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THE MARVELWOOD SCHOOL MAGAZINEFALL 2013

Learning by Doing55th Commencement

Reunion 2013Annual Report of Giving

2013-2014 Board of Trustees

Tim Carpenter ’71, ChairmanAnn Wurzer Thomson ’83, TreasurerRobert F. Ober, Jr., Secretary

Sarah D’Agostino Christensen ’83William W. DennettMark Esposito P’11Michele Gorman

Trustee EmeritusAlfred C. BrooksWilliam J. Edwards ’63Robert O. Swanson P’93

HonoraryJacque Connor P’12

I’m proud to be aMarvelwood graduate. In 1971, I graduated from Marvelwood when it was located in Cornwall, Connecticut.Years later, the School made a difficult decision to move to Kent, Connecticut. Actually, itwas a decision that ultimately meant the survival of the School. I, like many others, losttrack of Marvelwood after the School relocated, as I personally felt little or no connectionto the Kent campus.

About 10 years ago, I was invited to Marvelwood to give the commencement address,which felt a bit awkward as I had been so many years removed from the School. Whatboth surprised and moved me was the beauty of the campus and how impressed I was withthe enthusiasm, maturity and character of the student body.

Since then I have stayed more current with the School and recently returned and mostdefinitely engaged myself, first as a member of the Board of Trustees and now as Chairman.I share with you this: of the many organizations that I have been involved with, theMarvelwood staff, administration, faculty and leadership are one of the most dedicated andqualified group of individuals I have had the pleasure of working with. I strongly encouragethose of you who have not recently visited the School to do so. I’m confident it willinspire you as it did me, and you too may well be saying, “I am proud to be a Marvelwoodgraduate.”

Tim Carpenter ’71, Chairman, Board of Trustees

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Editorial BoardDIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS

Caitlin Lynch P’13

ASSISTANT HEAD OF SCHOOLBlythe Everett P’14, ’16

CONTRIBUTORS

Mike Augusta P’14, William Bingham, Timothy Carpenter ’71,Eunyoung DiGiacomo, Blythe Everett, Arthur F. Goodearl, Jr.,Heather Hastings, Misty Jordan, Wendi Love, Caitlin Lynch,Dana Mason, Glenn Sanchez, Glenn Schwitter, DennisWhite, Rachel Steier White ’95, Aaron Zweig

PROOFREADINGBlythe Everett, Shannon vanHaaften

PHOTOGRAPHYBrian Bator, Eunyoung DiGiacomo, Laurie Doss, Bob Falcetti,Andre Greller P’14, Tom Kates, Nicole Kennedy ’14, BobbyLove, Caitlin Lynch, Randy O’Rourke, Eric Stuart ’02, WebbBland ’03

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national origin, ancestry or disability. This policy applies to, but is not limited to, admission, financial aid, use of School facilities and

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Eun Ok Han P’11, ’15Tracy Lowry P’14Brian K. Maier P’12James T. Swanson ’93

Tim Carpenter ’71, his wife Susan and their children Tim, Alex and Matt

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6 I N T H I S I S S U E :

2 Message from the Head of School

4 Tributes

6 Commencement

12 The Blue & White Interview: The Everett Family

14 Faculty Spotlight: Glenn Sanchez

15 Parents Association

16 Learning by Doing

20 Student Life

22 Serving the Community

24 Athletics

26 Alumni Profiles

30 Development

33 Annual Report 2012–2013

38 Reunion

44 On the Road

48 Class Notes

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he America of 1840 was an era of heroes, none larger than Andrew Jackson, victor

over the British at New Orleans in 1816 and president from 1828-1836. Looking to

capture the presidency in their maiden voyage in the election of 1840, the new Whig

party nominated William Henry Harrison, the hero of the Battle of the Fallen Timbers,

during which a Native American confederation led by Tecumseh was defeated.

The Whigs branded Harrison as the new Jackson, and the strategy worked. Were it

not for Harrison’s untimely death shortly after his inauguration in 1841, who

knows what adolescent America might have learned about the essence of its

greatness from him?

In those days, the power of the written word to define national meaning rivaled

that of a resume of heroic deeds, such as the victories of Jackson and Harrison, and

no one relished that challenge more than Ralph Waldo Emerson, author of the

seminal essay, “The American Scholar.” Perhaps it was natural, then, that a young

graduate from Yale in 1841, Donald Grant Mitchell, long attracted to the world of

letters, should decide to write. Mitchell produced a series of works of fiction, in

which he reflected on distinctive qualities of the American experience for young

men. His “Reveries of a Bachelor,” published in 1851, was a national

phenomenon, regarded at the time, according to Emily Dickinson, as the equal to

“Uncle Tom’s Cabin,” published that same year.

Mitchell wrote under the pseudonym I.K. Marvel. Perhaps it was during his Yale years

that he developed that name out of admiration for two 17th-century English authors,

Isaak Walton (the I.K.) and Andrew Marvel. Each achieved distinction in his day.

Mitchell lived on an estate just outside New Haven, reportedly at the site of the

present day Yale Bowl, which he called Marvelwood. It would fall to a 20th-century

relative of his, Ian Hanna, to honor that name by conferring it on a school which he

would co-found with Robert Bodkin in Cornwall in 1956.

Surely, Marvelwood enjoys one of the most distinctive school names in America. As its

sixth Head of School, I value its history and relish the challenge of helping it mature.

Much has changed at the School these past two years, and I invite you to experience

the flavor of that development in these pages. Better still, come home to the mountain

and visit us! See for yourself.

Arthur F. Goodearl, Jr.

What’s in a name?M E S S A G E F R O MT H E H E A D O F S C H O O L

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“Mitchell lived on an estate just outside New Haven, reportedly

at the site of the present day Yale Bowl, which he called Marvelwood.

It would fall to a 20th-century relative of his, Ian Hanna, to honor

that name by conferring it on a school which he would co-found with

Robert Bodkin in Cornwall in 1957.”

T R I B U T E S

Alumni, Family & Friends Gather to Remember Henry Woodward BY BLYTHE EVERETT P ’14 , ’16About one hundred alumni, faculty, friends and family members cametogether to remember and celebrate the life of beloved former Marvelwoodfaculty member Henry Canning Woodward (1964–2013) at a memorial serviceon campus on Sunday, June 16th.

Head of School Arthur Goodearl welcomed the group to the BodkinLibrary. Former longtime colleagues Blythe Everett and Glenn Sanchez offeredreminiscences about Henry’s love of teaching, coaching, and mentoringMarvelwood students. His niece Caitlin Trost read a self-authored poem, and hiswife and former faculty member Barbara Woodward read a touching piece

The History of the PiperVictory BellBY RACHEL STE I ER WH ITE ’95

The ringing of bells symbolizes beginnings andendings. Bells chime at weddings, funerals, sportingevents and on town squares, on Sunday mornings, andfor big occasions. They often evoke memories of dayspast or someone special we fondly remember.

Bruce Conzen Piper was born May 13, 1944 andenrolled at Marvelwood as a junior in 1961. Bruce livedon the third floor of Calhoun Dorm and shared a roomwith Robert Mountain ’63. Rob recalls, “Bruce was smart.He earned good grades and wanted to attend RiceUniversity to study medicine. He dreamed of one daybecoming a doctor.” During Bruce’s year at Marvelwood,he and Rob became close friends.

In the summer of 1962, Bruce had a tragicsnorkeling accident while he and his family werevacationing at Lake Champlain. His untimely passinggreatly impacted the Marvelwood community, mostnotably his close friends.

The Mountain family generously supportedMarvelwood, and they wanted to create something special to memorialize Bruce. The decision was made to donate aBevon Bell, cast in Hartford, CT. It carries the name The Piper Victory Bell to this day. The Bell’s wooden frame wasdesigned by Rob and ‘maintenance worker extraordinaire’ Ira Russell. The Class of 1963 wanted to keep Bruce’smemory alive, so it was decided that the Bell would be rung after all sporting match victories and at graduation.Appropriately, Rob was the first graduating senior to ring the Bell at graduation. He approached the Bell and rang it sixtimes, paused, and then rang it another three times to represent the Class of ’63.

When Marvelwood moved to Kent in the fall of 1995, Rob Mountain made provisions to have The Piper VictoryBell relocated to the new campus. Additionally, he donated 250 bricks that were made available for purchase,engraving and placement within the walkway leading up to the Bell. This structure, designed and created in Cornwallover 50 years ago, is a centerpiece of the Skiff Mountain campus and frequently attracts gatherings of students andalumni.

To this day, The Piper Victory Bell is a proud reminder of our past, and a visible symbol that the traditions andhistory of Marvelwood in Cornwall live on in Kent today. To further honor Bruce Piper ’63 and our Cornwall history, wehave named the dormitory circle area Piper Way. It is a touching and fitting tribute to Bruce, to Rob, and to the manyalumni who have rung the Bell at special moments during their Marvelwood years.


Remembering Chris Smith BY M IKE AUGUSTA P ’14

Imet Christopher Stanley Smith long after he had retired from his first tour ofMarvelwood duty, so I have only second-hand accounts of him steering an openconvertible with his feet through the Yelping Hill roads of 1940’s Cornwall. I also don’tknow any worthwhile facts about him jumping out a window in Red Hook in the 1950s;for that story, contact Jerry Blakey. Chris did raise his four children in the house thatbecame Thurber Dorm. His family survived a fire “when Alan Shepard went into space”;Chris sold the house to the School, if I remember correctly, for $40,000 in the 1960s. Iled a brief and unsuccessful campaign to rename the dorm Smith House in the early’90s; James Thurber only rented it for one summer and, going blind, he spent most ofhis time upstairs in bed while his wife yelled at him from downstairs.

When Cornwall celebrated its sestercentennial in the summer of 1990, Chrishandled the Marvelwood float. He was savvy enough to deck out two good-lookingstudents, Tiki Rimany and Dave Dennehy, in Marvelwood uniforms and then pulledthem on a modest but respectable trailer down Pine Street, just in front of the totteringgentleman whose sign proclaimed him the last official resident of Dudleytown.

Chris, a Whalers’ fan, was suspicious of me at first, me being a newcomer and aBruins’ fan. The Father of Marvelwood Hockey later acknowledged my place in thecoaching brotherhood by inviting me to a Whalers game. His longtime season ticketswere a few rows behind the visiting bench, so in March 1991 we got to see one of RonFrancis’ last games in Hartford, against the resurgent Red Wings coached by ScottyBowman. Detroit’s great rookie Federov stole the show: Yzerman was ejected rightaway, so for the ensuing major, Federov took a shift at center, dropped back to defensefor a shift to rest, and then moved back to center, staying on the ice for well over twominutes. “That fellow must think he’s playing pond hockey,” was Chris’ verdict. My onlyinvolvement with the Piper House Arena was disposing of the plywood boards that hadseen better decades and many slapshots. I remember Chris giving flooding tips to RussSmith ’89, on the other end of Pine Street as the younger, unrelated Smith filled the redclay tennis courts with water from the fire hydrant.

One night during our early years on Skiff Mountain, I stopped by the school storeand mentioned an idea I thought would be amusing for the mountain bikers. Chris tooka nice pen out of inventory and doodled on a napkin. A few weeks later he pulled meinto the store (he was still calling me “Young fellow” at this point) and showed me theshirts: blaze-orange long-sleeves with a discreet “Marvelwood Mountain Biking” on theleft breast and a huge all-capitals-font on the back proclaiming NOT A DEER. JohnGaretto sports one proudly in the 1998 yearbook. For years, Chris took care of me ateach graduation with a brand new (skinny) Piper Bell necktie, and my children enjoyedmany nice pens.

One warm summer evening, Alex Vincent ’88 and I were chatting by that campus

hot spot, the trash compactorbehind the dining hall. Up drives theRoadmaster with the CSSHS licenseplates; we greeted Chris and Honor.We continued talking while Chris, ina navy blazer and tie, moved behindus, and suddenly fell. He had beencarrying a Marvelwood Captain’sChair, for delivery to the schoolstore, and tried to get onto theloading dock via the milk crate stepwhen he lost his balance. Weascertained that the chair was fine,but Chris was upset that the asphalthad torn his new slacks. I noted hissilver and turquoise bracelet, as I always did, while he brushed at the rip. “This gettingold is terrible,” he allowed, then drove Honor to supper at The Bull’s Bridge Inn.

A couple years ago I was sitting in a Marvelwood bus at Home Depot. A rough-looking tradesman, clearly descended from the shock troops of Western expansion,walked straight up to my door. I figured how long it would take me to roll up themanual window. The man asked, “You’re at Marvelwood, right? How is ChristopherSmith? I haven’t seen him at Bull’s Bridge in a while.” I mentioned that Honor had diedand that Chris was living in Torrington, and the tradesman fondly recalled evenings ofchatting with them at the Inn. In reverential summary he said, “Now, there’s agentleman.”


about the importance of family, that Henry had written and shared with the School onClass Night, before graduation in 2001.

Much of Henry’s life revolved around his family and the “family business” ofboarding school teaching. Henry was born at nearby Sharon Hospital while his father,John (who attended the ceremony with his wife, Diane and Henry’s sister and brother)was teaching at Marvelwood in the early years of the School. Henry grew up on thecampus of The Hill School in Pottstown, PA and later attended Deerfield Academy. Aftergraduating from Boston University and obtaining a Master’s degree from The College ofWilliam and Mary, Henry began his teaching career at Marvelwood in 1992. During hisfifteen years at the School, he taught history, Latin and film, coached boys’ varsity soccerand lacrosse, and served as chair of the history department and Dean of Faculty. He andBarbara married in 1995; she subsequently joined the faculty in 1998. After leavingMarvelwood for Cape Cod in 2007, Henry taught at the Riverview School, a boardingschool in East Sandwich, MA.

Following the service in the library, everyone moved outside onto the patio andthen took turns placing earth at the base of a tree planted in Henry’s memory whilefaculty member Mike Augusta played an acoustic rendition of “Brokedown Palace” byone of Henry’s all-time favorite bands, The Grateful Dead. Former Head of School AnneD. “Toby” Scott offered a benediction, and many alumni remained or returned to thesite to share reminiscences with Henry’s family, friends, and each other.

In her remarks, Barbara mentioned that the strength of Henry’s dedication tofamily extended to his relationships with his students and colleagues, many of whom he considered to be family. He cared deeply for them, and they repaid his caring andkindness with fierce loyalty. The truth of her words was evident; the fact that alumni andfriends came to campus from as far away as Jamaica, Qatar and Hong Kong to attendthe celebration of Henry’s life is a testament to the strength of his influence, thebittersweet consolation of our fond memories, and our gratefulness for the privilege of having known him.

Sunny skies welcomed friends and family to our mountaintop campusfor Graduation weekend. On June 1, 2013, 49 students from 12 states

and 10 countries, celebrated their graduation at Marvelwood’s 55th

Annual Commencement ceremony. As is the Marvelwood tradition, a

bagpiper led faculty and the graduates from the Calhoun Schoolhouse

to the Burton Alumni Gymnasium, with underclassmen lining the

processional route. At their seats, each graduate found a single rose and,

in a new tradition begun by Head of School Art Goodearl last year, was

instructed to present it to a person in the audience who had been a

significant presence in his or her life. The School’s three highest awards,

The Wittenberg Cup, The Johnson Cup, and the Bodkin Loyalty Cup,

were presented. The graduates were addressed by Dominique Lasseur,

documentary filmmaker and co-founder and Executive Director of Civic

Life Project. Diplomas were presented by retiring Chairman of the

Board of Trustees, James Samartini and the new Chairman, Timothy

Carpenter ’71. Photos by the Piper Bell and much revelry and

congratulations followed the joyous ceremony.

CommencementMarvelwood’s55th Annual



Adelphi UniversityAlbright College (2)Binghamton UniversityBoston University (3)*Buffalo State College of The State University of New York

Case Western Reserve UniversityCazenovia CollegeColby-Sawyer CollegeCollege of William and MaryCornell University*Curry College*Dean CollegeDrexel University (3)*Emmanuel CollegeFranklin Pierce UniversityGreen Mountain College*Hartwick College (4)*High Point University*Hofstra UniversityIndiana State UniversityIona CollegeKansas State UniversityKeene State College*Landmark College*Lycoming CollegeLynn University*Manhattanville College (2)Marist CollegeMercy CollegeMichigan State University (5)*Mount Holyoke College*Muhlenberg College

New England College (3)*New York University*Northeastern UniversityOhio UniversityPace University, New York CityPennsylvania State University,

University Park (10)*Polytechnic Institute of New York UniversityPurchase College, State University of New YorkPurdue UniversityQuinnipiac University*Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (2)*Richmond, The American International College in London*

Rochester Institute of TechnologyRoger Williams University*Rollins CollegeSacred Heart University (2)*Salisbury UniversitySalve Regina UniversitySmeal College of Business at the Pennsylvania State University

Southern Vermont CollegeSt. Edward’s UniversitySt. John’s University — Queens Campus (2)*Stetson UniversityStony Brook University (3)Suffolk University (3)Sullivan County Community CollegeSyracuse University (3)*The George Washington University (3)*The Ohio State UniversityThe State University of New York at Albany

The State University of New York, College at Cobleskill

The State University of New York, Delhi*The State University of New York at New PaltzThe State University of New York at OneontaUniversidad de Navarra*University at Buffalo, The State University of New York

University of California at DavisUniversity of California at Irvine (2)University of California at San DiegoUniversity of California at Santa Barbara (2)University of California at Santa CruzUniversity of Connecticut (2)University of DelawareUniversity of Denver (2)University of Hartford*University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign*University of Massachusetts, AmherstUniversity of MiamiUniversity of New HavenUniversity of North Carolina at AshevilleUniversity of Rochester*University of San Francisco (2)University of VirginiaUniversity of WashingtonUniversity of Wisconsin, Madison*Vassar CollegeWestern Illinois UniversityWestern New England UniversityWheelock College*

* Indicates matriculation

C O L L E G E A C C E P TA N C E S — C L A S S O F 2 0 1 3

CLASS NIGHT was hosted by Dean of Faculty and Director of CollegeGuidance Bing Bingham and featuredstudent performances, the Senior Video,and the traditional Senior Readings withmany remembrances by the Class of 2013.The Senior Video as well as a studentperformance can be seen on our YouTubeChannel, TheMarvelwoodSchool.

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So what have you learned at Marvelwood to help you live a life rich in meaning and purpose? While not claiming this to be anexhaustive list, I hope three things.

First, that you must self-advocate. You are fundamentally good and caring, and you must not fail to care for yourself. Thereis a difference between narcissistic self-indulgence and a healthy affirmation of self. As you move into the future, continue toacknowledge and credit your strengths. A wise person once offered this bit of advice for self-improvement: Take a sheet of paperand make two columns — one headed “Strengths” and the other “Weaknesses.” Tear the paper in half down the middle.Crumple up and toss away your weaknesses and focus instead on improving your strengths.

Second, that you’ve developed an appreciation for the value of hard work. Everything worth having in life is the result ofthe hard work you’ve invested in it. Indeed, our integrity as a community depends directly on our willingness to live responsiblyfree — to balance our interest in doing whatever we wish with the realization that in working to temper that absolute freedom,we honor our School’s core values — honesty, respect, responsibility, and service to others. We have had an excellent year atschool and that is in no small measure due to your leadership as a class.

You’ve worked hard to get to this place today.Finally, that community strengthens self. In social isolation, we wither and stagnate. Together, we rise in spirit. Every

Wednesday, most of you have left the mountain to bring the energy of Marvelwood to our neighbors. This past week, you gavetwo days of service to those in need in the nation’s capitol. Your hard work made those experiences especially valuable foryourselves as well as for others. I am certain that you will continue to make an effort to nourish communities fortunate enoughto count you as members in the future.

One day I was telling my then-8-year-old son that, when I was his age, we only had a black and white television. He turned tome and asked: ‘Why?’ I still marvel at the question. Of course, my son could not understand that his father came from an erawhere technology was steam engines, cranked-up cars, cranked-up phones and black and white TV. But, behind the question, Ibegan to see another deeper meaning. Maybe what he was asking was: ‘Why were you satisfied with just black and white? Whycouldn’t you invent, make up colors for yourself?’ I ended up seeing this cute question as a possible clue about our lives. Whyshould we be satisfied with black and white when we can imagine color? Why can we be satisfied with a less than perfect worldwhen we can imagine and invent a new one? Why do we tolerate discrimination, racism and prejudice when we know we canall be brothers and sisters? Why can’t we transform our black and white world into multiple colors and sensibilities?

So how do we begin to transform our world? The first step is to engage with it. To be a real and engaged citizen. At theglobal level, but starting in your community, locally. I keep a few words and expressions on my desk to keep me on the track ofreal citizenship. They relate to who I am but also, in a deep sense, to what I do. Here are a few of these words:

Outrage. Be outraged by injustice and inequalities.Empathy. Understand and share the feelings of another. Put yourself in some else’s skin. Understand what you have in

common even it it’s not obvious.Engagement. Participate and contribute to your community at a range of levels from the local to the global. And my favorite expression: ‘Carpe Diem’: Seize the day. Seize the moment.

I remember the moment when I first stepped into this gym two years ago as a new student. I was nervous, scared andintimidated. A new language, a new culture, and new people. I think many students may understand what I mean when I say Iwas in shock. But after the initial shock wore off, a feeling of — I tried to look up the right words, but I have to mix and matchthem, so this is the best I came up with — a feeling of welcoming warmth came into my heart. I know it sounds cheesy, but myheart really felt warmer each day I got to spend with the Marvelwood community. I remember that, during last year’s graduation,I was sitting back there, hoping that the ceremony would never end, because not only did it mean that I had to say goodbye tothe seniors, but it also meant goodbye to my friends and everyone else, since at that point I wasn’t planning to come back formy senior year. Well, we all know what happened, and here I am, standing at my own graduation. But last summer, it felt like apart of my heart was still here.

I arrived as an insecure and immature girl who had an American dream. My dream was to graduate from an Americanhigh school. This dream is coming true right now. Not only do I say goodbye to all of you, but I am also saying goodbye to myold self. I am standing here right now as a confident, more mature young woman who has achieved more in these two yearsthan she could ever have dreamed of. The most important thing about dreams and goals is your own will to succeed.

E X C E R P T S F R O M C O M M E N C E M E N T S P E E C H E S

Arthur F. Goodearl, Jr.Head of School

Dominique Lasseur,Co-Founder andExecutive Director, Civic Life Project

Emily ZhangValedictorianStudent Body President


AT PRIZE DAY on May 31st, 71academic, athletic and community serviceprizes were awarded to 60 students. Fiveseniors and four juniors were inducted intothe National Honor Society, seven studentsearned honor roll awards, and eight studentsearned a place on the Woodward High HonorRoll plaque. In addition, the BodkinMemorial Scholarship was awarded to a risingsenior (see next page). A complete list ofawards and prizes can be found in theResources folder on the ParentLanding pageof the website.

