Spring 2013 Jo-Ann Hall Sullivan ‘68, and Valerie Daniels Carreau CONTENTS Board of Trustees Spring 2013 Samuel E

Spring 2013 Jo-Ann Hall Sullivan ‘68, and Valerie Daniels Carreau CONTENTS Board of Trustees Spring 2013 Samuel E. Bain Jr. ’64 John T. Benoit ’80 Gregory E. Boardman ’75 1 Message from Bruce E. Buxton the Headmaster Peter F. Crosby ’68 Marcia D. DeRosia ’69 3 Top of the News Robert M. Fairbanks Advancement Report Nancy Usher Goodrich 10 Susan O’Neil Grayson ’67 12 New Faculty & Staff Lee P. Hackett ’57, President John S. Hall ’66 14 Alumni Events James H. Impey ’64 Alex P.M. Ko 18 “A Very Fine House”: Bernier L. Mayo ’56 Brantview Dorm Garth B. Moulton ’88 Kimberly A. Silloway ’82 26 Class News Ronald W. Steen Marriages Dale R. Wells ’64T 35 Jay O. Wright ’87 38 Births Edward R. Zuccaro Trustees Emeriti 43 In Memoriam Ernest A. Begin ’63 46 Alumni Speaker Series Gordon V. DeWitt ’56 John M. Farmer 48 History: Colby Hall Bell Tower Robert C. Fuehrer John P. Garey ’57 Kenneth F. Hammer ’85H William A. Julian ’45 Russell A. Reed ’34 Jean McGregor Rogers ’56 Roderic B. Vitty ’51

Published by St. Johnsbury Academy, The Brantview Parlor Volume LV Number 1, Spring 2013 Florian Rexhepi ’03 Editor: Joe Healy Art Director/Designer: Diego Melendez Advancement Office In October, the Academy won The Game versus Lyndon Institute 20-6 Director of Development on Fairbanks Field; in November, the historic matchup between the and Alumni Relations Academy and LI was a finalist in the voting for the national USA Today Tammi Sullivan Cady ’88 [email protected] (802) 751-2010 best-high-school-football-rivalry contest; in February, student Dage Associate Director of Alumni Relations Minors completed a three-event sweep at the Vermont indoor-track Alan Ruggles ’84 championships, and anchored a victory in the 400m relays, an amazing [email protected] (802) 748-7725 accomplishment; in March, the Academy played in the State Championship Prospect Research and Development Assistant basketball final. What a year…and as you read this, spring athletics are just Gail Rossier ’73 getting underway! [email protected] (802) 748-7797 Development and Alumni Assistant Bonnie Jenks The Hilltopper is published in the autumn, winter, and spring by the Address changes and e-mail addresses can be sent by mail to Alumni [email protected] (802) 751-2011 Office of Alumni and Development, St. Johnsbury Academy, Office, St. Johnsbury Academy, PO Box906 , St. Johnsbury, VT 05819, by PO Box 906, St. Johnsbury, VT 05819. e-mail to [email protected] or by phone at (802) 751-2011. Associate Headmaster Advancement and Admission Address Changes and E-mail Updates: Make sure you don’t miss Pictures courtesy of Alumni and Development Office, the next issue of The Hilltopper or SJA’s online monthly newsletter. The Caledonian-Record, Merle Haskins, Diego Melendez, Jenks Studio, Jack Cummings Keep your records up-to-date by sending the following informa- Joe Healy, Craig Harrison, and Alan Ruggles. [email protected] (802) 751-2131 tion: your name, your class year, spouse’s name and class year, new Printed at Queen City Printers, Inc., Burlington, Vermont. Acting Director address, city, state, zip code, telephone number, and e-mail address to the SJA Alumni Office. Marketing and Communications Cover image: A Brantview Morning: (L-R) Tristen Ross ’15, Phuc “Patrick” Nguyen ’13, Drew Hovey ’13, Alan Kanybek ’14, Quinn Fogarty ’13 John Suitor [email protected] (802) 751-2366 Message from

Thomas Lovett

will never forget the first day I saw Brantview. It was a warm morning in early May 1984, and my wife Ann and I had packed up one-year- old John and two-week-old MaryI for the four-hour trek from Providence to St. Johnsbury for a job interview. At the time, there was a large parking lot in front of the gym and the Field House had not been built yet. Needless to say, Brantview dominated that landscape.

The long drive lined by pines and the impeccably kept green ended at a mansion with a beautiful garden in front. Immediately, I knew I was at a school that valued tradition, beauty, and stewardship. This building, Brantview, was proof that the school took its culture and history seriously. As I learned more about the school and especially Brantview over the next months and years, eventually moving into an apartment there in August of 1984, I became even more impressed with the story of Brantview. The philanthropy of the Fairbanks family that bestowed such a gift to the school; the European artistry and fine woodworking that created the Great Hall, the parlors, and the hand-painted leather ceiling in the former Dining Room; the elegant towers and balconies that gave the building its chateau-like character—all of these bespoke a generosity of heart, an aesthetic spirit, and a cosmopolitan perspective that have become keystones of my Academy experience. Having lived in the apartment for three years and now nearing my 13th year as Headmaster and my 29th at the Academy, I look back on those years as both very rewarding and challenging. Living with 36 boys in an historic landmark and local treasure was a great responsibility. Living in a house with the history of the founders ever-present intend to maintain all of the features that have made (especially if you believe the ghost stories I told the Brantview such an icon on our campus. Most of all, we boys) and surrounded by the elegance of a mansion have preserved and even enhanced the aspects that was a humbling experience. have made it a great place to live and form lifelong More than anything, however, I remember the relationships. I am excited to be a part of preserving relationships I formed in those years and the our history, of participating in a legacy of generous fondness I still have for Brantview (shown above). stewardship, and doing my part to provide for Hours spent playing chess in the Great Hall, playing generations to come. ping pong on the third floor, hanging out in the common areas, and, yes, discovering even more secret passageways under stairs and in the basement—all of these bring back warm memories of the young men of OUR ACADEMY The Headmaster’s Weekly Message Brantview. That’s what makes me love the building the most. It is truly a special place, made so not only by Each week, Headmaster the founders’ generosity and artisans’ skill, but by the Tom Lovett will share love and community forged by those who have lived his thoughts inspired by the Academy’s Chapel there or visited there. assembly, on our Website. We are now faced with the responsibility of making Please tune in to the the Brantview experience available to students Headmaster’s message to for another century, of preserving the gift that was gain insights into themes handed down to us, of making improvements that that are part of Academy life. Scan the will safeguard the structure for generations to come. QR code above or visit www.stjacademy.org The architects have drawn up initial plans, and we

2 hilltopper spring 2013 (L-R) Brad Ashley of KDC, Academy Headmaster Lovett, and Boyn John-Il, Chairman of the JDC, during the signing ceremony of St. Johnsbury Academy Jeju.

Historic Partnership with Republic of Korea if selected. Bradley F. Ashley, a former head- cademy Headmaster Tom Lovett an- master of schools in Maine and Wisconsin and nounced in late 2012 that the Academy a former teacher at the Academy, is the CEO of A was selected by the Republic of Korea Kingdom Development Company. to establish and operate an international school, Headmaster Lovett said of the partnership, grades 4-12, in the Jeju Global Education City to “ We are deeply honored to be selected by the open in South Korea in the fall of 2015. JDC to help them establish a world-class inter- Officials from the Jeju Free International City national school in such a beautiful part of the Development Center (the “JDC”) led by Chair- world. We are confident that St. Johnsbury’s man Jong-Il Byon, PhD, came to St. Johnsbury comprehensive curriculum and personalized in December to sign a Cooperative Venture approach to instruction, which has been so at- Agreement (CVA) with the Academy, which was tractive to international students for decades, selected from a pool of competitive candidates will make St. Johnsbury Academy Jeju a success- representing schools from throughout the U.S. ful addition to the global education city. Like and bringing the nearly year-long selection pro- the JDC, we believe that interactions between cess to conclusion. students from different cultures enrich their The Academy first learned of the opportunity educational experience. The inviting location of during an admissions recruiting trip by Associ- the school and the already diverse offerings on ate Headmaster Jack Cummings in the fall of the island make this opportunity exciting and 2011. Mr. Cummings invited the JDC to visit full of promise.” St. Johnsbury in 2012. In April, the Trustees of Chairman Byon of the JDC was equally com- St. Johnsbury Academy entered into a Teaming plimentary of partnering with the Academy. He Agreement with Kingdom Development Com- said, “St. Johnsbury Academy has 170 years of pany, Inc. (KDC) of St. Johnsbury to enter its bid experience in educating students of different to the JDC and to provide for the organization backgrounds to be successful leaders. We believe and management of St. Johnsbury Academy Jeju that St. Johnsbury, with its educational experi- 3 ence, will be able to nurture students of Korea The Spare Room is the diary of 12-year-old and other parts of Asia to become global Susannah Allen, who lives on her family’s farm in leaders.” 1843 Vermont. She chronicles her days at the one- The JDC was established by the Korean Min- room schoolhouse, her daily farm and household istry of Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs to chores, and her circle of friends. Susannah begins initiate a national project to address social and to learn about slavery in the South and the Aboli- economic concerns about increasing demand tionist movement in the North, but the issues soon for overseas studies and language training. It become more than idle gossip. Her father hires is being developed as a world-class education Jacob, an escaped slave, to work as a farmhand city with international schools, universities, and and live in the Allen’s spare room. When tensions residential, commercial, and cultural facilities explode in her town, Susannah must face how to on more than 900 acres located near the city stand up to prejudice when it’s a matter of life or of Seogwipo on the southwestern side of Jeju death. Island, often referred to as “Honeymoon Island” In order to edit Mackenzie’s manuscript, Raphel for its popularity as a Korean tourist destination. and Mackenzie had to adjust to yet another change St. Johnsbury Academy Jeju will be the third in their relationship. Raphel was the editor, and school to open in the Jeju Global Education City Mackenzie the writer. The student had become the and the first U.S. school, joining North London teacher. Mackenzie says, “Adrienne started working Collegiate School Jeju (2011) and Branksome with me two years ago. I gave Adrienne several suc- Hall Asia (2012). The Academy envisions annual cessive drafts of the book and each time she gave exchange programs between students and faculty me detailed comments. I would make changes and at both schools and welcomes the opportunity to resubmit the manuscript to her. That style of edit- represent the Jeju Global Education City through- ing worked for us. We were transitioning from her out Asia. being a student to her being my editor. I know her really well. I really trust her,” Mackenzie continues. “Trading Places” at SJA Raphel says, “ When I dig into the manuscript, I An Academy teacher and student switch roles to like to spotlight places where the book needs work produce the teacher’s first novel. and have the author pay attention to them and hen Adrienne Raphel graduated from St. make changes. I also spotlight places where the Johnsbury Academy in 2006, a trans- author is getting the character right. I first learned W formation took place. Within days of this style of editing, extremely attentive listening, graduation, Adrienne’s mentor and English teacher from Jenny, since this is how she gives feedback Jennifer Mackenzie told Adrienne she was no longer on work. It’s felt natural to go from working with allowed to call her Mrs. Mackenzie. “It’s Jenny Jenny as a student to working with her as her edi- now,” Mackenzie insisted. “It felt weird for the first tor. And I credit that wholly to Jenny. By the time few days,” says Raphel. “But I got used to it.” I was working with her on The Spare Room, it had Mackenzie says, “I make a concerted effort with been a number of years since I had been in high my students to shift our relationship soon after they school and we were already comfortable as friends graduate. But I make all my former students call and peers. The turnaround was never an issue for me Jenny and I maintain relationships with many of Jenny. She trusts me and I trust her.” them. I love corresponding with them and finding As an added twist to the student-teacher out what they are doing. One of my favorite aspects relationship, Liz Baker, an Academy student who of teaching is getting to see former students spread graduated in June 2012, helped Mackenzie write a their wings.” teacher’s manual for the book. “Liz Baker worked Flash forward four years to 2010. Raphel had on the project right after she graduated,” says graduated from Princeton and was in the MFA Mackenzie. “Of all my students, she is the most program at the Iowa Writer’s Workshop. She and interested in historical fiction and the most talented Mackenzie were now colleagues, exchanging letters with it.” and critiquing each other’s poetry. Working part- Mackenzie is delighted with the results of the time for publishing firm Brigantine Media, Raphel entire editing process. “Adrienne made me sit down was assigned the task of editing Mackenzie’s first and think about why I was doing what I was doing book of fiction,The Spare Room (published under in the book. I had to justify my style to move the Mackenzie’s maiden name, Jenny Land). book along and make it more suspenseful. The book 4 hilltopper spring 2013 is infinitely better than the first manuscript she read,” Varsity Basketball team lost a heartbreaker in the she says. State Championship game by a score of 48-40 in Jenny Land’s The Spare Room is available in book- OT. The boys had a great season finishing with stores, through Amazon and Barnes & Noble.com, and a record of 23-1. They played their hearts out through the book’s Website www.thespareroombook.com. just coming up short. Our seniors will be greatly missed—Drew Hovey, Griffen Comerci, Jake Faculty Speaker Series Grinbergs, Robbie Rouelle, and Patrick Lovett. he Academy last semester launched a weekly The underclassmen have a bright future ahead of speaker series designed to provide students them, and we look forward to watching them in T and members of the local community an the future. Thanks for all the support, fans opportunity to learn about topics of interest from and students.” Academy faculty and friends. Known as the Fireside Speaker Series, the program highlights two important themes of the Academy’s mission: to nurture an academic environment that holds inquiry, curiosity, and a love for learning in the highest regard; and to ensure the Academy reaches beyond its classrooms to share its academic resources with the community. The series debuted in September in the Grace Stuart Orcutt Library with Mathemat- ics teacher and Ultimate Frisbee head coach Josh Seamon discussing his experiences this summer in the Middle East working with the Ultimate Peace program. “The goal of the series is to continue to invigo- rate the academic climate on campus by bringing interesting speakers to campus and to have faculty show a different side of themselves to their peers, the community, and our students,” said Jeffrey Burroughs, the Academy’s Assistant Headmaster for Academics. “ Whenever a student gets to see a Academy Football Coach Steps Down different side of a faculty member, it offers another Sean Murphy, St. John- avenue for connection, another avenue for develop- sbury Academy’s foot- ing a relationship where the potential of a student ball coach since 2002, is in the front seat.” has stepped down to During the Spring semester, the series will spend more time with “dovetail” with the annual Colwell Center for Global his family. Academy Understanding speakers series, also held in the Director of Guidance, Library, which brings internationally recognized ex- Murphy, Class of ’86, perts on a wide range of issues to campus through also served as a fresh- a partnership with Harvard University’s Weather- man and JV coach head Center for International Affairs. See in the 1990s; he is a stjacademy.org for a list of coming talks. head-dorm proctor Academy Plays in State Finals, in Brantview, where he lives with wife Abigail (Class of ’94) and four young children, Caid, Has Perfect Regular Season in Basketball Quinn, Eihlis, and Devlin. Murphy accomplished Following a loss to Rice Memorial High in over- a 6-5 record against Lyndon Institute in The time in the Vermont boys basketball Vermont Game, the longstanding rivalry between the State Championship game last March—and after football programs that recently received national finishing the regular season at 20-0 and winning attention in the USA Today online rivalry contest. three games in the state play downs—the follow- The Hilltoppers went 2-7 in the fall of 2012, a ing comments were shared by Hilltoppers boys year after making the 2011 Division I playoffs for basketball head coach, Tom O’Shea: “The Boy’s the first time since the late 1960s. 5 Hilltopper Restaurant Becomes Member of is produced tastes great and is served profes- Vermont food network sionally, the students are actively engaged in all academic and practical aspects of running a restaurant.” SJA’s culinary program is one of 56 secondary and vocation programs throughout the United States accredited by the American Culi- nary Federation. The Hilltopper offers lunches Tuesday through Thursday from 11:15 a.m. to 1 p.m., following the school calendar, and reserva- tions are available by calling (802) 748-8964.

