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Brewster THE MAGAZINE OF BREWSTER ACADEMY FALL 2018

HEAD OF SCHOOL Craig N. Gemmell, Ph.D.

DIRECTOR OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS Lynne M. Palmer

EDITOR, DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS Marcia Eldredge

CONTRIBUTORS Craig Gemmell, Beth Hayes ’81, Liz Baker McClain, Kara McDuffee, Lynne M. Palmer, Al Simoes, Marcia Trook

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02 HEAD LINES 03 CAMPUS NEWS 34 BACK A LOOK 36 NEWS ALUMNI 42 NOTES CLASS 48 REMEMBER WHEN? 49 2017-2018 REPORT ANNUAL DEPARTMENTS DEPARTMENTS Tanzania to the United to the United Tanzania 2018 graduate Nations, ’18 Mollel Sioni Ayubu girls. young empowering 28 Maker Change village in a rural From

Donovan Mitchell ’15 Mitchell Donovan 22 Jazz That All emerging an Despite Al Simoes celebrity status, finds man young genuine same the coached. once he

FEATURES valuable and exclusively and exclusively valuable evolves Brewster ours, its brand. 16 Bold Brand, Promise Delivered something uniquely With 02 CRAIG GEMMELL HEAD OF SCHOOL [email protected] These changes in focus and evolved approaches are all a consequence of execution by many on strategies that were developed and deployed quickly in service to what is harder to measure: culture. Our culture grows stronger by the day Head Lines largely because we challenge our students to define normative behavior for their more GETTING BETTER impressionable peers and have given them space to define what Brewster should be. We’ve asked and then gotten out of the way a bit. We’ve trusted them more and built rela- The work of Brewster and schools like it in the 21st century is compli- tionships with them based ever more on trust cated. Shifting demographics, rising costs, expensive physical plants, and less on reductive rules. and challenging perceptions drive us endlessly to be better. The As we’ve relinquished a bit of control challenges are bracing, exciting. They give real life and urgency to our to students to shape the community they every decision. The challenges are making us better. Quickly. inhabit, the truth is unassailable: this is a Getting better takes planning. For those of us who manage Brewster, more purposeful place, a more joyous place, this past summer was a time to dig into gap analyses, strategy, metrics, a place where culture is increasingly con- institutional objectives, and goals. This past summer was certainly a structed and maintained by students, the very time when we got a bit bigger, faster, and stronger. Yet we didn’t get students we’ll send of into the world in ways better this past summer – we got ready to be better, just as we did the that we full well believe prepare them to live summer prior. lives of purpose. The metrics tell a bit of the story of our getting better. Voluntary Management guru Peter Drucker once and involuntary student attrition are way, way down. We are full of ofered that culture eats strategy for break- mission-specific students. We had a banner fast. In light of my recent experiences at year in fundraising, far surpassing our Fund for Brewster, I have ruminated on this adage and Brewster goal and fully funding the beauti- am left thinking that Drucker might have ful new Toad Hall on the southern edge of been a shade reductive. Our experiences here campus. Parent surveys reveal that we have strongly suggest on the surface that culture improved in every single category related to and strategy are happening at diferent places parent satisfaction. Here’s just one: and at diferent times and by diferent players “The leadership, the teachers, and the staf – I in the organization. Looking more deeply, it believe Brewster’s ‘secret sauce’ lies in its people seems that the ecology of strategy and culture – it’s an educational philosophy animated by can’t be reduced to a simple food chain met- extremely competent, thoughtful, and compas- aphor because they interact dialectically at sionate people.” Brewster – they each feed and sustain and let Our evolved approaches also reflect how we the other grow. are getting better. We have developed enviable I invite you to come and experience risk management protocols and crisp mar- Brewster ca. 2018. We suspect you’ll find all keting and branding materials. Our campus you loved about it when you first visited or master planning is invigorating and early conceptual renderings are so walked the hallways. It is still a warm, nur- beautiful I nearly weep. We are evolving our academic and residential turing, student-centered place. Still on a lake life programs and facilities quickly and keeping with a taut, eight- and embedded in the postcard-perfect town word mission: Brewster prepares diverse thinkers for lives of purpose. of Wolfeboro. We still strive to serve a diverse And we are reaching out to our environs to partner in our town and in student body in an intimate community. Our our region, engaging our current students in the work of the broader graduates still thrive broadly in the world with Wolfeboro community with purpose and bringing underserved yet passion, purpose, and talent. And we are grow- promising local students to our campus through the New Hampshire ing stronger by the day thanks to the work of Student Leadership Program, an initiative we started because we students and adults alike, who are squaring up saw the need in our community. Finally, we are building partnerships with the challenges the world presents us with around the globe to provide our students with opportunities to travel and doing so in ways that make me proud to and learn. call Brewster my home. / BA /

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IN THIS SECTION: 04 NEWS 09 ARTS 12 FIELD & GOALS NEWS

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CLASS OF 2018 WORDS TO LIVE BY Andrew, Deb, and Eli Wheeler – Commencement the parents and brother of Lucas Todd Wheeler ’18 who passed away on the first day of classes INVOCATION in September – were present to An excerpt from the Invocation delivered by The Rev. Gina M. both celebrate Lucas’ classmates 113 Finocchiaro and honor their son by presenting GRADUATES each graduate with a bronze “ … Because we sit right now in the liminal – no longer in the amulet (crafted by Deb, a bronze Brewster Academy graduated midst of what came before, and not yet in the midst of what artist) engraved with some of 113 students during its Commence- will be – let us be fully present in this sacred in-between: Lucas’ favorite expressions. ment Exercises on Saturday, May To observe the sky above and around, the sun, the birds, the 26. Following the processional of trees, the air, the lake – the symbols of gown and cap, bagpipe faculty and graduates, The Rev. and note, to observe the countenance, the emotion, the un- Gina M. Finocchiaro offered the in- spoken and fashion of each one of us. vocation. Head of School Dr. Craig Let us dwell in this moment, with reverence, with gratitude, Gemmell then welcomed everyone with hope, with joy, with courage, with anxiousness, with to the ceremony, beginning: “We peace … and even with pride. Aware of those who are not are here to celebrate a wonderful here, thankful for those who are. Aware of what could-have group of walking, talking, smiling, been, and what indeed is not. Aware of the complexity of joy thinking, loving adolescent trans- that this threshold offers. For this day, has been long in the formations in this ceremony.” coming. Amen.” 05 CAMPUS NEWS Graduate Speakers Valedictorian Duidui Yue, Yantai, Shandong, China Salutatorian Zaha Al Zaabi, Muscat, Oman Postgraduate Ivy Address Speaker Polakrit Karkhai, Kanchanaburi, Thailand, received an appointment to the U.S. Military Academy West Point. Senior Ivy Address Speaker Commencement Kaya Beland, Wolfeboro Awards Headmaster’s Prize Duidui Yue Postgraduate Award Polakrit Karkhai Athletic Director’s Award Cole Moore Nora O’Keefe WORDS OF WISDOM KAREN BOYKIN-TOWNS Faculty Community vice chair of the NAACP, vice president of Service Award Corporate Affairs for Pfizer Innovative Health, Maura McDonald and member of Brewster’s Board of Trustees Ronald “Buzzy” Dore Memorial Award Look around, pay attention, be Paul Richie Jill Carlson fully present in the moment, Memorial Award and don’t take it for granted Katelynn Nice because we never know when Faculty Growth Achievement Award our story may twist, turn, or Isabel Dodds come to an end. Mabel Cate Tarr Award Kelsie-Jean Morris David Sirchis Much like us here in the real School Service Award universe – generations change, Zaha Al Zaabi powers evolve, and challenges Arthur J. Mason Foundation Award increase as we all wait to see Sioni Ayubu Mollel what happens to the universe. Charles P. Gallagher Jr. … Generation Z, it’s your turn at Burtis F. Vaughan Award the throne. … This generation Dawson Allwine Arthur M. Hurlin Award will easily be larger and more Dexter Hanson privileged … and it has changed the game quite a bit.

For photos and full coverage of College Choices Commencement, See where they are attending please visit: college at brewsteracademy. brewsteracademy.org/ org/collegechoices commencement

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MEET… THE WILBURS

Nick and Dee Dee Wilbur arrived at Brewster Dee Dee Wilbur is the weekend activities and picking up the cello again as a member in July 2017 with their daughter Brynn, now coordinator, a community life parent in the of Brewster’s chamber orchestra. 2, who is arguably the cutest member of the newest dorm, Toad Hall, and coach of the Wilbur family. competitive equestrian team. Dee Dee is a Although Brynn Wilbur has not interviewed Nick took the helm of the Admission Office self-admitted horse collector (we are talking for head tour guide, she does make an where he oversees the admissions team real horses) and thinks that her horses will impact on families. She brings a certain free and helps shape the direction and future of visit Toad Hall often. After all, horses are spirit to her admission office visits and loves Brewster as a member of the school’s senior effective lawn mowers and provide ample to meet new people. strategy team. Previously he was director of fertilizer, she says. Nick and Dee Dee are thrilled to have financial aid and associate director of admis- the opportunity to bring Brynn to New sion at Westminster School. Fondest memory of the first year: Nick: Hampshire. They were both raised here and Just steps from Nick’s office is the expan- Seeing parents truly elated about finally find- cherish knowing that Brynn will have the sive view of the Brewster fields and lake. ing a school that is the right fit for their child. opportunity to grow up in their home state in A former lacrosse player and coach, Nick Also, watching Brynn assist Craig Gemmell in an environment they love. admits to frequently commandeering the announcing a Head’s holiday. Her popularity office binoculars during lacrosse season. The hit new heights on that cold January day. New Hampton games are especially distract- Dee Dee: Playing Scuttle the seagull in the ing, he says. school’s winter musical, The Little Mermaid,

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TWF Honoree The Trey Whitfield Foundation honored Melissa Lawlor at its annual banquet in July. Lawlor, Brewster’s Community and Inclusion Programs director, started a mentor program between Brewster students and students at the pre-K – eighth grade Trey Whitfield School in Brooklyn, New York. In her acceptance remarks, Lawlor explained that the goal was to create a bridge between the Melissa Lawlor two schools, schools who were bound together by the legacy of Trey Whitfield ’89 but whose students were perhaps unaware of the history between them.