Graduation IntroductionBY CHANCE DAVI S , STUDENT BODY V ICE PRES IDENT AND 2012 BODKIN SCHOLAR

I would like to welcome students, faculty, friends, parents, families, and members of the Board of Trustees to the 2013Graduation Ceremony. It truly is an honor for me to be standing on this stage today. I would like to give a huge thanks to

the faculty. They have motivated and challenged me and my classmates to broaden our horizons, and to strive forexcellence out of our comfort zones. The Marvelwood School has given us the tools we need in order take the next step in

life and we thank you very much for that.


Prize Day ceremonies on Friday, May 31st culminated in thepresentation of the Robert and Cornelia Bodkin Memorial Scholarshipto rising seniorMelissa Hartlipp. The Bodkin Scholarship, establishedby Robert Bodkin’s sister in 2007, provides full financial assistance forone year to a student who hasmet specific academic andleadership criteria. Thatstudent is designated as a“Bodkin Scholar.” Melissabrought a standard ofexcellence to her work andcitizenship at Marvelwoodduring her junior year. Shewas awarded the prize forExcellence in AP US Historyon Prize Day, and was namedto the National HonorSociety. Melissa lives inMillerton, NY.

During commencement exercises on Saturday, June 1st, the Schoolpresented its top prizes to three members of the graduating class. Thefirst of these awards, the Johnson Cup, was awarded to Cato Tiberius“Ti” Laurencin. The Johnson Cup was instituted in honor andmemory of former Headmaster Mark Johnson’s father and mother, whobelieved that human beings can transform their lives if they choose todo so. This prize, therefore, is a tangible affirmation that not only ischange possible, but that it has taken place — positively anddramatically — in the life of the recipient. It is awarded to that seniorwho, in the course of his or her years at Marvelwood, has achieved themost significant personal victory, or made the most substantial progressin terms of personal growth in all areas of life at the School. Ti, a three-year senior from Avon, CT, won Prize Day honors for Excellence inAnatomy and earned High Honor Roll recognition. He was alsoselected for inclusion in the National Honor Society. Ti will beattending the University of Connecticut this fall.

The second of the School’s highest awards was originally called theLoyalty Cup, but was renamed in 1981 to honor Bob and CorneliaBodkin. The Bodkin Cup is awarded to a graduate who has beenunusually loyal to the School, who has been overwhelmingly positiveand enthusiastic, who has participated actively and constructively inschool affairs, and whose good citizenship, courage, determination andlove for our School reflect thequalities of character which werealways identified with the Bodkinsand espoused by them. This year’sBodkin Cup recipient was EmilyZhang, a two-year senior fromOstfildern, Germany. Emily wasthe Student Body President,earned lead roles in two schoolmusicals, and was an activemember of the Civic Life Projectteam. On Prize Day, she waselected to the National HonorSociety, and won Honor Rollrecognition. She was also awardedthe Desmond Letsie Mphenyekecup. Emily will enroll atUniversity of Miami in the fall.

Marvelwood’s most esteemed prize, the Wittenberg Cup, was awardedto four-year senior Chance Davis. The Wittenberg Cup is given to that graduating senior who, in the opinion of the faculty, has achievedthe most in all areas of Marvelwood life — academics, athletics,

dormitory life, andextracurricularactivities — and whohas, in addition,evidenced personalqualities and virtuesthat represent thoseideals of characterthat we want ourgraduates to strive toattain. Chance wasthe Student BodyVice President andthe 2012-2013

Bodkin Scholar. A talented three-season athlete, Chance won manyathletic awards during his time at Marvelwood, most recently beingnamed co-MVP of the Boys’ Varsity Basketball team and selected tothe Hudson Valley Athletic League’s all-star team for both Basketballand Ultimate Frisbee. He was elected to the National Honor Society in2012 and was awarded the Ronshaugen Cup for community service onPrize Day. Chance, who lives in South Ozone Park, NY, will attendWheelock College this fall.

HIGHESTAWARDS

Marvelwood Recognizes Student AchievementIn separate ceremonies over Graduation Weekend 2013, Marvelwood awarded its highest recognition to four talented students.

THE BLUE & WHITE INTERVIEW:

Blythe (BE), Mike (ME), Sam (SE) and Maggie (MHE) Everett

B&W: Maggie, you play a lot of musical instruments. Do you have a favorite? What was your most memorableperformance this year?

MHE: I play five instruments but I also like singing; I would probablychoose singing because there’s something special about it. I’ve beensinging in the shower for years, and I just let myself blossom this year.They (nodding to her parents and Sam) have been hearing me for awhile. I started singing with Emma (Devanny ’16) and it became thatthing that I don’t want to go a day without. I sing everywhere, all thetime. I make up jingles, and harmonize with my dad in the car. It’spretty fun. We also have family singing time; we’ll be walking aroundand someone will start singing and next thing you know we’ll all sort ofjoin in. My favorite theatrical performance was Almost Maine in thefall. I had never really had a big part before. I had always seen Samdoing theatre and I was like, “Oh! I want to do that too.” It was a funstart to the year and I got really close with him(nodding to Sam). We used to hate each other, couldn’tstay in a room together…it was just a goodexperience.

B&W: Mike, not every teacher has theopportunity to have their child in class. Did you see a different side of Sam in Honors Algebra 2?

ME: I think he was scared of me, so he did his work.He was among the few students who always turned inhis homework on time, and asked me for help — BE: …which he usually doesn’t do; he’s very independent.ME: Very independent. I don’t have the patience with my kids that Ido with my students; it’s kind of difficult, but we figured it out and itwas great having him in class. I will have Maggie in Honors Algebra 2this year! MHE: Yay!

B&W: Blythe, students love to dread your Honors Englishclass. How does it prepare them for college level work and isthere a point in the year when students generally start toappreciate and feel confident in the workload?

BE: I try to run it like a college class. It’s my hope that the kids aregetting the experience of meeting deadlines and pushing themselves todo their best work, which is a lot of what I talk about in class. Some ofthem get it quickly and start to appreciate it quickly and are able toarticulate that they know they are preparing themselves for college,and some really fight it. I would say that the winter term, when we doHamlet, tends to be the time when everyone starts to come together.We do it on a pretty intensive level, but it’s enjoyable enough and wehave enough fun with it, that the class realizes they’re really pushingthemselves to do something that they thought was really hard; it’s oneof these iconic pieces of literature, and they can do it. They memorizeit and get it and do well on the tests. From there, we move into writingin the spring and it’s usually still a challenge, but by that point, kids are

more focused on college and a little bit more nervous about leavingMarvelwood and the safety, security and love that they have here, sothey’re a little bit more eager to put what we’re trying to do into play.

B&W: Mike, as Chairman of the Math Department, theSchool offers a broad range of math classes — fromFundamentals of Algebra to AP Calculus. What are some take-aways for all math students?

ME: I think the most important thing is confidence; at all levels,students become confident that they can understand the material that’sbeing taught. The thing I want students to take away from our mathclasses is that they did the work. Maybe calling us teachers is a mistake;we’re more like mentors. We oversee what they do, we help them, weencourage them, and we beg them to come for extra help. That’s reallythe main goal. They gain the confidence to realize that they’re the ones

who succeeded, not us. We’re just conduits to helpthem get there.

B&W: Maggie, having grown up on campus,what’s surprised you about going from facultychild to Marvelwood student?

MHE: When I was younger, Sam was always the onewho knew all the kids, even before he was a student. I always thought I was going to come here; I got intoKent School — downtown — with a big scholarship,but I chose to come here. I was actually pretty scared;the first week I was like, ‘Oh my gosh, what am I

doing?’ The group of freshman girls was really nice, but I guess I wasthinking that I was just going to be the faculty brat and that I had to bethe best in my class. But soon I realized that I don’t have to be MaggieEverett, I can just be Maggie, which is weird because my parents teachhere and everyone knows who they are, but I feel like I really got to bewho I wanted to be.

B&W: Blythe, as you hear from back from alums over theyears, what input do they offer that lets you know we’ve donea good job as a school?

BE: The simple fact that so many alumni stay in touch is the bestevidence that we’ve done a good job. I think there are a lot of peopleout there in the world who walk away from high school and never lookback. I was one of them! But so many Marvelwood alums areconnected to teachers and the School — on Facebook, on MarvelwoodToday, by email and phone — and so many people go out of their wayto come back and visit, to bring their girlfriends or boyfriends orspouses or partners or children to see the place where they went to highschool and to meet the teachers who were important to them. Thestories are so varied; they may have gone right to college and sailedthough, gotten a graduate degree and settled right down, or they mayhave struggled through college, taken a different path…but generally itseems that our graduates eventually find themselves who and wherethey want to be. The fact that more and more people are getting back


F A C U LT Y S P O T L I G H T

I just want to make

people smile. That’s

what everyone tells

me I’m good at.

~ Maggie Everett ’16

in touch, coming out of the woodwork, reconnecting with the School— I think that’s really it. When we share reminiscences and hear thestories from alums like, “You made me feel so confident with mywriting and now I’m writing for a newspaper”, or “I never reallythought that I was going to go to college, and look at me now with agraduate degree” — that’s what they got from Marvelwood. It’simportant to them, so it becomes important to us and it continues topush us in the right direction as a school. Our personal connection toour alumni is the single best testament to our efficacy, and to who weare as a school.

B&W: Sam, your class — the Class of 2014 — has had threefaculty children in it since 9th grade: you, Nicole Kennedyand Kate Augusta. What’s been the most challenging part ofbeing a student at the school where your parents work? What are the best parts?

SE: The most challenging thing is that they know everything that goeson, and more stuff about my friends than sometimes I might know. ButI like having a home on campus to come back to; I can come back hereand ask questions and get food. If I had gone to any other school, Iwouldn’t have been as happy. I’m actually glad to have my parents atmy school. It’s made us closer, and I even like having them as teachers,although I’m not so sure about senior Honors English coming up.

B&W: Mike, you’re a shadow of your former self. How did you do it?

ME: Do we have to go there? I just did it. I had some medical issues andmy doctor said to lose some weight, and I’ve been on a yearlong plan toachieve that goal. Slow but sure, cut back on things that aren’t good forme, eat more vegetables, exercise every day, and I’m pretty much closeto my goal, which was 100 pounds in one year…so I’m pretty happyabout that. I feel better…I sleep better. My big problem is that I’venoticed some people around town don’t recognize me anymore, whichis a little bit of a shock, and I have to buy all new clothes, which I hatebecause I’m so cheap. But I feel good.

B&W: Maggie, what do you think you’ll be doing in 10 years?

MHE: I’m going to be the President of the United States (laughs).SE: You have to be really old. MHE: I really want to be on Broadway, probably not in ten years, butyou never know, exactly…that’s what I like about it. I could move toFrance and be a French film star. I would just love to be on Broadway,though; that would be incredible. I like the magic of it. I want otherpeople to feel the ‘oooooh’ that you feel when you go to see a show,and the happiness and the smiles. I love Bernadette Peters and BarbraStreisand; I just want to make people smile. That’s what everyone tells me I’m good at.

B&W: Mike, you’re an avid gardener. How’s the harvestlooking this year?

ME: It’s looking good. The peppers are dead, but other than that thebasil is terrific, I have acorn squash coming in, and we’ve beenharvesting tomatoes and lettuce. Sarah Marshall gave me a pumpkinplant, which I’ve never grown before, and it’s thriving. I’ve been doingother work as well: landscaping and clearing. The flowers are beautiful,the lilies have come in…it’s my usual summer thing.


Mike, Maggie, Sam and Blythe Everett in front of Mike’s thriving flower and vegetablegarden.

Blythe Everett has had many different roles over the years, including Director ofStudies, Director of the Summer Program, and Dean of Faculty. She is currentlythe Assistant Head of School, English Department Chair, and teaches French andHonors English 12. She began her Marvelwood career on the Cornwall campusin 1990.

Mike Everett is the Math Department Chair, and has coached soccer, wrestlingand cross-country, and coordinated the recreational skiing and snowboardingprogram for many years. This year, he and John Kennedy will co-coach theVarsity Soccer team.

Sam Everett ’14 is a Senior Tour Guide, Dorm Prefect, and Student Ambassador.He has been in every drama and musical production throughout his time atMarvelwood, as well as some before he joined the student body. Sam was thefirst Marvelwood student chosen to participate in the All-State Chorus, and hasbeen in productions with the Sherman Players and Tri-Arts Theatre in Sharon.He plans to major in theatre and psychology at college.

Maggie Everett ’16 won a record 5 academic awards at Prize Day in May. Sheplays the guitar, piano, and alto, tenor and baritone saxophones. Maggieauditioned for and participates in the Jazz and Dixieland Bands at Kent School,and has played in the pit orchestra at Marvelwood for several years, even beforejoining the student body. Maggie plays soccer and basketball, and participated inmany singing performances this year, including Marvelwood Idol and Music onthe Mountain.


Last year I heard the question, “But Chez, you’re not coaching anymore?” more times than I could count. After twenty-two years ofcoaching and nineteen years of Athletic Directing at Marvelwood, Ihung up my cleats and headed to the Academic Office. It was adifficult decision because I enjoy athletic competition, but I am alwaysup for a new challenge, and being Academic Dean provided manychallenges. So, rather than roaming the Anne D. Scott AthleticCenter, now I roam around the school building, renamed the CalhounSchoolhouse at the most recent Alumni Weekend. Those of us whoonce lived in Cornwall might recognize the name.

What awaited me in the AcademicOffice last summer? First and foremost, thealways friendly, organized, and energeticRegistrar Karin Nappi was there to lend much-needed support and advice. Together we builta new school-wide database, organized facultyand students into classes, managed the onlinebookstore, redesigned transcripts, and talkedfamilies through the intricacies of the “parentportal” and the “student portal,” thosemagical places on the internet where all ofthis information can be seen with the click of a button. All schedules, grades, andcomments are now submitted electronically,without a shred of paper in sight.

What awaited me in September were thestudent lines out my office door. A steadystream of requests for schedule changes leftme breathless. After a while I started takingpictures of these students with thePhotobooth feature on my computer. A few ofthose pictures even made it into the yearbookor ocial media sites. I was most grateful whenthe steady stream became a trickle.

One of my responsibilities was to makesure that members of the faculty continued toutilize a hands-on approach to teaching. Ms. Doss and her studentsblazed trails behind campus for the Kent Land Trust. Her Ornithologyclass banded birds and discovered new migratory species here on SkiffMountain. Her Honors Environmental Science class participated inthe Connecticut Envirothon. And then she and others traveled toPanama for research during January and March. Mr. Bingham led agroup of students who took part in the Civic Life Project. They workedthroughout the year to produce an eleven-minute video about theimportant issue of gun control. Ms. Gold and many others hosted yetanother International Night on which students and faculty preparedand shared ethnic cuisines. My AP US History and AP EuropeanHistory classes attended the Yale Model United Nations, where juniorMelissa Hartlipp wrote an essay on her own that was one of fourpublished in the Delegate Guide. These are just a few of the manythings teachers did with students in order to enhance the educationalexperience.

The Strategies Department remains an integral part ofMarvelwood School. In order to strengthen the program even further,last summer our maintenance staff redesigned room 6 into three smallerrooms so that it is solely devoted to Strategies. A door was createdbetween this room and the newly-refurbished Sebring/VaughnComputer Lab in room 5, a lab with nine new Apple desktops and anApple TV on the wall. Our Strategies students now have more spaceand time in which to utilize state-of-the-art assistive technology inorder to help them succeed academically.

For this coming year, we added two more Advanced Placementcourses. We now have AP classes inChemistry, Physics, US History, EuropeanHistory, Economics, ComparativeGovernment and Politics, Calculus AB,Calculus BC, and Statistics. In addition, wenow offer classes in Computer Science, FoodStudies and American Sign Language.

I also wanted to create a course whichinterested me personally, so I team-taught anAstronomy elective class last winter withfellow astro-enthusiasts Mr. Cuff and Ms.Borsavage. We watched NASA videos ofmeteorites, comets, and planetary storms. Welooked at sunspots through the School’s five-inch Maksutov-Cassegrain telescope. Wetalked about the history of rocketry andspaceflight and then set off model rocketshundreds of feet into the December sky. Weall enjoyed this elective so much that wecontinued with a Philosophy elective in thespring. That course was so well received thatwe decided to create a Harry Potter andPhilosophy course for this fall. Each studentwill be getting a special invitation to the class,delivered by a snowy owl, as well as a wand.The basic idea is that learning about

philosophy should be fun, and if many students want to learn it in thecontext of the Harry Potter storyline, then so be it.

Many of our students have risen to the challenge of a demandingacademic program. Average SAT scores have improved in recent yearsto the point where, three of the last four years, we have beaten thenational average of 1500. Our average ACT score of 20 is quiterespectable, as are many of the AP scores received by those studentstaking the exams.

“But Chez, don’t you miss coaching?” Of course I do. But teachingis coaching in another form, and directing the academics ofMarvelwood is much like directing its athletic program. MarvelwoodSchool remains a small, supportive, caring community in which eachstudent is given the opportunity to reach his or her full potential. Highschool learning often requires diligence and effort, but it should also befun and enjoyable. Regarding our academic program, I am proud ofwhere it is, and I look forward to what it will become.

F A C U LT Y S P O T L I G H T : G L E N N S A N C H E Z

“High school learning often requires

diligence and effort, but it should also

be fun and enjoyable.”

Confessions of an Academic Dean


If you picture a Parents Association (PA)as a small crew of parents who meetoccasionally and sell baked goods atschool events…well, you don’t knowthe Marvelwood PA.

Over the past three years, the PAhas evolved into a dedicated group ofparents who have the passion andcommitment to better Marvelwood.

Tracy Lowry P’14 became President of the PA in2011 during Art Goodearl’s first year as Head of School.The plan was to revive the dormant PA, and Art workedclosely with Tracy to develop a solid foundation. Theylifted the PA off the ground. Tracy recruited a dedicatedteam of parent volunteers and worked hard toincorporate the PA into Marvelwood functions. Shehelped coordinate a luncheon in Shanghai, China forparents and families, which would later help ArtGoodearl when he traveled there in February 2012.

The 2012 Auction (“An Evening Under the TuscanMoon”) was a phenomenal success. Tracy and the PAtransformed the dining hall into an Italian masterpiece,and the auction raised $80,000 for the School.

The year came to a close, and Cherri Sanes P’15became president for the 2012-2013 year. Cherri hasbeen involved in the PA from the start and exudesMarvelwood enthusiasm and passion. Cherri was handedthe baton from Tracy and set out to recruit an even largergroup of parent volunteers. She also continued to makethe PA a prominent presence on campus. Cherri and thePA planned receptions, welcome committees and teacherappreciation events, and got the entire communityinvolved.

“Off to the Races” was the themeof the 2013 Auction, and it was anothergalloping success. The event raised$63,242, portions of which wenttoward the Food Studies Program,teacher wish list items, and the Annual

Fund. In addition to current families andfaculty, many local area friends joined us

for this special evening. Micky Pratt P’15 is the PA president for 2013-2014.

Micky has been an active member of the PA for twoyears and is eager to put together a solid executive groupof committed volunteers. She looks forward to meetingall parents this fall — everyone is welcome to getinvolved, and all strengths can shine. Micky hopes herleadership will inspire the PA to work together to haveanother exceptional year!

On behalf of the entire Marvelwood community,we sincerely thank our Parents Association for theirdedication and continued support of the School.

Shown above: Adirondack chairs donated by the ParentsAssociation on the library terrace

At left: Parents Association President Micky Pratt andhusband, Joe, arriving at “Off to the Races.”

Show below, left: Outgoing Parents AssociationPresident and Auction Co-Chair Cherri Sanes P’15,husband Scott, and Head of School Art Goodearl at thestart of the live auction.

Below right: Board of Trustees Chairman Tim Carpenter’71 with his wife, Susan, and Laurie Raleigh P’14.

Celebrating The Marvelwood School Parents Association


Learningby DoingEXPERIENTIAL EDUCATIONBEYOND THE CLASSROOM

It’s a known fact: students learn best by

doing. Active, hands-on involvement in

education translates to better focus,

more effective retention, a stronger

desire to master concepts, and an

appreciation for how “book learning”

applies to the real world. Our teachers

bring a sense of creativity and fun to

their lesson planning, constantly

seeking to find the ideal combination

of seeing, hearing and doing that will

unlock the door to success for every

one of their students.

I began teaching Mechanical Design, betterknown as LEGO-Robotics, about 5 years ago.I felt that a hands-on science elective wouldbe something many of our students wouldexcel in, but had no idea how true this wouldturn out to be. Each and every student that Ihave had has brought something unique tothis class, especially one particular student,Taylor Nappi ’13.

Long before he took the class, Taylorwould come to the library, our classroom,between classes and would “play” with theLEGO materials,demonstrating anatural ability tocreate and buildprojects. As a studentin the class during hissenior year, Taylorwas fascinated withthe mechanicsbehind vehiclechassis. Having afather who was anexpert in the field ofmechanics seemed tosuggest that geneticscould affect astudent’s talents. I

would help him as much as I could, butquickly began to see that I was becoming thestudent more each day, as Taylor’s workbecame more detailed and sophisticated. Itwas remarkable and exciting to see someonebring such energy, excitement, and focus tohis projects.

By the winter term, Taylor began to showfar greater talent than I could ever haveimagined. Taylor had begun to make, withoutinstructions, his own very complicated,detailed, functional LEGO sets. Based on

Mechanical Design BY DENN IS WH ITE


inspiration from the internet and his own desire to figure out thebest way to accomplish his goals, he ultimately built a modelover 18 inches long that had full independent suspension, geardifferential, complex steering and several motors. Taylor wasmaking a scale model of a car we may very well see on the roadsomeday.

Throughout the spring term, Taylor would ask forsuggestions on how to upgrade his design. By the time I couldcome up with an idea, he would thank me (Taylor was alwaysvery polite,) and say something like: “Thanks Mr. White, thatmight work, but I think I figured it out.” It was always true. Theideas that he came up with always worked better than mine.This did not discourage me at all. By the last few weeks of schoolI could not wait to see what he was up to, and thinking of himgraduating was bitter-sweet. I am very happy to know that Tayloris entering college with the intention to study engineering.

That being said, an unfortunate necessity of the class is totake apart all of the students’ projects before the end of theschool year. All of our materials are organized and separated inpreparation for the next group of students. Each year it becomesharder and harder. If we had an abundance of parts andmaterials, I would keep most of what my students build. For thefirst time, there is one model that most likely will be preserved asan inspiration for future students and engineers. If this class werea sports team, Taylor’s model would be the championship trophy.In a Mechanical Design or Robotics course, it is always a“building year.” Having students like Taylor Nappi atMarvelwood is why teaching here couldn’t be better, and why a “building year” is always a good thing.

