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Luke Raymond Dilzell Tess Francesca Lewis Where They’re Headed! Lafayette College Agnes Scott College Derek Matthew Adams Kimberly Adina Donaldson Lindsey O’Leary Maher Colorado State University Colby College Colorado State University Hunter Ryan Mazur Alexander Kyle Philip Eichenberger Christopher William McArthur Whittier College University of Oregon American University Laura Fairbank Ames Alanna Rose Kay Zin Lwin Erickson Morgan Jane McCurdy Colorado State University Colorado State University University of Colorado Lauren Sophia Arterburn Beatrice Alexandra Evans Kyungjin Min University of Colorado Alfred University Emory University Dariusz Wojciech Baliczek Kestrel Rose Felt Piper Allison Naylon Lake Forest College Oberlin College Idaho State University Brandon Charles Barker Taylor Marie Fortenberry Hannah Leigh Neuman University of Denver Savannah College of Art and Design University of Denver Matthew Thomas Barrackman Jon Samuel Frost Sarah Constance Quirk Gap Year Colorado State University American University Sarah Mikal Bir Emily Marie Greenbaum Isaac Brownlee Radner Colorado State University DePaul University McGill University (Canada) Hannah Kathleen Carrese James William Grundy Monisha Kaur Randhawa Yale University University of Colorado University of Kansas Hyojee Chae Jane Sajbel Hardy Taylor Addison Reid University of Illinois Wake Forest University University of Alabama Alexandra Grace Taylor Chesley Ryan Robert Harrison Andrew Neville Schultz Montana State University University of Denver Colorado State University Gilbert Chiu Pia Corinna Holtmeier Jesse Mateo Seger Rochester Institute of Technology Dickinson College Whitman College Hyun Jung Choi Sage Eric Houle Andrew Burgher Stieber University of Rochester Montana State University University of Colorado Ya-Lan Chu Margaret Jean Imig Grace Gertrude Sweeney Emerson College University of Nebraska University of Colorado Nitis Chuladesa Yanzhi Jiang Jesse Allen Tyler 1 Northeastern University University of California at Santa Cruz Colorado State University

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Santa Clara University 2012Summer Luis Enrique Creel Maya Rose Kobacker University of Colorado University of Denver Emma Alexandra Whitehead Colorado College Hayley Christian Crowell Emma Alexandra Kriner University of Alabama Smith College Daniel John Whitener Wilkins Embry-Riddle University Josephine Ann Curci Matthew George Larimer University of Alabama Hendrix College Youngsun Won Washington University in St. Louis : S FV f s o d

Frien d lumni an A CRAIG W. LARIMER JR. ’69 CRAIG W. HEADMASTER Dear would welcome students Francis Froelicher founding Headmaster during his tenure Each year write his own was in a position to that each with the reminder break the summer back from School, Valley values espoused today by Fountain to the core This concept translates history. and compassion. courage, self-reliance curiosity, of open-mindedness, on to write their own 82 classes of students who have gone FVS has now graduated in offering its predecessors the Class of 2012, is fully in keeping with histories. The latest, inquisitive, individuals who are who espouse and model FVS values; to the world graduates for others. difference to embrace challenge and make a thinkers ready collaborative, critical of the National president Bassett, Patrick F. speaker for 2012 was Mr. The Commencement collected of wisdom trove into his treasure reached Association of Independent Schools. Pat some well chosen headmaster and national advocate to offer over the years as a teacher, excerpts can read You for success in the college or university environment. recommendations edition. in this including those recommendations his speech, from and helpful hints. Bulletin Editor Jeanne Olive This is a volume for insights, wisdom, reflection out to alumni of classes up through by reaching recommendations Bassett’s has added to Mr. their thoughts about and offer upon their own lives and careers 1966, asking them to reflect real I believe you will find many gems and acquired. the most important life lessons they have sincerity in “Life Lessons.” Reunion 2012 was a real the close of the year is a cause for celebration and reunion. Finally, who celebrated at the main and than 300 alumni and family shout-out to more “Yeehaw!” and bandanas, including the establishment of Mountain Campus with buckles, bolos, boots brands. of registered an authentic FVS brand board and do your part to ride for the FVS brand, I hope you will enjoy this edition of the Bulletin writing your own history and making a difference. master d Headmaster rom the hea the rom f Craig W. Larimer Jr. ’69 Larimer Jr. Craig W.

2 Fountain Valley School of Colorado Fountain Valley School of Colorado Table of Contents Board of Trustees 2012–2013 PRESIDENT Departments J. Gregory Osborne ’81 From the Headmaster VICE-PRESIDENT 2 David H. Street ’61

4 FVS Bulletin Board TREASURER 10 Dane Sports Wrap Joseph A. Wheeling (P ’10, ’13) SECRETARY 44 Class Notes Julie A. Chesley Ph.D. (P ’11, ’12) 58 In Memoriam LEGAL COUNSEL Artists collect ribbons. W. Kelly Dude EX OFFICIO Features Craig W. Larimer Jr. ’69 (P ’04, ’07, ’09, ’12) Josephine T. Parr ’84

LIFE TRUSTEES 15 Commencement W. Jerome Frautschi ’49 Robert E. Henderson ’44 (P ’72) 22 Life Lessons Fisher Howe 34 Fragments of Peace in a World at War CURRENT TRUSTEES Neil F. Albert ’71 36 Reunion Ronene Ettinger Anderson ’81 (P ’10) Hoyt W. Bacon ’69 57 gcLi Leadership Lab’s Influence Ian Griffis (P ’13, ’14) Proliferates Shane A. Johnson M.D. ’89 Henry P. Morse Jr. ’69 Mary Lou Mullin (P ’93) Peter Packard ’66 Jonathan T. Patten ’60 (P ’85, ’87, ’89) Duke Phillips (P ’04, ’06, ’10) The Advancement Team congratulates the entire FVS Katrina Presti (P ’13, ’15) Thomas Reagan (P ’15) community for exceeding our 2011 Annual Fund goal! Wallace H. Rowe III ’49 Maureen S. Schultz (P ’12) The generous and continued support of each and every donor is deeply Robert C. Stanley III ’69 appreciated. The Annual Fund is a critical to continuing to offer the Robert E. Tonsing M.D. (P ’06, ’09, ’11) James Webster (P ’14) singular and transformative Fountain Valley experience. Thank you to our Joseph A. Wheeling (P ’10, ’13) trustees, parents, students, faculty, staff and friends for making this year's

Annual Fund a success! HEADMASTER Craig W. Larimer Jr. ’69

DIRECTOR OF ADVANCEMENT 3 Joy Kliewer Contributors

Jeanne Olive CO-DIRECTORS OF COMMUNICATIONS Bulletin Laura Fawcett and Jeanne Olive Laura Fawcett Have News? BULLETIN The Bulletin is published two times a year. Letters, Send your class note to Jeanne Olive, Editor comments and article submissions are welcome. Contact the FVS Communications Office: [email protected]. DIRECTOR OF ALUMNI AND PARENT RELATIONS umr 2012Summer E-mail: [email protected] Kate Faricy Maiurro ’00 Phone: 719 390 7035 DIRECTOR OF ANNUAL GIVING Mail: 6155 Fountain Valley School Road Kristen Meierhoff Colorado Springs, CO 80911 Class Notes, address changes and other alumni ALUMNI ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT communications should be directed to the FVS Josephine T. Parr ’84 Alumni Office at [email protected]. cademic Honors for cademic Following the program, Following the program, A

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thletic and thletic and receive the award each summer, and they each summer, award the receive for their talent, motivation and chosen are in science. interest strong immersed in cutting- CAPS students are laboratories edge science in professors’ and work one on one with science faculty mentors. into Donaldson will continue directly Scholars program the Colby Research students opportunity for which provides their throughout independent research Donaldson also plans to play Colby career. volleyball and basketball for Colby College while continuing her studies. A ’12 Kim Donaldson played in the 56th Kim Donaldson ’12 Association Coaches High School Colorado June. All-State Game in Volleyball all-state game This was the second in during the Donaldson has competed Last November, 2011-12 athletic season. Coaches of she played in the Colorado 2A Game. Volleyball Girls Sports All-State 50 girls volleyball players in Approximately selected to join one of four the state were all-state teams. Donaldson played on the which won the tournament. team, red A month after the all-state game, Donaldson headed to Colby College to participate in the Colby Achievement in the Sciences summer program. Program for students CAPS is a summer program and is designed backgrounds diverse from to develop leadership skills in the sciences at Colby. ppears in Two More More ppears in Two A rt A Jeff Brown Brown Jeff will have one Brown Artist in Residence Jeff of his assemblage pieces in the permanent collection at The Harwood Museum of Art N.M. The mission of the museum in Taos, exhibit and interpret is to collect, preserve, in, inspired the arts, especially those created to northern relevant New Mexico. or by, found-object piece, “VisionKing of Brown’s all those qualities. Constantine,” reflects Ghosts” and also had two pieces (“Two Brown “Hands Up”) in the national juried show “After There Moon Gallery in Taos. Dark” at Greg 52 artists, and 58 were 451 entries from were The exhibit ran chosen to be in the show. July 7-28. Galleries “Vision of King Constantine” by Arts Faculty “Vision Jeff Brown is in The Harwood Museum of Art permanent collection. Tommy Manning Headed to Worlds for Third Straight Year Straight for Third to Worlds Manning Headed Tommy Manning will be part of the United States country coach Tommy Math faculty and cross di Legno/ Mountain Running Championships in Temù-Ponte team at the 2012 World Sept. 2. Italy, Tonale, he finished 79th straight year Manning has qualified for the team. Last year, It is the third 18th-place USA was fourth. In 2010, Manning’s in a time of 1:08.10 while Team at Worlds the silver medal. finish (1:01.09) helped the U.S. team to U.S. Mountain Running Championships Manning qualified by finishing sixth at the Road Race) June 16. He finished in 1:01.52. (Mt. Washington The Waldo Canyon Fire impacted thousands of residents in Colorado Springs, and in Colorado Springs, thousands of residents impacted Fire Canyon The Waldo its part to make a difference. School did Fountain Valley displaced by the to those who were halls its facilities and residence The School offered including pets and livestock. fire, July 5-8, after U.S. Open Ultimate Championships, to host the 2012 FVS also agreed the fire. to accommodate the event due to Academy was unable the Air Force FVS Offers a Helping Hand During Wildfire FVS Offers a Helping Bulletin Board Bulletin

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Sophomore Participates in Telluride Association Seminar A rt Awards For FVS Students Delia Brekken ’14 was awarded a Fountain Valley artists reined in the ribbons at the 2012 Tri-Peaks League Art full scholarship to the 2012 Telluride Exhibition, nearly 30 in all. First-place winners include: Association Sophomore Seminar at Beginner Level Indiana University, “Mass Incarceration: Ceramics Handbuilt Race, Punishment and Contemporary 1st: Michael Fortenberry ’15 Urban America.” This six-week program (Best in Show) is a college-level seminar for gifted and Ceramics Sculptural motivated high school sophomores. 1st: Taylor Welch ’14 Admission to TASS is highly selective, Ceramics Wheel Thrown and the rigorous application process 1st: Tien Dao ’13 included five essays and an interview Jewelry with a member of the TASS board. 1st: Tien Dao ’13 Telluride Association fosters the Copywork Drawing synthesis of self-governance and 1st: Tien Dao ’13 intellectual inquiry that enables students to develop their potential for leadership Experimental and public service. 1st: Jessica Blunn ’13 Aspiring Journalist Learns Advanced Level Investigative Ropes Photo Altered 1st: Hannah Neuman ’12 Megan Rash ’14 worked with other Sculpture Traditional aspiring journalists this summer at the 1st: Emma Reynolds ’13 New England Center for Investigative Reporting Workshop. Jewelry/Metalsmithing Michael Fortenberry ’15 won best in show in the beginner 1st: Matt Gilbert ’13 level for his handbuilt ceramic teapot at the 2012 Tri-Peaks Rash spent two weeks on the Boston League Art Exhibition. University campus learning the basics Printmaking Altered of investigative reporting. She began 1st: Stella Min ’12 working on investigative stories on her Also, nine Fountain Valley School of Colorado artists picked up ribbons at the Black first day of the workshop. Forest League Art Show hosted by the Colorado Springs School: 5

Rash, who spent the last year as one Best of Show 3D Runner Up Excellent Subtle Contrast Bulletin of the Dane Voices bloggers on the Bea Evans ’12 Jessica Blunn ’13 FVS website, studied with award-winning Exemplary Creative Collage Exemplary Complex Composition Boston-area and national journalists, Rina Onishi ’13 Eric Jiang ’13

including university faculty, and spent 2012Summer Flamboyant Technical Award one morning each week visiting area Julia Rogers ’13 Sam Frost ’12 newsrooms. Exemplary Repetition & Unity Exemplary Dimensional Surface Brooke Wheeling ’13 Bea Evans ’12 Exemplary Traditional Drawing Exemplary Technique Rafael De La Puente ’13 Isaac Radner ’12 Dave Reynolds Poetry Makes Makes Reynolds Poetry Dave the Rounds KWMV Radio in Westcliffe, Listeners to English hear a poem from able to Colo., were in April. Department Chair Dave Reynolds his reading Reynolds The station broadcast part of their Language” as poem “Foreign on the Wind segment. Words may soon also Some people in Minnesota to enjoy a little of have the opportunity they put a quarter in Reynolds’ poetry when a “bubblegum” machine. Reynolds is one of many writers collaborating with fellow poet Heather Beatty for idea is to set up a Beatty’s the project. bubblegum-type machine in a Minnesota literary center that dispenses poetry instead of gum in toy capsules. Participating authors submitted poems accessible to a large signed and selected poems are readership, by the author and included in the machine. and of Reynolds’ poems, “Fireflies” Two chosen for the capsules. were “Secrets,” MatchWits team members (left to right) Ana Mai Luckett ’13, Joe ’13, Julia Rogers ’13 and Nunez ’15, Zak Eberhart ’13, Jackson Warley Aiden Giuffre ’13 used a late-round surge to capture the top-three finish. umentary Category Winners Category umentary c o D First Place: “Jaso” by Caelen Barr of First Place: “Jaso” by Colo. Arts, Denver, Denver School of the ($300 prize) Second Place: “Reality: The Life of an Day with Alesha American Teen—A of Cooper” by Danaya Wattanapan High School in Richardson, Richardson ($100 prize) Texas spiring Filmmakers Dominique Dunne Film Competition Draws Draws Dunne Film Competition Dominique A Western four different students from High school Dominique Dunne honors in the 2012 schools won by FVS. sponsored High School Film Competition, d ennial” by Mara Category Winners Category c Students Test Their Knowledge at MatchWits Students Test State Competition After two grueling days of competition, the FVS Matchwits in the 2A State MatchWitsteam placed third Competition at Colorado College. the Danes had to fight off play, of regular In the last round another school that was just one point behind FVS. After a bevy of questions the Danes answered falling behind initially, round. to take the lead and qualify for the “final three” It was the fourth straight year the Danes have finished in the at state. top three ramati This year’s judges included Linda Broker, executive director of the Rocky Mountain executive director judges included Linda Broker, This year’s a Colorado Springs filmmaker and Film Festival; Cyd Chartier Cohn, Women’s at Colorado College. The and Dylan Nelson, film artist-in-residence alumni parent; Advisory Board, also sent to members of the competition’s films were award-winning internationallyfilm and television veterans: Samuel consisting of three known , Griffin Dunne ’74 and Ed Sherin ’48. Goldwyn Jr.’43 The Dominique Dunne Film Competition began at FVS in 1967 and was resurrected in and was resurrected Film Competition began at FVS in 1967 The Dominique Dunne FVS Performing Arts at the hiatus. Winning2011 after a seven-year screened films were May 5. Center on Saturday, of Fountain Valley School, Whitehead ’13 of Fountain Valley Colorado Springs, Colo. Honorable Mention: “Pants” by Annie Martens, Denver School of the Arts, Colo. Denver, D by Laura Holliday First Place: “Rock Star” in Idyllwild, Calif. of Idyllwild Arts Academy ($300 prize) Second Place: “Penelope” by Scarlett Urbano of Idyllwild Arts Academy in Idyllwild, Calif. ($100 prize) Honorable Mention: “Per bulletin boar bulletin

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Best and the Brightest Atheneaea Poetry Winners Include FVS Students Hannah Carrese ’12 and Jon Colarelli ’12 Four FVS students won awards in the School’s fourth annual citywide Athenaea were two of 20 high school seniors from Poetry Competition. the Pikes Peak region honored as Colorado Springs Gazette’s Best & Brightest Class Pikes Peak Poet Laureate Jim Ciletti served as the competition’s judge in two of 2012. categories: English and non-English. Judged by a panel of 16 community The top three places in each category won cash awards. Area high school students members, the seniors were recognized submitted more than 125 poems overall for consideration, including ones written in for their academic achievements and Spanish, French and Ojibwe. contributions to their communities and English schools. They also were judged on their First Place: Jessica Blunn ’13, Fountain Valley School, “Lights” answers to three questions. Best & Second Place: Hannah Pirzadeh, Liberty High School, “A Little Green Door” Brightest is in its 22nd year. Third Place: Haley Griffis ’13, Fountain Valley School, “The Awakening”

Writing Contest Honors Non-English FVS Senior First Place: Hannah Carrese ’12, Fountain Valley School, “Cavilaciones Metaficcionales” Bea Evans ’12 won third place in the 2012 Second Place: Jane Hardy ’12, Fountain Valley School, “A Juana” Betty Field Memorial Youth Writing Contest. Third Place, Haley Griffis ’13, Fountain Valley School, “E Come Tu” This is the fourth year an FVS student has earned accolades in the contest. The annual writing contest is sponsored by the Friends of the Pikes Peak Library District and rewards writers in the 6th- 12th grades. Evans’ story, “Writing and Motivation,” was awarded third place in the 11th–12th grade category.

