FOUNTAIN VALLEY SCHOOL

SUMMER 2014

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Life Trustee Fisher Howe is 100 — grand-nephew Ben Ryder Howe ’89 pays warm and humorous tribute

One Year of Round Square

Reunion 2014

Commencement Photo by English Department Chair Dave Reynolds, March 19, 2014 Fountain Valley School of Colorado Table of Contents Board of Trustees 2014–15 PRESIDENT Departments Henry P. Morse Jr. ’69 VICE PRESIDENT 2 From the Headmaster Thomas Reagan P ’15 13 FVS Bulletin Board TREASURER Janet Refior 16 Dane Sports Wrap SECRETARY 38 Class Notes Katrina Presti P ’13, ’15 44 In Memoriam LEGAL COUNSEL Scott M. Browning

49 Why I Give EX OFFICIO William V. Webb Benjamin R. Howe ’89

Features LIFE TRUSTEES W. Jerome Frautschi ’49 Robert E. Henderson ’44, P ’72 Fisher Howe 3 Reunion 2014 James M. Scott ’68, P ’95, ’99, ’05

CURRENT TRUSTEES William M. Andres ’61 11 Thank you Greg Osborne ’81! Ward Berlin P ’15 Lenee Bennett P ’16 Bonnie Bertram ’82 12 Happy Trails, Sally Best Bailey! Grace Blea-Nunez P ’09, ’11, ’15, ’17 Julie A. Chesley Ph.D. P ’11, ’12 Kelly Eustace P ’14, ’17 Kenneth Gamblin M.D.’62, P ’91, ’93 19 Commencement 2014 Juniper Hunter ’93, P ’15, ’16 Shane A. Johnson M.D. ’89 Anita Lane M.D. P ’14, ’16 26 My Great Uncle Fisher Jolene Lane ’79 Mary Lou Mullin P ’93 Link Nicoll ’79 So a Great Dane Walks onto Campus… Peter D. Packard ’66 30 Josephine T. Parr ’84 Jonathan T Patten ’60, P ’85, ’87, ’89 Melinda Twomey P ’14, ’15 32 Round Square Year 1 James Webster P ’14 Joseph A. Wheeling P ’10, ’13

HEAD OF SCHOOL 1 Contributors William V. Webb

Jeanne Olive DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT Bulletin Laura Fawcett JOIN FOUNTAIN VALLEY Julia Babson Alling Kate Faricy Maiurro ’00 CO-DIRECTORS OF COMMUNICATIONS Ilise Garvin ON LINKEDIN! Jeanne Olive and Laura Fawcett The Bulletin is published two times a year. Letters, BULLETIN comments and article submissions are welcome. Contact Search for Fountain Jeanne Olive, Editor 2014Summer the FVS Communications Office: Valley School of ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT E-mail: [email protected] Kate Faricy Maiurro ’00 Phone: 719 390 7035 Colorado in groups Mail: 6155 Fountain Valley School Road and request to join. ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT Colorado Springs, CO 80911 Ilise Garvin We have 262 members—let’s grow Class Notes, address changes and other alumni ALUMNI ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT our network! communications should be directed to the FVS Alumni Benjamin R. Howe ’89 Office at [email protected]. was wonderfully reinforced at Reunion Weekend with the return of at Reunion Weekend was wonderfully reinforced much Fountain Valley many of our accomplished alumni who give inspiring them and setting them on their paths. for credit support the generous Of course, none of this is possible without who have faculty and friends alumni, parent, of Fountain Valley’s both annual and capital given so graciously over this past year to casting a vote Fund are initiatives. Those who give to the Annual impact it has of confidence in this institution and the important lives. As you had, and continues to have, on young people’s the actual cost the Annual Fund bridges the gap between know, an important sign to educate a student and tuition, and is also Sarah, Maggie and me of a healthy school. Thank you for joining join us in the coming in giving to the School, and I hope you will pledged our leadership level gift to the year as we have already 2014–15 Annual Fund. I hope you’ll come visit us and done so recently, If you haven’t school in action, witnessing our students and see this remarkable learningfaculty working together in cutting edge and discovery. as I am I am confident you will be both amazed and impressed, each and every day! Best, Will, Maggie and Sarah Webb WILLIAM V. WEBB WILLIAM V. Head of School What a year this has been, one marked with both milestones and been, one marked with both milestones What a year this has new beginnings. milestone was the 100th birthday A most joyous and momentous friend and who has been a great Fisher Howe, of Life Trustee for 70 years. His grand-nephew and supporter of the School ’89, has written a beautiful tribute. fellow trustee, Ben Howe fortunate to host Fisher and Ben Sarah, Maggie and I were and meetings of Trustees at Howe Residence over the Board Fisher and Maggie, who just turned two, Reunion Weekend. to witness. the get-go, and it was a treat struck a bond from Valley Fountain As I complete my first year as head of school, the important and School heads into its 85th year continuing and FVS founder Elizabeth Sage noble work began by Froelicher is much much was accomplished this past year, While Hare. The challenges we ahead of us. Our world is changing rapidly. immense, and the expectations placed face as a society are Valley Fountain than ever. upon our students will be greater relevant, are that our programs continues to evolve to ensure to true applicable and life-changing, while remaining real-world values. our core is a wonderful example. As you Our global education program our small school located in the heart of Colorado has will read, to strengthen a mighty global footprint, which will continue as members, in our second year as Round Square and grow of our Global Scholar the ongoing growth well as through Diploma program. May 24 was another important milestone and a new beginning for the Class of 2014. I am grateful for what they have and excited to witness their myriad given to Fountain Valley accomplishments in the years ahead. I am confident that with has given them they foundation that Fountain Valley the strong poised to write the next chapter of their own histories. This are DEAR ALUMNI AND FRIENDS OF AND FRIENDS OF DEAR ALUMNI SCHOOL, VALLEY FOUNTAIN FROM THE HEADMASTER THE FROM

2 Fountain Valley School of Colorado WAS FUN, FABULOUS AND VERY WELL ATTENDED!

Dan Citron ’69 and Chris Bancroft ’69

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The Alumni Art Show in Bedford Gallery 2014Summer

See all the fun at fountainvalleyschool.smugmug.com! Come on, Dan Fishman ’85—give another team a chance to win Matchwits one of these years. Left to right, Larry Galka ’84, Dan Fishman ’85, Myra Young ’86 And howdy to you, Garron Sanchez ’09, on the Both newly minted and seasoned alumni morning trail ride. battled it out. Waiting to saddle up for a ride in the arena

Left to right, Bob Street ’57, Jonathan Ormes ’57, Michael Collins ’56, Bill Mullin ’57, P ’93 Class of 1954: Left to right, John Haldeman, Bob Rahm, Rory Cross

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Class of 1964: Left to right, Duncan Alexander, Henry Day, Tom Class of 1984: Left to right, Crystal Mumm, Trustee Joey Parr, Kristy Kuehn, Richard Ballantine P ’05, Willis Wood Lamb, R.A. Burrell P ’14, Larry Galka, Liz Warson, Kim Bogren Owen AWARDS GALLERY

DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI AWARD CASA SERENA DISTINGUISHED ATHLETIC HALL OF FAME MEMBER AWARD

Barry Brown ’69 and his wife, Barbara. Brown was honored with the Distinguished Alumni Award for thriving in—and Left to right, Susie and Ian Griffis P ’13,’14, Kathy Kardok ’77, right, is the third surviving—a 24-year career in the airline Head of School Will Webb. Ian Griffis was member of the Kardok family to industry as general counsel for operations honored for leadership support of the be inducted into the Hall of Fame. and environment at Southwest Airlines. School along with his tenure as a Her father, Don, was inducted in “benevolent agitator” trustee. According to 2008, and her brother Tim ’75 in former board president Greg Osborne ’81, 2009. Kardok was a pioneer in girls ELIZABETH FROELICHER SMITH “His input on the implementation of athletics when the School moved to DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD culture, systems, protocol and coeducation in 1975. She was the commitment to stewardship has left a first female Varsity Club member, long and lasting mark on FVS.” the first female winner of the Varsity Award and a talented player in all her sports. ELIZABETH FROELICHER SMITH DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD Emy Hanna ’09, left, is the first FVS athlete to be inducted into the Hall Greg Osborne ’81 was honored for of Fame in her first year of eligibility. leading the School with strength and She holds seven individual state optimism as president of the board of track titles (four in the 100m hurdles trustees for the last four years. Among his and three in the high jump) and was Hoyt Bacon ’69 was honored for his achievements, Osborne helped shape the all-conference in both basketball 5 decades of service to the School. He future of the School through a strategic and volleyball. Hanna holds three served 15 years as trustee and decades plan, successfully guided the board school records—two individually (high Bulletin as class agent rallying the Class of 1969 to through a head of school transition, and jump and 100m hurdles) and one as be one of the strongest participating championed important initiatives that have part of the 1600m relay team. She classes. His family, including Starch ’62, advanced the school. See p. 12. added a fourth sport to her resume Knight ’73 and Chris ’75, were as a member of the IEA English umr 2014Summer instrumental in getting the Mountain Riding Team which won the reserve Campus built. Bacon also created the championship in 2006 and the Gold Key Club in 1967, a select group of national championship in 2007. student ambassadors who represent the School to prospective families. AWARDS GALLERY

ARTS GUILD INDUCTEES LEWIS PERRY JR. ALUMNI AWARD Jeff Brown As a Fountain Valley teacher for 31 years, Brown inspired countless students to follow their love of art and photography. His students have won many accolades, and Brown has been an arts advocate in Colorado Springs for decades as a member of the Pioneers Museum Advisory Board and Thayer Tutt ’73 was honored with the Lewis Perry Jr. Alumni Award the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center board of trustees. for his conspicuous leadership in the preceding year serving on He has shown in numerous galleries and is also in the the head of school search committee and for being an invaluable permanent collections of the Colorado Springs Fine Arts resource to Will Webb in his first year. Left to right, the Tutt family: Center and the Harwood Museum. Davis ’11, Melani, Thayer ’73 and Ty.

Elizabeth Sage Hare A woman of extraordinary vision, Elizabeth Sage Hare convinced a group of influential friends to join NOMINATE AN ARTIST DESERVING OF her in founding RECOGNITION IN THE FVS ARTS GUILD Fountain Valley 4FVS.EDU/ARTSGUILD School. She was a patron of the 6 arts well before moving West from New York, and a few years after FVS was up and running, she turned much ATHLETIC HALL OF FAME Fountain Valley School of Colorado of her time to the establishment of the Broadmoor Art Call for Nominations! Academy (now the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center). She was instrumental in bringing renowned artist (and FVS Arts Guild member) Boardman Robinson to the School as the Nominate an athlete online first arts master. for the 2015 induction class of the FVS Athletic Hall of Fame. Find the criteria and form at the Alumni section of the FVS web site. John Haldeman ’54 and Assistant Director of Development Kate Faricy Maiurro ’00

Class of 1994: Left to right, Erin Russell Wilson, Cameron Stanford, John Larkin, Vandy Mason, Zach Adler, Stephen Ridgway, Stephanie Latzke Ionita, Cesar Rivera, Esther Valazquez Sibal, Jennifer Quinn Kemano, Rachel McKellar Hanft, Nika Bartlett Starr, Summer Alger Shulz, Barbara Ball Trask ’79, her husband, Ian, and Shannon Shula, Hillary Mortensen, Jean Armour Lewis, Alison Marretta Perry their daughter, Serafina

Class of 1969: Back, left to right, Bob Furman, Bob Stanley, Chris Class of 1979: Back, left to right, Valerie Flint Durant, Darrell Johnson, Bancroft. Middle, Dan Citron, Doug Harvey, Buck Honnold, Barry Jolene Lane; front, David Peltier, Mary Ellen Hopkins, Barbara Ball Brown. Front, Henry Morse, Mike Ward, Hoyt Bacon, Craig Larimer Trask, Tracy Smith 7 Bulletin umr 2014Summer

Head of School Will Webb and his wife, Sarah, have the moves! Class of 1999: Left to right, Nuin-Tara Key, Mike Jones, Alison Marcum Christofferson, Colin Day PHOTO BOOTH SHENANIGANS

8 Fountain Valley School of Colorado The Class of 1969 gifted the School with the portrait of seventh headmaster Craig W. Larimer Jr. ’69, Whack! Esther Velazquez Sibal ’94 P ’04, ’07, ’09, ’12 painted by Catherine Porter Brown. and her husband, Alvin Larimer and his wife, Irene, unveiled the portrait.

Class of 2009: Back, left to right, Tyler Dulin, Tyler Horvath, Wiles Class of 1989: Back, left to right, Trevor Somers, Beth Ashby, Chris Larimer, Steve Stoot, Will Sippl ’10, Franklin Chiu, Pranay Sunku, Bellios, Erik Bedford, Arroll Borden, Tony Edwards. Middle, Blake Alex Tonsing, Stacia Koster. Middle, Madi Stuart, Megan Mosier Harrison, Kelly Kraines, Lisa Brenner Bloomquist, Bobbi Sanchez, DeCenzo, Garron Sanchez, Hannah Hilkey, Cori Storb, Eliot Nikki Robbins, Staci Porter, Michelle Tubilla. Front, Ben Howe, Josh Jackson. Front, Sophia Nuñez, Juliana Millbern, Annabel Voorhees, Mortensen Claire Qubain, Kailey Blunt

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Class of 2004: Left to right, Hazel Larimer, Christen Kiser, Polly Wimberly Klein, Ned Bothfeld, Sasha Walia, Max Winkler, Melissa Catching up are, left to right, Carolyn Rubenstein, Science Faculty Komadina, Emma Green, Mairin Wilson, Zoe Schmidt, Meryl Storb, Brett Rubenstein, Pranay Sunku ’09, Ryan Anderson ’10 and Meg Elliott Franklin Chiu ’09. IN MEMORY OF THE NUNLEY BOYS: TAYLOR ’09 AND THOMAS ’11 On Saturday afternoon of Reunion The engraving on the marble reads: weekend, the Class of 2009 and the “…who came from a ranch in Texas to Hanna family (Riding Director Ann Hanna, remind us at FVS of the importance of our Maggie ’07 and Emy ’09) memorialized nation’s flag. May we always be respectful the Nunley boys who died July 28, 2012. of our flag and remember that respecting our flag honors those who have sacrificed In their honor, the Hanna family erected so much so that we can enjoy the a flag pole at the Western riding arenas freedoms of our country.” where Taylor and Thomas spent much time and made a great impact on Fountain In addition, the Class of 2009 Valley’s riding program. Both boys were commissioned a painting by Denver Eagle Scouts and the American flag artist Karen Myers of the boys’ colorful was important to them. While students custom cowboy boots that arrived after at Fountain Valley, they took it upon their death. The painting will be displayed themselves to raise and lower the flag in on campus. the center of campus in accordance with flag etiquette guidelines.