Fine Arts Recognitions

The Academy’s student-run restaurant the Hill- topper is now a member of the Vermont Fresh Network, an organization encouraging the state’s farmers, food producers, and chefs to work directly with each other to build partnerships. The Academy’s participation in the network was sparked by Kaolin Tetreault and Brittany Berwick, both members of the school’s Class of 2012, who n mid-December, the Academy hosted a Fine pursued Hilltopper membership in the program Arts Gala to celebrate student work in the as part of their senior year Capstone research I fine and performing arts, held in the Charles project. “Their diligence paid off as the Hilltop- Hosmer Morse Center for the Arts. The Fine Arts per joined the VFN just before graduation in Gala presented current and future St. Johns- 2012,” Chef David Hale, Academy Culinary Arts bury Academy families and members of the St. instructor, said. “Although the Hilltopper has Johnsbury community with a unique opportunity always worked with a variety of products from to view student art from the current semes- the area, joining the VFN puts a more formal ter’s classes. The exhibition included visual-art emphasis on farm and producer partnerships.” pieces from Foundations of Drawing and Paint- For more background of Vermont Fresh Network, ing, Anatomy and Figure Drawing, Photography, please go to vermontfreshnetwork.org. Printmaking, Fashion Design, Digital Design, Located at 1216 Main St., the Hilltopper Clay, and AP Art. In the performing arts, Dance serves as a “working classroom” for students and Acting Classes presented and the evening enrolled in Culinary Arts classes, which are part culminated in the Winter Concert in Fuller Hall. of the Academy’s Career and Technical Education Further, in January the staff of the Fine Arts curriculum. Department welcomed all Guidance, Admissions, “Chef Hale is continuing to improve the and Special Services staff and faculty to explore culinary-arts program, started in 1972 by John and experience fine-arts offerings, through the Carroll, and has expanded upon the work of Chef Fine Arts Department Information Event in the Gerry Prevost and Jim Libby, who were instru- Morse Center. Academy personnel were invited to mental in cementing the Hilltopper restaurant hear about how arts are sequenced and how in- into the St. johnsbury community,” said Jeffrey troduction classes lead to more advancedfine-arts Burroughs, the Academy’s Assistant Headmaster offerings. “The Fine Arts faculty are truly grateful for Academics. “The wonderful part of the cur- for this opportunity to communicate regarding rent restaurant setup is that you can see that it is courses and curriculum,” said Roseanna Prevost, truly a learning kitchen. While the product that Fine Arts Department Chair. 6 hilltopper spring 2013 New Freshman Humanities Project of the course is that artistic compositions for a culture reflect a cultural identity. It tells us who we are.” To develop a spirit of cooperation among the students, the curriculum will also include lessons on the Academy’s Challenge Course. Steve Jolliffe, English Department Chair, says, “The Challenge Course uses ropes and adventure to help build collaboration skills.” Matthew Powers, Executive Director at the St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, is encouraged by the development of the Humanities project. “This collabora- tive will be successful because it creates greater access to local cultural resources, enhances the ‘sense of place’, and elevates the educational or 170 years St. Johnsbury Academy fresh- initiatives of each partner organization.” The men have learned to become ethical and Fairbanks Museum & Planetarium also will be an F productive members of the Academy’s active partner in the project. community. Now they also have the opportunity Jerry Aldredge, Artistic Director at Catamount to create public exhibitions of original work to Arts and a former Academy Dean, envisions stu- serve some of the area’s foremost cultural insti- dents taking part in Courageous Conversations, a tutions. In collaboration with the St. Johnsbury monthly series about some of the most important Athenaeum, the Fairbanks Museum & Planetarium, issues facing the nation in general and the North- and Catamount Arts, the Class of 2016 will work east Kingdom in particular. in cooperative teams to create professional-quality To help with the research, new-instructional exhibitions that enhance the mission of these hu- strategies, collaboration, and creation of original manities-oriented organizations. The exhibitions content, each student has received an iPad, as will be rolled out on Capstone Day this May 3. have all Academy teachers. An e-text will replace “ Whereas the 20th Century was primarily the older and heavier course textbooks. When dominated by individualized effort and the com- asked about the decision to equip the members of partmentalization of work, the 21st Century will be the freshman class and the teachers with this tech- led by those who learn how to collaborate within nology, Headmaster Lovett said, “These devices and across cultures and disciplines,” said Tom are simply the latest additions to the number of Lovett, Headmaster. “Likewise, students need to tablets we have on campus and will allow all stu- learn to be not only responsible consumers of in- dents, regardless of where they come from, equal formation, but ethical creators of original content access to course material and creative power. Our as well. The abilities to evaluate and synthesize recently upgraded IT infrastructure will also help various materials and design and create products provide quicker and more efficient access to infor- for real clients are all skills needed to be success- mation and collaboration.” ful in this new age.” The Humanities course is the Academy’s latest and most robust cross-curricular effort, combin- ing elements of the English, Social Studies, Arts, Language, and Capstone departments. Similar efforts are forthcoming in STEM, as well as other Humanities offerings. The course focuses on an- cient and medieval cultures and allows the incom- ing freshman class to study not only the Academy culture they are entering, but also the cultures they come from and the unique class culture they are being called upon to create. Chris Dussault, Freshman Class Dean and an English teacher at the Academy, said, “The spirit 7 Academy Goes Helmet-to-Helmet in National VPA Hall of Fame Honors Football Rivalry Contest ormer St. Johnsbury Academy point guard he Academy was a national finalist in the Rory Grimes and longtime SJA athletic USA Today “Best High School Football F director Tom Conte are among the 12 T Rivalry in the Nation” contest held No- members to be inducted into the Vermont Prin- vember 19 to December 19, 2012. High schools cipals’ Association (VPA) Hall of Fame’s Class of with traditional rivalries, such as the Academy 2013. Grimes, who played basketball, soccer, and versus Lyndon Institute (LI), from across the U.S. competed in track-and-field, is perhaps the finest were selected by USA Today and faced off first in point guard in Vermont high school history. The knockout state rounds. 5-foot-10 Grimes averaged 21.5 points per game The annual Academy-LI game, first held in in his three years at the Academy (1979-81), help- 1894 and a legionary matchup now known as The ing lead the Hilltoppers to their first-ever boys Game, swept the Vermont statewide round with basketball state championship his senior season. 7,362 votes, besting Windsor versus Bellows Falls “Best high school point guard I’ve ever seen in and Burlington High School versus Rice Memorial Vermont or ever coached,” said longtime SJA boys High. In the Regional Round, the Hilltoppers- basketball coach Layne Higgs. Grimes went on to Vikings matchup yielded 310,252 votes, out-dis- star at Iona College (Rochelle, N.Y.). tancing closest competitors Peddle School (NJ) Conte spent 39 years in education in St. Johns- versus Blair Academy (NJ) with 219,470 votes, bury, including 24 years at the Academy and 17 as and crushing schools in Maryland, Delaware, athletic director. He retired as AD in 2011. Conte New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, West Vir- also coached varsity girls soccer for 20 years, girls ginia, New Hampshire, Washington DC, Maine, basketball for three years, and was an assistant Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Pennsylvania. varsity baseball coach. Conte currently sits on six In the National round, the Academy and LI com- VPA sports committees. munities turned out in force, teaming up for a total of 656,287 votes—about 30,000 more than the total population of the state of Vermont, by comparison. Our joint rivalry placed third, with two Missouri-based schools finishing first with 1.4 millions votes; two Arizona-based schools second with 974,785 votes; and two Alabama schools fourth with 223,693 votes. The overall rivalry winners received $10,000 to be divided equally between the athletic departments of the two schools. St. Johnsbury holds a 58-43-6 advantage over LI in the series, scheduled to be played for the 109th time this fall. Last May, Dan Thurston ’50 (inset) was inducted into the Class of 2012 VPA Hall of Fame. Family members with Dan during the induction ceremony included Jean Hall Wheeler ’78, Doug Thurston ’78, Dan, Bobbye Thurston, Barbara Cutting Thurston ’61, and Ernie Thurston ’58. This spring, Thurston was inducted into the Vermont Basket- ball Coaches association Hall of Fame. 8 hilltopper spring 2013 Environmental Stewardship at the Academy challenges has been a lifelong passion, and I By James Bentley, am grateful that in 2010 the school choose to Director of Environmental Stewardship support me by awarding a faculty improvement n case you haven’t heard about the great grant to pursue a master’s degree in Sustainabil- work the Academy has been doing to benefit ity and Environmental Management at Harvard I the environment on and off campus, I’d like University Extension School. My charge since to tell you about our new Environmental Stew- then has been to develop a program that inte- ardship Program and enlist your support. In the grates environmental stewardship into the day- past year, the school community has executed to-day activities of our campus. some impressive environmental-stewardship Our first challenge was to define “environ- projects, and several have been led by seniors mental stewardship,” and it was my pleasure last in conjunction with Capstone Day. Last year, year to work with students, faculty, and staff to seniors Ningyi Xi, Michael LeClerc, and Lucas write and approve a mission statement for the Wilkins collaborated on a four-week campus program, which states, “that within all aspects electricity audit. Alejandra Arcee’s Senior Cap- of our institution, community members strive stone was on improving recycling on campus to make choices that reflect our commitment to and she organized the first Dorm Recycling the conservation of Earth’s resources and our Night and collected 2,828 pounds of recyclables optimism regarding young people as leaders of as students moved out in late May. Also, the a sustainable future….” To guide the implemen- school’s decision to eliminate plastic cups from tation of this mission, the school formed the the dining hall this year originated with Jack- Environmental Stewardship Committee, which lyn Johnston’s (’12) Capstone on plastics in the meets three times per year and welcomes alumni world’s oceans. Capstone has been such an effec- participation; please contact jbentley@stjacad- tive means to promote environmental steward- emy.org if you are interested. ship on campus. We are proud of what our new Environmen- This spring, I’m teaching the first “Green tal Stewardship program has achieved so far, Capstone” class, in which students will work but we also acknowledge the incredible work directly with me on environmentally oriented yet to be done. Though we are devoting more projects. In addition, this year we led a cleanup resources than ever to lower SJA’s environmental of the Sleeper’s River, promoted local foods in impact, alumni support is an essential resource the dining hall, and increased recycling rates by to promote environmental stewardship at our placing new bins in all classrooms. Sophomore school. To learn more or to get involved, please Stewardship Day in the fall semester welcomed visit www.stjacademy.org, go to the “About the several speakers from local environmental orga- Academy” drop-down menu and click on Envi- nizations, including prominent author and activ- ronmental Stewardship Program.—James Bentley ist and Vermont resident Bill McKibben. On that day, the sophomore class audited several of our campus dumpsters and designed service-learning projects to lower our campus’s environmental impact and increase environmental literacy in the community. Independent school campuses across the country are embracing the challenge of “sus- tainability” because they understand that their graduates are entering a world that is far more conscious of natural resources, waste, and pollu- tion than in times past. St. Johnsbury Academy joined this nationwide movement in the spring of 2012 when Headmaster Lovett named me to be the school’s first Director of Environmen- tal Stewardship. This is now my sixth year at the Academy, where I have taught English and coached football, but tackling environmental 9 140 years of World-Renowned Education A Message from Jack Cummings, Associate Headmaster, Advancement and Admission

n 1871, Homer T. Fuller, There are those who do not share our international after whom Fuller Hall perspective. Our basketball team was undefeated in is named, began his conference play, and the fact that four of our starting tenure as Headmaster five hail from other countries had some fans crying Iof St. Johnsbury Academy. foul. Nonetheless, we remain steadfastly committed to Under his leadership the advancing our diverse, comprehensive, and independent Academy experienced its first educational mission. We are not alone. transformation, when, in 1873, Many of you have undoubtedly heard of the potential the school received a new $600 million investment that is poised to revitalize charter and began to offer Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom. Expansions at Jay Peak, career preparation along with Burke Mountain, and the Orleans County Airport, along its traditional college course. with new companies and new infrastructure, will likely During the next decade, enrollment at the Academy grew be funded by investors from abroad (through the E–B5 from 140 students in 1871 to 333 in 1882 (Fuller’s final Visa program). These investors, like our resident families, year), highlighted by a large increase in out-of-state and believe in our region, our people, and our potential. international boarding students. This year, as we celebrate our 170th birthday, I find n the pages leading up to, and after, this message, you myself reflecting on the wisdom of Homer Fuller’s Iwill have read about the need to renovate Brantview. decision and its impact on our school. His vision and Gifted to the Academy by the Fairbanks family 1, it has long commitment to expanding our definition of community served as the hub of our residential program and has been to include both domestic and international resident the home of students from the U.S. and around the world students was the catalyst for unprecedented growth and for many years. Nancy Tang Francis ’53 and her younger stability in the late 19th Century. Today, our residential brother Oscar arrived at the Academy from China in program continues to play an important role in the 1949. Ismael Valles ’54 came here from Venezuela and his development of our school. daughter Melissa graduated in ’82. And Dage Minors ’13 Forty years ago, we underwent another major is a Brantview resident from Bermuda who just happened transformation with the opening of Streeter Hall, to turn in one of the greatest single-day performances in and simultaneously renewed our commitment to our Vermont track history by winning the 800m, the 1,000m, boarding program. Since then, our boarding population and the 1,600m back, to back, to back. has increased from a relatively few students to nearly As we launch this important initiative, let us remember 30 percent of our total enrollment, ushering in another that an international perspective has been an essential period of growth and stability. Our international part of our Academy community for more than 140 students represent much of this growth, and we have years. As long as we continue to embrace a diverse and unquestionably benefited from the daily exchange comprehensive mission—sharing our lives and culture of cultures that takes place on our campus, in our while learning about each other—we, the Academy, and classrooms, and in our dormitories. This exchange has the larger community, will continue to prosper. helped to provide unique experiences for all of our students and their families. The Colwell Center for Global Understanding, 1Sir Thaddeus was knighted by the King of Austria and international travel to Spain, Ghana, Southeast Asia, recognized the importance of international trade and culture and Italy, the Kaijo (Japan) exchange sponsored by the as he and his brothers built Fairbanks Scales into a global Freeman Foundation, and the creation of St. Johnsbury corporation. Fairbanks Scales’ success allowed its founding Academy Jeju all support the Academy’s vision to create family to build the institutions that have made St. Johnsbury a global community of scholars who deeply embody the such a wonderful and unique place. traditions and values we have come to know and love.

10 hilltopper spring 2013 Academy Director of Advancement and Admission Jack Cummings met with friends and Academy alumni in Seoul, South Korea, in January. Headmaster Lovett and Cummings hosted a reception for Academy alumni and their families and prospective students, sharing the Academy’s mission points of Character, Community, and Inquiry and discussing the planned St. Johnsbury Academy Jeju school in Jeju Global Education City in South Korea.

The parents of Young Ho “Alan” Song, Class of 2013.

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11 The Academy community welcomed the newest members of the faculty and staff in 2012-2013, a remarkable group of educators recruited to enhance the academic and extracurricular life of the school.

Angelica Bianchi Jose Bruzual ‘84 Elia Desjardins Janet Edmondson Grace Egbert Special Services Robotics Chair, Science Dept. Fine Arts English

Susan Kapp Sarah Emery Wendy Forgie Brett Herleikson Monaghan Robin Legendre ‘79 Career and Tech Ed. Special Services Mathematics Physics Career and Tech Ed.

Shari Larocque timothy lyon ‘08 Adam ortman Kreg Owens Matt rACENET ‘06 Mathematics Mathematics Social Studies Fine Arts Mathematics

Courtney catherine reed Florian Rexhepi ‘03 rachel rios Annie sproston Kozlowski ‘06 Spanish ESL Social Studies Mathematics Assist. Director of Admissions

buffie hegarty ‘90 john suitor nicole biggie ‘92 kathy daley johna kendall Campus Life Acting Director, Admissions Career and Tech Ed. Campus Life Marketing and Comm.

(see photographs, above) Nicole Biggie, Associate Director of Admissions, will lead the Academy’s day student and domestic recruitment efforts. Academy Class of 1992, she earned her BS in Business Management from the University of Maryland in 1996. As an alumnae and current parent, Mrs. Biggie looks forward to sharing St. Johnsbury Academy’s vision and opportunities with families from the local area and across the United States. She has worked at the Academy in Admission and Development since 2003. Kathy Daley has taken over for Howard Crawford (retired) as the Director of Career & Technical Education. Johnna Kendall serves in the Office of Campus Life, where she is the 12 Assistant Coordinator for Student Programs and Homestays. Scottsdale, AZ

Jamie ’90 and Melissa Hemond Murphy ’91 entertained alumni at O’Donoghue’s Pub & Grille on March 28, 2012. Good food and great conversation made for a fun event in the desert.

Melissa Hemond Murphy ‘91, Deb Stone ‘91, Dion DeGumbia ‘91, Art Colby ‘51 and Geraldine Colby Jamie Murphy ‘90

Tuscon, AZ

On March 27, 2012, Joyce and Dick Clark ’56 welcomed Tucson area alumni and friends to Quail Creek Golf Club for a luncheon overlooking the golf course with stunning mountain views on the horizon.

Dick Clark ‘56 and Neil Hall ‘48

Jo-Ann Hall Sullivan ‘68, Valerie Daniels Carreau, and Jennifer Rickard ‘71 Bob Hall ’50, Peggy Bosworth Hall ’49, Martha Hopkins West ’53

13 Naples, FL

Diane and Gareth ’67 Caldbeck welcomed guests to the beautiful Remington in Naples. Situated on the Gulf Coast, this inaugural event was well attended. Janet Dionne Quatrini ’67 lent a hand encouraging people to join the event on Sunday, February 24.