Young Entrepreneur BOOK SHELF In July ABC affiliate WMUR featured Gus Schoenbucher ’21 for his entrepreneurial spirit. Gus Waking Up White runs a popular food service boat on Merrymeeting By Debby Irving Lake in nearby New Durham selling hot dogs, chips, soda, and ice-cream to hungry homeowners and “Waking Up White is the book I wish some- Gus Schoenbucher visitors around the lake. one had handed me decades ago.” This is how author Debby Irving chooses to de- Coach of the Year scribe her book, Waking Up White, Finding The Northern New England Lacrosse Coaches Myself in the Story of Race. Irving, a former Association named Jason Ouellet Coach of the independent school student and teacher, Year. In his third season as head lacrosse coach for weaves a story of her childhood in subur- Brewster, Ouellet led the Bobcats to a 14-3 record ban Boston, somewhat blissfully immune and their first Lakes Region League title since 2015. to societal constructs around her – that is, Ouellet came to Brewster from Western Connecticut until she takes a graduate school course State University in 2015 to lead the boys’ program in “Race and Cultural Identity.” After one Jason Ouellet and teach history. of her “wake-up” moments in that class, Irving began to comprehend how much she had benefited over the years because she was white. As she told NPR host Robin Young, “I see what I am spared day in and day out, and I am focused on how easy it is for me to just wake up and go about in a world that was constructed for me.” Irving’s book was selected as the all-faculty summer read, and the week before school began, faculty participated in a three-hour workshop with Irving to better understand the many ways in which whiteness and privilege have shaped our culture, both at Brewster and beyond. By engaging with the text and the author, our teachers and administration are hoping to move the needle on our cultural compe- tency by delving into tough conversations surrounding race and privilege in American The Director’s Prize Goes To … society and how these constructs impact The 2017-2018 prep basketball team earned the Director’s Prize this May. The our students, classrooms, residence halls, Director’s Prize recognizes one interscholastic team each year that has excelled in and overall community on a daily basis. the classroom, community, and during their season. For consideration, a team must – Melissa Lawlor is Brewster’s Director of have had a winning season and from this field the team with the highest cumulative Inclusion and Community Programs team GPA and highest combined recognition scores earns the award.

FALL 2018 08 New Hampshire Q + A WE ASKED: Student Leadership How did you spend CAMPUS NEWS CAMPUS Program Launches your summer? The New Hampshire Student Leadership Program at Brewster launched this summer with 18 students. This initiative developed out of a desire by school leadership, and spearheaded by Head of School Craig Gem- mell, to reach deeper into surrounding communities to provide middle school students a path of opportunities for confidence building, mentor- ship, and leadership skills. “The driver for this program came from our strong belief that inde- pendent schools in our area have an opportunity and responsibility to impact the educational landscape within our regions,” Gemmell explained. He added that with a generous $75,000 – greater than 1:1 matching grant – from the E. E. Ford Foundation, Brewster became SOPHIE MAZRI ’20 (WINDHAM, NEW HAMPSHIRE) the first school to successfully enroll and run this program during its I travelled to college soccer camps, like inaugural year. Duke, Clemson, and Harvard, to get a feel Director and Brewster faculty member Michelle Rafalowski-House- for what it would be like to live on the cam- man, along with assistant director AK Walker, visited with local elemen- puses and be a part of college programs. tary schools in the Lakes Region and Seacoast to introduce the program. It was great because the college coaches They then thoughtfully reviewed 30 applications of rising seventh grade coached, along with some of the players. students who were nominated by members of their school systems and I loved it! who demonstrated leadership potential with limited access to a full range of education resources. The program included a one-week residential experience at Brewster, living in a dormitory environment (Mason and Spencer houses) with student mentors and experienced educators leading team-building and training components. The program continues throughout the school year with goal-setting check ins for the program participants with both Brewster student and faculty mentors as well as three seasonal work- shops and a return for year two in the summer of 2019. The students have continued to strengthen their sense of self while realizing the value of service to others and building a strong awareness ROBBIE ROHRBAUGH ’20 (WOLFEBORO) of how their leadership, through education, can support and benefit I worked as a camp counselor for the their own communities. We look forward to sharing their personal sto- Wolfeboro Parks and Rec Department. ries of success. – Lynne M. Palmer We spent time at the beach, took field trips throughout the state, and I played a lot of basketball with the campers who love shooting hoops.

MONICA ZHANG ’19 (JIAXING, CHINA) I travelled to Italy, France, Japan, and within China. I’ve also been doing a lot of research on colleges and visited some campuses. And spending time with my parents!

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VIEW FINDERS

For project period in May, a team of juniors combined their interest in photogra- phy with natural and cultur- al resources for a two-week photography intensive. “Since all of the students were new to photography, they all had very different areas they wanted to focus on,” explained faculty proj- ect advisor and photogra- pher Barb Thomas. “The students were introduced to and required to experiment with the dif- ferent settings – aperture, shutter speed, ISO, pro- gram, manual vs. automatic – on their cameras, as well as the techniques of theme, composition, perspective, blur, action, reflection, lighting, nature, landscape, and portraits. Likewise, the students experimented with the editing programs of Lightroom, Photoshop, and VSCO to enhance their photos,” Thomas said. To practice using dif- ferent techniques and en- hance creativity, the group travelled by boat to capture crew practice and the nesting grounds of eagles; hiked Mt. Caverly and the waterfalls at Castle in the Clouds; waited patiently on the shore of 19 Mile Bay for sunset and wildlife; trav- elled to the Maine coast to shoot Nubble Light and the Atlantic Ocean; captured the energy and spirit of a Best Buddies’ fundraiser View photos at www. Monica Zhang (Jiaxing, China) and Asal in the state’s capital; and brewsteracademy.org and Mohamed (Muscat, Oman) were part of chronicled the bustle of click on the Flickr icon. the experiential photo group. downtown Wolfeboro.

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VERBATIM BA Social “ The people of the town were very open to TWITTER @BrewsterAcademy We got a lot of CAMPUS NEWS CAMPUS sharing incredibly personal life experiences strange looks from Main Street passersby as we helped our Royal Thai Scholars with us, and it honestly seemed like it experience an American tradition of trick- or-treating on Halloween (in August)! #TS61 was a moment of relief for some of the #culturalexperiences #mf4ba interviewees as they finally talked about things they hadn’t in years.”

EMMA CULVER ’18, on interviewing people for Humans of Wolfeboro

FACEBOOK #locationlocationlocation

INSTAGRAM @brewsteracademy in Canada honing in on project-based learning... #pblcanada

ON VIEW

Seniors Tanisa “Putt Putt” Quanpadung (Bangkok, Thailand), Nate Clark (Readfield, Maine), Isaiah Mucius (East Patchogue, New York), and Emma Culver (Concord, New Hampshire) at their Humans of Wolfeboro exhibit at the Wolfeboro Town Hall.

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Toad Hall Opens

A day before Commencement last to any one project; a reflection of the May, the Brewster community faith they have in the Academy. celebrated the opening of its newest Leslie added: “We watched Fred ’18, Leslie, and Lucy ’17 Liautaud. campus residence, Toad Hall, a name our children arrive nervous, chosen by the Liautaud family who frightened, and insecure about silent D – Liautaud – but is most fre- made a $2 million gift to initiate this their future away from home during quently pronounced Liautoad, hence special project. their very fragile high school years. Toad Hall.” Leslie and Jimmy John Liautaud, But during those years they grew, The facility was fully funded from Champaign, Illinois, are the they developed confidence, they with generous additional gifts from proud parents of three Brewster developed trust, they developed a other parents, alumni, and alumni graduates, Spencer ’13, Lucy ’17, and solid moral base, and they developed parents, and ground was broken in Fred ’18. respect for those around them and late July 2017. Toad Hall is located In her remarks at the ribbon for themselves. I want to say a on the southern end of campus along cutting ceremony, Leslie reflected heartfelt thank you to the faculty Clark Road. on the Brewster pillars of Respect, and Brewster team for walking beside On opening weekend in September, Responsibility, and Investment. our kids physically and emotionally Toad Hall became home to the first “I wholly believe those pillars are while they were here.” group of Brewster students: 20 fresh- not just meant for the students at The name of the new dorm, man girls. Additionally, four faculty Brewster but they’re meant for all Toad Hall, reflects the humor and apartments within the complex of us as a greater way to live life.” humility of the Liautaud family. As house six faculty members, including She noted that their donation to this Leslie explained: “We decided on the the two community life parents of the project is the largest they have made name because our last name has a freshman girls.

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Bobcat Rower Chris Carlson ’15 (on left) and his U23 men’s From Trying Something New eight boat won gold and set a new best time at the world championships to the World Championships

During the fall of his sophomore year, Chris Carlson ’15 joined the crew team at Brewster Academy just to try something new. He had played multiple sports growing up, but his love for the water and afnity for teamwork spurred him to give the new sport a shot. Six years later, he has See all the latest on our sports teams at rowed all over the nation and the world, even competing – brewsteracademy.org/ athletics and winning – at the U23 World Championships.