The Nunley flag pole at the Western riding arenas

Taylor ’09 Thomas ’11 The Class of 2009 and the portrait of the boys’ boots

10 WHAT’S SPECIAL ABOUT Fountain Valley School of Colorado 1930? IT’S THE YEAR FOUNTAIN VALLEY SCHOOL WAS FOUNDED, AND WITH A GIFT OF $1,930 TO THE ANNUAL FUND, YOU WILL JOIN THE CASA SERENA SOCIETY OF LEADERSHIP GIVING. Thank you Greg Osborne ’81!

President of the Board of Trustees Greg Osborne ’81 ended his very productive term on July 1. He led the School with strength and optimism, and his deep love of Fountain Valley has been apparent in the unflagging drive and dedication he brought to the position. Among his achievements, he has shaped the future of the School through a strategic plan, he guided the board through a head of school transition, and he supported initiatives that have advanced the school, including putting Fountain Valley on the map for its exceptional global education program. At Commencement, Osborne gave a rousing address inviting graduates to reflect on Fountain Valley’s values:

…Fountain Valley School values courage, of the future, setting us on a course to the This brings us finally to my personal compassion, curiosity, open-mindedness realization of our fullest potential. favorite, self-reliance. This means more than never returning to live for free in your and self-reliance. I am sure that you will Compassion in the alumni context parents’ basement. Although, make no agree that our world is a better place when means understanding with gratitude the mistake, it does mean that, too. Self- these values are practiced with discipline blessing of the wonderful education you reliance means sustainability, both fiscal and pursued commonly. Whether student, have received here. Made possible by the and physical. It means gathering and faculty, administrator, alumni, parent, sacrifice of your parents, grandparents effectively organizing resources—individual friend or trustee, our roles call upon us or by the School itself in the form of and organizational—for the perpetuation of to manifest these values to advance the scholarship, appreciating the gift of this values that serve humanity. institution of which we are a part. education means doing your best to pay it For the School to thrive for the next forward to a future deserving student. Fountain Valley School serves mankind by educating wonderful people like you in 80 years, these values will need to be Practice curiosity in service to the School the Class of 2014, graduating today. As expressed in ever more thoughtful and as a member of the community who I welcome you to the alumni association, creative ways. This is where you come challenges us to engage in thoughtful 3,000 members strong, I remind you in. For each of our values, I offer my inquiry in order to spark breakthrough that FVS is forever woven into the fabric perspective on what it is, what it means, ideas. E. E. Cummings puts it this way of your lives. Never forget the values we and how you can contribute it back in when he said, “Always the beautiful answer are committed to teach and strive to service to FVS as an alumnus. who asks a more beautiful question.” 11 practice here. Go forth with Godspeed, Take courage, for example. I think

As you go forward in life, you will and raise the bar on their expression in Bulletin entrepreneur Barry Diller says it best when experience many things, some good, every venue of your life. And finally, please he shares, “Plunge into the uncomfortable. some bad, some easy and others very answer the call of our beloved School to Push or be lucky enough to have someone hard. Doing so while also practicing give back to our mission with the time, push you beyond your fears and sense of open-mindedness means asking at all talent and treasure accumulated from the 2014Summer limitation. That’s what I have been doing … times, “What am I supposed to learn from experiences that await you. overcoming my discomfort as I go along.” this?” Developing this skill expands your When you do this—contributing back perspective and positions you to return some of your time, talent and treasure— with new ideas. Masters of this value you will help FVS break through barriers contribute effectively through collaboration, the lifeblood of successful communities. Happy Trails, Sally Best Bailey!

Head of School Will Webb paid tribute to Bailey at the 2014 Commencement ceremony.

And now, I would like to say a few words ethic, dogged determination, and strong of admiration, gratitude and immense moral and ethical compass have served respect in honor of Sally Best Bailey for hundreds of young people, and we are her 44 years of service to Fountain Valley grateful to her for all she has given to her School of Colorado. students, their families, as well as our professional community. Her daughter, Jessica Patterson’93, says: “Mom’s retirement is emotional for With the announcement of her retirement, our family. I’ve watched her entire life there came an outpouring of thanks and unfold at Fountain Valley. Her devotion and sentiment from colleagues and FVS alumni dedication to FVS has always been about she served in their college process. It is Will Webb honored Sally Best Bailey with an honorary Fountain Valley diploma. the students and their empowerment and their words that best express the impact the support of their dreams. She has been she has had, and the depth of gratitude lose sight of the ultimate goal. I know for such a champion of the students, and I am that we and the students she served, have certain that without her, I would not have so proud of her.” for her: the amazing family, career and love that I Sally has worked for six of the School’s “Your mother should have a new building have today.” eight headmasters in a number of roles— or landmark named after her...a whole life “Thank you, Mrs. Bailey, for the guidance as Spanish faculty, vocal coach, house of devotion!!” and patience you showed me during parent to 74 girls in Sage, adviser, first “The depth of Sally's involvement in that life-altering process. I am confident school counselor and director of college every FVS student's college process is that you got me into a school I had no counseling these past 29 years. astounding. Her legacy lives in those many business attending.” As it goes with boarding schools, there hundreds of rich experiences, in students Another of Sally’s great achievements was are always additional “duties as needed,” learning who they are, what they have to raising three accomplished Fountain Valley and Sally stepped up. She served as offer, what they want to study and be, how alumni, her children Doug ’88, Seth ’91 the announcer at Fountain Valley’s others see them, how to self-advocate, and Jessica ’93. 12 gymkhanas and for 20 years drove a big and learning how to navigate one of the Would everyone please join me in

Fountain Valley School of Colorado bus. According to legend as told by former most challenging years of their lives…she congratulating Sally on her retirement and faculty Chris Lowell—in an incident that takes them through all of that with a deft thanking her for her 44 years of service to occurred many years ago—Sally took it and empowering hand.” Fountain Valley School. upon herself to intimidate an inebriated “As a poor kid with a long family history [Of course, there was a roaring standing Fort Carson soldier who came on campus of violence, poverty and zero education, I ovation!] by coming to her door with rifle in hand. was not at all prepared for what it would But most notably, Sally is legend for take for me to break the cycle. Sally, building a stellar college counseling with her guidance, support and patience program at Fountain Valley that has served helped me to attend my dream college, generations of students. Her tireless work Colgate University. She never let me Bulletin Board

Teaching Excellence Recognized Four Fountain Valley School of Colorado faculty members were honored in May with the Excellence in Teaching Award at All-School. Each year, FVS students nominate the full-time teachers they consider most deserving of recognition. Since 1996, former trustee Dan Tyler ’51 (P ’76, ’80 ’96 and GP ’11, ’12) has made annual gifts toward these faculty awards. This year's winners are: Kirstin Harvey Harvey is an English faculty teaching juniors and seniors. One of the most popular electives, Good vs. Evil, was made even better this year because last summer, she traveled to Greece on a Ballantine Grant to learn more about ancient Greek mythology. She is also a volleyball coach, and she lives in Figge House with her husband, Admission Counselor/Database Manager Austin Harvey, and their toddler, Jonah. Zoe Schmidt ’04 Schmidt is in her third year at Fountain Valley and sixth year of teaching Spanish. She will complete her master’s degree this summer in Guanajuato, Mexico. An alumna from the Class of Preparing for the State Knowledge Bowl, the FVS Matchwits team 2004, she is assistant volleyball coach for the FVS coach who left to right: Griffin Shelor ’14, Jeff Brabec ’14, Shale Hunter ’15 coached her! She lives on campus, a stone’s throw from Penrose, and Joe Nuñez ’15. her old residence hall. Matchwits Places Fifth in State 3A Division John Parra What a nice sendoff for Parra, who is retiring after 11 years After two grueling days and nearly 500 questions on every of directing Fountain Valley theater productions and teaching topic except tapioca production, the Fountain Valley School digital media classes. He and his wife, Brigitte, set designer and of Colorado Matchwits team finished fifth in the state in the 13 costumer, staged three plays a year, including the winter musical. 3A division at the state Knowledge Bowl. The fifth-place

Parra knows how to draw out even the shyest student on stage. finish is an improvement over last year's sixth-place finish; Bulletin Many students credit him for taking them way out of their comfort this is only the second year the Danes have competed in the zone and learning to love theater. 3A division. Dave Racine Seniors Jeff Brabec and Griffin Shelor, and juniors Shale umr 2014Summer Racine is an English teacher and coach for the mountain biking Hunter and Joe Nuñez finished 23rd out of 53 teams overall. team, a perfect fit, as he is an avid Colorado mountain biker. The team fought hard all rounds, and the leading scorers His favorite course to teach is The Natural World, which studies were Brabec and Nuñez. literature focused on the environment. He is a houseparent in Sinclaire where he lives with his wife, Assistant Director of College Counseling Avery McGlenn, and their daughter, Amelie.

Jian Lee ’15 won first place in the vocal category. Charles Kurchinski Music Kurchinski Charles Competition School of of Fountain Valley A number Perry hit the Lewis Colorado performers for the Charles Chapel stage April 24 Jr. Music Competition. Kurchinski FVS has hosted This is the second year is sponsored the competition, which cash an endowment that gives through vocal and in the prizes to the top three instrumental categories. at the FVS announced The winners were 9. on May Awards Arts and Publications INSTRUMENTAL Koyo Song ’17, 1st Abby Roubal ’17, 2nd Izzy Nuñez ’17, 3rd VOCAL Jian Lee ’15, 1st Sang Jae Lee ’16, 2nd ’14, 3rd Delia Brekken The award-winning films were sent to films were The award-winning Advisory members of the competition’s internationally consisting of three Board, known film and television veterans: ’43 of Samuel Goldwyn Jr. producer Studios (MGM), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer actor and filmmaker award-winning Griffin Dunne ’74, and Emmy award- Ed actor and director winner producer, Sherin ’48.

P ’64, ’68 was Agoura High School for “Paralysed.” Ebler and Jeremy Olivia DeLaurentis in the of Agoura won the top award documentary category for “Cinco.” The Dominique Dunne Film Competition first high school- was the country’s showcase for young sponsored filmmakers. Originally called the FVS Film after the death Festival, it was renamed and actress of Dominique, a promising there 1977 FVS graduate. This year, 24 entries. were were students. were ’68 and William ’64 Richard Trustee Emerita Morley Emerita Cowles Ballantine Trustee Hall of Colorado Women's into the posthumously inducted 20. Fame on March Hall of Fame is dedicated The Colorado Women’s of the the history and preserving to recognizing Colorado women, past and present accomplishments of will not be forgotten. ensuring that their achievements and editor of The Durango Herald, Ballantine was chair Students from Agoura High School Students from in Agoura Hills, Calif., swept the top this year for the 2014 Dominique awards Dunne High School Film Competition, School. by Fountain Valley sponsored The Dominique Dunne Film Competition in began in 1967 and was resurrected 2011 after a seven-year hiatus. First place in the dramatic category went to Phillip Braun and Alex Silberberg of 2014 Dominique Dunne Film Competition Since that time, Ballantine and her family have been strong supporters of the School. In have been strong Since that time, Ballantine and her family annual Fund for the Humanities, providing 1972, she and Arthur established the Ballantine at the School in stepped into the leadership circle grants for FVS faculty development. She She was the founding chair of the Casa1976, becoming one of the first female trustees. and encourage major gifts to FVS. When established in 1978 to recognize Society, Serena facilities, the to expand residential FVS mounted a capital campaign in the 1990s House was completed in 1999. Ballantine family made a major gift, and Ballantine than 50 In her more newspaperwoman. statewide as a renowned She was respected and honors, and in 1968 of awards years of writing for the Herald, she won dozens Association. Associated Press became the first woman chair of the Colorado Family Fund in 1957 to assist causes She and her husband established the Ballantine became one of the largest charitable funds that “better the human condition,” which founders of the Center for Southwest in southwestern Colorado. The Ballantines were Ft. Lewis at from degree her bachelor’s Studies at Fort Lewis College, and she received age 50. which she and her late husband, Arthur, purchased in 1952. She lived a life dedicated to in 1952. She lived a life purchased husband, Arthur, which she and her late FVS is fortunate to education and the arts, and journalism,public service, philanthropy, and generosity. energy of her great have been a recipient sons her when began FVS with friendship Her Trustee Emerita Morley Ballantine Enters Colorado Women's Enters Colorado Morley Ballantine Emerita Trustee Hall of Fame BULLETIN BOARD BULLETIN

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A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum This musical farce full of puns, door slams, mistaken identity and satire tells the tale of a slave named Pseudolus and his attempts to win his freedom by helping his young master woo the girl next door.