FVS Goalie on the World Stage FVS hockey goalie Lucas Huerga Marin ’14 represented Spain in the IIHF Ice Hockey U18 World Championships last March. Huerga Marin, who started in every game for the Danes last season, was one 7 of three goalies on Spain’s roster.

He played in the Division II Group B FVS musicians participating included, left to right, Delia Brekken ’14, Hannah Carrese ’12, Bulletin Takeshi Takahara ’13, Daniel Wilkins ’12, Amber Wang ’15, Rachel Plenty Wolf ’15, and event in Novi Sad, Serbia. Other nations John Birkholz ’13 (not shown). Instrument Music Faculty Cynthia Robinson directs. participating in this group were Australia, China, Estonia, Iceland and Serbia. Spain Chamber Strings Play at Community Luncheon photo ABE luncheon finished 3-2 in round robin play, and 2012Summer The FVS Chamber Strings ensemble performed at the Arts in Business and Education Huerga Marin finished with a 2-1 record, luncheon in downtown Colorado Springs April 18. made 40 saves and allowed just seven goals in 147 minutes. The Arts in Business and Education luncheon is held annually at the Antlers Hotel. The luncheon honor educators, businesses and local citizens who contribute significantly to the arts in education. Hannah Pratt ’14 The acrobatic George played by Danny ’14 Webster Left to right, the superintendent played by Isaac Left to right, the superintendent as Janet and Pia Craft ’14, Pam Freitag ’14 Holtmeier ’12 The underling, Nick Carter ’13, sprayed by Mrs. played by Grace Sweeney ’12 Tottendale, Ryan Harrison ’12 and Grace Sweeney ’12 Bridget Alexander ’14 as Kitty Fermin Serrano ’15 as Adolfo, the ladies’ man with the acrobatic eyebrow d The 39 Steps spy novel, add a dash of Monty Python, and you have “The 39 Steps,” Mix a Hitchcock masterpiece with a juicy zany characters. than 150 laughs. The small cast plays more a fast-paced whodunit packed with nonstop The Drowsy Chaperone The Drowsy of the 1920s, musical comedy of American A parody one-liners is filled will hilarioius romp this madcap “Man in Chair” who gags. It centers on and classic narrates the story. Left to right, Zach Eberhart ’13, Aiden Giuffre ’13 and Ryan Harrison ’12 Jessie Gangster bakers Jessie Schmitt ’14, left, and Blunn ’13 Brilliantly played by Brandon Barker ’12 bulletin boar bulletin

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U.N. Pilgrimage for Youth Kiira Walsh ’14 traveled to New York this summer to join students from around the world at the U.N. Pilgrimage for Youth to experience how the United Nations operates. She was one of just two Colorado students selected for this program. This is an opportunity of a lifetime for young people interested in world affairs, international relations, economics and political sciences to observe the United Nations in action. Students tour the U.N., sit in on behind-the-scenes briefings, as well as exchange views on world issues.

One of the photos that earned Matt Barrackman ’12 Wunderkind honors

Barrackman Earns Wunderkind Accolade Matt Barrackman ’12’s photography earned him a place in this year’s prestigious Wunderkind art program and exhibit at the Business of Arts Center in Manitou Springs, Colo. From a pool of 43 entrants, he was one of 15 who participated in 9 the 13th annual event.

Prior to the exhibit opening, Barrackman attended workshops that Bulletin introduced student artists to professional gallery operations and exhibition preparation procedures.

Scholarship Finalists Hannah Neuman ’12 earned a second-place ribbon for her 2012Summer photography at the 5th Congressional District Art Competition. Jon Colarelli ’12 was named a National Merit Scholarship Finalist. The theme this year for the annual competition for high school Finalists have the opportunity to continue in the competition for students was “An Artistic Discovery.” 8,400 National Merit Scholarships worth more than $36 million. Hannah Carrese ’12 was one of 70 finalists for the prestigious 2012 Boettcher Foundation Scholarships. FOUNTAIN VALLEY SCHOOL OF COLORADO

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Left to right, Coach Jes Meiris ’00, Sam Werthan ’13, Matthew Gilbert ’13, Dominic Carrese ’15, Isaac Radner ’12, Alison Bemis ’13, 10 Sarah-Beth Koch ’13, Alyssa Mavor ’13 and Coach Dr. Rob Gilbert

Fountain Valley School of Colorado Climbing: STATE CHAMPIONS! After finishing sixth last year, the varsity boys climbing team broke to circle back and try to improve their collective score. Freshman through and won the Colorado state title in 2012. It’s the team’s sensation Dominic Carrese ’15 finished second, sophomore first state title since the program began 10 years ago. The boys Matt Gilbert was 11th and senior Isaac Radner was 15th. showed poise and maturity, as well as grit and determination at The varsity girls finished third in the state—the fourth straight time the competition. They executed their competition plan flawlessly, they have finished in the top three. JuniorsAlyssa Mavor and Ali staying ahead of the crowds, carving out time and space to focus Bemis, and sophomore Sarah-Beth Koch came through in the on performance. Just as significantly, they did not let a few falls clutch on the boulder problems to snag their position. Mavor was bring them down. They forged ahead to the boulder problems, sixth individually, Koch was 13th and Bemis was 18th. dispatching them by the two-hour mark, leaving them an hour dane sportswrap

Girls Swimming and Diving The Alanna Erickson era came to a fantastic end at FVS as the Danes finished a best- ever 13th at the 4A State Swimming and Diving Championships. Erickson ended her career holding all but four FVS swimming records, and at the state meet she swam personal bests in the 50 free and 100 free to finish seventh and sixth, respectively. She and teammates Hannah Carrese ’12, Ingrid Idland ’14 and Morgan McCurdy ’12 shattered the 200 free relay school record and finished 13th in the state. Carrese, Erickson, McCurdy and Lindsey Maher ’12 broke the school record in the 400 free and placed 17th. Junior diver Maia Presti was magnificent once again. Last year, she was second in the state, this year she was third but scored 35 points more than she did in 2011.

Girls Basketball With the graduation of all-time leading scorer Alex Ochoa ’11, the Danes knew they would need to find a way to make up for her scoring prowess. Senior Kim Donaldson and sophomore Delia Brekken answered the call, and along with newcomer Clare Hamilton and junior Bailey Knecht, they made up the core of the team that finished 7-13. Although the overall record was less than .500, the Danes won when it counted to capture a Sophomore Delia Brekken led the Danes with spot in the district playoffs. Donaldson 212 rebounds. and Brekken both earned first-team all- league honors. Ice Hockey Trevor Shott ’13 finished the season as the second-highest scorer in the state and was Niko Schaefer ’14 earned all-league honors. named the Gazette’s Player of the Year as the ice hockey team rolled to a 14-6 finish Boys Basketball and a spot in the state playoffs. Despite a 11 Under first-year head coachRodney stellar season, injuries plagued the Danes Yates, the boys basketball team showed during the year, leading them to drop Bulletin off a new system that resulted in exciting crucial contests. In the first round of the and close games throughout the season. state playoffs, the Danes lost to Chatfield. The Danes finished 8-10 behind the talents Shott and defenseman Sean Johnson of sophomore Nikolaus Schaefer from were both named all-state. umr 2012Summer Germany, junior Arti Voronin, and seniors Jon Colarelli, Luis Creel and Jackson Valenzuela. Schaefer, Creel and Colarelli all earned all-conference honors.

Sean Johnson ’12 was named all-state. dane sportswrap

Skiing/Snowboarding Girls Soccer Participants skied with coaches and After finishing with two wins, the Danes teammates on seven weekend outings this made a huge turnaround in 2012 to season, including a one-day race camp finish 7-5-1 and secure a spot in the at Copper Mountain, and Ski Weekend at state playoffs. An early 5-0 victory over the Mountain Campus. Although snowfall Colorado Springs School served early this season was below average, students notice that new head coach Rene skied on a variety of terrain and in all types Lemieux’s team was not going to go of conditions, developing their skills skiing/ down lightly. A double overtime win riding in moguls, powder, trees and in the over Alexander Dawson gave the Danes terrain park, as well as on pro-format/ needed confidence to win its final regional sprint race NASTAR courses. There were games and make the playoffs. The Danes also mini-classes on techniques, race lost to Kent Denver in the first round, 0-1. strategies and tactics, ski tuning and Lemieux was named region coach of the equipment care, weight training, lower- year and Alanna Erickson ’12, Emily back injuries and sports nutrition. Greenbaum ’12 and Clare Hamilton ’15 Freshman Clare Hamilton was named all-state earned all-state honors. along with seniors Emily Greenbaum and Alanna Erickson. Outdoor Education With a mostly new crew of participants, great weather and great adventures all over the state, spring outdoor ed had a great season. The group began with a pre- Interim outing to Shelf Road and climbed beautiful limestone in the warm sun of February. The next outing was singletrack riding in Fruita in Western Colorado for three days. The hut trip to Francie’s Cabin near Breckenridge missed the snows of winter but was rewarding, accented by some interesting lessons on avalanche rescue beacons and an introduction to wilderness first aid topics. During practice, 12 the students dedicated themselves to trail running, core work, yoga and team- Fountain Valley School of Colorado building games.

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Girls Lacrosse The girls lacrosse team notched its fourth straight winning season and made the state playoffs for the first time in the program’s five-year history. First-year head coachAlly Doyon led the team to wins over Denver’s Ralston Valley and Dakota Ridge, and the Danes proved they were one of the top teams in Colorado Springs. An 8-15 loss to Columbine in the first round of the playoffs showed the lacrosse community how far FVS has come in a short time span. Kate Connaughton ’12, Sophie Feffer ’13, Morgan McCurdy ’12 and Mara Whitehead ’13 were named to the all-league team.

Mat Larimer ’12 makes a save. Boys Lacrosse After losing their top scorers from last year, the boys lacrosse team had a difficult time in a rebuilding year, finishing 2-10. Highlights included the play of all-league goalie Mat Larimer ’12 and fellow all- league selections Luke Dilzell ’12 and Sam Frost ’12.

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Sophie Feffer ’13 umr 2012Summer Track and Field Sophomore Delia Brekken qualified for the state championships in the 300m hurdles and high jump. In 2011, she finished 13th in the hurdles, but she broke through with a personal record time of 48.10 to place sixth this year. In the high jump, she finished in a 10th-place tie with a jump of 4-10. Sophomore and FVS newcomer Jeff Brabec Julio Miramontes ’14 sprints toward the 100m qualified for states in the 3200m, finishing 15th. finish line. dane sportswrap

Boys Volleyball The Danes advanced to the state tournament for the second straight year, only to be upset in the opening round by Lutheran-Parker. FVS had earned the No. 3 seed in the tourney after winning both districts and regionals. Overall, the team’s 15-4 record was a great accomplishment. The Danes were led by hitter Hunter Alexander ’12, setter Manolo Jimenez ’14 and a host of other players, including seniors Youngsun Won Hunter Alexander ’12 led the Danes to district and regional titles. and Gilbert Chiu.

Caroline Verbica ’15 and her partner Ji Won Park ’14 finished third in the region. Girls Tennis FVS Coach of the Year Randy Jones led his team to an 8-4 finish and a seventh- place finish in the regional championships. The Danes play in one of the toughest regions in the state with state champion Cheyenne Mountain. At regionals, the No. 2 doubles team (Maggie Imig ’12 and Jayne Kucharski ’13) and No. 3 doubles team (Ji Won Park ’14 and Caroline Verbica ’15) both advanced to the 14 semifinals before losing. Park and Verbica finished third overall. No. 3 singlesRina Fountain Valley School of Colorado Onishi ’13 had a tremendous tournament

and finished third. Hannah Neuman ’12 navigates a jump at Zone Finals. Western Riding English Riding Three riders qualified for the National Little Although the English Riding team failed to advance to the IEA National Championships Britches Rodeo Finals, July 23-28, in as a team this year, five individual riders qualified.Maya Kobacker ’12 qualified in two Pueblo. Piper Naylon ’12 qualified in pole events but was unable to participate. That left four first-timers to compete in Syracuse bending, goat tying and trail course while at nationals: Sydney Arnott ’14, Wendy Conaway ’14, Cleo Mueller ’15, and fellow graduate Laura Ames qualified in Gracie Phillips ’15. Mueller had the best finish with a fourth-place ribbon in the varsity pole bending. Bailey Jo Ross ’13 qualified intermediate on the flat division. in the trail course. Commencement Gallery 2012 The Class of 2012 along with family, faculty and friends celebrated Commencement on a warm and windy Saturday, May 26. This was the School’s 82nd ceremony.

A Dozen Reasons Why 1Girls in white dresses We Love Commencement

2All of the young alumni who show up

Left to right, Kate Connaughton, Morgan McCurdy, Maya Kobacker, Kim Donaldson, Sophie Arterburn and Piper Naylon

Proud parents Traveling back to FVS to cheer on the graduation of their new fellow alumni (and 3 catch up with Director of Residential Life Paula Walter) are, left to right, Callie Dulin ’11, Baylee McIntyre ’11, Walter and Alex Ochoa ’11.

