Mr. and Mrs. Wesley DudleyEvergreen FoundationFirehole FoundationMs. Ann GallopMr. James R. Gallop Esq. ’83 and

Ms. Christie P. AllenMr. Douglas H. Griswold ’66 and

Ms. Lori E. RoweMr. and Mrs. James B. Hamblin II ’77Mr. and Mrs. Peter K. Kimball ’72Mr. and Mrs. Sam E. Kinney Jr.The Knapp FundMr. and Mrs. George MacomberDr. and Mrs. Richard G. ObregonMr. and Mrs. Patrick PichetteMr. and Mrs. Jay C. Pingree ’79Mrs. Jennifer Alfond Seeman ’88 and

Mr. Thomas W. SeemanMr. and Mrs. Thomas C. Sheffield IIIMr. and Mrs. Bayne A. StevensonMr. and Mrs. Christopher TierneyToocap Foundation

Vermont Community FoundationMs. Pamela M. Wright

Campaign for Holderness:Weld Hall Renovation FundMs. Katharine B. Alfond ’90 and

Dr. Joseph Donahue

Campaign for Holderness:General Campaign FundMr. and Mrs. Frank A. Bonsal III ’82Mr. and Mrs. Ronald DavisMr. and Mrs. Wilson HarrimanMr. and Mrs. Peter J. HendelMr. and Mrs. Peter K. Kimball ’72Mr. and Mrs. Wilhelm E. Northrop ’88Mr. and Mrs. R. Phillip PeckMr. and Mrs. William L. Prickett ’81Mr. and Mrs. Ian C. Sanderson ’79Mr. Un Shik Shin and Mrs. Chijoo Limb

Campaign for Holderness: OtherDr. and Mrs. Roger H. Emerson Jr.

gifts to theendowment funds andcapital projects

Class of ’82 Scholarship FundBaugh FoundationMr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Cerutti Jr. ’82Mr. and Mrs. Miles B. Glascock ’82Mr. Robert C. McKersie ’82

Casey ScholarshipCasey Family FoundationMr. and Mrs. E. Paul CaseyMr. and Mrs. Kevin McManusMr. and Mrs. Steven C. PettengillMs. Patricia Casey Shepard

Charles W. andAnne S. Combs Scholarship FundAnne S. and Charles W. Combs †

General EndowmentMr. and Mrs. Richard V. Fabian Jr. ’57

Edward Gleason FundMadeleine Gleason †

Through a growing comprehensive campaign,Holderness has progressed in the important work ofmaking the components of our Strategic Plan a reality.The first project, the renewal of Weld Hall, was complet-ed during the summer of 2008, supporting long-termcore values and bringing the family back into family-style dinners. In the fall of 2011, two new dormitoriesopened, housing six faculty families and forty-eight stu-dents and helping to achieve to a campus-wide 8:1faculty-to-student ratio. Other campaign prioritiesinclude growing the Holderness Annual Fund, increas-ing endowment for financial aid, modernizing our mathand science classrooms, upgrading athletic facilities,and expanding the chapel. Holderness gratefullyacknowledges those donors listed below, whose generos-ity is helping us to secure a vital future grounded in ourcore values and strategic goals.

GIFTS TO THE CAMPAIGNFOR HOLDERNESS

When members of the Holderness community con-tribute to the Holderness Endowment, they provideessential support to its annual operations, financial aidprogram, and other areas designated as priorities by theBoard of Trustees. We are most grateful for the followingdonors who made gifts to our endowment funds duringthe 2011–12 fiscal year.

GIFTS TO THE ENDOWMENT FUNDSAND CAPITAL PROJECTS


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The David P. Goodwin Fundfor Student SupportMr. F. Christopher Carney ’75 and

Ms. Karen Dempsey CarneyMr. and Mrs. David CochranMr. and Mrs. Charles S. GoodwinHolderness School Class of 2012Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Soper

Don and Ibba HagermanScholarship FundMr. and Mrs. Stanley Baldwin

Richard R. Hall ScholarshipMr. Robert C. Hall ’61

Heide Family ScholarshipMr. and Mrs. Ulf B. & Elizabeth HeideMs. Elizabeth Heide ’85

James L. Keith Memorial Scholarship Miss Margaret T. Keith

Dorothea Tracy Lamb Endowed BookMs. Keri Dole

Weston Lea & Michael D’AmicoMemorial Scholarship FundMr. Dean E. Lea and

Ms. Debra M. GibbsMr. Nicholas E. Leonard ’03

Martini Family ScholarshipMr. and Mrs. Paul J. Martini

The Lewis J. OverakerScholarship FundMr. and Mrs. Erik J. Bass ’97Mr. and Mrs. Bruce A. ChalmersMr. and Mrs. Gary CilleyMr. and Mrs. Bruce J. Edgerly ’78Dr. Courtney L. Fleisher ’90 and

Mr. Peter SchmidtkeMr. David T. Flynn ’96 and

Ms. Amy LeoMr. and Mrs. William H. HendersonMs. Carolyn E. Kimball and

Mr. Alexander MacquistenMr. and Mrs. Peter B. NicholsMr. and Mrs. Mark B. Perkins

R.K. MilesDr. and Mrs. Walter F. Schlech IIIMr. James S. Stringfellow ’79Mr. Brian M. Werner ’97

William D. Paine MemorialScholarship FundMr. and Mrs. Russell C. Orton ’40Mrs. Gail F. PaineMs. Stephanie Paine ’83 and

Dr. John Pier

Stephen Wells SmithMemorial Scholarship FundMrs. Dorothy M. Smith and

Mr. Alan MatherThe Smith-Denison Foundation

Tankersley Family EndowmentMr. Andrew B. Tankersley ’97Mr. and

Mrs. G. Jackson Tankersley III ’96

Norman M. Walker ScholarshipMr. and Mrs. Jonathan F. BourneMrs. Virginia BurnhamMr. and Mrs. William P. Clough III ’57Cocchiaro Family FoundationMr. and Mrs. Steven DavisMr. David T. Flynn ’96 and Ms. Amy LeoMs. Symantha W. Gates ’86 and

Mr. David WeiherMr. and Mrs. David B. Hinman ’86Mr. and Mrs. Donald B. Hinman ’55Mr. Wayne E. HutchinsMr. Dean E. Lea and

Ms. Debra M. GibbsMs. Christine R. Louis ’81Mr. and Mrs. Richard MarrMs. Sarah J. Jankey Medlin ’81 and

Dr. Walter S. MedlinMr. and Mrs. Roger D. OrmbergMs. Piper S. Orton ’74Mr. and Mrs. E. Christopher Palmer ’59Mrs. and Dr. Laurie ParkerMr. and Mrs. Peter Y. RapelyeDr. and Mrs. Thomas J. SwiftDr. and Mrs. Christopher M. Terrien Jr.The Maine Community

Foundation, Inc.

Mr. and Mrs. David R. ThielscherMr. Eric D. Thielscher ’92 and

Ms. Elizabeth NicholsonThe Rev. and

Mrs. Richard C. Weymouth

Loys A. Wiles FundMr. and Mrs. Richard H. Stowell ’64

Cheryl Walsh MemorialScholarship FundHolderness Nordic Club

Woodward Scholars FundMs. Elizabeth M. Steele

Philip L. Worcester FundPhilip L. Worcester †

tributes andmemorial gifts

memorialsIn Memory ofRobert (Brooksie) BrooksMr. Andrew C. Everett ’02Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Zock

In Memory of Canute DalmasseMr. Canute H. Dalmasse ’98

In Memory of Mike D’Amico ’03 Mr. Dean E. Lea and

Ms. Debra M. GibbsMr. Brendan B. Murphy ’03Ms. Mary Anne Murray-CarrMr. Todd S. Nordblom ’04

In Memory of Chuck Dewey Mr. and Mrs. David B. Dewey ’77

In Memory of Kip Garre ’92 Mrs. Kelly Mullen Wieser ’92 and

Mr. Paolo R. Wieser

In Memory of Sean Glew Mr. and Mrs. Bruce BartonDr. and Mrs. Richard GlewMr. Kevin Ramos-Glew

In Memory of John Haartz ’35 Mr. and Mrs. Eric R. Haartz ’72

In Memory of M.J. LaFoley ’95 Mr. Daniel D. Shin ’95

In Memory of Wes Lea ’03 Mr. Dean E. Lea and

Ms. Debra M. GibbsMr. Brendan B. Murphy ’03Ms. Mary Anne Murray-CarrMr. Todd S. Nordblom ’04Mr. Christopher M. Rodgers ’02

In Memory of Alex MarkowskyMr. Alexander HindenburgMs. Martha ElliottMrs. L. Troffeinier

In Memory of Rowena MeierMr. and Mrs. Christopher T. Meier

In Memory of Dutch Morse ’38 Mr. John BaxterMs. Hilary ClevelandMr. James CollinsFay Efronsini Lellios


The following people have made gifts to HoldernessSchool in the past year as a sign of respect and affec-tion for a friend or family member, or in celebration ofa special day, or to honor the memory of a loved one.We remain deeply grateful to be included in these rela-tionships.

TRIBUTES AND MEMORIAL GIFTS




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Mrs. June GoodhueMrs. Frederick HallMr. Philip HallMr. Russell Holden Dwight and Lois MeaderMs. Piper S. Orton ’74Ms. Donna Pincavage Frances PrestonMs. Madeline StuckeyMr. William UptonMr. and Mrs. George and

Janet Van DykeHarry and Judith Warren Mr. Brian M. Werner ’97

In Memory of Archibald Stark ’57Mr. Barry Borella ’56

In Memory of Bill Sutphen ’79 Mrs. Barbara Sutphen

In Memory of Brad Wagoner ’43Sarah W. CampbellMs. Marsha Gray

In Memory of Norm Walker Abenaqui Women’s LeagueMr. and Ms. John BamberryMr. and Mrs. Robert BatalMr. and Mrs. John BellinoMr. and Mrs. Robert BissellMs. Barbara BlinnMr. and Mrs. Jonathan F. BourneMr. and Mrs. Thomas BrewMs. Deborah Broide Mrs. Virginia BurnhamMr. and Mrs. Armand CaravielloMr. and Mrs. David ChodikoffMr. and Mrs. William P. Clough III ’57Cocchiaro Family FoundationMr. and Mrs. Richard CocchiaroMr. and Mrs. John Connolly Mr. Averill H. Cook ’02 and

Ms. Heidi T. Webb ’00Mr. and Mrs. Warren C. CookMAJ and Mrs. Warren C. Cook Jr. ’94Mr. Norman CramMr. and Mrs. James Crowley Mr. and Mrs. Steven DavisMs. Karen DiazMr. and Mrs. John Doykos Mr. Charles Dunkel

Mr. and Mrs. Edwin FraktmanEvelyn and Richard Gasparoni Mr. Norman GaudetMr. and Mrs. Richard George Mr. Dean E. Lea and

Ms. Debra M. GibbsMr. and Ms. Richard GoldsteinMr. and Mrs. H. Goodbody, Jr. Robert and Beatrice GormleyMs. Lynn Gray Mrs. Lara DuMond Guercio ’96 and

Mr. Brian GuercioGeorge and Diane Hemmen Col. And Mrs. Christopher Henes Mr. and Mrs. Garry Higgins Mr. and Mrs. David B. Hinman ’86Mr. and Mrs. Donald B. Hinman ’55Ms. Elizabeth HoffmanMr. and Mrs. J. Allen Humbert Mr. Wayne Hutchins Mr. Richard R. Jackson Mr. Walter JefferyMs. Nancy Kelley Mr. and Mrs. Robert Kinsella Mr. and Mrs. Bo Kirschen Mr. and Mrs. John LeeMs. Christine R. Louis ’81Mr. Thomas J. Mahon ’88 and

Ms. Kelly MarkhamThe Maine Community Foundation, Inc.Mr. and Mrs. Robert McAlaine Ms. Gilda MechemMs. Sarah J. Jankey Medlin ’81 and

Dr. Walter S. MedlinMr. and Mrs. Norino Mirra Mr. and Mrs. John Morrissey Mr. and Mrs. Eric P. Mueller ’98Mr. John Murphy Mr. Mike Murphy Mr. and Mrs. Paul Murphy Noble and Devine, LLPMr. and Mrs. Thomas O’Halloran Mr. and Mrs. Erik A. Ormberg ’90Mr. and Mrs. Roger D. OrmbergMr. and Mrs. Dan Packard Mr. and Mrs. E. Christopher Palmer ’59Mrs. and Dr. Laurie ParkerMr. and Mrs. Robert Patton Mr. and Mrs. Pioggia Mr. and Mrs. Peter Y. RapelyeMr. and Mrs. Mark Riley Mr. and Mrs. Richard Riley

Mr. and Mrs. Richard Rowland Mr. John S. Rudberg Jr.Mr. Robert Santucci Mr. John Schermerhorn Seabrook Station Employees Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Siciliano Mrs. Edwina B. Cook Silitch ’90 and

Mr. Michael P. Silitch ’79Mr. and Mrs. StegemanMr. Peter StewartMrs. Laurie Swett Dr. and Mrs. Thomas J. SwiftDr. and Mrs. Christopher M. Terrien Jr.Mr. and Mrs. David R. ThielscherMr. Eric D. Thielscher ’92 and

Ms. Elizabeth NicholsonMrs. Mary ThielscherMr. Michael A. Tucker ’05Mr. and Mrs. Paul TuthillMr. William Veazey Mr. Francis T. Vincent Jr.Ms. Caryl WalkerThe Rev. and

Mrs. Richard C. Weymouth ’70Mr. Robert C. Whitehouse III ’00Mr. Ian Wilson Mr. Alan Wurtzel and

Ms. Sheila Monnet Mr. Benjamin Zox

In Memory of Cheryl Walsh ’88 Ms. Jennifer S. Holden ’88

In Memory of Anne B. WilliamsMr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Williams Jr.

tributesIn Honor ofMr. and Mrs. Peter Barnum Mr. and Mrs. Chad Walker

In Honor ofMr. and Mrs. Bruce BartonMr. and Mrs. Clark O. Houx

In Honor ofMr. Francis “Chapu” Chapuredima Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wassman

In Honor of Mr. Michael Gassman ’12Mr. and Mrs. R. Neal Gassman

In Honor of Jim & Loli Hammond Mrs. Katherine W. Waltz Harris ’96 and

Mr. Doug Harris

In Honor ofMr. and Mrs. Gordon HuckinsMrs. Virginia A. Kingman Schreiber ’93

and Mr. Christopher J. Schreiber

In Honor ofMr. and Mrs. John J. King IIIMr. and Mrs. David B. Dewey ’77

In Honor of Miss Haley J. Mahar ’12Mr. and Mrs. David B. Dewey ’77

In Honor ofMr. and Mrs. R. Phillip PeckMr. and Mrs. David C. CaputiMrs. Lara DuMond Guercio ’96 and

Mr. Brian Guercio

In Honor of Will Prickett ’81Ms. Louise Loening

In Honor of Mr. William F. Prickett ’15Mr. and Mrs. George Edwards

In Honor ofMr. and Mrs. George S. RichardsMr. and Mrs. Samuel S. Richards ’73

In Honor ofMr. and Mrs. Andrew P. Sheppe ’00Mr. James H. Nourse and

Ms. Sarah M. Shipton

In Honor of Dick and Gail StevensMs. Heidi Ludtke Campbell ’85

In Honor of Mr. John Teaford andMrs. Tiffany G. Beck Teaford ’85Mr. and Mrs. James J. Ford Jr.

In Honor ofMr. Niklaus C. Vitzthum ’11Mr. and Mrs. Bernd P. Kuehn

In Honor ofThe Rev. Brinton W. Woodward Jr.Ms. Keri E. Dole ’91




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Mr. James R. Gallop Esq. ’83 andMs. Christie P. Allen

balch societyMrs. Barbara Lawrence AlfondMr. James E. Brewer IIMr. Lee C. Bright ’49Ms. Charlotte CaldwellMr. Stephen G. Carpenter ’58Mr. Richard C. Clark ’48Mr. Robert E. Cleary Jr. ’62Mr. Kenneth L. CutlerMs. Abbey E. DeRocker ’95Mr. Claude DesjardinsMr. David B. Dewey ’77Mr. Thomas F. Doyle ’66Mrs. Ann M. GallopMr. Peter S. Grant ’77Mr. Frank M. Hammond ’50Mr. Lars H. Hansen ’52Mr. Maclear Jacoby Jr. ’45Dr. John L. Jamieson ’69Dr. Harry P. Jeffries ’47Ms. Trit JohnsonMr. Lee W. Katzenbach ’61Mr. Robert M. Keating ’52Mrs. Wendelyn W. KistlerMrs. Antonia B. Laird RyanDr. Albert C. LesneskiMr. Theodore W. Libbey ’42Ms. Christine R. Louis ’81Mr. Burton N. Lowe ’44Mr. Peter L. Macdonald ’60Mr. Joseph M. Massik ’46Mr. Albert O. Merrill ’43Mr. Rupert L. Nichols Jr. ’65Mr. Sigourney F. Nininger ’41Dr. Richard G. Obregon

Mrs. Sally ObregonMrs. Judith W. ParkhillMr. William L. Prickett ’81Mr. Jon Q. Reynolds Jr. ’86Mr. Kevin P. Rowe ’81Mr. Harrison James Sargent ’73Mr. Timothy G. Scott ’73Mr. Dwight B. Shepard ’72Mr. James C. Stearns ’68Mr. John A. StrausDr. John S. Swift Jr. ’62Mr. George F. Theriault Jr. ’61Mr. Alexander A. UhleMr. George B. Upton ’62Mr. G. Hartley D. Webster ’57Mr. Jerome P. Webster Jr. ’57The Rev. Brinton W. Woodward Jr.Mr. Stephen A. Worcester ’67Mr. Joshua A. S. Young ’57

alumni volunteersClass AgentsMr. Robert A. Backus ’57 Mr. Michael Kingston ’58 Mr. Cushman L. Andrews ’59 Dr. Harold E. Welch PhD ’59 Mr. John C. Holley Jr. ’61 Mr. Mark G. Shub ’61 Mr. Charles C. Bradley Jr. ’62 Mr. David S. Hagerman ’63 Mr. James C. Ricker ’64*Mr. Rupert L. Nichols Jr. ’65 Mr. Stephen M. Foster ’66 Mr. John D. Pfeifle ’67 Dr. James S. Burnett ’68 Mr. Christopher R. Latham ’72 Mr. Samuel P. Osborne ’72 Mr. Peter R. Garrison ’73

Mr. Timothy G. Scott ’73 Mr. Walter A. Malmquist II ’74 Mr. E. E. Butler Jr. ’75 Mr. John L. Putnam ’75 Mr. Robert E. Garrison ’76 Mr. David B. Dewey ’77 Mr. John B. Neal ’77 Ms. Margo F. Deselin ’78 Mr. Matthew R. Upton ’80 Mr. William C. Baskin III ’81 Ms. Christine R. Louis ’81 Mrs. Susan G. Allen ’82 Mrs. Lisa Clute ’82 Mr. Christopher J. Pesek ’82*Mrs. Susan E. Taylor ’82 Mr. Joe D. Barbour ’84 Dr. Angus A. A. Christie ’85 Mr. Frederick D. Paxton III ’85 Mr. Ian R. L. Sinclair ’85 Mr. Blake H. Swift ’86 Mrs. Carolyn M. Cullen ’87 Mr. Timothy S. Lesko ’87 Mr. Alexander C. MacCormick ’88 Ms. Amanda R. Black ’89 Mrs. Jennifer M. Gabel ’89 Ms. Katherine M. Arecchi ’90 Mr. Nathan C. M. Beams ’90 Mr. Ian A. Frank ’90 Mr. James C. Queen Jr. ’90 Mr. Michael P. O’Keefe ’91 Ms. Jessie H. Harris ’92 Mr. Andrew S. Katchen ’92*Ms. Lindsay K. Fontana ’93 Ms. Anne B. Hudak ’93 Mr. Jonathan C. Moodey ’93 Mr. Schuyler H. Perry ’93 Mr. Peter K. Woodward ’93 Mrs. Carolyn R. Harris-Tatar ’94 Ms. Elizabeth Hogan ’94

Mrs. Janine C. Newman ’94 Mr. John P. Farnsworth ’95 Mrs. Katherine W. Harris ’96 Ms. Julia C. Perkins ’97 Ms. Sarah C. Crane ’98 Ms. Julia L. Haley ’99 Ms. Kathleen H. Kime ’99 Mr. Andrew D. Sullivan ’00 Ms. Heidi T. Webb ’00*Mr. Kellan M. Florio ’01 Mr. Adam L. Lavallee ’01 Ms. Elizabeth S. Norton ’01 Mr. Averill H. Cook ’02 Ms. Kerry C. Douglas ’02 Ms. Madeline C. Fiumara ’02 Mr. Neal J. Frei ’03 Mr. Nicholas D. Payeur ’03 Mr. Nathaniel R. Smith ’04 Mr. Brian D. Sweeney ’04 Ms. Joanna Weatherbie ’04 Ms. Kathleen A. Crane ’05 Mr. William W. Ford ’05 Mr. Brendan W. O’Riordan ’05 Ms. Emily M. Sampson ’05 Mr. John H. Bladon ’06 Ms. Elizabeth Laurin ’06 Mr. Anders P. Nordblom ’06 Mr. Prescott C. Alexander ’07 Ms. Katherine Oram ’07 Ms. Haley B. Hamblin ’08 Ms. Gretchen E. Hyslip ’08 Mr. Jacob B. Manoukian ’09 Ms. Caitlin J. Mitchell ’09 Ms. Abigail J. Alexander ’10 Ms. Ashleigh M. Boulton ’10

Class CorrespondentsDave Goodwin ’37 †Ted Libbey ’42

Key: = True Blue Society, five-plus years of consecutive giving; † = deceased; * = Decade Chair

The following alumni gave generously of their time onbehalf of Holderness, supporting our fundraising effortsas well as fostering connections between alumni and theschool. We are deeply grateful for all that these individu-als do for the good of Holderness. Thank you to our ClassAgents, Class Correspondents, and Class Volunteers!

ALUMNI VOLUNTEERSThe Balch Society honors a group of forward-thinkingindividuals who have included Holderness in their estateplans by indicating a bequest for Holderness in theirwills and by setting up trusts, annuities, and other giftplans. We are extremely grateful to our Balch Societymembers for helping to ensure the HoldernessExperience for the students today and far into the future.