Food StudiesBY AARON ZWE IG

The new Marvelwood Food Studiesprogram seeks to advance awareness of foodculture using cultural, historical andpolitical approaches, as well asencourage a deeper understanding ofour globalized 21st century worldthrough food.

The Marvelwood Food Studies program will kick off its second year:

• A minimum of 400 pounds of apples from nearby Averill Farm willbe hand-picked by students during Community Service throughoutSeptember and October; these will be used by the kitchen andserved in a variety of ways.

• Garlic Day is back! 10-15 pounds of garlic will be purchased fromSullivan Farm in New Milford and used to make garlic paste, garlic-infused olive oil, garlic bread, garlic pasta, garlic tea, and garlic icecream

• The Food Studies program will be sponsoring Sunday morning“Farmer’s Brunches” throughout the year, featuring farm-fresh eggs,sausage, bacon, and bread from local farms and bakeries.

• The Food Studies class will read Salt, by Mark Kurlansky and WhatWe Eat, by Marion Nestle. Students will be introduced to foodhistory, international food culture, the politics of our modern-dayfood system, nutrition, and educated food choice. The class will betaking one field trip every semester to an international restaurantincluding the Union League Café in New Haven, CT and Zitoune, aMoroccan restaurant in Westchester, NY.

In the GardenThe first harvest of broccoli andcabbage took place at the end of thesummer. Most of the cabbage will bemade into sauerkraut, which will beserved in the dining hall throughoutthe year. A new fence, installed thispast summer, will keep deer andrabbits out of the garden and enablethe planting of a full bounty of cropsin the summer of 2014.

Bon appetit!

Natural Resources Conservation AcademyBY LAUR I E DOSS

The University of Connecticut’s Natural Resources ConservationAcademy (NRCA) selects and trains high school student leaders inConnecticut “in ecological and environmental sciences and certif[ies]these students to become informed advocates for land stewardship intheir communities to help contribute to wise land use and landmanagement decisions.” Upon completion of their summer fieldexperience, where they work side-by-side with local conservationleaders as well as experts and resources from UCONN and theDepartment of Natural Resourcesand the Environment, studentsselect and complete a conservationproject which will benefit theircommunities. These projects arepresented to the public at theannual Connecticut Conference onNatural Resources in March.

Marvelwood’s long history ofeducating and training students inconservation and environmentalprotection has enabled severalstudents to be selected to therenowned NRCA program. In2012-2013, Meng Lu ’13 and Bryn Bachmann ’14 each completedprojects. Meng’s project,“Avian Ambassadors: Getting to Know theBirds that Utilize the Skiff Mountain South Preserve,” used avian datacollected at Marvelwood’s MAPS bird banding stations to create aninteractive hiking trail where people can learn about the School’savian research as well as the birds found in Kent. They can scan QRCodes that link them to bird songs and/or additional information aboutthe research.

Bryn’s project, “Through the Eyes of a Child: Planting Seeds ofConservation,” focused on creating aninteractive trail for children based on thewildlife found on Kent Land Trust’s SkiffMountain South Preserve. Like Meng,Bryn cleared trails, created signage, andused GPS and ArcGIS technology tocreate trail maps. Bryn’s colorful signswere also enhanced with QR codetechnology, and the trail was adornedwith colorful wooden animal icons aswell as a scavenger hunt. Bryn’s creativeproject earned her 3rd prize at theConnecticut Conference on NaturalResources!

Bryn was given special permission bythe Kent Land Trust Board of Directorsto name her children’s trail the “AndrewGeorge Bachmann Memorial Trail” in

honor of her grandfather, who had planted the seeds of herappreciation for the natural environment.

Bryn is not the first member of the Bachmann family to leave hermark at Marvelwood and in the local community. Her uncle, BrianBachmann ’88, is featured in this issue of the Blue & White, and her

brother Connor ’11, a student at WarrenWilson College, returns each summer tovolunteer his time clearing trails andhelping with the avian research on KentLand Trust Property. Connor was also thefirst student in the history of the Schoolto participate in the Panama trip duringall four years he was enrolled atMarvelwood

Maggie Everett ’16, Spencer Lowry ’14 and Kendale Sheffield ’15 areMarvelwood’s participants in this year’sNRCA activities. They attended theAcademy on the UConn campus in July,and will complete and present their ownprojects at the Natural ResourcesConference this March.

Marvelwood’s long history

of educating and training

students in conservation

and environmental

protection has enabled

several students to be

selected to the renowned

NRCA program.


Over the past seven years, Marvelwood students have made ninetrips to Panama to conduct scientific research and engage incommunity service in a rural area of Eastern Panama. Our wildliferesearch is conducted at CREA’s (Conservation through Research,Education and Action) Cocobolo Nature Reserve. “The reserve islocated at the narrowest stretch of Mesoamerica, with only 40 milesseparating the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean, and thus represents avital yet fragile piece of the Mesoamerican Biological Corridor, anambitious project that aims to preserve a network of conservationregions extending from Mexico to Colombia. CREA’s mission is tocreate a balance of human endeavor with natural ecologies in order topromote sustainable community development and biodiversityconservation in the developing world” (http://www.crea-panama.org).

For the past two years, we have been privileged to have Dr. TwanLeenders join us on the trip. Dr. Leenders is an animal ecologist andzoologist, and currently President and Chief Executive Officer of theRoger Tory Peterson Institute in Jamestown, NY. He is also anaccomplished herpetologist who wrote a field guide to the amphibiansand reptiles of Costa Rica. In addition to his scientific research, Dr.Leenders is an artist and photographer; his works are displayed aroundthe world, including the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History, theCalifornia Academy of Sciences, and the Smithsonian’s new BioMuseoin Panama City, Panama. The students enjoy working with Dr.Leenders and learning about the incredible diversity of amphibians andreptiles of Cocobolo Nature Reserve as he prepares to write a new fieldguide to the amphibians and reptiles of Panama.

Sean Graesser ’04 continues to join usduring our Panama adventures as a co-chaperone. Sean works professionally in thefield of avian conservation and recently, underDr. Leenders’ mentorship, has expanded hisknowledge base to include amphibians,reptiles, and wildlife photography.

An important part of our trips to Panamais community outreach with the children ofLa Zahina village, about an hour’s walk fromCocobolo. In 2013, the Marvelwoodcommunity raised money to help purchasebooks for the village, where the majority ofstudents only attend school through the sixthgrade.

Alumni interested in joining one of Marvelwood’s tripsto Panama should contact Laurie Doss.

“The other creatures with which we share this world have their rights too, butnot speaking our language, they have no voice, no vote;it is our moral duty to take care of them.”�~ Roger Tory Peterson

Building Migratory Bridges:Still Going Strong BY LAUR I E DOSS


Student Activities BY WENDI LOVE

The Student Activities Office strives to provide students with a widerange of educational and social activities, including Freshman Academyand health workshops. We started out the year with the annual Back-to-School Bash which included a dunk tank, rock wall and carnivalfood. In the winter, Skiff Mountain can get very cold, so WinterWarm-Up Week featured lots of hot activities to beat the winterblues. We had a terrific spring. The 7th Annual Marvelwood Idolwas a huge success, hosted by Adam Ehrman-Shapiro ’11 (aka:Kid Karma) with our own Glenn “Randy” Sanchez and Brian“Simon” Bator to help judge. The students were full of talentand entertained us well into the night. The Prom was held atThe Club at River Oaks where students danced the night away“Under the Stars” and took pictures in the photo booth. We arebusy throughout the year having fun and making memories.


Prom

“Twins Day” Winter Warm-Up

Week

Marvelwood Idol

Back-to-School Bash

HAVING FUN AND MAKING MEMORIESTHROUGHOUT THE YEAR!

MOTMBY B ING B INGHAM

Music On The Mountain (MOTM) wascreated for the performance of live music andto make use of a dynamic, new sound systemthat was installed in the School dining hallover the 2012 summer. Complete with eightspeakers and professionally designed bylegendary sound engineer Paul Orofino fromMillbrook Sound Studio, the room became aperfect venue for acoustic music and “openmic” performers. On the night of a MOTMevent, a dedicated staff of Marvelwood facultytransforms the dining hall into a cool café —offering a warm atmosphere, food, drinks(coffee, tea), MOTM t-shirts, artists’ CDs andother goodies along with the entertainment.Students, faculty and performers fromsurrounding schools and communities areinvited to sign up at the door and take theirturns at the microphone. The event in Aprilwas so popular that it was way past 11 pmbefore the last act closed the show. SevenMOTM Fridays are planned for the comingschool year, one in every month exceptNovember. Check the School calendar forexact days and times, and keep an eye out forpress releases and posters around Kent. As itgrows in popularity, Marvelwood’s Music OnThe Mountain will provide a uniqueopportunity for performers of all ages to stepinto the spotlight and take the stage in frontof a live audience!


Once Upon A Mattress BY M ISTY JORDAN

Last May, The Marvelwood Players presented their first outdoor musical, Once Upon aMattress, a zany musical send-up of the beloved Hans Christian Anderson fairy tale “ThePrincess and the Pea.” Audience members brought picnic blankets and camp chairs and satunder the breathtaking Skiff Mountain sunset while enjoying the production, which featuredan immensely talented cast and crew, as well as a live student orchestra.

Serving the Community

Civic Life Project BY B ING B INGHAM

This past year, six Marvelwood seniors took part in an excitingstatewide program begun by award-winning documentary filmmakersCatherine Tatge and Dominique Lasseur of Global Village Media. Theprogram, entitled Civic Life Project (CLP), was designed to “bridge thegap between the classroom and the community” by challengingstudents to research, direct and produce a ten-minute documentaryfilm on some civic or constitutional issue. The Marvelwood teamdecided to explore the merits of the Second Amendment to theConstitution and their film, “Guns Under Our Noses,” took on specialsignificance after the tragedy in Newtown last December. Over thecourse of seven months, Oliver Midgley, Taylor Nappi, Teddy Neer,Sean Pitterson, Elizabeth Scruton, Emily Zhang and researched, wroteand recorded narration, filmed and edited their documentary using theSchool’s production equipment; nine interviews were taped and fivetrips were made to the state capitol or university campuses. In the end,“Guns Under Our Noses” earned praise from a number of enthusiasticaudiences for its cinematic qualities, original score and powerful,emotional message at the end. The project truly provided our studentswith an opportunity to have their voices heard by becoming “informed,caring and committed citizens.”

“Guns Under Our Noses” may be seen on our YouTube channel:youtube.com/TheMarvelwoodSchool

Senior Service Trip 2013BY HEATHER HASTINGS

A priority in our mission at Marvelwood is to promote and encouragethe concepts of individual leadership, teamwork, and selfless service.These themes exist in our community on a daily basis, but truly cometogether in the Senior Service Trip. Each year, members of thegraduating class travel to the Washington D.C. area to performvaluable community service, test their strengths, and bond in a finalexperience together as a class before graduation.

This year, led by a fantastic and enthusiastic team of facultychaperones, we worked with DC Cares and Habitat for Humanity toassist in building construction, organize donated building materials andtools, feed the homeless and hungry, and work with elderly veterans.The Class of 2013 outdid themselves in dedication, cooperation,teamwork…and smiles. The youth hostels we stayed in were a lesson inclose quarters, the weather was good but hot, and we worked andplayed hard. Dinners out, a little evening shopping, biking around thecity, and an evening trip to see the illuminated national monumentswere all part of the fun.

Many students have heard me say again and again how much Ilove this trip. It represents to me everything we strive for in ourcommunity. The students who are initially hesitatant often get themost out of it. We can see and feel the difference that we can make inthe world as individuals and as a team. I love this trip.


The profound relationship Chance Davis ’13 built with TheKent Community Nursery School is why Marvelwood hasemphasized community service for the last fifty years. SueVizzeri, the director at KCNS, has worked with our students forover fifteen years. In an e-mail right before graduation, shewrote, “We have planned a party, for both Chance’s birthdayand his last day. Can he stay for lunch, again? He has made suchan impact on the children here…some are younger siblings ofalumni who were here with Chance as well. They rememberhim from whenthey were younger.It is wonderful! Ihave been veryproud of the manhe is becoming. Ihave seen such achange in the fouryears he has beenhelping us outhere. He isprotective of thechildren, has avery nurturing heart, and is helpful to the teachers. He reallytakes the initiative, and will help out without waiting to beasked. He will be missed!”

When the Ronshaugens and the Bodkins instituted thecommunity service program a half a century ago, their goal wasto be good neighbors and citizens in the village of Cornwall.That remains our goal at the sites we serve today, in Litchfieldand Dutchess counties. Chance Davis certainly raised thestandard for future students. The last thing he told me as he wasleaving campus in June was that he had to come back in twoweeks for the KCNS graduation. –MIKE AUGUSTA

Skip Tucker Day BY WENDI LOVE

Carl Michael (“Skip”) Tucker was the head of maintenance at thetime of Marvelwood’s monumental move from Cornwall to Kent.Skip’s flawless orchestration of the relocation to Skiff Mountain, histireless enthusiasm for his job, and his dedication to keeping theSchool looking its best were truly exceptional. In May 1996, Skippassed away after a battle with cancer. Every spring, we honor hisspirit with Skip Tucker Day,when faculty, students andstaff join together to giveback to our community.

Marvelwood’s annualSkip Tucker Day is always amuch-anticipated, fun andproductive event. Classesend early, and students andstaff engage in beautification tasks around campus and in the localarea. This year, we helped out at the Kent Historical Society and attwo Connecticut State Parks. On campus, we planted lots of bulbs,shrubs and trees, pulled weeds, and filled flower boxes and planters.We ended the day with a scrumptious barbecue and a community-wide sense of accomplishment.


Chance Davis – 2013 RonshaugenCommunity Service Cup Winner

Every spring, we honor his

spirit with Skip Tucker Day,

when faculty, students and

staff join together to give

back to our community.


ARVELWOOD 2012-13 was a “banner” year for Marvelwood athletics.Across the board, our teams were very successful, including much-improved girls’ teams in allthree seasons. Overall, four of our teams won championships this year, and several others placedsecond in the Hudson Valley Athletic League (HVAL). In addition to the teamaccomplishments, Marvelwood also had several individual athletes who were the best players inthe league for their sport.

During the fall, both the Boys and Girls Varsity Soccer teams had winning seasons. The CrossCountry team was small, with only six runners this year, but they competed well. The GirlsVolleyball team won its second straight HVAL Championship and completed a two-year run of25 wins and only 3 losses. The team was invited to the New England Tournament for the secondyear in a row.

Winter was an exciting time, with both the Boys and Girls Varsity Basketball teams having greatseasons and the Wrestling team winning the HVAL Championship. Both Varsity Basketballteams finished second in the league, and the girls’ team was invited to the New EnglandTournament. This team is young and talented; led by Dani Nappi ’16 and Molleigh Sanes ’15,the girls will be a force to be reckoned with for the next few years! On the mats, Raymond“Duke” Sherwood was a standout wrestler for Marvelwood. Undefeated until the New EnglandChampionships, where he placed 3rd overall, Duke wrestled at the National Championships,where he placed 9th overall for Marvelwood! The Junior Varsity Basketball team dominatedtheir HVAL competition, losing only twice all season. Unfortunately, our Ski Team was toosmall to place in competitions, but Irene Ivanow ’14 individually proved herself to be one of thetop skiers in the area.


ATHLETICSThe spring athletic season was the culmination of an incredible year. The Ultimate Frisbeeteam, in their stylish new uniforms, dominated the HVAL again with their second straightundefeated league championship! They stepped up to top competition and really pushedteams like Hotchkiss and Middletown to the limit. We actually beat the Hotchkiss B team— ery impressive! The Girls Varsity Softball team had their best season in 14 years,coming in second in the HVAL! On the tennis courts, the girls’ team again placed 2nd inthe league, and an inexperienced boys’ team improved all season and finished 3rd. BoysVarsity Lacrosse played tough all season and had a few exciting victories, including a last-second game winner by Michael Janecek ’13 against Storm King.

The story of the spring, however, was the Boys Varsity Baseball team. After not havingenough players to even field a team last year, and not having won a game the seasonbefore, this year’s team lost only one league game en route to the first HVAL regularseason and Tournament Championship in school history! Pitcher Edward “Ned”McAllister ’14, who dedicated his season to his ailing father, pitched the final regularseason game to secure first place heading into the tournament, and went on to pitch anamazing no-hitter in the tournament! In the HVAL Championship game against Wooster,league MVP Jacob Berg ’13 also threw a no-hitter while batting 4 for 4 to help lead theteam to victory!

As a first-year Athletic Director following in Glenn Sanchez’s footsteps, I could not haveasked for a more exciting and successful year of Marvelwood sports. Congratulations to allthe athletes and coaches!

BY

DANA MASON

Brian Bachmann ’88 startedcaving while he was astudent at Virginia Tech.It was a hobby that is now central to hisresearch as a chemical biologist at theVanderbilt Laboratory for BiosyntheticStudies. In the eternally dark, cool and quietenvirons of some the country’s 8,000 caves,Brian takes samples with the hope of findingsources of new medicines.

With a staggering 90,000 deaths eachyear from antibiotic-resistant infections ,Brian and other researchers have been lookingfor new ways to fight infection. Antibioticresistance is a natural part of the Earth’secosystem. “Nature,” Brian explains, “is byany measure the most venerable and the mostprolific synthetic chemist.” His researchprogram is “concerned with problems insecondary metabolism, both natural andmanmade. If primary metabolites are thestructure and energy for the creation andmaintenance of all cells, secondarymetabolites (such as penicillin and steroids)give those cells something extra in terms ofprotection, weaponry and communication.”In his four years of collecting samples from thelargely untouched cave world, Brian hascollected 30 compounds, half of which arenew to man.

Brian describes how his research in thelab is comprised of three subgroups:

Deconstructive Biosynthesis: we peer intothe precise choreographies of how lifemakes molecules from the geneticblueprints, to the enzymes they encode,to the concerted action of score ofenzymes, to the manufacture of secondarymetabolites in vivo.

Constructive Biosynthesis: applying whatwe have learned from studying theblueprints of life, we are engineeringmicroorganisms to synthesize compoundsof value to humanity. This includesengineering microorganisms tomanufacture currently ‘non-natural’compounds, such as AIDS drugs andantibiotics. This is the ‘frankensteining’of a whole bunch of stuff together.

Discovery Biosynthesis: 60-70% of drugsused in treatment of human illness areeither secondary metabolites, derivedfrom them, or can trace their origins to asecondary metabolite. We are looking inextreme environments, specifically caves,for biodiversity capable of producing newnatural products for treating humanillness.

A scientist by trade and a philosopher bynature, the questions that fuel Brian’s work

have far-reaching implications for mankind;the answers emerge through truly appreciatingand working to understand the naturalprocesses. One question that has fueledBrian’s work: Can affordable treatments bedeveloped to fight HIV/AIDS? To answer theHIV question, Brian is working to geneticallyengineer E. coli bacteria for a cost-effective,easily-manufactured product that would offsetthe financially toxic cost of AIDS drugs,especially in underdeveloped parts of theworld where AIDS numbers continue to rise.

Brian came to Marvelwood as asophomore day student, impatient to takeclasses outside the standard curriculumsequence. Looking for a flexible educationalenvironment, he took Geometry and Algebra2 as a sophomore, and Calculus as a juniorand then again as a senior because, at thetime, it was the highest-level math courseoffered. Former Marvelwood science teacherHugh Cheney recalls that Brian was “a boywho stood out far above other students interms of his interest in the sciences; he wasinquisitive, thoughtful, and fully immersed inacademics. As a teacher, I had to work hard tokeep up with him. Brian had the admirationof the student body for his leadership as ascholar, as well as his bright and intellectualhumor. His curiosity and drive inspired thecommunity.” Hugh was not at all surprised by

Brian Bachmann: Caving for Cures BY CAITL IN LYNCH P ’13

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the work that Brian is doing in research anddiscovery: “Clearly, he was a student whowould excel and achieve.” Mike Augusta, whowas in his first year of teaching at Marvelwoodat the time, remembers, “Brian was clearlysmart, but what made him interesting was hiscuriosity. From Phyllis Wojan’s ongoing studyin mouse genetics to the Hartford Stage’sproduction of Hamlet, Brian got into it; hewas omnivorous whether it was hard scienceor pop culture.”

Throughout high school, Brian helpedout at his family’s industrial adhesive business,started a decade earlier in the basement oftheir Connecticut farmhouse. He and hisfather patented a number of inventions, oneinvolving the curing of coatings with ultra-violet light. He credits his father withteaching him the scientific method —“knowing what’s in your experiment,changing one thing at a time and having ahypothesis and testing it, as well as theimportance of thinking outside the box andderiving joy from science.”

Brian was not particularly interested in

traditional athletics, but enjoyed thecanoeing/ white water program. AthleticDirector Joe Neary was a stickler for team-participation, so Brian’s canoeing career onthe Housatonic River was limited to just oneseason, and he dutifully donned teamuniforms the rest of the time. Certainly, with asmaller student population in the Cornwallyears, filling out team rosters was a challengeand dictated the policy. But fast-forward 20years, and things have changed: Brian’snephew, Connor Bachmann ’11, was a four-year member of the canoeing squad, as well asan avid rock climber and hiker. Connor’ssister, Bryn ’14, is a mountain biker andmember of The Marvelwood Players, whorehearse during sports time.

Brian’s best memory of extracurricularactivities was the community service program.For all of his three years at Marvelwood, Brianvolunteered at the Extend-a-Care nursing

home in Torrington, CT, which he says wasan impactful experience. He also noted thathe was an inaugural member of the HartfordStage season ticket holders, which, by thetime he graduated, as he remembers it, hadgrown from a couple of students to nearly halfthe school.

Brian considered attending Marvelwoodto be an opportunity to better his collegeoptions. He graduated as the valedictorianand went on to develop a very impressiveacademic and professional resume, including aB.S. in Chemistry from Virginia Tech and anM.S. in Chemistry from Southern MethodistUniversity. Despite successes in math andscience, Brian says he has a natural proclivityfor the liberal arts, and minored in philosophyat Virginia Tech. Brian believes that differentparts of the brain mature at different rates. Forhim, “something would click and theneverything would click,” especially with math,which didn’t “click” as easily for himthroughout college. In 2000, Brian receivedhis PhD. from The Johns Hopkins University,where he was awarded the SonnebornFellowship and the Sarah and AdolphRoseman prize for outstandingaccomplishment in Chemistry. He was alsonamed an Outstanding Graduate Student inChemistry by the American Society ofChemists. Brian went on to spend three yearsas Director of Chemistry at Ecopia Biosciencein Montreal. Currently, he is AssociateProfessor of Chemistry at VanderbiltUniversity in Nashville, TN.