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Left to right, graduate Alex Chesley, Dr. Bruce Chesley, Trustee Dr. Julie Chesley and Abbey Chesley ’11 4Counting how many grads wear cowboy boots 5Legacy families

The Frost legacy family, left to right, Carmen Frost ’05, Will Frost, Jay In a three-generation legacy class of their own, left to right, Cody Frost ’78, graduate Sam Frost and Anita Frost Tyler ’11, graduate Jesse Tyler, former trustee Dr. Dan Tyler ’51 and Kit Tyler ‘80

Headmaster Larimer ’69 enjoys the honor of awarding his son, Mat, his diploma, making for one of Fountain Valley’s largest FVS legacy families to also include Hazel ’04, Robert ’07 and Wiles ’09.

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6Pure joy on the faces of grads At Hannah Carrese’s feet, a not-quite-yet-complete stack of her many awards to include highest scholastic honors in the 12th grade, the Campbell English Award, the Penrose History Prize, the Music Award, and for her role as Community Council president, the Fisher Howe Left to right, Lily Jiang, Irene Chae, Jessica Chu, Hyun Jung Choi Exceptional Leadership Award. She will attend Yale University. Top Honors

Froelicher Award

7Watching an award winner’s face as he realizes that he is the recipient

Jon Colarelli beginning to understand that he has earned the School’s highest honor, the Froelicher Award. Eleanor W. Emery Award Kim Donaldson receives the Eleanor W. Emery Award, given to the student whose contributions to the FVS community reflect the qualities Mrs. Emery admired most: educational commitment, Jon Colarelli is an outstanding scholar, athlete and leader who integrity, sensitivity to the needs also embodies the School’s core values of open-mindedness, of others, warmth, good humor curiosity, courage, self-reliance and compassion. He is a National and enthusiasm. The FVS faculty Merit Scholarship finalist who has been on the Dean’s List every described Donaldson as one semester, and he is a member of the Froelicher Society and Cum who manifests charisma, humor in the face of adversity, diligence Laude Society. He was a four-year varsity letter winner and captain and hard work, and an irrepressible motivation to reach out to in soccer, and he also captained the varsity basketball team. He others. She was also honored with the Henry L. Newman Athletic has been an active volunteer at the Care and Share Food Pantry Award. Donaldson will attend Colby College. and in his family’s philanthropic organization, Fostering Hope. Colarelli also earned honorable mention for highest scholastic Colgate Award honors in the 12th grade. He will attend Santa Clara University The Colgate Award, given for this fall. excellence in sportsmanship, loyalty and character, was Sidney S. Bunting Award presented to Dariusz Baliczek. Awarded only at the A committed athlete, he chose headmaster’s discretion, the to return to FVS for his senior 17 Sidney S. Bunting Award year in spite of the Colorado was given to Kestrel Felt. High School Athletic Association Bulletin It is awarded to students in rules on age eligibility that recognition of those qualities prevented him from playing any former faculty Bunting most of the three sports he loved admired: scholarship, intellect most (football, hockey and lacrosse). He came back because umr 2012Summer and culture. Felt was a leader he valued the FVS education and embraced the leadership in class discussion, residential roles that he had the opportunity to fill. Whether in strength and life, the art and theater programs, and community service. She conditioning practices for FVS teams or during hockey season also received the Creative Writing Award, the Photography Award when he served as a student assistant coach, Baliczek did indeed and the Breene Baggett Memorial Acting Award. Felt is headed to become “a friend to all who knew him.” Baliczek will attend Lake Oberlin College. Forest College. Always a lovely shot, President of the Board of Trustees Greg Osborne ’81 and Headmaster Craig Larimer ’69 lead faculty and graduates into the tent.

8Graduates making 9Mark Mondragon their way through sun- ringing the chapel bell dappled woods each year

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Having just enjoyed breakfast with Mr. and Mrs. Larimer, grads head Mondragon has worked maintenance at FVS for 17 years and has rung the through the woods. Lewis Perry Jr. Chapel bell at Commencement for nine years. Commencement Awards Cum Laude Society New Members Langdon Mathematics Award: John W. Emery Music Award: Hyun Jung Choi Mat Larimer Brandon Barker ’12 Technology Award: Photography Award: Kestrel Felt ’12 Andrew Stieber Kestrel Felt Maggie Imig ’12 F. Martin Brown Science Award: Musical Award: Isaac Radner ’12 Hyun Jung Choi Maggie Imig Campbell English Award: Breene Baggett Memorial Acting Emma Whitehead ’12 Hannah Carrese Award: Zachary Eberhart ’13 Creative Writing Award: Kestrel Felt Ji Su Ha ’13 Kestrel Felt Rumbough Award (performing arts): Bailey Knecht ’13 Grace Sweeney Languages Award: Alyssa Mavor ’13 Emma Whitehead Anderson Award (outdoor education): Rina Onishi ’13 Penrose History Prize: Alanna Erickson Hannah Carrese Riding Director’s Award: Julia Rogers ’13 Robinson Art Award: Piper Naylon Bea Evans Top Horseman: Hunter Frost Theatre Award: Maya Kobacker Brandon Barker Communications Award: Music Award: Jane Hardy Hannah Carrese Barker Wardrop Tennis Awards: Henry L. Newman Athletic Award: Taylor Reid and Hyun Jung Choi Kim Donaldson Varsity Awards: Fisher Howe Exceptional Leadership Sean Johnson and Alanna Erickson Award: Don Kardok Coaching Award: Hannah Carrese and Ryan Harrison Randy Jones (boys and girls varsity tennis)

Global Scholars and Their Capstone Projects Sarah Quirk – A Turbulent Monisha Randhawa – Silent Jackson Valenzuela – Hannah Carrese – Islamic Relationship: The United States Genocide: Preference for the Questioning Progress: Global Renaissance: Liberalism and and Afghanistan 2001–2015 Male Child in India Environmental Issues and Democracy in Turkey 19 Taylor Fortenberry – Domestic Hunter Alexander – Soft Consequences Kate Connaughton and

Violence: A Comparison Power: Cultural Ambassadors Daniel Wilkins – The Future Morgan McCurdy – Human Bulletin Between the United States and Their Role in American of NATO Trafficking: A Case Study of and Mexico Foreign Policy Emma Whitehead – Emerging Nepali Women Laura Ames – Kenyan Youngsun Won – Inside a Theory and Practice in Global

National Parks: Human, Animal Global NGO: Compassion Leadership Development 2012Summer and Cultural Intersections International Chris McArthur – The Future Mateo Seger – The World Tung Chuladesa – An of an Alliance: Pakistan and Bank/IMF Agenda: An Educational Gap in Rural and America Instrument of Justice or Urban Thailand Repression? Commencement Speaker 10 Words of and National Association wisdom from the of Independent Schools Commencement Speaker President Patrick Bassett’s Send-Off to Seniors

Fitting perfectly into the life-advice theme of this issue of the Bulletin, here is an excerpt from keynote speaker Patrick Bassett’s Commencement address, advising graduates on success in college and beyond: Being in the education business for all my adult life, I’d like to share with you just four recommendations on how to maximize the experience of college and prepare for later success in life:

1. Be the first one to ask a question in class, and even Commencement speaker Patrick Bassett, president of the National more importantly in large lecture halls. You’ll get noticed by Association of Independent Schools, affirmed to parents and students the your professor and eventually, develop a relationship with value of an independent school education and entertained with stories about his own experience in the trenches as both faculty and headmaster your professors. at boarding schools. He closed offering graduates valuable advice for 2. Exercise every day. Thirty percent or more of college kids are success in college. on anti-depressants at some point in their college career because they internalize the pressure. Get help if you need it, but taking Be a hero by being morally and socially courageous, through care of yourself by daily exercising releases the endorphins, the confronting boorish, sexist, and racist jokes and behavior by brain’s natural anti-depressant. your peers in college, by writing an op-ed in the college student 3. Take the lead to form study groups for one or more of your newspaper, by resisting peer pressure to do something stupid classes. The annual Harvard Freshmen Study shows that and wrong. students in study groups are happier and achieve higher grades Be a hero by becoming a leader for the larger challenges facing than those who do all their work alone. the world. The world has huge challenges needing creative 4. Be a hero to someone. I’m already working on this theme with solutions. You are a member of the millennial generation, and so my 7th grade grandson, Carter, whom I asked to identify his top your older brothers and sisters are revealing a penchant for this 20 three career aspirations, to which he replied #3, rock star; #2, generation to take on problems on a global scale. Be “glocal,” as magician; #1, Ninja warrior. Everyone loves a hero. (That’s why we say at the National Association of Independent Schools: i.e.,

Fountain Valley School of Colorado The Avengers is so far the biggest blockbuster film rollout, ever. think globally, act locally. And why Corey Booker, the mayor of Newark, N.J., who ran into Remember the words of Horace Mann, “the father of American a burning house to save a neighbor, is so popular.) But I mean, be public education,” in his last commencement speech in 1859: “Be a hero in a quieter way: ashamed to die until you have won some victory for humanity.” Be a hero in the sense of making a difference in someone’s life So here’s to a strong start and a clear destination on the next leg through a random act of kindness. of your journey to discover yourself and your place, and a call Be a hero in college as you have been here, through out to be heroic on the journey by leaving the path cleaner and community service clearer for the generation that follows you. Be a hero by standing up for someone or some principle needing defending. 11 Comedy from student speakers

Senior class speakers Dariusz Baliczek and Morgan McCurdy projected what each member of their class would do in the few short months remaining if the Dec. 12, 2012, Mayan doomsday prophecy comes to bear.

J. Philo Nelson Award Languages Department Chair and French Faculty Stéphanie Kimlicko was presented with the J. Philo Nelson Award during Commencement 2012. Created through the generosity of Kit and Peter Bedford, parents of Erik Bedford of the Class of 1989, the Nelson Award honors Erik’s grandfather J. Philo Nelson by recognizing the highest levels of teaching achievement among the FVS faculty. In presenting the award, Headmaster Larimer said, “Stéphanie has embraced the importance and honor of teaching at Fountain Four Sweeney alumni, left to right, Grace ’12, Clara ’10, Raff ’05 Valley School and in the last six years has risen from a part- and Ben ’99. time teacher to a department chair. Her department colleagues have described her as considerate, cooperative and generous; showing an outstanding work ethic, great organization, a listening heart and a considerate mind.” Kimlicko took her undergraduate degree in applied foreign

languages from the Université de Tours in 1993 and received a 21 dual master of arts in teaching English as a Second Language

and German from Bowling Green State University in Ohio in Bulletin 1997. She also holds a certification in nutrition counseling from the American Health Science University and started and managed a private practice in nutrition for a time here in

Colorado Springs. She has taught German to French speakers, 2012Summer English to Spanish speakers, and French to Canadians, as well 12 Proud graduates as Fountain Valley students. Congratulations, Madame Kimlicko!

Left to right, Youngsun Won, Isaac Radner and Alex Viader LIFE LESSONS

Th e question: Over the course of your life, what are the most important lessons you have learned based on what you did well, and what you did not do so well?

We asked this question to Fountain Valley Themes emerged, and it is clear that these School seasoned alumni from the classes of sage Fountain Valley School alumni have lived 1966 and older. The response was terrific, with their lives well. replies coming in via telephone, e-mail and mail, some handwritten on personal stationery Due to space constrictions, we were not able and others composed with trusty typewriters. to print the longer pieces in full, but you can They came from across the country, and one read the complete text on the website. Those piece of mail, a large envelope with exotic bird entries that have been shortened for print have stamps, hailed from Hong Kong. a “*” next to them. The timing of posing this question was Enjoy, and please feel free to respond or Wintentional because this issue of the Bulletin contribute. We will post any additional “life is also a send-off to the Class of 2012. lessons” entries to the website. Graduates, heed these wise words of fellow Fountain Valley alumni who walked before you! Francesco Beuf 59 (the 40-year-old freshman) “Do not restrict yourself to a narrow path. Work hard, do what you love and have fun doing it.” This from an alumnus who, while 59 managing General Electric’s $30 million missile and space division, met a sociologist from Princeton ’55 University who convinced him that it would be “more fun” to be a pediatrician than a mechanical engineer. Soon after, Francesco Beuf ’50 was enrolled at Temple University’s School of Medicine as a 40-year-old Geoffrey Nelson freshman. He has had a distinguished career in pediatrics, ’55 has won many teaching awards and was recently named Nelson called in to say that his cohorts Clinical Professor Emeritus at the University of Colorado from the Air Force discussed the same Medical School. question, and he advises: “You truly learn by doing the impossible, doing those things you think you can’t do.” Nelson says that his own “impossible” was learning Arabic.

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*Bill Norman I have been fortunate enough in my career as a trial lawyer to have represented hundreds of successful people who came to me when their life situations were fundamentally not working, so I have enjoyed the benefit of seeing what goes on under the hood, and sharing the kind of brutal truths that can only come when the conversations are confidential. I am not at liberty to ’55 share any of those confidences, of course, but I can mention one lesson that stands out very clearly in almost every case, whether the person is an industry captain, a church pastor, a TV personality, a financial professional, a movie producer, a college professor or even, heaven forbid, another lawyer. It is the lesson that to be successful in any endeavor, one needs to learn the art of communicating. I think the vast majority of crises I have seen are ones where folks, despite being fabulously wealthy and/or famous, had been the victim of poor communication, whether it was theirs or someone else's, or both. I must add as a personal note that to have any success in presenting cases to the court or to juries, one must learn that the mission really isn't to win, it is to communicate, and if one does that effectively then victory usually follows. And I can tell you from experience that the reverse is true as well… It is about connection. People listen to and trust other people who are like them and, conversely, don't trust and don't listen to others who are unlike them. So, in trying to get through to another human being, whether to convince them or just to make sure they hear you, and whether it is you talking or a Power Point presentation or showcasing a point of view by putting a witness on the stand, the approach is the same: find a point of commonality and build a bridge to it, as nonjudgmentally as you possibly can. You may have a silver tongue or impeccable logic, but it won't matter if you don't connect on a deep and personal level of shared values. Words alone, even if spoken by the world's greatest expert in the field, I once learned in a hard-fought trial, aren't enough unless you have the message paint a picture in the minds of those being addressed, a picture which resonates with their world view, not yours. And communication, like charity and probably even love, begins at home. Become a student of your own body language, especially what one of my psychologist clients calls "nonverbal leaks." …So, another key lesson is to become an expert in your own unnoticed impulses and to work 24 continuously throughout your life on ways to acknowledge them, without judgment, so as to build the kind of internal self respect that is vital to effective communication. If you think Fountain Valley School of Colorado this is psycho-babble, just listen to your own self talk some time. I can tell you with complete confidence that it was the failure to heed such fundamental principles that led so many clients to my door, and to the extent we had success in dealing with their situations it was very largely because we came to recognize and practice those lessons learned. Trusting that this information will be of at least some value to you, let me close by asking a favor. Don't wait as long as I did to take it to heart. JT Parker I don’t believe’62 anyone ever asked me this before, but since I believe strongly that everyone is entitled to my opinion, here goes: 1. “Sit down, shut up, keep your feet off of the cushions, and don’t touch any red guarded switches.” I got this from the Air Force, but it has worked well for me when coming to a new job. You can learn a lot from other people, even those who are dumber than a box of rocks. You should try real hard not to do something stupid while you are learning. 2. “Pull back, it goes up. Pull back more, it goes down, and don’t fly in the black sh**.” Once again, from the Air Force. It is really helpful to be an expert both in what you do, as well as your environment. 3. “Don’t take a job you don’t want.” This is probably the hardest but also the most rewarding. How many people can look forward to every day? These won’t necessarily earn you a lot of money; they certainly haven’t done that for me. However, I probably approach every day with the same enthusiasm as I did when I left Fountain Valley 50 years ago. 59