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Gus Mattersdorff ’44 †Bill Baskin ’49Frank Hammond ’50 Terry Weathers ’51Al Teele ’52Don Backe ’53Bill Lofquist ’54Bill Byers ’55Richard Meyer ’56Charlie Kellogg ’58Jerry Ashworth ’59Len Richards ’60Dave Hagerman ’63Sandy Alexander ’64Terry Jacobs ’65Peter Janney ’66John Pfeifle ’67Jon Porter ’69Dwight Shepard ’72Walter Malmquist ’74Peter Grant ’77Luther Turmelle ’78Cullen Morse ’79Greg White ’80Bill Baskin ’81Jud Madden ’83Fred Ludtke ’84Jean-Louis Trombetta ’85Matt Reynolds ’86Kathryn Lubrano Robinson ’87Alexander MacCormick ’88Jennifer Robison ’89Tracy McCoy Gillette ’89 Courtney Fleisher ’90

Terra Reilly ’91Kelly Mullen Wieser ’92Lindsay Dewar Fontana ’93Ramey Harris-Tatar ’94Sam Bass ’94Alex Wruble ’95Emily Evans MacLaury ’96Heather Pierce Roy ’96Katherine Haley Pyles ’97Tara Walker Hamer ’98Brooke Aronson McCreedy ’99Andrew Sullivan ’00Karyn Hoepp Jennings ’01Adam Lavallee ’01Betsy Pantazelos ’02Nick Payeur ’03Ryan McManus ’04Brie Keefe ’05Jessica Saba ’06Annie Hanson ’07Taylor Sawatzki ’08Kelly Hood ’08Meg McNulty ’09Allison Stride ’09Em Pettengill ’10 John McCoy ’10

Class VolunteersSamuel Macomber ’11Amanda Engelhardt ’11James McNulty ’11Cecily Cushman ’11

trusteesMr. Jonathan Baum P ’12 ’14Mrs. Grace Bird P ’07 ’13Mr. Frank Bonsal III ’82 Mrs. Elizabeth Bunce P ’13Mr. F. Christopher Carney ’75, P ’08Mr. Russell Cushman ’80 P ’11Mr. Randy Dales P ’00 ’02 ’80Mr. Nigel FurlongeMs. Tracy McCoy Gillette ’89Mr. Doug Griswold ’66 Mr. Robert J. Hall P ’13Mr. Jim Hamblin ’77 P ’08Ms. Jan Hauser P ’13Mr. Peter Kimball ’72Mr. Paul Martini P ’06 ’08Mr. Richard Nesbitt P ’09Mr. Peter Nordblom P ’04 ’06 ’08Ms. Susan L. Paine ’82 P ’14Mr. R. Phillip Peck P ’09Mr. Thomas N. Phillips ’75 P ’11 ’14

Mrs. Tamar Pichette P ’10 ’12 ’13Mr. William Prickett ’81 P ’15Mr. Jon Q. Reynolds ’86The Rt. Rev. V. Gene RobinsonMr. Ian Sanderson ’79Mrs. Jenny Alfond Seeman ’88Mr. Harry Sheehy IIIMr. Gary Spiess P ’87 ’89 ’94Mr. Jerome Thomas ’95Mrs. Ellyn Paine Weisel ’86

DISCLAIMER: Listings in this reportreflect gifts made to Holdernessduring the fiscal year July 1, 2011through June 30, 2012. Every efforthas been made to ensure accuracy.Please accept our apologies if an erroror omission has occurred and kindlynotify the Advancement Office at603.779.5220.

No Report of Appreciation would be complete withoutextending our gratitude to the members of our Board ofTrustees. These individuals give generously of them-selves in countless ways to support and stewardHolderness School. They ensure that we move forwardtogether as a caring community, committed to balanceand to working together “for the betterment ofhumankind and God’s creation.”

TRUSTEES

Key: = True Blue Society, five-plus years of consecutive giving; † = deceased; * = Decade Chair



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DEATHSPaul K. Swanson ’46

September 3, 2011

Edwin D. Kyle Jr. ’49September 11, 2011

Edric A. Weld Jr. ’42September 25, 2011

Mayland H. Morse Jr. ’38September 26, 2011

William R. Brockhurst ’72September 28, 2011

Frederick E. Teichert ’44November 2, 2011

Mansfield W. Garratt III ’65November 21, 2011

Joseph Sewall ’39November 25, 2011

Sarah J. Fox ’90December 9, 2011

David P. Goodwin ’37December 2, 2011

S. Peter Spalding ’49December 12, 2011

Bernard Klingenstein PT ’72–’79February 8, 2012

Dmitri Nabokov ’51February 22, 2012

Bradford Wagoner ’43March 13, 2012

John R. Copeland ’46March 19, 2012

W. Rogers Ellis ’44March 21, 2012

Guenter H. Mattersdorf ’44April 12, 2012

Robert M. Emmons ’43June 2, 2012

William W. Biddle PE ’68–’84June 7, 2012

ALUMNI BIRTHSLindsay Garre Bierwirth ’93 and

Fred Bierwirth: Jane TrowbridgeBierwirth, November 5, 2011

Jay Tankersley ’96 andLauren Tankersley: JacksonTankersley, July 2011

Jed Hoyer ’92 and Merrill Hoyer:Beckett Hoyer, December 27, 2011

Andy Bohlin ’01 and Katie BristowBohlin ’00: Reagan ElizabethBohlin, March 17, 2012

Sarah L. Walker Kossayda ’95 andAdam Kossayda: Dexter WalkerKossayda, July 11, 2012

Jason Myler ’94 and Caroline Myler:Gigi May Myler, July 4, 2012

Emily Warner Caldwell ’01 and AliCaldwell: Stella Graham Caldwell,July 10, 2012

Joey Mormina ’01 and AnneMormina ’01: Robert AndrewMormina, July 2012

Joel von Trapp ’99 and Anna vonTrapp: Alexander von Trapp,July 10, 2012

Jon Boyle ’99 and Maggie Boyle:Ryan Michael Boyle,February 11, 2012

Andrew Palmer ’92: ColbyChristopher Palmer and Riley BrynPalmer, April 25, 2012

Erik Bass ’97 and Courtney Bass:Charlotte Ann Bass, July 12, 2012

Hans Schemmel ’88 and KaraSchemmel: Serena AverySchemmel, June 10, 2012

Dave Gerasin ’91 and Elisa Gerasin:Neve Carolina Gerasin, July 7, 2012

Rebecca Anderson Morrison ’91 andJeffrey Morrison: Graham GunnarMorrison, September 14, 2011

Tim Barnhorst ’00 and LindseyBarnhorst: Morris John Barnhorst,June 7, 2012

Kevin O’Brien ’94 and ChristinaO’Brien: Cecily Molly O’Brien,January 2012

Thayer Oberg Wollenberg ’94 andPatrick Wollenberg: Henrik StuartWollenberg, May 4, 2012

FACULTY BIRTHSFrank and Susie Cirone: Matthew

Hartley Cirone, April 26, 2012

Eduardo and Kristin Magalhaes:Pedro Luis Padgett Magalhaes,May 15, 2012

MARRIAGESVictoria Mello ’03 and Barry Saperia,

Rosecliff Mansion, Newport, RhodeIsland, June 2011

Amber Stewart McCormack ’08 andChad McCormack, RossignolWinery, Prince Edward Island,September 24, 2011

Katie Sweeney Lepak ’00 and PeterLepak, Waterville Valley, NewHampshire, July 30, 2011

Joshua Kinney ’95 and Jane Wang,Swissotel, Beijing, April 08, 2012

Theo Doughty ’93 and MarceloTorchio, Brooklyn, New York,April 28, 2012

Rachel Cooke Foley ’04 and MichaelFoley, May 20, 2012

David Madeira ’03 and Oriana Farley, Blue Hill, Maine, June 02, 2012

Devie Hamlen ’92 and Samar,Norwalk, Connecticut,September 29, 2012

Tom LeBosquet ’93 and Katherine Ledbetter, WillowdaleEstate, Topsfield, Massachusetts,April 15, 2012

Jamie Bradley ’99 and Diane, Carlton,Oregon, September 02, 2012

Alexander Reilly ’87 and SusanMcDonald, Hawaii, July 2012

Margo Farley ’78 and John Woodall ’78,Dublin, New Hampshire,July 07, 2012

Mark Walrod ’97 and Hilay Williams,Mt. Greylock, Massachusetts,August 11, 2012

Keri Dole Renganathan ’91 and MoRenganathan, New Hampshire,September 2012

Ashley Currier ’02 and John Trainer,August 04, 2012

Milestones

The Cirone boys: Cameron, Nico, andMatthew

Kristin Magalhaes with son Caetanoand newborn Pedro.

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’41 Dick Marden writes in: “AfterHolderness I went to UNH, and thenenlisted in the Army, EuropeanTheater. After the war I continued mil-itary service with USAF in the ReadyReserve as a major. I retired after morethan 36 years of service. In the earlydays I worked two summers as mytown’s waterfront director and life-guard, then another two years as thetown’s night police officer. I graduatedfinally from UNH, then went for a MAdegree at Penn in Philadelphia whichrequired summer school at Harvard. Ialso studied for a semester at theSorbonne in Paris. My first real job wastown manager in Ashland, NH. I wasmarried at Holderness School by head-master Edric Armory Weld. I had threedaughters, two were state ski champi-ons. One died. I settled on associationmanagement as a career and served asexecutive director of the NHMunicipal Association; director of theNew Jersey School Boards Association;and director of the PennsylvaniaLeague of Cities. During all thoseyears, even now, I have been interest-ed in Staffordshire historical china andstarted a part time business during theevenings and weekends. It continueseven now with the help of my daughterElaine Shackford. To date, this efforthas sold more than 11,000 lots. Inother activities I lectured annually atthe Army Officer’s School at CarlisleBarracks; I was listed in Who’s Whoand try to attend Reunion atHolderness every year; I continueddownhill skiing and playing tennisuntil it seemed unwise; I also served aspresident of the Junior Racing Clubwith its more than 100 younger rac-ers.” … Arthur Sweeney celebrated his90th birthday on July 25. Twenty-sixfamily members, kids, grandkids, andspouses joined the celebration. …George Huckins writes, “I have com-pleted 28 years of retirement from aninteresting and successful career withNew England Tel and Nymat. I nolonger can ski or play golf but findplenty to do with family and friends—in a nutshell, life is good!”

CLASS CORRESPONDENTDick Marden ’4159 Elm StreetWolfeboro, NH [email protected]

’42–’44Thinking it would be nice to see ClassNotes for your class? Why not volun-teer as the Class Correspondent andencourage your classmates to recon-nect in the HST Class Notes. ContactMelissa Stuart, Director of AlumniRelations at 603.779.5228 [email protected]. Thank you!

’45 CLASS CORRESPONDENT Harry Emmons ’455 Canoe Trail Darien, CT [email protected]

’46 Thinking it would be nice to see ClassNotes for 1946? Why not volunteer asthe Class Correspondent and encour-age your classmates to reconnect inthe HST Class Notes. Contact MelissaStuart, Director of Alumni Relations, at603.779.5228 or [email protected] you!

’47 CLASS CORRESPONDENT Bill Briggs ’4712718 Golf Club DriveSavannah, GA 31419Phone: [email protected]

’48 Thinking it would be nice to see ClassNotes for 1948? Why not volunteer asthe Class Correspondent and encour-rage your classmates to reconnect inthe HST Class Notes. Contact MelissaStuart, Director of Alumni Relations,603.779.5228 or [email protected] you!

’49 Bob Barrows reports fromWeddington, NC, that golfing and hisYMCA exercise regimen continue tokeep him in good health. But he doescaution that the “pace of life is a little

slower,” and that “at this stage you donot worry about the score; I’m justhappy to be able to pick up and swinga club.” … Ed Beattie, our youngestclassmate, celebrated his 80th birth-day in March. For want of anappropriate card, he crafted his own:“Somewhat astounding/Even a bit con-founding/To suddenly be 80/In spiteof all my bad habits/This being so …What next then???/GO FOR 90! Edadds that “Living another ten yearsshould give me plenty to do.” … BobBradner’s Jeanne, his loved and lovingwife of 54 years, passed away in June.In February, Bob completed research-ing and writing a comprehensivehistory of their 19th century churchand its properties in Winnetka, IL. Itwill be published this fall. … Pat andTex Coulter, dodging Winter inDuxbury, MA, spent March on MarcoIsland, FL, playing tennis and music. InJuly, due to “all that running aroundfor the last 81 years,” Tex had a kneereplaced. … Shelma Jane and DonWyeth continue their traveling adven-tures: In September, they tourednorthern Italy for three weeks by car.In late November, they boarded acruise liner in Rome for a two-weektransatlantic voyage to Florida. Then,in late January, it was three weeks inMaui, HI. After a brief rest, and per-haps seeking a contrast to Hawaii, Donand Shelma Jane celebrated his 82ndbirthday, on June 30th, in Maine. …We lost two very loyal and distin-guished classmates last year—Ned Kylein September, and Pete Spalding inDecember.

CLASS CORRESPONDENTBill Baskin ’49218 Damascus RoadBranford, CT 06405-6109Phone: [email protected]

’50 Thinking it would be nice to see ClassNotes for 1950? Why not volunteer asthe Class Correspondent and encour-age your classmates to reconnect inthe HST Class Notes. Contact MelissaStuart, Director of Alumni Relations at603.779.5228 or [email protected] you!

’51 Dan Baxter writes: “The Baxter storyhas changed very little. We still arerunning two businesses (his and hers)and are still firmly embedded inWalnut Creek, CA. Of course on some100-degree days I find myself dream-ing about a swim in the cool waters ofNewfound Lake, but the heart must bewhere the kids are. I don’t make manyfriends in California when I say I pre-fer New Hampshire. So here we are,getting along fine with little exciting toreport.” … Terry Weathers writes:“Like Dan, our life here in far northernCalifornia remains pretty stable. Ithink I can call myself darn wellretired at last. In July I recommendedmy last student pilot for a private pilotcertificate—a fellow who had startedlearning to fly in my airport operationback in the mid-’90s. He passed. I soldmy last airplane last November andtell folks I am at the far right-handedge of the bell-shaped curve when itcomes to aviation. Jean, my wife, hasme beat. She’s still working half timeas a Family Nurse Practitioner/Certified Nurse Midwife. I think shecan’t stand the idea of spending sevendays a week home with this old geezer.… Our classmate, Dmitri Nabokov,passed away on February 24, 2012 inVevey, Switzerland. A brief internetsearch will provide far more informa-tion on Dmitri’s life and contributionsthan can reasonably be summarizedon CNN.”

Two classmates, Terry Weathersand William Summers have provideda few memories of Dmitri atHolderness. Terry Weathers writes:“Dmitri and I both squeaked onto thebottom of the varsity tennis team oursenior year. I believe it was the onlyletter either of us earned. We enjoyedplaying tennis together. If Dmitri’sheight and strength resulted in one ofhis powerful serves hitting within theserve court, my only response was usu-ally to hike off after the ball.Fortunately, consistency was notDmitri’s strong point, so we had fun.Conforming to the letter of the lawwas also not one of Dmitri’s strongpoints. Our great English teacher, JoeAbbey, made it a big point to give amajor term paper early in the semesterwith a deadline of 6 PM, dinner hour,on a particular date. Before going todinner on that date, I vividly recall


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watching Joe stop by his mailbox andpick up all of the papers that had beensubmitted. After dinner, going by hismailbox, there was Dmitri’s tardy entry,fully three times as thick as any of theothers. Joe took it out of his mailbox,looked at it, shook his head, andtossed it in the trash. I often wonderedif Joe might have come back later thatnight and retrieved it from the trashjust to read the eloquent prose beforegiving it a grade of zero. I also remem-ber teaching Dmitri how to drive.Somehow I was selected to give Dmitrisome instruction in parallel parking sothat Dmitri could pass his NewHampshire driver’s test. We used theold ’38 Ford woodie, ‘The Keyless’ andthe ’40 Ford woodie. He finally got thehang of it. I could only look back inwonder when in later years I read ofDmitri’s auto racing exploits.” WilliamSummers offered the following poem:

Here’s to a very unique person,Who made his way through Life,On his own terms.No doubt, he left his mark upon manypeople,Throughout his life,And, we are sure,He did make a difference,In his own way.

To describe his Life,We will leave that up to History,But,The song that comes to mind,Almost immediately,Is Frank Sinatra’sMY WAY.

I regret I never had a chanceTo meet up with himBefore his passing,But, I hope thatSomewhere in his long, lanky body,And, in his unique Mind,He had a soft spot just reserved for hisclassmates.

Rest in Peace, Dmitri

Dmitri NabokovMay 10, 1934–February 22, 2012

CLASS CORRESPONDENTTerry Weathers ’519964 Sniktaw LaneFort Jones, CA 96032-9745Phone: [email protected]

’52 CLASS CORRESPONDENTAl Teele ’52636 Greenbriar DriveHarrodsburg, KY 40330-1276Phone: 859-734-3625

’53 CLASS CORRESPONDENTDon Backe ’53703 Melrose StreetAnnapolis, MD 21401-2321Phone: [email protected]

’54 Tales out of school: J.P. Olmsteadreports that his retirement life focuseson gardening and international travel.J.P. graduated from the University ofVermont and spent three years withthe U.S. Navy: Officer CandidateSchool in Newport, RI, and duty onthe USS Forrestal in the MediterraneanSea. After joining the New York MutualInsurance Company in Newark, NJ, hewas called back into service and spentthree years on a U.S. Navy cruiser inthe Vietnam sector. Upon leaving navalservice, his formal career as a doctorbegan. He attended and graduatedfrom the Kansas City College ofOsteopathic Medicine in Kansas City,MO and spent a year’s residency inPortland, ME. J.P.’s medical careerembraced both coasts and the mid-west: a partnership in Kansas City,MO, two years of family practice at theBremerton Naval Hospital inBremerton, WA, and an extendedpractice in occupational medicine atthe Portsmouth Naval Shipyard inPortsmouth, NH. Before retiring in2000, J.P. spent ten years as a doctorwith the Olin Corporation back inKansas City, MO. He has lived inPlymouth, NH since 2002. … PaulNeedham claims that his first educa-tional endeavors after Holderness wereless than successful. Leaving after onesemester at the University of NewHampshire, Paul enlisted in the U.S.Air Force, got married in 1956, andproceeded to see the world. Basictraining was at the Samson Air ForceBase in Geneva, NY, from whence theprocession began: Mississippi,

Louisiana, New York, Alabama, Turkey(visiting four of the seven churchesmentioned in the Bible’s Revelations),California, Johnston Island (800 milessouthwest of Hawaii), Texas, Colorado,Thailand, and (after twenty-two yearsof service) retirement at Lowry AirForce Base in Denver, CO. Armed witha college degree obtained during hisU.S. Air Force career, Paul’s new lifebegan: ten years on the Denver, COarea council of the Boy Scouts ofAmerica, and thirteen years as an ele-mentary school teacher in Northglenn,CO. Currently, Paul is a missionary;through his ecumenical church, hetravels to Mexico two to three timesper year building orphanages for theTarahumara Indians. Previously, hehelped build schools in Bangladeshand Thailand. When not exhausted, hetakes his dune buggy down to BajaCalifornia and follows the annual BajaScore races. … Jim Burnham’s careerhas had a strong focus on education.Jim graduated twice from theUniversity of New Hampshire: firstwith a B.A. in history and second withan M.A. in educational administration.Between degrees, Jim became aninfantry officer in the U.S. Army; he wasbased in Ft. Benning, GA and assignedto a Ranger unit. After military service,Jim became a teacher at the BerwickAcademy and became the school’sheadmaster at age 28, the youngesthead of school in New England at thattime. Jim stayed at Berwick for nineyears before accepting the Presidencyand Headmastership of WaylandAcademy in Beaver Dam, WI where heremained for twelve years. In 1984, Jimfounded the Society for NonprofitOrganizations in Madison, WI. Theorganization now has over 20,000 U.S.and international members, and pub-lishes the bimonthly Nonprofit WorldJournal, a compendium of articles onimproving leadership management andgovernance. Jim retired to Dennisport,MA in 1992 and leads an active lifewalking, playing tennis and golf, andobserving the ways of the world.

CLASS CORESPONDENTBill Lofquist ’542240 Kuhio Avenue, Apt. 3604Honolulu, HI 96815-2820Phone: [email protected]

’55 Bill Byers writes: “Susi and I havealready seen late winter turn to earlyspring, early spring evolve throughmiddle and late spring into early sum-mer and back again. Easily done! Wetook a trip at the end of March toWilliamsburg, VA. From that event wejourneyed into the delight ofCharleston, SC. We couldn’t imagine it!Dinner at night on a roof top in thecity! We watched the night roll in overeats and drinks. We spent Easter atMyrtle Beach with our son Chris andfamily; seven-year-old Jay sailed a kitedown the beach, or maybe it was theother way; the kite pulled him downthe beach! Anyway, what have youbeen doing since last I wrote? Sincelast I asked? Your fall newsy noteswere great to read. Please update andhave your news posted in HST. Dang! Irecalled being dubbed the moniker‘Buller’ or was it ‘Bullah’ back in theday. Oh! Last thought: Sandy Gibsongot a surprise several months ago. Sodid I. I called him, figuring he’d have noidea who was at the other end of thering tone. Instead I heard, ‘I don’tbelieve it! I don’t believe it! Bill Byers!’and the talk was on! Now I gotta plan adrive over to Andover and visit.”

CLASS CORRESPONDENTBill Byers ’5535 Nedwied RoadTolland, CT [email protected]

’56Tom Anthony writes: “Daughter Jesshas another book out as of lastFebruary. It’s published by Penguinand is called Chopsticks. Susan and Ihave just returned from a halcyon cou-ple of weeks in Spello, Italy, where werented an apartment right in town. Itwas good for my Italian as well as oursouls. However, I still had senior citi-zen moments when trying to draw onmy store of Italian words to keep upone end of the conversation. We visit-ed numerous places in the area, andespecially want to recommend the cityof Gubbio to anyone who is travelingnear Perugi. We’re home now andseem to be either visiting or hostingsomebody pretty much every week-end. We will be on the Vineyard for a


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week in September. I have writtenthree short stories this spring and abunch more poetry; I’m also buildingwooden things, mostly furniture, andcaring for the Machu Picchu-like struc-ture in our back yard that grudgingly isseeing things my way. Best to all.” …Bill Rawle sent this along: “Richard,thank you for being the one to re-unitemany of us even if it is via e-mail notesto the organized party. Facebook hasre-united me with our wonderful classleader Peter Kingston. He has been asuper person to have known as he andhis brothers helped Holderness inmany ways. On a personal note wehave a farm that has a web site thatmight be of interest to others:www.watermark-farm.net. Over 10,600fans have joined on our Facebook pagefrom all over the world. Please enjoywhat is there for all to enjoy.” … LewSnow added: “My wife, Helen, retiredfrom the Greensboro Public Library atthe end of November, and we are nowliving in Carrboro, NC. We are withinwalking distance of our son and hiswife, who live in Chapel Hill. We sur-vived the 105-degree days that set arecord for our area and are enjoyingour retirement, well-earned by my wifewho retired at the age of 71. We plan tospend a month or two on the NorthCarolina coast during the off-season,when it is not crowded and the coolerweather makes for the best kayaking.Hope all goes well, Richard, with youand yours. Maine sounds pretty good,i.e. as in cool.” … Barry Borella has ledan interesting life and contributed this:“Fortunately, due to my procrastina-tion, you will be spared (for now) adetailed recap of my life since leavingHolderness. I am retired fromContinental Airlines (as well as theArmy). Continental was the last ofeight airlines for which I worked. Priorto that, I worked as a factory foremanwhile attending college, then spentsome time in sales, industrial engineer-ing, and flight instruction. For a while Iowned and managed a flight school.Aside from three years at HQ SeventhArmy in Germany and a few summersin a secret glider program (secret onlybecause few people knew about it),the majority of my Army time wasspent flying helicopters in the VirginIslands and Delaware for the ArmyNational Guard. I am now living inCenter Harbor, NH which was myhome while attending Holderness. My

daughter, Nicoya, is a student atNortheastern. She just returned from avisit to Nevis, where she and I are bothcitizens. I read with interest JustinOrr’s story in the spring issue ofHolderness School Today. It brought tomind my trip to Friday Harbor, for dif-ferent reasons. Six degrees ofseparation (EDITOR’S NOTE: if you don’tknow the meaning of this expression,Google it). While working on my sea-plane rating in Seattle with KenmoreAir, they would give us a space-avail-able ride. I chose Friday Harborbecause it was the home of one of myheroes, Ernie Gann, author of Fate isthe Hunter. Although I never met Erniein person, we had corresponded.Once, while flying a DC-3 over theCaribbean Sea, I spoke with him onthe radio. Gann was piloting his WingDerringer back to Friday Harbor.There were only three Derringers builtand Ernie owned one, so when I saw ittaxiing to the fuel pumps in St.Thomas, I knew there was a goodchance it was him. Since retirement Ihave been active in the preservation ofhistoric buildings and tilted at a fewwindmills in furthering some causes,among which are children’s rights to anintact body www.intactamerica.org andopposition to forced retirement, espe-cially the FAA’s ‘Age 60 Rule’ whichhas metamorphosed into the equallyunfair ‘Age 65 Rule.’ Another one ofthose causes has been the preserva-tion of Trinity Church. In furtheranceof which, I created www.churchyard-cemetery.org. If you share my fondmemories of that building, you willenjoy a visit to the website. In thehope of strengthening ties between theschool and the cemetery trustees, Idonated a plot in the cemetery to theschool, making the school a proprietorand enabling it to put forward personsto serve as trustees, in whose handsthe future well-being of that buildingrests. It is the only building extantwhich is connected to the school’sfounding in 1879.” … Dick Meyerbrings up the rear: “When I requestedinput for these class notes, the easterntwo thirds of the country was sufferinga record heat wave, but Maine wasalmost cold. Now, as I write this, theair temperature is 81 degrees, thehumidity is 61%, a little sticky, but thelake water is a delightful 81 degrees.In lots of places this high a lake tem-perature would create an algae bloom,

but Trickey Pond is so clear and cleanthis is not a concern. I took a waterquality reading yesterday—8/4 (Ireport this to an environmental organ-ization) and could see the Secchi diskto a depth of 28 feet. Historically, atthis time of year the viewing depthwould be about 34 feet, but there hasbeen enough rain every few days toadd debris to the water which short-ens the viewing depth.”