Class of ‘66: Paul Emmons, Bryon Quatrini, Nancy Adams Brisson, Richard Gagne

(row 1 L- R) Bo Keach, Lanny Costa ‘53, Francine Paquin Costa ‘69, Cis Emmons Montgomery ‘71, Dave Coburn ‘59, (row 2 L-R) Paul Emmons ‘66, Richard Gagne’66, Carmen Gagne, Steve Brisson ‘64, Nancy Adams Brisson ‘66, Janet Dionne Quatrini ‘67, Barb Cutting Thurston ‘61, Susan Sherrer Quatrini ‘67, Steve Quatrini ‘63, (row 3 L-R) Gareth Caldbeck ‘67, Donna Emmons, Doug Montgomery ‘72, Diane Caldbeck, Paul Simpson’65, Michele Simpson, Bryon Quatrini ‘66, Bill Keach ‘67, Patti Albee Coburn ‘67, Ernie Thurston ‘58, Julie Leonard ‘91, Tammi Sullivan Cady ‘88

Ocala, FL

With the Gilman brothers, Steve ’52 and Nate ’50, hosting, alumni and friends enjoyed the Ocala luncheon on Monday, February 25th. This event continues to be well attended at the Ocala National Golf Club.

Ron Cowan ’52, Rita Cowan, and Steve Gilman ’52 Louise Landry Plouffe ‘49, Ray Hevey ‘56, Claire Begin Hevey ‘57, Al Fauteux, Fran Landry Gingue ‘50, Irene Begin Fauteux ‘56

14 hilltopper spring 2013 Tampa, FL

Enjoying stunning harbor views from the Tampa Club, alumni and friends gathered for a luncheon hosted by Tim Drown ’81 and Julia Mars. The event was held on Saturday, February 23rd, with over 30 people in attendance.

Pam Reganall Hoyt ‘80, Bruce Hoyt ‘54

Jennifer Renaud, Janet Whitcomb Fenoff ‘56, Ginger Kumpf Magoon ‘58, Priscilla Drown Gadapee ’52, Janet Whitcomb Fenoff Bob Gervais ‘56, Norm Renaud ‘56, Kay Coburn Dyer ‘56, Barry Dyer ‘54 ’56, and Kathy Pena Drown ’59

Vero Beach, FL

The beautiful Vero Beach Country Club welcomed alumni and friends to the annual luncheon hosted by Jean McGregor Rogers ’56. Special guests to the Vero luncheon on Tuesday, February 26, were three current students—including Charlotte Morse ’13, who entertained the group with a performance on the viola.

Ron Match, Steve Clark ‘59, Jean McGregor Rogers ‘56

Edgar Royer ‘45 T, Jean Royer, Charlotte Morse ‘13, Will Morse ‘13, and Max Buckminster ‘13

John Carroll ‘53, Charlie Bauknecht ‘53 1952 VT State Champions 15 Scarborough, ME

The St. Johnsbury Academy String Ensemble entertained alumni while guests enjoyed the Mary Knutsen, Eric seaside atmosphere at The Black Point Inn in Knutsen ‘81, and Connie Scarborough, ME, hosted by Eric Knutsen ’81 Kennedy Clouatre ‘81 on May 3, 2012.

Caroline Neylon Loder ‘90, Pattie Dionne Dubois ‘63, Janet Doris Mollica ‘61, Headmaster Tom Lovett, Onie Mollica ‘59, Fran Dionne Quatrini ‘67, John Cornish ‘64, and Barb Cornish Clouatre ‘58, and Sue Duncan Clouatre ‘61

Las Vegas, NV

Sitting alongside the renowned Las Vegas Strip, alumni and friends enjoyed Mon Ami Gabi with host Jason Parent ’88 on March 31, 2012. The ambiance of the location, along with the fountains of the Bellagio, created a memorable setting for the afternoon.

Laura Jacques Davis ‘55, Carl Davis, and Heather Ruggles

Jason Parent ‘88, Carrie Twombly Murray ‘88, Melody Phelps Peterson ‘88, Cindy Wakeham Olson ‘88, Laura Everling Mulchay ‘91, and JP Mulchay

16 hilltopper spring 2013 Portsmouth, NH

Alumni gathered at the Red Hook Brewery for good company, good conversation, and good times; Pam Lydia Fournier ‘03 and Kocher ’64 welcomed friends and classmates to Nathan Conte ‘94 this fun location on May 4, 2012.

Beth Wheeler Ruffner ‘79, Jeremy Leafe ‘02, Pam Burns Kocher ‘64, and Mark Young

Jeff Dellicolli ‘91, Kaylee Dellicolli, and Alan Ruggles ‘84

Boston Red Sox Game Winter Spectator Night

Academy alumni, faculty, and staff turned On January 5, Alumni Memorial out to root on the Red Sox at Fenway Gymnasium and Park May 5, 2012, against the Baltimore Fenton Chester Orioles, for baseball and barbeque. Arena played host to several events inviting alumni to enjoy Hilltoppers in action. During halftime of the Girls and Boys Varsity basketball games, Billy Turner ’68 and Charles Gale ’69 were selected to attempt half-court shots to win $500. Thank you to Spencer Hudson and Rich Lyon ‘84, Carol Lyon, Judy Predham, and Bill Predham All Around Power for sponsoring the halftime events.

Sarah Paige and Mike Paige ‘81

A Very Fine House For more than 80 years, Brantview has served as a stately and historic dormitory for Academy girls and boys. Now the former Fairbanks residence, built in 1884, needs to be saved. by joseph healy In 1883, the local St. Johnsbury newspaper The Caledonian used the description “a very fine house” for the Fairbanks family residence named Brantview, the construction of which was completed on the present-day Academy campus in 1884. In 1931, Brantview became an Academy dormitory. n 1931, Col. Joseph Fairbanks (grandson the residence published in the Caledonian in 1883 of Joseph Paddock Fairbanks, who with read, “The house will be built of brick, two full brothers Erastus and Thaddeus founded St. stories, with high slate roof. The house will face the Johnsbury Academy in 1842) gifted Brant- north, a wide hall running directly through on the view to the Academy for use as a resident first floor from north to south. On the east side of dormitory for students. The building had this hall are to be a reception room, drawing room, Ibeen Joseph’s home as a child, as he grew up there library, with conservatory on the south-east corner. in the late 1880s with sisters Almira and Mabel. On the west side of the hall are to be a private Their parents William Paddock and Rebecca Pike room, stairs, elevator and dining room; the latter Fairbanks built the “high-style” home in 1884; it fronting south.” It’s a description that fits to this was inspired by the William K. Vanderbuilt mansion day—Brantview, structurally unchanged through on Fifth Avenue in New York City, also an example of time, in all its glory! elegant high-style architecture and likely familiar to The home was an attraction for townspeople the Fairbanks’ from visits to New York (where Fair- back then. In August 1909, a theater production banks & Company had an office). High-style is the was held on the Brantview lawn in a “natural atmo- phrase used for the cutting-edge architecture of a sphere formed by the lawn and trees” highlighting given period—au courant or à la mode are synonyms. the “open-air dramatics” of the play Pandora, ac- Named Brantview by Rebecca Fairbanks after cording to a news report from that time; matinees an estate she admired in the United Kingdom, the were 25 cents and reserved seats were 75 cents; house was a gorgeous example of Chateauesque architecture for that period, designed by Lambert Packard, the designer for E. & T. Fairbanks Com- pany in St. Johnsbury whose buildings included the Fairbanks Museum and Planetarium, North Con- gregational Church, and the former St. Johnsbury YMCA. An account of the building of Brantview published by the Vermont Union in 1884 read, “It stands upon an eminence commanding a sweeping view of the beautiful Passumpsic Valley, north and William P. Fairbanks Col. Joseph Fairbanks south, really one of the most charming views to be obtained in northern Vermont.” A similar account of

20 proceeds went to Brightlook Hospital in St. Johns- Tang Francis mentions how the roof of the back bury (of which Rebecca was a benefactor). porch was a popular location for sun-bathing. “ We started living in the Brantview-proctor “Girls would be laying out there, with baby oil or apartment in the fall of 1984, I was there ’84 to saltwater on them,” she says. “St. Johnsbury was a ’85 and head proctor ’85 to ’86 and ’86 to ’87. The town of two levels, the Academy was up on the hill apartment was larger than the one we had back in and then the town was down the hill. Sometimes (our former home in) Providence, it was our first we would go down to a soda fountain”—Concord multi-bedroom space. The whole backyard was Candy Kitchen on Railroad Street, also called Cu- the biggest backyard you could want for your kids. navelis’ after the owners—“and order ice creams, Very safe and protected,” says Academy Headmas- it was the big place for all the students to go after ter Tom Lovett. “The big green with the mansion at the movies on Fridays and Saturdays.” the end of it—people wondered what kind of place As stately and well-cared-for as Brantview re- would have such class, sophistication, elegance, mains today, however, critical updates and struc- and history. My first impression was, ‘This is tural maintenance are needed on the 129-year-old classy, and I get to live there!’ And then it quickly building. The last major renovations occurred in became more about the people, more about the 1977 and the 1990s, with particular maintenance relationships between the guys and the proctors.” attention to the wood and plaster ceilings. In the It was a family affair for Mr. Lovett and his wife 1990s, rooms were divided and expanded and Anne. “At that time, we had three young children. bathrooms were installed in the basement, I had limited boarding experience before the near the laundry area. One maintenance Academy. John (then 5 years old) was very outgo- concern at that time was that the building and had a really big personality and most of ing be reinforced so that vibration from the boys were like big brothers to him. We would nearby Interstate 91 would not cause play games of chess, games of pool, the students any damage, said former Head- were easy to relate to. I was under 30 then. When master Bernier Mayo. In the I was on duty, I never shut the door. My kids were intervening years, about 1,000 part of it. I was coaching football and baseball and Academy boys and dozens of if I was away, Anne would do dorm duty,” remem- faculty and staff proctors (and bers Headmaster Lovett. their families) have called “Being the head proctor of Brantview was Brantview home. The build- maybe the hardest but the most rewarding job I ing remains in good condition, had until I had this one (as headmaster),” says thanks to regular safekeeping by Lovett. “ You were monitoring and fostering the the Academy maintenance crew; emotional, spiritual, and intellectual life of the but upgrades are needed to pre- students. That was a major responsibility. Add to serve the home for another 130- that, you’re living in and the students are living in plus years and thousands more an historic place. I truly enjoyed the nature of the resident students. Now is the time building, the painted floors and ceilings, and the to save Brantview. A multi- woodwork and the large pocket doors,” Headmas- million dollar renovation—a ter Lovett continues. new slate roof, new wiring Part of the construction of the building was and infrastructure systems, a family affair, too—the striking wooden panels a new heating system and along the main stairway, for example, were crafted insulation—is planned to save by architect Lambert Packard’s brother, Charles. and preserve the building for “It’s a lovely and elegant mansion. Being from future generations of Academy Hong Kong, I have never been in a building that students. Abiding by the words was so lovely and grand. It was very comfortable, in Fuller Hall: “ We will transmit it seemed so much more than a regular dormi- this school not less but greater tory,” said Nancy Tang Francis, Class of ’53 and and more beautiful than it was a boarding student from China when Brantview transferred to us.” was a girls’ dorm. “I remember Brantview was in a beautiful setting, with hills going down behind The tourelle and tower at the west it. We used to strap on skis and ride down the and east corners of Brantview are hills on beautiful snowy days. In the summer, representative of the building’s the surroundings were very green and beautiful.” Chateauesque architecture. The Academy Experience boarding student from Venezuela who with his wife “The Academy experience was one of the highlights Lisa is now a dorm proctor and teaches in the Sci- of my life. You learned how to live with different ence Department. personalities,” said Florence Kidd, class of 1960 As an Academy student, Bruzual lived in Brant- and a boarding student from Alabama and Brant- view in the 1980s. “People created tight bonds, view resident. “Brantview was really like home. Our and it’s the sum of everything here, including this bedrooms were off the lounge on the second floor. building, Brantview. There’s a special bond that’s We walked to the cafeteria in created when you graduate from Fuller Hall, it was family-style. “There’s an identity, there’s this school. There’s a great empha- On Sundays, after church at a certain swagger to being sis on that—and also to continue the Presbyterian in St. Johns- that. If I hadn’t graduated from bury, we would stop and have a Brantview student—a this school, I’d probably be back to pancakes at the St. Johnsbury Venezuela. It was a fun place to be House.” Brantview Boy—and I think as a student. After the Academy, I According to the history it’s inherited with the relate more to this culture and for of the Academy titled A Proud me it was an easy transition to live Tradition, A Bright Future by building.” —Jose Bruzual, here,” he says. Richard Beck (Class of ’66), in former boarding student Jamie Ryan, Class of ’89 and 1965 resident male students Dean of Resident Students, has were moved into Brantview from and Brantview resident, a special way of remembering Fairbanks Cottage and the girl’s students in the dorm: “Nobody boarding program was tempo- now Academy faculty. remembers room numbers, we all rarily suspended. remember the names of the people “Between 1965 and ’72, there really was only who lived in those rooms, such as the ‘So-and-So one dorm and that was Brantview,” said Jerry Room.’” Aldredge, former Dean of Resident Students and Ryan’s parents, both Academy faculty, lived in Chair of the English Department at the Academy. Brantview in the early 1960s. “My mother moved By 1974-1975, both Tinker House (for girls, in in 1954 and two years later married my father. opened as a dorm in 1972) and Brantview (boys) They lived there until 1963. My mother talks a lot were at capacity (nine girls and 25 boys, respec- about the girls, because it was a girls’ dorm at the tively) for boarding students at that time. In the time, and how nice it was. When I was in college, 1980s, the Academy administration led by Head- one of my classmates was from Maine and she master Mayo re-committed to the diversity of the talked about how her mother went to SJA and lived boarding program and more international resident in Brantview and had my parents as dorm proc- students were enrolled as dorm capacity increased tors,” Ryan says. through improvements such as partitioned rooms; “I remember when I was about 4 or 5 years by the early 1980s, Brantview had its present-day old I went to a birthday party of one of my friends capacity of 36 boys. whose parents were faculty at the Academy. The “Brantview was the ‘Big House,’ it was the old- party was in Brantview in a proctor apartment on er-boys dorm,” said Brad Ashley, former Academy the first floor. When I went there, the parents said English teacher and head-dorm proctor in Brant- ‘Come here, you gotta look at this.’ And there were view in the 1980s when it was (and remains today) pencil heights with my brothers’ names written on a boy’s dorm. “For me, it really was all about the the wall. I said, ‘Those are my brothers’ names!’ guys—we have fond memories about all of them. And they said, ‘ Yeah, your parents used to live We did not maybe appreciate it at the time, but the here!’ reality was it was very much enriching our lives. I “Since I started working here in 1994, I’ve miss a lot of those guys. It was a growing-up, a rite always done campus tours, which start back in the of passage,” Ashley says. Brantview parlor area, for 50-year class reunions. “There’s an identity, there’s a certain swagger to For my children, one of the fun things we’ve done being a Brantview student—a Brantview Boy—and is play a game of hide-and-go-seek in Brantview. I think it’s inherited with the building. As an adult It’s the third generation of Ryans connected to this you come to appreciate the dorm. Later, if you’re dorm,” Ryan says. lucky enough to come back to campus after be- When he was a student at the Academy, Ryan ing away, you realize what the building means to lived in Waterman Dorm (then located at the center the school,” said José Bruzual, class of 1984 and a of campus), and remembers when Waterman was

22 relocated to make room for the construction of the over Christmas break that year to wife Pat and he Mayo Center and became stuck right next to Brant- and Pat stayed at The Barn till 1994; in 2012 he view. “It was 2002 and they were moving Water- retired from the Academy mathematics department. man and something happened and Waterman got Weston was a boarding student for three years at stuck right outside Brantview—I think they mea- Northfield Mount Hermon in Massachusetts so sured from the back and got it wrong, so Waterman he knew the ins-and-outs of resident student life was stuck there,” Ryan says. Waterman was later when he joined the Academy in 1984. “I got a lot repositioned behind Brantview toward the south- of confidence working in Brantview that first year,” east end of campus, where it’s located today. Weston says. “In the summer of ’85 I met the paint- Across from Brantview on Brantview Drive ing contractor and I wound up being hired to help sits the former carriage house from the era when paint The Barn over summer break.” Brantview was a Fairbanks family residence in the late 1880s and early 1900s, named The Barn What It Means To Live Together and serving as a boys dorm for 32 students and 3 “At the end of day, what you do in a dormitory, resident proctors. “The bench in front of The Barn both when you’re a student or a proctor, is you is made from the former counter of the Concord hang out. You spend all of your downtime together. Candy Kitchen in downtown St. J,” said former You’re hanging out and waiting for the next thing headmaster Bernier Mayo, citing some dorm trivia. to do—that’s what it means to live together,” Brad “Kids did like the anti-establishment tone of the Ashley says. name The Barn, that’s what that building was Ashley remembers being in Brantview watching known as from the 1950s before it was a dorm,” he Monday-night football the night that John Len- said. The opening of The Barn brought the number non was shot, for example, or the time he and his of resident students to 125; the Academy boarding wife and current Academy Fine Arts teacher Janet program has grown since then to the current 250 Warner-Ashley drove a busload of dorm students students in 11 dorms. to Johnson State College to see The Rocky Horror Craig Weston, retired faculty, was the first head Picture Show—only to learn that the main charac- proctor in The Barn, moving (literally across the ters were named Brad and Janet. “ We took a lot of street) from Brantview in 1985. He was married kidding,” Ashley says, “we’ll never forget that.”