Bob Woodward Hackneyed as it may seem, especially in a Time to be true to myself. Happiness lay in being graduation speech, the expression “to thine own independent in thought and action. self be true” is the secret to a successful life. The process to a satisfying career took time ’55 For a decade after college, I completely ignored and came together with a cobbled version of “my own self” and tried to fit in, tried to do the modern Renaissance man: magazine writer, what was expected of me. It didn’t work. I found sports photographer, actor, publisher, whitewater

myself adrift with all the material trappings of guide, ski camp operator and television show 25 success but unhappy. At one of my low ebbs, talking head. Oh, and along the way, to being

I remember reading an FVS Alumni Bulletin elected to public office three times. Bulletin snippet about a friend in the class a couple of I fondly recall former Headmaster Henry Poor years behind mine who was off in the Galapagos at an FVS reunion several years ago when he studying butterflies and apparently having the said to me, “I thought you might get stuck in the time of his life. He was being true to himself. corporate world. I’m so pleased that you chose a 2012Summer I tucked that away in my mind and when hit with creative life.” my father’s death, losing a high paying corporate So am I, for eventually being true to myself. job and being handed divorce papers all in a 10-day period, I decided it was time to change. 59

*Morgan Smith First, I think that as a person looks back on what he or she did well, certain personal characteristics will come to mind. In my case, I look at five activities or jobs I did especially well: • Public defender of Adams County in my late 20s ’55 • Member of the Colorado House of Representatives from 1973 to 1978 • Executive director of the Colorado Department of Local Affairs from 1982 to 1986 • Director of the Colorado International Trade Office from 1989 to 1999 • Freelance writer and photographer with a focus on US-Mexico border issues for the last three years. The common characteristics in those five endeavors are a deep commitment and belief in the goals of the project or organization; a sense of mission; persistence; an openness to other peoples’ ideas and the ability to compromise; a willingness to take risks, some of which were to my job, others involving personal safety such as traveling to Juárez and other border towns; and the opportunity to work with highly motivated people… Second, a critical lesson that one might not fully recognize until he or she is older is the importance of friends and family, and the need to put time and effort into those relationships. This is perhaps more personal than job related. In my case, I was slow to recognize this when I was younger; but keeping a marriage working for 46 years and continuing to be in contact with friends from as long as 60 years ago has not only been invaluable but is something I work at. Third, a comment about risk taking and its importance. This can include a variety of situations—volunteering­ for an elite Army unit, taking on unpopular causes as a lawyer or government official, going to someone’s defense in a difficult physical situation, mountain climbing, traveling to dangerous places, or even trying an idea that you know might not work out. Americans are becoming more risk-averse; however, and I think that this is bad for society in general and can lead to some pretty boring lives…I have heard so many people say things like, “I’m 60 years old and I have 20 years left.” That has made me focus. Last, the concept of failure. You have to be willing to try things, even knowing that you might fail. As a simple example, the mountains that I remember most vividly and from which I learned the most are those where I was unable to reach the summit.

26 Lew Watters Fountain Valley School of Colorado My two-cents plain:’57 My best advice and practice in raising my three daughters was to always “follow YOUR heart.” That experience has never failed me whether it was my choice of a life partner, my choices of work, or where I lived. But how does one know their heart of hearts? My mind asks the questions and my heart answers. Because my heart is filled with God, the answers become clear and acceptable. *Peter Kaufman I believe that59 one of the significant factors in my life, as well as the lives of others, is critical choices. The choices made by others as well as those made by yourself. In one example, my parents made what I would call critical choices to move constantly so that by the time I entered the fourth grade, I had lived in Illinois, Michigan, Pennsylvania, California and again in Pennsylvania. All these moves and subsequent ones up to and including the start of WWII impacted me in many ways. I entered the fourth grade in 1937 in Pennsylvania at the age of 9. All those choices, of course, were made by others. A series of critical choices, that I will only mention ’55briefly, were made by me: to attend Yale University, to join the Air Force during the Korean War and after the war, to move back to California where I was employed at a corporation and became a senior officer where I would stay for 27 years. During that period of employment, in 1975 Elizabeth Froelicher Smith made a critical choice to call me and ask if I would accept being the Class Agent for the Class of ’46. I chose to accept and was the Class Agent for 25 years. From these critical choices, I have mentioned in a bit of detail came experiences which a reader encounters in my four volumes of short fiction/literary work. As C.P. Snow has said, …”a writer’s life is not just connected with his work; it cannot be separated from it.” Much of my writing concerns itself Robert Atchison 59 with critical choices my characters make. 1. Hard work So, part of the lesson is what you do with critical choices, as distinct 2. Honesty and integrity from minor choices which, in fact, become habits, made by other or by yourself; but, when an adverse critical choice does occur, no 27 3. Perseverance and follow-up matter who is responsible, how you handle it.

4. Sense of humor Bulletin In my opinion, an individual needs to achieve awareness that many 5. Love and compassion routine, habit-based choices are just that. Real awareness is when 6. Don’t retire until you retire the choices made are critical in the use of the resources, especially time, that each individual is given in a lifetime. Therefore, an ’55 2012Summer individual needs to understand that the freedom to make any critical choices does not include becoming trapped in the routine, habit-dictated cultural mandates of group-think. 59

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’55 Darryl Thatcher *William H. Griffiths Two areas of learning in my FVS experience stand out in In no order whatsoever, here goes: influencing my life there and since. Care deeply about country, community, I learned the techniques and power of organization—both in faith and family. Make them your terms of tasks to be accomplished (such as academic’55 study or priorities in life. learning an operetta score), and in terms of organizing my own Don't take yourself too seriously. drive to get them accomplished. Take ownership of your career, and I also learned the techniques and power of networking and always strive to give more than close, long-term friendships. expected. Network, network, network! 59 Realize that optimism is a state of mind. Start your day with the thought that you will not let anything interfere with having a good day. Chris Fung Find a mentor in your business career, I hate driving in heavy traffic. Some of my happiest occasions and be a good mentor yourself. were driving in heavy traffic…with my son. I used to drive Provide your children with the best education possible…it is your him to Chicago Children's Choir rehearsals on the opposite greatest legacy. side of the city through bumper-to-bumper traffic, and we Always stay involved in the lives of your children…they grow up ’55 had plenty of time to talk about everything under the sun. I and leave in the blink of an eye. If you are good parents, they will was frequently surprised and delighted by his insights and want to spend time with you. creativity coming from a mind unencumbered like my own by assumptions, traditions and years of habit formation. I feel Live by the Ten Commandments. blessed by Chicago traffic and time to bond with my son. Never stop dreaming and aspiring to better yourself. A second experience of bonding is related to sight and faith. Embrace technology, but don't let it consume all your time. Sight is objective, usually having to do with physical reality; 28 faith is subjective, usually having to do with spiritual reality. This is a quote from someone else, but I've always tried to They are as different as the East is from the West, and "never practice it: "Live deeply and passionately. You might get hurt, but Fountain Valley School of Colorado the twain shall meet." Recently, my wife and I became curious it's the only way to live life completely." about the hymns of Isaac Watts that gave birth to English Be an active volunteer throughout your life. Donating your time to hymns. We were reading the words of "Alas and Did My Savior something you believe in is most gratifying. Bleed?" by Watts and refrain by Ralph Hudson. We were Never take your wife, family or friends for granted. reading not very attentively, until we were brought up short by the words "...by faith I received my sight," words that gave us pause. They took me back more than half a century to the first flickering flame of faith that gave the first experience of SIGHT while alone in a freshman college dorm before an open Bible. I feel blessed by an old-fashioned hymn that reminded me of the bond to the creator. 59

Pete Hoffman ’55 With three years with FVS—climbing, camping, skiing— Know when to move forward, stand your ground, or four years of Dartmouth—coxswain of the light weight walk away. crew—2.5 years U.S. Army—Officer Candidates School, Be a good listener, particularly with those who have ranger school, rifle platoon leader during the Korean a different point of view than you. You might War—32 years as television consultant, 65 years of learn something. sailing boats, 58 years marriage to one girl and 10 years volunteering with the local medical center three to four A good sense of humor is good to have, especially when days a week, I offer the following: things get rough. To laugh at yourself is good medicine. When operating in an outdoor environment, know the If having a family in your plan, strive early to develop characteristics of “Mother Nature” and go with her flow a strong, cohesive, loving base with your spouse and or you will end up in an undertow. children. The kids will be gone before you know it. When a storm is on the horizon, reef down (shorten sail) Teamwork is a vital element for success in sports, before it hits because it saves on wear and tear on the business, the military, family relations and working with boat and body. volunteer organizations.

* Michael Harrah 59 59 The most important lessons in both success and "not so successful" turned out to be the same thing: Most people don't want to hear the truth…And so both my successes and my failures have happened according to how well I Jacob Schoellkoph V assessed who was prepared to know what. Do unto others as you would have done to you. …Now, as a personal manager for young actors, I regularly You have two ears, one mouth—use them accordingly. need to decide just how much reality doting parents want to hear (hint: It is NEVER the raw truth.). I don't want to There is a power greater than yourself—may you encourage young hopefuls who, for’55 whatever reason, aren't find it, him, her now. ’55 suited to show business, but at the same time, it can Be willing, grateful and loving. be permanently damaging to crush their egos. So I have Avoid punishing yourself or others. developed the science of selective truth-telling, what my father used to call the “truth in installments.” I tell them Rid yourself of self-pity, dishonesty and 29 just enough to help them realize that the path to success self-seeking motives. will be an extremely tough climb, mostly for reasons

Smile and enjoy life—it’s a great journey. Bulletin beyond their control, but still enough to make them realize Good luck and good fortune to the 2012 graduates. that if they are determined to pursue their dream in spite of my misgivings, anyone can overcome even a large number of obstacles. umr 2012Summer If I do my routine successfully, I often hear from the young hopefuls years later, mostly in other pursuits, telling me how much they valued my "frankness." And that is the reward for guessing right. Debby Froelicher Howe 59

Lawrence “Laurie” Lasater 59I have learned many hard lessons in 48 years in ’55 the cattle business. The most important is how valuable every person is. Unfortunately, I am still 59 learning that every month. ’55 *Kenneth Fung ’55 I submit a passage from the great theologian Reinhold Niebuhr who summed up life’s predicament with the following: Nothing worth doing is completed In one lifetime Therefore we must be saved by hope. Nothing true or beautiful makes Complete sense In any context of history Therefore we must be saved by faith. 30 Nothing we do, no matter how virtuous, Can be accomplished alone. Fountain Valley School of Colorado Therefore we must be saved by love. For me, the key words in Niebuhr’s message which I adhere to in life are: hope, faith and love. I would also add the following words for myself and these are: compassion, forgiveness (forgive others as well as oneself), courage and tenacity (in fulfilling one’s goal). I also want to paraphrase Albert Einstein who said the following: “Try not to be a person of success but a person of value.” 59

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Herm Bleibtreu and Dan Tyler (submitted by Dr. Dan Tyler) Tyler ’55 With some hesitancy, Herm Bleibtreu (’52) and I offer the 2. Globalization, however one describes it, is upon us. And following “lessons” based on our own lives that have been it involves everything we do, from the popular uprisings in interesting, uplifting, sometimes challenging and painful, but the Middle East, the debt problems of Europe, the change ’55 ultimately rewarding. in world climate, the imbalance of wealth in the world’s We begin with an apologia: First, our generation has nations, etc. Without a global perspective, without an dubious credibility when it comes to singling out lessons understanding of international relationships, and without of life for 2012 FVS grads. The 50s decade of “I-like-Ike” a sensitivity to other cultures and languages that comes in which we grew up, while experiencing plenty of national from living outside the United States for a respectable and international crises, was dominated by new stock time period, even well-trained FVS grads are set up for market highs, hamburgers at McDonald’s, the opening of disappointment. Our money, our food, our communication Bleibtreu Disneyland, Elvis Presley, Marilyn Monroe, “Bonanza” and systems, our security, our health system are all impacted Walt Kelly’s syndicated comic strip “Pogo.” Hawaii and by events over which we have less and less control. It is a Alaska became states and the country seemed pretty calm, worldwide condition we must accept, unless, of course, we all things considered. Our generation did not have much mistakenly choose to revert to Fortress America. angst. Second, the class of 2012 will soon know, if they 3. Education must become a lifelong process. There was a don’t already, that their perspective, their weltanschauung, is time, when Pogo ruled, when one could reasonably expect one of entitlement and privilege. Although we are sure there riches and success by just completing high school, college are individual exceptions, this class has been sheltered from and a graduate degree. No more! Events will take place the horrific wars, diseases, famines, natural disasters, poverty so rapidly in the next 50 years that ongoing education in and uncertainties that have plagued much of the rest of the world affairs, science, business, finance, law, etc. will be world. They are going to college; they have hope; the world is essential to stay ahead of the game. How many of us are their oyster. aware, for example, of events taking place at the Cern If we are even remotely correct in making the above Reactor where the search for the Higgs boson (aka “God’s assumptions, there might be a skosh of value in the following Particle”) could change almost everything we know about “lessons” we have drawn from our own lives: physics and related sciences?* 1. Change is inevitable and must be embraced. It is 4. Humility has to be in the forefront of any successful life. If happening exponentially as the communication revolution there is any constant “lesson” for lives of all generations, gains speed, but not everyone views these changes the it is the need to combine humility and courage; to look for same way. Many feel threatened. Others worry that the wisdom even among those we might disdain; to recognize 31 American Dream has passed them by. Functioning as and account for our biases; to understand the difference leaders in a population where most did not go to private between what we would like to believe and what reality Bulletin school will require from the Class of 2012 a conscious really is. Modesty, humility and sensitivity to others will attempt to understand the varied social and economic allow the Class of 2012 to reach its full potential as cultures of this country if progress is to be made toward members of the human race. Too much arrogance a sustainable environment. One does not have to look and pride exists all around us. We must all set a umr 2012Summer much past the broken politics of Congress to see how better example. change has polarized the many segments of this country. Leadership will require extraordinary patience and an * Editor's note: Tyler wrote this entry before the July 4, 2012, understanding of why there is such an enormous gap announcement of the discovery of the particle. between the privileged minority and the majority of Americans who want their piece of the American pie. 59

*Frank Forman …Lessons I have learned during the last three-fourths of my life. Here they are, in chronological order: 1. The importance of liberty. This led me to shift my major from math as an undergraduate to economics in graduate school, all the while remaining at ’55the University of Virginia. 2. The importance of human gene-culture co-evolution and of human variation. This is a contentious subject, but one becoming less and less so as people eagerly seek out knowledge of their own genomes. 3. The economic way of thinking. It is always hard to say what a way of Forman's Five Rules for a thinking is, but I can try. Economics deals with the exact choice situation, Happy Marriage all the costs and all the benefits. It also leads one to ask whether an alleged problem is not one that will take care of itself through the normal 1. Never get grumpy at the same time. forces of supply and demand. 2. Never be stubborn about the same things. 4. The gift of love. There were 1,774 days between my graduation, 3. Push your wife aside and clean up after June 5, 1962, and when I met Sarah on a blind date on April 14, 1967. her stupid spills. Don't let her help. She's 5. An insistence on distinguishing constitution from laws and outcomes embarrassed enough. Mutatis mutandis from processes, and realizing that "the race is not to the swift, nor the for husbands, of course. battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men 4. Take very little credit, or blame, for how of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance your kids turn out. happeneth to them all." -Ecclesiastes 9:11 5. Realize that your spouse is far better than 6. The historical way of thinking, or rather seeing that the present is the result you deserve. of the random accumulation of "time and chance." Number five is easy to do; you both just 7. Within this, the importance of variation and selection, or Darwinism have to do it often. Three hopefully won't writ large. come often, but it's wonderful when it does. 8. An understanding of how the whole, society, acts on its pieces, One, two and four are extremely difficult to 32 the individual. implement. But who said a happy marriage doesn't require an extraordinary amount of 9. Above all, the importance of learning to think about things from Fountain Valley School of Colorado work? It's worth it. many different angles. 59

’55*Robert DeJong During the last few months, I have been preparing My recommendation for the class of 2012 is therefore for our 50th wedding anniversary by having old 8mm that you keep notes regarding your life and career. You home films of our three sons copied onto DVD format should keep the paper copies too, since laptops plus with appropriate music and family photos. Although I iPads can crash or be stolen. Electronic storage devices kept short notes in a diary to explain the timeline, they can become useless or damaged by a virus. In 2062 certainly were not as detailed as my great grandfather’s when electricity is blacked out on windless nights, you notes in his books. After 130 years I can still read about will appreciate still having memories on paper which you his meetings with General Sherman and Mark Twain. He can read by candlelight. also cabled an after dinner speech during which Mark Please accept my best wishes for a successful career Twain claimed he was given a reserved seat on the and family life. packed train to New York because the Pullman attendant thought he looked like General Sherman, much to the amusement of the dinner guests. I can also read my father’s handwritten medical notes after almost 95 years. I still have my old FVS notebooks.