CLASS CORRESPONDENTDick Meyer ’56137 Trickey Pond RoadNaples, ME [email protected]

’57 Steven Hall writes: “I have been herein the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia sinceearly May 2011, helping to build theworld’s largest aluminum smelter in thenew industrial city of Al Khair (former-ly Az Zawr). We already have a port, aphosphate plant, and railroad. Plannedare alumina refinery (for native baux-ite) copper smelter, zinc smelter, andmaybe something to do with nickel.”

’58CLASS CORRESPONDENTCharlie Kellogg ’584 Alpine RoadManchester, MA 01944-1045Phone: 978.526.8241

’59 Here we go again. It must be lateautumn when this is published, somaybe a Merry Christmas is in order,even though this is August as I writethis column. The response was great,and for that I thank all of you. I am onmy way to the Italian Lake District tocelebrate my 70th birthday. Yes, Iprobably am one year younger than allyou old timers, so I should treat all ofyou elders with respect: a hard thing todo! … Chris Palmer announces thebirth of twin grandkids to his son,Andrew Palmer ’92. We played golftogether over the July 4 weekend and,as usual, had a great time together.Having solved all the country’s prob-lems in short order, talk revolved

around discussions of our Holdernessdays—always a fun thing to do. P.S. Foronce I played a good game of golf. …As far as Italy is concerned, MarkMorris, old man that he is, havingturned 70 last year, took his family fortwo weeks to Tuscany and Venice. Itsounds like a great vacation. Summersaren’t so bad either since Mark spendshis time on Nantucket. I’m sure he canbe seen prancing around the island inhis Nantucket reds or his green whalepants. Other than a recent hip replace-ment, all seems to be going well for theMorrises. … It seems that there are allkinds of turning 70 trips. This one isfor Lee Miller’s wife which was toTahiti and Bora Bora. What a greatadventure it must have been. Lee andfamily spend summers in Ocean City,Maryland, playing golf and tenniswhen elbows permit…. Lee Kellogg, doyou need your head examined or haveyou just lost it altogether? Do not everthink of playing in an alumni hockeygame! As really good as you were, andyou were something special back then,these kids today are on another planet.No doubt they would trounce theDivision I college teams of our time. Iwatch a lot of games at Exeter and Iam continually amazed. Lee’s lettercame to me from Singapore where heis involved with Exxon Mobil’s offshoreinstallation work. He has been all overthe world with this oil constructionand diving work, but number one onhis list of places to go is Hudson Baywith guide Buster for some good troutfishing. … Speaking of Buster, a quicknote to me explains that all is well inthe Canadian prairies. Keep it going,Buster. That is what it is all about. …What about Bruce Vogel? He is nowliving mostly in the California desert,La Quinta to be exact. I would thinkour other hockey captain has no plansto play in an alumni game. If you get achance, Bruce, call Grinner and makesure he sees the reality of what adviceI gave him. I still get a kick out ofBruce being a USGA rules official. As Iremember, Bruce, rules were there tobe broken and not enforced. … Itseems as though the Murphy family iscontinuing its tradition of serving thegood old US of A. Murph informs methat grandson, Matthew, has just start-ed boot camp in Georgia with hopes ofgetting into jump school and SpecialForces. As for Charlie himself, he hasreally cut back his work for Senator


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Grassley. That must have been a mostinteresting career. … Hearing from KenLewis is becoming somewhat of a tra-dition. No real news to report, butsurprisingly, Ken was quite interestedin the last HST article on the impor-tance of spiritual development in one’seducation. The YMCA might have beenfirst to emphasize mind, body, andspirit but it still applies to current lifeat Holderness. … If all goes well, I willmeet with Dave Sleeper sometime inthe fall. I will take my secretary wife,Jeanne, with me to take notes so I’llhave a report on him in the next issue.Till then,

CLASS CORRESPONDENTJerry Ashworth ’59PO Box 2Ogunquit, ME 03907Home: 207-361-1105 Cell: [email protected]

’60 Pretty taciturn crowd this time. Inearly August Peter Macdonald tells ofan imminent visit to South Dartmouthby Dick Funkhouser. Peter didn’t saythe two things were related but men-tioned his 70th was about to arrive aswell. This gives YHOCC the opportunityto point out that I don’t become a sep-tuagenarian until the end of nextFebruary. Being the runt of the litterhas some advantages. … RossDeachman acknowledged my plea fornews, claiming he had none. … In acleverly disguised pitch Rick Bullocksays, “Still working in the flying busi-ness. I have a Learjet 45XR for charterthat is owned by a third party forwhom we manage it. We also manage anon-commercial Lear 35 for anotherprivate owner. I stopped flying a fewyears ago before the other pilots toldme it was time. It’s better to be in theoffice which is where the real chal-lenges lie; our market is still very muchin the recessionary doldrums but gladto still be here. I enjoyed the 50thgathering very much and hope otherclassmates are okay. It’s always nice toread the class news. …so let’s have afew more contributors, okay?”… Finally,Gerry Shyavitz chimed in, “Pearl and Iare fine. I am working full time for theIRS and will probably do some parttime legal work. My grand kids are

great—ages 8, 7, 5, and 4 (three girlsand a boy). I am keeping fit and tryingto be as immature as possible, espe-cially for someone who is 70 yearsold.” To demonstrate said immaturity,Shy closes with a hearty “GO PATRI-OTS.” Mature men, of course, root forthe Steelers.

CLASS CORRESPONDENTLen Richards ’601025 Washington AvenueOakmont, PA [email protected]

’61 Bill Seaver writes in: “Our year wasrather overwhelming and discombobu-lated…2011 will be remembered as theyear of Sherry’s breast cancer. A suspi-cious mammogram in February led to aleft mastectomy in May, weekly Taxoland Herceptin chemo from July tomid-September and then Herceptinevery three weeks until June 2012. Theday after the mastectomy, Sherry’sfather passed away at 90, but we wereable to schedule the memorial servicebefore the chemo started. Seewww.wickedlocal.com/concord/features/x1213117197/Concord-resident-wont-let-breast-cancer-defeat-her-life?img=3#axzz1aKoD5t5x for an excellentOctober 2011 newspaper article (withpictures) on Sherry and her cancer.Through it all, Sherry has not missedany of her twice weekly Ch’I Kungexercise classes, although she has hadproblems with the chemo attacking allfast-growing cells such as those thatdigest food. All of this reminds us thatwe are mortal and not getting anyyounger. We have said final goodbyesto too many friends this fall… This pastfall I helped organize my fiftieth highschool reunion. It was great to see peo-ple I had not seen in fifty years (butthey seem so old). I still remaininvolved in Buddhism, JhamtseInternational, the Rafael HernandezSchool in Jamaica Plain, and gatheringclothing for the less fortunate; howev-er, most of the last six months havebeen spent supporting Sherry’s fightagainst cancer. After the mastectomyin May, I drove her everywhere untilthe end of September. Then shetripped and fell on an uneven sidewalkand fractured her right elbow, so I hadto start driving her again. Fortunately,

during a recent appointment, the doc-tor was quite surprised by how muchrange of motion Sherry had in herinjured elbow and said she no longerneeded to wear the sling, although I’mstill driving her and probably will beuntil after we return from Mexico inmid-January. Sherry immediately start-ed enjoying using her right handalthough her arm gets tired when sheuses it too much. She is certainlydetermined to not let cancer get in herway…Our Japanese garden gave ussuch pleasure and was such a calminginfluence last summer that we areupdating the rest of our landscaping,including taking down twenty-four100-foot pine trees that endanger thehouse (two trees falling duringHurricane Irene served as the wakeupcall). Abby and Dana are doingextremely well. Abby has a thrivingacupuncture practice and Dana, whileenjoying what he is doing, is runninginto organizational issues that remindme of the ones I continue to face evenin retirement. It is great to be able tocommunicate openly with both ofthem as peers and have supper withDana regularly. Through all of our trialsand tribulations, we still enjoy havingvisitors. Lutz Schega visited us fromGermany for five weeks this springwhile he studied at BU, and this fallErika Orban stayed for a three-monthsabbatical from her ministerial dutiesin Transylvania, Romania. We hopethose of you who live a ways away canmanage to visit. As they say aroundhere, “The latch string is always out.”We also hope to visit some of you nextyear, for Sherry’s cancer forced us tocancel our planned trip to Sweden andGermany this summer. We are hopingfor better health and vitality for all ofyou and us in the year ahead. We arenow, more than ever, grateful for eachday that is given to us. We are all soblessed to have each other and ourfriends.”

CLASS CORRESPONDENTMark Shub ’61Shub & Anderson PC1 Washington Mall Ste. 7ABoston, MA [email protected]

’62 Thinking it would be nice to see ClassNotes for 1962? Why not volunteer asthe Class Correspondent and encour-age your classmates to reconnect inthe HST Class Notes. Contact MelissaStuart, Director of Alumni Relations, at603.779.5228 or [email protected] you!

’63Morgan Nields sent in: “I did put theOctober ’13 reunion on my calendar—Belinda and I have to make it… I’mbusy running two companies at thesame time and have to work 80hours a week to keep the boats afloat…Ijust spent eight days in Italy with mybride Belinda at a meeting inFlorence...All I did was go to meetings,but I am happy she can have fun nomatter what I am up to!” … Nick Hadgiswrites: “I continue to enjoy working asDean of the School of HospitalityManagement at Widener University. Apersonal reward was added to our livesthis year with the arrival of our firstgranddaughter. My wife Anna and Ienjoyed seeing Bro Adams ’65 at my45th Colby reunion and hope to get toour Holderness 50th.”

CLASS CORRESPONDENTDave Hagerman ’63P.O. Box 147Old Lyme, NH 03769Home: 603-795-2793Cell: [email protected]

’64 Richard Seltzer writes: “We just deliv-ered our youngest, Tim, to WittenbergUniversity in Ohio, where he will be afreshman. Meanwhile, my business ofpublishing ebooks is ramping up. I justopened my own e-book downloadstore Quench Editions and am sellingthousands of classics through Barnesand Noble, Sony, Kobo, etc. I feel likeI’m just getting started. It would begood to hear how everyone else isdoing.” … Ron Hall writes: “InSeptember I will be retiring from myposition as Executive Director ofCamp O-AT-KA in Sebago, Maine. Mywife Susan and I will take a few


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months off and travel out west in ourRV to enjoy some fishing and hikingand touring of the Rockies. After 18great years working at O-AT-KA, I amready for a new challenge. I’m not surewhat the new adventure will be, but‘I’ll know it when I see it.’ In the mean-time we have six grandchildren tokeep us entertained. This past year Ihave seen Dan Redmond, who livesnearby; Jim Ricker, an O-AT-KA alum-nus; and Dave Hagerman ’63, alifelong friend. The possibilities of whoI might run into from Holderness whiletraveling thru Kansas, Colorado,Wyoming, Utah, New Mexico, andArizona this fall are endless. Maybe I’llsee you on one of the blue ribbon flyfishing rivers this fall. Green, Madison,Armstrong, Yellowstone, Snake,Henry’s Fork, Sleuth Creek—they areall special places.”…Craig Blouinwrites: “Retirement begins for me onAugust 31. I’m really looking forward todoing the stuff I’ve been looking for-ward to. There’s plenty to do, plenty tolearn, plenty to share. My wife will beretiring at the end of the year, andafter we max out our first Mt. Sunapeeseason passes (senior rates are great,eh?!) this winter, we want to do sometraveling around the US. Our son livesin Salt Lake City, and we’re thinkingwe may want to settle down there after26 years in Henniker. Better to make amove sooner than later we figure. Iused to work for myself as a profes-sional photographer and didn’t thinkI’d ever retire. Just keep shooting. Butfor the past 20 years I’ve had genuinejobs, and retirement’s looked real goodfor the past ten years or so. Aside fromthe traveling there’s reading, writing,photographing, volunteering, biking,hiking, and skiing.” … News from TerryMorse: “Hope all is well in the East.Lots going on as usual. After I finishedriding my bike across the country lastsummer, it took us some months tocatch up on all the back log of “honey-do” tasks. Anne Vitte did a super job oftaking care of things while I was riding,so most of my work included complet-ing things she just couldn’t do, likepruning the trees, etc. When Ireturned, I had six custom furniturepieces to build and completed thoseall by January. They were lots of funand gave me the opportunity to createsome interesting pieces with uniquewoods. In between, there were several3–5 day desert walkabouts and wall-to-

wall visitors from December throughApril. Then we left for some travel: firstTurkey and Dubai to see daughterNatasha ’91; Peru; a very quick drivingtrip across the country to RI shuttlinga car east for Natasha and husbandWael who left Dubai in June but arenow visiting in Moab for a few weeks.Natasha set up and administrat-ed/taught a new fledgling summerlanguage program for MontereyInstitute/Middlebury in cooperationwith Salve Regina University inNewport, RI. I flew from Providence toRichmond and drove another car westsolo (still used to the long haul drivingfrom all the commuting from Midd toAspen back in the day). Our sonPeter ’93 visited for a few days in earlyJuly before and after running theColorado River through the GrandCanyon for sixteen days. He’s still liv-ing in Chile and is doing an incrediblejob which takes him literally all overthe world. Our daughter Sine ’88 andfamily are still in Portland, OR. She isbusting out in the art world with 3-Dpaper cut whimsical shadowboxes. Sheis showing work a lot and beginning tofind her way into galleries and majorshows. Yesterday I just got back from asix-day backpacking trip in the HolyCross Wilderness Area in Colorado.Currently I am writing an ebook for myfamily based on bike trips and growingup in the Aspen area. I am having funwith it even though Russ Wood andBrewer would probably grade it asworthless airport tripe. Maybe Seltzercan put it on his download site as anew category to act as a foil to theclassics. When I finish you’ll be able toread it for a buck or so. Hoping to haveit completed by the first of the year.We’ll be in Moab for the rest of theyear barring short desert forays. Wemay get East sometime soon. We’reeven contemplating showing up at the50th if all works out and I can remem-ber which year it will be.” … BillMcCollom writes in: “With all the chit-chat going on, I thought I’d join theconversation. Grandparenthood seemsto be our next phase. My son, Eric andhis wife, Kristie, have a little boy, Liam,who is now two years, three months.He’s a high-energy chatterbox who islots of fun for his grandparents. Ericteaches at New Hampton School, sowe are lucky to see quite a bit of them.Since leaving the school teach-ing/administration profession, I’ve

been writing for the past 12 years orso—winter sports-related material, pri-marily with Ski Racing Magazine.Summers involve sneaking out to playa variety of sports – biking, tennis, golf,skiing, etc., and taking care of the farmhere in Barnard, where my wife isimmersed in horses. It’s good to hearfrom a few of you. Ron Hall?? CraigBlouin?? Wow, there are a few namesfrom the past. I’m pleased to beupright and enjoying life. Hope thesame is true for all of you. Let’s see ifwe can hang in there until 2014. Helpme out here, Woody, (math was nevermy strong-suit), but I believe thatwould be our 50th reunion—right?Who’d a thunk it…” … WoodyThompson sends in: “This is a nicechain of news! Louise and I joined theranks of grandparents when ourdaughter Larissa and her husbandThomas had daughter Ella JohannaHebert back in April. She’s a rarecombo of New Englander, FrenchCanadian, and Austrian! Retirement islurking on the horizon in another yearor two. My day job with the MaineGeological Survey keeps me busy and,except for the deer ticks, it’s nice to beworking down on the coast (currentlyaround Penobscot Bay). My spare timeis taken up with writing projects,including the co-authorship of a bookfor the general public on the geologyof the White Mountains. We’re hopingthis non-profit venture will come out intime for the 2013 Geological Society ofAmerica meeting at New Hampshire’sMt. Washington Hotel. Cheers.” …Sandy Alexander writes: “I’m stillspending summers in Sunapee, NHand winters in Texas. The upkeep ofan old house provides constant chal-lenges, so that is one of the ways I staybusy. For fun I’m a freelancing musi-cian and always on the lookout forways to keep that hobby alive. Theremainder of my time gets taken upwith a local Historical Society and itsmuseum and programs. I’m alwaysready to see old classmates and lookforward to hearing from any of you.”

CLASS CORRESPONDENTSandy Alexander ’64180 Jobs Creek RoadSunapee, NH 03782Phone: [email protected]

’65 CLASS CORRESPONDENTTerry Jacobs ’65127 W Highland AvenuePhiladelphia, PA 19118-3817Phone: [email protected]

’66 CLASS CORRESPONDENTPeter Janney ’66102 Lothrop StreetBeverly, MA 01915-5230Phone: [email protected]

’67 CLASS CORRESPONDENTJohn Pfeifle ’67 PO Box 47Bradford, NH 03221-0047Home: 603-938-5981 Office: 603-792-1202 Cell: [email protected]

’68 Tim Mabee from Saratoga Springs, NY:“Since retiring from my last career asthe VP of marketing and facilities atour local bank, I have been pursuingmy roots with some 6,000+ in my data-base. I’m also involved in some localnot-for-profits as well as a few othergenealogical/historical associations.Our five kids are working, and one hasprovided us with a granddaughter. Inmy free time I love going to theAdirondacks to fish and cut down treesas well as move boulders around onmy John Deere TLB (tractor, loader,backhoe).” … David Thurston from OldSaybrook, CT writes: “Like most of us,I just had my 40th college reunion(Dartmouth), and, probably unlikemost of us, I actually attended mine (asChairman!). As with many of us, lifehas taken its twists and turns. I lived inBoston for several years after college,then moved back to Maine to run thefamily business as part of the fourthgeneration; the company grew nicelyfor over 20 years, and then wewatched the entire industry move toChina. I’m now living in Old Saybrook,

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CT, helping to run a sales company forthe guy who at one time was mylargest customer when I was in manu-facturing. I am now importing fromChina the same things I used to pro-duce in the U. S. (woodenproducts)—an old, unfortunate butcommon story... I am now happilydivorced, have two wonderful kids(Parker and Marion, 22 and 19, respec-tively). They both go to school and livein Boston. I am still actively skiing andcoaching at Sunday River, ME, on win-ter weekends.” … Ira Crowe, PostHolderness in 50 words or less: “draft-dodging cabdriving motorcyle crutcheshitchhiking wandering Yale. boolah-boolah brazil book & snake lawyeringunpleasant architecture cambridgemarriage suburbs kids coaching vine-yard recession separationself-employment daughters fatherhoodlawyers divorce lotus lexington datingkids college IBM India work-from-homeflorida mexico gloucester florida spaingloucester wonderful woman great kidsphase seven awaits.” … Grafton Biddleand Paul Madden send regards to all.… John Coles, your class secretary, isalive and well in Arlington, MA withtwo daughters in college, a wife, a dog,and a cat. I have managed to pursuemy career in the art world (see john-colesart.com) and have gotten intoarchitectural conservation and preser-vation as well. Life is good. I enjoy mywork, friends, and other extracurricu-lar activities (tennis, skiing, hiking). Iwas just enjoying a summer weekendin New Hampshire and drove right bythe old place. Hope to hear from moreof you all next time!

CLASS CORRESPONDENTJohn Coles ’68 [email protected]

’69 CLASS CORRESPONDENTJon Porter ’69121 Rockledge DriveSouth Windsor, CT 06074-1583Phone: [email protected]

’70 Peter Weiner sent in a few picturesfrom his time here at Holderness. One

in particular was a snap shot of a fewmembers of the trail crew. Peter writes:“I can see Arja Adair with the flag,Hyde Post in a top hat, Dave Bemis inthe middle with the plant, RossHamlin in the back on the left withsome kind of brush hog, Tony Griegand myself in the lower right with myhand in my face giving the sort ofpeace sign. We were a hard-workingcrew. I can’t imagine what all theseguys turned out doing. I would love tofind out.” … William Hill writes: “Ihave fond recollections of Holderness.Holderness will always be close to myheart. After Syracuse I moved toSchenectady, NY to take a positionwith GE. What was supposed to be atwo-year training and then on to thebig city turned into a 40+ year resi-dence in the Capital District of NY.Got married (twice) and raised threefine citizens on a Rhodes Scholar! I amnow working with the State of NewYork. Life has been rich and fulfilling,and I owe a lot of it to Holderness forgiving me the tools to navigate society. Ivisited Holderness about four years agoto support Jeremy Foley as he receivedthe Alumni of the Year Award. I saw lit-tle Rich Weymouth, but he wasn’t solittle. Change... Unbelievable. Wish wehad the facilities back in the day thatthey have now! I keep saying I’m goingto return for Homecoming but some-thing always gets in the way...maybethis year.”

CLASS CORRESPONDENTPeter Weiner ’70 [email protected]

’71 Robert Hier writes: “Life is good. I amnow managing the family tree farm inCornish Flat, running a couple of smallreal estate businesses, and mostrecently raising beef cattle. The kidsare grown—Joan is an OB/GYN atBrigham and Women’s in Boston, Katieworks for Kenneth Cole in NYC anddoes standup comedy. My wife Anne-Marie is a child psychologist. I wouldlove to hear from any classmates.”