BREWSTER ACADEMY 13 CAMPUS NEWS BY KARA MCDUFFEE “ For Chris, it’s not just about winning, but winning with his team. He has always been humbled and grateful for A native of Bedford, New Hampshire, Chris came to Brewster the accomplishments in his life.” as a sophomore in 2012, inspired to attend by his grandfather, David CATHERINE CAMPBELL PATTERSON Carlson, a member of the Class of 1954 and a former trustee. The rowing team was one of the biggest teams on campus, and Chris says he Chris certainly understands His grandfather David has no immediately fell into a wide network putting in the work. Perhaps more doubt about Chris continuing to pur- of friends. impressive than his work ethic, sue his passion. “If he gets the oppor- “I had great friends that I still however, is his dedication to his tunity, he will row after graduation,” keep in touch with today,” Chris said, teammates. he says. “He’s dedicated.” reflecting on his time at Brewster. “It “For Chris, it’s not just about Chris’s dedication has certainly was a wonderful community.” winning, but winning with his team,” taken him far. When asked if he ever Chris rowed all three years at his mother, Catherine Campbell anticipated the impact rowing would Brewster and was recruited by Patterson, says proudly about her have on his life, Chris says no. “At Marist College on an athletic son. “He has always been humbled Brewster, I just really enjoyed rowing scholarship; his rowing career was and grateful for the accomplishments on the lake. It was beautiful and I had just getting started. That freshman in his life.” some great teammates,” he says. “I’ve season at Marist, Chris earned a And that list of accomplishments gotten more and more into rowing as seat on the top varsity boat and set a is a long one. This past year, he was the years go by. I’m really excited to school record for the 2KErg test, an named Newcomer of the Year for the see where it goes.” extremely trying test of endurance PAC-12 Conference. He competed And so is U.S. Olympic Coach Mike and sprinting that rowers use to on the U23 National Team again, Teti who says Chris and his team- compare their fitness levels. He con- this time rowing in the third seat mates are candidates for the 2020 tinued to improve and even added with five of his UW teammates and Olympics in Tokyo. a few inches to his already 6-foot coached by Washington’s head coach This story that began with a new stature. Michael Callahan. boy in the boat on Wolfeboro Bay is His hard work and success His USA team competed against not over yet. Check back in two years next earned Chris an invite to the senior-level teams at the World (or more) for the sequel. / BA / USRowing U23 National Team Rowing Cup III in Lucerne, Selection Camp in 2017. He was Switzerland, and took fourth place. Kara McDufee is a Brewster English selected for the USA team and Later in July, they traveled to Poznań, teacher and coach. was of to compete in the World Poland, where the men’s eight won Championship in Bulgaria during the gold medal and set a new U23 the summer following his sopho- world’s best time in the 2000-meter more year. The team took fourth at 5.22.48. place, with Chris sitting at the five “I think I was really dialed in ON THE LAX seat of the men’s eight boat. The during this regatta,” Chris says of the WORLD STAGE race also opened up new possibil- winning race. “We knew that if we In July in Netanya, Israel, former ities for Chris. Driven to compete wanted to win it would have to be Bobcats Alex Weiss ’16 and Matt at a higher level, he transferred to our best race, and we accomplished Gilray ’14 competed on the biggest the crew powerhouse University that.” stage the sport of lacrosse has to offer, the 2018 FIL World Lacrosse of Washington, where he is now a After Graduation Championships. Gilray played for senior. Canada, which finished second “The UW coaches talked about While he is not trying to look too far behind the United States team while this idea of having to earn your spot ahead, Chris knows that he wants to Alex Weiss suited up for Germany, on the team – that nothing was going keep rowing after his senior year. He which took ninth place overall. to be given to anyone,” Chris says. “I has even thought about trying out for really liked that.” the 2020 Summer Olympic team.

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BREWSTER ACADEMY 17 EVOLVING A BRAND, DELIVERING A PROMISE

BREWSTER ACADEMY LOOKS FORWARD

BY LYNNE M. PALMER

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Now is no diferent. Looking forward, s the Academy approaches its bicen- we choose to secure our position as tennial in 2020 and the leadership an educational leader and commit to programs of educational excellence. reflects on its vibrant public and To articulate our vision, which is both independent school history, it is clear farsighted and responsive, we decided that the initial values set forth for to undertake a branding initiative to: the learning community nearly 200 years ago by the • honor our sense of place and A future path; Academy’s founders, remain the same as they were on opening day in 1821. And, while staying true to its • be bold in our afrmation that Brewster is The Way Education mission of educating a diverse and honorable stu- Should Be; dent body in preparation for lives that are meaning- • nurture a sense of pride ful and fulfilling, Brewster has always been able and and accomplishment in our willing to adapt its program to stay relevant with the community through a unified changing times and needs of its students. voice and image; and • be recognized with contemporary visuals for today’s digital reality but reflective of our history.

That journey began last summer when we researched and then recruited Neimand Collaborative to direct a branding initiative. The Neimand team came to campus and met with faculty, staf, parents, students, and alumni to research our strengths and weaknesses. They conducted comparative research

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and evaluated trends. The team impressed us with their ability to really grasp Brewster’s added value and break down both the industry realities and the messaging realities that were negatively impacting our marketing results. The good news from Neimand was that our program, and more impor- tantly, our mission, delivered on our promise with depth and distinction. The bad news was that people could get buried in the details and weeds with how we were describing our added value. There were important messages that did not resonate with prospective families, alumni, donors, and important stakeholders.

Our strengths were noted:

• a warm and welcoming community

• diversity in teaching practices Their advice was to be bold and • success for each student proudly advance the fact that we have something uniquely valuable • collaborative culture and exclusively ours – an inclusive education model and the exper- • support for optimal success tise that goes into its practice. Communicate the high standards, Their advice was to • real-world preparation warmth, and passion of our com- munity in every point of touch or be BOLD and proudly conversation. Tell the stories of advance the fact that Our challenges were recognized as: Brewster students doing great things as alumni. Show the pride of a school we have something • misperception of our strengths that is willing to adapt to the times to uniquely valuable and as weaknesses prepare students for their future and not a place that has not changed in exclusively ours – an • brand recognition hundreds of years. Validate that a nur- inclusive education turing environment encourages excel- • inaccurate reputation lence from all without encouraging model and the students to compete over each other. expertise that goes • complexity of descriptors Demonstrate that personalization is about challenge and higher achieve- into its practice.” • fragmented constituents ment without standardization.

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CHECK OUT THE NEW WEBSITE www.brewsteracademy.org

Faculty and staff members proudly displayed new spirit wear following the unveiling of a new visual identity initiative in May. Chris Hafner ’00, Michelle Rafalowski-Houseman, Janis Cornwell, Stacie Pope, Doug Skelley, and Wes Matchett

A BOLD, CONCISE LOOK These logomarks are immediately Working with Neimand we devel- recognizable and the businesses that name recognition along with oped a message framework that now they represent have consistently and a refreshed emblem, seal, and gives us the tools and the language successfully incorporated them into Bobcat logo. that reflect our strengths and will marketing strategies for decades. As we developed this branding ini- help us focus on what is most import- After 63 years for McDonalds and 42 tiative, we also were developing a new ant to communicate with all of our years for Apple, these steadfast visual external website, which launched in constituents. identities have stood the test of time. July. We took the guidance from this Along with this framework, we Throughout Brewster’s almost efort and applied both message and pursued a graphic identity coordina- 200-year history, the school has visual identity to the final product. tion to complement this efort and to witnessed many visual changes. The feedback that we have received build a system that would ultimately The name has evolved from has been overwhelmingly positive. create a recognizable brand struc- Wolfeborough-Tuftonborough (See feedback on right.) ture for Brewster. This new graphic Academy to Brewster Free Academy As we continue to tell the stories identity incorporates Brewster’s long to Brewster Academy; thus, images, of our alumni creating and seizing ago established primary school colors events, and communications bear opportunities, serving others, and and iconic images with a contempo- witness to an evolution of this living lives of meaning, we will roll rary feel that we believe will help us change. Pennants have displayed out this message platform in new strengthen visual recognition and our bright red, maroon, black, and blue materials and articulate it in every- reputation as a school. with a lonely B, a crowded BFA, day conversations with visitors and When I think of notable brands, it or the classic couple – BA. The our local community. We will cele- is easy to conjure up familiar iconic Brewster Bobcat has stood with a brate our successes and inspire our images. From the golden arches of ferocious growl, ofered a side pro- extended Brewster community to be a McDonald’s – one simple M that file image, and been mistaken as a part of our momentum and vision for is recognizable from afar. To the wildcat, a cougar, and the occasional the next 200-year journey. / BA / stainless steel apple – you might not mountain lion! want to bite into it but you wouldn’t Marketing eforts will place Lynne M. Palmer is Brewster’s director say no to some healthy stock options. emphasis on Brewster to encourage of external afairs.

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VISUAL IDENTITY

We will celebrate FAQ our successes We appreciate and encourage your active voice in our efforts and and inspire our we know that there are typical questions that community members have when organizations and communities make changes in their extended Brewster program or visual identity. Here we try to answer these frequently COMMUNITY to asked questions. be a part of our WHY HAS BREWSTER UPDATED ITS VISUAL IDENTITY? Over the years, offices and departments have independently de- momentum and signed and produced numerous logos and visuals for events and vision for the next programs. Such work hasn’t always reflected Brewster’s official school graphics or visual identity, leaving some to ask “what is 200-year journey.” Brewster’s visual identity? Thus, in part, this “brand or identity creep” prompted the school’s marketing team to take an in-depth look at what was out there representing Brewster. The review re- vealed a lack of cohesiveness in many areas.