Robert M. Wood 1: Attitude 2: Preparation ’53 3: Perseverance

4: Execution 33 They obviously don't have to be in that order, but the omission of any of them puts your endeavors in Bulletin jeopardy, regardless of the size and intended impact. Simple, but effective. umr 2012Summer Proud tank men astride but I had seen too many in dead soldier's uniform burnt alive inside he yearns for him he hardly knew, trying to understand

not really lost in magnificent desolation, driving by compass Fragments of Peace in a World at War John Chandler Cobb ’37

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Fountain Valley School of Colorado an ambulance for the American Field Service. He was stationed in North Africa and Italy, and documented his experience on the front lines with a camera, using the ambulance as a mobile darkroom to develop more than 1,000 negatives. A decade ago, Cobb opened the box and with the help of his son, Nathaniel, he preserved his wartime experience with photos and spare poetry that compose his book, Fragments of Peace in a World at War. His excellent photographic eye, which was first trained at Fountain Valley School by famed photographer Laura Gilpin, informs readers of the harsher aspects of war, as well as the way in which daily life goes on even through the turmoil. His book arrived at FVS in response to the request for life advice from alumni. Excerpted here are photos and poetry that speak to lessons learned from war. town and church half gone dazed survivors struggle on destitute but strong Scattered body parts

not really lost in of soldiers drinking tea and reading mail from home magnificent desolation, driving by compass His book closes with this poem, written in 2009: A Different Road Map for World Peace Worldwide peace would gain a valid stand If ten million students could arrange to join an intercultural exchange and travel for a study year abroad.

They’d live with families in a foreign land Fragments of Peace in a World at War is available 35 and study at a local (foreign) school; from Animist Press. Bulletin so they would learn to speak the local tongue, Jock Cobb devoted his life to public health and make friends, and share in family chores and fun. preventive medicine following WWII, working for Indian Health Service in New Mexico, the Population Council This should bring the world to understand in Pakistan, and the World Health Organization in Tunisia, 2012Summer the truth so many frontline medics saw Indonesia, and Fiji. Cobb is Professor Emeritus of while sharing woes and fears and hopes and fate Preventive Medicine at the University of Colorado with other frontline soldiers in the war: Medical School and is now retired in Albuquerque, In spite of different language, faith, or skin, N.M. The Library of Congress recorded his life story for deep at heart, all humans are akin. their archives.

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Jodi White Jodi Moench Julia , , , row: front right, to left 1992, of Class Catching up and reminiscing on FVS times a quarter of a century century a of quarter a times FVS on reminiscing and up Catching  2012 Arts Guild Inductees Jack Lane Jack Lane ’62 has mastered the business of art as a visionary director of art museums across the nation. During his 10-year tenure at the San Francisco Museum of Art, he led the institution through a dramatic growth by completing a $95 million campaign that included the construction and opening of the Mario Botta building. At the Dallas Museum of Art, he oversaw rapid growth of the museum’s contemporary works and rallied cultural leaders, arts patrons and the Dallas community to transform the museum into a high-profile institution. Always on the cutting edge, today he is president and CEO of The New Art Trust which is dedicated to collecting, preserving and exhibiting technology-based art forms. Lane served on the Jack Lane ’62, visionary art museum director, is inducted into the FVS Arts Guild by Headmaster Craig Larimer ’69 and Arts Fountain Valley School board of trustees from 1999 to 2005. Department Chair Mark Dillon. • Todd Reed Todd Reed ’92 has been redefining luxury jewelry for more than 20 years. In 1992, he introduced the aesthetic of the raw diamond and recycled precious metals. His designs challenge the common perception of luxury jewelry, and all pieces are hand forged in Boulder, Colo. Reed has won many industry awards for his work, and his pieces are highly sought after. He donated a diamond bracelet for auction under the tent, with proceeds going to the Annual Fund.

Todd Reed ’92 and the diamond bracelet he donated to the • reunion auction. Sam Goldwyn Legendary motion picture producer Sam Goldwyn Jr. ’43 has given us some of the entertainment industry’s most ground-breaking and acclaimed films, and his mark has left an indelible impression on several generations of film audiences. To name just a very few highlights of his long filmmaking career: “Master and Commander” 40 won two Academy Awards, and he has produced and/or distributed

Fountain Valley School of Colorado films such as “The Preacher’s Wife,” “Sid and Nancy” and “Mississippi Masala.” He took chances on films that no other studio would and some of these gems include “Henry V” and “Much Ado About Nothing” along with the AIDS drama “Longtime Companion” at a time when the subject was being avoided. He has a reputation as a discoverer of talent in his films, including Julia Roberts in “Mystic Sam Goldwyn Jr. ’43, along with his son Tony Goldwyn ’78, Pizza” and Jim Carrey in “Once Bitten.” Goldwyn currently presides accepted the award via video. over The Samuel Goldwyn Company which develops, produces and distributes films. From 1979 to 2003, he served as president of the FVS board of trustees and sent his sons to Fountain Valley: Francis ’71, John ’76 and Tony ’78. 2012t A hletic Hall of Fame Inductees

Veronique Richardson ’02 shared her thoughts Accepting their son Jeff Kreps ’82’s induction Hall of Fame inductee Brad Schwartz ’82, with about what Fountain Valley School meant to her into the Fountain Valley Athletic Hall of Fame are Tim Smith ’82 and Athletic Director Jennifer during her acceptance speech at the Athletic Burl and Kathleen Kreps. Among Jeff Kreps’ Joseph, shows off his new FVS hockey jersey Hall of Fame induction. Richardson was a many athletic accomplishments while at FVS with his old number on it. Schwartz is one of the state track champion and a top basketball and are earning all league/all area in three sports— top FVS scorers of all time in hockey, and he volleyball player for the Danes. hockey, lacrosse and soccer—for three years. was also a successful tennis and squash player. He was also All-American in lacrosse.

2012 Alumni Award Winners Casa awards John Gannett ’57 Honored with Classmates, FVS roommates 2012 Elizabeth Froelicher Smith and lifelong friends Harry Distinguished Service Award Bettis ’52 and Duke Colket John Draper Gannett Jr. was at Fountain Valley were honored for their loyal School for just his junior and senior years, but in and longtime support of that short time he rose to president of the student Fountain Valley School. council and was captain of both the football and They both received the baseball teams. He lettered in hockey, baseball Distinguished Casa Serena and football. Society Member Award at a reception for Casa members Gannett proved himself a natural born leader, held at Howe Residence on and he has helped lead Fountain Valley School Saturday night. for more than five decades. He was a trustee from 1992–1995, president of the Casa Serena Laura Williams Society and recipient of the Distinguished Casa Laura Williams ’87 was honored with the 41 Serena Society Member award in 1999. He is Distinguished Alumni Award for her important work in a member of the Elizabeth Sage Hare Society. the field of international environmental conservation Bulletin Today, his name is front and center on a daily primarily in Russia. In giving her the award, Headmaster basis by way of Gannett Hall, the beautiful Larimer said, “I don’t think one can find a better example of an alumna residence hall that is a result of his generosity in so determined to make her dreams a reality, as well as make a significant umr 2012Summer the last capital campaign. change in the world.” In recognition of his exceptionally meritorious Rick Gydesen service to FVS, the School is proud to recognize Hardworking Class Agent Rick Gydesen ’77 rallied an John Gannett ’57, without whom Fountain Valley impressive reunion turnout and was honored with the School would not be what it is today. 2012 Robert S. Thompson Memorial Class Agent of the Year Award.

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is Perry Jr. Jr. Perry is w e L The The  with them alumni database media strategies Gather many more class notes so the Bulletin is bursting Gather many more and young alumni programming Expand future series alumni lecture an Create Promote the free FVS alumni app for iPhones and Androids FVS alumni app for the free Promote information for our up-to-date contact Gather more and expand social a monthly alumni e-newsletter Create • • • • • • I want you to know that it is an honor to be working for and with I want you to know that it is an honor to it is to feel connected my fellow alumni. I know how important weeks and months to the school that gave us so much. In the to connecting with many of you, either by ahead, I look forward out what you would like to phone, e-mail or in person, and finding the Alumni Office. see from campus, the folks here Please know that while you may not be on would love to welcome you at FVS think about you often. We and we encourage you to stay back to visit any time of the year, also encourage you to send us fine students you in touch. We greatest our the FVS experience; you are think would benefit from new students. for a pipeline of impressive resource or if you would just Give me a call if I can do anything for you, on the happenings like to talk about the school or update me you since each of you is in your life. I would love to hear from we can build an Together, an important part of the FVS story. networking, great the country that can offer organization across School and a whole lot of fun! connections to Fountain Valley All the best, ’00 Kate (Faricy) Maiurro On behalf of the Advancement On behalf of the Advancement Valley Department at Fountain introduce School, I would like to of myself to the thousands School alumni Fountain Valley the country and the around world, and welcome you to your Alumni Association. My name is ’00, your Kate (Faricy) Maiurro of alumni relations. new director graduate of the FVS A proud Class of 2000, I also call The clubs in a few key cities donor recognition, travel, volunteer efforts, regarding efforts etc. recruitment, Launch “The Dane Network” as a pilot program with alumni Launch “The Dane Network” as a pilot program collaboration with the FVS Admission Office, combining Increase • • Class Notes Class earning my bachelor of University of Kansas my alma mater, I by FVS, in art history in 2004. Prior to being hired arts degree at El Pomar Foundation participated in the fellowship program skills. and event planning fundraising, outreach I developed where of the FVS community in 2006 as associate director I rejoined of of director admission, eventually adding the responsibilities financial aid. I have worn many hats in my long association with (Luke ’92 and first as a sibling of two brothers Fountain Valley: a adviser, Mark ’95), a student, a graduate, a class agent, an of alumni director and now, coach, a soon-to-be houseparent and the many exciting role I am thrilled with my current relations. opportunities ahead. I will continue to engage, inform and reconnect In this new role and I will be working to enhance alumni to FVS. As director, of our institution for you and the future advance the reputation graduates who will join the ranks of FVS alumni. Our programs, designed to encourage you to stay events and services are community. connected to this great in the Advancement Department have some exciting new We out for alumni in 2012–2013. We hoping to roll initiatives we are plan to:

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40s Class Agent Gib Gardner ’48 attended reunion this past June with his daughter Elizabeth and two granddaughters. He was proud to show them his old stomping grounds, and they all enjoyed the cookout Tom Price ’61 shares, “As occurred last year at the riding arena. Gardner is hoping that and the 12 years prior, the first weekend in June the boys from ’48 will come to their 65th I race vintage cars in the Sonoma Historics.” reunion May 31–June 2, 2013. 70s 50s Doug Eberhart ’76 shares, “My book collection now includes a third Class Agent John Carraway ’58 title by Mark Childs ’77. ‘Urban is excited to begin the rallying efforts Composition: Developing Community for his 55th reunion next June. He is through Design’ was published this spring hoping that everyone in his class is Bob Woodward ’57 and his wife, Eileen, by the Princeton University Press. Mark is planning on returning to campus for an traveled from Bend, Ore., for his 65th reunion. a professor of architecture at the University incredible weekend. He says, “Let the Woodward shared that for the past 38 years, he has been a freelance magazine writer and of New Mexico.” games begin!” photographer with stints at Times-Mirror Magazines, CBS Magazines and the New Robert Bean ’77 reports: “I missed my York Times Magazine Group. He has authored books on cross-country skiing, mountain biking 35th reunion but was able to connect with and breweries in Bend. Woodward and Eileen John Danaher ’71 for dinner. I was enjoy swimming, kayaking and fly-fishing. He traveling in the Michigan area attending a founded the Central Oregon Trail Alliance in 1987, and each year a local brewer creates an government contracting course. I also just Epic Trail Ale with much of the profits going to completed 27 years in the Army, both on the alliance. Woodward said, “In 2011, Bend’s active duty and in the reserves.” Silver Moon Brewing chose to honor me and my many sports exploits with their Epic Trail Ale,” which is the label pictured. Among his other Mahdi Chambers ’77 shares: interests, he is a former Bend mayor, former “When I graduated from FVS, I went to chair of the Bend Metro Parks and Recreation Howard University and earned my B.S. District and current member of Senator Ron Wyden’s outdoor recreation initiative group. in electrical engineering. I was recruited by Bell Laboratories and went to Cornell University as part of the Bell Labs’ One 60s Year On Campus program, earning a 45 Frederic Schaefer ’63 lives in South master’s degree in electrical engineering. Dartmouth, Mass., where his executive While working for Bell Labs, I did post- Bulletin search firm specializes in not-for-profit master's work at Polytechnic University Kenneth Fung ’55 is the founder of the Friend’s searches. “It is a great place to work with focusing on fiber optic networks and data Committee of the Asian Cultural Council’s Hong lunch breaks on my boat on Buzzards Kong Arts Program and was recently featured communications. I worked for Bell Labs/ on the cover of Gafencu Men magazine. The Bay,” he says. Lucent Technologies for 18 years. I left 2012Summer article is titled “Open Art Surgery, Fungraising,” Lucent and joined a high-tech, venture- which speaks to his mission to promote Hong Kong’s cultural future. backed startup company, where I worked for several years. I then formed my own company and filed a patent for technology targeting wireless networks. I am considering licensing/selling the patent.” ’80 ’82 chneider raenger S P ark ’79 sends in news: “I urgtorf B evy L es his news: “I would love to hear from es his news: “I would love to hear from arriet olo just went through my first high school my first high just went through different It is way graduation as a parent. ago…now one is off than it was 33 years one is graduating to college and another old days at FVS I miss the good next year. I am But life wasn't quite so busy. where so that I will working on my golf game have something to do with all of my extra I am still busy with time in another year. a accounting consulting and working with scholarship fund in Guatemala, as well as my husband's Lift Up Africa foundation. Life is good.” growth investment portfolios for individual portfolios for individual investment growth wife, Paula, their families. My investors and and our chief operating officer serves as we really of many couples, to the surprise enjoy working together!” L any of you letting me know about your life. any of you letting me know about your life. As for me, I’m living in Santa Cruz, Calif., with my wife, Cece, and two step-children, Hannah and Bryce. After FVS, I went to I own I studied philosophy. UCLA where company that recruits an executive search bilingual executives in Asia looking to change jobs within Asia. I play volleyball 10-12 hours a week, can still climb a climbing, and have a in rock 5.10 route ‘new’ passion for African drumming and dance, which I have been doing for about 15 years.” H lives in Munich with her husband and sons, 12, 11 and 8 years old. The three adopted from two youngest boys were babies. She Colombia when they were works at her husband´s office part time, both orthopedic surgeons. and they are 80s New Class Agent M shar