’72 Thanks to all of you who responded tomy request for class notes. Peter

Kimball became a grandparent in thesummer of 2011, which he says “is purejoy.” Liam Baker is the son of Peter’sdaughter, Louisa and Mike Baker.Louisa, Peter says, is a year from herPhD in marriage and family therapy atthe University of Connecticut in Storrs,CT where she is an adjunct professor.Mike sells software for the OracleCorporation. Peter continues workingat Harvard University in Cambridgeand enjoys being on Holderness’ Boardof Trustees. In talking about theschool’s master plan he says, “I hopeyou will stop by to look at the newLEED-certified and award-winningdorms. In time, Hoit and Rathbun willundergo a much needed renovation tocomplete the first phase of the long-range residential life master plan thatbrings the student to faculty ratio to 8to 1. The school is doing a masterful

job of balancing its strong heritagewith an ever dynamic economy, educa-tional environment, and world.” … Justup the street from Dover, MA wherePeter lives is Eric Haartz who writesfrom Concord, MA that his family isdoing well “and figuring out how tocram four months of things to do intotwo months of summer.” Eric stays intouch with John Chisholm “especiallyin regard to antique cars and tractors,but I really owe him a visit in his patchof Maine.” By the time you see thisnote in print, Eric’s daughter shouldhave her driver’s license. Eric contin-ues to work on behalf of EmersonHospital in Concord. … FromWashington State, Bob Spaulding hasbeen busy working but also has hadsome fun trips. In December of 2011 hetook a trip on a Russian icebreakerinto the Ross Sea. “We’ve always want-

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A few members of the class of 1970 on trail crew: Arja Adair, Hyde Post, Dave Bemis,Ross Hamlin, Tony Grieg, and Peter Weiner


ed to see emperor penguins withchicks and that was a thrill,” he says.He and his wife, Estelle, “also … visitedthe huts which Scott and Shackeltonused in their explorations of the SouthPole. It was like walking back in time100 years. Everything was so well pre-served.” If you’re interested in seeingthe slideshow of Antarctica that Bobhas created, log onto www.photodex.com/share/rspaulding/cwg6cmg4.Or, if you would like to see some pho-tos he took off the coast of Washingtonof snowy owls, log onto www.photodex.com/share/rspaulding/km9pcmg4.Take it from me, Bob is an amazingnature photographer. … From CentralMassachusetts, David Nicholson isrelieved to report that he and his wife,Suzie, are finished putting their threeboys through college—a nice feeling,Dave says. “Our older two, Dave Jr. andScott, live in the North End of Bostonand work nearby. Our youngest,Bradley, is more of an explorer and isnow in San Diego and starting thecross-country drive soon. Back inGrafton, Sue and I continue to workand try to save for that retirementdream far off on our distant horizon.”… David Helmick reports fromFairmont, WV that his son, Garner,who graduated from the University ofNew Hampshire (as did one of PeterKimball’s and mine), “is putting his soci-ology degree to non-use by working forus in manufacturing/ logis-tics/purchasing.” His daughter Jenny,husband Kent, and their Labradorretriever moved from Pittsburgh to

Denver late last fall. “They absolutelylove it there,” Dave says. … ChuckFisher, meanwhile, says he has beenenjoying some reconnections withclassmates in the past year. “I connect-ed with Laurie Van Ingen (my juniorroommate) by e-mail, got in touch withMark Reault (my sophomore room-mate) through Facebook and phone,then saw John Davies (one of my sen-ior roommates) at a memorial for mydad in New Hampshire,” Chuck says.“Oh, how time flies. I’d love to connectwith any of you out there.” Chuck, wholives in California says he is happierthan he has ever been in his life, andwas due to become a grandparent inJune. “I’m also up to some incrediblybig work—changing the face of educa-tion by bringing consciousness skills tochildren in grades K–6,” he says. “Ifanyone wants to see more, access ourwebsite at www.dovetaillearning.org.Be sure to watch the six-minute filmclip. It will rock your world,” he says. …Also heard very briefly from SandyWood who is still alive and kicking inUpperville, VA, at the base of the BlueRidge Mountains. … As for the DwightShepard family, my daughter, Lisa, whoknew Gardner Helmick at UNH, alsoloves living in Colorado, where shemoved three years ago to become asnowboard instructor. When she’s notworking as a bartender at the NextDoor bar in Denver, she is instructingat Keystone, one of the Vail, COresorts. Our son Ted currently lives inTaunton, but he will be moving as soonas his veterinarian wife, Dr. JessicaShepard finishes an internship in Juneand lands a permanent job. My wife,Lucy has retired as manager of theMashantum Tennis Club on Cape Codand works part-time at the localsupermarket in Longmeadow, MA. Iam an online content producer forMassLive.com, the online site of anewspaper called The Republican inSpringfield, MA.

CLASS CORRESPONDENTDwight Shepard ’7284 Ely RoadLongmeadow, MA [email protected]

’73 Peter Garrison: Greetings to the Classof 1973! Wow, can you believe we grad-

uated from Holderness 39 years ago?I’m sure each of us has had a journeythrough life we never expected at 18years of age. The places we’ve lived,the travels we been on, the relation-ships we’ve developed are unique toall of us. For instance, let me sharewhere I’m at today. Three years ago, Imoved from San Diego to Panama City,Panama. It’s called culture shock but Ihave survived all for the better, mostlybecause my wife is Panamanian andgrew up here. We run an InteriorDesign business in the heart of thecity. I am also pursuing my base ofartistic impression through sculpture.It just works! All in all, life is good! Ihave two children and two grandsonsthat live in San Diego who I get to seetwo to three times a year. Hope all iswell with each of you and that everynow and again you have fond thoughtsof our days in the Lakes Region and atHolderness School. … Peter Terry: “Weare in Winston-Salem, NC where Ihave been teaching Spanish andFrench and coaching tennis all thesemany years. Take it easy, and I willwrite more soon!” … Stan Theodoredis:“For me some of life was expected andsome not. I have lived in Bethlehem,PA ever since graduating from BabsonCollege in ’77. I live here with my wifeof 26 years, Marcia. We have no chil-dren but share the place with threedogs and a horse. After Babson, I spentten years in the familybanana/produce business. I sold thebusiness to Chiquita Brands and thenworked with Chiquita for ten years.Then it came time for something new. Ileft Chiquita and got involved in realestate development in EasternPennsylvania and New Jersey. Somepartners and I built, leased, invested,and owned quite a few buildings. Ihave done that for the last 15 years.Most recently, the strangest but mostfulfilling turn has been going back toschool and pursuing a new calling. Inearly 2011 I applied and was acceptedto Moravian Theological Seminary. Iam pursuing a Masters in PastoralCounseling with the intent of becom-ing a faith-based psychotherapist. I willstart an internship in January of 2013.It is certainly not what I expected atthis point in my life, but I am quitehappy with the work. The mostrewarding thing to me is being able tohelp those seeking comfort and recov-ery. After years in business, it is a joy

to just be of service to others withoutexpectations. Was the whole thingwhat I expected in life? Hardly! But atthis point I couldn’t be happier! Best toall and I look forward to hearing fromothers from the class!” … Dick Conant:“Things are good here. I retired fromthe government after 33 years of serv-ice, and now I am in a state-sponsoredfast-track teaching program, whichshould give me my teaching certifica-tion in Biology and General Sciencefor public schools grades 7–12 here inConnecticut. In my limited free time, Iam pursuing climbing the 100 highestpeaks in New England (I’m at 76), andduring the winter I’m trying to wrap upskiing all active ski areas in NewEngland (I’ve got about 25 to go, most-ly little mom and pop places).” … JimSargent: “My wife Leslie and I live partof the year in Austin, TX and part inHawaii; our sons go to school in Texaswhile our business is on Maui. Ouroldest son, Eaton, is at the Universityof Texas. Our teenager, Wolf, ishalfway through Vandegrift HighSchool, where he plays lacrosse. OnMaui we make award-winning rumsand liqueurs, which are mainly sold inHawaii but are starting to be recog-nized worldwide. There is a fullintroduction to the business atwww.mauirum.biz where we encourageall alums to go and check out what canbe done with nothing more thanHolderness Chemistry I & II under AlWhatley. He was a great teacher. Wehave not been back to Holdernesssince Wolf was baptized in the Chapelin 1997 or so. My sister Jane, class of1976, has been up there quite a bitsince our father passed away in 2010,and to her credit has gotten the oldfamily homestead adjacent to campuslooking quite a bit better. We hope tosee everyone at some future reunion,providing the dates are not during oneof our Hawaii stays.

CLASS CORRESPONDENTSDick Conant Jr. ’[email protected]

Peter Garrison ’[email protected]

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David Helmick ’72 and daughter Jennyon the Pikes Peak Highway


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’74 CLASS CORRESPONDENTWalter Malmquist ’742727 Wild Hill RoadBradford, VT 05033Phone: [email protected]

’75 Thinking it would be nice to see ClassNotes for 1975? Why not volunteer asthe Class Correspondent and encour-age your classmates to reconnect inthe HST Class Notes. Contact MelissaStuart, Director of Alumni Relations:603.779.5228 or [email protected] you!

’76 It was great catching up recently withOlin Browne ’77 at the 2012 SeniorBritish Open. What are the possibili-ties of two Holderness grads playing inthat event? Olin, who won the 2011 USSenior Open (read: really big event), isenjoying another successful year onthe Champions Tour, after a successfulcareer on the PGA Tour. Olin’s advice:“It’s all in the putting”! …Take note:Mike Lynch e-mailed me that he is “arecently-minted six handicap thatplays like a 12.” He plays regularly withBob Garrison and admits that they are“intermittently respectable.” He stilllives in Southport, CT and indicatesthat the current healthcare situationhas made his practice in orthopedicsurgery more challenging. His elder oftwo daughters attends Dartmouth as asophomore. Bob, who is still living inWestport, is two years into a new jobas Chief Information Officer atDepository Trust and ClearingCorporation after 25 years withMorgan Stanley. Married with threedaughters, he enjoys the occasionalround of golf with Mike (double thebet now that he’s a six!). … Terry Peachwrites in that he “left the racquetsports business eight years ago, afternearly 30 years in tennis, to open a fly-fishing-outfitter shop in Delaware, AMarblehead Flyfisher.” I also heardfrom Jess Tucker who writes that he is“married to Sarah, with a daughter,Lindel, age three. We live in Duxbury,MA and frequently spend time in

Nauset Heights in E. Orleans, MA(Cape Cod) where our family has asummer house. … Pete Stoessel writesin that he’s been following Olin’scareer and that he too started playinggolf 16 years ago when he moved toNew Mexico from Santa Cruz, CA. Heis an art dealer in Santa Fe andinvolved in real estate too. He nowlives in Taos and enjoys biking, hiking,skiing, camping with the kids, andplaying sand volleyball, as well as a lit-tle golf. … Charlie Levenson writes inthat he recently started a new positionas Manager of MemberCommunications for First TechnologyFederal Credit Union in Beaverton,Oregon. Prior to that, he spent eightyears in a similar position at theMultnomah Athletic Club in Portland,Oregon. His daughters, Emily andAmanda, are both pursuing PhDs inNeuroscience at UCLA and OHSU,respectively. His wife Michelle runs asuccessful online commerce businessthat specializes in women’s sportswearand footwear. … Tom Armstrong tellsme that he is about to head off on asea kayak trip with CharlieWoodworth, an annual event theyhave been doing for many years. Hepromises photos and details when hegets back, so stay tuned (do we reallywant to know?)! … That’s about it forthis report on the ’76ers. Sounds likewe’ll have to organize a golf game forour upcoming 40th! Glad to be sharingthis report with Biff Gentsch who willundoubtedly chime in. We still keep intouch, and I was happy to hear that heis willing to grab the baton when Ithrow it at him. I am saddened to saythat through this forum I learned thatin July, our classmate, SteveMackintosh suffered serious injuries ina biking accident. You can read abouthis recovery and send him well wishesat www.caring bridge.org/visit/stephenmackintosh.

CLASS CORRESPONDENTSBiff Gentsch ’76418 Greenleaf AvenueWilmette, IL 60091Home: 847-256-1471Office: 847-920-1086Cell: [email protected]

Charlie Bolling ’76 [email protected]

’77 Pete Grant writes: “I’m busy preppingmy mom’s house to get to a sale status.Painting exteriors isn’t a whole lot offun when you’re afraid of heights. I’mjust chalking up the experience andcoming to an understanding that risingabove fear to accomplish a specifictask or agenda item is a distinctlyhuman ability. I have been appointedthe official judge for the Rotary Clubof Concord, where 120 members are atmy mercy when fines are doled out, allof which go to support our local andinternational fundraising efforts inhelping people and eradicating polio.”… Mike Kraft sends in: “I’m writing toyou from Beijing, China as my family isnow traveling through the country on a12-day tour. We came here because myolder son, Greg, who is entering hissophomore year at Princeton, is justfinishing Princeton in Beijing, an eight-week language immersion programthrough which he has become fluent inthe language. It is remarkable to seehim in action as he converses withhotel staff, rickshaw drivers, waitresses,and more. We’re having a blast.” … KarlPeters writes: “Well life is certainlyinteresting if not always good! The lastcouple years have been a bit more dif-ficult than years previous, but I guessthat’s happening with a lot of folks.(We have it on good authority that allour problems and worries will soon beover and we’ll have cash to spare inour pockets by the Christmas of 2014

if Mister Mittens wins in November;our fingers are x’d :))) Yes, theOlympics went off with nary a hitchand the Brits seemed to really get intothem and were sorry when theyended. I think a lot of people wereworried about the increase in visitorsto the city and the effect it was goingto have on public transport and driv-ing, etc. but, from all accounts, therewas no problem. In fact the trains weremostly empty for the whole two weeks.I think a lot of local residents wentabroad; I know several that took off totheir holiday homes in France. It wasmainly just tourists in town. I alsoheard that the expected mass influx oftourist revenue didn’t happen but Idon’t know the fine details of that.Anyway, I obviously saw some, but I’venever been as much of a fan of thesummer games as the winter ones.Glad NFL’s back on again; that and icehockey are my games. Again, sorry tomiss the festivities. I have to admit Iwas disappointed with the 30threunion and the turn out. I came along way for that and it was a blow out.Being back in NH was very nicethough. I suppose everyone but I willprobably show up to this one, sod’slaw!!” … Jody Collins sends in: “Mydaughter graduated from Boulder lastMay and is starting the second year ofher contract with Teach for America inAtlanta and loves it. My wife is incharge of expenses for ForestPharmaceuticals and has been withthem for close to 12 years. After leaving

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the advertising sales world after elevenyears, I am now doing sales and mar-keting of home health and hospice forone of the hospitals in the 135-facilitychain of Community Health Systems. I‘air’ weekly streaming audio shows toabout 50 friends and alumnae from myvarious educational institutions andfeature a show from the Grateful Deadand a mix of blues, jazz, rock and thelike just to even out the listeningpleasures. Anyone interested in gettingon the mailing, let me know at [email protected]. I get randomquestionable emails from Granger,sports news from Wahlstrom, and theoccasional Facebook poke from Antonand Francis. If anyone is laid over atour terrible Lambert St. Louis Airportand wants me to come up and buythem a beer, just let me know.Speaking of beer, I will be bottling myfourth batch of home brew on 8/19 andhave become one with the world ofIPA. Traded in my RSBWH forCentennial Hops! Hope the class iswell.” … Peter King writes: “Hi Peter,won’t make it to Reunion. However,will be retiring after 25 years with LACity Attorney’s Office... I’ve had a veryinteresting career in LA, CA and nowintend on opening a private law officein Redlands, CA…In my retirement Iwill be building a log home on proper-ty in Colorado and spending summersyachting in New England (and visitingfamily and friends). All the best toclassmates from ’77.”

CLASS CORRESPONDENTPeter Grant ’776 Quail RdgConcord, NH 03301-8425Phone: [email protected]

’78 Lots of milestones and signposts onthe road of life to report to all you kid-dies in the Class of ’78. All right, wellmaybe the term “kiddies” is a little ill-advised since we’ve all got our AARPcards now. But I digress. The headlinesof this edition of “As the Class of ’78Turns” are dominated by DonWhittemore and the former MargoFarley. I say former because Miss Mhas gone and gotten hitched again.Margo married honorary ’78er JohnWoodall on July 7 at the Dublin Inn in

New Hampshire with about 75 gueststaking part. Now for most of us, plan-ning and taking part in a weddingwould be enough stress for one sum-mer, but not our Miss M. Margo andJohn are headed to Uganda to spend amonth doing the Unity Project’s workwith former child soldiers. The UnityProject, as you’ll recall, is the charitythat John heads and Margo is heavilyinvolved in as well. Unity is alsolaunching a sustainable social and eco-nomic development plan to help liftsome of the world’s poorest communi-ties out of poverty. In other news fromMargo’s family life, her son Dylan hastransferred from Western ConnecticutState College to UMass-Amherst,where he will be majoring in businessand minoring in Chinese. Dylan is alsoplaying hockey and hopes to join theMinuteman hockey team this winter.Margo’s other son, Cameron, is a juniorin high school in Newtown, CT whereMargo lives. He’s planning to head toUganda next summer. … Meanwhile,Whit (Don Whittemore) is still out inColorado with his family (he and hiswife Lauren just celebrated theirtwelfth wedding anniversary in earlyAugust) but has taken on a project thatis almost as exciting as the work hedoes putting out forest fires. He’s tak-ing a sabbatical to research and writea book on the human dimensions ofmanaging complex disasters and emer-gency events. Don has created awebsite, “Managing the Unimaginable,”to keep the world updated on his writ-ing progress. Check out the site atwww.donwhittimore.com. … And whilewe’re busy talking of Whitty things,classmate Andrew Wilson experi-enced Six Degrees of “Chew Crew”Separation recently while flying on abusiness trip. Andrew reports he wasseated next to “a nice firefighter,” whohe learned during a conversation overthe course of the flight, works withDon. Andrew was vacationing inMontana (Land of the Great WhiteHunter, aka Scott Sirles) in earlyAugust. … And speaking of Sirlesy, herecently celebrated the birth of a newgranddaughter (what a cute thought,the Class of ’78’s answer to Ted Nugentas a grandpa). The new addition’sname is Monroe, and she will turn oneyear old on September 20. Scott’shearing aid business continues to besuccessful. He recently opened anoffice in Dayton, Ohio, which gives him

26 locations nationwide and onceagain, Inc. magazine has put his com-pany on the publication’s 500/5000list for the fourth year in a row. Andlike Henry Thayer in On Golden Pond,Sirlesy returns every Labor Day week-end to live up life on Squam Lake. Thisyear will be no different, I’m sure. …Montana provides another reoccurringtheme in this edition of Classnotes asJohn Steitz and his wife Carol checkin with news that they’ve relocatedfrom Lake Placid, N.Y. to Whitefish,Montana. “It was time for somethingnew,” John writes. “Our first year inour new home has been great. Wehave only begun to explore all that ishere in northwestern Montana, but sofar the town, skiing, hiking, kayakingand cycling have been great.” … A littlefurther west from Steitzy is Dan Brook,who is still living in Portland, Oregon.Dano works as a software engineer forRohde & Schwarz, a German companythat makes measurement instruments.Dano says he still marvels at howgreen Oregon is in the summer, butalso notes that he and his wife usuallyspend summers traveling abroad withtwo high school teachers with whomthey are friendly. He went to Sicily thissummer. … One final check-in from theLeft Coast and it comes from MitchKamarck. Mitch was headed to hisbeach house in Oxnard, CA with hiswife and daughter when he checked inwith this report: “The high tempera-ture in Oxnard during the summer is72 degrees, so I am ready for globalwarming, though I do worry about therising ocean,” Mitch writes. … Back onthe East Coast, Kirk Siegel checks infrom western Maine. Siegel’s kids arebusy this year; his daughter Molly is afreshman at Dartmouth and his sonAndrew is at Gould Academy. Whenhe’s not busy doing land conservationand real estate law (as well as launch-ing a career as a James Taylorlook-alike. Just kidding, Sieges!), Kirk isbusy having fun with ski races,triathlons and hikes and occasionallychopping a few cords of wood. …Closer to the Turmelle manse inConnecticut is David King. Le GrandeOrange says his family did a lot ofcycling this summer, “the highlight ofwhich was participating in theAngelride,” a non-profit that raisesmoney for Paul Newman’s Hole in TheWall Camp Hospital Outreach pro-gram. Dave writes that thanks to the

contributions of Holderness class-mates, he and son Cam were able toraise over $3,000 for the charity.Here’s a link to DK and Cam’s effortthat appeared in a local weekly newspaper here in Connecticut: shoreline-times.com/articles/2012/06/19/news/doc4fe0f6397e271910542008.txt ... Andthat brings us around to your humblescribe and my news for this edition. I’llbe reaching my 15th anniversary at theNew Haven Register this fall, a fewweeks after my wife Joan and I cele-brate our 26th wedding anniversary.Joan is studying for a master degree inlibrary science, even as she maintainsa successful career as a freelance bookindexer. Our youngest son, Jacob,spent two and half months visitingArgentina on his own dime and givinghis parents a whole bunch of addition-al grey hairs. Our eldest, Zack, is stillliving in New Orleans a year after hisgraduation from Loyola University,looking for a full-time job. He’s cob-bled together a few part-time gigs likeworking as a stage hand at the Houseof Blues and working at the IsidoreNewman School, a prep school in theGarden District of NOLA. At the end ofJuly, we were fortunate enough to getthe family together for a week in BarHarbor, ME for our first vacationtogether in awhile. For that and for ourcontinued good health, I considermyself blessed. Hope all of you areequally blessed.

CLASS CORRESPONDENTLuther Turmelle ’7849 Williams RoadCheshire, CT 06410-2746Phone: [email protected]

’79CLASS CORRESPONDENTCullen Morse ’79Phone: 970- [email protected]

’80 CLASS CORRESPONDENT Greg White ’8011 Lancashire DrMansfield, MA 02048-1766Phone: [email protected]


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’81 CLASS CORRESPONDENTBill Baskin ’8157 Hunter LaneGlastonbury, CT 06033Phone: [email protected]


’83 Jud Madden sends in: “I am startingmy own law firm but am still hobbyfarming on the side. We raise beef cat-tle, meat chickens, fish, and layinghens, and in the spring we also makemaple syrup. I was elected trustee ofRussell Township, still coach girls AAAice hockey, and try to keep up with ourfour kids.” … Jeff Rollins says hello tothe class. … Matthew Binger is living inBoulder, Colorado and is running asmall real estate firm. He also is keep-ing busy with an eight-year-old boyand ten-year-old girl.