WHAT YOU SAID: HOW WAS THE VISUAL IDENTITY DETERMINED? Brewster enlisted an outside creative firm that sent a team to cam- pus to become immersed in the Brewster experience. Team mem- The site looks absolutely bers then conducted on- and off-campus interviews with students, parents, alumni, faculty and staff, and trustees to offer personal amazing. Great job. perspective on the Brewster experience. Out of this effort, Brewster’s messaging and voice arose (loud The website looks and clear we are happy to report) and our creative partners went to work crafting a brand framework from which they built primary fantastic! and secondary messages while their creative team incorporated the existing Brewster family crest and school seal into a fresh emblem that represents the school’s history and connection to the Brewster Just looked through family with a more modern look. the whole thing. Very WHY DOES THE LOGO WORDMARK DEPICT BREWSTER AND NOT impressive, nicely done, BREWSTER ACADEMY? really shows of IS and Brewster is still Brewster Academy. But we think Brewster is strong enough to stand alone, and it is a common branding approach to SEL programs, which I focus the visual emphasis on the one word that you want people to believe are the schools remember and recognize.

selling/diferentiating DOES THIS AFFECT OTHER AREAS OF THE SCHOOL? features. From the beginning, the goal was to make sure that each corner of campus and each school program would position Brewster clearly, boldly, and cohesively. We will continue to roll out this effort in all Fabulous! aspects of our communications, our programs, and our external presence. We want to make sure that we have the most cohesive effort possible to ensure that Brewster Academy has a well-known Love the new logo and identified brand in the world. and brand.

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n a flash of blue an imposing athletic figure Despite so many accolades and confidently rushed down a crowded hall- an emerging celebrity status that way in the Barclays Center in New York would have inflated so many, City, encircled by four all-business security Donovan Mitchell ’15 was still the Donovan many of us who taught personnel and followed by a host of vocal and coached or played and studied enthusiastic fans all calling his name. He alongside him knew. was undeterred as he focused on the desti- This is Donovan Mitchell, the talented, gregarious, charismatic, nation ahead, the ESPN interview platform. and fiercely loyal young man that Just as he was about to pass the security I knew through my teaching and checkpoint, one voice echoed above the coaching experiences at Brewster Academy. others and caught his attention, “Donovan! The fact that this young man Donovan! Coach Simoes is here!” He sud- has accomplished so much in such denly turned, his eyes widened, and he flashed that a short time is surprising only considering the environment that unmistakable grin when he recognized me. surrounds celebrity for so many “Coach!” He pressed beyond the security gifted athletes. We live in a time detail. He gave me a hug and asked if I could when too many athletes are merely I interested in pounding their chests wait “just a bit” while he took an interview nearby. and touting their own individual Soon he called me over for a warm welcome and accomplishments rather than seek- a quick photo. ing more self-actualizing goals. At too young an age, promising players are repeatedly told how great they already are, giving them an inflated sense of where they truly are devel- opmentally and where they need to go to fulfill that ever-elusive target of “full potential.” As a result it is difcult for ath- letes to appreciate and completely comprehend the complexities and challenges involved in becoming successful and the selfless and indefatigable diligence and dedica- tion it takes to get there. Potential is a pretty empty word unless it is ful- filled through dedication and hard work, especially in the NBA where so many falter for reasons beyond talent and opportunity. Since the

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THIS IS DONOVAN DONOVAN MITCHELL MITCHELL, THE TALENTED, QUICK STATS GREGARIOUS, CHARISMATIC, HEIGHT average career lasts statistically AND FIERCELY LOYAL YOUNG only four to six years, the window 6' 3" of opportunity is extremely brief. MAN THAT I KNEW THROUGH Although the rewards are certainly AGE considerable for those who actually MY TEACHING AND make it, the perils in making poor decisions are equally great espe- COACHING EXPERIENCES AT cially considering the many pitfalls 22 years that are associated with the process. BREWSTER ACADEMY. These difculties are especially true FROM for parents trying to make the best decisions for their children. Today BREWSTER parents have to compete with the barrage of ambitious AAU coaches ACADEMY and in some cases unscrupulous “handlers” or “life coaches,” who LOUISVILLE promise the world and too often only deliver poor advice and heartache. NBA DEBUT In more than 30 years of coaching I have seen first hand that it happens all too often where promising pros- 2017 pects are kicked to the curb when they are no longer of financial use to YEARS IN NBA those who seek to exploit them. Donovan is unlikely to fall prey to this fate because he has a great sup- one port system beginning with his mom, Nicole Mitchell. Donovan has had the good fortune to have such informed support at home, particularly from his mother who is a dedicated educator. She knows the value of setting rules and priorities and then sticking by them. Nicole has been steadfast in the face of great pressure to emphasize the importance of a strong work ethic and the development of a rock solid educational foundation in Donovan’s academic endeav- ors. She chose to keep him in Greenwich to go to school even

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2014-2015 National Prep Championship team (l-r): Justin Simon, Jalen Adams, Donovan Mitchell, and David Crisp.

though she was under constant pressure to take him closer to New DONOVAN ALWAYS COMPLETED ALL OF HIS WORK, I MEAN York City from well-meaning friends and so-called experts who felt that ALWAYS, EVEN DURING THE GRUELING BASKETBALL SEASON he needed to be more challenged athletically. Like many parents she WITH ALL OF THE LONG ROAD TRIPS. HE WAS SUCH A worried about making these difcult decisions but her instincts served her YOUNG MAN OF INTEGRITY – ACCOUNTABLE FOR EVERY well, because in the end, they allowed him to benefit from both worlds and ASSIGNMENT, EVERY QUIZ, AND EVERY ESSAY. instilled in Donovan an appreciation for those who helped along the way. He initially went to school in T.J. PALMER, U.S. History Teacher Connecticut but played AAU in the city. When the time was right she sought out a prep school that could provide the academic environment top basketball program. Brewster’s SEIZING OPPORTUNITIES that he needed as well as the com- ongoing communication with parents Donovan took advantage of every petition necessary for him to grow and team approach gave her the positive opportunity. He learned athletically. Although she worried confidence that Brewster was the to become more independent and about him being away from her direct right place for Donovan to grow as a responsible for his own success in the supervision, she chose Brewster student, as an athlete, and as a leader classroom and enjoyed interacting Academy for its nurturing environ- in a richly diverse community. with all of his classmates. He took ment, strong support system, and a an active role in student government

BREWSTER ACADEMY 27 eventually being voted in as senior the country. Coach Smith knew that and school prefect. In this role he Donovan needed to reach beyond and another classmate served as lead- what was easy and comfortable for ers of the senior class and student him. He had to become more focused representatives for the whole school. than ever before and to apply himself A few important duties expected of as ardently and consistently to his this position are leading morning classwork as well. He took on these meetings and assemblies, delivering challenges in both arenas and it all administrative messages to students, came together even better than all and providing input to the head of us hoped. According to his junior of school and the academic dean U.S. History teacher, T.J. Palmer, especially in terms of the general “Donovan always completed all of his consensus of students in a variety work, I mean always, even during the of situations. grueling basketball season with all Prior to student leadership at of the long road trips. He was such a Brewster, he took advantage of young man of integrity – accountable the arts at previous schools, play- for every assignment, every quiz, and ing drums in the band, singing in every essay.” the chorus, and even performing a To his credit, Donovan seemed to duet in a production of Oliver. At know intuitively that to listen intently Brewster, he was so much more than and to accept criticism gracefully Donovan Mitchell with Brewster coach Jason just a high-profile athlete. Yes, he meant he could climb that ladder of Smith at the NBA draft. played basketball for the top prep success to a higher plane. Above all, school in the country and was named he loved to compete. I remember on remember meeting one of their team captain, but Donovan also was one occasion early in his first bas- recruiters a few years ago who told highly respected by his peers and ketball game at Brewster Donovan, me that they actually recruited within teachers. He was an active partic- at only 6’3”, drove to the basket, the league for players who were of ipant in his classes and connected elevated above the rim, and slammed high character. Any team that placed with the whole Brewster community home an explosive dunk over a such a high premium on character who still follow his career with admi- stunned 6’10” opponent. I looked had to be a great place for Donovan ration and support. over at Coach Smith and just smiled. and it has been just that. Donovan and I met in the fall of Coach Smith recognized his talent Early on coaches marveled at 2013. He arrived as a junior with a from the start, but we all knew he was how quickly Donovan progressed world of raw but untested physical going to be someone really special. and were impressed by the respect talent and a unique blend of genuine In the end, Donovan led our team to he earned especially from veteran enthusiasm and sincerity. What I two straight National Championships. players like Rick Rubio. In his first loved about him was his playful opti- When he graduated from Brewster he year in the NBA, he broke the record mism and his willingness to listen. was truly a well-rounded scholar-ath- for 3-point shots, won the NBA Dunk He was attentive but not so hard on lete. Ultimately Donovan accepted a Contest, led his team to key playof himself that it interfered with his full scholarship from the University wins, was voted as Rookie of the Year progress. There was also an intangi- of Louisville, where he excelled as by the players and most recently, ble quality about him that made me one of the nation’s most promising was awarded an ESPY for being the believe in him. It was that look of guards and went on to be drafted 13th “Breakout Player of the Year.” Despite “Coach I can do it!” by the Utah Jazz in the NBA. being one of the hottest commodities I was in the fortunate position of At every level he has not only met at the NBA Draft this year and with assistant so I found myself in more expectations but exceeded them. all of his other accolades – Donovan is of a mentorship role for the players. Donovan’s attitude and work ethic still Donovan, a warm, sincere, witty, Our head coach, Jason Smith, had to propelled him to new heights in the appreciative, and charismatic phe- worry about his overall development NBA. His workouts with NBA teams nom, and I look forward to watching including the delicate balance inher- preceding the draft were so outstand- his career unfold. / BA / ent in knowing when to encourage ing that many coaches were amazed and when to demand. by his abilities and his basketball Al Simoes was the assistant coach of At Brewster Donovan was coming IQ. When I found out who drafted the Brewster boys’ prep basketball into a nationally recognized program him I was thrilled that he landed in team from 2007-2014, and from 2010- that played in the toughest league in such a strong program as the Jazz. I 2014 he taught English at Brewster.