“Ma” Simpson and students in Brantview 23 Now is the time to save Brantview. Abiding by the words in Fuller Hall: “We will transmit this school not less but greater and more beautiful than it was transferred to us.” Part of the lived-in “Each dorm at SJA has a culture, each of which quality of Brantview are somehow maintained from year to year even are the marks on the as graduates are replaced with students fresh from wall of the height of home. Brantview moves along at a little slower pace Fairbanks children. than the rest. That’s not to say its boarders are at all more subdued; but, rather, its new students are absorbed into a group bound more tightly than any other on campus and its cultures, pranks and cus- toms are shared and created by each member,” said Julian LeCraw, Class of 2010 and a descendent of the Fairbanks family. “I can’t count the sources of guidance and inspiration I encountered living at the Academy, but none helped shape my years there as much as the staff and fellow students of Brantview dorm,” continued LeCraw. “Some of my best friends for life I met there,” said Xan Mandel, Class of 2010 and a 3 ½-year resident of Brantview. “ We had some of the most intelligent conversations in my 21-year-old life due to all the viewpoints that were there. It was the best dorm you could live in! We weren’t allowed to go into the parlor room, but I did one time with four of my friends and Mr. Lovett and it dawned on me how historical the building is. All of my friends, they really became part of my family as we lived there—it was familial. Brantview was more like a fraternity than a dorm.” Headmaster Lovett gains obvious pleasure from reflecting back on his time as a proctor in Brant- view. “A lot of schools might have historic buildings but they might not want to have boarding programs located there because of the up-keep,” the Headmaster says. “Brantview is a foundational building. You walk into Colby Hall and you think of the classes you had, whose classes were where—it’s the academic building and through the generations you just think of it that way. Fuller Hall will always be the place of both Chapel and community events and theater; and then Brantview is the place for the boarding program that people remember, generations back. These three buildings need to be maintained in their historic context, we need to take care of these buildings.”

24 2012-2013 Brantview Students

The Academy faculty, staff, and students quoted here all had a relationship to Brantview Dorm during their years at the Academy.

“Ms. Simpson, we called her Ma, was always “Brantview has always had a special place up to say ‘Good morning.’ She would have hot here at the Academy. Before it was a dorm, it chocolate and doughnuts in the kitchen.” was thought of as one of the campus show- —Florence kidd ’60 pieces. It would be nice to preserve that.” Boarding student who lived in Brantview when it —Jerry Aldredge was a girls’ dorm Former Dean Resident Students and Chair of the Academy English Department “I recall all of Brantview pitching in to help “The night that the Purina plant exploded in particularly homesick new students adjust to the 1980s, it was quite a view.” dorm life, and the BBQs we had on the back —Brad Ashley deck in midwinter. I could fill a book with an- Former Brantview head dorm proctor ecdotes about warm memories and lessons learned, but suffice it to say Brantview helped “I had Asian roommates in Brantview, it was provide an environment in which I could find such a different culture from what I knew. my own direction.” There were no walls between races.” Julian LeCraw ’10 —Xan Mandel, Class of ’10 Boarding student from Georgia Boarding student from Florida

For more memorable moments from brantview, visit stjacademy.org/brantview Members of the Class of 1970 go for a cruise on Lake Champlain. Front row: Vicki True Hill, Suzy Zeller-Kent, Jeanne Desrochers, Barb Jurkoic Wagner; back row: Joey Sherrer Reed, Chris Scott, Susan Hovey Mercia, Mercy Russell, Kathy Snow Hartmann, and Sue Lowrey.

1945 1949 1950 Again? Yes, again! In the Spring About 60 years ago, a young of 2012, David “Duffy” Dodge, Janet Bailey took flying lessons, 85, of St. Johnsbury, came back including about three hours of to the Northeast Kingdom with solo flights. Her father forbade golds in the giant slalom and her from getting her pilot’s Super-G from the Skiers Edge license, and she respected his Masters National Championships wishes. Now living in assisted in Park City, Utah, before care in Hanover, New Hampshire, moving on to gold-medal Janet often looks to the sky and performances in the slalom, GS, talks about how she’d love to “get and Super-G at the FI World back up there.” Criterium Masters at Mammoth Mountain, Iris Magill Gardner celebrated California. Skiing her 80th birthday in August with is in the Dodge the help of her sisters (left to family blood right) Iris of Riverton, Vermont; with son David Joyce Magill Ryder ’48 of ’71 of Williston, McIndoe Falls, Vermont; and Vermont, creating Gloria Magill Russell ’45 of handmade ski Westville, New York. boots (go to dodgeboots. 1957 com), and Peter Fifty years ago in October of ’73 of Hanover, 1962, Andy Dussault (Trade), New Hampshire, was waiting to get home to see being a long-time his girlfriend in St. Johnsbury. head ski coach at Instead he found himself with Dartmouth College. a front-row seat to the most

26 hilltopper spring 2013 tense standoff of The Cold War. Several ladies of the Class of 1960 Andy, along with 600 other men, met in Newport, Rhode Island, became part of America’s front in August 2012, for a fun-filled line against the Soviet Union vacation. At one point, they were etching, monotype with stencils, and during the Cuban Missile Crisis. joined by other ’62ers, Robert wood relief. John and partner, David There was even a picture of his Frost and Peter Weiss (and Chambers, live in West Hartford, ship, the USS Plymouth Rock, wife, Marny). Left to right,Karen Vermont. in Life magazine. Andy is always Lobdell Allen, Marny Weiss, willing to talk with you about his Brenda Sargent, Bob Frost, “The eccentric Southern Lady” adventures. Look him up at the Claire Gagne Wheeler, Sharon checked off a bucket-list item when annual Trade Banquet (Friday Olliver Heidemann, Marian she returned to the SJA campus in night of Reunion Weekend this Gladding Winch, Peter Weiss, October. Ann Hatcher Rheinlander June), or at the SJA Alumni and Linda Barnett Garey. of Gibsonville, North Carolina, Banquet on Saturday night. He arrived on campus on a weekend, but and his wife, Gertrude Sylvain 1964 found a willing soul who admitted (MSJ) ’61, are faithful attendees of Bill Hanson, of San Antonio her to Colby Hall and snapped her both events. Sports (Texas) since 1991 and picture with Thaddeus. known as “the get-it-done guy,” With her 14th book—A Year of is retiring from the community- 1966 Writing Dangerously: 365 Days sports world. Now, he and his of Inspiration and Encouragement wife, Marcia, will be dividing their available through Amazon or your time between Texas and lakeside favorite bookstore—published in property in Vermont. May of 2012, Barbara Mattes Abercrombie remains an active 1965 and busy lady. She also teaches John Crane in the writers’ program at UCLA had a showing Extension. Barbara lives in Santa of prints in the Monica, California. Upper Jewett Corridor of the 1960 Hopkins Center George Ackerman writes that for the Arts on he is now totally retired. He’d the Dartmouth The Class of 1966 “Route 66” plan- love to hear from old friends and College campus ning members and helpers want all classmates. George is living in in Hanover, classmates to know they are working Kailua-Kona, Hawaii. Contact the New Hampshire, in the spring of diligently on the travel plans. Left Alumni Office and we’ll get him in 2012. The exhibition included to right: Bryon Quatrini, Priscilla touch with you. 38 prints, all of which explored Belanger Messier, Paul Emmons, transparency and its effect on color Donna Powers Hovey, Richard and form. The various printmaking Gagne, and John Hall. techniques included photopolymer

27 After 41 years, three months, and 10 days, Greg Sweeney retired from the FAA effective October 2, 2011. He says he wouldn’t trade the experience for anything except maybe a winning mega- millions ticket! Greg lives in Schaumburg, Illinois. become universally regarded struction firms. He has been work- 1967 as the definitive guide to legal ing on developing and executing Ready for a new journey of excellence. Tom was also turnkey engineering construction travel, feeding the homeless, and selected for inclusion in the projects in Dominican Republic, working with Habitat, Patricia New England “Super Lawyers” Venezuela, Peru, Chili, Panama, Chirdon retired after 35 years list, which recognizes the top Algeria, Gabon, Ghana, Rwanda, at Miami Dade College. She still attorneys in Vermont for 2012. and Vietnam. These projects are calls Miami, FL home. Previously he has been honored associated with hydro-electric as a Fellow of the American Bar power dams, water and wastewater A 30-year veteran of municipal Foundation. Tom lives in the treatment plants, bridges, high- employment in St. Johnsbury, Burlington, Vermont, area. ways, and airport facilities. Dan Scott worked his last day on June 1, 2012. Originally the 1973 1980 water and sewer superintendent, In May, 2012, Cindy Fortier he stepped into the position of Wheeler accepted the position Public Works Director several of head of retail lending with years back. Dan resides in Passumpsic Savings Bank in St. Johnsbury. St. Johnsbury. She joined Pas- sumpsic Savings Bank in 1983 1969 and has worked in a variety “A Great 28 Years for Bugbee” the of positions in the brand and Caledonian-Record headline read. loan departments with her It was referring to the retirement most recent position as retail- of Michael Bugbee as an SJA loan administrator. She and football coach. He was duly her husband, David, live in honored during halftime of the St. Johnsbury. Scott Frey earned an MBA in SJA-LI football game in October June 2012, graduating from 2012. Mike and wife, Joanne 1974 Norwich University in Northfield, Moulton Bugbee ’71, live on Joe’s The Cowens brothers,D ave Vermont. He resides in Barre, Pond in West Danville, Vermont. and Putt ’78, made a memorial Vermont, with his wife, Cathy, and trip to the 2012 Masters golf two children. 1970 tournament in Augusta, Georgia. (Page 26 Photo)In early Septem- Each day was totally devoted Long-time friends and fellow ber, 10 girls from the Class of to the Masters, rising at 5 a.m. skiers at Burke Mountain in 1970 got together in the Burl- and returning to their hotel February: Phyllis Jenks Grech ington (Vermont) area for a few more than 12 hours later. Dave (St. Johnsbury), Sheila Dodge days of fun, shopping, eating, and (Monroe, New Hampshire) and Taylor (East Burke, Vermont), Jim exploring. Putt (Middlesex, Vermont) had Vear (Littleton, New Hampshire), the time of their lives! Lisa Munkittrick Harrisv Dave 1972 Chesbrough and son (Salem, New Burlington Attorney Thomas 1978 Hampshire), Marge Laferriere Sherrer was named the Best Montreal, Quebec, Canada, resi- (Vergennes, Vermont), Alison 2013 Vermont Personal Injury dent Richard Coté is a partner Lote Monell (Gloucester, Law-Plaintiffs “Lawyer of the and vice-president EOCM-In- Massachusetts), Joe Kasprzak Year.” Since it was first published ternational with CIMA+, one of (Lyndon Center, Vermont), Craig in 1983, Best Lawyers has Canada’s top engineering-con- Repasz (Hamden, Connecticut).

28 hilltopper spring 2013 in nursing from Vermont Technical 1981 1987 College in May 2012. Cyndi lives Thomas Bussiere has been Lisa Cushman, of St. Johnsbury, with her husband, Jason, and promoted to the rank of brigadier earned an associate of science their four children, in Waterford, general in the U.S. Air Force. degree in respiratory therapy Vermont. He is the commander of the from Vermont Technical College 509th Bomb Wing at Whiteman in May 2012. Air Force Base, Missouri. Tom has served in the military for 26 Currently the assistant head years and is married to Barbara of school for academics Penniman Bussiere ’84. at the Episcopal School of Dallas (Texas), one of the top 1982 coeducational college preparatory After almost 13 years with RBS institutions in the nation, Erin Citizens, Todd Pacifico joined Mayo will take the position Marquette Business Credit as of head of school at Fryeburg a vice president doing asset- Academy in Fryeburg, Maine, After losing their home to fire in based lending to middle-market on July 1, 2013. She will reside February 2012, Blaine ’85 and companies in the southeast. He in Fryeburg with her husband, Diane Bedor Roy found help has been in Georgia almost 20 English teacher Peter Gurnis, through the Northeast Kingdom years now and lives with his wife, and their two children. chapter of Habitat for Humanity. As Vivian, in Marietta. he does with all applicants, 1990 Dan Swainbank ’65, the NEK In February 2012, Shane Lewis 1984 Habitat Board Chair, guided the helped lead second-seeded The Governing Board of Colt’s Roys through the process before Phoenix (Arizona) Country Day Manufacturing Company LLC they were selected for NEK Habitat’s to the Arizona Division IV boys announced the appointment of very first home build. Under hoop title. In his third season Dennis Veilleux as president the direction of site supervisor at the helm, the team finished and chief executive officer. Chris Fournier ’82, many, many 31-5 and erased a 50-year Dennis joined Colt in 2006 as the volunteers working 17 Saturdays championship drought with a executive director of engineering. made it possible for the Roys 49-29 win over Arizona Lutheran. His talents and contributions to to move into their new home Congratulations, Shane. the company were immediately Thanksgiving week 2012. Among realized. Dennis’ career includes the volunteers was Chris’ dad, positions with GE Armament, 1991 and former Academy maintenance Sam Axelrod is currently a Ruger, and FN Group (FNMI, supervisor, Jerry Fournier. Left foreign–service officer living in Winchester, and Browning). to right, Thet Roys’ first grandson, Hong Kong. He is a resident of Stratford, Blaine, Dan, Diane, Chris, and Jerry. Connecticut. MSgt. Shane Lacaillade, a When he went to Hawaii in clinical operations NCOIC 1994 Photographer Matthew Payeur, of 1991, Les Drent wanted to be a from Whiteman Air Forse Base, Danville, Vermont, was recognized journalist. Instead, he’s a farmer. Missouri, represented the state for his work at the 2012 Vermont Growing coffee (Blair Estate of Missouri at a White House Professional Photographers Coffee) since 2001, Les took dinner paying tribute to Iraq War Association’s annual convention. on growing tobacco for cigars veterans (February 2012). “It is His seven awards included a in 2004. There is a lot more to no simple task to represent the Court of Honor and Kodak Gallery this story, and you can find it at caliber of men and women who Award, Best of Show, and Members www.blairestatecoffee.com. Les I served alongside with in Iraq. Choice. He was then presented with lives among his coffee fields in They are the ones I’m thinking Highest Level of Excellence Award Kapaa, Hawaii, with his wife, two about tonight,” Shane said. (Photographer of the Year) for best children, two lazy cats, and a Cyndie Mathews Payeur earned overall body of work. brood of plump laying hens. her associate of science degree

29 has she been a teacher, but she’s 1996 1998 learned much living and working Newlyweds Ian ’98 and Cari Melissa and Travis Calkins among these students. The Source Melkonian Carlet, owners of purchased Goodfellas Restaurant Farm is a non-profit and needs all Locally Social Coffee in in Danville, Vermont, back the help it can get. Lindsey would St. Johnsbury, partnered with in September and are going love to share her story with all of the Department for Children gangbusters. They live in Danville you. Check it out at sourcefarm.com. and Families, Family Services with their two children. Division, to promote their foster- parent recruitment campaign. For After seven years at Rensselaer several months, all coffee sold at Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New Locally Social included a sticker York, Amie Canfield is the sports displaying the campaign slogan, information director at Mount Foster Care, Keeping Local Kids Holyoke College in South Hadley, Local. The Carlets are living in Massachusetts. St. Johnsbury and are happy to be a part of this initiative. Jennifer Bearce Crown, of St. Johnsbury, earned her associate 1997 degree from Community College Rebecca Gilding, of Wakefield, of Vermont in June 2012. Massachusetts, received a juris doctor degree, cum laude, from Over the past For the first time in 10 years, four New England Law in Boston, 10 years, friends from the Class of 1998 st during the 101 commencement Lindsey were all in the same place at ceremonies in May 2012. Scott has the same time: Marta Magnus, been toiling Heidi Hemmett, Tony Bona, and Out of over 200 “bootcamp” under the sun Danielle Bourbeau Drogalis met participants, Jenna Bird Heinrich on different at Marta’s home in Nashua, New was selected as 2012 Bootcamper continents: Hampshire. Marta wrote, “ We are of the Year at Ben’s Bootcamps farming, so grateful for the friendships, (Lyndonville, Vermont). Jenna’s teaching, memories, and education we gained physical results were pretty and living from the Academy.” awesome: 8 percent body fat lost, organically…off the grid and 34 pounds lost, 17 inches down, off the beaten path. She has traveled to Tanzania in East Africa 1999 and six pant sizes lost. Jenna and James Schenck has been promoted where she helped a school get a husband, Jason, live in Danville, to the rank of technical sergeant farm going using permaculture Vermont, with their two children. in the U.S. Air Force Reserve. He is methods such as rain-water an aerial transportation craftsman harvesting, composting, raised Campaigning and parachute rigger assigned to garden beds, and tree planting. for SJA in a toy the 39th APS, 302nd Airlift Wing at From 2010-2012 she helped store in Seoul, Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado. start a certified organic farm in Korea, Seawon Jim has been in the military for nine Cabot, Vermont. Now she is living Lee, son of years and is a resident of Denver, outside of Kingston, Jamaica, Sanghyun Lee, Colorado. strolled the working on an eco-village, one of aisles of the the only eco-villages on the whole store wearing his island. The resident organic 2000 Nate Darling has been project SJA sweatshirt. farmer and permaculturist at manager for a Boston University Usually the shirt is worn in The Source Farm in St. Thomas, engineering project that has created Cambridge, Massachusetts, where Jamaica, Lindsey is working to a weather satellite. To get the he lives with his parents. reclaim gardens from the bush, to recover from Hurricane Sandy, to complete story, go to www.bu.edu/ plant food and trees, and about today/2012/falling-in-love-with- a hundred other things! Not only science-again

30 hilltopper spring 2013 In 2012, Kristen O’Hare received her master’s degree in history and museum management from Middle Tennessee State University. She is currently employed with the Grand Ole Opry Museum in Nashville, Tennessee, where she lives. 2003 Laura Knowlton, of St. Johnsbury, earned an associate degree from Community College of Vermont in June 2012.