CLASS CORRESPONDENTJud Madden ’837898 Kinsman RoadRussell, OH 44072Phone: [email protected]

’84 CLASS CORRESPONDENTFred Ludtke ’842401 Pennsylvania Ave., Apt. 14C44Philadelphia, PA 19130-3047

’85 CLASS CORRESPONDENTJean-Louis Trombetta ’853rs Calle Oriente #27Antigua GUATEMALAPhone: [email protected]


’87 Hi all. What an amazing, but fast sum-mer. One of the highlights for me wasbeing able to attend Norm Walker’smemorial service in early August.Everyone has their own memories, sto-ries, and lessons from Norm, which Iam sure we all hold dear. For me, itstarted when I was a newbie toHolderness with Norm in 1984; wecontinued our friendship further asteachers in the English department inthe mid-nineties—what a great oppor-tunity to work with and learn from themaster teacher and to call him a friendas well! The service was a beautifultribute to the family man, teacher,coach, mentor, friend, poet, and spiri-tual being. I was moved by so manythoughts and remembrances from hisfamily, friends, and colleagues. If youhave not read Bill Burke’s eulogy yet,do it; it’s on the school’s website:www.holderness.org/podium/default.aspx?t=204&nid=586723. It was also niceto catch up with so many folks, espe-cially my coach, advisor, and mathteacher, Letty Downs, who I hadn’tseen in a long, long time. … So on toclass news. Stasia Talbott Priggewrites: “I have been a prosecutor for 15years now in Annapolis, Maryland, andhave spent much of that time on aViolent Crimes Unit. Also, along theway, I had four kids, ages 12, 10, three,and two. If you ask me what I do in myfree time, I will say I am basically achauffeur to the nightly events weseem to have. I can tell you that

Heather Johnston works in forestmanagement in the beautiful State ofMontana, where she lives with her hus-band and three of the cutest kids ever(they have darling carrot tops, just likeMom!!) Suzie Jacinthe has been mostadventurous; in the Peace Corps shewas stationed in Madagascar andanother country in Africa where sheworks for the US AID agency (herFrench language skills are coveted).Her specialty is international publichealth. Lucky for me, she will be mov-ing back to DC for a few years, so Ishould be able to see a little of hernow that she is not spending everyfree moment traveling the world.” …Brandon Fleisher spent part of 2011helping his company land a new con-tract in Johannesburg, South Africa:“At the end of December, the contractdid finally close and in early January, Ibegan my six-month stint. My companyis helping South Africa’s state-run utili-ty with their black-outs; we provide asolution known as Demand Response,where businesses are rewarded finan-cially for reducing their power usageduring peak energy consumptiontimes. I’m living in Johannesburg untilmid-July. I work crazy hours during theweek and then get to explore this greatcountry on the weekends. I’ve seensome amazing wildlife on safaris, takengreat hikes, eaten some very tastyfood, and enjoyed some African weath-er. The highlight of my time herecertainly has to be the variety of ani-

mals from leopards, lions, hippos, rhi-nos, giraffes, elephants, and manyother land animals to penguins,whales, dolphins, and sharks in theoceans. I was back in Denver for a cou-ple weeks in April. I moved into mynew house that I bought lastNovember and had a contractor com-pletely remodel the 1961 interior. I’mexcited to have a place to call my own.I also attended my youngest son,Colin’s, Bar Mitzvah... what a thrill andhonor it was to see him accomplishthat (my oldest son Alec is 16 andColin is 13).” Send in pictures of theSouth Africa trip for next class notes,Brandon!! … Toby Lewis shared thateveryone in his family is doing great:“After a three-year adventure inBoston, I have enjoyed my return toNew York (living in Riverside, CT) as ahigh yield investment analyst for aglobal fund manager. My wife, twokids, and dog (Shelby) are also settlingback into the area; we are living half amile away from our old house—suchrisk-takers we are! Our son, Griffin,enjoys spring lacrosse, and ouryounger daughter, Fiona, also playslacrosse and dances as well…Alexander Reilly wrote: “My daughterPiper is ten years old—although shethinks she is a teenager—and is goinginto fifth grade; my son Patrick is sixand going into first grade. I am gettingmarried in Hawaii in July to SusanMcDonald, and she is moving fromDallas to be in Houston with me.”

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Congratulations, Alex! Every time Iread a note/email from you, Alex, ittakes me right back to OB; let’s climball the !&*!*% mountains!! … CricketKelleher Braun is “in the process offinishing up my doctorate in clinicalpsychology (ABD, as they say) andworking as a Predoctoral Intern inCounseling and Psychiatry Services atthe University of Vermont. Our familylife seems to get busier as the kids getolder: Cally (16), Tatum (14), Walter (12)and William (12). We are enjoyingVermont and managed to get a lot ofskiing in (both nordic and alpine),despite our low-snow winter. I haven’tbeen back to Holderness in too longbut had fun cheering for Holdernessstudents at NENSA Nordic races thispast winter.” … Ace Eaton and his fam-ily recently moved to Attleboro, MA:“Pamela and I moved with the kids(Chip, five, and Mason, four) when shestarted work with Colgate Palmolivelast fall. We found a terrific home andlove the area. It’s not quite as pretty asNew Hampshire, but there are lots offun activities for the boys! I’m still inthe energy business working forStandard Power, and I’m looking for-ward to a good golf season.” … .Nothing really new to report from me;most of you know that I had a difficultyear losing my Dad somewhat unex-pectedly. Thank you for all the nicenotes; it seems that many of us havebeen dealing with the loss of familymembers over the recent years. Myfather had a favorite quote that myfamily keeps using as a touchstone forstrength and remembrance of his val-

ues and beliefs: “The wilderness willlead you to your heart where I willspeak –Hosea.” I thought there may besome of you out there who wouldappreciate that sentiment as well. Ihope that everyone had an amazingsummer—it went by too quickly—andthat everyone is happy and healthy.

CLASS CORRESPONDENTKathryn Lubrano Robinson ’8787 Transit StreetProvidence, RI 02906Phone: [email protected]

’88Matt Schonwald skied powder thissummer on Mt. Elbrus in Russia, akathe Roof of Europe. … Liz Ganem hungout with Renee Dupre in Malibu lastspring, and recently spent some timewith Nina “Ninja” (Bradley)Smallhorn. Nina continues to enjoyliving in the Bay Area. She writes:“There are occasional run-ins withEllyn Paine Weisel ’86 and TeganHamilton Hyunga ’90. We had a greatEast Coast tour this summer whichbrought up great memories of timespast. Nantucket is a little differentsince the days of Grove Lane that isfor sure. We were close but not closeenough to visit Holderness, but nextsummer it’s on the list! I am planningon coming back for our 25th at thevery least.” … Jake Eismeier has beenschooling his 17-month-old daughterJosie Flynn Eismeier on some of the

finer things: The Red Sox, TheRamones, and reggae music. … Erika(Ludtke) McGoldrick and familylogged 4,800 miles on the road thissummer, traveling up and down theEast Coast from South Carolina toMaine and back. Much of the time wasspent at her old stomping grounds inWaterville Valley. … Will Northrop andhis wife Patty were gracious enough tohost an alumni gathering this summerup in Sun Valley. Will finds himselfbusy with the usual mountain activi-ties: cycling, running, and backcountryadventuring. … I ran into Chris Stewartthis summer in East Hampton. He hadjust returned from a surfing excursionin Indonesia with his son JB who is anactive athlete, as well an aspiring com-mercial actor; he can be seen in therecent IKEA campaign. … Lauren(O’Brien) Smith is enjoying her newprivate practice MeWe Relationships,life and relationship coaching, and jug-gling a family of three that includesTague who is three, Jack who is afreshman at Duxbury High School, andher stepdaughter who just graduatedfrom high school. … Hans Schemmeland family are busy with the birth oftheir new daughter Serena Avery, whowas born on June 10. … David Warrenmade it to Rye Beach for NormWalker’s Memorial Service. … GeordieElkins has one Twitter follower: BrettJones. … Renee Dupre still lives inSteamboat where she teaches yogaand is hooked on zumba. Her twodaughters Berit (6) and Mia (4) are ontrack for a little Nordic Combined thisWinter. Renee’s husband Eric plays

mandolin in the bluegrass band, OldTown Pickers. They are headed toIreland to tour the country for theInternational Horse Festival (Renee istheir number one fan.). … Jason Reganwrites: “We just got back from Croatiawith the kids. Very cool country. Wemoved to Santa Cruz, CA in 2010 fromthe NYC area. It has been a greatchange. My youngest son has enjoyedlearning to surf in the cold water. Ifanyone is out this way, please look meup.” … Peter Driscoll writes: “I amenjoying life in Annapolis with my six-year-old Donovan and being a Partnerin my own business in the financialservices Industry.” … AlexMacCormick continues to enjoy life asan under-achieving golfer. He had sev-enty-five rounds in the books bymid-August; breaking last year’s recordof 104 rounds seems likely. His newfavorite course: Fisher’s Island. Alex isalso looking forward to winter andsome skiing and hockey.

CLASS CORRESPONDENTAlex MacCormick ’88354 Lattingtown RoadLocust Valley, NY 11560Phone: [email protected]

’89 Hello Class of ’89. Great to hear fromso many of you and happy to share thefollowing updates. … Ben Spiess is “liv-ing in Anchorage, Alaska where I workat a law firm called Stoel Rives. I am

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doing lots of skiing, biking, and gettinginto the outdoors and would love tohear from Holderness folks anytime.”… Brad Greenwood writes: “Things inMaine for the Greenwoods have beenup and down for business. We closedour two kids’ stores this year after over20 years due to poor sales, but now wehave some time to figure out our nextadventure. I am still the territory man-ager for Helly Hansen, Dale of Norway,and Peter Grimm in New Englandwhich has led to plenty of great part-nerships and keeps us in the outdoorindustry. Our two girls, Cora andCharlie, are coming up on four andtwo this summer; they are red-headedand having a blast exploring life.Skiing wasn’t exactly great this winter,but the mountain biking around theSeacoast was fantastic; we rode allwinter long and the spring has beenjust as good. We are looking forward tosome warmer days and getting out onthe boat for fishing and family fun. Wehad dinner last night with SarahTrainor Pflaum and her two kidswhich was a blast.” … Nina Barkerlives in NYC and is “successfully split-ting time between my job inadvertising at Architectural Digest andmanaging my small sterling silver jew-elry business. I am presentlyhammering out inventory for my twoshows this summer in Westport, MA.”… Eric James writes: “I am stayingextremely busy here in the Plymoutharea balancing work and family. I amworking as a detective for the GraftonCounty Sheriff’s Department here incentral New Hampshire and enjoyingtime with my wife and two kids.Having a teenage daughter going intohigh school sure is an eye opener. Myfree time is taken up coaching thelocal youth hockey and lacrosse pro-grams which have allowed me to stayin regular contact with Holderness andmany of the staff and families.” … As oflast September, Christy WoodDonovan was living in DC during theweek with her family and heading outto their farm in Virgina on the week-ends where they have tons of animalsto love. During the winter her kidshave been ski racing. This summerthey’ll be on the beach and lake inMassachusetts and New Hampshire.She has been competing her horse,Hero, and will be going down toGeorgia for the eventing champi-onships this fall. Her girls, Emily and

Sophia (ages 12 and 11), enjoy Irish stepdancing and gymnastics, viola andpiano. Her son, Clark (age 8), playsbaseball, tennis, and piano. Burke(age 4) loves their new seven-poundRat Terrier Mix rescue puppy, Tilly.Hubby Jim is taking after the kids byjuggling his teaching at UVA, his con-tinued work at Goldman Sachs, and hisparticipation in the Mitt RomneyCampaign as an economic advisor. …Emily Raabe recently “published myfirst book of poetry, Leave it Behind,and has been having fun doing read-ings for that. I’m also in the final editsof a novel that comes out withKnopf/Random House next spring.Other than that, I’m getting ready forthe last exams of my PhD beforebeginning my dissertation (yikes). I amliving in NYC with my new(ish) hus-band—we got married in my parents’backyard last July.” … Shields Daywrites in that he and Jason Evans ’88had a great time catching up at arecent Boston Celtics / Miami Heatgame. … Brandon Perkins says “Hi”(hoping for a more detailed updatenext time!). … As for me, after stints inWisconsin and Maine, we recentlylanded in Marblehead, MA. We’re outon the water as much as possible, andAddy (8) and Sam (6) are keeping ushappily busy. I am coaching Addy’slacrosse’s team—it really makes meappreciate all my former coaches!There are too many Holderness con-nections in town to list but we recentlyhad dinner with Jon and Jenna Wales,and my husband Dave works at CWHood Yachts with Joe Parker ’79.We’re gearing up for our annual trip toSquam to see Christy Wood Donovan(as usual Alix Rosen Hong, SarahTrainor Pflaum and Jen ComstackReed will also be up). Jen ComstockReed and her son Brooks (age 10)stayed with us in July when Brookssailed in Marblehead’s Race Week—hedid great! I am planning to see JennieLegg Gabel next week and had a superWestport, MA visit with Nina Barkerin June. I loved sailing with her dadBill Barker ’63, catching up with NatBarker ’85 and family, and acquiring agorgeous, hand-crafted sterlingbracelet. Thanks for all the updatesand looking forward to continuing tohear more of your news!

CLASS CORRESPONDENTJen Murphy Robison ’895 Hereford RoadMarblehead, MA 01945-1814Phone: [email protected]

’90 By the time you read these notes, theleaves in New England will be beauti-fully turned, and I am delighted tohave had the opportunity to enjoythem again! More on that later…in themeantime, Joel Nields shared a memo-ry of Holderness in which Holdernessstudents attempted to create a mini icerink in upper Niles during one winter.At first I thought this was one event Imust have missed because I am not alifer, but it turns out it was theshenanigans of his father, BobNields ’62 (who is celebrating his 50threunion this year). Joel mentioned hekeeps in touch with Geoff Perham,Glenn Kennett, and Jared Lenz (all ofwhom I was imagining being in on thatprank). Joel says his own three boysare “thriving and prove to be never-ending sources of both joy and fatigue,but (he) wouldn’t have it any otherway.” … Though we didn’t have a lot ofnews coming in this time, I can alwaysdepend on Pepper deTuro to updateme with his family’s adventures. Thispast February, his family traveled toCuraçao, and he sent a picture alongto prove it. Pepper mentioned hisdaughter, Corely, continues to ride

horses while Bailey and Burke are nowplaying lacrosse. Liza, Pepper’s wife,reportedly does her best to keep themall in order. I’m hoping to share somerest and relaxation time with Pepper(at home rather than in Curaçao). …Jim Queen(ie) wrote in about thegoings on of his family. Jim’s oldest willstart third grade and his twins willstart first grade this fall in the ’burbsafter their move out of the city ofPittsburgh. … As I alluded to earlier, I,too, have moved, but further thanQueenie and his family. My husbandand I made our way back East fromSalt Lake City late last year; I started anew job as a pediatric psychologist atFletcher Allen Health Care inBurlington, VT. Soon after our move,my senior-year roommate, Julia (Judy)Sperry, totally surprised me by pickingme out of a crowd at a local event. Itwas the first of several (re)connectionswith Holderness alumni and otherswith Holderness affiliations. Though Ihaven’t been back to campus yet, I’mdelighted to be realizing one of mygoals in returning to New England. …Caroline (Clutz) Keeney wrote in thatshe is applying her new(ish) NursingPractitioner degree to the cardiologydepartment at (Utah) UniversityHospital in Salt Lake City. With a littleextra free time this year, Carolinestarted winning Nordic ski races (anew endeavor for her) as a part of alocal citizen’s series last winter. Thiscoming winter she’ll try longer dis-tances and a larger field ofcompetitors. What a great way to “stay

Squam Lake August 2012: Christy Wood Donovan ’89, Alix Rosen Hong ’89, SarahTrainor Pflaum ’89, Jen Comstock Reed ’89, and Jen Murphy Robison ’89


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fit over 40,” as she says. Can youbelieve we are now more than twice asold as we were when we graduated infront of the Holderness chapel in1990? … According to an update fromSylvia (Cindy Romero) Rodriguez,which is now kind of dated, she will beheaded back to school this fall. Afterthe birth of her youngest son, Andrew,put a pause in her plan to begin lawschool in the fall of 2010, her last mes-sage indicated she intends to seek herdegree in order to achieve her long-term goal of becoming a youthadvocate lawyer. … I wanted to cap offour notes this time with a salute to amember of our class who all willremember as a great student, athlete,leader, and, mostly, an all-around awe-some person. Sarah (Cripps) Fox losther battle with cancer in December.She fought a valiant and graceful bat-tle and a huge contingent of familyand friends turned out to pay theirrespects and show their support forSarah’s family. Our best to her hus-band, children, and family…you are inour thoughts.

CLASS CORRESPONDENTCourtney Fleisher ’9037 Chase StreetBurlington, VT 05401Phone: [email protected]

’91 I can’t believe it’s already been a yearsince our 20th reunion. I’m loving SaltLake City; moving to Utah seems to bea trend within our class. PorterTeegarden and I see Mike O’Keefeand his family every so often. Theyseem to be settling in nicely. And Mikehas been making Peak Hanson feelright at home as the most recent resi-dent of Park City. When I spoke toPeak, he was getting ready to meetMike for a noon tee-time at the ParkCity golf course. Peak relocated towork for Oakley and is loving Utah. Wekeep hoping for a reunion with KentCorson who also lives in the Salt LakeCity area. Hint, hint, Kent! … ZofieSamborski Meffert is still in Wells andis getting ready for school to start. Heroldest daughter Elle is going into thirdgrade and is becoming quite the littlegolfer…Hayden, her youngest, is start-ing kindergarten. It doesn’t sound likeZofie is ready for her baby to go off toschool just yet! They have been doinga lot of swimming, sunning and camp-ing this summer and are getting readyfor their big Labor Day weekendcamping trip to Mt. Blue State Park.She says, “Hope everyone out there ishealthy and happy.” … PeteChristensen keeps in touch withBrendon Donnellan, MarkMezzanotte, and Jason Gordon fromtime to time. Pete has some bothhappy and sad news: “Well, I am stillout in Green Bay and loving NorthernWisconsin. My daughters are now two

and four years old. I have gone back tomy Holderness roots in endurancesports and picked up triathlons andcan thank Mike Henriques ’76, PhilPeck, and Pete Hendel for my success.I am looking forward to some Half-Ironman and maybe even full Ironmancompetitions in the next few years.Currently I am just doing Sprinttriathlons and so far have yet to finishworse than second place in my agegroup. For those who knew my Dad, hepassed away on Friday, August 10, 2012after a long six-year battle with ALS(Lou Gehrig’s disease). He is in a betterplace and is no longer suffering.” Ourcondolences on the loss of your father,Pete. … We have a few new additionsto the Holderness family to report.Dave Gerasin and his wife Elisa wel-comed their second child, a daughter,Neve Carolina Gerasin on July 7. Headds, “All is very well on the Gerasinfront, although it has been a whirlwind2012 to say the least. We are in themiddle of a home-building projectwhich we are hoping to complete inearly October (I’ll believe it when I seeit). On another note, we see theGreenwood family frequently.” In June,David left Morgan Stanley SmithBarney and went into partnership withan independent financial advisory firm,Compass Rose Private InvestmentManagement in Portsmouth. …Rebecca Anderson Morrison is sorryshe missed Reunion in September 2011but baby Morrison No. 2 was due onSeptember 14. Rebecca says, “GrahamGunnar Morrison showed up 20 min-utes after arrival at ColumbiaUniversity hospital. It is hard to believeGraham is now almost one. We/he hadsuch a busy first year. Graham made

his first trip up to New Hampshire lessthan two weeks after his birth for KeriDole Renganathan’s wedding to MoRenganathan. Since then, we havemoved from Brooklyn Heights to anold (1876) house in the heart of Darien,CT. I decided I needed to take sometime off from Ralph Lauren afterGraham was born, so we have beenbusy travelling some with the kids. Wespent three weeks in Naples, Floridathis past winter and have spent a goodamount of time in Nantucket this sum-mer. I am thinking about going back towork soon but am also enjoying spend-ing time with the kids and trying to fixup our new house. If anyone is ever insouthern Connecticut, come look usup!” … I spent a long stretch of thesummer in New England visiting familyand friends, and I’ve seen a lot ofHolderness people since Reunion.Kelley Roberts Bogardus lives near mymom and took a hike with me, her hus-band Andrew, and her boys Drew andBurke to Bash Bish Falls. I made aquick visit to Campton, NH and sawKelly Mullen Wieser ’92 and StefanZwahlen ’90. Maggie Zock ’92 and Imet up for a great day of skiing atPowder Mountain and a couplemonths later got together again withBrent LaFoley ’90 for dinner nearBoston. Keep in touch and if you areon Facebook be sure to join our Classof 1991 group.

Lindsay Dewar Fontana ’93 and herhusband welcomed their third child andfirst daughter, Josie, on November 23.Josie is a wonderful addition to thefamily and much loved by her bigbrothers Lucas (five years) andNicholas (three years).

Graham Gunner Morrison, son of Rebecca Anderson Morrison and husband Jeff, wasborn in September 2011.

Jane Trowbridge Bierwirth bornNovember 5, 2011


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CLASS CORRESPONDENTTerra Reilly ’[email protected]

’92 CLASS CORRESPONDENTKelly Mullen Wieser ’9212 Willis CourtCampton, NH [email protected]

’93 Nate “Rads” Radcliffe recently had ablast reconnecting with Schuyler Perry,Zach Zaiteff, and Dan Shin ’94 atZaitzeff Burger in NYC. Rads writes, “Ireally think that Zaitzeff offers thefinest grass-fed sirloin burger, plus it’snot a bad place to go and listen toZach’s stories about bagging Everest.”When not feeling inferior for neverhaving climbed Everest, Rads spendshis time watching Beerfest and won-dering if a better performance in thehigh school play Mystery of EdwinDrood might have led him to an Oscargold as it did for his classmate NatFaxon (Congrats, Nat!)…Ed Cochranreports that he has five kids now andwonders if that’s a record for the classof ’93…Hilary Taylor Comercheroreports, “Our language school isclosed, which means I get to focus onmy really fun job at Cal State SanMarcos much more. Sadie turned threein June and is a total extrovert and funpal. My father is very ill with cancer, so

please send positive vibes; the moregood energy out there, the bet-ter!”…Tom LeBosquet writes, “The bignews is that I got married April 15 afterseven years of dating. We are still liv-ing and working in Portsmouth,NH”...Kevin Zifcak just completed histhirteenth year at Worcester Academy,and his kids Lily and Josh and wifeSarah are all doing well…John Moodeywrites, “Martina and I continue to enjoylife at Berkshire School where we havebeen for the past seven years. Our twochildren Noah (four) and Ella (ninemonths old) are doing well and teachus something new every day. Back inOctober I was able to catch up with anumber of Holderness alumni at GerryRinn’s wedding in Florida, and inFebruary my family and I spent a longweekend in the White Mountains withDan Harrigan ’94, Andy Kelley ’94,Tom Valeo, and Zach Zaitzeff and theirfamilies. Though I am a bear now, I amstill a bull at heart”…Kate McIlvainSmith is still living in Maryland andenjoying her three kids. She looks for-ward to the summer and heading toNew Hampshire for hiking and swim-ming…Sam Wilcox is still in Portland,OR doing research for Microsoft’s com-munications firm. He’s been spendingthe last year getting to know his “bestbuddy,” son Nico, with the help of hislovely wife Erin: “Anyone rollingthrough Portland or living here now,please get in touch. Looking forward tocelebrating 20 years as an alum nextyear. See you all then!”

