DUBLIN SCHOOL • WINTER 2013 ISSUE EDWARD F. WHITNEY H ’91 August 9, 1914 – May 6, 2012 Lifetime Trustee, Ned Whitney H ’91, died on May 6, 2012, at the age of 96. Ned had been a longtime supporter of Dublin School. He was especially tireless as head of our trustee buildings and grounds committee. Passionate about athletics and the importance it has in a child’s development, Ned was instrumental in the construction of the Whitney Gymnasium. A resident of Dublin, New Hampshire for over 60 years, he served as selectman for many years and was active in the life of the town. A gentle, kind and generous man, he will be forever missed. DUBLIN SCHOOL BOaRD Of Trustees 2012 - 2013 President, Peter Imhoff P’13 Dublin, NH Co-Vice President, Michael J. Mullins ’93 Boston, MA Co-Vice President, L. Phillips Runyon III P ’88, ’92 Peterborough, NH Treasurer, George B. Foote, Jr. Dublin, NH Secretary, Sharron Smith P ’92 Hinsdale, NH William A. Barker P ’85, Dublin, NH Bradford D. Bates, (ex-officio), Head of School, Dublin, NH WINTER 2013 Robert C. English ’86, Washington, DC Patricia Fletcher H ’05, Worcester, MA TaBLE Of CONTENTS Joseph C. Gibson P ’12, Waterford, VA Message from the Head of School ............................................2 David E. Howe H ’95, Marlborough, NH Gillespie Hall Dedication .............................................................4 Michelle Lange P ’14 (ex-officio) Parents’ Association, Nelson, NH Inaugural Year of the Dublin School Putnam Art Gallery ......10 Jason D. Potts ’96, Boston, MA Dublin School Graduation Class of 2012 .................................14 Brett S. Smith ’88, New York, NY Dublin School 2012 Academic Awards ...................................17 William C. Spencer ’86, Ft Lauderdale, FL 2011-2012 Financial Summary ..................................................20 Alexander T. Sprague ’87, Castro Valley, CA Annual Report ............................................................................22 Timothy Steele P ’11, ’13, Hancock, NH Class Notes ..................................................................................27 Nicholas S. Thacher, Dedham, MA In Memory of ..............................................................................35 Susanne K. Vogel, Dublin, NH Carl Von Mertens, Peterborough, NH Norm “Pro” Wight Alumni Ski Day .............................................36 Maurice Willoughby ’84 (ex-officio) the Dubliner is published by Alumni Association, Kents Hill, ME Dublin School P.O. Box 522 18 Lehmann Way Dublin, New Hampshire 03444 LIfETImE Trustees 603.563.8584 www.dublinschool.org Louisa L. Birch ’57, Dublin, NH Director of Development and Alumni Affairs: Erika L. Rogers Carlos E. Bosch ’46, P ’78, ’79, ’83, Hamilton, Bermuda Director of Annual Fund: Lucy Shonk Editor: Donna Stone, Alumni & Parent Relations Judith Hoyt Goddard H’11, Chatham, MA Copy Editors: Jan Haman, Anne Mackey, Dorine Ryner Design and Printing: R. C. Brayshaw & Company, Warner, NH Paul S. Horovitz P ’92, Litchfield, CT Photography: Hal Close ’54, Bill Gnade, AK Kim ’86, Tyson Laa-Deng ’13, Anne Mackey, and Donna Stone Margaret A. Johnson, Hanover, NH On the cover: Gillespie Hall, photo by Bill Gnade Carleton R. Ladd ’60, P ’87, ’88, Milton, MA In compiling this issue we have made every effort to ensure that it is accurate. H. Gilman Nichols, Jr. ’46, Brunswick, ME Please send any comments, omissions, or corrections to Erika L. Rogers, Director of Development and Alumni Affairs, Dublin School, P.O. Box 522, Dublin, NH 03444. WWW.DUBLINSCHOOL.ORG | 1 A message From THE HEAD OF School This I Believe by Brad Bates This message from Head of School, Brad Bates, was shared with the entire faculty and staff at the opening of the 2012-2013 School Year. It has inspired everyone to consider what they truly believe and we hope it inspires you. “I started attending the school where my father taught in seventh grade. Every morning my brother and I would run out of our house in Concord, Massachusetts stuffing bagels in our mouths, lugging our giant backpacks, and tripping over our untied Converse all- stars. We loaded into my father’s Volkswagen mini-bus with rusted David Howe H ‘95, Brad Bates and Ned Whitney H ‘91 holes staring up at us from the floor and started the hour long car- pool routine on our way into school in Boston. My father taught A year later I ended up in Mr. Wright’s pre-Algebra class. Mr. math at an academically and athletically, and I would add, even Wright was ancient. He was a former headmaster of Groton School. socially rigorous all-boys high school. I remember one of the first We did not know what to think of him, but it was clear he took his days at the school I was walking by one of the twelfth graders when