Spring !"## Japan Relief Fund-Raising Prints—See Page 13 THE MAGAZINE FOR ALUMNI AND FRIENDS OF ST. JOHNSBURY ACADEMY, ST. JOHNSBURY TRADE SCHOOL & MOUNT ST. JOSEPH ACADEMY Welcome to our Spring 2011 Issue. As winter has finally yielded to spring (and even summer-like conditions) here in the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont, we’re proud to share blooms of color throughout this issue— Students in Print-Making class in you’ll see color on every the Morse Center for the Arts. page of The Hilltopper now, capturing the vibrancy of the Academy CONTENTS Spring 2011 campus and the students, faculty, sta!, and alumni 1 Message from in our special community. the Headmaster Enjoy the images and the enduring memories and 3 Top of the News please keep in touch! 16 Advancement Report Looking Back Editor: Joe Healy 18 Art Director/Designer: Diego Melendez Alumni Spotlight 24 Published by St. Johnsbury Academy, Volume LII Number 2, Spring 2011 New Dorm Gift 28 ADVANCEMENT OFFICE Director of Development Faculty/Sta! Profile 32 and Alumni Relations Tammi Sullivan Cady ’88 Class News 38 [email protected] (802) 751-2010 Associate Director of Alumni Relations Marriages 43 Alan Ruggles ’84 Births [email protected] (802) 748-7725 In Memoriam Prospect Research and Development Assistant 48 Academy History Erin Williams Ummer [email protected] (802) 748-7797 IBC Embrace the Dream Development and Alumni Assistant Bonnie Jenks [email protected] (802) 751-2011 Associate Headmaster The Hilltopper is published in the autumn, spring, and summer by CCQDRRBG@MFDR@MCD L@HK@CCQDRRDRB@MADRDMSAXL@HKSN KTLMH.ƧBD Advancement and Admission SGD.ƧBDNE KTLMH@MC#DUDKNOLDMS 2S )NGMRATQX B@CDLX St. Johnsbury Academy, PO Box 906, St. Johnsbury, VT 05819, by e-mail to Jack Cummings PO Box 906, St. Johnsbury, VT 05819. [email protected] or by phone at (802) 751-2011. [email protected] (802) 751-2131 Address Changes and E-mail Updates: Make sure you don’t miss /HBSTQDRBNTQSDRXNE KTLMH@MC#DUDKNOLDMS.ƧBD SGDMDWSHRRTDNEThe Hilltopper or SJA’s online monthly newsletter. The Caledonian-Record, Merle Haskins, Jenks Studio, Joe Healy, Director *DDOXNTQQDBNQCTO SN C@SDAXRDMCHMFSGDENKKNVHMFHMENQL@- Craig Harrison, Peter Shepley and istockphoto.com (back cover). Marketing and Communications tion: your name, your class year, spouse’s name and class year, new Printed at Queen City Printers, Inc., Burlington, Vermont. Joe Healy address, city, state, zip code, telephone number, and e-mail address [email protected] (802) 751-2366 SNSGD2) KTLMH.ƧBD Cover image: Wood-block print of Fuller Hall Cupola and Weathervane, by Julian Grant ‘12. Board of Trustees Samuel E. Bain Jr. ’&' John T. Benoit ’() Grego!" E. Boardman ’*+ Bruce E. Buxton Marcia D. DeRosia ’&, Robe!t M. Fairbanks Nancy Usher Goodrich Susan O’Neil G!ayson ’&* THOMAS LOVETT Lee P. Hackett ’+*, President James H. Impey ’&' Alex P.M. Ko Bernier L. Mayo ’+& he citizens of Japan and Kimberly A. Silloway ’(- Ronald W. Steen their families and friends Dale R. Wells ’&'T Jay O. Wright ’(* around the world are Edward R. Zuccaro T Trustees Emeriti recovering from one of the strongest Ernest A. Begin ’&. Gordon V. DeWitt ’+& ea!thquakes on record and the John M. Farmer Robe!t C. Fuehrer tsunami that followed. Our thoughts John P. Garey ’+* Kenneth F. Hammer ’(+H William A. Julian ’'+ and p!ayers are with them all. Sybil Beck Kitchel ’.- Russell A. Reed ’.' As I have t!aveled around the count!" and throughout Jean McGregor Rogers ’+& the world, even before this disaster, I have been speaking to Roderic B. Vitty ’+/ alumni and families about a message of hope. We be#an the second semester with a presentation by a friend of the family of Rachel Joy Scott, the first student killed in the Columbine (Colo!ado) school shootings. Rachel’s Challenge was simple: She believed that a person could sta!t a chain reaction of love and compassion by doing small acts of kindness—sta!ting with those closest to you. $e day a%er the presentation, 1 ń_j[l_hmi`inlmn^_hm)b_l_[h^[linh^mb_ world—for your trust in us, your suppo!t of our effo!ts, and your shared dedication to do what is best for your children—you have no idea how much I value our pa!tnership; Lnlfi [f[fnghc)b_l_[h^[linh^mb_pilf^¹`il your generosity, for showing up faithfully to events and receptions, for exhibiting such pride in and suppo!t for the Academy and its people, for keeping your friendships strong across miles and years—you have no idea how much your faithfulness inspires me. y hope is that you too will take some time to M share your appreciation with those you love. I hope that my family and friends will realize how much I love them, that the seniors will emb!ace the time they have le% together and keep each other safe