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29936_cvr 11/19/07 1:46 PM Page 1 LYNDON INSTITUTE Non-Profit Organization P.O. Box 127 College Road U.S. Postage PAID Lyndon Center, Vermont 05850 Permit No. 1 alumni Lyndon Center, VT 05850 Lyndon CHANGE SERVICE REQUESTED Institute newsletter Piping them to Victory: Wil Raymond, an accomplished bagpiper, leads the LI soccer team on to the field for a game. Raymond is also a soccer player. www.lyndoninstitute.org fall winter 2007 29936_cvr 11/19/07 1:46 PM Page 2 On the front cover: Right: Detail from the “Custom Cowboy” guitar with inlay work by Harvey Leach ’77. The guitar, which sold for almost $200,000, com- memorated the 100th anniversary of the first C.F. Martin guitar. Left: Detail from the “Geisha Guitar”. Do You Remember? LYNDON INSTITUTE P.O. Box 127 College Road Lyndon Center, Vermont 05850 802.626.3357 FAX 802.626.8302 www.lyndoninstitute.org HEADMASTER Richard D. Hilton ASSISTANT HEAD FOR ACADEMICS Adam Norwood ASSISTANT HEAD FOR CAMPUS LIFE s s a l Robert G. Heath, Jr. ’88 C e c n e i ASSISTANT HEAD FOR FINANCE c S l a Page Dame t n e m n o ASSISTANT HEAD FOR ADMISSIONS r i v n AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS E : o Mary B. Thomas t o h p design: Julie Gramling It is the policy of Lyndon Institute not to discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, national origin, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, age, or veteran’s BOARD OF TRUSTEES BOARD OF ALUMNI TRUSTEES status in the provisions and the administration of its educational programs, activities, services, and access Lorraine Matteis ’65 PRESIDENT PRESIDENT provided to the public, in accordance with applicable James G. Jardine ’64 VICE PRESIDENT Dwight A. Davis ’50 (08) Do you recognize anyone in this photo? requirements of state and federal laws. Norman Messier SECRETARY VICE PRESIDENT Richard Ashton ’61 TREASURER Gordon D. Mills ’72 (09) Do you know what the students are doing or when the photo Stanley Amadon ’46 Mark Bertolini TREASURER was taken? Lyndon Institute Alumni Newsletter is Donald Blake ’63 Judy Paquette Little ’62 (10) published twice a year by the Development Jill Broderick CLERK OF THE CORPORATION Send identifications to [email protected] or call Office. We welcome submissions for publication Edmund A. Buschmann ’57 Gertrude Angell Grant ’49 (08) 802-626-6127 with your answers. We will publish your response and letters in response to articles. Earl Daniels ’67 in our spring newsletter. Dale Dawson ’47 OFFICE MANAGER: Marlin Devenger ’67 Heather Root Wheeler ’90 Please send changes of address to: Jeanne Elliott ’64 Kim Hill Drew ’78 (10) Development Office James A. Gallagher James C. Gallagher ’63 Robert G. Heath ’58 (08) LYNDON INSTITUTE Tony T. Laplant ’79 (09) The Story Behind the Photo: P.O. Box 127 Robert Heath ’58 Norman A. Legge ’56 (Life) Lyndon Center, VT 05850 Peter Hopkins ’74 Shirley Beane Pierce ’53 (Life) Kelly Hill 81 and Pam (Willey) Allen 81 as well as several anonymous 802.626.6127 Cola Hudson ’44 ’ ’ Michel Sanderson Richards ’71 (10) [email protected] Richard Lawrence ’60 alumni helped identify the photo in our spring newsletter issue. Recognized Kathy Jackson Smith ’93 (09) FAX: 802.626.5806 Robert E. Lawrence ’54 were: Kelly Hill ’81 on the far left, Pam (Willey) Allen ’81 is in the middle Paul E. Wheeler ’74 (08) Emery Noyes ’62 and Laurie (Tardif) Ruggles ’81 is in the front right corner. The activity took Lyndon Institute Alumni Association Donald Simpson ’53 place during winter carnival 1979 or 1980 and is a game of mud broom P.O. Box 135 Elaine Smith ’63 ball. Thank you for your help! Lyndon Center, Vermont 05850 David Stahler, Sr. ’65 802.626.9096 Douglas Wheeler ’47 EMAIL: [email protected] Mark Wheeler ’76 Lois White ’49 29936_txt 11/19/07 1:16 PM Page 1 Contents fall winter 2007 FEATURES From the Alumni President 2 LI’s Scholarship Funds 3 page 10 From the Headmaster 4 Alumni Profile Harvey Leach 5 Commencement 07 8 Veteran’s Memorial 10 A New Dormitory 12 On Campus 14 Rebecca McGregor Academic Innovation Faculty Member’s New Book LI Senior 73 Students page 15 Renewing LI’s Campus Six New Teachers CONTRIBUTORS LIFT Beverly Dame Dwight A. Davis Alumni Annual Giving Report 22 Mike Flynn Melissa Hall Alumni Track Meet 27 Rick Hilton Paul Wheeler Alumni Weekend 2007 28 Heather Wheeler On the Playing Fields 46 CLASS REUNION RE-CAPS Gloria Buck New Facility for Calling the Game 47 Harriet Fisher Melissa Hall George Hopkins David Jardine Chris Manges Gina Mitchell DEPARTMENTS Kathy Newland Bethany North Development Notes 19 Heather Pulver-Gaillard Audrey