CLASS CORRESPONDENTLindsay Dewar Fontana ’9315 Long Lots RoadWestport, CT [email protected]

’94 It was a small showing for ’94ers, buthere ’tis… Melissa Barker writes: “Ihave had a pretty exciting spring andsummer. I spent five weeks in theArctic Tundra of Northern Alaska(above the Arctic Circle) working witha research team on nutrient cycling onArctic hill slopes through thepolarTREC program (polarTREC.com). Itwas an incredible learning experienceand an amazing place to be during thesnow melt and summer green up. Aftermy time up North, I spent a week withmy sister Allie Barker ’98 inChickaloon, AK working on her farmand eating amazing food (home grownveggies and freshly caught salmon).You can check out her farm atchugachfarm.com. I have spent muchof the rest of the summer travelingbetween the East to visit family andriding my bike in Boulder. I am lookingforward to my tenth year teaching atthe Alexander Dawson School andthird season racing for the Dawsoncyclocross team. I am also looking for-ward to doing some cyclocross racingmyself!”… Nina Perkins Newmanwrites in: “We have moved back toNew England—very exciting. I havestarted my new job as AdmissionDirector at School of the Holy Child in

Rye, NY. David is the new Head ofUpper School at Wooster School. Welive in Ridgefield, CT with Lily (nine),Elise (seven), and Will (four).”… KevinO’Brien sent this update: “My wifeCristina had a baby girl, Cecily MollyO’Brien, in January. We’re having a funtime living in San Francisco. I’m work-ing at Oracle and changing diapers inmy free time. I saw K.C. Carpenter ona recent trip back to Boston. He’s stilltrying to figure out who the mustardguy is.” … Thayer Oberg says, “Wemoved back to the Boston area last falland are thrilled to be home. On May 4we welcomed a baby boy, HenrikStuart. Heidi adores him and is a greatbig sister. We are enjoying our hecticlife as a family of four! … RameyHarris-Tatar writes: “As for us, we arewelcoming a new member of our familytomorrow when Caleb (a 1.5-year-oldpooch) joins us from Alabama thanks tothe help of Cynthia Sweet and SweetPaws Rescue!! Hope everyone is well.”

CLASS CORRESPONDENTSRamey Harris-Tatar ’941000 Olin Way No. 648 Needham, MA 02492Phone: [email protected]

Sam Bass ’941043 Poplar AvenueBoulder, CO 80304Phone: [email protected]

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’95 CLASS CORRESPONDENTAlexis Wruble ’9536 Grandview AvenueMedford, MA [email protected]

’96 CLASS CORRESPONDENTSEmily Evans MacLaury ’9689 Poverty Hollow RoadNewtown, CT [email protected]

Heather Pierce Roy ’9648 Main StreetSouthborough,MA 01772 Phone: [email protected]

’97 Happy summer to all! Here’s what ourclassmates have been up to …Shannon Mullen sent in the following:“As I write, yet another summer is slip-ping away but it’s been a great one sofar. I’ve run into more than a fewHolderness alums. Starting in July atKendra Cargill’s ’94 baby shower, mysister Kelly Mullen Wieser ’92 and Icaught up with Andrea Wilde ’94,Koren Cargill ’96 and Cara Cargill ’89.My family also enjoyed a long overduereunion with Tim O’Keeffe ’92 and JenO’Keeffe ’94 on Lake Winnipesaukee.

I’m still reporting for NPR but amincreasingly focused on my transitioninto producing movies. In that regard,it was inspiring to see Nat Faxon ’92on stage at the Academy Awards tocollect his Oscar for Best AdaptedScreenplay this year (congratulationsNat!!). I’m looking forward to catchingup at Reunion in September. Has itreally been 15 years already?!” …Dennis Roberts shared this news, “Nomatter what side of the political spec-trum we are on, it was great to be apart of American history when a presi-dential candidate and NH senatorcame to our dealership, Hillsboro Ford,on the presidential campaign trail. Itmakes presidential candidates a bitmore human. It was also a neat experi-ence to work on the planning of theevent with secret service!” … And afew updates from the West Coast.Tyler Gallaudet reports: “I’m living inLa Quinta, CA and own a small con-struction company that I started in2008. Life’s been good, and I spendmuch of what time I have outside ofwork on the golf course, or just hang-ing out with my cat, Clyde. My brotherTG ’94 lives out here too, and werecently formed a little bluegrass triowith a guy named Guy; we’re calledTwo Brothers and a Guy. Look out forour debut release on iTunes late thisdecade or next! Cheers, Tyler.” …Sarah Duffany shares: “I moved toDenver in March and am starting myMBA at the University of Denver. It’s abig change but so far I am really enjoy-ing it.” As for me, I’ve begun a nursing

career with the goal of working withchildren and families. I spent a bit oftime in the pediatric ICU and will nowpossibly move onto CommunityHealth. … Stay tuned. Thanks to thosewho sent updates, and I look forwardto seeing you (more of you hopefully)at our 15th reunion this fall! Be well.

CLASS CORRESPONDENTPutney Haley ’97431 Lloyd Avenue Providence, RI 02906 [email protected]

’98 CLASS CORRESPONDENTTara Walker ’985 Tideview Drive Unit No. 5Dover, NH 03820Phone: 603.707.0030 [email protected]

’99 Greetings class of ’99! I hope you haveall enjoyed the last weeks of summer!As always it has truly been a pleasurecatching up with so many of you.Without further adieu, here is whateveryone has to share…Devon Douglasshares: “I am living in NYC, leadingstrategy for a sustainable brandingagency called BBMG. I got engaged lastweekend to my long-term boyfriend -we met in grad school while gettingdual degrees (MBA and Masters ofScience) at University of Michigan. All

in all life is great; my sister, KerryDouglas ’02, is also in the city pursuingan acting career, her lifelong dream!” …Joel Von Trapp writes: “I am doingwell here in Greece despite all the badmedia coverage about the country. Wehad a new addition to the family onJuly 10 with the birth of our secondson, Alexander von Trapp. I am stayingbusy with the two boys, finishing upmy degree in architecture here, restor-ing an old stone house for us, andcarving stone on the side as well.”…Jon Boyle writes: “I left the Army inJanuary 2010 and began work for anaviation fuel company, AvfuelCorporation, out of Ann Arbor, MI.Avfuel has a few different businesslines, and I am lucky enough to man-age the sales efforts of one of them.Generally, we work with companies orindividuals that own and operate theirown corporate airplanes. Our teamsteers these operators into facilitieswhere we can sell them fuel. Avfuel isa great company in a very fun industrythat has literally taken me around theworld in the last two and a half years.More importantly, we love Ann Arbor.Maggie, Jack, and Susie (who justturned five) and I quickly adapted toMichigan and are slowly becoming die-hard Wolverine fans. FootballSaturdays here are truly remarkableevents. We liked Michigan so muchthat we decided we wanted a native,and on February 11 of this year, we hadour third child, another boy, RyanMichael Boyle. As I write this, he isalmost six months old and doing verywell.” … Emilie Lee shares: “I’ve just

Megan Bitter Griffith ’99 and her two children, Charlie (almost three) and Paige (one)on their most recent trip to Colorado

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spent six weeks of my summer focusedon landscape painting in the WhiteMountains. It’s been a dream to workoutside, explore the area, and get toknow some new spots. In SeptemberI’m moving back to New York where Ijust finished four years of school at theGrand Central Academy. I’ll be work-ing on my own paintings and teachingevening classes at the GCA.” … MeganBitter Griffith writes, “We are still inthe Boston area but recently movedout of the city to Wellesley.” … PageConnolly Minshall shares: “We aredoing our best to survive the summerheat in D.C. and get out of town asmuch as possible! I just started work-ing for my in-laws’ commercial realestate firm; I’m also taking some oilpainting classes downtown.” … JamieBradley shares: “It’s been a busy sum-mer out here in Portland, Oregon anda long time since I last wrote. I amhappy to say that I’ll be getting mar-ried on September 2 in Carlton,Oregon to my wonderful fiancee,Diane. Wedding planning is in full-effect, and we are looking forward toour small, intimate wedding with fami-ly and close friends in wine country.Between long hours at work and wed-ding planning, I’ve managed to getsome wonderful bike rides and runs inon the weekends, as well as a few bikeraces here and there. Oregon has a lotto enjoy for the outdoorsy types.Cyclocross season is also fastapproaching, and Diane and I look for-ward to racing in the mud and rainsoon (after we return from a honey-moon in Hawaii, of course). If any of

ya’ll are out this way, please look usup.” … Colin Wehrung writes: “Sincethe last time we spoke I’ve wrapped uplaw school, taken the bar, and passedin Massachusetts. I am now working onmy own in the Boston area. Some inthe Holderness community may notknow that I trained hard, but failed toqualify for the US gymnastics team.Unfortunately, my foot was on the lineduring my floor routine.” … Back inMay Neely Wakeman wrote: “I just fin-ished grad school and will be walkingin my cap and gown in a few days toreceive my MSN. I sit for the FamilyNurse Practitioner boards shortlythereafter, and then it is time to makesome $! I love what I do and am verymuch looking forward to putting threeyears of nursing school to work. I can’twait!” … Also in May Matt Coffmanshared: “I will be starting medicalschool this year at Yale School ofMedicine”…As for me I am still livingin Norfolk, MA with my husband andthree children, Jack (6.5 years), Griffin(4.5 years) and Grace (19 months). Wehave been enjoying our summer travel-ing to Chicago and Minnesota to visitour old stomping grounds and goodfriends. We just spent the weekend inNew Hampshire with Doria DiBonaAronson, Elizabeth DiBona ’98, NinaDibona ’03, Seth Aronson ’04, AviAronson ’08, and Sydney Aronson ’10for our nephew’s second birthday. It ispretty much a Holderness Reunionwhen we all get together! All in atten-dance are doing well! … Again, it hasbeen wonderful hearing from so manyof you. For those I haven’t heard from,

please feel free to send me an emailanytime. We would all love to hearfrom you! Until next time, all the bestto you and your families.

CLASS CORRESPONDENTBrooke Aronson McCreedy ’9926 Bridie LaneNorfolk, MA 02056-1739Home: 508-528-8033 Cell: [email protected]

’00 Hello Class of 2000 from sunny, HOT,southern California! I am pleased toreport that we had a great turn out forclass notes this go around and lots ofexciting news. Without rambling onmore, here are the notes starting withBibbit Mason: “Last September I wasrelocated from Boston to Toronto totake on some new territory with theGap. I’m just starting to get settled as Itravel for work constantly. In othernews, I will be getting married inNovember back in New Hampshireand am looking forward to the end ofwedding planning! I will be sure tosend a picture after the wedding asthere will be a few Holderness grads inattendance.” … Tim Barnhorst alwaysgets us great notes: “Sully, I hope thisfinds you well. Our lives became muchbusier on June 7 as we welcomedMorris John Barnhorst to our brood.My wife Lindsey is doing wonderfullyand Brooklyn has been a terrific bigsister; she can’t wait to teach Morrishow to ski. A big thanks to Willie ’05and Lori Ford for arranging to bringBrooklyn a new Holderness sweatshirtat the Holderness/Exeter lacrossegame this spring. I called the schoolstore and Lori offered to hand deliverit in time for the face-off! Last fall Ihad the chance to ride in the KrempelsKing of the Road Challenge put on byRobbie King ’99 and his brother Ted. Iwould encourage alumni to join the2012 edition on October 20 this fall.We had a great time on August 4 at thewedding of Ashley Courier ’02 andJohn Trainor. There was a strongHolderness contingent. Every coupleof years Dan Cesere makes a pilgrim-age to the East Coast from his home inMaui, and we were lucky to spendtime with him on this year’s trip. Heand his brother John have enjoyed

success with their fine art underwaterphotography business, C3 Submerged.Take a look at their website to seeimages from their latest adventure inTahiti.” … Sean Clifford sent me a notefrom down South: “Hope all is wellwith you. Not much has changed sincelast year. I’m still living in Georgia. Myson, Caden, is now one, and my daugh-ter, Madeline (four) starts pre-school inthe fall. We took a big step and boughta mini-van for my wife, so she canbecome an official soccer mom.” …Katie and Andy ’01 Bohlin had somevery exciting news: “Hi Sully! Great tohear from you. Thanks for reachingout. Life is great in Vermont. We’reparents! When did that happen?!Totally loving every minute of it.Reagan was born on St. Patty’s Dayand has filled our life and relationshipwith nothing but pure joy and laughterever since. She amazes us each andevery day with something new andhelps remind us to live in the momentand appreciate the little things in life.We’re at a fun stage with her as she’ssleeping through the night (our sanityis back) and is engaging more with eyecontact, giggling, and rolling over.We’ve settled into our house inShelburne, and although keeping upwith the landscaping is a totalheadache, we appreciate being on fiveacres of open Vermont land instead ofin our tiny apartments in NYC andBoston. Our dog, Nui particularly likesthe open space! Andy and I have bothfound jobs that we love; I am teachingyoga and Andy is working in corporatedevelopment for Dealer.com. Big hugsto everyone in the Holderness commu-nity! Hope you are well and enjoyingthis steamy summer!” … HeddaBurnett, a newly titled doctor, gotback to me from Brooklyn: “I’ve offi-cially graduated from vet school andhave recently become a veterinarian.This spring I moved back East. I’mpracticing at Red Bank VeterinaryHospital in New Jersey and living inBrooklyn with my husband, Ben, ourold Basset Hound, Reese, and our twocats, Mini Monster and Chicken. Life isvery good. I’m hoping to get over toHolderness this fall for Homecoming.Hope everyone is awesome.” … JonoCampbell had some great news: “Ihope all is well! I just got back from aweekend out in New Hampshire withEmo and Graham Boardman ’99. Emois getting married next summer; he was

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also the best man in my wedding lastsummer. I recently started my ownbusiness with another Holdernessgrad, Andy Humphrey ’97. Andy and Ihave started a digital marketing and e-commerce management company. Westarted this in April and are workingon a couple great new projects includ-ing some web design anddevelopment, a smart phone app, andsome new e-commerce businesses.The name of the business is 231Commerce.” … R.C. Whitehouse, alsoa steady contributor to the class notes,had this to say: “I officially earned myMasters degree in OrganizationalPsychology last May. I spent the sum-mer and the beginning of 2012 workingin professional development at a lawfirm. In March I started working inTalent Development for the DentsuNetwork, a network of advertisingagencies that spans 29 countries. It hasbeen quite a ride learning the uniquedevelopment and work/life balanceneeds of creative employees, but I amreally enjoying it! It’s really nice to besurrounded by creative, artistic, ener-getic, and outgoing people. I have beenliving in New York for three years nowand am finally starting to feel comfort-able! It sure isn’t New Hampshire orVermont! I’ve tried to connect withMike Schnurr a few times, but wekeep missing each other. Hopefullysomething will come together soon.I’ve also gone running with JJ Hall ’05,another Holderness alum, who I didn’tknow until we met at our lastHolderness reunion. Nice guy who canrun circles around me—good motiva-tion. Also, whenever I go back toVermont, I make it a point to see Katieand Andy ’01 Bohlin. They are just toowonderful. Unfortunately, I keep miss-ing Heidi Webb and Ave Cook ’02when I’m up there, but I am hoping tosee them again soon. As for what’supcoming, I’ll be headed to BibbitMason’s wedding in the fall in NewHampshire. That should be a lot of fun.I’m also hoping to get back up toHolderness this fall; I’m feeling a bithomesick!” … Matt Powers sounds likehe is doing well in Cali: “The family iswell. My boys will be two and six comeSeptember. James goes horse ridingweekly; he did his first Gymkhana thisFriday and returned with blue ribbons.Oliver is a precocious, mischievoustoddler that wears 4T and is constantlytrying to access the internet from any

and all devices within his climbingability. I have new music coming out:Science Fiction Is Now is due to bereleased this August 2012 on iTunes,Spotify, etc. I’m still teaching English totenth-graders at a school where all thekids have Macbooks; they gave me adigital music production class on topof that.” … Jason Rowe’s notes definite-ly had the farthest distance to travel:“Hope this finds you well! CurrentlyI’m sitting in Yaroslavl, Russia visitingmy parents. My dad is the new headcoach for hc Lokomotiv in the KHL. It’sdefinitely a great experience and anunbelievable opportunity for him to bea head coach again. As for myself, I’mstill living in Connecticut outside ofHartford and covering the EasternConference of the NHL and AHL for theSan Jose Sharks. I have a few reportson Joey Mormina and have seen him,Anne, and his beautiful daughter inWilkes Barre the last few years. I madeit to a few Holderness games last yearin the playoffs and was watching thefinals in that tough loss. It’s great to seethe program bounce back like it has.That’s all from Russia; look forward tohearing about everyone.” … AlexCunningham got us just a quick note:“I’ve finished up my MFA in CreativeWriting at Columbia and will return toteaching high school English in the fallhere in New York City.” … ChrisEmerson got back to us from the greatstate of Texas: “Here is a quick updateon my life. I am a proud owner of ablack border collie. I graduated fromthe full-time MBA program at SouthernMethodist University in 2010. I’m cur-rently working in businessdevelopment in the midstream divisionat J-W Energy Company, a fully inte-grated natural gas company locatedright outside Dallas, Texas. I’m recentlyengaged with plans to wed next sum-mer in the Lake Winnipesaukee areaof New Hampshire. If there are anyHolderness grads in my neck of thewoods, please feel free to look me up.”… Zak Fishkin rounds out our notes forthis fall: “Colorado is good; I’m movingfurniture and coaching skiing; justcould use a big winter! I was impressedto learn that my fellow classmates,Billy Bentley, Jeff Woodruff, andCharlie Lodi, were so inspired by thisyear’s US Olympic RhythmicGymnastic team that they have decid-ed to start training to become the firstever men’s US Team to compete! I wish

them all good luck!” … As always it wasgreat hearing from everyone andplease keep in touch. I can always bereached at MyIreland20 @gmail.comor on Facebook. I love getting notesand pictures from our little Holdernessfamily. I’ll be in Southern California forjust about another year before gettingsent back to North Carolina for RescueSwimmer training. After that, I’m notsure where I’ll be, hopefully Cape Cod,MA! Have an awesome fall everyone.

CLASS CORRESPONDENTAndrew “Sully” Sullivan ’00780W. G Street, No. 184San Diego, CA 92101Phone: [email protected]

’01 Hi All! Pat “kuru” Gannon writes, “Itwas a very busy winter this year as thesnow didn’t fall and we lost manyfriends along the way. Jamie Pierrewas moving out to Big Sky to work withme and my big mountain freerideteam. It was a huge blow. Regardless, Icontinued to coach big mountain ski-ing and grew a team of 35 athletes,many of whom compete nationally. Ipersonally began competing again andjoined the Subaru Freeskiing WorldTour. While not bringing home anypodiums or sickbird buckles, I will becompeting on the entire tour next yearand will film a new series of webisodesand possibly a feature film over thecourse of next season. Busy busy busy.I have also continued with the TeamHuman Project, a not-for-profit groupthat is asking the question ‘What doesit mean to you to be Human in theworld today?’ to classrooms and livingrooms across the world. I am expectingto be deep in production of our firstdocumentary film project this summerand fall after I return from Alaska.Check us out at www.teamhumanproj-ect.com” … Emily Warner Caldwellchecks in from the Cape: “Life is greaton Cape Cod. Sam is turning four inJune and he’s a blast! Stella Grahamwas born on the morning of July 10.She weighed 6 lbs., 7 oz. and was bornwith esophageal atresia, which meansher esophagus was not connected toher stomach. After an almost nine-hour surgery to connect everythingcorrectly, Stella spent twelve days in

the NICU at Children’s Hospital inBoston and did great! The Caldwellfamily of four is doing very well. Weare happy to be home and are enjoy-ing the time together before Ali and Igo back to work. Big brother Sam is inlove with his baby sister for sure. :)Stella is a strong, healthy girl and weare feeling very lucky that this situa-tion went as well as it did. It’s alldownhill from here, and we are thrilledto have her! Ali and I are both lovingwork in our new jobs... Ali is in Bourneworking with pre-schoolers who haveautism, and I am in Yarmouth teachingfirst grade to kids with and without dis-abilities—it’s awesome. We’re laying lowthis summer—no travel or big plans,except welcoming our new addition tothe family. Visit us on the Cape any-time!” Congrats, Em! … ChristineHann Cunningham writes in, “Thingsare going great for Aaron and me! Weare still living on Haida inNorthwestern BC. I am teaching gradefive and six, and Aaron is busy workingas a carpenter. We got married lastAugust and had a fabulous time cele-brating with family and friends. I foundout that I was pregnant just beforeChristmas this year and shared thenews with my family on a holiday visitto see Jarret and Jessica in their newhome in Virginia! We are due to haveour baby this August and are extreme-ly excited about our new addition!”Congrats, Christine!! … RachelGoldberg just made the move fromNYC to Boston with her husband. Shewrites, “Buzzie and I recently movedback to Massachusetts from New YorkCity after seven years there. I amworking as a buyer for TJX companiesas they launch their websites. We areliving in Boston. We adopted a puppy

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named Bianca from Badass BrooklynFoster Dogs a couple months ago, andwe are loving her!” … Jennifer Crane isliving in Portland, ME and working atBowdoin College in the Annual GivingOffice; she said she’s enjoying raisingmoney for her alma mater!” …Elizabeth Norton writes in, “Thisspring, I finished my PhD at Tufts indevelopmental cognitive neuroscience.Betsy Pantazelos ’02 and I took a cele-bratory trip to the West Coast wherewe met up with Erin Maroni ’02 andAriana Nicolay ’04. I’m glad to bestaying in Boston for the next coupleof years, doing a research fellowship atMIT where I’m using brain imaging topredict which kindergarteners willdevelop dyslexia.” … Jarret Hann says,“All is well in the South with Jess ’03and me. I randomly ran into DaveMadeira ’03 one day last year at a gro-cery store and discovered that he andhis newly wedded wife Oriana also livein Williamsburg. We had an awesometime at their wedding with a dozen orso other Holderness alums last June. Aspecial thanks to Bryce Connery ’03and his company, Lone Peak Outfitters,for my new favorite hat. On anothernote, we’re looking forward to meetingChristine Cunningham’s new additionwhen we see her this fall.” … Big Newsfrom our class president; Kellan Floriogot engaged! He writes, “The big newsfor me is that I just got engaged to mygirlfriend of almost a year, DianaZotos. We met last summer when I toremy ACL. She was my physical therapist,and she also teaches yoga which I’vestarted to take up despite my lack ofskills. We’re planning to get marriednext summer in Vermont. Meanwhile,I’m still working at Goldman Sachs andliving in Brooklyn with Diana.”Congrats, Kel!! … Evan Kornack alsogot engaged recently. He says, “Myfiancé, Kinsey, and I graduated fromthe Darden School of Business in May

and have since moved back to Boston.We will be getting married inNovember at the Jupiter Island Club,in Florida.” Congrats, Kornack!! …Benjamin Stonebraker made a movefrom Montana to Colorado recently; hewrites, “I live in Aspen now and workas a race coach at Highlands under theumbrella of Ski School, so I see Fordyand Ramsay often but don’t work intheir program. I see the Holdernesscontingent frequently which has beenawesome. I am currently the marketingdirector for Bomb Flow Media Houseand get to edit their magazine. Checkus out online or on Facebook; we havethe best athletes in the world supply-ing us with the best kayak footage youcan find on the internet. Looking for-ward to an even bigger 2013!” …Amanda French writes in, “All is well!I am working in Reno/Tahoe as aschool counselor and loving it! Life isgood with my man Dana and our twopups!” … Betsy Cornell and AnthonyAceto are still in the big city! Betsy ranthe NYC marathon this year and plansto run another in Philly this fall. Istayed with them in February when Iwas in the city for a wedding and theyare both doing great! … Anne and JoeyMormina just welcomed a beautifulbaby boy, Robert Andrew Mormina(did I spell that right?!?) in July. I wasable to visit them and their beautifuldaughter, Katherine, a few days afterhe was born. They’re all doing well andspending the rest of their summer upat their home in Montréal. Joey will beplaying for the Wilkes-Barre Penguinsagain next year! … As for me, KarynHoepp Jennings, it’s been a great year!I’m still living in Dover, NH and lovingmarried life. My husband and I are juststarting the house hunt, so hopefullyby the time this comes out, we will be

homeowners. This winter I was able towork with a fellow classmate, JoyDomin Southworth, on the graphicdesign of her two prenatal and postna-tal workout DVDs that she produced. Itseems like they have both really takenoff! I’m still working at the radio stationin Manchester, but I recently got aninteresting opportunity here. I am nowgoing to be doing a daily HollywoodReport on our current hits radio sta-tion, Hot Hits (94.1 and 103.1). So ifyou’re ever around the Concord/Manchester, NH area, tune in and youcan hear me talk about the latestHollywood gossip! That’s it for theClass of 2001! Hope everyone is well,and I look forward to hearing from youall again soon! xoxoxo