all the way through g!aduation, that the parents of all five people spontaneously stood up in Chapel and of our students (and especially those of seniors) can spoke from their hea!ts about how much they celeb!ate with us the growth and accomplishments appreciated and loved their mother, their teacher, of their sons and daughters, and that our alumni— their sister, their friends. It was a powe!ful moment, especially those celeb!ating a reunion this year— to say the least. Since then, this message has swept will come back to celeb!ate good times with their our school, giving rise to hundreds of messages of classmates. appreciation, hundreds of acts of compassion, and a Maybe if all of my hopes come true, we might just serious attempt by our community to accept Rachel’s sta!t a chain reaction. Challenge. We are not without flaws and t!auma and struggles, but love is winning. o as we approach Reunion Weekend and S Commencement Weekend, in the spirit of Rachel’s Challenge, I ask that you bear with me as I publicly share my appreciation for a few of the people I love: J `[gcf [h^`lc_h^¹pbi_[]]igjfcbg_hm) goodness, and love always humble me. And especially this year, Rose, who is g!aduating in June and Ma!" who #ave my wife Ann and me our first g!andchild on Headmaster’s Message Online Valentine’s Day—you have no idea how proud I am of Each week, Headmaster Tom Lovett will share his you; thoughts inspired by the Academy’s Chapel assembly, on our Website. Chapel is the morning gathering ńc _[l½_hcil¹himihf `il inla_h_licm of students and faculty that engages and inspires, in giving to the Annual Fund (at this date, ,/ percent enlivens and gives a sense of place about the Academy. have given!) and your accomplishments inside and Please tune in to the Headmaster’s message each week outside of the classroom, but for selflessly leading the to gain insights into themes that are part of Academy school and leaving it better than you found it—you life. On the home page: www.stjacademy.org have no idea how much I will miss you; 2 Spring 2011 SHEDDING LIGHT A Central Vermont Public Service (CVPS) crew installed a streetlight at the Main Street crosswalk in front of St. Johnsbury Academy’s Fuller Hall this winter. The previously non-illuminated crosswalk had been the site of several close calls in the pre-dawn and evening hours. Aneleisa Gladding-Hinton and Scholarship recipient, and runner-up for the National Claire Simons Lead Class of 2011 Center for Learning Disabilities’ Anne Ford and Al- leg!a Ford Scholarship. Aneleisa Gladding-Hinton of East Calais and Claire Daughter of Drs. John Simons and Elizabeth Wolfe Simons from St. Johnsbu!" have been named as vale- of St. Johnsbu!", she was captain of the Hilltopper dictorian and salutatorian, respectively, for #"mnastics team during her junior and senior years, St. Johnsbu!" Academy’s g!aduating Class of -)//. and is also the reigning Vermont Division / State girls Honored last year as an Advanced Placement (AP) pole vault champion, and a member of the -)), Divi- Scholar with Distinction, Gladding-Hinton has been sion / state champion and Academy record holder a silver medalist in the National Latin Exam, Welles- 'x())-meters relay teams. ley Book Award recipient, pa!ticipant in Middlebu!" A%er leaving the Academy, Simons is considering College’s Breadloaf Young Writers Conference. She enrolling at Carnegie Mellon University, in Pittsburgh; also earned fi%h place in the Vermont-New Hampshire Ha!1ard University; Johns Hopkins University, in district in an annual competition sponsored by the Baltimore; Middlebu!" College; No!thwestern Univer- American Association of French Teachers. sity, in Evanston, Illinois; Ohio Wesleyan University, in Outside the classroom, she has se!1ed as a member Delaware, Ohio; or Washin#ton University in St. Louis, and vice president of the Academy’s National Honor Missouri. $e Academy’s g!aduation ceremony will be Society chapter, pa!ticipated in the school’s Colwell held Monday, June & at /) a.m. in the school’s Scholars prog!am and French Club, and volunteered Field House. as a French tutor. A%er g!aduating from the Academy, Gladding- Hinton is considering enrolling at Stanford University, in Palo Alto, California.; Vassar College, in Poughkeep- sie, N.Y.; Smith College, in No!thampton, Mass.; or Middlebu!" College (Vermont). She is the daughter of David and Jody Gladding of East Calais. Simons has been honored as a National Merit Scholarship Prog!am finalist, Advanced Placement Aneleisa Scholar with Honor, Williams College Book Award Claire Simons Gladding-Hinton honoree, Vermont State Athletic Directors’ Association 3 2011 Commencement Address Bill Clea!" Speaker to share insights on marketing, technology, and life.