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FROM RURAL TANZANIA TO BREWSTER AND THE WORLD STAGE, SIONI AYUBU MOLLEL ’18 IS EMPOWERING YOUNG GIRLS WITH POSSIBILITY

BY MARCIA ELDREDGE

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IONI AYUBU MOLLEL ’18 was amused that some of her Brewster peers complained about the five-minute walk to downtown from campus. And she had good reason. For six years she awoke at 4:45 a.m. and by 5 a.m. she was on her way to school – an hour and twenty-minute walk through the arid landscape of the Monduli Hills of northern Tanzania. This journey, along with her disci- plined study habits, would eventually take Sioni to the Orkeeswa School in her native Tanzania and then to a postgraduate year at Brewster, 12,000 kilometers from her family, and now Sto her freshman year at Franklin & Marshall College. Sioni is Maasai, a tribe of semi-nomadic pastoral people who live along the border of northern Tanzania and southern Kenya on land that once belonged to the Maasai but now is mostly home to wildlife reserves and national parks. The daughter of a farmer and a school teacher, there was never a question in the Ayubu family that all the children – sons and daughters – would get the best education possible, even if that meant walking A SECONDARY OPPORTUNITY nearly 90 minutes to and Peter Luis, founder and executive director of the Indigenous Education from the only “nearby” Foundation of Tanzania, founded school in the region. Orkeeswa School in 2008. In a coun- try where less than a quarter of the population has access to secondary school, the tuition-free Orkeeswa School is the only opportunity for most of the students in the under- served Orkeeswa Village community to continue their education beyond the primary level.

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Sioni Ayubu Mollel ’18, front and center, with her Bobcat teammates.

It was evident to Peter early on that Sioni would seize her education opportunity not just for the better- ment of herself but for her commu- nity as well. “I always knew that Sioni had the intellect and curiosity for success,” Peter said. “She was the hardest worker, the best leader. We looked for Sioni to be a role model here.” In turn, Sioni has proven Peter an astute judge of character. She has impacted her local community by opening up dialogue about long-held cultural norms. Along with a few classmates and staf, she wrote and helped produce a film that depicts the struggle between culture and education in their community. As members of the first generation to attend school, girls can struggle with expectations of Maasai traditions such as arranged marriages in early “ I want to be someone that can be looked up to. I adolescence. Although education is now available to girls and boys want my fellow Maasai girls to see that marriage beyond the primary school level, not all families see the opportunities is not the only option they have, that they could aforded their daughters as advan- tageous or the right path for their be so much more than they even know about! I families and daughters. In fact, most of the girls with want to be a role model.” whom Sioni graduated primary

SIONI AYUBU MOLLEL ’18 school are now married with multi- ple children, Peter said.

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Co-written by Sioni Ayubu Mollel ’18, Black Head Cow debuted at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival.

This dialogue was opened thanks in part to the expert guidance of independent film maker Elizabeth Nichols, director of strategy and special projects at Orkeeswa. While Sioni was at Orkeeswa, Nichols had asked two students if they could make a film, what story would they want to tell. “They told me they wanted to tell a story about early marriage in order to educate their community and encourage them to take girls to school. They gathered a few of their classmates and, during a two-week long filmmaking work- shop, we wrote and produced Black Head Cow,” explained Nichols on the school’s website. Sioni became a writer on the film, which follows Naserian, a primary school girl faced with the prospect of an arranged marriage. At the film’s conclusion, viewers are left to wonder what happened to Naserian. Sioni explained that the point of the film wasn’t so much to reveal Naserian’s future, a choice that ultimately wasn’t hers, but rather to show the struggles of long-held tribal traditions against

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Sioni explained that the point of the film wasn’t so much to reveal Naserian’s future, a choice that ultimately wasn’t hers, but rather to show the struggles of long-held tribal traditions against the encroaching modern Sioni and friends from the Orkeeswa School celebrate her Brewster graduation. world and the oppor- launching pad for more opportu- on the Status of Women titled: It’s tunities it brings. nities to study in the United States. Time! A Collaboration to End Child Upon graduating from Orkeeswa, Early Forced Marriage and Female a scholarship would help Sioni Genital Mutilation. complete a postgraduate year at So, one late-winter morning this the encroaching modern world and Brewster and prepare her for college past March, Sioni sat among panel- the opportunities it brings. The in the United States. With the help of ists at the Roosevelt House in New project was a success on many levels, Brewster alumna Carly Mankus ’03, York City as part of the collaborative including getting a debut at the senior assistant dean of international conversation among civil society Toronto International Film Festival admissions at Franklin & Marshall, organizations, policy experts, and in 2016. Sioni received a full scholarship to girl and young women activists. The attend the Pennsylvania college. panelists included two girls who FLUENT IN SWAHILI, But before Sioni would walk survived the horrific abduction by ENGLISH, AND DIPLOMACY across the Brewster stage to receive Boko Haram in 2014, and Zahra The leadership team and teach- her PG certificate and the Arthur Wakilzada, Girls Learn International ers at Orkeeswa knew that Sioni J. Mason Award, the world stage leader and member of the Afghan needed challenges beyond her was waiting. Out of discussions Women’s Writing Project. native Tanzania. With an estab- with Brewster faculty around her And like any smart change maker, lished program between Orkeeswa year-end research project – on girls’ Sioni knows where real change and the Groton School in Lawrence, education and empowerment in begins. She returned to Orkweesa Massachusetts, Sioni was able to Tanzania – came an invitation to school this summer to lead girls’ spend part of a semester abroad speak about child marriage and her empowerment workshops. Lucky immersing herself in a new school work on Black Head Cow. The occa- girls. / BA / with new challenges and new sion was a parallel event to the 62nd friends. Groton turned out to be a Annual United Nations Commission

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BREWSTER ACADEMY 35 1820–Present BACK LOOK A The Timeline project marks the beginning of Brewster’s bicentennial celebration and proudly reflects the origins of the Academy’s formation, the notable moments in our evolution, and the momentum of our contemporary The timeline introduction (not pictured) greets vision. This chronicle of Brewster Academy past and visitors as they arrive through the main doors of present will provide visitors, new and returning, a the Academic Building. (1) The timeline is broken space to reflect on events that have sustained their into six sections of embrace within our community, to admire moments of significant milestones in the Academy’s history: institutional courage, and to appreciate the unwavering 1820-1886; 1887-1930; 1931-1964; 1965-1991; core values of a school continuously centered around 1992-Present and a Then and Now section. (2) A the student. We hope that you will take the time to Then and Now section contrasts time-honored reflect on the Academy’s deep history and place in the traditions side by side community during your next visit to campus. (3) The timeline serves as an open history book for current students

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BY THE NUMBERS LAKE LIFE Reunion 2018

Reunion 2018 did not disappoint – those who made the trip to Brewster enjoyed a delightful LAKE weekend of sunshine and celebration. Things WINNIPESAUKEE kicked of on Friday as a spirited group of is the LARGEST lake in New Hampshire and alumni from the Class of 1998 hosted an event the third largest in New England. at Nolan’s Bistro in Wolfeboro while Brewster hosted the Class of 1993 (25th reunion) and Class of 1968 (50th reunion and other pre-1968 graduates) on campus. Alumni in attendance

365 rise out of ISLANDS from other years also took the opportunity the lake. Becky’s Island is the smallest island at to head downtown for some camaraderie at the newly-opened

Lone Wolfe Brewing Company. 10 Saturday had a brisk schedule FEET WIDE of oferings, starting with a 5K campus fun-run; “Cofee & Conversation with Craig” in our

504above sea level newly-built dormitory, Toad Hall; a FEET lunch in Estabrook Hall celebrating decades of athletics at Brewster; and other uplifting oferings that

169at its deepest FEET celebrated Brewster past and present. 5th Year Reunion: The main event was Saturday night out on Ashley Rogers ’13 and Cameron Bindra ’13 Lake Winnipesaukee aboard the M.S. Mount Washington. Laughter, dancing, and meeting

28 long and MILES and re-connecting with fellow alumni ruled

the night as Head of School Craig Gemmell

worked his way about the decks saying hello 9.5 wide MILES and sharing updates. (Turn page for photos) IN THIS SECTION: 37 ALUMNI NEWS 41 HOOPLA 42 CLASS NOTES 8 and CITIES TOWNS 48 REMEMBER WHEN? ring the shoreline

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BREWSTER ACADEMY 39 ALUMNI NEWS ALUMNI STORY For Freddy Two friends run the Boston Marathon in memory of a friend

Emma Jones ’11 and Jackson Callahan ’11 have a story to tell – about friendship, camaraderie, and the love they had for their friend and classmate, the late Freddy Tonsberg ’11. They’ve told it through words, photographs, shared memories, and combined strength. Together, on a cold wet day last April, Emma and Jackson ran the 2018 Boston Marathon in Freddy’s memory. Friends: Freddy, Emma, and Jackson in Here is why. August 2012.