Back, Rowen Felt ’15 as Marcus Lycus; Front, left to right, Lindsay Kopf ’14 as Left to right, Fermin Serrano ’15 as Senex, Natalie one of the Geminae, Bryce Walsh ’14 LaPlante-Endres ’14 as Domina and Danny Webster ’14 as Pseudolus and Georgia Griffis ’14 as Tristan White ’14 as Hero, left, and Casey as Hysterium the other Geminae Lane ’14 as Philia

Many thanks to Theater Director John Parra and Costumer/Crew Webster, left, and Jessie Schmitt ’14 as Erronius Marshall McCann ’15 as Miles Gloriosus; and the courtesans, played left to right by Heather Whitham ’14, Chief Brigitte Ashley Bockholdt ’14, Lindsay Kopf ’14 (hidden), Georgia Parra for their Laughter on the 23rd Floor Griffis ’14, Zoie Noone ’14 and Donari Yahzid ’15 11 years and Inspired by Neil Simon's early career experience as a junior writer for Your Show of Shows, the comedy 33 spectacular focuses on Max Prince, the star of a weekly 1953 comedy-variety show, and his staff. Lucy Brickman FVS productions. maintains a running commentary on the writing, fighting and antics that take place in the writers' room. 15 Bulletin umr 2014Summer

Left to right, Hannah Pratt ’14 as Lucy, Left to right, Luke Schaack ’14 as Brian, Laura Twomey ’15, far right, as Helen, addresses, left to Lincoln Keeffe ’14 as Max Prince and Bryce Walsh ’14 as Val, Danny Webster ’14 right, Webster, Pratt, Schaack, Berlin, Walsh, White and Fermin Serrano ’15 as Milt as Ira, Morgan Berlin ’15 as Carol, Tristan Serrano. White ’14 as Kenny and Serrano FOUNTAIN VALLEY SCHOOL OF COLORADO

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Boys Basketball It was a difficult rebuilding year for the Danes as they finished 2-16 while playing in one of the toughest leagues in the state. A win over Salida gave them an opportunity to play in a district playoff game, where FVS lost to James Irwin. Joe Colarelli ’14 and Joey Morris ’15 were both named to the all-conference team. Climbing The boys and girls climbing teams continued their string of top three finishes in the state with the boys placing second and the girls third. The girls are now six for six in top-three finishes since the Colorado State Climbing Championships began. Senior Megan Rash led the girls with an eighth-place finish, followed byAzaria Segall ’16 (14th), Sarah-Beth Koch ’14 (18th) and Abby Gustke ’16 (23rd). Behind top-10 finishes from juniorsDominic Carrese (fourth) and Shale Hunter Donari Yahzid ’15 and Delia Brekken ’14 (seventh), the boys finished second. show off their state championship medals. Seniors Owen Shepherd (13th) and Blake Simmermon (17th) rounded out the 16 Track and Field team with solid placements to end their With more than 40 students on the roster, the 2014 track and field season was careers. Fountain Valley School of Colorado filled with robust energy, personal records and top finishes.Dominic Carrese ’15 led the way for the boys by qualifying for state in both the 800m and 1600m. In fact, he twice broke the School record in the 800m, lowering it to 1:55.98 in his second-place finish at the state championships. He later finished fifth in the 1600m in 4:29.60. Senior Delia Brekken capped off her track and field career with a 12th-place finish in the 300m hurdles (49.85) and sixth place in the high jump (5-01.50). In her first year attempting the triple jump, juniorDonari Yahzid qualified for state and placed seventh with a jump of 33-11.75. Finally, senior Julio Miramontes finished 15th in the long jump (18-07.50). Shale Hunter ’15 works on a bouldering Dominic Carrese ’15 broke the School record in the 800m. problem during the state championships. DANE SPORTSWRAP

Hockey The Danes finished off their two-season Girls Soccer schedule in February with a 10-14-2 overall Domination is one way to describe the record as a first-year prep team. In 2014 girls soccer season. Not only did December, FVS traveled to Groton, Mass., the Danes finish the season second in for three games, followed by four games in the region with an overall record of 11-4, early January at the St. Francis they outscored their opponents 91-24. Tournament in New York. While there, the The Danes and St. Mary’s battled for the Danes collected a key win over St. region title in the last regular-season Francis’s first team, 7-4, and a victory over game, with the Pirates edging out a 4-3 Ontario’s Nelson High School team, 6-0. overtime victory. In the state playoffs, the The Danes then went to Lake Forest, Ill., Danes were ranked in the top 20 but fell for three games and completed the season in the first round to Liberty Common for at a Phoenix tournament where they went the second straight year. Seven Danes 2-1-1. earned all-conference honors, including freshman McKenna Monk, who Boys Lacrosse finished 12th in the state in scoring with 68 points. Her 20 assists ranked fourth While keeping the same players, the boys in the state. lacrosse team played a JV schedule this year to build confidence and skills. This Freshman phenom McKenna Monk finished the season ranked 12th in the state decision by head coach O’Neal Turner in points (68). helped the Danes rebound from a 1-8 record in 2013 to 9-2 in 2014. The team will return to the varsity level next year with most of the players returning, including Girls Tennis offensive MVP Duke MacMillan ’16, Two singles players advanced to the 4A defensive MVP Jack McCurdy ’16 and State Tennis Tournament as the Danes goalie Calvin Hall ’15. finished their season third in the region. FVS played a difficult dual match Swimming and Diving schedule, winning just three of 11 matches, but the players came through at Senior Margot Twomey capped off her the end of the season. All three singles FVS swimming career by qualifying for the players—No. 1 Ik Feangreung ’14, 4A State Championships in the 50 and 100 No. 2 Casey Lane ’14 and No. 3 Ji Won freestyle events. In the 50 free prelims, she Park ’14—finished second at regionals, 17 finished 33rd in a time of 26.50. In the 100 th although only Feangreung and Park free prelims, she was 25 in 58.03. As a Bulletin advanced to state. The No. 1 doubles team, the Danes finished 4-5 in dual meets team of Sashini Weerasundara ’15 and and placed fifth in the Independent School Caroline Verbica ’15 finished third at League Meet. Top performers in the league regionals. At state, Feangreung collected meet were Twomey, who finished second 2014Summer one victory as the Danes finished in a tie in the 50 and 100 free; junior diver Alice for 14th. Street, who was third in the one-meter Ik Feangreung ’14 advanced to state at event; and junior Satoka Sotome, who No. 1 singles. was third in the 500 free. DANE SPORTSWRAP

Lily Harris ’15 and Megan Descheneaux ’16 at IEA Nationals English Riding Two riders qualified individually for the Interscholastic Equestrian Association National Championships in another successful year for Riding Director Ann Hanna’s team. The Danes hosted the Zone 8 Finals in March but finished eighth as a team in a difficult field. Megan Descheneaux ’16, in her first year at FVS, finished first individually in junior varsity novice over fences, and Lily Harris ’15, competing in IEA for the first time, won the junior varsity beginner on the flat event. Both competed at IEA nationals in May in West Springfield, Mass. Other ribbon winners at zones wereSkye Brennan ’15, Gloria Deignan ’16, Elly Gluschke ’16, Cleo Mueller ’15, Erin Newell ’16 and Adde Sharp ’16.

Western Riding The Western Riding team had another banner year as four riders qualified for the National Little Britches Rodeo Finals, to be held this summer in Pueblo. As of June 24, sophomore Bobbi Julian Wicks ’15 at the net against TCA. York had qualified for the 18 Boys Volleyball second straight year Athletic Director Jen Joseph’s team lost its top hitters from last (goat-tying, barrel racing) Fountain Valley School of Colorado year’s squad, but a mix of newcomers and veterans still led this while sophomore Karen year’s Danes to the state tournament. The boys spent the first Bobbi York ’16 has another successful Lawrence (trail course) and goat-tying run. half of the season getting into the groove of a new lineup but freshman Maddi Wesselink came into their own after an impressive win over top-ranked (trail course) qualified for finals for the first time. The fourth qualifier, Merino High School late in the regular season. The Danes freshman Faith Chambers, is a finals veteran, but this is the first finished second in districts and then won regionals to advance time she will compete for FVS. She’s already qualified in trail to state. Unfortunately, a first-round loss to Ponderosa ended course, ribbon roping, barrel racing, pole bending, goat-tying and the season. team roping. All four girls are continuing to rodeo over the summer in hopes of qualifying for more events. COMMENCEMENT2014

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Voted by their class to speak at Commencement, Blake Simmermon, left, and Owen Shepherd showcased their quirky wit with an address that poked fun at classmates, faculty and family, as well as sincerely

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See all Commencement photos at fountainvalleyschool.smugmug.com! President of the Board of Trustees Greg Osborne ’81 and Head of School Will Webb lead the way. This was Osborne’s last Commencement as board chair and Webb’s first as school head. COMMENCEMENT 2014

Where They Are Headed! CLASS OF 2014 COLLEGE CHOICES Douglas Craig Adams Margaret Rose Jacobsen Hannah Leigh Pratt University of Denver University of Denver California College of the Arts Bridget Nicole Alexander Paige Alexi Jeschke Cole Salvator Quarles Papasergia University of Puget Sound University of Missouri Evergreen State College Eleanor Monona Blood Cheney José Manuel Jiménez De la Torre Megan Mills Rash Smith College Technológico de Monterrey, Querétaro DePaul University Ashley Taylor Bockholdt (Mexico) Ariel Elizabeth Riggan University of Colorado Sarah Elizabeth Koch University of Colorado Jeffrey Lumir Brabec Whittier College Lucas Sergio Jerome Schaack Juniata College Lindsay Alyce Kopf University of Washington Delia Rose Brekken University of Colorado Jessica Carlyn Schmitt University of San Francisco Austin James Krug University of Saint Andrews (Scotland) Raleigh Boedeker Burrell American University Griffin David Shelor Elon University Casey Allison Lane Green Mountain College Joseph Kenneth Colarelli Washington University in Saint Louis Owen Christian Hansen Shepherd Saint Louis University Natalie Jo LaPlante-Endres University of Colorado Wendy Anne Conaway University of Minnesota Blake Arthur Simmermon Santa Clara University Jaejin Lee Carnegie Mellon University Alexandrea McCall Dedrick New York University David Lewis Stroehmann III Gap year Zhi Li Colorado State University Marianna Delgado del Valle New York University Jason Ayrton Swain University of Colorado Shilin Ma Colorado Mountain College Allegra Tamar Dufresne Carleton College Elisa Anne Taylor Mount Holyoke College Andrew Sage Marshall Scripps College Walker Renee Edison Wesleyan University Xinchi Tian University of Puget Sound Maile Eithne McCann Washington University in Saint Louis Sarah Elizabeth Eustace Wesleyan University Margot Hillier Twomey The George Washington University Clayton River McElvain The University of Texas Uracha Feangreung New Mexico Institute of Mining Bryce Patrick Walsh Thammasat University (Thailand) and Technology University of Denver Taylor Jean Gerlicher Patrick Lincoln Meehan-Keeffe Kiira Elexis Walsh University of Colorado at Colorado Franklin and Marshall College University of Denver Springs Julio Cesar Miramontes 20 Ruey-Chyi Wang Georgia Elizabeth Griffis University of Redlands Wake Forest University Colorado College Michaela Callie Monk Fountain Valley School of Colorado Danforth Minton Webster Yefeng Gu Colorado State University University of Denver University of Illinois Adam Mitchell Newell Taylor Anne Welch Ji Su Ha University of Tulsa University of Puget Sound University in South Korea Zoie Ayanna Noone Tristan White Morgan Darryl Heath Chapman University Colorado College Southern Oregon University Ji Won Park Heather Grace Whitham Cassie Mei Howard The Hong Kong University of Science University of South Carolina Union College and Technology Lucas Marino Huerga Marín Christopher Michael Peel University of Colorado Occidental College COMMENCEMENT 2014

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Dr. Stefano Bertozzi ’77, dean of the School of Public Health at UC Berkeley, delivered a powerful address discussing the concept of sin and comparing life to a potluck party. He distilled his wisdom into six words: Don’t eat For the 17th year, Senior Seminar partnered with Rocky Mountain Field Institute to build and repair more than you bring. This is a compelling trails. In the days leading up to Commencement, the Class of 2014 completed the Piggy Bank trail, and entertaining talk, and can be watched at which the Class of 2013 worked on last year. The seniors built 35 steps and 330 square feet of youtube.com/fountainvalleyschool. retaining wall.

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Sarah Webb helped the boys, including Danny Webster ’14, with their boutonnieres during Commencement breakfast at Howe Residence. COMMENCEMENT 2014

Colarelli’s adviser, Mike Payne, sums it up best: “Joe’s the kind of guy I would like my son to be and would let my daughter date. Highest Scholastic Honors He exercises the golden rule, and he listens as well as he speaks. Casey Lane earned the highest grade point average for the Joe is one of the most authentic people I know.” 2013–14 academic year. St. Louis University, a Jesuit institution, is fortunate to welcome Joe Colarelli had the second highest GPA. him this fall. He followed his heart in choosing this school. Leading a life of service—the Jesuit ideal—drives and guides him.