ter aren al lovingly ertozzi ) B showed up were called away called were iggins reports: “I ’77 reports: ) K tokes ehee tefano G S agner (S c recently opened Verity opened Verity ’77 recently W M illiams recently collected one of my recently teve an , now a Baptist minister. After, After, minister. , now a Baptist ommy (W erity T V obin V ill ark usan chuss ovely works. She saw the work online and she liked the artwork bought it. Fortunately, when it arrived because the even more the sand that from work has a lot of texture in the photos.” just isn't revealed W and it was awesome to see him. K Investment Partners, an independent, advisory investment SEC-registered firm with offices in Colorado and South specialize in “We He reports: Carolina. constructing and managing dividend and R The two of them sent for work reasons. aloud in Perry read memories which were Chapel. I think Robin summed it up best by saying, ‘Suffice it to say that they all and the enriched my life immeasurably, world is diminished with their passing. I hope I have learned enough in the last 30 years that my actions and deeds always of honor their memories and the best parts and what they taught us.’" who they were M an art opening at Naropa had recently University in Boulder [titled Drawing from Sand]. S handcrafted individual ornamentshandcrafted individual with name member’s each deceased class on the branches. on it, which we hung around then joined hands in a circle We for those and gave thanks our little tree, thanks to no longer with us, and who are We still going strong. those of us who are would have been 16 in all, but at the last minute S we headed down the hill and planted a we headed down the of Hawley in front Northern oak tree red our classmates. Library in memory of S service on campus in Perry Chapel in campus in Perry Chapel service on led by departed classmates, honor of our W beloved classmate, our much L ). rown B ’77 obby ydesen G ick eports: “The Class of 1977 had a rather This, plus the fact we're all on the wrong all on the wrong This, plus the fact we're side of 50 (!), the mutual feeling was that it was imperative to see each other again now and cherish our memories the time (and cherish each other) before comes when we may not be able to. To commemorate and celebrate our need to the 14 of us held a memorial reconnect, Class Agent R 14 turnout this year, remarkable at reunion people in all, which constitutes 24 percent still of our graduating classmates who are living. This was especially notable given but our that it wasn't a major decade year, 35th. But the feeling amongst many of us these past few months was that this was the year to finally ‘just do it!’ and come Our class has experienced out to reunion. tragedy than it should, given far more the number of our classmates who have (10 so far), passed away prematurely including one who died while we were (B still at Fountain Valley r shares: “I had a great year. year. Link Nicoll ’79 shares: “I had a great where I had the chance to It started in Vail and Greg , Sam Marquis see John Welch My work life has Osborne ’81 on my birthday. doing photography in also been fun. I am still I am teaching. I work the D.C. area but mostly, I teach four levels of at The Field School and digital media, including three levels of film (the school sent me to the Corcoran School of Art to study digital art). The Field School values art very the kids highly…it's a pretty good gig and are verycan leave talented. It is also flexible; I in time to pick up my son at school, who is now 10 and a blast. Outside of work, I spend most of the summer with family at our home in Nova have a house on an island in the Scotia. We Mahone Bay where there are no stores and no Internet—just wildlife and the open sea.” Class notes Class

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Ed Eppler ’82 threw a 50th birthday and teaches in the Los Angeles area, and party for his wife, Alicia, at the Union traveled to campus for reunion. Steve League Club in New York. Eppler reports, Sanchez is commuting between his “All is well with the Epplers. Cassie ’10 home in San Diego and his work on a still loves Middlebury and just finished her subway project in San Francisco. He has sophomore year there, and she's working been able to catch some great music with for a law firm in New York this summer. Chris Andreas; both made it back for Bea and Preston just finished their junior reunion. John Pierce recently changed and freshman years at New Canaan positions at Motorola and continues to High School in Connecticut. Life is busy, live and work in the Chicago area. Brad but we are looking forward to a little Schwartz lives, works and teaches in

Chad Frank ’82 shares his news: “I continue to downtime this summer at our house in Springfield, Ill., and made it back for our run a small photography business in NYC and Steamboat Springs.” 30th. Randy Toltz reports that he has the tri-state area that focuses on commercial been in Costa Rica for almost three years and legal work. We mostly take photographs and her husband, and loves it. He spent many years traveling for attorneys, insurance companies, developers Betty Mills ’82 and contractors. After college, I went to work Andy, live in Golden, Colo., with their two and working all over Central America, and for my wife Dana's father at Landess-Simon, sons, Ben, 18, and Jake, 17. She shares: it took a long time to get his wife to move, Inc. He originally purchased the business in “I homeschooled my boys but have but now she is hooked as well.” 1976. The original owner, Jack Landess, started the photography firm in NYC in 1915, so in a worked myself out of a job! For his senior Susan Enfield ’83 couple years the business will be 100 years old. year, Ben attended community college shares her news: “I'm Dana works with me when she is not playing getting both high school and college on year 11 of living mom. My oldest daughter, Casey, is a junior at in beautiful Boulder, The George Washington University and will be credit, and next year will attend Denver raising my son, Jack, spending the next year in Paris, France, going University entering with sophomore status. 11, and daughter, to school. My son, Tanner, is a senior in high Next year, Jake will also be attending Layla, 9. In my work school. He is a nationally ranked fencer and he community college for his senior year. I as an editor/writer at is interested in studying paleontology in college. New Hope Natural My youngest, Juliette, is in eighth grade. She is am at a major crossroads in my life having Media, I continue interested in fashion and also does crew. Last ended my ‘teaching career’…Currently, to ride the increasingly digital media wave, year was her first year rowing.” I am working part time at a nonprofit contributing to several publications on natural business that places cars with low-income lifestyle and wellness. Life feels busy so I try to keep it simple, doing yoga and getting out families. My husband is a real estate in nature whenever I can, cooking and eating broker with RE/MAX. Like many others, we great food, and hanging out with friends and have been hit hard with the recession, but family. On Southern California family visits, I get real estate in Denver has really picked up to catch up with classmates Kyme Mitchell Chiapuzio and Amy Needham Walker. In this spring, and we are very encouraged.” June, I had the great pleasure of attending reunion. The kids and I started early at the 47 Page Nicol ’82 moved back to Mountain Campus, which I highly recommend. It must be the easiest, most affordable, most San Diego after three years in Oregon

kid-friendly outdoor vacation around (no Bulletin and is glad to be back in the Southern camping required!)—and it's a rare opportunity California sunshine. to really make connections with a multi- generational crew. On campus, it was such a pleasure to get reacquainted with the Class of Kristina Hill-McDonough ’82 is pictured here Class Agent Tim Smith ’82 is brimming ’82, especially, which had a great turnout and with her husband, Phil, and sons Jack and 2012Summer lots of fun. Mark the date for May 31–June 2, Spencer. They live in Greenwich, Conn. with news on his classmates: “Artist Matt Class of 83! Kerrigan Bennett, Juliana Frost Higginbotham reports that life in Santa and I will be in touch soon.” Eliza Mariner, left, Fe is good. His upcoming show will start and Layla Enfield Labor Day weekend and the Santa Fe and Southwest Art magazines will both be previewing. Donna McGary lives

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tan ’85 was named to the Colorado ovely Springs Gazette’s all-time Colorado Springs Gazette’s boys basketball team. Springs-area A panel of local basketball experts best basketball players chose the area’s in history during a meeting hosted by the Gazette. The committee placed “teams”— on six different players area team; all-small a first, second and third schools team; all defensive team; the team; and special awards athlete pure top shooters, passers recognizing and blockers. Lovely was named to the all-small schools team. The 5’9” player had a 44-inch vertical leap, and coach called him “the greatest Don Kardok basketball player I’ve ever coached.” inaugural class Lovely was part of FVS’s inducted into the School's Athletic Hall of Fame in 2008. at FVS, the team won During his career of its games, and Lovely 70 percent is the first and only male basketball player at FVS to have his jersey retired. In March, FVS basketball legend S In March, L Class notes Class

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Ben Brewer ’86 won a seat on the Class Agent Luke Breckenridge, Colo., town council and was Faricy ’92, his wife, Deb, and daughter, also featured in the Summit Daily News, Stella, welcomed the where he spoke about sustaining crucial newest addition to the systems in Breckenridge. He recently Faricy family, Frederick Felix Faricy. reported to the Alumni Office, “The appointment to town council has been a very rewarding part of this year. It is a four- Class Agent Doug Nathan ’95 and wife, year term, so I hope to make a meaningful Derek Vidmar Tammy, celebrated the birth of their first child, contribution and have a positive impact.” ’93, his wife, Emily, and son, August, Harrison Asher Nathan. He lives in Breckenridge and is married to celebrated the birth of Hudson McLauren Lang Fisher ’98 was recently hired Robyn Brewer who is the communications Vidmar on Feb. 10, 2012. director for The Keystone Center. Brewer as a writer for 30 Rock in New York City. “I started two weeks ago and so far, it's is a real estate broker with Slifer Smith & Irene Neuwirth ’94 was featured been awesome. Tina Fey gave me a hug Frampton Real Estate in Breckenridge. in the May 31, 2012, New York Times on my first day, so that was pretty HUGE. They have a 10-year-old son, Jacob, Article, “What I Wore—Going Her Own I hope all is well at FVS. I hope to get back and a 13-year-old dog, Finnegan. Way.” Neuwirth was recently nominated for there sometime soon.” her first Council of Fashion Designers of Dionne (King) Greif ’88 reports: America award for her outstanding jewelry Class Agent Heather Hall ’98 reports: “We are keeping busy and planning design. She lives in Los Angeles. daughter Samantha’s wedding in August. “After a brief teaching stint at the Vail Mountain School, I have finally settled Her sister, Becca, will be a senior in civil Jason Halprin ’96 reports: “After back in Fort Collins. I work at Colorado engineering at Kansas State. Wade is still attending the graduation ceremony at State University as an undergraduate with the Knights of Columbus, and I’m still Minnesota State University Moorhead this adviser and graduate education managing the books for the hospital on morning, I have wrapped up my official coordinator. I work in the department of Fort Riley.” duties as an assistant professor in the biomedical sciences with Kelley (Rees) department of cinema arts and digital Madden ’98, and I love it! I hope to Mark Sather ’88, Theresa Sheh, technologies. I'll be heading back to see you all at our FVS 15-year reunion Bob Chandler, Sue (Graves) Chicago for the summer before embarking next year.” Perkins, Lara Witter, Shawna on my new position as visiting assistant McGowan and Doug Patterson professor of art and art history at Colgate Jasmine Jones ’98 sends her news: joined Bill Kipp and his family at the University in the fall. In between, I'll be “For the past six years I have been the Bluxom Street Winery in San Francisco getting married to the lovely and talented marketing and merchandising manager for for the inaugural fundraiser benefiting the Catherine Rigod in Saratoga, Calif. So, you William Marble Kipp II Foundation (WMK2). D&L Farm and Home, a company based know, not much going on.” 49 The foundation was created to advance in Aubrey, Texas, with five retail feed stores lung cancer research and treatment. The in North Texas. Two years ago, I went Amanda Compton ’98 lives in Juneau, Bulletin back to school to pursue my M.B.A. at event helped raise more than $70,000. Alaska, and is the staff writer for the the University of Texas. I try to travel as Kipp says to thank the FVS community Capital City Weekly. She works part time much as I can, which isn't much between very much for the positive thoughts as an environmental scientist, produces and prayers. school and work. In April, I rode a mule to human interest pieces and conducts 2012Summer the bottom of the Grand Canyon and back interviews for Juneau's local NPR member with my mother and stepfather. Then, I radio station. Much of her time is devoted met up with my father and spent a couple 90s to hosting/organizing Mudrooms, a live of days on the western end of the canyon Jay Peterson ’91 and his wife, storytelling event in the vein of The Moth, on the Hualapai Indian Reservation Alice, celebrated the birth of their new which she founded in November 2011. where he grew up. Both parts of the trip daughter, Francis (Franky) Peterson, born were amazing!” April 12, 2012. ’98 sends chauer S oung Y hiloh this update: “After graduating from “After graduating from this update: I in Moorhead, Minn., College Concordia my native state of Colorado. returned to sat on the degree My secondary teaching to leave was ready shelf for a year until I gig. waitress (and comfortable) my secure the middle school I substitute taught at called back to the level and was being often. They had an same middle school education teacher. opening for a special In order for eight years. I have been there to return to school to to take the job, I had in special education. get my endorsement I took a few additional courses and earned My job is incredibly my master's degree. and fun. Within the first few rewarding months of my return to Colorado, I met my have taken many husband, Kenneth. We trips to Montana, his native state, to visit Beautiful country way up with his family. married in 2007 and in were north! We Virginia January 2011 we welcomed Lydia Ann Schauer into the world. All other to no words are that there know parents and how they are how great truly express is. She loves to sing cool being a parent hoping that one day are and dance. We she will grace the FVS stage. Sending well wishes to all.” S

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great news about FVS! ’98 arren ER ) W ilson F W RE Family! illsbury (P works for Phoenix ’98 works for o tockdale J S the family our latest admission magazine, This Is FVS, and our DVD. Word of mouth the family our latest admission magazine, This Is FVS, and our DVD. Word marketing is the most powerful outreach of all, and we appreciate you spreading the eade Call the Admission Office at 719.391.5251 or e-mail [email protected], and we'll send M Do you know a family with a student for whom Fountain Valley School would be a good fit? School Do you know a family with a student for whom Fountain Valley obbie ierra iz sends news: “After graduating from sends news: “After graduating from college, I became a wildland firefighter, living and working on the north rim of the Grand Canyon. In 2006, I married Tim Wilson who is also a firefighter. years later I gave up my beloved job Two now live in Prescott, We to start a family. Ariz., and I spend my winters as a stay-at- son, Wyatt. home mom to my 3-year-old Wyatt and I live and During the summer, lookout tower work in a 14' x 14' fire southeast of Sedona. Life is great!” Multisport in Denver, a nonprofit that helps that helps a nonprofit in Denver, Multisport and alcohol drug from people recovering She is into an active lifestyle. abuse get instructor, training a cycling and strength it,” she “I love and manager. coordinator training for both “I am currently reports. [bicycle race]. Bypass days of the Triple 15, 240 miles with Eek!! It's July 14 and a ton of elevation gain.” B family and I moved sends this news: “My finish my internshipto Oklahoma so I could prison. I'm going to at a maximum security graduate with my doctorate in psychology with an emphasis on neuropsychology. is 5 and I just love him Slater, My little boy, to death.” S L , ’98 is ’98 is a senior guide adden ) M reports: "Despite still ’98 reports: aktima ees M (R arsh M orman elley lex living in my parents' basement in Frisco, living in my parents' managed to procure Colo., I recently some sort of employment as an associate attorney with the law offices of David A. LLC (also in Frisco), specializing Helmer, bio-med law and other civil in health law, litigation. I am also in charge of making to my law June, I proposed In coffee. school sweetheart who was brave enough Boston back into my to follow me from animalistic, ski bum lifestyle after last technically, bar exam. Well, summer’s I taped a note to the dog's collar and had the dog do it, but she said ‘yes’ met in a course taught nonetheless. We by Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court John Roberts after I had hit on her plan to wed at mid-mountain at friend. We Chief Justice Arapahoe Basin next March. over Roberts is not expected to preside the ceremony." K Collins with her husband, living in Fort working son, Emerson. While Ross, and Colorado State University full time at a child birth she is studying to become Childbirth Range educator for the Front Education Association. N in Santa Fe, N.M., for High Desert Angler a member of Fly and is competing as USA. “I competed in Italy for Fishing Team Fly Fishing Championship the 2011 World “This past reports. and placed 12th,” he Fly June, I competed in the 2012 World Fishing Championships in Slovenia and placed sixth, which earns me a spot on the team to go to Norway for next year’s Fishing Championships! Plus Fly World I have been hosting an annual regional qualifier in New Mexico. I have also been intended to develop aiding in programs education Pueblo youth in environmental choices.” and career A Class notes Class

50 Fountain Valley School of Colorado Student Council Creates New Community Code Led by President Hannah Every member of the Fountain Valley School community aims to develop and Carrese ’12 and Vice President Ryan demonstrate excellent character: the traits and core values that come to shape our Harrison ’12, the community council daily actions. Our character growth is a choice directly related to the decisions we drafted the School’s first community make every day and is supported by the mutual respect evident in the community. code. It emphasizes personal We recognize Moral Character, Attitude and Performance Character as the hallmarks responsibility and will serve to guide of life at FVS and the daily reflection of our core values: and strengthen the Fountain Valley School of Colorado community, both Moral Character students and adults. It was ratified on To be honest and respectful as we follow April 4, 2012. the code of conduct exemplified in the FVS Mission Statement Attitude To engage in school life and its improvement Performance Character To strive for personal excellence as citizens of the community Any person who knows of violations of the Community Code or major school rules is honor bound to respond. The strength and success of our community is dependent on our desire to MAP our future as students, faculty and staff at the school. got app? Check out the new FREE FVS alumni app for iPhones and Androids!