Can you recollect the time you I’ll never forget, it was senior year shared Freddy’s story with them, first met Freddy? Emma: I met at Brewster, and we were at one of through an essay and an interview, Fred at the start of our junior year at Fred’s hockey games, when his dad and we explained what running the Brewster. Within minutes it felt like came up to me and said, “Jackson, Boston Marathon in honor of Freddy we had known each other for years. you have to check out High Point would mean to us. In November 2017 I think what made Freddy stand out University, it’s amazing.” A few days we both got the news that we had as someone I wanted to be friends later I applied, and the rest is history. been selected to be a member of the with was his infectious laugh and his Freddy was my new roommate. I got organizations’ marathon teams. way of making people around him to spend nine years with Freddy - smile. I can still remember our first nine years of memories our Brewster What did you take away from this class together; we had an assignment friends will cherish forever. journey? Emma and Jackson: Not to create and film a music video. Emma: I think it’s pretty remark- only did we learn that we can run Naturally, Freddy played the lead able how well connected our friends in any kind of weather but we were role, and we ended up with far more have stayed since graduating. Not blown away by the support of our footage for bloopers than we did the only do many of our Brewster friends family and friends. It was an amaz- actual assignment. live in Boston and see each other reg- ing experience in every way. Setting Jackson: I met Freddy my first ularly, but we have always spent time fundraising goals of $15,000 (Emma) day of junior year in Sargent Hall. together for things like Christmas and $10,000 (Jackson) is daunting. I We shook hands and introduced parties, New Year’s gatherings, our think we were surprised by the fact ourselves. “Hi, I’m Freddy. I play birthdays, or the Waldocon (a party at that we not only reached our goals hockey.” Ten minutes later, I was out- Jackson’s where we all dress up in a but exceeded them. It was surprising, side playing lacrosse when Brandon Where’s Waldo theme). but yet not surprising at the same (Freddy’s little brother who was also time, what we were able to raise. new to Brewster and a year younger) Tell me about the organizations for The amount of support was incred- came up to me and introduced which you ran? What was the selec- ible. Our friends and family made himself. My response was, “I know, tion process? Emma and Jackson: this experience all the better and I met you ten minutes ago.” I quickly We ran for the American Foundation much easier at times. After the race came to realize that Freddy had a for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) and a big group of BA friends gathered brother who looked exactly like him. the Samaritans, respectively. The to celebrate Freddy. We brought the Thankfully, Brandon forgave me after AFSP educates the public on suicide Easy Button that Freddy loved. We my not so warm welcome, and we’re and suicide prevention while sup- made it in high school and the hockey still best buds to this day. And, thank- porting families afected by suicide. guys would skate by and hit it when fully, Freddy made this, and so many Samaritans provides a 24-hour help- they scored. We still have it. We made other lasting friendships, possible. line, educates the public about suicide a giant one for the marathon that prevention, and helps those who have everyone signed at the party. How did you stay connected with lost a loved one to suicide. Both orga- They say training will give you the Freddy after you graduated from nizations aim to reduce the stigma first 20 miles and heart will give you Brewster? Jackson: I had the plea- associated with suicide. We had the last six and that was certainly true sure of going to college with Freddy. similar selection processes; we each this past April. We love you Fred!

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ALUMNUS STORY

ALUMNI NEWS ALUMNI Far Afield Dan McCoy’s New Outdoor Degree Program at UW Spans Many Disciplines

BY MARCIA TROOK

Dan McCoy ’93 began his career at the University of Wyoming (UW) 19 years ago developing its outdoor program, which was part of the rec- reation department. He was charged with engaging students, faculty, and staf in the outdoors through outings, Dan McCoy ’93 in Crested Butte, Colorado, in summer 2017 with sons Beckett (on left) and Thomas, and the indoor rock-climbing facility, the wife Melanie Arnett. year-long outdoor leadership devel- opment program, and promoting the program’s rental equipment to support of this new interdisciplinary to conservation and passion for out- outdoor enthusiasts. B.S. degree. door recreation. Within four years, His good work and eforts put This degree program is seen as a the program’s enrollment is antici- Dan in a position to develop a way to diversify and grow Wyoming’s pated to reach 150 students, accord- bachelor’s degree program in economy, while at the same time ing to Dan. Outdoor Recreation and Tourism attract and retain students to work Dan credits Brewster for his Management, which launched at UW in state. Program graduates will be early “connection to the outdoors,” this fall. Dan was part of the pro- well qualified to work in the state’s from his activities with Mr. (Eric) gram’s curriculum development and tourism industry – Wyoming’s second Chamberlain’s Outing Club to his in August 2017 was hired to admin- largest economic sector – or in gov- involvement on Mr. (Reggie) Seller’s ister and teach in the new degree ernmental agencies where their work snowboard team. His love for the out- program. The degree is a collabora- will impact decisions about the future doors grew, becoming a key catalyst tion between UW’s Haub School of of natural resources, recreation, and/ in his decision to choose a college in Environment and Natural Resources or tourism. the west, the University of Montana and the College of Business. Dan is While the university already in Missoula, as his next step. uniquely qualified to manage this new has a number of established courses In addition to his job, Dan plans degree program, as he has the experi- focused on natural resources, busi- to complete a Ph.D. in educational ence and interdepartmental relation- ness and the environment, over administration at UW this fall. He ships that give him a strong foothold the next few years, Dan will over- continues to embrace living out west, in both colleges. see the addition of 11 new program residing in Laramie, Wyoming, with Over the program’s two-year devel- courses and the appointment of two his wife, Melanie Arnett and their opment, Dan travelled considerably new faculty members. Course ofer- two sons, Thomas and Beckett. The to evaluate best practices, promote ings combine business management, family hits the mountains for snow- the program, and liaise with industry entrepreneurial strategies, ethical boarding or skiing during the winter across the state. He also explored leadership, and natural resource months, and when the snow melts possible field course options abroad, stewardship disciplines. He believes their adventures turn to camping, including travels in Patagonia, Chile. students will gain a deeper under- mountain biking, and white-water Dan’s successful leadership in the standing of stewardship of cultural rafting. It’s clearly four seasons of degree development culminated and natural resources, tourism’s outdoor adventures for the McCoy/ with the unanimous approval by best practices, and will concurrently Arnett family. the university’s board of trustees in strengthen their own commitment

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A note from MATT HOOPES, former faculty member and alumni correspondent, helping keep alumni connections alive STAY IN TOUCH: Contact Matt Hoopes from his home in via email at [email protected] Eleuthera Bahamas. University Representative Joe Scala ’16 (pictured left), a junior majoring in French language with minors in linguistic anthropology and applied linguistics at Plymouth State University, was elected The Evolution of Exams to serve as Plymouth State’s undergraduate student representative on the University Ah, the anxiety of final exams – both for the students and teach- System of New Hampshire Board of Trustees ers. The student worries I can’t remember everything we studied Educational Excellence Committee. all year. What if I totally blow it, probably worth a huge chunk of my New Patent grade! The teacher worries, Can I cover the year’s work fairly in two At the Fugitive Emissions Summit America hours and grade all of my classes by grade report deadline? Surely this 2018 in June, Catherine LeBoeuf ’13 (pic- dilemma has been ongoing at Brewster since 1820. tured right) introduced the patented New Having taught sophomore English at Brewster for over 20 years, Control Valve Type – Shutter Valve. She is my answer to the fairness and anxiety concern was to try to make a lead fluid dynamics engineer at Clarke final exams fun. In the grammar section I teased the students with Industrial Engineering Inc. the examples I used, making jokes and using students’ names. In the literature section students had to write an opening of a story in Presidential Appointment the style of one of the authors we studied, using a minor character Harold Parker ’82, formerly a state legisla- named Bufoon Hoopes. I also scotch-taped chewing gum and candy tor and special assistant for intergovernmen- to the backs of the scary Blue Books! The students seemed relaxed, tal affairs for New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu, was nominated by President Trump and I had fun grading their masterpieces. In more recent times, to become the next federal co-chair of the however, Brewster has discovered a better way to evaluate students’ Northern Border Regional Commission. The work, exchanging final exams for curriculum-based measures commission administers economic develop- (CBMs) and presentations of research projects. ment grants that serve rural communities in CBMs test students on the material they have covered during a the northern New England states and upstate trimester and are now taken before Thanksgiving break and during New York. the last week of school. CBMs test how efectively the students have mastered subject skills and content. CBMs are not taken at the end of the winter trimester, as the weeks before spring break are reserved for interim studies – on and of-campus research and proj- SAVE THE DATE ects. Students select their own topics (which must be approved) and partners, and work closely with a faculty advisor. Nora O’Keefe ’18 (Foxborough, Massachusetts) explained, “I Get Ready for don’t know of any students who do not prefer CBMs and projects over traditional exams as they feel they’re a better option and more Reunion 2019 fair in the long run. The teachers can see what skills we’ve mas- tered in the trimester. They also like the project period where they May 31 - June 2 help students with their individual projects. They enjoy seeing us engaged and excited about our topics.” All alumni are welcome and While a little anxiety probably remains, CBMs and interim studies encouraged to attend. Special programs are popular with both students and teachers, though with celebrations for graduation years students, there remain some similarities with the old exam peri- ending in 4 and 9. ods – late nights, frazzled looks, and hopefully, care packages from parents! (Mine sent tins of caviar, claiming it was “brain food.”)

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small hedge fund or perhaps try freight farming, but right now I’m busy being retired.” / Neal Panasky writes: “After retiring to Chesapeake, Virginia, in 2008, I took a job CLASS NOTES Class Notes in Kittery, Maine, and I lived in SUBMIT A NOTE! We’d love to hear from you. Send a note Portsmouth, New Hampshire. I am now back in Virginia taking care of and/or a photo to [email protected] and we my parents and watching my fresh- will do our best to include it in the next issue of Brewster. man son play football.”