Celebrating the Chinese New Year The Fragile Line of Innocence by in Hong Kong with SJA friends: Shannon Brown Taylor was (front) Tiana Wong, Edith Lui published to Amazon Kindle in late Tifanny Wong, Willie Wong, Fran- 2012. Shannon lives in Billerica, ces Lee, Katelyn Lee, Giana Lee, Massachusetts, with her husband, Billy Lee; (back) Victor Chan, Garrett. Check out the book at Philip Au-Yeung, Jaff Chan, www.amazon.com. Ellen Lee, Wai Ying Tang, Sidney Cheng, Neil Ay, Philip Tsang. 2004 In June 2012, Claire Coté 2001 of staff,Al ex MacLean has moved returned from Berlin, Germany, Saddened by the tragedy in on to work with Bill Stenger on and presented new dance works at Newtown, Connecticut, Jodi the Northeast Kingdom Economic the Stuart Black Box Theatre at St. Fleurie-Wohlleb turned to Development Initiative. With the Johnsbury Academy’s Morse Center Facebook in a plea for people to 24-7 pace of state politics, Alex for the Arts. donate art–and–craft supplies. She said the head-long rush to build believes “art is a wonderful tool a new economic engine for the Continuing to honor her late for helping people heal.” Jodi said Northeast Kingdom in three years husband, 2nd Lt. Joseph Fortin, of her hopes for St. Johnsbury isn’t daunting at all. Alex calls Nicquelle Desilets Fortin to share its love with Newtown, Peacham, Vermont, home. participated in the third annual Connecticut: “Help make Sandy Run-Walk to Home Base presented Hook a school of children’s by New Balance. The event raises masterpieces.” funds for the Red Sox Foundation and Massachusetts General Hospital A mini-reunion of SJA alums Home Base Program, which was held at the home of Yuko provides clinical care to military Yoshifuji, in Tokyo, Japan. service members, veterans, and Pictured are (left to right)Ayu mi families who are affected by the Kurita ’99, Yuko Yhoshifuji “invisible wounds of war” —Post (with Shiki), Rukako Nagamori Traumatic Stress and Traumatic ’00, Hisako Nakagawa, Nene Brain Injury (TBI). She also Saito, Miki Saito, Mayu’s boy worked, along with her father-in- Nagisa Nagamori, Mayu Usami ’04, Dinner after the matinee of law, Martin Fortin ’76, and 100 Koshiro Saito ’02. “ Warhorse” with actress Tessa other community volunteers, to Adamson-Klein Harber: Bill collect and pack more than 300 After running Vermont Governor Vinton (faculty), Tessa, Jerry Christmas boxes for American Peter Shumlin’s critical first cam- Prevost ’77, Janet Warner- servicemen in Afghanistan and paign, his second campaign, and Ashley (faculty), Geoff Sewake, Kuwait, where troops serving in working as secretary of Civil and Gillian Vinton Sewake ’02, Iraq are now stationed. Military Affairs and deputy chief Jane Vinton.

31 Tara Kennedy, of West Burke, he performed CPR until EMTs bachelor of arts degree in English Vermont, earned her DPT in arrived. Drew was honored for from the University of Vermont. physical therapy from the his life-saving response at the University of Vermont in May Vermont State Police Awards In May 2012, John Meierdiercks, 2012. Ceremony in June 2012. Drew of St. Johnsbury, earned a bachelor and his wife, Jordan Smith of arts degree in English from the Kuku Leadbeater received Cota ’02, are living in St. Albans, University of Vermont. her master’s of science in Vermont. international business from In May 2012, Benjamin Post, of Henley Business School in Tyler Hacking, of St. Johnsbury, Barnet, Vermont, earned a bachelor Reading, England, in December earned an associate of applied of arts degree in environmental 2012. science degree in automotive studies from the University of technology from Vermont Vermont. Technical College in May 2012. It’s Easy Being Green, which started In 2012, Matthew Hutchinson, as an AOI at the Academy in Emma of Waterford, Vermont, graduated Sleeth’s junior year, has been re- from Western New England released and is available through University in Springfield, Amazon. Emma now lives in Massachusetts, with a juris doctor Lexington, Kentucky. degree. 2007 Molly Moghari, of Lyndonville, In May 2012, Adam Comerci, of Vermont, received an associate Barnet, Vermont, earned a bachelor degree from Community College of science in biological science of Vermont in June 2012. from the University of Vermont. Peter Lu ’03, friend Fudy Chen, Hanna Chang, Ayumi 2006 In May 2012, Benjamin Clough, of Yamaguchi, Kana Noro, and In May 2012, Caleb Clark, of Peacham, Vermont, earned a BSBA Jason Hsieh got together in St. Johnsbury, earned a bachelor in business administration from the Taipei, Taiwan. of arts degree in philosophy from University of Vermont. the University of Vermont. 2005 Margaret Daly, of Kirby, Paul Connelly is teaching music In May 2012, Nicholas Vermont, completed her and theater for the Hamilton Comerci, of Barnet, Vermont, undergraduate studies at the Public Schools, Hamilton, earned a bachelor of arts degree University of New Hampshire Michigan. in political science from the and continued on to obtain her University of Vermont. master’s of education in elementary When Drew Cota became a education degree, completed in member of the Vermont State Paige Ely, of St. Johnsbury, May 2012. Police, he didn’t realize he’d be earned an associate degree from saving a life on his front lawn. A Community College of Vermont in Jackson Lamp, of Barnet, Vermont, woman driving her car became June 2012. earned a bachelor of science dizzy and pulled over into what degree in computer engineering/ turned out to be Drew’s yard. In May 2012, Emma Hansen, software engineering option from Alerted by her cries for help, of Peacham, Vermont, earned a RIT ’s Kate Gleason College of Engineering in May 2012.

Letu Leadbeater, of St. Johnsbury, received her bachelor of arts degree in psychology and general business from Ohio State University in December 2012.

32 hilltopper spring 2013 Mike Schoppe and former Celtic arts drumming instructor and writing lab monitor, Andrew Adams, performing at Huis Ten Bosch, a Dutch theme park just north of Nagasaki, Japan. 2008 Crystal Connelly is a security guard at Lancaster General Hospital in Lancaster, Williams University in Bristol, She is now employed in the Pennsylvania. Crystal is also Rhode Island. International Affairs Department working toward her degree in of a company specializing in criminal justice at Tiffin University. Air Force Airman Andrew exhibitions and events. Erika has Marden graduated from basic returned to Vietnam. In May 2012, Jennifer Horton, military training at Lackland Air of Waterford, Vermont, earned her Force Base, San Antonio, Texas, in Rachel Wynn, of St. Johnsbury, BSEV, cum laude, in environmental 2012. Andrew earned distinction graduated cum laude from engineering from the University as an honor graduate. Gettysburg College in Gettysburg, of Vermont. Pennsylvania, in May 2012. In May 2012, Anna Monteith, Rachel majored in business, In May 2012, Heather Foehring, of Peacham, received a bachelor media, and communications. of St. Johnsbury, received of science degree in Fashion She is now living and working in a bachelor of arts degree in Merchandising and Retail Washington, D.C. elementary education from Roger Marketing from Johnson & Wales Williams University in Bristol, University in Providence, Rhode Rhode Island. 2009 Island. She now works at Garnet Air Force Airman Christopher Hill in the Woman’s Apparel Hatch graduated from basic Elizabeth Grech, of St. Johnsbury, Division. military training at Lackland Air earned an associate of science Force Base, San Antonio, Texas, in degree in software engineering Sean O’Reilly, of Lyndonville, the fall of 2012. from Vermont Technical College Vermont, graduated in December in June 2012. 2012 from Marquette University Lakes Region Community Col- in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Sean lege’s 2012 Dale Jones Scholar- Victoria Hahr, of Passumpsic, earned a bachelor of arts degree ship was awarded to Andrew Vermont, earned an associate in economics. Ruggles of St. Johnsbury. science degree in nursing from Vermont Technical College in Kyle Powers finished an While still an intern and as part June 2012. outstanding junior season at of her New England Culinary Lyndon State College leading Institute studies, Victoria Victoria Hastings, of St. Lyndon to the NAC title and Izyderczak signed a contract Johnsbury, earned an associate earning Runner of the Year to remain at Wheatleigh (a degree from Community College of honors in the process. member of Leading Hotels of Vermont in June 2012. the World), through September In May 2012, Ryan Strauch, of 2013. As stated in their literature, In May 2012, Tim Lyon, of St. St. Johnsbury, earned a BSED in “ Wheatleigh is the perfect Johnsbury, earned a BSBA in elementary education K-6 from marriage of the grandeur of a 16th business administration from the the University of Vermont. century Florentine palazzo with University of Vermont. the elegance and comfort of the Phuong Thao ‘Erika’ Tran 21st century.” Wheatleigh (www. In May 2012, Nerma Macedonci, Nguyen, of Vietnam, graduated wheatleigh.com) is located in of St. Johnsbury, received a from Indiana University in Lenox, Massachusetts; Victoria bachelor of science degree in Bloomington, Indiana, in 2012. hails from Darmstadt, Germany. criminal justice from Roger

33 2011 Air Force Airman Joseph Way, of St. Johnsbury, has graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas.

Michael Fenoff and Crystal Meunier (SJA math teacher) attended the Red Sox versus Diego Melendez and Honorable John M. Conroy, U.S. Magistrate Judge the Twins game at Fenway Park on August 5, 2012. They were 2012 was an exciting year for In June 2012, former English both winners of the “State Your Diego Melendez, the Academy’s teacher Nancy Sleeth came out Case” essay contest sponsored by graphic designer and proctor with a new book, Almost Amish. the Red Sox. They received two in Brantview dorm. In May of Check it out on Amazon.com. tickets each to the game and were 2012, he received his Bachelor Nancy and husband Matthew are allowed on the field for the pre- of Arts in Graphic Design from living in Lexington, Kentucky. game ceremonies. Crystal threw Lyndon State College. While out the first pitch of the game. there, Diego received multiple Longtime English teacher student awards, including the Bob Swartz was selected the Faculty/Former Visual Arts Award of Distinction. Northeast Kingdom Chamber Faculty Later in the year, Diego earned 2012 Citizen of the Year. His six national awards from three decades of service to Graphic Design USA and three Catamount Arts and health international awards from the education causes are only two Association of Marketing and of the reasons for his selection. Communication Professionals, “Bob Swartz’s community spirit including a Gold Award for embodies the true meaning of the design of the Hilltopper civic commitment and is an Magazine. Iconic Font Families, inspiration to all those fortunate a student project developed by enough to work with him,” a Diego, was chosen as one of 242 colleague said of Bob. Bob and award-winning designs in the his wife, Pat, live in 2013 HOW International Design St. Johnsbury. Awards Annual. Sponsored by HOW magazine, this highly Area artist and Academy fine- selective and well-regarded arts instructor, Bill Darling, competition now in its 20th year was welcomed in early 2013 recognizes outstanding creative by St. Johnsbury Athenaeum work by individuals and creative for his lecture titled, “Creative agencies around the world. Most Process and the Art of Intaglio recently, Diego reached a new Printmaking.” Bill and his wife, milestone in his life by becoming fellow art instructor Kim Darling, a United States Citizen. live in Passumpsic, Vermont. Congratulations Diego!

34 hilltopper spring 2013 Emily Price and Andrew Cotter

1979 1990 1997 Carole Goldsworthy and Mal- Sarah Jenson and Shane Clark, Emily DiFranco and Ethan colm Doak, August 11, 2012, in April 14, 2012, at the Wild- Coppenrath, July 30, 2012, the garden at The Inn at Moun- cat Tavern Inn in Jackson, New in Bermuda during a five-day tain View Farm in East Burke, Hampshire. Sara is a school celebration and wedding cruise Vermont. Carole attended Lyndon teacher with a master’s in curric- from Port Liberty, New Jersey, State College, received her M.Ed. ulum and instruction. Shane is a to King’s Wharf, Bermuda. Emily from Lesley University, and now land surveyor and owner of Trul- earned a degree in mathematics works at Barton Academy and ine Land Surveyors in St. Johns- from Lyndon State College and Upward Bound at Lyndon State bury, where the Clarks reside. is a personal banker for Bank of College in Lyndon, Vermont. Mal- America. Ethan is a graduate of colm attended Harvard University 1992 Lyndon State College and Rens- Extension School and is employed Michele White and Justin Hey- selaer Polytechnic Institute. He as creative marketing writer for wood, October 27, 2012, at is employed by RPI in Troy, New inMusic Brands of Cumberland, Shadow Lake in Concord, Ver- York. Ethan and Emily live in Rhode Island. mont. North Greenbush, New York. 1984 1996 Erin Quatrini and Andy Hill, Elizabeth Edney and Richard Cari Melkonian and Ian Carlet July 16, 2011, in an outdoor Rollins, August 4, 2012. Elizabeth ’98, November 21, 2012, at South ceremony overlooking the harbor has relocated to Las Cruces, New Beach on Lake Willoughby in in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Mexico, where Rich is a family Westmore, Vermont. Cari earned Erin is a 2001 graduate of St. assistance analyst for the State a business administration degree Michael’s College (Vermont) with of New Mexico’s Human Services from Lyndon State College. Cari a degree in business administra- Department. and Ian are the owners/operators tion. She is employed at Littleton of Caramels Tanning & Locally Coin Company as the product Social Coffee in St. Johnsbury. marketing group manager. Andy