Former Marvelwood Headmaster PeterTacy, who recently reconnected withCornwall alums at the reunion in June, writes,“Brian certainly was a Marvelwood successstory even when he graduated, and I havesome notion of how much more success hashappened for him since then. Hisachievements may please me greatly(hurrah!), but they really do not surprise meat all. Why? Because Brian was growing sopowerfully and deeply while he was still aMarvelwood student. Such a dynamic andgratifying process is very unlikely to stop.”

“Nevertheless, Brian was a shy, socially-tentative boy when he arrived as a new daystudent. However, because Marvelwood wassmall and rather inductive as a community, hewas soon discovered by both adults and hisfellow students to be a quite special person —very bright, intensely curious, imaginative,and thoroughly nice. He became a popularstudent not because he changed, but becausehe gained the confidence to be known forexactly who he was.”

Brian lives in Nashville with his wife,Beth, a poet and English professor atVanderbilt, and their two children: 6-year-oldIlyana and 2-year-old Dominic. He says hemisses the Northeast, but enjoys the food andmusic scene in Nashville. They live in theformer home of the Black Keys, and Brianloves being exposed to new music both locallyand from his nieces and nephews. Brian addsthat all synthetic chemists like to cook—heand his wife are especially interested in Indiancooking, grinding their own spices andexperimenting with the blending of flavors.They were the subject of an article by NewYork Times food writer Jonathan Reynolds(although the piece was bumped just beforepublication).

To see Brian’s work in caves, check outthis documentary, which will be shown at theAmerican Museum of Natural History’sCenter for Biodiversity and Conservationfrom October 2013-March 2014: http://www.amnh.org/explore/science-bulletins/%28watch%29/bio/documentaries/caving-for-cures-mining-drugs-from-nature

Far left: Collecting samples which Brian hopes will revealsources of new medicinesLeft: Organism samples from the cave find new life inthe labAbove: From Brian’s 1988 yearbook page.



Thalia LongchampWhat year did you graduate from Marvelwood? Where did you go to school? I graduated from Marvelwood in 2010. I went to AMDA (the American Musical and DramaticAcademy) College Conservatory of the Dramatic Arts in New York City for two years and nowI’m finishing up my last semester in Los Angeles. I will be getting my BFA in October.

How did you know you wanted to study theatre? I knew from a young age that I wanted to be an actor. Watching The Sound of Music with mygrandma on repeat when I went to visit her, pretending I was Harriet The Spy and hiding frommy mom when we went grocery shopping, watching movies, going to the opera at the Met…Ithought it was so cool that people lived in a world of make-believe. I would always reenactscenes from what I saw. I was so young then I didn’t know acting was a profession. But when Ifound out, my mom signed me up for literally EVERY performance class in the city. I lovedacting and singing so much. And I knew, probably in the third or fourth grade, that this wassomething I was going to pursue. In fourth grade, my mom signed me up at the City Lights

Youth Theatre. And that was the beginning ofmusical theatre for me —three times a week,dancing, singing and acting classes with a bunchof other talented kids. We would haveperformances at way-off-Broadway stages.

What was the best play you were in at Marvelwood? And what was yourfavorite role that you played while atMarvelwood?The best production I was in was definitely Intothe Woods. I loved being the Witch. I also lovedbeing “Schwartzy” in The 25th Annual PutnamCounty Spelling Bee. That was my first “real”transformation, I think. The “I Love You Song”was my favorite to sing.

Eight years ago, Marvelwood made a strong commitment to the arts when we hired Misty Jordan as our

first full-time Theatre Director. At the same time, Marvelwood found Eunyoung DiGiacomo and hired her as

our Music Director. Since then, we have added Dennis White as a technical theatre director and Jesse

Ofgang as a second full-time Music teacher. With 14 productions under their belts, they have paved the way

for some outstanding young artists. Here is an interview with two members of The Marvelwood Players

who have pursued acting beyond the walls of Marvelwood.

Making a Go of It BY M ISTY JORDAN

Thalia Longchamp ’10 as the Witch in The Marvelwood Players’ 2008production of Into the Woods. (Also pictured is Courtney Haedke ’10.)

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Ryan McCarthyWhat year did you graduate fromMarvelwood? Where did you go toschool after graduation?I graduated from Marvelwood in 2008. I didmy “undergrad” at Albright College inReading, PA.

How did you know you wanted to study theatre?I was an insecure young man. Back in my highschool days, theatre was an outlet for me to“strut my stuff”, as it were. It was a way for meto earn people’s approval. I didn’t respect it asa discipline and I carried that negativity withme over into my freshman year of college.Needless to say, my theatre peers did notparticularly warm up to me. You couldn’t tellor teach me anything.

Have you ever heard the expression,“You’ll learn something when you’re ready tolearn it”? That’s the way it was with me. I amcurrently getting a strong, momentous start asan actor in New York City. This summer, I didmy first paid gig in Cape Cod, in a play called9-Ball. I love what I do and would not have it

any other way. If there’s one thing I want totell Marvelwood Players, it’s this: just let go.Never inhibit yourself. The only way to getbetter at acting is by doing it. Ask questions,because you don’t know nearly as much as youthink you know (and neither do I! I love thisgame!).

How did you find Marvelwood? My mom and I decided on Marvelwood afterthe campus visit. We immediately fell in lovewith what we saw. She thought it would be apositive change in my life and learning, andshe was right.

How did Marvelwood help you on yourjourney?I didn’t have a lot of friends, so I wasultimately forced to learn to love my owncompany, for lack of a better term. I learnedthat there can be happiness in solitude. Ilearned to think, reflect and evaluate in amuch more clear and concise way. This hashelped me tremendously throughout collegeand even moreso in my professional life as anactor, where self-evaluation is a vital skill.

What were your favorite classes atMarvelwood?My favorite classes were English and Theatre.I took two English courses, one with Mr.Augusta, another with Mr. Bingham. Iremember reading the plays The Crucible byArthur Miller in Augie’s class and Equus byPeter Shaffer in Mr. Bingham’s. The most funpart was when we got to read the plays outloud. This activity seemed to bring out thebest in everyone. It was pretty thrilling to seeeveryone, even the ones who didn’tnecessarily want to be there, get so immersed

in the script, listening to each other andultimately having fun.

Ms. Jordan’s Theatre class, however, iswhat made me realize that I wanted to be anactor. It brought me out of the shell I hadbeen hiding in for so long. It gave me anavenue to express myself, which I neededbadly. I loved working with an ensemble cast,the task of committing the script to memory,and the challenges I was presented with.

I wasn’t mature enough back then tolook at acting as a discipline. I was moreinterested in getting to perform. It was when I got to my sophomore year in college that Iwas ready to learn. But I will never forget theexcitement I felt working with those wonderfulpeople at Marvelwood. I don’t know if I wouldbe doing what I am doing today without theguidance of people like Mr. Augusta, Mr.Everett, Mr. Bingham, Ms. Jordan, and herwonderful husband Mr. White.


How did your time at Marvelwood help in the pursuit of your dream ofbecoming an actor?I had lots of support from friends and teachers,especially my director, coach and dorm momMisty Jordan, without whom I would not be at AMDA. I also loved being on stage andparticipating in the a cappella group “6:15”with Eunyoung DiGiacomo. It just made meso happy.

What is your best memory ofMarvelwood?My best memory of Marvelwood? There aretoo many. I think when we had the drum

circle, and really just nights in the commonroom acting crazy.

What is it like auditioning as an actor in Los Angeles? Auditioning in LA is completely differentfrom auditioning in New York. It’s not anearly-day process like on the East Coast.People here are very laid back, so theauditions take place in the evenings andafternoons. It’s fun; they’re a lot nicer here.I’m going to stay here in LA because I preferfilm. I love stage acting, but I knew I wantedto be in movies very early on. When I finishschool in October I plan to feel very lost. But

I’ll have a lot more free time for auditions andnetworking.

Are you currently working on anyfilms?Right now I am just focused on getting mydegree. If I were to take on any projects now, I would have to take time off from school andI would be here for a lot longer than I intendto be. So no, not yet, but stay tuned!

Ryan McCarthy ’08 (right) in 9-Ball at Cape CodReparatory Theatre this summer.

Development Office UpdateBY GLENN SCHWITTER , DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT

Greetings from Marvelwood and theDevelopment Office! The 2012-2013fiscal year was exciting and broughtmany new “highs” and “records” for ouralumni, parents, and the Annual Fund.In fact, I want to label the 2012-2013year as the Year of Marvelwood Alumni,the Parents Association and the AnnualFund!

We hosted one of our mostsuccessful and well-attended alumnireunion events in June, and had a recordnumber of alumni donors…the most everfor a Marvelwood Annual Fund! The Parents Association continued toflourish under the Leadership of Cherri Sanes P’15. Tracy Lowry P’14began this amazing trend in 2011-2012, and now Micky Pratt P’15 willfollow up in 2013-2014. With our alumni and the parents inpartnership with the School and fully in support of all that we do atMarvelwood, the trajectory is onward and upward. And, yes, theAnnual Fund reached a new record level.

Thank You!

If we have not had the opportunity to meet yet, my name is GlennSchwitter, and I am the Director of Development. Let me also“introduce” the Development Office Staff:

Caitlin Lynch, Director of Communications and Dean for ParentsRachel Steier White ’95, Associate Director of Alumni Relations and

Special EventsShannon van Haaften, Development Associate

Our team is here to lend support to any and all Marvelwoodinitiatives and efforts. Please let us know how we may assist you. Youmay call or email us at any time.

It is again important to highlight and emphasize the evolving,striving nature of our office in regards to outreach to alumni, parents,grandparents and friends. The School-wide effort and the office arebuilding on momentum and success. We are improving our efficiencyand productivity, with a long view towards implementing the School’sstrategic plan and preparing to meet future long-term needs through acapital campaign. In the short term, we are honing our outreach(“friendraising”), annual giving, communication and messaging, event,auction, and stewardship skills.

Development Office personnel and volunteers are more likelythan ever to be out of the office and on the road meeting with ourmany constituents. We are particularly focused on alumni and parentvisits, and we greatly appreciate hearing the many wonderfulMarvelwood stories and learning about your experiences and theSchool’s history. Our alumni, families and friends care deeply about theMarvelwood experience and the teachers who create the “magic” andmake things happen in the classroom, on the playing fields and in thedormitories.

Our focus is on improving functionality, productivity, andrestoring an important level of confidence in our “advancement”organization and development efforts. Confidence is high that theoffice is well positioned as we move into and through this pre-campaign timeframe. These are exciting times at Marvelwood, and I am proud of the progress we have made since I joined the team in July 2010.

AlumniWhat an extraordinary year for Marvelwood alumni! Record numbersreturned to both the Cornwall and Kent campuses in June, and we set anew record for alumni participating in the Annual Fund. This is greatnews for today and into the future. Please see Rachel Steier White’s ’95piece in this B&W magazine as well.

As I have been saying for quite some time, it is simply a pleasuregetting to know many Marvelwood alumni. Whether in New Orleansor New York City or San Diego or Hong Kong, or on campus, alumniare active — they are everywhere, and they are increasingly gettinginvolved with Marvelwood. We want to hear from you, as we respectyour ideas and suggestions and ask you to stay in close touch. Racheland I are here to connect at any time!


ParentsAs mentioned in my opening remarks, the Parents Association is a truepartner of the School. With strong leadership and many involved anddedicated volunteers, the PA is a tremendous force for “doing” greatthings for the School. Whether greeting new families at registration,hosting receptions, appreciating our teachers or running a top-notchauction, the PA is amazing, and we are extremely grateful for all theydo for the students, the faculty and the School. Please be on thelookout for Parent E-blasts, which will undoubtedly link you to the PAteam. Micky Pratt P’15 is our new PA President, and you will certainlybe hearing from her soon. Thank you, PA!

Communications and Social MediaOne of our dedicated, long-tenured and hardworking colleagues alsohappens to be our new Director of Communications and Dean forParents. Caitlin Lynch has recently filled these important shoes.Caitlin heads our team’s School- and office-wide focus oncommunications, marketing, and brainstorming ways to develop andimplement new and effective ways of reaching out to alumni, parents,grandparents, donors, friends and others. We are focused on Facebook,Twitter and other viable social media and business networkingvehicles, such as our website and electronic newsletters. The futureundoubtedly holds the promise of growth within these mediums, withthe goal of reaching people and communicating messages effectivelyand efficiently. As you can see from this publication that you arereading, we will also continue to work in traditional vehicles as well.Expect to see future printed Blue & Whitemagazines; one will bepublished each fall, recapping the previous school year.

Capital Campaign and Planned GivingAlthough we are being a bit quiet currently, it should be known thatwe are working towards raising funds to renovate and re-create our artscenter. There will be more information coming to you this school year,so please stay tuned.

Closely associated with the concept of capital fundraising is theidea of planned giving. In my travels over the past few years, I havemet with several alumni, parents and friends who have either namedMarvelwood in their wills, created trusts to benefit the School, orencouraged others to do the same. Planned giving is another hallmarkand foundational building block for long-term success for a school.

Thank you for keeping Marvelwood on your mind and in yourplans. Please contact me if you ever want to discuss a planned gift thatwill benefit the School…and likely benefit you as well!

The 2012-2013 Annual FundThe Marvelwood Fund for Annual Giving set a record this past year,reaching $320,437. In just a few years, the fund has risen over 87%.The School produced a solid giving year thanks to many supporters,and was “up” in most categories. This is in large part due to the tirelessefforts of trustee Mark Esposito P’11 and his Development Committee,Art Goodearl, and the office staff. Of particular note is the fact that wehad 212 alumni donors this year, which is over a 200% increase in justthree years. Much of the credit goes to Dylan Stroup ’06, SarahWayland ’96, the Alumni Association, and our Alumni Director,Rachel Steier White ’95.

Thank you to all donors!

Here is a brief summary of initiatives to increase involvement acrossthe board in and with the Marvelwood Fund in 2013-2014:

MARVELWOOD FUND (GOAL = $350,000)

Annual Fund Challenges – We will continue to seek “leadership” giftsfrom key constituents and members of the community tochallenge others to give anew and/or increase their gifts.

Alumni Challenge – Our goal is to increase alumni participation in theMarvelwood Fund and have 250 or more alumni make gifts to theSchool this year.

Parent Participation – Every Marvelwood parent will be contacted bymail or phone and/or visited, asking for their respectiveparticipation in supporting the School. Our goal is to count 100%of all Marvelwood parents as donors to the Marvelwood Fund. Tothis end, we will conduct virtual parent phonathons in Novemberand February.

Faculty / Staff – Our tradition is to achieve 100% participation andinvolvement from our teachers and staff as supporters of theMarvelwood Fund. On top of all the wonderful work our teachersdo for their students, this is simply outstanding!

Senior Parent Initiative – Our goal is to achieve 100% participation fromsenior parents by considering their donation to the Annual Fundas a senior gift. When 100% participation is achieved, a plaquecommemorating the accomplishment will be established for theClass of 2014.

If you notice a theme, it is meant to be obvious: Participation oneveryone’s part makes a very big difference for Marvelwood.



Goals/ Initiatives – 2013-2014The key to our success will be familiarity, continuity and persistence,coupled with determining our most pressing priorities. Choices,challenges and opportunities abound; our focus on the bottom linemust be informed by knowing what activities and initiatives will bringus in contact with Marvelwood alumni, parents and friends as we striveto develop sources of funding for the School.

Communication, outreach, travel, visits and meetings areemphasized in our approach to development work at Marvelwood. In person, face-to-face meetings are certainly a key to sharingMarvelwood news and garnering all types of support for the School. For us to be successful, we need to be working on many different levels simultaneously.

Each day we ask ourselves how we can encourage more alumni,parents and friends to get involved, participate and supportMarvelwood financially. In relation to the Marvelwood Fund, ourprimary fundraising activity each year, we aim for 100% participation.No matter the size of the gift, no matter how small or large, every gift isimportant, every gift is valuable, and every gift makes a difference.Members of the Marvelwood Community and other donors take noticewhen large percentages of alumni, parents, grandparents, faculty, staffand friends support the School. Success breeds success, and everyonewants to join a winning team. In my opinion, Marvelwood is the teamto join!

Planning is well underway for the coming school year and beyond.We look forward to keeping you abreast of new developments andinitiatives as the year continues. My intent is to build a strongdevelopment team, to create a culture of philanthropy, and to imbueour collective work with energy, enthusiasm and purpose. I want ouroutreach to be mission driven. The purpose of our fundraising andmarketing is to support our great teachers and students and theircollective accomplishments. Our work must always come back to this

important and fundamental purpose.In closing, my goal of transparency is not quite complete unless

I share my contact information. If you have any questions, comments, ideas, suggestions or concerns, please let me know. You can reach me at (860) 927-0047 x1016 or via e-mail [email protected]. I welcome your calls and e-mails,and will respond promptly.

Again, thank you for all that you do for Marvelwood. We appreciate your support!

Glenn P. Schwitter, Sr.Director of Development

The New Alumni Directory!The Marvelwood School Alumni Directory is now online at www.marvelwood.org.Click the Alumni tab on the homepage to stay in touch, rekindle friendships andshare your stories. The Alumni Office is focused on reaching out to our formerstudents and graduates. For us, it is all about you making connections, renewingfriendships and building relationships that began in the past and endure throughtime. Thank you for being involved, coming back for reunions, and helping uspreserve the rich and varied history of the Marvelwood School. Whether you arefrom the Cornwall days or the Kent Campus era, we are all proud of our school!

Please feel free to reach out to us any time by e-mail: [email protected] orby phone at 860-927-0047 x 1008


THE BODKIN COUNCIL($10,000 + )AnonymousMr. and Mrs. John B. Carpenter ’72Mr. and Mrs. Timothy K. Carpenter ’71Mr. and Mrs. William E. Connor P’12The William E. Connor Foundation, Inc.Mr. Patrick G. Duffy ’80Mrs. Julie Finley P’89Mr. and Mrs. John Lowry P’14Mr. Michael Marks P’15Swanson and Shevlin Charitable FoundationMr. Robert O. Swanson P’93 and

Ms. Cynthia Shevlin

HEAD OF SCHOOL’S COUNCIL($5,000–$9,999)Mr. Chuck Bowers III ’94Mr. Henry Bremond P’13Chester Kitchings Family FoundationMr. and Mrs. Mark Esposito P’11Fidelity Charitable Gift FundMr. In Joon Hwang and

Ms. Min Joong Lee P’15Mr. Seog Yil Kang and Ms. Sun ok Oh P’14Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Katz P’16Mr. and Mrs. Robert Kesselman P’16Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth D. Kitchings ’73Mr. Lee Kuntz P’94, GP’15Dr. and Mrs. Cato T. Laurencin P’13Mr. and Mrs. Richard E. Lounsbury P’14Mr. Brian Maier P’12Mrs. Mary Pettit Mozingo ’95 and

Mr. Michael MozingoMr. and Mrs. James SamartiniMr. and Mrs. John A. Sargent ’64Schwab Charitable FundMr. Ki Sup Shin and

Ms. Bok Soon Hwang P’14Mr. and Mrs. Stephen B. Smith ’59Mr. Jon Steiger and Ms. Kelli Kerbawy P’16Mr. Shaobin Wan and Mrs. Ping Wan P’14

HILLTOPPERS($1,000–$4,999)Mr. and Mrs. Deepak Amin P’14AnonymousMr. Stuart Aronson P’16Mr. Mark Aspinwall ’67Mr. and Mrs. A. Gregory Bachmann P’11, ’14Mr. and Mrs. Greg BallentineMr. George M. Bard Jr. ’71Mr. Arthur K. Blakey III ’96Mr. Alfred Brooks and Dr. Peter LombardoMs. Jill Darrow P’15GE FoundationGlobal Link In Management Group

Mr. and Mrs. Arthur F. Goodearl, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. Thomas B. Gorin P’01Mr. Peter Grossman and

Mr. Lawrence TimminsMrs. Louise Gray Huyck ’82 and

Mr. Tim HuyckMs. Penelope Johnson P’13Mr. Min Geun Kim and

Ms. Eun Ok Han P’11, 15Mr. and Mrs. Robert Kricheff P’12Mr. Michael J. Romanowski and

Ms. Linda Levin P’08Mr. and Mrs. Harlow Lewis II P’91Mr. Bruce G. Loomis ’64Mr. and Mrs. Bobby LoveMr. and Mrs. Donald McAllister P’14Mr. and Mrs. John McAvityMr. and Mrs. Ken Meiselman P’16Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Muncey P’13, ’16Mr. and Mrs. Marc Neer P’13Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Ober Jr.Mr. Anthony C. O’Malley and

Ms. Donna Randles P’11Mr. and Mrs. James W. Pase P’13Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Patterson P’04, ’11Mr. and Mrs. David R. Pawlowski P’03Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Pratt P’15Mr. and Mrs. Christopher M. Raleigh P’14Mr. James P. Redmond P’13Mrs. Ray Riess P’82Mr. and Mrs. Glenn P. Schwitter Sr.Mr. and Mrs. Timothy ScottMr. and Mrs. Peter B. Sommerfield ’90Mr. and Mrs. James T. Swanson ’93Mr. King Hing Tam ’05Mrs. Cecile Tebo ’78The Lucy FundThe New York Community TrustMr. and Mrs. Maarten R. van Hengel ’71Vanguard Charitable Endowment ProgramVerizon FoundationMr. and Mrs. Alfredo I. Vollmer ’80Mrs. Rachel S. White ’95 and Mr. Neal White Mr. and Mrs. Carrie Wong P’12Mr. and Mrs. David Yarnell P’11Mr. Tedman Zuse and Ms. Ann Street P’16

SKIFFERS($500–$999)Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Auchincloss ’58Mr. and Mrs. Clifford G. Baker P’00Barrett Asset Management LLCMr. Richard BeckerMr. Paolo Bertolotti and Ms. Ann Odell P’15Mr. Theodore G. Bohnen ’64 and

Ms. Susan HarringtonMrs. Donna Carey ’81

Mr. Thomas S. Cowles ’67Ms. Ashlye C. Daniel P’12Mr. and Mrs. William J. Edwards ’63Mr. and Mrs. L. Elliot Freifeld P’89Ms. Laura Goldin P’13Mr. and Mrs. Booth R. Hemingway ’69Mr. David C. Howell ’65Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Janecek P’06, ’10, ’13, ’16Mr. Thomas L. Lewis ’81Mr. Carmen Martocchio P’16New England Private Wealth Advisors, LLCMr. Jesse OfgangMr. William PerottiPfizer Foundation Matching Gifts ProgramPreferred Building Maintenance LLCSage Dining ServicesMr. and Mrs. David Schoenberg P’15Mr. Thomas Sebring and Mr. Steve VaughnMr. and Mrs. Charles Sheffield P’13, ’15Mr. Craig Strubel ’86Mr. Raydean Tinglin and Ms. Kim Bourne P’12Mr. and Mrs. James VickMr. and Mrs. Matthew Winter P’17Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Zweig