Harold Parker, formerly 1982 a state legislator and Geraldine (Drew) special assistant for intergovern- 1948 Sullivan writes: “To my mental afairs for New Hampshire alma mater, a note of gratitude for Governor Chris Sununu, was WAYS TO CONNECT the recent Brewster magazine – it is nominated by President Trump to There are so many ways to very beautifully done. Now nearing become the next federal co-chair connect with Brewster Academy. my 90th birthday, my memories of my of the Northern Border Regional Here are a few options: life and times at Brewster are strong Commission. The commission admin- and lingering. How I loved it all! isters economic development grants Burtis Vaughan gave me three years of that serve rural communities in the FACEBOOK facebook.com/ Latin; Geraldine Paige, senior English northern New England states and BrewsterAcademyAlumni and literature; Mr. Piper, French. upstate New York. Blessings and love to a great future.” TWITTER One of Cliff Goodman’s @BrewsterAcademy Scott Swann writes: 1983 fondest memories 1975 “I’m living in northern of Brewster is playing drums for INSTAGRAM California, working as a general build- the rock band formed by four stu- @BrewsterAcademy ing contractor. My son is in college.” dents, The Choads. Clif graduated from University of Hartford with FLICKR Scott Mason writes: an economics and finance degree flickr.com/photos/ “Life is wonderful! and a minor in music management brewster_academy 1978 Candace and I travel as much as we in 1987, worked various bank and VIMEO can and love summers at the lake. I’m finance jobs at Shawmut Bank and vimeo.com/ a database analyst for a health care Fidelity Investments, and got into brewsteracademy system. We’re enjoying grandkids technology at Au Bon Pain in Boston and taking care of our elderly par- Corporate in 1993. “I was married EMAIL ents.” / Chip Tothill writes: “I moved and in 2002 we had son, now 16, who alumninews@ to Vermont in 2017, went through a is profoundly autistic, but receiving brewsteracademy.org self-designed rehabilitation program treatment that is providing relief and for neck and spinal injuries, and then hope. In 2007 I married my pres- MAIL moved back to New Hampshire.” ent wife, Mary, and in 2009 we had 80 Academy Drive a son. All four of us live in Salem, Wolfeboro, NH 03894 Matt Keeney writes: Massachusetts. I recently started a 1980 “While you haven’t home improvement company in the heard from me in years, I’m still North Shore of the Boston area.” alive. My wife Tammy and I have two kids, 16 and 12. My daughter is Elizabeth (James) into gymnastics and my son attends 1985 Malcolmson writes: “I UPDATE INFO Pope Francis School in Chicopee, went to Gordon College and gradu- Make sure we have your most Massachusetts, and enjoys it very ated summa cum laude with a B.A. recent address and email at much. He is also learning to drive, in English, and married. I’m direc- [email protected] which is contributing to more gray tor of operations and chief compli- hair for me! I’m looking to start a ance ofcer for a small investment

BREWSTER ACADEMY 43 CLASS NOTES (1) John Catherwood ’68 and Peter McGinn ’68 reminiscing with their former teacher and coach, Mal Murray, during their 50th Reunion. (2) Members of the Class of 1961 enjoy a sunset cruise on Lake Winnipesaukee: Noël Cantwell, Posey Funkhouser, Jim Nelson, Dotti Kay, and Carol Chamberlin-Clough. (3) 1984 Classmates and old friends: Greg Bilezikian, Greg Branzetti, and Glen Gordon. counsel firm. Our family includes two boys, 13 and 15, and two Bernese Mountain dogs. Home is in Rockport, Massachusetts.” / Joel Coffman has a new job. “I am the location man- ager for a bus company called First Student. Working out of Plymouth, Massachusetts, I run the mainte- nance shop, taking care of 77 school buses with 95 employees reporting to me. A real plus is that I have nights and weekends of, a real change after killing myself in retail my entire life. 1 Our oldest daughter finished a year- long study in England and received 2 her master’s degree; our next daugh- ter graduated from Bridgewater State; and our 6'2" baby graduated from Southern New Hampshire University. My wife Karen and I recently celebrated our 29th wedding anniversary!”

Jonathan Brown writes: 1986 “All my kids are out of the house and on their own. They’ve done well and seem to be happy with their lives and jobs. My wife, Moi, is still teaching at a local college, and I am still working in the tech field. About a year ago I started a new busi- 3 ness, Smoke Shack Jerky. It’s doing well and so much fun to make and sell something people really like.”

Craig Hess sent a note 1988 describing his recent trek in the Himalayas of Nepal. Everyone had advised him not to go alone, but he ventured of anyway. After being alone for six days, he arrived in a small town and found his way to the small inn’s restaurant, longing for a hot meal. Browsing the dinner menu, “My eyes popped. Guess what’s on the menu list beside a bowl of Ramen soup and beer? A Hot Bath!”

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Laurence Seiterle writes: Mexico City with his wife and 1-year- Dan McCoy lives and works in Laramie, 1991 “My wife Jeannie and I old son. / Jennifer (Ferguson) Evelyn Wyoming, with his wife and two boys. have three kids. Our 9-year-old son lives in Bermuda, having raised her For the past year he has been involved loves soccer, our four-year-old daugh- two children there with her husband, in establishing a new degree program ter loves dance, pink, and candy, and Dirk. “Being a parent is possibly the in Outdoor Recreation and Tourism CLASS NOTES the baby loves to laugh and smile. I most fulfilling job there is.” Now that Management at the University of still have a one-eyed dog, still play box the children are older, she is working Wyoming. For 18 years prior to that he lacrosse, and still enjoy work. We’ve in the Catastrophe Reinsurance was running the Outdoor Program at just broken ground on an adaptive industry and spending more time the university. Read more about Dan reuse project that will house 100 travelling outside of Bermuda during and his program on page 40. / Walter percent local companies, including vacations. / After working in the music, Newell, a PGA member for more than a bank, wood fired pizza, brewery, mobile, and database marketing 10 years, is now a head golf pro in and we hope a butcher shop, wine industry for 17 years, Shea (Purdy) Florida. He lives in Hernando (Citrus shop, and a vegan bakery. I’m also Gerhardt is starting her own business, County) with his wife Kristi and three raising money for The Leukemia and an earbud company called Buderflys boys (ages 6-15). He is patiently Lymphoma Society.” (patent pending). The company is waiting on a list for a kidney trans- expected to launch next year. “It’s been plant. / As an artist, Mary Nott has a 25th Reunion Class the most fun and exciting thing I’ve fascination with the efect of light. 1993 Melissa Bernardin done in my career to date.” She lives in “I had a solo gallery show for the works in politics organizing and Denver with her husband and three month of February. I started doing lobbying in New Hampshire’s sons, who are all involved in Colorado the unprecedented black on black state capitol. In her spare time, she skiing, hiking, fishing, and camping. / about 15 years ago. Less than two enjoys hiking and road or mountain Rob Hibbitts is enjoying life in Jackson, years ago, needing new work for juried biking in the White Mountains. / Wyoming, where he is a property shows, I began the representational Michael Bradley lives in Marshfield, manager and in property management black on blacks simplified with seven Massachusetts, with his wife and three sales in Jackson Hole, following his values.” / Timothy O’Connor writes: sons. Ten years ago he started Bradley many years in commercial real estate “After attending Greensboro College Legal, a family law practice, and is in the San Francisco area. He’s an avid in North Carolina, I returned to active in local community service skier and white-water rafter, having Connecticut to start my own contract- work. / Courtland Brannen lives in the been an instructor and guide for both. / ing company. My wife Jenny and I Boston area with his wife of six years. Stacy Hunter’s most recent work in the married in 2008 and have two chil- He travels extensively in his position accounting/finance field as treasurer dren. I love being a dad and can now as director of sales and service for the at GE Capital Global Legacy Solutions relate to my dorm parents because educational non-profit, Road Scholar. / takes her frequently to Dublin for I have kids sneaking out of their rooms Patrick Brogan’s professional life has work. She writes: “When I’m not and causing havoc at all hours. We led him to investing in startup tech traveling or working, I spend time with love RV-ing with the kids. After years companies and real estate. He is my chocolate Lab who has been my on the board of directors, I became “playing as much as possible” with constant companion and greatest joy the executive director of my family’s his two sons. He and his wife are for the past 13 years.” She lives in foundation. We award grants for raising their family in Connecticut. / Connecticut. / Suzy Kaufman is living pre-K through 6th grade educational Mark Carlson and his wife live in in a small town in Arizona with programming in Connecticut.” / Jason Marblehead, Massachusetts. When partner, Rosie, whom she met while Reaume writes: “I’ve spent the last 17 they’re not traveling the globe he working at an Ohio veterinary clinic, plus years serving in the Army. works at Breckinridge Capital Advisors Just Cats. Suzy is now a student at Currently, I am a Sergeant First Class, where he has been for the past 10 Arizona State University, pursuing a and hopefully will be promoted to years. / When not in Laguna Beach, bachelor’s in information technology. / Master Sergeant within the year. I’ve California, Danya (Chazan) Grosman Whit Lee, who works with his wife, is been deployed overseas twice and lives abroad raising two young boys. president of Maine Industrial Plastics have had three combat tours to Iraq She works part time doing marketing and Rubber Corp, which sells indus- and Afghanistan. I’ve been awarded and translations for a gold jewelry trial conveyor belts. Outside of work numerous medals; my highest being designer in Tel Aviv, having left her he and his family ski, snowboard, the Bronze Star. I’m still on active duty international career planning events wakeboard, and motocross on Maine’s and am currently an ROTC instructor around delegation visits. / After living slopes or waterways. He also coaches at Auburn University. I’m married to and working in China for three years, his son’s soccer team (undefeated for my wonderful wife, Kelly, who is also Teddy Choueke has returned to live in the past three years!) in Newcastle. / an Army veteran.” / Justice Rines has