How to: 51 Visit the app store on your iPhone or Android and search for “Fountain Valley School.” Bulletin You will need to follow the directions for your FVS website username and password in order to access special features and secure data. If you need help getting that information, e-mail Laura Fawcett at [email protected]. umr 2012Summer

Cool features: Alumni directory • Nearby mapping of alumni • Class notes • FVS news • Reunion updates Calendar of alumni events • Athletics news reports: “I ’05 reports: wrote an article for an ’05 wrote oore M anning F olin rittney currently work at Atlas Preparatory School, work at Atlas Preparatory currently a public charter school in Colorado of admission, I Springs. As the director the message about Atlas work to spread community among low-income in the Prep and at-risk families. Much like FVS, Atlas students both focuses on preparing academically and personally to succeed in life and pursue a college education. Though I never saw myself working in education, I can truly say I am incredibly passionate about the work that Atlas is doing in a community with so much need. When I see students develop a in learning,genuine curiosity and interest of my path it is inspiring and reminiscent to college as a first-generation college without the generosity student. Personally, C design blog, “Point Magazine’s Metropolis about the winning entry in the of View,” 2011 Living Cities Design Competition. B 00s and climbing In early June, Jes Meiris ’00 Quinn Brett, embarked on a trip to partner, climbed the great where the two Valley Yosemite face of El Capitan. Their ultimate goal was to climb The Nose, the most classic and popular route, in 10 hours. The two completed the climb in 10 hours and 19 minutes and set the new female world record for speed on the climb. Prior to the climb, Meiris and Brett partnered with SOS Outreach International, a nonprofit Colo., that empowers youth based in Avon, through outdoor education and adventure. ’99 eballos C ’98 works as an has a book ’98 has a book arren onceria homas W T R atalia amille atham N am living in Phoenix, Ariz., and “I shares: for the am development director currently Grand Canyon Council, Boy Scouts of America. In a few weeks, I will be joining the Class of 1999 other FVS’ers from three trip, this time in for our annual reunion California! to it and I am looking forward always sending the best to the whole FVS family.” environmental geologist for a Denver- geologist for a environmental She lives in based consulting company. Buena Vista, Colo., and has been active in racing community. the burro coming out in November titled Mama in November titled coming out Fabulous Guide to Your Glow: A Hip is the Thomas Pregnancy. Abundant lifestyle a holistic founder of Mama Glow, creative their hub for women to explore company wellbeing. The edge through on a lifestyle support for women offers and optimal health, balance path toward living. abundance, and green C L Morgan Bowman ’99 and his wife, Mieko, with their marriage certificate from city hall in They are where they got married. Las Vegas now planning their ceremony that will take place in Hawaii. , and I is currently on ’98 is currently ’98 sends this news: cott S chnell S ourtney anni a year-long journey the world around a year-long and maintaining a blog of her travels: cocoscott.wordpress.com N “My boyfriend and I moved to Stockholm, Sweden, in January this year working at the pediatric am currently at the university hospital. emergency ward It's sometimes tough, but I love working with the kids…plus, Stockholm's beauty of more with an archipelago and nature than 20,000 islands just out of town are I don't miss Berlin. Can amazing. So far, only encourage everyone to visit Sweden (pack a warm sweater)!” C Autumn Stanford ’98 is the owner of the Co., a restaurant in the new Brooklyn Kolache The neighborhood of Bedford-Stuyvesant. its kolache, sweet and restaurant is known for are going well,” “Things savorypastries. Czech she says. “I'm super busy with my two year The shop has old, Stella, and the bakeshop. only been open for three months, but so far it's going great.” Class notes Class

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and support of FVS, I know I would not Neel Vahil ’07 graduated from basic be where I am today. Now, I am in a combat training officer candidate school unique position to offer an extraordinary and was commissioned as a second educational experience to similar students lieutenant in the field artillery. Vahil will and families at Atlas, and I could not be be going through artillery officer training happier.” Claire McGregor ’06 is before being assigned command of teaching English language classes to a platoon. university students in Taigu, China. She travels frequently and has plans this The Colorado Springs Conservatory summer to go to Yunnan, Italy, Cambodia "Fiddler on the Roof" opened in June and Qingdao. She just returned from Tibet, and Katie Medved ’08 was production Beijing, Hong Kong and Indonesia. stage manager. She graduated from Fordham University this past spring and Missy Hartley ’07 sends her news: plans on returning to New York in the fall “I’m just finishing up my first year as a to pursue an acting career. lab tech at the University of Utah. We're studying the co-evolution of viral and Emily Needell ’08 shares: “I graduated Hannah Duff ’06 and Stephanie Gardner ’06 host proteins. It's been really interesting a semester early from Johns Hopkins former FVS cast-mates and classmates, are and has kept me busy while I started the University with two majors, one in film and now condo-mates on Seattle's Lake Union in an application process for medical school. I'm media studies, and the other in Spanish, apartment that they completely remodeled over the summer. At their Halloween housewarming, still racing bikes, and am still in the top 10 along with a minor in environmental Gardner reprised her favorite FVS role as in the country.” science. I moved to Los Angeles and Elizabeth in "Young Frankenstein," while Duff am currently residing in Hollywood (five dressed as Huck Finn, whom she first encountered in Sheila Griffith's American minutes from the hike to the Hollywood Clare Ormesher Lambert ’07 Literature class. Stephanie Leeper ’07 shares, “Kyle and I are moving to Texas sign). I am a student in the Groundlings attended the party. In December, Gardner next month. There I'll be starting my active acting school, whose alumni include coordinated the Seattle premiere of her father duty commitment to the Air Force and Kristen Wiig, Will Ferrell, Conan O'Brien Dave Gardner's documentary "Growthbusters: Hooked on Growth," a film with Colorado will be studying as an intelligence officer. and Chris Parnell. I interned for Hollywood Springs roots. Duff continues her theatrical We're excited for the next adventure.” producer Lawrence Bender (Reservoir involvement, recently performing a French- Dogs, Pulp Fiction, Inglorious Basterds language scene from La Cantatrice Chauve, which former French faculty Eamon Essex Breezie Mitchell ’07 reports: “I and An Inconvenient Truth) until switching attended, and volunteering at Myra Platt ’80’s just finished my first year as a public to working as an associate producer Book-It Repertory Theatre. health volunteer for Peace Corps in at Yahoo! Studios for two original web Kenya. I have been teaching nutrition, series. I also joined with some friends to water sanitation, HIV/AIDS prevention create the online sketch comedy group 53 and life skills to students in primary and Grandma's Gang, and we'll be uploading secondary schools. I've also started a our short films and sketches to YouTube Bulletin reusable sanitary pad project to generate this month!” income for women in my community. I'll be finished with my service in August of 2013

and plan on applying to dietetic internships 2012Summer once I'm back in the States.”

Hannah Radner ’08 returned to Colorado Springs this winter to support her brother, Isaac ’12, during the FVS Boy's Climbing team's first place finish at the 2012 State Championships. As an intern at El Pomar Foundation and volunteer for the Pikes Peak Firefighters Association, As an intern at El Pomar Foundation and volunteer for the Pikes Peak Firefighters Association, ’11, right, was given the opportunity to meet President Obama during his visit to the Davis Tutt Canyon fire site. Waldo , was invited to Sage East for a special Korean dinner prepared by , was invited to Sage East for a special Korean Sim ’11 Guest of honor Youngbo dorm! his friends. Delicious smells wafted through the ’11 started in all 14 writes: “After the ’10 writes: “After , my mother and ’11, my mother was recently ’11 was recently spent his spring break ’11 spent his spring break ntyre I annon c eedell chiff M randison S N ear, C ear, G avid yan aylee dam in New Orleans volunteering for Habitat Humanity with many of his classmates Middlebury College. from featured in the Bowdoin Daily Sun as a featured to teach a four- first-year student hired class at Bowdoin’s week pot throwing While Needell has taught Craft Center. informally to friends, this pot throwing has been his first time teaching. His displayed vases, goblets and pots are In the on the shelves of the Craft Center. not be his article, he says art will probably planning to double major in vocation; he’s math and physics and minor in music or computer science. A games for the University of Puget Sound's games for the University of Puget Sound's team. As a defender, women's lacrosse balls led the team in ground McIntyre a goal. The Loggers (34) and also scored finished 3-11 overall. D 10s C New Y we I took a trip out to California where show The tickets for the game received of the long process Price is Right. During photos, getting doing paperwork, taking to actually get into interviewed and waiting got the show started. the studio, we finally selected to be a Long story short, I was won a car! contestant.” Grandison B Class notes Class

54 Fountain Valley School of Colorado Class Notes

The Journey to Manjushree by Stephanie Carter ’85

Stephanie Carter ’85 with Manjushree orphans. Carter with Lama Thupten Phunstok who founded the orphanage Tawang is a land where time stands still. Located in a very We visited a local monastery near the orphanage that is home remote region of India and accessed only by car after an to 300 monks of varying ages. The custom in this area is to arduous 24-hour drive, it remains unknown to much of the send the second son to the monastery when he reaches 5 world. The town is nestled at the foot of the Himalayas in years of age, so there are a lot of young boys living in the northeastern India, 16 kilometers from the China border. It is a monastery. The families in this region do not have the money Tibetan enclave in the restricted region of Arunachal Pradesh to take care of their children, and this is one way to ensure that and situated in India but remains Tibetan in all ways. It is there they have fewer mouths to feed. The children are clothed and that I journeyed to work in the Manjushree Orphanage. fed and educated in the monastery, and this is often a better life for them than what they would have if they remained with Manjushree was the vision of one young Buddhist monk their families. The sacrifice is made for the good of the child in named Lama Thupten Phuntsok. He built the orphanage in this case, but it is not without its repercussions. 1998 with money he raised from the local villagers. When he opened Manjushree, he had 17 children, and today there are The medical treatment we administered was usually of a most more than 200. The orphanage sits at 10,000 feet elevation on basic type, but we saw a lot of very sick people. It seemed a hill with a commanding view of the snow-capped mountains that most everyone needed to be treated with some type of in the distance and the small towns and valleys below. antibiotics as there were a lot of upper respiratory infections, 55 coughs, bronchitis, ear infections, eye infections and impetigo. There are approximately 40,000 Monpa people who live in the I found this work to be incredibly humbling as the end result of Bulletin region in and around Tawang, and they have no sustainable this medical care is ensuring the sustainability of this population health care, clinics or regular medical support. The most basic of people. More than just providing medical care, there is the needs of clean, potable water, basic hygiene and health support realization that by helping the Monpa people, their customs simply do not exist in this region. What we so often take for and culture will continue to exist and thrive in this area. They 2012Summer granted in our own country is glaringly absent in Tawang. are lucky that they have the support of the Indian government In the 17 days that I spent at the orphanage, we provided and that they are allowed to continue the teachings, customs medical care to more than 600 men, women and children and language of their homeland. in this region. It was often the most basic medical care but Learn more about Manjushree and the AD World Health project something that these people do not have access to in their at www.amritdaavaworld.org. daily lives.

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Allanwater Bridge at the southernAllanwater end of Park. She will spend Provincial Wabikimi whitewater and the summer paddling caribou, lakes, hopefully encountering is a Keewaydin moose eagles, etc. It is heading Sarah summer for the family. helping staff up our outfitting center, trips of up to seven organize their food for and logistics. In weeks, lots of details back to Middlebury August, we will head season. Nathalie for the start of soccer High School is playing on the Middlebury team (I am the coach of the JV team, no coaches in Middlebury) need for hurdling and Amelia is playing on the eighth-grade to the looking forward team. Both are season. Amelia skis for our ski Nordic club team and Nathalie is a member of the state championship high school team. Both Sarah and I coach on the than 100 club team and love it. More kids age 7-13 ski every Saturday with us. Sarah is working at the local elementary school in a first and second but now that she has grade classroom her state teaching license, reinstated hopes to get back in the French in the next year or two.” classroom Nominate an athlete online athlete an Nominate Fa

ack ruce ll of and current director of director and current all for Nominations! has been named chair of has been C Athletic Athletic Ha Note: All previous nominations are kept on file to be considered each year. reeden ngersoll I Former FVS headmaster Dr. J headmaster Dr. Former FVS C Camp sends in: Keewaydin Temagami “As I write this, [daughter] Nathalie is in Labrador paddling a wood and canvas canoe up the Pekans River which will of nine to the take her and her group Caniapiscou River and then to the Howell River to Menihek Lake. Six weeks in all, a journey of a lifetime. I suspect the only people she will see will be the bush pilot [Daughter] re-supply. who flies in the Amelia is in western Ontario after taking a 24-hour train ride and getting out at the the National Association of Independent the National Association term at of trustees. His Schools board run through 2 and will NAIS began March is currently 1, 2015. Creeden March the only Abroad, of School Year president gives which secondary-level program to live with a students the opportunity an academic or Asian family for European and year while earning graduation credits and for selective U.S. colleges preparing by was founded in 1964 universities. SYA Mass. Phillips Academy in Andover, Former dean of faculty B

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ose was ’69 is also avid hail P angmaid c is board ’87 is board L lliott M E im tten udi a uck P and FVS students on their an ’03. She was working on her elles eynolds and offers place-based education in and offers science for natural and environmental adults. Delles is now an and children Mountains, which educator at Walking Colo. is located in Avon, Delles then told McPhail that in two weeks she would be accompanying English Department Chair D R hut-to-hut Interim trip. D Further, Mountains Science at Walking treasurer Center and B a trustee there. McPhail says, “I thought the layers story; Fountain Valley told a great generations of FVS people dedicated in a common belief and doing good work, important work, and all still connected to Fountain Valley.” D master’s degree at Colorado State degree master’s completing her practicum University, Mountains Science with Walking formerly named The center, Center. Natural Science School, Range Gore was founded by K Last winter, former Director of former Director Last winter, Advancement J Division Hut skiing to a 10th Mountain in Colorado back country. out from appeared young people “Two experiencing. we were the blizzard the hut previewing They said they were of group bringing a because they were students the following week.” connections Myriad Fountain Valley began to unfold. Ready? One of the young people was R FVS Convergence in a Back FVS Convergence Country Blizzard Former Faculty Former Class notes Class