HOUSATONICS($250–$499)Mrs. Lois M. Badwan P’94Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bainbridge P’09Mr. R. Samuel Bainbridge ’09Mr. Adrian Barci ’03Mr. and Mrs. William BianowiczMs. Melinda BinghamMr. Robert W. Bland ’03Mr. and Mrs. Richard Blue P’16Mr. and Mrs. Lee A. Brewda P’03Mr. and Mrs. Williston B. Case Jr.Mr. Bumjae Cho and Ms. Yujin Lee P’15Mr. Si Yeon Cho and Ms. Sun Jung Park P’15ClassBook.comMr. Charles CollinsCompumailMs. Kelsey A. Crittenden ’03Mr. David N. Dennehy ’91 and

Ms. Stefanie DurstinMrs. Jaquelin G. Dennehy P’91Mr. and Mrs. Joe Devanny P’16Ms. Laurie K. DossMs. Suzanne DossMr. Wilbur S. Edwards P’63Dr. Elias M. EllovichMr. and Mrs. Michael Everett P’14, ’16Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Feldman P’06Ms. Tracy E. Fillow C.P.A.Mr. and Mrs. Frank GormanMr. Andre Greller and

Ms. Ann Glickman P’14

Mrs. Mary Grossman ’83 and Mr. Lawrence Grossman

Mr. Henry D. HamiltonMs. Elizabeth L. Harbur ’79 and

Mr. John WarrenMr. and Mrs. John HaskellMr. and Mrs. Brian Hastings HTH Automatic Sprinkler LLCMr. and Mrs. Wayne JenkinsDr. Walter R. KaneMr. and Mrs. Edmund W. Keeley Jr. P’85Dr. and Mrs. John Kennedy P’14Mr. Trirat R. S. Lipton ’05Mr. Bin Lu and Ms. Wurishana P’16Mr. and Mrs. Robert Makowsky P’15Mr. and Mrs. Henry F. Margenau ’70Mr. Jacob K. Melrod ’01Mr. and Mrs. James Muncey GP’13, ’16Ms. Stella Mwangi P’14Mr. and Mrs. Anthony M. O’Connor P’87Random House, Inc.Mrs. Nancy H. Redmond P’13Mr. Glenn Sanchez and Ms. Sarah MarshallMr. David G. Sandberg P’05Mr. and Mrs. Scott Sanes P’15Sharon Country InnMr. Eric M. Stuart ’02Mrs. Ann Thomson ’83 and

Mr. Caleb ThomsonMr. and Mrs. Joseph G. TobinMs. Caitlin TrostMrs. Sara-Jane Tyler ’80 and

Mr. Dudley TylerMr. and Mrs. Timothy Watts P’14Mr. and Mrs. Richard D. Whitehead Jr. ’79Mr. Michael E. Wiley ’95Mr. and Mrs. David W. WoodsMr. and Mrs. John H. WoodwardMr. and Mrs. Sidney H. Yarbrough IV ’84

PTERODACTYLS($1–$249)Mr. and Mrs. Ross Abrash P’15Ms. Elizabeth C. Adams ’02Mr. and Mrs. Paul Adams P’02Mr. and Mrs. Robert AebersoldMr. and Mrs. David AlmquistMr. Charles B. Amaral ’03Mr. Peter R. AndrighettiMr. and Mrs. Eustace Anselmi GP’11Aqua BackflowMr. Michael AugustaMs. Ekaterina Baburina ’03 and

Mr. Nathaniel P. Parker ’01Mr. Connor O. Bachmann ’11Mr. Karim Badwan ’94Mr. and Mrs. George Baird P’06

2012-2013 Annual ReportDonor Categories Report


Mr. Nicholas Baird ’06Mr. Benjamin A. Baldwin ’99Mr. Richard O. Baldwin Jr. P’99Mrs. Donna M. Barsotti P’00Mr. Josiah Bates ’11Mr. Neville Bates P’11Ms. Betty BaumannMr. Robert H. Bayne III ’85Ms. Nell Beck P’83Bell Electrical Contractors, LLCMr. Nicholas W. Benson ’83Mr. Jacob Berg ’13Mr. Bing BinghamMr. Gregory E. Blackwell ’05Ms. Stephanie Blackwell P’05Mr. and Mrs. Wilton E. Bland III P’03Mr. and Mrs. Daryl E. BohningMs. Suzanne BollonBottini FuelMs. Nancy L. BoyerMr. and Mrs. John Boyle P’80Mr. John L. Boyle ’80Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Brand GP’12Mrs. Anita BreanMs. Ann BrennanMr. Jonathan K. Brewda ’03Mr. Lawrence Brindisi and

Ms. Peggy R. MiddendorfMs. Austi A. BrownMr. Garrett Brown P’00Mr. and Mrs. George W. Browning ’60Bulls Bridge Body ShopMs. Jennifer M. Burbano ’96Mr. Peter E. Burke ’82Mr. and Mrs. John Burton Jr. P’91Mr. John F. Burton III ’91Mrs. Katherine Butler ’85 and

Mr. Warren ButlerMr. Michael H. Cady Jr. ’97Mr. Donald Calder ’00Mr. and Mrs. Donald Calder P’00Ms. Priscilla K. Carson-Lindberg ’96 and

Mr. Batsaikhan BazarragchaaMrs. Amy Carver ’00 and Mr. Allen CarverMr. and Mrs. John CaseyMr. and Mrs. Reed W. Cass ’64Mr. and Mrs. Jim Cato GP’15Mr. Kenneth J. Cavanagh and

Ms. Deborah Hamlin P’09Mr. David S. Cella ’89Ms. Alexandra D. Chaves ’03Ms. Sarah Christensen ’83Mr. Edward B. Christie ’77Mr. Douglas M. Clark ’80Mrs. Katherine Clark ’77 and Mr. Garry ClarkMr. Mike Cocomazzi and

Ms. Melissa Fleischer P’06, ’16Connecticut Restaurant Service, Inc.Mr. William E. Connor III ’12Mr. Nathaniel CorwinMr. Christopher T. Cory P’98Mr. Robert L. Cory ’98Country ClothesMrs. Siobhain Craemer ’93 Mrs. Virginia M. Crawford P’00Mr. James V. Cronander ’99Mr. Michael Cuff

Mr. Chance R. Davis ’13Mr. H. Dalton Davlin ’83Mr. Charlsey M. De LorenzoMr. James G. Decker ’03Ms. Amanda DeMariaMs. Bernadette Devanny GP’16Mr. and Mrs. Don DeVitaMr. Devin Diao ’08Mr. Brian D’Iorio ’10Mr. and Mrs. Michael D’Iorio P’10Mr. Eric J. Driver ’06Mr. and Mrs. William E. DyerMs. Angela M. Eastwick ’02Mrs. Emily Eastwick P’02Mr. Robin ElliottMr. Michael A. Esposito ’11Mr. Harry C. Evans V ’08Ms. Jill P. Feldman ’06Mr. Brian Fendler ’11Ms. Sheila Fendler GP’11Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Fendler P’11Ms. Michelle FieldMr. Christian J. Fischer ’00Mr. and Mrs. Gery Fischer P’00Ms. Ann B. Fisher Esq. P’10Mr. Thomas Fisher ’10Dr. and Mrs. Henry A. Fleishman ’66Ms. Maureen Fletcher and Mr. Ron KnappMr. Iain D. Forbes ’05Mr. Lucien E. Forbes ’64Mr. and Mrs. James J. Ford Jr. ’68Mr. and Mrs. John Forneris P’86Mr. Stephen Forneris ’86Mr. Benjamin M. Foxx ’93Ms. Gloria Franco GP’07Mr. Michael J. Franco Jr. ’07Ms. Jill I. Freifeld ’89Mr. John Garretto ’97Dr. Mario Garretto P’97Ms. Toby Glickman GP’14Mr. and Mrs. Nathaniel GoddardMr. Joseph L. Goldin ’12Dr. and Dr. Victor Goldin GP’12, ’13Mr. Julian J. Golfarini ’06Mr. and Mrs. Andrew H. Gombert ’97Ms. Charleen Gorin P’01Ms. Emily B. Gorin ’01Mrs. George-Ann GowanMr. and Mrs. Robert E. GrantMr. Jonathan Gravely ’08Mr. and Mrs. Steven Gravely P’08Mr. Matthew T. Green ’00Mr. Terence Green ’01Ms. Kassandra A. Grigg ’11Mr. and Mrs. Howard C. Gropper ’82Mr. and Mrs. Myron Grossman GP’16Mr. Matthew R. Gudwin ’03Ms. Caroline E. Haley ’01Mr. Matthew D. Hamlin-Cavanagh ’09Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. HammettMr. Michael V. Harmann ’94Dr. Carol Hartnett P’09Mr. and Mrs. Martin HastingsMr. and Mrs. Richard E. Hefler III ’80Mr. and Mrs. Ben HellerMr. and Mrs. Robert HockMr. and Mrs. Brian Hunt

Ms. Pamela HuxMr. and Mrs. Kenneth B. Ingraham ’58Mr. Jonathan Iorio ’00Ms. Patricia Iorio-Teare P’00Mr. Warren R. Dixon and

Ms. Beverly I. IrelandMr. Mark P. Jaffe ’95Mr. and Dr. Matthew E. Jaffe Esq. P’95Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Janecek P’06, ’10, ’13, ’16Mr. Michael Janecek ’13Mr. Robert Janecek ’06Mr. Ryan Janecek ’10John Harney Associates, LLCMrs. Ivy M. John GP’13Mr. and Mrs. Mark T. Johnson ’69Dr. and Mrs. Jonathan Kamen P’05Mr. Nicholas R. Kamen ’05Mr. David E. Karasick ’03Mr. and Mrs. Brian KavanaghMr. and Mrs. John KeatonMs. Karen Keeley ’85Kent Coffee & Chocolate CompanyKent Wine and SpiritMs. HoJin Kim ’11Mr. and Mrs. Paul KincheloeDr. and Mrs. Henry KissingerMr. and Mrs. Joe KnightMr. and Mrs. Ian P. Kopsick ’88Dr. and Mrs. Terrence A. Kuhlmann P’98Mr. Terrence B. Kuhlmann ’98Mr. and Mrs. Douglas A. KuntzMs. Michele LaChance-ReinigMr. Clayton W. Lafrenz ’95Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Latelle GP’90Mr. Cato T. Laurencin ’13Mr. Jeffrey W. Leech ’82Ms. Kathleen B. Lepp P’92Mr. and Mrs. Edward R. Lesko P’04Mr. Ryan A. Lesko ’04Mr. Ely Levy ’13Mr. Matthew Levy P’13Mr. Andrew D. Lewis ’91Ms. Laura Li ’81Ms. Myriam A. Limage P’08Mrs. Mikhalevsky LitsaMr. Colin C. Longstaff ’03Mr. and Mrs. Edward B. Lord ’70

Mr. and Mrs. Craig Lull P’13Mr. Joseph B. O. Lynch ’83Mr. Matthew Maier ’12Mr. Zachary H. Maizel ’04Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Malyndziak GP’10Ms. Penny S. Mapp ’80Mr. Edward Martinez and

Ms. Deborah Chabrian P’16Mrs. Catherine Matthews ’00 and

Mr. Antoine MatthewsMs. Kathleen M. McCannMs. Becky Mesrie P’14Ms. Mollie Michie-Lepp ’92Mr. Gregory A. Middleton P’13Mr. and Mrs. John Milnes BakerMr. David B. Mogle and

Mrs. Deborah Ajak Mogle P’09Mr. David B. Mogle ’09Mrs. Ann Moore ’92 and Mr. George MooreMr. Frank Moore and Dr. Nichola Bott P’14Ms. Melissa L. Morgan ’94Mountain View FarmMs. Haley M. Muncey ’13Mr. and Mrs. John Nappi P’16, ’13Mr. Taylor Nappi ’13Ms. Teddy J. Neer ’13Mr. and Mrs. Jack NelsonNicholas/Tobin InsuranceMr. and Mrs. James Nicholson ’96Mr. and Mrs. John NonemanMr. Brian P. O’Connor ’96Mr. Edward R. O’Connor ’87Dr. and Mrs. Thomas S. O’Connor P’96Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Oros ’90Mr. and Mrs. William M. Oros Sr. P’92Mr. William M. Oros Jr. ’92Mr. and Mrs. Richard E. O’ShaughnessyMr. Nicholas J. Papadopoulos ’00Mr. Zachary B. Pass ’93Mr. Henry C. Patterson ’11Mr. Thomas Patterson Jr. ’04Mr. Stephan J. Pawlowski ’03Pearson EducationMr. and Mrs. Joseph Pelech P’99Ms. Lori-Ann Pelech ’99Mr. and Mrs. Henry Pennell IIIMr. and Mrs. John L. Picton ’64

Mr. Benjamin Pieciak ’07Mr. and Mrs. David Pieciak P’07Mr. and Mrs. Gary S. PietruszewskiMr. Sean M. Pitterson ’13Mr. and Mrs. Everett Post ’60Mrs. Melinda Potter P’84Mr. William A. Potter Jr. ’88Mr. Winslow W. Potter ’84Mr. and Mrs. William R. Pouch ’82Mr. Forrest T. Poulin ’12Ms. Toni Presti and Mr. Korey ElsesserMr. Alan Priaulx and Ms. Jackie MarkhamMr. Andrew W. Proctor ’05Dr. Robert Proctor and

Dr. Martha Wakeman P’05Judge and Mrs. John Pursel P’90Mr. John D. Pursel ’90Mr. Russell PyneMr. and Dr. Adam RaddayMs. Lilly RandMr. David L. Ransom ’82 and

Ms. Melanie YoungMr. Howard B. Rasi Jr. ’78Reader’s Digest Foundation Matching Gifts

ProgramMr. and Mrs. Reno B. Renfrew ’89Ms. Susan Renfrew P’89Mr. Will Rhame ’04Mr. and Mrs. Jim RileyMr. Theodore B. Rindos ’08Mr. Chad W. Rivard ’09Ms. Naima T. Roach ’99Mrs. Ryan Robbins ’00Mr. Jesse R. Rogers ’91Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Rogers III P’91Mr. A. Christian Romano ’08Mr. Arthur Romano P’08Mr. Andrew W. Romanowski ’08Royal ConstructionMs. Susanne R. Rudiger P’04Mr. and Mrs. Christopher RugglesMrs. Elisabeth Russell P’88Mr. and Mrs. John D. Russell ’88Salisbury Bank and TrustMr. Gregory Sandberg ’05Ms. Amanda R. Sceusa ’06Mr. Nicholas W. Sceusa ’07Mr. Warren B. Schatz ’05Mr. Robert SchlossbergMr. and Mrs. Judson R. Scruton P’13Shanghai RestaurantMs. Gail Shapiro P’14Mr. and Mrs. David SharpMr. and Mrs. Paul F. Sheak ’02Ms. Sally Shernow GP’15Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Shernow GP’15Dr. and Mrs. Cory Singer P’15Ms. Heather A. Singer ’01Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Sjogren GP’16Mr. Adam N. Skiff ’89Ms. Marion SmithMr. and Mrs. Ira SmithMr. Tim SmithMs. Loretta Sobers GP’14Mr. Bradley B. Stackhouse and

Ms. Cannon Garber P’96Ms. Alison Statler P’15

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. StevensStrategy GraphicsMr. Dylan S. Stroup ’06Dr. and Mrs. Ralph Stroup P’06Ms. Elizabeth M. Sullivan ’01Mr. and Mrs. Kelly B. Sullivan P’01Mrs. Susan Swanson ’81 and

Mr. Jon SwansonMr. Kane SzydlowskiMs. Denise TaranovMr. Gregory M. Terry ’86The Boathouse RestaurantMs. Mirabelle F. Thevenin ’08Mr. Edward Thompson ’97Timex CorporationUBS PAC Charity Match ProgramMs. Shannon van HaaftenVisionary ComputerMs. Tessa R. Voegeli ’07Mr. Eric G. Wagenseil ’87Ms. Shirley L. Wagenseil P’87Mr. Kirk P. Walters ’71 and

Mrs. Yvonne CaputoMr. Matthew T. Walters ’97Ms. Johanna C. Walton P’14Mr. and Mrs. Charles C. WatsonMr. and Mrs. Warren Watters P’78Mrs. Sarah Wayland ’96 and

Mr. Patrick WaylandMrs. Madeline Weckerle-Cady P’97Mr. Arthur Weisenseel and Ms. Dale Wolff P’08Ms. Pamela WestMr. Daniel M. Westerlund ’79Mr. Dennis White and Ms. Misty JordanReverend Roger B. WhiteMr. Lawson E. Whitesides III ’98Mr. and Mrs. Lawson E. Whitesides Jr. P’98Mr. and Mrs. Charles P. WhittemoreMr. and Mrs. Richard WileyMr. Justin R. Williams ’03Mr. Dick Wyman and Ms. Susie WilliamsMs. Nancy Wong ’12Mrs. Barbara WoodwardMr. Chase S. Yarnell ’11Mr. and Mrs. Casimir A. Yost ’64Ms. Anne ZapletalMr. and Mrs. Kenneth K. Zent ’93Ms. Emily Zhang ’13

AUCTION DONORSMr. and Mrs. Ross Abrash P’15All Star DriverMr. and Mrs. David AlmquistMr. and Mrs. A. Gregory Bachmann P’11, ’14Backcountry Outfitters/Annie Bananie

Ice CreamMr. and Mrs. Clifford G. Baker P’00Mr. Richard BeckerMs. Karin D. BeebeMr. Paolo Bertolotti and Ms. Ann Odell P’15Mr. and Mrs. William BianowiczMs. Melinda Bingham P’05Mr. and Mrs. Richard Blue P’16Mr. Theodore G. Bohnen ’64 and

Ms. Susan HarringtonMr. and Mrs. Daryl E. BohningMs. Suzanne Bollon

Mr. and Mrs. Douglas BransonBulls Bridge Body ShopBulls Bridge InnCampus CustomsMr. and Mrs. Timothy K. Carpenter ’71Mr. and Mrs. Williston B. Case Jr.Catamount Ski AreaMr. and Mrs. Jim Cato GP’15Mr. Bumjae Cho and Ms. Yujin Lee P’15Mr. Si Yeon Cho and Ms. Sun Jung Park P’15ClassBook.comCompumailMr. and Mrs. William E. Connor II P’12Mr. Richard J. CookMr. Michael CuffMr. and Mrs. Robert Daalhuyzen P’16David Gavin SalonDavis IGADeano’s PizzaMs. Amanda DeMariaMr. and Mrs. William W. DennettMr. and Mrs. Joe Devanny P’16Mr. and Mrs. John DiGiacomoMr. and Mrs. Michael D’Iorio P’10Ms. Laurie K. DossMs. Suzanne DossE & R Laundry and Dry CleanersMr. and Mrs. Mark Esposito P’11Essentials Day SpaMr. and Mrs. Michael Everett P’14, ’16Fajitas & MargaritasFalls Village Feed and Gift StoreFife and Drum RestaurantMs. Melissa Fleischer P’06, ’16Mr. and Mrs. Ryan FooteFulling Place/The Gallery ApartmentMs. Laura Goldin P’13Mr. and Mrs. Arthur F. GoodearlMrs. George-Ann GowanMr. Andre Greller and Ms. Ann Glickman P’14Grey House PublishingH.A. Dunne & Co.Hallowell Center NYCDr. Carol Hartnett P’09Mr. and Mrs. John HaskellMr. and Mrs. Brian Hastings Mr. and Mrs. Ben HellerHeron American Craft Gallery

House of BooksHTH Automatic Sprinkler LLCMr. and Mrs. Brian HuntMs. Pamela HuxIl Compare RistoranteIntegrated HealthcareMr. and Mrs. Arthur Janecek P’06, ’10, ’13, ’16JDUB Productions Inc.Joe’s SalonJohn Harney Associates, LLCMs. Penelope Johnson P’13Mr. Dennis White and Ms. Misty JordanDr. and Mrs. John Kennedy P’14Kent Coffee & Chocolate CompanyKent Hair StudioKent Historical SocietyKent Pizza GardenKent True Value HardwareKent Wine and SpiritMr. Min Geun Kim and Ms. Eun Ok Han P’11, ’15Kingsley TavernDr. and Mrs. Henry KissingerDr. and Mrs. Cato T. Laurencin P’13Mr. Michael J. Romanowski and

Ms. Linda Levin P’08Dr. Grace LinMr. and Mrs. Richard E. Lounsbury P’14Mr. and Mrs. Bobby LoveMr. and Mrs. John Lowry P’14Mr. Bin Lu and Ms. Wurishana P’16Ms. Robin Lyon-GardinerMr. Liwan Ma and Ms. Yaping Zhang P’16Mr. and Mrs. Robert Makowsky P’15Maple Ridge Sugar FarmMarcus Communications, LLCMr. Edward Martinez and

Ms. Deborah Chabrian P’16Mr. Carmen Martocchio P’16Mayflower Inn and SpaMr. and Mrs. Donald McAllister P’14Mr. and Mrs. Ken Meiselman P’16Ms. Becky Mesrie P’14Mohawk Mountain Ski AreaMr. Frank Moore and Dr. Nichola Bott P’14Morrison GalleryMountain Falls Fitness StudioMountain View FarmMr. and Mrs. Fausto Moya P’12, ’14, ’17



Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Muncey P’13, ’16Ms. Stella Mwangi P’14N.M. Watson Wild Bird SupplyMr. and Mrs. John Nappi P’13, ’16Mr. and Mrs. Marc Neer P’13New England Private Wealth Advisors, LLCNicholas/Tobin InsuranceMr. and Mrs. Robert F. Ober Jr.Ms. Sharon O’BrienMr. Jesse OfgangMr. Randy O’RourkePanini CafeParents League of New YorkMr. and Mrs. James W. Pase P’13Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Patterson P’04, ’11Mr. William PerottiMr. and Mrs. Joseph Pratt P’15Preferred Building Maintenance LLCMs. Toni Presti and Mr. Korey ElsesserQuo Vadis Fine Gifts and AccessoriesMr. and Dr. Adam RaddayMr. and Mrs. Christopher M. Raleigh P’14Ms. Lilly RandRandom House, Inc.Mr. James P. Redmond P’13Mrs. Nancy H. Redmond P’13Roaring Oaks FloristRocky River InnRoyal ConstructionMr. and Mrs. John D. Russell ’88S.A.Chrobak, LTDSalisbury Bank and TrustMr. and Mrs. James SamartiniMr. Glenn Sanchez and Ms. Sarah MarshallMr. and Mrs. Scott Sanes P’15Mr. and Mrs. John A. Sargent ’64Mr. Warren B. Schatz ’05Mr. and Mrs. David Schoenberg P’15Mr. and Mrs. Glenn P. Schwitter Sr.Mr. and Mrs. Timothy ScottMr. Thomas Sebring and Mr. Steve VaughnSha Nails & SpaShanghai RestaurantMs. Gail Shapiro P’14Sharon Country InnSharon Farm MarketSharon PharmacyMr. and Mrs. Charles Sheffield P’13, ’15Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Shernow P’15Mr. and Mrs. Michael H. Sherwood ’60Ms. Marion SmithMr. and Mrs. Ira SmithMr. Tim SmithMs. Loretta Sobers GP’14Starbuck InnMs. Alison Statler P’15Mr. Jon Steiger and Ms. Kelli Kerbawy P’16Strategy GraphicsSundog Shoe & LeatherTerston Home Accents & WomenswearThe Boathouse RestaurantMrs. Ann Thomson ’83 and

Mr. Caleb ThomsonMr. Raydean Tinglin and Ms. Kim Bourne P’12Tivoli RestaurantMr. and Mrs. Joseph G. TobinTri State Center For The Arts Inc.