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IN MEMORIAM

1947 Priscilla (Allen) Mather February 24, 2018 Wolfeboro Lawrence H. Stone September 20, 2017 Watertown, Connecticut 1948 Elbridge G. Rines April 20, 2018 Epsom, New Hampshire 1950 Sylvia (Gould) Denton June 6, 2018 Manchester, New Hampshire (4) Selfie moment: Adrien Broom ’98 and Katharina Zeitz ’98. 1951 been married since 2005 and is the a Major League Baseball organization James Nally March 27, 2018 proud father of “two smart and (2015) and to throw MLB batting Salem, Massachusetts beautiful girls. I’ve been an attorney practice (2011). I founded the national Barbara (Loomis) Parsons for the past three years and am now non-profit, Baseball for All, to provide April 1, 2018 embarking on a new adventure as an opportunities for girls to play, coach, Wilbraham, Massachusetts in-house counsel for a startup located and lead in baseball. My Ph.D. is in 1954 in Kennebunk, Maine, and Cambridge, sport psychology from Springfield Ronald J. Curran Massachusetts. I love working with College. It was a huge honor to be June 20, 2018 software, tech-related business, and inducted into the Brewster Academy Lyndeborough, New Hampshire entrepreneurs, but the best thing Hall of Fame in 2017. I’m forever 1958 about my life is being a dad – never indebted to the teachers at Brewster Florence (Ayers) Cegelka thought I’d say that back in 1993.” / who believed in me and gave me the March 5, 2018 Mat Roberson and his wife Alexis confidence to follow my dreams. My Pocono Summit, Pennsylvania (Gallagher) ’95 are both navigating greatest joy in life is my 20-year-old Bruce P. Hansen full-time self-employment and daughter, Jasmine.” / Paulo Simoneau March 22, 2018 Haverhill, Massachusetts parenting – making long days and writes: “Greetings from beautiful great rewards. “Our daughter is 12 and Centennial, Colorado. Since I left 1960 Donna (Brack) King our son is 3. I’m still settled in the Brewster I have seen many amazing March 20, 2018 great state of New Hampshire and things and met so many great people. Wolfeboro trying to find the time to enjoy it.” / In I’m dumbfounded by just going over Gordon R. Lee reflecting on life after Brewster, Sara all the memories. I spent time in the March 1, 2018 (Berger) Rosenbaum shared her south, then to California where my Jacksonville, Alabama memories of binge watching North roots were, and finally settled in 1963 and South with the late Lauren Malkin Colorado with my wife, Tracy and our Peter G. Brown Olson in between going to separate amazing three children.” / Dan Smith April 3, 2018 schools. Later on she owned a floral writes: “All is well! Since leaving BA, Wakefield, New Hampshire business with her father in Chicago. my boyhood backyard, my high school 1971 “In between hanging out with my stomping ground, I headed out to Stephen G. Fritch friends and working and traveling I Colorado for college and enjoyed April 28, 2018 Rockport, Massachusetts have developed skills in being a good exploring the Rocky Mountain west wife, a good mom, and a great busi- (shout out to Eric Chamberlain and Former Trustee Alan Stone ness woman.” / Justine Siegal writes: the BA Outdoor Skills crew!). I February 28, 2018 “I’m pretty much the same person I worked in San Francisco for awhile Longboat Key, Florida was 25 years ago and still play base- leading up to the 2000.com crash, an ball. I am the first woman to coach for amazing time in a fantastic city. I then

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living and working in Boulder where I me on Instagram. We also belong to met my wife. We now have two small Single Malt Scotch Society, which kids. I think of BA often and all the allows us to travel and source single good people I had the luck to meet malt scotches from Scotland. We there, as well as the beautiful campus would love to have you stop by if you CLASS NOTES I had the privilege of growing up on. find yourself in Healdsburg – for a There is no doubt in my mind that I’ve glass of wine and fresh pizza from our been carrying a small piece of my BA pizza oven, or stop by in Jackson Hole, experience with me since taking that Wyoming, for a glass of wine at my diploma from our ol’ headmaster 25 family’s 100-year-old homestead.” / years ago. It’s been my guide and John Tretter writes: “After being a chef standard to live by. All the best to my for the past 20 plus years, working six 1993 classmates! 25 years, really?” / days a week, I’m now managing a QUICK TAKE Monica Sichel-Kirtznus writes: “After restaurant. I hope everyone’s doing Brewster I went to the Universidad well on easy street! MICHAEL MEANS ’98 Metropolitana back home in Caracas, Since graduating from Brewster Venezuela. I graduated with a minor Jeff Pricher shared: and the University of Mississippi, in languages and a major in teaching. 1994 “After I received my Michael Means has pursued When I moved to Florida I discovered paramedical certification and climbed a career in business and is cur- Montessori education. I relocated to all over the Cascades, I got a job with rently vice president of Strategic New York where I taught and contin- the National Science Foundation for Partnerships at BriteVerify, an email ued my studies, earning a master’s in six months working at the South Pole verification business. education from Columbia University. and McMurdo Station. I did medical, For the past eight years, however, Since then I have lived and taught in fire and was part of multinational res- Mike’s passion has been serving as Boston, and I now live in Miami with cue team. Next I worked for the U.S. co-chair of the RPM 5K 9/11 Race, my children. In 2013 I was ofered the Forest Service, working on engines, held annually in Atlanta on the opportunity to venture into an crews, and for a few years, as a heli- Sunday closest to September 11. unknown professional as a licensed copter rappeller. In 2001 I joined the The race was named in memory of financial planner and since then I’ve Oregon Disaster Medical Team, one Mike’s brother Ryan who enlisted in worked for Guardian Life Insurance of of the federal medical response teams, the military after 9/11, and, at age 33, America. I ran a full marathon in 2013 and respond to large scale disasters. became the oldest person selected in Berlin and have run about 10 half Currently I am a safety ofcer on the as a Green Beret. After Ryan died of marathons, although I enjoy spinning Disaster Medical Assistance Team cancer in 2009, Mike and their other and Pilates more than running. I and have responded as far away as brother Alfie started the race to remember my days at Brewster with American Samoa for a tsunami, and honor Ryan and raise money for the a smile on my face.” / Emily Stewart my team was the first in following Shepherd Center’s SHARE Military writes: “I am married and have a Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans.” Initiative. The race, which draws five-year-old son. I live in San Diego, 800 runners annually, has raised California. I’m constantly on the go Nate Bibeau writes: $425,000 to date. because I own a preschool (a family 1995 “My girlfriend and I It was the Atlanta community who business), and I work part-time at a have been together for nine years and motivated Mike to found this event, law firm in Long Beach where I I’ve been in medical sales, primarily he said. “Ryan was truly a home- practice immigration and employment in spine implants, for 14 years. I travel town hero, and we thought this was law. I love to travel, mostly recently a lot for work. When I have time of a meaningful way to carry on his to Australia and New Zealand.” / I try to do a little fishing, get on my legacy.” Elizabeth (Palmer) Traverso writes: Harley, or get into my latest hobby, To learn about the race, visit “I can’t believe it’s been 25 years! I was smoking meats.” rpm911race.com married in 2003 following graduate school in Boston where I earned a Jeff Goldberg writes: master’s in education. We live in 1997 “Karen and I welcomed became director of technology/ Healdsburg, California, with our two a little girl in July 2017.” teacher/advisor/rock climbing/ children. My husband is in the wine telemark ski/fly fishing instructor at a business, and I’m currently writing a Tim Croes writes from private boarding school outside of cookbook, catering, and building my 1999 Nashville, Tennessee: Aspen, Colorado. Since then I’ve been blog, Healdsburg Table. You can follow “I am currently working on self-

BREWSTER ACADEMY 47 CLASS NOTES 5 at Microsoft and moved out west to Bellevue, which is outside Seattle, Washington.” / Patrick Wallace wrote that “Brewster Academy holds a special place in my heart! It changed my life. I am a graduate assistant at Northwestern University for men’s basketball.” / Will Foote writes: “Hi all! I have been back in Maine working on the start-up of the nonprofit Documentary Songwriters (docsong.org). Through people’s stories, we develop lyrics and songs that reflect and bear witness to real lives. We just had someone in Cyprus documenting songwriting along with other places.”

Sif Dagbjartsson, who 2016 has been working 6 hard at her modeling career, writes: 7 “Since I graduated Brewster I have seen and done more than I would have imagined. I have been lucky enough to have lived in Miami, Paris, New York, and Los Angeles, which is where I live now. I do work with a lot of Spanish speaking clients so I am very thankful that I managed to make my way to Spanish 5 while attending Brewster. I have been lucky enough to receive multiple (5) Faculty member Barb Thomas on “the Mount” with Scott Cameron ’08, Nic Krainchich ’08, Teagan covers of magazines, which is always Lewis ’08, Teraysa (White) Noyes ’08, Andy Hunt ’09, and James Ellison ’08. (6) Faculty member such an accomplishment for me, Peter Mann with 2010 classmates Connor Dunn, Dylan Miller, and Ben Goldhurst at Dylan’s wedding to Catherine Mudd in June. (7) Emilie Gordon, Cameron Bindra, Ashley Rogers, Liz Miller, and Jasmine and to have worked for some great Towns, 2013 gradautes, stopped by the Admission Office in June. companies. Last fall I did a cam- paign with Kendra Scott and work publishing a photography book (pub- Eric Nickerson’s archi- frequently with Pacsun, Dillards, lication date May 2019) that coin- 2008 tectural firm, Sheldon and Goop. I also did cides with my 20-year class reunion Pennoyer Architects, has won mul- a makeup campaign from Brewster. Here is a tiple awards in New Hampshire and last winter, which was link to my blog: timcroes.word- New England. incredible; it was disco press.com. I also write for The styled and very glam. Baysider newspaper in Alton, New Dylan Miller married My most recent accom- Hampshire. I will have a monthly 2010 Catherine Mudd plishment is getting the column titled: “Croes Control: in Baltimore in June. Classmates cover of Harper’s Bazaar Granite State of Mind,” where I will Charlie Silverstein, Connor Dunn, in Turkey. It just came highlight outdoor adventures by and Ben Goldlust also celebrated out in July, and I can say myself and other Granite State citi- their nuptials. that I felt proud because zens. I will be starting up a podcast I had set a goal for myself after I left with my best friend from NH called, Jasmine Towns com- Brewster and this means that I am “The Dan and Tim Show,” where 2013 pleted her studies at getting closer and closer to achieving we will be interviewing newsmak- North Carolina A&T State University it. It’s so important to have ambition ers from the Granite State and from with a degree in biomedical engi- and drive no matter what you do and down here in Tennessee.” neering. “I started an amazing job not to give up.”

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1960 LIVE MUSIC Student entertainers circa 1960.

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