CLASS CORRESPONDENTSKaryn Hoepp ’012 Ash StreetDover, NH 03820-3152Phone: [email protected]

Adam Lavallee ’01227 W. Baltimore AvenueLansdowne, PA [email protected]

’02 Hi everyone! It looks like our notes areshort and sweet this round. I’m hopingthis is because you’re all saving yourstories for catching up at our reunionon September 29–30! Thanks to every-one who wrote in! … Geoff Mintzreports: “It was great to swing throughcampus back in late May and see theFords and Bruce Barton. I was backEast for Dave Madeira’s ’03 weddingand took the opportunity to showColleen, my current Midwestern girl-friend, around the area. The campuslooked great. It’s hard to believe theFords’ littlest was graduating. She wasbasically a baby when we were there.Even harder to believe, Dotty is stillwalking around, albeit a little disori-ented. I’m happy to say I’ve gotten acouple good breaks recently. After atip from Sam Bass, I got hired as asso-ciate editor with Ski Racing Magazine.So, if anyone out there in the raceworld has a good story idea, hit me upat [email protected].” … SarahHendel writes: “I’m living the good lifein Burlington. Work is great and still

keeping me on my toes. Fortunately,there’s also no shortage of opportuni-ties to play: paddle boarding, kickball,rock climbing, hiking, biking, andcamping... I’ve been back in NewEngland for a year now and can’t thinkof another place I’d rather be.” … WillKeiser writes: “All is well here...Racingis in full swing. I’ve been on the roadsince March, traveling from racetrackto racetrack and state to state as I, likeeveryone else, chase the point’s cham-pionship. So far I’m fifth in points, andI’m hoping to break the top three.More points means more sponsormoney for 2013. Racing has becomepretty much a full time career. I still dosome catering when I’m home, which isnow NYC, but my girlfriend, our twodogs, and I are on the road prettymuch every Thursday to Mondaywhich makes it hard to have a full-timejob. I couldn’t be happier. This is thestart of the culmination of a dreamthat pre-dated my Holderness days,and now I’m living it! I have a long wayto go before I’m a household name, butthings are moving along well and fasterthan expected. Please like my racingteam page, Royalty Racing. Again,more likes equals happier sponsors!I’m looking forward to being back inPlymouth after all these years—Ihaven’t been back there once...It willbe good to see old faces again!Looking forward to catching up. :)” …Ally Keefe writes: “I’m still living inSquaw Valley, California attendingnursing school. I’m looking forward tomy December graduation and plan tolook for a job in the area.Unfortunately, school will keep me inCalifornia through the reunion. Pleasetell everyone I said hello!” … As for me,Betsy Pantazelos, I’ve actually had thepleasure of catching up with quite afew Holderness people as I have beentraveling quite a bit this summer. I wasout in Napa, California this spring cel-ebrating Liz Norton’s ’01 completion ofher doctorate! We saw ArianaNicolay ’04 and Erin Maroni (who areboth living in the Bay Area) andenjoyed cruising through wine country.This summer I’ve spent most freemoments waterskiing with JoeSampson back in our old stompinggrounds in the Lakes Region of NewHampshire. I also caught up with TylerStubbs ’01 in Newport, Rhode Islandwhile I was there working at the FolkFestival for Patagonia. I also made it

Morris Barnhorst and BrooklynBarnhorst

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up to Portland, ME for the Mumford &Sons concert and grabbed dinner withJen Crane ’01. Most recently, I sawMark Walrod ’97 at his wedding toHilary Williams atop Mt. Greylock. Atthe event, I had the pleasure of sittingnext to Phil Peck and meeting BrianWerner ’97. Hope to see more of youin September at Reunion!

CLASS CORRESPONDENTBetsy Pantazelos ’02256 Summer Street, Apt. 1LSomerville, MA 02143-2204Phone: 774-270-0588 [email protected]/Holdernessclassof2002

’03 Tauheedah Alexander writes: “I’mdoing okay. I’m finishing up my firstyear working at Penn State inResidence Life. It has been a veryinteresting year with lots of challengesbut I am enjoying it. I’m still trying toget used to being in the middle ofnowhere but Holderness prepped mefor that (lol).” … Victoria Mello writes:“I recently was married at RosecliffMansion in Newport, RI (where themovie The Great Gatsby was filmed) toDr. Barry Saperia, an orthopedic sur-

geon in June 2011. We also welcomedthe birth of our first child, Eli LewisSaperia on August 25, 2011. We are liv-ing just outside of Boston and enjoyingour new family. As for little Eli, I amalready looking forward to taking himon a tour of the Holderness campuswhen the time comes!” … Brenna Foxsent in a picture taken at Choate. Inthe photo is Casey Carr, Brenna Foxand her boyfriend Sean, Weston Lea’sHolderness Hockey Jersey, TheDennehy family (Pat, Michelle, Sean,and Kaely Weston), and The LeaFamily (Dean, Deb, and Evan). Greatphoto, Brenna. I hope everyone isdoing well.

CLASS CORRESPONDENTNick Payeur ’0395 Sawyer RoadScarborough, ME [email protected]

’04 CLASS CORRESPONDENTRyan McManus ’0440 Locust StreetMarblehead, MA [email protected]

’05 I apologize that some of these updatesseem out-of-date, but they are greatnonetheless! As some of you mayknow, I did my original collection inthe spring, but then the notes werepushed back an issue….I think every-one near and far is busy, busy, busy!Here we go! Ashley Saba writes: “I’min graduate school in New York gettingmy next degree in Economics. I’vebeen catching Sunday films withHannah Hickok who I’ve always beenlucky to keep in touch with. I also havehad a chance to grab dinner withSusie Griffin, Susan Taylor, MikeTucker, and Reed Cooley so far. It’snice to see some familiar faces in thecrowds of the city. They all seem to bedoing very well! This summer I have aresearch fellowship working withProgressive labor economists.” … JennCalver writes: “I had a number ofHolderness run-ins this past spring as Iwas coaching the GVLax team here atVermont Academy. Not much haschanged since we were students, asHolderness ran us into the ground, 18-3(slightly demoralizing). I’m also seeingTad Skelley ’07 today, in fact, as hehas an interview here in theAdmissions Office! I can’t wait for thekids to leave for the summer; it’s been

a crazy year, but I love being back inboarding schools! Hope to see every-one soon!” … Rob Crane says: “I amcurrently training for the Olympics inLondon this summer. I will representthe US in sailing in the Laser, which isa one-person sailboat. Right now I amin Germany competing at the WorldChampionships.” According to anAugust 9 post on Rob’s website(www.robcraneracing.com), he finished29th out of 49 boats in the Olympics;nice work Rob! … And speaking of theLondon 2012 Olympics, MartynasPocius represented his country wellwhen he played for the Lithuanianbasketball team. He is also currentlyplaying for Real Madrid C.F. and livesin Madrid, Spain. … Dave Murisonwrites: “I don’t think I’ve updated any-one on anything I’ve done since Igraduated - shame on me. Anyway,after I graduated from Trinity Collegein 2010 with a BS in chemistry, I start-ed working at Lonza Biologics, apharmaceutical company inPortsmouth, NH. I worked as a manu-facturing operator in the purificationdepartment for about a year but real-ized pretty quickly that the job wasn’tfulfilling my expectations. I was admit-ted to the Northeastern UniversityGraduate Chemistry and ChemicalBiology Ph.D. program last March, andI’ve been living in Boston as a resultfor about nine months now. For thefirst year of my program, I’ve been tak-ing courses and trying to determinewhich lab I’ll be doing my researchwith for the remaining four (or possiblyfive) years of the program. I believe Iwill be working with Dr. PennyBeuning who focuses her research oncellular responses to DNA damage andsubsequent repair pathways. I am veryexcited to begin my research because,after all, that is the true purpose ofearning a Ph.D. I am also looking for-ward to enjoying my last summer offreedom outside the lab. I’ve seen a lot

(L–R): Jarret Hann ’01, Jessica Hann ’03, Sam Beck ’02, Geoff Mintz ’02, Andy Gaylord ’02, Bryce Connery ’03, Ave Cook ’02, DaveMadeira ’03, Oriana Farley, Heidi Webb ’00, Ramsay Hill ’02, Chris Rodgers ’02, and Fordy Sinkinson ’02. Hats in the photo arecourtesy of Bryce Connery ’03 and Lone Peak Outfitters, Bryce’s guide and outfitters, based in southwestern Montana (Bozeman).Robert Low also made an appearance on Friday night and could not make the photo. Photograph by Amanda Herzberger ofOrchard Cove Photography of Charlotte, VT. Amanda is cousin to Ave Cook ’02 and Heidi Webb ’00.

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Holderness folks since I’ve been livingin Boston, which has been really nice.I’ve bumped into Ben Trook ’06, KitHenderson, Ben Kirtland ’06, andprobably more that I can’t rememberright now off the top of my head. Iactually played some hockey with BenKirtland ’06 last month, which wasreally fun. I still try and play hockeywhenever and wherever I get thechance, but it’s difficult because myschedule is erratic. Unfortunately, myfamily doesn’t live in Vermont any-more, but I go back home (toWoodstock) every chance I get. Mymother and father live inNewburyport, MA now, which is con-venient since I live in Boston, but Iknow they miss Vermont in a lot ofways. I’m sure I’m forgetting manythings that have happened in the pastfew years, but these are some of thehighlights.” … Emily Sampson writes:“Life is super busy these days. I’m stillliving in Burlington and still teachingkids with Autism. This past winter Icoached the GMVS ski club atSugarbush on the weekends and had ablast. Over the winter, I decided topursue Occupational Therapy in gradschool and am currently chippingaway, one by one, at pre-requisites. Isee fellow classmate Brie Keefe regu-larly which is pretty great; I also justreturned from a trip to NYC where Ivisited Kathleen Crane. I’m now look-ing forward to summer in Vermont andsome much needed relaxation!” … JJHall is working as the WorkforceDevelopment Coordinator forCleanEdison and is living around thecorner from Phil Peck in NYC. … PeteSchlech writes: “I am a pilot forPinnacle airlines doing DeltaConnection routes out of Kennedy air-port in NYC. I live in Florida but workin New York. I start training to be apilot in the US Air Force in June, andwill be based in New Jersey when I amdone training in a couple of years.” …Emma Schofield writes: “The onlyupdate I have is that I will be receivingmy MA in Counseling Psychology fromthe University of Denver in June 2012.I’m still living in Denver, CO and wassad to have missed our reunion!” …Maresa Nielson writes: “I’m still inBrattleboro, VT, halfway through aMaster’s in Intercultural Service,Leadership, and Management at SIT.I’m currently working for TheExperiment in International Living, a

high-school summer study abroad pro-gram also run by a branch of WorldLearning. This August I began a sec-ond graduate program to pursue aMaster’s in Teaching for Social Justice.I’ll be teaching kindergarten and hope-fully will be returning to East Africanext year to continue teaching kinder-garten!” … Willie Ford sends in: “I’mworking for POC Sports in Portsmouth,NH after having been an athlete forthem for five years. I’m the Director ofMarketing and Promo for the USA. Ilove it. It’s a ton of fun and veryrewarding. Fortunately, I get to travelthe world and work in the ski/bikeindustry, which was important to meafter I retired in 2010. I still coach andski as much as I can. We have quitethe Holderness contingency in thePortsmouth area, so if any of you areever here, be sure to let us know!” …Mike Hardiman writes: “I moved downto Windermere, FL where I will teachEnglish literature and MassCommunications at WindermerePreparatory School. I will also coachfootball and help develop student pub-lications. Hopefully, I will find myselfup north again this summer and startgraduate studies at Breadloaf.” … HanMin Lee says: “I’m currently in Seoul,Korea, serving in the Republic of KoreaAir Force (aka ROKAF) as a FirstLieutenant. I had a chance to go backto Holderness last May, for graduationand stayed at Mr. Ford’s house withWillie, Mattie ’04, and Julia ’08. I alsohad the chance to see all the other fac-ulty. Then I came down to NYC andmet up with Taylor Nissi ’04, MollyNissi ’06, and Nigel Malloch.” …Caitlin (Connelly) Cooper writes:“Last summer (August 13) my husbandDan and I got married. The service wasofficiated by Mr. Rich Weymouth inthe Holderness School Chapel.Kathleen Crane and Susan Taylorwere both members of the weddingparty. Other alums in attendance wereCharlie Hanson ’83, Anya CaldwellBean ’07, and current students JesseRoss ’13 and Libby Aldridge ’13. Danand I both live and work at Avon OldFarms School in Avon, CT. This fall Iwill start my Master’s degree inEducational Psychology at theUniversity of Connecticut. We are bothlooking forward to Kathleen Crane’swedding this October!” … StuartNelson writes: “I am meeting withTomas Balcetis ’06 in August in

London.” … As for me, I worked for thepast year as a para-educator in akindergarten classroom with a studentwith intensive special needs, and Itruly enjoyed it. This fall I’m starting aVermont teacher licensure program tobecome a middle level science andsocial studies teacher. And of course,I’m still living in Burlington! This win-ter, I skied with Maresa and Chris ’02Nielson at Sugarbush, VT. I also raninto Kara Herlihy ’03 around town inWaitsfield a couple times. EmilySampson and I are there in the winter,so if you’re ever up…give one of us acall! I also had a random run-in on thewaterfront in July when Emily and Ispotted a Holderness tote bag. Wedecided to stop to say hello and intro-duce ourselves (hey, why not?), and itturns out one of the women wasWeston Lea’s mother. She then alsointroduced us to his younger brother,Evan who is living in Burlington withhis fiancée. You just never know whoyou’re going to see or meet sometimes.It’s so great to hear that everyone isdoing well in his or her personal andprofessional life. It’s wonderful receiv-ing these updates from you all,because everyone has done so manyamazing things over the past sevenyears; I can only imagine what the nextseven will bring! I’m already lookingforward to our ten-year class reunion(total nerd, I know…but you know yousecretly are as well). Former class-mates of mine, I hope you enjoyreading the notes just as much as I do,so whenever you feel like sending me aquick note (email, Facebook, snailmail, anything), please do. Class of

2005, you rock! I do my best torespond to each and every one of youwhen you send me emails, but I apolo-gize if I spaced out. There have beenmultiple requests to have a YoungAlumni get-together soon, and I amcurrently in talks with the all-stars inthe Alumni Office to give it a shot.Therefore, keep your eyes peeled!!Thank you all again! Stay well.

CLASS CORRESPONDENTBrie Keefe ’[email protected]

’06 Reports are in from the class of 2006and it seems we have clustered geo-graphically around Boston, D.C., andNew York City. There are also pods ofwestern mountain people in Utah,Colorado, and Montana. We areattending and planning weddings,earning advanced degrees, travelingthe world, and earning promotions incurrent jobs. It has been inspiring tohear success stories from our class-mates. Read on for updates and keepin touch. … CJ Vincent writes: “I’m liv-ing in Greenville, SC as of January thisyear, and I just finished a two-yearleadership program with GeneralElectric. In the past year I’ve movedtwice, started working on a Master’sdegree, and am now engaged to mywonderful fiancé! I see Steve ’07 andKourtney Martin ’07 a few times ayear on the coast. I’m still playingsports in addition to taking in thesouthern scenery on hikes and motor-

Caitlin Connelly Cooper ’05 wedding on August 13, 2011. (L–R) Ashley Saba ’05, AllyciaKimball ’05, Hannah Hickok ’05, Jenn Calver ’05, Susan Taylor ’05, Caitlin ConnellyCooper ’05, Kathleen Crane ’05, Emily Sampson ’05, Jaime Pauley ’05, KitHenderson-Adams ’05, and Susie Griffin ’05



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cycle rides. It’s hard to get out of thehabit of keeping busy all the time!” …Jesse Thompson is currently livingand working in Annapolis, MD andfound a job quickly after he ended hisservice in the Marines last year: “I wasgoing to re-enlist but because theMarine Corps cut its size, there wereno spots left in my field for me to stayin. My options were to get out or moveto a new field, which I did not want todo.” Jesse plans to keep his inactivereserve status and is currently workingin the IT department of InforMedHealth Care Solutions in Annapoliswhile he finishes a Computer Sciencedegree. … Joe Muller writes: “Recently,the Holderness community has failedto escape me. I live with alum JayBladon in Boston, and spent my win-ters bumping into the snowboardfreestyle team. I was able to help out alocal snowboard team and do somecoaching at USASA events. As for work,I’m an engineer at an architecturalhardware company just outside ofBoston. My company mostly designsand fabricates stainless steel fittingsfor glass walls, façades, and art instal-lations. Currently, a project I workedon is being constructed over StewartStreet in Boston. It’s a glass encasedbridge that spans the street and ishard to miss.” … Design-minded adven-ture man, Ryan Walters, writes: “I justgot back from traveling and climbing inVietnam and Cambodia for six weeks.It was an amazing trip for sure and Ican’t wait to get back. I finished myMaster’s last year, and now I’m stayingbusy working at a local company, doingsustainable residential timber designand some freelance product/graphicwork on the side. I can’t wait for win-ter. I’m hanging with Henry, Jack, andthose Keslin boys (Daniel and Steve),and saving for travels on the free ridetour this winter.” … Kristin Keohan isan impressive lady who is always doingsomething interesting, from living inSpain to her current career inWashington, D.C.: she is working on asoftware development team as a statis-tician at Booz Allen Hamilton. … JesseStraus, has been promoted (YAY,Jesse!) from Marketing Coordinator toMarketing Specialist at Vineyard Vinesand spent the summer traveling toMartha’s Vineyard and Nantucket.Jesse writes: “I had #thebestweekende-ver with Molly Nissi, Billy White, andAnne Richardson up at the

Richardson clan’s lake house in NewYork. We are still talking about it.”Jesse plans to round out his NewEngland summer at Nantucket RaceWeek. … Blair Thompson has beenworking in New York City as theJewelry Department/ DepartmentHead’s assistant at Sotheby’s and justmoved into a great apartment on theUpper East Side with Hilary Nichols.Blair was busy this summer as she par-ticipated in the 2012 Annual Proutybike ride with Susan Taylor ’05, JennCalver ’05, and Carlie Bristow. Blairreports: “Our team, which includedmembers of the Richardson, Taylor,Thompson, Nichols, and Bristow fami-lies, raised over $10,000 towardscancer research for the Norris-CottonCancer Research Center atDartmouth-Hitchcock … And, I was abridesmaid in Ashley Currier’s ’03wedding along with Carlie Bristowand Kara Herilhy ’03. AnnaLockwood ’03, Em Noyes ’03, AmyLaverack ’03, and Todd Nordblom ’04were also in attendance. It was anamazing and fun weekend to celebrateAshley! And, Weymo performed theceremony!” … Grady Vigneau was anassistant coach at Hamilton this pastseason and coached some players thathe played with while on the Hamiltonteam. Grady spent the summer intern-ing with the Washington Nationals as aminor league video intern and will befinished with his Masters degree inSports Leadership from Northeasternat the end of the summer. … Afterworking as a consultant for two years,Tomas Balcetis, decided to drop it andfollow his passion for sports. He wasoffered a position at the NBA in theirEMEA headquarters (Europe, MiddleEast, Africa) as a Coordinator in theInternational Media Distributiondepartment, where he will manageNBA programming relationships withmedia companies in the EMEA region.He has been living in London andattended almost every OlympicBasketball game including Marty’sshowdown with Team USA. … MeaganPaxton has settled in Plainfield, NHwhere she is working as the marketing,event planning and front desk manag-er at The Home Hill Inn. … TaiHaluszka began her dietetics programthis summer and is working towardsbecoming a registered dietitian. Shehas been living in Chicago this pastyear and loves the city. She has been

training for a triathlon and enjoyingLake Michigan. … Brian Gamble is liv-ing in Baltimore with his girlfriend,Caroline, and recently started his owncompany. Brian has found a love for allwater sports, especially rowing, and ishelping Caroline coach a high schoolgirls crew team. … Nick Schoeder hasbeen living in Bar Harbor, Maine forthe summer running his photographybusiness, bar tending, and racing sail-boats. This winter Nick is heading westto Steamboat Springs, CO to manage aphotography company on the skimountain. … Anne Richardson is look-ing forward to settling down aftertraveling in New Zealand for fourmonths. She worked at a juice bar onthe North Island and traveled to Baliand parts of Indonesia. Anne headedhome in June for her brother’s wed-ding and for her move from Boston toWashington, D.C. Anne starts graduateschool at Corcoran College of Art andDesign where she will study ExhibitionDesign in a two-year degree programin the fall. … As for me, Jess Saba, Imoved from the lovely town ofBoulder, CO to Brooklyn, NY in May. Istarted Good Point PR and Consultinglast August to help thought leadersand social entrepreneurs with mediarelations and marketing campaigns. Itis wonderful. Stay healthy and happy,friends, and keep in touch.

CLASS CORRESPONDENTJessica Saba ’06143 Bedford Avenue, Apt. 2 Brooklyn, NY 11211Phone: [email protected]

’07 The class of 2007 is gearing up for ourfive-year reunion in September, andwe couldn’t be more excited to recon-nect and catch-up with old classmatesand friends. It’s hard to believe it hasbeen that long since we leftHolderness. Most of us have begun tosettle in nicely to life after college andour Holderness classmates remainscattered across the country doing awhole host of fun and interestingthings. … Tanner Mathison writes, “Iam working as a financial analyst inPhiladelphia and starting law school atthe University of Pennsylvania thisfall.” … Taylor James says, “I am living

in NYC with Sam Shlopak. I work for acommercial production companycalled Rabbit. And I am looking for-ward to the Reunion in the fall!” …Katie Oram writes from out West, “Iam currently living in Jackson, WYworking as a field instructor at theTeton Science Schools. I teach sciencein Grand Teton National Park to stu-dents in fourth–twelfth grade. I loveliving in the Tetons; everything I wantto do is right here. I have been back-country skiing, rock climbing, andhiking a ton this year. In June, howev-er, I’m leaving, and I’ll be in Alaska forthe summer leading backpacking trips.I see Tory Hayssen ’06 around townevery once in a while, and I work atTSS with Grace Nehring ’03.” … ToddDavis currently calls Ypsilanti,Michigan home. He will graduate thissummer or fall from Eastern Michigan.He is a political science major with acommunications minor and has hopesof attending law school. He justwrapped up his hockey career with theconclusion of his senior season at EMU,and now it’s on to the beer leagues fulltime. He is hoping to make it to thefive-year Reunion in Septemberbecause he states, “I have not seen aHolderness face for a few years now soit would be fun.” … Anya Bean tookthe semester off of what should havebeen her senior year at UNH after hermom passed away; she spent the win-ter teaching ski lessons and skiing inthe West. She visited Phoebe Erdmanand Ben Mawhinney ’06 and is nowheaded back to New Hampshire to fin-ish school and ski for UNH. … I am busyworking in Cambridge, MA as a marketresearch strategy consultant at a smallfirm called Hawk Partners, and I amloving it; however, I still miss college! Iam living outside Harvard Square witha friend from Williams and am certain-ly looking forward to seeing everyonein late September.