Mr. and Mrs. James VickVillage Center for the ArtsVisionary ComputerMs. Tessa R. Voegeli ’07Ms. Johanna C. Walton P’14Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Watts P’14Ms. Pamela WestMr. and Mrs. Matthew Winter P’17WinvianMr. and Mrs. David W. Woods ’71Mr. and Mrs. John H. WoodwardMs. Anne ZapletalMr. Tedman Zuse and Ms. Ann Street P’16Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Zweig

ALUMNI DONORSMs. Elizabeth C. Adams ’02Mr. Charles B. Amaral ’03AnonymousMr. Mark Aspinwall ’67Mr. Thomas Auchincloss ’58Ms. Ekaterina Baburina ’03Mr. Connor O. Bachmann ’11Mr. Karim Badwan ’94Mr. R. Samuel Bainbridge ’09Mr. Nicholas Baird ’06Mr. Benjamin A. Baldwin ’99Mr. Adrian Barci ’03Mr. George M. Bard Jr. ’71Mr. Josiah Bates ’11Mr. Robert H. Bayne III ’85Mr. Nicholas W. Benson ’83Mr. Jacob Berg ’13Mr. Gregory E. Blackwell ’05Mr. Arthur K. Blakey III ’96Mr. Robert W. Bland ’03Mr. Theodore G. Bohnen ’64Mr. Chuck Bowers III ’94Mr. John L. Boyle ’80Mr. Jonathan K. Brewda ’03Mr. George W. Browning ’60Ms. Jennifer M. Burbano ’96Mr. Peter E. Burke ’82Mr. John F. Burton III ’91Mrs. Kathrine Butler ’85Mr. Michael H. Cady Jr. ’97Mr. Donald Calder ’00Mrs. Donna Carey ’81Mr. John B. Carpenter ’72Mr. Timothy K. Carpenter ’71Ms. Priscilla K. Carson-Lindberg ’96Mrs. Amy E. Carver ’00Mr. Reed W. Cass ’64Mr. David S. Cella ’89Ms. Alexandra D. Chaves ’03Ms. Sarah Christensen ’83Mr. Edward B. Christie ’77Mr. Douglas M. Clark ’80Mrs. Katherine Clark ’77Mr. William E. Connor III ’12Mr. Robert L. Cory ’98Mr. Thomas S. Cowles ’67Ms. Siobhain C. Craemer ’93Ms. Kelsey A. Crittenden ’03Mr. James V. Cronander ’99Mr. Chance R. Davis ’13Mr. H. Dalton Davlin ’83

Mr. James G. Decker ’03Mr. David N.C. Dennehy ’91Mr. Devin Diao ’08Mr. Brian D’Iorio ’10Mr. Eric J. Driver ’06Mr. Patrick G. Duffy ’80Ms. Angela M. Eastwick ’02Mr. William J. Edwards ’63Mr. Michael A. Esposito ’11Mr. Harry C. Evans V ’08Ms. Jill Pauline Feldman ’06Mr. Brian Fendler ’11Mr. Abner M. Finley ’89Mr. Christian J. Fischer ’00Mr. Thomas Fisher ’10Dr. Henry A. Fleishman ’66Mr. Iain D. Forbes ’05Mr. Lucien E. Forbes ’64Mr. James J. Ford Jr. ’68Mr. Stephen Forneris ’86Mr. Benjamin M. Foxx ’93Mr. Michael J. Franco Jr. ’07Ms. Jill I. Freifeld ’89Mr. John Garretto ’97Mr. Joseph L. Goldin ’12Mr. Julian J. Golfarini ’06Mr. Andrew H. Gombert ’97Ms. Emily B. Gorin ’01Mr. Jonathan Gravely ’08Mr. Matthew T. Green ’00Mr. Terence Green ’01Ms. Kassandra A. Grigg ’11Mr. Howard C. Gropper ’82Mrs. Mary Grossman ’83Mr. Matthew R. Gudwin ’03Ms. Caroline E. Haley ’01Mr. Matthew D. Hamlin-Cavanagh ’09Ms. Elizabeth L. Harbur ’79Mr. Michael V. Harmann ’94Mr. Richard E. Hefler III ’80Mr. Booth R. Hemingway ’69Mr. David C. Howell ’65Mrs. Louise Huyck ’82Mr. Kenneth B. Ingraham ’58

Mr. Jonathan Iorio ’00Mr. Mark P. Jaffe ’95Mr. Michael Janecek ’13Mr. Robert Janecek ’06Mr. Ryan Janecek ’10Mr. Mark T. Johnson ’69Mr. Nicholas R. Kamen ’05Mr. David E. Karasick ’03Ms. Karen Keeley ’85Ms. HoJin Kim ’11Mr. Kenneth D. Kitchings ’73Mr. Ian P. Kopsick ’88Mr. Terrence B. Kuhlmann ’98Mr. Douglas A. Kuntz ’94Mr. Clayton W. Lafrenz ’95Mr. Cato T. Laurencin ’13Mr. Jeffrey W. Leech ’82Mr. Ryan A. Lesko ’04Mr. Ely Levy ’13Mr. Andrew D. Lewis ’91Mr. Thomas L. Lewis ’81Ms. Laura Li ’81Mr. Trirat R. S. Lipton ’05Mr. Colin C. Longstaff ’03Mr. Bruce G. Loomis ’64Mr. Edward B. Lord ’70Mr. Joseph B. O. Lynch ’83Mr. Matthew Maier ’12Mr. Zachary H. Maizel ’04Ms. Penny S. Mapp ’80Mr. Henry F. Margenau ’70Mrs. Catherine V. Matthews ’00Mr. Jacob K. Melrod ’01Ms. Mollie Michie-Lepp ’92Mr. David B. Mogle II ’09Mrs. Ann J. Moore ’92Ms. Melissa L. Morgan ’94Mrs. Mary L. Mozingo ’95Ms. Haley M. Muncey ’13Mr. Taylor Nappi ’13Ms. Teddy Neer ’13Mr. James Nicholson ’96Mr. Brian P. O’Connor ’96Mr. Edward R. O’Connor ’87

Mr. Joseph Oros ’90Mr. William M. Oros Jr. ’92Mr. Nicholas J. Papadopoulos ’00Mr. Nathaniel P. Parker ’01Mr. Zachary B. Pass ’93Mr. Henry C. Patterson ’11Mr. Sean M. PattersonMr. Thomas Patterson Jr. ’04Mr. Stephan J. Pawlowski ’03Ms. Lori-Ann Pelech ’99Mr. John L. Picton ’64Mr. Benjamin Pieciak ’07Mr. Sean M. Pitterson ’13Mr. Everett Post ’60Mr. William Amory Potter Jr. ’88Mr. Winslow W. Potter ’84Mr. William R. Pouch ’82Mr. Forrest T. Poulin ’12Mr. Andrew W. Proctor ’05Mr. John D. Pursel ’90Mr. David L. Ransom ’82Mr. Howard B. Rasi Jr. ’78Mr. Reno B. Renfrew ’89Mr. Will Rhame ’04Mr. Theodore B. Rindos ’08Mr. Chad W. Rivard ’09Ms. Naima T. Roach ’99Mrs. Ryan Robbins ’00Mr. Jesse R. Rogers ’91Mr. A. Christian Romano ’08Mr. Andrew W. Romanowski ’08Mr. John D. Russell ’88Mr. Gregory Sandberg ’05Mr. John A. Sargent ’64Ms. Amanda R. Sceusa ’06Mr. Nicholas W. Sceusa ’07Mr. Warren B. Schatz ’05Mr. Paul F. Sheak ’02Ms. Heather A. Singer ’01Mr. Adam N. Skiff ’89Mr. Stephen B. Smith ’59Mr. Peter B. Sommerfield ’90Mr. Dylan S. Stroup ’06Mr. Craig Strubel ’86Mr. Eric M. Stuart ’02Ms. Elizabeth M. Sullivan ’01Mr. James T. Swanson ’93Mrs. Susan Swanson ’81

Mr. King Hing Tam ’05Mrs. Cecile Tebo ’78Mr. Gregory M. Terry ’86Ms. Mirabelle F. Thevenin ’08Mr. Edward Thompson ’97Mrs. Ann W. Thomson ’83Mrs. Sara-Jane E. Tyler ’80Mr. Maarten R. van Hengel ’71Ms. Tessa R. Voegeli ’07Mr. Alfredo I. Vollmer ’80Mr. Eric G. Wagenseil ’87Mr. Kirk P. Walters ’71Mr. Matthew T. Walters ’97Mrs. Sarah J. Wayland ’96Mr. Daniel M. Westerlund ’79Mrs. Rachel S. White ’95Mr. Richard D. Whitehead Jr. ’79Mr. Lawson E. Whitesides III ’98Mr. Michael E. Wiley ’95Mr. Justin R. Williams ’03Ms. Nancy Wong ’12Mr. David W. Woods ’71Mr. Sidney H. Yarbrough IV ’84Mr. Chase S. Yarnell ’11Mr. Casimir A. Yost ’64Mr. Kenneth K. Zent ’93Ms. Emily Zhang ’13

CAPITAL CAMPAIGN Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bainbridge P’09The Estate of Cornelia BodkinMr. Theodore G. Bohnen ’64 and

Ms. Susan HarringtonMr. and Mrs. Timothy K. Carpenter ’71Mr. and Mrs. William E. Connor II P’12Mr. and Mrs. Mark Esposito P’11Mr. Peter Grossman and

Mr. Lawrence TimminsMr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Katz P’16Mr. Min Geun Kim and Ms. Eun Ok Han P’11, ’15Mr. and Mrs. John Lowry P’14Mr. Brian Maier P’12Mr. and Mrs. Donald McAllister P’14Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Ober Jr.Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Patterson P’04, ’11Mr. and Mrs. James SamartiniMr. Yun Sang Seo and Ms. Eun Hee Park P’13Mr. and Mrs. Stephen B. Smith ’59

Mr. Robert O. Swanson P’93 and Ms. Cynthia Shevlin

The William E. Connor Foundation, Inc.Wells Fargo Educational Matching Gift Program

HONOR/MEMORY GIFTS

In honor of Alvin and Florence FleishmanDr. and Mrs. Henry A. Fleishman ’66

In honor of Emily GorinMs. Charleen Gorin P’01

In honor of Joseph LynchMs. Nell Beck P’83

In memory of Bob and Cornelia BodkinMr. and Mrs. Robert Aebersold

In memory of Christopher SmithMr. Mark Aspinwall ’67Mr. and Mrs. George W. Browning ’60Bulls Bridge InnMrs. Donna Carey ’81 and Mr. Kevin CareyHonorable Margaret CooleyMr. David N. Dennehy ’91 and

Ms. Stefanie DurstinMrs. Jacquelin Dennehy P’91Ms. Laurie K. DossMs. Joanne DurstinMs. Melissa Durstin and Mr. Jorge AldereteMs. Anna S. Kennedy ’92Mr. Thomas J. Morgan ’63Ms. Kathleen OsteyeeMr. Deane Parker ’60Mr. and Mrs. Andrew PetersonMr. and Mrs. Everett Post ’60Mr. and Mrs. John D. Russell ’88The Torrington Rotary Foundation Mrs. Sara-Jane Tyler ’80 and Mr. Dudley TylerWashington Fine Properties, LLCMr. and Mrs. Arthur A. Zervas

In memory of Dr. James T. Williams M.D.Mrs. Kathrine Williams Butler ’85 and

Mr. Warren Butler

In memory of Michael Francis Pawlowski,loving brother of Stephan JosephPawlowskiMr. and Mrs. David R. Pawlowski P’03

In memory of Michael H. Cady, Sr.Mrs. Madeline Weckerle-Cady P’97

In honor of Mr. Russell, Dr. Kennedy,Mr. Goodearl, Mr. Sanchez, Ms. Ellis, Ms. DeMariaMr. and Mrs. Robert Kricheff P’12

Thanks for all who helped Emily back to lifeMrs. Heather E. Gorin P’01

In memory of Gilbert DeSalvoMr. Warren R. Dixon and

Ms. Beverly I. Ireland

Mr. and Mrs. Wayne JenkinsMr. and Mrs. Gary S. PietruszewskiMr. and Mrs. Glenn P. Schwitter Sr.

In memory of Henry WoodwardMr. and Mrs. Robert Bainbridge P’09Ms. Nancy L. BoyerMr. Charlsey M. De LorenzoMr. and Mrs. Robert E. GrantMr. Henry D. HamiltonMr. and Mrs. Robert L. HammettMr. and Mrs. Joe KnightMs. Michele LaChance-ReinigMr. and Mrs. Richard E. O’ShaughnessyMr. Andrew W. Proctor ’05Ms. Naima T. Roach ’99Mr. and Mrs. John D. Russell ’88Ms. Amanda R. Sceusa ’06Mr. and Mrs. David SharpMr. King Hing Tam ’05Mr. Edward Thompson ’97Mr. and Mrs. Charles C. WatsonMrs. Sarah Wayland ’96 and

Mr. Patrick WaylandMr. Arthur Weisenseel and

Ms. Dale Wolff P’08Mrs. Rachel S. White ’95Mr. and Mrs. Charles P. Whittemore

In memory of Donald ‘Jay’ McAllisterMr. and Mrs. Greg BallentineMs. Evelyn BarnesBarrett Asset Management LLCMs. Betty BaumannMr. Lawrence Brindisi and

Ms. Peggy R. MiddendorfMr. Charles CollinsThe Dominican Guild, Inc.Mr. and Mrs. William E. DyerMs. Maureen Fletcher and Mr. Ron KnappMr. and Mrs. John KeatonMr. and Mrs. Paul KincheloeMrs. Mikhalevsky LitsaMr. Brian Maier P’12The Ninettes of Washington Golf and

Country ClubMr. Russell PyneMr. and Mrs. Jim RileyMr. Michael J. Romanowski and

Ms. Linda Levin P’08Mr. Robert SchlossbergMs. Denise TaranovMr. and Mrs. Richard Wiley

GIFTS IN KINDMr. and Mrs. Dale A. Baker ’69Mrs. Vivian ElbaMr. and Mrs. Mark Esposito P’11Mr. and Mrs. Arthur F. GoodearlMr. and Mrs. Brian H. Holden P’14Mr. and Mrs. John KnotekMr. Zachary H. Maizel ’04Dr. and Mrs. Nicholas Sceusa P’06, ’07The Home Depot, New MilfordWingdale Deli Pizza Express


ReunionWeekendBY RACHEL STE I ER WH ITE ’95 , D I RECTOR OF ALUMNI RELATIONS AND SPEC IAL EVENTS

More alumni are getting involved, making their voices heard, sharing their

stories, visiting campus, and contributing to the Marvelwood Annual Fund than

ever before. We are building bridges and relationships, via one-on-one visits,

reunions, lunches, regional events, Facebook, Twitter and more. It is tremendous

how many alumni have reconnected with the School over the past few years.

This is great news for Marvelwood! (continued)


M A R V E LW O O D M E M O R I E S :

Then & Now

Sara Jane Danaher Tyler ’80

This year, 212 alumni made donations to the Annual Fund—a remarkable 200% increase over the past

three years! Wow!! The reason we have seen such exponential growth and increased dedication to

Marvelwood is because we have focused on the big picture, the important one: getting to know our alumni

as people, as friends, and as supporters of the School.

Reaching out to alumni and getting them involved is a top priority for Marvelwood. As stewards for the

School, developing strong, personal friendships, reigniting high school nostalgia, and bringing our alumni

back to Marvelwood are all goals of the Development Team. Fortunately, partnering with many of our

alumni has helped make these goals possible and reachable!

Reunion Weekend 2013 was an outstanding event that now holds a place in Marvelwood history.

At our Cornwall Years Celebration on Friday, June 14th at the Cornwall Public Library, Head of School Art

Richard Hefler ’80

5At the Reunion Cornwall Celebration,Head of School Art Goodearl, with formerHeads of School Toby Scott and PeterTacy in attendance, announced thenaming of The Calhoun Schoolhouse inhonor of Marvelwood’s Cornwall years.


Goodearl announced that we are bringing two important Cornwall names to the Kent campus. The building

where our classrooms and administrative offices are located will now be called “Calhoun Schoolhouse.” Polly

and Frank Calhoun were dedicated supporters of Marvelwood from its founding in 1956, and remained

dedicated supporters while the School was in Cornwall. Another lifelong employee and friend of the School

was Christopher Smith. Mr. Smith wore many hats during his career at Marvelwood, including running the

school store when I was a student in Cornwall and for many years on the Skiff Mountain campus. Our school

store has been renamed “The Chris Smith School Store.”

The response to Art’s announcement was overwhelmingly positive. Our guests, including alumni,

former Heads of School Peter Tacy and Anne “Toby” Scott, beloved former staff members Hugh Cheney (continued)


Then & Now

Tim Carpenter ’71

Sarah D’Agostino Christensen ’83



Then & Now

Cecile Watters Tebo ’78

4Friends and family gathered outside thelibrary to plant a tree in honor of formerfaculty member, Henry Woodward. .

—photos by Eric Stuart ’02

and Anita Brean, and current teachers who began their Marvelwood careers in Cornwall applauded Art and

his dedication to bridging the gap between the two campuses.

A highlight of the Cornwall Years celebration was an exclusive private tour of the former Calhoun

administrative offices and dormitory. The beautiful brick building is now a stately private home. Many

Marvelwood memories were shared on the tour; the owners, artists Laurie Simmons and Carroll Dunham,

were touched by the stories and saw how appreciative our alumni were for their Marvelwood experience.

On Saturday, more alumni arrived and moved into their dorm rooms for the weekend. Staying on

campus helped reignite that old Marvelwood magic! The Head of School’s reception, the clambake, and

karaoke and dancing at the after-hours social were all smashing successes. Alumni were up reminiscing most

of the night, wearing pajamas, playing ping pong, or chatting on the balconies enjoying the spectacular

Ann Wurzer Thomson ’83 and Mary Berg Grossman ’83



Then & Now

Siobhian Clancy Craemer ’93

Antoine Durand ’92

sunset over Lucy’s Pond.

On Sunday, the “Celebration of Life” for beloved former teacher and friend Henry “Woody” Woodward

reaffirmed the true magic of Marvelwood: the resonance and lasting nature of the powerful connections

alumni have made to their school, their mentors, and each other. It has been heartwarming to watch as more

and more alumni return to campus to revel in the memories of their Marvelwood experience and to share it

with family and friends. So many of us are able to look back and say that choosing to attend Marvelwood was a

monumental decision, and that our years at the School were some of the most pivotal of our lives.

It is my pleasure to serve as Director of Alumni Relations. The experience has been extraordinary. I look

forward to visiting alumni, developing new friendships and holding fast to those that I have already made. It

is a true blessing to be able to say that I enjoy my job and love the work I do each day.


Marvelwood on the Road

NEW YORK CITYOver the past two years, we have hostedNew York City Young AlumniGatherings. In July 2011, alumni fromthe 2000s joined us at Katra Lounge inuptown Manhattan. Marvelwood alsohosted a reception in March 2012 atAva Lounge overlooking Times Square.It was great to see so many alumni outin the Big Apple!

Cecile Tebo ’78, Mary Mozingo ’95, JennyWilliamson ’85 and Marguerite Duvic ’88

NEW ORLEANSIn October 2012, Director ofDevelopment Glenn Schwitter andDirector of Alumni Relations RachelSteier White ’95 traveled to NewOrleans to visit with many alumni, pastparents, former teachers, trustees andfriends of the School. The visit wascapped off with a brunch hosted byMary Pettit Mozingo ’95 and herfather, former trustee Bob Pettit.

NEW CANAAN, CTChris and Laurie Raleigh P’14 hosted areception in New Canaan, CT in November2012. The Raleighs opened their home andwelcomed Marvelwood parents, trustees,alumni and prospective parents for amemorable and delightful evening. ArtGoodearl spoke about the School, our future,and how important alumni, parents andfriends are for Marvelwood.

Members of the Class of 2010 Thalia Longchamp, ThomasFischer and Michelle Howard with Glenn Sanchez

Mike Bryant, Molly Colello Bryant ’02, Rachel Steier White’95, Angela Eastwick ’02 and Sarah Stackhouse Wayland ’96

Host Laurie Raleigh P’14(above right) and herdaughter welcomedTrustee Mark Espositoand his wife, Gina P’11.

Shown left: PatrickWayland, PeterSommerfield ’90, BetsyHarbur ’79, SarahStackhouse Wayland ’96and Jennifer Sommerfield

Kelly Amaral Hunt ’95 and Jamie Kaufman ’96

ROWAYTON, CTSarah Stackhouse Wayland ’96 and herhusband, Patrick, hosted a reception attheir Rowayton, CT home in October,2011. Sarah was our Alumni AssociationPresident in 2012-2013 and is a dedicatedsupporter of the School.


STAYING CONNECTED IN ASIA WITH VISITS TO CHINA, SOUTH KOREA AND TAIWAN

In attendance: Faculty members Eunyoung DiGiacomo and Dr. Grace Lin, Siting ‘Tony’ Chen ’13, Keyuan‘Fiona’ Dai ’15, Yingru ‘Iris’ Guo ’11, Haolin ‘Katie’ Guo ’11, Zhengdong ‘Jack’ Hu ’15, Jiaqian ‘Jessica’ Jiang ’13,Jie Yu ‘Nicole’ Ni ’11, Linyi ‘Mark’ Qi ’13, Hongbo Ruan ’13, Jiamin ‘Carolyn’ Tan ’13, Chong Yang ‘Nick’ Wan’14, An Wang ’12, Wen ‘Roxanne’ Xie ’13, Zhijie ‘Steven’ Xu ’11, Qijun ‘Sean’ Yu ’16, Tian Ai ‘Abigale’ Zhang ’14,Gexue ‘Catherine’ Zhang ’10, Ziang ‘Jim’ Zhang ’10, Hanqing ‘Hans’ Zhao ’16, and Weilun ‘Leo’ Zhong ’15.