56 Fountain Valley School of Colorado gcLi Leadership Lab’s Influence Proliferates For six days every June, K-12 teachers Fish says, “Graduates are taking on big and administrators from across North initiatives, and if they stumble, they have a America come to Fountain Valley School diverse group of educators across the nation for the Gardner Carney Leadership to help them.” Institute Lab to learn how to develop Secondly, two alumni were brought back the leadership competencies of to the conference as gcLi scholars. “They their students. are doing fabulous, inspiring work at their The keynote speaker, Pearl Kane, is the schools, and they became mentors to the Klingenstein Family Chair Professor of attendees,” Fish says. “It deepened the Education in the Department of Organization and Leadership understanding and the experience.” at Teachers College, Columbia University. She has been director The two scholars were Chris Howes, dean of students at Severn of the Klingenstein Center for Independent School Leadership School in Maryland and Caroline Blatti, mentioned above. since 1978. In addition, three other alumni who are also doing exceptional “Over the last 30 years, Pearl has done more than anyone to build work were Skyped in for a webcast and question-and-answer innovative 21st century leadership in independent schools,” says session. gcLi Executive Director Ted Fish. “She was on gcLi’s founding advisory board, so this was an iconic moment for us.” “Bringing scholars and graduates into the mix and opening up discussion to other voices of expertise had a palpable effect on This year’s gcLi Leadership Lab hit the 400-graduate mark, and attendees,” Fish says. “They understand how wide open the the reach of the leadership pedagogy is proving to be exponential possibilities are for themselves, that they can go back to their in developing the desire, will and capacity of students to lead. schools and effect real changes.” One such example is the Hutchinson School, a K-12 all-girls This fall, gcLi is launching Leadership Edge where pioneers and independent school in Memphis. GcLi graduate Caroline teachers in the field will tell their stories on film, which will be Blatti created and directs the Hutchinson Leads program that made available to the gcLi network. Already confirmed are Tom incorporates leadership across the school’s curriculum. In McMillen, NBA star and U.S. congressman; John Hunter, who addition, Hutchinson reaches out to students in all Memphis- developed the World Peace Game and was named as one of area schools with leadership summits four times a year. 12 education activists by Time Magazine; and Dr. Amy Lehman, At this year’s Leadership Lab, three new developments enhanced who created a floating health care clinic on Lake Tanganyika that the learning experience. serves three million Africans. The gcLi Extension Program now holds monthly meetings via Each year, one Fountain Valley faculty member has the privilege phone or virtual conference for all attendees where they are able of attending the Leadership Lab. This year, it was Athletic Director to present their challenges to the group and receive feedback Jen Joseph who called it life changing and says, “It affirms the 57 and solutions. importance of what I do every day and why I chose to be in education. I’m extremely grateful.” Bulletin umr 2012Summer

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’46 oon T ong J an Sept. 22, 2011. He was 82. DeJong was born in the Dutch East Indies, II but during World J de his family moved to Colorado Springs. At FVS, he excelled in music, beginning what as a concert pianist would be a stellar career and conductor. “Perhaps it was because the handicap of a with strange language limited his relations sought the his fellow students that Toon universal language of music as a means of himself, and began the study of expressing piano,” stated the 1946 yearbook. “Whatever it was a fortunate choice for he is the reason a distinctly talented musician and is already not only an accomplished pianist but the works.” composer of several promising of the Glee Club and He was president in many Gilbert & Sullivan musicals, appeared most notably starring as Sir Joseph Porter He also played tennis in “H.M.S. Pinafore.” and soccer. After graduation, he served in World War II, War in World After graduation, he served a lifelong interest during which he acquired languages and in Middle Eastern cultures, he earned bachelor’s, After the war, history. Harvard. from degrees and doctoral master’s began at Adelphi His teaching career but in 1955 he accepted a University, of North Carolina position at the University He remained of anthropology. as a professor 1986. in his retirement until there by his first wife, He was predeceased Griffith Eaton, and survived by Margaret two sons and a daughter. second wife, Betty, died

’42 ohn . J ulick r Jan. 16, 2012, in Raleigh, N.C. He was 87. up in Gulick grew Massachusetts and D G projects. In the mid ’80s, his interests In the mid ’80s, his interests projects. of a furniture led him to acquisition Ashburnham,manufacturing plant in into Eustis Chair, Mass., which evolved Fred. now operated by his son, Scraggy Neck, Cape Summer found him on he sailed, played tennis and Cod, where That garden golf, and tended his garden. Neck Forest expanded into the Scraggy after convincing his which he spearheaded and the other half-owner, the large family, was state of Massachusetts that a forest use of the responsible and a progressive of Scraggy Neck. interior 80 acres by his wife, Mary He was predeceased and survived by four Armstrong, Howard and eight grandchildren. children entered Fountain Valley in 1940 as a fifth in 1940 Fountain Valley entered bio says, “John is a His yearbook former. thought and much from quiet lad, suffering hearts is females. If an anthology of broken will be the most heart- ever written, John’s the yearbook stated, Later, chapter.” rending “He has been a quiet inspiration to us all. As the trials of the years ahead begin to grey our temples and deplete our ranks, we shall all look back o’er the years and think, ‘What a man.’” in “The Devil Gulick played Daniel Webster and also had a leading and Daniel Webster” He was on the honor in “The Sorcerer.” role of the magazine, yearbook and the staffs roll and FVS news. , 91, E. ’38 illiam ustis W E died Oct. 17, 2011. Elspeth His daughter, said her Eustis Taylor, father always spoke fondly of Fountain In Memoriam Valley School, which he only attended for School, which he Valley quite Nevertheless, he was his senior year. himself in ice hockey, active, distinguishing as a baseball pitcher and as the School’s photography Tennis, chief high jumper. The his main recreations. and sailing were yearbook says, “He is noted for his odd coming as they do at the most remarks, unexpected moments.” He studied science and history at Harvard, II, he worked as a War and during World D.C. civilian for the Navy in Washington, with his wife and He moved to Vermont he worked in a copper where daughter, attempting to mine as a chemical engineer, material. The find a use for the discarded mine closed after several years, and with the couple moved back children more three to Cambridge. In the 1950s, he was one of the founding Club. members of the Cambridge Tennis In his years in Cambridge, after working as Engineering a consultant for the Dresser he began a series of independent Company, enterprises that included Sports Shops of the Stars, two ice skating rinks, and a patented, technique of making snow for revolutionary that is still in use today. ski areas recreational Always an idea man first and a businessman second, the development of the snowmaking machine was followed by exploration of airports. He methods to disperse fog from then turned issues including to environmental sustainable logging practices, efficient wood management and other forest processing

58 Fountain Valley School of Colorado In memoriam

On his character, the yearbook notes, year career at the Baldwin Piano and Organ with Clark Dodge. He was the manager of “Certainly one of his most noteworthy Co., serving as chairman and CEO before the Carmel office of Clark Dodge (Kidder achievements during his six years here is retiring in 1996. Peabody) until his retirement in 1990. that he has trod less on the toes of others He loved the outdoors and his 60 acres of He was an avid golfer and actively involved in than anyone else in the form. That is truly an land, and he counted bird hunting, fishing, the formation of the Hospice Golf Scramble, admirable attribute and one that will stand horseback riding and tennis among his an annual fundraising tournament benefiting him in good stead wherever he goes.” pastimes. He served on many boards, and Hospice of the Central Coast. He was a His family returned to Holland after he his most cherished institutions were Kenyon also a passionate supporter of Stanford graduated, and he attended Amsterdam College, Cincinnati Nature Center and St. sports, and he and Margi attended nearly Conservatory. He then studied music and Thomas Episcopal Church. every home and away football game for five philosophy at Colgate University, and later decades. He is survived by his wife, Anne Woods taught philosophy there. After graduate Harrison, two sons and a daughter. He is survived by Margi, three daughters and school at the University of Minnesota and two two sons. years in the Army, he became conductor of the Monterey and San Leandro Symphonies. Jim “Stevie” He also worked in publishing and later served Stephenson ’49 Daniel Benson ’54 as the executive director of the East Bay passed away at the died Dec. 28, 2011, Community Foundation before becoming age of 80 in Carmel, in Lubbock, Texas. He director of planned giving at Mills College. Calif. was 75. DeJong is preceded in death by his wife, He had a lifelong “Tex” Benson was at Kathleen, and stepson. He is survived by passion for sports, FVS for only his senior his son, David, and four siblings. His brother fostered at FVS where he played football, year, but he made Robert was a 1954 FVS graduate. basketball and baseball. He played second the most of it by participating in riflery and to the late Robert Harrison’s shortstop, and work crew, Glee Club, yearbook, the Viking, he was the team’s senior-year captain. He and on the stage. Classmates said he had Robert S. “Dick” also reached the finals of the Headmaster’s “amazing good humor and a rapier-like wit.” Harrison ’49 Cup Tennis Tournament. His yearbook bio died May 26, 2012, in He earned his bachelor’s degree and law is mostly about sports, beginning with “The Anderson Township, degree from the University of Texas and later Class of ’49’s athletic’s statistician arrived in Ohio. He was 80. followed with a master’s degree from Texas the fourth form in the disguise of a walking Tech. He was admitted to practice in the Harrison came to Encyclopedia of Sports, and it didn’t take District of Columbia and the state of Texas, 59 FVS from Cincinnati Steve long to prove that he was also an and he was the author of numerous legal as a fourth former. The yearbook says that outstanding competitor…” Stephenson was treatises and law review articles. Bulletin when he arrived he was “destined from the the sports editor of the FVS news and editor- beginning to become a backbone of the in-chief of the yearbook. Benson was commissioned as a first class.” He played football and basketball lieutenant in the Army JAG Corps during the He participated in baseball and golf while but saw most of his athletic success on the Vietnam era. He achieved the rank of major

at Stanford, where he earned his bachelor’s 2012Summer baseball field as a hot-hitting shortstop. He and the position of military judge. degree and MBA. That’s also where he met was also in the Glee Club and took part in his wife, Margaret Avery. After moving back to Lubbock in 1970, he both “The Sorcerer” and “The Mikado.” was in private practice for three years, then He started his 32-year career in finance After FVS, he graduated from Kenyon joined the Texas Tech Law School faculty at Irving Lundborg in Palo Alto, a position College and received a master’s degree from in 1973 for what would be a distinguished he held until 1970 when that firm merged Cornell University. He then went on to a 41- 38-year teaching career. Following his official , 86, died Aug. 7, insmore D eorge Faculty G 2011, in Pennsylvania. taught math and science at FVS Dinsmore he served for two years. After Fountain Valley, on the faculty of Lehigh University for 35 years. He is survived by his wife of 61 years, daughters. three a son and Elinor, After graduating from FVS, he received an FVS, he received After graduating from the University of from degree architecture in Idaho architects Idaho. He worked for for the chief architect Falls, Idaho, became in Boise, Federal Housing Administration Seattle office HUD’s and went to work for after 31 years of federal in 1984. He retired avid outdoorsman service, and he was an and artist. by his wife of 49 Neuswanger is survived and two daughters. years, Sharon,

’59 illis died March died March W ’60 ixby of Wichita, Kan., died April 3, 2012. He was 70. Willis spent four years at FVS, participating in pup J. B euswanger E. N arl football and baseball, wrestling, tennis and football and baseball, wrestling, business a Sage Hall proctor, He was soccer. manager for the Dane, and a member of the Club. Varsity After graduation, he was an attorney and He is survived by two nephews. rancher. 2, 2012, in Washington. He was 70. 2, 2012, in Washington. The 1960 yearbook stated, “Carl would be working either on a model or a camera or his well he’d be doing something that work or, He was on the yearbook staff, was different.” played fullback on the varsity soccer team, squad. and was part of the wrestling C Douglas School Board, Wyoming Pharmacy Douglas School Board, Wyoming and Stockgrowers Wyoming Board, (past president). Association Veterinarian was part of the gymkhana At FVS, Cross serving as foreman team and work crew, yearbook said The as a senior. of the crew working” “meticulous and hard was Cross a job halfway.” and that he “never does students in the He was one of the top highest honor, school, sharing the School’s with Robert Award, The Fountain Valley earned He also membership into Guenther. the Cum Laude Society and was given the Public Speaking Award. Wood He and his wife, Michele, had two daughters, Thea and Shannon. He is survived by all three.

died ’57 died April obert . R ’56 ross r June 2, 2012, in Douglas, Wyo. He was 73. was a longtime Cross veterinarian in D C ttison a P. P P. dward 28, 2011. Pattison spent three years at 28, 2011. Pattison spent three Fountain Valley. Wyoming, having received a bachelor’s a bachelor’s Wyoming, having received in chemistry and his doctor of degree Colorado State veterinary medicine from After college, he began ranching University. Ranch and practicing at the Tomahawk the ranch. He veterinary medicine from moved the practice into Douglas in 1981 in 1997. and retired He was a member of the Saint James and Sigma Alpha Epsilon. Catholic Church was also a past member of the Cross E retirement in 2004, Benson continued to in 2004, Benson continued to retirement an adjunct professor as Tech work at Texas work right day’s of law and put in an honest earth. up to his last hours on of fairnessA staunch champion equality, and the 1970s throughout he dedicated himself to law professor and 80s while still a full-time for the rights of racial litigating in federal court at a time when leading minorities in Lubbock was not popular. the fight for such causes He was known among his friends, associates and opponents alike for always standing for what he believed was right and for helping the beyond help or hadn’t those who were services. legal money to afford He is survived by his wife of 51 years, Patricia grandchildren. Benson, one son and three in memoriam in

60 Fountain Valley School of Colorado The beautiful 1,100- acre campus and small classrooms appeared to offer the kind of personal, positive, learning environment we wanted for our girls.

Trustee Ian Griffis lives in Larkspur, Colo., and is co-founder and co-director of Griffis Group of Companies. He and his wife, Susan, are parents of two Fountain Valley School students, Haley ’13 and Georgia ’14. Why I Give By Ian Griffis

Initially, the riding program drew our family to FVS. We culture that binds these relationships and carries the were exposed to Fountain Valley through weekend school forward. The trustees have varied backgrounds horse shows and through Riding Director Ann Hanna. and sincerely want the best for the school. Many of the The beautiful 1,100-acre campus and small classrooms teachers also have a long history with FVS, and these appeared to offer the kind of personal, positive, learning individuals are treasures. environment we wanted for our girls. We also value the unique international component with 20 Our daughters have several meaningful relationships with percent of the students from other countries. This provides teachers that I am certain will last well into the future. for a global campus community and relationships with kids They have also learned to be responsible for their own with an international perspective. success and to be self-sufficient. We value an educational It costs approximately $56,000 per year to educate experience that promotes interpersonal relationships each student at FVS. Tuition is much less than that. After between teachers and students—working with teachers adjusting for scholarships, the School is heavily reliant who truly care about the welfare of the kids and are upon gifts to make this education accessible. My personal committed to maximizing the potential of each child. view is that those who are able to give back, or at least To the extent that we can help support teachers who pay their full value, have an obligation to do so. share these values and help attract more who also will, we I hope to be able to contribute to FVS’s evolving culture will remain supporters. and to inspire others to do the same. FVS is unique in Colorado in that it has an active board of trustees with a long history with the school, and a Nonprofit Org. US Postage PAID Permit 390 6155 Fountain Valley School Road Colo. Spgs, CO Colorado Springs, CO 80911 fvs.edu

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Save the date for Reunion: May 31 – June 2, 2013

A new metal-smithed sign designed by Riding Director Ann Hanna welcomes all who enter the FVS riding area. A rancher friend of the Hanna family crafted the sign that pays tribute to both Western and English riding traditions.