Highest Academic Honors Eleanor W. Emery Award Francis M. Froelicher Award Tristan White was honored with the Eleanor W. Emery Award, given to the The Froelicher Award, presented each year in memory of founding student whose contributions to the Headmaster, Francis M. Froelicher, is given each year to the FVS community reflect the qualities senior who, in the opinion of the faculty, best represents those Emery admired most: educational qualities for which Fountain Valley School would like to be known. commitment, integrity, sensitivity to When the faculty meets to nominate seniors for this award, it is an the needs of others, warmth, good exercise in celebrating remarkable talent, a diligent work ethic and humor and enthusiasm. humble character. A Froelicher Award recipient should model the This is a tall order. Imagine in just values espoused by the School and exhibit the foundational skills two years garnering the respect and admiration of the faculty for the writing of an extraordinary life story. to earn this esteemed award, a remarkable achievement for a Joe Colarelli, a day student from young man who came to Fountain Valley his junior year from Colorado Springs, has moved western Colorado. seamlessly and spectacularly through White has taken full advantage of the myriad opportunities four years of Fountain Valley School’s Fountain Valley offers, willing to take healthy risks and reaching academics, arts and athletics, all the the pinnacle in academics, athletics and the arts. Academically, while as a humble and compassionate he pushed himself to the highest level of achievement. White has leader and role model. been on the Deans’ List since his first semester and is a member His commitment to academics is of the Froelicher Society, the Cum Laude Society and the National reflected in his course selection which Honor Society. He graduated with nine Advanced Placement included nine Advanced Placement courses. He has been on the courses, three honors classes and a Global Scholar Diploma. Deans’ List every semester since fall of freshman year, and as a White left his mark at FVS as a respected leader: senior class freshman, Colarelli was inducted into the Froelicher Society. He is president and member of the Community Council, ConCorps a National Merit Commended Scholar and was named one of the president, member of the Honor Council, and a dedicated area’s “Best and Brightest” by the Colorado Springs Gazette. 22 resident assistant in the North Perry freshmen boys dorm. A model of good sportsmanship on the soccer field and

Fountain Valley School of Colorado A gifted athlete, White helped lead the varsity soccer team to the basketball court, Colarelli is fast, aggressive and fierce. He has state quarterfinals and was honored with the Coaches’ Award. the wonderful capacity to turn it all off once the game is over and be the guy with whom people want to hang out. Colarelli played White pushed himself way outside of his comfort zone in the arts. varsity soccer for four years and was captain for two of those He discovered his thespian chops at Fountain Valley, acting in two years. He played three years of varsity basketball, and last year, musicals and a comedy. He was feverishly creative in his studio was president of the Varsity Club. arts class, earning the nickname “Tristan painting-a-day White.” He has also spent considerable time in the Art Barn, during which Colorado College welcomes White this fall where he has earned a he has become a talented and advanced metalsmith eager to full scholarship for four years. help beginning students. COMMENCEMENT 2014

Sidney S. Bunting Award A fierce athlete in volleyball, basketball and track, she competed at state in the high jump and hurdles. An award given only at the head of school's discretion, the Sidney S. Walter also said: “Delia knows who she is and what she stands Bunting Award was presented to for all the time. She knows her own moral right and wrong, and Casey Lane, a day student from she is not swayed. If she sees an injustice being done, God help Colorado Springs. It is bestowed the perpetrator because Delia will not stand for it.” upon a student in recognition of those Brekken heads to the University of San Francisco this fall. qualities former faculty Bunting most admired: scholarship, intellect and J. Philo Nelson Award culture. Head of School Will Webb honored Lane models the Bunting ideals in many ways. Her intellect has two faculty with the J. Philo Nelson consistently placed her at the very top of her class. She is a Award, Artist-in-Residence Jeff Brown member of the Froelicher Society, the Cum Laude Society and the and Director of College Counseling Hispanic Honor Society. But more than her academic honors, it is Sally Best Bailey, recognizing a her character, integrity, discipline, commitment, and her genuine combined total of 75 years of service humility that has most impressed the Fountain Valley faculty. to Fountain Valley School. According to former English faculty Anna Sass, “much of her Created through the generosity of drive is her realization that you have a duty and responsibility to former trustee Kit and Peter Bedford, capitalize on the talents you are given.” parents of Erik Bedford ’89, and Lane has long been involved with music and theater, has been a grandparents of Owen Bedford ’16, the J. Philo Nelson Award member of the Children’s Choral, acted in several Fine Arts Center honors Kit’s father, J. Philo Nelson, by recognizing the highest productions and was cast as the leading lady in the last two levels of teaching achievement among the FVS faculty. Fountain Valley musicals. She has been a strong and nurturing Jeff Brown retired after 31 years of teaching at Fountain Valley varsity girls tennis captain for two years. School, 27 as director of the Arts Department and the remaining Washington University in St. Louis welcomes Lane to its ranks as artist-in-residence. His legacy as a Fountain Valley School this fall. teacher is empowering students to view art as a means for exploration and a vehicle for thinking creatively that will continue Samuel Colgate Award to serve them in all aspects of their lives. He has the patience, knowledge and skill to guide students to find their own way. The Colgate Award honors excellence in sportsmanship, loyalty and character, and was established in memory of Samuel Also inspiring to students is Jeff’s commitment to his own art. Colgate ’31, who died shortly after graduating from Fountain He walks the talk, and his work is in two museums’ permanent Valley. The recipient of the Colgate Award models the traits collections and has been showcased in many art exhibitions. He is an advocate of art beyond Fountain Valley, having served on that founding Headmaster Francis Froelicher admired in Colgate: 23 strong, courageous, faithful to duty and a friend to all who museum boards and committees that promote public art. knew him. See p. 12 for the tribute to Bulletin Colorado Springs day student Delia Sally Best Bailey. Brekken was honored with the award. Her adviser, Assistant Dean of Students Paula Walter, said, “There’s 2014Summer no quit in Delia. You can see that most clearly in athletics. She is a consummate sportswoman, even while competing teams have zeroed in on her for years because of her size and ability.” COMMENCEMENT 2014

Legacy Families

Legacy family extraordinaire! Front, Hannah Pratt ’14 and her sister, Samantha ’16; back, father Chuck Pratt, former faculty and proud grandfather Jim Mariner, mother and alumna Sarah Mariner ’83, The Burrell family, left to right, Will, Jennifer, Raleigh ’14 and R.A. ’84 and former faculty and grandmother Jean Mariner

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Left to right, Elizabeth McElvain, Guy McElvain ’84, Chenoa McElvain, Sharon McElvain, The Walsh family, left to right, Bryce ’14, Clayton McElvain ’14, Tim McElvain, Barbara McGroarty, Colonel Robert McGroarty, Tera Orey Kiira ’14, Dani Harrington ’85 and Tim COMMENCEMENT 2014

Award Winners Technology Award Music Award Anderson Outdoor Education Award Allegra Tamar Dufresne Chris Michael Peel Austin James Krug Langdon Award – Math Henry L. Newman Athletic Award Riding Director’s Award Shilin Ma Andrew Sage Marshall Sarah Elizabeth Esutace F. Martin Brown Science Award Fisher Howe Leadership Award Top Horseman Award Shilin Ma Douglas Craig Adams Marianna Delgado del Valle Campbell Award – English Christopher Michael Peel Communications Award Casey Allison Lane John W. Emery Music Award Sarah Elizabeth Eustace Languages Award Delia Rose Brekken Owl Award Elisa Anne Taylor Photography Award Uracha Feangreung Penrose History Prize Allegra Tamar Dufresne Barker Wardrop Tennis Award Austin James Krug Musical Award Douglas Craig Adams Creative Writing Award Danforth Minton Webster Casey Allison Lane Lucas Sergio Jerome Schaack Breene Baggett Memorial Varsity Award Robinson Award – Art Acting Award Delia Rose Brekken Taylor Anne Welch Bryce Patrick Walsh Joseph Kenneth Colarelli Hunter Frost Drama Award Rumbough Music Award Hannah Leigh Pratt Natalie Jo LaPlante-Endres

Global Scholar Capstone Projects Douglas Adams Shirley Ma Bryce Walsh Energy Production and Consumption in Protest and Governmental Response: The Effect of the Nation-State on Ethnic Brazil: A Business Prospectus Contemporary Case Studies from China, Languages: Italy, India and Australia the Unites States and Egypt Bridget Alexander Kiira Walsh The Eradication of Polio in a Global Maile McCann The Informal Economy of Beach Vendors Context A Cross-Cultural Comparison of Canadian in Mexico and American Immigration Policies and Nora Blood-Cheney Ruey-Chyi Wang Sentiments Global Water Issues Through Local Lenses Hepatitis B Virus: A Comparison of Taiwan in Colorado Springs and Rajasthan, India Chris Peel and Senegal Ethnographic Politics: The Future of the Delia Brekken Danny Webster 25 Nation State Food Security: A Comparison of Hip-Hop Protest Music in Egypt, Iran Community-Based Agriculture in South Megan Rash and Tunisia Bulletin Africa and Colorado Springs A Comparison of Pediatric Care in Haiti Heather Whitham and Colorado Springs Sarah Eustace Copyright Piracy in the Global Marketplace

The World’s Nuclear Future: Energy Jessie Schmitt Tristan White 2014Summer and/or War? Government Corruption and the Future Shifting Roles of Superpowers: China and of Civil Society: Case Studies in Italy and Austin Krug the U.S. in the 20th and 21st Century Nepal Contemporary Economic and Political Reforms in China, 1971-2014 Margot Twomey International Adoption to the United States: Beyond the Paperwork My Great Uncle Fisher by Alumni Association President Ben Ryder Howe ’89

Life Trustee Fisher Howe came to FVS as faculty in 1944 His grand nephew, Alumni Association President Ben and met, courted and married Founding Headmaster Ryder Howe ’89, wrote this essay on his uncle. Howe Francis Froelicher’s daughter, Debby ’38. A graduate of is currently deputy editor at the New York Observer Harvard University, he taught at FVS for only a few months and is the author of “My Korean Deli: Risking It All for a but has remained a constant and involved friend, adviser Convenience Store.” He graduated from the University of and supporter for these 70 years, even while pursuing Chicago and was an editor at The Paris Review. While his illustrious career. He has served on the FVS board of at FVS, Howe worked on the Athenaea literary magazine trustees since 1980 and has been a guiding light in board and The Dane student newspaper. leadership and governance. Howe turned 100 in May. Fisher Howe, as new faculty, taught English, Latin and math.

representative of the school I now get to make my own version It was a boring afternoon, and I was of chicken calls and awaken former classmates in the middle of watching football when the phone rang. the night. (If you haven’t heard from me yet, expect it when you least expect it. Don’t even try blocking my number.) “Hey, Ben,” two Fountain Valley trustees shouted at me. The connection was poor; I could barely make out their words. But there was another reason to gladly take on the role, and that’s my great uncle Fisher, one of Fountain Valley’s only two “How’d you like to become an extraterrestrial rug salesman?” lifetime trustees. Uncle Fisher is the reason I came to Fountain one asked. Valley 27 years ago, and since Fountain Valley changed my life, “What?” I replied. so did he. “A homunculus ballerina. How’d you like to engage in some The first way he changed my life was that because of Fisher, I middlebrow derivatives?” seriously considered changing my name. “I can’t show up at boarding school with the same last name as a trustee,” I told my “I’m sorry — I can’t understand what you’re saying.” The two parents. “They might as well name a dorm or the headmaster’s alums, Shane Johnson [’89] and Joey Parr [‘84], were in house after him.” a car driving to the mountain campus. Like you, perhaps, 27 I occasionally get perplexing calls from people making “You’re too young to change your name,” my parents retorted. questionable sales pitches, and when I do I try to hang up right “Besides, Howe is a common last name. You can just tell people Bulletin away, before I feel sympathy for the people calling and sign up you’re unrelated.” for a five-year subscription to an animal husbandry magazine. That seemed reasonable. Unfortunately, I forgot to tell Fisher. Something told me I should do that right then, but of course I didn't, and rather than ask Shane and Joey to repeat themselves “Hey, Ben, your uncle is on the telephone,” one of my dormmates yet again, I said, “Sure, I’d love to,” without the slightest idea what shouted at me barely a month into the school year, waving 2014Summer I was agreeing to. the Penrose public phone at me as I sat in the common area watching TV with a group of seniors. “You know, Fisher Howe, the Which is how I became Fountain Valley’s Alumni Association trustee. You might not want to keep him waiting.” president. It’s a job I’m not unhappy to have, since as a I was toast. Fisher was coming to What Sets campus for a board meeting and wanted to meet for a meal in the dining hall. Exposure was inevitable. My only hope was that Fountain Fisher wanted to have breakfast at an appallingly early hour, before most of the student body would even be out of bed. Valley Apart (Maybe, I wondered, my uncle was scared of being seen in public with me?) Excerpt from an essay “What Sets Fountain Valley The next morning while my roommate snored, I dragged myself out of bed, fought off various Apart?” written by Life Trustee forms of nocturnal wildlife prowling the campus, and made my way in darkness to the empty Fisher Howe for the 1992 dining hall, where Fisher sat looking at his watch. Summer Bulletin “Thought you weren't going to make it,” he growled. The dining hall workers were setting up. There was cereal and fruit, but not yet coffee. I watched as my uncle took a grapefruit and Something about the limitless sliced it open. horizons, the openness, the cleanness, joined with a spirited “So,” he said, gouging out thick chunks of flesh, “account for yourself. How has it been “ so far?” educational drive, is at the heart of the Fountain Valley My great uncle was by then, at the age of 75, retired, most recently from a job as a consultant experience. We must not let to nonprofits. Before that he’d been a dean at the Johns Hopkins School Advanced it elude us… International Studies, and, during the Great Depression, a traveling thread salesman. How then does ‘distance, For the bulk of his career, though, Fisher had been in intelligence, first as one of the founding overseas operatives of the Office of Strategic Services, the organization that later became largeness, and clarity’ touch the CIA, and later in the State Department, where he’d held the title of “Deputy Special the teaching of history, physics, Assistant to the Secretary for Intelligence,” which sounds like the title of someone who makes English, the arts? How does this squash appointments for the Secretary of State, but who in fact oversees the Foggy Bottom openness and hope come intelligence apparatus (a job that includes the all-important task of producing National 28 through in the values we want Intelligence Estimates, the authoritative classified reports upon which much foreign policy to instill—integrity, community is based.)