CLASS CORRESPONDENTAnnie Hanson ’07 [email protected]

’08 Hi! I hope this update finds you allenjoying the end of summer, and con-gratulations to everyone whograduated this past spring! I’ve had thepleasure of spending time with a lot of


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Holderness alums this year, and I hopethat’s a trend that continues. Our classhas been busy this year, and sometook the time to send some quickupdates. … Hannah O’Brien writes: “Igraduated from Colby College in Maywith a major in history and a minor ineducation. Starting this fall, I will beteaching and coaching at the TaftSchool, a private school inConnecticut. I will be teaching a soph-omore history course called HistoricalCivilizations and the Modern World,and I will be coaching field hockey, icehockey, and lacrosse. I will also be liv-ing in a ninth- and tenth-grade boy’sdorm where I will fulfill my responsi-bilities as a dorm parent.” … MargotCutter will be attending the McGeorgeLaw School at the University of thePacific this fall. … Stephen Rudberggraduated from Wake Forest thisspring, and moved to Denver in July tobegin a job at DISH Network. … MaggieDembinski is going into her senioryear at Bates, studying ReligiousStudies. … Morgan Frank writes thathe has graduated from UVM “with a BSin mathematics, and a double minor incomputer science and statistics. I willbe pursuing a Master’s in AppliedMathematics and a certificate inComplex System Analysis at UVM start-ing in the spring. I am currently workingon two research projects. The first isstudying packing Costas arrays. Thesecond is performing sentiment analysisto relate the happiness of people onTwitter to other characteristics like loca-tion, movement, and land use. I will alsobe starting a research project involvingthe use of social media to solve large-scale problems, or finding people withthe same rare medical condition andallowing them to communicate and con-gregate to gain more awareness for theirobscure conditions.”

CLASS CORRESPONDENTJessica White ’08181 Edward Foster Road Scituate, MA 02066Phone: [email protected]

’09 The class of ’09 is preparing to returnto their college campuses for one finalyear. Class agents Ally Stride and MegMcNulty are both finishing up their

degrees in history. Ally is doublemajoring in Art and History and isspending the spring semester of hersenior year studying fine arts abroad inItaly. Meg has just returned from hersemester abroad in South Africa whereshe took classes for her political sci-ence and environmental studiesminors. This summer Ally has beeninterning with the Clark Gallery inLincoln, MA and is a featured bloggerfor RentTheRun- way.com. Meg isreturning to Saint Michael’s College asan Orientation Leader for the incom-ing freshman class and is president ofthe Honors Program. Kelsey Muller isspending the fall semester of her sen-ior year abroad at James CookUniversity in Townsville, Australiastudying marine and tropical biology.She will return to Wesleyan Universityin November to play her last season ofice hockey and graduate in the springwith a biology degree. She plans toattend medical school after a year off.Lane Curran is heading into her finalyear at Bates College, where she ismajoring in Biology and planning toattend medical school after graduation.She spent the summer 2012 studyingfor the MCAT exam, shadowing a physi-cian, and working as an EMT for theFire/EMS Department in her home-town. During this next year at Batesshe will be a biology department hon-ors candidate, the Deputy Chief of theBates Emergency Medical Services,and the captain of the women’s rugbyteam (and hoping to make the MaineCollegiate All-Star team for the fourthyear in a row!). Dan Wright is in hisfourth out of five years at JamesMadison University where he is pursu-ing a B.S. in Sports and RecreationManagement with a Business andComputer Information Systems minor.This summer Dan has been completinga marketing practicum atMeadowbrook U.S. Cellular Pavilion inGilford, NH. At James Madison, Dan isan officer for the mens rugby team andan operations supervisor at the recre-ation facility. He is also on theplanning board for a 56.9-million-dol-lar extension to the recreation facilityat JMU. Cody Bohonnon looks forwardto his fourth year in a five-year pro-gram at the University of Denverwhere he will earn an undergraduatedegree in Mechanical Engineering andan MBA. This summer he has beenworking as a Business Technology

Analyst intern at Deloitte & Touche.Cody has continued the Holdernesstradition and is currently the presidentof the Alpine Club at DU as well asthe vice-president of Greek Council.Emily Marvin spent this past springsemester studying abroad in Kenyaand volunteered at an orphanage forthe final month. This fall, Emily will beback at St. Lawrence for her final soc-cer season and will be living in hersorority house. Justine Seraganian is arising senior at Colby and is anEconomics and Math major with a con-centration in financial markets. Shespent a semester studying in Scotlandand is working as a senior intern in theAdmissions office at Colby. She is cap-tain of the Colby crew team and islooking forward to her final season.Jake McPhee is currently attendingthe University of Miami and is studyingElectrical Engineering. He was electedvice-president of the mens lacrosseteam and has taken on the role of reor-ganizing the program. Over thesummer he took action, hired a newcoaching staff and scouted out youngtalent. His goal is to win the SELC forthe first time in the team’s history andput the young program on the righttrack to become a member in the ACC.During his summer internship, he hasbeen designing a renewable energypower plant and is looking forward toanother season of ’Canes Football.Stephen Smith is finishing up atMontana State with an American

Studies degree. This spring he becamea licensed fishing guide in Montana,working for Bryce Connery ’02 withLone Peak Outfitters. This summerSteve has been guiding fly fishermen(and fisherwomen) on the MadisonRiver, Bitterroot River, YellowstoneRiver, and other western rivers ofMontana. He is also interning with theYellowstone Association promotingYellowstone National Park. Betweenschool, guiding, and spending timewith his year-old German ShorthairedPointer, Bridget, Steve has been stay-ing busy and truly enjoying life inMontana. Abby Thompson is lookingforward to her fourth year at SimmonsCollege, and will graduate in May witha dual bachelor’s degree in ElementaryEducation and Social Studies.Currently, Abby is working on finishingher MTEL tests to get licensed as ateacher in the state of Massachusetts.Abby spent a lot of her summer work-ing in a restaurant and helping herbrother Ben Thompson ’04 and hiswife move to Massachusetts fromCalifornia. In September she will bemoving into an apartment in Allstonwith some friends for her last year atSimmons.

CLASS CORRESPONDENTSMeg McNulty ’[email protected]

Allison Stride ’09 [email protected]

’10 Hello class of 2010! I hope everyonehad a wonderful summer; in my opin-ion it went by just a little too quickly.I’m currently writing this set of notes

Meg McNulty ’09 studying abroad thispast spring in South Africa, where shetook classes for her political scienceand environmental studies minors.Here she poses with a member of theSan Bushmen Tribe.

Amber Stewart McCormack ’08, JessWhite ’08, Sacha Gouchie ’08, and therest of the bridal party



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from my apartment in Boston, whichSam Copeland, Marion Thurston, andI have been renting for the past twomonths. Last year at Union was verybusy; I joined the sorority Delta DeltaDelta and was accepted into aSpanish-Intensive study abroad pro-gram in Cordoba, Argentina which Iwill be starting in January 2013. Thissummer I have been interning for adigital marketing firm in South Bostoncalled The ADK Group, training for theMohawk-Hudson Marathon, andattending many concerts and musicfestivals where I’ve seen plenty ofalumni including Adam Sapers ’11,Sara Mogollon ’12, KristinaMicalizzi ’12, Will Marvin ’12, andmany more! … Sam’s year was also verybusy at Union. He joined the fraternityPsi Upsilon and has been focusing hisstudies on Economics and PoliticalScience. This summer he interned atthe New England Aquarium as aresearch analyst for a new iPhone appcalled FishBlue, which promotesEnvironmental Citizenship amongstrecreational fishermen. Marion, whocurrently attends NortheasternUniversity, has been busy juggling twojobs, one at a catering company andthe other at The North Face onNewbury Street. She loves living inBoston and skiing for Northeastern! …Elise Steiner writes, “This summer hasbeen fun! I just finished my internshipat Delta Dental where I worked withGabbie Raffio and CaitlinMitchell ’09. I saw numerousHolderness alumni at concerts andvarious gatherings around NewEngland, and will soon be departingfor Hong Kong! In Hong Kong I will bestudying abroad for the fall semester,which will include a six-week intern-ship starting in November. I have beenable to make some Holderness con-nections in Hong Kong already andwill hopefully be meeting up withmore when I get there.” … WesMitchell Lewis has also been busyabroad. This summer he backpackedin the Mustang region of Nepal for amonth and then studied in Londonand went to the Olympics. He’s excitedabout going to Austria in the fall forhis term abroad! Wes also bumpedinto Paul Clark when they were bothin London at the Olympics! Paul spenthis summer working in Antwerpen,Belgium at an Architecture firm. …Ashby Sussman is studying mechani-

cal engineering at Cornell, is the cap-tain of the alpine ski team, and joinedthe Pi Beta Phi sorority. She has reallyenjoyed racing in college and fre-quently runs into Erica Hamlin,Carter White, and John McCoy atraces! This summer Ashby interned atIBM and did mechanical analysis work.… Gabbie Raffio writes, “This summerI spent some time in different dentaloffices shadowing various dentists andworked part time at Arnies’ Ice Creamin Concord with Elise Steiner. I alsoclimbed Mt. Kilimanjaro with CaitlinMitchell ’09; we were able to meet upwith Mimi Pichette in Arusha,Tanzania before we climbed!” … Mimialso climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro this sum-mer! … Will Hoeschler has had a verybusy summer. He is currently a theatremajor with a concentration in acting atSkidmore College. He spent a monthtaking summer classes at Skidmore,and one was with GedvileGineityte ’09! Throughout July heattended the Shakespeare SummerTraining Institute at Shakespeare andCompany in Lenox, MA and was inSalt Lake City for the Outdoor RetailerConvention with his family promotingthe Key Log (the first synthetic log-rolling log). He will spend his fallsemester away at Shakespeare andCompany’s Fall Conservatory Program.… Julia Capron has mostly just beenworking. She writes, “I teach dancegymnastics and zumba classes for myjob and in my free time I try to go hik-ing as much as possible. I’m lookingforward to this next semester at schoolbecause I switched my major to jour-nalism and can’t wait to start my newjournalism classes!” … Will Humphreyhas had an extremely busy year as hehas been occupied with a projectcalled Endless Abilities. He would likeyou all to check out www.endlessabili-ties.org so that you can obtain moreinformation and watch the trailer forhis new documentary based on para-lyzed athletes. The mission of theircompany, Wind Powered Productions,is to tell stories with a greater socialmeaning. The documentary will bereleased to the public on January 18,2013! … Jacob Scott says he lives inBathurst, New Brunswick and that heis doing well. … Phil Brown writes,“I’ve been studying international busi-ness and Spanish, working as a brandambassador for The Next Step Realty,and as a personal trainer at Eco

Fitness Gym and Blue Turtle Yoga. I’mlooking forward to going abroad toBarcelona this year! I’m the VP of myfraternity, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, andloving it. Surfing, playing guitar, andraging life.” … Brian Friedman spentMay in New Zealand where he trav-eled to both islands and did almostevery action sport imaginable. Hespent the summer working at a designfirm in Manchester, NH, wakeboardingon Little Squam Lake, and hanging outwith the ‘Crazy Croatian,’ Ivan Delic. …Laura Pohl is headed back to BostonUniversity this fall. She spent the sum-mer teaching swimming in Sandwich,NH and taught faculty children NolanGalvin and Cam Cirone! I hope thisset of notes finds everyone happy andhealthy—cheers until next time!

CLASS CORRESPONDENTSAbby Alexander ’[email protected]

Ashleigh Boulton ’10 [email protected]

John McCoy ’[email protected]

Em Pettengill ’10 Union College 807 Union St Box 1789 Schenectady, NY12308Phone: [email protected]

’11 … Desi Bennett has been working at arestaurant in the seacoast area aboutan hour south of Holderness and isready for the return to Middlebury toplay soccer. … Nick Ford has been sail-ing and working in Michigan for thesummer and is excited for preseasonsoccer at Bates where he spends timewith his girl friends, Emily Hayes andAbby Alexander ’10… CharlotteNoyes is having a great summer inMarblehead and is excited to be play-ing field hockey this fall at GW andliving in her sorority this upcomingyear! … Maddie Burnham and AlexObregon much enjoyed their first yearat Colorado College and ended up inthe same group of friends. … CarsonHoule spent his summer interning at aprivate equity firm outside of Phillywith some friends from the ski team at

Williams…. Chris Merrill worked at thefamily store on Squam Lake for thesummer with his younger brother andis continuing to study engineering atCornell this fall where he is also abrother of the Lambda Chi fraternity.… Jamie McNulty stuck close to homethis summer working on the mainte-nance crew at our alma mater. He hada great year at Union where he playedlacrosse and competed against MacCaputi in an NCAA tournament. Thissummer Cecily Cushman has beencoaching a girls travel lacrosse team inMassachusetts and has been workingon the boats with Alex Gardiner. Sheis very excited for the year back atConnecticut College where she willcontinue to play lacrosse. SamMacomber spent the summer riding hisbike and working at the newHolderness General Store in downtownHolderness. He also travelled to Chilefor ski training and is very excited tostart his college career at Dartmouthwhere he will join classmate andLithuanian stud, Gabas Maldunas. …Casey Powell was a tennis coach inWaterville this summer where she alsowaitressed. She is anxiously awaitingher return to groovy UV and all of thechill conquests that are in store for herthis year. … Colin Phillips was anintern at Riverbend Veterinary Clinicthis summer and will continue atStonehill studying Biology andChemistry and playing lacrosse. Hewrites, “Recreationally, I’ve been doinga lot of hiking this summer. I think Iwill have conquered about 25 peaks bythe time summer ends in a couple ofweeks. You might have met him once,but my grandfather, Phil Phillips,passed away over a year ago hiking inthe White Mountains, and I’ve decidedto hike the 100 highest peaks in NewEngland in his honor. There are 60 orso 4,000-footers in New England alongwith about 40 3,000-footers. So all ofthat is pretty exciting. Also, I’m think-ing about going abroad my junior year,and I’m pretty set on going to NewZealand.” … Jazzy Young was able tovisit Hannah Weiner in Colebrook,NH this summer. She also interned ata film production company calledMayhem Pictures in LA. … Nick Stoicospent the summer working and savingfor the upcoming semester, which hewill be spending once again at UNHcontinuing his pursuit of a degree inEconomics. In addition to academics,


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he is also involved in the UNH newspa-per where he edits the sports section.He hopes that all is well, and if anyHolderness folks find themselves inDurham this year, hit him up! … JulienMoreau spent most of the summerworking at the Gypsy Café in Lincoln,NH with classmate Emily Starer. Nowthat the summer is coming to an end,he will be road tripping to Austin,Texas to drop off a car and then willreturn to UNH where he will continueto row crew. … Klaus Vitzhum hasbeen mildly complacent. He hasworked a little, hiked a little, andwatched the Olympics a lot. He willreturn to UVM in the fall. … ColinMackenzie has been coachinglacrosse, working, and spending timewith Sam Leech, Jamie McNulty,Adam Sapers, and Nick Renzi ’12. Hecan’t wait to return to Roanoke wherehe sees Jack Dings ’10 and playslacrosse for the Maroons. … JulietDalton traveled to South Africa tointern for Social EntrepreneurshipsCorps. She was in Cape Town doingdevelopment work, education work-shops, and implementing solar lightingin townships. She was also north in thesmall city of Nelspruit doing similarwork. She will return to Franklin &

Marshall in September. … AndrewHowe biked for seven days and 607miles from Buffalo, NY to Chicago, ILfor a Lollapalooza concert. He willcontinue with Nat Shenton, LaurenHayes, Alex Kuno, Matt Fiacco andother alumni at SLU in the fall. … LizzHale lived in Burlington, VT this sum-mer where she worked for UVM andseveral restaurants. She will resumeclasses at UVM in the fall. … JaclynVernet is loving summer and is veryexcited to be living in an apartmentthis year at College of Charleston. …Alex Gardiner is working with CecilyCushman this summer on the boats onthe Charles River in Boston and isvery eager to travel back out west tothe University of Denver with KatieFinnegan. … Chandler Grisham hasbeen painting in Littleton, NH thissummer and will live in Kappa Alphaat Elon this fall.

CLASS CORRESPONDENTSCecily Cushman ’11Connecticut College 270Mohegan AvenueNew London, CT 06320Phone: [email protected]

Mandy Englehardt ’[email protected]

Jamie McNulty ’[email protected]

Sam Macomber ’[email protected]

’12 The class of 2012 has departedHolderness and spread out around theglobe for their first summer as alums.Drew Walsh visited Miguel Arias inSpain while Matthew Kinney andDickson Smith competed in theEuropean Lacrosse Championshipsbased in Amsterdam. TravellingEurope as well were Molly Tankersleyand Rachel Huntley. A majority of thegrade flocked to the water for summerwork. Thany Alexander and JamesRobbins spent the summer working onCape Cod with Jonathan Bass andOliver Nettere close by on Martha’sVineyard. They managed to take sometime off from work to host visitors AriBourque, Haley Mahar, and SamCloud, and take them fishing. JosieBrownell and Austin Baum continuedthe theme of outdoor adventures bycoincidentally participating in thesame 21-day camping trip in Alaska. InMaine, Bee Crudginton worked at anall-girl’s summer camp that occasional-ly partners with its brother campwhere Cole Phillips ’11 and NatShenton ’11 also work. Two late addi-tions to the class of 2012, Gavin

Bayreuther and Molly Monahan,joined Alex Leininger in visiting risingsenior Will Kendrick and ShawnWatson in Montréal. Julia Potterjump-started her jewelry companybyJulia by spending the summer work-ing in NYC before she begins schoolthere in the fall. After a visit to NewHampshire to visit and sell Cutcoknives to Kristina Micalizzi and SaraMogollon, Steph Symecko played inher first college field hockey scrim-mage for WPI. Other soon-to-be-collegeathletes, such as soccer playersCharlie Defeo, Olayode Ahmed, golferConnor Loree, and football playersKeith Babus, Brian Donahue, ParkerSutherland, and Alex Trujillo, cuttheir summers short to attend presea-son. Between the hectic summer thatthe class of 2012 has been having,many have remained close and visitedfellow classmates. Good luck to allwith the beginning of college or withtheir personal endeavors next year!Stay in touch!

CLASS CORRESPONDENTS Peter Ferrante ’[email protected]

Matthew Kinney ’12

Alex “Knuckles” Leininger ’[email protected]

Kristina Micalizzi ’12 [email protected]

Stephanie Symecko ’12

Josie Brownell ’12 and Austin Baum ’12 in Alaska on a 21-day camping trip

Sam Devine ’11 and Elena Bird ’13


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by judith solberg

This summer I had the chance to visitChocorua Island on Squam Lake (or “ChurchIsland,” as it’s usually referred to here). It is thesite of a non-denominational outdoor chapel,now used for summer services and weddings,and to my mind it simply couldn’t be morebeautiful. Quiet paths padded with pine nee-dles, crosses fashioned of birch posts, and viewsof the mountains beyond the lake make up oneof New Hampshire’s most lovely and peacefulnatural spaces.

The Balch family (who donated the land forHolderness School, and educated some of theirown children here) started Camp Chocorua onthe island in . It is widely credited as being“the first boys’ camp in America.” While CampChocorua only operated in its original formuntil , its chapel evolved into what is nowknown as Church Island. From late June untilearly September a long list of prestigious min-isters from all over North America preside overservices under the towering pines.

While many of the ministers who speakduring the Sunday services on Church Islandhave direct and indirect connections toHolderness School, Holderness folks shouldalso feel a proprietary spark of pride for CampChocorua and its pioneering efforts. Foundingheadmaster Frederick Gray deeply believed inthe positive power of nature on his students,and encouraged the boys to be out of doors asmuch as possible. Students swam in the Pemi,trekked to neighbors’ homes for sugaring offparties, and hiked through the forests onMount Prospect. Gray’s daughter, EleanorStetson, remembered another pastime:

[My] father, through the consent of neighboringfarmers, encouraged the boys to build littlecamps in nearby woods rather than have themgo to Plymouth a mile away […]. OnSaturday afternoons they had lunch therefrequently [and] cooked flap-jacks, ofteninviting my father.

These camps ranged from dugouts to small butelaborate structures that required students tohaul planks and other materials out to theirremote hideaways in the woods. An argumentcould be made that the Balch boys’ experiencesof building Holderness School camps plantedthe seeds for the Church Island camp. It is nothard to imagine them designing the activities atthe camp so that they would replicate the expe-riences they had while eating flap-jacks arounda campfire near the Holderness campus.

Although over time Camp Chocoruaevolved from a summer camp into a spiritualretreat, Holderness School’s ideas about reli-gion and outdoor education remained thesame. In addition to twice-weekly chapel servic-es, through scheduled and unscheduledactivities, students are still encouraged to learnfrom their natural surroundings. On weekendsthere is almost always a hiking trip into theWhite Mountains, and Out Back remains acommon thread of human endurance and spiri-tual growth for all juniors. We also gather as a

community in our outdoor chapel once everyseason, and in the spring, while the seniors pre-pare for graduation, the ninth-graders attend achapel service on Chocorua Island (where theBalch boys set up their camp’s first birch crossin the s). The connection between spiritu-ality and nature remains.

Ironically, while camping may have beensomewhat counter-cultural in , it has nowbecome a national summer pastime; and ofcourse, Holderness is now hardly alone inembracing nature as a classroom. Today, it isour school’s inclusion of a chapel program thatis much more likely to be viewed as noncon-formist; no matter what century it is,Holderness has always endeavored to impart tostudents an appreciation of body, mind, andspirit fostered by both man and nature. Perhapsthe changing perception of our programs onlyunderscores the fixed nature of HoldernessSchool values, embodied by both the school ofthe s and the school of the modern era. �

Camp Chocorua and Its Familial Ties to Holderness School


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It’s a way to learn about leadership, hard work, and a

job well done. Depending on the assignment, it can

be a rude interruption to sleep or a mess to sort. And

it’s what makes Holderness work, on many levels.

The Job Program began in the 1930s as a way to

keep the school afloat financially after a devastating

fire. Students, regardless of their background, were

put to work in a variety of jobs from raking leaves to

doing the dishes. But the benefits to students them-

selves quickly became clear—lessons of responsibili-

ty, pride, and team work. The program continues

today, with Weld Hall as its focus, and “pantry” as its

quintessential example.

Several years ago Bruce Hamlin ’06 gave the term

“pantry” a new spin, asking us during one assembly to

adopt it into our collective vocabulary. “Make ‘pantry’

a verb,” Bruce encouraged us loudly. “When you real-

ly want to do something right, you ‘pantry’ it!” It’s a

term and a feeling that every current and past stu-

dent at Holderness can understand intuitively, even

as they remember how painful getting up for early

morning pantry could be.

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DURING THE ALL-SCHOOL PHOTOGRAPH THIS FALL, SENIORS TYLER EVANGELOUSAND JOHN MUSCIANO RUN BEHIND THE BLEACHERS WITH ELVIS SO THAT THEY CANBEAT THE PANORAMIC CAMERA AND BE IN THE PHOTOGRAPH NOT ONCE BUT TWICE!


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