Catherine Zhang ’10 is at Boston University, Steven Xu ’11is at the University of Iowa and Jim Zhang ’10 is at theUniversity of Maryland and will be spending his Junioryear at Waseda University in Japan, Nicole Ni ’11 is atBentley College in Boston and Katie Guo ’11 and AnWang ’12 are also in Boston at Simmons College.

In attendance: Faculty member Eunyoung DiGiacomo, EunSung Bang ’08,Kwang Il Choi ’05, Choong Hyun Chung ’13, Yoon Shik ‘Sam’ Chung ’09, JaeSung Jang ’10, Dong Hyun Kim ’10, Hyo Jin Kim ’10, Gyu-Beom ‘Jason’ Kim ’13,Jun Il Kim ’13, Jong Hun Kim ’10, Koo Bae Kong ’08, Soo Min ‘Annie’ Lee ’08,Hyun-Bum Lee ’05, Chang Hoon Lee ’12, Chan Hyuck Lee ’06, Jae Eun ‘Jane’ Lee’09, Seung Kun ‘Tom’ Lee ’10, Ah Hyun Moon ’11, Dong Joo Namgung ’09, JaeJoon Park ’07, Ho-Young ‘Sean’ Park ’07, Donghuk Seo ’13, and Hyun Sik Yoon ’06.

Annie Lee ’08 was married in July, 2013; she and her husband live in California.

In attendance: Faculty members Eunyoung DiGiacomo and Dr. Grace Lin, Hao Neo Dai ’15, Ziwen ‘Sophie’ Guan ’13,Zeqiu ‘ZQ’ Liu ’14, Meng ‘Fred’ Lu ’13, Jia Cheng ‘JC’ Ma ’16,Aipeng ‘Apple’ Wang ’14 and JingJing ‘Nicki’ Xu ’16.

Fred Lu ’13 is starting at Penn State in the Engineering Programand Sophie Guan ’13 will be preparing for college for anotheryear. Michael Zhang, who will be a senior at a Chinese highschool, stopped by to see his old friends from Marvelwood.

In attendance: Faculty member Eunyoung DiGiacomo, PoKai ‘Kevin’ Chang ’11, RennyChao ’12, Claire Cheng ’11, Henry Hsiao ’07, Bill Ko ’11, Sean Kuo ’10, Michelle Lee ’13,Samantha Liu ’08 and Jim Pan ’14.

Henry Hsiao ’07 is working for his father’s company in Taiwan. Samantha Liu ’08 is finishingup with her Masters degree in London, Sean Kuo ’10 is studying at Virginia Tech, ClaireCheng ’11 is at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, Kevin Chang ’11 is at Michigan State,Bill Ko ’11 is studying design at Woodbury University, Renny Chao ’12 is at Pratt, andMichelle Lee ’13 will study music management at the University of Hartford.

SHANGHAI

SEOUL TAIWAN

BEIJING


A L U M N I S N A P S H O T S

Teddy Klein ’09 and his former advisor Caitlin Lynchat a Varsity Basketball game

Glenn Sanchez, Carlos Santos ’05 and Mike Cuff met upat Connecticut Comicon

Dylan Stroup ’06:Alumni AssociationPresidentWe’re delighted to announce theappointment of Dylan Stroup ’06 asthe 2013-2014 President of theMarvelwood Alumni Association.Dylan will succeed Sarah StackhouseWayland ’96, whose term ended onJuly 1, 2013.

Dylan earned his undergraduatedegree in Financial Economics fromMoravian College in 2010 andcurrently works as a FinancialConsultant for AXA Advisors inBethlehem, PA. He brings with him asolid background in finance and asuperb level of customer service, not tomention an infectious enthusiasm forMarvelwood School!

Dylan is committed to helpingMarvelwood succeed, and is nowrecruiting alumni to help him increasethe efficiency and outreach of ourAlumni Association. There areopenings for several key positions,including Vice President, Secretary,Treasurer and Reunion Chair(s). Weare also seeking Class Agents fromevery graduating class to furtherstrengthen our outreach efforts.

Over the past three years theDevelopment Office has worked hardto strengthen the Alumni Association,and we need your help to take us tothe next level. If you would like to get involved, please contact Rachel Steier White ’95, Director of Alumni Relations, [email protected] or 860-927-0047, x1008.

Joseph Goldin ’12 stopped by the School after his firstyear at Hampshire College, with Sophie Guan ’13

Brian D’Iorio ’10 and Adam Ehrman-Shapiro ’11 atMarvelwood Idol, which Adam hosted for the secondyear in a row.

Fiona Brennan ’12 with Vicky Simpson ’13 (left) andMike Augusta

Esther Batista ’95 and Caitlin Lynch had dinner inMadrid while Caitlin was on an admissions trip to Spain


Chuck Bowers ’94 and daughter Annalise with Mike Augusta. Chuck brought hisdaughter to campus to visit with his favorite science teacher, Laurie Doss, and to stopby the Sharon Audubon Center.

Chris Brandt ’98, Blythe Everett, Glenn Sanchez and John Russell ’88

Kassandra Grigg ’11 helped Misty Jordan present the Golden Apple award for fouryears of dedication to The Marvelwood Players to Hale Muncey ’13 at Prize Day

Phil Bernhardt ’04 and his fiancé with Laurie Doss in the science lab

Thomas ‘Tex’ Fischer ’10 and Michelle Howard ’10 John Kennedy and Alec Horowitz ’11, who stopped byafter his first year at Wheaton College in Massachusetts

Mike Guo ’11 and Mike Augusta before Class Night


1960s Peter Modley ’63An excerpt of a remembrance from Peter: “A defining moment came in February 1962 when the

Smith house, where several students had rooms, caughtfire. Before the fire companies from Cornwall andsurrounding towns arrived, students and faculty alikemanned all available garden hoses and tried to containthe blaze. In an action that now would be strictlyforbidden, some of the bigger boys and teachers enteredthe burning building and dragged out many of thefamily’s possessions, including a prized piano. Soonthereafter the fire spread upward through the house andwe realized that the garden hoses had lost the battle.Even after the fire companies arrived, there remained alot of work to be done manning hoses and movinggoods away from the house. That afternoon I learnedwhat a tremendous kick a fully-charged fire hose canpack, as we wrestled to control one from atop a patiowall, aiming it into the eaves of the burning building.After that joint adventure, there was a heightened spirit oftrust and cooperation between the students and faculty,all trying to make this little school succeed.”

Dale Baker ’69Dale and his wife Patricia recently celebrated their 40thwedding anniversary. Dale and his brother Robert Baker’73 run their family nursery, The Robert Baker Company,in West Suffield, CT. Their nursery grows over 400 acresof quality container nursery stock; Dale reports that hisfather still enjoys working at the nursery. The Bakers havegenerously donated plants to our School for Graduationfor several years.

1970s George Bard ’71After Marvelwood, George received his BFA from TuftsUniversity and his MTS in Arts & Religion at HarvardUniversity’s Divinity School in Cambridge, MA, where hecurrently resides. George’s focus has always been on thefine arts and religion. Most recently, he traveled to theHoly Land in ’09 and ’11 to take pictures and fuel his

interest in the Palestinian Christians. Currently, George isexhibiting his artwork in and around Cambridge. Theprimary focus of his work is landscape, culture and faith.George is also on the Board of Trustees of EarthenVessels, a non-profit that organizes a tutoring andmentoring program between Harvard, Boston Collegeand Tufts University students and children from inner-cityBoston.

Kirk Walters ’71Kirk and his wife, Yvonne, live in Pennsburg,Pennsylvania where he is a principal at The WaltersGroup, a firm dedicated to business and executivecoaching as well as advising small and family businessesand nonprofit organizations. Kirk works with businessesacross the country and around the world.

Kirk is also up for adventure. He is a pilot andenjoys flying his private plane with Yvonne and his family.

Michael Dolan ’76Michael lives in Branchburg, New Jersey, where he has aprivate law practice. He and his wife have three children,two in college — Northeastern and James MadisonUniversity — and one in high school. Two of hisdaughters played lacrosse in high school, so Michael wasable to use the lacrosse skills he learned at Marvelwoodhelp them train. Michael was recently in touch with PhilMani ’76, who is an attorney in the oil/gas industry.Michael hopes to catch up with other Marvelwoodalumni in the New Jersey area.

Cecile Watters Tebo ’78Cecile lives in New Orleans with her teenage sons Will,Christopher and Alexander. Cecile is a licensed clinicalsocial worker and spent the last 10 years with the NewOrleans Police Department crisis unit. In 2009, she wasnamed one of the Top 10 Female Achievers in NewOrleans and has always been an advocate of mentalhealth awareness and care. Cecile retired from the policedepartment in October 2012 to pursue a dream offinding new ways to improve services for the chronicallymentally ill in New Orleans. Cecile attended her 30th

reunion this year and shared her inspirational story ofhow attending Marvelwood truly saved her life. Sherecalls her mentor, Joe Neary, taking her under his wingand giving her the tools to help her find her confidence.Cecile attributes all of her success to her time at“Marvelouswood,” as she loving calls it.

Elizabeth Harbur ’79Betsy was married to John Warren on July 15, 2012 inWoodstock, NY. John has been a road manager for manybands, including one of Betsy’s favorites, The GratefulDead. Betsy and her husband share a passion for musicand enjoy traveling to various shows.

1980s Patrick Duffy ’80Patrick was recently engaged to Francine Gonzalez; theylive outside of San Diego, CA with Patrick’s two sons,Gilbert and Edward. Patrick enjoys photography andtraveling with his family, and keeps in touch with a lot ofhis Marvelwood friends.

ClassNotes

1971 Classmates David Woods and George Bard

Cecile Watters Tebo ’78 and Tommy Lewis ’81

Betsy Harbur ’79 and husband John Warren


Richard Hefler ’80Rich, his wife Kathi and their teenage children, Carrie andRichard IV, live in Canton, CT. Rich is the owner of CapeCod Fence Co. with locations in Canton and in CapeCod, MA. Rich attended Reunion this past spring, and hiscompany built the fence for the organic garden that willbe maintained by Marvelwood’s new Food StudiesProgram this year.

Sara Jane Danaher Tyler ’80 and Dudley “Dude”Langdon Tyler were married in an outdoor ceremony inthe Lower Shields Valley, Montana on August 27, 2011.They live in Livingston, Montana where Sara-Jane is aprominent real estate agent for The Ranch Brokers. Shehas three adult children: Emily, Charlotte and Theo ’08.

Donna Levesque Carey ’81 Donna and her husband Kevin have been married 23years this September. Donna works as a RadiologyTechnician in Hartford, CT.

Alfredo Vollmer ’80Alfredo and his family came to visit Marvelwood’s newcampus in the spring of 2012. His wife Valentina, sonAlfredo Jr., and daughter Valencia enjoyed touring the

campus and seeing the Kent/Cornwall area. Alfredoworks in the agriculture/sugar industry and is a VicePresident at C.A. Agricola Yaritagua in Venezuela. Alfredoemailed us after Reunion saying, “The blue and whitebond of Marvelwood alumni is so strong. Marvelwoodhas turned a lot of lives around and it was so nice to seeso many old friends and make some new ones, too.”

David Ransom ’82David splits his timebetween New YorkCity, the HudsonValley, and the world’swine regions. Afterschool, he startedRivendell Winery (nowsold) with his family inNew York State, and forthe past ten years, hehas been a multi-faceted wine andspirits journalist whose work spans print, web and radio.He contributes to multiple outlets across the U.S, such asThe Tasting Panel Magazine, EatDrinkExploreInspire.com,The Local Palate Magazine, and InsideFandB.com.David’s interests in the industry have always beenfocused on teaching product knowledge andappreciation, with considerable emphasis on educatingconsumers and trades people about the production,history, and consumption of wine and spirits. To that end,when not writing about wine, spirits and cocktails, Davidalso appears on seminar panels, judges competitions,and works to promote various aspects of the industry tohis peers. Married in 2007 in New Orleans to culinaryindustry legend and author Melanie Young, whose bookGetting Things Off My Chest: A Survivors Guide toStaying Fearless and Fabulous in the Face of BreastCancer came to market this September, David is apartner with Melanie in their culinary/wine/spirits writing,branding and consulting company, The Connected Table(www.theconnectedtable.com).

Mark Walhimer ’82Mark’s consulting firm, Mark Walhimer Exhibition Design,assists new or start-up museums with art handling,exhibit design and project management. They alsospecialize in the planning, design and management ofinteractive educational experiences for museums, visitorcenters, and corporate displays. Some of Mark’s projectsinclude the Children’s Museum of Indianapolis, theChildren’s Museum of Manhattan, Academy Studios, andDelphi Productions. Mark is currently working on an“Alcatraz: Life on the Rock” traveling exhibition and thenew 14,000-square-foot Trans Studio Center in Indonesia.Mark and his wife Patricia Ochoa live in San Francisco, CA.

Cyrus Krohn (Summer School alumnus ’85)Cyrus’s father, Charles, wrote a letter informing us ofsome of Cyrus’s accomplishments and letting us know

that Marvelwood had a strong influence on his son’scareer.

Cyrus now works for Microsoft. He has also workedas: managing editor and publisher of Slate magazine;director of the e-campaign for the Republican NationalCommittee; executive producer/director of the onlineservices division of Microsoft Corporation; producer forCNN’s Larry King Live and Crossfire; and as the WhiteHouse intern for Vice President Dan Quayle.

Jeffrey T. Oldham ’86Jeffrey, his wife Cheryl and their two sons, Jeffrey, Jr. andDylan, live in northern Virginia. Jeffrey has worked inWashington, DC in the Public Affairs, Public Relations andGovernment Relations fields for over 15 years.

Stefanie Lacoff ’87 Stefanie and her husband Matthew Jampole live inGreenwich, CT with her their three children: Kyle, 11,Shayna, 8 and Brody, 9 months.

Patrick Duffy ’80 and his sons, Gilbert and Edward

David Ransom ’82

Alfredo Vollmer ’80 and Kathy Place Clark ’77

Mark Walhimer ’82 and his wife Patricia Ochoa

Shayna, Kyle and Brody, children of Stefanie Lacoff ’87


John Russell ’88John is starting his 3rd year as Dean of Students(minimal rumblings from Papa Joe) and 15th year ofemployment at Marvelwood. He remains active in thefire department and occasionally works with classmateJosh Rimany during incidents at Kent Falls State Park. Hiswife Anne teaches Classics, coaches soccer, and is Deanof Faculty at Kent School, where they live. Their five year-old son, John Angus, enjoys playing with Legos and HotWheels cars (preferably in the nude). John writes: ‘It wasgreat seeing Will Potter at our 25th reunion, and I hopeto see more classmates at future reunions!’

Jill Freifeld ’89Jill is the founder of Happy Hound Pet Care in SilverSpring, MD. Her company offers dog walking, pet sittingand dog training in the Metro DC area. Jill graduatedfrom Animal Behavior College’s dog training programwith honors in 2009, recently obtained her CPDT-KAcertification, and has just been named a mentor trainerfor current students. In 2011, Jill opened a training facility,Happy Hound Club, in Kensington, MD. Most of herwork involves helping frustrated families with theirnipping, sock-stealing, sometimes dog-aggressive dogs.She also deals with more serious behavioral problemssuch as people-directed aggression. Jill told us, “I worklike a dog (pun intended) and can’t imagine doinganything else.”

Tyler Hall ’89 Tyler is a producer with Johlt Productions. He is currentlyworking on the HGTV show “Elbow Room,” a non-fictionprogram where contractor Chip Wade comes to therescue of families who love their homes and theirneighborhoods, but whose houses no longer suit them.In each episode, homes are updated and customizedwith smart and eye-popping renovations so that they willonce again perfectly meet the owners’ needs. Tyler hasworked on other reality shows in the past, including“Sweet Home Alabama,” “Messiest Home,” and “CleanHouse,” for which Tyler won a Daytime Emmy forOutstanding Special Class Special in 2003.

1990s Ted Gottsegen ’90Ted is a freelance musician and recently traveled toOman, on the Arabian Peninsula, to perform at the USEmbassy as part of a State Department cultural outreachprogram. His band, “The Hot Club of Cowtown,” was thefirst American band ever to play and represent Americaat the Kareef Festival. They were there for four days andplayed in Salalah and Muscat. They also did animpromptu show for the members of the US ArmedForces, which was incredibly special for both the troopsand Ted.

For the past three years, Ted has played in theorchestra for HBO’s “Boardwalk Empire.” He has alsobeen used as an extra in several episodes. airingthroughout the season. Ted and his wife Haley live inLong Island, NY.

Ingrid Hofmann Murphy ’90 Ingrid and her family live in Saint Louis, MO. She wasmarried to her husband Lorenzo on March 23, 2006.They have two children, Amya, age 13, and Lorenzo Jr.,age 12.

Damon Colquhoun ’91 Damon is involved in many facets of the arts andentertainment industry. He is a filmmaker, writer, and anaward-winning narrative photographer. He graduatedfrom Marymount Manhattan College with a degree in Art.Damon spent the next five years working in commercialvisual effects on a number of major brand campaigns. Atthe same time, he continued to pursue his own artisticprojects. Damon was one of the few winners of Canon’s/Ron Howard’s Project Imaginat10n. His work has beenexhibited at the Hewitt Gallery of Art in New York City.

Damon married Alethia Wheeler on Oct. 8, 2011 inBrooklyn, NY.

Haley Hach ’94Haley and her daughters, Olive and Ethel, recentlymoved from their home state of Iowa to New Jersey,where Haley is teaching Creative Writing at Eugene LangCollege in New York City. Prior to moving, Haley taught atthe University of Iowa. She has started her year and is

John Russell ’88 with his wife, Annie, and their son,John Angus

Tyler Hall ’89

Ted Gottsegen ’90

Haley Hach ’94 with her daughters Olive and Esther

Damon Colquhoun ’91 and his wife Alethia Wheeler


eager to connect with her students, who share a passionfor writing and are engaged in learning. Now that Haleyis living on the East Coast, she hopes to connect withlocal Marvelwood friends.

Esther Batista ’95Esther married Alvaro Marañon on May 26, 2012. Theylive in Madrid where she works for Ambassador RealEstate, specializing in residential real estate. Esther

recently caught up withGuillermo Campos ’93,who also lives in Spain.Esther sends her best tosome favorite teachers —Ms. Lynch, Ms. Doss, Dr.Kennedy and Mr. Sanchez— and hopes to visitcampus sometime soon.

Clayton Lafrenz ’95Clay has been married forseven years. He and hiswife Colleen have twodaughters: Nora, 6 andMeghan, 4. They live inOrlando, FL. Clay works

for a company called Ecolab and is a consultant/sales repfor the Walt Disney World laundries.

Mary Pettit Mozingo ’95Mary lives in Baton Rouge, Louisiana with her husbandMichael and three children, Deacon, 5, and twins Masonand Camille, 3. Mary helped Director of Alumni Relationsand fellow classmate Rachel Steier White ’95 plan thealumni events that were held in New Orleans whenMarvelwood visited last fall. Mary and her father, Bob,hosted a lovely brunch at Bob’s New Orleans home,where several alumni, past parents and trustees gatheredfor the afternoon. Mary is very active with the MarvelwoodAlumni Association and sits on the executive committeeas a Past President. As a dedicated supporter of ourSchool, Mary agreed to have her 2012-2013 annual funddonation used towards an Alumni Matching GiftChallenge that helped break alumni donation recordsthis year!

Justin Dart ’96After 13 years of teaching English in Japan, Justin recentlyshifted gears and is working for Oaklawn Marketing’sSocial Media department. Justin’s responsibility is tomaintain and strategize social media content and

channels to create engagement, build a fan base, andreach potential customers who hopefully become fans.He is also a development and compliance strategist,assisting the company in creating a new brand andimage. Justin also assists a small product merchandisingdepartment with site design and social interaction, andtranslates international meetings as they develop theironline store.

Justin has been living in Japan for 14 years; thisyear marks his 10th anniversary with his wife and collegesweetheart, Mayumi. They have three children Emily, 7,Allen, 4, and Elena 1.

Laurent Fauque ’97Laurent wrote on the Marvelwood Today wall: ‘Just aquick note to give Marverlwood some news: Stefanie andI had two babies in the past two years: William, born onJuly 15th, 2011 and Sacha, born on March 5th, 2013. Welive in Casablanca, Morocco and I own my own business.I miss Marvelwood and really hope I will be able to visitwith the family to show them where I spent some of thebest years of my teenage life!! Here is a small picture ofthe four of us. Love always, Laurent.’

Ingrid Hofmann Murphy ’90 with her husband, Lorenzo, and their children Amyaand DJ

Mary Pettit Mozingo ’95 with her husband, Michael, and their children Camille,Deacon and Mason

Clayton Lafrenz ’95 with his wife, Colleen, and children Meghan and Nora

Esther Batista ’95 on her wedding day

Justin Dart ’96 with his wife, Mayumi, and their childrenElena, Emily and Allen


Sarah Stackhouse Wayland ’96Sarah and her husband Patrick live in Rowayton, CT andhave three daughters: Julia, 6, Elizabeth, 3, and CharlotteSage, born February 17, 2013. For the past two years,Sarah has held the position of Alumni AssociationPresident and helped Marvelwood lay the foundation tostart a successful Association. Sarah continues to be anactive member of our alumni community and will sit on theAlumni Association executive committee as Past President.

Andrew Gombert ’97Andrew and his wife Alanna live in New York City withtheir daughter Lilly, born February 23, 2013. Andrew is anestablished photographer for European PressPhotoAgency, and covers sporting events around the worldincluding the Olympic Games, US Open Golf, US OpenTennis, Super Bowl and World Series. You may have seen

Laurent Fauque ’97 with his wife, Stefanie, and theirchildren Sasha and William

Elizabeth, Charlotte and Julia, daughters of SarahStackhouse Wayland ’96

Peter Becker ’95 I love the Blue & White! I actually still have a few copiesfrom the 90s because I’m such a sentimental pack rat!!I’m really touched that I’ve been asked to write a bitabout my career in music.