35 is a 1994 graduate of Concord animal science and a veterinary High School. He owns and oper- medical degree from Cornell 2001 ates Hill Heating Services of University. She completed a large Kara Johnson and Linc Bigelow, Waterford, Vermont, where Erin animal veterinary internship on October 20, 2012, at The Cathe- and Andy live. Prince Edward Island after gradu- dral of the Immaculate Concep- ation and is a licensed veterinar- tion in Portland, Maine. Kara 1998 ian in Ithaca, New York. Her hus- is a 2008 graduate of Kaplan Pamela Cranston and Konrad band earned his B.S. in animal University and is a legal assistant Witte, June 2, 2012, in the des- science from Cornell University at Thompson, Bull, Furey, Bass ert foothills of Cave Creek, Ari- and is the lead programmer/ana- & MacColl in Portland. Linc is a zona. Pamela graduated from Ari- lyst for Cornell University’s Bio- 2005 graduate of the University of zona State University in 2008 and tech Resource Center in Ithaca, Southern Maine. He is employed is currently studying at the Ari- New York. at Sherwin Williams in Portland zona State University Sandra Day as a sales representative. The O’Connor College of Law. Konrad Anna Terrien and Taylor Cop- couple reside in Portland, Maine. graduated from the University of penrath, June 30, 2012, on the Chelsea Brown and Daniel Vermont in 2003 and is employed beach at Montego Bay, Jamaica. Darling ’05, at the St. Johnsbury as a computer programmer in the Anna is a graduate of Colchester Country Club. Chelsea graduated publishing industry in Fountain High School and of Touchstone from Ringling School of Art and Hill, Arizona. Healing Arts Massage School. She is a licensed massage therapist Design in Sarasota, Florida, in 2005 with a bachelor’s degree in and manages the Village Scoop 1999 fine arts, and from the New Eng- Marriages Page 35 Photo Emily in Colchester, Vermont. Taylor land School of Hair and Design in Price and Andrew Cotter, April graduated from the University of West Lebanon, New Hampshire. 7, 2012, in Arlington, Virginia. Vermont and plays professional basketball in Alicante, Spain. Tay- She has her own salon within Penny Dalgitou and Gregory lor and Anna are currently living Inspiration Design Studios in Wernecke, January 6, 2013, in Alicante, Spain. They spend the St. Johnsbury. Daniel is currently at Resurrection of Our Christ summers at their home in Essex working as a painter. Church in Sydney, Australia. Junction, Vermont. Jessie Stevenson and Penny earned a master’s in clini- Brian , September 1, 2012, in cal science from Southern Cross Jessica Thomas and Jeremy Toney West Barnet, Vermont. Jessie University in Lismore, Australia, Dunbar, August 4, 2012, at the graduated from Danville High and works as a physician’s assis- Peacham Congregational Church school in 2000 and from State tant for orthopaedics at Canter- in Peacham, Vermont. Jessica University of New York in 2003. bury Hospital in Sydney. Gregory graduated from Endicott College She is the manager at All About earned his MD from University in 2004 and is a legal assistant Flowers. Brian works with the of Sydney Medical School and is for Kasting, Kauffman and Mers- New Hampshire Electric Coopera- currently doing his orthopaedic en. Jeremy is a 2001 graduate of tive. They are living in Monroe, residency in Sydney. Montana State University. He is the sole herdsman for the Green New Hampshire. 2000 Mountain Angus Ranch. Jessica Eva Conant and Adriano Man- and Jeremy are living in Three 2002 Ashley Gingue and Alan Legacy, occhia, September 15, 2012, in Forks, Montana. September 15, 2012, on Burke Cornell University’s historic Sage Mountain. Ashley graduated from Chapel. Eva obtained a B.S. in Erin Tomlinson and Darren Pritchard, August 11, 2012, at University of Massachusetts-Am- The Keeper on Horned Pout Pond, herst, and is a marketing manag- in St. Johnsbury. Erin is em- er at M2S in West Lebanon, New ployed as a patient care coor- Hampshire. Alan graduated from dinator for Bridger Orthopedics Lyndon Institute and Vermont in Bozeman, Montana. Darren is Technical College. He is an engi- a project manager for Highline neering technician at American Partners in Bozeman. Consulting & Engineers in Wil- liamstown, Vermont.

36 hilltopper spring 2013 Autumn attended Worcester neering. He is employed by H. State College and is a head start Carr and Sons Inc. working in New preschool teacher. Todd attended London, Connecticut. Oregon State College, and is a Kiewit Bridge & Marine Superin- Laura Ruggles and Andrew Nye, tendent. June 15, 2012, at Spruce Point Inn in Boothbay Harbor, Maine. 2005 Allison Campbell and Joshua 2007 Randee Hutchinson and Rob- Alfred Dedam and Rose Kent Browne, January 28, 2012, at The Pavilion at the Sleepy Hollow ert Thompson, June 16, 2012, at Rose Kent and Alfred Dedam, Inn in Huntington, Vermont. Alli- a ceremony in Barnet, Vermont. February 11, 2012, at the summit son is a 2011 graduate of the Uni- Randee graduated from Lyndon of Burke Mountain. The service versity of Vermont, and a music State College with a bachelor’s de- was performed by Dan Keeney educator at schools in Peacham gree in business administration in ’02. Rose is a 2006 graduate of and Walden, Vermont, and Lisbon December 2010. Robert graduated Bowdoin College, and is a science and Monroe, New Hampshire. from Lyndon State College with a teacher at South Royalton (Ver- Joshua is a 2009 graduate of the bachelor’s in business administra- mont) School. Alfred is a mason. University of Vermont. He is a tion May 2009. They’re living in Bethel, Vermont. creator of the monthly publica- tion “into the White” as well as 2003 employed in the non-profit sec- Laura Robie and Ian Brasseur, tor. The couple make their home August 18, 2012, at Top of the in Peacham, Vermont. World in Derby, Vermont. Laura is employed by Passumpsic Savings Bank. Ian works for Munson Earth Moving. 2004

Lindsay Mold and Jordan Marsha

Lindsay Mold and Jordan Mar- sha, January 30, 2013, at City Hall in Burlington, Vermont. Lindsay graduated from Vermont Technical Justin Thomas and College and is a registered nurse Jennifer Mousette at Fletcher Allen Health Care in Burlington, Vermont. Jordan is a Jennifer Moussette and Justin graduate of Bellows Free Academy Fazeelat Aziz and Thomas, September 15, 2012, in St. Albans, Vermont. Wahab Munir at the Union Bluff Hotel in York Beach, Maine. Jen earned a Fazeelat Aziz and Wahab Munir, doctorate in physical therapy 2008 February 2, 2013, in Lahore Katlynn Adams and Ben Stevens from American International Pakistan. Wahab is a software ’05, February 18, 2012, at the College in 2011. She is em- engineer with Scania in Stockholm, Moose Lodge in East St. Johns- ployed by Cheshire Fitness Zone Sweden where they live. bury. Katlynn and Ben are em- in Cheshire, Connecticut. Justin ployed at Bryan’s Custom Cutting graduated from Worcester Poly- Autumn Ward and Todd Makela, in Barnet, Vermont. June 2, 2002, at Saint Mary’s technic Institute in 2009 with a Cathedral in Portland, Oregon. bachelor’s degree in civil engi-

37 Riku Yokoyama

Delaware. She joins siblings Se- 1980 1991 bastian, Alexandra, Gabriel, and A daughter, Kendall Nancy, March Lukas. 15, 2012, to Kilee and Chris Wil- ley, of Concord, Vermont. She 1992 joins siblings Kaiden and Cheryl. A daughter, Kaylee Marie, Novem- ber 10, 2012, to Kari and Mi- 1987 chael Demars, of St. Johnsbury. She joins a brother, Brandon. Dimitris Daniel A son, Galen Glen, May 11, 2012, A son, Dimitris Daniel, September to Shannon and Eric Slayton, 7, 2012, to George and Shannon of Bridgton, Maine. He joins a Bell Petras, of Athens, Greece. brother, Gideon. 1994 A son, Trevor Jay, May 29, 2012, to Nikki and Rob Bristol, of St. Johnsbury. He joins siblings Han- nah, Reilly, Kyleigh, and Aliyah. Ada

Natalia Eva A daughter, Ada, April 14, 2012, to Guldem and Emre Sanli, of A daughter, Natalia Eva, January Izmir, Turkey. 12, 2012, to Rob and Rebecca Kimball Matysiak, of Smyrna,

38 hilltopper spring 2013 Matthew, Joelle and Jonas Matthew Barrett Kuhnen Alice Mae

A daughter, Alice Mae, November A son, Wyatt Kermit, March 22, 2, 2011, to Rebecca and Ethan 2012, to Kayce and Jared Brad- Phelps, of Stockbridge, Vermont. ley, of Barnet, Vermont. He joins a brother, Cody. Births Opener Photo A son, Riku, February 11, 2012, to Rimi and A daughter, Luisa Ingrid, Novem- Eiji Yokoyama, of Kanagawa, ber 18, 2012, to Benjamin ’00 Japan. and Claudia Vieira Heisholt, of Barnet, Vermont. 1996 Jonas Matthew A son, Jayden Kenneth, July 8, A son, Wells, June 29, 2012, to A son, Jonas Matthew, August 2012, to Jason Newland and Lisa Jessica Densmore and Jeremy 12, 2012, to Matthew and Joelle Crown, of McIndoe Falls, Ver- Donovan, of Keene, New Hamp- Barrett Kuhnen, of Chicago, mont. He joins sisters Cora and shire. He joins a sister, Burke. Illinois. Madison. 1997 A daughter, Leela June, Septem- A daughter, Lillian, September ber 6, 2012, to Chris and Chel- 21, 2012, to Julia Lau and Ra- sea Mondics Kurtz, of Philadel- phael Adamek, of Brattleboro, phia, Pennsylvania. Vermont. A son, Soren George, September A daughter, Chloe, in December 13, 2012, to Tyler ’00 and Emily 2012, to Michael and Sarah (Go- Scott Smith, of St. Johnsbury. Madeleine Tamela odrich) Alto, of Maine. 1998 A daughter, Madeleine Tamela, A daughter, Sage Delaney, March A son, Martin Samuel, May 31, September 27, 2012, to Nicholas 8, 2012, to Joanna and Gabriel 2012, to Mac and Amanda Cobb and Meaghan Laferriere Rowe, Boisseau, of Bethlehem, New Cashin, of Bath, New Hampshire. of Hampton, New Hampshire. Hampshire. She joins a brother, He joins a sister, Grace. Ezra. A son, Wyatt Christopher, Decem- A daughter, Lucienne Elizabeth, ber 7, 2012, to Christopher and November 22, 2012, to Javier Kendra Leiviska Fuller, of St. Castillo and Rebecca Gilding, of Johnsbury. Wakefield, Massachusetts. A daughter, Eloise Claire, No- A daughter, Emmeline Mar- Hugo Haile vember 24, 2012, to Jacinta and tha, August , 2012, to Melissa Marcel Raboin, of Hyde Park, A son, Hugo Haile, October 27, Bourque and Matthew Davis, of Vermont. 2011, to Sarah and Martin St. Johnsbury. She joins siblings Stolle, of Bernhofstrasse, Swit- Killian and Marsh. 1999 zerland. A son, Spencer Joseph, August 2, 2012, to Justin ’98 and Krystal 2000 Downing Amidon, of Water- A son, Carson Derrick, June 4, ford, Vermont. He joins brothers 2012, to Lauren Gray and Der- Quinn and Carter. rick Calkins, of Milton, Vermont. 39 A son, Angus Lawrence, Novem- A daughter, Harper Rose Marie, ber 7, 2012 to Scott and Lind- 2002 December 27, 2012, to Elysia sey Bona Eggeman, of Ovando, A son, Cooper John, August 2, Brown and Joshua Merchant, Montana. 2012, to Jessica Elie and Bill of St. Johnsbury. She joins a Goodhue III, of St. Johnsbury. brother, Trenton. A son, Soren Paul, November He joins siblings Kameron and 3, 2011, to Joshua and Rachel Griffin. Brown Sanborn, of Milton Mills, New Hampshire. A son, Seamus Ethan, February 10, 2012, to Joshua Pugh and 2001 Molly Hartshorn, of Evansville, A son, Maxwell Nelson, March Indiana. He joins a sister, Aoife. 28, 2012, to Jared and Victoria A daughter, Leah Gray, April 12, Whitehill Lacasse, of Burling- 2012, to Ryan and Courtney ton, Vermont. He joins a brother, Gray Skar, of Bakersfield, Ver- Samuel. mont. She joins a sister, Madelyn. A daughter, Josie Harper, Sep- tember 14, 2012, to Greg ’99 2003 and Rachel Patoine Lepine, of A daughter, Ava Desiree, January St. Johnsbury. She joins sisters 3, 2013, to Dwane Knight and Aubry and Olivia. Amanda Coderre, of St. Johns- Nathalie bury. She joins a sister, Brianna. A daughter, Brynn Anne, February A daughter, Nathalie Trinle Haka- 5, 2013, to Lance and Chelsea la, August 21, 2012, to Nathaniel Leighton Megayer. and Emily Hurst Thompson, of A daughter, Averie Elizabeth, Au- Trumansburg, New York. gust 30, 2012, to Renee Kelly and Ethan Swain of Sutton, Vermont. 2004 A daughter, Maryah Rose, March Shiku 7, 2012, to Jesse and April Al- drich Barton, of Monroe, New Hampshire. She joins a brother, Dustin.

A daughter, Aubree Jewell, De- Takahiro cember 2, 2012, to Matthew and Christine Shattuck Mitchell, of Havlock, North Carolina. A son, Takahiro, August 12, 2012, to Hiromi ’04 and Lily Lee Kara- A son, Chase Alexander, August hashi, of Kanagawa-shi, Japan. 2, 2012, to Alex and Nicole Hart A son, Shiki, July 20, 2012, to Stebbins, of Danville, Vermont. Shin and Yuko Yoshifuji Tomio- He joins a sister, Aubriella. ka, of Tokyo, Japan. A son, Dominick Tyler, November 21, 2012, to Michael ’02 and Denise Day Walsh, of Barnet, Vermont. He joins siblings Madi- Whitney son and Hailey.

A daughter, Whitney Sorrell, A daughter, Natalie Marie, Octo- May 12, 2012, to Jason and Jodi ber 8, 2012, to Levi Welton and Sorrell Mashia, of Swanton, Celise Lapierre, of Burke Hollow, Vermont. Vermont.

Brynn Anne Shelby Noella

2005 2006 A son, Zander Travis, March 10, A son, Bryant Michael-Calvin, 2012, to Travis Hale and Jenna December 27, 2012, to Amber Gingue, of St. Johnsbury. Coburn and Trevor Gaouette ’08, of St. Johnsbury. A daughter, JayLynn Rose, August 27, 2012, to Jacob French and 2007 Christina Hall, of St. Johnsbury. A son, Barrett John, October She joins siblings Daniel and 29, 2012, to Tim and Amy Reed Julian. Bedor, of St. Johnsbury. 2008 A daughter, Shelby Noella, De- cember 29, 2012, to Jason and Deborah Mudge Boyle, of St. Johnsbury. Faculty A daughter, Elaina Marie, August A daughter, Dava Louise, Novem- 10, 2012, to Samantha Connors ber 16, 2012, to Jason and Elia and Chad Pelkey. Nelson Desjardins, of East St. Johnsbury. Alexander Miguel 2009 A son, Xavier William, November A son, Alexander Miguel, August 20, 2012, to Shawnna Allen, of 20, 2012, to Miguel Angel Garcia- Grafton, West Virginia. Martinez and Ceeg Johnson, of Newport News, Virginia. 2010 A son, Kevin James, March 10, 2012, to Kevin and Kelsey Carr William Joseph O’Donnell, of St. Johnsbury. A son, William Joseph, April 3, 2011 2012, to Rachel and Stephen A son, Jaxon William, October Levesque, of St. Johnsbury. He 10, 2012, to Casey Durfee and joins a brother, Kevin. Josslyn Berwick.