Fountain Valley School of Colorado service, sensitivity to others— Most of this was unknown to me sitting in the dining hall at 6:30 a.m. I did not know that my and tell us how to teach them? great uncle had run spies during World War II, been an operative in the Far East, or jumped We should think it through, out of planes. I did know, however, that he had an uncomfortably direct and penetrating because that is what sets manner of questioning. Fountain Valley apart. “How are your grades? Are you working hard? What extracurriculars are you participating in? Are you taking advantage of opportunities to volunteer?” ” I tried to respond, but my rambling, mumbled answers were an embarrassment. I seemed to be speaking in tongues. And Uncle Fisher did not listen passively. “What do you mean you don’t have time to tutor freshmen? Have you tried out for any plays? You could run for student government. What about the model U.N.?” “I, I, I . . . ” “Hrmph. Sounds like you’re living the high life.” I’ve often wondered if this sort of relationship between older and much younger generations was more common in the past. Sternness and intrusiveness are frowned upon these days in parents, let alone grandparents or great uncles. Authority is questioned unquestioningly. But while I never would have admitted it at the time, there’s much to be said for older relatives getting in your face. Few creatures on the planet are more inclined to mischief or better at dissembling than adolescent males, and while in theory it’s possible to love them and smoke out their b.s., it’s an exhausting, all-consuming job, optimally supplemented by an additional authority figure combining Fisher and Ben Howe ’89 in front of Howe Residence, the head of rigorous skepticism and filial devotion. And who better than school’s house a seasoned intelligence official, experienced at unearthing international conspiracies and plots? Twenty-five years later, the interventions of my great uncle are From Fountain Valley’s history as bracing as ever, and the values he sought to inculcate — passion, thoroughness, positive thinking — I’d like to think have book, “They Wrote Their Own been passed on. Fisher himself, at the age of 100, is as much a model of vigor and enthusiasm as ever, keeping a more active Histories,” by David Lavender: schedule than many people I know a third his age — and that One bright star did appear: Fisher Howe came to FVS in 1945 includes attending FVS board meetings. Speaking of which, to teach English, Latin and math. He conducted a successful after joining the board of trustees, I was pleased to see that I was not the only member of the Fountain Valley community to have whirlwind courtship during his one year at the School. When “ been schooled in Fisher’s ways. No one gets away with anything announcing his engagement to the Froelichers’ younger around Fisher, not even faculty, the administration or board daughter, Debby, Fisher said, ‘If you’ve never tried to do members. anything difficult, try courting a girl in front of a school full And the challenges continue for me as well. A few years ago, of boys.’ Fisher and Debby were married in the Hacienda before I’d taken the job as Alumni Association president, in the courtyard on June 4, 1945, just before Fisher began a middle of a phone conversation with my great uncle, I foolishly distinguished career as a Foreign Service Officer. admitted forgetting to make a donation to the FVS Annual Fund 29 that year. ” “Wait, what did you say?” came the familiar growl. Bulletin Twenty-five years later, the “I, I . . .” interventions of my great uncle are “I’m sorry, that’s not acceptable — it’s out of the question not to pitch in! Everyone has to contribute, even if only a few dollars. as bracing as ever, and the values 2014Summer Hello, are you there? How long has this been going on? What did “he sought to inculcate — passion, you contribute last year? Hello? Hello?” thoroughness, positive thinking — I’d like to think have been passed on. ” So a Great Dane Walks onto Campus… NO JOKE! Tommy Manning and Little Girl the day By Math Faculty and Sinclaire before she left for her new home. Houseparent Tommy Manning

nyone who knows me knows that I a bowl of water on the front step of the step, and she was eating a pile of food am a dog lover. I adopted my dog house, hoping she would come back to right next to me. I slowly raised my arm A Grumble Jones from the Humane eat it, and really hoping she would not get and put my hand on the back of her neck. Society, and I can be seen several times a hit by a car. She froze. She became so tense and still that she must have been expecting the day throwing a tennis ball for him. I have That afternoon, she was back at her spot worst. I didn’t know what would be more long thought about getting a second dog on the side of the house. The food was comforting: for me to pet her or to take and had the opportunity this past spring. gone, and the water bowl was dry, too. my hand off her back because she was so On Friday, March 28, 2014, a strange and From then through Monday evening, I scared; I chose the latter. The next time wonderful thing happened on campus — a took food to her three times a day. I would I fed her, I reached out to pet her again. Great Dane showed up. I drove in the back always say “Hello, little girl,” or “Come This time she was more welcoming and gate that night and saw our security guard here, little girl,” whenever I was near her. more trusting of the guy who had given trying to catch her. She was a beautiful Slowly but surely, over the next few days, her food for the past few days. She knew 30 Dane, all black except a white patch on I built trust. I went from having to put I was not going to hurt her, and we truly her chest. Her paws were huge, and she her food down and walk 50 yards away started to bond. Fountain Valley School of Colorado was incredibly thin. before she would eat it, to having her eat food 10 feet away from me while I sat on By the time Tuesday rolled around, I didn’t I felt so sorry for the starving black dog the front step, to having her eat out of see her. Classes had resumed, and I think and did not want anything to happen to my hand while I sat still. No matter how with all the traffic up and down that road, her, so the next morning I walked to the comfortable she got with me or how much she was scared and took off for the prairie. same spot on the side of Hawley House trust I was building, she would run away I did see her after school on Wednesday. to feed her and see if I could build trust with her tail between her legs if I stood She was walking on the front prairie as I with her. She was absolutely petrified and up, raised my arm, turned my shoulders, was running the trails. I stopped running would not come close. In fact, she ran or even flinched. I had to sit perfectly still and started walking toward her, calling away from me and ran out our gate and for her to eat next to me. I remember the out “little girl” as I had for the past several down Goldfield Drive. I left the food and first time I petted her. I was sitting on the days. I wrongly assumed she would She transformed from the shy and timid malnourished stray into a confident, playful, outgoing and good-looking Dane.

recognize me as the food guy and would cheek in the middle of the night. She was There was also the day I came home run to me. Instead she ran the other way. finally exploring the house and apparently and noticed blue cloth on the living room Unfortunately, I did not see her again, and wanted to say hi in the middle of the night. floor. I knew what it was right away. I it snowed that night. She laid down right next to the head of received a New England Patriots hat as a my bed and slept there every night for the Christmas present in 2008. Anyone who I went to look for her again after school next two months. If I put my hand out and knows me or has seen me in the last five on Thursday and ran on the roads reached down while I was in bed, she was years knows that I seriously wore that hat surrounding our property. I had not seen there at my side every single time. something like 300 days per year. When I her in two days and did not want her to walked into my bedroom I saw the rest of sleep in the snow again. I found her and She slowly warmed up to other people the destroyed hat in small bits and pieces was able to toss a leash around her neck and dogs over the next several weeks. across my bedroom floor. She also ripped and cinch it tight. She fought and jumped And she was always chasing squirrels — up my mail and broke a couple of my and kicked like a rodeo bull. After a few she loved chasing squirrels. running trophies. seconds she succumbed and put her While she was still very thin, Little Girl By the time June rolled around, I had one head down in a manner that said “O.K., gained some weight during those first few heck of a friendly Dane. She loved to play you win, you have me now.” The look she weeks. Over time, she started shedding outside and would walk up to anyone or had on her face and her pathetic body her old, dull coat and a beautiful, shiny any dog with her tail wagging. She gained language gave me the worst feeling. All the coat replaced it. She transformed from more weight, too, even though she still trust and bonding I had built with this poor the shy and timid malnourished stray into looked pretty thin. little dog was completely gone, and she a confident, playful, outgoing and good- hated me. looking Dane. I never expected to have Little Girl for two months. I received help from Mike McKeon I took her home and made her a bed Having Little Girl in my house was not of the FVS maintenance team and his wife, out of towels and blankets on my patio. always great, though. I had quite a few Cindy, who work with National Disaster It was 31 degrees when I woke up problems in the beginning. After a few Animal Response and Recovery Teams to Friday morning, and she was absolutely days with me and Grumble Jones, she find homes for lost or unclaimed animals. shivering. That evening, I let her come became very territorial. She thought my We agreed that I would house her until inside my house for a little while. With her living room was her living room, and she we found someone to adopt her, which tail between her legs and afraid to explore thought Grumble Jones’ bed was her bed. I thought would take about a week. Two the house, she simply laid on the rug next She was very aggressive toward Grumble months later, a couple from Kansas who to the door without moving. She slept right Jones, growling, barking or even fighting had been looking for a Dane to adopt 31 there for the next few nights. with him if he went to his bed. After getting came to see her and loved her at first sight. I stopped walking her on a leash after yelled at a few times and being separated Bulletin about two days. Luckily, she would not from him and thrown outside, she learned So Little Girl went off to Kansas on June roam more than five feet away from me. to share, or at least coexist in the house 3 and is in good hands now. I learned Little Girl had developed a deep bond with with him. through this experience that I do not want me. I am convinced she knew she was two dogs. But I really bonded with the

One day I came home to an awful smell. 2014Summer Dane and loved her as my own, and oh dying while sleeping outside on our prairie I had mistakenly placed leftover birthday my, I truly miss my Little Girl. She was that first week. I think she knew she had a cake on the counter in my kitchen. Little a great dog, and I am happy she is in a second chance at life, knew that chance Girl had a whole lot of birthday cake and a good home now. came from me, and she was not going to whole lot of icing, which clashed with her let me out of her sight. A few nights into stomach, and unfortunately, I was the one our time together, I felt a wet nose on my who had to clean up the mess. 5 FVS STUDENTS IS ONE OF JUST at the Round Square Global Conference at St. Andrew’s School in Boca Raton, where 970 STUDENTS 9 representing ROUND SQUARE 14 COUNTRIES YEAR 1 SCHOOLS IN THE U.S. came together MORE THAN IS THE ONLY ROUND SQUARE SCHOOL on BETWEEN THE TWO COASTS 100 5 ROUND SQUARE SCHOOLS CONTINENTS

3 STUDENTS ON EXCHANGES 3 STUDENTS ON EXCHANGE FROM TO PERU AND SOUTH AFRICA PERU AND SOUTH AFRICA TO FVS

ound Square is the second tier in Fountain Valley’s global education program, building on the Global R Scholar Diploma that will be in its fifth year this fall. NEXT YEAR: Fountain Valley’s Round Square membership instantly connects FVS with a consortium of more than 100 independent 32 schools around the globe—schools with a focus on founder

Fountain Valley School of Colorado Kurt Hahn’s I.D.E.A.L.S. (internationalism, democracy, environment, adventure, leadership and service). “The I.D.E.A.L.S. of Hahn, also the founder of Outward Bound, align beautifully with FVS’s mission,” Director of Global Education Dr. Susan Carrese says. “In fact, when we were admitted to Round Square after a three-day onsite visit, their 2x representative and the former headmaster at The Athenian, the exchanges Eleanor Dase, said simply, ‘You are a Round Square school,’ after examining the global reach of our academic program, our Global Scholar final projects, our outdoor education and Interim trips, and our sustainability initiatives.” DR. CARRESE REFLECTS ON FOUNTAIN VALLEY’S FIRST YEAR IN ROUND SQUARE

am delighted, but not surprised, by the way our community has embraced the many opportunities Round Square membership offers. I In our inaugural year as members, we sent five students to the global conference for a week, send three students on relatively low-cost school- to-school exchanges, hosted three students at FVS, and sent two students for a gap year teaching internship. Next year, we will double the number of exchanges and take students to the regional conference at the Anglo Colombiano in Bogota from April 5-10. All this has been possible because of the support of the faculty, the Admission Office, the leadership team, and most importantly, students who are genuinely curious about the world and Lily Harris ’15 (left) and Anja Kruger at St. Stithians willing to take some risks to explore it. Our Round Square membership dues have been funded for four years through the generosity of trustee Jim Webster (see p. 49). Jim understands the benefits of global LILY HARRIS ’15: understanding from a business perspective and was able to see his son Danny ST. STITHIANS COLLEGE, graduate with a Global Scholar Diploma this year. JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA In June, he sent me a message in which he writes, “FVS any times during my exchange, Global Scholars Alive in Roma—Tristan White and Danny people would ask me why I chose Webster meet up in Rome, Italy, today. Thanks FVS for to come to South Africa. Visiting what you gave our kids! Thanks, too, for the wonderful M there has been on my bucket list education that you have given me as well.” for quite some time. The next tier in building our global program is the I was baffled by how easily the students Tristan White ’14 and creation of the “Global Commons” on campus. This will Danny Webster ’14 could overlook the daily splendor of their be a designated space in the Hacienda apartment for country. Things that fascinated me could students to gather for global speakers, films, discussions, cooking and various other bore my host family. I realized you don’t cross-cultural events. The idea is to connect our international students, our American notice the beauty of a place you see every students and the wider Colorado Springs community around “common” issues of day, but seeing a country through the eyes global importance. of an exchange student is seeing a new country. My husband, Paul (professor of politics at the U.S. Air Force School at St. Stithians is very different Acadmey), and I are excited to from Fountain Valley. Moving from a co-ed 33 create a vibrant place of learning in school to an all-girls school was quite a

the historic rooms where [founding change. I was shocked by how much Bulletin Headmaster] Francis Froelicher more orderly classes and assemblies were! developed his own brand of And the uniform requirement made getting progressive education in the 1930s. ready in the morning exponentially easier. umr 2014Summer Left to right, Dr. Carrese, Cleo Mueller ’15, Sarah My three-week exchange was jam-packed Eustace ’14, Maile McCann ’14, Megan Rash ’14, with activities. I visited Lion Park and Chris Peel ’14 and Trustee Jim Webster P ’14 at the the Apartheid Museum, drove through 2013 international Round Square conference. the gleaming buildings in Sandton, and traveled through numerous seaside towns around Cape Town. It may not seem like a lot of time, but when turning the corner continually reveals something novel, every day can feel like an adventure. DOMINIC CARRESE: The most poignant experiences of my MARKHAM COLLEGE, MIRAFLORES, PERU exchange were my visit to Albert Street School and shark cage diving. “It’s a great opportunity for Fountain Valley students to get outside I joined one of St. Stithians Religious our bubble in a pretty incredible way, to go see what the rest of the Education Outings and went to a school where many children were either living world is like. My stay was fantastic, an intense three-week immersion below the poverty line or orphaned. in Peruvian culture. I made lasting friendships that I’m keeping up There, we cooked hot dogs, beans and rice for them, and helped their teachers with, and I will go back to visit. I encourage all FVS students to take for a couple of hours. I was in a first- advantage of the opportunity grade classroom that was smaller than most classrooms and contained twice that Round Square offers.” as many children, each wearing some of the biggest smiles I have ever seen. I was so taken aback and moved by how happy these children were. This was an experience I will never forget. FAVORITE Unlike most girls who like puppies, horses PERUVIAN FOOD: or kittens, my favorite animal is a shark, so lomo saltado while in Cape Town, my host family took [sauteed beef, onions, tomatoes me shark cage diving. It was incredible. and peppers served with rice and Dominic Carrese ’15, middle, on his Peru I had the opportunity to meet my hero, fried potatoes] exchange at Markham College: Michael Rutzen, who is legendary for his conservation work with great white sharks. That morning, a total of seven different sharks swam past the cage and one sting ray that was roughly a meter in diameter. I EXCHANGE STUDENTS was astounded by how cautious the great whites were. While in the cage, we had to remain completely still, otherwise the shark @ FVS! would be frightened off. How funny that 34 these “mindless, aggressive killers” were FVS’s first Round Square exchange students:

Fountain Valley School of Colorado terrified of a few tourists. Left to right, Sophia Alvoeiro, Markham In short, my exchange was fantastic! I College, Peru; Andrea Barreda, Markham formed friendships with interesting and College, Peru; Anja Kruger, St. Stithian’s, wonderful people, and returned to the South Africa United States with countless stories of the marvels of exchange and the beauty of South Africa. SAGE MARSHALL ’14: MARKHAM COLLEGE, MIRAFLORES, PERU

t 10:11 p.m., on April 5, 2014, I sat at gate 18 in the international section of the Jorge Chávez Airport of Lima, Peru. Sweat clung to my body as I sat in the A stale, humid air of the airport. I had spent the previous 30 minutes pacing throughout the terminal in search of a cold drink but was disheartened, as the prices were already in dollars, and I haven't even left for home yet. But I bought an overpriced Inca Kola and sat down at the gate. Three weeks of tiredness washed over me. I pulled out my Sage Marshall ’14 (center) with his host family at Machu Picchu journal and began to write. I've never kept a journal until I went »» Taking a community service trip to Chincha with all my classmates; on exchange. Yet, when I was in Peru, I wanted to write about building a house in the scorching sun; buying caramels at the local everything; I detailed all my encounters and left all my emotions store; camping in the mayor's backyard; avoiding stray dogs; getting on a lined page. I needed to remember… covered in white paint; singing in the night with my guitar-playing »» Meeting my host parents who were extremely welcoming and Sophia, trip leader, Mr. Hildebrand; eating arroz con leche in the main square; 14, and Luke, 17, who were the best host siblings I could ask for talking with a little boy as we both painted his room »» Arriving at the tail end of a small party my first night and being »» Watching the performance Markham On Stage which was put on overwhelmed by a barrage of chatty girls and laughing guys solely by students »» My first trip to the vegetation-covered cliffs that overlook the Pacific »» Going surfing and staying out on a school night with my companion, coast at Miraflores Dominic [Carrese ’15] »» Making the trek down south to "Asia" or the beach; basking in the »» Making friends and learning how to dance at small parties; kissing sun as Sophia and her friends emitted an intermittent flow of Spanish girls on the cheek and fist-bumping every guy before leaving and laughter; trying ceviche and talking to the adults about Peruvian »» Traveling to Cuzco with my host mom and Sophia; the magnificent city cuisine with its hodgepodge of Incan construction and Spanish architecture; »» Feeling like a new kid again at my first day of class witnessing Machu Picchu; traveling around the surrounding ruins; »» Feeling especially new as I struggled to understand eating exquisite Peruvian food; feeling lucky the rapid Spanish dialogue, and being a lone »» Finishing off the last week of school and saying goodbye too soon American in a sea of Peruvian students and I slept the entire redeye flight to Houston, and the flight from 35 British teachers Houston to Denver. The next day I was back to class at FVS.

»» PLAYING SOCCER DURING LUNCH It seemed like in a single flight I’d gone from one universe to Bulletin »» Meeting all types of people and becoming friends another, yet, those three weeks couldn't have been better. I with ones who, at first glance, I normally wouldn't will carry these memories for the rest of my life, and the friends have; becoming close with too many people I made will always be a part of me. Saying goodbye to Peru was harder than I expected, but when I said to my good friend 2014Summer »» Floating in the backyard pool Andrea, “I’ll see you again someday,” I meant it. »» Attempting to communicate with: the driver Antonio, the wrestling coach at the weight room, the maid Cele, my P.E. coach, and a plethora of other people SEIZING ROUND SQUARE GAP-YEAR OPPORTUNITIES

Megan Rash ’14 is headed to Ballarat Grammar in Victoria, Australia, to spend the 2014-15 school year assistant- teaching kindergarten through high school classes.

Chris Peel ’14 is launching his gap year as a teacher assistant at Colegio Anglo Colombiano school in Bogotá, Colombia, for fall semester. “I am very excited for a whole different sort of independence,” he says, “immersing myself in a new culture... and above all, contributing to a community.”

Chris Peel ’14 shown here on his Interim in India, is headed to Colombia for a semester as a teacher assistant through Round Square.

Alumni Receptions and Dates We’re Coming to You! BOULDER NEW YORK CITY AT MOMA Aug. 28 Nov. 6 at Stephanie Brauchli Carter ’85’s YOUNG ALUMNI PIZZA PARTY WANT AN home at Howe Residence COLORADO SPRINGS Jan. 7 36 Sept. 25 CHICAGO AT THE ALUMNI Fountain Valley School of Colorado SAN ANTONIO UNIVERSITY CLUB RECEPTION October (date TBD) Feb. 5 AUSTIN hosted by Bill Griffith ’61 IN YOUR AREA? October (date TBD) Make sure we have your correct DALLAS address so we can send you an Contact Ilise Garvin October (date TBD) invitation! Send us an email to at 719.391.5314 or [email protected]. HOUSTON [email protected]. October (date TBD) Another Record-breaking El Capitan Climb

ountain Valley School assistant climbing coach Jes Meiris ’00 Fcontinues to make a name for herself in the climbing world. On June 8, she broke her second record in two years on El Capitan’s The Nose and is now the fastest woman to ever make the climb alone. In 2012, she and climbing partner Quinn Brett set the women’s team world record for speed on the climb, ascending in 10 hours and 19 minutes. This time, she did it alone (called rope soloing) in a single push without sleeping on the wall, setting the female speed record in 27 hours. She broke the record of five days set in 2002 by Jacqueline Florine. “I wanted to climb it solo in a push, without hauling or sleeping,” Meiris said. “I knew that if I was successful I would break a record, but would have done it either way. It was appealing because “It was appealing no woman had done it in that style before.” In a rope solo system, the climber has to basically because no woman do everything twice because there is no partner to had done it in that bring up the gear and equipment after each rope length of climbing. style before.”

“I climb and place protective gear, set an anchor, 37 rappel back down to my previous anchor to Swing—this was in part thanks to the support of her friends and family who retrieve it, then climb the rope to get the protective Bulletin gear back, and repeat the process,” she said. were sending text messages. Meiris started her climb at 8 p.m. on June Meiris has helped coach the FVS 7, and said that apart from a couple of safe climbing team since 2010. She has falls and feeling tired at the start, she felt been part of both teams’ enormous 2014Summer great after reaching an area called the King success, including the 2012 state title by the boys. CLAY FRICK ’75 loves living in Southern CLAY Alaska, enjoys skiing and serves on of the Southeast Alaska the board Conservation Council. His main focus is the Tongass working on issues that affect in particular. National Park and the forest to connecting with He is looking forward ’60 on his travels through JON PATTEN saw JOHN Alaska, and he recently ’75. PRYOR is busy working at ROD MCVEIGH ’71 a hand in Project Konica Minolta, keeping Community Literacy and the Bergen and volunteering College Foundation, has says there at his synagogue. He to Israel, watch still been time to travel Montclair State son Alex graduate from help son Ari start Ramapo University, College and experience son Andrew’s wedding. At an FVS gathering in Miami, left to right, Jamie Bachant ’75 and his wife, Chris, Trey Cottrell ’77, Jon Patten ’60 and Head of . School Will Webb Hal Tearse ’70 writes: “As my long time Hal Tearse avocation, I have completed 10 years of coaching hockey here in Minnesota at a Catholic high school. I thought I was teaching the boys, but they were teaching me more. I was privileged to be part of their lives. I recently visited with Ernie Steck ’70. He is in good form playing lots of squash, fishing, skiing and traveling to visit friends around the globe. I have reconnected with photography in the past several years and have a number of photos accepted to several shows at Minneapolis Photo Center and others around the country.” See photo above. Former faculty Bradley Boyden ’69 and Mary sent in a family photo of their vacation Del Toro our got “We and they report, in Mexico City, fill of authentic tasty food, descended a grotto at where Pavarotti once sang and stood in awe love to have the many churches we toured. We visitors, so please come.” [They live in Portland, Ore.] 70s Assistant Director of Development Ilise Garvin Director of Development Assistant MICHAEL ROBINSON ’60 sends news, MICHAEL ROBINSON swell! My wife of 47 years, are “We years on the Jeanne, who after seven a new kidney to transplant list received only one, has had no rejection her replace symptoms.” Their two daughters and five live nearby. grandchildren NORM JONES ’62, his daughter BETH ASHBY ’89 and his grandson NATE campus in April for on ASHBY ’18 were Back Night, an event for families Welcome with new students entering FVS. The history family has made Fountain Valley as the first four generation family! Jones’ FRANCIS JONES, was Class father, of 1936. TED WEISSMAN ’67 sends news: my “In mid-2013, I stepped back from wind farm consulting business to take program advantage of an in-residence Virginia to located in a rural part of West fully develop my inner self. It is a wonderful for the individual to harnessprogram the potential of Natural Law and full creative use it to enjoy bliss. I think often of FVS and everything to do with the class of ’67 and hope everyone is doing well.” 60s Class Notes Notes Class Class

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EDWARD LOO ’80 massive assistance program to help is currently the Nicaragua recover from the ravages of diplomat in Hurricane Mitch. He served as cultural residence at attaché in Madrid where, among Florida International other achievements, he launched an University and is annual seminar on countering terrorism Reunited at the Telluride Bluegrass Festival responsible for sponsored by the U.S. and Spanish are, back, left to right, Clay Frick ’75, John providing guidance governments, a topic tragically brought Pryor ’75, Scott Van Wagner ’75, Alex and advice to students, professionals close to home with the Madrid train Dunne ’75, Greg Coleman ’76. Front, Andy Pickering ’75, Ned Wheeler ’75 and the community about State station bombings in March 2004. In Department careers. Loo has served Bogotá, Loo was acting public affairs VINCENT ORANGE ’75 entered his extensively in Latin America, East Asia counselor and then cultural attaché at second run for mayor of Washington, and Europe in countries undergoing the U.S.’s second largest embassy with D.C., his 10th race overall and his fifth significant transformation. As a press the priorities of working with Colombia citywide campaign in seven years. He is a attaché in Beijing, he arrived in 1989 to combat narcotics trafficking and longshot but states, “Whether I win or lose, right after the tragedy of Tiananmen terrorism. Before he left Colombia in I feel good.” Square, working from the same 2008, he was privileged to witness embassy compound where the U.S. the dramatic rescue of three American STEPHANIE RIFFE HATHAWAY ’79 sheltered dissident astrophysicist Fang citizens held hostage in the jungle by writes: “My husband, Todd, and I live in Lizhi from Chinese security agents for the FARC for more than five years. Loo Bellingham, Wash., where I am a partner more than a year. In Manila, he ran a has just ended his assignment as public with Moss Adams LLP, the largest West newsroom operation from the embassy affairs counselor in Budapest, Hungary, Coast-based CPA firm. I've been with to put the spotlight on U.S. assistance a nation that is undergoing profound Moss Adams for more than 20 years, in the aftermath of the devastating political changes. As a public diplomacy focused on international tax and wealth Mount Pinatubo volcanic eruptions and officer, he has reached out to individuals services. It's a great job. Todd and I to help redefine the bilateral relationship from diverse communities, especially celebrated our 25th anniversary last after the closing of the U.S. bases in from disadvantaged and marginalized August. Our two sons are out of the house the Philippines. Returning to Beijing in populations. He is especially proud of working and in college. Our 13-year-old 1994 as American Center director, he his instrumental role in the creation of cardigan corgi, Hogan, is our only ‘child’ opened the first foreign government the Muslim outreach program in Madrid, still at home. Now that our boys are gone, center to encourage visits and contacts special Fulbright scholarships for Afro- we are taking more time to travel, relax and by ordinary Chinese citizens, often times Colombians to study in the U.S., and a enjoy life. When time and weather allows, against the wishes of local authorities. professional development program for 39 we go boating in the San Juan Islands.” As public affairs counselor in Managua, Roma University students at the U.S. Bulletin VALERIE FLINT DURANT ’79 reports: Loo developed the messaging Embassy in Budapest. “I'm working for Delta Air Lines in Atlanta, strategy for the U.S. government's Ga., in IT project management. It's fun, BEN RYDER HOWE ’89, JOEY PARR ’84, TERENCE PARR ’82 writes: “I've just and I like the people I work with. Payson BONNIE BERTRAM ’82, JAY GRIMM ’85 quit all my admin/directorship positions Summer 2014 and I have started a company, Holistic and LAURA PRUDEN ’87 met at Bonnie’s at the University of San Francisco to go Health, that specializes in helping people home in New York City for a screening of back to plain old faculty member. More learn how to de-stress and get healthy ALF ALCANTARA MARENTES ’06’s film teaching but much less stress, and I get through kinesiology. Very interesting and Duke and the Buffalo, which earned entry my Christmas and summers off. Woot! eye-opening. I got my certification a couple into the 2014 Tribeca Film Festival. I just made full professor this year, too. of years ago from the International College Henceforth, I will be insufferable!” of Healing Arts.” CLASS NOTES

gardens, an ordinance imposing a $.10 fee on each single-use bag used in town 90s (which has resulted in a 40-50 percent reduction in paper and plastic retail bags), the construction of a new skate park, and the acquisition of more than $2 million