job seriously. I would see him still at his desk, grading papers and he said to a friend, “that’s Mr. Bates’s son, I bet he is wicked smart planning his lessons, when the Bates bus left campus at 6:00 pm in math.” Problem was, I was not. I failed the first semester of pre- each night. I spent my time in class doodling and passing notes to Algebra and was moved into arithmetic. This was not an easy thing friends. At night I would guess at the answers to the homework for my math teacher, due to the difficult fact that my father was the and write them down. One day that fall when I was turning in chair of the department, but move I did. my homework, Mr. Wright stared down at me through his dark- 2 | the Dubliner | WINTER 2013 rimmed glasses and asked me if the sheet I We are teaching young people in a difficult world at a difficult time. Technology was about to turn in contained my best work. is advancing faster than we can evaluate its effects; the globe is suffering from I was about to smile and say “of course” overpopulation and overuse of resources; we continue to face discouragingly high levels when I realized that he was staring straight of sexism, homophobia, and racism, and the economy is suffering from a series of into my eyes with all the gravitas, integrity seemingly unfixable maladies. The challenges we face as role models and educators are and concern that I had ever seen contained immense. But, I believe in the community that is Dublin School, and the power we have in one individual. Instead, I said that it was to help young people build lives of fulfillment, service, compassion and joy. I believe first not. Without changing his gaze, he told me and foremost in our faculty and their commitment to young people and to each other. that he would like me to take another day At our best, we bring out the strengths in one another, develop the curious minds of and to come in tomorrow with my name on our students, understand that they all bring unique ideas and talents to our community, something that contained my best work. I and we show them the joy of reading a new book, helping those in need, unlocking the went home and started a routine that would secrets of the universe, trying a new sport, exploring the out-of-doors, appreciating a last the next five years. I worked hard on my true work of art, and becoming responsible human beings. I believe in Dublin School.” homework and walked up the stairs to my father’s office and asked him to check it. My HEAD OF School Wish List father worked late into the evenings grading papers and working on his textbooks, but he always put everything down to help me with Endowed Academic $1,000,000 my math homework. Chairs (2) Dormitory $1,000,000 $50,000 I started to do well in math; it wasn’t always easy, but I took pride in my work Endowed Student $100,000 and eagerly anticipated that moment when International Travel Fund my homework was passed back to me. I Hard-Surface Tennis Courts $100,000 experienced joy when I solved difficult equations after hours of work and I found Wood Gymnasium Floor $100,000 $52,500 beauty in the patterns I created. I eventually caught up to my other classmates and even Alumni Field Renovation $50,000 won the school’s mathematics prize my senior year, even though I am sure it was Boat House Renovation $30,000 more for moxie than it was for my brilliance in math. On-Campus Machine Shop $10,000 AP Chemistry & $10,000 I believe that joy is earned. It comes from Physics Equipment hard work, from overcoming obstacles, Life Science $5,000 $5,000 from developing a new skill, working at Laboratory Equipment a relationship, solving a problem, and Professional Outdoor $3,000 embracing complexity. I believe in teaching Gas Grill and learning and individuals like Mr. Wright Athletic Training $2,000 and my father who push and support their Room Equipment students, meet them where they are, share Outdoor Adirondack $2,000 their passions, and never give up on a Chairs (6) student. Smaller gifts to any of these needs are always appreciated. Naming opportunities begin at $50,000. WWW.DUBLINSCHOOL.ORG | 3 BUilt BY OUR CommUNITY For OUR CommUNITY Gillespie Hall Dedication – May 12, 2012 Speech presented by Brad Bates at the dedication of Gillespie Hall at Dublin School on May 12, 2012. 4 | the Dubliner | WINTER 2013 Speech presented by Brad Bates at the dedication of Gillespie Hall at Dublin School on May 12, 2012. “Welcome to Gillespie Hall. This is truly a moment to celebrate Dublin School. As I look out at all of you across this beautiful courtyard on this beautiful day, it is fitting that I am also looking directly across at Lehmann House. Charley Gillespie was the very first teacher hired at Dublin School and Mr.