Chloe Ann A son, Dimitri James, April 7, A daughter, Chloe Ann, October 2, 2012, to Sean Dean ’09 and Ash- 2012, to William and Jackie Vas- ley Newman, of St. Johnsbury. silowitch Kempton, of Peacham, A daughter, Luna Rae, May 30, Vermont. 2012, to Bernard Hagan and Kim- A son, Emmett Mark, September 1, berly Greenleaf, of Lunenburg, 2012, to Lucas Bristol and Molly Vermont. Moghari, of Lyndonville, Vermont. He joins a brother, Kellan. 2012 If you have any news to share, if you’re A daughter, Gannon Patricia, moving, or if your son/daughter is still A daughter, Aubree Ryann, January October 2, 2012, to Zachary receiving the magazine at your address, 23, 2012, to Wendy Mitchell and Lawrence and Christie Locke, of please send updated information to: Antonio Thomas, of Lyndonville, Monroe, New Hampshire. The Alumni Office, St. Johnsbury Vermont. She joins a sister, Eva. Academy | P.O. Box 906, St. Johnsbury, A son, Colton Alden, August 28, VT 05819-0916 | Phone (802) 751-2011 2012, to Ryan Noyes and Katie Fax (802) 751-2368 Nelson, of Concord, Vermont. E-mail [email protected]

41 a son, John (Rosemary) Lapanne; a Campagna; four grandchildren and two

1931 grandson; and a brother, Alphonse great-grandchildren; and a brother, Helen Wheaton Desrochers, 99, (Stella) Lapanne. Milton Knapp ’37. January 7, 2012, of St. Johnsbury. Survivors include children Sylvia Ralph Morse, 93, April 22, 2012, of Warren Penniman, 90, January 6, Desrochers Levere ’59 M and Normand Denmark, Maine. Survivors include his 2013, of St. Johnsbury. Survivors Desrochers ’65; five grandchildren and wife, Lillian Lee-Morse. include his son, Richard (Debbie) three great-grandchildren. Penniman ’70; and two grandsons and two great-grandchildren. 1938 1933 Barbara Wilcomb Richardson, 89, Correction: Paul Brown, 96, May December 1, 2010, of West Point, 20, 2011, of Lawrenceville, Georgia. 1942 Mississippi. Betty Coakley Driscoll, 88, August Survivors include his wife, Alta Roberts 18, 2012, of Lancaster, New Hampshire. Brown ’31; children Russell Brown, Priscilla Lord Thompson, 91, April 22, Survivors include children Martin Robert Brown, and Cynthia (Scott) 2012, of Danville, Vermont. Survivors (Helen) Driscoll and Dennis (Valerie) Morris; seven grandchildren and nine include daughters Claudia Cochran and Driscoll; six grandchildren; and a great-grandchildren. Deborah Kimball; a granddaughter and brother, Harold Coakley ’44 T. four great-grandchildren. Walter Ladd, Sr., 96, March 12, 2012, John Poole, 87, April 23, 2012, of of St. Johnsbury. Survivors include Lyndonville, Vermont. Survivors include sons Walter (Kathy) Ladd, Jr. ’65 and 1939 George Kellogg, 92, November 7, 2012, his children, Diane Poole Murphy ’76, Gordon (Barbara) Ladd ’73; eight of St. Johnsbury. Survivors include his Michael Poole ’76, and James Poole grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren, wife, Marie Kellogg; children Kerry ’77; three grandchildren and three great- and two great-great-grandchildren; and Kellogg (Steve) Labombard ’66, grandchildren; and a brother, Philip siblings Barbara Matthews and Paul Pamela Kellogg Showalter ’69, and Poole. (Sandy Dutchburn ’59) Lyons. James (Lori Parsons) Kellogg ’76; and five grandchildren and seven great- Prescott Stearns, 87, July 27, 2012, Marion Galbraith Merrill, 97, grandchildren. of Stanhope, New Jersey. Survivors February 16, 2012, of Hockessin, include nieces and nephews. Delaware. 1940 Norman Chase, 89, February 10, 2012, Bruce Willson, 89, January 15, 2013,

1934 of Temple Terrace, Florida. Survivors of Irasburg, Vermont. Survivors include Ralph Roy, 97, July 28, 2012, of include his wife, Norma Prescott his partner, Janet Legendre Lucas Springdale, Arkansas. Survivors include Chase ’43; a daughter, Carol Ferguson; a ’41; children Cheryl (Dale) Simino, sons Michael Roy and William (Suzanne) granddaughter and a great-grandson; and Ronald (Lisa) Willson, Susan ( Roy ’61) Roy; and three grandchildren and one a sister, Ruth Douglas Perkins ’38. Patneaude, and Sandra (Phil) Keyser; 15 great-grandchild. grandchildren, 18 great-grandchildren, and two great-great-grandchildren. 1941 1936 Priscilla Wilkins Barrett, 88, July 14, Ruth Jenne Barrett, 94, August 9, 2012, of St. Johnsbury. Survivors include 2012, of Lyndonville, Vermont. Survivors 1943 children Patricia Barrett Parrigan Betty Gervais Cowens, 87, February 1, include children Joanne (Bill) Gregoire, ’64, Richard (Denise) Barrett ’66, 2013, of Montpelier, Vermont. Survivors Gary Barrett, and Cynthia (Peter) Virginia Barrett (Joseph) Saavedra include children Nancy Cowens Comey Griffith; four grandchildren and five ’68, Jean Barrett (Alan) Ashe ’69, ’64, Marty (Charlene) Cowens ’67, Dave great-grandchildren; and sisters Carole Kathleen Barrett Taplin ’72, Ronald (Vicki) Cowens ’74, and Nathan (Kathy) Jenne Hamlett ’57 and Dorothy Jenne (Mattie Lyster ’74) Barrett ’73, and Cowens ’78; seven grandchildren; and (Howard) Nicholson ’44. Judith Barrett (Allen) Bourbeau siblings Barbara Gervais (Chuck) ’74; 16 grandchildren and 20 great- Hodgson ’47, Patricia Gervais (Jerry) Barbara Dow Poole Gallup, 93, July 1, grandchildren; and a brother, Stanley Turner ’50, and Robert Gervais ’56. 2011, of Wolcott, Connecticut. Survivors (Mary Carter ’59) Wilkins ’57 T. include sons Charles (Kathleen) Poole Ruth Ticehurst Dilley, 86, September ’64, Jeffrey Poole, and David Poole; Glendeen Samuelson Gonzalez, 89, 9, 2012, of St. Johnsbury. Survivors seven grandchildren and six great- January 24, 2013, of Denver, Colorado. include children Harold (Brenda) grandchildren; and a sister, Marjorie Survivors include a sister, A. Elaine Dilley ’69, Pat Dilley Robbins ’70, and Dow ’48. Samuelson Needham ’43. Pamela Dilley (Anthony) Collier ’72; and seven grandchildren and four great-

1937 Perry Kipp, 88, August 11, 2012, of grandchildren. Margaret Beattie Kambour, 92, Belmont, Massachusetts. Survivors July 29, 2012, of Barton, Vermont. include his wife, Margaret Kipp; children anthony Handy, 88, December 31, Survivors include children Peter (Carol) Nancy (Walter) Smith, William (Kris) 2012, of St. Johnsbury. Survivors Kambour, James Kambour, Thomas Kipp, Elizabeth (Curtis ) Sauter, Thomas include his wife, Dianne Handy; children Kambour, and Theodore (Sandy) (Barbara) Kipp; and five grandchildren. Solomon (Kimberly) Handy ’82, Kambour; two grandchildren and one Elisa Handy (Rodney) Maurice ’84, great-grandchild; and a sister, Irene Robert Knapp, 87, September 10, 2011, Jennifer Handy (Jack) Bassett ’90, Beattie Trenholme ’39. of Colchester, Vermont. Survivors include and Samuel (Megan) Handy ’96; and 11 his wife, Jackie Knapp; children Gary grandchildren. Laurence Lapanne, 94, April 2, 2012, Knapp, Larry (Robin) Knapp, and Gail of Zellwood, Florida. Survivors include

42 hilltopper spring 2013 T= St. Johnsbury Trade School MSJ=Mount St. Joseph Academy

include her husband, Peter Bijolle ’48 Clark) Robinson ’75; nine grandchildren;

1944 T; children Ellen Townsend, Brenda and a brother, Stanley (Mary Carter Althea Flanders Green, 85, August 25, Yeager, and Cheryl Fanning; step-sons ’59) Wilkins ’57 T. 2011, of Florissant, Missouri. Survivors David Bijolle ’71 and Michael Bijolle include a brother, John Flanders ’46. ’72; four grandchildren; and a sister, William Rodd, 83, December 25, 2011, Elsie McKee (Dean) Finney ’49. of St. Johnsbury. Survivors include

1945 his wife, Natalie Cutting Rodd ’50; John Cunavelis, 85, December 23, Virginia Prescott Clark, 82, March children Stephen (Pam Machado ’85) 2012, of South Burlington, Vermont. 31, 2012, of Williston, Vermont. Rodd ’71, Tino (Adrienne Kaye ’82), Survivors include children Kiki LeClair Survivors include her children Delia Rodd ’73, and Casey (Cindy DeKoeyer and Jake Cunavelis; step-children (Timothy Traver) Clark, David Clark, and ’82) Rodd ’78; and several grand- and David Bove and Perry Bove; and 12 Susan (Mark Bushnell) Clark; and six great-grandchildren. grandchildren. grandchildren. Laurett Fillion (MSJ), 87, November 1949 Pauline Dufresne (MSJ), 83, July 29, Delmer Barrows, 81, April 8, 2012, of 17, 2012, of Burlington, Vermont. 2012, of Hastings on Hudson, New York. Johnson, Vermont. Survivors include his Survivors include brothers Leo Fillion Sister Dufresne also taught at Mt. St. wife, Linda Barrows. ’49 and Joseph (Mary Alice) Fillion ’43. Joseph. Helen Clothey Caron, 2012, of

1946 Savannah, Georgia. Survivors include a Beverly Holbrook Hopkins, 84, April 1948 Betty Bolton Daniels, 82, December son, Mark Schaefer. 26, 2012, of Lyndonville, Vermont. 28, 2012, of Worcester, Vermont. Survivors include children Stephen Survivors include children Ray Daniels, Joyceline Garand Gadapee, 82, (Margaret) Hopkins, Sherri (Dave) Mary Daniels, and Amy Loyall; six October 8, 2012, of Eliot, Maine. Wood, Peter (Janice) Hopkins, and Greg grandchildren; and siblings Olive Survivors include children Dean (Stacy) Hopkins; 10 grandchildren and Bolton Morey ’45, Esther Bolton Gadapee, Graydon Gadapee Jr., Bonnie five great-grandchildren; and sisters Lois Cuthbertson, and Burton Bolton ’54. Morris, and Deborah McClintock; four Holbrook and Sandra Holbrook. grandchildren; and brothers Reggie Roger Donna, 83, July 11, 2012, of Garand, and Arnold Garand ’55 T. Marjorie Leavitt Keach, 84, January 2, St. Johnsbury. Survivors include children 2012, of Waterford, Vermont. Survivors Larry Donna ’74, Stephen Donna ’76, Margaret Emmons Houle, November include sons William (Bo) Keach David Donna ’78, Susan Donna ’78, 2011, of Montpelier, Vermont. ’67 and Dwayne (Gayle) Keach ’69; a and Linda Donna (Tim) Hartwell ’84; grandson, two step-grandchildren, three five grandchildren; and siblingsCl aude Jacquelyn Amidon Munkittrick, 80, great-grandchildren, and a step-great Donna ’45 T, Gertrude Donna (Robert March 30, 2012, of San Bernadino, granddaughter. ’49 T) Turner ’52 M, Dorothy Donna California. Survivors include children (Reg) Leonard ’53 M, and Normand Kerry, Judith, Cynthia, Deborah, and Jean Pillsbury Lincoln, 83, March (Susan) Donna ’64. Holly; and a sister, Marilyn Amidon 3, 2012, of Hanover, New Hampshire. Hylander ’45. Survivors include her husband, Richard Lacroix, 83, February 4, 2012, Raymond Lincoln; son Scott (Amy) of Torrance, California. Survivors include Marcel Plouffe (T), 82, November 27, Lincoln; a granddaughter; and a sister, his wife, Marjorie Lacroix; children Gary 2012, of Williston, Vermont. Survivors Joan Pillsbury (John) Cahill ’48. (Robin) Lacroix, Robert Lacroix, and include his wife, Louise Landry Plouffe Anne (Luis) Howard; six grandchildren ’49 M; children Marc (Robin) Plouffe, Howard McLaren, 84, January 24, and seven great-grandchildren; and a Nicole (John) Rivolta, Celeste Plouffe, 2013, of Dunedin, Florida. Survivors sister, Rita Lacroix (Edsel ’45 T) Bean and Richard Plouffe; two grandchildren; include his wife, Muriel; sons William ’49 M. and a sister, Georgette Plouffe (Lisa) McLaren, Robert (Penny) Jacobson ’47 MSJ. McLaren, Stephen (Sandra) McLaren, Benita Miller Boardman Passut, and Ronald McLaren; six grandchildren 81, March 10, 2012, of Jensen Beach, Marilyn Thompson White, 81, August and two great-grandchildren; and Florida. Survivors include her husband, 2, 2012, of Middlebury, Vermont. siblings Carolyn McLaren (Norman) Robert Passut ’42; her mother, Marjorie McCrae ’48 and Hazen (Mary) McLaren Damon; children Gerald Boardman, ’51. 1950 Bonnie (Peter Emmons ’65) Boardman, Edith Salt Carleton, 80, December Jane (Elliot Kaplan) Bronson, Susan 5, 2012, of Sutton, Vermont. Survivors Marjorie Warren Ovitt, 82, May 21, (Raymond) Deslauriers, Paul Boardman, include her husband, Otis Carleton; 2011, of Waterford, Vermont. Survivors Sheila (Kevin) McCarthy, Ellen (James) children Sarah (Mark Klammer) include her partner, Robert Shores; Zieske, and James Boardman; step-son Carleton, Dan (Don Timson) children Richard (Evelyn) Ovitt ’69 T, Brent (Pat Davio ’70) Passut ’69; and Carleton, and Peter (Marie) Carleton; Barbara Ovitt (Robert) Noel ’71, and 11 grandchildren. five grandchildren and one great- Deborah Ovitt (Allen ’66) Munkit- granddaughter; and siblings Albert trick ’74; six grandchildren and four Beverly Wilkins Robinson, 82, January Salt ’43 and Joyce Salt (Ernest) great-grandchildren; and a brother, 22, 2013, of Lyndonville, Vermont. Racenet ’48. Sherm (Thea Ward ’50) Warren. Survivors include children Cynthia Robinson (Jack) Lamb ’69, Donald Mona Pillsbury, 79, April 3, 2012, of

1947 Robinson ’72, Thomas (Melanie) Danville, Vermont. Survivors include Vilma McKee Bijolle, 82, March 15, Robinson ’73, and William (Cindy siblings Richard (Gisela) Pillsbury, 2012, of Lakeland, Florida. Survivors

43 Gladys Spencer ’49, and Lorraine and two step-grandchildren; her mother,

Spencer Wilder ’53. 1954 Dorothy Conly Cutting ’29; and sisters Paul Desrochers, 76, January 8, 2013, Barbara Cutting (Ernie ’58) Thurston of St. Johnsbury. Survivors include ’61 and Virginia Cutting (Ronald ’61) 1951 children Rodger (Ginger) Noyes, Sandra Leona Thurston Bombard, 78, March Cross ’61. Lepine, Lenore (Gary) Dwyer, and Karen 7, 2012, of Portland, Maine. Survivors Desrochers; nine grandchildren and 18 include children William (Nancy) great-grandchildren; and sisters Carmen 1959 Bombard and Judy (Andy) Anderson; Dorrance Davenport (T), 70, February Desrochers Repasz ’57 and Elaine five grandchildren; and siblingsF rank 25, 2012, of Live Oak, Florida. Survivors Desrochers Pelkey ’60. Thurston ’48 and Mary Thurston include his wife, Patricia Nutter Easter ’54. Davenport ’72; children Wendy