In a strange way, I wouldn’t know quite where tobegin. I’m currently lucky enough to say that my life isabsolutely overflowing with music in many differentways. In 2010 I traveled to Iowa City, IA to visit a fewfriends including Haley Hach ’94, and I immediately fellin love with the vibrancy and honesty of the music andliterary communities here. I left my job at a record labelin NY, packed up my things and headed westward insome kind of crazy life experiment/adventure that Icouldn’t help but feel the magnetic pull of. Since then,aside from producing the music of some truly amazinglocal musicians, I’ve spent the last year or so workingprimarily as an Audio Engineer for a 100-year-old“Opera House” music & performance venue called theEnglert Theatre in Iowa City. This position has made itpossible for me to work closely with many of the artistsand musicians that I grew up absolutely idolizing. If youhad told Pete Becker in 1993 as he knocked on thedoor of Tony Fratello ’94 across the hall in RPR toborrow a Fleetwood Mac CD that, twenty years laterhe’d be backstage with Lindsey Buckingham chattingabout guitars and mutual acquaintances, that boywould simply not have believed you! It’s really beenquite an incredible series of experiences lately. Nothingsays ‘surreal’ like petting Emmylou Harris’ rescued dogsas she warms up her voice for sound check right infront of you. Just the other night Arlo Guthrie and Iwere discussing our shared, native-New-Yorkerfrustration of not being able to find a decent slice ofpizza in the Midwest, right before he stepped out ontothe stage to begin his sold-out performance. Soincredible! So weird!

In a nutshell, what I do for the most part is

referred to as “Monitor Mixing.” Essentially, this meansthat I work with an artist to perfect the sound that theywill hear onstage during their performance, whichvaries slightly from that which the audience hears. Thisallows them to feel comfortable enough on stage to

engage in the most rewarding musical conversationthat they are capable of with the other members oftheir band when it’s time for their show. I’ve found thatthis is an incredibly intimate area of a musician’s craft tobe sharing with them. They temporarily hand me ahuge amount of trust that I will be right there at the sideof the stage to help them sound as great as they arecapable of — or, should something technical suddenlygo horribly wrong, that I can be there to fix it on the fly.

As I write this now, I’m looking forward toworking with Mavis Staples, Peter Yarrow, Don McLean,Aimee Mann, Suzanne Vega, Mobb Deep and manymore in the coming months, and I could not be morethrilled! Whenever I have one of those moments whereyou stop and ask yourself “How did I get HERE?” theanswer that comes most naturally is that I think I’vetried to follow my heart as much as possible — to offerwhatever it is that I can contribute to the thing that I’veloved the most for my entire life, which for me has

always been music. I think people need to embracefully whatever it is that moves or inspires them, withouthesitation. If you love desserts and have always wantedto own a little cake shop, go for it! Bake a cake for yourfriends! Bake it with love! They’ll surely enjoy it, andwho knows? Maybe one of them will ask you to catertheir parents’ wedding anniversary or something. Thenthe next thing you know, maybe you’ll wake up onemorning the proud owner of that little cake shop,simply because you followed your heart and pursuedthe thing that makes you the most happy. It may soundhokey, or corny or whatever, but I really do believe this,and I owe a huge debt of gratitude to Marvelwood forhelping me to understand this and how to best put itinto action.

I started working at a guitar store about ten yearsago simply because it was something that I loved andunderstood but wanted to know more about — and thatmore or less led me to the side of the music industrythat I’m now a part of. Embrace what makes you YOU,as different as it may from the rest of the flock. Offer itup to those around you who may enjoy or benefit fromit, and good WILL come from this, even if it takes a littlelonger than you’d originally hoped. All of my teachers atMarvelwood (and especially our dear friend HenryWoodward) were absolutely vital in encouraging thisspirit in me during my sometimes-challenging highschool years. I think of Henry often these days, thatmaybe he would be proud of me for continuing to takepart in creating music, something that we bonded overand shared a sincere love for. Here’s to you, Henry! Andto every Marvelwood alumni, teacher and student alike:Reach for it!

PS: Put on a record you love and rock out every singleday! It makes you happier!

PPS: If anyone has any interest in following my work inthe near future, the easiest way might be to follow myInstagram feed @ _for_petes_sake_ and/or find meon Facebook!


him on TV, in the stands with his camera directly behindthe US Women’s Gymnastics team at the last Olympicgames! He also covers major business, news, technology,and entertainment events such as the Academy Awards and the Emmy Awards.

Rachel Leitao ’97Rachel lives in Jacksonville, Florida, where she is the Directorof Digital Content at First Coast News. In addition tokeeping up with the station’s wildly popular “MyCommunity” sites, Rachel is also the site manager of FirstCoast’s MomsLikeMe.com and HighSchoolSports.net.Rachel was recently engaged to Chris Miller.

Eddie Thompson ’97Eddie is living inNew York Cityand working forTishman Speyer,the owner ofRockefellerCenter, as NightSupervisor,

Operations. He manages 2.5 million square feet ofoffice/retail /commercial space, including NBC’s “TodayShow” studio 1A and Christie’s Auction House. Eddie andhis wife have two children: Joy, 5 and Eddie IV, 7. In hisspare time he loves being at home with his children andgoing on various outings around the city.

Kyle Hill ’98Kyle lives in Thomaston, CT and works for BridgeportEnergy, LLC. Kyle enjoys being a Cub Scout leader andbaseball coach for his two sons. He and his wife Liz havealso been volunteering their time setting up and mailingcare packages to our troops overseas.

Blair Patterson ’98As a premier makeup artist, Blair’s work has beenfeatured on “The View,” “The Today Show” and ivillage,and on the covers of Time Out New York and Harper’sBazaar. Behind the scenes at New York Fashion Week,Blair has worked with Tom Pecheux, Creative MakeupDirector for Estée Lauder. Blair was with Tom in Paris for theglobal launch of Estée Lauder’s Pure Color Collection andhas helped introduce the collection to Estée Lauder makeupartists around the world. Blair was married on October15, 2011; he and his husband Pat live in New York City.

2000s William Strozier ’00Will recently moved to New York City and opened‘Manhattan Proper,’ an upscale sports bar and social clubin Tribeca offering an ever-changing menu based onlocally-sourced foods. Will is enjoying life in New Yorkand is able to keep in touch with a lot of his classmateswho live close by.

Molly Colello Bryant ’01 Molly, her husband Mike and their children Cade andCole welcomed Cooper Robert Riggs Bryant on August30, 2012. Cooper was born with a very rare form of

diabetes called monogenic diabetes, but Molly reportsthat “He’s doing perfectly well!”

Natalia Rosenholc ’01Natalia married Wayne Anthony Kaiser on December 18,2010. Marvelwood folks in attendance included Henryand Barbara Woodward, Terrence Green ’01, Matt Gluck’01, Michelle Aselta ’01. Their first child, Michael JudahRozenholc Kaiser was born July 11, 2012.

Andrew Gombert ’97, his wife, Alanna, and theirdaughter Lilly

Blair Patterson ’98

Rachel Leitao ’97 with faculty member Laurie Doss atReunion in 2012

Eddie Thompson ’97 with hischildren, Joy and Eddie IV

Former faculty members Henry and BarbaraWoodward at the wedding of Natalia Rozenholc ’01and Wayne Kaiser

Will Strozier ’00 (right) and his ‘Manhattan Proper’business partner

Cooper Bryant, son of Molly Colello Bryant ’01


Daniel Palmqvist ’02 Daniel has worked as a chef at some of Sweden’s topculinary establishments, including head pastry chef on agourmet day-cruise ship in the Stockholm archipelago.Daniel started his own company, Culinary Conspiracy, tobring different food cultures and young professionalstogether to collaborate ideas within the hospitalityindustry. His company is extremely versatile and offersservices ranging from consulting on budgets to cateringprivate functions. The company has had the honor ofhaving the country’s Ambassador from New Zealand asan avid client, planning dinners and luncheons for visitingdignitaries. Dan was recently named Executive Chef atthe Ice Hotel in Sweden.

Angela Eastwick ’02Angela has found success operating her own tourcompany in Jamaica. JuJu Tours offers private excursionsto exciting locales that most tourists never get to see.Angela also dedicates much of her time to fundraisingand charity for the Jamaican people through the GoodJuJu Project. Her next goal is to make a substantialdifference in the small communities that she works with.Angela was back at Marvelwood for Reunion 2013 andenjoys keeping in touch with all of her Marvelwood friends.

M. Todd Farrell ’02Todd is pursuing his PhD in Computer Science at MIT. He works in the MIT Media Lab, where projects include“mobile robots that can talk and interact with you, awearable projector that lets you interact with everydayobjects as though they are computers, and neuro-roboticprostheses that responds to commands from yournervous system.”

His research in neuro-robotics focuses on how toconnect the nervous system to a robotic appendageattached to the ankle. By doing this, MIT can completelychange the lives of amputees by giving them a prosthesisthat responds the way a natural human leg would. Toddstates, “It has been an amazing experience so far to workin the Biomechatronics Group. Sometimes you truly feelanything is possible, that we can solve all the world’sproblems and make lives better for amputeeseverywhere. I really hope that we can fix a few ofhumanity’s ills.”

Todd notes, “I think about Marvelwood often andhow it caused me to do a complete 180 with my life.Marvelwood gave me the structure that was needed tofocus my energies to truly succeed. The value ofvolunteering and giving to others is something that is still with me today.”

Todd is finishing up his Doctorate and then will beswitching fields again and taking on a new challenge. Hewill be working in strategy management consulting for afew years and then, if all goes according to plan, hehopes to work with and fund businesses trying to get offthe ground through venture capital. One day he hopes tohave his own venture capital firm that he can use as aplatform to invest in the early stages of interesting healthtechnologies. He says, “I love to travel, so I hope to seeas many businesses, places and people as possible.”

Matthew Gudwin ’03Matthew is an aspiring screenwriter/producer. Duringspring breaks from Marvelwood in 2002 and 2003, Mattinterned for Spike Lee’s story development office inBrooklyn, NY. Since then he has enjoyed otherinternships and worked on several short films and a

feature documentary. One short film Matthew workedon, “Curfew,” won this year’s Oscar for Best Live-Actionshort, and funding has been obtained to turn the filminto a feature-length movie of the same name. Matthewis looking to turn his own scripts into independent features.

Tanya Borukhova ’03 and Steve Pawlowski’03 were married September 3, 2011 in Norwalk, CT.Attending the wedding were Kamy Miller ’02, DanHuebbe ’03, Colin Longstaff ’03 and James Decker ’03,faculty member Mike Everett, and former facultymembers Barbara and Henry Woodward.

Webb Bland ’03Webb has continued to craft and evolve his passion forautomotive photography over the past several years. In2010, he became one of three photographers withChrysler Group (Chrysler, Dodge, Fiat, SRT), shootingpre-production vehicles for their world unveiling andsubsequent brochures and websites. Shortly thereafter,he became one of nine contributing photographersworldwide (and one of only three in America) to shootfor BBC’s Top Gear Magazine UK, one of the mostrecognizable brands in the automotive news industry,where he continues to photograph some of the world’smost jaw-dropping vehicles in awe-inspiring locations. Asof this summer, Webb has officially signed with a NewYork-based agent and producer, where he’s begun toclimb the ladder to the next tier in his career —worldwide advertising campaigns. His work can beviewed on his website: www.notbland.com. In May,Webb adopted an adorable pit bull that he namedCarbon.

Iain Forbes ’05Iain returned to Marvelwood for the first time sincegraduating to attend Reunion ’13. He enjoyed catchingup with teachers, friends and attended with fellowalumnus (and father!) Lucien Forbes ’64. Iain lives inSan Diego, CA and works as a helicopter pilot for CivicHelicopters, a company that offers pilot training andcertification programs.

Daniel Palmqvist ’02

Angela Eastwick ’02 in Negril, Jamaica Matt Gudwin ’03 (right) with classmate Charles Amaroland his girlfriend at Reunion in June

2003 Classmates Webb Bland and Xan Chaves atReunion in June


Hyun Bum “Henry” Lee ’05Henry made a decision to leave his studies at theUniversity of Wisconsin to take the Korean SAT and applyto schools in Korea to study Oriental Medicine. He was inthe top three percent of applicants who were acceptedinto Dongguk University, a competitive six-year program.Henry hopes to study western medicine when hefinishes, although his true passion, like his father’s, isOriental Medicine. OM is a medical system that has beenused for thousands of years to prevent, diagnose andtreat disease; it includes acupuncture, diet, herbaltherapy, meditation, physical exercise and Tui Namassage. “OM can treat a number of illnesses whichwestern medicine has not yet found a solution for. Thefact that OM works has been proven, and westernscientists and doctors are now studying how OM worksin the human body. As OM becomes more widelyaccepted and used, it will benefit all of humanity,” Henrywrites. He recently began the semester and, in his words,is “super excited to study and learn” about the practice ofOriental Medicine.

Jill Feldman ’06Jill recently received herMasters in ClinicalPsychology from theUniversity of Hartford andis hoping to find a job inConnecticut, Brooklyn orChicago. After working inthe field for a couple ofyears, Jill plans to worktowards her doctorate inpsychology. She aspires tohave her own practice, andsays that she would not have had all of this success if itwasn’t for the time she spent at Marvelwood.

Julian Golfarini ’06Julian graduated from the University of Vermont in 2011with his BA in Public Communication and a minor in

Sociology. Julian transferred to UVM as a sophomore, notknowing anybody on campus. By senior year, Julian was thePresident of the student body — the first transfer studentand Hispanic student in UVM history to hold that office.

Julian mentioned that his experience at UVM wastruly phenomenal and it culminated in his giving aspeech to over 10,000 people at graduation.

This past winter, Julian worked as a temp for theNY/NJ Super Bowl host committee; he was able tonetwork and make relationships leading him to hiscurrent job on a sales team for Fox Sports in New YorkCity, where he resides. He’d love to network with otherMarvelwood alums or offer advice in the sportsmarketing industry.

In Young Kim ’06In Young is enjoying life in Las Vegas, NV, where heattends Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts. He alsolet us know that last year, he was in Dirty Dealing, amovie about life in Las Vegas.

Amanda Sceusa Walter ’06Amanda works for Hospira Inc., a pharmaceuticalmanufacturer of generic injectable drugs. Her

Iain Forbes ’05, his father Lucien ’64, faculty memberDana Mason and Julian Golfarini ’06 at Reunion in June

Jill Feldman ’06

An email from Tanya Borukhova ’03 toBlythe Everett:

I just wanted to tell you about my offer ofadmission to Brooklyn Law School yesterday, andI am absolutely overjoyed! They offered me ahandsome scholarship too, and theiradministration is incredibly nice. I previously hadmy sights set on Fordham, but between itsreputation for being stingy with meritscholarships and its inconvenient Lincoln Centerlocation, I decided to forfeit my application therealtogether. In the end, Brooklyn ended up beingmy first choice school and it all worked out justthe way I wanted!

I’ll keep you posted on how law schoolgoes — so far I have HOMEWORK, FOR TWOCLASSES, DUE ON THE FIRST DAY OF CLASS!Can you imagine making students do crazyamounts of readings and case briefs in themiddle of the summer? Total academic sadism!

Thank you so much for helping me withmy application questions a few months back. I really appreciate it! And of course, thank you forall the amazing stuff you taught me in Englishclass about the fine points of grammaticallysound writing — I am now confident that myreverence for proper comma placement willserve me well in law school (and hopefully someday on law review...we’ll see!). Beyond that, it’sbeen a long 10 year journey from the Marv onthe Mountain to The Law School Across TheStreet From The Really Important Courthouse(I’m colloquializing), and I could not have done itwithout the support of you and Mike and the restof the Marv community. You guys are the bestand I am so lucky to have had such a strongsupport system, educationally and personally, for all these years.

I hope all is well with you guys and you’reenjoying the remainder of your summer — thecalm before the storm! I really wish Steve and Icould have made it to Reunion Weekend thissummer but between law school applications,Father’s Day, work being done on our house andnot having a dog sitter, we just had too muchgoing on. We will do our absolute best to try tomake it next year, but it’s really hard to carve outfree time when you’re married with a house anda dog-child! Who knew!!

Anyway, thanks again for all your help andsupport! Please give everyone at Marvelwood abig sincere thank you from me as I finally feel likea real success story, and Marvelwood was thefirst (and most important) stepping stone thatreally got me on the path to doing good anddoing well.

Amanda Sceusa Walter ’06 on her wedding day


responsibilities in the Regulatory Compliance departmentinclude writing annual product quality reviews; Amandareviews a full year of data for each product to ensure thatthey are safe, efficacious, and compliant with both USand international regulations. She notes that she isespecially proud that the company’s products save livesevery day. Although she enjoys her work, her realpassion is science and research. This fall, Amanda willattend North Carolina State University to pursue herMasters in Biomanufacturing, learning to make vaccinesand other biological products. She hopes to pursue acareer in Research and Development within thepharmaceutical industry and be part of a team thatdevelops new and innovative medications. Amanda andher husband Gregory live in Apex, North Carolina. She iseternally grateful to Marvelwood for all of her successes.

Amanda married Greg Walter on October 16, 2011in Holyoke, MA. Other Marvelwoodians in attendancewere (from left) former faculty member Robbyn Ellis,alum David DeSanctis ’07, former faculty membersHenry and Barbara Woodward, Nick Sceusa ’07 and theEverett family: Mike, Blythe, Sam ’14 and Maggie ’16.

Nick Rudomin ’07Nick is working with AmeriCorps, a federal programcommonly referred to as the Domestic Peace Corps,aiming to alleviate poverty and its systemic issues. Hisassignment has placed him with the Boys & Girls Club ofthe Austin, TX area, where he is designing a mentoringprogram for at-risk youth. It’s a one-year commitmentand after it’s complete, Nick is looking to apply toMasters programs in the Austin area. Nick writes, “Themove was crazy for a career Bostonian! The heat tooksome time to adjust to, but it’s sunny seven days a week.I’m keeping busy away from work with a lot of hiking,cooking, reading by the pool, and volunteering at theanimal shelter.”

David Mogle ’09David will be graduating in December 2013 from WestVirginia Wesleyan College in Buckhannon, WV, where heis a member and brother of Theta Xi and was selectedand inducted into The National Society of Leadership andSuccess Sigma Alpha Pi this past April. David has workedfull time for the last four summers at First National Bankof PA in loan adjustment. He had a college radio showfor four semesters and was a staff writer for the collegenewspaper The Pharos, with some of his sportheadliners published!

Chad Rivard ’09Chad recently moved to East Greenwich, RI to attend theNew England Institute of Technology, majoring innetwork security. Chad reports: “it was after attending thispast reunion that I decided to return to college, and Ithank Marvelwood for helping me realize that it was timeto go back.”

2010s Seung Kun “Tom” Lee ’10 Tom is studying Business Administration and PoliticalEconomy at The University of California, Berkeley. He isinvolved in many campus clubs and is a member of theuniversity senate, where he speaks with fellow studentsand voices their opinions to the other senators andboard.

Tom has returned to campus since graduating andkeeps in touch with many of his classmates.

Adam Ehrman-Shapiro ’11Adam is working as an independent recording artist. Atthe moment he is unsigned, but affiliated with a labelcalled Grind Mode in Providence, RI. Adam just releasedhis first official project, “Karmaceuticals,” and is enjoyingtraveling up and down the east coast performing. Sincegraduation, Adam has been back to campus to host toMarvelwood Idol talent shows. He is very talented, andeveryone loves to watch him perform.

Jed Gracey ’13In September, Jed started at Green Mountain College inVermont. The great-great nephew of Frank and PollyCalhoun, Jed was the first member of the extendedCalhoun family to graduate from Marvelwood, whichrecently recognized the important role of the Calhounfamily throughout its Cornwall years with the renamingof the Calhoun Schoolhouse. Coincidentally, the CalhounLearning Center at Green Mountain College was namedfor Jose Calhoun, the first cousin of Frank Calhoun andJed’s great-grandmother, Jean Calhoun Bacon. Jed, whohas spent many years helping his father tend cows in theCornwall Valley, plans to major in sustainable agriculture.

Kyle Rowe Zarba ’13From Kyle via Facebook: “This summer was productive,relaxing and enjoyable. I landed a job at one ofBrooklyn’s most famous summer camps, and worked formy elementary school science teacher; it was weirdhaving him as a boss. My very first college class was onSeptember 3rd — an English class focusing on thebehavior of men (masculinities). I never thought I wouldsay it, but I found myself looking forward to an Englishclass! All credit to Dana Mason and, OF COURSE, TheHammer, Blythe Everett. To the Class of 2014, I can offerthis advice: The atmosphere at college is very differentfrom what you’re accustomed to at Marvelwood. I canpromise you, however, that Marvelwood WILL prepareyou for college, IF you take advantage of everything theSchool has to offer. I stumbled into Marvelwoodconfused, lost, scared and, for the most part, pretty angry.Marvelwood saved my life and allowed me to feelconfident and brave instead of confused and lost. Mostimportantly, I’m happy that I was blessed with such anopportunity and with the close Marvelwood friends I nowsee as family.”

Jed Gracey ’13

Kyle Rowe Zarba ’13

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2. Name the production, the director andthe actors. Bonus: Name any faculty

members who may have participated.

4. Founding Headmaster Robert Bodkinis third from the left in the bottom row.Name the others in the photo.

5. Name the class, location ofthe classroom, the students,and the teacher.

3. Name the team members and coach.

1. What do all of these current facultyand staff members have in common?

Upcoming EventsDate EventFriday 10/18 Music on the Mountain Friday 10/18-Saturday 10/19 Fall Family WeekendThursday 11/7, Friday 11/8 Marvelwood Players Musical ProductionMonday 11/11 Admissions Preview DayFriday 11/15 Music on the MountainFriday 12/6 Town Holiday PartyFriday 12/13 Music on the Mountain (Holiday Edition) Friday 1/17 Music on the MountainWed. 1/22 International Night DinnerThursday 1/23-Sunday 1/26 Yale Model United NationsThursday 1/30-Sunday 2/9 Panama Trip #1Friday 2/14 Music on the Mountain (Valentine’s Day Edition)Saturday 2/15 Valentines Day Luncheon Saturday 2/15-Saurday 2/22 Winter Warm-Up WeekFriday 2/21-Saturday 2/22 Marvelwood Players Drama Production Friday 2/28 Winter Music ConcertThursday 3/13-Monday 3/24 Panama Trip #2Friday 4/11 Music on the MountainSaturday 4/12 Admissions Preview DayTuesday 4/15 Marvelwood IdolFriday 5/2 Marvelwood Parents Association AuctionFriday 5/2-Saturday 5/3 Spring Family WeekendFriday 5/3 PromFriday 5/9 Music on the MountainFriday 5/16 Spring Music ConcertSunday 5/25-Thursday 5/29 Senior Service TripFriday 5/30 Prize Day, Class NightSaturday 5/31 56th Annual Commencement ExercisesFriday 6/13-Sunday 6/15 Reunion WeekendPlease check the website calendar for a full listing

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