Erika Luckett ’82, left, finished recording a new worth of public open space in and around album, Leaning Toward the Good. Breckenridge. Serving on our town council has been one of the most rewarding ANGELA ROUSSEAU ’82 manages a experiences of my professional career. support team at a firm in Torrance, Calif., ‘Hello’ to the entire FVS family, and if you that works to improve California by helping find yourself in Breckenridge, please don't manufacturers. hesitate to contact me. I'd love to hear Laurie Peterson ’96 is the inventor of Build and from you.” Imagine, magnetic construction sets that inspire MICHAEL SHERNICK ’82 has been storytelling. The product debuted in February. elected vice chairman of the Longmont DIRCK SCHOU ’86 is a co-founder of Planning and Zoning Commission and Taqtile, a Seattle mobile app development BROOKE MOLNAR MALLIN ’97 started enjoys his work at the University of firm. A cloud-based platform helps the firm a college counseling business this summer Colorado. win high-profile work for AT&T such as after serving as an educational consultant apps for viewing the British royal wedding for independent schools. BETTY MILLS ’82 says, “The highlight for and President Obama’s inauguration. me this last year was a trip to Beijing. I so fell in love with the really amazing people.” Hunter Mortensen ’97 MARK WONG ’86 presented a collection was elected and sworn of mugs at the Manitou Art Center in in April 8, 2014, as a council member for the JENNIFER MIEULI JAMESON ’83 Colorado. The Mug Shot installation bore town of Frisco, Colo. is in search of a new career after 20- the image of Manitou Springs painter plus years in criminal defense. “Saving Charles H. Rockey, aka Manitou’s Living black dogs from certain death in high Treasure. kill shelters keeps me busy, and in April NEAL RAMER ’90 was licensed as a my little nonprofit group will turn four From GLENN SUGDEN ’87: “I just psychologist in July 2013 and opened years old! It was lovely catching up with graduated from University of California a Los Angeles practice specializing in KERRIGAN BENNETT and PAUL TOUW at Berkeley, obtaining a BS in computer treating mood and psychotic disorders. after so many years at the Fountain Valley science, which is now necessary for gathering at the Pacific Union Club in teaching credentials. I plan on moving Colorado Springs Gazette reporter DAVE March. I can't believe we are as old as we north up to the Sonoma/Napa area to tutor PHILIPPS ’96 was awarded the 2014 40 are... FVS seems like yesterday to me!” math and science, along with creating a Pulitzer Prize in the category of national

Fountain Valley School of Colorado hands-on workshop for kids to play/learn/ reporting for “Other Than Honorable,” BEN BREWER ’86 writes in: “My son experiment with electronics, robotics, a three-day series that examined how Jacob is the center of my life and he is a programming, etc. I hope all of the FVS soldiers injured during war were being happy, thriving seventh grader. My primary alumni and teachers are doing well!” discharged with no benefits. This was source of income comes through my job followed by an offer from the New York as a realtor with Slifer Smith & Frampton MARCUS BROWNELL ’89 and wife, Times to join the paper as a reporter in Breckenridge. I have started my third Amanda, have two children, Phoebe and assigned to cover military and veteran year on the Breckenridge Town Council August. Brownell is the technical product affairs issues. where I've been involved in many projects, manager with Symantec Corporation. including an $8 million library/community center, a $5 million arts district, two solar CLASS NOTES

DR. ARIANE M. BALIZET ’96 is an NUIN-TARA KEY ’99 launched a new DAVID YOUNG ’06 is stationed in Korea associate professor of English and project called Our Place on Earth that working as an intelligence officer in the women's studies at Texas Christian looks at how communities around the U.S. Army and came home in March to University and published a book, Blood world are responding to climate change. marry EMILY WEDDELL ’06 at the Mount and Home in Early Modern Drama. They will produce a feature-length film, Princeton Hot Springs in Colorado. Former hold community film workshops and faculty Paul Kim officiated the wedding. develop a toolkit so effective responses Weddell is in her second year at the can be replicated and scaled up. They University of Colorado Law School. want to flip the current fear-based climate change narrative on its head, lead with a The documentary Duke and the Buffalo, message of hope, and show people that co-directed by ALFREDO ALCANTARA positive change is happening right now. MARENTES ’06, premiered at the 2014 Tribeca Film Festival. The film follows the 00s story of former trustee Duke Phillips P ’04, ’06, ’10, ’15 and his team of ranchers as they work to preserve these endangered animals and the rich landscape they inhabit. The Rasmuson Foundation’s 2014 Individual Artist Awards honored Amanda Compton ’98, STEPHANIE GARDNER ’06 graduated who will use her award to produce an hour-long radio show focused on individuals who work in from Vermont Law School with a master’s the Alaska fishing industry. degree in environmental law and policy.

Alumni parent Gavin Blunt sends this Left to right, Emily Solon ’06, Addie update: KAILEY BLUNT ’09 is working Green and Claire McGregor met up for breakfast in Nashville. Green is arts faculty for Teach for America in Chicago, and at FVS, McGregor is working on her Ph.D. in WHITNEY BLUNT ’05 lives in Minturn, neuroscience at Emory University, and Solon Colo., teaching fly fishing and working as a lives and works in Nashville. Patagonia representative. REFER a FAMILY!

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Franklin Chiu '09 (third from left) was part of a Do you know a family with a student for whom Fountain Valley School would be a good fit? team from the University of Colorado that took Call the Admission Office at 719.391.5251 or e-mail [email protected], and we'll send first in the 2014 Shell Ecomarathon. Chiu says, the family our latest admission magazine. Word of mouth marketing is the most powerful “Our car achieved 1772 mpg. It has a modular Summer 2014 tubular frame chassis and an ABS body. The outreach of all, and we appreciate you spreading the great news about FVS! engine we are running is a Honda GX35, but we raised the compression to 16:1 with a machined T6061-T6 aluminum piston." CLASS NOTES

From BAILEY KNECHT ’13: “I've 10s been doing both [sports] writing and RICKY CREEL ’10, who just graduated broadcasting [at Northeastern University] from Boston College, signed a contract to help me figure out which one I like to ride with the Italian professional cycling better—I'm pretty torn at this point. Other team MG KVis-Wilier-Trevigiani-Norda. than that, things are great! I love Boston— there's always so much to do. I think I've done a pretty good job of balancing school/extracurriculars/social stuff (mostly thanks to Fountain Valley!).”

MAIA PRESTI ’13 competed for the Scripps College women's diving team

On Admitted Students Day at Carleton College during her freshman year. She was part of in April, left to right, Jay Shen ’11 and John- the one-meter team and had successful David Slaugh ’13 welcomed Shirley Ma ’14 to early season finishes before being injured campus. midway through the season. Science Faculty Brett Rubenstein connected with Max Burch ’11 while Rubenstein was on a layover in the Atlanta airport returning from Interim in Florida. Burch is a junior at Emory University majoring in environmental biology.

KIM DONALDSON ’12 is spending her summer interning with the High Performance Department at USA Volleyball. She was a volleyball star at FVS and also plays at Colby College.

SEAN JOHNSON ’12 helped the Iowa Western Community College Reivers to a NJCAA National Championship in May. Johnson pitched the quarterfinal game for the Reivers, leading the squad to a 10-0 Join Us win. It was his 10th victory of the season, and he allowed just four hits and struck for Dinner! 42 out four. Every third Thursday of the Fountain Valley School of Colorado month, the Alumni Office invites you to join us for dinner in the Dining Room at While college touring, Ellie Taylor ’14, left, visited Kim Donaldson ’12 at Colby College 6 p.m. Upcoming dates are during spring break. Aug. 21, Sept. 18, Oct. 16, Left to right, Jessica Chu ’12 and Kestrel Felt met with Amber Wang ’15 along the Charles Jan. 15 and Feb. 19. River in Boston during spring break. Chu attends Emerson College and Felt is at Oberlin College. Wang was touring colleges. CLASS NOTES

Associate Director of Admission and hockey coach Mike Payne visited Aleksi Haukijärvi ’13 and Mona Mäkkylä in Finland last March. He met Haukijärvi at his home in Tampere, where he continues to play hockey. Haukijärvi plans to go to law school in Estonia. Mäkkylä finished her final "A-Level" exam for high school and will be applying to university to pursue a business program and international relations. She played volleyball this year with her home team and hopes to continue playing while in university. got app? Check out the new FREE FVS alumni app for iPhones and Androids!

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COOL FEATURES: Summer 2014 Alumni directory • Nearby mapping of alumni • Class notes • FVS news • Reunion updates • Calendar of alumni events • Athletics news died March 28, died March SIDNEY F. TYLER SIDNEY F. ’50 2014, in Pasadena, Calif. He was 81. Born in Abington, Pa., he developed a love of the outdoors after his family moved to Carbondale, Colo., while he was in his teens. the joys of hiking, In Colorado, he discovered camping and skiing—pastimes that would of his life. stay with him for the rest attended FVS along with his brothers Tyler Dan ’51 and Robert ’54. The editors of the feel that wherever “We 1950 yearbook wrote, Sid goes, he’ll always be a well-liked guy willing to smile and to give a who is forever helping hand.” jumping into Sicily to help secure the port of help secure jumping into Sicily to Naples and into southern part of France as also took part in the Operation Dragoon. He Battle of the Bulge. starting out selling Elser was a businessman, for Fels Naptha soap as a sales manager he Along with his brother, Soap Company. Company, Tea then invested in the Tetley Company and other ventures. Mark Cross He joined with a friend and business partner to be the first to put soda in a can on a Beverage scale at their WY-Mont commercial of EB to the purchase This led Company. they developed and Evans & Co., where toppings and syrups for manufactured the food and beverage industries. He later became chair of the National ICEE Corp. involved with He and his late wife, Joan, were as owners and racehorses thoroughbred breeders. and three He is survived by four children grandchildren. died Feb. 6, 2014. He was 90. He spent his first and second form years at FVS, participating in riding, football, tennis and baseball. Elser graduated from II as a War after serving in World Yale demolitions expert with the 82nd Airborne His missions included Army paratroopers. HENRY R.C. ELSER ’41 HENRY Jalousie Du Barbouille and also played on the Jalousie Du Barbouille in the law may basketball team. His career at FVS, as have been foreshadowed activities the yearbook states, “Forensic this throughout have busily engaged him the and he has managed to bolster year, in which he has argument of questions taken an active part.” and, after Harvard He graduated from his law degree received serving in the Army, he was the editor of the where Yale, from He was a clerk for two years, Law Review. law firm in New then joined a prominent that he started a 28-year It was there York. volunteering for the NAACP relationship Legal Defense and Education Fund. He was a member of the legal team that the plaintiff’s spent several years preparing of Education. The vs. Board briefs for Brown in that case 1954 decision Court’s Supreme stated that “separate educational facilities are unequal.” inherently Law School faculty in He joined the Yale 1955 and a decade later was named dean, a post he held until 1970. He joined the law faculty at Penn in 1974 and was named President years later, dean in 1975. Three Carter appointed him to the federal court in of over hundreds Philadelphia. He presided trials in his 36 years on the bench. He is survived by his wife, five daughters and seven grandchildren. died May 8, 2012, , 93, of Denver, , 93, of Denver, LOUIS H. POLLAK ’39 PETER BURNETT ’38 at the age of 89. A federal judge and former dean of both and University Yale of Pennsylvania Law Schools, he played a passed away Dec. 5, 2013. Originally from Evanston, Ill., Burnett spent his senior year at Fountain In Memoriam significant role in major civil rights cases before role in major civil rights cases before significant vs. Court, including the Brown the Supreme case. of Education desegregation Board Pollak spent City, New York Originally from years at FVS, involving two productive himself in nearly every facet of the school. He was a consistent contributor to the School’s as editor magazine and was the publication’s play La He acted in the French a senior. Valley. The 1938 yearbook says that “... Valley. of high his accomplishments in the realms learning been most satisfactory to him have of envy to his associates. An and a source diligent and conscientious worker, extremely he has given his all to every enterprise that He participated in both has come his way.” track and skiing. University prior to Burnett Yale attended the Colorado School of graduating from engineer in Mines. He worked as a petroleum both Denver and Chicago. and He is survived by his wife, two children one grandchild.

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He played football and baseball, and he CHARLES E. “CHUG” TUTTLE JR. ’54 for his “uncompromising dignity and quiet realized a goal in the fall of 1949 when, passed away in Kansas on March 29, 2014, leadership in the Student Council; for his as a lineman, he took the ball away from at the age of 78. helpful influence as proctor in First House the opposing team and galloped for a and in his daily life.” Tuttle spent one year at FVS but remained touchdown. He was also in the Glee Club in contact with the School for many After FVS, he received his bachelor’s degree and the operettas The Mikado and H.M.S. years. He graduated from Topeka High from Harvard and then entered the U.S. Navy Pinafore, and he was secretary of the School and earned a degree in chemistry as an officer on a submarine. After leading Varsity Club. from the University of Kansas. He lived in undersea submarine patrols during the Tyler graduated from Harvard College, Indiana, Texas and Kansas, working first in Cuban Missile Crisis, Snideman rose in rank then joined the Marine Corps and spent commercial explosives and later for Gulf Oil but left the Navy when he heard the Navy time in Korea and Japan. His career in Chemicals Company as a product manager was “getting rid of all those wonderful diesel the healthcare industry spanned 38 years of advanced materials. boats.” He again headed west and earned before he retired from Tenet Healthcare in his MBA from Stanford University. 1995 as executive vice president of hospital In keeping with his love of the natural operations. He was extremely proud of RICHARD world, Snideman served the United States his record of community service, which L. “FRITZ” on the President’s Commission on Marine blossomed after the end of his business SNIDEMAN II ’56 Science, Engineering and Resources, and career. He held a seat on the Pasadena City died April 14, 2014, at helped author “Our Nation and the Sea: A Council for 12 years. Tyler also served on the age of 75. Plan for National Action.” This work was the boards of several community service Snideman spent his the foundation of what today is the National organizations up to his death, including youth in Chicago, Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Pasadena Community Foundation, Pacific where he became (NOAA). As the president and CEO of an Asia Museum and Eastern Sierra Land Trust. passionate about sailing, and he attended international weather technology corporation, He brought his love of the outdoors to his Lawrenceville School in New Jersey before he traveled the globe meeting with ocean family and regularly took them on trips to heading west to Fountain Valley School for shipping executives to demonstrate his the mountains, particularly Mammoth Lakes, his junior and senior years. He immediately company’s pioneering weather and ship where he and his wife, Betsey, spent much fell in love with the vastness and beauty of the routing technology. Additional career of their time in later life together. He was mountains and rivers; he was a man of the ventures ranged from aquaculture to an avid skier, hiker, tennis player and outdoors. His love of the natural world guided viticulture to agriculture. photographer. Throughout his life, he taught him both personally and professionally. He was an avid hunter and fisherman, and he his family and friends the values he believed Sailing continued to be a theme for him fell in love with western Montana in the mid- 45 in so deeply—integrity, hard work, good at FVS; the 1956 yearbook reads, “...he 1980s. He and a friend built a cabin along judgment and tolerance. has kept the form well informed on yacht the banks of the Blackfoot River, where he Bulletin He is survived by his wife, four children and racing…” He was twice elected to the was happy hunting elk or floating the river. eight grandchildren. Student Council, played varsity football and He is survived by his wife, Nancy, and soccer, performed in the Glee Club, the two children. operettas The Mikado and Trial by Jury, and 2014Summer was on work crew and the ski team.