Rexford Class Notes 38 Linda Ronan Doug Thompson In Memoriam 43 PHOTOGRAPHY Beverly Dame Winter Sports Schedule 48 Environmental Science Class Cisi Flynn Paul Hayes, The Caledonian-Record Steve Legge Museum of Making Music 29936_txt 11/19/07 1:16 PM Page 2 From the Alumni President Dear Alumnae/i and Friends, AS I SIT HERE IN THE ALUMNI SKY BOX watching a football game it is wonderful to appreciate how LI has changed and provided improvements over the past 57 years that I can reflect on. 99% of these improvements were completed because of the support you and your classmates have pro- vided to your school. There were several projects in process as we left campus after the past alumni weekend. All of them are complete and visible from where I sit. They became a reality because of support from alumni and friends. For me, this process has been a very common occurrence on and scholarship availability so essential to supporting stu- our campus as I compare what was available then and now. dent need. The Alumni Association has also been able to We had one main building, lower campus and a football expand its support of student programs, last year we pro- field that was six feet lower on the post office end, and we vided over $4,525 to 15 graduating seniors plus several had about one half of the students we have today. Change undergraduates who needed a boost to continue. is necessary and does occur; from this vantage point it has been very positive for our students and our school. LI is a LI has always been there for students and it will continue wonderful school as it has always been. because our current students will step forward as we did to insure that LI always remains a very special place. In the mid-sixties, the alumni auditorium was added. It provided for enrichment in the arts, as well as a vastly –Dwight A. Davis ’50 improved basketball facility. The late seventies saw the LIAA President Pierce wing completed, which provided eight more class- rooms and a cafeteria to meet the needs of our increased P.S. I regret to inform you we lost the football game (vs. student body. In the eighties and early nineties, Sanborn Colchester) 40-28. was replaced, and the Harris Campus with its nearly 15 classrooms was added to the Darling and Vail Campus com- plexes. Practice fields were added to the Forrest Field and Lewis Field was completely rebuilt. The 21st century saw the reappearance of our dorm pro- gram that was so important to many of our students, friends and families. During this period our academic pro- grams continue to expand to ensure that our students could meet the challenges that face them and their future require- ments. The entire process was possible because of contin- ued financial support from many of you and the endow- ment has grown providing for the physical plant, faculty 2 29936_txt 11/19/07 1:16 PM Page 3 LI’s Scholarship Funds Remembering a Special Person by Helping the Next Generation KIMBERLY HILL ’82 led a terrific life according to her good friend and classmate David Aronoff. “Anyone who knew Kim could see her future was to be in the fashion industry. She followed this love and became a giant.” When she died at age 40 of adrenal cancer she was running worldwide sales for Lucky Brand Jeans, a division of Liz Claiborne, and serv- ing as a mentor for young women in New York. The challenge for Hill’s family was what to do to honor her memory. Their answer was a scholarship to help college- bound Lyndon Institute seniors who share her passion for a career in fashion. At the 2007 Honors Assembly the first Kimberly E. Hill scholarship was awarded to Elizabeth Brown by Hill’s parents, Nancy and David Hill. Brown is now attending Suffolk College in Boston, where she is study- ing international business. 2007 was also the 25th anniver- sary of Hill’s graduation from LI. grandfather, Maurice Hill graduated in 1932 and was presi- dent of the board of trustees in the 1970’s. Her father, David The Kimberly E. Hill Fund is one of 31 endowed funds L. was in the Class of 1959. Her brother Eric was a member established to provide scholarships and awards to LI stu- of the class of 1986. “We are thankful for the start LI gave dents. In 2007, they granted $14,450 in scholarship aid to us,” said David Hill, “and we have always maintained the 35 students. connection.” Among these awards are: The Kimberly Hill scholarship comes with more than a The Doris E. Hinds Scholarship awarded to a graduating check, according to Hill. “High level executives in the fash- senior going on to college who has demonstrated an interest ion industry are ready to mentor the recipients,” he said.