1955 Davenport ’79, Lana Davenport ’81, Barbara Clark Taylor, 74, May 14, Charles Joyce, 79, April 24, 2012, of Laurie Davenport ’86, Chris (Ashley) 2012, of Danville, Vermont. Survivors North Bennington, Vermont. Survivors Lamont, and Donald (Donna) Lamont; include children Sandy (Peter ’84) Wright include children Leah (Roger) Parish, and siblings Guy (Joanne Bonnett ’49) and Ray (Michele Warren ’85) Taylor; Gregory (Frieda) Joyce, Patrick (Giseli) Davenport and Rita Bigelow. two grandchildren; and siblings Marjorie Joyce, Nancy Joyce (Denis ’77) Noel ’77, Clark ’57, Margaret (Richard) Delosa, and Joanne Joyce (David ’80) Lepine Francis Greenwood, April 17, 2012, of and Richard Clark ’55 T. ’79; and 13 grandchildren. Hayward, California. 1956 1952 Dorothy Demars Bijolle, 75, January 1962 Dale Daniels (T), 79, December 26, 16, 2013, of St. Johnsbury. Survivors Karen Webber Elliott, 68, October 1, 2012, of Brockton, Massachusetts. include children Tony Bijolle, Kathy 2012, of Thompsontown, Pennsylvania. Survivors include children Donna Bijolle (Terry) Taylor ’77, Tim (Tammy) Survivors include sons Thomas Stack, Kevin Daniels, and Mark Daniels; Bijolle, Lisa (Michael Fessenden) Bijolle, Elliott and Daniel Elliott; and six nine grandchildren and six great- and Tom Bijolle ’85; 12 grandchildren, grandchildren. grandchildren; and siblings Rodney 23 great-grandchildren, and one great- Daniels, Nathan Daniels ’58 T, Janet great grandson; and siblings David Jacquelyn Rodger Frey, 68, October Daniels, and John Daniels. (Christine Bugbee ’73) Demars, Paul 5, 2012, of Littleton, New Hampshire. (Ruth) Demars, and Kenneth (Sara) Survivors include children Heather Roland Marcotte, 78, September Demars. Smith and Jason Smith, and step-son 3, 2012, of Weare, New Hampshire. Charles Frey; and a sister, Gail Rodger Survivors include his wife, Pauline Leopaul Levesque (T), June 9, 2012, in (Sam ’66) Roberts ’66. Marcotte; children Terry Marcotte, Arlington, Texas. Survivors include his Theodore Marcotte ’83, and wife, Priscilla Levesque; five children and Homer Penniman, 69, January 28, Tina Marcotte Connor ’82; six several grandchildren. 2013, of Waldron, Arkansas. Survivors grandchildren and three great- include his wife, Tina Penniman; grandchildren; and sisters Connie children Ty (Lee) Penniman ’83, Treff 1957 VanZandt and May Ogden. Robert Orr, 72, February 4, 2012, Penniman, Teric Penniman, and Tineka of Ocala, Florida. Survivors include Penniman (Boyd) Holk ’85; three June Blodgett Sager, 79, July 28, children Scott Orr and Timothy Orr; four grandchildren; and siblings Laura 2012, of McIndoe Falls, Vermont. grandchildren; and a sister, Barbara Orr Penniman (Larry) Barrett ’63 and Survivors include children Jayne Sager Young ’53. Bruce Penniman ’67 T. (Ray) Dozois ’73, Susan Sager (Joseph) Mollica ’76, and Brian (Kim) Sager Julius Tueckhardt (T), 70, January 27, 1958 ’79; seven grandchildren and five great- Thelma Perkins Baitz, 71, March 14, 2013, of Woodsville, New Hampshire. grandchildren; and a sister, Shirley 2012, of Georgia, Vermont. Survivors Survivors include his wife, Cindy (Arnold ’36 T) Langmaid. include her husband, Jerry; children Karl Tueckhardt; a son, Richard Tueckhardt; (Gloria) Baitz, Kristin (Dan) McNamara, and a sister, Doris McGennis. Mildred Guy Stuart, 78, July 29, 2012, Stephen (Carol) Baitz, Stephanie of Concord, Vermont. Survivors include (Noel) Boutin, and Jay (Jessica) Baitz; James Urie (T), 68, May 6, 2012, of children Susan (Danny ’76) Noyes and nine grandchildren and three great- St. Johnsbury. Survivors include sons Cynthia (William Humphrey) Stuart; grandchildren; and siblings Ralph Doug (Michelle Willey ’84) Urie ’81, three grandchildren; and siblings Erma (Lorraine Hevey ’66) Perkins ’54 T, Dennis (Carmen) Urie ’83, and Dale Perry and Murray Guy ’52. Dennis (Carol Skinner ’71) Perkins ’66; (Kelly) Urie ’86; seven grandchildren; Arlo (Vicki) Perkins ’64, Pat Perkins ’60, and siblings George Urie ’54, Janet Urie 1953 and Helen Perkins (Ray) Touchette ’62. Goodwin ’47, Betty Urie Bunnell ’48, Gerald Bailey, March 14, 2012, of and Susan Urie Bean ’59. Newark, Vermont. Survivors include his Paul Ferrara (T), May 17, 2011, of Ewa wife, Jean Bailey; children Kimberly Beach, Hawaii. Survivors include his wife, 1964 Bailey, Robyn (Vince) Jacob, Darci Jeanette Darrell Ferraro ’60. Carol Dawson Fitzgerald, October (James Biondolillo) Bailey, Betsy 25, 2012, of Norwood, Massachusetts. Bailey, and Molly (Todd) Noyes; seven Priscilla Cutting Mayo, 71, June 29, Survivors include her husband, Joe grandchildren; and a sister, Judy Bailey 2012, of Waterford, Vermont. Survivors Fitzgerald; three children Michael, Kate, (Larry) Hugo ’56. include her husband, Michael Mayo ’57; and Tim; three grandchildren; and children Chris (June) Mayo ’89, Karen siblings John Dawson ’61 and Diane (Jeff Marsh)M ayo ’91, and Janet Mayo Dawson (Jerry ’59) Collins ’63. (Kevin) Parent ’96; five grandchildren

44 hilltopper spring 2013 T= St. Johnsbury Trade School MSJ=Mount St. Joseph Academy

Robert Graffam, 66, August 20, 2012, children Robert (Nikki) Bristol ’94 of Portland, Maine. Survivors include his and Shon Haley; 13 grandchildren; and 2008 Francese Lanphear Cochran, partner, Donna Bailey; step-daughter siblings Joe Barber, Sharon Barber (Honorary), 90, July 21, 2012, of Cheryl McKeough; two grandchildren; (Mike) Fillion ’80, and JoAnn Barber Walden Vermont. Survivors include and a sister, Terry Graffam (Norman) Craffey ’77. children, Diane Cochran, Ronald Gosselin ’69. Cochran, Donald Cochran, Dennis 1977 Cochran; siblings, Alfred Lanphear, Dale Barry Passut, 53, January 14, 2013, 1965 Lanphear, Ruth Lamell, Gloria Godfrey, Brian LaClair, 65, June 6, 2012, of St. of South Burlington, Vermont. Survivors Dorothy Spaulding, Marion Houghton, Johnsbury. Survivors include his wife, include his father, Robert Passut ’42; Sybil Ainsworth, and Jeanette Neis; 14 Patricia; his father, Leon LaClair ’38 his partner, Mary Boushey; children grandchildren, six step-grandchildren; T; daughters Wendy LaClair (Mark) Tiffany Passut Danner ’96 and nine great-grandchildren, 11 step- Morrissette ’89 and Katherine Timothy Passut ’01; two grandchildren; great-grandchildren; 19 great-great- LaClair (Christopher) Heywood ’91; and a brother, Brent (Patricia Davio grandchildren. In 2008 she was the six grandchildren; and siblings Brenda ’70) Passut ’69. recipient of an honorary high–school LaClair (Charles) Wright ’62, Trudy diploma from St. Johnsbury Academy. (Richard) Wright, and Lauri (Douglas) 1978 Perry. Keith Ash, 52, July 10, 2012, of

Brewster, Massachusetts. Survivors 2009 Andy Shattuck, 21, April 15, include his parents, Bernice (Crepeault 1966 2012, of Barnet Center, Vermont. Bruce Greenwood, 64, July 28, 2012, ’52) and Mel Ash ’51; and a sister, Lee Survivors include his father, Stephen of East Haven, Vermont. Survivors Ash ’76. (Lee) Shattuck ’84; his mother, include his wife, Nancy Greenwood; Laurie (Scott Lynaugh ’91) Sloan; and siblings Richard (Linda Pilotte ’61) 1979 grandparents Marie Shattuck, and John Greenwood, Leo Greenwood, and Pamela Lori LaPoint Fleurie, 51, November and Ernestine Sloan; great-grandmother (Roger) Parenteau. 25, 2012, of St. Johnsbury. Survivors Edith Sloan; siblings Matthew Sloan, include her husband, Michael Fleurie Shasha Shattuck ’05, Sammantha ’79; children Jodi (Brian ’01) Fleurie- 1968 Shattuck ’07, and Amber Poginy ’05; Russell Annis (T), March 6, 2012, of Wollheb ’01 and Kevin Fleurie ’02; and and step-siblings Brandon Skinner ’15, Groveton, New Hampshire. Survivors three grandchildren. John Skinner, Mandi MacMahan ’09, include his wife, Mary Annis. and Krystine MacMahan. Bruce Hale, 50, October 10, 1961, of 1969 Homasassa, Florida. Survivors include Former Faculty Richard Spencer Sr. (T), 63, January 9, his mother, Cynthia (Dennis Clough) Thelbert Brown, 87, April 18, 2012, 2013, of Hardwick, Vermont. Survivors Hale; his partner, Lynn Hartford; of St. Johnsbury. Survivors include his include his wife, Joan Spencer; children children Nathan (Alana White) Hale wife, Marjorie Brown; children Neuane Richard (Melissa Bell) Spencer ’04 and Megan (Keith) Taylor; two Brown Adcox ’66, Delaine (ELAINE) Jr. ‘90 and Bobbi Spencer (James) grandchildren; and brothers Rick Hale, Brown ’68, Nola Brown (David ’66 Brimblecombe ’85; step-children John Hale, and Dean Hale ’77. T) Forbes ’70, Doran Brown ’72, Douglas Smith, Kimberly Bird, and Lorna Brown ’75, Laurel Brown Kelly Smith; seven grandchildren and 1980 (Brian) Rivers ’77, and Aleta Brown four step-grandchildren; and siblings Peter Rutledge, 49, May 16, 2012, of (Paul) Feeney-Brosseau ’78; and Theodore Spencer, Carolyn Lambert, and Lyndonville, Vermont. Survivors include nine grandchildren and four great- Nancy Spencer King ’66. his wife, Valerie Sinclair Rutledge ’91; grandchildren. He was an educator with children Benjamin Rutledge and Samuel St. Johnsbury Trade School from 1956 1971 Rutledge; and siblings Ken (Katherine) through 1970. Brenda Noyes Robertson, 59, Rutledge ’75 and Jane Rutledge September 10, 2012, of Lyndonville, (Joseph) Rolland ’78. Constance Kimball, 98, January 11, Vermont. Survivors include daughter 2013, of Moretown, Vermont. Survivors Jennifer (David Pike) Hodgdon; three 1981 include her children Karen Kimball grandchildren; and siblings Monica Tonya Berube, 49, July 13, 2012, of (Jack) Connelly ’72, Frank Kimball ’58, Noyes, Sandra Noyes ’69, Claudia Lyndonville, Vermont. Survivors include and Warren (Susan Paine ’67) Kimball Noyes (Philip) Leibold ’70, Dwight her partner, Deborah; siblings Gloria ’66; and five grandchildren and three (Martha) Noyes ’73, and Bradley (Paul Comparone) Berube, Roland great-grandchildren. Mrs. Kimball was a (Elaine) Noyes ’76. (Stephanie Buck ’75) Berube ’69, and proctor and a Latin teacher at SJA from Albert Berube; and step-sons Michael 1966 through 1986. 1973 Champagne and Daniel Champagne. Markwell Worthen, 57, October George Gerry Plummer, 89, November 25, 2012, of Miami, Florida. Survivors 1996 18, 2012, of Largo, Florida. Survivors include his sister, Debra Worthen Callan Boardman, 34, July 15, 2012, include his wife, Doris Plummer; and a (John) Wyckoff ’77. of Lyndonville, Vermont. Survivors sister, Roberta Spallino. include his mother, Julie Boardman 1975 ’64; his father, Reginald Ainsworth Glenn Barber, 54, March 12, 2012, of ’61; grandmother, Cleona Poole; and Waterford, Vermont. Survivors include siblings Aryn Ainsworth (Blaine ’79) his wife, Peggy Curran Barber ’69; Holloway ‘83 and Brendan (Kate) children Nicholas Barber ’98 and Boardman ’99. Christy Barber Bogie ’96; step-

45 alumni speaker series

Retired attorney Gareth Caldbeck, Academy Class Roger Casas, Class of ’95, spoke to Roseanne Pre- of ’67, presented a Chapel talk encouraging the vost’s photography class about working as a profes- school’s students to overcome fear of failure through sional photographer. preparation and venturing outside their “comfort zones.”

Susan Dunklee, Class of ’04 spoke in Chapel about Michael Wright, Class of ’94, CEO of CALEX her experience in worldwide sports competitions. Ambulance Service in St. Johnsbury, taught CPR to students in Mr. Bugbee’s Electricity and Mr. Nijen- sohn’s Forestry classes.

46 hilltopper spring 2013 It takes a lot of courage to show your dreams to someone else –erma bombeck

St. Johnsbury Police Chief Clem Houde, Class of Steve Finner, Class of ’56, spoke to Grace Egbert’s ’88, spoke in Fran Cone’s Human Service classroom Humanities class about his studies in the sociology about serving as a guardian of the community. of religion.

Florian Rexhepi, Class of ’03 and formerly of Adrianne Jacobs, Class of ’08, gave a Chapel talk Macedonia, spoke in Chapel in November 2012 this February about bringing positive change to the about world conflicts. world. “My journey as a worldly person began here (at the Academy)…Change the world—every one of you can.” 47 Academy History Colby Hall

Bell TowerBy Joseph Healy

hen Colby Hall opened in January 1927 as the new academic center of the Academy (replacing South Hall, which was destroyed by fire in 1926) it was missing an Academy icon added more than a dozenW years later—the rooftop bell tower. The center tower that now is a hallmark of the building’s architecture was approved by an alumni vote and installed during an addition to Colby Hall in the 1940s; the Academy has prominently featured the Colby Hall bell tower in its logo as a symbol of the school’s community spirit, philosophy of independence (indeed the school’s belief in “Freedom and Unity”, Vermont’s state motto) and its stature as the transmitter of knowledge to the students on the campus below. The pealing of the bell typically occurs when an Academy athletic team succeeds in winning a state championship or when the football team is victorious in The Game each fall against Lyndon Institute. Other uses are to mark academic achievement or special observances in town. The bell was forged in 1860 at the Meneely Foundry of Troy, N.Y. (History shows that Fairbanks & Co. was the commercial agent for Meneely.) The famous bell, a Meneely Rotating Yoke, employs the method of the clapper striking the bell in a new place on each ring, thereby preventing the bell from cracking as the Liberty Bell did in 1835 when tolling for the death of Supreme Court Chief Justice John Marshall. The bell was first installed at North Hall in 1872 and subsequently moved to the Colby Hall tower in the 1940s. Among the refurbishments made possible in the tower by a gift from the Class of 2013, the bell will receive a new turning wheel, over which the bell toll rope is attached; pulling the bell rope causes the bell to sway and ring—such as each time an athletics state- championship is brought home to campus! Thank you to the Class of 2013.

48 hilltopper spring 2013 MARK YOUR CALENDARS 2013 ALUMNI EVENTS Come and say hello!

Events that are “in the works” for the fall include Atlanta, GA; Charlotte, NC; and Springfield, MA. Stay tuned for details, call the Alumni Office for more details at (802) 751-2011, or drop us an email with questions at [email protected] MAY october 31 REUNION WEEKEND 18 Homecoming Weekend (Honoring Classes ending with a 3 or Alumni Wrestlers) AN 8—this is your year. 5:30 p.m., Wrestling Alumni Social 6:00-7:30 p.m., Faculty, Staff, & Alumni Social7:00 p.m., Pep Rally Parade, Main Street at the St. Johnsbury Country 8:00 Club.p.m., BonfireAll current and past faculty and staff are 8:30 invited p.m., Pizza Partyas for everyone special guests to meet and greet our alumni(Streeter Diningreturning Hall) for Reunion Weekend. 8:30 p.m., All-Class Alumni and Friends 6:00-7:00 p.m., Trade School Social Social, Elks Home, Western Avenue At the Elks Home Homecoming Weekend TBD—Individual class parties are being held 19 1:00 p.m., The 109TH Game at various locations. Check out the individual St. Johnsbury Academy vs. Lyndon class Websites for schedules by going to Institute Football @ LI www.stjacademy.org. JUNE december 1 Reunion Weekend TBD Holiday open house 10:00 a.m., Registration and Campus Tours at 5:00-6:30 p.m., hosted by the the Straszko Center at Graham’s SJA AlumniHouse Council, Straszko Center at 11:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.,Graham’s Individual House, class 85 Fairbanks Drive, parties are being held at various locations. Check St. Johnsbury Academy. out the individual class WebsitesEnjoy holidayfor cheer inschedules the new home for alumni.by going www.stjacademy.orgto . 5:00 p.m., All Class Wine and Cheese at ALUMNI COUNCIL Stowe Green/Morse Center for the Arts 6:30 p.m., Alumni Banquet at the Ex-Officio Crystal Prevost ’78 St. Johnsbury Academy Field ThomasHouse Lovett Gerard Prevost ’78 (The Banquet is new and improved–don’t miss it!) Headmaster Laurence LeBlanc ’14 8:00 p.m., All Class Party at the St. JohnsburyJames H. Impey ’64 student government president Country Club Trustee Representative Term expires in 2014 Reunion Weekend Bernier L. Mayo ’56 2 Brent W. Beck ’62 8:30-10:30 a.m., All Class Breakfast Trustee Representative President ($9 per person) at the Elks Home Tammi Sullivan Pam Kocher ’64 Cady ’88 Terry Powers ’70 JUly Alumni Director Erin Quatrini ’97 Alan Ruggles ’84 Troy D. Ruggles ’84 Nationals park, Washington, DC Associate Director 20 Cynthia Stanton ’73 6:00 p.m., Join us for a BBQ prior to watching of Alumni Dan Thurston’50 the Washington Nationals take on the Joyce Atherton Dumas ’49 Los Angeles Dodgers with game time at 7:05 p.m. lifetime member Term expires in 2015 Tickets are limited, so contactTerm expires Tammiin 2013 MichaelCady H. Bergeron ’68 by phone at (802) 751-2011,Robert Begin ’87or by Dale Debloisemail ’51T at [email protected] to reserve your tickets. VICE President Leigh B. Larocque ’52T Timothy A. Clouatre ’86 Jake Lavely ’97 Past President Leilani Provenchal ’04 Gertrude Sylvain Cindy Robillard ’83 Dussault ’61M Paul Scavito ’96 James R. Hutchins ’82 Cynthia Fortier Nick McCuen ’59 Wheeler ’73 Nonprofit Org. US Postage PAID Burlington, VT Permit No. 399

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