At graduation, he earned membership in the Cum Laude Society and received an award

CHRISTOPHER R. ’70 “CHIP” IRWIN died Dec. 12, 2013. Irwin spent his second form years and third up in at FVS. He grew Aspen, Colo., where his mother was a trustee for the Aspen Music Festival. This helped develop his love of music, and he later manager applied his talents to being a road such as Billy Joel and for singers and groups he began to involve himself In this work, Yes. with the fast developing technology which as a with AT&T him to a career later directed design system consultant. computer-aided He was athletic in his youth, playing hockey, skiing, climbing and cycling. Irwin had a keen trains sister, his to According trains. in interest a central part of his life. and train riding were in his collection of railroad This is reflected in the Colorado items which now reside Museum in Golden, Colo. Railroad His sense of humor was also well known, and he had a “wild sense of prank and fun.” His he was sister says that even as a small boy, “busy with plans and schemes to surprise people in the most hilarious ways.” resting place The family was happy to find a Museum for Irwin quite close to the Railroad and near the historical Georgetown loop. friendships, and a love of horses and Westernfriendships, and a love pride in his business, life. He took great his his associations with and he treasured the country. business associates throughout Vicki.He is survived by his wife,

passed away at age JONATHAN F. F. JONATHAN “DICK” BAUR ’70 died April 18, 2014. Born in Milwaukee in 1951, his family settled in Neenah, Wisc., but summer trips to Montana 69 on June 8, 2013. Ind., Ruby was born in Michigan City, and his freshman and came to FVS for years. He was the manager sophomore teams, andfor the hockey and basketball Skeet Club, tennis,participated in Glee Club, riding and baseball. his life, he resided For the last 13 years of in the Folsom-El Dorado Hills communities of California he ran a successful where dance videography business. Theater groups, companies, art galleries, drama departments and synagogues— at high schools, churches his talents and all of them appreciated dedication, and his clients professional became part of his entourage of friends. He Channel 2 was a prime mover in resuscitating in Placerville, Calif. children. He is survived by his three ROGER J. RUBY ’69 and his tenure at FVS planted the passion and his tenure in his soul. This sentiment was for the West family moved to contagious, and the entire Denver in 1969. former and was FVS as a third Baur entered found often on the ranch. He was on the years, sang in Glee gymkhana team for three Club, and played Liver Lips Louie in Guys and Dolls. on ranches and living the life of a Working Baur with lifelong cowboy provided rodeo died March 28, 2014, in East Hampton, N.Y., at 2014, in East Hampton, N.Y., 28, March the age of 65. is a well-known name at FVS Glazebrook Room was Glazebrook as the Hacienda’s Otis III ’39. named after his father, up in Bedford, Born in Philadelphia, he grew of his his fondest memories however, N.Y.; on the family summer centered youth were home in Lake Placid. He was a downhill skier and a member of the ski team at FVS. to train for the He later moved to Vail National Team. competing He was also a water skier, in amateur competitions and skiing in shows. Also a sailor, professionally raced in Sag Harbor and Lake Glazebrook in sailing led him Champlain, and his interest to work on innovative designs for America’s Cup sailboats. had interests Glazebrook A voracious reader, in history and politics which led him to He his family genealogy. extensively research Omega was actively involved in Alpha Tau which was founded by National Fraternity, serving on the ATO his great-grandfather, He designed of Directors. Foundation Board a national headquarters building in the shape badge. of the ATO draftsman, He was a self-taught architectural and working with many local architects served as chairman of the Sag Harbor Zoning Board. Suzanne Ewing, He is survived by his mother, and brothers three Mary Trabona, partner, two nephews. OTIS ALLAN GLAZEBROOK IV ’67 OTIS ALLAN GLAZEBROOK IN MEMORIAM IN

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DIXON “FRICK” RICHARD P. WARE ’74, 59, died May 21, ELIOT BURDEN ’74, 59, 2014, in Michigan. MUCKERMAN ’06 died Dec. 9, 2013, of Telluride, Colo., Hailing from Illinois, Ware spent his freshman near Pagosa Springs, passed away March and sophomore years at FVS and was well Colo. 19, 2014. He was 25. liked by both students and faculty. He loved Burden grew up on to ski and developed a love of hiking in the At FVS, Muckerman the north shore of mountains while in Colorado. was involved in many Long Island and came facets of school Ware served his country in the U.S. Navy to FVS as a third former. In his four years, life, including working as the editor of the during Vietnam after finishing school, and he was considered “cheerful and friendly” Athenaea, participating on the Matchwits he was employed as an engineer at DACOR and a “good citizen.” He made the Honor team, rock climbing, and excelling in theater. until retiring. He was a member of the Roll, and played varsity hockey and soccer. He was also on the Honor Roll. Drama Vietnam War Veterans Association. Ware College Counselor Waldo Johnston wrote, director John Parra said, “Eliot has wonderful loved his family, enjoyed woodworking with “Frick has earned my respect not for his instincts, amazing timing and excellent his wife, the outdoors, fishing, archery, and accomplishments, but rather for the line delivery.” teaching his sons all that he knew. never-quit attitude he has developed and After FVS, he studied creative writing at adhered to.” He is survived by his wife and two sons. Hampshire College before moving back to He graduated from the University of Denver, Telluride. He was a voracious reader and then moved to Maine and later to Telluride, talented writer, having his work published in DANFORD N. BARNEY V ’78 died Feb. Colo., where he was an early stage venture Telluride Festivarian magazine and Telluride 19, 2014, in Colorado Springs. capital investor. A longtime Telluride local, … Inside and Out. He played Bassanio in Burden was an avid skier, outdoorsman, Barney spent part of his junior and senior The Merchant of Venice during Shakespeare search and rescue volunteer, and dedicated years at FVS, playing soccer and lacrosse. in the Park in 2010, and followed that with Buddhist. As part of his faith, he was an His father was an English teacher at FVS the part of Duke Vincentio in Measure for active member of the Tara Mandala Temple from 1962-71 and also the director of Measure in 2012. in Pagosa Springs, and he traveled to admission from 1965-71. According to the Telluride newspaper, both India and Tibet on pilgrimages during He later joined the Army and became a Muckerman acted in local plays, schlepped his lifetime. Green Beret. He served for 20 years as a for the film festival, and was known for his The Frick family (Burden’s maternal family) Special Forces medic and paramedic in brilliant mind and generous spirit. He grew is known for founding the prestigious Frick locations across the world, retiring at the rank up participating in both the Sheridan Arts 47 Collection, which is an art museum in New of 1SG. After retiring, he earned a master’s Foundation Young People’s Theater and York City. The museum holds many well- degree in psychology and was a hospice Telluride Academy’s Mudd Butts Mystery Bulletin known pieces of European art, and it was counselor for 15 years, working with Hospice Theatre. He was also a skier who loved started by Burden’s great-great-grandfather, of the Comforter, Pikes Peak Hospice and the outdoors. Henry Clay Frick, in the mid 1930s. Evercare Hospice. He took great pride in He is survived by his father, stepmother, half- advocating for patients and families at end

Burden is survived by his partner, Akhila sister and many family members. 2014Summer of life and supporting them to ensure their (Rosemary) Bourne, and two children. wishes were met, and that their quality of life and dignity preserved.

He is survived by his wife, son Danford Barney VI ’02, daughter Jessica ’05, and several grandchildren. , 87, passed away April 15 in Colorado , 87, passed away April

DONALD KARDOK Springs. born was raised in New Britain, Conn., July 29, Kardok and in the Marines and joined the war effort 1926. At 17, he enlisted He saw action on Saipan and in the South Pacific. and Tinian for which 8, 1945, at Iwo Jima on March was wounded in action of physical the Purple Heart. After several years he was awarded State Morehead entered and surgeries, Kardok rehabilitation College where he was drama critic for the school paper and captain of the track team. he was drama critic for the school paper College where in earning a master’s Columbia University, He went on to complete graduate studies at physical education and medicine. School in Ohio and at Birch-Wathen After teaching and coaching at Stockdale High School in 1969 and his family settled at Fountain Valley Kardok City, School in New York he coached baseball, position. At Fountain Valley, he accepted the athletic director where loved by was well as “Coach K,” Kardok track, football and basketball. Fondly known Over the years, part of his extended family. his players and made all feel like they were their lives is of young people, and his impact on he coached and influenced hundreds and alumni. and accolades bestowed on him by his athletes evident in the many awards argued as stated what could be Kardok In an article in the Bulletin many years ago, “The discipline, sportsmanship and teamwork. were His credos his athletic philosophy. has Everyone in basketball was that not everyone could be a scorer. thing I stressed role. But with all that said, I still had a tremendous role and accept that to fill a certain to win.” desire difficult some very the school through he guided During his time as athletic director, acceptance into the the school’s times for the Athletic Department. He spearheaded eligibility and helped develop CHSAA’s Colorado High School Activities Association a 20-year Service Award In 1990, he received later in his career. much requirements did not occur CHSAA. He helped oversee the move to co-education at FVS, which from without some serious implications for the Athletic Department and the teams' ability to inaugural compete with much larger public schools. He was a member of the School’s also members. are Kathy, Athletic Hall of Fame class, and his son, Tim, and daughter, was also a successful athlete in his own right. He participated Not just a coach, Kardok nationally and internationallytrack and field events, for many years in masters competing in the high jump and discus events. At one time, he was co-holder of the in the high jump for men over 30. His knowledge of the high jump led to world record state titles in success for FVS athletes, especially Emy Hanna ’09, who won three great the event. and by his son Don (Butchie). He in death by his sister Valerie was preceded Kardok Charles, son Tim is survived by his brother ’75, daughter Kathy ’77, and grandchildren Ryan and Katie. Kristopher, , 79, died SHIRLEY CLARK WARDEN Former Faculty May 21, 2014, in Colorado Springs. Warden Springs. Warden May 21, 2014, in Colorado specialist and counselor at was a reading as librarian tenure FVS during her husband’s She and Ronald raised two 1972–1985. from ’80 Benjamin family, boys as part of the FVS and Christopher ’82. in social degree had a bachelor’s Warden Wheaton College and a master’s work from Boston University. in psychology from degree FVS, she worked at Chapel Hills Before School in Massachusetts as a housemother, assistant headmaster and co-director summer (with her husband) of the school’s She then moved to Saint Margaret’s program. she and Ronald School in Connecticut before After they left FVS, came to Fountain Valley. she and her husband moved to Bloomfield N.H., before Hills, Mich., and then Exeter, returning to Colorado Springs in 2001 to be closer to family. She was an educator and counselor, passionate about young people and the challenges they faced. She is credited with helping many students find their way, graduate and lead successful lives. She also loved gardening. She is survived by her husband, sons and several grandchildren. IN MEMORIAM IN

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When Director of Global Education Dr. Susan Carrese presented to the board her aspiration that Fountain Valley qualifies to become a Round Square school, trusteeJim Webster P’14 was all ears and all in. “When Susan brought the idea to us, it which drew nearly 500 students from was boom—yes—FVS should apply for schools around the world. this! It’s a logical extension of the good “The conference validated and exceeded work she was doing with the Global what I thought could happen with this Scholar Diploma program. I raised my program. It was wonderful payback,” hand and said, ‘Let’s get this thing done.’ Webster says. It’s a win-win for a lot of people. It’s an inclusive program, not for an elite group, About the future of Fountain Valley’s global and it will serve to draw even more program and Round Square membership, Webster says: “I see the School continuing students to our global program.” Jim Webster P ’14 was a member of the FVS to fine-tune the program in order to Along with Carrese, Webster was a driving delegation at the Round Square International leverage the exposure and differentiate Conference in Florida and is shown here on force and supporter in helping Fountain Fountain Valley. We are a global society one of the outings. He has been a trustee since Valley qualify as a Round Square School, and a global school, and above all, 2011, and his son, Danny ’14, is a Global a rigorous nine-month process involving Scholar whose capstone project explored hip- Round Square helps make well-rounded hop protest music in Egypt, Iran and Tunisia. a three-day site visit and extensive citizens out of our students because of interviews. the disciplines it fosters. The values that Webster and his wife, Valerie, are He joined this year’s Fountain Valley Round Square promotes make kids better committed to funding Fountain Valley’s delegation at the annual Round Square people and better able to cope with the Round Square membership for the next International Conference held at St. challenges of an ever-changing world.” three years. Andrew’s School in Boca Raton, Fla.,

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